Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 14, 1895, Page 4

4 = = E OMAHA DAILY l‘;nn B, NOSEWATE VERY MORNING. TEIME OF SURSCRINTION. (Without Sunday), One Year v and Sunday, One ¥ Dally o 11 Daily Blx Mo Threo Junday 3nturday | OFFICE i1ing, k., Corner N o4d 24h Sta, s 13, Tutlding. . 14 and 15, Tribun 07 ¥ Street N. W. tor. Omaha, D be made s NT OF CIRCULATION. K, secratary of The STATEM Georga 1. Trsch Hshing the actual nun the Daily Morning, Auring the mor 2 10, 19,234 10 19°%3 20141 Yo s 0 151 1413 10,258 i L T88ATH 3] arned Tens dedu coples Net mion Daity ave Sworn to etore me’ and. wis ey MM G ORRIL, Ny rubite. s o AP Ko bl AR A TIf Turkey fsn't a sick man literally as well ns figuratively it s not beeanse 1t has not hoeen worried enough to make any person sick Tsn't it about time for President Cleveland to give the fish a rest and commence his annuAl havoe with the ducks and geese? Politics are getting mixed in Utah. It the people out there can get so worked up in territorial times what will they do after Gtal shall have be- come a state? The potition candidate for chief fus- tiee of Kansas on the independent free siiver resubmission ticket has agreed to run. e will probably do well it he gets as far as the end of his platform. Arkansas attorneys are busily en- _gaged in punehing holes in the law gov- erning prize fighting, in order that the pugs may punch holes in one another without getting into the clutehes of the law officers. A society for the punishment of bi- "cyele thieves will probably be one of the enrly additions to the already large number of our national organizations Dbent upon the achievement of so many Qifferent purposes. Down in Chillicothe, Mo., they are prosecuting disbarment proceedings against an attorney charged with sub- ornation of perjury. A few disbar- ment proceedings in the state of Ne- braska might be conducive to the eleva- tion of the standard of legal practi- tioners. Men and muscle make money. A few thousand more intelligent farmers and twice as many more intelligent farm hands and mechanics can find the best opportunities in Nebraska for building up and developing a new country. We can’t welcome too many industrious im- migrants. Union Pacific reorganization will be one of the important topics before the approaching session of congress. No city in the union other than Omaha has so vital an interest in the reclama- tion of this great property from the hands of recelvers and its complete restoration as a flourishing enterprise. Chicago 1s looking into the matter of electrolytic corrosion of water pipes caused by the street motor wires. This fell destroyer of subterranean mains is in evidence in every large city of the country. Pipes running through moist earth are rapidly consumed by the chemlical action of vagrant electricity Farmers report that the proceeds of thelr beet crops exceed the returns from any other crop they have culti- vated. Sugar beet cultivation promises to be oue of the most profitable fields of agriculture ever exploited In Ne- braska. With new beet sugar factories well distributed throughout the state the beet crop will attain a relative fm- portance up to this time unheard of. That sccond-hand engine “just as good as new” bought on recommenda tion of would-be Mayor Broateh has Alveady been delivered at the Soldiers' he at Grand Island. It won't be put in running order for some little time yet, but that will not prevent the thrifty firm of Russell, Churchill & Co. from seeing that the ‘price is paid for it without waiting to learn whether it W as represented or not. Sneering at reform has been the weapon with which the machine poli- tician and the Dboodler seeks to strengthen his grip upon the spoils of office. If reform does not mean any- thing more than the breaking up of combines and rings it Is a great step forward. Crying down reforn by de- crying the motives of the men engaged In its promotion is only the cry of the wolf who accuses the lamb of riling the water. —_— Now it is Pittsburg where jobbery and thievery In the city offiees are being unearthed. In Pittsburg, how- ever, it is a subcommittee of the city council that Is making the discoverles and that has taken steps for the prose- cution of the miscreant officials,. But where the city officials all stand to- gether and refuse to do their plain duty toward derelict associates the remedy must be sought by the people at the polls, If the public officers upon whom the duty devolves fail to turn the ras- cals out the citizens must do it them- selves. ?the ontire political atmosphere THE OMAHA DAILY VERY STRONG INDEED. ¢ The ticket is conaiderad a very strong one, | and will alinvat certainly be elected from top | {to bottom. Tiroatch fs too woll known to | [ Jourpal readers to demand anytbivg more | than passing mention. He one of the | members of the new Roard of Fire and Polics and was mayor one term and part of another, | Ho 18 vote-getter, but will be antagonized | almest solidly by tie saloon element, who, | with the houses of viee and gambling, will | b fighting Wim on account of his well known | aihesion to law and society. The rest of the ticket Is composed of experfonced men, but | few of them have beon mixed up in politics.