Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 2, 1894, Page 4

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Let us hope that August will be an im- provement over the month of July. The Chinese navy will be a thing of the past If the Japanese mariners keep up the galt they have set. At last we have a legal city electriclan, and the Insurance agents can once more sleep the sleep of the righteous. The rains have been playing havoc with scheduled base ball games. But base ball ean be postponed. Not ko with the crops. Mayor Pingree of Detroit objects to ma- chine politics. The mayor should be invited to join the 16 to 1 faction of the Nebraska democracy. That war cloud in castern Asia is slowly getting larger. The surprise would not be very great it it covercd some of the Buropean countries which have interests in the east before it Is finally dissipated. How does the council explain its action on the electric lighting contracts now on the ground of saving money for the city? With Wiley bringing in bills for 100 lamps at the rate of $175 per year the spectre of economy look very gaunt, indeed. What a sublime faith those people have who attribute the recent showers in their Jocalities to thelr rainmaking experiments, in spite of the fact that nature has kindly watered many equally parched sections of the state without demanding tribute for the rainmakers. © August is usually the hottest month of the year in this latitude; in other words the average temperature day in and day out is higher than it Is in any other month of the year, This year, however, July has been such a record-breaker that it will be impos- sible for August to catch up with it. This is to be the month of conventions « in Nebraska. Twenty county conventions ‘will be held next Saturday, and from two to ten a day from that time on (ill the latter part of the month, with district and state conventions thrown In here and there. To think of it is enough to make anybody per- spire. President Cleveland is represented as say- ing that principles are now more precious than a slight reduction in the present tar- iff. In other words, he is accepting Sen- ator Hill's paraphrase of his own saying—a theory, not a condition, confronts us. Hill having gone half way over the chasm, the president is making advances over the other halt. Before another week shall have passed the election in Alubama will have settled the first skirmish of the political fight of 1804. It is a contest between democrats and populists, the latter supported by a large part of the republicans. The democrats will feel rejoiced it they but hold their ascend- ancy in this member of the solid south by the narrowest majority. Franklin MacVeagh, democratic ‘senatorial candidate in Hlinols, wants to hold himself aloof from all challenges to debate with re- publicans on the ground that there ds no authorized representative of the republican party in Illinois to debate with him. This places Mr. MacVeagh In a very awkward po- sition. All he will be able to do will be to debate with himself, and with such an in- ferior. opponent he, of cannot be expected to make his best impression. course, Omaha will derlve little prestige from belng made an organizing station of the Knlghts of Labor, while at the same time one of its local labor leaders wilt se- cure the position of general organizer, Labor organizations In the surrounding cities and towns will be led to look to Omaha for au- thority and advice for their various move- ments. It will also impose upon Omaha laboring men a greater responsibility be- cause of the greater importance of thelr example, a responsibility whioh they should not fail to appreciate. some We are pleased to note that the street rail- way companies whose lines extend to Court- land beach propose to put into force a 15- cent round trlp fare from the city I the event of the consummation of the arrange- ments now pending for a grand spectacular exhibition at that point. This would be liberal enough. But why conflne such Mberal policy to the conthngency in question? As the transfer system now operates the uninformed visitor is compelled to pay 80 cents for the same ride simply because no transter ticket 1is glven unless the pas- senger knows enough to ask for it. No such penalty ought in fairness to be oxacted. It the street car companlies can supply the sorvice during the proposed exhibition at 1§ sents they can de it regularly for 20 cents. LAWLESS RAILROAD MANAGEWENT. ‘That the Interstate commerce law s belng flageantly, presistently and systematioally violated everybody understands. One of the purposes fir which the act framed was to put a stop to the meking of sccret rates by the payment of rebates It has failed to accomplish this, and 8t from the day it went into effect the Ingenuity of rallway man:gers has been exerted In find- ing ways to evade it. But while It is a matter of general knowledge that this is the case, the public can form no cstimate of the extent to which discrimination in the form of rebates Is esrried. fome idea of It, however, may be obtained from what has been disclosed by investigations into the affairs of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe company since that company went into the hands of ceivers, It is said that the sums pald to favored shippers in the form of robates in the last three years aggregate not less than $7,000,000. In other words this poration has this large sum of money in giving the large ship- pers who do businzss with it an advantage over the small shipers, in distinct disregard and deflance of the law of the United States, two or one ¢ used intended to secure