Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 18, 1892, Page 4

DATLY _BEE. THE E. ROSEWATER, Eniton. — PUBLISHED " OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY M8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (with Sundny) Une Year Daily nnd Sunday, One Yeur Bix M onthe ¢ Three Months Bunday Bee, Ono Year, wmnl Wy Bee, Onp Your. cekly ee EVERY MORNI One Year OFFICES Buildin rner N and 20th Streets, 12 Pearl Street 317 Chamler of Commerce, w17, 14 and 15 Tribune Bullding rteenth Street. Omala. The e BouthOnahn 1l Bluft K. Washington, 513 ¥ IREEPONDENCE imunications roluting should Le addrossed tc rimen to news and Al the ftor: Editoring De BUSINESS LETTERS A1l husiness lotters and remitta Yo addressed to The ee Publishing Con Omaha. Drafts. chocks and postoffic 1o Lo made payable to the order of the pany. The Bec Foblishing Crmpany, Proprictor EWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, Ftate of Nebraska »n County of D Geo, B, Trachu ary of The Bie Fublishing compa s molomnly swes that the actual eir ot THE DAILY B for tho week enc arch 12, 1502, was o followa: Fundny. March 6, Iny. March 7 Tueaday. March 8 nesday. March 0. hursdny, March 10 rridny. March 11 Buturday. March Avorage. Sworn to lefore me and subscribed in my presence this 1:th day of March, A. . 182 B N, P FEIL, Notary Public. 1,510, Average Circulation for Fobruary Mon an three months of the pre ont congress have passed into history and what has been dono? Nothing. Tur Indiana republican convention gelected no office holders to represent that state in the Minneapolis conven- tion. Tie lowa delogation to the national convention is not going to Minneapolis to be traded off for such trumpery as cabinets, burcaus and federal wash- stands. EMPEROR WILLIAM having recovered his health sufficientiy to appear aguin in publie, it is well to be on the lookout for something sensational in the foreign dispatehes. THERE are several shysters practicing before the courts of Omaha who should bo disbarred, and the Douglus County Bar association ought to bring action against them in the name und on behalf of professional decency. THE action of Indiana, which is over- whelmingly for Horrison, may be inter- preted ae a wish of the president that his renomination shall be made, il made at all, by republicans who are under no obligations to the present administra- tion. CONGRESSMAN BRYAN was wound up, and it took him three hours to run down. Boing fresh in congress he imagined he was saying something n whareas the fact 1s that nothing new has been suid on the tariff question for the last two years. JUDGE BERK. suggestion that part of the money paid for food for vagrants and drunkards sentenced from the po- lice court could be profitably invested in hypodermic injections of bi-chloride of gold, is worthy of consideration hy the council. “DiseAsEs of the Horse,” a book printed by the Agricultural department, promises to give Henry George’s **Prog- ress and Poverty” a lively chase. Sen- ators Paddock and Manderson have sent out 20,000 copies and have requests for 88 many more, TIGNATIUS LLY hasbeen elected 0 delegate-at-large to the people’s na- tional convention to be held in Omaha July 4. This will give the Minnesota cryptographer a place on the floor, whero he can personally superintend the de velopment of his boom for the presi- den DAVID BENNETT HILL is said to have laughed very heartily when Genoral Sheridan’s opinion of the relative ad- vantages of Texas and the other place was repeated to him. He gave a feeling assent to Sheridan’s sentiment after heariog from the Texas legislature tho other day. THAT North Twentieth street paving controversy should by all means be sottled and the work completed before the conventions, It will be a disgrace 10 the city to dump people in the mud at the Coliscum. The city governmont will be sustmined in any reasonable action taken to complote the paving. Ir TiE Iowa republicans had the cour- ago of their convictions they would pass the Gateh local option bill and deprive the democrats of the only piece of dangorous opposition with which they have been able to carry on successful campaigns in a state that has from 20,000 to 80,000 republican majorities when the party is not divided upon side issues. TueE National League of Musicians hus passed o sot of resolations at its St. Louis convention protesting against the granting of u leuve of absence to the Umted States Marine band. A strike of the men who work the trombones, pinch the catgut and pound the piano would be a very serious matter to the lovers of sweet concord. It now looks 8s if Susa and Cappa would have to capitulate and keep their horse marine orchestra at the Washington navy yard. E— WiLLiaM A, PAXTON suggestion to the Interior department thut the South Dakota Indian agencies besupplied with dressed beef instead of cattle on the hoo! is one marked vy good sense. The In- dians will not feed upon the offal of the animals if this is done, neither wili they indulg: the cruelties of the beef issue. They get more meat and less bone and