Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 18, 1891, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. T -m,:.,{;;.\vxrr:n Erron. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. T ‘“ !;I'TIU\ me Year. 410 00 5 00 8 afly and Sunday Ix month e unday lice Weekly Boe, L One Year... One Year 100 OFFIC Omaha, The e Bullding. outh Ow it Corner N nnd %th Streets, jouncil 1t frs, 1 vl Stree hi 0 Uffice nmber of Oommeree, w York, Hooms 1614 and 15, Tribune Bullding CORRESPONDENCE, 1 communlications relating to news and ftorinl mat should be addressed to the ditorial Depnrtment. HUSINESS LETTERS. nd remit ces should e Pubiishing Comy 1 postofice o ble to the order of the com- The Bee Fubiishing Comoany. Provrietors, The tsce Wid'g, Farnam and Seventeenth S$ts = EWORN STAI TENT OF Btate of Nebris Is County of Douglas, | Georgo 1. Trschuck, sceretary of Tk Ber Publishing company, does ahat e wetual cirelation of for the week ending February 13, follow s Bunday. February 8., }\hmtl y. bebraary 9. T I'e v 10 ssciny e Wednesdny. Feb u ¥rid ursdiy. Febry Baturday, CIRCULATION, EDATLY | K01, was y. el Average . IGE T 3 and subscribed in my y of February A. D. 1801 W. K. Kunr, Notaty Publi Sworn to befo presence this is Btate of Nebrask sunty of Douglas, George 'B. Tzachuck, bein. poses and siys that he Is secre Publishing con pany, th dnily “circulntion of month of February, 5 tople duly sworn, de- ry of Tk BEg t tho netual avorage 1860, for April, 180 cop 160, 20,062 coples; 8; for Soptember, 762 cop- for De- . 1801, cople: L 1N copie worn presenc efore me. this nd ibed in my #stday of Janunry, A 1801, Dy NaMiT omises to prove a more effective demolisher of trusts than all the anti-trust laws in the statute books. THE lot of the speculative. county treasurcr will not be a happy one after Benator Keiper's inquisitorial bill be- comes a law, — I1 is painfully evident the big th ree of Tllinois declined to embrace the Dakota rouprocity scheme. Palmer istoo much for their digestive economy. TaE advance in the price of cham- pagne will not reach Lincoln in time to diminish the flow of reciprocity which the Gulveston oyster foast promises to evoke. THE rush to the ceded government lands in Indian territory has begun. Ten months hence the country will wit- ness o dismal walkout. Remember Oklahoma, THE vital statistics compiled by the clty physician, establish the superiority of Omaha as & health resort, and forei- bly contradict the doleful assertions of the board of health. — THERE is altogether too much atten- tlon paid to the ornamental features of education, and too little fo the practical. Fower special sinecures and more work- ing teachers would improve tho useful- ness of the schools. THE advan in Granger railroad shares, coupled with improved specula- tive activity, dissipates tho gloomy pre- dictions of railvoad managors. The pro- dictions, however, were not made for the edification of Wull street, —_— *No work no pay” is & good prineiplo to apply to all departments of the city governwent, Tt is hardly fair, however, to single out policemen and firemen for economical experiments, while sine- ‘cure inspectors are permitted to draw full salaries. Mavor CusHING delights in surprises, ‘His choice of the new member of the board of public works can enly Lo ex- plained on that ground. But we are assured that Mr, Egbertis ademocrat and that ought to silence all disappoint- €d objectors in the democratic council, SINCE the Cleveland street scandals nothing has so agitated the moral ‘veneer of the English royalty as the dis- covery of the heir apparent in the role of gambler. The shock of the disclosure s rendered the more damaging on ac- count of an unpardonable breach of con - fidence. % SECRETARY BLAINE'S friends are pushing him for the vacant United Btates judgeship in New Hampshire. As he threatens to lecture on woman suffrage ifhe doesnot got the office, considerations o patriotism and human- ity would scem to require the president o appoint him. — FOLLOWING the timely example of the Nebraska sonate, the Kunsis upper house proclaims its opposition to revo- lutionary or visionary laws. The con- dition of both states demand laws that will encourage and protect investors, and aflord such security us will promote the influx of capital and develop their stagnated resources. IT oughtnot to be necessary for the house to discuss at any great length vhe bill forbidding railroads to bribe logis- lators with passes. Nevertheless, there aro those who oppose the bill. They should be comforted by the thought that they will not be deprived of their paste- boardsin any event. The luborer is * worthy of his hire, and the railroads pay promptly in such —ee BY A majority of 75 the tories defeated the motion to censure the Irish execu- tive for the brutal conduct of subordi- nates at the opening of the Tipporary trials. Tho vote doos not represent the strength of the liberal party and their allies, while the tories succceded in drumming up a full party vote. The facility with which Balfour employs the Jall to cool the ardor of his Irish op- ponents equalizes the liberal gains in England. solemnly swoar | OMAHA DAILY BEE: WE QUEER IDEAS OF TAXATION, The lower house of the logislature on- ged inan animated debate two suc- | yson the bill which purposes | that “unimproved land laying adjacent | to and adjoining improved lands ~shall at the same value as im- od land.” Mr. Schappel of Pawnee | is tho father of this proposition and the indopendent leaders generally stand sponsors to