Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 5, 1893, Page 5

ORCANIZED LABOR'S CAUSE Presidont Ives of I—Knnln Federation P Dilates on the Topioat Lincoln, CAPITAL CITY TOILERS MAKE A HOLIDAY General and Enthaslastle Obscrvation of Day by the Peoplo-A Con Sive Summing Up of the Kights of Labor and Capital. Liscors, Sept. 4.—[Special to Tne Brr.]— Never In the history of the city of Lincoln wwas there so general an outpouring of people to witness a demonstration made by the men who, intheir sturdy way, uphold the dignity of labor in the Capital City, Labor day was a holiday in almost every sonso of the word. T'he banks and many of the places of busi- nass weve closed. Manufactories wera shut down and employes with their famili Joyed a day's respite at the ark. The ob- mervance of the day commenced with a pro- cession which was the larg given by the labor organiztions of the city. It formed at the intersection of Lloventh and K streots under the direction of J. H. Kramer, chief marshal of tho day, And marched through the principal atreets in the busincss portion of thie city over the follow- ing route: 1°tom K on Lloventh to N, oast to Fifteenth, north to_O, west to Eleventh, north to P, west to Ninth, south to O, east o Eleventh, south to N, west to ‘lenth! At the corner of O and Teuth strects cars were in wiiting to convey the crowds to Lin- oIn parke where the regular order of exer- cises was to tako place. The parade was conauoted through the 1s of the city by a squad of mounted ice under command of Captain Miller. ho oflicers never appoared to better ad- itage, as they camo out in new uuiforms and hoimets. - Many people noted tho effect of the new dispensation by the discipline of the men, tures of the Parade. The place of honor in the parade was given to the members of the Contral Labor unfon, thav orgaunization being repr by about fifty of its members. Th asan escort for the carriage in which rode Hon. H. M. Ives of Topeka, the orator of theday. Then came another carriage con- taining May Weir and Chief of Police Cooper and following them the members of tho city council. he Nebraska State band, an organiza- tion that may very properly be compared to the fawous State Band of Towa, led the long procession of laboring men that followed, irst came the members of Typographical on No. 206), forty-five m all.” They were immediately followed by twenty-one mem- bers of Pressmen’s union No. 6. The Cigar- makers union No. 148 was well represented and they were followed by Barbers union No. 180 und Tailors union No. 184, tho former with seveutoen men and the latter with ninctcen. The second di- vision was conducted by the colored band. s division was made up of the folloy nizations: Carpenters union No. ~five men: Machinists union No. Boilermakers union No. 94, twenty-five men. The third division was led by Jackson’s Drum corps and behind it tho Knights of Labor to the num- Vi en foilowed carria and county officials, nd wagous represe rious business interests of the city. After the parade had disbanded ‘the mem- bers who had contributed o 1ts success took street cars to Lincoln park, where the exor- cises of the day were to tako place. A large number of the peonle who haa assembled to do honor to labor's cause took their dinner on the grounds. The program for the after- noon commenced with an address from Hon, H. M. Tves, presidont of the Kansas Federa- tion of Lubor. M. Ives is one of the men who has risen from the printer's case to a T4 873, 80N, containing ci ber of floa: position in the labor world, hardly second to the prominence ved by but few. His ad- dross was lengthy and interesting. The fol- lowing 18 but a brief summary of tho prin- cipal points in his address: Labor's Commanding Position. Tt is appropriate on this great national holiday of & people among whom labor is declared to b noble, dignified and holy, that there should be somo dissertation on the causes which haveled to the present com- manding position of labor in the affairs of the world and some consideration of the present sociul cnvironment of the wage- earning classes, with a view to discovering whether our great organizations, our inaug- uration of strikes, our resistance of lockouts, our great system of charity and benevolence, and, to crown all, our elaborate and enthus” tastic celebration of one duy of the year, devoted to the honor and glory of labor, have in them, after all, any real utility and tendency to benefit us as a people and as u nation. “Ours Is an age of organization in evory de- partment of human effort. In moral im- provement, in_intellectual effort, in socinl lite, in benevolent work, in religious propa- ganda, in business enterprise, and in the world of labor, everywhere men are acting together in voluntary associations, working toward certain defluite ends within the lines Iawd down ana under official direction, In- dividualism is dead. The doctrine of the survival of the fittest finas no exemplifica- tion in human affairs. To the