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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ,
K. IlOSKWATKIl , Bailor.
PUBLISHED ivnnt MORNING.
TERMS OP BUIlSatlt'TIOXl
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Dully Ue nnd Sunday , One Tear. . '
fllx Months . . . * <
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Haturday Ifce , One Year . 1 '
Weekly Dee. One Tear .
QFFICKSI
Omnhm The Be * Ilulldlnc. . . , . „ .
South Omaha I Singer lllk. . Cor. N and Nth Sti
Council lilufm : 10 I'tarl Street.
Chicago OHtce ! 117 Chamber of Commerce ,
New yorkl Toniplc Court.
Waiblngloni Ml Fourteenth Btre.eC
All communlcatloni rein ting to newi and edltc
rial matter thould be nddrcured : To the Kdltoi
All I'Uilnni ' lettcri and remittances thoulA t >
ddrened to The Hoc 1'ulillstilni ? Companj
Omaha , Utafls , checks , ciprets and poBtofflc
money order * to lx > made payable to tin order o
tue company.
_ THBJJEE I'ttUUBIllNO COMPANT.
BTATIMINT : : "or CIIICUIATION.
Btate of Noliriulm. DouKl.ts Csunty. s.t
UeotRe 11. Ttrchuck , secretary of The lice Pill
Hiding Comtmny , Ix-lntf duly cwcrn , nr tlmt tli
nctual number uf full and complete copies of Th
Dally , Morning , Kvmlnir nnd Hundny Hee prlnte
durlnc His inont'.i of December , 1 7. wa an fol
lows !
"et tntnl pile * C4I.M
Net UMly rucinKo 21.13
anonr.n n. TZSCHUCK.
Fworn to bofoic me nnd subscribed In m :
pretence this HI day of January. 1WS.
( Real. ) x. : . Fiir.
Notary Public.
Great Hrltnln scoivs the first victor ;
of ( In. jonr l > y hrliiKlnj , ' thu war li
nortla-ru liiilln lo n close.
Insiirniico laws arc mule :
fire , but no Insurance company volun
tocr.4 to Insure their safety.
The cntncuinhK of Homo are to In
llglitoil by electricity , but a reat innuj
Komnns still live In darkness.
The sooner Hartley's temporary do in I
olio In Douglas county Is terminated fin
better will It be for nil concerned.
Would not the president of a j rca
republic In the attitude of an annexa
tiou lobbyist present a rather dolefu
spectacle. ?
Doj ? catchers Jjir the Alaska trans
portatioii eoiniKfnlus are welcome It
every city where the iloj ; nuisance ha :
not been dealt with successfully.
After It Is all over the Ohio democrats
show almost as much contempt for tin
rciHihlicjiiss of whose treachery tliej
were willing to avail themselves as di
honest and decent republicans.
Xoln. the author , Is about to be pros
edited by the French fiovernment ant
Ills publishers nro preparing to In
crease uroatly the output of his books
In anticipation of the free advertising
bowill yet.
Missouri. Kansas , Minnesota , Soutl
Dakota , Illinois and the other weston
Ktates will be at the exposition well rep
resented. The Iowa people are In r
pocket unless they see to It tlmt theb
state. Is also at the exposition.
Now that the uniformed police have
been withdrawn' ftom the rooms of tin
old { ninny police board It Is to be hopei'
they will be detailed where their erV'
ices will be of some value to citlzeiic
who are bolus waylaid and robbotl.
The new name- proposed for the
ocratlc party In Nebraska Is "nntl-
republicans. " That would be not only
BiiKKestlve. but consistent with the pur
poses pf the fuslonlsts. whose motto Is
"Anything to beat the republicans. "
If any eastern papers are Indulging in
phantoms of bloodshed nnd riot In
Omaha they must have caught the con
tagion from the police-guarded rooms of
the police board and the overwrought
Imagination of Attorney General Smyth.
Kansas now promises to have the
state properly represented at the Trans-
mlssisslppl Kxposltlou. It Is no longer
n question whether any of th ? trans-
mlssisslppl status can afford to make
nu exhibit , but whether It can .afford to
go unrepresented.
Tones of Arkansas proclaims himself
In favor of fusion between democrats
ami populists In Minnesota. He would
In all probability , however , put on dif
ferent colored glasses ttrlook nt-n prop
osition for fusion between democrats
ami populists In Arkansas.
When visitors to the oxpo.sitlon show
surprise the people of Omaha are not
surprised. It Is Impossible for those
who live In distant cities or states to
conceive of the magnitude of the ex
position project without personal In-
biH'ctiou of the work being done.
The Kentucky democratic. legislator
.Who demands the resignation of Sen-
ntor Lindsay on the ground that he
jio longer represents the party that
elected him should have waked up
early enough to lmvt > made a similar
request of I'resldent Cleveland , based
on thu same reason.
Ouo of the spectacular features
promised by the Alaska boomers Is to
bo a railroad building race between
rival companies , one an Kngllsh com
pany and thu other of American capi
talists. If then * was not an abundance
of money Peking Investment there
would' bo % no such projects.
It Is ( rue that a few republicans
would lo beiietlted by the breaking
down of the civil service law , but the
party s n whole would receive Injury
therefrom. It Is not forgotten tlmt thu
establishment of thu merit system In
thu matter of applications for positions
In the civil service was duo to repub
licans and thu republican party bin mis
pledged to .maintain the system lu ull
Ita essential feature *
UMA11A LAW
Severn ! lirltish kings got Into troubt
because they Insisted upon the ditto
right to suspend law. One of the. "
roynl outlaws lost his golden crown nn
n second lost hl bend ns well. I
Omaha there 1. a body that assumes t
bo not only above law theniRclvc
but to have the right to suspend law fc
other people nt their pleasure.
