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Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Prof. Ely in North American Review.
In proportion to the number travelling,
there are thirteen times as many accidents
in the United States as in Germany, wher2
government ownership of railways obtains,
and six or seven times as many accidents
to employees in proportion to the total nuul-
Der. And no wonder! The first thing which
attracts attention in Germany is the careful
protection to life and limb. Accidents of
daily occurrence in Chicago are an impossi-
bility in Berlin. a city of equal size. Con
trast the efforts of the United States to
save life as seen in our truly admirable
life-saving service OH our coasts with the
conduct of those railway presidents who
rush to Washington and to our state cap
itals to prevent the passage of laws to com
pei the railways to use well known and APP
proved safety appliances! 1t is claimed
that there is greater freedom in the service
of government than in the service of the
vast corporations which manage natural
monopolies. And the freedom of the en-
ployed may be still further increased by
better civil service regulations. The nohil-
ity of public service is of Importance to the
wage Garner of every grade. The uniform
of government is an honor, while the livery
of private service Is considered a badge OF
inferiority. 1t is public service which has
developed the great leaders of our ciyiliza-
ton. Private service could never give us II
Washington or n Lincoln. Government own
ership implies use for general social pur-
noses. and not merely exploitation for div
idends.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13
Inlicinl Modification.

springfield ,NlhSS.D hepuDllClu.
Attorney General Olney is not II man of
haphazard opinions, and when he speaks
of Judge GroSScup'S decision in the inter
state commerce case as about as broad"
as anything he ever noted, his judgment
has weight. The attitude of the court is
certainly remarkable. 1t is to be remem-
quire witnesses to testify against them.
selves; on the contrary, it expressly eX-
empts them from prosecution in such, cases.
But Judge Grosscup practically holds that
any officer or agent of a railroad company
which is being prosecuted for violation of
the law cannot be compelled to testify
against the company at all. And such is
the law now that when any federal judge
decides against the government the latter
can. in case the judgment is against itself.
The rate at which the courts are now
openly nullifying legislative acts or hrae-
feature of the present exercise of judicial
power. 1t is not confined to the federal
courts, which are granted such jurisdiction
by the constitution, but to state courts,
many of which are not. But many high
authorities, such as Judge Cooley of Mich
igan, and a great number of eminent
judges. ave held even in the case of the
federal courts that a legislative act is not
most emphatic cases of constitutional VIC
lation. That Judge Grosscup has unduly
stretched the powers of his tribunal would
thus appear to, be evident: And when we
join to this willingness of the federal courts
to stretch a point to save railroads from
lust punishment the further willingness OF
'ha, N'
jenkins, to take an unheard-of step against
the generally recognized rights of railway
employees. we have an assumption of judicial
power of rather surprising proportions.
whoever hath an absolute authority to
interpret any written or spoken laws, II
is he who is truly the law-giver, to all in
tents and purposes, and not the person
who first wrote or spoke them" So said
the English Bishop Hoadley in 17l7 in Il
sermon before the king. 1t seems to be a
true saying. and it seems also to be true
self prerogatives which are making it prac-
tically the law-giver of the nation and of
the states within certain broad and en-
larging bounds. jefferson saw in this
power of the federal judiciary a menace
Connecticut. of another political school, OPP
posed the granting of It in the constitu-
tional convention of 1881. But it has been
assumed, and thereby has arisen a doc
trine of constitutional law wholly unique
among the nations. 1t is n power, how
ever, never Intended for unlimited judicial
exercise. The federal judges will do well
evidently to be occasionally reminded of
this fact
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13
WREELER Us. WHEELER.

