Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 19, 1893, Page 4

4 — THE DAILY__BEE. | E RO TURLISHLD K — _ TRUMNS OF SURSCRIPTION. Datly Tioe (o 1b011t €anday) One Voue. Diatly et Sonday. One Ve 8ix Sonuin Tireo Mot i ag T Saturi 10 nows and edi- wd: To the Baitor ERS. \ttanecs should bo piany Omaha ors 10 bo made v 01 tlie conmpany. Uie 1ty for the summer Nt addross by | have n order Chieago. SUNDAY IR {3 on sale in ollowing places: Grand I* Anditor N hotel. Tand ) 5 of T A bl xposition orn hotol I ‘ ¥l DEe can be seon at the No- and the Administration build onnds SWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nobraska, | County of Donglag, { rge 1. Tzselmek, soerctary of THE BER Pube minly swear that { Tite: DATLY BEE for the week 1808, W as (0110wH y. SCptonior 14 Friday, Septeinbor 15, —_— - Average Cicpulation for A 1803, 24,075 i i i, RICHARDS talking about Maxwell’s “raw equity.” Polly wants u eracker! OMATIA'S future growth and prosperity may be promoted or retarded by the sa. lection of the men who are to manage and control our municipal affairs for the next two y THE recent biennial report of the auditor of public accounts shows that $2,644.95 was the total amount of princi- pal, interest and lease of saline lands paid into the state treasury in 1891, Nothing is reported for 1802, which is pretty good evidence that nothing was paid. It 19 now almost certain that Gov- ernov Crounse will withhold his signa- turs from the deeds to the state saline, lauds, which have been appraised at a ridicalously low figure. Theso lands are valuabloand the proposition tosell them at an average price of $20 per acre savors too much of jobbory. THE rovolution in Brazil seems to have assumed serious proportions, but wait for the revolution of tho people of Nebraska from the control of corporate powers. Railrcads cannot defy the plainly expressed wishes of the people much longor. The republican party in this state has the opportunity to choose between the railroads and the people. It cannot serve both. I7 18 entirely safo to assume that land in Lancaster county is worth on an aver- age 875 an acre. Lands in the vicin- ity of Lincoln are worth all the way from 3100 to $300 an acre. The ap- praisers of the saline lands must have had a poor idea of values when they fixed a price for these lands, which are considered of great valuo by certain capitalists of Lincoln THE iden that the Nebraska Central railroad and depot project stands in the way of tho proposed Platte river canal isadvanced simply as a subterfuge. Let every tub stand on its own bottom. Even ifit were possible for the council to annul the railroad bonds, which is de- batable, there is no reason why that body should do so at the behest of active enemies of the prospective railroad. FOR years Douglas county has paid its state taxes, the amount paid having been fixed in proportion to the assess- ment of property in the county. No deductions have ever been made on ac- count of taxes remitted in individual cases or where assessments were errone- ously mude. These amount toa very large sum in the aggregate. The officials of this county arve undertaking 10 got a refund of this money. It is to be hoped they will succeed. —_— ADAMS county also has a ‘‘good west- orn man” whom the railroad politicians ave desirous of bringing out as a candi- date for judge of the supreme court. He is cloaked by the same pieco of rail- road cloth that covered but did nov dis- guise the shoulders of the corporation attorney who sought the nomination on the peoplo's independent ticket. He has about as much of a chance to be nominated fon the supreme bench as he has of being sent as ambassador to the planet Mars. WHILE the deliberations of the mem- bers of the United States senate are doubtless of considerable interest to themselves, there are still a few peopls who would be pleased to see a few votes recorded upon matters vitally connected with the prosperity of the country. The conditions in the financial world are gradually righting themselves without _the assistance of congress, but there yet remains much to be done before business interests can be fully guaranteed against further disturbance. THE fact has just been developed in Council Bluffs that the school board has for years had a surplus of funds ranging from $60,000 to $90,000, the interest on which gave a special importance to places on the board. The banks have, it is alleged, becn the principal bone- ficiaries of the unused fund, while the taxpayers who raised the money have not shared in the inerement, The mat- ter has been made an issue in the local campaign across the river, and is only another instance showing that the peo- ple are determined to broak up the practice of city and county officials tak- ing an annual rake off on public funds. Phe people of Omaha are opposed to _such practices and sooner or later will put & stop to thom. THE ATIITCDE OF THE PRESIDENT, | teports of strained relations betwesn | the president and cortain members of the demceratio party in congross nave been 0 comimon and have proceeded from so many sourcas that it is impossi- ble not to give them some Everybody who regularly reads the pros coedings of congress knows that there have been utterances in both branches by demoerats which plainly showed that Mr. Cleveland's partisans are not all his friends. 