Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 21, 1893, Page 12

THE DAILY BEE. _— TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION. v Bea (withont Sunday) One Yea iy and Sunday, One Year lonths nany Hos Oie ¥ fuy iee, e Vi turduy Bée, One Year kly Bee, Ono Yo "4 OFFIC aha, The Bee Balldinz. tth Omaha, corner N and 26th Streets. aneil Bin 2 Pearl Streot, feago Offico, 317 Chnmber of Commerce. ew York, Rooms 18, 14 and 15, Tribune .‘;Mln‘l- ‘ashington, 518 Fourteenth Stroet, CORRESPONDENCE, All communications relating to news and geltorial matter should be addressod: To. the r. BUSINESS LETTERS, s letters and remittances should «scd to The Bee Publishing Co mpany, Drafts, ks and postoffice orders le to the order of the com- Parties loaving the city for the summer can bave the | ir address by leaving an ordor at this offi THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. _— - BWOIN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION Btato of Nebraska, [ < (‘oul.l{nl Douglas, | Goorge 1. Tezehuek, secretary of THE BEE pub- Mahing eomp: does solemniy swear that the astuni cireuint Of THE DAILY BER for ths week ending Moy 20, 1839, was a3 follows. 0, B Tezcie worn (o hefore me and subscribed Iu my pres- ®noo this 20th day of May, 180, N, P. A Notary Publie i = —3 Average Circulation for April, 1803, 24,281 A —— THE people of Omaha can show their interest in the home patronage move- ment in no better way than by visiting the manufacturers exposition the com- ing two woeks, THE testimony of John Allen before the court of impeachment would seem to indicate that he takes more pride in his record as a mailing clerk than his work as a membor of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings. IT 18 to be hoped that the arrange- ments for the proper reception of the Railway Surgeons association will not go by default. Omaha can afford to show an appreciation of the visit of so many distinguished visitors, THE national health authorities be- Heve that every reasonable precaution has been taken to prevent the cholera from landing in this countr, Eternal vigilance, however, is the priece of health this year, and much may be done by in- dividual effort. THE extreme bitterness of English politics is illustrated by the personal attacks upon the venerable prime minis- fer. If jeers, hisses and stones are the most effective avguments left to the con- servatives Gladstone and home rule are destined to triumph. THE proposition to call the republican state central committee together to make some formal expression in regard fo the ‘‘innocence” of the impeached officials is the most impertinent piece of nonsense that has emanated from the headquarters of the boodlers’ ring at Lincoln for some time. THE BeEE will not bandy words with papers that have subsisted upon public lunder and have been apologists for ieves and jobbers that have despoiled the people of this state. Between these creatures of venality and champions of rascality and THE BEE there never has been and never will be anything in eommon. IF AN honest superintendent of the Norfolk insane asylum was able to save #1,927 in three months by taking the purchase of coal out of the hands of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings, how muchi could twelve honest superin- tendents save the state by buying the eoal for their respective state institu- tions? And why is it that a superin- tendent can buy coal for the state with- out ecompetitive bidding cheaper than could the members of the board now on trial for neglect of duty? AMERICAN workingmen will be inter- ested in a projected expedition of Bri ish artisans to the ‘World's fair which is being arranged for by the publishers of a Scottish news paper, the Dun- dee Weekly News, who propose to pay all the expense. Only bona fide' working- men will be included in the expedition " and they will be selected with referenco " World's fair to their intelligence and representative character. The plan is to not only give them an opportunity to learn what they can of mechanical and industrial achievement from a thorough in- spection of the exposition, but also to investigate the condi- tions surrounding the wage earners in this country and other matters that will be interesting and instructive to the working classes of Great Britain, The project is one illustration of the great nterest that is felt abroad in the — IN. SOME of the castern cities the question of a more than ordinarily elaborate celebration of the coming an- niversary of the Declaration of Inde- pendence is already being discussed. Itis proposed in Philadelphia to have an observance of the day that will be memorable, and in other cities a desire is being manifested to make the Fourth of July this year an occasion for showing the world an extraordinary object les- son . in American patriotism. The idea is most commendable, for at this time the United States is receiving more of the attention of the world than ever before and