Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 5, 1894, Page 4

e AV R AITEE AN oA bt B bt e T BEE. | S THEOMAHA DAILY Editor. B ROSRWATER: e B PUDLISHED BVERY MORNING. TERMS ¢ PTION Dally Dee (wit) Daily_Tea Eie Month Threa Montha Raturdny Tes, One Weekly The, Ona Yg orFrens, fing, Nind Twentystourth B, ael uermet amber 0f_Commares I and 15 TAbune Tde. 17 I wireet, N W. CORRMEPONTINGT, ATL communicntions relnting to ne 1 matter shonld ho addressed: To t INESS LETTERS. All businos lotters and remittances should ha wdidroneed 1o The Tea DB eompony: Pmahin, Drafis, checks and postoffics orders to e mado pavaiie 1o the arder of tha company it PUBLISHING COMPANY. w Y. ‘nAhingtin, and edt ‘or » Bditor. BEE BTATEMENT George 1. Trachy Wshing company. boin actual numiber ot ful) Dafly 3 Eveni during the » S T, 21124 21,574 oF Total 5 Less doductions for coplos sold Daily average net clr *Sunday. ulation SCHUCK, bed in my GEORGE 1. T Bworn to before me and eihscr presence this 34 day of July. 180, (Seal.) N. P. FBIL,Notary Public. Aftermath of splints. the Fourth—arnica and Senator Allen wilt undoubtedly know better next time. $ The dummies in the council are still danc- ing to the tune of Wiley, Wile; Danfel was a wise man in his day and generation, but he did not pasture pigs with Hascall. The senate has at last done something. We shall soon learn whether or not it has done the right thing at the right time. Give the calf rope enough and he will strangle himself while trying to reach the crib. That has no application, of course, to Tke Wheeler and Dan Hascall. Three reports on the senate sugar scandal investigation will give the senators the de- sired opportunity to choose that one which i8 the least severe upon themse]ves. take a hand in the It it were given the Russian bear matter by itselt Russia proposes to Japan-Korean controversy. the proper encouragement would probably end the swallowing Korea. “Legalized lawlessness” s the latest aphorism that has crept into newspaper English In the last few days. ‘“Legalized lawlessness” 1s about as comprehensible as ‘sensible nonsense.” Prendergast has again been senten¥ed to be hanged, this time on Friday, and the 13th of the month. It this s not enough to hoodoo him it must be confessed that he bears a charmed life. Compare the senate tariff Dbill with the pledges contained in the democratic plat- form and see how the democratic party keeps its word. As a tariff for revenue only the new measure is unique. A very indiscreet councilman made the re- mark in the mayor's office yesterday that the impeachment charges would never have been filed If Bemis had signed that $17,000 war- rant for Wiley. That councilman ought to take out a license as a mind reader. The postmasters’ brigade was out in full force in the Michigan democratic state con- vention In spite of Postmaster General Bis- sell's express command for them to refrain from appearing as delegates. Postmasters in other states will probably disregard the order with the same impunity. It is remarkable how the school census enumerators of Lincoln have this year dis- covered the 1,200 children of school age which their predecessors lost In 1593. As each of these foundlings gives an additional claim in the distribution of the school fund thera must be great rejoicing at the return of the prodigals. What a calamity there would be it the present strike should interfere with the po- Iftical conventions that have been called to make nominations in the different states, Just think of the delegates being unable to use the passes kindly furnished them by the rallrosd managers. The disappointment wauld bo enough to drive the average heeler out of politics. —— What do the members of the Commercial club and business men generally think of the way n which D. H. Wheeler is adver- tising Omaba? How much longer will busi- ness men give ald and countenance to men who use thelr positions to scandalize the town and keep up a constant turmoil to oover schemes of boodlerism? Who can be mere to blame for this state of affairs than o citizeas who keep such marplats in prominent places? Democrats persist-in referting to the popu- Hst representatives in the sehate as com- ing only Senators Allen, Kyle aud Peffor. hat has become of Semator Stewart? Stewart has time and agsin proclatmed his fealty to the populist party and his antag- onism to Bis former assoclates on tho ro- publican side, but the democrats prefer to Ignore his own statement of his position | to paten _0"' Stewart the eredit of belonging to the populist party, In which he glories greatly. The vote on the passage of the tarift bill in the seuate was 39 to 34. Had Mr. Allen voted with the republicans, as he threat- ened earlier In the evening; had Mr. Blanch ard persisted In refusing to vote, as he aid when his name was first called, and had Mr. Caftery allowed his vote in the negative to remain unchanged, the result would have been a tle, 38 to 36, and the bill would have required the vote of the vice president #to enact It into law. Such a contingency would have been unusually interesting, al- though there could be no question that Vice President Stevenson would have gladly borne “the responsibitity and prestige of casting the declding vote. It bhas been a long time #ince the vice president has been called wpou to determine according to his constitu- tlonal right the fate of & really important measure that has been blociked by & tie vote. 50 LOST THEIR OPPORTUNIPY. The popullst senators have lost an op- portunity for bullding up thelr party which I8 not likely over to present Itseif agaln. To every Intelligent observer It must be manl- fest that the party Is om the verge of golng to pieces: It has reached the porition occupled by the whig party after ft had fought Its last Battle for dency. The opportunity te push wreek over e precipice and gather up the fragments camo with the struggla over the Wilson Hill. The defeat of that bill senate would have been the fluishing stroke There conld have been no resurrection for a party demorn I and diserganized as would have been the democracy after failure the tariff and repeal the Me- Kinley law. It would have been a masterly stroko on the part of the populists to throw the party and it suffer the consequences of its own Rabecility, Such a ol 10 naturally have met with favor within the rank and file of populists, as it would have placed it within their reaeh to inherit the