Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 27, 1894, Page 4

4 THEOMA B, ROBEWA’ HA DAILY BEE IR, Bditor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Dee (without Sunday), Ona Year Dally and Sunday, One Year ¥ Bix Montha Threa Monthis Sunday 1 Haturday | Weekly Iie Omatia, The 1tes Tulldin Kouth Omana, cormer N And Twenty-fourth Bts Counetl Bufts, 12 Pear) atreot. Chicago riee: 317 Chamber of € New Sork, Rioms 13, 14 and 15 Washington, 613 CORRESPONDE: i communieations relatime to hews and edi- L "o ‘adremsed; To the ditor, TERS, con should b "company, merce, Tribune Bldg. Omaha, be made Drafs, pavabl THE 1 STATEMI George 11, T Publishing compan the actual numbe The Daily Morning, printed during the me an follows: WCULATION iy, 181, wan [3 Total for the Less reductions coples month for unsold Total wold At 3 Dafly average net circulation . *Sunday. hetore m this 3d day of N. When the grand jury is once called there will be a scattering of lame ducks in these parts such as has not been witnessed in years. The city detective force should be re- organized on the basis of integrity and ef- ficlency. There should be no place on that force for black-legs and black- mailers. libertines, Emperor William and President Cleveland must have entered an active competition to see which can take the greater number of vacations during the period that they are to be contemporary rulers. The cats that don’t catch mice must be dismissed from the detective force. Detec- tives that have no eyes to see nor ears to hear, unless there is something in it for them, are dangerous to good government. The friends of Chairman Wilson will not advise him to hasten his return to Washing- ton. Should he be present to watch the mutilation of the Wilson bill the shock sustained might lead to a relapse that would prove exceedingly detrimental to his re- covery. The fact that all bills regulating tele- graph and telephone charges introduced into the Iowa leglslature have been reported adversely from the commitlees to which they were referred is pretty good evidence that the electrical lobby managed to get in a few of its persuasive shocks. President Cleveland evidently does not “think that the future prosperity of the country depends solely upon the fate of the Bland seigniorage bill. At any rate his dellberation #in’ considering the question whether he should sign it or veto it shows that its urgency at this particular moment 18 Mot uppermost in his mind, We are told that the best authorities In New England predict a failure of the maple sugar crop this year. This is most assuredly due to the-business depression and the un- certainty that has surrounded the sugar schedule of the new tariff bill. The trees cannot be expected to give a full yield when all other industries are running on short time. Auditor Moore's efforts to bring the re- caleitrant insurance companies to time and to compel them to comply with the laws of Nebraska ought to be given the co-operation of the agents of those companies which are living up to the law. No discrimination in this matter ought to be tolerated for a mo- ment. It is due to the companies in legal operation that the fllegal business be promptly suppressed. Those people who are shouting to have the tarift bill passed by the senate and sent to a conference committee in a few days, or even in a few weeks, must be entirely ignorant of the usual course of legislation in the United States congress. It is idle to expect the tariff bill to be carried to a third reading by any such parliamentary trick as succeeded with the Bland selgnior- ago bill. One lesson of that kind is enough. One good result has already accrued from the Irrigation convention held here last week, and that Is the awakening of the business men of Omaha to the possibility of expanding our commerce by stimulating immigration to the western part of this state. Irrigation may attract many settlers, but irrigation can be introduced but slowly. In the meantime, a systematic advertising of Nebraska's re- sources will do much to attract the attention of immigrants. Omaha business men can do much for themselves in this way. Taking the usual experience of the written petition at the hands of congress as prece- dent, the probable action upon the presenta- tion of the proposed living petition Is by n0 means encouraging to contemplate, The averago memorial that is sent to the clerk's desk in either house is either placed on file, where it dles a natural death, or is referred to the appropriate committee, where it comes to & violent end by being smothered in a couvenlent pigeonhole. The living petition would probably refuse to remain on file in silence, and the committee pigeonholes are scarcely large enough to accommodate it without extensions. But it cannot escape the inevitable fate of all petitions that find thelr way to congre The new Broad street railway station in Philadelphia has just been completed sufi- clently to permit the greater part of it to be opened for public use. The Philadel- phla Press seizes the occaslon to say that “the new station with its grand trainshed makes one of the finest rallway terminals it this or any other country, and is u great crodit to the enterprise, Uberality and taste of the Pennsylvania Rallroad company.” In the meantime Omaha is still putting up with the rattle-trap shed that goes by the mame of railway station. Would that we could pay a compliment of this kind to some one of the railways centering In this city, but alas, thelr entorprise, liberality