Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 12, 1895, Page 4

Das g 0 effects of the destructive dry spell of THE_OMAHA DAILY BEF: SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1803 ; TueE OMAHA DALY BEe it ACTION CALLED FOR, bounty on &0 much of the production as OFHER LANDS THAN OURS. BOIES AND HIS METALS. PASSING PLEASANTRIES, —— = B. ROSEWATER, T PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. | — TER Dafly Bee (With, Daily Bee and §ix Monihs Three Montha 8 OF BUBSCRIPTION. | Sunday), One Year. One Year Dmaha, The fiee Bullding. South Omnha, Counel Biufrs, Chicago ( 817 Chambe New York, Rboms 13, 14 and 15, Washington, 1107 F CORRESPO} ] | g wa and_edl- e nddressed: To the FEditor, | LETTE | * and ces should be Mdressed | to The Tiee Publishing cor Dmaha, - Drafts, checks and postoffice orders 16 be made_pavabls (o the order of the compan: THE BE PUBLISHING COMPANY . N and 24th Sts. Cribune BIdg. All comm. tortal matter should BUSIN ATl business fett ].Inm;' and Sunday B lish, pany the mctual number of of the Daily Morning, ¥ printed during the mont! ks follo . 16.. i, 180 1 2. 21 Total J T 659,654 Less deductions for unsoid and reiurned copien 122 Total sofd Daily average | scribed in my prea- | on this 30y of December, 1504 - e "L, Notary Pubiic. —_— The Douglas county del state legislature is not giving an opportunity to overlook its pr and its influenc ny one sence Any member ture who has been overlooked in the distribution uf; free railroad passes is invited te give the | railronds notice of the oversight without del }mlh-.l upon to do since the | ai | that The State Relief commission as at | last year. The deficiency In moisture in present organized is not equal to the | most parts of the state Indi emergency. The entire burden of the || stupendous task devolving upon that | body is practically borne on the shoul- |t single man, when in_ reality |t it would tax the best energies of half a | dozen of the best business men in lhr‘! Rev. Luther Ludden 1s a man | remendous force and almost match- sxecutive ability, but he cannot perform all the state relief ( This is really what he ha rev last fall. He is the general secretary, charged with conduct ing the correspondence of the bureau by | t mail and telegraph, which aggregates | 1 several hundred letters and scores of | atehes every day, and keeps | T half a dozen typtwriters and sten- |t ographers constantly in motion. He presumed to be In constant com- |t munion with county and pre distributors, ascertain the most pressing | a wants of each locality and the quantity |t of fuel, clothing and provisions needed. || e is presumed to act as general pu- | chasing agent for all supplies that are |¢ not actually donated, and he is expected | I to make all contracts with railway com- | t panies for transportation of supplics | and as general shipping clerk laving the commodities forwarded by rail and express. Although the commis- |1 sion ostensibly has a treasurer, Mr. | i Ludden has up to this time been per- forming the functions devolving upon | t him in the receipt and disbursement of | the funds placed commission. 1Ts thef complaints come from varlous quarters relief s not a seditious systematic as it should he? I The people of Nebraska and the people | 1 of the whole country now look to Gov- |y work. the commission s any wonder that restore normal conditions, charges gamblers been | farce, al of from the way it was instituted, man from mayor to patrolman denies all knowledge of the contribution net relief | for deny ever the disposal of the | notor and | rottenness in the that t will require a great deal of snow to The snow hat will supply this will be welcomed hroughout this section of the count THE SOUTH OMAHA FARCE, alled Investigation of of collusion Detween the and city officials in South ymaha lias turned out to be a rip-roaring That was to have been expected Every The the or dis- ribution of boodle by keepers of liw- oss resorts, divectly or through middle- nen. The affable and accommodating awyer Doud, who drew up the con- ract and inventory for the sale of contraband goods in the shape of ables, wheels, dice boxes and devices Wwhiling aw the midnight hour, 180 comes in with a general denial as 0 the illicit intercourse in which e was resumed to act the part of procur Mr. Doud even proved that Johnston lid not tell the editor of The Bee that Youd's reputation was shady. That in- erview was between fou eyes and Mayor Johnston could deny the soft im- in | po chiment, The gang in South Omaha that has held up the gamblers and dive keepers s in all respects the same as are the nmany gangs in all the big and little own They stick by each other and thing—even such facts as are us and cannot be successfully contradicted. That there has been crookedness and uth Omaha muniei- »ul machine has been patent to