Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 21, 1894, Page 4

TR e r——————————————T—" THE Omfi.@ DALY BEE. 5. ROSEWATER, Editor D EVERY M UBSCRI aay), € One Year 110! e m 1 09 (3] ithout Su Year s Yenr Year OFRICES Tullding 12_Penrf St 17 Chamber of Omaha, T Bouth Omaha, Councll Bluffs Chilcagn Office New York, o Washington, 1407 I CORit uld he addre JINESS LETTERS All b Totte addrosse T Omnha be mia Fwenty-fourth Sta Tribune DBI0g, PONT ANl com gorial mactor It o should be rders (0 OF CIRCULATION, ecy f The oo Put pics he Dully printed du as follows M Aotal Lews deductions coples retumed Total wold Daily average Fot cireulati TZSCHUCK. in my GEORGE before 1 na ith day of Septemher [ subscribed 1801, P. FEIL, stary Pubil e ——— Wo rejoice in the quickened the people concerning politieal affairs, and will hold all publie ofifcers to sponsibility and engage (that that the prosecution and pu who betray official trusts shall be swift, thorough and unsparing.—National Repub- llean Platform, 1876. Larry Neal was altogether lost ©Ohio democr:tic convention shuflle. nsclence of rigid re- neans ‘pledge’) ment of all In the Trotting in 2:033% will be put at the head of this year's record breaking achievements. You cannot democrat bears, ways tell to which faction a belongs by the label which he Czar Holdrege 1s a democrat. Why shouldn’t he take a hand in the democratic melee? Having awarded £o many prizes to others during the World's fair, John Boyd Thatcher thinks he is entitled to a little political prize all for himselt. Alix, the queen of the trotting turf, began her carcer in Nebraska. She is a glorious example of what Nebraska raising can make of choice horse flesh, _ Railroad democrats and railroad republi- ©ans have a very close bond of union. That s why they seldom have any difficulty in laying into one another's hands. " The state central committee is doing all it can to up under the weight of the Tattooed Incubus. If it falls on Novem- "bér 6 no blame cin be attached to it. Nobody can account for it, but the fact re- mains that freight and passenger traffic is rapidly on the increase both east and west. Maybe it is the harbinger of better times. The bullding inspector has notified many owners of large buildings that they must provide smoke consumers, The property owners decline. And the building inspector 15 content to let it go at that. The federal brigade fought bravely in the Douglas county democratic primarigs, and #0 did the railroad cohorts. But most of them shared the fate of the heathen Chinee ‘Wwhen the Japs fell upon them. The new army orders do not reduce the number of men stationed at Fort Omaha, but it deprives the Department of the Platte of seven companies that were previously under Its jurisdiction. This reduction may, bowever, only be temporary. Some people in this vicinity are quite curi- ous to know who is putting up the money o push the Impeachment procecdings against Mayor Bemis and how much the lttle affair is costing them. Some one who Is interested in the result is surely paying the piper. New York democrats are looking for an evailable candidate for governor who will pay a good round sum for the empty honor of defeat. There is no fear that they will not be able to find him. As a last resort Governor Flower is still on the eligible list. The Board of Health gets a new lease of life by the decision of the council to accede to its request for an additional appropria- tion for the health fund. As a condition to this appropriation the board ought to re yequired to lop off a few of its supernumer- arfes, both man and beast. Remarkable, Is it not, how many candi- dates for political honors have found occa- slon to put thelr names opposite generous sums on the guarantee fund to secure the immediate payment of the money due the members cf the lllinois National Guard for their services during the recent strike! Proxies for seats in the democratic state convention at prices to suit the holder, or all the way from $26 to $500, with an an- nual pass thrown in, are now In demand. Bryan delegates may apply to Tobias Castor, Burlington right of way man, and member of the democratic national committee. There were about as many brain-inverted idiots in the republican state convention as iwero ever exhibiled fn one aggregation, but they did not make the noise that is predicted ) for the demcoratic state convention on the | Z6th. The year 1894 is distinguished for " extraondinary and unspeakable things, and | Omaha is always in the procession of yesrs. ~ Willlam B. Allison of Towa Is being again _ wery prominently mentioned as a presidential . posaibility. This is, of course, nothing new %3 the people of this part of the country, be- cause Senator Allison was a presidential pos- ity In 1888 and then failed to secure sup- (" port outside of his own state, chiefly for the weason that he was considered young encugh £ walt. Senator Allison's friends now think _ that be has waited sufiiciently long and they are losing no opportunity to make way for his candidacy. THE QUESTION OF HONEST MONEY, Comptroller Bekels s doing no better serve fee to the country than that of ad ting honest money, and he does this with such intelligenc and earnestness that It can- not fall ts make an impression. The comp- troller of has deliverad s addresses recently before assoclations of bank- and all of valuabl the currency whizh v have the In deprecated the much too at it ntial to the p always be