Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 23, 1895, Page 4

B OMALL H.\n) l&l;y;__ NOSEWATEN, 14 - FUBLIEHED RYFRT MOIGING YEAMN CF 8UBSC ily Beo (Witheat Surtav) silp Ree and Buaday, Ous tx Moty : Mo [ e, 10N Oue Y ear Thires “ Bu Batu LY Omaia The Tas Building. Bovth Oruba, inger Nk, € Cour.il 13, tearl Kiront Cham ma 13, 14 and 01§ Rirant CORRESLONDENCE, Al communlcations rels torial riattar showid b ? Commerce. n T/ une Building. Washiagion, ditor. 14 be tty mpany Draft The Pes Publishis checks And ETATEMENT OF CIRCULATIO lishing being du worin, m the act of full a mplete o the i ndny T 10,070 o o Rt 10 19,068 01 083 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - Total 806,134 Less dcduciions for ol "and veturnad. ‘copies i bvries . 10,011 Net sales Daliy average... ‘GO Bworn to before me and presence this 2nd day of Hept .+ 1595, Beat) P. FEIL. Notary Public, We gladly give the weather bureau full eredit for forecasting the approach ing cold wave. Encoura fmmigration. There {s room for millions of people in the states west of the Missouri. The cancus juggle has begun, But some of the jugglery is liable to be un- done at the primaries. New York promises to he for Governor Morton in the republican national eon- vention and for the republican prest- dential nominee in the ele Strange, fsu't it, that the police force stood in such fmmediate and urgent need of reorganization while the fire de partment seems to be acceptable all ‘round? Senator Vest insists the changed his views on tion. But that doesn't ought not to do so. fools never. The members of the have announced their readiness to quit. If the men who are draining the sub- treasury of its gold will also quit the treasury will be ghven a chance to re- cover its equilibrium. t he has not the silver ques mean that he Wise men change, bond syndicate Church ITowe and Tom Majors will ac- company one another as delegates to the republican state convention. When the two Nemnha statesmen join forces in this manner the work of the convention becomes a mere formality. The return of the European tourist might have some effect upon business were it not for the fact that the home- comers have spent all their money abroad. They come home merely be- cause their available resources have run out. Wil A. ©. Foster permit Chairman Broatch to traffic and trade in polic commission patronage in order that he may secure the nomination for mayor? Is political jobbery the chief function of the new fire and police board? 8o unusual is it for Senator Brice of Ohio to visit the state which he repre- sents in congress that the fact is te graphed all over the country. Senator Brice is apparently In a quandary as to whether he r¢ 1s from New York or Ohio. The Lincoln Journal has finally come to the conclusion that decadence of annual state fairs is inevitable and that such expositions are bound to die out. This oracular sfatement will pass for what it Is worth, Before five years shall have elapsed the sour grape man may be expected to change his tune. Very little interest was manifested in the republican caucuses. No wondel It strikes most men as a howling farce when ward tickets are slated in A. P, A. councils only to be published at caucuses and ratified at primaries. In short, under such conditions there is no longer any use for caucus and primary. The administration democrats in Ne- braska have succeeded in getting their ticket on the official ballot with the party designation. That, however, will not deter the silver democrats from de- manding the party designation for their ticket. We are almost sure to have more judicial interpretation of our elec- tion laws. The Bee is not in the habit of fng its own praises, but it w out of place to remark that there is simply no comparison between its re- ports of the state fair and the fair week festivitios and those of any other paper in these parts. The only complete and full account of the features of the fair were to be found in its columus, und- not be The report of the state ol inspector shows that he rejected during the month of August neary as many gallons of oil as he approved. The question is, What becomes of this rejected oil? Is it really removed from the state, or Is it sold stealthily, notwithstanding the re- fusal of the inspectors to pass it? This is & matter which the state ol Inspector would do well to investigate. Em—————— The office of clerk of the district court is not seeking the wman this year. Stories of the fabulous income of the office have made men mad to get it. Men who never saw a court docket and don’t know a lien index from a day book are coufident of their ability to tax fees according to law, more or less. Individual fitness for the dutles of the offico Is a matter of little moment, rner N and 2th Sta. | newa and edi- | man Lax mrosirios o 1 TAX w the legislature terminated the Dor gan ponitentiary contract and arranged for the state to manage the privon ftselt it be- necessary to solect a competent person for it in the eapacity of suporintend ent or monnger, 1t Is just as absurd to talk | about the city of St. Paul cperating the big | ongine which pumps water the stand w t the assistar practical enginecr as it & to