Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 15, 1892, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE.| E. ROSEWATER, Epiton. = I UBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION DtigRee (without Sunday) One Year Diily and Sunday, One Ve ' EixMonths LaR 00 10 00 50 50 200 vy Hee, One Ve, 0 One Year...... 1 e One Yonr. Craha, Fouth On Conneli Ohlenzo Office; 2 ew York. Koo W ashington, 513 Fot rteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE commiunieations relnting to news and (tier should be addressed te the epurtmbnt, All eajtorial Editorial BUSI\ESS LETTERS A1l business letters nnl romittances should 1enddressed 10 The Bee Publishing Company. Onaha. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders 10 be made payabie to the order of the coni- k¢ Bee Prbishing Company, Proprietr NE BER 1TUILDI FWORN STATEMENT OF CINCULATION. ttnte of Nebraskn isa County of Douglas. ( Geo. . Trschuck, secrotary of The BER Jullishine company, does solemnly swear it the actul eirenintion of THE DAILY Bee for the week ending Fevruury 13, 1802, was as follows: ay, ol 7, ndny. Fob, %0 wday, Fon, 0. 70 Wednosday. Fob, 10, . Thursday, Feh. 11 ... Eriday, Feb, 19, taturday, Feb. 1 Average...... ZSCTIUCK. subscrived in my . 1862 Eworn 10 Fefore nie and yresence this Jith day of Fobruary, SEAL. NP, Notary Public. = Avern Clrentation for uary P —————————————————— Tie Union Pacific switching charge nre oxtortionate and they must be re- duced. A WORKHOUSE is badly needed in Omuha us an adjunct of the police de- partment. MaJoR WATSON goes off like a Gat* ling gun. The only trouble is that he is firing his cannon at a tumblebug. CONTRACTOR SQUIRES having recov- ered from his illness, the meetings of the Board of Public Works are again interesting. YTHIN et been done in Omaha and very little elscwhere in the s looking to o proper celebration of Ne- b aska’s quarter centennial. GENERAL BUTLER of Massuchusotts has declaved himsell aguinst free eoin- age. This is something like deathbed ropentance, which proves its sincerity. SOME men will strive harder and waste more time try sure a 875 job in the employ of the eity than would make them sure of $150 if applied in private employinen Dos Governor Boyd fully realize that a special session of the legisliture may bo construed as an invitation to return to Nebraska by Chaplaip Diffenbacher, now temporarily spjourning in Washing ton ? Tue city can by law force the Union Pacific to erect a passenger station ade quate for its business, It cannot, how- ever, by law force the construction of a handsome union depot. Wa only wish it could. I¥ WE are to have an extra session the governor should not forget to eall for an increased appropriation for the World’s fair. Nebraska could not expend her money to greater advantage in advortis- ing her resourc THUS far David Bennett Hill has cap- tured 100 delegutes to his snap conven- tion and Grover Cleveland but six. The mugwumps and other admirers of the «.x- president must be very eredulous if they imagine the junior senator from Now York will forego the snap he hus secured out of regard for public sentiment. Tne Omaha sunflower editor, who shouted for John Powers in 189)and con- signed Governor Boyd's politieal boay with maledictions to a premature grave . last winter, will smile and fawn upon him tonight at the great demonstration in honor of his restoration. This is in accord with the eternal fitness of things. No WONDER the noble ‘‘patriots’ whom an inscrutable providence has per- mitted to edit down-in-the-heel newspa- pers are disgruntled at Dr. Marcer and the present state central committee. The doctor and his committee refuse to be held up and bled to the tune of #3500, payable in two checks, by politieal leeches who eke out a, miserable exist- ence as champions of anything and any- body willing to pay them for busn- whicking or whitewashing, soft-sonping or blackguarding. Tur democrats of lowa are not sincere in their efforts to pass a high liconse bill. Thoy are playing for the grand stand and ave determined to keep the liquor question in politics for anothor campuign. This expluins why thoy have greed in eaucus upon & mensuro which tho conservative temperance men on tho republican side wilt not accept, and is their sole reason for refusing to permit the Schmidt bill to be amended 50 a8 to Include local option and other reasonablo features. To all appear- ances Towa will be compelled to drag out another two years of weary existence under the present inoperative prohibi- tory law. —_— HON. SETH P, MOBLEY, the press committeeman of the Nebraska World’s fair commission, has addressed a communication to the newspupers of the state urging the orgunization of local associations to further the ef- forts of the commission in making a creditable showing for Nebraska at Chicago. The time has come when the suggestions of Mr. Mobley should receive attention, But little more than a year remains in which make proparations for the great event. Only by local societies and individual attention to details under the super- vision of such societies can Nobraska hope to make her presonce felt at the exposition. = = | extra session work the governor will lny out 100 | the legislatur to | ! of the legislature is disposed to gi WORK FOR THE EXTRA SESSION, Tt now appears certain that Governor Boyd will convene the legislature in at early What for the legislature has not yet been disclosed It is doubtful whether Governor Boyd himself has fully made up his mind as to the subjects he will embody in his call. It is equally problematic whether with its peculiar compo sition can be deponded on to enact any of the laws the governor ma; fit to recommend. You can take a horse to water but you cannot always make him drink. Assuming, however, that day. see a majority » the people needed relief and honestly de- sires to carry out its unfulfilled pledges