a regardless of its r value. He vailed in ¢ i the currency eral ers, them are tions to stion to address | au publicity. wides! his latest mon 18 ess ple's ty that there large of prosper volum ative or Intrinsic thi patntad out that minl times when currency Issued large volume that was withqut r ntative or intrinsic worth, and to the adoption records th it continued to be acted upon down of History serious results of this mistaken the constitution | notion Mr those uneondition: nd currency a Rl pers offers no encouragement to want to repeal the tax on state bank to put out Referring ns in his party who allow banks trealy satd if it of ruin to the people then why would not a attempt to enrich the people through such a currency be 1 by The laws of political econ and the results that of vast of repre: intrin in the past would cert the rcy. There §s no sentiment em- the of Mr. no matter how great may be the of the currency it each and every of that currency is not of value to rrent in the world of it add to the blessings of the vecple. productive of the people’s it of gold, silver paper, in 5t things, be of unquestioned value, and when called into discharge, without ald of acts at home or abroad, the the holders.” This is sound doctrine, and less the statement that matter the currency may be it will not find its way to those who People whu are with- or 1ssues state 18 th to the curr » war of reb was 8o proli return to the accompani equal ruin now? changed the e omy have not follower uance amonnts currency having no entative or sic valu inly be re- it such a cf bodied peated country should again have rr in and laws money, sald volume dollar pass cannot “To must the very and requisition legal tender obligations of busines be good whether or orde unvarying the no s0 Is no how abundant are wanting in credit. out the m: pay obligations failed to maintain their financial integrity can get no relief from currency inflation, to whatever estent it Those who demand that the supply of currency be increased until it reaches $50 per capita will to ans nay be carrizd. do well to reflect upon this suggestion of the comptroller of the currency. It touches the very core uf the guestion. Too much cannot be said as to the supreme importance of having the money of the coun- try sound and honest money. To cheapen the value of money is in governments a sin which in the nature of its operation inflicts penalty upon the people, the greatest hardship of such a policy falling upon the producer and the wage earner. The monetary standard which this country should maintain ought to be the very high- est the world knows, o that wherever an American may be the dollar which his gov- ernment has issued or authorized shall be given full faith and credit the world, over. It is not such a standard whien the advocates of free silver and currency inflation pro- pose. the severest OMAHA'S PUT The best URE GROWTIH. indication that Omaha . is not on the decline is the fact that nearly every dwelling house in the city is occupied and that an increase of over 1,000 school children is reported in attendance at the public schools last year. There is no doubt that employment for working men and work- ing women is slack, but In that respect the industrial depression in Omaha is no greater than it is in other cities of like population. In fact capitalists who have investments in what is known as the Big Four—St. .Paul, Minneapolis, Kansas City and Omaha—un- reservedly say that Omaha is the most sub- stantial of the four towns in point of busi- ness and has better prospects of growth than either of the others. Whatever drawback there is from the shortage of crops in Ne- braska this vear will be more than offset by improved conditions in the Black Hills and in the mining states west of the Rockies, which are largely tributary to Omaha job- bers. What over is now action wanted in Omaha is con- certed in promoting enterprises that promise employment to workingmen. We want small factories that will grow and ex- pand with the city rather than great es- tablishments that are liable to close down periodically. We must keep up public im- provements, build at least one market house and replace the ramshackle viaducts with substantial structures. Whatever is done in the way of public improvements should be permanent and whenever it is possible the work should be done by day lubor rather than by contract. The contract system is pernicious and costly. It fosters corruption in the city council and among our inspectors of public works. It results in cheat- ing in the quality of materials and in the quantity of work dome, and, more- over, doubles taxation by compelling recon- struction and repairs of streets, sewers and other public werk. In a nutshell we want a large number of small factories, liberally patronized by home consumers; we must give the wage worker the opportunity to reduce the cost of living by dealing directly with the producer, and we must endeavor to conduct our municipal affairs on business principles. By pursuing such a policy Omaha will forge right ahead and overtake every one of her commercial rivals west of the Mississippl. PROFESSOR ELY EXONERATED. The complet> exoneraticn of Prof. Ely of the University of Wisconsin from charges preferred against him of encouraging strikes and boycotts and inculeating the doctrines of socialism from a chair in a public educa- tional institution was for:shadowed by the dismal fallure that attended