Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 8, 1894, Page 4

gtss., Of this region? # convention that Is about to convene, the Chi- THE OMAHA DAI LY BEF: TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1804 THEOMAHA DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUISCRIPTION. Daily e (without S One Year.......4 88 Daily and S G &4 Blx Monthe (4.4 Three Months W e R Bunday fee, O Vear 15 aturdny | it 1 Weekly foc Omahn, The Tee Dulldinge Bouth Omaba, e iner N and Twenty-fourth Sta. 11 lufry, 12 Peatl strect [ o O A7 Chamber of Commerce. | Kow York., | 13 10 ang 15, Tribune DI | Washington, 1907 I st v i | N. W, CORR ENC 8 relating to o 1. il To the Bditor. should ba ATl bustness Ie addrossed 1o ImpAnY, Omaha, Drafts ordors 10 . apany IMPANY, CIRCULATION. etary of The Hee Pub- T O huck o being duly Geurg Tishing cr actual number of full and « Daily Mornir e during the month of April, 1994, STV o0 080 1650 i 18 19, M s coples Total Kol ......c..e. Dally avernge nel cifcuiat * Sunday 3 GEORGE B. T Bworn to hofore me and subseribed in ence this 21 1. Is it to be a “petition in boats” instead of & “petition in boots?” — e 1f money is a drug on the market the druggists ought to be wading in wealth. Chinese registration certificates ought to be listed on the Stock exchange before very long. The home guard of the Industrial army does not appear over anxious to be called out for action in the field. e Bullding operations could not have more favorable weather. This ought to be some fnducement for the people of the city to un- dertaka more building operations. Relics of ancient Greece ought to be in greater demand now that recent carthquakes have crumbled still further the remaining ruins of its former glory. The more crum- bling the greater rarity. At Chicago, Sioux City and Kansas City the railroads adjust their train schedules in a way to observe the best interests of those cities. If the railroads would treat Omaha fairly the trade of this city would be largely increased. —_— The B. & M. railroad is opening up a vast territory rich in natural resources by its line to northern Wyoming and Montana. The question Is, will Omaha derive the benefits from this mnew line which are clearly due her as the commercial metropolis l Councllman Hascall In his remarks at Jefterson square Saturday said that he was too well known to the ecitizens of Omaha to attempt any defense of his corporation record. In this Hascall is eminently correct. An attempted defense won't wash with people who know him. When the Commercial club of Kansas City made an excursion throughout northern Missouri it could scarcely have anticipated the good results mow manifest. What can Omaha do in the way of scraping up closer acquaintanceship with the merchants of the porthwest and of western Iowa? It s whispered that If the railroad pas- senger men can be induced to suspend hos- tilitles for a brief time harvest excursion rates will be put in force to Nebraska com- mon points. What this state needs is im- migration and a cheap excursion rate for home seekers {8 a matter of vital importance to the state. New York congressmen are extremely anxious that the barley schedule of the tarift bill be adjusted so as to permit the importa- tion of cheap barley from Canada. But the price of beer will not be affected by cheapen- ing the price of malt. The Tammany brew- ers will gobble up all the tax that they can Anduce the government to remit. Chicago, too, is getting after the perpetra- tors of election frauds in a way that bodes mo good to those who violated the election laws during the last municipal contest. After New York's good example, Chicago cannot be backward in meting out punish- ment of election frauds. Local pride de- mands that some of the offenders be made to suffer, if only to keep even with New York. Mercantile agencies report that while Omaha jobbers have not expanded the vol- ume of their business they have been open- ing a great many new accounts, thereby in- ereasing the number of their patrons. This means that they are securing a broader basis for their trade, which, as better times are restored, must expand rapidly and add strength to the volume, A firm foundation Jald now will bear a heavy superstructure in the near future. Referrring to the New York constitutional cago Herald says that it will be the only body that has met in recent years in a first class state for the purpose of framing an entirely new constitution. This is de- cldedly complimentary to the two south- ern states and the four new western states that bave within the past few years adopted their present constitutions. We suppose that In the estimation of the Herald Illi- nols and New York are the ouly first class states in the union. Nebraska has again taken another step In advance of her sister states. Her Stato Board of Health has officially declared that & physiclan who advertises himself Is not guilty of “unprofessional conduct.” The medical world may not accept as final this opinion, but it would honor itself if it would | W= submit gracefully to tho Inevitable, The code of medical ethics has contained nothing more flimsy than the altogether senseless provision that a physiclan who advertised his business was a charlatan and not worthy of the respect of his professional brethren, The time has gone by when a physiclan's #bllity is measured entirely by his devotion to medical ethics. A good physiclan Is a §00d physician whother he udvertises himselt or not, and all the medical codes [n the patalogue cannot change this fact. WELCOME THE HIBERNIANS. The national conventlon of the Anclent Order of Hibernfans about to convena in this ety gives Omaha another opportunity to dis- play her hospitality (o visiting guests which she will not lot pass