Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 6, 1895, Page 12

DAY, THE OMAHA SUNDAY ROSEWATER, Editor. —_— PUBLISH — TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIO! Daily Dee (Without Sunday), One Year Daily Tieo and Sunday, One Year Bix Months .. Three Months Bunday Dee, Eaturday e, Weekly Bee, b EVERY MORNING. Omaha, The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha, Singer Bik., Cor. N and 20th Sts. | Council Blu Chicago Offi New York, 14 and 15, Washington, W, Tribune Bldg. All communications relating to news and_ edi torial matter should be addresscd: To the Editor. HUSINESS LETTERS, All business letters and remittances should be Addresssd to The Beo Publishing Omahn, Drafts, checks and postoffice orders o be. able o the order of the company. 1ING COMPAN ATEME George D, Hishing company, being du the mctual number of full and compicte coples of the Dafly Morning, Ivening and Sunday De printed during the month of November, 184, was as follows. OF CIRC tary of The 1ee Pub. wworn, says that huck, sect . ;e 21,367 16 17 180 1 2. Soiiio 22 R 24 2 21,173 3260 L 28038 21,408 450 20,897 * 3001 20,563 2,57 Total ! Less deductions for un coples Total & Daily aver 2. 27, 2. H 108 2. 2 L. 630,651 Fetuined veene 11,252 A Sworn to before me and enco s 20 day (Senl) ubseribed in my pres. We take it as a matter beyond dis- pute thyt the democratic members of the legislature will give Mr. Bryan the compliment of their unanimous vote for United States senator. The superintendent of the census pronises the completion of his work by March 4 of this year. He should be fmmediately ve-employed to begin prep- arations for the census of 1900, Should Secretary to take his orders direct street bankers he will hear a popular protest louder and more powerful than any that is now rfaghg in his ear Carlisle ever come from the Wall The action of the supreme court in re- fusing to interfere with the sentence of the Dodge county murderer to be hung makes it most probable that Nebraska will have at le one le; execution during the present year. In 1804 there were four lynchings in this state and two of these were chargeable to impeded Justice. The federal grand jury will now go through the farce of sitting at Lincoln over a few bad men who sold whisky to good Indians and a few- bad Indians who swapped bronchos with good white men, The Hon. 8. 8. Alley, right hand bower of Tobias Castor, will act as mas- ter of cercmonies aud keep in touch with the legislative lobby The emperor of Japan is said to have conferred upon Emperor William the grand ovder of the Imperial Chrysanthe- mum in recognition of the service ren- dered to the Japan forces by the German officers who have been engaged in nstructing them in military and naval scienc This is very much like feeding the horse because the cow give such good milk st If the administeation enrrency bill has to be driven through the house by cau- cus rule what will it do when it reaches the senate? President Cleveland's sup- porters tried the same plan in that body with reference to the Wilson tariff bill, which came to them with his en- dorsement, but " the experiment was hardly a shining success. Will it be any more of o success now? Dr. Parkhurst deel «l ¢ of reorganizing the New York City police force he would retain none of the present officials above the rank of sergeant, We presuime that if any one of the present officials of the New York police force had charge of reorganizing the clergy of that city Dr. Parkhurst would be the fivst minister who would have to go. But neither assumption is likely to prove true. res that if he had The Belgian government, it is said, will shortly make a proposal to annex the Congo Free State, whieh was founded by ‘the Stanley expedition under the protection of King Leopold. Should this proposal be carried out it will put an eud to the beautiful picture so often painted of a free and independent state in the heart of Afriea. It will also go far to support the contentions of those who maintain that Africa ean only be civilized by first passing through a colonial period. Chauncey Depew complains in a pub lie interview that neavly all of the wen- bers of the late New York constitutional convention, after applying for and ye- celving passes from the railrond over which De presides, with them in their pockets adopted an ironclad amendment to the cosntitution prohibiting the issue of passes to any public ofticer in {he state. And wo yet, ten or a dozen of these delegates who voted the pass sys- tem away, have sinee sent him personal letters asking him to extend their passes through 1805, “In Coloes,” says Mr. Depew, “they call that kind of thing cold, unmitigated gall. T will not attempt to charaeterize it Me. Depew need not have been so modest. The delegates to that couvention were given to understand that the railvoads were only too auxious to put an end to the pass. They thervefore thonght they were doing the vailvoads a favor, and having saved the latter the value of all the passes usually issued annually to publie officers they naturally think the seryice worth an extension of their own passes now that they have heen relegated to private life. Mr. Depew's Lunent se to Indieate that the railroads ave either ungrateful for this favor or that they