the point:d prosecutor during the hearing of the case. The state superintendent of schools, who gratultously took it upon himsel to ia- stitute the inquisition into Prof. Eiy's teach- ings, acknowledged his inability to make out his case by withdrawing from it entirely be- fore the preliminaries were finisked, and he was since then, although entitled Ly custom to a renomination at the hands of his party, re- fused a place upon this year's state ticket. The committee of the board of university reg:nts then had no other course to pursue than to report in favor of the defense and to recommend the retention of Prof. Ely in his present position without prejudice of any kind. i This result is a distinct galn for the cause of freedom of teaching. By employing in- structors in the university the regents do not commit themselves® except in the most general way to all that may be taught to students in attendance upon the diff:rent contribu- | [ courses. They do not endorse. the views and opinions which members of the faculty may | expross or stamp with official approval the books, pamphiets, articles and reviews which may be publish:d anting _from per- connected in pacity with the As a matter of fact, the regents of Wisconsin found that within the past eightesn months nearly 200 publications of various kinds had been tectarors and sent subjects pnking” to Mythoiogy." 'some things sevial otism | sons me ¢ uni | ot Tty the University upon Inquiry de by thelr professors, students upon very wid:ly div | going all the way fr act and | “wit they continu | may written also n “'Cheese ology"" Roman 2y out doubt," ve been but peyehology. which good people We however, 1 I fact that many of the uni prip Aot oy on ccanomies on hiztory, hyy nd law, with not’ logy education many conld agres, of 1 caunot, the iples of today were but a short time ago | denounced visionary, impracticable and | pernicious.” The regents th re came to | | | as the ¢ n that t ment ot recommending dismissal eriticism of a it opinions should in some quarters nelusi could not for a mo- the teacher think or even th some of his be even qarded as visionary of institutions, . charg: ational publicly contributions the parti management slarly those or in part by ralsed public tasation, have a two-fold duty to perform in the selec- | tion of members of the teaching staff. They hav: to preserve the freedom of teaching so that individual thought and original research be stimulated, and they e to prevent abuse of this freedsm. Freedom of teach ome a licens: of teaching should it aim to destroy the power which has created it and which proteets it would be justified in harboring a who foments lawlessness an- archy. In this cas: there was no question of this kind. Prof. Ely always denied the superiority of any socialistic over present conditions. His exoneration means that the freedom of teaching is not being abused in Amcrican universitie ot edv endowed or supported teacher or who advocates scheme A GENUINE REVOLT. There can be no doubt s to the genuine- of the revolt of Louisiana sugar planters, a very large majority of whom have hitherto acted with the democracy. The con- vention held in New Orleans a feiv days ago gave the most unqualified expression to the determination of the planters particl- pated In it to ally themselves with the re- publican party, not merely with a view to sending republi to congress, but for the purpoze, also, of supporting the policy of pro- tection. In order to support that cause it will be necessary for the sugar planters of Louisiana to vote with the republican party in national elections, and this, It is safe to assume, i3 what they intend to do. They have utterly renounced their demoeracy and propose in future to act with the republican party. The influence of these planters, who repre- sent an immense investment of capital in the principal industry of Louisiana, upon the politics of that state cannot fail to be great, but the fact must be recognized that they have undertaken a far from easy task in pro- posing to elect republicans to congress. There are large democratic majorities in all the districts, varying from two to one in some to five to one or six to one in others, to be overcome, and while this may be done in some instances it is not to be expected that this year a ‘majority of the congressional delegation from Louisiana will be republicans. Two vears ago the democratic candidate in the First district received 10,878 votes, while the republican secured but 4789, In the ness the who Second district the democrats had 12,288 votes | and the republicans a little over 6,000. In the Third district the vote was 14,033 demo- cratic and only 3,123 for the opposition. The Fourth district gave the democratic candidate 16,442 votes and for the fusionist B,167. In the Fifth district there were 19,571 demogratie votes as against 7,301 for the opposition, while in the Baton Rouge district the democrats had 12,258 votes to 2,043 for the republicans. These figures show that it will require extraordinary efforts to take any of these districts from the demo- crats, and in some of them it is seemingly a hopeless undertaking. Of course the party leaders and the party press are fighting this movement with all their energy, and they will not hesitate to use any device that may be contrived for its defeat. The federal and state office holders vigorously denounce the action of the planters, and it was shown in the convention