Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 11, 1893, Page 4

I'HE 1 DAILY BEE. ISEWATER Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. IERMS OF 1y Tiee S1°1 i) On CRIPTION Your £ 800 10 00 00 2 00 150 100 sixth stroets. To the Bditor | S LETTERS, W and remittances should be Praria 1 postoMen orders 0 be mude TH ke Adress by A orter THE BF BLISHING COMPANY The tsee in Chloago. and SUNDAY EE 15 on following places Toe DALY salo In | Onieago at 1l Paluier honse Grand Pacific Auditoriuni hotel { Northern hotel Leland hotel 5 Fites of Tie Bepe can bo scon at the Ne- *egekn hurlding and the Administration bulld- Ang, Exposttion zrout. s SWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, State of Nebra: | Sounty of Donglas. George B. Tzacliick, scoratary of Aaliing conipany. dosa sole ar that. the actnal efrenlit{on of Tk DALY BEL for the week ending S T30, 1803, was as f0llows. Bunday, September 24 Monday. September Tueaday. Sepimie w Tur e P Soptembir . September 90, mber 40,5 Grond L L presenee this 30t prembor, 18603, ! N. P. FEiL, Notary Public. Average Cirenlation for Ang,. 1803, 21,035 1718 said that the British yachtsmen do not erave the Amcrica’s cup after all [1 1S said that Chariey Mosher is in favor of Sheviff Bennett's renomina- tion, THE fato of the silver bill in the sen- ateo seems to have resolved itsell into a mere question of physical endurance. THE World's fair directory is to be congratulated upon the extinction of the indebtedness of the Columbian exposi- tion. THE corporations and. contractors do not care who is mayor of Omaha so long as they own twelve councilmen who will override the mayor's veto, The regrading of upper Farnam street is an enterprise that will sooner or later be demanded by property owners west of Twentieth street, and there are thousands of them. THE proposition to reduce tho bridge motor fare may be found somewhero in the vicinit » long lost proposition to build a viaduet the railroad tracks on lower Parnam streot. over SOME of the very men who assisted in turning down Judge Maxwell at Lincoln are already laying their plans for place on tha republican ticket noxt y They will find before their canvass pro- ceeds very far that they have made a bad beginning. MORE prisoners have escaped from the *Dougias county jail during Sheriff Ben- uett's term of two years than during the ten years preceding. This condition is {aid to thestupidity of Bennett's brother, who has drawn pay as jailor, but docs nbt know enough to herd chickens. THE Lincoln mouthpicee of the cor- porations remarks that “the railroads are beginning to admit that they made a mistake in withholding low fares to | Chicago,” ete. They will soon begin to admit, too, that they made a most serious mistake in overriding the repub- lican state convention. CONFERRING a Gorman military title upon the crown prince of Italy is not apt 1o promote the friendly relations be- tween France and Italy, Every day's ovents go to show that the German- Italian alliance remains as firm now as when they co-operated with one another egainst their common enemies in 1866 and 1871, THE proposition to disqualify United 3tates judges from sesking or holding other federal ofices of profit is ‘a com- mendable one in every respect. Tt is, how- ever, to be rogrotted that its prospects for enactment through the complicated process of constitutional amendmont are just at present no more promising than the proposed election of United States sonators by popular vote, SOUTHERN democrats in congress ob- ject to being reminded that the south once engaged in unholy rebellion, but they ure unceasing in their efforts to re- verse all the lessons of that contest. If the rebellion taught anything it taught that the people of the United States and uot the people of the several states are sovereign. While the expediency of the federal clection laws is open to attack, their constitutionality should be re- garded as settled for all time, SHERIF 11 has been unfortu- nate in the selections made of men whose duty it is to serve writs, sub- paenas, notices, ete. This work in the sherifl’s office has been characterized by one continued series of unpardonable blunders exhibitions of incom- petency. Litigants and lawyers alike have been oxasperated times without number .t the stupidity of the sherift’s outside deputies, particularly in attach- ment cases where prompt and certain action is demanded at all times. THE most unfortunate thing about the present republican campaign in Ne- braska is that tho party is already on the defensive. Delegates who violated their instructions are defending them- selves to their constituents, The im- peached officials are rushing into print to defend their friends, who played the people false. And, to crown the whole, the railroad mouthpiece at the state capital is defending the candidate and claiming that he is not a railroad man. Tt would have been better to have nomi- nated a candidate who needed no defense. | line with | ind REPEALING THE ELECTION LAWS, The democratic majority in the house of representatives