Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 6, 1894, Page 4

“>that THEOMAHA DAILY BEE. ROBEWATER, Fditor. ¥ PURLISHED EVERY MORNING. BUBSCRIPTION, - Yonr $ OF Pally Teo (without Daily_and Sund Bix Montha Phree Menth " 1 Tw fourth Sts. ™ ‘sireet 1 15, Tribane de n ireet, N. W newn and el Al ¢ o the EMtor. Al by pall Om: be m; MENT OF CIRCULATIO [ 1. Tauchuek, secrotary of Th Hshing company, benfie du al pamber of full and ally Morning, ive aring the mont of Ma 2271 o Total Less deductions for Gnsoid and retpr Total wold.. Dally nverage net “sunday. cire GEORGE M. wnd subseribe 1504, Notary Public. The poliee somwmiszion hae at last waked ap and bogus detectives may as well lo K fer sther soft berth side republicans are Forgive them. A faction of north arganizing a “16 to 1 elub. They know not what they do. St. Joseph was so/irely €haken up by a srash among her jobbiug houses. Omaha looks on serenely and without concern. Judge Hitchscott still keeps on prodding Representative Goss and crowing over his remarkable decision In the Loulsiana lottery advertising case. The library board has hired an cfigineer to run the heating apparaius in the new huild- Ing. What an engineer is to do at this time of year with a heating apparatus passes somprehension. Emperor Willlam's physicians expect his sheek to heal within three days. The re- superative capacity of this faclal member would be a fine recommendation as a book igent should the emperor at any time lese als present position. It is fortunate for Congressman Mercer that woman suffrage does not prevail in Nebraska. If it did he would not be able to muster a single female vote for constable or assessor after treating the Omaha girls in this shameful manner. Oregon deserves congratulations upon one “{mportant achievement—it is assured of being relieved of Pennoyer as fovernor at the expiration of his present term. It is to be hoped that it will not be afllicted with him in any other capacity. No one can have a case of beer delivered at his house now without displaying his marriage license in a conspicuous place for the benefit of our intelligent detectives. Married people only are permitted,to drink beer under the new dispensation. Not even the great Derby can induce the House of Commons to adjourn over for the day. But if a majority quorum were needed the house would have to be con- vened at the side of the race track. The Commons are no less human than our con- gressmen. Secretary Carlisle says that there !s no foundation to the report that he 's taking steps looking toward another bond issue. ‘We may accept his denfal, but it he has not taken such steps the outlook Is that he can- not delay them very much longer unless congress comes to his rescue. England Is endeavoring to raise the tone of its newspapers by urging them to exclude objectionable matter from their columns. We were under the impression that forelgn visitors to the United States usually accused Amerlcan newspapers of being the cnly of- fenders in the world fn this line. With a sprinkling of French enthuslasm the reception of the officers of the Chicago at London could easily be made a repetition of the fetes on occasion of the recent visit of the Russian squadron at Toulon. So much ado has not been made by a foreign power over the American navy in many a year. The public school teachers have a brief respite to indulge their hopes of re-election and promotion. In the meanwhile the wire- pulling goes merrily on. It there is one thing that our public schools need more than another it Is a rational system of civil serv- fee that will nclude every member of the teaching force. A Chicago newspaper makes mention of the Investigation of the electrolysis of water mains and gas pipes In progress in this city and urges the OChicago city officlals to profit by the results accomplished by the Omaha council committee. The Chicago newspaper 1s evidently laboring under a grave misapprehension of the facts. What our council committee succeeds in learning about electrolysis won't hurt any ome In the Immediate vieinity, much less in Chicago. Chicago officials will do well to devise thelr own remedy for the trouble. The Commercial club bas chartered a traln and will, June 14, start on a tour of the leading towns of the South Platte country. The obfect of the expedition 1s to apprise the merchants and shippers of that soction of the advantages offered by the jobbers, wholesale houses and stock market of Omaba. The club will make the fact known that it Is to the pecunlary profit of all Nebraska dealers to patronize Omaha houses, If the club were not confident the proposed exeursions would not be in- augurated. When country dealers recelve the positive assurance that money can be made by patronizing Omaba no further in- ducement will be necessary to retain thelr trade. This city has for years malntained trade relations with the territory mention but our merchants are not getting the lion's share, to which they are eminently cu- titled and which once secured can be easily retalved. ’ REED | | | clap-grap, | always ‘been it AT s