Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 2, 1894, Page 4

FUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TEIM OF RUBSCRITION Vear ner N and T Vearl atrect Chimber of 1, M and | nrteenth sroe SPONDENCT et whould e BUSINE relating to Addrevaed 5 LETTERS it remittan Jish rafts and post o puynhin order of the company i 3 PUBLISIING COMUANY RTATEMENT o 1L Tamehuck, secretary of g compi D Auly wworn, sy aal number of il and complets eopl Tiatly Morning ping and & y 1t during the month of February, 194, was a. Tows OF CIRCULATION, The e Pub it the of Th, printed fol tal for (he Feduction (ZSCHUCK i 1 my pro The has only one short month fostive round oyster to off his season’s carcer Monkeys Professor Garner, Money talks eminent professors prefer to put it talk is the way says some of the other but nent Darlington The sery- Denver is down, rontinues to furnish excite lees of the militi Ing quicted American an Brow- in demand in to speakership ambitions after a short really cruel Fesuscitate so many only strangle liours of happy existenc 10 was Speaker Crisp to them few will now have to insist and seating O'Neill, right pose than to his The democrats upon ousting Joy it for spite against ition to their no other pu Reed for pet plan. or wrong, Khow persistent | opp! The sheriff of New York county mak more out of his office every year than does the president of the United States. won- der Tammany prefers the piekings of local polities to the driblets of federal patronage. cretary Hoke Smith has compromised with New York and Chicago by giving each of them an Indian supply depot. It would have better for him to have boldly cut the Gordian knot and located the depot in Omaha, been in commend the new city itself to the There s one feature directory that will public and may be of great value in the future for reference, The directory con- tains a list of deaths in this city during the | previous year, Brick may be good enough for paving res- idence streets, but it is totally unsuited for paving sidewalks. The effects of frost nlways raise and lower the bricks and soon make brick sidewalks more of a nuisance than are plank walks. othing so well illustrates the that circumstances alter cases the liquor men and the extreme prohibition- ists joining forces in Massachusetts to down the proposition for the introduction of the Norwegian liquor selling scheme. saying than to see Instead of bringing peace and prosperity, populistic rule in the various states seems to be bringing constant discord and even war as its offering to the people. A few more insurrections under populist governors and populist governors will drop to a dis- count. Omaha must see a material the tax valuation this year. the city’s bonded indebtedness the work of the assessors. neglect of the assessors to must stand in the way of improvements. increase in The limit of is fixed by No willful do their duty needed public Whether the successor of Governor Crounse #hall be a republican depends solely upon the action of the republican state conven- tion In placing in nomination a man who will command the united republican support. The elation of the fusion democrats is con- siderably premature. A New York law student has just become crazed over his excessive application to his law books and lectures. His is not, how- ever, the first case of people golng crazy over law. Stick to the law long enough and your chances of being driven crazy before you got through will be most excellent. An additional circuit judge in the Bighth Judicial district will provide desirable relief for the already overburdened dockets of the federal courts. It is demanded by both the increase of population in the district and the increase of court business that has arisen there. It will, moreover, furnish a fat life position for some chosen Cleveland democratic lawyer, and this last argument will not be of the least weight with the democratle congr After the slap administered to the attor- ney general by the supreme court in the decision upon the state depository law, It might have been expected that that function- ary would do all he could to expedite the suit that was instituted to dstermine the | legality of the law roquiring the investment of state school money in the outstanding Interest-bearing state warrants. Perhaps tho attorney general is waiting to be again admouished by the court as to the perform- ance of his duties Speaker Crisp makos a strong bid for el tion as senator from G ever may b» appointed to the u made vacant by the death of the late Senator Colquitt, This must bo taken to sigaify an apprehension that the next house of repre- sentatives will not be under demoeratic con trol. By deelining the senatorial appoint ment Mr. Crisp has shown that he prefers the speakership to the senatorship, but when 1t comes to the choice between an ordinary membership in the house or in the senate orgla to succeed who- oxpired term the attractions of the latter are nst to be lightly resisted. on citdestinely In the vielnity of Omaha and that this spurfous, although full weight, coin has been put In eir ula a band of counterfeiters without let or hindrance deal of in ofMcial circlos at Senator Farwell has the n by caused a great and capital. F comment the press even in national nted as saying alled, could not be government under any existing as 10 turned out silver dollars and welght the United States mint en repr Omaha mint. as i is by the statute so long of the standard dollars of same fineness as the as to in- the re operations of to leglslation of coin a full Senator Sherman