Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 14, 1894, Page 4

The OMAHA DALY BEE. WATER, PUBLISITED & B RO! ERY MOTNING. TEIMS OF SUDSCRIPT Daily Tiea (without Sunday) One Year.. Dally Tlee and Sunday, One Year Bix Monthw . Vittesorn Three Manths Soeerey Fundny Tee, O turiny e Weekly Dee. \ One_Year .. ono 2833333 Omaha, Tho 1 Routh Omaha, Cormner Counet] Thufts, 12 Peari Btreet, 4 Chicago Office, 17 Chamber of Commeres, New York, Rooms 13, 14 and 15, Trivune BUE Washington, 1907 ¥ Etrcet, N. W CONRESPONDENCE. atfons relating to news and edt- 114 e aidreseed: To the EAILOF. BUSINESS LETTERS All brisincas Leters andromittane drcese The fea Publishing Gmaivy theeks and ‘posoffice orers 85 " 31 PUBLISHING COMPANY, \nd Twenty-fourth Bts. Al commy torial matter s should be W ehmpany, Draft bl e 1 STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION B, Tas luck, wecretary Nshing company, being duly sw the_actual number o fall_and of The Datly Morning, Fvening printed during the month of August, s follows: o 184, was 21,089 1 18 19 2 n b7} 2 b 27 F 2 ) a duciions for unsoid coples .. At lotal sold.. Dajly averng * Sunday. GROR hefora me and dth day of September B, TZSCHUCK. subscribed in my 1894, i Sworn to presence { (Seal.) When I am elooted I proposo to dis- charge my duty to the best of my ability. I will do evorything that ean be done to bring about u safe, oconomical and conserva- tive administration of affairs of our state it that the faith and Judge September 11. government and see to credit of the state are malntained. Holeomb at Exposition hall, Bryan is still speaking on topics.”” Can't Bryan give the people some- thing new? “well-known It persistence is the road Lengthy-petition Lawler ought to break into congress again to success Fortunately the between China and Japan shows n) indications of affecting the prices for laundering The Grand Army of the Republic is still grand in numbers, organization, purposes and tradition: war resources The B. & M. guetism for The city hall is vacant. passes have an irresistible n men on the municipal pay roll. When Bryan heard that McShane was on the corporate democratic slate for governor he eclaimed, indignantly: “S'moutrage!” We may expect the mumps to become the fashionable illnes that the sultan of Morocco has succumbed to the dread dls- ease. now Hard times have not been hard enough to prevent the Western Unicn Telegraph com- pany from declaring its usual quarterly divi- dend. The South Omaha stock yards managers propose 10 take an active hand in the con- test for the wovernorship. Stick a pig there! It is to be hoped that South America will hold off any war which it may be brewimg until the O lental war speck shall have been dissipated. The New York leglslature ought now to appoint an investigating committee to see whether it can find any hon:st men con- nected with the police force of the great metropolis. According to the pig-sticker organ it is the sentiment of the rank and file of the democratie party of Nebraska that John A. McShane stand for governor at the coming election. One would infer from the squeal that reaches us from South Omaha that all the democratic shoats and kids were crying for John A. to save the country. We would bet dollars to doughnuts that neither Dr. Miller, Heary W. Yates nor W. A. Paxten will vote for McShane if he was made the democratic candidate for governor. Every one of these democratic pstriots will vote for Tom Majors. We would not even risk a nickel against a hundred-dollar bill that John A. McShane would vite for him- selt. It must be very gratifying to Douglas county democracy that they will be assisted in the coming primaries by Collector Jim North of Platte county and United States Marshal White of Plattsmouth, These gen- tlemen have generously decided to sacrifice themselves on the railroad altar and de- liver Douglas county to the casr of Ne- braska. What about voting bonds for repaving in tersections where the charge is a general one agalnst the city? Omaha will have to do & great deal of repaving next year, and the city’s share on account cf intersections will have to be met with the proceeds of bond sales. The city ought to hive fund enough on hand in early spring so that the work may begin so sion as the requisite number of property cwners give thelr con- sent, The various clubs and associations with objects semi-charitcble in nature are mencing to display a gratifying with the return of cooler weather. associations quite generally had very suc- cessful carcers last year and feel encour- aged to continue thelr work with renewed vigor. They are doing a great deal of good for the young men e¢nd young women of the clty, and deserve the support cf all who are able 10 hulp them in any way. com- actiyity These Every time a charter amendment is pro- Posed in the interest of better city govern- ment fears are expressed that it will not meet the approval of the politicians and that the latter will fight it and carry the Bght up to the legislature, if necessary. Who are the politiclans, anyway? Are they simply the men who are fattening off Public sinecures, or who are employing tech- Dicalitles of the law to shirk taxati:n and avold thelr just contribution to the burdens of government? If the people will insist upon the change In the law that is clesrly to the advantage of the public and will exact pledges from the legislative candidates to support it and work for it they will be able to accomplish the reform whether the poli- ticlans lke it or not. Good government must take precedence over political spoils. THE NEW ANTI-TRUST LAW, The