Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 31, 1893, Page 4

B o LR S s 3 y VA | e THE VI)AI LY BEE. ROSEWATER, Editor., Wi PURLISHED EVERY MORNING. RMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Datly Bee (withont Su One Year Daily and Sunday, O Six Months. € 8 00 10 00 5 00 2 60 00 150 100 OFFICES, Bilding 1 Tewenty-sixth strects atroet mber of Commeree. Few York, roo nd 15. Tribune building Washington, 513 Fourteenth CORRESPONDE! Al eommunieations relatin forial matter sl South Omah: Cour 1o news and edi Rditor Al busiicss Jetie addressed (o The T Drafis, cheeks and postofice orders 0 be ma mpany For the summer can drows by leavl order at business office THE BHE PUBLISHING COMPANY. _ The Be Tre DALY and SUSDAY BEE 0 o following pla mor hous Grand Pacific h Auditoriun hot ireat Northern ho! Gore hotol Telund hotel Filos of Tue Braskan buildin ng, Exposition grou in Chieneo. is on sale in nho seen At the Administration b SWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION €tate of Nebraska, | County of Douglas. { George I T Tishing company, do actunl i ending Octoby Sinday, Oclober ¥, Oct Growar B TZSCHUOK. Swom 1o betore meand subscribed in why { 2 this 280 day of October, 1804 N, P PriL, Notary Publie. e e e Average Cireulation for Sept., 1803, 24,28 ——— e e PARTY conventions must be taught by the people at the ballot hox that yellow dogs have had their day. WHAT kept Mrs. Lease away from Omaha? Did she not want to be intro- Queed by Mayor Hascall? MRs. ADA BITTENBENDER heads the list of names on the Nebraska state tickot, but hor place at the top is only an Australian ballot complement. THERE is still room for improvement in the state of Omaha’s trade, but con- sidoring civcumstances throughout all the cities of the conntry local merchants have little cause for complaint. A LARGE majority of the members of congress ave said to be anxious for an ourly adjournment until the time for the opening of the regular session in De- cember. So are a large majority of their constituents. p FIVE state tickets confront the Iowa voter this fall. In Nebraska there are four names on the ballots as candidates for the highest state office to be filled and these will be sufficient to bewilder the average intelligent voter. THERE is no use of discussing the probability or advisability of the canal scheme at this moment. There is no proposition bearing upon the contem- plated canal bofore the voters. Do not vote to bond the city until you know just how the proceeds are to be applied. Tae Fremont & Elkhorn organette /might have spared itself the trouble to which it went to authenticate the letter of Judge Samuel Maxwell denying his alleged enthusiastic support of Judge Harrison. THE BEE is not accustomed to printing letters without possessing the orginals. THE BEE absolutely refuses to support incompetent, dishonest and disreputable candidates for publicoffice. If its friends ¥ho are worthy in themselves and are eanaidates on the same ticket are made to suffer on this account it will be un- fortunate for the friends and no credit to the communi ANOTHER Americ come estranged from her titled foreign husband and has come back to appreci- ate the comforts of an Awerican home. But the chase for bankrupt counts and dukos and princes goes merrily on among our beautiful heire who re- fuse to profit by the sad experiences of those who have gone before them. LEess than two-thirds of the legiti- mate voters of Omaha have nhad their oamey placed on the registration lists for the coming election. Friday and Saturday of this week will be the last days of registration. No man can vote unless his name is registered. Last year's registration does not count. If you have not already done so, don't fail to register. THINKING people in Omaha, men who pay taxes and have the interests of this oity at heart, must not lose sight of the fact that [saac S. Hascall is a tircless- worker, a skillful politician and a con- summate domugogne, Isaac is_ floot onough of foot ,u,fi néw to ® sq&-,g'; ous possibility. If good men throw away their votes on Bedford and Mercer they may expect Hascall to be the next mayor of Omaba. Will any self-vespecting American o zen place his vote at the d@isposutof- amy. railgad, express, telegraph or street rail- way company or any other corporation that carriés him on its pay voll? Does a man barter away his soul when he hires out to ome of these corporations? Are they not get- ting all they are entitled to when employes effi- ciently and faithfully pevform the task im- posed upon them in the shops, on the train or at headquarters? THE New York Suin demands that the dem cratic party resort toa direct tax apportioned among the states in ordér to meet tho impending deficiency in the treasury before it falls back on any- thing which experience has so signally condemued as tho income tax. The in- come tax failed as a war measure. Is it any better adapted as a poace meas- ure? The men who favor a federal in- come tax are evidently uninformed of its practical workings abroad. If they should study the subject wmore thor- oughly their ardor for its introduction here .would probably soon cool off. There are several financial expedients far preferable to a federal income tex. B e e THE OMAHA DATLY BEE WE STAND CORRECTED, Owama, Oct. 30.