Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 22, 1894, Page 4

THEOMAHA DAILYBEE. B, NOBEWATER, Fditor. < UBLISHED EVERY MORNI & TERMS OF § 1IPTION. Dally Bee (without Sun Dafly_Ten wnd Runday 8ix Montha Three Monthe Kunday [es, O Baturiday 1o Weekly Tee $800 10 00 1 M 19 15 o i, i Teventy-fou 1 Atront mhor of Commerce. Tribune DIdg. L v REPONDINCE LETTER th 8ts. Al commun torial matter sh BUSINESS " s should be mpany, mpany COMPANY AT busi addroseed ¢ Omahn, Drafts be made Teachuck, secrotary of The Tiee Pub- \ny, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and ecomplete coples of The Daily Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of May, 1594, was as follows: Hishing com 1 22.2% i 100 23 210 i 2 9, retirnod for age net cireutation B, TZSCHUCK. ribed In my pros- GRORG Bworn to before me and suby ence this 20 day of Ju (8eal.) N. P. ary Publ —_— Those two-headed Elks to be promptly corralled and landed in a dime mu- seum without delay. ought From the temperature reports from New York it may be easily inferred that Mr. Croker went to Europe simply to avoid the heat. Why delve for other reasons? The advent of the cyclonic silverites has made Omaha the storm center, and the out- Inok is that Omaha will continue to be the storm center from now on until November. When the State university wants to invest another $100 In a commencement day ora- tion, its authorities ought to require some assurance that they are to get their money's worth. Mr. Wiley Insists upon baving his man ‘as olty electrician or nobody. So far as the citi- zens are concerned they would rather have tho office vacant than have it filled by one of Wiley's dummies. Governor Boyd was not present at the Bryan free coinage love-feast. Boyd disa- grees most decidedly with Morton, but he doea not fuse with Bryan and his pet ideas to any extent, although he is heavily inter- ested in silver mining. When our friends, the enemy, ask for 16 to 1 unlimited coinage, they are biting off more than they can “chaw.” They might Just as well ask that the price of copper shall be restored to what it was ten years ago or that 16 ounces of iron shall be equal 10 one ounce of nickel. The senate, which devoted montbs to the ropeal of the Sherman silver purchase law, thinks that two days' discussion is all that the income tax deserves. The semate ought to be placed under control of a guardian with power to parcel out its time according to some consistent plan. The people of Nebraska are just now a great deal more interested in the question whether the United States court is going to help the railroads of this state to defy all law and override tho entire state goy- ernment than they are in the tariff, free sil- ver, or the adjournment of congress. Betore the commissioners submit the canal proposition they should make public its pro- visions, and glve the taxpayers an oppor- tunity to point out any serious flaw or vital omission. After once the proposition has been offictally promulgated it cannot be al- tered. It must elther bo ratifled as a wholo or rejected. The profits of the New York police must have taken a sudden drop since the police investigation began to uncover the corrup- tion in that city. The criminals and semi- eriminals would be foolish to continue the divvy now that they can no longer be sure of gotting the protection for which they have been paying. For the first time fin long years they find themselves sole pos- sessors of the undivided booty Abolishing two of the five United States depositories in Omaha is no doubt little rel- dshed by the two banks which are asked to slose their accounts with Uncle Sam, but it will not affect the business transacted by the federal government In this city. It means simply that a consolidation of the different accounts appears to be desirable, and what one bank loses in the way of deposits Is simply the gain of the others. National banks frequently point to the fact that they have been designated United States depos tories as evidence of their solidity and reli- ability. In this case the change s not oc- casloned by any distrust In the soundness of any of our banks. It is made purely for ad- ministrative purposes. Omaha’s national banks continue to be of unquestioned sta- bility. Some Ingenfous commentator on the tarift Interprets Senator Teller's amendment to the tarift bill increasing the duty on diamonds &8 a direct blow aimed by the free silver men at the Rothschilds, who have been so active In behalf of the maintenance of the gold standard and who are also largely in- terested In diamonds and bonds of the dia- mond industry. The diamond duty is thus held up as an example of retallation upon the monometallists of Europe. The absurdity of this appears when we Inquire what ad- vantage the silver men could hope for from such a movement. Whether the duty on dia- monds s raised or lowered Is absolutely ir- relovant to the silver question and can neither promote nor retard the free colnage of silver In this country. As a matter of fact, the high duty on dlamonds would prove a most effective Incentive for smuggling, and that means, of course, that legitimate dealers who would make an honest involce of their dia- monds would be scuttled by the shark that bought his dlamonds from the smuggler. On general principles luxurles should bear the Dighest tax, because the rich can afford to pay for them, but the articles of luxury that are taxed high should be such as cannot evade the customs officer. Of all the articles on the dutiable list diamonds are most easily concealed and most readily disposed of with- out detection. :’ URGING A NEW BANKING SYSTEM. It was the hope of everybody who feels that the party in control of congress is not competont to deal wisely with the currency question that with the defeat of unconditional repeal of the 10 per