equality to all shippers., It it has cost this single company the enormous sum of $7,000,000 in paying re- bates during a perfod of two or three years, what must be the aggregate for all the rail- road corporations which, since the Inter- state commerce act went Into effect, have been violating it in this particular? It is not an exaggeration to that hundreds of millions have been paid back to shippers, who in this way were given an unfair ad- vantage by the railroads since the enact- ment of the interstate commerce act. The practico has almost ruinous to many of the corporations, while at the same time thousands of business fallures have been directly due to the discrimination in the matter of rates, which puts business men not able to command the favor of railway managers at a very great disadvantage. Railway managers pretend to desire an open schedule of rates and strict adherence to it, as required by the law, but as a mat- ter of fact no sooner is the schedule made than they go to cheating each other on it and incidentally violating the express pro- hibitions of the law. Yet, notwithstanding their presistent lawlessness, the railroad managers invoke the protection of the ccurts under an interprotation of the inter- state commerce law which was never con- templated when it was enacted. The exposure in the Atchison case, a part of which is that the gross earnings of the company were largely overstated, is said to have aroused a suspicion in financial quar- ters that some other companies have been and are doing the same thing, and it is pos- sible an overhauling of other companies may result. So far as the general business public is concerned and indeed everybody who is in- terested in having the raiiroads comply with the law, the facts brought out by the Atchi- son exposure suggests that either further legislation is necessary to put a stop to the diserimination involved in the rebate system or there should be a reconstruction of the interstate commerce commission, which seems to be absolutely indifferent to the enforcement of the law. It cannot be ad- mitted that the commission Is wholly ignor- ant of the fact that the law is being per- sistently violated, unless upon the assump- tion that it makes no effort to ascertain whether or not the corporations are comply- ing with the law. It must certainly be as well informed In the matter as the public, and this should lead it to take steps to hunt down violations and bring those guilty of them to punishment. As matters now are the law is practically worthless and the existence of the commission to carry out its provisions and protect the people from abuse is a mockery. It is intended by the railroads that permission to pool would correct this evil, but it ought to be possible to correct it without such a conces- sion. Pooling might prove to be advantage- ous both to the public and to the corpora- tions, but it cannot be admitted that it is indispensable to the regulation of the cor- porations under the law. If the government cannot enforce the interstate commerce law it had better be repealed; but it can be en- forced and will be when men are found who are disposed to faithfully perform the duties which the act imposes on them. say been WHAT IS 10 ST0P THEM? The address of the Democratic Free Coin- age league to the “fellow democrats of Ne- braska” is moteworthy not for the platitudes in favor of free silver coinage at the old stand-by ratio of 16 to 1, but for the recom- mendations which it offers to those who pro- fess to adhere to democracy, to free silver coinage and to Congressman Bryan, all at one and the same time. The whole burden of the complaint of the free silverite demo- crats is that they have lost their hold upon the administration, that they were unmerci- fully routed at the last democratic state convention and that their efforts to control the machinery of the democratic party in this state for the purpose of manipulating the next democratic state convention to a declaration in favor of the free coinage of silver have thus far been stubbornly and suc- cessfully resisted. Finding themselves among the outs in whatever direction they may turn they have determined upon a ‘“‘war of conquest” against the supporters of the ad- ministration and thus to force recognition at the hands of the federal authorities. The scheme incidentally includes the nomination of Mr. Bryan for the United States senate and anything else that may seem calculated to further that aspirant’s senatorial ambi- tions. Thers is nothing to prevent the free silver democrats from going ahead and holding a state convention. They may call it the dem- ocratic state convention if they wish and no one will be able to stop them. This seems to be what their present manifesto is likely to lead to, although its framers have been afraid to speak out and tell exactly what they want. They say to their followers: “Call your county conventions. Let them make their nominations and appoint dele- gates to higher conventions.” As If it were not against all precedent’to call county con- ventions before the higher convention has been called and to name delegates before the apportionment has been made. What con- vention will admit as members a lot of float- ing delegates who have been hanging around walting for a convention to bs summoned to which they might accredit themselves? As & matter of fact, there is no reason whatever why the present manifesto should bo lssued at this particular time. The members of the Free Coinage league must have known what they intended to do as soon as they organized six weeks ago. But they are apparently afraid to adopt any decisive measures. 