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

LALEAS THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. B. 1 R, Editor. PUBLISHE ¥ MORNING. CRIPTION. Year TERMS OF 81 (without Sunday) One Bunday, Ono Year Daity 1 Dty ana Weckly Dee, One Year OFFIC P etner NoAnd Twenty-touth Bta | 15 Fibune bullding. CORRESPONDENCE. USINESS LETTERS i s wn and edi ‘0 the Editor a should be company Grders to Tin order of the company PO TNG COMPANY STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, Jeorie B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publigning company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete pies of The Dally Morning, Kvening ang Bunday Bes printed during the month o folows: ,260 17, 23018 MONth, L eueesiireianss Less reductions for unsold and r turned cople abiva Yoy Total sold Daily ave *Sunday. ge net eircuiation GEORGE B, T! before me and subscribed my presence this 6th day of February, 1504 GEAL) - N. PRI, Notary Public —_—e— SCHUCK Sworn to The restoration of the Kearsarge will be a matter of both sense and cents. 1t s important that the sanitary condi- tions of Rescue hall be looked after by the Board of Health, The Wilson tarift bill must find itself in a peculiar situation ‘When each of the demo- cratic factions imagines that it has outwitted the other. If President Cleveland didn't want the Bland seigniorage bill to pass the house he should bave remained in Washington to see that his wishes were carried out. 1s there nobody among the Nebraska demo- crats capable of filling the vacancy on the Interstate Commerce commission caused by the death of Judge McDill? Here is a plum worth looking after. The State Board of Transportation holds an adjourned meeting today to take up sev- eral important questions, as we are told. May we suggest that the maximum freight rate law injunction would be a very timely toplc for discussion. The latest proposition of the State Board of Transportation to compromise its difi- culties with the Elkhorn over the hay rates, if it means anything at all, means that the board will surrender to the road and that the rates will be as high as ever. The statutes make few exemptions of property from assessment. The property of churches or benevolent socfeties that is held for profit and not for use and which is bringing in a regular rental to the owners, cannot be exempted from taxation under the law. The vote in favor of the Bland seignior- ago bill was after all less than a majority of the whole house. Bland would have had to wait until doomsday for a quorim had he been unable to persuade some of his oppon- ents to record their votes against the measure. Congressman Kilgore is not one of those who would be made poorer were the rule requiring a deductlon in salary for every day a member of congress s absent enforced. The frequency with which he objects to any deviation from the regular order of business Attests to this. The best way to help the unemployed is to help them to secure employment. En- couraging Improvements, both public and private, increases the demand for labor, glves an earning capacity to the idle, pros- pers trade and sots the whole community on the road to recovery. In Ohio 4,000 miners have quit work be- cauge the mine owners insisted that they should take out the coal for 50 cents per ton, instead of 70 cents, which has been the ruling price. The man who pays all the way from $4 to $7.50 per ton for soft coal is pretty apt to wonder who gets the difference. A drive over the city will disclose the fact that many new buildings are being erected, even though the bullding season has not yet opened up. Building contractors expect to be busy during the year. This may be due to the fact that last year's money scare' has induced well-to-do people to invest their surplus cash. The Grand Army of the Republic in Ne- braska fs doubtless not a little surprised at the extraordinary Interest In its welfare taken by the rival statesmen of Nemaha county. The organization is in a falr way to bo talked to death before the ides of No- vember bring them relief from the verbal bombardment now In progress. Two hundred dollars would be considered by most people to be a pretty steep price to pay for the fun of burning a pair of straw mage Had the straw man been embel- lshed with @ less distinguished name than that of a cabinot officer the price would probably have been fixed on a more popular schedule. A little image for 10 cents would haveafforded Just as much fun. The sult brought by the Northwestern Grain Shippers assoclation of Towa to com- pel the trunk lizes in that state to refund large overcharges Is serious enough to be dfsquieting to the nerves of the rallroad managers, who are compelled to turn some pretty sharp corners in order to keep afloat in these trying times. The claims run into the millions of dollars, and a judgment against the railroads would practically bank- rupt them at this time. The prevalence of smallpox in e cities in direct communication with Omaha suggests the possibility that this city Is al- ways in danger of recelving the infection In Illinols and Towa the boards health have ordered the vaceination of every school attendant in the states 5 Ne- braska Hoard of Health has no such power. It can refuse to allow a good physiclan to vractice, but it cannot order or enforce