This august body of Omaha outlaw
goes by the name of the reform Fire an
1'ollcc Commission. While each an
every member of tills board 1ms take
a solemn oath to obey and uphold th
law , thn three who constitute the dou
Inaut majority Imve boldly and deflantl
violated Hie law at every step. Nc
content with n display of rank partlsni
ship and lawless favoritism , they en
torcd Into a conspiracy by which Iltiuo
dealers were forced ! by threats nnd ml *
representation to paj tribute lo thel
newspaper organ , knowing all the tlin
that lu so doing they would be ncccr
sorles to blackmail nnd extortion. T
carry out the Infamous sale of Indul
gciices these commissioners have moil
n travesty of Justice and openly cncotit
aged the violation of law by prclcndlni
to suspend Its operation for the belief !
of liquor dealers who violate It wit ]
their connivance and consent. America )
judges have In some instances suspendei
the enforcement of law by Injunction 01
allegations of unconstltutlonallty , bu
no body exercising judicial functions li
this country has ever had the audaclt ;
to nullify law by proclaiming Its sus
pension , to accommodate political favor
lies or victims of Its own coercion.
The statutes of Nebraska absolute ! ;
piohlblt under severe penalties the sail
of liquor without a license legally Is
sued , and licensing boards are barivt
from granting licenses to any appllcan
who has violated this provision of tin
law during the year preceding. In dell
mice of this mandate the outlaw pollci
commissioners Imve voted to gran
licenses to applicants whose violation o
the law has been proved by uncontro
verted sworn testimony before thorn.
The three police board Dogberries ac
liiiilly contend tlmt the law prohlbltln ;
the unlicensed sale of liquor Is sits
pended while the application for licensi
Is pending and unacted on.
This beats the divine right of kings
If the Omaha law suspenders ) can ban ;
up part of the license law what Is ti
prevent them from hanging up tin
whole of It ? If these lawless law us
ponders can grant Indulgence to llquo :
dealers for two weeks , why not for tw <
months or two years ? If they can sus
pent ! the license law why can they no
suspend the laws against larceny , bur
glary and highway robbery , which hnvi
been practically suspended under theii
notorious police maladministration
Why not suspend the whole city charter
tor and let the rump police commlssioi
run the town wide open for all crlmt
rand vice ?
VXSUITAOLK FOR XT.1TB1IOOD.
lu the course of the debate a. few
days ago in executive session' ' of 4h :
senate on the Hawaiian annexatiot
tteaty. Senator Davis , chairman of tin
committee in foreign relations , wa :
nsked whether In case the Islands shouli
bo annexed it Is the policy to have then
admitted as n state of the union wltl
their present mixed population. Scnatoi
Davis stated In reply that he did no
believe such to be the purpose of any
one and said : "I myself freely ndmi
that the population of Hawaii is no
such at the present time as would Ix
desliablo In an American state and , foi
myself , I may say that I consider tin
character of the population to be one ol
the objections to annexation , but tin
Advantages so far outweigh this one
lenient ns to render It of comparative
usignilicancc. " The advantages re
ferret ! to are strategical.
This admission of one of the foremosl
idvocates of annexation that the popn-
atlon of Hawaii Is not Mich at the pre *
nit time as would bu desirable in an
Vmorlcaii state ought In Itself to be
sullicient to defeat the treaty. If the
Kanakas and the Asiatics who constl-
: ute nearly the entire population of the
slands are not now desirable as Amarl-
sui clti/.ens , who can say when , if over ,
hey would become so ? 1'o.sslbly In the
lourso of a generation they might be
educated to some understanding of our
nstltutlons , though it Is hardly con-
; elvable that they could over be made
leslrablo citizens. But In any event
t Is clearly unwise to take under our
: are and make a part of our population
L confessedly undesirable people and
issume the task of lilting them for
ItiziMKshlp. Mr. Davis Is doubtless sin-
; ere In the ? belief that It Is not the pur-
mstsof anyone to have Hawaii admitted
0 statehood In the event of annexation ,
mt Mr. Dole nnd his associates might ,
f they were candid In stating their ox-
> cctatlons , disabuse his mind in this
uspoct. If these schemers are siicce.ss-
ul they will seek the fullest political
ucognltlon and sooner or later they will
Ind tt party willing to give It to them.
"What tissuranco can bu given that if
lawall is annexi'd It will uover become
1 statu of thu union ? It Is conceivable
hat at somu time when party feeling
van high a majority , alarmed nt th ?
u-ospoct of losing power , might as a
ast recourse to save Itself confer tal-
moil upon Hawaii , enabling that remote
) coplo to determine Ivy their vote thu
'holce of a president of tlu United
States , lint If Hawaii should never In
tdmttted to statehood , what foim of
government would be provided for it ?
This is a question which tlu > annoxa-
lonlsts have * made no serious attempt
o answer. Thorn have been numerous
iiiggestlons , but none of them In accord
vltli the constitution and thu funda-
nentol principles of our political f\vs-
em. It would bo distinctly lu violation
if thtfse principles to establish a colonial
ystem of government there and the
mly legitimate course would bo to pro-
Ido a territorial government. This
vault ! moan representation In congress ,
Ii3 right of suffrage for the people of
lawall who now enjoy It and thu snino
lolltlcal privileges that are posstwsod
iy thu people of existing territories.
to American senator ought to bu willing
to giro even this political status to a
undesirable population more than " ,00
miles distant.
Edgar Howard , the Papllllon pope
crntlc oracle , now says that If the pr <
prlotor of \Vorld-lIernld ever gc
the benefit of the stealings of Boll
and Hartley ho should be sent to th
penitentiary to keep those embezzler
company. As the charges , repented ! ,
made , that the World-Herald man no
only had n credit slip for stolen clt ,
money In the municipal cash drawci
but also secured financial nccommodn
tlons by favor of the embezzling stat
treasurer , lidgnr Howard has no e.\
cuso for longer delaying calling tipoi
the popocratlc attorney general to ge
after the accessories to the crime.