say tiat the employ fmont of ex-Warden Beemer other | qualificd man as superintendent of the pri | by tho board of lands and buildings was un- | nec St. Paul Republican Suppbse the town of St Paul had en gaged an engineer to operate the big engine which punips the water into the | town stand pipe, what would 8t. Paul taxpayers think of their town officials {10 they went ahead and hired a super intendent to boss the engineer and fire man? Beemer asserts that he can manage the penitentis without the warden Why can't the warden manage it just as well without Beemer? What s the use of employing o warden at a salary of $1500 a year if the of the conviets and prison Is to be en- | trusted to another man? If the warden | is not competent to perform the dutics of his office put him out and hire who is competent. Why should the taxpay of Nebraska be com pelled to pay two men to do one mau's work? to act into of it ipo o a M or ot some superyision REDEMPTION OF MARVLAND. . The campaign in Maryland is on in full vigor. Senator Gorman has taken up the work of trying to save the demo ats from the defeat that threatens the party and his skillful hand will be in every move that is made from now until the day of clection. He undonbtedly fully realizes the gravity of the situation and will employ every resotiree at his command, knowing that defeat will destroy him as a political leader. As an adroit, skillful and un serupulous political manager Gorman las no superior in the country and his capacity in this respect is now heing put to the severest test it I ever received, for never before was there such a revolt against his dom ination as mow. The most influential demoeratic newspapoers and some of the strongest men in the party are arrayed against him, and if he shall prevail over such opposition he have a seen will aim to be regarded as well nigh in- vineible, The republicans are making an ag gressive campaign, and with a eandi date for governor who is very popular nd is expected to get many demoeratic votes the party is with good reason confident of success. The Baltimore Sun, which is making a telling fight against Gormanism, says that Mary- land is on the eve of a great redemp- tion. “The school of politics,” says that paper, “which has so long been giving forth its demoralizing instruc tions to the youth of this state and city is, we believe, about to be closed, and not a day too soon.” The Sun voices the sentiment of a very large body of democrats, and while it is true that it has fought Gorman before and still he las won, there Is every reason to be- lieve that its present hostility to him will prove more effective than it has in the past. At any rate the republicans could not hav more earne zealous and influential ally. Republican victory in Maryland this year would probably make the state secure for the republican presidential candidate next year and this would certainly be the ¢ in the event of Mr. Cleveland being nominated for a third term, for in that se the Gorman faction would have its opportunity for revenge. THE 10WA CAMPAIGN. The democrats opened their campaign in Towa on Saturday, at Cedar Rapids. Although ample notice of the meeting had been given and rates on all the railroads were reduced the attendane was not so large as the leaders expected. The purpose of the democrats to make thefr campaign chiefly on state issues, or rather on the liquor question, was dis- closed in the speech of the candidate for governor, Judge Babb, who devoted a large part of his address to this subject, which he declared is paramount to all othe A small element of the voters of Towa probably agree with the demo- cratie candidate in his professed esti- mate of the importanee of this question, but the masses of them, it is not to be doubted, do not o regard it, and there- fore will not allow their attention to be diverted from those issues which more broadly and deeply concern not only their welfare, but that of the peo- ple of the entire country. The great body of voters in Iowa, as in other states, are at present profoundly inter- ested in national questions, in the finan- clal and economic policies of the | ties, and no attempt to divert them from the consideration of these issues will succeed. It is perfectly easy to under- stand why the democratie leaders de- sire to do this, but their efforts will be unavailing. Judge Babb referred to the general or national questions in a perfunctory way, indicating that he would have mueh preferred not to refer to them at all. In regard to the present tariff law he made the extraordinar assertion that it had been demoustrated to be far superior to the last republican law as a revenue producer, which was no more remarkable, however, than his declara- tion that democratic policy had nothing to do with producing the panic and de- ! contest | Judgment | fina pression. It requires most extraor- dinary audacity to publicly make such statements in face of the fact that ever since the present taviff law went into effect there has been an accumulating deficit in the national treasury, while as to the depression it started, as every- body knows, within ninety days after the election of a democratic president and cougress pledged