has successfully car- ried out the first step in its program for the repeal of the foderal election laws. The bill blotting from the statute book every legislative guarantee for the enforcement of the fifteenth amendment to the constitution has passed the house by a strictly party vote, without a single hitch in the pre- arranged plan, which called for the re- jection of every amendment. No one who has at all conversant with the projects and forces of the demo- crati leaders during the past fortnight uld have expectod any different re- sult. The eradication of all so-called war legislation has been demanded by the ne minant southern wing of the democracy, and they have been easily able to bring their northern allies into their exp The new rules of the house have stripped the republiean minority of all pose every such measuro except by their prc ¢ votes, while the waell known approval of the president prevented tho dofection of any northern membor, how- ever dissatisfied with the Tucker bill he might have been, The federal election laws wore enacted to protect tho negro in the exercise of the pohtical rights which wore con- ferred upon him by the last two amend- ments to she federal constitution. They were called forth by the persistent per- petration of ballot box outrages in the south, and whilo they are general in scope and equally applicablo to all sec- tions of the country, tha evils sought to e remedied by them wore strietly local in their nature. These evils exist today in certain regions of tho south to the same extent that they did when the laws were enacted. This is due of course to the fact that those laws were never vigidly enforced, but that they had some good results in effecting their purpose is evident from the very fact that the southern democrats feel the restraint and consoquently ask for repeal. As to the constitutionality of the laws, that has long been beyond question. They apply only to elections of federal ofticers and need not interfere in the least with elections for state officers. Despite a cry now and then upon the floor of the house that congress ex- ceeded its legitimate powers when it passed the federal election laws, their validity has been repeatedly uphold by the United States courts. Some of the most ardent advoeates of the Tucker bill were forced to concede that the power of congress to regulate the federal elections is indisputable and to rest their plea for its passage upon the ground of expediency alone. ho comparatively mild test over the Tucker bill in the house by no means betokens for it a similar career in the senate. -The sonate rules give the minority the power to obstruct legisla- tion which it may think detrimental to the interests of the country, and repub- lican senators heen pssed wishes. power to op- are bound to use eve egitimate means in their control to pre- vent the repoal of the existing clection laws. Because they are now unenforced in s0 many placos does not signify that they are utterly uscless. Thoir ropeal would be a powerful incentive to a re- newal of all the outrageous proceadings that were but 100 prevalent during the reconstruction period. The Tucker bill has no possible chance of becoming law during the present co Its pa sage through the lower house is merely tive of what sacrifices the south demands from the northern democrac COUNCILMEN-AT-LARGE, The main object of having one-half of the council clected at largo—that is, voted for by the electors of the whole city, was to sceuro a higher grade of councilmen than are usually chosen by the ward caucus. It was presumed that councilmen-at-l o would be citizens who by long residence and prominence may become known to a wajority of the voters. It was expected that the choice would not bo restricted to one man from each ward, but that loeality would be secondary to qualification and standing in the community, Unfor- tunately the number of councilmen-at- large was made to correspond with the number of wards, and that fact enabled the ward politicians to trade, so that the man who could get a majority of the delegates of his own ward became the choice of the city convention, which practically nullifies the prime objeet of the law and makes our councilmen-at- large simply ward councilmen, The pernicious effects of selection by wards instead of selection by the whole convention is strikingly shown by the acticn of the republican city convention, which refused to renomingte a raithful and competent councilman like George 1. Munro and foisted upon the ticket at least three candidates who are notori- ously unfit for any place on the ticket. Omaha is a corporation with more than $100,000,000 worth of property. The council is a board of directors to manuge its affa The men who are to assume this great trust should at least be citizens who have a fair reputation for integrity and are not discredited with their grocers and butchers, When any party allows itself to endorse men of questionable character it forces the rank and file to look elsewhere. No taxpayer will knowingly vote to make any man