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All business Jetters and remittances should be addremsed to The Bee Publishing company, Drafts, checks and postofi rider of th CIRCULATION. weratary of The Beo Pub- e ury, aorh. says that the oples of The lee printed George I, Tzscl Hishing company, beink duly sworn, Wil and complete during the month of April, 184, wis g 24,08 it 2246 Lean deductic coples o T I Daly average mit Gircil b day. et GEORC i, TZSCHUCK. to before me and subscribed in my pres- this 24 dny of May, 1804, 1) N. P. ¥ Bw e Notary Public Congressman Bryan was not at all sur- prised at the call for a confercnce of free silver Nebraska democrats. Of course not. The democratic assault upon the Civil Bervice commission still continues. An in- dignation meeting by the mugwumps is in order. The revival of the bank robbing industry in the south points unerringly to a general return of confidence in the banks of the country. Minnesota mauufacturers have organized for a home industry patronage campaign. The west 1s paying aitogether too much trib- ute to eastern and foreign manufacturers. It Mr. Wiley can supply the city with | “electric lights at $106 per year at a profit to himself what has he been making out of the lights for which he is getting $175 per year? . The recent unparalleled floods in Pennsyl- vania are not a circumstance to the tidal wave that threatens to overwhelm the Pennsylvania democrats at the next state election. How much trouble and worry Mr. Wiley might have spared himself it he had only condescended to make a reasonable price for elootric lighting when the original bids were Invited! Judging from the recent call for a confer- ence In Omaha, the democratic party is rapldly reaching that point in its history where it is divided into democrats, pie- biters and cuckoos. A more even distribution of spring rains throughout the country would be more satis- factory not only to the flood-ridden districts of the east, but also to the drouth-threat- ened regions of the west. The local democrats who were not in- vited to subscribe their names to that free sllver call are wavering in doubt whether they ought to feel insulted or complimented by the inexcusable neglect. A prominent politiclan, when asked his opinfon of the movement for a conference of Nebraska democrats in the fnterest of free silver, Is quoted as saying: “It looks Ike fusion or confusion.” Contusion surely, tuslon only on a contingency. The large number of republican clubs being organized In Nebraska this year proves that the rank and file of the party are taking a personal Interest in the issues of the campalgn. The republican sentiment In Nebraska does not bear the machine brand this year, If Hascall's acting city electrician really needed a bond, how did he come to take possession of the city electrician’s room in the city hall building before that bond was approved? Dut then a little irregularity Uke this doesn't count with Hascall as chief expounder of the charter, Many of the men who are advocating the increase of the currency to $50 per capita favor the proposition only because ‘they hope by reason of the distribution to become for once in their lives the possessors of 350 at one time. The per capita delusion is @ most convenient scapegoat for the sins of demagogues. Omaha has to make up her mind to do without the pension agency now located at Des Moines, at least during the present administration. The president's determina- tion not to remove It to this city, however, _ean be but a temporary delay. The next time the office of pension agent bocomes vacant Nebraska must insist upon se- curing it. Open doors suffice for the armor plate investigation which concerns the reputation of the government contractors, but secret slons behind closed doors are ne:ded to protect the delicate characters of the ace cused membors of the semate. ~ Before long we shall have to keep our senators under glass cases and in darkened rooms to prevent them from boing injuriously _ Affected by the elements, From the course pursued by Senator Al- len in offering amendments to the tariff bill, and his success in having them ac- cepted by the democratic majority in the sonate, the Inference to bo drawn Is that expects to voto for the bill on its final passage, unless it Is too greatly distort:d by the amendments incorporated into it. Sen- ator Allen has persisted in remaining non- committal as to his attitude on the tariff, doubtless In the hope that the proposed measuge would before Its passage be put into a shape with which he would be practically satisfied. In domanding a congession on barbed wire by having that _articls placed upon the free list he is advo- cating what he belleves will result in cheaper wire for the farmer. Yet the effect of this change on the price of barbed wire can only be problematical, because our factorles turn out all the wire used in this part of the country. Senator Allen ought 1o strike for more valuable concessions. A PARENTLESS MEASURE, Senator. Ifale's vigorous characterization of the tariff bill as a measure that has no responsible parents—“the result of the in- tercourse of those who had abandoned party prineiple with the easy virtues of a few pro- teoted industries and the habitual prosti- tution of the trusts”—was none 0o Strong As a matter of fact no one has had the temerity to claim responsibility for this ex- traordinary bill and doubtless no one will do so. Senator Gorman, who probably had as much to do as any senator on the demo- cratic side