Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 31, 1894, Page 4

Bee [ERMS OF SUB: Dally Bee (Withont Sunday) Dally Bes and Sunday, One Year.. Three so0nn One Yo One Y One Year OFFICES, ilding. rner N and Teenty-fourth Sts Vearl Btroet Amaha, Tho Dee Bouth Omaha, ¢ Couneil Blufs, Chicago Office, 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York, Rooms 13, 14 and 15, Tribune Bldg. Washington, 14 ot, N. W. I I nications relating Trewaed STTERS, All business 1 remittances should addressed o The ) Publisling company, Drafts, checks and postoffice orders (o o the order of the company, ASHING COMPANY. s news and edie e Editor Al comm Pub- suys that eschuck hing compan the actual nu; of the Dilly printed d as fol recte belhie ary he duly ) il and plote coples Morning, Bvening and Sunday Hee ing imber, 189, was 2,511 Total v Less deaictions coples . ansold and returned TSR 11,252 Dally average net cireulation GREOR Sworn to before me and s day of Decomber. FEIL, UG 2 in my Lol s seril 1804 Notary Public. HE B Tull, rate and critical reports of the proceedings of the legislature will appear in the columns of The Bee from day to day. All_questions and measures will be discussed and treated from the standpoint of the ma terfal welfare of the state and for the promo: tlon of good government. The Bee will com mend what it believes worthy of praise and condemn what it be ves to be detrimental to the public good goes without that The Bee will p t all the news worih reading and proposes to keep its patrons ad vised of every movement at the state capital inside and outside of the halls of legislation In procuring the news and all the news The Beo will spare no expense. Tt will not be confined to one w but will have the use of as the telegraph companie can_place at its command in any emergency. SLATIVE REPORT 1t ing many wires Who said anything about an extra session of congress? There is very little left now of the old year and it is well for everybody to make the most of the remaining hours, Is a pasteboard annual a uable thing In the meaning of the letter and spirit of the constitution under article X1V, section 17 President Cleveland will think several times before he calls a vepublican con- gress in extra to pass upon democratic measures session A great many people in New York will feel casier now that the Lexow com- mittee has concluded its Investigations into corruption in official life in that Tammany-vidden metropoli acknowledges the compli- ment paid it by the American Feonom association in giving one of the places on its official caleudar to Chancellor Canfield of the Nebraska State univer- sity. The Burlington Journal is earning its subsidy and paying for Its special freight train distribution by ehampion- ing the pooling bill now before congress and advoeating the raise of freight rates in Town. Nothing less could have n expected. The example set by Superintendent Byrnes in haying his resignation from the head of the New York police force ready for the new mayor on the very day of his inauguration is one that might be emulated with profit by other Righ and low officials It is currently reported at Washing- ton that ex-Congressman Valentine could have stepped into the senatorial brogans of Manderson by simply con- senting to put them on. This informa- tion will be a surprise among the men who were elected to fill the place. Hermann Timme's oil inspectorship expires on New Year's day by constitu- tional limitation, unless he prefers the ofl fnspectorship to a seat in the legis- lature, which is not at all probable. The scramble for the Timme vacancy will therefore begin next Tuesday. What do the Burlington managers want with the legislatu What i, there to be done this winter that th must mass their lobby and bulldoze, Dbrowbeat and drive members into the bull pen like so many cattle to do thebr bidding? Do they want the earth? John Bur See: the government printing otfice at Washington an insti- tution which is worthy of imitation by our English cousins across the water The United States has not been above adopting suggestions from abroad, and it is not too late for England to do like- wise, It is to be feared, however, that it will be some time before we find the British government embarked in the business of printing its own public doc- uments. Will republicans of this state over & new leaf with the incoming and turn sheep w turn ear their backs upon the black have disgraced themselves and brought the party into disrepute by the bet 1 of public trust? Is it uot about time that such unclean eamp followers be relegated to the rear and kept out of sight? 