strongest the assistance and co-operation of the weakest is indispensible. T'his assistance cannot be coerced from the reluctant victim through terror, but it may be induced by an appeal to interest, lodern society, in its en- doavors to seize and profit by the discoveries in government, in the arts, i science and in exchange, has consuituted itself a ma- chine so delicato and so complicated that the possibilities of destruction within the weak- est individual make it necessary that the industrial and fravernal elements of human nature shall be fostored and the hostile and predatory suppressed. Grand Masonry of Toll, “Porhaps the most striking example in the present era of organization is the recent activity i the founding and growth of the secrot societies, with a purpose of inculeat. ing & broad morality and practicing elaborate systems of benevolenca, he time was, within the memory of living when thore was but one ‘secret order. The mem- bers of this ordor were few and drawn from the wealthy and cultured clusses, The lodge rooms were scattored over a sparsely sottled country. This order, it 1s pieasunt to note, was the sole sucvivor of the older trades unionisy Though metamorphosed a8 o the character of 1ts members, its prin- ciples of human conduct were as pure as those taught in the lodge rooms of the oper- auive Masons who built and adorned the magnificent temples of the middle ages, and who, at a,time when mauuai labor had been reduced 0 the couditions of serfdom, were able, through the courageous practice of a humune system of organization, to maintain for their craft tho eight-hour work day and sho proud title of Free Masous. *“I'his middle age trades uniou or fraternivy of masons formed amonga craft working unaer conditions similar Lo those in vogue in the modern system of production is again orig- inally developed in the practical work of the modern trades union. The sceret socioties that have spraug from this single germ are vumbered by the hundreds. We come in contact with their works of charity every where, Where there is suffering there the ministration of the lodge brother. ‘Where there is death, decent burial with the marks of tender feeling and regard are the result of lodge fellowship, while the care of the widow and orphan, and the bestowal of millions upon millions in life insurance at- test tho fact that men pow realize that efforts in common can wost effectually de- fend agaiust the calamities that inevitably fall upon us all.” The speaker then sketched rapidly the hisk of the growth of the great trusts, re- viowing the operations of the gigantic com- binations of capital and the struggle against thew on the part of the masses. He showea bow the prices were fixed, production lim- ited, competition destroyed and the wages of labor reduced. This part of his address Was & very complete exposition of the evils which have followed the operations of the trusts and combines, and he closed it with the conclusion that “‘concerning the oppres- sion of these trusts there is but little com- plaint, except of the political and demogogic sort.” The spenker then turued his atten- tion to the bistory of strikes and lock-outs, sowe of the facts presented being as follow Devolopment of Orgunization. “The period boginniug January 1, 1881, and endicg on Docember 31. 1836, was ona of Rreat industrial disturban Conditions which had been developing for & long timo suddenly brought aboul & great movement in the organization of labor which resuitod in placiog the puny straggling trades unions of the country in a ll\unlfll dition. Tn this period was developed tho groat natlonal unions. The great order of the Knights of Labor suddeuly threw oft its veil of extrome secrecy and began the work of proselyting, which resulted in an organi- zation of 1,000,000 men S | societies abounded. Socia'istic { turned out thousands of 1 with schemes of industrial, 1 and pol ical co-operation. In the greatindustrial centers rovolutionary anarchy nightly held its meetings gud laid its plans for the de- struction of the lives and property of the wealthy, Finally came the eight-hour demonstration of 1886, the fatal bomb, the arrest and conviction of the anarchists, and thereafter the reaction which resuited in | the disorganization of the Knights of Labor, the disbandment of the socialistic societies and the rotirement from active service of the recruits to anarchy. Triumph of Dignified Labor, “‘Out of this wreck there survived all that was good, all that was substantial, and- all that was fitted to the needs of the working peoplo and calculated to advance their inter- ests. Thero was no reaction among the unions. They have continued to grow with unabated vigor. The socialism, the anarchy, and evon tho Knights of Labor were tho froth that floated i the turbulent waters. ‘The deep, strong current that could not be stopped, and which is still flowing with stendy vigor, was the organization of labor into distinctive crafts whose sole purpose was the