Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 4, 1894, Page 4

< i ¢ THEOMAHA DAILY BEE, B. ROSEWATER, Editor, e = PUBLISHED - — TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pafly Bee (without Sunday), One Year. Paily and Hunday, One Yo Venie £ix Monthe.. syoneb IVERY MORNING. Baturday Weekly 1. o Tee Tuilling. b, corner N Agd Twenty-fourth Sta. THufa Offio K. Ro: tngton, 1k CORRESPONDENCE. 4 b imunieations relating to news and edi- Tor Ahold o addreseed: To the Editor. BUSIN LETTERS. ANl busincss letters and remittances should be Areased Publishing company, Omahn k& and postoffice orders 10 be made pn he order of the company. T 3 COMPANY. Ormntin Gommeree. , 14 and 15, Tribune Bidg. * sireot, N. ANl o tortal B - STATEMENT OF CIRC George 3. Taschuck, secretary of T Lishing company, benik duly swor actual number of full and comple Dally Morning, ik und_Hun prin during the montii of May, 1804, was as follows: by is 20 {10017 2 | IR 2 eo Pub- hat the of The Less coples OO ol e o Daily average net ecirculation. *Sunday. IORGE T Bworn to before me and subscribed ence this 24 day of . 184, TZSCHUCK., in my pres- America has been unusually quiet Isn't it about time South the past month or more. for a new revolution? Put a few more articles on the free list and it may be a tarift for deficit, even with the income tax attachment. Chicago is crying for benches on the boulevards. Omaha is quite willing to wait for the benches until after she has secured the boulevards. We may possibly find out who devised the pending senate tariff bill if we only wait in patienco for further denials from men who have been charged with having a hand fn it. Is it the same Congressman Mercer now announcing his prospective marriage to a Minneapolis young woman who, only a short time ago, was writing letters endorsing the “‘patronize home industry” movement? Of course it is merely accidental that the president of the Sugar trust happens to be in Europe and out of the reach of the sen- ate bribery Investigating committee. The committee might have felt embarrassed had he remained within calling. Every taxpayer ought to know just what appropriations the council is making from month to month, but under the peculiar method which has ben In vogue for years the appropriation ordinances are not pub- lished, as a matter of economy. e When a real subject for detective work presents itself to be unraveled the vauntea detectives of the police force are lamentably lacking. That is not the kind of work for which our so-called, detectives are retained on the city pay roll. There is nothing in it for them. Mr. E. Ellery Anderson has resigned one of the numerous receiverships to which he has been appointed on the ground that his services are no longer needed in the conduct of that particular railroad. If Mr. Anderson ,Were as conscientious with regard to all the recelverships which he holds he might 80on be out of a Job altogether. Because M. Dupuy exchanged the pre- _mlership for the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies M. Casismir-Perrier thinks that ho ought to be able to regain his place ‘as preslding officer of the Chamber by the _mame process. But he is not finding it so .easy a task as he supposed. Should he suc- coed it 18 no more than probable that all the future ex-premiers will imagine that they are entitled to the same consolation Chicago will have to withdraw all her boasts as to the expeditious manner in which justice is administered by her courts since Prendergast, the assassin of the lato Mayor Harrison, is assured at least a com- fortablo summer freo from all fears of sum- mary punishment for his misdecds. The deluy of justice is nearly equivalent to its perversion. The effect of meting out pun- dshment in the Prendergast case will bo practically nuliified by the delay which has been encountered, i —_— The city council has passed an ordinance “devylng special taxes upon the owners of certain specified pleces of property ranging from 7 cents to $2 each, for the purpose of defray tho expense of clearing the ad- Joining sidewalks from snow last winter. The amounts are all small in themselves, but add up a considerable sum. It s, how- a well attested fact that small Assessments of this kind are just as dificult of collection as large ones, and the city {s quite likely to see the greater number of them go Into delinquency. It sounds almost ludicrous to us to hear of the initlation of the German emperor's #on Into the army at the age of 10. To the young man, however, this is one of the necessary steps In his education. It is as essential for him to be enrolled In one of tho military ccmpanies and to obtain the discipline of the soldier as it is for him to learn to read and write. The time may come whon the govornment of the German empire will require the sorvices of civilians only, but that time Is evidently not within the view of its present ruler, The most liberal advertisers in know the publications having accredited elrculation fn this city and scction. Ex- perience and msults have fixed the measure of value of space In the legitimate publica- ticns of this city. Their patrons know what they are buying when they contract for space in the columns of such' papers. They have long since learned that it pays to advertise thelr wares in newspapers of Rrown circulation. Advertisers are, how- e\er, entitled to some protection against the Teaderloss weeklles, semi-weeklles and monthlles, as well as advertising In' hotsl Tegister blotters, on variegated placards, il mirated albums, almanacs, patent medi- eine wrappers and salvation leaflets. But the fool killer will have to make several * ftours before the guilible advertiser can be taught Lo know what advertising mediums bring the