to the overthrow | of protection, following an era of almost unparalleled prosperity. In regard to silver Judge Babb failed to define his position, though what he said aarrants the inference that if he has any fixed views on the subject they are favor- able to the free coinage of the white metal at the present legal ratio. His failure to discuss this subject, on the inadmissible plea that he had no time, will hardly commend Lim to the party THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: having th ourage of his convictions. Indecd as a whole the speech of Judge Babb was, as a cam paign starter, an uncommonly fnade quate effort and will fail to arouse any interest or enthusiasm in the party The democrats of Towa have a hope- less fight before them and thelr efforts to tntroduce the lguor question into the will undoubtedly lurt rather than help them. The voters of lowa are thinking of other matters of much grenter consequence and when they go to the polls it will be to record their on these guestions and not upon the mulet law or anything velating to the sale or maufacture of liquor. NO SCANDALS IN OUR CHURCH. The unrepublican methods by which the American Protective lis to control primaries conventions ha never been endors or approved by The Bee, nor has it sympathy with the intolerance exhib ited by members of the order towanrd American citiz whose patriotism and loyalty eannot be called into ques tion., It deplorable, however, that its re 1 otlicial organ should it 1o issue a double leaded appeal to members of the A, P, A, in Omaba and Douglas county an nouncing that reports have reached sanctum that “Frank E. Moores 80 and il ny sought N seems ogni; necessy | rate ation | [ which they lin i its | has | placed his barrel on tap and eautioning | them might bought We take it against making indicate that that been any they move had npon clves to ind nantly rvepel this most slanderous in- sinuation, We eannot convinee our- selves that the A, P. As of Omaha are such a venal crew that any barrel, how- ever large, could tempt them to violate the solemn oaths and Dbetr the suered trust of their patriotic or- ganization. Like the Lutter Da Saints of Utah, upon whose door posts the all-seeing eye is encircled with the inscription “Holiness to the Lord,” our A. P A. brethren in I, 1 and P.—friendship, purity and protee tion—are surely too pure to accept any of Frank Moores' boodle and too zealous for the great cause to which they have consecrated their lives for the protection of American institutions to be even suspected of harboring desire to get their hands into any man’ barrel. . There is but one redecming featury the insulting cantion which that purchasable patriot, Johnny $. §. Thompson, has fulminated to the faith- ful, and that is they must make no move that would indicate that they have been bought. The disgrace of the thief is not in stealing, but in being caught. Brethren in I, P, and . may despoil that political Egyptian with a tapped barrel at the base of the flag staff, providing always that they man- age to get the stuff without being sus- pected. With such a string tied to it the caution will doubtless have the desired effect of avoiding the scandal which disgraced the order four years ago, when one of its overzealous chief- tains agreed to sell a flock of 6,000 A. P. A, votes in the same market for $1,500. "The seandal was not so much in the bargain and transfer of the chat- tel and cattle as it was in establishing the price of dervish votes at 25 cents a head. If Frank Moores is to repeat the deal of 1891 he should at least pay 30 cents apiece for votes and keep the matter strictly confident onr of un- A REBUKE OF JUDICIAL USURPATION A few days ago the supreme court handed down a final decision revers- ing the ruling of Judge Scoft in the Percival contempt case and ordering the discharge of the victim of Scott’s ma lignant persecution. This decision en- dorses every word of what The Bee has said concerning its rank injustice and characterizes the contempt pro- ceedings instituted, prosecuted and tried by Scott as one of the most fla- grant judicial usurpations which has disgraced any beneh. In order to vent his personal spleen upon an inoffensive reporter, and through him upon the editor of the newspaper upon which he was em- ployed, the crazy judge of the eriminal division of the district court seized as his pretext a truthful article exposing his unequal administration of justice, by which the principal to a theft who pleaded guilty to a charge of grand larceny was given his freedom, while the man employed by him to assist in the larceny was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. In characterizin this lawless action of the judge as jus- tice without equality Mr. Percival in- cidentally used the expression that the liberated criminal must have had the benefit of a pull with the judge. The supreme court not only aflirms the right of Mr. Percival to eriticise the action of Judge Scott, but further de- clares that the language used is not libelous and could not in any event he construed into a contempt of court. If it had been libelous the judge would have had the same remedy that ever citizen enjoys under the