Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 15, 1891, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE = ROSEWATER Enrrtor. | e =y PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERME OF SUBSCRIPTION, Datly Bee (without Sunday)Ono Year.. 1aily and Sunday, One Year. v Eix months Three months Findny Bee, One Yoar Baturday Hee, One Yeuar v Woekly Bo o Year OFFICE Omnha, The Ttes Bulld) Fouth Onnha, ¢ 110 26th Stroets 7 Chamnber of Commercas, nd 15, Tribune Bullding | rtecnth stroot New York, itoon Washing ton, b1 e CERISPONDENC Al communfcations relating to news and mutter should be addressed to the Departy HUSTNESS LETTE All businessletters and remi cesshonld | e Addgossid 1 The Bee Pubiishing Compuny, Omaha, Drafte, checks and postofice orders 10 o made payable to the order of the com piny The Bee Fublishing Company. Prooriefors THE BEE BUILDING BWORN ETATEM R CIRCULATION NT OF #tate of Nobrask ! County of Donzlas, | % Georga Il Tracliick,” aecretary of The Bes publishing compiny, does solemnly swear Thar the en L diniation of Tk DATLY BEE 91, was as for the week follows: Eunday, June T i onaay. Jine 8 sdny. June 0 Wednesdny, Jur Thursday. 1ine 1l % Friday, fune 12 Baturday, June i ending Jun Averago....... wibscriled in my Mo, N. T FRin Notary Publio Ftate of Nebraskn, ) | County of Douglns, { Ceorge 1. ‘zachuck, being duly sworn, de- ores and siys thit he'1s sccrotary of THE BER Whlishing con pimy, anat the nctial average dmly clrealation of Tne - DALY B for the monii of June, 1800, wiis 201 _coples for July, 1500, 20.062 coples; for Augnst, 180, 9 copies: for September, 1500, 20,470 coples; for Noveni- Bworn to Lefore me presence this I th day of r Octoler. 800, 20,62 conle Ler, 1600, 22,150 coples: for Decembor, 180, 24i1 cop for Jinuary, 1501, 5,446 conles: for Fetruary, 1801, 2,312 coples: for Mureh, TE01, 24,00 s April, J81, S0 cop May 1801, 20,K10 copies, Jor oy Pronce B Tascnuex. Eworn to lefore me. and subscribed in my Fresence. this 2d duy of June. A. D dare expross as senrce STATE their hon today us over. politic who convictions ans PERIAPS Councilman Madsen thinks there is n hoodoo in the lighting busi- ness 8o far as he is concerned with it. He has repeatedly kept out of sight when the topic was up for discussion. GOVERNOR THAYER has not yet named the labor commissioner or direc- tor general of the world’s fu commis- sion, It is therefore presumed that he is giving theso appointments his most careful deliberation. UNLESS Mr. Cleveland can persuade the democrats to straddle the free coin- age issue his name for all political pur- poses will bo ns classical as that of the Irish gentleman who got left Mr. Oloveland wroto one letter too many and wrote it too previousl, HAD De Lessep’s panama canal scheme beon succossful he would have been the groatest Frenchman. Having failed the poor old man s covored with maledic- tions and will bo driven to his grave by & public prosecution. The successful man is great. The unsuceessful man is a fool or a knave, OUR amiable morning contemporary engaged in a frightful strugglo with the truth yesterday in its editorial romance about a great influx of dollars. The effort reminds & man up a tree, however, of the crimson-hued yelp of the Repub- lican, maede just 24 hours before it was gathered to its fathers. THE telograph reports that the esti- mates and plans for the world’s fair buildings have been approved at Wash- ington and advertisements for bids will now be made. In this announcoment Omaha has a deep interest, for it means that the supervising architect can in a foew months turn his attention to the Omaha postoftic EARLY next month Minneapolis will have an opportunity of testing her ca- pacity to entertain the national repub- lican convention for the honor of which sheis a vival of Omaha. The Young Peoplo’s Society of Christian Endeavor halds its national convention at Minne- Jpolis and the attendunce of 15,000 dolegates is not only expocted, but is practically assured. ARC lights around Hanscom park are almost u necessity, but no n electric lights should bo provided or wn lyr any circumstances or any wlere cise unless the lighting company will roluco its prices. A chargo of $175 perannum per light is simply robbory, and the city will not submit to it for tho future or for a day boyond the term of the exist- ing contrac PiRU has abolished duti and provisions and France her tarill on s on coreals has cut off coreals. Germany is dis- cussing the advisability of such action and admits that her breadstufls supply is well nigh oxhausted. The condition in other Luropean countries are about as they aro in France and Germany. In fuct for tho first time in 80 years there is no surplus grain in the g of the world, and the promise of a full crop on the American farms this year is all the more cheerful becauso it ies with it assurances of higher prices than have prevailod hitherto for years. This 18 the favrmers’ ye TuREE democrats addressed an Omaha domoeratic club upon the usos of the al- liance party in achieving democratic victories. Ono was for straight nomina- tions, but for a platform which would nark o capture their votes, another thought there should be the utmost care exer- cised not to offend the vew party and the third frankly admittod that he was in favor of fusion. They all agreed that the allinnco was & great source of strength to their party and united on the proposition to approve anything tending to destroy the republican party. Botween indiscreot loaders and n\ur»E | eager democrats thoe alliance schewme of