Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 7, 1894, Page 4

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Tzachuck, secretary of The I Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete coples of The Daily Morning, Kvenin: unday Bee printed the month January, 1804, w during of folows stal for U Less reductions turned copies Total sold Dally average net circ *Sunday. mont for ulation 1. TZSCHUCK, nd subscribed in my presence this 5th of February, 1804 SIBAL) N, P. ary Public. — JOR! Sworn to before me on ended only to make crop of society buds! One more soctal way for next year’ It's a positive shame to leave good federal offices unprovided with in- cumbents while the salarles are runuing to waste. democratic The pleasant weather of the past few days 18 a godsend to the destitute people within our gates, “The Lord tempereth the wind to the shorn lamb.” We have not yot heard that the freight commissfoner of the Commercial club has made any effort to bring about reduced tolls on soft coal shipped into this market. Lent will be more strictly observed this year than for some yoars past if the number of peaple giving up comforts and luxuries is a fair indication. Unfortunately the self de- nials will not all be voluntar; Colored democrats are complaining of the shabby treatment they have received at the hands of the patronage dispensers at Wash- ington. For once they have been put on the same plane as their white brethren. How pleasant to be informed that there are 7,307 ten thousand dollar bills outstanding and supposed to be in general circulation! But few people in this vicinity have seen any of them circulating near enough to be appro- priated. We still fnsist that the county jail is not patients. Humane considerations dictate that they be removed to the county hospital until such time s one of the state institutions can recelve them. p e T A raln-making maglclan s operating on the Pacific coast. His contracts provide that he is to catch the dollars coming and going. Rain or shine he gets his money. Ts it not about time that these fakirs do business on the no cure no pay basis? The humbuggery has gone about far enough. It may be inferred from the bill which Senator Gray has introduced in the senate that the administration is contemplating the government purchase of the Union Pacific railroad. Just what Uncle Sam would do ‘Wwith a bankrupt road bereft of all its feeders i a question that will not be satisfactorily. answered for many moons. Administration democrats who will stand by the president through thick and thin are in great demand at Washington this session. The proper parties are offered every induce- ment in the way of political patronage that their services may merit. When the trade has to be made, however, the president is going to see to it that he gets the large end of the deal. The modesty of the library board in ask- ing for only a 1-mill levy is to be rewarded with a grant of the demand, notwithstands ing the fact that the library fund has sufii- clent money in it to meet all the operating expenses of the ensuing year. This is noth- ing less than open encouragement to tho library board to divert the proceeds of the levy from the library fund to the building fund. Instructing the chief of police to draft such additional regulations for the police force as will divorce police from politics is equivalent to a confession that the force has been dabbling in politics to the neglect of its duties. The oaths taken by the mem- bers of the Board of Fire and Police Com- missioners require them to exclude political conslderation from the management of the departments under their care, If they have not 80, It is none too early to com- mence, done The report of Dr. Talmage's resignation from the pulpit of the Brooklyn Tabernacle 15 now followed up by an announcement of a proposed trip round the world, commene- ing mext May, with incidental lectures in Australla. This means undoubtedly that on his return Mr. Talmage will regale the people of this country with an account of what he saw abroad, at the regular prico of admlission. The financial failure of tho Brooklyn experiment will not seriously affect the personal fortunes of the minister. A bill has been introduced in the Towa leg- islature which, it passed, will put a stop to a pernicious practice, Justice shops across the river have for years made a business of placing garnishments upon wages of lahor- ing people in Nebraska, which has worked a hardship upon many hongst wage earners. This bill contemplates the same exemptions in the courts of Iowa as are vouchsafed by the courts of other states where the gar- It 1s just and right. Labor organizations in this state owe it to the fraternity to adopt all honorable means to bring about tho enact- ment of this beneficent bill. It 1s not de- signed for the protection of confirmed dead- beats. There are other means for reaching THE OMAH DAILY BEE: WED DAY, THE WORK OF READIUSTMENT. A distinguishing characteristic of the American people is their recuperative power. No othor people recover so rapidly from the effects of distrust and depression. Thelr restless energy and Indomitable spirit of en- terprise cannot long stand repression. With a great population of the most liberal con- sumers in the world it would seem that this country should never experience any curtail- ment of industrial production, and under ay entirely wise economic system, giving mmb constant employment at good wages, it prob- ably never would. As it is perfodical indus- trial disturbances are to be expected as a result of economie changes through legisla- tion, but 8o long as American