every oppor- tunity should be improved that will enable the American people to impress upon mankind their devotion to free imstitutions and their patriotic aeter- mination to maintain them, It would be well if every city and town in the coun- try could be animated by this spirit, se that from one end of the republic to the other and in evary section of it there would go out to the world on Indepen- dence day such a greeting from Ameri- ean freemen a8 would strengthen and stimulate the friends of popular govern- wmeant everywhere. ez s LT DISREPUTABLE JOURNALISM. OMARA, May 20T have just returned from a ten days’ tour, covering a eirenit of 3,400 miles, which carried me through St. Louis to Lowisville, thence to Cin- cinnati, Philadelphia, New York, Wash- ington and back to Omaha, by way of | Chicago. During this rapid transit, | Washington was the only placo where | was detained for forty-eight hours. I had brought home a copy of last Sunday’s New York Hgrald, which de- votes two pages to the men who edit and manage the great papers of the American metropolis. These pages arc superbly illustrated with the portraits of Joseph Pulitzer, Whitelaw Reid, Charles A. ®ana, John A. Cockerill, Fdwin L. Godkin, Oswald Ottendorfor and a dozen other great lights of journalism. In the very center of this galaxy appears a magnificent sketch of the monumental World building that looms above New York with fts giided dome. This splendid tribute to its rivals on the part of the Hevald exemplifies the spirit of comity that subsists among the greatest of American dailies whose rivalries are exhibited in the race for excellence, but ever ready to glory in the achievements of the most entorpris- ing and successful. This spirit of ap- ! preciation and professional comity is ex- tended by the great New York dailies beyond the confines of the metropolis to editors and papers that have taken rank in American journalism. Two years ago I called on the late George Jones, proprietor of the New York Times. After extending to mea cordial welecome he pulled out of his desk drawer a souvenir card of THE BEE building, saying: “Inever fail to show this to people who call on me as a strik- ing proof of what opportunities America affords to entevprise, brains and pluck. Ivis a monument that any great eity might be proud of This was by no means exceptional. THE BEE is better known abroad than Omaha. James Gordon Bennett, White- law Reid, John A. Cockerill, George W. Childs, Henry Watterson, Horace White and scores of men who stand highest in newspaper cireles of leading American cities have frequently complimented and assured me of their appre BEE and its marked suceess. The very first thing that greets me on my return to Omaha is a scurrilous, con- temptible tivade of personal abuse from a local paper published by a monomaniac whose sole ambition in life is to tear down what has taken me over twenty years of the havdest of hard work to build up. Now I have time and again said in private and in public that Omaha is large enough for two good news- papers, and I should feel gratified if the paper that represents the democracy were as well patronized and prosperous as THE BEE has been. There is no reason why such a paper, ably and honorably conducted, should not flour- ish and make money for its proprietor. In fact I hope that the day is not distant when THE BEE will be compelled to run a race for excellence and enterprisc with a paper managed and edited with a view to building up Omaha, Nebraska and the west, instead of being steered by wreckers whose policy is to oppose what THE BEE advocates, right or wrong; to side with thieves and plunderers when THE BEE fights for good government and honest methods in public affairs, And this brings me to the unprofes- sional and disreputable personal as- saults that have been made by the Omaha and Lincoln organs of boodler- ism and jobbery whenever I happen to be out of the state. In 1890, when the proprietor of the Omaha World-Herald was abroad, not a word appeared in THE BEE concerning him and no controversy was attempted into which he was sought to be dragged. Within twenty-four hours after his re- turn to Omaha and right in the midst of the prohibition campaign he belched forth with a broaaside of vituperation, in which he pronounced me the jonah that must be thrown overboard to save the city and demanded that I be deposed as chairman of the executive committee of the Bankers’ and Business Men's association. A year later, while I was on the other side of the Atlantic, this monomaniac and his satellites kept up a constant fusilade of abuse and slander, charging me individually with responsibility for matters I did not even dream of 4,000 miles away. The same despicableand dirty methods were pursued during my recent absence, when the man and the whipper snappers at Omaha and Lincoln well knew that 1 was not prompting the impeachment managers or fighting their battles per- sonally in the editorial columns. Not