pre- sautions againat the public health, state ot EFFECTS OF TRADE DEPRESSION. Tho public has for months been hearing and reading of the disastrous effeets of the trade. Every com munity has had evidence of these effects in one form or another, in the closing down of local factories, in the diffieuity of collecting lohts “past due, In the greatly increasod number of unemployed dependent recent depression in to a More almost every individ- ual has felt the stringency of the times or has curtalled his own expenditures In ant'e- ipation of possible misfortune, But while there have been fsolated roports of the stop- ping of particular factories, annonncements that wages have been cut so much here and 50 much there, s of the unemployed In two or three cities, there has been an un- exampled dearth of stat’stical matter show- Ing the exact effects of hard times upon the different industries of any defined territory. The annual report of the New York labor commissioner, just submitted to the legis- lature, gives us the red data for that state and furnishes some figures that cannot than this, ensus but attract general attention The effects of trade depression upon manu- facturing industries may take on three dif- ferent forms. It may resnlt in a reduction of the working force, in a reduction of wages, tion both of the work- ing force and of wages, Of the 2,011 firms who sent replies to the questions submitted by the labor commissioner, 470, or 23 per cent, reported that they had not been affected at all. One hundred and ninty-nine works closed down entirely, 1,087 closed down par- tially, 256 closed and reopened With re- duced force or shorter hours, Most of those that closed remained so oaly a few weeks, although not a few were closed from six to cight months and 98 are still closed. Of the establishments covered by the re- vort, 494 reduced wages owing to the busi- ness depression, 1,460 maintained wages for those employes which they retained, while 57 failed to give information on this point. The extent of wage reductions varied greatly, the prevalling cuts being of 10, 20 and 25 per cent. Nine reduced wages 30 per cent, § reduced wages 331-3 per cent, 7 reduced wages 50 per cent, and one clothing factory reduced wages 66 2-3 per cent. In the par- tlally closed establishments 256 simply shorteried the hours without discharging any of the employes. The others retained only a portion of their working force, 15 of them keeping only 5 per cent employed, 65 of them 5 per cent, 285 of them 50 per cent, 151 of them 75 per cent. In 1,366 cases the im- mediate cause of closing, either partially or totally, was a deficiency in orders ahead Only 92 firms reported that they had orders ahead, but were prevented from filling them by the refusal of the banks to accommodate them with discounts. The great majority of the reductions, both of working force and of wages, are distinctly traceable to the ter- rible contraction in the mercantile business of the country. Without demand for their products it was useless folly to keep on pilingup new wares at the same rate as before. Statistics such as these are not only in- teresting in showing the extent to which the effects of the trade depression have been distributed, but they also afford a basis for turther investigation and comparison, which may suggest remedies to prevent a re- currence. While they relate only to the in- dustries of a single state, they doubtless reflect the conditions in other parts of the country. The ‘report is evidenco of the practical nature of the work which the New York labor comuissioner is dccomplish- ing. or in a redi GLADSTONE'S INTENDED RESIGNATION. The statement made by the private secre- tary of Mr. Gladstone to the Assoclated press removes all doubt as to the intention of the veteran statesman to resign the office of prime minister. That the decision to do this was reached most reluctantly may well be supposed, for undoubtedly it has been the wish of Mr. Gladstone to ‘“die in the har- ness,” battling to the last for the policies with which his name is most prominently identified. But the physical infirmities in- cldent to age have been making rapid ad- vance with the great statesman during the last year or two and with eighty-four years upon his head he can have no hope of ob- taining more than passing relief from the ef- fects of these infirmities. Restoration of physical health is impossible. The afflic- tions which cause Mr. Gindstone the greatest trouble are said to be falling eyesight and deafness, but he and his friends doubtless realize his liability to general physical col- lapse at any time, and feel that both per- sonal and political duty require that he shall unload upon younger shoulders the enormous burdens imposed by his position at the head of a great empire and of a political party which stands pledged to accomplish a series of far-reaching reforms. Few can have any conception of the. arduous character of the labors of Mr. Gladstone's position, and it is wonderful that he has been able to perform them so long. In addressing the House of Commons on Thursday he is said to have spoken with marvelous energy and vigor and certainly his mental grasp seems to be as firm as ever it was. Doubtless Mr. Gladstone would retire at once If he could leave the liberal party under strong leadership, but this appears not to be possible at present, and therefore he may hold on to the premiership, if his health Qoes not utterly fail, until after the next general election. His one great ambition is to pass the home rule bill, and while the chances are against his attainment of that object he may succeed in-getting Parliament ready to make the experiment.