cent tax on state banks the agitation of the subjoect of a new bank- ing would end, For months the house committee on banking and currency had been wrangling over a varlety of propo« sitlons without reaching an agresment on any of them and the diversity of views shown In the committee, which reflected that in the house, Indicated that it would be well nigh impossible to effect an agreement and suggested that the best thing to be done, In order to remove the disturbing and unset- tling Influence of the agitation, was to drop the subject at least for the present session. But the democrats are anxious to make a rocord for currency logislation and agitation for a new banking system is consequently kept up. A subcommittee of the house banking commnittee was appointed to frame a bill, but it has done nothing and is not expected to, for the sufficient reason that its members are diamotrically opposed In their views. It was obviously absurd to suppose that a part of the committee would be able to accomplish something that the whole com- mittee could not do. It is sgid that the more congervative southern men will he quite sat- isfied if they can obtain a conservative meas- ure which will permit the fssne of a more elastic currency in thelr section, but the trouble is that the majority of the represent- atives from that section are not disposed to be satisfied with anything less than the res- toration the state banks of the unre- stricted right to issue currency, thelr con- tention being that this right belongs to the states and cannot be constitutionally denied them. They have freely asserted this on the floor of the house of representatives Said one of the advocates of the repeal of the tax, In the course of the discussion in the house recently: “I cannot see how any democrat can vote for the retention of this tax. It Is an exeroise of the taxing power of this government, not for the purpose of providing revenue, for not a cent is derived from this source, but for the sole, express purpose of destroying rights and privileges hitherto enjoyed by the states and people. We claim that congress has no right to pros- titute its taxing power for such unholy pur- poses.”” This Is the position generally held by the representatives of the south and it precludes their agreement to any conserva- tive measure, such as two or three northern democrats have proposed. The few men from that section who may take a common sense view of this question are powerless. The proposition to authorize a currency commission to sit during the recess of con- gress and frame a bill is now being con- sidered by the banking and currency com- mittee, but nobody can tell what action they will take on it in view of their course on other questions. Another thing being dls- cussed is a party caucus, which, it Is sug- gested, might appoint a special committee of prominent democratic members to deal with the banking problem at once. It is believed that united action can only be ob- tained by a strong hint from the adminis- tration or from a party caucus. The pres- ident and the secretary of the treasury, it is said, would like to see the present currency replaced by a currency issued by the banks, but mot, certainly, without some restric- tions, one of which would probably be some form of governmental supervision, and this the majority of the southern representatives are not disposed to accept. A commission system to ‘to sit during the recess of congress would have the advantage of being able to care- fully consult the best financlal opinfon of the country, and as Its members would glve their undivided attention to this uuhj,ccl a better result might be attained than in any other way. There is, however, small reason to hope for judicious legislation on this ques- tion by the present congress, whether it act upon it at this session or postpone it to the mext, and it would be more satis- factory to the country if it should leave the subject to be dealt with by a future congress, in which state rights views and sectional fecling may be less influential than in the present one, and sound Idess as to a cur- rency system more general. OHIO'S TAX INQUISITOR LAW. Under the tax inquisitor law ‘which the United States circult court for the district of Ohlo recently declared unconstitutional Ohio was making an Interesting experiment in tax legislation. The purpose of tho law was to prevent the evasion of taxes by the numerous tricks so well known to the tax- shirker. It was an attempt to make the owners of personal property, particularly the owners of stocks and bonds of corporations In other states, pay taxes on the same in Ohlo according to the generally accepted prin- ciple that personality follows the owner. It authorized each county auditor to employ an inquisitor (o spy out property which was evading taxation. This person was to recelye 20 per cent of the amount collected, includ- ing the 50 per cent penalty exacted Tor tax evasion, and the auditor received 4 per cent for certitying the supplementary duplicate to the county treasurer. This law was originally enacted in 1885, was amended in 1887, and during the time that it was in force was fairly successful in inereasing the amount of property listed for taxation. The incentive of a fat fee spurred the inquisitors on to thorough work so far as the untaxed property was accessible, and resulted in no little profit to themselyes. The total revenue brought in s said to have averaged about $750,000 per year, The richest fleld of operations for the fnquisitors lay in tho estates of wealthy men. These wero carefully Investigated whenever the executors made public declaration of their amounts, and back taxes were promptly demanded upon all personal property that had been concealed from the assessor In preyious In the case which gave rise to the iston adverse to the