The bible tells US Sat ~ man can serve
all preachers are agreed. And yet there are
men constantly trying to do the two-horse
act. A striking example is furnished by
Councilman Wheeler in his attempt to mutt
late the electric inspection ordinance. AS a
member of a fire insurance firm MIR. Wheeler
represents not only several of the most sub
stantial insurance companies in the country,
but also their patrons, the merchants, manu-
facturers and owners of buildings and stocks
of merchandise. In his relation to the in
surance companies and their policy holders
Mr.. Wheeler is expected to exert his in
fluence in the council in favor of every safe
guard that will protect property and life
from fires generated by electrical wires
strung on the outside or inside of buildings.
AS the beneficiary of Mr.. Wiley and the
Thomson-Houston company Mr.. Wheeler Is
expected to exert his influence in the coun-
Gil for the prevention of any regulation by
ordinance that will hamper the company in
doing just about as it pleases, and particu-
larly in making the inspection a mere farce.
AS between the insurance companies and
the lIlSuIeu VII III Slu anu III tic'tii ~
lighting monopoly on the other, whom did
Mr.. Wheeler represent in mutilating the
electric inspection ordinance? AS originally
drafted, the ordinance was satisfactory to
the insurance companies and their patrons,
who. are deeply interested in preventing
spontaneous fires. Who was it that cut out
certain essential features of this ordinance?
Surely not Mr.. Wheeler, who does not know
any more about electric science as applied to
lighting and motor power than he does about
the Hindoo language.
Is not Mr.. Wheeler serving the wrong
master when he seeks to lessen public safety
and increase the risks which his employers,
the insurance companies, have to carry? Is
he not also fastening upon his Omaha in
surance patrons excessive rates by reason of
increased risk? Is it not about time for Mr..
Wheeler to discard one Of his masters and
serve his constituents as well as his en-
ployers and patrons in the insurance bust
ness?
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13
RosEBERr ON GL1DSTONEs LIVE

ot' IbAE - INN rs.
There Will be no departure by Lord Rose
berry from the lines of policy laid down by
his illustrious predecessor. Such Is the as
surance given In an address of the new
premier to a meeting of liberals Yesterday,
and given in such plain and unqualified terms
that there can be no doubt regarding its
sincerity. He declared that he and those
associated with him In the ministry stood
where they did before there was a change
OF %premiers and that they are all pledged
to the same policy. The same measures that
constituted the program Of the liberal party
under the leadership of Gladstone that party
will continue to battle for under the leader
ship of Rosebery.
FIRST In Importance among the liberal
policies is that relating to home rule in Ire
land, and as to this great question the new
premier spoke in no uncertain or ambiguous
terms. He declared that the government ia
bound to the Irish question by the cause of
honor and affection and that the policy of
home rule will not be less definitely pursued
by reason of the change of prime ministers,
The pledge OF this was in the continuance of
John Morley as chief secretary for Ireland,
that staunch champion of Irish home rulo
having declined a higher position from a
sense of duty to that cause. Irishmen and
all sympathizers Of home rule will lind in
the utterances OF Lord Rosebery no reason
for other than hope. In referring to what
promises TO become an issue of hardly less
Importance than the Irish question, namely,
the ending or mending'' Of the House OF
Lords, the premier said the present
government had fully identified itself with
the declaration made by Mr.. Gladstone in
his last speech In the House of Commons.
lie had himself long felt that with demo,
cratic suffrage the House of Lords is an
anomaly, and he pointed out wherein tho
power exercised by the hereditary legislators
is a danger to the constitution. Being him,
self a peer, Lord Rosebery spoke IN no harsh
or disrespectful terms of the Lords. He did
not think the peerage should be considered
a stigma or a bar to opportunities of serving
the state, but, as a liberal, none would be
more steadfast in doing his duty to the party.
What was said by the premier on this ques,
tion was largely in the nature Of a warning.
as. indeed, was that which Mr.. Gladstone
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

The rapid growth of sentiment favorable
to the promotion of irrigation in Nebraska
is due largely to the persistent efforts of
the press to disseminate information point
ing out the incalculable advantage of irriga-
tion wherever it has been tried, this side
and beyond the Rockies. Within the past
few years publications exclusively devoted
to the subject of irrigation have sprung up
in leading ~transnissouri cities. The latest
output has just made its advent in Omaha
under the heading 0of Irrigation" The
initial number comes to us in the shape of
a handsomely printed twenty-page pamph-
let, with several photogravure illustrations
and an enclosure of the typographical map
of the projected Platte river canal. There
is much interesting and valuable information
embodied in this number that will commend
itself to our business men and people inter-
ested in the extension of the area of irri-
cation. Et4t
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