Incidentally It may not be out o
place for The Heo to remark that nn ;
man who asserts that The lice or It
editor bus profited it dollar by any ne
of Frank 13. Moores as clerk of th
district court or of Finnic K. Moore
as mayor of Omaha Is nn unmltlgatei
llnr. As clerk of the district court Mt
Moores hud no pntronngo to give ti
any newspaper , and ns mayor be ha
uo more than he had as clerk , and m
ono has dared to Insinuate tlmt olthe
The. 15eo or Its editor has over receive )
any conti Unit Ion or donation from Mr
Moores or has solicited or borrowed :
dollar from him. On the contrary
whatever The lice nnd Its editor havi
done for Mr. Moores 1ms been with
out money and without promise of re
ward , as It has for nil other candidate ;
they helped to elect. For further par
ticitlars Inquire of Silas Ar Holcomb ,
t\
There Is no doubt that the ndmhilstrn
tton duly appreciates the Importance o
the situation In the far cast in Its bear
lug upon Americ.in commerce In tluv
quarter ami proposes to do' all that 1
properly may do to preserve the tradt
privileges secured to this country by Hit
various treaties with China. Thosi
treaties are very explicit in stlpulatln ;
tlmt our commerce with China .shouli
be subject to no burdens other thai
those imposed on the commerce of othei
nations and.that no concession * ! tduuili'
be made to the merchants of other na
tlons which were not shared by cltizeiu
of the United Stales.
The New York .tourual of f ommera
notes that the first treaty was con
eluded as far back as LSI I and on tin
subject of commercial rights provider
that "citizens of the United States lmi :
In no case be subject to other or high ? !
duties than are or will bu rcqulret
of the people of any other na
tion whatever * * * nui i\ \
any additional advantages and prlvl
leges , of whatever description , b , ? con.
ceded hereafter by China to any othei
nation , the United Statesaudthucltizeiu
thereof shall bo entitled thereupon to n
complete equal and Impartial participa
tion in the same. " This Is the keynote
of subsequent treaties in 1S5S , 1SI5S and
1SSO , so far ns our commercial relation *
with the Chinese empire are concerned
though of course these conventions wen
not confined to matters of trade. Allol
them contain distinct stipulations giviiiv :
to citizens of the United States equal
commercial rights and privileges witli
the citizens of every other nation.
The preservation of these rights Is n
matter of great importance , not only for
the pake of the existing trade with
China , which is considerable , but for Its
future development , which is assured 11
equality of rights in tlmt market is not
impaired. Our commerce with that em
pire has recently shown rapid growth
and there is every reason to expect that
with a fair field thereIt will steadily in
crease. According to trustworthy au
thority there is a very friendly commer
cial fooling In China toward this coun
try nnd there Is no doubt that this can
l > e strengthened If our manufacturers
nnd merchants will exert themselves In
pushing trade In tlmt very promising
lunrter. It Is certainly a most inviting
Held. Meanwhile there does not appear
to be any Immediate menace to our
treaty rights , the attitude of the British
government having at least for the pres-
L nt , put a check to the designs of Hus-
sln and Germany.
Al'PKALJKO TO 1MDAI , PlllDE.
Omaha justly prides Itself upon the
itibllc spirit and enterprise of Its
sltlzcns. The successful effort which
Dnialia has made toward enlisting the co-
iperatlon of the national and state gov-
: rnments nnd municipal bodies in tlu
I'ransmirislsslppl Exposition has aroused
inlversal surprise and admiration , not
inly among its commercial rivals , but
ilso In the great centers of trade and
ndustry all the world over. To hnvt
Miibarkod In an undertaking of such
nomont and magnitude in the face of
he most depressing business conditions
ind to have prosecuted the work to the
) olnt where Its success is no longer
iroblcnmUe Is conceded on nil hands to
jo proof of matchless cournga and ex-
: raordlnnry vitality.
Yet the men who have volunteered to
: nrry Hi3 burden of this stupendous
irojeet Imvo been only partially sup-
lortcd by the parties who are suiv to
lerlve the greatest benefits from the
ixpositlon and who 'arc most Interested
n promoting the growth nnd prosperity
> f this city and the country commarcinlly
irlbutary to It. For example , the owner
if ono of the two largest hotels not
ho proprietor of the Millnrd has not
subscribed a dollar to the exposition
'unils , when It Is manifest that ho Is to
m one of the principal beneficiaries to
ho extent of tens of thousands of dol-
ars. Several of the very heaviest prop-
rty owners whose rental incomes Imvo
ieen already materially on'arged by thn
position and who admit tlmt their
iroperty has been appreciably increased
n vnliu Imvo shown no disposition to
isslst either by contributions or personal
It Is an open secret tlmt the exposition
s assuming much greater proportions
hint anybody connected with Its man-
igemeiit had anticipated. The build-
ngs In process of construction' will ex-
must the resources now at the disposal
if the association. In order to satisfy
he demand for space these building *
iiubt bu supplomctcd by other buildings
hat will cost not luss than $100,000.
Tlmt amount must bo raised by Oinnli
hi addition to&tlmt has been secured.
As a matter of local prldo , If for nether
other reasonTvTTy man who is In pos !
tlon to do so shoyld heed the appeal fo
a generous jjcumtlon or subscrlptlo
without waltmg to be personally hr
portuncd by HuT ways am ! means di
pnrtmont. ThlsEQppllcs equally to thos
who have sulisctlbed loss than their tin
share , most of vhom nt the outset mad
pledges to Incrqnse their contribution
when the oxnpsjjlon assumed the pn
portions tlmtu\Ypuld make Its succes
assured.
The voluntffprs , who have nssumo
charge of nrt-angjiig for the project n
Traiismlsslsslppl Teachers' couvontlo :
are now orgaula-nl for business mid th
work of preparation may be cxpectoi
to bo prosecuted vigorously nnd hi
telllgontly. In this self-imposed work
however , the committees have n rlgh
to look for the active co-operation , no
only of the educational Interests of clt ;
and state , lint also of the local buslnos
community. The convention/If thf plan
are successfully carried out , will bo om
of the largest. If not the Inrgo-st , li
point of ntkMidunce and general Impoi
tanco of any great meeting that will b
held In Omaha during the cxpositloi
yerar.
