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

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Qeorge B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Pub- Aishing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally Mornin nday Bee rinted during the month of was as ollows: 21,168 2,309 2,535 24,351 2,901 EREEEEE e namame— Lews xh»dm-wm- for unsold and coples ¥ retirned Total sold Dafly avernge net circulation GEORGE B. TZSCHU Sworn to before me and subscribed In my pre ence thin lst day of August, 1504 wiseal) N. P. FEIL, Notary Publie, It we have an acting governor why don't he act? There are fac similes and fac similes. It you are not satisfied with one, just ask for another. There is no other conclusion at which we may arrive than that the Sugar trust cer- tificates merely speculated with themselves. We haven't heard yet how much the peo- ple will be compelied to pay for that pot of whitewash purchased for the use of the senate sugar scandal investigating commit- tee. —_— Hon. Charles H. Brown appears to have shied his castor into the congressional arena of the First district. What does the Hon. Constantine J. Smythe think of that? And where does ex-Governor Boyd come in? Debs expressly renounces any political am- bitions which he may once have had and denles that he is or will be a candidate for any office this year. This is where Debs shows a longer head than a great many more protentious politicians who are courting po- litical defeat, It is needless to say that Mr. Bryan is among the congressmen most anxious for congress to adjourn. His yearning for his dear constituents is so great at this season of the year that nothing but the absolute necessity of his vote on the tariff conference *report keeps him away. The council committee of Baltimore, which, after a tour of inspection, included brick as one of the paving materials which 1t could unqualifiedly recommend must have omitted Omaha from its junket. Our_ex- perience with brick pavements is that they are satisfactory only when subject to the lightest of traflic. New York s having the question of garbage disposal investigated by a specially appointed committee. which is to report on the merits of the different methods. in vogue. This investigation will be of value to all American cities. Omaha authoriti may be able to gather some advice from conclusions when they are made public. ? . The tell-tale certificate is complete in itself. 8o Is the tell-tale Taylor order. The order does not consist in a few lines written on the bottom of the certificate, as some of the fool defenders of Majors would have people belleve. Whatever suppression or conceal- ment has existed with reference to this fraud has been perpetrated by the Majors contingent. From present appearances it is almost certain that the city clerkship plum will re- maln out of the reach of candidates for some months. Possession is nine points of tho law and Jack Bvans being a democral tn possession he is not likely to be ousted by the members of his own party unless they can make a trade that would give them something to hoot in the barg The Hawaiian royal commissioners aro visiting Washington in the interests of the deposed queen think that President Cleveland has treated their ex-sovercign in a very shabby manner. Queen Lil is not the only one who has been treated shab- bily by Grover. There is Senator Hill for example. Senator Gorman, too, has plausible grounds for a similar complaint. Our own Congressman Bryan las a fe grievane agalnst President Cloveland. It ail these parties will but get together mutual sym- pathy will not be lacking. who The house conferces on the tariff bill are not exactly suited with the five year lmita- tion of the income tax schedule which the senate Inserted info the measure. The lim- itation makes the tax lapse at the expiration of five years unless it is re-enacted by gress previous to that time. The income tax enthusiasts prefer to have the tax con- tinue until congress repeals it by afirmative action. The change effected by the senate puts the burden of its continuance on its advocates instead of placing the burden of its discontinuance upon its opponents. It Is questionable, however, whethor the differ- ence s worth flghting for at the present time, particularly when & fight over it might endanger the prospect of the whole lncome tax. In finally declaring the great railway strike off, the American Railway union Is doing what It ought to have done several weeks ago, when the backbone of the strike was broken. Prolonging It after it became hope ess merely prevented a large number of workingmen loyal to the union from return ing to work and earning thelr own living Many of them by this time have lost their positions altogether, to say nothing of the loss of wages they might have recelved were they not idfe. This has been a useless nd senseless bardship imposed upon them The strike has been off for weeks, notwith- standing the fact that it had not been of. flclally declared off. For this reason the tardy official declaration can have but little oF no appreclable effect. BRYAN AND HIS SENATORIAL PLATFORM. Willlam Jennings Bryan has now formally announced himself as a candidate for the United States senatorship. From the