laws of the e. He could not take the laws into his own hands, constitute himself a prosecutor, judge and jury and impose such penalty as his own_ vindictivi ness should dictate, The rebuke administered to Judge Scott by the supreme court is not merely a personal vindication of a re- porier. It Is a reiteration of the bill of rights which guarantees the freedom of the press and makes the truth pub- lished for good ends and with justifis ble motives a privilege that cannot be abridged or denied by the whims of any publie official, even though he occupies the exalted position of judge. As an affirmation of the inviolable freedom of the press the decision comes as another Duttress in support of the bulwark of free American institutions which would long since have been swept away by tyranny and usurpation were it not for the vigilance of an untrammeled and fearless press. The professional cracksman is with us. He has learned that Omaha has put & lot of freshmen and incompetents in charge of the police department and that an adroit thief has nothing to fear, To be sure, the men who attempted to flimflam the bauk tellers were detected and bave come to grief, but the bank | by court e MONDAY, eople AN ale attempton e poliee dephrt! three erdoky can claim rolbory is in the monent entor White retived the professional crook has little to fear in Omaha detecting, 8inee the Blowing lust night the it may Know there ar i town, but the police | for frustrating the | vile of o police offiee spot - crooks the the city. With no credit 'l \Hility Loy The edi imes Ier recent meet the World's can his edi W ot the Chicago ald must iy, ttended a ing of the ei meil in Fair eity. In 'no other way torfal be accounted for in which he tells the worthy aldermen that the floor s the places intended for {helr feet, that if th wiant to expecto. the cuspidors are the proper receptacles to be aimed at, and that though they are not expected to appe in evening dress they ought at least to keep on all the necessary garment bring with No « could give such pertinent advice if the oceasion had not been a vivid impression of the hg (he Chicago solon, Renator Ake has come to the con clusion that he was a teifle premature i that the recent supreme court rendered the N Board of Treigation a piece of useless machinery, whose might well be closed forthwith, After consultation with the members and employes it is agreed by all of them that the usefulness of state board cannot be much impaived isions o long as the appro- priation holds out. Captain Mostyn resigned Lis position in the police department because the new board expected him to work with half a dozen men he tad formerly recommended for dismissal and who are utterly incompetent. The idea that one man is as good us another is all wrong. Men of all factions attest Mostyn's high qualities. The public service is weakened by his retivement thein, o decision office as Broateh, chy to himself power to is for the | police board and to cancel such orders at will without reference to his col leagues. If A. C. Toster wants his own reputation blasted by having to shiare responsibility for Broateh's acts he will et the latter have undisputed sway, otherwise he won't. The Bee has for years contended that the ward cancus is inimical to the best inte Lf party organization, presenting an easy means for turning down good men and foisting purchas- able reprobates upon ward delegations in city and copnty conventions. as irman, psts In Omnha—What? Caicago News. The supreme court of Indiana has decided that to lend public money is a felony. In South Dakota it is a beautitul act of friend- ship, e Public. g0 Tribune, Uncle Horace Holes has come out for free silver on the theory that it doesn’t matter what people say of you if they only say some- thing. i ——— Kitliug Off 0 Craze, Kansas City Y The good times are Killing the free silver craze, and the people will see to it that free silver will not get a chance to kill the good times, e A Se rian Pointer. Buffato Express. It is worth noting that in the school elec- tion in New Haven, Conn., a day or two ago the A. P. A. candidate was overwheln- ingly defeated. G The Original Tagger. Pittsburg Post. The employes of the great steel compang at Chicago are rising in indignant protest against being ‘“‘tagged” and reduced in the sca’e of humanity to a numbered quantity. Until its adoption in some of the mines and manufactories of Pennsylvania a few years ago this method of designation was confined to prisons. S = th Voenbulary, York World, ator Tillman of South Carolina has been | saying things about Senator Butler of the | same state. Senator Butler finds himself somewhat cmbarrassed for words with waich to reply. He tells the reporters that he has already “denounced Senator Tillman to his a coward and a thief,” and he he.plessly wonders what more he can do. Ob- vicusly his cas® is embarrassing. If Tillman does not regard these as “fighting words, the vocabulary set down in the latest diction arles is wholly inadequate to provoke a con- test of arms between gentlemen. rmunently Loented at On Fremont Leader., The Omaha people can well be proud of the first year of the state fair. This year they had ‘everything