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

THE OMAHA DALY I S = 5. ROSEWATER, Editor. 3E PUDLISHED = EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Dally Bee (Without Sunday), One Ye Daily Bee and Sunday, One Year hs Veir One Yo One Yen OFFICES, Building rner N and Twenty-fourth ¥ Saturdny Weekly I Omaha, The ¥ South Omaha, ¢ Councll Bluffs, 12 Pearl Street Chicago Office, 317 Chamber of ¢ New York, Rooms 13, 14 and 15, Washington, 10 I© Street, N. W [ PONDENCE. Iating to news and_edi- ddressed: To the Editor, BUSINESS LETTERS, Iness letters and ren to The Hee I Draft s and postofl payable to the order of the HE BEE PUBLISHING CC sta. | Tribune Bldg Al communications toral matter should All b nddressed Omah: STATEMENT OF CIRCUL. 1, Taschuck, seeretary of The Bes Pub. Ashing company, belng duly swo ays taat the nctual number of full and complete coples of the Dally Morning, venin 1 Sunday Bee printed during the month of November, 180, was as follows : Geor 1. [ 18 1 2 21 b1} 2 3 Loan dedilctione T Daily average Giaiion X GRORGE 1 ASCHTTCR 1 subseribed In my pre Sworn to before me ence this 54 day of | (Seal.y Notary Publie. Does Postmaster General Bissell real'y want to surprise Omaha with a Christ mas gift of & new posti One of the reforms the next legisla- ture should inaugurate is the abolition of the fee system in county oftices, ster? We have now turned the shortest day and will geadually begin to pass out of the shadow into early sunshine, It the orm in western Ne. braska shall extend to this seetion we may yet hear the jingling of sleigh bel on Christmas? The Chicago Herald propounds this question to itself: Can Chicago be kept clean? We should say not so long as the political cess pools of Chicago re- main in their normal condition, corner of the snow Any man who will steal from a chari- table fund is mean enough to commit the foulest of erimes. Al such cases should be prosecuted to the fullest ex- tent of the law to the end that an ex- ample may be made of the offender and that he may suffer the penalty so riehly deserved. The Associated Charities of Omaha will presently find enough to do to keep every member very busy, The blizzard season is now approaching, and we are liable any day to experience a drop in temperature that will cause extreme privation unless preparations are made for immediate and cffective relief. The Carlisle currency plan has already struck a snag and a substitute is being hatched out to take its place. There is really no popular clamor for any cur- rency plan. The trouble is not sb much in the want of a greater quantity of paper money as there is the lack of products to sell and the low price of those that we are able to market. —_— It is not to be expected that all the features of the proposed amendments to the charter will bé approved by all our citizens. Quite the contrary, it is but natural. The abuses which the charter revision committee is aiming to abolish have been bread and butter to some people, and they will oppose any change that would either leave them out in the cold or*prevent them from: keeping up their practices. The house of representatives has passed a bill to pension the widow of the Iate General Banks at the rate of $100 per month. Now if the widows of all the generals who served in the union armies were pensioned at the same vate where would this lead to? And why is the widow of a general en- titled to more consideration than the widow of a private soldier who drew $17 a month and rations and exposed his life as mueh as any man who wore shoulder straps? The Bee voices the sentiments of the property owners of this state when it defends the valued policy fire Insurance law of this state against the attacks made upon it. The Insurance agents contend that it promises a premium to the incendiary and induces men to burn their own property. They hold that because the law compels them to pay the face of a policy In eaxe of o total loss that the ¢ inty of reward leads men to overinsure and commit the crime of arson. Take this elaim and put It up against the co-lnsurance rule which fire companies have enforced and are tod enforcing in this s effect of which is to compel propert) owners to put all the Insurance possible upon their proper When the oracles of insurance can reconcile this inconsi tency they will set at rest some of the talk about excessive insurance There appears 1o be a good deal of discussion in state house ring clrcles over the alleged discovery that Goy- ernor-clect Holcomb has drawn his pay as district judge to the end of the year, The state house elique has been known before now to swallow a huge nel while they would choke at a smat, No far as we can vemember, there was no discussion about a certain executive offi- cer who hiad extended his term of BOov- ornor without authority of law and had drawn bis salary in advance and was financially embarrassed when It came to refunding what he had overdrawn, j 1 this fnstance, however, there is uo ovor- draft or any attempt to appropriate unearned salary. Judge Holcomb has ecompleted his court work for the De. cember term and is entitled to pay for the month of December unless he sees fit to vesign prior to the eud of the BURLINGTON BEACH AND OMAHA. As might have been expected the turlington Journal takes up the cudgel the Burlington beach state fair Jeet and roasts The Bee for what has published concerning the scheme and the schemers in the follow- ing fashion The Omaha Bee man, in the guise of a | “prominent citizen of Lincoln,” gives to the | world what he knows of a startling