outset Mr. Bryan's candidacy has been a spectacn- lar drama. The play is artistically mounted for the political stage on which Bryan expects in the Impending canvass. The drama with the sitver nference in which Mr. Bryan, duly advertise as the star actor, appeared in the title role and the curtaln was rung down amid vociferous applause of an audi- ence exclusively composed of his warm ad- to perform senatorial democrat ¢ opened mirers Then came Act I with the spontaneous appeal from the troupe and supers begging the eminent political comedian to permit the use of his name as a candidate of the people and by the people for a cushioned seat in the United States senate, Act IIL. The spontaneous candidale pre- sents himself robed In the simple Jeffersonian toga, with free silver spangles and Jack- sonlan top boots and spurs on a demo-popu- listic and platform of his own unique workmanship. And the curtain is rung down once more amid great applause. So far the Bryan play has been well acted. The star and his supporters have sustained thelr parts admirably. It remains to be seen, however, whether the plot will hold the audi- ence to the end. As a pieee of political litera'ure Mr, Bryan's letter of acceptance must be conceded a drawing card. It appeals to democratic as well as populistic sentiment and has the flavor of anti-monopoly that strikes a re- sponsive chord in the breasts of the working classes. As a political Paganini who can play all the popular tunes on one string Bryan is peerless in these parts. He has a masterly faculty of catching onto the cur- rent popular fads and dove-tailing them into Itis repertoire. That fact is strikingly ex- emplificd in the platform on which he pro- poses to ride into the senate. Starting out with a lot of platitudes about the declaration of independence and invoking the memory of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson Mr. Bryan spreads his political legs far apart for an acrobatic feat and assures the people It elected he would act with his own party, presumably the democratic party, and every other party under whatever name, including populists, prohibitionists, national- ists and possibly even republicans who may be striving for Mr. Bryan's ideal of govern- ment. A man who Is endowed with such straddling capacity should have no difculty in landing in the senate, And now a word about that exqulsite politi- cal mosalc which constitutes the Bryan platform. Mr. Bryan pledges himself to continue his labors for a tarifft for revenue only, whatever that may mean. As no two of the revenue tariff reformers have yet been able to agree as to what articles should be taxed, and how much the tax should be, and how it 1s to be distributed, Mr. Bryan will be free to agree or disagree with all the other tarift reformers, The next plank Mr. Bryan constructs for himself is free coinage at 16 to 1 of the American product, and the prohibition of all contracts that compel payment of debts in gold coin exclusively, the abolition of all national bank currency, and the prohibition of bond issues to keep up the gold reserve in the treasury. On these points Mr. Bryan is playing to the populist part of his audi- ence, but he may discover before the cam- paign is over that a good many peopla in Nebraska differ with him on his flat finan- clering schemes. Mr. Byan favors the election of United States senators by the people, and also the proposition to limit presidents to a single term. On these tions Mr. Bryan is by no means entitled to letters patent, or cven to a copyright. The single presidential term was advocated by American statesmen long before the war, and this provision was veally about the only commendable reform in- serted in the constitution of the southern confederacy. The election of United States senators by direct vote of the people was advocated by The Bee as far back as 1872, and after three years agitation the principle was embodied by the framers of our present constitution into the revised organic law. In view of the fact that the con- stitutional ~ convention of 1875 was re- publican by a large majority, the first de- cisive step taken in this state toward the popular election of United States senators did not emanate either from a tariff for revenue democrat or populist. Mr. Bryan pledges himself in favor of a liberal pension policy. That part of his creed is also borrowed from republicans, and its profession is apparently intended as a s0p to the old soldier element. Mr. Bryan favors the postal telegraph, the control of railroads by the federal govern- ment, and the foreclosure 6f the Union Pa cific mortgage debt. On these points he Is in accord with public sentiment rather than any particular party, The postal telegraph was first advocated by General Cresswell, a republican postmaster general. It was again endorsed by Postmaster General Gresham when Arthur was president, and re-endorsed by Postmaster General Wanamaker under President Harrison It was never endorsed by any democratic postmaster general. The interstate commerce law was the first step toward regulation of railroads. It was en- acted by a republican senate and a demo- cratic house, and whatever credit attaches to it belongs to no particular party. Mr. Bryan has been in congress