Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 12, 1894, Page 12

. o0 st Prev e THE OMAHA DAILY mE | ATER, Bditor, E. ROSEW MORNING, It SUBSCRIPTION. Year, TERMS O1 Dally Bee (without Sunday) On: aily Bes and Sunday, One Yea ix Month Three Months Bunday e, One ¥ Baturday lise, One Weokly Tiee, One Yen: OFFICES, Bullding. yner N and Twenty-fourth 12 Pearl Street Chamber of Commerce. and 15, Tribune BIdg. 33383 o Omala a CORRE ANl eommunications relating to news and edi- forfal matter should be addressed: To the Editor, 4 LIETTERS, nittances should be Publishing company, \co orders to company OMPAN Al 1 address Omaha be made Draft f th NG ¢ OF CIRCULATION, sccretary of The T Hishing compa g duly sworn, eays the_actunl number of full and complete of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sun rint month of July, 1894, ollows ENT George 11, Taschuck pube §i during (e was ns L2 24,015 1. 168 1% 18 1 i .‘ it . 0y 50 i il Less dediict coples 707,07 Total sold.. L 24420 Datly aver: *Sunday. GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed fn my pres- thiy ist day ot Aug 1804, The man who handles “cold cash® is doubly fortunate fn theso hard and heated times. President Reinhart of the Atchison does not strengthen his position by resigning his offico under fire. The prophet who was so bold as to predict the adjournment of congress is in rather bad repute Just at present. Pullman to Chicago 1s that all danger from ipletely removed. The return of Mr. eonclusive evidence lawless strikers Is co Cleveland had never written there might still The It President that famous Wilson letter be happiness in the house of congress. letter did it There is great danger of the streets and the militia companies at South Omaha be- coming inextricably confused, owing to the similarity of nam If George Gould doesn't lead Gotham's four hundred when he comes home from Europe it will be only because the four hundred isn’t good enough for him. Senator ITiII's resolution must have Yade a cold chill run down President Cleveland's back in spite of the torridity of the tempera- ture at the white house. Calling the chairman of the house com- mittee on public buildings Mr. Lunkhead is not just the caper to promote the progress of the Chicago public building bill. Another successful flying machine is chron- icled all the way from London. Unfortu- nately, however, the museum scems to be the only fleld that the successful flying machine has thus far covered. The merriage of Sandow shows that the modern Hercules is brave as well as strong. ‘What attraction will he now present to the host of admiring women who used to watch with sympathetic wonder the feats of strength which he performed? One hundred and fifty ballet girls partici- pating In an outdoor spectacular exhibition in Now Jerscy have struck because both the cold and the mosquitoos penetrated the thin tights that covered their lower limbs, They #hould be permitted to wear bloomers with- out further ado. Boston boasts of a more honorable police force than New York. In Boston when a bouse was raided after paying for protection the unearned money was returned, In New York each raid seems to bave been made the pretext for a new demand. There are degress of honor, even among thieves. By the time the armor plate investigation shall have finished and another whitewash- ing report shall have been brought in the cost of the Inquiry will amount to about as much as the cost of replacing several of the defective plates. Congress apparently deolights in sending the people’s good money after the bad. Prize winners at the World's fair must not despair over the long delayed receipt of their awards. The designs for both medals and Qiplomas have been exccuted, It is also con- fidently hoped that the medals and diplomas will be ready for distribution about the time that the five hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus is being celebrated. Prof. Herman Von Holst, who has for sev- eral years held a permanent position in the faculty of the University of Chicago, con- tinues to be heralded as “Prof. Von Holst of Germany” whenever he appears in pul 1o outside of the university. This is the first ntimation we have had that Chicago has an nexod Germany along with her other su- burban acquisitions. 