unheeded. Already ar- rangements have been made for the enter- tainment of the visitors during their so- journ in our midst and a program has been planned that will not only promote the con- sideration of the business for the transaction ot which the convention has been summoned, but also make the occasion one to be long and pleasantly remembered by those who participate in it. Omaha has had the privilege of entertain- ing quite a number of national conventions of varfous kinds and has shown them all an indiscriminating hospitality. It is as much on this account as any other that Omaha continues to stand high as a convention city and to compete successfully with other cities for the location of various matioual assem- biles. That she will keep up her reputation in connection with the Hibernlans now here goes without saying. Hospitality s meas- ured by the interest which the people take in the proceedings of the delegates. It s shown by extending personal friendship and attention to the visitors. 1t s shown by offorts to make their visit enjoyable as well instructive. It Is shown by words and works that make them feel that they are wanted here and that their, presence is appreclated by the people who reside in Omaha. This s the kind of hospitality for which Omaha s noted and which will be extended to the Hibernian convention with a sincerity not to be doubted. Omaha bids the incoming delegates wel- come. She hopes that they will derive bene- fits from their acquaintance with her citi- zens. She Is sure that her citizens will de- rive benefits from their acquaintance with them. The Hihernian convention must be made an occasion of mutual advantages to all connected with it. as DOCKING CONGRESSMEN'S SALARIES. The new order of the house of representa- tives requiring each member to file a certifi- cate stating how many days he was absent from congressional sessions during the pre- ceding month and devolving upon the ser- geant-at-arms the duty of deducting a pro rata sum from the salaries of those who con- fess to absenteeism is apparently losing in- stead of gaining in popularity. While it is stated that almost the entire numbér of con- gressmen have handed In the required cer- tificates for the month of April, the number of days on which they confess having been absent without excuse Is comparatively in- significant and in some instances not free from suspicion as to correctness. rule promises either to arouse sufficient dis- satisfaction to secure its early abolition or to gradually lapse into a mere meaningless and ineffective form. 3 This “docking” rule, while pretending only to revive a long standing but unenforced law relating to congressional salaries, Is as a matter of fact a subterfuge to which the democratio majority in the house has re- sorted In order to avoid the necessity of im- posing specific fines upon those who refuse to attend daily sessions. Having agreed to permit the counting of members present but not voting in order to secure a quorum for the transaction of business, the necessity for the amercement process has been largely it not wholly done away with. It is there- fore practically impossible to determine what effect the new rule has had or is likely to lave, because there will be no occasion to depend upon it to keep the desired quorum at hand. The member who loses his day's salary when his presence in the house would not make the slightest difference with the legislation before it Is not apt to regard his loss as a patriotic offering to party dis- cipline. In effect, the ‘“docking” rule operates very unequally and very crudely. It imposes a penalty upon the conscientious congress- man, who scrupulously reports every day that he was absent, and it offers a tempting bribe to those who can conveniently forget to make note of thelr failures to be in daily attendance. It s based on the theory that congressmen are chosen for no other purpose than to stand around the halls of the house walting to be counted on a division like so many cattle. It argues that all the work he may do outside of congress not only de- serves no compensation, but ought to subject him to a financial loss. It tends to encour- age him to neglect all business that requires his absence from the house. Perhaps it is desirable that congressmen should devote more of their time to legislative matters and less to matters of administrative busi- ness, but the latter has come to be regarded as a legitimate part of their work and so long as it remains so it cannot well be neg- lected. Another weakness of the “docking rule fs the ease with which it can be evaded. Tho law does not specify what constitutes presence at the sessions of the house. Pres- ence cannot consist in answering to a roll call or getting one’s. name inserted in the record, for a whole week can elapse without presenting such an opportunity. Neither Is there anything to say how long the con- gressman must be present each day in order to draw his salary. All he need do is to put his head inside the door for & moment daily and immediately retire, and then he can truthfully subscribe to his certificate for a full month’s pay. By the time the end of the session rolls around the farce will have so far worn itself out that a resolution will doubtless be passed without oppesition re- storing to the ‘‘docked” members the amounts of their salaries which they have not been permitted to draw. URGING THE SENATE T0O ACTION. There was held In New York last week a mass meeting to urge early action by the senate on the tariff bill. It was not a meet- ing of manufacturers and workingmen, but ot importers, lawyers and democratic politi- clans who favor free trade, or such a re- vision of the tariff as practically amounts to that, though these people designate it as “revenue reform.” It was a characteristic democratic gathering, illustrating the des- perate straits in which the party has con- trived to get and the almost hopeless differ- ences that divide it. It revealed very strongly the utter demoralization of the party, the cross purposes of its leaders, and their inabllity to agree upon party policy. It was a wholly unsuccessful attempt to make a show of public opinion which would serve to impress the senate and the country. The two principal addresses to the meeting wero made by the distinguished lawyers, James C. Carter and Frederic R. Coudert, one speaking in approval of the income tax proposition and the other denouncing it. Here it was that the meeting illustrated the discordant elements In the party. Both speakers bad sympathizers and they manl- fested thelr sympathy in the most bolsterous tashion. A trustworthy report states that at one time it seemod as if the meeting might break up in disorder. But the prearranged program was carried out and resolutions adopted which, while objecting to the Wlilson The new bill as not broad enough, and while denounc. ing the Income tax, demanded the immedia passage of the bill, Income ax or no income tax. Mr. Coudert deolared the Income tax to be bad, dishonest and undemocratic, yet this meeting of free traders and so-called tarift reformers, In thelr eagernoss to compass the overthirow of protection, are ready to accept a confessedly bad and dishonest law rather than lose the opportunity to crush a policy under which the country achieved an un- paralieled material progress and prosperity. 1t is possible that the action of this gather- ing will have some Influence with democratic senators. Some of them may feel that it was an expression of public opinion which ought to be respected. Certain democratic papers have taken this view of it. The truth Is, however, that It possessed not a single claim to such consideration. It was In no sense mesting of representative New York business men. There is not a man who was con- nected with bringing it about who has any interest in the great industrial enterprises of the Empire state, at which the proposed tarlft would strike a deadly blow. There Is not a man who had anything to do with this discordant gathering who is directly con- cerned in the welfare of the industrial classes of New York, which have suffered and are threatened with still more suffering as a con- sequence of the proposed democratic tariff poliey. But whatever influenes this meeting of free traders may have with democratic senators its probable effect upon the republi- cans of the senate will be to strengthen their determination to discuss every part and para- graph of the pending tarift bill fully, in order that the unfair and destructive char- acter of that measure shall be clearly set forth to the Intelligent judgment of the country. Republican senators will see their duty only the more plainly after this action of the New York fmporters and their free trade allles among the democratic politi- clans. There are some democratic senators, also, who will not be disturbed In their con- victions by this action, but will continue to demand that the wage earners among their constituents shall be given just considera- tion, and that the dishonest and unnecessary class legislation which their party proposes in the form of an income tax shall be abandoned. The New York free traders have done nothing except to add their testimony in evidence of the demoralization of the dem- ocratic party. REDUCED IMMIGRATION. The population of the United States is not growing much from foreign accessions. In- deed it is probable that very nearly as many people have returned to Burope during the four months of the present year as have come to this country from the old world. There are no statistics showing the number who have gone back to their native lands, but it is known from the reports of the steam- ship companies to be large. As to immigra- tion there has been a marked decline every month this year as compared with the cor- responding month of 1893. The changes wore relatively large in January and Feb- ruary, but the winter inflow is never very great and it was not until the opening of spring that the full significance of the de- crease became apparent. The number of immigrants who landed at the ports of the United States in the month of March was 19,468, against 42,630 in the corresponding month of last year, the decrease being 23,171, or at the rate of over 50 per cent. If this decline should be maintained throughout the rest of the year the total immigration of 1894 will not exceed about 200,000, which would be below the number of immigrants in any year since 1879, and but little more than one-fourth of the number in the year of greatest immigration, 1882, when the number was 788,992, It is interesting to note, also, that the decrease has been general, every country of the old world contributing fewer of its people to this country the present year than last. The immigration from Ger- many and from Sweden and Norway was less by more than one-half in March of this year than it was in the corresponding month of 1893, while from the United Kingdom the decrease was fully two-thirds. The decline from Italy was more than 50 per cent and from some other countries the percentage of decrease was very much greater than that. Only in Russian immigration was there no very marked decline. These facts show that Europeans are well informed regarding the industrial conditions in the United States and that this knowledge is quite as effective as additional restrictive legislation could be in keeping them away from this country. It Is not at all improb- able that more than one-half of the immi- grants who came here during the first quar- ter