1t has been made apparent that there is not only an uncompromising democratic opposition to the financial policy ofithe president, so far as it re- lates to silver, but also a strong feol- ing of resentment which is under- stood to hava for its ground the charge that the president has at- tompted to cocrce senators, as he is alleged to have coerced reprosentativ into acquicscence in his policy. It will be remembered that Senator Hill of New York plainly impiicd that such a con was b by Cloveland, and others have in a less direct way thrown out a similar intimation. Much allowanee must be made for the persona animosity of the Now York senator, but this will fot serve us an oxplanation of a like implication oa the pavt of others, some of whom may fairly bo presumed o have a desi ispeeted in the e of Mr. Iili, to couserve party harmony 1L s sig that the nowspaper which is generally rogarded as the p sonal organ of the president has felt called upon to tako notico of this situa- tion and it does not deny tho repoets of strained relations. It romarks that thoy ay not be aceurate, but says if they “s0 much more honor to the president, to whom senators and repro- sentatives of his party ave said to be an- tagoni beeanse of his inflexible posi tion” regardiag the vepeal of the silver purchase clause of the act of 1890, This organ says in veference to the statement that the president has attempted to co- ce or to influence congress in any im- proper manncr to repeal the Sherman law that it is “‘scarcely worthy of con- sideration in the light of the truth as the truth is known to overybody,” a dec- laration somewtat tho evasive to be en- tirely satisfactory. Another matter which threatens to create strained rolations between the vpresident and ‘members of his party is the opposition of the administration to the present con- sideration of the bill to repeal the fed- eral election laws. Many of the hot- spurs from the south are clamorous for immediato action and they are opposed by those friends of the administration who believe it unwise to thrust this is- sue forward while the silver question is pending. It is well understood that this is the view of the president, whose judg- ment in the mattor is justified by the fact that republican senators who are in favor of discontinuing the purchase of silver have indicated their in- tention to withhold support from the administration policy respect- ing silver if this political legislation is pushed at this time in the house. It remains to be seen whether the administration forces can hold in check the southern hotheads who are eager to wipe out the election laws at the earliest possible time, although there will be no elections that can be affected by it until next year and the democratic party is in control ‘of the evtiro machinery by which tho law 15 operated. In view of the fact that this law hus not interfered with the election of solid democratic delegations to con- gress in the south that section mani- festly has nothing to apprehend from it now that the demoeracy is in full control of the executive department of the gov- ernment. Ex-President Harrison aptly deseribed the present congress when he spoke of it as a “‘wild team.” The president has thus far done much better in managing it than was expected, but he has devel- oped some very strong enmities which he may find troublesome. In his present attitude he has at least the assurance that the intelligent conservative ele- ment of the people is with him. g pursued T0 UNITE NEV AND UraAH, A bill has been introduced in congress toannex the territory of Utah to the state of Nevada. It is well known that the population of tho sage brush state has been steadily declining for years. In 1880 it had a little over 62,000 inhab- itants, while in 1800 the number was less than 46,000. It has lost in popula- tion since the last census, so that at present the number of its inhabitants probably does not exceed 35,000; and de- population goes on. Yet Nevada. with this small number of peopla and with comparatively insignificant resources, has as much power in the senate of the United States as New York, and her senators are now conspicuous in using it to obstruct, and if possi- ble defeat, legislation that is demanded by a large majority of the Amevican people, This position of Ne- vads among tho states has been a sub- ject of frequent comment and the sug- gestion that additional territory be an- nexed to the state is not now made for the first time. Some years ago congross ceded to Novada a part of the territory of Arizona and since then there has been talk of adding to that state from California and Utah. To annex any part of the territory of California, how- evor, it would be necessary to obtain the consent of the people of that state, and they have never shown themselves favor- able to parting with territory for this purpose. In the case of Utah an act of congress would be sufficient to annex the territory to Nevada if the people of that state weore willing o aoccept 1t, which it is presumed they wounld be, though doubtless some of the politicians who seem to have a life lease on their posi- tions would vigorously object. As to the question of the authority of congress in_ the matter, there are pre- cedents which remove all doubt. Sec- tion 3 of article iv of the constitution says: “New states may be admitted by the congress into this union; but no now