and taste in the way of affording terminal facilities 1s sadly lacking. THE DUTY OF THE DAR. Cunningham R, S of the a general When elected as a it was member bench of (his distriet thero was conviction among at- torneys that his femperamient and mental disposition totally the ex- dictal after he had been inducted into unfitted him for ercise of fonctions. Within less than a year office his and oft the bench he behavior on to the unpre- eccentric and erratic ame so offensive the great body of the bar that cedented procedure was instituted by that body to investigate the actions of the judge with a_view to his removal from office or bringing about his resignation The bar committee to which this matter was delegated took a great deal of testimony Judicial the findings of concerning his conduct and we the committpe by give understand wero withheld upon pledges given the Judge that he would endeavor to no further cause for complaint. Within the past few months members of the bar have become convinced that some declsive action must be taken by the bar as a body to preserve the dignity and respect the of this manifest that the bar has a duty to perform for court district. It i3 now which it must not shirk. This duty it owes not only to itself, but to the public. The time for action can no longer be deferred and The Bee would urge that a me: the course as may be deemed preper under ex- ing of district bar be called to take such a isting circumstances, DEATH OF GENERAL ESTABROOK. The announcement of the death of Gen- eral Experience Estabrook will cause mos this community. Gen- wasg among the sturdy plo- neers who helped to found an empire west of the Missouri and left his indellible in print upon the political foundations of our com 1th. A man of massive intellect and mold, with and decided views upon every issue, General Estabrook was a stalwart leader and gallant fighter in the struggle that preceded and followed the war. A true lover of freedom in its broad- est sense, General Estabrook battled for his opinions whether he was with the majority or stood alone. In all his carcer he never cowered before an enemy or flinched from what he believed to be a duty. Among men of the legal profession he occupied the first rank, and the records of our highest courts attest the fact of his eminence as a constitu- tional lawyer. Tho gathering of wealth v with him, but rather aceidental and i dental to the growth of Omahu. Esteemed and respected by his associates, his memory will be cherished by all as one of the grand old figures of the early days of Omaha, THE QUESTION OF FREE SHIPS There will probably be reported to the house of representatives at an early date what is known as the Fithian free ship bill. This measure provides for the unrestricted purchase and registration of foreign-built vessels by American citizens, free of duty, such vessels to enjoy the same rights as are accorded to home-built craft, except that they are not to be permitted to engage in the coastwise' trade. It is reported that vigorous efforts are being made by certain democrats in congress to awaken interest in behalf of this bill and that agents of British ship builders in eastern cities are exerting themselves in its favor. At the same time there is being manifested a stroug opposition to the measure on the part of American ship builders, who plausibly urge that it would be destructive of their business, un- less wages here were reduced (o the British level. One of these ship builders sald that the measure, instead of being called a free ship bill, ought to be called a bill to wreck American ship builders, or a bill to promote that industry in Great Britain. It might alse be viewed in a political and diplomatic aspect and entitled a bil to provide a neutral agylum for the English merchant marine in case of war between that country and other maritime powers. “If that bill should become a law,” sald the ship builder, “the construction of merchant vessels would cease In this country until such time as American workmen were willing to accept British wages,”” for the demands of the coastwise trade would not sustain the sea- board ship yards. At present all material used in the construction of ships for the foreign trade comes in practically free of duty—that is, there is a drawback of 99 per cent on it. Hence the cost of materials for constructing a ship in the United States for the foreign trade is precisely the same as the cost of the materfals in British ship vards, with the slight difference caused by freight. The material difference in the cost of constructing a ship on this side of the Atlantic and on the other is in the cost of labor. That is nearly double here what it is in Great Britain. The purpose of this bill is to restore the merchant marine of the United States in the ocean-carrying trade, and it therefore possesses general interest. The people who grow grain and catlle in the northwest which will be exported to foreign imarkets have as great an interest in the question of an American merchant marine as the manufacturers of the east, and should not regard the matter as one remote from their concern. Last’ year less than 12 per cent of our imports and exports was carried in American vessels. "The amount for the cur- rent year will undoubtedly be still further reduced. IL Is estimated that the yearly freight charges on our current” commerce, inward and outward, amount to about $150,- 000,000, of which $132,000,000 goes to for- eign and only $15,000,000 to home ship owners. If there