Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 23, 1894, Page 4

1 THEOMAHA DAILY BEE. B. ROSEWATER, Editor, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERMS RUBSCRIPTION, Daily ¥ One Year Daily a Hix Monthu Threa Months Bunday e, Baturday oo Weekly Ioe, or OFFICES, Omaha, The 1 iding. Bouth Omahn, carner N and Twenty-fourth 8ts. Councll Mufts, 12 Pearl street Chicago Office, 317 Chamber of Commerce w York, Rooms 13, 14 and 15, Tribune BIJg. Washington, 107 F 8t., N. W CORRESPONDENCE, communieations relating whould be addressed: To the DUSINESS 1 BRS, s lotters and remittances should be The Hee hing company, company All Tditor. torial matter AlL busir Tressed | ¢ maha, Drafts, wmade payable t THE BE ATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, George 11, Taschuck, secretary of The Bee Pub- Nshing company, belng duly sworn, says that tae actual number of full and complete coples of Th Dally Eyening and Sunday lee printe during e month of March, 1894, wax Tows reductions for unsold and returned coples Fapivin i Total sold Dally average * Sunday. and subscribed in my 1504, FEIL, N Bworn to before me pre ence this 30 day of April N. P tary Publie. that the South Carolina dispensary unconstitutional the it leave the liquor Now act qestion trafe in that state? has been declared where does So far as the number of cases heard and decided Is concerned, the supreme court ssioners appear to be earning the which was appropriated by the legis- commi mor lature for their salaries. Tt Christ should come to Chic be pelted with mud by the fre monopoly press and clubbed by the Ch police he hadn't money enough pay for a night's lodging 2o he would ed Chicago ago because to to waste that hoarse rybody another The Bee upon the yelping Lincoln and knows that railroad bone. las bras; and no space or red tin themselves Council Bluffs, 3 they are barking for ne ol ca are howling at The army of the employed had no difi- culty In securing a spokesman upon the floor of the senate to present their memorials protesting against the passage the pending tariff bill. The army of the unem- ployed will have no more difficulty in finding friends in congre of Eastern railroads are putting on new trains and fast trains for the accommodation of their patror in this part of the country are compelled to travel mixed Isn't it some of those while passengers upon intermittent trains about time to which were taken off about a year zigo? = =N Senator Teller upholds the income thx be- cause, in his opinion, it will be no less e to collect than the tax on persgnal property imposed by most of the state givernmefits. Bocause two airerent taxes are each in- quisitorial, ineffective and obnoxious is no reason why we should be inflicted with both. restore trains An ‘injunction to prevent a priest from performing the functions of his office opens a new fleld for the activity of the courts. We shall expect soon to hear of the courts conducting religious excrcises through duly appointed officers and lssuing writs of mandamus to compel worshipers to attend church. ‘While the colleges are turning out doctors, lawyers, ministers and dentists galore, the promising and lucrative occupation of the professional receiver is not being given the attention which it deserves. A school that will fit young men to perform the duties of a receiver and undertake to secure positions for its graduates is the institution of learning for which there is a crying demand. one The railroads refuse to make an excursion rate for the members of Kelly's army for fear they might be called to for breaking the rules of the Western Passenger assoclation. On other occasions, however, their respect for the rules of the Western Passenger assoclation does deter them from violating them without the slightest Justification. It depends upon whose ox Is gored. account not The people are patiently waiting for a de- cision from the supreme court of this state upon the constitutionality of the law requir- ing the state treasurer to Invest the idle money in the school fund in interest-bearing state warrants. An adverse decision cannot make the law any more of a dead letter than it has been since Its enactment, while a de- clsion upholding the validity of the law may be the means of saving to the taxpayers a considerable sum which now goes to benefit private person There are railroad organs, itors and rallroad preachers. They all wor- ship at the same shrine and all sing the same old of abject subserviency to corporate greed and autocratic domination. No matter how stupld a blunder a rallroad magnate may commit, however brutal a cor- railroad ed- tune poration lackey may act toward the impoy- erished, they always fawn and flatter and praise thelr masters and overseers. From the railroad press as well as from the rail- road pulpit the anathemas rain down the heads of the Industrial army. In the eyes of these subsidized lickspittles of wealth and power poverty s a great crime and mendicancy an unpardonable sin, upon In bring against the g In a verdict for damages state oll Inspector, who passed Inferfor oil whose explosion resulted in rious loss by fire, an lowa jury precedent that may have important bearings sots upon the state inspection of dangerous pro- ducts. If an Inspector is to be liable clvilly for his InefMecicley or neglect In the per- formance of his duties he will have a powe ful Incentive given him to exercise ever possible care. It in effect makes his cer- tificate a guarantee agalust loss to any one who relles upon It. On the other hand, it s liablo state office such suits becoms common to compel Inspectors o quit 1 an Inspectorship