Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 18, 1893, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. et e e E. ROSEWATER, Fditor, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. Batty Bee (without S i1y and Surnd; Oni X Months. . Oue fay Biew, One iy oe, One Year ¢ OFFICES. Qmala, The Bee Building. !omh‘ Omaha. corner N and Twenty-sixth streets Chieigo ihae: 317 Chninber 6f Commerce. Rew Fork, room 19, 14 and 10. Tribune building Washington, 513 Fourteenth stréet. CORRESPONDENCE. ANl communications relating to news and o forial matter should be addeessed: To the Bdito DUSINESS LETTERS. All business Jetters and remittances shonld be addressed 1o The Bee Publishing company, Omaha. Drafia, checka and postoces ordara 1o be made payable to the order of the company. arties leatving the city for the ummer can have " BIIK nenl"t'n their address by leaving an order at business oMcs, "THE [RE PUBLISHING COMPANY. e - = SWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btage of Kebraskn, County of Douklas. Tobert. Hunter, clork of Tre Ber Publish- ing company, does solemnly swear that the Actnal elreuintion of TiE DATLY DER for tho week ending November 11, 1803, was as follows: ndny, November Jonday, November 6, tesdag, November 7 ednendny. Novembe nrsday, November §, day, November 10, Eaturday, November i1, THR. et worn 0 before me and subscribed in my { BrAL | presence this 11th day of November. 1893, —— N. P. Friv, Notary Publie. —_— Average Ciroulation for Ootober, 24,315, _———— THE plate gl;su trust has come down with a crash. ISN'T it almost time for the Chinese to begin to register under the extended Geary law? THIS is the secd time for candidates for the state campaign of 184, What will the harvest be? SEVENTY-FIVE dollars for the Ne- braska building at the World’s fair! This ends the tale of woe. A GREAT many people are wondering “how it happened that Gorham Betts was the only ono ot the asylum boodlers to be convicted in the Lancaster county courts, . COMPARE the telegraphic columns of the Lincoln Jowrnal today with those of THE EVENING BEE of yesterday and you will discover where the Jowrnal gets most of its news. FIFTY years may not have been a 1ong time in the life of Methuselah, but a fifty-year gas franchise will cutlive the greater number of the present genera- tion of degenerate men. MOVEMENTS to keep the great World’s fair open for another year are justa trifle late. Those who missed the edu- cation afforded by it have in most cases only themselves to blame. GOVERNOR BOIES has reluctantly ocome to the conclusion that there are @ 8till a fow things for which Towans are justified in offering thanks upon the last Thursday in November, ONE of the candidates for membership in the coming New York constitutional convention makes a sworn statement to the effect that his election eapenses were 15 cents only. It is unnecessary to add that he was not elected. CONGRESSMAN BRYAN'S promiscuous talk about the principle of taxation shows that he still labors under the oft- exploded quid pro quo delusion. Bryan could profitably read the works of some of those political economists to which he so delights to refer. OMAHA people may congratulate themselves upon the excellent showing made by their children’s work in the educational exhibit at the World's fair. The award of several prizes is a well merited recognition of the efficiency of our public school system. THE decision of the Lancaster district gourt upon the validity of official ballots will be read with interest by certain office seekers in these parts. It is said that neither party to the issues joined is satisfied withthe decision. A supremo court decision will settle the matter. Ir 18 argued that a graduated income tax will make the wealthy classes favor economical government when they have felt the burden of federal taxation. Better spread the tax over all classes in the community and create in every one an Interest in"the economical adminis- tration of the government. . INVESTIGATION shows that the num- ber of fresh recruits to the small army of paupers that infest this city every winter is not as great as it was last winter. This may bo due to the fact that the Douglas county authorities have served notice npon the people round about Omaha that the practice of deporting paupers into this city must dease. 