be added to the amount of froight charges the that annually goes to forelgn ship owners from American passengers, the total will be fully $200,000,- 000. This Is a great drain, for it must bo understood that practically the entire amount goes abroad. A little reflection upon what the producers of this country are an- nually contributing to a forelgn interest cannot fail to show the Importance, general and far-reaching, of the question of restor- ing the ocean-carrying trade of the United States, 50 that this great drain, or a large part of it, may be stopped and the charges for transporting our commodities, the pro- ducts of both the farm and the factory, may g0 into thoe pockets of our own ship owners, to be expended by them in our own markets. Nor is this the only advantage to be con- sidered. An American merchant marino would be of fucaleulable value in promoting and extending American commerce. It ls, indeed, absolutely essential to the extension of our forgign trade and to enable us to successfully compete with our great comumer- clal rivals. All this belug admitiéd, the question Is as to the most practicablo and judicious policy for aftalning this object. This has been a perplexing question for years, during profound sorrow in eral Bstabrook nwe heroic clear not a passion sum the scales of justi hich the merchant marine has nlend"y'{rnw was placed. declined. It 13 now proposed to make a radical departure from the policy (hat has led all th rs and allow Ameri- «d to invest in shipping to buy vessels abroad, give them an American registration and safl them under the Ameri- ean flag. The objections to this policy are certainly not without force, but the great fact which its advocates have.on their side is that the present poliey has not only fatled 1o restore the merchant marine, but that in- terest has rapidly declined under it. This alone presents an argument which the op- position the proposed change of policy will find it dificult to overcome to SHALL JUSTICE BE PERVERTED? The autocratic and unamerican attempt of Judge Scott to muazle and terrorize the press and humillate and degrade the bar of this city under pretense of upholding the dignity of his court impels me to enter an carnest public remonstrance against a proceeding which s without a paralel either in this country or in Great Britain. I question whether the czar of all the Russias would in this enlightened age under- take to punish an editor or reporter for any violation of the Russian p ws without glving him a to defend himself through attorneys, aud whether would sume for himsell the roles of prosecutor, witness and judge under the most provoking circumstance. Looking backward over a period of more than twenty-two years since The Bee was founded, this is the first time that any mem- ber of its editorial staff has been arraigned before any judicial tribunal on the charge of impeding justice by fmproper criticism. All men familiar with editorial career will bear witness to the fact that in the discharge of the highest duty and preroga- tive of the press, namely, the free and fear- less discussion of public men and measures, I have never flinched or proved recreant to what I deem to be a sacred trust, From the highest to the lowest, from president to postal clerk and pefty federal official, from the occupant of the supreme bench at Washington to the master commissioner of the United States district court, all have been subjected to periodic censure and even denunciation for official actions which wore deemed pernicious or prejudical to the public welfare. During these long years more than a score of judges have occupied the bench of this district, but it remained for the ir- rascible unreasonnig judge who tem- porarily occupies the criminal bench of this county to make an exhibition of himself by venting Lis spleen upon the court reporter of The Bee, insult and abuse the attorneys employed for his defense, and attempt to strike down the bulwark of American liberty—a free and untrameled press—by threats of exclusion and condisn punish- ment. The animus which he has exhibited and the tyrannical methods he has pursued on this occasion will forever remain a blot upon the court record and tend to lower popular respect for our judicial system. The rancor displayed by Judge Scott in dealing with Reporter Percival and the as- saults which he made by innuendo upon myself In the course of his violent tongue- lashing of the unfortunate reporter shows to what extremes he would go in holding e on trial of one who has ineurred his Il will, And this brings me to a matter of per- sonal as well as public concern, Ongthe day before the late clection I ad- dressed an open letter to the citizens of Douglas county over.my signature through the columns of The ke, under. the caption: “A Last Word of Warning.” In that letter an earnest appeal was made “to the voters against the re-election of George A. Bennett as sheriff on the ground of incompetency, gross neglect of duty and flagrant disregard of law by Limself and deputies. In sub- stance the letter charged the sherift with permitting the custody of prisoners in the county jail to fall into the hands of neg- ligent and law-defying ‘deputies. Jail de- liveries had become frequent and an in- stance was cited whe ity prisoner was released from jull by a deputy without an order of the police judge or mayor. It was further charged that prisoners who were presumed to be in close confinement in jail were encountered in saloons and question- able resorts, some times