mew anti-trust law, described by one of the democratic léaders in the house of representatives as “the most stringent law against tr enacted In (his country," 18 comprised In sections 73, 14, 75, 76 and 77 of the tarlff act of 1804, It declares to be contrary 1o public policy, flegal and vold every combination, conspiracy, trust agreement or made by or between two or more persons or corporations, elther of whom is engaged in importing any ar- ticle from any foreign country into the United States, and when combination, conspl trust, agreement or contract Is operate In restraint lawful trade, or frea competition in lawful trade or commeree to Increase the market in any part of the United States of any ar- ticle or articles imported or intended to be or of any manufacture into which Imported intended enter. violating this sec tion, \ing or conspiring with other it, Is guilty of a misde meanor, the punishment for which, on viction, shall be a fine of not less than $100 and not excceding $5,000, with imprison- ment, in the of the for a term not less than three months nor exceed- ing twelve months. The circuit courts of the United States are invested with jurisdiction to prevent and re- violations of the law, and it the duty of United States district attorneys, under the direction of the attorney general, sts ev the contraet such acy, intended [ of or price imported such to article enters or Is Every person or comb an- to violate con- diseretion court, strain is made to institute proceedings in equity and restrain such violations. The courts are authorized to summon any person whose tes timony may be deemed necessary, whether they in district in which the court is before which proceedings are instituted Property by any combination or trust in violation of the law may be seized while in transpor- tation from one state to another and demned. Any person injured in his business or property by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act may bring suit any federal circuit court and recover threefold the damages sustained, with of suit and a reasonable ney's fee. There is really no very essential difference between the anti-trust law statute books by the last republican congress, pronounced defe and quate by A General Olney, and “‘mild and Re MeMillin The amendment the tarift relating to and combinations framed by ator Morgan of Alabama, and that senator voted for the anti-trust law of 1890. But rison of th merits of the two acts is not important. The claim of the democrats is that the amendment tarift against combinations and & effective ever yet devised for controlling and curbing the power of trusts,” and what people desire is a prompt and honest effort to en- force this law. Simply pointing to the fact of enactment amounts to nothing. It does not disturb the trusts nor lessen their exactions from the people. It does not deter the combinations from carrying out their policy of restraining free competition in lawful trade and of increasing the market price of articles which they control. It is of no more consequence than the fulminations of Mr. Cleveland against trusts, which have produced not the effect upon them. What the country wants Is evidence that in enaeting this statute the democratic party intended to give it effect “The democratic party,’ Mr. Me- Millin, speaking as the mouthpiece of the house. democrats, “‘was pledged to the en- actment of more stringent legislation against trusts. It has kept this pledge, and offers this fuifillment.” But fulfillment Is not with the mere act of legisla- tion. ¥ntil the law is enforced or an honest attempt 1s made to enforce it the party will not have made good its pledge, It is perfectly obvious that the anfi-trust amendment to the tarift law pecially designed to reach the sugar refining monopoly. to prevent reside held or the not owned course of con- in costs attor- this and placed on th tive inade- rney gingerly” by sentative to present law trusts was com! to the law trusts carries into law the most means the its numerous the least said as its complete new was es- Can there be any doubt or ques- tion that this powerful trust is carrying on its operations in violation of this law? If it be admitted that such is the fact, no clearer case for instituting proceedings the law could be desired. The democratic boast of having the most stringent law against trusts ever enacted in this country will carry no weight so long as a democratic administration neglects to do anything to make the law effective. The sincérity of such legislation can only be determined by an' earnest and honest effort to enforce Of this there is yet sign or symptom. under passed it. no IN THE ASHLAND DISTRICT, It sezms highly probable that for the next few days the attention of the country will be drawn more strongly to the Ashland con- gressional diztrict of Kentucky than it has been at any time since the Inception of the extraordinary campaign there which is now drawing to a close. Already the bitter con- test betwe:n Breckinridge and his opponents has been marked by bloodshed, and the indi- cations are that before it ends there will be more blood spilld. The primaries are to be held tomorrow, and it is at these that serious trouble is expected. The district committee, which is controlled by Breckinridge, a few days ago d-cided an innovation In the rules governing the primary election. It is proposed to require every democratic voter who may be challenged at the polis to tak: an oath to support the regular democratic candidate at the November election. ot this repuirem:nt is imposed in the hope of keepiug from the