to contend against—hard times and a crop not up to the average. Bul notwithstanding all this, Omaha has given to the state the best fair, the best fair buildings and best grounds. The buildings to house stock are no longer open sheds, but fine sub- stantial buildings, with tanks of livitg water at_every door. The hally for the different exhibits are large and well arranged. In fact, everything has a substantial look and the ground will be improved every year. There is a fine raised mile track that is bound to become a favorita with horsemen. It would appear to the Leader that the N braska state falr was now permanently lo- cated, for no other city could afford to put up the same amount of substantial buildings. | —— wir Decldedly Great, Kearney Hub, It is over twenty years agy that the writer | first attended ths state fair in Nebraska, and looking back at it, thers is doubt that it was not very much of@ fair. During the past flve years at Lincoln the fair prospered amazingly, and imany were the misgivin when it was finally recaptured by Omaha But these weze unwarranted, for the build ings and general, facilities are better than ever before ayd as a fair and exposition as well as a_grest’ gy)a occasion there is cer- tainly nothing norg that need be desired. Agricultural ' Hall' is a revelation of N, braska's fertifity, ' Horticultural hall tells its own story f 'ltiscious fruitfulness, Ma- chinery hall is— sarvelous repressntation of Nebraska's industrial progress. In fine arts, textile fabrics, bees and honey, fish, etc. there is a composite lesson in the aesthetic and practical side§ of life. Live stock, poultry and daifylpe show the more profit- able side of agriculiure. All other lines are crowded. The albalfa palace is a new card and s a drawing pne. And In all the fair is decidedly ureM‘n!fl it has aroused an en- thusiasm nevepgbefore known In the state, It is but fair Yo~say that Omaha—and that means everybody in Omaha—has felt a weight of respousibility in the matter, that the Tailroads have realized their own conse- quence, and that all have put forth their best efforts to make the fair of 1895 one long to bo remembered. s r ba, State | deps | affairs | promised OSCRIPTION 1N Press Comment on Omaha's A, P, A, Folice Monrd. BAD FOR N Washington Post: The seem to be inoculated with This looks bad for Nebraska Nebraskan ¢ A P urts Alsm DEFEAT PRECEDE Des Molnes Leader urarn What 15 cnlled the A P. A. police hoard in Omaha has been seated by the action of the supreme court of Ne brasks. Mr. Rosewater, of the republican Omaha Bee, has antagonized the greater part of his party on this question, and althoy ho Is beaten now, yet will he certainly umph TIGHTENS Springfield (Mass.) A. crowd in Omaha police board affair. the existing b lative act for the pecifying two state and the governor as Tho two A. P. Alsts met without the gov ernor and named a board which sought to gain the possesston of the police headquarters scma time ago, when a riot waa nearly pre cipitated through the refusal of the cld board to move out. Now the state supreme court decides that the majority of the appointing board had a right to go ahead as they did hout the preseuce of the third membor This decision leaves the secret order in pretty general control of affairs in Omaha THEI Republican: The win their fight it They could mot control . and o provided by legis appointment of anoth officers of tholr party the appointing power GRIP. A PREACHING AND PRACTICE. Dubuque Telegraph: By decid of the new board of fire and police comm sioners, the supreme court of Nebrasl what that tribunal affirms to be the law placed the city as of Omaha under the control of the A. P, A.s. When the jadgment of the court had besn received the old board va- cated, and the new commissioners at one employed their newly-scquired power to dis- cherge compoetent police officors, including Martin J. White, the chief of the force, and to put former officers who had been dis- missed for incompetency and corruption, in their places. After removing the chief, one captain, two sergeants and many of the old:st and m.ost reliable policemen in the city, the board issued the following order “In assuming control of the fire and police rtment, {t is the intention of the Board of Fire and Policz Commissioners that the of these depavtments shall be con- ducted upon noupartisan and nonsectarian grounds. The daty of cvery officer in the discharge of his duties devolves upon him the use of impartiality and discretion, and he sheuld remember he is a public servant and that as part of tho executive department it iz his duty to see that the laws of the and ordinances of the city are respected and | obeyed.” This reads well, but when it is considered that nearly all the discharged officers are Catholics aud the newly-appoluted, without exception, A. P. A.s, and that for the first time in years gambling houses were Tuesday night wide open in various parts of Omah it becomes plain that while it preaches or thing the board practices, and intends to continue to practice, another. A. P. Alsm has forced Catholic school teachers out of the Omaha public schools, and now it is to force Catholics out of the fire and police d