Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 10, 1893, Page 4

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Seeretary of TR BEe publish: snig company doos olem iy swear that the Aowal etroIntion of THE DAILY 11 for tho week ending Juily %, 1803, wan as follows: ; . 20,0 . 238 23816 23,000 . 23978 . 28,988 . TasemucK. nic and subseribed in Sl day of July, 1808. Frir., Notary Public. 0 Chicago. and Suxpay Bre 1s on sale in followinz places: otel. hotel. Northern hotol | 180 State stron of Tue' Bek can b bullding and the Ad position zrounds. scon nt tho Ne- tnistration bulld- aRe Clroulation ‘or ) THE local tennis tournament now in operatidn is a good sign of metropolitan activity. THE gold reserve in the treasury in- creased over $1,000,000 last week. This is a hopeful sign. THE sympathy of the entire nation goes out to the people of the cyclone- ewept districts of Towa. IF CONGRESS can manage to puta little more credit in circulation it will have done its whole duty. THE railroads leading to Chicago are reaping a rich harvest in spito of their constant reiterations that they are doing business at a loss THE Bohemian-American national committee have paid Nebraska and Omaha a neat compliment by selecting John Rosicky as its president. THE Chillan correspondent of the New York Herald secms bent on expatriating the extinguished Patrick Egan, late of Great Britain, Troland and Nebraska, but the oily gentleman is standing the treatment very well. . THE extra session of Nebraska's su- preme court is as necessary to the pros- perity of Omaha as the extra seesion of congress 15 to the welfare of the country Bt large. By all means let the extra dession be convenod. ARGUMENTS before the Bering sea prbitration commission have been con- cluded. A prompt decision on the facts disclosed will give the members of the commission, as well asthe newspaper reading public, a well merited rest. AND now the weather bureau claims that it predicted the recent disastrous #torm which devastated Iowa. There is Tittle difficulty in making predictions, but the weather bureau's hindsight is generally more reliable than its fore- sight. AN OMAHA tramp was last week sen- tenced to soven years in the peniten- tiary for stealing two boxes of cigars. The bank wrecker who received a five- year sentence yesterday may find sourco {or pleasing Sunday reflection over the fact that he took doilars rather than cigars. NEBRASKA'S banking law seems to /have stood the test during the strain of the past two months. The failure of the Investment company in this oity might havo effected six or eight smaller banks connected with it, but the stato banking laws, which require every bank to stand upon its own basis, proved ef- {lectlv& None of the connected banks ave suffered in the least. SENATOR FRANK PETTIGREW of South ‘Dakota declares that he will have the Sioux Fulls,-Yankton & Southwestern railway, which he is building from the former city to Yankton, in operation as ‘sn independent line by Ssptember. He 15 pot building the road for keops, how- ever, and he expects to be able to sell it to either the Illinois Central, the Great Northern or the Burlington. meufiu\ political circles are in a flurry of excitement over the arrest of ex-State Senator Alonzo J. Whiteman at Monmouth Park on the charge of hay- ing passed u worthless check. Whiteman ‘was the author of the famous election 1aw of Minnesota which bove his name, and was ono of the leading democrats of the state. He spent an enormous amount ©of money in his race for congress in 1890, and of lute has been making books at the race tracks at o pace that completed his Anancial ruin, THE superlative goodness of & re- formed gambler is far surpassed by the virtuous pretentions of the reformed Cordage trust. In a circular just issued by ono of the new ofticials, it is declared that the man who wants to speculate in the securities of the company hereafter, if he is a director, must resign from the fboard. With chagitable record, assur- snce is als) given that while the old | managemen: antagonized others who were in the trade, the polioy of their mew change of heart will be to make 'friends ,of all their competitors. The nfidence of & bunco steerer is throwu r:h the shade by this cool assumption of the gullibility of the publie, TURNING DOWN THE LBADERS. The acknowledged leaders of the house of representatives of the Fifty- second congress were William M. pringer of Illinois, chairman of the committee, on ways and means, R. P. Bland of Missourl, chairman of the com- mittee on eoinag weights and measures, and W. 8. Holman of Indiana, chairman of the committee on appropria- tions. tant committees in the lower branch of congress and therefore the men at the head of them are presumed to exert the greatest influence upon the policy and course of the house as to leg- islation proposed by ‘their re- spoctive committecs. As all of these leaders in the Jast house are members of the Fifty-third congress and the speaker who appointed them is cor- tain to be re-elected, the thing logically to be expeoted is that they will be reap- pointed to the chairmanships they held in the preceding congress. This would be according to precedent, not toob- serve which would be to administer to these leaders, if they desire reapvoint- ment, a