The doctrine tlmt every applicant fo
liquor license who puts up the money I :
entitled to soil on good faith before i
license has been granted Is strictly orlgl
mil with the present reform police board
This Is carrying the good fal.th cure lo
ward the highest perfection. All an en
terprlslng dealer In liquid Hglitnln ?
would have to do to save his license fei
would be to post his money and go
somebody to ivmonstrato against his up
plication and when that Is ovorrulci
have another protest llbil nnd so on untl
the end of the year , when ho could with
draw his cash and start the game ovoi
again without being out any more thai
the Interest.
The attorneys for the Nebraska Ilomt
for the Friendless In lighting tin
law putting It under state management
mont have managed to inject Into theii
cnso nn appeal to the .supremo cour
in behalf of the starving Cubans. Wt
doubt , however , whether the briel
can be considered complete until li
Is amended to Include proper references
onces to the Armenian atrocities am
the spoliation of the Chinee.
Every liquor dealer In Omaha receiver
ample notice of the consequences thai
would follow willful violation of the law
requiring the " 'publication of license
notleos in the lap ) | > r of largest circtila
tlou lu the county j and if any of them
find thombolvos .In the unpleasant pro
ilteampiit of helluVlthont u license thej
Imvo only theuise-lvos and the law.
defying police 'll/sml ' / to blame.
It Is true tht | in ] the early years ol
[ ho republic legislatures have even np.
pointed the iimyurA of somo'of our large
cities , bu.t it is'u,0ii'ltful ! whether imilei
the constitution ) of Nebraska the legis
Inlure would by uphold by the court *
if It Httampted'jjp , hpijolnt "a mayor foi
Omaha instead of providing for his eleq
tioii by the olePtorS of the city.
Members of the- , Board of Educatloi :
say they want ? loO,000 contributed to
the school fund for the coming year by
llrect taxation. The school board mem
bers this year , as lu previous years ,
seem to bo proceeding on the theory
that nothing can be lost by asking for
jverything in sight.
Elect rU-al Supremacy.
CJlolio-l > eniocrat.
Eighty per cent of the electrical copll-
incca in England arc of American rcanu-
lacttirc , and this Is not the only line lr
.vhlcli . our workmen have obtained a safe
cad.
LI HUIIK'H Ilcuit Is Level.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
LI Hung Chang Is enough of a statesman
o know that the European powers never
ittempt to destroy a government which owes
hem more- than Its land Is worth.
Compulsory 'lU'HlKriui ' lloil.
New York Tribune.
Tammany's conversion to civil service re-
orm rules for the city departments recalls
ho feelings of the old man who was reccn-
iled to the death of his wife because rae
tad to be.
be.A
A JnitniuHiCompliment. .
Baltimore American.
Hie request of the Japanese- government ,
hrcugh Its minister , for an American girl
o narno the mew Japanese wsr ah\p \ cu Its
lunching , Is an International compliment us
hlvalroiiH as It Is courteous , and one which
annot fall to tie appreciated by the public
t largo. The American people nro alwayn
lartlcularly pleased when ! foreigners give
radical recognition of our national defor-
nco fee women , aa this recognition Is really
tribute to the nation.
Loner oil Suuiul , Short on So MM p.
New York Mall anil Kxpress.
Young Mr. Bryan's remark that Secretary
logo possesses "a subllmo faith In the KU-
erlorlty of money over man cod a supreme
ontoir.rit for the rights , Interests and
ptalons of the people at largo" Is nlmply
he utterance of a cheap demagogue who
icrlflceu ucnso to sound and patriotism to
rejudlce. What Me , Hryan saja Is untrue ,
nd what aggravates his offense Is that be
news It Is untrue.
Tnlkril Tlii-iiiHt'l vi-x Out.
lluffalo Uxpri'fs.
The end of the civil service debate was
atlicr farcical. The enemies of the merit
yatem forgot to have a division made eo
liey could be yewnally recorded. With
bout ci third of tbp members absent , they
illcd to carry thplr , i > oliit. They ehowcd
tat atncmg republicans they had no ocrious
'
tfcugth. The dobfite , however , has served
lie excellent purpose of enabling a fev rep-
csenutlvcs to talk ) .off their wrath at not
elag able to get tall the patronage they
runted. Having nlade Itbelr apceches on thU
ubject. It IH not likely they will bring It
p again at thls- . > * loii. There are too
iany other topicg to "oroto UPM for them
j \\oato tlmo repeating the burning thoughts
Sey have JuM utttreil on the civil service.
'heir glowing oratot'yunay devote Itaelf to
living Cuba now. ut >
of Hir'OiVKiiu Short I. Inc.
Chlclipo [ Tribune.
The nowa that the rdllrcad Interests which
rcro active la tli6' reorganisation of the
Milan Pacific havo'perfected their control of
he Oregon Short Line has been discounted.
t was part of the original plan of which
tie purchase of the government' lien on the
talon Pacific wes the keystone. That ac-
omplUhed , the formation of a great trace-
ontlnontal route , extending from ocean to
ccan , wo.i Inevitable , owing to the Identity of
itcrests In connecting lines. Close tratllc al-
iancca between Atlantic scaboirJ lines and
estern trunk llnr.i are not an Innovation ,
ut never until now has tlioro been the uamo
oaimunlty of Interests between connecting
oads forming what may he a single njatein
Dr transcontinental l > uiac ! > i. In that re-
pect tt Inaugurates a now era la American
allroadlng , and , If carried to Its ultimate
ancluilon , may force other trenamLsslulppl
dads to ally tbenuelvce more clwcly with
real Atlantic outlets anil feeders.
coi.ti COMPORT roit nr.
Alllanco Time * : The supreme court of tl
state of Ncbnuka has Affirmed the sentcn
of the Omaha courts , appcnloil * y Kmbc
tier Hartley and the latter will not get h
Jiwt deserts 'behind the bars.
Stanton Picket : 1C Joe > Hartley wAiits
do the fltnto he ban vrrongeil n final RCK
turn ho will forthwith dlvlugo the niinoa
the men who * o generously aoslstod him
making away with the public money. 1
ought to see that the tlmo has arrived wht
silence has ceased to bo a virtue.