1f they want to control & state conveation of their own what 1 to stop them? —————————g— Major Wheeler voted “no” on the resolu- tion to confirm City Electriclan Schurlg for the reason that he did not kmow what Mr. Schurlg knows about electriclty and dead wires. Major Wheeler 1s knowa as one of the greal authorities om electriclty iu gem- AHA DAT UST 2, eral and electric lighting bills in particular, and it is not conceivable that Mr. Schurig or any other man engaged In such common work as supervising electric lighting plants would know as much as Mr. Wheeler, It all the other councilmen had been as high up In electries as Mr. Wheeler it might have been Impossible to confirm anybody as city electrician A to go away from home what is going on In vicinity. A Linesla following startling You It you your own paper makes nouncement “A change is imminent in the editorial management of the World-Herald. The new editor will be none other than Representa- tive W. J. Bryan. It is understood that G. M. Hitcheock will remain in charge of the department. The that the deal was to be effected today, scme of the stock passing into the hands of promi- free silver democrats of this state.” mmunity will bo startled by announcement that a change Is immi- nent in the cditorial compartment of the W.-H. That change has been imminent for several years. The advent of Mr. Bryan will doubtless be hailed with a great deal of satisfaction by many of the patrons of the whirligig. It might not, be relished, however, by the Mortonian wing of the Nebraska mobocrecy, As editor-in-chief of the pure silver organ Mr. Bryan would find a much broader fiell for kis pent up gray brain matter than on the floor of the house. Most of the great men that become editors- in-chief ere pumped dry'in less than thirty and then suffer a terrible relapse nerve-center exhaustion. Mr. Bryan may be an exception. He may be able to keep up public interest in his ideas to the end of the Impending campaign. From a purely professional standpoint we should hail his ascent to the editorial tripod as the gratification of a long-felt want. Any- thing for a change that will elevate the standard of the metropolitan press and give spice and tone to its utterances. There is fun or profit in runuing in competition with papers afflicted with the dry rot. It the reporl concerning tfle imminent change is true The Bee will accord the new editor- in-chief a cordial and hearty welcome into the arena of Omaha journalism. always have want to know immediate the an- business rumor is nent This ¢ the not from no Wil0 BEARS THE BURDEN? The most flagrant Injustice to which the real estate owners of this city and county are subjected is the vicious system of as- sessments. It is not so much because of the low valuation of property as the marked discrimination against owners of real estate and in favor of the class that has its In- vestments in personal property, mortgage loans, bonds, moneys in bank, merchandise and above all things the franchised corpora- tions. As a consequence the brunt of the burdens of taxation falls upon people who have done most in building up the city and the great mass of home owners. A glance at the figures on the asscssment rolls will suffice to convince any intelligent person of the grievous wrongs imposed on real estate owners. Out of a total of $24,- 701,140.62, $20,283,240 i3 assessed agalnst the owners of lots and lands in the county and only $4,417,900.62 is assessed against personal property. This includes bank de- posits, mortgage loans, taxable merchan- dise, manufactured products, live stock, household goods and all moveable articles of value. The amount of deposits in Omaha und South Omaha banks ranges from $12,- 000,000 to $15,000,000. The value of goods in the jobbing houses, retall stores and com- mission houses cannot fall short of $10,- 000,000, and it is safe to estimate the value of taxable live stock, household goods and other personal property at $10,000,000 more. Add to this the franchise corporation prop- erty and the railroad property and we would have in round figures fully $40,000,000 of taxable personal property. 2 Now the five franchised corporations, viz: the street raflway company, the waterworks company, the gas company, electric lighting company and telephone company, are cap- italized, that is, stocked and bonded, in round figures, at $15,000,000, but they pay taxes on a valuation of less than $300,000. The terminal facilities of the Union Paclfic alone are claimed to be worth $15,000,000. Assuming that the terminal facilities of all the other roads in Omaha and South Omaha were included In that estimate and we would be entitled on an asscssment of one- tenth of that amount to at least $1,500,000, while in fact these terminals are practically dvmped in as mileage and credited for less than $200,000 all told. The men and wemen who own store bulldings, warehouses, hotels, factories cr dwelling houses cannot cover up their hold- ings from the assessor. They bear the brunt, not only of the general taxes, but are compelled to pay special taxes for every dollar’s worth of improvements. The own- ers of personal property either manage to escape altogether or make returns that are scandalously low. The present assessments in this county are virtually the single tax system, The lot and land owners pay four- fifths of the general taxes and all the special taxes, which constitute almost as heavy a burden as the general tax. WAR DECLARED. Japan has formally declared war against China. In reality a state of war has existed for more than a week, but the formal an- nouncement of it by one of the