best returos. Omaha TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION CASE, One of the many Important decisions handed down by the United States supreme conurt just previous to Its adjournment, one of the most important to the poople of Ne- braska because of its possible bearing upon the outcome of the maximum freight rate law Injunction proceedings, Is that upon the Texas rallway commission case. This case involved the point of a state's constitutional right to regulate rallroad rates and the validity of the schedule of maximum rates that had been prescribed by the Texas state rallway commission. It arose upon a writ of injunction secured by one of the rallroads to prevent the members of the eommission from cxercising the powers conferred upon them Dy statute and from attempting to enforce the rates which they had established. As well as can be made out from the ab- stracts of the decislon that are at present avaliable the supremo court in this case seems to have applied - without material modification the law which had been lald down in previous opinions upon the railway rates question. The objection that this was in reality a sult against the state, although nominally against the officers of the state, and consequently beyond the court's constl- tutional jurisdiction, was turned aside as untenable. But the opinlon continues: “Pass- ing from the question of jurisdiction to the act Itself, there can he no doubt of the general power of the state to regulate the fare and freight rates which may be charged and received by railroads and other car- riers, and this regulation may be carrled on by means of a commission. Such a commis- sion Is merely an administrative board created by the state for carrying’into effect the will of the state as expressed by its leg- islature.” 1f the legislature can exercise this power through a commission it must be admitted that it can exercise it directly. No plainer affirmation of the state's right to fix maximum freight rates could be de- sirod. Accordingly the injunction was dis- solved, so far as it operated to restrain the Texas railway commission from proceeding to establish rallroad rates as empowered by law. As to the particular schedule of maximum rates which had been established by the Texas commission, the supreme court leaves the Injunction In force. It does this after a minute inquiry into the history of the rail- roads affected, the circumstances surround- ing thelr construction, thelr present value and indebtedness, from which the conclusion 1s reached that the rates in question are un- reasonable. The examination into the rea- sonableness of the rates appears to be under- taken for the reason that the Texas law sought to make them conclusive in all actions between private individuals and the com- panies and also to impose heavy penalties for the violation of its provisions. This the court construed to be a practical denlal to the railroad companlies of the right of a judiclal inquiry into the reasonableness of the rates prescribed by the commission. It is indeed very doubtful whether, had the Texas law made provision similar to that of the Ne- braska maximum freight rate law for an appeal by the railroads to the state courts against any oppressive rates in the schedule, the supreme court would have assumed juris- diction to go Into the matter of reasonable rates, since there would have then been no denial of the right of a judicial inquiry. The people of Texas view the decision, al- though not completely in their favor, as a great victory for the state and a vindication of the supremacy of the people over the rail- roads. The fact that the opinion prepared by JusticesBrewer is unanimously concurred in by the other members of the court is an admonition to the railroads of the futility of further denfal of the power of the state to fix and regulate railroad rates. A DEFENSE OF THE SOUTH. The speech recently made in the senate by the new semator from Georgia, Patrick Walsh, has attracted attention by reason of its defense of the south against the charge that the people of that section scek to cripple or destroy the industries of the north, and that the proposed income tax, which southern democratic representatives unanimously favor, is a scctional assault upon the enterprise and thrift of the north. The Georgia senator, speaking for the peo- ple of his state, declared that no such senti- ments as they have been charged with hold- ing are cherished by them. He declared that when the war ended the southern peo- ple buried their resentments in the grave with their dead, and since that time they have turned their hearts to the union, They have endeavored, he said, to cultivate friendship with the people of the north, and aro today animated by love for their fellow countrymen in all parts of the United States. Indismayed by the loss of fortune,” said the Georgla senator, “the people set bravely to work to reclaim the high place which tho south had held in the progress of the nation. The south is destined to become the greatest manufacturing section of the United States. In this light it would be an act of supreme folly for her representatives to commit themselves to any legislation that would be destructive of manufacturing Interests. The greatest possibilities for southern development are in the utilization of tho dormant wealth that lies In her water powers, her virgin timber, her coal and fron, her cotton and other raw ma- terials, essentlal to the upbuilding of large manufacturing interests. Hence the ab- surdity of charging that the south Is seek- ing to destroy the manufacturing Industries of the country and the wages of labor in wging this terift reform legislation. No such unworthy motives actuate the southern people.”” Having