Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 22, 1894, Page 4

'l‘m: OMAHA DALY BEE. ROSEWATER, Editor. Dally Bee (without Sunday), One Y Daily Bes and Sunday, One Yenr Bix Months Three Months Bunday Hee, One Yent Saturday Bée, One Year Weekly Bee, One Year OFFICE! Tullding. Corner N 12 Pear 317 Cha ms 13, [ Omaha, Th puth Ormaha Council Dluffs, Ko Office New York Washingtos hd Twenty-fourth Ste street ber of Commerco 14 and 15, Tribune Bldg. et, N. W 'ONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edi- | To the Editor. | torial matter should be nddress Omah be made CIR secretary of 0k duly sworn € full_and Evening ang \th of October, TLATION. he 1o Pub- ways that lete coples Sunday Be 180, was T OF Taschuck any, be umber Georg lishing the actunl 20,718 Total Less deduc coples Total mold.. Daily average ne Sworn to_before me ence this 3d day of ) (Seal.) Now just watch gubernatorial eandi- dates spring up on every bush in Iow and subseribed in my pres- ember, 1501 Notury Publi The Commercial club appears to be waking up out of a temporary lethargy. This is a good sigi For a ick man” Turkey is able to create a considerable international com- motion when oceasion offers, The Western Passenger seems to have met its death by few and regretted by none. nssociation mourned The republican party in Nebraska I nothing to gain and everything to lose by a contest on the governorship. If the new congress wants to win its way to popular favor at a single leap it will enact a law closing the lecture plat form to worn-out statesmen. There are several railroads entering Omaha which seem to have been over- looked in that resolution for a consulta- tion on the question of a union depot. s clection of the general officers of the Knights of Labor without turmoil or noise is a welcome change in usual proceedings of the annual meeting of that great labor organization. Holmes, the man who has confessed In Philadelphia to almost all the crimes enumerated in the statutes, is either a fiend inearnate or an unexcelled liar. It will require a judicial trial to deter- mine which, = ———— Ninety-nine out of every 100 republi- cans in the state who voted for Majors would express themselves s opposed to any contest proceedings in his behalf I they were given an opportunity to state their opinions. Dr. Moraes, the new president of Bra- zil, has been in control of the Brazilian government a whole week without alien- ating his supporters among his own party. What a brilliant example for other and less fortunate presidents! It is true that annexation would de- prive a number of South Omaha office- bolders of fodder and save the tax- payers a large sum of money annually It is also true that annexation would insure better government for that thriv- ing suburb. Under the cirenmstances the city coun- ell could do nothing else than to award the clectrie lighting contract to the low- est bidder. It remains to be seen whether the Wiley outfit will be able to manipulate the new contract to the ad- vantage of the existing electrie lighting monopol There is something wrong somewhere In the case in which an unnaturalized nonresident was drawn to serve on a Jury in a pending murder trial. The blame should be traced and the respon- sibility placed where it Delongs, even if no punishment is visited upon the neg- lectful parties. Traveling men may now carry excess baggage at the old rates. This means that the cost of carrying overweight will continue to be paid in two parts, the sums paid as tips to the bagga men and weighmasters equaling, if not exceeding, those that go into the rail- way upany's coffer If the stories are true regarding the fmprisonment of Christians in Armenia for the sake of extorting ransom for thefr Turkish captors this revival of plracy ought to be treated by the civil- fzed nations in the same way that the pitates of the Mediterranean wer treated in the latter part of the last e tury. The Commercial club has passed a resolution pledging its members to co- operate with the relief commission that 18 engaged in collecting contributions for the drouth sufferers in the western part of the state, ybody who is in a po- sition to do so should co-operate In this worthy purpose and may well adopt a resolution for himself pledging his aid to the extent of his ability, It may be pertinent to repeat what The Bee has said time and again, nawmely, that there is nothing whatever to pre- vent the Unlon Depot company from completing its unfinished depot at any time It may choose to do so. There is no obstacle except the wishes of those who control the company in the Interest of the railroads who want to use it to fileh valuable pro city of Omaha. We see no reason that ealls for any additional gifts to bring the railroads to a sense of duty, | perty rights from the | THE AUTHORITY TO ISSURE BONDS. There Is no question as to the au- thority of the secretary of the treasury to lssue bonds. This authority Is con | terred by the resumption nct of 187 which directed the secretary of the treasury to redeem in coln, date, United States notes, 1 le the secretary to p order to o o and pro- & | vide for the redemption he is authorized | forthwith to reduce the import by the act “to issue, sell and dispose of, at not less than par in coin, | either of the description of bonds of | the United States described in the act | ot July 14, 1870, with