- With Glad- stone leading his party liberal victory in the next general election would be assured; it would mot be eertain under another leader. That victory achleved, however, the question of leadership would become less difficult. This question fs at present a very serious one. Lord Rosebery is the most available man so far as qualifications are concerned, but he is objectionable on the ground of his connection with the privileged house of hereditary leglslators and the radical ele- ment of the liberal party could not be in- duced to accept him as a leader. Sir Wil- liam Harcourt Is in impaired health and for this reason disqualified for assuming the labors of leadership. There are other able men in the liberal party, as Mr. Morley and Mr. Boyee, but they are belleved not to have the qualities ezsential to a leader at this Juncture. Thus it Is that there being no entirely available man Glad- stone can name to succeed him under exist- g conditions he may from a of political duty continue fn the premiership, it his health holds out, until ‘after the people have chosen a new Parllament, which will bo whenever Mr. Gladstone shall determine. The “grand old been sixty- two years In public life and in almost con- tinuous partamentary service during that time. It is an interesting fact that twenty years ago thought of retiring, saying that after forty-two years of a laborious public life retirement was dictated by his personal views as the best method of spend- ing the closing years of his life. It was not whom Mr. sense man” has he THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: to b since h furnished Gladstone's gr TOINVESTIGATE THE CANAL COMPANT The resolution of Representative Geary of Callfornia ¢ Nicaragua step In the and as a result. the that intention ilustrious at career. however, yoars have of Mr. announced the most part lling for an investigation of the mpany s a preliminary which 1s to be made In congress to the identification of tho government in a financial way with this pro; The proposed congressional investi- gation as to the condition of-the company, Canal « rent looking the amount of money recelved and expended, progress that has made the company's ability to construct the canal is perhaps proper enough, but all this informa- tion i easily accessible. It has been made public in statements of the company, by the receiver, and in speeches of the advocates of government assistance, The fact is well Kknown that the canal company is bankrupt, that it cannot obtain any money from pri- apltalists, and that it Is unable to go on with the construction of the enterprise. As to the progress made, it has not been y great, and while it fs claimed that proper care has been exercised in expend- itures, the results as reported seem hardly to justify the outlay. Whether the com- pany would be able the capital necessary to carry the project to completion under more favorable financial conditions than now prevall Is altogether problematical. At any rate it is absolutely certain this could 10t be done within the time ori; ally pre- seribed for the completion of the canal. Mr. Geary urges that the canal ought to be owned and managed by the United States government and he supports this view with the practical reasons which have been made familiar to the public by others. Nobody will deny that there is some force in them, but the proposition that the federal govern- ment shall go into the business of canal construction and management, and that in forelgn and remote territory, will not com- mend itself to the conservative judgfent of the country. It is not a proper function of such a government as ours, and conceding all that is claimed as to the importance, commercially and otherwise, of the Nicara- gua canal, it Is entirely safe to say that a majority of the people of the country do not agree with the opinion of the California representative. It is equally safe to say that a majority of the people are not in favor of the proposition that the government shall guarantee the bonds of the canal company to the extent of $100,000,000. This phn, as formulated in a bill by Senator Morgan of Alabama, seems to provide sufficient protec- tion to the government against loss, but ex- perience with the subsidized railroads has shown that apparently the safest possible legislation can prove inadequate to fully safoguard the interests of the government. There is reasonable ground for apprehending that if the national treasury became identi- fled in the way proposed with the Nicaragua canal it would ultimately have to pay off the entire obligation guaranteed. It may be urged that even in that case the country would obtain full compensatory benefits from the enterprise, but such argument is alto- gether speculative and at any rate does not furnish a justification for the government assuming any such responsibility. That the canal would afford very valuable commercial advantages is not questionable. It would effect a great saving of both time