Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 24, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BER. [ PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ———— « TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTTON. e Omaha Sunday fies, mafied to any year. .. e oo bsiifiding, teenth and Farnam Streets Wastungton Office, No. 613 Four- All communieations relating to news and edi- All business letters and remittances should + bemade payablo to the order of the company. Weakre Roe One ¥, T oo™ b hiiiing, N, W, " Corne a fi”aw:,‘.’?f.fic:?’ Hoota o ang 3 Teftrune :‘e’nl:x trect. CORRESPONDENCE, torinl matter should be addressed to the Bditor RO BUSINESS LETTERS, be addressed to The Bee Publisnis Oompany, Omaha Drafts, checks and postoffice orders to The Bee Pablis hing Company, Proprictors. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btateof Nebraska, | | go, County of Douglas, George B, Tzechuck, secretary of The Ree Pub- Company, does solemnly swear that the mctual cireulation of Tie DALY Ber for Week ending June 22d, 1550, Was as followa: 18,808 18,578 GEORG R‘ B. TZSCHUCK. Eworn tobefors me and sublcribed to in iy presence this jay of June, A, D. 3 Eenl. N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. Btate of Nebr: raska, County of Douglas. ("" George . Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- Ru and says that he Is secretary of The Bee blishing company, that the actual avers dally circulation of The Daily Bee for the it, 1 8, 18,154 copies: 15,84 _coples; for Novembe es: for December, 186, 18,223° copies; T January, 1860, 18,574 coples:’ for February, 185, 38,000 coples: for Maron, 145, 18,854 copiad; for April, 189, Thi50 coples’ for May, 160, 1800 copies. GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Aworn to before me and subscribed in my (Seal] " presence this id day of June, A. Dy " N. P. FEII, Notary Public. THE councilmanic investigation in Lincoln demonstrates one fact—that in variety, volume and vigor the Wood- ruffe at the Capital City distance the Chicago article by several leagues. Tne tax collector has given the peo- ple of Johnstown notice that he will be in that ruined city shortly to collect de- linquent taxes. Misfortunes evidently do not come singly upon Johunstown. WYOMING is reported to be recruiting Ther population with Mormon emigrants dn order to swell her numbers to the requisite proportion necessary for state- ‘hood. As a political investment, how- ever, the Mormon citizen is not to Wy- oming’s best interests. THE projection of an immense steel plant at Vallejo, Cal., to be supplied with iron from the mines about Seattle, is reported from the Pacific coast. English capitalists are said to be back of this enterprise, and if carried out the Pacific slope will develop a great industry and make it independent of the east for its steel and iron supplies. THE blunt, straightforward way in which General Crook addresses himself to the Indians in the present treaty ne- gotiations has won for him their respect and confidence. The Sioux have expli- cit faith in his words alone. Whatever credence they place uponsthe promises and explanations of the other members of the commission, it is apparent that the Sioux are suspicious lest they are being duped by ‘‘sugar words.” THE immigration of Mormon prose- lytes has of late not been so extensiye B8 to attract attention, but last week three hundred and forty-five arrived at New York destined for Utah. This shows that the Mormon church, if less active than heretofore in seeking proselytes, has not wholly abandoned efforts to recruit its ranks in this way, and that it is still able to find people who will accept its peculiar doctrines. Toe impulsive ‘“‘Patriotic Sons of America” are unable to determine the exact temperature of the reception they received at the white house. Their gorgeous brass-mounted trappings failed to protect them from . the arctic * zephyrs which floated through the blue room, and the enthusiastic patriot who attempted to pin a badge of the order on ghe president’s breast collided with a congostive chill that paralyzed his arm. Remembering the fate of Blaine, General Harrison was too wary to be Burchard in his own house. —_— Tae railvoads between Ch{cnfgo and the seaboard are still floundering about in their endeavor to find a way out of their difficulties, By the competing water routes, the subsidized Canadian railronds and their American allies have demoralized freight rates. To meet these cuts the through rates must be made to correspond and under the operations of the inter-state commerce law the local rates must be reduced pro- portionately to the through rates. In ‘what way the horns of this dilemma will be-grasped by the Chicago rail- rouds will be an intevesting study. | —— The statement issued by the auditor of public” accounts showing the risks written, premiums received and losses incurred by fire insurance companies doing business in Nebraska for the year 1888 is particularly interesting to Omaha, inasmuch as it demonstrates the phenominal success attained by local fire insurance companies. During the year these companies report that they have written risks to the amount of nearly twelve millions, while the losses incurred and paid did not exceed forty-thousand dollars. In comparison with the older and well establishea in- surance companies doing businessin the state, the home compaunies have every veason to be satisfied. The fact that the insurance business has been so prof- itable and satisfactory, has induced a third local company to enter the field. An insurance company at Omabha can just as well command business in Ne- ‘braska, Colorado, Kansas, Dalkota, Wy- oming, Utah, Iowa, and other states as & company in Philadelphia, Hartlord or Wew York eity, and there should come W time when insurance will be an im- rtant factor in Qwaho’s greut finan- institutions. THE VERDICT OF EIGHT STATES. ‘Within the past two years eightstates have voted down propositions to adopt | constitutional