kingdom lest by the dominant party. Evidently this idea either did not occur to the popullst senators from Ne- braska and South Dakota, or else they ex- peet that the democrac: will voluntarily make an assignment of its effects to the third party without a struggle, In this they are destined to disillusion before they are twelve months older. Democracy, wrecked and distracted as it s, will not give up the ghost without another desperate struggle, ked, as it will be, by the claim that it has fulfilled the pledge of the Chicago plat- form to the best of its ability and in spite of the intervention of populists, rather than with their aid and co-operation. The: perfidy of ‘the democratic contingent in the senate in dealing with Senator Allen should eye-opener, but even that flagrant breach of faith does not to have convinced the populist senators from Nebraska and South Dakota that they were throwing swine, to use a rather coars democratia to the prest tha old in the democratic have been an seem pearls before metaphor. SALARY TAXABLE. in THE PRESIDENTS In rejecting the amendment adopted the committee of the whole, exempting the laries of the president and judges of the federal courts from the operation of the proposed income tax, the senate has taken the view that the constitutional prohibition against reducing those salaries does not ex- tend to the ordinary burdems of taxation. This is a complete reversal of the theory upon which the original amendment was adopted. The langusge of the federal con- stitution is that “The president shall at stated times reccive for his services a com- pensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the pericd for which he shall have been elected.” The provision regarding the compensation of federal judges is just as explicit with reference to the diminution of their salaries, but is silent with reference to any increase that may seom adyisable to congress. The point that we have urged, particu- arly with reference to the president’s sal- ary, is that if the constitutional prohibition extends to the imposition of an income tax, then the statutory exemption would be en- tirely superfluous. On the other hand, it the compensation is not exempted by virtue of the constitution, then the attempted stat- utory exemption would be unconstitutional, because it would practically amount to an increaso of the same in direct violation of the constitutional provision. The senate then, In reversing its former decision, takes the only logical course, leaving the point of constitutional exemption of these salarles to be raisedl, if raised at all, by the parties in- terested and before the regularly constituted courts. The importance of the senate's decision lies in the fact that it is a decision by a disinterested body of men, most of whom are well versed in constitutional law and per- fectly competent to give an authoritative opinion on the subject. The action of con- gress, while only a tentative determination, must have great welght for another serious reason. Should the question come before the federal courts for adjudication the jidges will find themselves in the delicate position of hearing a case in which each of them is directly interested. They will be really de- ciding whether they themselves shall be exempt from federal taxation. In such a situation they will be prone to defer to the judgment of the legistative branch of the government, or, at any rate, will hesitate to take a view directly opposite to that of congress. As a result of this peculiar aspect of the case the issuc may never be raised” before the courts and the determination of the senate may sccure the force of a final decision of the question. THE WHISKY SOANDAL The internal revenue schedule of the new tarift bill promises to enrich the Whisky trust to an extent even greater than the profits which the Sugar trust hopes to reap from its differential duty on refined sugar. Against the sugar schedule a flerce onslaught has been made in the press and in the sen- ate, which has opened the eyes of the peo- ple to the enormity of the trust's demands and which has forced the senato to try to clear its skirts of the mess of corruption by means of a committee to inquire into the charges of corruption made in connection with the matter. The Inereased_tax on dis- tilled spirits and the prolonged bonding period, however, have been incorporated Into the tarift bill with but little protest and so quictly that the publie has not had its atten- tion directed to the fact. Every change proposed by the senate bill in the existing Internal revenue tax Is in the Intorest of the Whisky trust and there are several such changes. The tax on dis- tilled spirits is raised from 90 cents a gal- lon to $1.10 a gallon—an increase of 20 cents, This increase is, of course, to be tacked on to the price at which the praduct is sold, so that In no case will it bear upon the trust, At the same time, all the whisky now in bond and all that can be produced between this time and the time when the new law g0es Into effect can be brought through at the existing rate of taxation and sold at an advance of 20 conts. The gain from this one operation has been estimated as high as §5,000,000 and must certainly mount into the millions, Then there is an allowance for leakage under the new bill that is not made by the existing law, by which the tax 15 to be paid In the future upon the quantity taken out of bond instead of upon the quan- tity put Into bond. The saving figures up a considerable amourt—Iin fact makes the new tax really less burdensome to the distiller than the old, and loss productive of revenue to the government, although tmposed at a higher rate. The extension of the bonded period to eight years likewise inures to the benefit of the trust by giving it the use of its mouey until the time when the whisky is ready for the consumer. The government stores the whisky three years longer, for which, deducting leakage, it gots only a nominal return, if any return at all, while the owner is divested of all care or ex- pense on account of it during that time. Thia s & privilege for which he would pay the government libarally it it could be ob- talned in no othier way, but this Bil gives it to him for the asking. These advaniages are already being quietly | to tirred to account by Wall strest manipula- | repablican demosracy. tors, who hope to share In the profits of a | s rise in Whisky trust stock. They