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

i | 3 P R OMAHA DM] TERMS OF Daily Bee (Without Sund; SUBSCRIPTION. ), One Year.. Daily Tiee and Sunday, One Year 8ix Month: pros Monthis i onr Saturday Year Weekly ar ‘ OFFICE Buildin Amaha ath Omahn Council Th, Tiee 8 t ot Commerce. 14 and 15, Tribune Bldg. Washington, 1407 I Street, N. W, CORRESPONDENCE. A1l communications relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed: To the BUSINESS LETTERS, All business letters and remittances should be addressed 1o The liee Publishing compan: Omahn, ~Drafts, checks and postoffice orders 16 be made_payahi® to v of the company. THE DBEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. 3 STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. ;rge 1, Trschuck, seeretary of The Tee Pu Nshing company, being duly sworn, saye th the actual number of full and complote cop) of the Dally Morning. Evening and Sunday Dee printed during the month of November, 150, was an follows i 16 2,511 17 21,760 1% 2,175 1 A F) 20,512 7 20,15 2 Dhum n 2 20123 L mor T 20,020 © 10,952 OB s 60,650 oxs deductions for unsold and returned e WiTssi wWivna1ae O] B0 cuierenioneressnessrssins S, 372 Daily average nct elreutation 21512 RGE B, TZSCHUCE Sworn to betore me and subscribed in my pres- nee this 3 day of Decen 1894 Eealy ¥ NP PRIL, Notary Public. When it comes to eulogies on dead senators and statesmen for whom the nation has erceted statues there is no difficulty “in finding material for me morial specches In the American house of lords. The Whisky trust wants to borrow a few million dollars to recoup itself for the big I » of water out of its trust cask, Here is an opportunity for capitalists who are bent on a work of noble charity. Senator Quay of Pennsylvania has in- troduced a bill to provide a suitable residence for onr presidents. Has Mr. been engaged as advance agent the next president? Has anybody ever seen a | would refuse house? sidential candidate who live to in the white Riverside park is a name both sug- gestive and attractive. There is no good venson why it should be changed be- zause Mr. Murray sold the city part of the tract. If the park commission and the council desire to perpetuate Mr. Murray's name let them do it by naming the boulevard that leads into the park Murray boulevard. The coming legislature should provide such laws as will prevent the coercion of voters by threats of discharge, redue- tion of wages or any other mode of in- timidation. The Australian ballot law has been a step in that direction, but it should be supplemented by other laws that will liberate every tyranny. Wi ge enrner from politic: The building Inspector and his clerks and assistants are falling over each fother with nothing to do. Wi the council direct Mr. Deverell to out the suggestion made by The Bee some months ago that the old buildings and blocks receive a careful inspectior with a view to ascertaining whether they are safe, or whether they need reconstruction or repair te make them safe? There should be a record of every building, old and new, in the building inspector's office, as well as the office of the fire department chief. There is no use of crossing Fox river until you get to it, is an old adage of Abraham Lincoln, What's the use of relinquishing the right of the city to levy special taxes against the Murray tract for improvements because some day the ity would have to get a right- of-way for a sewer through his land? ‘Won't it be time enongh to get the right-of-way by eminent domain when we need it, and pay for whatever dam- ages may be done and tax back on the land whatever benefits it may derive The Hanscom park precedent should never again be repeated. We can bet- ter afford to buy additlonal land for park extension when it is needed than to exempt the property adjacent to a park from special taxation for roadway improvements. The Hon. Charles H. Gere is very much put out beenuse The Bee cred- fted him with drawing $4,000 a year for four years' sulary as postmaster of Lin- coln when he was drawing only $3,000 w year from Unele Sam for writing Burlington editorials in the federal building on a government typewriter. We make haste to apologize to the . W. (perfidious watchman) on the r publican tower. We can assure our readers, however, those voucher in the auditor's office foot up $44¢ 46,00, as orviginally reported, and de- dueting the alleged overestimate of BLO00 for postmaster's salary, Mr, Gere and his partner drew over half a million out of the public funds sine The Bee was established. This cor tion Is made cheerfully and of our own free will and ac alicious mendacity commend us to the Hon, Mr, Gere. That still porker who has fattened on the swill from the state house troughs actually charges that Lincoln representatives of The Bee are under instructions from Rosewater 1o misrepresent the conduet of state afficinls. The truth is that our repre- sentatives at Lincoln are under instrue- tions to take pains so that every state- went they make can be verified. The trouble down at Lincoln is that th representatives of The Bee have di- vulged facts that are not intended for publication and offended state officials because they would not suppress thew, This is a complaint of long standing.. ‘What The Bee has a rvight to insist on is that all public business shall be transacted fn public and that the press shall