— { Omaba special to the Lineoln Journal | | The reliable Omalia corvespondent of !'the Lincoln Journal struek the nail jon the head. The dervish city ticket is Ivory strong. Like raueid butter its strength smells to heaven and mentes | of the Jthirty square miles comprised within the Timits of the eity. It is true that mtch s too [known to demand anything more than ing mention, In other respeets we | rot to note a slight impediment in | \eity of this enthusiastic admiver lof th ish ticket. It is Broateh od ax mayor of Omaha | {eluhit months longer than the term for | | which hie ind been clected. But that was | due to the interference of the judiciary Is well der true that | Russell was chairman and | | which in mutilating the O ter | { forced Broateh upon the people by po Iponing the election of his snecessor from | April to December. Tt s true that | Broateh 18 a vote-getter, very much in the sense that Maveriek Brander of the Texas Steer district was a vote-getter by honestly paying for every vote he re- | evtved, If the saloons, gnmblers and dive keep- ers will be solidly arrayed Broateh what W the object of making Broateh and Vandervoort police com- missionc Were they not put thore solely to control that vote for the ’(lur\'l:‘hv-fl, big and little? If the gamblers 1d dive keepers are now opposed to tronteh when did the break between these high-contracting parties ocenr? Didn't Broateh ereate the burnt distriet whi'e he was mayor? Aniis he not now currying special favor from “houses of vice™ by discontinuing the periodic ar- vest and fine of the inmates? How did it come, too, that one of the hardest works for Broatch among the del gates to the sh convention was the chief proprietor of the old Dimmond, and a democrat at that? Broatch must have a peculinr faculty of adhering to law and society while at the same time mak- ing himself solid with people who know no law and are not in polite so- clety. It is decidedly refreshing to be in- formed that barring Mr. Broatch the rest of the ticket is composed of experi- enced men who have not been mixed up in politics, This is news as is news. Bdwards, who gained notoriety as one of Broatch’s Twenty-eighters six year: ago, and for negrly four years has been a member of the city counell, is a stranger to politics! Westberg, who has been a eandidate before half a dozen conventions, for nearly four years Comp- troller Olsen’s chief deputy and one of the leaders In the A. . A. councils, is another stranger to polities! So are Beecher Highy and 8. 1. Gordon, both ward politicians from away back and office holders at the present moment. The Hon. Jim Allan, who has no known ocenpation except polities and has occu- pied responsible positions in the cloak rooms as well as on the floor of the legis- Inture, is also as much of a tenderfoot in polities as his associates on the ticket The inteasion of these men into the politieal arena at this time is no doubt spontaneons and in response to the frre- sistible popular demand for men who come fresh from the green fields and workshops p CHANCE FOR THE COMMISSION. It would seem that recent events in railway civeles offer an opportunity for the Interstate Commerce commission to at least institute an inquiry as to whether or not the course of the com- panies conforms with the law. Las week the roads inaugurated a rate war and kept it up for several days. It was said by some of the experts in such matters that the rates made were in direct and fingrant violation of the pro- vision of the act to regulate commerce which forbids that any charge shall he made upon a long haul at & lower rate that that charged upon a short haul The war is now over and the roads have restored the old rates, but this hardly furnishes a valid reason for the commission taking no notice of what has ocenrred, If it was in violation of the law. With the ending of the r; cutting the roads are now considering what may be done to maintain rates and among other things it is proposed to ereate a freight pool. The statement is that all business, both east and west- bound, is to be pooled, the pooling ar- rangement to go into effect January 1 next, and to continue in effect for at least one year from that date. Now the anti-pooling clanse of the interstate commerce law is very elear and ex- plicit, and it would certainly scem to he the duty of the commission to ertain whether or not the pooling scheme of the railroads is in conflict with the law. The proposed action of the roads raises a question which it is not unreasonable to expect the commission to take notice of. Unfortunately there-is little reason to believe this expectation will be real- | ized. As a contemporary well sa the railroad men generally beliey that the Interstate Comme: commis sfon would enforce the law it is not likely that they would deliberately put themselves in the way of severe pun- ishment. At no time since the commission was created has it appeared to be of as little value as now, and a great many people will agree with the Boston Ad- vertiser that the law as at present ad ministered is of little use and even of some public detriment, for the reaszon that it is rarely enforced agalust the | rich and powerful railroads, inasmuch as these roads are quite willing to re- fuse to obey distasteful orders of the commission. On the other hand, says our contemporary, the individual ship- | pers and small, weak roads are wsually kept In constant fear of the commis- sion, unless they bLave been shrewd 'vnuuxh to recognize the position already assumed by the laeger ronds and the apparent inability of the commission to enforee its own commands, “At all ovents,” says the Advertiser, “the sit- uation has now reached such a point that it is plain that efther the interstate commerce net should be repealed or its enforcement handed over to regular legal officers of the United State or that such legislation should be enacted, or such appointments made, that the Interstate Commerce commission will be changed from a weak and inefficient body to an arm of the executive gov- ernment, whose commands would instantly obeyed by all who should he subject to those commands. In a word, the law should be enforced or re- pealed.” Undoubtedly the public senti ment of the country is favorable to the Jlaw, or to the principle it embodies, and no party would now venture to repeal it, but unquestionably there is a wide- spread feeling that something shonld be done to make the lnw effective in reg- ulating the railronds and compelling the corporations to respect its require ment: That they are not doing =o is A matter of common knowledge. WHAT IT WILL ACCOMPLISH. If the citizens' veform movement shonld accomplish nothing more this fall than the election of nine clean and capable candidates for the council five honest and competent membe of the school board its labors wiil not have been in vain. But it will do moy it will clect a mayor whom every citizen ean depend on to stand up for the public interests as against those of dishonest contractors, corporate com- bines and public plunderers of ey deseription. It will give the city a tre rer whe will have no obligations to eancel or city money to advance to the gang. It will give the city a comptroller who will attend to the duties of the office and keep strict check upon every dollar in the treasury and every claim und voucher that is presented. It will place in every other office, city and county, men who possess the requisite qualifications for the business entrusted to them, and who will intro- duee business methods into ey de- partment of local government. Last, but not least, it will assist in clevating the standard of the judiciary of the distriet and vitalizing the prin- ciple of a nonpartisan judiciary, re- moved as far as possible from the cess- pools of ward politics. It will through its efforts bring about the overthrow of the star-chamber c bines which have fomeunted secta. contention, promoted extravagance, cor- ruption and defaleation and increased the burdens of taxation almost to the point of confiscation, AS TO THOMAS SWOBE. The only objection raised to the eandi- dacy of Thomas Swobe for city treas- urer is that he is one of the sureties on the bond of ex-Treasurer Henry Bolln. Mr. Swobe's competeney is not called into question. Nor is his integrity. He placed in charge of the ity treas- s office Jast summer without even being asked to give a bond, and during the interval between June 18 and the assuwwption of the oflice by Treasurer Dumont he collected and covered into the city depositories $211.000. When Mr. Swobe's name was sent into the council ¢ Mayor Bemis the reason urged by the couneil combine against his confir- nation was not that he was one of the bondsmen of Bolln, but that he would be strengthened as a candidate for the sfice this fall and be in the way of the inbition of President Bdwards. Now wherein does the fact that Mr. Swobe is one of Bolln's sureties disqual- ify lhim for the office of treasurer? 4low would that in any way interfere with the honest discharge of his duties? If he comes into office it will be after january 1, 1896, when the extent of the recent defaleation will have been ascer- tained and reported. Whatever his are of the deficit may be Mr. Swobe ot avoid his lability nor decrease v a single dollar if he becomes city treasur The four experts who hav been at work checking up the books since the middle of July should have eported long ago, and they certainly must have finished long before Mr. Du- mont’s term of office expir In the parlance of the lawyer the objoc tion raised against Mr. Swobe's candi- dacy is incompetent, irrelevant and im- material and without any foundation having been laid for it. THE WEST INCIDENT. It would seem that the wise conrse in vegard to the Lord Sackville-West sereed would be to dismiss it from con- sideration, but it appears that Seeretar: Olney is not disposed to do this. He is reported to be comsidering what action should be taken looking to the vindication of the action of this gov- ernment in sending West home. It is d that Ambassador Bayard's attitude on the subject will doubtless to a con siderable extent influence the State de partment in any representations which it may make or may decline to make in the premises. Should the American ambassador the opinion that Lis usefulnoes be seriously im. paired without disavowal from the