Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 9, 1894, Page 4

. 4 e e e e e e e THE OMAHA !)A\anlenflr",‘. R PURLISHED BYERY MORNING TERMS OF SUSSCRIPTION 1t Sunday) One Yoa Yows, it ® 800 10 00 00 50 2 00 im0 65 Dally Pee (wit Dally and Sunday. © Stx Months Three Months Sunday Beo, One Ve Batunfny Nee, One Yenr Weekly lee, One Yeur OFFICES. Omaha. The Tee Bullding th Ol 1Bl Btrect JMce. 317 Chamber of Commeree. 3, roons 13, 14 and 15, Tribine building Eton. 514 Fourtoenth street CE, 10 news and odi- Taventy-fourth streets. SCH] matter sl ATl bstuons lotters and rernen (o The Hee Prblishing eompany, Omid Neo orders 10 S mads payable o the order of (he comuany THE BER PUBLISHIN [ OMP. IMENT OF CIRCULATION. Tzschuck, secretary of The Tlee Publishing company, being duly swort that the actual number of full and comple coples of The Daily Morning, FEvening a Bunday Bee printed during the month January, 150, was as folows: U (21881 L6162 23,443 1055 SV b Total for the Less reductions for turned coples. .. Total sold B Dally average net circulation unday. unsol TZSCHUCK, Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence this 5th day of February, 1501 (SEAL.) P. WEIL, Notary Public, GRORGE B feel re- as well shown Cleveland would had the as the house How President lieved it ho under the itself to be! senate has only reins Mr. Boutelle may as well make up his mind that he is not in it when the present house of representatives is determined to endorse the president’s Hawalian policy. Surprises in the line of federal pat dispensing are ainly better’ than There are-plenty of hungry democrats On with the dance, a5 cer sus pense. still hungering for office. The extension of Jim Hill's Great Northern system to Omaha is one of the favorable signs for the city's futurc. Outside influences are working favorably for the city just now. probable If the electric lighting contracts are to be placed on the basis of voltage, why continue to worry about the lack of harmony that is sald to exist between the city electrician and the electric lighting contractor? Several federal eclections supervisors will soon be out of a job. But the republican fncumbents have the consolation that their ousting does not make way for the distri- bution of any additional federal patronage for the democrats. As far as reported, St. Joseph is the first western city to come forward with a propo- sitlon to break away from the telephone monopoly by establishing a ' rival system. Perhaps the proposed rival has an eye upon that fncreased capital stock of the Bell company. The Bee has secured at considerable ex- pense one of Bret Harte's remarkable stories of western life, “The Sherift of Siskyon. This story presents an unusual plot, is peo- pled with extraordinary characters and is written in Mr. Harte's most engaging and interesting style. It will form one of the at- tractive features of The Sunday Bee. Petitions protesting against the passage of the Wilson bill continue to pour into the senate despite the decrce that that measure 15 to be pushed through substantially as passed by the house. After the bill shall have been enacted and become law the democrats will have no grounds to main- tain that they were not duly warned of the views of the people on the subject now be- fore them. No change would have been made in the final result of the vote on the repeal of the federal elections law had the populist sena- tors recorded themselves with the minority. Just what the populists are to gain by the repeal is not evident on the surface unless it is the applause of some few of the southern members of their party or a claim on the gratitude of the patronage dis- pensing administration. The statement that ‘the Oxnards will abandon their sugar factories in Nebraska after the present year is probably prema- ture. In the first place it yet remains for the senate to pass the tariff bill without ‘changing the sugar schedule. And even with free sugar it may be demonstrated that the high rates of transportation from the east may enable the Nebraska man facturer to compete with the importer with reasonable success. Admiral Mello is recalling the days of blockade running on the lower Mississippi in the days of the war. The safety with which the Aquidaban ran the gauntlet at Rio, how- ever, proves that progress in naval sclence has made more rapld strides in the construe- tion of warships, than in the efliclency of marksmanship. Of the 600 and odd shots di- rected at the Aquidaban, it is reported that but two or three struck the ship, and these glanced harmlessly from her sides. This foretaste of spring weather ought to impress it upon every cltiden of Omaha that it s high time to perfect the plans and details of any fmportant improvements that are to be carrled through this year. There is no excuse for delaylng preparations until the last minute and then hurrying so that the arrangements are only halt satisfactory. Begin early and the work, whatever it may be, will be performed in a more thorough manner than If rushed through at the last moment under threats of interruption by the boginning of another cold season. The present session of the Interstate Com- merce commission at Chicago s of more than usual interest and importance. Promi- ment rallroad officials have recently been more radical than usual in their attitude toward the commission and have even gone 50 far as to call @ meeting at which ways and means are to be discussed’ for the re- vival of the old form of pooling specifically prohibited by the interstate commerce act. In & struggle between the railroads and the commission the railroads will lose In the end. They may lguore the commission for @ time, but sooner