11 18 only fair w suppose that many of the councilmen ~ho voted for the fifty- year gas franchise ordinance aid so in Ignorance of the valuable rights which that measure proposed to give asa pres- et to the gas ¢ )mpany. After ‘having investigated the juestion they will be ready to defend che taxpayers in case they secure anothor opportunity to vote on the question, Tue State Board of Transportation is going through the farce of ‘*‘taking tes- timony” in regard to the transfer switch law. Itisan casy matter to find busi- ness men who are but slightly interested o swear that they do not need transfer tehes. There are too “busi- oss” mon in Nebraska who ave willing toswear for and by the railroad com- panies in return for a fow “concessions.” S THERE are three daily newspapers published in Lincoln, the News, the Call ‘snd the State Journal Two-of these - mewspapers have editorially denounced ‘the farcical trinls which led to the ac- THE MONROE DOCTRINE. There has probably never been a pol- fey or principle enunciated by the gov- ernment of the United States concerning which there has been such general mis- apprehension as there is about what is known as the ‘‘Monroe doctrine.” At this time, when international questions which naturally invite attention to that doctrine are commanding consideration, it is desirable that there shall be a clear popular understanding of the policy enunciated by President Monroe in his message to congress December 2, 1823, which had the approval before being submitted of ex-Presidents Jefferson and Madison, and which for seventy years has been accepted by the American people and observed by the government. At the time this ‘‘dovtrine” was pro- mulgated the Spanish-American re- publics, which since 1810 had been throwing off Spanish control and strug- gling for freedom, were threatened with European interference. Spain was anxious to re-establish her au- thority over the rebellious colonies, and it was believed that the allied powers, successful in overthrowing Na- poleon, were willing to aid Spain in the attainment of her desire. The United States liad recognized the in- ndence of the Spanish-American republics and they had the sympathy of the American people in their straggles for freedom. The dan- ger of European interference presented a situation of the profoundest concern to the statesmen of that period and it was finally decided to jssue through the medium of the president’'s aunual mes- sage to congress a warning to the allied powers of Europe to keep hands off the southern republics. . The language of President Monroe was plain and unequivocal. After say- ing that in the wars of the European powers the United States had never taken any part, but that'with the move- ments in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, the message thus announced the famous doetrine: Weowe it, therefore, to candor, and to the amicablo relations existing between the United States and those powers, to declare, that we sbould consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety, With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered and shall not interfere. But with the governments who have declared their independence and maintained iv, and whose independence we havs, on great con- sideration and on just principles, acknowl- edged, wo could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them or con- trolling 1n any other mauner their destiny, by any European power, in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards the United States. Referring to the conflict between Spain and the new republics the mes- sago said: “It is still the true policy of the United States to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope that other powers will pursue the same course.” The message also contained tho declara- tion that the American continents should no longer be subjects for any new Eu- ropean colonial settlement. Latter-day interpretation has given this doctrine a much broader applica- tion than it was obviously intended to have. According to the view of some a strict compliance with the policy enunciated by President Monroe would require us to assume con- trol of the Hawaiian islands and to interfere in the Brazilian conflict, as a precaution against possible European designs in these directions, but it ought to be clear to every intelligent reader of the Monroe doctrine that it does not warrant any such view of national pol- icy. It does not bind the United States to the protection of any independent country in this hemisphere from Euro- pean interference in its political affairs, though it is not to be doubted that an appeal of those countries for such pro- tection would be promptly heeded. The Monroe doctrine simply says to the na- tions of Europe that they cannot med- dle in the political affairs of the inde- pendent governments of the western hemisphere without incurring the dis- pleasure of the United States. It isin no sense an aggressive dootrine and those who 8o interpret it mislead the public mind. That it always will re- main a potent element in the conduct of international affairs in this hemisphere is undoubted. IW0 GAN FRANCHISES, The United Gas Improvement com- pany now asking for the free use of the streets of Omaha for fifty years for the purpose of operating a gas plant sought a dimilar privilege at the hands of the municipal government of 1883, At that time it proposed to construct and main- tain an entirely new gas works in this city. As an inducement to