Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 25, 1892, Page 4

) DAII‘Y BRE. F flti"l\\ATFll' Editor. MORNING, TRRMS OF 8UBKC RIPTION. afly Teo (w11l £10n0 Yoar.. 8,8 00 ily And Sunda ar.. . 10 00 1% Moyt 6 00 ires Moniiis 250 mday Bee, One ¥ 200 gvumhu- Bee, Ong Y 1% eekly oo, One Year 10 1 20th Streots. i1 TS, 12 317 ¢ ' York, Rooms Bnudl 2. Washington, CORR ATl commun editorial matter should bo Editorial Department BUSINESS 1, ATl busness lottors and remittances should e nddressed 1o The Bee Publishing Company, Omaha. tls, ehiecks and postofiice orders 10 bo made pryable to the order of the com- pany. THE BWORN STATEMENT OF Etate of Nebrasks County George 1B Tublishing s Commerce. 3 Fourteonth Street. SPONDENCE. fons relating to news and ldressed to the BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, CIRCULATION tary of Tne Bee nly swear that JATLY BER for 2, Was as fol- omber 18 Somiiny. December 19 Tuesdsy, 1 Wedned B B TZSCHUCK ml subscribod n my of December, 1802 CEIL, Notary Pubile. Sworn to before presence this 24l Seal| N1 ulation THERE are a good many very agreo- able places in the world, but there is no place like homo on Christmas. THE Georgia legislature has met and adjourned for the winter. Thoy do some things in the right way down there. ‘WE ARE pained to learn that the sena- torial boomlet of our esteemed Kake Fabricator has been quarantined off the mouth of Salt Crec’ THEquestion is Will thenew assessors of Douglus county return the Belt Line property at $04,000, when 1ts owners claim it to be worth over £8,000,000? UNDER the laws of Nebraska all fnsurance companies are required to pay a tax upon their profits on business done in this state. Are they complying with the law? ONEof the extensive industries in TRussia is the manufacture of wooden spoons, of which 80,000,050 are made annually, and yet there are agood many hungry people 1n that country. THE organization of a new German singing society in this city with a mem- bership of 125 speaks weil for our musi- cal development. Il'ew cities have a greater number of talented musicians than Omaha has. GOVERNOR FLOW of New York is aman of some nerve and not a little generosity. He vetoed a bill to subsi- dize ‘‘university extension” and then contributed $1,000 to the object out of his own long purs Nexr March the Bell telephone patent expires, which will leave the field open to competing companies. Competition will doubtless resultin a reduction of teiephone rates. Here is o cloud with a silver lining. THE daily average of motor accidents has increased considerably since the advent of snow and ice. It is gratifying 10 note, however, that the conductors and motormen, or somd of them, are taking greater precautions on account of the increased dangor. THE importance of making holiday displays attractive is more and more ap- preciated by our merchants every year, Some of the local stores have exhibits of holiday wavres that are marvels of benuty and good taste. With the aid of printers’ ink judiciously used the dealers of the ity ave likely to reapu @ood holiday harvest. THE health uuthorities of Philadel- phiasay that they cannot account for the extensive provalence of diphtheria in that city, and yet one of them acknowl- edges that there are nineteen families huddled together in ono of tho houses that he visited. Under such conditions it is not surprising that there should be diphtheria and protty much everything else in the way of disease. IN PENNSYLVANIA, whero the subject of public road improvement is now much discussed, it is suggested that the state make an appropriation, the same to be distributed in proportion to local effort and interest, and that the_ townships create u loan and set aside a certain sum each year for a sinking fund., It has been demonstrated that the inter- st on the loan and tho principal can be paid for less money thun it costs to re- pair dirt roads under the present sys- tem, THE eager activity with which some of those Fronchmen are using the Pan- ama ecanal frauds to promote political ends has nover been Eurpassed even in « the politics of this country. The scan- dal is attended by real danger to tho wvery existence of the republie, for it affords opportunities for the enforce- ment of all sorts of schemes to advance personal and party interests. Consider- ing the temperament of the French peo- ple it is no wonder that the whole nation 5 in a ferment of excitoment, TNDER the forest preservation act of Mawch, 1801, over 4,500,000 acres in dit- ferent tracts have been resorved as forest lands by the authority of the president, and numerous other locations ~ are now on filo for examinavon. The law does not close these tracts of timber to settlers, but its purposo is to protect them from fire and depredation while ullpulng the