every- body in that town for months if not for yen It is not denied that a monopoly ernor IToleomb to take such action as|in gambling houses has been maintained in lis judgment the exigency of the |1 hour demands. The relief commission ould be nized at once placed upon a footing that will enable it to meet all demands. The work of | ¢ Mayor and | four special protection of the polic authorities. admits that wel under nd all thers were systematically broken up. by the aid of Johnston gambling the city himself houses was ready to be marketed before the McKinley law new law went i as repealed and the effect, but it 1s to be apprelended x t the supreme court will affirm th&%decisions of the lower courts, which, it may be remarked, were unanimously concurred in by the judges of those tribunals, NORSHIP AT STAK A political battle fmminent in Ten- nessee which is already causing a great deal of exciterhent there and will assur- edly attract the attention of the entire country. It grows out of a purpose on the part of the democrats to continue Governor Turney in office, although on the face of the returns, as made up a cording to legal requirement, he was clearly defeated at the November cloc- tion by Henry Clay Evans, the repub- lican candidate, Immediately after the secretary of state had announced the vote, which was delayed as long as pos sible, showing the election of Hvan the democrats begun plotting to ov. throw the result, The democratic state committee made a demand on the legis- lature soon as it convened for an in- vestigntion of the election, charging that there had been violations of the poll tay in a number of counties, and there has since been brought to bear on the demo- cratic members of the legislature all the pressure possible to force them to order an investigation. Much to the surprise of everybody, Governor Turne; sent a petition to the legislature giving notice that he would contest the election, Now that body is struggling with the question whether it can, with due re- spect for the constitution and the laws, make the investigation which the demo- crats demand, The gene assembly contains eighty democrats, forty-two republicans and ten populists, so that there is a majority of twenty-cight available for counting out Mr. Hvans if all the democrats can be depended upon to override the con- stitution and the laws. There is reason to believe, however, that some of them The Internal affairs of nearly all the Buro- pean governments are in a state of excite- ment and perturbation. In England a changs of parties fs impending, and when It occurs a much steadier hand than Lord Rosebery's will hold the helm in the for- elgn office. The German emperor is plunged into a bitter strugglo with his Parliament, and distinct signs of the separatist fecling among the South German states ars gr owing frequent. France is sadly disorganized and agitated, and her finances as well as her trade feel the disty bing effects of dema- gogle recklessness in expenditure and still more demagogic derangement of the tariff In Austria the old Jealousy and suspicion between the Hungarian and German poli- ticlans have been greatly aggravated and are threatening. — And poor Italy is torn with the unappeasable passions born of ¢ rruption and poverty. The general disturbance prevailing In these various countries will naturally tend to drive leaders to some bolder display in foreign policy than might otherwise be ven tured on, and this increases the probability of some striking chan, e Auspicious light s cast on the intentions of the new reign in Russia by the announce- ment that the czar is about to summon to St. Petersburg the prominent officials and personages of all the provinces of the empire, in order to ascertain the exact situation and the desires of the people. It will be remem- bered that just such a convocation of not bles preceded the organization of the Zemstyos, or provincial assemblies, by Alex- ander 1. As primarily constituted, the Zemstvos were genuine organs of local autonomy, representing the peasants and mer- chants as well as the nobles within a given area, and exercising not only advisory but legislative powers, and also through thelr ap- pointees a considerable measure of adminis- trative authority. During the last reign, however, theso local bodies were gradually deprived of their substantial functions, and now retain little except their name, A thor- ough and sincere consultation of the Russ people will elicit an earnest petition from all classes for a revivification of the Zemstvo nor is it likely that the expression of their wishes will stop there. It is not forgotten that the institution of local legislatures was meant to serve only as the foundation of a constitutiof ystem, the crown of which was to be a national Parliament, The text of a decree convoking such a Parliament was