primaries those of the democratic voters who do not intend un- der any circumstances to support C Breekinridge It he is nomimated. It is pre- dicted, however, that the oath will hav: terrors for very few of the anti-Breckinridge following, but its effect has been to greatly exasperate the oppcsition to the “silver- tongued orator. The Owen following issued a manifesto d nouneing the action of the district committee and assuring democrats that nothing more would be required of them at the primaries than to establish the fact that they had afllated with the democratic party in the past, and intend in good faith to support the nomine: in the regular election in November. This was followed by a manifesto from the Breckinridge camp, severe In its language toward the supporters of Owens, in which it is announced that the rule of the district congressional committze wiil be obsorved at the primaries, and calling upon all to see to It by proper challenge that only democrats participate in this party contest. The Owens men say that they will not abide by the pla of requiring vot:rs to take an oath, which, they say, has not prevailed since the clvil war, and was nmever administered except at the point of a bayomet. If they resist, as they se'm determined to do, undoubtedly there will be very serlous business, for the temper of both sides is at the fighting polnt. There is no parallel to this contest in our political history. No other instancs in which a man branded with infamy as W. C. P, course, lonel Breckinridge Is has sought to be continued In public life and been able to command such a following as he has. The name he bears has been honored in Kentucky for generations, and he is confessedly a man of ability, with personal qualities that make friends and hold them, but nothing could excuso a constituency for keeping in public life a man whose fmmoralitl vile as those of Breckinridge an insult to every reputabl ing man body have been as and it would be and self-respect- return him to that More than this, it would be a reproach to the country to have the fact established that there Is anywhere in this enlightened and Christian land a constituency capable of not only condoning the unspeakably base im- moralities of this man, but reposing in him confidence @¢ a repres:ntative. is by improbable that he cced In securing a renomination, which of course be equivalent election. in the Ashland district for the s wiil with wid to congress to continued Yet it will s would no means to Bvents few da interest, next be regarded spread " CHART doubt that in several The garment which R REVISION There s no needs revision lars us by ur city charter essential particu- was made up for former charter committees and legl latures Is too large and too expensive. Omaha Is a metropolitan city, but it _cinnot afford all frills indulged in by ei of five times her population. ther word we are compelled by to cur- tail munieipal by readjusting pay roll in accordance with The most glaring defect in the method of assessment and levy of taxe No of makes such a bad showing of assessable property values., We need and have a city with a permanent appraisement board, and a limitation of tax levy to correspond with a fair valuation of property. The city be clothed with ample power to force the owners of pers:nal property in the shape of and curlties to list their holdings for taxation and he should also be required, under se- vere penalties, to comply with the law re- ing to the of the property of corporations Next in sessor will cities of three or n nec expenses our our income. our charter is city over 100,000 populaticn must ssessor the assessor should moneys assessment importance to the municipal be the pruning out of nu raries and the elevation of the ard of-city officers charged with the supervision and of corporate property. In devising scheme of refirm and retrenchment we m deal with condi- tions rathe; There is no doubt * that be much better governed by adopting the district commis sioner plan, under which three men have nistered the government of the city of Washington and the District of Columbia Three high salaried business men, even at $10,000 a year, cheaper and more efficient g we Joy. But such a impracticable Board of Public Works, sion, police commission and other boards would be a revolution that mo delegation from Douglas county would have the courage to advocate before a legislature, It would bring upon thelr heads such a shower of political brickbats from all quarters of the gty as to lay them out cn the first round. It is, therefore, simply a waste of brain tissua and breath to speculate or talk about such a change. It the charter o accomplish should aceept seek to fc as- super- stand- care, management ny than Omsha would theories would give us than en- al change is utterly the eity council, the park commis- vernment red To abolish now revision committee any results by its labors it the as It is, and nulate only such changes as will meet with general populir approval and to which the candidates of all parties for the tegislature can be pledged without encdun. teriag a powerful current of opposition They should bear in mind that all legislation is more or less a matter of expediency and concession. If they aim to high and under take extreme reforms they will accomplish nothing. hopes situation T0 ENLARGE THE CABINET. Just previous ta the adjournment of con- Bress £ome quiet work was performed in be- half of a bill to create a new cabinet office to be known as the department of ¢ mmerce, and had the session lasted a littl> longer the project would doubtless