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Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03
sUsPEyDryG HosrILirrEs.

New York World; The command is
honorable to him and TO his people II will
do more than many successful campaigns
could to impress tho civilized world with
the actuality Of Japanese progress.
Cincinnati Commercial; Ii Hung Chang,
though he belongs to the beaten side, is still
probably the greatest statesman OF the
Orient. lie had to fight heathenism and inn
perial backwardness at home as we'll as
progress in Japan
Cincinnati Enquirer: Japan has ordered a
suspension Of hostlitlcs, pending peace
negotiations which were interrupted by the
shooting of Ii Hung Chang. The attempt
on the life OF the Chinese envoy is under
stood to be the cause OF Japans liberality.
There Is a desire to atone, to the fullest
extent possible, for very serious olfense,
The interruption Of the fighting is wise from
a general standpoint. What is the use of
more slaughter? China is defeated and worn
out, and if a peace is to BE- arranged Japan
can add nothing to her conquest by spillng
more blood. She can rest on her arms and
resume where she left of IL the negotiations
fail.
Philadelphia Ledger: The attempted as
sassination of Ii Hung Chang rendered the
unconditional armistiCe, now declared, in
evitable. 1t is an act Of reparaton which
Japan feels 1t must make for the murderous
assault made on the chosen representative Of
nation suing for peace, even though the
government cannot be held fully responsible.
But even in taking the step he had, the
mikado has looked out for the interests of
his country. II the reports of the last few
days be any indication. The positions of
every branch of the army have been so
strengthened that, In case OF failure to
not in any way be the gamer by the cessation
of hostlities.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03
CII FEARFUL SIGNS.

Kansas City Star: Rain has fallen the
past two days in every part OF the great
wheat section of the country. The new era
of prosperity seems to be setting in in real
earnest in every portion of America
Kansas City journal: The long drouth
in western Nebraska is at length broken,
Snow and rain in large quantities have
fallen and the hopes of the discouraged and
destitute farmers have been revived. Ne
braska with plenty of seasonable moisture
asks no aid or odds from any quarter.
New York World: The end of March finds
the business of the country, both CONNER
Cia and Industrial in more hopeful condi-
tion than has been known in many months
With the currency at last out of reach of
tinkering for a year or two at least and
stability assured for longer period the
recovery SO well begun should suffer no
check.
Minneapolis Times: The panic is over
The times are grpwing better. Their ad-
vance is now dependent entirely upon the
grace with which the signs are received
by the American people. With a country so
blessed as this with the means of production,
with lands lying waste that would make the
eyes of an European farmer dance With
envy, with great and industrial people
making their own laws and their own prece-
dents it seems a simple proposition to state
that stagnation of business cannot long con-
tinue
Minneapolis Tribune: The drouth has
been broken both in the northwest and
southwest and the farmers are in a much
moro cheerful mood at the better outlook.
The quantity of rain which has fallen in
this region is not large. but 1t is sufficient
to wet the surface and facilitate seeding
operations. April is the month Of showers
and it is the rains of June and July which
mature the crops. There is no use denying
that the conditions up to Saturday were
quito serious, but now there is every reason
to look for a favorable season. The rain
will be worth millions to business.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03
OM.4HA'S PROTEST.

