Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 10, 1892, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE Evitonr. ROSEWAT PUBLISHFE - D EVERY MORNING. "OFFIDIAL PAPER OF THE CITY, HPTION. Yeur. TERMS OF SUBS Dally Bee (without Sunday) On; Daily and Sunday. One Year “Blx Months. “ovh Three Months Sundny Bee, Ono Vear Saturdny Tee, One Yenr Woekly Bee, One Yoar OFFIC Omaha, The Bee Ruliding Bouth Omahn, cornor N and 2ith Stroets, Counel Blufrs Chiengo Office. New York, Washingt and Toui Al communications relating to editorinl matter should be nddressed 1orial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. lettors and remittances should he addrensed to Tho Bea Pablishing Company. Omahn. Drafta. chocks and postofco ordors to bo made PAYable to the OFder of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. to the Al busi SWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btatoof Nobraskn, |, Connty of Douglns. | George 1. Tasehck, soeretnry of Ti BEY 1sliing company, does solemnly swoar that the act clre DAILY BEE for the week na follows y. dnl v an ny, July Wednesdny, fuly Thursday. fuly 7 Friday. July & Baturday, July Average. ' 2 2 i TASCIUCK Sworn to hofore ma ribod in ence this 0th day of July, 1502 NI Notary Average Clrouiation for June — e e man who d ts politics this year must flee to the ndwich islands or St. Louis, S TOR SHERMAN has gone to Bos-, ton for a few days and we hope now that those Boston editorials on *‘the heated term” will abate tomporarily. SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN, we are told has so far recovercd from his recent ill- ness that ho attended a Wagner opera concert. Honee he is well enough to tuke a hard job in a boiler facto AMONG tho resur Tanlan, the sculler, must not be forgot- ton. Mo recently won a three-mile race, making the best time on Kil- rain may yet rise up and whip Sullivan, record. TH1s is the season of year when tho pale, intellectual studentspurns his con- jug microscopes and logarithms to spend his mental tissue in exam- Ining soda water, moonlight and feini- ninity. wtions, TiAT downcast look which you may nave observed on the faco of Hon. Thomas % Bayard is not enusod by fear of Cloveland’s defoat, but by the awful nows that the peach crop in Delaware is & total failure, THERE is indication of unusual pros- pority in the vast numbor of resigned and declined positions this year. It indicates that pooplo are very we'l sat- fsfiod with prosent conditions or desive 10 rest fror worlk. ) Whitney won so much renown at Chicago lifo at his New York residence has became a bur den and his telephone has been taken ont. It doesn’t always puy to attain no- toriety, or oven fame. HuNRY ( ITES have at last se- cured avillage to endorse the single tax scheme. Hyattville, Md., is the place, but the unconstitutionality of the act of the commissioners will soon be tested, and their action is hable to be reversed. THE recent decision of the Postoflice department to make all postofices hav- ing a revenue of $200 money order oftices is wise, and would be wiser if it made all postoflices money order offices, for it is in the country away from banks that the money order is most needed. —_— BARON HirscH gives a percoentage of his turf winnings to a hospital and he turned over $35,000 last week to a Lon- d0n hospital as this sonson’s winnings. That is good, very good. But to be con- sistent, will tho baron draw on that hospital for the deficit when he bets on the wrong horse? rent that Mr Glad- wtest political blun- der of his life in making his campnign this ar on the issue of home rule. He had a great chanco to win this year, but he fought a fight for a people di- vided into three hostile and violent bands, who thus committed political suicide. We .inno humor to defend the recent wild convention held in this city, but it does stir up the bile inone to road both democratic and republican com- ments by eastern newspapers, Thore is atinge of contempt for the western farmer quito apparent in all the arti- clos. Wo hope somoe day to seo the wostern farmers all united in some son- siblo, Inwful policy which will utterly overwhelm the onstern specrers. —————— SENATOR DAWES' rebuke and expos. ure of Senator Stewart was one of thoso things which honest men rejoice to see. There is more selfishness than patriotism or pride in the Novada bullionaive. At the same time there is a good deal of truth in the charge that the geological surveys have afforded an oxcuse for exponsive juniets gotten I 15 now apy stone made the g up for the bonelit of the relatives and political hangers-on of congressmen, and the scientific value of the so-called surveys is decidedly doubtful, Tue couneil may find much comfort in the massive furniture, the oak panel ing and a $3,000 fresco of the council ehamber, but strangors und citizens who visit the council will chiefly be inr prossed with the tact that they can