Schuylcr Quill : Our supreme court nfKtn
( the Judgmpnt In the district court whore1
cx-Stato Treasurer Hartley ROCS to the pen
tentl.iry for twenty years for cmbewllt
$201.834 of state cash. This Is proper nr
our republican supreme court has one cred
mark In Ua favor , even If no more. li )
this was a caco where nothing else con !
have been done.
Clay Center Sun : The supreme court hi
amrmed the judgment of the lower court I
the Hartley ease and the twenty-year sei
tenco stands. This knocks the propi fro
under Hartley's defense nu well nj from ui
dcr the hopes of the popocratfi who hadpron
Iscd the people that republican courts woul
turn him loose. It la also n sttdden Jar 1
the nerves ot the papers which have kc ]
the delusion tip to their laat Issue.
nioomlngton Echo : Joseph 3. Partlc
within thirty days will bo confined behind tl
prlaon walls at tfio rtato petiltentlary.
thb man should take It Into his head to d
vulgo the names of some of the fellows tb <
have secured soaio of the stolen money
might make milto a rattling cf dry bonti
There Is no doubt but what they , too , woul
follow Hartley to the pen , Jupt aa Ben 3111
followed ex-Treasurer Whitney of Hiirla
county to Hio same place.
Kallo City Journal : The stories told li
anti-republican forces before election Ui :
Iho republicans did not want to convict Bar
ley have 'been ' proven false. Before tli
election Hartley waa convicted of embe :
zllug the state funds and scntcncc.l (
twenty years In Iho penitentiary. This w
appealed to the aupremo court and was a
firmed this week. A icpubllcan count coi
vlotcd Hartley oiiil n. republican puprcm
court atnrmed the decision. The republican
are ready ta convict defaulters nnd punto
them no matter what their politics.
Blair Pilot : During the late campaign I
was common talk among populist leader
th-U as soon as the election was over tli
state supreme court would allow Joe Harl
ley his freedom on some technicality. Till :
of course , was campaign thunlcr used enl
to draw votes from Justice Post for fie put
peso of electing SulllvZi , The result of th
supreme court's findings paceo ! a very till
feront light on Iho matter. Toe court over
ruled every point of the defense and aninne
the decision of the lower court. Judge Bake
gave a twenty-year sentmce nnd Hartley wl
soon start out serving time. He will hav
ample tlmo for reflection.
Ponc.i Journal : E. S. Whitney , defaultln
cr-treasurcr of Harlan county , Nebraska
woa lodged ! the penitentiary the flrst of th
week for a term of two and one-half years
having been convicted of embezzlement. 1 !
D. Mills , ex-tanltcr of ttepublican City , wh
had borrowed public monev from Whltne
and aided his dowi-i'all , was aao ! found guilt
of embezzlement and given a five yean ;
term of penal servitude. The precedent thu
catabllsheJ will doubtless create uneaslnc *
imong these who helped wreck cx-Audlto
Moore by securing leans from him o > 3 wll
perhaps place a damper on fie too frcqucn
pracUco of borrowing money from public of
flclals. According to that action , the bor
rower shares In Hie guilt and penalty of tli
tlotoulthn officer , and In thla case the fat
of the borrower Is double that of the unfor
tumuo treasurer.
HITS OF STATE POLITICS
Scb.uyl.er Quill ( pcp. ) : The Kearney Demo
: rat Is booming Edgar Howard , editor c
tno Papllllon Times , for governor anottie
lall. As the governor will bo a populist ou
! rlend Howard will hardly do.
Tobias Gazette ( rep. ) : There need bo n
dasto In trotting out a candidate for gov
3rnor of this state. When the proper Urn
; ome.3 the republicans will present a nam
that will bo a winner. They will mot b
: ompelled to use any poor tlmbec , either.
Hastings Tribune ( ret ) . ) : It Is nice to b
i leader among Itio topullsta , t
loldl office , draw big salaries , hav
ots of railroad passes , go to ban
luets. go on free Junketing tours an
Ive like a prince. There is nothing Ilk
being able to fool the people and get al
tbD'.e fine things.
Beatrice Democrat ( gold dcm. ) : As al
sorts of religious beliefs are founded upo
: ho bible , so all brands of democracy ar
:1mrged : up against Andrew Jackson. 1
'Old Hickory" could have foreseen the as
aults that were to be made upon hi
nemory , he would have told Packln'aam t
: hase him Into the gulf.
York Times ( rep. ) : The populist Idea o
he kind of business men wo ought to have ii
Jolitics Is those who have failed in busl
less. Any ccio nfoo has been a succcssfu
luslness man la a. nlghtmaro to them. AVhei
hey look at him they see nothing but del
ars sticking out all over him am
heir Jealousy Is aroused to the hlg'acB
iltch.
Premoat Herald ( dom. ) : The Papllllor
Times "believes It will bo best for the oausi
.0 glvo itho nominee for governor to the pop
illstG and to ramo a Douglas county demo
: rat for lieutenant governor. " But the
.rouble Is , all but governor fcavo bad but ecu
erm. Why net Holcomb for the next va-
: ancy fn supreme court and a democrat foi
; overnor ?
Osmond Republican ( rep. ) : A gcod man >
/I our exchanges ro speaking In favor ol
ludgo Norrls of Form as the next Camil
la to for congress from this district. We
jcllcvo that of all inca lie 'Is the ono tc
lomlnalo , and that with him ca tbo caadl-
late It will only bo o. < jues 'Ion ' iof miijorlty.
la a man the Judge to without a peer In
Nebraska ; as a citizen ho Is an ihccior to the
llstrlct , and as a vote getter his cnual doffl
tot exist. 'Norrls Is tbo man. Push , him
.long.
Stanton Picket ( rep. ) : The populists
hould by all moaas nominate Ocvcrnor Hol-
: omb for a third term. Wo are speaking as
. republics i who believes that his namlna-
lon would mean Ibis political death and ro-
lublicun victory. As governor ho has been
iCnsplcuous for the pledges 810 lna not kept
nd the dumber of railrcad passes and Junket-
ng tours ho has been able to secure for
ilmaolf an ! party friends. The prejudice
gainst a 'third term would defeat him If bU
aaractcr as a reformer In ofllco did not.