actually in type when Alexander 11 was mur- dered, and ‘his successor was implored by Loris Melikoff and other liberals to publish it on the morrow, and thus shame the assas- sins of his fatler. But reactionary counsels prevailed, and Alexander 111 adopted a re- gime of rigorous repression, It is not to be Chicago Tribune: Uncle Horace Roles thinks the next president must come from “‘west of Tllinols,” but not too far west. | Des Molnes Leader: It would be a great | thing for the people of this country it Gov- ernor Boles occupied a seat in the United States senate in these times. He has pointed out a_course by which the democratic party may not bring the days of its usefulness to an end. His words are worthy of thoughtful attention and should inspire courage in demo- cratio hearts. Cedar Rapids Republican - marks on bimetallism are like the biblical characterization of the wind, where it is | written, “The wind bloweth where it listeth | and thou hearest the sound thereof but cans’t not tell whence it cometh or whither | It goeth.” No one can tell what is in the mind of the leader of Towa de Ing this question. The chances are that he does not know himself. These vague words | are not characteristic of wisdom. Thoy | stand Jfor indecision and are the utterance of one not sure of his ground. Sioux City Tribune: Ex-Governor Roles Is faithful ta his idea that silver and gold | can be maintained as money by unlimited coinage of both metals by the government of the United States, upon the ratio which will keep the coins at a parity. The gov- ernor does not himself attempt to fix the ratio which will do this, and therein he is wise. But it may well be doubted it his | wisdom does not fall short of grasping the real situation In the monetary world. The procession seems to have got past him while he dwelt in the elysium of what might have been It the financial world still wanted silver money. Towa City Republican: Governor Boles s very fond of notorfety and cannot bear to be shelved long at a time. When he was a candidate for vice president of the United States no amount of pressure could induce him to give an opinion on the silver ques tion, though he was fmportuned by repre. sentatives from ecastern papers and also by the party leaders of his own state. In his speech at Omaha he has just declared th there is but one way in which democracy can again become triumphant, that is this “for the next national democratic convention to commit the party unequivocaily to the ratio at which gold and silver shall be equally and freely coined, and point out in explicit terms legislation that should be adopted to preserve the parity of the metals.”” That the parity of the metals could be regulated by legislation sounds like the flats of the populists, and is evidently a cheap bid for popularity, Mr. Bol re. —_—— ace for the State Fair, t. ate falr for the be determined next The principal points the prize are Lincoln and Tuesday, contending T | tune in you Galveston News: When a man says he out of politics to stay, he taeans that he sees no way to get in again, Dallas News: Nobody can help noticing the shortcomings of the man who s always behind time Philadelphia Record displays the following o do all the loafing ne tablishment.” A downstairs baker I am prepared sary in this es Syracuse Post: Do not keep a good moves ment on hand when it should be put on ot without delay 1! First Moan Man: Igar?” Second Mean Man and T want to smoke myself. ¢ too And they ‘smiled and ‘smol and each respected the other. Indianapolls ~ Journal: T what s an “Intelicctual soire Mr. Fieg-1t i generally one refreshments do not cost much a dime a head mmy-—Paw, where the more than Buffalo Courier: Pearl Passe Dapa IS very generous. On my always gives me a_dollar for each yoar I bave lived. Yulie Younger—Indeed? That must have been the money Charley Gayboy ant when he eald you had a little’ for- " own right Yes, dear birthilay he Syracu of “ours smok His Wi the stove iy warming his with feet by his rubbers on. Philadelphia Record Sillleus—1 to walk on these slippery paven feus ever mind, -vl4‘ chap, The time ming. There won't be any fce in th next world now Sillicus is wondering what he m TER NIGHTS, n Courler, © nights are with us, hts eroun’ the stov Chawnkin' nuts an' apples, Makin' mirth an' love. Winter nights are with us, Cider's in its prim-; Come an’ oo us, fellers— Gals, an’ winter time, HEREDITARY. Winte Ni| ed Lancaster in Tome and Country, The strictures are unmerited, Our folttes are inhe , Dircetly from our gram'pas they all camey Our deficts have been transmitted, And we should be acquitted Of all responsibility and blame, Mil We are not depraved beginners, But hereditary sinners TPor our fathers never a Tis the folly of ou continually hamper What a pity” that our good! ed as they should; ' pas am’pas weren't supposed