Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 3, 1895, Page 4

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N ry Public. e —————————— e democrats have ceased talXing about their Lrilliant prospects of carry- ing Pennsylvania this fall. Public holidays are days of oratory and athletics, In some instances even the oratory Is merely a form of athletic exercise, The man who can draw the line be- tween amateur and professional bi- cyeling now Is too s to live in this worl y world. J. Keir Hardie is beginning to realize that he timed his visit to the United States a little too soon after the visit of his fellow member of Parliament, John Burns. the Samosets have gathered courage cnough « to call a meeting. With these faithful and unterrified braves it is a very long time between refreshments. When both wholesale and retail mer- chants agree that trade is picking up materially and is greatly in excess of that of last year It certainly is a fa- vorable straw. Even New York has experienced three dis- tinet earthquake shocks and that on Sunday, too, when the saloons are sup- posed to have all been tightly closed under the new regime. Texas authorities will have to make two or three more attempts to head off the proposed_prize fight it only to ad- vertise the affair more widely and to keep It before the public, The police in large cities no longer look for disturbances as the natural concomitant of Labor day. Working men everywhere feel the dignity of the day and . take pains In protecting its reputation. —_— The Commercial club eaught the na- tional druggists on the wing and in a few lhours enabled them to critically measure the length, breadth and com- mercial importance of Omaha. Such work as this is a counter Irritant to the Impression made upon strangers by a view of our grand ramshackle depot. Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio is con- soling himself with the idea that he will be able to make a visible impres- sion on the republican majority of 137,- 000 of last year and then claim credit for a great achievement. It is always one of the consolations of the defeated candidate for offiee that he might have been snowed in deeper. The Bee's specinl train service is everywhere hailed as a masterly stroke of enterprise. People appreciate enter- prise directed, not toward hampering competitors, but toward outbidding them for public favor. A newspaper that is delivered hours ahead of its contemporaries proves at once that its pretensions to rank with newspapers of the first magnitude are well grounded, There will be ample proof at the state fair that Nebraska offers pros- pective settlers the most promising field to engage -in agricultural pursuits. What the farmers of this state have accomplished this year others can ae- complish next year and succeeding years. The normal crop in Nebraska is a good crop and ouly occasionally is there damage suffered from drouth. The Immigrant farmer will make no mistake in taking up his abode in this state, By popular vote Nebraska City has chosen the handsomest young lady in that classic town to act as maid of honor at the Ak-Sar-Ben grand ball during fair week. Many towns and citles of the state will do likewise until the ball room will contalm the very pink of Nebraska womanhood. This 18 a feature that will carry a peculiar charm. There is nothing in all the world so alluring as feminine beauty, which abounds in Nebraska as it does nowhere e'se, d S Severnl braska towns are actively engaged in the work of securing capital for the erection of beet sugar factories. The acreage devoted to the cultivation of the suzar beet by our farmers is increasing from year to year and the necessity of more factories to trans- form the produet Inte sugar must soon be apparent. In time Nebraska will be studded with beet sugar factories, but in the interval it may be pertinaat to LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT. At the recent convention of the con- federated good government clubs of New York a declaration was adopted In favor of local self-government for s 8 00 | 011 citles of the state, that s, the reguls and control of munieipal afairs by the voters of the city whose in- terests are Involved and not by the legislature of the stat In his address to the Ameriean Bar association Justice Brewer said that the idea of home rule and local self-government is growing in favor. “Thoughtful men,” he said, “more and more see that the wise thing I8 to cast upon each community full responsibility for the management of its local al and that the great danger to fi government is in the cont tlon of pow Neve before | the I self-government fdea been so wide disseminated as now, and it is a safe prediction that within the next twent) rs most of the cities of the United States will be given full responsibility for the manage- ment of their loeal affairs, leaving to the state legislatures the duty of deal ing ouly with | matters as coneern the interests of all the people of the state. The wisdom of obvious and wher adopted is has by such a policy s ver it been on fully Justified by results. The municipal governments of the home rule cities of Bngland and Scotland are the best in