Schuyler Sun ( rep. ) : Amcrag the names of
hct'a monttoned as possible candidates for
Uo republican nomination for governor next
ear the Sun notices that tbo most prominent
ro Hra. A. K. Cady of St. Paul and Judge
laker of Omaha. Either of tlieso , men would
iako an exceptionally strong candidate. Mr.
ady , having been a former citizen of Schuy-
jr , would probably bo preferred by Colfax
ouuty people , but both are exceptionally
rco from any stigma of ring rule or en-
itigliing political alliances and would make
leal candidates. By all means let It beady
ady or Baker.
Exeter Democrat ( rep. ) : To help make up
> r the reform economy our la.U legislature
Idn't practice the otato board made the
; acbers In the Beatrice feeble minded In-
tltutlon a New Year's preoent In the shape
f a reduction In their wages. Whether they
111 continue this work and cut the salary
f teachero In all the state Iratltutlons or
hcther they will make up the balance of
10 unnecessary expccao Incurred by this
ody of able legislators by ju t taking It out
t the state funds and charging It up to come
x-ropiibllcan ofllclil remains to bo been.
uyway It's a noticeable fact that they
aven't as yet cut their own salaries down
) help pay these bills , but they probably
111 Just before they go out of olllce
merely1 for the look's of tbo thing , If noth-
ig else.
North Platte Tribune ( rep. ) : There la much
ruth In tbo itatemunt of an cxcbeago that
onutno popuiut/t who Joined the party In
rder to see a reform brought about in the
n\n regulating freight and transportation
ites la Nebraska can mow see that they
ave been deceived. Their leaders have ,
1th but few exceptions , sold themselves out
aJlly to the railroad companies , Their greed
> r IVJBSCB for their families and friends ex-
; eds tbo most cxtremo In the history of any
arty before them. What makca it wono
i they got their former petitions by pre-
rnJInR to bo reformers In these matters ,
ho very men who were the loudest lu their
rles against the ratta charged by the rail-
da are the ones who are now drawing the
rcatcut number of pasacii.
AT TIM : KXPOSITIO :
No Such Wnrrt n * Vn\l In the Stntc'
> ocnbnlnrr-
St Txjul iKinlblto.
Imperial Missouri U a good name to cot
Jure with , and the 'Missouri ' and Omaha B
position Commission committee l Justine
In conjuring with It ( or the purpose of li
sttrlng a creditable Missouri exhibit at th
Trnnsmlsslsslppl and International Ktpca
tlon opening in OmMm Juno 1 next.
State prldo demands that .Missouri , th
fifth Btato In the union and closely bottn
by trade connections with all the van tci
rltory to bo represented at Omaha , shoul
make a showing commensurate with he
natural elaiidlng. There will bo cause fc
shame If tills Is not done , and good Mis
sottrlaus do not llko to be ashamed for thel
stale.
'I hero arc 3.000.000 Mlssotirlans 700,000 c
whom live In St. LouU and they nro near !
all Rood \lls3otirlans. not even barring re
publlcats from this classification. The bltts
of shame mantling the checks of no man
Mlssourlans at the same tlmo would prac
tlcally Incarnadine the cntlro west with th
hue of mortified embarrassment. It woul
tlngo oven the sky of Omaha , where woul
bo found the rause of this shaming of
state. It will not do to have such a thin
occur.
The committee In charge of Missouri'
share of the Omaha exposition suggests ;
way out of the dimculty. It calls for volnn
tary subscriptions to overcome nnd offsc
the legislature's unfortunate failure to an
prcprlate funds snlllclrnt for a suitable ex
hlblt. It names the banker In St. Louis t
whom such subscriptions should bo for
warded. This places the matter entirely litho
the hands of loyal and sUte-rcspcetIng Mis
sourlaus. And there are nearly 3.000,000 o
them. What are they going to do about It ?
< : IMIIMI : IIMIKTAI.MSM.
UN True .MiMiiiliiK Drllnril liy Coin
lictcnt Authority ,
ClilcaRo Tribune.
Ex-Senator KdmutuU told the commlttei
on tanking and currency last Wedncsda ;
what he end other sound money men meai
when they speak of bimetallism.
He stated that the Monetary commission
of which he Is the chairman , felt tb't ro' <
was the best standard that could bo adopted
but the adoption of that standard :
"Did not exclude the Idea of bimetallism
for It did not exclude the use of silver o ;
any other metal to the largest extent thai
they could bo maintained on en equality wltl
the one fixed and invariable standard o
gold. "
Thb Is an accurate description of the "In
tcrnatloDil bimetallism" which the nations
republican platform of 1SQC pledged thai
party to promote a "bimetallism" which fc
not Inconsistent with the maintenance of "al
our money , whether coin or rxipcr , at tin
present ( gold ) standard , the standard of the
most enlightened nations of the earth. "
It Is true that was not the "bimetallism1
Senator Wolcott and his colleagues asked for
They spoiled whatever chances of euccrrf
they had when they went 'abroad last yeat
by talking " 10 to 1" to men who comprC'
bended fully the impossibility of that ratio
It was an Insult to the Intelligence of the
statesmen and business men of Europe tc
speak to them of an increased use of sllve :
on those terms.
What foreign natloao may bo willing tc
do for silver when used on the basla of Itt
commercial ratio nobody knows , for nobodj
ever has asked them. Senator Wo'.cotl '
should have put the question , but he did not ,
If ho goes abroad again he should not be ns
forgetful EG he was the first time.
Genuine bimetallism , as defined by ex-Sen ,
ator Edmunds , dlffero from the sham "bl-
mctalllam" of Bryan In that the former con
templates the largest pocslble use of sllvci
consistent with maintenance of the world' ' .
gold standard of money , and the latter con
templates the abandonment of the gold
standard , the substitution of the sllvci
standard and the exclusive wa of silver ae
hard money.