that the promoters of the movement appre- hend unfair treatment on the part of the state authorities, one of the resolutions adopted demanding a falr election and an honest count and return of the votes as cast. The popular prejudice is already being ap- pealed to by the ery of “negro domination,” and it will not be without effect, for no- where in the south (s race antagonism stronger than in Louisiana. Still if this re- volt shall not at once accomplish all that is hoped for it there is reasen to believe that it will not be utterly Zruitless. It demon- strates that there are men in the south who are not irrevocably bound to the democratic party and who will mot follow it in its eru- sade agalnst protection, and such men are not all in Louisiana. They are to be found in other southern states where there are industries affected by the tariff and the num- ber is Increasing from year to year as these industries develop. In the Virglalas, in Ten- nessee, Alabama and some other states there is a very considerable protection sentiment and it will continue to grow and to more and more make itsclf felt. The action of the Louisiana sugar planters has its value as an example. The republicans of Connecticut make a good point in their platferm when they call attention to the declaration of the democratic leaders that the fight for free trade is to be renewed as a fair warning to the country “that its unprecedented commercial distress of the past two years will be indefinitely pro- longed unless the contrcl of the affairs of the government is put back into the hands of the republican party, which alone has proved itself equal to the great trust.”” Every utterance that has come from any responsi- ble democratic source since the passage of the tariff bill Is an assurance to the country that agitation for s--called tarift reform, which is but another name for free trade, is to be continued. Mr. Cleveland has sald that the war must go on. Mr. Wilson has promised that the crusade against protection shall not halt. Other democratic leaders have talked In the same way, and every demo- cratic platform proclaims that the fight for free trade is nct ended. The democracy is not satisfied with the Incalculable damage its reactionary policy has already wrought and proposes to keep up the contest for the abolition of protective duties, regardless of consequences to tha material interests of the country. The caly effective cheek to their purpose will be found in the election of a republican house of representatives. If the people send to the next congress a majority of republican representatives the danger of further democratic tinkering with the tarlft will be averted= The democrats may still agitate, but their power tor‘lurmfl mischisf will be destroyad ?u,y trial of Mayor Bemis re- the Korsythe court martial the Wounded Knee battle ded by a pack of d had fight for a to protect the to do h duty to The minds which Hoth treacherous their honor government. “JAT tried the best of hi§ ability. Forsythe had to be disciplined lest might rapid promotion for,gallantry on the fieid. Bemis had to be betdiwthied lest he, too, might b called up highew by his constituents. The logic of the situdtioh suggests the query Does it pay a eivil or military officer his duty? If ab the end of every battle court martial awaits the officer in the thickest of the fight, and If a mayor who has tried to do his duty and fought a successful fight with boodlers and public plunderers, is to be pulled up before a court of justice on trumped-up and bogus of impeach- ment what reward [s there for fidelity to a public trust? Mayor Beniis needs no de- fense. But tal farce which his enemies are ing simply o gratify personal will have ulterior effect upon good men who hereafter may be sought out for the office of mayor. of meney which result of the pre-elec- the Ashland district go o in explaining the animosities that engendered and the the adhicrents of the opposing candidates cling to their cliims of ultimate victory, The man who bas a small fortune risked the returns easily per- suaded to raise the cry of fraud. It is un- fortunate that pelitical have made the objects upon which the gambling propensities of the people attach themselves, because the fact lends its influences to the tendencies that make for corruption. Blec- tion of the fruittul sources of the perversion of free government. The Chicago Times that Secretary Morton was personaily directing the adminis- the Otoe fight by wire from Washington. The secretary must then have left instructions to cover any pos- sible emergency when he started on his va- trip to Eurcpe. How he could be abroad and in Washington directing a polit- ical fight at the same time can be explained on no other theory. trumg one followed men were surrou Indians to personal he secure too articles the monum enac spleen an The large wagered on tion eampaign great wi been which sums the in were have persistence with on is very contests been betting is one mest insists forces in county cation Senator Brice can’t be frightened into re- signing his seat in the senate by any such thing as a resolution favering the election of United States semators by direct popular vote. An innovation of that kind wowld make him cling to bis place all the tighter. Senator Brice is ‘sure of the seat he now has, while he is equally sure that he would lose dt it he had to run the gauntlet of a popular election. Importinent Drivesat the Flsherman, New York World. 