sonrcely hoar o word spoken on the floor by uny member unless he fuces the gallery or shouts at the top of his voice. Even Jim Stephenson would have trouble 1n making himsell understood in one of his famous outbursts that pre- code the throwing of an inkstand at the head of the man in the chair. Some- thing will have to be done to eouncilmen a chance to make an im pression on the gallery. Thove is dan- gor that the most fe vid eloquence of ou: councilmen will bu lost to posterity. THE LAW IN TIHFE CASE. The violence resulting from the lubor trouble at Homostead, Pa, was directly due to the invasion of an armed force brought from other states and not rec- Pennsylvania. ognized by the laws of The right of every American citizen to bear arms in his own defense isem- bedded in our form of government. But the right of any man or set of men to take up arms in times of peace for tho protection of other men's lives or prop- ty unless duly commissioned or depu- tized by the civil authorit cannot be conceded. The Pinkerton mercenaries were ne much outlaws as any band of armed marauders would have been. 1t is no palliation of the employment of this illegal body to say that the Carno: gie company feared that the local and state authorities would not provide ada- quate protection for its property. The duty of the company was to keep within the resources of the law, which are am- ple, if properly employed, for avery such emergency. When the company went outside of the law and brought an armed force into the state it not only invited the violent rosistance of tho men with whom it was in controversy, but ren- dered itself liable to indictment and prosecution, On the other hand it was the duty of the sheriff to use all the authority at his command to protect the property of the Carnegie com v, and finding his rosources insufficiant to appeal to the stute authorities. Tt does not appear that the sheriff did all that he might have dono. but at any rate he p uod the lawful course in appealing to the governor, and this should have beon promptly responded to by providing whatever assistance asked for. Tt s not the business of the governor to question as to whether the sheriff had ~xhausted his resources, The latter of- ficial, being on the ground, should have been presumed to know the full propor- tions of the oxigency and what was re- quired to meet it. The course of Gov- ernor Pattison. The course of Governor Pattison in rofusing a prompt response to the sheriffs call was a palpable shivking of o grave responsibility and cannot be palliated under any protext. lvery governor is execute the wws and maintain order rogardless of what the political effects of his dis- charge of duty may be upon the party to which he belongs. Had Gov- ernor Pattison called out the national guard of Pennsylvania and failed in his was swor effort to quell the disturbance or found himsolf without stato troops he could and should have called upon tho presi- dent for regulars, and the president would have been in duty bound, regard- less of political effects, and without questioning Governor Pattison’s discre- tion and judgment, to promptly order such troops as were within reach to march to Pittsburg to aid in the main- tenance of good order. The proposition cannot be too em- phatically stated that in all diffienlties of this kind there must be a strict com- plinnce with the requirements of the law, and no individual or corporation must be permitted to be a law unto olf. Every state in the union pro- vides by law for the protection of the lifo and property of its people, and when the state is not able to do this there is the right of appeal to the general go ernment. Thero is no necessity, there fore, for anybody to employ armed mer- cenaries, recruited by private parties and having no legal status, for the pro- tection of their property, and the time has come for stringent legislation to suppress such ille and dangerous organizations, which are hostile to the spirit if not to the letter of the constitu- tion. A HIGHWAY COMMISSION. Senator Manderson has introduced in the senate of the United States a bill to create a national highway commission. This measure, printed elsewhere in this issuo of THE BEE, provides that the proposed commission shall be composed of two senators of the United States, five mombers of the house of represent- atives, and five citizons to be appointed by the president, together with the sec- retaries of war, agriculture and the in- terior, the postmuster general and the attorney general, The purpose of this commission is to investigate, consider and report upon the condition and re- quirements as to public highways and to submit views and recommendations upon subjocts connec with road im- provement. The commission is to con- tinue in existence for two years, and is required to report to cong from time to time. ‘The cause which this bill is intended to promote has been growing