Industrial in- terests are given a fair chance in the home market such disturbances are not likely to be greatly prolonged. The work of Industrial readjustment in the United States appears to be making steady progress, and there is reason to expect that by the time the new tariff bill by every department of industry will have been arranged to the changed conditions. This readjustment will not restore to the country the high degree of prosperity which preceded the transfer of political control in the government to the democratic party. It will be effected by a general reduction of the wages of labor and consequently reduced ability on the part of the masses of the peo- The theory that the prices of commodities will fall in proportion to the decline in wages will doubtless be found to be fallacious, and at any rate it will not be conies law meet ple to consume. realized at but it this theory should be confirmed by results an immediate restoration of the former prosperity could hardly be reasonably expected, because the ny wage earners who have been long out of employment will be compelled to practice a rigid economy in order to pay off debts contracted during idleness, and others with reduced incomes will naturally be disposed While, therefore, it is not to be expected that the almost unparalleled in- dustrial activity and prosperity which\ pre- vailed before the existing fiscal policy was threatened will soon return, there s reason to expect that through the process of read- justment now going on the labor of the country will be very generally employed within the next six months, necessarily im- proving the business conditions and increas- ing the general prosperity. This is the promise of the present situ- ation. The industrial establishments resum- ing from week to week far outnumber those ' closing down, and while the former are not in all cases employing as many people as formerly, still the army of the idle is being steadily reduced. With a general resump- tion of mills and factories and a fuller em- ployment of labor the country will have to be satisfled for some years under the new oconomie policy. Industrial progress cannot reasonably be hoped for. Whereas hundreds of mills and factories were built in the two years following the passage of the existing tarift law it is safe to say that under the proposed law new manufacturing enter- prises will be extremely rare and will be undertaken only in the most favored local- ities. While there is nothing in the situa- tion to justify optimistic expectations, there is nevertheless a promise of industrial Im- provement that will be gencrally beneficlal and the movement in that direction, there is once, even to economize. good reason to believe, will not wait for the settlement of the tariff policy by congress. AN UNJU-T DISCRIMINATION. When it was claimed that the new in- come tax measure would require the pay- ment of the 2 per cent tax on the incomes of but 85,000 people, which would be un- able to escape the federal tax gatherer by means of the $4,000 exemption clause, cer- tain democratic organs quickly retorted that this statement was a gross exagger- ation. Against the charge that the income tax as proposed is class legislation of the most vicious kind, they set up the defense that the tax on the profits of corporate Investments extended the area of taxation many fold. The 2 per cent tax imposed on this species of income will strike the great number of small investors, who draw div- idends or interest from the stocks and bonds of the great corporations. They are by no means confined to the comparatively small class who enjoy incomes exceeding $4,000 annually, but on the other hand comprise persons in every walk of life, who, by dint of hard work and saving, may have suc- ceeded in gathering together a little money for permanent investment. The tax on these Incomes is to be collected directly from the corporation and deducted by it from the dividends or interest before It is paid to the party really taxed. For the latter there will be no escape possible. The tax will be collected up to the full legal limit. ‘This, of course, does not refute the charge that tho income fax s class legislation, al- though it goes to show that the class af- fected is not so small as has often been asserted. But it lays open another defect in tho bill that is even more objectionable. In the case of the Income tax proper on all individual incomes In ‘excess of $4,000 the income derived from corporate investments already taxed is to be exempted in addition to the $4,000. The result is an unjust dis- crimination in favor of the rich and against the poor, which may be readily seen by tak- ing a fow numerical examples. A man with an Income of $5,000, of which $1,000 is de- rived from corporate Investments, would be required to pay 2 per cent only on the $1,000, or one-fifth of his entire income. A widow or orphan, on the other hand, whose sole support lay in $4,000 received annually as interest upon railway bonds, would have 2 per cent deducted from the whole §$4,000. Thus the greater income would escape with a smaller tax than the lesser income, in this Instance, both absolutely and relatively. Tho income in excess of $1,000 would in all cases have a relative advantage over one less than that sum when derived in part from the profits of corporate investments, The time approaches when county asses- sors must pull themsolves together for the performance of their duty. Tho task before them Is a delicate and important one. They should be looked after by the vast number of holders of small properties whose interests must be protected as against the