Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 11, 1894, Page 4

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Tot, ¢ Lesn deductions for coples Al sold Sworn to before this 34 me and sul of Decem Fi Western Nebraska is just now more interested in the irrigation problem than in the Nicaragua canal or Well- man's plan to reach the north pole. What Omaha business men need above all things is to get together and work together for all tangible projects that will promote the material welfare of the city. Johns, Newfoundland, by a bank panic. Newfound- evidently in want of a more rency on the half-shell Balti- St struck land is elastic cu more plan. If the Commercial club would con- centrate its influence and efforts upon one important project at a time the chiances of accomplishing something would be very much improved. has Dbeen If something is not done this week by Santa Claus Bissell to put a new postmaster in Omaha’s stocking Major Clarkson will eat his Christmas turkey and drink his New Y punch under the shadow of the federal building. The incoming legislature must stand up for Nebraska by stopping all the leaks in the state house and in state institutions and sitting down on job- bers who want to filch money from the taxpayers and loot the state treasury. The $300,000 which the people of Omaha are sending out of this state an- nually to buy flour which they consume would, if invested in Nebraska flour, cause the employment of 100 men in Ne- braska mills where but fifty are now employed. While the Omaha jobbers are junket- ing In northern Wyoming let them pause long cnough to ascertain why the rate on a car lond of crude petroleum from Casper to Omaba is more than double the rate on a car of stock between those points The real estate market in Omaha is not booming, but every week show disposition upon the part of long-headed fnvestors to gather in large bloc ground to be held for vance In prices. profitable field for west. of the inevitable ad- here is no more investment in the The Towa railroad organs are still hammering for a raise of railroad rates under pretense that the Towa lines do not earn reasonable interest on their Investment. Why not ask Judge Brewer to suspend the rates? The railroads have their lawyers hired by the year and it will be no hardship for them to Inyoke the aid of the federal courts, There are still several people who Imagine that they have been created to fill the gap In Omala journalism which was left wide open when the de- funct Omaha Republican turned up its toes. There has been a great yearning for a yellow dog organ ever since among a class of tattooed aspirants for office, but up to this time they have not been able to induce some ambitious individual who posse more money than brains to come to their rescue. This is why the gap has not been filled years ago. The field is doubtless very inviting for just such a man, and the newspaper g rd will be Kkept yawning for another vicetim of ov confidence until he does appear. The anxiety manifested abroad regard- Ing the interest taken by this govern- ment in the eastern conflict and in the Armenian atrocities, lest it in some way contravenes the Monroe doctrine, I8 quite unnecessa; The famous doc- trine enuncinted by President Monroe and since accepted as an established part of the policy of the United States 18 not affected in the least by the prof- fer of mediation between China and Japan and by the appointment of a commissioner to inquire into the Turk Ish outrages in Armenia. That doctrine slmply proposes that no European gov- ernment shall project its political insti- tutions upon countries in this hemis- phere which do not desire them or in any way inte » in the political af- falrs of independent American nations. This government has done nothing connection with the eastern conflict or the Armenian question inconsistent with its established International pol- fey, nor d its action in elther case contravene to the slightest extent the Monroe doctrine. We have proposed no tnterference, but have simply indicated n willingness to act in the one case in the interest of peace and in the other In belalf of humanity, There is noth Ing In this hostile to any doctrine or policy this country has ever declared regarding its International relations. | selt to in | JUDGE SCOTT SHOULD RESIGN, Cunningham R. Scott has decided to take a vacation for two months to rest from the arduous labors which devolved on him as judge of the eriminal branch of the court of this district. Judge Scott should make this vacation permanent by tendering his resignation to Governor Crounse, 8o that he may appoint a suc- COsS the beginning of the Janu- ary term. Judge Scott may regard this suggestion as impertinent. The bench, bar and citizens of this district regard it as imperative. Judge Scott may be ob- livious to the fact that he is wholly dis- qualified from filling any judicial posi- tion, but it is nevertheless absolutely true. Cunningham R. Scott is either mentally deranged or he is a judicial an- archist. The more charitable view of his conduct is that he is not responsible for his acts