said this Mr. Walsh pro- ceeded to advocate the democratic revenue polley, with the qualification that the pend- ing bill does not go far enough in the di- rection of tariff reform, thus implying, what other democrats in congress have frankly declared, that it the democratic party shall be given another opportunity it will not leave American industries much if any of the slight protection which the proposed tarift gives them. It would be very agreeable to accept the assurances glven by Senator Walsh without Question, but unfortunately there is evidence which seems to show that he is not thor- oughly famillar with southern sentiment generally, though he may be fully author- ized to speak for the sentiment of the peoplo of his own state. So far as the semator himsalt is concerned, nobody will doubt that he speaks with candor and from sincere con- viction, but he represents a constituency much above the average of the southern con- stituencles in intelligences and enterprise and the aspiration for progress, and we should not expect to find there any pro- nounced sentiment of hostility to the north or to northern industries, although It is by N0 means to be conceded that none exists. To find this sentiment well defined one must look for it in those portions of the south where the people are less Intelligent, less enterprising and less ambitious than are those of Gecrgla, and where, also, the con- ditions to progress and a higher degree of prosperity are far less favorable, and 1t is DAILY BEE the constitnencies composed of these people who aupply the majority of the democratic representatives in congress. It is useless to pretend that these people have any love for the north, or that they would not welcome a policy that would result In breaking down northern industries. The large majority of them want absolute free trade and are today deeply indignant at the fallure of the present congress <o destroy all protection. The strongest denunciation of the conservative democratic senators who have ‘nsisted upon retalning fome measure of protection for American Industries has from the south, The progress of the south in material de- velopment is gratifylng to the people of the north, and the continued advance of that section 1s hoped for. The south cannot grow and prosper without helping the whole coun- try. But fs should be borne In mind that what has been accomplished there fs due to the republican policy of protection, against which the south is now solidly arrayed, and the destruction of which would be fatal to northern Industries. TRADE WITH SPANISH-AMERICA. The policy of cultivating closer commer~ clal relations between the Spanish-American republics and the United States is. so ob- viously wise and sound that it would seem the offorts of all political parties here would be directed to that object, but the abandon- ment of the reciprocity pollcy, determined on the by democrats, is manitestly hostile to the promotion of more Intimate and therefore enlarged trade relations with the countries south of us. As was sald by Sen- ator Proctor of Vermont in his speech on this subject, the Spanish-American repub- lics are our mutual friends and allies. Thelr products are different from ours, and liberal trade relations with them would not harm, but help our producers. At the same time they would servo to strenghten the friend- ship and confidence which ought to exist between the different parts of independent America. The Vermont senator said that if there are any countries with which we ought to cultivate freer trade relations they are these southern republics. We are allke Isolated from the great powers of Europe; we alike have a common interest in the maintenance of self-government upon the American con- tinents and the excluston of foreign politl- cal power and influence from them. The United States as the largest and most pow- ertul of the American nations ought natur- ally to exercise a preponderating influence in American affairs. Her ability to do this depends upon the closeness of her relations and the extent of her intercourse with her sister republics. The vital purpose of recl- procity was to draw nearer to this country, in the matter of trade, all the republics of this hemisphere, and through this to grad- ually establish among them a mutual in- terest that would operate to promote the general prosperity. The ultimate possibility of the successful carrying out of this plan would be to render the American repub- lic practically independent, commercially, of Europe, instead of, as at present, having their financial and trade affairs largely controlled by Furopean bankers and mer- chants. It was a comprehensive and far- reaching policy which republican statesman- ship inaugurated and which democratic statesmanship now proposes shall be aban- doned. It is a policy the full fruits of which could not be gathered in a few years, but it has met every reasonable expectation of its advocates and accomplished enough to dem- onstrate that were it to be continued bene- fits of incalculable value would ultimately come from it. It is an interesting and instructive fact that while the democratic party proposes to give up every advantage possessed by us in the markets of our sister republics and man- ifests utter indifference with respect to our political and trade relations with them, that party offers to Canada the most liberal treatment of her natural products and asks nothing in return. The boon of a free American market for their agricultural products, which the people of the Dominion have been secking for years, they will get if the pending tariff bill becomes law and they will not need to make a single con- cession in return. It is in harmony with the democratic tendency to prefer European