political rebuke of the most damaging character, But it seems probable, regardless of these considerations, that a change will be made in the chairmanships of the three leading committecs of the house. It is reported that Mr. Springer is not regarded by the administration as the proper man to be at tha head of the committee which will have charge of the work of revising the tariff in the coming congress. Reasons are not given, nor will any be asked for. If the presi- dent does not want the Iilinois congress- man as chairman of the ways and means committee it is entirely safe to predict that he will not be reappointed to that position. There is every reason to be- lieve that a perfect understanding ex- ists. botween Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Crisp as to the composition of the prin- cipal committees of the next house, and it. is not to be doubted that the latter will faithfully ~ carry out his part of the agreement. It is not very difficult to find reasons why Mr. Springer may not b acceptable to the administration. It is undoubtedly the intention of the president to compel congress, if possible, to adopt sucha revision of the tariff as the adminisira- tion ghall suggest. Asa ficst condition to th?s it is evident that the administra- tion shall dominate the ways and means committee. Mr. Springer has very pro- nounced views on the tariff, which there is reason to believe are not alto- gether in harmony with those of Mr. Cleveland. Their interpreta- tions of tariff reform, it is safe to say, do not agree in all respects, and unquestionably the congressman is the more radical. II permitted to frame a tariff bill he would undoubtedly do so upon lines to conform with the declaration«of the democratic national platform Tegarding protection. It is pretty well understood that Mr. Cleve- land is not disposed 10 go to the extreme of tariff reduction contemplated. by the anti-protection plank of the platform, and it is a much easier matter to appoint a chairman of the ways and means com- mittee in harmony with the president's views than it probably would be to con- vert Mr. Springer to those views, in- volving, as it wouid, & measure of stultification on his part. Of course if it be the intention to turn down tho Illinois congressman, &s now appears probable, it will be done as gracefully as possible—thatis to say, ho will perhaps be given the opportunity to decline the position, and thus save himself from the political damage that might result from being incontinently rejected. As to Mr. Bland, it is doubtlessa fore- gone conclusion that he will not be re- appointed to the chairmanship of the committee on coinage. His position re- garding silver is 8o broadly and uncom- promisingly antagonistic to that of the administration that to continue. him at the head of the coinage committee would ob- viously be in the nature of a rebuke of the president. Thore is excellent authority for the statement that the attitude and disposition of every man appointed on the coinage committee toward repeal of the silver purchase law will be well known before the committee is constructed, and there will be assur- ance that o safe majority of that com- mittee will advocate early affirmative action in a bill to repeal the silver pur- chase clause of the Sherman act. It is stated that Mr. Holman does not desire to be continued at the head of the commijtee on appropria- tions, feeling unable to again assume the labor and responsibility connected with that position. The cheese-paring Indiana cconomist doubtless learned something that convinced him of the ex- peciency of declining the chairmanship of the appropriations committee, assum- ing the truth of the report that he does not desire it. There is some talk ubout the possi- bility of the houso resenting interfer- ence on the part of the executive with the appointment of committees, but the indicationsare that the president's wishes in this direction will be fully complied with. LYNCH It now transpires that the negro who fell vietim to last week’s horrible lynch- ing was almost boyond question an inno- cent man. Mob violonce, in general, is always to bo deplored, and this is simply another evidence that it cannot be de- fended in any civilized community. Lynch law is no law; carried to its logi- cal end, it is anarchy pure and simple. The advantages claimed by the advo- cates of lyach law are temporary and delusive. The disadvantages and evil results far outweigh any benefits which may for the time being acorue. Chief among these is the fact which we have noted that the mob in its blindness and fury is liable to execute an innccant man. From its very beginning, long before the time of Magna Charta, our jurisprudence has been mainly oon- corned in building up the bulwarks which protect a man inhis person snd property. Our whole criminal pro- cedure has been constructed on the theory that no man is guilty until so proven and that it is better that one thousand rogues should live rather than that one guiltless man should die. The provisions of the common law which Law. These are the three most impor- | “mills. sought 10 defend the accused prisone from the torturous inquisitions prevalent on the continent of Europe wore carried by the early colonists to this country and incorporated by them