Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 24, 1894, Page 12

HEOMAHA DATLY BEE SWATER, ¥ or. PUBLISITED TERMS OF HUBSCRIP (wit 8800 16 00 14 and 13, Tribune DIdg. BNCE. LETTER nd remfttan The Tien Publishing Fheeks wni postofll to i PUBLI fal mattor BUSINE ATl Hsinces lottors Oriahn be mad Drifts o pynb A DR HING COMI'A BTATEMENT OF CIRCULAT Pub wiys that the mplete coples (0 Hunday May, 1504, wan 24 2RI seaatamen Total Tatal #old Dally average net vi *Sundny HUC in m GEORG and subacribe £ Tune, 1904 . FRIL, Hworn to hefare m, N Notary Pu soon be e his sense The colloge graduate will with a tape line trying to meast ©f his own Importance, seen Ahout this time beware of the green apple and greener wgtermelon, which mix badly With fce cream on an empty stomach General Kelly has left Louisville, but it 18 donbtful whether he will water his horse #n the Potomac by the Fourth of July. The close of the tariff debate in ate has witnessed that would, in the days of Clay, and Prentiss, have been settled by and coffee. the sen- sparring Calhoun pistols some personal Superb coaches have heen placed on the Bast Omaha and Courtland beach lines. Now 16t the Omaha Street Railway company do likewise on our main The ©1a horse cars are both unsightly and un- comfortable, thoroughfares. Colorado mining troubles promise no end of turbulence and outlawry. The kidnaping and mobbing of Adjutant General Tarsney fndicates a lamentable condition bhordering on anarchy In the mining regions of the Cen- tennlal state. Omaha does not claim to be a summer re- #ort, but there 1s no necessity for our peo- ple rushing to the seashore with the .tem- porature at 92 degrees in New York and 06 degroes in Philadelphia on the shady side of the hammock. The Amerlcan Railway the salary of President Debs at $3,000 a year. That is only one-tenth of the salary of the average raflway president, but there 18 no fear that Mr. Debs will strike for higher wages during the present term. unfon has fixed Over 5,000,000 specches have been sent ont of Washington under congressional franks already during this congress and the end le not yet. The poor constituent who is sup- posed to read this endless grind does not appear to have had his feelings considered at all. Just before Gabriel blows his trumpet a herald will appear to proclaim to the world that some more important newly discovered evidence is ready to be presentéd to the British government as a ground for reopen- ing the case of the unfortunate Mrs. May- brick. Talk about hard luck! What about those soventeen-year locusts which after having been compelled to spend the greater part of their lives In darkness and dampness under the earth have the misfortune to emerge for theth fow Weeks of pleasure during a demo- eratio administration! There 1s more truth assertion of the London Post that the om- nipotence. of capital in the United States has grown into almost intolerable tyranny iBut how about England, Germany and Rus sia, and, for that matter, all other countrias ithat are ruled by emperors, kings and ~queens and upheld by standing armies? The Board of Education has expressed its swant of confidence in the capaclty, it not Athe Integrity, of the present building super- ‘ntendent. The only excuse given by some of his backers has been the plea that he would be dropped by the end of the fiscal YEAr. It mow remains to be the board will scandalize election under the pretense that the vletim of politieal persecution. As a matter of fact the man got his place and was held up In his reckless squandering of the school moneys because of his political activity. Had the man been competent, diligent and trust- worthy that might have been condoned, but it 15 a disgrace to the board to fmpose upon the taxpayérs at $5 a day or $3 a day 2 man who lacked every esseutial qualification for the place he held. than poetry in the seen itself by whether his re- he The express companies appear to be now resorting to the same tactics as the rallroad companles to relleve themselves of liability ffor damages arising from Injuries to thelr smployes while in thelr service. The Adams company has Just issued an order compelling Its employes to contract away thelr rights against the company, alleging as the reason that other express companies have done tha me. The form of contract prescribed by the Adams company purports to bind not only the employe but also his heir utors, administrators and assigns and to relleve the company from liability for injury or death whether caused “by any o gence of its agents, servants or employos or any of them or otherwise.” Refusal to sign the contract Incurs the penalty of Immediate slismissal and the new order affects both old employes and new ones equally. The Adama company Inaists that it has been driven to this step by the necessity of protecting itselt It will doubtless fnd that it has lald the groundwork for a host of ceaseless litiga. tion &nd before It gets through may discover that it has not been relleved of Uabliity te the extent that it belleved exe t or negl THF POLICY OF HOME PATRONAGE. In order to advatide the prosperity ot Ne- braska all Interests Must work togsther for There must be such them as will {nsure to odch the largest possible advantages In the Nome market. Tt will dsubtloss be adinitted by everybody convérsant With the facts that the wide adoption of the policy of patronizing the getieral welfare, reciprocity betwedn | home Industries has been of great benefit to interests them to business the of this state. It manufacturing enabled most of enlarge their rations before the depression on, and unquestionably