Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 3, 1894, Page 4

== gite surprise. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. | 2 7IU».\I>.\\ ATER, Editor. PUBLISITED EVERY MORNING PRS- TERMS OF SULSCRIPTION Pafly Nee (witho day) Ono Yo Tily and S ear Eix Maitha hiren Moniiia* Bunday Boo, One Baturdny e, One ¥ Weekly Ree, One ¥ ® 800 10 00 i 00 1 8 . One ORI T o] et / w York, rooms 14, 14 and 16, T Comus BUSTNESS LETTERS ~fourth streo f Commerce. pine bullding | th tho kaitor | o T the K should be ordors o be mads compAny. payablo \ojls ISHING COMPANY. THE BE ~ SWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION State of Nebragka, | ity of Douglan. | ; I, Tznchiick, secrotary of Tie Ter Pub mipany, docs wolemnly awear that the Sation of THE DATLY BER for the week 1894, was as follows o 21,500 23 b 1 Anvary 23 20,441 1, iz ok 1 iy pres Gro . 1 wibseriD enco this 27th day of J (SEAL) Pt ——————— ) Singularly enough, no one has yet nomi- nated Admiral Denham for the presidency. And he is a practical protectionist, too. The anthracite coal combine in Chicago has adopted heroic measures to keep up prices. It will simply refuse to haul any more coal into Chicago until the wabbling o lists become firmer. rman Wison's coup d'etat In swing- ing round to the support of the income tax after having so vehemently antagonized it must have been a most graceful exhibition of individual sacrifice for the sake of party Mrs. Cleveland's presence in the gallery of the house during the voting on the Wilson Dbill may account for its unexpectedly large majority. It must have been a hardened democrat who could withstand the entranc- ing smiles of the mistress of the white louse. State printing contracts seem to have been let on a fair and equitable basis this year. The exposure of last year's combination soents to have had a salutary effect upon the men who have made a practice of mulct- ing the state treasury on the state printing contracts. Speaker Carlisle called another member of the house to preside while he took the floor in support of the Mills bill just before that measure passed that body, but that did not prevent the bill from failing in the senate. Speaker Crisp's exertions In behalf of the ‘Wilson Dbill constitute no infallible assur- ance of its final enactment into law. Perhaps Boss Croker's recent visit to ‘Washington had something to do with in- ducing Bourke Cockran to vote for the ‘Wilson revenue bill, Income tax feature and all. Cockran appears to be having an oxtremely difficult time of it trying to keep in touch with the president and with the Tammany machine at one and the same time. In closing his eloquent appeal to his fel- low democrats summoning them to vote for the bill bearing his name “in the name of honor and in the name of freedom,” Chair- man Wilson omitted the most potent spell. n the name of prospective federal patron- ago” might have brought over those seven- toen democrats who stubbornly stood out to the end. That new wage schedule for the Union Pacific I8 now ecalled an equalization instead of a reduction of wages by those who prefer to mention it in the most gentle terms. It ts strangely noticoablo, however, that it cqualizes down in every branch of the ser- vico affected and in no case equalizos up. Such being the case squeamishness is un- necessary. Call it a reduction and have an end with mere words, The vaunted dispensary law of South Car- olina has resulted in a system of private esplonage more disgraceful even than the ono In vogue In lowa, The law Is obnoxious to tho peoplo of that state, and so long as 1t 18 looked upon with disfavor it will not bo possible to enforce it. The stales the have experimented with prohibition in its | potency of the federal anti-trust many forms will eventually return to the high license plan of regulation. The Nebraska delegation in houso of congress split oven, three, on the final vote on the the Wilson bill. The incom¢ tax bait worked like a charm upon the populist members, who were led right into the dem- ocratic camp alongsido of some of the most rampant gold bugs to be found anywhere. It may take the populists some time to dis- cover exactly “‘where they are at. the lower three and passage of It 1s encouraging to see the huilding con- tractors and carpentors get together this early In the season and voluntarily adjust their differences as to hours of work and wages, There §s no reason why the virious unions representing the numerous trades whose activity is interrupted during the winter months should not state their wants in advance of the bidding for work, so that contractors may know exactly where they are to stand, The examplo of the carpenters fs ono to be commended to workers in all the allied branchoes of industry. Senator Hill probably suffered com- punctions in presenting to the senate serios of resolutions adopted by the repub- lican legislature of his state arralgning the president for what it terms his unpatriotic policy in connection with Hawail. Had the resolution been one condemning Senator Hill's proposed federal inheritance tax bill, he would no doubt have thrown it into the waste basket, and had it ventured to instruct him to vote for the confirmation of Peckham, he would have indignantly denied its author- ity. The case of HUll vs. Cleveland now be- fore the senate is just beginning to get in- teresting. no The interstate commerce commission has always been in @tstavor with the rallroads and consequently the report that the Rail way Age Is proparing for a warm assault upon that bedy for its recent favorable re port on the rallroads is not likely to ex- The report Includes the oper. \ations of the railroads for the year ending June 80, 1893. ‘The general depression in rallway circles had not set in at that date and consequently it is not to