the custodian of the city’s affairs whom he would not employ as a olerk or trust out of sight with $25 worth of merchandise. There is only one thing for men who desive good government to do and that is to make their pick of councilmen from the list presented by all the parties and en- deavor to provent the election of the worst, ave A IN MIND, political mechanism human intellect can & fow odious, unprincipled, discredited and unworthy schemers continue through a long series of years, milestoned with illus- trious victories, to terrorize and dominate more than half & million free American citi- zens, and to register and enforco decrees obuoxious to that vast multitudel—New York Sun. When the venerable Charles A. Dana peuned the above lines he was address- ing himself o the democracy of the state of New York. But, for all prac- tical purposes, he could as easily have addressed his query to Nebraska. The HAD NEB, By what process of conceivable to the | masses of the pa THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE: history of the republican party of this state is the chronicles of a long con- tinued struggle between the honest y and & junta made up of unprincipled men who have forced themselvos to the front and who, backed by money and influence of the corpora- tions, have been able to manipulate primaries, pack conventions and dictate nominations. They do not reprosent the republican party of Nebraska. They simply throttle it. RUMORS OF BUND ISSUES, Repeated rumors have come from Washington that the administration has become raconciled to the policy of bond issues to 1en the creadit of the government, and that it has been sound- ing the financial centers of Europe as to the prospects of floating a United States gold loan. According to these reports the president's confidence in the succossful outcome of the repeal bill has been considerably shaken by the ovents of the past fow weeks. He sees that continuous purchases of silver and the constant increase of the outstand- ing currency based on those silver pue- chases can only be sustained by an en- larged gold resorve in the troasury. streng | For months the legal limit of 2100,- 000,000 has been trenched upon, at pres- ont to the extont of somo $10,000,000, and only the popular confidonce in the security of the government's pledgoes has prevented the prosantation of large quantitios of paper for redemption in gold. Add to these circumstances tho rumor of froquent conforences between the secretary of the treasury ana prominent bankers of the east and wo have the groundwork for a fairly plaus- ible story of impending bond issues. But whatever be the plausibility of these rumored bond issues as a bolster to the public credit the attitude of the president and his confidential advisers has up to this time been such as to argue against their reliability. The untlinching stand taken by President Cleveland in opposition to all efforts at compromise on the pending repeal bill has not given encouragement to a single proposigon for half-way measures. No few of the proposed amendments to the bill reported by the finance committes include in their provisions the author- ization of bond issues to sustain . the odit of the government and to serve as a reserve against any threatened ais- parity of values botween the two money metals at their legal ratio. But these compromise measures have received no morea encouragement from the adminis tration than has that providing for freo and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver. Another fact that weighs against tho libility ot these reports is the inac- tion of the seceretary of the treasury last spring when the first inroads were made upon the supposed inviolability of the gold reserve. Although repeatedly urged todatorpret the law as authoriz- ing him to maintain the gold reserve up 10 its full limit by selling gold bonds on the murket, Mr. Carlisle persistently refused to view the situation in any such light and wutched with complacency the disappearance of the treasury’s gold. The condition of the gold reserve is now scaveely more alavming than it was at that time. There is no more reason now than then to invoke a power whose very existence is denied on many sides. Should there bo a very marked defieit in the revenues of the goverament, due to the falling oft of imports, there might bea call made upon congress to raise the required amount by a govern- ment loan. Such a loan, however, would need the special authorization of congress. Its purpuse would bo to sup- ply the running exponses of the govern- ment, not to fturnish a reserve to strengthen the credit of the nation. Until some marked change in the finan- cial situation intervenes there seems to be no demand for increasing the inter- est charge of tho government merely to steady the workings of the vicious silver purchase act. What is wanted is the immediate repeal of that act instead of propping it up by increased gold re- serves. ACCORDING to the Lincoin Jowrnal, the accredited organ of railroad repub- licanism in Nebraska, the issue in the