Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 18, 1894, Page 4

THE OMAHA DALY BEE "B. ROSEWATER, Editor. o = TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Ree (witl nday) One Year..., Dally s and unday, One Year Blx Montha evsreres Tiiree Mo Bunday e Year Baturday Tes, One Year Weekly Ies, Ons Yenr OFFICES, Omaha, The Bes Duilding Bouth Omaha, Corner N Counedl Binfrs, 1 3833 nd Twenty-fourth Sts arl Street Chamber of me 13, 14 and 1 * treet, N, W, JRRESPONDENCE, ations relating to nows and edl To the Editor, nmerce. Tribune BIAg. Al eommuni torial matter sh nees should ba company, hecks and postoflice orders o the order of the corapany. 3 COMPANY. OF CIRCULATION, George B, Taschuck, secretary of The Tlee Pub- Hshing eompany, being duly sworn. says that the _actual number of full and complete copies of The Dail Fyvening and Sunday Bes rinted during the month of July, 14, was &3 ollows: MENT Feturned Total mold.... E My average net cirealation. . *Sunday. GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Bworn to before me and subscribed in my pres ence this 1st day of August, 15 (Beal.) N. P. FEIL, Notary Publie. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTER There will be a meeting of (he republican state central committee Tuesday, August 21, at 8 p. m., at, the Millard hotel, Omaha. A full attendance is desi BRAD D. SI HTER, Chairman. Tom Ochiltree ought to run a rac gress in a red heat. for con- Prot. Ely can't be an anarchist. All the real anarchists glory in proclaiming their devotion to their miscalled principles. Twelve hundred and thirty-six ballots in a congressional nominating convention Is a record-breaker as is a record-breaker. The way records for fast cycling are being smashed at Denver shows that the possibill- tiea of the wheel are only beginning to be realized. The great democratic principle of free raw materials is going about nowadays on a crutch, with one eye bandaged and one arm in a sling. If the South Omaha strike Is practically off, why put the state to the expense of maintaining a guard of militia there a mo- ment longer than is absolutely necessary? Local merchants have not yet holsted their ‘“‘new tarift” prices. Prices on staples have been at bed rock for some time, so that theycannot drop much lower, new tariff or old tarift. What would the Whisky trust do with mil- Mons of gallons of whisky on its hands in case President Cleveland vetoed the tarift bill? But the Whisky trust is confident that it knows the president. The polic: court and the justice courts are the only courts that grind day after day, year in and year out. These courts can get along without an annual vacation for their officers. This is why they are called inferior courts. When it comes to jockeylng on the water the American yachtsmen can turn a trick or two themselves. The Vigilant can draw con- solation for several of its defeats from see- ing the Britannia outraced by a yacht that cannot even claim a royal pedigree. Mr. Pullman will have an opportunity to again give his version of the trouble with his employes when called as a witness be- fore the strike investigating commission. It is feared that by that time he will have ex- hausted himself with his many lengthy state- ments to the public. The poor Louisiana senators are catching 1t all around. But why should they care? They succeeded In getting everything they wanted out of the tariff. What they got, t00, goes directly to the benefit of their own constituents and not In payment of some one olse's political debts. The Loulsiana senators can stand the music. During a midnight interview between Speaker Crisp and Congressman Breekinridge of Arkansas, in which the latter was plead- ing with the former not to carry out his determination to have the house surrender to the senate on the tariff question, the speaker 1s described as being in his night- gown and Mr. Breckinridge as being in tears. Now they are both In the soup. — Omaba schools may possibly be resting under a school debt considerably less than those of Kansas City and other western cities, but the running expenses are consid- erably greater. It is the burden which the taxpayers foo! that must be compared. In- terest on school debt s not the best critorion of extravagance or economy in the ma ment of the public school system. The first bill to correct errors in the new tarift has already gone through the house. The prospects are good for the continued en- actment of further remedial measures right along 5o long as the law may remain in force without a thorough revision. Every change in tarift legislation costs the country thou- sands upon thousands of dollars by reason of the holes that are discovered by shrewd mporters. —_— The park commission has its hands nearly full with developing the parks and boulo- vards already lald out. If it Has any more monoy at its disposition for new parks the squatter territory along the river front ought to come in for first consideration before any suburban tracts, far from the business and residence o:nters. The unsightly river front has an early clalm for embellishment and improvenrent. While the total volume of business of the country for last week, as indicated by the elearing house reports compiled by Brad- street’s, shows a gain of 8 per cent over