protection of their members in their right to & just compensation for their labor, and in the practice of benevolence. The unions accepted things as they were and proceeded to get the most of what was in sight. The socialistic societies, while deal- ing in high sounding phrases, failed to grasp the vantaces in reach. *'Org inization represents all that you are, and all that most of you ean ever hove to be. It is the measure of~ your physical comfort, a8 it gnuges your ability to burchase food, clothing and” shelter. It is the measure of your mental welfare, for to it you owe your books, lectures, periodicals and newspapers. It is the measure of your moral welfare, for it controls your ability to contribute to the church. It is the measure of your worth as a citizen, for without some leisure you cannot attend the caucus and the -primary. How necessary, then, my friends, that the one commodity you have for sale, the avails of which in ouc smali word represents your welfare for the present and your hopes for the future in all that makeslife worth liv- ing for, should be disposed of to the greatest advantage. Victory Comes Before Pence. “In the conflict between labor ai capital, as in every other, thero must be victory be- fore peace. One of the contestants must be overcome. The vanquishment of the work- ing classes means slavery. If they lose in the industrial conflict, when tho time comes when organization has no furthor terror for the employing classes, then we may look for the operation of an iron law of low wiges stronger than the economic law of Ricardo. It will not be then that wages will continually tend towara that lowest rato at 4 vigorous con- alistic writors mphlets fill which tho laborer will consent to exist, to that point which will barely support him in the enjoyment of the ordinary standard of living, but it will be atan artificially low point gauged by the will of the employing classes alone. ,on the other hand, the laborer shall win in this great contest, it will then be that the reward of the capitalist shall be fixed at that point that will best subserve the inter- est of labor, at that pomnt where we shall have the groitest possivlo production and the greatest possible share of that produc- tion going to the reward of labor. ““This, then, beiug the problem of tha age, will Tabor solve it to its own advantage? We cannot tell: The forces at- any given time scem to tend to an_equilibrium. But if we are to predict the future by the past, thero isbut one conclusion, and that is that as time passes the advantages in the conflict will be slowly ana surely transferred from tho employer 10 the employed. Tho pre- ponderance of physical force has always been on our side, and now it is merely n question of complete organization and intel- ligent direction.” BURT COUN ENDENTS, Thoy Meet and Nomloato a Tioket—A Lack of Enthusiusm, TerAMAn, Neb., Sept. 4.—[Special to Tur Bre.|—The Burt county independent con- vention met here Saturday. With the ex- ception of county treasurer the offices wont begging, the clerkship being of special men- tloa. Eyery man proposed “respectiully de- clined,” and would not have it under any consideration. After four or five ballots R. N. Day did consent to be slaughtered for the good of the cause. With two excep- tions, treasurer and superintendent, it was about the poorest ticket put up for many years, and therepublicans are jubilant. The calamity howl in Burt county is rapidly on the decline. The following ticket was placed in nomination: Treasurer, N. T. Berry of Tekamah; clerk, R. N. Day of Tekamoh; sheriff, N. D. Romaps of Silver ek; judge, F. Lange of Golden Springs; ‘superintendent of public instruc- on, C. F. Beck of Lyons; commissioner, J. Blackstone of Craig; coroner, Dr. T.'N. Leeper of Oakland ; surveyor, J. N. Leaming of Decatur. The nonpartisan candidate for judge was sat down on harg, the convention not recog- nizing the recommendation of the Burt county bar, hon the present incumbent, Charles I, Dickinson, Ten delegates were olectod to the state couvention, one at large from the county and one from each of the nine precincts, The republican Burt county central com- mittee mev Saturday and decided upon Mon- day, September 18, as the date for holding the republican county convention, Nobraska State Grange, which is to bo held some time in December. There will be over 500 delegates present, and they will b in session threo or four duys. The exact date will be aunounced later. The coming Burt county fair promises in all respects to outdo any fair over held in Burt county. The prémiums are ample to insure a lurgo showing. The directors of the fair mot at the court house Thursday to take the matter in hand toward making an oxhibit at tho state fair. The following com- mitteo was chosen: President, H. Joger, Craig; J. W. Patterson, J. H. Adams, John B. Lyon, A. P.Job and John P. Anderson. Allare asked to bring specimens’ not later than Thursday to the secretary, J, R, Sutherlind. Al being well, the display will equal the average county exhibit. Two Serious Accident Nowrn Lour, Neb., Sept. 4.