of reform, it may not be out of* place at this time to make o few suggestions, Tuking it for granted that Governor Boya will include in his call maximum freight regulation, it is to be hoped the legislature will not juggle with the il- rond question as the lowa legislature has done during two sessions with probibi- tion by opposing ons bill to another and charging the opposition party with the failure to pass either bill. There should be no effert to make political but aneflort to give the people lower rates on the prinzipal staples that Ne- braska exports and imports. The Newberry bill was never hon supported by a majority of the legis- lature, but it was simply bulldozed through, with the full knowledge that it was unreasonable and would so be pronounced by the courts, Next toa fair and reaso mum rate bill the people served by a thorough rvevision of our revenue laws, Our system of taxation s for many yours worked great in- justice to the farme and all other owners of real eéstate. [t has be n incentive to tax shivking, wholesale perjury and systematic discrimination by the assessors and by the State Board of Equalization. The state board as it ig now constituted is as much of a farce as the State Board of ansportation. Although the constitution exprossly provides for the taxation of franchises there never has 1 v dollar of taxes collected from a franchised corporation for the privideges it enjoys. It may be found impracticable to mako a thorongh and well digested rovision of the revenue .laws at the extra sessiou. In that event the legislature should nte atax revision commission, either chosen out of its own body or appointed Dby the governor. Thjs * commission should bo empowered to formulate o set of revenue laws and report them back to the present legislature if it should see fit to take a recess for a few months, or have the governor submit the work of the commission to the legislature of 1803, If the legislature is in real carnest about politieal reforin it can do so most effectively by enacting alaw that will make it a misdemenanor for any public official to accept a railvond pass or any substitute for apass. It is to bo hoped the governor will not omit the anti-pass law from his call and give every member a chance to 5o on record. Another much needed reform is an act that will make 1t unlawful for any son to hold two ofli 3 county or city, at the same time. Last, but not least, we should have the Australian ballot law applied to primary elections, und thus strike at the tap root of corruption aund fraud in our political nominating machinery. WHAT ARE THEY DRIVING AT? The full text of the dissenting opinion of Justice Field in the Boyd-Thayer contest was published by the Lincoln Journal in its Sunday issue. Why this piece of legal lore should be given tothe people of Nebraska at this late day, when Thayer is in Texas and Boyd in the executive chair at Lincoln, is not quite clear. The only inference to be drawn is that this ex post facto opinion is intended to convey the impression that Boyd’s titie to citizenship stili remains 2. The editorial wiseacres, who s sneeze whenever a railroad attorney or railroad manager takes snuff, have been very much concerned over this decision of the United Sta supreme court, which, according to their version, really left the vital issue before the court in doubt, [mmediately after the dacision had been rendered we were told by the Jowrnal that thero had roally been no decision, bseause the court was cqually divided. Had that been trus Boyd would not be in the governor’s chair today The railroad mauagevs, who have all along been horrified over the prospect of an extra session, would have seen toit that Thayer was fortified against any writs, mandamuses or mandates that Boyd’s lawyers could have possibly brought. The truth is that the decreo of the supreme court decluring Boyd a citizen of the United States was practically upanimous. Five of the eight judges held that Boyd became w eitizen by the admission of the state and three held thut he b2came a civizen by the aet of his father before he beeams of uge and his own sabsequent conduct us a citizen. All of these judges agreeing shat he was a citizen, it is immateral by what process of rensoning they reached that conclusion. Justice Field's dissenting opinion was really a protesy entered at the outset against hearing the cass, As an extreme states rights man Jus- tice pld insisted that the United States supremo court had no jurisdie- tion, but when the seven other judges held that the court had jurvisdiction his dissent was overruled and he was com- pelled to content himself with placing his dissenting opinion on file, y blo maxi- in be best en per- state, CLEVELAND IN THE NORTHWEST. Itis reported that s movement has been inaugurated in five of the states of the northwest inthe interest of Mr. Cleve- land, which may have an important bear- ing on his candidacy. The dewmocratic committeemen of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North and South Dakota are said 1o have been in communication with | & view 10 an areangement for early. con- | ventions which will choose Cleveland delegates who will stick to tho ex-presi- | dent as long as there is the shadow of a chance for his nomination. The idea is 10 do this in order o br | nsked to be loft out capital, | which the selection of Hill delogates in New York is expected to have upon the party generally. It is said that the Montana democrats w sed to come into the scheme, but .the committeemon on the ground that the free silver men are in the majority and are to bo against Cleve- land, The other believed are undevstood to have unqualifiedly agreed to the arrangoment, with tho exception of lowa, whose democrats propose to send a Boies delegation to Chicago,. in- structod, however, to vote for Cleveland if its vote is necessary to nominate him. Minnesota will take the