like qualities, privileges and exemptions, and to use the proceeds thereof for the purpose aforesaid”—that is, the redemption of the legal tender notes. Three descrip- | tions of bonds are named in the act of 1870, ench differing from the other in the amount that can be issued and in the rate of interest. Those who construe this law strictly contend that to use the proceeds of sale of bonds for any purpose other than that specified in the act, as in the pay ment of the current expenses of the government, is an unwarranted assump- tion of authority. At the last session of congress a resolution was introduced and 18 now pending with the house Judiciary committee which declares that money received from bonds sold | nnder the authority of the resumptic |act can ve employed only in the re- demption of United States notes, and it is understood that an effort will be made very after the assembling of congress to have this resolution taken up and passed. It is hardly probable, however, that the resolution will receive favorable action, for admitting the view of the strict constructionists to be sound it would manifestly be unwise in the present to embarrass the treasury by such restriction as the proposed resolution involves. The pur- in issuing the new bonds is to restore the gold reserve and when this is done if the revenues of the govern- ment are sufficlent to meet the expendi- tures the reserve will of course be kept intact. But on the otner hand if the receipts of the treasury should con tinne to fall below the expenses, and it became necessary to use a part of the gold reserve in order to maintain the olvency of the government, it would be o grave matter if the secretary of the treasury were forbidden to protect the credit of the government in this way. It seems to be an entirely 1d propo fon, from the practical or business point of view, that so long as the t ury has available funds no obligs of the government should go unpaid when it is due, It is manifestly quite as important, in the bearing upon its credit, that the government should pay its debts as that it should be prepared to redeem its notes in gold on presenta- tion. Both conditions are necessary, and in equal measure, to the preserva- tion of the public credit. It is questionable whether those who make the contention that the proceeds of a bond issue under the authority of the resumption act cannot be used for any other purpose than the redemption of legal tender notes do so from a con- scientious desire that the treasury shall conform strictly to the terms of the law. The author of the resolution intro- duced at the last session to restrict the use of the proceeds of bond issues and most, if not all, of those who supported it are free silver advocates, and it is not an unfair inference that this move was conceived in the interest of silver. Not belng able to prevent the issue of bonds and thereby compel the adminis- tration to allow more silver to be in- jected into the currency, as was sought to be done in passing the seigniorage bill, the next best thing was to limit the use of the proceeds of the bonds, which would have operated almost as well for the silver schemers as the pre- vention of a bond issue, which they earnestly sought to accomplish. Having failed in their first attempt it is hardly probable they will succced in another. It is pretty safe to predict that con- gress will impose no restrictions upon the use of the proceeds of the new loan. so0n pose o CLONTARF—A ROTTEN BORGUGH. There is one abuse of our election sys- tem which ean and should be abolished without delay. It is Clontarf, the rotten boroug! Almost everyone has read of the terrible condition of parlinmentary representation in Ingland previous to the great reform act of 1832, when, we are told, bérough elections were fre- quently held by three persons, one of whom presided and put the motion of the second that made the third the duly elected member of the House of Com- mons. In the election just held in Ne- braska, Clontarf seems to have dis- counted the worst of the old English rotten boroughs. An examination of the returns from Clontarf discloses the fact that although there were only twenty- four ballots east, twenty-six different persons were voted on for local offices. As It was only necessary to elect one it one justice of the peacs one rond supe three judges and two clerks of election, it is plain that there must have been two disappointed candi- dates to eve essful office seeke But then there are some minor plums in the shape of constables, delegates to party conventions and so forth which, if not monopolized by the present office holders, might perhaps to some extent assuage the wounded aspirations of the defeated statesmen. The question is, Are the county com missioners justified in continuing to bur- den the taxpayers of the county with the expense necessary to maintain this rotten borough? Is there any sense in erecting an entirely distinet and costly piece of election machinery in Clontarf to poll the votes of less than twenty-five people? Is there any reason why Clon- tarf should have a separate justice mill and an assessor of its own when the whole precinet does not contain a hand- ful of residents? In a ease of this kind one abuse simply piles upon another. Whenever a county convention is held to nominate candidates for office, republi- can, demoeratic