of the current year have returned and that of those who had previously come enough have gone back to make the aggre- gate number returned the present year at least balance the number of arrivals, so that very likely the population has not been increased at all this yebr from immigration. Nor is it probable that it will gain materi- ally from this source during the remaining months of the year, because, granting that the business depression will be relieved later on, it is not reasonably to be expected thay the recovery will be so complete as to give employment to the large army of people who are idle and make a demand for addi- tional labor. It Is the general hope that the present conditions will not last much longer, and that at any rate before the close of the year there will be a pretty general resumption of business activity, but nobody who is capable of taking an intelligent view of the situation can serlously expect that this year will witness a return of the high tide of enterprise and prosperity which prevailed two years ago. Doubtless the country will experience such a time again, but it will not be until democratic policy is turned down, and the prospect is that we shall have to walt at least four years for the accomplishment of that. In the mean- time there will be very little inducement to forelgn labor to come to the United States, and it is safe to say that for several years the addition to our population from this source will be very small. From this view of the situation there is dbviously no urgent necessity for additional legislation looking to the restriction of immigration, unless it be to render more effective the law exclud- ing contract labor, but even as to this the demand for such legislation is not so urgent as formerly, for the corporations that have imported this labor have learned that it is not in the end profitable, and the lesson, there Is reason to belleve, will be generally heeded hereafter, regardless of legal inhi- bition and penalties. It is said that the renewal of gold ship- ments s creating some uneasiness at the Treasury department. The gold fund, which was increused a short time ago by the sale of bonds to the amount of $50,000,000, has again fallen below the minimum fixed for the reserve, and as the customs and inter- mal revenue recelpts continue to decline the renewal of gold shipments s naturally re- garded with apprebension by the secretary of the treasury. Before the bond issue in February last the!dold resorve fell to less than $66,000,000. The passage of the tariff bill would doubtless bring an improvement in recefpts, but the hutipek for the early pas- sage of this measure g not favorable, and it 1s at least possible that the gold reserve may again be reduced to the point reached at the time of the bond fékme before the tarift bill becomes a law. The senate republicans have indicated a willingness to agree upon a date for taking a final ygte on that measure, but it 1s questionable whether they will accept a date a few weeks hohce, as the democrats desire, Mr. Gladstone makes an admission of no little importance when in his letter to the president of the Political Economy club on the question of free trade he acknowledges that free trade has lost ground during the past thirty years. The extreme free traders have been reluctant to recognize this fact. Free trade was much nearer realization when the Cobden club was at the height of its power than it is today. It was thought at one time that nothing could prevent every nation of any commercial consequence from rushing after England to share in the prom- ised benefits of her policy. Free trade, how- ever, Is as much of an ideal now as It ever was. The tarift reformers In the United States are no les careful In asserting their opposition to free trade than are thelr pro- tectionist opponents. If free trade is to be the industrial millenfum, its advance has not been perceptible to the eye of the ob- server. Elizaboth Cady Stanton is out with a call to the friends of woman suffrage to observe Decoration day by decorating the graves of the soldiers who have died in the great moral warfara in behalf of woman's right to vote. She proposes that this be made a regular feature of Decoration day for all time to come, and ventures that If the members of the constitutional conyention in New York had the assurance that they in thelr turn would be thus honored by their country- women the word male would no doubt be speedily expunged from the constitution. Mrs. Stanton can hardly expect the members of that convention to be bribed by any cheap promise to see that their graves are kept green. Any man who would enlist in the great “moral warfare” in order to have his tomb decorated annually after his death would scarcely be a fit subject for an army engagoed in fighting any kind of a *moral” battle. Some of the councilmen profess to fear that if they complete their contract with the Pardee company for 300 electric lights at $112 while the first contract with the Thomson-Houston company for 100 lights at $176 remains in force until November next, the city will be compelled for the time being to use more electric lights than it needs. .There are plenty of places where the clty can use eleotric lights provided it can get them at reasonable prices. If we can secure the 300 lights under the contract at but a trifle more than we are now paying under the old contract it is clearly to our ad- vantage to do so. —_——— We have no censorship of the press in the United 'States, but we have a censorship of tho malls. The postofiice is now engaged in determining whether a report of the proceedings in the Breckinridge trial contravenes the rule against obscene mail matter. As some of the testimony was even too bad for publica- tion