will not have Its former altractions for of fice seekers, poorer than when tioy entered “itated a AN EGREGIOUS BLUNDER. During the past few days the railroad man agers hereabouts and across the river, bar ring the Unlon Pacific offic’a's m to have all lost their heads. Will anyb-1 nected with the rallroads expla Iy have abandoned their regular passenger traffic and mail service in and out of Council Blufts? Will any rational man explain why the Milwaukee raflrond destroyed its tracks of Weston and forced its braska-bound passengers to go by the way of Missourl Valley and Blalr? Will anybody connected with the Burlington road furnish any for the notice served on the mayor of Omaha and the commissioners of Douglas county that they were expected to protect the roadway and properties of that company from mob violence when there was not the remotest threat from any quarter against the Burlington? The only rational interpretation of the singwlar conduct of the rallway officials must be that there was a concerted plan to bring on a conflict with Kelly’s army and the ex- asperated working people that would justify a call upon the regular army. If this is not the correct version, why was (he Iowa militia brought to Council Bluffs Kelly's army reached there? The raftroad managers not of boy militia to overpower and disband 1,600 Pacific coast veterans, Manifestly the militia was simply to play the part of the that shcot darts into the bull the to get the animal enraged and bring o to facs with a red-cloaked matador When the boys with their steel toothpicks had prodded some of Kelly's men then the call for regulars would have been in order. Fortunately for the railroads and the coun- ashed in the pan. Bluffs would signal for violent outbreaks city and might have precip- civil war, simply that men with grave responsibilities, as are officials, should eommit such blunder. The move of Kelly's men by train has averted the peril the time being, and if his example is followed by other Industrial bodies there will be no further danger of collision between workingmen and the military. Towa they own cast excuse before certainly did expect two companics boys in arena him fa and his deadly blade. try this plan of campaign A bloody conflict have the in at Council been every la It is charged railroad cgregious incomprehensible an wagon for FARM LABOR IN DEM. Both in the east and in the northwest there is reported to be an active demand for farm workers which s not being met. An eastern that in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and some other states of that section the demand for farm lubor is much greater than the supply. In New York newly arrived immigrants who cannot speak a word of English are engaged gladly for farm service, while able-bodied Americans are vainly hunt- ing work in the city. The farmers in por- tions of the northwest are also complaining that they cannot get sufficient help. Men are necded to begin the spring operations and few are to be had. Complaint of this kind is not uncommon in years of prosperity, when labor is everywhere well employed, but it seems almost incredible that it should be heard now with a vast army of men out of work and suffering more or less privation and hardship. Especlally is it most strange that such a complaint should be heard in the cast, where the proportion of unemployed labor is larger than elsewhere. The cxplanation is prabably to be found in the unattractiveness life to most men who havi city and the exacting character of farm work. To one used to the life and bustle of the city the quiet and uneventful farm life has no charm, and when the requirement is that he must labor twelve or fourteen hours a day at un- congenfal work most men will endure ex- traordinary privation sooner than go on a farm. It is easy to say that a man needing work who would refuse an offer to do farm labor would be a fool and forfeit »1l claim to sympathy, but the fact is that a great ma- Jority of men will do just this, and, more- over, will prefer the most menial employ- ment in the cily to going into the country to work. There is no more healthful labor than that on the farm, but it Is hard, and particularly so to those who are mnot wused to it. and then when it is done there is little to cheer tho tired toiler. We can concelve of no other satisfactory explanation of the difficulty, under present conditions, which the farmers east and west find in obtaining the help they need. Of course if the farmers were able to secure all the labor they required at once the relief would only be temporary, but it would none the less be highly beneficial to all concerned. paper say 8¢ of farm to been reared in m REMOVALS FROM CLASSIFIED SERVICE. Whether or not the civil service law pro- tects persons appointed under it against re- moval for political reasons is a question which the supreme court of the District of Columbia has been called upon to decide. Last August a clerk named Gaddis was dis- missed from the classified service in the Treasury department and he now asks the court for a mandamus to compel Secretary Carlisle to reinstate him, on the ground that he was removed for political reasons, con- trary to the civil service law. It appears that Gaddis entered tho government service as the result of a civil service examination in 1884 and was several times promoted as the reward of faithful and eficient work. Finally he was detailed as an examiner under the C vice commission, where he showed ability that invited hearty commendation of the commission. There had never been any question as to his efficiency and faithfulness, but he an ardent republican. of