1t would seem that the lesson of the last campalgn would fmpress itself upon the republicans in the legislature and inspire them with the deterimination to give a wide berth o notorious rogues, who have cost the party thousands of votes, and will, i they are not vepudiated, lose it the sup port of thousands of men who beli in its principles. but feel shocked over the depravity of its representatives in conventions aud legislatures, who lose sight of all woral obligations to put ouly clean and honest men on guard. END OF THE LEXOW INVESTIGATION. The Lexow legistative committee, which has been taking testimony on the corruption in the police department of New York City at irregular intervals since Inst spring, concluded its investi- gatlons Saturday, and with that closed one stage of the new movement toward reformed munieipal government in the metropolis. N in the history this country, or, we believe for that matter, in the history of any country | lave more astounding revelations of governmental mismanagement and of ficlal corruption been placed before a | patient public. Had one Intimated a | year ago that in the principal city in the United States there existed a sys tem of estortion and compounding for crimes, extending from the lowest to the highest officials, upon whom de- volved the duty of protecting the inno cont and maintaining the public pes of one-tenth the proportions that have been conclusively porirayed in the evidenee before the Lexow committe hie would have been laughed out of countenance. Yet by stories and con- fessions, linked together by chains of ‘hl'”i[l“inl)lv' documents and record fair minded man has been con- vineed that for years the police force of New York City has been employed as means of blecding both wrong- doers and daw abiding citizens, and has been transformed into a plece of political machinery upou which the whole strength of Tammany hall and the democratic organization in that city has been built. The end of the Lexow investi may have appeared tame to some of those who have been following its work, but it was tame only In compari son to sgome of the sensational scenes that the committee had previously oc- foned. Taken as a whole, the result of the investigation can be a disap- pointment to those only who have been smirched in the filth which it has ex posed to view. The investigation, how- ever, should be, and was intended to be, but preliminary to the legislative mensures that are to remedy the de- feets and abolish the abuses of mu- nicipal authority there uncovered. The investigation was merely to secure the ts to enable the legislature to grap ple with the problem more intelli The action that yet to come i more important. The Lexow investiza- tion has shown wherein municipal gov- ernment has failed in New York City and the point beyond which a people will not endure such imposition. The disclosures unquestionably” had much to do with the result of the November clection, which wrested the control of the mayoralty from the hands of Tam- many. But the legislation that the committee shall recommend is wl to vindicate the ability of the Amc peaple to correct the evils of perverted city government and the prog s to- ward the true goal of real municipal reform. every tion THE SHERMAN AVENUE CONTES When Tenth street was paved with Sioux Falls granite $4 a yard was taxed up a st the property owners, and the city at large had to pay the same rate for intersections. Now we can get the Sioux Falls block pavement laid on broken stone for less than $3 a yard. When Douglas street was paved with asphalt more than ten years ago the price charged was $2.98 a yard on a five-year guaranty of maintenance. The price of the same class of pavement {his year was only 1 a yard less. This is because there has been collusion instead of competition. Whenever competition came in sight it has been driven out by false -alarms and con- fusing specifications that perpetuated the Trinidad asphalt monopoly. The Sherman avenue paving contest ought to awaken our property owners to the enormity of the tax that is sought to be imposed on them. The difference between tlie accepted bid for asphalt paving on Sherman avenue and the rate we have been paying for Trinidad lake payement Iaid this year is over $12,000. In other words, we have been paying 30 per cent premium for the privilege of voting the Barber concern a monop- oly on all asphalt pavin, In the face of this fact the refusal of the Board of Public Works to promptly ratify the couiract awarded Dy the council and approved by the mayor will require a great deal more explanation than Chairman Winspear made to the interrogatories of the council. There is something wrong somewhere, While the council is not made up of simon pure veformers and angels, its action in the premises has been commendable. Asphalt pavement is the most desirable of all pav- ing materials for streets of moderate grade. We ought to lay miles and miles of this pavement every year, but we should not be made to pay hun- dreds of thousands of dollars of tribute to a paving trust. For the present the only way to break this monopely is through competition. For the future through the abolition of the contract system. The city must eventually do awiy with all contract work and em ploy competent men to superintend the s of pavements with the best n 1s on specifications that will in sure durability MAY FAIL IN THE SENATE, It is understood that tor Mor- gan, who las charge of the Nicaragua canal bill in the senate, will endeavor 1o get a vote soon after the rec but the friends of the measure are said to be somewhat apprehensive about its success. The opposition is not numer- ous, but it seems to be very determined, and under the senate rules a few men | can consume so much time in debate, frivolous or otherwise, that it is feared by its supporters the bill will be re- turned to the calendar and passed over without action, It is said that should the Dill fail for any eause it is probable an effort will be made to pass a resolu- tion declaring in strong