Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 27, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUINDAY, - THE OMAHA DALY B SV DAY, OO R e o N A GRS, e THE _DAILY BEE l EOSBWATHR, Haitor. - PUBLIBHIID BVERY MORNING. TERMS UF BURSC Daiiy and Bunday, One Year.. Bix Months ... Three Months, 8onday fiee, 01D Weekly Bee, One Yc OFFICES, Omana, Beo Bullding, Chicago Office, 57 Rookery Bnflding New Sork. Hooms 14 aad 15 Teibine Bufld: ing Wastington. No. Conncll Blufts, Yo, TAncoin, 1020 P St cet, Boutl Omaha, Corner N and 20th Stroets. CORRESPON DENCE, “All communieations relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed to the Editor- 1nl Departnrent. BUSINESS LETTERS, All nsiness letters and romittances should bo addressed fo'i e Bee Publishing Company, Omaha. Drafts, checks and postoflice orders Ve made prymblo to the order of the company, arteenth Strect, Pourl Street. e e s Bee on the Trains There i& no oxcuse for a failuro to get Trik NER on the trains, Al nowsdenlers have been noti- fled to carry a full supply. Fravelers who was T Bre and can't gat it on trains where other Omahanapers are carried are roquested to no- ey T B THE DAILY BEB. Sworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of Nebraskn, County of pouglas, 8. Georwe 1. Tzsehuck, secretary of The Hee y swear that he motiial ¢ Week ending October 25, 18, was as follows: Sunday. Oct., 20, KathHiay, Oct. Average.. ..o GEORGE B, TZ8CHUCK., State of Nebraska, e ., Connty of Douglas, 5% rn ta befory mo nd subsoribed to in my presence this 26th day of October, A [Senl.] N. Notaiy Pubiic George 0. Tzachuck, being duly sworn, d poses and says that he Is secretary of Tho t fublishing Company, that the actunl ayerage daily circulution of Tk DAILY BEe for th HOMIL OF Ottoper. sk, s A6 oo for November, 194 1k %0 copies: " for 225 Coples: for January Lruary, 1849, 1% 087 co for May. coples feln 14 coplos, GronGE 1. T780 Swoinl 1o before me and subscribed ln my Presence this th day of October, A )., 1489, (Eeul.| N. PUF P woekly bank statement shows that the reserve has increased $212,000, the banks now holding $1,129,000 in ox- cess of legal requirements. Tie enter ng governors who are booming territorial populations shounld bear in mind that the natiol census will be taken next summer. all Europe endeavoring to form allinnces for protection in case of war, Al Amerien is joining hands for the propacation of the arts of pence. Wi SAMOA is breeding another batch of troubles. It may yet be necessary for the United Statesand Germany to make clubs tramps and reduce the ambitious kings to a peace footing. accusers. At last .nc«uum; he | was hurrying to Belgium to escape extra- dition. ORS, statesmen and diplomat orators and successful busine: men combined to make the All Ame; iea visitors in every way the most di: tinguisted and representative body which hus ever been welcomed by our people. Inronry papers ure missing in the county attorney’s office in Chicago and the boodlers will probubly be able to hold on to more than a quarter of a million of plunder. Important docu- meunts are always missing from county \mmum when they are wanted. Tnr forthcoming marriage of the Uunion Pacific and the Chicago & Northwestern will precipitate the greatest domestic row ever witnessed in the west, The high contracting parties should put their jealous rivals under bonds to keep the peace, at least while the ceremony is going on or burns down,” ex- claimed Dr. Talmage, in an olml\u'nb appeal for liberal contributions to ve- build his chureh. The opposition camp of “the future state™ offers similar in- ducemcnts and attracts the largest crow ‘We have the authoritutive assurance of Henri Watterson that *‘the conflagration keeps right on.” MMISSIONER RAUM has made a good beginning. He has done awny with the stamp which was used by Corporal Tanner to save time in signing pension certiflcates. General Raum is willing to give every new pen- sioncr and every re-rated pensioner the benefit of his autograph. The Raum is a good substitute for the Tanner stamp. —_— TuE intellectual atmosphere of Bos- ton is enveloped in u dark, stormy cloud which threatens to shake Massa- chusctts to its foundation, In a recent contest in Harvard, a colored student was elected class orator by a majority of one out of a total of two hundred and fifty votes. There is no question as to the student’s fituess for the honor. Tho color of his skin is the objection. 3 the crudle of abolition is rocked with the mortifying fact that a white man was dofeated by a “migger,” and that 100 with the aid of southern white votos. Well may the cult of Boston predict calamitous times for Harvard, —— Tue seeretavy of the silver conven- tiou, so0on to be held in St. Logis, pre- sents a list of the various addresses to be delivered, and calls for a full repre- sentytion of delogates. He states that he has received a lester from Governor Thayer, who promises to designate any men from Nobrasks competent to grapple with the silver problem and willivg to take part in the delibera- tions of the convention., Here is a field for some of our eminent financiers. As a matter of fact, Ne- braska aud the whole west have greater concerns at stake in the restoration of silver to its old standard than they have in the Texas deep-water harbor convention, and projeets for making the Missouri 1iver navigable from Fort Beaton down to St. Louis. WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN. The delegates to the three Americas conforence huve traveled more than two thousand miles botwoeen the