Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 8, 1894, Page 4

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The democrats are welcome to all the en- couragement that they can get out of Ala- bama. The. solid south remains still unbroken, al- though the ranks are no longer so firm as they were wont to be. Are the democrats trying to break the record by seeing how long they can keep the tariff bill in conference? The “acting governor” appears to be de- voting much more time to the promotion of his own campaign for the governorsulp than to the duties of his office. The Vigilant is just getting down to her racing form. During the next two weeks the British yachts will have all they can do to hold their own with their American com- petitor. People who want to mike c! public officials should have tne come out from behind the coneralment of an anonymous letter * The anonymous com- pleinant has no standing in court. gos against covrage Lo China and Japan have all the men of their own whose sacrifice will be required in the present war. Citizens of the United States will act wisely if they save their lives for the service of their own country. = When the city concludes to own its own Jall it will want a builling erscted for that particular purpose. IThe city just now has no money to invest in jail property that is not suitable for a jail and never was built for such use. Mr. Havemeyer should have asked for a little more concession to the Sugar trust and then have offered to compromise. By such a pollcy he might have gotten what he wanted with less friction, although his present methods are just as certain and ef- fective. The question that is seriously agitating the bread and butter democrats in the wake of Congressman Bryan is, Will Mr. Bryan be able to get more favors from the admin- istration In case he Is made senator than he has while occupying a place in the lower house of congress? The treasury experts give' up the com- promise sugar schedule riddle and declare that they can't tell whether it would increase or decrease the gift to the trust. They need not remain a moment in suspense. It will increase the trust's profits or the democrats would never have proposed it. Besmirched senators came off so well at the hands of the senate sugar whitewashing committee that they prefer to retain the same committee for all other similar white- washing jobs that may originate in their end of the capitol. It seems to be a case of rewarding falthful service by continged em ployment. After the tariff conference committee suc- ceeds In reconciling house and senate, an- other job awaits it in settling the differ- ences between one James J. Corbett and one Poter Jackson. To a great many of their constituents the adjustment of the latter's differences is of as great, if not greater, im- portance than a trifling tariff agreement. The Bryan senatorial comedy is only in its infancy. The fourth act promises to excel all preceding acts In the slopment of the plot and the movement of the charac- ters. Every effort is heing put forth by the management to have the calcium lights in perfect working order. The prineipal is de- voting night and day to the rehearsal of his part. de The weather bureau s23ms to be entireiy demoralized this season cast this summer has brwn a a snare. This may not be chargeable the Wilson bill, the rapeal of the Shel law, or the Pullman sirike, but it comes mighty near destroylng whatever confidence . the people have had in the officlal weather trologer. rly every fore- and to nan delusia It the school board is bound to retrench and economize it should dispense with the fads and sideshows instead of cutting down the Instructors in English literature, The weakest spot in our educational system has always been an attempt to cultivate the ornamental at the expense of tho useful. Our high school graduates are way up in astronomy and all the ologies, with a smat- tering of French and German, but they sadly deficlont in Anglo-Saxon. People who pay for milk want to know what kind of a decoction they are getting for thelr money. They pay enough to en- able the dairymen to keep their places in a decent condition and to give thelr cows wholesome feed. The milk dealer who does mot live up (o the regulations prescribed by the Board of Health should be prosecuted for it and the fact given publicity. This will Inform his customers of the fact and they will continue to patronize biw, knowing B haL they are to expect. TOR MILLS' CANONS OF TAXATION. Many economists and financiers have tried their hands at improving upon the so-called canons of taxation promulgated by Adam mith In his great work, "The Wealth of Nations,” first published in 1776, but not one of them has yet succeeded in enunciating a set of principles that have seriously com- peted for recognition with those of the father of political economy. None of them, how- the principles of just taxation an authority that they do not carry of their own welght by having thelr statements adopted as a resolution of a legislative body. It remains for Senator Mills to pose as this kind of a financier and to resolve the truth of his financial theories by the votes of his fellow senators. The resolution introduced