As the bill sents a curlous be nssessod now stands it pre- theory of taxation. | 1t makes no distinction betwoen city and farm property, and would nasess the ground on which the finest | building in Or stands at tho same | value as the vacant lot adjpining it, or | tho unimproved addition inthe suburbs. | This would he a great advantage to the owners of exponsive business blocks and | palatial homes, but it would be a singular measuro of injustice to the man who ownd'a little homo in the suburbs, and to individuals or companies who have platted outside property. Amendments designed to remedy this plain « | been introduced and will probably be mbodied in the bill, if it passes at all. The pill is deawn, however, with ref- erence {o farm rather thaneity proporty. Its design isto compel tho large tracts of wild land held by railroads and spec- | ulators to pay the same rato of taxation as that assessed upon Improved farms. The theory is that the man who takes up a homestead and enriches it by his labor should not on that account be called upon to pay 2 penalty for his en- terprise by being taxed higher than the man who allows his land to stand as na- ture left it. But eve or or have in that view of the case the bill would appear to proceed on the wrong principle. If it is not right to tax a citizen for his improvements, is it any nearer right to tax a land owner for improvements which he has not made? In other words, if it is proposed to fix a uniform standard of taxation for all farm lands, should not that standard be the value of the wild land rather than the improved? If the latter princ isadopted the man who has improved his homestead pays on the enhuced value 1 sented by his It is grave question, however, whether braska should depart at this time from the sound principle that a citizen should pay taxes on the true value of hisreal and personal property. It is very generally conceded that ourtax laws need revision in the dircction of higher valuation and lower rates. In- quiry has been wrought by the prosent system of ridiculous undervaluation of property and correspondingly high rates of taxes. House roll 97, however, represents a. remedy that, in its prosent shape, would bo worso than the discase. e, A CITY’S RAILROAD EXPERIMENT. The city of Toronto has undertakenan unique railrond experiment. It has released its stroot railways and will shortly begin to run them on its own account, This has been done as the result of an | agitation against a palpable injustice. The employes of the road were - being worked sixteen hours a day for small pay. The company claimed that they could afford to do no better by them. Then the people began to agitate the subject of municipal control. The result was an amicable arrangement between the city authorities and the railway company, by which the city leuses the plant for a term of years. It will endeavor to ‘give the public lower faresand better service, and ths workmen shorter hours and higherpay, Tt begin by reducing their hours of labor to ten. If the ex- periment accomplishes half the good it aims at it will be a brilliant success, Unfortunately the Toronto incident, even if it should redlize all that is hoped for, witl throw no light on the railroad problems in this country, It might contain a practicable suggestion 1f railroads were capitalized and bonded only for the amount actually invested. In that case stockholders would gladly lease their propertics and obtain the great credit of a city or state to guaran- tee their dividends. The public, on the other hand, might expect to enjoy the advantages of better service and lower faves, But the conditions are wholly different. Our railroads have given evidences of debt far in excess of the real investment and thoy are largely in the hands of innocent holders. For the state or city to lease the linesand attempt to pay dividends on watered stocks would give the people no relief, and very likely would increase their burdens. The difficulties that surround our ruilroad problem are of apeculiar and dubious sort. E—— REWARDING EFPICIENCY. Postmaster General Wanamaker has introduced a plan for promoting offi- ciency in the railway mail service which promises to have excellent rosult This consists in the annual Ppresentation of a gold medal to the clerk in each of the 11 divisions of theservice who makes the best record in malil distribution, and one medat to the clerk, without respect to locality, who handlos the largest num- ber of cards in the shortest time with the highest percentage of aceuracy. The unnouncement of this plan was made a year ago, and the first presenta- tion of the medals took place last woek. These rewards of efliciency are of pure gold and of beautiful design. The good eflect of instituting this method of promoting efficiency was made ap- parent not only in the exceptional rec- ords made by the successful clerks, but in the general improvement. An eager competition was stipulated, and the re- sult was very marked upon the service. The postmuster general in announcing the awaras said that the continuous im- provement made in the work and char- actor of the railway mail service during the past two years was very gratifying, and was largely due to the diligent ef- forts of the clerks to excel to which the promised reward was an incentive. He reminded the employes in the service that it was absolutely essontial to offi- cleney thatall connocted with the service shall continue to improve in knowledge of the work committed to them and demonstrate by their work