do so, and as a proteotion to its contemplated invest- ment, it secured the passage of a gas franchise ordinance which embodied substantially the terms which it pre- scribed for itself, The franchise was not accepted at that time merely for the reason that the company succeeded in purchasing the existing gas plant and its rights under the franchise of 1868, ‘What it was willing to be satisfied with ten years ago may be profitably com- pared with what it now demands. The franchise of 1883 was for thirty years only, When the original gas works were built in 1868 its projectors were content to invest their money in Omaha on a guaranty of twenty-five years, and the prospects of a profitable business at that time were far less flattering than at the subsequent period. The united company in 1883 proposed to make a large investment in considera- tion of a franchise for thirty years. Now that it has acquired the old plant, that the works are already erected and paying handsome returns upon the capi- tal represented, it asks an extension of fifty years as & pure gift from the city. Not one cent more of money will be in- vested nor one single additional laborer employed whether the extension is for fifty years or for ten. The enjoyment of a tweaty-five year franchise has proven 80 profitable thut nothing less than a filty year extension will now satisfy the oraving for more. - Both the franchise of 1883 and that of 1893 require the gas company to make good any injury to the streets and pave- wents. But the former iuflicted & THE_OMAHA penalty of 825 for every day that the company failed to restore the street after a three day's notice from the Board of Public Works. It also required the connections between the main und the meter to be made at the company's ex- pense. On both these subjects the pro- posed ordinaace is silent. The franchise of 1883 fixed the maxi- mum for twenty-candle power gas to private consumers at $2 per thousand cubio feet and to all city public build- ings, including school houses, at #1.25 per thousand. Omaha in 1883 had less than one-third its present population and a correspondingly diminished gas consumption. After ten years the price was to be regulated by the mayor and council. The maximum now proposed is $1.85 per thousana, with no rebate on that consumed for public uses. The franchise of 1883 required the company to bid for street lighting at not less than 825 per lamp per annum. With ten years improvements in the technical process of gas manufacture and ten years reduction in price of coal and materials the new ordinance does not abate one cent from the charge authorized for public street lamps. Finally the franchise of 1883 provided for the purchase of the plant by the city at any time after the expiration of fifteen years at an appraised valuation without any allowance ‘‘for any franchise right or privilege derived from this or any other ordinance of the city of Omaba.” The fifty-year gas franchise ordinahce says not a word re- specting future purchase by the city. GRAND JURY WHITEWASH. The report of the federal grand jury in the Mosher cusfody case is in many respects a romarkable document. Called at the instance of Attorney General Olney to inquire into the truthfulness of reports that from the date of Mosher's conviction the officers charged with his custody had showu gross favoritism and partiality to the prisoner, the grand jury went out of its way to put the en- tire federal machine on trial and then brought in a clean bill of health for everybody connected with the case. It is indeed fortunate for Sheriff Benuett that his case was submitted along with that of the United States marshal. It was not to be expected that the grand jury would censure the full retinue of federal officials. It was not called for that pur- pose. The grand jury gratuitously informs the daily newspapers of Omaha that they permitted themselves to be im- posed upon by designing politicians when they published reports of acts of unprecedentedfavoritism shown Convict Mosher by federal and county officials. In other words the federal grand jury has declared that such pubtications were made for political purposes only and were unwarranted and unjust. Fortunately the voters of this county November 7 very emphatically en- dorsed the attitude of THE BEE on this question. We are content to rest the case thero. RAILROAD INSPECTION. One of the chief purposes held in view by legislatures in the.creation of - state railroad commissions has generally been to secure adequate railroad inspection that will insure to the public that safety and convenience which it hasa right to demand of every common car- rier. Whether this inspection amounts to anything or not depends largely upon the characters and sincerity of the men who constitute the railroad commissions, In Nebraska it has been notorious from the very creation of the State Board of Transportation that the railroads