At~ lantic sonboard and the Missourl river. They have visited a number of the most entorprising and progressive cities in the country, and been most hospita- bly ived and entertained in all of them. They have inspected a great varfoty of industries, some of them the most extensive in the world. They have seen vaet manufacturing esblish- ments employing armies of working- men in which nearly or quite all the machinery emoloyed is of American in- vention. They have witnessed the deneesof an cnergy and enterprise such as no other pcnp\u on earth can showw and they have aiready learned that this country has at command the resources and thie ubility to meet every domund upon 1t, with limitless possibilities of future development. Yet these forcign traversed only a smull part of the tervitorinl domain of this great nation. Here in Omaha they are within one hundred and fifty miics of the center,of the ropublic, and beyond this westward and north and south there is an imperial region which has contributed immensely to the prosperity and material power of the nation, and whose enormous unde- veloped resources will in the course of time swell the country’s wealth to many times ite present volume. They have seon nothing of that great agricultural territory which is now almost capable of supplying food for the = world, or of the great areas of mineral wealth yet untouched, which within another generation will furnish the means for the building of prosper- ous citics and subsisting milions of people. The wonderful industrial development they have witnessed, almost wholly achieved within half a century, may be eclipsed before another half century is passed in the region that lies west of this central valley of the nation. It has all the re- sources mocessnry 6 tho attain- ment of imwperial greatnes in industrinl achievement, and room for two hundred millions of people. Its possibilities are beyond computation, and its future progress in development promises to be almost with- ont precedent in the country’s history. There is no depreciation of what our distinguished visitors have seen in sug- gesting that there are vast urces of national wealth and power which they have not scen. What has been shown them, and what they are yet to see be- fore they will return to their own countries, will be sufficient to convince them that the United States is now amply able to compete with any other country in the world for their valuable trade, but it is well that they be impressed with tho fact that there ave still resources to be brought into service of atmost bound- less extent—that the great woest they will not visit will in the progress of timo be the seat of a population, wealth and power equal to, 1f not greater, than that of the whole nation at preseut. visitors have THE GROWTH OF WYOMING. Omaha and Nebraska are vitally in- terested in the progress of Wyoming. Our people have shown their faith in her future by investing their means in her mines and fields, and they take a fatherly pride in noting her marvelous progress from a cattle range to a rich and powerful = territory, rapidly ap- proaching statchood. The annual roport of Governor War- presents a gratifying exhibit of the substantial growth of the teriitory. Governor Warren vigorously refutes the slanders of his predccessor from Kentucky and asserts that the popula- tion of the territory is fully one hun- dred thousand, agninst a fraction over twenty thousand in 1880. The assessed valuation of all property in 1888 was thirty-one and a-half millions, against ecight and a-half millions in 1880 and seven mil- lions in 1870. These figures repre- sent one-third to one-fourth the actual value of all property, so that it is safe to say that the actunl value of lands and personal property now exceeds one huu- dred millions. The great difference in the growth of taxable wealth in the ten ye i ) and the past cight years is ensily accounted for. In that decade the wealth of the territory 5 in the vasy herds which made the Lar- amie plains famous and enriched thou- sands ot stockmen. It was diflicult to accurately determine the number of cattle in the tervitory for tax purposes, ns the herds diminished or en- tirely disappeared when the assessor made his rounds. Since 1880, and especially during the past five years settlers have crowded in‘o the domain of the cattle kings, broken up the vast ranches covering hundreds of miles and placed the business on a safe systomatic basis, The cattle busi- ness has not materially decroased. It is divided among alavger number of peo- ple, & majority of whom combine farm- ing and stock raising, and provide win- ter feeding, thus escaping the disasters whidh severe winters entail on roaming herds. This combination of farming and stock raising, says the governor, “will greatly inerease the number of cattle and also the grand weight, qual- ity aud profits in thoe territory until there shull be more cattle raised 1n Wy- oming than at any time in the past.” The progress shown by these statistics is pramarily due to the development of the agricultural and mineral resources of the tervitory, Both are in their in- fancy. A large scetion of the territory is susceptible of cuitivation without artificial aids, but irrigation has already added thousands of acres to the farming area, and it is certaio to become a robust factor in the progress of the future, The mineral weaith of the territory can not be estimated, ‘What little of the country has been prospected or partially developed shows vast mountains and beds of coal, iron ore, fields of