to American interests. e WHAT THEY CAN'T DO. We realize that under the leadership of Bellwether Hascall the charter cuts very lit- tle figure, but for all that it may not be in- appropriate to call attention to section 168, page 115, of the charter, which reads as fol- lows: The compensation and salary of all officers and agents of the city, not hercin specified, shall be fixed and determined by ordinanco and shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which such officer or agent shall be appointed. Agent doubtless means employe and that of course would Include the entire salary list, including inspectors, clerks and deputies of heads of the various departments. Mark you, the charter says that the salary of every officer or agent must first be fixed by ordi- nance and when so fixed cannot elther be raised or reduced. The council cannot slash around promiscuously to ralse and lower salarles. The only way it can legally cut down the pay roll is by ordinance designat- Ing the gencles or employments to be dls- pensed with. That of course means that the ordinance must have the mayor's approval or pass over his veto. But no ordinance re- ducing or raising salaries for the term for which an agent has been employed would be valid, even if it passed the council promiscu- ously. g The manifest purpose of the charter Is to have every agency, office or employment which Is not expressly provided for in the charter created by ordinance, and when the office is filled the appointment becomes a contract between the city and its employe. This contract binds the city to pay the e ploye the amount specified In the contract, and no less. The employe so long as he holds the position s obliged to serve for-the salary named and no more. The conditions are precisely the same as they would be be- tween the city and a contractor for labor and materlal. The city Is obliged to pay the sum named in the contract whether prices of labor and material go down and the con- tractor s obliged to carry out his compact no matter how much the prices of labor or material may advance. e S The decislon of the United States supreme court that the usual constitutional provisions that all property shall be taxed at its true value and that taxation shall be equal and uniform do not operate to prevent a legls- lature from granting corporations perpetual exemption from the payment of taxes may bo good law, or at any rate must now be accepted as good la: but it ought to point out the necessity of providing against such abuses of power by constitutional prohibitions. A legislature that can exempt favored cor- porations from taxation and bind its suc- cessors to Its action for all time to come can restrict the burdens of taxation to the fow who are unable to command speclal come cltizens a system ation which, under clause of the fed protected by the any change which wish to effect e contract guarantee gonstitution, will be i authorities against e peoplo may later ef of this kind is too dangerous to ged in the ordinary state legislature, States in which it still exists should not_delay the aduption of the requisite constitutibndl amendments. That was a wise flh!l\rmlnnllfln on the | v | steps should part of the young German emperor to hay an officfal annourfcembnt made of the fact that he has undéngofie a successful opera- tion for an Inconsequential tumor. By o doing he anticipaged all unofficlal accounts of the event and I:m'rumd the suspicion that always attaches to royal movements covered by attempts at concealment. Had he tried to keep the matter quiet vague and uncer- tain rumors would have found their way ancng his subjects and it would have been difficult later to convince them that the foundation of fact was in reality insignifi- cant. We in the United States had an illus tration of this when President Cleveland had a tooth pulled last summer. All sorts of storles were simmediately set afloat, and it was with the greatest effort that tho people wers porsuaded that the president's life was not in danger. The course pur- sued in this instance by Emperror William may set a precedent that if followed will prevent the circulation of unfounded ru- mors as to the health of prominent men. A Mugwump Confession. Harper's Weekly. The democratic party has had its trial and has failed. It has been placed in con- trol of the federal government, and it has demonstrated its Incapacity to carry out its pledges. It Stuns the Senate. Courler-Journal. It is beyond the ability of any member of the loquacious senate to understand why a newspaper correspondent or anybody else should have to be made to talk when siven half a chance. The Empty Trea<ury. Springficld Republican, There {s no denying the serlous financlal straits of the government. Notwithstand- ing that $60,000,000 has only lately been borrowed for use in meeting current ex- penses, the funds are again getting so low that more must be borrowed If the present situation I prolonged a month or two longer. i ey Strange Effect of Woman Suffrage. Kansas City Star. The statement that the marriage and birth rates have increased in Wvyoming since the women have been exercising the elective franchise is the strongest argu- ment in favor of equal suffrage which has vet been presented. But it Is probably an illustration of the fallacy—post hoc, prop- ter hoe. e S S The Policy of Noninterference. Philadelphia Ledger. Claus Spreckels says that the present provisional government of Hawall is bound to go to smash, but possibly he is preju- diced. However, if the provisional govern- ment cannot maintain itself in power, that is a matter for the Inhabitants of the is- lands to determipe. The approved Amer- ican policy Is on@ of noninterference with Hawali, save that the United States