—To the Baitor of Tuw Bre: In your article on * {he Rights and Wrongs of Railway Employes” you assert that 50 cents a month is taken out of the wagzes of cach employe on the pay roll of the Union Pacific for the hospital funl. This is not true. The amount delucted each month is only 40 cents. Ustox PAcieic HEADQUARTRRS Tie BEg stands corrected. We cheor- fully admit that the forced contribution to the hospital fund amounts to only $4.80 a year, instead of $5.60. Butthe principle 18 just the same, whether the company exacts 40 cents or $40 out of the earnings of an employe, whether ho is willing or unwilling. Tt may be right onough to raise a hospital fund by pool- ing these monthly assossmonts, but it strikes u decidedly wrong to give the men who pay this money no voice in the selection of the doctors, and worse tnan all to have the doctors turn against tho employes whenever any of them or thejr families seck redress in the courts for loss of 1imb or life. The Burlington Relief association is, it anything, more offensive. Bmployes on the road are expected to bocome vol- untary members. Those who do not volunteer know well enough that the are liable to be dropped on somoe pre text. Ifa member of the Burlington Religf association is erushed by a smash- up or jammed in trying to couple cars he has the option to draw from the rolief fund or take his chances of ree; ering in the courts, A poor man nat- urally must draw from the fund and by that act the compiny claims to bo leased from responsioility for any injury he may have suffered. This xactly what the Burlington attorneys set up in the case of Joseph Bell, now pending in the supreme court. They assect that Bell, as a member of the Burlington Relief association, has drawn $62.50 out of their hospital fund, and that action deprives him of his right to claim dam- ages from the company. What will the supreme court do in Will the judges dare to incur tho displeasure of Czar Holdrege, who malkes and unmakes supreme judges for Nebraska? Will the supreme court side with the railroad serfs, who are ex- peeted to vote as they ave ordered, even if by so doing they vote to cuv their own throats and leave their families de- pendent upon the tender mercies of a soulless corporation? APTER REPEAL, Now that the passage of the measure providing for the discontinuance of government purchases of silver is as- sured the question of what financial legislation may follow this action will come up for consideration. When the treasury stops buying silver and issuing notes for it what substitute shall be adopted for this method of increasing the currency that will insure such annual addition to the money supply of the country as is necessary to keep pace with the growth of population and business? Under the present law there has been a yearly addition to the currency of about $52,000,000 in the form of legal tender treasury notes, and to cut, this off without making provision for increasing the supply of money in some other form would be practically contraction. This the coun- try does not desire. At present there is an ample supply of currency for all legitimate purposes. Money is abundant at all the financial centers and rates of interest on good business paper are mod- erate. There is every probability that this condition will continue for some time, but with no additions to the cur: rency coming from the treasury there must eventually and at no very remote date be experienced a scarcity of money if a supply is not provided for from some other source to take the place of that cut off, This matter has alveady received some consideration. One plan to meet the con- dition that will be presented after repeal is toallow the national banks to issue currency to the par value of the bonds deposited to secure their circulation. If this were done it would at once increase the money supply to the amount of about 20,000,000, and it is believed that under such favorable legislation the banks would add to their bond holdings suffi- clent to perhaps increase the currency within a year from this source $50,000,- 000. Senator Voorhees, chairman of the seuate finance committes, some time ago expressed the opinion that the banks would doubtless increase their note issues to a much larger amount than that last named, and it is to be presumed that he had assurances of bankers as authority for this view. There is a strong opposition in congress, however, to