Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 28, 1894, Page 12

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. 78 5 VATER. l',«ltm; s TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1thout Sundag) One ¥ Onoe Year 400 '|n 00 Months Beo, Or Saturday Fee, One Year Weekly Ttec, One Year Y OFFICES. ding. Year, Omahn. The Nes B r should be addre BUSINESS LE AN bustuess lottors and nddressed (o Tee Publishi Drafta, chec ordors 1o be made payabie to i i bindo T 1 COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION hrask i Couglan. { ry of Tie Bre Pub- i the Gro, T TZRONUCK nd subseribod In my pres- ary, 1504 P Frii, Nota Sworn to | ence this [ me Public WE WONDER if there are any prom- inent men left in Servia who have never had a cabinet portfolio offered to them. Now that Emperor William and Bis- marck have kissed and made up it will be in order for Grover to embrace the Iron Duke of Tammany single Nebraska plum in a [f those federal appoint- yme soon no democrat ifi this neck o' the woods will be able to survive the next Nebraska bl Nor a whole week! ments don't o SAN FRANCISCO is the most ¢ tan city in America, and the opening of the Midwinter fair on Sundays is there- fore in accord with the prevailing senti- ment of the great majority of San Fran- ciscans. THERE is still a good deal of money in the state treasury that could be loaned out at 3 per cent for the benefit of the taxpayers if it. cannot be invested in stato warrants that are drawing 7 per cent interest. THINGS are getting awfully dull in Omaha. We have heard nothing for a whole week about the anti-vice crusade, the impeachment of the mayor or the luscious plums in Grover's fruit basket in store for Jacksonian patriots THAT was a mean trick to increase the diamond schedule of the Wilson bill. The faithful will be compelled to postpone their hopes of wearing dia- monds until the protective duty enables some enterprising American to open up a diamond factory. ARTIST ST. GAUDENS is gaining more notoriety through the rejection of his design for the World’s fair medal than from the best piece of work he has here- tofore accomplished. After all this ad- vertising his sorvicos ought to be in greater demand than over. ‘WHEN the Brazilian war dogs are chained and muzzled we may confidently ook for a belligerent outbreak in Chili, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, Peru or Mexico. Those hot countries still be- lieve that frequent blood-letting is necessary for the preservation of good health. THE Brazilian war is likely to col- lapse within the next ten days, and by that timo the fighting crews on the dy- namite cruisers and torpedo boats will be ready to make a desperate and ter- rific onslaught on the American sea biscuit and English alo that has been kept in store for an emergency. “TALMAGE preaching doesn't pay,” is the way the news of Mr. Talmage's prospective retirement from the pulpit of the Brooklyn tabernacle has been heralded through the press. We are not quite so sure of that, however, It has evidently paid Talmage. The great trouble has been that Talmage has not been able to bank np the fires of sheol 50ast0 keep the Brooklyn congrega- tion cool in the summer and comforta- ble in the winter. THE telephone patent expires with the end of this month, but the local tel- ephone rentals will continue to be charged as usual upon the monthly bills. After paying tho royalty upon tho patent during the years of its natucal life the people have almost come to the conclusion that they ought to have the benefit of cheaper rates Wwhen the claim to that voyalty shall have been extinguished: But they can- not expect cheaper telophono r come of themselves. Thoy will have make an effort to secure them DOUGLAS county secures as its quota of the state school money apportionment 831,902.75 out of a total of $308,508, or a trifle more than 10 per cent. Douglas county at the same time contains over 14 per cent of the entire population of the state. The only way to account for the divergence in the two ratios is to as- sume that the other counties have been more successful in developiug a supply of children of school age. Nothing so stimulates the industry of discovoring children botween 5 and 21 years old as the apportionmentof state school moneys upon that basis, TuE Boston Advertiser takos Morton severely to task for reprinting what it calls a respectful remonstrance against his utterances in such a form as to exhibit its bad spelling, incorrect grammatical construction and other faults of language, evidently for the pur- pose of holding its authors up to ridic Incorreet grammar is necessarily a great shock to any one who hails from Boston, and tho secretary has inexocusably offended its good people in giving ciren- lation to such barbarous literature. The Agrioulture department should furnish an editor to revise the resolutions which Jocal granges may propose to adopt. cetary le. THE A ROYAL RECONCILIATION. During the somewhat sensational and erratic career of Emperor William