Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 16, 1894, Page 4

% b ROSEWATER, Editor. RY MORNING. F SUBSCRIPTION. One Year. TER 2nily Moo (without Sunday Juily and Sunday, One Ye fix 310 v 3800 0 00 500 20 20 160 [ OFFIC Omaha. The Bue Building. 3outh Omaha, eniner N and Twenty-fourth Sts. 2 Peard stree Commeree. ribune Bldg. and edi- All communte ) 4yl o Bditor, torfal muttor « i All Dusinoss | Treased Iminha, be made pavabio THE DEE and remittan Publishing ary of Th 2 , weor Hishing cor iny, being duly sworn, say a1l and complets ning and & nda Lews deduction coples Total sold........ Dally average net circulation.. * Sunday Bworn to hofc enca this 20 day of May, (Seal), N. P. There is a heavy demand In sight for political shorteake, with a strawberry mark thrown in. It now looks as If the Omaha detective force would all resign In a body, or ask for a vacation at Hot Springs. The maximum freight rate law has been hung up now only a little ever nine months. And the end fs not yet in sight. P The weather clerk does not seem to be In harmony with the elements. His predic- tions for the past two days have been a delusion and a snare. Somebody is making money out of the Industrial army business, if it is only the poor United States marshals and their depu- ties and the federal district attorneys. The lynching of negroes goes bravely on in the south, notwithstanding the repeated pro- testations of the new south that it has be- come civilized. The last case of lynching occurred in Florida Most of the Commonweal armies in the west would not object to serving a term in Jall if they could only get the privileges that Bank Wrecker Mosher had while confined in the Omaha bastile Congressman Breckinridge is leaving his campaign for the moment in the hands of his friends. Under the new docking rule = his absence from Washington would be an altogether too expensive luxury. The old home of Benedict Arnold at New Haven,' Conn., has been sold to a lumber firm and several million planks will be dis- tributed among relic hunters and in art museums at figures to satisfy the enter- prising speculator. Tho republican senatorial caucus disclosed the fact that all members were united upon one thing—their opposition to the pending tarift bill. This being the case, a concerted plan of action will not bo wanting when necessity for it arrives ‘With the thermometer on the verge of the 90s the woman suffrage campaign in Kansas begins under most favorable aus- pices for the short-haired fraternity who are out fishing for votes with their fans and scented pocket handkerchiefs. Ex-Secretary Proctor has been assigned to the committee on fisheries. Mr. Proctor fs an expert marble man and that doubtless fits him for the work which the committee on fisheries has in hand. It is always in order to send the horse editor to report an operatic performance. The physicians of the eclectic school In Nebraska are taking their turn at a state . assembly to discuss matters of importance to the pursuit of their profession, They should not fail to give the public their view | of the code of the ‘‘regulars’” which meas- ures medical skill by adherence to rules of medical etiquette. | There Is a great chance for the bicycle factories to show their gratitude. The Com- monwealers are fighting the battle of the bicycle men and clamoring for good roads. Why can't the bicycle men furnish bicycles for the Commonwealers to ride upon. One good turn ought to deserve another good turn of the wheel. | We were under the impression that mem- Bers of the local police force had to come up to a certain standard of physical soundness before they secured appointment to their Places. Recent developments tend to arousc the suspicion that Omaha is parading alto- gether too large a number of invalids and weaklings under the policemen’s uniforms. — Since the last twirl given by Wiley's man ' servants in the council to the electric light- Ing contract nothing has been heard from Pardee & Co. The chances are now that they have been induced to retire gracefully from the field and leave the city at the mercy of the old electric lghting monopoly for an indefinite period. There is nothing Itke having a pull—beg pardon, a twis apon the counellmanic majority. —_— WIth the refusal of the United States su- preme court to entertain the appeal of Me- Kane, tha convicted Gravesend boss, the probability that McKane will have to serve his term out becomes almost a matter of certainty. Nothing but a pardon can bring him reliet now, and while public opinion pemains so decldedly adverse to his claims a9 now it is extremely unlikely that any ‘wegovernor of New York will interfere with the e#xecution of the sentence. Every possible resource has been exhausted by which the convicted boss might hope to ekcape the penalties of his crimes, but in vain. The lesson of McKane's prosecution is nat to be diminished in its force by subsequent con- donation of the frauds upon which it was founded. The men who see that their boss 18 utterly powerless to rescue himself from prison will not be anxious (o fellow his oxample. THE()M,\H.