and eonduct no pr labor, a INKSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1891, that they are deairablo employos to re- | insuflciency of Senator Quay’s denil, tain in theservice, Thore is every roason tooxpect that the good offects of this planof rewhed- ing efficiency will continve to be shown, but perhaps a bettor way to promote of- ficiency would be to increase the pay of clorks in the Iway mail service, as congress is msked to dg, The goneral public has very little id8% of the exact- ing nature of the work porformed by these employes of the government. Their labor demands quick eyes, qu hands and quick julgment, their hours of duty aie long, their tasks are respon- sible, and their personal risks to life and to health, travelingas they do night. and day upon the swiftest teains and in ev sort of weither, are very groat. These fatelligent, faithful and hard working men ave, considering the character and demands of their o, the poorest paid employes of tho government, and the moderate increase in their salaries asked for ought to bo granted ns a matter of simple justice to a most deserving class of public vants. Postmaster General Wanamaker has shown most commendable interest in this service, and congress should give him all roasonable support. sor- WHO IS THE PERJURER? he brace of boodlers who run o black- mailing sheetat the stato capital are trying to throw dust into the eyes of the toilers to whom they profess to bs at- tached just now with an unselfish devo- tion by loud and abusive doc ~mations. When TiE Bee unmasked the scoun- drels and placed them in their true 1i they audaciously retort with the charge that Rasewater perjured himself when he testified before the prohibition nots riesin the Powers-Boyd contest that the support of the leading prohibition organ was offered by its editor to the Bankers’ and Business Men's association for the paltry sum of $1.. In order to avoid proscution for erim- inal libel, the miscreants wlho make this arge assertthat they **do not skulic hind any ambiguous or indefinite term,” but, “if Mr. Rosewater was cor- rectly reported by his own paper as to what he said under oath, he, Edward Rosewater, is a liar anda porju ilis statement on the stand was utterly with- out foundation, and neither of theeditors of the Call ever held any conversation with Rosowator on any subject during the campuign,” This is vel ingenious, Rosewater was correctly reported by his paper, but he did not testify that ho had any deal- ings personally with the ‘blackmailing w that mans the piratical craft. He had no use for such cattle, and made no effort to get into any conversation with them. But the charge was nevertheless true, as will be seen by the following affidavit which was sworn to within a week after election, and morethan u month before Rosewater had testified in the Powers- Boyd caso: State of Nebraska, Douglas County. Edwurd P. Roggen, of lawful age, being first duly sworn, on 03th says: Thathe was secretary of tho Business Men's aud Bank- ers’ association, an asscclation formed for the purpose of defeating prohivition in the stato of Nebraska; that soon after said as- sociation was orzanizod ho was waited upon by Mr. H. M. Bushneil, one of the proprie- tors of the Lincoln Daily Eveninz Call, who said that in order to obtain the influence and support of the Lincoln Daily Evening Call in the campaign then impending it would bs necessary for the aforasaid assoclation to put up the sum of $1,50), and if this was not done forthwith the said paper would antagonizo the anti-prohibition cause from that time henceforth Deponent further says that the said Lin- coln Daily Evening Call from the lime the aforesaid proposition was made and by de- ponent declined, did without interruption support the prohibitory” amendment down to its defeat, and has taken every opportunity to vilify, slander and libel the members and oRicers of the said association, E. P. RouGEN, Subscribed aud sworn to bofore me, this 12th day of November, A, D., 1800, N. P. Few, Notary public in aud for Douglas county, Now It tho venal vampires explain why they made this demand for boodle and how much they did got for joining the colonels and the other mercenaries who were imported to defame Nebraska and blackwash everybody who happened to believe that prohibition is not the proper remedy for eradicating intem- perance, QUAY'S DEFENSE. Senator Quay isa patient man, For a year or moro past he has stood before tho country charged with official mal- feasance nad corruptionof the most dam- aging character, and until now he bore it ull without the slightest public manifestation of concern. The record of his alleged misdoings has besn sent broadeast over the country in pamphlots andin tho columns of the newspaper: has been discussed at the national capl tal and clsewhero, and has been used to dispavago his political friends, yet throughall he kept the even temor of his way, apparently deaf to every chal- lenge of encmiesand to every appeal of friénds to defend himself. It would be dificult to find a parallel case of such patient endurance by a publi man of persistent assaults upon his char- acter and reputation, menancing not only huis own political future but that of every man_whom he favored or might be assumed to have o friendly interest in. Wo recall no parallel in Amerivan histor y, But Sonator Quiy undoubtedly had reasons in his judgment valid for his long silence, There was a purpose to be served for which tims was necessary. That having gone by the senator has found