only that, but the spirit ot vindictive mediocrity hounded me clear to the national capitol, misrepresenting every step I had taken in the perfectly legiti- mate business that called me there. This morning I find myself arraigned as a scoundrel, hypoerite and imposter because I treated as campaign slander the charges made against impeached members of the state board, which they then denied and pronounced baseless. In this instance I acted exactly as [ did in 1870 when the Omaha Herald charged David Butler, then the republican candidate for governor, with corruptly appropriating $17,000 of school money. Butler denounced the charge as campaign slander and republicans, in- cluding myself, took no stock in the charge, 1 voted for Butler and was elected to the legislature on the same ticket, But when Butler failed to ac- eount for the school money to the legis- lature I started an investigation that ended in his impeachment and convie- tion. The eourse THE BEE has purs ued toward the impeached state officials is | perfectly honorable and consistent. When they were accused of criminal negligence and collusion with dishonest supply contractors their denial was accepted as against the assertions of political opponents. But when the charges were found to be true by a legislative investigating committee and pronounced to be impeachable offenses by a commission of able jurists, with such eonvincing proof of eriminal negli- gence and reckless disregard of a sacred trust, partisanship had to yield to good citizenship. THE BEE stood up for Ne- braska and demanded in the name BER: SUND that the law be vindicated and that faithless officials ‘bo deposed from power and place. In performing this stern duty I have neither sought to shield a friend nor punish an enemy. The impeached of- ficials cannot truthfully assert that T have a grievance agzainst any one of the people them. They have never refused me a favor and never had a chance to refuse one. They veceived the earnest | support of THE BE® in two cam- | paigns and never have been asked to contribute a dollar directly or indi- rectly. They have themselves, and themselves only, to blamo for the dis- grace that: has overtaken them. They have scandalized the party that honored them and have no right ask or ex- pect that the party shall be sacrificed and ruined in order that they may es- cape the penalty which they justly mo Tt is a disgraceful commentary that these republican state officials have as theiv chief defender the editor of a bastard democratic paper who is shame- less enough to boast that his sheet fi made public the crookedness and rank jobbery of the Dorgan cell-house contract and who parades before the publie the charges of peculation and grand larceny at the state institutions that were under their management and supervision. What a spectacle this self-confessed apologist for boodlerism and official de- linquency makes of himself when he claims the credit for exposing all these frauds last summer and when they were called to account by the legislature and before the courts pettifogs and pleads their cases under pretext that they are victims of persecution instituted by my- self. But 1 am not surprised in the least. More than a year ago J. W. Johnson, secretary of the railroad commission and manager of the railroad literary bureau, made me the proposition that for the sake of harmony he would muzzle all the little brass-collared curs that w then barking at my heels, and he also offered to silence the World-Herald if T so desived. Later on the offer was repeated by a prominent republican whose name 1 deem best to withhold. Both wvropos- itions were declined with thanks, coupled with the information that I was able to cope with my local competitor without,outside assistance. But these offers were a revelation. They afforded tangible proof that the gang at Lincoln had a string to. the demo-pop organist which they could pull at pleas- ure. Thby pulled that string very effectively when the impeachment was pending before the legislature and they will not let go their grip until the trial is over. S. ROSEWATER. EXPENSIVE DECISIONS. Recent decisions of the supreme court in cases under the tariff law will compel the treasury to refund money obtained from customs to the amount of batween $20,000,000 and $30,000,000. Under rul- ings of the Treasury department im- porters of hat trimmings have been re- quired to pay a duty of 50 per cent on these goods, which were classed as silk materials. As long ago as the Arvthur administration Secretary Folger, who made the first ruling on this question, held that silk riobons were silk goods, and as such were dutiable at 50 per cent, even though they wi imported and uced as hat trim- mings, the duty prescribed for hat trimmings being 20 per cent. The gov- ernment has ever since adhered to this view. The importers took the question to the courts and got decisions in their favor in the lower tribunals. The gov- ernment appealed to