THE OMAHA DAILY SILVER TALK. To (he Bditor Ate you not fully aware that silver talk Is the merest political stterances to mislead the real r )t silver Lo%ge, Burrows, Cannon and o lean lendersin favor of a freer ver,” How free Just enough and_mislead “A great desl of Reed's mystified sliver v God'n sake don’t shirouded, mystorios thens of money to find therwise in ndent It Mr. Reed or any ver let him say low Just_ what he will do on this great plain Why, in th HASTINGS, Neb., June 4 of The I Reod's ot repub uge of sfl- to decelve significance,” In Mr. talk allow statem those shad. their way into_your republican paper other man favors sil- much he can stand where he 18 at'* fos there not trong, ] d nti- and liberal poli I silver” on publicar tndeed, that ment Strange, at this tim estion from the and western members, tered the intricate question,” which common people have always fully understood. By the timo the campalgn is fully on Mr. Reed and his followers will know as much about finance as other people. No doubt they will try to pass for members of the great plain people. W. G. WILLOUGHBY. Mr. Willoughby has struck the nail on the head. Mr. Reed's plan for restoring silver is mere palaver to befog the gullibles. Mr. Reed's sflver scheme Is very much like the by which Stephen A. Douglas sought to exclude slav- ery from and Nebraska. Douglas insisted that the proper way of fencing out the southern task masters was by un- friendly legislation. He insisted that the territories had a right to impose a high tax on chattels whether they were mules, horses or negroes, and he felt sure that no negroes Mr? Reed has come make a study of the silver standpoint of the mine and “to have mas squatter sovereignty doctrine Kansas ch showing can be made, of course | would be imported into a territory that Im- posed heavy taxes on that class of chattels. The free soll of Touglas very correctly denounced the squatter sovereignty a poor makeshift and insisted that con ss had a right to exclude slavery from the territorics in the organic act just as the people of the territories had a right to exclude it in their constitutions. Mr. Reed wants to force England and Germany Into bimetallism by taxing all im- ports from those countries so high as to practically exclude them. That means an embargo which would Inevitably lead to retaliation. Zngland and Germany would imply follow up the embargo against their wares and products by an embargo against American grain, flour, cattle and cotton. They would probably manage to get along without these American staples for a year or. two, it not louger, and draw on us for our gold balances to meet the interest due frem Americans to their capitalists. Mean- time they would stimulate grain and cattle raising in Russia and South America and cotton culture in Africa and Asia. The only way to get an international agreement on a ratio for silver and its restoration as a money mctal must be by voluntary co-operation. If that cannot be brought about we must curtail silver produc- tion and raise the ratio to the commercial level. There is no doubt that it would be very desirable and advantageous to restore the double standard, but that cannot be done under present conditions by boycotts, embargoes or 16 to 1 free coinage. opponents doctrine as ONE NEEDED MUNICIPAL REFORM When the office of city comptroller was created by charter enactment it was pre- sumed that the comptroller would be in po- sition to audit every voucher and every item of expense, whether for service or supplies, and have a check upon unauthorized ex- penditures and excessive charges and claims. It appears, however, that almost from the outset several of the municipal departments have been conducted entirely independent of the comptroller. They have incurred ex- penses at their own pleasure, passed upon claims and vouchers, and Increased or cut the pay roll at their own pleasure. The only document submitted to the comptroller is a list of amounts allowed to each claim- ant, with a view to having these items in- corporated into the monthly appropriation ordinance. The Board of Fire and Police Commis- sioners, the park commission and the public library board do their own auditing, and the comptroller has no means of checking up or ascertaining whether the claims for supplies or materials are just and legal and come within the limitations fixed by the charter for each of the various funds. The mayor and council are required by the char- tér to appropriate the funds necessary for each and every department of the city gov- ernment. How can they perform this duty Intelligently so long as they have no means of knowing whether the amounts to be ap- propriated represent legitimate claims? Why should they be required to vote a dollar out of the treasury without being certified to by the comptroller as properly audited and cor- rect? There Is no more reason why the park commission or the fire and police commis- sion should be exempt from the supervision of the comptroller than fis the Board of Public Works or the Board of Health. The comptroller should, by all