in the daily press there ought to be little difficulty in argwmg the line. Unfor- tunately, however, exclusion from the mails does not mean exclusion from the class of people who constitute the demand for liter- ature of this kind. Appalling Courage. Chicago Record. Coxey swears to “stay in Washington un- til congress acts.” Does he realize what a rash oath he is taking? —_——————— Stand from Under. Chicago Inter Ocean. tones ‘“twelve inches in eircumfer- ence’ fell on Kansas farmers Friday. These are molecules as compared with the ice- bergs that fell on democratic candidates in Indiana last week. —_—————— It Tickles the Infants. Globe-Democrat. The crowing of the democrats over the election of their man Sorg to congress sounds very silly when the fact is con- sidered that If all Ohio had voted on Tues- day as the Third district voted, In compari- son with the election at which Sorg's pre- decessor was chosen, the republicans would have carried the state by over 40,000 ma- Jority. — On with the Fight. New York Sun. Away with the contemptible spirit of su render at the behest of treachery! At any difficulty and at any sacrifice the dem rats must hold their party ground, now th United States, against the populists striving to plant the first seeds of socialism, the in- come tax. The fight for equal taxation and American_fnstitutions must be fought un- compromisingly if it takes all summer. e Taxing Interstato Commerce, Philadelphla Record. The United Sta supreme court has again decided that “no state can levy a tax on interstate commerce in any form, whether by dutles laid on transportation of the subjects of that commerce or on the receipts derived from that transportatio or on the occupation of carrying it on The latest device of state legislation to reach railroad business by taxation with- out running counter to the dictum of the supreme_court Is to lay the tax on the value of the franchise’ and to measure value by Income. ——— Woman Suffrage In Wyoming. Chicago Record. Some efforts have been made recently to ascertaln what has been the result of the admission of women to the full rights of suffrage in Wyoming, where the experiment has been tried long enough to indicate whether it 15 a ess or failure. The Omaha Bee has been carrying on the in- vestigation with something like system and has dealt with it according to recognized facts rather than disputed theories. The first effect has been to considerably Increase the vote cast, with a large inci in the election expenses to the state. men have not been fndticed to take a greater interest in political fesults than form- erly, while party expenses, in getting car- riages to take women! to' the polls, have been multipliecd many times. It is admitted that the presence of women at the polls has been conducive to good order, but it 15 ohaxged that women are more’ easily induced fo stay away from the polls, for & consideration, than male voters are. The carrespondent makes one charge that il raise the ire of 4he advocates of u limited suffrage. @ Says: The exp gnee ot every onewho has had a clear insight Into the workings of practical poli- ties will bear me out In the assertion that, taking women of the wlne relative educa- tlon and soclal grade. hey' have much less appreciation of thy ral responsibility of a vote than men." 18 charge I8 equiva- lent to saying that among men and women of the same education.and soclal standing the moral perceptions” of the former are more acute than those of the latter, a dec- laration that it is impossible to substan- tiate. It may be true, as the correspondent charges, that as to the success or fallure of ® particular ticket an appreciable pro- portion of the women gare nothing, but there s no partfoular virtue in partisanfsm and a disregard of it could hardly be called a reflection on thelr moral perception At the capital city of the state gambilng houses are abundant and open saloons are as frequent as any other kind of stores, and the charge is made that “not a single Qct of legisiation aimed at the betterment of the human race has been passed through woman's influence.” Unlimited woman suf- frage has beentin vogue In that state for twenty-five years, and it would seem that, if it were productive of the many advan: tages claimed for it, some of them would be at least beyond dispute after so long & PEOPLE AND THINGS. Reports from Pennsylvania show a marked advanee of woman's riots. 1t is not fn evidence that Liberty shrieked when Coxey was hustled off the grass. The reported appearance ef the distin- guished Bill Dalton on a Missourl train re- cently is unfounded. The train escaped, Chauncey M. Depew says that senatorfal chatter has caused Coxeyism, It is very hard to tell nowadays when Dr. Depew is joking. The cat show seems to tickle Gotham im- mensely. Although no Kilkenny tendencies have developed, it fs a back-up show. And thereby hangs a tail. How can Kelly rest calmly in the fringes of Des Moines while the life and liberty of Christopher Columbus Jones is in peril? Slide, Kelly, slide to Washington. An item in the soclety gossip of a Wash- ington newspaper says: “The well known Coxey family of Massillon, O., is in the city and has recelved marked attention from thos> high in office " The proprietors of hotels In Attleborough, Mass., having been denfed licenses, have closd their houses, leaving the town without lotel accommodations. They think estab- lishments without licenses are but spiritless affairs, The prince of Wales Is the owner of one of the worst slum districts of London. He re- fuses to purify it. There are sixteen other slums, and the city council estimates that to renovate and purify them would cost $10,000,000. Harold Magonigle of New York, a nephew of the late Edwin Booth, and a student of