law's constitution- ality these back taxes amounted to $18,068.50, because the deceased had failed to list certain stocks and bonds for taxation for the six years previous to his death. The auditor's fee alone would have yielded $7,360. Other cases pending in the same county, and involving the same principles as this, at- focted the collection of an aggregate of $600,- 000 In taxes. In practice this law then worked as a pre- ventative of tax shirking by threatening the collection of unpaid back taxes and heavy ponalties in addftion thercto from the estate of the offender at the time of his death, It is similar in theory to the provisions of the tax laws in some of the cantons of the Swiss republic, where the public has a first claim upon the property of any deceased citizen to the extent of the taxes which he ought to have paid, but did not pay. In Switzerland, no sooner fs a man's death announced than the tax authorities clap an oficial seal upon all his property, which s later subjected to & scrutinizing inventory. This inventory Is compared with the tax lists, and it there 1s any material discrepancy by which the public treasury has suffered the estato s required to make good the loss with added ( penalties. This systom has been accepted without complaint In a few cantons, but it has not secured suMclent approval to insure its general adoption. The Ohlo authorities announce their inten- tion of appealing their case, the decision resting upon the opinlon of the court that the failure of the law to provide for a hear ing of the parties taxed before the tax fis Imposed by the auditor constitutes a violas tion of the fourteenth amendment to the fed- eral constitution in taking private proporty without due process of law. Even should the unconstitutionality of the law be afirmed that will not prevent the leglslature trom providing for a hearing that will obviate the objections urged by the court. The differont states are bound te try further experiments in this direction before they will acknowled 1t to be either a success or a failure. ELECTRIC WIRE [NSPECTION. The tests recently made by the electrical engineer In the employ of fire Insurance underwriters have confirmed the suspicion that many of our buildings that are electro lghted are exposed to combustion from de- foctive wiring. The Insurance managers are, it #s sald, serlously contemplating another raise In insurance rates unless the city takes stops to enforce the ordinance regu- lating electric wiring. This threat It carried out would serlously affect every policy holder and particularly the mer- cantile class that is compelled to carry heavy risks on atocks of merchandise in order to maintain its credit. The blame for the existing stita of anarchy by which the electrical inspection has been balked for the last two years is with the council. It is notorfous that every erdi- nance embodying strict regulations for the inspection of wires which the city electrician was empowered to enforce was mutilated or pigeon-holed by the Wiley contingent in the councll. It Is notorious also that after a struggle of several years' duration the coun- cil finally did pass a fair electrical inspec- tion ordinance, but its enforcement has been prevented by the effort to folst an elec- trician upon the city who would do the bidding of Wiley and virtually nullify the ordinance. At the present time the office of city electrician is vacant and it will doubtless so continue 80 long as the council persists in its policy of obstruction and usurpation, inasmuch as several of the most ob- streperous obstructionists in the council are fire insurance agents. The insurance com- panfes have a remedy in their own hands. Let them call off their dogs or drop them from their agents' roll. That would bring the fssue to a head on very short notice. It is somewhat singular that the insurance companies allowed thelr own agents to tamper with the electrical inspection ordi- nances for years. In all that time we had no inspection whatever and the blame for defective wiring is as much with the in- surance companies as anybody. The way out of the controversy it seems to us is not difficult. The insurance com- panies should elther issue a mandate to thetr councilmanic agents to get out of Bell- wether Hascall's corral and do their duty or they should employ a wire expert of their own to examine all bulldings periodically and make the owners thereof pay for in- spection just as they now do for boiler inspection. That of course might leave some bulldings whese owners do not insure in the underwriters’ companfes without in- spection, but the number of those buildings is comparatively small. Tt certainly would be more desirable to have the wires inspected by a first class expert in whom the fnsurance companies have Implicit confidence than to depend on the inspection of Wiley's man Friday. RETALIATION ALREADY. 1t is announced that the Spanish govern- ment has ordered an increase of 24 per cent in the duty on all classes of shipments from the United States to Cuba and that this new rate will take effect on July 1. It appears that shippers of flour from this country to Cuba have been notifled by their correspondents in that island to make no more shipments that cannot reach there by July. Under the reciprocity agreement the exports of flour to Cuba and Puerto Rico have been enormously increased. Formerly, when there was a heavy duty, nearly all the flour consumed in those islands was shipped there from Spain, but reciprocity practically destroyed the trade of the Spanish millers and transferred it to this country. With a renewal of the duty on flour this market will of course be taken away from our millers and the people of the Islands will again get their flour from Spain. Besides this a large number of articles exported from this country to Cuba and