Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 18, 1895, Page 4

1LY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. i PUBLISHED EVERY MOI ————— = TERMS OF SURSCRIPTION. Sunday), One Year. -anm The Tee Bullding th Omahn, Singer Bk, nell luffs, 12 Pearl Btrect, Corner N and 2ith Sts. e mber of Commeres uv‘:. o fusome 10 1o and 15, Tribune DIdg. Washington, 1407 F t, . conn Al communcat torial matter BUSINESS LET All business letters and ren a be addressed o The lice 1" pany, Qmana. Dratis, ehecks ani postoltce orders 1o made payable to the order of the company. I B PULLISIING COMPANY. clhiuck, being b of Fll and col n printed during th aa follows: t Sunday Iee 1805, was Dl nd ary, . 1 1 1 it Lews deductions for unsold and re coples Net sales Dally average *Sundny. The paving contractors have all laid ‘down gince there s no money in sight in the paving fund. Senator Blackburn and Secretary Car- Msle will not speak as they pass each other in the Blue Grass region of Ken- tucky. e _ The Salt Lake congress is for honest money on the basis of 50 cents worth of silver exchangeable for 100 cents worth of gold. The Cuban rebels still keep on win- ning great victories, but they do not appear to make much headway in driv- ing the Spaniards out of Cuba. Last year's killing frost occurred May 18. This year we have been more for- tunate. The temperature is from 40 to 50 degrees above the freezing polnt. _ Superintendent Hay still holds his grip on the Insane hospital at Lincoln, but up to date he has not laid his hands on the salary which is due Dr. Abbott. The Sixteenth street viaduet was a makeshift and abortion when it was built, and no amount of repairing could make it much’ better than it was in the first place. Tvery dollar sent abroad for articles that ean be bought at home is a dollar taken out of circulation among the merchants and workmen who consti- tute the backbone of this city. 1187 on ‘mf» first day of July a new mem- ber of the Board of Public Works Is to be appointed to succeed Major Balcomb. Is there anybody in Omaha willing to sacrifice himself at $2,000 a year? Don't all speak at once, Senator Allison declines to be drawn into the Bryan-Bland free silver debate. He proposes to reserve his currency views till the Iowa campaign opens. Senator Allison Is not in the habit of slopping over at the wrong time and in the wrong pla If any Omaha capitalist would ven- ture upon building a public hall with eapacity for seating from 3,000 to 5,000 people and equipped for public concerts, state and national conventions he would confer a benefit upon Owmaba that would be appreciated. According to Prof. Nicholson of the State university 10,000,000 pounds of sugar are handled annually by ‘the Lincoln jobbers. We take it that that estimate does not include the sugar “handled by Lincoln jobbers during every legislative session. There is a fair prospect that the an- “'mual convention of the Iowa State Fed- eration of Labor, which Is to cohvene at Des Moines next week, will end in a + 8plit over the free silver question. Mem- bers of the federation are said to be * about equally divided on the issue. l President Oleveland and Secretary Herbert are sald to be much provoked because they cannot find evidence upon which to convict Admiral Meade before a court martial. But they can make it allfiredly unpleasant for the old ad- miral all the same and are not likely 1o miss an opportunity to prod him. l Another deep water convention is heaving in sight. This time it Is to be held In Cleveland, or some other lake port. If the next deep water conven- tlon does not accomplish any more than all the others that have preceded it, the sum total of their efforts will be conflued to a series of high-sounding resolutions. Captain Palmer has the assurance to * assure Chief Redell that he is the man that caused him to be employed as fire chief aud who will also keep him in his position. There is nothing small about the czar's m. f. The next time ‘we hear from him he will claim that he located the city hall and kept the B, & M. headquarters froui being moved to Plattsmouth, The proposition of Councilman Mercer “to publish all the pending appropria- tlons and claims each month before they are acted upon would be an ex- . cellent check upon jobs and inflated .elalms. It would moreover kedp the + taxpayers informed about the municipal expenses and leaks and put them in position to remonstrate and enforce honesty and economy in the disburse- 1 t of eity funds. There is nothing effective as a check to munieipal extravagance and corruption as pub- lelty. o o I LEGISLATIVE APPOINTMENTS. The State Doard of Irrigation ansigned State Engineer Howell rooms on the second floor of the capitol, genmerally used by the speaker and chief clerk of the house. The board met yesterday for the first time since the election of a state engineer and two under secretaries. In addition to formal organiz | tion and the giving of instructions to the state engineer, the two members present, Land Commissioner Russell and Attorney General Churchill, with Engineer Howell, selected Senator Akers of Scotts Bluff county as aesistant secretary. The office Is worth $1,200 a year. Senator Akers was one of the most ardent supporiers of the two irri- gation bills pazsed at the last session of the legislature. In fact, he was largely Instru- mental in preparing the acts which bear bis name.