with putting the measure In its latest form, while he defended it in his re- cent speech,.did not make any claim to hav- Ing assisted In its formulation. Senator Brice, who is also understood to have had something to do with putting the bill in its present form, has not yet spoken on it, but it is safe to say that if he does so he will also avoid assuming any respon:ibility for it. The name of Jones of Arkansas, a member of the subcommittee of the senate finance committee, which made the first re- vision, appears most frequently in connec- tion with the amendments proposed, but everybody understands that that senator is simply a mouthpiece. Harris of Tennessee, who was charged with the management of the bill, Is not at all identified with its con- struction and doubtless would resent th imputation that he Is in any way respon- sible for it. Thus It stands parentless— the unclaimed progeny of corrupt and un- prineipled politicians, a patchwork of in- consistencies and contradictions that satisfies nobody. It is only natural that such a measure should recelve denunciation on every hand and that the most earnest tariff reformers should join with protectionists in demand- ing that the existing fiscal policy be per- mitted to stand rather than adopt such a substitute for it. One of the ablest advo- cates of tariff reform, the New York Com- merclal Bulletin, declares that this bill un- settles everything and would settle nothing. It is simply a pledge and a provocation of indefinite agitation and interminable amend- ment, and that paper expresses the opinion that were the people appealed to now all signs show they would decree that the re- form wait until it can be handled more in- telligently and upon its intrinsic merits. As to the inconsistencies of the measure they abound in almost every schedule, and in order to correct them a complete revision of the bill wculd be neces:ary. This, of course, will not now be done, and the pros- pect is that the bill will be passed with lit- tle change from its ‘‘compromise” forms which, if in some respects better for a por- tion of the industries of the country than the Wilson bill would have been, must still fail to restore the pro:perity which pre- valled before the democratic party came into power. There is undoubtedly a greatly prepon- derating popular sentiment in favor of leav- ing the fiscal system of the country as it is, but to this the party in power will give no heed. It is détermined to pass a tarift bill, and this it scems able to do. The ques- tion is how far thé minority may Jjus flably go, with a due regard for the general weltare, in delaylng that consummation. Every business interest in the country is suffering, the ranks of unemployed labor are increasing, and the industrial situation grows steadily more serious and more perilous. The demand for relief s general and most urgent. If it be assured that the country is to have the infliction of this democratic ‘tarlft bill would it not be best to hasten it forward to its passage as rap- idly as practicable and relleve a suspense that is most damaging and demoralizing to all interests? This seems to be the view of many senate republicans, if not a ma- Jority of them. THE QUESTION OF MORE BONDS. It is beginning to look very much as if the treasury would be compelled to make another issue of bonds in order to replenish the gold reserve, That fund is now nearly $20,000,000 short and s steadily going lower. There was a loss of $6,000,000 last week and if this rate should be maintained for the ensuing three wecks the reserve would again be down close to $65,000,000, which the treasury officials regarded in February as the danger point. It is said that some surprise is felt at the treasury that so much gold s taken for export when there Is an accumulation of nearly $160,000,- 000 in the Bank of England and when the banking reserve of that institution is nearly $120,000,000, being the largest wecorded in fitty years. The constant outflow from this country Is attributed in part to the ac- cumulation of idle money in New York, but especially, also, to the excess of disburse- ments by the government over receipts. This excess, it s observed, is equivalent to a constant addition to the circulation, which offsets the contraction that might otherwise result from the withdrawal of gold. It is hoped by the treasury officials that gold exports will come to an end by the close of the present month, but it is not apparent-upon what the hope rests. Gold has been steadily golng out of the country notwithstanding the fact that the trade bal- ance 15 largely in favor of the United States, and in view of thls anomalous condition, maintained for months, it is not clear why it may not continue for months longer. So far as the treasury s concerned the passage of the tariff bill would doubtless have the effect to increase its gold receipts, but an enlargement of imports to anything like the amount looked for might reverse the trade balance and thus call for more gold to go abroad, the demand for which would have to be supplied, in part at least, from the treasury recelpts. A possibility to be taken into consideration is that the withdrawal of money from the banks might be made to an extent that would ralse the rate of Interest here to a point that would attract gold from abroad, but this cannot be counted upon with any de- gree of certalnty, and at any rate could not take place for some time. Reliance upon the passage of the tariff bill, however, to effect the desired changes In