Property holders of Omaha are taxed
to support the fire and police depart
ment. Men who own the most property
of course pay the greater amount of tax.
Democrats, republicans, populists and
prohibitionists must pay this tax in pro-
portion to their holdings. Men who thus
help to bear the burden of city govern
ment should be given a voice in it's
affairs. Our heavy property owners are
unanimous in their demand that the
police commission law be let alone
They denounce as pernicious any legis-
latiOn which would inevitably destroy
the nonpartisan character of the police
commission, put it solely in the hands
of factionists who would plunge the de-
partment into political and religious
contention. They assert truthfully that
the effect of the Churchill-Russell bill
would be to utterly destroy discipline in
the fire and police force and expose our
citizens to riotous disturbance and their
property to the risk of destructive fires.
The agitation which the vetoed police
commission bill has already caused in
the community has thoroughly demoral-
lied the police and threatens to have
the same effect upon the fire force. In
asmuch as the law could not go into
effect until after the 1st of August, its
passage would leave our police and fire
department in state of discord and
INSTRUMENTATION. 1t Is almost certain
also that the attempt to organize the
new commission would be resisted and
carried into the courts by reason of the
defects pointed out in the governors
message. That would mean protracted
turmoil and discOrd in the police and
fire department until the supreme court
should render q decision Interpreting the
law. 1t is doubtful whether such a de-
cision would be reached during the
present year. In the face of such con-
ditions the friends of law and order
have nothing to gain and everything to
lose from the attempt to override the
veto. The remedies sought by the
friends of municipal reform and police
purgation can certainly be applied more
speedily and effectively under the exist
ing law. If the present commission has
shirled its duty as Is charged and does
not respond to the demand for reorgani-
zation of the police the governor is in
duty bound under the law to depose the
commissioners and fill their places by
men who will do their duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03
Legislative yenality and Tyranny.


All this trouble with legislatures and
their work proceeds from ignorance ON the
part OF Legislators, who frequently cannot
give a rational account after they have
adjourned of what they have done or re-
fused to do There is, moreover, iGnor-
ance of what has been already done in
the line of legislation; lack o. knowledge
of the great fact that the world has gem
of the statemFnt of a wise man long ago,
"The world is governed too much" There
Is ignorance OF the truth that innovation
is not necessarily Improvement; end that
the old is not, for that reason had, or the
new good. .gg
There is, moreover, with the work of the
legislature the perpetraton of considerable
absolute tyranny. II Is rarely that a leg
islature adjourps without indulging in some
sort of enactment which II proceeding q ON
"A monarch would be regarded as a stretch
of absolutism. Sudh are all laws intended
to benefit one class of citizens by inturng
another; such are all laws discriminating
against any class and in effect degrading
them: such are laws regulating what peo-
pie shall eat, saying nothing OF what they
shall drink, and all laws injuring the law
full business Of any individual or CORPORA
tion, Legislatures which go in to crush"
or get even" with any person, place or
thing usually resort to tyrannlca methods.
All these things go to make many ses-
sons of the legislature periods Of anxiety
for the public while they 1uHtnue. and
lead the people TO rejoice when the spring
ing grass and the song of the biue bird
announce that the spring has come and
the legislature has gone.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03
BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS,.

That there is more confident feeling
tested by several facts. In the first
place it is to be noted that industrial
enterprises of nearly all kinds are be-
coming more active. The factories and
mills of the east, if not generally Oper-
ating up to their full capacity, are more
fully employed than at any previous
time for more than year, and the in
dicati seem favorable to increased
and continued activity, the only thing
likely to interfere with this being
heavy importations of foreign made
goods Stocks throughout the country
are not large, however. so that it is
believed the market will take all that
An agreement just effected between
the iron and steel manufacturers and
the workers regarding the scale of
wages is to be followed by the resump-
ton of all the western mills at once
which means employment for tens of
thousands of idle workmen. and the
resumption of the iron and steel indus
try will bring activity to others. For a
month or more past the tin industry
has been growing more active, and in
deed all along the line of manufac-
tured products there is Improvement,
with indications favoring continuance
of active operations. We have hereto
fore referred to the fact of a better
feeling abroad toward American Sc
,;t;, At.
due to the belief that better business
conditions in this country are at hand.
The orders for our securities have re-
Gently been on comparatively liberal
scale, and If this Is continued 1t will
bring here an amount of European
capital which will help materially to
the restoration of prosperity. 1t Is to
be expected, also, that foreign capital
will seek other investments here as the
result of returning confidence, so that
it is quite possible there will be Il re-
turn within the ensuing year of a
greater part If not all that has been
taken out of the United States since
the depression begun. There is no
longer any serious apprehension abroad
lliul lllS country VIII Dt Drought 10 II
silver basis, and with this potent cause
of the withdrawal of capital removed
1t ought to freely flow back, for it will
hardly be questioned that this is still
an inviting field for investment, much
as it has been damaged by the demo
cratic policy, and that the opportunities
are as numerous and us promising as
in any other part of the world.
1t would be almost impossible to ex.
aggerate the value to the country of
the widespread rains of the last few
days, and the inspiriting effect they
have produced is not confined to the
sections where they We're greatly
needed, but extends everywhere. Good
crops this year are most essential to a
return of prosperity, and while it can
not be said that this timely downpour
of moisture absolutely assures good
crops, without it they would not
have been possible The condition of
wheat before these rains was lower
than at this time last year, while the
ground in the corn growing states was
in no condition for planting An i'm
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03