con- spiracy which he calls the “Burlington Beach Steal,” which s about to be sprung on the ursuspecting taxpayers of the state. As a steal” the project is quite unique. It con- according to the description of this | distingnished fraud smeller, of a proposition of the “ring" that owns the beach to donate a sufficient tract of land on the beach to the | state, provided the state fair is permanently located there. * % ¢ What notorious | thieves and rascals were those Lincoln peo- ple who chipped in many years ago and | bought the present state fair grounds for cold cash and put up buildings thereon and offered It to the Board of Agriculture free of cost for fair purposes and have held it to | be used ten years for that purpose, in addi- | tion to the five years that they have had it on their hands while the fair was held in Omaha? The State Journal men plead gullty | to belonging to that black hearted gang of | raging rascals If they have mot the honor | of being numbered with the “beach thieves.” It the penitentiary yawns for them let it | yawn The Bee 1 sists, the Ny te as made no attack Lincoln people who chipped in years ago and bought the pre fair grounds. It 1 simply un- masked a scheme to relocate the fair zrounds whereby the Burlington beach | people would get from under the levy of taxes on their grounds and perfect the title to lands which under the con- stitution were to be reserved by the state for the development of saline springs located near Salt creck. Since the Burlington organ has ven- tured to recall the deal made six or seven years ago it may not be out of place to recite the conditions under which the location of “the fair was made for five years and how those con- ditions have been complied with by the | parties to the compact. If memory serves us right the original agreement was that the owners of the grounc would cause to be erceted at their own expense the buildings and stalls to be used for exposition purposes and have the grounds fenced in. It was also stipulated that during the continuance of the fair at Lincoln the buildin should be kept in repair and new build- ings added if needed. Another condi- tion was that the Lincoln fair ground association should make good the losses of the State Board of Agriculture in case the receipts of any one year's fair should fall below the actual expenses. In compliance with the conditions precedent the buildings now on the grounds were erected and the grounds fenced in. Then the obligations seem to have lapsed. No additional build- ings have been erected, although they were needed. No repairs have ever been made upon the buildings that were erected except such as have been paid for out of the funds of the State Board of Agriculture. he board pald out for reconstruction and repairs some- thing like §5,000. There was also a shortage I receipts during one season exceeding §4,000, and that was gener- ously made good out of the funds of thy ate board. » that after all the compact origi- nally made hag proved to be affair. We have no disposition to dis- parage the claims of Lincoln, but it would seem that a relocation of the fair would not be an unreasonable demand upon the part of Omaha, where the board will have no trouble in enforcing compliance ‘with every guaranty that is made, and where, moreover, there would be the advantage of drawing thousands of people from adjacent states that would thereby become favorably fmpressed with-Nebraska and her resources, so as to eventually lo- cate within b borders. A SUBSTITUTE MEASURE. The Carlisle currency plan has been abandoned and a substitute for it framed. It is not surprising that the supporters of that crude and ill-digested scheme should have so soon discovered the hopelessness of passing it, the won- der being that they did not see this be- fore introducing it and by amending and perfecting the measure saved them- selves from the ridiculous position they are now in. There was no lack of ex- pert opinion on the plan and this was almost unanimous against it. Some of the ablest financiers in the country pre- sented thefr views to the committee and the chairman of the banking and currency committee stated on thefloor of the house that one person had unquali- fiedly approved the Carlisle plan. The six republicans of the committee urged that the Dbill be given more careful con- sideration before being reported to the house and in this they had with them two of the democrats of the committee, but they were outvoted by those who were anxious to please the administra- tion I its desire to have a currency measure rushed through with the ad- ministration label on it As soon as the bill was introduced protests begun to pour in from bankers and business men, the newspaper comment was gencrally unfavorable, and there was developed in the house a great deal of opposition, In these cireumstances the only sensible course was to withdraw the bill and try something different, It would have been still better and more satisfactory to the country it See- vetary Carlisle and Mr. Springer had de clded to drop the subject altogethe Doubtless the substitute is an improy ment on the original bill. It could not well be otherwise. But the changes reported have not eliminated all the objectionable features, so that the new bill is far from being a perfect plan of curvency rveform. - It still proposes to glve the country a state bank currency, to which the objections heretofore urged remain in full fore It is less op- pressive in its provisions to the national bauks than the Carlisle bill, but it offers no additional