opportunity to veply to the charges against him. His unqualified denial of every one of them, with eircumstantial explanatory statements, will doubtless be accepted by his frients as an ample refutation, but it will not silence his encmies. This could not be ex- pocted if it were very much stronger than it is, and it must be confessod that there are weak placesin it that render it vulnerable. The sharp sighted enemies of the Pennsylvania senator may be trusted to find these out, and although he proposed that his statement should be final, he is not unlikely to find it nec- essacy, or his friends for him, tosay something further in his defense, But whatever opinions may bo enter- tained rogarding the sufiiciency or the republicans giherally must foel that the controversy has disqualified him for ro- taining the paeition of authority in the party which b held in the lnst national campaign. The poople of Pennsylvaia In the state eleetion of last year indi- catod their distrust of him by defeating the man whiin he caused to bo nomi- vuted for governor and electing o demo- crat. Subsdgubnt developments have not been of aniture to remove that dis- trust. It would not only be dangerous to the republicdn party in Pennsyl vania to continue Mr, Quay in practical lend- orship of the party in the nation, but everywhere the effect of doing so would be damagingly felt. The party cannot afford in the next national contest to be compelled to defend any man identified withthe conduct of its campaign. It must have in that capacity men whose character for integrity, as well as for sound ropubli n, is unimpeached and irreproachable. This is far more important than political shrewdnoss and sagueity, but it will be possible to have both. It Mr. Quay sincerely desires republi- can suceess nest yoar he will decline to again assume the task of managing the campaign, butif he will not understand that his usefulness for that work is soriously impuived, if not destroyed, then it will be the imperative duty of the party to replace him, It is to be ap- prehended that this will have to be done. Mr. Quay enjoys political power, and he fully appreciates the prestige he won in the lust campaign, Itis to be expected that he will make adetermined effort to remain at the head of tha na- tional committee. But it ought to be safo to predict that the noxt national convention will not make the mistake of contiruing him in that position. THE TROUBLE WITH OUR SCHOOLS, There has heen altogether too much favoritism both as to teachersand pupils in our public schools. The tap root of the evil is the division of authority and the undue interference on the partof the members of the board of education in the choice of teachors, The superintendent of our school should be vested with full authority to select his subordinates and teachers. He should malke it his business and study to ascertain their qualifications and deter- mine what branches they are best fitted to teach, and who umong them is hest qualified to act ns principals. Itrequires executive ability, and physical as woll as moral fores to supervise a public school efliciently. Tf the school board does not have confidence in the ability of the superintendent it should endeavor to secure aman for that position who has the ability and backbone to discharge the responsiblo functions of the position foarlessly and conscientiously, regard- less of all pressupe. Solong as the present method of per- nicious interference and unjust diserim- ination continyes our schools cannot be raised to the high standard which the exceptionally high salaries paid in Omsha would warrant. THE sonate bill, providing “for state examination of the accounts of county treasurers commends itself to the tax- payers of the siats. It is not onlya measure of economy but an important safeguard against dishonesty. The bill provides for anaual cxaminations of the books and accounts of every county trensurer undor sup>rvision of the stato auditor. Examinations may be made at any time, withoat previous notice to the interested officer, and the treasurer is obliged to answer all questions put to him concerning the business of the office. At present there is no alsquato system of annual checking of acounts even at the close of an officer’s term, the acconts are not as cavefully scrutinizel as the public inter- ests require, In scores of instances coun- ties have been obliged to employ ex- perts at a cost of from 8500 to $1,000, to secure a thorough ovorhauling of tho record. State examinations will'do away with this expense, and secure the much needed annual checking of accounts, be- sides providing fora uniform systom of bookkeeping. THE urgent need of an addition to the county building becomes more apoarent overy day. At the present time one branch of the court and the county at- torney are obliged to scek quarters else- where. If the numberof judges is in- crensed to eight, as now seoms probable, the county will be forced to secure addi- tional room, entailing sdditional rental of from 33,000 to $5,000 a year. What- ever may be the cost the county should provide ample room in one building for the courts and county officers. THE council should either pass or re- ject the ordinance granting a charter to a_competing electric light and power company. There is noexcusefor further delay. The fact that the charter has every right and interest of the city fully protected, leaves no room for quibbling. The council should act promptly and de- cisively, If the members are determined to prevent