partments. In time, of course, this proscrip- tion will exhaust ftself. The secret and un patriotic society will abuse the great powers of which it has become possessed, its mem- | bers will quarrel with one another over the spoils, its sway will cf narrow, bigoted and te a strong public against it, and eventually it will fall never to rise ogain. All that the society needs is rope enough and it will hang itself. Predic- tion is easy, but the nature of man and the lessons of “history justify the forecast that within a few years A. P. A. rule will have become as odicus to the people of Omaha as carpet bag government ever was to the white citizens of the south. dishonest sentiment OMAHA BOUND TO SUFFER. Buffalo Express: As was hinted in the Express a few days ago, the supreme court of Nebraska has given a dec'sion in favor o the A. . A. contestants in the dispute as to the control of the police and fire board of Omaha. This controversy, it will ba remem bered, threatenel to bring about bloodshed nd was finally averted ouly by an agreemen to refer it to the supreme court. The un- reasonabloness of the A. P. A. party is ssen from the fact that it was this parly whic objected most strenuously to any reference of the question to that body. ‘Tuese men based their conteation on a law which had been passed by the last legislature permitting a reorganziation of the po.ice and fire boards They appeared to have the beiter argument, but nothing would do but they must obtain possessicn of the departments at once. Why they were not w 18 to allow the matter to be judicially detormined does not appear. It probably was merely their hot-headed dis- position, the inability of men of their tem perament to walt a little for what the, wanted. If they, at the outsct, had agree to give the settlement of the dispute to the highest court of the state, they todsy would stand much higher in thw opinion of the public and would have strengthened the'r cause. Advices from Omaha indicate that the new volice board is proceeding as fast as it s able to maike a partisan and corrupt use of the victo Tho new acting chief is a man who was discharged from the force for in- cfficiency and disreputable practices, and me who were dismiszed for alleged incompetenc have been reinstated. It is to be remembere however, that a feud had been in existenc in the forca for some t'me. The charge against the dismissed mea may have beeu trumped up for use as excuses. But it is preity certain that the partisans of the ol board in the force will receive scant courtesy. The department wiil hardly be in the condi tion of disciplne nd impartitlity which should exist. Omaha seems destined to suffer for a time from the domination, in thes branches of its public service at least, of a narrow and fanat'cal organization whose act ar: adopted behind closed doors and can hardly bo satisfactory to any considerabl number of fair-miaded eltd s. It is hig time that the reform movement which ie in that city should ba begn to make itself feit. - el DISCUSSING DEPEW. Minneapolis Times: Of course Chauncey M. Depew made a speech at the New York convention. 1f Mr. Depew had not made a speech Mr. Depew would have exploded. Courler-Journal: Our Chauncey Depew i back and still at it. Now that he Is on thir side again, whatever may be the state of the balance of trade, there are no fears tha the balance of taik will be against us. Cincinnati Commercial: An innkeeper at Hsmburg, hearing our Chauncey spoken of @ “The Peach,” mistook the term for a title of nobility and advertised the fact that “His Highness, the Peach Depew of America,” was among his distinguished arrivals. Brooklyn Eagle: The country will come Mr. Depew to reparticipation in politice, Its soclety and its charities. The capital of strength which he stores up by these trips is most unselfishly extended in making life in America better worth the living during the remaining months of the year. New York Tribune: Mr. Depew has re- turned from Europe, full, as usual—nol fuller; how could he be?—of interesting in formation and opiniens concerning people and events in the Old World, and patriotic ad- miration of his own country. He is a cheer ful philospoher, who takes things as he finds them because he has to, but who manages to do his part toward making them better. Detroit Free Press: Chauncey M. Depew has rendered the country a valuable service if he has, as he says, set the Brit sh public right as to the support in this country of the principle of Irish home rule. It is sur- prising that there should have been any mis- apprehension on the subject on the part of intelligent Englishmen—or would be but for Mr. Depew's explanation that it is due to misrepresentation of American Anglomanlacs. wel- its Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Roval Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE ARMING OUY) " CONVICTS, Fromont Merald: And Nebraska tow has | Another penitentiary contract on her haids No sooner is she oft with the old love than shie Ix on with the new Stlver Crook Tim tract has heen awarded to ex-Wa It looks very much as though tucre some boodle in it Hut then what Is the w of one being in offica It he can’t make som money ? Howells