Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 20, 1894, Page 4

R 4 THEOMAHA DAILY BEE B. RO TER, Bditor. RY MORNIA CRIPTION Dally Tee (w " O Dally and v 8ix Month Threo M Sunday Hatur Weekly Omaha, Tho T i, Bouth Oma'mn r N and Twenty Councll Tiufrs warl wir Chicagn Ofice, 317 Chamber of Commer New ¥ w13, 14 and 15, Tribun Washington, 613 Fourteenth streot CORRESPONDENCE, All communication ting to news and torial matter should be adressed: To the Edit 88 LETTE All b and 1 ad i Omaha and be m; oy { PUBLISHING O fourth Sts. Do, should be pany OF CIRCULATIO) K, socretary of ing duly wworn, says that W number of full and complete coples of The Dally Moining, lvening and Sunday printed during the month of February, 18, as follows Tie Tee the net 1 16 17 Total coples for th Tuctions for unsold Fetur 7 Hworn re ribed in presence this 3 day na i March N. P. FEIL, Notary Publie. my ahead age a Omaha must either In our stand still, had to wait for its rovenues deflcit y day forge or go backwards progressive city cannot If tho nat the facilities it would in the year nal tr of the be running up a Asury on mint eve must have been better Boodlerism in be the councilmen the men council who had ro- tam- stand pressed and pering with from under, Castor's influe works on at even after his departure. What occupy his time after all ve boen distributed? Tobe Washingtor, will' Tobe the plums shall 1 do to ““What the people of Omaha want,” said Virtuous 0. Strickler, “is purity in politics.” Nothing but the young man's innate mod- esty him from adding ‘and less demagogy. doubtless prevented Progress with the tariff bill in the senate lags from the lack of inspiration from Con- gressman Bryan's prescuce. Wait till Bryan takes a hand anew and watch things hum. The house, the senate and the whole government waits on Bryan. The Thomson-Houston company under Mr. ‘Wiley has been a loan agency for the es- pecial accommodation of councilmen who are hard up and conscientiously dislike to pay interest and do not expect to pay the principal if they can make themselves use- ful. ‘The secretary of the navy is reported to be very much annoyed over the introduction of the Meiklejohn resolution demanding an investigation of the Carnegie contracts. If the facts as hinted at in the preamble to the resolution are true there is room for a searching investigation. All that is necessary to organize a new. Tammany hall in California is to secure the recruits. The officers and leaders of the original Tammany are already on the ground. New York would not shed many tears If they decided to take up their per- manent residence on the other side of the continent. Members of the United States scnate who have had their plumes singed on the stock exchange in Wall street might recoup their fortunes by a venture in Columbian postage stamp speculation. They ought to order an additional issue of these stamps for distri- bution among themselves and then hold them for a rise. At prevailing prices they would soon be rich. Reports of the mercantile agencies only confirm what every merchant knows as re- gards his own business, that local trade, both wholesale and retail, showed a marked improvement during the past week. But it 1s always encouraging to be told that the revival extends to all the different kinds of business in the community. The prosperity of one depends upon the prosperity of all, All things come to him who waits. The removal of the western headquarters of the United ot service to Omaha is only another instance of the growing power of this metropolis. The reasons which moved the government to make this transter will eventually bring about the location of the Indian supply depot here. The fact is, Omaha is in it and proposes to stay in it. States se The small bore editors at the state capital can lend their columns to petty gossip about tho alleged boorishness of the deputy labor commissioner, who by the way Is always a gentleman, but they have nothing but commendation and pleadings in ex- tenuation of the of higher officlals who have violated their of- fllal oaths and disgraced the state The labor commissioner needs no defense, but the men who are camping on his trail are in desperate need of it. conduct The reports which we have been printing from day to day of the contemplated public and private improvements in the various towns and cities throughout the state are gratifylng indications of rapid recovery from the recent depression. Falth in the future Is at the bottom of every enterprisc that calls for any considerable permanent investment. The general actlvity in all parts of Nebraska will in itself inspire con- fidence in outside capitalists and encourage investments in Nebraska enterprises. It the representatives of the Union Pa- cific employes, now In conférence, contend that the contracts made by and between them and the Union Pacific must be held inviolate by the recelvers of the road, are they not wasting time In discussing the question of wage reductions at this time? Are they not getting at the case backwards? Once the federal court has decided the point as to whether the old wage contracts are now binding, the fight of the men is wo Should thoe court decree otherwise, howeve 1t would then be in order for the employe through