1t Mr. Cleveland could induce the secre- tary of the nmavy to give Carnegle's case to the grand jury it would undoubtedly do something to prevent half o million demo- crats from going on a November fIshing ex- cursion in search of Clevela Ka w City Star: In the face of 4] the clonds of fear that blood would flow' shoe-mouth deep in Kentucky Saturday, the only troubles which came, came when the mists had cleared awdy Sunday morajng, when Deacon But- ler ipunched Deac sMiller with an um- brefla. before chugdl at Paris, Ky. This 18 a great come-dowfl after all the bloviating; after all the manifestos and the proclami- tions; after getting the reading public to hold its breath f v-eight hours. Can it be that Kentucky is getting old? That her teoth are out and that she caw't fight any more and is only garrulous? Are her fights all to be deacon fights? Has the shotgun of youth been replaced by the umbrella of senility 7 e Remarkuble Output of Gold. Washington Star. The figures of the output of gold for the first six months in 1894 show a surprising increase over former years. In the Uni States the product for the period menti amounted to $18,020,356, or $2,610,648 more than for the first half year in 1893. There are reports of similar increases given for the gold producing countries in Australia and South Africa. Estimating the produc- tion of the year, therefore, upon the output of the first six months, conservative sta- tisticians expect the entire output this year will reach the enormous total of $175,000,000 This has never been equaled in the history of the world, and it will need but a very small further increase to put the productlon of gold alone abreast of the combined pro- duction of both gold_and silver during the years from 1865 (o 157, when the western | silver mines were at the height of their productiveness. It will be Interesting to sew What effect the gold increase will have upon the International deliberations over the money question e The Grand Army. Philadelphia Ledger, Statistics of the Grand Army of the Re- public show that it is on the downward ath, though it is still a veritable army, so numbers are concerned. On June there were 397,223 members In goo standing. On_June 30, 189l, the numbs had fallen to 363,088 The losses by deaths amounted to 7,28, and this 1oss might easily be offset by new recruits, as there are prob- | ably 200,000 men eligible to membership who have not yet joined the orde But the | order also suffers largely from suspensions. Many of the members, particularly during hard times, are unable to keep up their pa: ments of dues, and nearly 35, were su pended last year for that reason. Fourteen thousand were reinstated, but the net loss from suspensions was more than 20,000, Un- less some extraordinary event should stim- ulate the growth of the order, it n’lny be expected to gradually decline, Kew of the members sre urd r 4y ars of aze;the maj r- ity, probably, are between 50 and 55, wiile some are in the W's. The mortality of such a body of men, many of whom have been weakened by disease or wounds, will naturally increase rn“ldly as the years roll by, and ten years hence the ranks will be greatly depleted unless recruits can be mustered in ST Exploring Idaho, New York Sun. An interesting field of exploration Is the young state of Idaho, and a picked body of military explorers are now under orders to {raverse the known portions of it. Ty are o MAVL Fort Wharman tnia month, well provided with arms and other equipments, and® with rations carried by pack mules, proceediin a southeasterly di- rection along the: Mullan trail, cross the divide, advance 10 the head waters of the north fork of the Clearwater river, follow the Lolo trall, I’ll'\l, return to the fort by way of Hangmaf's creek. They will make a general reconmoisance of those parts of the big state which lle between the two tralls, for the purpgse of obtaining informa- tion concerning their-topographical features, the sources and courses of the streams and the practicable riites for travel. They are to remain out Gl winter se(s in. Though Idaho has been a state of the union for four yeprs. It has never been properly explored k' the state’ has failed to make provisiop¥ for fts exploration. It Is one of the lar t of the states, having an area of 84,000 fduske miles, with a length of mearly 50 miles [from north o south along the westerns boundary. It is rich in gold and silver and §B minerals, but, though over thirly years have passed since goid Was there discovers, its population at this time §s only about 100,000 When the state shall become beler known through ex- ploration, and when railroads shall make t more accessible to settlers, its numbers rease in the measure of its deserts. POLITICAL POTPOURRL The Cedar Rapids, la, Gazstt: savs that should Mr. Rosewater sump the state against Tom Majors, he wouid have a “'great 10 for telling the truth. It was the acme of rofined crusicv for the railroads to tak: all their passenser troins off the small branch roads Just as the juxs finders were about to tale short rides for their health Miles Zentmyer: who once ran for lieuten ant governor on the democratic tieket and owed his dose of deteat like a man, has been nominated for the state senate by the democrats of the district represented the last legislatare by Collector North. And now some Lincoln republican has had the audacity to complain because the repub lican state central