Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 28, 1894, Page 4

THEOMAHA DATLY BEE. B. ROSEWATEIL Fditar, PUBLISHED BVIIT TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Dally Bee (without Sunday) y and Suniny, One Yon Th, Omaha ty-fourth 8ts. Tovor or of C: nd 15, Trib N. W Didg. STATEME v il George 11, Tzschuck, secretnry of The Tee Pub- Tishing ¢ iy, being duly #worn, says that the actunl number of il and o oples of The Daily Morning, Bvenin on printed during the month s follows or . 23 ge not eirculat *Sunday. GROR( Bworn to bafore me and enee this 24 da ated skirt, Boston innovations never were popular in Texas, June 1 is in sight, but not the prophets who predicted the enactment of a new tarift law by that date. We still believe that the best thing the park commissioners can do for Omaha this year is to park the river front. Senator Stewart has not inflicted his col- leagues with an old time free silver speech for several wecks. Another of Stewart's silver efforts must be nearly overdue. The authoritles of the State university had better adopt banking methods and re- quire personal Identification before deliver- ing mail matter addressed in their care. We shouldn’t be surprised if the council combine should take credit to itself for sav- ing the city from $10,000 to $12,000 a year on its electric lighting beginning with A. D. 1805, The city council has unanimously re- solved that the Union Pacific rallroad shall build a suitable depot. The citizens of Omaha have unanimously resoluted and re- resoluted the same thing, but—, Omaha 1is better prepared for a coal famine than Chicago. But it may become a serious question to keep up the coal sup- ply for the whole season if all the coal mines of the country should remain closed. General Weaver announces that he fs prepal VIDI’ populist lightning to strike in his direction any day between now and elec- tion, ;and he is mot particular whether it shall be a little stroke or a big stroke. Senator Hill puts all the responsibility for delay in tariff legislation upon the demo- cratic majority in the senate, which refuses to rearrange its liberal rules. This is the helght of audacity. It is the truth that hurts, Nobody is asking who Baker, the second lowest bidaer for the eclectric lighting con- tract, 1s. Everybody is so thoroughly con- vinced that he is only one of Wiley's straw men. that further inquiry s altogether superfluous. Now that the county commissioners are about to embark in the business of paving country roads the visible supply of appli- cants for inspectorships and walking dele- gates s almost sufficient to provide an in- spector for every rod of pavement. From the difficulty experienced by the French government In securing a new ministry to take the place of that so recently defeated in the Chamber of Deputies it must be inferred that all the French cabi- net makers have gone out on a strike. There is a variation of several days be- tween Queen Victorla’s birthday and its officlal celebration. But why not? Didn't the official celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Nebraska's statehood occur nearly three months after the date des- ignated by the scroll of history? — The Nebraska Funeral Directors assocla- tion is to hold a meeting In Omaha in early June. Unfortunately it is called to as- semble before the date of the promised con- fereace of the free silver democrats. The funeral directors will be consulting only thelr own best interests by remaining In session until after the democratic pow-wow. The Burlington road has finally concluded to do the graceful thing by agreeing to pay two-fifths of the expense of repairing the Bixteenth street wooden wagon bridge, called A viaduct for style. It will be well for the councll, however, to have the signature of the general manager to the agreement be- fore making the contract for reconstruction, We have known rallroad managers to change their minds on very slight provocation. —_— Where will the New York Sun turn for a mew I(dol now that Senator Hill has re- pudiated its interpretation of a tarlft for revenuo only by proposing to put lead ore on the free list? According to the Sun's doctrine a revenue tarlff means a tarift levy- ing a duty upon every article that is im- ported Into the country. A free list of any Kind or of any dimension s as odious to the Sun as a duty for purely protective pur- poses. From this moment the Sun and Senator Hill must part company. The steel workers have succeeded in re- adjusting thelr wage scale In a manner satisfactory to both themselves and their employers. They could doubtiess have found points for continued contention had they wished to do so, but a firm Intention to arrive at a fair agreement has already over- come all of these. If the workers In other industries which are suffering from wage troubles should take up the matter with a similar spirit the number of strikes and lockouts would be materially diminished, in PENALTIES FOR SEIZINT COAL Selzuren of coal consigned to. private ship- ‘pers by the emstern rallroads continue to been denled by the railroad officials. In am interview published in the New York Tribune, President Depew of the New York Central admits that his road has boon appropriating to’ its own use trains eontain- car londs of coal destined to Industrial blishments along the line and secks to Justity such acts by the usual railroad soph Istry. He every manufacturer enta says that | on the road or any other road knows that if | the coal supply Is insuficient to bring to him s fuel, or materfal, or to carry away from his factory the products thereof, his work Is paralyzed, and therefore he gently ylelds to the raflroad company