the situation Is very uncertaln, because nobody can say when that will be accomplished. While there scems to be no doubt that there ls a majority in the senate for the bill, it is perfectly plain that it must wait upon the will of the minority, and the latter is not disposed to hurry things. As yet only a small part of the measure has been consld- ered, the more important schedules, over which the sharpest discussion will be waged, awalting consideration. It is possible the bill will become law before the close of the current fiscal year, but it is hardly probable. Meanwhile no disposition is shown in con- Bress to give the secretary of the treasury other authority than he possesses under ex- 1sting law to issue bonds, and if he should be compelled to again sell bonds in order to replenish the gold reserve he will prob- ably have to do 8o in pursuance of the au- thority given him by the resumption act of 1876, — After all, there was but little significance in the vote on Senator Teller's motion to 18y the tarift bil) upon the table. The vote simply shows that there are still a number of senators who desire.to flla few pages of the Congressional Record with their views. The views will come in handy In the next winter campalgns. ORGANIZED LAWLESS Whenever Isaac 8. Hascall has been a member of the eity eouncil we have always had a reign of lawlessness and jobbery. Years ago, during the memorable raid of the Holly water works jobbers, Hascall, as bellweather of the gang, embroiled the city in perpetual turmoll, and had finally to be driven from the council by the united ef- forts of exasperated taxpaying citizens, The Inst time lie held a seat in the council Has- call organized lawless resistance o the mandate of the charter that conferred upon the police commission the exclusive control of the police and fire departments. For nearly a whole year the city was all torn up over the attempt of Hascall and his crew of organized outlaws to starve the police and freeze out the police commission by refusing to vote appropriations for their maintenance. In order to sustain the law and secure proper police protection funds had to be raised by private subscription and the power of the courts had to be in- voked at great expense. And now Hascall is again in the saddle as a leader of organized lawlessness. As the champion of the fifty-year gas job he rail- roaded an ordinance through the council that would, if it had gone Into effect, have taken fully a million and a half out of the tax- payers of Omaha. When this monstrous plece of jobbery had been vetoed by the mayor Hascall sought to override the veto by slamming. the doors of the council cham- ber in the face of the mayor and shutting out the veto message. Again the power of the courts had to be invoked to resist the reign of organized lawlessness. But the rebuke administered to rascality appears to have had no more effect than pouring water on a duck’s back. The gas fob has been followed by the electric light- ing jugglery, the repeal and re-enactment of the city electrician ordinance, and the high-handed assumption of executive pow- ers in the appointment of an acting city electrician, With his notorious recklessness and disre- gard of all law Hascall has concocted a scheme to usurp the executive functions in other departments and to abrogate the charter and the ordinances by resolution, Although the charter expressly provides that the Board of Public Works shall fix the compensation of all inspectors and wages of employes that are under the supervision of said board, the piratical chairman of the judiciary committee proposes to take that power away from the board by resolu- tion. More pernicious even than this attempt to override charter provisions is the as- sumption by the council, under the lead of Bellweather Hascall, that it may suspend the provisions of a gencral ordinance by resolution. The sidewalk ordinances require all owners of property within the fire district to lay permanent sidewalks. But the coun- cil, by resolution, undertakes to exempt designated blocks from this requirement. Now if the council has power to suspend any part of an ordinance by resolution, what is to prevent it from suspending a whole ordi- nance? If it can exempt any property owner or set of property owners from complying with a general ordinance it can suspend the building ocrdinance for the benefit of favored property owners, and -for that mat- ter any or all ordinances or parts of ordi- nances which somebcdy with a pull wants to evade. When the lawmakers of a city be- come lawbreakers, when the men who are presumed to protect the city against jobbers and public plunderers not only wink at law- lessness but set the example, it becomes he duty of law-ablding citizens and tax- payers to band together for self-protection. This has had to be done every time Hascall has been a member of the council and will have to be done again, and that speedily. If the promoters of the proposed municipal leagues are in earnest they now have the opportunity to strike a blow for good gov- ernment. THE EXPU LSION OF POWDERLY. Upon the defeat of his efforts to retain a perpetual hold upon the office of general mas- ter workman of the Knights of Labor, Mr. Powderly's uselessness as a member of that order because so apparent that his reported expulsion from the organization will greatly shock those who have watched his carcer. Even while directing the knights from his position as the official head of the order his services were for a long time of