assisting domoorats is rapidly unfolding itself to tho somewhat blinded eyes of good republicans who have supposed the third purty was a party of prinei- ples | ward he ASSESSOR EXRENPFORT. Hy nry Elrenpfort was formerly a | Morist. He is now the assessor of the | First w As nssossor of the IMirst manpges to make $100 or so This little job was so valu- able to him as a source of income that he 1t six weeks of last winter in the lobby of the legislature saving it to him- self. ride | on a railroad pass to Lincoln and return | every day for six weeks merely to pre- | vent the enactment of alaw providing | It is not so inex- | nssess ment ocach year, e 0 one knew why he should for a single assessor, plicable a myste beon returned. v sinco his 1 books hav | The ex-florist takes excoptions to cer- tain eriticisms upon his action pub- | lished in I'HE BEE. Ha goes, of course, | to a morning contemporary to air his | alleged griovance. 'The editor of that | sheet, truo to the inhorited instinets of a tax-shirker, cheorfully nccords the as- sss0r space to utter a sorics of false- | hoods against Tune Bee and its | editor, If the statements of | Mr. Bhrenpfort were true they afford 1o excuse for his rank favoritism of the clectric light monopoly. In the first place the assessor of the [Mrst ward had no right whatover to assess the electric light under the rule of the ounty ¢ That property should have been listed in the Fourth ward. people will wonder why they should prefer to return it from the First ward, and why Mr. Ehrenpfort should be willing to list it in his ward when the principal office of the corpora- compan mmissioners, Some tion is on Capitol avenue west of Six- teenth street. Tax receipt No. 7759, dated October 18, 1890, shows that THr BEE Publishing compnany paid $374.74 upon an assessed valuation of $9,030 for 1890. This ex poses the untruthfulness of tive distinet statements in one singlo paragraph of | | the intorview written and published for Mr. Ehrenpfort. It also flatly gives the lio to three other state- ments bearing upon tho sume sub- ject and all part and pareel of thoe goneral falsehood in which the First ward ereature alleges that Tue B Pablishing company paid no taxes last year, Mr. Ehvenpfort’s judgmentas to values is very pecuiiar. Ho placos that of T Bie building and reul estate at $600,000, The assessor of the Fourth ward returns this proporty at $65,000, Mr. Bhrenpfort says this is about one-tenth of the value of the property. He returns the electric light company’s property at 333,445, of which $18,000 is real estate. At the same ratio of calculation this would vepresent a real valve of $330,000. Yet Mr. Wiley, of the eloct it com- pany, says his corporation has invested $700,000 in Omaha. Why should it not pay taxes on as large a sum as THE Mr. Ehrenpfort by his own words is convicted of favoritism. When the gentieman explains why the three lotson which the electric light power house is situated at the foot of Jones street should be valued at $9,000, when the property of W. M. Bushman, in the same locality, is held to be worth $10,000, it will be time for him to find fault with the ment made by Mr. Carpenter of the Fourth ward. When he has satisfactoriiy proved that this is not favoritism he will have the opportunity of brushing away several other inconsistencies. JHE DEMOCRATIC DILEMMA. Who shall be the candidate of the de- mocracy for prosident in 1892 is a quos- tion which is seriously disturbing the thoughts of the demoeratic londors, months ago it would have been easily answered, for then there was no im- portant obstaclein the way of Mr. Cleve- land except the faction opposed to him in New York, and that might have been placated. But there has been a very de- cided vhange since, and nothing in poli- tics now appears to bo more certain than that the next national democratie con- vention wiil not again make Mr. Cleve- land the party standard ° boarer, Rarely, if ever, in our political history has a loader lost support more rapidly than the ex-president. In the south and in the north distin- guished men of his party, who command a large following and exert a wide influ- ence, have dropped away from nim and publicly declared that the party cannot afford to again place him in nomina- tion. Such leaders of democracy in the south as Senators Colquitt of Georgin Pugh of Alabama, ex-Senator Reagan of Texas, Governor Tillman of South Car- olina, and others, have expressed views unfavorable to making Cleveland the candidate of tho purty in 1892, and among northern democratic leadors Voorheee of Indiann and Mor- vison of Illinois doubt the expe- diency of doing so. Semator Voorhees, on being-asked if he thought Cleveland would be the candidate, sa he did not, and added: “Furthermore,he 18 not entitled to the gratitude of tho southorn peoble, hecause in the hour of their direst peril he was more than de lict.” The southern allianco is almost solidly opposed to making the ex-presi Brp? 18 dent a candidate, and it will exert no inconsiderablo influcnco upon the do- cision of the tionul democratic con- vention There are two principal causes for this defoction, and they are potential. The attitude of Mr. Clevelund regarding silver is the more important of them, since it affects him both in the west and in the south; the other refers to the silence and apparent indifference of Mr. Clevelund during the fight of the democrats in congross against the ole tions Dbill, the inflnence of which is strongest in the south. In addition to theso influences operating to destroy the chancos