and transportation charges between the Atlantic and Pacific, with resultant benefits to the states on the Pacific of the highest impor- tance. But with all this and every other claim conceded-popular opinfon- will not ap- prove the proposal that the government shall become financially identified with this enterprise. THE ATTACK UPON JUDGE SCOTT. The vicious attacks made by a local news- paper upon District Judge Scott are uncalled for and extremely unfair. Judge Scott's offenso Is that he took occasion to severely criticise the present city administration for its defense of the gambling evil. That Judge Scott used severe language in making this criticlsm is not to be denied, and it is true that the occasion justified severe lan- guage. Undoubtedly the closing of the gambling houses is to be largely credited to the vigorous manner in which Judge Scott assalled this evil from the bench, It cannot be denied that Judge Scott made many warm friends in this community by the vigorous manner in which he directed public attention to this disgrace. If the purpose of these attacks upon this judge are to punish him for the effective work he has accomplished in the way of enforcement of the law against gambling, these assaults will tend to increase the number of Judge Scott's friends in this city.—World-Herald. The attacks upon Judge Scott, if such they may be termed, were called out by his mountebank performances from the bench. They Were not vicious, but in the nature of a reprimand of methods that are bringing our courts into contempt and ridicule. It is an open secret that certain lawyers have made a mockery of justice by getting cllents charged with crime to plead that they had lost money In gambling, because they expected Judge Scott to turn loose and rant and rave about Mayor Bemis and the gam- blers and incidentally to consider this plea in mitigation of the sentence If the jury brought in a verdict of guilty. It is also an open secret that there is a political clique in Omaha that has made use of Judge Scott's erratic outbursts to black- wash the mayor. His wild utterances from the bench have not only been given publicity locally, but have been telegraphed all over the country for the evident purpose of smirching the mayor and advertlsing Omaha as a hotbed of crime and deviltry. Judge Scott apparently delights In having his name paraded in print at home and abroad as a pulverizer of the vicious and criminal classes. In fact, he Is the only Judge who has sought notoriety and popu- larity by such undignified methods. Now where has the judge any rightful claim to the credit of breaking up gambling in Omaha excepting with his tongue-lash- the been and to secure ROYAL in leavening power. \attorney | cisive majority, indicating that the country He has been on the criminal bench for several months, He had it In his power on the first day he took the eriminal docket to, striko a blow at gefibling that would | have gone far toward suppression. He could have called before him the prosecuting nd directed him to file an informa tion against the Keepers, owners, and cappers of known gambling houses and had them prosecuted n} the law directs Did he do it? No. He simply kept on bellowing and raving about the eity authori- ties and the victims of the gambling mania. And why has this great judge been worked up #o terribly over thefvfolation of the antl- | gambling laws and saldf nothing about the violation of the lottery faws? Is it becauso the victims of the Lywsiana lottery send thelr money out of the'state, and the money won at faro Is spent in Omaha? Or is this significant indulgence toward one species of gambling to be ascribed to the fact that the organ of the Louisiana gamblers has con- stituted tself his champion and defender? These things sug; t themselves naturally, There is no disposition to assail the motives of this judge, but his conduct lays him liable to the criticlsm that he has overreached himself and slopped ovef, The judge has a right to his views and sentiments just as much as anybody, but there is a manifest impropriety in delivering harangues from the bench and expressing bitter feelings toward any member of the executive branch of government who may be brought before him for trial. ings? attaches The Brazilian elections now being held offer a possible solution for the insurrec- tionary troubles with which that country has been afflicted for months past. Should the victorious candidates be chosen by a de- stands behind them ready to ratify w arrangements they may make, a powerful Inducement will be held out to the warring parties to settle their differences and agree to live in peace. It will probably be con- tended that the government party, whose prospects all agree are in the ascendant, has the advantage of government influence in its favor, but even this would simply be a sign of strength on the part of the gov- ernment. Unless the insurrectionary leaders can muster a respectable following at the polls, refusal ‘to accept reasonable terms from the government will be taken to mean that they are fighting for personal advan- tage rather than for what they believe to be the welfare of the whole country. Atover The railroads have won their case in the federal court, which has decided that the city cannot assess railroad property outside of right-of-way for taxation. The