oil equaling Pennsyl- vania, lakes of soda, quarries of the finest warble and granite, and mines of gold and silver, All this will in due time contribute enormously to the growth in wealth and population of the tervitory, which to-day isone of the most inviting fields for capital and en- terprise. Governor Warron urges upon con- gress the adoption of a more libergl policy in the matter of surveying pu lic lands. There are immense fields ot oil and coal, and vast forests of valuable timber yet unsurveyed, and this natur- ally retards invostment and develop- ment, A NEW NEBRASKA DIOCESE. An indication of the rapid growth of the west is shown in the inereased church facilities demanded by the various veligious denominations west of the Mississippi river. During the past three years the Roman Catholie, Epis- copal and Methodist churches have all been obliged to create new episcopal dioceses in order to relieve the nishops of the ever-accumulating weight of supervision aevolving upon them by* the growth and upbuild- ing of our western commou= wealths. The Roman Catholic church vas the first to divide I\cbrl\elm, and to divide Bishop O'Connor’s duties by the setting off of a portion of the state into a new diocese, with Bishop Bona- cum as its head, and Lincoln as its see city. This was followed later by the selection of Omaha as the residence of Bishop John P. Newman, in order that this portion of the west, nnd especially Nebraska, might reseive more thor- ough supervision. And now the great triennial Episco- pal convention, upon the initintive of the Hon. James M, Woolworth and Bishop Worthington, and with the hearty co-operation of all western dele- gates, both clerical and layithas hon- ored Nebraska by giving it another bishopric, and making Kearney, one of its most enterprising and thriving cities, the seat of the cpiscopal chair. The arguments made in favor of this important change are full'of interest to ail who have at heart ' the 'development of church interests in the west. Mr. Weblworth's speech, which was largely instrumental in carrying the day, bristled with facts and figures showing the remarkable development of the I3piscopal ehurch throughout our entire stato and the rapid strides which it was making, particularly fu the west- ern section. The new diocese will he denominated the dioc of **Western Nebraska and Kearncy,” and will have jurisdiction © six hundred thousand ‘people. Its bishop, who was chosen on Wednesday evening, is the Right Reverend Aaron R. Graves, of Minneapolis, a clergyman who is universally teloved by all with whom he has come in contact. He is known alike for his piety and learning, his admirable address, and his power of making friends. OUR SISTERS OF THE SOUTH. Omaha has never entertained a body of men better entitled to distinguished consideration than arve the delegates to the congress of the threce Am who are with us to-day. They men of eminence in their own coun- tries—scholars, statesmen, jurists, econ= om who have had esxperionce in public affairs, and who in the extent of their attainments are the peers of the ablest men of this or any other country. Not only, therefore, does their greatly important mission com- mend them to the generous attention and hospitality of the American people, but they are personally worthy of it. With a single exceprion. these gentle- men representrepublics, generally mod- cled largely after the United States. It will be timely to refer briefly to the governments rvepresented in this nota- ble gathering, more particularly with respect to their pontical chavacteristics. Mexico was under Spanish rule until 1821, when, after a struggle of eleven years, the people sccured independence of Spain, and three yoars after adopted a constitution. But the government at that time was republican in form only. and there were many political vici: tudes until the adoption of the constitu- iion of 1857, which, although twice overthrown, was in each case restored, and as modified in 1873-74 now stands. The constitution and form of govern- ment ave very similar to our own. The president is chosen as our chief execu- tive is, but the members of. both houses of congress and the judiciary are chosen by direct popular . vote. The states have their own con- stiution and local autonomy, with elective governors and legislatures and provide for elementary education, the geueral government making provision for advanced education. There is frce- dom of worship, and under the admin- istration of the present president, Porfirio Diaz, there has been a marked development of the spirit of progress along all lines. For more than three centuries after Columbus landed on the main shore of Central America the country was under Spanish rule. In 1823 it became a federal republic. and ten years later the federation was dis- solved and five independent re- publics formed, namely, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduros, Nicaragua and Salvador. The combined population of these republics is about three millions, and all of them are making progress, the most prosperous among them being Salvador. Their political systems ave thoroughly republican in principle, though differing somewhat in methods from each other aud from us, The loss of Spanish power in South Ameriea was very rapid, and took place during the first quarter of the present cen- tury. The republic of Columbia, formerly the United States of Columbia, and still earlier New Granada has a constitution and form of government much like our own. The republic of Chili consists of twenty provinces