Journal proud of Nebraska uorth of the Mason and Dl system of contract prison i ro proud of the fact that \ t such a system, but the peaple who endorsed Fremont Leader: Every citizen of the state Is humiliated by thoe spectacle of the Board of Public Lands and Bufldings attempting to force upon the governor and warden a go-be- tween, 1o be culled steward, at $3,000 per year, In crder that he showd receive the mount specified at 40 cents per day for each convict Piattsmouth News The state prison con en 13 om Hadn't She s we ought to b the only sta 1 fine that has o Yes, we agalnst majority of The reletting of a peni- tentiary contract, after the legislature had tried to get the penitentlary affairs on a higher plane, is a serlous mistake which wo regret to note. The Dorgan steal of $35,000 for his old traps, we thought divorced the penitentiary from further johbery and the giving of a new contract to Warden Beemer is certainly a grave wrong to tho taxpayers of the state. Minden Courier: Tho most corrupt dealings in the state have been in conncetion with the penitentiary. 1t had become rank and public that the lust republican legislature ap propriated $35,000 to pay off Dorgan, the old clor, aud abolih the system. After some difficulty this was doue. Fast upon the consummation of this deal, a part of the ard of Public Lands and Buildings con- with Mr. Beemor to again assume * of affairs at the penitentiary, reaRired THE PASSING ow, Now If the Cambridge boys are beaten in their athletic contests with those of Yale, what will the poor Britons do? Events tend to confirm the report that Mr. Thomas Catchem Platt carries the left hind foot of a graveyard rabbit in his pocket. Some hardware men in Cincinnati discoy- cred the secret of the transmutation of met- als. They bought 100,000 kegs of iron nails at 95 cents last May and sold them last week at $2.40 a keg. Twenty-four duels between newspaper editors inMadrid are. impending. The Spanish editor considers it a part of his pro- feseion to run through an esteemed contem- porary now and then Tho administration has removed a Massa- chusetts revenue collector who had been printing unfriendly editorials and cartoons in his newspaper. Administration cuts are wholly lacking in humor. Judge Solomon Spurrier of holds that the edible and mysterious wiener wurst fs a lawful attachment to a saloon, and no ordinary collection of aldermen can de- prive it of its inalienable rights. The minister of Venezuela (hreatens to take advantage of the law which grants immunity to representatives of forelgn governments in order to shield an_attache convicted of ruf- flanly conduct in New York City. Twenty thousand packages of cigarettes were presented with cigars innumerable to a battalion of troops which arrived from Spain at Havana recently. The success of the Cuban insurrection is a question of time. In the matter of “old familles” in the United States it is difficult to find any more proudly superior than thos: of Portsmouth. They look down on the old residents of Boston and view with pity all land owners whose ancestors did not get their estates by direct grant from the Indisns, Paris is not enthusiastic over the Universal exposition of 1900, and the idea finds real favor almost solely among the keepers of hotels and lodging houses. One objection made by the people of the city generally is that prices for everything go up during exposition times and are very slow to 8O down. N. B. Bacon of Toledo, 0., a brother-in- law of President Cleveland, has been in viewed. Mr. Bacon says he does not think Mr. Cleveland wants another term in the white house. He also remarks that the president Is u great friend of Whitney, Car- lisle and other democrats of promise and prominence. Information from relative sources would be interesting were it not for the circumstance that Mr. Cleveland can do the family talking when necessary. Political picnics are a distinctive feature of New York life. Political clubs indulge in them annually, and prominent district poli- ticlans make themse.ves solid “‘wid de push” by wide open picnic. of these affairs was given last week by a character known to local fame as “Dry-Dollar” Sullivan. There were speeches and spirits galore, the lattor privilege commanding a bonus of $2,000. "One of the eulogistic effusions per- petrated on the occasion was this: “Truly can we say of such a model statesman, philanthropist and ideal citizen that his name deserves the reverence of posterity, his fame the praise of ages, aud his illustrious deeds the perpetual homage of countless years, and when death, that dark, impene- trable curtain which no' man ever yet puil-d aside to come back to tell the tale, claims him as its own, may the omnipotent God, who has promised etarnal life to those meck and humble of heart, grant to Our Tim to renew his former love and friendship with his legion“of friends and admirers in the realms of heaven.” According to local repute, however, New York's “model statesman’ crowds perilously near the ideal standard of Des Moines Israel Frank of Om: TOWA PRIESS O Sloux Cly Journal: Perhaps 1t wonld be Just as well (o reorganize the management of the Towa state falr. All the Des Moines papers geem