thelr representatives here, to show to the arbiters or the recelvers that thelr wages should not be reduced. It would soers to 4 man up a tree that the train- men have hitched the locomotive on to the wrong end of the traln, __THE _OMAHA DAILY BE TUFSDAY, MARCH 20. (891, AN bill by IRRIGATION SURVEY The senate introduced in Allen of Irrigation survoy semi-arld land to pas all be interior to ca | made of the great plains | nds of th 1 St | nonproductive by sunt of raint rules and r nay pr after its pa of t urvey to tlon and farid 1 of | ler such which reason too sm cribe. It also provide te field notes of shall b survey is such survey, mape and other data made and preserved, and when t of the data, complete a with congress. detailed report same shall thousand writing, accompanying to Five hundred dollars, or ®0 much thereof as may the act made be nec essary, Is appropriated by to carry its purposes into execution. Such a survey as this measurc contem plates s desirable and it 1s remarkable that for A great money expendod it was not provided long ago. deal of public on geological surveys in the region referred to fn Senator Allen's bill, the value of which doubtfu careful survey plains arid lands which will furnish an accurate’ showing of the topography of these lands and afford an intelligible idea of the possibilities of irrig tion, is yet wanting. Until this thy Judg be much of the vast arid and semi-arid by means of this territory been Is somewhat but a of the great and sen s supplied no trustwe ient can be formed as to how region can be made productive irrigation. It is known that is extensive enough for the seat of an doubted that a great 7 be reclaimed, but it fs m to rtain, rly possible, how much can be available for agriculture, and In order to obtain this knowledge there will have to be such a sur the bill to Under proper direction the sum proposed to empire and it is part of it festly not desirable as as ne made voy as referred to contemplates. be appropriated for this purpose ought to be be 1 to secure the desired information at than this. The duty of the to make the proposed ampls, and congress ought to cntirely willl no greater cost government survey s nd there doe: seem to be any valid reason why th formance of this duty should be longer post unless it be the condition of the treasury, but as the proposed survey would the be a serious of course unquestionable not per poned, probably extend over several years ex- pense of additional strain upon the treasury. Senator Allen’s bill Is in of the mittec on public land he is a member, and a favorable to be ex- pected. t annually would not charge of which report on it is THE TR The Bee has 71 AND THE FALSE. lways been conducted on the broad-gauge principle that its columns are open to all parties who take exception to any comment it has made or statement it may have published. In other werds The Bee is always willing to give everybody an opportunity to set himself right before the public, if he claims that he has been mis- quoted or misrepresented. In pursuing this liberal policy The Bee does not necessarily retract or crawfish. It does not even con- cede that it has misquoted or misrepresented, although In some Instances the corrections show that it has been imposed upon by somebody. For instance, we have recently given two columns to an insurance agent, who asserts that The Bee's views as to the valued pol law are unsound, ~The fact that we ba published this article can by no means be construed into an admission that we are wrong and the companies are right. We take it that the intelligent public will dis- count the fact that an agent is more inter- ested in the insurance companies than he is in the policy holders, Another case in point s the which the surveyor of this seon fit make concerning come of office. This oficial de- clares that The Bee has overrated the income, when in fact our estimate was based on treasury department reports. As a matter of courtesy we glven the gentleman the privilege of his own ver- sion, but that does not disprove the figures we have cited, with possibly the single ex- ception for the prospective commission in handling the new federal building appro- priation. A more striking Instance still Is the card of the county attorney, who asserted over his name that certain court reports were bascless fabrications. This card was given publicity not only as a matter of cour- tesy, but also to show that The Bee had no disposition to misrepresent either the county attorney or judge. But Mr. Kaley's sion is not the version of that case as glven by the court reporter and up to this time we have no information that would in any material way gainsay the facts published although the comments of the reporter may have been out of place, The reliability of The Bee as a news- paper will stand favorable comparison with that of any of the great dailies in the land, No paper is infallible, but there is a dif- ference between a paper liberal enough to keep its columns open to corréetion and even criticism of its own conduct and papers that fabricate sensational stories and pur- posely color or suppress facts for personal or partisan ends. correction port has to the in- his have ver- THE JEFF I ARE INJUNC Can Jefterson be converted