public their benefits. The went of luws has “oecome abso- necessary Lo prevent the muguif- © decent timber tracts of the country from being wholly destroyed. nd 15, Tribune | | appraised TAXATION OF mrm.nufl PROPERTY., The Pullman Palace Car company hns shirked the payment of Its taxes in this oity and county ever since 1885 Its un- paid oty tax for the seven years bogin: ning in 1886 and ending with 1802, in- cluding interest, aggregaves $16,420.63, The unpaid county tax for the same poriod is not less than 85,000, making in | all over $20,000 delinquent at this time to tho city and county. There is also a vory marked discrepancy between the amount assessed against the Pullman compnny for 1890, 1891 and 1892 In 1880 the Pullman company’s cars in Douglas county were appraised at $80, 890.45 and the city tax on this appraise- ment amounted o 817.20. In the year 1800 the nssessment of the Pullman carshnd dwindled down to 1,121 and the tax to $46.52. In 1801 it had shrunk still further and the property was only at 786, with a city tax of $20.87. In 18092 the assessor became nore conscientious and raised the as- sossmont to 81,124, on which there levied a city tax of $46.09. On the faco of this exhbit it is evi- dent that the appraisement for 1800 and 1891 was a rank case of parjury, and the asseesment for 1892is e'ther an evidenco of imbscility or downright rascality in Douglas county, as well us in the state wditor’s office. The ground on which loeal tax in this city and county, asin the stato, was a junction granted on the 11th of No- vembor, 1838, in the United States court. This injunction was served upon the eci treasurer of Omaha and the treasurers of Douglas, Sarpy, Cass, Otos, Nemnha and Richard- son counties. This temporary in- junction has beon hanging in the Umted States district court more than six years and is still claimed to be in full force. Why has this in- junction case remained untried ull these years, and how ean it be he 1d legally force in defianco of decisions render in other states by the United States cir cuit courts and state supreme courts? The piea made by the attorneys of the as well tomporary i of said company is domiciled in the stato of Illinois and taxes thercon paid in suid state; that said ping cars, parlor cars and other cars running into | and through said eity and counties are engaged in interstate conmerce and are not subject to taxation by the ta: authorities of snid several counties. The interstato commerce plea, which is the only basefor this attempt 1o shirk taxes, hias been squarely disposed of the caso of the Pullman Pal company versus Twombly, treasure the United States circuit court for the nn\'LI\-‘\'n district of Iowa. in which de- cision was rendered January 14, 1887. Justice Brewer, who is also one of tho justices of the supreme court, in his ex- haustive review of the case says: “This is, in subsf complainant to restrs from collecting from punies doing businc of tho taxes levi n the state cortain railroad com- in that state a portion d upon them, on the ground that the basis of the a: cent upon which such portion of tho s was was a number of sleeping, room and parlor cars, belongi complainant, and 1 only in state commerce, It appears that the plainant is a foreign corporation, cr under the laws of the state of Iliinois and domiciled in Cook county, in that state. It engaged in the business of manufactur using and hiving to be used sleeping, ingroom and parlor cars. It h: contracts with the various railro through the state of Towa by which it fur nishes to them such cars under contrac ding for their use and operation. In a it may be said that the interior ment of these cars remains with the complainant, the exterior with the railroad companics, who receive also the full pay for the mere transportation of passengers. These cars are all used in interstate commerce; that is, all of them run from points outs the s state of Towa, or from points in the state of Towa to points outside the state, % * # "The state aims to tax that property which it prot and only to the extent th s ln'nlm'liml. If it cannot do this but a moment’s reflection to s that the state will be shorn of much of what v candid man must feel to be honest cenue. Sleeping not the only ve- s used in inte ommerce. A vast ling stock used on the varions ads belongs to car trust com- by railroad com- it taxable only in the castern s in which r trust companies led? More than that, how many inter railvoads, traversing often several re owned and o tion created by and domiciled in a single state! Has that state alone the power of taxation? stated, the claim of complainant wuso this property is used in intes o it is exempt from state ta ation at any other place than the domicile of its owner. I deny the proposition, and afiirm the law to be