prohibition. They are Michigan, Toxas, Tennessee, Oregony West Virginia, New Hampshire, Massa- chusetts and Pennsylvania, represent- ing nearly all sections of the country— the extreme southwest, the far west, the oentral west, New England and the old group of middle states. Itis noteworthy, also, that almost all industrial condi- tions have rendered a common verdiot ngainst constitutional prohibition. Not less important and significant than | this was the vote of Rhode Island re- pealing the prohibition amendment to the constitution of that state. The tendency of the times, remarks the New York FErvening Post, is obvi- ously in the direction of restrictive leg- islation, either under the name of tax laws or high license fees. In all the many states in which such laws exist now the effects have been good. They have reduced the number of saloons, they have restricted the traffic, and they bhave added greatly to the public revenues, thereby reducing the burdens of taxation. As evidence of the tendency to re- strictive legislation it is interesting to note the recent action of Michigan and Missouri, both of which have just passed measures for restricting the power of the saloon. The legislature of Mich- igan passed a law giving local option to counties, and making the liquor busi- ness unusually perilous wherever pro- hibited by granting the relatives of persons injured in person or property by liquor the right to recover dam- ages from the seller. Missouri, which has a most thoroughgoing local option law, now has a new statute prohibit- ing musie, cards, billiards, bowling alleys and boxing matches in saloons. This is practical legislation for restricting the hquor traffic, and it will be effective because it will havethe support of general public sentiment. No law or policy can be successful that does not have this support, and the failure of prohibition is due to the fact that it is not approved by general pub- lic sentiment. Time and abundant ex- periment havo proven that prohibition is both worthless and mischievous, add- ing to the vice of excessive indulgence in liquor drinking, the other evils of duplicity and contempt for law, and the practical and unpreju- dicad intelligence of the country rejects it and demands legislation that will control and regulate the liquor trafiic and require it to contribute a just share to the public revenue. The similar verdict of the people of eight states on the question of constitutional prohibi- tion ought to have weight with the people whosé minds are capable of being impressed by such a fact. CULTIVATION OF FLAX. The suggestions recently made to the department of agriculture by a gentle- man connected with the Irish linen in- dustry, regarding the cultivation of flax and turning the crop into linen, are likely to result in much ‘good. Ex- periments will be made by the depart- ment to determine whether the flax sed in this country can produce linen equal in quality and texture to that of the old world. Av preseat the flax crop is raised principally for seed, espec- ially in the west. In the eastern states the fiber is utilized for cordage and the coarser fabrics. Even in these states the demand does not equal the supply, while in Tova, Ne- braska, and particularly Dakota, tons upon tonsof flax straw are rotting on the prairies. Ivis unfortunate that no intelligent, energetic effort has been made to real- ize the full value of this crop. The establishment of linseed oil mills at Omaha and other western cities created a demand for the seed which made it profitable for farmers to plant a limited area. There is no reason why equal success could not be obtained by the establishment of linen [factories. At present the linen of the world is manufactured in Holland, Germany and Ireland. We could not hope to cOmpete success- fully with those countries for a long time. Years of experience in the cultivation and treat- ment of the crop, low wages and long hours of labor give them advantages which would require patient, persistent effort to overcome. We pay hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to foreign linen mills which might be kept at home, increasing the avenues of employment and materially benefitting the whole people, The cultivation of flax is peculiarly suited to our northern soil and climate. It is a plant of rapid growth, requiring about three months from seeding to harvest. Though more exhausting to the soil than any of the grain crops, it is fairly profitable even for seed pur- poses. Double the amount of seed to the acre is required for the fiber plant, and great care is necessary in harvesting at the right time as well as in the rotting, drying and heckling processes. For these reasons considerable experience, is requived to produce an article of first quality. But the establishment of linen fac- tories would give an impetus to the in- dustry, and with profits graded acc ing to quality of product, it would not require many years for intelligent farm- ers to produce an article of the first rank. We pessess the soil, the climate, the industry and ability to equal any foreign product, and an unexcelled mar- ket for the finished article. In fact, there is every inducement to turn a crop, half of which is now wasted, into one of the most profitable in the domain of ‘agriculture, The experiments of the department of agriculture will be watched with con- siderable interest throughout the coun- try and favorable results are confidently expected, Smme— A BUSINESS COMMISSION. The reorganized civil service commis- sion is performing its work in a most energetic and businesslike way. For the first time since the civil service law went into effect the commissioners are in complete harmony. They are a unit in the determination toenfarce'the law. Mr, Roosevelt recently said, **We are THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY., JUNE 24, 1889 going to enforce the law even il con- gross abolishes the sommission,” This purpose is to be enrried out without any regard to partisan