doubtful value, and had he succeeded in keep- ing his place in office the continued existence of the organization would have wavered In the balance. Without discussing the ability of his successor it is none the less plain that the organization could not suffer from any change in Its governing officers. The expulsion of Powderly from member- ship In the Knights of Labor seems to be still shrouded in considerable mystery. Somo will have it that he has mot yet been ex- pelled, but that it has been determined to expel him unless he can clear. himself from charges that have been brought against him. Another version has it that he has by his action expelled himself, and that the general executive board has merely made a declara- tion of this fact. According to the constitu- tlon of the Knights of Labor any member of the order advocating its disruption or the withdrawal of any local assembly or other assembly from the order shall by that act stand expelled from the order. It Is charged that Powderly, during a labor conference at Philadelphia in April last, advocated the withdrawal of a number of local assemblies from his own organization for the purpose of afilliating with the American Federation of Labor. By this alleged violation of the self- executing proyvision of the constitution noth- ing more than a declaration by the proper authorities is required to deprive him of his standing as a member of the organization. From still another source it is darkly hinted that the reason why Powderly's presence in the Knights of Labor has suddenly become more offensive than usual is to be found in the suits which he and some of his former assoclates In the executive offices have insti- tuted to receive back salaries for several yoars, as well as certain long bills of expenses claimed to have been incurred for the benefit of the order. » It this will only mark the permanent exit of Powderly from the world of labor agita- tors the public, which sympathizes with the cause of labor, will have good occaslon to re- joice. There was a distinct gain when he was ousted from the official position which he had so long abused. Expulsion from the Knights of Labor ought to deprive him of the power to pose as a labor representative before any intelligent body of workingmen in the future. A new industry has been established In Omaha, and one that cannot fall to be of great benbfit to the state of Nebraska. Hereto- fore the one great difficulty in the way of suc- cessful irrigation on a small scalo has been the not | expense of profiifing walge. A new machine, invented in Nebraska and now being manu- factured in Ompada, wil enable the farmer of small means td trrigate small tracts of land, ranging from (@R, to eighty acres, at a com- paratively small.expense. The new Inven- tion brings imeigation within the reach of almost every fAther in the state. Its gen- eral use will 'miyh Nebraska farmers practi- cal independetfce from the woather bureau, PENAL TRAIN The severe’ sbhtences of four and five months fmprigonfient ‘passed upon the men who were apppefiended by the federal au- thorities for iMegally seizing upon a Union Pacific freight train in Wyoming will doubt- less put an effectual quietus upon further efforts of the Industrials to travel as un- bidden guests upon the trains of roads in the hands of a receivership. The reason why the proceedings in these cases have been so summary is that the prisoners were arraigned not for any statutory offense, but for committing contempt in Interfering with the operation of a railroad conducted by Judicially appointed receivers. In this way acts done without any Idea of reflecting upon the authority of the court, and doubt- less In ignorance of the court’s real author- ity over the road, are construed to be con- tempt and punished by summary process. Tho judge, in passing sentence, stated it to be his business so long as the property re- mains under his control to use every possi- ble means to uphold the authority of the receivers, even to the extent of using ‘‘all the power of the government at his com- mand."" Had selzure occurred on a solvent railroad the men Implicated would by no means have fared so badly. They would have been entitled to a regular jury Jtrial upon an information or indictment charging them with some specific crime or misdemeanor for which a statutory penalty is provided. Indeed, it might have been difficult to find a clause of the criminal code that would exactly fit their cases, be- cause while they took forcible possession of the train there was no intention to deprive the rallroad of more than a temporary con- trol over its property. It would have re- quired a stretch of judicial interpretation to extend the ordinary laws governing the conversion of property this far. In other words, the Insolvent railroad that is in the hands of receivers has clearly the advantage of the solvent railroad still run by its own- ers when it comes to dealing with men who illegally seize their trains. Nothing could point so plainly to the necessity for statu- tory legislation on the subject which shall make it equally hazardous to take possession of railroad trains whether belonging to sol- vent or insolvent corporations. It is entirely 'g¥atuitous for the city at- torney to volugfeer the information that the' coal dealer's’li¢cnse cas> decided against the city last summer was tried by the at- torney for the ‘school board and on that account was not properly defended. As a matter of fact ~there was practically no defense on the paft of the