—[Special to Tur Bee.]—Two terrible accidents have happened av North Loup, the first vesulting in the death of Jo Van Kirk, a young man about 20 years of age, son of Marsh Van Kirk, who lives twelve miles southwest of here on Davis creek. He was goiug home from town and stopved to shoota prairie chicken, In returning the gun to tho ), it was in some unknown way dis. ed, killing him almost iustantly.” His father, who is in very poor health, is almost crazede, Yestrday W. L. Davis, while whittling, fell down, running his knife into his wrist and severing whe Iarge artery. He uearly bled to aeath before the bleeding was stopped. But itis thought now that he is doing as well as can bo expected. BEATHICE, Sept. 4.—[Special to Tig Bre) Reports from different parts of the county indicate the average corn crop will be about twenty bushels por acre. The yield in the southern part will be much better than in the central und northern. Much trouble has been experienced by the Rapid Transit company in keeping macninery in order, and as a consequonce the city has been without street car service half the time. The democratic county couvention will meet September 19 for the purpose of plac- ing in nomination a full county tieket, Labor day was passed without any un- usual domoustration the ouly iustitulions really observiug the day beiug the banks. Osceoln's Enterpristag Mothodists. OscEoLa, Neb., Sept. 4.—(Special to Tug Brg. | —Yestorday was a red letter day ‘for the Methodist Episcopal church here. Big sernion, big preacher, big collection, The pastor of the church had secured Chancellor Crooks of the Wesleyan University of Lin- cols Lo come up and preach for him and Tekamah is to have the next session of the I Astist In taking the educational collection. he doctor preached two excellent sermons, tha first that he had preachea outside of Lincoln since he came to the state. The colloction was & very liberal one, amounting 10 avor $00. osola has just raised a sub- soription of $0.000 for a new church, and thoy Are going to lay the foundation right away. SPOILED THEIR CELEBRATION. ¥res Neer and Freo Fight Got Five Sarpy County Men in Troablo. Neb,, Sept. 4. ——[Special to Tne Satuaday night Charles Whetstone, Thomas Joyce and Frank Millage, residents of this place, and E.J. Walters and T. W. Mulcaliey, laborers at Fort Crook, purchased three eight-gallon kegs of beer and repaired to the residenceof Wallace Hike, with whom Millage was boarding, to have peial time, Hike and his wife being away from home. erything ran smoothly, the beer inelude, until a dispute arose between Joyce and the others, and then a froe fight ensuad, in which Joyce was decidedly worsted. Deputy Sheriff McCarty was informed of the fracas about 3o'clock in the morning and hastened to the scene just in time to save Joyc being killed. He undertook to arr the outfit and was thrown out of the house b{ Muleahey, wheretipon he filed a complaint before Justice Patrick and ob- tained a warrant for the arrest of the entire outfit on the charge of being drunk, but when he returned to the sceno of the fight Mulcahey took leg bail and refused to stop until the bullets from McCarty's six-shooter began to cut the air in too close proximity to his ears to feel entirely comfortable. Tlm'{ were taken before Justice Patrick and fined 5 each for being drunk, after | _THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUE which Mulcahey again got away from the officer and skipped out, but was recaptured at Miller's joint near the fort and com- pelled to take his medicine along with the rest. Later it was learned that a number of chickens had been stolen from Fred Mad- dock, and after n search Deputy McCarty found the fowls at the house where the beer drinking took place, and the charge of petit tarcony will probably be tho next thing that the gang will have to answer. NERMAN ABRAM, HERO, How a Fremont Boy Risked His Life to Save Two Horses, FREMONT, Sept. 4.—([Special to Tur Bre.| —During the firo yesterday a little fellow pamed Herman Abram, performed an act that should entitle hini to a gold medal. A team was burning in the stable adjoinivg the ice house and after repeated efforts by men interested in saving them they were given to the flames. At this juncture little Herman, moved to tears of sympathy by the struggling brutes, rushed into the flames and cutting their halters pounded them over the heads and backed them out. It was a close call as one of the horses was severely burned and the little hero badly suffocated. Hon. Tobias Castor is in the city. A number of eastern friends are visiting R. B. Stanford’s peoplo. Judge Huff preached three sermons in Omaha yesterday and was promptly on hand this morning for business. Mrs. G. W. E. Dorsey and her mother, Mrs. Benton, have returned from their summer outing in northern Michigan. Labor day was not generally observed in this city, the banks, schools and other busi- ness institutions remaining open. From Fort Calhean. Fou CALmous, Nob,, Sept. 4.