architecture, has won the traveling scholar- ship annualiy offered by Mr. Rotch, a Bos- ton architect. This entitles the winner to $1,000 A year for two years, which time he is required to spend abroad in architectural investigations, The women advocates of suffrage, regard- less of sex, in New York might have over- come the opposition of men, but now they are confronted with a rival organization ot women opposed to universal suffrage. A lively campaign is now certain when the constitutional convention meets, and a dis- arrangement of bangs and back hair seems inevitable, The Involuntary departure of Prof. C. V. Riley from the government bureau of bug- ology will create a joyous commotion among creeping things. Mr. Riley possessed a mighty grasp for opportunities. When the grasshopper plague overspoad the land he came with It. He knew all about ft. Every measly hopper was his chum. The length of their whiskers, the capacity of their mouths and the strength of their kick were duly recorded, analyzed and transferred to print. Such depths of bugogle lore as was lald bare amazed the country and Riley grew In Importance in proportion to the ad- vance of his salary. Then the cockroach and the tumblebug, the army worm, the xh"nxrru and the odoriferous bedbug were lucked from thelr respective lairs by the inquisitive Riley and forced to reveal fam- ily affairs and traditions. The sanctity of their homes was ruthlessly invaded, their secrets exposed to the merciless glare of publicity and their humble, plodding lives heaped " with contumely. But there is an end to all suffering. Mr. Riley goes hence and peace reigns in bugdom once more. O NEBRASKA AND NEBRASK.NS. A district fair association has been formed at Arapahoe. A hundred citizens of Franklin have banded themselves together to form a re- publican league. A tennis club s the latest organization at Syracuse and the devotees of the game have prepared a fine court. The town of Ansley went for license this spring, but the wets are forced to go dry because the man who owns the saloon re- fuses to pay the $1,000 tax imposed by the city trustees. There is great complaint at Norfolk again over unjust freight rates, which have caused another’ heavy wholesaler to leave the city for a field that is not discriminated against by the railroads. A little child of Thomas McDonald of Til- den had a narrow escape from a terrible death the other day. A lamp was over- turned in the littie one’s lap and she was instantly enveloped in flames. Quick action saved her life, but she was frightfully burned and will probably lose the sight of one eye. M. H. Welss, late chairman of the Thayer county democratic committee, has sued George H. Clark of Diller, Jefferson county, for $150. Clark was the democratic nom- inec for state senator from the senatorial district composed of Jefferson and Thayer counties and was defeated by the republican nominee, One of the somewhat novel feat- ures of this funny suit is that Mr. Clark has employed the chairman of the republican county central committee, Attorney C. L. Richards, to defend him against the suit brought by the chalrman of the central com- mittee of his own party. The clam is for alleged elcction expenses. Says the Norfolk News: About the mid- dlo of last June as G. 8. Martin was passing the residence of W. H. Widaman the latter was out among the frult trees on his prop- erty. Mr. Martin stopped for a chat, and in the course of the conversation Widaman remarked that some of his apple trees, planted several years ago, had not borne any fruit. Mr. Martin sald he would fix that limb so that it would be full of fruit next year. He was told to go ahead. Tak- ing out his knife Mr. Martin proceeded to make a quarter-inch girdle around the limb, cutting away the bark only. This spring the girdled limb Is the only one on the tree containing blossoms. Mr. Martin says he has seen this remedy tried many times and always with success. It was a Douglas county farmer who first discovered this remedy. He had tied a_calf to an apple tree which had never produced an ounce of fruit. The rope around the tree wore away the bark, and the following year the tree was welghted down with fruit. e THE BIMETALLI Buffalo Express: A few Englishmen, with some silver men ot other nationalities, are amusing themselves with a discussion of international bimetallism. It will do no harm, but it cannot change the inexorable laws of commerce and of nature, which have made silver cheaper than gold. Loulsville Courier-Journal: The refusal ot the Unit:d States to serve Europe any longer as the pack horse for the world's silver ls having its effect. After they have carried their own share of the load a little longer the Europeans will be ripe for the inter- national agreement about which they have heretofore been so indifferent. Minneapolis Times: International bimet- allism is bound to come. Ex-President Har- rison may be mistaken in the opinion thaw an International money conference will meet in Europe within a year to fix the relations between gold and silver, but it is only a question of time, if we can keep our silver cranks In this country quiet for a reason- able time. Such a meeting s sure to be held. Philadelphia Ledger: Fifteen United States senators republicans and democrats, have united In a sympathetic lotter to the bi- metallic congress of London, The western silver republicans did not sign it because they want free coinage of silver without waiting for an International agreement on the subject. It would be a long road to such an agreement, even though everybody should be willing to follow it Globe-Democrat: ~ Probably no direct or immediate benefit will come to the cause of international bimetallism from the London convention, but as it seems to reveal