city at- torney has expressed his determination to appeal the case and make a strong effort to bring about a reversal of the decision. It is to_be hoped that the city's right to tax such property may ultimately be established. A portion of it is earning a revenue for the railway companies in rentals and leases for business having no relation to legit- imate railroading, The State Board of Equalization cann reach it, and yet it is only fair d right that it pay something for the! protection thrown about it by the mumtcipm® government. The exemption of this large property from city taxation will only make*the burden greater upon the majority of property owners throughout the city. No one need entertain any fears that Georgetown, Colo,, is @out to secede from the union, nor that the Whole state of Colo- rado or any other statg-br number of states are on the verge of repudiating their allegi- ance to the stars and stripes. There may have been a time when such a thing was considered possible, but that time has now been passed for nearly thirty years. The United States cannot be dismembered ex- copt by an act of rebellion and people have learned the lesson of what rebellion means. The wild proclamation of the Georgetown cranks is too ridiculous for serious criticism. How prize fighting and its attendant evils tend to demoralize the public sentiment of a community is once more aptly illustrated by the promptness with which Bruiser Corbett was adjudged to be innocent by the jury to which his case at Jacksonville was referred. The prize fighters under this verdict become human benefactors and philanthropists in the eyes of the law. ~All that we can say" is that the law is very bad If it fails to pro- vide' for a conviction where the evidence of prize fighting is so clear. Ex-Senator Moody now asserts that the life of a politician never suited him and that he 1s glad to get out of it. Numerous other shelved politicians have expressed tlieir sen- timents in similar strain, but most of them have tussled pretty hard to keep in and when out have never stopped trying to get back. Bx-Senator Moody must be made of sterner stuft than the average office holder if he knows when he has had enough. The Bee is indebted to Congressman Mer- cer for the advertisement which he has given it in his report on the bill for the erection of a public bullding at South Omaha. Mr. Mercer knows where to go when he wants trustworthy statistics of the industrial development and present status of this thriving business center. The Bee has become established upon its reputa- tion for accuracy and reliability. Editor Stead is going to leave us because he thinks he will be needed to assist in straightening out the tangled affairs of Eng- land. England's safety Is now assured. Borrowing from Kansas. Kanaas City Journal. Mr. HewltU's {dea of colning vacuvms is not as original as:he may suppose. Kor several years past Kangas has been colning vacuums and stamplng’ them statesmen. !i SATURDAY, MARC | of 3, 1891 OTHER LANDS THAN OURS, Tho ssue between the Lords and Commona is sldwly taking on definite shape. It is practically settied that the next election will turn on the mending or ending of the Lords, or, w Is the same thing, whether or no the power of the people shall be supreme fn Great Britain; but it is not quite settled in Just what form this issue will be presented. Mr. Acland and Sir Willam Harcourt have been making speeches the last woek as rep resentatives of the cabinet, the liberal fed- eration has spoken plainly in condemnation of the obstructive policy of the Lords, and the liberal newspapers are just as outspoken From all these sources It is easy to gather that the people will be called upon in the next election to deny the right of the Lords to veto any legisiation of the Commons. This seems to be the point at which all the oppo sition to the Lords unite. -Radicals demand the abolition of the upper house off-hand, but n erates and conservatives are not ready to go so far, while practically all are ready to assert the supremacy of the people through the Commons. The traditional rev erence of the true-born Briton for a lord is also to be taken into account, and is a reason for preserving the form and show of the peers, while leaving them practically powerless, However the issue may be brought before the people, it is conceded on all hands that they are nearly ready for it. The Iib erals show their confidence in this readiness by thelr willingness to press the fighting; the unionists by their anxlety to postponc the contest, and now it is sald that the queen herself reads the signs of the times in like manner. . The balance of Furope will visibly altered if the report that the czar is to make a visit to the south of France proves to be true. However explained by the needs of health "and decorously deprived of the pageant of a royal progress, no recent event for a decade will equal this in importance. The czar is Russia. Its millions march at his will and peace and war are in his hands. Nineteen years ago, in 1875, his father pro- tected France from meditated German as sault, but the present czar, like his father. has shrunk from any action which looked like personal . contact with elected men who wield power in France. Even his telegram to President Carnot at the time of the visit of the