or populist, Clontarf al- ways bobs up with as many delegates §s the most populous and prosperoas | country precinet. With less than a dozen votes for either party, it has often been | a matter of extreme difficulty to find enough avallable men in Clontarf to make un a full delegation, and the rep resentation from Clontarf is quite gen erally looked upon as open to persuasion on a fixed | by the candidates who can offer the most powerful inducements, This is in- Justice, not only to the citizens of Omaha and South Omaha, but also to the citizens of every other country pre- cinet, Whether or not the county com missioners see their way clear to cut off this rotten borough, the party managers of the various parties should ta steps e of | the Clontarf delegation in county con ventions to something near what its vote entitles it. Douglas county is sadly in need of a reform bill. AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD, The special report to the State depart ment of the United States consul gen eral at Frankfort-on-the-Main, relative to the standing of American railway curities in Germany, ought to command the serious attention of the people in this country who are interested in these securities. It may be well to s that Consul General Mason is one of the most intelligent and trustworthy men in the consular service of the country, as well as one of the most experienced, having be in the service some sixteen years, What he reports, therefore, can be relied upon as absolutely accurate. Consul Mason says that during the past two y '8 there has been a growing feel ing of suspicion and hostility in Burope toward American investments, and not- ably toward railroad securiti feeling has become so strong at Frank- fort, where for a long time of Amerlcan ‘securltles were popular, that bankers and their clients not only refuse investinents of Awmerican origin, but are as rapidly as possible disposing of those they have and putting the pro- coeds in Buropean sccurities, which are safer, if less remunerative. The explanation of this is simple. Tt is due to the relations concerning the management of some of the leading rail- ies. These relations have disclosed not only mismanagement, dis- honesty and a disregard of law and of the public interests, but also a usurpa- tion of power.and an evasion of r sponsibility on the part of railrond man- agers unknown in any other country. and which would not be tolerated in any Buropean nation. What strikes these foreign investors as especially re- markable is the et that a railroad president or director who has abused his trust may be appointed as receiver of the same property, while another thing even more potential for creating distrust is the fact that the accounts of an entire railway system may be falsified and its securities sustained in the market by fietitious statements of earnings and concealment of rebates, as was done in the case of the Atchison, and unquestionably has been done by her conpanies. The consul s that the uniform re- ply of German financiers, when asked what s requisite to restore Buropean confidence in American railway securi- ties, is that such corporations should be brought under the control of a compre- hensive federal law. They be- lieve that the only remed for existing evils is for the na- tional government to extend its control to the presidents and directors of rail- road companies,-to the end that they shall be made, in fact as well as in theory, responsible to the owners of the properties which they are paid to man- and to the public, toward which railways, as public carriers, owe para- mount and clearly defined dut While it would not be practicable to apply here all of the regulations by which Buropean governments control corpora- tions there can be no doubt that more stringent legislation than we now have is necessary to secure greater responsi- bility and accountabilit in railroad management, in the interest both of in- Lvestors in railway securities and of the general public. The discrediting of these securities abroad ought to open the eyes of our own people to the dangers of the situation and lead them to seriously consider what shall be done by way of medy. se- It is of course perfectly proper that the fire commission should instruct the chief mot to respond to every alarm sounded in South Omaha. When the great packing houses or other large in- terests are threatened by fire, however, the Omaha department will ln-u(l a help- ing hand. While there is no legal obli- gation to do this, and South Omaha con- tributes nothing toward the mainten- ance of our fire department, there is a moral obligation upon the part of this city to extend protection to these great industrial institutions which have added 50 much to the commercial importance of Omaha. This city cannot, of course, indefinitely guarantee protection of this nature to any suburb, but just now South Omaha Is in sore straits and can- not strengthen her fire department. The sentiment favorable to annexation is steadily growing, and the fact that the Omaha fire fighters have been called to South Omaha in a recent emergency and responded promptly has speeded the time when annexation shall be an ac- complished fac It is said that J. W. Eller, Judge Covell and Sam Macleod ave firmly con- vinced that there were gross irregulari- ties in the gubernatorial election in