have been pressed upon the attention cf the public, even if it did not progress o far as positive legislation or an endorsement by cne or the other of the houses of congreas. The bill in question was introduced in the last house by Congress- man Andrew of Massachusetts and was re- introduced into the house by Con- gressman McEttrick state. It is, in fact, a Mas: asure, having been originally by several of the merchants' asss-clations and commercial clubs of Boston. It is true that the idea has reczived approval of the national board of trade and of business men in several other cities, but its most active supporters in con- gress are o be found almost solely among the representatives from Massachusetts, The establishment of a department of ag rleulture, presided over by a secretary, to represent it in the cabinet, was officially rec- ommended by the commissioner of navigation under the last administration. He outlin:d the jurisdiction of such a department. His plan would include under it some ten or a dozen divisions and bureaus cf the treasury department, relating to trade both internal and foreign, the interstate commerce commis- slon, the Pacific railroad commission, the bu- reau of American republics, and work of improving the rivers and harbors now done by the War department. advantages, It is urged, w.uld accrue trom such a change. The transfer of these de tached divisions from the other d:partments would lessen the labors of their secretaries and leave tae work performed by them more homogenous and This would particularly true with regard to the ury, the bureau of navigation steamship Inspecticn bureau and of statistics are essary treasury branches, present of the tts m same recommended the the compact. be to treas- the the bureau f the nec operations veral the Interstate commerce sion and the census bureau, are not co-ordinated with the department to they are assigned. In the second place, the succass of the proposed scheme would be expected to show a marked im provement in these bureaus by very reason of the consolidation. In the statistical com- pilations, especially, better results would be bad by making the census bureau permanent and placing all such work under the super- vision of a competent chief, with trained clerks, special agents, and statistical experts under his control. The secretary of ¢'m- merce himself would have charge of commer- clal matters in general, and woald be looked to for suggestions of all kinds calculated to promote trade and encourage better fa- cllities for communication and transporta- tion There Is certainly basis for doubts as to the advisability of increasing the present number of cabinet officers, particularly whes one or two of those already at hand might very easlly be spared. There are also serl- ous objections to the creaticn of a department of commerce, just as there were to the crea- tion of the Department of Agriculture, unjess where semi-independent S other such as commi at all which oy we are to have-dspartments devoted to each of the great occupations with representation In the cabift {dunclls. Wo already heat de< mands for gerlepartment of labor. A depart- ment of manofactures will be next. Then wo may lod {3 a department of mining, a department of protessional life, a department of the unemployed and a dozen others, As ‘tv improvements trom the ptipised department of commerce there is no meason why they should not be btained Immediately by a reorganization of the bured¥s ks they exist and a rangement of them the departments we hate. We whether the posed department of will get be- yond the agitation stage fcr a considerable time to or more ‘the promised new ar- under doubt commerce now pro- come, There were only 8,000 free admissions to the state fair on Tuesday. It will be remem- bered that Tuesday was the day for the widely advertised Majors jollification at Lin- coln, and it was necessary to offer powerful inducements to get the republican clubs in the nelghboring cities to come to Lincoln and to pretend 1o be happy over Majors’ nom- ination. Free railrond transportation was enough, especlally when so many of the Majors' shouters have annual passes in thelr which they may any time, The state fair management, however, kindly came to the rescue and a very liberal allcw- ance of fres tickets These harm none except treas- ury, which will ks of litical ravages come to be balanced. Ti telligible if it admi s not pockets, use at was easily had the state fair doubtless show the e entry w “Bight for political effect.” could when accounts 1l be thousand free more in- reads Some interesting data have been compiled by the Washington correspondent of the Chi- ago Record in answer to an inquiry rogard- Ing the usual length of congre The congress fust adjourned, after passing the democratic tariff law, was in ses sion 220 working days, or 330 days, including Sundays, Christmas holidays, legal holidays and.adjournments. Only two congresses con- tinusd to set a longep time. consuming 431 days at sesslons, 1789, the Twenty-seventh congress, consuming 375 days altogether. Other long extended over ranging from 202 days to 304 Omitting Sundays, holidays and there have heen but six congres sessions longer than that closed longest being that of th: Fiftieth e from December 5, 1887, to October 20, 21 days. slonal sessions new the first congress Its regular and extra beginning March, and congresses periods days all racosses sional the igross, 1858, Just With summer excursion rat ist rates and occasion, the regular fare Why not and abolish winter tour I rates on every special der their useless. pernianent