since ho asconded the throne nearly six years ago nothing he has done was so creditablo to him us his self-sought reconciliation with the groat states- man who offected Gorman unity and established the empire which for more than twenty years has dominated the political affairs of Europe. When k marck resigned the chancellorship which he had held under the rule of the 4 grandfather and father of the present emporor, forced thereto by the anoma- lous plans and the imperious will of the latte the world believed that the young emperor had made a mis take pregnant with grave danger to the empir It was felt that without the guiding wisdom and the firm hand at the helm of state of the wonderful man who had directed Germany to such splendid achievement there was great possibility of the imperial structure he had reared disintegrating and falling to picees, The enemies of Germany looked forward to the time when its influence and power in Buropean affairs would be greatly weakened or disappear alto- gether, Patriotic Germans feared that the young ruler, who had not attained his 30th year when he came to tl throne, who had little knowladge of polities or diplomacy and who wus thought to have an inordinate military ambition, would, if left to the unre strained exercise of his own will, plunge the nation into difficulties that might ult in disaster, Germany stands today as strong and firm upon its imperial foundations as when Bismarck gave up power, and the credit for this is due wholly to that great statesman. The nation he constructed was 80 firmly built up, was so well forti- fied at every point, that although sub- jeeted tosome hard strains the no- where in the magnificent structure a crack or a crevice. Imperial ca- price and folly Lave had no effect upon it and the popular patriotism which Bismarck inspired ana fostered remains as ardent and as earnest as when he guided with almost infallible wisdom the affairs of the na- tion. That the confidence and homage of the German people have continued with the veteran statesman in his retire ment the ovents of the past few da abundantly attest. From the moment it became known that the emperor and the ex-chancellor were to become reconciled all Germauny was filled with a patriotic enthusiasm and the popular greeting ac- corded to Bismarck in Berlin, which he had not before visited since his retive- ment, will always be memorable in the experience of tha German capital. It was indeed a proud day for the man of “‘blood and iron” and not less 8o for Emperor William if he rightly appreciated tho popular aporoval of his magnanimity to the greatest of his subjects, It is not important to inquire what motive induced the emperor to bring about this reconciliation. It is pleas- ing to think that it was entirely un- selfish and prompted solely by a desire to show the world that Germany's fore- most statesman, although banished from official place and power, still holds a place in the re- spect of Germany's ruler. It is casy to believe vhat in celebrating the anniversary of his birthday yesterday ‘William 1T found an added reason for happiness in the fact that he had again bound to himself with ties of mutual es- teem tne firm friend and loyal servant of his grandfather and father—the great statesman whose fame imperial neglect could not impair and imperial favor cannot render more illustrious. WILL STOP IMMIGRATION, One of the moet remarkable proposi- tions advanced in support of the demo- cratic tariff policy is that of an Illinois representative that it will stop immi- gration. Itis presumed that this idea was inténded to commend the policy to the laboring classes of this country, who are supposed by certain dem- agogues to be practically unanimous in desiring that the growth of population here shall be confined to natural in- crease, and who are veady to fall in line with the party that will adopt a policy having this result in view, regard- less of the conditions. A very good comment on the theory of the Illinois representative was made by a Pennsylvania member, who remarked that there was no doubr the demceratic tariff policy will do more to stop immi- gration than all the other legislation of congress in recent years, because for- eigners will no longer have the induco- ment to come here. They will remain in Burope and manufacture goods for us there. As a matter of fact the tariff policy of the demoeratic party alveady had the effect to check immigration by pro- ducing a condition of business in this country that has greatly reduced the demand for labor in all branches of indvstry. uropeans ave not unin- formed as to the situation of affairs here. They iknow that hundreds of thousands of American workingmen are idle and that there is danger of many of them continving without ployment for a long time to come, The people abroad redd these things in the papers and they hear of them through correspondenco with friends in th country. Hence they are coming here in smallor numbers than for many year Last year the number of immigrants entered at