be expected that the report could be as unfavorable as later clrcumstances would seem to warrant The Interstate commerce commission may not aecomplish all that its designers hoped to accomplish, but It was a step in the right direction, and it will hardly be repealed at the demands of the railway managers. A MONOPOLY VICTORY. The decision of the federal court at Phila- delphia favorable to the Sugar trust in the case instituted by Attorney General Olney is referred to #s another example of the Im- Iaw. The proceedings were brought against the which Philadeiphia rofineries wero transferred to the trust, it being held that the absorption of these refineries by the mo- nopoly known as the Amerlcan Sugar Refin- ing company was In restraint of trade or of Judge Butler of the United States court decided that as far as the sale is concerned it is within the pur- view of state law and that there was no evi- that the transit or sale of sugar state to state has been affected. held that the mere absorption of Philadelphia refineries by the trust did not in itself constitute a restraint of trade of intorstate commerce, for capital was apparently as free to go into the business after the absorption as before and under as advaniageous conditions, Obvi- ously It this decisfon shall stand—and it is to be presumed that the attorney general will take the case to the supreme court—the federal anti-trust law will be rendered prac- tically nugatory. So far as that statute is concerned, granting the soundness of Judge Butler's decision, it presents no obstacle to the policy of any monopolistic combination in breaking down competition by the absorp- tion of competitors, regardless of the condi- tions under which such absorption may be effected. The trusts ask nothing more than the unrostricted privilege of suppressing competi- tion, and if doing this Is not a restraint of trade it Is not easy to concelve what would be. When the Sugar trust absorbs a refinery or the liquor trust a distillery and closes it the effect is clearly in restraint of trade, and this is not altered or affected by the fact that capital is as free to go into the business after the absorption as before. The manifest purpose of every transaction of this kind Is to keep the trade of the com- bination making it within certain limits and to prevent its expansion and growth under the stimulus of competition, This is re- straint, and the fact that capital Is free to g into the business thus affected does not lessen the obnoxious character of the re- straint, as far as the interests of the pub- lic are concerned, 8o long as the combina- tions have the unrestricted privilege of suppressing competition. The public may gain temporarily from the conflict of capi- tal, but with the suceess of monopoly, as- sured if the principle laid down by Judge Butler s sound, it must ultimately suffer. The federal anti-trust law was framed with great care and deliberation. It has boen endorsed by some of the ablest lawyers in the country as making ample provision for the suppression of trusts and all forms of monopolistic combinations. But every attempt thus far made to enforce the law has been defeated, and In view of this it would seem to be necessary to admit that it is not adequate. Whether a general law can be framed which will be effective against monopolistic combinations Is a ques- tion to which the present congress ought to give attention. Perhaps the surest pro- tection against such combinations will be found in state laws, though the legislation of some of the states in this direction has not been entirely successful. There must be a way, however, to guard the public in- torests and welfare from the dangerous encroachments and the oppressive exactions of monopoly, and the representatives of the people in congress and in the state legisla- tures have no more important duty than that of finding the way and applying it. steps by Interstate commerce. dence from He the NO TIN HORN CHARITY. The Beo is not influenced in its views on any public issue by newspaper rivairy. From the day this paper was founded it has advoeated what it belleved to be right and opposed what ft considered wrong. It has consistently champloned every —measure which In its judgment was calculated to promote the public welfare, and opposed overy project or movement that it deemed pernicious or injurious to the community. The Bee has never been a weather cock or trimmer. It has never played fast and loose on any issue, has never catered to popular prejudices and never shifted from one side to the other to appease popular clamor. The Bee has never disparaged good deeds by whomsoever done, nor sandbagged any enterprise because it was favored by another paper or by an enemy. But The Bee Is an unrelenting foe to fraud,imposture and sham. It has no sympathy with charla- tans, quacks, hypocrites and plous cheats. It does not believe fn men who say their prayers in public places at the top of thefr voi and takes no stock in men that parade thelr benevolence through the town crier. Cheap John methods of selt praise and self advertising with other peo- ple's money and other people’s contributions are to be doprecated. Their tendency is to lower the standard of public morals by fore- ing people to contribute who are scarcely able to pay thelr current grocery and butcher bills, and by stimulating beggary among the loast deserving class. No man, woman or child in Omaha should bo allowed to suffer for want of fuel, food or clothing. But those who are e titled to relief should be cared for syste- matically, To this end the work of reliet should be steady and mot spasmodic. We repeat there should be neither feast nor famin SUCOE: NOT POPULAR. Nothing but the most urgent necessities of the treasury would have been able to move Secretary Carlisle to the