fear to do nything that will arouse the publie, and | is therefore the stock has been b Aceording to a Wall strest authority, its | si friends say that it is not desired that there | ¢ uhali be any advance for some time to come | w and that as soon as tarft matters have been | ol settled the stock will be ready for an old- | of fshioned rise. The samo authority states that the senate in its tarifft schedules has done for the trust more than Wall stree anticipated. It has been eonclusively proved that what the senate did for the Sugar trast | al was In return for a consideration paid in ad- | w vance. Is it reasonable to belleve that the | whisky men have been able to get thelr huge concessions by any less devious method? Tt the Sugar trust had to pay for | ec its favors, why not also the Whisky trust? The discrimination In favor of the one is no | a less a scandal than that In favor of the other, [ ne ne ne o THE SENATE TARIFF BILL. The thorough diseipline of the senate dem- acrats was shown In the final vote on the | p tarift bill, which for three months had been under consideration in that body. Every democrat except Senator Hill gave Ms sup- port to this remarkable measure. The New York senator, having the courage of his convictions, cast his vote against the bill, proclalming to the last his protest against | the Income tax proposition and eharacterizing the bill as a “boiched compromise measure,” acceptable to no one, and which surrenders or barters away democratic prineiples. | Never before in our history has the platform™| declaration ot a party been so completely stultified by representatives of the party In cougress as has been done by the democrats of the senate in this tarift bill. Never be- fore has a revenue measure been passed by either branch of congress which contained 50 many inconsistencles, contradictions and absurdities as this one. Never before has a tar- Iff bill gone through tha house or the senate with such scandal hanging about it as this measure carries. What shall the bill be called which is part protection, part free trade; which takes care of tho most exact- Ing monopoly In the. country, the Sugar trust, while it proposes to strike down the wool industry that employs hundreds of millions of capital and a vast army of labor; | pa which opens the American market to the agricultural producers of Canada and asks nothing In return for this great boon to the competitors of American farmers; and which, to gratify the spirit of sectlonalism, imposes an income tax, nearly all of which will be collected from the peopls of the north? Surely no such monstrosity in the form of revenue legislation has ever befors been at- tempted in this country. It cannot fairly be called a compromise, for that term carries the idea of an cquitable arrangement, and no one will pretend that any principle of equity has Dbeen observed In the framing of this measure, The question now is, what will the house do with it? There have been numerous ex- pressions of opposition to some features of the bill, and particularly to the sugar sched- ule, from democratic representatives. It ls reported that Chairman Wilson of the ways and means committee will antagonize the sugar schedule as it now stands and that he will have many of the house demcerats with him. It is also said that the house will de- mand that coal and iron ore be put on the treo list, and a prominent member of the ways and means committee is quoted as giv- ing the opinion that the democratic senators will be willing to trade off coal and iron ore and otber things In behalf of the sugar schedule, S0 that it may turn out that the Sugar trust will get what it wants and that some of the industries, like coal and iron ore, will be sacrificed for the benefit of the monopoly. There is not much doubt that some concessions will have to be made to the house on the bill as it has passed the senate, but the feeling that it s necessary to get through some bill and the desire that it shall pass as early as possible makes it probable that the house will show less back- bone in opposing the senate amendments try s an an of th It of ot thy cal mi gone back to the house a month or more ago. Democrats who want to get among their constituents as soon as possible in order to look after their political interests will not be disposed to make a prolonged fight for .concessions. The desire of the adminis- tration is also to be taken into account as an important Influence, and it is the under. standing that Mr. Cleveland has been dis. pleased with the delay In the senate and wishes the bill passed with as little further dolay as possible. That the president Is not entirely satisfied with the senate measure there Is good reason to believe, but in com- mon with his party he feels the necessity for the passage of some sort of a tariff bill and would doubtless accept the one passed by the senate rather than run the risk of not having any tarift bill passed by this demo- cratie congress. It is undoubtedly entirely safe to say that with a few minor and un- important changes the senate bill will be- come law, so that the Industries of the country can make no mistake {n preparing to adjust themselves to the conditions fm- th 0 PERIER'S PATRIOTISM. Casimir-Perier, president ot France, is justifying the opinion that he is a man of both courage and patriotism. His conduct | fg| In connection with the funeral of his pre- decessor was evidence of the manliness of his character as well as of his proverblal astuteness as a politiclan. There was no precedent that required him to be present at the Carnot obsequies, and, under the cir- th Ho proclaims his fafth republican fnfitutibn: s share to frmly establish, has no in reserve, | this dations republic. him of an unrest and upon patriotism are concerned, the republic could not have a safer head. ference committee liamentary usage. ing a conference committee before the other or any other passed after the hou: from Tuesday to Thursday. not concur or refuse to concur in the senate logislative committes of conference s only entertained after the house has voted to amendments offered by How any legislative body could assume in advance that the co-ordinate house would reject its amendments to a bill is inexplic- able on any theory that cessor to Presijlent who has been promoted from the position will be considerably Frenchmen, uni house of the sible a host of | keep them in fOWSF. before it brought