Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 1, 1895, Page 5

»A..,. Sk AN ol 4 THE OMAHA DAIL BE& FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 189 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER, Bditor. — ] TERMS OF BECRIPTION, Dally Dee (Without Sunday), One Year Daily Bee and & “Three Months. Baturdny Bec Weekly Bee, Year. One_Year One Year OFFICE ©Omaha, The Nee Bullding. Bouth Omann, Singer Bik., Cor. N Counell 1uffs, 12 Pearl Stres Chicago Office, 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York, Rooms 13, 14 and 15, Tribune 1313g. Washington, 1407 ¥ Street, N, W CORRESPONDEN All communica ating to news and edl forial matter should be addressed: To the Editor. BUSINESS LETTERS. All Vusiness letters and remittances should be addressed 1o The Publishing company, Omaha. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders 0 be made_payable to the order of the company. THI: BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. George 1. Teachuck, secretary of The Bre Pub ympany, being duly sworn. the actual number of full and complet of the Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday printed during the month of November, 1591, was as follows and 24th Sts, . 2860 1. 21,387 1 .26 e 2135 Wisisvessnsivoees FHITE 1 v Tota) At Loess deductions for CODICS +.vine o Total Daily ave e net cireulation. GEORGE Sworn to before me and subs ths 20 day of D 1) N stary Public. i st it i If we can have corner slot machines for ginger ale, why not also for bee Burlington Beach Burns is just the man to champion the cause of the late lamented impeached state offic 1in my pres- A gold reser low the legal force that done. o nearly $60,000,000 b limit is the imperative says ‘something must be Why ennnot pointed for the Whisky Omaha? It's all the town that Dboasts a titled (o one Serious wrecks at sea may not oc- cur so frequently as serfous disasters on land, but when they do occur they are as death dealing and heart rending as any. we civer ap- trust in and every distillery s cn as the Russian thistie es of the present session ka legislature it will tablished its reputation plant beyond dispute ese the of the have es- as o hardy pes It will be useless to try to fix the re- sponsibility for the Blbe disaster. ‘Whether. the collision might possibly have been avoided is and must remain a matter of pw peculation. If we are to believe the various city officials, the over-paid city employe is a figment of the imagination only. But on this polnt thie judgment of the city officials is not necessarily the best au- thority. Chief Arthur Is s locomotive enginee ordering id to be polling the with a view to a general strike. W believe it. There will be no railrond strike in this country prio May day. * Of course the presence of Senator- elect Thurston in Washington just at this time has nothing to do with the Pacific railroad funding bill that is up for consideration in the house of rep- resentatives. The prohibition municipal ticket Is the first in the field in Chicago. But this must not be taken to indicate that it will get very far into the field by the time the election occurs and the ballots are counted. The vote on the Reilly funding bill in the house today will show how neatly evorything has been cocked and primed for its passage by that body by the lobbyists who have been so busily engaged in preparing the way. Seeretary Carlisle insists that he alveady sees a surplus of national rey- enue In sight. Every one must hope that the secretary will not prove mis- taken. It will take a considerable surplus to wipe out the additional pub- lic debt that has been created in the last year. All the different members of the cab- fnet ought to take turns in the role of secreta of ‘the treasu; By the time the rotation shall have been com- pleted one of them may have struck upon some financial plan that can com- mand the united support of the demo- crats in congress. The city charter limits the annual tax levy for fire department purposes to mills. The procecds of that levy are supposed to fix the maximum of ex- penditures for the fire services. If the limit is to be evaded by diverting other funds to this department, it might as well be abolished altogethe Some country papers are showing a disposition to disparage Omaha's abil- ity to handle the state fair. They are evidently feeding upon the prejudice that is being worked up against this city by the defeated statesmen of Lan caster, Our clitizens and commercial organizations may find it necessary to placate these country editors so that the true facts may be made known to the people of every county in the state. Fifty dollurs a year license for coal dealers will entail hardship only on the smaller dealers. Such a license would drive a great many of these out of business. It certaiuly docs not seem exactly just to make the man who sells by the bushel or hundred weight pay @s much as those who sell by the ton and carload. This dificulty can easily be obviated by grading the coal deal- ers' licenses In some ratlo to sules or buslvess, and establishing two or three classes of licenses. A system of this kind prevails in a nuwber of cities, and there Is nothing to prevent its intro- duction bLere, y REORGANIZE THE COMMISSION, The State Relief commission as now organized has proved itself