the world. To the extent that the legislature of New York allowed this prineiple to be applied in- New York City, under the present administration, the most satls- factory results have been attained in the interest of better government, with the effect of gredly increasing popular sentiment in fayor of home rule and loeal self-government. The reform movement that has been Inaugurated in Pennsylvania has this policy in view. Were the large cities of that state ab solutely self-governing there can be no doubt that less would be heard of cor- rupt. practices in municipal affairs and of rings and combines to plunder the people which flourish because of thefr ability to manipulate legislatures. To cast upon each community full responsi- bility for the management of its local affaivs will have the effect to interest every citizen of the community I its local affa nd when this is accom- plished it is not so difficult to obtain good and honest government. The tendency of home rule Is to create a sense of individual responsibility on the part of the citizen, which necessarily makes him more thoughtful and care- ful of his action. The progress which the local self-government idea is mak- ing will continue, because the idea is inherent in our political system. ~ As Justice Brewer sald, the great danger to free government is in the centraliza- tion of power. One of the means of averting that danger is to be found in the widest application of the polic of home rule and local self-government. THE GERMAN CELEBKATIONS. The celebrations of the splendid vie- tories in war which a quarter of a century ago united the German nation and made it a dominant power in the affairs of Burope are about at an end. They have been carried out on an elabo- rate scale, with much pomp and pageantry and a great deal of popular enthusiasm. It is not to be doubted that the effect has been good upon,the German people, so far as the appeal it has made to their patriotism Is con- cerned. A new generation has come on the stage of life since at Sedan the armies of Germany overwhelmed those of France and this new generation cannot but be inspired with a Keener love of the IPatherland by witnessing the glorification of the triumphs that cemented the empire. In this the cele- brations have been a benefit to Ger many and to the imperial house. But on the other hand they have doubtless served to intensify nch hatred of Germany and to make stronger the determination of Frenchmen to find op- portunity to avenge, if it be In their power to do so, the never-to-be forgot- ten or forgiven disaster and humili tion which their country suffered in the unfortunate conflict of twenty-five years ago. There has been no evidence during the progress of the celebrations that French feeling has been in the least stirred by them, but that antag- onism to Germany is stronger in France than before is not to be doubted. Yet it was not only Germany's right to hold these celebrations, but it was a duty to thus honor and commemorate the valor and the achievements of the men who established German unity and created an empire which has been able to maintain the peace of Europe while at the same time contributing greatly to the advancement of eiviliza- tion throughout the world. Those who regard Germany simply from the mili- tary standpoint, who think of the na- tion only as an armed camp, exerting an influence solely by reason of the strength of its army, take a narrow view of the relations of that empire to the world. Germany has exerted an im- mense influence upon the intellectual and moral development of mankind and the unity which increased her political power also iner d her ability In the other directions. Eminent among the nations in science, art and all the con- ditions of a progressive civilization, with an industrious, thrifty, brave and loyal people, Germany stands today for peace, and while celebrating the Immortal victories that gave her power proclaims to the world that she seeks no further conquests save those of peace, TREE——— SILVER IN THE NEXT CONGRESS. The position of the parties in the next house of representatives on the question of the free colnage of silver has been pretty accurately ascertained. Out of the 244 republican representa- tives in the new congress, 220 place themselves on record against free coin- age. Out of 105 democrats, seventy- five favor the free colnage of silver and only thirty oppose it. That is, about nine out of ten republicans are sound on this issue and more than two democrats out of three are un- sound. It is not an uncommon thing remark that the early bird usually catchies the worm. A RN A A S TR 1Y for democrats to assert that the two | parties occupy about the same position o THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1805, on this question, but the attitude of the representatives of the partles fn con- gress utterly refutes {his assertion. There nre free silver men in both par tles, 1t is true, but in the republican party they are only a small and by no means influential minority, while in the democratic po they arve In the majority, though probably mnot as largely 80 as a year ago. 1t is hardly to be exp silver question will not be