The national banks of Nebraska, ex-
elusive of those in Omaha and Lincoln,
contain about $10,000OO0 of individual
deposits. To Say nothing of capital
stock and Surplus funds, this gives a
fair idea of the means at the command
of the people of this state. To this must
be added the deposits in state savings
banks and in building and loan associa-
tions. This idle money TO be sure is
doing the people at large little good. 1t
is in hiding and will not have courage
to show its face until this years crop
shall have been assured. Then 1t will
begin to circulate and this is why our
whole state is dependent upon the tillers
of the soil. The wealth of Nebraska is
dug from the earth. When Mother Earth
is prolific, business is good. credit can
be given, the volume of circulating
medium expands, money becomes easy
and general prosperity reigns. Money
is simply the evidence of wealth yielded
up by the earth under the hand of toll.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03
NOT A PARTY MEASURE.

The attempt to dragoon republican
members OF the legislature into the
support of the Omaha police commits
sion bill under pretensc that 1t is re-
publican measure and will promote re-
publican supremacy is pernicious and
fraugllt with political disaster. The re-
publican party has rallied under its
banner men of all creedS and nation.
nlities. The issues upon which 1t has
won its triumphs in the past, and upon
which it must stake its fortunes in the
future, are clearly defined. No rcpub-
lican platform, whether national or
state, has ever committed the party to
cspousc scctarian controversies that
would divide its following in hostile
camps over issues that are foreign to
its own political creed Why then
should republicans of the legislature
commit themselves and seek to commit
the party to n measure that is notori-
ously inspired by faction of the party
that seeks to force the anti-Catholic
issue into the coming campaign.
1t has been asserted on the floor of
the senate that the Douglas dclcga-
ton to the legislature was elected Oh
this issue and stood pledged to turn
the police and fire departments of
Omaha over TO members of the anti
Catholic order. This assertion is abso-
lutcly bascless. The republican dele
cation from Douglas county was
elected on the sole issue then pending,
namely the election of n republican to
the United States senate. On that issue
alone the contest was waged and won
in Douglas county. On this issue they
received not only the united support
of their own party, regardless of creed
or faction, but also not less than 1000
votes of democrats who We're opposed
TO the candidacy of William ]. Bryan.
We make bold to assert that it would
have been impossible to elect any MEM
Der of this delegation who would have
avowed himself in favor of the bill
vetoed by Governor IIolcomb. The
fact is. the issue which is sought to be
made now in the name of the repub-
lican party was never thought of until
after the election. 1t is self-evdent
that no such bill would have been in
troduced had Thomas j. Majors been
elected governor.
The only preteXt that can be urged
in favor of change of membership
of the police commission Is founded on
the charges of corruption in the police
department. These charges all date
back two years and more. If the par
ties who profess n desire to purify the
police had no other object in view, why
didn't they make complaint against the
commission to Governor Crounse, who
certainly was not partial to blackmail-
ers and crooks. Every commissioner
on the present board is a republican
appointee. Governor Boyd's appoint
ments We're turned down by the SUI.
preme court. Why then should re
publicans befoul their own nest and
take up cudgels to fight the battles OF
Il faction that has already embroiled
the party in internal contention
and are sure to wreck it if the
republicans of the legislature are sc
| imprudent as to fan the embers of sec
| tartan contention into flame which
will consume those who happen to be
| in it's destructive path.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03

provement In wheat Is reasonably TO be
expected, while the planting of other
grains can now go forward rapidly.
The farmers are feeling very much
more hopeful. and with the improved
outlook such of them as can will un-
doubtedly buy more freely, thus help.
ing the country merchant, who will in
turn help the jobber.
Business prospects are Frightening,
there can be no question, and we think
it safe to say that a very marked re,
covery will be noted throughout the
country within the next sixty days
The return of prosperity will be
gradual, but it will be sure, and there
is reason to believe that before the
close of the current year the complaint
Of hard times will have about ceased.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03
NsBRtSKA AND NHBRAsKAys.