the supreme court and a few days ago the decisions of the lower courts were affirmed. It is esti- mated that the amount which the treasury has improperly collected and must refund, practically at once, is from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000. The supreme court also recently de- cided what is known as the Su- matra tobacco cases against the govern- ment, involving not less than $35,000,000, which must be refunded to the im- porters, The justice of these decisions is perhaps not tobe questioned; but they come at a most unfortunate time for the treasury, every resource of which is re- quired to meet current obligations. As the government received gold from the importers, it will, of course, ba expected to return gold to them, and the question is, where will it get the gold? It may take it from the reserve fund of $100,- 000,000, but will the secretary of the treasury venture to do this under existing conditions? It would ob- viously be hazardous to im- pair this fund for a purpose of this kind to the extent of say $20,000,- 000, yet it is not apparent what else the secretary can do. There would be noth- ing gained by paying out legal tender notes, for these could be at once pre- sented for redemption in gold, It will be seen that these decisions must in- evitably aggravate very seriously the difficulties and perplexities of the treasury situation, which, during the past two or three weeks, had been slowly improving. The effect of these decisions is to prac- tically make a gift to the importers of the amount of money which the treasury will have to refund, for they, of course, repaid themselves by adding the higher duty to the price of the goods. Having in this way received back what they had paid to tle government, the refund will come as an additional profit and is in effect a present to themout of the publie treasury, It is difficult to regard the matter with entire complacency from this point of view. If there is anything instructive in this costly lesson it is that greater care bs taken in defining avti- cles embraced in the tariff as to which there is a possibility of diverse rulings. —_— THE interview with William Lidder- dale, formerly governor and now one of the directors of the Bank of England, in which he spoke freely of the financial situation, is reassuring. This eminent authority does not regard the outlook as justifying any serious - apprehensions. He thinks that so far as the United States is concerned the financial prob- lem is a perplexing one, but he does not see in it any cause to fear & crisis. He did not sugygest any solution, but he did express the opinion, and it is important P — e from such a soures,thint the ropeal of the silver-purchase Taw would not alone cuce all theills of the financial situation, e predicted a return of gold to this coun- try in the autumn, but while this is to be expected the question is what will the treasury do in the meantime to meet the demands upon 1 'for gold? It ap- pears that the finapeial situation in Eng- land is about normml, the Australian crisis having produced less serious con- sequences than weveAnticipated, and in the opinion of Mr. Tiidderdale the worst has been experienced. Meanwhilo great interost is feit regarding the future policy of this country indealing with the hard problem that eonfronts it. THEN AND NOW. The agitation caused by the decision of the United States supreme court sus- taining the constitutionality of the Geary law causes attention to revert to the somewhat similar excitement that followed the passage of the alien and sedition law of 1708, The purposes of this law were to some extent similar to thoso of the law for the exclusion of the Chinese. The alien and sedition law gave the president authority “to order all such aliens as he shall judge danger- ous to the peace and safety of the United States, or shall have reasonable grounds to suspect are concerned in any treasonable or secret machinations against the government thereof. to de- partout of the territory of the United States within such time as shall be ex- pressed in such order.” The provisions for the enforcement of thislaw were drasthe as those enacted for the operation of the Geary law. The act was to continue in force for two years. This law, in connection with the naturalization law, which was part and parcel of the same act, was passed by the federals for the purpose of perpetu- ating their power. The political resent- ments which it created eventnally proved a dangerous menace to the life of the nation. They were the immediate cause of the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798 that originated the doctrine of nullification and the promul gation of which finally ended in the war of the rebellion. Instead of strengthening the party in administration the unpopular act broke its powor and the immediate succeeding congress established a uniform system of naturalization and so modified the law as to make the required residence of