will not consent to th& ingérposition of any for- elgn power in th& affairs of the Sandwich islands. In the ldtten, particular the duty of this country in“the matter is undisputed by any American citizen An Impractical Theorlst. Lincoln News. Secretary Morton has an article in the June Forum in which he displays his yawning ignoranee ofathe real condition of the agricultural classes by declaring what three-fourths of them are out of debt, and pronouncing theni to be the most prosper- ous class in the country today. Inasmuch as the secretary bases his opinion upon the imperfect censu§ returns of four vears ago, since which time the farmers have been very hard hit, his platitudes will fall on unbeleving ears. With wheat and corn and all other farmers' products at the present low. market prices—p:ices which are below. the cost of production on the average farm—farmers must indeed be excessively prosperous. Mr. Morton was selected as secretary of agriculture, we are told, because he was a practical farmer. 'The real facts appear to be that the secretary is a theoretical farmer ot the most impractical kind. e PEOPLE AND THINGS. To the beach, Hordtlo, swim or perish. Governor Waite surely ought to secure the sought-for gore on Bull Hill. The United States would profit by the ex- ample of European nations in the matter of cabinet crises. The report that Senator Gorman has gone democratic has some foundation, He Is physically prostrated. The effective work of Spanish bulls in re- cent exhibitions has not exhausted the stock of American admiration. It would be a relief to the south it Gen- eral Rosser would crawl into his blow hole and pull the clerical Cave after him. 1t is reported one of the pipes dug up in West Omaha instantly decomposed on being exposed to the gaze of the electrological ex- perts. Claus Spreckels is going to Europe, and says that he has retired from active life and is not interested In sugar. He has certainly raised enough cane to make his old age comfortable. “I'd give anything to go to the races,” exclaimed bis better half, looking after the band wagon, Saturday. “Ah, the good old times! I did not miss one then.” “You were a looker-on then, my dear; now you are in the race.” “Yes, the race for ex- istence.”” And the band’ continued playing. General Rosser still hankers for blood. When General Sheridan challanged him to spill some, years ago, tradition has it that Rosser turned tail and ran. *Hi, there," exclaimed o member of his staff, “what are you running for. “Because I can't fly, you infernal fool,” retorted Rosser. His mouth s running now. The St. Paul Globe explains that the matrimonial misfortunes of Sig. Perugini are traceable to his hot Italian blood, and that wife beating s characteristic of Italy. If he had been born of one of the English speaking races he would doubtless have re- colled with horror at the mere thought of using physical violence. Unfortunately for the Globe's knowledge of racial pecullari- ties, the signor is not an Itallan, He was born in England and his name is John Chatterton. A New York genius possessing brains and cash proposes building an island some miles off the coast and erecting thereon a huge caravansary for the accommodation of the exclusive set. Huge steel plers are to be sunk in the ocean,,the space between to be filled with rock and cdment. The object Is to secure sea breezes, untainted with ple- blan odors, for the urlstocracy. Mr. Coen, the projector, is enthusiastic. Difto the Amerlcan Casket trust) The latter belioves in_encouraging homwe industry, Professor Glibchln, the sage of Druid Hill, ridicules the assumption of a French sclent- ist that man fs the only creature en- dowed with the power' to scratch his own back. To the average man the task Is im- possiblé without the assistance of a door jam or a wife. Why, the ordinary domestic fly can wrap its fedt over its back, and, af- ter sand-papering the cuticle, then' tie them into a bow knot.without grunting. The professor's knowledge sof the peculiarities, possibilities and lmitations of things ani- mate entitles him 0 @ pew among Amer- ican immortals. st and unequal tax- | | standing. The successor to Governor Crounse POLITICAL POTPOURRL Red Cloud Chlef: Jack MacColl of Dawson county becomes stronger each day as a candi- date for governor. The people want a wests orn man this time, and Jack s just about | the fellow that will get there | Durtonlan: The complete salvation of the ropublican party in Nebraska this fall, more decidedly than in any previous cam: paign, depends upon the quality of the tickot nominated on Augnst 22 Beatrice Expross: When Kom's term ex- pires it matters little what he does, 8o that | he does not purchase n few pounds of type and establish a_newspaper at Kearney. Some be taken to prevent such a catastrophe. Kearney Sun: It fs evident that Ne- braska’s next governor will be nominated | at Omaha, August 22, Billy Bryan and his freo-silver-dodge-to-catch-the-pops notwith- will be a republican. Norfolk Journal: One step toward reform in republican party methods would be to place the management of the campaign in the hands of an executive committee instead allowing each candidate to mako a personal canvass and look out principally for number one. Reck County Enterprise: Plenty of time should be given so that all republicans may know the date of the primarics, and all republicans should make it their business to attend the primaries and sec to it that representative republicans are sent as dele- gates to the convention. Nebraska City Press: Hon. Jim Boyd Is not being quoted nowadays, but he will probably be on hand a few weeks hence, when the democracy of Nebraska, reorgan- ized on a silver basis, shall call for a leader. Governor Jim has a