or later public seatiment will rally to its support. ' CURRENCY. EXPEDIENTS, | Out of the, numarous plans which are pro- | posed for giving the countey m more elastic | currency it fs possible that something of a satisfactory character will be evolved. Some of the measures which have for two months past been under consideration by the house banking and currency committee will prob- ably be reported within a short time, but with the diversity of views existing among the majority party In congress as to the cur- rency, it is impossible to say with any de- of certainty what sort of legislation relating to tho currency will finally be adopted, or when, It was suggested in both the message of the president and the report of the secretary of the treasury that there was no hurry for currency legislation and that the whole subject should be carefully considered in all its aspects before any- thing was done, Secretary Carlisle pointed out that so, far as the supply of money is concernad it is far in excess of the business demands of the countrys and he urged that until there is such a revival of industry and trade as to require the use of the circulating medium now outstanding it would be ardous to arbitrarily increase its volume by or to make material changes in its character by disturbing in any manner the relations which its different forms now bear to each other. This good counsel, dictated by a high sense of responsibility, but the demo- crats In congress manifestly think that it is necessary to put their distinguishing mark legislation as on everything élse and it is therefore to be expected that they will sooner or later agree upon a new currency policy. The latest contribution to this object to which public attention is be- ing directed is the bill of Representative Warner of New York, of which only the out- lines have been published. It is an “elastic currency” measure and provides for the furn- ishing of currency by banking institutions acting under aws and without any de- pendence on the general government ex- cept that the latter, through the comptroller of the currency, provides the notes and in- spects thoe issuing banks. In order to ob- tain notes an institution, if not a national bank, must satisfy the comptroller of the currency of four things: Kirst, that the laws of its state give holders of its circu- lating notes a first lien upon its assets and make them a liability against shareholders, as now Is the case of national banks. Sec- ond, that it has adequately provided for re- demption of its notes, cither at the capital city of its state or at some other city pro- vided by the comptroller. Third, that its paid up and unimpaired capital is at least $50,000, and that the aggregate amount of its outstanding notes, including national bank notes, 1s kept less In amount than 75 per cent of its paid up and unimpaired capital. Iourth, that it is not in default in compli- groe haz- to law, was on currency ate ance with any provision of the act. The bill repeals the 10 per cent tax only as to state banks which comply with its pro- visions. There are .good features in this measure, but whether it would give the country an elastic currency is a debatable question, though there can be no doubt that its tendency would be to encourage infla- tion. It see;ns to be pretty generally agreed that a currency system with greater elasticity Is desirable and if this can be at- tained without any sacrifice of safety it would doubtless be a good thing for the country. But it is not entirely clear that any of the proposiiions thus far made in the present congress would accomplish this, and all of them must be regarded as steps in the direction of a return to t‘ha old state bank currency system, WE SHOULD PLAN FOR THI3 FUTURE. The revival of the talk about building wings to the court house or bullding a story under the present structure may not be pre- mature, but neither proposition will com- mend itself to practical business men is folly to talk about building another story under the court house, That scheme wouM involve an outlay of fully $100,000, and by the time that sum was expended we would have an abortion on our hands. A classical building designed for a given leight cannot be raised in height without marring its proportions and destroying its beauty. At best it would be botchwork and the building would sooner or later have to be pulled down entirely. The proposition to bulld an extension to the court house that contemplates an outlay of $200,000 should not be thought of for a moment, unless plans for an entirely new court:house, with all modern appliances, de- signed to meet our wants for the next 100 years, shall first be prepared and adopted and the wings are made part of the great structure. To build a wing to the present court house as a part of the Myers plan would mot meet our requirements. It would give us a patch-quilt public building that would at best only be a makeshift. The old building would go to pleces before the wings had been occupied five years. If it is contemplated to have a commo- dious, modern court house that will cover tho entire square we should not spend an- other dollar for reconstruction. We should keep the building in repair until wé can oc- cupy part of the new building. And then we should vacate the old court house, pull it down and finish the center of the new bullding according to the plans for a monu- mental structure like the Minneapolis court house or the Cincinnati city hall. The time Is not far distant when the county and city will be united under one government, This is the trend of modern local government. The city of St. Louls and county of St. Louls are under one govern- ment and