machina- tions of the corporations and well-to-do tax shirkers. This latter class makes a business every spring of-cultivating the ward as- sossors, and usually succeeds in securing low assessments upon personal proporty. A campaign should bo waged by the combined forco of little fish against the tax-shirking whales (or sharks). Organized effort will bring about equitable valua- tlons upon personal and real property In the verious wards. This subject may well engage the best attention of labor or- ganizations or any other asspelation of men Who believe that the rich should pay taxes in exact proportion to the poor man who more them. It 1s far better that a small propor- tion of dishonest debtors shall recelve some benefit from the operation of the proposed Jaw than that one honest wage earner shall he imposed upon under existing conditions. owns nothing but a cottage home. A glanco at the ward assessment rolls for last year reveals ridiculously low valuations on personal property in the lower wards where milllons of dollars worth of property’ has been practically exempted from taxation. Treat everybody alike and fairly and let come what may. TRIFLING WITH A VITAL QUESTION. The outlook for a rational and practical treatment of the lquor question by the Towa legislature is not favorable. The iIntroduc- tion fn the lower house of a bill providing for a state constabulary, following closely in the announcenient from the committee on the suppression of intemperance that no Tocal option bill would be reported back to the house, indicates that whatever legisla- tion fs had on the liquor question will be to make the present law more stringent if possible, and certainly more obnoxious in communities where the sentiment is opposed to prohibition. The chairman of the com- ‘mittee on the suppression of intemperance, himself a prohibitionfst, claimed in a recent interview that a majority of the republicans of the house are opposed to any sort of local option, and the fact that he was able to secure the chairmanship of the committee having charge of the liguor question in that body, together with the privilege of naming n majority of the membership, gives a de- gree of credibility to his claim. Mr. Funk has framed a “mulet” bill which his commit- tee 1s ready to report. A canvass of the house resulted, it is claimed, in the discov- ery that fifty-one of the republican mem- bers favor such a law, thus assuring a ma- jority in support of the proposed measure even should the democrats and liberal re- publicans combine and &olidly oppose it. In the senate the liberal republicans and democrats have a majority large enough, it 1s claimed, to pass a local option law. The prohibltionists claim, however, that the pro- posed mulet law can be passed in the sen- ate, In effect such a law would place the en- forcement of the penalties of the act in the hands of the governor. It provides for a tax of mot less than $500 nor more than $1,000, optional with the county board of supervisors, to be levied against any build- ing in which liquor is sold contrary to the present prohibitory law. This tax shall be a lien not only on the property in which the business of selling liquor is carried on, but against any and all property owned by either the party selling the liquor or the party who owns the premises on which the business is conducted. A penalty of 20 per cent attaches to delinquent mulct taxes and payment is to be enforced by sale in the usual manner. If an assessor neglects to return the tax three persons may compel the county solicitor to make the levy. Fallure of the county officers to carry out the pro- visions of the law subject them to suspen- sion by the governor. It is expressly stipulated that this law does not repeal any part of the statutes as they exist. It is intended that the mulct tax shall con- stitute an additional penalty and it is pro- vided that the payment of this tax shall not constitute a defense against any addi- tional prosecution that may be had under the law. In this way the prohibitionists hope to so harass the men who engage in retailing liquors that they will abandon the business, So far as the saloon keeper is concerned this plan may succeed, but under its influence the joint keeper and the boot- legger will prosper as never before. The supporters of the proposed state con- stabulary law, giving the governor the right to suspend the local officers in any commun- ity where prohibition is not a success, may fall to secure its enactment, 50 repugnant is the proposition to principles of free govern- ment, but what is contemplated by this measure in giving the governor autocratic power would virtually be accomplished by the proposed mulct law, which makes it mandatory on the governor to secure its en- forcement by the exercise of the power of suspension. It is plainly the intention of the prohibi tionists in the Towa leglslature to deny to such populous counties as Dubuque, Scott, Des Moines, Lee, Wapello, Pottawattamie, Woodbury, Linn and Johnson, where the sentiment is strongly opposed to prohibition, the right of self-government in respect to the liquor traffic. This is certainly not in har- mony with the intention of the platform on which the republicans of Iowa won their victory last fall, nor is it in consonance with the promises made the people of the counties where enforcement has failed. Another proposition of the prohibitionists is to submit again to a vote the question of constitu- tional amendment. It seems evident that a decade of contention and costly litigation has taught the Towa prohibitionists nothing. But the whole people must bear the expense and the bootlegger