that personal property con- tinuwously used in a state acquires situs in that state for purposos of tax tion, and may, at the option of the state, be subjected to an equal property tax, and t notwithstanding it be used exclusively interstate commerce. The state is sover cign, except as limited by the federal consti- tution making some provision taking away this power, and the state of Towa may un- questionably tax this property used within its territovial limits, This is winly clear and emphatic enough, aud applied to the case still hanging in the United States district court must result in the prompt dissolu tion of the injunction, * It is mamfestly the duty of the city attornoy of Omaha and the uttorneys of ry county in which the Pullman com- pany is delinquent to take steps for the dissoluticw of the injunction and for the recovery of every dollar of back tuxes, with interest and legal penalties, If payment is resisted the respective treas- urers should enforca col'ection upon the property of the Pultman company. This is simple justice; nothing move and noth- ing less. to the inte COUNTRY FREE DELIVERY. One of the things which the rural population has special reason to be grateful 1o the present national admin istration for is the introduction of the Iree delivory of mail in the towns and villages, The practical judgment of Postmaster General Wanumaker dis- cerncd the feasibility of this extension of the free delivery system, while the justice of it was oovious and unqu tionable. Sofar as this featuro of the postal service was concerned tho gov- the Pullman | company has been enabled to shirk its | | long Pullman company is that the property | ing | nee, a bill brought by the | of Iowa | com- | ds running | | little consequence. It ate of Tows into or into and through the | | neys have been ated by a corpora- | 8, ornmont was pursulng a conrse of par- tality to the detriment of a very large propostion of the population. The eity resident was being favored, while the oquully worthy rural resident was nog- locted. This condition the prosent post: muster goneral nssailed as oscontially wrong and unfair, and he insisted that free mail delivery could be profitably extended to the country. ment. ‘0 years ago congress authorizod the postmaster general to test the practicability and expense of extending the fres delivery systom to offices of the third and fourth classand other offices not then embraced within the free dolivery, appropriating $10,000 for the experimontal servic T'he ex- periment became at once succossful and | | elevating popular. So well the poople who wore it that when it that the appropriation might not be continued by the present congress pri- vato arrangoments wore mado in more than one of the affected communities was it received by vored with was, fi d by which the service should be contin- | ued, whether or no order it maintained. Tho approy tion, however, was granted, and, as the postmaster general says in his report, tho experiment continues to bo success- ful. 1t has been applied to forty-six communities with populations ranging from 300 to 5,000, and the dai has been caried on at a profit. Such being the easo, it is plain the free delivery can be inexpensively extended further and further, and there ought to be no dissent from the suggestion of the postmaster general that this should bs done, whethor it pays a profit to the department or not. Besides the practical advantages of this service to the communities reached by it, there are found to be moral and so- ciul benefits of very great value. Ru- ral life is rondered less monotonous and isolated, correspondence is stimulated and reading encouraged, and thereby “‘the long evenings lightenod and tho working “days brightened. The farmer receives his poriodicals, his prices current, his special information that he desives. The grown-up children ¢ al home move readily and the old place is every way made happy. The family is in touch with the rest of the world.” The amount of good to be accomplished in this way isincalculable, and in con- tributing to the moral and social eleva tion of the people the government is making better and more patriotic ci zens, which is unquestionably an essen- al function of government. 