into their statutes and constitutions. Thoese uni- versally accepted rules were omitted in the first draft of the federal constitu- tion, but the insistence of the people secured their immediate insertion as the first ten amendments to that instrument. Similar clauses in almost every state constitution guaranteo the - seeurity of lite and person. No lynching can take place without directly violating these bills of rights. When lynch law is administered the accused is neither allowed the assistance of coun- sel, the privilege of confronting the witnesses nor the right of a jury trial. No wonder then that the mob so often finds on investigation that the person exccuted is by no means so clearly guilty as ot first imagined. When we examinc the moral effect of an illegal execution we will find that the terror inflictea upon evildoers is temporary only. How can the violation of a dozen laws by hundreds of people impose upon others respect for the criminal code? Lynch law is a mani- fostation of disregard for the duly enucted law of the land, “a lapse into barbarism,"” as it has been aptly termed. Its speed and inexpensiveness afford no ample compensation for this. It not only inflicts penalties without due pro- cess of law, but often” inflicts pen- alties which are altogether incom- mensurate with and unwarranted by the crime convicted. If a mob can burn a murderer or tar and feather a wife beater, would it be any more inconsist- ent to hang a burglar or lay stripes on a disturber of the peace? What is to pre- vent & man from accusing another to whom he owes some grudge of some frightful deed, from organizing the law- less eloments of the community into a mob, from depriving a fellow-citizen of life without the least possible excuse? If an organized band may violate the law \vlkh\ impunity, the individual ought to have an equal right to do so. Logically then, each man ought to be allowed to determine what laws he will obey and what laws he will disregard. This is all that the anarchists demand. Lynch law, like anarchy, must be discouraged and blotted out. THE COUNTY LEVY. The Board of County Commissioners has fixed the rate of taxation for county purposes for the cnsuing yoar at 13 This is a decrease of 1.7 mills from that of 16.7 levied {n 1802. On a valuation of $25,423,528—that is a valua- tion less last year by $313,563—the yleld is estimated to be $48,457.30 less than that of last year. In other words the commissioners huve undertaken to con- duct the county affairs on & more eco- nomical basis and thus afford the tax- payers a much needed relief. ‘While a decrease of burden measured by 1.7 milis in the rato does not on the faco mppear very great, yet overy de- crease, however small, is & move in tho right direction. II the state levy is made on an. equitable basis the saving to the taxpayers ought to be still larger. 1n 1802 the state levy was 6.25 mills, the county levy 16.7 mills, the total state and county levy 22.05 mills. Last year the amount added by the state board as Douglas county's share of the expense of caring for the insane was + mill. This is now included in the estimates for the countv taxes and the state rate will be lossened by the subtraction of that smount. The total state and county levy then ought this yoar to bo reduced by at least 2.2 mills. All this is well and good so far as it goos. But to assess a tax upon a county valuation of slightly over $25,000,000 for all real and personal property within Douglas county is a ridiculous pro- cedure. The assessors have notoriously failed to do their duty both as to listing the property at its true value as the law requires and also as to fixing the valua- tion of all property at figures relatively equal and just. On this low valuation & lovy of 20 0dd mills assumes a magni- fled appearance to those who & e unac- quainted with the actual system of assess- ment. What we ought to have, and what we must have sooner or later, is a listing of property at its real selling value. THE BERING SEA ISSUE. Tho arguments before the Beriag sea court of arbitration have been brought to an erid, and the case has been given to the court. Tucannot be a great while before the tribunal has reached its de- cision and the end of the controversy is settled. 1t must be purely a matter of conjecture a8 to what the declsion may be, and yot the average American judg- ment will naturally incline to the opinion that it will be in favor of the United States. The gen- eral proposition, so far as this country is concerned, is that there is an absolute ownership in the United States in the seals, and that this ownership is not lim- ited to the avea in which the seal pro- create, but extends to all the waters in which these animals perform their nat- ural functions. Abstractly this is the whole claim of the United States gov- ernment, and it is the thing of first im- portance which the international tri- bunal is asked to pass upon. If the court shall decide, as the repre- sentatives of the British government have asked it to do, that the govern- ment of the United States hasno author- ity in the Bering sea beyond the three wile limit, which is the regular iner national boundary, ivis only a guestion of time when the extermination of the seal will be complete. This is not @ con- jecture, but an absolute