and joint keeper view the situation with complacency. WHAT THEY HAVE A RIGHT T0 DEMAND Since the Boston store fire another wail has gone up from insurance agents who fore- tell the abandonment of Omaha by insurance companies if the rates are not further ad- vanced or If better protection cannot be pro- vided against fire losses. We take no stock in such talk. The writing of an Insurance policy presupposes a loss, in the absence of which insurance would amount to nothing. Insurance men have no right to single out Omaha's losses as a basis for advancing rates in this city and all over the state. The records of the state Insurance depart- ment show that insurance companies have in recent years taken out of Nebraska $3 to every $1 paid in fire loss. All that they can rationally ask for 1s that our water pressure shall be up to the required standard and the fire department manned with an efficient force. Inasmuch as the chief ad- juster of the insurance companies Is a member of the fire and police copmissioners, the insurance people have a direct volce in the selection of firemen, engineers, ete., and although that member may be out-voted in appointing firemen he certainly will be' sus- tained in causing the dismissal of any fire department employe who proves to be in- competent, negligent or disorderly, Conceding that more money Is needed for the fire department by reason of the use of steamers, it must be apparent thut any at- tempt to exceed the legal limit of taxes for fire purposes would be resisted and defeated in the courts, The way to raise,more money for fire fighting purposes is to raise the assessment. That does not mean an in- crease of taxes on property already fairly assessed, but a levy upon the tax- shirkers who have covered up their hold- ings In money, stocks and mortgages, and a readjustment of assessments upon & basis that will tax the rich and the poor, the corporation and the private property owners alike. 1t the insurance agents desire to raise the income for fire fighting by a campaign agalnst tax-shirking and flagrant under- valuation we are with them and will ight it out on that line If it takes all summer. If the fire Insurance people demand that the electrical Inspection ordinance be re- vised 80 as to force the owners of electro- lighted buildings to have their wiring done by competent electricians In accordance with the rules of the underwriters we are with them. 1f, on the ather haud, It s pro- posed to make an advance {n insurance rates every time there s, a big fire, or If they propose to force #hr eMormous tax levy and dip into the gengal fund for fire depart. ment expenses weo shall most decidedly remonstrate and Reepron remonstrating. — THE TARIFF LN THE SENATE, Speculation as tg,what the senate will do with the Wilson tarift, bill is now in order The finance commitipe will probably give several weeks' conaideration to the measure, although the chairmanj Mr. Voorhees, is re- ported to have said that he intends o push it as rapidly as possible. The republican members of the eommittee, however, will undoubtedly insi-t upon going over the meas- ure with the greatést eare and thoroughness, 0 that it is hardly probable that the bill will get before the senate for discussion within a month, and how long the discussion will last nobody can tell., Neither,can any- body say with any degree of certainty what democratic opposition, If any, will be devel- oped to the measure. It is reported from Washington that the New York senators, Hill and Murphy, will antagonize it, and this cannot be regarded as altogether incredible. The Idea is that it is to the interest of their political ambitions to have the Wilson bill defeated, for the defeat would be under the Cleveland administration and Mr. Cleveland would be responsible for it. The Incentive, however, that may lead these senators to oppose the Wilson tariff bill fs not altogether hatred of the president. They doubtless be- Heve that a majority of their constituents are hostile to the measure, for they had what would seem to be ample assurance of this in the result of the elections last week In two congressional districts of New York City. Senator Murphy lives in a section of the state where there are great manufactur- ing industries and there will doubtiess be a considerable pressure brought to bear on him for changes in the schedules of the bill at- fecting these industries. Furthermore, it is to be presumed that the New York senators are uncompromisingly hostile to the income tax, which is peculiarly obnoxious to the peo- ple of thelr state. The attitude of Mr. Charles W. Dana toward the Wilson bill may safely be regarded as indicating the position of Senators Hill and Murphy, and ASSUMINg this to be the case they may be counted as unalterably. opposed to that meas- ure. The suggestion that these senators contemplate the destruction of the demo- cratic organization, with the idea of reorgan- izing it on the old Randall lines of a tariff for revenue, with protection as an incident, is hardly to be taken seriously. Mr. Voorhees, charman of the senate finance committee, proposes to see that nothing gets into the tarift bill that will benefit the trusts, and this is a commend- able purpose. He might go further than this in the case of one trust, and that one the most exacting—the Sugar trust—and strike it a fatal blow,*at the same time providing revenue for the government, by putting a duty of say 1 cent a pound on raw sugar and letting the duty on refined re- main as it is. If this were done there would be no necessity for the obnoxious income tax, and the sugar jnterests of the country would be given