the privilege to take possession of coal consign- ments, because the act s really in his own Interest, The manufacturers on the line of the New York Central and other roads realize fully the situation, and there does not seem to be any disposition, so far as learned, to combat whatever offorts the railroad may make to maintain necessary fuel for the sup- port of the motive power, and there does ap- pear to be a most reasonable sentiment that the railroad company should at all hazards sustain its motive force. Meanwhile, he adds, there is recourse in the courts for both sides, and the path fs open for the securing of damages, if any have been Ineurred. What these ratlronds are doing is to selze upon coal belonging to others, and after consuming it to offer to pay them the mar- ket price at the time the coal was seized. The establishment to which it was con- signed, and which has perhaps had to close down or to refuse orders because its supply of coal could not be augmented, Is told that it it has any grievance it shall come into court and prove it. The New York Journal of Commerce last week propounded the question upon what principle the damages shonld be assessed in these cases. The rail- roads have been offering to pay simply the market price of the coal. They say that it they did not take it they would not be able to deliver it to the consignees and that therefore that is all it is worth to them. From this point of view the railroads are actually doing the owners a favor and ought themselves to be compensated for the serv- ice. The owners, on the other hand, might claim the mensure of actual damages suf- fered by reason of the selzure, or they might go further and demand that the dam- ages be assessed according to the profits which they would have made had the rail- road delivered the coal in strict compliance with the contract contained in the bill of lading. Were they so Inclined they might even proceed criminally against the rail- road officials who have been concerned in taking their property, although they would have to expect every obstacle to be placed in their way to prevent them from fixing the exact responsibility for the seizures. It seems to be somewhat unfortunate that the railroads which have been seizing coal cannot be given a taste of the same medicine which was prescribed for the Industrials who have been seizing trains. The Indus- trials who were apprehended were brought before the United States court and sentenced for contempt to four and five months' con- finement in prison. If, however, a shipper should seek to secure an njunction to pre- vent any railroad from interfering with the regular forwarding of coal consigned to him he would doubtless encounter considerable Qifficulty. Should such an injunction issue and be violated by the railroad offi- clals, how many of them would be sentenced to imprisonment for contempt? Seizing coal for the use of railroads appears to be an offense without a penalty. THE TIN INDUSTRY. Republican senators made an earnest but vain appeal for the retention of the present duty on tin plate, in order that the industry which had been established here under this duty, with every promise of rapid develop- ment before the success of the democratic party, should not be destroyed. Senator Allison pointed out that the provisions of the existing tarift relating to tin plate are in the nature of a contract with the people who should produce tin plate in our country, ‘There was an implied obligation on the part of the United States to malintain existing conditions regarding this product, and as the result of this contract plants for the making of tin plate have been erected to the extent of a capitalization of nearly $6,- 000,000, from which there has been an an- nual production of 100,000,000 pounds of tin plate. But for the result of the election of 1892 it is the opinion of those best informed regarding this industry that double that amount would now be produced, and the progress of the industry during two years justifies this opinlon. Senator Allison urged that there is an equity in addition to the moral obligation imposed by the legislation of 1800, and demo- cratic senators are not relieved from this moral obligation on their part because they voted against the duty on tin plate. They are just as much bound in morals, said the Iowa senator, as the republicans are bound in morals to the maintenance of this fair and legitimate contract which was made with the people who invested their capital In the tin industry with a penalty attached that if they did not execute it by July 1, 1897, on thelr part, congress would forfeit their property, practically take it away from them, by putting tin plate upon the free list. Senator Allison showed clearly that the effect of the proposed changes in the iron and steel schedules would be to destroy the tin plate industry and make this country again wholly dependent upon Wales for tin plate, involving an annual contribu- tion to that Industry abroad of $25,000,000 or more. “I am not surprised,” said the sena- tor, “that there is a death struggle on the part of the men who produce this article in Wales to destroy the industry in our own country.” In hardly any other respect is the pend- ing tarift bill more unfair than In the pro- vision reducing the duty on tin plate while at the same time making a higher duty upon every single article that enters into the raw material used in the production of tin plate, It the American industry can be continued under this reduction it can be continued only by reducing the wages of labor em- ployed in the industry at least 40 per cent. The only way that the industry can sur- vive is by lowering