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THE CVMAITA DAILY MON DAY , MAY 81. 1807.
THE OMAHA DAILY
u. nosKWATKTt. Editor.
I > UIIITRI > ID nvnnv MOHNINO.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Daily ! ! ( Without Sunday ) , One YW..I8 M
Daily llee ami Sunday , One Vear >
Six Monihi < J5J }
Three Montln J.S
Sunday me , One Year J * >
BnluMAy llee , One Year l"
Weekly Ute. On * Ycnr w
OFFICES :
Omnlia : The U * * Ilulldlng.
South Ornalm : Blngcr lllk. . Cor. N and tn sit.
Council Ulutl : 10 I'carl Street.
UilcuKO oillcei 117 Clumber ot Commtrct.
New Yotk ! Iloom 13. 14 and 15 , Tribune Hldg.
Wnsnlngton ! Mil Fourlprnth Street.
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All commnnlcntlnnii relatlnB to ncwii Bnd Ml-
lotWI matter uliould be nddresimll To the i-dltor.
BUSINESS LKTTKnS.
All business letters nnd remittance * ( liould bo
tdilrctied tr The lice 1'ubllililnR Comjian ) ,
Onmtm. Irnft ( check * , cxpresn nt ix > tt > mo
money order * to be made payable to tlie order
CTHK nku runusinxa COMPANY.
STATEMENT OK CIHCUI.AT1ON.
Blnte of Nebraska , Douglas County , !
lleorB * H. Tztchuck. Sccictarv of The llf * rub-
Jlthlni ; company , being duly iwnrn , says " " > ' * ' "
nctunl numl r of full and trmjilcte copies of Tlie
Dally Morning , Hvcnlnp nnd Hunday life printed
during the mt.nth of April , 1507 , wnn follows *
deductions for un-old nnd returned -
turned copies 10,3. )
Totnl nut fifties
Net dnlly nvcrncc ' v.v. . '
nr.onorc n. T/.scnucu.
Bworn to boforc me. nnd tubicrlbeil In my
presence , thin 3il dny of May , 1807.
( Seal. ) N. P. FF.lt ; .
Js'otnry Public.
PAIITIKS I.KAVINO KOH TIII3 StlMMHH
1'nrtlrs Ipnvlnir < ! > P < ' < > ' for
flip NUiiiiiior cuii IIIIVP Tli
IH'P fipnl tit Ilioin n-Kulurly
liy iinllfj'liiK The ll 'i Inisl-
IIPSS ulllGC In iiiTMiin or liy
lllllll. TIlB llllllri-HS Will 1 > C
< IN often nt ilL-nlrcd.
Tlmt allowed corner inviro roils must
conic pretty close to solving tlie problem
of squnring the circle.
It looks ns If that Homo for the Friend
less were In tlnngfr of Buttering from
a supcrllulty of friends.
Nebraska nepds two homes for friend
less children about as niiu'h ns a wagon
needs live wheels for purposes of loco
motion.
Four special ambassadors ought to be
nblo 1o represent the president of the
United States at the queen's diamond
jubilee celebration.
Get a few of the big national conven
tions headed toward Omaha for 180S
mid several new hotel projects may bo
expected to spring up spontaneously.
If the senate wants to give thp people
n pleasant surprise , nil It will have to
< lo Is. to stick to business and turn out
u finished tariff law by the IH-st day ol
'
July.
The exposition managers want It dis
tinctly understood that there Is room for
several more names on the stock sub-
Bcrlptiou list. It Is never too late to
subscribe.
All tlio Omaha lines are now back In
the reorganised Western Passenger as
sociation and the free puss nuisance
may be regarded as abated for as nuicli
ns forty minutes.
Is that proposed driveway to For !
Crook entirely put to sleep ? The season
of the year Is on when such a driveway
would be mast utlli'/.ed and most enJoyed -
Joyed by all classes of citizens.
James R. Hoyd has been made assistant
attorney general of the United States.
It Is , however , James K. lloyd of North
Carolina , republican , and not James 10.
Boytl , democratic ex-governor of Ne
braska.
Since army promotions have been
coming In such rapid succession and
have become BO numerous , the only safe
thing left for the civilian Is to addrow
every military man he meets with tin
title of general.
The member of the Austrian 1'nrllu- -
nicnt , who referred to the opposition tu
a pack of scoundrels has been over
'Whelmed ' with challenges to give satis
faction In the duelling llst.s. No Amor
lean congressman will be able to under
sUuid why so many legislators shouh
bo so eager to acknowledge that tin
shoo ( Its by putting It on.
Numerous petitions arc out for repay
Ing streets , whose Improvement this yeai
Is an Imperative necessity. Every prop
crty owner along these streets ought t <
have thu public spirit to sign tliu petl
tlou the first tlmo It Is presented fo ;
tils signature. The work can not b <
begun until tlifi requisite petitions an
t
Jlfed and the sooner these prellmlnarlc !
ro completed , the sooner will ( ho street !
fco restored to good condition.
Local popocrats are complaining be
ausn Governor Holcomb appointed i
republican on the State Hoard of Kx
position Directors. These are the saim
men who pointed with pride to tingov
trnor's alli'god nonpartlsan app'ilntni'nt
to the bench of the municipal court , al
f whoso occupants were taken out o
the popocrntlc store lum.si > . When 1
comes to nonpartlsaiishlp In the fusloi
ranks none is genuine without the pope
ratlc trade mark blown In the glass.