some. slight protection. It is very likely that an effort will be made to do this, and it is not improbable that such an effort would succeed. It seems to be the impression at Washington that there is likely to be a great deal of trading, Demo- crats will work to secure the protection of their own interests regardless of the inter- ests of others. This will result in trading. For example, the Louisiana senators will agree to vote for some change in the Wil- son bill desired by the New York senators with the understanding that the latter will vote for a duty on sugar. Such combina- tions are more than possible, and this gives warrant for the belief that the Wilson bill will be materially changed in the senate. The Barber asphalt paving contractor upbraids the council for failure to pay his bills while it has promptly settled with the street sweeping contractor. He does not charga that the latter has failed to comply with contract stipulations, which omission is urged against the paving contractor as grounds for withholding the money claimed to be due him. If the sweeping contractor is not doing his duty the city has remedy such as it has adopted in the paving case, Every tub must stand upon its own bottom. If the Barber people have a good claim the courts will sustain them. The fact that the contractor has declined to appeal to the courts is susceptible of the construction that he is fearful that he cannot win his case before a court of law Should it come to a pass that the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who is at the same time the duke of Edinburgh, were compelled to renounce either his German soverelgnty or his position as a prince of the British royal family, the duke would very probably be satisfled to go back to the life which he led before he became heir to the government.ot a German duchy. The privilege of being a reigning monarch may sometimes become a burden. hern Roar. Atlanta Constitution. This shameful failure to redeem a solemn pledge, which was very largely the cause of the democratic victory of 1892, unfortunately comes on the heels of the announcement that there is in the New York banks an ex- cess of $109,000,000 over the reserves, and it is known that this sum bids fair to rapidly incroase week by week. The repeal of the state bank tax would have counteracted this currency congestion in the metropolis. e Hibernia Forover. Kansas City Star., Mr. Cockran and Mr. Bryan have divided the honors in the income tax debate. Mr, Cockran was a little stronger on irench history, but Mr. Bryan showed more famillarity with * the _conditions in Ne- braska. While Louis XI, Ward McAllis- ter, Napoleon Bonaparte and other glants of 'history came out of the debate with damaged reputations, Mr. Cockran and Mr, Bryan repaired to the cioak room like the dripping Horatius emerging from the Tiber, “with shouts and clapping, borne by the Joyous crowd. 1 ST TG Bismasek in Berlin New ‘¥orkt Sun, No matter to whitt extent the life of Bis- marck may be prolonged, and no matter how much or how lttle he may be hen forth directly consifted in public aftairs the meeting of the venerable ex-chancellor and of the young .gmperor, under circum- stances which leave no doubt as to the sin- cerity of their reconciliation, s an event of great political significance. Inside and outside of Germany. there 18 an instinctive recognition of the fdct that, by a memora- ble act of justice, which comes late, but not too late, the welfare of the Fatherland and the popularity of | the dynasty have been materially fortified. FEBRUARY 1 7, 1894, GREED HOLDS THE REINS. Tl n Fallur Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst oxplains in the North Amerfcan Review why reform movements are unsuceessful fn New York City. There are at the present time,” writes the docto “a considerab number of reform movements In New York that are agreed In their purpose to destroy Tam many, but that are just as distinet from one another in the complexion of the adminis tratlon’ which they desire respectively to eatablish {4 its place. Bach of these re- form movements is alming at precedence in the overthrow of exfsting conditions, and each of them alréady regards with a jealous eye the efforts that are being made by its competitors to marshal the approaching cam paign A man or a clique may be intensely Interested in the weal of his city, and yet be still more interested in the success of his personal or political scheme for the compassing of that weal; and when it comes to be a matter between the saving of his city and the success of his own plan for saving, he gives the preference to the latter, and sacrifices the municipal Interests rather than sce victorious any rival policy for the promotion of that interest. This has oceurred repeatedly in the recent histor of this city, and it is extremely probable that it will occur again this ye; There are reputable democrats who are laboring and praying for the overthrow of Tammany hall, that would nevertheless rather sec Tammany hall win than to see a republican elected mayor; and there are republicans in large number that are guilty of precisely the same sort of political bigotry. They will not con- fess It, perhaps are not even aware of it; they will not vote the Tammany ticket next November, but they will do what s in effect precisely the same thing; they will refrain form casting an anti-Tammany ballot, and thus become the passive auxiliary of the very condition against which they are today labor- ing and praying. This is a truth to be stated promptly and urgently. There is being a good deal of hard, honest work done in be- half of our wickedly misgoverned