into the senate on Monday by Senator Mills is a queer com- bination of truism and fiction, of logie and fallacy, thatemay perhaps serve as the text of a speech by the ambitious Texas senator, but which at this late day in the tarift con- troversy cannot possibly have any tangible result, whether the resolution is unanimously adopted or rejected. Mr. Mills starts out by that “all taxes are burdens on the s and can only be rightfully imposed to raise revenue to support the government.” We believe that no one will deny that taxes are burdens, especially to those who really pay them and who are unable to shift their share upon one less fortunate, The purpose of taxation, too, is commonly acknowledged to be the support of the gov- ernment, the chief point of contention being how far the functions of government extend The republican party has always maintained that those functions included the fostering of new Industries the protection of American laborers against the disastrous competition of poorer paid foreigners, and that the power of taxation can be rightfully , with judicious discrimination, to per- form that function. Senator Mills would most probably deny this power can be constitutionally em- ployed in this way. We infer this much, not only from his well known attitude on the tariff, but also from his second great canon, that “when taxes are imposed on imported goods the rate should be so low as not to materially restrict importation.” It is, of course, impossible to construct a protective tariff that does not to a greater or lesser degree restrict importation, since without restricted importation there would be no protection. But to take Mr. Mills' stand- point, the imposition of import duties must be altogether wrongful. The tendency of every tax upon imported commodities is to obstruct its importation. The only way to have unrestricted fmportation is to abolish tarift duties altogether. This is the policy of free trade, pure and simple—a policy to which Mr. Mills does not care to commit himself publicly in so many words. Three canons suffice Mr. Mills for his wisdom upon the principles of taxation, al- though the redoubtable Adam Smith was unable to get along with less than four. For fallacious reasoning and inconsistency, how- ever, Mr. Mills' third canon excels all others, not only of his own formation, but also those of Adam Smith and all of Adam’s successors and imitators. It affirms that “in selecting articles to be taxed only those ready for consumption should be chosen and those im- ported for manufacture or manufacturers should be exempted.” The obvious design of a declaration is to make an opening for President Cleveland’s “great democratic principle of free raw materials,” but the opening is so large that it admits the en- tire protective system. It is unnecessary to dwell on the difficulty, or rather impossibil- ity, of distinguishing between commodities that are ready for consumption and those that are intended to be worked up into some other form before being consumed. The des- tination of the imported article depends al- together upon the intention of the importer, and it lies within his power to change his mind whenever it may be convenfent or profitable to do so. The only excuse for exempting importations not ready for im- mediate consumption is that such-exemption will encourage manufacturers by giving them cheaper raw materials. Free raw materials means increased dutles on other: commodi- ties. Thus to encourage manufactures Sen- ator Mills is willing to employ the power of taxation and to employ it in a way that must tend to restrict importation.' His last canon of taxation, thercfore, violates both of his first canons and indlcates the logical foundation for the protective system. There is but one step from encouraging manufac- tures by exempting certain articles from taxation and taxing manufactured articles higher than would otherwise be necessary to taxing manufactured articles at a rate that will alone yield the same measure of pro- tection. As faulty as Adam Smith’s canons of tax- ation are said to be, we think Senator Mills will do well to abide by them in preference to his own effusions. taxpayt some and that such VALUE OF MUNICIPAL FRANCIISES. Although the constitution of Nebraska ex- pressly provides for the taxation of franchises independent of the property, real or personal, owned by franchised corpora- tions this provision remains a dead letter. There has been apparently a concerted effort on the part of the owners of franchises to have them excluded from the assessment rolls. In the early history of the state franchises possessed comparatively value, but as the state has grown and population has increascd the value of franchises 1s becoming more marked. Omit- ting consideration of the value of rallroad franchises the fact that muuicipal fran- chises often command a greater value than the property of the corporation that owns them has been strikingly exemplified in the cities that sold franchises for street rail- ways and municipal supply of water, gas and electric lghts on competitive bids. In some of the cities the royalty from such frauchises almost pays the current ex- pensss of municipal government. As an object lesson