Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 30, 1894, Page 4

1 __THE_OMAHA THEOMAHA DATLY BEE K. ROSEWATER, Fdito PUBLISHED BYELY MORNING i ¥ « ¥ o e i | ¥ \ ner 1 Tw fourth Ste, | [ : ‘ N vy e 102, Koot ool iy | AL 1 " | i PCHT NG COMPANY. | RTATEMBNT OF CIRCULATION | Crorge T, Tamchuck, scretary of The D !' 5 14, | 3 z 1 17 | ‘ 21,480 1 | H : | 10, | i i H { 3 i Les: na ¥ AZSCIUCR fhed in - my iy Publ Tho president has shown himsell to be as much of a deliberative body as the senate. Tho Bland smile is no longer in fashion among the members of the lower house of congress The Bell telephone mornopoly did not euffer by reason of last year's business d pression. Its net profits were increase by more than half a millic The president of Peru is said to be dying with an entire year of his presidential te still unexpired. Adlai should have sought the vice pre of Peru, Too ba, sney a conchman Why shouldn't run for the | mayoralty in Perth Amboy? Running away with their employers’ daughters has offe unlly established the running coachmen. Omaha has more detectives on the police pay roll in proportion to the number of | patrolmen ‘than any other city in the coun- try. What we want is fewer detectives and | more pollcemen. . abilitles of Paul Vandervoort's title of commander of the Industrial leglon i the general of the Commonweal army are strik- ingly similar. The two illustrious generals should join issues. and Coxey's as Private Secretary Thurber surely knew what he was about when he advised the del egation of New York bankers and business men not to come to Washington to urge upon the president the necessity for a veto of the Bland bill. Having disposed of the malrimonial for- tunes of all the male members of the Gould family,the gossips will now have to confine their attention to finding husbands for the daughters of the multi-millionaire. After they have been accommodated in that they | will be practically without an & cupation. grecable oc- A favorablo committee report upon the new Chineso treaty will go a great way toward securing Its ratification by the neces- sary majority of the scnate. There fs, how- ever, no need for the senato to insist upon the injunction of secrecy, especially after the public has possession of all the sub- stantial facts, a What the United States has been contend- ing against all the time in the Boring sea matter, namely, the indiscriminate slanghter of seals In season and out of season, is an object in attaining which Great Britain should be quite ready to co-operate. The preservation of the sealing industry is de- sirable alike for American and for British interests. It ought not to be necossary for our government to beg the government of Great Britain to take common measures for this purpo: s McKelghan have recently remarked that he feaved the Congressman reported to people -would never forgive the populist o gressmen for voting to put sugar on the free list, They may forgive them, but they will not overlook the offense. The Nebraska congress- men who were 50 anxious to strike a blow at home idustry in order to vindicate a gauzy theory will be permitted to stay at lome, while men who area little more practical will be sent to Washington to take their places. Towa will have to get along for at least another ‘two years with its antiquated and defective tax system. What appointing a tax commission to investigate the abuses in taxation and to recommend changes caleulated to remedy them if after it bas performed its work the legislature re- fuses to take any action on the subject one way or another? Iowa needs a revision of its tax system as much as most states. Its fallure to get it must be charged to local Jealousios and interests favored by the ex- isting law. is the use of The amicable agreement wage schedulelfor the telegraphers of the upon a revised Union Pacifie rallroad shows what can be done when the differences between tho em- ployes and the receivers are taken up with a determination to arrive at a conclusion Where at the outsot cach side lays down principles which the other refuses to accept little progress can be expected. The adjust- ment of telegraphers' salaries strikes a com- promise of which neither party can complain vory loudly and sets a good example for other classes of employes to follow. Local labor organizations have acted upon the repeated suggestions of The Bee and will call the assessors to a strict accounta- bility for fallure to put a fair valuation upon real and personal property in this ' clty. Heretofore assessors have been taken under the wings of wealthy corporations, owners of large tracts of lands and holders of stocks and mortgages. The average citizen has been Indifferent and careless. The inevitable result has beeu unequal as- sossments, whereby (he average property | owner is compelled o pay a much higher proportion of tax than the ratlroad and fran- chised corporations which enjoy public privi- leges of great value, the v f the silver selgniorage | bill The pe vvil from that | ire, had | el to become law, have not been exaggorated, and the | fact that its passage through congress did not produce any more serfous effect than | to check the return of financial confidence to a sirong fafth in the inte jcority of Mr. Cleveland's past atti- tuds utterances regarding the duty of maintaining a sound and stable currency The substantlal Interests of the country | wonld not belfeve that the president coula® bo