inducement to these iustitutions to increase their circula- tion. Morcover, there I8 a very gen- eral feeling that the party in power in congress Is not competent, even with the help of the secretary of the treasury, to frame a wise and sound currency measure, and the attewpt it is making in this divection will gerve to confirm on my wonth, {or free competition in lawful t THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: this sort of tinkering with currency schemes, for however confident financial circles may feel of the failure of any of these plans to become law there will be more or less uneasiness while the tinkering goes on. Granting all that is said regarding the importance of a change in our currency systen, the mat- ter 1s not so urgent that it cannot wait to be dealt with by a republican con gress. We said when the Carlisle bill was introduced that there was no dan- ger of its becoming a law. The same prediction is now ventured regarding the substitute for it. THE SAME OLD ARGUMENT. Mr. . E. Frick of Iremont, who gained some prominence as well as no toriety as a straw candidate against Judge Maxwell last y has taken it upon himself to contribute to the railrond literature of the day a serl of articles on freight and passenger rates in the United States. If Mr. Frick had been the traffic manager of one of the great railway systems or a railway shipping expert, instead of being a law yer, he might have been in position to throw new light on this fmportant sub- Jeet from a practical standpoint. As it I8 he simply reproduces in compiled form the stale and stercotyped argu- ments and fignres of railway organs and railway lawyers. The essence of Mr. Irick’s contribution is that the demands for railway restriction have no basis be- cause passenger and freight rates have been materially reduced within the past few years. That point is conceded by those who oppose the prevailing methoils of fixing the rates according to what the teaffic will bear. I3very Nebraska school boy Knows that it costs a good deal less to travel across the plains in a luxurious Pullman car at the rate of forty miles an hour than it did in one of the overland stage coaches at the rate of forty miles a day. But that fact affords no proof that the Pullman car charges are reasonable. All com- modities have been cheapened within the past twenty years. People who lived in Omaha in the G0s paid bushel for potatoes; $100 per 1,000 for flooring lumber; $15 per thousand for common brick at the kiln, and 75 cents for astage drive to Council Bluffs, But why should the people who reside west of the Missouri be taxed from 50 to 100 per cent more for freights on merch, dise and other commodities than charged for transporting the same cl of goods over a like distance e the Missouri? And why should one class of shippers, located in the same town, be given preference over another cla engaged in the same line of business? That is the real source of d with railway management as it h Dbeen conducted for years in Nebraska. On those points the railrond lawyers and organs have nothing to s; THE TYRANNY OF THE TRUSTS. It is remarked as one of the curious characteristics of the times that in the face of adver state and national leg- islation, and of a mass of legal decis- ions against them, the great commer- cial trusts continue to prosper and grow more powerful. The law of 1890, in- tended to suppress trusts and combina- tions, which it declares to be illegal and hostile to public policy, stands on the federal statute books a dead letter. The provision of the new tariff law de- claring that every combination, con- spiracy, trust, agreement or contract is contrary to public policy, illegal and void, when the same is made by or be- tween two or more persons or corpora- tions, either of whom is engaged i im- porting any article from any foreign country into the United es, and when such combination, conspiracy, trust, agreement, or contract is intended to operate in restraint of lawful trade de or commerce, or to increase the market price in any part of the United States of any article or articles imported or intended to be imported into the United States, or of any manufacture into which such imported article enters or is intended to enter—this comprehensive provision of the law is incorporative, although the authorities whose duty it is to enforce it know that it is being violated. With these ous decisions statutes and with numer- of the courts against them the trusts and combinations continue to flourish, practicing their tyrannous exactions upon the people at will, until some of the most resolute of their op- ponents are losing hope of being able to break their power and restore the conditions which permitted free and unrestricted commercial — competition. “It seems to have come to this,” says the New York Commercial Bulletin, “that a vast aggregate of corporate wealth which the men controlling it are free to use as they please when the object is self preservation is more pow- erful than courts, legislatures and pub- lic opinfon, The best legal talent of the country is at the service if not in the service of the trusts, and the most rrozant of them make no secret of their readiness to spend millions for defense, ‘When one ingenious way of cum- venting the law has been found inade- quate they are ready with another. When one state ceases to be hospitable there are others more likely to appre ciate the profit derivable from being tolerant of the existence within their borders of wealthy corporations formed for the promotion of monopoly. The trusts