have never been urged to make any improve- ments which they did not themselves desire. Accommodations to shippers and passengers have been provided only 80 far as the convenience of the railroads has dictated, and all this time not one single fruitful effort at redress has been made by the officials whose duty it is to look after these matters. That this state of affairs is not an una- voidable necessity is indisputably proven by the fact that in other states the railvoad commissions are able to ac- complish much good in this direction, In Illinois the members of the commis- sion are at this moment on a tour of in- spection on the various railroads oper- ating within that state. The practical character of the inspection performed in Illinois ‘may be gathered from a com- munication recently addressed to the board by one of its members. Says he: Iwish to cal the attention of the board to the condition of several railroads which I have passed over in the last two weeks, also to the passenger depot at Carmi, IlL., located on the Big Four and Louisville: & Nash- ville roads. This depot is in a horrible con- diuion, filthy, crowded for room, and hasa shorl platform in front on which the Big Four unloads freight from its local trains, and there are times when there is scarcely room -for » dozen persons to stand on the platform. I would suggest that the secre- tary be instructed to write the Big Four and the Louisville & Nashville and request that anew depot be placed there at once. 1 would also suggest that the attention of the Board of Health be called to the fllthy and unhealthy condition of this depot. He goes on to call attention to the un- safe condition of a piece of track used jointly by several railroads, and asks that the speed of trains on this section be reduced to fifteen and eight miles per hour for passenger and freight trains re- spectively until the track is put into proper shape. A further recommenda- tion is to the effect that the receiver of a certain railroad be required to place steel rails and new ties upon a branch voad, and that ‘it the same is not done within ninety days from this date the road be closed to further traffic.” Railroads in Nebraskas have always had a free fleld in matters of railroad construction. As a consequence the lack of facilities offered their patrons would probably cause righteous aston- ishment were they found in the juris- diction of the Illinois railroud commis- sion. Comparatively few people are compelled to use the station at Carmi, . We have here in Omaha a so-called station that is a menace to the health of the hundreds of pas- sengers, transcontinental aund local, whom the niggardliness of the railroads compels to await thelr trains in this filthy hole. Stations atother points in this state are but little better, while at many points the 'DAILY BEE: SATURDAY publio is foread to do without accommo- dations of any kigd. As to the condition of tracks and public has no Whirco of information. e and threathening d of warning can be the occurrence of some frightful @isastor. Public rail- road inspection is & necessity in this railway age. The.peoble of Nebraska will not be satisfied until they obtain inspection upon which they can rely. THE comptroller of the currency, in an address at a meeting of the Boston Bankers association a few days ago, said that the advocates of sound money must not, rest content with the vantage ground which now is theirs, but must continue to do battle against those, still numerous, who clamor for an inflated and inferior currency. Of course Mr. Eckels knows that the great majority of this class of the people belong to his party. Most of the advocates of froe silver, out- side of the silver-producing states, are democrats and all who favor the repeal of the 10 per cent tax on bank {ssues, s0 that the wildcat currency of the ante-bellum period may be restored, are democrats. The comptroller of the currency understands perfectly that there is nothing to be feared from the republican party, which has always in- sisted that the currency should be kept stable and sound and whose representa- tives in congress sustained the adminis- tration in its demand for the discon- tinuance ot silver purchases. The only real danger now, in a financial way, is that a democratic congress and adminis- tration may allow the state banks to issue currency. Mr. Eckels talks well as an advocate of honest money and there is chance for a great deal of missionary work in his own party. e— THE councilmen who explained their votes upon the fifty-year gas franchise ordinance made much of the fact that the privileges thersin granted were in no way exclusive. “If competition is wanted at any time,” said they, ‘‘grant franchises to tear up the. streets to all that may apply and then ask for bids for public and private gaslighting.” Tt matters little how the words of the ordi- nance read, the franchise is practically