certainty. The permission of pelagic sealing, as it has been carried’ on'' for years, without the restrictions that have been thrown around it by the action of the government of the United States, would simply result in the ex- termination of the seal, and in that not only this country, but the world, would suffer. This is one of the vital positions of the United States in the whole con- troversy. We have held from the be- ginning that it was of primary impor- tunce to preserve the seal—that is, that it was essontial that they should not be allowed to be killed promiscuously and indiseriminately in the sea, and that to permit this to be done was not only an OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, injury to the United States, but 1o tho entire world depenetent wpon the preser- vation of the soal. 8 There can bo no daubt that this posi- tion of the United'’States hias made & vory strong impredion upon Europe, and while it may bea mistake to pre- sume that it will cofitrol the decision of the court of arbitrifiin tt is reasonable to assume that the finding by that court will not be hostile to the position which this governmont has; maintained. The position of the United States in this con- troversy has beon i1 the highest degree creditable to us, and there is excellent reason for the expectation that we shall secure the greater advantage from the decision of the court of arbitration. THE sudden and almost unprecedented increase in canal traffic on nearly all the artificial waterways in this country has directed renewed attention to this method of transportation, A canal union will assemble in New York in September to consider schemes for the improvement ‘of systems already con- structed and to promote new enter- prises. One of the propositions that will be discussed is that of aeepening and widening the Erie canal so that it will be possible for a seagoing vessel to pass through it to the great ports now established on the lakes. The pian is pronounced entirely practicable, and both Governor Flower and Senator Hill will appear before the convention to ad- veeate it. The senator will also at the approaching session of congross ask that the United States share with the state of New York the expense.of the great undertaking. With such development of this approved waterway system and tho additional increase of its capacity by the utilization of electric enorgy as a motive power, which appears to be prac- ticable, the west would no longer be de- pendent upon the trunk railway lines for the transportation of grain to the eastorn seaboard. IT 18 aisclosed that the receivers of the Reading Railroad company already as richly deserve the attention of the courts as the company itself did when their appointment became necessary. The increases of price which have re- cently been ordered by the agents of the several coal roads have raised the price of anthracite almost to the fignres which had been reached just before the col- lapse of the Reacing company. It is un- derstood that the receivers were repre- sented in the combination meetings at which these advances were ordered. Thus they became members of an unlaw- ful combination engaged in suppressing competition inthe coal trade and making high and arbitrary prices for a neces- sary of life. The New York Times calls attention to the pentinent fact that it was the Pennsylvania court, of which one of these receivers''was chief judgo be- fore he took the placehe now holds, that not only denouncedsuch & combination illegal, but also declared that under the aws of tho state.of New York itisa criminal offense. ©It1s illegal at com- mon law and & violation of the federal statutes as well, -~ A SouTH CAROLINA™ judge now de- clares the new s tate .ealoon .law, which went into effect July.1, to. be « unconsti- tutivnal. If the case is' carrled to the court of last resort and decided adversely to the state, what will become of the stock of liguor which Governor Tillman has so curefully tasted and found fit for the southern bourbon's requirements? The great innovation may turn out to have been nothing more than a scheme to furnish the state officers with a choice stock of alcoholic beverages. THE Washington Star suggests that President Cleveland exemplify once more his disregard.for party tradition and political precedent by appointing ex-President Harrison to the vacancy just opened on the bench of the supreme court. The question is not, Is the candi- date the proper mian for the place? but rather, Will the president do it? Shake, Lincoln News. The chill that swebt over the city when Gorham Betts got leave to do chores for the state for two years board has not yet sub- sided in some quarters. P Suspend and Adjourn, Pittebur) Dispateh. 1f congress will suspend silver purchases and take a recess till October or November it will have the consentof the country to en- Joy the interval of cooling off. Responsibility for the Bemedy. Globe-Democrat. Perhaps the democrats are not directly to blame for the existing financlal trouble, but the respousibility of providing a remedy for it rests upon them, and a mistake will be fatal to them. e h i L Can't Get Enoogh of Them, Kansas Oity Journal. Novwithstanding the contfnuous and vio- lent abuse heaped upon it, the dollar of the daddies goes right along attending to busi- ness and doing tixe peoplo 100 cents worth of service every time it changes hands. el Lide Scandals Might Haye Been Avolded, Hattar ow'h Jeurnal, State Auditor Moore declines to audit the accounts sent in by the World's fair com- missioner. 