in company of the jailer and some times alone, In one in- stance a prisoner, whose name was cited, who had been arrested as an embezzler, was taken to a gambling house by the jailer and left there to amuse himself at a game of faro, while the jaller also took part in games. Attention was likewise called to the Mosler scandal and the liberties which the bank wrecker had enjoyed whilc in custody of the sheriff, followed by other revelations too vile to be detailed. Then followed this declaration: “Suflice it to say the proof is overwhelm- ing that under Sheriff Bennett the Douglas county jail had not only been turned into an assignation house, but a yeritable brothel, in which custodians of prisoners acted the part of procurers,” ete. In concluding the appeal T called attention to the fact that the candidate was making desperate efforts to sustain himself with members of the A. P. A. on the ground of fellowship, and 1 then and there said: “If it is the purpose of the A. P. A. fo stand by its members right or wrong, to uphold a public official who has debauched and scandalized the public service, becauso and only because he is one of their membe then the order would be a menace to frec American institutions, I am loth to believe that any decent or reputable member of the association will stand up for him, and, by endorsing him for re-election, justify the infamies that have been perpetrated by him as custodian of the county jal " About two montlis after the election I was apprised by a prominent citizen that the county attorney had been requested to bring an action for criminal libel against me on behalf of the late sheriff, but that he ap- peared to be embarrassed because he did not want to give offense to myself. There- upon the county attorney was invited by me to call at The Bee office and he did so, 1 assured him that he need not be embarrassed on my account and if the parties feeling themselves aggrieved insisted upon his filing complaints he should by all means do so and prosecute the case the same as If I had no relation to politics and the press, About two weeks later two complaints were filed in the police court, one by George A. Bennett and the other by Sophia Bennett, his wife. At the outset of the trial the ruling of the police judge that the burden of the proof was upon the defendant placed me at groat disadvantage. This ruling was so maui- festly at varlance with usage in criminal progeedings that eminent lawyers, both in and out of the clty, expressed surprise at the procedure adopted In face of the fact that under the criminal law the presump- tlon of innocence Is In favor of the accused, and this presumption is to be regarded In every e to the benefit of which the party accused 1s entitled. Our stafutes more- over expressly provide that to be criminal & libel must be both false and malicious. Tho adverse ruling of the judge was not the only disadvantage under which the de- chance he my and It 1s at all times dific witn , however depraved t to testify about their own but in this case witnesse by ‘threats and spirited rs made to withhold fm- by felgning forgetfulness. Other Witnesses, who were cited for pur- poses of Imgeachment, were either con veniently missing or represented as having left the ®hen in fact they were in the city, and the prosecution must have known it. In spite of all these drawbacks, evidenco enough was produced before the trial was half over to sustaln the charges of Pockleis Megligenosl dabutichery. ahd :¥lola tion of prison rffles and taws, 8o that there was virtually nothing left for the prosecu- tion, if animated simply by a desire to vindicate the law, but to dismiss the case, That was the consensus of opinion among all classes as expressed freely in and out of the city. As for myself, T was willing, and anxious, to go to the bottom of the case, be- cause I desired to satisfy and convince the public that every charge made had come to me from credible sources; that the horri- ble state of affairs in and about the jail was not exaggerated, but underrated, and that T was actuated of duty In the T had pursued. There was one episode in this remarkable trial which the public may not have clearly understood. When the trial began two law- yers took seats hehind the prosecuting attor- ney, and during its progress they played the role of prompters from behind the scenes One of these prompters had achieved notoriety, It not fame and public esteem, as the attorney for the Helfenstein claims; the other had gained considerable prominence in a semi-political society. Inasmuch as these whisperers had not announced themselves a assistants for the state, or as attorneys for the prosecuting witness, their conduct natu- rally became inexplicable. The trial dragged along about ten days when of my attorneys reported to me that he was informed by a high of ficial of this county that it had been ar- ranged and forcordained that I should be bound over on one of the two complaints in any event, and that I should be forced to stand trial before Judge Scott in spite of his known prejudice against and bitter hatred toward me; that Scott would everything in his power to have victed so that he could place a stigma upon me, although judgment might be set aside and reversed the very next day. This information was decidedly startling and the deep resentment I felt over the conspirac of which 1 was to be the rise in open court and protest against star chamber proceedings. The information con- veyed to me by my attorney was subse- quently confirmed by a lawyer who claimed to have knowledge of the dastardly plot and by reports freely circulated among business men. «i & The outcome of' the trial gave the report coloring, if it dil not actually give confirma- tlon. There was' not a scintilla of proof offered by the stdte during the entire trial that 1 had ever entertained or expressed any malice toward Mrs. Bennett. I had never known her until‘she had testified on the witness stand.