and three territories, with a population of nearly three millions, Its system of government is closely copied from that of the United States, The Argentine Republie, with its fourteen provinces and nine territories, is one of the most advanced and progressive of the South American countries. The form of gov- ernment is thoroughly republican, there being perfect freedom of worship and of the press, and there is a liberal and enter- prising spirit among the people which bas earrvied this republic to.a position of ¢ommanding prominesce among ts South Amerigan states. Bolivia, Peru, Urogonay, Vewmozuela and Paraguay aR bave republican systems of government, though in some of them republican principles are not observed to the fullest oxt4nd, the press, for example, not being difwed complete froedom of expression [i8 most of these countries, while religifn is not free from re- straints in A1l of them. It can be said, however, that the republics of South America which have not yet realized a r‘nmplmo blican system, are ad- vancing td that consummation. Even Hrnfll which became an inde- vendent k|ngdom in 1825, and is now a constitutional monarchy, is making such progress toward rapuhhmnism that it is predicted the imperial system will go out with the death of the present emperor, Dom Pedro, a most liberal and popular ruler. Thus it will be seen that these South American countries have a claim upon our interest and friendship, not alone by reason of their commercial importance, but because they are closeiy allied to us in political character and aspirations, THE UNION PACIFIC ALLIANCE. The joint trafficarrargement between the Union Pacific and the Northwestern systems has been the great railroad sen- sation of the past week. The news publishéd and confirmed in the news columns of THE BEE bas shaken every transcontinental systemand connections to its foundations. The very mystery as to the details of the arrangement and the possibilities which it foreshadows has added to the dread of rival lines. ‘Whether the alliance is to ultimately mean a gront tramscontinental route under practically one board of control with its ramifications’ extendin, from [Boston, ‘on the east, to Portland and San Francisco on the west, whether.it simply signifiesa close traffic arrangement for the interchange of unconsignod freight and passengers, whether 1t is merely for a limited term of years or has in view un ultimate con- solidation of intorests, is not yet clear. One thing, however, is certain. It is the most significant move of the times on the railroad chess board. It points to a future struggle between giant sys- tems alone and the rapid clearing off of the pawns in the shape of rainbow roads and specu- lative broken-winded concerns which have acted as disturbing elements in di rous competition. This is the portent from a generalstandpoint which the alliance exhibits. The old boun- es of lake, river, mountain and const as rate points have received a vio- lent and deadjy blow. The recent purchase of the Wisconsin Central by the™ Northern Pacific was undoubtedly the spur tothe alliance between the Union Pacific and the Northwestern. By the former consoli- dation of interests a through line was given from Chicago to the coast by way of St. Paul and the Northwestern road, which had c: o much of the over- land vraflic on that route, w virtually cut off fromwlucrative business. At the same time-the Union Pacific was menaced withea ‘through billing for goods which by their route passed out of their control at the river. The junction of the two interests in a joint traffic agreement was there- fore a natural sequence of the North- ern Pacific-Wi 1=Luxmm Central move which called ‘‘check,” and forced a counter move for protection. In the local aspects of the subject 1t is ifficult to see how Omaha’s interests can be adversely affected. A new route is opened to St. Paul via Norfolk and Sioux City, but the freight which will seek that line east or west bound will be taken from the Northern Pacific, and would not otherwise have come through Omaha. On the other hand the through trafiic on the main line is likely to be materially incroased. No avenues for our wholesale trade are closed by the arrangement, and no dangerous competition is aflorded by it to new and easier channels to the mark- ets now controlled by our merchants, BEE FLATS. Too late to classi Wanted—A fare on the motor bridge line. A railroad is now in operation between Joppa and Jerusalem, in Palestine. Jordan is not so nard a road to travel when it can be done in a sleeping car. Indiana has a law which says vinegar must be made of pure apple juice. Well, well; after a while they’ll insist on Havanuna cigars being made of wbacco. America has 200,000 telephones—more than the rest of the world combined, Alas, the accusation that we are a nation of talkers is proven by these figures, ‘The Missouri river is still ruuniug on its sinking fund. It will soon be compellad to draw on its bauk for enough watered stock to tide it over the dry period. Now is the time to substitute The woolen blanket for the sheet, As husbands call to mind the fact Their wives are troubled with cold feet. If the democratic party wants to know ex- actly how it will appear in the autumun of 1862 it should send & ropresentative with the government expedision which is going to the west coast of Afrl this fall to observe the total sol.ir eclipse. It is ramored 'that the national game will next year be controlied by a huge syndicate, and that league bitse ball will be in a pool. This will give