Russian fleet was cool civility itself. The conditions of rule being what they are in Burope, this has meant weakness for France. The solitary argument left in Europe against a republic today Is that its chiefs cannot enter into those direct and personal relations with other rulers possible only to hereditary monarchs and indispensa- ble to the far-reaching conduct of interna- tional affairs, A visit by the czar to any part of France would instantly alter this. It would more than balance the German treaty by which Russia has opened a market for the overflowing granaries of southern Russia. It would make the Rus- sian fleet In the Mediterranean and the Russian naval station on French soil seem to all southern Europe a real and close mani- festation of Russian might. The position the Italian and Spanish governments would be profoundly altered by this visible suggestion that Russia stood by France in her policy in western Europe, just as France stands by Russian policy in all the phases of the eastern question. Such a visit, on the surface of things, seems extremely im- probable. The personal risks would be great. The czar is scarcely safe in Russia. Abroad he would be the- target of every bomb-throwing anarchist. But if the czar goes, if Colossus sets out on this march, his steps will shake half Burope and his return will bring perceptibly nearer the next great war. be . Some time or other, when Russia gets good and ready, she is going beyond the shadow of a doubt. About ten years ago, during Mr. Gladstone's last previous lease of extended power, there was much greater reason than there fs now to think that the thing was to be done at once. Many signs pointed that way. It was during the period of diplomatic convulsion then brought about that a little book appeared in Eng- land entitled “Russia at the Gates of Herat.” It immensely intensified the strain. It opened the eyes of Great Britain. It showed how, for years before, the czar had been steaithily and steadily maneuverlng to get a foothold in British India, how his emis- saries had, by means so well understood { and skillfully practiced by Russian agents, won over one semi-barbaric tribe after an- other, how British influence over the tribes- men had been weakened and supplanted by Muscovite influence, how great lines of military railways were in_process of com- pletion through Asiatic deserts, railways all leading eastward, and how permanent bases of supplies were already established, from which men and munitions could be hurried forward on short notice. For a time affairs were in such a state that war between Great Britain and Russia seemed immediately inevitable. But Great Brit- aln’s angry protest produced profuse dis- avowals on Russia’s part, together with such pledges and withdrawals as sufficed to avert the catastrophe for the time being. Russla is now seeking to establish closer and more cordial relations with Germany. That fact alone proves that the czar is mot ready to go to war for the purpose of terri- torial aggrandizement in Asia. According to M. de Blowitz, the agitation in France over the condition of the navy w almost purely political, and had its origin in a radical scheme for the overthrow of the cabinet. He says: “The recent agitation in England has been for an increase in the navy, and nobody has pretended that the present government is incapable of increas- ing it. But here in France, when M. Bris- son demands a parliamentary committee to supersede the commission of inquiry, when the taking of evidence on oath is demanded, when defects and malversation are alleged, the manifest object is to overthrow the cabl- net. Those who manufactured the agitation of which M. Lockroy is the apparent pro- moter wished to persuade the Chamber that the appointment of a government commis- slon was an encroachment on its preroga- tive, and thus to induce the Chamber to overthrow the cabinet. Had ‘this been effected, M. Lockroy or M. Brisson could not have carried out naval reforms, for their speeches showed their incompetence. It s not surprising, therefore, that Admiral Ger- vais, the head of the staff, and consequently considered ome of the highest authorities on naval matters, should feel irritated at seeing M. Lockroy dispense praise and blame, criticise the ministry of marine and the arsenals, and, m short, try to discredit navy management at the risk of discouraging the brave sailors and impairing the prestige of the navy."” . Whether or not Sig. Crispl can contrive to lessen the gross tax levy of Italy, he cer- tainly should be able to make its burdens rest more equitably upon the various proy- inces of the kingdom. The Sicilians have good reason to complain of the injustice done to them In this regard. While Piedmont f Baking' Powder is re- ported by the U.S.Government, after official tests, highest of all It is the best and most economical; a pure cream of tartar Baking Powder. pays only $1,200,000 In taxes of consumption Siclly, with slightly fawer inhabitants, pays £2,200,000; and,while in the Basilicata only 16 cents a head 13 pa‘d (n such taxation, and fn Umbria 30 cents, fn Sielly the rate is nearly 70 cents. For soveral vears deputies at Rome have been calling attention to this outrageous Inequality, and predieting that it would lead to revelution; but the answer glven to them has been that the