Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 5, 1893, Page 4

4 e ——————— THE DAILY BEE. . Fditor. L9800 10 00 5 00 2 60 200 Ly uily Do (withont &unday) One Yoens fiul’n:fi nday, Ono Year......... CORRESPONDEN All communications relating to news and orial matter should bo nddrossod: To the All business it benddressed to T) Pablishin s nnd_postol PUBLISHIN July 1, Sunday, Ju Monday. K. i subseribed n of July, 18 Notary Publl * The Do In Chionzo. Tie DALY and Suspay Bee is Chieagoat the following places: Palmer Touse, Grand Pacl Audit L hotol. Groat Northern hotol Gore hotel. on sae in hotel. , Sizer, 180 State streot. % of The' BEE can bo scon at the No- building and the Adminisiration build- position grounds. ident is doubtless baiting for gold fish ducing his Buzzard's Bay ex- cursion. SENATOR SHERMAN contemplates the repeal of the silver law bearing his name with cheerful complacency. It was only a Foster child an 3 A isn't saying aword. The Illinois statesman is be- lieved to be incubating a tariff bill which he expecf by the time cong NATURE seems to be doing her best to help Colorado out of her difficulties. With the closing of her silver mines comes the announcement of the discoy- ery of another ten foot vein of fine voal. LIEUTENANT PEARY is alrcady well on his way toward the north pole. The results of his expedition will be awaited with eager interest, for the American pooplo are firmly convinced that if any man can find the hub of the earth, that man is Pea; P —— ‘WHATEVER may be said of ‘the effect of the decision of the district court as to the legal standing of the members of the J. Board of Public Works, the court has cortainly made it easy for tha mayor to dotermine what course he shall pursue in the premises. —_— PAUL VANDERVOORT was last heard rom at Elk Point, S. D., where he spoke on the subject of free coinage, of the blue and the gray, while the rich grow richer and the poor poorer. The collec- tion at the close of his address was, it is said, a bimetallic failure. AMONG the mishaps that occured in Omaha yesterday was the failure of in- terested parties to come to any agree- ment over the 5-cent bridge fare project. The mishap is not fatal, however, and the proposition will soon be on 1ts feet again healthier than THE usual nimber of casualties wore reported in Omaha as the result of the annual Fourth of July enthusiasm. The pent up patriotism of the American people manifests itself altogether too much through exhibitions that would be regarded as a return from civiiization to barbarism. A MORE buoyant tendency is already noticeable in eastorn financial centers and it is freely predicted that investors will soon bo loosening their purse strings. The west is bound to be bene- fited by the renewal of confidence, as the best investments are to be found in this part of the United States. THE question of a successor to William Mutchler, the democratic representa- tive from the Eighth Ponnsylvania con- grossional district, already arousos dis- cussion in that section of the state. Howard, Mutchler, the dead congross- man’s son, is about the most likely selection the democrats will make, and he will probably be duly nominated by his party convention. ‘WHEN Lincoln was a city of the sec- ond elass the council passed an ordinance exempting cortain lots from taxation for a term of years, and in 1875 this ordi- nance, by a special act of the legisla- ture, was declared to be legal. Tho su- preme court, however, held the ordi- nance o be void, on the ground thata city council could not by ordinance ex- empt property from taxation that was legally taxable. “The action of our coun- cil in exempting the property of the Omaha Driving Park association must therefore be illegal and void. IT 18 reported that Senator Cockrell declines to nominate a cadet to West Point because he considers the United States Military academy a dude factory. It Senator Cockrell does not possess broader views of other public affairs than he entertains, if correctly reported, “utthe West Point Military academy he i8 in no sense qualifiod to be the dis- tinguished head of the senate appro- priations committee. The knowledge of the manly character of the graduates of West Point and their subsequent honor- able career in the military service of their country is too general to render it necessary to refute any such reflection, even if uttered by a United States senator. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDN THE QUESTION OF RATIO, There are many advocates of a change in the ratio hatween gold and silver and it is quite possible that this will be done. Sovoal changes in the coinage ratio have hesn made in the past, a ref- erence to which may be interesting at this time. Tho act of 1792 fixed the ra- tio betweon silver and gold at 15 to 1, of silver to equal in value one pound of gold. A gold dollar at that ratio would contaln 24% grains of gold, and that multiplied by fifteen gives 371% grains, which is the quantity of fine silver pro- scribed for the dollar. This ratio was not in accordance with that prevailing in Europe, which was then, as now, 15} to 1. Gold being slightly undervalued in Burope, the gold coins of the United States were generally exported, so that from 1793 to 1834 the metallic money of this eountry consisted mostly of silver coins and the bulk of these were foreign. During that period the number of silver dollars coined was only 1,439,417, the American silver coins in circulation consisting very largely of fractional pieces, mostly half dollars, and of these, down to 1834, there had been coined only about $50,000,000. Coinage of both motals was made free to individuals, a charge of one-half of 1 per centibeing made by the mint as indemnification for the time expended in coining the bullion. The coinage of both metals was made full legal tender and this included the fractional silver coins. From 1792 to 1834 a number of acts were passed relating to coinage, but no material changes were made in theorig- inal law. By the act of June 28, 1834, the pure gold in the eagle was ro- duced from 2474 grains to 232 grains, and a corresponding reduc- tion was made in the half eagles and quarter eagles. The alloy was changed from 224 to 26, making the rle contain 258 grains of standard gold instead of 270 grains, The act made no change in the silver coins. This change in the gold coinage made the ratio nearly 16 to 1, the exact ratio being 16.002 to 1. Why this change was made it is dificult to explaln, in view of the fact that the ratio in Europe was 15} to 1. The act of January 18, 1837, was a complete revision of the mint law. It changed the standard of both gold and silver coins and the rvatio Detween the metals. The standard for gold and silver coins was fixed at .00 fine, that s, -900 parts of pure metal to 100 parts of alloy. This increased the pure gold in the dollar from 23.20 to 23.22 grains, and fixed the ratio between the two metals at 15.98 to 1. The silver dollar was changed from 416 grains of standard silver to 4124 grains, and the fractional coins were made to correspond in exact proportion. To make the alloy equal to one-tenth of the welght of the coin it was necessary t0 add the small fraction of two-tenths of oune grain of gold to the eagle. No change was made in the quantity of pure silver contained in the dollar, that remaining at 371% grains, and it continues at that figure. The change in tho ratio made in 1834, 16 to 1, caused nearly all the full weight silver cecins, and \these included the fractional coins, to be exported to Kurope. The ratio in ‘Europe being 15} to 1, our silver coins were worth for export over 3 per cent more than our gold coins. This resulted in almost depleting the country of small change, to remedy which con- gress, in Februavy, 1853, passed an act reducing the weight of the half dollar from 206} grains standard silver to 192 grains, and the smaller coins in proportion. At the same time the full logal tender quality was re- moved from fractional silver and limited to sums of 85, at which it has since continued. It was also provided in this act that bullion for the coinage of fractional silver should be purchased by the director of the mint on govern- ment account, the gain arising from the coinage to be credited to the mint. By the act of February 12, 1873, commonly called the domonetization act, the trade dollar was substituted for the standard dollar and given a limited legal tender power. The former contained 420 grains standard and 378 grains pure silver, a slight change in the ratio to gold being thus made. With a fluctuating market for sil- ver, as at present, it will not be an easy matter to settle upon a new ratio that would be likely for any length of time to truly represent the relative value of the two metals, while another dilficulty is in the fact that to establish such a ratio as the present commercial price of silver would pre- scribe must result in a heavy loss to the government in its stock of coined and bullion silver. Good financiers, how- ever, favor a change in the ratio, and it will undoubtedly be proposed in con- gress, AN INDISUREET ALARMIST. It the peoplo of Colorado aro panio stricken over the unwonted depression in the silver the responsibility rests as much with men of their own st as with the situation brought about by cir- cumstances which the finuncial wisdom of the country could neither foreses nor control. When the apprehension over the news from India was at its height in the east mon naturally looked to the west to read the effect upon the great silver producing states. In response to an inquiry, the mansger of the largest smelting and refining works in Den- ver answered: “Inside of sixty days 150,000 wmen will ba out of employment. Five hundred thousand people will be entering the yerge of st ation. We will repudiate all our bonds and obligations due in the east, as we have no money to even pay the inter- est. It will bring about a new declara- tion of indopendence and the establish- went of a western empive.” The man who can write so foolish a statemoent in the face of a situation in which 50 much depends upon coolness and judgment is an indiscreet alurmist whose sentiments will be utterly dis- owned, not only by the people of his own state, but of the entire west. In the first place the people of neither Colo- vado nor