city. The at- torney for the school board appeared: to protect the intarests of the school board, which had been'imade'n party to the suit, and his success,’sd far as his cllents were concerncd, was sedn in the judgment of the court, which thréw the responsibility upon the city and relieved ‘the sehool board of all obligations in the matter. As a matter of fact the brief fijel by the assistant city attorney virtually - admitted : ailithat the plaintifts clatmed. *‘Inasmuch | as the supreme court has rendered several de- cisions upholding the power of cities to im- pose and collect license taxes there can be little doubt that it would reverse the de- cision in this case whenever a test case Is made. this train The Times Have Changed. Chicago Tribune. There was a time when men yho ap- proached United States senators with hribes were kicked down stairs. But (his Is ancient histor o e A Provincial Party. Cincinnati Commerelal. The tariff bill and the discussion thereon reveal the provincialism of the democratic mind. It has no breadth; does not know the necessities of a_composite populat'on nor how to provide for them; it considers itself, not the country. A provincial mina is weak and egotistical; a provincial party is without the ability to govern a_grear, vigorous people operating on the lines of modern methods, - The United States has grown away from the democratic party. Al Deformed Reformers, St. Paul Pioneer Press. While the democrats in the house sunk their party yesterday into a deep hols on the question’ of civil service reform, those in the senate took another stride towards republican ground on the tariff qu stion 80 far as it concerns certain portion of the Iron schedule. e numerous pir- tial concessions made in the senate to republican views on the tariff, while (hey bring out into bolder relief the inconsi tencies of the bill, are by so much a gain to the Industrial interests of the country. Chicago Post, The alacrity with which congress has rescinded the “docking™ rule by declaring it heretofore repealed is highly significant of the attitude of congressmen toward their jobs, What are they there for unless it is for the salary? Heaven help the intellect- uals of the citizen who belleves they are there to vote. The question now is, how can the presence of congressmen be se- cured? We see no way clearly but the dem- ocratic leaders might try to lure their fol- lowers back by providing more cuspadors. ————— An Extraordinary Blunder. New York Evening Post. The decision of the senate committe> or investigation to hold its sessions in secret is a most extraordinary blunder, It equally hard to understand why so able and just a man as Mr. Gray should have proposed the policy, and how the two r-- publicans and one populist on the commic- tee could have followed the lead of the democratic chairman—rfor it is announc-d that the declsion was a unanimous one. Apparently it is apother exhibition of that curlous blindness to the relation of th'nes Which seems more and more to character ize thte senate, without regard to pasty. Reflectlon on Me. Bryan. St. Pauk Globe (dem.). A paragraph is noticed tumultuously fil- tering th h B. 0. p. press to the effect that “Congressman Bryan, the b liant Nebraskua budding statesman, declines a renomination from the democratic party. He says he has sorde doubts as to the fu- ture of his party,”” and o on. It has not been certain that Mr. Bryan was poss of the well undefffood” tenets of de. cratie belief. He thme to congress ing the democrati¢)dabel, but his course has been that of o misfit, His rement will be less of a 1088, or no loss at all, It he may thereby come to some sensible understanding with kimself, so that, =h.u d he re-enter public life, it will be clear to im that he is not,4he party, that the un. dying principles of, democracy are not o the chameleon chyFagter of his present imagining. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The protest of the prelates of the An- glican church against disestablishment in Wales is a pecullar document. It sounds very strangely In this nineteenth century. The whole issue Is whether tithes shall continue to be pald to the Anglican chureh, The majority of the Welsh people do not belong to that body and clain that they should not be required to support it. The tithes were laid on the lands some centuries ago by thelr owners and constitute a lien on the property, which is taken into consid- eration at every transfer. The Anglican prelates claim that disestablishment would weaken the unity of “the church” fin de- priving it of the anclent monuments—-mean- ing the medineval churches and cathddrals a_consideration which does not move Welsh dissenters. The second claim, that disestablishment would “deprive the poor of their legal rights to seats In churches and of the ministration of the clergy to their sick and dying,” Is hardly one that will_carry conviction. 1In this country it seems very uncomfortable to think that ministration to the sick and dying depends on tithes which oblige the clergy rather than considerations of Christianity. It may mean that without such tithes no clergy could be maintained to perform those sacred offices, but that is not the impression of the language of the manifesto. The Welsh people claim that the Anglican church ought to be able to maintain itself, inasmuch as the dissenters not only have to maintain their own, but also the one with which they are out of sympathy. They deny the potency of a lien which has survived revo- lution in nearly every other phase of DBritish life. They hold that Wales never had its just share of the benefits of the union with England, and that disestablish- ment is not only right, but the highest right. o King Alexander of Servia, under his father's dircction, has abolished the constitu- tion of 1888 and restored that of 1869. He had, of course, not the slightest legal right to do this. He was as much bound to obey the constitution as the humblest peasant in the kingdom, and had no more right than such a one to set it aside. That the Servian people will submit to his doing so is scarcely concefvable. 