induced to renouice the most meritorious i part of his record as a public man at the | call of mere party expediency or at the bid ding of an clemnet of his party which has hown itselt consistently hostile for more than a quarter of a century to every prin- ciple and polley of sound finance—an cle- went which lias advocated paper inflation, ho free and unlimited colnage of silver, fiat cuironey, and every other proposition that would have denoralized the financlal yetem of the country and destroyed the vublic eredit The veto message of Mr. Cleveland should bo carefully read oy eversoody interested in the subfect it diseusses, It i a clear and strong statemect of the rensons agalast the policy proposed in tie selznisrage bill. The lent says (i sueh a law would be e as o rolvogeassion, that it would it it did not desiroy reiurning faith and confidence in our sound flaaactal tendencies, and tial as a consequence our progress to renewed business Fealth would be unfortunately chiecked and a return to our recent distressing plight seriously threat- ened. The most significant declaration in the message I this: “In my judgment sound finance does not commend a further it offered a much higher rate of interest | than it is now paylng. It is possible that an effort will be made | VETO OF THE SEIGNIORAGE BILL | President Cleveiand has fustified the con- | Idenco In him of the financial and business intoreats of t untry and has kept good his r I as a friend of sound finance. | Since the v greenback infla bill by ¥ twent ars ago, tion with the 1 affairs of the nation, | of the reswmntion act, was niore important ompanied at this adequate infusion of silve to our currency tim by further provision for the maintenance in our treasury of a safe gold r This says as plainly as need be to the silver men tl unac t this admin- istration will not approy ieme for fnereasing the cuorrency by means of a larger use of silver, beeause making any such scheme dependent cn an enlarged gold rve would defeat it. More silver would mean less gold, Loth in the treasury and in | circulution, and the departure of the yellow motal from I that the treasury would hardiy be able to replenish its gold reserve by bonds, at any rate unless the countr, case s the bIll over the veto, but if so it will undoubtedly fail. The vote in the house of the bill was: Yeas, 168; not voting, To pass the meas- to on the pas 1 ure over the veto would require 235 yea votes in a full vote, but as a full house is never to be expected the 207 who voted are counted on as about the number who would vote on the question of overriding the veto. With sueh & membership a two-thirds vote would be 108, or 30 more than voted for the bill on its passage. These would have to be drawn from the 56 not veting when the bill passed and it is not ot all probable that the required number could be secured. Moreover, it Is very likely that some who voted for the bill would refuse to vote to override the veto, Tt is possible that the silver men will make the effort to pass another bill in the inter- cst of silyer coinage, but there s certainly uragement for such an effort in Mr. e THE INTERSTATE LAW. , in a recent Interview on the railroad situation, 1s quoted as saying: The solution of the railroad problem is really to be found In the establishment of pooling. The interstate commerce law cer- tainly should bo amended. Fully one-half of the existing depression in transportation interests is due, in my opinion, to the hostile spirit shown to corporations and the unjust operation of (he interstate commerce law. The law does not protect the shippers and it bears hard against the rallroads. Unless there are changes recelvership will follow receivership, and in the end the stronger lines will absorb the weaker and all compe- tition will be crushed out. The roads are compelled to husband their resources and there will be no Improvement o long as the law remains in existence in its present form Cong amend the law 8o as to permit pooling under some proper form of government supervision. That would give a most powerful impulse toward improvement, rates would stablo and every one would be benefited. Fully half of the exist- ing depression grows out of the unjust treat- ment of the rallroads by leglislation.” Al of which is very Interesting, coming as It does from the head of one of the greatest railroad systems in the world, but which is by no means convineing. ‘The burden of George Gould's argument in this interview differs in no respect from the predictions that were made by the railway officiuls during the agitation for federal legis- lation regulating rallways and that have been regularly repeated ever since the inter- state commerce law was placed upon the statute book. Whether or not it was wise in congress to include in the law a prohibi- tion of pooling is not the question. Pooling was tried time and tim> again previous to 1887, but the railroads were never able to keep one another to their agreements for any con- siderable period of time. They thought that it pooling were legalized and they were given the assistance of the courts to compel recal- citrant members to live up to their volun- tarily entered obligations they might be able to maintain stable rates. At the same time, however, they were unwilling to allow the government any control over the rates which the pools should determine to make. Now Mr. Gould has come to the point where he is ready to cousent to