‘Her ‘mame even had not been mentioned ‘fi my letter, except as it might be consiried as referring to her where I spoke!of the matron of* the jail. It takes the greatgst stretch of the imagina- tion to make that reference libelous and not privileged. ~The “mere statement that it was represented to, me that the matron had knowledge that an abortion had been committed in_jail does not charge-her with a crime nor cven reflect upon her, unless it be by inference that it was negligence on her part in mot preventing its commis- sion. Suppose I had sald that Mosher was allowed to receive visits from Nellie Sayre in his cell with her knowledge, would that have constituted a criminal libel upon the matron? Most assuredly not. The court raled that the revelations made Dby me concerning the sheriff were privileged because he was a candidate and officeholder, and although the matters charged might be false, nevertheless if I believed them to be true and they were published to the voters in good faith, the action would be justified in law. But the court held that the same rule would not hold good con- cerning the matron, because she was not a candidate. This 18 a most extraordinary doctrine. The whole article was written concerning the office of the sheriff, the conduct of his deputies and the manage- ment of the jail. - The matron was part of that management, and anything that hap- pened in the jail under her care and su- pervision was a legitimate subject for dis- cussion and comment relating>to the office of sherift and the custodians of the jail under him. If all the matter relating to the sheriff and his deputies was privileged that relating to the matron was equally privileged. There was abundant testimony to show that the information relating to the alleged abortion came to me from credible sources such as any prudent editor would have reason to belleve to be true. Hence, it follows that there was no fabrication and no malice on my part, and the prosecutor ought to know emough (o know that no honest man or set of men would vote to place a stigma upon an editor under such circumstances. Now T do not contend or desire to inti- mate that Judge Berka would knowingly allow himselt to be used as a tool in the hands of political conspirators, nor do I believe Judge Scott would knowingly be a party to such an infamous plot, but that such a conspiracy bas been hatched I firmly o belleve, The question {5 §hall Justice be outraged and the of the courts used to perpetraté a monstrous wrong? I have voluntarily undergone a costly four weeks trial in the police court in order that the truth might be thoroughly sifted and both myselt and the cownty spared the needless expense of a protrheted jury tridl, Now where Is'{hiere any warrant or ex- cuse for placing,this case on.the docket? I it is under prétense of vindicating the majesty of the law then why does not the county attorney vindicate the law by seeing that men who pidad gullty of forgery and grand larceny are sentenced and punished as the law directs? Why does he not file informations against: the men who in the Bennett libel trfal have committed rank perjury and the men who have committed felonles in playing In gambling houses and high by releasing prisoners from confinement fmposed by law; for con- verting the fall into a dram shop and bawdy house and for gratifying their lust upon prisoners committed to thelr custody and care? E. ROSEWATER, to get may be mora acts of immor@Rty. intimidg and of portant testi were away, towi by a sense course had one do me con- his victim made me machine; misdemeanors Characteristic Stupldity, Indianapolls Journal, Tt ts characteristic of democratle stupid- ity that while the natlons of Europe are engaged I negotlating commercial treaties and reaching out after special trade privi- leges the United States should adopt ex actly the opposite policy by revoking rec iprocity treaties under ‘which Its exports have increased $30,000,000, & year. This Is about the size of democratic statesmunship. HERE AND THERE. it Be remembered that in Adam’s case Judgment speedily followed confession. “Liver failure” promises to rival heart fajlure &% a mask for medical misinforma- tion. It is a question whether widows or poli- ticians hold the balance of power in Wasi- ington “Carry ‘out the platform,” exclaims the Atlanta” Constitution. Second the motion, Send it to the garbage heap or burn it Tiio movenient fn favor of Vice President Stovonson for presidont in 1896 is enthusi astically applauded by those who revere his memory as a_headsman. The financial crookednoss of McKano b reached $70,000. The ex-boss was fortunate in flying from the wrath of his victims. He is reasonably safe in Sing Sing. Where are you gofng, my pretty maid? ' going a conrting, kind sir, sh 0, may I defend you, my pretty maid? Your clatter annoys me, sir, she said It is said that Mrs, William Betts, the new woman deputy United States marshal at id. Cincinnati, js the second woman to receive such an appointment. The first one is now in service in Oklahoma Territory. Commenting on the midnight ruling in