The disbanding of tha only rcnmlnlni
company of Indian soldiers has boei
golxoil by n number of I-told-you-so wise
acres as affording n pretext for rldlcul
Ing the whole Idea of Training the ret
Sum Into the military service. As i
mutter of fact , however , the project wa
Originally pmlorsei ! as perfectly feanlbl
t > y sonic of the best otllcers In the arm ;
4iul for n tlmo U looked ns If with perse
vcrnnca the Indian companies could b
intuit ) serviceable parts of the regiment *
No harm has been douo by the uttsani
to transform the Indian Into a reguln
and those Intlhuis who have served carnet
not but have guluctl something from th
discipline Uiey Jiave bcea put tlirouj ; !
SL'FF.HW.VITK
TWO HOMKS A .
Ono of the soundest principles of gov
ernment Is that public Institutions
should bo controlled by public olllclals
responsible to the public , Tlio bow law
placing the management of the Stnto
Home for the Friendless nt Lincoln In
the hands of olllcers nppolutctl by nnd
responsible to the governor simply car
ries this principle Into practice.
This home for destitute children , al
though conducted by a society of private
Individuals , has from the very first been
a public Institution , Insofar as It has
been housed In public buildings , Its sup
plies paid for at the slate's expense and
the salaries of supurlntcndeut and em
ployes covered by money appropriated
out of the state treasury. Since the es
tablishment of the home In 1881 very
neaily S'-'OO.OOO of state money has been
expended on H , while the private dona
tions and contributions have been so
Insignificant na scarcely lo merit men
tion. If then the taxpayers are com
pelled to bear the eiitlrt1 burden of the
Institution , why should they not have
the ultimate voice In Its management'/
This tnicstlon has been propounded by
The Uee to successive legislatures and
now that the last legislature has made
the home a public Institution In name
as well as In fact It sees no reason why
the cry should bi > raised that the so
ciety's rights have been Invaded by driv
ing It out of house nnd home. While
some doubt may prevail whether a state
of Nebraska's resources and Industrial
advancement really needs a state Institu
tion for homeless children an Institu
tion found lu but few of the oldest and
vcalthlest states if we are to support
no It should certainly bo controlled pro-
Isely ns our other state Institutions of
Imllnr character.
So far as the Society for the Friendless
s concerned there Is nothing In law or
custom to pi-event It from establishing ,
f It sees fit , a second home , as H an-
IOUIICPS as Its Intention. Hut so long as
ho people are supporting one such Instl-
utlon with public funds amply able to
irovlde for all who are entitled to ac-
ommodatlons Its claim upon charitably
ncliued people must be materially weak
ened. As a matter of fact Nebraska no
nore needs two homes for friendless
lilldren than a wagon needs live wheels.
: t looks very much as If the society Is
Mideavorlng solely to force failure upon
he operation of the new law with a
Mew to organizing for Its repeal and
cinstatoment as the dlshurscr of public
'unds.
MURGAK Or ALADA31A.
The country Is heartily tired of Sena-
or Morgan of Alabama. It has had
uore , very much more , than enough of
ilin. Compelled to give some atten
tion to the vast , volume of talk that has
come from that senator in the past year
or two , especially the Cuban buncombe
intl clap-trap with which he has con
sumed the time of the senate , the public
Is not merely weary , H is sick of him.
Mr. Morgan Is not in any sense a states
man ; liu has simply unlimited capacity
for talk. His intellectual qualities are
not of a high order , but his sclf-conll.
denco is massive. Politically he is full
of bitterness and prejudice , being in this
respect a veritable Thersites.
Senator Morgan made another exhibi
tion of hs ! peculiar characteristic on
Saturday in assailing Speaker leed. In
utter disregard of the parliami'iitur.v
rule which forbids criticism of the pro
ceedlngs of one house of congress by
members of .the other house , to which lit ?
attention was dlrpcic-d by other senators
Mr. Morgan berated the speaker antl
the republicans of the house , declaring
that "congress was dishonoring Itself bj
being subjected to the mind of one man. '
Nobody knows better than the Alabaniii
senator that Speaker Heed is not alone
responsible for tlie refusal of the housi
to enter upon general legislation. Ite
peatedly the sense of the house has beer
taken on tills matter and not only the
republicans , but a majority of the demo
crats , have voted against taking ui
general legislation. As the spenkei
stated some tlmo ago , he is subject to tlit
will of the house , which Is competent t (
qverrulo him at any time and to maki
what order as to Its proceedings li
pleases. He stated at the same tlnu
that the- position taken In regard tc
general legislation w.'is decided upoi
only after consultation with members ol
tlio house of both parlies. More thai
half the democrats have attested bj
their votes that they are In favor ol
this position.
The special cause of Senator Morgan' :
plquo is the refusal of tlie house ti
consider his Cuban resolution tha
passed the senate. In doing this tin
house has the support of conuervativi
public sentiment. Undoubtedly tin
Alabama senator would llko to forci
the hand of the administration In till ;
matter , but he Is most unreasonable li
asking that the republicans of the housi
shall asai.it him to do this , liven if :
majority of them favor according bel
llgercnt rights to ( ho parties to tin
Cuban conlllct they am unwilling l <
take action at this Juncture that mlgh
seriously embarrass the administration
But Mr. Morgan's tirade will httvo in
clfcct on the house. He Is the last nun
whoso criticism would exert any Iniln
enco upon the political majority of tha
body. The course that has been market
out by the house republicans will b
adhered to and It Is the wise nnd prope
course. Meanwhile the public may ex
pi ct more ranting ami fuming from th
Alubuiim senator.
STHKKTSnn \
The council Is constantly receiving pe
tltlons and communication. ! asking tha
this or that street bu declared n bouK
vaul. To the majority of the taxpaytn ;
citizens ami general public , howevoi
thu full Import of these requests Is no
uiider.stuod. if It were dt-sired merely t
changii the name of a thoroughfare fnji
thu "street
common-place Anglo-Saxon
to the high-sounding French "boulevard
thoru could be no reasonable objection
Hut thu object Is not an empty chang
of name. It Is , on the contrary , ushlfl
Ing of the entlro burden of street mall
tcnaneo and atrcct improvement frar
the owners of abutting properly to th
city at large , and If the council will cor
suit thu public Interest It will go slo\
about extending the boulevards
crlmlnntcly to please Influential property
o wild's.