because his mind is de ‘(. If this dingnosis fits his case he certainly Is disqualified from acting in ny judicial capacity. The very founda- tions of our judicial system rest upon equity, and no man can administer Justice between man and man unless he has a well-balanced mind and an even Judge Scott has shown him- be utterly devoid of these ele- ments. He has exhibited an ungove able temper, bordering at times on mania, and his explosions of wrath and outbursts of passion have given him the sobriquet of the crazy Omaha judge all over the land. That such a man s for three years beea allowed to retain his place upon the beneh of the metropolis of Nebraska shows a degree of forbearance on the part of the bar and citizens generally that is perhaps without a parallel in this country. Nowhere else would members of a self-respecting bar have subjected themselves to the humiliation of appear- ing in a court presided over by a jud cial despot who exhibits no respect for their feelings and tramples under foot the inalienable rights of men brought for trial at bar. In no other state in the union has the bench been so scandalized and disgraced as it has by the conduct of this man Scott., On the other hand, if Cunningham R. Scott is responsible for his official acts he should be impeached. There is suf- ficient cause for impeachment in his ov bursts of vindictiveness and his brow- ing and insulting manner toward yers who practice in this district, and there certainly is good ground for his impeachment for his insolent conduct toward his colleagues on the distriet Dbeneh and his defiance of supreme court orde But even if this demeanor toward the bar and bench was entirely ignored there are half a dozen specific cases in which Cunningham R. Scott faid himself liable to impeachment and removal from office for violating the express provisions of the statute and usurping powers that were not vested in him as judge. The only course left open for Judge Scott Is to retive voluntarily and save the state the expense of an impeachment trial in which conviction and removal are bound to follow. The bar has been derelict of its duty in failing to take action on this matter months ago. It will be compelled to act unless Judge Scott relieves it from a disagreeable duty. temper. THE QUESTION OF FREE SHIPS. The endorsement by the president of the policy of free ships and of a bill grauting an American register to ves- sels owned by Americans, without re- gard to their place of construction, has given encouragement to the friends of that policy in congress, and an effort will be made to bring forward for con- sideration in the house, at the earliest date practicable, what is known as the Fithian bill. The supporters of this measure express confidence in their ability to pass it in the liouse, but they are not so hopeful regarding its chances in the senate. Of course it will encoun- ter the united opposition of the repub- licans, and they would very likely have with them several of the conservative democratic senators, who are said to be indifferent regarding the question of free ships. In the meantime congress will hear something on the subject from the ship- building interest of the country. The shipbunilders of Bath, Me., which is the leading place in the world for wooden shipbuilding, propose holding a mass meeting to condemn the policy outlined by President Cleveland in his message, and undoubtedly protests will come from this interest elsewhere. The great- est of American shipbuilders, the Cramps, have declared in the most un- qualified terms that if the policy con- templated in the Fithian free ship bill should be carried out it would destroy the shipbuilding industry in this coun- try unless the cost of the labor em- ployed in it was reduced below a living standard. A well known writer on the subject of restoring the Americ chant marine ha id n me that this meas- be termed one to close an shipyards, take the bread from the mouths of American labor and feed it to foreigners in foreign lands. There is a great deal to be said on both sides of this question, the great importance of which s being ever year more fully realized and appr ed by the American people. That a at commercial nation like the United ates should have a merchant marine is & proposition which all who have given the subject intelligent considera- tion will agree on. The enormous for- eign commerce of the country is now carried almost wholly in ships of for- eign construction and chiefly of foreign ownership. For this the country is an- nually drained of a vast sum of money. Moreover, our trade is to some extent at the merey of alien ship owners, and we sufter in the competition for foreign markets from the fact that our goods are transported under foreign flags. This has been going on for a third of a century, the conditions growing worse every year, so that last year only about 12 per cent of our exports and imports was carried in American bottoms. It is an expensive and a humiliating situa- tion, What is the remedy? Our facilities for shipbuilding are unexcelled. No other country has any advantage over us except in