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Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
4 DISGRACE TO THE COMMUNITY.

The health department of the city of
Omaha is disgrace to the community.
Under the present health commissioner
the department has been nothing but a
nest of taXeaters, consuming the sub
stance of the people and giving them
no return for their money The head
of the department transformed his office
into headquarters for ward heelers and
professional politicians during the last
campaign. He has spent all of his time
in Matching out political plots and
scheming to get political cronies on the
public pay roll. He has boldly disre-
garded the provisions of the city char
ter and detiantly snapped his fingers
in the face of the city council. His per-
sistent attempts first to retain in office
and later to restore to Office an in
spector of meats who had been ar
raigned in the police court for defraud-
ing the city through padded bills for
drowning dogs, and held to the district
court for trial under heavy bonds, have
been simply outrageous.
The elimination of the health depart
ment scandals was reached at the last
meeting of the Board of Health, when
a regular cat-and-dog fight developed,
in which members of the board and
its employees INDUCED themselves with
out let or hindrance. The language
used is said to have been unfit for
repetition before any respectable per-
son, while the epithets hurled from one
side OF the room to the other would
have shocked the inhabitants of the
lowest dives in the city. So disgrace
full scene has never been witnessed
In the city hall since that building was
opened for public use.
The trouble with the health depart
ment has been that II has had pernicious
to follow. With council
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
HOIE MICH LONGER1

How much longer are the people of
Omaha to be kept in the dark as to the
extent of the defalcation in the city
treasury? The shortage in the late
treasurer's accounts became matter of
public notoriety on the 18th day of last
June, now nearly six months ago. AT
that time people We're promised Il COM
plete and detailed report of the cOndi-
ton of the city's finances'as soon as the
comptroller had gone over the books.
The comptroller's report, however, left
the matter as unfathomed as before.
Then four alleged experts We're EN-
ployed at $50 day to perform the work
that the comptroller had left undone.
After porting over the books for months,
after secret conferences and whispered
consultations, after bold attempt to
make the late deputy treasurer scape-
goat for the whole affair, after broken
promises of report and delays innu-
merable. the people are today just
where they were five months ago, so far
rs knowledge of the treasury deficit is
concerned.
Why all this mystery? Why this re-
peated postponement of the final state
ment of the facts? Are there other
officials to be shielded besides those
whose criminality or negligence has
already been exposed? Or is it the in
tention to hold the shortage over into
the term of another treasurer in order
to divide the responsibility and open
loopholes for the parties responsible to
the city to evade liability? Where there
is so much stealth there must be some
stealing. If the hole in the treasury is
much larger than was at first admitted,
what good can come of longer suppress
ing the truth? Further delay must only
involve all the city officials who have
been engaged in the work of investigat-
ing the treasurer's accounts in unpleas-
ant suspicion.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

is Investigating the subject of fire in
surance rates. The club was told by
the insurance people last year that the
advance in rates had been ordered be-
cause of inadequate water supply and
low hydrant pressure and that upon
completion of I improvements by the
water company and in the fire depart
ment Insurance. rates would be reduced
to the old figure or below. Members of
the Commercial club now want to know
when this promised reduction will ma
terialize and tile committee is expected
to asceI tain THAT fact.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Mark Twain asserts that the Arabs will
| take everything movable but joke.
An Allison club has been organized in
Minneapolis without encountering Davis
frost.
Even his opponent must concede that
Speaker Reed brings considerable weight to
his postion-2S0 pounds.
Representative Heatwole of Minnesota
who is considered the handsomest member of
the new congress- is already weary of the
distinction. He says he wants to be known
as a working representative and not as a
prize beauty. ........
The Boston Post prints what purports to
be pictures of the homes of Boston aldermen.
For sons mysterious reason the artist
omitted the aldermanic symbol Of civic
power-the lamp or arc light that ilumines
tho premises.
Oregons 16-year- r-old murderer is surely in
sane, according to the Minnesota Medical
Standard. Owing to a deficiency Of moral
sense, coupled with paroxysm of rage, he
slaughtered his father, mother and a casual
visitor at the family homestead.
The domestic ferment in the Pabst family
of Milwaukee has been settled by the pay
ment of 100000 to Margaret Mather Pabst.
Margaret has gone east and will probably re-
turn to the stage, while Colonel Pabst will
acquire residence in South Dakota for divorce
purposes.
That discarded son Of Queensberry, who
kicked several holes in the calm of Cali
fornia life, has distinguished himself by
cracking the jaw of a burglar and securing
$1,000 a week for his wife's appearance on
the stage. Sholto displays genius for ad-
vertising that renders him more useful than
diamonds to an actress
One of the stories told Of Russell Sage Is
that when thief one day dropped a bill
near him in order to draw his attention from
counting some money he had drawn at
bank Mr.. Sage put his foot on the bill,
thanked his informant finished his count,
slowed his own money securely away, and
then smilingly put the thiefs bill also in his
pocket.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