government supervision, though whether that supervision should ex- tond to control over rates he is very careful not to state. It is 1dle then for the railroads to call for an amendment of the interstate commerce law in their Interests without accepting other amendments In the Interest of the public. Ascribing one-half of the present industrial depression to “'the hostile spirit" shown the corporations s an altogetber too superficial comment upon the contraction of trade that has affected almost all branches of business alike. The extraordinary losses in the rail- road world have been due as much to reck- less or lueflcient management as to any ouc source. The rallroads have never even protended to live up to the provisions of the interstate commerce law, 8o that to count that law principal cause of their troubles Is to give it an influence which it never really exerted. The railroads of the country wmust be in a state of utter col- lapse if no improvement is to be experi- GOULD 0. George s shonld become as the -of the law in two important test cases it | nead until the law fs amended. Happily the indications of trade and transportation | revival are already discrediting Mr. Gould as a prophet JUDICIAL, RECLAMATION Judge Scott has some admirers fn Omaha | who clatm for him that he is entitled to | A great deal of eredit for the effectual and | determined manner of treating criminals | who are brought bef. him for trial and | entence. Hardened criminals, we are as- ured, realize he will show no mercy to a man | whom he belleves to be past version, | but If his honor belleves that chance that the man will give the man a chance This §s a very commendable tralt in a judge, providing he does not overstep the boundaries which the constitution and the laws have fixed for the criminal beneh. If Judge Scott had simply exercised the dis- cretion with whieh Judges are clothed In muking the sentence of hardened eriminals for the maximum term and giving the pen- itent eriminal the benefit of the minimum term there would be no occasion for finding fanlt With his But when Judge Scott takes upon himself the function of the xecutive by granting reprieves and pardons to a cou to criminals who have pleaded guilly felony, he has done what no judge has a right to do. The reclamation of criminals is not the province of the criminal courts. There Is not of authority in law that permits them to set free or put on pro- bation icted of crime in order to give them a chance to reform. That is the prerogative of the president of the United States and the 1 ple of pardon a shadow men con governo convicted of a of a crime before a judge merits reprieve or the executive for his dis- The nts p of any crime or ding our person gullty criminal he must clemency and let cretion act upon this recommendation. trouble with Judge Scott that to be a law unto himself and se the functions of co-ordina government under the reclaiming and reforming courts petition the executive at he w to usu branch pretext that he criminals, a HE ANTI-TRUST LAW. The Jaw passed by the Fifty-first cougress for the suppression of trusts and combina- tions in of trade and to control prices of commodities entering inter- state and foreign commerce has so far been ative. The effort made under the last tration to give effect to this act in proceedings against the Whisky trust failed. Another failure of the law is recorded in the brought against the Sugar trust by the present United States attorney gen- eral, This case related the absorption by the trust of the sugar refineries of Phila- delphia, which was held to be in restraint of trade as contemplated by the law, since the effect of such absorption was to crush out competition and strengthen the monopo- listic combination. The circuit court of the United States decided, however, that the sale of the Philadelphia refineries to the trust was not a violation of the law and this decision has within a few days been afirmed Dby the circuit court of appeals, beyond which the case will probably not be carried. That ‘the anti-trust law was enacted in good faith by the republican congress which placed it on the statute books cannot reason- ably be questioned. It was passed in response to an urgent popular demand and after care- ful deliberation and thorough discussion. The ablest lawyers in congress among the republicans at that time unguestionably be- lieved that it would be found sufficient for the purpose for which it was intended. So distinguished a lawyer as ex-Senator Ed- munds, who participated in the framing and passage of the act, has repeatedly declared his falth in its efficacy for the suppression of frusts and combinations of the character described in it. But in view of the failure restraint into inope admin; case to will have to be admitted that it is defective and not sufficient for the accomplishment of its object. This being admitted, what is the duty of the party in power, pledged as it is to the suppression of trusts? Mani- festly to so amend.the law as to remedy its defects or to devise a substitute for it that may be made effective. The demo- cratic national platform declared the belief of the party that the worst evils of trusts and combinations can be abated by law and demanded the rigid enforcement of the laws made to prevent and control them, ‘to- gether with such further legislation in re- straint of their abuses as experience may show to be necessary.” President Cleve- land fn