allowing the banks any new privileges, so that it is somewhat doubt- ful whether the proposition to permit them to issue currency to the par_yalue of bonds can succeed. That question” is before the housé com ec on banking and currency and also; -perhaps; the senate finance committoe, but nothjng has recently been heard of it and itis uncorsan. whethor it ywyill be again brought forward. he dE)e this case? ton 'd’slhur one of prejudice, for | e, plan is that of allowing issue éurrency, for which purpose it is merely necessary to repeal the 10 pen cent tax on such issues. This plan has the unanimous support of the democrati members-of - sangross i | gations of the treasury. ore. The policy will doubtiess be to increaso the gold reserve of tha government rather than to make any new demands upon it. WHY BEMIS SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED. Omaha has nover been partisan in municipal matters. Mayors and city officials have been elected as a rule by the people and not hy the pothouse poli- ticians. Only once or twice in fifteen years has the election been carried against the people by corporation or other extraneous methods. Her citizens scan the municipal ticket with a view to selecting the best men regardless of their party affiliations. We do not ask voters to support Mayor Bomis for re- election upon the sole ground that he is a vopublican. That is only one of many good reasons for his retention in the office he has so successfully filled for nearly two year: Mayor Bomis deserves the support of taxpaye ho has constantly stood guard over the treasury and has prevented every attempted raid upon the public funds. Ifis veto powor has been used time an i again to save money for taxpayers. [eom the taxpayers' standpoint Mayor Bemis has made no Heo has always been on their because 'ves the support of workingman beeause he has stood for a progressive city govern- ment, His messages to the council and his suggestions to the Board of Public Works and street officials have fre- honest tanco of pushing public improvements so that idle workingmen might have em- ployment and wages. To Mayor Bemis workingmen owe the suggestion which Ird up to a special appropriation for street work in August and September when so many honest people were out of employment. Mayor Bemis deserves the support of every fair minded citizen of Omaha bu- cause during his term of office he has known nosect, no race and no nation- ality. His appointments have been made regardless of orders and cliques. He has sought to place in oflice men wcially fitted for the positions for which they were named. He may have made mistakes. He has made mistakes, but they were mistakes of the head and not of the heart. His inten- tions have been right, and, with very fow exceptions, his appointments have been admirable. Mayor Bemis deserves the support of man who wishes the city well governed, vico aud immorality re- strained and the evils which prevail in all population conters restricted and held in check by proper and judicious police control. Omaha. has never been s0 orderly, so free from open vices and s0 thoroughly under the control of the peace officers as at present. Gambling and prostitution are evils incident to the conditions of existence in this and every other city. They are under police sur veillance, and fewer instances of out- breaking crime or flaunting immorality have been noted than in any previous year. Experience has thus far vindi- cated the mayor's policy. Mayor Bemis deserves the support of all classes of citjzans in all conditions of society for the very good reason that he is disposed to treat ail with absolute tairness. He is neithera prude nora dude; a priest nov a profligate: a bigot nor a blood. He is simply a level-head- ed citizen, a man of the world and an honest official. He has always told the public frankly where he stood upon all matters of public interest. fle has had nothing to conceal and his official life for two years is an open book wherein all may read his record. Mayor Bemis deserves the votes of all good citizens because ho is the creature of no corporation, clique, church or con- tractor. He is absolutely untrammeled. His record shows him to be conscien- tious, careful and safe. With two years experience to aid him in the future it is clear that if elected he will serve the people more efficiently than ever bafore. espe REPUBLICAN CANDIDAT FOK RE- The republi ominees for regents of the university are entitled to the un- ivided support of republicans. Henry Fstabrook is one of the brightest lawyers in the west and in overy vespect qualified for the position, university board about a year ago and hos been a very efficient and valuable member. C. W. Kaley received a collegiate edu= cation and taught school for five years after completing his studies. He has filled positions in