Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 7, 1894, Page 4

"' * #he appolntment of an engimeer was prema- " the engineer upon the pay roll for tho bal- W EITT T =T THEOMAHA DAILY BEE. e | PURY — = TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTION fly Tee thout Runday), One Yeal iy and x Month Fhres Mon Randay T Eaturiny Tiee Weekly 8. nty-fourth Sta it Diu atreot,” ) o whor of Commeree, i York Sisoma 15, 11 And 15, Tribune iH4g. Washington, 107 F street, s | CORRESPONDENCE. Al communications relating news nnv.l ol | torial matter should be addres To the Iitor. BUEL D All buginess I e shoul addressed to 7 Omabh Drafts, be made pay TIC el The lee Pub ipany, benli diily aworn, says that the iher of full plets coples of T ping, Events Wanday e print montl %o, was ua foll i 1 wold Dally av Sunday. Sworn to before m The sugar schedulo went down like a homeopathic piil. Hascall's judiciary committee Is Ifke Aaron's serpent, that swallowed all the other snakes. The Grand Army of the Republic is still bemg Industriously worked by rival politi- elans this y A tew resignations from the police force might possibly save some members the humiliation and disgrace of dismissal. The gold reserve Is again declining, but no apprehiension seems to be felt. The country s becoming used to the novelty of | being hard up Only two democratic senators in favor of free sugar! What becomes of all those ro- seate promises which were held aloft during the lust presidential campsign? The new cruiser Minneapolis cannot be expected to arouse much enthusiasm in St. Paul. Uncle Sam will have to bulld a twin screw sister to the Minneapolis in order to restore the wounded municipal pride of St. Paul to its original condition. An overwhelming republican majority in the new Oregon leglslature Insures the re- tirement of Pennoyer to private life, at Jeast for a while. Oregon is not yet ready to be represented in the senate by a man Who is so assiduous in the cultivation of » notoriety. The latest South American revolution is dated from Chill. These South American republics should form a league and fight their revolutions according to a prearranged sehedule. By this means popular interest would be Increased and the gate receipts might pay the expenses. Those members of the Sugar trust who contributed so lavishly to the democratic eampaign fund in 1892 are no doubt quite well satisfled with the returns on their money. If this investment yields such speedy profits they will not neglect the next op- portunity that offers equal advantages. Seventy-five Commonwealers were cap- tured at Ellis, Kan., and hauled back to Den- ver by the United States marshals, only to be discharged. This means that there were seventy-five fees In the deal for the warshal and seventy-five full fares in it for the rallroad. How much longer will this farce continue? The street sweeping inspector made him- #elf offensive to the street sweeping con- tractor, and that made him offensive to Has- call, and Hascall, as the head and front of bogus retrenchment, decided that the services Of the inspector were no longer required. The ‘summary beheading s notice to all other nspectors that they must not offend the contractors, Keep off the grass. It anybody really tried to bribe Senators XKyle and Hunton to vote in favor of the de- mands of the Sugar trust in the proposed tariff, he must now realize the error of his Ways. Both those senators put themselyes on record in support of the amended sugar wehodule. It would have been the height of foolishness to pay senators for votes which were already assured to the trust. “General’ Schefller and erals' of the Industrial army that was ap- prehended in Idaho for seizing a Union Pa- the other ‘“gen- oific train have = been sentenced to six months' imprisonment, while the ordinary members of the rank and file got off with only thirty days. This is one of the privi- leges and immunities that attaches to these mew-made titles. The same offense Is much more reprehensible in a general than In a ‘In view of the declslon of the supreme court in the case In which Auditor Moore declined to pay to the treasurer of Scotts Bluft county something like $7,500 that had been donated to that county, the next legis- Jature will be a little chary of aking dona tlons to frontler countles. The decision hinges upon a technicality of the flimsiest character, and the larger majority of people of Nebraska will accept the views of Chief expressed Justice Norval opinion. In a dissenting When It comes to retrenchment and economy, commend us to the city council, The mayor very properly vetoed the ftem in the appropriation bill for the pay of an en- gineer In the library bullding on the ground that the bullding Adid not require heating during the summer season, and therefore fure. The retrenchers of the council promptly overruled the veto and saddled ance of the season, although the library * bullding Is not occupled, and will not require the services of an engineer for at least four | months o come. There i3 no engine In . the bullding, no eleyator to run, no dynamo 10 operate, and no steam or power required for any purpose. But the councll is for re- Irenchment with & big R. | toothoid in our midst, and can be throttled in | 15 limited in its reinvestment to the securi- { it refuse point blank to have any dealings BAR OUT THE INTERMEDIARIES, The “new Industry” of refunding county bonds held by the state in trust for the per- manent school fund at the expense of that fund, which was recently exposed in The Bee, has fortunately not yet secured a very firm its infancy If only energetic and declsive measures aro adopted. The plan of operation of these bond brokers, as previously outlined, 