the cost of labor, Shall we werifice labor, as would be necessary under the free ship policy, in order to save the shipbuilding interest from destruction, or adopt what seems to be the only alternative, some form of sub- sldy, as Is done by most other coun- tries having a merchant marine? The problem presents difficnlties not to be | easily overcome If all interests be given fair consideration, and yet its solution must be found in that policy that will Insure the greatest good to the eatest number. That which is nd digpute is that no improve- ment or advance is to be expected from continuing present conditions, these we have steadily lost there is no v n to hope t ture will bring a change for the bette A different poliey Is noeded, would seem that the choice will mately have to be made between ships and a system of subsidies, for no one has yet proposed a practicable or satisfactor und, and ulti- comprom STILL A PROFITABLE Notwithstanding the ¢ of distr recently made by the sugar refining monopoly, it would seem from the divi- dend just declared that it is still a highly profitable industry. The com- mon capital stock of the trust is $37.- 500,000 and there is an equal amount of preferred stock, making the total stock capital 5,000,000, which is at leas NDUSTRY. three times more than the actuak value | of the trust's property. On this the quarterly dividend is 237 per cent, which is over 7 per cent on the real capital, or at the lowest estimate 28 per cent a ye According to some, how- ever, the real value of the property of the sugar monopoly does not exceed one-fifth of the amount of its capitali- zation, so that it is perhaps safe to say that the monopoly is able to divide fully 40 per cent of its genuine capital annu- ally, besides maintaining an undivided surplus which is understood to now amount to a large sum. If there Is a combination in the United States or any other country that is making a greater profit out of its investment than this the fact is earefully concealed from the public. It would seem safe to say that the sugar-refining trust is making more money on the actual capital invested than any other combination in exist- ence, and yet it has recently had the audacity to claim that it has been op- erating at a loss and that in order to protect itself from further loss it was necessary to close down some of its re- fineries. It is an interesting fact that as soon as it was announced that the caucus of democratic senators had decided not to take up for consideration any of the supplemental tarlff bills passed by the house at the last session, among them being the free sugar bill, amended by the senate finance committee so as to make a straight duty of 40 per cent ad valorem on all sugar, the stock of the trust realized an advance. Nothing could better indicate the hollowness of the pretense of the officinls of the trust that they have been carrying on the business at a loss. All they desire is to be let alone and they will go on king the American consumers of sugar pay them from 9 to 10 per cent annually on from $30,000,000 to $60,- 000,000 of watered stock. It appe probable, in view of the action of the senate democratic caucus, that the mo- nopoly will not be interfered with by the present congress, but there is prom- ise that the democratic senators will be forcetd to put themselves on record upon a proposition to re- peal the duty of one-eighth of a cent a pound on refined sugar, which is the principal protection afforded the trust under the present tariff law. Sen- ator Quay has submitted a proposition to abolish- this dut and the under- wnding is that it will be supported by the senate republicans. If all the dem- ocratic senators arve obedient to the order of the caucus it will of course get no support from that side of the senate, but they cannot very well escape fac- ing the issue. There is a very strong popular sentiment in favor of legisla- tion that will curtail the trust's power of extortion, but it is likely that the democratic senatorial cabal which made the bargain with the trust at the last session will insist upon the agreement being adhered to. A NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY LAW. One of the subjects which the senate steering committee was instructed by the caucus of democratic senators to present for consideration s that of a national bankrupt law. A bill has been framed and it is reported from Wash- ington that it will soon be presented to the senate. At the last session of con- gress a measure, framed by Representa- tive Bailey of Texas, was passed by the house and sent to the senate, but the bill to be considered by the latter body is very different, it is said, from the one passed by the house, though it probably retains the essential provision of the lat- ter regarding voluntary bankruptey. The house measure is admitted by nearly everybody who has given the subject intelligent consideration to be inadequate, its only merit, If that be a merit, being the proviston against fore- ing a debtor into bankrupt "he most serious objection to the Torrey bill was that it provided for involuntary