Webster county, whore he rosides, as tbontwiudge_and reprosentative in the state legislature: For twelve years past he hus been one of the members of the State Normal sthoel board and comes fully equipped for the duti6s lapf the Stato universi Charles Wostqy, 12 University of Tilinois dud a-may,,Q igageachghle character & g ‘\5Ll'f|"il ucational matters and will exercisd” Ui gy ward ndard of the State uni- y Ol 1 HE of our KEEP IT Bk Thousands citizens still labor TAXPAYERS, most intelligent under the delusion om_the south 5 g : A, B § () v BOn- who are urging 1te adopiian that xln: Hl,l)()“i)rult;‘}?nll’d ;uu{mh‘lzmx;um) oarnostness, The opposition 1o it, how- | [y T, (e BULAIE Of & cani’, Bome ever, appears to be too gi come, although membors > house | bt ough mewbors of the house } 5ivoy the money from the canal would banking and currency committee admit that a bill to repeal the baunk tax will be reported to the house. Still another plan for increasing the currency is to coin the silver in the treasury which represents the scigniorage of the government, amounting to about $70,000,000, the coinage of which would perhaps be distributed over the greator part of three years. In order to get this silver into circulation it would be necessary to withdraw all bills under the denomination of $10. These plans may be expected to receive con- sideration very soon aiter tho repeal of others vill be presented. One thinz may be predicted with reasonable ce tainty, and that is that congress will make no provision for inc-ensing the ourrency that will add to the gold obli- the purchasing clause of the Sherman | law is accomplished, and very likely | of our brightest business men have been made 1o believe that any attempt to be enjoined by the courts. is true. The proposition as submitted to the voters of Omaha reads as follows: Shall bonds of tha eliy of O nuhs in the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollurs (81,500,000) be Issued for t priation wud parehase of waterwork A6 piaat for sakd olty dod Ll u nud pureise of the L qairea tor sueh watorworks wnd W plant, tho sald bonds to ra Conn Lwenty (20) years and to bear lnterest, Payabio somi-anaually aL a rate not Lo ex- (31 per eent per snnum, with cou- pons attached, the sald boads to be called Waerworks and Kleotrle Light Plant Bouds, " wnd 1ot £2 o sold for Loas than par; tho proceeds of s4ldboads to b wsed for no utier pucpose thii Piying the cost of the appropriationor purehase of waterworks and nn electrio Highs plaat and laod there tor, wod the said boads to be ssucd from Lime to timo ws may bo reqaired during the years 1894, 1803 and 1896, There is not one word about & canal in The reverse quently called attention to the impor- | He was appointed to a vacancy on the | He has ovincdr this proposition. = Tf the honds carry the proceeds can mft egally bo used for the purchase of the Wwaterworks or electric lighting plant. _The propo: no restrictions upon the gards the purcdhfice, Tho council can have the worksslappraised or it can agree with Wileg.upon the price to be paid without eyen going through the formality of an''appraisement. The council can override the mayor's veto if Wiley can contrebtwelve members, and the courts cannot interfore untess abso- lute proofs cam bo furnished by unim- peachable witneksos that the bargain was consummated by bribery or fraud. Any man who asserts that the bonds to be voted under the proposition sub- mitted can be logally used for a canal is an imposter. They cannot be so nsed even if the legislature should amend tho charter 80 as to authorize the city to con- struct the canal or ucquire its ownership by purchase. No law can operate back- tion places uncil as re- All who really favor the canal project should voto no on the proposition Those who do not want to mortgage the city for $1,500,000 without restrictions and safoguards will cortainly vote no. BENNEIT AND HIS CATURS When a candidate charged with g-ave misdemeanors in office by any re- sponsible. man or paper he must either vindicate himself or face defeat at the polls, The charges against George Ben- nett were not of a frivolous nature. They attack his official integrity as sheriff and custodian of prisoners. They were not trumped up as campaign thunder after his nomination, but were made in all seriousness in advance of the repub- lican primaries and reiterated before he was renominated. The republican primaries were I on October 13, On October 10, three days before the primaries, the following editorial appeared in THE BEE under the heading, **Sheviff Bennett's Short- comings.” SHERIFF VINDI is When George A. Bennett was up for elec- tion two vears ago he received the cordial, carnest and vigorons support of Tik 13 He was vouched for as an honest mechanic, who possessed not only ph, 1, but moral stami; nd hence was specially qualified for the