The fact that Senator Allison's
friends haye opened Allison headquar-
ters in Des Moines is telegraphed across
the country as the first authorized an
nouncement Of the senator's candidacy
for the presidential nomination. This is
nothing new ut all. Senator Allison has
never concealed 4his presidential ambi-
ton and lie has for months been openly
encouraging his friends to help on a
boom in his favor. Senator Allison is
time
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
The Monroe Doctrine.

Denver Republican,
The joint resolution offered by Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts, approving the Mon
roe doctrine, is the initial step in what may
be an interesting discussion of our foreign
relations by the senate. Its introduction by
a republican senator will be taken as commit
ting the republican party to the support of
he Monroe doctrine. The democrats may not
be willing togo as far as the republicans,
but they will net oppose the doctrine directly.
The opportunity will BE- given at least 10
place the senate on record in regard to one
of the most Important principles of American
policy, and What the senate says in regard
to foreign mattersjs entitled to great weight.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
Something to Arbitrate.


Railway managers are about to unite In a
petition to the Pullman company to reduce
the price of its upper berths 25 per cent. This
is a step, though not very long one, In the
right direction, The proper course for the
railways to acopt is to build and operate
their own sleeping cars as fast as their con-
tracts with the Pullman company expire. It
is doubtful whether in any other branch Of
commerce can there be found any parallel to
ths contracts by which the great trunk lines
have turned over the cream OF their passen-
ger business to an Independent corporation.
1t is more than doubtful whether. even in
the railway business. such jug-handled con-
tracts would be made unless there was some
thing more in them fer the officials making
the contract than for the railway corporation
bound by 1t. AS for the present concerted
move of the passenger agents II win prob
ably result only in the calm response OF the
Pullman company that there is nothing to
arbitrate.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
THE QUESTION or EXPENDITURE


1t is understood that it will be the
policy Of the republicans in congress
to cut down expenditures wherever 1t
Is practicable to do so without impair
ing the efficiency of the public service.
The estimate of the secretary of the
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. as
furnished by the several executive de-
partments, aggregate little over S41S,-
100000, which is nearly $6,00O,OOO in
excess of the appropriations for the cur
rent fiscal year. Five months of this
year have passed and the deficiency in
revenue has been little over $1,000
600, or an average of about S3,500,OOO
per month. which if maintained
throughout the year will create deficit
on June 30 next of over $40,O0O,OOO.
Assuming that there will be no legisla-
ton for increasing the revenue, which
appears probable, it is pretty safe to
conclude that the receipts of the gov
ernment for the current fiscal year will
fall short of the expenditures at least
$30,O00,O0O. In that event the present
congress will be called upon TO reduce
expenditures for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1897, fully $35,0OO,OO0 in order
to be sure of bringing them within the
receipts to be expected under existing
legislation.
That it will be extremely difficult, If
not impossible, to do this without inn
pairing the efficiency of the public serv-
ice there can be no question. The per-
manent annual appropriations, amount
ing to $110,000,00O, cannot be reduced,
and it is not likely that the estimate of
Sal 100000 for pensions will be cut
down any. Here are $260,OO0,0O0, SO
that the reductions required to bring
the estimated expenditures within the
amount of probable receipts, If there
should be no new revenue legislation,
must be made in the $15S,000,OO0 for all
other purposes than the permanent ap-
and pensions. 1t is per-
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

shielding cHb'Hzlcrs and incompctents
Is it any wWider that the health com
missioner thinks il his privilege to re-
tain the services of meat inspector
awaiting Trial ON charge of felony?
The question that perturbs the taxpay-
ers at present is Are we to have any
Improvement. under the new council?
Are places on the Board of Health to
be traded or and used only to estab-
lish political favortes in public sine
cures? If so. we may expect the health
department. ysqandals to continue.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