are alert, unscrupulous, resource- ful; the men to whow the people have confided the enforcement of the law against them have neither the skill nor the resources needed for such a task. Public indignation against the trusts is apt to subside as quickly it rose, | and has not yet shown either the contin- uity or energy which the defiant attl- tude of these combinations is surely fitted to provoke. But it is ditficult to believe that though justice scems to move with leaden feet it will not over- take the organized conspirators who threaten alike the freedom of com- merce and the welfare of the repub lie. It is not so much a lack of skill and resources on the part of the authorities that is responsible for the failure to enforce the anti-trust laws. The chief trouble is that they have not the will to do so. This great government is able to call into its service the very highest that opinion, It is a detriment to have legal ability, and for the protection of SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1804 the people fro the exactions of the combinations & can afford to spend money to an unlimited extent. The difficntty is thg@ the men who should enforce the lad e either in sympathy with the combinations or they are un willing to enter upon the arduous task. The present Malbdnistration came into power with a promise to all the power of the government to put down the trusts, but thus far it has done i tically nothing.— When the new fariff Inw was passed those having anthority to speak for the party in power pro claimed that (th 4 anti-trust provision would be prompil§ enforced, yet it has been in effect four months and not a single step has been taken, so for as the public knows, toward enforeing it. Monopoly, defiant and tyrannical as ever, keeps its way unfettered and un- challenged. But, as our eastern contem- porary suggests, justice will yot over- take the organized conspirators, and when it does their overthrow will be complete and decisive. use One of the objects of creating the office of city clectrician was to provide for the inspection of telegraph, telo phone, electric light and motor lines and to confer power upon sueh officer | to condemn all dangerous wires and | canse the removal of useless poles and dead wires from the streets and alleys. Also to compel the erection of pole line of uniform height, and compel the vari- ous companies to keep them in proper condition. Up fo this time no steps hay been taken in this diree- tion beyond what has been done by voluntary action of the telephone and telegraph companies. There are still hundreds of unsightly poles and miles of dead wires in our streets, and many of the poles that s permanently planted have not been touched by a paint brush for years. Tere is a prom- ising field for the new council to operate in. The city electrician should be di rected to take the proper steps to en force the ordinances and regulations for the government of companies that have ¢ It to string wires in our stree The English syndicate which has pur chased a number of the largest brewing ablishments in this country is follow ing closely in the footsteps of the Whisky trust. They propose to close several of their breweries and concentrate their output within those that can be oper- ated with the least expense. This has beedi the policy of all the syndicates and trusts that have been organized to con trol Ameriean jindpstry. Judging by the disasters that have pvertaken the Whisky trust, the chances are that the English brewery syndiéate! will in the end not prove as profitable a venture as was ex- pected by investors Also td thelOther Fellows. Holdrege Progress. Auditor of State Fugene Moore has at- tracted an unusual amount of attention during the t couple of weeks by his biennial report:“to the governor for the two years ending November 50, 1894, Unusual ¥ shment. Washington Post. ge Woods utilized 20,000 words in ren- dering his decigion, in the Debs case. In view ‘of this faet ‘the public will be dis- posed to regard” the’ Imprisonment part iof the punishment in the nature of persecution. e A Cuckoo Protost. Kansas City Star. Mr. Hill, rising in the senate to tell the “potent, grave and reverend Selgnors” what the pecple of the United States want, is al- most as affecting a spectacle as the people of New York rising to tell Mr. Hill what they do not want. s R A Patriotic Memorl; Globe-Democrat, One of the provisions of the bill ntroduced by General Sickles to preserve the field of Gettysburg is to erect a bronze tablet of President Lincoln containing his likeness and the full’ text of his memorable address, which 18 perhaps the most powerful and beautiful short oration to be found in any language. Turning of the Immigration Tide. Philadelphia Times. The returns show that the number of im- migrants last yea; 60—was the smallest in fifteen years. It is believed that the lists for this year will show a still further de- cline. The stream of immigration has set in to South America, Africa and the Aus- trallan provinees, and it is doubtful if the old figures will be covered again. Conclilation the Better Plan. Buffalo Express. The United States is in no dertake a tariff war of retaliation against Germany. It is better to try conciliation by removing the objectionablé sugar duty. The queer part of if, however, is that this administration, which was going to extend American foreign markets merely by open- ing our own, should propose retallation. The Armenlan Atrocities, New York Tribune. Bach new day brings some new confirma- tion of the first reports of Armenian