1If they do, they will submit to their own enslavement. Under the constitu- tion of 1888 Servia has had one of the most liberal popular governments in Europe. The king is merely the chief executive. All legis- lative power is vested In the Skuptschina, elected by the secret ballots of all taxpaying men. Freedom of assembly, of speech, of the press, and of consclence Is guaranteed. But under the constitution of 1869, which the king now seeks to reimpose, all those things are changed. The king 1s himself the chief lawmaker, and what is left of the Skuptschina is either appointed by him or chosen by a limited suffrage without secrecy of bailot. Freedom of assembly, of speech, of the press and of conscience is abolished. The nation is turned back, in brief, not only twenty-five years in time, but from liberal popular gov- ernment to a czarism comparable with that of Russia itself. How far the people will acquiesce in this, or how far they can be compelled by force to do so, is a matter of uncertain_speculation. The one significant fact on which to base a reckoning is that the king has placed himself in opposition to the radical party. Now that party comprisos a very considerable majority of the people of the kingdom, including most of the really able political leaders. Its growth during the last year or two as been remarkable. At the election of March 11, 1893, owing to pressure exerted by the government and the army, only fifty-two radicals were returned to the Skuptschina, against seventy-one liberals (government party) and four progressists. But when that corrupt body was dissolved and a new one elected, on May 31 following, the people took matters into their own hands and returned no less than 121 radicals, while the liberals held on to only a single seat. That Is the legislature which the king now dismisses. It will be most surprising if a popular party, which a year ago elected a nine-tenths majovity of the nationab Skupts- china, allows the king or the ex-king to set Its will aside, overturn the constitution and make himself an absolute tyrant. o The international relations of Germany have undergone a s!gnal improvement since it became known that Bismarck and Will- fam II. were thoroughly reconciled, that the advice of the ex-chancellor might be freely solicited and would be freely glven, and that henceforth his foreign policy, both as regards aims and methods, would be fol- lowed at Berlin. Count von Taaffe has re- tired to private life, and his place at the head of the cis-leithan government has been taken by one who mainly Telies upon the pro-German party and is himself a hearty friend of the league with Germany. In Rome Signor Crispi, the Inflexible supporter of the triple alliance, has returned to power, and is teemingly destined to retain it for a conslderable time, either as a parlia- mentary premier or as a dictator. But the most striking revoluticn of sentiment has taken place at St. Petersburg, where the pro-German party has recovered something like the preponderance which it possessed in 1866 and 1870; where the czar was pre- vailed upon to make the surprizingly liberal concessions to German manufactures which rendered possible the conclusion of a com- merc'al treaty, and where, finally, assent has been given to the betrothal of the czare- witch to a first cousin of the German em- peror. It may not be possible to trace the direct Influence of Bismarck in any of these event:, but few close observers will assert that all of them would have occurred had the ex-chancellor remained_estranged from William II. The truth seems rather to be that so long as Bismarck lives, provided it is belleved that his wisdom and experience are at the service of the Berlin govern- ment, and that the policy which he devised will be pursued with respect and assiduity, he cannot help being a source of strength and safety to his country. ow Undoubtedly the relations between the vatican and the French republic have for a long time been strained, and the tension has just been increased by the necowsity the French government has felt itself to be under of remonstrating with the papal nuncio for not having avolded the appear- ance of interfering in French domestic poll- tics. But the course the vatican has taken concerns the church in France much more than it concerns the state. Although the majority of the republicans are perhaps pre- pared to persecute the church, with the approval of their constituents, the church fs still a great political power in France, especially in rural France. If the 'French clergy are to be left out of the rewards in the gift of the papacy, after fighting its battles and showing themselves willing to be disliked at Paris for the sake of be- coming welcome at Rome, then their zeal for the papacy will necessarily cool. They will be as stift as ever In defenss of what they concelve to be the rights and preroga- ives of the church and of their own order, but