The term Iwulevard ns originally used
n France , referred to the space occupied
> y the ramparts surrounding the old
fortified towns. The lines of these fortl-
Icatlons were favorite pleasure resorts
n times of peace , and later when the
fortlllcntlons became useless and were
cmoved they were transformed , In most
ustaiices Into public parkways or
Irlvcways , thus giving each town a con-
enlently located circle of connected
larks. While In this country the boule-
nrd has no other significance than a
specially Improved thoroughfare , con-
icctlug points In the public park sys-
em , It has carried with It the Idea that
Is public character gives It n special
claim to public attention. For this
eason , our boulevards are usually under
control of the same administrative body
hat supervises the parks ami the park
'unds ' are drawn on to pay for their
care nnd betterment.
Admitting that the theory of the boule-
ard I.M perfectly sound nnd the dlstlnc-
Ion between streets atnl boulevards en-
Irely justifiable , the system Is still liable
o abuses that should be avoided. The
esldiMits along two squares of parked
oadway , almost In the center of this
city for example , are asking that this
strip be declared n boulevard In order
hat they tuny bo relieved of the cost of
eplacing tlie rottcd-out wooden- block
pavement- with soim > substantial urn-
crlnl. This avenue leads nowhere ex-
-opt to the High school grounds. The
ibuttlng property Is amply able to stand
he special assessments for Improve-
uent and the city has for years been
llsgraced by the wretched condition of
he pavement that makes the street well-
ilgh Impassable. Yet wealthy property
nvners stand back without making the
slightest step toward Improving the
street In-front of them in the hope that
t may become so bad that , the council
will be compelled to declare it a boule
vard. This may be an exceptional ex-
imple , but there are also others in other
jwrts of the city dlffenng only In de
gree.
Omaha unquestionably wants an at-
: ractlve sy.stem of parks anil boule
vards nnd the people are quite willing
to pay for them , but they do not want
their park fund dissipated on stretches
> f street leading from nowhere to no
where just to promote private interests.
CUHRRXCI :
Secretary of tlie Treasury Gage was a
guest at the banquet of commercial clubs
in Cincinnati on Saturday last and made
ii brief address , In which he took occa
sion to assure those present that the ad
ministration Is riot disposed to neglect
the currency , as the currency reform
nglrators utllrm. The secretary stated
that before leaving Washington he had
isked permission to say for the adminis
tration that there must be proper revenue
raised and there must be a sound sys
tem of currency established , to which
the president responded : "That is exactly
what 1 want you to say. " In regard to
the currency question the secretary sa'd :
"If any of you harbor tlie suspicion that
the administration but just now installed
into the responsibilities of high otliey
has forgotten , or is likely to forget , the
mandate of the people , whose voice in
behalf of Iiom-st money nnd pound
finances rang out loud and clear In No
vember last , put that suspicion aside.
It is unjust nnd unfounded. In good
time and in proper order the affirmative
evidences of my declaration will ap
pear. " He further said that the future if
not dark with forebodings , but is Illumi
nated with rational hope. "The revival
of Industry 's ' near and with n revenue
law sulliclent to bring Into the treasury
an amount adequate to meet the reason
able needs of our government and the
establishment of our finances on a sound
and enduring basis , nothing now fore
seen can delay the recovery of pasl
losses and the inauguration of a new for
ward movement along the lines of ma
terial advancement and social progress. '
Those reassuring words of the secre.
tnry of the treasury ought to have n
good Influence upon financial and bus !
ness confidence. The. rational position
of the administration Is that the lirsl
thing to be done Is to provide the gov
ernment with adequate revenue anr
willi this accomplished the question ol
currency roform. or of such changes ir
our financial system ns shall be deemw
necessaiy to give it greater ouudncFs
ami stability , can be taken up and giver
that careful and deliberate conslderatlor
which Its great Importance requires
This does not Indicate any Indifference
on the part of the ndm'.nlstratlon re
spectlng the cm rency , but simply that i
does not think It wise to thrust that qucs
tlon forward until the morn urgent am
Imperative demand for revenue Is mot
President McKlnloy clearly stated bis
position In his Inaugural-address. "Om
financial sy.stem needs some revision , '
ht said ; "our money Is all good now , bu
Us value must not further bu threatened
It should all ba put upon an ondnrlm
basis , not subject to easy attack , noi
Itri stability to doubt or dispute. * '
With adequate revenue secured , but no
until then , we can enter upon sucl
changes In our fiscal laws as will , \vhlh
Insuring safety and volume to on
money , no longer Impose upon the gov
eminent the necessity of maintaining HI
large a gold n urvi , wltH its atteiulan
and Inevitable temptations to specula
tlon. "
What was said by Secretary Gagi
shows that this Is still the attitude o
the president , fully acquiesced In by tlii
members of the administration.
lint the so-called currency reformer ;
uro impatient of delay and falsely ac
i-r.sii the admlnbilratloii and thu ropuh
llcnns In congress wllh bring IndllTeren
to thu currency question , alleging till
to bu the chief reason for thu tardine *
of industrial and buslncsd recovery
Sucri'tary Gaga refutes the nccnsatloi
and lib * ns-snranco will bu recejved b ;
this country with satisfaction and coil
lldence ,
It Is announced that the State liankin :
Hoard has Issued a call for statement
from all state banks showing their condl
tlon on Juno 2(1 ( next. While the boart
Is t > be encouraged to require freifucn
bank statements that will enable it t
keep close watch over changes In th
relations between atwtitu uud liabilities
Is not theyvnlue of such exhibits likely
to be Imi/.tlroU / by notification so far
In ndviuicql' VJjf Jhu designated time ?