competition in an important local industry apd uphold the present monopoly the pepple want to know it. The issue cannot be dodged. WHEN the new city hail tower is com- pleted and thié'‘clock in the steeple strikes 12, the ' ¢city fathers will be re- minded that it is time to go home. But fortunately the great tower is not yet finished and no felling when it will be. The clock has wét even been thought of. So the council wifl, for the present, con- tinue 1ts regulay §essions until the small hours of the wepning. The members have ro many rpleasant things to say to their faces that *they would not like to say to their backs, EE————— From all accounts the new insurance commissioner of New York is the cham- pion political manipulator in the aggre- gation of champions surrounding Gov- ernor Hill. There is no political risk oo desperate for him, and his elevation toone of the most important offices in the empire state shows that the peanut statesman proposes to hold the reins of power and patronage from the senate, THE judiciary committee of the house of representatives has reported u resolu- tion for the impenchment of Judge Baor- man of the district court for the western district of Louisiana, for nigh crimes and misdemeanors, This committee has { been invostigating charges of illogal practices in foderal courts in various parts of the country, and its report sub- mitted a fow days ago shows that a num- ber of these courts aro vory much in | need of reforming, Especially is this true of courts in soveral of the southern states, where tho practice has become | common of suspending sentenco in the cases of porsons convicted of violating the internal revenue and timber-cutting lnws, this encouraging methods of fee making by district attorneys, mar- shals and others, The fact disclosed that in somo warts of the country men are inducea by deputy marshgls and United Statescommission- ers to make complaints against ench other for violations of the laws, and are arrested and bound over to court, after becoming bail for each othes and appenring before the court as defond- ants, witnesses and bail. It is said that United States commissioners by that means secure annual incomes ranging from $2,000 to $8,000. The committon found but one instance of practices of this nature in the north, and that was in Boston, where the federal commis- sioner is charged with obtaining foes by methods 1o less reprehensible. 1t would seem from i disclosures that the federal courts generally in the south are in a more or less demoralizod condi- tion, and have little claim to the publ respeet and confidence, Doubtless the judge in Louisiana is not the only one who desorves impeachment. Thero is no duty of congress more important than that of freeing these tribunals from abuses and restoring them to the high standard the federal judiclary should everywhere maintain. W are informed that there has been something more substantial than vapor gas used to lubricate the wheels of city legislation, in order to geta renewal of the contract for illuminating the sub- urbsof Omaha, A pretty substantial rumor renches us that the sum of $2,200 has been evaporated by one of the mana- gersto mako sure of tho necessary num- ber of vot Habits, Iriquois (S. D) Chief. While the balancoof the state is simply talking irrigation the clans at Pierre are practicing 1t in the superlative degree, if re- ports are cor t 1s Luty Backsliding? Buffalo Erpress. Lucy Parsons informed her anarchist friends the other day that “we must have laws.” Lucy seemsto bo backsliding from the principles of true anarchy. —— Stanfird's Bee, New York Herald, Senator Stanford wants the farmors’ alli- anceto nominate him for the prosidency. Well, there is a quarter section left on the flowery banks of Salt river towhichhe might retiro aftor election day. Chicag) Declines. Lincotn Journal, ““Give me woman suffrage in Chicago,’” shouts Helen M. Gougar, “‘and I'll rid your city of the slum rule and then come up from Indiana and run for mayor.” Aftcr due de- liberation Chicago decides not to accept the proposition. at Cleveland. New York Sun. A hangman is rezarded with horror in all partsof the world, and inalmost all ages he has been infamous. In this country there Lias not been so decided an expression of th sentiment as in Burope, for the reason that our sheriffs have geuerally avolded hanging men with their own hands, and have em- ployed ovscure persons to do the deed for pay. It was not until the ndividual who describes himself as “the Buffalo Hangman"" appeared upon the omicial stage, that much public attention was paid to the subject, It is understood that ho exccuted two men with uis own hauds for reasons of economy, rather than pay out of his own pocket §25 apiece, the ordinary price, to a substitute, sti San Francisco Examin>r, Chiet Crowley has at last struck a vigor- ous blow at the most glaring evil of the Chinese occupation of San Francisco. The highbinder societies with which he has grappled have served more than anything else to distinguish the lawless and desper- ate garrison of Chinatown from the poace- ful population that surrouuds it That tweaty organizations could exist in a city like this, il based upon blackmail, village and murder, is a sinister commentary, cither upon the administration of our laws or upon the characteristics of the alien col- ony. The chief has determined that if the thing is to be kept up any longer it shall not be through official connivance, PASSING JESTS. "This 1s the way a Goorgla editor puts it: In summing