The appointment of DR., George L.. Miller
to the position OF surveyor of customs is
meeting with approval among the people of
this city. There can be no question of the
Doctors fitness for the place, The appoint
ment has of course wrecked other ambi-
lions hereabouts and comes to DR.. Miller
unsolicited as the easiest way out of a bitter
f~actional fight in which he did not partici-
pate. Taking this instance, coupled with
the action Of the president in the Lincoln
postmastership, 1t is fair to predict that the
active candidates for the district attorney
ship will be turned down and that the plum
will go to some democrat whose name has
not been mentioned in connection with the
place.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Another conference is to be held in Phila-
delphia for the promotion of municipal re-
form. Americans are beginning to realize to
what an extent abuses have been carried
in the larger cities and what can be gained
by the suppression of such abuses. The sub
ject is attracting the attention not merely
of theorists, but also of men Of affairs who
have had practical experience in the efforts
made from time to time to rescue the
government of their respective cities from
the hands Of professional politicians who look
upon the city revenues as legitimate spoils.
Ii Is seen that what Is needed is a change
In both men and methods. These confer
ences serve to bring proposals for new
methods before the public and to impress
upon the people the necessity OF constant
watchfulness and care. II the better ele-
ments in all the large cities will only interest
themselves actively In the reform Of NUM-
cipal government the improvement in our
American cities will soon become visible even
to the most casual observer.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13
The scheme of the electric lighting monoI

The scheme of the electric lighting monop-
oily and its tools In the council now is to
rescind the contract which has been awarded
to Pardee & Co. as the lowest bidders and
to readvertise for new bids. This is a
brazen subterfuge concocted for the evident
purpose to prolong the grip of the Wiley
concern upon the taxpayers and upon private
consumers. What excuse is there for read
vertislng at this time when delay manifestly
makes 1t impossible for any competitor to
supply the lights by the 30th of April? The
pretense under which Wiley's catspaws in
the council propose to rescind the contract is
that they do not propose to grant a fran
chise for thirty years. Didn't these same
eouncllmen cheerfully vote a hfty-ysar fran
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Limestone macadam has proved itself to
be a costly failure in this city and will
again prove itself a costly failure If used on
country roads. A bed of limestone and
ement covered with broken sandstone,
granite and gravel would make a first class
permanent roadway. But crushed limestone
will pulverize and disintegrate within a very
short time. A limestone macadam roadway
that remains unsprinkled in the summer
would be avoided by light travel. because
the lime dust would make it almost insup-
portable. and dirt roads would be preferred
in spite of ruts and heavy grades.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

A railroad employee at Lincoln has set
about to correct one the abuses of the Ne
braska statutes that has sprung up within
the past year or so. The law in this state
makes 1t a misdemeanor for a merchant or
creditor to assign a claim to parties outside
of the state for the purpose of evading the
garnishee law. The law has been persist
emily ignored and as a result several thriving
syndicates have grown up in Council Bluffs
and Sioux City. They purchase Nebraska
claims against railway employees. secure july
ment in a justice court and garnishee the
railway company in Iowa. The practice has
resulted in no little hardship and the rail-
road companies have never made the effort
to prevent the abuse. The Lincoln employee,
however, has instituted a test case and has
sued a merchant for fraudulently transferring
a claim to an Iowa syndicate. The progress
of the case will be watched with no little
interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Lord Rosebery is not allowing the fact
that he is himself a peer to interfere with
the adoption of a popular program of legis-
lation. The custom of the British constitu-
ton requires the ministry to be in harmony
with the majority Of the Commons. In con-
sequence the party program must be con-
structed with a view to pleasing the Com
mons. II it satisfies the peers well and
good, If the peers are dissatisfied with the
program so much the worse for the peers.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

The supreme court Of Nebraska has very
properly set the seal Of its disapproval upon
the business methods Of the so-called collec-
ton agencies Of this state, who threaten to
blacklist the name Of the unfortunate credi-
tor who fails to liquidate a claim within a
certain specified time. The mails of the state
have been burdened within the past few
years by the threatening letters OF these
collection agencies. Many men who from
force Of circumstances have been unable to
promptly pay their debts have been publicly
advertised as deadbeats, and u~niustly so,
The deadbeat has no sympathy but the
man who is simply the victim of hard times
is entitled TO the protection Of the law. and
the court very properly extends It.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13
MID MIRCH MERRTMENT.