have access to all such transac- tious, regardless of party politics or personal likes aud dislikes. AMEND THE CONSTITUTIC The consensus of opinion among all men who have given the subject thonght is that Nebraska has outgrown the constitution framed for her govern- ment nearly twenty years ago. In 1875, when the present constitution went into effect, Nebraska had-less than one- third the population which she has to day. Barring the legislative branch every department of state government is severely hampered by limitations that were right and proper in their time, but have become irksome, if not unbearable, throngh the expansion of the commonwealth and consequent mul | tiplicity of its wants. Within the past ten years the barriers imposed by the constitution have been broken down | and in some instances most flagrant in- fractions hav been tolerated and winked at as a matter of sheer neces- sity. From governor down, nearly | every state officer has in one form or | other been competled or induced to dis- gard constitutional injunctions and | mandates, and even the supreme court has been placed in an equivoeal position | with rd to the interpretation of | constitutional restrictions. | The amendment of the constitution in essential particulars has become an | imperative necessity. The question i low can this be done in the shortes possible time and at the least expen: To hold a constitutional convention would involve an outlay of not less than $150,000, and then we would v the chance of its rejection in case some provision was ¢mbodied that ran coun- ter to popular senfimeit, In any event it is manifest that we cannot afford to spend one-fourth of that sum under present financi The next best way to amend the con- stitution would be through the ofdinary stress, procedure, namely, the submission by the coming legislature of separate amendments to be submitted for i- fication at the general election in 1896, Two years ago The Bee ventured to suggest o plan to the legislature for amending the constitution, which con- templated the appointment of three commissioners, to be appointed by the governor, who were to formulate a series of constitutional amendments within ten days and submit the same to the legisly > in time Dbefore the close of the session to be considered and passed by each of the two houses and submitted to the voters of the ite for ratification on a separate ticket, to be designated as the consti- tutional amendment ticket, in such form as would emble eacl’ voter to vote for or against all the amendments by a single X mark, or to vote 1tely against any amendment. By adopting this mode of procedure the legislature could at very little ex- pense revise the constitution in every part that has proved itself defective and submit any new features that may seps be deemed desirable. A still more economic plan sugges itself to us. Let the three justices of the supreme court formulate the proposed revision early during the legislative session and thus save the entive expense of the com- mission, This would not hinder the legi: lature from adding other amendments or making changes in the verbiage of those formulated by the supreme judges. The legi ure is the sole arbiter in -Ifroposing. ‘constitutionat amendments for ratiication to the voters; neither the executive nor judiciary can have any part in their submission” beyond mak- ing suggestions and recommendations, This is one of the most important subjects that will engage the attention of the legislature, and it is to be hoped it will not be left for the sifting com- mittees to smother. —_— CANADIAN BANKING. It is presumed to be generally under- stood that what is known as the Balti- more plan for a new bank currency is largely based upon the Canadian bank em, which is highly esteemed by ex- pert financiers. It provides a safe and elastic currency and has worked ad- mirably. It is an interesting fact that Canada has suffered very little from ancial disturbance since ths system went into effect and fie banks of that country are on a sound and profitable basis, while there is complete public confidence in them. Only one bank hi closed its doors since the present act went into force, and the bills of that bank were not discredited. They passed freely from hand to hand and were accepted by the people and the other banks as before its suspension, the only difference being that when the notes got into the hands of another bank they were not paid out again, It need hardly be said that the notes of a Canadian bank are good all over the Dominion, just as the national b notes pass without question all over this country, L3 The safeguards for the protection of note holders are very complete. The law provides heavy penalties for cess of circulation over the paid up, unimpaired capital of the bank, and there are also penalties for im- proper use of circulation by the horrow- ing of money théreon, these being heavy enough, both on the officers of the bank and on the lender, to deter from transactions of this natu Auother provision of the bank act requires the formation of a 5 per cent guarantee fund, only to he availed of providin the officer liquidafing an msolvent bank fails to arrange for redemption of the issue of said bank within two month: Still another provision is that the issue [ a closed bank shall bear interest at G per cent from the day of suspension until the