so much trouble an tress on the country he might fairly claim the credit of a public benefactor. “town” and sell it off in lots. done this in the beginning he would have saved himself and other people a great deal of trouble. naval Washington prised seven different patterns of weapons, the respective merits of which will be de- veloped by tests to be had during the next few weels. are multi-barreled barreled. been t] 50 he bill | its way, than youd have been the case had the BUL| jt3 Way, BUY onvinced that It 1s incapabie of being improved upon. as have exist will not be abrogated, except where said this act. the undérstanding that they could be modi- fied or revoked by the legislation of either overnment the Simply states the fact as to the effect of such agreements. sharge high and give but little. hent enters into 1ts dealings with the pub- lic. porters are pald next to nothing: from travelers. pelled to pay erth, he porte; attention. each railroad company running its cars 1 cent a mile for ever to the passenger, an pockets of the Pullmans. man says, “between New York and Chicago posed by that measure. e raliroi) an paid running expe twice for his fare. ject has been taken up in the highest leg- over, Englishmen mwore” thoroughly or deftly than stability of bhe has done and_promises foster the methods necessary to upheld the He Is fo and annofinces In the which et he rm. There lines of upon Its pelal order, he ambitiodilibyond a singt at between an o he una ho et at trus orth the greati@ffice to which he has been ovated and appiciates at its full value the portunity it offers to stremgthen the foun ot the Fepliblie and give fmmortality an already hoporable fame. Perier has over been a ptli§cal Intriguer and he does ot intend to beedme one now, therefors he lies himself with no party. He had a orthy ambition to hecome president of the Ho has attained that and he an- Junces to his countrymen that he will be ontent with the one expression of their onfidence, The new president of France probably has more trylng and perplexing task bofore than now appears. There is evidence undereurrent of political and soclal discontent which may become oublesomae in the not far future. But there o nothin; address th st a doubt rity. It 1K on of a bigucus enuncia ne. man nate ite seems evory reason to believe that President erier will be found equal to every demand him and that, so far as cournge and The appointment by the senate of a con- on the tariff bill before ie amended bill had reached the house a most extraordinary departure from par- Such a thing as appoint- use has had a chance to concur or dissent is ithout precedent in legislation either in this country. The senate bill had been adjourned The house could mendments to the Wilson bill until it had n opportunity to hear them read. In all bodies the motion to appoint a disagree to the other house. can be advanced. With the same propriety either or both houses of congress could put a bill on its assage over an expected veto before the bill had been presented to the president for his approval. The contest over the election of a suc- Casimir-Perier today, president of the Chamber of Deputies, more animated than at over the election of the French presi- dent last week., The presiding ofiicer in the Deputies has an_immense influence over the conduct of stands second only to the premier himself. legislation in that body, and is a position_greatly coveted by ambitious lbreover the great number political partleljrepresented in the lower heh legislature makes pos- x\iblnntlnn!. The president the Chambef off Deputies is generally of e same party as the ministry, simply be- use both require the same majority to On this account the inistry may be expected to have the de- cisive word in filling the position. Never Too Late 10 Do Good. @obe Democrat. If Debs had tied up the democratic party 5- Way Out of the Difficulty. Chicago Herald. 1d subdivide his famous Mr. Pullman should d his famous A S et Improved Mothods of Murder. Philadelphia. Record. The entries of machine guns for great competition, which “closed at the ordnance yard recently, com- of the guns submitted and two are single- The Gatling gun is a wonder in but evidently the inventors are Five ————— Probable End of Reciprocity. Philadelphia Ledger. Under the tarift bill as it now stands authority to enter into reciprocal commer- al arrangements with certain other na- ons is withdrawn, but such arrangements heretofore been made and now are inconsistent with ingements re_entered into with ar, As the: clause as now amended e Pullman's Grasping Greed. Cleveland Leader, The Pullman company knows how to No sentl- prove that the that they unless they received tips While a traveler is com- an_ extortionate sum for a is also compelled to pay the s wages In order to recelve proper The Pullman company charges An investigation will ould not live car and a high rate all this goes into the As Senator Sher- pay about 310 for each sleeper an company gets several for each sleep The 310 npany is counted into the s of the road, and is as- ed upon the traveler, who In fact pays It Is ‘well that this sub- the Pull mes_that su by the lative branch of the government ana that it Is in the hands of a man like Sen- ator Sherman. e THE HARNEY PEAK TIN DEAL. It does not appear, how- Chicago Record: “took in" the that the Americans cumstances, all France would have excused | the Americans have swindled themselves on him it he had remalned away, He could have justified himself in doing so on the ground that the interests of the nation re- quired that during the prevalence of strong popular feeling the chief magistrate should bo at the helm of autharity rather than ex- posing himself to possible danger away from the post of duty. But Perfer felt called upon to attend the funeral. He was the friend of the tin question. Kansas City Star: At last accounts the Englishmen have, been gouged out of $15,- 000,000 and the market has seen very little of infant industry, Harngy Peak has been quite As an that wonderful 3«::0“1 of tin. success, Any ipdustry that can get $15,- 000,000 for nothing 18 quite a robust infant. What the Harney Peak company lacked o tin it seems to hive made up in brass, Chieago Tribune: ‘The “‘shrewd English- men" have begun A suit {n which they allege the murdered president and desired ta show | {,\" o have been. taken In and done for the last homage of friendship. a cltizen