the corresponding time in 1893, the returns from Omaha show an increase of 47.6 per cent. Omaha's agsregate is not so large as has frequently been reported, but it shows a Dealthy volume of business done lu the face |08 dlscouragiug circumstances, THE BEST CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT. Px-Speaker Reed sald In the house of rep- resentatives last Monday, after the demo cratfe eaucus had decided to surrender te and the order for this adopted by the denoc your epitaph. That las been That Inust the senate purpos had been shall not write done by a nearcr and dearer personag by t i1l before tatute b ot ® man whos it can b He dills y Injustic to o fn ti next campalgn except to read the t of your chief magistrate.”” Two day the leadcr of the house republican Senator Vest made the follow in the senate: “The best ment furnished the which we will not h canvass has been done name be affised to th credit to th bill is an instane dishonor. W adi ok u this perfidy, and have hing stimony \ftor 1 this ng declara campal, republican the last will denouncing of the the party, until be the sen- framed ar approaching is ended, letter of the ate, without the bill the necessary, ac president for having provisions of which rding to the secretary of th the fsuue of interest- | bearing L to carry on the government.” | This of entative men of | the republican and democratic parties regard- | ing the value of Mr. Cleveland’s letter to Mr. Wilson as a campaign document g note- worthy There can be no question as to the charac- ter of the arra which this letter makes of the senate democrats. It declares them to have been unfaithful to democratic principles and plidges, charges them with involving party perfidy and party dishonor, discredits their honesty and sin- cerity in connection with the policy of tar- iff reform, Implies that they yielded to cor- rupting Influences, and holds them up as proper objects of party condemnation and popular distrust. In every sentence of that letter it Is made apparent that Mr. Cleve- land felt that the democratic scnators had betrayed the party. Tt was so regarded by | those In delivered in the senate July 23, Senator Gorman expressed | the general sentiment of the of that body when he denounced the president’s letter as designated to blacken the charac- ters of senators in holding them up before the country as the advocatés of trusts and guilty of dishonor and perfidy. They recog- nized fully the meaning of the president's imputations, and they did not hesitate to resent them in language as strong as the proprieties would admit of. The house demo- crats were in full sympathy with all that Mr. Cleveland had written to discredit the senate. They greeted the reading of his let- ter with prolonged applause. Yet these house democrats finaily accepted what the senate had done, and for which it was condemncd by the president, thereby acquiescing in the betrayal of party principles and pledges and in the perfidy and dishonor which Mr. Cleve- land had imputed to the senate democrats. The fact that they afterwards -passed bills for free raw material does not help their case. There is no vindication for them in such action. They cannot in this way escape equal responsibility with the senate demo- crats for putting on the statute books a law that violates the principles and pledges of their party. They are equally amenable to the criticism, the rebuke and the condemna- tion contained In the president’s letter. There is no plea that will relicve them from this. Hence it Is that the letter of Mr. Cleve- land becomes the best of campaign documents for the republican party. It is a character- ization of democratic dealing with the tarift from the highest and most responsible demo- cratic authority. It cannot be repudiated by any democrat who still accepts Mr. Cleve- land as the head of the party. It will not be denied by any democrat who acknowledges the president to be an exponent of democratic principles regarding the tarift. No demo- crat will refuse to accept it as a fair and just statement who believes that Mr. Cleve- land is a sincere advocate of tarift reform. With this indictment, coming from the high- est source in the party, what plausible plea can the democratic party present for a cons tinuance of popular confidence and support? THE NEW CHINESE TREATY. Although the attention of the whole coun- try is fastened upon the final stage of the tarift bill which passed the house of repre- sentatives on Monday last, the importance of another measure which became the law of the land on the same day must not be overlooked. This 4s the new Chinese treaty, which has now been ratified by the senate and only awaits an exchange of ratifications before taking effect. This treaty does not impose any radical change upon the legis- lation already enscted upon the same sub- ject, but it indicates the acceptance on the part of the Chinese government of the policy of Chinese exclusion which has been adopted in the United States. It distinetly recognizes the Geary law and the amend- ment thereto, which at one tfme ecreated such o strained feeling between the two countries, and acknowledges the right of China to lay like restrictions upon Ameri- cans residing within its juridiction. The provisions of the treaty