atroci- ties. Not even the traditional nds and apologists of the “‘unspeakable Turk,” as Carlyle called him, venture longer to deny that there has been a dreadful slaughter of the Christian population. Whatever action may or may not be taken by this govern- ment, there Is no reason why the American public should not let its feeling on the sub- | Ject be known. position to un- Lessons of the f1oux City Scandals, Chlcago Record. ‘There s danger to the nation fn that per- verted code of morals which would make the government appear but a treasure house open to felonfous political entrance. The farther we are removed from the truth that the government is the people the nearer we are to that danger line which all his- tory has served to establish. This idea of governmental pussivity and insewsibllity to plunder and pillage should be dispelled, and Woodbury county seems to have in these cases an excellent opportunity to set @ marked example to that ¢ —_— Natural Monopolles. Kanss City Star, John Burns of London may entertain cer- tain views in regard to socialism which are not in harmony Wwith the American idea of government, but, he touched a vulnerable point in dur political system when pointed out, in_his address at Omaha, the | injury which the working classes suffer in | this ‘country by reason of municipal job- | bery “and ‘boodlelsh. He quoted figires showing that the condition of labor had | been vastly improved (n London, Liverpool, Glasgow and othend Europcan cifies by n nicipal control of natural monopolies, such as the ownership of gas and electric’ light- ing plants, water, works, ete. This policy strengthens whaf IS known as the direct employment operates for good in many diffe In the first place it prevents the robbery which Is practiced by “monopolles which deal in public neces- sities, and which are not hedged about by restrictions looking toward the protection of the people. . Lt Insures a better product at o less cost, Jt lessens taxation by fur- nishing a means of revenue to the munici- ality, and this revenue naturally stimu- | fates”” publlc "mprovements. and. finds "\ts way into the pockets of the workingmen In those cities where the natural monopolies are operated by the municipality the obje {8 to afford the best service to the publ at a reasonable cost,”and to augment th comfort and conveniece of living by placing within the reach of as many people as pos- s tain things which speedily become necessities with thelr use. The power of corporations to corrupt city councils, from which they recelve fran- chises, has been demonsirated so often that it 18 scarcely necessary 1o cite this an argument in favor of municipal owner- ship of those institutions which supply common necessities, such as gas and water. But this phase of the question is vital, and, after the experience of Kansas City with the water works company and the gas pany, the evils of jobbery and boodleism L Were so graphically portrayed by John Burns in his Omaba address will tm- Dress the people here with new force and especial emphasis, CIHER LANDS THAN OU) The story given by the correspondent of the W York World with the Japanese army which caplured Port Arthur, of the terrible massacre at that place, will probably eause n revalsion of feeling wherever It Is read toward the Japanese. It appears there was strong provocation for the course pursued by the victorious soldfers. The correspondent relates that upon entering Port Arthur they were confronted with such evidence of the savagery of the Chinese toward the Japanese as was well caleulated to infuriate the troops, The heads of their sain comrades ha nging by cords in the public streets and strung on an arch was a sight to stir to Its depths the spirit of revenge. But this could not justify the merciless slaughter of women and chil dren. Had the butchery been confined to men there would, under the eircumstanc been at least palliation, but relentles:ly put ting to death defenseless women and children was a terrible crime for which there was no excuse, and the Japanese army that com mitted it will be condemned by the civiiized world. It now appears that Japan has given the professed purpose of carrying on the war solely In the interest of civilization and proposes to fight for conquest. This means, of course, the aggrandizement of te % that It 1s to be expected as a result of tho corflict that Japanese authority will be cxtended over a Very much larger region than at present. Herein is the greatest dan- Ber to the and empire, for In pursuing this policy it may have to deal with Euro- pean nations before a final settlement is reached. A very great extension of the power of Japan would not be regarded with or by Rutsia, and it Is quite possible that and would have objection to it. It is understood that Japan will listen to no sug- gestions of peace. She Is determined that her armies shall go to Peking, and not until they reach tiat city will the question of end- Ing the conflict be considered, The Danes have not wasted much time in their creation of the large free port of Cope hagen, which was designed a counter- move to the German canal between the North sea and the Baltic. In the spring of 1891 the government and Parliament agreed upon a law which made over to a private association founded, for the purpose an area of about 100 acres of land and seventy acres of water to constitute a free territory “within which ships might come and £0 and land and take cargo. and merchardise cf all sorts might bo warchoused, treated and manufactured without let or’ hindrs from the Danish