1t begins to look very much as if the state encampment of the National Guard, which was scheduled for next week at Lincoln, would be relocated. Nebraska cannot well afford the luxury of calling out its militia twice in one month, and the encampment at South Omaha will have to take the place of the proposed encampment in sight of the atate house that Bill Stout bullt, An inquisitive correspondent of an eastern paper asks what the colloge classes that are o be graduated in the year 1900 will be desig- mated in speech and print. A man gradu- ated In 1894 speaks of himself as one of the class of ‘904, and one who graduates in 1899 will call his the class of '99. Must the man who graduates the sucoeeding yoar apeak of himself as of the class of 1900 because of his inability to abbreviate it by the first (wo fgures? This certainly is puszler. We can't say how the man who graduates In 1900 will designate himself, but his friends sre quite lkely to refer to him as & double cipher. NTENNIAL OF A POF On next Thursday there will be colebrated at the Bryant homestesd, Cummington, Mass., the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the distinguished American Willlam Callen Bryant. . The n promises to be highly in- poem of the dead poet, “The Rivulet,” I8 to be read by his only surviving brother, the venerable John H Bryant of Princeton, Tll,, who Is In his 8Sth year. A memorial address will be delivered by an old friend of the t poet's brother Parke Goodwin, who married Bryant's oldest daunghter, and who was associated with the poet in the editorial management of the New York Evening Post, will presids on the oc- and addresces will be delivered by Charles Dudley Warner, Prof. Charles Eliot Norton of Harvard, President Hall of Clark univers'ty, George W. bla, the John Dige the biographer of I others, A made up from Bryant's poems s to be recited by the school chil dren of Cummington. Altogether the prepar- ations for doing honor to the m mory of one of the gremtest of a8 to insure a commemoration worthy of his fame, and p a fresh in- terest in the productions of his muse. Willlam Cullen Bryant a prominent among American poats. He was, porhaps, more tially an editor poet, but it 1s as the latter that he is remembered. Those knew of his able and writings as a journalist were few in the number who read and admired his poems, with their wealth of imagination, description, and his fidelity to nature. Tested by highest canons of poetic art, Bryant does not meas- ure up to the standard of a great poet. He esteemed by the most intelligent He certainly lacked the poetic genlus of Halleck and Poe, and the refined poctic temperament of Longfellow. But he possessed an order of abllity and a poetic quality which him individu- ality ameng American poets, and it has been fully maintained. He has been well scribed as the bard who sang for the flowers and streams, and all who are familiar with his poetry will acquisce in this opinion, which may be done without detracting from those of productions, which are of a stronger and bolder character. No one who has ever read Bryant with care and intelli- gence will deny that his verse is full of mel- ody and rich in bzauties of the imagination, even though it be confessed that it does not al to the profounder scnsibilities or make ion upon the mind. That he will not be questioned. The his work may be matter of de- teresting. A caston, novellst, low ant, and program American poets are such rhaps to stimulate will always occupy place who trenchant comparison with the 18 not so Judgment. gave a strong de- his ng; impres wrote poetry quality of bate, William Cullen Bryant was for many years connected with journalism, and in that re- lation he cnjoyed national fame. It is $aid of him that as a political writer he was noted for his peculiar bitterness of speech, which scems almost incredible in view of his work as a poet. Yet there is no doubt that the statement is truc and that the poet who could write so delicately and beautifully of the attractions of nature was capable of putting in print the most bitter things re- garding an opponent fn a political contro- versy. There was nothing anomalous or ex- traordinary in this. Greater poets than Dry- ant have shown that the poctic talent might exist with a disposition which is commonly supposed to be possessed only by men who have not the ‘“divine aflatus.” illiam Cullen Bryant was unquestionably a man of exceptional intellectual ability, who made a deep improssion upon his time and whose influence is far from expended. The celebra- tion of the centennial of his birth is a mat- ter of Interest to all intelligent Americans. ARBITRATION IN GREAT BRITAIN. While the attention of the public Is being drawn, as a consequence of labor troubles in various parts of the country, to numerous schemes and devices by which similar con- flicts may be avoided in the future, the ex- periences of other countries with different forms of arbitration and conciliation offer a profitable field for investigation. Great Britain has had her share of strikes and boycotts, but in very few instances have they been 80 serious as to preclude the success of attempts at peaceful adjustment, and in more recent years but few of the labor difficulties in Great Britaln have bsen fought through to a finish. Most interesting in this connec- tion is the sliding wage scale and the stip- ulations for its revision, which have been the means of maintaining industrial peace in the coal industry of South Wales for many years, The details of the arrangement are de- scribed in a recent work upon arbitration by Mr. Jeans, an English writer of some prom!