this zeal will be apt to take the form of Gallicizing, If not of nationalizing, the French branch of the church. That twould not be a bad thing for the peace of France, but it would not be a good thing for the papacy. e The most extraordinary efforts were made by the clerical authorities and ultramontane peers to bring about the defeat of the civil marriage bill in the Hungarian Chamber of Magnates. In order to secure votes, some of the olerical aristocratic families even went to the length of distributing estates among younger sons, while members who had taken no active interest in politics for many years were dragged from their retirement Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Rl Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE to cast their ballots against the moasure. The opponents of the bill resorted to even leas reputablo measurcs, for the supportcrs of the government received postal cards warning them that the Chamber of Mag- nates would be blown up before the bill should be permitted to become law. A most unfavorable impression was made upon publle opinion by tho partisanship exhibited by high functionarios of tho court who did n't 'hesitate to appear Im (pen op osition 10 the Hungarian ministry. Other members of the house Who have always been active supporters of the ministry absented them selves altogether and left the field open to the enemics of the bil THE MASK OF REFORM. Minneapolis Tribune: By an emphatlc majority the democratic house yesterday de- clded that civil service reform Is a nuisance. Buffalo Express: The blow has been dealt 1na mo:t cowardly, underhand way Instead of bringing forward a divect repoal bill the democrats have attacked the com- mission through an appropriation mieasure It will be a_significant endiog of the of Grover Cleveland If his second adminis tration should see the overthrow by his party of the doctrine to which he owed his first success in natfonal politics, The demo- crats of the house, whether thelr scheme fs carrled out or not, have furnished the repub- lNeaus another issue on which to win the next election Kansas City Star: Tt is just this inabil- Ity on the part of the leaders and managers of the democratic party to comprehend the slgns ‘of the times, to understand that a thing may be new and yet be good, that cost the democratic party years ago millions of its younger voters and banished it from power for a quarter of a century. It was the hope that the democratic party had be. come a party of progress and reform, and would remedy the abuses that had crept in under the rule of the republican party, which had become fossilized during its long relgn of unlimited power, that drew to the demo- cratic party thousands of republicans and new= voters and made the first election of Cleveland possible, It would seem that the most limited capacity should see that the future prosperity of the democratic party depended on its keeping its promises, and keeping its face to the front, and in being true to progress and reform; and yet we hear these Euloss of Tennessee and these political saurians of Missouri urging that the good the party has done be undone, and that the party execute a counter march in the face of the enem S Courts Inviting Contempt. Buffalo (N, Y Tnquirer, Tn_Albany, Judge Clute of the county court, has imposed a fine of $100, with the alternative of thirty s _imprisonment, on the proprietors of the Albany Iixpress and the Albany Journal b iuse they aid not guccessful conceal the contempt they felt for his court. In Buffalo, Judge Hatch of the superior court has begun a third suit against the Buffalo Express, cach one claiming $25,00 damages for the judicial sensibilities that the paper has wounded. Down in Schoharie, Judge Maham of the supreme court has fssued his mandate to the constitutional vention prohibiting that body from inquiring into the qualific tions of its own members unless It first re- ceives his august permission to do s In Ulster county, Judge Parker of the su- preme court 'is’ considering whether he shall not prohibit the constitutional con- vention from taking any notice of the effect upon its membership of the Graves- end election frauds for the commission of which Boss McKane s now imprisoned in Sing Sing. Are not some of our judges trying to ex- tend their functions unduly? Is not an ap- parent effort on the part of the courts to regulate the affairs of the universe more likely to bring the courts into further con- tempt than to produce any other result? The divinity that doth hedge a judge Is a very sacred thing, no doubt, but there are also a few other things for which the peo- ple of this state have some regard, ana among them are the liberty of the ‘press and the right of a deliberative body to determine the right of a deliberative boay to determine the qualifications of its own wambers. ——— Coxey's Fatal Mistake. Chicago Herald. Coxey appears to have made a mistake. He tried to present a petition to the United States senate and got himself into jail. He ought to have tried bribery. ~Major Buttz, it 18 to be noted, does not yet languish in a dungeon. e GIRLS, A8 YOU GO ALONG. Washington Star. Come all you yeung housewives and listen unto me (I mean those lucky ones who are from servant bondage free), And gome advice I'll give you in a simple little song. With the simple little chorus—Girl's, as you go along, 0, as you go along, Leave everything where. it should be, girls, as you go along. You take a fancy for a cake, late in the afternoon, And flour, butter, sugar, eggs, and milk, and bowl, and spoon, And other necessary alds the kitchen table throng. Don't let them stay as you go along. 