initiative in the enrly convention projoct, and will hold its convention March 22, the other states to follow shortly atter. It is not at all questionable that the democrats in the states named arve very largely in favor of Mr. Cleveland, but it is not quite clear that the early convention plan will have any decided influence ag an offset to the Hiil scheme in New York. The practical phase of the mat- states ter Is simply this, that if Mr. Cleveland | is opposed in the national convention by the delogation from his own state, that fact will demonstrate that he cannot carry the state if nominated, and in such circumstances his nomination would be a fatal blunder. This is fully understood by such prac- tical politicians as Me. Henry Watter. son, who has recently declared that tho party cannot nominaie Cleveland with- out inviting defeat, and who says that it may be necessary for the party to rejoct all New York menand take its candidate from the west. Rebuking Hill will not enablo Cleveland to carry New York, and all intelligent demo erats admit that that state is absolutely necessary to the election of u democratio president this year. There is no valid reason why the democrats of the northwest should not hold early conventions, but it is by no means apparent that they can have the effect which they are expected to pro- due HILL HAS Till; CONVENTION. The deiegates elected to the New York democratic state convention whicn will meet February 22 ave largety for Hill. According to estimates nol more than six counties will be against him, and some of thase may be brought into line. full delegation of Hill men from the Empire state in the national democratic convention. It does not follow that such a delegation would insist upon Hill ndidate. Undoubtedly it will nume him, and it is also not to be doubted that he will receive a considerable number of votes outside of New Yorwx. The real signili- cance of a Hill delegation from tho Impire state is of course the influence it will exert against the candidacy of Me. Cleveland There is pretty sure to be two dele tions from New York asking to be mitted into the Chicago convention. The men who have issued their protest against the snap convention which will meet n week from today will not allow the Hill men to enter the nations vention unchallenged. They will there represontatives of their fa and make a very vigorous fight for a place. This will force an interesting dilemmz on the convention, but the regulaly appointed delegates | doubtless be allowed to take their ts. Tt would be fatal to the party, so far as New York is concerned, not to do this, and in any event the democratic chance of carrying that state this year is not grent, There is talk of bringing forward a compromise candidate, but this is a mat- ter more easy to talk about than to do. William C. Whitney has be men- tione a possibility, but he was secre- tary of the navy in the adwministration of Mr. Cleveland and would hardly be acceptable to Hill. Governor Flower would like to bioom into a presidentinl candidate, but he is too much of a Hill man to be acceptable to the Clevelund faction. Meanwhile Hill is working in- dustriously on the outside. He has his workers in other states, and he is opor- ating somewhat on the still-hant plan which Samuel J. Tilden added to politi- cal methods, It does not appear that My, Hill is making much hoadway, but he nevertheless may be doing so. This assures ns n THE balance in the national treasury has reached the lowest point in many years, and it is evident that there will have to be legislation to enable the treasury to taecet its obligations. Of course there is $100,000,000 in gold on hand to secure the greenbacks, but there is somo question as to whether this fund an be touched for meeting expendi- tures, and the senate judiciary commit- tee has been instructed to report on this question. A rather more serious que tion, perhups, relates 1o the expediency of diverting this fund, or any partof it, to another purpose than that for which it was set aside, so thut if it shall be found that it may lawfully be so diverted cong'ess will probably hesitate about using it. Obyiously, however, the sit- uation has reached that condition where theve is imperative necessity fov early action for the relief of the tressury, or the government will be compelled to put off obligations due, an experience it has not had in many years and one the pos- sibility of which cannot be agreeably contemplated, A. ey was elected railroad commis of lowa by the rallroad emploges’ organization, The success #chieved at the last election has stimu- lated the railway men to mass them- solves in lodges clsewhere. At Sioux City they claim they will bave sevo hundred voters at the next election, There is no doubt but the wage-carners of the railways of the country canswing a very heavy vote, and muy, when massed for or against any candidute, be potential in a close ele But if the railway employes wer yed against the interests of all other wageworkers and producers, they would oceupy o position very much more like merc aries than like sovereign citizens of u republie. Their atuitude would inevit- ably resuitin the overthrow of the cor- porations whom they were trying to sorve. Pierer i sioner n- PHE awlul five in Now York which re suited in the destruction of the Hotel & the effect | Roval and the loss of sevoral lives has | 1 aw | must bo loyal, ON AY. FEB RUARY 15, B S — kened the civilized world to the im- portance of faking all the procautions possible against the ropatition of such calumitics ¢ The great hotels of London and other fndtropolitan cities | examined and ¢ ported upsn | by experts buildings ahd Ample fire ese boen emphasized by the sad experience in Ameriéa’s motropolis. The effect has also been marked in awakening public officials to a sonse of duty. The report that the®Hotel Royal not constructed in