the price of labor to the Buropean plane, and even then it would doubtless have a hard struggle to live, for tho Welsh manufacturers will spare no ef- fort to break down the American Industry and regain control of the American mar- ket. In order to do this they can afford to make a heavy sacrifice, for here has been their greatest market, and they know that if they can again obtain control of it they could speedily recoup themselves for what- ever sacrifices might be necessary to attain this end, with good Interest. Having s his raw cured - control of this market the Welsh manufacturers would advafice the price of tin plate to whatever figures they pleased ( or that the trade would bear. The demo- eratic assault on the tin plate industry fs | distinetly in the Interest of the Welsh manu- | be reported, nor have any of the roports | ACLUTErS, And the party in power will fnd it hard to give a satisfactory reason to the | American spect. people for its course In this re- THE WRONG POLICY. Economy and retranchment are always in order in all well regulated business estab- lishments, It is right and proper for the city council to weed out tax eaters and su- pernumerarfes and cut down the city pay roil whorever retrenchment does not materially affect the efficlency of municipal machinery. But there Is such a thing as retrenching at the wrong time and at the wrong end. When times are dull and thousands of laboring people are idle for want of employment it 18 not economle in the long run to stop pub- lic improvements and thus increase the army of the unemployed. On the contrary under stich adverse conditions it becomes the mani- fest duty of municipal, state and national authorities to stimulate epublic employment as much as possible by pushing public works, even if It Is necessary to ralse money by temporary or long-time loans. The city could better afford to dispense with some municipal luxuries than it can with the wage workers who are employed under the Board ot Public Works in keeping our streets in repair. The money pald out for wages fs kept in eirculation among our people and it is suicidal for the city to decrease the wage fund under the pretense of retrenchment. Instead of cutting down its force on public work almost every city In the country has broadened its activities and endeavored to create work for the unemployed. Omaha should not have been an excoption. It was really incumbent upon our city authorities to have devised ways and means for such improvements as are actually needed and must sooner or later be provided for. An increase In taxes could be better borne than a constant shrinkage in property values and a depression of trade for want of money among the wage workers. DISCUSSING STATE BANK TAX REPEAL. Discussion of the question of repealing the 10 per cent tax on state bank issues was begun in the house of representatives on Saturday. Mr. Springer, chalrman of the house committee on banking and currency, opposed, as he hhs consistently done in the committee, the proposal to repeal the tax, Galusha A. Grow making a strong speech on the same side. Only one speech was made in advocacy of repeal. The debate on this question is expected to be the most spirited and acrimonious of any that has taken place during the present session. The lines are being rigidly drawn and it is difficult to predict with any degree of certainty what the fate of the proposition will be. Mr. Springer, expressed the opinion a few days ago that about sixty democratic votes will be cast against repeal. If this should prove to be the case and the republicans and populists take similar action repeal will probably be defeated by a small majority. On the other hand, if the democratic vote against repeal s not more than forty it will probably carry by a small majority. It is said that the repealers have been plucking up a good deal of courage of late and claim a number of converts. Several eastern democrats have announced their conversion to the repeal and it Is believed that a few republicans will favor it, though probably not unconditionally. Unconditional repeal of the tax is evidently to be made the issue at first and it appears that compromise propositions have fallen out of favor for the time being, because some of the repealers declare that they will not support a compromise in any event. The margin of members who desire a compromise is small, and they could only prevail by the assistance of the solid repeal vote. If that is to be divided it is useless to attempt any legislation. According to the usually well- informed correspondent of the New York Commercial Bulletin, the indications are that unconditional repeal will fail by from 20 to+40 majority. The northern democrats on the whole will cast a rather heavy vote against it, in spite of votes in its favor from New England, New York and Ohio. It appears that the feeling against state banks fs much less pronounced among mem- bers from the east, where the old state banks were so successfully conducted, than among the members from Wisconsin, Indiana, Il- linois and some of the other states, where wild cat banking was productive of 8o many evils. This correspondent gives seventy-five votes, fifteen more than estimated by Mr. Springer, as the result of a rotigh canvass of the negative votes in the democratic ranks. The southern members, except those from Maryland and one or two in Missouri, will probably vote solidly for unconditional repeal. A vote of seventy-five democrats, ten populists and the great bulk of the re- publican members against repeal will de- feat it by a pretty wide margin, but there is reason to apprehend that this calculation is somewhat too sanguine. The