—[Special to Tue Bee.]—The park at this place during the past week has been almost constantly occupied by picnic parties from Blair and Omaha. The Baptist Sunday school picnic from Blair was well attended and an_enjoyable time experienced by all the particivants. Fort Calhoun = schools opened morning. _The school board has fortunate in securing the serv this been s of Prof. Hicks for the coming year, who isan edu- cator of broad experience, Miss Hicks left here this morning for David City, where she will take charge of one of the schools of that place. This s the third year that Miss Hicks has been em- ploved there. Prot. Toozer of Omaha is looking after his property hereand overseeing scme needful repairs. Colfax County's Far, Scuuyrer, Neb., Sept. 4.—[Special Tele- gram to Bee.|—This, tho fivst day of the Colfax county fair, is very flattering, the officers feeiing that it is going to be the equal of any previous county exhibit and in many departments will be superior. Not y all the entries are made, but the horticultural, agricultural and trades dis- play departments are especially atiractive, There was a noticeable absence of cattle today, but of horses, especially for the speed ring, there is an unusual number. There ‘were 80 many to enter that extra stalls had to be supplied and there are promised some very interesting events. F t Lexington. LexiNarox, Neb., Sept. 4.—[Special to T Ber,)—A fire broke out at1a. m. today in the residence of Georgo Long, calling out the fire department, who promptly checked the flames. Loss, about $300, Court convenes this week with a large docket. Among the cases to bo disposed of is that of Walker, who shot two men at rnam, killing oné. Insanity awill po the defense. The man was sane enough to sell his property, secure the cash aud shapo all his business affairs to have plenty of means at hand to s of his capture. able counsel in the évent Pecullar Death at O'Neill, O'Ne1LL, Neb., Sept. 4.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—An elderly gentloman named Frank Brown died here suddenly Sunday moraing, of what resembled very much Asiatic cholera, but the attending physician says it could not possibly have been. His diagnosis was sporadic cholera-morbus, T'he case was peculiar in that the disease preyed upon the man's vitals and lifo blood until he was reduced to u mere skeleton, something like & mummy in appearance, ‘The funeral of the unfortunate man occurred this evening Polk County Delegates. Osceora, Neb., Sept. 4.—[Special to Tie Bee.]—The independents held their conven- tion Saturday to select delegates to the state convention that moets at Lincoln on ‘Tuesday. They have put off the selection of county officers until later. The following gentlewen, of which very fow are farmers, will pe heard at the convention: Mess) McGaw, Welch, Coleman, Little, Peterson, Sedanburg, idict, Dexter, Lewis aod Naline Cou pulists, WiLueg, Sopt. 4.—[Special to Tre Bee.]— At tho indepeudent county convention today E. 8. Abbott, A. H. Dilley, 1. A. Allen, John Howell. J. Lidgard, H. Sloan, Trollope, L. Holm, Joseph RKichuarik, J. B. Riggins, T. A. Sawyer, . M. Chatburn and, A. Mead were olected delegates to the statd conven- tion. The couvention to nominato a county ticket will be held on the 25th instant. ! Fireworks tonight, Courtland beachs Rahe, Carlson, Lindburg, Ben- son. el No Hard Tunes There. Osceors, Neb., Sept. 4.—[Special to Tug Bk, |—The people of this town need not talk of hard times or calamty any more, for the excursion train that went from here to Omaba yesterday carried just 125 passen- gers—wage earners who could not ¢o on an excursion on any other day except Sunday, ol B Fireworks tonight, Courtland beach. BRYAN CAUGHT..A TARTAR First Distriot Freo Trader Given a Lesson in Tariff by a Bérmittdan, ALL THE TAX IS PAID BV‘ THE PRODUCER Onions from the falands Cannot Compete with the Home Growh Articte—Demo. eratic Assault on the $hirar Indastry ~Nebraska at Wishington, . 513 FOURTEENTIU STREET, Wastisatos, Sept. 4 If Representative Bryah evor again as- serts on’the hustings of Nebraska that the consumer pays the duty upon articles of food and that customs duties are therefore *‘a tax,” as ho has repeatedly contended, it will only be necessary to quote a dialogue be- fore the house committee on ways and means today in order to retire him from the field of debate. Mr. Bryan twent for wool and got shorn by one of his own flock. The committee was listening to an argument from a citizen of Bermuda in favor of remov- ing the duty upon Bermuda onions. Mr. Bryan thought he saw an opportunity to prove his oft reveated assertion that the ‘‘consumer pays the duty,” and so asked of the foreigner who paid the duty. ““Why, the producer, of course,” said the ormudan, “How do you figure out that result?” asked the Nebraska free trader. ““When we load a cargo of onions for New York we always figure the cost of shipment, then add the duty and the commission mer- chants’ fees to the cost of production, and we know our selling prices. 