0, as you go along, Put each one back in its place, girls, as you go al And then you'll find how easily a great deal can be done, % Without you're being ‘“tired to death” at in spite of care, setting of the sun, And though sometimes, things seem to turn out wrong, ZTwill always pay you to smooth the way, girls, as you go along. 0, as you go along, nes leave your work behind, as you go along. clear them away, girls, 8o girls, THE SUNDAX BER. Readers of The Sunday Bée will be pro- vided in the next fssue with a sumptuous bill of fare. It will be a Memorial day number, but In addition to that timely feature {t will contain a long array of specially written articles on many toples of varied Interest Emil Zola's exciting story “Lourdes’ will be continued and those who have read the carller chapters of this realistic tale from the pen of the most thrilling writer of the day will be ready enough without any further warning to look out for what is stll to come of the tale. Frank Carpenter treats of the rallways of the Celostial emplre--those that are and those that will be In the future. Writing from the Chicago of China he tells of the bullding of what will in a few years rank as the greatest trunk line of the world, His inimitable descriptions of the present day methods of transportation In the oldest cmpiro are peculiarly fascinating, Memorial day is next Wednesday, and the subject thereby suggested is treated in a speclally written article conveying a ma of Information regarding the graves of de- parted heroes of the war and deseriptions of the cemeteries where the most distine guished of them are burled. Next Wednesday, besides being Memorial day, fs also Nebraska's fortieth birthday. It was on the 30th of May, 1554, that the Nebraska and Kansas bill was approved by congress. The Sunday Bee will furnish its readers with a highly entertaining histori- cal narrative of the fight for the passage of that bill through the house and the sen- ate, and the effect that it had on the poli- tics of the country at that early period of she nation's history Rev. Washington Gladden has made a spe- clalty of the subject of rottenness in city government. Ho declares that the best citizens prefer wealth and comfort to re- form in municipal matters, and that if the people want reform they can have it. Unrivaled society, sporting and market pages will contain faithful records of the week's events in their respective depart- ments, while secret socleties, music and the drama will be adequately and comprehon- sively dealt with, For the general nows of the world The Sunday Bee has a reputation that is un- equaled west of Chieago, and this will be fully sustained by the coming lssue. Special cablegrams from the principal Furopean centers; full Associated press service by leased wire from all points on this conti- nent, together with the general news of the eastern continent by cable; special tele- grams from towns in Nebraska and sur- rounding states, and from Chicago, Wash- ington, St. Loufs and other places combine to furnish as complete a service of news as It Is possible to obtain. Everything that has transpired in the city is treated lo- cally by a competent staff of reporters. Read The Sunday Bee. ety Weak Aspirants to tho Rear. Globe-Dernocrat. The republicans shouid be on their guard everywhere this year against the dang nominating weak candidates for It is always a mists that and the present ticula alls for the selection strongest men who can be found. situation pa-- of "the Puck: The man who won't see his own grrors is playing with himselt with-loaded dice. Boston Transcript: No man deserves ta win a woman who has not the sense ta first secure an offensive and defensive alli- ance with her little brother. Harvard Lampoon: George—Amelia, dear, do_you beli ve that love is blind? Amelia—Yes, George, darling. George—Then, dear, T do not see any need of our keeping the gas burning. Detroit Free Press: Briggs—Do you think Miss Yardly is very bright? She talks only in_monosyliables, Griggs—She knows enough to say “No.” Somerville Journa Boreton—Just take this along, will you, old man, and look it over at your leisure. Busy Iditor—Leisure? What's that? inthusiastic Author— Yes, sir, I don’t expect to be able to write the half that's in me in this world. ~When I get to the next world T expect to keep on writing just the same. Cynical Friend—Words that burn? Chicago Tribune: American Industries: “But, my dear sir,' said the man who procrastinates, “if T pay you this money T will have to borrow it of some one else.” “Very well,” replied the cold-blooded citi- zen, “'So long as you pay what you owe me, I don’t object to you owing what you pay me. Baltimore American: Some pessimlists may still contend that marriage is a failure, but in_the bright lexicon of the operatic prima donna there is no such word as fail, 0Old Walker—You for a bite to eat here in the road. Indianapolis Journal: go up and strike the ho and I'll wait fer you down | Young Walker—Why don't you go? Old Walker—I'm no good. Il kinder pacify the dog if he kin git holt of somuv- thing he ain’t been used to. IN CHURCH. - Life. the aisle T see her kneel, A‘;{/‘l’l"‘l‘# h?‘l' pure thought to heaven wings ere 1 no Sign upon her brow ot worldy care or temporal things. But I am sure she would not kneel Quite 8o demurely if she knew. 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