a growth of the sentiment of the British islands In favor of the larger use of silver, it may ultimately result in good. So m. prominent public men in the United Kin dom are committed to this policy now that persons can advocate it without rendering themselves subject to the imputation of being cranks or charlatans, Atlanta Constitution: In all European dis- cussion of bimetdlllsm but one note s sounded: “England holds the key to the situation.” Why? Because the other gold standard countries of Europe know very well that England is not likely to surrender the immense — the _overwhelming — advantage which the situation gives her, It is not likely that England will come to the con- clusion to make a present of $250,000,000 or $500,000,000 to the rest of the world. As Mr. Gladstone remarked some time ago, It would be a display of philanthropy, but there would be grave misgivings as to England's sanity. The question, therefore, arises, at what time in the near or distant future will England consent to earn the gratitude of the nations by making this exhibition of benevolence ! JUDGE TOURGEE'S OPINION “Resistance to Tyrannical Uso of Power the Highest Test of Manhood.” A LETTER FROM THE EMINENT AUTHOR Personal Friends of the Editor of The ee Denounce the Doclsion of Judge ©. R, Scott in the Alleged Contempt Ca Among quite a number of personal let- ters received by the editor of The Bee since the now famous contempt decision of Judge Scott aro the following: The letter of Judge Tourgee, the eminent author and stalwart republican, will be réad with special Intor- est, as (t touches upon the Commonweal movement as well as Judiclal usugpation. MARYVILLE, N. Y. April 28%My Dear Mr. Rosewater: May I congratulate you on a rare capacity for telling the truth! ite- sistance to the tyrannical use of power is the highest test of manhood because it must naturally be made in another’s behalf. It was that which made the causo of the union glorlous beyond all the warlike impulses. Our soldiers fought not for themselves, but for others. Today the tyranny of wealth is a prime danger of our national life, It is not the fact of wealth, but the fact that wealth is above the law and controls legislation, ad- ministration, and, to an incredible extent, the judicial power also. Humanity, right, Justice—how Is it they bave become of so little esteem and all are willing to worship Mammon? Kuowing your sentiments I have long wondered at your conservatism. 1 shudder when I look forward. It seems to me that the cause of liberty and justice, which are always the cause of man and truly regarded also the cause of prosperity, has a much darker outlook even than it had during the period of slavery. Of course, the mero fact that an editor should be in- con- tempt is not of any great consequence. He might get there from a variety of considera- tions. Tho significant fact is that you were imprisoned for resenting severity to the weak and poor as compared with exemption from the influential. Personally, the poor man may have deserved the penalty, but even the fact of personal desert is lost sight of in the evident Injustice involved in the con- trast. Is it any wonder that we are gravitatin toward & crystallization of sentiment and soclety which is always the most perilous to peace and prosperity? Is it strange that our people are ating into two sections, the rich and those who cling to them, with whom s power, and the poor, driven by anger and resentment to needless wrongs? What does the Commonweal mean? In it- self It Is nothing. Its leaders are no doubt fakirs. Its rank and file more or less “bums,” no doubt. I speak only from re- ports, for T have scen none of them. But two thing are notable: First—They appeal only to order and pro- fess good intentions. They may bave wild ideas, but they claim good purposes. 1d—A very large portion of the people sympathize with them. The line of demar- cation between approval and disapproval scoms to be drawn pretty sharply between the wage-earning and the wage-paying classes. The farmers, who are the chief element of the self-employing class—the men who work for themselves—strange as it may seem appear to incline very strongly toward the wage-earning class. Let this separation of interest and sentiment proceed a little further and it seems to me that the anarchistic sentiment of the old world states will confront us, without the central power, ““the man on horseback,” to save us from the consequences. Already every branch of our government has lost touch and sympathy of the people. The idea is almost universal that money rules. ,We have a millionaire senate, a mil- lionaire supreme court, the executive is wholly under the control of the rich men of the country, no matter which party Is in power, and the general impression ‘is that tho enactment of law, its administration and cnforcement, are also controlled by the power of money. Whether it be true or not makes little difference so_long as this im- pression prevails. How shall it be cured? Can nothing be done to save the republican party, which was once esteemed the party of liberty and the people, from posing in the public eye as the party of the rich and the enemy of the poor? * ¢ * I enclose my address on the issues of the day and duty of republicans. it Is bardly likely that I will get the nomination In this district, which s a genuine republican Tammany; but my action may encourage some one else to act, and so, by and by, good may come. So I think your imprisonment for insist- ing upon equal and exact justice to all may cause many to think and result in good. Yours very truly, ALBION W. TOURGEE. BREATHES MALICE AND HATRED. SCHUYLER, Neb., April 25.