considerations, as it should be. Republican wrong-doing will be as sturdily ferreted out and punished as democratic wrong-doing. The democratic commissioner, Mr. Thompson, has stated that his republi- can colleagues have shown no straining to make party points, but under all cir- cumstances have seemed to aim straight at the mark of making the law clear and insisting on its enforcement. The republican commissioners give the same eredit to Mr. Thompson. This is as it should be. There can be nothing in the work of the commmssion, if it is honestly pursuned, which can give ground for partisan divis- ions. The law iteelf has nothing to do with politics. Tts purpose is to give all a chance to secure public office regardless of political affilintions. This character of the law has never been as fully respected as it should have been, but there is no reason to believe it will be strictly regarded by the present com- mission. Partisan considerations in the past have also protected officials in palpable and persistent violations of the letter and: spirit of the law, notable in- stances of this naving occurred under the last administration. This, there is every assurance, will not be allowed to influence the action of the present commission. A thorough and honest enforcement of the law is to be desired, Only in this way can it be determined whether the policy and principles it embodies are wise and worthy of being main- tamed. The opponents of civil service reform, who contend that it has proved hateful rather than beneficial to the public service, are met with the state- ment that it has never yet had a fair trial. There is warrant for this, as the disclosures in the investigation of the civil service examinations at the New York custom house and the Indianapolis post- office cleurly showed. TIn these cases, and doubtless in numerous others which may never be discovered, the require- ments of the law were not complied with, and its purpose was defeated by fraud and dishonesty. For this the predecessors of the present commis- sioners wore largely responsible. The want of harmony among them pre- vented united action for enforcing the law, while some of them were really not {friendly to the polic; Thus it has happened that sor- vice reform has not yet received such a fair and honest trial as is neces- sary toa correct judgment regarding its value. The present commissioners seem determined to give it such a trial, and it is not doubted that they will be fully sustained 1n doing so by the presi- dent. THE Indians at Pine Ridge have brought to the attention of the Sioux commissioners that it was about time that their older children should return from the Indian schools of the east and take charge of the places at the agencies for which they are fitted by education. Of course this would sup- plant many white men, but for all that the request is reasonable and should be granted as far as practicable. The gov- ernment has as yet received noade- quate proof that the Indians who are recerving industrial training in govern- ment schools are being fitted for the duties before them. Entrusting the work of the agencies to educated In- dians would demonstrate the wisdom of the policy of the government and would be an incentive to the Indians, both old and young, to adopt the ways of civiliza- tion. THE memorable emeute between Sena- tor Chandler and.Senator Blackburn, in a committee-room of the senate last winter, is again being aired. The New Hampshire senator has published a card, in which he states that no assault was made upon him by the Kentucky senator, and speaks of the ebullition of the latter as more ludicrous than dan- gerous, Blackburn, in an interview, declined to go into the details of the oe- currence, of which, it is possible, he may be a little ashamed, but he char- acterized the statement of Chandler as not being true. There were several other senators present when the diffi- culty occurred, and it is likely they they may be called upon to give their version of it, though, undoubtedly, it would be better for all concerned to let the matter drop. In any case, Mr. Blackburn would have nothing to gain by making it a subject of public con- troversy. Mex1co has at last accepted the invi tation to participate in the congress of the three Americas, to assemble in Washington in October. Her delay appears to Mave been due to the fact that there was some informality in transmitting the iovitation, and when this was corrected there was a prompt acceptance. The truth is that until recently neither the govern- ment nor people of Mexico manifested the slightest interest in the congress, but there is considerable depression in the country, due to the depreciation of gilver, and now Mexicans are hoping that the congress may be able to' pro- pose something that would tend to give increased value to silver. Mexico’s ac- ceptance completes, we believe, the list of American countries invited to par- - tacipate in the congress, with the ex- ception of Brazil, represented —_— LINCOLN contractors seem to possess an abundance of sand, and they are not backward in rubbing it in witha broom. Ss——— Railroad Discrimination, St, Joseph Herald, The cattle men, the coal mine operators, and nearly every large city in the west com- plain that the railroads are discriminating against them and doing them Injury. It is unlawful for any railroad corporation to own and operate coal mines for commercial pur- poses. There is no doubt this law is con- stautly being violated by ocertain railway corporations in Missourr. It has heen charged, and we believe proved before the state board of railroad commissioners, that the Missour: Pacific railway company owns and operates mines at Lexington, and that under cover, it sends coal to market to com- pete with the coal miued by private parties. Of course the privato wine owner cap not which will not be compete, booy o raflrond company can annoy and di ::gln-w against him i trans- portation, in #MAY, under various pretensos in furnishing cara, and in many