of the ex-president is the great probability, amounting to almost & ce tainty, vhat he will not be able to secure the delegation from New York., It is admitted that Mr, Cloveland still has a | under no circumstances would the Cleveland olement of the party aceopt him, Gorman is too far south to be available, Campbell of Ohio might dovelop a great deal of strength if he should be re-elected governor this year, but that is a forlorn hope not now to be Gray of Indinnn has no standing outside his own state and is | not as strong. thers as Voorhees, Mor- | rison of Illinois has been almost forgot~ ten by the party and to attempt to rovive a knowlodge of him would not be to his advantage. Boies of Towa is likely to be permanently retired from politics this fall, and evon 1if this should not happen he was too recently a ropub- lican to be satisfactory to the southern wing of the democ Chunges may take place within the ensuing year that will clear the situation for the democ- racy by the time the national conven- tion meets, but just now the question of a candldate in 1802 is troubling many of tho party leaders very greatly, and nono more so than those who are still faithful to the political fortunes of Grover Cleve- land. g | d upon. reckon —_— COUNCIL BLUF The days when a senscless rivalry ex- isted between tho beautiful little city in the midst of the verdant bluffs of Potta- wattamie county, Towa, and the one covering the Nebraska hills on this side of the great riverare happily passed. Both the sisters are too largo to bo on- vious of each other and both have learned that their interests are so iargely identi- cal as to mako joalously not only foolish but harmful. The complotion of the second bridge and the opening of rapid transit between the two cities hus knit them so closely together that if it were not for the turbid stream which runs between them one could not determine where Omahn ends and Council Bluffs begrins, The growth of our Towa neighbor ap- pears phenomenal. The beauty of ‘the residence and the substantial character of the business buildings is striking and prove beyond doubt that Council Blutfs people have absolute con- streets fidence in the futuve of their city, Tho visitor must be blind indeed who does not foresee in the midst of those hills and all across the valley the making of a metropolis. Enterprise has come to the assistance of nature and capital is backing entorprise. Councit Blufts now unquestionably the second eity in Towa in spito of the figures of her enumerators, is bound for first pluce as sure us the years of the present decade will run their course. Railways, motor lines, factories, pleasure resorts, and an HE OMAHA DAILY B | any event the .promise is that we ghall | tinuance of the/dutios will intensify the unexcelled farming region will not boom Council Bluffs in the offensivo sense of the term but they will force her forwurd av an overtaking pace which will muke Sioux City and Des Moines scamper out of her way in spite of the whip and spur of their own rosources and ontorprise. Council Bluffs is the natural Towa ally of Omaha, and in that magnificont state, with Chicago nlmost at her eastern door, Omahu needs an ally. No stream 1,000 fect in width can bo permitted to break a commercial union which is benefioial toboth. Omaha capital is largely in- vested in the Bluffs and a scoro of Omaha’s best business men aré citizens who either formerly voted or now vote in Towa. The two cities are onsin a hun- dred Important particulars and as tho Nonpariel very cleverly remarks: *“The two cities, united and working together, can accomplish much. There is no senso in pulling apart. Tt is liko a fight between husband and wife. Wo must renlize that both Council Bluffs and Omaha arve hore to stay, and that the Missouri river, only 1,000 foet wide, is not a Chinese wall to obstruet the growth of either.” GERMANY'S DUTIES ON CEREALS. The course of the German govern- ment, in opposing a suspension or re- traction of the dutics on grain, appears, in the circumstances, the most injudi- cious policy yetadopted under thoe present administration of affairs. The emperor has generaily manifested a desive to ameliorate the condition of his people, and nevor has he had a botter oppor- tunity than in this matter of removing or lessening the tax on food, yet the government insists on retuining it and is sustained by an overwhelming ma- jority of the purliament. The agitation continues, but with littlo favor- able promiso for those who are asking that the psople bs re- lievol of the burden imposed by the duties on cereals. There ean bo no doubt of the correctness of the state- ment of the liberal press that the stores of cercals in Germany arve nearly hausted, and it is equally certain that the crop prospects are vory discourig- ing. 1t appears from the dispatches that the assertion of Chancellor Von Caprivi, that the erops are in better con- dition than generally supposed, was promptly contradic by trustworthy reports from several quarters of the om- pire. These stated that the recent cold wave had produced disastrous results and threatoned to blast every prospect of favorable crops, a condition of affiirs which it apponrs caused somo disturbanco in official circles. Tho sont cost of bread in Gormany is ably not higher than in othor conti- nentai count but noevortheless tho tax on it is oppressive to many thous- of the poople, and to votain it when ox- ios, price of cereals is advancing and is certain to go higher will bo to deprive of bread a much larger number of the people than at present ravely use it, Tho commercial agent of the Unitad States at Mayence, writing of the house industry in Germany, which gives om- ployment to 500,000 poople, says the food of this class consists chiolly of po- tatoes, “it {is potatoes morning, noon and evening,” bread being amon the luxuries sometimes taken, and it must becoms a less fr quent luxury with these and thousands of others if the crops fail and the ceveal duties are maintained. 