issue of bonds under authority given by the old act of 1876, Admitting this and conceding that no other course lay open to supply without delay the gradually increasing deficit in tho national treasury, every patriotic citizen must rejofce that the bond policy has been successfully earried out so far as secur- ing bids at the upset premium to the ox- tent of the entire offer of $50,000,000 is con- cernod. Had the bids fallen short of the amount asked, the secretary would have been compelled to readvertise at a lower min imum price and this in itself woul been a confession of weakness from which the public credit could not have escaped uninjured. A government that has been able to borrow without difficulty at 3 per cent and even so low as 2 per cent could not bo forced to sell bonds bearlng more than 8 per cent Interest in thme of peace without suffering from an unfavorable com- parison That the success of the new bond issue has been insured only by the ald of the New York bankers, who have subscribed for the bulk of the loan without any expectation of deriving the usual profit from the trans: tion, must be confessed even by the most determined opponents of the so-called Wall streot money power. The New York bank- ors hung back with their proposals until the last possible moment, and then made bids liberal amounts anly after a personal conference with Secretary Carlisle, in which he is sald to have appealed to their patriotic instincts to come to his atd. However much they may have pouted over the fact that the secretary refused to float the loan through a single set of agents, as they had originally desired, they got over their sulks in time to make amends for their previous attitude, and for this are certainly eatitled to some small measure of credit. The most significant feature of the new bond issue and one which was apparent for Lave THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, | Bome time before the opening of the bids 18 its practical failure as a popular loan. The conditions laid down by the circular in- viting proposals were all calculated to secure a wide distribution of the bonds among peo- ple of moderate means, who might desire a perfectly safe investment for their sav- ings at an interest rate equal to that given by the greater number of savings institu= tions. For this reason the bonds are to be tssucd in denominations as low as $50, to be registered or coupon bonds at the option of the purchaser, and to be sold directly to the bidder without commission or the inter- vention of brokers of any description. And while the minimum price to be accepted was fixed in advance, the secretary promised to make a proportionable allotment among all bidders offering the same premiums, so that each should be able secure his quota of bonds. The object of these regulations was to make the loan a popular one and to encour- age individual citizens to subscribe. These efforts on the part of the secretary to make the loan popular appear to have had very little effect. Instead of securing a sub- scription to the issue several times over, as often happens in the cases of French popu- lar loans, the subscriptions of this character have been of insignificant importance, Over 40,000,000 of the 51,000,000 bid for are to come from the large banking and trust in- stitutions of New York. A great share of the remaining offers come from similar institutions in other cities of the east, while the popular subscriptions would scarcely be missed were they withdrawn. Perhaps we may ascribe a part of the failure of the new bond issue as a popular loan to a failure of the people to grasp the meaning of a 5 per cent bond commanding a premium reducing the rate of interest to 3 per cent. A demand for a premium of 17 per cent has rather a repelling influence on the average small investor. But this Is not the whole explanation. popular loan of the national government has ever achieved a signal success in this country. The present instance forms no exception to our general experience. HAWAIL IN THE HOUSE. The house of representatives has entered upon the discussion of the Hawaiian lssug and from what transpired yesterday it promises to ‘be a heated and acrimonious debate. The advocates of annexation seem disposed to make their fight against the ad- ministration as bitter as possible and the supporters of the administration appear to be prepared to meet the attack in a like spirit. This is unjustifiable and unfortunate. There ought to be no partisan feeling in the discussion of this question, and those who allow themselves to be guided by such a feeling will not have the approbation of the better elements of the American people. There is a most important principle in- volved in this lssue, which has nothing to do with partisan politics, though it vitally concerns national policy. It should be dis- cussed dispassionately, earnestly and patri- otically, with a view to determining, so far as any action congress may take can deter- “mine, what is the best judgment of the coun- try upon the proposition to annex remote territory to which we have no claim either in right or necessity. Criticism of the last and the present administration is to be ex- pected, but abuse of either cannot be justi- fled. The fair presumption Is that each acted according to Its best judgment of what was wise and right, equally desiring to pro- mote the interests and welfare of the coun- try. Though one was wrong in its policy, it 1s only fair to believe that both were actuated by the highest sense of duty and the purest motives, The latest advices from Honolulu report that the parties there are anxiously await- ing the action by congress. The provisional government malintains the military prepara- tions for resisting any attempt to drive it from power, and in a letter to the American