parties was necessary to establish the relations of other powers to the combatants, as prescribed by international law. A declaration of war alters the status of neutral nations toward the nations*at war, creating conditions and requiring observances that would not exist without such a declaration, even though there was actual war. Of course this an- nouncement by Japan that a state of war exists between that country and China will put a stop to the efforts of other powers to bring about a settlement of the trouble. It 1s a notice to the powers that Japan pro- poses to maintain ber rights by the last re- sort of nations, and having given this no- tice no government can with propriety inter- pose.A proffer of mediatton now could properly be regarded by Japan as an affront, since in effect it would imply that that govern- ment had made a mistake or that its course was unwise and unwarranted. Possibly as the war progresses Japan or China may ask the intercession of filendly powers with a view to a settlement, but untll one or the othier does this neutral nations will stand aloof. That the conflict will be prolonged now appears to be more than probable, for the hatred between the countries has, of course, become greatly Intensified. Thus far the advantage is largely with Japan, which has surprised the world by the fighting quali- tles exhibited. The common idea Is that there s no essential difference between the Chinese and the Japanese, but this is a mis- take, The latter are more intelligent and more progressive as a people, are more in sympathy with the enlightenment of the age, and have & better idea of what is meant by pETGTem. The tendency of these conditions 1 to_make them better soldiers and all thdf tesmony is to the effect that they take Hitter\to military duties than the Chinese. Af any rate, up to this time, they have shown themselves the better fighters, both on the land and on the water. They have already in seriously orip- pling China’'s naval strength, and it they can continue as they have begun the out- come of the war is not uncertain. Its pro- gress will now be watched with growing in- terest, and so far as the American people are concerned their sympathy and hope will be with the smaller and more civilized em- pire. Thomson- to co witl acting for th 18- ton company, rofuses outright ivte the contract which he has made the eity to supply all the electric stroct lamps d at the rate of $111.5) until the ex- He bases his his company Mr. Wil piration of the present year. refusal upon the ground that will not come in under the general fran- chise ordinance, whose passage he insti- gated, because it gives all other companies the right to use the poles upon the payment of a reasonable compensation. Mr. Wiley knew of this feature of the general ordi- nance at the time he made his bid. What is more, his original contract with the city contains the stipulation. Evl- dently this obligation is bearing hard upon the clectric lighting managers and they are Qoing their best to throw it off. Nothing se, however, was to have been expected of Mr. Wiley. His dealings with the city have been two-faced and fraudulent from the start. No member of the council has any tight to rely upon his promises to act fairly With the eity. If he had conducted himselt in negotiations with any reputable busines man as he has in relation to the rei@ting of the city's electric lighting contracts th latter would bo justified in refusing to have anything more to do with him. But so long as he practically owns the city council he will be permitted to continue to submit bids for electric lighting, to dictate read- vertising when he is underbid, and to re- pudiate his contracts with impunity. very same It may as well be admitted now as some time later that the brick pavement, as tested in Omahd, is not a success. In fact, it s but ono degree above the cedar and cypress block. There are only two kinds of pavement materials that commend them- selves for On streets of moderate grade, outside of the jobbing district, as- phalt s the most desirable. It combines the elements of smoothness, cleanliness and durability when properly laid. On heavy traffic streets Sioux Falls granite is the best as well as the cheapest, while for streets of high grade, where traffic is not too heavy, sandstone is the best adapted. These conclusions are based on the experi- ence and costly experiments with all sorts of paving materials in this city during the past ten year: It goes without saying that we should give preference {o brick pavement over all others if he brick pavements that have been given abundant and fair trial had been a success. use. The Board of Health has finally secured an additional allotment of rations to sustain it for the rest of the year. The board must not' imagine, however, that this-is to be taken as permission to give free rein to its extravagances land | then apply for another appropriation when' another deficit stares it in the face. The practice of allowing de- partments to exceed thetr regular appropria- tions and to draw'on the general fund except in extraordinary, cases is a pernicious one and ought not to be encoaraged. The Board of Health should be given to understand dis- tinctly that in the future the garment must be limited by the cloth. “The United States Strike commission” is a rather big name for three men to assume who have been selected to serve temporarily in investigating the facts of a single desig- nated strike. From the name one would Imagine that the commission was a perma nent body, with authority over all strikes, past, present and future. But we suppose that President