British government of the expressions of the former minister it is thought to be extremely likely that prompt com- munication will be had on the part of our government with the British for- eign office, calling for such disavowal of the sentiments expressed by Lord Sack- ville in his pamphles It will seem to most people, we have no doubt, that this is giving the matter an importance which it dees not intrinsically posse The utterances of a man like Lord Sackville do not merit any such con sideration from our government, and the effect of giving them int tional significance would be to most undesery- edly dignify their author, As to Mr. Bayard, the view of M. orge W. Smalley that kville's | charges will do the ambasador no harm | is undoubtedly corveet. Certainly it Mr. Bayard has not by this time made himself so strong in the favor of the English people as to be proof against an attack of this kind a disavowal from the British governwment would ha v help him. The Amerlcan ambassador has im- nd | DAY OCTOBER 14 1895, proved to e follest extent every oppor- Ingland afffl ¥ tmpress upon English- {men the kifulfy, feeling that the admin [istration has for thelr conntry, man who has ever!represented the United States at the doul f St James w more solicitous than Mr. Bayard | been to make himself liked by Englisi men and Be his labored to this end to little advangigedf his usefulness can be fmpaired by an attack from snch a | source as Lovd 8ackville, It must, how- Y be excecdingly irritating to Mr. ard, after all his manifestations of n for England, to be thus wantonly assailed by an Englishman, little sympathy. Taylor, the defaulting ex-treasurer of South Dakotn, has induced the supreme ot of that state to reduce his pen | ttentiary from five to two years. This means that, prisoner will be kept in confinement but elghteen months, Two months have al lelapsed since sentence will be deducted for good behavior. The net proceeds of Taylor's fraudulent practices, without re reimbursed the s sentence mounted into the | lndreds of thousands of doliars. Tay [Tor must be kicking himself that he did not come back sooner and be so much | nearer the end of his penitentiary s | Journ and the enjoyment of the fruits | of his rascality No man ean be president who is not nominated in Chicago,” exclaims one of | the overenthusiastic advocates of Chi- eago as the conventlon city. Perhaps! But what about Washington and the other carly presidents who were elected presidents before Chicago was out of its swaddling clothes? What about Ulysses 8. Grant and Rutherford B. Hayes? Chiengo is a good place to hold national conventions, but so are several other cities in the country. The thrifty firm of Kussell, Churchill & Co. appears to have enlisted the sup- vort of the penitentiary subcontractors i its® attempt to foist one of its ereatures into the penitentiary man- agement. The stake is a $101,000 ap- propriation for the maintenance and support of the state's prisoners, and with such a temptation we may be sure no stone will be left unturned to fileh every cent of it from the treasury supplicd by the : Sure Bignw of Betterment. Kansas City Star, Fifteen thousand new cars and 160 new locomotives have been ordered this fall by the rallroads centering at Chicago. This is tho greatest crder iever placed in one season for cars and engines, and still further adds to the mountain of, proof that the great west i entering on, anather era of wonderful pros- perity. ; Sl i Stiverilom Fairly Happy. Dénver Republican. A further risg of 12 cents an ounce In sil- ver will put its'price back where it was' be- fore the panic. B at the present price silver production in Colorado Is as profit- able as it was before the closing of the In- dlan mints, because the reduction In smelt- Ing charges, sini wages and.in frelght rates have fully offset the decline fn the price of the product caused by that event. With the production of gold rapidly increasing, silver holding its own in the quantity produced and galning in price, Colorado is doing very well,” thank you. s el Dronth Girded the Earth. Philadelphia Record, Paris is experiencing the abnormal heat Which lately affiicted this country, and Flam- marlan, the astrouomer, declares that in more than 200 years thére has never been such a cloudless September. The drouth, it thus appears, has preity well girdled the carth, a condition which suggests that it may be of superterrestrial origin, but Flam- marian’s theory that the heat and drouth are symptomatic of a coming collision with Faye’s come!, while creditable to the fn. agivative powers of the gifted Frenchman. FEsts too largely on a basis of fancy to excite apprehension in the popular mind in either hemisphere, —— Partisanshin and Philadelphia It is usual for party leaders and party JTgANs to Insist upon the full party vote for judge when their party happens to be in the majority in the district, but it is just as universal for party organs and leaders of the same political faith to Insist upon an independent judiciary and entirely independ. ent voting for judges in districts whero they are in the minority. The duty of disregard. ing party appeals for the election of judges 18 thus