Puerto Rico, which were made free of duty or the duty greatly reduced when reciprocity was en- tered into, will be in less demand when the new duty goes into eftect, so that it is entirely safe to say that under the opera- tion of democratic policy probably not less than two-thirds of our export trade with those islands will be lost. And this is only a part of what our forelgn commerce will suffer from this policy, for undoubtedly every country with which we have reciproc- ity agreements will remew the old duties upon our products which heretofore were in the way of an extension of commerce with such countries. A democratic representative, Mr. Harter of Ohlo, is reported as saying that an easy remedy for this kind of retaliation Is to attach to the tarift bill a provision doubling the rate of duty upon all articles coming here from any country which may increase existing rates of duty upon articics produced or manufactured in the United States. In other words, we should institute a tarift war against countries with whom we break agreements made in good faith at our own invitation in the event of such countries taking steps to protect themselves In the matter of revenue after the benefits which we persuaded them would accrue from such agreements are withdrawn by our own ac- tion. What a policy this would be for a great nation like this to adopt, and instead of belng an easy remedy, as the Ohlo repro- sentative suggests, it would probably be found a very hard and difficult one. It is impossible to conceive of any course that would be more heartily welcomed by the commercial nations of Europe that are mak- ing every posible effort to increase thelr trade in this hemisphere. Great Britain, Germany and France regarded with jealous apprehension the polley of reciprocity Instituted by the republican party and they bave sparod no effort to defeat It. They sought to prevent Spain from entering into an agreement and their influenco has been constantly directed in Brazil and other countries with which we have reciprocity arrangements in hostility with them. The Qemocratic policy of abandoning these agree- ments will restore to the commerclal nations of Europe all the advantages they possessed before and we have only to Inaugurate a tariff war against countries which may In- crease existing rates of duty upon articles produced or manufactured in the United States in_order to turn over wholly to Buropeans the markils of those countries People who talk like the Ohlo reprosentative seem not to reflect gt the United Statos are quite as mucid@fiependent upon other countries as otherfcountries are upon us in the matter of tfde and that we cannot with Impunity make commercial war on the loast of them. INTERCHANG 1:1,» MILEAGE The agitation which das been so unremit- tingly carried on by the different organiza- tions of commerelal travelers for an inter- changeable mileage ticket, good on all the railroads in a desigyafpR district, has finally achieved a tangible pfilu. A bill drafted with that object in view passed the lower house of congress thjs week, and according to competent obserdérs has an excellent prospect of getting through the senate and securing the approval of the president. As passed, this bill, however, Is merely nega- tive and can operate only to clear the way for the fssue of interchangeable mileage. It is drawn In the form of an amendment to the Interstatp commerce act, and provides that nothing in that act shall prevent the fssuance of joint interchangeable 5,000-mile tickets, with special privileges as to the amount of free baggago that may be carrled under mileage tickets of 1,000 miles or more. It further requires railroads declding to issue tickets of this kind to file with the commls- sion copies of the jolnt tariffs of rates, with specifications of the amounts of free baggage permitted to be carried under such tickets, and makes the railroad subject to the same penalties for failing to live up to these tarifts as for failing to observe tho regular tariffs. The bill, it will be noticed, is no more than permissive. Many authorities have contended that the rallroads already possess ample power to issue interchangeable mile- age books It they were so inclined. They may be just as little tnclined to do so even after thelr power to act is clearly defined. What the commercial travelers ought to have asked for is a law to compel the roads to issue tickets recognizable on all lines be- longing to the different passenger associa- tions at a rate not to exceed a maximum prescribed in the statute. Until that is done it will be most difficult to induce the rallroad officials to negotiate the necessary arrangements to put the new system into torce. State legislation is practically“pow- erless to interfere, because the chief advan- tage of the interchangeable ticket is its use in interstate trafic. It would be of in- calculable convenience not only to the great number of commercial travelers, but also to other classes of people compelled to cover a large stretch of territory that must be reached by different roads. Upon the point of increasing the amount of free baggage we have already expressed our opinfon that it is class legislation, and class legislation of the most objectionable character. If the railroads carry excess baggage free for the holders of interchange- able mileage tickets, jt means that those who travel without baggage are paying for the transportation of thq baggage of others. It is much more equitable to make each pas- senger pay for the gervige which he himself secures. Such a course would enable the railroads to make lower bassenger rates and to collect for all baggage in proportion to the weight carried. There is no valld reason why commercial travelers should be privileged to monopolize the baggage car without paying for it. | The