\DA_H{Y BEE. | of workmen are affected SENATOR ALLEN'S INQUIRY. The resolutions intredoced by Senator Allen roquesting the seeretary of the treasury to furnish the senate industrial statistics as regards the number of persons engaged in | protective industries, the number of per sons whose wages aro claimed to be affected by protection, and the number whose wages are not affected, together with thelr na- tivity -and thelr right to the franchise, would, it complied with, afford a very in- structive lot of materfal for the tarift de- bate. Senator Allen’s Inquiry is very pertinent at this stage of the tarift debate. The ques- tion s, how can the secretary of the treas- ury or anybody else ascertain what rumber directly and in- directly in thelr wages by the policy of pro- tection? The census bureau can doubtless approximate the number of workmen employed in the protected industries, but it cannot even remotely figure out who is ben- ofited indirectly by protection or how many wago workers would suffer by the free im- portation of foreign-made commodities. In other words, we can tell how many men em- ployed In a glass factory or fron mill are recelving higher wages than they could earn it plate glass and glassware and iron or steel products were on the freo list. But the surplus, or, for that matter, the entire carnings of the factory hands circulated among merchants, householders, butchers, bakers and grocers accrues to the benefit of wage workers who are mot employed In protected industries. It American mills and factcries close the men In the building trades who are not protected suffer just as severely as the unemployed factory hand. When the wheels of industry are all in motion money circulates freely and men with small means and large means build homes, store houses and carry on improve- ments that employ unprotected labor. There nover was a time when the effect of dis- aster to the protected industries has been s0 fatal to the unprotected trades. The deadlock in manufacturing centers has par- alyzed the building trades in all the great cities, and motably fo in the citles oh the seaboard. It has been an object lesson that cannot be misinterpreted. Whether the un- employed wage workers are native or alien is comparatively a sccondary matter. It must be manifest to every intelligent ob- server that there would bave been abundant employment at fair wages for nearly every man and woman willing to work if there had been no iariff tinkering and no threat of free importations of foreign-made wares. Other disturbing elements have doubt- less contributed largely to the financial panic and are to a great extent responsible for the withdrawal of confidence among in- vestors. But the stagnation in industrial centers and lack of employment are charge- able chiefly to the fear of radical changes in the tarift and consequent curtailment of production beyond actual needs and imme- diate demands. Figures are often deceptive, but facts speak for themsclves. It does not require a sclentific political cconomist to demonstrate that hundreds of thousands of men are fdle today who would have been at work at living wages If congress had decided to let the tariff alone, or had simply been content with such a revision as s sug- gested by changed conditions in the world's markets and the cost of production with improved machinery and processes. THE REPUBLICAN POSITION. Failure of the republicans to agree upon a plan of action in regard to an important matter of leglslation is so unusual as to cause a feeling of disappointment at the bar- ren outcome of the caucus of republican sen- ators Monday evening, called with a view to laying out the course to be pursued by those genators toward the tariff bill. True, the report of the conference says that there ‘Was agreement upon the ope point that the bill should be beaten if possible, which was to be expected, but there appears to have been a wide divergence of yiews as to methods for the accomplishment of this desirable result. All did not believe that the tarift bill can be defeated, the caucus, it is sald, being about evenly divided in sentiment on this question. It seems that the eastern senators are more confident of being able to beat the measure and are more strongly dis- posed to make every effort to that end than are the western semators generally, though from some of the latter have come denuncia- tions of the bill as vigorous and unquaiified as those pronounced by any eastern republi- can senator. Western senators, it is stated, are opposed to any effort to secure delay for delay's sake, by which is meant, it is pre- sumed, that they are not disposed to resort to strictly filibustering tactics, while on the other hand the eastern senators are not un- willing to adopt such tactics. This is the impression conveyed by the report of the caucus. It s still to be understood, apparently, that the republicans are determined to allow no paragraph of the tariff bill to pass with- out discussion, and of course without efforts to amend the measure in the interest of protection. If this is the determination it 1s obvious that the debate can be continued indefinitely. But there are various methods of securing delay if the republicans are dis- posed to adopt them, but in order to make these effective the republicans must stand firmly together. There must be a well-set- tled plan of campaign that all of them will support. An announcement was made on the floor of the senate a few days ago whieh, if it should be verified, would probably lead the republicans to agree upon a plan of action which would invalve the application of every parliamentary device at their com- mand. This was to the effect that the pro- gram involved in the presentation of the last serles of amendments by the democrats was for the purpose of smoothing the way of the bill through the senate, and after it has gone out of the supervision of that body it s to be thrown into a conference com- mittee, which will restore the Wilson bill and return it to the senate for approval. The statement was accompanied by a deo- laration from its author, Senator Hale, that it the last bill of the