nearly four years, but his record on postal telegraph and railroad regulation laws does not tally with his profession of faith. At least he has done nothing looking to the acquisition of the telegraphs by the government, or toward plugging up the holes and mending the weak spots In the interstate commerce law, The last plank in Mr. Bryan's platform starts out with that absolutely original declaration, that “The laborer is worthy of his hire,”” and pledges the author in favor of such labor legislation as would do away with lahor strikes and boycotts. Honeyed words and empty promises to the labor element have been the stock-in-trade of all pro- fossional office-seekers, and Mr. Bryan's sympathetic strike for the labor vote will appreclated for what it s soclalistic propos doubtless be worth We shall now be held In suspense until the curtain rises upon the fourth act of the Bryan drama—the democratic state conven- wWHo WiLl PAY The railroads which suffered loss of prop- erty recent strike in Chi ©cago are beginning to bring in their accounts for the damages which they expect the municipal authorities to pay. All of the bills have not yet been made out, and while those already presented aro not quite so large as was anticipated in some quarters, the total claims, when added together, promise to make an amount sufficlently large to arouse a protest against their payment In case there is any way that the supposed obligation may be evaded. It will be remembered that the railroad organs set up a ery before the riot- ing bad really begun In earnest that the luring the riots THE OMAHA DAILY BEE peoplo of Chicago would have to stand the expense of the strikers’' lawlessness and that it mattered little to the railroads how much property was destroyed, since they would hold the municipal government re- sponsible for the wreckage In presenting their bills for damages raiiroads are acting consistently upon the plan originally enunclated, but it is folly to expect the bills to be pald without a con- test In the courts. If the railroads want to hold the municipal authorities to their al- leged responsibility to afford adequate pro- tection to thelr property they will have to institute suit to This will imme- dlately raise the question for review whether the government Is really responsible in money damages. The railroad attorneys have been almost over-confident that the proposition fs no longer open to question. They maintain that there are altogether too many well established precedents in their favor and they lay particular stress upon the Judgments secured against the municipal au- thorities on account of the destruction wrought by the Pittsburg rioters in 1877. One thing, however, that is generally over- looked deprives these cases of the force which they would ordinarily exert. It is that the Chicago strike presents the first I- stance where the federal government has interfered of its own motion on behalf of the threatened railroads. The interference of the federal troops, which was regarded the do so. local at the time with intense satisfaction by the' railrond officials, may give the municipal governments an opportunity to escape thelr supposed responsibility. It the authority of the federal. government extends to the pro- tection of Interstate commerce and of the instruments of interstate commerce, the local governments must in the same degree be relieved of their dutles in the premises. In order to establish a claim for damages, tho duty to protect must be plain and un- equivocal. If the federal government shares tho duty to protect, It must also share the responsibility for failure to protect. The complication arising from the Interference of the federal government is likely to play havoe with the plan of the railroads to force payment of their bills upon the municipal authoritles. THE NATIONAL CREDIT MENACED. Perhaps the most urgent demand an ly settlement of the tarift question s in the condition of the treasury gold reserve. That s now reduced to a little more than half of the ordinary minimum, or the amount which it has been dcomed necessary to maintain in the treas- ury for the purpose of keeping at par the currency of the government redeemable in gold. If the outflow of gold for the next three weeks should equal that of the last three the reserve will be down to §10,000,- 000 by the end of the current month, and as the danger point is already reached it Is a very serious question whether the present condition of affairs can continue even a month longer without sending gold to a premium. That this has not already taken place is due to the strong public faith in the government and to a patient willingness to await the end of the tariff struggle, in the expectation that however it may terminate the revenues of the treasury will be at once largely increased. But this faith s being subfected to a very severe strain when the Rold resources of the treasury amount to only about 7 cents on the dollar of its ob- ligations redeemable in gold, and to still further reduce this proportion will manifestly be very dangerous. As the situation now Is it would not be a very difficult matter for a combination of capitalists or speculators to deplete the treasury of gold, or, at any rate, to send the