his fnaugural address declared the “immense aggregations of kindred enter- prises and combinations of business inter- ests” to be conspiracies against the interests of the people and in all their phases un- natural and opposed to the American sense of fairness. “To the extent that they can be reached and restrained by federal power,” said Mr. Cleveland, “the general government should relieve our citizens from their inter- ference and exactions.” Thus the party in power is fully and un- equivocally pledged to legislate for the sup- pression of the trusts, and such legislation being necessary by reason of the demon- strated worthlessness of existing law the country will expect that party to keep the pledge it has given. It will not do to set up in avoidance of these obligations the proposition that the way to destroy the trusts Is to destroy the system of taxation, meaning the tariff, that has called them into existence. There are ‘‘aggregations of kindred enterprises and combinations of business interests” with which tariff schedules, be they high or low, have nothing to do. It makes no difference to the Whisky trust or to the anthracite coal com- bine, for example, what the tariff rates are, and the same s true of some of the other combinations, Besides they are not pecu- liar to this country, but exist in free trado England. The people have not ceased to demand that the trusts and combinations | which constitute conspiracies against their interests shall be suppressed and they be- lieve that the power resides in congress to compass thelr suppression. The party in power has a duty to perform in this mat- ter which It cannot neglect or Ignore with- out affording another reason why it is un- worthy to be entrusted with control of the government. The farmers of Kansas are seriously dis- cussing the proposition of plowing under 2 per cent of the acreage devoted to winter wheat, with the idea of enhancing the price, They are also enlisting the farmers of other wheat-growing states in the movement. Such a procedure, if faithfully carried out, would doubtless have the effect of greatly diminish- ing the world's supply of wheat, but it is a serious question whether the curtallment of production in three or four states would mate- rlally increase the price of the next crop. Di- vorsified agriculture i3 the only hope of the farmer, A local paper discredits the interviews of prominent lawyers published by The Bee respecting the conduct of Judge Scott in the Percival contempt case. A number of these opinions were written by the lawyers DA RIDAY, M ILY BEE: aquoted and only one, a Mr. Nelson, has no tified this office that he was incorrcetly reported. This meqns that whatever he may have sald concernigg Scott was not intended for publi fon, butte er for the lification of his personal friends. The fact of the matter is that The Bee mer skimmed the surfaco of yenttment among members of the bar relative Scott’s arbitrary and un- precedented rhlingp in the contempt o alluded to. Had this paper been disposed to do %0 it comd easily have filled a page with expressions of denunciation and Indignation by lagyers and cltizens gen- erally It becomes the painful duty of The Bee to direct the gttention of the Inter Ocean to the demonkfgation of the mob which undertook to fang a murderer in Chicago Wednesday ifternoon, The Inter Ocean used the gathering of a slmilar mob in Nebraska a few menths ago as the ext for a sermon in which the western disregard for the laws was pointedly deplore The frequent resort to mob violence in castern stat ought (o convince our Chicago cons temporary that the passion which will fm- pel men to exccute their own law cannot be circumscribed by geographical lines. It is noticed that the strongest opponents of (he sugar tarift or bounty come from New York or other eastern state These states consume, but do not produce sugar. Naturally the friends of the sugar in- dustry are the ones who represent a sugar- producing constituency.” The Loulslana members are all standing by their home in- dustry, regardiess of the party whip. The three Nebraska members to destroy the young industry in their own state. voted Tlie Central Labor union proposes to go after the assessors who fail to make the tax valuations according to the requirements of the law. The Central Labor union is on the right trac he wage working and middle class of taxpayers are not favored by low assessments. On the contrary they are carrying the heavier end of the burden and suffering because we are not in position to keep up needed public improvements, You Golng to Do About It? New York W Tvery day of the existence and operation of the Buzar trust Is a fresh offense against the Iy the United States and a fresh proof that Attorney General Olney is in a state of desuetud, A es Weary of the Don. Chicago Tribune. Pennsylvania will confer a favor on rest of the country by selzing the favorable opportunity to provic other asylum for Hon. J. Don Cameron than the United States sl A Doficit in Sand. Globe-Democrat., Tt s easy to see that half a dozen or more democratic senators do not want to vote for the Wilson bill; but, unfortu- nately, they are jncapable of Kitking over the party to accomplish an obvi- ously proper and patriotic result. e~ The Goddess Mukes Appeal. dsvilie Courfer-Journal. If we have a government of the people 1t is time the fact was made manif. If we have merely a government of shams— honeycombed with spe