means, have a check upon every appropriation, and no ap- propriation should be voted by the mayor and council until after the vouchers have gone through the hands of the comptroller and have received his approval. This is the only way to keep & proper check upon mu- nicipal expenditures. In the best regulated clties the expenditures Incurred by the Board of Education are also required to pass the ordeal of the comptroller's approval before warrants are issued to pay them. There Is no reason why the same system of checking should not be adopted for Omaha, The city treasurer is ex-officio the treasurer of the school board. Every dollar of the school fund is disbursed by him. _Why should not the vouchers of the school board pass through the hands of the comptroller, so as to enable him to check up with the treasurer on the school fund warrants? Such a check is imperatively needed to prevent irregu- larities and imposition as well as unlawful appropriations. The only safe way for trans- | acting the business of a city is to enforce strict business methods upon all the de- partments, and leave no room for jobs, de- falcations and misuse of public funds. SAVINGS Ba AND INCOME TAX Referring to the income tax in his speech on the tarift bill Senator Sherman sald: *“The | idea of taxing a savings bank by the con- | Bress of the United States is enough to make my blood boll. It Is a tax upon the savings of the poor, and you propose to tax them 10, 20, 30 or 40 cents on thelr small savings, through corporations in which they have invested their earnings. A corporation | has no feeling, and it of course takes care | to deduct this tax from the dividends of the depositors, I was golng to say for God's | sake, I will say for the sake of humanity, do not attempt to tax corporations who a | the custodians, the depositories of the poor ! and of the ordinarily reasonably independent persons.” This earnest protest of the Ohlo | senator against one feature of the proposed | Income tax will be appreciated at least by the willions of savings banks depositors { turoughout the country, whose ncomes from 'lm-lr deposits would be redweed under this tax At the mass meeting in New York City last week (o protest agalnst the fncome tax | provision of the pending bill the president of the largest savings bank In that city ex plained how the tax would operate institutions, He said that in the 1 | In the state of New York there Janvary 1 last nearly 1,600,000 open accounts reprosenting one quarter of the entire popu of the state, and the aggregate were $617,000,000, the of 390.50, proving that these those 5 banks were on lation osits averago each deposit being Institutions are essentially the places of de- posit of the working classes or plain pes ple. The proposed law exempts the individual man it his Income is $4,000 a year or less so0 that he may be worth and have a capital of $100,000 invested which produces $4,000 a year and still he will not be asked one cent of this tax, but the man or who has a deposit in a savings bank will be required to pay 2 per cent on its In come, no matter how small his or her cap- ftal may be. The average deposit to ecach open account in the savings banks of New York City on January 1 last was $414, but income to pay woman there are many deposits which the bill will tax that are much smaller. In a very large majority of ecases these deposits represent the only capital of the depositors. They are the savings of people who have tolled and denfed themselves for years that they might have something ahead for the “rainy day,” something to keep the wolf from the door In times like the present or in case of sickness, and it is proposed by the congress of this great country to tax these savings of the wage workers. What is true of the. effect of the proposed law in New York applies to suvings institutions in every portion of the country which are the depositories chiefly of the small savings of the people. The tax, it is true, would not reach directly the in- comes from these deposits, but everybody knows that the banks would protect them- selves and that ultimately the depositors would pay the tax. The wrong and injustice of a tax that would reach the incomes from the deposits in say- fngs banks cannot be too strongly empha sized, but it is not probable that the argu ments and protests against this contem- plated wrong to the poor whose only capital is their small accumulations in these insti- tutions will have any weight with the men in congress who are determined to have an income tax, no matter how unjust it may be in its operation and regardless of the fact that it is wholly unnecessary. IN TRE INTEREST OF IRRIGATION. The effort of western members of con- gress whose constituencies are interested in irrigation to unite upon some.arrangement for furthering legislation relating to the reclamation of the arld lands of the west is to be commended. It is the first attempt that has been made by representatives hay- ing arid lands in their states to agree upon a uniform course of procedure, and if the movement s successful, as there