repeal of the bank tax without conditions doubtless canmot be accomplished, but the majority against it will probably be small, Assuming that the proposal of uncon- Qitional repeal will fail it is pretty safe to predict that nothing fnal will be done with this question at the present session. The numerous compromise or conditfonal repeal propositions that have been suggested have only served to complicate the situation, without proving acceptable, one or two ex- cepted, to anybody but their authors. The discussion of the question will do good in more thoroughly acquainting the country with the history of state bank lssucs—a history which the men of this generation need to be erlightened on—but there seems to be no great danger that the advocates of a return to the old system will be suc- cesstul. Preparations for Decoration day observ- ance should be perfected in time to make the celebration of the day in Omaha one worthy of the occasion. The Grand Army posts will of course follow the usual custom of remembering their fallen comrades with floral offerings. The civie socleties ought to joln in paying homage to their dead, who are certalnly deserving of such recognition at least once a year. The sentiment upon which Decoration day 1s founded is by no means limited to those who have died in the military service of thelr country. The custom of decorating the graves of departed friends fs national, and Its observance should be general throughout the United States, It it Is true that the judge of a United States district court incorporated into his decision denying an application for an in- Junctional order a statement that the gov- ernment of Colorado had fallen into the hands of socialists and fmbeciles he cer- taluly must be credited with an exhibition of singularly bad taste. No matter what his private opinion of the Colorado state officials may be he had no business to make that & part of his own oficial acts. The question whether a person is a soclalist is largely onme of personal opinion, and whether 1 o it he s an imbeclle wholly ome of personal opinfon. The p 1 opfnion of a United States Judge on thille wubjects should be permitted to pass fgBBwhat it s worth with- qut clothing it fhe auithority that usually attaches to filnions proclaimed from the beneh: Whnt Globe-Demoerat The sober truth about the position of the Missourl democrats on the silver questi is that a majority of them believe what Bland chooses to say for them. Taking n L Chigngo If the striking qofd-quiners can succeed in Killing off all the MAiners that are willing to work ‘they will be iii-a position to dictate terms o the opepators, but it may take a year or two to-dfthis: Lo~ Watterson's Heurthroken Wail, arlor-Joprnal Let the senate sparc us the detalls of the humiliating surrender to a_handful of pro- tectionists in the democratic camp, pass the whole miserable husiness at once and leave us to the mercy of a conferenc Pl ey The Luxury of Crime. Chicago Record The people of the United States expended in 1890 $24,000,000 for police, 0,000 for prisons and reéformatories and $33,000,000 for the support of the judiclary. Viewed in this light crime seems to be about the most ex- pensive luxury in which this country in- dulges. S g L Absurd Theories. Kansas City Journal. The fact of the matter Is, tariff for rev- enue only in a country like this is an ao- surdity, The democrats went into power on a platform of that sort, but when they came to enact the principle into law they found themselves confronted by obstacles which could not be overcome without ap- palling destruction of home industrics, The senate Is simply trying to extricate the democratic party from its predicament with as little humiliation as possible. Promoting Dish Boston Trave The Towa supreme court holds that an Towan who has bought liquor from persons outside the state can recover any sum he has pald for it and is not bound to return empty boxes or kegs. Any dealer w sells ‘liquor to persons in Iowa must r on the honesty of his customers for pa ment. He can collect nothing under the law. ~ This decislon probably will compel Towa liquor dealers to pay jobbers in ad- vance and make deposits for the value of the kegs and bottle: e Awarding the Prize for Check. New York Sun. The palm for cheek must be given to the Missouri democrats. After pralsing in their platform the “cardinal democratic doctrine of absolute equality among all citizens and sections In bearing the burdens and enjoy- ing the benefits of government,” they put into the same platform a eulogy of the in- come tax, which tax would result in an inequality’ of burdens and be borne princi- pally by one section of the country. We believe in equal taxation, the Missourl dem- ocratic platform reads In effect, .but we want to have the east stuck. onty. Electrie Lighting in Omnha. Electricity, New York. The city council of Omaha {s making an entertaining exhibit of itself by its treat- ment of the local lighting question. For years the city has been the victim of ex- tortionate prices and_very bad service at the hands of the T.