state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state, nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the consent of the legisla- tures of the states concerned, as well as of the congress.” Nothing is said of the union of a state and terri- eredence, | THE tory or part of a territory, and a ces- aton by congross to states of a portion of A contiguons territory has'been made sovoral timos in our history, once in the case of Novada, as already noted. At an earlier poriod Missouri was given additional toreitory in this way. and only a fow years ago, before the admis- sion of tho Dakotas, a strip from the southern boundary of Dakota territory was added to Nebraska, These ex- amples of the authority of congross nover questionnd, should be suf- ficient to show that it has power to cede 10 a state a part or tho whole of a terri- tory. The authority of congress in the matter being admitted, the only question is as to the expedioncy of the proposed union. The census of 1800 gave Utah a population of 205,000 and undoubtedly it is not less at present. The resources of the territory are oxtensive, Made a part of Nevada that state wonld take a comparatively respectable place among the commonwealths of the Pacific slope and would make progress instead of retrograding. In roturn for material gains the people of Utah would acquire a complete state organization ready- made and representation in both shes of congress, The union would solve the Nevada problem and at the samo time dispose of the Mormon ques- tion, so far as the general government is concerned NO CAUSE FOR CHALLENGE: The constitution of Nebraska has al- s boen considered as perfect an or- ganic act as any under which state gov- ernments have been carried on in this country since the war. The men who framed our state constitution were for the most part electod on nonpartisan tickets. The members of that body from this county wero: John L. Web- ster, republican; Jamos 1 Boyd, demo- crat; Clinton Briggs, vepublican: Char- les H. Brown, democrat: Henry Grebe, demoerat; Charles I. Manderson, repub- lican; William A. Gwyer, republican, and a demoergt whose name we do not recollect. Thescdelegates were elected by the unanimous vote of the county on a nonpartisan ticket just as haa been the dologates to the constitutional con- vention of 1871, Ifit is desirable that the framers of the constitution shall be relioved from all partisan obligations it is more desirable that the district judges shall bs as faras possible re- moved from the influence of ward poli- ties and pacty caucuses. Our experience with & nonpartisan judiciary has been very satisfactory. We have had such judges as Wakeley, Groff, Doane, Hope- well, Clarkson and others. Some of them were endorsed by party conven- tions and some were endorsed by no party convention. This was notably so in the election of Judge Groff, who was elected without endorsement from any political convention. With such ex- amples before us the objections raised against the nonpartisan judiciary are untenable. The fact that the candidates are the choice of a large majority of the bar is in their favor, and not against them. As Honry Estabrook has very pointedly expressed it, if the office of coroner had 10 be filled by & physician, the choice of u majority of the reputable practicing ns would be entitled to more ble consideration than the choice of alot of ward politicians, who are not presumed to know who is and is not qualified to conduct a coroner’s inquest. It stands to reason that men who are in the profession of law know more about the temper and judicial intellect of their colloagues than men who never have occasion to judge of these attrib- utes, and, moreover, men who for the most part know more about bar tenders than they do about barristers. The opposition to the nonpartisan Judiciary, traced to its fountain head, springs from candidates who have failed to convince a majority of the bar asso- ciation that they are the best fitted for the judicial vacancies. The argument that the bar nominations are an infrac- tion upon the inhorent right of the peo- ple to make their own choice is the veriest bosh. The people seldom if ever have much to say in the selection of candidates, even where they ostensibly express their choice through primary elections and conventions. Nine times out of ten the delegates to the conven- tions ignore the wish of the rank and file and either sell out or trade votes for other candidates, and the people are rel- egated to a choieo between the candi- dates of one set of ward politicians and the candidates of another set equally incompetent or disreputable, If there was any reasonable assurance that party conventions would select men of a higher grade than the bar association ther would be some justification for the oppo- sition which has been made in some quarters to the nonpartisan judicial ticket. But with the experience we have had both ways, the prospects of better seloctions at the hands of any party con- vention are exceedingly slim. In the language of the court room,.we see no cause for challenge, wa TiE address of President Cloveland at the celebration yesterday' of the 100th annivorsary of the laying of the corner stone of the capitol building at Wash- ington was an appropriate and meritori- ous effort, out there is room for differ- ence of opinion as to whether it was quite equal to the demands. of the oc- casion, There are admirable ‘sugges- tions, however, in