confesscd by every political organisa tion, and when organs attempt to force th, election of a less competent candidate over & better man on the opposing ticket, intelligent and fair-minded people should disregard all such efforts and vote with entire manliness and independence for the best candidate for Judge. The safety of life, property and social order depends upon a ‘thoroughly honest and faithful judiciary, and we appeal to every considerate voter of the staie to vote for judges entirely on the merits of candidaten and entirely without regard to partisan fn. terests. A DI the Judiciary, Times, —— ouragzing Prospect. Fhiladelphia Press. The report of Captain Anderson, superin- tendent of Yellowstone National park, is in one respect discouraging. The Yellowstone park is cne of the greatest natural wonders of the world—perhaps the greatest. It con- tains within Its borders many wonderful an1 beautiful things, such as can be seen no- where else. Much has hcen dane to make travel In the park easier and more com- fortable. To reach it people from the east travel through the great and growing west and thus learn something of thelr own coun try. But instead of increasing, the number of visitors is ,decreasing. In 1590 nearly 4,000 persons visitéd the park; 1893 the number was 3076; last year, 1,635, and this year up to July, When the report was made, the number was ouly 425. Over 500 horses are kept in the park for stage purposes alone. Considering the bxpefise of maintaining trans- portation and Hetels, it is evident that if travel continues to fall off there will have to be a decided deérease in the facilities for caring for visitots:| But travel to Furope increases rapldly, | It Is not an encouraging prospect. i General Mahone as a Soldier. Charleston News and Courler. There is now ini the possession of a dis- tirguished southern gentleman a letter con- talning an account of an interesting little dinver party given.dn honor of General Le:. of the leiter states, he asked General Lee several questions -concerning the relative merits of the most conspicuous generals in the confederate army. The ability of Stone- wall Jackson, Joe Wheeler, Albert Sidney Johuston and a pumber of others was men- ticned by General Lee. Finally he mentioned the name of Gemeral Mahone, and to the surprise of some of the guests present re- marked that of all the generais in the con- federate army he regarded General Mahone as the most efficient executive officer. Con- tinuing, he said that if anything should hap- pen to him (Lee) that would deprive him of the power of conducling the struggle to the end, he belleved General Mahone to be the man_best qualified to take command of the southern army and coutinue the fight, The letter fs stlll in existence. Some of the parties who were present at that little in- formal divner when Goneral Lee pald this high tribute to General Mahone are still living. The text of thia letter will some day be given to the public in connection with other interssting remiunlscences about Gen- eral Lee, rence to the sums | Wkhile the dinner was in progress, the writer | tunity to show how cordially he likes | but from most Americans he will have | LOCAL CAMPAIGN CHATTER. Pote Schwenk was standing in the dervish city convention on Saturday, his hands buried desp In his trousers pockets, when a man asked him: ““Are you Mr. Sciwenk?" “That's my name,” replled Schwenk, promptly. I thought It was," replied the gentleman, “but did not know but that I might be mistaken, s 1 see you have your hands in your own ots.” “What do you expect a fellow to exclaimed Pete, “when he Is in such company 7" R. Scott head the derv! Cunningham Broateh tickots, for a vindicati fore the people this fall and they get It by & large majority. and William J n be- will both It is currently reported that Johnny Clarke pulied a wad of greenbacks out of his ca- pacious pocket and counted out $38, which he handed to a Third ward trusly, with the Injunction that he should carry the war for Droatch. The trusty felt so outraged and | Insulted that he indignantly pocketed the pit- | | { ay | and four months | tacking | | able,” tatice and put in his time sawing wood. Think | of $38 to carry the Third ward! tainly must have known better. John cer- Noticeably there was one essential feature in the republican city convention. Macleod and Van Alstine did not erect their lightning rods, The official organ of the dervishes has sin- ed Ben Baker as the only candidate as yet settled for especial mention, It to him as ‘“the genlal, affable and ete. Let's see. According to Kditor Iif's scale it is “‘genial” $5, “affable” $10, “able” $15. That's on'y $30, Ben. Why didn’t you play the string out and get in something about a “splendid legal mind" ($15) and ‘““conceded qualifications for a judicial position” (§20). A man can't get a nomina- tion but once in four years and shouldn't be stingy when a really low scale is at %is command and the “golden” age of puffery in its zenith. refers The story goes that both ‘Winspear and Sa- ville offered to support Broatch at the pri- mary elections if he would promise to re- appoint them. He refused, and they both worked for Chaffee at the primaries. That