1t ought to congress should | be safe to nssume that this policy will be maintained and extended, but a good deal willdepend upon the interest taken in it by the wmoral communities them- selves. The administration of the gov- ernment is soon to pass out of the control of the political party which inaugurated this departuro and it is impossible to suy what view tho incoming party may take uf this matter. The wmaintenance of the policy may be endangered if the people most concerned in it are indiffer- I OF TIIE LaAWws, aska collection laws are notorvi- ously lax. A man who wishes to do- fraud his creditors must be a stupid blunderer if he does not succoed. Credit is easy where competition is sharp, and the thief who masis himsell with a frank demeanor finds no difti- culty in filching from his good-natured creditor. Our assignment law isof very may help the honest debtor, bufit is no advantage to the honest, but misguided creditor, who is about to be victimized by a dishonest debtor. What is needed is an assign- ment law, which shall, so far us this is possible, compel the insolvent debtor to treat all his creditors alike and give to each his proper proportion of assets. Under the Nebraska law a debtor cun- not make an assignment namiog pre- COLLECTION | forved eveditors, but he is not compelled | to make an assignment to protect his of sule or | proferred cred- | creditors. Ho gives bills chattel mortgages to hi itors for enough to cov and the creditor who meekly stands by and su bfs thumb whilo his attoraeys skivmish about for soma flaw or fraud whereby the convey ance of the chattels may be set aside. In nine cases out of ten the debtors’ attor- shrowd ance which v all his assets, not favored struct a con will not annul. In Minnesota and some other states assignment laws have been enacted which make it practically impossible to perpetrate frauds such as have disgraced the commorcial history of Omaha re- cently. By these ussignment laws debtor can not make a preferential ns- signment; neither can he by judgment in default or confession in favor of rela- tives or friends defeat the efforts of general or outside creditors. A convey- ance or transfer of property made imme- diately antevior to ussignment is in- wlid. Theso assignment laws are not complicated, nor do they sink the rights of debtora. So far us such a thio is possible they simply preventu dishonest debtor from cheating his creditora for the courts | either his own benefit or the benefit of rolatives, At the same time provision is made whereby the unfortunate debtor who is honest can mnke the best terms of settlement possible, save his exomp- tions if ‘ho desires and obtain a dis charge of his debts upon a basis fair alike to all his creditors. In the days when Nebraska wasa frontier settlement subject to the un- certainties incident to inadequate trans- portation, poor markets, lack of employ ment and sparse populution the advan- tagos given to debtors may have been excusable. The time is long past however. when such conditions were a suflicient renson for laxity in this par- ticular, We have reached the period in the development of the state when tho vendor and vendee should have equal rights before the law. Our job- bing and manufacturing interests have grown into an imporwance which de- mands consideration at the hands of logislators, They do not insist upon or expect anything uofair. They bave o right, however, to ask that the law which makes the owner of o house re- sponsible to the laborer and material Tho results of | the experiment so far as it has gona | have most fully vindicated his judg- | | one that calls into acti | may come to the | av this time and condemns | these a | onough to cou- | By -2 B T dmlar for new Incurred tothem by the contractor const ing 1t, shall av least be shaped so that'fhieves cannot comply with the letter of the statute in por- potrating thefts, and fraud shall not be condoned by the cfurts. The legislaturd] soon to convene can do nothing more ereditable to itself or the state than to tr'lm up and f revise our collection laws. THE CHR{§TMAS TIM Another year, has nearly run its courso, and agaio. the fonst of Christen- dom i¢ at hand. This is the most gen- erous and beneficent of the seasons—tho y the purest and gentlest sentiments, that does more than any other to break through the crust of selfishness and open the henrt to kindly offices, that exerts upon old and young alike a softening and influence. It not matter greatly whether a man recog s or appreciates the Christian idea that is associated with this season: if he have tho better instincts of human- 1ty, if all the nobler and tenderer feel- ings that belong to & true manhood are not frozen within him, he cannot alto- gothor resist the persuading influenco of the Christmas tiw Unhappiness man who cannot on this day find the means to testify his affection for family and friends, or to him who realizes that in spite of all his efforts he eould not do all that he would hiave done, but thrice unhappy is he who banishes all thought of kindly him- self to abido in the gloom and cheorless- ness of hisselfish or sordid nature The custom of giving presonts on Christmas, although not universally ob- served.in Christian countrios, is as old as it is beautiful, and it has made hu- manity all the better by making it more loving and self-sacrificing. If