financial committee was to be given up in conference, if the country had been encouraged by false evi- dence of repentance, the bill would never B0 through the semate. “The spirit now exhibited on the republican side would change,” sald Mr. Hale, “and the minority would find some means to defeat the bill." The democrats, it need hardly be said, are perplexed. They realize that the republicans can successtuly fibuster against the progress of the tarif bill and that nothing is to be galned by attempting to force matters. Moreover, they are not absolutely sure of their own strength. The republican senators who contend that the bill can be defeated claim that there are found four to seven democratic senators who will not vote for it. This may .be a mistaken caleulation, but It would seem evident thal the demo- crats are not certain of the forty-thres votes for the measure which they claimed a wesk a4go. There is still talk of an effort to change the rules of the senate, but this would in- volve a struggle of indefinite duration, and it is hardly probable that any such effors | Omaha of boodlerism. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: . 3 will be made. Desmocratic eriticism of the conrse of the republicans {s entirely natural, but when it is claimed that this course Is not approved by the business interests of the country the evidence s not at hand. It Is unquestionably true that the importers and the agents of forelgn manufacturers, who have placed large orders subject to the passage of the tarift bill, are exceedingly anxlous that that measure should be enacted Into law as soon as possible, but the great industrial interests of the country that will be affected by the proposed leglislation are not asking for the patsage of the tariff bill and are very generally in full accord with the republican purpose to defeat that meas- ure if it be possible. A CASE IN POINT. The decision of tho United States supreme court wpholding the law passed by the legis- lature of North Dakota to regulate the rates charged by owners of grain elevators for thelr use as public warehouses Is of more than passing interest to the people of this state. It is always dificult to grasp the full meaning of any legal decision before the full text of the court's opinfon Is at hand, but from tho synopsis furnished by the press report it appears that the court did not for a moment question the power of tho state legislature to pass an act of the character of the one at issue. The North Dakota law among other things established a maximum schedule of rates to be pald for the storage of grain in public elevators. In this case the plaintiff had offered the grain, together with the tender of the charges fixed by statute, and on refusal of the owner to accept it secured a writ of mandamus to compel him to do so. The point in con- troversey seems to have been whether the particular elevator which was employed during the greater part of the year for the private uses of the owner was in reality a public warchouse. The majority of the su- preme court declared that it was and affirmed the order of the state court. The dissenting minority, although including four of the nine judges, grounded its dissent on the argument that the law as interpreted by the majority would force the owner of an elevator to conduct it as a public warehouse whether he desired to do so or not. The dissent appears to have been in no way oc- cassioned by any disapproval of the legisla- tive cnactment of a maximum rate schedule. The tmporiance of this decision lies, there- fore, in the practical endorsement which it gives to the doctrine that the states have the constitutional power to fix maximam rates of charges for Industries that partake of a public character. This doctrine as originally proclaimed by the supreme court was enunclated in connection with a grain elevator case—the famous granger case of Munn vs Tilinois—in which the law of Ili- nois of 1871, regulating public warehouses, was vigorously upheld. The principle in- volved was likewise extended to railroad charges in the other granger cases that were decided at the same time. The supreme court has from time to time since then ad- Judicated cases in which the state's power to establish maximum rates for such industries was. assailed, but has steadily persisted in holding to the doctrine originally lald down in the Munn case. The decision In the North Dako'a case, to which we have re ferred, gives no indication that the court, as at present constituted, manifests any dispo- sition to depart from the precedsnts which have been et before It. It must serve to encourage the people of Nebraska In the bellef that should the maximum freight rate law eventually come before the suprema court of the United States for interpretatton the constitutional power of the state legisla- ture to enact that law will be completely vindicated. WORK FOR THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. The bane of American cities is boodler- ism. More than twenty years ago the high-. handed and defiant municipal thieving in the city of New York under the lead of that prince of boodlers, Boss Tweed, forced the taxpayers and respectable citizens of the metropolis to band themselves together for self-protection. The result was a vigorous anti-boodler campaign which terminated with the indictment and conviction of Tweed and his crooked lieutenants and the wiping out of Tweedism. In Philadelphia the same condition of affairs forced the organization of a com- mittee of safety made up of the most prominent and reputable citizens. The out- come was a very decided decline of