19 simply this: The Interested brokers ascer- tain what counties have outstanding .bonds already payable. The whole Issue, or at least a large portion of it, is leld by the state, which must reinvest the sum received from the payment of those bonds, and which ties designated in the constitution. The brokers suggest to the officlals of the county thut they can easily float bonds at a lower rato of Interest than that which they are now paying, and offer to take the new Issue at par provided the old bonds are called in and pald with the procceds. They then go to the State Board of REducational Lands and Funds and offer to dispose of thelr pros- at a good round premium n thelr scheme they pocket pective purchas 1t they succeed the difference between what they pay and what they receive for the funding bonds, the county saves the amount by which the an- nual interest charge Is reduced, the state school fund finds that it is out the premium pald to the intermediaries and thut it has a high rate bond for also merely exchange a low rate bond, thus impairing the income of the temporary sehool fund. Thore is probably no way by which a county can be prevented from refunding at a lower rate of interest outstanding bonds that have become payable it it so desires, and its credit suffices to float the new is But there is no necessity whatever that the i process should be engineered by mediating brokers, who rake off a fat commission without risking a single doilar as an invest- ment. The money which these brokers se- cure Is so much needlessly taken out of the pockets of the taxpayers. Part of it must in reality be made good by the taxpayers of the whole state, that is to say that part to the extent of which the permanent school fund is depleted, and part must be charged to the county, which gets less for its bonds than it would if it dealt directly with the state board itself. These commissions are a dead loss to the people, and there I8 no excuse for continuing to pay them. It Is en- tirely within the power of the state board to put an end to this vicious practice. Let at all with the intermeddling brokers. Let it have it well understood by the officials of every county that their financial affairs can be more economically transacted and with better results through direct negotia- tions with the state board. Take away the profit from the ‘“new industry” and it will faill to the ground. Every county then that finds itself entitled to refund its indebted- ness will be able to accomplish its object with the largest gains to itself and the least loss to the state. The intermediaries must be barred out. MASWELL ON THE MAXIMUM RATE CASE The interview with Judge Samuel Maxwell on the maximum freight rate law -injunction proceedings brings out a few points in con- nection with the conduct of that case which show what an imposition has been practiced upon the people of this state. For over ten months the maximum frelight rate law has been hung up in the federal court, while the attorneys on both sides have repeatedly de- ceived the public as to the time when they expected to have the matter disposed of. At first they were to be ready for trial in September, then October, then January, then March, and here it is June and the tem- porary injunction remains intact. This de- lay, in Judge Maxwell's opinion, has been al- most entirely ncedless and uncalled for. As soon as the injunction proceedings were instituted The Bee suggested that the federal court was exceeding its jurisdiction in inter- fering with the execution of a state law. Judge Maxwell takes the same position and intimates that the restraining order might long ago have been dissolved had the state's attorneys but moved for its dissolution on the ground of want of jurisdiction. Such a motion could have been made at the first sitting of the court after the law went into effect. It could have been argued without bringing in a single dilatory deposition. The question of jurisdiction is independent of all the other questions that may possibly be involved and it must be decided first when the case s finally taken up. ‘Were the point sustained there would have been no occasion to con- sume valuable time in taking lengthy depo- sitions. Had it been decided against the state it would not have prejudiced its case in the least, nor would it have interfered a particle with the work of securing testimony upon the other questions in dispute. The progress of the maximum freight rate injunction proceedings up to this time could not well have been prearranged to suit the recaleitrant rallroads any better than it does. They have been left absolute masters of the situation. The law, which was enacted by the legislature to bring relief to shippers burdened by extravagant charges for the transportation of freight, has been unenforced simply because no effort has been made to secure its enforcement. - The railroads have appealed to the federal courts, not to secure a judiclal inquiry into the reasonableness of the rates fixed by law—for they could have secured such an inquiry in the state court under the provisions of the act itselt—but in order to be able to defy the law as a whole. They have been singularly aided in achleving their purpose by the attorneys who have had charge of the conduct of the state's case. THE OHIO REPUBLIOANS. The voters of Ohlo elect this year only three state officers and a member of the su- preme court, but, Judging from the en- thuslasm manifested at the republican state convention, that party is just as full of zeal and quite as earnest and harmonious as it was last year, when it re-elected Governor McKinley by the largest majority, with a single exception, ever given a candidate for governor of that state. There is no reason Indeed, why It should be otherwise. The conditions which favored the success of the party last year still remain and in intensi- fled form. There are more people idle In Ohlo now than there were last November and the business depression there 1s quite as severe as then. The great majority rolled up by the people of Ohlo last year in pro- test against the demoeratic policy that pro- duced these conditions needs to be repeated this year, and the probability 1s that it will be. The platform 1s an uncompromising decla- ration for protection as embodied in the M- Kinley law. That act is commended as the ablest expresson of the principle of protec- ton yet enacted, and the pending tarift bill Is denounced without qualification. The weak feature of the platform fs the silver plank. 