the treasur. ofice Gaddis be- longed, had received Information that when the republicans came into office in 1889 he had been active in helpiug to bring about that result, and for that reason it was pro- posed to dismiss According to afi- davits Gaddis was informed by the regis that if he would say he was a democrat he would be retained in office, though reduced in grade. He replied to this that it would bo impossible for him to belie his well known convictions, and seon after he was dismissed from the service by direction of Secretary ‘arlisle. This not the was known to be The present register to whos him, or will prove an interesting alone to the thousands of ¢ government classified service, but to eve body who feels concern regarding the of the civil service law. The common un- derstanding is that persons who enter the government service in pursuance of the re- quirements of that law are positions 80 long as they properly perform their dutles. In the civil service examin tlons no question is asked regarding politics or religlon, and the presumption s that when appolutments are made from the eli- gible list there Is no Inquiry respecting the politics of appointees. It is undoubtedly the intent of the law that no such inquiry shall bo made, and this being 5o it seems entirely clear that no subsequent referenc the polities of a clerk in the classified service can properly be made, unless In the pernicious activity” in politic test case, value secure in thelr to 50 of which s a THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1891, Manifestly It the eivil give complote pro violation of the law service statute does mot tection to those appointed under it from . re moval for political reasons it Is of no value because it is an matter to trump up a charge of political activity, as is alleged to have been done In the of Gaddis, and with every change In the political char acter of the administration it would be pos- sible to wholesale dismissals for po litical rea: Thus the law would fail of its prime purpose, which Is to divorce a large part of the government service alto- gether from politics. It is extremely probable that the case of Gaddis is but one of many similar in char acter that have happened under the nresent administration. It is not to be doubted that other removals from the classified service have been made solely fer political reasons, though some other cause may have been al- leged. of the law In this way is by no means dificult and it can be prac- ticed by those having the power of removal without much risk, since those dropped from the service rarely take any steps for re- dress. If Gaddis shall be successful, how- ever, in his demand for reinstatement per- sons removed hereafter for what they be- lieve to be purely political reasons will de- mand the protection which the law is pre- glve. easy case make ons, asion sumed to ENGLAND AND SILVER. The attitude of England toward silver is regarded by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts as Justifying by the United States looking to compelling the British govern- ment to change or modify its position. His proposition, submitted to the senate a few days ago, is that this country impose retaliatory and diseriminating duties on im- Great Britain and its colonies into the United States, until that country joins with this for the colnage of silver. Coming from so able and scholarly a man as the junior senator from Massachusetts, this is certainly a most remarkable proposition, and it need hardly be said that there is not slightest probability of Its adoption by congress. Such a game as Mr. Lodge pro- poses two can play at, and nothing can be more certain than that England would meet with something steps shall ports from the our policy of discrimination of a like character, which might be quite as damaging to our interests as the proposed policy would be to hers, A tarift war would inevitably result, and in such a conflict England would not be the sole loser. Just what course she would probably pursue can- not readily be foreseen, but that she would not submit to the discrimination suggested without some effort to retaliate Is not to be doubted. The United States could not afford to in- augurate an unfriendly contest of this kind in the interest of silver, assuming that it would result In forcing England to change its position toward the white metal. That country is our greatest customer. Three- fourths of the wheat it imports comes from the United States; it takes most of our cot- ton, and it is a large buyer of our meats and other products. The English market is the best of all for American secu! ities. In short, in all respects our trade with England is on a vastly larger scale than with any other country, and it would be profound folly to impair it by any such legislation as the Massachusetts senator proposes. As to silver, there Is reason to believe that the British government may be induced to mod- ity its position without recourse to any pol- icy of compulsion. There are signs of the growth of a more favorable sentiment to- ward the white metal among those who have heretofors persistently refused to give it any recognition, and the conditions are of a nature to promote this sentiment. Eng- land’s financial and commercial relations with the silver standard countries will com- pel her sooner or later to give more friendly consideration to silver. The conference to be held in London early next month will in all probability produce a decided effect favorable to silver, and may prove to be the beginning of a powerful movement there in the interest of bimetallism. WAGE EARNERS AND STOC