of France an obligation to the [ t! Although | jn elevatad to the presidency, he still owed as [ Americans of the Biuck Hills despise by the shrewder They allege iat they have put in one way and another a way they several million dollars into these tin mines, memory of the distinguished man who had | (GRS R TA "0kt originally about §28 n stricken down by the dagger of the | 0 sassin, and he was not to be deterred from | m fullfillment of this obligation by any be the of possible danger. portunity to more strongly commend himself to the respect and confidence of the French | [ people, and it would have been a mistake not to improve it. a and the Chamber of Deputies s a patriotic | b, uttorance which will reassure all friends of | the Black als- | stories He dla- | S untry would not have been saddle for the last year with a duty of 4 cents a pound on the republic at home and abroad. claims all party affiliations and declares that he belongs to Frence and to the republic. | ai of the capital sto 13 $1 other demands of duty or any consideration | and a recelver. Moreover, it was an op- expert over here who found that work had been practi tha mines ever had been worked to any pay- ere, 1 vide| President Perler's messago to the Senate | (1e¥ S0¥ thoy were W Is evident 20, and that all they have to show for their noney 19 less than & majority of the shares , the face value of which 000,000. These Englishmen want rellef They say they have sent an lly suspended and that none of pg point. While the charges made by these luckless foreigners may be much overdrawn defrauded as that the congress was badly confidenced y the yarns about tin In California and in Hills. But for those deceptive the tinplate manufacturers of this not have been nd they may Il the tin they have useds B THURSDAY, JULY 5, ! 1891, POLITICAL POTPOURRE. Phelps o republicans wifl hold thefr onvention August 4 at Holdrege Blair Courjer We are prepared to state, semi-officially, that Tom Majors and his Bickory shirt are net in it this time. The next repubiican for governor will be Jack MaeColl MeCool Record around York nominee Some of those republicans are wearing the corpora- fon collar an hting for Mr. Keckley may find out to their sorrow that they have bit off more than they can ehew oln Courfer: There continues to lercurrent favorable to the nomination of Governor Crounse, and it confidently predicted that the governo ne will be presented to the state conven- be re- 18 Sidney Telegraph: Nebraska have lenrned a great deal from recent ex perience, and the rank and file are now fortified against attack upon the old party. They now see that desired reforms are easior accomplished within a party's strength than through a party's disintegratic Nebraska City Press: Mischiet makers are golng about among republicans attempt- ing to stir up strife and discord by preparing “slates” after thelr own fancy. Lincoln, which s the hotbed of factional trouble in Nebraska, Is already the scene of much of this perniclous activity, and we must pr pare to regard suspiciously all r: come from there, Aurora Sun: ternately ch ropublicans Hastings was al the Omaha the plat- Batty of d and hissed at silver convention when he took form to acknowledge his perfidy to Bryan at_the last state convention and pledge him self to stand by the free silver plank to be adopted here. ~Men that will perform the diabolical acts he did as chairman of the last state convention at Omaha are not en- titled to be assoclated with honest men in any political movement. Norfolk N Two of the leading ulist papers in_ the Third district have come out openly and are advocating the nomina- tion of a democrat for congress by the pop- ulist convention. This does not appear to sot very well on the political stomachs of the ‘“‘middie-of-the-road” and ‘“‘keep-oft-th: grass” editors, and if the schemers succoe in defeating the will of the party when the convention meets there will be a howl going up for another convention Kearney Hub: Out side of Jack MacColl's attractive perso and a wide-spread cordial feeling toward him, there Is a_general sentiment among republicans that he is a safe, reliable, careful man, who will make no mistakes, who can be trusted in the fullest sense, and who will not forget that he is a republican should he be elected governor. There are men more brilllant, more eloquent, more conspicnous in the public eye, but re- publicans turn to MacColl with a confidence that he strikes the calm level of business, soclal and political integrity, and that he will have no considerations except the in- terests of the state if chosen for the gov- ernorship. Walioo Wasp: There ought to be this thought uppermost in the minds of every delegate to the state convention: The candi- dates nominated should be men of good standing among the whole people, men whose character and official record will need no defense and whose Integrity cannot be questioned. If these rules are strictly ad- hered to in all the nominations it will re- lieve the press of the party and those who go forth to labor for the ticket of much hard work, and perhaps unsuccessful bicker- ing, to meet the statements, slanderous or otherwise, which come up in every cam- paign. This is not the year when repub- licans wish to be on the defensive, but on the aggressive side of every movement. Re- publican principles defend themselves this year. Let us have candidates of the same quality and the victory shall be ours by the largest majority in the history of the state. David City Press: The Monday issue of The Bee contained two and a half columns of minion type interviews of disgruntled democratic gold bugs. These disgusted poll- ticians whom The Bee delights to honor and parade before the public all have it in for Bryan. Everything is attributed to him. Let us say right here, that the people are so thoroughly aroused, that, with all his eloquence, they would brush Bryan aside as casy as a mosquito, should he depart from the straight and narrow way. ¢ ¢ * A careful perusal of the arguments and mo- tives of the men The Bee mentions Is both amusing and instructive. The first men- tioned is N. C. Harwood, a banker, who says hundreds of the business men will de- sert the party rather than accept the views of the silver men. Now, what great loss would that be? ~ The party has never amounted to anything with them in it, and it will cut no sorrier figure should they leave it. A. J. Sawyer, the other