- nence, who insists that no sliding scale hith- erto adopted in the coal mining industry has been exposed to greater strains or stood the test so well, The scale in question is the one that gov- erns the rate of wages paid to miners in the collicries of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners assoclation, com- prising 207 collieries, which produced in the year 1890 more than 21,000,000 tons of coal and employed about 70,000 men. It must not be supposed, however, says Mr. Jeans, that the scale has been an unqualified suc- cess. As a matter of fact, there have been five different scales introduced since the first one adopted in May, 1875, and each new scale has represented concessions of one kind or another to meet the views or demands of either side. The scale at present in opera- tion was adopted in January, 1892, It pro- vides that wages shall be regulated by the average net selling pricos of coal delivered free on board at Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and Barry; that the wages and prices of December, 1579, shall be taken as a standard; that both the workmen and their employers shall be bound to obscrve and fulfill all cu tyms, provisions and conditions cxisting In Decomber, 1579; that shall be ad vanced or reduced at the end of each period of two months by additions or reductions of 1% per cent upon the mean monetary résult fonnd by the joint auditors as between the scale of 1882 and that of 18%0; that there shall be no maximum or minimum wage; that any contract for the sale of coal for a period than twelve months shall not b. taken into account for more than six suc- cesstve andits of two months each, and that anthracite coal shall not be taken into mc- The South Wales and Monmouthshire sliding scale was primarily the result of the great strike of 1876, Its revision period was six months, with a mintmum wage, fixed for each colliery, at & per cent above the several hewlng prices paid at the same col- llery in the year 1869. The standard pric of “screcned large coal,” corresponding to this standard, was fixed at 12 shilliugs per ton for steam coal and 11 shillings per ton for bituminous coal at Cardiff, Newport and Swansea. For every extra 1 shilllng per ton the wage for the next six months was ad- vanced by 7% per cent, till prices reached a maximum of 21 shiltings and 20 shillings respectively. It Is significant that In 1879 the workers consented to a reduction of & per cont below the minimum, which, however, was made up to them by a special bonus wages of more count. THE OMAHA for one year in the succeeding scale. In the second accordingly, dated January, 1880, we find that both minimum and maxi- mum have disappeared. It was a two years' and shows a revision period of The standard wa rates actually paid at collieries In December, 1870, were to advance by gradation of 214 per cent for every 4 ton of advance, or reduction fn the net average selling group. The third sliding into operation in 132, and was substantially the the second, with a few minor exceptions. In December, 1801, the sliding seale In the South Wales coal trade was sub- ject to a very severe strain, under which it appeared likely to give way, but which it succoeded in weathering. The chief advantage claimed for these scales Is that they quickly to the price movements of the product upon which they ere The variations In wages then appear to be an argument In favor of an arrangement of this kind, because they indicate that the re in the pros- perity and sdversity trade. For ex- the coal of Sonth Wales variations of wa took place under 1875, three the scale of under the scale of 1882, six 1800 and five under the August of last 3 n arbitrated wage scale, agreement, @ was made the Wags four months up from the sev- eral pence per price in scale came same a respond based laborers sh of the ample, in trade three - the scale of under 1879, fourteen under the sc of cal t up to The important points of schedul therefore, that it shall vary With the general state of the market and that it shall be subject to frequent revision. Difficultics are liable to arise upon matters other than the schedule of wages, but with always accessible the prospects