1f former state auditors had been as careful in puditing stato accounts the scandals of the pdst two years would not have disgraced the s ——le—— Dou't Kepeat Past Mistakes. Holdrege | ©itizen. The republican party wmeeds to act care- fully this year in nominating a candidate for the supreme court, forjdf it makes us sad 4 mistake as it has somtimes in the past it Thust expeot defeat at 1ip polls. Tho sisua- tion is a grave one and riquires careful con- sideration before a no:afhation is made. An Exoellent Example, Grand Istand Indspendent. ‘The State Bouard of Pprchase and Supplies has setan excellent e ple by uulm‘nmuuliy passing a resolutio z.' the effect that all superintendents of institutions shall hereafter, in making Lo proposals for sup- plies, specify thas N ande goods are to be given the prefe ) quality sud price being equal. ————— The Workwen-Must Sutfer. LAncoln Untontat. Last woek orders were issued by the Santg, ¥ railroad company to reduce wages 2 per vent by discharging enough worken o ef- fect the desired change. We have not noticed that the heads of any of the ornamental oficers of the company fell into the basket. It wasn't necessary 8o long as they could out of the workmen. Hartwn. ton Herald, Shades of Cresus! Will wonders never cease! A man iu Knox county appeared be- fore the board of commissioners and asked 10 be assessed for some money which he had on deposit in the bank and which had been omitted by mistake when the assessor called on him. That man would grace a seat right up next to the throne and deserves a JULY 10, 1893, harp and & erown, When he dies his body should be embalmed and a groat white monument erocted to his memory. He Is probably the only living specimoen of hi kind and should be presorved with the greatost care, There'll yoand-my. Wavoo Kra, Some of the Nebraska raflroads are trying tomake the freight law as odious to the veoplo as possible by cutting down their train service. Now, I6t it be undorstood at the beginning that the roads have taken no trains off of tho trunk lines, but have stripped their branch lnes of everything that can be spared at all, and this is done to Incrense the serviceon the trunk lines in order to meet the enormous World's fair passengor traffio. The cry of unjust freight law don't go with those who are inclined to sce things as they actually exist. No doubt, the train service will be put back on the branch lines as soon asthe great fair is over. ———— Let the Rallroads Act Fairly, Teeumseh Chicftain, ‘While some of the railroads in the state aro forming plans for curtailing expenses by reducing the service, on account of the Now. berry bill, others are announcing that they will make no changes at present and will contimue tho service as heretofore until it becomes apparent that they are doing busi- ness at a positive loss. The latter course seems o us to be the most commendable and business-hke. It is proper enough to make a change when the necessity of it is absolutgly determined, but the public service should not be disturbed on mere suspicion. Let the Newberry bill have A fair trial before judg- ment is passed on it. An attempt to make it _odious from purely selfish motives will suroly rouct on those who adopt sucha L na News, ‘When the state printing board asked for bids some time ago it is alleged there was a combine formod, of which the State Journal Printing company ot Lincoln was the head and front. he prices ut which the contract was about to bo let were considered out- rageous, This and the protests were 8o emphatic that the printing board was forced to call for bids again. This nearly broke the hearts of the men who run the State Journal Publishing company, and the oditorial columns of that paper were filled with arguments to prove that the bids were as Jow as any respectable printing houso could do the work for. But notwithstanding the fact that the S Journal company's first bid was about #0.000, it was glad to get the same work for $10.000, and even then itis charged it had to pursue its regular courso of Jjobbery and fix its bid so it could be made to read enough ways to secure the contract. it More Tnterest Wanted. Nebraska City Press. Thero has been little interest apparent thus far in the approaching state election, yet this is hardly a cause for wonder or sur- prise, inasmuch as the people have scarcely recovered from the excitement incident to the national campaign of last year. But for republicans the ensuing clection is one fraught with the greatest significance. This is especially the case in Nebraska, although the importance of the contest should not he underestimated in any lo y. The repub- lican party was soundly defeated in the na- tional contest and the reins of power - trusted with unstinted contidence to the democratic party. That party has not thus far justified the poople in the confidence placed in it, and the uncertainty in mone- tary affairs is attributable in no small de- gree to the lsck of confideuce felt by the people in the party's policy of government. In Nebraska