has gone so far troduce # fon (o investigate alleged the Omaha with a that would make the fabrication penal offense although the tht ow port concerning the mint view coin b we whether the Omaha mint s a reality srtinent for the purpose hat band of ently been operating in this been known to detectives and bankers, although it is questionable whether their plant is of magnitude as would Justify calling it a mint. What The Bee desires to emphasize In this connection is the fact that the statutes of Nebraska do prohibit the making of counterfeit coins of | whatsoever welght or fi severe penalties. The following provisions of the criminal code of Nebraska doubtless cover or a fictlon is not of this feiters vicinity article. counter- has 1 in such ness under tho case It any person shall counterfeit any of the coins of gold, silver or copper currently passing In this siate, or shall make any In- strumont for counterfeiting any of the coins aforesaid, knowing the purpose for which sald fnstrument was made, or shall know- ingly have in his possession and secretly any instrument for the purpose of feiting any of the coins aforesaid person so offending shall be in 1 in the penitentiary not more than years nor less than one year and pay fine not less than $100 nor greater than $200. “If any person shall he detected with any false, forged, e or counterfeit coin or coins made in the similitude of any gold, silver, copper or nickel coin or coins, cur- rently passing in this state, in his or her po. on for the purpose of uttering or publishing the same as true and genuine, knowing the same to be false, forged, base or counterfeit, every such person shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than ten years and not less than one year.” It scems to us that the maker of spurious or counterfeit silver coin would come clearly the provisions of our statute and be every unde subject to imprisonment in the penitentiary in c of conviction. If there such a thing as an Omaha mint for coining full- weight silver dollars the men who operate it are liable, the act of coin- age or in the act of circulating such coin, to | a term in the Nebraska penitentiary, even it they are not liable under the federal statutes prohibiting the counterfeiting of United States coln. if discovered in HOW IT MAY AFFECT OMAHA. The decision rendered by the United States circult court in the Denver & Gulf case is liable to have a far-reaching effect. The ruling of the court leaves It discretion- ary with the receivers of the Union Pa- cific road to elect for themselves which of the contracts with connecting roads the road shall live up to and which it will re- pudiate. With such power absolutely vested In them the receivers may at their option abrogate or rescind the contracts be- tween the Union Pacific and the Rock Island and the Union Pacific and Milwaukee roads relating to bridge transfer and con- nections with the South Omaha stock yards. The only thing in the way of abrogating these contracts is the East Omala Bridge and Terminal line, which would be only too glad to accommodate these roads If they were barred out by the Union Pacific. There are other contracts also in which Omaha Is directly or indirectly interested which the receivers may at their pleasure set aside, and they will only be prevented from so doing if in their judgment the interests of the Union Pacific would be best subserved by living up to them and keeping them in force. THE TAX ON STATE BANK ISSUES. Last week the house committee on bank- ing and currency refused to report a bill repealing the 10 per cent tax on state.bank issues, an important victory for the oppo- | nents of that proposition. THis termina- tion of the prolonged consideration of the question by the committee was hardly ex- pected, the general Impression being that some sort of compromise would finally be agreed upon by which a conditional repeal would be brought about. This was aimed at by the bill of the chairman of the com- mittee, Mr. Springer, providing for a cur- | rency commission anthorized to issue notes to all banks having a specified amount of capital and furnishing security satisfactory to the commission, such notes to be ex- empt from the tax. Other bills submitted to the committee also provided for the con- ditional repeal of the tax. A majority of the committee could not agree upon any of these measures, and as there s a persis- | tent minority for the unconditional repeal of | the 10 per cent tax, as recommended in the democratic national platform, the only course was to put an end to the controversy, so far as the committee is concerned, by re- | fusing to report a bill to repeal the tax. But this does not finally dispose of the matter, and it is announced that the advo- cates of repeal propose to bring it up for debate in the house as soon as the appro- priation bills and contested eluction cases are out of the way. The chairman of the bank- ing and currency committeo has been In- | structed to report favorably to the house a bill exempting from the state bank tax the script issued fn the southern states which served purpose of currency in commercial transactions during the finan- clal stringency. When that measure fs reported it the intention of the advocates of the repeal of the state bank tax to mo an amendment relleving all state bank cur- reney of the tax, hoping thercby to secure a vote on the repeal of the tax. is quoted as saying that the proposition will not carry, because every northern democrat 15 opposed to it and the only demand for tho | repaal of tho tax comes from the southern