terms in favor of the construction of the eanal and of its control by this government. The truth is with respect to this pro- posed legislation to involve the govern- ment financially with the Niearagua canal project, the more carefully it is considered the less favorably is it re- garded, While the scheme before the senate comtemplates involving the gov- ernmeut to the extunt of $100,000,000, of | there Is a bellef that once having been drawn into It the amount for which the government would ultimately be- come responsible mfght be double that sum. Those who entertain this view favor the suggestion that before any- thing more Is done in the matter by congress a commission of expert en- gineers should be sent to thoroughly in- vesti the enterprise and submit thelr estimate to congross as to what it ought to cost to construct and properly equip the canal. This certainly scems a | wise and prudent precaution, and there an be no valid objection to it. There is no demand for hurrying the comple tion of this undertaking, and all that nhas been said or may be said respecting its importance, commercially or other- wise, does not justify voting to It the public money or the public credit in Lthe absence of the most accurate in- formation attainable as to what it should cost to build it. Another objec- tion to the plan under consideration is that it proposes that the government shall pay off the obligations incurred by the canal company. This proposition will cortainly not have popular ap proval, unless it can be most clearly demonstrated that the government can got an equivalent, and none of the ad- voeates of the measure have shown tisfactorily. haps if the government revenues were on a more generous seale and the condition of the treasury less unfavor able the proposition that the govern- ment shall assume financial responsibil ity in connection with this project would meet with less opposition, but with the treasury compelled to horrow money to meet its obligations there is a warrantable feeling that the govern ment ought not to pledge its credit for an enterprise of this kind, especially as its final cost is uncertain. There is no urgent reason for passing the bill at this time. It ean very well wait until the gov n- nment revenues and the fin clal condition of the country arc on & Detter bas THE PROMISED NEW STAT: At the beginning of the present ses sion of congress the caucus of demo- eratie senators agreed that the bills for the creation of new states, sent over to the senate from the house carly in the ssion, should be passed at this m. These bills are for the admi; sion of New Mexico and Arizona. Thus far the senate democratic steering com- mittee has done nothing to c; out the caucus agreement, but it is ex- pected that these measures will be sent to the president. The factthat the ter- ritories went republican at the last ele tion has doubtless made some demo- erats in congress indifferent, if not hos- tile, to their admission to statehood, but it is not probable that the number of such is strong enough to defeat the bills if they are brought to a vote. Re- fusal to admit these territories, which would be in the nature of a rebuke of the people for their political action, would not be likely to win tliem over to the democratic party. On the con- trary, the probable effect would be to make them more strongly republican, since it could hardly fail to create s feeling of resentment against the party refusing them stateliood. As to Oklahoma, a bill for the admis- on of which is on the house en- having been reported more than a year ago, there appears to be some doubt about its being passed by this congress. There is no more reason for refusing statehood to Oklahoma at this time than to the other territories, be- cause her pepole were no more decided in expressing their preference for re- publican principles and policy than were those of Arizona and New Mexico. Besides, her claims to statehood are equally as good as those of the other territories, if not better. But the house democrats are generally more relentless than those of the senate, and is stated that the governor and other citi- zens of Oklahoma, who recently visited Washington to urge the passage of the statehood bill, did not get much satis- faction from the house democrats. But in any event it is understood that the legislature of Oklahoma, at its coming will take steps toward state- hood. A constitutional convention will be provided for, to mcet next spring or summer, and prepare o constitution for submission to ‘the people next fall. Should the constitution Le adopted it will then be ready to submit to congress, together with the demand for admission. Un- doubtedly the, next congre will promptly give Oklahoma statehood should the present congress fail to do 50, The indications 1805 will certainly three states to the four, s are see that the year an addition of union, and possibly The redoubtable Peter Schwenck s said to be slated for s nt-at-arms or some other office at the disposal of the legislature. 