The annual contest OF the Nebraska High
School Detlamatory union will be held at
Grand Island May 10.
The semi-annual meeting OF tho Niue
Valley Congregational association will be held
at Exeter May 2l. % and 80.
Randolph woman tried to learn tc ride
bicycle on Sunday and was thrown over
the handles Of the machine and severely
injured.
Three Arapahoe boys, f. J. Anguish,
Francis Dsbrow and Clayton Dadcon, paid
81 and costs for the privilege Of rotten egg
Inc MIR. Hunting.
The 17-months-old child Of William Down.
Ing, living near Havclock, drank e large
quantity OF solution of arscuic but the
prompt application of emotics saved the little
ones life.
James Mccullough, a bachelor resident OF
Hemingford was found dead i'm his bed by
noighbor. Death was probably due to natural
causes. as his clothes were by the side of the
bed and the pockets contained over SIS In
cash.
revolver in the pocket of the editor OF
the Ewing Advocate went on while ho
was standing in the postofice and gave the
crowd a scare. The editor was little more
than scared, for the bullet sped down his leg
into the heel of his boot. leaving a blistered
line to mark its course.
j. NJ Wolfe Of Omaha has compiled and
issued from the press of the Omaha Pub
fishing company a Souvenir of the Nebraska
Legslaturc-lS9596." The volume is q neat
one and contains portraits of all the members
and officers of the state legislature, with a
brief biographical sketch of each person. In
addition there are also portraits and sketches
OF all the state officers, United States sena-
tors and representatives, judges of the state
supreme court, court commissioners and other
officials. The book is full of Information
that is valuable to Nebraska politicians and
1t Will be used extensively for ready refer
ence. The price is 81.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03

Citizen Scott's epistle to the fire and
police commission was designed solely
for possible effect upon members of the
legislature who are now considering
the Churchill-Russell bill. In any other
aspect it would be wholly unworthy Of
mention. If allegations made therein
with reference to the boards completely
with gamblers and houses of prostitu-
ton have any foundation in fact it is
the sworn duty of the judge of the
criminal court to instruct the county at
torney to apply the remedy at law. On
the other hand, If it be admitted that
SCOTS charges are true, that fact
would afford no logical reason for the
proposed law. Governor Holcomb in
his veto message strongly intimates
that if it can be shown that the pres
ent police commission has outlived its
usefulness it can readily be constituted
anew under the wise provisions of the
existing law.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03
The Waller of Madagascar.

Kansas City Star.
John Waller, formerly of Kansas" and
late representative of the United States
near the court of Madagascar, has got him
self in serious trouble, having been SEN
fenced by a French court-martial to twenty
years imprisonment for communicating with
the enemies of the French in Madagascar.
1t appears that Johns troubles came about
in this way: Having been born a Mis-
sourian, adopted as a Kansan and legally
sworn in as an American. he abandoned a
citizenship and became Malagash or a
Mahogany. Had he wrapped the American
flag around him as did the late Mr.. Kirby
defed the French. but having dsowned his
country and accepted citizenship in NADIA
gascar he amounted to no more than a
1t is rough on Mr.. Waller. but he should
have adhered to the doctrine, "Once an
American, always an American. Little
sympathy can be felt for him who fops
himself out of the nest of the American
eagle
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03
LET THEM WAIT A WHILE.