customs.” Three basing, thirty-one feet, twenty-six and one-half feet, and twenty-four and one-half feet deep respectively, have been laid out wit Spacious quays and wharves, and all the most modern mechanical appliances for facilitating the loading and un loading of ships. Warehouses of the latest type have been erected and plots of land are availablo for hire or purchase on which factories for the treatment and manufacture of goods can be built, either by Danes or by foreigners. The whole 18 surrounded by a double iron railing, which forms the Danish ustoms frontier, and along this boundary rows of model workmen's houses are already springing up for the laboring population which Will find employment within the precinets of the free harbor. The total cost of the un- dertaki; h has been completed within the brief reriod of three and a half years, hias not exceeded the original estimate o 10,000,000 Kroner (§2,700,000), a figure whick speaks well for the soundness of the scheme and the economy with which It has been car. ried into execution, e The democratic party in Austria- Hungary has not lost much time in answer- ing the challeng> of the Austrian prime minister, who declared that, whatever form the proposals for an extension of the fran- chise might assume, the government could not accept any which almed at the creation of general, equal and direct suffrage. A mass meeting was held in one of the largest halls of Vienna for the express purpose of making a counten declaration on behalf of the labor party. Both Herr Perners- dorfer, he democratic member of* the Reichsrath, and Dr. Adler, chicf of the Austrian social democrats,” stated in the most decisive manner that what Prince Windischgratz characterized as out of the question was the oniy solution of the dif- fleulty which would satisfy the proletariat, Dr. Adler pointed out that the electoral sec- tion for the laboring classes, as proposed by the liberals, would only serve to strengthen the clerical party, who wished to admit to the suffrage the conservative labor element, in order to fortify their own position against the soclal democrats, It Is sald that the labor leaders are not at all depressed by the delay in introducing the reforms demanded, but profess the utmost confidence in the success of their cause. Their chief difficulty, they say, s In re- straining the fmpatience of thelr followers. oo It the Armenian incident is to be al- lowed to bring up the real Turkish ques- tion its solution will depend primarily on what Russia and Great Britain can agree upon. In all probability Great Britain would gladly accept guarantees of security in India for withdrawing her opposition to the opening of the Dardanelles. The matter of Russian possession of Constanti- nople is a much wider and more difficult one and is not likely to be disposed of easily or quickly. But the freedom of the ocean for Russia is quite enough to induce her to satisty England as to India if she can. What guarantee she can give will be the knotty point, but it s clear that these are the ends to which the two great powers respectively will direct their efforts. In such an arrangement France s neces- sarily a party of importance, only second to England and Russia. For France not only has her home ports on the Mediter- ranean, but, by her practical possession of Morocco—a “work achieved with thor- oughness and quiet, almost with secrecy, not usual with the French—she has title to the greatest harbors of the southern side of the Mediterranean. Her aftitude would largely decide the practicability of an amicable understanding between Russian and England. For the first time in this gencration a disposition of the most dif- fieult and dangerous questions of European politics by means other than the balancing of vast military and naval power against Russia is, at any rate, under serious dis- cussion. That of itself gives to the present situation peculiar interest and dignity. Ireland is threatened with a railroad strike, which, If it takes place, will prove one of the most serious and important labor troubles ever experienced in the British Isles. It seems that there i3 in Ireland a society called the Amalgamated Soclety of Railroad Servants, similar in its scope to the American Railway union. Its simil- arity to the American Railway union con- sists In the makeup of the organization, as all railroad employes are included in the assoclation, and the purpose of its belng is tho protection of the interests of rail- road servants. An {ssue on wages and hours has already been raised, which was submitted, to arbitration; but as the rail- ronds refused to grant some of the con- cesslons included In the decision of the board of arbitration, and the men think that they are not receiving fair treatment, the question of a walkout has been submitted to the ballot. If a majority decide in favor of a strike, all the members of the soclety will walk out, and more than 50,000 people will be affected. The matter is causing a good deal of stir In rallroad circles In England and Treland, and railroad officlals and labor organizations all over the world are awalting developments with anxiety, T, BENATOR TILL New York Sun When Tillman comes to Washington As U. 8. Benator, In Al ihe temperaice panoply, Caparisoned for war, Say, will the major and the judg Those barroom red and pink Habitues of Washington, Tillman for a drink? as social Of course, they'll never strike him in A barroom! dreadful thought! For everybody knows that Ien In barrooms is not caught; But they will think from heard, In poetry and song, That