Cleveland’s appointees on this commission are no different from other men who rejoice in trying to make them- selves appear more important than they really are. Bryan's admiring worshipers want him to ask for a popular expression upon his candidacy for the United States senate. What would Bryan gain by that? With the editorship of a great paper at his command he can create senators and congressmen and perhaps presidents. The creator is always greater than his creature. The editorship of a metropolitan newspaper ought to quench the fires of all frivolous senatorial ambitions that burn in Bryan's breast. All the franchises in the state of Ne- braska are listed for taxation as valued at $14,820. This of course is not particularly surprising, especially since the owners of these franchises secured them from the public for nothing. But there are several franchises in the state any one of which many people would be glad to acquire for the assessed value of all of them combined. It has been suggested that President Cleveland would have a much more peace- ful and a much more dignified time if the majority in the senate were republican in- stead of democratic. So he would. So he would, also, if he were not president. We can furthermore assure him that the peace- ful and dignified time s coming and will not be delayed beyond March 4, 189 Tmpeaching the Many for One. New Yotk Tribune, Senator HIIl vindfdates the pres tmpeaching his purty! The op: saving a tumor by Ampt to whom it was attuthed. il Facing the Inevitabu Chiéago Herald, The situation 'fs not cheering for the democracy. Between' a mercenary senate and an indiscreet president stulification of the party seems dnevitabl R Socret of Bewntorial Delay. Richmatid Pimes (dem.). The debate 'réges” over sugar in order that the Sugar thustomay have legislation that will causesewery American to pay nuch more a pound for his sugar than he would have to pay(if there were no such legislation wherehy that same Sugar trust may gouge out of (Xnm same Americans a net profit of §10,000.000 to $15,000,000 each yeur. This enables it to ‘divide a million or & amongst a few so-called democratic sen- ators, who, added to the republican sen- ators, control the senate, and still have a net profit of more than 50 per cent per an- num on the money invested in the trust. e Outracing the Racers. Globe-Democrat. A Liverpool paper wants the steamship buflders to turn out a vessel that will cross the ocean at the rate of fifty miles an hour When reminded that to double the speed means the quadrupling of the power, it says g0 ahead with the quadrupling. The ship could be B0 feet long, and have four times the bofler power of the Campania, which is 600 feet long. Only double the quantity of onl would be required, as the time of pas- Sage would be cut down one-half. A ship crossing from Queenstown to New York in three days would get the cream of the pus- senger travel and be & paying lnvestment beyond question. POLITICAL POTPOURRL, Shelton Clipper: MaeColl for governor and Maupin for secretary of state would make a great combination, and one that would be a sure winner. “The people are tired of the old slate- makers" s the war cry of Will M. Maupin in making bis canvass for the nomination for secretary of state. Maupin fs young, and he wants the people to know it Genoa Lender: While Jack MacColl isn't the Leader's first ch e for governor it is money to marbles that he is nominated upon the first ballot by three to one and that he will be elected by 25,000 plurality. Lexington Ploncer: If the republican party wants a candidate for governor against whose record no charge can be malntaived, J. H. MacColl is the man. The party wili make no mistake in choosing him as ifs standard bearer. B. 0. Kretsivger of Beatrice is a date for the populist nomination torney general. It is predicted that should he be pitted against W. S. Summers the campaign in Gaze county would be one long to be remembered, Everything 18 county now that tral committee candi- for at- harmonfous in Cuming the republican county cen has decided to call a con- vention for the purpose of selecting dele- gates to the tate convention. It makes things look better, too. Dr. J. H. Mackay, editor of Reporter, refers to the office of superin- tendent of public instruction as a “supe numerary appenduge.” He wan's the posi- tion abolished in tho interest of economy and efficlency in the schools. The cyes of all the politicians will be on Broken Bow toda republicans of the Sixth di bled for the purpose of nominating a to succeed Kem. This, the first big vention of the year in Nebraska, prom- to be a lively one, and the enthusiasm Is liable to boil over into sume other dis- triets in t state, Ord Quiz: The strong choice of this vi- cinity is for Judge M. P. Kinkaid for con- gress. The judge is so well known and everywhere recognized as a clean, capable and ‘influential man that the good judgment of the masses is that he should contest the election with any man whom the populist can put up. With him in congress the standing of northwestern Nebraska will be vastly raised in the eyes of the nation. By the men we choose to represent us we are Judged. Cozad Tribune: The Republican Valley Echo wants to know what Jack MacColl has ever done that the party should reward him. Its desire for information may be fully gratified by looking over the columns of the state press. On the other hand, there are several things that he has not done that makes him a desirable person for the gubernatorial nomination in the coming cam- paign. He has never been chief oil dis- penser of legislative oil rooms; is not rest- ing under the