aliens five years instead of fourteen as in the act of 1798 d RELPING RAILROAD MEN. At the railroad session of the interna- tional convention §f ‘fhe Young Men's Christian association in Indianapolis the exhibit of the relations of the organ- ization to vailway itdrests and railway men disclosed soma surprising facts that are full of interest. “The influence and magnitude of the pfagtical work of this association since it ceased to be exclu- sively a religious or @vangelical agency is something enormeus. According to statistics presentedbyi C. M. Hobbs of the Denver & Ri6 Grande railroad, president of the Ublorado association, there are approximately 1,000,000 men employed in the various branches of the railway service. Another 1,000,000 are employed by the various interests de- pendent on the railways, and 1,000,000 other persons are the holders of railway securities. Estimating by the usual average that each of these classes repre- sents four others dependent on each member, there ave 15,000,000 people of this country dependent upon the railway interests for employment or support. It is, thevrefore, to the elevation of the moral and social condition of nearly one- fourth the entire population of this country that the railway branch of the work of the association is practically divected. When it is remembered that last year 500,000,000 passengers rode upon the railways of the United States, an aver- age of eight rides during the year for each inhabitant, it can be readily seen how vitally important becomes the effort to promote the eapubility and character of those upon whom the safety of the people depends. Mr. Hobbs empha- s the fact that this work in behalf of railroad men ‘‘is not & mission work in their interest,” and further gives the gratifying assuvance that its demand springs “‘on the one hand from the rec- ognition by railway managers that the demoralizing influences to which em- ployes are subjected must be counter- acted, and on the other hand from the Just demand of the men themselves for opportunities for improvement and cul- ture.” The work to which the association has addressed itself is a noble and grand one and must receive the commenda- tion of every community throughout the land. DISHONEST INDIAN AGENTS. Colorado has had its full proportion of troubles with the Indians and the people there are very well qualified to discern the causes that have led up to them. Almost'without exception in all the out- Dreaks of the aborigings in that country, since it was settled as a territory down to the late Navajos'vdisturbances, the orvigin of the \‘m-wng; outbreaks can be traced to either dha innompetency or dishonesty of the agents—incompetency to exercise wise aufhprity over the In- dians or to protect, them from trespass of dishonest men, ahd sometimes dis- honest themselves. 1ji direct dealings with their wards, w o Governor Waite ik been investigating the causes of the last $roubles that have distracted the peopls@f the region sur- rounding the reservation of the Nav- ajos. His conclusions are contained in a communication addressed to President Cloveland. He attributes the blame in this instance again tothe Indian agents, whom he shows to have been guilty of not only reprehensible carelessness and negligence, but to have pecuniarily profited thereby. They allowed these Indians to wander away from the reser- _vations on the plea of hunting, thus losing all opportunity for exercising what control they might have had over their savage inclinations for murderous attacks on the settlers. While the In- dians are absent their rations are appro- priated to the pecuniary advantage of the agents, and when they return these enterprising agents purchase the ani- wal hides they bring in for & mere pit- tanco, the profitable margin thereon going further to increase the income of the agent. The governor's urgent request for a presidential order prohinbiting Indians from leaving their reservation will doubtless receive the executive consid- oration its wisdom suggests. But it affords little satisfaction to apprehend that the agents who have rendered nec- essary the establishment of some such precautionary rule, and have profited for years by their dishonost practices, are in no way likely to bo brought to ac- count therefor, THE entire religious world is deeply interested inthe deliberations of the Presbyterian general assembly now in session at Washington, and particulacly as to the action it will take in the celo- brated case against Rev. De. Charles A. Briggs, who is charged with heresy in questioning the infallibility and iner- rancy of the bible. Dr. Briggs, who has a considerable following, teaches that the Old Testament is a collection of ancient Jewish writings, poetical and historical, which are tobe judged by the same standards and tested by the same proofs as other ancient literature, and by applying these proofs and standards he reaches conclusions which are abso- lutely irreconcilable with orthodox