that Nicholas 11 would invite his subjects to fgrmulate their wishes, unless he designed to grant them fin large measure; and, therefore, there is reason to hope that the reported convocation of Why shouldn't the ure lot Churehill and Russell act as police com- missioners instead of letting them name oln has had the fair for the and treated the people nicely, but then the peo- hand,’ have returned: the to Lincoln.” But th are not Yes, we'd all be r It our depraved prog. Had all been prude But they were quite 5 would be cele Omaha. Lin, A s past ten ye rend senators, tors should be subdivided and by men of good business Politics or crced should will refuse to do this, thongh whether a sufficient number to defeat the scheme is of course uncertain. It is a fact of Did these four houses enjoy this special privilege without lubricating the men through whom they secured protection three hold-ups? That would fill the measure of their ambition and put the perquisites directly into their pockets. the most heartfelt sympathy of Nebr he people of this state have had experience with bank w s and political financiering that places them in a position to under- stand and appreciate the situation in their siste South Dakota has ska. All the ures relating to propo s in the city govern- ment that have been repudiated time and time again and which could not rouse a corporal’s guard in their support among the substantial citizens of Omaha are gradually reappearing at Lincoln. They will simply have to be killed again. The law pl: upon the railroads the obligation of constructing and main- taining viaducts over their tracks in cities of the metropolitan class. Let the Indignant property owners near the ‘Bleventh street viaduct sue the rail- woads for denying them the use of that street for traffic to and from their prop- erty. The Japanese minister to Great Brit- aln says that the present king of Corea is what' Americans call “no good.” While he doubts the rumor of the Oorean king's assassination, he insists that he will be deposed in due time and succeeded by his second son. We pre- sume in that event the king of Corea will in the eyes of the Japanese be “all right.” The death of Hon. Charles F. (lood- man will be sincerely mourned by all classes of our citizens. Mr. Goodman has for more than twenty years occu- pied a conspicuous place in this commu- ‘ nity and state as a public spirited citi- zen associated with many important en- terprises that had for their object the deyelopment of the state and the build- ing up of this city. During his useful and honorable career Mr, Goodman oc- cupied various prominent positions of honor and trust in public bodies and charitable and benevolent associations, of which he was a respected member. Governor Holcomb does not care a ‘picayune whether he has the privilege of appointing two of the five members of the Fire and Police Commission dur- ing his term or not. He would doubt- less prefer to be relieved of the respon- sibility. But the citizens of Omaha who want the commission kept as far as possible out of palitics and out of the hands of Helfenstein lawyers and pro- fesslonal blackmailers will not look with favor upon the scheme of confor- ring the power to select the police and | fire commission upon men of the stamp and antecedents of Churchill and Rus- sell. The renomination of Senator William B. Chandler of New Hampshire by a eancus of the republican members of the legislature places beyond all doubt the question of Lis retention In his present position at Washington, Senator Chand- ler has a record for honest, aggressive republicanism that entittes him to vauk ve no place in this life nor should the state be niggardly in |t compensating those who engage in this THE ATTACK ON 1HE GREENBACKS, : The proposition to eliminate the greenbacks from the currency, by r tiring and canceling them, finds very little support outside of the eastern bankers and those who reflect their 1 views. It has been fully demonstrated that no such proposition can pass the present congress, whether it shall come | { in the form of an issue of bonds for funding the United States legal tender notes or in authority to the sce of the treasury to use surplus revenue for retiving them. Although the pr dent and the secretary of the ury are committed in favor of retiring the greenbacks a majority of their party in congress is not with them. The decisive vote in the caucus of house democrats against the Dhond proposition of Representative Sperry conclusively showed that there is no chance for the success in this con- gress of any scheme for getting rid of the United States legal tender notes. In his very able speech last week 1 ceived serviee, authority, were to be re; wine room at saving service, | from ruinous competition? Assume that e periodic donations to the city, re- without a shadow of legal