what the president said, and the spirit of the address was eminently patriotic. The ~ dpportun- ity was & most favorable one for impressing upon the representptives of the people the duty of legislating on national rather than sectional lines, with freedom from prejudiet and pas- sion, and Mr. Clovelandmade discreot use of the opportunity. It Jfs-doubtful, however, whether his admonitign: will have any influence with the men in con- gress who most need to take counsel of the wikdom and patriotism of the past. THE first question that presents itself to the promoters of the canal project is whether there are any legal bars to pub- lic ownorship and to what extent the city and eovaty can issue bonds for the construetion of the canal and the equip- ment of the water powor. If the money can bo raised by the county aund city acting in concert or by either of them soparately the proposition should be submitted to tha paople at this fall's election. Thade i« no doubt that publio ownorship 8! nataral monopolies is preferable teeorpornte ownership. It may cost mot® to buld, equip and run such concerng By municipal government, but there will,be loss corruption and lower rates . consumers. control means boodlerism in the council and ‘0’ general demoralization of the wholo ‘¢fty government. one corporation has a scheme on foot for public plundérc which it cannot pull through alona it always combines with all the othey . corporations and the Jobbery and febbery is increased corro- spondingly. The result is that we vote away franchisos worth miilions and then let the franchise corporations hold up the taxpayers and flesce their patrons. Tre OMAnts BEe s now devoting space to insignificant thrusts at Congressman Hainer. The beauty of it all is Mr. Lainer, among the people of his own district, is too well known to be affected by anything Tuz Bek may say about him.—David City Tribune This is & fair sample of all the m nant fiction that emanates from the rail- road literary bureau. Nothing has been said by THE BEE concerning Congress- man Hainer that could be construed intoa thrust. Scarcely anv mention of him has been made recently, excopt pos- sibly in our Washington dispatches, and no feeling of hostility to him has been manifested in any way by THE BEE. The fact is this paper supported Mr. Hainer loyally and vigorously when he was a candidate for election, and its edi- tor rendered him whatever aid ho was able to give during the campaign. It is needless to add that Mr. Hainer will have the good will of Pue Bee so long as his conduct as a reprosentative of this state merits approbation. One rea- son why Butler county has for yoars been democratic and populist is because the party is loaded down with just such corporation whippersnappers as the man at the helm of the David City Tetbunids. 2 PSS Tk Lincoln republicans who aroe con- trolled directly by the Burlington ofti- clals are already trying to induce Judge Strode to enter the field as a ‘‘candi- date” for judge of the supreme court. Judge Strode is not likely to lend his name to 4 scheme so clearly apparent. If he does he will fall short of the high eminence for fairness and justico which he has 50 long occupied. Superb” Was Wise. Minwapolls Tribune. After all Genbral Hancock was not far wrong when he' deolared the tariff to be a local issue. Just: observe those frec trade democrats of Florida protesting aganst any reduction in the'duty on tobacco. Eaten R A Short palgn, Clayj Ciiunty Progress. The republicafis of the state have wisely coneluded to hold ‘a short campaign. Their stuto convention 44 called_to meet October 3. What they will liave to offer to the peoplo of tho state in the-four short weeks before clection cannot: b imagined just now. Thoy wiil be obliged to make a defensive cam- paiguon every Jigo they ever endorsed in their platform.® Besides this, thay will be obliged to defend their state officials for the asylum and peniténtiary fraud: wi Sy . Wil Make 8 Note of It, 1 Amagigan, Ecgnomiat,,, Fifty per cent: of the. printprs in New York ave out of work. Those who are at work have been assessed 10 per cent of their wages to help those who ate not employed. Why is this? Bocause manufacturers and wholesale and retail dealars are nov printing any catalogues this year. They do not know on what basis they will have to make or sell goods, and cannot thercforo issue prices current uor state what goods they can offer. Moreover, forcign competition will doubtless play an important part in_our future business. Dull trade thus affects all branches, even the printers, who have time to make a note of the fact and its causes, which note they cau peruse later—say in 1896, - 2 “¥Whut is the Matter of Abbott?"” Broken Bow Republican. Epiror REPUBLICAN: What is the matter of 0. A. Abbott of Grand Island for sunreme judge? Wo want a western man whose in- terests are in the west, but anything todown Rosewator dictation in Nebraska. Yours, R. S. Ronenrs! The above letter, without date, was re- ceived by us this morning in_an envelope postmarked Grand Island. In answer to Mr. Roberts' question we have this to say: We are personally acquainted with Governo O. A. Abbott, having formed an intimate ac- quaintance with him twenty yours ago,when we wore a resident of Grand Island. From that acquaintance we respect for Mr. Abbott as a citizen and for his ability as a lawyer, and under some