minister complains of the popular terrorism and the expense incident to this condition of affairs. Mauifestly this is a matter with which the government of the United States has nothing to do. The provisional govern- ment has been plainly informed that while it cannot hope for the annexation of the Islands to the United States, at least dur- ing the term of the present administration, there will be no interference with it on the part of this government. If it can maintain its position it will be allowed to do so. The administration has no further interest or concern In the restoration of the deposed queen, and can do nothing to put her back on the throne more than has been done without the authority of congress. It is ab- solutely certain that no such authority will over be granted. The provisional govern- ment has no reason, therefore, for maintain- ing military preparations from apprehension of interference on the part of the United States, for none is contemplated. All that congress can do in relation to this question is to resolve that it is the pol- fcy of the government not to interfere fur- ther In the Hawalian affairs, leaving the people of those islands entirely free to de- cide for themselves what form of govern- ment they will have, at the same time warn- ing forelgn powers against any interference. This s all that is required of congress, and it 15 a simple duty that need not be preceded by a prolonged and time-wasting discussion. The politicians may faney that they have In this issue a means of making party capi- tal, but the people are very tired of the con- troversy and will not feel more friendly to the party responsible for unnecessarily ex- tending it, to tho exclusion of more urgent and vital questions relating to the immedi- ate interosts and welfare of the American people. to sole LAME EXPLANATIONS Members of the council who voted to re- Jeot the nomination of City Electrician Cow- &ill have been interviewed by our reporters and asked to give the reasons for their ac- tion. Of the fourteen councilmen who voted to reject Mr.Cowglll eloven have ventured an ex- planation. One of these members declares that he did it because it pleased him to do 50, and another because he expected the mayor o appoint a personal friend if Cowgill were rejected. The explanations of the other nine are decidedly lame. One of them, Who des not know the difference between an electro-magnet and a horseshoe, declares that he believed the electrician to be incom- petent ever since he made the report on the candle power of the arc lights and Council- man Wheeler had proved that he was wrong. Everybody knows that Mr. Wheeler is an expert on pumpkins, China Poland pigs and Durham bulls. He was for many years secretary of the State Board of Agri- culture, but nobody has ever suspected that Mr. Wheeler was posing as an electrician. Another councilman declared that he voted against Cowgill because the mayor and the newspapers had roasted him™(the councllman) in connection with his course in relation to the lighting bills. He also declared man who claimed that he could ctrie lights with a photometer must be incompetent. This will be startling news for the electrical engineers of the country, but taxpayers of Omaha, who don't know much about electrics, will look upon this extraordinary opinion as an in spiration from Mr. Wiley Still another councilman, who considered Mr, Cowgill incompetent for the position, was finally forced to admit that ‘“he Buessed every one knew that Cowglll was In competent.” All the republican councllinen but one had voted against Cowgill in the electric that any test el | | caveus on the grauna ot which, according to this tribune of the people, was shown by Cow- &ill's report that ro lights were not equal to 2,000-cande power. FHere was the real milk in the Glwgll cocoanut. By &Ml odds the most extraordinary of tho explanations was given by one of the newly elected memberaof the councll. He voted to reject Cowgill because there was too much quarreling betwoen the electrictan and the electric lighting contractor. He wanted a man who could get along harmoniously with Wiley and Iis company. That is just the kind of & man Mr. Wiley has been look~ ing for since the offige pf city electrician was created. Taken all in all, the explanations are unique. The Cox bill for the unconditional peal of the tax on state bank lssues was beaten in the house committee on banking and currency yesterday, three of the demo- cratic members of the committee voting with the republicans. While there Is scme encouragement in this for the opponents of repeal, it does not amount to much in view of the declaration of Mr. fpringer, chairman of the committee, that a bill to do away with this tax will get before the house in some form. In that event it is highly probable that such a bill will be passed by the house. The repeal of the tax on state bank issues is wanted by the south and it is recommended by the democratic plat- form. The fact that the house adopted the income tax proposition and made it a part of the tarift bill, notwithstanding the vigorous opposition of the eastern demo- crats, illustrates the influence of the south- ern representatives in the house and war- rants the belief that they will be successful in putting through a bill unconditionally repealing the state bank tax. There is undoubtedly at present a considerable demo- cratic opposition to the proposal to do this, but probably no more than there was to the income tax, and when the final test is applied most of it will disappear. The south is firmly in the saddle in this con- gress and with a perfect appreciation ot its opportunity it proposes to get everything it wants. It has been successful ihus far and there is no reason to doubt that it will continue to be. incompotency, snacientions