1f we had no duty to pay we would simply add that to the profit side of the ledger. At vresent we make no profit, and it is because we caunot compete with your own producers.” The Bermudan went into the details of transactions, and before he got through he had proved to the entire satisfaction of all his hearers that it was the producer and not the consumer who paid the duty., M. Bryan was greatly flustrated and the mem- bers of the committee had a hearty laugh at his expense. The Nebraskan had indeed caught a tartar. Oxuard and the Sugar Bounty. Henry T. Oxnard of Grand Island is to be heard by the house committee on ways and means on the 19th inst. relative to the beet sugar industry of this country. Mr. Oxnard will plead for'a continuance of the present sugar bounty. The democrats in cougress have about made up their minds to ‘repeal the bounty and restore a portion of the old WasniNgrox Bungay or Tie Bee, 2 duty on The duty prior to the MciKinley act was about 2 esnts a pound but 1 cent a pound is now mentioned. It is understood that the Louisiana democrats will let the beet sugar producers take the ive fora coutinuation of the bounty. Louisiana is the chief sugar producing stato in the union. Twice have the democrats in coagress during the past decade attenipted to cut off Louisiana’s revenue from sugar and as many times have they failed. It is a well known fact that the cane. sugar producers of Louisiana receive two-thirds of the bounty paid on sugar, while oné-third or less goes to the beet sugar producess of Nebraska and California. 'r'he sugar hounty is scarcely a drop in the bucket when cohsidered in con- nection with the hundveds® of millions of dollars annually expended by the govern- ment. Thedemocrats have found that since they are to put wool and a=Tew other raw materials upon the free list they must do something to largely in¢rease tho revenues, and sugar, the most common article of con- sumption by the poor a8 well as the rich, affords to the democratic mind the most direct and simple method of raising revenue. By cutting off the bounty ten or twely willion dollars a year will be imme- diately saved; then by adding 1 cent a pound upon imported. raw. . sugar it 1s estimated that the government will re- ceive unnually a revenue of about $10,000,000 dollars, which is.a net gain to the govern- ment's annual resourcez of £50,000,000. This, 1t is estimated, will be suflicient to cover the losses which will be -sustained by placing wond logs and iron ore on the free list. This change in the policy of the government re- lating to sugar and the development of a great domestic industry will enable the democrats to choke off sugar growing in this country. Their Way is Not Clear, The democrats, in figuring upon a *‘saving” of §50,000,000 & year from sugar industries, have failed to caloulate another thing which they must accomplish. The great body of southern and western democrats who are demanding the repeal of the sugar bounty clause and the placing of wool upon the froe listare going to demand sweeping reduc- tions in the duties upon common grades of woolens and woolen goods, if they do not actuaily demand that thesd be piaced upon the free list. Thoy hold that while they arc moro than willing 10 vote for freo wool, thoy don’t propose to give the manufacturer free raw material and protect nimin the man- ufacture of the most common everyday necessitios; that while they will give him free wool he must expect to produce the lower grades of goods in direct competition vith the manufacturer in_ ( in The democrats are going to havi ome lively tights among themselves, It is just possible that wnen it comes to destroying all of the stgar bounty the senate will demand that at least half of the present bounty, which is 2 cents a pound, shail be retained, and if they make a strong fight they will likely succoed Moeikiejuhn Hus & Pension 1511, When the new code of rules for the houso is adopted and there is a call for the intro- duction of bills, which will likely be on next Thursday, Representative Meiklejohn will introducean amendment to the dependeng pension law of June, 1890, whica will provide.] that *af the disability or disabilities render the claimant unable to earn a support of such a degree as would be rated at or above $ and less tnan $12 under existing laws, vhey shall, under this act, be rated the same as like pensionable disabil- ities of service origin and all claimants with & vensionable disabil- ity or aisabilities, whic of service igin would be rated at orabove $12 per mouth shall be rated at $12 per month.” Mr, eiklejohn, in explainivg his measure to Tuk BEg correspondent tonight, said: retary Noble and Commissioner Rauw, in covstruing the dependent pension act of June 27, 1800, hela that all claimants showing a mental or physical disability or disabilities of a permanent