circumstances for othor positions than supreme judge, we would take pleasure in giving him our hearty support. At the present time we do not regard his candidacy in tho interest of the republican party of the state, nor would his nomination bo in c- cordance with the will of & large majority of the voters of the republican party. We can- rot speak advisedly of the sentiment of the republican voters of the whole state, but in Custer county wo know we voico the senti- meut of throc-fourths of the republi voters when we say they are anti-monopo- lists and will not be satisfled with the nomi- nation of u corporation lawyer to sucseed Judge Maxwell. We deny the insinuation that tho nomination of Judge Maxwell would be yielding to “Rosowater dictation.” B THE PASSING OF MK, AMES, Boston Globe: While careful and consei- entions in his attention to busiaess interests, and scrupulously prompt to meet every obli- gation, great or small, Mr. ‘Ames was not ono of those millionaires who think of money and money only. He was a sincero lover of art in all its forms, and possessed o magnifl- cent collection of paintings and objects of art. The developmeat of horticulturo as a scienco found no mere zealous champion than Mr. Ames, whilei numerous unostentatious gifts to Harvard, igalma mater, attest his interest in the cause of education, Boston Adyertiser: Mr. Ames was somo- thing more than a wan of business afuirs In that respect hewas exceedingly promi nent, but he was alsg active in various good works; his purse was open to overy well based call and he togk a fine sense of pleas- ure in artistic and musical pursuits. His home, while one ofduxury, was also given up to artistic and litesjry things, 50 that in a wide circle the financier and man of affairs seemed to be secoug. 10 another character of geutler impulses. 1p, business was singularly coyrteous and tive, Few people, to be in contact with him, would have imaginéd that ho held the pow and infiuence in financial circles that he po sessad, for his whola, manuer was almost ro- tiring | in its simpligity. Mr. Ames nover cared for political,agtivity, and his ng seldom appeared in public prints except in the connections to which we have roferred. He was a stanch republican, however, and one of the mainstays of the 'party in our state. His sudden death takes away from Boston one of the best type of our active and cultivated fin u Indianapolds Journal. She left this sordid, solld earth; Her spirit took its flight To upper realms of life and love Aud sceues of splendor bright, When good St, Peter lot her fn She viewed the heavenly scone The streots of gold, tho Jaspor walls, The fields of living gréen. Sh ard the great angelie cholr With volco s0norous sin 3 id theu she murmured, “Aln't It Just Too cute for uuything? Corporate | When § | of the above figures rof OMATIA DAILY BEE; TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Sy PROVED A BOUMERANG, Fiksroxr, Neb,, Sopt. 18.--To the Fditor of Ton B Mr. Richards, who it will be romambored gave an imitation of running for jovernor threo years ago. attompts to velittle Jadge Maxwell by calling attention t0 i fiict that he only carriod his precinet primaty by a narrow margin. Ho omits to say, however, that the entire opvosition to the judge in thd precin Pt Just two votes, was made up of the em taches of tho Standard Cattlo While giving the majority county convention favorable to I'rick, ho neglects to stato that in 4his cit; the railroads and boodle elements, the votes cast for the Frick delegates only' exceeded the votes cast for the Maxwell delo- gates somo thirty. In other words, a chango of less than thirly votes would have given Judge Maxwell the entire Fremont delegation and with it a_majority of the county conventio erification ¢ wway be had to the *Fremontd klkhorn Tribune,” published the convention, which con ement of the vots cast at the brimaries, Whilo the gang headed by Mr. Richards has succeeded by this nariow margin at a sn n in wresting tho delegation to convention from Maxwell, they his candidacy an unwitting s fce by thus early calling atten- tion to t tics that were to be employed in securing iis defont, so that republicans thioughoul the state that desire to assure not only the su 88 of the state ticket in ad- vance, but to assist tneir local ticket ns well can bo on thewr guard and sco thay tho I'remont schemo is not ropeatod. And, judging from the re. sult of the various county conventions held the past woek, they are looking after mat- ters. If the present woek does not witness the further discomfiture of the gang her Dy the corporations and impeached ofiic at the state house in Lincoln, the wr hercot misses his guess. Any man who is a candidate on the repub- lican ticket this fall for a county or local oftice need not bo told how much his _candi- dacy will be benefited by the nomination of a state ticket the success of which is ns- sured 1n a IREPUBLICAN, S SENATORIAL G A8, thoTedition of Missouri - Valloy day of the county tains 1 tabulat Washington Star: 1t may bo sonatorial courtesy to let a man talk without listening to him, but 1t is not common politeness. Globe-Democrat: Senatorial _court which coddles tho silver kings and antago- nizes the peovle is not the sort the country wants to hang on to, Minneapolis Times: Geoso, by cackling, ved Rome, and Senator Toller by not mumercial: The confidenco that is gradually being