It is interesting to note in connection with the rumored resignation of Mr. Gladstone a peculiarity of the British constitution which is not generally understood by people in this country. While any member of the ministry is permitted to retire from the cab- inet and to give up his executive position, or rather is bound to retire o soon as he can no longer consclentiously support every measure proposed by the ministry as a whole, there is no provision by which he can resign his scat in Parliament should he 50 desire. Not only is there no one author- ized to accept such a resignation, but it is doubted by the best authorities whether a member can on his own motion escape the duties imposed upon him by election to Par- liament. He may, however, be appointed by the government to the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundredsjor of the manors of East Hendred, Northstead or Hempholme, or to the escheatorship of Munster, and if he ac- cepts the ofice he thereby vacates his seat. He may then, if he desires, resign the office and thus free himself from public duties. Mr. Gladstone might possibly induce the queen to raise him to the peerage, which would accomplish the same results. Other- wise he would have to take the usual course of applying for one of these meaningless offices. The stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds cannot offer Mr. Gladstone many attractions as an office in which to close his long official career. The mere possibility that the Nebraska supreme court may~d@ecide that the law re- quiring the investment of the fdle educa- tional funds In state warrants is unconstitu- tional suggests the absolute necessity for an amendment to the constitution giving the Board of Educational Lands and Funds more discretionary powers in the investment of tho school moneys. At present the board can only purchase registered county bonds, state bonds and United States bonds. The latter class of securities command so high a promium that their purchase seems almost entirely out of the question. There is small likelihood of any increase in the bonded indebtedness of the state and a large pro- portion of the state debt will be pald off in another year, thus largely augmenting the idle educational funds. County bonds are becoming scarcer every year and in many instances command a premium which places them beyond the reach of the board. In tho meantime the educational funds are already mounting to the vicinity of the mil- lion mark and are increasing every year. Within five years the funds will amount to more than §2,000,000. This fund will always be at the command of the state treasuror unless ways and means are de- vised for its further investment. In No Uncertain Tones. Indianapolis Journal, The Bell Telephone company thinks that about $0,000,000 would put it in good fight- ing trim. In these days it is money that in' the commercial as in the fistic g0 Wrought. corder. Harrison $365,000,000 national debt was _wived off. In one year under Cleveland $50,000,000 of new na- tional t will be created-perhaps more. We wanted “a change,” did we not? In four years under Promises Globe-1 It is said that at the famous Vietoria nhotel dinner during the campaign of 1892, Cleveland promised that, if elected, he would do nothing to injure the democratic organizations of New York which he is now bitterly antagonizing, Another fllustration of the old adage about vows made in ms to be forgotten with a change of A G w and Prohibition, Chicago Rerord 1s to be hoped the lowa law-makers will not overlook the patent probability that in a majority of such cases it is not the law of prohibition, but the officiuls in- trusted with its ehforcement that have failed. Corrupt or negligent local und mu- nicipal authorities ave responsible for much he evasion of the law that is be ob- in the rger river towns, 'he in- which many,at the legislators have duced from this i3 that while it is per- tly possible to ehforce prohibition there is no authority ‘to compel its en- forcement by those who are officially charged with that duty Hence it 15 that among the most popular plans now under consjderation by the leg- slature s oie providing for docal option in certain specified ‘counties, the original law remaining in effect’ as to all counties not thus excepted. 1t seems not improb- able that such a measure would commend itself to the large mumber of prohibition people in Towa ax heing at least superior to icense or any other syytem looking to the abrogatioh . of the prohibitive 1t complete enactment. ol re- | | aelibe FEBRUARY 3, 1901, OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. Tt might not have been policy that led the young Kalser to seek and to accom- plish the reconciliation with Bismarek which has offected. He may only have oboyed an imj of his heart and of his But however that may be, he coull not hav popular, could not have done certain to strengthen his government at home and abroad, than ho did last week in bringing about the Berlin meeting. Thero 18, as was natural, much speculation as to the possible political results of the now historic interview, and that some such re- sults will follow Is likely enough. Dis- marck will hardly be asked to resume of- flee. His years aro too many and his bodily Infirmities too great for that. Dut It I8 roasonable to suppose that during the remainder of his life his advice will be gought, as it Las not been for four years. This may have important fssues in’ vie of the " threatened disruption of the Droibund through the weakness of Italy as Dismarck has always favored the -cultivation of friendly relations with Russia, and now beyond question favors it moro than ever, in view of the menace em- bodied in a Franco-Russia alliance, It can easily be seen, therefore, how the reappear- ance of Bismarck