is reason to hope It will be, it can hardly fail to be productive of good results. According to report the majority of those interested in the question approve the bill of Senator Curey of Wyoming, which passed the sen- ate, and this, it is thought, will probably form the groundwork of the measure to be agreed upon. It is stated that one amend- ment under consideration is to authorize military officers to make the preliminary surveys, 0 as to exempt the government from any expense Involved in the first im- portant step toward a national system of irrigation. The house will be asked to set aside at least two days for debate on irriga- tion, the hope being to thereby arouse the attention of congress to the importance of the question, and perhaps secure fayorable legislation at the next session. As reported in The Bee of Sunday, Repre- sentative Sweet of Idaho has a bill which provides for a survey of certain portions of the arld region in that state, together with the water supply of that section, the survey to be made under the direction of the War department. The idea of this measure is to supply congress with information as to how much it will cost to reclaim certain tracts and the extent to which homes might be provided for the people. The plan contem- plated 18 that the government shall pursue the same course In regard to Irrigation that It does in river and harbor improvements— that is, reclaim the land in tracts of various sizes, to be disposed of to settlers as rapidly as reclaimed. It is urged that by this method the government would not be called upon to expend a very large sum of money before the returns from the sale of land would be coming into the treasury. It pro- poses a national system of irrigation, under which the government will reclaim tlie land and sell it to the home secker at what it costs to reclaim it, giving him a title to the water, as well as t the land, and event- ually transferring the control of the water to the state. Oue argument In favor of this plan is that it would make It impossible to bulld up a system amounting virtually to that of landlord and tenant In the great arld regions of the west, The advocates of this plan present some very 'good arguments in its support, but it is doubtful whether they will be found sufficiently welghty to overcome the objec- tions of those who believe that it is no part of the business of the general government to undertake the task of reclaiming the arid region. The proposed plan fs doubtless practicable, though the process would neces- sarily, be slow, but the strong point of op- position will be made to devolving the re- sponsibility of this enormous work upon the general government. The representatives of other sections of the country, it is to be apprehended, will not easily be induced to take the same view of the matter that those of the west generally do. It s wel ever, that western representatives are con- sidering the question, for it is onme of in- creasing importance from year to year. The fallure of the commission appointed by the German government to consider the currency question, with particular reference to silver, to reach any decision, will bo dis- appointing to those who had hoped for a result that would be favorable to the cause of bimetallism. The appomtment of the commission was due to the agitation in Ger- many In favor of silver, and a majority of its members were advocates of bimetalllsm. In thus constituting the commission it was Inferred that it was in deference to a ten- dency on the part of the emperor favorablo to the bimetallic policy, though more prob- ably tho intention of tho government was to glve the advocates of that pollcy the fullest possible opportunity to obtaln a hearing for thelr views. At any rate a concession was made to them, and this fact makes all the more disappointing the fail- ure of the commission to arrive at any de- cision. There can be but one conclusion from this result, and that is that the weight of testimony was against any departure by Germany from the existing monetary sys- tem, satisfaction with which was expressed by Chancellor Caprivi during the session of P T pr BEE: W LDN the International monetary conference at Drussels, and adhbrence to which was urged by the recent mesting of German bankers at Berlin. The g@éct will doubtless be to reduce the agitatiff for bimetaliism in Ger- many, and it may 4lso cause an abatement of it In England, —t loth Bryan and Morton have made their pilgrimages to Mongicello, the former home of Thomas Jeffirkoli and the shrine ot Jet- fersonian demooracy en car to the oracle that digpenses the pure and un- adulterated dewgeratic doctrine from t sacred spot. Both sTpping thelr wisdom from the sanie source/thiey might be expected to be in perfect harmony on every of the day This is not the case. The Monticello foracle must Delphian sister f her ability to give forth prophesies that can be interpreted to fit the To Bryan she says free uilver and tarift reform; to Morton she says free trade and the single gold standard. If poor Jef- ferson were only alive once more would