exclusive and it would be fuolish to es- tablish competing gas plants when the one which we have is fully able to sup- ply tho fleld. Another gas plant means sumply the duplication of the present in- vestment and the taxation of the con- sumers to pay interest upon two capitals where one only is necessary. Competi- tion in gas has been tried in one city after another, but there has never been one instance of petmahent competition in this industry. Inis always to the inter- est of such companies either to consoli- date or to divide the fleld. We do not want to rely upon an illusory competi- tion with future gas companies. Let the present applicants for the franchise make such concessions as are a fair re- turn for the valuable vprivileges which they seek. ‘WESTERN NEBRASKA will, during the coming year, be given an object lesson i practical irrigation.. The big Cul- bertson- ditchy-upon+which work was commenced twa, years ago, is nearly completed, and will be in full operation when spring opens:and farm work com- mences in earnest! The ditch was in partial use the past season, and the re- sults were more than flattering to the future agricultural prospects of the western part of the state. Irrigation in Nebraska is but in its infancy. When the benefits of irrigation are thoroughly understood it will receive an impetus that will render millions of acres of land in the state as productive as any in the great transmississippi belt. It is not im- possible to believe that the productive capacity of Nebraska soil will be doubled by the end of another decade. WE CONTINUE to hear of the presi- dent's elastic step. His actions during the past few weeks have been sufficient assurance that he still has a great deal of snap about him. Nobody Denles It. Wahoo New Era. The state house gang is in the saadle, ————— Au Opportunity Lost. New York World, When it comes to choosing between an oligarchy and a monarchy for the Sandwich islanders President Cleveland had better go fishing. e 8 Strange Kind of & Colncidence, Papiilion Times. The men who defeated Judge Maxwell in the republican convention are the men who applaud the acquittal ‘of Bill Dorgan and Boss Hubbard, the asylum suspects. But perhaps this is only a colncidence. pleiifins- ity ‘That Tarl® Bill, Globe-Democrat, : The report that the tariff bill will be pre- sentod to the house in a few days after the opening of the regular session is welcome intelligence. The sooner the industries of the counury know their fate the better. ——————— State Journsl Nows us is News, Lincoln News. The morning paper's Washington corre- spondent must be located in Chicago now, One-half of the letter this morning over Colonel W. E. Anninias' signature was cut bodily from the Chicago Tribune of yester- day. " ‘I'he poor old sheet is getting almost a8 badly off for telegraphio news as it would be for local if the evaning papers happened to miss & day. Elmira Gazette: 1s nothing llke a amies Gastiel, TR ds Dothius 1 Yonkers Stateswan; ;' the animals only Dlaged f00b ball, WhAkd fall Dack the drom. Saury wold maice, Binghamton RepuBlédn: The bill collector 1s one of those thinge thut does not want to be put off until tomorroms Cloveland Plain i Oh, well, wo can't blame our republicgh friends 'for enguglug in u listle ballov dance; - Lowell Courler: Pattlis Il on account of seusickness, That mbnl, tlme that the high O gives raul dify toubie. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The address of Emperor Willlam at the opening of the Relchstag was moderate and conciliatory in tone and it would seem made a good {mpression. The portion of the ad- dress that is of general interess relates to the forsign relations of the empire, as to which the emperor said thas Germany is on friendly terms with all the powers and ex- pressed the confident hope that the bless- ings of peace will continue to be preserved. The sentiment of the people was voiced in the applause with which the members of the Reichstag greeted this passage of the address. Such a declara- tion from the emperor himself must be accepted as highly reassuring, for more than any other sovereign he dominates the European situation and is 1n a position to determine the question of war or peace. His proclaimed ‘desire that peace shall be pro- served warrants the belief that there is little real danger in the recent events which have scemed portentious of war. * oa The efforts of Russia to embarrass the in- tercourse of England with har East Indian possessions are in entire harmony with the interests of France. Thoe erection by France of a powerful naval station on the 1sland of Corsica had its origin in a desire to cut off the Koglish, in case of military nocessity, from their short route to the east through the Suez canal. In this situation it is easily to be perceived that the Fronch will cheer- fully promote the plan of Russia to estab- lish a navat station on the Meuiterranean. But