CHOLDERS. In this connection it Is proper to say that the present and prospective position of the Union Pacific is regarded by experts as discouraging. They state that business in a large majority of the territory trav- ersed by the system is poor, that the out- look for substantial improvement in traffic is doubtful, and that the recent order of the United States court compels it to pay a wage scale to employes that is only justi- fled when the road is full of business at remunerative rates. It is further stated that it was the high ratio of operating ex- penses that made a receivership necessary for the road. This is the way the Chicago correspondent of the New York Evening Post refers to the wage situation on the Union Pacific as com- pared with the situation on other western railroads. He further congratulates the of- ficials of these other roads that they can combine to reduce the wages of their em- ployes without being “hampered by orders of United States judges, who appear to think that employes should be pald wages disproportionate to the earnings of the road, and that the rights of bond and stock- holders are of secondary consideration.” The writer of this dispatch fails, how- ever, to take into account certain matters which doubtless relieve the consciences of the Union Pacific employes from being bur- dened by the accusation that they are re- sponsible for the insolvency that has overtaken their employers. The Union Pacific mever from the very first lived up to its obligations to the gov- ernment, and it has been known all the time that it would not be able to pay the honds secured by second mortgage to the government as they should mature. The road was therefore in practical insolvency there was any question as wage schedule, It Is true that of all the office men in the hope, It was an- the economy thus effected would the property out of the hands of the receivers, and had there been any reasonable assurance that that end could be accomplished by so simple a device as a reduction of the wage schedule the officers would not have hesitated to attempt the experiment the petition for a re- celvership filed. The fact that they did not do so Is convincing evidence that no possible saving In the expenditures for labor and personal services would have sut- ficed to do more than simply postpone the time when the inevitable bankruptey must ha long before gards the the salaries last were cut September nounced, that keep before was been declared. o far as relegating the bondholders rights to of the secondary conslderation 18 concerned, the complaint, if stockholders and any is to be made, is that heretofore courts 00 prone to accept the allega- in behalt of the corporations without welghing the probable effects which their might upon em- ployes dependent upon them. Striet Justice that no secondary for party, but that each should secure exactly what is his due. In the case of the Unlon-Pacific Judge Caldwell have been tions made action have the requires there be con- sideration either decided that the equity of the wage earner | { was greater than tht of the stockholder or bondholder, who In many {nstances had given no fair equivalent for, ks claim. are not disproportionate 1t fhd fixed expenses of the fair return stment in dull | pres- 1n his view the existing wages ings int actual the would wi to the ear capital ace upon th the road times, ent operating dividends and leavd, a Introduction of lower, rates. were' belliced to 4 value, of earniugs, even Nout ‘Aifeulty expenses, pay wide ins in me the these t the interest and fleld the The prospect! for position of the Union Paéific may be discour- aging to rallway experts, but it Is discourag- Liuge amount of outstand ing bonds and stack for which there Is nothing but a fictitious backing. It the recelvers succeed In squeezing the water out of this Inflated capitalization they n forego scaling the wages of the ployes. ing because of the down ot em- That little discourse indulged in by Judge Woolson when sentencing the bond invest- ment swindlers on Tuesday last would have been a shock to the old-time common law Judges from which they would with difficulty have recovered. The judge explained as one of his reasons for administering compara- tively light sentences to the culprits that at the time they were committing their of- fenses legal points by the bond investment swindles had not yet been decided in court. Only after they had be- como in the undertaking was the first handed down authoritatively stamping the business as fraudulent and in the nature of a lotte Therefore, accord- ing to Judge Woolson, these men could not be presumed to have known that they were violating the law. This is an interesting but novel doctrine. The old theory of the common law that the law was always the although Judicial Interpretation might change. If one court reversed the decision of another court the latter simply made a mistake in dealing out jus- tice, which persisted one and the same from time Immemori Not only was every offender presumed to know the law, but he also presumed to know whether the had made mistakes in applying it, and it would have been rashness itself to attempt to excuse an act by appealing to one of these mistaken decisions that declared that act per- fectly legitimate. Judge Woolson's position demolishes the theory that every one is pre- sumed to know when a court may go back on the precedents before it. the involoved involved declsion was me, had was court populist governors called militia_in Colorado and Kansas trivial provocations The Bee, in common with the republican press of the whole country, pro- nounced their action