were insincere in thelr expressed read- Iness to welcome any legislation that would relieve thew of the burden of trausporting public officers, their wiy families, relatives and friends free over | | | ms | | tion | were the strects of Now York render IMMIGRATION A When The Bee some three years ago | stated as one reason why it opposed | nnnec riction upon further im- | migration from Europe that the newly arrived immigrants were needed to per form those classes of menfal manual fce which American citizons wonld ot perform for a reasonable remunera- it was assailed by a lot of feathe brained critics for casting an inefface able slur upon the Ameriean working- man. An interesting episode proving | the truth of what The Bee then said upon this point has just been enacted in New York City. | Among the laws passed by the New | York state legislature during 1804 was one which was intended to regulate the | lours of labor of mechanies, working men and laborers in the employ of the state or engaged on public works, Among the various provisions is n 1se requiring that in all such em- ployment none but eitizens of the United States shall be hired by the state, by any municipal corporation therein, and by persons contracting with the state | or municipal corporation. No rer (| almost impassable and filled with sl||.~'l|; | otherwis, S0 | and mud by the snow storm of ten da 6 ago than an advertisement was inserted | in the English, German and Italian newspapers, signed by the commis- | sioner of street cleaning, enlling for | 1,000 men to shovel, pile and load snow, each man to be a citizen of the United States, to provide himself with sulluhl.-i tools and to be paid at the rate of $1.50 ada As a result of this advertisement less than 200 men who could prove citi- zenship of the United States and were at the same time willing to work on the streets for $1.50 a day were to be had. And notwithstanding the anxiety of the public authorities to secure forees to meet the emergency that was upon them they were unable by veason of this legal restriction to-employ more than a fraction of the number of men desirved for the work. ‘Before this new law was passed,” the commissioner is reported as saying, “1 would have had no difficulty in getting all the men T wanted once, and good, able-bodied men, used to work, at that. At that time it was only necessary to deal with perhaps a dozen men who were contractors for labor. These men had at command lots of laborers. They hired them, saw that they had the need- ed tools, paid them, and collected the money for their labor the regular course of They got $1.50 a day for the men and paid them $FL25 a day. All we had to look out for was to see that we ot the number of men they chavged for. Most of their men were Halians, and perhaps not cit- izens. The number of American citi- ens who want to work at $1.50 a day seems to be small.” If the same experiment were tried in other cities of the country the ult exactly the same. If the effort were made to exclude all save native American citizens the re sult, except in the south, where negroes do all the street work, would be ab- solutely disastrous. American citizens are for the most part able to earn their living at more remunerative and less ex- hausting employments. They do not have to shovel snow at $1.50 a day. It the newly arrived immigrant is not per- mitted to do this work it is simply not done at all. To Ameriean citizens for shoveling’snow what they are able to earn at other occupations would by unwarranted extravagance. The pri ence of the forelgner actually raises the American in the social and industrial seale, and by the time the immigrant has become a naturalized citizen he, too, finds himself above this menial labor, No better argument has been adduced for continulng our present policy of en- couraging European immigration under careful but not prohibitive regulation. IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL MOVEMENT. The manu of the United States have been invited by the Associa- tion of Manufacturers of Cincin ito conference in that city on January for the purpose of organizing a na- tional industrinl union. The invitation states that the main objects of. the pro- posed union are to promote legislative measures in bebalf of the industries of the country, to nd our commercial relations and to hold expositions of Americ manufactur in foreign countries, The present is an auspicious time for such a conference and much #ood may result from it if, as is reason- ably to be expected, the practical men who will participate in it agree upon a policy to be pursued in carrying out the objects in view. The condition of the industries of the country is certainly far from being satisfactory and if those direetly concerned in their improvement and development can suggest any prac ticable means for bettering the condi- tion it is most desirable that they do 80. As to legislation looking to this end, nothing is to be hoped for within the next three years, ‘I legislation of the present congress affecting the manu facturing industries of the country will stand without change, in any materinl respect, until there is a vepublican con- gress and republican president to modity it with reference to the promo- tion of our industries. There is good on (o believe that the control of the leghslative and executive departments of the government will transferred to the republican party at the next gen- eral election, but in that event there aan be no legislation helpful to the in- dustrial interests of the country until far into 1808, With regard to extending our com mercial relations it Is possible that the proposed conferciice will be able to do | something useful. Our munufacturers | have a great deal to learn yot with re- spect to the pecullur wants of the people of other countries, and especially those of the countries south of us, to which we must look for the principal exten- slou of onr commnerc presumed that the conference will not fail to give this matter merited con sideration. It has beeu suggested that it wmight very properly give some at- fention to the question of lmproving the consular service of the conntry, to the end that it be made wore useful n and it is to he | from the great manufacturing rests for such changes in the consular sorvice as are obviously required in order to elevate the standard and increase the | usefulness of the service would certainly not be without effect, ing expositions of American manne factures in foreign countries, which will be considered by the conference, seems a good one, but the question will arise whether the returns would repay the cost, for a great deal of money would have to be expended if such ex- positions were to have any value at all, But at any rate, the time devoted to tions of the conference will not be wasted. Some instructive in- formation and useful suggestions are certain to come from a practical body of this kind, and therefore the pro- ceedings of the conference will be re- garded with a great deal of interest. The plan of hold THE SOUTH OMAHA CESSPOOL. The revelat'ons which are made in this issue concerning the intimate and ques- tionable relations that subsist hetween the gamblers, police officers and city of- ficials of South Omaha cannot fail to create a profound sensation. The in- formation secured by each reporter om- ployed in making the investigation was in every instance corroborated by other crodible parties, leaving no room doubt of the corrupt collusion between law officors and the keepers of law resorts which are under their protection. While Mayor Johnston himself has made A general denial of complicity, the fact that the chief of police stands in with the gamblers, even where complaints have been brought to his notice, very far toward verifying the claims made by the gambling pool that immu- nity has been purchased through a pert odic distribution of boodle where it will do the most good. <8 goes A PROTEST FROM AUSTRIA. Following the imple of Germany the Aunstrian government has entered a protest against the discriminating duty of onetenth of a cent on suzar im- ported into the United States from coun- tries which pay an export hounty on sugar. The claim set up by Austria is the ne as that of Germany, that thi duty violates treaty ohligation, and our government having admitted the justice of the claim in the case of the latter will probably have to do so in that of the forme It is a rather humiliating circumstance that those who ought to have known of this treaty obligation seem to have been ignorant of it until their attention w led to it by the foreign governments, and it is something of a reflection upon congress that during all the prolonged consideration and ¢ cussion of the sugar schedule of the tariff bill nobody even suggested that the discriminating duty of one-tenth of a cent contravened the terms of the commercial treaties with the sugar pro- ducing countries of Europe. Doubtless had this been suggested all the trouble we are now having over this matter would have been obviated, and it is not casy to understand why no one thought to look into the relation of this duty to our treaty arrangements. It is hardly conceivable that any European govern- ment or any legislative body in Europe corresponding to our congress would have committed so serlous a mistake The protest of the Austrian govern- ment is not accompanied by any menac of retalintion. That country has not sig- nified its intention to exclude from its markets any American product, by way of more forcibly impressing upon the United States government the expedi- ency of abandoning the objectionable duty. But it is not to be doubted that in the event of our refusal to do this Austrin will follow the course of Ger- many in adopting such a policy of re- taliation as may be found practicable. She may be expected to adopt the pre- text of the other Buropean countries that have exeluded our cattle and to follow that up with discrimInation against other American products. The obylous fact is that between the continental countries of Europe, or those that are in commercial alliance with Germany, there is a bond of sympathy in this mat- ter and a determination to stand together in au effort to compel this conntry to re peal the diseriminating duty on sugar from bounty-paying countries, The cabinet at Washington had this subject under consideration on Frida and it appears the conclusion wa reached that if congress does nothing the administration will use whatever au- thority it has under existing laws for instituting retaliatory