famous Lincoln protestor named in The Bee galaxy of demo- cratic saints, poses as a stage embellish- ment in all state conventions, but never succeeds In going as a delgate. Ho has bank interests and is United States district attorney. His opinions carry great weight— in the mind of Mr. Sawyer. When The Bee gets into Omaha It strikes a regular old bouquet of petrified daisies In the shape of stage ornamentation. It presents a hand- some list of silk-stocking gentry, who have kept aloof from the world's mad strife and enjoyed the wild-eyed admiration of the pumpkin-huskers in the yoars gone by. Bet- ter pack those wormy old chestnuts away in salt, Mr. Rosewater. Fossils may do to en- tertain geologlsts, but not the people. The new demacratic declaration of independence was signed at Omaha, and with a bold challenge attached to it; therefore, rattling the dry bones of these old antediluvians is love's labor lost. It won't scare, BALM FOR STRAINED HAT BANDS. Galveston News: A polished gentleman is sometimes too slick for anything. pop- Syracuse Courler: Unfortunately summer musicians are not all of good, sound judg- ment. Browning, King & Co.'s Monthly: “What a lovely white chip hat that was your wife had on today, Bagley!" “‘Yes. And'It took the price of five blue chips to pay for it.” Buffalo Courler: Jillson says that no matter how busy everybody may be in other parts of the theater, there i seldom very much going on in 'the ballet girls' dressing rooms. Chlcago Tribune: Mr. Billus—Marla, how do’ you pronounce the name of the new president of France? Mrs. Billus—I haven't any ldea. Mr. Billus—You haven't, hey? What good did it do you to go to' Parls year be- fore last, I'd like to know! Pittsburg Chronicle: “We have caught our defaulting hookki """ sald one mer- chant to another. he 13 now a spotted adder,” replied the latter. Judge: First Office Boy—DIid yer git de raise yer asked fer? Second Office Boy—No; but I got de ralse 1 didn’t ask fer Chicago Record: Hazely—By George! T 't understand it. My credit must be one. Business men don't seem to think I'll be able to pay. Mrs. Hazely—Perhaps they'd think so it they saw your wife dress better. Indlanapolis Journal: “It 1s going to be pretty tough siedding for me the next few months. I owe so much that It is golng to take every cent T can make to pay out. “That {a where I have the best of you. I have quit wnrryluf. 1 owe 80 much that I have given up all idea of .paying out.” THE SON OF YORK. New York Press, Hush-a-by, baby, when great granny dles, The throné may ko down, the republic arise, And the title of sovereign citizen bring More honor than' emperor, monarch ng Oh, hush-a-by, baby, sleep sweetly, my pet, You may be a' sovereign citizen yet, ———— MORNING AFTER. or TH Washington Star, 'Twas almost dawn; I saw him stroll, A victim of* The flowing bowl A man who thought Of “home, sweet Since there was no Place else to roam. home, The east grew red With early light, And as he gazed Upon the sight I heard him mur. ith a sigh, And so am L" orts which | SOCIAL CONDITION Tudge Awmbrose Delivered a Thoughtful Ad- dross at Onkland Yestedray, 0UR DANGERS THAT MUST BE' SHUNNED the Amerl- Cask, but t Must Patriotism and Intelligence of People Equal the Duty of Not Beo Neglecto can to tho Oakland cele holiday much the towns through ere was a large crowd in attendange. Judge Ambrose of Omaha de- the principal address, which was appreciated. Following s In part AND, Neb,, bi the great national hundreds of other July 4 same out the land. as livered highly his address On the morning resident Line Garfleld was in kened ) the nlg treets. posted meoting in oelock, Iifly thousand Stree It was a ness was su blood of that city and the people wer The mass was crazed, any deed of violencs by magic, the cry went Anarchy, destruction of was in that word. The r ment for the anti-union groat dally newspaper. Gavilell uppeared tpon a balcony. The great scething ma recognized s commanding form and waited for an g ncement of news, His clarion vol heard far and wide as he said: and darkness around about hin pavilion 1s dark waters and thic skies! Justice and judy shment of his Thiv | &o hator his i reigns and wovernment at nstill dives”” The almost agonized crowd w artled and then stilled at his wor rest and vengeful spirits of the pe : qufeted New York eity was saved. ot blood not only of Wall street, but of the whole country was stirred. New lines of thought started and the whole people took up anew the struggle to preserve the ones of the common patriotic So today I quote the " wor gns and the government at Wash- ington still_liv but I supplement the expression with the question, not for how long, but what shall we do to preserve that government? “The world will little note nor long remember” what we do he today, but nevertheless my duty is done, if I can be the means of impressing some ht into some mind’ from which may olved in some mensure an answer to the question, and I shall have done much to aid In thé formation of a better, higher and holler citizenship than now exists The elder Adams when he laid down, at the time of of the Declari of Indepe the mode and manner of the celeh 1 of this day, by the firing of guns %nd the ringing of bells, little thought of what would be the growth of thls country during the next following that” memorabl but he, as well as all the founders of the govern: ment, were men of thought, as well as action; ~and ‘with the thought that pyrotechnics and glad songs of praise would for all time acclaim this day, they kenw that with the rejoicing would' come thoughts, deep and earnest, of what steps were necessary, it any, to be taken to preserve what 'they had so dearly pur- chased for our inheritance. If the crops fail one vear they always come with In- creasing bounteousness the next. Not so ith governmental affairs. It this free and God-venerating government fuils from any cause the like Will never return to the people of this earth. No merchant or other husiness can long be ned unless at stated perlods it is ver and an inventory takene to e have been the mistakes of the year pa So for the whole mass and body of the people it is not only fitting but necessary that they should get together and take an account of patriotism, For that purpose we are here today. ANARCHISM AND CAPITALISM. Prior to 1560 the conditions which now threaten us as a people did not exist. During the war the flood gates of