it sometimes leads the more generous to go beyond their means, still the impulse which prompts the extravagance is a noble one. The benignant influenco of the custom is of inestimable worth. How shall we measure the Nlood of glad- ness and gratitude that v weep over Christendom today 1n response to the remembrances of affection? HHow woigh the joyous heart-thrills of child hood in millions of homes in every Christian land, or calculate the volume of pleasure that age will does derive from the offerings of love and friendship? But the theme is inexhaustible, and avel heart that 1s made glad and happy today will understand it in widest application. To its thousands of readers THE B the seascn’s greeting. GROWTH OF A USEFUL INSTITUTION. The chicf of the Bureau of Industrial Statisties of Penusylvania presents some interesting factsin relation to loan as sociations in that 'state. Ho alleges that in Philadelphin more people own their homes than in any other city, and thi socintions are more popular ther n anywhere elss in tho country. Phiiadelphia is the mother of the sy tem, which had its birth thers about sixty years ago. The ociations was slow, and for forty after the ori mass of the people had no knowledge of it. Pew people took any notice of it outside of those who were members or who were in some manner interested in its fin ncial results. Until recently there be had concerning the system and up to a few years ugo many people still con- sidered it an open question whether the loan association was a legitimate and practical instrumentality for tho saving of money. It is stated by Judge Dexter of New York, who is a recognized anthority on the subject, that since 1886 no move- ment of its kind has ever attained such marvelous growth and development as haos marked the progress of the loan as- gociations of the Umted States. Their development is no longer ieter, but is an o d move- ment in every state and territor Numerous journals are devoted to their intarests, and several books have been publishied deseribing their methods and giving information as to their history, manner of orgamization and how to con- ductthem, In sixteen states leagues have been formed and hold meotings annu ally, an1 a U x\gxl States league has which will meet in icago during the exposition. In 1890 tate of PPennsyivania had 1,200 ions, having assats of about #03,000,000. 'Their assets are now esti- mated at $120,000,000. Even so small a state as New Jersey had 272 associations last year, with assets of $25,600,000. Now York has 400 associations, with ussets of about $28,000,000, and it is estimated that the whole country has ovor 6,500 associations, with total about $330,000,000, It is predicted by Judge Dexter that on the st day of Junuary, 1894, the accumuluted assets of theso associations will ceed the capital invested in the national banks of the United Stute: IZach of these associntions is a growing influence in tho commuaity whero it is located, stim- ulating the building and owning of homes. It is also useful in encouraging good business habits on the part of members, for it requires promptness in meeting obligations ns v as frugality. The magnitude of the loan ussociation systom, as indicated by the figures above quoted, is surprising in view of the fact that it is but w few urs since it became firmly vooted. It is spread- ing in Nebraska as rapidly as in other states, and is accomplishing a great deal of good for the wagoe earners who have taken advantage of 1ts ben: at fi years While the very good majority of {he American people are prosperous and happy, there ave in the great cities of the country thousauds of men, women and children who ave subjected to a system of slavery asdehasing and de- moralizing as it is possible to conceive of. In order to secure & meuger sub- sistence theso unfortunate people, mostly of foreign birth, are com- pelled 1w labor long hours for very smull compensation u are the victims of a cruel and relentless tyranny on the part of heartless and rapacious employers | workors | lured to erime | to remedy | shown, the its | 21 most hear.ily exteuds | is attributed to the fact that loan | effeet that there is no profit in the busi- sprond of | 4 gin of the system the great | | as hais stated to be. was no published information w | poradic in | | truth. nssets of | Many sad ana pathetic stories of misery, privation and suffering have boeen drawn from what is known as the “aweating” systom, and could all that system is responsible for in the dobase- ment and deomoralization of human souls be known it would shamo our civilization, EM&ugh information regarding the nature and effects of this systom has heen elicited through an investigation by & subcommittos cé the house factures committes to attention to the groat justice involved