—Lincoln Journal. I'lie selection of the speaker’s room for the irrigaton sinecures is in perfect accord with the eternal fitness of things. It will be a constant reminder of the scandalous extravagance and recklessness that characterized the late leglslature. It would be interesting as well as instructive to people of Ne- aska who know thelr caliber to know » nature of the Instructions which nd Commissioner Russell and At- Churehill have ventured to the newly created state What they don't know about engineering and irrigation would. fill several volumes, This is neither here nor there, how- ever. The main question is, why has the board gone out of its way to select Senator Akers for a position on the state pay roll in defiance of the consti- tutional provision which bars a mem- ber of the legislature from civil ap- pointment within the state during the term for which he has been elected? True, the language of the constitution is: “Any person who shall receive any civil appointment from the governor and senate,” but the intention of the framers manifestly included all civil appointments within the gift of the executive. In this instance the legislature has sought to circumvent the executive and nullify the constitution by associating with him upon the Board of Irrigation two other officers of the executive de- partment. Does any one contend that this change in the mode of appoint- ment also changes the relation of the member of the legislature so ap- pointed, especially when he is the father of the bill that created the position to which he has been appointed, and was a member of the legislature that gave the bill its vitality? Are there no other men In the state competent to fill executive appointments except members of the legislature? Are there no republic: entitled to recog- nition at the hands of the board ex- cept men who have been chosen to represent constituencies in the legisla- ture? Are not all such appointments evidences of bargains between them- selves and the appointing power? Are not such legislative appointments at variance with the cardinal prineiples that draw the line between the co- ordinate branches of government? The fundamental idea of the constitution is that the representatives chosen to make laws for the people shall continue in their relations as lawmakers during the term for which they were elected and under no circumstances shall they be I position to create salaried offices for themselves or fill any position under the state during their respective terms. Whether these appointments are made by the governor or any other executive officer it is wrong In principle and wrong In practice and should not be countenanced. to enginee fmpart THE SILVER QUESTION IN GERMANY. The decisive majority by which the upper house of the Prussian Diet passed the resolution which was some time ago adopted by the Reichstag, relating to international bimetallism, furnishes in- dubitable proof that the silver question is of commanding interest in Germany. The resolution urges that steps be taken for the prompt settlement of the cur- rency question by an agreement as to international bimetallism, and calls upon the German government to take the initiative in calling a conference of the nations. An attempt was made, supported by the German chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, to have stricken out the portion of the resolution calling upon the government to take the initia- tive, and the fact that this was re- tained is not the least significant fea- ture of the action. It shows that those who faver an international counference believe it to be incumbent upon Ger- many to take the initiative, probably recognizing that unless that country does so there is not likely to be a con- ference in the near future. Indeed, there is hardly a possibllity of an in- ternational interchange of views re- garding silver unless the German gov- crnment invites it. France Is prepared to be represented in a conference, but she will not eall one, and the same Is true of Austria-Hungary. The lesser European countries which are Inter- ested in the subject will do "noth- ing, and the United States will not miake the first move, having taken the in'tiative in the last two conferences, which had no practical result. Ger- many, it is believed, Is more deeply concerned in the question of interna- tional bimetallism than any other Euro- pean country, and, therefore, ought to take the first step looking to that condi- tion. The indications are that the govern- tent will be forced by the sentiment of the country to do this. The speech of the German chancellor to the Prus- sian Diet showed that the government is still disposed to carry out the as- surance given to the Reichstag at the time of the passage of the resolution Ly that body favoring a conference, but it also implied a disposition to put cil the performance of this promise as long as possible. The fact that the Diet refused to amend the resolution Ly striking out the demand that the government take the initiative in call- ing a conference must be regarded as a manifestation of