reserve down to a point that would create genmeral alarm and put gold at a premium. As to a cessation of the outflow of gold there does not appear to be any good rea- son to expect it until there is a radical change in conditions. One explanation of the exports of gold is the fact that its owners can make more profitable use of it abroad than at home, The depression here and the uncertainty regarding the future of business prevent investments and curtail the demand for money. Therefore it Is sent away, and as gold alone can find employment abroad the drain Is upon that part of the currency. Another explanation is that large amounts of English capital are being with- drawn from the United States, as reported in dispatches from London, because of dis- trust of the financial future in America, The tarift situation is largely responsible for this, because whatever may be the economic views of British capitalists at home it was the prosperity of this country under the protective policy that induced them to in- vest their money in American industries, and now that these industries have become unprofitable in consequence of the threat to depart from that policy they do not pro- pose to let thelr capital remain here if they can tramsfer it elsewhere merely because they believe in the doctrine of free trade. A settlement of the tariff question would relieve the uncertainty and enable all in- terests to begin the work of readjustment. It would be immediately helpful to the treasury by releasing the large quantities of goods lying in bond. There is mo danger so far as the general balance of the treasury Is crned. This is ample for present de- . The menace to the credit of the government is In the steady reduction of the gold reserve. It is said that for ecretary Carlisle is watch- ing the situation ciosely and is hopeful that the tide will soon turn and that gold will eived both for customs duties and in exchange for small notes. He does not de- sire to issue more bonds and does not be- lieve that it will become This beliet is due to expectation of an early en- actment of the tariff bill. If that fails and the struggle is prolonged beyond the pres- ent month the secretary will be compelled to Issue bonds to save the credit of the gov- erument. necessary. As the result of an inquiry into past periods of depression In this country the chiet of the bureau of statistics reaches the encouraging conclusion that we are about at the end of the present depression and that the likelihood of a change, and a steady change, for the better is the only admissible view. He points out that the crisis of 1873, which was as severe as ever troubled the country In Its economic ex- perience and was followed by six years of depression In all branches of industry and commerce, was characterized by a steady de- cline of imports from year to year, moderate the absence of every speculative teature, and a falling off in the from customs. Many of the conditions of 1878, he remarks, are now with us. Under an average duty of 49 per cent the revenue from ecustoms in 1894 was less than $4,000,- 000 than In 1878, when the average duty per cent. Taking Into view the population and the larger capaeity consumption, he regards such a startling. But there is one very vital difference between the two perlods. Sixteen years ago there was no attack upon the tarif exports, revenues more was 43 larger tor comparison as TUESDAY polley of the country, as now, with its disastrous conseqiferibes to capital and labor | and Its effect In 'Ketping revenue from the treasury by Inducin, the withholding of imports. However, iv“.»ryhmly wiil be willing to accept the conclusion of the chief of the bureau of statistics that in the twelve months of 1804 the greatest possible range of depression was experfenced; that what re- quired six years n, 1873-1878 has only one year at’tHis time, and that any change must be for the better. That Is a statement of the situation which it Is to be hoped wiil be speedily verified e Under directions of Attorney General Olney the suit recently brought against the Souths ern Pacific rallr for violating the anti- trust law has beéw withdrawn. The district attorney who instituted the action disclaims all knowledge of the reason for its with- drawal, the premises than to obey the orders of the attorney general. To the casual there secems to be something mysterious about this suit. The attorney general, when apprised that it had been begun, affected to be at once surprised and displeased, and he has taken the first opportunity to remove the cause of hie displeasure. Just what influence the Southern Pacific raiiroad has in the office of the attorney general is not quite clear, but that the dismissal of the suit is greatly to its advantage will not be denled. When the Southern Pacific gets into another scrape of this kind it will doubt. less again apply to the attorney general for assistance. oceupled obeerver The band concert at Riverview park gave a great many people an opportunity to be- come acquainted with what promises to be the finest of our local parks. Complaint is quite general, however, that the place Is still comparatively fnaccessible. Those who patronize the street cars have a considerable distance to walk. With better