-H. company. Now this contract has expired, and a new com- pany, “The Electfic Company,” put in a bid averaging abo@it $i0 per lamp less than the former price§ The council, however, refuses to makesl contract for more than a year. Of course no new plant will be established on these terms. Mr. S. L. Wiley Is the president of the old company. He is a man with a record, and a well known friend ofythe genus 'alderman, If the local : ©maha do their duty they will smoké out the nigger in the woodpile and send a few of their aldermen, and possibly a INghtiig man or two, on a prolonged vacation. U Miners have quit 'wofk at Cherokee, Kan. The coal faming” at| Pittsburg has com- menced. Rl ted About 3,000 cab in London, , Eastern unions are already preparing for Labor day. Trouble is feared from the striking miners at Oskalooa, Ia. The miners of Staunton, IIL, have decided to stay at work. At. Colfax, Ta., 325 miners have gone out and 115 at Dureat. Baltimore is running short of coal on ac- count of the strike, The miners in the Evans mine, Oskaloosa, have quit work. ight puddling furnaces resumed at the Norton, Ky., iron works. Nearly all the miners have returned to work at Middlesboro, Ky. The furnaces have resumed at the Norton Iron works, Ashland, Ky. About 1,500 miners at Owensboro, have decided to quit work. There are 311 local unfons allied to the International Iron Molders union. Engineers on the Mobile & Ohio railroad accepted an 8 per cent reduction. The white miners returned to work in the Adger mines at Birmingham, Ala. Carpenters of Indianapolis have organized a co-operative bullding company. The Builders' exchange of Milwaukee has renewed an eight-hour agreement. Middle Atlantic States Blue Label loague was recently organized by the cigarmakers. Brick makers of the Blue Island district of Chicago compromised and the strike is off. The lower house of the New York legisla- ture passed a bill for initiative and referen- dum, Coal miners at the Santa Fe mines in Colo- rado and New Mexico jolned in the grea: strike, After being out on a strike thirteen weeks the silk weavers of New York have at last given in. In New York City the cracker bakers are being organized, and in the east generally there Is activity among the workers in the trade, The miners along the Norfolk & Western for about 100 miles in West Virginia have been given an advance in wages and decline to strike. Hatters of Massachusetts refected a 20 per cent reduction in wages and a strike may oceur if the employers insist upon the reduction. A strike of carpenters and mill hands has been ordered in Cincinnati and vicinity for an Increase in wages. Five thousand men are affocted. The Introduction of outsiders to take the place of the striking coke workers at Unfon- town, Pa., has commenced and much trouble is anticipated. The past month'has shown a slight im- provement in the grafilte cutting trade, but not enough to glVé much encouragement after a wrotched Winter, The silk weavers i Givernaud's mill at Hoboken, N. J., to'the' number of 450, went out on strike. A Strike has also been or- dered at Hackensack’s ‘mill, The men at the’'National Tube works at McKeesport, Pa., numbering 3,200, are out on a strike for restoratioh of the 20 per cent reduction made last, February. At a monster meeting of organized labor at Indlanapolis, Ind., resplutions were adopted endorsing the Coxay movement and calling for a labor convention at Washington, The Pittsburg rallroad coal operators have returned from the (leveland convention in a belligerent humor,;and It is expected that the coal strike will be prosecuted to the end. The New York: unions prevented a boss from recelving a ilarge contract from the Wild West show because he did not employ unfon men. The contract was glven to a union firm. The trades unions of New York are Insist- ing that only American citizens shall be em- ployed in all state and municipal departments and on all public works, whether executed by contract or otherwise. The entire system of the Atlantic Rall- way company’s street rallway at Brooklyn is tled up because the conductors and motor- men refused to buy New summer uniforms. About 1,000 men are out, The strikers at the Pratt mines, Birming- ham, Ala., are blamed for the cruel murder of Walter' Glover, a miner who had refused to be called out. A mob of masked men called Glover out of his house and riddled his body with bullets on his own doorstep. drivers are out on a strike Ia. Ky., THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAY 28 1804, VIEWS ON BRYAN'S BID. Friend Telegraph (rep): Hryan s not a fool and he proposes to stand from under the administration and republican parties Lincoln News: Tom Majors lost the first throw of the political dice this year. Ho wanted the state convention held in Lincoln, and he wanted it In July. The MacColl men outvoted him and moved the conven. tion out of his reach Holdredge Progress (pop.): Now, Is generally construed to mean that Mr. will ntually adopt the people y platform, yet he seems to have lacke the courage to come out openly and above board and assert himself in so many words, Kearney Democrat: We regret this action of Mr. Dryan because he fs a ropresentative the peer of whom congress does not con- tain. We are pleased at this action, beeause it removes every obstacle In Mr. Bryan's in the gubernatorial chair of the state of Nebraska. Adams County simplifies political matters Tho fact that Mr. Br; candidate for congress state fight. In what position we are un- able to say. Should he be nominated for governor or senator- ho will make a cam- palgn that will inspire enthusiasm overy- where, Geneva Journal (rep.): This letter Is very generally conceded to be an open bid for anti-administration democratic and pop votes in the next legislature for Bryan for the senatorship to succeed Manderson. In it appears rather more than Mr. Bryan's usual amount of demagogery and silly twaddle. Tt will not ald much in his sena- torial aspirations. York Times (rep.): When Congressman Bryan saw the old democratic ship sinking s0 rapidly he wisely concluded to pull up his political breeches and wade ashore. He is striking out for the popullst swamp, where 80 many brave democratic politicians are already stuck in the mud. Better go down with the old