rded in the wature of a license, how did it come that e four privileged houses, with their chments, could run all night and all day, Sunda and election days, without coming in conflict with the police unless there was a greenback »andage put over the eyes of these officers? And how did it come aw that police officers would take the part of he gamblers to suppress complaints? It would take a great deal of credulity to swallow the gauzy explanation that the police protection were pure fiction con- cocted to help out a proposed sale or lea Deaver made the same boast to p that were not even suspected of the in- tention to buy his franchise for one- fourth of the South Omaha gambling monopoly. statements of Deaver concerning e of his business. The fact is that ies It goes without saying that the South Omaha investigation will deceive no- body familiar with the situation. AR BOUN The indications are that the sugar in opposition to the Carlisle bill, Mr.|,roqucers can expect nothing from their Cockran of New York presented a strong argument to show that there is no necessity for retiring the green- backs. The financial writer of the New York Sun takes the same view and gives most cogent reasons for it. He points out that the plan of apply- ing surplus revenue to the retirement of legal tender notes is not practicable, for the obvious reason that there is no surplis revenue now, nor is there likely to be for a long while to come. the administration at its wits' ends to devise means for procuring enough revenue to paying off §500,000,000 of legal tenders | ¢ is out of the question. Besides, there were a surplus sugs the circuit court of the District of Co- rely meet its expenses, | jumbia for a mandamus to compel It | commissioner It could not be [ mgke an examination of the sugar pro- efforts to secure bounty on the sugar produced last year, by the Miles Planting and Manufactur- ing company of Louisiana has been de- cided against it in the courts of The case brought the ict of Columbia, and while it is ble that the decision will not be sustained by the supreme court of the United company will appeal chances are obviously against the de- With | States, to which the tribunal the case, the sion being re ed. The Louisiana r company made an application to he secretary of the treasury and the of internal revenue to turned into gold to an extent sufficient | quced by the ccompany, preliminary to to retire even $50,000,000 of greenbacks a year without convulsing the financial world. As to funding the legal ten- ders into bonds it would be so difficult as to be practically impossible, “The |, upshot of the matter is,” says the Sun writer, “that for the sake of enabling | the banks to put out 10,000,000 of their own notes and make a profit by lending them as money that the country shall be saddled with | ¢ an interest charge in perpetuity $12,500,000 a year and incur the risk |, of a financial crisis compared to which | that of 1803 would appear Insignifics 7 Nor would the maintenanee of gold pay ments be rendered any easier, nor the |, liability to gold exports be in the least | jawrully perform, diminished. The only difference would | be that the task of keeping at par|j with gold §500,000,000 of paper money | would be transferred from a single cen tral pow with the whole the countr more banks, mostly small ones, scat- | g (the secretary the payment of the sugar bounty for 1894, the case carried to the court of appeals, which a few days ago affirmed the de- The application was denied and cision of the lower court. The opinion of the court of appeals is hat the clause in the new tariff law re- pealing the sugar bounty provision of the McKinley law operated a 1t 18 proposed | yapeal, and also as an express prohibi- a direct fon of any further payment of bount; of | Phe McKinley act having been repealed and the rights.of the relator (the Miles rompany) having fallen therewith, no duty remained which the respondents of the treasury and the rommissioner of internal revenue) could The question of the constitutionality of the bounty ng been raised, the court oy p opinion that the constitution does not | glve congress the power to pay bounties wealth of | 1o manufacturers or producer behind it, to the 8,000 or | o encourage the manufactu in order @ or pro- luction of any article, e power tered througlout for ‘b pursuing its own course without regard to that of its fellows.” The that the Carlisle cul of the substitute: cannot be passed with the foremost of the rvpul.lluuu‘ leaders in the senate. Well Inh-rlnw” on current topics and always ready for | participation in debate, he is recognized A8 one of the most serviceable men on the floor of the senate. e is sure to play a very prominent 't in national legislation for the next six years, e The selection of Omaba as the place for the next annual meeting of