Now York was a little over 852,000, 1t is highly probable that not to exceed half that number wiil come in at that port this year. This is what tho tariff policy of the democratic party has already done with respect to immigra- tion, At the same time that it has closed mills and factories iv has struck a blow at the growth of population. But it could not have been supposed that anybedy would advecate this policy on the ground that it would prove to be a barvier to the increase of population by accessions from foreign lunds. That is & phase of tho problem which is alto- gether novel. Yet from what has al- veady been experiencod there is reason to think that the consummation of the policy may have such a resuit. Indecd, it may possibly go further and cause an emigration from the United States of skilled laborers who have been drawg em- | here by the higher wages and tho better opportunities for employment which protection to home industries afforded. There are intinite possibilities of mis- chief in the democratic tariff policy and in cheoking indusirial progress it cannot fail to also rostrict the growth of popu- Intion, 1t important to know that for this view there is democratic author- it INCOME TAX THEORIES, Much of the confusion noticeable in popular diseussions of the income tax is traceable to a failure to distinguish be- tween the two main theovies upon which that form of taxation has been defended. ne great object of every system of tax- ation i3 to so distribute the burdens of government as to promote justice among the several parties from whom payment is cxacted. The starting point is the necessity of raising a large revenue to defray the legitimate oxpenses of governmont. This revenuo can be secured in a progre ountry only from the annual inerease in the wealth of the inhabitants. That system of taxation must then be best which brings into the treasury tho required sum with the least inconvenienceand in- justico to those who contribute it. Ihe most common idea of tho income tax and the one most often borne in mind when its justice is veferred to is that of the income tax as the sole sys- tem of taxation. It is the simplicity of the income tax as a single tax that i attractive. If all government rve cnue must in the end come _out of individual income, why not apportion the whole amount among the different citizens in the ratio of their annual incomes? Adam Smith's first canon of taxafion demands that the subjests of every state contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion to th respective abilities—a principle which many writers on finance have construed into a plea for the income tax. The latter, in other words, make income the best test of ability, and, as there can bo to their minds but one best test of ability, there can be but one just tax and that the income tax. But the income tax as a single tax has never cxisted outside of theory, nor has the attempt ever been made to put it into practical operation, ' A second theory of the income tax re- gards it not as a single tax, but asa part of a system of taxation. To do this we must give up the conception of income as the only real test of ability and acknowledge that there are other data by which a just apportionment of tax- ation can be attained. This theory recognizes the futility of raising the huge revenue of a modern government by any single tax, and secks to distribute the burdens of government in accordance with the abilities of its subjects by means of a diversity of taxes, which, taken all together, will give an approxi- mation to the desired justice. The place of an income tax inany tax system then is to remedy the inequalities that might arise without it. As to just iiow these inequalities may avise two explana- tions have been offered. The one is that our taxes upon property, real and personal, fail to reach many sources of jncome which owe the same duty to the community. Our prop- erty tax, for example, neglects entirely the remuneration of the professional man or skilled artisan unless he saves it and invests it in taxable property. An income tax supplementary to tho prop- erty tax would, it is argued, place the salaried man and the business man de- ng similar incomes upon equal footing., The other explanation is that the income tax is designed to offset the taxes laid upon the consumption of the poor, who are supposed to’expend rela- tively greater amounts than the wealthy upon goods subject to revenue duties. The logical development of this theory is toward a graduated income tax, for divergence in the amounts expended for goods for consumption by the poor and the rich must become greater the higher in the scale we ascend. It may be stated that no prominent writer on finance accepts the first theory of the income tax or urges its imposition as a single tax. Those who favor it in any degree advocate as a part of a larger system of ta designed to remedy existing inequalities, and wherever it has been adopted in practice it has been with this object in view. Fven for this