the fowls a chance to swim out where they can gatch flies and deposit their goose eggs in safety, Just about now the old overcoat which was discarded last sbriug never to be worn agaiv is gladly npessed into service, wulle the humbled but grateful wearer congratu- lates himself that the garment was not lost in the summer shufile, The summer craquet sets are all harvested for the year, and persons who delight in strolling about the grassy plats in the gloam- ing can now do s0 without taking tbe wildly gymnastio role in that old-time favorite, “Tripping Over the Lawn." ———-— Where Are Your Soldiers? Springfeld Republican, *Where are your soldiers!” asked a South Awerican delegate of Mr. Curtis, at Holy- oke, while the party was waiting for the pro- cegsion to start. *Ou all our New Eogland tour I have not seen a soldier in one of the clty streets,” Mr, Curtis Lim assured that wo did not need many soldiers io time of peace, and our small army was on the frontier watching the Indians. “But who preserves order?’ the delegate persisted. *“Well, there is policoman keeping back the crowd,” said Mr. Curtis, polutiog W a blue coat who was motioning with bis club. “But he isn't 5 cent -rmed "' continued the fanquirer. “In our conatry about one-tenth of the able-bodled men are soldiors, and in a large place like this & man stands with a gun on every streot corner, Ah! thisgovernment by tho people is wonderful!" [ —— Southern Snub for Governor Hill Memphis Avalanche, We bog to suggest to Governor Hill the propriety of confining his campaign to the oastorn statos, Ho has a great deal to learn before he can profitably address an andience of southern demoer: e - Woodbines in October. Charlotte F. Bates. As dyed in blood the stroaming vines appear, While long and low the wind about. them Rrioves: The heart of autumn must have broken here, And poured its treasure out upon the leaves. esionkiiias it A Fortunate Man. Phitadetvhia Ledger, 1t Kemmler hiadn’t boen safely locked up while the experts have beon wrangling over the suituability of electricity as a means of oxeoution,hie might have boen killed long ago by running up against a “live wire.” Seven New Yorkers, not convicted of murder, have not been 8o fortunate, Reciprocity’ With Canada. New York Post, One may not concern himself over the pecuniary outcome of Canadian railways for their owners, but he cannot shut his eyes to the rapid changeof opinion in regard to reciprocity with Canada which those rail- ways are accomphishing in Now England, - Tha Moonshiners Sympathize. Ohicago Tritune. A largo number of the able democratic editors object to the Hon, Green 8. Raum as commissioner on pension: Thoy seem to dislike him on general principles, and in this they have the cordial sympathy and concur- rence. of every moonshiner in the Umitea States: et The Deadly Wires. New York World, Better the linkboy and his torch than two killings a week from overhead eloctric wires improperly insulated and improperly cared for. A humaalitois worth more than all the advantages offered by applied electricity. Science should be the friend of man, not his foe. Millionaire, Cook or Jockey. Buston Globe, If you can’t be o millionaire, the next best, thing is to be a millianaire's cook or jockey. Both scem to bo taking big slices of the terrestrial cake just at present- Vanderbilt pays his cook £10,000, and August Betmont's Jockey rulls through on the same sum per annum, — - John Bull's Conservatism. Detroit Journal. London people, who less than oue hundred years ago, tried by force to prevent the - troduction of power printing presses, are now directing their energies to keeping out electric lighte, and low quality. gas, tallow dips and kerosene have combined to make determined resistauce to electricity, —_——— Fall of Loopholes, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The New York finance committee has fin~ ally opened subscription books for the world’s fair. So many conditions, restric- tions and legal definitions surround the sub- scrivtions, howover, that it wouldno't take a very shrewd lawyer to selieve a subseriber of the nccessity of putting up lis money if he cared to keep it. ———— Copular Sentiment For High License, Philadstphia Inqguirer. Connecticut has merely given emphasis to the fact that popular sentiment 1n this sec- tion of the country, at lcast, is in favor of dealing with the liquor quesiion tbrough restrictive license Jaws. The drift is almost wholly that way, and expericnce, such as wo are gotting in Pennsylvania, will lead to the improvement and strengthening of such laws until they will be accepted as answer- ing every practical purpose. - The British lavestors. Haltimore American, The dividends will not materialize on these bubbles, and the time mustsurely come for a reckoning. Then follows collapse, dis- astor, wide-spread depression and misery, after which the financial skies will clear up for aseason; in fact, until tho atmosphcre again becomes poisoued and the opportune germs appear. The American property own- ersare not fleeced apparently, but the subse- quent catastrophe must 1nevitably react on the American markots and Awerican busi- ness. B Value of the West Indies, PhitadsIphia Telegraph. The finger of manifest destiny keeps steadily fixed towards the rich islands of the West Indian region, and if the tune is not yeu ripe for themto drop 1nto our possession, the day is always d when we should reap iucreasing advantages frow our com- mercial relations with them. Mmister Dougluss has long been ambitious of render- ing sume vice in