other ways. Private mine wyers along the Missouri Pa- cific rond in tho southwest are compolied to sell their produdt) through certain favored agents, or they-osunot dispose of it at any profit at all. (Fhiy is all wrong and the cor- porations guilty of violating the law should ‘be brought up with a round turn by the rail- road commissindps, whose duty it is made to enforce the statute. phomekskes R That'¥ebulous Depor. Graha Ystand Independent. Omaha is enjoying the pleasure of gaining an addition to her old experience with the Union Pacific, learning once more, that it is not good to rely on railroad promises. The very old chestnut of a depot promise, this time connected with a viaduct scheme for Tenth street, two months ago was warmod up for the tenth or twelfth time, and presented as a kind restorative for Omaha's exhausted hopes. The expectations of the gullible ones wero immediately revived, grew iuto lively imaginations, and the faithful Omaha believ- ers were as hapby as the smart belief makers. Since the time of the presentation of this dissolving view, the dissolving has been going on, until the view now has nearly dis- appeared. This is a lessou to others who aro deceived in a similar way, and are spending their time in happy illusions, oo ol e ariter We Wiil Do Both. St. Paul_Ploneer-Press. Qmaha people are talking abouta million- dollar hotel. Nebraskans are bound to cat if they don’t lay up a cent. s ek TRIBUTES TO ENTERPRISE. Mr. Rosewater's Oelebration. Kearney Enterprise, Yesterday's issue of the Omaha DALy Bee contained sixteen pages, of which one-half was principaily devoted to the story of Mr. Rosewater’'s newspaper, from the day of its first insignificant issue in @ poor wooden building to the day of its dedication of the magnificent brown stone pile which crowns the highest hiil in the business section of Omaha. At one end of the story stands the hand press turned by a negro, and at the other the splendid Web perfecting press which throws out ten thousand newspapers every hour. The history of Tre Beg, with all its trials and all its triumphs, is presented in the columns of yesterday's issue. The campaigns for the public good which have enlisted 1ts energies for eighteen years are retated with just pride. The gradual steps by which the paper has passed successively from one building to another, each new office marking an advance in 1ts prosperity, are amply and pleasantly detailed. The history of Omaha aud its business men are treated of in their relation to the development of Tue Bee. The new building is illustrated and described, and, as the crowning feature of the eighteenth auniversary of the founding of the newspaper, the finest officein the west, and one of the finest in the United States, was thrown open'to the public with appro- priate ceremonies. This was Mr. Rosewater’s celebration, and it was very fitting, complete aud creditable in every respedt. ( There is no one ‘to deny that the Omama DarLy Bee, of which Edward Rosewater was the founder and managing spirit, has been a commercial success. It has made its owner rich and'erabled him to erect a build- mg which will perpetuate his name and career long after he has himself passed out of the affairs of men, And it happens that N0 newspaper can become a permanent com- mereial success without becoming at the same time a great power with the people in politics, busincss and society. Tue Bre has also enjoyed. this success. It is read all over the west, and in Omaha and Nebraska its lead over all other newspapers is overwhelming. It has rivals, but up to this eighteeuth anniversary of its founding Tk Ber has practically no competitors. It controls the business of its field without dif- ficulty. Many reasons have been given for the success of Tur Be Some of them are like those with which General Gran accounted for his success, but di veople, in Tue Ber's case as in Grant’s, conclude that it has succceded because of suverior qualitios, The Enterprise criticised the policy of Tue Bre in relation to the lo- cation of government buildings, and has said that it was putting selfish interest be- fore public good, but, in this day when 1t com- memorates its eighteenth birth day by the dedication of its splendid structure, we are “glad to admit that it is able to indu!ge in this luxurious celobration, because it is the greatest and strongest paper between the Mississippi river and the Rocky mountains. We tender our warmest congratulations to Mr. Rosewater, who is Tie BEe. A Lasting Monument. Lincoln Call, If any man on earth hasxreason to be proud and to remain proud that man is Hon. E. Rosewater, editor and provrietor of the Oxana Bee. To-day his magnificent build- ing—costing over four hundred thousand dollars—is opened to the public. Tue Bre building is one of the finest rowspaper build- ings in America, And Tne Beg is one of the leading journals of the west. It is rich and influential. And all this within twenty years! The history of Tur Ber during twenty years is interesting and its achicve. ments are gratifying to all men who love to see labor rewarded. In its early days, so the story runs, it was poor and wavered for several years on the very ragged edge of collapse. Rosewater gave it his undivided attention, He would borrow money and blow it in Tue Bee for news. He has been abused and maligned and villified by scores of papers; has been assaulted by rowdies employed to kill him. And up there at the head of Farnam street stands to-day a stately pile of stone in architectural beauty —n monument that will stand as long as time. The Call icongratulates Mr. Rose- water, 4 ‘Worked at Both Ends. Chlumbus Journal, Tre Ovana BEE is a great newspaper, and has helped toinake Nebraska and Omaha known to the world of business. Begun in 71 as an advertising sheet for gratuitous distribution, it now stands unexcelled by any paper in the United States west of Chicago, for all that makes a daily newspaper valu- able. The new buildng is a very fitting hive for the Bres that will