distrust, particularly in view of the fact that the proposition had the support of the chancellor. It is hardly necessary to say that the money power of Germany is not favorable to a conference, and this power exerts great Influence upon the government,” but there 1s rea- son to believe that public senti- ment will be found strong enough to overcome this influence and compel the government to eall a congress of the nations to consider the question of International bimetallism. At any rate, the action of the upper house of the Prussian Diet Is reassuring. With regard to this subject in other Iiuropean countries, not much has re- cently been heard. In Great Britain the advocates of bimetallism are said to be making gratifylng progress with the people, while among the cotton manufacturers the question of a larger recognition of silver is being seriously considered in view of the increasing competition of the cotton manufactur- ers of China and Japan, the trade of Great Britain in cotton goods with those countries having greatly declined. It is believed that the conditions in Burope were never more favorable than now for securing practical re- sults from a monetary conference. WATER MIXED WITH WHISKY. The disclosures made by the receiver for the Whisky trust in his report to the United States circuit court concern- ing the misappropriation of the funds of the concern by its officers and di- rectors is only another phase of the carbuncle that has been sapping the vitals of commerclal prosperity in this countr; Less than three years ago the Whisky trust was reputed to be a veri- table gold mine. trust 1 cor- nered every important distillery in the west and south and was In position to dictate prices of its products In the markets of the world. Its eapital was almost unlimited and its credit was A 1 in the marts of finance. But even the copper distilled Whisky trust octopus with its millions could not withstand the corroding influence of the pernicious system of corporate stock watering and fraudulent bonding. With limitless profits in sight, the men who engineered this whisky distilling combine had ‘no scru- ples in capitalizing the concern for mil- lions where the actual investment rep- resented thousands. The watered Whisky trust stock was floated in the bauks and loan companies as gilt-edged securities and constituted, with other similar flat issues of imaginary capi- tal, the basis for the panic and crash of 18903, The excessive stock issues were, how- ever, only one of the Incldental causes of the Whisky trust failure. Receiver MeNulta accuses the president of the trust and some of his associates in the board of directors of conspiracy in the fraudulent conversion of funds derived from bond issues and the appropriation to their own use of a large portion of the proceeds of the bonds by collusion with the purchasers. According to Mr. McNulta §1,000,000 of Whisky trust bonds were at one time sold at 50 cents on the dollar and $500,000 is thus al- leged to have percolated into the pockets of the conspirators to make good individual losses incurred by them in outside speculation with Whisky trust funds. These charges of conspiracy by officers connected with the trust and their fraudulent deals in bonds and stocks are by no means-startling. They are only a repetition of the stories with which the court records have been loaded down for years as the natural sequence of corporate oyer-capitaliza- tion. Excessive stock and bond issues are the tap root of the dry rot that has shaken confidence in American securi- ties and destroyed credit which forms the substratum of the entire commercial fabrie. The Whisky trust, like the Mil- waukee Street Railroad company and the scores of other corporate balloons, has succumbed to the irresistible law that strikes a balance sooner or later in the commercial ledger and forces the wringing out of the water by the process of liquidation and foreclosure. Unfor- tunately the iniquities practiced by cor- porate rogues do not merely affect their partners, but they generate financial dis- aster and distress for all the people of the United States, The most remark- able feature of the present stage of cor- porate liquidation is that no voice has yet been raised by commercial bodies against a system that is chiefly re- sponsible for panics, failures and fore- closures, and no steps have been taken to avert their recurrence in the future. A MORIBUND REPUBLIC, The information that the so-called Ha- walian republic is at the verge of disso- lution will cause little surprise to those who have given close attention to the conditions prevailing in that country. However strong the sympathy of the friends of free institu- tions with the efforts to estab- lish popular government in Hawaii, they must have seen that the attempt as conducted by the men who formed the provisional government and after- ward proclaimed the republic gave small promise of permanent results. The combination that overthrew the monarchy was a cabal which did not have the confidence of a majority of the people and had not sought to secure it. On the contrary, its policy was to Ig- nore the popular will and set up a gov- ernment regardless of it. It was not devotion to free institutions or to the prineiples of