wou'd be important if true. Who, that knows Broatch, will believe that he refused to promise anything to anybody who could glve him a vote? Solon L. Wiley was opposed to the nomina- tion of Broatch, but got his wires crossed some way. Wiley was for Broatch in '89 and had the limit raised on him until he didn’t feel like backing him again in an oft year. He'll have to ante up now and look pleasant, Scott says he will pay all his just bills. Let him fix a date for payment and see how many people will get injured in the rush. Paul Vandervoort insists that he Is for Dr. Peabody for mayor. Now Paul don't belleve that himself and shouldn't ask honest popu- lists to swallow his guff. Paul is the same Paul who tried to get the ministerial assocla- tion to endorse the candidacy of Broatch six vears ago. Wanted—The names of good men who have coachmen who are able and willing to be coerced. All communications strictly confi- dential. Address W. J. B., Bachelor’s Quar- ters, The dervish city convention turned J. F. Burgess down for renomination for the Board of Edueation. That was the penalty Mr. Bur- gess paid for refusing to vote for the dis- missal of Catholic teachers at the dictation of Israel Frank, Sam Macleod and George Stryker. However, it is easier to turn a man down in a convention than it is at an elec- ton, Broatch swears that he coerced his coach- man into voting for George W. Lininger for mayor in 1889. The question is now, Will Mr. Lininger return the compliment by co- ercing his coachman into voting for Broatch this fall? Hamlet Hitcheock's soliloquy: If T oppose Broatch I'll lose the liquor licsnse printing; It T oppose Gordon I'll lose the city adver- tising. How weary, flat, stale and unprofita- ble seem to me all the uses of the world. George L. Dennis was not a supporter of Broatch, but as a democrat he held an office under Cushing, whom Broatch helped to elect. It is fitting that Colonel Dennis should be on the same dervish ticket with Broatch. A Dennis on the school board! When Colonel Bill Paxton read the World- Herald yesterday he repeated with increased vigor the expression he had made earlier in the campalgn, “D—m a paper that’s nobody’s nothing.” e The Partixan Organ Played Out. Cincinnati Enquirer. The partisan journalism which sees nothing but virtue on its own side and only sin on the other s gradually going out. There is an almost universal popular demand for the truth. There is a public protest against the old-time practice of humbugging. There is hope Uhat a time may come when a man or woman may expect to find, in any reputable newspaper” that may be at hand, the truth about political meetings and other events in politics. P The Tide Turns Westward, Minneapolis Journal. Since the opening of September New York bank holdings have decreased $31,386,000, or 17 per cent. That means money flowing 1o the interior for business purposes, and also it means_that if the outflow is kept up money rates will strengthen in New York so that foreign money will show up for loaning pur- poses and gold exports may be declared off for at least ninety days. way we want it—the way you want it— Tailor made. fitting—the long wearing kind—that would to cost you a month’s salary if you went to a small tallor—but we employ so many tailors and make so many suits and overcoats from our own specially selected cloths that our prices begin at $8.50- & BROWNING, KING & CO. 0 e 0 R A A 0 SR 4 o0 O o R h Judicial and city | THE SUPREME JUDGESHIP, Central City Nonparell: Twenty years ago | Judgo Maxwell might have beon an available | candidate, but the people want younger, | fresher and more vigorons blood Plattsmouth New A splendid tickst was | pamed. T, L. Norval for justice of the su- | preme court was a recognition of his high services for the past six years in that ca- | pac where he has honored the party an himself. | Cozad Tribune (rep) |of deliberation, Judge cepted the popiliet nomination ‘jlldl!ln but he brok e populist | doing so by his failure to come out fledged populist. Wood River Intarests: val was renominated by a | republican state convention Wednesday. Norval's record as a judge has | been clean and upr although there has | been the usual cant about his being a rail- | road tool. | Beatrice Expresa Plattsmor | thinks Judge Maxwell “knows just as a1 he did when he was a republican | and complains that the state press is flippant” with his name. We do not concur Judge Maxwell shows evident signs of sen flity or he is a political ingrate of the first magnitude Wayne Herald: Judge Norval, the repub- lican nominee for supreme judge, has won distinction on the bench in Nebra foarless and a man of ex: mplar; he comes before the people un: re-clection s an assured fact. | be trusicd to give her old | majority this fall, | llerton Journal: Judge Maxwel | | | After Maxwell many weeks finally ac- for supreme heart in a full- o ef Justice Nor- at Lincoln character od and his Nebraska may time republican ccpted the nomination for the sup at the hands of the populist part his letter of ac nce of the empty b | he does not hint by word or thought tha | endorses in any way a eingle principle wh | they advocate, while he goes ot of is way to say