faculty of slipping In just at the right time to catch a ripe plum. Imperial - Bnterprisc: Jack MacColl of Lexington is a prominent candidate for governor on the republican ticket. If he recelves the nomination, and there is no ‘reason why he should not, he will poll the full strength of his party in all parts of the state. He is a man of great ability, and will fill the high position with credit and honor to the state, Mason City Transcript: Now comes Col- onel H. C. Russell of Schuyler with the an- nouncement that he is a candidate for the republican nomination for commissioner of public lands and bulldings, from which we are led to believe that the colonel's old job of recelver of the Central National bank of Broken Bow has about played out, or rather the colonel has used up all the assets in pay- ment of his salary, Schuyler Quill (pop.): This papgr has nothing against J. N. Gafin and believes that he would make a good gevernor, but considers that the populists will make a mistake if they do not allow him to remain where he Is, be agaln elected to the legls lature and again chosen speaker of the house. 1f Gaffin runs again in Saunders county he Is sure of electfon, while some other man might not be. Let well enough alone! Friend Telegraph: Hon. J. H. MacColl of Lexington is taking the lead among the prob- able candidates on the republican ticket for governor. We have known Jack, lo these many years, and can testity to the fact that the ‘wind of Nebraska never blew through the whiskers of a finer man or one more competent to fill that position with credit to himselt and the state. He will receive the solid support of those who know him best and longest. Schuyler Sun: The republicans of Me- Keighan's district appear determined to again nominate the bright and brilliant W. BE. Andrews for congress. Andrews made a gallant fight two years ago against great odds, and, although McKeighan was on two tickets, he was elected by a comparative small majority. Should Andrews be nomi- nated this year he will stand a splendid chance of being elected, as the voters there have had enough of McKeighan. Lincoln Herald: Some misguided indi- vidual from Beatrice named Dan Cook has recently been in Washington, and while there endeavored to convince the cuckoos that the democrats of Nebraska are dead sure to declare against free silver at the next state convention of the party. It Is more than likely that after the next dem- ocratic state convention Mr. Cook’s demo- cratic goose will be cooked and that he will be looking around for a party that he can Join without flopping. Greeley Leider: Since Governor Crounse has withdrawn from the race many would like to see Hon. A. E. Cady of St. Paul nom- inated for governor this fall. It seems to be the prevailing opinion among men of all par- ties that Cady is built just right to fit the executive chair to a dot.” He would certainly receive many votes that Tom Majors or MacColl could never hope to get, and would lose very few from either. Cady would run far ahead of either in this locality. There is only one better man in the state, and that is Hon. James Whitehead of Broken Bow. Either would sweep everything before him. Wahoo Wasp: The Schuyler Sun sends a marked copy of its last issue containing a column writeup of the good qualities of Hon. H. C. Russell for commissioner of public lands and bulldings. The Sun never opened jts head when Saunders county’s candidate, Hon. T. J. Pickett, was announced for sec- retary of state, and we can't see how 1t can expect us to fall over ourselves in our rush to boom Mr. Russell. This paper Is for Hon. T. J. Pickett of Ashalnd for sec- retary of state, and if when he is nom- inated there is room on the ticket for Mr. Russell, well and good, but for the present we have but one candidate for state honors, and shall not persistently advocate the nom- ination of any other candidate before the state convention. Fairmont Signal: We find among the names composing the list of candidates for Ileutenant governor in The Omaha Bee the name of C. S. Miller of this city. There is no doubt the people of Fillmore county wlill call upon Mr. Miller to represent them in some capacity in recognition of his emi- nent fitness, and should the state conven- tion select him for the second place he would add strength to the ticket and carry his own county by a very flattering votg. The question of a majority would only be as to the size of it—how nearly unanimous it could be made. But if we may be allowed to suggest an amendment to the lieutenant governor clause we would substitute that Mr. Miller would just fill the requirements of the senatorship for Fillmore and York counties. et Contagion of Demoralization, Indlanapolis Journal. Mr. Wilson, author of the celebrated bill of that namé, has not yet recovered his strength, and' Senator Gorman's nervous system Js sald to be so completely pros- trated that it is doubtful whether he will be scen in_the senate before the tarift bill 18 disposed of. There is something dis- tinetly malarious about democratic tarift bills, and democratic congressmen are find- ing It _out. They are beginaing to look upon the remarkable conglomerations as hoodoos. ———— SHE STOOPS T0O CONQUER. Roy L. McCardell in Puck. The doctor sald, “She must go out And take some exercise; You must not let her mope about As she does in this wise." In_vain I conxed and begged and plead, Cajoled her and abusc “I feel too tired,” was all she said; And still she sat and mused. And then I had a brilliant thought, And selzed at once upon it; That day a stunning dress 1’ bought, Also a” cunning bonnet. And now she goeth forth arrayed In all her panoply To see if there I8 wife or mald Who 18 well dressed as she. Her health and color have returned— Her interest in life; But, to this day, I've not discern'd Who's fooled—I, or my wite! Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Roval Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE HRYAN'S SILVER SIDESHOW. Plerce County Call: It behooveth lsts to keep in the middle of the Don't tramp on the grass! Lincoln News: It young Mr. really fishing for a gubernatorial tion ‘at the hands of the populists hard fight abead of him | Beatrice Bxpross: It must pain Mr. Dryan | to observe that nobody places any faith in | his statement to the effect that he doesn't | want afoflice and wouldn't take an office 1f it were offered him on a silver snow shovel Falls City Journal: Bryan says thy ltue ation in Nebraska Is full of diffieultios, The greatest difficulty probably in Bryan's est| mation 18 (o see how to overcome a ropub. lican plurality of 7,919 last fall in his dis- trict. Wealth Makers: The freo silvor demo- crats of Nebraska have called a conference of their kind to be held in Omaha tho last of June. This Is all right. Split out of the old machine the live timber, and it will in- evitably drift or be drawn toward us North Dend Republican: The proposed Omaha convention of free silver democrats will not amount to much. Morton and Cas- tor have the giving out of the patronage, and they are gold standard men. And where Is the democrat who will take chances on losing a government job? Pawnee City Republican: The Honorable William J. Bryan will find it much harder work riding two horses going different ways this fall than he did two yoars ago. His free silvor hobby may capture the pops, but wait and see how he will fare in the house of his friends—the democratic party. ‘Weeping Water Republican: A call signed by 250 prominent 16 to 1 free silver demo- crats has been made for a convention to be held fn Omaha this month. The business of this convention will be to split the demo- cratic party square in two and slap Clove- land and Secretary Morton In the face, while Bryan's virtues will be extolle Let T | split, slap and extol. ~ We, as republicans, can watch the scrap and enjoy the perforin ance hugely. It Is only a scheme of Billy's for notorlety. ~ He couldn't face the music in the First district and will attempt some- thing desperate in the state, Sloux City Times: The Times does not fear to begin talking thus early about Mr. Bryan and the sepate, and Mr. Bry Ne- braska friends will got over their timidity in a short time. AN this will be cold com fort to the man who alone has the heavy responsibility of representing the western | democracy In the cabinet of a democratic president. It may be, after all, that b tween the two factions and the populists there will be a r sent to the senate from Nebraska next time. It would not sur prise many. Nebraska Is a pretty good | state as a whole, even If it docs go wrong politically in spots. Lincoln News: _ The latest news from the west is to the effect that R. A. Batty, th Hastings democrat who did not get the post- | office, will openly espouse the cause of free | silver and be a delegate to the Omaha mon- grel convention. Batty was chairman of the democratic state convention three years ago, in which Bryan met his first rebuff, and at the convention in this city last fall Batty made a speech against Bryan and free silver. He was a candidate for the IHastings post- office then and was legging for the admiuis tration. He didn’t get the office and it is stated now that he is agalnst the administra- tion, despite the fact that he once dined with Grover and Frances en famille. Kearney Hub: One of these days when Billy Bryan finds himself dangling by a slender thread between the devil and the foad, | Bryan s nomina he has a ! choose deep sea he will be praying for a balloon to come along and carry him to some far country, some fool's delight, where ol ti:ians have no penalty to pay for their foliies. In his new departure he is between two fires right at the start. A representative demo- cratic paper like the Beatrice Democrat scouts fusion and declares that Bryan's atti- tude Is more populistic than democratic. The Wealth Makers, a leading populist four- nal at Lincoln, declares that fusion would ruin the populist party, and advises Bryan to stay whera he is or come clear over to the pops. And so it goes. Pawnee Independent: The Bryan dem- ocracy of this state has fssued a call for a gathering of the free silver element of the party in a conference at Omaha on June 21, The call is signed by many of the leading democrats of the state. Just what s in- tended by the call, or just what is ex- pected to result therefrom, is not easily de- termined by those outside of the move- ment, but it is believed that the liberal and progressive element of the party intends to make one more effort to regain control of the party machinery. If successful they will unite with the free silver democrats of other western states in the effort to bounce the gold bugs from control of their party. If unsuceessful it Is surmised that the free silver wing of the party will sever their connection with Grover and join with the people's party in the coming fall cam- paign. We believe the latter course would be the wiser. No one man in the state has a greater personal following than Billy Bryan, and if he and his friends conclude to take the long deferred step of joining the people’s party it can be made to result in an over- whelming victory for popular principles and the free coinage of silver. e Too Lont a Careor. Gering Courer. The judicial career of C. R. Scott of Omaha’ will_end with the current term, and it ought to end much sooner. Theé Jjudge who prostitutes the power delegated to him by ‘the people to wreak rcveniw for his private wrongs, fancied or