we are uuable to dislodge—let us know it. It the people are slaves and vassals—if the democratic party is/merely the sport of a few little lordlings who have managed to sneak Into office on false pretenses—let us know that. But for God's sake, let us have done with cowardice and lying. S Legality of the Private Mint. Philadelphia Record. Ex:Senator Farwell grows sarcastic in print over the reported intent of the gov- ernment to prosecite parties in Omaha Who have issugddmitation dollars—made, however, of gentiie’ metal—and concerning which hé says: -~Nebady can tell the differ- ence because there is no difference.” Far- well knows better. He knows where the constitution vests the power to coin money, and‘he knows that any derogation of that power is morally, if not technically, coun- al privileges which terfeiting. It is the difference between law and lawlessness, and with all his sophistry he will hardly ‘succeed in persuadng any one that there is no difference 'twixt the two. —_—— Democratic Desertion Indianapolls Journal. A good many footprints lead out of the democratic party nowadays. Ex-Mayor Thompson of Detroit, for many vears a party leader and worker, has pubilcly re- nounced the party, which, he sa demonstrated its absolute incapacit duct national affairs.”” General Torrence of New York says that during a recent trip to California “and the southwest he per- sonally talked with at least 1,000 late demo- crats who would not vote the ticket again. He himself voted for Cleveland, but says he has had enough of that statesman. Dur- ing his trip he found ‘the disgust among democrats widespread, and among a closses. O Democratic Party a Year Ago and Now. ““An Independent” in the April Forum. There had been no president since Wash- ington that went into office with so clear a purpose—a purpose that he had himself formulated for the people—nor so free from personal or factional or sectional obliga- tions as Mr. Cleveland, It was his second 1 of o He was re i forever of sident during of shaping He had had or yet, he ation, which no y his first term has withstood, his conduct for a rc experience in the office; and, bett had had the benefit for fo ars, after his own presidential expel . of observ- ini the mistakes of another president. This was but a year ago. If a national election were to “be heid tomorrow no shrewd observer doubts that the democrats would be defeated In every northern state and perhaps In more than one southern state. The democratic senate is at war with the democratic president. The presi- dent is weary and vexed. Hls party is divided. ~ Congress has passed a biil to “coin @ vacuum'—a democratic measure that he must veto. The one great duty of the party has Indeed been done, In a fashion, by the house; but what the house has done is now in unspeakable weariness being undone by the senate. A feeling very nearly akin to disgust is everywhere expressed with the administration and with congress. ————— IF AND IF, New Orleans Picayune, If you were a snob, And I were a swell, What very queer things We two could tell. If_you were a snob, Would you tun around town call on the commonplace Ol Mrs, Brown? No, ne, oh, dear, no! She Knows, don't you see, That a big, cabbage stalk . Was your family tree, No. no, oh, dear, no! You would givé her the snub, Why should Tu Hutterfly Call on a grub? It I were a swell, And should'give a_“high tea,” Would I ask Mrs. Jones To drink i¢'with me? No, no, oh, dear, no! She'd remember too well When I was too poor to be ‘Oh, such a swelll” No, no, oh; dear, no! 1 'would cut Mrs. Jones On_cvery occasidn n thromgh Ro her bones, ARCH 30, SPLENETIC 1894, scorr. York Tens Cu ar Times: Viewed through a powerful ningham R. Scott of Omaha might ar to be a great man Nobraska City Pross on A judge ¢ v other people withont regard for thelr feclings; and now it looks as if Judgs ott of Omahn would be impeached by the bar for this very thing. Lincoln News: Judge Scott of Omaha is another fllustration of how a bull-headed in competent can bring the beneh into disrepute, He has convicted a newspaper reporter of contempt stitutional privileg paking a defense, and acted as Judge, jury and prosecutor. The beneh ought to bring Judge Scott before it and require him to purge himself of con- tempt for his disregard of law, reason and fairnoss, Fremont Herald: The Bee calls upon the bar to again investigate the sanity of Judge Scott, with a view of his removal from office as being an_unfit and unsafe incumbent of the bench, This is the samo Scott who was fined for contempt of court in this city by Judge Marshall—and a lawyer has got to be extromely exasperating to cxcite the protest of Judge Marshall, who, we believe, has never befors nor since been called upon to fine a Jawyer for confempt of court. It looks as though 1t might be necessary to do some- thing down there. Tiiden Citizen is elther a lun the former, h without giving him even the con- of Judge Scott of Omaha tic or a brainless ass. If should be duly examined and sent to an insane asylum, where he can rave without annoying quiet people. If the latter, he should be promptly removed from the bench on a well founded charge of ignorance, Iiis late political orations delivered in open court, personal abuse of other officials and contempt cases instituted ag newspay reporters who mildly criticise his unseemly conduct, all combine to render the fellow an unfit subject to occupy the exalted position of district