states, That gentleman, however, is hardly trustworthy authority. A house that passod the silver seignlorage bill may be expoctod to do almost anything in the way of financlal legislation, however pernicious, and the fact that the southern representi tives dominate the party in power and are pract'cally unanlmous in favor of r: ving the tax restriction upon the Issue of notes by state banks is sufficient reason for appre- henslon that the repeal may be efected The recommendation of repeal In the dem eratic national platform wus ingerted at the suggestion of the south, and that section i3 as ardontly devoted to the aecomplishment of th's as it is to the cause of free silver eoinage or the income tax. It believes the exlstence of this tax to be an unwarrantable Interference with the rights of the states and a of favoritism to the national banks, toward which the southern demo the Mr. Springer piece garbage ought JAIE_OMAHA DAILY o triendly feeling, besides being o the realization of the nfl A% Which a large majority of the peo. ple of the south are strongly wedded, When- question of the repeal of the sta therefore of the very vigorous will not faft fon ever bank cratic doubtedly Ty it assistance of the the dem will un fight » the some norther In- of defeating the proposal to repeal this tax and preventing the return to the old pernicious of bank currency, is with the republicans, who would unanimous the of who may nd- eld to southern dicta- he action of the bank- ing and currency 1o be ac copted as flnal, but the determination of the ot repeal carry the quest into the house ix evidence (lat they are not comes up reprosentatives south make a nd they to democrats the hop: state and system it is to be presumed be in opposing repeal, and contingent astern democrats have indep nee enough not to y tion in everything, committee ought n Ivocates to without hope of success. EMPIRE STATE REPUBLIC and in York this spring have almost uniformly gains. In a number of cases towns that have been democratic for years have been carrled against that party the are extremely in which the republicans ha ground. It significant also that republican success and republican gains have not boen confined manufacturing localities, the in of the democratie tariff policy would . but has included places 188 The New ghown municipal township elections republican and instances rare lost 18 to where fluence be not directly operatiy immediately affected by tariff changes, The value of such a fact is in the assurance it gives of general with democratic policy Everywh the effect of this policy is felt in of husiness and the reduction of the wages of that it not the mann- communities which record thelr the proposal to make at one dissatisfaction re the depression labor, only facturing protest 50 is cainst radical departure system that has prevafled thirty years, and to which the business of the country is fully adjusted. There is not village anywhere or an agricultural com- munity that not feel the damaging effects of the proposed democratic policy New York may not be the pivotal state in 1896, but republican in that state this year, when a governor and other state ofticers are to be elected, is highly impor- tant. The present indications are most favorable to the republican part o far as can be judged from the spring elections, but there some danger to be appre- hended from the conflict of leaders. There is a struggle for supremacy between two factions of the party, which threatens harm to the organization and which from this far- away point of view seems especially unfortu- nate at a time when harmony and unity appear to be most essential. One of these factions held a mass meeting a few days ago and started the preliminary work of the campaign. What the other proposes to do has not transpired, but whatever its course, the tendency must be to increase dissension and discord. If there was ever a time when the republican leaders of the Empre state should put aside personwl am- bition in the Interest of party welfare that time is now, and any man who will not do this should be punished for his seli-secking propensity by the rank and file of the party. A united and harmonious republican organi- zation in New York can undoubtedly sweep that state next November, and the impor- tance of the bearing of such a result upon the next national election cannot eastly be overestimated. step a from an economic for more than doe: success is The situation at Bluefields begins to look serious and the evident peril of American interests there may require the attention of our government. The trouble at present is not due to British interference, but to an assumption of authority by the Nicara- guan government which the American resi- dents in the Mosquito territory resent and which they (hreaten to resist. In this, it seems, they have the support of the popu- lace. The shooting of an American citizen by the acting governor is a matter concern- ing which our government should certainly institute an inquiry. As to the right of Nicaragua to extend its authority over this territory, which has for years enjoyed an independent autonomy, it is at least ques- tionable, and It its exercise endangers the interests of American citizens there the duty of our government to require the government of Nicaragua to show upon what it bases the claim to this right would seem to be obvious. B One of the receivers of the Union Pacific railroad testified in court that while he had approved the application asking for payment of the recelvers at the rate of $18,000 per year, yet as an