real, I8 no judge. He occupies exactly the same position in his official sphere as did the women of the ancient city to which tne Revelator alluded. CURRENT COMMENT, In his speech at the onfederate monument af Richmond last Wednesday, General Rosser mald: “Wo will 1ive to sen the Yankee army march through the south and pull down oue monuments, * % ® bt there will be bloodshed when that Is done.” The calamity howling center 18 shifting from Kansas to the southeast ow York Sun: It appears to us, and we believe It will appear to most porsons of ordinary common sense, that Mr. Gray's Ine vestigating committee, so called, will find Mr. Carlisle's testimony much more useful as the starter of an honest and thorough inquiry than anything to be obtained from the journalists with whose recaleitrance the committee Is now occupying itseif. Call the secretary. Washington Star: The mine owners of the Cour ('Alene region are advertising for 4,000 miners to work at wages of $2 and $3 por day; the planters of the Mississippl delta are preparing to bring In w number of south European farm laborers to work in thele cotton flelds, because they cannot secure sufficlent help in this country, and sever: thousand “Industrials” are tramping through the United States In tho direction of Washs ington New York Sun: In the interest of science, and with no lack of consideratisn for “one of our most remarkable men,” we suggost that Governor Davis Hector Walite of Col orado has a duty to perform. He ought to fmpanel a jury of edieal men, alienist psychologists and cerebrologisis, and to have his head opened and his works examined, He can't keep on winding himself up every day with such a buzz and rattle. This ters riblo whirring is ominous. The old boy ought to get himself repatred at once. He has been striking twenty-five at 1 o'clock for more than a year. Something will snap soon. That would be a blow to the ernor. What it he should go sane Chicago Tribune signs of structural weakness In atlc party south. A few days ago there was a municipal election at Norfolk, Va., and the entire democratic ticket was de- feated, At Martinsburg, Va., this week an election was held and the republicans not only elected their mayor, but every member of the council, it belng the first time the ity has gone republican in twenty-two rs. Recently several towns in North Carolina also elected republican officlals. It looks as if the demoeratic party, which I8 critically sick in the north, is coming down with the same aflment fn the south. It is golng from bad to worse all over. |, Chicago Herald: Efforts to end the coal miners' strike in this state are being hin- dered by the refusal of one of the largest coal companies to participate n the conference between the miners and the operators. The company in question declines to have any dealings with the miners' organization, and, as a settlement cannot be effected unless all the companies are represented, the negotia: tions are at a deadlock. This is a most unwise and unpopular_attitude for any cors poration to assume. The time has gone by when the labor organizations could be Ig- nored. The miners have a perfect right to representatives to represent thelr case and any corporation which stands on its dignity in an emergency like the present cannot be accounted a friend to the public interest, Every industry in the state is threatened with paralysis because of the strike. It ought to be settled at once, and any one—miner or operator—who delays a scttlement through obstinacy or from any other motive is a public enemy. e JOKERS' SOOTHING SYRUP. Chicago Tribun dedication of the to be the demo- Mhere appears Puck: The milk of human kindness is not very heavily enameled with cream. yracuse Courler: It is surprising how much we will take from a rich uncle—if we can get it. Life: “My wife has persuaded me to go to church with her Sunday. “Pleasant dreams, old man."” Indianapolls Journal: She—T belleve the affection you possessed for me was all put on. Tle—Same as your complexion was In those days, eh? Buffalo Expr It s passing strange that soft coal should be so hard—to get. Washington Star: “Dah's o good deal fn mekin’ a_judiclous ch'ice ob yoh field ob endeavor,” said Uncle Eben. “Industry an’ pereseverance ain' gwine ter he'p de hand organ grinder dat piays in front ob a deaf an’ dumb asylum.’ Lowell Courfer: The formation of a trust by cranberry growers is calculated to call forth tart and saucy remarks from customers. Roston Budget: She—And now, my dear, having given you a bit of my mind I'm off to the dentist to have my tooth filled. He —Ask him to fill the rest of your mouth while he's about it. Chicago Tribune: ateful Customer—I am glad to see you keep your hands as well as_your razor scrupulously neat and clean, Tonsorial Artist—Yes, sir, We're obliged to. A barber never can tell when he's in danger of catching the measles or some- thing of that kind from a customer. Shams poo, sir? WANTED THE TRIMMINGS. Puck. His whiskers were long and white, And hung on his walstcoat down; And the bartender said, “I'm right When I say, he's from out of town." For he looked at the berry red On a lemonade standing near; And then to the bartender sald: Put a berry in that there beer.” X L 2K % i} 7 xx KK f—xXe\‘— TR A % oF 0 & <k $1 $12.50--$18—$20 suit for money back. ception room always open. R R % ce That HAT REFERS to our great $10 suit sale—biggest suceess we ever had- them—-Just as good suits as are made, and if you buy one, and it's not satisfactory, or you think you don't get your money's worth, we'll give your Strangers in the city are urgently requested io call and see us. Browning, King & Co., 8. W. Corner 15th and Douglas. 0——-‘ Vs so genuine—real $10 beats the best of Ladies’ private re-