boodler- ism and boodle methods in the public buildings, and the introduction of business methods in the management of city and county affairs, Within the past ten years the country has witnessed the routing of Twecedism and boodlerigm in many cities, notably at Cleve- land and Detroit, where the machinery of municipal government had been for years absolutely under the control of boodle coun- cillmen and of dishonest officials working hand in hand with the managers of fran- chised corporations and public plunderers. The municipal league which is being or- ganized in this city to bring about municl- pal reform can do a great deal to purge It is high time that somebody sep to the front to check the aggression and corrupt schemes of the boodle ringmasters and their nefarious tools. In no city in the country, New York not excepted, has there been more brazen dis- regard of the taxpayers' rights and the public interest than in Omah No city in this country has witnessed anything more scandalous than the gyrations of the city council in the recent gas, electrie lighting and city electrician contests. For several years past one council after another has been absolutely dominated by one of the sleekest manipulators that has ever cor- rupted a legislative body. Boss Tweed handled greater jobs and Boss Stout and Charley Mosher have engineered much heavier bills and appropriations, but they did not excel the Omaha hypnotizer of coun- cllmen either In cunning, versatility or audacity, The success of the Omaha boodler is not due simply to his own genius for cor- rupting public servants, but to the active co-operation of other corporation managers and contractors. All these Interests are pooled against the taxpaying citizens, and like d’Artagnan in “The Thre® Guardsmen,” their battle cry is: “All for one, and one for an It is this combination of contractors and corporations which the Municipal league must successfully combat If it desires to break up boodlerism and glve Omaha honest city government. WIIl the Municipal league enter the lists and make an honest fight for cleaning out the rascals and plunderers? If it does The Bee Is heart and soul with it and will exert its influence for the cause until the boodlers are driven from place and power. We confess, however, that we have some misglvings the Municipal league has in view. Some of the men prominently mentioned in connection with the movement cannot be depemded on when It comes to a standup fight with the gang. They have been allied In the past with the boodle chief and several of his crea- to the real object which® tures fn the councii and it Is not natural to expoct them to briilejwith thelr old assoc ates. This is the tord of the municipal cor- ruption in Omaha. Men wno are interested in the growth and prosperity of Omaha and in good government are willing to sacrifice the public interest to feather their own nests, They habitually wink at thievery and bribery in order to promote thelr own private Inter- ests. If it had not been for this lamentable lack of moral stamina on the part of our prominent citizens the boodlers would not have a foot of room to stand on. In the faco of this unfavorable condition we believe the Municipal league can be made a success. among taxpayers outside of the men who have business relations with the boodle chief or contracts with the eity. We must wipe out boodlerism and we shall do it through the active efforts of the medium and small taxpayer, backed by the sentiment of the great mass of citizens who want good govern- ment above all things, AS TO THE COUNTY PAVING. The county paving, as might have been oxpected, roused a good deal of contention. Some of the contractors insist that there is an Inside ring in favor of sandstone. Others charge back that there is a job on hand to favor macadam. As a matter of fact, the projected improvement of county road ways will be more or less a matter of experiment, just as the paving in Omaha and other citles has been. Experience has shown that in the long run the best is the cheapest in paving, as in all other things. and this will doubtless be true also of county road paving when the tests have been made. At best $150,000 does not reach over a long stretch out of the city when it is to be expended on three different roads. The three paved roadways will scarcely ex- tend far enough to benefit the market gardeners on the outskirts of the town. Even that will be a great improvement over mud roads. It will, moreover, demon- strate the necessity of paved roadways across the whole county, and stimulate the construction of trolley tramways, which will put Omaha in touch with the farm commu- nity and the suburban towns. In view of this very desirable change the taxpayers will scarcely countenance any litigation by contractors over thelr re- spective claims to preference. Let the con- tracts be awarded and the work begun as soon as possible. We need the good roads next winter, and we need the work now for men who are waiting for a chance to carn an honest living. Last, but not least, the $150,000 circulating from laboring men to merchants will e of infinitely greater service to the community than having the money lay dead in the vaults of the banks. The resignation of Mr. Mundella from the presidency of the British Board of Trade because of the discredit cast upon him by the fact that he was nominally involved in the failure of a company of semi-fraudulent character, shows how high the standard of official conduct is held by the people of Great Britain. In this country a reslgnation from an equally high public office on such a ground would scareelyj