of any of the western states will for & moment consider the possibility of repudiation of honest debts. Repudiation has no place in the business economy of the west. It has no that s to say it required fifteen pounds | advocates, no friends. In 8o much, therefore, the statement of the Denver alarmist is based upon pure imagination. His ‘‘new declaration of independence” and ‘‘western empire" are figments of a disordered intellect and are unworthy of even a passing consideration. That Colorado will suffer by reason of the marked decline in the price of silver is not to bo doubted. A great many men will doubtless be thrown tempor- arily out of employment. Mines and smelters will be closed until the equilibrium is restored. But the blow to Colorado interesis cannot be a fatal one. Neither will its effects be permanent. The iron and coal in- dustries of the stato are greater than her silver interests, Her agricultural resources are enormous. Her people are energetic. New conditions may be imposed upon somo industries, but with- in a short time Colorado will smile at the hasty predictions of the moen who have thrown her people into a panic. The people of the west are as cour- ageous in the face of financial difficulty asany in the country. They can adjust themselves as readily to circumstances. They know that while they have accom- plished much in the development of the wost, there are vast resources yet un- touched. They will not be frightened at the ill-advised utterances of men like the Denver alarmists who take counsel of their fears rather than of their judgment. THE PAVING TEST CASE. Owing to a stipulation between the legal reprosentative of this city and the attorney for a paving contractor, the test caso involving this year's paving contracts goes over to the September term of the supreme court. This was done in face of the fact that tho court was about to adjourn for two months, and in defianco of a strong public de- mand that this year's paving bo com- menced at the earliest possible day. There are hundreds of workingmen out of employment upon whom the postpone- ment of this caso will fall as a positive hardship. There are many property owners clamoring for this work to pro- ceed, who will be inconsed at the action of the city attorney. Back as far as last fall, and through- out the legislative session when the charter amendments were being consid- ered, the plea wa3s made by leading man of this city that no obstruction to public works would be tolerated, and a general sontiment was expressed in favor of commencing the work of 1mprovemsats in the season. Powerful factors have besen at work from within and without to the end that this year’s paving be suspended. Thore are contractors in this city who are not content to secure work Dby competitive bids and abide by the specifications upon which their bids are made. They im- agine they must control the appoint- ment of public officials, who will recip- rocate by acts of favoritism in total dis- regard of public interest. The fight that has been waged upon one class of paving material by the chairman of the Board of Public Works is not entirely devoid of good, but the motive that hasall along actuated it is most damnablo. Under cover of the smoke of this fight the stone contractor has been given free and easy liconse and has not been held strictly to a perfect performance of con- tract obligations. While petty tyranny has been exercised over the asphalt peo- ple. the stone contractor has been fa- vored time and again. A recent case in point was the action of the chairman of the board in reference to the Douglas street paving contract. It is a fair assumption, supported as we believe by the facts in the case, tosay that the obstructions placed in the way of paving contracts this year ave due to the manipulations of one contractor and the railroad corporation that hauls his stone. It will be aday memorable in the history of this city whon a chairman of the Board of Public Works who will deal fairly with all comers is placed in control of public improvements. THE ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS, The question of the organization of the next house of representatives is being discussed. It possesses interest in the bearing it has upon the possible ac- tion of the house on the silver issue. The impression has been that Judge Crisp would have no trouble in securing a re-election to the speakership, it being generally understood that he would have the influence of the administra- tion. The interview which he had Mon- day with the secretary of the treasury, said to have been upon the invitation of the latter, and what Mr. Crisp said afterwards, indicate that his relations with the admcinistration are harmonious, whether or not it is the intention of the president to assist hun in securing re- election. Doubtless Judge Crisp’s chances of being again chosen to the speakership are excollent, but report has it that he will not get the place without something of a struggle. There ave aspirants for that high office in Mr, Bynum of Indiana and Mr. Wilson of West Virginia, and while the former probably has not the least chance of hay- ing his aspirations