city, and we are some of us continually nettied and acerbated by the reflection that there are political experts of overy stripe that ars lounging ambitiously around waiting for the opportunity to capture the movement in the interests of their own party or preposses sion, posing as reformers (il the critical moment comes, and then seizing upon the opportunity with precisely the same hungry rapacity as that which distinguishes the municipal administration we are suffering under already. Unpleasant as the fact may be, it ‘must nevertheless be appreciated by the rank and file of our reputable citizens that a great deal of the bitterness with which Tammany hall is regarded by some of our conspicuous citizens who have been taking a long political vacation is due exclusively to the fact that they are tired of going barefoot and are hunting for dgad men’s shoes. The municipal enthusiasm that s developing among certain political “back- numbers,” certain republican and democratic corpses that have been lying in grave clothes for some years, waiting for the resurrection tattoo, Is too transparent to baffle the perceptions of intelligent citizens who care to take the candid measure of the situation, Why Reform Mo New York Are —— AN IDEAL LIFE. New York Tribune: Such a life is like a broad, well watered western prairie that yields in abundance everything that is best of its kind. New York Commercial: To few men has it been given to lead such a noble, broaden- ing, kindly life, and humanity can well af- ford to sadly lay upon his bier a greener, more fragrant wreath than ever decked a warrior's tomb or graced a poet’s brow. New York Recorder: George William Childs leaves not only a shining, but a fragrant memory—one that will “smell sweet and blossom in the dust” because of the multitude of kindly deeds, private and public, with which it will always be asso- clated. New York Herald: Without pretension to greatness individually, Mr. Childs was one of the men whose lives make the republic great, and as such his death may be sin- corely mourned, even by thousands who never came witliin the circle of his personal influence. Louisyille Courier-Journal: Tt the desire 0f most men to be wealthy. It s the ambition of many to be great poets, painters, soldiers, statesmen, preachers, players, dreamers or doers, but, after all, the ldeal existence on earth is that of a man of wealth, with a heart big enough to take in all humanity as a sharer of wealth's blessings. Such an existence was that of George W. Childs. Atlanta Constitution: The young men who ére just beginning to make their way in the world should study the principles and meth- ods of this good man. His life teaches us that Christianity in business may go hand in hand with the greatest achievements and the highest degree of success. Such men are rare in this busy world, but when they cross our pathway they leave fragrant memo- ries that endure forever. New York Advertiser: His charity was boundless, and he found his greatest happi- ness in making others happy. In a letter, which we printed the other day, written by Mrs. Childs, she said: “I, his wife, cannot find words strong enough to show him to the world as he is in his own home. He ¥s in character more than human.” A nobler and better life it does not seem possible for mortal to live. . New York World: The so-called honoris of life have been often and earnestly pressed upon him, only to be rejected. He had that contentment of mind which, with- out paralyzing endeavor, restrained ambi- tion within bounds set by himself and directed his life consistently in the lines which he had marked out as fittest for him. He was a greatly good man, and his loss is a bereavement to his generation as well as to his personal friends. Chicago Record: Without making him- selt illustrious for any signal endeavors in the world of thought, Mr. Childs has gained a beautiful fame more for what he was than for what he did. This is perhaps the most serviceable lesson of his life. With him it was a question not of making achievements, but of living well. He did right because he lived right, the trend of his moral nature being such that good deeds were the sim- ple, natural, inevitable fruitage of his character. Cincinnati Enquirer: Seeking no promi- nence himself, studiously avoiding it, he yet, through others, molded public opinion, Tuled public men and shaped public events as few individuals in the history of this country have done. And he possessed that peculiar greatness, which belongs to very few men in this world, of belng content with himself when he had accomplished a great purpose, and feeling no desire that it ghould be known to others. That fis strength in its greatest exhibition. — Few possess It as he did. Phenomenally of all men of our time he was “tender and true, e A LE. is New York Sun. ‘When her bonnets are frayed, Though the bills are unpaid And her yearly allowance 15 spent; Then she says with a sigh And a shudder: ““Oh, my! Thank goodness—it soon will be Lent And he, when some morn He walces broke and forlorn, backbone all quirky and bent; he tugs at his shoe off waltzing and booze, And exclaims: “Thank the good Lord for Lent! And we're all of us pl ed, For our burdens are cased, Though 50 poor we can't borrow a centj 8till, for once in the yvear, We may ask without fear, And the answer will surely 'be: “Lent Highest of all in Leavening l\;wu.