continue to buzz for years to come.” Bdward Rosewater, under whose managenient the paper bas been from the start, is well kuown as a hard fighter, but he is also oneaf the most industrious of men, capable of hard work eighteen hours out of twenty-four for a stretch of time, and is thoroughly well equipped for the line of journalism which he marked out for himself @and has thus far pursued. The grand build- ing now occupied by Tk BEE shows that while the stinger may have been active ooca- sionally against real or supposed encmies, the honey-pouch has been actively in demand all the time, Largest and Most Profitable. Los Angeles (Cal.) Tribune, Tur Beeisone of the most successful newspapers in the west, and has grown from an obscure advertising sheet, in 1871, to the largast and, probably, the most profita- blo newspaper between Chicago and Sau Francisco. The new building just com- pleted is o massive structure, 182 feet square, seven stories high. The first two stories are solid red granite, and the remawing five wre brown pressed brick with stone triw- mings. The Tribune extends its congratula- Yions, and hopes to celebrate fts eighteenth auniversary with as much satisfaction and profit as has been experienced by its own en- terprising contemporary at Omaha, No Equal in the West. Wahoo Wasp. ‘The buildmg is a monument to the indus. try and persoverance of Edward Rosewater, editor of Tie Bre and one of the most inde- pendent writers of modern journalism. As a newspapoer Tre Bre has no eaqual west of Chicago, and we congratulate the managers on this substantial evidence of their succoss in the field of journalism. A Liarge Circuiation. Ameriean Israclite. On Wednesday, June 19, Tar Oxana Brr colebrated its eighteenth anniversary. Tne Ber is one of the most successful news- papers in the west. It has a large circula tion and much mnfluence. It is printed in its own magnificont building, and with all the modern machinery and appliances for pro- ducing a large daily. Mr, Rosewater, its publisher, is one of Omaha's leaaing cit1- zens, a man of culture and refinement and is worthy of the handsome success that has at- tended his labors. Kept Ahead of the Oity. Sionx City (Ta.) Tribune. Tur Osmana Bee's new home is one of the finest, largest and best equipped nowspaper buildings in the world. Tue Ber has been wonderfully successful, and has persistontly kept aheaa of the city of Omaha. The suc- cess of the newspaper has not been due to luck or anything of that sort, but to the abil- ity and tremendous energy of Bdward Rose- water and the associates who wero imbued ‘with his spirit. The history of Tur Bee is a very interesting ono and every step in its lfe, from the little theater programme of 1871 to the splendid paper and magnificent building of to-day was careful planned and developed by Mr. Rosewater. Perseverance, Energy and Ability. Hastings Nebraskan. The new building constructed for THE OwmAHA Ber surpasses in extent and com- pleteness any newspaper home in America, and1sa grand and enduring monument to represent the indomitable perseverence, enerey and avility that has made this great journal, whatever its faults, in many essen- tial features the peer of any other in the land. Tho Nebraskan heartily congratu- lates its big and influential contemporary on the magniticent success 1t has so signally won. Remarkable Newspaper Success. Mitchell (Dak.) Republican, Tne Bee is one of the remarkable newspa- per successes of the west, and although the Republican is not able to be personally rep- resented at this celebration, its message of fraternal good wishes will be its substitute. se o M A Dependent Senator. St. Louis Republic, Senator Charles F. Manderson, of Ne- braska, has the reputation of being a man of abundant means, but whether he is or not, he has degraded himself and the senate in becoming a pensioner on public bounty. He has done this, and in doing it has committed the additional wrong of using his senatorial influence to obtain special privilege for him- self over others more deserving public char- ity because more necessitous. Under the arrangement between Tanner and the ser- geant-at-arms of the Nebraska senate, acting for Mr. Manderson, his claim to increase was “expedited,” granted and the pension re- issued 80 as to give him $4,000 in a lump as arrearages. Mr. Manderson can not claim that he receives this money as a testimonial of his country’s gratitude. He received his full pay during his service, and he was, while it lasted, promoted to tiie rank aud pay of a brigadier general. He has since been pro- moted to the rank and pay of a United States senator, aud was in the full enjoyment of it when he asked charity; when asking addi- tional charity he uses his influence to obtain largess. Ivis at all times a shameful thing, un- wortily the character of an American, that any able-bodied citizen capabie of supporting himself should ask to be supported ut public expense. It 1s more shameful that such a man as Mr. Mauderson, with ample mcans of support, should make himself a burden on the badly paid and overworked labor of the country. This $4,000 he hus obtained as back-charity was taken in taxes from men who work hard on small wages; who find greav aifculty in supporting themselves and their familes. Senator Manderson knows this. He knows that in the long run the taxes come out of the labor of the country; he knows that the poor workmen of the north and the poor negro of the south are the ones on whose enforced charity he has forced hin: self. They may not know it, not beiug capa- ble of the close reasoning necessary to com- prehend it, but being a United States sena- tor, accustomed to reason on such matters, he knows that in his abundance he forces nimself on the charity of American_poverty and puts himself as an added load on the back of the laborer, already staggering with the loads upon him. Tt is not easy to understand how any man ‘who claims to have the self-respect of a seif- governing American can become a pensioner on the