as a political factor may affect the politics of Burope. But to Wil- liam II. the most important consequence of his well considered magnanimity will be a great accession of popularity at home. Eves an emperor can not get along comfortably it the people over whom he rules disapprove him, and William has had to endure and to overcome much that was disagreeable, which the uninterrupted friendship and support of Princo Bismarck would have spared him. lie German emperor is not, as the present kaiger scems at first to have supposed, an irresponsible autocrat. He is a constitu- tional sovereign, the head of a limited mon- archy, and if he defles public opinion he Is going to have trouble. William II. has evi- dently learned a thing or two of late. e Events in Burope point to the possibility of a recasting of European alliances. The Triple Alliance was Prince Bismarck's scheme, and it has been chiefly useful to Germany. He began his carcer as for- elgn minister by humiliating Austria with the consent of Russia. Then he crushed France with the help of Russia's neutrality and Austria’s inaction. His obligations to "Russia were met when Germany allowed43ul- garia and Armenia to be invaded, Austria's noutrality having been secured in advance by a secret understanding _respecting Bosnia and the Herzegovina. France was rendered hostile by defeat, and Russia, dis- contented with her gains in Kuropean Turkey, was disposed to blame Germany. Prince Bismarck in the Triple Alliance de fended Germany against the resentments which he had instigated. It has been a diplomatic partnership from which Ger- many has derived the largest meas- ure of material advantage, while she has ostensibly been keeping the peace of Europe. Now that the Austrian and Italian partners are weakening and breaking away, Germany's natural policy is to detach Russia from France and to make a new combination with St. Petersburg and Vienna. That is what Prince Bismarck as a practical man of business would be likely to do if he were chancellor. His advice, if it be sought by the German emperor, will unquestionably favor a policy of conciliation toward both Russia and France. Great Britain, whose interests have been promoted by the Triple Alliance, can hardly fail to suffer from any new combinations which may be formed. Russia is the enemy whose rivalry as an Asian power she has cause to dread; and the French government with European diplomatic support may make itself very offensive in the Egyptian ques- tion. The new alliances will inevitably be colored strongly by Russian influence and ambition, and Great Britain has more to dread from them than any other European power. beon od conselonco, se anything moro P A trial of great political moment to the government of Austria-Hungary is drawing to its close in the city of Prague. Not less than seventy-seven young Bohemians are before the highest criminal court of that city charged with the crime of treasonable -conspiracy. The secret society called the the Omladina and the party of young Czechs aimed not merely at the overthrow of the existing dynasty, but at the establishment of a socialistic commonwealth. — What gives increased interest to this trial is the dis- covery of the intimate connection between the Omladina and the party of young Czechs in the Bohemian Parliament. This treason- able assoclation has long been suspected by the authoritles of ~Austria-Hungary, but proofs have hitherto been wanting. ~ They soem now to have been furnished in sufficient abundance in this trial. All the accused members of the Omladina belong also to the party of young Czechs. When the ar- rests were made some lawyers of the young Czech party eagerly volunteered for their defense. But when the revelations of treasonabla conspiracy 'were uhfolded in the courts the volunteer counsel took alarm and most unprofessionally left their clients in the lurch. As this trial in Prague progresses it becomes more nianifest that the government of Austria-Hungary fis in presence of a widespread political conspiracy. Although the elemonts of this combination greatly differ, they have one common ob- Ject in the overthrow of the empire. ~ While the young Czechs dream of the unity of the Slavonic race and of its ultimate domination over Burope, the sociallsts indulge in vi fons of the speedy coming of the universal commune. The Omladina appears to bo only one of the least important branches of the extensive combination which threat- ons the empire of Austrla-Hungary. By thelr barking the whelps of the Omladina have put the government on the track of far more dangerous encmios. P The great Siberian railway which Russia is building will have a length of about 4,700 miles; and it will bisect the fortile zone of Siberia, which will extend on either side of the line a distance of probably 100 miles, This enormous arca, exceeding in length the whole of Central Europe, lies within temper- ato latitudes; and as regards sofl, climato and mineral wealth it possesses all the qualities favorable to the development of a great agricultural and industrial population. Here is & large area, absolutely unoccupied which in time will invite the enormous over- flow of eastern and central Europe. A new and rapid trade route, which will connect the 400,000,000 Chinese and the 85,000,000 Japanese with rope, cannot fail to have farreaching ef- fects upon the commercial equilibrium of the world. How great an effect it may oxert will appear from the statement that at present the journey from Shanghal to London, via the Suez canal, occupies forty- five days; the Pacific and Canadian route involves a joueney of thirty-five days. From Shanghal to Viadivostok, and thence via the Great Siberian rallway, the journey would occupy only eighteen days. ~ It Is scarcely doubtful that a large proportion of the international trade of eastern Asia, amounting to more than $333,000,000 per an num, would be diverted to the new route; whilo the densely populated and hitherto inaccessible interior provinces of China pre- sent commereial possibilities without limit. Globe-lemoerat. Tt is bad enough to have the everlasting New York factional = quarrel taken to the threshold of the preme court, Another L 11';!!!"