Texas Strings: The only way to get a
hen out of the garden is to go SLOW put
shoo'er.
Buffalo Courier: The t~urning-point In the
lives of most farmer boys Is at the END or u
furrow. 4u'
Philadelphia Record: a move for cheopert
gas is something that shouldn't be turned
down.
Yonkers Statesman: If it is a fact that
Phiiadelphians will eventually get every
thing.
Chicago Tribune: Winter appears to be
going and through the tree-tops the spring
zephyrs soon will be breathing a sigh OF
re-leaf. "'-
Spare Moments: Beggar-Have you a
conner npir YOU can spare, sir? ,Carleton-Yes;
YOU viii find him in the kitchen making
love to the COOK. .r
Harper's Bazaar: "Ill never invite an
editor to my home again. said the young
author. 81 had Bluepencil up over sunday,
and my boy brought out the mucilage, pot
and said. OATS what my papa wites
storwies wid.''
Washington Star: ITS a queer thing"
said the man who observes closely, that
YOU never find a barber who is an an
~ should say not. You wouldn't expect
n man to work against his W business
would your
THE LADY OR THE TIGER.
Brooklyn Life.
She gets two letters in the mail,
The envelopes are scanned;
A girls handwriting Is on one,
A mans the other hand.
She lays them down; she picks one up;
Its seal is quickly burst
Now. who is wise enough to say
Which one she opens first?
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Are we never to have an end of the charge
that the Nebraska democracy already has
more than its share Of the limited supply of
federal patronage at the disposal of the
president? That place in the cabinet Is a
cloud that overshadows the laudable am
billions of all the good Nebraska democrats
who would be better satisfied with smaller
plums and more OF them.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Admiration for the quick-witted action of
a Rock Island railway engineer, who saved
his train from the bandits on Friday night
while passing through cut near st. Joseph,
Mo-, by turning on q full head of steam,
will be mingled Will regret that the des-
peradoes could not,dbel captured. The rail-
ways OF the country should make common
What the Adams ,ENSprenss eompany has
done in the way of aiming its train crews
with buckshot rifles should be done by the
railroad companies generally for the pro-
lection of passenger trains.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Philadelphia Record.
Senator Sherman says the United States
senate is the greatest deliberative body in
Whilst the senate 'deliberates" the bus
mess of the country goes to wreck. Sem
atorial deliberation Is the grandiose phrase
with which senatorial flibustering, SEN
atorial speculation and senatorial disregard
for the public interest is sugar-coatel to
hide it's bitterness and yileness from the
popular apprehension,
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13
That estimated deficit in the federal finances

That estimated deficit in the federal finances
shrinks every time the figures are subjected
to a revised calculation. In the meanwhile
the estimated revenue from the proposed
tariff bill increases every time it is altered
by amendment. If the senate will now cut
Off the unpopular income tax schedule, 1t
will Just about restore the desired balance
perditures,
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Councilman Hascall has let The cat out Of
the bag at last. In the letter which APP
peared over his name in the Sunday Hy-
phenated he tells us that there was nc in
tention on the part of the council that any
Dne but the Thomson-Houston company
should bid for the next three years contract
for electric lighting. Mr.. Hascall is candid
sometimes, If not often.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13
Fnte of the Tariff Bill.