allegation of running anybody out of the state at a time when said per- son’s room was more desirable than his company. He has o conducted himself that no blot or stain exists upon his official, busi- ness or private life, and in the matter of campaign subscriptions, if current report is true, he has considerably the edge over a man who Is his chief competitor. Lincoln News: It is noticeable that the newspapers that are talking so glibly about the “mud-slinging” at Tom Majors making him votes don’t seem to be very much en- couraged over Hon. Tom's prospects. As a matter of fact there has been no mud- slinging at Majors. Everything that has been printed about him is easily susceptible of proof, and none of his newspaper backers —what few there are—even attempt to deny the charges. None of the newspapers that deem Mr. Majors' nomination unwise have as yet laid bare the fraud attempted in con- nection with his endeavor to get a seat in congress, nor have they quoted from the scathing remarks made by Tom Reed, who investigated and found the charges against Majors to be true. This may be ancient history, but it is most damning to Mr. Majors. There is enough suspicion attach- ing to his public carcer in Nebraska (o make his nomination a most vital mistake for the party, and the open espousal of his candidacy by’ the railroads is merely indi- cative of what may be expected if he is nominated and should happen (o be elected. If the republicans of Nebraska want to make a defensive campaign they should nominate Tom Majors. He will keep them busy ex- plaining until election day -— FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE. the Madison in the s where the rict are as- Denver Republican: The debts of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads to the government siould be settled by fore- closure. In that cvent the government in all probability would be the purchaser. This would involve the government operation of the roads named, and there is no doubt t they could be operated by the government with much greater benefit to the public than they have been by their present owners. New York World: Mr. Boatner does well to file a minority report in opposition to the Reilly refunding bill. That bill is simply a device to swindle the government out of scores of millions of dollars, to release men and estates from their obligation to pay back money which has been filched from the government by fraud and theft. The whole matter has been laid bare in the World. Huntington, Standford, the Crockers and Hopkins managed by trick and device to put into their own private purses nearly all the millions contributed by the government for the building of the Central Pacific. Un- der the law they or their estates may be made to disgorge. The Reilly bill is intended to release them from this obligation and to leave the government with practically no se- curity for a claim amounting to a hundred millions, where now it has a security that is mple. 1t Is a bill to legalize an accomplished theft. Mr. Boatner is rendering a great public service by insisting tnat the bill shall be defeated and that suits shall be brought to recover the money wrongfully diverted to private uses. LS SSING OF A BLUNDER. Globe Democrat: The republicans of both Towa and Kansas have entirely ignored the prohibition question In their platforms this year. It has taken them some time to fuily comprehend the danger of fooling with such an issue, but the lesson has been learned at last, and they will never again repeat the blunder. New York Evening Post: The Towa re- publicans have followed the example of their brethrén in Kansas and entirely ignored the liquor question in their platform. There is not even the perfunctory dectaration in favor of temperance which is the last refuge of the timid politiclan. The Incident is a striking proof of the decadence of prohibition. Only three or four years ago the party was declar- ing “against a compromise with the saloon,” and pledging “continued opposition to the behests of the saloon power through the maintenance and enforcement of the prohibi tory law.” Last winter a republican legisla- ture virtually repealed that law by eslablish- ing a kiud of local option system, under which saloons may be started in any com munity which votes to have them, and now & republican state convention, by its expres- sive silence, announces that the party has abandoned all pretence of further bellef in prohibition. THE P. —_—— THE TRIUMPH OF WOBMIN, New York World: When at Vineland a strapping negro woman led her paler and less muscular sisters in their charge on the ballot box, when in spite of police and elec- tion officers sho succeeded in depositing her ballot, the emancipation of woman was prac- tically accomplished. There may be some de- lay in details, but the work is over and woman has been set free at last from her long age of enthralment. Philadelphia Times: The women of Vine- land failed to follow Wolsey's advice to Cromwell and carry gentle peace in their hands when approaching the polls. The mis- take was fatal. When grim-visaged war rears its borrid front the womeu are not In it to any extent. In a stand-up and knock-down tussle for the privilege of stufing the ballot box and counting the votes the husbands and brothers of the women poss advantages which make the contest a very one-sided one, B Theirs It They Go for It, Denver Republican. The republicans in Wyoming are prepared to make a strong fight, and there is every reason to belleve that' they will succeed, Wyoming Is naturally a republican state, and its people will show thelr good sense it they stand by jhe party which has stood by them, | campaign. THE TATTOOED STANDARD BEARER Can Republicans Stand Up and Defend the Record of Thomas Majors? The eandidacy of Thomas J. Majors con- fronts the republican party of Nebraska as | A& menace to its success in the Impending | To elevate him to the position of standard bearer will place the party on the defensive and subject it to a galling fire that ' THE TELL-TALE ( ‘. / the following bill, certtfied to by T. J. Majors as president of the senate, wes placed In the lands of the auditor and a warrant for $76 was lssned to W. M. Taylor as bal wnee due for alleged services In tho senate for the last fifteen days of the month SERTIFICATE, /. 