be expected, much less demanded. It"is ‘because we do not require s0 much Yrom® those to whom we give responsible pesitiens in the public service. Several explosions of lamps and gasoline stoves have occurred recantly and demand attention from the state ofl inspector. It is possible. that these mishaps are due to de- fective apparatus for using the oil rather than to the poor qUAlity.of the oll itself, but nevertheless an effort should be made to find the true cause. During the summer months just approaching more ofl will be used in households than usual and the peo- ple should be given the benefit of every pro- tection against Inferior ofls which the law affords them. Omaha’s Onward March. Chicago Tribune. Omaha has grown to be a large-sized town, and indulges in metropolitan ambi- tions. It is complaining of a smoke nui- sance. e The Question of Control. Kansas City Journal, Rallroad building in the west s likely to come to a standstill until railway com- panies find out whether they are to control the roads they already own. e But Hard to Get. Tndianapolls Journal, A collection of the honest opinions of decent, self-respecting democrats concerning their party would make mighty Interesting reading, but it would contain many expres- sions that could not be read aloud” in polite soclety. B e . The Path of Vopularity. Louisville Courier-Journal. There are rumors that the protectionist- controlled democratic majority of the senate is thinking of “disciplining”” Senator Mills for his outspoken condemnation of the dem- ocratic betrayal of tariff reform in the sen- ate. Should they do 80 they will make Mr. Mills the most popular man in his party. e The Beauties of the Thing. New York Sun. The two income taxes are beautiful speci- mens of class legislation, The_tax on Individual incomes of more than $4,000 robs the well-to-do. The tax on the net income of corporations robs a multi- tude of small depositors and shareholders. The two taxes are fines on thrift and ac- cumulation, and concessions to the tramp and the anarchist. e The Looting of Corporation. Detroit Free Press. It is a scathing commentary upon the Dbusiness methods, not to say the honesty, of the management of the Northern Pacific raflroad that $7,000,000 should disappear in a lump as compléetely as though it had been shoved into the crater of an active volcano, Most concerns, and especially those hope- lessly in debt, would regard that sum of money well worth looking after. But the Northern Pacific has handled other people’s money as though It were waste paper. —_——————— The Blueticlds Atrocities. Buffalo Express. The atrocities against Americans in Hon- duras seem to havg been committed by ad- venturers and cul-throats of different na- tlonalities, The codntry really had no gov- ernment at the time, and it 1s doubtful it the present authoriiics can be held responsi- ble. The chief lesson f the outrage Is the necessity of having aswarship at hand to rotect “Americans; wWhenever a revolution s going on In anyaf he South or Central American nations., It {8 poor policy to wait till outrages have begn committed ‘and then send a naval force to'see about it. The Crazy Quilt Tariff, St. Paul Pioheer Press. As was predicted, the amendments made or proposed to theédWilson tariff bill in the senate in order 0 #ecure the pport of enough democratic, senators to pass it in that body will, {* agopted, amount to a A 5 of ‘that originally mplete “metamorpho: 3 crude patehwork of fridonsistencies. The ef- fect of the numereds amendments will be to aggravate most of \it8 original defects and incongruities. 1t copld not be otherwise with & bill which i3 ffamed with rence to no line of consistent principles, but is made up of shreds and patches to sult a multitude of selfish interests and tndividual Whims. AMIILATC EELL Stamp Out the Train Stealers, Philadelphfa Times. Intelligent people are wondering not that train stealing has been engaged in by the tramp organizations, but that the authori- ties have so far falled to put an end to it. The tramp ‘‘generals’ scem to be big- ger men than state governors and United States' army officers. It I8 about time the tramps were driven from the possession of the rallways and the transportation busi- ness of the country allowed to pursue its usual channels agaln. Train steallng may be fun for the tramps, but the 65,000,000 of people of the United' Btates have some rallway rights as well as the few thousand tramps who just at present imagine they own the country. ~Eject the train stealers trom the cars and lel them tramp again, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, There is enough fighting materfal | 1894, HERE AND THERE. The song of the lawn mower agitates the town. These poreful times lend a halo of pleas- ure to recollections of snow storms. The next popullst platform should con- tain a vigorous demand for froo grass. The Union League club of Chicago unani- mously decided to expel Congressman Breckinridge. The Shefller contingent blundered in tak- ing the road in order to preserve the sanctity of the grass. Reports from sources friendly to the tarift bill show that tho senatorial compromisers “took sugar in theirs,” At a woman suffrage meeting in Chicago recently, chivalrous men cheerfully appro- priated all the offic The mean things! “Death from heart fallure” was the brief, expressive verdict of a Colorado jury in the case of a man shot through the palpi- tator. South Carolina has sixteen carloads of liquor It cannot dispose of constitutionally. Why not try the historic Carolina hos- pitality? Twenty-seven divorces in ono day of seven hours is the record of a Peoria court. Sfoux Falls must hump itself or get out of the race The man who manipulates a lawn mower and accumulates a stock of blisters has the satisfaction of knowing he is “in the push" for the time being. Another warning agaiast the cigarette habit. A 2-year-old boy in Brooklyn ate one of the little jokers last weak and it took two doctors threa days o keop him there. Many a genius in penmanship slides from the cradle to the grave without attracting attention, while those wholly unfamiliar with the art succeed In making their mark. Talmage's theme last Sunday was “‘A Cheerful Chureh,” and the text was from Solomon's song, iv., 1: *“Behold, thou art fair, my love.” The sermon concluded with a glowing peroration. Paderewski says that he Is affected with insomnia and frequently practices at bis plano all night. 