republican govermment that led these men to seek to establish a republic. There was no real patriot- Ism in their undertaking. Their motive was personal power and aggrandize- ment. They hoped that by overthrow- Ing the menarchy they would get such sympathy from the American people that there would be no difficulty in an- nexing the islands to this country and this accomplished their possessions would be enormously enhanced In value and they would be in a position to com- mand every post of power in Hawall. They did get the sympathy of a large portion of the people of this country, but the scheme of annexation failed be- cause it was repugnant to the es- tablished policy of the United States, and from the hour that the an- nexation plan failed the chances of maintaining the republic declined. The new government, instituted without the approval of a majority of the people, was unable to win the popular confi- dence, and now it is sald, upon what must be regarded as trustworthy au- thority, that there 1s a relgn of terror in the islands and a serious revolution- ary outbreak, having for Its purpose the restoration gof the monarchy, is probable at nll’{|| . The government, it appears, is IMpbpared for such an exigency and the bellef of those best informed regardig the situation is that it a well organjged revolution shall be inaugurated it Wil be successful. It Is even sald that (fhe ex-minister to the United States, Mr. Thurston, favors a change, though. this report Is open to doubt. The Amrricmfl)t ple sympathize with every legitimaté eftbrt to establish free government and._they have hoped that the Hawalian republic would be per- manent, while reebgnizing that the con- | ditions under which it was formed were not such as to fhitdre permanence and while having no great faith in the in- tegrity or the patriotism of the men at the head of it. They very generally will regret that the condition of affairs in those islands, in the future of which the United States has some Interest, threatens a restoration of the old order of things, or at any rate a return to the monarchical form of government. the case, nor will they have difficulty in understanding why it is so. With so heterogeneous a population as that of the Hawallan islands, a large majority of them incapable of self-government, it is doubtful whether a republican sys- tem could be maintained, however wisely and justly administered, without the support of a powerful nation like the United States, The World-Herald takes occasion to Mayor Bemis for the alleged h of decorum in his address of welcome to the convention of the Boys and Girls Home association. This is only one of the many instanees in which our amiable contemporary has deliber- ately misquoted the mayor and then taken him to task for words put into his mouth by its reporte Mayor Bemis is eccentrie, rather Dblunt of speech, and given to saying things that grate harshly upon the ears of some people. He is withal not disposed to turn his left cheek to the man who smote him on the right cheek. Those faults, however, are more than offset by his honesty of purpose and his un- flinching loyalty to the public inters on any and every occasion. He may err in judgment, but he means to do right, and endeavors, so far as lies within his power, to protect the public interests against the schemes of boodle combines, and rapacity of contractors and corporations. The mayor most em- phatically disclaims the language - tributed to himv: but even if he said what hasibeen published as talk, the people of @maha could readily condone eccent?ivitles and even vain- glorious boastfiig, fn view of the in- valuable servico which he has rendered to Omaha in; checking corruption, knocking out gigantic jobs and steals and forcing powerful corporations to fulfill their con(,\"\l"'ublh:ullous. Mayor Bemis has incur) the ill-will of the World-Herald, but so long as he enjoys the confidence of the great massof his constituents its' mdlicious distortion of his talk can do bhim no harm. The propritofs of the American Tron works at Pittsburg, who carry 4,000 men on thelr pay roll, fallen in line with their greatest rival, the Car negie Steel company, with a volun- tary advance of 10 per cent in the wages of skilled operators. This is a very substantial proof of the gradual resumption of industrial activity and prosperity. ve The Halr Trigg cket. Washington Post. . How would Dickinson . and Meade on a “give ‘em —'' platform strike the country? Strategy, Me Boy. Philadelphia Press. It looks very much as if the Cleveland ad- ministration may find its “open markets” in China and Japan and thus put in a claim that the eastern war was in reality not an orig- inal concept of Japan's, but & plece of demo- cratic strategy. S — Anuex and Swipe the Map. Chicago Tribune, Important evidence has been found In Hawall, 1t 18 sald, in the shape of old docu- ments and ma completely upsetting the British claim in the matter of the dispute with Venezuela, Obviously the only thing for Great Britain to do Is annex Hawall and se- cure those documents. e Greetings to Cuban Rebels. New York Sun. To the brave men M arms for the inde- pendence and the liberties of Cuba; to the patriots who would give their country a dem- oeratic-republican