to that policy the nusiber of suspen- establishments this of has good ot goods, cam is due the fact that of industrial during the poeriod small sions in state depression 1t had quality necessary mparatively a in fmprovement improving the to stic- lines of was pro- was with where similar goods manufuctured elsowhere. It f mutual interest and good will which has been helptul and beneficlal to all of them. he recent visit to interlor merchants by representatives of the mercantile interests of Omaha very satisfactorily dem- onstrated that the preference of the country merchant 18 fo deal with Nebraska jobbers. It was found that very generally the busi- ness men of the interior are strongly in sympathy with the prineiple of home patron- that they are di to give it the broadest appjication. In doing this they take the Togical view that the wholesale merchants of the state ought to do all they can to fncrease the business and prosperity of Nebra:ka manufacturcrs. There are fa tories in a great of the towns of the whose would be materially enlarged It thelr products were more frecly handled by Nebraska jobbing houses and the business men of the where these factories are located reasonably think that when they give their trade to the whofe- sale merchants of Omaha and Lincoln those merchants should do all they can to foster and build up the indnstrles of the towns by giving their products the largest attainable market. This fs a fair and common-sense and it is proper to say that siderable number of Nebraska jobbers are in practical accord with it. Many of them are handling the products of Nebraska factories and mills and giving them a falr chance in the merket. But it fs desirable that all of them shall do so, and it would seem that all would see that it is in thoir interest to do it, because in bullding up Nebraska in- Qustries they are increasing the market for everything they handle other than the manu- factured products of this state. As a matter of fact, however—and this it s that prompted tkis articlo—there are wholesale merchants who appear not to understand this matter or to appreclate its significance They want their Nebraska market to grow, it must be assumed, but apparently they are unwilling to do anything in the practical way herein suggested to promote its growth. The policy of patronfzing home industries, all things being equal, is a sound policy. Its benefits have been conclusively demon- strated in this staté. Adherence to it can- not fail to do a very great deal in promoting the material progress and prosperity of Ne- braska and in strengthening our industries for withstanding the strain of such periods, of depression as the one we are now passing through. There can be no question as to the efcacy of this policy during the past year ih keeping many of the industries of this state in operation. We commend this ques- tion to the thoughtful consideration of those wholesale merchants who are not in prac- tical sympathy with the principle of patron- fzing home industries, believing that if they will give it such attention they will see the wisdom and expediency of adopting it. AN IMMIGRATION COMMISSION. At a recent Informal meeting of a number of republican congressmen the subject of restricting immigration was discussed and the idea of femoving the question from par- tisan contest was generally favored. It was proposed that congress create a national commisslon composed of representatives of both parties, and that this commission should outline a national policy and prepare the appropriate legislation. By such means, it was argued, no one political party could be held responsible, but all parties would have a hand in settling the question. The sugges- tion that this subject be removed from par- tisan contest Is unquestionably sound, and as a matter of fact the two great parties are practically in accord regarding it, as the language of the last national platforms shows. The republican platform says: “‘We favor the enactment of more stringent laws and regulatigns for the restriction of crim- inal, pauper and contract immigration.” The democratic platform approves ‘“all legiti- mate efforts to prevent the United States trom being used as the dumping ground for the known criminals and professional pau- pers of KEurope,” demands the rigid enforce- ment of the laws against “the importation of foreign workmen under contract to de- grade American labor and lessen its wages,” and condemns ‘“any and all attempts to restrict the immigration of the industrious and worthy of forelgn lands.” It is thus seen that there 1s substantial agreement be- tween the two great parties on this ques- tion, and if each acted strictly in conform- ity to its platform declarations there would bo no contest regarding a policy. Whatever legisiation should be found necessary (o more rigidly exclude the classes which everybody agrees ought to be excluded would be en- acted without any conflict, But there are politicians in both parties who Want to go a great deal further than the platform utter- ances. Representing constituencies that have extreme views regarding imimigration, dic: tated by cither prejudice or selfish interest, and in some cases by both, these politiclans would shut out immigration altogether it they could have their way. It is they who are constantly agitating this subject and as to most of them their motive in doing so is perfectly obvious, It Is not the general good, but their personal advantage that chiefty concerns them, Posslbly a national commission eomposed of representatives of both parties might ac complish the desirable object of taking this subject