The proposition to put the city elec-
trician In charge of the wires OF the
police and fire alarm system is in every
respect sound. 1t is not only in the in
the system under the control of II real
electrician and result in a higher degree
of efficiency. The ordinance providing
for this change simply appropriates the
idea from other large cities where it
has proved highly satisfactory.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Another squad Of railway postal clerks
running on the line of the Union Pacific
have been severally promoted with in
creased pay. Under the civil service
rules which prevail in the Postofiice de-
partment long and meritorlous service
is sure to bring its ultimate reward.
The principle has long been proved and
works for higher efficiency in the
postal service as 1t would In the various
departments of city and state govern
ment IL adopted. 1t should be first APP
piled to the fire and police departments
0f metropolitan cities-
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Senator Culom Of Illinois announce IS
that he is not candidate for the republican
presidential nomination, although, as he says,
his name has been prominently mentioned
He has no doubt that the republicans will
elect any man they are likely to nominate
so his modesty is not the result of any feel
ing of uncertainty as to the result. Posi-
bly, his utterancs is to be taken not so much
as a declaration of his unwillingness to be-
come candidate as an announcement that
he is still alive. Men do sometimes take this
method of bringing themselves before the
public. But tits more charitable to take him
at his word. -s.-s
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Emperor Williams constant reitera-
tion that he depends upon the army for
support is too frequently misunderstood
by Americans not familiar with the
German military organization. The
army In Germany includes at some
period of his life every able-bodied male
citizen. The support of the army is
substantially the support of Il good rep
resentation of the whole people.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
BOTH PARTY SENATOR'S CAUCUS.
Nothing Done but the Appointment
of Committees.

of Committees.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The republican
senators met in caucus Immediately after
the Adjournment of the senate today. Sena-
tor Sherman, chairman OF the caucus, an
rcunced the selection of the following sena-
tors as a committee to arrange the commit
tees Of the senate Mitchell of Oregon; Tel
Ter. Cullom, Quay, Platt, Chandler, Petit
grew, Gear and Pritchard This committee
wa, confirmed by the caucus, which ad-
journed subject to call. When the commit
tee has selected the committees the caucus
will be called together to take action upon
its arrangements. The committee is about
equally divided as to silver. four bsing for
FREQ coinage, while Chandler is very friendly
to silver.
Senator Mitchell. chairman of the com
mittee, says that it will hold it's first meet
ing Monday next, Immediately after the
adjournment Of the senate.
After the adjournment Of the senate the
democratic members held a caucus, there
being twsnty-sx present The caucus de-
c,ded upon the nomination Uf Senator Harris
for president pro tenn in case the republicans
should attempt to select one of their number
to- this office.
The caucus also authorized the chairman
Senator German, to appoint a stEering COM
mttee, six of whom shall be old members
and three to fill vacancies Of those who were
not reelected. This committee is to confer
with the republican committee on committees
for the purpose of reaching an agreement as
to the senate committees.
There were several speeches IN the policy
of organization of the committees and all
were favorable to permitting the republicans
to take them in case they should decide that
they wished TO do So No opposition was
shown to the plan. The members of the
committee who are to constitute a part of
the new committee are Senators German,
Cockrsll. Harris, Blackburn, Brice and Jones
Of Arkansas
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
ALPHABETICAL.
THE OLD WAY WITH THE NEW.