in publ intorest within the last few years, and there is hardly a state in the union whera it is not receiving consideration. At the recent meoting of the Nebraska Business Men’s associntion it was one of the topics considered and a resoiution was adopted suggesting the creation by thoe legislature of a state road fund to be applied to keeping the public highways improved. This matter commanding the attentionof the people of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and other states, and indeed the popular awakening to the importance una necessity of good rouds is so general that rot only is it certain that the proposed national commission will bo genorally approved, but that the agitation for better high- ways will continue until the ovject is attained. The movement that has been started in all parts of the country for the build- ing of roads upon u scientific system, which will secure highways of pe rma- nent value that wil contribute to the advancoment of the common prosperity will not halt until the end sought is at- tained. The fact Is recognized that 2ood ronds cheaven tho cost of trans portation by saving time, reducing the weoar of draught unimalsand of vehicles, and thus lessen the cost of mutorial to the producer and the consumer. The bill of Senator Manderson pro vides for the exhibition at the World's faiv of the best methods und applinnces for road-making, and for orgauized, practioal instruction in the art during the continuance of the fair, free of cost, to all who wmay desive it. This will give the thousands upon thousands of Amori- cars who will attend the fair an object lessou in roal-building, which onc learned they will redues to practics in their respective states. It is believed by nearly all of those who have given thoughtful attention to this problem that its solution largely depends upon the co-operation of the national govern- ment. They point out that in the early part of the century no less than fifty acts of congress were passed, after a full discussion of the constitutional questions involved, for the construction and repair of national roads, while of tate years nothing has been done by congross and very little by the state or loeal authoriti The bill introduced in the senate recognizes the sentiment in favor of federal ala. Tt is needless to oxtond argument to show the importance of good roads, It is admitted by everybody. The Senator Manderson contemplates no government paternalism. It proposes national, state and county co-operation, if that be found practicablp, for attain ing the object which everybody con codes to be desirable. It is not to be doubted that the proposed commission would accomplish much good. THE TELEPHO) BUSIN The enormous increase in the demand for telephone servico in the United States is shown by a bulletin from the census department in tho series of stn- tistics of manufactures. In the census year 1879-1880 the telephone business passed through the stages of an extra- ordinary development, springing at a single bound from almost nothing to one of the most important intorests in the country, but before the statistics of that year w complotod it had become quite extensive and important. In 1880 the number of companies, firms and persons engaged in the business of pro- viding the people with telephono fac ties 148, but in 1890 tho number was only fifty-three, showing the resuits of absorption of the weaker by the stronger, In the meantime the amount invested increased $57,735,919 and the number of telephones and transmitters increased ,718. Tho number of subscribers in 1890 was 227,357, an increase of 178,943 in ten y The votal number of con- re Irs. versations reported in the same year was 453,200,000. The total number of miles of wire in 1800 was 240,412, an in- crease of G00.81 por cent over 1830, Tho total number of employes of telephono companies in 1800 was 8,645, noearly three times ns many as in 1880, The most interesting stutistics relating to the telephono business are those which have to do with its profits, The total interest-bearing and profit-sharing investments amounted in 1500 to $ were $16, 50,712, the 83, the net earnings %5 egate dividends $3,168,208 and the surplus $2,002,504. The per cent of net earnings on the total investment is 7.21. How these figures, which ave of course given by the companies them- selves, are worthy of confidence cannot be conjectured. 