out of partisan but this is problematical. At any rate there Is cer- tainly no urgent demand for considering new legislation relating to immigration, either by commisslon or In any other way. The pre- vailing industrial condition this country is operating to restrict immigration perhaps more effectively than any additional legisla- tion could, and for some time past the efflux has been equal to, If not in excess of, the inflow. Of course this state of affairs will unot be permanent. When industrial depres- and prosperity returns to from the United Rurope will stop and many of those who have gone away from this country be- cause there was nothing for them td do here will come back. But immigration will not be resumed on any seale until there 1s a very great in the labor market of this he Is a wise cessful competition ductive of a sentiment manufacturers among wholesale age and Josed many state operations communities a con- contest, sion passes away the States to country emigration extensive improvement country, and prophet who can tell with any degree of ac- | greater than that for a baseball club, | THE OM cratic tarift in operation, the wages of tabor fargely reduced and the consuming capacity of the country materially curtailed, it is not Ifkely that the United States will for some years to come offer any very strong tempta- tions to Europeans to change their habitat from the old to the new world, There has not been at any other time fn last twently yoars loss reason for apprehension rogarding Immigration than there is now, and this being the case there I8 no excuse or Justification for agitating the question in any form. The politiclans who are doing so are maklfg a bld for popularity which s not creditabla to cither their manliness, their honesty or (heir patriotism. the A MODIFIED VE Tudge Nott of the United States court of claims, who recently handed down the Inter- esting decision that held that the president's veto power was not extinguished before the expiration of the constitutional ten days by { the intervening adjournment of congress, has submitted some suggestions to the New York constitutional convention that eall attention €0 the defects in the cuStomary exercise of the veto power by the various executive heads of our different governmental organ- izatfons. He says that his observation of the operation of the veto power at the seat of the national government for more than twenty-five yeArs has confirmed him in the opinfon that the best thing the convention can do is to go back to the state constitution of 1777 and adopt its provisions on that sub- fect with minor modifications. He would, therefore, vest the veto power in a council of revislon consisting of the governor and two Judges of the highest appellate court to be designated from time to time by the chief justice. Every bill before it becomes a law should be presented to the council and it approved by any two of its members should be signed and given a place upon the statute book. If not approved by two members of the council it should be returned to the house in which It originated and go through the same process now required for vetoed bills. The reasons urged for a change from the present system are that the veto now is not only subject to partisan abuse, but also falls to effect its legitimate objects. These ob- jects are twofold. First, the veto is ex- pected to act as a check upon ill-advised and pernicious measures. This function Is toler- ably well performed because the attention of the executive is quickly called to such legis: lation by an ever-vigilant public press. Many good bills fail to secure the necessary signa- ture, but comparatively few really vicious bills obtain it. The second object at which the veto power should aim is the intercep- tion of defective or unintelligible bills. It is this that the veto usually overlooks and the result is a long traln of evils, uncertainty, litigation, wgficial errors and renewed legisla- tion. The greater part of the time of our higher courts s taken up with the interpre- tation of statutes that may be construed In a dozen different ways and which with the slightest revision might have been made to express their meaning clearly. A great part, too, of the time of the legislature is taken up with the enactment of legislation Intended to straighten out what a previous legislature has failed to make clear. A careful revision by two experfenced Judges would, it Is claimed, soon teach our legislators how to frame laws and bring the citizens and tax- payers incalculable benefits in diminished litigation and better legislation. Whether or not the remedy advocated by Judge Nott 1s Just the thing needed, the evils pointed out are vertainly real and oppressive. The work entailed upon our different execu- tives is too varted and multitudinous to per- mit them to exercise the veto power with the care and circumspection that Is desired. Often they have not the training that will enable them to revise the technical and legal features of a bill intelligently. More fre- quently they feel no responsibility for that aspect of the legislation, accepting bills as they are presented without Inquiring into their legal form. Some kind of expert re- vision at a late stage in the process of legis- lative enactment is demanded to properly complete our system of governmental checks and balances. [ PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL. The announcement was made last week that stock companies had been organized in tho larger eastern cities and the framework completed for a professional football league to provide entertainment for the