The United States has the gold standard ,
It has In use $500,000,000 of silver , which I ;
maintained on an equality with gold , though
worth commercially only 40 cents of Its fact
value. Thus this country uses both gold zr.ii ]
silver. But Bryan's free coinage scheme
would drlvo all the gold out of circulation ,
would reduce the purchasing power of the
Oliver In use CO per cent , and make this a
monometallic silver standard country , in
stead of a gold standard bimetallic country.
RESTRICTING IMMIG'llATIOX. '
The Riliiciitlnmil Ti-Ht I'ronotinci'il ol
Llt-tle Value.
liofton Globe.
No wonder thait the advccates of the new
plan to restrict immigration are eager to
faavo It "Jammed through" congress. The
more It it discussed the more It is opposed.
Spoildng of the measure , our neighbor , the
Transcript , remarked the o'ticr day :
"Tho bill has acqulrol Its present mo
mentum through the locse and hazy notion
that o-Jucatlon Is a. solvent for everything ,
that reading and writing differentiate the
desirable cul the undeslrublo Immigrant.
"Reading and writing are not education ,
but only the tools by which It Is obtained.
But skill In any line of honest service Is
education , and valuable at that. The pro
posed test , therefore , might easily let In
tiho bungler and the snvittcrcr , and keep out
the man with tbo trained hand a.nd ihcnest
heart. Moreover , the provisions of tbo bill
with regard to families are both clumsy and
cruel , nn1 If It pasaca and becomes a law of
: ho land Us pnictlcal workings will be likely
to disgust tae country * Lo an extent tibat will
bring a speedy demand for Its repeal. "
Every day brings new and influential Influ
ences to bear against the bill which Mr.
Cleveland vetoed , but which Mr. Lodge dill
liopcu to carry through. Hepubllcaci leaders
U Washington may yet como to a realizing
sfi-oo lot the fact tiat It will bo "gooj poll-
tics" to siielvo It.
I * tA.VH OTIII3H1VI5IS.
Joaquln Miller didn't carry with him to
Jau-Bon City enough poetic fire to protect his
> ars and Ills toes.
The will of the late Mrs. John Drew has
icon probated , and her estate , which amounts
0 only t200 , Is clven to her children.
The senior partner of Bass , the great Eng-
Ish 'brewing concern , Is allegeJ to have
nade an Income of $1,750.000 last year ,
George Thatcher , the well known minstrel ,
as cast his lot with Bacchus , and will In
uturo bo found iprcaldlug over a roadhouae
t Fanwood , N. J.
John D. Leavftt of Portsmouth , N. H. , has
ad a gavel made from original oak In the old
rlgato Constitution , and has sent It as a
resent to the Massachusetts Society of thu
imerlcan 'Revolution.
A 'Buffalo ' magistrate became very angry
ecauia a prisoner every time ho was aaked
or his name replied "Nit. " .Affalrn bccamo
ulotcr when It was learned that the man's
amo was Herman Nltt.
The Austrian government has enlarged
lie boundaries of Vienna to such an extent
hat the metropolitan area Is now half iw
argo as London , twlco as large as Paris and
hreo times larger than Berlin , Vet Vicuna
9 declining In prosperity.
Kx-Governor Hobort B. Pattlaon Is being
ushod forward for the democratic noinlnu.
IKI for governor In Pennsylvania. Some
erson of Uio ox-governor's size -la needed to
Ivo the democracy eomo vitality and re-
pcctahlllty In the Keystone state.
Judge Albert Boynton , who died the other
ny at the Alma ( Mich. ) raultarlum. was tor
wonty-flvc yeans the political editor of the
lotrolt Free Press , purchasing an Interest In
10 paper In 187 ? . Ho was a descendant ,
brough bis mother , of John Alden.
Indiana has produced a musical prodigy In
iUlu 'Craxton ' , aged G. The papers of that
tate are making a great to-do about her
cnlus. They say sbe can play on the piano
r organ anything he once hears , and lias
3cn able to do it since she was 3 years old.
Some enterprising space-filler has trans-
ortcd from Creedo , Colo. , to an obscure
orner of Ts'ew York state "Soapy" Smith's
pctrlllol giant , " manufactured out of
oment , and unloaded a graphic description
r the "find , " with photographs , on thu New
'ork Herald. 'If ' "Soapy" Is dead , his nplrlt
1 marching on , <
John Glfford of Princeton , N. J. , a farmer
nd editor , who Is well acquainted with real
state valucH there , says that Mr. Clove-
uid's selection of Princeton as a place of
palJcnce has Increased the value of real
state f > 0 per cent. 'That Is to nay , " said
lr. Glfford , "Mr. Cleveland's coming at the
amo time with several New York million-
Ires has turnuJ the attention of a certain
lasi of people to Princeton a a place of
eslJeuce , with this effect v oa valuta. "
nv.IVAI , or HOMI : UULIJ.
\ \ Vttnl rrlnrlple.
CMcairo Trlbua * .
Thn tticory that the right of lee l munici
pal self-government 1 this country Is no In-
hcrcnt rlfiiit , which exists without any tioe-J
of coimtltutlonal recognition , la < ho basis of
the decision which has Just boon made by
Judge Scott of Omaha In a suit brought to
declare null and void the law creating a
municipal police nnd flro bo d , whoso of-
flccm are appointed by the governor , for tihat
city.Tho
The old doctrhio wa that municipalities
wcro agents of the elate , created by it ta
perform certain lowl governmental fuo.itlons.
U was assumed that the alalo couU grant
ft municipality what powers U saw fit nil
couU taku them a\\ay when It saw fit. TS > o
control of a legislature over municipality
regard ! . * ? police matters was not disputed ,
and the earlier state lius establishing metro
politan police beards \\ero not attacked on
account of their ollegcd uncoraUtutlonnlUy.
I5nt fie doctrlio of local eclf-govcrnmcnt
of "homo rulo" Jian been gaining ground.
an ! .legislative Interference with local af-
falrn , hlch would have IIAMCM ! unchallenged
fifty years ago , now arouses considerable cp-
pMltlon ,
Question ot Tnxntlnn ,
Ltilcnso TlniM-lteraM.