position of sheriff. Mr. Benuett has had a fair trial and proved himself untit for the pla ow that we are on the eve of the republican county primaries we deem it our duty tg caution the party against com- mitting itself to his renomination. We do this from no personal animosity, but from a sincere conviction that he could not be suc- cessfully defended st the charges of incompetency and want of official integrity. At the very outset Mr. Bennett was com- velled to call in ex-Sheriff Coburn to mun- age his ofMce. A fairly intelligent man would have learaed the work of the sherifl's office in three months, but Mr. Bennett has not been able to dispense with Mr. Coburn after twenty months of his incumbency, and we do not believe he eve 1 be capable of runniug the office, excepting by a substitute, Mr. Bennett's incompetency is, however, the least objectionable point i his candidacy for renomination. There has been inexcus- able nogligence in the safe keeping of county prisoners. Quite & number of prisoners havy made their escape from a Jjail that is consid- ered impregnable. . No satisfactory explana- tion has been made or can be made for these jail deliveries. More i nt and inexcusable than the jaal deliveries has beeu the Mosher scandal. Under sentence of the United States court Charles W. Mosher was committed to prison for a werm of five ycars. The banker couvic’ was remanded into the custody of Sherift Bennett to be kept in close confinement in the Douglas county jail until such time as heshould be transported by the United States marshal to the Lincoln or Sioux Falls peni- tontial Instead of gusrding Mr. Mosher as any other criminal convicted of a peniten- tiary offenso: Sheriff Bennett has extended to him the frecdom of the eity and the sur- rounding country. He has not only per- mitted him to roam about, but be has at least in one instance used Mosher as a guard for a prisoner whom he was called on to convey to the jail for safekeeping. When a man occupying the office of sheriff shows such o reckless disregard of the law as the custodian of convicts he has forfeited the right to an endorsemest for re- election, and the pa has no right to assume the risk of defeat by placing him at the head of the county ticket. The county convegdign was held Octo- ber 14. Two days DS “or 12 THE BEE warned the convention againg committing the party to the support of Bennett for a second term. The follow- ing extider feoln sis the charges were spec] goneral torms all that has beon pub- lished in detail within the past week: 1t is an open secret that Sheriff Bennett has after fair trial proved himself incompe- tent; and _has 1 compelled to keep a sub- stitute to do the inside-work._of his oftice. “T'hat, howey might be overlooked. But Bemwett's chief disqualification is his mis- maonagement of e Jail and favoritism 10 Convict Mosher, Sheriff Bennett cannot g1V gxquso for tho frequent jail deliveries, nor can he or any other man Justify the Mosher scandal. Mosher has not only enjoyed the freedom of the fail but tho y und the suburbs. Mosher employed as & guard for ovher pris- oy were being conveyed to the jail, and we are credibly informed that as been taken to road houses for diver- Lgion. osher has embeszled more than £500,000. He is presumed to have secreted a great part of this swag, and the natural - fereace is that he is paying handsomely tor the favors shown hif Dy his jail Sheriffl Bennett's iptrusion into the recent citizens' meeting aisoshows him o be totally unfit for the position of chief police oficer of the county. " ‘The republican ¢oifvention must necessa- rily hesitate before they commit the party to an endorsement of Me. Bennett, In the face of such grave charges what has Benunett dgne to vindicate him- self? He has prooured an aflidavit from Mosher denying that he had had any other freedom thay going to his meals outside of the jaile Mosher does noy swear that he left'the jail alone, He does not swed(* that he never went TUESDAY, OCTOBER to an assignation house on Paul street or at the corner of Fourteenth and Capitol avenue. He does not swear that he has not been visited in the county jail by Nellie Sayer many times, He does not swear that he did not go to Council Bluffs with a male and two fe- male friends unattended by any official. Ho does not swear that he passed un- der the name of Watson or Wallace in the jail. Deputy Sheriffs John Tewis, " Grigg, James D. Courteney and man C, Timme make affidavit one of them over went out with Mosher on one of his carousals, Noone has accused them, They fail to swear that they wore not aware of the fact that Mosher was going out, or was visited in jail by Nollie Sayer. John T, Linn and muel G. Ernest, deputy juilers, swear that they never took Mosher any place except for the purpose of getting his meals. Nobody has accused them. ler Theodore Bennett s