incapable of meeting the emergency. There Is an utter lack of business method vigor in the conduct of the affairs that are entrusted to its care and keeping. This is due primarily to the fact that one man has monopolized all the func persistently usurps all the power and anthority vested in his associates. When the commission no legal existence excepting by com mon consent that it should be revived when the legislature convened. A% it was then constituted Mr. Ludden as secretary was permitted to arrange the preliminaries for an active eampaign in the drouth stricken section. At that time there were no mes purchasing supplies and 1o available for distribution. There was therefore 1o s objection to Mr. Ludden assuming the burden of all the work of the commission, including selection of loeal relief agents and cor- respondence with parties seeking re lief and parties offering to contribute aid in or supplies. By the time supplies sor money had The assumed enormous proportions. men of ability busy night and day. For veasons that nobody lias yet explained all these varied duties, the reception of remit- tances by draft, cheek and money order, visions, clothing, ete., the reception and reshipment of all supplies, the disbursement of and the vast amount of col was all left for the secretary The pres these funds pondence to do. ident has been a figurehead, to do with handling the other members of the commis have had no part in the work for which they have been organized. AN first, and up to a recent period, the prevailing impression was that M. Ludden was an overworked man, who had been fmposed on by his associates There was disposition for a time to bear up with the shortcomings of the relief commission under the belief that Mr. Ludiden would be re- lieved and the work subdivided and tematized. "T'his impression has given way to the conviction that Mr. Ludden has deliberattly monopolized all the ithority vested in the 1 has no desive to carry on his part the work with proper checks and e Instead of confining himselr to the position of sceretary he now signs himself general manager, an office that does not exist, and if it has been created surely does not contem- plate that one man shall receive and disburse all money, make all purchases, direct what supplies are to be bought and where they are to be shipped. The velief commis being a state the money soon of institution. The people of Nebraska have a right to expect that everything the commission does shall be above board; that the receipts and disbursements shall be made pub- lic as frequently as possible; that the supplies purchased shall be bought in the open market and that the commodi- ties purchased shall be of good quality, and that every bill shall represent no more than what is bought and shipped. In response to popular demand The Bee has repeatedly called upon the commission to inaugurate business methods in its work and take the pub- lic into its confidence about its opera- tions. These appeals have been un- heeded. Complaints of inefficiency and lack of attention have been multiplying and we now deem it our duty to eall upon the governor and the legislature to reorganize the commis nd re- store confidence in its capacity and integrity. Such a body should be like Caesar's wife, above suspicion, and its members should take special pains to disarm all eriticism. IS THERE ROOM FOR RETRENCHMEN There is not a case on record where a public officer favors the reduction of his own salary, and we do not.know of many Instances where public officers have favored a reduction in the num- ber or in the pay of their subordinat when the condition of the treasur, imperatively requires retrenchment. This fact must constantly be held in view by the retrenchment committees of the city, county and school board. A striking instance in point is furnished in the offices of city clerk and comp- troller. n years ago the duries devolving on the city clerk and comptrolier were all performed in the city clerk’s office. In addition to these duties the city clerk also W reqfired to perform other duties as wmember of the license board, and to do the work now pe formed by the scerctary of the licen board. Tor all these varied duties the allowance was as follows: City clerk's salary... Deputy city clerk.... One journal 8120 per month 75 per month 50 per month clerk... M Total salaries.. 5 per month For the month of January, 1805, the pay voll for the work done in the city clerk’s office ten years ago is as fol- lows: CITY City clerk..... Deputy ... Journal cler Record clerk... Stenographer . COMPTROLLER'S Comptroller ........ Deputy ......... Bookkeeper Assistant bookic 100 00 Tax clerk & 9 0 Two clerks at $75....77 T 180 00 8o we are paying $1,441 a month now for about the same work that was done ten years ago for $225 a month and the enormous increase of $1,200 a month does not fuclude the pay of the secretary of the license board. True, there may be a more perfect system of bookkeeping and a more perfeet check upon vouchers and elaims than there was ten years ago. The question that CLERK'S OFFICE 100 00 T 00 OFFIC confronts us is, why should the ecity pay $135 for a deputy city clerk in 1895 when the eity clerk who had the entive responsibility of what are now two de- partments was only drawing $100 and his deputy $75 a month In 18857 The contrast applies with equal force to the other employes and all the depavtments in the city hall. Ten years ago rent was double what it is now and eloth- and | | to $100 a tions devolving on the commission and | first entered | upon its lnbors three months ago it had | 18 at hand for | the legislature had convened this work | 18 more than enough to do | to keep half a dozen the buying and shipment of fuel, pro- | the trensurer has had little or nothing | and | n | | and to supply the sens income. This information commission | | he proceeded to show how it would en- | mit fon is for the time | vy 0 v 100 00 Ing and all necessarfes of life were very much higher than they are now. Today there are hundreds of first class | accountants and cierks Dbegging and anxious to accept positions at from month. Why should the city pa 500 to $1,800 a year for a class of work that does not require expert knowledge and involves no re Dility ? The city treasurer's office now costs $12,000 a year for cleri salaries ex clusive of the treasurer, who gots $6,000 a year. Four years ago that force was drawing less than half that amount and the work in the office was well performed. How did these creep into the pay roll? By pelitical pressure and nepotism. Members of the council foisted their sons and other relatives upon the city pay roll in one sponsi gant salaries ny | capacity or another and in the process for of time had the salaries raised these positions, When one of these favorites drops out the salary is con- tinued. The pernicious pi for raising laries has been exerted tax-eating combines and ward who never let up so long as there is any chanee to loot the treasury. This is Why the pay roll has inereased from month in 1885 to over $30,000 It has become self-evident that the pruning kuife must be applied ossure heelers vigorously, so that the demand for in- | creased fire protection can be met with- out confiscating the property of the taxpayer and forcing the eity into bank- ruptey. PUOLING AND BAILROAD Senator Chandler of New Hampshire has shown a proper rvegard for the public interests in pointing out, in his usual clear and forcible w: some of the faults and dangers of the pooli BIll as it was reported to the sen: He introduced a resolution dis the Interstate Commerce commission to preparve a statement of the eapitaliz tion of the railway lines between Chi- cago and the senboard and the and net income of these lines last year, te with informa- tion as to the proportion of the capitali- tion to the total of all railroads of the country, together with a comparison of Mr. Chandler said w nec ry to understand the effect of the bill to allow pooling. In the opinion of the New Hampshire senator the pending measure gives stu- pendous authority to the railroads, and MONOPOLY. ZrOsS able them to form one vast combins tion with italization of more than $11,000,000,000 and a net income after paying fixed charges of over $111,000- 000, He said tl could agree to com- to a sing board of ten or three men the disposition of this income, giving the board authority and discre- tion to use such portion of it should sce fit for the purpos trolling legislation or influencing pub- lic officers. The railroads could also embody in their partnership agreement a schedule of wages for all classes of ailrond operatives to be maintained upon all railroads of the country. “In short,” said Mr. Chandler, “this $11,- 000,000,000 partnership is given un- limited power of railroad consolidation, all railway competition anywhere in the country is abolished by act of con- gress, and the rate of fares and freights for the whole country may be fi by one managing board.” It w: attempt, he declared, to cr road monopoly with unlimited power to fix railroad rates and the wages of railroad labor, For the purpose of protecting 800,000 rai employes in the country from the danger to their in- terests which he pointed out, Senator Chandler proposed an amendment to the bill, which was adopted, requiring that every contract shall contain a stipulation to submit controversies be- tween the railrond company and its employes to arbiteation, if the latter shall desire it, and by mutual consent the Interstate Commerce commission may aet as arbiteators, this stipulation to be binding on egpch party to the contract. Senator Chandler declared that he w not willing to give all power over the wages of labor to *a monopoly such as will be ereated or is intended to be created by the pas- sage of the pending bill.” He was will- ing to vote for any legislation to which the ‘railroads were justly entitled and was disposed to modify the anti-pooling clause of the interstate commerce law, but he was not prepared to confer upon them the stupendous authority which this pooling bill would give them. Senator Chandler’s discussion of this measure, or the portions of it which he desired to bhave amended, shed a new light upon it, and as shown by the amendment adopted made an im- pression, it having been the under- stood intention of the supporters of the bill to pass it as it came from the house. It will now go back to that body if it passes the senate, and this will render somewhat uncertain its en- actment by the present con, OBJECTIONS 70 THE PLAN. The financial plan of the administra- tion proposes to authorize the