the fiold of statesmax- shin, Let us sec how he will make out in Lis present mission, — —-— Fall Fragments. Joln James Piatt, I left this sumach bough with crimson fiare And, touched with subtle paugs of dreamy pain, Through the dark wood a torch Iseem to bear In autumu’s funeral trai, - - [ . " . A flushed cathedral, grand with loneliness, Gloomy with tight and bright with shadow, seems Thy catholic air, October. Holiest gleams A light like angels in each dim recess Through the stained oriels of the east and west. —— Scramble For The Bee. Fairfield Herald, The Omaha SUNDAY Bee arrived Sunday morning for the first time under tho latost managewent, Tie Bek fyer, which passes overything ou the road, runs from Omaha to Grand Island, just in time to catch the morning train which arrives bere at 9 a. m., and its arrival Sunday was greeted by a crowd that cagerly bought overy paper sent 10 this place, and certainly twenty br thisty more would have been taken at once could tley have been had. This gives “I'ne Bre the fleld and the judges, too. Eriend and foe alike are compelled to applaud its ap- pearance, and the common scramble Is for a SUNDAY BEE. A e UNKNOWN HEROES, Tua D, Coalbrith in the Ocerland, Not to the brave upon the battle-fleld Aloue, the palms of victary belong; Nor only to the great of earth the song Of praise aud pican should the singer yield. Greater the souls that, siugle-handed, wield ‘The battle-axe against the hosts of wrong, Unknown, un-unoted, fin life's reckless throng, Aund ouly in God's day to stand revealed. £low wany such, in patient, humble guise, Baside us walk their grief-appointed way ! Nobly euduring; worthiest to shino As fixed stars in Fame's eternal skiea ‘or these, for this, § reverently lay @O0 their dear dust this littie leaf of mioe. OCTOBER 27, 1880-SIXTEEN PAGES, AS OTHERS SEE US They Never Learn. Denver Times, The democrats of Nebraska met in state convention and, finally, aftor diligont search, succeeded in finding some men who would take their nominations. Thoy declarod against the appropriation of monoy to irei gate desort land, assorting that thero was already arablo land enough to glut the home mirket and put all agricultural products be- low the cost of production, This is another fllustration of the inability of the democracy to compreheud the possibilities of this country, The Right Man For the Place. Siane City Jowrna!, Judge Groff, tho new commissioner of the Feneral land office, 18 taking hold of his office in a way that shows that the right man hins boon put in the right place. His Name Ilnnt! 3 New York Sun. If there is any subtic attraction in a dis tinctive name, Mike: O. Maul ought to bo eleoted coroner of Omaha, Doubtless somo such suggestion as that prompted the Ni Jersey republicans to nominate 1. Burd Grubb for governor. But any lover of ccoentrio ouphony wounld go two blocks to vote for Mike O. Maul where he would go one to vote for 1. Burd Grabb, Trials of a Nebraska Editor. Chicago Tribune, “Our paver is two days late this weoik," writos a Nebraska cditor, “owing to an acci- dent to our press. When we started to run the edition on Wednesday night, as usual, one of tho guy ropes gave way, allowmng the forward gilderfluke to fall and break as it struck the flunkerflopper. This, of course, as any one who koows anything about a press will readily underatand, left the gaong plank with only the flipflap to support it, which also dropped and broke off the wap- perchoke. This loosened the fluking, betwoen the ramrod and the fibbersnatcher, which also caused trouble. The report vhat the wrouble was caused by over-induigence i in- toxicating stimulants by ourself is a tissue of falsehoods, the pecled appearanco of our right eye beiug cause by our going into the hatchway of tho press in our anxioty to start it, and pulling the coupling pin after the slap- bung was broken, which caused the dingus to rise up and welt us in the optic. We ex- pect abrand-new gilderfiuke on this after- noon’s train.” Douglas Counry’s Co Brownville News. Douglas county and Omaha have an un- broken record in the election of an under- taker to fill the ofice of coroner. There is a #ood deal of humanity in this. The poor and friendless will be certain to receive a decont burial. oner. - COUNTRV BREEZES. An Important Discovery. Lusk Herald, The spindie-lezgod and brainless advocate of mob law who daubs axle grease over shoe pegs and prints therefrom the hand-bill yeleped the Glenrock Graphic, has at last tumbled to the fact that he has made an ass of himself, A Camprign Tribate, Long Pine Journal. Bulge-eyes is not to blamo for that double- shuftle dog trot walk of hi acquired n his younger days whe g to the music of his irato father's voice. The old man drove stuves before the war, and after the war Roese and the rost of tho flock had to step to the same music. The Aceident of Pann W Picree County Call, Last Tuesday night while Mr. Wattles was warming some clothes around the stove pipe, it fell down, covering his wifeand baby with s00t and filling tho room with gas, fortun- nately the pipe did not strike them, although they were lying directly under the pipe. He succeeded i getting Mr, Mohr out aud thoy put it up again, ttles. The Nelghbors aro Kind, emaha Times, Among the neighbors who have been good tous this week we are pleased to thank Frank Hunt for a bigload of wood, Bob Frost for a fifty-pound squash, Uncle Henry Brand for a mice lot of honey, and Mrs. John Maxwell for acouple of nice spring chickens. With such neighbors the fellow who can’t live well is