Judge. rth Platte Tribune: Douglas county is the possessor of a dogmatic Dogberry whose eccentricities—to put it mildly would put to blush the most astonishing freaks of ex-Judge William Gaslin, His name is Cunningham R. Scott, and he is temporarily filling the position of judge of the crimival division of the district court His latest antoeratic effort was the alleged trial of an Omaha newsnaper reporter for contempt, whercin the former played the star rolo of judge, prosccutor and principa witness; this, too, without ailowing the ac cused the right of counsel. The elevation of such creatures to a place upon the bench is a travesty upon our courts of justice. York Times: One Cunningham R. Scott was some time since clevated to the district bench by the people of Douglas county. Why they ever did it is one of those mysteries that will lie locked in the deep caverns of natnre until all things are finally revealed. He was not” only a demagogue, but a crank and an egotist. His pawing and pacing and frantic protestations when a delegate to the convention at Minneapolis branded him a demnagogu plain that any fool could not misjudge him. That he is a crank, if not a lunatic, has been frequently demonstrated. The fact that he Is a most consummate and ridiculous egotist is beyond dispute, It is a great misfortune to the suchi men elevated to judicial cre calm, conservative dignity is expected, and where the man himself is supposed- to be entirely forgotten in the jurist. The courts can only be respected so wng as they are respectable, and meet the reasonable expectations of the public. Men have become accustomed to holding the courts in high esteem, if not in awe, and this has been brought about by the equanimity, the stern justice and unselfish hand with ‘which the proverbial scales have been held by the grand old judges of the past. As soon as men begin to display long ears or cut monkey shines on the bench, they will bo held in such supreme contempt that no amount of fine would be adequate to the case. The bench has been elevated by the grand old jurists who have occupied it. They rose in the esteem of their fellow men In proportion to their exact fustice, legal ability and sterling worth, Jeffrey was despised on the bloody circuit and for- ever after, because in a few cases only he seemed to decide without sufficient evidence, and for this slight violation from stern justice his name has been handed down to infamy. The crimes with which his vietims were charged were capital under the Taw, but the people thought Jeffrey was satisfied with too Tittle evidence in some cases. No man can rely upon the respect of the people unless ho himself merits it. —_——— PEOPLE AND THINGS. sitions, Weary Waggles, Tired Thompson and Jaded Jagges are plcturesque features of the common wail army. The emperor of Austria is an early bird. He rises at § in the morning to look after the revolutionary worm. Common Wail Coxey insists on cash con- tributions instead of checks. The latter are copious draughts on the Massillon sand bank. According to a veracious Washington paper, ex-President Harrison hds again re- jected a nomination. Just when it was tendered is not stated. Bill Wallie Astor's denunciation of every- thing American is the proper caper for a doubtful convert. An exception is made in favor of American coin. J. Kendrick Bangs was defeated for mayor of Yonkers, N. Y. The people arc too seri- ously determined, even in municipal con- tests, to tolerate a democratic joke. The leader of the movement for the reor- ganization of the democ of Missouri carries the ominous name of Mudd. He is a specific for the dust stirred up by political kickers. Amelia E. Barr is about 50, and lives in soclusion on the top of Storm King mountain in the Catskills. There she stuys with her duughters, happy in her work and contented with the society of the dwellers on the moun- tain. The National Christian League for the Promotion of Social Purity threatens to start a crusade in the Seventh blue grass district, The male innocents nurtured in that section are preparing to take to the Woods. A regiment of pretty girls recruited in Rhode Island is to be sent to Wushing- ton to protest against the passage of the Wilson bill. The announcement of this prospective invasion has already contrib- uted much to the gayety of the senators. Dave Hill's barren dome has taken on a fresh coat of hair restorative and Senator Peffer's chest protector s being carefully groomed. Senator Allen isn’t saying much, but his smile denotes a powerful lot of merry thinking. Other old stagers are looking noticeably “scrumptious.” Should the Invasion prove as fetching as its projectors hope, we shudder to think of the effect on the dignity that doth hedge the lords. Senatorial mammas must be vigilant The Springfield (Mass.) Republican cele- brated on the 27th the fiftieth anniversary of its advent as a daily. A special double edition marked the occasion, coupled with illustrated descriptions of modern typesetting and printing machinery, and a fac simile of the first number printed March 27, 1844. The original Republican was a staunch whig and the names of the whig nominees for pre dent and vice president—Henry Clay and John Davis—float at the editorlal masthead; and such quaint news, like a voice from the tomb, as Jackson advocating the annexation of Texas, Mr. Choate's appearance in the sen- ate, a defense of the United States claim to the territory of Oregon, coupled with refle tions on *‘the Loco Hotspurs of the west,” and the news, twenty-three days late of the trial of Daniel O'Connell and others for participating in the repeal movement in Ireland. The newspaper development in fifty years I8 strikingly illustrated by these contrasting numbers. Highest of all in Leavening Pow ol ABSOLUTELY PURE er.