into a market place or must it forever remain as part of the park system, because the park commission has expended a few thousand dollars for sidewalks, music stand, shrub- bery and ? The charter that the mayor and council have power to erect and establish ket houses and market places and they may locate such market houses and market places and public buildings on any street, alley or Is Jefferson square public empted from the sweeping sQu square posie: says shall mar- public grounds. ground or s it e provision of the charter concerning the use of public grounds for market places and public bulldings? This is the pivotal point upon which the test case, brought by Mr. Tukey of the park commission, hinges. On this point and on this point only the injunction suit should be discussed. The attempt to ring In the validity of the proposed bond issue for mar- ket places simply befogs the real question— can Jefferson square be used for any purpose except as a park? Is there any such thing as perpetual use of any publio grounds to which the city has a clear tiyje for one purpose only? Now, inasmuch as the decision to be ren- dered on this point is liable to result in a long-drawn contest through the supreme court that will retard for an indefinite period a public improvement that the citizens of Omaha have decreed by an overwhelming majority, would it not be desirable that the case be argued before three or more of our district judges and their judgment ac cepted as final? We make this sugges tlon with no disrepect to Judge Ferguson, but merely with a view to a speedy settle- ment of & question in which the taxpayers, business workingmen of 'Omaha men and Interestad badly in tum hall monumental are Omaha is of Thls fmpress) mar » and aud structur 1 be and i a bullding mu whole t oceupy quare ible to flway 1 Al sides and by stroet r the money streots on ace of It we are to divert for a market he the shall the city half o and evory part auditor! only be able to will require patching few years and would become short fnatead of a wuper of architecture 7 planting itself in the way of this im the park commission has struck the prosperity of Omatha. this, il is as much to blame as the commission. There no rational far voting $300 out of the city treasury to pay a lawyer to de- feat an improvement which it had decided to undertake. In event, we wonld urge that Judge Ferguson be induced to call upon or more judges of the district court foln him In hearing the case argued and rendering the decision. build a and site shell repairing eve mere esore in an e period plece provement a blaw a growth and for. howeyer, the o was excuse any howeve two to NO CONCE: The p ada at the opening of Parliament that it is commercial The SIONS FROM CANADA ch of the governor general of Can- last weok proposed to offer to the United governor general announced be laid before Parlia- object the revision of with a view to meet time effected in throughout indicated not any concessions States that a measure will ment having for the duti, the business operations of all its stoms, changes which has kinds the Dominion, but he was careful to say that it was not proposed to change the principles this sub. the tarif of Eng which are b whi on Ject polic land and agair maintained, the out that g of trade during last year with existing enactments on rhat h discriminates in favor t 2ae United Sta general proportion of the increase vas due to the ex- of comm Great Britain ars that while certain influences endeavoring al and Canadian to its be found interest sed is to say is to b governor pointing tension pree Thus it app in this to secure the admi: n of Canadian e« farm free of duty th gover determined to adhere tarifr, as it may expedient changes In the of enlarging trade with Great Britain. The obvious fact is that the Canadian not intend to grant adyantages to the United no good reason country are at work products ment is except, perhaps, to make government dces ny reciprocal trade States, and there is really why it should. If we offer the Canadians this great market without any tion, as it is proposed to do, they would b foolish to any concession The; have been for years sceking to make an ar- rangement with us that would open free to their natural products the American market and we have told them that in order to secure this most valuable privilege it -would be necessary for them to concede something in the interest of our manufactured products. There was promise that in time an arrange- ment of this kind could be made, because the farmers of Canada were veliemently de- manding it, but now that they are assured of getting all they sought without giving anything in return, they can be depended upon to make the most of their advantage, The accession of the democratic party to power was a good thing for Canada and her statesmen and people have given abund- ant evidence that they appreciate it. considera- ANOTHER OBIECT It 1s well to note remember the record made in the United States scnate on the passage of the Bland seigniorage bill, so that the responsibility for that legislation shall be placed where it belongs. This record shows that the afirmative was made up of thirty-two democrats, eight repub- licans and four populists, and the negative of