football cranks during the closing months of each year, beginning next autumn. The football league is to be constructed much upon the plan upon which the baseball leagues have been formed, each city belonging to the or- ganization to have a team to represent it, the games to be played according to a pre- arranged schedule, the players, the umpires, the referees and the whole staff of super- numeraries to be placed upon the pay roll, the profits to accrue to the stockholders in each club. In other words, football is to be brought down to the level of professionalism and to be farmed for revenue only. It would of course have been surprising had not the tremendous enthusiasm that has been developed over football been turned to account as a money making venture. There is room for doubt, nevertheless, that the foot- ball league will prove such a popular venture as its promoters expect. The favor which has been shown the game of football by the public has been owing more to the fact that it has been practiced by amateurs and by amateurs representing the different colleges of the country than to the interest which the play presents to the average audience in at- tendance. The great annual Thanksgiving games that have attracted such huge erowds have become events in the college world. The concourse of people, the gay decorations, the fantastic college yells, and above all the enthusiasm and excitement which are mani- fested by the students of the opposing colleges in Dbehal of their respective teams, cut al- most as great a figure as the struggle for supremacy in the fleld. All these must neces- sarily be absent from the games of the pro- fessional teams, which must rely chiefly upon the interest which they can stimulate in the contests themselves. There are al:o some obstacles In the game of football that will stand in the way of making it & sport for professionals. It requires a long course of most rigid training and constant practice to get the men into proper condition to play. This strict dls- cipline must continue during the entire season. The members of the college teams actually give up their Individuality for the time belng and live together ac- cording to minute rules of conduct pre- soribed by their trainers. Such saerifice can scarcely be bought from the profes- sional player. Again, teams include substitutes often more numeroas than the regular members. Each addtional player on the pay roll of the professional league means an additional expense to the manage- ment. The outlay for a professional foot- ball team must be, on the whole, much To the curacy when this will be. With the demo- L play the game, too, is supposed to require AHA DAILY BEE: S8 more exertion and opargy than is usually to be had from men who are working soldly for their salirtes. ¥ffa desire to win ‘and the glory of the chy, which they happen to represent will hardly prove the substi- tute for the l|vvn”nl|vM {!ma mater and the hero worship that Sgeddunds to (e siic- cessful college athlate Professional foot- ball will have to rufi’ the gauntlet of these and numerous other Allverse circumstances THE NICARAGUA CANAL The advocates of government construction and control of the Nicaragua canal seem to be gaining ground In'conkress, and the prob- ability of legislation for, this purpose being adopted appears to ba; stronger than at any previous time since R was first proposed to fdentify the general government financially with this project. The subcommittee charged with framing a measure has about completed its work and a bill may come be- fore the house at any time. It Is proposed that the work of construction shall be under the supervision of three engineer officers of the army, and that as many others shall be detafled to assist them as the necessities of the case may require. It Is proposed to issue stock to the amount of $83,000,000, of which the government will retain $70,000,000. Of the remaining amount $7,500,000 will be glven to Costa Rica and Nicaragua and 00,000 to the Maritime company In pay- ment for their concession and in lieu of all the stock fssued by them and all the indebt- edness incurred by them up to the time the work was The committee has asked for a detailed statement of all moneys actually expended on the canal up to date, and when this s obtained it may be found necessary to somewhat change the above amounts. The question whether the money to be provided by the government should be obtained by an fssue of bonds or by coin- ing silver has been decided In favor of bonds. This decision may tend to draw support from the proposed legislation, for it will undoubt- edly be contended that it would be a mis- take for the governmént to borrow money and pay interest on it for building the canal when it can supply the amount needed from the treasury vaults with no other expense than that of coining. -The fact that Secre- tary Carlisle Is understood to favor bonds indfcates that the administration is still firmly opposed to Increasing the amount of colned silver. There clearly seems to be a growing sentiment that the United States cannot afford to allow this enterprise to be abandoned or to run the risk of its falling Into foreign hands, and that the only thing to be done under the circumstances is for the government to assume the responsibility of its construction and control. On the other hand, there is no doubt of a strong popular opposition to this plan, or to any plan that will involve the government financially with the project. suspended. It has been the custom for some years for the Board of Educalfon to elect its officers and employes by paper ballot. This mode of