day named by adyertisement by the officer in charge for payment of notes, when interest ceases. This in- terest, as well as the note issue, is a first charge on the assets of each bank, The act provides for the redemption of circulation by the government, but pressly s that no liability shall at- tach to the government or the minister of flnance beyond the amount ayvailable from time to time out of the guarantee fund. g Perhaps the Canadian banking sys- tem as a whole would not be practicable in the United States, but it certainly possesses features that might be ad- vantageously adopted here. In the mat- ter of giving elasticity to the currenc it is admittedly superior to our system, and with finauclers generally the gual- b | THE OMAHA DAILY ity of elasticity i& regarded as most important and essential. It I8 a question, however, whother it Is not glven an exaggerated im- portance, and whether, also, a really elastic eurrency can at the same time | be an absolutely safe curvency. If the | two qualities cannot co-exist, and there { who maintain they then of course clasticity must give way to safety, There is this compensation for the inclasticity of a perfectly safe cmrency, that its searcity at any given point attracts, by raising the price paid for its use, a supply of it from other points where it js less wanted. are some cannot, OF RAILWAY CONTRO- VERSIES. The house committee on labor is giv- Ing hearings to representatives of rail- way employes regarding proposed log islation for creating a board of arbitra tion to adjust controve % arising be- tween raflway companies and their en- ployes. Among those who have ap- peared before the committee are Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engine and Chief Clark of the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors, both of whom stated that they were unqualifiedly in favor of federal arbitr: tion, the former going far as to that his organization would not object even to compulsory arbitration. Whether Chief Arthur represents only his individual views in the premises or voices the sentiment of the rank and file of locomotive engineers is prob- lematic. Of late years Mr. Arthur has shown a disposition to side with the railrond managers in nearly all contro- versies, which makes it look as if his long tenure of olice has alicnated his sympathies from men of the foothoard. Mr. Clark probably does represent the views of the Brotherhood of Conductors, who, very naturally, will favor any measure that receives the approval of superintendents, Labor Commissioner Wright has pre pared a bill to create a national board of arbitration, the text of which has not appeared. Two other measures for a like purpose have been introduced in the house. One of these was introduced at the last session by Representative Tawney of Minnesota, and provides for taking controversies between railway companies and their employes to a fe eral court for settlement, if the parties are willing to do this, but if the not willing then the court shall point a board of arbitzation, cor of five persons the parties to the controve nd these two to select the other three, or if they are unable to agree the court then ap- points, subject, however, to the right of each party to interpose two peremptory challenges and any reasonable objection to the others proposed, so that no per- son can be appointed against whom any material objection can be urged. ‘This bill gives to the board of arbit tion the power to informally examine into the nature and cause of the controversy with a view to reconciling the - parties in differ- ence and if possible effecting an amieable settlement. If such settle- ment is accomplished It is given the force and effect of an award or decree of the court. The bill gives the court or the board of arbitration complete jurisdiction’ over all the parties inter- ested in the controversy. Another measure, introduced by Mr. Springer and soon to be considered in the house, provides for the appofntment of a per- manent national board of arbitration by the president of the United States, the arbitrators to receive a salary of $5,000 a year and expenses. The outlook for legislation in this di- rection by the present congress scems favorable, and the matter is of such im- portance as to render desirable egislation as is consistent ful and thorough conside great deal of interest will be felt in the measure framed by the commis- sloner of labor, because he has given the subject careful and thorough study, and there is reason to expect that his Dill will be found judicious and pr ticable. It is admitted on all hands that a way must be provided to protect the public from the quences of controversies between rail- way companies and their employes, and it will be generally conceded that this can best be done—indeed, can only be done—through the national authority. The power of the gene government must be invoked in this matter in order. to insure satisfactory results, —_— MUST GRAPPLE WITH THE PROBLEM. The great problem for the incoming city council will be how to make ends meet without increasing the burdens of taxation. The assessment on which the tax levy for 1895 is based is nearly $300,000 below the preceding year's as- sessment. The shortage in the funds of the Board of Bducation necessitates a raising of the school levy. The demands for an increase of fire fighting force