2, . For Servicesas 211 srom.. € 1501, ( ) day of / to..C daysd’y. 2. ¢ Miteage...8..L.F..mites at10 cents pe trag o nilday of. perday, - - = rmile, Total, = Deduet amount d Balance due, rawn, 1301, Lincoln, £ (8 Coxr T hereby certty that the above account is correct and just, and has not been paid, ) i) S WA o terty . oAl Pt e e Sy adjugped: 7ok N 77 Eramined C) rresidenty S L Frrran) Deputy. QAL Doy uty. Reccived of 1'[!,% TOx Audiarof DX Gicorints, o y Warrant Nol// A amount, :/} \ L7 T L7 (Son e it could not withstand. Every candidate and every party leader on the stump would be compelled to champlon the candidacy of a man who is tattooed with a record of In- dellible infamy. They would be confronted at every crossrond with the story of the forged census returns that scandalized the state at the national capital and p ed a stigma upon the man whom (he people of this commonwealth had honored with a place in the halls of congress as their rep tive. They would be confronted with the more recent misbehavior of that same ox- congressman while acting in capacity of president of the stale senate During two sessions of the legislature in which he occupied the responsible and honor- able position of presiding officer of the upper house by virtue of his election as licutenant governor, Mr. Majors was notoriously a tool and capper for the corporation lobby, and exerted all his power and influence during cach session of the legislature to promote jobbery and assist boodle schemes and ob- struct, sidetrack and defeat all railway reg- ulation bills and menasures to curb the rapac- ity of corporate monopoly. SCANDALIZED THE STATE. During the session of 1891 the state was scandalized by the abduction of Senator Taylor, a populist, who had been elected on the auti-monopoly platform, which pledged him to support a maximum rate law. It is notorious that Taylor was on confidential terms with Lieutcnant Governor Majors and especially with his private retary, Walt M. Seely. There s no doubt whatever that Majors and Seely must have known of the plot to abduct Taylor in order to keep him from casting hi vote for the Newberry maximum rate bill. Taylor's abduction created such a sensa- tion that even if Majors had not been ad- vised about the plot he could not have been ignorant of the fact that Taylor had disap- peared. The fact that Majors directed the sergeant-at-arms to have Taylor arrested shows absolute knowledge on the part of Majors of the disappearance of Taylor. The records of the auditor's office show that Taylor had drawn $202.40 as his pay and mileage for the session up to the time of his abrupt departure in the middle of March., On March 31, esenta- sec when the session closed, 7 The above is a fac simile of the certificate signed by Licutenant Governor Majors and approved by the auditor, as now on file in the office of the auditor of state. The warrant for $75 was cashed by Walt M. Seely, private secretary of the lieutenant governor, and pocketed by him. Taylor never received a penny of this money fraudu- lently procured by the conmivance of the lieutenant governor, This act alone stamps Thomas J. Majors as a dangerous man in any public office. When he certified that Taylor had served through the entire term he knowingly and wit- tingly committed a grave crime that laid him liable not only to impeachment, but to prosecution in the criminal courts. Had Majors certificd to a fraudulent voucher in the army, or duplicated his own pay in the army roil, he would have been court martialed and cashiered in dis- grace. Where the offense was as flagrant as the Taylor voucher frand, he would have been made to serve a sentence in a military prison. Is this the kind of a man the re- publicans of Nebraska are asked to make chief executive of state and commander-in- chief of the military forces of the common- wealth? THE SENATE OIL ROOM. The climax of infamy on the part of the licutenant governor was the conversion of his private office adjoining the senate cham- ber into a legislative oil room, in which liquor was dispensed freely to members of the senate who were addicted to drink, and to lobbyists, male and female, who resorted td the room for debauching the law makers, fellow who belonged to the gang carried a Yale lock key in his pocket 50 as to have acc t all times, night or day, when the senate was in session or at rec to the demijobns and decanters filled with choice hrands of liquor, with which the lieu- tenant governor's rocm was generously sup- plied regardless of expense by the corporate concerns bills were to be logrolled through Whose interests were to be protected by the bland, affable and accoms modating lieutenant governor. Can republicans stultify themselves and Jeopardize their cause by placing a man with such a record at the head of the ticket? Ever; whose and NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKANS, roller mills at Talmage were sold at mortg; sale to Dr. L. B. Lutgen of Brock for §5,401. A