the Ne- braska and lowa Implement Dealers as sociation must be taken to mean that | the advantages of this city have Leen | 80 lmpressed upon the visitors during thelr session just closed that they ar ot unwilling to have their experienc yepeated each year, Omaha appreciates the favor and will try to do Ler shave | I maintaining the good impression thus made. The association will be wel- comed to hold its meetings here 8o ofton a8 they recur. All will try 10 contrib- | ute to wakiug the mecting of mutual beucit to the different partios con- what the demo fact haviug been demon it is imposs rats who are for some sort of currency legl will now wants ing will not d ol next of the propose. the legal tender notes 1se. That the present one will, currency expendifures, While protracted cold w ka might be a most undesirable hardship for those of her are not prepaved to withstand a period of low temperature, state wonld benefit greatly from a series | of well distributed and L: The condition of a fair crop for next by season Is that the ground secure suffi- lcient moisture to counteract the bad e o A M AT four states, and trated uey Dbill, or any for it o far proposed, ible to say | y, anxious slation The administration etived | | and probably will be satisfied with noth- | congr nor is it at all likely the The popular demand that the greenbacks shall remaln a part | will not be ignored. | Manifestly the best thing congress can | do 15 to drop this question and take up the more pressing one of making the revenues of the government meet ather for Ne- sidents nevertheless vy snowfalls. here involved,” said the court, “is one of taxation. The annual bounty for sugar production has necessarily come out of the revenues raised by general taxation for the support of the govern- ment. The gross sum required each ir bad to be included in the estimates for annual expenses and considered in the imposition of taxes to raise the rey- enues to meet them, * * * No amount of incidental public good or benefit will vender valid taxation or the appropria- tion of revenue to be derived therefrom for a private purpose.” 1If this position is sound and should be sustained by the court of last resort the question of granting bounties and subsidies would be settled, and it is to be hoped the su- preme court will be called on to pass upon this constitutional point, which is manifestly of great importance, though not necessary, 4s was said by the chief Justice of the court of appeals, for an purpose of the under considera- tion. It affords an excellent opportunity however, for a decislon from the highest court as to the power of congress grant bounties and subsidies. It would seem that the sug produe ers may as well make up (heir winds that they will t wo bouuty yeur's production.” As a matter of striet Justice and equity they ought 1o receive o8 the cnse as the to ! o last | great weight, which it would seem can- not fail to exert a very decided influence upon the democratic members of the legislature, that a large number of democratic papers, including some of the strongest in the state, have declared that the republican candidate was elected and that he can only be kept out of office by violations of law. But it is more than probable that a majori of the democrats in the general a bly will finally yield to the demand of the party machine and order an investi- gation, the outcome of which will in all probability bé to continue the demo- tic governor in office, for it is to be presumed the managers have all the “proofs” of fraud which they deem necessary to accomplish the desired end. The November election demonstrated that the demoeratic party in Tennessco is going to pieces, and the fight the party is now making to retain the gov- ernorship is one for life. With a repub- lican governor there would undoubtedly be exposure of the ¢orrupt practices that have prevailed for years in the political affairs of the state, and the democratic managers understand that only this is needed to insure the complete overthrow of the party. Thus they are so desperate as to be ready to do anything, no matter how lawless and revolutionary, in order to a little longer perpetuate their rule. The republicans show a dis- position to make the battle thrust upon them at least interesting. The appointment by President Cleve- land of Lieutenant E. H. Crowder, on duty as judge advocate in the Department of the Platte, to be major and judge advocate in the United States army will be re- ceived with no little gratification in both local military and civil circles. Major Crowder has been deservedly popular both with his fellow officers and with the legal fraternity wherever he has been stationed. He early dis- tinguished himself in the line of the pro- fession of law. As judge advocate of this department for the past four years his legal ability and