ship, Mr. Bryan, than perish miserably in the mire. Schuyler Quill (pop.): Bryan endorses all populist ideas, such as tariff reform, income tax, free coinage of silver, greenbacks, elec- tion of United States senators directly by the people, etc., and says that they advocate the true principles as inspired by Jefferson and Jackson. The new party could not be better complimented. Bryan's letter shows where he stands politically, and unless a radical change Is made in the democratic party he will join the popullsts at once. York Times: Never in the history of tho state has there been such a large attendance at the meeting of the republican state cen- tral committee. But there were other un- mistakable signs of approaching victory. There was confidence, enthusiasm,’ harmony and a universal disposition to submit cheer- fully to the will of the majority and to work carnestly for republican success. It is patriotism now and no selfish motive or per- sonal ambition that stimulates republicans to work for success. Wahoo Wasp: The Wasp Is pleased to note the numerous favorable comments of the state press on the candidacy of T. J. Pickett for secretary of state. Mr. Pickett possesses the qualification of a good candi- date and his nomination would add strength to the republican ticket in Saunders county and the state. There is little doubt but that he will recelve the nomination and that is equivalent to an election this year, and with T. J. Pickett as secretary of state Nebraska would have an officer of whom she might well be proud. David_ City Press (free silver dem.): Mayor Weir has some following in this county as a populist candidate for governor. I the mayor is not a creature of corpora- tions he is certainly a fool when he vetoes an ordinance which the people of Lincoln wanted to protect them from the greed of thelr telephone monopoly. When the pop- ulists turn down as brave a little man as J. N. Gaffin for such an uncertain quantity as the mayor of Lincoln—well, excuse us. Fine politics is developing in pop head- quarters. ~ Two years ago they nominated V. 0. Strickler, and yet several of his own party members of the legislature told this editor on the square that he lobbied them against the freight bill. Paul Vandervoort held a weekly campfire of old soldiers in order to slyly assist John M. Thurston's senatorial boom. The secrets of that legislature did much to increase this edi- tor's suspicions of human nature. -Gaftin has no corporation strings on him. Plattsmouth Herald: The republican con- vention will be held in Omaha on August 22, In the imagination of some this is rather ecrly, but if the republican party cannot lcad it cannot do anything. This is the reputation of the party from time fim- memorial, and why should it not do so on the question of state conventions. In hay- ing early conventions it will be all the more recessary to nominate clean, honest men, and if this is done time and eternity cannof mar their fair reputations, and the people Wwill have more time and’ opportunities to become acquainted with the various candi- dates. ~ This is what the people desire. They do not want men, and perhaps strangers to many, nominated just on the eve of election, so when they go to the polls they do not know for whom to vote intelli- gently. This would smack too much of machine politics and would lead them to belleve that a snap Jjudgment was being teken upon them by party leaders, without giving the people a voice in the management of things which are of vital interest to every liberty loving, intelligent voter, gy PEOPLE AND THINGS, while ft Democrat: The letter in Nobraska. n will not become a brings him into the The ratio of liabilities to assets - funct Order of Tonti is about 16 ln‘;‘, Seide The most conspicuous accumulation by (he late Edmund Yates was a greatmv::§ of fat. It 100ks as 1f the coroner would do a land offico business in the wake of the Common- wealers, The incarceration of General Demoraliza- tion for life would be hailed with delight in the demacratic camp. The modern strike should be accompanied with an ambulance corps and a staft of doctors and undertakers. In the proliminary struggle for base ball supremacy, Philadelphla has been obliged to take water in copious doses. Doubtless Mr. Buttz had a surplus of money and an_frresistible desire to soften the hardships of the poor senators. The connection between the tariff debateé in the senate and the floods in Pennsylvania has not been definitely established. Senator Stewart of Nevada intends plant- Ing a few sections of his silver speech in Oregon. They will serve as a funeral ora- tlon for Pennoyer. Carl Browne threatens to write a book dur- ing his thirty days' involuntary retirement. That would "be ‘a greater infliction than walking on the grass. Richard W. Thompson of Indiana, ex- secretary of the navy, will be 85 June 9, and his friends at Terre Haute are preparing for a public celebration of the event, The confirmation of Alphabet Taylor of Kansas City as register of deeds for the District of Columbla resulted In an odd com- bination of colors, Taylor is black and the District is blue. The feeblo endorsement of the administra- tion by the democracy of Missouri will be better appreciated in connection with the statement that only 50 per cent of Missourl's quota of federal pie has yet been doled out. J. H. Carpenter of Reading, Pa., the in- ventor of the steel shell that has done so much damage to Harveylzed armor plate, says that he paid out $60,000 just to see the secret processes In use in two forcign steel works—one in France, the other i England, Bvanston, the patriotic suburb of Chicago, has vindicated the constitution and resented