present campalgn is not which of the three candidates shall be elected to the supreme bench, buv whether the’ state of Nebraska shall place a man on the supreme bench who is identified with populism. For once our contemporary tells the truth. But it does not tell the whole truth. The issue forced upon the people of Nebraska is populism or rail- rvoad despotism. In other words, shall the people surrender all thoir rights to self government to a coterie of railroad managers who have deprived them of free selection of candidates by packing conventions with mercenaries and foist- ing upon the party candidates who do not represent their choice AMONG the mewmbers of the present coutfcil who have been endorsed for a second term no man is more deserving than Mr. Jacobson of the Eighth war Mr. Jacobson has proven himself con- scientious, faithful and unpurchasable, He endeavors in every instanc 10 post himself on the various subjects with which the council has to deal and votes according to his best judgment. No corporation or contractor has been able to control his vote. He is just the kind of man the taxpaying eitizens of Omaha need in the municipal logislature, WHEN a man is popular in his own ward itis prima facie proof that he stands well with the people who know him best. The fact that Councilman Back carried his own ward against Ernest Stubt,who is a very hard worker and had the backing of several mone jed concerns and candidates, shows coneclu- sively that his immediate constituency is well satisied. Mr. Back earned his renomination and will doubtless be re- turned for a second term. 1¥ THE officials of the Interior depart- ment arve so assured of their blameless- n ia connection with the shameless speculation on the Cherokee Strip, why is it that they are so reluctant to cousent Lo an investigation by congress? — THE county convention Saturday will nominate six justices of the peace. 'hese are important offices. Worn out politicians and men of shady character have no place them,© A peace justice is the arbiter of (thi' foor man's conten- tions, and malpractice in such courts brings reproach tpon the whole judicjal system. While tho present iaw govern- ing justices of the peace has worked a vast improvement) ydt thero is wanting a close supervisiogn of higher authority over the inside .workings of justice courts in some instanees. With honest, capable men in thesa officos there can be no ground for domplaint on any score. The convention shiould give this matter the consideration it deserves, OUTSIDE of a factioh of heavy property owners and chronic tax shirkers nobody seems to pay the slightest heed respect- ing the selection of assessors. Unequal and tavored appraisoments is the logiti- mate result of such negligence upon the part of conventions. The interests of holders of small proporties are involved in the selection of assessors. The con- vention Saturday cannot exercise too much care in this matter. The office of assessor is an important one and calls for the. best grado of men. THE countries in which the cholera has gained a foothold owe it to human- ity to do all in their power to keep the disease from spreading to the territories of nations with whom they are on friendly torms. It is wrong for Buro- pean governments to pormit infected ships to sail for the United States and thus to lorce upon this country tho burden of supporting a vigorous quar- antine. Lot some of the quarantine reg- ulations bo applied to the ships beforo they leave their European ports. THE reintroduction of the anti-option bill can scarcely be taken to mean tha the sentiment of congress in rospect to that measure has been materially al- tered since its failure of passage during the Rifty-first Its author merely wants to keep it before the pub- lic. A second natural death awaits ‘it in this congress. congress, THERE are several improvements to be made in the postoffice department bo fore the attainment of the one cent pos tal service. Noone is complaining of the burden of present postal rates, but there seems to bo no end to the demands for better facilities and more efficient service all along the line. CHAIRMAN WILSO) objections to the fprinting of the testimony adduced by the tarill hearings are being civeum- vented in a way by the publication of the formal statements presented by various industrial revresentatives in the American Keonomist. It MAKES considerable difference to those democratic congressmen who have been crying for time for mature deliber- ation whether the measure to be consid- ered ralatos to the silver question or to changes in the tariff laws. Spocitivations Winted. be-lremperat. Tho New York democratic platform con- gratulates Cleveland upon “‘the auspicious bogmuing of his administration,” but it does not specity where the auspiciousness comes in. Philadelphia Ledge “The proposition to hypaotizo a suspected murderer in Amsterdam, in order to ascer- tain whether he will confes, will, if carried out, be an interesting experiment in legal ann; It is not likuly, however, that such a confession, if it 1s