as to the value of franchises the city of Toronto, Ont., stands rivaled among modern American citles. Tho original charter of the Toronto street rail- ways was granted in 1861, The thirty-year franchise terminated in 1591, and the city, insi d of renewing the franchise, exercisod its alternative right to purchase the property of the retiring company. The price was fixed by arbitration at $1,500,000. The rail- way and franchise were then offered for sale to the best bidder. The purchaser was required to pay the amount awarded by the arbitrators and the city reserved Itselr the right to determine the spe-d and service necessary on each line of the system be- its right to the ex- system In any direction within the city limits. The city also re- quired the company to sell tickets to pur- chasers In quantities of twenty-five for $1, or six_for 25 cents, and that at certain hours of the morning and evenig tickets for the use of wageworkers should be sold at the rate of eight for 26 cents, and children's tickets, to be used from 8 a. m. 5 p. m., wold at the rate of ten for 25 ccuts. All small un- to sides asserting tersion of the order ] THE _OMAH fares to be good for & ride from any point on the street rail to any other point, thus ‘nsuring a mfl;renumve system of transfers. Further specifications ~ were adopted touching the atyle and dimensions of cars and mode of operation. It was particwlarly specified that cars were not to be over- crowded and that the maximum number which any car should hold should be de- -+ ; Bver, have tried to gain for their ideas of | termined by the city engineer and council. The workmen employed by the company were not to be required to work longer than ten hours per day or sixty hours per week With all these restrictions the company con- tracted to pay the city a royalty of $800 a year for every mile of single track and $1,600 a year for every mile of double track, besldes the following percentage: On gross receipts, up to $1,000,000 per annum, § per cent; between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000, 10 per cent; between $1,600,000 and $2,000, 000, 15 per cent; on all gross receipts over $3,000,000 per annum, 20 per cent. Ac- cording to Mr. Albert Shaw, who has made a special study of the municipal government of Toronto, the street rallway system Is a source of very considerable revenue to that city and its rapid development as to mileage and volume of business is constantly in- creasing the revenues of the city. The course pursued with regard to the Toronto street raflways has also been pur- sued relating to the telephone monopoly. The Bell Telephone company now pays a royalty of 5 per cent of its gross receipts and fs restricted in its charges to the public to very moderate rates. It goes without saying that every city in this country will sooner or later emulate the example of the Ontario metropolis. Munici- pal ownership of gas, water and lighting plants, where possible, and royalties for franchises wherever granted to private cor- porations for municipal privileges, must sooner or later become the settled policy of city governments, SLEEPING CAR LEGISLATION. While the late Pullman strike was at its height The Bee suggested several lines of legislation which would contribute toward making a recurrence of such labor difficul- ties improbable, if not impossible. One of these suggestions has already been em- bodied into a bill introduced by Congress- man Brickner of Wisconsin, who has had several sessions’ experience in congress, and is receiving very favorable consideration at the hands of the house committee on inter- state commerce. The Brickner bill aims to do away in practice with a great part of the business of the Pullman company— namely that part concerned with the owner- ship and management of sleeping, parlor and dining cars upon the lines of the dif- ferent railroads of the United States. It aims to do this by compelling every rail- road engaged in interstate commerce to sup- ply its patrons with fully equipped trains of their own, including baggage cars, day coaches, parlor, dining and slecping cars, where the same are demanded for the con- venience of passengers. Bach railroad must either own or control by lease the cars in its service on the roads or branches operated or controlled by it under penalty of $10 a day for each instance where it fails to comply with the requirements of the law. The effect of such legislation, if en- acted, would necessarily be to force the Puliman and Wagner and other analogous companles into the field of car building and cquipment, and to take from them the lucrative privileges they enjoy of operat- ing their own cars on the greater part of the railway mileage of the country. The absolute separation of the con- struction and operation of these special would unquestionably remove all oc- casion for tying up our entire railroad sys- tem for the sole purpose of supporting a strike of employes of the car constructors. The bond of sympathy of the sympathetic railway strike would be broken. The strike on one or more railroad systems to redress grievances existing among thelr own employes would not“be in the least affected, and would still have to be dealt with by other