bank- ruptey. It was urged that this would enable ecreditors to take an unjust ad- vantage, the argument being e 1y directed against the banks and having the desired effect with the large number of democratic representatives who are unfriendly to the national banks. No measure providing for involuntary bank- ruptey, it is entirely safe to say, could pass the house, and therefore we as- sume that the senate bill will not con- tain such a provision. The report re- garding it is that in its general features it will be a very much more comprehen- sive measure than the one which passed the house. It is generally conceded that national legislation regarding bankruptcy is de- sirable. The state laws, which are not uniform, do not operate satisfactorily. It is next to impossible to secure exact justice under them and a great many ditors do not, therefore, avail them- selves of these laws. It is not at all probable that in the absence of a na- tional bankruptey law the state statutes would be improved. Doubtless every- body will concede that ereditors should be given every proper opportunity to secure what belongs to them, but it lg not creditors alone that a bankruptey law is intended to benefit. There are Under | | mand for legiglation on this At the fu- | come from evapy, jmportant and it |and has not heey confined to t free | thonsands of try who wau they may be thmmhon! the coun- h o law in order that sed from the constant esplonfige of tors and given an op portunity to me business without the danger of-belug pounced down on at | any time and thoir business closed up. | It s true that“dxperience with bank ruptey laws ygpeghis country has not | been entirely satisfactory, but it is cer tainly possiblélth frame a law that will operate Justly;and equitably. The de- | subject has nd influen the country 1y tion, the sentipiegt in the west in favor | of it leng quite’ as general as in the enst. Judiétous national bankrupt law “uum undoubtedly be regarde | with equal favor by both ereditors and lonest debtof | tial commergial, body in A decree of foreclosure been | granted by the United States circuit court for the sale of the Sioux Cit O'Neill & Western railvoad. That mean that the water is to be wrung out and the road sold to the highest bidder for whatever its roadbed and rolling stock are actunlly worth, Now if the road | was recapitalized on the honest N of actual cost it could be operated with profit even if the maximum rate law s put into effect, the road will either be reorganized by the purchasers on double or treble its capital or annexed by one of the ex- isting systems and rebonded and re- | stocked for three or four times its cost. In due time its owners and managers will go through the foreclosure proces after playing a confidence game on in- vestors and the public, just as the origi- nal promoters and constructors have done. It is this systematic overcapi- talization and fraudulent manipulation of railroads that is at the bottom of all the receiverships, bankruptcies and in- solvencies of railrond corporatior Railronds honestly built and honestly operated would experience no difficulty in earning fair interest upon the money invested, tion of Labor, which is now in session at Denver, rep- resents the most intelligent and pro- gressive element of American wage workers, and its recommendations should have great weight with national and state legislatures. The difficulty with labor they advocate are in many De- yond reach of law-makiug bodies under | present conditions, The failure to |t cases achieve greater results in the past has | of Omabe, Dbeen chiefly dme to the lack of concen- tration upon the most vital reforms and the failure topoal Issues when the fight |t is on. If the, American Federation of Labor would center all its energies upon | one or two jmpprtant measures and hammer away, at)tiose and only those measures they, would succeed in having them engrafged npon our system. In other words, if they would pursue the policy of Dénnid Kearney when lre started the Anti‘Chin movement on the Pacific é{xnst’,,..liclc:xl leaders and parties would be forced to their reform¥ But when they their fire by-endarsing ruany promiscu- ous propositions they w their ener- te And now another s obbing elec- trical anaconda is to be set afloat. The Bdison Hluminating company of Bos- ton, now capitalized at $425,000, proposes to issue $3,000,000 additional stock, of which it is safe to predict nine-tenths will be pure water. In due time this electrified water will find its way into bank vaults as collateral for big loans and thus one of the foundation bricks will be laid for the next financial panic. If American financiers would plug up the receptacles for water and help to wring the water out of overcapitalized concerns they would have no need for a larger volume of elastic currency. A Reform Longed For. Courler-Journal. roposition to elect United States sen- ators by the pe people carrien with it the blessed corollary of defeating United States senators by the people. That is what the People are longing for just now with a grim, nineteenth-century " longing. —_—————— 