facilities for reaching the park It must soon be the most frequented part of our park system. It would to be to the interest of the street railway company to extend its lines at the earliest possible moment and to build up a traffic to this quarter of the city. Riverview cannot assume its proper place until it is made more accessible to tho common people. The street rallway com- pany owes It to the community to co-operate ith the park commission to this end. seem ks Like it Here. New York Sun, Ts harmony to mean democracy ulism? he question has been rais out of the consuming ashes of 182 will have to be answered. or pop- a0 even and it b b The Right Man in the KRight Piace. Globe-Democrat General Henderson of Jowa has been re- nominated for congress by the unanimous vote of the convention, this making the seventh time that he has thus been honored. He is one of the strong men in the house, and his constituents evidently intend to Keep him there as lng as he cares to stay. Prematfire £motion Indiznapolls Journal Those excellent géntlemen who are devot- ing themselves to interviews and pledging delegations for a republican candidate for dent in 185 are too previous and too emutional. The battle this year is to elect a republican house and prepare for the election of a half-dozen republicans to the senate. e s Tho Record of a Tragedy. Kansas City Journal. A drove of Pawnee county, Nebraska, hogs raided a neighboring corn fleld. The owner of the corn got his gun to shoot the hogs and the owner of (he hogs took a_part in the game by shoolig the owner of the rn. When the smoke of battle cleared away there were 'two dead and two wounded men, and the hogs were still in the corn. oraiy G Popular Elcction of Senators, Courler-Journal. Devices for filtering the popular vote through a body of clectors have not been popular in the United States. In practice the people have virtually ,abolished the electoral college, which, instéad of choosing the president and vice president, has be: come a mere machine, and a somewhat clumsy one, for registering the result of the popular vote. In a similar spirit the people are already anticipating a change in the constitution by nominating in party conventions the senators whom they desire the legislature to elect. A refusal to change the constitution on this point would not stay its practical abrogation by this and similar methods of expressing the popular will. ————— Republican Indifference. Lincoln Call, The republican party in Nebraska, com- posed to a large extent of consclentious, clear-headed, patrlotic voters, and preten: Ing to represent the best intelligence of the state, does not measure up to the standards that have been raised by the party and its prophets. The republican party in Nebraska has gone through much tribulation which should have scourged It of the corruption and foolishness that have hung to it like the old man of the been an In- voluntary eye witne iy an object lesson of ineflicienc ronger word, the result of the foolhardiness of some’ of its leaders; the republican po once so powerfully entrenched In the con- fidence of the peopile of this state, ha suffered itself to be bamboozled by unprin- cipled_and entirely selfish leaders, and it has, in the last three or four years, been traveling down the toboggan slide. It has reached at this date a perfious position. All the lessons and trials of the past have, apparently, no effect upon the party, or that element of the party that succeeds in retaining control of the party machinery nd dominates conventions, There is, apparcutly, no more care or thought in the namini of candidates for state offices or the preparation of a plat- form at this time, when the party Is hu- miliated and in jeopardy, than was exer- clsed five years ago, when a republican nomination “meant certain election, when almost anything on a republican’ ticket from a demagogic blatherskite to a yellow dog could be voted into office. Hepeated defeats have made little impres- sion on the ruling element of the party. Republican foolishness has at different times permitted the populists to obtaln con- of the state legislature and other Im- ant offl of the state were Jected to man: . The state convention Is only a few days off. It will meet at a time when the cry of poor crops and hard times will be abroad in the state, when populist activity will be at its highest point—a particularly critical time. It is acknowledzed on all sides that the success of the republican party in the coming campalgn I8 most decidedly unc taln, Vietory 18 hanging in the balanc And yet, In the face of this condition of affair there any thought of rising to the eniergency and by one sweeping stroke ing the party om higher ground than 0 occupled? Is there any en- eet the demands of the time v proper action assure success for the Fepublichn state ticket? Or 1s the polities of the republican party proceeding in the old the current “directed by manipulitors, who weuld hesilate at nothing to obtain théir ends? 1y the party drifting into the shoals of certain defeat beca of the indifference and apathy of the better elements of the organization in allowing u few men to make up slafes and run the con- ventions to suit themsely 1t is a matter of soma regret that