that r took Mosher out of the jail ex- cept to get a meal. Theodore fails to swear that Nellie Sayer hasnov had access to the jail and to Mosher's apartments. He fails to swear that he did not take Embezzler Henderson to a gambling room. He does not deny that Mosher had a private room in the jail, was allowed the run of the building and was treated asa com- panion rather than a prisoner. It 18 an established fact that men charged with erime will not hesitato to add perjury to their other offenses Mosher's general denial is rank perjury We have abundant proof of his intima with notorious women while he was pre- sumed to be a prisoner in close confine- ment. The most villainous piece of business in connection with Bennett's present campaizn is the employment of a con- victed blackmailer and ex-conviet to seatter about the city a leprous sheet that roeks with criminal libel and filth. This is George Bennett's vindicator, and this the material with which he expects to reinstate himself in public confidence. George Hor- that no he ne HARD upon the heels of the deplorable tragedy in Chicago there follows an- other assassination, which occurred in New York yesterday, the particulars of which will be found in our dispatches this moraming. The vietim in this case is the superintendent of the new Postal telegraph building in New York, and the assassin is characterized in the r port as a “‘erank,” though he seems to have been entirely capable of aiming a revolvor with deadly purposs. Another so-called crank entered the office of Kdwin Gould yesterday and de- manded $5,000, threatening the life of Mr. Gould if he refused. That gentleman very promptly handed the scoundrel over to the police, and it is to be hoped that the full penalty of the law will bs meted out to him. These occurrences suggest the question whether the country is to have an epi- demic of murderous crankism. They should also suggest to the authorities everywhere who may be called upon to deal with persons who have developed amania for killing as a mewns of re- dressing a real or fancied grievance that it is dangerous to society to show any lenieney to this sort of cranks. The only safe plan, however hurmless they may seom, is to deprive them of their liberty as long as the mania is.on them. THERE are more than, % pending in the supreme cou the Nebraska railroads are plaintiffs. large number of these cases were brought in the lower courts either by employes who were injured ig the servico of the companiss, or by wives, children o) in the In many 0 ilroads plead an exi .uq the payment of damages “g0unds that the un- fortuhaie vietim was a member of some ief” department. lg #ORE the Osceola white caps are brought to trial next month it might ar to institute an investigation in that Puritanic town to learn whether their course of action has really resulted in sccuring a better moral tone in the comgunity. 1 their unusual proceed- ings have proved of benefit to all con- cerned it may serve asa plea in miti- gation of the offense. But even then the perpetrators of the outrage could more easily have secured the desired ends by less sensational methods. It 15 confidently asserted that the Cordage trust will be reorganized. This trust was the most notorious of all the illegal organizations, and its failure brought ruin to thousands of gullible people who would hesitate before placing their money behind legitimate invest- ments, And yet, in spite of its unen- viable record, the Cordage trust will doubtless find the men to furnish the means to enable it to continue its illegal cureer. Every Burlington employe who ap- plies for membership in the misnamed “pelief” department is required to sign an agreement by which he foregoes all henefits in the event that he sues the company for damages for injuries re- celved. If he agrees not to sue the com- pany for damages he is generously per: mitted to nurse himself through sick- ness by funds contributed by himself. T'ae deplorable assassination of Car- ter Harrison emphasizes the necessity for the organization of a society for the de- tection and suppression of harmless cranks, Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U, S. Gov't Report. Rl Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE RESCUR THE SUPREME COURT, Ixniavora, Neb,, Oct. 50.-Te the Editor of Tur Ber: The impoached state officials and the railroads boast of having turned Maxwell do 1f Harrison is elected can they not further claim the power to eloct whom they prefer. With the power to turn down and tho power to elect, framed and hung up, 80 to speak, befoce the supreme court and in the presence of tho peoplo, what an the peonle ot of the court and what can the court expect of the peoplo! Yours ruly, 3.8, Puiues, ————— Unlon 1 Receiversh United States Investor, Octoher There has been excellent roason to beliove vhatone distinguished senator, who made himself conspicuous by strenuous and con- tinued ovposition to the Union Pacifie, had all the tiue beon retained by the manago- ment of & competing corporation for thi ve purpose and was therefore using his | public position for his own private benofit and against the interests of his own con- stituents, many of whom were holders of securities in the company. 