purpose the ques- tion of its desirability resolves itself into a meve matter of expediency. It iuvolves, aside from its theoretic insta- bility, so many practical dificulties that various authorities vely upon other kinds of taxes toeflect the reforms in question and deny to the income tax any place whatever in the ideal system of taxation for a country such as ours. Ol DEFEAT. Judge Speer of the United States dis- trict court at Savannah, Georgia, in an addressa few days ago tothe grand jury, gave utterance to sentiments which have attracted attention, not only because extraovdinavy for such an oceasion, but for the further reason that the views expressed regarding the de- feat of the confederacy are remarkuble as coming from that scction of the country and from a judge who did what hie could for the of the con- federavy. Judge Speer called attention to the fact that he is an ex-confederate, as ave tho federal district attorn and marshal, but he declared that they are none the less devoted to the 1aws of our common country and nona the less resolved to do all they ean for their enforcement. Having pointed out the strength of the claim of federal laws on the south, the judge procecded to con- sider what the condition of the people of that section would be if they had succeeded in the effort to disrupt the union and establish an indepondent gov- ernment in the south. * Upon this point Judge Speer said that in all the light which the lapse of years has thrown upon that struggle and upon its vesults, it cannot be denied by thinking and philosophic minds that the condition of the soyth would be much worse than it is had the confederacy been successful, **We would have been a strong military govern- ment, as & matter of necessity,” said tha judge. *“Those of us whe are of the ap- propriate military age would have been sUCCEsS OMAHA DAILY BEE: 1 SUNDA JANUARY 28, 1891 SIXTEEN PAGE! in the standing army or in the navy. Our hmlnnlurli-‘L'wqu(l have bristled with forts. Oppbsed as we would have been by the spivited people of the north- ern section of this country, a people noted as woll fov Bourage and determina- tion, we would hve had constant wars, Wo would have-been taxed into a condi- tion of poverty which the people could not have” horne." Proceeding, Judge Speor “referred to the fact that tho mens who attempted to soparate the cduntry are now taking a patriotic intssest in its councils, extolled the “magnanimity of the government, and. declared that such a government, with such laws, deserves the full free and unreserved support of all its peopie. There can bo no question of the sound- ness of the sentiments expressed by Judge Speer, but 1vappears that they were not received with favor by the people among whom the judge is living and who supported the confederate cause. They do not like the candor with which be acknowledged the inade- quacy of the reasons for tho attempt to destroy the union, the characterization of his own act in firing on the flag of his country as “impudent” and his con- fession that southern success in the war would have meant a military oligarchy. T'his manifestation of feeling shows how devoted the men who were identified with the “lost cause” still are to the doctrine which prompted the attempt to disrupt the union and militates against the assertion of Judge Speer that theso people are now taking a patriotic inter- est in the affaivs of the nation. The souih has advanced since the war with a rapidity it never experienced be- fore. Inthe last quarter of a century that section has realized a greator ma- terial development than in all the preceding period from the founda- tion of the government. Its people have learned tho lesson of self-reliance and the value of industry and thrift as they never knew it before. These things ought to have taught them to renounce utterly the old state rights and sec sion hicresios, and to give an unqualified devotion to the union, but nobody will venture to claim that they have gener- ally done this. There are thousands of men in the south today who believe that the attempt to destroy the union was justifiable, that its ure was a great misfortune, and that the -doctrine upon which the attempt was grounded was and still is right. They probably do not expeet that it will ever again be asserted, at least in their day, but ngn¢ the less it isa part of their political faith, and as such it operates as a restraint upon their full and unqualificd” dévotion to the union. Judge Speer represents a small minor- ity, there is reason to believe, of those who supported the confederate cause, but it is an influential minority because superior in intelfigénce. Hence there is warrant for the hope that the next generation of southerners will develop a patriotism &s 'sincere and whole- hearted as that which characterizes the people of other sections of the union. TRANS. NTIC POSTAL SERVICE. With the improvéments in ocean steamships which enable them to make faster and prompter voyages between Europe and Amevrica it is only nature to