official of the road previous to its insolvency he had been rendering it his services for the paltry salary of §10,000. Hard times for the rail- road were not to mean hard times for the receivers, although the road was defaulting upon its interest payments and endeavoring to cut down the employes' wages generally. This disclosure sustains the propriety of the court’s action In refusing to fix a uni- form compensation for all five of the re- celvers without reference to the difference in the service which they perform for the company. Ex-Justice Sutherland, the fugitive Grave- send official, who was convicted of com- plicity in the election frauds committed in that village last fall, sends word from Can- ada that he feels that he has been be- trayed and threatens to inform upon all his assoclates, Such conduct would in some measure indemnify the public for the wrong which he has inflicted, and might bring a wNolesome dispensation of justice to others equally guilty with him. He might, how- ever, have appreciated the seriousness of his offense before he was entangled in the meshes of the law, Criminals cannot but expect to be betrayed when the tide turns against them and must engulf either them or their fellows. If the various garbage haulers think that the disposition which they make with the fuse collected by them s a matter cerning only they are laboring under a very wrong impression. They ap- pear to be going about to settle the garbage question all by themselves. This Is & vory pralseworthy purpose on their part, but they ought to remember that the people of the community expect their interests to be properly protected, and look to the council and the Hoard of Health to arrangement for the collection of to be made except with the consent and approval of the public author- ities. con- themselves o per- manent The enthusiasm with which all Germany celebrated the eighty-first anniversary of the birth of Bismarck again attested the great affoction of the pedple of the Fatherland for the veleran statesman. There can ba no doubt that he holds a higher and firmer place in the hearts of his countrymen than any other EE | man whose genius unified Germany and cr nnder ople living German. Even the elond of imperial neyer ofrtunity to manifest their esteem for him, and mow that the cloud is removed they haveffith greater carnest ness and enthusiasm han ever, before re newed their nee p of love fof the great whila he pleasure the § was neglected an Fan ated an empire that has for years dominated the politics of Burope rs likely to do so for yea Blsmarck merits all the and admiration which his countrymen can bestowfon him. His place the greatest \me-u the d |5 unassafiable, while his patri- 18 of the ‘dlevated type. and appe to come. esteem among world has prod otism most Torturing nn Astor, Chicago Times. Willle Wallle Astor has b $100,000 by an evic tenant. brought in a New York court the great Amerlean exotic will probably be obfiged to return to the despised land of his na- tivity to defend ft. It now remains to be seen whether or not Mr. Astor regards $100,000 05 sufficient recompense for the tor- ture which even a brief visit to the coun try he so incontinently renounced would doubtless inflict upon his sensitive An- glicized nature. en sued As_ sult for Trrigatic Denyer The resolutions of the Interstate frrigation at Omaha are to be commended for their tical sense \sk of the govern- it only to the amount and extent of the ater of the plaing country and whether it can be brought to the surfa in sufficlent volume to be of use, and aliy (o determine the ex- tent of which rvoirs can be constructed for storing storm water. If the federal government will demonstrate the facts, pri- vate energy and individual enterprise will MONDAY, APRIL do the rest - The Chineso Philadelpiale Ledy Although the new Chinese treaty opposed by senators from the coast. the ground of their opposition fs merely that, in the provisions relating to the admission of merchants, loopholes are provided through which Chinese laborers may slip, treaty itself excludes Cni- nese lubor m coming to this countr v return of those now he 4 except under of the contemplates tre: th noninter- will be *acific aty ricans who go to China will 1 much the same way can for a more rigid unle: in aslk nese cour for Why New Misunaerstands the West. w A In the April Forum, ‘tlon of the v can get true other se rusal of It is the str thing that nd it loses York by nothing of its ngeness and monstrosity in the tran missal. If “Mr. Gould and Mr. Most monopolize the column of New York new the western farmer dependent upon that column for information is gradually led to think of New Yorkers as either hital- 8" or rehists. If no Kansas woman New York except endency York is nd some hundred: sensib] for nothing. anybody from mpson naturally of “the state, The fre: fixes the type. and unusuzl telegraph, to general thousands women count never hear of ideas People Kansas ex- have queer in such From the throat of every spoilsman in the land comes protest against a common- sense and thoroughly honest proposition to protect from the assaults of the ward poli- tician government employes who have en- tered the service in accordance with the clvil service rules and regulations. Kriends of good government join heartily with Com- missioner Roosevelt'in insisting that there is need for the adoptioh of a rule “which shall provide for the, filing of detalled charges whenever & clérk s removed, the clerk to be allowed to sce these charges and have them published, if he so desires, while the