in every way they will be benefited. The beef contractors will probably op- poso the ehange, but common sonse and bumauity alike favor the Paxton ides, | ref THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT. Thoe house committee on intorstate and foreign commerce is giving careful consideration to proposed amendments to the interstate commerce act. An im- portant bill relating to thelaw was in- | troduced last woek, prepared in accor ance with suggestions of the National Board of Trade. This measure has been red to a subcommittee, by which it is now being cons red, and after con- ferences with the Interstate commission as to the best torm in which to put the varions changes desired the Commerce | bill will be reported to the house intended to accom- numely: To make indictable for ns w as their To make This mansure is plish three things railrond corporations viol of the law officers and servants, of the schedules filea with the commis- sion idence in hear bofore the commission and in the courts To make the testimony taien hefore the Interstate Commerce commission of the same forco in the courts ns testimony tuken before o master in chancery and on the condition thatitis tobs taken only upon logal notice duly served upon tho parties and with the right of ¢ examination, [t nlso re-onacts that part of section 10 of the interstate commerce act which makes it an offense for aship- per to necept diseriminating rates from a railroad corporation. Another bill in- troduced provides simply for re-enacting all of section 10 excopt that part mak- ing it an offonse for a shipper to aecopt discriminating ratos, the purpose being to obviate the difficulty caused by the decision of the supreme court in the Counsclman case that a witness cannot be compelled to testify where the evi- dence may bo used for information by the district attorney in obtaining other ovidence ngainst him or in any other way to 1 v, The idew is to mak the uceeptanco of rebates no offense, so as to leave the shipper free to testily, and tho courts free to compol him to testify, against the guilty grantov of the rebates, There is a very general sentiment that the interstato commerce act must be amended and modified in several very important respeets in ovder to make it more effective. The opinions recently obtained by the Chicago Trilne rogard- ing the operation of the law froma large numbor of business men and others familine with the mattor in sev oral states, hus aroused a widespre terest in the subject. The inform clicited shows that thero is a very gen- 1 loss of confidence in the efficiency of the law as now administered and in its ions copies prima facie e ngs present form. The charge is made by nearly everybody wno answeraed the in- quiries of the 7ribune that rate discrim- inations ave about as prevalent as before the act w 2d, and they are more aggravating from the fact that they ave now mainly confined to a few big ship- pe Tnore is plenty of crodible testi- mony to this effect, and there is not tho slightest reason to doubt that such vio- lation of the law is common and gen- cral. It is noteworthy that the princi- plo of the interstate commerce law is not attacked, except in a fow instances. The general expression was favorable to the policy of governmental regulation embodied in the law, but it is not ¢ tive as the nct stands, and how to m it 5o is the problem which congres: called upon to solve. Among the reme- dies suggested is un established pool of railroad earnings under close govern- ment supervision and control, and there is undoubtedly much to be said in favor of this. The government regulation of railroads will not be abandoned, but the ovidence is conclusive that the regula- tion cannot be made offective under the law in its present form. The proposed amendments to the law would improve it, buv it is doubtful whether they go far enough. HILL'S SOUTHERN RAID. Thoughtful people are likely to maice a comparison of the speeches which Senator Dayid B. Hill has made on his trip to the south with the addresses of President Harrison last year in pussing through a portion of that section. The opinion may safely be ventured that no intelligent and fairminded man, what- his political affilintions, will ques- tion the immeasurable superiority of the latter. In their language, their spirit, their elevated thought, their patriotism, and their wealth of whole- some suggestion, the spaeches of Hur- vison appealed to the pride and intelli- genco of every American citizen, Thoy wore not partisan utterances d:signed for political offect, but the wise com- ment and counsol of n statesman whose aspirations ave for the highest welfare of the nation, of an American intervested in the progress and development of his entire country How different tho spoeches of Hill, with their appenls to partisan feeling, their insidious ap- proval of the sectional spirit, their nar- row views of political duty, and their cheap platitudes about constitutional rights and limitations. Never was there n more conspicuous exhibition of the self-seeking demagogue