in it arouse public wrong and in- and to croato a | sentiment in favor of legislation to sup- press it, il it be practicable or possiblo to doso. The committee was informoed that one-half thoe clothing made in New York City is made under tho swoating | system, and tho accommodations gonorally of the tenement house thus omployed are appall- ing. What is true of York is measurably truo also of delphia, Boston and Chicago, and are other cities where this practiced. Speaking of the tho investigation the chairman of subcommittee, Ropresentative Warne of New York, said that the worst that has beon alloged haa boen vorified. In Chicago tho swoating business is © ried on indilapidated building unfitted for human occupants. T'he con- ditions in Boston und New York are not qmito 50 bud, though they are wratchad enough, and as to dangerous contagion there is little choics botwoen thoso cities, In agroat miny instances ope- ratives work from 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning until § and 10 o’clock at n earning in these long hou and enervating toil barely sustain life. What wouds such an existence childron are 1d women to viee O God ! that bread should be And flesh and blood 50 cheay The states in which these tions exist have laws intended them, but the not properly euforced. sults from such legislation have ined in Massachusetts, but, as tem isstill practiced there Tho purpose of the investigation by a s committes is to ascertain \\I\.lt con be dono in the way of national to remove or reduce tho effects of deplored by all <ons of humane feelings. however, that httle could be accom- plished by a general law. It is tho fune- tion and duty of the states to deal with the matter, and humanitavians and phil- anthropists iould find in it a subject worthy of their most serious attention and most earanest efforts Phila- thero system is results of ousily dear, condi are best 1 been at this must evil, be per- [t is probable, THE testimony of Mr. l . o Pennsylvanian who is said to be Tamil- iar with the coal question, before the house committes appointed to investi- gate the anthracite deal, was to the ness at present and that ever since the war peoplo who have invested in it have failed to realizo a fair rato of interost on This testimony exactly | with that of barons themselves easy to helieve isin overy way the coal and it is not that Jr. Coxe a disinterested witness, is ealled an expert seems to imply at | least that he is or has been in the coal producing business. 1t is exceedingly strange that capitalists should have gone on putting tkeir money into a los- ing business for so many years, It is not at all like them to do it. And then, too, the statement that the coal business is not profitable even now, when the price of coal has been pushed up to a | fancy figure by the combine, leads to the conclusion that it must have been wrried on at n great loss all these years, This is bardly credible, At any rate, the plea of the combine that it cannot make any money has not greatly soft- oned the publi I7 WAS noted in these columns a few days ago that the union tailors of Omaha were preparing to oppose the introdu tion of the sweating system in this eity. In view of this fact the recent investigu- | tions of Representative Warner of New | York as chairman of the house subcom- mitiee on manufactories have interest. After thoroughl the workings of the sweating system in w York, Chicago and Boston, Mr. Waurner finds that the worst that has suid about it isshort of the real He found that the wretched people whoearn their living by this means arc obliged Lo toil from b or 6 o’clock in the worning until 10 o’clock at night and often eight or ten people with their machines are crowded into a room 12x15 feet in extent. In ono of the sweating shops he found a little girl 8 cars of uge al work at 9:80 in the even- ing. Thie miserable system should not longer be allowed to exist anywhere, and it should by no means be allowed to guin a foothold in this city. a local investigating been IT 15 said, though it seems too good to be true, that during the past f wecks there have been scores of women in Philadelphin theators who voluntarily removed their headgear either as soon 5 they took their seats or before they entered the parquoet. If | the®custom were once started in earnest it would not bo long before the big hat ruisance in theaters would be abolished. The Philadelphia innovation does not scom to bo spreading westward very vapidly. TuE city of Beatrice clsed over the same question that has lately disturbed South Omaha, : whether it is a city of the first or second cluss. An action has been commenced against the mayor of Beatrice to compel him to certify that the city has a popu- lation of more than 10,000, Tiis will probably bring about some