Omaha. They have well nigh sue- ceeded in convincing Mr. Churchill that there are grounds for a contest here. ‘These three worthies expected to con- trol appolntments. to the police commis- slon in the event of Majors' election. Majors doubtless promised each one a place on the commission, as he may have promised a dozen other men. But there is not a single republican of any promiuence In Omaha willing to express himself favorable to contest proceedings. All agree that had the state convention acted wisely Omaha would have given a worthy nominee for governor a plural- ity of from 3,000 to 5,000, The report made by the strike commis- sion on the Chicago strike refers to the ¢ieneral Managers' associntion that was ctive in resisting the demands of the railway employes last summer as “an illustration of the persistent and shrewdly devised plans of corporations to overreach their limitations and to usurp indirectly powers and rights not contemplated in their charters and not obtainable from the people or their legis- lators.” Is not the proposed new pas senger assoclation merely another or ganization of the same kind as the one #0 severely scored by the strike com- mission? YW such an nssociation or its officers hav| ny legal status? If the railroads h to have some common tribunal towhich th can appeal in matters of administration, why not have one wnu“..- by law and acting within T séribed by law? The plurality by Kem is re which Congressman glegied on the face of the re- turns has {0{ from 1,500, as at first reported, er 2400. This simply gives emphasis to the advice which The Bee has already given Mr. Daugherty the defentgtyrepublican eandidate, to refrain froff Mstituting a contest unless e has grounds to rely upon other than the overwhokming republican complex- jon of the next house, If there is any evidence of fraud in behalf of Mr. Kem that will counteract the majority which he has received there is no reason for withholding it from the public. Ex-Corporation Counsel Kraus, in of- fice under Mayor Harrison, and now editor of the Chlcago Times, vouches for the ability and faithful service of all the corporation counsels of that city in recent years. It is apparently only an accident that he is compelled to vouch for himself along with the others. tirice. comes Senator Brice and tells who, in_his opinion, Wil b the next democratic nominee for the presi- den We may not be able to catch pre- cisely what the wild tidal waves are saying, but we fail to detect In any quarter a call for Senator Brice to speak for the demo- cratic party. The one thing Which Senator Brice could do with most grace at present would be to go into a secret session behind closed doors with Senator Gorman. And now the country paiefl i oo B Tha Proposed ntest. €priaziie 4 (Mass.) Republica The Nebraska republicans may decide to contest the election in behalf of Majors, their beaten candidate. They allege fraua: but Editor Rosewater of The Omaha Bee declares that if an attempt is made to count out Holcomb he will prove frauds and n-«-rruru«m agalnst the Majors crow which will pale their charges into insig: nificance. was largely Rosewater's vie- tory“Which defeated Majors, and he does not Intend to sit by and sce his good work undone in this way. prafiinds Rallroading in Nebraska, Lincoln New A good story is just now rounds, the chief actor being reputed to be one of the members of the jury panel at this term of court. It appears that one day he walked into the office of a certain railroad attorney, and after introducing himself, remarked “I'd like to have a pass for my wife to visit her folks over in Towa." “T do not know,” cautiously attorney, “‘what you have ever done for us that we should give you a_pass. “Oh,” quickly spoke up the juror, “‘there ain’t none of your cases come up yet." We understand the lady enjoyed a most delightful visit with her folks. —-——— A Broad Gauge Foliey Wanted. Globe-Democrat The total value of the agricultural pro. ducts of the United States, Including an mals, in 159, was $3,300,000,000, four-fifths of which was'consumed at home. The value of” manufactured products in the same venr was $9,370,107,625, or, deducting manu- actured _articles connected with the food supply, $T.700,003,00. The effect of legisla- tion on such’ vast interests as these shouwia be carefully studied by business men. Never again will it be said that one po- litical fmllry;ls ag good as another in in- dustrial affaifts’ The cost of experience In less than two years has mounted into thousands of miflions. There is but one right natlonal industrial policy, and those who are unseftled as to what it is should search for it-with diligence, weighing the facts and results that are now a part of the history of #ht* country. going _the A Stor; b St Derocrat, E. Rosewater, editor of The Omaha Bee, and until a cotple of months ago a_mem- ber of - the—mattenal committee of the republican party, arrived in the city veste day and Is staying at the Southe Mr. Rosewater 1s taking o rest, after the labors of the campalgn through' which he has Just passed. “Do you know,” he asked a number of friends, “why Thomas B. Reed did not visit Nebraska? Well, you know,” he answered, “in ‘83 the republican candidate for gov- ernor_was in _congress for a short period. He endeavored to get in for a further pe- riod as an extra congressman, claiming that the