fault lay with th al self-government Perhaps such Is the case. But g0 long as there is a general government 1t sarely is fitting that it should intervene to correct such manifest in. justice. Local self-government that leads to such a condition 1 a hopeless failure, and uld be reformed altogether. —— The Ern of Organization ernor Greenhalge in North - merican Review. his Is the day of organization, of united, tive actfon fn every line and branch of human industry, effort, action and thought The world is learning every day the value and efficlency of union, of consolldation, of the marshaling and massin for the attainment of any given object, for the preservation of any right or advantage. We have organization, nited every directiof verywhere we ganization in busi fested in trusts, combinatio and many ations, benefi: al; or many of them rossive and jllie ganizations of labor, forming all kinds of combinations under ‘all sorts of names, t unions, knights, brotherhools, o; federations, leagucs, lodges, guilds,” frater nitles, “The hutcher, the ba the candle- stick maker,” the doctor lawyer, t plumber, the raflroad ‘man, the grocer, the soldier, ‘the sajlor—all of 'them, rich’ and poor, great and small, appear to have de- to “get together” and to move, not endently and individually, ~but in ges, by hundreds and thous: , and very much lar umber an infinite varfety and as well as business, organ solicitors, bar associations, missioners, mayors and ex-mayors, alumni and alumnae of school, college and academy, boards of trade of city, county and states, agricultural societies of county, state, New England and the United States the unty Senator Man St. Louis Republic. Archibald Forbes, in an article in the North American Review, concludes that the inefliciency of the Austrian army is due to the fact that the officers have fc e than a century been sclected from and limited to ned u military derson has a dif- him The senat to the discipline Timited to a wator N opinion with insists that it is necessary of an army that its officers be class. His bill t ation at a mil- litary academy a s prerequisite to entrance at West Point is an «ffort (o es- tablish as gr lass privile exists in Austria.” The Manderson bill, if it should become a law, would exclude from military service men of the Grant, Sheridan, Hooker and other patterns now generally admired, but it would give the military academies a m. fe of or Manderson is quoted as denying that such a law would be lestrutive of the efficiency of the army. xpert imony is hardly needed to prove that it would be. However, if it is expert testimony t enator Manderson wants, we refer him to Mr. Forbes. e Senator Allen and the Sugar Bounty. Washington Post There ig8 no doubt as to the position of Senator Allen of Nebraska on the tariff bill, He is against the measure if it does not contain & bounty on sugar. nnot_apswer for the views ues, Mr. Peffer and Mr. Kyle, Senator Allen to the Post yesterday, *but I certainly know whe stand, T am against bounties and subsidies, but in this case the congress of the United State passed a law, which wa signed by the president, pledging rtain bounties on sugar. Under the promise of the govern- ment a large number of men were induced to inve: their capital and enter upon the business of making sucar, and it seems to me that the government has no right to abandon its pledges. There is certainly a high tfioral right, it not a Tegal one, which binds us to observe this obligation. I shall jote against the BILIC the bounty is not in .’ “Will it make any difference if the income tax feature Is incorporated?"” “Not in the least. 1 should still vote in the negative if the bounty was left out.” e Too Blanked Unanimous. Washington Star. One of the peculiar things in connection with elections which took place in John Y. McKane's district was their unanimity. When arrangements had_been made for democratic success Mr. McKane promptly delivered an overwhelming democratic ma- ority, and when republican victory had een arranged for there was always a tre- mendous surplus of republican votes, there being in both cases only a few scattering ballots in opposition. = More scrupulous “bosses” would have divided_the thing a little nearer the center, but Mr. McKane's election _motto was ‘‘the whole hog or none.” His career was truly remarkable and seems to have reached a highly appro- priate termination, e Towa's Chronle “Trouble.” Kansas City Star., The bill which has been introduced in the house at Des Moines lmposing a tax of $600 upon persons engaged in the liquor traffic raises the suspicion that prohibition is not a_glittering success in lowa. The demo- crats never had any use for if, the republi- cans have learned to be afraid of it, and it 18_doubtful whether it has enoughfriends left in the state to form a third party to make a stand for sumptuary legislation, It 18 an fssue which has made & ‘heap of trouble” In Towa politics. — ‘Worldly Sarcasm. New York World. If the secretary of agriculture cannot re- duce the Russian thistle to inocuous de- suetude without help he would better get the attorney general to oppose it with the same ecuergy he is showing In trylng to crush the trusts. of my safd THE SUNDAY BEE. Among the noteworthy features of The Bee we mention the following: “Young Men in Public Life,” by Major General 