a gross Insult to the palladium of liberty. A nameless enemy of a great American institution smuggled beer into town in a ple wagon and was promptly clapped into jail and fined $175, Attorney General Olney Is of the opinion that sollcitation of campaign contributions by letters sent to government employes in the rooms In which they may be employed in government bulldings is not solicitation within the meaning of the law, because con- gress did not especlally prohibit that par- ticular form. et T Robbery by Regulation. Cineinnati Commerelal, Robbing a man of $1,000,000 through a bank fallure nvolves no moral or legal degrada- tion, provided it is done in the regular way and’ according to legal forms; but for the to extract a small sum from his ‘s pocket to save his family from starvation opens the door of the penitenti- ary to him and brings disgrace to that family, STATE POLITIOAL POINTS, Wahoo Wasp: The ropublican state con | vention, in Omaha Augu:t 22, will nominate | the winning ticket, and don’t you forgot it! | _Papliton Times: Con Gallagher, o ! Omaha democrat who refused to do the bid | ding of Morton and McShane n the last state convention, is avaflable for congres | sional honors | Gothenburg Star: Judging by press com | ments, MacColl's candidacy for the governor ship has struck a popular chord, and the Indications are that he will be an easy win- | ner in the state convention Plattsmouth Nows: If the deinccrats | @ congressional _candidate with ora powers to take Mr. Bryan's place, C the only county which can furnish And his name s Matthew Gering Wallace Star: Some of the candidates for state offices might strengthen thelr chances by keeping their aspirations on ice until the campalgn fs well under way. Hot weather is liable to prove disstrous to in- ciplent booms, and the period of exposure should be limited. Ainsworth Star: Judge Kinkaid is ono of the “salt of the earth” in the big Sixth district. He s a man_ whose word is as good as a government bond, and one who Will, 1f elected to congress, recognize all parts of the distriet and unite all elements as no other man can Lodge Pole Express present fncumbent of the Sixth district in Nebraska, wants to he governor. Some children also want the moon and their de | sire is just as likely to be gratified as that of the ‘“red-headed rcoster from Custer county,” ws he Introduced himself at the Sidney fdlr two years ago. Lincoln News (rep.): No federal adminis- tration has ever receivod a more resounding and stinging slap in the chops than has the administration of Grover and his henchmen in the call just issued by C. J. Smythe of Omaha and some 250 other Nebraska demo- crats for a convention of free silvor demo- crats. It Is difficult to see how that party can gain anything in strength by a declara- tlon of its undoubted preference for free silver, as it is doomed to play second fddle to the populists on that issuc Beatrice Democrat: In his letter Mr. Bryan sees much more to commend in popu- lism than in democracy, and ft is certain h own position Is nearer in accord with the ideas of the popullsts than his own party. The Democrat has always held a high appreciation of W. J. Bryan, and it fully recognizes the power for good that he might exert as a democrat, if in line with the democratic party. We therefore regret to see him forsake a party to train with a dis- organized mass that has no fixed principles, So far as fusion Is concerned, we do not be- lieve that it can be successfuly effected. The Wealth Makers (pop.): It s our opinion that Mr. Bryan ought not to stand between the parties, as he seems now to pro- pose. He ought to stay with the democrats or come over to the populist party. He will weaken confidence in himself, spread distrust and sow discord among brethren and par- alyze political reform—reduce instead of in- crease the reform vote—if he and his friends try to obliterate our party to elect not popu- lists, but democrats, men who refuse to be populists, in a part of the legislative and congressional districts. The populists can- not, will not yield their principles. They are wedded to them and will fight for their organization. The effort to fuse us would divide us, and fusion with one old party would disgust and repel all who are inclined to join us from the other party. Fusion in, one part of the state would also give us a bad name, would destroy confidence in our sincerity in all parts of the state, and it would proportionally affect the national party. If our old party friends agree with us in the principles we advocate, let them come to us. e “HERE'S TO YOU, TOM MOORE!"* rical I8 him 0. M. Kem, the (15th Anniversary, May 28.) m H. T. Shade in Chicago Inter Ocean. to you, Tom Moore; whene'er I am gay, So are 'you; and when care finds a home in my breast, cheer me with proverb and promise by day, And your melodies lull me, at nightfall, to rest. And when my poor heart loved as other loved neter, Wil Here' You could not speak; four words clothed ‘the thoughts, how great the endeavor, Were murmured alone by’ the tears on my cheek. How sweet, then, to hear (and how sweetly you_told it! heart which never forget; (Dead hope! To' my sad heart again I enfold it!) It was true—I loved truly and truly love yet— But her love, dear Tom (how fondly 'twas cherished!), Was not the true love that you wot of; the rose Long is withered and gone; leaf and petal have perished, But_mine Is, the the close:" ‘Whene'er heavy-hearted, despondent and weary, Soft chords from your harp find theltr way through the gloom That_pall-like hangs low o'er a pathway full dreary— A pathway full dreary that leads to the tomb. Your faithfulness near me; Your friendship