accordance with the building regulations and was not pro- vided with proper fire escapes should impress upon the minds of building in- spectors everywhere, including Omaha, the absolute necossity of tho most rigid inspection and relentless enforcement of thé laws. o being Thagnoe sssity of fireproof pes has was e s sight of passengers walking over the Sixteenth street vinduct these days ought to be a powerful argument for a vinduct ordinance which will replace the present unsafe wooden bridge with a viaduct of iron and steel Wipe O the Gores York Times, If the republican party wins in Nebraska this fall it must be united and its members All the old bloody knives must be sheathod, RO Y “Ruination' That Pays, Cincinnati Commeretal, Our oxport business in the last ten rose from $314,162,051 to $070, years an in- crease of § The Alge Chicago Times, There are loud cries from the south for General Alger, It Harrison should bo the only candidate betore the Minneapolis con- vention, a good many colored delegates might haveto walk homo, ———— titude Indeed. Plutsmonth Journal, To think that after John M. Thurston had announced himself a candidate for vico presi- dent under Blaine, that Biaine shouid up and dectine to run, leaving our John to hold It is & most wratehoed pleco of de. E e Emotional Bursts of Trath, Philade!phiz Times. When New York lawyers stigmatizo each other as “susalcs and liavs,” it is proof that there ave oceasions when a yearning desive to burst out into cold-blooded truth over- comes tho courtesios of the profession aud bowls over its codw of ethics, Seattle Telograph. Tho salary of tho governor of Nebraska is $2500 a year. ‘Uhayer has drawn his pay. Boyd, haviug been declarod the rightful gov ernor, will be vaid too. The state is the only loser. Thus does chicanery aud office grab- bing always prove costly to the people. s e raging Exhibit, he-Democrat, Business failures are decreasing and busi- aess transactions, as revealed by bunk clear- ances ang raiiroad carnings, are iucreasing. This 18 the record of 1802 thus far as cowm- pared with the corresponding poriod of 1591, ‘The country {s encourazed oy this exhi bit. pase a0 Claims., An Ene Bog Globe-Demoerat. The southern war claims now pending in the House uggregate $68,000,00 In otber words, that is the amonut which the demo- crats would like to take out of the treasury for the beuefit of their coafedorate constitu- ents, but the republicans will sco that no suci fraud 15 perpetrated. Whai Next? The Worla-Herald's versatility in fakes makes tho worid of Omana decidealy weary. Its latest was to offer a silver mug or some- thing for the advortiser getting the largest number of answers to his Sunday #d and then inserta lov of spurious ads for promi- nent business men who were besieged Mon- day moruing with applicants for what they never knowingly advertised for, What next. — Casts His Horoscope. Lowisvills Courier-Journal. The sumplo truth is thab the conscience, the mind aud tho heart of the democratic masses of the veople are not yot ready to cast off Mr. Clovelund as _their leader and to take Mr. Hill in his place. It th mado an ideal of Cl that tuerc is in reality no such person, but facts are fasts, and. right or wrong, for goou or for evil, Mr, Cleveland stands with vast multitudes of democrats the type and om- bodiment of tariff retorm, aud Mr. Hill as tha type and embodiment, not merely of ma- chine politics, but as i laggard, 1f not an ob- steuction, to tariff reform, el ] 10WaAa BLUNDER Waltterso THE New York World (dem.): The republicars of the Iowa legislature, douf to tho entreats of Clarkson, have decided in a caucus 1o sstend by probibition.”” Vory good. ho voters of Towa will no doubt again decide to stand by the democratic party. personal lib- rty and a reasonnavle excise law. Chicago Inter Ocean (rep.): Ex-( nor Stono of Towa says that the anti bition seutiment 1s rapidly growing in republican party in Iowa, and 1t was the pro hibition question that defeated tho republi cans last fall, ‘The vld ex-governor believes that this question must bo taken out of poli- ties. Philadelphia Record 10 logistativo wistakos is scare teristic of lowa republicaus; but tho deter. mination of tho republican members of the gislature to staud by probivition wull fill the Jowa democracy With joy, ail the same, The ainbow-chasers ave uot all in the east, iook you! Chicago Times (dem.): The republican party of lowa is wedded o its 1dol, probibi- tion. It is o party thut answers thd descrip- tion of the Bourbon, for it learns nothing and forgets nothing, Once it had u majority of 50,000, It i8 10w & minority of the popular voto of the giataand has ono of the houses of the general assqubly only because of a gorrymander of districts made in the days of its practieally nidisputed supremacy. Nettie Sanfovd Chapin of Marshalltown iu Kate Field’s Wadkhington: This revolution agaiust probibition isa powerfal force snd gains volume “#very daz througn the state, and unlesa’'we have a high licenco bill passed this winter lowa wiil go dewocratic in the fall electiofis, and every well-informed politician kuowsi“it. If such a bill were passed $0,000° ¢rerman tariff vepablicans would roturn st bnce to the old purty. But thy weak leadersfled by o certain class of puipit policiankaind the Woman's Curi Tomperance upion, staud like ir sheep and fear 1o move. Wastington Post (rep.): It is announced that the republican membars of the lowa legisiature uave held a caucus and decided to continue tho fight for prohibition. If this program is aduerel to the lowa democrals are to be congratulated o their gaod luck. | That a majority of the votars of JTowa are firmly opposed to the probivition ides bas been clearly demonstrated by the last three elections iu that state, If the republican party continues to flaunt the uunopular ed in the faces of the fowa people 1t must bo prepared to