not know where he stood. and have mportant topie Butyalas! resemble he oceasion Tho testimony made public by the senate bribery fnvestigating committee Is sub- stantially the that out by the Washington correspondents to their respective papers on the very day that the witnesses were This what effect the pers in secret hear- had. Everything that transpired closed doors has been speedily made known to those on the will be next in to appoint a com- mittee to investigate in star chamber how the leaks have occurred, and if its proceed- ings become public before they are officially announced to continue the process ad in- finitum. This is the only logical result of the secret session investigation. same was sent examined. shows stence order Superintendent Byrnes of the New York police department discourses learnedly in the current North American Review upon the character and methods of the men com- prising the different Industrial armies that are marching upon Washington. Mr. Byrnes informs his readers that “the Kelly branch of the army, 1,200 in number, fs moving through Indiana.” The most cursory peruser of the daily newspapers would be better acquainted with the facts than this. Mr. Byrnes is evidently writing without any personal knowledge of the character and methods of the men whatever. He should confine his magazine articles to subjects about which he happens to know something. What becomes of the beautiful plan of the Board of Education for an Insurance fund it that plan is to be suspended every time an insurance agent importunes the board for a renewal of expiring insurance? The reason why the board decided to become its own in- surer was that it was convinced that it would save the taxpayers money by the op- eration. If this {§ true it is making an un- justifiable expendityre of the taxpayers' money when it km:l on handing over pre- miums to the insurance companies. The in- surance fund system is elther a good thing or a bad thing. If it is a good thing the people of Omaha ought to have the benefit of it. 16 to 1 Ratlo. New York Recorder. The democracy ratio—16 of Idiocy to 1 of common sense. ¢ e His Lot Nog_n Happy One. Washington Star. The lot of thel artificial_rain maker in the west is a hard one. He is invariab'y blamed for the ' cloud-bursts and given no credit whatever for the showers. —— Talking Through His Tile. New' York Sun. Retire? William Jennings Bryan retire? The Boy Orator of the Platte shut up? Not if he writes 3,000,000 letters of declina- tion. Not while "there are icicles upon the blizzard's beard. Not until the wolf is howlless and. the bald brow of Shasta is thatched with comets. Not while tn> Talking Hat hangs lovingly upon Bryan's Dps. ———— Political Sincerity With a S Kansas City Times (dem. When Representative Bryan of Nebraska announced his purpose to withdraw from congressional life for the reason that he couldn’t agree with the financial views of the president, the heroism of his action was discounted in a manner by the memory that his district Is republican and that this 1s not a good year for democrats in that kind of district, however, able and popular they may be. ———— JANDIED REFLECTIONS. ring. Kansas City Star: The testimony of Sec- retary Carlisle before the sugar scandal in- vestigating committee, made public today, ought to convince any one, not before con- vinced, that the charges against him were merely political fakes without even a thread of fact on which to depend. Chicago Mail: Senator McPherson is en- titled to sympathy. He admits that he bought 1,000 shares of Sugar trust stock whilo the tariff on sugar was under consid- eration in the committee of which he was a member, but he explains that he bought the stock “‘unintentionally,” although on tele- graphic order to his” broker in New York. Such unintentionality in large business af- fairs is pitiable. McPherson needs a guar- dian other than his son. New York World: No effective defense of Secretary Carlisle’s connection with the sugar schedule can be made by pointing out that the clause as he drafted it differed slightly from the clause as it now stands in the senate bill. This is mere quibbling. The gravity of the original charge, the sub- stantial truth of which was confirmed by Mr. Carlisle's testimony, lay in the fact that it placed the secretary of the treasury and presumably the president in the position of approving the concessions made to the Sugar trust. These concessions were regarded as the most objectionable feature of the sur- render forced by the ‘conservatives” in the senate. If they have the administration be- pind them the fight for tariff reform may as well be abandoned. Springfield Republican: This Is a pretty bad light in which Senator McPherson of New Jersey is placed by the revelations made before the senate investigating committee. It will be remembered that a month or two months ago, when it was being talked about that members of the enate finance commit- teo were speculating fn tariff-affected stocks whila they were revising the tariff, McPher- son rose in the senaté and admitted that he had bought such, stdcks, but had ordered them all sold whin it became evident that pending legislation” might affect their values. Ho is now forced, to admit that he simply transferred these stocks to his son. He thus appears not only {0 have been engaged all the time In speculaling for the profits to be gotten out of legislation over whose course his officlal station”gave him large Influence, but to have sought to cover up his tracks in the meanest kind of & way—by an appear- ance of great frankness In relating a half- truth which was eyery whit as bad as a de- liberate falsehood. | ren outside. 