forced upon the attention of the next congre It some of the more radical advocates of free coinage in the house do not do this undonbtedly some of them in the senate will. Of course it will not be done with any expectation of accom plishing more than to squarely put the two parties on record, though this would seem to be altogether unneces sary, since the country Is already fully aw of their standing. The sugges- tion has been made that in order to more fully assure other countries of the determination of the United States not to adopt free silver it might be well for the republ of the mnext congress to vote on the question, but while such a course could, perhaps; do no harm, it would seem that other countries can need no stronger assur- ance than they now have that there is no danger the free coinage of silver by this country and that any appre- hension on this score s groundless, It must be apparent to everybody that the demand for the free and unlimited coinage of silver is subsiding and that all that is necessary to eliminate it as an issue is a more general and con- tinued prosperity. The free silverites are @vidently hoping to revive interest in their cause through the position en by Mr. Balfour regarding an in- ternational monetary conference, but there is not the slightest indication that they will profit by this. Unquestion- ably the statement made by Mr. Bal- four was a disappointment to many friends of silv but it made no con- verts, or very few, if any, to the propo- sition that this country should take independent action in the matter. ol that the ARIAN ISSUE. In his latest editorial sermonette Rev. I'rank Crane dips his oar into the local political pot and stirs up the sectarian issue, Mr. Crane's carefully pr and ingenious discourse is a covert de- fense of A. P. Alism and an open at- tack on the Jesuits and the Roman Catholic church. The Bee gives it pub- licity because it contends that the pub- lic avena is the only place for discuss- ing political issues and questions af- fecting the public welfarve. Its columuns » open to the champions of the so- alled patriotic star-chamber order if they will muster up the courage to ad- vocate thelr principles and uphold their methods in broad daylight. Mr. Crane's apology for the per- nicious interference in our local gov- ernment by the A. P. A.s is unique. He conjures up all the cruelties of the inquisition and the conflicts between popes and potentates of Europe and the secret political plottings of the Jesuits in distant lands. e recalls the mar- tyrdom of Prot it reformers and the truggles between Garibaldi, Victor BEmanuel and Pius IX. for the pos: sion of Rome. What has all this to do with A, P, Allsm in Omaha or the pro- seription and disfranchisement of Cath- olic citizens of Nebra Why not also reeall the cremation of Servetus, the persecution of the Puritans, the torture of the Quakers and the hosts of atrocities perpetrated by Protestants upon one another and upon Catholics and the spolintion and persecution of the Jews by both? Why not recall the horrors of African slaver) children from their mother: the lash applied to the backs of women. young and old, and the hunting down of fugitives with savage bloodhounds— all upheld by Methodist preachers in the south as parts of a divine institu- tion and as in accord with biblical teaching? If the Catholies of today and citizens of the United States are to b held vesponsible for the crinfes against humanity perpetrated in foreign lands centuries ago, then cvery eitizen must be held responsible for the barbarism and savagery of his ancestors. Mr. Crane does not attempt to tell us why there Is any need in Omaha or Nebraska of any oathbound political soclety to protect the public schools of this city and state from the intrusion of Roman Catholi¢ teachings or to pre- vent the diversion of school moneys to the support of Catholic parochial schools or colleges. Mr. Crane is intelligent enough to know that under the consti- tution of Nebraska not a penny of pub- lic money can be expended upon in- stitutions in which sectavian religlous doctrines are taught. Mr. Crane also knows enough to know that there never | has been and is not now any danger that Catholics would domina our sehool system, There never were more than two or three Catholic members of our school board at any oue period and Protestant teachers have always outnumbered Catholic teachers in the public sehools more than ten to one. Within the past four years the ratio has been reduced to nearly twenty to onc Inasmuch as Catholics of the taxes, they are entitled to equal privileges with other taxpayers in the benefits of free education. There is certainly no call for a secret oathbound political order to protect the city and state from the invasion of eivil rights or individual liberty. “Equality before the law” was inscribed as the motto upon the great seal of Nebraska when it was admitted into the sisterhood of states. Mr. Crane's logle would lead to this: Since Catholies once did wrong and Jesunits have plotted against foreign governments, therefore Americans and foreigners who disbelieve in the church of Rome have a right to do wrong now and may plot and conspire