Without going into the merits Of the
proposition for the appointment of
truant officers for the purpose of getting
all children between the ages of and
II in Omaha into the schools, it seems
plain that this is not the proper time
to begin the innovation. In the first
place, there are only two months more
of school this year, and the time re-
naming would be reduced to one month
before the proposed machinery could be
put in working order. BY the time
the children would be rounded up the
school year will have closed and the
same work will only have TO be repeated
when the schools reopen In the autumn.
The three or four weeks schooling that
such truant children would secure this
year would hardly be enough to inure
room.
Again, the Board of Education cannot
know, at this day, what will be the
ordinary demand for school accommoda-
tions at the opening of the next school
year. Heretofore 1t has had all it could
do to attend to the school population
entered on its rolls. This Is the situa-
ton in every American city. Nowhere
is the compulsory education law strictly
enforced, for the simple reason that if il
were not one city in the country would
be prepared to take care of the in
creased attendance. When the schools
reopen the board will be in a position
to ascertain how far in this direction its
resources will warrant it in going.
OF course postponing the appointment
of truant officers will not be popular
with those who hope or expect to get
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03
LABoRfNG UNDER A DELUS1oN

Some of the members of the present
legislature seem to be laboring under a
peculiar delusion. They are already lay
ing wires to capture some of the new
offices that the present legislature has
established or expects to establish.
They are even counting on the services
they have rendered in helping to create
the various commissions, supervisor
ships and inspectorships as points in
favor of their aspirations We beg to
call the attention of these ambitious
legislators to the following paragraph
in the state constitution:
Section 13. No person elected to the leg
isature shall receive any civil appointment
within this state from the governor and
senate during the term for which he has
been elected. And all appointments and all
votes given for any such member for any
such office or appointment shall be void.
Nor shall any member of the legislature or
any state officer be interested either directly
or indirectly in any contract with the state,
county or city authorized by any law passed
during the term for which he shall have
been elected or within one year after the
expiration thereof.
The intention of this provision was
to prevent the legislature from enacting
laws for the benefit of it's own indi-
vidual members. This intention is
plain. The spirit of the constitution is
not to be evaded by vesting appoint
ments in officers other than the gov
ernor. Members of the legislature may
as we'll make up their minds at once
that they are ineligible to any of the
newly created state offices and dcsist
immediately from further efforts to Sc.
cure those positions.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03
IHE ORIENT EMPRESS.
Cy Warman In New York Sun.

Cy Warman In New York Sun.
A bold Bulgarian shepherd boy who looked
50 like a sheep,
So gentle yet 50 sportive in his snowy
shepherds dress
Lay down upon the railroad track and
played he was asleep,
To fool the engine driver on the Orient
Express.
The driver, who disdained to slay the ram
upon the rail-
Put on the brakes, reversed the wheels,
and turned his face away.
The stoker stood beside him, for II seemed
his heart would fail,
Whereat the shepard boy stood up, and
laughed and ran away.
Then came the Irish section boss, the day
the train came back,
And poured about barrel o tar be-
tween the ties that day;
So, when the shepherd boy lay down, the
tar upon the track
Trickled through the whiskers of his robe
and held him where he lay.
The driver could not hear the cry that
swept the right of way,
The death-cry of the shepherd, and his
soul was filled with mirth;
He opened up the throttle valve and turned
his face away,
The train bore down upon the boy and
swept him from the earth.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-04-03
TRYING DAKorrs piroacE BRANDS.
One Woman Who Has Sampled Sioux Falls
and fargo Already.


SIOUX FALLS, S. d.. April 2.-(Special)
Two years ago Mrs, Graf was we'll
known figure in Sioux Falls. She came
here from New York and secured a divorce
and spen; lots Of money. Upon the night
Of the day when Judge Aikens signed her
decree she gave an elaborate banquet In
her hotel to the family Of the attorney who
had pilVted her through the legal straits
She also presented her attorney with an
elegant and costly silver tea set. The next
day she went back to New York and the
next week she was married to a prominent
attorney Of Utica, N. Y. Recent dispatches
from Fargo. N. D.. show that the new hus>
band has Just secured a divorce from his
wife, whom he alleged harsh things against
Leonard A. lnwood, who has been here
the necessary six months, has made appii-
cation for divorce from Mary Inwoud on
the ground Of dcsertion. He comes from
Toronto Canada, where he was married
January so, 1887. He alleges that his wife
deserted him June s. 1890. The wife has
secured good firm of attorneys to fight the
case.