measures, Such a course would be unfortunate, and it is the plain duty of congress to take such action as will obviate the necessity of resorting to it. It cannot be said, how- . that the present indications are favorable to the repeal of the one-tenth of a cent diseriminating duty on sugar. The house may agree to do this, but the chances seem to be that the senate will not, ARBITRATION. It is highly probable that many of, the te legislatures now or soon to be in session will enaet laws providing for ar- bitration in labor controversies between corporations and their employes. Inter- est inthe question has never been quite 80 strong or 50 general as it is now, and | the sentiment in favor of some judici- s, fair and practicable plan of arbitra- | tion is almost universal. Governor Iol- | comb has pronounced in favor of legis- | Tation on the subjeet in thi e and it is expected that the legislature will give heed to his suggestion and pass an act that will at least afford an opportunit for giving the prineiple a practical test In his message to the legislature of Pennsylvania Governor Pattison refers to the question of arbitration and urges legislation to give effect to the principle He says that in view of the bitter ¢ perience of both employer and employe as to the uwuprofitableness of strikes, lockouts and every form of forcible col- lision between labor and capital, co- operation and arbitration seem to be | methods of avoiding or settling con- flicts which both would ardently seek. While legal provisions for arbi- tration have been ineffective in Penn. sylvania, in some other states, notably in Massachusetts, o measure of suceess o and eofficient in promotiu onr com- ‘m Autevests abroad, A demaund has attended a state scheme of amicably settling fabor disputes, *“There ought to | Ely JANUARY 6, 1895 Patti Doard of arbitration in which bofh_gides might have confi- dence and to-wlhiose impartial judgment both would $1e1d respect.” 1t was not proposed to fany way interfere with the right of “private contract, but the governor urg@bthat it becomes a matter of governmept#l, concern “when cith, the oppression of the great railroad, miting or manufacturing corporations of the state, or the disorder, rioting and destructiveness of their employes, de- stroy or interfere with the free mov ments of our ecitizens, obstruct travel on the public highways, check the suppl of the great staples of life. threaten the public peace and order.” It is pre- sumed that everybody will concur in this view, as well as in the further dee- laration of Governor Pattisor Corpor ations deriving their life and powers from the commonwealth, and sceking its protection, owe to it the duty of serving and earrying out the purposes of their organization. When they confess them- selves unable to do this, because of a lack of confidence on the part of their employes, and an ineapacity to torily adjust the question of wages, they become subject to the visitation of the commonwealth.” The soundness of this proposition will hardly be questioned The fmportance of the question of av- bitration cannot easily be overestimated. The great contlict of last year hetween the railroads and their cmployes was most imp ve lesson of the danger of such disturbances, which may be said to be almost constantly imminent, fo no one can be sure that a controversy may not arise at any time that will lead to a widespread strike involving (he teing up of a large part of the trans portation facilitics of the count with damaging and even disastrous conse quences to the public terests. Such o condition is pregnant with possible in jury to the material intevests of the country of far-reaching effect, and in deed also with danger to our political in- stitutions, and must not be allowed to continue longer than a remedy can he provided. A just and equitable plan of arbitration, it is belicved by all who have given infelligent consideration to the matter, will supply the remed Bills have been introduced into congr providing for various systems of arbi tration applicable o railroads engaged in interstate commerce, and sooner or later some one of these measures will doubtless become law. In the meantime the states ean very properly adopt arbi- tration to be applied to corporations subject to s ol or regulation, isf TREND OF AMEKI JONOMI( The present trend of American eco- nowmies is toward conservatism. This fact is evidenced by several incidents of the meeting of the American Fconomic as- sociation held in New ‘York a week ago—an association inchuding in its membership nearly every teacher and student of political economy in this country. The annual address of the president, Daof. John B. Clark of | Amlierst, at-thie opening session-was di- rected almost exclusively against those “two movements born of discontent,” anarchism and- socialism. -~ The whole burden of his argument was that no ap- peal to legal forces as against natural cconomic forces are called for to assist in the development of modern indus- trial society. He lays down the bold sertion that cconomic theory show: free competition to tend to secure an honest distribution of wealth, while leg- islative enactment interfering with this natural order can only aggravate exist- ing abuses. By a line of thoughtful reasoning he undertakes