government in the place of royalty; to the libgrators who defy the power of Spain upon the battlefield, we send Greet- ings! The American republic watches them i hope, and sympathizes with them. The seventeen republics of the Thres Americas desire thefr success. Let forelgn domination upon this side of the Atlantic be brought to an end forever. America for the America The U Globe-Democrat. The new state constitution to be submitted to the voters of Utah is an unusually con- servative document in many respects. It lim- its the number of state offictals as much as possible, dispensing with a lleutenant gov- ernor, and the legislature will consist of sixty- three members. One clause prohibits the state from contracting a debt of over $100,000, and the state, county or municipality will not be permitted to lend its credit to any enter- prise. Women are to have exactly the same political privileges as men. There can be but little doubt of the adoption of the con- stitution, and Uthh will probably be a full- fledged state early In the winter. A Genulne Fight to the Finlsh. Loutsville Courler-Jorunal. That was a small band of Towa democrats which gathered at Molnes In the interest of free silver, but, they recognized the nature of the situation, as pay showed when they sald fo their call;, “Let it be a fight to finish. This is 89 time for shirking, no time for silly or disgraceful compromises on vital issues—the welfare of the party for years is at The fight 1s, indeed, going to be to a finish. There will be no compromise, now that the issue of the honesty and wel Dbelng of the people has been raised. It will be a fight not oply, for the welfare of the democratic party for years to come, but for the welfare of a great nation, which was never assailed by a more direful foe than that of a dishonest currency. But | they will not be surprised that such is | OTAER LANDS THAN OURS. Eighty-one years ago, May 17, 1814, Norway adopted what is called the free constitution. There are few more Interesting histories than that of the Scandinavian race. Norway, Swe den and Denmark have been called the cradle of the Aryan race in Europe, and It was from this center that the blonde fam- tlles were developed. Thelr historic perlod goes back to the ninth century, when, In 8§72, Harald Fairhair, after a desperate strug- gle, united finder his sway all the petty Norse kingdoms. This is the period of ro- mance in Norweglan history, and the sagas are full of the daring feats at arms and the bravery of the Norse heroes. They were a great sea power, and it was the Norweglans more than any other of the Scandinavians that made that power most dreaded. In the Iatter part of the fourteenth century tbe whole Seandinavian race was under one scep- ter. In 1533 came the revolt of Sweden, but Denmark and Norway remained united until 1814. Then Norway revolted against Den- mark, which had sought to reduce her & the condition of a province. It was at this time that the separate constitution which is celobrated today was adopted. But the great powers of Europe would not suffer Norway to remain as_an independent nation. The close of the Napoleonic wars was at hand, and Bernadotte, king of Sweden, demanded that he should have Norway under his rule as compensation for his ald to the allies in overcoming Napoleon. From that day to this Norway has been under the dominion of the king of Sweden, but with an independent parliament, called the Storthing, and a min- istry for its local government. Dut she has had many a struggle with the king in de- fense of her constitutional rights, and at this very moment the relations between Swe- den and Norway are greatly strained. This grows out of their divergent commercial lu terests, as well as their natural difference in temper and national aims. These compli- cations are grave, and it will not be surpris- ing if in the near future we see in Norway an_ independent kingdom or an independent republic. . According to the officlal program, so far as it is completed, for the opening of the Baltic and North sea canal, forelgn powers will be represented by about fifty war ships, with twelve admirals, 760 other officers and 16,000 sallors. They will meet there twenty- eight German war ships, with 364 officers and 9.407 men. The projected grand review at Rendsburg has been abandoned for want of time. The grand procession through the canal will be led by the German dispatch boat Grille, followed by the emperor's steam yacht Holenzollern, with his majesty on board. Then will follow the Kaiseradler, with the emperor’s chief guests, the German kings and grand dukes. The North German Lioyd steamer Emperor Willlam 11 will fol- low with the other German sovereigns. After this will come some sixteen foreign war ships and four steamers belonging to the North German Lloyd, and the Hamburg and American Steam Navigation company's flects, conveying the members of the Reich- stag and the Prussian Landtag. The iron- clad Worth, commanded by Prince Henry of Prussia, the emperor's brother, will close the procession. The vessels will leave Brun- shausen at 3 in the morning on the 21st of June, and will begin to pass through Bruns- buttel lock, the mouth of the canal, twenty- seven knots further down the Elbe, a