altogether spech ailroads manage to re schedule practically ke the special the régular schedule After the reunion in Louisvill:, the Grand Army of the Republic ought to bring its next annual encampment to the west. There will be plenty of live western citizs anxious to take care'’of the veterans in ‘08, and Omaha may be among them Things that ave Been Runaing Kahsas? City Journal Mr. McKinléy is not quite correct in s ing that while democ; as been runni the government nothing clse has becn rt ning. Workingmen's accounts at the gro- cery’ stores have been running, and thing generally have been running down hill AL o South's Enviable Go Globe-Democrat: The statement that the south has suffered little from business depression during the last year is conflrmed by figures. The ex- ports of Savannih for the year ending Au- gust 31 were $25,11L840, an increase of mor than $5,000,000 over 1883, Imports ulso showed a considerable increas ST BTN The Half fas Not Been Told. Buffalo Express (rep.). Senator Manderson says that party fights there is no doubt iving a safe blican majority th If half of what The Omaha Bee says about the republican candidate for governor is true, it is questionable whether (he succes of the state ticket is to be desired. iy Wil Cleveland Help Wilson? att ¢ Tt Cleveland takes th trict of the chairman of the ways a means commitiee, he may perhaps loudly called upon to answer a few qu tions, He will probably write another | ter. The only curiosity about it will whether he can find a chance in his s tences for the words “Sugar trust. has been a dumb cftizen about that. Who Pays the Taxes? New Orleans Pleayune Unfortunately, the masses of the pe do not yet realize that, no matter how the taxes ma reguiated, the masses them all. It was the favorite Idea in ng the income tax that it would only fall on the rich men. Those who have no incomes will not have to pay anything. This the most deceptive notion, The Who pays an income tax imm v gets it vefunded by the people who his houses or purchase his goods, He es rents or inereases the price of his ods and soon gets his income tax out of tomers, or clse he reduces the wages employes. It is the same with all The masses of the pecple pay them in the end, and yet it seems impossible to make the people understand this. People who own no property may think they pay no faxes, but they are handing out their money 10 pay their share of all the Everybody shifts off his burden ypon body’s shoulders, and this shiftifig process £oed on until the last man can put it off on nobody_else. This last man is the work- ingman. “He has nobody below him in the financial scale, and, as a consequence, he must carey the load. All the ingenious and ligh sounding expedients to make the rich men pay the taxes will fail. because the rich men can always dump their load upon the working masses, ———— abeoutractors Protectod. Government Advertiser. president has signed for ~the protection of nishing materials and construction of publiz that any person of per formal contract with the United Siates for the construction of any public building, or the prosecution gnd completion of any pub- lic work or fer' répairs upon any public building or public work, shall be required before commencing -such work to execute the usual good and suf- ficlent sureties, dditional oblig tions that such ‘contractor or contraetors shall promptly make payments to all per- sons supplying hiv er them labor and ma terfals in the prosecution of the work pro- vided for in such contract; and any n or persons making application therefor, an furnishing aflidayit 1o the department under the direction of Which sald work is being or has been, presegited, that labor or ma- terials for the prosECution of such work has been supplied by Tim or them, and pay- ment for which hys not been made, shall be furnished wilh a certified copy of said contract and.bond. Wpon which sald person or persons supplyipg such labor and ma- terials shall hay® § right of action, and shall be authorized’ to bring sult in the name of the Udited States for his or their use and benefit ugalist sald contractor and sureties and to prgsécute the same Lo final judgment and €xvtution: Provided, that Buch action and its prosecutions shall in- volve the United States in no expense. Pro- ovided that in such case the court in which such action s brollight Is authorized to re- quire proper security for costs in case judg- ment i3 for the defendant mmercial, tump in the di nd be be He of his taxes! an act persons fur- labor for - the works, It provides 8 entering into a the REVOLT AGAINST MAJOR: CHADRON, Neb., Sept. 12.—To the Editor of The Bee: Will you permit me, through the columns of your paper, to express my views on the political question as to whom we should support, as republicans, for gov- ernor and lleutenant governot? At me say, to begin with, that 1 am 4 rs old and never voted anything else but the republican ticket, except in 1882, then I 4id all in my power to defeat Loran Clark, the nominee for treasurer on the republican ticket, and he was defeated. 0w Wwe are Iled upon to do what? Vote for T. J. Majors for governor and R. E. Moore for lieutenant governor, 1 ask every honest republican in this state what qualifications have either to recom- mend them to the v rs of the state? 