against their fellow citizens and seek to exclude them- from participation in government. It strikes us that this doctrine Is not only unamerican, but also unchristian, ‘Why is It that the fakirs and skin game gamblers think they have such a tempting fleld 1o the vicinity of every Grand Army of the Republic encamp- ment? They are sald to have been out this year at Hastings in greater force than ever. Was it the tried and cxperd. ieed vetafan; whom they hoped to Ul in? «Or was It the younthful militiaman with his wisdom teeth still uncut from whom they hoped to entice the much desired dollars? Tt Is gen- and the national guardsman have sense enough to sbe through a barefaced swindle, but thp fact that the gamblers did good husiness at the late encamp. ment shows that the gullibles were not altogether Abseht on the oceasion. ast of Mondamin promises to attract as 1 people to Omalh; will the state fair. The chief re for this is the novelty which must tach to the program ar noble Knights of Ak- something new, The round Omaha have it. The f¢ has created quite as mueh cur in the minds of Omahans as it possibly can among people residing within easy reach of the ¢ity. We have no doubt roads arve aware of the keen manifested in the coming festivities, and that they will make ample provi- sions for transportation. Superintendent Pearse says he will make no material changes in the meth- ods adopted by his predecessor until he has got the business well in hand So 80 good. But Superintendent Pearse ready discovered that va- eancles in the Omalfi schools could he filled best by teachers from Beatrice nd Lincoln, which goes to show that we afe on the eve of marked progr as son nt- nged by the ar-Ben, It is people in and seen hing like st sity First 1 Kansas City Journal, The strong opposition In the American Bar assoclation to Justice Brewer's talk against appeals is explainable on the ground that self- preservation Is the first law of nature. Uih eland, rk Advertise ator Gorman still holds to the opinion Mr. Cleveland could not carry a single congressional district next year. We violate no confidence when we say that a similar oplnlon s prevalent in democratic circles in Maryland respec Se Caucnstan ¢ The indemnity China has just granted the French mis of Szechuen carries the promise of some- thing equally as handsome for English and American sufferers from more recent out- breaks. We may be a little slow in Chris- tianizing China, but Caucasian cannon in the, treaty ports aders to de- cency, Unprofitable in Nebraska. Jeffalo Bxpess. Two Nebraska farmers who held up and robbed an express train, pleaded, when ar- rested, that they iexpected to make a large fortune by the operation. They really got only about $60. Traln-robbing, evidently like most other oéupations. It requires stant industry and long experience to make it really profitable, g for Straddled Kinsas City Star. Tho harmony address to the d:mocratic Appent Harmony adopted and th ticket nominited Ly t state conyentic The platform and head cf they could conveniently get, and a phesom- cnal straddle will 'be hecessary for the ac- complishment . of the committe>'s request, The Kentueky demoeracy may-io it by super- human exertion, but the chances are that it will fall ween, (M e i Puanishing Corrupt Ofiicialx, York’ World The steady march of the mo of reform In the administration of municipal aftairs is illustrated by sentence of the bribe-taking aldermen Orleans, Orleans is a city which it years could accural of corrupti neith better nor Ler clty in the United States would milar_conditions and similar opportunities. ment in f; of mun! leans may esily be i It s a good beg aldermen in th New worse { Quay's V Phtla Senator Quay has fought the most brilllant political battle of modorn times. Deserted by hosts of Ingrates, many of whom owed their position and power ontircly to him, aggressively and 1y opposed by all the power, pa promises of the city and state aiministrations, cut off from tho ordinary channeis from which campalgn fundy can 'ba gathered, to coge with the combined powers of lobbylsts who have im- nge means to exzend In defense of their table authority, an1 relying solely upon tho fres and unpurchasable element of the rural districts of the state, he has manfully fought and fairly won the victory. WL The Civil Service aw : Newcorab in the The requirements of succe seck it in the s in other pr fessions, are hard to define, and their abs: is frequently more readily apparent than ¢ n Cn mber interested in matters 1 nt and monotonous, and breadth of view sufficient to grasp the larger relations of routine work, accompanied by an attentiveness to details that will insure ac- curacy. In addition, there must be perse- verance to conquer early disappointments and patlence in walting for gdvancements; self- reliance, esteem fo protect against the occa- slonal insolence of accidental greatness and industry as an ever present ally. To those ~who possess thess characteris- tics the civil service now offers an opportun- ity and a czreer. It has no great rewards, but they are yearly becoming greater, and, on the contrary, it is sure not to furnish any severe disappointments. Its