repub- lican voters of the atate have not ere th sen in their strength and demanded radical depurture In the, coming state con- vention, At @ time like the présent personal and selfish considerations should be laid aside, and if certain men persist in their ¢ to the detriment of the party they should be brushed off the hoard Without compunetion. The republican party has & higher and nobler purpose than that of furthering the scheme of any one man or set of men. Its mission Is to place only the best men on guard, 8o that the state may be proteoted and its welfare advanced in the highest degree, but the mission is too often lost sight of 'In the manipulations of the “practical” politicians. Is it too late for the party to rise up and in the coming state convention do what has not been done in many years, frame and adopt an entirely honest platform, and nominate for state offices the best' and ablest men to be found In the men against whom . there Is not th ichtest susplcion, either of corruption o ince this Is done, unless there is more the' state convention and less of the party n s well prepare for more defeats and a fu croachment of populist power and influence. of patrl stating that he has no other duty in | AUGUST 7, 1894 NGS AND THEIR PROPHET, ] wnIre w 8t. Louls Republie Congressman Bryan | has bought a newspaper In which to boom free coinage. Trylng to balance his recelpts and_expenditures will doubtless teach Mr Bryan the necessity of parity in finance. Chicago Times: The free-silyer demo crats of Nebraska have asked tive Bryan to stand as a candidate for the United States senate, This action is but the formal expression of a very general senti- ment among Nebraska democrats, Mr. Bryan's career in congress has been one of great cyedit to himself and of natural pride to his stato. One of the youngest of the members of the house, he has forced himself to the front and become one of the mos prominent. His advancement to the senate would be a wise act on the part of his state. Chicago Herald: Not finding the country over-excited about his desertion of democ- racy for populism, the young political cy- clone of Nebrask: Willlam J. Bryan, |Is going to turn editor, preferring the tripod to the forum. As an editor he will far more quickly than as an orator convince both him self and his silver backers that thelr theories are unsafe and that the system of disturb. angy and demoralization by which they have 8o greviously prostrated the west will not restore Its thrift or awaken its suspended energles. Cyclone methods fn journalism were somewhat exhausted years ago by that proto-populist, the lamented *Br o roy, and are still practiced, it spasmodicall vehemently by the unlamented G. Francls Train. With these exemplars to guide his pen, Mr. Bryan ought to start out with the utmost confidence. e e A Wenk Defense. Lincoln News, 1t anything were needed to the fight being made on the of Majors for the republcan nomina- tion for governor it has been supplied. The State Journal, true to the precedent it has always followed, has rushed to his de- fense. \Whenever a man suspected of too much sympathy for the railroads is as- sailed the columns of the State Journal are at once crowded with manufactured vindica- tions, Mr. Majors is but getting from that paper that to which he would be entitled by precedent if he were gullty beyond ques- tion. It has come to pass that a vindica- tion at the hands of the State Journal is equivalent to a confession of guilt, and an innceent man to preserve such confidence as may have been reposed in him by the public has just cause for complaint that he has been” libelled If the Journal essays a de- fense of his character. A good word from that paper is such damning evidence of crookedness in the man whom it would de- fend that he would have good grounds upon which to base an application for injunction to prevent its kindly interference in his behalt. But what is its defense of Majors? An Omaha paper has charged that Majors certified to a voucher for the pay of Senator Taylor during the time that he did not serve the state after he had been abdueted from the state by railroad influences in an attempt to defeat the passage of the maxi- mum rate law, and produces a fac simile of the fraudulent voucher. Deoes the Journal deny that Majors certi- fled to the corrcetness of that voucher or say that it is a forgery? No to speak of. Does it deny that Walt Seely collected the money on the same, or that Walt Seely was Lieutenant Governor Majors' private secretary? Well, hardly. Does it contend that Se out his term and was entitled to the salary that Seely collected ostensibly in his be- !, and to which the lieutenant governor officially certified that he was entitled? Not up to date. It his no fault to find with the voucher. What then is its defense of Majors? It attempts to show that the Omaha paper ame into possession of the voucher, a fac simile of which is produced in its col- umns, by mysterious methods and without the knowledge of the state auditor. Suppose the editor slugged the auditor of state, bound and gegged him and tortured him by pulling out his finger nails until he gave up that voucher, what effect would that fact have upon the guilt or innccence of Majors? Suppose