restored all over the country appears to bo steering very shy of the meimbers of the United States senate. polis Journal: It is only by a great courtc ho weary welter of Senatol re now in- y can bo called a Boston . Globe: Filibustering seldom ac: complishes its purpose, especially when the ilibusters, like the anti-repeal men in the United Staes senate, aro in a_decided minority. The lighting against fate and are sure to bo whipped. Cleveland Leader: Dan Voorhees, the re- puted democratic leader in tho senate, says he will not interfere. with the courtesies of debate, but will push the silverrepeal bill to an early vote. He expects the physical powers of the silver speakers will be ex- hausted within the next two woeks. For a man who has been in_public life for a thira of a century, Mr. Voorhees exhibits remark- able ignorance of the staying qualities of our public men, aile s PEOPLE AND THINGS. Senator Jones of Novada proposcs to talk four days for Comstoclc metal. The hoved- for break in tho provailing drouth is in- definitely postponed. “Despite the efforts of correspondents to the contrary. the bombardment of Rio has few noyel or sensational features that - mav not be heard in the average boarding house on a fair morning. The coming international yacht race for the Amorica’s cup excitos unusual interest in the east and will bo witnessed_by great crowds. Nearly every craft in New York harbor has been engaged to take out cxcur- sion parties. A design for the memorial to be erected in Boston to John Boyle O'Reilly has been nc- conted by the_committee in charge of that undertaking. D. C. Fronch is the author of the successful design, and the contract has been awarded to him. The Linseed Oil trust haying petered out, tho price of that articlo has fallen off to a point that has mvolved the producers in a lively war, and the more oil there is poured on the troubled market tho worse 1t gets. Everything is greased for an oil war. In an issue involving the right of a news- paper to publish testimony given on a trial held with closed doors, the supreme court of Californiaheld that such a publication is within the constitutional guarantee of the liberty of the press. and therefore not i any sense a contempt of the trial court. Mrs. Hetty Green, the shrewd and closo- fisted fon i of Now York, has a $1,250.000 on_tho fam- goods house in New York, ons, who clutched the millions of the merchant prince after his death, are likely to receive a dose of the medicine with which they doped their bencfactor. In the struggle betwaen these malo and femule shylocks, it 1s safe to bank on Hetty. Nearly every printer in this country has heard of “*Dictionary” Brown, who died in Washington last Sunday. He was a proof- reader 1 the government printing ofice and his knowleage of English orthography was littlo short of marvelous. It was useless to argue_with him. Compositors would chal- lengo his marking of proofs, and bring the dictionary to him to sustain their position, Mr. Brown would tako the dictionary and remark: “Woll, well; that is a romarkable error to orcep into a dictionary. We will correct it,” and taking & pen he would note the proper spelling on the margin of the book, and then haud the disputed proof back t0tho compositor to correct. Ho was always right, t00. ous Su — - MEANDERING MERRIMENT. Siftings: As fencin 1s such n manly art, it is odd thut there s 5o uch fointing in'lt. Washington Star: Blimmins' popularity? “He plays poker und loses. What s the secret of Inter Qcean: “Hello, Bingley, how did the or succoud tn broaking up: your fovert sasy tnoughi Lo prosented bis bill, and 1 had's chill in fifteen mizutes Oleveland Plundealer What do you want (presenting gun)—1 Cit Good Lord! 50 do Sleepy my house? Cltlzen~ Bur yant’ money. Give us your hand— Loulsville Courier: Tn spite of drouth and 1 stringoncy the hay fovercrop Is a Tribune: ~ Truth is still stranger One of the best spurk arresters vonted by & woman. dphin Rocord: 1 wouldu't be so par- tleulur 1o take the sand out of your shoes all the tims, Mr, Noodle,” she siid:and then, after wpause: “Your system might absorb o Hittle, T think you need some. Hoston Transeript: When a domestle leaves an intelligence oflice she ) permitted to take awny with her any preceptible amount of intelligesic, Baltimoroe America montis, insu mond, tho stc that areiclo | the next six around the diu- | player will wear Washington Star: “What do you undor- stand by the phrase, profane history'?" usked ono young man of another. I don't know.'" waus the reply, “unless somebody has been conipiling cowticnts on the weather.' QUERY. Chicazo Post. Say, Grover, Now the ngony's over And the baby is nawed— T'1 bo blamed BT kuow, ¥or sho'y Whother 1t's he Call hor Miss Esther, Or—not quits 50 crish, With er sort of i lisp-~ Cull hior—ah! bless Uier Darlin' Miss Ksther! i Wiy Which is O fuy? , aftor all the efforis of | | our NO TINE FOR ARALROAD NAN Republicans Urgently Warned Not to Make Another Fatal Blunder. NO DANGER IF JUDGE MAXWELL LEADS Mo is Strong Among the Feople of All Parties for Mis Honesty and Integrity wnd His Record is Known to All Nebrasknns. Plainville Gazotto: The Fremont Tribune's attack upon Judge Maxwell does not i nso espect for the sincority or fairness of Ross Hammond Tilden _ Citizon tho ropublicans for givo the populist candidate With Maxwoell on the op) latter would not be “in it." Cedar Rapids Commaercial conceded that Judg Juige Holcomb in judge this fall stan n ck's nomination by supreme judgo 1 osing ticket the 1t sooms to e Maxwell can defeat the race for supreme Under existing circam othor republican do 17 Hastings Tribune: Judge Maxwell has all hislifo beon a rod hot anti-railroader, a strong dofonder of tho people's rights ‘ns against_corporation encronchments and has been vehoment in his donunciation of rail- influonce 1n politics and legistation, orth Bend (Dodge county) Republican : here aro stroug indications that Judge Maxwell is the choice of the poople of, the state for supremo justice, notwithstanfling tho fact that the home delegation is against him. Lo is asa prophet without honor in his 0wn country. Wahoo Era: Ieick is the choice of the railroad ring of Dodgo county. The ri aoesn’t want Maxwell, ho's too honest, they have commenced in the primarics to knook thoold man out. Frick will be a sickly fatlure if he enters the raco against a man lilo Holcomb, Beatrico Times: If the impression gots out that tho scheme todefoat Judgo Maxwell is the outgrowth of dissatisfaction over his de- cision of the impeachment cases, it cannot fail to bo a_potent weapon in the hanos of the pops. 1f Maxwell is not the available men the matter should bo made so plain that he who runs may read. Central City Nonparoil: should remember that a nomination is one thing and an clection is auother. They should profit by tho lessons of the past. A better man than Judgo Maxwell for the su- preme bonch may be found, but the con ants to be sure before they try any ex- periment, as experiments often prove costly 1ill i Maxywell is the choico of a majo publicans of this county for supremo judge, yet the county delegation to the state convention was 8o manipulated that it 18 questionable whether he gets five votes out of the thirty-four from this He surely will not unless the coun- delegates attend the convention. chuyler Quill: This paper advocated the nomination of Judgo Maxwell by the popu- lists in their state convontion. We favored him because he has been an honest, honor- adlo nnd able member of the suprome bench r oighteen years. He had proven himself reliable and true on all occasions and de- served rocognition at the hands of the poo- ple regardless of party. Lincoln Herald (dem.): Tt was a shrowd and economical dodge of the republican man- agers to defeat and dispose of Maxaell in his own county, rather than have to face him in tho state. convention. In the inci- dent§we see L. D. Richards come to lifo once more in_politics with the point of his knifo protruding from the back of Rosewater. ‘The candidacy of J. E. Frick 1s tho broadest comedy ever enacted in Nebraska politics. Plattsmouth Journal: Tt is the. avowed purpose of the boodle railroaa_and peniten- tlary gang of republicans to dofeat the re- nomination of Judge Maxwoll. 1t is also apparent that they have friends in the democratic ranks, whoso endeavor will be to nominate a_creature in sympathy with the gang, so thatin case Maxwell 15 nomi- nated they can throw their support to the domocratic candidate and thus defeat Max- well, The democratic convention, thereforo, has a duty to perform that is quite as impor: tant as the republican—to defeat the ring- sters, Grand [sland Tndependent: When th years ago the republicans had a poor rail- road toolas candidute for governor they were defeuted ; when a year ago thoy had an independent, pobular man as candidate for governor they were victorious. The repub- licans at present have no certain majority Nebraska. Success depends on the good qualities, and_especially on the independ- ence of the candidates from railroad control. “The ““wisdom” of tho state convention is a very unreliablo foundation. ‘Tho railroads try'to conwol this body, and if they suc- ceed, their *‘wisdom™ will bring about the defoit of the republican party. The popu- lists hope for such a “wise” railroad nomi- nation. Lincoln News: Major Ross Hammond, 0 has chargeof the literary bureau of the boom, vigorously denies that his can- didato is a democrat, and issued a de- tailed description of lis republicanism, showing its metes and bounds, from which wo excerpt the following: Beginning at the northeast corner of the Ilichorn round- and extending #n a southerly direction ds and five perches to a stone flagging nt of the Ilkhorn division superin- t's oftice, thence up ono flight of stairs, past two doors aud three windows to & point Republicans | tho_sup where J. R. Buehanan's feet goncraily rest, thence over a telephorewite to the Tribune offica, and back 1o point of boginning along the Eikhorn right of way Kimball Ob ver: The defeat Maxwell in his own county (Dodge) publican candidato e judgo by Frick does not nocessarily mean h rotirement from the race. Juadge Maxwe 1over the state and can gather a ‘ong following from ciher counties. Central City Democrat: 1f the republi cans of this s t gumption_en to ignore the obby and the war Dosses and nomluate Judge Maswell to suc ceed himseli on the supreme boneh, and if the judge doesn't come out independont of all parties, we'lt vote for him anyhow North Loup Loyalist (rep.): 1f the ropuly lican party of this state’ desiros to socura victory in tha m tho judgeship, it will bo neither wisdom nor policy to norni nate a new and ¢ atively unknown man, however clean mexceptionablo his t in the puoli © merest suspicion of being a " whether justly or unjustly, ho will turn’ out to be 4 dead duck on elec tion day. Whilo Judgo Maxwell may at times appear havo voculiarly his own, wo boliove s couw has been con. sistent and honoraole, and wo k v of no man whom the party could se With greater hopes of success, Norfolk Journal: Tho candidacy of Mr Frick of the state of Fremont for justice of e court sents nothing much as the hatred of the Richards contin gent for Rosewator, and the rost of the stato avoid beconiing tangiod up in tho ty mess. Tho republican state conven tion has an ologant opportunity to display its political horse senso by nominating Sam nel Maxwell, and it should do that rogard loss of pouty quarrels hotween party fac- tions. 