and additional engines will also necessi- tate the raising of the fire and police levy. To keep down the total levy for city purposes to the level of 1804, which was high enough, if not absolutely ex- cessive, ways and means must be de- vised first, to increase the revenue, and second, to reduce running expenses by lopping off the supernumeraries, Now there can be no material increase in revenue unless the new council shall muster courage and force payment of taxes on property that Las been ex- empted without warrant of law, and compel the return of personal property that has been omitted from the assess- ment roll by the assessor. The laws that exempt the real prop- erty of churches, schools and beneyo- lent institutions does not contemplate the exemption of property which yields a revenue as rentals in part or as a whole, or is held for speculative pur- DOSeS. everal million dollars worth of sueh property has been exempted under all sorts of pretexts, when there 15 not a shadow of legal authority for such action. It is not necessary for us at this time to point out each of the great buildings and valuable properties that are contributing nothing toward fire and police protection, public school education and the maintenance of our wunicipal government. That there is abundant room for re- trenchwent o the varlous departwments ARBITRATION - sisting two to be selected by 18 enr] care- A with amaging conse- 7 BEE: FRIDAY, D at the city hall and police court head- quarters | ?mmvd by all who are famillar wili€3he city payroll. Scores of men are drawing salaries whose services can be dispensed with without in the least igipaiving the efliciency of any brancli & the service. We are running a g roll for a city of £100,000, 000 u«‘-y.«.f vflluation and 200,000 pop- ulation. Wof have been creating new offices and siheenres from year to year and we have been raising s ries when all other copporgtions and private em | ploy and reducing pay of employes to meet | present conditions, 1t is to be deplored that the city is foreed to do -likewise, The taxpayers demand relief, and the revenues do not permit the luxury of metropolitan airs without metropolitan incomes. | The incoming council is expected to grapple with the problem of retrench- ment at the very start, and it cannot afford to allow itself to be influenced by the protestations of political hangers on, A DARK-LANTERN COMBINE. There has been a nest of plotters and boodlers in this eity who are constantly hatching schemes of jobbery and public plunder. This class of patriots have for some time past been racking their brains to find a ws levy tribute upon and lold up people engaged in certain lines of business that have been subject to perlodic raids from genteel seoundrels who live upon their wits. This chique 18 made up of bogus detectives, Helfenstein lawyers, political bilks and swindlers who pro- tend to practice law. The activity of this junta since the election has become 80 brazen that we shall presently be compelled to expose the program which they have mapped out for the coming legislature, 1t includes the ripping up of the charter and changes in the stat- utes that would put the combine of blackmailers and rogues in position to carry on a luerative practice on a ver extensive scale. But the schemers will be thwarted just as soon as the bull's- eye lantern of publicity is thrown fairly upon them A judgment has just been rendered against the Pullman <Palace Car com- pany involving about $3,000,000. Some people might feel slightly embarrassed under such circumstances, but the Mar- quis de Pullman will eat his Christ- mas turkey with the same relish as if it had been a judgment for $30. Chicago nts as an insult the de- seription Jolm Burns has given of the wickedest city of America as a pocket edition of hell. Mr. Burns has a fac- ulty of hitting nails on the head. He have be raised as a horseshoer. —_— One of the Many. Chicago Herald, is made that the United the laziest body of law- rld. It is, no doubt, true, Iy for the people of this Tge of laziness is by no that can easily be brought inst the senaty The charg States senate makers in the and, unfortuni country, the means the woj and proved a Ifair Courier. The law wlfl)!!‘\ requires insurance com- Panies to pay“the face of the policy in B and th, one unless it be to the insurance companies, If a man insures his home for $1,000 and pays the premium on that amount and said home be entirely destroyed, then it is rea- sonable to expect the company to pay the full amount on which they accepted the premium, regardless of the money value of the property. Any attempt to repeal this law should be promptly sat upon by every member of the legislature. S e Keep Down to Business. Stromsburg News. ® A _grave responsibility rests upon the re- publican members of “the present legisla- ture. They hold the future success or fail- ure of their party's welfare In their hands, They need to study well the wants and necessities of the people of the state of Nebraska and see that their wishes are sacredly carried out. The people wish to see an’ early settlement of the senatorial fight, a short and economic session of the legisiature, the enactment of few new laws and only those which are absolutely nec- essary, ‘a reduction of general appropria- tions "{n " the interest of economy, a wise and just treatment of all public