little after 4, following each other through the lock at intervals of about ten minutes, 8o that the last will not be through till after 8 The Hohenzollern is expected to reach Holtenau at 1 o'clock. The ceremony of laying the keystone of the canal there will begin at 2 o'clock, but it will be six before the last vessel in the procession will have arrived at the spot. e A report comes from London to the effect that Queen Victoria has decided to abdicate the throne on May 24, her 76th birthday. If such a thing should happen, it would be the first instance of a British sovereign giv- ing up the crown voluntarily. James II of England adbicated, but he was forced to do 50, and Charles I was not only compelied to glve up the crown, but to lay his head on the block. There have, in fact, been more than forty abdications of the world's rulers since the beginning of the Christian era, but only one that was voluntary daring all that time—that of Charles V, emperor of Ger- many and king of Spain, in the middle of tho sixteenth century. Germany had not then been desolated by the thirty years' war, while Spain was a great natfon and in the full vigor of its power, with the wealth of the new world being poured into its lap, and yet with this vast empire and splendid king- dom, he retired to a monastery. Queen Vie- toria has re'gned longer than any other sov- ereign of this century, and a bright lustre will always hang around her era. No ruler has been more beloved by her people, no one ever won so largely the admiration of the world. P Now that the complete independence of Corea” has been secured by the treaty between China and Japan it will be Intéresting to watch what effect the changed conditions are likely to have upon the Hermit kingdom. The soil is fertile and rich in mineral re- sources, fncluding gold, but the people have always. been poor, are totally deficient in energy and without aspirations. It was in 1876 that Corea was by treaty with Japan proclaimed an independent state with the same sovereign rights as are enjoyed by Japan. In 1882 treaties were negotiated with this country and China, and later with the great European nations. The Chinese gov- ernment _encouraged Corea to enter into treaty relations with the western powers, roc- ognizing that this would make it more se- cure against the Influence of Japan. A cir- cular note was, however, sent to all the treaty powers except Japan, In which Corea acknowledged itself to be a tributary to China, although indepedent in internal ad- ministration and foreign Intercourse. Corea was always satisfled with the anomalous po- sition whieh she held. For a whole genera- tion she suffcred under the most barefaced corruption ,and seemed to be indifferent to evarything that was transpiring. Each year China drew the cords of serfdom tighter, and every one, from the king to the poores! in the land, fully acknowledged the sov elgnty of China. That power has now been shattered and the people seem to be helpless in thelr new-found freedom. It loeks as if Japan would be compelled to take in hand the work of reconstruction, and the task will doubtless be a heavy one. It 18 evident that the House of Lords ques- tion is not a spent firecracker with the lib- eral party of Great Britain. At the annual reception of the National Liberal club re- cently, Barl Rosebery declared that liberal progress was impossible while the hereditary chamber stood in the way. There can be but one interpretation put upon this state- ment. It {8 & tacit announcement by the titular chieftain of the liberal party that the House of Lords must be “mended or ended” before & succeeful attempt can be made to carry out the Test of the liberal program. At the same time the sincerity of the British premier's menace to the chamber of which he is a member, is open to question. The wily earl has toyed with the Lords fssue so often and his sympathy and associations are 80 clearly aristocratic that many will be {nolined to doubt his earnestness at the pres- ent time. It is probable that his reference to the House of Lords was intended as an excuse for the fallure of his ministry to redeem liberal pledges rather than a new Qeclaration of war against the peers. But whatever Rosebery's feelings and purpose are, the liberal ma: evince no sign of lessened hostility to the hereditary chamber, and the day is not far off when that body must show cause for its existence. ——— An Old Time Winner. Cleveland World. They say in New Jersey that George Gould, who recently acquired a residence there, is & democratic candidate for United S.atcs senator. He undoubtedly has the price, and that is what goes with New Jersey democracy. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Rl Baking Powder FOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. Ci Times: The farmers who stood b, Nebratka are belng rewarded by the old girl, Fremont Leader: The state falr at Omaha Is creating an enthusiasm that was never before felt toward that show, Wayne Herald: The people In the east and elsewhere may be calling on Nebraska for mesistance this year and this grand old KVANS WEIRD ROAR. Chicago Tribune: At this juncture It the bounden duty of the governor of Nort Carolina to say to the governor of South Carolina that it Is too short a time between nuilifications. Indlanapolis News 1t South Caroll rogistration law s carried to the supre court of the United States Governor Eval state will repay kindnesses bestowed upon | is likely to declare open rebellion If the her people in time of need. decision does not come his way. But the Hayes Republican: ““There is no such | governor may cool off. thlog as an honest dollar,” sald Mr. Dryan | Chicago Inter-Ocean: t s in a spsech at Chicago the other day. This S Wty Ty, Tows, (16 Bae recalls a remark of Josh Billings, who said: “Il's better to be ignorant than to know a lot that ain't so.” Niobrara Tribune: The fellow who now sits about whittling a dry goods box and talks freo silver through his hat, while he lets his farm grow to weeds and the other fellow have his job, will mext fall descant on the miserios of the poor and the opulence of the rich, while he goeth straightway to vote the straight populist tlcket. Pawnee Press: The latest farcical trans- action In_a court of justice comes from , where the notorious Judge Scott sen- red 'a lad to the reform school out a trial. It becomes more and more apparent that the most pleasing paragraph in the Omaha papers will be one glving with graphic tersencss the details of the retire- ment of Judge Seott of that judicial district. Gretna Reporter: When honesty ‘and not fealty to party are made essential to suce politically, then, and not until then, will the looting of treasuries cease. Of what use are bondsmen, any’ Witness ths futile at- tempts to recover what belongs to the state either from an ex-state treasurer or an ofl inspector. Why longer continue on our stat- ute books a law which is a dead letter? Put a man on his honor and he seldom deceives you, but watch him and he robs you. NEBRASKA AND The city treasurer of Ponca {s short in his accounts §1,073, and his bondsmen have caused his arrest. Springfield will hold a special election on June 4 to accept or refect a proposition to vote bonds for a system of water works. Willlam Barr, a bachelor millionaire of Lin- coln, slapped a Mrs. Post in the face. A jury has just awarded her $3,000 damages. Sarpy county has joined the summer pro- cesslon by organizing a county base ball league, with J. Edgar Howard as president. W. F. Meyer and Ed Welchback, two bank clerks, walked from Lincoln to Omaha for the fun of it. They covered the fifty-five miles in seventeen hours, Norfolk citizens are Interested in the re- port that a Chicago firm fs to locate a bicy- clo factory at that place with a ecapacity of fifty whesls per day. Peter Wendell, living near Keane in Kear- ney county, has been convicted of arson, hav- ing twice burned a school house erected on his land against his protests. Oscar Haven, a Fremont lad, attempted to climb upon a moving trelght train. He fell between the cars and was 8o badly mangled that he died a few hours later, Chadron citizens are indignant over the dls- covery that a numb:r of paupers have been buried in pine boxes, while the county has been paying for orthodox coffins, A Lincoln doctor walked a man around the streets all night Thursday under the impres- sion that he was warding off the effects of a dose of poison. The man was suffering only from an abnormal jag. NEBRASKANS. e By TOWA PRESS COMMENT. Sloux City Journal: Towa democrats are talking of Horaco Boles for president, but they do not seem to be talking of any one for governor. Des Moines Leader: On May a speclal election will be held in Keokuk to deterpine whether the municipality shall erect an elec- tric light plant. Dubuque is taking steps toward putting in a municipal water plant. Municipal ownership of those things which ought to belong to the city seems likely to take a long step forward in Iowa In the good year 1895. Davenport Democrat: It is feared that the worst effect of late frosts in lowa and the northwest generally will be to encourage the free-coinage-of-silver men. They embrace every adverse wind as a friend. They know it is easier to find converts among the dis- contented than in the ranks of the employed. This is because a ‘man in an uncertain posi- tion is willing to take the chances of doing worse. Cedar Rapids Gazette: The prohibitionists ot Towa will meet in state convention on June 19. There will probably not be a large or enthusiastic convention. There is not much of a chance for them to inaugurate a telling campaign. Prohibition has been tried in Towa and it was found to be ineffectual. The mulct law, bad as it is, is a measure of relief trom the free whisky condition that prevailed for 50 long. At the same time it will be well not to overlook the fact that the legislature elected this fall be asked to submit prohibi- tion to a vote of the people, e Another 8are Spot, Indianapolls News. The Bering sea question bobs up again, Perhaps It will be best for the peace and quietness of life to let the poor seals be ex- terminated. First, we know we shall be flooded with “mare clausum’ again, and have to weary ourselves with discussions of pela- glc sealing and ferao naturae and all the other old forgotten things and quarrels long ago. Probably if congress had pald the Brit- ish claims, as the president and Secretary Gresham recommended, things might have gone