are, the revision conference within a few months at most, for their adjustment are greatly improve pointers from the Scuth Wales periment ought to prove useful to legis- lators devising plans for arbitration in the United State: These ex- NEBRASKA MORTGAGE S The last extra ATISTIC census bulletin, giving a statistical summary of mortgages in the United States, collates interesting al- though rather tardy data upon the mortgage ind<btedness of Nebra The census in- quiry covered only the period of the decade just preceding 1890, and therefore the figures now made public must be received as a four- years-old view of the situation, not as an ac- curate view of the situation today. In the ten years from 1880 to 1390 337,872 mortgages were glven upon Nebraska real estate, Involving the sum of $274,368; 225,426 mortgages, representing $181,420,021, being upon farm lands, and 112,446 mortgages, representing $02,939,337, heing on city lots. These mortgages were distributed very un- qually through the different years, the mini- mum of 16,994 coming in 1380 and the maxi- mum of 50,267 in 1837. The average life of mortgages in Nebraska is 3.241 years, that for farm mortgages being a little longer, or 3785 years, and that for city mortgages a little shorter, or 2.43T years. The total mortgage indebtedness in force in Nebraska January 1, 1890, therefore, was only ,902,322, represented in 155,377 mort- gages, and the percentage of partial pay- ments upon the original amounts of exist- ing loans was 5.21 per cent. The average interest rate paid in Nebraska was $.30 per cent, and the total annual interest charge amounted to $11,034,084. Stated in a differ- ent form, the average unpaid amount of each mortgage in force January 1, 18%0, was $855, or $126 for each inhabitant of the state, anl 2003 per cent of the estimated true value of all taxed real estate, Taking the per capita mortgage indebted- ness as the standard of comparison, braska falls far below some of the older as well ns some of the newer states. In Nebraska it is $126; in Californfa, $200; in Colorado, $206; in the District of Columbia, $226; in New York, $268; in New Jersey, $161; in South Carolina, only $12, and in Arkansas and North Carolina only $13. The consus presents also another table which permits of interesting comparisons. It pur- ports to give th: percentage of the greatest possible real estate mortgage incumbrance reached by the existing incumbrance, as- suming that all taxed real estate can be in- cumbered for two-thirds of its estimated true value. The percentage for the whole United States is 256 per cent; for Nebraska it Is 30.04 per cent. The highest perc:ntages aro those of New York, 45.93; Kansas, 40.24; New Jersey, 39.27, and the lowest, Idaho, 6.44; Nevada, 6.9, and other mining states. These, of course, are estimates only, but they make Nebraska to appear as fairly representative of the average state, neither froa from mort indebtedness nor yet mortgage-ridden. some MUSIC IN AMERICA. When some years ago Mrs. Jeanuette M. Thurber of New York conceived the patri- otic plan of establishing in this country a conservatory of music that would afford op- portunity equal to that of the best colleges of the old world for obtaining a musics education there was much doubt as to whether the project could be made success- ful. But with boundless faith in the musi- cal talent of the American people Mrs, Thur- ber earnestly and energetically devoted her- self to the carrylng out of her plan, en- listing in its support liberal-minded people of wealth and influence, and now the Na- tional Conservatory of Music, of which she is the president, is one of the great insti- tutions of its kind in the world, It has done and is doing a very great work in promoting musical cuiture in this country, the wisdom of its creation being most fully vindicated by results. In a late t the Iustrated Amerl- can there is an article discussing the ques- tion, “Does it Pay to Study Music?" The author quotes the opinion of Dr. Dvorak, the celebrated Bohemian composer, who is the director of the National Conservatory of Music, that there is no better investment than & musical education. This distin guished authority, than whom there is no better n the world of music today, has taken a peculiar interest in the development of music in the United States. Extraordinary necossary to call him away from Europe (o the United States, but now that he is here he has found most con- genial work for his genlus, and he is giving 1o this work his best efforts. Already this great man has poluted out the possibilities of developing a distinctively American school of music, with an enduring basis, and there can be no dsubt that ke will be able to demonstrate to the satisfaction and ace:ptance of the musical world the worth of his theory. But what is more Immedi- ately pertinent is the opinion of this great musiclan that there is a splendid field in this country for musical culture. 