If sucii < i law 4s unconstitutional In No-
ImiDka because It violates the principle ot
municipal homo rule It would also bu un
constitutional In Illinois for the oamc reason.
In 1SG7 the legislature of IIIIi li ) pu&scd an
act to establish a police commission In iist
St. l > cnls , providing for iMo uppolntmcnt by
the governor of three comni ! slonoij , who
wore te control the police li > | Mrtinc it of the
city. In rasa of failure cf the city council
to appropriate money to pay s.iHrlro and
expenses of th comnilmloh Uio ac ! gave the
commissioner ! ) the power to Isailo certificates
of luJcbtpJnees l-.i the nameot the city ,
whlo'a would bo receivable In payment of
taxes. Thu court held tbo net unconstitu
tional.
If It Is unconstitutional to tax a munici
pality to support a etato police commission ,
then the act creating such a commission U )
an Invasion of the people's constitutional
rights.
The decision of Judge Scott In the Omaha
case Is a masterly otic.
The lllltinU ITc.-oiU-iit.
t'lilcngo Chronicle.
The decision by Judge Scott of Omaha on
the metropolitan police bill Is In line with
the decision repeatedly made In the state ot
Illinois regarding the Inviolability of muni
cipal homo rule ; In fact , Judge Scott Orcw
upon the Illinois reports for some part of1
his authority.
The- Chronicle has frequently shown that
the decision ot the supreme court ot Illinois
In thn Hast St. Louis case , a parallel of the
Omaha case , a parallel also of the situa
tion which the Tanner legislature now at
Springfield Is expected to create at the ho
liest of the republican machine , Is fatal to
ixny metropolitan bill. The court held that
not only wore those portions of the acts un- ,
constitutlonal which purported to authorize
Lhc police commissioners thereby attempted
to be created to levy taxes and to create
Indebtedness against the corporation , be
cause the commissioners were not elected
by the people of the municipality nor ap
pointed In any mode to which the people
liad given their assent , but also that that
portion of the acts purporting to create a
police force for Iho city was uuconstltU'
iluiial aud void.
lliinc'il on Ilroiul Principle's.
ChleaKo 1'ost.
The decision Is based on broad principles
and on the language of the city's charter.
Local , municipal self-government , the opin
ion declares. Is an Inherent , Inalienable
right , aud the legislature has no power to
Jestroy It. It may not confer upon the governor -
ornor potter to appoint local officers of the
municipality. Once grant that tbo state can
take charge ot the police department nnd
( Ire department ot a city without the con
sent of the municipality ( assuming that the
people can surrender their right to sclf-
sovcrnment. which la doubtful ) , and It In
evitably follows that the state pan take
3lmrgo of all tbo departments and servants
: > f the city through governor-made appoint
ments. This , clearly. Is a rcductlo ad ab-
biirdum ot the entire case for state coinmls-
iions to do local work.
Of course , It Is possible to regard commis
sioners appointed under a state law not as
ocal , but as state officers , hut In that case
: he state ought to pay their salaries. To
nakc the citizens of Omaha pay these sal-
irles Is to Impose a tax 'without the right
jf representation or choice. The police power
) f the state docs not warrant any such use
> f the taxing power. It Is limited by the
'undamcnta ! rights ot the municipal sub-
llvlalons of the state with regard to taxa-
: lon and self-regulation within the general
aws.
I'oi.vrnu a'l.
Chicago Record : "Julia , did you have any
tlrmi for thought as your trolley cur crushed
nto that other one ? "
"Yes ; I thought If I came out nllvo rd go
rlsht home nnd put a new binding on my
illk petticoat. "
Indianapolis Journal : Fond Mother Now ,
nlnd Willie , If Willie don't be good nnd
nlnd nmmma , mamma won't let him have
my more of his nlco medicine !
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Say , Weary ,
.vot's all this here civil service thet thcy'ro
iverlastln'ly scrappln' nbout ? "
"Why , It's Jest politely handln' yep chair
o th' fellow on th' other side-wot wants jer
iob , "
Chicago Tribune : "In your letter to mo
iliout the ponolllce nt Snrreltop. " tnld tin-
'Cliator ' , "you spoke of Hlgglnsldo as the
present Incumbrnnce. ' You meant , of
iotirse , the 'present Incumbent. ' "
" 'Incumbrurico Is the right word , Srn-
itor , " replied the man who was after Illg-
[ Insldo's Job , somewhat stlllly.
New Yor'.c World : She Are you still en
raged to Maude ?
lit No ,
She I congratulate you ! You're well rid
if hor. How did you break It !
He By marrying her.
Washington Star : "What was the face of
he note you gave me ? " miked the man who
ometlinea lends money.
"I can't say , " was the answer , "but I ro-
aember that it had a very disagreeable ex-
rcsslon , "
Harvard Lampoon , "Seems to mo It coats
ou a good denl to study , " said the father ,
3 ho handed his son money to buy books
, 'Ith. "J know It , " replied the youth , pock-
ting gratefully a $10 bill , "and I don't Httidy
pry nurd , either. "
THIS TWO FMHVI9IIS.
Tlioman Dunn English In tlie Independent ,
'hero ' was a llower within my carden
Krowlng ;
In form nnd color delicately fair ;
.nd fragrance from Ita petals ever throwIng -
Ing
It filled with Hwcetness all the morning
air.
no nli.tit tha frost toopd sudden from
o'erhead ;
ho morning aun arose the flower was
dead ,
/
had a wlfo who isrew for years bpstdo mo" ;
one sweeter or more loving there be ;
oother nnd friend , whatever might bctldo
me ,
hrouch varying fortunes clinging close to
inc.
ne day the darkening- clouds hung ovcr-
lieiid ;
her * came a frost nt nightfall she vt < i.i
cloud.
veot ( lower ! Dear wlfo ! those blossoms of
existence ,
One in the garden , one within the heart ,
loomed for my Kladntss with a fond per-
HlAtence ,
Till frost und death had bidden both de
part.
et risen In my toul the hope to me ,
oth aliull ruWoom within the life to be
The New York State
Chemist says
ROYAL is superi
or to every other
baking powder.