im- migration were wide open, the paupers and criminal classes of Kurope were wel- comed, provided they enlisied. They came in_droves. Prison doors in this countiy were cpened. Thus this clement wa$ spewed out upon the land—the only condi- tion being that they join the army of the north, “They did this, attracted by the large bounty. None of them made good soldiers—such’ is the history of war—but they became deserters, gong to other paris of the country and re-enlisting for another bounty. They not only did not make good soldiers, but they never made good citizens. Out of that class has grown our anarchists and communists, and today the spirit of this class of people Is rampant in_the land. Only a few days since a professor of a college In a sister state had the audacity to deliver an address to the young men of our state university, by means of which he sought to Inculcate in their minds the ideas of communism. He calls himself a collectivist—that is, he be- lieves that all property should beé owned collectively. The world may perhaps be brought to this idea, but never until all men and women have the grace of angels and the energy of the devil. These com- mune hordes teaching these doctrines are Iways looking for a soft job and big pay. Chey would be the last onés to do an equal amount of work and receive the equal pay of the collective mass. Such men are not good American citizens. Another condition which now exists did not exist prior to 1 The necessities of the government and the consequent specu- lation laid the foundation for the Rreat fortunes which now dominate and control the financial affairs of the country. The power which great wealth gives rules and controls all avenues of trade, of freight and passenger rates, controls the law-making power of the country, and rules In fact the whole land. A avarice for great wealth has nd in a large desree brought terrible industrial condition ~ in which we are today. You men up here, in your peaceful homes, and amid your quiet avocations, do not realize these “conditions or so much of thelr dire effects as do those who live in the great cities, who every day are brought in direct conflict with not ‘only the conditions brought upon us by the greed of criminally acquired wealth, but also the couditions brought upon us by 'the unrestricted importation of the pauper and criminal class of Europe, Great corporations and mining Interests are the onés who cause these criminal and pauper immigrations. MUST BE UP AND DOING. Both these conditions must cease If we desire the perpetuity of this government, The man who labors in honest toll, moving and serving his God and his flag, is a hero, but he can do neither If he is compelled to compete in the mines, in the fields, and in the shops with the Slay, Itallan or Chi- nese labor, imported because it |5 chenp, and fleeing from crimes committed, or the pauper condition of parts of ‘u Men )y the score, hundreds and thou; are in all earncstness repeating the prayer, “Give us this day our d i God has not deserted his people.” Ho will not desert them, but men must look those conditions of our country square in the face and act, not (n the light of the past, but In the light of the ever present now I have great faith In the (ntegrit i patriotism of the people, but what w 1 18 Individual conviction and Individual' ac on. A few mornings since, In the daily ety of the countr. n Ohfo, it wa: assassination 1, 1865, James of New York ws of the He wandered were street were in but busk after the In, April the city by Bills Wall men holiday The war-h was frozen with MUiDg for m; turbulent, ready for AIL at_once, us if up, “The World.™ life and property oh meant punish entiment of that His clouds th pa- from the mining strike unced by one of the leaders that th on why the strike had ceased was bec therétofore the men had been held together by agitation, und now their money was exhausted and per force they: muat return to their work. A paper published In the metropolls of this Ata ich pretends to represent the labor interests of that city, announced editorinlly the following monstrous doctrine: “'The majority of workingmen will not become educated to any principle broader than the rules of every ‘man for himself, and under present institutions the only avocation in which a man’s economic interests do not conflict, 18 that of the tramp; hence the necessity for universal poverty., 1f the economic reform party is to be successful,” 1t will not do to advocate such doctr these. Neither will it do o allow th ditions longer to exist, which enable Hay meyer, the president’ of the great Sugar trust, "to openly and sham Iy testify before a committee of congress that that trust, in its contribution for politicl pur- poses, contributes to the majority, a8 |t may be, democratic, republican or populist It in thus that he contributes from out of their great store to political success. How long must the American people endure this sort of thing? How long will they permit the men who represent them to sit cheek by jowl with the agents of avowed and un- bluihing corruption? When will real awakening of that stern, m that banishes from public horor and public lite, for all time the men upon whose integrity e the breath of sus- on biows? The dreadful fact, the dan- ous 18, that such things can be done notoriously, and the public take seem- ingly but a languld interost in them, and like"a lot of ladies over un afternoon tea say that it 18 shocking that such things should be allowed to happen, and then go to their daily business as if it were no further concern of thelrs. REPUBLIC UNDER A SHVERE TEST. These times of ours, from just such enuses as I have en wted, are ominous with dang republic 1s being tried today m, Iy_than it was in the years fr This feclir un. [ y v soon, instead of ord ' ¥ n, 10 will e a petls tion arms. The thnes are Fipe 1 n o ng alarmist. 1 simply state the thoy every man whose observation led him to give serld contemplation on this subject. 