to prove that competition alone can bring to each pro- ducer the real result of his labor. “A policy 1s open to us,” he concludes, “that at every step liberates natural economic forces and tends to make the system of industry honest, productive, and even democratic. Whether we shall retain this stem or not is not an open question. hall hay in it. Society feels its way by experiments; and while few measures that look socialistic may be retained those that, by the test here used, are really socialistic are sure to be abandoned. In the end legal forces must co-operate with natural economic forces.” While most of the papers read at the meeting w 1 conservative than this, yet the same general trend is apparent in almost all of them., The attitude now assumed by the principal American economists can only be properly appreciated when we re view the history of this organization. he American Economlic association was formed in 1885 to give expression against the doctrine of A small group of the younger writers on economic questions came together on invitation at Sara- toga, under the leadership of Prof. Rich- ard . Ely, then of Johns Hopkins uni- versity. The first paragraph of the plat- form which he proposed as the state- ment of principles for the newly formed ssociation coneluded with these words: We hold that 4I11' doctrine of lnissez faire is unsafe 1 politics and unsound in morals; and that it suggests an in- adequate explanation of the relation between the styte ud the citizens," The discussion upgn this subject disclosed the fact thatowhile there we grave objections on ‘the part of many present to taking so de¢ided a stand on the question of state interference, for fear it might alienafe i few whose co-oper tion was desived, the consensus of opin- fon was in substantial harmony with the statement, foymulated by Dr. Ely. As finally accepted, however, the first paragraph wa¥ teansformed into these colorless wol ard the state as an agency whose positive assistance is one of the indispensable conditions of human progress,” while a note ap pended to the report announcing that it was adopted as a general iudication of the views and purposes of those who founded the association, but was not to be regarded as binding on the individ ual members, offers additional evidence of the fact that the original statement was rejected, not repudiated. The list of newly elected office of the association is still another straw that points to the increasing consery tism of the A n economists, Prof. was the first secretary and held the office for several consecutive tor 5 until three years ago, when b was nominally promoted by being made one ‘tv( the vice presidents, When one of the members professed to see in this change of officers a sign that the “once called ‘new school’ * is losing its author- ity it was strenuonsly denied that the | particular event had any connection | whatever with the question of cconomic views. At the nt meeting in New | York not only was Prof. Ely and his most intimate associates conspicuons by their absence, but he was dropped from the viee presidency, to which he had once been re-clected, while President Clark was unanimously chosen to retain his position. 1t will probably be denied that this was anything more than mere coincidence, but it is plain that it was influenced by the trend toward conser atism, American economics is by no means where the English school of political cconomy was (wenty-five years ago, but it ix nnquestionably farther from social- ism than it w itself ten rsoago, when the American Economic associa tion was formed. —_— Secretary of the Interior Smith is (v ing to discourage the custom that has for s existed among many depart ment elerks at Washington of adding to their duties in the public service a lim- ited practice of medicine in off hours, He has been led o this step by the convietion that the epidemic of small- Pox with which the employes of his de- partment was recently threatened was due solely to the carrying of the con- tagion by the combination physician- clerks, The extent to which this cus- tom has spread in Washington is hardly appreciated by people in other parts of the country. There are several large schools of law and medicine in the Dis- trict of Columbia that ave supported almost exclusively by men in the gov- ernment serviee. They depend upon that support, and so adjust their hours of instruction as to suit the convenience of those working in the vavious depar ments. After geaduation these clerks refvn (beir places under the government nd vy to supplement their work by ving to practice their chosen pro- fon. If they succeed they may in fow years sever connection with the de- partments. The body of physicians in this eategory is o large that they arvouse the hostility of the regular practitioners, who refer to them as “sundowns,” and who_feel their competition. Should See- retary Smith abolish this class of dilef tante physicians he will doubtless ear the unanimous approval of those resi- dents of Washington who practice medi- cine for a living. Of course David Hill 1 no change of heart relative to Grover Cleveland. He has been on the best of terms with the president every mo- ment of his official life. 