wade, could ba legally used azamst the man, as it would bo ob- tained ander dure: o Revivai on the Kaiiroads. Detroit Fres Press. During the tinancial troubles that have checked the prosperity which the country would have otherwise enjoyed, both the freight and passenger traffic of the leading railroads show an increased volume. With the Sherman law repealed, the commercial and industrial interests of the country would bo in a more favorablo condition than they have been for years. ] s 1os Her Nume. Philadelphia Times, Valkyrie roully mesns the swan maiden or ono of the airy sprites who skim ncross the water, occasionally flying through air, and with their spears designate the he who shall fall and afterwirds be conduc to Valballa. In the Norse versions of the Nibelungenliod, Brunhild, the aaugnter of Odin, appears’ on a valkyr, and the same faucy has prominence in Wagner's music drama of “Die Walkuere.” s Holes and Hiy Campalgn. Minncapolis Journal, Governor Boies, in his spoeches, sticks to the one topic, prohibition. One would im- agine from reading his remarks that ho had never heard of silver or the tariff question, Boies says the only issue in lowa is liquor and ho pleads for the liquor selling crowd with great pathos. o ignores othor state questions even. Such as the redistricting of the state for congressmen, for instance. 1f the democrats got the legislature they pro- pose to rearrange the alstricts so that the republicans can't get over two congressmen. et noy of the Poor. Boston Globe, It has always been the consolation of the poor in contrasting their fato with that of the rioh that whatever the latter wight do with their money they could noteat it, KFrom pulpit aud roswrum the poor have boen told that placed upon an island in mid-ocean with all his willions beside him rich man would be as helpless as a beggar. Nir. Edison, however, spoils 21l this. He wauts the world's dollars made of com- pressed wheat, 8o that a man's wealth shall be the measuré of tho amount of food he hus gathered. The M —— The Basswood Leader. Cuncinnati Commereial, The Louisville Courior-Journal pointedly reminds Senator Voorhees that the policy of a gencral in & mintary campaign is not to hesitate, but to advance and fight. As s leader in the United States senate on the democratic side, Senatof Voorhees is prov- ing hunself a dismal failire. This is prob- ably due in part to the fagt that his heart is not thoroughly in e eafise which he pre- tends to represent. For'a reason, satisfac- tory to himself, wespresume, heis & sup- porter of President. Cleveland's financial policy, but he halts oo much, hesitates too much, and he is about as anxious to con- ciliate his opponents 45 He is to advance the views of the president. {t requires a stroug and fearless man 0 be leader in an im- portant cause. Senator Voorhees is not that kind of & person, e —— ag Down Alareprosentatly Svringfleld (Mass) Republican As the eloquent free silver advocate, Con- gressman Bryan, was unable to turn the Ne- braska democratic convention his way as against the administration crowd led by friouds of Secretary J. +Sterling Morton, he now lutends w join the populist party. A n of the same sort is the organization of a free silver bolt from _the democraocy in Blana's Missouri district. Infowa a leading democrat of Logan county, who has repre- sented nil'uurlf twenky-four years in the legislature, has left it 1 join the populists, sayiug: “We have come to the parting of the ways; a political revolution is upon us." It is becoming pretty well beyond the range of probability that the silver or money ques tion will or can be settled iu a way 0 keep the democrats together, or the republicans for that matter, Tai WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 1893 CAMPAIGN CLATTER, Ex-Boss Stout still has a little pull in volitics. One of his sons, Pinckney Stout, has been commissioned & messenger in Secretary Morton's department at Wash ington Political argument in tho western part of the siate is sometimes pointed, as witness this from the Sidney Poniard: “Now yell bolters, you soft-shelled, pig-eyed ya- hoos ! Tho campaign can now be considered as opened. The republican state headquarters have been established at Lincoln, and it has been given out from there that the campaign will be a “quiet” one. Dodge county republicans hold their nom- inating convention today, and it is whispered that an effort will be made to secure IRossy Hammond s scalp as chairman of the county commitiea for his mismanagement of the Erick boom. The split in the democratic ranks in Gage county has ariven Colonel W. J. Blizzard of the Cortland Herald out of the part. The trouble has only begun. Mr. Blizzard will turn himsolf loose and freeze out some peovle before November. Adams county democrats feel sad. They loft blank a lot of nominations thoy wanted the populists to fill. But the pops didn't take advantage of the opportunity, and now the democratio central committec has the job of filling out the blanks. It isn’t a situa- tion calculated to arouse bourbon en- thusinsm, The IPremont Tribune's apologios for in- Jecting one Frick into the politics of the state, claiming that the man with a [ome stead name has o future, leads the Lincoln News toobservo: “Is it possiblo that Mr. Frick is to join Mr. Richards in the latter's perpetual insistance for a vindication? In other words, is Mr. Frick's future before him or behind him?"