8o far as the deolaration in favor of" blmetallism s ‘concerned republicans everywhere will concur in it; but in adveeat- l and county wil have to b merged. The |« -GHAND MARCH OF CANDIDATES. . t ing “such a policy as will, by diseriminating legislation or otherwise, most :peedily re- store to silver its rightful place as a money metal,” the Ohfo republicans have made a mist What they mesn by dtseriminat- ing that this country shall adopt a policy designed to farce the coun- tries of Europe, and particularly Great Dritain, to a larger reccgnition of silver in thefr currency syitems. The plan, but re contly promulgated, 18 to leyy disoriminating duties upon the products of gold standard countries whieh may deeline to come into 4 monetary unfon for the larger use of sil- legislation Is ver, The scheme Is ‘utterly impracticable. It would Involve a commerclal warfare, in whicli this country, as a debtor nat'on, would fare badly, and the outcome could only be defeat and a worse situation than that from which we sought to escape. Probably no- body, mot even Senator Lodge, who among the fir:t to suggest this plan, or ex- Speaker Reed, who has fallen in with it. fa foolish enough to suppose that in the event of the United States adopting discriminating tariff duties against Great Britain that coun- try would not retaliate, She s our largest customer, buying annually vastly more of our products than any cther country, but she Is not wholly dependent upon us, and there are growing competitors for our trade with Great Britain. Were we to adopt the yoltey proposed the vast wealth of that coun- try would be applied to whatever extent necessary to stimulate that compet tion, The conflict would be waged against our agricul- tural interests, and it is absurd to suppose that the loss which these would sustain in the Buropean markets would be made up by gains in the markets of the silver stand- ard countries. The idea which certain re- publican leaders have unfortunately given countenancoe to, that we can force Burope into adopting bimetallism by a discriminat- ing tariff, is essentially unsound and it would be a great misfortune to the republican party it it should become a part of its political crecd. The republicans of Ohfo did not need to adopt this idea in order to insure their success In \bis year's election, and in doing s0 they did not show their usual wisdom and sound judgment. It is to be hoped that succeeding republican conventions in other states will not be misled by their action. was TIME TO CALL A HALT. The pernicious Interference of S. L. Wiley with the city council has reached a stage that calls for action on the part of taxpaying citizens. For several years past Mr. Wiley's grip upon the council has emboldened him to such deflance as to brave law and violate his contracts with the city with reckless im- punity. He contracted for 2,000-candle power lights at $175 a year, and furnished lamps of less than 1,200-candle power. He has managed to collect this exorbitant charge for lights from month to month through his tools in the council despite the mayor's ve- toes. Ho has sought to make the electrical inspection a farce and a fraud by tampering with council committees, and when foiled in his efforts by an unpurchasable electrician, had the man ejected by his cappers by re- pealing the ordinance that created the office. Nearly four months ago the council adver- tised for bids for electric lighting to be begun at the expiration of Wiley's second contract last month. ‘When the bids were opened Wiley found himself the higher bid- der by $20 a lamp per year. His competi- tors, Pardee & Co., were declared entitled to the contract, if they would furnish a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $25,000. Meantime Wiley and his stool-pigeons sought in every way to discredit Pardee & Co., and the general clectrical octopus put in_its oar in the east with the company ‘for which Mr. Pardee was agent. In spite’ of all under- handed machinations Pardee & Co. filed a bond which the council could not well re- ject, Thereupon Wiley's man Friday, Has- call, sought to fence out the competing com- pany by a general ordinance which embodied restrictions which were almost as much of a. barrier as the Chinese wall. Before this or- dinance was acted on the council took a junket to Oregon, thus giving Wiley ample time for further scheming and making it impossible for Pardee & Co. to carry out their proposal for want of time to get a plant and place its wires. When the council returned from its junket another tack was taken. The council ordered the comptroller to readvertise for bids for lamps of a lower voltage than Pardee & Co. had offered to supply. Why was this change made In the quality of the lamps? Mani- festly it was a piece of jugglery to make sure that Wiley would have the Inside track. When the blds were opened, lo and behold! Wiley was distanced