'This is what he w say, but some people know bet- ter. s undergone Cause and Effect. Washington Post. It ill becomes our English friends to rave over American lynchings as long as Queen Victoria encourages amateur theatricals, Symotoms of a Revival. Kansas City Star The railroads of the country are beginning to place orders for large supplies of steel This shows as clearly as anything N that the worst of the recent. depression has passed, and that the nation is on the up-grade once more. 3 A el T Rem-~dy for the Nude, Cincinnati. Commercial, The Towa papers are just now wrangling over the question as to whether the statue on the lowa mchument shall be draped or left nude. 1If the statue resembles those in and around the capitol at Washington, it should not only be draped heavily, buf it should be boxed up where no mortal eye could ever see it 5 - Our Russian Annex. Globe-Democrat. By the time Alaska is ready for settle- ment its resources will probably be much improved, which is far better than to have a great 'wave of immigration to destroy them. The Siberian reindeer taken fto Alaska are increasing rapidly, and this domesticated animal will be an invaluable help to settlers. If the waste of fish and game along the st could be Nluw;(’d the big territory wouid be in excellent Ilcity Punctured. shape. oks in Scribner's, y of Jefferson's inaugura- long been current represents him as riding to the capitol and tying his horse to the fence, and then entering almost attend Ke the oath of office. This le has been dispersed. Current accounts elate hig ceremoniel installation into office surrcunded by martial music, banners and guns. Salvos of artillery announced his rival and departure from the capitol, and the militia paraded in front of his lodgings before he left for the ceremory. — Aid for the Rull «d Lobby. Lincoln News, It s not the fault of the legislature, of cou but it is a fact that the meeting of that body has drawn to Lincoln a lirgs number of frail women and their natural concomitants, professional gamblers. The small police force will have its hands full attending to this addition to the criminal element of the city, and then it will not succeed In preventing a small epidemic, There promises, however, to be a rich field news for the newspapers this winter in onicling the incidents of the campaign against these elements, ————— The Growing Evil of Perjary, New York Tribun The truth, we fear, is that the offense has hecome 5o common and so venial that con- sclenceless men have no fear of being pun- ished for it, and prosecuting officers account it too trivial for notice. What is worse, perhaps, the deliberate perjurer is not made to feel the force of the public scorn and con- tempt he so richly mérits, Wors still, men who wed in respectabl cupations nd hemselves in good repute, like | James M. Breslin, for instance, while y stand ready to applaud and assist men who commit perjury 8o long us they aunda- clously persist in it, hasten to throw them M 50 s show signs of tan 1 willingness to the truth., Of what then, I8 the la If it cannot be en- | ed; if' the prosecuting offic think the | offense too trivial for their notice, and pub- lic opinion tolerates it, why not repeal What earthly meaning has the uplif hand, the empty formula, the mumbled ad- | juration, or that relie of superstition, the | book-kissing, if after it men can go right on | lying with lmpunity? Better, a great deal, | the witness on his honor as a man, with | oclal proscription as the penalty for lying, | than go on as now, letting perjurers make a religlous solemnity of a crime against God | and man, onsider Are Our Morval Standards Shifting? Prof. Albert Bushaell Hart in The One of the evidences of the moral shifting is that 50 many people suppose that priyat and public affairs have two standards: that it is wrong to use an employer's time f private gain, but right for a public officer { draw his salary and then leave the regula duties to a deputy; that It 15 wrong to secur a privilege for ones self by bribing a city council, but t to subscribe money to a ampalgn fund to buy votes for a party distinction may b s chitrac ther to consort with ¥, It theveby they get aid ‘or amu: leading idea of & book which is said recently to huve sold 100,000 coples in the United States scems to be'that, If you can contribute Lo the enter- talnment of people, they are to receive you and make vou a 'friend, no matter what | your character. The scoundrel Svengali Is | courted by three respectable KEnglishmen, and allowed o acquire a fatal influence over their protsge, because he can play a folding i et THink of the Svengalis in A can polities. perfectly well known to be | | ¢ rt4 and partners of thieves and unjusi | per ong, and yet accepted in political and | even personal fellowship by honest men| Forum, made be ter of public ore prone than Thom '8, Richard SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT, New York Advertiser: Dr. McGlynn took charge of his new parish in New- burg January 1. Now that he s recuneiled to the church and the church re- conciled to him, he will cense to be an ob- Ject of interest to a novelty-loving public. Chicago Herald: Having driven corruption out of the police department in New York, Dr. Parkhurst is now looking for other abuses to be reformed. attack on the press. In a sermon delivered