When calls.iure made on national banks
by the feUv-rtil authorities , the ? date Is
never anticipated , but Is a complete sur
prise to thg bujikors. N H'110 ' 's ' avail
able to shift liiuslness around so as to
avoid unfaVorrlblo Items In the account
antl the staeuu'itt can represent nothing
but the average condition. What has
commended Hfeolf as sound practice In
this respect toithe national bank olllcers
ought to np | cnl strongly to our State
Hanking lloiird , unless tlio state bank
ing law prevents n change In procedure.
Marquis Ito , who Is on his way to Lon
don as the special representative of Ja
pan to the tuieen's jubilee , and who can
speak for the Jai ane.se government with
perhaps more authority than any one
else except the emperor , Insists that
there Is no foundation whatever to the
reports that Japan Is looking covetously
on Hawaii with a view to annexing
those Islands. "Japan would not have
Hawaii , " the marquis is credited with
saying , "if it could be had for the ask
ing. " It Is plain that the Japanese an
nexation yarn was started simply to
bolster up the Hawaiian annexatlonlsts
In this country by furnishing them with
a threat that if the United States does
not fall lu with the r schemes some other
country will get In ahead of us. There-
Is no danger of any nation taking pon-
.session of Hawaii or extending a pro
tectorate over It unless with the consent
of the United States.
The Western Laborer prints an anony
molts communication intended to deter
subscribers to exposition stock from pay
ing assessments upon their subcrlptlons ,
in reality written by one William 1- ; .
Flntlley. Lest the : fact that the screed
Is signed with n meaningless nom de
plume should prevent it from having anymore
moro weight than is deserved the state--
inout Is added that "The Kce refused tti
print this letter. " This statement Is
unqunlillodly false. The llee properly
declined to print the letter except ovei
the author' * signature , and the author ,
afraid or ashamed to have It appeal
signed , refused to submit It for consider ,
ation over his name. When a man want ?
to baekcap a great public enterprise he
should at least be brave enough u
shoulder the responsibility and refrain
from telling lies.
St. LouiK'seems ' to take a flcmllsh de
light in thjj advancement of Lieutenanl
Colonel Guy V. Jlenry to n colonelcy , be
cause it will apparently frustrate thai
ollicer's exppcjjitlons of being trans
ferrctl from Jefferson Barracks to tin
eominaiitl iof Fort Ethan Allen. St
Louis people'regard Colonel Jlenry at
so obnoxlo\s \ to'rtlu > m that they hail wltl
delight the * , disappointment of his plans
even though ll'means ' for him the goo <
fortune of .ui'gher ' rank and greater pay
By all metfnjj , . every reasonable precaution
caution ougli.t to be taken to avoid POH
Kibllity of sCTioiis npoldcnt at'the comllif
FoiHlon jubilation. Loss of life on thn
occasion : if te'r all tlio 'admonitions tha :
have been given will be chargeable t <
criminal negligence on soihq one's part
There was quite too much killing ii
Iho frightful stumpc-le at the c/.ar'i
coronation festivities a year and menage
ago to make a repetition tolerable at tin
prcsGiit time. .
The Bee thinks this is an inapproprinti
time to raise ; the salaries of city em
ployes , even though they are women em
ployed In the Public Library. Whlli
the library attendants have not beni
receiving extravagant rcmuneratioi
they have sul'fereet no salary cuts , a
have employes in other city depart
incuts , and In Increasing them the boar <
Is hardly setting a good example.
Striking ti K rnriil > lf. Pace ,
C lobe-pemocrat.
Tlio first votes In the oeuato on the tarll
had an unmistakable appearance of gettlni
clown to bualners. It tha pace Is main
talned the country will present ita congratu
latlons.
Ami We" Still Live.
Chicago News.
The duchess of Maryborough says nho Is n
longer an Aiccrlcan. Ttuia far , Unco re
cclvlng the news- , the 64,933.999 left In thl
c unlry have been able to get through the !
dally dutlccs uomehow anil manage to ca
tin co meals a day.
Io va I.
I.Den
Den Mollies Leader.
Tha Iowa cflimnlsaloa for the Transmit
sltstppl Exposition has organized , and th
preliminary work has be-en mapped out. low ;
takes a friendly , neighborly Interest li
Omaha'o great undertaking , and will do a !
poselblo to make | t o complete success. Ii
ao doing Iowa will help lt/icf. ! The eyes o
the Btato have been too much turned east
ward and' too llttlo westward.
cHH I.uiiKT nrntrii Out.
lloston Globe ,
It was as long ago aa 1C3D that Thomn
Fuller wrote- about Turkey : "Wo have jus
causa to hope ( hat. the fall ofthis unwleldl ;
empire doth approach. It waa high nooi
with ft fifty years ago ; we hope now I
draweth nearJ-JWfiht' ! ; ; the rather , becaus
luxury , thoUfih' iltte , yet at lai't hath foun
the Turk-a OHt/urr they It. " Today the alcl
mnn appearsj/ioybe / lu tolerable good lieallt
thank you.
you.A
A llntrijto tlm
I-xJulcyJIle Courier-Journal ,
With flrmnfes and Intcllgeico | ; wllh malic
to-.vunl none : assailing no man. but < Mepc
ing ourmviV ! Ofi onlng' ' with fgnoranci
pleading ag.tlnn prejudice ; ca Keiitucklan ;
as democrats , .FfjrAmertcacH , lot ns go fort
shoulder to nhoulder In support of good got
crnment fciwukMl-on the public credit an
order. TUu orii that can happen to i
Jii political annihilation , and better to d !
a thoutand * & $ t6s , both natural anil pi
tlcal , than yield to fanaticism , whouo on !
i-ad , U It bo nit checked , must bo civil wa
, the overthrownfc liberty and the degiadi
tlon and ruin br the people.