expect corresponding improvements in “the postal service that is expedited by those vessels. So far as the United States and one or two of the continental countries are concerned, this has in fact been the case. Advantage has been taken by the postmaster general of every opportunity to better the system of trans- mitting foreign mails and no expense has been spared to make that service as sat- isfactory as circumstances permit. Thus Germany and the United States each maintain ocean postoffices on board the great mail steamships that ply between the two countries, in which the mail is assorted and distributed ready for im- mediate consignment to its destination the momens the landing is effected. The fastost vessels are utilized for postal purposes, without reference to the flags which they fly or the countries in which their owners happen to reside. The British government, on the other hand, pursues a narrower and more ex- clusive policy in veference to transat- lantic postal facilities, with consequences of inconvenience alike to merchants on each side of the water. Proceeding on the assumption that British vessels are the best to be had and that British in- terests are alono to bo consulted, it transmits its American mail by British steamship lines only. The result is, of course, that these exclusive contracts rvetard the improvement of the postal service, and compel the people of hoth countries to put up with facilities inferior to what might easily be had. It is urged on behalf of the British postal authorities that they are quite justitied in favoring British shipping interests with this lucrative traflic, but this argument must meet the ready objection that if they wish to assist the ship owners with a subsidy they can do 80 without holding lettors over two and three days in order to send them by the favored vessels, Thore is no reason why merchants doing business with the United States should be subjected to the inconveniences of a slow transatlantic just to uphold the precedent that has been set by the British post- office. This question of ' international postal facilities does not affeet the British pub- lic alone. The United States authori- ties should see to it that it is brought before the next congress of tho Univer- sal Postal union, which ought to have jurisdiction over thg, case. The chiet purpose of the uniowis to improve pos- tal facilities the world over, & purpose which would be materially advanced by remedying the defects in the transat- service. A BILL introduced in the Tow legisa- lature provides that all parties desiring to use intoxicants shall incorporate in clubs of 100 members cach. County auditors may furnish liguor to such clubs and issue coupon tickets at 10 cents euch, good for a twist at the club locker. The idea is perhaps no more impracticable than others advanced and if put on the statute books would be as offective as the prohibitory law, which has been used as a foot ball in that state for the past twelve years. Under the provisions of this wonderful bill it is indeed interesting to contem- plate the increased importance that would attach to the office of county auditor, especially ina local political campaign, His possibilities for useful- ness would popularizo him beyond com- pare. He would be tho state's annointed and select bartender, with a pull. Such & system would at once throw the South Carolina paternal grogshop into the shade. Just how and where the state would buy its liquors is not stated. Perhaps the author of the bilkwould have that proud state establish breweries and distilleries and thus get its supply at fiest cost. When the lawmakers of lowa quit toy- ing with su absurd expedients and adopt the provisions of the Nebraska liconse law they will have learned wis- dom and gained that peace of heart that passeth all understanding. DURING the year 1802 fire insurance companies drew out of this state $1,653,- 754 in premiums on risks taken. Out of this vast sum only $679,408 was paid in The total receipts of Nebraska companies from risks taken in the state amounted to while the total amount losses was but $165,107, The managers of all insurance companies agree that the total cost of getting business is 33 percent of gross preminm receipts. 1t is casy to compute the enormous profits that have been pocketed by them, and it is also easy to see the absurdity of their claims that the recent advance of rates was forced upon them by reason of poor business and actual loss on business originating in Nebraska. We have herctofore intimated that in- suranco people are sowing the wind only a little later to reap the whirlwind. We predict that if they do not soon re- verse their policy our legislatures will retaliate and put laws on the statute books that will proteet their patrons against further imposition. FIvE ex-governors of Massachusetts sat down to dinner together in Bos the other da, It seems as if the 8 of high official life were becoming quite as numerous as retired army officers. The chief difference between the two