* The Boatrice Times risos to inquive Iif it isn't about time for the ropublicans to open thecampaign in Gage county. The Times is respectfully referred to the statement made by thestate housegang of impeachables, who are running the campaign, that it “'1s not likely that a brass band and torchlight campaign will be conducted. The republi- cans will, however, seok to place their side of the question modestly and courteously before the people.” Eathusiasm isn't in it this year. At the very outset of the brief campaign in Nebraska it is easily seen that party lines will not be strongly drawn on election day. The most conscientious support Judge [rvine can receive from the democratic press of the state caunot win to him the disaffected thousands who will vote for Judge Holcomb on account of the high-handed methods adopted by the men who manipulated the democratic state convention. On the other hand, Judge Holcomb will doubtless recoive the votes of thousands of republicans who cannot endorse the equally high-handed methods of the corporation emissaries who held up the republican state convention. It is not that Judge Irvine and Judge Harrison are personally distasteful to the members of their own parties. There is something move than partisan personality at stake in this campal T, PEOPLE AND THINGS. Perhaps the Valky: gain sail The campaign cigar is ripening, and will s00n fumigate the land. Philadelphia smashes an old saw by ship- ping coal to Newcastle, - Ward heelers are industriously autumn colors on their snuff tanks. Among other things s>tiled by the yacht race is this: The senate no longer monop- olizes the wind. General Slaughter isa recent arrival in Wasbington. 1t is evident he has not paid his respects to the senate. A late invoico of the Stanford estate places its valuo at $55.000.000. At last ac- counts none of it was taken to the grave. It is suggested that Governor Tillman send a carzo of ninetop stimulauts to banish the depression in - pan-American silver cir- clos ‘The drop in British yachting hopes wasn't a marker to the dropping of wads by Gotham Chollies, don’tcherkuow. Fwas a blarsted sham Commenting on tho specch of Senator Blackburn, the Atlanta Constitution makes the startling assertion that “the dignified senate -hung on his words.” It is possible tuey were tinctured with blue grass dew. President Palmer of the World's Fair com- mission is out with another appeal for con- tributions in aid of the duke of Veragua. Meanwhile the duke is enjoying life and giy- ing lavish entortainments 'in his Spanish villa. Mr. Van Al e could win ata bar- pressing , our £50,000 ambassador to Italy, has three children. They have not becn 'in America for seven yoars, and aro now being educated in England that thoy may be exclusively English in their ldeas and associations. “Those who failed to stake a chunk of the Cherokee Steip will find comfort in the state wment that there are b57,586,783 acres of gov crnment land loft in the various sections of the country. If you don't see what you want go hunt for it. Dennis Flynn, delegato in congress from Oklahoma, has staked claims in hulf o dozen states, practiced law in lowa, editod a in Kansas, acted postmaster_ at nd narrowly escaped gotting shot soveral ‘times during the whoopful early days of the territory. Helsn wide-awake, smooth-faced young man, who ains the at- vention of the house whenever he has any- thing to say, Major Heury Johnstone of the royal British artillery has been reading the Now York dudes who ape the English a_losson. “1f T were an American,” ho says, 1 would bo more patriotic than to ape any othor people on earth. I'd be an American, for this is & fino country. Then, agaln, tho peovlo the anglomaniacs ape are uot our best people. They are loungers in clubs and very apt to be ridiculous,” ——— AMILE AND REPEAT, Clovelaud Plain Doaler: The audionce would ronlly bo glad L0 500 50116 speakers give thom- BelVos awiy. Siftings: “You think you are cutting a dash?’ as the driver siid whon the Lorss kicked In tho front of the huggy. Oll City Derrick: Many poopls become poorer a3 they becomo bettor informed. Thero's a good déal of Informution that's ox- ponsive, Now York Horald: Elmore see & compiany of womon porfoc Decker-—-Onco. was tho eldost. Did you ever tly quiot? Some one had asked which Detroit Free Prees: “Is your hushand work- tng on a salary, Mrs, Brown?" YOh, no; the Hrm give hin ustipsnd; I heard him sy 5 Somervillo Journal: Tho average young man muy know Just us much as he thinks ho doos, Lat ho doosn't usually draw a salury to cor: rospond. Washington Star: “That's & protty good story of yours," said the editor, “bul you have fallon futo i rédundaney of exprossion.” “Where?'" “In your reference to the hero as ‘s wealthy plumber.’ " Harper's Bazar: “How did college Inst yeur, Mrs. Wilkins?" “Very well, indoed.” Ho did so finely as a froshuian that he got an encore.” “A what?" “An encore. The faculty has requested him 0 repeat the year.” your son do at Detroit Free Press we to have the ele tric lights in the house this winter, papa? t Evelyn of her doting father. , my child I'm S0rry, pap “Why, my 10 Because, paps, down." dear, they won't turn Indianapolls Journal: Mrs. Wickwire—What Is the difference between me and & chicken, dear? Mr. Bupas. Wickwire—About thirty-five years, I Mrs. Wickwire—Oh, you hateful thing. That isu’t the unswer atall. The chickeu [5 killed 0 dress and 1 sw dressed 1o kill BUILDING FUNDS DIVERTED Seoret of the Delay in Omaba's Postoffice Btraoture, MONEY APPROPRIATED USED ELSEWHERE Domocratle Managers Consalted Thelr in Followlog the Usual Course in Disposing of the Sar- plus in the Treasury, Clonsure 518 I'oURTRRNTH STRERT, WasiNaroy, Oct. 10 Tt was stated At tha ‘Treasury department today that the roal why the contract had not boen awarded for the Omaha public building was that the monay which wa propriated by con WASHINGTON BUreav oz Tan l\n.,} ason s ap s for the building had been used for other purposes. Itis learned that most of the monay which was Appro- priated and sot aside for expenditurs upon public buildings has been paid out for other purposes and that there have Leen delays upon the awaraing of contracts upon n num- ber of fedoral buildings, both for tho super- structures and for repairs, because the treas. ury was empty. When appropriations are made by con- gress for public buildings and other enter- prises and are mmade available they are at once setaside at the Troasury department and the money Is subtracted from the avail- able assots of the government. This ad- ministration has boon 80 hard run that it is said to have boen compellod to use many specific appropriations for regular running expenses, and coniracts for public buildings have been deliberately delayed, Interesting information Kxpected. Tho house committee on invalid pensions today reported with favarable recommenda- tion the Melklefohn resolution calling upon the secrotary of the interior for a statement showlng the number of pension ctaims under the disability act of 1860 which were aa- mitted and how many rejected under the administration which rotired on March 4 , and how many have been rejected undor the present administration ; also calling for of the rules and regulations of the Interior department under which pension suspensions havo boen made. It is expected that some interosting information will be se- cured if this resolution is adopted and hon- estly answered, Western Mensures Reportod, “'he house commitiee on judiciary today made a favorable report on Lepresentative weet's bill fixing the terms of the districy court for Idaho. The bill provides that tho distriot court for Idaho shall bo held at Moscow, beginning the sccond Monday in May aud tho second Monday in Octobér in cach year; ut Boise City, beginning on the tirst Monday in April anl the fivst Mon- day in Decomber; at Blackfoot, boginning on'the first Monday in March and tho sec- ond Monday in September in each yoar. The senate judicialy committeo having favor- ably considered a duplicate of this bill there is littlo doubt that it will bocome a law atan carly date, A favorable report was today made from the house committee on public lands upon Ropresentative Kem's bill extending tho act of March 8, 1801, velating to the Sioux res- ervation of South Dakota, over that poction of the Sioux reservation’ lymg within Ne- brask; News for the Army. Tho following army orders wero issued today: Loave of absenco for ten days, to take effect October 15, 1s eranted Caniain Chr tian C. Hewitt, Ninetenth infantry recruit- ing ofticer. Leavo of absence for grantod Captain_ Lawrenco nance department, Leavo for seven days is grant Jacob K ofticer. Leave for fourteen days is granted Cap- tain Charles Richards, assistant surgeon. Leave for three months, to taie effeet Oc- tobor 15, is granted Sccond Lieutenant Chariles A, Hedekin, Third cavalry. “Lhe leave grantod Colonel Charles E. Comp- ton, Fourth cavalry, is_extended one month, Loave for oue month is granted Second Licutonaut Georgo W. Gatchell, Fourth ar- tillery. First Lieutenant Madison M. Brewer, fiftoon L. days s Bruft, ord- Captain Munson, Sixth infantry, recruiting | granted Senator Kylo has introduced a similar bii| in the sonate, Congrossman Licas of South Dakota ro turned from & business teip to lowa today Mr, Catchings of Mississippl, the senior momber of the houso committes on rulos told Tur Ber correspondent this afternoon that the tarift bill would be rtod from the committee on ways and means on No- omber caloulate,” said Mr. Catoh- Ings, “that we can pass the bill bafore the holiaay recess and that the senate com- mittee on finance can take it up for consider ation whon congress convenos in January. A. S Lannean of Bonner's Fer Idaho, has filod his