1t has been suggested that the gov- ernment w its hand forced in this matter in to avold the charge of changing lightly the protec- shes to have order powerful following. There are able and influential leaders who adhere to him as earnostly as ever, and he doubt- loss has with him u large majority of the rark and fi of the party, The question is whother he can hold these, or command the | support of & suflicient number to enable | him to dominate the nuxt convention, But if not Cleveland, to whom shall the | democracy turn Hill | cunnot be regarded as & possibility, for for lendership? tive policy, but this is hardly & plausi- ble view. Sc far as the United States is concerncd, which will have to supply the European deliciency in breudstuffs this year, the policy of Germauy in maintaining duties will make no grent difference. There would probably be a | | the city government continuo to multi- demand if thege were noduties, but in be ealled upon“t®upply all that we can spare. But thgprospect that the con- privations of thobsands of the German people makes @.claim upon our sympa- thies, —————e COURTS-MARTIAL in the army and the navy are too frdquent to be seriously dreaded and too farcical to be favored. The case of Judge Advocate Swalm brings the subjockiof courts-martial into public notice. Afthough he dis- graced, convicted and suspended five or six years ago on u charge of dishonesty, his pay has been drawn regulary and no successor has hoen appointed. Thero has aly beon a feeling among fair minded people that General Swaim's chief offense was that he had not gradu- ated from West Point military acadom§. In consequence of this sentiment the public generally will look forward with interest to the fate of his application for a rehearing, confident that the soldier and lawyer who now oceupios the chair was of the chief exocutive is willing and compotont to do absolute justice, 1t will also bring to his attention the whole quostion of naval and military trials and may expose some of the unfairness which creeps into the procoodings of too many of these extrn judicial and avbitrary tribunal Of late years scarcely o cruise of a naval® vessel occurs without causing a court-martial, and it has long been a concomitant of every active mili- tary movement. AS WAS announced o few days ago to be the programme, the governor general of Canada has called upon Sonator Abe bott, the leader of the government forces in the senate, to form a ministry, and this is said to be in accordance with tho wish of thelate premior. 1t is thereforo to bo prosumed that Promier Abbott is in full sympathy with the policy which distinguished the administration of Sir John Macdonald. The Toronto Muil says of him that gainst his personal wetor there is nothing to be s cha id, but his railway associntions are against him,” he being the chief attor- ney and ono of the stock- holders of the Cruadian Pacific. In the present circumstances a chango in the head of the Canadian government is an affair of interest to this country, and while thore is nothing at hand to show what sentiments the new premier holds regarding the United States, it is toler- abiy safe to predict that he will he found keeping pretty close to the lines laia out and followed by his predecessor. In that event this country neod not expect material al any or otherw concessions, commerc — AN adaptation of the old rule of three to Mr. Ehrenpfort’s estimate of taxablo values will leave the First ward assessor exposed to the glaring electric iight of grave inconsistendy. As $65,000 is to B600,000, s0 is $75,833 to #700,000. This being interproted means that if THe Brp building is worth $65,000 for tax- able purposes, the electric light com- pany should bo assessed at $75833. Theve is no escape from this equation, and according to Mr. Bhrenpfo:t's own estimate of values in the Fourth ward, where the electric light company should list its personalty, it is shirking taxes upon $42,388. OMATIA should refuse to be robbed. She is now paying $175 per lamp for 122 arc-lights. The Hioctric light company wants to renew a contract not yet ex- pired and increaso the number of lights at the exorbitant rate. St. Louis pays $100, Sioux @ity $110, Lincoln $120, Min- neapolis $150 per lamp per annum. Den- ver is now on the point of making a con- tract for $105 per are-light por annum. Tur assessor of the Fourth ward must have been very thoroughly out of tem- per when he swore the value of the Globe loan and trust company’s property was $200,000. At this rate, what valua- tion would the Omaha National and First National banks be expected to pay taxes upon ANOTHER Manipur chief has been sentenced to hang for rebellion against the empry of Indian and the murder of a British subjoct. This fact only emphasizes the peculiar precedent sct in the Plenty Horses trial, where the Sioux murderer wus adjudged innocont of murder. T fast set in England, among whom are “some Americans who cortainly know better,” ave held lavgely rosponsible for #he latest lapse of the prince of Wales. After making poor Gordon Cumming the scapegont it should not bo