as Russia has not a foot of land on the Mediterranean shores, France, as her ally and friend, must grant her a secure basis of naval operations and a harbor of refuge n caso of disaster to her ships of war; ana thoe latest account is that the Corsican port of Ajaccio has boen fixed upon as best fitted for this purpo The concession of the use of a paval station for Russian warships, however, is not quite enough, and the Rus- sian government desires the absolute cession of a small tract of French territory on the shores of the Mediterranean. This would firmly secure for Russia a pecessary basis of naval operations against all comers, ‘and Rive her entire independence of action in this new fleld. The combined fleets of France, Russia and Spain in the Mediter- ranean might make the fortress of Gibraltar of small value to the English in the event of war. Should the great navies of urope take a decisive part in the next war, tho probable scene of action would be on the western waters of the Mediterranean or in the Persian gulf. In view of the vast inter- ests at stake, and the mighty powers en- gaged in assailing or defending them, every move in the game of war will be watched with the keenest concern. When Russia shall have moved a mighfy flect into the port of Ajaccio the game will begin in earnest, and probably not till then, ¥ e Popular sovereignty, in the form of uni- versal suffrage, is getting on in Kurope in these days at a prodigious pace in the great powers and in the small. In Franoce, of course, it was long ago established in en- tirety. Since the latest roform bill it pre- vails almost as fully in Great Britain. Bel- gium has this year effected a peaceful revo- lution in the same direction, the revised constitution granting *“manhood suffrage'’ and increasing the number of voters from 140,000 to 1,200,000, And now Austria, that ancient stronghold of caste and class privi- lege and all conservatism, commits herself to a vast extension of the franchise which must surely be a stepping stone to universal suffrage. The measure brought forward by Count Taaffe, the head of the ministry which has just resigned, has met with much opposition, some of which is well founded. It was chiefly because of this opposition that Count Taaffe decided to resign. 1t is probable thay vetore lonz he will be recalled to office. But whether he is ornot the great measure of reform he has brought forward must be adopted. It may for the present be modified, suspended or rejected. But hay- ing been proposed it cannot wholly be with- drawn. In the near future it must become a law. And its enactment will be the be- ginning of a peaceful political revolution in Austria, the greatest had by any nation for many a year. The present electoral system in Austria is narrow and antiquated, having not been moved by the spirit of progress that has olsewhere prevailed. It provides not for popular but for class repre- sentation, There are in the Reichsrath 853 members, who are chosen not by the general publio but by four groups or classes, to each of which a certain number is allotted. In all four classes there are only about 1,700,- 000 voters; while the entire manbood popu- lation of the empire, thav is, the number of male citizens 24 years of age, is reckoned at more than 8,000,000 It 18 evident, there- fore, that the existing system is nov one of popular franchise. It is a government of the masses by the classes. " e One of the leaders of the young Czechs, or Bohemian radicals, Herr Iim, has been ex- plaining the views of his party to a Viennese journalist. He began by observing that tho exceptional measures adopted by the gov- ernment in Bohemia had put certain re- strictions on political life there, but had not in any way affected the influence and popu- larity of the young Czechs, who were stronger than ever. Whenever the new elections should take place the position of parties in the House would be about the same as in the present Reichsrath, Kven if the opposition gained ten or fifteen seats, it would not materially influence the situation. ‘4he young Czechs would benefit considerably by a dissolution and would win all the Moravian seats, with one or two exceptions, as also several of the old Czech seats in Bohemia, He and his party approved unconditionally of anextension of the suffrage, being sturdy supporters of a general, equal and direct franchise. They were not afraid that uni- versal suffrage would eclipse the nationality questious, It would, however, annihilate the supremacy of the Germans, and would push forward the national question of the Slavs in Austria for solution, They con- gratulated themselves on having cast in their lov with universal suffrage, Already that great idea had been accepted by the old Czechs of moravia, and the large landed proprietors would be compelled sooner or later to recognize that it would be better for them not to be found in opposition to it. * e A newspaper correspondent gives some ac- count of the Prussian electoral syster which Prince Bismarck is reported to have described as the worst 10 the world. It appears that each constituency is divided into a number of districts according to population, and the electors of each district are divided into three classes, each class electing separately Highest of all in Leavening Power.