he entered the auditor's office in the dead of night and with jimmy and bomb rent open the vaults and cirried away and photographed it, would that indicate that it is a virtuous document or that the ofiicial who made it is without sin or blame? Are not the records in the auditor's office open to the public, including the press, and was there any necessity of stealing a copy if it is wanted, and if there exists such a necessity,” should it exist? Why should the state auditor object to any paper taking a fac simile copy of this voucher or any other, if he did object, and why is there any necessity of his making any explanations to Mr. Majors, it he did make any explanations? Why, if the voucher Is all right and be- yond criticism, should Mr. Majors, the state auditor, the State Journal, or any other man or thing object to allowing a fac simile to be sent abroad over the state in the public prints? What difference does it make to the public in what way an Omaha paper secured a copy of a public document which every citi- zen of the state has a right to examine at will? —_———————— Steer Cloar of the Rocks. ord Quiz. The success of the republican party in Nebraska s practically assured in this campaign, provided only that wisdom and justice dictate the actions of the coming State convention, Upon the actlons of any convention never hinged greater responsibil- ities, The public mind, recognizing the serious consequences of political folly, and learning the lessons of experie is" now in a formative state again. In order that the public mind may be ght it be- hooves the republican state convention to avold the s that have threatened re. publican suce ssume boldly the legit imate respor of the party, but to rush Into no batties that are not properl its own. There Is fresh in the pubilc mind the recent Impeachment proceed which for the time rent the polith vens. The damaging disclosures of that. trial are not yet forgotten. And it may be de- pended upon that this subject will enter more or less Into this campaign. Whether the accused officiais were gullty or innocent it is not the purpose of this article to assume, nor wil it be the province of the state convention to decide. It is enough that the republican party wash its hands of the whole affair. If those men are innocent they will eventually be acquitted in the public minds, as they were in the If they are guilty the republican being now not responsible for their acts, should not become o by endorsing them qf their intimate associates. And whether in- nocent or guilty, the republican party can- not afford {o endanger its prospects by any entanglements with them in this campaign. Avold the rocks. The office of attorney gen- eral, though named at nearly the bottom of the state ticket, is by no means the least important of the state offices. Through aone the state must look for legal de- se agalnst opposing forces and the pros- ecution of those who may have done it in- It is the state's citadel, and by all the voters of Nebraska' will demand t no man shall be placed in charge of it against whom the shadow of a reproach clings, or who has been In any way asso- ciated with the wrongs that this common- wealth has suffered. The people of Ne- braska ought to and will demand that Its chief legal adviser and prosecutor shall be at once competent and free from all tanglement that will tend to divert his at- tention from the best interests of the state This article proposes no candidate for the nl to be filled and names none to be ally disearded, but it calls attention to certain conditions ‘which the state conven- tion ought to bear in mind, and which, if it be wise, it will be careful’to regard No #iritish Bullying in Japan New York Sun ieve that the mikado isters will give England what both C} and Englishmen desire, & pretext for em- ploying the British navy against Japan. 1t in the sinking of the transport Kow Shing internutional law was violated, proper rep- aration will no doubt be made, But If the affair is made the hasis for intolerable ex- actlons, Jupan will be Justified In appealing to arbiiration, for the public opinion of the 1 will not in this instance suffer Eng her favorite game of bullying than herself. Japan has ussia nor France will allow her to be n the victim of an hinese combination, not even thoukh hould be backed by the relatively tant naval resources of the Tripl d be the feelings gland try to brow- Japan, there cannot be an atom of doubt. They would be vigorously expressed In favor of the one pr ive Asiatic people to which the Am Jublic has opened the path of western clvilization, inisterinl Orisis In Uruguay. MONTEVIDEO, AGg. 0.—The minister of forelgn affalrs resigned Thursday and the whole ministry threatens o step dowis candid; ator Taylor served We do not b wor land to pi tes weaker riends; nelther merioans beat Ropresenta- | it [T Shall the Party Comm it Itself to a Tattooed Standard Bearer? The candidacy of Thomas J. Majors con tronts the republican party of Nebraska as | a menace to its success in the impending eampaign. To elovate him to the position of standard bearer will place the party on (he defensive and subject it to a galling fire that | THE TELL-TALE 'y " A i jDitate o nnce due for alleged service the following bill, certiffied to by T. J. Majors as president of the senate, was placed In tho hands of the auditor and a warrant for $75 was lssued to W. M. Taylor as bal- In tho senate for the last fifteen days of the month: CERTIFICATE. CHebrasia, For Servicesas §J &2 7 srom...6..dayof ¢ 18 €0 A daysdly Miteage.....2. 