pecunlary emol- uments are small, but they are regular, and those who enjoy: them suffer little from the stress of compatition, and do not fear destruc tion in the struzgle: for existence. In place of fame it offers:the Eatisfying consclousness of having served immanity. RANDOM SHOTS, Galveston News: The women are good looking in spitg of the fashions. Chicago Times:Herald: A man ean forget, but it takes a waman to forgive, Baltimoro Sun: :There has been one nice, quiet trolley partyt in Baltimore. It was composed of deaf mute: Phi elphis Becord: To Judge trom their conversation would imagine some men *0 be supplied with pnewmatic brains, Buftalo Express: All those who have not been murdered by H. H. Holmes will please rise and remain standing until counted. Chicago The real reason, dear sisters, why tht§men object to bloomers Is that bloomers de#roy one of man's dearest illusions, New York Tribune: “Bike” and “electfo- cute” are about the worst travesties on words that ever were folsted uj - suffering public. T A1l ally suppdzed that both the veteran | voters of Kentucky exhor.s every good dem- | cerat of the stat: to stand upon the patform | the ticket have been sbout as far epa:t as | nent in favor | s for those who | OUR AMIANLE CONTEMPORARY, Blair Courfer: There I8 not a country paper in all this broad state that would fnfiict such hog-wagh on its readers as does the Omaha World-Herald. The Herald is In a position o glve the people a great deal of good In- | formation through its editorial columns. Tn- stead its sole object seems to be to keep its | readers in the dark and mystify them as much as possible, The W.-H, reminds a per- son of the green countryman who, after wit- nessing a_great bareback rider successfully ride four horses at one time, went home and | tried to do the same thing and failed to prop- erly ride one, Howells Journal: It makes one weary to hear the Omaha World-Herald tell the popu- lists what they should dr; regarding the different candidates that the populists nomi- nate for the different offices over the state. While that paper remains as the state organ | of democracy let it withhold its advice or advise its own. It we judge aright it can keep its columne full without writing advice for the populists, -We, as populists always find out when a mistake s macde and we take an “I to'd you &' in no good humor. Let the conventions do their werk according to | the will of the majority and not pay any at- tention to the organ ihat stabbed Holcomb | last fall by eelling out to the state repub- | llean committee, Cralg Times: The Omaha editor Is mad, very mad. August 16 we had a short editorial exposing one of the practices of the hyphenated. That paper employs correspondents throughout the stato to supply it with news, but when the biils are rendered they pay no attention to them. But that should not make the fake breeders angry. Their reputation for liber- ality and -business ‘wonesty (?) is too well known to be injured by a country weekly, we thought. Still Colonel Hitchfake has sunk quite a lot of money in vain attempts to an- nihilate The Bee, more than its superior con- temparary, and as his roubles dwindle away he becomes more irritable. While it may be fun to call The Bee “No. 15" for a mistake in regard to its circulation, the W.-H. is gullty of many offenses—lying is the least. Tho Times has been scratched off the sub- scription books of the W.-H. (even though we had advertised for it), but we don’t miss it any. Nearly all its important thoughts are taken from the Chicago Inter Ocean and we can get them as soon as the hyphenated can Pender Times: As an ‘A. P. A. sheet the World-Herald takes the lead. If the editor were a mogul of that unamerican order. him- self he could not do more to advance its in- terets In the metropolis, We don't believe ho is a member of the gang, but in carrying | out his well known “‘policy” of bucking every- thing that The Bee advocates he has landed himse f in the pit of the Omaha camp. At- torney Greene of Omaha recently delivered | ono of the best addre:ees against the order that we ever eard, and not a line of that eloguent, patriotic and unanswerable argu- ment can be found in the Hitcheock sheet. Senator Hoar of Massachusetts has written a letter that handles the question without gloves, but the World-Herald couldn’t find room to publish it, although every daily paper in the country of any consequence published 1t in full or at least partially. No matter what are the errors of The Bee in the past (it has always been fair) its stand at this timo (even if for selfish motive as its ene- mies contend) is to be commended. If Mr. Hiteheock prefers the support of the cowardly dark lantern fanatics to that of the re- spectable, conservative and more intelligent class of his fellow citizens, why he is on the right track. World-Herald In our issue of ———— Activity of Postmasters, New York Tribune. Can Thurber place his hand on his con- socrated breast and say that he has ever called the attention of President Cleveland to the “pernicious activity” of the postmas- ters who compose the democratic county com- mittes of the county of Hamilton, state of ebraska. Has he even deigned