on Sunday, he is reported as saying that the newspapers of New York City are rapidly becoming public nuisances. The reverend doctor appears to lack gratitude. In his crusade against police corruption in Manhat- tanville he has had no abler or more power- ful allies than the newspapers Washington Post: Decreasing opposition on the part of clergymen to the Sunday newspapers is a happy indication that the American pulpit is too wise to waste ifs energies in fighting the inevitable. The im proved tone of the Sunday press, the higher moral plane to which it has attained, and its evident upward tendency are good and suffi- cient reasons for diminished opposition, and prove that the natural relation of the pr and pulpit on Sunday, and all other days, is that of friends and allies, rather than ene miee New York Sun: The great conscious world would move right along to its destiny it no newspapers were published, just as it would move right along if no sermons were | the | preached. But Rreat conscious where it was at Dr. Parkhurst without the newspapers world would never know 1t would never know what was doing. As a medium, therefore, of communication between the doctor and the great conscious world, the NeWSPApCr Press scems to possess some rea- son for existence, and possibly some slight value, —_—— PROPLE AND THING Paul_contemplates selling her water- works, hoping thereby to ease her financial stringency. Susan Fennimore, daughter of James Fen- nimore Cooper, the famous Amorican tovelist, died last Wednesday at the age of 82, Since the pickings and pluckings of the New York police have materially diminished §700.000 has been appropriated for increased salaries, The late premier of Canada was one of the few public officers who died poor. His net assets, exclusive of a small life insurance policy, was $1,600. The abandonment of the sacred codfish which adorned the old house of represent tives of Massachusetts, has provoked a pa- triotic codfish bawl. The oldest living ex-congressman is Ge cral George W. Jones of lowa. He was a delegate from Wisconsin territory in the con- gress of 18 Later he represented lTowa in the United States senate. Texas democrats demand the resignation of Sepator Mills. But the senator has four years to serve and is not disposed to accom- modate his genial constituents. What a fall, my countrymen, in ten short years! The precedent set by many states and the federal government xegarding the branding of oleomargarine will prove handy now that horse sausage is crowding the cow and dog article for popular favor. Put on the brand. A remarkable boom in prohibition was one of the startling phases of life in Maine last year. To show the debilitating effect of dry rotgut it is stated that 2,808 commitments with jags were made during the year, be- sides the large numbers which escaped to the woods and otherwise. Benjamin Van Tyle of Hoosick Falls, N. Y., celebrated his 114th anniversary last weok. He is a colored man, born a slave in New York state, and appeared on the auction block three times. ~Mr. Van Tyle is a patriot from way back, having shaken hands with George Washington at the age of 13. Governor McKinley has appointed a com- mission of twenty-five men, representing the ten Ohio regiments that fought in the battle of Antietam, to act under the federal statute providing for commissions to determine the points where the regiments of the respective states were stationed in that famous con- flict. Not the least fascinating figure in Nor- wegian literature is Jonas Lie. Born sixt one years ago, he has lived to achieve a high place in the hearts of his fellow countrymen. Henrik Ibsen and Bjorntjerne Bjornson are more generally known outside of Norwa: perhaps, but it is Jonas Lie who is affection- ately called the *‘poet of family life.” One of the grand old men of New York state is Martin I. Townsend of Troy, N. Y., who is just Gladstone’s age. ~Mr. Townsend was a member of congress for several years, and made a national reputation by his speech in the house in advocacy of the ap- propriation for the Philadelphia Centennial celebration. He is still an eloquent and witty speaker, and enjoys robust health. New York and Philadelphia papers have de- clared war on the Quaker City Tammany, which, If accounts are to be relied on, could give the New York tiger several points in the game and win out. The Public Ledger declares that “it has been made fully apparent that the city is under the iron rule of a combina- tion of political leaders,” a compact organi- zation that controls all the avenues of nomi- nation, from mayor to constable.”” Senator Quay is said to be the king pin in the ma- chine, with Dave Martin as chief worker and organizer. It Is a significant fact that one of the great powers behind the combiue is the Barber Asphalt company, which enjoys an exclusive monopoly of asphalt paving and dictates the price, In 1890 the expenditures of the city were $2 J38L. Last year they amounted to §33,461,704. BROWNING, ur Money's Worth Picked Pants— He has already started an | GOVERNOR HOLCOMM, West Point Republican: Nebraska is ruled by a popullst governor, and yet anarchy does not reign. In fact, the Republican looks forward to a very creditable showing by Gove ernor Holcomb. Plattsmouth Journal: Silas A. Holcomb