1 it be possible that republican members of the legislature have forgotten this man's infamous rec- ord? Back in 1878, when IPeter Schwenck held the post of register of the land office at Norfolk, he perpetrated frauds upon the government and upon the settlers which caused his dismissal from the service, after an investigation by John A. Sibbald, special agent of the Interior department. Later on, in 1883, he was connected with the census forgeries and recommended by the con- gressional committee for eriminal pros- ecution. His career in Nebraska poli- ties has done as much to bring odium upon its leaders as that of any other man, o Mr. J. W. Blythe, one of the legal lights in the Burlington law department in Towa, Is quoted as saying that he will welcome the day when the govern- ment will take “our” property, confis- eate it if it will, and pay for it what the courts compel it to pay under the constitution and the law, and release “ns" of the burden of ownership. In giving expression to this opinion Mr, Blythe doubtless talks in a representa- tive capacity for the stockholders of the road and gives vent their con- fidence in their ability to persuade the courts to make a valuatign of thelr property which will mean for them profit and ot loss. It Is to be rewmew- bered that I the recent decision on the Nebraska maximum freight rate law Judge Bresrer made a distinction be- tween a “ti#ation for the purpose of appropriatfon’ under the power of em- inent domainmnd a valuation as a basis of rate compatation. The railronds ap- | pear to récoghize the inconsistency and | also to bersamguine that should the is | s1e be made they can secure a judicial ruling makfug the valuation the same for both purposes, but making that val- aation theé ond that includes considers tion for all watered stock, fraudulently | issued bonds and inflated securities generally. When the logislature convenes at high noon tomorrow each member will be | asked to 1ift up his hand and take the | solemn oath that he has not improper] influenced in any the vote of any | elector and has not accepted uor will accept or receive, divectly or indireet] any money or other valuable thing from any corporation, company or person, or | any promise of office for any vote he | may give or withhold on any bill, reso lution or appropriation. How many members will at the end of the session ible to hold up their hands and tes- tify that they have conscientiously lived up to their oaths of office? The Incoming Board of Iducation has reason for congratulating itself that the shrinkage in the license fund will fall 000 below the estimate. That will, however, still leave the board $15.000 In the lole unless it lops off fads and accomplishments that are entirely out- side of & common school education, everal in On Cedar Rapids Republican There are several distingulshed men who would have been very much de- lighted had Postmaster General Bissell left a_postoflice appointment on their steps this morning. gentle- = ity Side. ty_chews about 210,000,000 pounds of tobacc a year, and the internal revenue therefrom is’ near $14,000,000, You now, what a calamity it would be if eve body should swear off from the tobacco habit next Tuesdas pemie Al R A Year for Business. Kansas City Times, The public can be thankful that there is no impor nt election in 1895 to attract pub- 1 attention. One entire year can be given to business development, free from any partisan rancor or politioal demagogy. The coming year should be made a ecord breaker as a business year, Creston American. Secretary Morton, whose Dbined with his egot cratic party of Nebraska out of existence, is president of the Historical society of that state, and Is going to deliver a_lecture on the fallacies of populism. Since Morton has been made president the society is known Agaries com- wiped the demo- Lo York World. sident Cleveland is in ance around o is good news. By and by he strong enough to dance a war dance over the law-defying trust the defaulting Pa cific railre the blow-hole armor plate contr: ors ‘and other offende who need stamping on by the presidential foot. e e Hoke Suvith us a Civilizer, * Mine Hoke Smith's new plan for civilizing the Indians is to attér them among farmers during the summer and thus bring them into direct contact with civi on and. 1ts uses. There are imany people who think that the Indfan . should be brought into contact with eivilization, but think that a strong dynamo in active operation s the best and mogt_advanced exponent of civil- ization that ought to be used as the agent of the contact.” conditica to d The Hirvest of Blunders, St. Paul Pioneer Press. The democratic party have flourishing flour trade “with Canada, and now threaten to exclude Cuban sugar entirely. As this embraces seven- eighths of our imports of raw sugar, it is said that the effect of this would be to raise the price of sugar in this country from 3 to 6 cents a pound. ~ When that shall happen the countrly will begin to reap the full benefit of the democratic s manship ~which has controlled our gressional legislation and of the brilliant forelgn policy which has been pursued by the democratic administration. e Pathetic Close of u Meteoric Career. New York Advertiser. There is something unusually pathetic about the termination of Churchill's carrer. In spite of his political eccentricities—and they were no gréater than Benjamin Dis- racli's when that leader entered parliamen- tary life—he possessed undoubted talents for public action, which commanded the re- spect_even of his opponents. He was a trenchant and forceful debater, and at one time, as Macaulay once said