important charter chang, is just now exer- ume Is THERE any good reason why the B. & M. road does not run its Chicago- Denver flyer through Omaha? This is the lurgest city on itsline between those points. Why are wo snubbed? Is it because Omaha does not give the B. & M. enough business to warrant fuir treatment? Tr pupils and teachera of our public schools will get a good dea! of solid en- manu- New | the | | ster monopoly I | elect | be running to | monopolic that from | laws | The | which | The fact that he | | pea t interpi | O'Gr 1802 -SIXEEEN PAGES, Joymont out of the holiday vaoation and will doubtloss resume their work after it is over with renewed zeal amd en- Omatin is justly proud of her thusiasm, public schools. Theyare doing splendid work and wero never more prosperous May teachers than they are this year, and pupils have a merry Christmas and ot both pleasure and profit out of their play speil. THE sphero of woman's usefulnees is constantly growing w iss Flon- ing of the Harvard college observatory has discovered twenty-one new variablo stars, the only ones ever discdvered by | & woman and alarger number than have been found by any man. Susan B, Anthony will doubtless find in this a now and foreible argument in favor of woman suffrage. And Drag Them in the New York World anama canal s o with it Mire The - Safoty In Nt Gl O Demeo sentiment i ntine. The popular tional quarantine is and congress s 1 matter of p: favor a na practically unanimou excuse for delay in th oviding such a safoguard ag aq visitation of cholera No Snpol 1t s lucky for 18 yet appeared on the sce but there is ne of d ing w 15 Cinei mmerei s coal oil he must b, resorts to in lights he strik oly. The business of th Din, nati Co it one bur of 4 mon- wdescent wother big monop ntry seems to syndicates and An Tmp ot Distinetion, Indianapotis Jowrnal wtic party is now engaged in alyze the relations between t Cleveland and the Chic y form, with a view to ascertaining wh part of the platform he stood on and what part he stood N The democ paper is kicking against the payment of & per day toa ch in the i denio Philadelplia R During the sixty-two vears he Mr. Blaine has had many proofs of the af¥c tionate regard of a larze number of his countrymen. He hus the grieved grateful remembrance L Aspes l prejudices and dis thrown to the s when man_ finally goes i count The Fool-Kill Indianap Some blooming idiot Opportunity. is Journal, roposes the holding York five mmemorate the discov 4 by John Cabot in amendment the p: vess making ita penal offense to men- tion world’s fair in any portion of the United ates for the period of twenty years from and after 1804, R S Car st Du Phitadelphia Inquirer. When Canada wants_poli union she 1not have much trouble to get it upon nable terms, That much is certain. pall the arguments bearing on the tout with_this admission. But i ached to consent which onzly on_the question than bility of the wnion. Th that must first secure dependen from % how she is to do this is her 3 ro would seem to be only d ht for it, 0s the Unite States, or to sceure it ase or othe »ful means. od that the arguments sion will lave no force. subj a condition bears more even the de by pur ‘When she has see gainst her adm HITCHCOCK AND THE 0°GRADY Oxana, Dee. 24.-To the Tditor of Tue Bre: The World-Herald of last Wednesday evening had an cditorial under the title of a “Homeric Battle.” This editorial narr arow in the O'Grady family, which ace (outside the imagination of the ) supposedly in New York. s really did oceur, st could they be to the the World-Flerald? > charitable, and por prodigy L Wils his and powerful poli only innocently notions of humor, to r “Ninsolr. from the over ened tas helping his con- fidential poli ser, Mr. Cleveland, in the a The object of this O'Grady editorial, or purpose, any wit or scise to it unde fion would tax the ingenuity a delphia law but one possible i ingz assault, is simpl tation of thi The motive of its publication a cowardly fli the Irish. The dy's this fellow lam of Glouhin §in its adve irors an fn the World, out ofit, but you will save a whole lot of money, One of our garments, no matter if it is an overcoat or suit for man or boy, will wear just as long and look just as well as those made by other tailors. Westudy to please and have our business down, We are, therefore, highly pleased with ourselves, and will be amongst the merriest of we wish you the same. to a science. merry-makers BROWNING, tore open every evenin Saturday vl G, e, | In the dark or stab In the back. If thele enemies always know whero to find them, so do thelr frionds. 