secretary of the treasury to issue bonds to an amount suflicient to procure and main tain a gold reserve and to redeem and retire United States legal tender notes and treasury uotes issued under the act of July 14, 1800. The aggre zate amount of these two kinds of notes is about 10,000,000, so that tiey constitute about one-thivd of the currency. If bonds should be issued, as provided for in the bill now under consideration by the banking and cu PRy committee, it is safe to say that legal tender and treasury notes would be most largely used in their purchase. The banks are auxious to get this cur- vency out of the way. It Is perfectly plain that the eastern banking interest is united in an effort to diseredit the legal tender and treasury notes and force their conversion into interest- the beaving gold bonds and their retive- ment. The motive of this is to get a larger field for bank notes, so that, given the opportunity, the banks would undoubtedly convert as mugh as possi ble of this portion of the eurvency into bonds. If only half of the awount out standing should be thus converted and retived it would create a serious con traction of the curreney, unless it were provided, as bLas been proposed, that by | | that it eannot pas; the retirenfoht ind cancellation of legal tenders for each month shall not be greater than the increase in the amount | of national bank notes under the opera tion of the plan. The changes in th conditions of national bank note issues suggosted in the administration plan wonld wholly fail, there can be no doubt, to bring out a suflicient amount of bank notes to compensate for the withdrawals of the legal tenders, and while a remedy for this might be found through awl®rizing issues of bank notes h:lw' pon geheral assets and stockholders' hility, that would not be a popular remedy, and at any rate is matter for the future. To con- tract the cirenlating medinm to the ex tent of $200,000,000 or $300,000,000 would be a very serfous thing, yet this would almost cortainly be the result of carrying out the administration financial plan, It is another valid objection to that plan that it proposes to substitute for the non-interest-hearing obligations of the government, amounting, as we have said, to 8500,000,000, interest-bearing obligations, saddling on the people for fifty years an interest charge which, s was stated by Senator Vest, would | at the end of that time aggrogate §7, 000,000, At the same time it would transfer to the national banks all the privileges and profits of the people now inhering in the issue of paper reney by the government. The exi- gency does not justify recourse to a policy of this kind, nor will any con- gress that gives heed to popular senti ment adopt such a poliey. Some changes have heen made in the bill by the house banking and currency com- mittee, but they are not such as re move the objections noted. It is as- sured, however, that if the bill goes to the house it will be in a materially modified form. As to its chances in that body, the present probability is for it will not only be vigorously opposed by the free sil- ver men, but very likely nearly all the republicans will be found in opposition to it As to the s e, there seems to be absolutely no possibility of any financial legislation. enator She man stated Waednesd; that the finance committee is utterly helpless. It is caually divided, and can reach no agresment The free silver men will have nothing that does not con- cede their demands, not even the prop- osition recently submitted by Senator shierman for short time bonds or certifi- cates of indebtedness, and thus the situntion stands. It is far from being a reassuring situation. Public officials whose abolish sinccures and reduce gant salaries will not do it so long as they believe that it will Iater interfere with their plans and ambition for higher office. They are told by the friends of employes likely to be affected by the prucing knife that any radical action will result hr-econsigning suclt oflicials to political , oblivion, The trouble is that only the partisan supporters of employes take the trouble to personally seel! officials,"while the gredt mass. of taxps tand off and do-their talk- ing on the curbstone. Let city and county officials become convinced tha a majority of the voters demand re- trenchment and they will act promptly and decisively. Senator Vest's frankness in publicly stating his opinion that there is not the slightest possibility of the finance committee agreeing on any measure to report to the senate is refreshing if not reassuring. It at least gives the supporters of the president's position a clear view of the situation and it also serves notice on the president that he will in all probability be lefr to meet the emergency of a vanishing gold reserve with his present resources. So far as Senator Vest has assisted in clearing up the horizon, he certainly has done something to open the way for presidential action independent of new congressional legislation. There are two or three manifest omissions in Senator Smith's tax ex- emption Dill that should be rectified. The bill exempts only buildings and grounds used for public schools. The constitution makes no distinetion be- tween schools, whether public or pri- vate, sectarian or non-sectavian, The intent of the