are, therefore, in harmony with the provisions of American legislation. They absolutely prohibit the im- migration into this country of Chinese la- borers, and even forbid those now here from returning after visiting China unloss they have either a wife, child or parent in the United States, or property therein of the value of $1,000, or debts of like amount due and pending settlement. One wishing to return, moreover, must deposit with the collector of customs of the district from which he departs a full description of his family or property or debts which entitle him to. return. The whole treaty stipu- lation is to continue until either party gives notice of termination to the other six months before the expiration of each ten-year period. The interesting part of this new treaty is the vista which it opens into the power of the president to leglslate—with the con- sent of the senate—only one of the houses of congres It was not so long ago that the powers of Burope would have been not only willing but anxlous to enter into negotiations of this kind, whereby the emigration of their citizens to the United States would either be subjected to the most stringent regula- tions or be checked allogether. It is quite possible that some of these powers may again adopt a policy hostile to emigration and seek to negotiate an arrangement that whll insure the enforcement of their laws through the co-operation of this country. In that case the president could by treaty shut out Immigrants of various nationalities exactly as congress hss by legislation shut out the Chinese. Another point of execu- tive legislation contained in this doeument {s the prevision excepting from the most favored nativa clause the right of Chinese subjects to become naturalized citizens of the United States. This is equivalent to an amendment to cur naturallzstion laws ex- cluding Chinese from the benefits of their provisions. be accurate, It must be stated that our naturalization laws already that discrimiuaticn agalnst the but the president, with (he con exception, are now treasury, to prevent coneurrence repr ment action senators his speech demacrats two very almost all make Chlnese, | to | deprive Ttalians, om any other country favored the project of the right of naturalization which they poss In the Chinese gt rafsed them by treaty to slans or Immigrants wh nent now treaty itself there fs noth which bjecticns can be It it 1 abate will & the Chinese ques agitation against will be s of our people with- or politics tion a the contir the ¢ v oven for all class: to color, natlonality years it FHE MILITIA Bee has been inclined to ty a during the butchers’ true that the clement among the strikers becime omewhat boisterous if not unruly, stand upon the part of the civil would have held them in con- no time in the history of this there any demonstration the proportions of a riot. Isolated of intimidation and personal violence reported, but had the polic force of South Omahia and sheriff's deputies dono their duty met such promptly the packing hcuse have had little reason for the fested. Since the occupation of the packing house district by the militia nothing has cecurre Justify its presence. In fact, it was at any time the slightest excuse calling upon the state for assistanc longer obtains. Reports agree that the strike is practically at an end. The coopers and hog butchers have declared the strike off and have signified their willing- ness to resume work. The beef butchers still hold out, but declared at a public meet- ing that they had never demanded that the Nog butchers and coopers quit work. There appears to be no objection to the latter going back to their old placss, which has been done w such an extent that will not have to be imported. The fact that the beef butchers are still out does not justify the continuance of the militia for guard duty at South Oma The militia is simply usurping the functions of the police force of South Omaha and the sheriff of Douglas county. There I8 nothing in the situation to warrant the state In a further expenditure of money for the al- leged purpose of preserving order in this community. Governor Crounse WITHDRAW utset The neces question the for a state militia guard at South Omal ike. It s dsubtless ugher at times a firm authorities trol. At local strike that assumed but was cases were and exigenc cs would hani- people alarm there for such excuse no an new men has returned to the state and hes had ample time to look Into this matter. The time has come for him to assert his authority in the premises and withdraw the militia from Douglas county. DROP SAMOA. 