——Latest U. S. Gov't Report, ferere ol Re ng Powder - ABSOLVUTELY PURE an equal number of delegates, who together olect in turn the parliamentary representa- tive. The amount of direct taxes paid in each district is added up and the total dividod by three. As many of the largest taxpayers as together pay ono-third of such taxes form the first class, another batch of the next ilargest taxpayers paying to- gether another third form the second class, and the third class is made up of all tho re- maining taxpayers and of those citizens who, although paying no taxes, are qualified to vote, and are for this purpose credited with a fiotitious payment of 8 marks income tax. Such a system naturally glves an enor- mous preponderance to the moneyed classes. There are instances of one single olector paying alone one-third of the whole direct taxation in his eloctoral district, and his sin- gle voto in the first class consequently car- ries as much weight as that of hundreds in the second and thousands in the third class, TAE HAWAUAN EPISODE. Cincinnati Commercial: The purpose of this procoeding on the part of the demo- cratic administration, and on the part of the secretary of state especially, is to repudiate, and, as far as possible, humiliate the admin- istration of President Harrison. But the motive falls beneath the occasion, New York Advertiser; The democratic party begins to realize that it has an ele- [ihnnt on its hands in the person of the pres- dent of the United States, And those who have been laughing at the discomfiture of the party which elected Grover Cleveland uKm begluning themselves to grow apprehen- sive. Chicago Post: But Mr, Cleveland and Mr. Gresnam are thesort of men who believe a good name is better than a long purse. It is a sigu of the healthiness of American feol- ng that only a few newspapers, and they of the most fantastic notions of public and private_honor, have dissented from that view. None of them has met the declara- tion that the United States cannot afford to profit by fraud.” As this is the whole case, the verdict is the administvation’s. Ad- ditional evidencae is not needed. ‘Washington Post: - This is the situation into which the United States government nOW proposes to projeot itself—not as the protector and advocate of regeneration, but as tho strument of chaos. Upon the strength of a debatable possibility that there may have been a display of excossive ardor in the cause of which our free institu- tions are the foremost and peculiar exempli- fication, 1t {8 now proposed that vhe flag of the American union shall be made the sym- bol of a sinister invasion and the military forces of a_free nation employed to re-on- slave 100,000 emancipated human beings. Detroit Free Press: Because the Harri- son_administration failed to observe these cardinal principles in our scheme of govern- ment, there is the stronger reason that President Cleveland should rectify a great wrong while it is within his power, and ro- store the rights of which it was proposed to deprive a sister nation without showing of Jjustification and ina mauner that finds no approval in the people of a nation such as ours, Those who are seeking to injure the present administration in the oyes of the country because of an act of restitution bravely performed misapprehend the tem- per of the American people. Lancaster County Justice, PlattsmouthNews. The notorious Farm Boss Hubbard was cleared by a Lancaster county jury. That Hubbard was dishonest the testimony went clearly to show, but the jury, ona par with the custom of the courts in that county, had the brazen effrontery to bring in a verdict of not guilty. When the expose of Hubbard’s guilt was first made public he went into hiding and did not show himself for months. No one even thought at that time of making a defense for him, Now he is given a clear certificate of character by a jury of twelve men whose regard for an oath is very much shaken in the estimation of the pubiic after hearing the testimony. ——— THEY SNUBBED HIM. Brooklyn Life. Listen, malds and mutrons, to a piteous tale of W08, Produc your dainty kerchiofs, for your tears are bound to flow. I'mln bachelor of thirty-five, and a millionaire heside; But for some unhappy reason I'venever found a bride. 