meet, democratic mujorities in | future state. congressional and wunivipal | contests. This action of the lowa republican lesislators wiil undoubtedly be referred to us & piece of political bravery by all persons who edvocate the poliey of attending to the affaies of their neihvors. Lut the laree mass of thinking peoplo will vory properly atiribute it to stupid stubboriness. It is all right to contend for the night when the majority is in the wiong, but whon the his tory of in aawa ie Pee (dem.): Porsistenco a charac- 1 roformers fail 1 do, SugEosts & remed { R 1 viewed and the numerous into consideration it is plain that the re pubiican party of that state is committed to a palpable sham JANS OF THE JOKERS, Philadelphia Times: Kidnaping 8 becom= B el Uo common, bt Jerey S rpson stil oes iroind ItHoUt potice protection Galveston N thoy ws: Some people fmagine that e making glantsteides every tme they tional Burber: “Want sote of my hair asked the brrher; “best T the wothing better, 1've just from my wife." g0t divor New York Herald: 1 Mann YOUu think | hnve u chinee to got w Dr. Endee-—-Yes, Tthink you hav lose two cuses ranning, and the you died Lovi—Meln son vas scharge for emparn pody? Cudertaker—We will do v ey Job for Levi-Unda W Fou tIscount for 1 corpse with one Brooklyn Life How mooch you tentt ng de Sitise W mooch ork leg? Policeman—\Why did that young man! Mrs, ton e, Polices Mrs Peanutti—ile 15tove and two beds oo heavy 44 man—What d suy that o for mea to INEVITABLE KICK. Vool Herald t what it uster be," riod, < wo kin see," ™Y New is world The ol¢ His satailiros ¢ And then they bosse They had u=plenty time And sl the worid joxzed not so well Asin thelr anclent prime. “Twas ever thus, old rox 1ts soul nt new learnc Forore 1t passes o 1ts ¢ Most every ereature k Porter the job a spell— Detrolt I'ry auartal. snk Me. Wyekofl —That's alt right; when I tioa mian 1 uover do it by halves!” Pross: “Dis am onl, Chicago Tribune: The Hon, Mr. Holman of Indiar i zramblinzly putting on his anzelic robe)—*There's stuil enough in this #own it 1t had been used cconomieally, 1o make two of | for wsmalier-sized man, Tt's a shumeful waste of material” Yankee Blado: mun, Johuson~In what respect, Tonson—-You surely must hav Heuiways lnughs at bis employo! omson—Jackson is n wise noticea it Puck: Mra, fchiloy—Doesn't that 1ot across the way belons to you? Thon why do you aliow those il posters to stick up their horrid pleturos of ballet dancers on 187 1 should 1ike )W what you gain by it anyhow? Dencon Selséy (meaily) -1 et two tickets, Atchison Globe: i may say he does not caro how much i thing is goling to eost him, but he the funny look out of his u the bill comes in, ton Renublic wasp ‘s sle ceful in his movements, but his attentions are often Lo much v the po.ut 1o e ngreciblo Dallas News: Wo find noth of Texas th s it murder for o editor to kilta spring bu in the code busy man with ono Ringhamton Repubilcan: : rans on alls iden isn't aronnd i¢ ki Me. Strancer—Ilave you no orphan asylums here? Sr. Gringer—What do we nocd of such wn institution? Underour liberal divorco laws chilid has o parents than he Knows what to do with Wash hateh di ar: Men Doointments, who lay Wi Chicago Tiwes: A stock company has been formed to control the boot and shoe trade. Here last is a corporation which will have a solo. Siftings; © to the hisses of his encuies, inst praudits of nis frieads. Many a man owes his success in ad of t ervillo barber huv use after zed with arubber dam in your mouth they ave to hear you Jou and the Swith's Monthly: Miss Sears—Do vou mean to teil wie that you do not beliove the bible? Wool--1 dow't belteve all of it. Miss irs—What part don't you bel Wool—The family rocord. -— ND PERIODICALS, NEW BOOKS 4 Miniug camp life in the west, the successes and shattered hopes, tho struggles and pri vations endured and the friendships ce- mented by trials and daagers, have been tbe theme of countless poens. ‘These, however, were of a transient churacter. 1t remained for dudge C. C. Goodwin of Salt Lake to put in enduring form a true record of life in an Awerican mining camp. 1t woula be aifi cult to tind a writer as thoroughly equipped for the work as the distinguished eaitor of the Salt Lake Tribune. He was a part of that which he portrays. He brought to the worls tho _sympathy of association, the kin- ship of privation and isolation and 'a versa- tility of charactor sketching that is equaled by few Awerican writers and surpassod by none. ‘I'notitle of the book is “T'he Com stock Club.” Tho scenes are luid w_ Virginia City, Nev. and the book is fuli (T thrilling fncinents from the lives of men who left home and friends ana went west hoping 1o get rich, but, instead, lost money, bealth and in wany cases hifo itsell. “Tue Comstock club’ is a boarding club, cousisting of seven members and- their th friends, who are made honorary me The object of the club is throafold : duce living exvenses, to wet what ' wishea to eat, and to have a placo in which to spoud their leisure time without going to the salc They hire a vacant bouse, cach man bringing his own chair, bluuket and food, the latter being made’ the common property of all, and with a Chinaman to ook for them, the club starts out with bright prospec Tue seven persons who com- pose the ‘‘miuers’ me nre typic wen and might pretty nearly repicsent the wholo worid. ISach came from a differ ent state, oxcept ono Irishman not many years [rom tis native heath, who is the life Qua sout of the company. During the ev: ings spent over their pipes, alter the day labor, many amusing, poetical and pathetic stories are told, wnich roveal the depth of character and largeness of hewrt 1o bu fouud among these men of the west, But trouble comos to their circle in tho form of doath Three of their numver are killed in & mine disaster. ‘The unselfishuess and devotion to cach other that is aisplayed at this time shows how strong was tho friendship that existed betweon them. A little romance adds a ralish to the already Interosting story and the ook is futl of wit, pathos and true Americanism. Pubhished by the Leonard Publishing company, Salt La e City, U, Mrs, Humphry Ward’s latest book, “Tha History of David Grieve,” will be welcomed by thul cluss of readers who thoroughly ap- precinto a story that has bigh literary merits combined withi a_well sustained plot. Hor lineation of the development of David actor is unsurpassed foriusight cy of bundiing by anytbing n her book, “Robert Lismere,” Tho re- pression of bis cuildhood on tho Derbyshire farm, his swbitions strazele fora footing among Manchester tradesmen, and the sud- don expansion of his ewotional and artistic nature during the visit to Paris, are told with & wonderful power of fascination, Mrs, Ward has shown herself 1o bo s great genius, and it is 1mpossinlo Lo read her books with- out being impressed with this fact. Hee commund of the Englisk language and ner deseriptive powers, togetner with a vivid imagination, entitle hur to bo ranked us one of tho Lest writers of modern fiction that the past decade has produced. The book is a compact volume ot over 40) pages, and is pub- lished by Maemillau & Co., Now York. T'he Mysterious Beggar; & Novel Founded ou I'acts,” by Albert D, Day, will at once find a host of friends smong those who are opposed to the indiscrimisato giving of alms, The book, besides ing a very readable story, shows how beggary is reduced to @ seionce 1o the largor citids and Low oue may be deceived into aiding the worst criminals, m spite of the most careful personal fnvesti gution. Mr. Day doas what 30 wany quust. o systematic the ovil he deplores, in organiz ] 7 Itose chavity. Punhshed by . Ogilyie, streot, New York City. I'ho Feast of the Virgins and Other Poewms” is u charming poetical collection by Gordon, They were writton at odd hours duriog an active and busy life and the writor says that he found in them 1o earlior failures takon | years rost from toit aud drudgery aod luter s veilof from physical sufforing.” Broken hy overwork and compalied to abandon the praciice of bis profession —the law the poot | wroto “Pauline' after he had beon tn die by his physicians. ‘The vol taine nearly saventy poems on almost | conceivable topic, ana being written facile and entertaining ! found very readable | poetic merit far above more recent poetry trated, and erxdit to the Lee of Chieago. the average of tyvogranhic publishers Hy it is Mossrs. Laird o Pebruary number of Ro now volume of this most atoractivo mor magazine, and is perhaps “the most by issue that has ot appoaved. Tts 160 | contain fifteen completo stovies, ovicin seiveted, from the best fiction of nations. Among them aro spec most spirited wnd faseinatizg work of anger Dumas, Bdear Allan Poe, ( Price, Carmen Sylva and Moritz Jokai tho best of Hungarian story tellers other tales equally good, by writers. Onoof tiio stories is put form of a littie play, from Abrabam Dreyfus, ontitled Storm," the delicate plot of s1stibly funny. The most of (he number is an AN Oak which is original stol writer, Published company, Clinton Hall, York. Astor place, Tho Pebruary issuo of tho o ful of agcellent reading matter. Edmunds has a_masterly is of Our National J. Uhelps gives somo good Choice of Presivential Biecto Warner Millor furnishos rding *“The Nicaragua Canal In another paper Captain v discourses on *Tho Its Political Aspoets,” Senator C contributes an article on “Our | merce and Ways to tho Sea. John N. Trwin supplios facts and figures on tho topie, “‘A Domain by Ireigation,” and Prof. Prancis ( Poabody ~ writes entertainingly on wan Labor Colonies, Other o tions are “A Year of General Work,” by Dr. Albert Snaw: “Banuk Civ lation and Freo Coinage, <nox: “Is Our Military Training 2 by Colonel Charles W. Larnea; Literary Production,” by Hamilton Mabic, and “Suppression of Lotteries Taxation,” by Horaco White, x Senato paper ections:” Hon advice on " and I G Boston’s bright and interesting Saturaa evening paper, the Homo Journal, hus may numoer of radical changes in its with the issue of February 6, aud respocts the chauges have beon considerea. 11l ed heads for ous departments nave been the departmental head betng stiffness and blackness. conter of New Eneland thority upon soc all those oth matke life the better worth living is regarded as “Indian Tdyis’by an “Idlo Bk Cassell's ¢ nshine series,” collection af short tal humor and patho tions such as are incid mes and count Published by Publishing company, New York City. unk & Waznalls company, announce ‘“I'ne Columbian Novels,” a complete history of Stat of Ame the present day. in the form of twelve plets stories, Mr, John R. Musick author. pagos and will be liverally illustrated oxcellont half-tone oneravings by a artist, sixty days. w St. Nicholas for February maintain position as ono of the ioading veriodic published, more particularly fov the ment and edification of childran, torical sketeh of Sir Joffrey Hudson, inch dwarf, who fizures so_conspienously the history of the times of He of Bngland, will bo found of moro than ordi nary interest and is cuarmingly written Mary Shears Roverts. Ono naturalistic school, and of the century, Corot, and the article on Worl by his grandson. Camille cer, in the [ebraarv New England Mayg 7ine, issureto b widoly read from originals ot ples which ary possessi collectors. It is psrhaps not gener that nearly all Corots owned by private collector: Outing for February is filicd from ¢ cover with interesting and instructive read ing matter embellished with 4 great numbe of beautiful illustr. series of reprodu phiotos that, have. colle imagino that it woald be impossible to iin_ frosh material for 2 magazine like Out ing, but the publishers are tion and cortanly submit a lot of it in the February The very popular fa; and