eleven democrats and twenty republicans. It thus appears that the democratic sup- porters of the measure were in the pro- portion of nearly three to one, while the proportion of republicans who voted against the measure was as two and one-half to one of the party. Thus the democrats gave a party majority of 21 for the bill to “coin a vacuum,” while the republicans gave a party majority of 12 against this vicious measure, It may be interesting In this connection to recall the record made by the two par- ties In the senate at the extra session. On the proposition for the free coinage of silver twenty-three democrats voted for freo and twenty-two against it, while the republican vote was ten for and twenty- six against. Thus there was a clear jority of the democrats for frec colnage, while the republicans were against it nearly three to one. On the final passage of the bill terminating the purchase of silver, twenty-two democrats voted for the meas- ure and twenty-three against it, while the republicans gave twenty-six votes for re- peal and ten against. A majority of the democrats in the senate were opposed to stopping silver purchases by the govern- ment and the success of the bill was due to the consistent support of the repub- lican friends of a sound and stable cur- rency. One or two republicans who voted for that policy caused some surprise by glving their support to the seigniorage bill, but the two parties stand practically now where they have always stood regard- ing silver—the republicans favoring its re- stricted use in the currency and the demo- crats as a party advocating its unlimited use. The whole history of ‘financial legis- lation during the last quarter of a century shows that the democratic party uni- formly gone on record against sound and honest finance, while the republican party has been as uniformly consistent in insist- ing upon keeping faith intaining the national During all the of struggle against Inflationists and repudia- tors—a the advocates of irredeemable greenbacks, the putting forth of flat money, and the and unlimited coinage of sil- ver—the republican party has never wavered in its devotion to a sound and stable cur- rency. Perhaps it made a mistake In pass- ing the act of 1890 whic ment. a purchaser of silver, done to head off worse legls threatened and really attested of the republicans for keeping renoy a sound basis. There exigency to be met this was practicable way of 1s undeniable that clearly made as unsound finance thero whelming preponderance of republican vote: on the right side and of vot on the wrong side. Belng in control of the de cratlc party has taken advantage of its op portunity to again the country that it is ready to debase the curreucy pair the national credit in the demand for more money, regardless the fact that the country has a larger rela tive of thi than ever before in there LESSON. and coinage ma- has and m credit. years free to made the govern- but that ation that the concern the cur was the The issue sound was was on an and meeting it the between mos fac whenever has been and has been an over democratie congress 10- show and im order to satisty time that supply of currency at its history and is a greater amd@flof idle and unprody tive | PEOPLE AND THINGS, Mr. | T | Taking the reports at par, those Texas hailstones' were fmpressively rocky M- | Take courage, Patricians! No one dared put a | refuto the clalm that St. Patrick “was a » | gontleman.” Governor Walte's exhibition of discretion ern da Gama The Iynching of a vile criminal in Penn sylvania somewhat softens reflections on the Iynching abilities of the south, The vociferons material afloat in that section doubtless accounts for the revival of the claim that is a literary scenter. money Clev now ever before win Whe majority of his party licy will h past course and n tendency of his party forage bill in his 1,44 to what he will do with serfously "afked in financlal circles. If nust do in order to avoid the effect finencial most wholesome, because country that is still to be depended on to prevent Intmical stable A Kansas sharp has it down fine. The LUl R T 1AL DIl | fime remains an impenetrable mystery to the with reasons for withholding Colonel Ingersoll has gone on a brief lec- his signature, and ghould he do this it would p tour south of the Potomac for the first be the end of the measure, as there Is not “-::I;Ih‘l‘lrvx““r‘l'”]jpljj"l:'l'lf’\\l::(‘:j”h\; the slightest likelihood that a veto could be set aside In the house, but in case it should e would certainly sustain a veto. still ground for hope, therefore, that the scheme fof ‘“coining a vacuum’ will fail. In any event, however, it will remain as an object lesson of democratic indifference to the malutenance of a sound currency and an unimpaired public credit. than land go w regard to th nt with h or be check to the inflat He has the and it 1s he v retreat fs an of our west masterly hands worthy selg to it, as he solt-stultification, confidence will be it will reassure upon th the pros! dent a sound and that Mr. selgniorage legislation to louse tu time in his life, to see how the him. Richard Latter of L ten feet {n lenyth, and Legrand Larow of Missour| has one over seven fect long. The Missourian is not troubled with