straining to appenr as a statesman, It is not surprising to read that load- ing demoerats, who are not hurnessed to the chariot of Hill, ure disappointed with what that aspirant to the presi- dency hus said on his southern raid, Yet why should thoy have expected any- thing different or better? What is there in the political career of David Benuett Hill or in his previous utter- ances that warranted the expectation that he wou'd make this occasion of his visit to the south the opportunity for showing to the country that he is some- thing more than a scheming politician and resourcoful demagogue? Ton years ago he was a third rate lawyer and a ward politician. Durlug his two terms as governor of New York he did nothing to distinguish himsel! except to strengthen the democratic machine by catering to the worst elements of the party in that state. He wus not in sym- pathy with any genuine reform and his admintsteations were not marked by any act for the general public good. He has been from the beginning of his public career actuated by the one pur- pose of promoting his own political ad- vuncement, and no means to that end were 50 bad and unserupulous that he would not employ them. He now be- lieves himself to be in sight of the goal of his ambition, and if there are any de- eve | vices known to the chicanery of politics | duties. HA ch it he will not hositate to use them, But 1t is questionable whether Mr. | Hill has gained anything from his | southern trip. The columns of the dem- ocratic journals do not show that he has made a favorable impression with the | organs of his party, and the opinions | attributed to prominent lender: flattering to him. His pled York for the democratic party will help him with the democrats who unaer- the conditions which it Mr. Hill's boast is that he is a democrat. He represents a faction of the party, and that by no moans the move respectable and honorable faction. Out of hsown mouth he has demon- strated that he would bo n most danger- ous man to elevate to the presidency GIVING THE SNAP AWAY, “Thoe railways do not say 1t out and out, but their talk all tends to a proposition to compromise on the viaduets' said & city councilman yesterduy. “Since we have passed the ordinances to rebuild the Six teenth street and build on Fifteenth street, they hind rather build Fifteenth street and wai y claim of right to close that street than build Sixteenth st t and go to court ¢ Fifteenth streot. The Fifteenth street duct would be so short that it would cost much less than Sixteenth street, and I shouldn’t be much surprisea if the roads would maike an offer to build Kiftconth stroet ~-tho city to take motors off the Sixteenth street, put them on the Fifteenth street, and maintain the Sixteenth streot viaduct for several years longer.” — World-Herald, Our enterprising contemporavy has unwittingly given the whole snap aw. Sixteenth street is to be vacated south of I'urnam by the motor line and the old wooden bridge is to be maintained for a fow years longer. That means any- where fiom five to fifteon years, or so long as it can be propped up to stand and retain even the semblance of u via- duet, This program is as plain as the nosec on uman’s face. It can roadily be carried out if two out of the three mem- bers of the Board of Public Works push the plans for the Fifteonth street via- duct and let the Sixtecnth streot plans rest on the shelf. It does not take a propket or the son of a prophet to foresee what the effect on Sixteenth street will be after the motors have been permanently relocated and travel and traffic is practically blocked between North Sixteenth and South Sixteenth, e not ro of New not is stand upon given THREE RAILWAY OPENINGS. The Sioux City & Northern way affords entrance to oux City for the Great Northern line. The Great Norvthern has lines to Duluth and to the principal points in Minnesota, Manitoba, North Dakota and Montana, Within the year it will have a line to Spokane "alls, if not to Seattle, Wash. It is a strong, growing corporation and its sys- tem terminates within 120 miles of Omaha. The Atchison, Tepeka & Santa e railway system touches Nobraska at Superior, Nuckolls county his great corporation controls the traflic of a vast aren of country in the southwest, in- cluding New Mexico, Arizona and the panhandle of Texas. It is also the direct route to Old Mexico and the lead and silver mines of that covn- v Superior is distant unly miles from Omaha. Tha Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omuha railway has a line built to within twenty-three miles of Yankton, South Dakota. At Yankton the Milwaukee and Northwestern systems, extending to all points in eastern South Dakota. would be tapped by the completion of this link of railway. The importance of such u connection to our jobbing trade is obvious. The Burlington system is being ex- tended toward Montuna, and there is every reason 1o suppose the Elkhorn will push out in the same direction next year, and that the Northwestern will extend its Wyoming line. Perhaps too, the Union Pacific may discover