to bo sgreed on this point, and when all the Des Molnes papers agree on any point there must be something rotten in the tate of Denmark Davenport Democrat: The Nebraska have boen hit hard court of that state. The court holds that the waters and rivers of the state cannot be used by freigation companies where objections are made by mill owners or others whose intefs cted. There is little it any que ruling is s good law as it s MMENT, Irrigators ot y the suprome tion that th sense ort Domocrat 1t Is announced by etary of Agric ure Morton that W, L. of ‘Omaha will be appointed fish ecom- missioner. Mr. May has had some ffteen vears' experience in the business, at one time holding the position of assistant to the late commissioner, McDonald. Mr. May has tho endorsement of the whole Nebraska delegation in congross Des Moines Leader: The meandered lakes of lTowa cover about 61,000 acres and how title can be obtained to thess lukes or Iake beds I8 a disputed problem. By some it is held that the title is vested in the United States, and by others that the title prssed 1o the state under the swamp land act. Whichover way the problem fs solved the lakes should bs kept from private owner- ship as long as possible, Des Molnes Capltal: For once the national agricultural bureau and the state agricultural burean agree as to the probable aggregate of the Towa corn crop. The na'fonal bureau fixes tho acreage in lowa planted to corn at 8,500, 000 and the gross product at 205,000,000 bush- els. Weather Director Suge agrees with the national bureau as to the 295,000,000 bushels, but he thinks the acreage is 7,500,000 Instead of $.500,000. His estimate is that one-fourth of all the farms in Towa is planted to corn, and the tolal estimato of actual farm land used for ail crop purposes is 30,000,000 acres. The Towa estimate is therefore more flattering than the national estimate, as it gives us & large crop on @ smaller acreage. When It comes to corn this year, Towa s doing busi- ness at the old stand and has the customary yield. We have corn to burn. WHITTLED TO A POINT. The Bitter One: “T tell you, a man zes his mind about his friends and mies.”” “How so, old man?' “His ene- es stop hitting him when he's down, but it's then that his friends begin.” Chicago Record in"a safety deposit va “What's he got in it Che receipt for the rent of the box.*" mith's got a box Cinelnnati Tribune: Jaglet—Do prohibition is declining, Soak? S certainiy, Jag me declining? Philadelphia the any ou think k—Why, Who ever heard of you of Record: “Some men,"” Manayunk Philosopher, ‘“never £pirit il after death.” Truth: Bi they imita you think so? the imitation say have What Idiots glrls are when men! Marle (flattered)-—Do That proves how excellent is. 3rooklyn Bagle: Mother—Fannie, w the capital of Connecticut? verely)—1 don't know. 1 ished ‘geography New York Herald: Hazel—T have the nicest dentists you ever saw In what way? Hazel—Why, b the wrong tooth the other day charge me a cent for It. t1s Fannie ( told you we fin- last’ term. one ot Nutte— pulled out id wouldn't Atlanta Constitution s map of your new rallroad Is imperfect, d the judge. “Imperfect, vour honor?" “Yes, sir! There's your station, there's your tank, and there's your coal chute. Now, where in thunder i3 your recelver?'” Chicago Post: “I am beginning to think that Darwin was right and that we all de= scended from monkeys."" “Why s “The bicycle scorchers show evidences of returning to the primitive state.” Albany Argus: “Perhaps boil it down,” suggested the space writer. “Wouldn't do_any good,” said the ob- durate editor. ‘“Take a galion of water and boil it down to a pint, and it would ptil) be nothing but water. if 1 were to AN APPEAL. Catletsburg (Ky.) Democrat, The wind bloweth, dhe water floweth, The subscriber oweth, And the Lord knoweth We are in need of our dues; 0, come a runnin' This thing of dunnin® Gives us the blues. st TO ETERNITY ON TH BIKE, Boston Globe. One parson sa multitude— E'en leaving out the ladies— Upon their bicycles, today, Are steering strafght for Hades. Another vows he's visions had whlueh more to mortal Iiking, herein he saw on heaven's gold strests The blessed angels biking. Their wheels, we're told, were gllded To match the heavenly Nighwayss " O And pretty saints in bloomers sped Along the gleaming byways. Thus parsons, tho' they're prejudices Botwixt ‘em make s fee) howe: Whichever w body's hound, He “'gets there” on a wheel now, Male cyclers still may take short cut To Sheol thro' Chicago, % Tho' biking salnts in bloomers there Are under an embargo. After the Fair is Over- It was a grand week--Omaha his done herself proud—such crowds--such business--such winds--Oh, Well, its all over now—and we—that is us—will conw tinue at the old stand to dispense pure woul suits, made up by experienced tailor: we can make—except other to last—suits svch as only tailors—but how they d° charge for it-—while we —sell you a good su't for $8,50 —better foa $10—$12.50—$15—818 to $30—and over_ coats the same way.—If we haven't already supplied you with boys’ suits you'll find we have lots of 2-pieco suits commencing at $2.50, Browning, King & Co. S. 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