the same Is true of San Francisco. Sooner or later we must carve out the county of Omaha out of this city, South Omaha, Florence and other suburban towns within a radius of six or eight miles. The remainder of Douglas county will either liave its own county seat or be merged with Sarpy county. When that time comes the county court house will be municipal and county headquarters and the city hall an auxillary office building. ING OUT THE PEOPLE, It was reasonably expected that the sen- ato finance committee would be at loast as cousiderate of the people whose Interests will be affected by the new tariff as was the ways and means committee of the house, and it was unquestionably a cause of very general surprise when the democratic m Jority of the finance committee decided not to glve any hearlngs and to go on with the consideration of the tariff bill without giving any interest an opportunity to state its con- dition and wishes. This arbitrary proceed- ing, quite without precedent, we bellove, In connection with tarift legislation, is also, 1t is not to be doubted, very disappointing to some Interests which had expected to be heard. The reasons given by the chairman of the committee for the decision not to allow hearings are by no means satisfactory. It 1s the duty of congress to obtaln as full information as possible from the people in & matter of this kind, and the fact that the ways and means committee did not extend its hearings over sufiicient time to enable THE OMAH all the intorests affected by the tariff to present thofr casos with the fullness to be desired In order to enable to possess itselt of the best and most complete knowledge for the task of revising the tarift furnished the strongest possible reason why the senate committee should have given ample time for hearings. The country will bear in mind that this action of the democrats in shutting out the people was against the earnest appeal and remonstrance of the republican members of the' finance committee, The republicans do- sired and urged that all interests, and par- ticularly the laboring and the agricultural interests, which will suffer most from the operation of the proposed new fiscal policy, be permitted to state their case to the com- mittee, but to no plrpose. The democrats of the senate did not want to hear this tostimony, knowing full well that its weight enormously against the bill house, and they determined their work heedless of what the people most concerned in its result de- sire. But while the republicans of the senate were unable to get a hearing for the people before the finance committee they will not be so casily thwarted when the tarift bill comes before that body for dis- cussion. Then they will be able to show what the people would have demonstrated had they been permitted and undoubtedly they will make full use of the opportunity. TOR INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLIS The movement started in Boston for the purpose of promoting the cause of interna- tional bimetallism is interesting, whether it accomplish anything or not. Those con- cerned In it are not in favor of the larger use of silver in this country, independent of international action and agreement. Their idea is that the time is auspicious for ad- vancing the cause of international bimetal- lism, believing that the necessities of com- merce in the not far distant future will com- pel an international use of silver as well as of gold in the throughout the world. The men conspicuously identified with this movement are President Andrews of Brown university, who was a delegate to the Brussels conference, General Francis A. Walker, Oliver Ames, W. W. Crapo, Senator Hoar, Senator Lodge, ex-Governor Russell and others prominent in the political, finan- clal and business. affairs of Massachusetts, With such men supporting the movement it cannot fail to attract widespread attention, and very likely will lead to orsanization elstwhere for a like purpose. The originators of this movement doubt- less found encouragement in the utterances which have recently been made by public men and in the press of Europe regarding silver. \The comments of the English papers upon the failure of the United States to ask for the reassembling of the international monetary conference indicated that it is clearly urderstood there that if silver is to be taken care of England must take part in the work and probably the initiative. The utterances of leaders like Mr. Balfour and Mr. Goschen show that a very considerable part of the English public is of this mind, and there is reason to believe that the senti- ment is growing. It is admitted by British newspapers and capitalists that Great Brit- aln has as much at stake as any other na- tion and that the duty of taking action is as strong upon her as upon any other. The pre- vailing idea seems to be that the Interna- tional monetary conference should meet once. a year and fix annually the price of sil- ver in the chief market of the world. The free coinage of silver is distinctly disayowed, what is almed at being simply a larger use of silver that would advance its value and make it more acceptable as a money. The leaders of the conservative party in England are bimetallists, and the belief has been ex- pressed that if an election were held there now with bimetallism as an issue the lib- erals would be beaten. On the continent there have been recent indications of a growing sentiment in favor of bimetallism, particularly in Germany, and although the German government has given it no counte- nance, going only o far as to consider the proposition for a currency commission, the movement in behalf of bimetallism is mak- ing itself felt