that the policy of idleness which has been main- tained for some time is very costly. It is sufe to say at all events, thut whether Omaha interests herself in these exton- sions or not, they will go on without de- lay. In the first throe instances, however, thero is opportunity for Omaha enter- prise to accomplish something. The Great Northern through the Sioux City & Northern control the Pacific Short Line, ard will probably push that road into new terrvitory and convert it into a prefitable feeder. Omaha should do something to secure this new and aggressive power in uorthwestern commerce, 1t would afford Omaha a good Duluth and Montana line and its facilities for hundling Omaba tra are. by no means inadequate-even as the sys- temis now operatod. A traffic arrangement on the part of the Santa Fo route with either the Bur- lington, the Elkhorn or the Rock Island, would open the southwest to this cattle and ore market. If no such arrange- ment is practicable, the building of 150 miles would bring the great Santa Fe to cur doors, A little pressuve, properly applicd, will induce the St. Paul & Omaha road to extend its Hartington branch to Yankton. Here are three railway enterprises of utmost importance to onr trade and all are within reach. Nothing appears to be needed but aggressive, persistent and determined effort on the part of Omaha businoss mon to open up all those new and profitable fields to our territory. rail- Two-THIRDS of Bryan's speech upon the bill taking the duty off imported wool was devoted to arguments 1n favor of removing the duty from binder twine and cotton bagging. Evidently the “ropresentative of the United States” belicved he would not soon have the floor again, und be felt that he must muke the best of his opportunity, Mg. P. P, SHELBY, s old citizen of Omaha, familiar with her resources, is the general traffic manager of the Great Northern raiiway, He would help an Omaha delegation to present a good case to the managers of s line und gpare no effort to induce his people to extend their Sioux City line to this e —— CRETARY FOSTER has returned to tho United States, presumably in bett boalth and prepared to resume his The reports that were curvent | ference, | DAILY BIE RIDAY when the wont abroad and after his arrivd¥'4n England, that the principal objed§ 4f his trip was to ar- range an intornational conference todis- cuss himetalisnt! is found to have had no foundation in fa He did see tho Brit- ish chancellor ofthe excheguer, but so far as known thevs was no talk between them relating to; an international con- and it'is more than probable that the subject was not reforred to. At any rate nothing, more has been heard of the matter. "The fact appears to be that there is less favorable prospect now of such a conference than there appar ently was a few months ago, and it is perhaps for this reason that the subject has been laid asido in congress. There are no indications that any European country is at prosent ot all desirous of muking any change in its monetary policy. is . THE supreme court of Illinois has just rendered a decision which will commend itself to the consideration of railroad companies in this section of the country. Last year the city council of Ch decided to open certain streets which cross tho tracks of vhe Chicago & North- western railvoad. The company av- pealed to the courts to restrain the city from exercising its powers regarding the opening of streets. The supreme court has just afficmed the right of the city to order tho opening of any street across railrond vroperty and to make such opening without compensation to the railronds upon the ground that the expenses incurred thereby are the result of the exercise of police powers. When the street is opened and it becomes ap- parent thut there is danger to tho lives and limbs of povsons crossing the rail- road tracks it is contended by the exercise of police power that the rail- rond companies can bo compoellod at their own expenses to ereet vinducts for g0 an overhend crossing and to pay ali the land damage which may bo caused thereby, or, in the alternative, as is now contended, to elevate the railroad tracks. The ordinary cost of a viaduct, including the land damages, ranges from $200,000 to $500,000. The cost of elevating the track would be more than $1,000,000 a mile. THE country 1s to be electrified by democratic oratory two weeks hence. The Iroquois club of Chicago b ex- tended invitations to eminent democrats to attend its banquet April 22 and it is announced that, all the discordant ele- ments of the dewmocratic party have ac- cepted their hospitality. There will be about a dozen toasts and among those who are to orawe are: Bx-Postmaster Goneral Dickinsoh, on *Civil Service Roform;” Governor Pattison of Penn- sylvania, on “Pig Iron;” Governor Peck of Wisconsin, on *The Bad Boy;” Gov- ernor Boies of Iowa, on “The Hole in the Wall:” Governor Boyd, on *The Quo Warranto;” ex-(fovernor J. Proctor Knott, on “The Battlo of Lexington (Ky.), and ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio, on **McKinleyism, OMAHRA cannot afford the luxury of an investmont of $18,000 in chandeliers and brackets for illuminating the city hall. Ten thousand dollars ought to be more than ample for ali the chandelicrs and fixtures that the city willever need in the building. The assumption that the city must allow itself to bo plucked because other cities have squandered thousands of do'lars on similar fixtures is no argu- ment for such extravagance. On the other hand it is to be hoped that the op- position to the expenditure is in the interest of cconomy und not merely an offort to hold up the combine of fixture dealers. HERE is one of Congressman Bryan’s side-splitting jokes with which he re- galed the house of representatives for three hours on Wednesday: Thero was & time in the bistory of Ne- braska when its peoplo had one shecp per capita—the mutton age, so to speak. But alas! that day has passed. Now, if every woman 1n the state named Mary should want a pet lamb she would have to go out of the state to get onough lambs to go round. No wonder it is recorded that when Bryan tovk his seat tho house immedi- ately adjourned. UNTIL this city has a milling-in-tran- sitrate overthe B. & T and D h- western roads; a diffe caiinl ns Kansas City of not excoading $7.50 per cur load on Texas cattle; entrance by our jobbers to lowa and north Missouri without the 5 cent briage arbitvary, and roasonablo switching charges, the rail companies cannot expect our citi- zens to bo altogether good-natured. THE Manufacturs and Consumers association continues to reccive uppli- cations for space at the Juno Indus- winl exposition. Already seventy firms have announced that they will make ex hibits. The Coliseum will bo barely capacious onough for this first great dis- play of Nobraskn manufactures and munufacturing processes. It is ren ed'that the State Board of Transportatienmerely marched up to Omuha and then“marched back aguin, There has been' 8 announcement of any modification of the tariff schedules of any of the railroad companies as o result of the conference with the managers New York Wol Mr. Watterson! is'in favor of Carlislo for tho presiger ‘Dhero is every reason why he should be. Mry Garusie is tha most im- portant figuro proluéed by Kentucky since Houry Clay's day. - Painfully Deceived. Milibaukce Seatinel. Some little disappointment must lurk in the bosoms of those democrats who looked forward, during tho present congress, to praucing and toetering upon the prost:ate form of ex-Speaker Reed, e I ol ut Sig Minneapol 8 Tritune, “The Omaha fake factory falls gleefully back upon the stale and unprofitable chest- uut about reopening the Boyd-Thayer caso,” is the way Tuk Ovans Bee sizes 1t up. Aud thiat is just about Lhe size of it, Tal New York Sun ‘The tariff orators bagan to fatten the Con- gressional Kecord last woek, and that hard workivg periodical is certain to be eariched | with thoir contributious for somo moons yet. | Between threo and four dozen geutlemen | With views unon the tarifl Lo unload, bave | | ®ian is mor inscribad thomseives on the list of spoakers, and doubtless many more aroe searching for statistios and quotations in the congressional library. This is right. Constituonts like to got speeches from their congrossmen: congress mon like to make spseches for thainstruction and the wonder of their constituents, The mora speeches the better, Tariff discussion, it may bo said, can resuit in nothing practical at present. What of 1t? | Is 1t nothing to have congressmen free thoir , lot their statistics heaven of Hfre with minds, speak their pioco rattle, and {ouch tho paper wings! Next month and tho month after uiug will be in progress throughout the at least the rural parts thercof, The old papers under tho carpots must be taken up. The franking privilego is a good thing for tho farmw hoaso- el lang ors’ wives o Alliance Sun. J. W. Iidgerton is out speaking for the in- dependents, Tho state coniral committec haa betier call bim in. Ho seems to us to bo one of the greatest burdens the independent party has to bear, Ho has twice been a stumbling block in tho way of success and the chancos are he will want a nomination again this fall, This may soom like vretty plain talk but it is facts novertheless. 1f the committee waats to do any good lot it send out some one in whom the peopls have contidence. Frank Leslic's. The Boies boom for the presidency is run- ning around loose out in Iowa, and we do not seo that anybody is making any great effort to catch it. If something is not done to are restatit will presently run atself into the ground, and that would be inexpressibly dis- appointing to the excollent goveruor, who is just now ali aglow with the belief that it will land him in the white house. - A Pair Without a Puli, Democrat, Colonel Clarkson's Des Moines paper says, in substance, that tho sorcheads will kill Harrison in the national convention. There is an error here somewhere. Clarkson aud Quay are about tho only prominent repub lican sorehicads, and they are not going to have much of & pull in the Minuoapolis as- semblage, SR A Pertinent Question, ew York Advertiser (dem). Grover Cloveland was beaten for the presi dency fairly and squarsly four years ago. Ho had all the machinery of the great offico in his hauds then. What has ho done since his defeat to endear him to the American people, and what great 1ssue has arisen since he was carted to the politicai boneyard? e QUAINT AND CURIOUS, A Philadelphia burglar loft a vest button in the houso ne had broken iato, aund it led to his arrest. Tho now German army tent is divisiblo into two portions, each of which ean be con- verted 1ntoan overcoat in case of rain. In a New Hampshire gravoyard thero is a large marble shatt on which the follows words are inscribed: “Sacred to the mew ory of three twins.” With a jackknife James Ingram of Enst Bradiord, I’a., has carved on a dogwood cano a fox hunt, with a dozeu hounds aud a mounted nunter or two in the chase. While tearing down an old house in Jersey , 4 48y Or two 8go, & small iron box was found, which contained $665 in gold coius, some of which are said to be very rare. A remarkable acath occurred near Savan- nah, Mo., last week. Mrs. Riggin, the wife of a weil known farmer residing vear that place, bled to death through the cavity of a defective tooth. Inthe Indns, Ganges and other streams aro numerous fish-eating crocodiles which attain a length of more than twenty teet. cept when near their nests and anxious to defend their eggs thoy run away from human oeings. An interesting series of experiments wore recently mude by two Swedish_astronomers —Lemstrom and Trombolt. By means of a neiwork of electric currepts between two wountains they suceeeded i producing sey eral artificial auroras, 1t was the Chinese who invented the well known plan of capturing ducks and other water fowl by wading toward them with a basket over tho head aud dragging them under water bofore they kuew what bhad caught them by the le e DAVID'S TOUR FOR VOTES. Chicago Nows: There was ono feature of the reception to Sonator Hill at Roanoke that was peculierly ana felicitously appropriate. The music was furnished by the machino works bund. Globe-Democrat: Hill will ba heartily wel- comed in the south as the only man who has over made himself a promiont candidate for the prosidency by doing things which prove him to bo totally unworthy to hold any pub- lic oftice. Chicago Herald: When ho addresses southern audiencas ho speaks not as an in- dividual, but as the choice of the New York democracy for presidont of tho United States. The next step in tho program will doubtiess be a western tour. Ho will cover a gocd deal of country by the time the con- vention assemblos at Chicago, and there will bo fow delegates in that assemblago who will ot have shaken his band. 1t is a novel campaign that ho is making, and_there will be tho greatest intercst to know if it will bo suceessful. Minneapolis Tribune: David B. Hill has started upon a 'riumphal procession through the south. Unlike savoral of his rivals, he has eschewed the palace car and its attend- luxuries. Mr. Hill will not travel special train, but will tako the regular south- ern accommodations that stop 8t overy cross- roads and slow up at overy stile. or he says in bis sturdy democratic way that ho 1s 1o dude, but a plain_democrat, and that tho people’s methods of transportation are 2ood enough for him. SRR JABS OF TH, Ch Botwe: nd the p ssies I8 gottl ) Times: o cliusum the cause of tho © boom. decided Epoch: Littie Johnnio minister roally need all given him? Mrs, lirown—Yes, indeed eraliy <o very bad, ay. ma, does a lippers that are Ilis son is gen- Honosty p o mon Somerville Jours that s why real esta getting reb, Mayho 350 long in Judgo: T a Minnesota backwoods town. Loader of the Moh—Have you anything (o say why you shouid not bo hinged forsour crimo? Vietim—Yes, sir; this is presidential year, and I'm a Cloveland man. Leader of the Mob—Tike him duwn, boys, He's too valuablo a man w lose GOOD ADVICE Dear friend, don't hunt the editor With pistol or with gun. And ask hin if Lo said it or IExpect thut he will ran Il threadbaro linen dustor May still bis v s hide: But hils muscles are developed, And the “devil's on his side, Epoch: Cora—Don't you think that law pre- ventin from marrying his discoased wife's sister wis u very foolish one? Merritt—On contrary, 1've always con- sidered it n wisc Doacitse there's seldom 10ro than one pretty gizl in a faniily. Somerville Journal: Iuspocter—What s your idea of a model tenenunt house for the poor? Capitalist—O0no that will per cent on his imvestment, puy its owaer & st—They tell ve to leave all that oot sadly) —Then I'l] by unpublished Ms! Editor—1lon't worry anout Dt it is buried with vou that, John, The genlus of © 1010 play the Thes- than that Yonker's Gazette bt 10 Ofany othor gonius Milwan ko 50 luzy t wistel the ¢ are hired mon & companion Journai: Ther they will usk 2k for bheis. IT WILL HELP HARRISON His Detormination to Veto the Bland Bill Generally Commended, REPUBLICANS WILL WORK HOW THE Democrats Wil to Glven No Opy rd-They N psibility for o Measure, Dodge