nocessary to draw “Brother Jonathan” into it also. PERU s proiting by tho rebellion in Chill. The state of war in that republic greatly incroases the demand for Pevu- vian products. It may be added, too, that Peru is entirely indiffecent as to tho result of tho i Poru has no love for Chili-or Chilinns. Tre rule by which personalty of fce companies, conl companies and similar business corporations is assessed in the ward whore they hiippen to rent offices and not whore the personal property is situated may be Syrong but it should be enforced impurtinly if wt all WiLL the courify Lommissioners make fish of the First sward and fowl of the First or will thay ‘compel the eloctric light company to abide by the rule and list its personal property where its prin- cipal oftice is located? THERE are nine different assessors and consequently nine separate and dis- tinet opinions as to the value of prop- orty for The wholo reve- nue system of the city is rotten, incon- sistent and absurd assessment. Tue building inspector is right in re- fusing the bourd of education a permit to erect the Kellom school building with 12-inch brick walls in the first story The board of education ought not to have approved plans for a brick sehool building with inch wa IF the: 1 officers of | els botwee 0 quar official will to koop ply and intensify, each sooner or luter be bound the pedce. over You Can't Embarrass Asscs, Crete Chronicte Tt must bo a little ombarrassing to those papers that circulatsd the story that Mr Rosowater of Tiie Brk took out his final nat- uralization papers upon the eve of his depart- ure to Kurope, to learn that he had boen a citizon of the United Statss sinco ho wi twenty-one. Such efforts do more harm than ®ood to the partics making thom, with Caste, \ Letphia Press, Sooretary Proctor may be trusted to deal with color prejudice in the army as sum- marily and vigorously as Seccretary [racy | did in the navy. The colored cavalry havo | for twenty years done some of the hardest sorvice in tho army and have had in roturn | no recognition, while their officors have boen | systomatically shut out of favorablo detalls | in the east. If this practico has bean followed in the dotail of a nogro cavalry company to Fort Myors, Prosidout Harrison and Sacro- tary Prootor canniot do better by the army than toapply & vigorous romedy. In thoso matters, and in things like them, the army is cursed with caste, Don't Own the Earth, Springfield Repunlican. Telephone companios Lold no monopoly of thoearth as a conductor of electricity —such is the substance of a devision of the Ohio supreme court in the caso of tho telephono company at Clueinnati agaiust the cloctri o streot railway company to compol the latte to substitute the double for the single trolly system. ‘This decision is of interest to all cities where electric railways have been in- troduced. It concedes to the railways as freo u use of the carth as a conductor of thy return electric current as is held by tel phone or other companios, no matter whether this current be so strong as t de- range the circuit established by tho latter's wires or not, -—— New Republican Party. Sutton Advertiser., There s u sorious necessity this fall to have the republican party in each county in Nobraska reorcanized and changed if 1t would bo redeemed. Thero are two ways to do it. First. Lot tho republican state contral committee call, through tho county contral committeo, on tho primaries iu thoir respoc- tive couuties to elect republican dele; county conventions, designating that no ono shali be elegible to act as such deleg: who has been a delegate or hold auy ofice of trust or profit by virtus of he- ing a republican in the last threo years. Or, if they will not'do that, then, socond: Lot all patrictic republicans who have neither held office nor been delegates for throo your: past, unite in a call for a county muss vention for tho purpose of forming a ‘now republican party.” “This would put the whole orgamization of the party into new hands, gotting its power, us in the beginning, direct from the peoplo. The new republican party could then fight for supremucy against all the other politic: forces in tho state, It might not succeed av first, but it would havo this advantage: It would be clean from old political bums ana wire pullors, and could doal with all vital political, financial and industrial questions of the hour, uatrammeled and yubiased, 1f we do not at ouce, and resolutely, grap- ple these live issues and dificulties that con- front us and settle them to our advantage, the other two partics in this statowill settle them for us, and to our disadvantago, “There is no timo to lose ana. there 1s no use of our dodging what is our plain duty any longer if we wonld succeed in 1592, It is high tine we set our own houses in order, and we had betier be putting in the time cleaning up instead of throwing mud at the alliance, for there is no use disgusing the fact that they arve asking for some thing that are right. “The republican party must change front, and it is better to do so now inan off year than to wait and have it to do m frout of the cuemy. PASSIN con- S, It is reported a policeman narrowly es- caped a privato sluggiug last Sunday. Proo- ably ho did not have the new password to the side door, “How do you like my new dross, dear! Isn't it sweet " Yes, but it is a trifle too short.”” +On, well, it will bo long enough before get another.” It is surprising the government should ex- pend vast sums of money in making heavy artillery, whilo thousands of smooth bores