senatorial aspirations, Although coached b ndon has a beard be the sen There 1s y a cowboy flercely spurred, Commander Coxey of the Common weal army is a genuino tenderfoot. He pro- poses to ride in chalses while the privates walk, befabers Judge Woods was Olsen a few days ago, ings In his court In promptly descended from cane, with which he raised lumps all over Olsen’s head. Justice may be blind or my pic in South Dakota, but she is muscular Much feeling has been kicked up by the annual “fast” proclamation of the governor of Connecticut. He makes a prayerful ap peal to have light conferred upon those who, groping In darkness, are unable to the truth when presented to them.” This {s regarded as a partisan reflection, and is being resented as such by democrats. Four year casurer Heming- way of Mis convicted of om bezzling several hundred thousand dollars of state funds and sent to the penitentiary It was proven at the trial that when his term expired the vaults were empty and that he alone knew the combination. ~ None of the lost money could be traced to the treasurer. There had been no Increase in his living expenses and no change In his habits. He supplemented his denial of th charge by turning over to the state every dollar he possess 00d the loss In spite of all this as convicted and sentenced by a friendly judge. Recently conclusive evidence was discovered that thieves had stolen the combinations of the afes from the treasurer and made away with the mone: Efforts are now being made to secure the pardon of Heming- way. to llar by one outh Dakota, and the bench with a called a Commissioner Strickler takes during bewail the fact that his efforts at bogus soclal reform are not backed by a general public sentiment in their favor. He Is waiting for the moral sensibilitics of the people to catch up with ideas upon the duty of the that the laws are strictly in another breath he tells about a terrible shock ed by his long ago when on passing a particula Sabbath morning he actually open. He even saw but that did not arouse his « whether or they laws of the state his face away for fear he might witness to the violation of those is fortunate that the general public senti ment not dopted Mr. Strickler's idea of public duty. Mr. Strickler is a mem the it capacity Police casion to oc- up his advanced citizen enforced. to see Yet most not street susta nerves corner on a saw 5. 8lat saloon men issippl W tnside sity to were violating He turned become a not the liquor of laws. It has yet ber of commission. her in that his he had a right to make a complaint g the saloon keeper who was violating the law He might have informed the policeman upon beat, and had the policeman neglected act could have had him summoned | before the police commission and dismissed. Did Mr. Strickler do efther of these things? No, he turned his face in order not to see. Mr. waiting for the morals of to rise to the plane of actions, or in capacity citizen ainst the o he = i THE BLOODLESS WAR. at: Governor Waite of Colo- ways of making an ass of public official in this Globe-Dem rado finds more himself than any othe: country Phi even away Strickler is the community praiseworthy As a warrior Waite is more brilliant failure than as a civil ruler. When he gets through .he can count on an advantageous offer from any dime muscum in the country. Denver News: A dark pall of awful gloom has enshrouded great and beautiful Denver. God grant that it is nearly lifted and that before today’ un shall set it will be swept away by the sweet breezes of human reason and brotherly love. Kansas City Times: Governor Waite of Colorado, who appears to desire the reputa- tion of a perpetual fire-brand, fortunately lacks the nerve to carry out his wild-horse policies. He once threatened to ride in blood to his charger's bits, but it proved more inviting and much safer to forego that trip. Chicago Tribune: It is barely possible that the members of the police board whom he is trying to oust ought to be removed. It may be they are making a vexatious and un- justifiable fight to stay where they are, but that does not excuse Governor Waite for this last mad act, The only e e which can be made for him is that he is mentally irre- sponsible. Chicago Record: When the present dis- graceful contest has subsided the lesson it will have for Colorado voters is one teach- ing the prime necessity of selecting candi- dates for high places with a view to their personal responsibility and fitness. It should also teach the monstrous folly of car- his delphia Times: The order transferring the Indian supply depot from New York to Chicago Is ing no little opposition among the merchants of the former city, who are busily circulat- ing petitions vigorously protesting against the proposed change. They think that Chi- cago 15 altogether too far west for the station and fear that' the government may lose by removing the seat of competitive proposals for furnishing the supplies so far from the place of manufacture or importa- tion. This merely shows that the Indian supply depot is something worth having or else the metropolis would not be so reluctant {0 lotting it go. Had it gone so far west as Omaha the noise would doubtless have been doubled. But it also indicates what we may expect from