1t Is in the highest degree encouraging to find that 50 eminent an authority in the musical werld, during the brief time that he has been with us, has found here a field of work worthy of his distinguished consideration and that he is willing to remain here, and possibly to become a citizen of the country, In order to advance musical culture in America. The old world offers unlimited opportunities to such & man. The cholcest issue inducements were DAILY BEE: L inducements WWATE him abroad. But, turn- Ing his back pn these, he chooses to remaln here, ln‘H!ler:. a8 he belleves he 1s engaged in a which he glory ot America,” “because T says, he national will be to the stay in great musician, National foremost gros oxpeets-results that America says this fododnize one of the of the world, and I am proud to be at head of It No musical college In E has 80 great a man at its head. There 1s no donger a question as to musical talent of t American people has be:n demonstrated most fuily clusively. The National Conservatory of Music has been chiefly instrumental in doing this, and it will be still more influential in this direction fn the future. There is no rea son, with such an institution in our own land, why anybody should go abroad for a cal education, and as this becomes better understood more of our musical people will avall themselves of the great American col- lege which offers them equal opportunities with those of Europe at a comparatively trifiing expense. NATIONAL BANKRUPICY LEGISLATION. Probably not ourths of the business desire a uniform bankruptey law. This by the very general endorsement of Torrey bill by commercial bodie: sire is not confined to th country, but is general. The sentiment in favor of a uniform system of bankruptey is relatively as strong in the west as in the east. It would afford relief to a great many men who are struggling along in business under the incubus of old obligations. It would enable others to obtain an equitable settlement of their debts and resume busi- ness without the danger of being harassed by creditors. It would gi protection to honest debtors and enable creditors to guard themselves against debtors who would be dishonest. A Judiciously framed bankruptey law could work no injury to any tendency would be to put the the country on a safer basis so far relations of creditor debtor cerned. Such legislation is more demanded in times like the pre ordinary times, but the experience of commercial nations attests that a simple bankruptey law, easily and providing as nearly as possible for ex- act justice in settlements between creditors and debtors, is good at all times. The Torrey bill, which has been under con- sideration for several years and has been as carcfully studicd and discussed as any measure ever introduced in congress, pro- Vides for involuntary bankruptcy. Under its operations a creditor could force an insolvent debtor to a settlement. This feature of the measure has caused the most serious ob- jectlon to it and is indeed the only sub- stantial ground of opposition. A substitute for it, providing for voluntary bankruptcy, was passed in the house some two or three weeks ago and sent to the senate, where it was referred to:the judiciary committee. That committee took up the subject last week and on ‘a vote decided In favor of a voluntary bankruptey bill, thereby determin- ing that the Torrey bill will have no chance in the present congress. The measure passed by the house, known as the Bailey bill, has been widely condemned as proposing to put a premium on' dishénesty. That it is wholly inadequate for the purposes of a sound and Just system af bankruptey, uniform in its operation, will' hardly be questioned. The senate judiclary committee adopted a sub- stitute for it which eliminates some of its more objectionable features, but retaining the vital provision for voluntary bankruptey. This the democrats in the present congre: seem to be fully committed to and if there is any legislation on the subject it will be of this nature. There will be nothing done, however, at this session. It is assured that as soon as the tarift bill is disposed of, which may possibly be this week, no new sub- Jects of legislation will be taken up. But this question of a uniform system of bank- ruptey ought to be acted upon before the term of this congress expires. A judicious and just measure, whether it provide for voluntary or involuntary bankruptey, will be better than no legislation