J.onK IltiaiKC Vlciv of Mulct * '
I Jiltailelplila Times.
(
The principle of charging what the trafll
\vill bear , which used to be applied to rail
way freight uchedulea , has been extended t
Inoludo liquor licenses In tbo ono-tline prc
Ubltlon stnto ot Iowa' .
The so-colled mulct law of the state put
tha minimum charge for a license at f&G
and allows the municipal authorities to In
crease tt za much as they please. In practlc
the minimum rate Is collected only la
small proportion of the cities , while In th
real rates ranging all the way from $700 t
51.600 arc enforced.
The Interesting feature of the Iowa elaatl
sjalem Is that doubling the licence fee n
dijctb the number of saloons two-thirds o
an overage. ' I" other-words , where the J6C
fro Li exacted three licenses will be applle
for to only poq whcro the fee Is $1,200 , Thl
ehowa that for revenue purposed the $ GG
rate will produce the wont money. j
I'OlXTKItS OX PKIITIM5ST TO1MCS.
Fremont Tribune : A bank at Orleans failed
Saturday , having etntc deposits ot more than
20,000 , It had double the amount lowhich
t waa entitled under Its bond as a stntt
loposltory , which la another sample of the
criinln.il practice of Joe Hartley.
Beatrice Tribune : Tlio Omaha Hoc thinks
hat the \vny to inako public officials honest
s to publish their proceedings , A etalc-
nont ehmild bo made by every county nnd
city treasurer once a month showing how
nttch money Is on hand and Just where It
s kept.
North Iknd Hrpubllran : The Nebraska
ronRrcsamcr. have pledged themsplvts to
nakc an effort to secure better mall service
'or ' the west. As the matter now stands
lie fast mail la delayed several houm at
Chicago for no particular reason and the
Nebraska members propose to nee that the
nail comes through without unneccejsary
delay.
Lincoln Post : ThereIs no longer nuy ROOI !
reason for delay on the part of the slnto
> oanl of transportation In hearing Ilift charge
that all Nebraska railroad ! ) have been charg
ing exorbitant rote * on corn. The board has
been awaiting the decision in the maximum
rate case. It cannot wait until fall.
HnMlngs Trlbimo : The Dee Is right In
urging that a monthly statement should bo
printed showing how much money thcro Is
In the Btato treasury and In what banks ll
Is deposited. This would enable the tax
payers to keep trnclt of tlio condition nt the1
state's finances , and then there would not
bo BO much ot an opportunity for a Urge
shortage.
1'Iattsmouth Journal : The- very poor train
service now being afforded this city by the
Missouri I'nclflc Is causing considerable kickIng -
Ing among business men nnd patrons of that
road living In the country. Only ono pas
senger train a day each way la not suindcnt
for a town of tlrls size. Of course , a coach
Is attached to the frlcght. trains for the nc-
commodallna of passengers , but that doesn't
nil the bill.
CASH OP MUCH GUY AM ) XO AVOOI. .
Albion News : The Stale Hoard of Equal
ization , after a great nourish of trumpets
about compelling the railroads to pay their
Just proportion of taxrs , places their aiwt-s-
mcnt nt Just exactly the eamo ngurcs as
did the plutocratic republicans. Those spe
cial trains and free passed galore seem to
have had the desired effect.
Tukamah Herald : The great hue nnd cry
by the populUt orators during the last few
campaigns waa the undervaluation of tall-
read property by the Stale Hoard of Equal
ization , and what have they done ? They
have left the valuation Just where the re
publican board put It ono year ago. The
Herald is not kicking at the Injustice , be
cause we know better ; -wo know that the
railroad In this county Is acstsscd at $5,000
per mile , and that Is higher In proportion
to RB nclual value than the assessment of
real estate In this county.
Lincoln News : Of course the State Hoard
of Equalization did not raise the assessment
of the Uiirlliigton Kallroad company. No
one who knows how securely tied up with
the political management ot that road the
populist leaders are expected anything of
the oort to happen. Tue popullat papers ,
and especially our contemporary , the I'osl ,
will have n rather difficult time of It , we
anticipate , reconciling the figures printed re
cently with the action ot the -board. These
ngurcs , Itwill be remembered , showed that
In 'Tom iBcnton's time as autocrat ot the
state house the Burlington's assessment was
materially lowered , and that It ia today
less than the other roads , per mile , notwlth-
ntandlng the fact that with the exception of
one road thcro la no other In the state that
compares with It In equipment.
Fullcrton News : It was announced with
the blare of trumpets and the blowing of
horns that the populist stale omcers , who
now constitute the State Board of Equaliza
tion , would ralso the assessments of the
railroads In Nebraska. Did they do it ? Nary
a raise. The nsgeajment of the rallroadn
will remain the same as last year , notwlth
standing every populist orator , newspaper
and fitteet corner politician In the state has
denounced the .assessment of , tlie railroads
in Nebraska so a steal on the state In every
campaign for j-ears. The populists have told
us what they -were going to do when they
got possession ot Ihe state house. They were
going to reform everything , but their re
form consists principally In gallivanting over
the country In the private palace cars of
tallroad managers. Tbo populist volers who
CHHt their .ballots for "roform" are holding
Ihe empty sack. They have asked for breat
and been given a stiU" .
1'EIISOXAI ; AM ) OTHERWISE.
The proposed kiting plan of weather ob
servations shows that In the forecasting line
business is looking up.
New York Is enriching the political vo
cabulary of the country by adding to It
such words as "goo gees , " "cits , " "spaugti
likens" and "molbuzzers. "
In the trial ot the Salvation army In Ncv.