classes, however, is that the former are always ready to raturn to public ser while the latter are content to draw half pay for the remainder of their 1 losses, paid in THOSE workingmen who went to Washington to protest against the pas- sage of the Wilson bill are complaining of rather brusque treatment at the hands of several democratic congressmen to whom they ventured to addvess them- selves. They now feel quite assured that they cut a smaller figure with the democratic politicians after election than befor Causo for Kegret, Globe-Demuer ral Master Sovereign i elf in a way that is calculated to make the Knights of Labor look back upon Pow- derly with greatly increased respect for that gentleman advertising The Ad » St. Paul Globe, A scientist has discovered that people eat more in cold than in warm weath He may have also observed that they wear wore clothing in winter than in summer, and that they maintamn fires more coustantly. Science is coustantly making discoveries, but it sometlimes overlooks very common phenomena. ——,—,——: @ GG Charming Candor, Cincinnati Enquirer. General Sickles of New York exhibits a churming frankness iu his declaration that he has been studying the tavifl question for forty years and yet thinks that he does not sufticiently understand 1t to justify his making a speech thereon. And yet there are scores of callow statesmen in congress who toink that they bhave mastered the whole subject in six casy lessons. e ———— “Stand irom Under, New Yors Sun. Natioral bankruptey is too powerful a force to put into the hands of the wild- headed statesmen who come to congress wearing the democratic uniform while pa- rading as populi It the democracy is to be led into the Is of populism, lev it be taken in av the front gate, with its eyes open. No tariff bill for deficlency as a whip to force the populist principles of income tax or any other absurdity thereafter! Puiladelphia Eecord Tho telephone 1s a great_convenience, but it has been a costly one. Since 1580, when the first company was organyzed to introduce it to public use, the dividenas declared have uggregated 2 . A great n- vention and the rew r ventor has been proportionutely great. Now that the patent has expired the public should be ac: corded a service that bears some rensonable relation in the price exactod for 1t to the cost of plant and maintenanc Minneapolis Journal, Tho Towa supremo court roaffivms its de- cision that the prohibitory amendment is not a part of the state constitution, not hav- ing been legally adoptod. Under such de- cision wayis open for the repeal of a luw whi never been enfored oxeept in communities where n majority favor total nence, and for tho substitution of which will give prohibition ant and 1 ke the which has flourished in o heavy liccuse tax and counties liquor busin other countic be pluced under Deeline i Philadelphia Times, 1t fs more thun likely that reduced reve- nues and incomes will bring back to ©h pnia very soon quite a number who b living 5 r idinvestments built up by their thrifuy and industrious ancestors 1 such cases haye happened al -y wealthy lady sold her house and shook the dust of Philu from her feet, declaring she would aguln set foot in the mean, dull old pluce, where her father built up his' fortune out of rags. Within six months she was back, husthng around to look after the in- vestments sho left bebind ber. [n anothor caso several titled personages have come pell-mell from Italy to find out the meaning of the lessened revenues from Philadelphia properties which they acquived by marriage. £ Spoed Premiums, ‘orke Tribune, It is prepostorous to assume that the gov- crnment, after twelve years of construction for tho new navy, during which the genius W gfciency of American designers and shib Builders havo been triumphantiy vindi cated, cannot contract directly for u ship of ninetcen, tweaty or twenty-ono knots and get preciscly wnat it asks for. It is wholly unnecessary, and now well nigh scandalous, Lo invite proposuls for a seventecn-knot ship and then to pay $200,000, in addition to the contract pric s the artificial record o ‘gotten occur under conditions which r bo reproduced, and that the machinery 15 subjected to a tremendous strain for the sako of forcing a speed which can never be made again in actual sea service. That rec. ord is not worth what it costs. The system is unbusinesslike, Wrong. | THE MINISTER AND PUBLIC EVILS, By M. T. F., in the Mid-Continent. This was rocently the subject of discussion in the Minsters Allianco of Kansas City. Events scom to be giving it an immediate practical importance. One doos nota need miscroscopo to find ovils in our city administration, Like most other citics e are blessed with the “Push and tho “Ring" and saloon poli- ticians, and the sly soft hand of the cor- poration which on occasion becomes many and hard. All these aro expensive luxuries, Woare probably neither botter nor worse than other cities {n these particulars, In the loose irrosponsible talk of political ora- tors and newspapers these