1 will ®11 you: One of them has spent his lite in office ever since he has been old enough to hold office, and has sélected as his lieutenants the rottenest gutter snipes in the state, from Walt Seely :‘Lv\\'n to the street corner politician; has stood branded as ] a perjurer and a scoundrel for years; has never defended himself or the party he rep- l nted, but has the cheek to come up and al the nomination through ol trickery from Jack MacColl, the choice every honest republican In the state Brother republicans, can it be possible that you will support such a man for governor? don't believe it The second man on the ticket, what is he? Pecple that have been in this state twenty four as 1 have, ou A mort | gage flend and mor er. Is this the kind of a man to lea grand old party, | the grandest party in the world? I, for one say no. My coat is off established of nd will stay off until the last vote is cast in November to defeat both of them and elect such men as Judge Hol- comb and Speaker Gaffin. God knows I am not a populist, but of the two evils, let us choose the least I am well aware that I will be criticised for the position I take, but I take it honestly I cannot support either of the men at the head of the ticket, nor do I see how any of you honest republicans can. You will say | as an argument that we ars turning the state over to the populists. I answer that I would rather be in the mands of the pop- ulists with such men as Judge Holcomb and Mr. Gaffin, than be victorious with Majors and Moore. I have met a good many repub- ans that say '‘Renshaw, you are right, but it will not do this time o turn the state over to the populist 1 do not consider that we are turning the state over to the populists. Such men myself and sands of others take another view of the matter. The republicans that are following Majors have been warned time and again of what they were leading the re publican party to in the state, yet the keep on forcing on us as republicans such men; whether it {s through corporations monopolies, or whatever you may call them makes no difference. We as republicans stand by what we believe to be right and do what we believe, to be right, and If p sible teach the republic if they want republicans they must fetch up men as our candidates, as standard bearers, that decent republicans can support. In the near future, I will give the political facts in support of the position that I have taken that will place me in perhaps a different light than 1 am plac in now. It has already elected to office suld to me, ‘“‘Ren shaw, you have gone over to Rosewater. To such men I will say I never was a Rose water man, except when he was right. Rose. water, like the rest of us, has some goo idcas, and has done a great deal of good. I think tha Rosewater has done things that | were a detriment to the republican party, to a rtain extent, but [ believe in giving the devil his dues. Rosewater has the moral courage and has his own convictions as to right and wrong. He expresses them and leaves the people to judge. In this instance he is undoubtedly right, and I believe that the honest republicans in the state will decide 20 the polls November next. In conclusion, I will say that this bitter pill for a republican to take, but 1 hav glven it careful thought, and God knows 1 have tried to get the consent of my ind if possibic to support the ticket, and I must say candidly that I can- not do it and will not do it. Time will prove whether the course 1 have taken is the best for the republicans. I appeal to the state at large. When we elect the governor he is the governor of the peo- ple, but the pariy is responsible for him For that reason 1 do not, for one, want to be held responsible for the conduct of either of the men named at the head of the ticket I do this through no malice to either of the men socially; 1 like them both, but politi- cally [ cannot support either of them. I trust every republican in the state will ponder this in his mind candidly before casting his vote. W. P. RENSHAW. been Is a O'NEILL, Sept. 10.—To the Editor of The Bee.—I have talked with a number of re- publicans regarding the nomination of Tom Majors, and many of them are of the opinion that it is the worst calamity that has be- fallen the parly in years. From all parts of the state comes the cry for new blood and new men for leaders, but the old ring- sters choked them off and secured the nom- nation of a man who has been sucking the public teat for thirty years, and whose rec ord is such that a large number of repub- licans will have to give him the cold shoul der this fall. Let us have new leaders, and | then the grand old party can regain the laurels she has lost. C. D. H. NEBKASKA AND NEBR. The Seward schools have opened, with 499 pupils enrolled and more to come. The Seward county fair, while a success as an exhibition, was a failure financially. City Treasurer King of Grand Island is the possessor of one of the finest collections of old coins in the state, Tom Patterson of Plattsmouth tried to turn a chair in a B. & M. car and mashed his finger so badly that amputation was necessary. James Haney of Columbus tried to ride a bucking broncho, with the result that he is now laid up with a broken wrist and a skinned nose. The Boyd County Irrigation, Power and Improvement company has been incorpo- rated. It is proposed to run a canal through the county from the west. Stella Rossman and Maud Snooks, 13-year old Superior girls, were enticed away from home by two young men, and It was a week before their parents discovered their whereabouts and had them brought home They are now candidates for the reform school. H. Lund, a_well digger of Oakland, was probably fatally injured while he was at work in the bottom of a sixty-foot well The aceldent was caused by the breaking of a rope, and the bucket struck Lund on the shoulder, breaking the shoulder blad and five