public unless he is in absolute need. There 18 something in the idea of dependence on the public that has in all times been re- volting to the honest pride that sceks to go through the world bearing its own burdens on its own shoulders, that it may thereby perhaps find opportumty to lighten burdens on the shoulders of others. But it does not present itself so to Hon. Charles F. Mander- son, senator from Nebraska. The idea of being a public burden is so far from being repulsive to him that he deliberately in- creases huself as a burden to the full limit of his senatorial influence, If his honor feels the hurt, it is healed by the jingle in his pocket of the poor coppers taken from thoe ignorant nogro laborer and the poor miners, who, as he may learn from Governor Hovoy’s proclamation, are now starving to geath in Indiana. Yet having done this, Senator Manderson will no doubt do his best to look self-sup- porting Americans in the face as if he wers independent and their equal. It is remarka~ ble that a United States senator should have succeeded in deceiving himself into the be lief that, if dependence and independence can not be reconciled, a pension with $4,000 back charity is better than independence. The Trysting Place. Casscll's Magazine, Westward over the palo The rosy pennons of s Westward slowly the With cawlug and labo o busies blend in @ vaguentss dark, And the further trees stand tall and stark; 1 hear the sper and shake, As & flutter of wind begins to wake, And louder grows in the quick repose The sound of the river's lapping. Still halt an hour, I come to the tryst 1 hearken the ppled rhyw And the sed greoting; And 1 cheat my heart with feigned foars, And sigh ns 1 walt (for no one hears), To make the joy more rich and vast When 1 feel hix 1ips on my own at last And hear no sound As tno world goes round But the throb of our two hearts moeting el g THE GREAT ITALAAN TENOR, He Will Get One Hundred Thousand Dollars for His American Tou: Aletter to the New York World from London says that Abbey bad to offer Ta- magro & tremendous price 1 get him o go to America. It isthe biggest contract the great American managor has ever wmade, The famous Italian tenor has & borror of the ol Abbey had to guarrantee him $100,000 for forty-cight performances in Americs and xico, covering a period of four months. Tamagno will sing on alternate nights with Pattl. He does heavy roles, and 18 at his best in such operas as ‘“‘William Tell,” “Othello,” “Paleato,” “Trovatore” and “Aida.” He is almost idolized by women who have the teuor craze. by the abby enimol efore the time; A VICTORY FOR TEMPERANGE. Meaning of the Results in Penvsyl- vania and Rhode Island. THE VAGARY OF VISIONARIES. Experience Oontinues to Demonstrate That Prohibition is Impracticable and Thinking People are Voting For High License. Another Waterloo. iKansas City Times: The result of the election in Rhode Island is the olimax of the reaction against sumptuary legislation. Texas, Tennessee, Michiyan, New Hamp- shire, Massachusetts and Penosylvania prac- tically settled the fate of prohibition in this country, by refusing to adopt 1t. But Rhode Island has piled Ossa upon Pelion by reject- ing prohibition after a thieo years' trial. The prohibition fanaticism will be heard of no more, and the public will be heartily glad of it. High license and regulation will bo found to be the effective means of governing the liquor trade. Springfield Republican: The defeat of the prohibitory amendment in Pennsylvania evidently is by a large majority, as was antic- ipated. The slang phrase of & “wot” vietory ‘will be used as usual. The true significance of the result is that there are so great a num- ber of temperance men who do not believe in state prohibition as a method of regulating the drink evil. Calling it a ‘“‘wet" victory slanders these—and yet the prohibitionists will not scruple to indorse the slander. New York Times: Within two years prohibition amendments have have been proposed and defeated in the states of Michigan, Texas, Tennessee, Ore- gon, West Vinginia. New Hamp- shire, Massachusetts und Pennsylvania. The successive defeats of prohibiton, which have steadily accumulated in force, and its partial or complete failure where it has been tried, are likely to reduce its importance very materially as an issue in politics. But with this decline in the cause of prohibition there has been a steady gain in public sentiment in favor of a stricter regulation of the liquor trafic by means of high license and local option. St. Louis Republic: The crushing defeat of prohibition in Pennsylvania is largely at- tributable to the fact that the new high li- cense law, which went into effect there a little more than a year ago, is working such excellent results that the conservative and thinking people, who, after all, decide such elections, are in no humor for further and doubtful experiments. In 1887 there were in the city of Philadelphia 5,773 licensed sa- loons and 1,000 unlicensed saloons. At tho present time, under the high license law which has been in operation less than two years, the number of licensed saloons in Philadelphia is 1,205, and as the owners of these saloons are financially interested in secing that no liguor is sold by any one who does not_ pay a license fee, tiie number of unlicensed saloons is believed to have been reduced considerably more than one-half. In other words, under the opera- tion of a high license law which is exception- ally eMcient in its regulative provisions, the number of saloons in Philadelphia has been reduced, in less than two years, from 6,773 to about 1,600. That this means, also, & cor- responding reduction in crime, 18 shown by official statistics cited in the Philadelphia Record. According to theso statistics, the number of arrests for all crimes has been re- duced 40 per cent, as compared with the pre- vious year, and commitments to the house of correction 50 per cent. In comparison with practical results like these, prohibition is a vagary of