!' " the rumpus 5 that it furnishes the senate an op- Portunity for trading off the Wilkon bill Iirvomparison with parceling out the pat- ronage, party principles are matters of Vory small importance in “the most august ative body in the world." of Highest of all in Leavening !P;ver.—Latcst U. 8. Gov't Report, Baking Powder ABSOIUTELY PURE done anything more | illli WILL BROOK NO DELAYS \ Ohairman Voorhoes Will Rush the Tariff Through the Senate Committee, HOPES FOR FINAL ACTION EARLY IN MAY Democrats Do Not Care to Hear from Tn- terested Tndustrios and Kepublicans Anxious to Settle Present Uncertninty, Aro the WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEE 513 Fourteonth WASHINGTON that Chairman Vi will back clear out of his proposition to ve hearings to persons interested in in- tries which are to be affected by the Wil tariff bill, and that the committee of finance will report the measure to the sen- ate within two or three week Chairman Voorhees has received a sufficient number of responses to his requests for expressions of opinion and advice upon the Wilson bill to make him believe that fair hearings would not only lead to prolonged delay In final action upon the bill, but likely insure its ultimate defeat. He will, there- fore, when the committee meets on next Tuesday advocate a policy of haste. He be lieves the bill ought to be before the senate within three weeks, and that it should be forced into law early in May. The demo- crats have a majority of six in the senate, and {t is said that all of the three populists after demanding certain amendments, which they will not sccure, will vote for the bill, s0 that t will be nocessary for five demo- crats to vote ags t it in order that it may be defeated. It is not likely that one democratic senator will vote against the bill. The amendments which will be made to it will be in the direction of free trade, and will not improve its character in the way of protection to home industries. The republica in the senate are as anxious to have the tarift disposed of as are tho democrats. They realize that conditions cannot improve until the unsettled state of affairs is confronted with the new tariff law The republicans would be held accountable by unemployed labor and suffering commer- cial men if they wantonly delayed action upon this legislation. Therefore they will not hold the bill in the finance committee room simply for delay. \When the measure is reported to the senate they do not propose to retard action and prolong the debate for the simple purpose of making political speeches for deferring the day when the bill is to become a law. The republicans simply want the country to fully realize the ma nitude of the destguctive influences of thi measure before it becomes law. They be- lieve that if the interests involved realized the vicious and malicious character of the bill there would be such a howl of dissap- proval and storm of protest against it that it would be defeated; and they further de- sire enough time in the consideration to able them to force upon the majority popu- lar amendments which would tend to mi gate the destructive influences of the bill should it be finally passed. PROMISING THE PLUMS. Secretary Carlisle intends to devote him- self for some time to fllling the thirty-one customs offices now in the hands of republi- cans, whose commissions have expired. and it is expected that as soon as the senate has disposed of some of the large number of nominations before it a number of prominent treasury nominations will be made. Among the customs offices in the hands of republi- cans whose commissions have cxpired are those at Omaha, Lincoln, Council Bluffs and Dubuque. Fourth-class postmasters appointed tod ebraska—Platte Center, Platte count E. Clother vice Robert Pinson, removed. South Dakota—Hartford, Minnehaha county, Frank Gillen, vice John Mundt, removed. Utah—Bluff, San Juan county, J. M. Redd, vice J. F. Barton, removed, and Mrs. Alice’” Whittaker at Snowville, Box Elder county, vice William Cottam, removed. PERSONAL MENTION. Corporal Tanner, the footless ex-commis- sioner of pensious, has been for some du suffering the agonies of death on account of inflammation aggravated by the wooden feet upon which he walks, and it is said that it will be necessary to amputate a considerable portion of both the stumps of his legs. Henry T. Oxnard, the well known beet sugar manufacturer of Nebraska, bax gene to Louisiana to visit his broth Tle ac- companied Senator and \Mrs. Manderson. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. P. Thompson of Ccdar Rapids are at the Riggs. Mrs. Joseph M. Caray, wife of Senator Carey, of Wyoming, held ‘one of the largest senatorial receptians of the day at the Ar- lington. Most of rhis season Mrs. Carey has spent in Philadelphia, where her son is at school, and only returned to ‘Wushing- ton a fortnight ago. She received in the parlors on the Vermon avenue side of the hotel and the large numbar of ealiors alnost transformed the affair into an ovation. The parlors were decorated wiht palms and eut flowers disposed to advantage. Light re- froshments were served from table in the central parlor which was _at- tended by a circle of vouug ladies. Mis. Carey wore blue satin, and among the ladies with her were Mrs. Frank Aldrich of Chicago, Aliss Aline Wilcox, Mrs. Hare, Mrs. Willlams, Mrs, Blalr, Mrs. Carr, Mrs. Ditt Cooke and tue Missos Hutchinson. RRY & HEAH It s expected orhees du son A, Ll G ) RDWNJNGE' K 'Nn‘i_ The largost makers and ssllars of fine clothes on Barth Your money's worth or your monay bac<. WHERE TO FIND THE NEWS, parlson Hetween Papers PrintedVestor. duy by The 1t t Would e Rivals, The daily comparison botween the amount of reading matter, exclusive of commorcial and advertisoments, printed in The Bes, World-Herald and Lincoln Journal, glves the following figuros for yesterday Morning Boo, long, wide columns Morning W.