gratified, Wilson might prove a formidable candidate if he were to go into the fight earnestly. He is a man whose ability and character command the respect of ali who kaow him, irrespective of party. Much will undoubtedly depend, how- ever, upon the influence of the adminis- tration, and there appears to be good reason for believing that this will goto Crisp. He is probably willing to carry out the wishes of Mr. Cleveland in all vospects and it is probable has agreed already to such a reorganization of the principal committees of the house as the prosident desires. The administration, it Is to be prosumed, is especially solici- tous regarding the composition of the ways and means committee, the com- mittee on coinage, weights and measures and the banking and currency com- mittee. It is easy to understand that the president will want these committees made up of men who are in hearty sym- pathy with the views of the adminis- tration regarding the tariff and the cur- rency and can be depended upon to un- questioningly adopt any suggestions that may proceed from the adminis- tration—in short, will be practically controlled from the white house and the Troasury department, This means the turning down of soverl gontlemon who were given proiltiahice before the country in the last congress and it also means morf fgotional division and discord in the democratic party and porhaps the strengthening of the oppo- sition to the administedtion. From the presentspect of the situa- tion it does not appdéar probable that the work of organizing’ the Fifty-third congress will tako up uch time and it ought to be possible for it to settle down to business within ton days altor conven- ing. THE practical impdsibility of en- forcing prohibitioa: has made a most notable convert to the system of a li- cense or tax law as the only feasible way of dealing with the problem. James A. Bradley, the founder of As- bury park, has just declaved his con- viction that a high license law is ‘‘just what we want everywhere, and 1 do not excopt Asbury park.” At the same time evidence comes from Kansas com- pletely demolishing the airy theory sot forth in the Chicago Advane: that there were scores of towns in Kansas “‘where the saloons have been banished and drunkenness is almost unknown,” and many ‘“villages and ewuntry places that are entirely free without an effort.” A correspondent of the same paper says that “it cannot be successfully deniod that joints are a convenient, annoying and dangerous substitute, and drug stores are far more numerous than the legitimate needs of our people require,” whilo as for towns and villages entirely free without effort, ‘‘there may be some, but they are excep- tional and rare.” Everywhere the number of places where liquor is sold secms on the increase, and in the place from which he writes, a town of 3,000 souls, there are thirteon, if not fifteen, “joints” and pseudo drug stores whero ‘‘wet goods” are kept for illicit sale, be- sides the peddlers or bootleggers. But there is a sober and significant lesson to be gleaned from the failure of prohibi- tion at Asbury park which republicans everywhere will do well to heed. If prohibition will not prohibit in that *'tight little kingdom,"” as the New York Commercial Adv-rtiser puts it, it will not ia Towa or anywheve else. If the repub- licans in our neighboring state across the river will recognize this truth thoy will no longer jeopardize their party by adhering to impracticable theories. THE report of the commiss pointed by the last Towa legislaturc to revise the present tax laws of that state recommend radical altarations in nearly all the revenue laws on its statute books. The report is based on the purpose to have all property ‘assessed at its real value, and this is to apply to railroad property as well as to all other property. The commissioners haye recognized the sounaness of the proppsition that the inequalitios existing in:the collection of taxes will best be’ dode away with by fixing a standard of levy, and that the easiest standard is the merchantable or veal estate standard. .All property sub- ject' to taxation at all, is, by the bill which they report, to be taxed on that basis, and real value is nominated to mean just what it does, exchange value.. Rates are provided for the government of the State Board of Equalization, and the assessors. The former is enlarged on the years that real estate is assessed, which will be once in five years and not biennially as now. If the report of the commission be adopted it will place Towa far ahead of most of the western states in its methods of taxation, and the plan recommended may be com- mended for consideration to other states where the revenue laws are glaringly in need of revision. THE Bimetallic league has issued a call for a convention to meet at Chicago July 25. The call denounces the “‘con- spiracy” against silver and proposes that the convention shall devise means to in- fluence congress in favor of free coinage of the white metal. In connection with this so termed conspiracy it is pertinent to ask why it is that the banks of the clamorous silver producing states hold only 81 in silver to $10 in