population of the state entitled him to sit as such. Thomas B. Reed was chairman of the judiclary committee at the time, and the documents which Mr. Majors, our candidate, produced led to an investigation of his conduct. It was found they were fraudulent and Reed recom- mended that he be indicted on the charge which such conduct on his part justified, Naturally, Reed could not come forward to speak In support of the same man. It wus because of his record that I opposed him, and you will observe that while all othet Fepublicans were elected by majorities of from 16,000 to 30,000 he was defeated, and, to_ sccomplish "his defeat, we reversed a majority of 23,000, The result speaks vol- umes for the honesty of the republicans of our state.” e — MERRY REMARKS. Philadelphia Record: The speaker of the house—most anybody’s wife, Buffalo “The frequently have stutterer’s words Yonkers Statesman tor at home? Mald—No; the foot ball game. or professionally? Detroit Tribune: Stern Father—He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind. Prodi- gal Son—Well, he raises the wind, anyway. the doc- he has gone to Patient—For pleasure Chicego Inter Ocean: O, for a thousand tongues to sing, if doing this would craze the girl up stairs with the mandolin, wno plays and plays and plays. Indianapolis Journal: “Speak,” his: ar, “‘and you are a dead ‘man.’ ell,” responded the citizen, blinking ut the dark lantern, ‘“there are any number of dead men talking since the election.” ed the Syracuse Post: Mrs, bles never come single. right. They always married. McSwatters—Trou- McSwatters—You're come when you're Somerville Journal: This 1s the season of the year when your country relatives write to you to say how much they enjoyed your visit to the farm this summer and ask you whether there is anything particularly interesting at the theaters just now. Tid-Bits: Physiclan (with ear to patient's chest)—There is & curious swelling over the heart which must be reduced at once. Patient (anxiously) pocketbook, doctor. 00 much. Please don't reduce it Washington ,Star: “Well,” sald Mr, Dolan, “there's no nade ay' me worryin' about’ insurance. Ol'm fixed fur life.’ “Phwat do yez mane?’ said his wife “The boss fowld me he'd kape me at worruk on the neéw poshtoffice till ‘twor finished." Detroit Free Press: First Mule—If this electrical development keeps on there won't be a bit of work for us to do. Second Mule-Well, I'm not kicking. BLAND'S LAMENT, Mtneapolis Times. See here, Cleveland, Canst thou not ‘miinister o & man that's eft, Pluck from the meémory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the vaie by which I lost my right To spout free sfiver in the LIVth congress, And_ with somg figp Cleanse the stiffe stuff Which weighs upon the heart and makes me The worst company of any man in Miz- zourl? and showy sinecure bosom of that perilous replied the | That swelling Is my | VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. Ord Quiz: Now that the republicans have charge of the legislature let a rate law be passed that can be enforced. Fullerton Journal: The coming legislature should pass a freight rate bill which would be reasonable between the rafiroads and the prople. Wisner Chronicle: We hope the legislature elect will paste the last state platform in the hats of its members. It fs a notable document and should be lived up to. Wakefleld Leader: Will the republican legis)ature of Nebraska, when it convenes, be able to meet the emergency Wwith a new freight rate law? We shall hope so Niobrara Ploneer itor Rosewater and his Omaha Bee are recelving well merited compliments from various sources through- out the state.for their single-handed fight for good government Stuart Ledger: Fusion does fuse. That is demonstrated by the recent election in this state, The glory of Hol- comb's election does not belong to the fusion- ists or the pops. It is all Rosewater's Buftalo County Beacon: Mr. Holcomb has made a good Judge, and there is every reason to believe he will make a good governor; he is entitled to and should recelve the support of every citizen in his efforts justly administer the laws of the state. Beatrice Tribune: The wisdom of the selection of Judge Holcomb by the populists to be their standard bearer is now fully demonstrated by the heavy vote that was cast for him outside of his own party. His lofty character as a Christian gentleman, and his reputation poiitically was such as to com- mand the respect of the best men of all par- ties. David City Press: The average republican majority over the union ticket was about 5,000 on all save governor. Mr. Holcomb's majority is 3,000 This is a change of 18,000. Mr. Rosewater may be dead, without influence, and all that sort of thing, but we will probably hear less said along that line among a certain brand of republican papers and politicians hereafter. North Platte Telegraph: It would be the proper thing for the legislature, which will be strongly republican, to pass a good, falr maximum freight rate bill at its session next winter, The republican party is now in power and will have no trouble to remain not always to passed. What is needed is a law that will be fair to the rallway companies, just to the people and upheld by the courts. Wisner Chronicle: The republican majority in the legislature will have the opportunity to pass a maximum rate law this winter to take the