Philadelphia Ledger.
Early reports. frpR, Washington of the
manner In, which the bill has been received
indicate that ii may get full democratic
support in some shape, but It is almost GER
tain TO be thrown into conference commit
tee and to be SO altered there as to amount
to "A new bill. ThH republicans should an
tagonize 1t at every point, for its final pas
sage is by no means assured.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1894.

chise to the gasaPmpany without reducing
the price Of gasAtA the public or the city?
How is anybody to bid against the Thomson
Houston company unless they are given the
privilege Of putting up the wires? The job
is too patent on its face and can only ter
inmate In a scandal.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Mr.. Tobe Castor was quick to disclaim
any part in the appointment OF Dr. Miller.
This was doubtless for effect upon the other
fellows only. lobe will square himself
with the doctor when the proper time comes.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

1t is announced that 1t is quite likely that
there will be very little talk on the part OF
the friends of the seigniorage bill in It's be-
half in the senate. There is so little to be
said in its favor that the men who want to
coin the vacuum would do well to say
nothing at all
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

The democrats are not deriving much en-
couragement' from the many spring cleo
lions that have been held in the various
towns and cities of several different states.
These spring elections are generally taken
to be a good indication of the temper of the
people. The tide is not running in democ-
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

So
'Rhe friendly injunction suit to keep Jefer-
son square as a posey garden and let the
grass grow on the streets of Omaha should
not be permitted to hang in the courts for
an indefinite period. The city attorney
should make a vigorous effort to secure a
decision at the earliest possible day.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13
coon LUCK.


Judd Lyman in Chicago Times.
l found "A horses cast-off shoe
And snatched II from the cobblestonos
Good luck, my boy, good luck to your
1t seemed to say I'm ringing tones.
Thoughtlessly / stood and laughed,
With future bright within my clutch,
Till | got a jab with n wagon SHAFT,
And now / trayel on a crutch.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

1t is human nature to leave every piece of
work until the last possible minute, That
accounts for the Utah Legislature crowding
the business of an entire session into four
days. 1t is simply taking lessons from the
example regularly set by congress at its
short session.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

According to the Chicago Times the chief
merit of the senate tariff bill lies IN the
fact that it retains the income tax feature.
If that Is It's chief merit it's sphere of use
fulness must be extremely circumscribed.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13
Tho Man for the Emergency.

81, PauI GIoDt,
Admiral Benham, commander of the
American fleet at Rio. is "A hero in more
senses than one. While all the other for
eigners have fled from the yellow fever, he
remains at his post, and, when necessity
requires. nurses the sick and comforts the
dying. He is made of the right sort of
stuff.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13
A Significant Circumstance.

New York Sun.
1t is n significant circumstance that the
business condition of the country has im-
proved steadily since the Wilson bill passed
from the mob of the house into the con-
sentative hands of the senate.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Iowa is a few miles nearer Washington
than Nebraska. 1t appears also to be a
few miles nearer the Interstate
commission vacancy.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Indianapolis Journal.
Senator PETER deserves the thanks of the
country for Introducing a resolution to in
vestigate the rumors regarding sugar spec
ulations by senator's. The subject should
be probed to the bottom.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Total for the month .......,,....'.' ;eJop't
Less reductions Tor unS"'u NV !. .l' 1903
Jpn" 49, -a--
NJ. .,, 62l. sol
oti s,,,a 40, -; 'cci,rciiation ,.......... q, III
" GEORGE y. THsCHUCK.
Sworn to before me ana subscribed in my
nresence this 81 day OF March. 1894.
N. u. FELL, Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13
srArrnTrNr or CIRCULATION.

George -. Tzschuck. secretary OF Ihe iee
Publishing company, being duly sworn sayS anaS
The actual lumber Of full and complete copies or
Tho Daily Morning. Evening nnd Su.huay Ipe
printed during the month Of February, 1874, was
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Texas Strings: The only way to get a
hen out of the garden is to go SLOW put
Shoo'er.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Philadelphia Record: a move Tor cheRpei
down.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Buffalo Courier: The turning-point In the
lives of most farmer boys Is at the emu Oh d
furroW. au'
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

Workers Statesman: If it is n fact thaf
Phiiadelphians will eventually get every
Omaha daily bee., 1894-03-13

cbic,ro Tribune: Winter appears to be
going and through the tree-tops the spring
zephyrs soon will be breathing n sigh or
re-leaf. ."-.