of all calibres are running looso iu the coun- try. TR DIFFERENCE. St. Paul Pioncer Press. Why do we frown on the ballet While the decoletto we adorel One's dress is too far from the ceiling If the other’s too far from tho floor. Yonkers Statesman: Bacon e Miss I'ussanfeather's cheeks y seem to bo all on fire, Bizbort—Well, 1 notica that the powdor didu’t catch and go off. Did you no- tonight? Washington : Eirst prisoner—\What kind of a time did you have in the police court this morning ! Second Ditto—in Jewelers' Weekly; chee littlo lawtehioe? ench Joweler— A hundred dollars Wrong Chin—O, lats! Mo glette 'melican lawtch heap mucheo blig slix dlollee, Wrong Chin—How THE LONG -FELT WANT. o York Journal Now the days aro hero When a man fools sere, And seeths with streaming perspiration; His body burns And his fancy turns To thoughts of that long-felt want, vacation. Mr. Oldsboy—That at- ack of Sir Edward Clarke’s on tho prince of Wales is bound to have more or less effect Mr. Auglomania—W 1 should say it would, T turned wy twousers down immo- jiately abfter I heard of it, doncherknow. Washington Star Fliogeder Blacter Have you auy ovidence to support your claim that Black, the chimneysweep, tade au offer of IArriage to yout Plaintiff—(Exhibiting the sweep's hand- | priuts ou the back of her working waist.) | g be sure, your houor—evidence in black aid white, THE KINETOGRAPI, ew York Herald, The theaters all will owpLy be When thoe kinotograph's in use; Tho new plays wo can 500 at homs When the kinetograph's in use; Phe domines will be in the lurch, For noboy'il ever go to church, For a new job they will have to search When the kinetograph's in use. Dotroit Froe Press: *What do they teach t fine institution yonder (' | othing to speak of. 1t is tho dcaf and dumb asylum,” — WILD PANSIE Anelen® in Franciseo Call Out in the woods they grow, Kissed by the tendor de Out of the leafy mould Under the oak tre la, Delicato loaves of groen, Blossoms of silvor sheen, Tiuted with ruby Hiding in copsos \ Pencilod by love diviae, Beautiful thoughts of (i Such are the pausies wild Which sprivg from the forest glow, THE NEBRASKA SITUATION, General Leose Sags the Railroads Have Run State Politics Long Buough. THE AWAKENING OF C. P R, Willlams of Grand Island is Opposed to a Special Legise Iative Sessi T State Board Must Do or Di, THE PEOPLE, Reoently Tae Brg called an exprossion of opinion on the part of state politicians s to the courso to be pursued looking to the ad- vancoment of the interests of the republican party in Nebraska. A number of responses have already beeu published. Bolow another lot of very interesting lottors is wiven: Is 1t Too Late? Lixcory, Neb, June 10. - To the Editor of Tne Bre: In answer to your comimunication rolating to the editorial *“The Path to Salva. tlon" I can only say at this timo that in my opinion it is too late. It is locking the stable after the horse has been stolon An extra session would o no g well known that tho maximum r od, as it is | e bill would not have passed the last senato had it not been known toa certainty that it would be vetoed by Boyd. Tho knowlodge of this fact gained tho measuro a few votes. Nor do 1 bolieve any substantial reliof can be had | through the board of trausportation, Tho secrotaries aro requirad to do all of that class of work, and I donot think any reduction ' will bo made that will benetit the poople. | You are as well aware of the fact as I am, that the ropublican party has promised time aftor timo to give the people some relief; our ' and triod, the good old republioan party. This government in time of poril never had a better administration. and [ beliove now as I have always, that it s bottor to work ro- form right in our party than to follow somae new Ideas prosentod by somo old sore head, orn out, dissatisfled, calamity politician Iiko Donnelly of Minnesota, \Weaver of lowa wid Streoter of 1llinots, and although I am an alllance man in its relation to the farmers best {utarest, I think whon thoy undortook to whip me into the shamo-demo-independent party they ran akniusy a snag. 1 loft the or wanization, although I believe in a fair, hon est discussion of all the politieal and moral questions of the day. IRight hero I want to sy that [ o in fuil accord with you tipon the tinancial, the tariff and most of your idoas,but upon the temperance question Wwe aro n great way apart. DaNiEL Cook. & Sclect the Best Men. Owiarmy, June 6.~ the Kditor of Tne B Under “Hope of itepublicauism,’ whoro you have Invited corrospondence from vour patrons relative to tho political sit tion in Nebraska, I notice an artiole from ono of the political war horses of the last logis- laturo and many other gontlomon, who strike tho nail on the hoad when they say we want difforent leadership. True ropublicanism iy as dear to the people today as in the duys Qf 181 and 1805, and we have as good and as truo republicans today as then, but they are not recoguized in the primaries, county or state conventions Ihey may have tho avility, honesty of pur Pos6 and be possessed of tho kind of repub licauism that brought tho rail splittor into the presidential chair and filled congross with such noble mon as Sumver, John P, Hale, Soward, Thad Stovens, Ben Wade, almon P, Chase, Schuylor Colfax, Jobn A, Logan and many others, tried and truo republicans, who made it possiblo to reple ish a baukrupt treasury, conquer the groatast rebellion of modern times and bring about a state of prosperity nover before kuown in the history of civilized nations, but such mon the republican