of Gladstone, was probably the “rising hope of the stern and unbending tor! Time and expe- rience would doubtless have disciplined his judgment and ripened his powers and fitted him for the high staticn he had apparently marked out as the goal of his ambition. Instead of fulfilling this splendid promise of his youth, he retires from the public arena a broken man before his youth is hardly passed. turned our Cuba_over to Staying Powers of IKing Gambrinus. New York Tribune. jermany has 20240 brewerles, and the United States only 2500. But 'the latter must be, on the average, much larger than the former, inasmuch as the total German product s 4,760,000.000 & and that of the United States 3,600.000,000 litres. England’s breweries number 12,874, and her production of malt liquors of all 'kinds come next in quantity to that of Germany. The whole number of breweries in the world {s elven as 61,000, but their aggregate production is not recorded. The increase in th tion year by year is steady and progi and it is an extremely persistent fa the life of most of the eivilized races. Orlentals are taking to It like mother's milk, establishing their own breweries turning out what is sald to be an excellent product. The pins are not knocked from under jolly King it | would seem, nor likely to be. 15 a stupid old monarch, and the cauge of much Stupidity and worse in others, but that he has remarkable staying powers cannot be She and 1 One crip 1 bent my To what she had to say, And then It was she told me That she thought it would be nice 1f_she and I together Went a sliding on the ice, So down onto the rive We tur ur footstep: And there wp found a slip Quite ¢] She put her Mttle hand in mine; I tell you ft felt nice, And she and' [ together Went a sliding on the ice. We thought pur fun was glorious, Alas! We did not know How soon our joyful spirits Would recelve a cruel blow. ¥ asked if she enjoyed it, an She said ‘twas awful nice, As she aud L together Went & sliding on the ice, A horrid_stigk lay in our path; It was Lnsken by me T never thought of danger, but Could enly think ol he. 8o when my foot did strike that stick It happened In a trice, That she and 1 together Went a sliding on the fce, went w v, wintry day. HINTS FOR LEGISLATORS. o Kearney Hub: A reasonable bounty will revive the beet sugar industry in Nebraska and dot the state with profitable flelds of sugar heets, Hartington Leader: What is to be done with the Russian thistle in Nebraska? This Is a question which the legislature about to_convene is in duty bound to answer. Beatrice Express: Among the exception- ally good laws found in the Nebraska statutes is the “valued policy law which affords protection to policy holders from rapacious and brow-beating insurance companies. Any attempt to repeal this law should be vigor- ously resisted. Nebraska Farmer: One of the prominent side features of the legislature this winter will be the Insurance lobby. The com- panies are wanting to turn down the valued policy law and put something on the books that better suits their peculiar notions of the fitness of things. The insurance lobby whil bear watching. Stanton Register will soon be to be brought the most question, & The considering before it, and fmportant will be the irrigation maximum freight law, and they should make a change in the law so that all property would be assessed and taxed at its face value. Some people are asking that our ballot law be changed to a plan similar to the lowa law, but it is hardly necessary or probable that it will be done Auburn Granger: Every senator and rep- resentative in the next legislature is hereby cautioned to look out for the Burlington beachers, the Lincoln parkers, and a dozen and one other decrepit enterprises in and about the city of Lincoln that will attempt to donate their carcasses to the state in liew of a few thousand in appropriations. It these representatives don't look a little out they will vote state subsidy thinking they are making master strokes of economy. York Times: future of the repub lican party in N a depends upon the men whom it puts forward and who guide its destinies. To undertake to deceive the people would be folly and to attempt to folst men upon them who have the seal of dis- approval stamped upon them would be suicidal, The republican party wiil not do either. Tt will give the state a clean and busi- nesslike legislative session and an honest ad- ministration of all the departments of state that are under republican control. The re- publicans of Nebraska are wise enough and honest. enough to do this and the people of the state may rest assured it will be done, Blair Pilot: At its legislature of this state form to itself and to hun should be performed prompt among it first acts, without any sparring for vantage ground or_quibbling over expenditures. The drouth sufferers and others in the poverty stricken districts of the state are on the verge of starvation and death from lack of the barest necessities of life. This state can and_should properly care for all its needy. More than this, some means should be found to throttle the sanctimonious pa- triots who are begging throughout the east for Nebrasl sufferers, whether they are hon or are lining their own pockets on false pretenses. The state can do all this work, and it shoul? do it, and leave im- posters in