institutions, particulurly the State university. A pro- tracted session, a long-drawn-out and bitter senatorfal coniest, with its accompanying scandals, too libéral appropriation of the people’s money and undue partisanship; all these weaken a party’s standing in - the minds of the common people and tend even- tually to its overthrow. Save the Maximum Rate Law, Grand Island Independent, Our people should, through their delega- tion in” the legislature, work for the ac establishment of the 'maximum rat a law which is of the great for the growth of Grand Is all in- terior towns. If the present discriminations in favor of Lincoln and Omaha and some avorites are abolished and cheaper rates are introduced, the cities of central and western Nebraska can compete in manufac- tures and wholesale business with the favored eastern places, and the whole peo- ple will enjoy the cheaper shipment of all heavy articles and the industrial and mer- cantile growth of their cities. Two years ago the legislature passed a law o “that effect, but the perfidy of the rallroad companies deprived it of its effi- ciency by throwing it into the federal cofirt and inducing a federal judge to fssue an injunction against it. In this way they hive destroyed its working for two ye the court deciding that the law is tutional, but the rates unreasonably without declaring w| is a low rate, and they have nearly in destroying forever the power of the legis- lature for fixing the rates. If the legisla- ture should abandon the law of the last legislature and make new rates, the same smart, but not very decent, game certainly would be commenced again, An injunc tion would be sued out, and the law stopped for another term of (wo year: the de- cision might be again, that rates are unreasonable, 0 it could go on continu- ally, and we never would have a maximum rate law. After they have once been suc- cessful, the railroad companie; how to actually abrogate the legislature, and Lo place their in the place of the will of the people. Under thes reymstances It seems that nothing better gan, be done at present but low, reasonably succeeded quested to proteet (the Independence of our states from arbitrary decision of inferior federal judges by, lmiting their legal or assumed power to suspend our laws before an investigation hids been had and to keep uspensjon for years. As the matter t stands, ' the law making power states 18 atithe mercy of every cor- n and every millionaire who finds it jent to spend sufficient money for the e of stapping the work of the legis- [atiire by suink out an (njunction and Gar- rying on a lawsult against the state. It is the beginning of the end of our popular government. s haveBoen curtailing their foree | ¥ which they ean | mafstotal loss is & good one [ teacher. Nolhing else was touched. It is and. should, be-permitted to remain upon | Lochet e v ' the books, The courts have upheld. the faw 1 UPPosed to have been the work of tramps. 2 reasonl therefor is patent to every | have learned | to have the state take an appeal to the | United States supreme court and appro- priate a sufficient sum for the cost of this appeal, Then there is at least a possibility of saving this law and asserting the dig- nity of our state and Its legislature, At the same time cogress ought to be re- EMBER 21, 1894. JOHNNIE ALLEN'S JOBBERY, Auburn Granger: The secretary of state 1s responsible for more extravagance and wanton | waste than all of the independents who have served in both houses. He had an oppor- tunity to be wasteful and he improved the | opportunity, | chuyler Herald: The World-Herald has | taken up the defense of Secretary of State Allen, who has been shown up both by leg- islatlve Investigating committees and by | the republican Auditor Moore to have squan- dered. the state’s money criminally It is plain that Mr. Bryan s not editing Hitch cock's what-is-it, Blalr Courler | Moore causes with wonder sregate R18) The report of State taxpayers to open thelr eyes when they gaze on the ag-| mount of tools It takes to run the ive machinery of this state, every line Auditor |of which, to a person not experienced in | the workings of the law making power, shouts of exiravagance. tanton Picket: If the head of Auditor Eu- gene Mool is not turned by the many flat tering compliments the press is bestowing upon him, then Indeed does he merit all the kind ‘words spoken. A competent and honest official fs such a rari the state capitol that Mr. Moore's course attracts more comment than it otherwise would do Wayne Herald: The Herald has always been proud of Hon. Bugene Moore, and as one of the number urging him to be a can- didate for the office of state auditor we feel prouder still over his splendid administra tion of the affairs of the office in behalf of the people. It further demonstrates that the North Platte country contains men who know and who proclaim by thefr actions that pub- lic office is a public trust. Republican state conventions have never orred in selecting men from the North Platte country Fremont Leader: The practice under the Thayer regime existed for the secretary of state to purchase quantities of material of varlous kinds in anticipation of the wants of the members of the legislature. These goods were bought by the wholesale at ex:ravagant retail prices, and covered almost every con- ceivable Kind of goods, from iron safes to night latches. Excessive