place of the Newberry bill which scems destined to die In the courts. The re- publican state platform declared for the regu- lation and control of the railcoads, by the state. The party 15 in a position to do the people a good service and redeem itself in the eyes of the public. Will it seize the golden opportunity presented? Howells Journal: Let the state legislature seo that our state laws regarding our assess- ments are amended. What we need is a simpiifying of the method of the assessment Taws and the assessing of property at its actual value. The legislature should also amend the laws regarding the assessment of mortgaged property. It is unfair for a man owning a mortgaged home to pay taxes on it regardless of the mortgage. There are no politics in this. Amend our assess- ment laws. Plattsmouth News Our motto for the next legislature is—meet, legislate and then quit. Don't harbor a grand army of hangers-on like the populists did. Don't attempt radical legislation these hard times, but in a business-like manner promptly and conservatively pass what laws you find to be necessary and then adjourn. Cut down in- cidental expenses, smother jobs, do away with junketing trips and send home at the very commencement of the session the great horde of camp followers who will be hanging around for a job, and show the people that the party is in favor of an economical ad- ministration of Nebraska's affairs. Econo- mize! Economize! Economize these hard times! Pukwana Magezine: The friends of Col- onel Thomas J. Majors were warned of the fearful consequences that would surely follow it they insisted upon and were successful in placing his name at the masthead of the re- publican party in Nebraska. The rule or ruin faction were successful in forcing on the convention one whom the people did not de- sire and they quietly went to the polls and under the Australian ballot, the grandest system of voting ever invented, placed thelr veto in words that spoke so plainly that fur- ther comment is not necessary. That Ne- braska is republican no one will deny, and the rebuke that has been given should be long remembered by all political leaders who at times feel superior to their respective parties. In this great struggle no one per- son is entitled to so much credit as Hon. Edward Rosewater, editor of The Omaha Bee. This victory will be known as Mr. Rose- water’s, and those politicians who do not love him must at least respect him. Those qual- ities that have placed him at the head of western jouralism for a quarter of a cen- tury are not losing any of the old fire that has been so successful in many a battle be- fore and they place Mr. Rosewater in an enviable position as the leader of the repub- lican party in Nebraska. ————— THE ARMENIAN MASSACRE. New_ York World: Civilized powers can- Imot ard should not maintain friendly relations "with a power whose methods of repression, according to its own showing, are the murder of men, the violation of women, and the slaughter of innocent children. This fact should be forcibly and promptly made known at Constantinople, Minneapolis Tribune: All the Christian powers of Europe ought to unite and say that the nation described by Mr. Gladstone as “the unspeakable Turk’ shall no longer dominate the Christian provinces of Eastern Europe. The provinces, if they cannot be annexed to Russia, ought to-be organized into an independent state under the joint protectorate of the civilized powers. Globe-Democrat: It appears that the Ar- menians are becoming quite common in Massachusetts. Most of them are engaged in tactories, and some in trade. They are sald to have excellent business talent, and to make successful bankers and merchants. The situation of their race under Turkish rule is peculiarly hard, and those who can got away are mostly coming to this country. Kansas City Times: The Armenian atroci- {178 are slow in reaching the ears cf the world, but they lose none of their horror through the tardy publication of the details. The un- speakable Tufk, as usual, appears in a most unenviable light, and while it would be foolish to whip a dog for last vear's offense, the sin will probably not tend to make make his next punishment by some Christian nation any less severe Chicago Record: If but half the facts alleged are true it will be the duty of the Guropean powers to compel the sultan to take summary measures to prevent forever the repetition of such outrages. After the Crimean war the powers did extort from this ruler a treaty promise to protect his Christian subjects. If he has violated his pact it may be necessary this time for Eu- rope to station in Turkey some military agency which will compel him to observe it in future, Denver Republican: The report of ter- rible atrocitics in Armenia may be exagger- ated somewhat, but there is little doubt that it bas a foundation of truth. In this con- nection it will be recalled that one excuse for the war waged by Russia against Turkey was to protect the Christians and redress their wrongs. This recent outrage may give rise to a protest from the powers against Turkey, and it ought to lead to radical reforms in the Turkish government. The best way to reform the government of Turkey 18 to abolish it. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U, 8. Gov't Report Royal Baking Powder: ABSOLUTELY PURE | tinental who knows it. hearty | there if laws governing freight charges are | FPEOPLE AND THINGS. An epldemic of Cholly horse is raging In New York. A sister of Kit Carson rensburg, Mo., aged 81. Tammany Hall may be slightly disfigured, but it Is still with the ring To be or not to be postmaster harrow.ng question hereabouts Reports indicate that China is convinced there is something to arbitrate. | Li Hung Chang declines to contest the re turns which deprived him of his yellow coat Democratic dificuities multiply. The task | of collecting the rents in the solid south is | a hopeless one Two-headed snakes are reported in Indiana The effect of the political celebration is un- usually prolonged. Governor Waite asserts he is not leave Colorado even though bid him good day. Governor-elect Morton is in doubt whether his coachman or his plurality makes the most attractive figure, Mrs. Susan B. Anthony is 75th birthday, and she doesn't is living at War- is & soul- going to Colorado has her con- nearing care a The democracy is represented in the Michi gan legislature by a united and harmonious minority of one. Hooray for Donovan! There is a suggestive lesson for the tat- tooed calams in the melancholy result of ex Queen Lil's attempt to get behind the returns Mr. Coxey lLas sufficiently recoved from his second experience with the congressional grass to open his mouth—and take his regu. Iation meals, Chicago cannot hope to equal New York's population if she insists on a Lexow mittee. A serious hint on that line would precipitate an exodus. External evidence discredits the report that Wen Wing is in command of the Chinese army. The flecting disposition of the army | taxes the energies of two wings A Chicago judge, befogged by the question whether beer was intoxicating, suddenly ad journed court o think it over. The in herent modesty of a Chicago judge Is deli- clously charming at long range. Governor Morton has filed a statement show ng that his camjaig expenses amountel to $19,790. The salary amounts to $10,000 a year, #o that at the end of the two-year term Mr. Morton will be long on glory and short cash. Three citizens of Chicago nominate W. J. Bryan as the democratic candidate for pres- ident in 1896 and suggest Senator Bacon of Georgla as his running mate. The latter predisposes the ticket to fat frying propensi- ties, which militites agaist genuine reform The republicans of Kentucky, while in a Joking mood, nominated for Judge of the supreme court one Alpha Gettin Guffy, a long, lean, legal foghorn of dewy antecedents and sixty summers. Mr. Gufly took the joke seriously and procecded to elect himself by a substantial plusality. Now the question is whether the juke is on the republicans or democrats. Cy Sulloway, congressman-elect First New Hampshire district, is a character in his way. Primarily a criminal lawyer, in politics a democrat, then a greenbacker and now a republican, he has latterly been a devotee in the ranks of the Salvation army and recently married a Salvation army cap- tain, He is six feet six in his stockings, can kick like a Kilgore and talk from his boots up. The fight for the capital of Montana, which resulted in a victory for Helena, did not make a serious haul on the millions of Mar- cus Daly, the Anaconda boomer. His cash investment was trifling. Instead of ready money he Issued certificates for one dollar each, promising $50 in case Anaconda was victorlous. How many were sold is unknown, but it is not unlikely Marcus is ahead of the game. John B. Goff, the Lexow attorney, con- ducted the cheapest campalgn in New York City. His expenses amounted to 75 cents. The office of recorder, which is really the criminal court of the eity, pays $12,000 a year, and in addition the recorder is entitled to compeusation as member of the city board of appropriations, which swells the salary to $16,000 a year. And Mr. Goff was elected for a three-year term. John believes it s better to be born lucky than handsome. One Senator O'Malley, who was badly wanted in Chicago for the past ten days for alleged crimes committed on election day, and who successfully eluded the sleuths, walked to the station the other day and sur- rendered. He insists he went to New Jersey to recuperate from the exhilarating dutles of the campaign, and as soon as he learned a reward was out for his capture he concluded to earn it himself. Yet his consideration for public feelings is sneered and jeered at by the press. “Homi soit qui O'Malley pense."” Robert C. Winthrop, whose death in Bos- ton at the age of 84 fs announced, de- scended from a family identified with the history of Massachuselts since its settle- ment.” The family name is among the most distinguished in the Bay state, and it has been worthily borne by the member just deceased. Robert C. Winthrop was a student in the daw office of Daniel Webster, and was clected to congress in 1840, serving ten years, during two years of which he was the whig speaker of the house. When Webster accepted the portfolio of state in 1850 Mr Winthrop was chosen for the vacant seat in the senate, and was defeated for re-elaction by Charles Sumner, candidate of the free- soilers and democrats. Later on he was de- feated for governor of Massachusetts, and retired to private life, He was a man of high character, uncommon ability and culture, and the bluest of blue-blooded New Erlglumlerl from the | Brewer. | the raiiroa JUDGE