1t is hopea that when the question comes up for final settie ment no such condition of affairs will again bo disclosed. It furnished ot the time n most disgracotul chapter of congres sionul history, which should have boen suf: ficient 1o or to the solitude of his native state fo In this connection it may not be amiss to note that the positien of Attorney a8 indicated by his recent com cation ress re garding the receivership, is liable to oc sion unpleasant comment. Whatever the its_of the caso, it is manifestly indeli- © that the attorney genoral, who hus been and now is u director of a competing railrond, and who has also been its counsel as well as a stockholder in the company, should pass judgment upon mauters deeply affecting the interests of an active com- petitor. i Botter Thnes Ahead. Vinneapolis Tinmes. A reduction of wages is the natural result of the present financ , but it will Lurdly be as grea that of 1873, nor should the period of reduced wages continue so long as did the one w! began with the panic of I877. The conditions are not tie same. Our merchants manufactus were doing a big four months ago and were all making movey. They had no causo then to reduce wages or salaries, and none of them would have e 80 but for the woney scare, which has been followed by a general depression of business. A restora tion of confidence is all we need now to place business on its fos nd if that restor- ation comes before the of the yea we may reasonably expect, no very great amount of damage will have been done to ihe workingmen, Those who have been di charged will be taken back and the wages that have been cut down will be restored Ihere remains the question whether labor gets its fair shave of mcreased production We can, uovertheless, cougratula sulves that the workingmen of a far higher degree of comfort than was ever before enjoyed here or is now enjoyed by the workingmen of other lands. RS as Signifioant Advane:s, Cincinnati Commerelal, Upon the report that the senate would re- peal the silver purchasing clause of the act of 1800 wheat advanced on the Chicago Board of Trade 1) cents a bushel here wiill be a still more marked advance when the aet shall have been repealed and signed by the president, yet the silverites have contended all along that the free and un- limited coinage of silver would nelp tho farmers. The fact is, nothing would help the farmers, or any other class engaged in the industries, that would serve to destroy or impair the soundness of money. No class would suffer more from this than those wi ave something of intrinsic valuz to sell or who have labor to dispose of. R ——— A Discreet Leader. New York Tr bune. Senator Voorhees is reported Washington correspondent of the New York Tiunes to have *“‘declared with calm resolu- tion” tnat he *‘would not entertain a propo- sition to have the ten commandments, very good in themselves, udded to the repeal bill.” Well—we siould say not. Senator Voorh has shown rem; ty for blunder- ing, but he isn’t quitc such fg_idiov as to ke the chageomof breaking up® demo- mlfiv\n vote on th®Ntey by the Chnidago rosity. Chicago Herald. The whole country must help New York, is to be born again in an i craale; to be swaddled in the American flag; 10 be purged vigorously of humors: to give attle; to be forgiven for being an By the time another American alled upon to carry the standard of tion New York may be able to bel with dignity and com posure, e proval. Globe-Democrat. ‘When the returns of the November elec- tions come in they will show very plainly that the people think the best wuy to testi their appr ion of the vepenl victor to give decisive majorities for republi tickets. s AR Morals and Madness. Kansas City Journal, As botween the Nebraska women who went white capping and the Indiana women who went slumming, give us the slummers. But few men would liko to see their wives or daughters in either prrt; It strikes me BROWNING, KIN Largest Manufaoturors an L uailars of Clothing ln tas World Chicago Record: But such blunders as that of Admiral Stanton are not heard of in tho rigid observance of etiquetto character- izing other navies, Why is this? Aro onr officers not sufficiently schooled in the etiquette of nations? Ch o Journal: ‘I'he status of affalrs in Brazil is such as to make that officer’s con: duct absolutely inexcusable if it is roportod correctly. The rebels have not been recok- nized by our eovernment vor by any foreign power. What their ot position is in