procedure enables mén ‘who lack the cour- age of their convictifns'And men who want to play double to cover, their tracks and shirk responsibility. Voting by paper bal- lots fs the prerogative of the sovereign elec- tor, who is accountable to nobody and is pre- sumed to exercise his right of franchise according to the diétates of his own con- sclence in the selection bt public servants. On the other hand, members of legislative bodies and delegates to conventions are sim: ply representatives bf ‘the soverelgn voter and accountable to him for every vote and act, It is therefore incumbent upon men who exercise delegated powers to take their con. stituents into their éopfidence by voting on every roll call open and above board s their choice may be known and retorded. Skulking behind the screen of a paper ballot is conducive of deception and opens the way for the selection of fcompetent or dishon- est employes who have a pull. The burning of a toy and novelty goods store in Philadelphia the other day anticl- pated the glorious Fourth by over two weeks, but occasioned a display of pyrotechnics that ‘would have done credit to any small boy on Independence day. Firecrackers, rockets, Roman candles, Greek fire and every other variety of fireworks known were included in the exhibition, to say nothing of the bon fire made by the building and its other contents. The chief regret of the admiring audience was that the event had not been properly scheduled to take place on the day when we all celebrate. The most reckless thing that has ever been undertaken by anybody in the natigfial legislature fs the attempt of the semator from Florida to have a committee appointed to investigate the control of senators and representatives by corporations. It is safe to predict that no such resolution will ever carry. An Item in the Strike Bill. Springfield Republican. It has cost the state of Ohio over $100,000 to keep the militia in the field to protect property against the coal strikers. But that is one of the smallest items of the expense of the strike. First Got the Majority, Globe-Democrat. The cause of woman suffrage would be stronger if the men could be convinced that a majority of the women really want the ballot in addition to the things that they already have to bother them. e = Straight Tnsue Necessary. Indlanapolis Sentinel 1f, as reported, the senate gang of trait- ors proposes to notify the house of repre- sentatives that it must take the amended senate bill or nothing, then by all means let us have nothing. The democratic party can take its stand on the house rec- ord and win, B Consistency o Missing Jewel. St Paul Globe. Of course the senate investigating com- mittee will not be Emilty of the grave in- consistency of imprisoning the tw cor- respondents who refuse to give evidence as to their knowle ar trust brib- ery, and permit P vemeyer, who Iikewlse refuses to testify on the same sub- ject, to remain at: Hbert The sauce Eiven to the goose wust be given to the gander also. Leos Law No Louger Justice. Boston (Adyeftiser. There is growing () be a strong public opinion that the law i its modern opera- tlon has been abustii wo gravely that a good, Bhrewd lawyer with no case at all can save a cllent from punishment for months and even years, although it is patent to every oneithat no valid reason exists why justice should be delayed a day. Legal "pleading” 18 oW such an intricate and many-resourced’ art that plain, old- fashioned justice must tumble ‘and 'grope through wearisome «and! devious pathways before she can clutol #n offender who has sharp-eyed counsel 49, gulde him. [P e Herronle Hysteria. New York Tribune, When well meaning clergymen, college rofessors, religious editors and soclal re ormers indulke in wholesale denuncii tions of the civillzation whose comforts and luxuries they do not scruple to enjoy to the full, they are Seeking to stiike a blow at law and order that must make them criminals in effect, though, of course, not In intention. The' great majority of these men have neither the mental equip- ment nor the knowledge that alone would entitio them (o speak with guthority on these exceedingly complex ?ue tions. hey are influenced largely by thelr emotions, and are either unable of unwilling to see aore than one side of the problems they set out to solve. While lher e a8 prophets, thelr utterances are litl jore han the Inarticulate ravings of hysteria. SECULARSHOTS AT THE PU Philadelphia Record: The wide-awake churches ought to provide a place for the safe keeping of bicycles. There is nothing to prevent a Sunday bicycler from taking in a sermon as a part of his Sunday outing. St. Paul Globe: A Chicago elergyman answerlng the question “Where Is heaven located it a fong distance from the city in which his pulpit stands. Which shows that truth fs not a stranger to the Chisigo clergy New York Sun: A young Portland elorgy- man has had to preach his farewell surmon He had been detceted drinking ginger ale and going to ball games. Portland can put up with ball games, but she considers that drink- ing ginger ale in Maine Is abusing one's privi- leges. Globe-Democrat The .eloquent pastor of the Church of the Holy Bushwhacker points to the hated Puritans of the north with the finger of a scornful stranger and says “You uns,” but he takes the beloved cavaliers of the south to his affectionate bosom and says “We uns." Chicago Times: That Indiana person wahts $1,000 before he will accept the popu 1ist nomination for congress and enter the raco actively {8 evidently a person with an abiding fondness for sure things. Still, con- sidering what a man sacrifices