this line out of a job. Tekamah Herald: On next Tuesday our legislature will convene and it will afford the republicans an _excellent opportunity for making a record in the way of some neces- sary legislation. With due regard to an economic administration of the affairs of the public institutions of the state, they should act with care, for whatever Is actually necessary to properly care for the inmates of those public institutions the state can well afford to bear, because they are the unfortunate, diseased and afflicted wards of this commonwealth, In the matter of legis- lative expenses a great reform is nec sary. One-half the usual employes can well be dispensed with. These suggestions are more easily made than carried into effect because we realize the pressure that will be brought to bear on each member by some of his constituenc g THE RA WAR. state the leglslature different bills to our mind ceming sesslon the a duty to per- nity. That duty Minneapolis Journal: There does not, as yet, scem to be any real disposition of the Georgia authorities to bring to justice the perpetrators of the late massacre of negroes in that state. These “regulators” will never be interfered with, probably, but Georgia's fair name has got another big, black splotch right in plain sight of everybody. Detroit Free Press: The race war In Georgia is notable chiefly for its magnitude rather than the fact that it is in progress. ‘The negroes of the section implicated seem fmbued with the idea that emancipation carried with it the right to re: the en- forcement of law, even though the taking of human life be involved n the deflant oppo- sition to the constituted authorities. This affords no_excuse for the whites adopting the same theory in regard to the law, and all who are guilty of breaking it should be punished without regard to color or social condition, Philadelphia Ledger: The conditions in Georgia and other parts of the south are more dangerous than were the conditions In California forty odd years ago, for in the south the population is divided into two races easily rendered antagonistic. The con- flict once started, the colored and the white people are forced by circumstances they cannot control to arm and unite each with his own race. For this reason, if for no other, the people of the south, as a means of safety to themselves, should put down all attempts to resort to lynch law and give earnest support to the authorities in their efforts to administer law and justice in an orderly way. WIT AND WISDOM. New Yorl Recorder: You poet by cutting his hair, deeper. can't cure a The trouble lies Boston Transcript: Two skin games are played at Harvard—she pskin and pigskin, Atlanta Constitution: Make hay while the sun shines, but you can’t hold an umbrella | over your head while you're at it. Atchison Globe: The great trouble in life seems to be that we can't keep our ambi- tions pinned down to our salaries, Tribune: *“How can there be such s 2 whole day. you know,” mused “when It bweaks evewy mawn- Chica a_thing Fweddy, ing Boston Glol Journal now tell how a shirt The laundry trade has a . We regret (o say, it doesn't an be done up properly at shia Record: D) ' ‘thout no coat an' hat on? vo' death o' cold? Chloe— Deed 1 h gemman frien' done gib me a mo: 1y bottle ob cough-med'cine fur a Chris'mus present. h—W'at fo' yo' iter urier Jourral: An Ohio man has_in- vented an indestructible wedding cake, This seems a waste of ingenulty, Almost any bride can make one, Washington Star: “I feel really for my husband during the holiday marked the very complacent woman. “Indeed “Yes. He is 80 correct in his habits that when New Year comes he can't swear off.” Cincinnatl Tribune: “Wh citement?'' asked the tourist. T lynchin' the groceryman,” sald Rubber Bill. “Gang of the boys had a little road speculation on hand an’ he sold ‘em axle grease an' sawdust fer dynamite, Cheatin’ don't go here, podner.” gorry t's cago Record: Citizen—T hear you are looking for a vind tion, Ald. Boodles, Ald. Boodles—An' as soon as I can find enough of the boys Who know me to take the job I'm goin' to get a vindication, too, ORDER A QUIRE. Boston Courier Send fn your orders early 5o not to be delayed; I mean for paper, upon which Your new resolves are made. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Roval Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE PEOPLE AND THINGS. ‘The official regnlations concerning the col- lection of the income tax contain a trifle over 67,000 words. It the fame of the adminis tration rests on words, its place {n history is secure, Azariah Shelton, a member of the Tennes see legislature, | almoat evactly like Sen a'or Peffer, Including his whisk But, as an offset to that, he fs a gocd republican and a superior business man The Boston Globe cast a few romarks about western blizzards on the local atmosphere and behold a migh'y one revolved around the Hub fn a few hours. New England atmos ph not require much provecation howl. In proportion to her tion, Thiladelphia pays twlce as much w York for schools, and not more than half as much for police service. In the mat ter of cily halls and the Quaker city also gives Gotham the go-by Atlanta, Ga., {s the Omaha of In 1§70 it had a_popnlation of 21,780, and ten years ago 56,687 A house-to-house census Ju: taken 0Ws a total of 108,644, Atlanta {8 doing pretty well, despite the fact that she harbors a poet and a cabinet officer. Henry R. Pomeroy, who died Indlanapolis, was a neighbor of Lincoln, a companion of Grant and a close friend of Arthur. He had been newspaper writer and an inventor, but hard times and ill-luck sent both himself and his wife to the poor house, Mary Ann Dalton of Ashland, N. H., is 96 years old, but s active enough to supply all her own wants, She spins, weaves and makes the cloth nd clothes she wears, the rugs she walks nd the sheets and blankets she sleeps under, and molds the candles which she burns in her house Another ctor” has cove in He a shepherd named Ast the small village of Radbruch. 