with the people. In view of these facts the movement in- augurated at Boston and having the author- ity and support of men of national repute, irrespective of politics, is not untimely, and the possibility of it exerting an important influence is apparent. THE CONSTITUTIONAL QUORUM. By an adriot parliamentary manipulation the speaker of the house managed on Wednesday to evade a ruling upon a very important question of constitutional layw. The vote on the adoption of the McCreary resolution developed the fact that 177 mem- bers had responded to their names when under the usual proceedings 179 votes are necessary to a quorum. The opposition of course made the point of no quornm, where- upon Mr. Springer volunteered the sugges- tion that although ordinarily the votes of 179 members were required,to constitute & constitutional quorum, the existence at the present time of four vacancles in the house reduced the number needed to 177. M. Springer's contention Is that the majority prescribed by the constitution and by the rules of the house s a majority of the clected members who have qualified and not of the total number of representatives to which the people are by law entitled. The question of the constitutional quorum here raised is not that of the manner of determining the presence of ‘a quorum, whether by calling the roll or by counting the members in the hall, but that of deter- mining the number which shall constitute the quorum. The precedents clted during the debate were all advanced in support of the point which Mr. Springer attempted to make. It was stated for example that during the war and reconstruction perlod, when many of the southern states had failed to elect congregsmen to represent them at Washington, the rule was to consider a majority of the members elected a quorum. But this precedent is not entirely applicable since the government was confessedly labor- ing in a crippled condition, and under one theory of reconstruction those states had lapsed back to the status of territories and were not entitled to representation until readmitted as states into the union. The other case cited was that of a ruling by Speaker Bell that in passing a bill over the president’s veto by a two-thirds vote of the house, the house consisted only of the mem- bers elected. All that the constiuttion says upon this phase of the subject s that a majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business. In another place it says that the house shall consist of members elected every second year and that these mem- bers shall be apportioned among the several states, and that thelr number shall not exceed one for every 30,000, but whether the majority shall be of the legal number or of the number elected It doss not explicity state. The senate, to which the same provision applies, has construed this clause to refer to the legal number of congress would be passed by th to go on with currencies DATLY BEE: FRIDAY, senators, that Is one more than the number of states. The practicaof the chief forelgn parliaments which” RAW ‘a’ majority quorum 18 In the same dirgefjon, Both the French Senate and the Frageh Chamber of Deputies réquire a majority of. the legal number of members. The Garman imperial constitu- tion makes such a majority for the Reichstag an express provisiomof Its constitutional law. This is thmcomly method that can make the numbervrequired for a majority quorum a fixed ofik; it would necessarily vary from time to tiime were it to be one more than half those'iho were elected and had qualified 4 While the rulesrand, regulations for the Internal government o) the house have been left for its determingtion, the question of auorum must eventually come before the supreme court for adjudication. Let a bill be enacted or an act be passed over a veto of the president by a disputable majority or be beaten by a disputable minority and a case will be made out that can be taken into the courts. The subterfuge by which Speaker Crisp ordered a new roll call with the unanimous consent of the house defers the decision, but does not decide. s AR The Springfield Republican, In answering an intimation of the New York Journal of Commerca. that by permitting and authoriz ing the proposed enlargement of the capital stock of the Bell Telephone company Massa- chusetts is virtually assisting that corpora- tion to maintain and perperuate its monop- oly, insists that there is only the remotest connection betwen the question of capital and the fact of monopoly. The telephone must be a monopoly, because it can only be an efficient method of communication when operated as a single system. If it is not the Bell which manages to swallow up all would-be competitors it will be some other company. The Republican goes on to suggest that Massachusetts treat the tele- phone as it has treated the gas companies and the railroad companies, that is, guaran- teeing them against raids by pretended rivals and at the same time subjecting them to the control of a state commission. The state telephone commission could then be appealed to whenever any patron felt that he was being discriminated against or un- fairly dealt with. If we cannot have a postal telephone at once we must have pro- tection from arbitrary telephone rentals, and for this purpose the state commission may offer a temporary solution. company The county physician excuses himself for turning over a part of his practice on the county poor to medical students who are not entitled to practice regularly under the state law on the ground that the business is too large for one man to attend to. He does not say, however, that county patients take precedence with him over his private pa- tients. If he were