when he runs for congress in Indiana, he doesn't seem to be 8o very exorbitant in his demands after all Kansas City Star: Rev. Dr. Lansing of Boston (declares that thoe'Hub of the Uni- verse” is the lowest place In America in morality. Dr. Parkhurst say of New York and ministers in have, from time to time, made charges about their plac Are declarations somewhat like confe failure by the minfsters themselves? rrr. in who cities same these of other the not ston PEOPLE AND TUHINGS. The stlver lining of political clouds now accorded a free cofgn of vantage Senator Hill comes perilously close to dis courtesy in arralgning the bargain counter. When a married man indulges in a summer hair cut his wife's pull is temporarily de- stroyed Adversity lends a picturesqueness to Rev. M, J. Corbett’s condition of “‘suspended” anis matfon, Had the atmospheric blowhole delayed operations twenty-four hours it would have been distanced in the race. Viewed in the light of the testimony the Breckinridge is pecullarly qualified to pose as a Tammany mouthplece, The noticeable absence of wheel-horses enabled the Wealers to render the democracy a conspicuous silver service. The proud boast of Kansae has become a memory, Her hitherto empty dalls are thronged with weary Wealers John Vaugh fs a Kentuckian of 120 sum- mers. He s cutting a_new set of teeth, probably for campalgn purposes Odette Taylor, Who was to have been a Mrs. Gould, is temporarily wedded to liter. ture, and now realizes how to be happen though shaken. Had Senator Chandler known that Ne. braska’s junior senator successfully umpired a bass ball game he would have hesitated long before assailing him. New York's success in unearthing the al- lance of the police with erime promises to stir other municipalities to action. There is no patent on Gotham's sweat box. Bland's silver boom wisely refrains from venturing beyond the boundary of Missouri until the doubt surrounding ‘the reported death of Bill Dalton is cleared away. Congressman_Harter, the rip-snorting free trader and yellow metallst, has decided to move out of Ohio. _The state is becoming an exceeding lonesome place for democrats The alarming number of Icebergs recently observed in the path of ocean greyhounds may be traced to the passage of Croker and Parkhurst over the Atlantic at the same time. The coolness between was enough to convert the ocean Into a skating pond. Sir Charles Russell that was has become lord chief justice of England. He is in his Glst year. in full vigor, and will probably perform the functions of his high office for many years, He used to jest when a mere solicitor in Belfast about his being some day at_the head of the bar of the United King- @om, and probably supposed it would be im- possible for him ever to attain what he frankly declared to be the object of his life the chief justiceship of the realm. Step by step he aitained eminence by sheer force of extraordinary intellectual power, for neither family nor fortune aided him. are g i s BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN. The true hero seldom realizes that he is one. Whenever you speak evil o another you are sure to hurt yourself. There are people who never get into a good meeting unless the lead it themselves. Before some preachers will throw a stone at a sin they want to know who is hiding under it. We can insure against fire, and guard against a_thiet, but there is no protection against a backbiter. Whenever you find a man selling goods with a short vardstick, you find one who is convinced in hfs own mind that the bible is not true. e SALVE FOR LONG SERMONS. Atlanta Constitution: man that keeps his word."” He does?" Yes; no one else will take it." How did Mrs. Gabble off the first prize at “There goes a Inter Ocean: manage to carry whist ¥ “She remembered the trump for three straight games.” Detroit Free Press: Inquirer—Do think any person Is ever buried alive? Physician—L should say not. There is no danger of such a thing it a regular physician is in attendance. u Judge: 'There was no speaking at Jol- ley's dinner, you say?" “No; but’ the guests app) course and encored the wine New York Press: takes a great des in_clothes, Mary m I not your wife?" ou are—my dear wife." Texas Siftings: It 13 learned that there are 8,000,000 piano players in the United States, and they can elect any man presi- dent that they may unite on. This I8 ter- rible. Middleton Times enteen-year locusts will finish thetr and adjourn before congress does. uded every nother dross, Tt of money to keep you "It is belleved the sev- business Detroit Tribune: Clara fused Freddie, did you tell up and be a man Sadie—No; I don't want sonable. When him you re- to brace to be unrea- Boston Gazette: Lady—Do how to_look after bric-a-brac? New Servant—Yes'm. I always put the broken pieces in the fire, 80 the poor rag- pickers won't cut their fingc you know Journal: Tommy—Paw, what 18 the “sweating system?" Mr. Figg—I don't know exactly, but it has something to do with the troubles of the pore. Indianapolis SUMMER DAYS. ew York Press, Brooklets musically flowing, Zephyrs through the branches sighing, Cattle in the meadows lowing, Glassy ponds in silence lyving. Song birds gayest carols singing, Flowers exhaling scents delcious, Maiden in a hammock swinging While her mother's washing dishes. NOW I LAY ME DOWN T0O SLEEP. Eugene Field in the Chicago Nows. The fire upon the hearth is low, And there s stillness everywhere; fiike troubled spirits, here and there The firelight shadows 'fluttering go And as the shadows round me creep, A childish treble breaks the gloom, And softly from a farther room Comes: “Now I lay me down to sleep." And, somehow, with that little prayer, And that sweet treble in my ears, MY thought goes back to distant years, And lingers with a dear one there; And, as 1 hear the child's amen, My mother's Mith comes back to me, Crouched at her side I seem to be, And mother holds my hands again. Oh, for an hour in that dear place! Oh, for the peace of that dear time! Oh. for that childish trust sublime! Oh, for a glimpse of mother's face! Yet, as the shadows round me cr I do not seem to be alone— Bweat magio of that treble ton And “Now T 1ay me down to sleep. the same thing | l | | Mr. WAS A SURPRISE ALL AROUND | Dropping of High Rohool Teachers Pue- sling to All but o Few, SENTIMENT NATURE OF EXPRESSED Dr. Duryea Tutimates that Differenc Religlon Had Much to Do with ft— What the Teachers and Thelr Friends Say Much surprise school circles the Board of of best school. The manner n complished In refusing coming year lcly was was manifested yesterday T the i removing hers fn the tensified by removals o public action of three High the ueation the known tes feeling which was | the were ac to elect th board failed n for its act ed fn secret only Information given to either the or the public from vate The action of certain members in displac- Ing these teachers some of th any such ac broached In the eting of th committee last Tuesday nigh and Miss Street failed of a majority of th od In the secret sossion not %enerally known ral of the members religious side of the matter Pierson improved the n to bring up the old complaints of Irrevercnce for the bible in regard to Miss McGee, and made a vehement specch by way of inducing the other members to believe with him that she ought not to be elected for another year Mr. Tukey took occasion to criticise t committee with some spirit. He thought it was a v peculiar thing that the commit tee would recommend teachers for election and then refuse to vote for them, and even ask for a secret ballot in order to conceal its position. The vote was and the three teachers received only of the cight votes necessary to elect While the members are not talking for publication, some of them are willing enough to give their views on the consideration that their names are not mentioned. One of the most couservative members said ‘It you will not use the statement as coming from me, T can give you the whole matter in a nutshell. The whole trouble came from the determination of the A. P. A. members to Crowley. Miss Street was fn- cluded, not because they had anything against her, but because they thought that it another teacher was rejected at the same time, who was a Protestant, it would I a tendency to conceal the real animus of thelr action. Miss McGee was not included in the original plan nor was she unaccept- able to any member of the committee. Her refection was not considered until the mat- ter came up in the executive session, when some of her enemlies improved the oppor- tunity to include her among the rejected.” DR. DURYEA SPEAKS PLAINLY. Dr. Duryea is the chairman of the High school committee to which was left the question of the recommendation of teachers | for that building. He was not present at the meeting Friday night, but was found in his study vesterday. When asked if he | had any knowledge of the reasons for the dis- missal of the three teachers he said that the whole matter was a mystery to him When the names of Miss Crowley and Miss Street were rejected in the committee meet- ing, he had asked the members who voted against them {f they had any one in view who would be an improvement. He said that he considered it very poor poliey to dismiss teachers who it was admitted were good teachers unless there was a prospect of getting exceptionally good ones to fill their places. None of the members had said that they had any one in_view and the mat- ter was dropped there. Continuing Mr. Dur- yea said: I was obliged to be at the Young Men's Christian association rooms on Friday night, where I had a class in politi- ca leconomy. I finished With the class soon after 9 o'clock and had stirted for the board meeting, when 1 received a telegram con- cerning a matter of the utmost importance, which detained me for the balance of the evening. I felt safe in not attending the meeting, because I thought it was perfectly understood that the board would approve the lists of teachers as submitted by the unanimous reports of the committees. The failuro to elect Miss McGee was like a thunder clap to me. She was one of the brainlest women fn our school: and had a vigor and force In her work that rendered her highly valuable. “We went over the list of teachers in the committee and all agreed that we had no weak teachers in the High school. Some- thing was said about some friction among the teachers, but Prof. Lewis assured us that while there had been something of that sort a year ago, none of it had been noticed this year. The whole impression seemed to be that we had a remarkably fine corps of teachers. Both Superintendent Fitzpatrick and Prof. Lewis recommended all three of the teachers who were subsequently dropped. Of Miss McGee, especially, they spoke in the | se teachers for the ign pub The sossion, th any rea n matter and ) toachers were was a who scarcely e The matter even to d was first High school when surprise board, fon. m Miss Crowiey to recefve tes committee t the it is said ussed the m but Qais with & ardor oceaste on five | binds its members not to vote | put soh | as could highest tefms and Miss Crowlay was teferfod to as a very valuablo teacher THE DOARD AND CATHOLICS Whon asked in regard to the religigus pliase of the matter Dr. Duryba exprossed himselt very earnestly. “The thought struck me in the committee,” sald h that the rejection of Miss Strect might be a blind to conceal the motive of Miss Crowley's fres moval. Nothing has been nid to me pers sonally in regard to the religions questions involved, but many things have been said to others, 1 have understood that the ebligas n of the American Protoctive association for any Caths any position. Tt s safd that the of this organization on the board lave determined not to yote for the election of any additional teacher or janitor who I8 A Catholic. 