commissioner should be given ample authority to investigate and report if, in his opinion, theiremoval is made for political reasons, whether or not it purports on its face to be for a-different cause.’” The principle thus laid down is abhorrent to those who regard public office only as a re- ward to be givensthese who seive faith- fully, without being overscrupulous, the, pariy temporarily in power. There is noth- ing either novel or startling in the con- sclenceless outery. —_—-——— FRAGMENTS OF FUN. Siftings: The man who loses Is never ac- cused of not playing fair. Galveston News: Almost any man is in- clined to permit his customers to keep their own opinions. Boston Transcrip Fenderson (who is having his mustache blackened)—Do you charge for this kind of work by the job or by the hour? Barber (sententiously)—Per dye 'em. Yonkers Statesman: The ‘“room for im- provement”’ which you hear persons speak- ing of is certainly not the one you find in a flat, Man alive! What graing of quinine Inter Ocea Doctor— made him take forty when T said only ten! Some one made g mistake. “It was you, doctor, when you told him he could take a swallow of whisky after each dose Atlanta Constitution: Stranger—Isn't it awful to have to lynch a human being? Old Inhabitant—You're right, it is! every time you cut him down you spoll a rope. Buffalo Courier: Ragged Richard (insinu- atingly)—Say, mister, hive yer got eny sug- ions ter ‘'make fer a feller i alse a_dime ter git sha (passing on)—Yes; raise whis- Bag: ‘“‘Are men who have a inquired the Tawyer all right, but 1 Judge.” here any more ju Judice against “No, sah, de jury want to challenge “You can always " remarked ntly notorious Wagshington Star pend on the newspape man_who was unple: “What do you mean “No matter how naughty you may thew | will never turn_your” plcture 0 wall." Indianapolis Journal: Weary Watkins—T think if I had my life to live over again 0 into the astronomer business. Higgins—Wot sort of thing Weary Watking—W'y, jist watchin' the stars. Feller could 'tend” to that sort of job layin' on his back. DON'T. Atlanta Constitution. Don't you growl 'Cos ver hat aln't felt; Don't you howl 'Cos ‘the ice won't melt. Some o' these days, When the Lord'll’ call, You won't strike fce Or a hat at all! el A POEM BY LINCOLN. umber of th writes of Lincoln's Literar Experiments,” and’ quotes a_poem written by the president in' his young manhood. In A letter Inclosing the poem to a friend Lin- coln_explaing «nat| the: verses were written in 184}, when he visited the neighborhood 11 Whith he was ralsed on a stumping tour. Here are the opening stanzas My childhood’s home T s And sadden with the v And still, as memory crowds There's pleasure,in it, too. O, Memory! thou. midway world "Twixt earth and, paradise, ‘Whers hings decayed and loved ones lost In dreamy shadows rise, And, freed from all that's earthly vile, Secm hallowed, pure' and bright, Like scenes in some enchanted isio All bathed in liquid light. In the April Century Joh G, Nicolay sain, my brain, 2, 1894 THE RAULROADS AND THE PEOPLE Wakefield Republican: The fa be that Lorenzo B. Crounse has made a good rocord of Nebraska the first term and would do well or better the second torm. He I8 not an ofice seeker now and was not in the first place, which is all the bettor reason why he should be renominated Jovernor Crounse caused the maximum treight rate bill to become law by his signa ture, which, while it made him enemies, pe hap®, among the corporations, also made him many more friends among the people It is early yot, nevertheless there does not seem to be at present any candidate in the republican ranks as strong, for the leading office of the state, as (he man who now ably fills that David City ised that the the enactment rate law passed will be submitted at United States cirouit in May. An att the delay of the as govitnor Tribune injunction of the 1t s case prom against maximum by the last legislature the next term of the court, which convenes pt is made to explain court's decision, but the oxplanation will hardly satisfy an overtaxed and fmpatient public. = The people would be better pleased and far better served if, in- 1 of glving plaintiffs in such cases ninety days to introduce testimony, and the defend ants ninety more, the court would give them each but nine da The sluggish pace of our modern courts very often allows justice to be distanced by legal trickery Nebraska Wealth Maker: The maximum rate act was to go into effect the st of Au gust, and in July the managers of the differ- ent railroads in Nebraska revised their sched ules to conform to its requirements. But on the 26th of July the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney company commenced legal action against the State Board of Transportation to hang the matter up till other suits could bo begun. Between tho 20th of July and the 10th of August, 1893, five other suits were inst'tuted, begun in the federal court, and Judge Dundy granted the prayer af the plaintifts for an injunction agaln‘t the exe cution of the law pending the final hearing of the questions ralsed. The suits were by Frederick L. Ames and other stockholders against the Missouri Pacific railroad and the ate Board of Transportation; Oliver Ames and other stockholders against the Unfon Pa cific system and the state board. There we also three other suits Instituted by the stockholders of the other Nebraska railroads against their own managers and the State Board of Transportation, just like the cases parties to which we have named. * ¢ ¢ It has been apparently a sham lawsuit be