1mmovable Bourbons. Globe-Demoerat. The serate declines again to adopt a rule for closing debate, because they see that the next senate will not be democratic. It has never struck the seuators that the peo- ple put them there to legislate now, and Rot to prevent legislation now and hereafter, el A Kansas Ofcial Declines a Pass. Buffalo Express. newly elected judges of the ie court has refused all rail- rond passes, much to the surprise of people out that way, It seems. This giving and re- celving of passes by state officers s bound to go, and especially should court officérs rid themselves of even so slight an obligation to railroads. Tired of the Subject. Buftalo Express. In spite of the president's recommenda- tion for free coal and iron ore, and the abolition of the differential and discrim- fnatory sugar duties, the democrats of the senate finance committee agreed the very first day they got together that they do not want to hear a_word even remg ring to the tariff this session. enough on that subject at the last election, Famlly Sarcasm. St. Louls Republic, bending of the proud necks of sen- atorial obstructionis Gorman and Bric can prevent tariff reform. Teller and Stew- artcan stop currency reform. The is not admitted to legislative business, or three coal mines and one Sugar trust regulate the taniff. Two or three silver mines fix the status of the currency. As the girl sald about the farce comedy, it is too ridiculous to be funny. John J. Idgalls is a Factor, Kardas City Star, In the disciission of the senatorial ques- tion in Kansas John J. Ingalls looms up as a consplcuous f\mlr He is the prefer- ence of & largh mumber of republicans who have been interviewed on this subject, al- though he is not an avowed candidate. Kan- sas has always been proud of Ingalis. He has some bitter enemies, but he also has many loyal and admiring friends who would be glad to see hlm n the seat which was occupied by P, B, Plumb. The republicans who favor Ipgalls are prominent in the O iy ard an 8 Fuls, are men of high standing and of wide influence, The fact thai Mr. Ingalls Is not pushing himself forward, but is rather inclined to Keep out of the fight, is not diminishing his popularity in the least degree, One of thi Kansas sup | there | details and use them. | n | Bank notes which can be relied on to stick | won't dofor a p | establish a bank | capital | and | treasury but the chances are | ¢ caraful examination. not in America today a man who can write a state paper which, slon to literary graces, has more of the first literary effectively the impression of statesmanship. of a leaders is that the reforms |because there would be no governorship con- b . | test. railroad overwhelm the people of Nebraska, and the most sore-head republican The Bee in fighting Majors would make him votes Ro senator. statement than there was to the former. of the returns, Tom Majors has decided not to Silas A. feat Majors used better judgment than the governorship. be a back number in the arena of Nebraska gles and distract their followers. polities. turned to earth long enough to tell how “‘we' are going to get a recount by the legislature and seat “us,” which means Governor Majors and Colonel Seely, as governor. thing about poor old Walt, extremities about a hope and stick onto it till the rope breaks or gets disgusted and throws him off, complete has been the change in sentiment on regarding Governor Holcomb. a large pyramidal-shaped Nemesis, with up- ness interests of the state whose people even dared suggest the possibility of electing a populist governor, but now there is a strange unanimity of opinfon that he s really a good man and not an extremlst by any means. 5 ward cremation he may safely be sald to have grave doubts. wife manage to impress him so deeply with an idea of her superiority?" you had to go to law about that property that was left you. yer? owns the property that “Book of Etiquette and Complete Let- ter Writer?" of it? cer to tell him I can't. pay him. CARLISLE'S CURE-ALLS. St. Louls Republie: Bankers object to the details of Carlisle’s currency plan. If the plan suits the uses of the general public will be plenty of banks to like the | More small banks are one of the needs of the financial situation New York World: This would afford ample clasticity for rs to come and would | remedy ‘the more aggravated currency evils. But this multiplication of schemes in the secretary's report suggests once more that the whole subject should be referred to a monetary commission. If Mr. Carlisle can nt ‘such a number how many more can several hundred congressmen invent, to the confusion of mind and the prevention of action? St. Louls Globe-Democrat: renc which wiil always may suit Secretary Carlisle people, but the country The bank cur- ay at home” and a few other is not asking for it o the town or county where they are issued ople who, for thirty years d to a currency which was in_every foot of territory United States flag has | past, have been us as good as gold over which the floated Denver Republican: If the plan of cur- vency reform proposed by the present ad ministration should