9. mites at 10 cente pe " Dedtuct amonnd Batance due, sineotn, W37 lday of .4t on porday, = ¥ mile, Wtal, - rawn, 1591, I herchy certiyy that the above account ia correct andjust, and has not been paid, Attest, Eramined g C.4f Rt A et L, GO Vs Yz b "‘O i - b uul lic ccorints, > Pry# 222 e i, SOa LLiaa Deputy. R Deputy, Receive :v/l‘ulzlvm Warrant No AV it could not withstand. every party leader on compelled to champion man who is tattooed Every candidate and the stump would be the candidacy of a with a record of in- dellible infamy. They weuld be confronted at every crossroad with the story of the forged census returns that scandalized the state at the national capital and placed a stigma upon the man whom the people of this commonwealth had honored with a place in the halls of congress as their representa- tive. They would be confronted with the more recent misbehavior of that same ex- congressman while acting in capacity of president of the sta'e senate. During two sessions of the legislature In which he occupled the responsible and honor- able position of presiding officer of the upper house by virtue of his election as lieutenant governor, Mr. Majors was notoriously a tool and capper for the corporation lobby, and exerted all his power and influence during each session of the legislature to promote jobbery and assist boodle schemes and ob- struct, sldetrack and defeat all railway reg- ulation bills and measures 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 clected on the anti-monopoly platform, which pledged him to support a maximum rate law. It is notorious that Taylor was on confidential terms with Lieutenant 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 his 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 lad 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 $262.40 as his pay and mileage for the session up to the time of his abrupt departure in the middle of March On March 31, sec when the session closed, > Auditor u/p.%, lfllmuun, Cmonnt, $74, 0\ > The above Is a fac simile of the certificate signed by Lieutenant 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 connivance of the licutenant 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 lald him liable not only to impeachment, but to prosccution in the eriminal courts. Had Majors certified to a fraudulent voucher in the army, or duplicated his own pay In the army pay roll, he would bave been court martialed and cashiered in dis- grace. Where the offense was as flagrant as the Taylor voncher fraud, 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 chlet 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 lleutenant governor was the conversion of his private office adjoining the senate cham- ber into a legislative oil room, in Which Jiquor was dispensed freely to members of the senate who were addicted to drink, and to lobbyists, male and female, who resorted to the room for debauching the law makers. Every fellow who belonged to the gang carried a Yale lock key in his pocket so as to have access at all times, night or day, when the senate was in session or at recess, to the demijohns and decanters filled with choice brands of liquor, with which the leu- tenant governor's room was generously sup- plied regardless of expense by the corporate concerns whose bills were to be logrolled through and whose interests were to be protected by the bland, affable and accoms modating lieutenant governor. Can republicans stultify themselves and jeopardize thelr cause by placing a man with such a record at the head of the ticket? THE TELL-TALE TAYLOR ORDER TAMAJORS, LILUTENANT GOVERNOR. PEAU. NEMARA COUNTY. Senate Chamlex. @MMM ( The above is a fac simile of the order of the abducted ex-senator authorizing Walt Seely to receipt the vouchers and warrants for his unearned salary. It will be noted that the order is in the handwriting of Walt cely, private secretary of Lieutenant 789/ 7728, ’/ff/ Governor Majors. It purports to be dated at Portland, Ore., but s written on an of- ficial blank, headed with the name of the lieutenant governor, at the senate chamber, Lincoln, Neb., with the dato line left blank, except the figures 1891, STING MIRTH. 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I pulse 18 going at a territic Hon't know how to account for it Mrs. Springer—I know. I told might bring your bill with you, “I'N tell you other evenir what's in & him you' anclse t sald McSwatters the you want to bring ou Bive him a sea voyage. San man Washington Star: “Doan’ comfo'ht er man by tellin' 'im might be wus,” said Uncle Eben. nebbah try ter ‘is troubles ot le ter feel dat when hit comes Vtter tickles e he's heatin' de record, ebe ter misery. “Lady,” began Mr, A man Washington r Dismal Dawson, “you sce before y whose name is mud; m, u, d, mud." “There must b me ‘mistake In your calculations,” replied the lady, “It takes water to make mud. 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