is | now governor of Nebraska, and it anybody in | the wide world thinks any less of the state for its choice he has been very quiet about making the fact known. He is as hard to | find as the men who abducted Barrett Scott. Lincoln News: The new governor assumes his honors with a due regard for the responsie bility resting upon him and knowing that the eyes of not only the state, but of a large part of the country are upon him. It needs but a slight familiarity with Governor Hol- comb’s personality to realize that he is not a Waite or a Pennoyer, but a well-balanced, fair-minded gentleman, N — E FOR LONG SERMONS, tk Herald: Husband—I wish T ne alcohol to clean my pipe with. Wwy don't you breathe through it, Boulder } is it Tanks always his name? Banks Backslider. had & Wife Herald: puts K. He Is a e it loy How after Cure Ke llas News: The public man free pass goes for nothing, yet he everything. with a goes for JAtlanta Constitution: “How on earth did Smith become a ‘colonel? “'Iasy enough, Train was delayed in Georgia, and he got | in the race w Harlem Life: When man firmly convinced that a then that the fringe slowly m on the bottom of his trouse a o s becomes genfus, {t heging to Chicago ommy—Pa, what's a “hollow “mockery?" "His a (chastened by political experience)—A senatorial nominge tion by a democratic caucus in one of the present state legislature: Philadelphia Old Soak js drunk every day of his life, Buggins—Well, he says he doesn't believe I putting off until tomorrow. what he can do toda Record: Muggins—T believe Pree Press: “You will remem id Snorkins, “that geese once save Yes," replied Barking, “but that's excuse’ for 5o many © cackling i under the impression saving this country Detroit ber,’ Rome o no nowa- that they are Brooklyn Standard: “Holy smoke!” ex- claimed an impulsive youth, when his emo- | tons were suddenly arouscd by something that struck him as remarkable. “My son, said the father reprovingly. “Did my re- mark incense vou, - father?' asked the quick-witted lad, and the affair ended as it begun—in smoke. onkers Statesman: As long as a_fish sticks to the water it 15 all right. There should be food for reflection In this thought for some men, Tribune: The dirt d his wife fondly. d, “has my “I thought h er of Pata And what, little girl for I'd surprise she exclaimed, “and o T bought a corner lot, high and dry, and only three minutes walk from the postoffice.” t he cheeri tonight Chicago Record: Marle—Count Zwinski fs Folng (0 be marreld o Miss Getthere, the oiress. | “Hazlaton—Nonsense! mate friend, and L'm s intention, ofs I'm his most inti- © he has no such No, but she has, Chicago Tribune: Raggsy—How do you limburger cheese? make it 'bout like they do kind, an’ then they put it away let it die. NOW IS THE TIME. Printer's Ink. The north wind doth blow And we shall have snow, And what will the tradesman do then, poos thing? He'll at once advertise Or contrariwise Be completely snowed under ere spring. | gy g Up the Proot Glohe-Democrat. An extra session would be a bad thing for the democracy. It would be one more evidence of the shiftlessness, perversity and imbecllity of that party. e Many Are Called, Few Chosen. Chicago, Record. Out in Nebraska the politic! ing to the c: there is to any an’ P fans are flock= pital under the impression that e a grand gift distribution, THE GOLDEN YEAR. Louisville Courier-Journal, “We sleep and wake and sleep, things move; The Sun flies forward to his brother Sun; The dark Harth follows, wheeled in her ellipse; And human things returning Move onward, “Ah, though the times when thought’ can bud Are but the poets" flower, Yet seas that but all on themselyes leading up the golden year. some new seasons when they daily gain upon the shore, Have ebb and flow conditioning their march, And slow and sure comes up the golden year— “When wealth no mounded heaps, But £mit with freer light shall slowly melt In many streams to fatten lower lands, And light shall spread, and man be liker man, | Through all the scasons of | more shall rest In f the golden year, happy sails, and bear the | Fly, happy with the mission of the Cross; Knft land to land, and blowing heavenward, Wiih silks, and fruits and spices, clear of toll, anrich the markets of the golden year,” KING & 0. or Your Moncy Back. ‘TYLES SEVE) Men's Scotch Caps At half price and less, 28¢ CAP. Our annual inventory shows us to have 1,000 pairs of pants—some of them pants from suits, but most of them regular pant patterns—pants that we BVen A B0 s ars Overcoats— All the small lots of overcoats for men— and two in a lot—the best sellers or wouldn't be so nearly down from as high as $25 t0.................. sold for $5 3dand §3.75 ons $ 18,00 sold out nu:}lgzi AND $ 18.00 Another lot of thess overcoats we sold for #:28, but to close them out because the sizes are mostly small, we have made prices on them as low as... Men's Ulsters— $15.00 Come under the same knife as the overcoats ~-this cut is just as deep just as good. ... Children’s and the styles are Ulsters and Overcoats— In this department we are ready to close out atalmost your own price hoys ulsters and overcoats that are worth price BROWNING, Reliable Clothiers, 8. W. Corn double our ask we can save you lots of money KING & CO. er Vifteenthi and Douglas Sts.