be adopted it would be possible for any five men having $100,000 to anywhere and get $75,000 of bank notes by depositing $22,600 in legal tenders with the Treasury department. Then the founders of the bank could borrow the by discounting their own notes, pocket the circulation, let the bank break, clear $52,600 by the transaction. Isn't his a fine banking scheme for the president of the United States and his secretary of the to commend to the people of this intry ? Detroit secretary national Free Press: The plan which the proposes as a substitute for the banking system merits close and In its main features it {s tantially like the plan presented at the ent bankers’ convention at Baltimore. By no means its least merit is that it contem- plates the retirement of the government from the national banking business and its confinement to the duty of seeing that all currency issued under its authority is suffi- ciently secured to prevent its depreciation or loss in the hands of the people who are com- pelled to receive and pay it out in the trans- action of their business. Louisville Courfer-Journal: The annual report of Secretary Carlisle is an admirable paper, showing the secretary’s thorough knowledge of the country's finances, his comprehension of fiscal science and the won- derful clearness of his style, which so faithfully reflects the clearness of his mind No one can read this report, whether agree- ing with its conclusions or not, without con- viction of its exceptional ability. There is having o little preten- virtue—simplicity—and makes 8o VOIOE OF THE STATE PRESS. Wayne Herald: The Herald has not heard single republican in the county kicking Wahoo Era: Two long weeks passed away nto oblivion and not a single case of con- empt up before the illustrious Judge Scott of Omaha. The citizens of Omaha can truly The Rueslan thistle, the and railroad courts are do now most threaten .to Papillion Times: lobbyists hree evils which menacing of these is the rallroad tri- hunal. Platte Center Signal: Quite a few editors who sald of the that are now spreading the report that water is a candidate for United States There is no more truth to the latter Valley Enterprise: Looking upon the face contest the election Holcomb. of Governor-elect In this sad hour of de- men who placed him in nomination for the Poor Majors! He will forever Lincoln News: Colonel Walt Seely has re- There 18 one he'll twine his Fremont Herald: It seems remarkable how the part of the republican newspapers They pictured ifted sword ready to strike down the busi- _— PITHY REMARKS. Buffalo Courler: When a man leans to- Washington Star: “How does Brown's “She takes him shopping with her.” Judge: Plankington—I understand that Y Have you a smart law- Von Bloomer—You bet I have. He now, New York Weekly: Mr. Highfli—Where is Mrs. H.—What do you want Mr. H.—1 want to write to the gro- Philadelphia Record: Miss Peart—Does that young fellow that you have got on the string” Kkiss you when he says good night? Miss Strickter—Never. Miss Peart— That's funny; he told me he liked your cheek. Detroit Free Press: Farmer—I bought some stock in that western land company. Broker—Wasn't it watered? Farmer—That's what I understood, but they've been assessing me like the mischief for irrigation purposes, Harper's Bazar: ‘“Here's another one of those millionaire-plum jokes in the paper,” said Criticu rich plumber, Hicks “*All the plumbers I'v poor plumb, Still, a tellow poor plumber and yet be m a rich man," CUT IT SHORT. Chicago Inter Ocean, The foot ball player's shaggy head Must come within the shearing yoke. His days of triumph quickly sped, When many funny bones he broke. But now, instead of lining up 'Gainst’ slugging teams much vexed, This animated college Krupp Waits mildly for the call of Next! ———iibe THIS QUEER WOKLD, Atlanta Constitution, There's folks that's complainin® Whenever it's rainin’, An' likewise, whenever its cold} An' then when its summer The heat {s “a hummer;" It's “'too hot fer livin',” we're told, They wern't born fer pleasin'; They wouldn't die freezin’, An’_wouldn't feel hot when 'they goj They jest want to grumbie, An' rumble an’ stumble, Yet have a front seat at the show, But what sets me doubtin’, An’ keeps me from shoutin’ Is_this: These same folks git along, When a feller contented 1s put down “demented,” An' can't sell his soul fer a song! Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report PROPLE AND THINGS, The least that may be sald Is that Secre- tary Carlisle has given currency to his ideas. The wise mon are now discussing foot ball as a moral force. Hitherto physical | force has been the mainstay of the game. The scarcity of employment In Denver is accounted for on the score that the ety council Is monopolizing all the jobs in sight The publication of a Christmas paper by the young women of San Francisco is to be commended as Tho erection of a sentry-box in front of | the white house is doubtless intended to pro- tect the administration against posure. *rheodore D. Weld, ove the abolitionists of Boston, passed his first milestone the other day, without or bodily ailment further ex- old-time ninef ‘gpecs” The oldest lawsuit in the courts of Ch h.’u:fl.l in_ 187 been The court costs amounted and the fees of the lawyers like- begun for $2,500. five figures, wise. That little compromise jawbone caress which gave the coroner of Syracuse a Stiff job has had soothing effect on the agitated jaws of the short-haired fraternity. It was a great hit all round. The Indianapolis News celebrated its twen- ty-fifth anniversary on the 7th inst. with a thirty-two page number replete with pictorial and historic reminiscences of the Hoosier state and its capital. The News is an old reliable on all things except politics. Not a few snorts of joy are heard through out the land over tho order placing the of the geological survey within the cla: service. The order is regarded as a tr o the “ins" over the plebinders of palezole, mesozole, cenozole and other periods Philadelphia papers will not be happy un- less the famous Penn statue on the city bhall tower is faced to the south. There appears to be valid objections to the change, however. The commission points to the im- propriety of Willlam gazing on Chestnut street imph Provinclalism will not down in New York. | affect surpriso at tho tes official who acknowledged having accumulated a_competency by borrow- ing money and repudiating his debts. The self-complacency of Gotham would make the Chicago river blush Owing to the scarcity of parks in Denver, several philanthropic owners of real estate have, without much persuasion, consented to unload on the city about 2,000 acres of Jand sufficiently distant to be free from the hum and odors of urban life. The estimated cost to the taxpayers egceeds $1,000,000. Although the press has pounced upon the proposition furlously the benevolent city dads are convinced that the ozone of 2,000 trecloss acres where gophers sport and coyotes sing to the stars ls ample com- pensation for the pittance involved. et More Rallway Rottenness. Springfield (Mass.) Republican There are other railroad corporations which scem to have been practicing Atchi- son book keeping methods, One of them made its confession in the annual report of the BErle road. This report, by the way, with its showing of enormous losses in gross earnings and increase in operating expenses knocks the wind out of the reorganization scheme promulgated early in the year, Which was founded on the assumed ability of the road to support a $70,000,000 5 per cent mortgage. But that is not all. The repors announces the transfer to the wrong side of the profit and loss account of an item of Local Reuben: mony of a city over $4,000,000 “hitherto carried as doubtful p What the nature of assets and advances.’ these assets and “advances’ was, can very likely best be determined by referring back to the Atchison exposures. The size of the reported deficit is therefore something won- derful even In these days of developing rot- tenness in raflway affairs. They have recntly in making a semi-official American_railway methods. o plimentar: conclusion . In fact, far greater reason ap- peared for interdicting American railway seourities than American pork of the worst kind. Consul General Mason, stationed at Frankfort, has lately taken up the subject and he sends word to the State department that German investors are thoroughly aroused over the recent scandalous revela- tions in - American_railway affairs. It ap- cars to these investors, he says, : Pdnts have so far been falsified, fictitious earnings reported, and usurpations and eva sions of responsibility so generally practiced by boards of directors, that nothing short bringing the roads and their books under more direct control and accounting of t' government can suffice to restore the con dence of foreign capital in American rail- way investment. And here wo have another consplcuous case going to confirm the foars and cop- victions of the foreigners. Wall street looks to a government bond Issue to restore foreign confidence in the situation here and cal back foreign capital. But with such reve lations becoming the order of the day, the government can heap up a gold reserve beyond all precedent without bringing sired results. Speculative and dishonest railvay and trust management is what | keeping back foreign capital and throwing cloud over every form of securlty issued throughout the country. ——— More Business, Less Talk. Chicago Herlad. If democratic statesmanship can find no Germany been investigation into It was not a which was n exhibition of miss directed | into_the | a | fied | the | TPUGH'S SHARP TRICK FAIL Plan of the Alabama Senator to Protect the Administration Upset. JULY RESOLUTION RCSTORED ALLEN'S ; Nebraskn's Junlor Senator Courteously Ine sists on HMis Rights and Carries His Point Reply to His Oppo- nent's Personal Explanation. WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THR BER, 1407 F Str WASHINGT | Senator Allen was a conspicuous figure today upon the floor of the United States senate. was dignified, determined and courteous, | although manifestly indignant, when he called up his resolution to expunge from the | congressional record a