it up i haste, What would you think or guess - Is un editor's arm 'round amaiden’s waist “The liberty of the press? “Toxas Siftings: Young wife—John, mother says she wants to be ated ‘oung husband—Tell her if she'll put.on her things T'1l take her down this morning. Epoch: Kickshaw—T can't Glim's chronic bachelorhood ¢ Mrs, Kickshaw-—Neither do I, can’t have inherited understand Ho surely Pittsburg Dispatch: Blood-shot eyes indi- cate that their owner is loaded, Washington Star: Visitor—Does it cost much to stop in Washington t Resident—No, but it dues to go aboad. Harper's Young People: “Well, Jimmi- by, do you want pasn to el you a stovy " opé. Papa 'l1 get thpanked like Jimmi- boy If ho tel) thories.’” Picayune: The pilgrim fathors struck a very bard placo when thoy landed on- Ply- meith rock, but their descendauts have ever since been looking for soft places. Atebison Globe: We should like to know o geivl of sixteen who did not. spell love with a big L ora woman of twentysix who did not spell dollar with a big D, New York Journal: Burglar's accomptice (to fellow prisoner i jail)—What yer in fur! F. P.—Stealin’ a wa Aund yout B. A.—Watchin’ s Tndianapolis Journal : Yabsloy—Very cute littlo dodge of that druggist selling me a porus plaster with the privilege of returning it if it did no good. it hias done no good. Wickwire—Well, why don’t you rotura it Yabsley—I can’t. Kate Field’s Washington: First Traveler —Are you a married man, sir! Second Traveler—No, 'm un instauce of thesurvival of the fittest. Reported from Omaha, Washington Post. “I wou't go home till morning’ oburden of his song: Though sorewhat thickly came his words, lis notes were loud and long He didn't. Hisdevotion 1o thetrath deserves 50mo praise, But when he once wot trore, 'tis sad, ho stayed for several days. was the | that the jewe | unattended into was | THE DEAD GENERAL, Now York Herald: Death has_ bestowed upon him a doublo immortality. He will live forover in the “mavustons not made with hands,” and live forever in the hoarts of a grateful pooplo. His namo is written on this 1o firmament-togother with those of Grant and Sheridan, his comrades on the field—in “tracines of oternal light,” and his place in the hereafter is assurod by the fact honor, which bhe has worn on bis breast for the spaco of two generations has never lost its lustro, . Chicago Nows: Thetears and_acclaim of a reunited people follow General Sherman as obediently and fearlessly ho has marched out the unkuown countr W5 10 earthly commander this time, gave the order that summoned him to ent 10ose from his baso of supplics and sally forth upon hi last campaign, - We who rejoiced in his glorious achievements as a soldier, in his cter as a man and citizen, have faith that the final order found him | prepared and ready to obey. As o soldior he had the soldior's fnstict of vrompt obedience, Detroit Freo Pross: The death of General Sho romoves from our miast a figure which was more prominent in the service of tho north during the civil than was any other except that of Grant. Probably no two men more thoroughly unlike ever fought side by sidein any causo than wero these very o, and surely none who nned celebrity by avms ever lived lives ront whon their fighting days w Sherman was a s Ho was scion- tificin his view and fought a cam- paign as he would have played a game of chess. ¢ ® + Aftortho war Sherman kept aloof from politics —thus showing better judg- ment than did some of his asso and after his retirement, from tho servic 2d in an atmosphere of military reminiscence until the hour of his death, Washinigton Post: Tn tho estimation of not a fow authoriative critics, General Sher- man was the g lest of all t great cap- tains whom the war produced, in the charac- teristics that must combine to_constitu ideal soldier; in his fortility of resourc his fa hing graspof emergencie: intensivo capacity to_ grapple with proaches to remote results on well defined and predetermined lines. That he did a work second in its scope and consequences to that of none of his contomporaries will at least be admitted. ~And with all his greatuess as a soldier ho united tho virtues of a trae patriot and gond citizon, who found his hiehest re- ward in tho consciousness of a well spent life, and sought no political preferment as the crown of his successes, St Louis Republ; in hi | the ap- His 0ld soldiers, who always i mew more or less of tho Strong points of his character, were always Nis de- voted adherents and dofenders in war and At the time of his death the country ady learned to seta high value on him even whon iv was most besetting him th quip and asm. Had ho lived ten . talking at every opportunity saying exactly whatever he hap- d 10 think at the time, the very fact that his candor was sometimes ' oxasperating and oftener ludicrous might have made him most popular men in_ the his military record it1s not necessars It is well known. Hedid ns_best, and he did it so weli thatno one on the other side wished it done any better. St. Paul Pioneer-Press: (rant and Sher- man areto be ranked, perhaps, rather as equal and different than as competitive tal- ents, inferior and superior. Of the two, force, determination, dogzed persistency and the power to deal resistless blows whera they would tell belonged to the iron hero who had already left us. Foresigit, quick intelli- gence, comprehension of a situation down to its smallest detail and a wonderful mastery of strategic policy were the especial endow- ments of ‘Goneral Sherman. These dis tinguisbed