1t | THE SILVER CONVENTION. Pawnee Republican The silver conven- tlon which is soon (o meet in Omaka will be made up of dissatisfied democrats, who seo in this meeting their only chance to slip » the populist party without running k of the Chleago platform. s Tribune: Congressman Hryan an- nounces one day that he has quit the demo- cratie party and has no further for an office, In a day or two he calls a big sil ver meeting and his friends commence tell- Ing every one In sight what a fine governor or senator “Billle” would make There Is more than ono way to skin a cat Lincoln News: Hon. James Doyd 1s keeping up a deafening silence over the pro- posed free silver split In the democratic party in this state. There are a great many democrats who are keeping their mouths hermetically sealed, but the clamor will begin just as socn as the shac s see which branch of the party Is going to be the largest. Bond County Pres: A call has been ls- sued by 300 wo-called democrats for a freo sliver convention to meet in Omaha June . By many it is arded as a shrowd move of the antl-administration democrats and Bryan men to keep in line t waver ing fore the rank and file of democracy aving become disgusted with the party and are coming over to the populists In flocks Callaway Independent believo that in declining ronomination in the First district, (with its several thousand republican majority Congressman Bryan has intentions of coming to the populists. Not a bit of it. Bryan has no use for populists further than to Ivance his own selfish Interests. As the Lincoln Herald admits, “when Bryan leaves the democratie party, there won't be a demo- crat in it.” The free silyer democrats will meet in Om endorse Bryan and pass a set of incoherent lver resolutions, similar to the silver declaration of the Missouri democratic platform. With such a declara- tion they expect to catch the votes of popu- lists for Bryan later on. But 1t won't work. Howells Journal: A call signed by 250 Nebraska democrats for a free silver demo- cratic conference to be held in the city of Omaha on June 21 has been issued. We believe that the principal object in this pro- posed conference is to kick up strife in the party and to lead a portion of the party into the independent camp. We are led to think that such is the case by the fact that many who have signed the call have for several years been more independents than democrats and many of them have been disappointed applicants for federal positions, and as soon as they were told that they would not be allowed to feed at the public crib they became hostile to the administra- tion. We concede that these gentlemen have a perfect right to meet in any kind of a conference that they see fit, but we de- sire to let the people know the true motive that prompted them to such action. This call means that the fight against the admin- isthation in this state is making an effort for its final fight. We regret that it has come to this; we have had more than our share of party quarrel in this state, and we had hoped that at last we might have a united democracy. Now that the fight is on let us push the war into Africa. We believe that the friends of the administra- tion and the friends of true democracy are in the majority in this state, and that they will win the day. Our free colnage friends may go Into the independent ranks, but that is where they have been voting for several years past. Let the fight proceed; it will accomplish at least one good—that of bring- ing some so-called democrats out from under cover. Some of our breth- to stand for — POLITICAL POTPOURRL. St. Paul Phonograph: Congressman Bryan and the Nebraska silver democrats are booked for the populist camp. Creighton Courler: Nominate a young re- publican for representative in this district and he will be elected by 200 plurality. Dawes County Journal: To our numerous esteemed contemporaries who aro singing “We are all for Jack MacColl,” we would simply say this: Keep your eye on Tom Majors. Lincoln News: The seven countles com- prising the First congressional district gave a republican plurality last fall of 7,919, Per- haps these figures had something to do with Bryan's withdrawal. Table Rock Argus: Papers throughout the state take very kindly to the suggestion of the Argus that Pawnee county present the name of C. E. Casey to the state convention for lieutenant governor. Miller Union: The Hon. William J. Bryan, M. C., has come to the conclusion that he is not bigger than the democratic