nature, not the result of their own vicious habits, and which incapacitated for the performance of mauual lubor, render- ing them unable to earn a support in such a degree as would be rated under forier laws ator above ) and less ‘than $12, should be vated the same as for like disabilities of service origin, and that all claims show- ing a pensionable disability which of service origiu would be rated avor above §12 should be rated at $12 per mous! Hoke Smith's Holding, “Secretary Hoke Smithand Commissioner Lochren, in the construetiofrof this act, held on Mn{ 37, 1803, that no- specific injury or disability couid, as such, have a pensionabie rating, and that it would oaly be cousidered as aflecting the capacity of the claiwant to perform manual labor. Thes injuries or dis- abilities, though rateable uwager forner laws, like disabilities of seruico arigin, under the rulings of Secretary Smithand Commissioner Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U, S, Gov’t Report, Real Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE JAY, SEPIEMBER 5 1893, Lochren, were not rateable at all, ani the claimants held to have no status, unless the disabilitios inoapacitated them from the performance of manual 1abor and such as to render them unably to earn & support. There were moro than 850 clal allowed undor the construction of the a made by Secretary Noble and Commissione Raum. ~Secretary Hoke Smith and Commf sionor Lochren now propose to reviow those W0 cases adjudicated by their prodecessors, because they do not agree with them on vhe construction of th law. T'he supreme court of the United States has hold that a _quasi-judicial question da. cided by the secrotary of the departmont could not be reversed by his succossor. In the case of Secrotary Noble apgainst the Union River Logging Railway o Y. re ported in 146 United States Keports, 1t was held that a decision of the sec interior, rendered by Secretary t bo r COSSOT v of the s, could oble, his suc- v Noble could ot revoke decision of Secrotary Vilas, is 1t o nt for Sec ary Hok mith to reverse the rulings and decisions of Secreiary Noble in the quasi-judicial proceeding of granting a pension to a soldier.” Must Pay fta Fines. The case of the Nobraska City Distilling company before the commissioner of inter- nal revenue has not yot beon formally e cided, but it will result against the company It will be remembered that claims aggrogat lng 8,000 were filed against the company for operating machinery which did nov produce from the mash a sufficient percentage of Icohol, and taat Lawyer Watson of N 1 raska City, was hero recently and made an argument before the commissioner in exten- uation of the company’s labil He con- tended that it was the faus of the machin- ety, and pot the company using it, that it failed to produce alcohol in compliance with thelaw. The commissioner will shortly ren- dera decision hokling that the company must pay its fines. He says the law is man- datory, and that he has no_other courso to pursue than demand comphance with the law, To Support a School of Mines. Senator Pettigrew's bill, *“T'o Aid the Stato of South Dakota to the Support of a School of Mines,” was today favorably renorted from tho senate committee on_ public lands, Tt appropriated $12,500 a year for a school of mines to be located at Rapid City, S. T Senator Pettigrew reported from the same committee tho bill of Senator Hansbrough granting to the state of North Dakota cer- in lands heretofore set A\Jml‘l as a wood reservation for the Fort Totten military reservation for the uso of the militia of North Dakota. Senator Pettigrow believes his bill for a school of mines will again soon pass the senate. ‘The ouly trouble is in the house, whero there has never been as much skill displayed in handling the measuro as in the senate, What's the Matter With Dave? Today Representative Mercer called at the War department and requested the scere- tary of war to remove the Indian company of soldiers from Omaha. He said the citizens of Omaha were protesting against the pres- ence of Indians in their city as demoralizing to the Indians themselves and provocative of trouble. The proposition was taken un- der consideration Mr. Mercer also called at tho Tnterior de- partment and urged action upon a uumber of pension claims pending for his constitu- ents. He has had a lot of census stutistics forwarded to the clerk of Douglas county Mr. Mercer says the delay in_pension cases is largely duo to the failure of applicants to proverly answer the questions of the ceasus oftice. Western Pensions. Pensions granted, 1ssue of August 3, Nebraska, i —William R, Harvisburg, [ . Reissue — Brown, Glenwood, Nanco. Original w ete.—Rebeca Dilleter, Kennard, Washing- ton. Tow Original-—John Bonner, Burchinal, Cerro Gordo; Henry W. Hunkle, Des Moines, Polk. Tncrease—Orlando M. Whitman, Hart- ley, O'Brien; John H. Belles, Blakesburg, Wapello; Alexander Waterson, Sac City, Sac. 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