the people of Chicago when the eftort is laer to remove the station from Chicago to Omaha, 1 His Chicken Team. New York Sun. There is no reason for laughing at the Nebraskan who has trained twelve leghorn Cchickens for @ long-distance tramp from Omaha to ancisco. It a good thing t Ci to do. T iner may ettle “questions | rying a comparatively insignificant political that have 5 been in dispute: 13 the | quarrel to the verge of civil war. oo e O ' pedestrian mateh | New York World: Governor Walte is a 9 0 miles? Is the biped merely u Who thinks that he has been elected There is no way of getting at all a dictator, He is unreasonable, of- but by experiment, and Mr. Davis IATIesE o FIat 8 Mths brman i whb the people Colorado omana 14 the cxperimenter in the Inter: Blanon ot sclonce | |m{.“}-,3¥”'};-".'|£. \;"l". “wade in blood to their horses’ accompany the Ieghorns Ltrom S if a ready market for their silver Missouri river across the plains, over th He appears to be anxious mountains and on to the Pacific, The bet- ting men will awalit the start with interest, relgn by precipitating a keep time during the peregrination and wateh for dispatches from the telegraph stations along the route. We commend Mr. Davis for his pluck. Every man who throws light upon a disputed question is a benefactor. e The Irrigation Convention. rous- too made Davis a man to be fensive, threate would bridles" was denied them. to signalize his slaughter. Washington Star: Colorado has never had any reason for being proud of Governor Waite, From the beginning of his term of office he has been a disturber of the entirely unreasonable sort, a nuisance of more than ordinary dimensions, a mischievous crank, Denver Republican. whose principal object in life scemed to be It is evident that the irrigation question | the attainment of cheap notoriety. Now he is one of growing interest all over -the | nas succeeded In creating a disturbance transmissouri -country. Iispectally has it | which will do the city of Denver and the T e Ranas and Nebraakn withi | state of Colorado incalculable damage. the last two or three years, Investigations e il have shown a large underflow in all of the wIT N NGS streams, and vast underlying sheet of —_— water which it is proposed to utilize and Inter Ocean ‘When thus render an annual crop ce n, in place | goe ‘round it's a sign of the uncertain returns with which the | square. labors of the farmers in the great region between the irrigated limit of Color rain belt of the Missourl 1e n rewarded. The direction that ition developments will assume by a remurkable enterprise at ad, Kan, where it is proposed to turn waters of two or three large creeks and the overflow of the Arkansas into what is known as the Cheyenne basin and thus cre- ate a lake of fifty square miles in extent Not ‘many such likes would be required to put & new face on the country between the and the Missourl and render. it t and most productive in agricy tural wealth of any section of the United States. Enterprigcs of this kind will be fos- tered and promoted by the Interstate asso- . whose cominis at Omaha ought to be made a great success. O DEMORALIZATION, the he bill collector wants to get Texas Siftings: Many a man who »od shot in this world hopes to miss these | in the next. yune: e office you want. New Orleans Pic an office holder who: Be generous to Put News comes that a fined §5 for kissing a 1 on the st his is another argu- t in favor of the old method of kissing them on the lips. the nothing to brag person says with an Ul be plain with Toston Transe about when a ha air of self-approval, you.” ipt: Indianapolis Journal: “H'm,” sald the burglar, after he had found that the safe was empty, “this thing lacks a whole lot of | What it was eracked up to be. Washington Star, — o omerville Journal: 1t will The sunshins on the river, an’ the fy ia | s Wmen W on 'l 0" ey on the hook, ¢ : iht et to talking about fashions in the The bait 15 in the basket, an' the minnow's | MEhL Kot 16, taeins SRout SEEVONS, Maier isel and prisoncr might die of old age | ore the yerdict was brought In never do to 5 18 lazy, t o' hazy Like the misty mountain top, An’ nowi I wish Thet 1 could fish ' fish An' never stop, ‘onstitution Jim “No, suh tu sce ef any gent but all dey's a-offerin’ is a side er white went an' o Jug er me Dey do Oh, weather, Aprif weather, how ye put the | 'preciate freedom ‘roun’ 1 | waorld in tune, g | ‘ve got the all confused—yer | _Chicago Tribune I'm not ask- | name Is surely ing vou for your office address. Where 13 An’ I'm’ dreamin’ your home? 4 | Of the gleamin’ Conscientious Witness—I haven't any Have you voted | “No suh* “Ain't | I been a-knockin® sman want me, | you & eroun’ Where the mill-wheel diamon's drop home. 1 reside in a suburban flat A nosy 1 wish t 1 could fish fish, never stop. Siftings: Don't be a clam. If you've got to be anything of the kind be a mud turtle An' Then you may have some snap in you. Fogg refers to his ht Boston glasses as Mankind wus made'fur labor. But, let me LanonID tell ye, work When springtime settles o'er the land was ‘made fur me ger shirk, An' 14} frivol An' T revel Whilst T harvest pleasu Tho 1R swish, Tl fisiy an’ fish, fishi st THE FATE OF TRUTH. Indlanapolis Journal . prithee, father, can you tell Why Truth should hide within a well?"