—Latest U. 8. Gov't Report, ol Baking Powder ABSCIUTELY PURE B e e I HARMONY'S HUGE RENTS. Spectacle P ed by the Demoeracy In Washingto The Washington correspondent of the Bale timore Sun, writing under date of February 1, sketches the condition of the dominant party at the national capital as follows “The political sea when triumphant mocracy re-ontered upon supreme control was without a ripple, and the great captain of all was sup to have fair safling ahead for the four years crulse. But the anchors had scarcely been lifted when the storm cloud of expectations disappointed darkened the fair horizon, and the tidal wave of suspiclon, distrust and discord reared mountain high its threatening head The cloud has grown blacker and blacker, and the wave has towered higher and higher. At the card reception at the whi O on Thursday of last week, given especially In honor of the congress of the United States, the republicans present largely outnumbered the democrats. 1t was difl It to pick out a democratic senator. This absence was 8o conspictots as almost to be embarrassing, from the usially It rotfeent tongue of president. not the purpose of this com- munication ek to locate the sponsi- for this unhappy condition of affairs Of course, opinions differ as to that. It {s the wish only to rocite facts. It I8 an ex- traordinary though, when demo. crats assert publicly that they had more consideration under republiean administra tions than under the one of their own party. It {5 unquestioned that spoils have not little to do with this estrangement, bat it fs a erted with confid, that other causes, involving dignity and self-respect, have as important bearing upon the reasons why so very few of the defocratic leaders ever cross the portals of tho white house. Until this winter nothing but death or personal iliness has been regarded as a sufftcient ex- cuse for not responding to a white house in vitation, and the eyes of the punctilious have distended alarmingly at the news that sev- eral democratic senators bidden to white house dinners have sent the most curt and formal declinations. “Immediately after the while the senate was here slon, prominent senators and again the besought the president to call the house together, so that the tarift could be at once taken up for consideration and be disposed of by autumn. Undoubtedly the president had good reasons for not adopting these suggestions, but experienco has proved their wisdom. Other suggestions as (o public policy and public measures were not received very lally—the president would listen in silence and look hored Finally when senators and ministers came to the white house they found the private retary of the president standing like a Chi- nese wall between them and the presence of the execut They were required to state tho nature of their business and after- ward to wait until ft was ascertained whether they could have, an audience. In some instances they were dismissed with the notice that If the president wished to seo them the fact would be communicated. It is related that during the extended silver debate in the senate there were frequent instances when conference with the execu- tive would have been most desirable, but the opportunity could not be obtained. On one occasion a distinguished member of the senate finance committee, in the very crisis of the fight, when a word from the white house was almost vital, rushed to the execu- tive mansion only to find that the president was out somewhere in Maryland shooting squirrels.” 4th in of March, special se assert that again A Stormy Political Outlook. Springfield (Mass ) Repulblican: urbing to the country perhaps ual enfors tay s the a part of the national house favors the adop- tion of this policy. It is a matter, as we look at it, of great and even alarming sig- nificance.’ It betokens the existence of class and scctional feeling in rexard to the distribution of wealth, and of the pub- lic tax burden of troublesome proportions. More important yet, it indicates a crystal- ization of this feeling Into radical, aggres sive and more or less practical ‘effort in the way of equalizing existing industrial conditions. This is the meaning of the extraordinary political situation at Washington. The dem- ocratic majority, although in power, is not in control of congress. Its leaders, where standing for the old, conservative, let economic principles 'of the democrac shown to be in a minority. They have heen set aside by a younger and radical element from the new south and the new west. Populism did not gather to itself all the so- cially revolutionary forces of the country in the great political upheaval of 1802, They surged into the democratic ranks from overy side and sent to Washington not merely a dozen populists, but- nearly 100 representatives democratic in name but populist in sentiment. It must now appear that silver repeal was carried against pe haps a controlling opposition by the force of executive power and by concentrated and clamorous public opinion in the wealth- fer minority sections, and the fight left the radical _element more ugly than ever and more determined to make trouble for the conservative democracy of the administra- tion. Such are the causes and forces back of the income tax bill. O Narrow Guage Policies. Cinennatt Coma erefal. One of the fofemost features of the Har- rison administration was the principle of reciprocity. Blaine virtually " formulated that fdea. It has proved a great success, but now comes the democratic party—and proposes to abolish it, and for no other reason, 8o far as ordinary mortals can di; cover, than that it was a republican mea: ure. Cleveland and his mugwump secre- tary of state pro 4 upon this theory in the Hawailan case. Great men arve never governed by any such narrow-minded pol- fey. The nation as a whole is bigger than men, and national interests outlive pigmy nd it even elicited comment | the statesmanship. oy e e =E - Ran‘ngo K'NG~ B Tho largest makers and sallors of fine ¢lothos on Bartl Your money’s worth or your monsy ba: 't | Morning WHERE TO FIND THE NEWS, Compnrison Retween day by The Bee apers Printed Yootor- 1 Would-Be Rivals. The daily comparison between the amount of reading matter, oxclusive of commercial news and advertisements, printed in The Bee, World-Herald and Lincoln Journal, gives the following figures for yesterday Wi, wide columns Morning W.