gold, or less than one-half the silver held by a smaller number of southern states? An authority statos that thirteen silver statos and territories hold in their banks only 81,100,000 of silver as against $11,000,000 gold. On the other hand ten southern states hold in their banks $2,- 400,000 of silver, against 85,000.000 of gold. The question propounded may be an embarrassing one for the advocates of free and unlimited coinage. COMPARING Colorado with Nebraska, a Denver paper remavks: *“There is no coal in Nebraska. There is alsonoiron, lead, copper, silver or gold, and no oil. Yot the people of Nebraska think that life is worth living and they believe that thelr state has a great future before it.” The remark is a thmely ono and serves to emphasizo the fact that, after ali, agricultural industry is the most pros- perous, the most certain and the most important in the country. ——r—— Majoraty: Rivals. wlobe-Damocrat, The principal feature of the fall elections will be tho friendly strife between Ohio and Towa for the honor of .fllvjmg the largest re- publican majority of fhe year. — L Balm for the furning. New York sun, Colorado is one of the fhirest states in the union. Bosutiful ave her snow-clad moun- tains, fertilo hor lovely valloys, and bound- less tho resources of-her plains., Slmplyt 8 Blatl. Schuyler berald. The people ail along ihe branch lines of N g stalg are making & vigorous kick because the passenger trains have been taken off. Let tho pdopld along the brauch lines have patience sud-the trains will be put buck again, It 4 simply a bluff that the railroads are making in-the hope of making the new freight law unpopular, ey A Bit of Wes Hisiory. Hastings Nebraskan. A correspondent of Tuk Omana BEe says that South Carolina is the first state in the union that has resolved to regulato the of liquors by establishing state dispen: The statement is glariugly erroncous. of the muin features in the lowa prohibitory law of 1855, was & clause providing for the l;urchuu! and sale of intoxivating beverages y an ageut appoiuted in every county in the state. Such agent was permitted to sell ounly for medicinal, mechanical, sucramental and culnary purposss. ‘This restrict- ive feature caused almost ever; class of disease 1w which bot man and baast is sub domio typo, whila t or ancramental ritos did not suffor from lack of spiritual essenco to give the proper flavor, and both foasting and devotion enjoyed a rod letter season until tho state agents lost their 8ot snap by the euacument of tho wino and beer amendmont to the old prohibitory law. e —— Whera's the Fonl Kille St. Lowis Republi, Mr. Holden of Denvor telegraphed that the states in his neighborhood would re- pudiate their debts and form a western ew- pire. Whisky must be almost as cheap as silver in Colorado. et - The Court & Clay Center G 3 Gorham Betts, ono of the coal denlars in Lincoln who obtainod money from the tor coal that was not furnished, has n mtenced to hard Iabor in the yoars. The Board of and Buildings approved the onavlod Detts ot this The membors of the boa whilo poor Betts goes to tho pon. right? ——— PEIPLE AND THINGS. The slump in the white matal does not af- fect the dignity and charm of silver locks. Postmaster Bissell has decreed that Printers’ Ink may pass through the mails as second class matter. A Minneapolis bank has instituted pro- ceodings to punish the authors of malicious reports affecting its standing. American haymakers are invading France with their crop. Thero appoars to be a scarcity of hay in politics over thero. Djenat Effendi, may his tribe decroase. smote Hassan Ali in the Midway plaisance and now languishes in an unholy jug. Senator Hill favors fros coinage. It is feared, however, that his views like the metal are not as valuable as in former times. Thoro is no prospect for Kansas City re- establishing itself in public confidence until the chromatic dauber of the Journal is sup- pressed. Three wives appeared ata Chicago court recently to claim one husband. Kvidently he married not wisely but too rapidly for overworked divorce courts. Late pictures of Governor Tillman repre- sent him as having acquired that chronic wink of one oye, so cssentiul in the business of dispensing state liquors. When the kindly fingers of ago, or the mellowing influence of early piety lends to the locks o silvery tinge, it does not follow that the owner is a convert to fres coinage. A prolonged roar may be heard bumping along the rails from one end of Kansas to the other. The assessed valuation of rail- roud property in the state has been raised nearly 9,000,000, A Kansas woman in San Francisco 1o have n hypnotized in Hi imagines hevself surrounded with reptiles] Kansas “drugs” are noted for the last impressions they make. Frederick Remington, the artist, under- took to sketch Itussian life on the spot and wis suppressed together with bis canoe. Ive for his wounds the Russian gov- ernmont has awarded him the munificent sum of 2171, The late Anthony J. Drexel was tho son of aTyrolean portrait painter who, by his in- dustry with his brush in this country and South America, amnssed a little money with which he went into the banking business. The son iuherited from the father pro- nounced musical and artistic tastes and also the faculty of acquiring wealth. The late Senator Stanford did not leave his widow in straitened circumstances by any means, although he gave away mii- lions in charity during his lifetime. Mrs. Stanford, in addition to several millions in cash, it is suid possesses 2,000,000 worth of precious stones of one kind or another. One feature of the collection is a diamond neck- lace worth $600,000. The jowels are kept in o burglar-proof stecl safe with a time lock and are always under guard. The oldest man and woman in Pennsyl- vania, and probably in the United States, according to their own figures, are Mary Mo- Donald, aged 128, and John Gibson, aged 121, both inmates of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons in Philadelphia. Mary McDonald declares that she romem- bers George Washington perfectly, who pat- ted her on the heid one day for her atten- tion to the comfort of the Continental sol- diers quartered av Valley Forge, near the home of Reese Howell, her master, whero General Washington was a frequent visitor. —_—————— THE EXTRA SESSION, Chicago Record: At any rate, congress must_repeal the Sherman law to save the nation from widespread financial disaster. Chicago Pos! If thecall of duty were too weuk the call of expediency is too strong. The country is in that state of mind which admits of no dilly-dallying. Detroit Free Pr The Sherman law is doomed, and in caliing congress tozether to register the popular sentence of condemna- tion President Cleveland has earned the thanks of tho people. Philadelphia Inquiver: 1t was rapidly be- coming a question whether the administr: tion would down silver or silver would down the administration. The call for a spacial session indicates that the administration is beginning to di whera it is at.” Chicago Inter Ocean: The business in ests of tho country must breathe somewh: froer in the prospect of definite action in the place of suspense. Once congress as- sembles the responsibility will be shifted from the oxeeutive department of the gov- ernment to the legislative Indianapolis News: ‘I' country wias never 8o gi Business con- ditions, except for the sil olly, are sound, There is every reason to believe that the sil- wver folly will be stopped. Letall the friends of sound money act together, irrespective of party, and the victory will soon be won. St. Louis Republic: Convened with such impressiveness and with every occupation in the country looking anxiously for relief, con- gress will not disappoint the people. It will meot in the sober, thoughtful spirit of the American character when before an urgent duty. Patriotism will riso above party, fac- tion and fanaticism. The grave situntion will have the grave thought of every mem- ber. The Shermun act will go. Kansas City Journal: The people should look this matter straight in the face. This is no time to talk abont the ‘politics in it,"” but every man should seo that it is & matter where a few moneyed men, in collusion with England, our hereditary coemy, have forced the president to call congress together in order that they may have au opportunity to wring fortunes out or those who were caught in the squeezo, Chicago Herald: Repeal! Repeal! should be the watchword as the democratic senators and representatives journey toward the national capitol. All of the odious, oppres- sive, unjust and dangerous lecislation which constitutes in great measure the disgraceful heritage left by a long tine of republican ad- ministrations, most of them devol to the upbuilding of a class, must be stricken from the statuto book New York Tribune: The repeal of the act with which Senator Sherman's name is unfortunately associated is imperatively de- manded. It should be repealed uncondi- tionally. The near prospect that it will be will in itself have an immediate and decided offect for good upon the money markets of the country. The financial stress has beon severe, intonse and prolonged. But the end, we hope, Is now in sight. Philadelphia Times: The call for an ex- tra session early next month will be gener- ally accepted as an assurance that the re- lief demanded will be obtained, and with this prospect before it the business world can go on through the coming month hope- fully, instead of faltering in doubt and despair. If the leading men of all parties will but agree meanwhile to sink their parti- san dilferences and unite iu a common effort for a sound financial policy the present evil will but open the way to greater future erity. hicago Tribune: Neither the president nor congress is to be envied under the cir- cumstauces in which they find themselves placed within four months of a change of ad- ministration. It would be ungracious, gor- haps, to say that if the administration had not changed the emergency would not have arisen. Still, there can be no question that it would not have come so quickly, nor would iv have been so severely felt had it not been for the violent change of the fiscal policy of the government which was promised in con- sequence of the democratic victory of last November. laims ha and wealth of the THE SUPREME