1t this (s true, it Is unamerican and unfalr. Out of the 180 teachers In ope Is woe have twenty-two Cathollo \d 1 have never heard that one of ruded ler bellef in her schdol ner that could glve offense to also said that it the other committee had opposed_the determination of certain ones to remove Miss Crowloy the head of every Catholle teacher schools would have been lopped oft. s uot heard any of the members thefn- s say this, as they are dumb on this matter, but there are some on the outside who are not £o discreet Suporintendent Fitzpatrick and Prof. Lowls were both seen, but declined to express thalr infons. They said that they had expressed themselves in a manner not to be misunder- stood before the commlttee, and since the board had not seen fit to agreo with them, they believed that courtesy to the board would dictate thelr subsequent sllence. In reply to direct questions both gentlemen sald that in their opinion the rejected teachers were thoroughly competent. . No harges had ever been made ‘that reflected upou their ability or success as teachers, apd their work had been in every respect satfs- factory Miss Crowley ie for members teachs them ever work in a_ma anyoue. It is members of the was one of the first gradu- ates of the Omaha High school. Sha then went into the schools as a teacher, where she has worked with unvarying success for twenty years. Her whole lifo has been given to the Omaha schools, and the news of her retirement was painful to her friends, Her work has always been considered as of a hlgh order, and she is very popular with her pupil y Miss McGee Is a graduate of the University of Michigan, and since her graduation has taken three years of post graduate work. She has taken the degree of M. A., and her thesis is now in preparation for her doctqrs ate degree. She was formerly a member of the faculty of Brownell Hall, but went into the High school a year ago. She I8 recag- nized as a woman of remarkable attainments, and her desire to work In her own way, ich, at times, has been productive of slight frictions, is the only fault that anyone has ever been able to find with her. MISS M'GEE NOT WORRIED, Miss McGee seemed to take her rejection #s a matter not worth worrying over apd was appa in the most pleasant frame of mind. averred that the objections to her on religious grounds were too frivo- lous to be worth answering. She consented to state the facts in regard to the complaint of Rev. John Williams, at the request of orter, and remarked that if Mr. Wil- liams had come to her for an explanation e might have been perfectly satisfied. The matter In question came up when her class s reading Carlyle’s “Mahomet.” “At that she said, “I explained my under- standing of the view of the author that such Mahoniet and Shakespeare wera Nothing was said in regard to the iuspiration of the scriptures and I did not give my own opinion. I simply en- deavored, as 1 have and always shall do, to make clear to my pupils the meaning which the author intends to convey. Now, what does Mr. Williams know about my methods? He never spoke to me on the subject, &l though he has had abundant opportunity to do so0. He never came into my class room to for himself iIf my teaching was suth Interfere with any child’s proper religious training. The whole thing is sl ply preposterous, and the charge is too al surd to be worth attention.” Migs Street Is also a woman of more than ordinary culture. She is a graduate of Vs~ sar oollege, and has taken her degree from the University of Michigan. Befors comihg to Omaha she taught for a year in the High school at Oskaloosa, Ta., and another year in the graded schools of Council Blufts. “She was made a teacher in the Omaha schools in 1884, and taught for three years, atter which she was obliged to leave on account of the il health of her parents. She re- turned to Omaha three years ago and re- sumed her position in the High school. She was found in her school room yesterday, where she had but just heard the news of her refection. She said that she was entirely at a_loss to account for the action of the board, as she had never heard of the slightest dissatisfaction with her work. It had come to her lilke a thunder clap out of a clear and as she had not seen any of the bers of the board since she heard of 1% she could not account for their action. e i Prominent Missouri Politician Dead. ST. LOUIS, June 23.—A special to the Post Dispateh from Springfield, Mo., says Colonel S. H. Boyd, ex-minister to Siam, and ex- congressman, dled at a fshing resort in Stone county last night. He had gone there for an outing to benefit his health, but was seized with the illness which ended his life, Colonel Boyd was A leading republican of this state and was appointed minister to Slam by Prestdent Harrison in 1891, Ile remalned but one year, owing to bad health. X (AL BN Y Rk Going to the bottom get suits for $7.50 and $ stilts given away to boys See the $4.50 combinatio i Browning, King & W. 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