1t 1s an_ undoubted fact that the very class this political nondescript who is neither fish, flesh nor yet good re herring in anything, assails the very people he would covertly insult, are those who have thus long kept alive his well named *Fake Factor With what a keen, salacions rel- ish he tried to ridicule Pat Egan, Pat, as & poor emigrant with pick and shovel to do his drudgery, is welcome: but Pat or his sons equipped with the advantages of culture is something to be followed with a o lan- tern, Usually the fellow who | te in insulting the TIrish and “Dutch” is one who himself is either just on this side of the Canadian alls or less than three leagues removed from the em’ ant ship. But after allis it not as well to let such fellows go on reading Ridpath's Universal history o i and harmlessly their spleen upon _the O'G haps 80, True, it might find aining the news of family b wls in New York and “no Irish need apply” might appear more often tising page, but what can_wa gxpect from a man who has been spilling water on both sid ence! 1t ig time the O'Gradys loft 1o to squeal between © rails of the fence he can neither nose through nor straddle. B. M. - AISSOCIATION NOTES, illainous BUILDING A meetin the State Ie Thursday Chicago has nearly 200 building associa« tions with actual working capital of &82,000,- 000, ‘This cnormous sum is lirg employed in home building, the fruit of which is to bo ¢ narvellous increase in the nume o owners in the World's fair eity. Mr. C. F. Bentley of Grand Island, the newly elected president of the State Bank- ra’ dssociation, is an active and intelligent advocate of building o ation principles. Like many of the country’s noted financier he regards this branch of co-operative effort amost effective incentive to economy and prosperity among the large class of carners who otherwise squander means. of the executive committee of wgue will be hield in Omaha next their 1t is proposed a Tlinois legislaty t the e to o ning session of the ate a department * for the government ap: ing and loan assoc in the state snting the savings © government ny por- tho sible of the worki care and att tion of the savings from fi clutches of speculators and parties he th irrespor ty-eighth annual report of the Omaha pr mts in stati al y tho prosperous condition of the premi wia- tion in the state. There are 2,277 shares of stock inforce, distributed through twenty- icht The total vipts to date, exclusive of the series, amonnt o & he ro- ceipts_for the quarter ending October 81 wei 3 wctnal” running une period was the in the v monthly oy ade are now worth foreien associations have tne law and do_business have been unable to de s0 hitherto, but expeet a new deal from the incoming state_ofticers. Under the v f tions are ob ed to sl‘t'!ll'( 1o business from tho ard on the first of each M'«II also obliged to have 1t in ounty whore thoy do business, Thesa provisions A stumbling block to their operations. Now the combine i dently hope that with a_proper the new officers they will secure the sary permit to do business contrary 'l'hl scheme insults the ligence nking board, and is not likely cessful. and to law of th o be suc- e CULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. Mail: The Rev. Jo. Cool of Bos the fair must be closed on Sund; 2ht to keep it open if anything can. Washin: Post: Perhaps Dr. Park- U finds it necessary to be the least bib order that he may keep up with the other fellow Boston Globe: An Atehison, Kan, man who is going to be baptized on Christmas, day weighs 200 pounds. He will be useful, atall events, in breaking through the ic New York Advertiser: The restoration of Father McGlynn to_ his tly functions demonstrat ) is growing mo ervative and liberal as it grows older. The narrowness of o Prof. Smith was con- pubt whether the does are as well defined and settled as the professor's accusers cluimed. St. Paul Pioncer Press: Rey. Preserved mith can heal the wounds in his purse by e on the lecture platform, but what the Chureh will be able to do to salve over the wound in its own vitals is not so casily told. Chicago Times: terian by ren might just as well Illuh‘l tand that t now that the ancient accompani- the burning of the hereticat the abandoned, are but flat, stale, und unprofitable after all. Indiamapolis Journal: planations of the Cathol not agree and the proceedin; s to try he s whole of h ot 1 g1y sl of doctrine, if tice St, Lou trines of the churc Between the ex- tes who do of the Pre stics the person newspaper will not much 1f the clergy need to bo hof the Al ncce: the character ing. We could a certain , until Republic: ling the len; rstand the doleful s prayer, says a noted de and Retalors A Merry Christmas. We wish you. May you live long, be hap py, grow up to be good and use- ful inhabitants and buy all your clothes of us. If you do you will always have good reasons for being mer- ry, for you will not only get an abun- dance of satisfaction KING & CO., §. W. Cor. 16th and Douglas St