devoting all of his time to county work his excuse might be an en- tire justification of his neglect to treat partic- ular cases in person, But so long as he has time to place at the disposal of pay patients he cannot be doing for the county poor all that lies within his power. No man in public office should be allowed to serve two masters. It the work is too arduous for one man he should be given such assistance as he needs, either permanent or temporary, but in any event the inmate of an alms- house shall be treated by competent sur- geons and physicians and not be subject to experiments of amateurs. The time for medical experiments upon’ paupers comes after they are dead. We: hope to see the day when the sur- vivors of the old First' and Second Nebraska regiments shall be given some mark of dis- tinction by the younger generation of Ne- braskans. The part taken by these veterans in the war of rebellion and in Indian cam- paigns of the west has emblazoned history's page. General Grant in his memoirs gives the First Nebraska under Colonel Thayer the compliment of special mention for its valor on the field of Shiloh.» Nebraska did not send many soldiers to the front during the war, because there were not many men at that time in the state, but those who went volunteered to defend the union and they fought as heroes fight. A correspondent of The Bee at McCool Junction wants to know why the grain ship- pers there cannot get as favorable trans- portation rates as those accorded the ship- pers of Fairmont, a town eight miles south, There are many problems of like nature at various towns throughout the state. They can never be solved until the State Board of Transportation can be made to do its duty. This case may be one that must ultimately go before the Interstate Commerce commission, but the state board could do much toward mediating for relief were its members so disposed. The Metropolitan Union depot ordinance has been completely revised to meet the re- quirements of the incorporators—the Union Pacific and the city. Now, why cannot the council be convened in a special session to discuss the provisions of the ordinance and put it on its passage? It takes a week to get the mayor's approval and it takes at lenst twenty days thereafter before the special election can be held. That means practically thirty days from date or even longer. It we are to derlve any benefit this year from the project we are losing a great deal of precious time, Prospective Explanation, New York World. The reason the attorney of the Whisky trust was appointed attorney general to enforce the anti-trust law has not been ex- plained. When it is, the explanation may show why enforcement is not enforeing. Phitadetphia 1 ecord. ‘The prompt retfaction of a Rio journal, which had garbled one of Admiral Ben: ham's letters to F [f(uln with offensive in- terpolations, shows ‘that the echo of that six-pound shot is still reverberating in the Pan-American tympgipim. The Crank <t P An Omaha crank is bent upon taking the life of Judge Dun@y of Omaha because he issued an injunction forbldding a strike of the employes of the Union Pacific railroad. Having been foreWarned of the murderous intentions of the fellow, the judge should spare mo effort tobhaye him blaced under Fostramt. Crankide ‘hust be made odious. Political Indications. tilobe- Demoecrat. The republican ajority of fifty in the next house of re,&munuwa, Wiloh some of the democrats arg predicting, is likely to be below, rather thaf above the tariff and income tax bill alone a majority of that size, while the Hawallan meddling “‘and other democratic blundering and rascality will probably add fifteen or twenty to that lfllll] How it Work: St. Paul Pioneer Press. A firm of advertising agents in Phila- delphia, replylng to a letter of the Pioneer Press company about the renewal of con- tract for advertising on account of a great house in the tobacco business In that city, says: “All we can say In this connection is that as long as this tarift tinkering goes on there Is not the slightest prospect of us getting any more advertising out of the firm." This 18 simply one sample among hundreds of the paralysis which has been brought upon nearly all kinds of business by the tariff tinkering in congress, FEBRUARY I Y, | NEBRASKA ND NEBRASKANS, Plans are being drawn for a house at Norfolk. The Chilcago Packing company has stopped Killing hogs at Nebraska City Iee men in Seward paid out borers who harvested the crop. Co-operative revival meetings at Columbus have resulted in many conversions weak thieves at Tecumseh steal blankets from the backs of horses tied in the streets Whenever the fce breaks up in the Loup the owners of the bridge at Monroe take it up until all danger s passed. An attack of the grip drove C. A. Windsor of Beaver Crossing insane and he has been taken to the Lincoln asylum. Point who ought to be married. The realty market there is depressed and it would pick up wonderfully if the matrimonial market would only lead the way. J. J. Manchan of Summerfield, canght in_the act of burglarizing a dence at Falls City and was sentenced forty days in the county jail. John Fiddler, a 45-year-old David City laborer, tried to end his existence by put- ting a pistol ball in his breast. The bul- let, however, didn't penetrate deep enough, and John will recove W. D. Alexander, a Milford druggist missod ain_at Seward just becaus dropped his pocketbook with $800 in ft. He preferred to stay away from home another day rather than lose the money. Miss Katie Hodgins journeyed clear from Toronto to Norfolk just to marry the man of her choice, John O'Donnell, a cornet player with the Hurlburt & Leftwich circus There are