when Ben comeés he'll bring his own Dispensary along. what they've If he have this, their souls will rest In hopeful quietude, And they will lay f A llquefacient mood Nor will they heed the rumor, which At present s extant, That when he comes he'll cork up tight, The senate yestaurant, ¢ Tillman in | ritory, | YOICE OF THE STATE PRESS, Schuyler Horald: That Beatrice who dared B. Ro:ewatet to visit and s publicly at Beatrico found he had ma mistake when “the Iittle editor” ac the invitation. Rosey dates his repubiic to a time before the birth of the lcksp! | who attack him. Mr. Rosewa Bea speech I8 very interesting history Papillion Times: Envious rivals come g0 with the s but the Omaha 13 on forever. Perhaps there may h Omaha for another motropolitan but in order to insure success it for a misslon something better wrecking of The Bee, which positiy to be wrecked at the whim of rallroad politiclans, Columbus Journa lature wili be in session, an suggested that they simply necessary busicess, provide cxpenses of the state, of the usual amount of salari worthy destitute of the state. following the line of the Ancient United Workmen, who lately co: omit the annual meeting of the and donate the $8,000 that it the benefit of their destitut western Nebraska | Kearney Hub: Speaking of the maken our legislatures The Omaha Bes says muet than 1y ref: disgru In two weeks the 1 it has meet, for the run ete., to wil Ord clu membe state law makiog boc terest as important as the While this is very largely should not be overlooked that largely with business men as a rule decline not only for office, but are even av actively in politics, tude for business reasons; therefore i natural that their business interests 2 neglected while other interests are by served In our halls of fegisfation, e NOT PAVING SaLani yet there is no trade intere true, the fault themselves, to b e to participa They assume I8 LINCOLN, Neb., of The Bee I observed Dec. 21.—To the In a recent number of The an editorial under the of “A Pernicious Practice,” and fully with its sentiments, The writer is m formed regarding the payment of sals by the state in advance at this time. to my taking charge of the auditor's c the custom of paying salaries in had become quite but on ary 1, 1893, just six after, installed in ‘this office, con with Governor Crounse,’ 1 issued a letter and sent it to all persons salaries from the state, and then and t wholly discontinued the practice of pa arles in advance. The followlng copy of the letter 1 sent out SORFIC OF AUDITOR LIC ACCOUNTS, LINCOL 1 1893.—My Dear ir: to protect the interests of the and her citizens the best, and avoid possible loss and certain censure, determined that hereafter this office 1 decline to issue any salary warrants in vance. [ very much regret the tempo inconvenience it heretofore drawn their were due, but I believe mately unite with me I am fully justified in very cordially yours BUGENE “Auditor Public Accounts I fully realized then, and do now, the practice of paying the state's and employes ninety days in advance entirely without precedent or justifica and I am glad to assure you that all ies are now and have heen since the of the letter paid at the last end of quarter, and after they are fully carned, cap a Fe 1 ult OF Neb., In 1 salaries that in the this before all will opinion action. 1 MOOR! advance, and by this correct method of ment of salaries several thousands of lars have been saved for the state. EUGENE MOORE, Auditor Public —— FOR CHAPLAIN OF THE HOUSE. —To the Editor of Bee: I desire to call the attention of representatives-elect to the candidacy Rev. M. T. Maze for the position of cl lain of the house. Rev. Mr. Maze LINCOLN, Dec, 2 men as Hon. James Whitehead as a tale minister of the gospel lican. H2 ran on the republican for representative, but, of course, from start with certain defeat before him. made a splendid canvass, a swift, hot fi and contributed in no small degree to grand victory of his party. minority for years. Here recognize them by electing their the chaplaincy and at the same time ward a faithful worker. ter county are a poorly paid lot of men. lain of the house would help course, there paid winter. Of fed and well over a hard a lot of well to pluck a plum like this, a thing for the parly or not. But w this be right? I go for Rev. Mr. Maze cause he pulled off his coat like a man in open daylight, on the stump, knock the opposition gally west. An belleve that virtue should not be its reward altogether. The Callaway Cou Maze's home paper, says of him: Now, while Maze Is a preacher, an good one, oo, he is not one of the Boys. a good styli $#7°Hundreds presents, Reliable Clothie. room newspaper have trans, vet 1 ha offic tried chump penk lo epted nism ttles trice and in the 18 wis bee ot ning and make a donation the 1 b r of 1 to and lodg wou'd cost to in b of “Little Interest Is shown in having the great hody of business men properly represented in our in- it les who candidates ting this atti- t s should | ing ADVANCE, Editor | Bee ption groe isin aries Prior | oflice advance sbru- was ation circular drawing here ying a UB- Feb. order state any nust ad- rary may cause many who have they ulti that an, that ere was tion, sals date the and not at the beginning of the quarter and in pay- dol- Accounts. The the of hap- resides in Custer county and is vouched for by such nted and a sound repub- ticket the He ght, the Republicans of Custer county have been In a hopeless is a chance to man to re- Preachers in Cus- A two months' visit to the capital city as chap- out a good