party and will try something nearer his size. He thinks of swallowing the pops. Stevens of Furnas will again be a candi- date for state representative on the popullst ticket, but Sheridan of Red Willow has not been heard from. His political grave is too deep for his voice to penetrate to the sur- face. Kearney Journal: And now Matt Daugh- erty announces himself In the congressional race with his fighting clothes on. When Matt makes this announcement it is at onco realized that there Is to be a lively chase after a congressional nomination. Valentnle Republican: Hon. M. P. Kin- kald Is very prominently spoken of as a can- didate for the nomination of representative of the Sixth district. Should Mr. Kinkaid receive the nomination at the hands of the republicans of this district it simply means Representative Kinkaid Instead of Kem. Cozad Tribune: The free silver demo- crats propose to meet early and nominate Bryan for governor. Then the Bryan fel- 16ws will all be good pops for the purpose of controlling the pop conventions for their fayorite. It's the old, old dodge, with merely a slight variation—anything for office. Nebraska City Press: Congressman Mc- Keighan, he of the rheumatic trouble and the barleycorn remedy, says of Congressman Bryan: “For the past six years we have been close friends personally and politic- ally.” This is reason enough why Mr. Bryan should be retired. He is in bad com pany. Thurston Republic: Jack MacColl seems to be getting a little the best of Majors in the contest for the gubernatorial nomination. The designation of Omaha as the place of holding the convention shows this, for Ma- jors made his fight for Lincoln. Majors may be able to get the nomination, but it will sweat his old hickory shirt to do it, for MacColl’s friends are leglon. Sidney Telegraph: The question now for republicans of the state of Nebraska to ask themselves Is, what will we do when Tom Majors dies?% Where will we find a candi- dato for governor? Tom s a pretty good fellow, but he and his hickory shirt are chestnuts. Will some republican point to a state convention in the past ten years when Tom Majors was not in line. —_———— The Educational Qualtication. Indianapolls Journal. A proposition has been Introduced in the New York constitutional convention to es- tablish an educational qualification for tne suffrage by providing that no person shall be permitted to vote who cannot read and write. There seems to be a distinct ten- dency in (hat direction. The people of Maine adopted such an amendment to the constitution of that state two years ago, and similar propositions are pending 'in the states of California and Oregon, with every probability that they will be ratified by the people. The proposed amendment o the Oregon constitution also embraces @ provision that no person of foreign birih Shall be permitted to vote untll he has fived in the United States five years, and become a full citizen. These movements In different states show that public senti- ment is moving in the direction of a more intelligent suffrage. Take no Substitute for Royal Baking Powder. It is Absolutely Pure. All others contain alum or ammonia. FAIR, EQUITABLE AND JUST | Judge Maxwell's Cpinion of the Masimum Freight Rate Law, DELAY IS SOUGHT. BY THE RAILROADS Enfor ne Liw Staved O by Un- nlitlos—Ferderal Courts Have No Jurisdiction In the Matter, Judge Maxwel! visited at his home near Fremont and asked to give his opinion | of the Nebraska maximum rate His responses to tho questions put frank, | deliberate and of gr the people, “Have you examined the freight bill passed by the last i the judge was asked “I had not until the action to from being put into operation fvas he answered. “The proc usual that it exeited examined the act to see “From the examination you made do yc think the act is fn conflict with any p vision of the constitution or unjust?" “I do not IL seems to me to be a very moderate, conservative measure; ovilontly intended in a limited degree to remedy some of the evils from which the people of the state are suffering. There Is a spirit of | fairness running all through it that is com- mendable, Thus, ft does not apply to new roads bullt since December 31, 1889, and exempts new roads to be built before De. ber 31, 1509, the reason evidently being that a now rond requires time to build up a lucrative business. There s also provision ‘that if the schedule of rates presc 1 by this act are unjust and unreasonable, such railroads shall be exempt therefrom as her inafter provided." Then the act provides that the company complaining shall bring an action before the supreme court against the stite ‘and upon the hearing thereof, If the court should become satisfied that the rates herein prescribed are unjust in so far as they relate to the rallroad company bring- ing the action, the court may issue its order directing the Board of Transportation to raide its rates to any sum in the discretion of the board,’ but not to exceed the rates fixed by the railways and in force on the 1st day of January, 1893." “Ilas the federal court any jurisdiction