1t hus been supposed by most people that the profits of the telephone companies were much larger than they are here shown to ba, though it does not appear that they are insig- nificant by any means, evon on a basis of millions of fictitious stoc A RELIGIOUS ON. The Society of Christian Endeavor is now holding its eleventh international convention in New Yo city. The growth of this order has heen marvel ous, and its possibilitieof future expan- sionare limited only by the membor- ship of the numerous relizious denom nations which it embrac r be- fore in the history of the world have the religious denominations united in a movement with a common aim and in perfect forgetfulness of sectarian lines of division. Tho Young PPeople’s So- ciety of Christian Endeavor is a growth of ten years. In 1882 theve were soven branches of the society with 481 mem- bers, all in New England. In 1885there were 253 branches with 10,964 members; last year there were 16,274 branches with 1,008,980 members, and today thers are 21,000 branches with 1,250,000 membors. The convention now in session is com- posed of more than 20,000 delegates, and 01 s, v among the reprosentatives are many from Kurope, Asia, Africa and Aus- tralia. Putting aside the practical religious work of this organization, which may be more appropriately discussed by the churchmen, it is plain that it cannot fail w0 exert a wholesome influer upon society in other directions, \What- over tends to unite the peovple and imbue them with a common purpose must tend to promote social harmony and to destroy the denominational jonlousles which have not died out even in this period of liberal ideas and in- crousing toleration of opinion. WHAT 1S LACKING? When Mr, Rosewater is at a Union Pacific meeting he is not so great a Nebraska Cen- tral man as he is at other times, At Thurs- day night's conforence hesaid *if he was as- sured that tho rival bridge and depot would be constructed he would e in favor of relin- quishing tho giving of pridgeand depot guar- anties, But the rival depot and bridge are not assured, and he does not know that they will be, altbough tho bonds are so voted.” This doesn’t sound like the words of confl- denco which Mr. Rosewator used in Tug Bee to induco people to vote the bouds. What is lacking {— World-Herald, Nothing is ing. We simply want to make assurance doubly sure rather than take any chances of slipping a cog by which the city might find itself powerless to afford depot and terminal facilitios to any railroad that doss not submit to the arbitrary conditions ana rates which the oxisting bridge and depot monopoly might impose. Just as soon as the Nebraska Central is an ac- complished fact Omaha will need no further guaranty at the hands of the Union Pacific or the Union Depot com- pany. Competition will break the em- bargo and muke Omiha a free port for overy railrond that dosires to bid for her patronage. HONESTY THE BEST POLICY, There are always some sapheads and zoulots who imagine that every man who has the courage to assert his con- victions and dares to diffor with them is anenemy of the human race, while every mountebank and weathervane who mulkes sham professions and pats these reformers on the back is a fair man aud a friead of humanity. T'his fact received striking illustration during the people’s party convention THE OMAHA DAILY BEE bill of | UNDAY, JULY 10 [ when a loeal paper, which has no con victions of its owt/awd diways blows hot and cold by turf’tiirew asop to the nationalists who #vnht no money, the fiatists who are clatngring for billions of irredeomable cutrdidy, the siiver mine bullionaires who have no use for groen- backs. tho Hen® 'Qaorge single tax visionaries who Wanf the government to own all landicawd desire all the farmers to becotfis tenants, the 2 por cent subtreasury yen.and the men who nt to abolish poverty by law. This insincerity, dupli¢jty’and moral coward- ice is actually applauded by some peo- ple’s party men asitiveral, fair and hon- est. As amatter of *fact it is only the obverse of Jay (f64fa’s political codo which was publicly proclaimed during the Erie railroad investigation when Gould declared: *With vepublicans T am a republican. with democrats a demo- t, with nonpartisans nonpartisan, but always for Krie,” This is precisely the creed of the newspapor wind vane thut sought to decoy the credulous farmers who visited Omaha last week during the convention by conspicuously advertising itsolf as “‘an independent paper” and ‘“‘the peo- ple’s paper,” for the sake of selling a few hundred extra copies. This may be enterprise, but it 15 not reputable jour- nalism. People respoct a paper that entertains and oxpresses positive opin- iong, even if they do not agreo with them. A paper that veers and vascil- lates and plays a confidence game upon its patrons every day in the year can have no influence upon intelligent peo- ple in any community, —_— A GREAT AND GROWING INTEREST. The development of the great packing interests in South Omaha goes steadily forward. and the prospect is bright fora wonderful increase in the volume of business transncted there. It has al- ready been announced that the facilities of some of the firmsare tobe nearly doubled at once, and the work of ex- tension isnow in progress. Following upon this comes the raising of the em- bargo on Tex: ttle by means of the action of the Rock Island railvoad, which now proposes to cut the rate to South Omaha