0. O. Howard. This Is one of a series of papers on economic topies, and s well worth the attention of all olasses of readers. The general argues that“the publio service does not offer the rewards attainabla in business and professional life. His advica to young men s to seck fortune and position in the business world “Quaint Life in Monterey," letter written by a former resident of Omaha. It treats of the curfous character istics of the people of Mexico and embraces entertaining information of that country “The Swodes of Nebraska' treats of two prosperous settlements of Hamilton county, with historical review of pioneer work ‘and what was achleved in twenty-one years of industry and thrift. “Insurance and Its Cost” is a paper deal- ing in figures from official reports of re- celpts and losses pafd by fire insurance com- panfes. It I8 an argument proving baseless the claim that insurance companies are forced to raise premium rates “Machines for Type-Setting,’ trated article descriptive of the llnotype machines now exclusively used in_setting type for The Bee. These wonderful ma- chines have created a sensation among members of the eraft in this city and state, The Bee being the first to Introduce them Nebraska e woman’s page, the sporting depart- ment, the soclety budget, the labor column, will be full of interest, conNatning the latest news and goselp of the week. The special cablegrams from foreign lands, the unrivaled press reports, The Bee's spe clal telegraphic service and complete local news reports all go to make up The Sunday Bee, a Moxican an fllus- BRPEEE ORas A Dange cedent. st Paul Pioneer Press A man in Nebraska City has been found guilty of criminally libeling J. Sterling Mor- ton by hanging him in ef! It s not easy to see where the libel comes in the effigy w bad one, as it probably was, it de be hung. If it was a good one it was no discredit to Mr. Morton. In any ¢ s he was not hung himself, he was not t by hanging a bundle of stuffed old hes. If are to be leted for criminai 1t Iding others to ridicule through th m°of bad tures some ries would to the penitent in the ) - PASSING PLEASANTRIE servant doesn’t know she changes it too The mode She can't Puck: ner place. often. Galveston News: The suspicious mortal takes the world for a rogues’ gallery Florida Times: Thoughts that burn, ar the editor said when he lit his cigar with a rejected poem. What is a tangent? James—A~ gent You Grip: Teacher. who may answer, James. runs a tan-yard. Puck: He—Didn't you see me street today? 1 saw ou twice, never notice people in that condition. on the She—I Yonkers Statesman: Professor—In what way do_we find the circumference of the earth? Student—Looking around for it. - Buffalo Courier: Jilson says he has no- ticed that so long as a man has the dust there is little lability of his name hecom- ing mud, even if he doesn’t know enough to come in when it rains. Galveston News: Man has been 8o cruel to woman that it is certainly remarkable that he has never boned her for his rib, Washington Star: “Don’t you think Miss Tawkins has speaking eyes?” he said. “I don't know, 1'm sure,” replied thy young woman. “If she had, there isn't nn§ possibility that her mouth would ever giw them a chance to be heard.” Atlanta Constitution: “What's John dae. ing now?" “iCollege." “And Bill?" “Lawyer." “And Dick? “Preachin’. “And the old man “Well, he ain’t a-doin’ of nuthin' mucl ‘cept supportin’ of John, an’ Bill, an’ Dick. VIVA PATTL New York Press, Long may 't be ere Ler race is run, Or she ceases our hearts to thrilll What tho she hns gone beyond fifty-one? She can sing like sixty still Bl OFFICE SEEKER’S LAM Atlanta Constitution. Put on the kettle, Molly, an' make the fire burn, While I'm a-studyin’ politics an’ tryin’ for o learn What makes 'em so attractive, with the fightin' and the sgrife— Why_the man runs fer the office, an’ the office runs fer life! The old man's sold the oxen, an' mortgaged half the mule; He's give up his religion, an’ the children's took from school; An’ he's fordin’ of the rivers, an' he's rune nin' roundabout, An’ a-chasin’ of the office, an’ the office hidin’ out! Put on the kettle, Molly—though all thg : coffee’s out, 1t's still a comfort jes' to see the steam come out the spout; There ain't mo bread, for breakfast, there's little hope o' bread While the old man keeps a-ronnin’ an’ the office keeps uhead! an’ BROWNING, KING ‘The largest makors and sellers of fine clothes ou earth, sour monoy’s worth or your money bac'y Our Side of it Is that we always aim to please our customer with whatever we sell him, and our aim being pretty sure, we always hit the mark. Just now we are hav- ing a special run on our New Spring Overcoats In very nobby styles and colors. They are gems of the tailor's art, and coupled with their usefulness, they make a very necessary garment for spring. We are going to sell our own shirts hereafter— shirts made for us expressly, and we will in conse- quence close out all the plain white Wilson Bros, shirts, some open back and front, some open back, that we and everybody sell at $1.25 and $1.50; we close them for $1 a shirt. A special drive in hose at 25¢ a pair or six pairs for $1. BROWNING, [N Willuny the cxpress if you send themoney for 40 worth or more See 15th street window. KING & CO., W. Cor.15th and Douglas Sts, 7 D '—( A I \. 1 )