in this case “I am confident than no case has been made or can be made that will justify en- joining the enforcement of the law. It is a fundamental, universal rule of law that a court of equity will not grant an injunction when the ordinary legal tribunals are capa- ble of affording sufficient redress. Now, the fitth section of the maximum freight rate act provides that a railway company aggrieved may apply to the supreme court ‘and show to the court all matters pertaining to the management thereof,’ and that it is unjust to reduce rates. Upon this showing the court no doubt would order rates raised to a fair price, but not to exceed those in force December 31, 1893. Here 13 a plain, speedy and adequate remedy provided in the act | itself. The injunction suit brought in the | federal court looks like a bold attempt to set the law of the state and the people there- of at deflance. And o long as great corpora- tions hold up the laws and refuse to obey them It sets an example whose influence for evil is felt throughout the length and breadth of the land. The act is a law of this state. It went into effect August 1, 1893. It re- quired no approval of the State Board of Transportation, and they have nothing to do with it unless rates) are raised or lowered. The validity of the act I see no reason to question. It will be remembered that Gov- ernor Crounse, who is a very capable lawyer, scrutinized the act very carefully before he signed it. In any event the invalldity of this act could only be determined by the supreme court of the state, whose decision the federal court is required to follow. A state court of equity would have no juris- diction and the federal court has not a shadow of excuse for jurisdiction. The ac- tion s brought by the stockholders against their own employes to prevent them obeying the laws of the state, under which corpora- tlons are formed. The constitution of the state constains stringent provisions against watering stock and to prevent unjust dis- crimination, and requires the legislature to correct these and like abuses when they ex- ist. This Is the common law, but to make assurance doubly sure it was placed In the state constitution. These stockholders in ef- fect seek to take the great corporations from under the control of state laws and declare they are not subject to regulation. This will be denied no doubt; but that will be the ef- fect it they succeed—instead of being mere servants of the public they would be- come practically masters. It does not follow that because freight rates are somewhat reduced that railway receipts will be diminished. The probability is they would be increased. Every reduction of passenger rates is followed by an increase of travel. The same rule is true to quite an extent with the reduction of freight rates. Take the case of shipment of baled hay for instance: The valleys of the Platte and Elkhorn are great meadows, and large quantities of baled hay are shipped from them, but rates have been 50 high that but few shipments have been made com- was law were interest to maximum enjoin it ught,” eding was so un curiosity so that I | what it containe KROKE $12.50--$18—$20 suit for money back. ception room always open. W. Corne | do b [ ) PRl A ] X R KR HAT REFERS to our great $10 suit sale—biggest success we ever had—it’s so genuine 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 to call and see us. pared to what would bo If rates were res duced 5o that citizens could ship and realize a profit. No person, T am confident, wishes {5 Injure the great corporations, They are entitied to fair treatment, they have res 1 they cerisinly should be dolay tn the fed- Has there not b " ry ging 1 ¢ Thote seems t and that seems to b raflway companies the biil on the gr of the. court, and_ the bill does not state facts sufficient titute a cause of action would have beon sustained and the action dismissed Have not s pear in this suit cember 31, 1889 s, sir; at this case ring in et y hav sroat delay, t of thi lemurror to f jurisdiction me of the rallronds that ape been constructed since De- least three. 1t is somewhat strange that should join in an action in which they have no whatever, and will not have for five years to come h orest it for On Tonrnal that an Enelish anyihing stralght about the United States, the ndard comes el truth many home papers when it says of the new tari bill that it will be simply & balance hetween opposing personal inteps ests reached under the compulsion of an outraged mercantile community, anxious to s unmole news- affairs London than Nehrask Now Yor The Nebraska liar altogether forgotten couple at Afnsworth sots of twing born to them In eigh'e n months, He fajls to mention the p lit'es of the papa, which would be an invaluable bit of information to any one inclined to bet on Nebraska's standing in the national S Standin Tioednts doesn't proposs to be He tolls of a married who have hal twe you know the nature of an folks, of a wid it how it is me, reckon most sort Jon't know Jedge, but wid second nature. 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