legislation, but a railroad strike to injure a company altogether independent of the railroad would be an absurdity in which no labor leader would indulge. Among other scarcely less important re- sults to be expected from the enactment of the Brickner bill, or some other similar measure, will be the distribution to the stockholders of the raflroads of their pro- portionate shares of the immense carnings now absorbed by the sleeping car companies. The latter was in reality nothing less than an inside ring devised to enrich a chosen few at the expense of the gemeral railway investor. The Pullman and Wagner com- panies will then have to be content with the profits of car construction, and that in the face of a vigorous competition with rival car builders. Such legislation would fur- thermore simplify the muddle that invaria- bly arises wherever the states attempt to subject the sleeping car companies to taxa- tlon. The companies always maintain that they are foreign corporations and that they have no taxable property within the juris- diction of the particular state, and by skill- ful manipulation manage to evade almost all taxation, Force the railroads to operate their own passenger cars and these can be assessed along with their other rolling stock in the ratio of the mileage within each state to the total mileage. The present system is most demoralizing to every effort at com- P e taxation, We cannot pect a single simple legislative measure to solve the whole problem, but the step pro- posed by the Brickner bill will certainly do much toward accomplishing that object. cars ensive sl ex- In appointing Judge Amos M. Thayer to the additional circult judgeship for the Blghth judiclal circult the president has adhered to the policy of making promotions trom the bench, and in this instance unquestionably based that promotion Other considerations doubtless en- tered into the selection, for Mr. Cleveland has made as many, if not more, judic appointments from among the ordinary members of the bar, and assuming that the place was not to be allotted to Nebraska, we could not be given a more satisfactory judge. By promoting Judge Thayer the president secured an opportunity to show favor to two men at once through the filling of the vacancy on the district bench, which quite naturally fell to a Missourl attorney. Tho whole arrangement appears to be quite diplomatic all atound. has upon merit. When the proposition to reduce the school year at thirty-eight weeks was adopted by the Board of Education the alleged rea- son was that it became so warm during the last two weeks in June that satisfactory work could be done nelther by the pupils nor the teachers, There was some plausa- bility in this, although the school year had continued until the end of June ever since the school Alstrict had been organized. Now it is proposed to make the first term com- mence a week later, not because it Is warm, but because of outside attractions that are likely to be at hand In early Sep too DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, tember. The n.m,wq"nr stch a ton would practieslly | five tho tie reason alleged for shortening the year. We might as well recognize fact that the demagd for a shorter school yoar does not come,fram the children nor from the children’s parefts, but rather from the teachers, who wani less work at the same pay. Is It rfot @nough to knock off two weeks of the school year at thelr ro- quest without knocking them off in a way detrimental to the ‘buptl merely to bene- fit the teachers? ol —— Proposi- to the school the w The fact that the Hefage which is being carried by the relay bleyele riders Washington to Denver.is signed by Mr. Thurber, private secretary to the president, glves some color (o the story that was cir- culated before the race began that President Cleveland refused point blank to communi- with Governor Waite In this or any other manner, It was the original intention the promoters of the enterprise to have the riders carry a message from President Cleveland to Governor Waite, but they seem to have been unable to obtain the presi- dent's co-operation. Whether or not their fallure s due to the president's dislike of Governor Waite owing to his unsavory no- toriety is subject only to conjecture. Should the governor be convinced that such is the case, it and perhaps probable that he, will refuse participate in any capacity in the relay bicycle race, and following the example of the president may designate his private secretary to receive the communication of Secretary Thurber. This will not interfere with the objsct of the race, but it certainly will be ex- ample of pettiness in the incumbents of high offices which they ought to be far above. cato 18 possible too, to an All roads lead to the city clerkship to the mind of the average applicant for the posi- tion. Jndging from the character of the men who are mentioning themselves for the place, the prevailing impression seems to be that any occupation whatever fits men to discharge the duties of city clerk. Can't Hido the Spots, New York World. Camden, Quay, McPherson, Smith and Brice have all' been at the sugar bowl, and, whitewash or no white- wash, they all kiiow that everybody knows t. Senators I e