1In the last few wecks over 1,000 persons have visited him from all parts of Germany. The people stand in crowds about the man's hut, waiting for his advice. His is sald to be remarkable, America’s dashing pole hunters can themselves “at home,"” so far as arctl mosphere is concerned, by taking up a cen- tral position between New York and Brook- Iyn. The coolness that has sprung up be tween them since the “Greater New York™ project assumed shape has reached an In tensity that weaves whiskers on spirit thermometer. Austin Quimby, one of Salem’s oldest sea- men and a naval veteran, having served through the war on the Kearsarge, and hav- ing assisted in her fight with the Alabama, has received from Captain A. C. Bradley of Salem the union jack which was flying at the masthead of the Kearsarge w n she struck on Roncador reef. The flag, which measurs 8x10 feet, and is comparati new, was obtained by barter from the wreck- ers of the Caribbean sea. e VOICE OF STATE PRESS. wealth and popula- voirs the south recently in “wonder Germany living in been dls- is sucee make a Hartington L : Omaha wants the state fair, and a majority of the people of ebraska would like (o see her get it. She has direct railroad communication with all arts of the state, and has other advantages over Lincoln without number. The relocation of the great annual show at Omaha would bo a guaranty of an increased patronage for the concern. North Bend Argus: Nobly are the calls for assistance sent in by the people of the drouth stricken districts being responded to by the better conditioned class of people in Nebraska. These people west of us are needy, not from any fault of theirs, and as charity should begin at home, there is no excuse for not looking after the comfort and welfare of our own people. & Papillion Times: A fellow by the name of Frick is just now earning a handsome salary by writing railroad articles for the Fremont Tribune. The burden of his song is an at- tempt to prove that government ownership of railroads would crush the common people and build up more millionaires, The only reply necessary to the Frick articles is the bare statement that this fellow, Irick, was the chief of the highwaymen employed by the railroads to defeat the renomination of Judge Maxwell. Fremont Herald: Mr. Frick's opposition to_the government ownership and control of railroads reminds us of a story about Church Howe. During the session of the last legis lature two years ago Church was talking to a little knot of friends in the lobby of rep- resentative hall. “Never write a letter if you can avoid it,” said Howe. “I have often traveled 100 miles rather than write a lctter." “There's nothing strange about that,” re- marked Speaker Elder, who was standing near. “Why?" asked Howe. “Well," drawled the statesman from Clay, “it costs 2 cents to send a letter.”” Perhaps it would cost Mr. Frick more to travel if the government operated tho railroads. Fremont Leader: When Governor Crounse took his seat he suggested and made several changes, on account of which the society of Lincoln ignored the governor, and he found he was a marked man, and he felt his situa- tion and at one time talked of resigning. One of the practices was that of paying the officers of the state three months' ealary in ad- vance. State Auditor Moore, in writing on this subject, says: “The practice of paying the state’s officers and employes ninety days in advance was entirely without precedent or justification.” If all the republicans would feel that they were conducting busi- ness for the people and not in the interest of a lot of grasping sharks they would be doing their sworn duty as expected by the people. Your Mone Men’s Ulsters-- The best time to buy ul as | DEMOU'S HIGn ¢'s. St. Louls Republic: Bourke Cockran hat kicked down the ladder on which climbed. It he cannot hold on at the there fs plenty of room at the bottom. what Mr. Croker until his thoughts have been edis | ted suficlently to bear printing. Washington Star good deal of a shock to Bourke Cockran to find himself challenged | with Richard Croker | Corbett tactic in his orat He might adopt the and claim that Croker s not orical elass, Detroit Free Pross: There 1s no danger of a personal encounter between Richard Cros ker and Bourke Cockran, Thelr row be s bloodless as a fight over a long-dise | tance telephone, and, measured by resultsy { will_amount to no n | pended Chicago make Post: The threat is enough to an American citizen ashamed of his | birthright. Croker 1s an flliterate, undefs bred creature of the elums. He has been | head and front of the foulest conspiracy that ever plundered a community, Without