committee keep *‘Cap" Bd Murfin in fts employ. Walt for th re moval of Seely and Ager before asking for mol decapitations in the railroad cohorts “B. T. Holeombe the Millard ho shap: of the “E" was a name plaged upor register yesterday. Tl made it look a great deal liko an “S," and for a tme there was ccn sternation in the little room wherein *Cap- tain” Murfin affixes the name autograph letter nd Island Independent: In the Chicago Tribune M 1 Rosewater has m [ scathing answer to General Thay anjust attack on him and his motivis. Our ol friend Thayer is now under the thumb of the railroads, and the statements in lis published interview mostly false. He supports Majors with distortion of truth, be- #e both of them are in the railroad serv- ce. S. 8. Alley, th democrats in the trict, s candld not expect but he inte is nominee of the ‘st Fourth congressional dis- enoitgh to say that he victory to perch on his banner, ds to ‘‘return it unsullied to democracy after the Nov er There may be a few railroad stains on the banner before the canvass is completed, but Mr. Alley and the “stralghts” will wot wind that. Fremont Herald: The present outlook would indicate that Castor and Majors would be unable to agree upon a democratic can didate for governor, and, therefore, they may conclude to leave the head of the ticket blank. That would be a shabby way to treat Holeomb in the matter, for he has counted on having some incentive for mak- ing a hard campaign, and with no one against him but the “spotted” hero from Nemaha, Holcomb would have no excuse for political work, as his election would be assured. alght’ oL NEBEASKA AND NEBRASKANS, The fall meeting of the Cass Farmers' institute will be held October 3 and 4. Rev. J. H. Henderson has resigned the pastorate of the Congregational church at Grand Island and will leave for a new field on October 1. John Schaat of Long Pine fell wheels of a train at Gordon right arm and hand so badly crushed that amputation was necessary. He had tried to board a train while it was in motion. €. G. Cleuse has sold the Gandy Pioneer to D. P. Wilcox, formerly of the Aurora Re- publican. Mr. Cleuse will devote his ener- gies to securing an election as a_member of the next Nebraska legislature. He has been nominated by the republicans of his distric While Hon. B. F. Miles was assisting some well diggers at his farm near Dawson, the windlass he was turning escaped from his grasp and the crank struck him on the head, probably fatally fracturing his skull. Mr. Miles is one of the ploneers of Richardson county and an ex-member of the legislature. A correspondent of The Bee writes some adyice to farmers who have been cut short of feed by the drouth. He urges them to sow rye where the corn has been cut, which will make early and late spring pasture. Then, when the grass comes, if the rye is not wanted, it can be turned under for late corn. Mrs. Cushing of Columbus was reading a weekly paper that had been sent her when she saw an item stating ler husband, who was in Oklahoma, bad been murdered by unknown men, his body having been found Iying in the road horribly mitilated. Mrs Sushing, who was just recovering from an at- tack of illness, was prostrated by the news, but as soon as possible she will start for the place where ler husband died. Big In AlL Things. Baltimore American. Thomas B. Reed’s presidential boom Is ing a big figure since the figures of the ne contest were announced. He is a good man, weighing upwards of 200 pounds, mostly brains, B FLASHES OF FUN, County at Blmwood undér the and had his Boston Courler: Young Chip—What causes so much sickness, father? Old Block—Too much talking about it, my son. What did you do with your father-in-law gave you for a wedding present?’ “Had it framed; no one would cash it.”” Washington Star: The schoolboy asks no coat that's bullet proof in trials coming soon, but he wishes some one would invent a birch proof pantaloon. Tammany Times: Mrs. Smith (who 1s reading a_humorous paper)—I don’t see any fun in those jokes about big bills ladies’ hats. Mr. Smith—L don't either. Judge: Wagstaff—Where's that famous dog of yours that was such a good judge of tramps? Hopscotch—I was obliged to glve him away. To be frank, when I came home from the races the other night he bit me. Chicago Tribun Doting Parent—Mil- dred, I don't like to See you moping about the house as it you had lost all ambition. Rouse yourself. Now I know that all you want 15 will power, and Indignant Daughtér—Will Power? Mam- ma, I don't care two straws for him! Washington Star: “I hab noticed,” said Uncle Eben, “dat de man who gits de mos' riled at de 'jacent chu'ch choir, when he wants ter sleép late Sunday morning, am de one dat'll whistle de lates' populah song tween 'is teef on week days tell ebrybody else hez ter go outen de room."” Boston Transeript Passenger—Do you have any funny experlences on the front platform? Motorman—Well, I guess so. Only the other day I hit a man who was {rying to cross the track and threw him clear (hrouzh a plate glass window. There was a polic man riding on the platform ,and I thousht he'd die a-laughing. Ll AR BALLAD OF THE BiCHELOR. New York Truth, I will sing a jolly jingle On the joys of living single And the happy times that min With a solitary life, How the fun is fast and faster ¥re you've met the grand disaster That bestowed on you a master In a domineering wife. You may_travel 'round with Freddie, Billie, Charley, Jack and Teddie, And go home when you are ready, Or perhaps not go at all, ou may tip the festive flagon, jet a Coney Island jag o And there'll be no fema: To confront you in the dragon hall, If_a little game of euchre Should increase your stos There I8 no one to rebu Bet you shaking in your ck of lucre or shoes. You may follow up the races, Play them straight or for the places, Drop a half a hundred cases On a horse that couldn't lose. But when you once have blundered, With a mate you are encumbered, Why, your sporting days are numbered When you've fastened to a wife. 80 I sing a jolly jingle On the joys of living single Agd the naphy times that mingle With a solitary life. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U, §. Gov't Report Baking Powder of Majurs to | for | [ARE ALMOST READY 10 REST | | | 1 wholly tmproper. The court thought other= wise and witness answered that such was the case Next in order came the testimony in the case In which the proprictor of the Dy was fighting the prietor of the Dia gambling room. wae heard before C. R. Scott of the criminal court on Decomber 22, 188 At that time, it will be reme bered, Scott took occasion to lecture the ayor upon the manner in which the fire and police conimission had handled the gan bling BEMIS PARK MATTER. City Clerk Evans was called by the ‘ate torneys for the managers and testified as & wittess. The records of the city, Mry Evans av 1, showed that the ci had purchased block 11 in Bemis park for publiq purk purposes. The resolution of Mr. Edwards, under date of April 10, 1892, intrae duced In (he city council on that date, showel the purchase of block 11, Bemis patk, at $20,000. the same having been selected by the park commission during 1891, one year before M or Bemis was elected to his first term of office, Attorneys for the managers stress upon the fact that Mr. Bemis had sold the tract of land to the city and that as a City oficlal he was interested in the sale, hey failed and refused, however, to put in, or attempt to put in, any testimony showing that all agreements for the purchase of the land were not made prior to the time when M Bemis as first mentioned as a candidate for the position of mayor of the city Counell journal entries the pr Testimony for Proscout'on in Tmpeachm Caso is About All In, EVIDENCE CONTINUES TO BE INDIFFERENT Gambling Featuro Bemis Park Matter Taken Up Mudo Before the Judges Yester- day—Witnesses on t Is Dropped and the Showing Stand. ! Nelther Hascall, and Daniel H managers of ut of the room a couple corge P. Bemls 18 yesterday morn'ng, though Wheeler Isaac the impeachment trial of times and attended th hey fiitted their nor took up torneys The at the morning session the court, where the three judges were ting to hear and determine the charges, small, not more than a couple of being present, and the persons who there were nearly all lawyers. The first witness called to the stand yes day was Howard B, member of the fire police commission. He had been a member, he testified, since 1887, the date of the creation of the board. Witness attended m ings of the board when resoluti looking to the clos: Ing of gambling introduced. These resolutions were iutroduced during the 18! and 1894, 1893 resolutions were prevented from passing, owing to th votes of Mayor . Commissioners Hart- man and Gilbert. “At any of these meetings did Mayor Bemis ever express himself in favor of clos- ing the gamblig houses?” asked Mr. Me- Culloch. “That is a difficult question said the witness, “We are willing to go into the whele mat ter,” interposed City Attorney Connell, The ma continued the witness, “read reports from other ocities showing the ex perience in other cities where the suppres- sion of gambling had been tried. The mays expressed the opinion that the ga should be arrested monthly and fin that time witness labored under the opinion that there was a city ordinance providing for the arrest and fining of proprietors of gambling houses. Ex-Councilman P testified that he was BOARD DID NOT AGREB, a member of the council in 1892, and re- < el wembered the purchasing of Bemis park o O e saeton before " the | from Mayor Bemis. He voted againat thla e oot omat rewuls e and eqntret | Proposition, and later on had a conversation Bambling. it not being clamed by any one | With the ‘mayor about the matter. The that the evil could be killed and stamped out. | MAYOr W “"“‘“‘ el “‘"“;‘ "r’ "‘:”“ w ”flv "“I_“'"C“. Witness had no personal knowledge, but | 38anst the purchase of the park. Prince his judgment and understanding was that | Said that he thought price was eniirely gambling had prevailed In this eity ever | t00 high, and, further, that he understood since he had been a member cf the Board | that the Bemis Land company had cifered of Fire and Police Commissicners. There were [ to donate a portion of this property to the different opinions ameng the members of | city for park purposes. the board with reference to the control of An attempt was made the gambling evil. ~Witness and Commis- | mayor had attempted to sioner Gilbert took cno view of- the cise, [ to favor Bemis' scheme. The witness was while the other members looked at the mat- | also asked if the mayor didn't approach ter of suppressicn in another light. Com- | Councilmen Back and Lowry relative to the missioners Hartman and Coburn were of | purchase of this properly, but this was de- the opinion that the responsibility did not | nied. rest with the bcard, but rested with the | The proposition submitted to the pesplo mayor of the city. Some of the members | for voting park bonds to the amount ot contended that the mayor should shoulder | $400,000 was presented as preliminary evi- the whele of the responsibility, while the | jence leading up to the purchase of park mayor urged that he members of the board | jand. The park commission, throngh its Bhlfl"lhlhffl“;‘ the muhsi“‘r ?"