that he still pins bis faith to the na- tional republican party. York Times: No state conventlon was ever more harmanious nor more wise and prudent than was the one recently held by the re- publicans at Lincoln. There was not the least triction nor complaint of any kind, and every good republican Is pleased with tho ticket. Judge Norval is known throughout the state, and beyond the boundarles of our state, as a clear level-eaded lawyer and Judge, and his opinions always command re- spect. s iy NO DIVORC IN THEIRS, Loufsville Courfer-Journal: South Caro- lina’s copstitutional convention has adopted 2 sectlon forbidding the granting of divorces for any cause and declaring divorcss granted in other states to be invalid in South Caro- lina. Does South Carolina mean to declare War on the stage? Kansas City Star: Because divorces are too easily obtained in some states and communi- tles it does not follow that South Carolina | can forbid them altogether, or that it has | the right not to recognize divorces which have been allowed elsewhere. The South Carolina conventlon would better decide to stand by the constitution of the United States in the treatment of the race question and give up the impossible attempt to render matri- mony eternally binding and irrevocable by law. One s about as impractical and foolish as the other. Buffalo Express: Under the new constitu- tion of South Carolina, if the provision pro- posed is adopted, the &tate will not only re- fuse to grant divorces, but will also refuse to recognize divorces granted in_other states. Thus, any South Carolinians desiring to be divorced ‘will have to remove permanently from the state. Such an extreme law em- phasizes again the need for uniform marriage and divorce laws throughout the union, but It shows, also, the practical Impossibility of securing such uniformity through the agree- ment of the states themselves. Washington Star: While there are few people who will agree that the action of the South Carolina convention was altogsther wise, there are many who would welcome the adoption of laws absolutely preventing divorce in some of the states where releaso from matrimonial bonds is now nothing more than pastime. There should be rigid laws passed by every commonwealth defining pre- cisely the grounds upon which two persons In the married state may be legally parted, There is no doubt that the present laxity of such leglslation permits, and, indeed, inspires many thoughtless and silly people who have no Ideas of the responsibliities of matrimony to enter into the state with the intention of breaking the bond as soon as the companion- ship becomes either irksome or unprofitable. Rigid divorce laws would prevent this repre- hensible practice and would be of great moral benefit to the whole country. THE PASSING SHOW, Lord Sackville's lamentations serve to show that the fool-killer let slip some tempting opportunities, Although accounts are irritatingly meagre, it 1a conceded that Mrs, Rainilixorivoni, queen of Madagascar, escaped with her name. Notwithstanding the provocation of his own home town, General Harrison limits his Impulses to “brilliant flashes of silence.” In view of the quantity available, it is sug- gested that a little Standard ofl might calm the troubled waters that roll between the Chicago university and Prof. Bemis, The prohibitionists of Pennsylvania dls- covered, after adjournment, that they had nowinated for office a man who had been dead six months. It is not the first time the prohibs perpetrated a stiff bluff, The mayor of Chicago has concluded to ap- ply for a divorce of the city government from politics. A recent striking experience convinced him that the eccentricities of the primary are as difficult to manage as the festive flea, Mrs. Amelia Rives Chanler, the noted author, has sccured a divorce from her husband on the ground of “incompatibility of temper.” Mr. Chanler Is a methodical busi- ness man, devold of the tumultuous passions described by his wife prior to her marrfage. This dafect In his make-up, coupled with the “eceentricitien of genlus” in the wife, proved exceedingly monotonous as a steady bill of tare. Fire losses in the United States and Canada for September amounted to $10,766,30 for the nine months of the year to $96,277, 900. This i= a uecrease of $1,500,000 compared with the same period of 1894, and $25,000,000 short of the nine months’' record of 1893. Ordinarily a showing like this would be sufficient argument for a reduction of first cost, but in the bands of men truly expert, ren flgures can talk lucidly for an ad- jos ot Fifteen Houses To supply clothing for— fifteen of the largest in the country—is reason enough for making our own cloth- ing—but there are others The most fashionable clothing—the perfect amation by the | | gogue Able, | THE DISTRICT JUDGES, <A Wonderfal Pale o Dreaw To. Lincoln News (rep): It the judicial nom« 1 ons are any criterion the republican or ganization In Douglas county must be under the conteol of factions that hode no good to It. At the convention Saturday t nominated, among other candidates, for district judge, Den 8. Baker and C. R. Scott. Baker Is the mun who, as United States district attorney and charged