as fll-timed and ill- advised. When a republican governor of Towa calls out the militia before any re- sistance has been offered to the enforcement of law by civil authority we cannot ently refrain from pronouncing his action as ill-timed and ill-advised. If our republican contemporaries want to be consistent they should either express their disapproval of the Towa militia or keep :still. They cannot make rational people bblieve that what is mpolitic and improper on the part of a pop- ulist Is right and proper when done by a re- publican. When out the on con- Bismarck is of the opinion that there is no imminent danger of European cause the various European countries arc too busy following new inyentions in improved armaments to indulge in hostilities at the present time. We rust, therefore, look upon the inventor of deddly instruments of war as the most powerful factor in preserving peace. If he can only continue to launch new inventions of this kind upon the world, after the other in rapld succoasion, war be- one may be able to secure to us a state of per- petual peace. The inventor is the messenger of peace. The Road to Salvation. New York Sun. ncome tax and save No surrender to socialism! e Shaving Mutilated Coin, Philadelphia Inquirer. A queer story comes from Savannah about the refusal of the mint officials in this city to redeem a slightly mutilated silver dollar at more than its bullion value. The coin was of full weight but had been slightly defaced in a fir>. Superintendent Town:end, it Is sald, remitted only 43 cents as its value, The natural deduction from this ruling is that all worn silver coins now in eirculation are worth only their welght as bullion. This would be the severest blow that silver as money has yet received. e A Reactionary Party. Hlobe-Democrat., This latest of its reactionary exploits only serves to emphasize a general condition of its nature and its course as a political organization. Tt changes its principles and opinions with shameless facility, subordi- nating all conside . propricty and_ self-respect necessities of political safety . Such a party s certainly not fitted to control the affairs of a great nation like the Unitea ates, and It will be relieved of that res sponsibility by a tremendous majority at the next élection. 2 S Are They nt War? Loulsville Courler-Journal. Is little prospect of the Grea strike resulting in a_victory for the men, Tt will, however, show the power of the new organization’ as against the brotherhoods, and managers may be called upon to enter into agreements with its members, if it can bhe held together. Whether' it shall wield such an influence over the railroad managers as the brother- hoods have done remains to be seen, but it is certain that with two organizations work- ing against each other the railroads will be less subject to dictation by the trainmen, 's Popularity on the Const. an Francisco Chronicle, A procession of the unemployed passed through the streets a day or two ago with on which ‘was inscribed “Grovel ud is growing fatter, but the w man Is growing leaner.”” At a plac usement in this city a minstrel joke, which is always received with applause, runs something like this: Tlones asks Mr. Interlocutor why Grover Cleveland s as great a man as Washington or Lincoln. Of course he glves up the preposterou conundrum, ‘whereupon Bones says Wash ington freed his countrymen, Lincoln fre the slaves and Clévelahd has freed the la- boring man from “working. The guffaw which are called forth indicate ~ pretty plainly that the polnt is well understood, and they also tell an observant person that the president's name Is not one to conjurs with'in San Francisco, , e Tmportant Decision. Philadgiphn, Pres Judge Nott's ruling giving the president ten days in which, to'approve bills after congress adjourns will,/if sustained, put an end to the strain and ‘Stress imposed upo the president under present usage in th last two or thre days in the life of each congress. Kent tells us that most of th bills that were presenfed to the president in the second session of any conress used to be presented in the last ten days., It {s not quite 50 bad as that now, but entirel too much work is thmust upon the president in _the dying hours of each congress. On March 3, 1863, President Harrison was called upon ‘the eXamine and sign thirty- seven private acts, three joint resolutions and tewnty-two general acts, the latter in- cluding several large and 'comprehensive appropriation bills, and In bulk represent- ing nearly half the legislation of the ses- Wo years bef in the last ten the prolific Reed congress, P t Harrison signed 217 private bills, se t resolutions and fifty general acts. Close of each congress brings the same pres- sure upon the president. With his cabinet he s In attendance at the capitol at un- usual hours, trying to kee the | 58 of ‘the liberate mination of tf nted to him {5 impossibl be content with the the most suj Al knowledge of most of the bills before him. Even with extrordinary dillgence and fatiguing labor, bills often fall for no other reason than th physical inability of the president to affix his slgnature before the hour for the final adjournment of congress wrrives, Kill_the democracy! the There Northern Clevela Ar THE INDUSTRIAL “ARMI Philadelphia 1dea has coased to be a Joke. The “army of the unemployed” now on Its way from Council Bluffs ought to be dis persad among the farms of lowa to eat three squa s a day and help the spring plowing Press: The Industrial army 3 have boen Jackson wenlers by up bad Blufts Kelly's e Chicago Herald notably had kept The Coxeyit quiet and law-abiding. if his