portion of the proceed- \IUL\ of July 27 last, which resulted in the | restoration of his resolution calling upon the | attorney general for information concerning | the Pullman strike. He called the attention of the senate to the fact that a great personal wrong had been done to him by the unusual | action of Senator Pugh of Alabama in caus- | Ing the reconsideration of his (Allen’s) reso- lution at a time when Mr. Allen was absent from the senate chamber. Senator Pugh in- terrupted Mr. Allen with an explanation of his conduct, which was in no senso satis- factory to either Senator Allen or his col- leagues upon the floor of the senate. It is generally conceded that senatorial courtesy was violated by Senator Pugh at that time in a manner almost_ without precedent in the records of the senate. Senator Allen, while | maintaining a courteons demeanor, plainly and pointedly stated his belief that the sena- tor from Alabama had acted under the ime pression that because the senator from was not -a member of either ot at parties of this country he could be imposed upon with impunity, He declared his determination, howe to secure the information desired concerning the action ot the government during the Pullman strike and asserted with boldness that his efforts in this matter are prompted, not by a personal desire only, but by the undoubted desire of the people, who were most affected by that | strike and its results. At no time since his entrance upon the duties of his high office has Senator Allen appeared to so great advantage or received so heartily the unani- mous commendation of his colleagues as upon this occasion, IN A GENERAL WAY. The comptroller of the currency has ap- proved the selection of the following reserve agents for national banks: Nebraska— Columbia National of Lincoln, for the City Natlonal of York. Towa—Valley National of Des Moines, for the First National of New Hampton. ~ South Dakota—Flour City Na- tional of Minneapolis, for the Dakota National of Sioux Falls. The comptroller has been notified of the selection of M. A. Rublo as president of the First Natlonal bank of Nelson, Neb., in place of R. M. Gourlay. Congressman Plckler called at the Indian office today to urge. the early payment of the money due the Sisseton Indlans of South Dakota. He was informed that an agent will be sent out to pay $22,000 fmmediately, and that $22,000 more will be paid shortly after the 1st of January. It was the Intention to delay the payment of this money for some time, but Mr. Pickler thinks that on account of the condition of the people as a result of the recent hard times and the terrible drouth the money ought to be paid as soon as_possible, The secretary of the interior today ren- dered decisions on appeals from decisions of the commissioner of the general land office: Nebraska—Willlam P. Mellor against J, Wood Smith, Grand Island district, decision affirmed and land awarded to Mellor; Jacob Unser against John B. Baccus and others, North Platte district, decision affirmed and Baccus’ entry to stand intact. South Dakota —Nikolal Marlenson, ex parte, Watertown aistrict, decision afirmed and application to amend ‘entry denied. RROR IN A th ROPRIATIONS, Surveylng of Western Stutes Nuffored by & Clerical Mistake, WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Representative Wilson of Washington says his state Is most seriously injured by the clerical error in the surveying provision of the sundry civil ap- propriation hill of the last session and has obtained from Chairman Sayers a promise that the error shail be corrected in the next bill. It has been the custom to allow in- creased rates for surveying In heavily tim- bered and mountainous states. This provision was accidentally omitted and consequently there have been few contracts let in Wash- ington, as the lands to be surveyed are largely of that character. Mr. Wilson says the next bill will contain a provision allow- ing the increased rafes and also providing that the appropriation of the last on shall not lapse If contracts for surveys have not been made at the close of the fiscal year. way to kill unwise republican bills in the senate except by talking them to death it had better go out of business, Several western states are more or less inter- ested In the surveys affected by the error, ¢Money’s Worth or Monsy Back,” MacNulty bought a mackintosh, back—but that is what it ought to do to be a joy snows of winter, and the rams of early spring—and that is what it's bound to do if bought of Bfowning- King—But a mackintosh isn't pagtloa.l it's practical—It takes the plaee ot an Overcoat ju would get the worst usage if you wore it—We have a very nice line of both the cape and the box styles They're in tricots, serges, with séams sewed and ¢ box and cape styles, blue, black and light colors. All sorts of prices from $5.00 up. Umbrellas from a few Bakmg > Powder Browning, ng & Co., Reliable Clothiers, 8. W, and the rain slid ofl’hxs to Mac—It should §hed the st at the time an Overcgat meltons, covert cloth, ete., emented, All weights in we warrant'em all. cents to a few dollars. Cor. 15th and D3uglas.