ribs and fracturing the collar bone beside inflicting internal injuries. Burt Wilsey, the Cr vouth stabbed by Andrew Hamling is recovering from his injuries, the surprise of his friends and physicians damling's knife penetrated the boy's left lung, but the wound is healing nicely, and he will so0n be as strong as ever. Hamling is out on $1,000 bonds for his appearance for trial at the coming term of court. LA Keep in the Middis of the Road. Fremont Herald By a strange coincidence () Majors, rail- road candidate for governor, and Tobey Cas- tor, railroad democratic promoter of republi can success, met at a way station one day this week. They wers on trains going in opposite directions, and yet seemed to Know they were to meet each other. A long con- sultation was held In the space between two freight cars, free from observation, as they erroncously supposed. Yes, oh, yes, ‘“keep in the middle of the road” and let the “‘roads’ have the persimmon. SKANS. who wa ptember 3 greatly to Highest of all in Leavening Po Qal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE s of our state that | MR ROSEWATER AT FREMONT, Bllled to Deliver « Politieal Address There Saturday. Mr. E. Rosewater, oditor of The Bee, has acoepled an invitation to address the voters of Fremont and Dodge county Saturday evening, September 15, The committee of ar- nounce that the opera hous the oceasfon and prom- Mr. Rosewater's subject will be: “Republicanism vs. Boodlerism." The Fremont Herald yesterday published the following announcement of the meeting “Hon. E. Rosewater will be in Fremont Saturday evening, and will speak at the opera house on ‘Republicanism vs. Boodler- ism. Mr. Roscwater's ability as a public speaker i3 oo well known to need comment. At this stage of political fecling the ane nouncement that he will speak should serve to fill the howke to overflowing e silemcee PEOPLE AND THINGS, rangements a hae boen reserved for ise a full house. There are no Maine's majority. Calamity howlers of the light in airrigating their tiles Admiral Ting has been added collection of tattooed has beens Current probabilities dellcat withdrawal of overcoats from bond Harry C. Miner, New York theatrical man- ager, 1s about to take the road with a con- gressional nomination. Tom Watscn fs running a populist paper in Atlanta. It is sald his expressed would stump a political expert to he Is at “Holdrege, for [ must gain. Smite fusion! By George. (Toburlington Castor.) 2ditor Whitelaw Re!d a trip around the world. He takes along an aggravating case cf asthma, hoping for a chance to drop it in the antipodes. Benjamin D. Silliman of Brooklyn, who will be 80 years cld today, was a delegate 1o the national convention which nominated Willlam Henry Harrison for president Ex-Senator Ingalls dropped this eplgram in a recent Kansas speech: “It would be better for the country if women entered poli- ties, but not so geod for the women.' It is announced by a British society that King John did not sign Magna_Charter at Runnymede or anywhere else robably he allowed it to become a law under the ten- ay limit. Tommy now feicles on the whiskers of Upton brand de- to China's suggest the opinions tell what am comin; the enemy, we've caught viet we down ~with McShane! ry is about to start on dear Tommy, come home with me the clock in the steeple strikes 2. You are drunk with conceit, your jaw wags in vain; old hickory won't save you—h o-hoo! —(From advance sheets of Church Howe's ecampaign song.) v. R. B. Garret of Austin, Tex. to be the only person living who witnessed the death of John Wilkes Booth. He was then a boy about 12 years of age, living near Port Royal, Va., and it was in his fath barn that Booth finally took refuge. The New York policeman who accumulated A §21)000 home $15,000 in cash, all in a few years or; of $2,750 a year, need not lament his preeip- itate bounce. He can readily add o his pile by selling the recipe to the profession At what age does a child cease to be un- spankable? A young lady, aged 24 years peared befcre Justice Simms in a New York police court a few days ago and complained that her mother had ‘‘spanked her most em- phatic,” but, after hearing the gase, he ad- vised the young one to go back home. THEY HAVE HEARD FROM MAINE. claims Chicago Tribune (rep): The result was a landslide, an avalanche, a Waterloo. Chicago Post (dem.): It's a cold day for democrats—especlally down in Maine Chicago Herald (dem.): Maine elections have long ceased to have much intcrest for democrats outside the limits of the state, Indianapolis News (ind. rep): Mr. Reed can now assure the next republican national convention that if nominated he will be able 1o carry his own state. Minneapolis Times (dem.): Tom Reed's district. no longer in doubt. Tom Is clected. He won't admit, however, that it was not McKinley's spe-ch that did it. Chicago Times (ind. dem.): The reason? Well, the democratic party is the people’s party or nothing. Grover Cleveland and his cuckoo followers have tried to make it the plutocrats party. Globe-Democrat (rep.): Malrie has an ex- cellent habit in addition to rolling up hand- some republican majorities in most of her elections. She usually selects good men for congress, and then she keeps them in office as long as they want to stay in Chicago Record (ind. dem.): But the most pronounced triumph of all is that of Mr. TReed, whose plurality has grown from 1,677 in 1892 to somewhire between §,000 and 10,000. It is mot without reason, therefore, that his friends are pointing him out when they explain “what did it."" Washington Post (rep.): What yesterday we expect the