again by a bidder that oftered to furnish the lights for $87.50 a year whero Wiley's bid was $111 and the bid of Wiley's straw man, Baker, $95 per lamp. The only condition asked by the lowest bid- der, the Citizens company, s that the city shall confer upon It the privileges embodied in the general electric ordinance. ' This general ordinance granis no speclal franchise for any time, but merely glves any company willing to comply with its re- strictions the right of way for its wires, always under the direction of the council and city electriclan. Now what s the duty of the council? Is it not in honor bound to pass the general ordinance and award the contract to the lowest bidder? But the au- dacious Wiley refuses to allow his cat's-paws to do their duty. Three hours before the council met it was unanimously agreed by tho joint committes in a conference that the general ordinance should be passed last night. But when the council met Wiley cried “Thumbs up!" and the abject sorfs of the boss cowered In thelr seats and postponed action once more, 1t strikes us that we have reached a stage in this outrageous skullduggery that calls for declsive action, Omaha must not allow herself to be dominated by boodlers and cor- porate bosses. We can no longer tamely submit to the subversion of our municipal government and the reckiess disregard of the Interests of taxpaying citizens. The Municipal league or some organized repre- sentative body must take action and grapple with the public plunderers. The council must either be made to do 1ts duty or made | to answer to its constituents before the proper tribu; Tt appears that the only departments that do not submit their vouchers and claims for service and material Lo the comptroller are the library board and park commission. We find that the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners have all their orders for supplies pass through the comptroller's hands before they are honored, and’ every clalm filed for supplies furnished to the fire and police departments Is examined by the finance committee of the board, and then audited by the comptroller. Although the school district of Omaha is identical with the city of Omaha In its boungar|es, and practically is part of the munleipality, it is in law a separato corporation, and therefore managed without reference to municipal checks., This empire within an empire will doubtless be abrogated In the due course of time just as the two tax collectors for city tendency of reform in,jocal self-government Is toward centralledhoresponsibil.ty, unifi- cation of accountingméthods and systematie checks upon disbursement o No one doubts ‘Haseall's ability as a worker, He hasbden running the city council with such swecess that he yearns for other fields to conguep. Not content with exerting the legal powers of the council, he has reached out i grasp the appointing power from the mayor. He pretends to undo the work of thi'ldgisiature and to set up his interpretations of the constitution and the charter against fhosg of the courts. Now he asserts that he can'perform the dutles of the whole Board of|Public Works and its clerks In addition to his present dutles and have time to spare for further plotting and law-defying scheming. Doubtless he could o 0 In his own way, but pity the taxpayers it he should be given the chance. It is his fortility of resources that makes Hascall so dangerous. More power with him means greater abuse of power. Hascall is doing cnough mischief where he is. Save the Board of Public Works from him. - It the council wants to throw out some of the electric lighting bids because they do not conform to the terms of the advertise- ment, there is just one bid that ought to be excluded, It is the bid of Mr. Wiley's com- pany for the three-yea That bid has been tendered and received without being backed by the requisite certified check of §500 as a guarantee of the good faith of the party making the bid. The check accompany- ing Mr. Wiley's bide s expressly given as a guarantee of the bid for the short time period only. Mr. Wiley apparently intends to keep this question open until the expira* tion of his still existing contract, when he hopes to be in an even better condition to dictate his own terms than he now is. By having his council break falth with every bidder who has dared invade his territory, he appears to be on the high road to success in his designs. Omaha must maintafn her reputation for cordial hospitality by giving the délegates to the Congregational Home Missionary conven- tion a welcome which will make them uader- stand that thelr presence among us fs wanted and appreciated. Everything should be done to expedite the transaction of the business that has called them here ‘and to render their visit pleasant and enjoyable. With the arrangements for their entertain- ment in the hands of the different commit- tees that have been appointed there is no fear that this will not be done. In extend- ing her hospitality Omaha recognizes neither creed, denomination nor faction. e ——— When the council usurped the appointing power for the purpose of filling the office of city electrician, somg of the councilmen who were necgssary to make up the number re- quired to override the mayor's veto sought to excuse their action by saying that they would vote to confitm any new nomination the mayor might make. Their eagerness seems to have disappeare® the momeat the opportunity presented. Some excuses won't wash. X Breakers ;\1,: Lincols 1t is reported, and on very gaod author- ity, that an attempt will be made to in- troduce and_pass a siler resolution in the Republican State league meeting which con- venes in Lincoln on June 12. Ieelers have already been sent