down to $12 50 per car. The old rate of $20, maintained by the froight associations and through the influence of partios southy interested in keeping the tern trade away from Omaha, was practically prohibitory and placed the South Omaha packers under a great disadvantage. Toxas cattle went to Kansas City upon favorable terms, and the higher cost of bringing them hero mude it a haraship to the local packers to o into the market against their Kan- sus City competitors at the season of the yeur when Texas sfock is dopended upon to a great extent to supply the market. It is estijatod that the action of the Rock Island ; will result in the marketing of 50,000 ‘cattle in South Omaha during the nek} two months, Work upon the extansion of the piant of Swift & Co. is 6w in progress and the Union Stock Yards company is making extensive ndditions to its facil- ities, wherok it will' ba enabled to handle nearly doubls the number of cattle that it now does.’ These improve- ments must necassarily result in the employment of a large ‘additional forco of men, and South Omuaha is conse- quently enjoying a decided boom in business enterprises of all kinds. Of course Omaha must feel the effects of this marvelous growth in the stock business, which has always exorted a vowerful 1nfluence upon her prosperity. No other business carriad on here is doing half so much to spread the fame of Omaha a3 this, and tainly no other contributes so largely to the vol- ume of this city’s trade. The time will come when Omaha will dispute the supremacy of Chicago as a meat-pack- ing center. PROTECTION OF RAILWAY The national conventions of both of EMPLOY, the great political parties adopted reso- lutions in favor of logislation by con- gress to protect the life and limbs of emplo) of transportation compaanies engaged in carrying on interstato com- merce. Bills requiring that the rail- roads of the country shali within a cer- tain time adopt safety couplers and air- brakes on all theie trains have been in- troduced in congress and 1t is presumed in the hands of the proper commit- s, In view of the consensus of popu lar opinion in favor of legislation of this kind it would seem that more attention would have been given to it in congress, and the fact that the matter appears to have dropped out of consideration sug- gests that the influence of the railroad companies has been vigorously employed to postpone action and perhaps defeat it altogother. It is well known that vhe railroads do not desive the proposed legislation, claiming that they aro adopting safety appliances as rapidly as practicablo and that their efforts in this respect would not be expadited by a law of congress. An avticlo recently published in ono of the magazines, written by the secretury of the Interstate Commerce commission, shows that tho adoption of safety appli- ances is nov keeping pace with the con- struction of freight cars, though all passengor cars are'provided with them Ungquestionably prhgross has been made in this matter, but 4he:evidence appears to be thut the companies huve not been doing as well as they might have done, and the natural crclugion from this is that without legislytion future progress may be much slower-than there is any nevessity for. v o Thepopular opidioy is not mistaken that so long as the pajlroads are left to do as they pleasel in'this matter they will continue to“bonsult their selfish interests rather LW\n the safety of their employes, and that dhere will continue indefinitely to bedhe! annual appalling lisu of casualties auiang those employed in the railway transportation of the country. Nobody expects the companies to unmediately provide all the safety appliances required. They must have a reasonable time in winch to do this. But what is demanded is legislation thut will compel them to give attention 1o this matter until the desired equip ment of their cars is complete. A bill recently reported by the house committee on interstate commerce takes up three subjects, power brakes on loco- motives, continuous brakes on all freight cars and automatic couplers. 1t pro- IXTEEN PAGES vides that all new locomotives must bo equipped with power brakes after July, 1893; all new cars with continuous brakes and automatic couplers after July, 1 All locomotives must have powor brakes after July, 1895, and after July, 1898, ull freight cars must have automatic ‘coup- lers and continuous b . This allows two years for the required equipment of all locomotives and five for that of all cars, which ought to be ample time in which to enable the companies to com- ply with the law. GROWTH OF OUR FORE TRAL The fiseal yoar just ended has been by far the most activeone in the history of this country so far as foreign trade is concerned. Tho exports and imports of the year excesd by considsrably more than $100,0)0,000 those of any pravious year. Official statements for the month of Juno are not yet made public, but