1f, on the other hand, the convention out tho Frick procram, dofeats Max nd reads Rosewator out of the ranks, about wil there will bo loft of the once grand old party in Nebraska will be the three s —Richards and Raitrona iRule, Tobias Tribune: The follows who serting with so much cnergy that Chiet Justice Maxwell is in his dotage and is a tottering imbecile will bo found 10 be, on il afriend of someons who has 4 by the Loarless old judgo, or 1 a spanking himself. Furthoer. 0 fellows are ve ul not to nselves to ncts of im- becil vo perhaps the dissenting opin- fon in the Boyd caso, but then, the supremo court of the United States said the old judgo was right in _that particular instance, and would doubtless say so in sevoral other sases if called upon to do so. The Tribune wouldu't give a snap of its fingers for a judizo who would mix politics with his decisions udge Maxwell deals oat the law as ho finds regardloss of what tho party bosses ay, and for that reason we aro with of Judge for re. aro ns. confine the \hoo Wasp: Tt is argued by somo that Maxywell is too old, but his old age is one of vigor and he is 4 man who has always bad tho courage of his convietions, let the rosult of his decision fall on whom it might Everything elso boing cqual, the best candi dato for the republicins (0 nominato is the most_availablo one, th man, in short, who can get the most votes, That n, we be: lieve, is Samucl Maxwell. By the great mass of the republican party he is loved his feartess indopondenco and unswervl integrity. Ho is bettor known and nearo to the nearts of the peopie than any n who can be nominated for the ofice. Wo do not wish to dictato to the rauk and file of the republican party of this county. What we do want is to have the intelligent re licons of this county canvass tho candidates for themseives, ana when the primaries are held letovery republican turn outand help clect precinct delega who will represent the wishes and choice of each and every precinet in the county, and then you will have a county convention that will alect delegates who will represent us in the state couvention and honestly voice the wishes of the republicans of this county. Don’t fuil to turn out to the primaries. Blair Pilot: That there are numerous other as good men, equally as capable of filling a place upon' the supreme bench of the state as, Judge Maxwell sigmties noth- g ia this peculiar condition of affairs, Tho issuc has boen made squarely on him. In common with the usage of the corporation bosses they are makine & bitter fight to turn him down personally, simply on the old theory that they cannot’ use him. Judgo 10 oxhibit unbending in- oflicial. He has dared to filo an ofticial opinion in conformity with a majority senviment of the legislature, with tho general sentiment of the people of the state regardless of party, and with the law and the facts so clearly sot out by him—but that opinion, if sustaived, is a death blow to tho bosses; hence its author must be repudiated. Und ainary othor good man could be clected as _the republican nomince, but tho fight on Judzo Maxyoll 18 ‘so palpably freighted with personal spite that it suc- cessful the republican lnity of the state can do no less than resent it at the polls, Thoy and will assure the tricksters in high places that though their wishes be ignored in conventions there isone place ana ono day in the year m_which they can be heard, viz: At the polls on elbetion any. The sentiment of common republicans through- out the state is almost uniformly for tho return of Judge Maxwell, and if that senti- ment is turned down in the state convention edict that the sentiment of the bosses in the nomince will be turned at_the polls. Asa republican we pro- test agaiust this unholy attempt to subvert the will of the masscs of tho party. Its legitimate effect is 1o dismember tho v a8 a pubii BROWNING, KNG Largest Manufacturors and Rotailors BO%0e Clothing In no. World. Poor little boys As well as rich little boys can buy a suit at our et Our store as cheaply as anywhere else and at the same time have the satisfaction of knowing that the goods are substan- tially made and will not lose thelr color. children’s department was never so complete as now, and among the assortment you will find suits at all sorls of prices and in all sorts of styles, but always in sty le, We never sell anything old. Our present styles we sell while the style ison, and have no trouble in doing so because of the un- usual goodness of the garments both as to make and quality. We are also showing many novel- ties in caps for fall and winter wear. BROWNING, KING & CO., Store open eyery evening !+ 18, W, Cor. 16t and Doulas 8ts.