hands oft the Comm vould probably have been out of tho siale this time. His interference has stirred a turmoil, got the railroads into a humor, caused the citizens of Counell great expense and trouble, and kept followers from pursuing thelr march ought to be proud of himself. Chicago Record: It Is probably true that it Coxey's “army” were twice its present fzo_every man in it could have found work to do in abundance between Pittsburg and Philadeluhia it the army were disposed to do it. What is true of Pennsylvania is tru of the west, and If the “army of the unem ployed” now enroute from Omaha to Chi cago had any desire to find work not one of its members would cross the Mississippi | river Philadelphia Press: Those who are not of the varlous Industrial armies know full well there is no work in Washington for even | 100 idle men, and what fs more, they know that congress can and should do nothing under the circumstan And yet the | armies are allowed to roove along just as if | all, as well as themselves, were affficted | with the same delusions. Deople who play with fire should not wonder if they get burnt, Chicago Herald: General Kelly, command- ing the western division of the Commonweal army, is, from all accounts, a sensible man. He is credited with good intentions and praiseworthy motives. He believes that the Coxey movement is for the best interests of the country, and he is giving his time and his money to the cause. Most people do not agree with him, but that Is not to the pur pose. Every man is entitled to his own opinfon in this country. Chicago Times: These are phenomena which merit thoughtful attention. A move ment which has enlisted such enthus support from the class in American society which is just beginning to assert itself is not to be checked by shallow ridicule or apo- pleptic epithets. No good roads may come of Coxey's propaganda, nor will the bond- holders suffer for the present. As an im- pressive object lesson, however, the crusade is likely to have its effect on the thought of the people. Chicago Times: The band of marchers known as Kelly's army affords good illustra- tion of the esteem in which this movement is held by the people who hold themselves ill-used by society as now organized. There are 1,600 men in the command, which is now encamped at Council Bluffs, In one day sixteen wagonloads and one carload of pro- visions were sent to the camp by sympa thizers in Omaha. Ten thousand men gathered at a mass meeting which was to be uddressed by the leader. At one meeting $500 was raised by voluntary contribution of poor men to help along the cause. Denver Republican: All the western rail- roads should follow the wise example of the Union Pacific and provide means of tran portation for the members of the Industrial army who may desire to go east. By doing 5o they would remove an element of possi- ble danger to their own and other property and at the same time help the indigent men who are in the west to reach the east. The cast ought to bear the burden of providing for these people, for eastern men are re sponsible for the depression in busines: which has led to the organization of the different branches of the Industrial army which are now endeavoring to get to Wash- ington Chicago Record: After the armies led by toxey, Jones, Kelly and Frye have “taken Washington,” what then? Will the privates remain in the capital city, scatter through surrounding cities or return to their orig- inal starting point? It now looks as if sev eral thousand of them would reach Washing- ton, although the number is not nearly so large as was at one time expected. Tt will, enougi to increase ver the unemployed population of sev eral states of the east. Do the unemployed in the cast, who apparently are welcoming these new recruits to their ranks, see in such accession of numbers any brighter prospects for securing labor? If ten men are out of employment in any place will employment be more easily procured if the ten become twenty? An Open Letter. oston Advertiser. Oh, congress, please congress, nd o home; the knell of your has struck. You said you would us to prosperous times, but you have brought us bad luck. Of ail the hard times which our history knows, which the nation has ever passed through, the hardest are those that are still with us now and are traceable plainly to you. For elght weary months you have spli.tered and talked casipl's beautiful dome. So please give thé“f2ple a much-needed rest. Oh, congress, please congress, §o home. Oh, congress, please congress, adjourn and o home. Your “fences” are all broken down. They need much repairing and tink- ering now, as the recent elections have shown. A republican wave has swept over the land from Washington state clear tu Maine, and republicans say when November comes’ round they will sweep the whole country again, for the democrats now are as scarce as hens' teeth, wherever in It is'time that the adjourn party hring chicfly y as the president studies Hill's and the cabinet weeps as it joins in There are sobs and a teardrop In bleak Minnesota the demo- that in congress the trait Tillman rer land is really ats say brood, while Governor that he thinks Mr. Clev 0od;” and while all this fighting goes mer- rily ‘on, the cry oft repeated doth come from ali the great nation, exasperate now. Oh, congress, please congress, go home, The' Wilson bill's threats, liké huge bur- dens of lead, on all of our industries rest; depression has seized on the mills of the t and clutches the farmer out west. And yet if that bill were but laid on the shelt and congress were safely adjourned, pros- perity bright would burst out in full bloom