1t appears that Senator Gray of Delaware, who is a member of the senate committee on foreign relations, has been making a very thorough investigation of the relations of the United States with the Samoan fs- lands, under the tripartite arrangement en- tered into several years ago with Great Britain and Germany. As the result of this investigation it is stated that he.has reached the conclusion that this country is paying too much for the candle and that conse- quently it should abandon all connection with the political affairs of those islands. As reported, the Delaware senator says the United States is paying out a great deal of money to maintain and carry out the tri- partite agreement, which results in protect- ing a German mercantile post, from which this country does not derive any benefit whatever. It is his opinion that the harbor privileges obtained by the United States, and which furnish the only reason for our “‘en- tangling alliance” with the European powers regarding Samoa, will never be of any great benefit to this country and that it would be well it we could annul the tripartite ar- rangement and allow the harbor to go. In all this Senator Gray concurs in the statement and views some time ago sub- mitted by Secretary Gresham in connection with the Samoan correspondence sent to the senate. In that communication the secretary of state plainly pointed out that our con- nection with Samoa had not only been un- profitable, but very expensive, and he was unable to see wherein we could expect to get any benefit from it in the future. We have hardly any business with the islands and are not likely to have, at any rate for many years to come, we have no use for the harbor which some have thought to be of so great importance, and we get no return worth considering -for the expenditure this government is put to in maintaining the tri- partite agreement. In these circumstances the secretary suggested that he could see no good reason for continuing an arrangement that is clearly inconsistent with the long- established poliey of the United States. It is not to be doubted that this view would be found to be the popular view it the people could have an opportunity to be heard on the subject. This government en- tered into the tripartite agreement under the mistaken notion that we were in some way bound to preserve the political autonomy of Samoa, but if there was any obligation to this effect it was certainly not of a nature to bind us to a perpetual arrangement which is expensive and brings us no benefits. No government can reasonably be asked or ex- pected to indefinitely continue an arrange- ment of this kind., If it could be clearly shown that there is probability of some future advantage in maintaining this rela- tion the expense of doing so might bo justi- fled, but no one has given any practical rea- son for expecting benefits commensurate with the cost. That we ought to drop Samoa, for various reasons, is a proposition that ean ily be maintained, but there seems to be a sentiment in congress favorable to continu- fng existing relations strong enough to de- feat any effort to annul them and leave the management of Samoan affairs to Great Britain and Germany, the countries chiefly interested in the lslands. The transfer of militia companies from Lincoln to South Omaha and from South Omaha to Lincoln merely to relieve one an- other In performing the exhausting duty of seelng that the different packing houses do not run away Iis a military maneuver the utility of which we are at a loss to compre- hend. We know, of course, that the needless transportation of these men will give the rallroads a chance to increase the already large bills which they are preparing to bring in against the state for their services in as- sisting to mobilize the trcops. But aside from the railroads and the commissary contractor, there seem to be no other beneflcharies. The militla companies can get the same experl ence from fleld service in South Omaha that they can in Lincoln. This tramsfer simply means additional unnecessary to the people, and expense The increasing number of frightful acci- dents from gasoline explosions in Omaha sug. gests that there ought to be some way in which the public be protected from defective gasoline stoves. Many of the acci- dents are doubtless due to gross carelessness, might YWAHA DATLY BEE: AT SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1891, ! sent of the senate, might further modify ! but the changas.of explosion even when the Rus- oll is carelessly handled ought to be materi- ally reduced line could be test of foty means It overy one who sells a gaso whfher new or second-hand compdibll (o make some reasonable the fact of might be catastroplhe stove, tho same by which ite would be ¢ the of prevensing of the rec 1 to imperf ablished it many a Several explosions nt gasoline hay n ascrib repairing of second-hand sggves, which It true would do- | mand extraofjdbfy precautions in those ethng lought the nuntbef bf v up at the altar of the gasoline stove ¥ T appointMant of Aldace F. Walker, n of thegWestern Trafie association the original interstate to the vacancy to Atehigon done to d nally offered cases, € to be crease tims The chairy and formerly commerce commission one. of in th intended Atchison quiet recoivership fears of the foreign holde urities, and cannot but tend the desired result. Mr. Welker tical rallroad man who has had varied with the m railroad properties, and, what portant, will inspire the confidence cf those whom he will ‘represent his new pacity. He unenviable task before him in straightening out the tangled Atchison for re- is s of to is a produce prac and of im- long experience nagement most in 0i- an accounts and arranging a new organization He ought, to task if any The creditors must on proceedings. how- cqual to the road man s equal to it. esteem themselves fortunate in having b able to unite with substantial unanimity upon a man for this important