—Dear Mr. Rosewater: 1 was shocked and grieved to read in The Bee of your conviction and take this opportunity to express to you my deepest sympathy. It is a sad state of affairs to have a judge In this state who uses his power to satisfy personal vengeance, in whose eves it is a crime to be born a forcigner, who prefers seditious doctrines to the law of the land—a judge In whose mouth the very word “justice” sounds like blasphemy. Every one of his rulings e e ik = iy W R e 5 O O T e it W s == it W department. BOYS' e it = BROWNING, BROWNING, K] SOME STILTS STILL. give away stills—that is, every boy can have a PAIR OF STILTS FREE by buying $2 worth of goods or more in our boys' | Single breasted light colored cassimeres - —2 pieces; ages b to 14 years......... . Double breasted, all colors, chaviots and cassimeres, ages 4 to 14 years....... Double breasted cheviots, blue, brown and gray mixtures, ages 4 lo 14 years. Single breasted long cuts, gray mixtures, 14 to 18 years....ceeeveves S. W. Cor. Fifteenth and Douglas Streets. breathes malice and hatred, It there counld be anything moro contemptible than his rulings It was the denial of your rights as a cltizen. Tam sure there Is not a monarchiea country on the face of Europe and As Persia not exceptod—where such a judiolary would be tolerated. Where are our boasted liberties if a judge can jall a man when- over he fmagines himself offended ? Is that man crazy or simply seoking notoilely? Why not have him {mpeached or ment to an asylum? Thank heaven there {s still a hi.'er court in Nebraska, which will doubtless protect you from such rank prosecution, although it Is only a poor consolation and a still poorer compensation for the indignities heaped upon you. With the bost wishes for your succoss I remain, very truly yours, SDWARD LAMHOFER. ROt &b COXEYISM AND THE POLICE. Loutsville Courler-Journal: The authoritle v Ja ) I . at Washington should beware of giving Coxey a crown of martyrdom, Indlanapolls Jours It the sacred ri) of petition includes the right to camp on g:: steps of the capitol at Washington, then t| 000,000 voters of the United States have the same right to do it that the few hundred Commonwealers have, New York World: When our ofelals begin to treat Coxeyites as dangerous and to deny them equal rights under the law all this may be revolutionized. The denfal of money hllll'llll Coxey's case by the Washington ll\;:‘\:‘:(l’dlr' was extremely foolish, to say the Minneapolis Tribune: The Washis authorities are making a mountain l|\|(":((u: mole hill. It they get o over Coxey' present little handful of W, shington strag- kvl\'r!, what will they do when the 10,000 Coxeyltes from a score of different states arrive on the grounds? A senseless display of brute force by the Washington authore ities Is the most serious mistake w! L @ which can T MAY BEAMS. New Orleans Pleayune: Tt | s c L) s al best for a man to keep his temper, "P{: ane else wants it. Buffalo Courfer: Jud the law excuses no on: Den de jury’s dead sure gullty. Washington Star: “De conversation," remarked c—Ignorance of Prisoner—Humph! to find my lawyer great trouble 'bout O romATks l"m-lv: Eben,. “am ossible ter show ez gnallty ‘In talkin' "bout de weddah ea yoh kin “talkin' *bout yoh neighbors.” Detrolt Jupiter, ‘after he had read the mornin paper, “you scem to be faillng down pretty often tiose daya. wYes! Teplied the goddess addressed, regretfully, losing my balance, ® R Tribune: remarked Puck: Tourlst (in Oklahoma)— the [!lllflllll(h!ll of this town? LU Alkali Tke (promptly)—Iight hundred and sixty-seven souls, and thirty-one real es tate agents, Washington Star: “You don't mean to say that you have challenged Kinkins to due “Yep. You know the law's against duel- ing, and that was the only safe way for me to resent the Insult.” Detroit Free Press: She—Why I8 It everybody “says Chicago girls have such large feet? He—Really, T can’t say, unless it is that truth is mighty and will prevail. Judge: Parent—Aren't you ashamed, daughter, to be seen in such a low dress? Daughter—Why, papa, you sald yourself that you wanted me to cut down in my clothes while the times were so hard. Chicago Tribune: Young Wife (in tears)— O Gerald! What do you think? The canary has gone to laying egg: Unfeeling Husband—I don't see anything heartbreaking in that, Elsie. It's a perfectly prover thing for a canary, to do. 1 gune Wife—Yes, but I've’always called t Ben! Unfeeling Husband—Well, you can call it Ben Hur now. THE MILLENNIUM. New York Tribune. ‘When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late the polls a bore, What charm can soothe her melancholy? What art her ruined frocks restore? The only art her grief to cover, To show the men they've found thelr match, To square accounts with brutes who shove her, And spoil their prospects is—to scratoh, FLEETING JOYS, New York Press. They vowed eternal constancy In love's soft, tender glow; They never more would parfed be, ‘And earth was heaven below. Alas! the joys of life are fleet; Theirs all too quickly fled; They had a spat—now when they meet They cut each other dead. SR e ELLENT THINGS. THE MORE E. Willlam Watson. To hug the wealth ye cannot use And lack the riches all may .fi:,l.?,— 0 blind and wanting wit to choose, Who house the chaft and burn the graint And still doth life with starry towers Lure to the bright divine ascent— Be yours the things ye would; be ours The things that aré more excellent. he grace of friendship, mind and heart, T e fin Thelr felliw heart and mind; The gains of science, gifts of art: The sense of onencss with our kind; The thirst to know and unders tand— arge and liberal dsconte These Ste the goods in life's rich hand, The things that are more excellent. Buy- ing so many stilts, we ocouldn't give them all away in a day, so, as long " as they last, we'll SUITS. $2.00 $3.50 $5.00 $9.00 KING & CO.,