and ‘each mill-wheel at work would be turned. So the cry rushes on from the east to the west like a tidal wave seething in foam, and the whole country joins in the angry request +Oh, congress, why don't you go home?" Slight Differences in Czarism. Philadelphla Ledg The democrats of the I course, to suffer some aving adopted a rule to count a quoru after they had denounced Speaker Reed's similar rule as unconstitutional and revolu- tionary. The best they can do about it i to adopt Benedick's playful defense for a change of opinion: t doth not the appetite alter? A 'man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.” Shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the career of his humor? No!" There is, moreover, an important difference between this rule’ and that of the Fifty-first con- gress. Under the former rule the speak counted a quorum in the most arbitrary ashion; under the democratic rule repre- sentatives of the two sides to any question will report to the speaker the names of members present but not voting; the list will be read, and the me Wil be re quired to either vote, answer present, or | be recorded as present. While in its sential feature, that of counting a quorum, | it 18 like the Iteed rule, it is put in better | form, and does not make the speaker a cza “no. vill, of ridicule ' for — - A Fugitive Plrate. Now York Tribun despleable cowardice 12il holds an evil ptured by the goverr 1 to death by court martia promptly, the general verdict of civilized world will be, “Served him ri He displayed almost all the qualities that can be displayed by a rebel Against a constituted authority. . He has brought about a great deal of hloodshed suffering without any reasonable ex has interfered with comn and has caused an enormous amount of mischief, while constantly betraying quali ties the most contemptible and’ dastardly If he 1s put to death, as he richly de serves to be, the world will be well rid of him. Practically, he has been only a pirate Mello | i | Admiral pre-el ce. ana bad — e —-— Willing to Compromise, NSAS CITY, April Judge arrived here yesterday and went to the county fail, to remain 18 discharged by the clrcult court on the charge of contempt for refusal to levy a tax to pay the St. Clair county bords of the paper Neosho rallway. Judge the K haver tarily until b Copen- volun- | 1 house | edition | old. | in Copenhaver s willing to accept com- promise offered by Clreult Judge Philips, 1o vote 60 per cent of the bonds, PEOPLE AND THINGS firm and unyleld Hubbard style. nt to translate into a_father-in- Councll Blufts evinces contempt for the Mother r Ingalls fs ab out of n job gold lying fdle in bocaus: th wafely the banks Tan ¥ bankers find no way Strange happenings hours, Hore I8 the g to the deaf mute i sleep. The fact that little Ry in red Is regarded in proof of the ralizing Cobden policy Having emitted a hoarse growl at the gray hairs of Jerry Wilson, the Lexington cate of Sarah Guess morals folded Aneleco to Invest It wd the of 1 passing wi gOINg or vernor titute of effect tent | and silently Stoll away. Twain's publishing the discovery that was a warmed-ov incident 2,000 years The collapse of Mark promptly followed frog story Athenfan his jumping of an Colonel Watterson's paper says the pass- age of the Wilson bill will be a gold brick swindle on the people. Samosets, awake! Another trumpet blast against “treason’ is | order. | Mrs. B. R. Pulllam of Fort Scott fs the only city treasurer of the gentler sex In Kansas. She has been suspended, as her ac- counts are $1,300 short. Who says women aren’t fitted for municipal office? The oldest surviving soldler of war, it is belleved, is Rudolph Kelk ccomber 1, 1803, ‘and enlisted in the Fifth nslyvania regiment at Plttsburg in Au t, 1861, He is liviug in Evans City, Butler county, Pa. Thero | an English pair of princesses oreigns, the clvil , born nothing o in the fact that princess placed an order for a shoes in Haverhill. Princes and follow the fashion set by sov and Massachusetts has supplied | much of the footwear of American sover clgns for years Springfield, Bon Homme county, boasts the largest mayor in South Dakota In of John Brown, who weighs 5 pounds, but Tyndall, in t me claims to have the oldest man and lest baby The former, Mr. Me. is 107 years old, and the latter, a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs, E. Z. Al- bright on Saturday last, weighing when dressed but two and one-half pounds. At dinner to be given by the Union league of Philadelphia on General ( nt's birthd; next Friday, the following persons will respond to foasts lhe President Grant s President,” General Charles F. Manderson of Nebraska; ‘‘Personal Recol- lections ot rant,”” General Horace Porter; The Army—Grant from Cadet to neral,’ encral Schofield or General Sickles; “The Navy—Grant's Efficient Ally in All His Cam paigns,” Rear Admiral Gherardi; “Grant at Appomattox,” General John B. Gordon of Georgia; “Grant as an Author,” St. Clair McKelway, “Brooklyn Eagle.” A mummified stiff was uncov Bgyptian catacombs recently. Heneath the wrappings of woe was und an order for a liberal planting of electric lights, doubt- less on the eve of clection day. Nothing was found to show that the order was complied with, but it may be inferred the deal was satisfac- torily consummated The discovery is N inst ve revelation of the manner in which the ancients kept their peepers peeled for number one, nd handed down through uncounted centuries examples of thrift which moderns carefully emulate, e S PRATTLE OF THE YOUN of the ed in the ERS. His Mother—You ought to feel ashamed of yourself, fighting little Johnuy