amounts of the different goods were purchased and disap- peared. There is good reason to believe that much of the goods were never delivered, and the system was largely a gigantic steal, amounting to thousands of dollars. No ob- jection seems to have been made under the Thayer administration. Ben Cowdrey, the secretary of state, one of Thayer's right hand fellows, bought goods in the most reck- less manner possible. A report of these reck- less purchases of goods was made to Gov- ernor Thayer, but In his anxiety over the contest over the governorship the matler was not presented to the legislature in a proper way. In addition the men who sold the goods ‘insisted upon payment, and made a prima facie showing that the bill was cor- rect, and compared them with bills of pre- vious years to show that their bills did not exceed those of former years. The members of the committee had no means of Kknowing how many yards of carpets had been furnished or the quantity of other goods VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. Plattsmouth Journal: The Omaha Bee has done a good job of work for the state In ex- posing the rottenness of the Mosher peni- tentiary contract Columbus Argus: 1f he could, out of the fullness of his great big heart, Governor- clect Holcomb would give every worthy man n Nebraska a job. Applications would be unnecessary. He would command everybody | to go to work and see to it that every la- | :,‘ er got his hire. But if he can't how can | he ? Lincoln News: There are possibly a few persons who are interested in knowing Mosher's opinfons on how to secure a larger volume of bank cuvrrency, but those per sons whose currency he managed to secure when he was at liberty are pretty well con vinced that any plan that Mosher would advocate would not be for the benefit of the public at large. Stanton Picket: It the incoming legis- lature wants to revive the sugar bounty let them place it on the beets produced and not | on the sugar manufactured. It is the pro ducton of the raw material that needs en couraging and the farmer who merits the | bounty, and even in that case the factories would manage some way to turn it to their own profits, either by lowering the price paid per ton, claiming a shrinkage and docking of weights, or by some other plan devised | by Oxnard and his associates | Kearney Hub: The Bee declares that it | Is absolutely imperative that the legislature at its coming session take some steps toward abolishing the anomaly known as the supreme court commission, and makes an urgent plea for the enlargement of the supreme court Seconded. The court commission s worse | than an anomaly, yet there is too much work for three judges, and to get more require: an amendment to the constitution, whic the people will probably vote down if sub- mitted. © So what are we going to do about e Fremont Leader The Leader notices that since the election, when the people of Omaha | refused to allow the railroad managers to | place brass collars upon them, that the rafl- | roads have commenced discriminating against | Omaha. That city Is large enough to pro- tect itself it it will be true to its own in- terest, and its interest is Identical to that of the state. It fs the metropolis of this state and rallroad discrimination cannot make it otherwlse. It certainly places the men who got down fn the dirt before the railroad managers and signed their mani- festo “to injure the credit of the state’ in an awkward position. After debasing them- selves by bowing down to the Iroad idols, libeling the state and endeavoring to injure its credit, they find the railroad magnates have no gratitude and less conscience; they are soulless corporate bodies, They Simply used their tools as they would an old sp ke, throw it aside to die of rust. There i where you are, gentlemen, when the state's credit and prosperity are at stake, i e PROPLE AND THINGS. Li Hung Chang. the deposed boss of China, was an original Tammany man. He is worth and were compelled to rely upon the state- ments and testimony of the interested parties The expose of Auditor Moore is the first attempt in this state to show that goods had been improperly purchased by a state officer, and now that attention has been called to it we trust it will be stopped. —_—— NEBRASKA AND The Norfolk public schools will Christmas offering to the poor. Rev. C. Jones of North Platte has become the pastor of the Methodist church at Ger- ing. ) Two Colfax county brothers have just mar- ried two Colfax county sisters. The wedding was a double one. Crawford wlll be one of the towns (hat will come before the legislature this winter wanting a state nermal school. Senator-elect Akers of Scotts Bluft county fell off the hotel porch at Gering and so se- verely sprained his knee that he will be EBRASK. 