it is evident from New York returns alono that the aggregate exports for the year will not fall below $1,027,000,000. Now York has ulso shown a large increase in imports during June, indicating that the total for the fiscal year will bein excess of $833,000,000. It appears that the total of exports and imports for the yoar will excoed $1,850,000,000, which is vastly in excess of thoso of 1801, in which yoar the record of 1830 was sur- passed by nearly $150,000,000. It may be fairly snid that the exports and im- ports of the United States have iucreased during the past two years at the rate of not less than $150,000,000 each year. In no year prior to 1800 in the history of the country have our exports and im- ports come within $500,000,000 of the record of 1892, Such an astonishing in- croase in the foreign trado of this coun- try naturally leads to inguiry as to its causes, The forcign demand for Amoer cotton and brendstufls has been heavy on account of short crops in Europe and a generally incroased foreign consump- tion of these products. Tho removal of the European embargo upen American pork lias also been a powerful factor in the increase of our trado, and in this as well as other articles of export which cunnot be controlled by foreign produc- tion the growth shown by the ligtres quoted will be permanent. In the na ture of things tho forei market for the cotton and breadstufls of the United States will vary from year to year ac- cording to the state of crons abroad, hut the experience of the past proves that it must inevitably grow upon the whole. In the minor articles of export, in which the ratio of forcign production and con- sumption is not hkely to change, tho increase noted will undoubtedly con tinue. In the early part of the fiscal year the reports of crop shortages in Europs caused fluctuations in prices hero and slight advance in the prices of broad- stuffs, but after this flurry a Gepression of prices came. The great cotton crop of 1890 had forced the priceof that groat staple down to a figure lower than it had touched before in forty years, and the crop of the following year was still Larger, but a voluntary and involuntary reduction of tho product in the southern es this year and a great foreign de- mand have prevented prices from going down to the ruinous figure anticipated. It would seem that cotton, more than any other product of this country affectod favorably or unfavorably by conditions which increase or foreign demand. Wool has only about 2 cents a pound standing an enormous Australia. Tron and the lowest prices ever recorded, but this is due in a measure to the universal in- troduction of improved machinery and methods and a consequent increase in production. There prevails throughout the coun- try a contentea state of feeling among business men, though the present is a period of high prices and large ¢ gins of profit. The country is doing a business enormously in excess of that of previous years, and so far as it is possible to see Into the future thero is no prospect that it will ever do less than it has during the past fiscal year. All lines of trade aro upon a safo basis; there are few wildeat schemes afloat; the country has a sound financial policy which is likely to be continued; the people are upon the whole prosperous and happy and are looking into the future with confidence and hope. st lesson declined notwith- production 1n el have fallen to AN IMPORTANT D&CISION, Judge Hopowell of the equity division of the disteict court has rendored a de- cision that will bring joy to many resi donts of the nerth part of the ecity. Owners of lots in the tract known as I2 V. Smith’s, Foster’s, Paulsen’s, Idlewild and other additions in the northern part of Omaha are by this decision re- lieved from all anxiety concerning their titles to the property which they oc cupy. The history of the litigation in which their intorests have been in volved by reason of the Halfenstein claim is outlined in another column of this paper. This important decision settles the title to hundreds of homes owned by wage workers and peoplo of moderate means. This is only oneof many cases in which claimants having no substantial ground of action have sought to dispos sess those who have bought homes in perfect good faith with'no thought of a suspicion resting upon their title. The owners of lots upon the extensive tract referred to are to be congratulated upon the outcomo of thig important action. A society has been started in Now York for the reformation and evangelization of proof readers. Iho project is Visionary onough to got o plank in the Owaha plai- form, e Two ot u Kind. Philadelphia Telegraph. It cannot bn rocalied that in the entire his- tory of the governmenut thore ever was be- foro two cabinet officers of the same namo. But the country will nov necossarily got the two Fosters mixed, e Exploits of the Explorer, New York ibune. If Mr. Stauley had only remained an American citizen ho migut now be runping for oftico 1n the United States instead of in England; sud for all that our English breth- ren delight 10 saying about the personalities of American politics, he would prcbibly have found them less objectionable than the hoots and tho stones and the cabbage stalks of an Engiisu political audionce that were so personally applied to him tho other day. POLITICAL POTPOURRLE Consideriag the fact that tho republican state convention is only four weeks off poli tios aro mighty quiet. Undoubtedly & good many wires are being laid, but most of them seem to bo entirely underground. The same spirit of inactivity or else of nrivate schoming privails in aemocratio and alliance circlos. Something must broak looss soon tovary the monotony or the state oconven- tions will bo very tamo affairs, | cmae This moath will witness many county oon- ventions. Already two have beon hold, but most of the gatharings will ocont in the last two weeks of the month, veral con grossional conventions will also ba held during July, which will attract considerable attention. The first one ot theso will be the Third district republioan convention, which meot at K'remont, July 20. Thon comes tho democratic convention for the samo distriot at Norfolk July The First district republicans will nominate thoir candidate July 98 at Nebraska City. Tomorrow tho repub- lican congressional committes of tho Fourth district meets to fix” the tima and place for holding the convention. Whon these gath- erings have beon held political affairs ought to be red hot, und undoubtedly thoy will bo. Out in McKeighan's distriot things are ai- roady protty warm. Tha republican di committoo has got togethor and manved ont a plan of campaign, J. has L. Me- Pheeloy of Minden has been made chairman of tho committeo and he will push things with his accustomod vigor. If MclSeighan oxpects a waikaway he will tind himself grievously mistaken. Candidate Androws is said to b a fooman worthier of batter steol than MoeKeighan's, and with a man benina him like Mc’hecley he ought to be a winner, Judgo Norrls has beon given tho Dixon county dolegration to tho congrossional con- vention. The jutge wiil have good backing for tho nomination, but he has sovoral husky men torun against him for the honor. It will be a pretty struggle with four such mon in tho field as Norris, Moiklojohn, Hays and Weleh. Judge Kinkatd still_seoms to bo tho favor- ite candidate of Hoit county for tha con- grossional nomination in the big Sixth, al- though he has declarad that ho is out of the race. Brown county 1s also said to bo for the judge if ho will ocly got out and work instoad of pursuing a policy of delay Do you know why thore are so many law. vers wanting Ben Baker to run for governor on the republican ticket! was the question propounded by a politician who usually gots prouwty reliable forocasts of the weather in political latitudos, * mo tell you. Buker holds today onc of the most offices in tho stato, It ol $6,000 per annum, and besides that it doos not entirely iatorfere with his private practico. Ivis by all odds the bost oftice for a lawyer connoctod with the federal patronago of Nobrasia. 1f Baker was out, why scmebody else would get iu, don’t you see! Ivamuses me 1o soe them attempting to pump Baker full of the gubornatorial fovor undor tho guiso of great personal friondship for him, when the fact of tho matter is thoy want him out of tho offica he now groat deal worso than they want to see him in the govornor's ch Concerning the proposition to nominato Judge Crounse for governor, tho Lincoln Journal says: “There is an olement of stability about Crounso that would attract a great many old school ropublicans,’ A now candidato for stato treasurec this year, but an old one m years past, has vsen brought out during the wool Poter Youngors, jr., ol lmora county. There has beon a lurking suspicion that M., Youugors might be a candidate for the office, but his name tiad not beon formaily brought bofore tho people until last Thursday. T'hen the airmont Sigaal came out for him, and of him it says: “A syccesstul farmer and business man, a man in pe ‘ect touch with tho peoplo, with more friends in ali parties in Fillmoro county than any other man 1y is borders. Ciean, honest and upright and free from all ties and political barnacles,” Madison county has instructed its dele- gates to the republican state convention to 1 the person of use all the honorablo means within their power to secure the nomination of Eugeno Moore for auditor. And thus tho young man’s boom grows. Lancaster county’s republican convention has boen called for July 1S and it has now beon discoverod that 8ll the mombors of the last legislature from that county, with possibly one oxception, want to by roturnod. Thoir tasto of high life has only mado them groedy for moro, Dr. J. M. Alden of Pierco, who sorved a term in the lower house of tho leeislaturoe, is now out as a candidate for senator from the levouth district. 