fo inform his master that said county committee is composed of democratic postmasters? And yet we read in dispatches to some of the newspapers that “‘a few counties will not be represented in the coming state convention of the silver wing of the democratic party in Nebraska, having been captured by the Cleve- land democrats. This is particularly true of Hamilton county, where the county central committee is composed of postmasters who met and named a delegation to the - ‘sound money' democratic convention, cilled for Sep- tember 5, at Lincoln.” Now, Mr. Thurber. it that was not “‘pernicious activity,” what do you call it? T HANG OUT THE FLAG Pernicious or TRUCE. otest Agninst Race Preju a. | Rev. W. G. Puddefoot, field secretary of the Congregational Home Missionary so- cloty, has written a wonderfully able, kind- Iy and discriminating letter in reply to “The Menace of Romanism” in the August number of the North American Review. The Con- | gregational clergyman takes issue emphatic- ally with the author of the A. P. A. arti- |cle He does not belleve, with Mr. Traynor, | that the “‘paparchy seeks to renew in the new | world the power of which she has been {denuded in the old.” e is inclined rather !to inquire: “If the old world was able to denude the ‘paparchy’ of its power, where the vast majority are members of that church, why should any one be afraid of that power in a country of free schools, free press and fres thought? But for argument’s sake, al- lowing the A. P. A. to bs correct in their belief, Mr. Puddefoot goes to the root of the question and asks: Is their way the right one? “It certainly is not the Christian way,” he repliss. “Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good,” is the Christ- fan And it is also the scientific way. “If you don't like candles, light your gas. 1f the gas is not to ‘your liking, start your ciectries. That is the true way to get Tid of the candles,” says the field missionary. To illustrate his point concretely, he says: “Thare are some fine brick buillings in Newark, empty. They were once parochial schools. Why are they empty? Our schoo's re better. Make them better, still; have more room, more teachers, befter systems, and our Catholic brethren must either comsé or do better. If they do either, what more do you want? It is mot true to say that is the same today as it was in | the past—a despotism claiming universal | jurisdiction. The papacy has scen more light | just as the Protestant church has. No; the | menace of Romanism is only in imagination; | the menace of race prejudice, propagated | upon American soil, is real. The free press and the free schools will keep Amorica free. But set class agalnst class, stir up race preju- dices, which die hard at’ the best, and our | boasted freedom will be but a farce to mil- ilions who must live In close contact with one another. It is an awful thought that | men actually belleve that 200,000,000 of our Catholic fellowmen are leagued to destroy | their own freedom. Who cannot have faith that thousands of them must be as pure as | Newman, whose “Lead, Kindly Light” we sing; and as gentle as Faber, who wroie for us: “There's a wideness in God's mercy like the wideness of the sea.” It fs like going bick a quarter of a century to have these harsh feelings, which all true men wish to see blotted out forever.” This Is the kind of writing and speaking that will most surely preserve the freedom of this country from the dangers which seem to beset it. There are mo two things in all history, as the writer of this letter emphasizes, that have caused so much blood- shed as race prejudice and sectarian hate; and in the past Protestant hate has equaled the Cathollc, and would have gone as far but for lack of material. The writer con- cludes: “The banner of Christ in our schools will do more than the flag on the roof; and today is the time, with our enormous majority, for the Protestant pulpit to hang out the flag of truce. That pulpit Is recreant to the Master which is used to foment strife; and it 1s a waste of time to try to bring the middle ages up to date. The motto of today should be Abraham's: ‘Let there be no strife between me and thee, I pray thee, for we be breturen Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report 1 Baking Powder VOICH OF THE STATE PRESS, Norfolk Journal: Nothing has been heard lately of any serlous attempt to make Frank Hilton cough up the $5,000 of money b longing to the state in his possession, It about time something was done to bring Mr Hilton to time, North Bend Argus: The state peniten- tiary has advertised for bids and contem plates the reletting of the Dorgan contract It was supposed that the state had been fleeced along this line even to the satisfac- tion of republicans, but it seems not. Red Cloud Argus: The governor having failed to raie: any serlous disturbance over the Omaha police law, Is now proceeding to mass his batteries In the direction of the penitentiary and create a ruction with the Board of Public Lands and Buildings over the management of that institution. This conflict of authority is greatly to de- plored huyler Quill: It 1s evident by the pop- ulist platform adopted by the Bryan