— Latest U, S. Gov't Report, Baking Powder Chicago rest Mr. I Post: Of course Carnegle who at erhment for his b h the Chicago Mall: 1 dered by the secte! Carnegie company honest and tre nished for our Jand has scored Which make his s reduct for nable war ships nother the ar! of Indianapolis Journal case which, to say the least that it was shortly after decision reducing the fine fi $140.000 and disapproving on Mr. Carnegio that th Wilson bill, the surface, but the affair will p Chicago Record tlon reappears: What actuated the employes? W one not having any finane ake seek to defraud the le president’s conse aps bring the governm hursement for what losses but until these qu nub of the arm hidden in mystery. the full in And cone it are working. Buffalo leniency ? Express Why t Carnegie fir its interests fs well known ficer than the president wou to show such kindr ter involving o muzh mone, honor be brought under susp one circumstance which president to the charge of I Huenced, though © defective plate Chicago Tribune it. the case, but it is cur perintendents conne larities, mor ted u department, still would imagine that tion would hay been d be short. Philadelphin Recor named ( is_conside shb small caliber, Sp re Moments: Miss Flyup—Indeed. sals have you had? The Standard: She— But He—Well, all T have to shows mighty poor taste in from such a’lovely mouth. “Why Harper's Bazar: it?” “England is a very smal Washington Star: That e Fleld's Washington: her age at 20, but she s—Then why does s5—0, that's th £00ds nowa way days, Chicago Record: Mr: —What is this item of in_your expense accoun Mr. Enpeck (meekly)— 1 bought for Hatters, that bonnet bill, Puck, Her tears are April showe May buds her smiles, And June's swe Her witching wiles— To all save me. Alas! With 1lips a-parch T watch her coldly pass, And know she's Marcly Willuey theexpre with while no longer in charge of has position in the service of the comp every pel had anything to do with a job which cost the company so much in cash and reputa- \lssed summarily. — LIGUT AND BRIGHT. PLUGGING THE RLOW HOLES, wasn't th o smpted to cheat At g wor mor President those cond administration worso even than the Buchanan government A coincide 18 M. rom f th Tntter in an Interview favoring the passage of the The facts as stated appear on iside coly h Il i Unl sufll Oh, was is workmen, who love him so. the ry of the navy tpon the dis- fur- Clove- fine thiess, plate blunder in th singular, | Cleveland’ $100,000 ¢ » stricture came ou history of obably never be knawn. therefo o the ques ble motiv should an; nterests ited Staes clent rofm has sustaine stions are answoered plate scandal will remain his m s and its willingness to spend money to A ild toward it ¥, icion subjects havin a political motive, negie always has been a strong protection- th a 0 th remar very ny less of have feared in a mat There | even thi g been In Car- ny. n who had made no! It or o t t b tve action will per- Denver Republican: Whatever the sec retary of the navy may pretend to believe the public will be convinced that Mr. Frick, the general manager of the Carne- gle works, knew something about what was going on. However loyal subordinates may be to the real or eupposed interests of the ablishment for which they work, they are not likely to perpetrate frauds of this kind without orders and out of a mere desire to make maney for the concern for which they le rich rve 1 lest his own s o ist. On January 3 last he wrote a public letter indorsing the Wilson bill. That was Just fourteen days after his interview with President Cleveland on the subject of these This co-operation of su- perintendent and men can be explained on the assumption that the former wa not competent and wislied to cover up bad work for which he was responsible in part, or on the assumption that he was given to understand in some way that his employ did not care much what kind of materi was furnished if the goverfiment accepte There is nothing to prove that this fs us that one of the su- irregu- the ponsible One Plain Dealer: Joseph was a zood young have a rage_dwarf fs man, but he ‘would never congressman, Buffalo Courler: The ave at v serious disadvantage. how lirge his income he is alwa Miss Elder—There | a craze for the antique now How shtroke av work, he'll be bounced many s sure to 0 matter > A down town man s off and gets loaded, s as a gun of propo- “T was towld to make yez stand ‘round,” said the Irish foreman to . his cang, “and the first wan I see doin’ u how can you sy bac is it 1l e woman's ahead of ‘man heré's proof—she needs no other; though twenty talk at once, their words are plain to one another. Jes me HER CALENDAR. TS, BROW i ; | sif you send themorey for 420 worthormero k I'm pretty when my nose turns up is that it king away the Bng. ountry. suppose there is standing room only.” —M ns 30 1't she suy thirty? merchants mark t blossomed bowers lish stand for office instead of running for 1 far s Ptz _Inpeck (sharply) 25 cents for cigars ‘They're the cigars the milliner, when I was trying to get him to wait a ‘week on NING, K| % cn The