interchangeable mileage ticket is sure to come in the near future, but the ingremspd free baggage Is no necessary part of the plan. e It cost Nebraska just $100 to enable the students of the state university to listen to the great Iowa professor dilate upon the degeneracy of our republican form of govern- ment. Governor Crounse didn’t charge any- thing for the little answer which he made to the orator of the day, and which de- molished the high-priced political version of the imported speaker. That $100 ought to have been given to the governor. Perfaction of Nerve, Chicago Herald. “‘Representatives of the Pacific rallronds now in this city,” says a Washington dis- patch, “will not accept the bill providin that Interest on the funded debt shall be per cent”” Is there any other country on earth where a combination of impudent, thievish corporations could openly declare that they ‘would not accept” an enact- ment by the highest legislative body in the nation? Have the Paclfic rallroads a_joint ownership of congress with the Sugar trust? — - A Mischievous Theorist Rebuked. New York Evening Post. That was a well deserved rebuke which the governor of Nebraska administered to one of the new ‘ethical school,” Prof. George Herron of lowa college, at the commencement exercises of the University of Nebraska, New Political Vision,” was the professor's subject, and the qual- ity of his eyesight may be judged from his declaration that “all know that there is no justice in the courts,”” and that “if there is anarchy everywhere, it had it origin_in the courts.””~ Governor Crounse denounced this sort of talk as_inappropri- ate, misleading, and uncalled for, unwar- ranted in fact, and damaging and discourag- ing to the youth just entering upon the battde of life; repudiated the charges against the courts and ridiculed the idea that Coxey and his followers are the high- est types of American citizenship. This Is the right way to treat the Herrons, who are more mischievous than the Coxeys so long as they are allowed to go unrebuked. Governor Crounse may not be a scholar, but he would make a much better teacher of ethics than a good many of the queer people who are getting into such chairs in our colleges. —— A Blow at Woman Suffrage. Philadelphin Press. When Susan B. Anthony and Rev. Anna Shaw stepped to the platform in the Kan- sas popullst state convention yesterday and pinned populist badges to their bosoms they dealt woman suffrage the worst blow it has received In twenty years. The act was performed in return for the adoption of a plank favoring woman suffrage and as a sign that the woman suffragists will labor for the success of the populist party in Kansas. No more unwise step could have been taken by the advocates of equal suffrage in Kansas. The state Is to vote in No- vember on an amepdiment to the consti- tution granting women' the same suffrage privileges as men. If adopted it will double the lgnorant vote {n Kansas and increase the difficulty of giving the state a clean, efficient, stable government at least 60 per cent. The political situation In Kansas is already of a most diScouraging character. The success of thy nopullsts In 180 and 1892 was the first 8erfous check the pros- perity of that state hds had. It lessened the value of every -plece of property and stopped the flow of jcapital ~and -emigra- tion to the state. A condition of semi- lawlessness has singe prevailed, the gov- ernor_himself glying entouragement to the law breakers. The scenes that were ens acted last winter in'the capitol of the state, when a populist minoFity, sustained by the executive, tried to,usurp the control of the legisiature, shiWs how dangerous to civil order the popwlists are. Similar evi- dences have been given In other states of the perll any’ community is in from the supremacy of this party, and these proofs have served to unite all law-abiding peo- ple in opposition to:populism, And yet it is this soelalistic organization that the woman suffragists in Kansas have agreed to support in return dorsement of equal voting privile T ought to end all prospect of the adoption of the woman suftrage amendment in Kan- sas. The harm will not end there, however. Thé woman suffrage cause will be Injured in every state. The Drogress ft has made during the few years past will be lost and the ground will not s00n be recovered. The great majority of women are as much op- posed to civil disorder as the men, and {tis tnelr misfortune that the cause many of them have at heart should be Injured by the Indiscretion of these Kansas fa natics. Severe Earthquake ln Algerls MARSEILLES, June 2L—A dispatch from Oran, Algeria, says that & severe earthquake has occurred there, KOPLE AND THINGS Drop an fsurance order in the slot and ses the bearded lady Ko rotnd. Sonators find 1t extremely difeult to evade speaking to the sugar question. Unless Prondergaet proves hla tnsanity by July 2 the poor boy will lose s head. Speaking of sugar stock, Senator Brice tragically oxclaims, “Never toneled me." Congressman Bland's presidonttal boowers are struggling to get a life line to shore, Loulsviile threatens to put Kelly on the rock pile. That's Kelly's fad. He ls emo tionally fond of rooks. Senator Murphy of New York I3 golng to Saratoga to recuperate from his exhausting labors in cufing the tarift bill. Mr. Croker's preforence for French soll is not so strange as It appears. There Is considerable gall in Richard's make-up Ex-Governor St. John dononnces as A falsehood the story that ha has joined the populists. The pops repudiate his terma. The common squealers camping in the suburbs of Washington are planning an ex- tensive attack on free lunch routes on the homeward march. An Itallan named Gazoune, having cor- nered tho wheat crop of Argentine, s anxlous to gaze on other worlds for the purpose of extending his cinch. The revival of Napoleonlo literature Is well calculated to prove the Corsican pos- sessed a vast and varied assortment of affoctions and lavished them with blue grass prodigality. There s something in a name. Muloy Asiz, son of the late sultan, is dotermined to kick in the royal traces. Usually a com- binatlon of the kind {8 exceedingly dangerous at the breach Oscar Wilde now dresses, as he imagines, in fin de siecle fashion, He wears a long sack coat of gray Scotch cloth. It reaches nearly to his knees. His cravat is enormous. His hair is long and parted on the side. His cuffs are many sizes too large for him and are fastened with links, David McCoy of San Bernardino county, California, a prisoner of the war of 1812, was 104 years old a few days ago. He fought in tho battle 6f Thames River, where he wits nessed the death of Tecumseh, the Indian ally of the British. The old gentleman is as well and hearty as most men at 70. Reform is steadily overcoming and_ con- founding the wicked in Chicago. A batch of city employes who plunged into a recent county conventfon and attemipted to mastl- cate the thumbs, noses and ears of opponents were dismissed in_disgrace. The mayor In- sists on strict observance of Queensbury rules. George Ernest Noyes, the 21-year-old child of B. C. Noyes of Charlestown, Mass., never asks for confectionery, his mother says, but prefers a cigarette, or sometimes a good chew of tobacco will satisfy him. He_ has two large brothers, and he insists upon sharing their package of clgarettes with them. Mrs. Philip Sheridan 1s said to be almost the only widow of a great war chief who has absolutely declined purses, funds and any such testimonials after his death, and to have resolutely opposed all offers from military societies and others who wished to erect his monument. She said she wished no other provision than General Sheridan had himself made for his family, and that the erection of his tombstone was too prec- fous a duty to be assigned to any one else, e danygoves 21 THE GOVERNOR AND THE HERRON, New York Sun: As Governor Crounse has a proper confidence in his own country, he must feel instinctively that for so ex- pressing himself at such a moment he has the admiration and respect of every true American _citizen who hears an echo of his words. It Prof. Herron should leave the country, though it might not bring pleasure to him' in his irredeemable pessimism, it would at least be for the country's good. And all like him had better go, too, even if they don’t know where to go. Buffalo Express: At the commencement exercises at the University of Nebraska Prof. George Herron of Iowa college took advan- tage of the privilege given him to make a speech and launched into a general denuncia- tion of the government and of American in- stitutions after the usual populistic fashion. Governor Lorenzo Crounse, who was on the platform, immediately arose and replied Here Is a_paragraph of what he sald: “T do not believe that this country is wholly bad and tottering on, the verge of destruc- I do not agree that our courts are that they are cesspools of corruption and’ the founts of anarchy. Neither do I believe that Coxey and his followers are the highest types of American citizenship. I believe our institutions are the grandest and best system of government, the best ever known or devised.” This is not the first time Lorenzo Crounse has poured a bucket of cold water on a socialistic fire. New York Tribune: The incident forcibly calls attention to a type of dangerous an- archism that is becoming very prevalent today. We refer to the speculative and doctrinaire anarchism of a few men of educa- tion—chlefly clergymen, college professors and social reformers. These men are really far more dangerous than the criminal fanatics who throw loaded dynamite bombs into a crowd of innocent men and women. For they are men of character, standing and good impulses, whose incitements to anarchy and lawlessness are for that very reason listened to and followed by men who would turn away in_horror and disgust from the ravings of a Most. In some of his books Prof. Herron declares that the present soclal system is built on injustice, and that in all likelihood it will have to be reformed Dby a bloody revolution. This is one of those half-truths that in sociology are unspeakably more harmful than out-and-out falsehoods. For in the first place, it enables the crim- inal anarchists and enemies of society to assert that some of the most eminent leaders of thought are with them; and in the second place, it tends to make anarchists of all those in every community who for whatever reason find themselves seriously handicapped in the struggle of life. e L NEBKRASKAAND NEBR: Webster county papers are discussing the wisdom of going back to the commissioner system. Petitions are now out. The enrollment at the Fremont Normal school for the summer term is already about 400 and is increasing daily. The canal project Is going along in a very encouraging way at Columbus and over $30,- 000 worth of stock bas been subscribed. Afnsworth has an “All-Can-Lie-Fishing- club,” which says the prairie grass in the hills is literally covered with fish tales, A boom in window glass In Holdrege fs the result of a hail storm that spread desolation in the western part of the state. Mrs. McDonald, nee Almena Parker, se- cured a verdict for $600 against the Wes- leyan university on a contract for teaching. Mayor Matrau of Norfolk has ordered all the bawdy houses in the city and within the three-mile limit outside of the city closed up. Cass county reports crops in fine condl- tlon, especially is this true of the corn crop, which farmers say never was more promis- ing. Coplous rains seem to have been general all over the state and reports place Ne- braska in the lead of all the grain producing states. David Thomas caught a fish in Tilma's poud at David City that was two feet and five inches long and weighed fourteen and one-half _pounds. Warrants fave been issued for the arrest of the riders and owners of the four horses that died from the fearful exertion in the 100-mile race at Chadron. An Albion man comes to the front with a perpetual motion machine. The Idea of per- petual motion at least is perpetually being operated by a perpetual crank The beet crop in Dodge county is In ex cellent condition. The root is reported as well started and the tops are large and strong. It is growing at an amazing rate. Paul Krause of Albion put some paris green mixture he had left over in a crevice between the cow yard fence and an outhouse. His cow got it and now he is minus a cow. Stmon Pearce, the forger, who twice plerced the walls of the Jefferson county fail, and forged ahead among the outside world, has again been captured and 1s now taking his meals at the old stand in Fairblry. Young Frank Mrkvichka recently drove his span of goats, attached to a toy express wagon, from Ravenna to Crote, a distance of not less than 160 miles. The trip was made in six days. The turnout attraocted much attention along the route and bis reception st Crete amouuted to an avation. THE DOWNFALL OF WIMAN. Washington Post: Thers 1a much in his history to serve as a wholesomo example; thero Is that fn Its molancholy termination that should stand as a perennial warning to mon of ke bold and vortls characteristios exposed to like strains upon thelr moral Judgment New York Re case in the court boen found guilty fn which justico should bo tempered with morey It 18 that of this ost unhappy man, who but a short tim was %0 great a factor in the industrial life of the metropolis. Chicago Times: Much as the downfall of Erastus Wiman will be regretted for ftsel, the strict application of the criminal law in e case of this millionaire forger is not to bo regretted tn the loast, but applauded and comimnended as an_exompiification of the dig- nity and fmmutability of American justice. Detr reo DPress: The convietion of Astus Wiman of a penitentiary o ought to convince those who are coustantly speaking of the partiality of the law, that it Is—sometimes, at least—no respecter of per- sons. Mr. Wiman has stood very high in the community and enjoyed distinguished honors but he Is a convicted felon all the same, and Iikely, so far as can be judged, to have a term In Sing Sing. Chicago Post: The jury could not fail to conviet, nor, considering the public services of tho prisoner and the nature of the proses cution, to offer a recommendation for merey Although a felon, no one will bellove Wiman to be inherently dishonest. In fact, he comes out of the trial better in the eyes of the pub- lie than the man whose fortuno he made, and who, apparenfly, in mere jealousy of his reputation, has hounded him without pity to the doors of the penitentiary. Chicago Record: It is not oasy to belleve that Erastus Wiman possesses the inherent instincts of the felon. It seems more prob- able that his criminal blunder was the rusult of a moment of weakness and aberratfon of the moral viston, and for this ru the public will be inclined to regard the 1etnt- lessuess of his prosecution as inspired by something other than a mere imporscual de- sire for justice. Had his speculation been the result of a delfborate purpose a man of such large general capacities weuld jrcb- ably have arranged to make off with some- thing more than $5,000. The singalar part of it Is that, having those capicities and belng a man of judgment and discorniment withal, he could stoop to such fatal folly. Now York Tribune: He was a man of splendid energy and remarkable power as an organizer, competent to deal with large affairs and to play an tmportant part In public affairs, but with a credulous faith in his own resources and judgment, and with an overmastering ambition not only to an.ass a great fortune, but also to create an Inter- national reputation. He was drawn fato a whirlpogl of speculative activity outside his legitimate businoss, and, like a drowning man, caught at straws—overdrafts of his accounts and finally criminal forgery. It his speculations had not proved ruinous all his business irregularities would have been con doned and concealed, but disasters over- whelmed him, and he is now where he is—an unhappy, broken-down man, a pathetic and melancholy figure. The law makes an ex- ample of the forger. But his carcer tells the story of an_overmastering ambition without restraints of judgment or knowledge of lmi- tations. rder: 1t thore e wherein Mr T owas & Wiman has son ——— MIRTH PROVOKE Richmond Dispatch: It s a difficult matter to fence In a bow-legged man—he always has an open galt of his own. Press: “So and he has Jobson 1s married a disposition.” “How do I church Detroit ~ Free n with a ' quarrelsome “How do vou know that?’ know it? Why, she belongs to th choir.” Buffalo Courier: He (philosophically)— Do you approve of going to the theater? She (practically)—Oh, thank you, any night you like. Harvard Lampoon: Miss Budde—And haye you often hypnotized people? Young Psychologist—Often, I have known persons whom 1 have sent into a sound sleey by merely gazing at them and talking seridis Siftings: Three years' undisturbed pos- sessfon of a setter dog will destroy the veracity of the best man in America. Star: ‘““There's living In ~these ve any highwaymen.” true. But my ice man s just as s a low-weigh man.” Indianapalls Journal: Mrs. Wickwire— Wasn't it Shakespeare who said that “the apparel oft proclaims the man,” or some- thing of the sort? Mr. Wickwire—I don’t remember, but probably you are right. I suppose they had clothes loud enough to make proclama- tions in his day the same as now. ‘Washington thing about don’t ha “That bad. He' one times. good We Detrolt Free Press: Woman Suffragist— Are you, sir, in favor of women voting? Mr. Man—Madam, you should not ask me such a question and expect an answer when you know I am unarmed. APRIL AND NOVEMBER. Truth, Last night I held her on my knee, The girl that I love best; That little head so dear to me Was pillowed on my breast. I held her little hand in mine, And Kissed her o'er and o'er; But then, you see, she’s barely nine, And T'am sixty-four. And it it happens that I be A gran'dad that adores The grandchild that takes after me, I's no concern of yours, CH! e ALLEN AND CHANDLER SPAT Wordy Warfare Causos Great Excitoment {n the Senato Chamber, END HAS NOT YET BEEN REACHED nce Where xpress s Views in th Munner He Desired Unhampored by the Kules of the Senute. WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEB, 1407 F. Stroet N. W, WASHINGTON, June 21, Thore was a sceno of tremendous excites ment in the senate this afternoon and for & fow moments ft scomed as though a pers sonal encounter might oceur in that august loglslative chamber. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire reitorated the charges and insinuations which he made concerning Allen of Nebraska and his alleged hargaln with the democratic leaders for his vote, and concluded with the statement that he hi learned so much recently in regard to the character of the Nebraska senator, his former associations and habits that he could not expect Senator Allen to be prepared to conduct himselt a gentleman and in & manner becoming to a man selected to ous cupy a seat in the United States senate. Senator Allen replied to this assault in & firm, but apparently dignified manner, but intimated that he would like to moet th senator from New Hampshire in some pla other than the senate chamber, where he might express his views in a manner suitable to his desire. This challenge from Senator Allen ovoked from Senator Chandler the retort that such language merely emphasized the truth of the assertion recently made by Senator Chandler that the senator from Nebraska was not fit to occupy a position on the floor of the senate and conduct himselt there as & gentleman. The incident closed without furs ther violence, but it is not belleved that the end has yet been reached in the controversy between these two statesmen. WILL STAY ON THE FREE LIST. Senator Manderson has been worke Ing very hard for some time to get the duty increased on beef extract and to have albumen taken from the free list. His efforts have been in response to numere ous letters recelved from prominent manus facturers in Nebraska. The senator today sent the following letter to the Cudahy Pharmaceutical company at South Omahat “I appealed again this morning to Senators Vest and Jones, in charge of the tariff bill, to increase the duty on beef extract from 15 to 25 per cent, or at least to 20 per cent, where it was left in the house bill. I also urged upon them to take albumen from the free list and give it a far duty so that the industry might continue. It was of no avail. They sald they proposed to leave als bumen_and bone ash upon the free list, and would not consent to an increase of duty on beef extract. 1 will offer amendments in the senate. They will not consent to & change for fear of demoralizing the demos cratic side. It looks as though the only remedy for existing conditions Is a repube lican congress, and I hope that you and others will work for that end.” The house committee on public bulldings and grounds, by a unanimous vote, today decided to make a favorable report on the bill of Congressman Mercer Increasing from $1,200,000 to $2,000,000 the appropriation for the purchase of site and erection of a publio building at Omaha. This puts the Omaha building on the same footing with that of Milwaukee, and gives $800,000 more tham Kansas City. Senator Manderson has written Secretary Roy Stone, resigning his position as_pre ident of the National League for Good Road: He gives as his reason lack of time on ace count of official business. e THE UPS WITH THE DOW. 8. §t. Paul Dispatch, “Say, pa, will you tell me what makes all this_trouble? Said my little son Jimmy to me. “I skinned both my feet as I waiked o'er the stubbl An’ the thorns are ‘s the long, tiresome the water H drive down the cattle to drink} it' seems till stickin' in me. hill where we An’ It would save lots o' work, an' that you oughter Move our house down there, I thin] Well, Jimm; aiery, Philosophy's guidance s non; Bf your work s so light that you never ETOW weary, “Tis work just as well not begun; To have a high hill we must have a deep hollow, An’ the ups always go with the downat om the clouds of today there is sunshine to follow, An’ smiles’ travel tandem with frowns. my son, since you proffer the Ef you never had a pain or nervous de- pression You would not the blessing o healtk An' it's only by hunger an' gaunt depriva- tion Thet we learn o' the value o' wealth. The troubles an’ trials, my son, you com- plain of Are blessings to you an’ to me, For we must get a prod from the brad o oppression In order to know that we're free. know days. Cash is easier over. than $1.00 to $2.50 more. match for only $4.50. out prices. sort o' see where we're at, as it were. words we're going to take an inventory in a few to sount than clothes; cut the clothes way down, to save ourselves the time, and to keep from carrying the summer stuff Suits will be sold for $7.50 $8.50, $10 and $12.50, that are worth lots more money. Boys' suits same way. - buy suits that you can’t buy elsewhere for less A splendid boys combin- ation suit with two pairs of pants and cap to x.!@l t’s This Way. We're going to look down to the bottom of things; In other 50 we $2,50. $3 and $3.50, will Straw hats and summer furnishings at clearing Browning, King & Co., 8. W. Corner 15th and Douglas.