1In order to provent his insomnia from becoming infections he should do his practicing in a barn or meadow. Senator HIill desires it distinctly under- stood that he has not recommended any appointments under the present adminis- tration. Nevertheless, his friendship Is ex- ceedingly valuable in the scnate. Congressman Tom Johnson weighs 250 pounds and is a terror to bicycle owners. He broke down three bicycles and exhausted an attendant in taking his first lesson in riding, but before the lesson was over he rode around the ring with the ease of a practiced bleyelist. Joseph Choate, who will preside over the constitutional convention at Albany, N. Y., Is a native of Salem, Mass., and 62 years of age. He came to New York in 1856, and has since been a member of the law firm of which Mr. Evarts is the nominal head, though practically retired from busi- ness. Indiana has turned out various sorts of freaks lately, but the capture of a wild man in the forest near Bourbon on last Sunday night has excited the most general interest. The man is described as being six fcet three inches in height, very muscular, clfd only in the sheepskin breech clout and armed with a club and a rusty case knife. He hLas long, flowing hair, but his whiskers are merely bristles two inches in length. Small black eyes sparkle through the hair hong- ing over his face and his hanls and feot bear more resemblance to feline paws than to those of a human being, %is hands having but four phalanges, each having a claw nearly an inch in length. 1le ‘s now con- fined in a corn crib on a farm of one f his captors. y e SUFFRAGE IN ENGLAND. BUFFALO, Wyo., May 14—To the Editor of The Bee: Would you please state in your paper the persons who are qualified to vole in England? Has the universal suffrage bill passed? If so, please state when. Truly yours, ABE ABRAHAM. England has not got universal suffrage, nor even manhood suffrage. It is a compli- cated matter to give the qualifications for a voter, for they have been added to and limited from time to time until now they are as complex as they well can be. Morcover, there are different qualifications for differ- ent classes of elections. For example, women paying rates are permitted to vote In mu- nicipal elections, but not for parliamentary elections. They, however, constitute an in- significant, item in jthe mass of voters throughout tho country. Practically every householder has a vote. That, at any rate, is the basis of tho sys- tem, though it is nullified to some extent by faulty registration law:t which have the effect of disenfranchising at every election many a workingman who may have proved his resi- dence. In addition to this there is a prop- erty qualification for a vote, and there are a very large number of men who have several votes in various communities. There Is, indeed, no limit to the number of votes that a man may exercise, except that he may not have more than one in the same town. —_——-———— CURRENT LAUGHTER. Philadelphla Record: A little Boston boy, after observing the hairless and tooth- less condition of his new baby brother, spoke of him as an ‘“‘unfinished home pro- duct.” Detroit Free Press: Squildig—Do you have any difficulty meeting your bills? MeSwilligen—No, indeed!” My great diffi- culty is in avolding them. The more faults a more faults he is Recognizes Somerville Journal: man has himself, the likely to =ee in his neighbors. ‘em at first sight, you see. Kate Fleld's Washington: = “Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen,” sang Sheri- dan years ago; 1 ant you, were he allve today, he wouldn't consider her so. Boston Herald: La Champagne appears to have struck where it was extra dry. Puck: “There is one thing about my first husband that I shall always respect him for,” she sald, with a quiver in her voice. “What i that?" “He paid all the expenses of our divorce ltke a perfect gentleman.'’ Buffalo Courier: Sprinkle, sprinkle, oh, thou cart; while we wonder at the art, which enables you to make of each cross: ing one small lake. Chicago Record: *This,” sald the con- gressman to his visiting' friends, as he picked up a slender pamphlet, “this is the bill which is creating such widespread fn- terest throughout the countr; ““And what are those vast tomes I see beside 1t?' queried one of his guests. “Those?’ sald the congressman. *Ch, those are the amendments to the bill." Washington Star: How faithful and will- ing the mercury i3. He doesn't need any persuaston; but when soda founts fizz, and when citizens sizz, he rises to meet the oc- caslon. Atlanta Constitution: “Don’t see much o' old Bill now. What's he a-doin' of?" “He's a-practicin’ roun’ in the jestice courts.” “Wh he never studied law?" “I know it; but the jedge knocked him down with the code o' Georgla, an' law's been a-runnin’ in his head ever sence!" IN THE GLOAMING. Detrolt Free P'ress. In the gloaming, O my darling, Where the nights are six months long, If I staved till midnight, darling, Would you think that it was wrong? Would you work the old gags on me? Would you murmur, soft and low, That 1 might be late for breakfast, Or the clock was six weeks slow? — SONG OF THE N IMES. Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. Old times will come no mor However sweet and bright We've said goodby and 8o still, “Goodby—good night! But new times, And true times, The distant sky adorning, Are bright times ‘And light times; 8o bid new times good morning! 0ld times will come no more, With all their wrong or right; There I8 a seal upon the door, And we have sald good night! But new tmes God's true times, His happlest skies' adorning, Are our time All flower times: 80 bid new times good morning! GUESSWORK 0N PATCHWORK Probability of the Passage of the Wilson Bill Soon Bomewhat Dubious, DATE 1S AS YET MERE CONJECTURE Ono Senator Says One Thing and Another Another, and Betweon the Two There Is No Middle Ground Ap- parent at Present. WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEE, 1407 F Stres W, WASHINGTON, May 15, When the people read press reports con- cerning the daily proceedings of the senate they need not suppose that the senate is really trylng to legislate. The democratic managers are deliberating on ways and means to enact some sort of revenue legis- lation and the republicans are kept guessing all the time what sort of legerdemain the democrats will next exhibit; what stocks are next to be affected by proposed amend- ments to the pending bill, When will the bill pass? You can tell in your office, your store, your shop, or on your farm as well and as accurately as can any member of the senate today. The Wil- son ‘bill is a lot of patchwork; @d what will become of It is all guesswork. Senator Harris of Tennessee says: ““The bill will be passed not later than July 1" Senator Hale of ‘Maine says: “This bill will never be allowed to pass.” Semator Blackburn of Kentucky says: “I would vote for a revenue bill of some Kind, if it were prepared by a Dlacksmith.” Senator Allison says: “The bill seems to be lkely to pass the senate.' Senator Aldrich says: “The democrats can never get together.” Senator Voorhecs says: “The bill will pass, and the pledges made’ to the people will be fulfilled.” James Hanson of Huron, S. D., was noml- nated some time ago by Representative Pick- ler as a cadet at West Point. He passed the mental examination, but failed to get through the physical examination. Mr. Pickler, after con:ulting with the surgeon general, thinks Hanson can now pass phy:icaily and has accordingly renominated him. The examination will be held on June 3 next. W. L. May of Omaha, of the Nebraska Fish commission, is in \ashington on his way to Philadelphia, where he will attend the convention of fish commissioners. Mr. May has been investigating the propricty of transferring the fish commission to the Department of Agriculture. The proposition meets with his approval and he will offer resolutions in the Philadelphia convention endorsing Mr. Hainer's bill which provides for the transfer. A list of nonresident cadets appointed to the naval academy by the secretary of the navy was published last week in the Record, in which the Third district of Nebraska was credited with Amon Bronson, jr., of Roche:- ter, N. Y., alleged to have been appointed in 1893. Mr. Meiklejohn today in the house took oceasion, when the naval appropriation bill was under consideration, to read a com- munication from the assistant secretary to the effect that Walter S. Stout of Friend was appointed by the secretary In July, 18! through the failure of Representative Kem to nominate a candidate by July 1, 1892. Mr. Stout failed to qualify for appointment and on September 30, 1892, Amon Bronson, jr., was appointed through the failure of Mr. Kem to nominate a cadet for the Third district, which then included the Sixth dis- trict. The bill introduced by Mr. Meiklejohn ex- tending the time for the payment of lands to the Omaha tribe of Indians has been favor- ably reported by the Indian commissioner with the recommendation that the bill be so amended that the act vill not go inco effect until the consent of the trife is obtained. It has been held by the United States courts, and recently by the supreme court of Nebraska, that lands upon which patents have not issued from the government to the purchaser cannot be taxed until all conditions of the purchase are complicd with and a patent is due from the govern- ment. The lands on which this bill pro- vides for an extension of tiine for payment of purchase money are not taxable, and Mr. Meiklejohn has been advised by the de- partment that any provision incorporating in the bill a provision for the taxation of these unpatented lands would be uncon- stitutional. Mr. Meiklejohn this morning made a favor- able report of Mr. McKeighan's bill for the relief of Wesley Montgomery. Warm Welcome for Wilson WASHINGTON, May 15.—The entrance of Chairman Wilson of the committee on ways and means into the house for the first time after his long iflness was the wignal for a spontaneous outburst of applause. In an in- stant the business of the house was sus- pended and members flocked around the West Virginian to welcome him back to congress and congratulate him on his re- covery. Almost Ready to Draw Salary. WASHINGTON, May 16.