JUDGESRIP, Don't Worry About It Central Oty Nonpareil The anxious need lose no sloep ovor the vepublicans not venominating Judgo Max- well for his own succossor. Ho will no doubt bo renominated and re-clocto An Appeal 1or o Sirugnt Democrat, Clay Center De at It tho yeoplo of Nebraska ¢o in for A non- partisan judgo on the supremo bench, it may safoly bo said that the republicans will got the julge and the other parties the “‘non- partisan,” Nooded, co Independent. ha World-Herald scoms very tho indepen fenta should nomi- van for supromo judge. has a position on the Tho own affairs n soloct & man for Istanoe The Om anxious t supremo No Dscoy Matte County Argns. Thas few populists who are talking of Judzo Reagan, at prosont tho so-valled rep. resentative of the populist party on the su- court commission, as tho probable ' for suprems court v short-sighted, Mv. Rea- many years of B. & M. service and tho ooa fellowship in which ho is still held by professional railway manipulators is cuough ko any the wisdom of tting such A a8 ropresenta- tive populist fo on of honor and Nuggot of Wisdom, e Nuget. A great many peoplo aro inclined to tho opinion that tho honor of being 4 supremo Judge is something that ought to be passed around occasionally. Thoro ure probably a hundred_good lawyers scatterod over the stato of Nebraska that would approciate the distinction and are thoroughly compotent to 111l the position. Judgs Maxivell is ail right though, afid if ho is strong enough to securo a ronomination he*will bo unanimously sup- ported by his party. But if somo other clean, deserving ropublican is given tho placo ho will bo just as unanimously, and a good doal more enthusiastieally, supported. No Room for Yellow bog Landidates. Alliance Leader, The Allianco Leader was the first paver in tho stato that suggestod that Judge Max- well miht bo the independent candidato for svprome judge. This suggestion #is mosting with alaost universal approval. We sno no 200d reason why tho peopla's party tion should not nominato him. ought to bo nonpartisan. ‘The fa \ aro not accounts for the low position which lo suprome court of this state occupi The republican-railroad-B. ournal-r has long dictated tho nominations of tho re- publican party for this high oftice. It is safo to suy that that party will not again nomi- nate Judge Maxwell. The plen that hois too old will be effectually used against him, while tho real roa- son that it does not want him is that ho is not sufiiciently subservient to tho railroad bosses. Of course it is reasonably cortain that he will serve only ono term more. It would ast by an overwiielming majority of all parties. We intend to sunport tho nominees of the people's party. if they are worthy of support. Bug we shall never do the yaller' dog act. 1t is part of our politieal creed that a nomina- tion that is unflt to be mada is unfit to be supported. Tho securing of a majority of the votes of a political convention by hook or by crook, does not wips out a rotten Tecord, correct vicious principles or estab- lish a moral character. Thesc essentisls must be looked after before the voting be- gins. Becoming National Question. New York Sun. Accidents at grado crossings aro preventa- ble only in one way, and that is by abolish- ing tho grade crossings. 1t is casy enough 10 say thut grade crossings must bo abol- ished in thickly settled regions. That is only a question of cngiuecring and moncy expenditure; but when will engineers take up the task, and how shall the companios be compelled to face the Immense expenditure involved in any radical reform of their suburban lines? New York In his argument before the Bering Sea tri- bunal on Thursday, Mr. Phelps made a statement which will probably be received th some surprise by the overlearned per- sons who have been arguing the British case in democratic and Hugwump newspapers, He said that the so-callad three-mile limit was the minimum and not the maximum lino of national self-defense. Ho said that juris- diction might extend much further than the three-mile limit when it was ni ary to protect special national intezests. Those Americans who are so fond of thinking that thelr country is always wroug and their statesmen always inferior will do well to pause awhile in consideration of this state- ment of law. ———— Keep Cool und i,00k rieasant, Denver Repubtican. The nation and the stato have passed through mnny more serious crises than the present ono without pormanent injury to any class or commuuity, and if people will only be cool, courageous and hopeful and en- deavor, each according to his ability, to help ohe another, theve is every reason to expect an immediate recovery of values and a restoration of confidence and prosperity both Jocally and throughout the entire Thore is nothing to bo gainod b, despondency or by rash and foolish acts an utterances, whioh can only have the bad ef- fect of I inge & return of that confldence which i neccssary to the complote ro-estab- lishment business credits, and we, there- foro, oarnestly urge the peopls of Colorado to faco the cxisting emorgoncy’ calmly and bravely, because that i the very best thing they ean do under the ciroumstances, country