Naybors. Tommy—1 do, mamma; he licked me. iV or—\What 1 es your father look so melancholy ? Small Boy—'Cause ma told him he's got to go to our church fair tonight. Mamma (as she is serving the pie at table.) an improper fraction, Johnny? Anything less than a quarter, mamma. Mamma—Robbie, why is it that you al- ways quarrel with the little girl next door? Robbie—'Cause she won't e hit a fellow like boys do. Little Willie—My mad at you, becau she had to get four new dresses th spring. Featherstone-— What have I to do with it? Little Willie— She says if you had only proposed she wouldn't have had to. Philosopher—It {s a little singular nearly all of these anarchists are men of some education. Not one is really ignorant. All went to school. Small Boy—1 gue: mebby they learned to make bombs so's to throw them at the men's wot wrote the 'rithmeties.. Fair Girl—I am sure pa, Ject to you, but I am afraid mamma She says your family have depraved Rich Grocer's Son—Good gracious! Whe did she get that idea? Fair Girl—I think she judges by the butter that your father used to recommend as good. The little girl who recites was practicin She had got through “Under a Spreading Chestnut Tree the Village Smithy Stands,” when her brother interrupted with “That’s the place for it to stand.” “Why?" asked the little girl. “Because it's the biggest chestnut in the whole reader.” They had been talking about the different ccupations of men and of men in general when the teacher asked the head of the class if he knew what a wag was. Failing to give a satisfactory answer, the little boy then spoke u ‘I know man “well, sister 1s awful that would not ob- will | the | Join the what is a wag?' “A happy dog's tail, mam,” said the boy promptly. BROWNING, THE LODGE IDEAL Mr. to Courler-Journal force Gront t policy o suit by fls against her {8 what the Hon, Sock Simpson, not belng a “scholar in poll- ht characterize as both n corke it I fs wuch awe-lnspiring emus of Statesmanship as this that make the people wish that their “scholar in polities™ were that “Lodge in some vast wilderness' for which the poet sighed Indian Jourpal: T Lodge's adopt lovying plan to a financial rotalintory ain proposition of of Massachusetts to double of any tarift bill which may be to impose @ duty of 35 per cent upon all free goods fmported Britain until that country will in an international agreement free colnnge of sllver I8 the most wind would prove the most effective to compel the use of silver as 1 tender money throughout the world thit could be devised. Globe-Democrat: — Senator position, by ans of retallatory duties, o bulldoze Kngland fnto an_agreement to open hier mints to silver is bad sense and bad politics. The tarift and the coinage are so distinet the from the other that AN attempt to mix them up I8 sure to call out opposition from both sides on each question. 1€ action on one of these fasies should be m Tependent on action on the other, great embarrassment, confusion and harm to the try would result. England's consent to an international re- monetization of siiver would be a grand thing for the United States, but it cannot be obtained in this way - THE COMICAL CONTINGENT, and orem eat Lodge's pros Hallo: T suppose g for your w Dought & black pockethook ep mourn “Yes; I've Inter Ocean: Wife—Anything new in the sermon this morning? Husband —1 guess e must have been; I didn't get to sleep until it was half over Journal: Miss the smell of powder Colonel--Not _at all. on my acount. 1 don't Painter—Col- makes Pray mind it Indianapolis n't a bit, move Record: A book agent inkford politician xcluimed on't want to ride it at- an the it. Philadelphia tempted to encyclopedia 3 Frankford — man Wouldn't have time sobbed the never speak Washington Star pretty - girl arold 1 now. “And it is all throu iachinations of that deceitful Sallie Slimmins.”” “Why, what did she do?’ “She persuaded us to me church cholr.” Chicago Tribune man, * ‘Papa,” asked T who was Cain's wite? line,” said the Rev, Dr. « n ominous pause, ad “‘will you please hand me and leave the room? to be a trial for heresy and now."” mmy sodman, ing his my heaviest There 18 sht here Indianapolis Journal wonder makes Highy £ unpopular? “I glve it up, but it is a fact that man is o disliked that he can't get a bite when he goes fishing. what Why, eve May dajsy wdily Fate did you I'rank sociate her Fleld’s Washing 11 that young widow Because one could so with weed; ‘arson—Seeing 1 see Wothe believe him York Her Volkes day and I leving, every oath Philadelphla Record: Young Doctor— Here 've had my shingle out two weeks, and not a case yet. I've been sitting here like patience on’a monument Friend —Nev vou will eventually get o chance to put the monuments on the patients, wouldn't on g OVERWHELMED, Washington Star "Tis in the spring a man sits down to read the almanac, ‘Tis in the spring the mental rack: g then he turns case to Ic He finds himsclf poss toms in the book. o Twilight of the De he puts himself upon with terror into his ssed of all the symp- nigods. There Is pathos, and a s the humorous_in h Mr. erett. P. Wheele to the sican public through the Time 1 while the president-elect seemed demigod, supported by a victorious, united nd overwhelming majority. How ' comes t this enthusiasm’ has cooled ?” stion can be answered in a hun- liferent ways, and vet cach answer strictly true and quite satisfactory. iswer ought to be enough for Mr. :tt P. Wheeler, and it shall be framed in_the langzuage of the earthly: The demigod business Is now played out in American politics, e A Patriot’s reviousness. Tioston Globe. 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