tween masters and servants, the sole object being to secure for the servants by means of the Dundy infunction a chance to com- mit a respectable sort of highway robbery in the interests of the masters or the plaintiffs * ¢ % The matter w entous, a whole state was, contrary to law, being levied upon (plundered, it the law was Just) by the rail- roads daily, and It was only a question of equity rights between citizens of Nebraska, a soverign state. The corporations them- selves, including all their stockholders, were, in law, citizens of Nebraska and subject to Nebraska laws and the state courts; there fore any suits which the plaintiffs, the stock- wolders, might wish to enter should have been brought before the state courts, There can be no reasonable doubt that the superior court would have sustained this claim and granted a writ of prohibition against Dundy and the plaintiffs, the railroad stockholders; and that if that action in bebalf of the peo- ple had been taken the maximum rate law would long ago have been in operation. ¢+« A few words to all the citizens of Nebraska: How long will you tamely submit to corporation rule, to highway rob- bery, to tho obstruction of justice, to a power which brushes aside the laws you have enacted, and holds your pockets open for monopolists to go on helping themselves? Is this a soverign state, or is it a depen- dency of the federal court over which an autoerat presides, a man who was not elected by the people? How long will you keep up the farce of a State Board of Trans- portation that does practically nothing to protect your interests and enforce or defend your laws? Dodge County Leader: tion of railroads in Nebraska s a gigantic system of bribery. In theory a railroad is a public institution instituted for the use of all persons on equal terms, as much so as the postofice. To obtain the right of way railroads are laid indis- criminately through the rich and poor, friend and opponent, and while the public are benefited as they are by all public im- provements, yet nearly all persons through whose land the roads run are greatly in- jured in excess of the damages allowed. This evil, however, is borne, as a rule, with- out complaint. In theory all persons are presumed to pay fair and equal rates the same a is the case in the charges of postal rates; but in practice from one-fourth to one-third of all persons are carried over the roads free, This free transportation is given to every prominent office holder in the county, state and nation. Every member of congress carries a pass; every judge has a pass and almost every prominent county official. In addition to these, a very con- siderable number of prominent men through- out the state are carried free. The same rule, without compensation, applies to almost every editor in the state, with this excep- tion, they publish for their transportation railway advertisements and the schedules. This free transportation business is not con- fined to the state, but is freely given from tho state to Chicago, Colorado or Texas, thereby ~setting at deflance the state commerce law. It has been sald that the B. & M. of this state, furnished free transportation lust year to Chicago to several thousand persons. Free transportation was readily furnished to all who would accept it during the months of September and October last, If the party had influence. It is currently reported that a gentleman in Saunders county had freely stated before the last republican state con- vention that he was unable o attend the World's fair, as his finances would not per- mit it. He was a delegate and the next day after his return from Lincoln took his whole family and visited the fair. Let us look in for a minute at the purpose of this free dis- tribution of passes. It Is certainly not to obtain a better government or a fair admin- istration of the laws, but is It not to place the railroads in a position to control the making and enforcement of the laws? But The opera- inter- for the system of pass distribution the rail- ways would not now be holding up the ma jmum rate bill, and refusing to carry out the law in regard to connecting switches. And speaking of the maximum rate bill, in which the roads claim that the income is not suf- ficlent to justify the reduction of rates, the Leader would like to know the value per year of this free transportation. It is the duty of Governor Crounse to see that a law- yer is appointed on behalf of the state to Tepresent it in the maximum freight rate case, who I not under obligation to the rail- roads, and not afraid of their power. He to look after the interests of the state. If the governor permits a job to be put up on the stato by his apathy or Indifference he will have to bear the responsibility. This bribery by free passes, like all others, must be stopped. The free transportation probably amounts to millions of dollars per year, Let us know its extent and who are its recipients. We hope the governor will appoint a man who will ascertain in this case the whole amount of transportation, the amount on the free list, and the amount paid for special re- bates, and ascertain whether the business of railroads is not profitable enough, providing this free transportation is added to the re celpts. It Is not fair to favor a part of those using the rallroads, while another and Jarger number of persons are made to foot the expense of this free travel. It s clearly the governor's duty to see that fair and equitable justice is done to all, and we be- lieye the governor will see that it is done. H Roal ghest ofall