8. glve a forced to travel on crutches for several weeks. Thieves near Bradshaw broke into the residence of John Sandall and stole $25 from the trunk of Miss Dell Stanfield, a school- The young son of Engineer Nelson of Grand Island took a notion to run away from home the other day, but after he had gone as far as North Piatte he concluded he had enough of iife on the road, and so he re- turned home of his own accord, The Methodist and Baptist churches of Wilber have united for a time and will hold services in common. The Baptist min- ister will do the preaching, the Sunday services will be held in the Methodist church and the week day gatherings will be in the Baptist sanctuary. JUDGE SCOTT’S OPPORTUNITY. Fremont Leader: The Bee says Judge Scott ought to resign, and there are many Who are of the same opinion. Cedar Rapids (Ia.) Gazette: This has been a bad year for judges of the tin god variety. His benign assininity, Judge Scott of Omaha, is between impeachment proceedings and the insane commission, Oakland Independent: Judge Scott is thinking seriously of taking a short vacation, they say, If he would amend by making it perpetual many a lawyer would rejoice and the Omaha Bee sing his praises. Howells Journal: The Omaha Bee is call- ing on Judge Scott of Omaha to resign so as to prevent the legislature from impeachin him. That is proper. “Come off the bench’ judge, you are a blot on the fair page of Nebraska's judiciary. Blair Pilot: It looks as if concerted effort is soon to be made to depose Judge Scott from the bench by impeachment. The Bee of Tuesday démands that he resign at once, and intimates that this i3 the only way to prevent being ousted. Of course Scott will not resign. He is a fighter from “away back,” and will probably be found in the last ditch still fighting.” But the odds are against him, and he will likely be ousted, — MIRTHF . MUSINGS. Philadelphia Record: Wife—Will you lis- ten to me? Husband—Great Scott, woman, what else have I been doing since we were married? Atlanta Constitution: “Why on earth did Mary marry a foot ball player?’ “Well, she ‘always thought she'd look pretty as a young widow.” Chicago Inter Ocean: “I have ¢ curlous to know just what a mi ten been uffers when searching for the north pole.”” “Why don’t you move into a flat wh ere's a janifor to take care of the furnace?’ Galveston News: After a bank cashier has feathered his nest he fanclies that he s plumed himself for flight. Buffalo Courler: here's something in the heir,” exclaimed Youngdad to Mrs. | Youngdad, as he saw the baby give a sud- | den grab ‘at his abdominal region and yell with paln. Somerville Journal—About this time, re- solye not to make any New Year's reso- lutions, Also, dust off a few of the new resolutions you were foolish enough to make on January 1, | Chicago Trib have grown sin Miss Winifred!" Bright-Eyed Damsel—I'm not the smallest fraction of an inch taller, M yman, got my growth three years aj Old Beau—0, but you've grown much in my estimation! UNDILUTED JOY. Atlanta Constitution. "Taters—they are bakin' brown; Jimmy, shet the door; Dicky, get your fiddle down; ne: Old Beau—How you e 1 S8AW you a4 year ago, ever so Molly, sand the floor. Kettlé's jest a-steamin’, hen the fiddles play y cheeks |8 beamin’, dance the night away. But w An' we'll Ro Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report al TS ABSOLUTELY PURE Baking owder $500,000,000, As soon as Dave Hill located himself in Washington Grover Cleveland hurrizd to the woods of South Carolina. Uncle Sam enjoys as a publisher the rare distinction of having his circulation accepted without the usual aflidavit. An hour or two in the holiday shopping rush in Omaha will fit the average man for a full back in a foot ball game. Mr. Cecil Rhodes started his South African career as a cotton planter, and subsequently took to the diamond flelds. He was also instrumental in harvesting a large crop of native wool. An independent company offers to furnish Kansas City §1 gas in return for a franchise. The old gas company will not agree to It, consequently, city council will not seriously consider the proposition. In one respect, at least, Indian civiliza- tion to a few leagues in advance of the Cau- casslan variety. A doctor at Mattera, Cal., agreed to cure the wife of an Indian. Failing to do so, the Indian promptly killed him. Miss Kate Field asserts that.the abstemious prohibitionist is a walking distillery in dis- guise. ‘“The great Creator understood His she declares, “and let us accept the situation. In human stomachs undigested food ferments and alcohol results. Every dyspeptic is a walking distillery. -Total ab- stainers eat great quantities of sweets. The; ferment, and the prohibitionists themselves form a grand cordon of illicit distillerizs.” The importance of the discovery is not to be passed over lightly, In view of the de- pleted condition of the school fund. Hitherto the walking distilleries have escaped taxation and dodged the regulation license. Tap them at once and encourage home lndustry. PR S —— THE STRANGER. New Orleans Pleayune. There s a stranger within our gates Most wondrous fair to see Wafted here by the scheming fates To win my heart from me. He speaketh not our native tongue— His words are few and strange, And what tho' he been rather young, T'll ne'er my love exchunge. I love him, yes, I do confess At last I'am in love; Since Berthold did our househ d Dbless My heart hoth ceased to rov A little cherub, lacking wings, A soul pure, undefiled A laughing babe that ciosely clings— Berthold, the stranger-child, God gave to man no purer joy, No daintier gem than this, The only bliss without alloy, A baby's holy kiss. NOT ONTIL AFTER CARISTMAS No Immediate Prospect of Major Olarkson's Successor Being Appointed, POSTOFFICE OMAHA'S WiLL waIr Charley Connoyer's Long Petition Offset by General Lowe's Popuiarity-Governor Boyd's Friends Telegraph for His Appolntment to the