Faney, while branch at St. Lous, is 1 in New York. Pte February most attractive exquisite beauty, special attention seemingly paid to ehildren’s costume utiful romunce of old Fran aint Michel, is concluded and a now serial story equally 1sed for the noxt numbe e FAST CHILOSOPHY, (Mass.) Journal, agitator alway KOs ¢ any labor s0as Lo bring it in masterpic in Boston. ons of parhaps, nover been ox mber. retatning its bod DONN Someroitle The labor to agitate airection The widow who wi urally uses up her supply of tears in shoriest vime, Some mwisguide are made for th lawyers kiow better. The busier a business man gets 1o be 10 use neside his desic, Jivory newspaper man feols in soul that somo day write a suceossful book, 18 @ poor rule that wou’t work both ways has to wield when the country school teache it over a refractory pupil, Royalty moy ve all right to hedge w kiug, but there are cases where Lwo bowers an n ace are really more effoctive, When the sidos are ut this 0 0f year a 1nan stars, Many a man who say 15 wicked company 81 within i year. “The man who 1s always antieiy ness LomArrow 15 & good dual bett wav, than Lho man who thinking how wrotehed yestorday. 1l nevertheless bo: the insuranc igainst §1,000 that bo wilt d ting happl spends his ti e was day bofor somehow & man eauiot belp foeting a littlo proud whou he in tho very 0in whera ho used to whittle nis desk deal school qusor as well s & good i5 invited to address tl sume r und wuke caricatures of tho teachor, - T Tuen, Nomerville Jowrnal, All this talk about the weather, Constunt speculation whether 1L is 20Nz Lo SHOW o ruln, Must ke Zeus extremely tred; Aud U0 prophets, sef-inspired Must Zive i an wwlul puii, He, of conurse, huows at the prosent Tlie Uit L Wi 1oL be pieasint Lhursday, two wecks from today; But he doesit’t shiare bis knowledge E Ith the shirns at colloge; They mignt give tho thing uway. thor prophots make him weary; ir prognosleations dreary Becu Lo bim but brazen zall; 0L enjoys the power, hoy'vie prophesied a shower, Of discomfiting them all 1018 best wo tnke the weather 5510 matier whither woering or bright. brolla Lundy. e propliets | Words st will—-you'il be u ghe! you bother with tomorrow, Iug prophiets Lorrow i osatul— Right ulow OW Lo Fu it besk, Zous kiniwe given up o con every n a o they will be and sorie of them evince our The work is well illus n groat & ance opens hiy liant and i1 dozon ens of the Alex sorge the besides known | the the clover pen of irre striking featuro | “The Charcoal Burners,” by & now aud_promising by Romance Publishing Now 1m is brim- on I'he Hon, ome valuablo fasts and Com Vo T Nicaragua Canal: Davis ko Com vernor some iateresting “The niribu- Booth's u- by Hou. John Jay loquato A Yeur's w. oy 0 malkeup many Judiciousty vari itroduced, which wivos the papor an added breeziness, but its main head is hardly in consonance with tho the particular objections The paper s carefully edited. and in the urt and literacy au- oLy, music, the drama and atires which £o so much to ono of coutains in the some fine touches of and many startling situa 1o avmy life in all ssell York, Historical the Umted 'a from Columbus down to come 1s the Fach volume will contain about 33) with killed The books will bo issucd one every its 15 nmuse- The his- tho 18- ristta Maria by of the arestest artists of the Fronch was “His Lafe and Thurwan- Itis illustrared =ome of Corot’s brst exam of Awerican ly kuown are ver to ious, among which aro o nstantaneous In tbese dull winter days one might ob- qual 10 the situa- most cnarming y magazine, Fashion western w being published number 15 and the fashion’ plates aro of being The Mont in this number, is prom- re not his ops most violently nat- tho folks think thut the laws bonefit of tho peovie,but tho the less comfortablo is the chair placed for callers his secrot orother Lo s koiug 10 alksare as slippery as thoy doesn’t neeu to by much of au astronomer to be able Lo see ho thinks gambling T, any- 1 'ROASTING A BLACKMAILER Major Watson's Reminisoonces of the Last Gubernatorial Campaign, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN TWO Cl!ECkS A Pithy an gent Exposure of the Operas le Editor W cleat Richards Unless Hlo Was Pad, Nenraska City, Nob, Fob, 14.—~John C. Watson was seen yesterday by a representa tive ot Tue Buft, and was asked what, if ni, bo bad to say in regard to the os recontly made by the Lincoln Call against him of chety fn managing tho last state campoign. Mr. Watson seomed to havo no hositation to talk in regard to thom, and made some statements in regard to Mr H. M. Bushuell of the ‘Lincoln Call which place him certainly in & very compromising light. In answer to the main charge pre forred by the Call of treachery to Mr. Rich ards, Mr. Watson said : “1willleave itto Mr. Richards to say whether or not there was any underhandec work against Lim duriag the camoaign. This is not tho firat timo the Call has nduleed jn such falsehoods, Last year when these sams charges were brought by tho Call T called a moeting of the executive comuittee to meet at the Opely hotel in Lancoln, and there 1 1nid before them theso statemonts and asked theiradvice 1 the watter, They all said thero was no truth in the assertions and ad- vised mo to pay no further attention to them.” “Mr. Bushuell seems to bo incensed at you. Do you think it is merely a personal enmity Well, perinps so. Bushuell, howaver, is uot a republican at heart. He is runuing the Call for revenuo only, which must bo evi dent to anyone who knows much of his recent actious. e is at presont raving av me, L suppose, because L am not propared to support uny candidate for congress ho may name.” “Did you have any Rushuell during tho recent cumpaizn : “I cortaly did. Shortly after I was clected cnuizman of tho committee, he camo o me and said that if the central committee did nov pay a certaia amount of noney to him, bo would support the independent ticket. 