party don't seem to want "hey don't have the boodle and are possessed of 100 much honor and too much irue manhood to use it to secure numination platforms have universally coatainod somo such promise, but it seoms thoy huve boen used as voto catehers, Only this and nothing moro. The peovle have been crying for relief for many years from railroad extortions, but all seemed in vain, and every attempt to brenk the fetters that bound tho peoplo to the ra road corporations only resulted in viveting them more sceurely on tho limbs of an op- pressed prople. Patience av last ceasos 1o bo a virtuo, When those who had beon selected to represent the people laughed to scorn their cries for relicf, th broke asunder the purtisan tics und detormined in the future to battlo for ! their rights, that they themsolves wore mightier than all the corporations. The ro- sult is discovered in our last fall election and Lbelicve that tho ranks of the peoplo wiil continually grow until their rights are ob- tuined. You might as well underake to guther up tho feaves of a roso in - Decomber | and bind thew on its parent stom with all its fragrauce of May as totry and gather up the fragrauce of a dissevered varty. Thoreis nothing left to gather but the railroads and their followers, with but a very fow excep- tions, The power and influonce of the corpora- tion has become so great s to becomo a mengce to our American institutions, and I look forward to the day, which I trust_is not far distant, when_tho government will own and operate all railroads and telegraphs in our country. I have been tuught that the ropublican party is a party of the people, for the people and by the people, but such is not the case today. ‘It is now the party of cor- porations, for the corporations and by the corporations, and as long as . the party s held in subjection by such an influence the peovle cannot oxpect to fiud relief, butin self defense must fight their own buttles. They havo learned by bitter experience that it is but au idle fancy to expoct anything from the old part that have promised somuch and given them so little, and in fighting thoir battlo they need friends, and I for one intend to aid thow in my feoblo manner until right shull triumph ovor might: and [ believe that overy xood republican” and demoerat should also arise in_their might and sweep from powor the railroad corporations tl now hold them w their corrupting embrace and surrounds them with deteriorating influerco, The noarest approach to the true principles of re- publicanism is found today in_the indopond- ent platform. If the people cannot be trusted to make laws to govern tnemselyos [ do not know whore you can go. Not to tho ruilroads, for we navo triod them and find them wanting. 1 will trust in the people, and trust that you aud vour paper will md in the good work.” Yours very truly, WiLLIAM Ligsk, “Give Us Rel of Graxn Istaxn, Neb., June 8.—To the Edi- tor of Tne Ber: am unqualifiedly opposod toaspecial session of the legislature. Anothor exhibition of romarkable cconomy (such as was furnished the peoplo of tho stato at the 1ast session) wonld almost bankrupt our com- monwoalth, May the good Lord protect us from auy more such attempts at retrench- ment. The state board of transportation should ba compelled to do its duty. That's what thoy were olected for. But, my dear sir, you will find that there is as much diversity of opinion as to what that duty is, as tere are different people. Some are in favor of legis- jon that would ultimatoly bankrupt the railvonds; others are satisfied with the rates as they are, and another class that views this question from servativo standpoint wants equal justice done to the railroads and people as weil. 1 am one of the latte Tam in favor of such raiiroad rates as will enable us to establish jobbiug houses in \d Island: such rates in_and out of our to points that are tributary 1o us, as wiil'enable us to compete with the throngh rates Trom Omaba and Lincoln to the same points. L am in favor of granting the rail- rouds compensation commensurato with the o rpnderod in hauling a carload of our r steers to the market, and no moro, But what thatcompensation should justly be some ono more thoroughly conversant with the matter than myself would have to say, If the lowa rates are not burdensome let them beincreased sufliciontly to make amends for the difforcnce in our condition as com- pared with that state, and then let them be adopted for the government of the roads in our state. Tie Br: is in favor of reasonablo railrond restrictions. Soam I T concur with it also in belioving that the state board of transpor- tation should do its duty, aud gve us the re- lief wo are eutitled to. ~ Yours truly, PR Wik, A by the Old Ixo1aNoLs, Neb,, Juno 11,—To the Editor of Tue Ber: [ want to oxpress my opinion upon subjeets connceted with eur political in terests and ask you to accept my sentiments as wmy earnest belicf. I want to say first I am just | an as T wus when I voted emont in 1556 and although we huve some very unsafe leaders, the prin- ciples of the party are right and in the inter- | estof roform, and whatever has gono wrong are to blame for. I or | believed in being carried about by every wind of dootrine In town and connty affairs, I bave often voted for democrats: no hittle | poraonal matter or varience with men sworves mo from tho right us I meo it. I wasasoldier, and | never can soo why a soldier or son of & veteran should o off into some other party than our true rriend i arty. as strong a_republi for John C. Highest of all in Leavening Powe a 4 fereseuo) ABSOLUTELY PURE | puse of founding th or election to any ofi If tho republican party would reaflirm the old but tried and trie principlos of froe press, free specch, free soil aud freo men, and not forget that it takes the farmor, mechanie, the ud laborer to tizon, tradosinan make uo that grand old party from the peoplo, by tho peovle and for the people, and that tho Ingssos must and shall be representod in all tho law-making bodies of this stato and nation, instoad of beiug so sadly misroprosented as they have been for many years, by profossionil men, banlkers and millionafres, who know not the wants of their constituency and would not do_their will it they knrw it, there would bo no doubt of “future rcpublican success in Nebrasia, Solect your best men from among tho masses wio are not city, village or ¢ who know the wants of ilicir constituo: keep the disgraceful boodlo gang out of your primaries and con- ventions and the ropublican party of No- braska and the wost can again_become moro powerful than over bofore in its history, as 0o party of the nation has a better record and all issues will be safo in its hends, kg office in your B § 38 Tho popular demands of the peovle aro financial relief and rogulation of rairoads, ud Give the people more and cheaper monvy all other evils will dwindle into insigni cance. Millions of dollars are annually leny- ing the United States to pay iuterest on Ku ropean monoy used by the people of tho United States, which our poople of all partics beliove i3 wrong and are going to apply tho romody, us they did durlng the lato war, o when tho governmont had uo money to % the soldiers, buy supplies or prosecute théd g% wor. I say this as a republican, and tho republican - party, which has ' always been in advance on all reform issucs, must recognizo this demand of tho people or some other party will have the honor of doing this noble avork of froemg our peoplo from tho fnancial shackles which ojnd th more firmly thun American slavery over bound the now freo colored peoplo”of tho United States. Nebraska has — afroady lost threo republican scuators becpuse sho was too cowardly to squaraly meot and accept this financo roform issuo, which was con- coived in and brought forth’ und, practically demonstrated by tho republican party. Thino for the right, Gron W. BrEWSTER, QUESTIONS AND ANSWE RS, v i the Editor of Tug What is the hoizht and weight required fora member of the Omaha police fo Ans.—Height, 5 feot Si{ iuches; weight, 150 pounds. OyAnA, Neb., Juno 1.—To tho Editor of Tiig BEE: you'Kindly tell mo throuzh the col- unin paper whit would be the most Appropriato motty for splasher to put up | hlnd w washstand, I want a very original one. Ans.—Probably a good ono would ho “Wash and Be Clean,” which will be found .~ in IT. Kings v., 13, R ' WiLnkn. Nob. May 20.~To the Editor of Tug Bek: Ploiso answor in Tk SUNDAY BEE tho foliowing. Did Abraham Lincoln over writo anything ugainst roligion? “Was he a membor of any church?—F. J. Spirk, Aus.—W. H. Horndon, Liucoln’s law part- ner, in his life of the illustrious statesman, relates that *‘while u resident of New Salem, 1L, in 1834, Lincoln prepared an extended essay -~ called by many, a book—in which ho madeBn argument against Christisnity,s ing to prove that the bible was not_inspired and that Christ was not the Son of God. He-- intended to have the manuscript published in book form, but it was dostroyed by a fricud, and tho effort was never repeated.” Lin- coln's religious views were modifiod late in life, thougn never a member of a church, Youk, Ju To the editor of Tie BE Please inswer in next Sunduy’s BEE o settlo abot, the followinz: Cin a tan collect extr vay for work porformed ovor elght hours per day after July fiest noxt, who has hired oot ynth tor i year nnd his loos 1ot Junuary 118071 B Church. of 1d'say be could not collect - extra WHITNAN, Neb,, Juno 4.-To the editor of Tk BeE: Wikl you pl answer the follow- : How many tons of are burnt by the tocean stoin, rossing tho 4 thantic? any tons per duy how Ay S take to make the round tri Thé Pentondo ot the White Star b 15 one of the fastest transatiantio stoamers, consumes about 50 tons ove twonty-four hours. Her record betw Now York and Livorpool is five days, it toen hours and five miuutes, OMAHA, June 2. ~=To che editorof Tue | Pleaseo give me date of the founding of Yalo nd Harvard colloges and citlos they are 1o atod Tnand by whom founded, i Sunduy’s Answ line, whic 18500 N L} Ans.—-Yalo collego was founded by Elihu Yale in 1715 and s situated in New Haven, Conn. Harvard colloge is_the oarliost insti: tution of learning in the United States and on the continent of North Ameriea. It was ___ granted a charter i 1650 and named after s founder, John Harvard. It is 1 in Cambridge, Mass. [n both cases the founders were wealthy Euelishmen wh their de conse, loft lirge sums of money for tho pur- llogos. Dr. Magee's | ion. Among tho stories which aro being revived about the late Archoishop of York perhaps the best Is that of Sir Robert Austruther's prognant summary of his speech on the irish church, Dr. Mageo concluded, it will bo rc membered, by saying that he could not oncilo it with his hopes of heaven to voto for the bill. As Sir Robert left tho house of loras, magnetized by this peroration, ho wis met by a friend and asked who had boen speaking last. “M-m-agee, making a sp-sp- lendid sp-sp-speceh. Ho ' sossmd Le'd bo a-d-d—d 11 he'd vote for the bill." r.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report. B | (] - * Powder