Place. WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BER, 1407 K Street, N. W., WASHINGTON, Dee. 20, It likely that the Omaha postoffice case will be settled for some time to come, is not | certainly not until after the return of Presie dent Cleveland, who Is not expected for seve eral days. The chances still seem to favor the appointment of Charles Connoyer, who has been so strongly endorsed and in whose favor there is now a voluminous petition {n the Postoffice department, but at the same tme it will not do to ignore the candidacy of General W. W. Lowe. The postmaster eneral is inclined to look with favor upon the appointment of General Lowe, and has recently said that the only objection to him Is the condition of his health, His opponents have claimed that might not be able to perform the of the ofice. Tele~ RFAMS are now pouring in urging the appolnte Lowe duties ment of ex-Governor Boyd, but it does not appear that he is a very formidable can- didate, and the appointment will likely lia between Connoyer and Lowe, with chances In favor of the former. The appointment will certainly be delayed until after the Christ- mas holidays. Congressman communication from the stating that the Missouri ers will immediately commence to expend part of the appropriation for the Improves ment of the Missouri river at Omaha, This action will be taken in response to the ur- gent request of Mr. Mercer that the work be begun at once. Mr. and Mrs. Mercer this cvening give a bachelors’ tea at their handsome residence, Congressman Meiklejohn of Nebraska and Congressmen Cousins and Dolliver of lowa being the invited guests. The Postoffice department, at the solicita- tion of Congressman Mercer, is now nego- tiating with the Omaha Strect Railway com- pany for the purpose of arranging for the better transportation of the mails between Omaba and South Omaha. Kent Hayden, receiver of the Mosher Na- Mercer today reccived a War department river commission- tional bank of Lincoln, is in the city on business with the office of the comptroller of the currency. David Campbell of Auburn is here looking after his candidacy for the postmastership. T. P. Smith of Muskogee, OkL, one of the five Indian inspectors attached to the office of the secretary of the interlor, 1s a candi- date for the position of assistant commis- sioner of Indian affairs, made vacant by the recent retirement of General Frank Arm- strong. Mr. Smith is an intimate friend of Hon. Tobias Castor, who Is also in the city, and it is presumed that one of the objects of Mr. Castor's mission to the national capital is to urge the appointment of Smith to this position, which will be vacant upon the ex- piration of the one month’s leave of General Armstrong, on the 31st inst. Postmasters have been commissioned as follows: Nebraska—Jennie Eggleston, Nenzel. lowa—Lafayelte S. Gosncy, Bidwell; Nettle Pruney, Oleary. The follolwing postmasters have been ap- pointed: Nebraska—Huntley, Harlan county, W. H. Harp, vice G. M. Pick, removed. Towa—Fredonfa, Louisa county, Julia Trim- ble, vice Joseph Gamble, removed; Lark, Worth county, T. T. Ramsey, vice Len Larson, removed; Norman, Winnebago county E. E. Engesrud, vice M. O. Skeetle, removed. Labor Insurance in Germany. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—In view of the prominence in public discussion in the United States of labor problems, the statis- tical bureau of the State department has been to some trouble to secure from our consular officers in Germany, where the relations between labor and ‘the state are much more intimate than in this country or any other Buropean country, full statis- tics relating to labor insurance, voluntary and compulsory. The facts s0 gathered are included in n set of articles published in the December consular reports, which have just been issued by the department. Contract Tot-for Gun_ Carringes. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The revenue cutter Perry, under orders from the sec- retary of the treasury, safled today from New York for San Francisco. The War department has awarded to the Kilby Manufacturing company of Cleve land the contract for muking ten disappear- ing_gun carriages for thes ten-inch sea coast rifl Tresh proposals were issued this afterncon for supplying nine or more of the same type of carriages. Charge Against Judge Clarke. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—Senator Harrls' motion, made in executive session, that the senate reconsider the vote by which Judge Clarke was confirmed, was agreed to by general consent and the matter was re- ferred to the judiciary committee for inves- tigation. 1t is understood that the charge against Judge Clarke Is that the firm of which he is a member accepled fees from Doth sides. v ————— Your Money’s Worth or Your Money Back. Monkey Business--- A whole window full of it. WATCH IrFOR SATURDAY SPECIAL SALE. there’s no “monkey business’ on the inside. All the handsome furnishings where to draw the line. See the troupe of monkeys in the west win=- dow. And see the freak of nature, ‘ Bismark,” the man with the hollow head --gives his wonderful en- tertainment tonight—But We know that men and boys appreciate for presents are of good qualities and late styles. g7 Suits and Overcoats that we made to sell right here in Omaha at right prices made right. BROWNING, Reliable Clothiers, 8. W. Corn KING & CO., er Fifteenth and Douglas Sts. A