the case_is slightly different, yet similar oo, in its effect upon the peogle. Republicanism won a grand victory in Ne- braska last all, and this state was about the only one that held its uwn against the un- precedented revulsion of popular feeling. But the impeachment trial and its revela- tions of crookedness, although not blamable to the party, have placed a cloud upon the party which only a popular endorsement at the polls can dispel. Reasons such as these make the pending election one that republicans should give the closest attention. Good men must be nominated and the party sustained by all If it was thought that the expressed de- erxl'gnnlhndol lhehl:lemn a r:rlxond com- panies to itinue passenger trains on their branch roads as a retaliatory measure to mmh the peoplo for the passage of the railrond rate law was but an idle threat the minds of the people must by this time be disabused of that idea. Already the thing has boen done, and scotions of tho state which have been enjoying very acceptable service are now obliged to be satisfied with @ mixed train consisting of freight cars, siock cars with a coach or two hung to the rear end. The public along these linesis naturally and justifiably incensed. They do not believe that ¢he raflroad companies can- not afford to run the passenger trains. They did not believe that the law enracted by the last legislature was unjust. Nor are they yet convinced of it. Of course aim and purpose of the roaas is to make the new law as odious as possible, but they may find before long that they have only suc- ceeded in making themsclves and their methods more odious than ever. if possible. 1f the railroad companles continue to prac- tice the method which they have thus early adopted to harrass the public, we prophesy that the war between the railroads and the &euplu has but commenced. If the people of ebraska are as determined as were those of Tllinois and Iowa, and we believe they aro, there will be but one result of the struggle. The people will win and tho princlpfe of railroad regulation by law will not be aban- doned. The idea that the state is greater than the corvorations which it has created will not be given up. ‘The railroads would do well to remember the old saying that “‘whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad.” They are now extiblting u madness winch may Tesct with destructive power and cffect, PEOPLE AND THINGS. From a ministerial standpoint the Hawal- fan situation is one of nomination and accep- tance. It is strange a mind reader should go to Chicago to be buried alive—and St. Louis 80 near. Under the new dispensation in South Caroliua, a decided taste for corkscrew curl is growing up among men. Scott Hayes, the youngest son of the late ex-President Hayes, has gone to Cleveland as the general manager of an electric com- pany. There is an impression in democratio eir- cles that the next chairman of the coinage committee will not weur the countenance of Bret Hart's heathen. A Jersey mendicaut. Mrs. Susan Small- wood, died recently in the midst of filth and left property valued at $100,000 for lawyers and heirs to quarrel over. Chfford Calverley, a modern Blondo,ran on a wire over the Niagara gorge in two minutes thirty-five and two-fifths seconds. It was on the Fourtn, and Mr. Calverley was in a hurry to get back from Canada. The precipitate flight of President Clove- land to Buzzard’s Bay was not so much for rest asto escape tho presentation of a Georgia watermelon. The administration's interior department is already everstocked Now that Senator Stanford is laid at rest a doctor who wasn't called in says he died of an overdose of doctor. Thus from death do the hving receive strony confirmation of the truth of the saying, “Too many doctors kill the patient.” “The hour when graveyards vawn is not as much of a fiction as some people imagine. Heve is Wilham H. h‘n‘glhh, his draperies of woe garuished with the mould of thirteen years, resurrected for the purpose of ex- plaining the money probicm. “I'he fact that Willlam is tolerated on the surface shows the country's slock of patience is not ex- hausted. Colonl Clinton P. Ferry, now tarrylng in Chicago, aspires Lo the title, “Duke of Ta- coma.” There Is but onc *Duke of Tacoma,’ and he is Colonel Wiliam Ludovico Viss- cher, the sweet singer of St. Joo, Omaha sud Cheyenne, the gorclces warror of Laramie, the founder of Fairhavon, the bea- cou of Bollingham bay aud the aposile of the evergreen state of Washingtou. ALl others afe base imitations. Just as Minister Lewis Baker s waltzing with the haute tong of Granada, announce- ment is made that the St. Paul (Hobo is for salo. For years back Baker held the des- tiny of tho Globe In U hollow of his haud, and pumped out democracy at such a rate that republicanism becamo invincible in Minnesota. ‘The party will have to hump itself now that Baker is gone and the Globe golug. RLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN, A shiftiess man loves to talk aboat his bad tuck, Lovo's investments are always drawing dividends, Joy that isn't shared with somebody else soon becomes moldy, Nobody looks for fruit on & treo that is red with thorns, The man who lives only for himself is on gnged in vory small business. Grateful contont is tho best sauce that was ever served with any dinner. 