largest makera and soliers of | flue clothes on earth, A-head-of-Time ! That's what you think when you see our ele- gant display of new spring dows—but we're not. | the latest, you'll be climbing over each other to get something light and airy in the way of a suit. you come now and select it, we will lay it away for you, the balance to be paid when you get it. || that way you will be able to get what you want when you want it. BROWNING, KING & CO., | 8. W. Cor.15th and Douglas Sts, Next |(OLD WATER ON SILVER NEN Oleveland's Veto Messaze Dashed tho Hopos of the Froe Coinage Crowd, MEMBER BLAND MAKES SOME DIRE THREATS Talks of Age Mensu A Freo Col is Sald aing T , but € Vot to Mave for (148 Emegency. WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEB, 513 Furteenth Stroet, WASHINGTON; March 29, President Cloveland's veto of the Bland sefgnforage bill, though anticipated, has had on the democratic silver senators and repres sentatives the shivering effect of a cold douche. 1t has chilled their party onthusi- asm and cast the old shadow of doubt over thefr hopes of success at the next election. | This doubt was given expression by one diss gnsted democrat, who went up to Thomas B. Reed and addressed him as speaker. Reed looked at him inquiringly. “Oh, I mean it exclaimed the democrat, “You'll be speaker of the Fifty-fourth con- gross it you live." Reed This miled as much as t little fncident the ot the western and southern de rats and the hopeless view they take of the situation bet- ter than a column of formal interyiews The now fear a stampede of democrats in th cctions to the populist party and al- together take a gloomy and distressful view of the political ontlook. The handful of east- say, “Ull live.” shows temper 6 more hopeful view have a b the democi They claim the veto will neflcial effect on the business of country, with resultant benefit to the tic party. They aro in a decided minority, and are looked upon as whistling to_keep up their courage “Silver-Dollar Bland ra 1 house after the ssage was read he would put through a free coina it Nis followers would stand by “see If the man at avenue would veto that.' body i his senses doubts for an instant what Mr. Cleveland would do with tho freo cofnage bill. 1t fs believed he has a voto message of it in stock, and would only have hout the nd swore ge measure him and the other end of the m to insert a date and gend it in. Tho last desperate plan now tilked of in the silver circles it to attach silver legislation as a rider to the Wilson tarift bill. the v to do this, if they can only round them up on the vote on that proposition. If they should succeed in doing this they might place the president between Satan and the wide ocean. But as the Wilson bill as it wil finally enferge from congress will be a very doubtful measure Of tarift “ro- form,” he might look more to the positive ovils of free coinage than to the questionable benefits of a reform bill, which practically re-cnacts the tariff law of 1883, passed by a republican senate and signed by a republican president. NEBRASKA NOT IN THE BILL. A rough draft of the river and harbor ap- propriation bill is out tonight. The full amonnt recon ended to be appropriated by the house committce on rivers and harbors 15 $9.200,000. Not a line appears in the bill affecting Nebraska, though a member of the committee told The Bee correspondent that when the revised bill is prepared it might be that the state will get a few crumbs, This item appears for dredging the chane nel at Quiney bay, Quincy, IIL: “The secretary of war is authorized to set apart out of any appropriation heretofore made for continuing the improvement of the Mis- sissippi river from the mouth of the Mis- souri to Minneapolis §15,000, and out of sald appropriation shall cause a survey at the west side of the Mississippi river, commene- ing at the mouth of Flint creck, Towa, and running along the west bank of the river to the mouth of the lowa river and along the east bank of the Mississippi from the city of Warsaw to the city of Quincy, with a view to improving the navigation by prevent- ing the water from overflowing the natural and artificial banks and deepening the chane nel. iey have MISS VAN WYCK WON. Like all great cities, Washington has a cloud over her title, and a large portion of the area within the city limits is claimed by a family who have intended somotime to ac- quire great wealth by collecting damages from something like 100,000 or more persons who now, as they claim, unlawfully but in- nocently occupy the ground. A fest case was begun in the circuit court here last week and decided this morning. Suit was brought by one John J. Johnson against Miss Van Wyck, the daughter of ex-Senator Van Wyck of Nebraska, involving the title to a little tract of ground on the disputed which is owned by her, but occupied by the Church of the Holy Cross. The plaintift de~ mands possession of the property as the suce cessor to the heirs of Smmnuel Blodgett, the - original owner of 400 acres of land in what is now the most fashionable and valuabla quarter of the city. The court deckled ad- versely to Jobnson's claim, and thus settled a long disputed matter. F. L. Dickey, Dubuque, Ta,, Is in the city. Clara A. Graham was today appointed postmistress at Mitchell, Mitchell county, 8. vice J. A. Wentworth, removed. suits in our show win Saturday, or Monday by If In - ern democrats who sustain the veto take &= A torritors~