York for committing an excessive volume o
noise , court and Jury agreed that salvation
was possible without raising- the d euce.
Two members of the Chinese embassy to
this country , Lleng Shcng , the first secre
tary , nnd Llcng PI Yuk , tbo under secre
tary , went to school In Hartford some years
ago.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt will deliver
the opening address at the reassembling of
the Naval War college at Newport on June
2 and afterward will mako'an address to the
naval apprentices.
Chief Gall , who , with Crazy Howe , com
manded the Indians that took part In the
Custer massacre. Is now an ex-pollco Judge
at Standing Hock Agency , South Dakota. Ho
was succeeded by John Grass , another chief.
Herrmann , the wizard , wan an expert o
making things disappear , but his widow
thinks ho Is surpassed by Ihe railroad. Ghe
threatens mill unless n missing car contain
ing some ot the late magician's effects , which
vanished from the yards at Jersey City , ls
promptly materialized.
American commissioners to various sec
lions of Europe arc having enjoyable times
at the expense of Uncle Sam. Dut tbo char
acter of the bills coming In give promise o
overshadowing , In variety and liberality , the
lavish melancholy ot a congressional funeral
Even now all Washington gazes with awe or
General Miles. ' preliminary bill $500 for t
stateroom crossing .the briny.
Even the doctors have troubles of tholi
own. The- profession In New York < llagne c
pangs of hunger in the near future unlost
some rottrlctlcrt la placed on free dlepcn-
narles. When well dressed people with money
In their pockets can glvo the in ed I oil pro
feEsion a hoarse laugh in payment of c
prescription , ailing humanity need : io lonse
vex themselves with the question , "Is life
worth living ? " Verily , this U a Jolly elf
world.
The French lens which throws electric
rays 100 miles to seaward , and which was
part of the French government's exhibit at
tbo Columbian expedition , Is to be placed Ir
thu Rarnegat ( N. J. ) lighthouse , -whore U
will bo the meat . .powerfulbeacon on the
American coast. Humanity and commerce
will both bo Inestimable gainers by an Im
provement which may easily be worth In a
single year the $10,000 which It has co t out
government.
The worst looking prlioner ever brought
before a court lu Italelgh , N. C. , was John
L. Davis , the "King of the Moonshiners , "
who was last week convicted and sentenced
to fourteen months in AUiauy prison one
$ & 00 fine. Davis is 65 years old and has tbo
face of a wild beast. For tbo past twenty-
seven years ho lias led a beast's life , and hl
hair , which literally covers hl > face and neck
and brEnat , 13 matted , and adds to the wild
ness ot bis nppcaranco.
No Itunni fur .SlriiililltTH.
' i Kun a City Star , <
The olllclals of the National Republican
kague have -wisely decided to require tba
delegates to the convention In Detroit nex
July shelf stand by thu republican platforn
on the money question. There Is to be nc
attempt to evade tlio Issue and strive to bring
back free silver republicans into the part ]
on other quenttona. The absence of a com
promise spirit is a gpod sign. The Iltya'r
democracy and the populists should be per
milted to claim all the republicans who are
not In harmony with their party on thli
money Itaue. No party can retain conlro
of tbo government on any compromise at
long as tile currency la an Itnuo in politics
iuid It Is gratifying to know ( bat the leaderr
of the republican league propueto slant
by that declaration of their party which li
mail important at the present time.
H1STOHY IIHIM-UTS.
'rrnptit Itnntnrn ! } Coiullttnn * IIke
Thnae of Twpti < y Yrnrn AKO.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Twenty years ago , In 1S77 , tlio country was
enshrouded in the gloom ot n business do-
ircsslon , consequent upon the runic of 1S73.
ITicro were plenty ot prophets who predicted
that the times would never get any better ,
nnd the mass of the people wcro discouraged
and about ready to concede that the prophets
of evil were right.
Hut in the fall of 1ST" signs ot Improve
ment began to appear. The general theory
waa that a more hopeful feeling was Induced
iy the approach of Uiu date for thu resump
tion act to go into effect. There was no
eloubt there was something In this theory !
nevertheless plenty of "statesmen"scto
'ound who asserted that resumption would
} o a failure , and that business would be in-
lured rather than helped by the attempt to
res u mo.
Hut In spite of all the talk , the times con-
.Iniicd lo Improve etcadlly. They wcto much
better In 1S78 , nnd In 1879 the rlaliii * title as
sumed the proportions of something like a
loom. Some of our Minneapolis people- who
carried real estate through the period of de
pression nnd nearly broke their backs doing
so will remember that by 1880 It was salable
at an advanced and advancing figures. In
thrt next few years tlio prices of realty here
and elsewhere In the country reached the
highest prices ever known before or alneo.
The history of this country appears to
nhow that panics and recoveries run In about
twcnty-yrnr periods. There was the panic
of 1S73 , followed by live years of depression ;
Ihe beginning nt recovery In 1S77 ; the full
lido of nxiovery In 1879 , followed by A period
of prospcrlly lasting until 1R92. Then came
the panln ot 1SH.1 , followed by the period
of depression which we are now experiencing ,
To some there are ns yet no signs ot Im
provement discernible , while to nllipra there
Is already a faint glimmer of dawn. Many
arc looking forward to the passage of the
tariff bill as the starting point of a. new
period of prosperity. Hut whether from thai
or some oilier e-auso or causes , It la quite
lirobablo that history will repeat Itself , and
thai In the fall of the present year , or the
beginning of 1898 , we shall witness a notable
Improvement , followed by perhaps ten or n
dozen years of great prosperity.
The cycle Is nearly completed. Wo have
experienced nearly dve years of depression
since the election of Cleveland In 1892. It
la about time for a changeIn the natural
order of things.
Till : 111111,10 IN I'Ultl.IC SCHOOLS.