1f grumbling could bo exchanged for gold how many of us would soon be rich It is very foolish to give your childron good advice while you are setting them a bad ex ample, When a preacher gives the devil a ohs the Lord's chariot. a politician it leh his sled to VANDERBUMN'S DAKOTA CAMPATGN, Schuyler Herald: Paul Vandervoort, that greatest of all independent demngogiies, is now delivering a serfos of lectures in South Dakota. This ex-railroad understrapper now pretends to be the only friend of the people, and that his party is the only party that can be trusted to right the present wrongs. The indepandent committee have shown excellent taste in sending Vander- voort where he is not known. 'The indo- peudent party has some very good features, but they are all more than overshadowed by the fact that such fellows as Vandervoort are atlowed to become its leaders and dictato | policy. Such men as he are in the m ment for what money there is in it—they care nothing for the farmer or his interests. Elk Point Courier: The addross of Paul H. Vandervoort in Kk Point, S. D, last Saturday, was svch a wild harangue that oven the few indopend- ents present, whoso stomachs are supposed to be coated for just such wash, could not standa it. Vandervoort is either in advance of his party or a typical crank. He has no respect for facts and figures and fires at his audicnce anything that comes to his mind. Very fow of his audience had the courawe to appiaud his remarks, and the one or two who started out bravely to give him a sreat send off are avologiziug to their acquain- tances forletting their zeal lead them astray. Vandervoort tackled everything in_sight, and his explanations were miserable fail- ures. It isto be hoped he may visit Elk Point again. His frothings are poison to the party he represents. In short he disap- pointed his friends and amused those who do not take any stock in calamity. AR SIGHTS AT THE FAIR. All the specimens of woods in the Forestry building were varnished gratuitously by one firm at a cost of #0,000. 'ho Liberty bell is to thousands tho most t within the gates, and it is ed by many each day, who look upon it with reverence. A mandolin weighing three ounces, 1ts shell so thin that it is transparent, is ex- hibited in the Italian section in the gallery of the Manufactures building. During the month of June the paid admis- sions to the World's fair aggregated ,609,305. In May only 1,050.037 paying visitors passe through the turnstiles, Lho cages containing birds aro the most showy part of the British Guiana_exhibit. ‘Their showy plumago is a genuino delight to the ladies who appreciate showy hat trim- mings, In one end of the gallery of the Costa Rica building is stretched a long distance land- acape of blue sky and white clouds. On this canvas are nailed stuffed birds, The object is not to elevate art, but to show the birds. The life saving station is to add a new at- traction to its exhibit. A stranded ship with mast and rigging true to nature, will be manned several times a day with half a dozen shipwrecked mariners. Then the life savers will shoot out the ropes, and fasten the tackle to the wreck and gloriously bring tho helpless seamen safe to shore. Tt has been often said that there is not a statue of George Washington on the grounds of the oxposition, and not oven a bust of the father of his country; but there is. Itis sufficiently noticeable that more prominence is given to hundreds of other votablos of history without misrep- resenting the facts, America shows many statues and busts—even Brig- ham Young being remembered; but Washington has also a bust. Itisa Japanese display and can be found in the Japanese section of the Liberal Arts builditey The Japs havo always had the reptutation of being the most polite people on oarth. The gavel used by Director General Davis at the Fourth of July exercises possesses an unique historical interest. It was first used in the Long Room tavern in New York on the centennial of the inauguration of Wash- ington, at which time the Sons and Daughters of the American revolntion were formod. When the Swiss of the United States came to celebrate the 600th anni- versary of the federation of the Swiss states their presiding officer called his countrymen to order with the same gavel. Again it was used when the French residents of the coun- try gathered together to commemorate the centennisl of the fall of the Bastile. Months afterwards when the Poles, exiles from their native land, gathered together to sorrow- fully commemorate the adoption of the Polish constitution, the sound of the samo gavel echoed through the hall in which they met. Since then it has been used in Inde- pendenco hall in Philadelphia at the time of the formation of the League of Human Free- dom, on the nineleeuth anniversary of the birth of Kossuth, and finally on Juno 7 last, when the Columbian Liberty bell committee was formed ——e TUE SUPREME JUDG KSHLP, Grand Island Independent: 1t makes but littlo difforence what part of the state is roprosented in the successorship to Judge Maxwoll. What is wanted isaman just about like Judge Maxwell, Piorco County Call: The republioan party may as well face the musio. It must either renominate Samuel Maxwell or seo a popu- list electod to the supreme honch next No- vomber, Norfotk Journal, Renominate Maxwell, sny we! Kearney Journal:It is perfoctly proper for the west halt of the atate to ask for tho su- preme Judgeship to come out this way. The wostern part of Nebraska has any numbor of mm who would be a credit to the judicial ermine. What all truo Nebraskans want first, however, is a man of profound knowl- odge, a man of brains and personal integrity that has never been questionod. 