literary acumen made his opinions at once much sought, not only in the matter of the ordinary courts martial in the army, but in the broader fields involving the question of trials by civil and military courts. His opinions have been approved by the highest military and civil tribunals. Major Crowder is a young man with wide fields before him and his present promotion is recognized as a reward of merit. There is something in it, too, of a compliment to General Brooke, who has had the pleasure of seeing many of his staff officers promted while on duty with him and under his general direc- tion, The house of representatives at Lin- coln has struck a blow at nepotism by requiring that publicity be given to the relationship which employ bear to members and offi What if the county commissioners, the city council and the school board should each re- quire the publication of the list of em- ployes together with a statement of the relationship of cach to men in other public offices of the city, county or school distriet! Let Nim Publ Nebragka City tch the fur 'fly. The Omaha Bes has been growling loud and long because Walt Seeley stood a good ch, of secur- ing an appolntment I the senate, to which the Lincoln Journal responds that' Walt was at one time secretary of the state central committee, during which time he was in receipt of 'a ‘number of requests for trans. portation from such patriotic gentle . Rosewater; also that he had negle to burn all his lettors. All this teresting ves that E. R not_abov n he wants a the secrctary republic mittee has a great deal of - at his disposal, w6 Letters, News, ed is very in- transportation’ notables may usher in a series of events of the largest pessible significance to Russia, The election of M. Brisson as president of the French Chamber of Deputies has been very generally accepted as a triumph of the extreme radicals and a check to the influence of M. Casimir-Perier and the conservative republicans. Undoubtedly there is some ground for this view, and if occasion should arise for a definite issue between the presi- dent of the republic and the president of the chamber the latter would probably command the support of the radicals and of a majority of the chamber. But there are features in the career of M. Brisson which make it probable that such an issue may be avoided, and that in some of the situations most likely to arise the two statesmen would sup- port rather than oppose each other. M. Brisson, like M. Casimir-Perier, is a man of inflexible integrity and independence. The former was not only ready to probe to the bottom the Panama corruption, but he re- signed the chairmanship of the commission appointed to deal with that subject because he could not secure powers adequate to such probing. In any political disturbance in France at the present time the personal complications of leading politicians with cor- ruption are liable to play a decisive part, and it is certain that M. Brisson would not compromise on that head. *ae Africa gives promise of being the scene of s much activity in 1895 as in 1894, Cecil Rhodes is at Constantinople—Cecil Rhodes, premier of Cape Colony, president of the South African company, conquerer of King Lobengula and millionaire president of the great Diamond Mining company of South Africa. His scheme is to extend a telegraph line from Cape Town to Cairo, throughout the "Whole length of Africa, was at the bottom of the Anglo-Congolese treaty of last year, Which was rendered abortive by French and German Jjealousy. The chief object of the treaty was to galn a right-of-way for Mr. Rhodes’ telegraph line. But the scheme is not abandoned. Mr. Rhodes Is a young man of great energy, and he is now at Constanti- nople, with his newly conferred honor of privy councillor, to get the sultan’s influence cast in his favor, such influence being of value among Mohammedans along the Nile between Cairo and Khartoum. At the same time the king of Belgium is asking the Belgium Parliament to annex the Congo State—on which he has spent some $5,000,000 of his own cash—to Belgium. Such annexa- tion would alter the relations of the Congo State of France and Germany and make it less subject to thelr pressure. With Cecil Rhodes and a Belgium emplre in co-operation with Bngland the problem of the fate of the Upper Nile valley and Khartoum would be speedily solved. It is not impossible that 1895 will record the capfure of Khartoum from the Mahdi by private enterprise, just as Buluwayo was taken in 1894, Events point to an early ending of the scramble for Africa, e Never was there such a mixture of pro- gressive and retrograde ideas as is contained in the new criminal code now under dis- cussion by the imperial Parliament of Aus- tria, which is to replace the one that has been in existence since 1803, Several reforms have been borrowed from England, such