truly unfortunate. A Stem -Winder «f a Sermon, Platte County Sentinel, Rev. Morton preached to a full house Sun- day night on the subject of *Hell, or How is it?? About fifty were unable to gain admis. sion, but those on the inside declarcd that the sermon was @ stem-wind An Alliterative Avalanche, Crawford Clipper. Dark, dreary and dismal arc the declining vs of the dying, doubie-dealing dough- faces. Defeated, defunct, doomed, the de- mented, dubious outflt lost every case con- fided to its care by t0o confiding clients - We're Glad of It The adventists, who have failod again in fixing the date of theecad of the world, will receive very little sympathy in their disappoiutment. VENI, VIDI, VICI, Having been in control of the Omaha Daily Rotary for something over ten days, 1 feel impelled to mention briefly some of my more important achievements as protoctor and de- fender of the people’s rights and champlon of things in general, I huve brought about the appointment of Green B. Raum to_the position made vacant by the involuntary resignation of the loqua- cious Tanner, thus averting what at one time threatened to produce an open rupture be- tween President Harrvison and the Grand Army of the Repubiic. I have compelled the toy ediwor of the Jvening Boomocrat to discount the income from his paver for the next six mounths by contributing the sum of thirty dollars to the fund for the entertmument of the Pan- Americans, I have consolidated tuo stree lines of the city, and strack terror to the heart of the gas vompaty, by starting a rival factory at the corner of Tenth ana Douglas, 1 compelicd De Ver Sholes to resign from the board of education and forced William Oliver Twist Coburn into an agrecment not to run for sheriff oftener than once in two yea I caused the czar to embrace Kmperor William and break wway without producing a panic on the Herlin bourse and supplied a new silver lining for the Kuropean war cloud. Imduced Pat Ford to reset his repeaters inthe Third ward and declare for decent pohitics and the purity of the ballot. 1 knocked out the English grammar twice every day and left the dismembered frag- ments for the smusement of the country press. More anon, railway JuLius Cusan WiLoox. The Bar and Judiclary—-A History, Oxamra, Oct. 20.~To the Editor of T Beg: 1 desire to give a short and concise his- tory of the action of the bar of this distriot in relation to tho selection of tho Judges, In 1889 the state logisluture passed an not incroasing the number of judgos, giving two instoad of one. A petition was oirculated among the attorneys of the entire distriol re- questing Governar Dowos to appoint Judge Wakeley, a lifo-long democrat, to the place. Judgo James Novillo, a ropublican, having beon olocted some timo before, This was the invention of thoidoea of dividing the judiciary betwoen the two parties. In the fall of 1853, npon the eve of the elec- tion, the republican and democratic judicial conventions met on the samo day and by itual agroement each nominated one can- didate, tho republicans Judge Noville and the democrats Judge Wakeley, loaving tha second place vacaut, which was virtually an endorsemont by both parties of tho two gen- tlemen, Up to this time no bar meeting has over been held, the entire matter boing loft 10 tho party conventions. In the wintor of 1836-% the legislature again amonded tho law, incroasing the number of judges in the district to four, Thereupon Governor Thayer appointed Judgos Groff and Hopowell. So the b uch consisted in tho fall of 1887 of Judges Wakoe- ley (a domocrat), Groff, Neville and Hope- woll.. Judge Neyille decinod to bo a candi- dato for re-loction, so 1t became necessary to chose some one in his placoe along with the otherthreo, It was the desire of our bost citizens o harmonize all political differ- onces in so far as the judiciary was con- cernod. A meeting of the entire bar of the dwstrict was called, to select four names 10 be sug- geated to the party conventions as suitable persons to occupy the bench. At that meet- ing a resolution passed unanimously recom- mending Judges Wakeley, Groff and Hope- well, and, as will be shown hor adjourned without providing for the place. The republican convention unfortu. nately refused to ratify the action of the bar, only nominating Judge Hopewell—and with him Messrs. ©stelle, Ballou and Han- cock, whilo the democratio convention ac- quiesed in the request of the bar, and placed Judges Wakeloy, Groft and Hopewell ou their ticket, and also nominated William Stow, a strong democrat, as the fourth judge. Mr. Stow died a fow days after his nomination, and the democrats tilled his place with Judgo Doane. A citi- zen's meoting was called, which was par- ticipated in by a large number of our leading and most influentinl citizens, who, by a hearty unanimity, endorsed the democratio nominees, In the porsonnel of tho two tickets there wus 0o comparison, it being universaliy admitted that the ability and legal attmnments represented by the citi- zen’s democratio ticket were far suporior to those of the republican.