ovils get protty woll ventilated and sometimes perhaps ex- aggerated. Ministers and churches are giving con- siderablo attention to the city government. Just now the Congrogational churches are in the lead in this matter, and the Methoa- ists next in order. One church has a com- monwenlth club, which gives attention not only tocity affairs, but broadens out into the general subjects of economics amd en- tertains socialistic lectures of the most pro- nounced type. Another church has a club Whose duty it is to take charge of the Sab- bath evening service. Under its direotion its new pastor is pouring hov shot into the cliy administration. Another pastor gives us papers and lectures pretty strongly tine- tured with socialism, Aunother young pastor has recently come to one of our churches, with theological views, we fear, consider: ably unsettled by modern tvanced thought," who has intimated hs inten- tion of making economic the subject of his teaching. Another pastor ches pretty sharply on the duty of man- agers of the cable cars to enclose the grip- men in glass, to protect them from the cold. Possibly he has not investigated its possi- bility, At all evenis the men in control are not by any means inhuman or careless of iv_employes and they say it is impossi- The ministers of Kansas City seem to 1 to enforce crimi- ; nout the lotieries and mbling dens and saloons of the city. Dr. rkhurst scems to have started a move- ment which 1s spreading over the countr, The duty of the minister and the church in relation to city government and political matters generally will bear a littlo discrimi- nating stu It may bo possible for them 1o undertake to cure great evils in n to b their own certain defoat and to react disastrously on the religious work of the church. We need to take counsel of our re- Jizious principles and go by the book *to the law and the testimony.” Every minister and every Christian holds a double relation to society and has to act in two very distinet and diverso spheres of action. " Ho is a citizen under civil govern- ment and he is a member of the church and under the divine government. As a citizen he mav and must use methods adapted to sivil government. He may and must main- the law and use force to do it. In the church and in his office as a minister, and character as a Christian, and in the pro- motion of religion, he r not and must not use fo Here he that takes the sword shall perish with the sword, The weapons of our warfare are not car, He that win- neth souls is w always proves a boomerang in religion. If ministers in their pulpits and churches, as religious organiz tions, undertake to force people to stop sin- ning and to live righteously, they miss the mark and fail. If the church organizes and zues to reform city government and bly abolish all the great evils and ncerous growths in ecity life, it is 2Ly ain to fail in its attempt and to stiv up a. great deal of enmity to religion. Ivis very easy for ministers to use the positions they hola behind the pulpit to scold and berate city and national govern- ments, and_politicians, and social evils and economic conditions. It is very safe and may for a time, while its novelty lasts, be quite popular and clicit an occasional cheer, but what becomes of the gospel and religion meantime? We once knew a woman to walk alone on a dark night, and over muddy roads four miles, under deep conviction of sin to learn what she must do to be saved. Would the pastor have been in the line of duty if he nad spent that evening berating the city government? If the minister can bring men into God's moral kingdom and get the law of God into their hearts, city governments wi take care of themselves, ~ As citizens we use the civil law, polic need be, to reform th not as churches, May it not be possible that a minister at the head of the police force re- forming the immoralities of cityiife has mistaken his calling? e T BLASTS FROM 6AW'S HORN, vy, but The pious whine was invented in the pit. A genius is never taken to be one by his looks. It isn’t the biggest horn that makes the best music. Starting to heaven on a gravestone is risky business. If you wear religion as a cloak your soul may freeze to deatl. There is as much kill in 1n a selfish heart as there is in a musket. A preacher’s usefulness is not measured by the size of his salary, Persoverance can accomplish wonders, but it cannot make a bad egg hatch, It takes more than philosophy to make a man smile when he has the toothache, People have to be living ina high state of grace toenjoy theirown faults pointed out. A prencher with dyspepsia has to keep very close to the Lord to preach the gospol right. ANOTHER ODIOUS COMPARISON, Figures that Plainly Tell Thelr Own Story Without Added Detal Onco more Tur Ber has made a little comparison that will be highly gratifying to readers of this paper, but will be slightly “odorous,” to use tho exact language of Mr. Shakespeare, when viewed from thoe stand. point of certain other alleged newspapers The comparison has again boen made be- tween Tur Bee of yesterday and the World- Horald and Lincoin Journal of tho same date, to ascertain tho amount of matter, ex clusive of commercial nows, printed in each paper. Hero are the figure Monsixa Be, long, wide columns orning W.