him from the beginning of the struggle and marked him out as high above the mass of confused itelligences that were striving to deal with what they could not comprehend. * * ¥ His was & noble soul. Valor was no dearer to him than honor. Straightforward in all his dealings, clear as the day, honest with all men, a foe'to shams and subterfugos and the insincereties that prey and fatten in timo of peace upon a na- tion's noblest, he lived to the last the bluff old veteran whose werd was equal 0 & na- tion's bond. Ho might have parnered civie honors. Wiser than the friends who loved and the flatterers who sought to use him, he chose to wear only the laurels he had won, Philadelphia Record: But above all the qualities that distinguished Generval Sher- man was his thorough adherence to_duty. Napoleon was ever talking of glory. He in- voked glory as theinspiration of his soldiers. “Forty centuries are looking down upon you,” he said to them in Egypt, pointing to the pyramids; but in Trafalgar bay Nelson signaled his'fleet: “England expects that every man will do his duty.” Wellington ul- ways talked of duty; and so did Graut and Sherman; and’ with them ‘“the path of duty was the way to glory.” To duty Shorman owed alle- glarico long after the war drum was silent; and he never ceased to inspire others with thesamo feelng. Assurance of a man was siven 1n everything that he did or swid—a | man rugged and independent; sometimes Common Sense Money. Proni, Nob, Feb. 15.~To the Kditor of Tur Bee: The prosont great financial ques. tion is: How can our government largely in« croaso our money volume and not lay any heavier tax burden on the nation or uusetile values? There is a simploand perfect way ; althouigh the varioty of mothods proposed, some them contracdictory. would soom to indicate’ that the matter is dificult. The question simple. money coined trom it and in siivor certifi- ites based dollar for dollar on the bullion in reserve. Thero would be no expense attachod 1o this aside fram the cost of coinage, which would be small; and no treasury surplus would bo necessary. When tho money was coined there wouid be 1o need of starting great public works in order to pay employess aud got b nto ulation he men Cfrom whom the silver -3yB8. bought would “get the money, and they would put it in the banks or invest it so it would swell the goneral cireu lation. Our government can thus buy and coiu any amount of silver, o great deal in n omparatively short time, if it makes coin and paper both, and the lattor is said to bo mors desirablo than the former, Out gov- ernment s virtually dc this now in tho caso of gold--buying bullion and paying in 1 and certificates, 1t is called froo cafn- y some. T am not advocating of silver here, that is a different our government should make a %0 for coining silver,or what is tho , tako the cost out of the purchase price,the government would be out nothing by it, and 1t couid buy just about s free cause the mine owners want to turn product into money But these dollars and cortificates should bo “honest” mune b a dollar in gold bul- lion for silver bullion, metal for metal. Wo need the “dollar of our daddies” again-—bi metalism. We don't want any *“free coinag® which proposes to give the silyer owners conts on overy dollar more or less, That plan is nothing but old_sneak” on the part of thoso men, Free coinage of the remonetizmd dollar or “dolla 10f our daddics” isa horse of aaother color. ~ But freo colnagois not in order to give the country plenty Lot the government buy and Iy just now, and then when the al stringency bas boen relieved make only enough money from ar to keoy our circulation upto the same per capita or to u larger ono if” that be thought better. 11 in future thore be money striugencios lot them bo relieved in tho samoway by the authority of our president and his™ cabinet voting together upon it. In this ctional currency may bo | bough and paid for in fifty, twenty-five avd ot pieces, This plan, if agreed upon by our government and generaily uuder- stood do much to restoro confidenco in mone les and_bring out into cireulation tho gold now being stored away by those afraid of our financial future. International agreement can fix and ma value of gold and silver; 1s already being considered, 1f there should be, us is possible,any great chauge in the rel ative amounts of gold and silver, no nation through it could take advantage of anoth but the nations would simply establish a new ratio of exchange. ‘This plan will not suit those who say that money properly “repre- sents” valuc and_the 10t enougn of tho recions metals to represent tho value of all the property. if they mean to say that thero must be a dollar in money for every doliar in property such a fooi theory needs no. answer, If they will think. instead” of imagining they will sée the impossivility of it—money itseif is proverty. Money would have to be coined to ropresent the which represented other property, and money to represent that moncy—an endless chain. It is only a frac- tion of the property of theworld that is in market at the same time. Everything is not for sale by & good deal, The plan I have presented is comparatively costless and comparatively free from risk. [t is the common te.se plan, Let us try it. %, N. H. Brackuer, N, Sec. of Allance No. 1137 Note by the Editor:—The United States treasury is obliged to purchase 4,500,000 ounces of silver each montu payable in silyer certificates that may be converted by tho bolder on demand into coined silver dollars In other