1 did not know that he nad made a similar demand of tho business mon's asso ciation and bad added a similar threat that it be should not receive money he would support tae prohibition ticket. Had I kinown this [ might have recognized the perfidy of the man v once and cscaped all furtao doalings with him, As it w 1 shortly afterwards made arrangements with Bush- noll that bo report the ticket through the columns of his paper, the Call, and that he was toreceive §00. Now, you should notice the map’s cupidity. He requested thut this mone paid to liim in two checks, one of 0 and (ke other of 330, The reason for this he gave bimseif, it being that he did not wish to huve to uccount for more than £330 to his company, and that he would place the other 250" ‘where it would do the most good,’ to use hi 1 words, Walt. Seely now holds the vouchers, which show these ments just as 1 have stated.” *“Wiat would you say 2s to the attacks re cently made aguinst you for accepling au ap pointment on Governor Boyd's staff 1 was in the south wnen Governor Boyd appointed me on his staff. Whon 1 cama nome 1 found his letter awaiting me, and answered it, uccepting the appointment. Tnen when the Lincoln Call and a Fromont paper burst out in loud imprecatious over tho matter, I submittod the matter to Mr. Greer of the Journal, Senator Muuderson, mauy of the republican stato ofilcers and the officers of the National guard. Aud all, without ex cention, stated that they snw no impropriet in iy accopting and retaining the appoin ment. 1 bad never personully met Governor til after the clection. | nad never sed a wish for the oftice, nor asked vernor Boyd for it. Morcover, 1 do ot psider 1ho ) a_ political ove, 1 nad always been a friond of the guards, am today, Still another reason for my ceptancs les in the fuct that, hud Gover Boyd not been vemoved from the gube 1 scat tha encampment of the Nobraski guards would have been held at dealings with Mr. T “Your career in the lust legislature is alsa attacked (" “Tn regard to that I wish to state that when I was nommated for the legislature in 1500 for 1801 T interviewed Hoo. L. D. Rich- ards and asked him if wy acceptance of the nomination would in any” wise meet with his disapproval. He emphaticaily said it would not, and encouraged me in accenting. Then 1tiro session of the last legisla® 1 fights, and my corded with other rapublican meu 1 was electod chairmau of of that legisiaturo; ande whatever it was decidea to do, was done, Myself and other republican state ofticers at- tended all these caucuses; and it wis at their request that the republican membors of the Jegistature stood by Mr, Boyd in bis con test, and with bim fought the independents. Hud wo not done so the republican members would have been unscated by a coalition of wdopendents and democrats,” “What is your opinion of & possible sion of t ture ¢ ST donot believe Governor Boyd will call an exira session. Thers is 1o need of it, The ouly possible reason for siich a move would De to take measures for moditylug tho pros- ent 1w as to the ehoice of presidential olec tors. I believe it would bo unconstitutional 10 pitss ony measure conforming 10 what is now known as the Michigun elective luw, and which would have ctors chosen by congrossionn! districts, Purthermore, 1 lievo that Mr. Boyd hassavod the business putation of tho state by his veto of the ry bill.”? BiLl. Natlonnl Conven Delegntes. s the date for holding the ropubiican na- tionul convention approaches interest in the great event naturally incroases, Ihe national republican couveution wil meet in Minneapolis on Tuesdey, Juus 7, for the purpose of nominating candidatos for prosident and vico prosidont, The call issued by the national committon Iast November states thut ouch state will be ontitled to four delogatos-atlurge und for ench reprosentative in cougress two del vote is r bers of the hous thi pxtra T'nis will give Nebraska sisteen 10 the convention, The method of selocti these delovates is also provided for in the call issued by the committee, The deleg ceted from cuch congressional dis shall e chosen ot Lhe conyentious by the congressional committecs in wl aistricts and the dele ) from each state shull be chosen conventions convened for that pav- purpose. The state conventions this purpose must be called not less than thirty days vrior to the nationul conveution, and not less than twenty days, public notice must ve given of these conye tions. o republicans of Nebraska ate uheady making Who necessary preparation for tho natio couvention, Four of the six cou- gressionsl comuuttees have already called thelr disirict convention aud tho other two will probably como into line very soon Euch of the six coneressional districts will choose two delegates and the state conven- uon will elect four, making a delegation of sixtoen This s u gaiu of six o\ or the dele- gation of four years ago The state contral committoe will meet ! February 20 ot the Millard to decide upon the basis of representation in the state con vention. ‘Thore is a difieronce of opinion as W what stuto vote shall be taken as a busis of vepreseutation. Some are in favor of tak jug the voe on Judge Fost, others the vote on Mr. fo for regent, aud others will insist o1 going back Lo the vote on Attorney \eral Hastiugs i 1500, In other sfatos usuge hus been to tuke the vote of presi tat the last presidential eigotion, The vote for Hurrison iu 1588 would come nearor indicatiog the republican sentiment on national issues than tho vote for state offcars, which bas a lurge amount of person- ality aad local prejudice wn it. e Tho Now York lecorder seys of Mr. Childs gife of the Morton memorial window w0 St James' chureh; “J{ every man with delegitos et called ar calied for | good done by Mr. Childs (ne Sabara | would bloss conspiouous fortune would do a Lithe of tho of sta 0 Wit Lhe r0se of Lumsuity,