enthusiasts, New York Evening Post: The defeat of the prohibition amendment in Pennsylvania is overwhelming, It must be taken asa declaration by the people ot Pennsylvania that they prefer high license to prohibition, or the restriction of the liquor traffic to ex- treme efforts to abolish it by law. Pennsyl- vania was exceptionally good ground upon which to try this issue, for iias an excel- lent high license law, which bas worked well in practice and has greatly reduced tie number of saloons in all parts of the state. The result can not be taken, therefore, as a verdict against restrictive temperance legis- lation, but as one decidedly in its favor. St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Pennsylvania gaos wot and the prohibition party goes to thunder. Washington Critic: Such of the prohil tionists as are honest and have intelligence enough to await results, will yet join the practical reformers in securing " local option and furthering such other moderate ana shrewd programme as may be advanced for reducing to ‘a minimum the evils arising from the use of intoxicating liquors. Every iesson such as that taught in Penn- sylvania is a good one. It is another possi- ble impression upon the heads of the dull- ards. Cleveland Leader: The overwhelming de- feat of the prohibition amendment in Penn- sylvanin is adeath blow to the prohibition party. Although the state has many large s, it has a smaller proportion of foreign born citizens than any other state of ap- proximate size. KEven Philadelphia, with 1,000,000 inhabitants, which gave nearly 100,000 majority against prohibition, is one of the most thoroughly American cities on the continent. The state as a whole 18 one of the most orderly and conservative in the union, and there is no better field any- where for the planting and growth of a moral idea. The campaign has peen one of the most earnest ever conducted on that issue and the result the most decisive, Com- ing on the heels of the defeat of prohibition in_ Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hamp- shire, Oregon, Texas, Tennessee and West Virginia within the past two years, the vote in Pennsylvania on Tuesday significs that the plan of state prohibition is rapidly los- ing ground and is already so discredited as a reform measure by the masses of the people that it can no longer serve as a basis for a political party. Kansas City Journal: On Wednesday the eople of Pennsylvania voted ngainst prohi- Pition by a majority of over 180,000, and yes- terday the people of the state of Rhode Isl- and repealed the prehibition section in their constituion by a three-fifths major- ity and 5,000 votes to spare. These two de- cisions carry with them a significance that can not be overlooked by either the friends or enemies of prohibition. The Rhode Island election is especially noticeable from the facy that o three-fifths vote was required to carry the repeal of the measure, and the vote was taken without reference o politics. We be- lieve that this indicates that the objection to prohibition is not based upon opposition to temperance reform, but that it is based upon opposition to prohibition as a method of ac- complishing temperanc Philadelphia Times: It is a vietory achieved by tho conservative temperance ele- ment of the state, and it means that scvere laws shall regulate a trafic that is capable of great wrougs to society and that there shall be no .awlessuess either invited or tolerated in it. It leaves the whole issue, from high license even to absolute prohi- bition, open for consideration in our legisla- tive halls, and there will be constant press- ure for advancement in every line that promises the promotion 0f public sobriety. Prohibition is beaten; temperance is not beaten, and it is now safe to say thatit never can be beaten in Pennsylvania. New York Telegram: We can't fight the whiskey clement on the plan suggosted by the pious Senator Blawr, by confiscating all cargoes of rum the moment they reach our shotes, or by the Towa plan of confiscating brewerics organized under a state license, and reducing to Im‘fsnry @ business shat was legally commenced, Tuere is & practical way of dealing with this giant question, and Penusylvania whoels into the growing high license column. There is sowme substantial equity in a local option law, #ithough its practical enforcement 18 dufficult job, but prohibition, pure and sim- ple, involves complications of nonscuse and bypocrisy which the sensible American citi- n is beguuning to 100k upon with. contempt. Boston Globe: Mr. Paimer, chairman of thé probibitory state committes of Pennsyl vania, says ‘it was a combination of villains thit dofeated the wmendment.” How ocasy and consoling a thing it is to dismiss a ma Jority of 200,000 of vour follow-citizens as ‘‘a combination of villaina " Mr, Palmer, evi- dently, is not a villain, but ho appears to be somothing of an as: ———— SECOND WARD ASSESSMENTS. What Assessor Donnelly Says About the Matter. James J. Donnelly, assessor of the Second ward, against whom charges wero mado at a taxpayers’ meeting Saturday ovening, was interviewed by a Brr reporter yesterday, Mr. Donnelly produced tho nssessor's books, which eorroborated his statoment that there has been no discrimination ‘against anyone, and no large increase in the assessed valua. tion’of property, unless valuable improveg ments have been made. “I have boen assessor for six years," said Mr. Donnelly, “and no complaint has been made before. ' 1always try to do my duty and koep a list of all the real estate transfers and building permits, whicn I olip from the papcrs to aid me in properly discharging the duties of my ofico. ‘There have been no us- sossments increased to any extent unless the property has been improved. In two or three instances where there were int creases tho property had sold for about five times the amount at which it was assessed. The county commissioners have raisod this ward, and, in fact, all of the city proper, They have added about 25 per cent to the Second