Take the Fall Re the Free Coln the Wasnixarox Brreae or T Bre, l 513 FounTeeNTin STRERT Wasnixatos, 1. C., Mareh 17. | Representative Abner Tayior of Chicago has been requested by Messrs, Reed, Bur rows and other republicans of the house to take charge of the opposition to the Bland free cowmage bill when that measure comes before tho house on next Tuesday, Ho has acceptea the task and is busy preparing ma torial to sustain the republican opposition to froo sitver. “We have about anti-silver votes,” satd Colonel Taylor today, “Mecluding eighty of eighty-cight republicans. But thore aro 50 many absonteos that 1 hardly expeet to have more than sisty-ive on the floor noxt Tuesday in opposition to the vill. Our opposition will be purely formal, for there 15 not the slhightest doubt of the ability of tho silvor men to carry the moasure and my efforts will bo dirested to seeiny that the domocrats place themselves squarely on the record so that there oan be no evasion of their responsibility in anti-sil- vor localitics, “Last year tha democrats were able to dodgze the record and to talk ono way in the oast and another way in the wost, but 1 want their rocord to bo so clear this time that it cannot bo dodged. nks It Will Strongthen Harrlson, Mr. Taylor was asked whether he would offer any amendments to tho bill, as it has been suggested that an amendment would bo offered giving gold in payment of pensions and another making wages of workingmen payable in gold. He repl I have nointen tion of offering an amendment unless to do so The present rules preseribo that when a cer- tain day is fixed for debato there can be of- fered only two amendments, one substitute and ono amendment to the substitute. Of course the speakor will recognize Mr. Bland or some of his mssociates to exhaust this privilege of ameuament. Therefore tho re- publicans will tave no opportunity of offer- { ng an smendment for a substitute bofore the quota under the rules' is exhaustod. Our ouly lino of action, therafore, would be to seo that the silver men are record.” “What is therc i tho report that Presi dent Harrisou would prefer not to faco a sil- ver voto until after the nominating conven- tion at Minneapolis!" “Thero is nothing in 1" replied Mr. Taylor. *On the contrary, we are all of tho opiuion that wo ought to give President Harrison an opportunity to veto the silver bill, and it is my opinion that if ne does veto it oeforo the Minneapolis coavention meots it will mako his nomination absolutely cer- tain aud will also eloct bim.” McKelghan's Measures, Representative McKoighan said to Ti orrospondent today that he was confi- dent the senate bill appropriating $60,000 for a public building at Hastings would be passed by the house the first timo that body renches it on the calendar, The house cut the approvriation from $100,000, as passed by the senate, down to 60,000, but Mr. Mec- Keighan said ho had coufidenco the amount would be brought up to £100,000 when the bill goos to a_confercnce committee of the two houses. Thus the house would get the credit for ‘‘reducing” tho amount and the senate will have to stand the blame for the *Yincrease.’” Spoaling of bis bill to_provide a_postal fractional currency in multinles of $I, en- abling anyono to procure 10, 15 or 25 cents in paper money at any postofiice to be used 1 the maiis, Mr. McKeighan said: I do not hopo to 'see it considerod at this session. There is 100 much other mattor ahead of it. The bill is wow beforo the committee on postoftices and post roads and will be re- ported to the bouse, I think, bv the end of This ses Tintend to push it in the next session, and boliove it may bo adonted. Its necessity is acknowledged. 1 draftea the bill after mquiries at the Postoflice depart- ment, aud believe it will meet the demand for a currency to be used in the maiis, It could entail no cost to the United States and would save the common neople the expense for postal notes, money orders or bauk drafts. Thoro scoms to be a disnosition 1o postpono general legislation to the nex ses- sion of congress, and so my postal currency bill will go over.” How Mail Clerks Are Appointed. In & lotter received today from the prosi- dent of the Civil Service commission answor- ing an inquiry as to the chances of certifica- tion of a pariicular person in Nebraska for railway mail clerk atan early day swered that certificates aro maile fri counties along any given live of railroad and that ithappens in this case that most of these counties have in them men of hicher grade than that of the party inquired about and where such is the case they will be certitled first. In short, it is tho cistom in_appoint- ing a postal cleris to confino the competition to applicants along its liue of the route to be placed squarely on : fillod 50 long as thore aro eligible applicants along that lin tecellancons, 1 G S Real of Grafton, Neb, fs at tho St. Jamos, General Nelson A. Miles is 1n tho city and is stopping at the Shoreham for a fow days, Secrotary Elkins left for Now York this afternoon. Ho expocts to be gone until next