child of W. H. Fing of Dubois stepped in front of its father's mowing machine and lost one foot, besides receiving a gash in the thigh. “There is an apparent shortage in the ac- counts of the treasurer of Scotts Bluff county amounting to about $100, caused by a failure to keep the receipts of road over- seers, The sixth annual reunion of the old set- tlers of Cass and adjoining counties will be held at Union August'$ and 9. An extensive program has been prepared for the occasion, one of the features of which will be a pi nic dinner and a general good time, On the top of a high bluft in Dawson county there had always been a spot where grass did not grow, and a couple of boys thought they would investigate the cause So they secured a spade and dug a hole. A few feet below the surface they struck a cofin and a skeleton, and then they quit. The remalns were evidently those of a man who had lost his life while crossing the country on the overland trail. During the storm at Bruning a heavy wind came up and did considerable damage to property in town and in the surrounding country. All of Ferguson's corn cribs, ca pacity 80,000 bushels, were twisted and Jev- cled and some of the lumber carried 500 rods and driven through the gable end and ceiling of a dwelling house. Mall's lumber sheds were unroofed and carried rods away, Telegraph lines were broken by flyiug lum ber, stables smashed and other outbulldings picked up and thrown down on neighboring premises. The Columbian art gallery was caught up and carried away a considerable distance, ballooning Dr. Dempster, who was assisting the proprietors in protecting the outfit, into a distant pile of machinery. Es timated damage in town, $2,000. el LA A SEASONABLE FAVORITE. The Tangemann of cucumbers mtrol! the Oh, for a lodge In the garde Oh, for an iceberg or two at Oh, for a vale which at midday ‘cumbers! . On, for a pleasure trip up to the pole dew Oh, for a little one-story thermometer, With nothing but zeros all ranged In a row! Oh, for a big, double-barreled hydrometer, Fo measure the moisture that rolls from my brow. Oh, that this cold world were twenty times colder! (That Oh, for a turi Oh, what a comfor red hot it seemeth to me) its dreaded cold shoulder! an ague would be! O, for a grotto to typify heaven, . Scooped In the rock und ataract vas Oh, for a winter of discontent eve A Oh, for a wet blanket Judictously cast! Oh, for a s0da fount spouting up boldly From every hot lamp post against the hot » proud maiden to look on me coldly, Freezing my soul with a glance of her eye! en, oh, for a draught from a-cup of “dold plzen, And, oh, for a resting place In the cold grave! . With & bath in the Styx where the thick shadow lies on, And deepens the chill of its dark runniog wave, HOT WEATHEE HA-HA’, Buffalo Courier: Jillson says it is queer how frequently idie talk gets in its work. Dallas News: The ses the path over ing a short lifetime. consistent mortal and over again dur- lelphia Times: Students of language would confer a favor by deciding whether an advanced and a forward woman are the same, Steamship Bulletin hey are very blues blooded, 1 belleve?™ *Yes,” they must be. Their grandfather died of melancholia.'” Detroit Tribune: Lawyer—Will you swer your husband in his suit for ai Fair “Litigant (with dignity)~No, wouldn't speak to him for the world, Boston Budget: Angeli betrothed)—-Oh, Jawin, there's such king girl jusit behind you! Do lool win—Al, I've no eyes for good looks . darling. ans orce? sir; [ (to her newly good- lack of tennis en- a degree due to times many tennis pants Atchison Globe: The n this summe t that owing-to the voung men wore th last winter a3 underwear. Arkansaw Traveler: Katie—Say, why does vour missus call this pi w? There's no nd i, view about It Maggle—T hea it was becnze {here was a bay horse in the barn, a bay tree in the yard, a bay window on the house, and a ba-by in the pairior. Magglc e I3y little say My darling,’ m very | wrote ssOme, w York Press: ab, husband, “1 very unhappy, without you here. There 13 enough to amuse one in this place, but T ot take any pleasure in anything while my darling is absent from me. “1n fact, my life 13 mizerable without you.' “Dear’ fel- low,"” she murmurs, a8 a ravishing smile stole over her fuce, and she tenderly Kissed the epistle, “what delightful letlers he writes." the AND IT CAME TO PASS, Dietrolt Free Press The fool killer sat on the mossy bank, He did And watched a_youthful su Which did As we have often made a note, Stand up, and laughing, rock the boat, “Te-he mer crank, The fool killer, smiling, suld He did; “Phat fellow 18 doing ‘'my work for m And he did, New York T4 Such treatment of rebate payments as have been disclosed in the of the Atchison Railroad company Iy prop- erly condvmned because it 14 atock- hol and others who in money in rallroad stocks as to the earnings of a railroad corporation and the real value of its securities as indicated by its earnings. It there is another aspect of this evil which deserves more attention today from the people generally and from congress and from the Department of Jus- tice than the misrepresentation of a rail- road company's real earning capacity, and it is that this persistent, systematie, and wholesale payment of rebates to favored shippers has been made In clear violation of the federal law (the interstate commerce act), which was enacted for the prevention of such unjust diserimination, i Aud the Country Wil Rejolce, Courler-Journal Both sides having bluffed as much as the proprieties seem to require, the senate and house will doubtless now ugree to give the country its cold potato and go home.