A Dvclnlmi liy the Mlolilnun Clrcvill
Court < IH tlie Subject.
N'cw Yoik Independent.
The question ot the reading ot the Hlblc
In the public schools of Michigan hns lately
been decided by Judge Caipentcr of the
circuit court , although It will doubtless be
appealed to the supreme court ol Michigan.
A book entitled "Headings from the Hlble"
was Introduced Into tlio achoola or Detroit ,
and it was read by the teachers in the [ ires-
once of the scholars , "lo the end that salil
pupils might become familiar with the con-
lenls of said book. " It was decided by Judge
Carpenter , after a warm , contest by lawyers
on each side , that the reading of these Illble
( selections was for a religious purpose and
contrary lo Ihe constitution of tbo state. The
constitution of Michigan contains these pro
visions :
"Section 4. Every person bns a right tc
worship Almighty God according to the dic
tates ot his own conscience ; nnd no porsot
can of rlghl bo compelled to atlend , erecl
or support against his will , any place of re
ligious worship or to pay tltbca , taxes ot
other rales for the support ot any mlnlstet
of the gopel or teacher of rellg-lon.
"Section C. The civil and political rlghu ,
privileges and capacHk-9 of no Individual
shall bo diminished or enlarged on account
of his opinion or belief concerning matter !
ot religion. "
According to this decision by Judge Car
penter , one who pays taxes to support s
school In which the bible is read as a reli
gious book -"compelled" to "support , " and
In caso-objectlorrls made " , "against his will , '
n "place of religious "worship. " Under the
regulations of the Detroit schools those wlu
had conscientious scruples about having theli
children : altend Ihls reading of the blbld foi
fifteen minutes might have them excused
but Judge Carpenter says that this contra
venes se-ctlon C , as It enlarges the civil right *
and privileges ot certain pupils and theii
parents , on account of thqlr religious belief
and diminishes the rights and privileges , ol
other cillzciis and pupils. We have long hc ! < :
and argued lhat the public schools are nt
place to leach religion , lo Hie Injury of Jew ,
Calholic , Proteslaiit or albclst , and this Oecl.
alon seems to us to be in accordance wltl
the principles ot American religious free
dom. Ot course , this does not apply to lo
calltlcs In which no objection is made to tlu
re-adlng of Ihe bible or to prayer. In lhal
case no ono's rights are Invaded. The churcl
and the family arc , however , the proper CUB
todlans ot religious Instruction. For a sim
ilar reason wo heartily approve the late deci
sion of the superintendent of public instruc
tion for this slale lhat a distinctively rell
glous garb must not be worn by teacher ;
In the public schools , in case any objectlor
Is made. This will hardly apply to the wear.
Ing ot a cross as a valued ornament , for the
law does not concern Itself de mlnlmia.
IHSGKACHD AMJ WIIYf
I.nx I'ulillc Soutliiieitt mill What li
IiCllllK TO ,
St. Pnul I'loneer Tress.
The weakening effect upon the Individual
consclenco of the lax public sentiment whlcl
tolerates and excuses all sorts ot atlempta ti
defraud Iho government of Its dues ( so Ions
as such attempts are successful ) , as In tin
case ot Iho tax dodger and the smuggler , wai
painfully Illustrated last Saturday , when R
M , Scruggs of St. LonU was arrested as hi
stepped off the steamer t3t. Paul on Its ar
rival at Now York from Southampton , foi
endeavoring to "land" some $8,000 worth o ;
diamonds , Jewelry and laces , concealed about
the perrons of Iilnuelf and his secretory
without going through Iho necessary formall
lies of the custom houbc. For Mr. Scrugg ;
la ono of tlicso persons generally believed
lo bo possessed of a conscience of an un
usually high order. His name , in St , Louk
and in the territory tributary to that metro
oils , has been for over thirty years
synonym for everything clean , honorable
public-spirited , benevolent , Christian , Ho 1 :
the head of the most aristocratic ot the man ]
largo dry goods houera which are tbo boas
of St. Louis , and has acquired a fortuni
rated In millions. Ho Man been a leader Ir
public charities , civic reform movements
church and Sunday school. And yel
thla model citizen probably "spotted1
by a custom house detective In Ku-
rope , who cabled the authorities at New
York permits his secretary to make a re
turn to Iho olllcers lhat the two have In
their possession only $25 worth ot dutiable
goods , and ia then nabbed and searched like
a common felon ! Aa the garments of his re
spc-clabillly fall off , tlio tell-tale Jowelrj
makes known hU attempted fraud , and he
elands ccnvlcted not only of an attempt tc
cheat the government of ita dues , but , If th <
telegraphic dispatches may bo trusted , ol
an Ignoble attempt to fasten the crime upon
another. And all this to save a few hundred
dollars In duties not ad much , probably , at
tils average weekly Income. A record hith
erto epotltfis hopelessly blackened a thous-
uud frlcnda , who had pinned their faith tc
him , bunging their heads in sbamo sucl
are the results.
Why did ho do it ? Probably tbo general
tolerance with which the evasion of onc'i
dues to the government has come to be re-
gardcd had blinded him to tlio essential wrong
ot sucli evasion , and ho foolishly assumed
that hU known reputation would exempt liln
and lils secretary from aearch. The undor-
valuation and concealment of Imports b )
merchants has become almost &s common ai
thu. making of false return * of personal prop
erty for taxation , lloth practices are equal ! )
disgraceful , aud the very growth of each liai
probably defeated. In a measure , Ita own end
If , when taxes were lower , every one hail
paid his full quota wllbout evasion , the )
would probably have remained low would
probably even havu decreased In ratio wltl
the Hill" ! : up ot the country , Hut the tme k.