Fuosday. % AL Price was today appointed vostmaster Williamstown, Chickasaw county, ia., s 8. . Bailoy, romoved. ¥ 1quiries aro bbing made by the Postofes department relative to the application for the establishment of a postoffico at Edtolm, Butler county, Neb, T'he senato committoe on commerce toaay agreed to report with favorable rocoms tions the bill passed by Omaba a port of delive Tu the timber culturo Nauny against Honry Weasa from tho adron district, Assistant Secrotary Chand- today afirmed tho decision of the com- olling the entry Assistant Secretary Chandier has roversed the decision of the cominissi o desort land entry of the Unit nst Wil- liam Skoen from tho Salt Lake City distrl Nolding the land to bo desort land and direct fug that the proof be received and entryman allowed to pay for the land. Irionds hiore of the Utah Industrial bowmo fear tho policy of the present demoeratic house will prevent tho usual appropriation for that fustitution, Mrs, Angio F. New- man of Lincolu is at work among hor many friends fu congress und hopes to save the in- stitution by securing tho appropriatioa. Senator Manderson has recommonded the establishmont of a postofiice at Laurel, Cedar county, also in the northwestern portion of Holt county which the petitioners ask shall bo called Cleveland, and * the apvointment of P. W. Murphy us postmaster. Senator Pottigrew of South Dakota has accepted an invitation to address the Quakers association of Philadelphin on Saturday of 1 weok on tho Indian question, Senator Pettigrew has somo wholesome practical idens on that subject and they have attractod the attention of the vhilanthropists of tho ontire east, .S H. nda the bouse to make mtest of Wililam Westorn Penstons. Wasimixerox, D. O, March 17.—[Special Telogram to Tur Brr.]—The following list of pensions geanted is reported by Tue Brs and Examiner Bureau of Claims: Nebraska: Original—-Charles Blossin .08 Konny, Abner D, Brown, J. N, Bock Joseoh Milles Geomann, Lears Builey Marshall, hauafelt, Thomns B. McComas, Charle Lowrey, James | laud, Jobn W. Gates, Lowis Inbody, » helly, Joseoh B. Carr, William 1. L. Barnes, Samuel Schreickengast, Alonzo B, Scorel, ' Melvin D. Hazard, Cochran, Additional—Abraham Tuc vitt B. Caso, Joseph Yocum. John Moses J. Sims, William H. H. Plank. Reissue- Samuel H. Morrison. lowa: Original—( W, Thomas C. Mediary, S 1L soph Riges, i La rickson, ald, Etliott Hun ter, Wiiliam W, Andrews, Joseoh Murphy, I'rederick Harbaugh, ranklin M. Yaw, Henry J. Loomis, Lyman D, Curler. Addi tional—Burwell 5. Warner, William TRoc Thomas Nash, M ., Renowal—Georgo B, William Maples Landor, James W. P. Williamson. Isainb Sheelor, Lowis Mays. increase—Georgze P, Mann, South Dakota: Original—Herry C. Cor. nell, Pierce Mallogal, Josoph E. Davis, lu- M. Wheeler, Hatfiold. John Patrick, Martin V. Reissue — Reissue and crease—Almond C. Dailey. Roissue—Rouben Palmer. Original widows, ete.—Nauoy Audrews. e Foster Back with New Yok, March 17.—Tho steamshiy Spreo, having on board Seeretary of tho Treasury Foster, who has been abroad threo weeks, arrived this morning. Tho secrota was met at quarantine by tho steambe Laura M. Stein and brought to tho city. During tho sea vovage the secretary was own from a chair, striking heavily on his heaa, Qui}muin;: a severe shock and blacken- ing bis rignt oye. Otherwise he is in good condition, Sack Eye. - RHYMES OF TILE TIM, I Iphia Press. 1 in the Rockics, | Until ono da IS wifl Tooke nd with i pick struck bif For fun, and exposed a b For “pockets’ she could find. ¢ the mino y lead," Now York Herald, eth a-borrowing gooth a sorrowing 1l of us read; “who goeth a-dinning ranning,” May us truly be sald; his peaco will be ‘small who londeth at “Who Wa've But S u weary race S11 wish ho were dead. Pk The postman's whist May bring us woe us well s weil; And When b passos on his bent And doesn't call—how gium we feol! down the street, Attanta (i There's a lazy, lollin' fecltng In the deep an' dronmy duys. The wind u kiss is stealin’ from the violets in the woys: An* now the red woodpeckers are drummin’ more an’ more, But the best of all is checkers by the village grocery store. Ah, mo! there aln't no sayln’ what fun s in that gume, When i feiler'gets to playin® till e mos' for- it his namo! Thouzh one wood sizn of sprinztimo is tax siles on the door, The surest gign is checkers, by the village grocery store! ~ BR S W Don't Be a IMish--- To grab at any bait in sight. must bite, bite at some- thing live; don’t be caught with stale bait. the business to stay and don’t WNIN, KING wCorner 15th and Douzlas St If you We're in have to get up schemes to sell our new goods. We're now sel- in the very latest things in men’s and boys’ suit ligh and fresh, made for this spring’s trade, at less money than you can buy decomposed duds that have been on the shelves for the last 15 years. To turn goods into cash is what we Look are here for. 0 | elsewhere, but don’t bite till you've seen our styles and price Browning, King & Co Open Saturdays till 19 pom Otherovenings U 16:50 p |S. W. Corner 15th and Douglas S¢