* The old man scratched his chin and sa “She's had such mig In_fighting lies, She went to & '8 crop; ak her h ABSOIUTELY PURE MISSOURL MONEY LIITEL Houso Votes to Restrict Improvements on the Big Muddy Next Summer, OMAHA WATER FRONT LEFT EXPOSED the money in spriated, t of the Nebr X0 for ka De an A Hant Fight Expended by ation Makes n € priation to 1 t s Dofente Small Vote, n done as- S Taxing Inc Philadel Members of the building societies all over the United States should bombard the sen- ate with petitions for the restoration of the clause in the Wilson bill that exempted these socleties from the income tax. The senate has struck out the exempting clause thus laying a tax of 2 per cent on the hard earncd savings of all the thrifty poor of the country. The Department of Labor recently estimated that there were 5,800 building associations im the United Stat ned in thirty or more states. Th v of shareholders was estimated to 5,456, and the net assets $195,928 105,97 ] |t Interior to cause an Irrigation survey be made of tho great plains and semi-arid lands the United State which are male nonproductive by reason of too small an amount of rainfall, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. Accurate fleld notes of such survey, maps and othor data shall be made and preserved, and when said survey Is complete a detatled report of the same in writing, with sald accompany Ing data, shall be made to congress “Sec. 2. That to carry Into execution purposes of this act the sum of $500,00 much thereof as may be n horeby appropriated, out of any the treasury not otherwise app bo expended under the direction retary of the interior. NEBRASKA FARM STATISTICS Two speclal census bulleting were |s WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE DER this evening iving statigticy of wgciouit 3 Fourteenth Stre and woalth of the United States in WASHINGTON, March 19, | From the first one It I8 seen that ther Upon the resumption of consideration of | N Nebraska w total of 113,608 farms prising 1156,247,70; improved acres the sundry civil appropriation bill in the | § 345730 acres un! mproved, the valu house this afternoon the Nebraska delega which was $402,358,013, while the impler tlon, fed by Mr. Mercer, resumed their fight | and machinery on it' were valued at In favor of the expenditure of $150,000 of | 468,877, and the liv LA The estimated value of farm pr the amount appropriated by the bill for con- | (¢ FRERELEE - VRS was $06.8 tinuing improvements of the Missourl river | There w . 46,612 mule from Sioux City to its mouth. Mr. Hainer | asses, 2,14 ndother made the principal speech In support of the "'ll g o reviewed the ob- | fleeces. proposed amendment. He reviewed the ol Ne AT HEIBE BL Hew 16 fowa Jects of the Missourl river commission and | yoy 603 comprising 30,491,641 acrc observed that the work being by It | which 26,425,899 were improved and o seemed to be on the old theory that it | unimproved Their total valuation was $5 was to promote navigation from Sioux City | 681,022 and upon them were fmplement to the mouth, when i polnt of fact the com- | Machine LR mission was created and is maintained with | vt RO At yoar was view to broadening and encouraging com- | 347 844; horses, 1,312,079; mules merce over as well as upon th ver. He | 41,648; other cattle, 4,805,600; swine stated that more commerce passed over the | 7 sheep, 547,394; number of fleeces s Missouri between Omaha and Council BIuffs | jn 1890, 361,642, ery year than floated upon the bos The second bulletin on the true valuation of both the Missouri and Mississippl rivers of real and other property shows that th He®said that it was certainly as much the | total valuation in Nebraska was $1,275. duty of the commission to look after com. 5 4, of which the real estate and Improve merce passing over the river by Improving | ments thereon was $708,413,098; live stock the approaches to it, preserving the banks | on farms and ranges, farm fmplements and and encouraging improvements in the direc- | machinery, $109,440,87; mines and quarrfes tion of commerce over the river, as it was | ang products on hand,$2,089,177; gold and sil to Improve the navigation. He elaborated | yver, ‘coin and bullion, $18,961454; machinery this point, making a splendid argument in [ o™ ie and product on’ hand, $14,946,653; favor of preserving the banks about Omaha | fiilroads and equipments, including stroct and Council Bluffs. rallroads, $272,120,695; telegraphs,telephones, Mr. Hainer showed that of the expendi- | gyl e 10; miscellaneous, tures of more than $2,000,000 under the com- | ¢/'bl Fa0'® capita valuation: 189 mission upon the upper reach of the Mis 70, $563: 1860, $317. sou| not a dollar had been expended upon S el s RSB ALEB R L ar:he CLllb O In Towa the total valuation was $2,87.318 the banks about Omaha and while over " sitate o) )\ §100,000 had been expended on the Council il e Ll DRSYEMEriE, Sl Bliifts side; o: thoukhe Kog Pk 701,010; live stock and farm imple : Tt ooty [ 49481101 mines and quarries entertained about a similar expenditure upon 5 (A ) zold and silver, coin and bullion, $30.