demo- crats this week at their Omah cot fon that in 1896 they will eat a lot of crow or elso be forced out of the ranks. The demo- cratic party will declare nationally for a gold standard or else ‘straddle the issue Such sentiment as is contained In that Bryan platform won't go with the Cleveland crowd North Bend Argus: The bandits who robbed the Union Pacific train received a sentence of len years at hard labor and their booty amounted to less than $100. The bandit Mosher, who robbed the people of Nebraska of thousands, of five years with all the accomp: luxuries due the magnitude of his Hilton, who fleeced the state out of remains at liberty. face in shame. Cedar Raplds Commes kindly sent us a price list of second-hand oods as fixed by the Dorgan prison con- tract and property appraisers, It contains much valuable information for any one want ing to start in housekeeping. Three cents is the prica of mop sticks, two for 5 are common plugs and 30 cents is the proper sum for good two-gallon jug: But If the worth f the prison contract as fixed s just and true we cannot help but wonder what the darn thing cost when new. When the state pays $40,700 more to get back what it gave away no wonder people roar. -— THE LAW'S DELAY, be nying cial: ~ Some one has Kansas City Star: The suggestions of Justice Brewer, if followed, might not increase the probability of litigants arriving at the prom- ised land of justice, but they would certainly not lessen that probability and might at least shorten the forty years' wandering in the wilderness which now prevails, Globe-Democrat: Justice Brower's opinion that no appeals should be allowed in criminal cases s distasteful to the lawyers, of course, because it implies a great lessening of thelr business and profits, but the country will endorse it as being in the interest of justice and agalnst the judiclal trifling that causes s0 much lynching Kansas City Times: One of the most radi- cal positions taken by Justice Brewer was that against appeals in criminal cases and for the establishment of boards of review and pardon, which shall pass upon the sentences of trial courts, mitigating the'r severity where manifest Injustice has been done, but never interfering on the mere ground of the com- mission of technical errors. Chicago Times-Herald: And that fs the history of law reform as wrought by the bar association. An evil pointed out, a reference to a committee and a report a year hence, by which time the whole subject has passed from public view! But their discussion affords light for the laity and a time will come when the reforms will be made, If not with the ald of the bar then without it. Chicago Chronicle: The administration of the criminal laws would be more prompt and certain and the deterrent effect of those laws would be far greater. It is of the first im- portance that the laws should be just. It is hardly of less importance that they should be administered swiftly and certainly. In pro- portion to excellence in these respects they are a terror to evil doers and a wall of de- fense to the innocent. Justice Brewer has laid down tho lines on which reform must proceed if we have true reform. New York Herald: In this state the con- victing verdict of a jury is but the beginning of the proceedings is an important criminal case. An appeal is always taken and there is no telling when it will be decided. Months and even years sometimes elapse before the end is reached. The crime is often forgotten when the criminal is fially brought to pay its penalty. That this s a deplorable defect in our criminal system is obvious. Justice Brewer's radical proposition will serve a timely purpose of it only leads to discus- sion of the matter. Louisville Courier-Journal: The truth is, Justics Brewer puts the case very mildly. Hedged about with judicial and professional etiquet, he could not have well done other- wise. ' The ground of complaint s not merely that delay of justice is wearing out public patience, but also that the people are losing confidence in the courts as efficient agencies in the redress of either private or public wrongs. Business men resort largely to arbitration or submit to losses rather than resort to the courts. This, though a hard- ship, is not productive of serious evils to the ‘general publl But as respects the administration of the criminal laws, the case is different. The number of convictions Is 80 peandalously out of proportion to the num- ber of crimes that many are ready to say that are laws are made to facilitate the es- cape of criminals. This may be an exag- geratlon, but there Is high authority for the statement that the law has gone too far in the direction of tying the hands of the prose- cution in the trial of persons accused of crime, received a sentence | Justice should hide her | THE PASSING SHOW. For the time belng Kansas will not object It Kentucky monopolisss the bleeding busie ness. The drouth revalent In Indiana s ine explicable. There lsn't & shadow of a cam« paign In tha state. Corbett has some basis for his claim that Fitzsimmons {s not fn his class. Fitz has not yet scored a divorce. Tho Hon, Bill Bryan is conducting a silver tourney In Colorado, It fs a Coln