1 don’t think that I'm bad looking, and I know m{ heart is kind; But the sort of girl 1 want to wed is the sort I nover find. The pretty girls are plenty and the clover ones not fow, But to the girl who'd just sult me it's hard to Bot a clew. Porhaps you think I'm finlcky and vory hurd to sult; Likewise you may imagine that I'm more or loss brute, But the case is roally simple, and I think you'll soon admit That the trouble rests with Nature and I'm not to blame a bit, I've roamed from Vassar colloge to the plains of Kalamazoo; 3 T've searched all over Boston and Kansas City, t00; I've sat out dances many with New York's patrician belles: I've boen In San Fran: heiress dwells. In NDssnll Orleans and In Denver, In Chicago and , where the miner's roit, In Sll‘(olwlmgun and 8t, Louis, in Cincinnat! and ololt: olt; Allover thls vast country I've been on boats and trains, But I've never found a pretty girl who Lad an ounce of brains. 0 SUNDAY BEE Will Contain the Following Noteworthy Features: Sketoh of Hon, Willlam MoKinleyt ‘The triumph of Governor M Ohlo election has mado him one of the Moat con= Sblouous figyras in American politie A skote i of his 1 b read with zest by the tend of hia it e I\ 7e8t by the readers fore unw facts concor 0} 1ife, business and political trlumphs, the 1u: groatest of which was scorod November 7. inley in the recont Kate Flold's Lotter: Miss Kate Fleld contributes a spootal letter to THR SUNDAY BER in which she discusses Mr., William ad, the T ront London ed Who 18 telling Chicago people how to b good. Clvie confeder- ations for human welfave are proposed. Hunting for Work In Omuha: Interesting experiences of a man who spont & month eeking somothing 0 do—a phase of 1ie of which little {5 known 10 & greatmajority of people. Ruln's Work for the Summer: The record of casualti Dbeen greator than ey tory of the world. the record. for the past sumer has ™ before known Iu tho his- ik SUNDA Y Bek will roview Famous Poker Games: Omahia lias been the a card games ever pl: sports will tell of th SUNDAY BER. of some of the greatast Some of the old tim y experiences in Tj Echoes from the Ante Room: Membors of seeret soclotios and fraternal organi- zations have learned (o look for the news of their organizations in THE SUNDAY B) department will be filled as news of interest 1o the memby tlons. ke This with the latost of these Institus Commerclal Paget The telegraphic reports of Tue BEE are unsur- for completeness, covering il the differ- ent lines of business at all the lending markets of the country. The looal markets, produce, live ., Will bo reported at length and ' will contain not only quotations, but general informa- tion of {nterest to those wio are watehing the course of the markets. The condition of trade b sol forth sooord= ing to the {deas and experience of the jobbers and business men of the cf Turkish Face Bath Fad: A fashionable lady describes its delights—Fem- inine gossip and gush—How he married the ese maiden—The latest Idoas § J house gowns—Fashion notes, Norway's Roads of Stone: Wakeman tells of curlous hostelries and convey= ances and the remarkable systom of guardiig the traveler against abuses. Old Mexico to Date; Rival Mexican governors go guuning for each ‘other—The crucifixion of & child—A femalo bul fighter winning renown. This 18 4 valuable fous ture of THE SUNDAY BE) Local Sport: "Tho sporting columns are as usual repleto with i g news and comment, embodylug & chat on i waning game Tniversity foot bull te eycle talk, the "I the woods, and on lul Dbilliardists, and, in f; plete compenditim of of mention in the 1o orsonhel of ntertaining men's dolngh, Sports in nd atream,’ statesmen constitiite a com- ng that 18 worth; or sporting Reid. Financlal Fakirs: etafls of alleged philanthrople schiemes, ¥ plungers seck to ald others In accumu= fortune, meanwhile neglecting no op- portunity to advance the interests of No. 1. Private and confidential counsel from Minne- sota Napoleons, coupled with a sketch of the con- tortions of bond promoters to stay the muarch of Justice, For Oharity's Sake! Means employed in this cf and_ameliorating ~ dist Charities and 1ts work, 1 SUNDAY BEE * helping the poor Tho Assoclated Largost Manutacturers anl Ratallses of Olothing ln the Worll, Been cut off, And cut off just for fun, too. ing along at such a lively gait that we want to keep it up, and for that reason, We've been go- and no other, we have cut off consid- erable from the price on three lines of men’s win- ter underwear, specially on sale this week. We've been getting $2 a suit for them,but have cut them to 756 a garment. Ahey come in brown mixed and natural grays, derby ribbed, and are the elas- - tic, tight fitting kind that are so popular. This un- derwear is no job lot but good, reliable wear that we keep regularly in stock. All sizes and plenty of it. No limit. Don’t be afraid of it on account of the price—that’s cut just to keep you coming. Maybe we will sell you something else sometime that there's a profit in. If you want to see what it looks like go round to the 15th street entrance. BROWNING, overy evenlag till 6.0 o D”-imr'nl iy fo KING & CO., 18, W, Cor. 16th and Douglas Bts.