Pres- byterian opinion. The question, sub- stantially, to be determined by the gen- oral assembly, is whether one can hold such views and still be entitled to retain membership in the Presbytarian church. Another important matter which the assembly will consider relates to a re- vision of the Westminster confessicn. There is alarge number of Presbyterians who regarda with disfavor the d. e- trine of eternal punishment and are nct in sympathy with the Calvinistic view of the future accountability «f man. This element asks for a modification of the confession, but in view of the fact that a large ma- jority of tho presbyteries this sprit g voted against amendment it is not at all probable that the movement will receive any encouragement from the genecral as- sembly. Indeed it would seem that no more revision is possible and that either the old creed must stand unchanged or & new creed must be constructed. The Presbyterians in the United States num- ber about 1,300,000, or somawhat less than one-tenth the total membership of the Protestant demoninations, AFTER all that has been said regard- ing the requirements of etiquette in re - ceiving the Infanta Iulalie, who comes to the United States as the official rep- resentative of the royal house of Spain, the simplicity of her reception is-note- worthy. President Cleveland did not g0 to the train upon the arrival of the princess in Washington. as some of the exponents of etiquette said he should do, but sent as his representative Secretary Gresham, who seems to have acted hi part with admirable discretion and gal- lantry. The royal lady was driven to her hotel in the president's carriage and was cordially greeted by the people, an attention with which she expressed herself weil pleased. Yesterday morning she called upon the president at the white house and in the afternoon the call was re- turned by Mrs. Cleveland and the ladies of the cabinet. The chief executive of the republic has not gone out of his way to extend any unusual courtesies to the representative of the Spanish mon- archy, and so far there has been no com- plaint that the Infanta Kulalie has nt received proper consideration. On th¢ contrary the lady herself appears to be entirely satisfied with her treatment and is already saying pleasant things about this country and its people. The indications are that she is a very sensible woman and as such did not expect that this governmen wou'd attempt to emulate the manners and customs of European courts in gi ing her welcome. She may be assured that during her sojourn among the American people she will be accorded the respect and attention due to a lady of her sta- tion, and will be given ample oppor- tunity to learn that no other people can be more hospitable and courteous. THE original design for the federal building at Omaha contemplated a granite superstructure. This plan was adhered to in the construction of the basement walls and up tothe water table. Now it is proposed as a matter of economy to substitute sandstone for granite for the remainder of the building. This would be a piece of cheese-paring economy that would mar the beauty and impair the stability of the great structure. The original de- sign should by all means be adhered to. A change from granite to sandstone would be a serious blunder which we hope the department will not perpetrate. THE Nebraska manufacturers have enpended a great deal of timeand money in an effort to make the exposition which opens in this city tomorrow night asuccess. The exhibits are much more numerous and more elaborate than a year ago, more outside manufacturers are represented and much more interest has been taken. The one thing now needed to insure success is the attend- ance of the people of Omaha. The num- ber of visitors from interior points in the state promises to be large, but it is to the Omaha people especially that the management look for encouragement, THE people of the United States, and especially the investors, will look with suspicion upon the efforts now being made to reorganize the great Reading combination. Tuhe Philadelphia 7'imes points out the fact that ‘‘unless all facts, figures and records have ceased to be finger boards for the future, the pro- prosed reorganization is simply a de- libeate preparation for another crash in Reading values.” Political Independence Kebuked, Washington Post. ‘When Mr, Bascom Myrick, editor of the Ameoricus (Ga.) Times-Reporter, criticised Mzr. Cleveland in his newspaper & year ago he dug a doep, deep grave for his diplomatic aspirations. He did not know it at the time, perhaps, or he ht not have dug so indus- i y, )uglhu no:a it now, nniu‘?l h': gazes sorrowfully at fiwd gray qui wishes, no doubt, that he had spent the summer of '3 sawing wood or cotton rather thaun in discussing candidates for the Chicago nomination, JUDGED BY THE PROPLE Wayno Democrat: The defense in the impenchment trial at Lincoln is vory weak all the way through, but the attempt to make