ratfling affair, mainly at the box office. Although Jackson's Holo has been thors oughly ventilated, the odors emanating from that section are not much improved The Paltimore Sun presents the strange spectacle of idolizing Cleveland and protest- Ing_against the Marylanders Gormandizing theffiselves, A sneak thief disguised as a gas inspector Is doing a_land office business in Chicago. The smooth persistency of his operations paralyzes the gas meters. Corea bears some resc tamiliar sections of the United States. The dorvishes of Seoul demand the banishment of Prince Pak because he is a reformer. The Assertion of the New York Sun that “‘Hon. Julius Sterling Morton pushed the crown away' should be accompanied with an affidavit, showing that the crown was siiver. The czar of Russia has sent @ present of 0,000 rifles and 000,000 cartridges to Prince Nicholas I of Montenegro. The crowned heads of Europe know one an other's needs, Daniel Scott, who died recentiy in Chicago, was one of the wealthiest colored men in the west. He was Lo na s'av> in 1833, 8 ruck Chicago In 1872, and accumulated an estate valued at $100,000. Johu W. Paul of the Droxel banking firm of Philadeiphia has had his stamp coliection insured for $30,000. The Paul collection is one of the most valuable in the world. Ti are stamps in the collection worth $500 each The home of Charles A. Dana, the editor of the New York Sun, is a palace. His office i & workshop and contains only a desk, two chairs, a small table and a rug. He com- mences work at 8 in the morning and seldom loaves until 6. When the governor of Wyoming read and mentally digested the reports of the United States marshal concerning the Bannock affair he discovered that his voice was not om straight during the receding weeks of merry war and turmoll, A T PASSING PLEASANTRI blance to certain Chicago Tribune: groaned Jagw unmixed evil! Straight whisky," . the next morning, “is an Judge: lend—Your son, 1 understand, has literary aspirations. Does he write for money? Father (feelingly)—Unceasingly. Texas Siftings: The language of a_deat mute is a thing that goes without saying Detrolt Tribune: The Candy Butcher. glass eater's got cholera morbus. The Zulu Chieftain—Serves him right. He ought to know enough to let green bottles alone this time of year. The Indianapolis Journal oracularly, to her, “are rarely good listen: ersa’’ And the prospective mother-inlaw in the hallway only applied her ear a little closer to the keyhole and smiled grimly. Sharp Yankees, those y took a census in when everybody was Cincinnati Tribune Boston people. 1 watermelon time, doubled up. Washington Star: ‘“They say,” sald the prudent man, that a mun who never drinks, nor smokes, nor stays up late at night al- ways lives to a great age." es.” replied his very blase frlend, with a yawn, “that’s his punishment.” Cincinnati Enquirer: “But if you are in earnest in your anti-cruelty-to-animal prin- ciples, how can you bring yourself to en courage their butchery by eating meat?” “I even things up by not paylng my butcher bills." Detroit Free Press: Mrs. Wickwire sat up and shook her sleeping husband’s shoulder vigorously. ““What is 1t?"' he mumbled. “I want you to snore either in soprano, bass, alto or tenor and confine yourself {o one tone. You keep lwlh:hlng from one to another so rapidly that I can’t sleep.” Boston Traveles “harles Henderson was smart.” ‘“How?" 'Wh Just before his rich uncle died he called the young fellow to him and told him he had declded to him nothipg ‘but his autograph.” “And Charlie said ‘all right,’ and then drew up a check for $100,000 and told the old man to put the autograph on it. It pleased the old man so much that Te nads WONDROUS WISE. Puck. There was a man in our town (His name my memory slips), Who kissed ten thousand microbes off His sweetheart's ruby lips. And when he found what he had done, With all his might and main He rushed up there another night And kissed them on again. THE WATERMELON'S HEART, Frank L. Stanton, Does your liver cry for trouble, “THll your life s full of woe? Do _your burdens seem to double, While your joys no greater grow? Brother, have you got a spell on Whose depariure you would part? Go and get a watermelon Then, carve it to the heart. There's a cure for every sadne For the grave who sit apart, In_the juicy, luscious gladness Of the watermelon's heart. he ought $6. Get Ready For School—— Comb his hair—wash won't know him—but put him into a new suit of clothes and his own mother won't know him—First impressions are always the be: on your boy the first thing and h2’ll learn lots faster —If he's neatly dressed school suit in Brown or Gray Mixed Double Breasted Cassimere or Che- viot for 6 to 14 year old boys at $2,00 $2.50 and §3.00. stand that. l.ngrs, 3 to 8 years, blue, tan, red, brown, plain or mixed colors, all wool cheviots, flannels or kerseys, $4, $5 and Maybe knee pants will be all he needs—3s¢, s0c, 75¢, $1.00 for special values, in mixed and plain colored cassimeres, worsteds and cheviots, ages 4 to 15 years, Browning,King & Co S ‘W Cor. 15th and D ouglas Sts, him up—and the teacher —get the teacher stuck to have ancat two-piece Surely you can A Reefer for chilly morn=