with the dut ot prosecuting that arch robber, Charile Mosher, to the best of his ability, usod Nis influence and his position to get him off with the lightest sentence allowed by law. His excuse was that it was the best thing he could do, but his actions and his sympathios plainly belfed his words. The republicans of Douglas county must be in a bad way If they have no better judicial timber than that, Scott is the wan who has made for himselt the namo of being a Judicial tyrant and dema- of the most obnoxious sort, it the Omaha papers are to bo belleved, and who s making his campalgn apparently on the ground that he has been made a vietim of newspaper persecution Papllion Times (dem.): dicial convention at Omaha last Saturday was controlled absolutely by Judge Scott and the A. P. A and In consequerce every aspiring candidate who did not bow the knee at King t's shrine was ruthlessly slaughtered. The fitness and ability of candidates cut no figure at all. The only qualification neces- ary to success was loyalty to Scott and his dark lantern secret s To tho Times It appears strange that a great political organ- fzation like tho republican party shculd per- mit its management to pass entirely into the hands of a hungry horde of political free- booters, .who serve the devil first, themselves next, and their country last; strange that the ime leaders of the once grand old party ud sit fdly by and see that party become a stepping stone upon which the scum of Omaha may mount to place and power. And yet such Is the situation. Hell has no firmer hold upcn its inmates than that outcast of hell—King Scott—has upon the ropublican or- ganization in this district, It may be true that some of the nominees have not yet de- scended to the depths of fnfamy and dishonor In which their chief has pitched his tent, but it is equally true that they are all upon the bread highway which will lead them there. Indecd, one of the nominees—Ben Baker—Is a close competitor with his chief for honors in rascality. His Is a record which no decent man would want, one which none but a gullt-seared consclence would dare expose to good men's g They are all of the same society, whose members are oath- bound to violate the state and natlonal con- stitutions, whose sacred provisions they will, it elected, be called upon to guard, enforce and defend. Will the thousands of loyal eitl- zens who hold republican principles dear ald such men to judicial positions in this dls- trict? Wil the peoplo of the district per- mit the humiliating word to go abroad that Nebraska has sold herself and her officlal places to a soclety whose motto fs “malice, and whose shibboleth is “bigotry?” May a merciful God and the good sense of the peos ple forbid! The republican ju- THE CKET. ew York World: Askins—Is there any truth in the report that Tankley was spir- ited away? Teller—Yes, he died of delirium tremens. Detre Miss F Life: De Gar Free Press: “You neyer told ma Irgirl was an athlete.” “Well, iy Yes, she has thrown me over, u intend to marry her, why did nt to her riding g bieyele when vou are =o opposed to them Merritt—Well, T knew she would have her way in the end, and 1 fizured up that by Fiving In now her father would have 19 pay for the wheel. Detrolt Free Press: Customer (In_dry goods store)—Will this stuff wash? Clerk (from Boston)—No, madam. Customer— Well, T don't want it. Clerk—But it can be washed, madam. Harlem Life: The Author—I think I have a good idea for a detective story. Hig Wife—What is the idea? The Author—I will have the detective trace an umbrella to its original owner. Texas Siftings: Wife—Shall I put your dlamond “stud In your shirt, dear. Hus- band—What an earth are you' thinking of? Do vou want to ruin me? { have a meeting with my creditors this morning. Chicago Tribune: “You A contributor dropping in a while, I presume?’ with an affablo smile. “Certainly not, sir. Sit down," replied the gditor, pushing” the waste bisket toward him. don’t object to into "poetry once said the caller, Cleveland Plain Deales nozzle?' screamed Prof. Roarbett, the champion of champions, “afrald of him? T'd fight him with my dying breath!"” Tndianapolis Journal: “Do you think," said the ambftious young man, “that ‘T ever will make a competence with my volce “Well,” said the outspoken man, “‘perhaps you might use it fer hollerin’ ‘apples.’ " Judge: Mrs. Nurich—You can't think, Brother Caleb, what an expense it's been to us learning’ Amelia to play the pjanner. Brother Caleh (dolefully)—It can't compare with what I had to pay out when George was learning to play the races. And he didn’t learn much elther. Waghington Star: jons,” remarked one of the . “And vet, T'll bet anything he will be on the delinquent tax Iist, as usual.’ “Yes," was the reply. “I never in my life knew @a man so crazy to get his name in print.” “Afraid of Fitz- be able to Bunking s worth mil- slerks in the HELPFUL ADVICE, Detroft News, ng pulse, | »d upon his tongue, And took his temp'rature three times, And hammered on his lung. ) i BLEN “A change of clime may save your life,” This warning sad he hurled A that poor patient who had just Been sailing 'round the world. 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