and leaving this matter to the ubsatisfactory laws of the several states. the Con servatory as the wrope the That and con- musi- less than men of this three- country shown the his de was any section of one and its business of as the are urgently sent than in all and administered and con- wise DISTINGUISHING JUDICLAL DECISIONS, To the lay mind the interminable mental contortions and gyrations of attorneys and Judges in their efforts to distinguish ap- parently conflicting judicial decisions gen- erally appear to be amusing if not almost ridiculous. The Intricacies of judge-ma law and the binding force of precedent huve a standing with the legal professim (hat few outside its ranks comprehend. Every one sees that the Interpretation of law rests upon logic and that the same logical procoss with the same given data ought to lead to the same results. But why a judge should after arriving at a just decision rack his brains and search his law reports to find a few cases in which some of his predaces- sors have agreed with him is a problem whose solution requires a legal mind. It is the search after cases that agree that naturally leads to the other corollary of judge-made law, the distinguishing and reconciling of apparently conflicting ca: The assiduity with which this Is carried on by both attorneys and judges at once shows its {mportance, the outcome of the numerous cases brought up for hearing depending in many instances on the ability of ome at- torney to distinguish or reconcile every precedent adducad by his opponent. There is a saying that has secured recognition as a legal axlom that it is impossible to find two cases “on all fours” with another. The distinction is always existent it the lawyer Be ohly brilliant discover it. The art of distinguishing judicial decisions comes into play With the judgs when he wishes to makd his opinion consistent with the own and other courts By showing tho gxgct shade of dif between the cage elgewhere adjudicated and that which has been argued before him he makes it &ipeay that he fs following strictly the procedémts with which he elaims to agree. Unfortunately it is frequently the case that di® 8r more of his associates disient from hig VI§w, and, taking up the same decisions one by one, attempt to prove the soundness of @ conclusion exactly the The dificulty, therefore, of learn Ing whether a particular case has been overruted practically Insurmount- chiefly for the reason that judges shrink from saying In so many words that the decision of some other Judge s, in their opirion, elther i error or bad law. Th result is a pandemonium of conficting d clsions, 5o that It 18 a poor lawyer indeed who cannot support his contentions with a long Mst of citations to reputable reports, It was ouce thought that codification would afford the remedy for a great part of this con fusion, but experience with the code has not justified the expectation. The search for precedent conlinues to go om as before and on enough to opinions of h nee reverse, becomes able, schools | work, from | | attorn | the alongside of and complementary to it the hair-splitting distinguishing and reconeiling of decisions. a greater fnde- e and outspokenncss on the part of s and judges—might In a measure 1ling tide of this abuse. If the would but say that a case cited them fs bad law and ought to be overruled of sceking to it from upon which they rely, and if latior more frequently expressly overrule or disavow the stumbling blocks in- stead of trying to reconcile them own opinfons, our logal chaos might to a slight extent be lighted up. Nothing but fear of assuming a position squarely opposed by some other learned judge in high author- ity causes all this judicial the rocks of conflicting decisio: One oxpedient penden stem the sw former against instead distinguish those would with wriggling among It is the regular custom of Mme. Adelina Patti to give concerts for the benefit of the A glorlous part of the record of this great artist is that her heart has gone out to the common people her great talents have been in command for helping the helpless. The Western Mall of Swansea, dated July 13, contains a column article relating to concerts given by the great prima donna in S the total proceeds of which amounted to nearly $16,000, all of which the benefit of tha poor in one way or another. The paper in question devotes two columns to describ- ing connected with the appear- ance of the great singer, id refers to her in the mcst complimentary terms. It fis one of the great merits of ful woman that she never forgets the poor, and probably no one has contributed more than sho to the alleviation of human want and suffering. Adelina Patti has set an ex- ample to all other singers in the world in this respect. 