place who I8 satisfactory to over, be rail- most all Speaking about the decline and fall of po- litical parties, the fact is recalled that James E. Boyd, a democrat, recelved over 70,000 votes for governor in 1890. Two years later J. Sterling Morton, democrat, ran for gov- ernor, 44,000 Last year Frank Irvine headed the democratic tickes for supreme judge and received 37,000 votes. And now the Chicago Tribune admits th there are 15,000 democrats at large in Ne- braska re receiving. votes. Tom Reed must feel sorry that the tarift fight is over. He had so much sport over the tarift bill while it was in the house t he can retain nothing but pleasant reco lections of it. Reed's recollections are more pleasant than Wilson's anticipations. Too Late, Too Lat w York Sun. God preserve the party that goes to the people with such a record of perfidy, such a confession of dishonor! Prospective Financial Alliance Chicago Tribunc. George Gould and the prince of Wales are getting to be chummy. Albert Edward will be borrowing money of George pres- ently. Senatorial Pin Mon Diotroit: Free Press. The wives of several well known se ors are sald to have made from $1,000 to $5,000 each In sugar speculations. Probably they stood in with the servant girls, or with a son with a keen eye for easy money. St il Pleading for,Western Support, Cleveland Plain Dealer, It is by no means graceful in western newspapers to sncer at the efforts of the eastern states to restrict immigration, An excess of forelgners may have a tendency to greater development of the western states, for only fhe better element of the immigrants filter through to the west. But in the cities of the east this flood of forelgn paupers means quite a different thing. adine g e T Republicans n Smile. Indlanapplis Journal. From a purely partisan standpoint repub- licans can_afford to smile at the predica- ment the democracy has got itself into on account of tarif legislation, but from the point of American citizenship the shameful fact looms up that the truckling of congr to the sugar and coal speculators has in- volved that body in the ost disgraceful scandal known to the history of the country. ——— Wall of the Sorrowful, Louisville Courler-Journal, One thing alone has the appearance of being certain, and that is that the men now in_publié life on the democratic side seem wholly incapable of dealing adequately with the monster of protection, and that until we get u new set of Paladins, the cas tle of the Robber Barons, girt round about by the moats and dikes of corruption, Is safe against the assaults of an army led by noodles and strenked with treason. — - Advocato of the Sugar Combine. Chicago Times. Secretary Carlisle’s letter to Senator Har- ris, in which he deprecates the introduction of 'a new free sugar bill, alleging that the revenues of the nation necessitate a tax on sugar, is but another proof of his in- timate ¢onnection with the firm of rman, Havemeyer & Co, all through this ar steal. The income tax, properly ap- plied, together with the intérnal revenues and fmposts on tobacco, wines, liquor other luxuries, would Dring in ample enue to meet the expenses of the govern- ment properly administered, and Mr. Car- lisle knows it as well as anybody Weaver Makes Ther Chicago Herald. If a man like Weaver, who Is known to everybody as the head and front of the cheap money party, IS sent to congress as a democrat, or by the votes of democrats, the party will be held responsible, justly or unjustly, for his fnanclal ries and heresie; The national democratic party wants no such incubus. It I8 committed to sound finance as it is to tariff for revenue only It mugt take no step backward, It must not be- welghed down and sunk by protec- tionist Gormans or fiat money Weavers. Tt is to be hoped that thé sound demo- crats of the Ninth Towa district will see to it that the national democracy shall have no such load as Weaver to carry. The Provlem of Irrigation. Chicago Tribune, While the general government ought not to attempt the irrigation of these lands, single individuals cannot. The construction of canals and ditches to irrigate a single Quarter-section generally costs far more than one man can pay, and it is difficult to get a body of settlers’ to combine harmon- fously to build irrigation works. But the states may be able to do without undue ex- Dense what settlers cannot and the general Fovernment should not do. If thestate: ¢an make anything out of the lands they claim let them do It s not likely that their profits will be large, even though they get the lands for nothing. Their gain wili be in the incréased acreage, produc tivity and population. ere 18 not wate te all the desert Wenry. nough in the west to lands that the gov nt -owns. How, large a proportion of can be made cultivable I8 a n of conjectur yet. But If the e it which ¢ as determined to Maks proves to be @ success, then furthes grants ean be madé to the ‘states on th Same terms until wll the land which can by Utilized has been improved and is settled on. — POUNCING ON GORMAN, perim Kansas City Staf: The revolt agalnst Mr, Gorman in Miryland continues to grow, but the devotion’td him in the senate re mains unimpaired. Verily, a “profit” is not without honor sdye in its own country. St. Paul Globe:;' [We Thonestly hopa that Arthur Pue Gormiar Will get the Maryland delegation to présent!his name to the next national conventtht &s a presidential can- didate. There are several million demo crats in this country who would immensely enjoy the sitting dewn on he would get Denver Republican: It Is not often that the senate comes off victorlous In a contest with the president, but it did so in the bat tle over the tarilf bill. Mr. Cleveland has been completely defeated, and the victory belongs to the senators. It has been a gooil lesson to him, but probably its effcct will bo merely to make him more stubborn and more vindictive. Indisnapolls Journal: Mr. Gorma and abetted by Senator Hill, has the administration in the most complete and comprehensive manuer. Gorman openly stuck a knife into the president's ribs, and Mr. Hill, in the gulse of defending him rubbed salt into the wound and held him up before the country as & fit object to be laughed st derisively. It was an artistic b altogether. alded fohe up { OTHER LANDS THAN OURS, | Prestdent Castmir-perter proposes not permit the rights which the fers upon him to be French | to n con be the the for quiring constituti disregarded or to very has rights are prehensive. The nelude treaties ations of the sfon to him of ev to any other power any dispatch loaving (b until it shall have tved his offfcial on. He has the power of removal and ntment the entire civil se thus he controls all th foct ients and the entire machinery There is absolutely no limi of a ministry, He can from the Chamber of Senate indiseriminately wore the members or (f complexion of either body in selecting ministers. There is no infiibition in the stitution that prevents him from mold public opinion by addressing mes directly to the psople. He can twice during a legislative session adjourn the sittings of the legislature for a period of thirty days. If the ministries selccted by him should be de feated, he can dissolve the Cliamber Deputics, with the ussent of the make an appeal to the country body of legislators who will with his policy. The president required in the enactment of any may be passed by national i stdent army and nd republic T right to disp the can ¢ cign re th addr nibiting fice su sod ind by pr foreign of pa police, cabinet from the entirely | pu or he can itical hi n to to return ot in accord sanction is law which th islature, A most important politieal eampaign is on in Sweden and Norway, the dominant fssue being whether or not the act of union be tween the countries shall be maintained That was the chief question before the la Storthing, which was elected in 1891 I was a radical majority in that body, and at first the administration was also radical. In Norway radical does not mean soc | as in England and France, but republ | and anti-Swedish. Accordingly, open attacks were made again and again upon the sys- tem of joint diplomatic and consular service for the two kingdoms, and upon the authority of the crown itself. Relations between the Christiania and Stockholm governments were seriously strained, even to the extent of ctual force. An open collision imminent. Then the radical minist resigned. So far as the radical campaign against Sweden was concerned, this was a great tactical mistak For the crowu, and for the temporary peace of the dual realm, it was a good thing. Thenceforth the radicals were impotent. They passed votes of ¢ sure against the conservative ministry, which the latter calmly ignored. They passed v ous acts of legislation ho: to the crown, which the crown vetoed. They could not compel the ministry to resign, although it was In the minority, and without the execu- tive as well as the legislative power they were helpless beyond mere agitation. The sessions were, therefore, singularly barren of tangible results. The veto of the crown is, however, not final, but merely suspensive. And while it was possible to keep a minority administration in office for a year, that pre cedure could not be repeated with the new Storthing should it contain a radical ma- Jority. The result of the balloting is ther fore awaited with the keenest Interest, both at Christiania and Stociholm. 1f the radicals win by a good majority they are morally ¢ tain to renew at once their battle for diss lution of the unfon. And, with legislative and executive both in their hands, it is dif- fleult to see how they can be restrained, un- less by actual military force. They are ir- reconcilable. There is no possible compro- mise that would satisfy them, no concession that would for a moment check their ardor for independence. They mean to be free from Sweden, and to have a republic instead of a monarchy; and if they carry the elec- tions, as they are straining every nerve to do, @ formal legislative decree to that effect may be expected. The revised edition of the political cate- chism issued recently by the central organ- ization in Berlin of the German conserva- tives shows the growing coolness between that party and the throne. The chapter de- voted to “Monarchy’ contained in all the former editions two dogmatic passiges lay- ing down ‘“‘as an inherited prerogative of the crown the unquestionable right of the sovereign to assert his authority even by the exercise of his own personal will” To try to assign any limits to the absolute power of the monarch was described as an impertinence of which only the vanity of an overweening opposition, stimulated by dema- gogues, could be guilty. Further on con- servatives were taught ‘never to forget that the sovereign is surrounded by coun- cillors who represent, as it were, the quintes sence of the political wisdom and adminis trative ability of the whole nation, and whose voices are heard in every utterance which falls from the sovereign’s lips.” Both these passages have been expunged from the new and revised edition. A correspondent of a London newspaper remarks that “‘these omissions, deliberately made under the of- ficlal imprimatur of the conservative party are more significant than the most violent articles which the Kreuz Zeitung has pub- lished. Unless one fully realizes the grim earnestness of the German mind, it is diffi- cult always to treat seriously the grotesque cl 'ges brought from day to day against the present chancellor. They indicate a pro- found change in the attitude and in the metheds of the old conservative party, which has hitherto, in unwavering devotion to the Hohenzollern dynasty, steadily controlled for generations past the destinies of Prussia, and through her moulded those of Germany. A permanent estrangement between the throne and those who have hitherto considered themselves its chartered champicns cannot fail to have the most far-reaching influence upon the whole political life of the nation." oon eight hours a legal mines may pass the Tho bill to make day's work in British Commons at this session. A few years ag it passed the reading, but was shel because of the strong opposition t it which developed among the mners them sel If i falls again the same cause responsible, for the miners in North- umberland have voted in their unions against its compulsory features. The law, if one is enacted, is more likely to be an’optional one, requiring the consent of the men be fore it goes into operation, than a man tory fixing of fort Ight hours as a week work. The other eight-hour bill, which was for tho benefit of the cotton mill workers, has been withdrawn by the member who introduced it. This member Is a Lancashire mill owner who thought it would be well to have the opinion of the operatives in his own mill before he pressed the cight- hour bill to a vote, He ordered the change at home, therefore, but found It so un- popular among the workpeople, after a two- months' trial, that he went back to the old hours. The principal opposition to the change came from the piece workers, who ould not earn as uch in eight hours as before. This seems to be the rule through out the mill d ricts, the piece workers are opposed to the eight-hour , aisl their op. position will probably defeat the bill in the Commons, second e However anxious Russia may be to fish in the troubled watcrs of the Corean war, no overt step like the occupation of Corean territory can be taken without involving , whose complete command of sea renders a Russian movement on Corea dangerous. It is altogether probable therefore, that the present war will be fought out by China and Japan, with England be hind China and Russia in sympathy with Japan, without passing beyond the original cause of difference. To the north Japan has much to fear from Russia, but her insular position saves her from the irritating con tact between Russia and China. To the lat ter Russia ceded in the treaty of 1881 the only 11, from which the czar's flag reated Jn Central Asia in 200 years of conquest. At the other extremity of the long boundary between Russia and China there is another causo of difference in the steady flow of Chincse immigrants into Usuria and along the Amur from Man churia, which is fast displacing Russian colonies. From England China has nothing | to fear, from Russia much, and when th uggle over Asia at length comes between Russta and England, is the only Asiatic power which could force Russia to defend its frontiers, a sufficlent reason for the pains England is taking to aid China and ot Japanise operations ment similar to that among the tract of Austria s In A moy northern tention in the southe A short time ago the Slavonlan delegat lavs 18 beginnivg to at n province | NEEP 1T BERO Standar The eandidacy of Thomas J. Majors con- fronts the republican party of Nebraska as A menaco to its in the Impending campaign. To elevate him to the position ot standard bearer will place the party on the defensive and subject it to a galling fire that success THE TELL-TALE Shall the Party Commit Itself to a - REPUBLICANS. Tattooed d Bearer? bill, certified to by T. J Majors as president of the senate, was placed in the hands of the auditor and a warrant for $75 was fssued to W. M. Taylor as bals ance due for alleged services in the senate for the last fifteen days of the month ’ the following | CERTIFICATE, 101, Miteaye dayof - Y 0 60 daysdds .0 .. per £ mitex at10 cents p Deduct amount Balance due, Fherevyertipy ihat C.1 Piree 8 Syerpfary, I‘.‘uumrlr:;';\:/:1;!;4\';}‘[1.'///‘/4,/”’4> 7 4 d, ‘/L/' '{1) VOQLLY : [N (7 ( [y Received of T, lzf 00 i Warrant No.C: e above account Attest, A [ / [ 2, P Litnootn,.. 