their own country is a difficult matter to de- termine, Philadelphia Leago Oscar F. Stanton has been in the naval service 1850, but he seems to have made a bad mistake at Rio Janoiro when ho saluted the rebel admiral. His removal from command was an absolute necossit W 0 on friendly torms with Brazil, and cannot consistently give recognition to those in rebellion to the propdely constituted authorities Washington Star: Tt will bo rather hu- miliating for the United States to apologize to the Brazilian goverament for Cow.modore Stanton's serious blunder, but there is nothing olse to do. The humiliation, how ever, is not natisual, and exists mo cause in the United States.Iike any other civ ilized power, must naturally f med of the fact that one of its trusted rs has done a very foolish thing. lgn is the only vlea that ean bo advanced, but such o confession is far from croditable, Chicago Post: ‘The prompt removal of Stanton from command is proof of the pur- pose of the administration to maintain neutrality between the conflicting parties in South America. Msllo is still a revel; he has not boen recognized ofticially by the powers in spito of the industrious efforts of oglish naval offcers and minister to make him o legitimate belligerent, and Stanton's act was an insolent violation of the entento existing between this government and a sister republic. We have had enough of Jingoism in the navy and also quite enough of the sort of “diplomacy” that consists in minding somebody else’s business. - BANTER OF (HE BLODDS. Rear Admiral swce Boston Transcript: Wonder It tho fceman minds it when the womun of his choice looks coldly on his suit? Washington Sta The woman who cannot shurper 1 penetl tikes her turn at lgh= ing when her husband tries to thread a needle, Philadelphia Record: his little duck this didn't you strike him fo 1did, and he continucd & ing me down, ol Papa catled mo morning, Belle—Why now bonnet? Nell-= motaphor by call- When a tot n punch e SpIFIL unawire, Philadelphin Press: A out in Inwa has been ar ment. Of course he is in come. Boston Courier: partakes of Rous tertain nbs frequently cue man named Oyster ed for cmbezzle- a stew over the out- Chicazo News: Tho weather man begs to announce that the Indian summoer exhibie will e tempo withdrawn to make room for winter Buffalo Courler: Al I could live head—1 am suah me wits. Weally, now, Miss Bluntley, don't _you—aw—think' 1~ could? Belle Biuntley—You might. 1 understand you ure not a very hea tor, Atehlson Globe: Tho very greatest novelty in girls' pocketbooks is mon Glens Falls Republican zen cannot be suld man The corpulent citl= 0 beu straightforward Yonkers Statesman nge that whon a lady wants to show her diamonds oft she in- variubly puts them on. A poet sighs, “Whero Philadelphia Ledge IS 19 an easy ono 15 the summer folingze? Washington Star. he hurried out e usual friend to se To rumpled skirts and battered corns Oblivious was he. And thus the play) With hatred is Ho radls at wou And she at m L ey HALLOW Now York Ledger. On ITallowe'en will come abroad Uit uight of all the round old wupish sprites, in tricksy ho e moonliht hold strans dies burn will hout 10w the for ve o winding she wiilrap tmosphero moth hat Vs big feet. Al 11d spooks will 3 The moon will I'rom gloaming ¢ And moonbeams d wnny v Joughs upon th ¢1s will hoo ider have ni 53 ip Y lawn t7 upon fantastic 1oes, Stalk shades right blitholy pranco, orchard flash its gnarled rows. \imney whisper i ) All golden rod to sur , The cord wood ehange to posts ind rails, Tho andirons far their backlog spurn, i tho white frost erin, Tall chestuuts in the moonlight swiy, The whiles pule clouds swing out and in And squeils with glec cach pranksome fay Untouched will hickories open erack And milk above the pan tops work The rowen squirm in the ronn's feod Old Dobbin from his munger jerk Such sounds will freight the alr, T trow, nees he felt, unsoen, s sights make farmer Luds (o know Lo divyil's in it Hallowe'en. That it's coming-—it always does, and it will this year, whether Corbett and Mitchell fight or not. If you don’t believe it look in the almanac. Winter—that's what we're talking about, and now we're going to talk about winter overcoats. If there is anybody in the house who wants to got out they'd better go now before the service begins, so as not to dis- turb the rest of the congregation. call your attention to the fact that we're selling the best overcoat in the city for $10. Firstly, we will Then there is one for $15 that but few can sell for $20 and make a profit at all from $15 up to $35. The prices gradually rise But when you pay $20 or more for an overcoat you get something that tailors can't beat either for fit, finish, fabric or fashion. The boys are 'also provided for. BROWNING, KING & CO., ry evening t1ll 6.50 L np.“lln urday l-ulnll |8, W, Cor. 16th and Douglas Sls.