constitution was to ex- empt educational institutions. There should also be a clause in the bill ex- empting hospitals that do not dis- criminate against any sect. Such lhos- pitals are just as much entitled to tax exemption as churches and schools. There is where the line of exemption should be drawn. Those Whisky trust reccivers are dif- ferent this time from the receivers in which the whisky has usually been stored. Will Billy Tumble? St. Paul Globe, It is a gerlous question whether young Mr. Bryan of Nebraska would notice it if a house should fall upon him. If there was any lesson in the Nebraska election, it was that silver and silveritog, should be' sent to the vear, A el Don't Atf bpeak at Once, Gougier-Journal, 5 Will some ond-any one—of those s men at Washinftoi” who are 8o vooife thelr denunciation of gold bonds kind). e up and Hflm'l" he amount he, or som other man—any aiher man—Is wi ling tc of silver bondi? A9 — ot t— Extra Sekslon Probable, Lowis Hobe-Democrat. An extra session'of the Fifty-fourth con- gress will probably ve to h)“ I: li.h "l"lllls 15 one of the unpleagant possibilities which has been beforefite vouniry ever since the present congresschegan its final session efght weeks ago. At po time was there a lik hood that any compréhensive financial les lation of a remediu brder could be had {hi winter, but there seomed, at the beginning to be a chance that some palliative, somé measure to remove or mitigate a few of the country's menetary ills, might be adopted. Hope on this score, however, has besn weak- ening as tme passes, for it became e Ident several weeks ago that none of the me: Sures proposed by Secrefary Carlisle or presentod n the shape of “compromises” by senators or representatives could be enacted, An and THE CURRE. CRISIS. Indianapolis Journal (rep.): Mr. there Is a general impression that the con- gress which he so humbly begs to heed his words will take no action in the matter Boston Globe (dem.): sage sent to congress by President Cleveland is an appeal to patriotism, not partisanship. Tt is an imperative summons to our sena- tors and representatives to take action for the welfare, not of the north or the south, tho east or the west, but of the whole coun- try. Chicago Herald (dem.) and busin organizations of the country should rally at once to the support of the president and give senators especially to un- derstand that they have no use for politicians who subject them to perpetual annoyance and loss by tampering with the standard for party purposes. Globe-Democrat (rep.): Gold bonds such as The business men Cleveland proposes would undoubtedly sell be'- ter than coin bonds which the treasury has heretcforc issued. However, in order to meet the scruples 6f those who oppose the change, it could do very little harm to substitute the word coin for the word gold in the Cleveland bill. As that word has therefore been con- strued, coin means gold, and therefore may serve for a while longer. Chicago Tribune (rep.): The friends of hon- esty outsida of congress ought to rally, prov- ing unmistakably to their s:nators and repre- sentatives that they do not want a debased silver monometallism at home and the na- tional dishonor abroad which could not be avoided if the silver extremists are allowed to have their way. The people should make a pressing demand that the president be sustained, and do it speedily, or it may be too late. Buffalo Express (rep.): It Is much to be regrotted that the president expressed doubts of the ability of the government to float an- other loan on the same terms as the last one. This was a useless reflection on the government credit, and there are no facts to Justify it. Its tendency must be to weaken confidence still further. A man who has an article to sell 1s not likely to get his price for it if he announces in advance that he does not expect to get his price. Des Moines Leader (dem.): The advocates of silver complain that the seat of the money power in this country is Wall street, They are undoubtedly correct. But how about their proposed remedy? It is to transfer the seat to Denver. How would that henefit the people? With the money power of the coun- try in Wall street, we still have an henest, full value dollar.” With power _trans erred to Denver, we would have a debased currency, which would vitally affect every business industry in the country. Louisville Courier-Journal (dem.) The mes- sage of the president is a most thoughtful and Umely document. It is more than that. It is an able and luminos statement of the whole fiscal situation, carrying with it an ap- peal to patriotic Americans, the more cog! pathet'c because of the circums that it will pass for the most part unheedad by the timid and selfish politicians who com pose the law-making arm of the government. But it reflects nothing but credit and honor upon Grover Cleveland. It is on such occa sions that good men of all partics, friends and foes alike, cannot withhold their admiration and support. New York Herald (ind.): The failure of these men to custain the national credit is directly responsible for the distrust which is manifested n the “run” on the treasury. That distrust paralyzes indusiry and trade end throws out of employment a vast amount of money, which Increases the redundancy of the currency and tends to force the gold out of the country. An immediate restoration of confidence is the only remedy, and this can be achieved in only one way. If congress, even at this late day, will authorize a popu- lar loan for the maintenance of the gold reserve and intrust the reconstruction of our monetary system to a commission of such character as will command universal respect, the crisis will be averted, Will our law makers do this before it is too late, or will they wait for another ‘“object lesson,” for which the country will have to pay? Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.): As before re- marked, the message ‘was not intended for cougress. Congress will pay mno heed to it. TlLa next congress will give just as littl> heel. No gold bonds will be issued. No duties will be made payable in gold. The gold now in the treasury will be shoveled out by the president during the next week or ten days. There is plenty of good money in the treasury. Gresn- backs have to be left in exhange for the gold that goes. Mr. Cleveland has not yet got far enough to deliver the gold to our forzign financial enemies without receiving something in return for it. The revenues only fall short of the expenditures $70,000,000 a year, and there is now nearly twice that amount in the treasury—only it is not in gold. The govern- ment can go right along and pay all its bill It can also redeem in silver all the notes pre- sented by Mr. Ickelheimer and Lazard Freres. e MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP, Denver Republican: - Municipal ownership of railroads would go far to solve the prob- lem presented by the Brooklyn strike. Then the rights of employes as well as those of the public would receive more consideration and there would be less occasion for strikes. This plan has been adopted in Glasgow, where it has given general satisfaction. Engineering News: The best available remedies within great cities seems to be municipal ownership of the whole street rail- way system and its lease to operating cor- porations on terms just to both parties, but leaving the absolute” control in the hands of the city authorities. This s the plan now on trial in Toronto and in Detroit, and it has been long enough on trial in the first named city o prove the wisdom of those who- carried the plan through against’power- ful and interested opposition. Washington Star: The time cannot be far off when the large cities of the country will begin seriously and earnestly to con- sider the problem of how best to take pos session of the street railway franchises. The great strike in Brooklyn, added to the scan- dal of the trolley combine in Philadelphia, must have a notable effect in advancing this date, for the troubles that come of corpora- tion’ monopoly will grow faster and faster as the large centers of population increase in size. These franchises are too valuable to bo given away, and yet they must be turned over to somebody or some combina- tion of persons for tho general convenience of the public. The matter seems to lie be- tween the sale of the franchise to the high- est bidder and absolute ownership by the community. e NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKANS. Bogus coin Is in circulation at Platte, and even two of th cured ‘some of the *‘queer.’ Willie Howell, a 14-ycar-old Elmwood boy, was probably fatally wounded by the acci- dental discharge of a gun while rabbit hunt- ing. The marshal of Friend caught Balt Stoker in the act of burglarizing a house, and the prisoner has been bound over to the district court for trial. The Norfolk Sugar company has been sued for $15,000 damages by Thomas G. Hight, whose arm was badly injured in the factory last fall. A Nebraska City hotel he supposed to be a flock of wild geese in a cornfield, and he proceeded to get his little gun and shoot a score or more of the birds, After he had served up the geese to his delighted boarders oune of his nelgh- bors called on bim and asked for a settle- ment, as the birds were tame and had been raised with great care. — Bize of the Drain, Bloux City Tribune. | o 'he agnitude of the liquidation which nas been Forced in the west 18 lilustrated Dy the report of the receivers of the Lom- bard Investment company, which has just been filed at 8t. Louls. It ap) rs that during the last ninety days 38,000,000 of the assets of the company have been converted into cash and a like sum pald to ditors. North editors have se- keeper saw what Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. 8. Gov't Report Roval Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE Cleve- land's message Is decidedly panicky, and yet The memorable mes- Baking | MADE FOOLS OF THEMSELVES The Recent Wake of the Monopoly Organ Grinders, BUTTING HEADS AGAINST A SOLID WALL Reflections from a Country Kditor Who Seos Things an They Are and Wants to Know Where Wo Aro At YORK, Neb., Jan. 81.—To the Rditor Tho Bee: You make me say in my letter that the members of tho legislature were delogates to the state convention. 