as stanch, woe as come weal, And softly you whisper, cheer mie. “Barth hath cannot heal which, loved truly would love that “loves on to proving you ever are Tom, come to comfort and that heaven 0 sorrow The largest You spoke for me what my own tongue | BROWNING, KING kers and fine clothes ou carth, Your money’s worth or your money bac'c. THE RETIREMENT OF BRY AN, Minneapolis Journal: Mr, Bryan cannot ently be a eandidate for congress as onig as Grover Cloveland sits In the white house, ut this reason is not adequate. Mr. Bryan is (00 wise o man to mean any- thing by such a plea. He is not quite will- to throw his political ambition to the because he does not happen to love the man in the white house, Mr. Croker might have given a similar reason for retirin Tammany But Messrs, Croker an n bave suflicient reasons of a different They see tho handwriting as it is They soe the threatening ava- nehe. They prefer to stand from under. hoy are willlng 1o permit some of the other young men In the party to get a taste of glo In the year 1804, There are &reat many wise democrats who will b similarly generous between now and the calling of the state and congressional cons vertions. Magnaninity will be the rule in democratie circles this summer. Philadelph Inquirer Congrossman Bryan's letter d ning to again become a didate of the democrats of his Nebraska dietrict is sharply attacked by the cuckoo organs as that of a disappolnted man. In the sense that It was the production of a defeated free coinage advo e this Is true. It will readily be recalled that the two most notable speeches delivered In the house by the eloquent Nebraskan were in support of his peculiar tariff convictions and his un- ady Ideas on financo. But this is not what his cuckoo assailants mean. The let- ter as quoted by the press gave as Mr, Bryan's reason for declining the fact that there was no need for a party that had no principles which it had the courage to maine tain, as others with more bravery already existed, As an advoeate of protection, to Which he held it was now committed, it was not the equal of the republican party, which was fdentified with that policy from its birth. Upon finance it had no convietions on which it could agree. He did not, therefore, sce why any man believing in free coinags and a tarift for revenue onky should longer hold allegiance to it. In short, he took himself out of its lines en- tirely. rit” o THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE, Atlanta Constitution: A man who went to he seaside to avoid the warm weather last k has telegraphed home for his overcomt and a receipt for pneumoni; Jefferson City Tribune: When a St. Jo- seph p et opened ‘the state under- taker's convention with prayer every dele gate in the house reached in his pocket for a screw driver. Such Is the force of habit. For all practical pur- the burglar, slipping the ne pocket and the silver spoons into another, “I am consierable of a bimetallist myself,” Chicago Tribune: Doses,” efaculated gold watch into Washington Star: “Let yoh aims be high,” sald Uncle Bben, “but doan' fohgit dat dah am moh practical returns fum good job of whitewashin' dan dey is f'um a bad job of lanscape paintin’.” Chicago Record: Cora Phay—You don't mean that you're golng to marry again, do you? Comlic Opera Prima Donna (Indignantly)— Do you mean to imply it's time for me to abandon my artistic career and retire? Yale Record: Doctor—Have you followed dvice {n regard to eating plain_food ping quiet at home? Patient—That's all T've been able to do since you'sent in your bill. Indianapolis Journal: Would-be_Settler— How s the death rate about here? Old_Citizen—Wal, it's pretty cheap jist now since the town doctors got to cuttin’ prices. Philadelphia Record: The ball player is always anxious for a change of base. Excited Colored Ladies nt's yer to keep yer prom ise and marry “me. Colored Lothario- G'way, niggahs! Don't make sich scan’- alous’ prepersitions to a married man who has got two wives already. Does bofe of you fools wanter get ‘rested for bigotry? Indianapolls Journal: “I think," said the boa after he had swallowed the deer; “I think T shall take a rest. I don't believe in traveling on a full stomach.’ Chicago Record: Mrs. Tghlife~And how do you manage to escape having that odious Cheapstone at your lovely little din- ners? One feels that ‘one’s obliged to invite her, you know. Mri. Smartleigh—Yes, but T give all my invitations to her to my husband to mail. Texas Siftings: (in chorus)—I “Talk about slownesst™ e just heard of ‘Washington Star: sald a traveling man, the very essence of ft." ow” was that?” wo United States senators happened to be in Philadelphia at the same time, and one of them wrote a note to the other ask ing his views on a tarlff amendment, and sent by a district messenger boy." WOES OF THI HAIRLESS. New York Journal, * I know the heated term is near, Though I'm not weatherwise, For on my head I feel and hear The frisky festive flles. I would that I a crown might wear In the peaceful great beyond, 8o flles could not rub off my hair To make a skating pond. e Spoils Before Dut; Indfanapolis Journal. g Postmster General Bissell complains that his time and attention are so largely ab- sorbed in listening to the statements of senators and representatives who are after appointments that he finds very little time to devote to the detalls of the man- agement of his department. Every post- master general for the last thirty years has had the same experlence. The insati- ate greed for office has no regard for the public interests, ora 1 LTS e Ty Ty i 18 G T W . A W AnA=a, . so great. make it. 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