the court think the oMoials were over worked, and therofore not responsible for the stealings, would make a horse laugh, Papillion Times: The action of Judges Maxwell and Post begin to give hope to the general public that the impeached state of. ficinls may bo punished for their crimes Perhaps the judges are only fooling, but certainly their side remarks during the trial indicate that they give weight to the damaging testimony against the acoused. Arapahoo Mirror: The impeachment trials are still on, and ovidence is piling up that tho state was looted by the gang to a greater extent than at first supposed. The defense is depending on the one point to clear themsolves, that of claiming ignorance of the stealing. They are not attempting to bring cvidence to vindicato themselves, as they boasted they would, but depend on the republican supreme court to clear them to save the republican party. Blair Pilot: The impeachment trial has reached a stage where oven the defense practically admits gross stealings and un- limited corruption, but the effort is trained now not to deny the facts so much as te place the responsi some irre sponsible persons. ought surely to Any course, however vile and They fancy that the other mem! supreme bench are ready to apply the wh wash brush 1o the dark characters they a called unon to consider and adjudge, an that Maxwell, that rock of judieial integri Alone stands in their way, But they fail in their demoniacal ofa'nrls The peop! will say, if Justice Maxwoll 18 on ono s and the other members of the boneh are & on the other side, that Justice Maxwell right. Justice may be defoated, as it ofter has in Nebraska, but our follow-citizen Juage Maxwell, will never be a party to | and the monopoly lickspittles who are ne howling at his hy notice. ) CLEVER ST Philadelphia Rocord: “ITow *hout you? 1 the Iatest nonsonsicad salutation among thost who consider themselves fly, Somerville dourn When It comes to cur: tan lectures, man wints but little hero below and wants that little short. | “What dfd he find whet he gas-pipe leak?" Chicago Tribune he looked inty “A Dl for § Washington Star: “It strikes me,” said the politiciun reflectively, “that up to date a grea; many nore ple have heen turned dows than have been turned out 1t 1 aln't Plttsburg Disp: he responsible for the acts | 1ato. T think [ h chinee 1o make o wh wnd doings of an. He wa Tot of monoy in ¢ f s ; A Whatt are you going oln creating and should daddy ¥ to ROt the Priviiogs of Cutting ap the ONlcAgd L he stole $16, t ] river and selling 1t in the form of souven his bills as the testimony | canes. is but one inforence and no — dodging will change it. It is quite probable Detroit Free Pros: that the probe hasmnot yet reached the | Indifferent to me. bottom of this festering sore, ke oI s he impeachment trials | but since that T have [ Nebraska's corrupt state offi shady. the supreme court are daily dis ortant facts, going to v nutically the state has been villaged by her faithless servants. When ve consider this matter in counection with ihe insane nsylum steals and the Capital National bank robbery, the actual loss to chie stace will probably amount to $1,000,000 wnd over; and yet taxpayers are asked to stand up for Nebraska and the grand old arty. For the first time in twenty-five s, we are pl that the people now standing up for braska and sit- ing down on the men who have been instru- “talin plundering it. Let the good work goon, Ho—Why are you rling? Only & month anshine of your life. T thought then you w earned you were ves indianapolls Journai: Maud-—~1 told papi that if he would let me g0 to town tomorrow * | would only spend the day. Mabel did ho say? Maud--He was mean onough to hold me to |, and didn't glve mo a t obbed and 1 Somervill man has roy of an hour, almost any kind of enough for him to stop and admire. Atchison Globe: There {s nothing that so iné! creuses & man's dosiro to work in the garder as the discovery that his wife has misplaced the rake. 9 Washington Star: Thore once was a pateiot ] r Creek Times: And still the im- onel, whose pleas for a pluce were diolonel, edings at Lincoln continue | When he found that the door would he opened matter what the final de. | MO wore his feclings woro something infolonel urt may be, enough has X TR \lready been developed fully to justify the legislature and all those who have favored he prosecution. In their defense it looks as though the most the defendants hoped for was to make such a showing as to afford the rtat least somo plausible excuse for an uittal. Tt is to be hoped that in their de- 1 the court will not be intiuenced by any ronsiderations of poli It is a stand- ing d ‘e to the legal profession and our law courts that big crimin cked by in- tiuence and money, allowed to escape through the meshes of the law, while crimi- s from the common herd are so often, and aps justly, made to suffer the full pen- alty of their crimes, srand Island Independent: The York Press makes