-H., short, narrow col . Ancoln Journal, short, naccow columns. and a hatf columns of matter in the Journal were stolen from Tne EvENNING Brr of the night berore, The papers last evening sized up as fol- lows: VENING BER, long, wide columns ivening W.-I1., short, narrow columns The best is the cheapest. Appreciated at BeATrICE, Jan, 2 Tur Bre.] —Tur Ber correspondent hears many favor- able comments relative to the complete re- port of the Corbett-Mitchell affair furnishodswe™ in last ovening's issuc of Tur Bre. Agent Cullen, who is always looking after the in- torests of his customers. took the precau- tion to order 200 oxtra copies of the issue mentioned and had nearly all of them sold before thew arrival on the 8:16 tran, Tie BEE'S competitors were not “in 1t this time. e g PEOPLE AND THING «dings in the house is lleged reform into The disorderly p stoadily transforming mob laiv. The early retirement of Governor Pen- noyer will remove much gayety from cho life of the natiou, Mr. Blount insists that his namo is pro- nounced Blunt. That corresponds with av- erage opinio For the first time in his long and wind- some career the bruiser of Birmingham was obliged to *“close his face.” A bottie of rare old wine from President Dole to President Cloveland would certainly provoke extraordinary comment, Hopes of continuea populist ascendancy in Kansas are seriously menaced. St. John is attempting to break into the party. Prof. Wilson skould not repine because his labors reduced his weight fifteen pounds. ‘I'ne tarifl bill is a reduction measure, If the diagram of Governor Mitchell's face now going the rounds is true to life ho could have stopped the mgument by shying his mug in the arena. The homeliest pug in the crowd was nandsome in comparison. e s Bty 151 Y rUT. hut young lady seems to be practicin her Delsarte lesson “uncon- sciously “Wh Miss Blithes That isn't Delsarte; that's St. Vitus' dance r Ohicago Tribune: Boston Transeript: Fogg—Come Fizg, havo asmoke. Pige--I'll die first. Fogg=-Oh, woll, every man to his liking, Ul do my smoking betore I die. ) you followed my ad- You, uth: Bostwick , Jagster, and tried the gold cure. found it effective, didn't you? Jugdter--Vory, It took all my money and lert me nothing to got full on. Indianapolis Journal: Watts--Doctor, what do you think of the water cure for fit Doctor Bowloss--1t might work sall right on ready-mude clothes. Philudelphin Record: Wigwag--Two hoads aro better than one. Do Tanque--I don’t know ubout that. One was quite enough for mo when I woke up this moraing. Dotrott Tribune: “Tumpersiy fs_ gl be a horribly profane man, isn't he?’ “Yes, poor follow, e bought w patent fuel-suving device last fall.” Indiunapolis Journal: Mrs, Wickwire—What is that story you Mr. Wickivire matter? was the Among the many mystel Revealed in the histories, Or told another's sister 13 ‘Pherc’s none 1ike this, we say; Why, 1t's thought meritorious I ollege men vainglorious To puce tho streats victorious And cLant this witty luy: Kah, rab, rah! Raub, rah, r Siss, booin, y!o NO DIUBT HE WAS 4 FOOL Letroit Iribune. No doubt he was u fool, but then, Ho went all smiling through uis life. Though wrong, he ne'er distrusted men, Nor filled his heart with bitter strifo. No doubt he was a fool! His wit Could never fully understand The world, and so, quite out of it, He, dreaing, found another land. No doubt be was a fool! When change And 1oss fell on him he but smiled, And then they thought it pussing strango, Ho seemed S0 like a simple child. No doubt he was a fool! They said He had no grasp of eurth's affairs, Bug when ho lny before them dead “Thelr tears fell unawares. The larges fine BRUWNJI}!E. KINg T Errr ey akers ant 9sllars of lothes on Earth Your money’s worbth or your monsy bacs. e n a suit ference. =AsAsa —ns length of time. at 50c a tie. AT AT AT AT AT Ae - chance again. BROWNING, = Will pay the express If you send the money for §20 worth or more Foreign or Domestie. It makes but little difference to the purchasers, but when the Lewis full fashioned underwear, that sells never for less than $3.50 to $4.50 a piece, goes at a straight $2 a garment; or when Dr, Warner's well underwear that retails for $5 and $6 garment—then it does make a dif- P cause we'll be sold out—then we won't buy any more—can't afford to sell such flne goods and sell them at such ruinous prices for any Also some awfully low prices on broken sizes of other underwear. choice of a fine selection of our $1.50 and $1 neckties As drawing card we have put in all our 50¢ four-in-hands and tecks at a quarter a tie, know when we say double value, it's so. You may be too late if you wait. I E i B e known health goes for only $1.50 a We won't do it long, be- We will, also, give You No such KING & CO., | S. W. Cor.15th and Douglas Sts, -