as the ticket-of-leave system for convicts, the detention during the sovereign's pleasure of criminal lunatics, the exemption from punish- ment for the first offenses and the right of a magistrate to commit minors to Industrial chools. Capital punishment, abolished by Emperor Joseph 11, and reintroduced by the code of 1803, Is retained, but restricted to murder with premeditation and attempts on the person of the sovereign, while in many cases in which it is now prescribed It Is abolished, These are the real reforms, but there are reactionary clauses in abundance, and some ridiculous ones. Thus, If two persons box each others ears, the offense i, 50 Lo speak, condoned, but if one of them hits harder than the other he is liable to punish- ment. 1t is rendered a penal offense to or- ganize for a strike, or even for workingmen to combine, while the freedom of the press 1s restricted in such a way that if the code passes in its present shape it will only be possible for the newspapers to praise every- thing that is done by the government of the day. ——r— Co-Operative Financlering, Tes Moines Capital. The enormous growth of what is known as the “building and loan"” business is a grati- fying sign of times, 'he term used hardly does justice to the magnitude of the interést. It I8 more prope that for cce operative savings. But whatever it is styled it a8 made and 1s makin, prodigious strides. Neither in its progress to interfere with the ¢ of the banking business, whether that of savings or for merely commerclal purpose: On the Contrary, the latter scems to hav kept on parallel lines with that of bullding and loan. It is moreover a very gratifying fact that during all the “hard tmes' no bullding and loan association has gone to the Mnh for any cause except for gross mis- management, and there have been very few of these--hardly one in a thousand, Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S, Gov't Report Ra Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE loes it seem | sion and growth | Lincoln ought to have a the hog until all the t. al E and when we rural out to take in the 1 and the s looking ot the just north of the n has been that Oma has a ni e on metropolis of citizens start oming pumpkin ) 1ot object to i, itiful metropolis uth of It demonstrated in many respects 1 I8 not quite so hoggish, when it thing, as Lincoln, when a man starts out to put in a week at the state fair it matters little to him whether he travels a few miles more or less, The Democrat favors Omaha this time, but the new century must be inducted into soclety by locating ‘the state fair at Kear- ey, —_——— A Threatened Strike. Chicago Record, With the prospect of an strike for higher wages ment will probably action of some sor the proposition to reduc to ministers is that the change would leave the United States in a humiliating position. Diplomatic etiquette is inexorably stiff. On the other hand, to compel ambassadors to a frugal fare while the othe c agents in_their neighborhood ally is scarcely less humilint doctrine of Jeffersonian simplicity permits a representative of this count dine on the sumptuous fare of his fellow at court, and in return ask them to lunc upon crackers and cheese. On the that whatever is worth doing at all | doing well, the United States may to raise its ambassadors’ to go in for style, and s Rigid economy would be frayed and gance Is not, ambassadorial the State dej compelled to take he difliculty with the ambassadors s wort yet have It has chosen e costs money. spectable, but a insuflicient semblance of ele- L Moore Deserves Congratulations. Lincoln News. In the name of decency and better politics, the News congratulates Lieutenant Goy. ernor Moore for his absolute refusal to ap- point Walt Seeley to a position In the sen ate. Mr. Moore took this stand in the fi of the fact that many influential politicians were asking the appointment. Now let Mr, Seeley go to work for himself, and not con- tinue to ask the state to furnish him em- ployment all the time. It &hould be added, too, that Mr. Moore has emphatically stated that he will not approve any voucher drawn In Secley's favor, which means that none of the wire pullers and under officlals can give him a job either. Omaha's Misfit Judge. Plattsmouth News, Tt Is said an effort will be made to have the legislature impeach the notorious Judge Scott of Omaha, as a petition has been pro- pared with that end in vie It s very evident a four years' term is (oo long for a Judicial term of office. The people would quietly and effectively take care of Mr. Scott if they could get'a Whack at him, Why This Cruel Intorrogation? Denver News. Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson used to be considered pretty good denioc but would they afliliate with the democ: of today? 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