application for the position of inspector of Chinese. Scnator Manderson today recelved a strong telographio protest from Brokon Bow Citizens agamst the romoval of the land offico at that city and the consolidation of that district with another. Dalay 1s asked in the action uutil Broken Bow can be The protest and request will ba pre tod at the Iutorior department tomorrow, T'he Broken Bow question is one Reprosent. ative Kem will have to wrestlo with b patont for & who Patents wero issund to Towa inver as follows: Louis Decailly, Fort bugay shafts; Krastus 13 coupling device for vohicle A. Pardy, Rockwell City, wataring trough; Wesl Mills, rake, s today Madison, Perry, Gilman, ovenors; Hiram automatic hog Klinker, Union Penny S, Hearu - AND NERR The Sidney Tolegraph has roached hood's estate-21 vears old Chavity I Gage, ono of the oldest rosi. dents of Nolson, died of heart failure, aged 74 yours J. Manfoal, o stockman from 1ost all the tdos of his vight foot undor the cars at Aurora George Colbura, a well known rosident of the vicinity of Harvardanda loading mom- ver of the Modora Woodiien, is dead, Oue of the largest funcrals ovor known in Yori was that of Mrs. Goorge 1. Corcoran, wife of the well known newspaper man and court reporter, As the result of & runaway team, William Bishop, & Jefferson county farmer, is laid up with a lew brokon in thros places. ' The doc: tors hope to save the limb, Tt hias been discoverad that the man who throw the bomb that wrecked Dougl store at North Plitte intended to rmure der the proprictor. Officers are on his wrack. Over 1,200 people were presont at the twenty-fifth anniversary of tho organization of St ohn’s Lutheran church of A uburn, and four ministers attended and delivorod addresses. Mus. Stock and little child, residing noar Murdock, Cass county, wore' thrown from a carriuge in 0 ranaway and both seriously hurt, Mrs. Stock’s left arm was brokon near the wrist and her faco badly bruisod. ‘The child rocoivod a fracturo of one of its lews and was otherwiso hurl. John Hayos of Weeping Wator has proe duced some of the finest corn ever grown 1 the state. Samploe oars mw sured over twelve inches in longth and weighed from a pound and a quarter 1o a pouna and a half each. The corn was not planted until June 10. NEBRASK | SICANS, man- Whitman, by falling (LT i The Auspiclous Bezinning. Kansas City rnal, “We congratulate Prosident Cleveland and the country upon the auspicious boegin- ning of his administration,” says the New York democratic platform. A financial panie, closed mills, bread riots and hun- dreds of thousands of workingmen out of employment. This is auspicious, is it? iimge ONE OF THE CON: 7D, Atlanta Constitution. Any season does fer mo ICinder made fer all time; Jes Hef melt in sunmmer heat As frocze tor doath in fall,time. Summer—carvin' melous ripo; (Mukos my mouth grow wider!) Winter—finds me with my pipo, Drinkin’ apple cide When it's hot, why, close Is Dou't take tauch ter do you; When it's cold —the red fliimos le Wi p— uin' through and the ugh you! or time, or fall— Spring, or sumi got hor Don't mind low Take this hore Thoy don't ke no botter! —————— FOR OCTOBER. assistant surgeon, will procoed from Fort Riley to Fort Leavenworth and report in person to the commandant of the United States military prison at the latter place for temporary duty during the absence of Cap- tain Charles Richards, assistant surgeon, o leave. aud upon the return to duty of Cap- tain Richards will return to his proper sta- tion. The order detailing Second Licutenant Erederic D. Evans, Eighteenth infantry, as professor of mili scionco and_taotics at Vincennes university, Vinconues, Ind., 13 re- voked, Miscolianoous. Representative Plckler appoared before the house Judiclary committes today in ba half of his bill providing that a term of the fedoral court bo held at Aberdeen, S. D., three districts being now establishea at Sioux ¥ulls, Pierro and Doadwood. The bill was referrad to a subcommittoe and - Major Pickler says ho expects a tavorable report. BROWNING, KINGg— Largest Manutacturors anl Itailors ot Clothing In uo Worl L. What are they? That's what a good many people have wanted & “What are they?” of a reefer suit can you sell for $2.50?' all right and come in all to know lately, judging by the num- ber of ladies and boys who have been up in our children’'s 1 departmant t his they ask. “What kind They are the leading styles. Of course we have others that will cost you more, but our usual good, substantial quality is apparent in every suit we sell. We have a magnificent line of reefer overcoats that it will do your heart good to see. mateh any suit. ties, waists, probably the You can also get leather or cloth leggings to Boys' caps and hats, collars, neck- greatest assortment in this western country, will always be found in this department. hat department they will If the gentlemen will visit our men's not only find as good a ine as in town, but we can save them dollasr. BROWNING, Btore open every eveniu; Baturduy ciil I KING & CO., uies |8, W, Cor. 16t and Douglas Sts.