S iprocity’s Vindication. New York Sun. It s funny to hear that the great hope of the administrationists to find something to bury decently Mr, Cleveland’s theory of free coal and iron lies in the possibility of adopting the reciprocity principles of James G. Blaine. Oh! grave, where Is thy victory? B Give Wheat a Show. Democrat. Our _distinguis fonal _missionary, Colonel Charles J. hy, who has been coaching the Iuropeans on our Indian corn, should begin to #ay a good word for wheat cakes and white bread. The price of maize has been pulling up on wheat at a wonderful rate. =g oy Folly. Washington Star. The absolute height of impertinent inso- lence Is reached in Coxey's petition to con- gress to make ancappropriation for the Support of the gang of. idlers he brought to Washington undar, false pretenses and then basely deserted as soon as he had zained the notoriety he desired. If con- gress makes any response it should be a demand for that blatant humbug to come here and march his deluded followers back to their respective homes, O Fighting Billy Achleves Fame. Chicaiso Phost. “Uncle Billy” is an/Américan all through, and he does not cate who Knows it. he challenges admiration for his as well as for his patriotism. His name s Willlam Shull, but no one ever speaks of him that way. ' In_ Omaha, where he lives, people who 40 ot cail him' “Uncle Billy” address him as “Fighting Billy,” on account of his record with General Crook among the Indians. His latest achievement is briefly described us follows: OMAHA, Aug. 5.—Fishting Billy Shull, the well known western character, who won his spurs campalgning with Crook among the Indians, gave three Englishmen a scientific thrashing today for cursing America. Uncle Billy heard them denouncing American in- stitutions and hotly replied that they had better return to England. They reSented the old man's remarks and were soundly thrashed, Good for “Uncle Billy!” We have noth- ing against the Englishman personally, but we do not like to huve strangers come’ over here, enjoy our hospitality and then decry us and our institutions. One Stead in a life- time s enough. And besides, no one but a populist has a bona fide license to revile this country and its government. PR G — PEOPLE AND THINGS. Re Senator Camden’s denial is not surprising. There is always a negative for a photograph. The ex-queen of Hawail has not made a blooming succes of her last sympathetic strike ou Cleveland. Senator Hill insists on democratic harmony and wears a hatchet in his hip pocket as a guarantee of good faith. It is suggested that the metallic sign on cars, “‘Passengers are not allowed to ride on the platform,” applies to democrats solely. Japan shows a strong tendency toward democracy, judging from the abundance of free raw material furnished the denizens of the ocean. Mayor Gilroy of New York declines to stand for re-election. When the fox saw he could not reach the pullet he decided that chicken dinner was too rich for his blood, It Is reasonably certain no court of France will grant Santo a midnight stay for the pur- pose of inquiring into his sanity. Wherein the young republic differs from some of her sisters. Hattle Walters, known in the freak world as “Big Alice,” has laid down her load of 300 pounds and shufiled off. She acquired fame and $70 a week on her shape, which in her palmy days, tipped the beam at 590 pounds. She leaves a daughter, aged 10—a coy, lissome maiden of 200 pounds. The St. Louls Republic makes a pathetic plea for the appointment of a Missourian to a vacant circuit judgeship. The hunger for ple in Missouri has reached an alarming stage. The unterrified cry abroad for a meager crust, and in this instance as in countless others, the ever-faithful —seem doomed to whet their teeth on a stone. “The irresistible force of habit of our re- ligious reporter,” the Buffalo Express should say, ‘“made us add a few unnecessary ciphers to statistics recently published. The detalls need not be mentioned. It is suf- ficlent for our readers o know that the over- zealous reporter was a former census taker in St. Paul, and is wholly irresponsible in the matter of figures.” A Chicago lad makes a living by securing seats for women in crowded cars. He makes his stand at u thoroughfare that is always thronged, and afranges with some well-to-do woman, with; her arms full of bundles, or perhaps a baby, to run and Jump on a car before it reaches the corner. When It gets to that point he has a seat reserved for her. There is no real obstagle to harmonize the Qifferences between Qorman and Cleveland. The senator eliminated from his printed speech the reference to the “slime” of the campalgn of 1884, and' the other remark about ‘‘cowards in high places” cannot be taken as applying to_Cleveland. As a mat- ter of fact, the altitude of the white house is lower than that of the senate chamber. Prof. Lindley Glibschin, the ninent as- trologer, has succeeded, after much painstak- ing labor, In casting the horoscope of the new born “white wings'' division of the D braska democracy. The professor does not feel justified at present in publishing his lucid interpretation of ‘the political signs. The trend of his conelusions may, however, be gathered from a story illustrative of the efforts of the white wings to absorb the pi biters. My son,” related the professor, “rushed into the house one morning and in- formed his mother he had placed elghty- seven oggs under the setting hen. ‘Why, son, she can never COver S0 ANy eggs as all * that! exclaimed Mrs. Glibschin, in amazement. ‘L know It replied my boy, ‘but I just wanted to see the old fool spread herselt.’ from | AUGUST R, 1804, POIATICAL POTPOURRL | Stunrt Ledger: . Jack MacColl's chances | for the republican nomination for governor | are growing brighter as the days go by. | Plattsmouth News: John A. Davies for the etate senate would be a winner. No | combination of circumstances can defeat | him if the republican convention at Wabash | has the good judgment to nominate him. | Lexington Ploneer: There 1s no talat a | tached to the name or record of John H. Mac | Coll. He is clean-handed and above reproach !' and as a vote-getter is “out of sight,” quali- fleations that are necessary and should not be overlooked There Is some talk of a fusion the republicans and democrats in th senatorial district, but it will never | to more than talk. A stralght repubilcan | candidate for the senate will be good enough for the people of that district Warwick Saunders announces in his Platte County Argus that he is “almost persuaded" to become a candidate for secretary of state on the populist ticket. He is willin', and he 1s only waiting for the convention to give him a chance to be “fully persuaded.” Liucoln News: There are those who claim to know who say that Jack MacColl will have Douglas county and likewise Dodge. He would have a good share of Lancaster's | delegation if the sald delegation really repre- sented the rank and file of the party Edgar Post: It is said that tho continued drouth is driving the pops out of the western counties in such large numbers that the republicans will certainly be victorious In that part of the state this fall. That scems like a hard way to work a reformation, hut he is a mighty mean man indeed who would question the inscrutable ways of providence. Cozad Tribunc: The demand for ‘a new deal, for new men and for a new order of things is growing with terrible force. This year, by wise nominations, the republican party can settle for a decade of years its complete supremacy in state affairs. Let us rise to the emergencies of the hour and sweep forever from the stage of action the curse of populism by nominating men whose standard of integrity will roll up majorities never before equalled in the history of our fair young state. Pawnee Pr scarcely left this city Saturday when didate Howe put in an appearance latter said he came to produce rain for the farmers of Pawnee county, and sure enough that very night the rain poured down in this locality as if purposely manufactured and ordered to fall by the shrewd and skill- ful Nemaha county candidate for congress. It always rains when Church comes to Pawnee, and for this reason we believe he has some influence over the elements, whether or not he has any over the voters of this congressional district. Lincoln News: The fact that so many of the delegations to the state conventions in counties that have no candidate for any state office are uninstructed has apparently given rise to a bouyancy of hope on the part of the Majors men that is justified by the cir- cumstances. There is no attempt on the part of the friends and advocates of the Nemaha perennial candidate to defend his record; they know as well as any one else that it is indefensible, but if they can get the varfous county conventions not to in- struct against him, they Know they have more than a fighting chance to nominate him. The reason for this lies in the fact that it is comparatively easier for accom- plished pluggers, such as are helping the Majors boom on behalf of the railroads, to convince an uninstructed delegate than to get one to violate his instructions. Grand Island Times: That canard about Rosewater having collected $500 during the campaign of 1892 and de- voted it to his own use has been exploded by one swipe of Rosewater’s hatchet. Con- tributions were solicited in Omaha by Chair- man Cady and Mr. Rosewater and the moncy that was collected promptly turned over to the state committee for expenditure, Mr. Rosewater having had nothing to do with handling the funds. Instead of having profited to any extent, financially or other- wise, by that campaign, he was shy several thousand dollars in cash paid out of his own pocket in contributions and personal ex- penses while campaigning throughout the state. We happen to be in a position to know that Mr. Rosewater's statement is true in detail, as set forth in The Bee, and that he is deserving of praise rather than censure for the indefatigable efforts he put forth during that campaign. If the little coterie that is eternally snapping at his heels will keep their hands as free from questionable transactions as does Mr. Rose- water they will stand in better odor with the masses of the people who have faith in that old adage, ““honesty is the best policy.” Lincoln Call: It will not do for republi- cans to deceive themselves with the idea that success in the coming campaign is as- sured. There