Ing habit ot evasion has necessitated an In
creauo of the tax rate to secure the neces
sary revenue ; further evasions have fol
lowed : and the result Is ecen today in the
fact that in many localities an cnormousl )
high tax rate yet falls to yield enough tc
fully maintain tbo local Institutions. Tiu
same condition of thing * obtains , ID a Ie ei
degree , la the cue of dutle * cm Importations
SAID iIM ; \ .
Tuck : TraRtdlnn t wns neatly killed
oneo by tlio lint-sting of a shell.
Manager Did you ever Uriel out who threw
; ho egg ?
Hrooklyn LifeVllllc : 1'npa , I * lic con-
sre/rrxllon the people ? who sit in flip church ?
"It used to be , my son , but now It's on audi
ence. "
Judge : Knocked-oul pURlllsl ( fnlntly )
Wux mo wife In < lo KnlU-ry Arc yer sure ?
Hollleholdcr Yps ; why ? Knocknl-oul piiRl-
llsl Arc ycr sure elnl It wuzn't her ilnt wuc
lu ile ilng wld me ?
Philadelphia North American : "What * *
the mailer with Hoxlo ? HP'S nftltiR very
strangely. " "Nothing serious. HC'H wenr-
Inga stinw luit for tlio llrst llinei this m-a-
neil nnd U-j Ing to njipenr unconscious ot th
fnct. "
Fnct nnd notion : Doctor ( to female
patient ) You Imvo n sHchl touch of fever ;
your tongue IIIIH t thick cent -
Patient iexclictiiy-Oh , iloclor , do loll mo
how It lit ? .
"Washington Star : "One cr do reasons , "
said Unelo Kln-ii , "why- education he'in
cr < yoiitiR ntnii nlonp In life IH dm rrlllln' It
In ilu fiis' iilarp compelled Mm tor nil uscil
U-r lux'd work. "
Chicago Tribune ; GadzooksHnvo you
ever tried tlio X rays ? Knunds-Ycs. but the
oxporliucnt wns not u sucrusn. Ohl Spon-
dullx , whom I bnu'cd , wouldn't- lot me hnvo
even n N' .
Indianapolis Journal : "You will lie sorry
for tlu > wny you have iieclecttMl me whim I
am silent In the tomb , Fiild Mrs. Peck.
"Think of Hint. "
" .My di'itr. " s.ild Mr. Ppclc , ns Innocently
ns hei could , "I oannot Imagine- smell a
thing. "
r > elrolt Krco 1'rosn : "Perkins Is n dismal
pessimist , Inn 1 henrd litm Inugli liciirtily
Ibis morning. "
"Wlinl ooc'nsloncd his merriment ? "
"A wordier run Into n milk wngon anil
broke Ills wheel nil to pieces , "
llnstoii Trnnsrrlpl : Miss Unquplmy hail
HUch n pretty compliment from my optician
today.
MIsM l-Viiwny What was It , dear ?
Miss Uaquobay He told me that 1 Imrt the
be-Ht nose for oypRlasses Unit over came
uiuler his professional treatment.
llnrpor's Hnzar : "What Is the tnntlcr
with the Indln-i ubber man ? lie IB uslns
dreadful laniuiiKP , " wild the fat lady.
"I t' rnlnliiK hard and 1m can't llnd hla
coloshe.i , " said the skeleton dude.
Hnrncr'H llnxnr ; "Hlois my soul ! " cried
the nhndi * . as lie entered the golden gates
and they gave him n trumpet. "I never
learned to play this thlim. "
"That's tin * reason you re here , " remarked
St. Peter.
MBMO11IHS OK T11H PAST.
WiiHhlnston Stnr.
Wo miss the old-llnic plngim * and the songs-
they trilled with ylce ;
Wo yearn for "Annie Itooncy" nnd we p'.no
for "Sweet Mario. "
I3ut most we nils * the mliiHlrcl who from ,
dawn to set of sun
Would keep the tvulkln ringing with thr
words " 1C lo 1. "
THU ooi.n
-\Vrlttcn for The Hep.
HP , tlie nudnciouH harbinger
Of purer songyets morn astir ;
Nor is tbu redbreast llcotcr
Than this lithe , yellow-reiitlicrpd bird ,
Whose vlolallvo hoiiK Is stirred
Into a gushing meter.
Now , with bin gay capricious swlrvcs ,
Through spring's ambrosial air he curves
In freedom mud dellulited ;
And where the droning bee hath sipped ,
He lifts his he-id verml'lon tipped
As If a feast he sighted.
HP wings away In snowy mist
Of s-llver thistledown breeze kissed ,
And triumphs li ) Ito ma7.es.
Ho pecks the half-blown Bhuirgy sheath
And tlirub-t.s his saucv he-ad beneath
While chirping sweet self praises.
Again in rivalry ho sines ,
Until Ihe very woodland rings
From nilnslrclsy In fcalhcr ;
And when tliu other carols bring
Their echo tlience , perched listening
He mocks the vain cndcrevor.
Hut Just as bo n. hope olatcs.
He In a wilful mood migrates
Aswould a nymph of laughter ;
And passing through tlie shadowy Isles
Of friendly trues , for miles and miles ,
Man may not follow after.
CA.THI2UINE RUSH.
Omaha. Neb.
\
We would like to
say that old men and
young are equally sure
to be well suited in
this store. Boys and
children have the same
advantages. The man
of moderate means is
just as sure of fine
treatment and honest
values as the man of
wealth.
In short we make
clothing as well as it
can be made , we use
none but trustworthy
cloths and materials ,
and if any alteration is
necessary in a suit we
make it , just as the
tailor would do if his
custom-made suit
didn't fit on the first
trial.
But we save you a lot of money
when you consider the qual
ity of our suits. Our pricea
start at $8 and end at $20.
BROWNINQ ,
KING & GO.
8. W. Cor.
18tb and
Doutlu 6U