in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE czIR seorT Lincoln Courler: Judgs Scott trict court of Omahn nay not but bis conduot the bench strong basis for A prosumption O'Neill Sun ott of Omaha s taw aside and of autoerat and ezar, ref an_attorney address the of his cliont, a reporter of ipeached 8t. Paul Phonos Scott in Omaha has g ne gui in reporters, charging them with The “‘contempt’ consists of a exposition of the original court of the venerable judie Papillion Times: Jud on the district beneh is to the interests of litigants oceuples a high judi cowardice of the members of the Omaha bar, who love peace more than honor. Lincoln Herald: When Judge S Douglas distriet bench arrested and punished a reporter for personal libel, he wrote himself down an ass. Such ar bitrary exercise « ithority I8 a thousand tmes worse than an unpunished libel Western Laborer: The crime of contompt of court 1s based on monarchical ideas. It is in conflict with the constitutional right of free speech, and should be abolished. Any man has un fnalienable and inherent right to express his contempt for any court. That 18 one of the prerogatives of American cit izenship. pillion T be erany on sueh Tudge AssI the role low n behalf Hes. Jud Distriot Tho He eontempt news pr constant That Is due he still Perhaps there (s method in Judge Scott's madness. Perhaps his anties on the bench are fntended to show his ability to play horse like a congressman. At any rate there are those in Omaha who are figuring on placing the cranky court in the congressional seat now occupied by Dave Morcer. Tekamah and the Scott of immedia a sy are true, Judge ached and it it takes Burtonfan: 1f reports Burtonian believes they Omaha should be imp removed from office cial sessfon of the legislature to do it His actious are a disgrace to both beneh and to the Fourth fudicial district. It's 10 he's out of his head and is not ble. Granted thus, he shonld be removed the sooner Beatrice Times Omaha court SpO ftor Rosewater of The Bee has been cited for contempt of by Judge Scott, and all because he dared to criticise the judge's rulings, While the dignity of the court should be pre. served, yet the judges should understand that their actions are not above criticism The country is not ready to submit to such wtoeratic rulings. Even editors have some rights which judges are bound to respect. Wallace Star: Editor Rosewater of T! Bee is right in the swim all the time. sooner does he dispose of ex-Sheriff Bennett nd his little libel than Judge Scott, whose peculiar antics on the bench have given him consid able notoriety, goes after him for contempt of court. Mr. Rosewat appears to be having all the uck. He may ostablish a reputation us a philanthropist by distributing a carload of libel suits, etc among his rural brethren Silver Creek Tin Omalia is carry hand. The other day he porter of The Bee for ¢ cising his honor and tomorrow will have him up r sen- The Judge is after the editor of The 1so, for contempt of ourt, Things have come to a pretty pass, indeed, if the official acts of a judge are not to be criti- cised. If there is any law that prevents one from expressing his contempt of a judge when he feel t, that law should be changed at once. York Democra case Judge Scott of hauled up’ a re- cott, at Omaha, held Mr. Percival, a reporter for The Bee, in contempt in his court. Percival criti- cised the court in an article in The B and Judge Scott thought it best to make a horrible example of him. He made a protty spectacle of himself by his treatment of the reporter and his attorneys in court, whieh, it published accounts are true, is without precedent in the practice in this state. On Monday his honor carried the joke a little turther, and ordered tho county attorney to file an information against Mr. Rosewater on the same charge. There is fun ahead in that court. Table Rock Argus: Judge Scott Omaha district court has raised a hornet’s uest around his head by reason of hia arbitrary rulings in the Porcival contempt case, wherein he refused to allow the de- fendant a right to be heard. A certain de- gree of respect is due the court, and viola- tors should be made to feel the power and might of its dignity, but the man who is clothed with the ermine who uses the power in his hands to revenge personal wrongs, to override justice and to tramplo under foot law, has no more right or privilege of respect than any other violator of the law. Tekamah Herald: Judge Scott has no warmer friend and supporter than the editor of this paper in the punishment of criminals before the bar, but recent developments would indicate anew that the innocent ia unsafe in -his court. The bald proceedings of Scott on the bench in Omaha last week, like those of (he same wearer of the ermino in Telamah a year ago, are a_rape on jus tice. The judge’s actions in the newspaper reporter contempt case were cqualled, if at all, only in Scott’s persecution of Lawyer E.'W. Peterson in court in Tekamah a year ago. Law is impugned; justice outraged; and the people and the fair name of the bench demand that the bar impeach and res move Scott from his exalted position for a common safety. Judge of the The largest of the dls- furnishos a ta il to te should be Judge apor dire Scott's retentioe' g menace to the | tt of the convicted | ng things with a very high | “BROWNING, KING & co. ke fine elothes on eurth. Not Much A-head- After All STATE POLITICAL NOTES. Tekamah Burtonian hraska this fall, ot the For governot of Melville R, Hopewell Tekamah Really, gontlomen, what's use of looking further anyway Nebraska City Tees