on the samo as last year. South Carolina s today what from the be- ginning it has been, a pestiferous oligarchy. It is a state in which a truly republican form of government never has had existence. It is today, as It always has been, an irritant of the body politie. Globe-Democrat: South Carolina’s governor Is quite fiery on the subject of the de- cisions of the United States supreme courts, but the remarks are not tendered with mo tar, paixhan and petard as in 1861, The fun of jumping on Uncle Sam In that year was wonderfully sobered down four years later, Kansas City Star: Governor Evans of South Carolina indignantly denies that he proposes to lead a rebeliion as bis flery mani- festo would Indicate. He proposes, on the contrary, merely to annihilate the federal Judiciary if it should dare to affront the soverelgnty of his state. The boy governor is certainly no improvement over his prode- cessor, but he is young enough to learn that the states rights issuo was seftled many years ago. —— Closing the Account. Indianapolis Journal. The governor of Nebraska authorizes the statement that the wants of the people jn the drouth-stricken portions of that o have been sufficiently supplied, and {hat with the return of spring there s every prospect of abundant crops. He thanks the people of other states for thelr generous donations, and says that “in the return of rosper the people of Nebraska will not 'orget the generosity of their friends, and they will agaln become donors instead of reciplents of ald."” - VERNAL WIT. Philadelphia Times: A late novel speaks of a lover feeding his hungry gaze on sweetheart's face, A kind of eye browse. Cincinnati Tribune: Ford made some pretty severe the other fellow, didn’t h Y-e-e-s, but you ought charged me. Your lawyer rges agalnst Smallwort— to see how he gton Star: “Eb'ry cloi sald Eben, “hab’ er silver linin'. =~ De trouble am 'dat er heap ob men ain' got energy 'nuff ter hustle an’ tu'hn de cloud wrong slde out.” W Unel Tammany Times: Sim know your rival and her and figh Jimpson—They've both joined the samo church choir. u on—How do you ther will fall out New York Tribune: Gadzooks—If the people of the viking age could have fore- seen this age, what do you suppose they would have sald about {t? Zounds—Well, 1 guess they called it the biking age. Buffalo Express: Male Inquisitor—What page of the women's paper did the women read first? Female Philosopher—The men's page. would have ““This hasn't a slgn of a clam in 1t,”” said the guest who had ordered a clam chowder. “It's a swindle; that's what It {s."” “Ixcuse me, sir," responded the waiter, who Is too good for that business, “but we only undertake to serve a chowder, not an aquarium.” Life: Chicago Record: stand,” said his wife, sh 18 golden." " “Of course,” sald the perpetual talker, cheerily, as he unbuttoned his collar and prepared for another hour of debate with his neighbor, “but I'm an advocate of sil- ave you unders 4 arply, “that ‘sllence Boston Transcript Editor-in-Chief—In yoyr leader today, Mr. Grinder, you say, *‘In the multitude of counselors "there 13 safe as we learn from a certain book." Why did you not say, “As we learn from the bible?” Iditorial Writer—You forget, sir, that it Is our rule never to mention the name of & rival publication. MAN'S LAST PRIVILEGE. Boston Courfer, The mald has dresses of every kind: For home and for outside wear, And a happler girl 'twere hard to find BExcept for one trifiing care; She says, with a reasoning keen and cute, As she looks at her person trim, Until she's possessed of a bathing suit She won't be in the swim. e R DIATED, Judge. Fired by the long accounts so lately read Of birthday honors heaped on Bismarck's head, I seized a smiling Teuton by the hand. “Wiegates!" I cried, “von Bismarck, vater- land, Think "of that army, dragoon, Uh K oo ¥y B lan, "D«])I'n all right,” he sald, “come trink some ager." The grand old Iron Chancellor I praised Until that German looked on me amazed. “United Germany beneath his hand High in the scroll of nations took her s 'Twas Bismarck's genius put her in case,” “Ish dot 80? Yoost pass dot Switzerknse." “Bage (ngrate! hast no patriotic pride In Hm|l fair land where heroes bled and died— . The land of song and art beyond the sea?"" “Younk man,"” he said, “you vhas mistook in me. vhas a Yankee porn ndt Bismarck und gasphield.” tand, uch & ' —ms senseg reeled— der Dutchi vhas oush Your Ideal— Is a suit the merchant t sell the ve! worsteds, and general appearance we do in a year, give you a cha out the loss of a single point in good dressing. business suits at $10 and $12.50. ROWNINCKING S0 Reliable Clothiers, S.W, Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts. ailor charges g40 to $50 to make—Now don’t you know that we ry same suits at §15 to $25, and guarantee to absolutely perfect fit you, or trade back your money, The fashionable merchant tailor uses cheviots and serges; so do we—the very same materials and the style, fit, lasting guarantee to be every whit as good. The price alone makes it look impossible, but then, if you stop to think, the man who makes a suit a week has to ask a fancy price, while we who make and sell more suits in a week than all the merchant tailors nce to save big money with= Fine