man in his efforts to tide his little family are parsons among us Lere at Lincoln and in the east- ern part of the state who would be willing whether they did ould be- and to d I own rler, d a ma- lined, satin sleeve lining. price is Ten even. a domcstTc_lrish frieze ulster, black, with heavy cassimere lining, very long, 5 1-2 inch storm collar--same style in an ox- ford mix cassimere, heavy weight--These are also an even Ten, figure, Ten Dollars, we offer Saturday a number of suits in black cheviot and different colored cassimeres, all styles double and single breasted sacks and cutaways, and square cut, box style, A nice boy's cape overcoatat ¢3.00 and a very good cheviot ulster at g4.00, worsted lined and hasa 4 inch storm collar, chain hanger, and is in every way h serviceable garment, of boy’s furnishings and novelties for holiday T | song. chine made Kkind that has to be kept_in & bandbox when he fs not preaching. Not a bit of it. He knows what it is to make |a living with his hands, and he does not sider it beneath the dignity of his oall- Ing (o lnterest himself in he everyday afe fairs of mon, everydny people ose Who have been his friends and nelghbors during the past ten years in this community W better than wa can tell It the eterling manhood f the man and his uncompromise Itk integrity at all times and under all cir cumstanc, BYRON BEAL Pastor Third Presbyterian Chure PROPLE AND THINGS. o new imperial parliament building in Berlin, said to be one of the most imposing bulldings in Europe, cost only $7,000,000, The moderate cost banishes the thought that an Ameriean contractor had a hand in the Queen Victosla has scen four czars of Ruse sia, three emperors of Germany, two Kings of Italy and a number of minor kings in Haly, several sovirelgns In Spain, a king, an emperor and several republies in France, and one John Brown, asd is still able to take & lv]m toddy and put prime ministers to sleop. | The amo netted royalty on the kaiser's song already 1ts to $8,000. This seems small in coms Wwith the $100,000 said to have been on After the Ball" by Charles K. Harrls of Milwaukes ““Sweet Marie” has carned about $24,000. The publishers of the “Little Green Peach” made $30,000 from that The author did not fare s» well. He reciived a penny for his part in it, while the composer sold his rights outright for $15. John Burns was furnished whils in Denver | with an abundance of material to work into his address on the evils of franchised | moncpolies. A public meeting callod in the Mountain City to denounc: the park steal | pending in the city couneil was packed by the heelers of muni al corporations, and every means known (o hirelings were em- ployed to break up the me:ting. They wers | partly successful. A hasty adjournment was had and the light turned oft to prevent & riot. | Augustin Daly is the tenth person to re- | ceive from the University of Notre Dame | the Lactare medal and the degree of L. D, | The nin: medals previously bestowed were given to John Gilmary Shea, the Roman Catholic historian; G ral Newton of New York; Willlam J. Onahan of Chicags Eliza Allen Starr, the artist; Mrs, Dorsey, thoress; Patrick Donohue of the Boston | T. V. ‘Hick te Danfel Dougherty, and Henry F. n. LINES T0 4 LAUG | never Biown 1. Chicago Inter ¥ could only have “To hear the v Mr. Staylate—If you wish, what would it be? 15, good night.” e tter—The scientists say that the way for n to sleep is to think of noth= ing. Kidder—But they arc wrong. The way to sleep is to think it is tme to get up, i Hudson Register: Borax—My wife makes Samjones mine, She's always subscribing for Africa and Polynesia tunately. missions in adelphia R cord: Stockly | your son went into the office ~ t morning. Jobly—He went into the work me.” 1 was out, but 1 g have been out more if 1'd been in. I hear that Buffalo Courier: Dinks pose ever gave rise to the lics at the bottom of a w way a good many m to get rid of it, of cour What do you sups ying that t Detroit you much h gin_at lead a life of cuts no figure, Free P, Father—Why son? 1f you only knew ess work brings you we Son ther, I am trying to elf-denial in which happiness Do not tempt me. Indianapolis Jou; “Latin,” sald_ the man who makes profound remarks, “will always rank as one of the dead languages.” “I ‘suppose s0,” replied the high school boy, as he opened his Cicero; “but it cers tainly makes a healthy ghost.” Chicago Inter Ocean: New Boarder—The sun never enters this room. Landlady—That will make it a more; you can sit by the window danger of getting freckled. dollar without 1 see,” said Senator Washington Star & are sl harping. on orghum, *'that the that little sugar deal “T am afraid they are, secretar. It simply goc went on, with often a profit may 1 JOYFUL PERIODS. Indianapolls Journal. There is foy in all the household when the tootsy-wootsy youth Becomes the pink possessor of a white ine itial tooth: And his spine it seems to stiffen and to then many yards, When She et dons knickerbockers and his rirlish skirt discard But all life's initiations seem most dreary, dull_ and flat When sized up with the pride he takes replied his private ator to show,” the se ‘how slgn of resignation, without honor." Children Cry-fot Pitcher’s Castoria. Children Cry fos Pitcher's Castoria. Children Cry oy Pitcher’'s Castoria. ur Money’s Worth or Your Monzy Back, For Saturday, a black kersey, full regulation length, iz e fly front, velvet collar, serge and Italian Saturday the Another at Ten is At the same It's and men's Open Evenings, BROWNING, KING & CO., 5. W, Corne Fifteenth and Douglas Sts.