1t Is no part of kood citizcnship to forelbly get control of private property and convert it to yout own use. It s not 1 citizenship to burn bridges upon railroad lines so us to provent the transportation of coal, so that the fu miy not be had_for < the ssary public’ business. This governmont of oury I8 not a_democracy where laws are enacted At mass meotings and gatherings of the public on the public squares, but it is a sentative zovernme i which ssentatives elected the body wle act for the from people petition 18 insired to the people by the very clements which Ko to make up the government itself these petitions can only be heard ugh the people's roprosentatives upon floor of congross« No citizen hay a cons stitutional right to pre his petition 1o hoan idea s a grave mistake, such constitutional right existed © Within the power of a dissatis- ol party to obst thetr ire, the lexisiation of o by fta members appearing in- great numbers for the purpose under th tense of exercis- their constit TiEht to petith And the result w such civie demon- strations that the very foundations of the nment come subverted ana than th f the 1y xist in thi sustained by authority re hard, but that 1s no excuse 1e. The severcst test of manhood Is never found in good times. It ig not the man who has success when others are doing, " but ft is the man who Keeps up his cour and strug- gles when overybody wavering or going down who §s the hero in the and man. We should hay Do not be afraid to spenk. T the highest interest of good cltizenshi corporate power a0 shall be trofled_and re by law. I demand Nebraska leislature thit the power rivate enterprise into s 50 that the incorpora- personal lability from the attempt to rob pri- taken away and the limited to those busi- ness enterprises which are formed in the interest of the public and have the right of eminent domain. I demand that it shall be rendered {mpossible for any man to trans- mit to his heirs more than a limited sum of money, say $L.000,000. Such @ sum. is suff= clent to stimulafe any man in the acquisi- tion of wealth. The man of fifty 0 was a Croesus who was po 0,000, Now $20,000,000 and 100,000,000 Dossible—never earned, but acquired, o of the honest earnings’ of othe Ve have alway. ed that the law of primo- 10t exist in this country, but 3 1 not upon a long line of heri- age, and blood of the blue order, but upon dollars, Render it impossit any man to transmit more than a certain sum, and it he dies possessed of more, provide that it shall go to the state for the use of great public charities and the common_ schools, I demand that when a laborer is working ler contract for certain fixed wages, if & or amount by the emplover js demanded, fore the employer shall discharge be- the employe shall refuse to receive uch wages, or before the employe shall cease his work—go upon strike ns n mem- ber of an organized body—a petition shall be addressed to the courts setting forth all the facts and be given a speedy hears ing, and the matter settled and adjusted on equitable principles, recognizing at all times the right of the employer to dis- charge and the employe to quit his labor. Some such a system would away with strikes, No agitator or walking bosses would then be necessary. LET REFORM BEGIN AT HOME. It is possible for this state to be the first to inaugurate some such reforms these. All of them it Is possible for the state to control Do not let us wait for reforms to begin elsewhere The temple of perfection has not vet been erected, but it 1s in the design of the universe. It never will be erected anywhero than at home, It is not afar off. Tt is possible for you to erect and maintain such a temple in the right dolng and thinking of every day, There s ‘none too highi or toa low, buf that some good may be accomplished. I you or I have gone wrong in our thought or action for the common good, let us re= trace our steps. It will save others from the same errors. The light may neves come which will enable us to sce whal is the right thing to be done and the right way to do ft, but for one I am walting for the light, ‘and I am anxious to see It, and T am anxious for it to break in upon the countenances of others. The way will be pointed out. The light will come. This government will not fall—for the people and by the people. In the present you and T must act not In selfishness, but in the spirit of the greatest good for the great- est number. Thought upon these lines will enable the light to ¢ minds and hearts of men, wher now beset us may be cleared uway and th future be lighted up by our combined effort and wisdom, so that those who now suffer and are oppressed shall be made glad with joy and bo enabled to thank God that the: live In a free, Independent and enlightene century. COMMON PEOPLE THE FOUNTAIN HEAD. aver since the days of the lowly Naza- rine every movement originating superior lines of thought has come from the com- mon people. The student of history may trace thls great fact through the days leading up to, and in which was accom- plished the great reformation and the adop= tion of the Magna Charta, down to the abolition of slavery in this country. Th common people have orlginated and carr to successful completion all great move- ments looking to the betterment of man- kind. Rellglous, civil and economie 1ib= erty have each and all been brought about consequence of the desires and heart nings of the thers and mothers of Iurope and America expressed each to the other at the family firesides, and as each as been uttered it was laden r to Almighty God fof his bles ay in the midst of this great depression, the same great thoughts which are tending to the down- throw of official and economie_corruptio} and the consequent uplifting of mankin are from the hearts and minds of the common people. The leaven is working in the whole lump. Corruption sits unpunished in our public places, It has for years, not only in the leglslative halls of the natlon, but in municipal Affairs from the great city of New York down to the smallest of our municipal organizations, What Is the re. sult? FThe ‘payment of the duties which each citizen 6wes to the comonwealth for the protection suppesed to be recelved, In life, ‘liberty and the pursult of happiness have becdme such a burden that mem, espeolally in_our great clties, are askl themselves, what can we do to be saved' The cry has, gone forth, and s continuin to be heard In every precinct in the lan Earnest thought upon economic lines, some of which I have indicated, should fot stilled. TLet the people vote—the Americs citizen's only weipon—as they fought, thi men and women may be free, unco trolled, untrameled, disenthralled from the ver'of criminally acquired wealth and rporate greed, and our chiliren may then be at liberty to enjoy t full bless- ings designed by the fathers. 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