e ROUND AROUT THE FAIR The board of lady managors has boen askod to compromise and bo satisfled with sixty judges instoad of the 130 women it desired to appoint. . There is call for mora guatds in the yoman's building to protect exhibits from vandals who break and cut furniture 1 order to get souvenirs and steal valuable articles whenever they can gat their hands on them. Tho exposition {8 a great leveler. The man of six feot in his stockings realizos that he is so insignificant in sizo after ho has en- tered the grounds, that he is too meek to think of enforcing any wish or demand upon even tho smallost ard weakest man he meots, The ontiro first floor of the Brazil building is devoted to coffee. Every kind of the borry, from the cheapest to the bighost in price, will bo on oxhibition. In the rear portion is a large buffet, whero cups of coffeo aro served froe to all visivors who indulge in the beverago. 1t is 1o uncommon thing to hear visitors assorting that the great Krupp gun will throw & projectile tweuty, or even thirty, miles. 1tis always safo to say that theso peoplo have just been thore to soo it. It is calculated to inspire a beholder to almost any sort of exaggeration. An immonse flowor bod 18 boing prapared on the east side of Agricultural hall. Tt will be sot with cannas, about 20,000 in number, By tho latter part of July, il everything goes woll, the vast plat will be a blaze of color such as was never scen bofore. In color the flow will run all tnrough the shades of yeliow and rec, for which the enornons greon leaves of tho plant make an effoctive background. ry_popular placo or o summor night trip is “Old Vienna,” There on the plai- sanco, hommed in betwoen the fiftoonth cen- tury buildings, without & glimpse of what is on tho outside, they listen to the music in the center pavilion and forget that thoy aro in bustling Chicago, In fact it is dificult to roalizo that ono is in America, Everything is foroign from thoquaint architecture to tho protty girls, Nothingis loft undone to mako illusion porfect. In fact it is the only place about the fair whero one doos not cateh wiimpses of something outside that makes one feel that no matter whero ho appears to be, he is still right nero in Amevica. The 1. becauso 1t makes such Troy Press: The Blonde—Of courso ho thinks her un angel, wings and all. Tho Brunetto-- zuess o does. She told 1me ho wantud hor 10 11y with him. % 1 News: About tho best pointer one 1 give to u swifL young man is a period. Philadelphia Times: Money talks, but the silver dollar means little moro thun half what 1t says. Washington Star: “The short story soems to bequite the fad nowadays,” said one club man to anothor. “1 should say so. ovor ho s Ttseems to me that nearly an I meet stops to tell mo how short Philadolphia Ledger: Tho time appears to bo athand when a man who is referred to as silvor-hnired will regard it as an attempt to preciate hi Chicago Tribuno; “eu think you dropped your pockethook in Yallerby's storo? ‘Then you run right back there, you careless boy, and inquire for it “There's no hurry, mamma, T¢Il be right where it fell. Yallerby doosn’t advertiso." Walit: “What tools shall I use?" asked the subway laborer to his foreman. “Oh, take JOur lok,” as th easy roply. The Club: Miss Modostoe—Sr, my face s my fortune. The Uhicago Drummer—Same herel A DISAPPOINTMENT, Washington Star. About the soasldoe oft he read And saw ¢ho pictures talr That artists tell us ropresent The damsels bathing there. He hurried to the bounding sea To tind if 1t be truo That loveliness like that is there Presented to the view. A day hostald, and thon o flod As hard us he could scud. He found the real nrticle A sight to chill the blood. THE PICNIC SEASON, Somerville Journal, The picnic season has bogun, The festive custard pie Ts ready to bo sot upon— You'd bettor mind your ey, Tho man who never rowed a boat In all his mortal lifo Gives all the protty girls a row— But overlooks his wite, Within tho grove the croaking swing With merry music sounds— 1¢s fun to push a girl whon sho Weijhs near 200 pounds. Tho young men and the maidens have A fovely chance to flirt, The children get lost in the woods, nd roll 'round in the dirt. Atlast at night a tirod crowd, All dusty, burned and hot, Comes homo—And wiil I go again? Well, I should just say not! BROWNING, KING Largest Munufactursrs and Retallers %1 Olothing 1n the World, He Got One, One of those $9.00 suits that we placed on sale ~ /N |Saturday. Rain interfored with the sale. This is the best offer in men’s suits that we have made this season. Sale con- tinues till they’'re all gone, Our fine tailor made stylisk men's suits, sold all season for $12.50 and $15. Factory prices” those are, but for this sale they'll be in one lot at only $9.00. They are all sizes, light and medium weights, all eolors, Cheviots, worsteds, homespuns, and cassimeres, sizes, 33 to 46, sacks and cutaways. Our Owr Make and every one of ’‘em worth in most stores $15 or $18 High class goods nicely trimmec¢ —made to wear well and look well. See 'em in the window. BROWNING, KING & CO., Btore open e Saturday sill evening ti116.50. |8, W, Cor. 10th and Douglas Sts.