was a time, several weeks ago, when the promise of an abundant crop and prosperity seemed to predicate a morc rational political fecling, and to point to re- publican sucess. But the blasting of crops has been followed by a wave of pessimism decidedly conducive to populist development, and it is evident at this juncture that the future is most uncertain. Whether the party is to be successful depends, we be- licve, largely upon the action of the state convention. ~ The people of the state are not in a mood to accept the conventional ontput of the machine and render homage to dimin- utive candidates set up by the bosses who have axes to grind. There is a critical spirit abroad, and the action of the county convention will be closely scrutinized. It the warnings that have been sounded arc liceded, and. the convention measures up the stature of true republicanism and patriotism, the republican ticket will have the con- fidence of the people and it will, in our opinion, be elected with ease; but unless there is a decisive departure from the methods that have lately characterized the party, a breaking asunder of the ties that bind ‘the party to the wire pullers and political thugs, almost certain defeat must be the portion of the republican party in November. Which course wliil the party follow? Wil it strive honestly and ear- nestly to achleve sucess by declaring for right at the state convention and placing on the ticket men insted of puppets? Or will it court defeat by yielding to the dictation of the jackals that masquerade as the leaders of the party? Sl MILLIONS FOI Ninth mount Candidate Majors campaign 1 POOL. Chicago Tribune: The true way to help men is to give them employment rather than charity. Senator Allen’s plan would pauper- ize those who were aided by it. His vote for protection would be a substantial bene- ‘fit to every workingman, New York Sun: Senator Allen has dived down to the bottom of his thought well and brought up a bill to issue $50,000,000 of treas- ury notes, to be divided among the states ac- ceording to population and used for the relief of “the worthy poor.”” We venerate Mr. Allen, but cannot think that even in this biil is the full perfection of his wisdom ex- pressed. Philadelphia Record: Senator Allen's bill to appropriate $60,000,000 for the reliet of the worthy poor might as well be frankly termed ““An act to Keep open an everlasting drain upon the treasury;” for the poor we always have with us, and if it should be pos- sible to convert the government into an al- monry the shadow of the almsfolk would never grow less in the land. Pittsburg Gazette: Senator Allen's sugges- tion that $50,000,000 be appropriated for dis- tribution among the worthy poor is much more creditable to his heart than to his judg- ment. It he will help knock out the demo- cratic tarift legislation the worthy poor will soon be in much better circumstan It would be much better, though, to give the money to the worthy poor than to the un- worthy Sugar trust. e The Senaturinl Sellers, New York Tribune, wator Allen's scheme to cure the hard times by issuing $50,000,000 of tre ry notes for distribution among the several states in |lx'uru|ll n to population s a manifesta- tion of the rai old-fashioned Idiocy which dominated the anclent quacks who always bied @ patient as a means of curing faint- ing spells When a scheme like Allen's ‘omes practical and effective, 1t will be sible for a man to lift himself Into pros- perity simply by adding to his obligations und increasing the evidences of his own in- debtedne et 15 the Lobby. Springfleld Republican. he $50,00 expended by the Bell Telephone company in influencing’ the legislature was for legislation against the public interest. And in the event It proved that the money was thrown away. This ought to teach that company and all other large corporate interests that economy and profit are rather to be found in pursulng & more unselfish course. between | PUBLICANS, N J Shall the Party Commit Itself to a Tattooed Standard Bearer? The candidacy of Thomas J fronta the ropublican pa A men: 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 Majors con- THE TELL- rre Kttt o the following bill, certified to by T. J. rty of Nebraska as | Majors as president of the senate, was placed In the hands of the auditor and a warrant for $75 was issued to W. M. Taylor as bal- wnce due for alleged sorvices in the senate for the last fitteen days of the month TALE CERTIFICATR. For Services as. f ex1 T ity sl 1991, €0 daysdly... iteage Deduet anount drawn, Dalance due L I el ) Lincoin, ... et 3/ L t0 Ondday of . Aeadson 3.2.. . mites at 10 cents per mite, 1vtal, 1391, SENATE, o0 perday, - - - ” KU Gah o 26297 s 7 her tn Lot Pt i gery lary. adjuspeg: ook s Framiaed Shuditgr? (8 ///‘///7«' D ic st ccount: enny ov-or Py cstdent certify that the above account s correet a just, and has not been paid., e Y2 Approved, f & ".7. Sfi Allon Deputy, % . ) Deputy, Pereived of TH, lg 0% A uditor of Puj) Warrant No.4 YN / Foounts, Limount, 73 0N\ = it could not withstand. Every candidate and every party leader on the stump would bo 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 scandallzed the state at the national capital and placed a stigma