other states In the north, east and west, at least, to do whon their opportunity presents itself. We expec in a word, that the whole country will rise in protest aguinst the foolish, mischievous, and untoward policy which the cuckoos, the mugwumps and the demagogues have indi- cated. ‘The country Is always intelligent and patriotic, and it can be relied upon, we think, to accept the republican party as the safest, wisest and most wholesome custodian of the national welfare of the circamstances that now prevail in the democracy. Maine did a carriage and dog cart, and | @ salary | J. STERLING MORTON'S DENTAL of Agriculture Charge of N Secrotary Morton York last Sunday by Secretary Rotates ot was Interviewed in New a reporter of the Herald and entered an emphatie denial of the charge of nepotism made by the republican cone gressional e comm| “To my knowledge,” he sald, “tNere is nok a single violation of the civil service law I any appointment T have made. The books of the department are open for inspection al any time by any person who has a right to look at them, and they will bear out my statemont “I have no relative elther by blood or neither Skinners, Smiths there in of the 1t so, I and ready to take my medicine, no aliens there that 1 know of found aliens in office when 1 took charge In relation appointed in any department, narriage. There are Browns ner Joneses civil service law. violation am liable There are but 1 to the statement that his private secretary a year a young Swede who had not been naturalized, the secretary said the young man was appointed upon the recommendation of Representative Michael D). Harter of Ohlo, and, although he forcign_born, he was & naturalized citizen of the United States, ko far as he knew. The young man had resigned tho office a few months ago to becore the secretary of a land company at $6,000 a year Mr. Morton characterized statement that the landlady of the | family had been placed on the rolls of the | department as a scrubwoman at $30 a { month, enabling her to reduce the price of | board for the Skinnes n proof of the efficient manner in whieh my department has been conducted,” said Mr. Morton, “the recent report of the dis- bursing officer shows that I cover back 23 per cent of the entire appropriation for my department, making an aggregate sum ot | $600,000. | I have put more persons in the Depart- | ment of Agriculture legitimately than my | | he had at $2,000 as “rot” the Skinner predecessors, and 1 am the only secretary who has had the heads of the departments classified under divisions. think,” said Mr. Morton, in conclusion, ““that these charges come from a printers® union, which has tried to regulate the prints ing office of the department to suit itselt.” e, COMICAL DRIFT, Record: “This Is stew 1 the oyster, as he jumped the fourth time in one da Philadelphia much aim into the pan for Chica Inter Ocean: “Mr. 8 me that you have given him new and hope.’" Doctor—1'm glad to hear I'll put them in the bill now Life: Ada—Flo was the third time when a yacht and caugh her life! Wasn't Yes, for a doctor. Truth: love!” “Ah! and was unhappy “Yes; he found that the girl couldn't even | support herself, to say nothing of him!" al; courage that; sing down for tson dived off ace—And saved derful? Ada— just Dr. Wi her. € that wo “Poor dear thing; he married for Ruffalo Cour in the country noticed that in cabbage nearly Jilson, who h for several w says he the agricu ace the always comes out @ head s been out Somerville Journal proclaims loudly that | politics, because he is with the dishonesty just as well to take doesy’t fool you in Even when a man he doesn't go {nto too much disgusted of politicians, it is precautions that he horse trade. Cineinnati Tribu “Say,” sald the guest, “what do you mean by charging me 8 for tne same room you let me Have/Insk or . &0 much_ coc now,” calmly re- that you get twice as muc ping as you did last A GOOD FILLER Indianapolls Journal The press was waiting, the hour was late, The train that carried the boller plate Was wrecked some twenty miles awa In short, there was the deuce to pay. Then up' the tube the editor sang ‘Shove in them cuts of Li Hung Chang!" MINDING THE BAR John H Youse betcher tle here ail day An' do d' work an time to play, While all d' ‘ndder kids is out a-playin® roun’ ' bl An' dough me work is finisht, yet I has t' sit an’ rock. Lewis in New York Sun. life dis ain’t no cinch ' huse tend &' kid an’ have no Says ma: “Now rock @' cradle, Kitty Ann, An 'lcok out fer d' baby, Kitty Ann, Fer he's yer little brudder, An’ youse hasn't got no udde: Be sure t' min’ d° Laby, Kitty Ann." Deyr playin' ring scotch I kin tell, | T wonder ' 1 ook ' sneak would he up an' yell wizz! I'se aimost § now it's 1, sit an’ rock. I wish dere wasn' use a tall, Except t' bodder folk day, an' bawl Aw naw, dat's all a bluft! Kkid in ' block, : 2 An’ dough its radder tough on me, I'll ches" sit still an' rock An’ 80 ches' rock al An’ look out fer d' baby Fer he's yer little brudd An’' youse hasn't got no udder, 80 ches’ youse min' d' baby, Kitty Ann, ounder, an’ at hops wike heen since ock but still T s'pose I'll hat t* Ch a-hustlin' here An' any kids. D'y ain't no and keep dem In all ‘er he's d' bes Kitty Ann, Kitty Ann, YOUR MONE He had a “Stetson Special” caught his WHAT FASHIO. Browning, Reliable Clothicrs, S. S WORTH OR YOU Here It Is. (We're sole ag Sunday hat, but he didn't care for that, For he wanted one that was the very latsst; 'Cause it was the very mywest and the w ¥ BACK. eye, and he couldn't pass greatest NCLES WE FURNISH King & Co., . Cor. 15th and Douglas.