fifty single young men at West Two Falls City boys, Vernle Sears and a_ boy named Pound, each about 15 years old, met, and each ac- cused the other of theft. Then It me to a fight in which Sears was severe stabbed in the abdomen and Pound was beaten almost insensible with a club. When found neither was able to get away and both required assistance to get on their feet C. W. Stewart and George E. Brown of Hastings live neighbor to each other, but they are not on very neighborly terms. Brown has a couple of boys who have been acknowledged the terrors of the hood for a long time and are constantly in trouble. The other day Stewart filed com- plaint in county court against Ollie Brown alleging that for want of paternal care he was growing up in mendicancy and vagrancy and was incorrigible, and wants him sent to the reform school. The next day Brown swore out a complaint against Stewart for an assault on his boy and also against Stewart's daughter Fannie, alleging that she was incor- rigible and ought to be in the reform school. The hearings are yet to come. The eighth annual session of the North Nebraska Teachers association will be held at Columbus March 27, 28 and 29, and an ex- tensive and interesting program has been prepared for the occasion. Among the fea- tures will be lectures by Superintendent Sabin of Des Moines and Hon. W. F. Norris of Ponca, judge of the Eleventh district. Mr. Sabin is one of the most eminent edu- cators in the United States, and Mr. Norris has few equals as an orator and literary scholar in the west. The music for the oc- casion will be furnished by the best talent from different parts of the state. The county which has present and enrolls the largest percentage of its active teachers, teachers engaged in teaching this year,Platte county excluded except for honorable men- tion, will be awarded a splendid flag, to re- main in the custody of the Teachers associ- ation of the counily winning until March, 1895, The usual one and one-third fare rate has been granted by the railroads. Sda Ll Expressions of Sympathy. Pniladelphia Public 1. Again is it proved that simple worth, nobility of living, unselfish devotion to high ideals, lack no measure of apprecia- tion. There has been such general, sin- cere and profound recognition of the char- acter and the life of the late Mr. George W. Childs as should serve as an inspiration to all those who aspire to the affection and esteem of their fellow men. The expressions of regret and sympathy evoked by Mr. Childs' death have been of such a character, so many and so earnest, as to seem to require that public acknowl: edgment should be made of-them in this place. They have come from all classes and conditions of people; from all parts of the United States and from Europe; from the present and from the late president of the nation; from the members of the cab- inet; from senators and representatives; from governors of states; from the repre- sentatives of the church, 'of all creeds and sects; from publishers and editors; from men of affairs; from the members of the Jearned professions, and from that source which most of all 'Mr. Childs would have most greatly valued, from the representa- tives of labor, from the working people, with whom he greatly sympathized. To those who love him ‘and reverence his memory these expressions are of inestima- ble value, They show how common, true and great was the public appreciation of this ood and beneficent man, whose spirit of peace and good will was without limita- tions. new opera $300 to Ia- Kan., was rosi- to ———— Senator Allen Introduces a Bill. Chicago Times. Senator Allen of Nebraska has Intro- duced a bill which, In effect, covers some- what the ground of Congressman McGann's recommendation to the house committee on judicinry, It provides that it shall be un- lawful for any United States court to issue a writ of injunction, mandate, or restrain- ing order against any labor 'organization, its officers, or members in any manner af- fecting their full freedom to peacefully and quietly quit the service of any person or corporation at any time they may see fit to do so. The measure Is a proper one and merits passage. That dissatisfied em- ployes should be restrained from injuring the property of their employers, or from preventing by violence other men from taking employment, s proper, but to seek to restrain men from quitting, either as individuals or in concert, employment which they do not want, would be intoler- able tyranny. e Tmproving Conditions. St. Louis tilobe-emocrat The weekly trade journals maintain the cheerful view of the ‘conditions which they- began to hold around the middle of Jan- An industrial recovery, slow ' but g is under way. Resumptions of work n the metal and textile mills largely exceed suspensions, although such resump- tions are not always at the old rate of wages. The successful negotiation of the bond sale is, of course, a bull factor in the situation. For a few weeks or months the treasury gold holdings will be somewhere within hailing distance of the old-time fig- ures, and there is a prospect that they will ot be allowed to fall again to the re- cent level. As business Is In a large degree dependent on the condition of the treasury, the strengthening of that industry must have a bracing effect on trade all over the country, e Telephone Profits, Chicagn Journal. What the rofits of this great monopoly under its patents have been are thus stated in a current paragraph: “From 1385 to 1802 the net income of the company available for dividends ranged from over 18 to more than 27 per cent on its capital. In five of the years It was over 20 per cent. The capital has been Increased fr time to