2ol DL 1301 (Bow v Y Amoun, Laay of day, - per mile, Totad, drawn, is correct andd ust, and has not been paid., e 7 By . Trestdent, Y s, - "%W/)(‘/ #rr2n Deputy. Deputy. tor of PryNgbeonnts, 879 N\, It could not withstand. Every candidate and every party leader on the stump would be compelled to champion the candidacy of a man who fs tattooed with a record of in- dellible Infamy. They would 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 state senate, During two sessions of the leglslature in which he occupled 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 rallway 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 antl-monopoly platform, which pledged him to support a maximum rate law. It is notorfous that Taylor was on confidential terms with Lieutenant Governor Major: and especlally with his private - se 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 haye 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 tho 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, ] The above fs 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 anditor of state. The warrant for $76 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 leutenant governor. This act alone stamps Thomas J. Majors as a dangerous man in any public office. When he certificd that Taylor had served through the entire term he knowingly and wit- tingly committed a grave crime that lald him liable not only to fmpeachment, 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 dise 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- publizans of Nebraska are asked to make chief 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 lieutenant governor was the conversion of his private office adjoining the senate cham- ber Into a leglslative oil room, in which liquor was dispensed frecly to members of the senate who were addicted to driuk, and to Tobbyists, 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 reces to the demijohns and decanters filled with cholce brands of liquor, with which the lieu- tenant governor's room was generously sup- plied regardiess of expenso by the corporate concerns whose bills were to be logrolled through and whose fnterests were to be protected by the bland, affable and accom- modating eutenant 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- T2 MMORS, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. AU, REMARA COUNTY: ALE TAYLOR ORDER, Senate Chamber. " @M( Zflfl M/WQC A ) e, 7728, ‘/(F;’/ ta V-TM,Z/L\L,VQIZ / 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. Scely, private secretary of Lieutenant the Reichsrath demanded of the gove the establishment of public schools at cost of the state for the benefit of the nians and Croatians resident in Tries demand 15 now made for the separa the territory of Trieste from the harbor and the introduction of a system of local self-government In the separated district. Tho recent de lon of Emperor Francis Jo- scoh, that he would never consent to a divi- sion of Tyrol, shows that there it little pros- pect that the desires of the Slavonian in- habitants of Trieste will be atlained, but it is noticeable that both in northern and south \ Austria the efforts of the Slavic e ments are directed to a division of the mon- archy. nment the ————— POETIC JUSTICE, o 8. Tirldges, in Li Madel s heard of the summer girl too much, are tired of the modes and styles which she endeavors to lure and clutch Unwary youth in her wile Why hasn't the poet extolled in rhy The girl who discrectly & Away from town for a quiet time, And to get a rest from her beaux Why doesn’t ho sing of the mald whose soul Is attuned to pature's tone through the woods Who prefers, by herself, Governor Majors. It purports to be dated at Portland, Ore., but is written on an of- ficlal blank, headed with the name of the lieutenant governor, at the senate chamber, Lincoln, Neb., with the date line left blank, except the figures 1891, MIRTH IN SHORT METER. Judge: Jones—T believe all the electric cars In this country are controlled by for- elgners. Brown Jow What makes you think so? Because they are run by poles Pruth: Husband—What? You say that dress is worn out? Yes, my’ darling, I've worn it out twice, and to receptions both times Another new one should devise rts for the men ‘© enough to m obe of night ko ugly they a a bride sit up all night me It fs not the won Richmond Dispatch that makes wha fires up the quickest best mateh. Atchison Globe: What has become of th old-fushioned church member who wouldn't g0 to a circus? Buffalo Courler: Don't expect too much of the young housekeeper. For instance, no womin ever made good br her hand in, Indlanapolls Journal: “T funny men aim to deal with que the hour, do you not?" “om, yox. 1 ecalculate that th have n Wwritten no less than 6,000 jokes aboug young man who does not know when g 1% time for him to go hor presume you tions of to stroll And to gaze at the moon alone? Why cannot he chant of those girls that fake wng and a sailor hat And hie away to some lonely Which never a man s at? luke poet adopt this plan will tell you why eral, a truthful man, to ' le, Why sh For a And he uldn’t the hange? | LOOKING FORWARD, Washington Star, Coal and sugar and iron; Iron and sugar and coul; Your cases we'll try In the sweet by and by 8o rest while the ages roil When we heat with electric When aluminum ralls we se And we gather our swee *rom new-fangled beets, You will probably all be free currents