1t is a pity that partisanship should enter into the loction of the judiciary of our stato, and Il parties should make it their business to nominate only men of known ability and purity of oharacter. It this is done our state will nover have occasion to blush for its judiclary, Silver Croek Times: The talk of the pop- ulists about Judge Maxiwell showing his in- dependence of his party is all bosh. Ho doubtless gave an honest, unbiased opinion without fear or favor, as overy judge should do. The people honor him for it, in the re- publican party as well as out ofit. In our opinion the republicans will renominate him. It is also our opinion that the old gang will not be able to defeat him as they dofeated Reese two years ago. The povs as- sume an air of suporior virtue and talk as though every honest man bolonged to_them a8 by reason of some law of natural afinity, when the fact is, as overy observing man may sec, that thoy have more rascals and deadbeats to the square inch than any other party that ever flourished on the sacred soil of Nebraska. e i PASSING PLEASANTRIES, Rochester Domocrat It 1s generally a groat blow to a candle to hav J its Iight put out. New Orleans Pleayuno: Teo is sansative, When left at your door In the hot sun it will run away if not brought in. Somerville Journal: In France the man who lends a duallife Is likely to lead a duel 1ite, as well. Buffalo Courier: man, but it gen what she s Man may understand wo- 1ly puzzles her horse to tell riving at. Kate Fleld's Washington: Sho—Miss Brown langry with me. Ho Why? She—I failed to ropent” a Ist of gossip she told me for the world’s sake not to mention. Elmira Gazotte: Jugson says if every man was us anxious 1o tost the truth of religion as he 18 tho truth of a fresh paint sign the churches would be crowded. Chicago Record: you knows dat guy we went fishin' yistiddy, Keteh anythin' Cispar Uorker—Nuw: too lazy to pullon the polo when he got a bite. Washington Star: “Hor inflection was re markable" is what the critic wrote about the Indy who recitos, *fer infliction was remarkable" is what the ompositor set up. “Man wants but little ho muyIng's worth, goup how soon you'll waut tho Kansas City Journal here below.”” To test in a balloon and s earth. Indianapolis Journal say that that n 10,000, would you?" +Oh, I don't Know. It might bo true." “Thist 18" the reason 1 thought you wouldn't say u" Philadelphin Record; Now, you_wouldn't across the street is worth “Jump nhoard, miss,* he conductor briskly. *I'll see fo your “But mamma wants to kiss me good- replied the girl. “I'llattend to that 00, aboard!" PLAINT OF THE LOVER. Washington Star. “My triend, beware of proverbs,” ¢ sportsman sadly sighed, “¥or fallure s the ead result With most that I have tried. That money makes the mare go T've often heard, and yet It seems to work the other way With money that I bet.” e ey ¥or Honest Methods. Norfolk Journal, The battlo to be wagered within the lines of the republican party for the control of the next state convention will be betweon the gang who havo been running the maching until they have run it into the ground and thorank and file of the party who want to see better men lead and more honest meth- ods prevail.. A triumph for tho gang will mean certain defeat at the polls. — e THE BOW IN THE CLOUDS. Philadelvhia Ledger. Atter the rain that beat the grain And leveled the golden corn Had swept with furious might and mafn From night to the early morn, As fair as flowers upon & shroud Shone forth the bow 1n the cloud, After tho wind that downward leapt, Like a glant trom Its bars, Whose tssues of lite and death had swept Aftor the rainfall long and lou Gleamed gay the bow in the cla After tho thunder's muttered wrath, And the lightning's blinding dart, There roso & heuvenly tinted path Tn the storm-sky's angry hoart; And thunders cossed and wild winds bowet. To the truce of peace in the cloud. After the wrong that wrecks tho soul And shatters the dreams of life, After the sorrow's sudden rour That cuts with a two-edged knifo; After the life-storm long and loud, The bow of peace in the cloud. BROWNING,KING ™ Lurgest Manufacturers and Rotallers ol Olothing In the World. It's this Weigh:— We've still on hand a whole slew of summer one-third. suits. this season, so we've put the prices way down. some beauties among them. There is also a big wad of those skeleton-lined coats (or un- lined) coats and vests which 'we must get rid of this week. Straw hats must They're marked down about They'll have to be sold There are go, too. On second floor the children’s goods are getting a cut also. That lot of boys’ vacation suits at $1.50 are worth nearly twice as much money. Reduc- tions all along the line. Economical people will buy now when the styles are to be had. BROWNING, Blore open every evenin; e Baturday ull i KING & (O, e |8, W, Cor. 16th and Douglas Sts, 5