prevent the dividends ing It. It has grown from $7,350,000 in 1881 o §20,000,000. The average amount of the capital was $11,209,03, and the dividends in fourteen years' have aggregated $231 The average rate of dividend has been id per cent.” There §s much money in these wire cour- fers of the ag AT The Constitutionality of It. Cineinnati Enquirer, Section 7 of article . of the constitution of the United States provides as fo “All bills for raising revenue sh inate in the house of representatly the senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills." 1t 15 quite clear that the senate will exe clse their constitutional right, and every- one Is now waiting to see the way in which that solemn and supreme body will do it. —_— OLD AND NEW. Brooklyn Life The “sturdy oak and clinging vine' are out of fashion no: The modern maiden stands alo umph on her brow. She buffets bravely with fares’ as best she can, And gayly makes her way through without the help of man Her broken yoke of servitude she tramples ‘neath her feet Her anclent tyrant she defles and finds her treedom sweet, , with tri- the world, lige Yet sometimes, when the road is hard, and things look' rather black, The independent woman's thoughts on harking back. The sheltered earth's crowninj And restful the old- to pay the bills! insist fair amid nefghbor-* WHERE TO FIND THE NE Comparison Between Papers Printed Yoster- day by The Bee and Would-Be Rivals, The dally comparison be the amount of reading matter, exclusive of commercial news and advertisements, printed In The World-Horald and Lincoln Journal, gives the following figures for yestord Morning Bee, long, wide biumn Mornt 1., short, narrow colu wcoln Short, ArFow « + wide colum 1., short, narrow - . JOINING EMPLOY colimng Chicago Post: Congressman McGann's at- tack on Judgo-Jenkins affords an oppor- tunity for the discussion of a subject some- what involved in the injunction against the Northern Pacific employes, 1t 18 to be hoped that some co.gressman will make it the o casion for an investigation of the appoint- ment of “friendly receivers’ for insolvent raflway co nies by the judges of the United States bench Chicago Times: Whatever the trond of the theory upon which Judge Jenkins' in- Junction was fssued, whatever the purpose for which he Issued it, or the effect it may have on organized labor, the order itself is repugnant to a sense of liberty. It 1s utterly at variance with the spirit of Amerfean fres dom, It umes to deny to Americans rights which must surely be as {nalionable as the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. he Interest of the traveling public in unimpeded transit over a line of rallway is less vital than the interest of Americans in maintaining the right to fre dom of action in all matters between em- ployer and employed. The labor organiza tlons involved will fail in their duty if they neglect to put this injunction to the test in a higher court. Clicugo Herald: It is for the best inter- ests of the country to know how far the federal judiclary may go In imposing ri strictions on individual rights as against cor- porations. is unquestionable law that railroad yes ¢ not capriciously quit work or do any act which will be in viola- tion of morality to injure a corporation Judge Jenkins' ruling, it sustained, would carry corporation privileges far beyond this limit without Implying any corresponding rights inherent in labor thus harnessed per- manently, and without apparent discrimina- tion at any point in its favor, to the wheels of locomotives whose operation may not give the operatives a living wage. If appeal could be had directly from the ex parte rul- ing of Judge Jenkins to the supreme court of the United States, it would be far better to take that road than to make an effort to ascertain the same principle by the longer and more circuitous route of an investiga- tion by the house of representatives and possible proceedings looking toward im- peachment. JINGLING JABS. Atlanta marry a Mabelle love him. Journal: Adel man_ simply by No, but I would —W use ve uld you he's rich? ¥ herd to forced laugh should with a “Strain of Yonkers Gazette: never be conf mirth."” Brooklyn Life: lesson)—The next pr igestion 18 called chymification. During s the food is turned around and around In the stom- ach. Tommy ‘Traddles—Please, sir! Is that what they call the danse Jdu ventre physiology The best remedy for a di < to walk him through a f Dallas I 1 Jov male semi Philadelphla Times: To settle all doubt on the subject, is the trolley a car driver or conductor? Boston Bulletin: A Bosf a tight-rope performar cordage entertainment.” irl spoke of ‘an inebriated Plain Dealer: Tt isn’t always the sten- ographer that takes down the congress- man’s speech, It is sometimes the orator on the other side. Detroit Tribune going to move fol Biggin—Well, we of late. Why, I small? *“So it is, but we're on the seventh floor."” Chicago Tribune: The father of the twin babies had been left temporarily in charge of them. At the end of half an hour he weakened. Angeline,” he called out to his wife in a voice of ‘agonizing protest, “youw'll have to come and take one of thesé boys! No man can serve two master: , Dissin—What are you ve been living too high thought your rent was ver: Detrolt Free Press: Tramp—Give me a dime, please. I haven't had anything to in three davs. hake, old man. My wife's been doing the cooking, too, about that long. Indianapolis Journal: “T is noticed,” says J Mose, “dat de’ fellers dat does de shoutin’ an’ talkin’ about deir future is de onmes dat don’t come anyways nigh investin’ all deir money in it." WASTED EFFORT. New York Herald. They're fools who try to put iove cn A ‘stupid, scientific basis; Who say, “With myths of Jays bygone This siily passion’s proper pluce is " Despite their talk in its old Krooves It rolls with re-enforced insistence, Which shows love's not a force that moves Along the plane of least reistence. ————— Bucking the Jockey. Indianapolis Journal. “The south is on top,” said Democratic Representative Dunn of New Jersey, “and the southern free traders are crowding the mourners.” Nevertheless, Mr. Dunn voted for the Wilson bill like a'little man. LINCOLN'S NEW POSTMASTER | Agony Concerning the Successor to Gere s at an End Now J.H. HARLEY NOMINATED BY CLEVELAND por O1d Cathoun Left Out in the Cold and Bryan In by the Administra- [ ho Mope of Maintain- Ing Marmony. oped WASHINGTON, Feb, §.