Nobraskans a akoning to the that is upon thern r having such nonenities to ropresent them 1 in congress, and they have already begun te ‘\ prepare material for the fall camp, {1 | MeCook Tribune: It fs not good republi can doctrine or practice to turn down a man for nomination because he honest and clean and able nd eloquent wW. B be defeated for other Hsgrace Andrews eannot crime. orth Platte Tribune: There is no lack o wl material for republican state nomina | tions this fall, and it will fiot be difienlt for | the convention to name a winning ticket If the factionists keep in the rear the ticket will be good for a plurality of 20,000 Wayno Herald: Republican papers, derio cratic papers, populist papers wnd independ all speak very hignly of State ngene Moore, North Ne sent one man, at least, to the atate capitol who has attenipted to do his duty, his vhole duty and nothing but his duty to the state Reporter: Tom Majors is sald te line of wuccession for Governor s shoes, because he s the rallroads | ehofce. Tom is there for that purpose and the corporations know him. Scelally he fs A very nice fellow, but officially he fs one of the most disreputable skunks whose nanie ever disgraced a stato pay roll Hebron Journal: Judge M. J. Abbott of Hayes Center is favorably mentioned fo the office of commissioner of public lands and buildings. He belongs to the “0I Juard” style of republicans—'men who car die but never surrender,” and with h paper, the Republican, has done valian work for the party. He Is likewise capable. Blair Pilot: Washington county will have no candidate before the state convention, and we will bo free to choose from among the many excellent gentlemen whose claims are being presented by the local press throughout the state. With a good man as our standard bearer Washington county will give a good round majority, but with a straw man as leader it will go to the dogs. Journal: Matt Daugherty, chair- man of the republican congressional committee of this district, has recently given much attention to the condition of the politi- al situation at the Big Sixth. He is em- phatic in his assertion that the next con- gressman from this district will be a re- publican. e bases this upon good reports from all parts of the district. We belleve with ‘him that the successor to Kem's vacant chair must and will be a republican. Gothenburg Star: There are a number of men in Nebraska with gubernatorial bees under their hats, and now that the spring- time of the campaign is at hand the insects re becoming restless, pending an announces ment from the present executive in the Nebraska state house as to whether he will or will not be a candldate. Crounse I failed to please all the politicians, but he crtheless, shown himself to be a careful official and should he desire the place again will likely get it. Plattsmouth News Governor Crounse has positively declined to be a candidate for governor, and now the woods are full of em- bryo state executives. Tom Majors manages to get b name to the front in good form, but we believe Tom has had enough. The party has held Colonel Majors up to the pie counter for lo these many years, and a sort of idea has percolated through the rank and | file that a ticket might be elected even ! though the Nemaha statesman were not named. Let’s try it once and see. Broken Bow Republican: some talk of candidates on the republican ticket for congress, and a number of good men are being mentioned, among whom lg Hon. James Whitehend, who was a candis date two years ago, Matt Daugherty of Ogalalla; Grimes of North Platte, and H. M. Sullivan, Of the number mentioned, James Whitehead, it he desired the nomination, should be considered first, as a matter of political honor. We are glad to know that it is the view taken by many of the lead« ing politiclans. Whether Mr. Whitehoad would again accept the nomination Is very doubtful. In the event that he will not cept the nomination or is not considered the strongest candidate by the nominating convention the party could not do better than to place in nomination H. M. Sulllvan for congressman for the Sixth dfstrict, as he would meet the general approval of the republicans. e GIRLS, HAVE A CARE! any ent . Audite Strang be in Crouns; Kearney There is already Kansas City Star: Those ‘‘beautiful girls" who came on from Rhode Island factories to put the senate in a McKinley frame of mind are having a lonesome time of it | These are ticklish times, and the senators, who are wise in their generation, are dodg- | ing beauty very assiduously, fearful that at any moment a Pollard may rise among them. The “beautiful girls" timed their visit un- { fortunately. The senators must assume a virtue if they have it not. Louisville Courier-Journal: A delegation of girls from Rhode Island is in Washing~ { ton to protest against the passage of the tarift bill. When the girls get to settling the tariff question it is time for congress to resolve Itself Into a progressive euchre olub; ! although who can say that those Rhode Island girls could not wage a euchre war | and frame, between deals, a better tarift bill than that put forth by the old women of the senate finance committee? 5 and soellers of of-Time usual excellence goes witl priced. BROWNING, W illuay (heexprossif you send the money for b0 worthor more We called the turn—It's getting Spring-like and hiand and you will want that Spring suit. Our styles are exclusive, for we make every suit we sell. competitors but tailors and they are twice as high 14 The hout saying. We have no KING & CO., W. Cor.15th and Douglas Sts, ~