“”‘”r‘s throw the | chajrman, Dr. George L. Miller, induced the O council to submit the proposition to the The anti-vice crusiders petition came be- | gjociors of Omaha, and the election procla- fore the board, being sent up by the city | matjon was signed and published by Richard council. 0 o ik ; S Cushing, then mayor. Witness remembered that when the Strick e srckeniition. announced |that) BGHR lor resolution was before the board the Mayer | oy pocnuod two more witnesses, and when Defore doing 50 ho said he wanted timo to | they were examiued they would rest thelt make an esamination of the import of the | case. The witnesses could not be procured in the afternoon, and court adjourned until resolution, but that Jf the time was nol t granted he -would have to vole against the | 9 o'clock this morning, when it Is expected that the prosecution will rest adoption. i Reading from a paper of the date on e e which the resolution was defeated, Mr. Con- WRETERNCEBNAION nell asked if it was not true that the mayor said that there was being an attempt made to shift all of the responsibility upon him making him shoulder the burden. Witness thought that was the case, as the mayor always claimed that tho board should share some of the responsibility and not make him take up &nd carry the whole burden Witness thought it probable, but he could not remember, that a o mmunication from the chief of police was before the board at the time when the anti-vice crusade resolu- tions were being considered. Letiers were read by the mayor to the commission Sup- porting his theory as the best way of regu- lating the gambling evil. One cf these came from Rev. T. J. Mickay of this city, whilo ofhers were from officials of other cities. Upon redirect examination the witness testified that there were old members on the board and that the mayor had said that they ought to know best how to deal with the gambling question without making him bear the greater burden. ° L “Mr. Strickler, the introducer of the anti- vice resolution, was the youngest member of the board, was he not?’ asked Mr. Cornell on recross-examination. Attorneys for the managers flew off on a tangent, declaring that the question was ! positions in the rear of at- lald great attendance ot sit- was dozen were r- were read to show s puid for park tracts and the rats same smptroller Olsen was the first on the stand in the afternoon. produced the papers relative to Bemis park to the city by the request of Judge Clarkson tion. This was tod to by the defense and it wns contended that this property was purchased in a legal manner and At- torney Connoll admitted the sale. The ob- fection was overruled and the documents admitted in evidence W. M. Welbcr, dopu testified as to the r Bemis park to the eit s were admitted ir objecti A certified copy of the record, showlng the action of Mayor Bemis in appointing a city electriclan to fil vacancy caused by Cow- BlIl's removal, was introduced in’ evidence City Cler led to produce part of the city cord_showing the report of the council on gambling in the city, made last winter. As this consisted of the report of Hascall, and his resolution to suppress gambling, which was laid on the table by a majority vote of the council, the defense objected to the admission of this record. The court sustained the defense. ATTITUDE OF COUNCILMEN, Smith, a and wit- He the sale of mayor, at the for the prosecu had houses, were years he Bemi register of deeds, ording of the deed of of Omaha, The rec- evidence, after some to answer,"” ne to show (hat the influence Prince Veterans of tho Late War Remembored the General Government. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—(Special.)— Pensions granted, issue of September 8, were. Nebraska: Original—Jehu Maris, Albion, Boone; Alfred L. Howser, Hoskins, Wayne. Additional—John Wilson, Tecumseh, John- son. Towa: Original-Ellis B. Humbert, Mil- ton, Van Buren. Restoration and supple- mental—John Kiin, deceased, Des Mol ~Hlorace P. Stone, Dickens, €| Refssue—Simeon Field, de: ceased, ' Councll Pottawattamie. Original _widows lvanus B, Cox (father), Water EBmma J. Hays, Walerloo, ck Hawk.' Relssue— Anna Conklin, Des Moines, Polk. =~ Mex- jean war survivors, increase—Madison J. Smith, Le Claire, Scott. South Dakota: Original—Joseph Smith, Aberdeen, Brown; John H, Howard, Nemo, Lawrence; Henry Trebilcock, Victor, Davi: n; James Newell, Langford, Marshall Lt n it Won't Debate with ienon. DENVER, * Sept, 20.—John F. Shafroth, republican congressional candidate, has re- fused to meet Congressman Lafe Pence in a series of joint debates by FORTH OR YOUR MONEY BACK. “Let’s look at the Facts.” Run your finger down the wool schedule, and if the situation isn't perfectly plain to you just look up at the top of the next page of this paper. Should there be any doubts re- maining in your mind the suit tables are before you in our store Watch this Low Tarifl' Sale for new clothing prices. WHAT FPASHION FANCIES W FURNISH Browning, King & Co., Reliable Clothiers, S. W, Cor. 15th and Douglas.