-~(Special Telogram to The Bee.)—John H, Harley was today nominated to be postmaster at Lincoln, Harley is a well known druggist at and a friend of Representative Bryan. The latter ha made to belleve that the nomination was made for him, when in fact Harley's name was presented to Prosident Cleveland a month or more ago by N. Harwood of Lincoln, Harwood assured the president that Harley was a good adminis- trationist, and being a friend of Bryan, the latter 1d be depended on to endorse him. The suggestion was made to Bryan that Har- ley could probably get the place. He foll into the trap and went to the prosident, who felgnc | ignorance of Harley, but consented to make the nomination Just to plase Bryan As 1t is officially ated, It looks as though Bryan had been neatly “played.” The president positively refused to appoint Calhoun to the Lincoln postmastership or anything else Lincoln been or EXPECT AN EARLY DECISION. ond Comptroller Transcontinental Mansur Considoring Frelght Shipments, WASHINGTON, Feb, An early decision is expected from Second Comptroller Mansur on the case now before him application of the long clause of tho interstate govern freight shipments on the transconti- nental railroads. The specific cases now be- fore the comptroller involve shipments for the army between interior parts of the United States, for which a greater propor- tionate charge was made than on similar shipments to the Pacific coast, the differ- ence as alleged by the companies being on account of the competition which is favora- ble to coast cities. The railroad companies involved in the present cases aro the South- n Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka & anta Fe roads. These being government aided railroads, the accounts for freight shipments come before the second comptrol- ler before they arc finally allowed by the Treasury department. The comptroller has heard several arguments on the question by the attorneys of the roads Interested, who have held that the long and short haul clauses of the act were as applicable to the government as to individuals only to the limitations that the rates must be fair and sonable, TO TAX BROKERS, concerning tho and short haul commerce act to Representative Hatch’s Anti-Option Introduced in the House. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The new Hatch anti-option bill devised by Mr. Hatch of Mis- souri was approved by the committee on agriculture yesterday and fntroduged in the house. This is a measure to yleld the gov- ernment a revenue from the operations of brokers in general produce. The schemes proposed by the measure are such that it is expected to yield a large revenue from tho income of every broker. It is estimated that the government would receive $150,000 at the beginning of its operations. Mr, Hateh intended to provide for a considera- tion of the bill as soon as the important bills should be got out of way. Bil LARGE TREASURY BALANCE. Over the Hundred Million Mark for the First Time in Many Moons. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The treasury bal- ance yesterday was $117,115 the first time it has been above the $100,000,000 mark for several months. This is an increase of $34,000,000 over Tuesday, and s accounted for mainly by the payment of the subscrip- tions for the new bonds. Of this increase, $28,656,204 18 in gold and $5,863,140 in cur- ency. No Cable News for Four Days. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The Navy de- partment 1s in receipt of a mail communicas tion from Captain Picking, dated Rio de Janeiro, giving a technical account of the firing and military movements that are goe ing on in Rio harbor. It is said at the department that no cable communication has been had with Rio this week, No word has been received of notlce given by da Gama that he would blockade the port of Rio within forty-eight hours, This move is considered by Navy depart- ment officials to be not at all improbable. Such action by da Gama to forco some de- cision as to his status would be natural. This movement and its failure to arouse any show of co-operation from land forces s con- sidered a notable indication of da Gama's lack of prestige. Sloux ¢ ity Bridge in Committeo. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Favorable action has been taken in committee on the bridge to be built by the Towa and Nebraska Pon- toon Bridge company at Sloux City. THE BOY’S MOTHER Will be interested to know that we have just received Spring Patterns in boys’ Star Shirt .} —= a large invoice of Waists, and now while the styles are so complete wouldn't it or more? be well to select one Among the new styles are the Star Waists with a regular collar like the men wear. pants suits from $2.50 up. Anothe ing caps for boys and girls. r new line of yacht- Boys' short The reduc- tion in price all over the store is immense, but is particularly Suits. BROWNING, noticeable in Men's KING & CO. S. W. Cor, 18th and Douglas.