viss ible means of support he fs a millionaires Day after day a New York paper demandss “Where aid he get 1t And he has no answer. The spectacle of this enlarged saloon tough making a public declaration that he will “demand a personal explanatfon®® from a member of congress, and he a nas tlonal figure, one of the ‘leaders of his party, 1s the most disgusting, the most digs graceful and the most saddening sight that Tammany has called the nation to gaze upon, D — TOWA RAILROAD RATES, Potersburg Eclipse: Every farmer and business man s interested in keeping tha rates where they are, and instoad of themy | Boing higher they should be made lower, 80 | that Towa manufacturers and wholesalors il be bettor able to meet competition from Chicago. The present rates are remuneras tive to the railroads of Iowa, and the { bosed increase would favor Chicago an @ blow at the manufacturing and wholeshle Interests of the state. It is probable commissioners will refuse to grant the ins crease asked by the roads Davenport Democrat: The Towa rallroad commissioners are taking another whirl at the proposition of the Towa raiiroads to Ins. crease their Towa rates. This Is the matter In_connectlon with which a number of the shippers of this city went to Des Molnes two or three months ago. They gave evie denco and argument at the hearing them held, all in opposition to the proposed raise of rates. The matter is not scttled yet, but it is hardly to be expected that there will - be y iner The railroads are making a strong showing with all the means at thele command, ON THE BATTLE e MELD OF SHILOH. entures of the Reunlon and Some of the Pr inent Men Who Will He There. MONTICELLO, 1L, Dec. 30.—(Speclal)y= There will be some interesting reunions of the old veterans during the Shiloh battles field reunfon in April next. The survivors' of the Third Towa infantry will hold a re union with the Iorty-first lilinois infantry on the steamer Nisbet, going up the Tena nessee river, The regiments were known as “Twin Brotl of “Pap” Pugh's First brigade, Fourth division of the Army of the Tenng o, and served during the entire war together ming very much attached he survivors of Crocker's gade will attend and help mark the positions at the “Hornets' Nest The Shiloh Association of Nebras] will attend in a body. commission, composed ‘of Generals Fullerton, Boynton and Colonel Smith and General Stewart, will attend. McClernand, Lew Wallace, B. M. J. R. Chalmers, D. C. Buell, R.'J. Oglesby, Colonel Willinm Preston Jolinson, Ed McAllister, Colonel I P. Rumsey, Colonel D. B. 'Henderso Colonel Corrielius Cadle and others of th Shiloh survivors will be there to help locate, their various positions held during the bate tle of April 6 and 7, 1862, The bill to purchase the battlefleld an make it a_great national memorial park has passed congress and been approved by the president, and Shiloh {8 to be made a great memorial’ battle field like Gettysburg. and Chies where the survivors of the old Army of the Tenr the Ohjo and the Mississippi will meet and erect memo= - rials in_ honor ‘of the gallant men. who fought and fell on that battle fleld. Ona hundred and fourteen thousand, three huns dred and thirty-eight men took part in that great battle, under the command of Geners als Grant, Buell, Johnston and Beauregard, The sectetary, Colonel IS, T. Lee of Monts icello, TlL, has the names of over 12,000 survivors ‘of the battle of those who Wore the blue, and James Williams of Savannah, Tenn, the assistant sccretary, has thi nameX of a large number of thodé who wore the gray. The coming reunion, which will ba held on the old battle field, April 5, 6 and 7, 1895, will be the largest ever held In thi | south since the war. All survivors of that tle, north and south, are invited to be resent. Send all names of survivors of the battle who wore the blue to E. T. Lee, secretary, Monticello, TIl, and ail names of those who wore'the gray to Captain James Wil llams, assistant secretary, Savannah, Tenn. Parkhurst Denounces the Nowspapers, @ NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Rev. Charles Parks hurst preached a sermon this morning, in which he made indirect and Incidental ref- erence to the work of the past year. The people had learned, he said, that a politiclam was a man of expediency, and that he might | arrange things in such a manner as only & mighty uprising of the people could und In looking over the field of the future hi uid the people should look for an improves nent in the character of the newspapers, The papers, he said, that daily serve up & mass’ of undfgested matter, without aise crimination, to their readeri were rapidly becoming a public nuisance. Worth or Your Money Back. sters is when youneed’em. You need 'em now,when it's about a dozen degrees be- low zero. We are offering an elegant heavy storm ulster for $10, better ones for $12.50 and a splendid one for $15. Bov’s Ulsters--- We are closing out certain lines of boys' ulsters at $4 and $6.50. Underwear--- Ulsters and underwear out. We have both. BROWNING, Reliable Clothic 5. W. Cor The cold can’ t get into 'em. are the things to ksep KING & CO., Fifteenth and Douglas Sts. ? | Chicago Record: Mr. Croker has al | he thinks of Mr. Cockran. | will learn what Mr. Cockran thinks of It Is unquestionably &= to a joint debate re than the wind exsg ¥