2 7 I argost Manufac of Clothing i Our Windows $1.50 ular $10, $15, $25 price, now $5, $7.5 sizes principally 33, $1.25, Children’s, hats all go at % price Browning, o closes at wh Our st 0 p. 1 holds a | of all $3.50worth lots more,and the 25¢c men’s % hose in fast black and tan shades at 3 pair for 50c, or $1.75 a dozen. A dozen to a customer, no more. Also 268 sack, cutaway and Prince Albart suits, reg- All colors. Also those $2.50 short pant suits for boys 10 to 14 years old go at on this sale, but we’d rather sell them than count them in the inventory. except Butu, THE BATTLE AT HOMBESTE. horo Is not much dif- words! Carnogie Atchison Globe: foronce belween the two and carnage. Chioago News : The workmen’s fight war against nondescript officials of the law clothed with temporary authority, 1t was obviously unwise on the part of the mill owners to thrust forward such an element of discord. 1t was oleur that by doing so they would aad fuol to an already consuming flame. However, they chose to precipitate a collision and the resuits are most deploraole, Chicago Post: The locked out working- mon of the Carnegie mills, if they persist in their lawless course, ars enemies of the state, Thew must lay down their arms and roturn to peaceful mothods y must relinquish property which thov have seizea with vio lence. ‘wise tho duty of the govornor is to shoot them down without moecy. At any cost, on whomsoover may at fall, the dignity of the law must be restored. Chicago Tribune: Moanwhile tho legisla ture of Ponnsylvania, if 1t be wise, wili abol ish Pinkertonianism, as that of Iilinols has done, as n moans of public protection o guardians of law and order. Ior these pur poses they are worso than usoless, Thoy provoke riots rather than quell them and causa disordar instoad of allayine it. They aro no good. Thoy will have to go in Penn sylvania as thoy did in Illinois, Denver Sun: 1t is a refloction upon our civ- ilization and our government that such con flicts as that of Homestead can ocour. Wo fall much short of the highest oxcellonco of civilization and the groatest beneficosce of government, as long as we bave no peacoful and ordorly and just way of sottling the dif ferences botween capitul and labor, and as long as fair and equitable apportionmont of the profits from their joint product is not made botween them. Chicago Herala: Who is to blamo for tha carnage at Homostend ! On whoso hoad is tho blood that was shod there yestorday! Who introduced tho systom that produced this swollen plutocrat at one end of the lino and 3,000 or 4,000 impoverishod and deluded workingmen at the other ead of tho linet | Who taught these misguidod laborers to 1ok for brofit elsewliers than to their own indus try ! Who promised them plunder and ther failed to dgeliver it! Who mocked them in their exasperation and sent u morcenary army among them to intimidate and to killi St. Paul Pioneer Pres: The rights and wrongs of the wages scalo havo now been lost sight of iu tho assumption by the sirik ers of the right to dominate by force of ar That issue takes precedonce of all othoers, and it must be determined at any cost. And tho fivst duty of organized labor ovory- whore, if 1t hobes ever to win it battlos and to establish justice for the men in its ranks, 1s to disclaim with horror all felldwship with the idon that aucht but force ean justify the resort to force, and that tho refusal of one man to work on given torms gives bhim an right to pravent another man from aceeplinie them. Until that much is granted, tho labor question can moke 1o progress, SPECIFICS FOR THAL TIRED FEELING, Philadelphia Tines rething s possiblo | in this countr: But supposing it happened that o man who was onee @ moessenger hoy should be nominated for president, would ho run? “What VL UL L next fall, and IS a transparent political torch you'll find le, auyway?’ o\ | light proc out.” ‘ | Judwe: Wiggins—Great Scott, Jack! where did you get that suit? Borrowit—At a sl sale, f you don't want to zet | nto sr bury the renains. troub Siftinzs: When you see n woman meckly obey herhusband you ean be surs of one two thi Shoe iseitherafraid of him or b working him for a new bonnet prmmels s A NEW HINT FROM PARIS. Ewropean Edition’ New York Hevald, XVL style. Tho chemisotte 1s of mousseling a6 sole, copiod from the Cabinot des Modes of 1757. Tt forms a low point in front, ana 1s gathored in at tho waist with a wido au- uis XVI water bergine ribbon. ‘The skirt is of 1 material, with a ground, and with with tiny bouqu very green aubergine stripes, dottea FOI TUE WATERING PLACES. This “Toilette do Casino" is in the Louis palo it =z BPROWNING, K INGE @) ors 1l nd rotallors kinds and sizes at , $2, $2.50, $3 and and $30 suits at % 0, $12.50 and 8I5; 34, 35, 40 and 42. boys’, men’s straw . We lose big money King&Co ).\ ” 4