- And upon that issue the campaign was fought, the result of which is so well known, It will be seen that no bar meeting had ever presumed to over suggest for tho judgeship uuy person who was not at tho date of its action upon the bench. On the contrary, aftor a heated discussion the bar “'yoted down” the proposition to make their recommendation to the conventions “‘non- partisan,” by not only refusing to sugsgest the namo of a democrat for the fourth puace, but also refusing to do more than endorse the candidaocy of the judges who had e pressed themselves willing to continue their services. In effect the bar recommended the existing judiciary, and left the balance to tho party conventions and the people at the polls, ‘Ul brings us down to the mcotiog of tho bar on Septemver 98, 1880, Tbat meeting was called to suggest a person to fill tho vacancy oceasioned by Judge Grofl’s resigna- tion. It was conceded to that none othor than a republican should be a candidate. ‘Thore was no understanding thav its action should balinal. On the contrary, mere sug- westion, raiher than _nomination, precluded any such idea. And premarily the sugies- tion was intended for the republican conven- tion, because a republican was “entitled to the place. Mr. Clarkson was chosen by 110 votes on the fourth ballot to 84 votes for Mr. Estetie Davis having been withdrawn _after the third ballot, with a vote of 4). Clark- son, as a r epublican, was compelled to sub- mit himself to the republican convention, where he had but 16 votes out of 9. Davis securod the balauce. Mr. Davis hid not by word or deed sought the nomiuation, nor had any of his fricnds who participated in the bar meeting udvocated his candidacy; nevertheless 1t came to him freely, spontancously and entbusiastically This uct of the convention absolved Mr. Davis and his friends from supporting Mr. Ciarkson, who thereafter becanio an independent can- diaate, not by any regular nomination, but upen the suggestion of a portion of the bar. But it will be contended that the endorso- ment of Mr. Clarkson by the democratic convention makes him a non-partisan nom- inee. That fallucy is exploded when the in- sido history of how it was brought about becomes kuown. A committec was appointed by the democratic county convention to name the delegates to the judicial conven- tion. "That commitiec controlled by demoacratic lawyers, Clarkson men ia the bar meeting, and it very nawrally named a ma- jority of tho conventiou, who were not only Mr. Clurkson’s friends, but who were also the attorneys who had supported him at the bar meetiug. The convention met and thirty- three votwea on the last ballot 1o endorse Mr, Clarkson, against eighteen for Mr. Davis, the delegates from the outside counties re- fusing to yoto at ail. So then we have the same men who con- stituted a minority of boththe bar meoting and the democratic convention voting for the samo man, who now claims to be a non- partisan candigate aud assumes the prestige and the precedent Of Lwo years ago as the foundation of his claim. The case is not in the leust applicable for two all sullicient rensons First—The republicans two years ago nominated, as compared with what was then called the non-partisan_candinates ncompe tent mon, Second—It is conceded thut Mr, Davis is in every respect as worthy and able to perform the duties of the ofiice as is Clark- 500, w. o tioom at the Top. Chicago Herald, No cartful observer can fail to note the in- creusing repugnance among American youths to the trades and o mercantile pursuits, and ir constant tendency to the professions, s causo 18 doubtless due to two causes— the increase of education and the desire for high social standing. But whatever tho cause, the fact remains. ‘The result is that, with perbaps the excoption of the clerlcal, the so-called liberal professions aro oy crowded to an extent never before seen. conutry swacms with half starved profes- sional men, many of whom too often eke out tho sore conditions of their lives by resorting to practices little short of felouy, and often to felony itself. Within a year there have been more broaches of coufidence and crim- inal betrayals of trust among lawyers than among any other trusted business men in the community. hore nover was o more deceptive or un- wise maxim utterod than that attributed to Daniel wobster, who, when the crowded state of the legal |nrul’- sion was. mentioned to bim, veplied: **Phere is room at the top.'! 1toom it the top for whom? ask. Certainly not for the ¢ S aspirants, _Doubtless there is room at tho top for tho Wobsters, Curtises, Piukneys and Wires, but one might as well expect 4 coun- try roadster to outfoot Axtell as to hope that tho ordinary candidates for legal fame can h in this class. o in the medical ssion. Crowds rush in yearly, only to meel with disappointwent aod ' disastor in after years. These people for the most part hve in @ dream, wantng 10 be professional when there is no professional work torthem. Aud thero is certainly in the range of bus! ness life no persons moro pitiable, even to the borders of coutewpt, than those who have sought professioual success and met only with failure. While this evil is gencrally recognized it is to bo admitied that, as human nature is con- stiwted, there is no remedy for it. Young inen—and Women, 100 RoW—wino want 1o bo lawyers will press into the profession, or, if tuey want to be doctors, will pre: 10 that, or, if they wish to be preachers or elactricians or engiucers or journalists, or what not, still the rush will continue. There is no let-up or holding back. All they soe is the erand maxim of the fool's paradise, “There is room at the top,” and they swarm into the aate chambers, nover gelting a siop farthor, only t0 be suffocatod in the crowd. Lhero is, indecd, room ub the op, but the ascent is 80 dizzy [if can ke it, and still the the raritied air of that region SIMERAL, his universal ambition for distinction is the ourse of our time, but it must run its course. No preaching can_ cure it, 6o daily ist of failures cau disinuy it. Ll e