the Prendergast case, the Chicago Herald notes on the part of the bench a “fondness for usurping legislative and executive functions.” The Herald continues business at the old stand. William E died at the age nney Teeple, who Manchester, Pa., a few days ago at of 76 years, was famous as a_deer slayer. He began Killing them when 11 year: and fs said to bave shot not less than of them. The evolution of a Chicago alderman from a clerkship at $2,000 a year to a pieayune solary of $166 a year as a municipal law- maker is inexplicable to the uninitiated. The cruel, selfish, remorseless world will never appreclate the lofty spirit of self- sacrifice that secthes and bubbles in the aldermanic breast “Soapy” Smith, the slippery heeler who was conspieuous in the defense of the city hall of Denver against the governor and the militia, is as piously inoffensive In outer garb as Canada Bill, and as smooth a con man as Doe Boggs of odioi® memory. Soapy was in the swim in Creede's palmy days, and ked the town so gracefully as to c mand admiration as well as cash from victims. Once when his pile ran-low he imported a plaster “petrified glant” from Denver, buried it some distance from town and had it “discovered” later on. The dis- covery was announced with brass bands. Smith placed the s(iff on exhibition, and the whole town chipped in 25 cents apiece to see the wonder. A doctor accidentally diseovercd the material of which the giant was built, and Smith and the stiff slipped out of Creede between days. Seci SR 1 AND NEBRA Wilber has organized a camp of the Inde- pendent Workmen of America, with eighteen charter member: Champion, Chuse county, citizens are going to tap the carth to a depth of 1,000 feet in search of artesian water. Red Willow county is devoting a acreage to alfalfa than ever this year. ranch alone has put,in 600 acres. Pawnea county’s Woman's Temperance union will hold 4 semi-anuual convention at Table Rock on Friday and Saturday. Dr. Ed Stone, one of the pioneer settle of Republic county, Kansas, died suddenly of heart disease at his home near Hubbell. Fourteen-year-old Harry Deck, living at Table Rock, had his shoulder dislocated by a horse falling with him while chasing catile. Atbert H. Jones, treasurer of Red Willow county, diel at Flagstaft, Ariz., whiic on the way to California for the benefit of his health. The Grant Sentinel and Perkins County Herald have consolidated with a hyphen and with B. S. Littlefield as editor and C. F. Smith as publisher. Three-ycar-old Net Strong overturned a can of Iye which had been standing on a shelf a little higher than his head. One of his eyas was severely burned. Willlam Graham, hardware merchant of Creighton, has received intimation from England that by the death of an uncle Le has fallen heir fo a small fortune. At Nivbrara the waters of the Big Muddy were 5o angry that the local ferry was tied up. The skipper refused to venture out without oil to calm the troubled billows. Samuel Sagasser, an old_soldier, wandered away from his home in North Platte over a weck ago and nothing has been heard of him since. It is thought that he went west. He is quite deaf and rather feeble-minded. Ladies of Surprise were very much sur- prised themselves when they found, after they had been to great trouble to prevent the granting of a liquor license to Druggist Leard, that Mr. Leard had made no applica- tion for such a llcense. 0ld John Bigler, the noted Chadron gambler, who died a short time ago, left a fortune of some $1,000 or $1,200, and now his will Is being contested by a squaw at Rosebud agency, who claims to have been married to him in days gone by. In an article on the possibilities of Colum- bus, the Argus of that place challenges com- parison with any point In America for natural advantages. With the Loup river on the one side and a range of good clay hills on the other, between 200,000 and 300,000 acres of the country’s most generous soil, lylng “as pretty as a picture for irrigation purposes,” the Argus considers the invita- tion to develop the resources of the neighbor- hood as frresistible to an enterprising people. TR oS Discrediting Real Refor: Loulsville Courler-Journal. The result of taking the temperance re- form into politics has been to withdraw attention i a large dc from those moral forces which have don much in the pust sixty vears to moderate the evils of intemperance. To be sure, the latter have not been abandoned, ' nor have cfforts in that direction been barren of result. But it has been the distinct tendencey of the work for prohibition to discredit “'moral suasion” as something not to be relied on. kiven the total ubstinence societies have to a large extent driven out all but prohibitionists—not. indeed, by di- rect action, but by making th> organizat on prohibition agencies, There Is good reason to believe that the prohibition idea, pur- sued as it has been with intolerance, has been a positive drawback to the progress of temperance reform hit NEBRA CANS. larger One Works in Ever Denver Republ Courage 18 a powerful factor in the de- velopment of any city, and the expression of faith in the futuré of a town goes way toward making it what its ad- es claim for it. It is in the nature of a public duty for business men to speak as hopefully and as encouragingly as possible about the business situation. dofng s0 they inapire confidence in othe nd thus strenzthen the whole communi The practical effcet of this may be seén in the investment of capital, for” even capitalists are affected by the féellng