the false accusation that the republican papers are “industriously' de- fending the impeached state officials. There is only one so-called republican paper which wets in that and that is the State Jour- nal of Lincolu, which is not so much 1 pudlican as a railroad paper. Tie OMAnA Bek, the most influentinl republican paper of Nebraska, has done signal sorvice for the prosecution of the o ionists and for the impeachment of th. reless state sihicials. And th rge majority of the re- vublican papers have approved of the im- peachment proceedings and have refused to shelter in any way the guilty men, though shey beloug to the republican party. A few of the subordinate republicau papers m have followad in the wake of the Journal, but they do not vepresent the party any more than the Journal does, Norfolk Journal: Republican newspapers make nothing for their party by el ng that the impeachment. of state officials sort_of persecution instizated by Tnr Osana Bee. It matters not how much of SIMPLE TRICKS, 3 Kansas City Jowrnal, Columbus stood an egg on end, Four hundrod years ago, By slightly breaking its trail shell— A simple trick, you know; nd Mrs, Pott By driving straight a nail into ‘A hole already bored. Revolu San Fran i ds of Cubs announce that the great uprising that island upside; down aud shake off Spanish shackles has been set for June. Their thoughtfulness is ! equal to that of a burglar who would send word to the police that he intended at a cer- 1 tain hour to break into a bank. There is reason to fear that the filibuster of the ! period carries his weapon poorly concealea s between his teeth, S A DAILY HINT FROM PARIS, Europs m Edition New York Herald, personal spleen have Mr Rosewater in the raking ho given the st are of an im- i peachable ishment th publican 2 does not aid in ridding the state house of their presence. Whether the offcials at- tacked hav ceived uny benefit whatever from the looting of the state treasury by the Dorgans and the asylum contractors or not, they have certainly own i carelessness and lack of geod business judgment that i censurable n the highest degree. * The dis- graced state officials belong to the class of men that the republican party of Nebraska must drop into the back seats with a dull, sickening thud unless it desires to become nractically an unknown quantity in the poli- tics of the state, A YACHTING COSTUME, ‘White cloth cap with arms of club. Dress entirely of white molleton, with blue lawn) shirt and 1880 cravat of dark blue grenadine; - THE HOUSE OF NEVER. Chicago Dispateh, Maxwell Wi The house of never is built, they sa, Dodge C Just over the hills of the by-and-Dy, g s g o roached by a devious wa but in angel’s eye, 1t winds about and in and out The hills and dales to sever; Once over the hills of the by-and-by And you are lost In the house of neves on Judge condemned the most vicious and outrageous that has ever appeaved in that scurrilcus sheet. It seems to be the policy of the Lincoln State Journal and ts automatic jumping jucks, of which the Tribune is chief, to attempt to breuk down the impeachment case by a furi- ous onslaught upon all who essay to stand for honest government and the right and prerogatives of the people. It is a well- tablished fact that Justice Maxwell is incor ruptible and that it the law and the e dence are againsy the ofticials on t s great influence and power wiil be exerted in bringing them to swift and retributive J Ho stands in the sight of the corrup the state as Mordecalin Haman's v to dispose of him they ready 1o stoop to Rgenerally Tho house of never Is filled with waits, With Just-in-a-minutes and pretty soons; The noiso of thoir wings as they beat tho gate: Comes baek to earth in the afternoons, When shudows fly across the sk / And rush—rude cndeavor— K To question the hills of the by-and-by | As they usk for the house of nevers Tho house of nover was huilt with toars, ad lost in the hills of the by-and-by 3 wonillion hopes and a miliion fears, ( by's suilo and a woman's cry; g The winding way seoms bright today, } darkness falls forever, For over the hills of the by-and-by Sorrow waits In the house of never. Y4 Largest Manutaotursrs aul Ryt allacs of Clothiug lu tha Worl L An Invitation, They came with their hatchets, their crow= ) ol | bars and picks. They scraped off the plas- ter and knocked out the bricks; tore out the partition, the stairway and all, and at last they’ve com- pleted that hole in the wall. Now we = feel like expressing ourelves in a yell. For the muss that we've been in has simply been —tough.—Yes, the new store is ready, or it will be by Wednesday. We hope to be forgiven for all we've said in the papers about that hole in the wall, and we invite everybody to come and see us Wednesday evening. We're going to hold a reception and give away—just turn to page 17 of today’s paper and you'll see all about it. BROWNING, KING & CO., { 8 W. Cor. 16th and Douglas Sts. Stoee every evealagztlll 6.3% Betiraay gl ¥