out to find out how the thing is likely to be received. Not much progress has been made so far, but it is claimed that the plan. is endorsed by some prominent republicatis, ahd that even John M. Thurston {8 in fivor of a silver resolu- tion of some kind: ‘Those who are working up the matter think of introducing a reso- lution in substance like this: ‘‘Whereas, the republican party is pledged to protec- tlon, resolved, that this convention is in favor of the further protection and en- couragement of the silver industry in America by the coinage of the product of the United States.” To thig will be added the ratio which the meeting may agree upon. In support of such a movement it is urged that it will be at least “good politics” and result In tak- ing the wind out of Bryan's safls, On the other hand prominent republicans say the state league ought to consider well its ob- Jects and power, whether the lengue I8 & worker and promulgator of republican doc- trine or whether it Is a writer of platforms. 1t the league adopts a certain resolution and then the state convention takes an op- posite course the members of the league will begin to wonder if they haven't made a holy show of themselves. It is safe to say that If the matter is pressed it will make a disturbance reminding one of a democratic conyention. The Ol1d Gravel Traln Racket. Lincoln News. The Burlington raflroad is tn high dis- favor in Ashland at present. Friday the people of that city were called upon to vote on_a proposition to build an addition to the High school, and as all loyal Ash- landers are strongly in favor of good edu- cational facilitics, no one dreamed of any formidable oppoition. The Burlington, however, was opposed to the raising of the tax rate on its possessions in Ashland and played the old gravel train racket on the simple villagers, besides giving its instruc- tions to_its resident l‘m“luyefl. just as it does 1n Lincoln when It has any” object to gain, The ruse was successful in defeating the bonds, and the good people down there are redhot over the action of the rallroad politiclans. Some time in the next 100 years the owners of the Burlington railroad will select as officials business men instead of politicians, and it will then reap the re- ward of the pure In he SRR NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKANS. The question of irrigation Is being agi- tated in Dawson county. Chappell is to have a grist mill if the crops turn out well this year. A rainmaker is at work at Pawnee City. He was furnished by the Rock Island road. A Yaokton man has been granted a fran- chise to put in an electric light plant at Bloomfield. Lightning struck the Aurora telephone line and burned out the spring jacks, rendering nearly all of the line useless. Antelope county voted on a proposition to levy a special tax of 10 mills to create a fund with which to build a court house. Canned sardines very nearly caused the death of John C. Allen and wife of Grand Tsland., Timely arrival of a physician saved them, N George Frank of PlattSmouth, who was thrown from his buggy by a runaway team a week ago, died as the result of his in- Juries. A Kansas raln maker Is negotiating with the people of Utlea to furnish rain and only wants thirty-five daysop doing the prelim- inary work. ( Quite a number of prairie schooners have been returning from the Western and drouth- stricken part of the $tatd.. They will soon bo coming back Wheq thpy hear of the re- cent rain. ? Broken Bow is to:have a ladles' negro minstrel show by locdl talent, The enter- tainment will be glvenybytwelva ladies, and tho other sex will hive to confine their parts to the role of tighet purchasers The boys working in onk of the beet flelds near Plerce struck famihigher wages. They were recelying 25 cents a row, but de- manded more. The matter was finally com- promised, and the strikers returned to work at 30 cents a row. ' John Boomgarn, a wealthy Richardson county farmer, was probably fatally injured by being thrown from a load of lumber by 4 runaway team. The wagon passed over bls hips and crushed them so severely that there is little prospect of his recovery. Dick Beswick, who owns one of the finest orckards in the state, & few miles east of Norfolk, reports that none of his fruit was injured by tle late frost, except cherrles. His epple trees ard loaded down with young frult, and unless some accident befalls the crop he will be obliged to knock off somo of the apples to prevent them from breaking down the trees, Kearney Journal: MacColl's hooin taarches steadily on, and all Indications point to his successful nomination. Sidney Telegraph: Hon. Henry St. Ray- ner is recaiving letters from prominent publicans all over the district encouraging ndidacy for the congressio aomina ton. Creighton Cofirier Hon. Georgo D, Meiklejohn has made the Third the best congressman It er hal He s wide- | awake and energetic and always working for the best interests of his constituents. \ Beatrice Express: Judge Droady I now talked of hy the democrats for congress The judge is a good fellow, and there are many republicans who will be sol ta see him rificed. They ought to hunt another vietim. Lincoln News: Hrasmus Marcollus Cor- rell Is stll running for lieutenant governor in spite of the fact that the World-Herakl has given the nomination to Thomas Dodge- It Crane of Douglas county. Correll's per- sistenco Is worthy of a better cause. Kearney Hub: The withdrawal of Allen W. Field from the congressional race in the First district fs quite unexpected, as there will be no doubt of the election of the nomince this year. There are several can- didates, but the Hub has no hesitancy in asserting that Church Howe is the strongest man that can be put up, and no possible candidate in the district has stronger claims upon his party. Dawes County Journal: Colonel Towle, who is a candidate for the congressional nomination in the Sixth district, has chal- lor ged Judge Kinkafd to a public discussion of the question, “Why shall the republicans of Holt county support me for congress?” It i€ difficult to see how Colonel Towle can offer anything upon that subject. The re- | piblicans of Holt county already ha encugh reasons for supporting Judge Kin- kaid, Howells Journal: The Sun man thinks | that we have done him an injustice in stat Ing that he was not for Cady for governor. He says that the Sun has not yet expressed | a preference, Just so. Willle las prob- ably been told in no uncertain language not to express himself. The ring Is making a still hunt for Majors and they don't want Howard to glve them away. We belic that a majority of the republicans of the county are for Cady, but notwithstanding that fact a Majors delegation will be sent to the state convention. RS AN IN'S TALE OF WOE. | Y Buffalo Express: Whether Tynan is work- ing for revenge or a more sordid considera- tion, he is a bungling artisan. His story is self-contradictory in many particulars. Does It stand ‘to reason that Parnell, even if he approved of the methods of the Invin- cibles, would trust his plans to such cattle as this Number One and his associates, one of whom, a member of the Dublin Council of Four, was the informer Carey? Minneapolis Journal: The Tynan book, if it accomplishes nothing else, will show very emphatically the real foe to Irish autonomy to be the thug element which would actualize a policy of dynamite and terror in place of constitutional agitation, by which alone Ire- land can secure home rule. Every success- ful step taken by the dynamite party means a further adjournment of home rule. It has been so fn the past and it will be so in the future. New York Advertiser: If Mr. P. J. Tynan, the self-styled “Number One" of the Irish National Invincibles, knows all about the Phoenix park murders, the advance sheets of his book given to the press fail utterly to make the fact clear. There is no doubt much in the charge that this book, which was to lay bare a lot of bloody se- crets, is no more nor.less than a somewhat elaborately planned piece of cawmpaign liter- ature, which is not likely to serve its pur- pose. Mr, Tynan’s book lacks even the plausibility of the Morey letter. Chicago Post: P. J. Tynan, ber One of the Phoenix park con- spiracy, is reported _to be printing a book on that affair. It is to give full “facts (all of which are as common as the street to newspaper readers), and it will “sustain the allegations’ of the London Times against Parnell. Poor Parnell in his grave cannot reply, andwe have no doubt the warmest assistance will be given to the -exploitation of Tynan's “facts” by those high-minded gentlemen in Ireland and Amerfca who have not been content to let even a dead man rest in his grave. Kansas City Times: In a temperate frame of mind it would seem impossible that the word of such a self-confessed villain as this man Tynan would be accepted even in a matter in which nothing but his own turpi- tude was Involved. If what he says is true he himself is not only a traitor, but an atro- clous murderer. That fact itself ought to condemn him to infamy and brand him as a liar. But in times of political excitement improbable falsehoods have potent effect on the~public mind, and it is to be feared that this palpable betrayal of the Irish cause will have a bad effect on the ensuing elec- tions. The purpose of the author no doubt is to supplement the price he has already recelved for his treachery by the profits from sales of the book, and the best way to disappoint him is not to buy the book. —_—— HURRAHS FOR HL the Num- L. Kansas City Star: Senator Hill s re- celving his reward. A republican club in Brooklyn has just tendered him a vote of thanks and confidence, Scarcely a day passes that republican gratitude to Hill does not take the form of eulogistic resolutions. He has not been so useful to the republican party since 1888. New York Herald: Senator Hill will have the sentiment of the country on his side in moving that the sugar scamdal investigating committee be ordered to throw open its doors. Star chamber proceedings are un- american and contrary to our institutions. The senate is given to holding them, but unless there are imperative reasons to jus- tify them they are never approved by the people. Philadelphia Record: Senator Hill has never voiced public sentiment more surely than In the demand which he made yesterday for open sessions of the Sugar trust investi- gating committee. The people have a right to know, and they wil know, the wholo truth of the matter; and the arguments of recedent” and ‘usage” will not avail against them. It was a blunder in the first place to hold the sessions with closed doors. It would be something worse than a blunder now to attempt to bar the doors with a lot of musty precedents. New York Tribune: The central figure in the United States scnate beyond any ques- tion at the present moment I8 the senator from New York. No man on either side is listened to with more attention and Interest. And it must be said, too, that when Senator David B, Hill takes the floor he is extremely liable to say something worth staying to hear. This, not alone because he is at odds with the president or in opposition to pretty nearly all his party associates in the senate on tho tariff, but because he fs Independent, aggressive, original, reckless of tradition and unhampered by precedent, and a cool, wary, hard fighter. In the calmness with which on Saturday he availed himself of the practice of the senate to continue his speech on the sugar investigation when the tarift bill was nominally before the senate he showed the readiness of a skilled parlia- mentarian. No man in the senato s today s0 well worth watching as Hon. David Ben- nett Hill. * —— Democracy In the Soup. Chicago Post (dem.). If the result {n the Fourth judicial dis- trict can be taken as a test the various unseasonable democratic —candidates —for United States senator would do well to lay From all away their booms in lavender. appearances a democrat can't dog catcher in Illinols this fall. —_— ADVICE GRATIS. be elected Detroit_Free Press. Girl number one I called upon One balmy summer eve, And begged of her a single kiss Before 1 took my leave. lly party T had been Ty A himer two' that night, And at her door I asked a kiss Belleving it but right. Now number three was sweet on me, And 1 thought that sure a go; But when I asked her for a kiss 1 got the same old No! T asked my sister how it was Such hard luck T had led. ONAIN'S PUBLIC BUILDING Shaky Gronnd on Which it Has Been Le- | cated Again Examined, REPORT OF THE SPECIAL INSPECTCR Practieal Tteamrmation of Made on the First & closxions After Muk i the Tindings thon -, & Careful rlments, AU OF THE BB Street N, W | N, June 6. | Cluss of the WASHI FION BU 1407 WASHIS Special Inspector Adulph Treasury department, who went to Omat some time agn to conduct a test of th foundaticn und site of the new federal build Ing there, has returned to the capital and filed his report in the office of Supervising Architect O'Rourke. The report Is prac- tically a reafliriation of the report filed by Inspector Cluss after his first examination of the site and which has already been given to the public. This last report does not speik any more hopefully of the existing conditions than did the other. It ¥ set forth that the tests revealed a very unsatis- factory condition of affairs and that it is Impossible to account for some of the phe- nomena that ‘manifested themselves. Tl osults were very Irregular, both settlings wnd upheavels being noted. 1n speaking of the strata the report says that it is im- possible to count with any cer- | talnty on what will happen | with” such compressible soil as is found on this site, as its dangers more to be feared because of its slow and Inviehi workings than because of startling ehangos The inspector calls particular atteation the urgent need of careful supervisic attention on the part of the superint and supervising fore | and says that it of the utmost importance that bis former recommendations relative to the tleing of the various floors and the inside side walls be strictly carried ont, o not consider that herofe treatment or ac- tion is necessary at this time, but says that “the slightest derangement will he attonded with serious consequences.”” He carefuly refrains from stating positively that i} ‘butiding can be :nade secure, merely arsc ing that if all the proposed safeguards are faithfully ed out it may be possible to avold unsightly cracks in the walls of the structure. — The report says that the re- sults were not at all satistactory, as they were constantly shifting and very Irregular. Comparison is made with the tests con- ducted under the former architect, and the results are commented on at length. In speaking of the flow of water on the site the measurements are given, and it {s shown that the flow exceeds i, every twenty-four hours. While no serious conse- quehces are anticipated from this flow, it is stated that it is very much increased at the time of rains, and the flow washes out solid matter to such an extent that the casket h to be cleaned out every two weeks. The speclal precautions necessary arc carefully treated of, but no estimate s made of the extra cost that will be entailed in making the founda- tion secure. The tests are still going on and will be persistently followed by the superintendent of the structure, who, the re- port says, will from time to time repert to the department the result of his observations as to changes made by the various piers under the extra weight of pig lead that has been placed upon them. MERCER-ABBOTT WEDDING. Representative David L. Mercer was at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon united in mar- riage to Miss Birdie M. Abbott of Minne- apolis. The marriage took place at St. John's Episcopal church in this city, and the services were read by Rev. Dr. MeKim, pastor of the Church of the Epiphany. St. John's is one of the oldest edifices in this city, and numbers among its congregation many of the wealthfest citizens of the na- tional capital. = The affair was s plain and simple as could be, which was according to the wishes of both Mr. and Mrs. Mercer. There were no bridesmaids, but Hon. Robert G. Cousins of the Fifth congressional dis- trict of lowa acted as best man. The bride entered and marched up the main aisle of the church, supported on the arm of Commissfoner of Pensions Lochren, the hus- band of her sister. A beautiful wedding march was played by the organist of the church, and this was continued in a low tone during the services. The bride was attired in a_ handsome white muslin dress trimmed with Valenciennes lace. Her dress was short with no train, cut a little at the neck and back, and the slecves were large and flowing. In her hand she carried a beautiful bunch of white carnations. The entire Nebraska congressional _delegation was present with the exception of Mr. Kem, who was unable to attend. Representatives Hull, Perkins, Hager, Cousins, Carey and Dolliver of the Iowa delegation were present. Among the others present were Secretary of Agriculture Morton, Senator Manderson and wife, and Representatives Sweet of Idaho and Doolittle of Washington, both of whom { The department I i Virwinta<coast, whers they will spend a few . flays visiting the historic landmarks of that state, ey will return to Washington and teside at t mandfo. CONCERNING INDIANS CHIEFLY. The bill introduced in the senate by Senas | tor Allen and in the house by Mr. Meikles | John, granting a right of way the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservation to the Kastern Nebraska & Gult rallway company, passed in the senate to The amendments providing that the raliroad shnll be constructed within three yoars from passage of t® aet, and that the right of way should be lin d to 100 feet and that station grounds be limited to 200 feet In width and feet In length, were adoy The Dbill will probably bo re- ported by the committee on Indiun affairs to the house tomorrow id will be called up for passage in the near future by Mr. Meiklejohn Representative Meikiejohn today ealled up !und secured the passage of his bill extends ing the time of payment to purchasers ot lands of the Omah. of Indians in Ne- braska. The comm on Indlan affairs nmw 1 the bIIl so as to provide that “the interest of the purchaser n lands on which the payment of the purchase money 18 ex- tended” shall be subject to taxation in the ate in which they are situated, but any lien created thereby shall be subject to the lion of the United States ,for the uupald purchase money, and that this act shall be of no force until the consent the of the Omaha Indians shall be obtained in such manner and such regulations as the Bocre of futerior may prescribe The bili provides for an extension of three years from December 1, 1804, & Representativo Mercor was todiy notifled by ¥ t Postmaster General IPrank Jones that the postoffice at Blajr had been lceated in the Perry Selden building. T. A. Fisher of Om is in Washington for a few d Mr. Fisher was at the capitol building foday and called upon the congressional delegatio Congres man of South Dakota today called on fish commissioner to make arrangemdats for the shipment of one s to be distrihuted n the carloAd of Huron river and the lake at Gary, S. D. The request will be complied with and the sent immediately Mr. Pickler called taday on the commis- stoner of Indian affairs in regard 4o the set- tlement of the Indian Useful Heart. This ires to be allowed to settle on the He was driven off the government fsland at Chamberlain, D. s decided that he can take up his abode on the Rosebud reservation, and has 50 instructed him MR. MATTHEWS® MISTAK George W. Matthews, who was recently nominated to be postmaster at Armour, S. ., s not now likely to be confirmed. In 18814 he was a republican and printed some scandalous articles concerning Grover Cleve- land. Coples of his paper, the Armour Chronicle, are now on file with Postmaster General Bissell, and it seems likely that the name of Matthews will be withdrawn from the senate. Postmasters have been appointed as fol- lows: Jowa—Leney, Plymouth county, C. A. Rodolf, vice J. T. March, removed. South Dakota—Beulah, Douglas county, D. E Harsh, vice Elisha Godfrey, removed; We: Pratt county, R. G. Gage, vice T. B, Powers, resigned; Rowena, Minnehaha county, Frank Wright, vice F. K. Marshall, | removed. Chancallor Canfield has written Represent- ative Mercer informing him that the uni- versity authorities have named the camp at Beatrice where the univer:ity cadets are so- journing “Camp Mercer,” in honor of Mr. Mercer and in consideration of the interest taken by him In the military training and discipline of the university. Indian d Rosebud reservation, CASTING P Galveston N The tongue {s mightier than the sword, when it comes to cutting remarks. Lynn Item: If the wheelmen toil not, neither do they spin. New York Her 1d: “Is that n new rug your mamma has, Bobbie?" *No, that's one’she brought in from the other 'room. But you mustn't take it up.'” “Why not “Cause there’s a hole in the carpet.” Philzdelphia Record: No, Maud, dear, the: taxidermigt is not a collector of taxes, al- though he does work a skin game. esman: Crimsonbeak—Don't you sce that very red spot over thers Bacon—You evidently —can’'t sce ® any further than your nose. Yonkers S Chicago Inter Ocean: Whenever the ther- mometer shows evidences of trying to get up in the world then ail creation acts as If they are warm about it. Washington Star: “I never saw such a fellow as Banx,” remarked a man about town. “He is always challenging some one to_play poker.” & Yes. He goes about, 5o to speak, with'a stack of chips on his shoulder.” Indianapolis Jou Grandma—I see that the locusts with a “W'" on their wings are out again. It means war whenever they appear. Miss Laura—Not this time, grandma. It This is the era of her means ‘“Woman." emancipation. THE GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. New York Standard. She doesn’t sing, she doesn't play, She doesn’t paint, alas! were formerly residents of Nebraska. —Mr. she never works af molding clay, y 4 e he never hu X I To make her mine for life, Normandie, where dinner was served. The e e T E A ora it gy wedded couple left on the 7 o'clock boat Would give her lots of time to be this evening for Virginla Beach, on the A’ good home-Keeping wife. Mission west. S. W. Corner 15t “Why you should take them, silly goose," Was all my sister sald, 0, HE IS NOT—He's just a funny little man put in there to attract the missionary’s attention to the fact that we are holding a special sale of $18 to $20 suits for $10—Elegant goods—a tailor would charge $35. We extend a hearty invitation to all strangers to visit our store”*the flnest in the You needn't buy —just look around. Browning, King & Co., h and Douglas.