ward assessment for the last five years, and have taken about 35 per cent off the property south of Vinton street, in erder, as they said, to equal- ize matters, and the great trouble with the taxpayers is this, when they go 10 look at their assossment they are satistied, but when the commissioners equalize it and increase it 25 per cent they blame the as- sessor, ‘“‘When the county commissioners moet to equalize assessments 1 will bo Lhere to make any explanation thut may be nocessary, Any mun who wants to be fair knows that thero 18 not a ward in the oity that bas mot had some new building erected in it dur- ing the year, and in all cases when there has been a decrease there has been a neglect of duty somewhere. In the ond ward there has been an increase of personal property alone of £13,000, which shows that there has been an increase in the number of people. he county commissioners roally have no right to change the assess- ments except in certain cases, When they met as a board of equalization 1 S87 they raised the fizures of Warren witzler $1,400, and Ferdinand Strutz nearly Switzler and Strutz protested and carried the case to the district court. Judge Wakeley deciged tho case and held that there are but two ways in which county commissioners alter assessors valuations. That the board may without notico raise or lower the assessment of an_entire precinct, provided such action does not affect the aggregate us- sessed valuation of the eatire county. Tho court also held that individual assossments can only be altered in cuses where written complaint had been filed by the parties inter- ested, and the board has given tne owners due not.ce of the contemplated change. In all other cases the county can only collect taxes on the valuation returned by the asses- 801 T have always triad to discharge my duty fairly and honestly, without fear or favor, and 1 would not knowingly do any man an injustice. I try to treat ali right.” A e Ty TRIP OF THE TURNERS, They and Their Fricnds Pass Sunday at Wahoo. About 9 o'clock yesterday morning six pas- senger coaches, filled with axcursionists, steamed out of the B. & M. ¢ ), bound for the beautiful picnic grounds ' 3 Wahoo. At the rear of the tram was a flat car shaded with leafy branches and arranged with seats for the Union Pacitic band and the Bohemian Turners, by whom the excursion was given. The day was the eleventh anniversary of the C. S. . S. soci- oty at Wahoo, the benevolent Bohemian order at that place, and the Bohemian ‘Turners at Omaha and other places in the state accepted the invitation to colebrate the anniversary with appropriate exercises. The day proved an auspicious one. At Ashland the Omaha delegation was joined by forty-five representatives from Wibur, and thirty-five from Crete in a special car. The excursionists reached Wahoo shortly after 11, and found that three car loads of visitors from Schuyler ana Prague had al- ready arrived. Aftor the Bohemiau national hymn was played by the band, Mr. F\.J, Lepsa, secretary of the C. 5. P. 5., delivered a brief and appropriate address to the visit- ors. A march was made to the picnic grounds southwest of the city, which for beauty are unsurpassed in the suate. A pienic dinuer was spread at the grounds, while the more distinguished visitors and representatives of the press wero entor- tained by Mr. Levsa. The afternoon was delightfully passed in various diversions, among which were dancing, music, a tight rope performance, & gymaustic exhibition by the Turngrs, base ball and races, while a hundred kegs of the es=ance of hops kept any one from complaining that the occasion was a dry one.” The exhibition by the Turners elicited deserve? «oplause. Difcult feats of skill and strength were porformed with pertectease. Joseph Pacinal, the leader, particularly distinguished himself by his per: formances on the horizontal bar, The tight- rope performances were given by Rupolph Safranek’s sons, two lads of only ten and twelve years of age, and were equal to many given by professionnls. The game of base ball between picked nines from Omaha and Wahoo resulted in a score of 12 to 4 in faver of the Omuhas. A sack race for $100 a side between Councilman Kasper and John Hoff- man elicited considerable laughter and re- sulted in a victory for Kasper, A number of Wahoo toughs got very an- gry because thoy were foiled in an_ attempt to- win @ purse by matching @ professional runner named Wilson against Yellen, one of the Omaha Turners, and wanted to fight, but the Omaba men good naturedly refused to have any disturbance and the judges returned the money put up to the backers of the respective runners, The success of the occasion is dueina great measure to the personal efforts of Messrs, John Rosicky and John Hoffruan, aund about $150 way cleared North Platte Nowrrn Pratre, Neb,, June 23.—[Specialjto Tug Bee.]—Mayor Ormsby bas returncd from the east with his bride, sud e ordi- nance closing the saloons on Sundays will again be enforcod. City Surveyor C. P, Ross, now out with the surveyors on the Sioux City & Ogden Short Line, writes from near Broken Bow that the party is working this way and will reach North Platte sometime this month, Chief Engineer Andrews and staff, now surveying a route for the Missour: River, North Platte & Denver raflroad, expect to make North Platte about the middle of July, et ——y S cata}fh'al 'Danfiers.’ To bo frecd from the dangers of suffocati while lylng down; 1o breathe f1 cely, sleep sonndl- 1y and undisturbed: to rise refreshed, Lead cloar, brain active and free from pain or ache; 10 know to know that 0o potsonous putrid mat- - ter defiles the breath and rots away the delicate machinery of smell, taste and hearing: to feel that the system docs not, through its velns and arteries, suck up the polson that Iy sure 10 un dermine and destroy 15 indeed & blessng be- vond all othier auman enjoyments, 1o purchuso immunity from sfich i fate should be tho objoct of all atilicted. 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