which exists in a community.” If the people who live In a fown ave confident and full of hope' others will feel that It is a place in which they may invest their money with safety. e Maiden Effort. Chicago Times. There will be fun at the municipal elec- tion in Kearney, Neb. The women of that lively town have held a convention and nominated candidates of their own for every office. Morcover, they have adopted | resolutions to the effect that ull the male | candidates are “too cowardly to do the duty in regulating vice and corruption We hope this last indictment 18 not trie, but it remains with the men of Kearney (o prove its falsehood Thy Chicago Rocord, The question of why & revenue bill should be passed that will produce more r than s required by the gove be a ditfieult one questioned whi son and other the e tax opportunity 1o -ature of the bill Smoke Locates th Chicago Record. There are rumors of corruption in the Omaha city council, Omaha is getting too ambitious for a city of her size destroy Cire. N mulating Bland. Washington News Those Omaha gentlemen app: proved that considerable money made by coining & vacuum. Senate's Bush apacity. Louisville Courl nal. Let us give the United Btates senate its due. It is st least able to pass the time. r to have can be REFLECTIONS ON ADAM, St. Louls Republie: The more we read the developments n the Breckineldge-Pollard trial the more we wond that the Kentueky Star-Byed Goddess of Reform escaped. Philadelphia_Inquirer: Have we advanced no further than the Garden of FEden? Breckinridge makes the same old defense that Adam did—"The woman dil tempt me." But Adam got his punishment just the same. Globe-Democrat: It was Colonel W. C. P, Breckinridge who characterized Benjamin Harrlson's messago on the Chilian question as “an attempt to ravish a weak sistor.” Perhaps Colonel Breckinridge thinks Mr. Harrison should have taken Chili out buggy riding. Washington Star: Adam's pititul throwing the blame on the woman, was accepted, and both Adam and Fve were turned out of Eden toget The decision in that case does not present an encouraging precedent for either the defendant or the plaintiff in the colebrated case now pend- ing. Now York Tribune: And yet this “honor- able” person must know what mannor of people his constituents are, and he fs said to be “quite confident” of renomination and re-election. A more amazing exhibition of callous insensibility to shame and disgrace was never witnessed. We shall refuse to believe, until we are compelled to, that the citizens of Lexington are so lost to all con- siderations of self-respect as to extend a public reception and a banguet to a man who upon his own admissions has been guilty of offenses that pillory him before all the world as untruthful, dishonorable and unclean. i b RIPPLING REMARKS, oxeus Plain Dealer: Yes, vessel—but he has tc ‘DId_ he get into soclety out §5,000, as report has man_Is the stronger be often bailed out. Detroit Tribune ry much?’ “A Free Press: Lady—-Huave youany en Huckster—Not much, ma’am; only a week. Yonkers tte: A at art exhibitions " is keeps the artists committee because it hanging 80 called 1 suspense Life: Ralph—8u gets mad when h pose a fellow's best girl sks for a Kiss? Curtis =Take it without asking. Ralph—Suppose she gets mad then? Curtis—Then he's got some other fellow's girl. Indianapolis Journal: “What are you studying so hard about?” asked the wife of the rock-ribbed democrat. “I was jist tryin’ to figger out in my own mind whether this man Cleveland is the Joner er the whale. Philadelphia Times: Anybody half an eye may see the i} B « Tid 'he way to sleep,” says a scientist, “is to think of nothing.” But this is a mistake. The way to sleep is to think it Is time to get up. Washington Star: “Why, sir,” said the young man, “do you refer to'this as a dime museum poem?" “Because,” replied the editor, “it is a freak. It has more than the normal num- Dber of feet.” Milwaukee Journal: It is astonishing how much amusement other people imagine that A man gets out of his work. Buffalo Courier: Jillson says he has no- ticed that some men are a great deal like rivers. \When their heads are swelled you realize it from their mouths. Washington Star: “What do you think of Senator Sohnso's career?” “Oh, 1 can't say, as vet. It Is largely a matter of speculation.’ Life: “Papa,” Fijiisland malden, as she lald down her paper, "I have just read that ball room dresses are daily ‘becoming more_and more decollete, What does that mean It m s, my child,"” replied her grizzly warrior father, as a flush of pride strug- gled with the Pacific tan on his brow, “it means that, uncivilized as they call us, we are not beyond establishing a prece- dent!” VERNAL JOY. New York Press. There is a pleasure in these sweet spring days Of which the ‘When Sol has land ways With crocuses and thing: “What is that pleasure?’ inquire, That joy that thrills the soul? It is to have a roaring, big wood fire Or one well heaped with coal. e A BLAMED SIGHT WORSE. .l’“"’ sings, X ecked the lanes and wood- some one may Boston Cou A_bachelor, old and cranky Was sitting alone in his room; His toes with the gout were aching, And his face was o'erspread witksgloom. No little ones' shouts disturbed Him, om noises the house was free, In fact, from the attic to cellar Was quiet as quiet could be. No medical aid was lacking: The servants answered his ring, Respectfully heard his orders, And supplied him with everything, But still there was something wanting Something he couldn’t command; The kindly words of compassion, The touch of a gentle hand. And he said, as his brow grew darker, And he rahg for the hireling nurse, “Well, ma e may be a failure But this is a blamed sight worse." ONE RESULT OF ADVERTISING Little Notice in The Beo Deluges Congress- men with Letters from Home, SUPPLY OF MAPS IS ALREADY EXHAUSTED Members Ask that Thelr Constituents o Notifled that Further Roquests Will 1o In Vain—Paxton & VieFling's ¢ tract Signed by Carlisle. WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BER 613 Fourteenth Street, WASHINGTON, March 26, That it pays to advertise in The Bee there can be not the least doubt, for it has been proven that nearly everybody in Ne- braska and the surrounding states read it. A few days ago a Washington speclal to The Bee announced that there would shortly bo a revised United States map issued at the general land office, and that coples of i, could be procured by addressing members of ongress. The Nebraska delegation has re- ved hundreds and hundreds of re quests for these may and stil they come, while the Towa, South Dakota, Wyoming and somo other delegitions are being deluged with re- quests for the maps. Nearly overy one writ- ing for the maps encloses a copy of the Bpe- clal from The Bee. Today Representative Mercer and some of the fowa delegation re- quested The Bee correspondent to state that they have already received rany times mora requests than they would have copies of tho map to supply, and that further requests would be in vain. OMAHA'S FEDERAL BUILDING The supervising architect of the treasur: today informed Mr. Mercer that he allowed the claim of 0. J. King of Omahu for extra work upon the foundation of tho new federal building in that city, amounting to $2.900 less $400. M. Lynch of Des Moines, Ta., has filed his application at the Treasury department for the position of surveyor of customs at Des Moines. Secretary Carlisle today signed the formal and final contract with the axton & Vierling company of Omaha for furnishing the fron work in the new federal bullding in that city. The award was made as an-_ nounced by The Bee last week Representative Mercer expects Washington with the house public buildings and grounds, of which he is a_member, on next Sunday for Chicago, where the commission will Investigate tho needs of that ety for a new federal building. He will likely g0 to Omaha before returning here. to leave committee on NATIONAL BANK CHANGES, The comptroller of the currency has, dur- ing the past week, been officially” advised of changes In the officers of national banks as follows: Nebraska—The Iirst National bank of Stanton, F. McGovern vice president; thy Crete National, John Clay, jr., president in place of John R. Johnston, . H. Connor vice president in place of Frank A. Kemp, C. Spink cashier in place of Frank H. Connor, > Towa—The Oskaloosa Natlonal, C. E. Lap- land cashier; the Pirst Natlonal of Garner, Cliarles W. Knoop cashier i place of J. J. Ipton. Idaho—The First National of Lewiston, A, W. Krontinger cashier in place of A. W. Krontinger, jr. The First National of Dewitt, gone into voluntary liquidation, The Bankers National of Chicago has been approved as reserve agent for the First Nas tional of Sterling, Neb.; the Natlonal Bank of Commerce, St. Louls, for the National State bank of Burlington, Ja.; the United States, National of New York for the Firat Natiofal of Garner, Ia., and the Citizens National of Des Moines for the Stoux City National. IN A GENERAL WAY In the supreme court of the United States today the motion to advance the case of the Great Western Telegraph-company against Hiram Purdy, from the supreme court of Towa, was denied. ‘ ’ R. W. Breckenridge and Charles Rosewator of Omaha are spending a few days in the city. The former has business before tha executive departments, and the latter, who i a student at Cornell, is on a little vacation. Governor McKinley of Ohio has written Representative Mercer that he will be unable, on account of other engagements, to addrest the Republican League clubs of Nebraska as requested. Representative Hainer has prepared for ine troduction in the house a bill establishing agricultural experimental stations in Alaska on the same conditions and for the same pur« poses as those in the states, except that they will not be connected with or dependent upon colleges, Samuel Thompson was today appointed postmaster at Houston, Custer county, vied Levl Staples, removed, and J. M. Stevens ai® Grashull, Meade county, S. D., vice J. W, Burton, resigned. Secretary Smith has authorized Colonel William F. Cody to hire 126 Indians for exhibition in his show., Most of the redsking will be Sioux and come from Nebraska, whila there will be a large representation of Comanches. This is the first concession made this season of Indians to be taken from reservations with shows PERRY 8, HEATII. BROWNING, KN The largeat makors and sollors of fine clothes on carth, Your money worth or your money bac When it's warmer s The new style spring suits will be in greater demand again and more men will be in to be fitted than the salesmen can take care of—it's always that way—everybody comes when the rest do-—but you -—you will come tomorrow—for that's the day we open up another new lot of dainty checks and stripes —very select—not many of them. If the crowd comes with you the chancss are you'll get left, for no one else sells them. BROWNING, KING & CO., W il vny the express |f you send the mogey for 20 worihor more | 5. W. Cor.15th and Douglas Sts, r hiidap s Neb., has ~