1In her benefactions, us In all other respects, she is without a rival. When her epitaph Is written there will be no more glorfous part of it than that which recites the good she las done for the poor, and it is this which is her greatest pride while living. poor. always and that nsea, went to the events this wond Chancelior Canfield’s dectermination to re- tain his position at the head of the Univer- sity of Nebraska in preference to accepling the presidency of the Ohio State university, which had been offered him, is a matter for congratulation to all of our citizens who aro really interested in the higher education of the west. As we have before pointed ont, one of the greatest obstacles to the steady progress of western educationl institutions is the constant drain made upon them by cast- ern colleges and universities of the best men whom they have developed and who just begun to develop them. executive management of the University of Nebraska would be most deplorable at the present time, because it is just undergoing a transformation which promises to end in making it the strongest state university west of Chicago. A break In its policy at this mo- ment might result in an irreparable loss. Appreciation of the sacrifice which Chancellor Canfield is making to remain in our midst cannot fail to lead to a better appreciation of him. have A change in the A Campaign Cinch. Chicago Post. A North Dakota woman poliitician mar- her opponcnt to get him out of the but unfortunatscly she can beat but pponent tha ¥ New York World, The Chinese must go. The ernment is contracting for Am beef for its army. S on rice and birdnest soup gainst fighting braced up orned bect. Let's Hear from theMothers, Globe-Demoerat . In the past four years Canada has given 10 acres of good land in boun 2 fathers who stand credited with eleven children each. Before ap- proving this idea in political economy it would be well to hear from the 1,72 moth- ers. apanese gov- ean corned are fed er stand on rations of R Emn-ipation of Lo, Kansas City Star. It has been decided by the courts that the selling of linquor to an Indinan who is the charge of a United States t puni - under the federal This will afford a strong in- centive to the Indians to emancipate them- selves and run things on their own hook. e s Rovolution Tmps Chicago Tribunc, From far South Africa’s sunny clime comes a story that the rights of women are being trimpled upon—or rather an attempt has been ‘made in that direction. A memorial has been Jssued in a Boer community pray- ing that in future no barmaid shall be al- lowed to be of the female sex. Just how the women are to get around the dillicuty of birth is not clear. Genlus Somewhat Suppressed, Philadetphin Leds business dep: has recorded in the Unit patent o ng the past two m patent fees have been less than at during the st three or four yenr: is as much ntive genius in the country now as but it requ Dital to exploit valu- able inventions. 'This will be withheld until the busing ival sets in. In the mean- time the inventors are resting. — - PEOPLE AND THINGS, Cleveland and Bryan agree on one point. Doth regard themselves better than their party. Speaking of corn, the Hawkeye commission walk out has the ear marks of a sympatheti strike. Advyices from Explorer Wellman repre- sent a coolness growing up between him and his native land. Prof. Lindley Glibschin gives it out as the result of his experience that “a baited breath catcheth no fish.” The purchase of war supplies abroad ac- counts for the increased circulation of Chi- nese taels in forelgn ports President Cleveland plans to get from Washington next weck with a few materials for baiting purposos. General Master Workman ~ § stumped Alabama for Ko.b. that Oates escaped with a majority Prof. Wiggins reports that the inhabitants of Mars are signaling the earth. If they want it and mean business, they should negotiate with Nebraska's white wings. All those ready to sign an agreement pledging themselves to refrain, in the futur from criticising Manitcba blizzards, wili please answer aye. The chair hears no dis- senting voice. A New York father who undertook to spank his grown-up daughter was yanked into court and fined. The temper of the times s firmly set against striking affairs A current paragraph purporting to give information on the subject of the American flag should be flagged. It says the length of the flag shouid be three times its widih One and a half times the width are the regular proportions The Journalist away raw vereign The wonder is moagre 30,000 narrates that quite re cently at a public dinner Mrs. Waiter Well- man, wife of the artic explorer, express:d herself as not being at all disturbed by the reports that her husband had been lost in an ico crush. “For,” she added with charming nalvets, “Mr. Wellman told me before he went away not to belleve any such rumors as he would be likely to start them himse.f during his absence.’ The franchise and property of the Milwau kee Stre:t rallway was assessed for taxation at $2,000,000. The company emitted a mighty roar, denounced the valuation as confisca tion, and declared the property was not worth the price. When thoe city council re torted with a proposition to buy the plar at the price the company declared was above its real value the company hedged and plugged its blow hole, KEEP 17 BRFORE REPUBLICANS. Shall the Party Commit [tself to a Tattooed Standard Bearer? The candidacy of Thomas J. Majors con- fronts the republican party of Nebraska & monace to its success In the Impending campalgn standard bearer will place the party on the defensive and subject It to a galling fire that To elevate him to the position of | for § the following bill, certified to Majors as president of the se In the hands of the auditor 5 was lssued to W. M. Taylor as bals ance due for alleged services In tho senate | for the last Afteen days of the month: by T. & e, was placed and a warrant THE TELL-TALE CERTIFICATE. day of 60 37 mitesattoc 7, 1891, daysdd's Miteage Lday of.. <les g ox perday, - s per mile, Total, = Dedviet amonnt drawn, Balance due Vo) £ 3 Lincoln,... Nk 3/ 1301, Altest, Branined g G "////n/\ / *’2’” )/,, sraganS Deputy, P N../,\ C Qf Rl D ,,ur, Receiveqt of 1.1 lz/,.vm,\: tuditor of D) Warrant No.L/7 10/, Aheounes, LAmount, ;//} (B licas ) it could not withstand. every party leader on the stump would be compelled to champion the candidacy of a man who is tatiooed with a record of in- dellible fnfamy. They would be confronted at every crossrond 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 commonywealth 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 state 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 each session of the legislature to promote jobbery and assist boodle schemes and ob- struct, sidetrack and defeat all raflway reg- ulation bills and measures to curb the rapac- ity of corporate monopoly. SCANDALIZED THE STATE. During the session of 1591 the state was scandalized by the abducton of Semator 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 Lieutenat Governor Majors, and especially with his private sec- retary, Walt M. Secly. 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 mot 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 $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, Every candidate and when the session closed, The above Is a fac simile of the cortificate signed by Licutenant Governor Majors and approved by the auditor, as now on filo in the office of the auditor of state. The warrant for $75 was cashed by Walt M. Seely, private tary of the licutenaut governor, and pocketed by him. Taylor never received a penny of this money fraudu- lently procured by the connivance of the lieutenant governor, This act alone stamps Thomas J. Majors as a dangerous man In any public ofice. 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 lmpeachment, but to prosecution in the criminal courts, Had Majors certified 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 voucher 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 chiet executive of state and commander-in- chief of the military forces of the commone 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 eham- ber into a legislative oil room, in which liquor was dispensed freely to members of the senate who were addicted to drink, and to Tobbyists, male and female, who resorted (o the room for debauching the law makers. Bvery fellow who belonged to the gang carrled 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 liguor, with which the licu- 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 lleutenant 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 T MAIORS, LILUTENANT GOV ERNOR PLAU. NEMARACOUNTY, TAYLOR ORDER. Senate Chambex. Lenes A tA S Lenede, ti Pt e A acty | narv Z, V/{/, 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 M. Seely, private secretary of Lieutenant ] lie Governor Majors. It purports to be dated at Portland, Ore.,, but is written on an of- ficial blank, headed with the name of the enant governor, at the senate chamber, Lincoln, Neb,, with the date line left blank, except the figures 1891, FROM 1AM'S HORN. contagious BLAST. mple s than small- more pox When slesp. Worry friends Purity can be happier in can In"a palace A hypocrite fools some, as he does himself. 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