1 sald the “members of the legislature were nominated at the county conventions which elected delegates to the state convention; at least, the majority of them were.” The editorial meeting at York as well attended as it should have been The boys had a good time. They know how, when and where, to have a great big time. The only criticism on the meeting as a whole was the little stabs at Rose water. The public will attend these meet- ings. The people are pleased to have the | privilege of gazing on the great thought batteries of the state. Whether not the Rosewater battery is in harmony with the other plants over the state is a matter the general public does not want to be | bothered with Ross Hammond, the Editorial association, said fn his reply to the mayor's speech of welcome that he was glad that the association had no pilot with them. Al knew what he meant, The boys laughed. It is little wonder that so few of the state editors were present. | as told the same sort of flings were sprinkled through the meotings heretofore. These meotings should have no politics in them. Nothing of the kind is expected or appreciated, save by a few who have the Deehate. The general public cares no more for Rosewater than for Gere, but it does care just as much. Well informed republicans know their party cannot win a game without the fol- lowers of the Journal and the followers of The Bee work and fight in unison. The two papers may bite each other's cars. The party can and will not make their disputes party questions. The real dividing line between clements is where one blindly supports any one the party may nominate, the other refusing 1f the nominee does not represent the voter in some fundamental matter or policy. The Journal is the mouthpiece of the first clement, The Bee of the second Humanity is made up of these two classes They are both here with us. The repub lican party must have both to win The_editors who met in_York seem to have been bent on driving The Bee out of the party. They did not say that Majors would have been a better governor than Holcomb. They know, and two of them sald_privately, that Governor Holcomb and Auditor Moore stood alone batween the state treasury and the army of grabbers. It is nmot then that Rosewater and 10,000 other republicans gave Nebraska a_tool as its cxecutive. They admit that Holcomb is a good man, and that it will be a good thing for the party in the long run. They do not say in what respect it will be good. That part of it is so patent that it needs no words to fasten it on the average mind. Not that the party had,anything against Tom Majors, but that thousands believed that he was too friendly with the railroad interests. Whether that was a fact or not had nothing to do with it. The les- son then, if it teaches any, is that we must get the two ‘elements of the party together in the state convention. There are men both sides can agree to support. One ele- ment cannot ride rough shod over the other. If the Journal and some of the country press insist, however, on reading those who will not follow them blindly out of the party they may go rather than be sneezed at all the time. TIf they go the republican_party will elect no more can- didates; that is If the opposition put up decent ‘men to vote for. Wipe Rosewater and The Bee off of the map of the state and you have 10,000 or 15,000 others to satisfy in making your nominations. Every state has two ele- ments in the republican party. When they are together they win. When they are apart they lose. There are unreasonable men on both sides, Those who demand that any who voted against Majors shall take no part In the next republican cau- cuses are the real enemies of the party. There was no personal work agalnst Majors in the country by republicans who did not vote for him.” Should that rule be adopted it would not win these anti-Majors fellows to the support of the next ticket, but would drive them to carnest work for the other side. Instead of a 3,000 vote against the party it would be 10,000 or 15,000, So far as the public knows, Majors Is acting more like a gentleman than any of the editors who are abusing Rosewater. When the boys spit on Rosewater they must remember that they at the same time waste a lot of saliva on a whole herd of republicans. Not that the herd follows The Bee blindly. The truth is The Bee follows the herd. Its editor at all times is In personal correspondence with a mul- titude of men all over the state. He knew what he was talking about when he said that Majors could not be elected. Does the party want to read a man out who keeps in touch with the people and studies their wants? The party cares less for any man in its ranks than it does for victory. Some of the boys swell up and swear at Rosewater; of was not or president of the the two the same time not one of them could the clement of the party no confidence in Gore, Hammond, or Inside work- ing of the editors, Rosewater defeatod the unite and get publican to stop The Bee of the party If a paper fs able to defeat a par sonse would dema and read ft per be kept It The Bee ever asked the party to nom- | has a bad taste in last and Hee soup. Thousands of the operation WITH THE WITS, his wives will be there Why, yesi T bilieve be smart enough to keep his mouth shut! 3 There's nothing saw any of the pie-cr t that our new d girl turns out Philadelphia Record: before he can get philosopher who had own sugar,” but unrefin Syracuse Post g0 before the f better run along before papa comes down am ambitious to Then you had How long should a man's legs be in proportion to his body? 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