-H.. short, narrow columns Lincoln Journal, short, narrow ecolumns Evening Bee, long, wide columns Evening W.-H., short, narrow columus The best is the cheapest - - 4 TICKLISH TATTLE, nows Philadelphia Times life fs a conundrum is eventually gives it up. Another that proof that everybody Buffalo Courfer pose of whipping No; but Dinks—Was Smith's purs the editor carried out? Smith was. Yes, Minerva, there Is & soing of lovers and Dlige but it's mighty slight Yonk n Engiish Statesman: It fs to call a man down who | his_invention of a fying come down quick enough not necessary boasting aboiit machine, He'll Rochester Democrat: Mrs. Jarley that her husband is a commercial and as such is one of the most scenters of trade in the country snys traveler, prominent Alton in this it to editor “There 18 1 the poct ng he handed ‘Out with 1t!" eried the ‘e aln't had a pound In & week.' Democrat m," me meat Chicago Tribune: Mrs. your husband’s politics Mrs. Gofrequent—1 really don't He never carties anything of a nature in any of his pockets, Flyabout—What is Kknow, politicai Indianapolis What Is the ing the stove fire burn any Mr. Wickwire—1 I could insult the get hot about It Journal: Mrs. Wickwire— 1d call- ake the ettor th blamed maybe € it would Somerville Journal The cloud is always bright,” but less you are up in a balloon, make much dilference top side of a after all, un- that doesn’t New York Press: Ethel—He knows me vet and he has proposed. Don’t you think it strange? Clarissa—No, T don't anything s in his proposing 1f he hardly knows you. hardly an ot gulding wouldn't it you night. Vogue: He (Insinuatingly)—I m_without help. I need s 5 She (curtly) —You were not out so much A COMMON (Detroit “No costly shaft of lettered stone 1 crav To stand in grandeur o’er my lonely grav If such a thing my friends do contemplate I pray for my decease they will not wait; ared for tombstc anyhow, And much prefer to have the money now. Aigiic s e, Misinformation at Large, Minne polis Jowrnal Bryan of Nebraska s the member of the populist wing of pocratic party, and yesterday he aired his Nebraska stump speeches in the house. In support of the income tax Mr. Bryan asserted that “the people of the United States who have small fncomes pay on an average more than 10 per cent of their income to support the federal govern- ment, while the rich pay a smaller per cent; why should not this tax be added in order that the burdens may be partially eq Mr. Liryan may deceive his pop- ulist friends in Nebraska by this talk, but he knows very well that the “heavy bur- den” of federal taxation which he com- plains of amounts to only a little over $§ for each person in the United States, both customs and internal taxation. The per capita_taxation for customs duties averages . But this isn't 10 per cent of any man's income—nothing approaching it. Mr. Bryan may find men and a good many who are troubled with self-imposed taxation to pay for liquor and tobacco, but there is no com= pulsion about that Business. 1 Commercial President Cleveland has nominated two men for seats on the supreme bench for the express purpose of rebuking a democratic antagonist. The nation will outlive all such narrow-minded bigotry and hate. His- tory will take care of itse n nominat- ing an assoclate justice for the supreme court a president should rise far above disreputable motives. In failing to do so he lowers himself_to the very depths of famy. Of course Mr. Cleveland will place a democrat on the supreme bench. No one Wil question his right to do that. but to place a man there regandless of his qual- {fications, or even with resard to his capac- jty, through improper motives, is discred- itable to the chief executive and a straiy upon the bench itsel. —_——————— LOVE AND LOYALTY. IIAKNESS, bune.) Bryan’ Smn Cineinn Home and Country. *‘Luscious maiden. 1l you Let me kiss you rue Let thy lover Or his heart will bust With these wonls did A But the maiden would Coy and wi “Kill a thousand crocod So he hunted on the For the wily crocodile, And he slew the brutes in piles, Alligators and crocodiles feet “See, T lay them at your ris sweet Let me Kiss Hut, alas! th Winked her ot tor Kiss ad and foes first sla And then, Abbad, you may 8o he struck a thousand To her brought each victin A thou e W " Nebraska’s Ground Hog On February 2d the ground hog will come out and A A=A L. = e et ground-hog case. We had case. Will pay the express if you send the money for 820 wortii or niore L) o LI O T [ elub and baste him on the ear——Come to think of it there are no ground hogs in Nebraska, but we can hang out a piece of sausage; that's ground hog, aint it? Another ground-hog case is that we will be out of the famous Lewis' and Dr. Warner's underwear pretty soon—save you $3 to $5 a suit if youbuynow, Just a few left of those $1 and $1.50 neckties at 50, For 25¢ we will give you choice this woek of any 50¢ 4-in-hand or teck. This is your last chance—g this ad, but it was so lifelike that the printer ate j up, and we had to use the dog—-another ground hog BROWNING, KING & CO., | S. W. Cor.15th and Douglas Sts, T | e | B ) (3 P | i b A S A e T e e e e e e ‘.r.-‘fi.‘b -] take a little journey in the country 'round about. Ifin the win- ter sunshine his shad- ow does appear we ought to take a ball a picture of a sausage in l | 4