-H., short, narrow columns Lincoln Journal, short, narrow columns. Ivening Hee, long, wide columns Evening W.-H,, short, narrow columns, - IND NEBRASKANS, 33 n 7 30 NEBRASKA well Bros. of Plade Center have cleared $10,000 off sugar beets in the past two years. W. W. Henry has begun the publication of the Watchman at Taylor, the capital of Loup county The question of issuing $17,000 in bonds to bufld a new court house will be decided by the voters of Nance county. Four hundred old settlers of Richardson county attended the anrfual bean soup and corn bread dinner at Verdon Monday. A Kearney genius has started out to win a §50,000 prize by inventing a device for op- crating an electric strect rallway without the use of the trolley wirs Two tramps who wanted to stay in jail at Nebraska City were turned looso the other morning when it was found that they were tearing down the structure. Ben G. Briggs, an industrious and frugal Cass county farm hand, died last week, and In_looking over his effects friends found $1,700 in an old trunk. He had no relatives in this state and may liad none living. He was born in Rhode Island, and if no rel- atives can be found his cash, together with auite a little othér personal property, will revert to the state and go to enrich ‘the school fund. The decoased was 66 years of age and died of dropsy The Santee Indians were Uncle Sam again this week, and a “merry-go-round” time was had, says the Niobrara Tribune. Bach one received $10, which was soon pald out for what they wero in the most need of. In many cases firo water seemed to be all they neede An long as liquor is dealt out to' them over an open bar and carried out the back door to them by “old soaks” it will be Impos- sible to keep them from getting ‘‘heap drunk.” One of them was seen at tho agency with a bottle of whisky in every pocket; if he'd haq more pockets he would have had more whisky /3 3 Within Safe Li Cinchmati Commercial, The leaders of the republican party are staying closely by the people. This is a mighty good position from which to conduct the political battles of the future. Soma- times the people, as in 1892, get on to the wrong side, but not often. In this country of ours, where the people are the source of all power, it is usually safe to trust the con- centrated common sense of our citizens. PLEASANTLY PU paid off by o8, Glen Falls Republican: A bent pin on a chair is a good starting point for an up- ward career. 1zette: The quack doctor has jents who will speak in his favor, wjority s dead against him, some but the 1 Da ws: When most peaple recelve advice which they consider £ood they want to give it to somebody clse as original mat- ter. Philadelphia Reca The difference tween the wealthy idler an orchestra s that the bition is to kill time, Dbeats it. mer's sole while the am- latter Washington Star: “Er man ob small capacities,” remarked Uncle Iben, “‘gener- ally r'alizes dat he can’t amount ter much ‘ceppin’ 6z a nuisance, an’ stahts in ter make a record in dat i Detroft Free Press: “Say, vou charge me too much for this light,”" he growled as he pald the electric company for his last month’s account *“Oh, no,"smiled the collector, current price to every Puck: Mr. Flathouse—What did you kick me under the table for when I asked Gorgeleigh to ha apin? Mrs. Flathous 5 N reasons. There was no more ter not being a skirt dancer, I couldn't’ kick over it. “that's our said the collar to the ot feel the effects of the gen- Judge: cuffs, “do 3 1 'dullness We should say we did,” replied the cuffs, “We never met with o many reverses in our lives. Texas Si Old Gadboy has mar- ried “agair “You don't tell me so “Yes, and he married a right forty years younger than he is." “Well, I declare! His other wife dled six months” ago_and he went on so at the grave that I expected that he would lose his mind.” “Well, you see your prediction has come to pass.’’ ftings: voung girl, WHAT IT ALL CAME TO. indianapolis Journal. He never smoked a good cigar, He drank some beer—bui never wine He'd wear a_coat for fifteen months, And raise a beard to save a dime. He always growled about the price Whene'er the barber cut his hair; He never rode upon a car, But walked instend, By such denials his Much to his honest pride, Until it reached the million ma And then he up and died. the fare. une grew k— —=a: The Fire-Fiend Has again got in his pEsTe e I e i a: e T AsAroas T —pe= i s hshe Will pay theexpress If you send the money for #20 worth or more i | gt | s A A A can buy a $6 pair of trousers for $4.50—or a $3 pair for $2.25. Those who have patronized us in the past know these to be more than ordinary bargains and well worthy of your inspection, the price, the quality is just as good as ever, BROWNING, KING & CO., | S. W. Cor.15th and Douglas Sts, work and did it with a rapidity that is only equaled by the race- horse pace with which we are disposing of our magnificent stock of men’s suits and over- coats. The cut is gen- eral all over the store. More particularattention is called to our men's $12 suits that go for $8.50. The suits we are selling now for $16.50 were formerly $20. You No matter how low I+ T RO T B bbb ;L‘UV. Ui