—The senate in executive session made the following con- firmations: Postmasters: Iowa—James H. Woodstock, at Clear Lake; Augustus G. Tup- per, at Osage. Kansas—Alfred Burick, at Baxter Springs; Enos L. Stephenson, at Garden City. Texas—~Isham J. Pringle, at Marlin; M. V. Mitchell, at Cisco. New Mexico-~Thomas Pieball, at Santa Fo. APPROPRIATION BILLS BEININD. None of Them Iave Yot Passod the Senate und Only Three Roported Back. WASHINGTON, May 15.—~The comment usual at this season fs heard about the cone dition of the appropriation bills, and the suggestion has been made In some quartors that these bills are not so far advanced as in former long sessions of congress, An exams ination of the records does not fully sustain the criticlsm. The average of the last elght years has su far during the prosent session been almost if not quite maintained. There 1s still an abundance of time to disposo of all these hills before the close of the fiscal year, if too much time fs not required in the senato for the considoration of th tarift bilL. Senator Coekrell, chairman of the come mittee on appropriations, said today that there would be no effort to pass the appro- priation bills in the senate until the tarift should be out of the way, but that the com- mittee would attempt to keep them well up, as well as to have them ready for considers :nrluu as soon as the tarif should be disposed of Up to this date nhie of the fourieen ap- priation bills have paseed the house and three of the remaining five have been re- ported from the house committee on appro- priations. The legislative and the deficioncy bills have not yet been reported, but the former will make its appearance in a few days and the latter is pury Iy hold back so it may include all deficiencies ocenrring up to a reasonable time before the fiscal year closes. Chairman Sayers expeets, however, that it Wwill be passed by June 10. The appropria- tlons committee, under ordors from \he house, will attach to the logislative bill pro- visions embodying the echanges in the ac- counting methods of the Treasury depart- ment, recommended by the Dockary com- mission, resulting in reductions in amoun necessary for the clerical force of the de- partment. Mr. Sayers expects to see all the appropriation bills, with the excaption of the deficiency, passed by the house by the 80th of May. None of the appropriation bills have <o far been acted upon by the senate, though three of them, those making appropriations for fortifications, for pensions and for the military academy, have been reported from the appropriations cemmit’ee. Of the six others which are under considera- tion in committee, three ave so far advanced that they may be reported this week or next. These are the postoffice, diplomatic and army bills. Some work has al:o been dona on the district bill by the senate committee. The sundry civil and river and harbor bills have received comparatively little attention. An examination of the records of the long sessions since the Forty-ninth congress shows that in no instance within that period the senate failed to pass upon one or more of the appropriation bills before the middle of May. In 1886 the postoffice bill passed the senate on the 4th day of May, while the Indian appropriation bill passed as carly as the 12th of April. In 1888 the military academy bill passed on the 1lth of April and the pension bill on the 17th of May. In 1890, when the McKinley bill was before congress, the District of Columbia appropriation bill was passed by the senate on’ April the military academy bill on May 9 and the army appropriation on the 10th of May. In 1892 six of the general ap- propriation bills were passed by the 20th of May. In cach of these four years, how- ever, there were several bills the passago of which was delayed beyond the beginning of the next fiscal year. In 1888 the general eficiency bill was not passed until the 24th of September, while the sundry civil bilL did not go through until August 1. In 1890, notwithstanding the tariff debate, the last appropriation bill—the general defi- clency—passed the senate on the 19th of August. PATENTS THAT HAVE EXPIRE List of Important Inventions that Are Now Public Property. WASHINGTON, May 15.—Among the several hundred inventions on which pat- ‘ents expired by limitation today were the following: Sewing machine motors, Portland, Me.; galvanic battery, C. R. Jen- nison, Boston; knitting machine, James Slack, Bristol, Pa.; hydraulic motors, J. M. Bois, Salamanca, N. Y.; machine for sew- ing boots and shoes, C. Danswet, New York; cider presses, S. M. Ellis, East Andover, N. Y.; automatic gates, J. BE. Goldsworthy, Central Falls, R. flying machine, F. Barnat, Keokuk, Ia.; rotary steam engine, A. L. Scudder and J. L. Waller, Deposit, N. Y.; pantographs, E. Ware, Omaha, Nob.; ore washers, D. Beaumont, Sacramento, Cal.; motors, J. C. Butler, Greenton, Mo. organ cases, Governor Levi K. Fuller, Br tleboro, Vt.; carbons for electric lights, Paul J. Ablochkoff, Paris, France; rock drilling machines, A. B. Kelly and J. Fleming, Spring City, Wa.; quadruplex telegraphs, George B. Prescott, New York; air registers, P. Seyl, Chicago; steam engines, S. War- wick and G. S. Brush, Montreal, Que. Will Not Let Carneglo Rest. WASHINGTON, May 15.—Representative Dunphy of New York today introduced a resolution providing for a joint committea of three members of the house and two sena- tors who shall Investigate the condition of all armor plates and bolts furnished the government by the Carnegie company during the entire period of the contract. A. D. Black, The largest make fine eloth Your money’s worth BROWNING, KING ~ & co. ra and sollers of o8 0n earth, or your money baec, Negligee Shirts. 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