words Uncle Sam is now adding fivo millions overy month to the people’s supply of money—thus practically carrying into of- fect Mr. Blackmer's schete of common senso money. heir e BLEW OUT THE GAS. Elbert Millikan Asphyxiated at the Farris Hotel, The deadly has got in its work again and called another victim totheshining shore, Monday evening a young man, twenty-four years of age, wentto the Farris hotel, at Ninth and Raruam streets, and rogistered us Elhert Millikan. He said he was feeling badiy and was assigned to room 85, on tho thivd floor. Yesterday morning the chamber- msid found tho door of the room locked, but thinking the young man was sloeping, paid hot-tempered, but unseliish and loyal, with & deep scorn for all that is base and cowardly; modest and unassuming; w man of the peo- ple. As we “fold him in_his country’s stars, roll the drumand fire the volley,” we can 1ook back on the great izmes which illumine the history of the republic and feel that to the list has been added that of one whose memory will ever be kept green by a nation of freemen. Throwing a Man Into Heaven, Some of tho charges to grand juries in the Black Hills district have becomq in & way histortc. ‘Chat of Judge Thomas of the dis- trict tothe grand jury now in session at Deadwood is likely to be remembered. The judge came from Bowling Green, Ky., and was a lieutenant in Morgan's raider's, He was appointed by Cleveland judge in Dakota when it wasaterritory. After South Dakota was aamivted to statehood, Judge Thomas was elected to the district court by a big majority, running on the democratic ticket in » republican aistrict, Here is a portion of his charge to the grand jury at Deadwood as reported in the Lead City Tribune: “Since our admission to statehood we are confronted with a new law prohibiting the sale of liquors of all kinds, and under oath as juage, it becomes myduty to instruct you to investi- ato any and all violations of this law, You and [ may have voted for it and the majority must rule in this country. General Graut said the best way to get rid of an obnoxious law is strictly to enforee it. 1do not know that the law is violated, ncither do you, for wo don't indulge, but it is generally under- stood that liquor is soid _here in Deadwoon openly, and it is your dufy to conside matters, and if the testimony warrants it, I want you to indict these pariies. [ will siy hero that T do ot believe in the policy of this law of prohibition, I do not L taking a man by the napd of the neck and the seat, of his trousers and throwing him over the ramparts of heaven. 1do not be- lievo that the legislature can pass a resolu- tion to save any man, else wo would ask them to pass & general resolution solve' us all to heaven. And while por- sonally I might feel iike sthnding in with these people, yet I propose to do my duty toyards enforeing this law, and so should yoil. It will require some terve, somo back- Tous, some courago to do this, bt under vour'oath it is your duty, aud if'any of you will get up and’say that you are not able to do this, I will excuse yoi." & el Dude's Lament. When gentle spring is i the air “Tho dude heaves doleful sighs ; He has W purchase clothing light, Whose cost is not likewise, and ‘re- 1o more attention to the matter. At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon the girl reported to the landlord that the door of tho room was stil] locked, and that the occupant could not if aroused. An investigation was made and it was discovercd that tho gas was turned on and the young man had been dead several hours. - T'he coroner was notified and the rewains "y taken to Heafy's morguo, In the clothing of the deceased was a silyer yate, 81475 In cash, and papers. dleating that he is the son of Judge Millikan, a wealthy stockman of Tarkio, Mo, 1tis sup- posed that he arrived in the ity with stock, went to the hotel, and, after ~ rotiring, uu: thinkingly blew out the gas, District Court. Everything was on the hum drum order in the district court yesterday. The case of Ryan & Weleh promises to occupy some ten days more time, and be productive of only a rehearsing of ttie dryest of details, - jury in the case of I H. Goldborough, charged with obtaining 8 under faiso pro tenses, retired for deliberation at 4 o'clock. s MY MOTHER-I New ¥ i Herald, Shels coming, sheis coming, unbappy is my fato; Time, tife aud my wife's mother were never known 1o wait. She1s coming like a martinet, domestic peaco must fiy, With all the tender graces that are absent when she’s nigh. She will wash and scold the children and boss the servant girl, Ripsaw my lamblike tempor and setmy nerves a-whirl; Talk volumes on economy, declare My wife's allowance 15 not half as much as [ should spave, A perfect fiend at bargaining, sho'll sully out o buy A host of things I can’t afford, all purchased on the sty; T1l have to give up smoking to get the cbil- dren frocks, And my corns will soon be aching from the my socks, a peck of buttons to sew on hero and there, And spools of twist and cotton for eyery rip and tear; And, to cap the awful climax, she so well knows how 1o bake, . And as a cook is unsuvpassed, from oyster stow to steak, That, while I hate to have her come, my hatred's tinged with woe, When she departs, I must confess, T hate to 89 her go! but all the time Highest of all in Leavening Power.—, 8. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889, ol ABSOLUTELY PURE Baki . is 1t is briefly this: Let our wvn‘r:/ ment buy silver on time and pay for it q v { l { s Powder - . ya