upon the man whom the people of this commoniealth 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 whil acting In capacity of president of the sta‘e 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 lieutenant 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 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 elected on the anti-monopoly platform, which pledged him to support a maximum rate law. It is notorfous that Taylor was on confidential terms with Lieutenant Governor, Majors, and especlally , with his privato sec- 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 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 bhave 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, when the session closed, ( e The above Is a fac stmile of the certificate signed by Licutenant Governor Majors and approved by the auditor, as now on fille in the office of the auditor of state. The warrant for $75 was cashed by Wal M. Seely, private secretary of the licutenant 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 ofice. Whon 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 pay roll, he would have 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 milltary prison. Is this the kind of a man the re- publicans of Nebraska are asked to make chief executive of state and commander-in- chiet of the military forces of the common- wealth? THE SENATE OIL ROOM. The climax of infamy on the part of the leutenant governor was the conversion of his private office adjoining the senate cham- ber into a legislative ol 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 cholce brands of liquor, with which the lieu- tenant governor's room was generously sup- plied regardless of expense by the corporate concerns whose bills were to be logrolled through and whose fnterests were to be protected by the bland, affable and accoms modating ieutenant governor. Can republicans stultify themselves and jeopardize their cause by placing a man with such a record at the head of the ticket? == THE TELL-TALE TAYLOR ORDER. T3 MAJORS, LITUTERANT GOVERNOR. FLAV. NEMANACOUNTY. Senate Chambex. & %{/LL//’vW AL 21 The above Is a fac simile of the order of (he abducted ex-senator authorizing Walt Secly to receipt the vouchers and warrants for his un ned salary. It will be noted that the order is in the handwriting of Walt M. Seely, private secretary of Lieutcnant 1t purports to be dated at Portland, Ore., but Is written on an of- ficial blank, headed with the name of the licutenant governor, at the senate chamber, Lincoln, Neb., with the dato line left blank, except the figures 1891, Governor Majors, MAJOR'S TUMBLE, THE Detroit Free Press: Elijah Halford did not know what long chances he was taking when he accepted an appointment to the army from President Harrison. The former s retary was recently thrown from a buggy in a runaway accident. Buffalo Express: Of course Major Halford must have expected to give his blood and, it necessary, his life, to his country when he entered the regular army, but it is a lit- tle aggravating that his first wound should be caused by a team of runaway horses. Any plain civilian might have been wounded in that way. i - DAY FROT York Press: Harriet ¢ breach of promise got off on & plea of DO Didn't she esslca motional New sue him f flance on her had “Cobhle—My money ~“has York an awful yet, Str dres Sun A f dresse: Ly, the same naker - Bure not going to marry the Dallas News: The mortal eping sometimes finds it ve .p his feelings. old man, you are wrong ? his to who feels y difficult its of wine or be used fc mometers, but This s due to the fact that her the more beer goes Philadelphia T aleohol nnot. Somerville Journal: Ask a man to thread and you can tell by watching him not he is a bachelor. Buffalo Courler: His Pastor (reprovingly) I understand you have been playing cards for money, Mr, Easymark, Mr Easymark money? It's false, 1 two months, Quills (at 1 m.) Uil this hour? Mr, balanchin’ my booksh! hope they “balance (Indi have snantly)—For ‘U won a cent Truth: M haye you be At ze offich, Quills—Well, ' than your feet Arkansaw Travel too bad that your Where Quills Mrs, better Mrs. Turnbull—Tt's shand cut off his flow= ing beard. Mrs, Crimple—Yes, he had to do it. T gave him a diamond scarfpin for @ birthday present Chicago Record ked Wilburn, 1 lifted his hat to hat {sn't a frienc mindedly, “That's “Who's his your friend companion paused lady who drove by. sald” Mosser, absent my wife." THE ROW IN THE E Atlanta Constitutic When “the heathen rage,” A war they wage, With heads that are hardly level; They are not agreed On the Christian creed, But they give and take—the devill BELINDA merville Journal clouds_ obscurs keen lightning nearly dies, She's 50 scared when the thunder crashes 8ho seeks the nearest feather bed, And crouches there, with terror quaking, Her hands clasped to' her throbbing head, And every ve within h TERROB the skle Hushes, ® r aching, At every flash she starts with fear, And hides her head In abject terror Of what she knows she's Koing o hear— And there she inakes a curious ¢ For, though she does not think it such, A’ queer mistake sh laboring unde She does not mind the lightning much, The thing that scares her ls the thundedy