BREWER'S DECISION. Lyons Sun: Now that the maximum rate bl has been set aside by Judge Brewer, Ne« braska republicans have it In their power to pass a moderate rate law, and not only make the republican party strong with the people of Nebraska, but will do the people good. This Is an opportunity for republicans which has not been presented for a long time, and we hope and believe they will take advantage of it. Blair Pilot: The rallroads win the case, of course, and the law Is now hung up perma- nently. Judge Brewer holds that tHe rates proscribed were not “‘reasonable rates,” such as the constitution contemplates, and conse- quently the law is unconstitutional. But he thinks it possible for che business of the roads to sa Improve some time that the rates may become reasonable. Brewer's loglo Is evi- dently lamo a bit. Burt County Herald: This s not the kind of an opinion that we expected from Judge Our construction of the decision I8 that it a 10.d can be construc ed and cquippad with rolling stock for $20,000 per mile and stock issued for $20,000 more this road would be permitted to exact such charges for Ite | services as would pay a reasonable per cent on the $40,000 per mile. He thinks it better to let the roads continue to burden the peo- ple with extortionate frelght rates rather than the holders of fictitious securities should be deprived of their unearned dividends and futerest. This is what the honorable judge calls equity. Can the state of Nebraska af- ford to accept this decision as final? We say no. Steps should bs taken at once to take it the court of last resort. If the de- of Judge Brewer is good law is to on it | useless, in our opinfon, for the Nebraska leg- islature to waste any more time in railroad legislation. cting All that Is necessary for s to do (o maintain their present exorbitant frelght rate schedules is to water their stock regularly Papill'on Times: The Nebraska maximum it rate law is dead, stabbed to the heart by Judges Dundy and Brower, who decided last Monday that, while the bill is constitu- tional, it could not stand, because it was burdensome to the poor railronds. It Is a serious matter, this overriding the will of the people of Nebraska by our federal courts, but we have brcome 8o accustomed to decislons in favor of the corporations that we Dt them now as a matter of course. It s sig: nificant that this decision was handed down six days after election day. Public speakers boldly stated during the late campaign that the court had already prepared a decision, but wonld not render it until after electio day. Perhaps the judges were not in col lusion with the railroads; we cannot prove that they were, but we do know that had this decision been rendered six days before, instead of six days after election time, the personnel of the state legislature would have been different. In the death of the maximum rate bill the friends of good government ses Dbrought to naught all their labors—all swept aside by an autocratic court. CLEVELAND AND THURBER. New York Sun. G, C. Thurber, lonely, And 1 know not what to da Where's the party that stood’ by me days of 92?7 loes nobody come near me, hy must Wilson sit alone? Ain't 1 needed bad as ever, Aln't the party still my own? THURBER. 0, dear sir, though hate and envy strive to lay you on the shelf, Though their fell design should prosper, you're sufficient to yourself. Though the party Kick and struggle like a Just-behe: ed hen, Naught can change the glorious truth that you are still the Man of Men. a;c: 'm_the Only, 1 am lonely, Yes, 1 know it T'm the nation's proudest gem, But the people’s taste seems changing, And 1'm much ashamed of them. Why'd they beat the noble Wilson, Though they knew he was me friend? When I chew on that, why, Thurber, Seems as if the world must end! THURBER. Mr. Cleveland, oh, the people pouted like peevish kid, Spurned their teacher's wise direction, would not do as they were bid. Yet there's balm and consolation even for your Wilson's fa Though he's fallen, yet the nation's safe, tor you still know it all, G. C. Yes, T know it all: 1 wonder smetimes that 1 know so much, Yet 1 wonder more the party Ever dared to slip my clutch. T'd have kept it still triumphant, Taught and led and harmed it not, But it dared to differ with me, And has justly gone to pot. THURBER. Justiy, justly, Mr. Cleveland, and we may not shed' a tear, Save when Tariff Reform lies sobbing pros trate on Wilson's bler. Let the foolish people mutfer, let the states vote as they will, You are you, and they are crazy; bask yor in your' glory still Q. C. With_ continual consecration I have thought and I have served, From the path of truth and wisdom Not a pin's width have I swerved, To the party and the nation I've been their greatest man; f_they choose to be ungratefu Let them; I'll not care a d—n THURBER, Noviy sald! Your peerioss merit meets de- traction with disdain; There is naught in this election that should give your heart a pain. Yow're not beaten, though your knocked entirély out of time, Still you occupy the white housé. ¥es, but how sublime! party's Lonely? Money's worth or money HAVE YOU MONEY thinking_ of putting into that you are clothing? " YOU HAVE, REEP 1T until Saturday. Then we will show you a surprise. Watch tomorrow’s paper for the particulars. Browning, Klng & Co., Reliable Clothiers, 8. W, Cor. 15th and Douglas, baclk: