Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 9, 1893, Page 4

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The Bee in Chi Tae DALY nnd Suspay DEe is Phicago at the following places Palmoer honse Grand Pacifie hotel. Auditorium hotel Gront Northern hotel. Gore hotel Leland hotel Wells It. 8izcr, 189 Stato stroot Files of Tne Ber can bo seen at the Ne- raska buildin nd the Adminisiration build- ng, Exposition erounds |== BWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Etato of Nebraska, i County 0f Dovglas, | George I'. Trrchuck, secretary of Tnr HEE pub. Jishing compnny, does solemnly awear (hat tho otual oireniation of TiE DAILY BEE for the weok ending Jur 1604, was follows: unday. \‘|n?‘ o on salo in 0015 3,001 nesdny, My Thursday, duno | Friduy. Juno 2 Baturday, Juno Bworn 1o heforo mo and subseribod in my pros enco thisid day of Junc, P, FEIL. Notary Pubiio = 2 Average Circulation for May, 1803, 24,174 e e THE Chicago savings banks appear to be all right. Eleven of them withstood & panic among their depositors and paid out $750,000 the first day of the run. THE Plattsmouth man who has boen golected by Congressman Bryan to suc- ceed the republican postmastor of that Bity does not propose to take any chances. TaE federal courts have ordered the | World's fair gates closed on Sundays. The state courts have ordered them opened. The result will be awaited with considerable interest. GENERAL J. B. WEAVER i8 frantically calling for an “‘industrial congress” to organize the country against the im- pending crisis. The country has long looked tpon the gencral as something of an impending crisis himself, and they aro consequently already woll organized against him. MR. DWIGGINS, the Chicago financier who pulled down some forty banks by his dishonest methods of doing business, 48 highly indignant over the action of an Indiana grand jury in bringing an indictment against him. He protests that he acted in “‘perfeet good faith” in all his transactions. HAVING boyeotted the Young Men's Republican club at Lincoln because Hon. G. M. Lambertson was one of the invited the impeached state officials have now undertaken to boycott THE BEE'S representative in the capital oity. There isa widespread opinion all over Nebraska that the recently *vindi- cated” officials boycotted the interests of the state during their entire first term of office. fruests, NEBRASKA people have no reason to feel ashamed of the ceromonies attend- ing tho dedication of the state building at tho World's fair yesterday. The pa- rade was the most unique yet seen on the grounds, and the exercises received more attention from the visitors than any other celebration that has taken place since the fair opened. It wasa reat day for Nebraska and a great day for the fair, AMONG the ringing utterances in | Governov McKinley's specch yesterday in acceptance of his renomination, one chimes out sbove all others as an in- spiration of the hour for every citizen frrespective of party predilection, “This is the time,” he, *for all good citizens to help inspire faith in the future and dispel foar and apprehension now so0 prevalent in business and finan- cial circl, said Prorri are wondering who is to be appointed Secretary Morton's first as- sistant to succeed Edward Willetts. There are said to be over twenty appli- cations on filo for the position, the most prominent of which is that of ex-Gov- ernor Glick of Kansas. It is thought, however, that George W. Hill, chief of the publication division of tue depart- ment, may be promoted to the place. The appointment will likely be announced within a day or so. No oNE who understands the confiden- tial relations that exist botween Presi- dent Cleveland and Mr. George W. Childs, publisher of the Philadelphia Ledger, will doubt that paper speaks by suthority, when itsays: "It has been reported, as if by authority, and the re- port hus been reiterated again and again by tho newspapor press of the count, that President Cleveland has positively stated, or distinetly intimated that in ordoer to procure additional reve- nues for the government he intendod to recommend to congress tho revival of the inquisitorial, discriminating and obnoxious income tax. This report is conspicuously inexact, as the president has not only neither stated nor inti- mated, but has even not considered the question of recommending or sug- gesting to congress the reimposition of the most odious and unpopular of all the war taxes, which was tolerated only bocause of the great necessities of the government and the abounding pa- triotism of the people, which induced them to cheerfully make any sacrifices to maintain intact the Integrity of the union.” This should, and probably will, | put an end to the further discussion of | mey is one of imp THE PENITENTIARY CONTRACT The decision of the Nubraska supreme | court, handed down this week throngh the supreme court m, in the case of tho state against the defunct Commercial and Si bank of Kear The eourt de the § mm vings ance cides, in brief, that in nding w | affairs of an lvent under the atatutes the of such bank take shall sary to 1o socure possession of the assets of the bank This point in itsell signific but, going still further, the court holds that “whore parties . by the fraud- ulent conduc or their cents, obtained possession of the assets of an insolvent return to the may bo ne steps 88 enable him is hav of themsoives ble to bank and un: rof are rec such insoivent bank the said assets in kind, such parties | will be held for tho value thereof. The state of rectly and vitally interested in this de- cision, and especially in the elause quoted above. The defunct Capital Na- tional bank at Lincol indebted to the to the amount of 5,000, portion of of of the have been mporarily at beyond of ereditors. The validity of fers is to be tested in the state ipon the hasis of suits already instituted, Up to the present time howeve logal represeutatives of the stato have taken no steps to recover from the bank or any of its oflic steckholders the large amount due the to striet aceountability Nehraska fs itsell di- state Al tho « placed, t the re the tra courts ors bank least, the s or state. (me months before thoe suspension of the bank, C. W. Mosher transferred the prison contract, together with the valu- able plant of buildings and machinery used in its operation to his azent and foreman, W. fI. Dorgy The State Beard of Public Lands and Buildings has never recognized Dorgan as the owner of the contract the connected with it, but has a year continued to make monthly scttlements with C. W, Mosher. All warrants for the payment of the claims against the state for the caro and maintenance of prisoncrs are drawn payable to Mosher and that gen- tleman has drawn something like 34,000 per month from the state treasury since his embezzlements were discovered. The board, therefore, still recognizes Mosher as the ownor of the contract. Lo all intents and purposes, thevefore, Mosher is still in possession of assets amounting in value to several hundred thousand dollars. These assets ar untouched by either ecreditor or re- ceiver. The transfer to Dorgan was boyond the question of & doubt fraudulent. Tt wouid seem that tho state of Nebraska would be perfectly justified in seizing the assets connected with the prison contract to protect it- solf against loss through the peculations of the contractor. Attorney General Iastings as the legal member of the Board of Public Lands and Building evidently holds to the view that Mosher is still the prison contracter, sinco through his assent the monthly settle- ments are still made with Mosher. He 1, then, hardly escape the conviction that Mosh is still in possession of the prison contract property and that he can, according to the language of the supreme court, be **held to a striet ac- countability for the value thereof.” It cortainly secms as if here v opportunity for the attorney general and the receiver of the Capital National bank to come together in an action to recover assets which beyond question have been transferred to W. . Dorgan with a deliberate purpose to defraud legitimate ereditors The attorney general evidently doos not believe that Dorgan is legally in possession of the prison contract or he would advise the Board of Public Lands and Buildings to recognize him in its monthly settlement for the care and maintenance of the state's prisoners. If he will, then, actively bestir himself in an offort to recover property from the hands of a man who holds it by virtue of an illegal transfer he will do much to relieve himself of the weight of popular distrust which still bears heavily upon him in spite of his recent vindication by a portion of the supreme court, or s an THE COMBINES MU, he influence of the vention at Chicago w somewhat im- puired by the fact that politics was obtruded, but there was no difference of opinion among the delegates as to the necessity of stringent national and state legislation for the pr ntion of ms of combination in restraint of trade The resolutions adopted make a moderate but unequivocal demand for prompt and vigorous action, hoth by federal and state governments, looking to tho complete extinetion of unlawful combinations destroying competition in production of exchanges. Thoy urge the creation of & permanent association ts be known as th anti-trust asso- ciation of the United States, which shall consist of three representatives from from each state and territory, and also recommend the organization of an anti- trust association in each state and torri- tory ““for the purpose of aiding such na- tional association in seeuring uniform legislation and the rigid execution of laws for the most speedy suppression and final eradication of said trusts and com- binations." These TGO, anti-trust con- are good suggestions which ought to be put into effect without delay. What is manifestly needed to arouse popular sentiment in this matter so that its inlluence may felt upon the federal and stato legislatures is organization and concerted coffort, which will bo sceured by the plan sug- gested by the convention, A scattering warfare against the combinations will have little effect. There must be a united and determined movement on the part of the people of all the states in order to bring about the desired re sult. Only in this way will the repre sentatives of the people in congress and the legislatures and their servants in executive oftices get a real what the people demand and at the same time be brought to understand that those who are not disposed to accede to the wishes of the people be Zing sense of this watter, must pay the penalty of popular re- pudiation. It was well resolved all | .f!._\v the convention that cach mem- use honorable means the election to . whether lceal, stato or federal, of only anti-trust sentiment and determination to most endeavor to crush and exterminate all trusts and monopolies complete con idence can be had., 1t is necossary that bor ovory in his power to ofMee those secnre in whose fear- s use this question be kept prominently be- | fore the people whenever they are called { upen to elect public officials and no man logis- | should be nominated for any offic lative executive, who will not give unqualified assu to all forms of monopoly If tho plan of organization suggested tho Chieago convention be generally or b, dopted and the efforts contemplated be | vigorously made, the days of trusts and all combinations in restraint of trade will be numbered. In the meantime, poople will expect action by the federal authorities under existing law. It has been promised that the Department of Justico would preceed as soon as practi- cabie to enforce the federal anti-trust law, making the first attack against some of the larger trusts. There is rea- son to bolieve that this is the intention, and the country will wait patiently for evidenes of it. The law has never yet had a proper test and one is nceded in order to determine whether or not it is nt. In any event the combines must go. THE OIt10 REPUBLICANS, Governor MeKinley is again the sjandard bearer of the Ohio republi- His renomination was conceded from the moment he signified his will- ingness to again be a candidate and at no time has there been manifested any opposition to his candidacy. He has made a creditable record as governor, he Imittedly the most popular ve- publican in the state, he has no factional ns. | differences or entanglements, he is an intrepid and aggressive leader, and he vepresents a policy which is especially strong in Ohio. All these conside tions, together with his high character as o man, gave him the highest possible claim to the endorsement of his party and Governor McKinley fully merited a renomination by acelamation. The speech of the governor in accept- ing the nomination is characteristic. There is no timidity and no equivocation about it. He recognizos the [a that republicanism will have a severe test in Ohio this year, becauso it is the co eted ficidt of the opposition and they will center all their offorts there. Yet he thinks that with unity, harmony and courage the republican party will tri- umph. The party appears at present to be harmonious, and there isno reason to apprehend that it will not continue 50, but that it will have very hard work to retain power may as well bo frankly admitted. Governor McKinley was elected in 1891, the year before the pre dential clection by a plurality of 21, 511, The plurality for Harrison in 1892 was only 1,072, This great change in the republican vote of Ohio in a single yea does not warrant a strong feeling of con- fidence in republican succoss in 1893, with a democratic administration in power at Washington and nothing ap- pealing to republicans likely to develop their full strength in the election. Of course a great deal will depend upon whether the democracy is harmonious and also upon the character of the can- didates of that varty. There is no lack of uspirants and the tendency of this is to create factions. Indeed there is some factional conflict now, which threatens to become move pronounced, but it will not be safe to count much upon this. The democrats of Ohio, however much they may quarrel among themsely before a campaign, are pretty sure to ot together when the campaign is on and to get out their strength on election day. They will have & more than ordinarily strong incentive to do this the present year and with the influence of the national administration to help them they will undoubtedly make a very hard fight to win Ohio. Obviously it would bea victory that would giv tho party great prestige. To carry McKinloy's own stato with McKinley as the leader of his party would a trinmph that could not fail to act as a stimulus to the demc everywhe: The republican candidate unde stands this, and it is safo to predict that e will make his fight as possible. His challenge to the oppos tion isto meet the republicans apon every line of controversy, state or na- tional, which divides the partics. The probability is that national issues will enter most largely into the discussions of the canvass. It will be a long camvaign, so far as the repubticans are concerned, and the dom of making the nominations at dy a date, particularlyin view of the fact that there was no opposition to the candidates for renomination, is not apparent. Long campaigns are tedious and expensive, and the party responsi- ble for them is not usually the gainer, be aggressive ¢ wis 80 THE reports that the next house of reprosentatives will show a majority of 40 or 50 votes for free silver coinage are not well founded. Of the 218 democratic members of the Fifty-thira congress, at least ninety can be safely counted on as uncompromising opponents of free coin- age, leaving about 123 in favor of fres coinage. Tho republican membership of the house is about 127, and it will requiro only ninety of these votes against iree coinage o defeat it. The bresump- tion is that not more than eight are radical free coinage men, leaving, say 120 opposed to that policy. These, with ninety democrats, would make 210 sound money members, and leave only 146 of all parties to vote for free coinage. This is an »xtreme estimate of the honest money strength, says the Washington corre- spondent of the Springfield Kepublican, for there are seversl ropublicans in lowa, Michigan and Kansas whose views on the subject are looso, and who will probably vote for free coinage just be- cause Cleveland is against it. These people, however, are not numerous enough to carry a majority of the house into the free coinage column, and it is as certain as anything can be in politics, says the correspondent, that the jority of the house is against free age. A few may coin- refuse to vote for who are exponents of the | their utter- | uee of his opposition | wa- | THE OMAHA DAILY BR of not strong ropeal would but the vote Sherman law who for free coinage, argidménts will be m even with the free silver men why the should vote, as thay did in 1500, against that measure. Tt will be seen from these figures, which undatbtedly are at least | approximately correct, that it will be | in tho power of the.republicans of the house to determind what legislation there shall bo regarding silver, and this gives great in t to the question as to what course they will pursue. Tt is doubtless safe to predict that they will | be found in the next congress as in the last one on the right side of this issue. oros A REPORT upon the agricultural re- sources of Wyoming and the progress and status of their development has just been sent out by the gricultural de- partment. The data gathered through government agents and correspondent was compiled by Hon. John W. Hoyt, governor of the territory. The re- port is especially interesting in that Wyoming affords an exceptional field for agricultural inquiry, its cultivated arcas have an average alti- tude greater than those of any other political division of the United States, | with a consequent need of irrigation. Respecting the government helps al- voeady accorded the territory and state in common with othe Mr. Hoyt re- marks one great and important condi- tion yet to be fulfilled to assure Wyc ming’s agricultiral future, namely, “such judicious revision of the land laws as will bettor adapt them to the peculiar needs of the arid region”” He thinks that if it be not deemed wise to bestow all the unsettled lands of the government upon the states, to be man- aged by them under proper restrictions, “then congress should itself early solve the problem by securing to the pe ple of these vast districts the means of more equitably and fully utilizing both the grazing and the agricultural lands of the state.” ox because THE celebrated Choctaw finally boen allowed by department, claim has the Treasury It amounts in round num- bers to $3,000,000, and will be paid out to tho Choctaws and Chickasaws per capita as soon as the census can be com= pleted. The delegation of thiree persons employed by the Indians in 1889 to press their claims has been paid 20 per cent of the amount, but J. Hale Sypher and the whole raft of lobbyists who at- tempted to blackmail the delegaticn first and then the Indians, arc cut off without a cent. THE imminent decapitation of the Irish patriot, Edward O'Meagher Con- don, by the headsman of the Treasury department, is exeiting comment. Sec- retary Carlisle himself is the grandson of an Irishman, vut he has little regard for an Trish republican, and it is given out that Mr, Condon will walk the plank ina fow days. Vociferous Joys, New Yo ribune, Tt is the policy of the Cleveland adminis- tration, according to the mugwump prese, to make removals from the fourth-class post- oftices only when charges agamst the incum- bents are sustained. When Maxwell learns of this he will lean on the handle of his ax long enough to laugh a long, low Liugh, the sort of a laugh commonly known &s a chuckle. / ALt L Intempe perance. Chicago Jowrnal, If the extremists, the intemperates in the temperance cause, would rid themselves of the notion that ' character can be recon- structed, except from within, and would te their aims practical instead of vision- ary, they might hopo for some approxima- tion to their ideas. But when they repudi- ate the only workable vlan in the way of re- form that has yet been tried and denounce it as a compact with the devil they help to defeat their own ulterior purpose. phd b End of the Chapter. Springficld (Mass ) Republican, ‘The withdrawal of the cases Carnegie ofiicials on Saturday, the Homestead viots, closed hapter in the annalsof industrial warfar in tho United States. It is o year today, lacking one month, since the battlo betwe the strikers and Pinkertons on the banks of the Monongahcla. 1T there were any crimes committed at that time tho courts have ab solutely failed to punish_the guilty ones. “The michinery of justice has becn impotent, and if the case is ever tried it will be in the pages of history. 4 resulting from a memorable LR ST Grover's Perehant for Surpriscs, Phitadelphia Press. President Cleveland has a queer way of making appointments sometimes. For post- master ot Now York ho has appointed o man who wis not an_applicant for the positio Two years ago Mr. Dayton was a county democrat. When that organization dis- banded e joinea Tammany. He is, there forea recent convert to Crokerism. The president scems to have pursued a course that would steer him clear of the brealkers, while at the same time_he cannot be said 10 have really pleased cither faction of the New York democ Tammany will doubt- less claim a victory, buthow can there be a victory when there was no contest. And Mr, Dayton’s mame has nover boen men- tioned in connection with the oftice. <ol oo Mr. Watterson Stops Out of Polltios, Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.) Now, more than ever before, it shall be the purpose and poliey of the Courier-Journal to abstain from interest in the concrete affairs of tho party. Its cditor hassavin st three national democratic conyen- tions against his own expressed desire and protest. He never expects again to cross the threshold of a political convention, state or national, or to mike a political speech | He hus served his tuen and has earned his release. His place is hero in this ofice, and his service for good b for ill in these col- umns, ‘There ought! 't bo some one who wants nothing, who ean neither be bougnt nor bullied, and who muy bo trusted at all times to write the trath, as he sees it, for truth's sake, and for the advantage of no clique or fact “[hat duty the editor of the Courier-Journal has always sot mself, and to it as long us hgliyes he will continuo to address himself, e — — DECLINE IN IMPORTS, OxauA. JuneS.—To she Editor of Tug By The leading nowspavers: of the country are just now rejoicing oves the recent decline in imports as a means of ‘checking the outflow of gold. Four express this feeling among the | half column of quotations on the | situation which you publish this morning, namely the Indianapolis Journal, the Chi cago Inter Ocean, the Boston Advertiser and the New York Times, representing opinion both cast and west. Now history shows | that large imports are the rule in times of prosperity, a fact especially noticeablo since the civil war. When we are prosperous we buy largely, not only of home products, but foreign; when, as at present, there comes a financial stringency, the amouut of our pur chases from both sources falls off. Unde the high tariffs of the last thirty years, large imports having been a sign of prosperity, one cannot but fecl regret for this reason at | seeing them diminish Au_ intercsting consideration suggests itself in this connection. If the promised | low democratic tariffl were now in forec volume of our iWports would probably in crease at the preseut time, under its encour- | agement, aud thus aggravate the evil of gold | exports from which the country 1s suffering. T, F, B, business I GUILTY, BUT NOT PROVE] | _Gothenburg Star: In the next camps the Nebraska ropublicans will be on the de | fensive with a cudgel in the shape of Chief | in tho | | dustice Maxwell's dissenting opinion hands of the opposition. There's fun ahead, politically speaking, and the ropublicans may as well prepare to face the music | Oakland Times: Chief Justico Maxiell deserves great honor for doing his sworn duty. He has the courage to do right and dared face the entire republican party (the | party that gave him his position) and deliver | an Tonest ovinion in accordance with the testimony in the impeachment cases. Chief Justice Maxwoll says the stato officers wero guilty of gross neglect and acts of omission if not of commission Kearnoy Telogram: Chlef Justico Max well has earnod the titlo of ‘'the ereat dis senter.” A peculiarity of his dissensions is that they aro always sustained aw and evidence and vniformly on the side of jus- tico. Without a desire or intention to im- pugn tho actions of the other honorable judges on the bench, the Telogram belicves that Judge Maxwell is today the best judge | of law and evidence, moro freo from th | taint and corruption of corporate powe | than any man who ever held a like position in Nebraska. The people long ago found out that Judgo Maxwell, though a republican, would not bias his decision to suit his party’s whims Plattsmouth Journal: According to logic of the majority ovinion of the supreme court the impoached officers were “guilty,” but it was “not proven” That's the long and short of it. The judges admit that the harges of gross fraud and stealing from the dtato wore proven as changed, but aver thav it was not sufficiently proven that the stato officers had a guiliy knowledge of it or articipated in {t. Judge Maxwell, however, the noblest Roman of them all," has no h hairsplitting ideas in _the matter, but concludes, as does every unbiased man, that these many wrongs woro the result of a corrupt condition of mind of these oficers, and each act of the robbers was a part of the system which the officials allowed to o on unrebuked. Thero was corruption going on everywhere becauso the state ofticers winked at it and shut their eyes toit. A partisan court cannot cover up the facts from the people. Fremont Herald: The supreme court has rendered its decision in the impeachment cuse—Post and_Norval for acquittal and Chief Justice Maxwell for conviction—as acknowledged by the majority opinion. *The action of the boird in selecting Dorgan us the ropresentative of tho state was highly censurable as unbusinesslike ‘and wanting w intolligent regard for the intevest of the public which tho state exacts from its officers.” This is practically the acknowl- cdgment of the acensed officials themselves, ved this man for $50 a month, knowing he had also the contract for ercet- ing the cell house—ho was to watch Dorgan and sce that he was honest! Further than this, the majority opinion acknowledges that “throuch the negligence. incompetency or fraud of a superintondent of coustruction the state was chargod for building material greatly in excess of the reasonabie or mar. ket value thercof and for labor which had not been performed. The bills reudercd therefor were presented in the usual course of business and allowed by the Board of Public Lands and Buiidings.” And all this time they kept Dorgan in charge of the work, who himself nover pretended to be honest and laughs at the mention of it. “Out of their own mouths are they con- demned.” ‘braska City Noews Humphrey and Hastings, the three stato officials who have escaped impeachment at the hands of a partisan court, were acquitted on a technicality. They probably do not care how they’ escaped, just sothey es- caped. But the court seemsnow the one to be censured. The two judges—Post and Norval—admit that the hiring of Dorgan by the Board of Public Lands and Buildings was censurable from a business standpoint. That is about what the people think. The court admits that the state was charged an exorbitant price for building material, but the board audited the bills 1 good faith, so that lets them out The ' appropriation of §700 for a junketing trip to visit other prisons, wa also made in good faith. The chaplain's ox- penses to the prison congress was also paid in good faith, even if the people did foct the bill. “The “good faith” idea is now dropped, and in dealing with the coul frauds the ex- cuse is that the board had so many duties to perform they could not attend to all of them. By reason of the board being so busy the state Is out £12,000, and the same plead- ing answers for all other char, That may be law, but to theaverage business man it is not sound scuse. The ofiicers were elected to wateh tho interests of the people but they failed todoso, and to plead that they did not have time 10 attend to thei duties is to plead incompetency and they should have been removed. the Messers. Allen, s SMASHING THE TRUSIS, Chicago Record: Considering the manner in which the convention v cd—the governors of the various states picking out delegates at random—the final outcomo is mething to be appreciated, even though rtain members felt called upon to organize a parlor convention in order tosend broad- t thoir untried ideas about the manage- ment of trusts, Chicago Inter Ocean: The temper of the people is hostile to trusts, and it will manifest atself severely toward ofticers who prove to bo timid or dilatory in effort to suppress them hie convention that has just adjourned was thoroughly representative of the national character, was composed in great part of able men, and has given utterance to- senti- ments expressive of the national fechr Chieago Tribune: Those who have en- riched themselves by operating trusts in the past and who hope to have the ehance of ab- | sorbiug other milhons in the future on sub- | stantiaily the same plan have o way of mak- ing their fluence felt in the councils of the states and the nation, and evea in the oftices of the men who are or may be charged with with the duty of bringmg them to account for their misuceds. This influency must be | counteracted by the voice of the people, if at all ow York World : ficulty in procuring There is not much the passage of such anti‘trust| Jaws anywhere. But the con vention will doa great serviee af it will do- vise a form of law that the law ofiicers of the nation and the states will undertake to enforce and enn enforce. The pretext for nonenforcement now made is the aificulty of procuring evidence that will sufiice to make a case. The ofticers of the trusts employ the ablest lawyers in the conntry to enable them to cvade the statutes without ereat danger of going to jail, Chicago Post: 1t appoars that a_conven- tion sitting on the solitary plank, “*Bust the Trusts,” cannot endure.” It lacks clements necessary to coherence, It is speedily di vided against itself, ond instead of *Dust- ing" is ~busted.” "That has been the fate of the congress called the “anti-trust con vention"” which has just gone to flinders in this city. Therewere many wise men in the convention, but there were also Tommy Morgan and Sig. Ig. Donnelly; and the life of the meeting was short. Singular, isn't it? how successful these two distinguished anti-monopolists alwaysare in breaking up anti-wonopoly movewments, ——— XTHA SESSION, Chicago Record: With reasonable cer- tainty of early action by congress restoring sound financisl conditions the pubhic will throw off whatever apprehensions it may have had and will apply itself to the enjoy- ment of that prosperity which is the right- ful possession of this great nation, New York World: The message which the president gives to the country today is an carnest and SCEiGUS ONe APPIOPrALo to the occasion. 1t is characterized by an ex plicit faivness concerning his intentions re- garding the extra session of congress and by some wise counsel zegarding the duty of the people in the present circumstances Denver Republican: President Cleveland says he will call congress together in Sep- tember to r al the Sherman silver law. President Harrison signed that law, and if he had been re-clected last November there would be no talk now about its repeal. Evi- dently a vote for Cleveland via Weaver last November was not a good thing for sil Chicago Tribune: That which is needed is coufidence that cannot be tored by presideatial entreaties so long as existing financial conditions continue. The vast store of idle silver must be utilized at its commer- cial value in the redewption of paper issued againstit. When that is done the ragin sea of distrust and panic will be calmed Coufidence will return and all will be at peace. Cannol the president sce this, and al THE seeing it take tho necessary action eall congress together at once? New York Tribune: An extra scssion has been regarded as inevitable ever sinco the new administration cameo in, and now Mr. Cleveland thinks the time has come to [ let the country know just what his inten tion is. His reluctance to call such a sos sion is woll understood, but he scems to have reached the conclusion that it isa choice between that ovil and ar one Globe-Democrat: The president’'s an nouncement that he will call nextra ses sion of congress is exces ngly gratifying to the country. It shows that he is thoroughly alive to the portls with which we are throat ened from the continuance of our present financial policy, and _that he will use all the powers with which ho is endowed to avert them or to minimizo them. 1t would have been well, pe ps, had he made this an nouncement a few weeks carlier e Blowlng Out the Bubbles. Washington Star, Alarmists who' have scen in the failurcs and business embarrasmonts of the past fow days foreshadowings of general disastor must be chagrined 10 notico the stoady buoyancy which characterizes the | solid money” market in which wild speeula tions has no chance to disport jtself. ‘Th thero have been many downfalls is evideat, and that a large number of innocent unfor tunates must suffer is paiufully cloar, but in every instance the crash came as tho r of loose mothods or of actual dish 3 Throughout the country thore has sbeon morcor less of financial stringency and de pression in values. ‘Ihis condition could not possibly affeet the conservative institutions, and as they are vastly in thomajority thore is no reason why anyone not interested it the many s endeavors wo secure riches over rapidly should be seriously concerned. Oniy the holders on inflated stocks ana_the pursers of golden-hued bubbles have been hard hit, although « fow honest men-—one or two of them nationally conspicious aged to loss the balance at the critical moment that is r THE Say Justices Post and Norval: “At the time of the appointment of Dorgan to super- intend the construction of the coll house ho was the agent and manager of Mosher, the lessee of the penitentiory and charged with the duty of subleasing the prison lubor, In view of that fact his seloction by the board as the representative of the state, knowing it would be obliged to depend upon Mosher for labor tocarry on the work, is highly censurable, and should, to say the least, bo characterized as unbusinesslike and utterly wanting in that intelligent re. ward for the interests of the state which t law demands of public ofticers under like ¢ cumstancos. Says Chief Justice Maxwell: pointment of Dorgan, whose intere altogether with Mosher, is_entirely tiflable. If the board was busy a to have been there was all the more neces. sity for the appointment of a capable, diss interested superintendent who could be retied upon to look after the business and intercst of the state. No ordinarily prudent man would have appointed Dorgan to fill the position of superintendent nor placed in his hands tens of thousands of dollars, and it is not surprising that vho stato has suffored serious loss." “Tho ap- ts wero unjus- it claims PEOPLE AND THING, Chicago cult has received the finishing touch. Carter Harrison has donned a stove- pipe hat. The legislature of Michigan passed a bill eranting women the Fight to vote at munici- cctions tern sriminal committea suicido by llowing & suspender buckle. Anothor way of cheating the gallus, ‘T'he collapse of the Whisky trust has not diminished the run on the fish banks. The supnly of bait continues normal, During the century France alone has lost 6,000,000 men m war, and the armies of all Europe now number 22,000,000 men. Senator Shorman has recently moved into his new £150,000 house at Washington. It is one of the finest residences at tho capital, “The Totten millenium is not altogether a dream. The allopaths and homeopaths of Chicago are emulating the lion and the lamb. Amid the acclaims jarring the atmosphero in Lincoln may be heard the subdued conun- drum: “Will Dorgan cough up the trial balance?” An_lmpertinent correspondent suggests a revision of the Nebraska state seal and the subsuitution of the words, “The pen is mighty and will prevail.” COue of the frightencd withdeew $000 from a Chicago bank parted with his money five minutes later. A pick- pocket took it for sufe keeping, Experimental welghing of coal in Brooklyn developed the amazing fact that several dealers added as much ns ninety pounds overweight 10 a ton of coal. Verily, this is an age of wonders. Colonel Henry Clay Smith of Alabama en- joys the happy distinction of being the first colored man to recerve an appointment from the Cleveland administration, He goes as consul to one of the Madugascar ports. Nature abhors a vacuum. The blue-black rocks forming the palisadés on tho Jorsoy side of the Hudson arc moro useful than picturesque. Besides being seratching posts for they are shown to_be superior 10 emery volishing the bills of Jersey s uito Lofsy minds depositors who it delight to revel in lofty thoughts. S0 1t comes to pass that what the vulgar call “spoilg and the chophouse statesman considers “pie’ is o substance of nobler —ingredients. 'In oflicial pari executive favors are “the deserts of a noble soul.” 1t behooves the Samosets and Juck- sonians her bouts o cease theirignoble scramble and with becoming dignity stand aloof till invited to the feast, Largest Manuf A Surprise — — NN Bee. BROWNING, Etore open every eveniugtill &34 aturday Wil man{ BRASKA AND NENRASKANS, A chureh costing $8,0% will ba erected by the Bohemian Catholics of Dodge 4 Norfolk democrats will hold a primar oloction Saturday to see who shall have the postoftice. It is roported that contest is about to be cock county Arrangements for tho state campment will be mado by the stato military board at its meoting Juno 16 3 Owing to previous engagoments Unitod | States Senator Allen was unable to bo pres- \tat the dedication of the Nebraska buitd- & at the World's fair. Eleven-year-old Rush Powers, living near Curtis, was thrown by a horse and dragged forty rods by a drag before help could reach him: Ho was badly bruised and his head cut in many places, but it is thought he wiil Because his wifo desorted him and asso. ciated with disreputablo characters at Blair, a man named Kinnoy of Fort Calhoun bung’ Binsel” and tried to dio, but his neighbors discovered him bofore ' life was § extinct and cut him aown W. W. Atkinson. a_wealthy Ponea, died of heart disease whilo sitting in his parlor. He had been as woll as usual 3 and the family retired, leaving him sitting in the parlor réading, as was his custom. In | tho morning they found him doad, sitting in his chair, just as thoy loft him at night. Ho was one of the early settlors The Franklin Republican was issued this week in handbill form, necessitated by tho destruction of the newspaper plant by five, The building in which the oftice was located was a largo two-story double brick block, and it was entively destroyed. [t was croeted ata cost of $10,000 and was insured for £,000. A number of merchants ulso lost heavily The York High school and the logro will hold joint fleld day ox urday. There will bo bieyelo r races, hammer throwing, tugs of war, egg races, Indlan club arill, Rurdio race, Whosl: barrow vaces, jumping, walking races, rolay races and flag vaces, o day of outdoor Sports and fun, full of exciting " contests botweon amateur athletes L Frank Weifel is doing time in the Adams county jail because of his refusal to put up a $200 pence bond. Weifol is possessed of a cow ana a very bad temper and whenover any of his neighbors disturb the ono it rites the other. "The cow invaded the garden of a man named Finnus, and because he took tha animal up andwould not release her until the damage sho had done wassettled, Weifel threatencd to elub him to death’ beforo uight, Finnus had him_arrested, the com- plaint sustained, and a bond to keep tho peave tiled at $200. Woifel insists that he g never threatened Finnus and said ho would £0 to jail before ho would put up the bond, He is apt to stay there until October unless hie changes his mind, LA e GIVING THE SNAL AWAY, Cloveland Plain Dealor: do the have big mon front of the band? drummer from the New Vork Weekly: Old Gontlen am I to know that you are not daughter for my moncy? Sultor am @ to know thiat you won't yoar? anothor county seat vrecipitated in Hitoh farmer coar | York col- ises Sat- os, foot- Willie: with axes Papa mob. Paw, why marchin' in To protect tho bass n: How ying my And hoiw fuil tnsido of a Chicago Tribune: Cholly, eylng the Strong. It ae milk.” This butter,” sald ter soverely, “fistes old must have been” mado from s Willio aid you cateh Jou How Indianapoli ous, deah be cold? Choll o doosid bawbah bangs back off my fawrld, combed my Boston Beacon: O, 1'm sosorry, Mr. Dill- ingham, your ludy love hus thrown you over Whit wits the trouble “Why, you see, I flattercd her so much she ot 100 proud to'speak to me.” Chieago Inter Ocean: Ma Little Eva como on? Unelo SShe is making a little spo piny, thanking it for the pie renembered hor 624 birthday Tom, an - ch'to the com- 1t way iU had Philadelphia Record | those people in that over] | that poor members « from w pienic. Stranger—Who aro son driving Thoy aro ety returning Bazan 1 love to hear Colonol Blowhard talk of his war expericnces. By the way, which side was he on? He—The other Sho- Confederate? He—Noj the other side of the Atlantic. NING A NEWSP. Atlanta Constitution, Jim Jones, e was an editor; that is, he triod 1o hes He bought himself a hand press, in toseo Jes' what thero was to editin’, but when ha'd anvassed ' round, fifteen hundred town he found PER. n' he started Son caitors in that samo They all knew hope to know 'You must run her, Jones, jes' the Baptists, they're bound 1 out, ivo the good old L shout! ro about it thun Jones could Methodists a big sulva- Glve o man anotleo; dow Whenever Maj the town Y Put in a few froe locals for all the stores, an give Each man a fro sheet 1o live e sure an’ put it Jinks is seen to perambulate ubseription, if you want your Well, Jones; he done jos' they'd make a row: they said, for fear But the nore ticd to please ‘e all, the more they tld im how! Until at lasthe took his book an’ 1aid it on the shelf Phen run the paper in the ground an’ follored it himself! BROWNING, KNG sturers and Retallors ol Clothing in the World, Is In Store for The Boys Watch Friday night's and Saturday morning’s Also the show window, KING & CO., | 8 W. Cor. 10th and Donglas $is. militia en-