- the Omaha side, although this latter was b 3 of the greater importance. bty el bl L S Al 30; rallroads and equipments, in LEATE INERAL B street railroads, $142,694,783; tele- Mercer made a spirited speech In be- | graphs and telephones : miscella half of the Omaha expenditure. Producing | neous, $263,036,718. valuation: the resolutions by the city council and Board 1890, $1,196 601; 156¢ ‘\'[ 'I'}mh- of Omaha, and resolutions by the | $366; 1850, $125. egislatures of lowa and Nebraska recom- J TENR VAY. mending the improvements, he showed the RGN e X great necessity of the' improverent. of the The comptroller of currency has been ad- Omaha side, not to preserve private property, ed during the past week of changes in but in the general inte t of commerce, Nebraska's national bank officers Lollow He showed that unless this improvement was The First National of Fairfleld, W. T. New- male the commercial interests in which the comb president in place of J. Shively; tho public is interested would not only cease, | Commercial National of Fremont, no but be greatly damaged. tant cashier in place of 8. J. Dunn. The attack of the Nebraska delogation Nebraska fourth class postmasters were to- upon the general character of the work of | 4ay appointed as follows: Amelia, Holt the commission c d a furore, and for some | county, O. C. Sammons vice F. A. Austin, time there was great confusion. Finally | Tesigned; Bang, Dodge county, Emma J Mr. Bryan got the floor and appealed to | Schow vice Trena Thomsen, resigned; Belvi- the house to stand by the Nebraska amend- | dere, Thayer county, A. P. Hazard vice N. ment, saying that in every effort made to | House, removed; Cushing, Howard county,W. confine the channel of the Missouri to cer- | E. Frettman vice Lizzie Glass, resignec tain limits other commercial interests in | Kilgore, Cherry county, Augustus Davis vico certain localities were impaired; that unque: H. L. Gilgere, resigned; Savage, Antelope tionably the work had been so done at | county, William Baitsch vice G. W. Fannon, Omaha as to greatly damage private prop. | resigned. erty and local commercial " interests, and | Also M. H. Ryan at Spencer, McCook that the government owed that state the im- | county, 8. D., vice B. B. Robbins, resigned provement. Today was the thirty-fourth anniversary ot In spite of the gallant fight made by the | the birth of Representative Willlam Jen- Nebraskans, their amendment was finally de- | nings Bryan of Lincoln, and he was not only feated by a vote of 81 nays to 62 yeas, | heartily congratulated by his friends on the Other amendments appropriating §75.000 to | floor of the house, but he was given a sur- be expended at Atchison, Kan.; $100,000 on | prise party at his residence tonight. Mrs. the banks of the Missouri at Sioux City, and | Bryan fixed up the latter feature while Mr. §100,000 on the Missouri north of Sioux City | Bryan was absent in the west. She issued were voted down, but the Omaha proposi- | invitations to quite a number of Mr. Bryan's tion received the greatest support of any of | friends, and his house on Capitol hill was the amendments, overflown by men and women from almost TO RESURVEY DISPUTED LANDS. every state in the union, and especlally from Senator Manderson today proposed an | Nebraska. The occasion was one of great amendment to the sundry civil appropria- | enjoyment, and was a splendid tribute to tion bill, making an appropriation of $18,000 [ Mr. Bryan's personal popularity. It must with which to make a survey of townships | have been all that Mrs. Bryan could have 21, 22, 23 and 24, north of range 81 to 40, | hoped for in the way of a compliment from inclusive, west of the Sixth principal merid. | her friends. There was music and a beauti- ian, and those portions of townships 21, | ful collation, 22 ‘and 23 north of range 41, west of the The comptroller of the currency has de- Sixth principal meridian, comprising land in | clared a first dividend of 25 per cent to the Grant and Hooker counties, Nebraska. Ac- | creditors of the Citizens National bank of companying the amendment were lotters | Grand Island on claims proved amounting to from the commissioner of the general land | $174,219. RIS B office recommending the survey as a means of settling disputes over boundaries. He states that inasmuch as there is no surveyor general in Nebras] the work must be done directly under the supervision of the general land office. He mentions Mr. Burrill of Fre- mont in connection with the work, as if he were to get the contract for the resurveys. Senator Manderson also introduced a bill appropriating $1,200 for paving around the federal bullding at Nebraska City. ALLEN'S IRRIGATION BILL. Senator Allen introduced the following bill, which was read twice and referred to the committee on public lands, to provide for an irrigation survey of the great plains would represent savings of about and semi-arid lands of the United States: r enchi sharoholdor,/And aceorcing “Be it enacted by the senate and houso the awralolsaninsomelitay Eproppsliion of representatives of the United States of A I T A America in congress assembled, that from | L obe. s 0%e o e A save only $00 and after the passage and approval of this | apiece are to tax ause of thelr act it shall be the duty of the s providence! be BROWNING, KiNG & co. 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