Puck.
She is beautiful, stately and tall,
With reposeful and elegant airs:
You may not believe 1t, but yet all the
same,
She's the girl that l kissed on the stairs.
She's collega bred. witty and wise,
And a red-sealed diploma she bears.
But that didn't count when we sat, at the
dance,
In the twilight that shrouded the stairs.
She Is studying Latin and law;
She is tracking old crimes to their lairs-
Which Is all very well while she doesn't
forget
Who kissed her last night, on the stairs
She's a woman that's newer than new;
She everything ventures and dares;
Shed preside at a club in bicycle suit,
And she'd sit out a dance on the stairs!
Do you think I'm afraid? Not a whit!
/ shan't kick at the costume she wears
have coaxed her to try orange blossoma
and white
And she promised-last night on the sairsi
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

One of the great cattle companies of
the west, whose directors have just held
meeting in this city, proposes to take
advantage of the new impetus given the
cattle industry and will begin operations
on the old-time scale of magnitude The
prospects are that the live stock bust
ness in 1886 will surpass that of any
previous year and the Omaha market
will necessarily reap corresponding
benefits.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

The state irrigation convention ut Sid
ney, December IS, promises to be one
of the best attended and most enthusi-
astic irrigation conventions held in this
or any other state. The interest in irri-
CATION problems is rapidly increasing
throughout this whole western region.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
spoGord Report Completed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The report Of the
treasury auditor on the shortages in the ac-
counts of Mr.. Spofford, the Librarian of con-
grsss, has been completed and delivered to
tn president. 1t is understood that Mr.. Spot
Of comparatively small amount over which
there is some difference OF opinion. When
questioned as to whether the report dis
closed any wrong doing on the part Of Mr..
Spofford beyond clrelessness and an ex-
tremely loose system OF keeping accounts.
the treasury officials declined to answer, say
ing that the matter was entirely in the
hands Of the president.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

An alleged Masonic aid association
seeks to evade payment Of IL policy on
the life of deceased Omahan and has
attempted to transfer case filed
against 1t from the state to the federal
court. This company should explain to
it's patrons here by what authority it
makes use of the word Masonic in the
title Of the company.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

How does City Treasurer-elect Ed
wards like the prospect of taking hold
of the city treasurer's office and becom-
ing responsible for it's books and bal
ances with the shortage of the late city
treasurer hanging over them?
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Omaha's hog market is resuming its
old time boom appearance these days
and the business transacted constitutes
welcome indication of an improving
outlook for the farmers of the state.
The activity in hogs ought to stir things
up along the line.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Bids will be received January 1 for
furnishing the city the different classes
of supplies needed for the year 1896.
Prepare for the usual scrap between
the various competing bidders and their
representatives in the city council.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Speaker Reed is great man, but he
can no more arrange schedule of house
committees that will satisfy all and dis
appoint none than could the storied
king of England stop the flooding of
the tide by Il command.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
Tom Reeds Triumph.

ST. PnuI Pioneer Press.
Tom Reeds election to the speakershp
represents one of the complete triumphs in
American politics. After having his rulings
in the Fifty first congress denounced they
were sustained by the United States supreme
court. adopted by the democrats in the Fifty
third congress- and now he is placed again
in the speakers chair with the unanimous
approval OF the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Henry Watterson says the democratic
party is hopelessly divided. That is one
of the things that make republican
presidential nomination worth working
for this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

AS bid for a third term nomination
President Cleveland's message to CON
gress is not the shining success that
the advocates of his denomination
would wish.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

Lots of good Kentucky republicans
would make better successors ITO Joe
Blackburn in the senate than would
Senator Blackburn.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

"Public abuses" says ex-President
Harrison, "are the direct and necessary
results of public Indifference
truth applicable particularly in Ne
braSka
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
An AccommodntIne Room

washington POst.
1t is thought that the Allison boom will
comply with the new conditions and stop
on the near side Of the crossing for the ac-
c0mmodation of its passengers.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
A Difference of Opinion.

Mr.. Cleveland having informed congress
at some length what he would like to see it
do, the congressman feel confident that they
have very exact impression as to what
they won't do
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

1t is pretty safe to say that the re-
election of Mr.. Reed to the spenkership
means that there will be no deadlocks
in the Fifty fourth congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
CarIisIe,s scheme Not a SUCCESS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The Treasury
department today received a shipment Of
100000 in gold from the Peoples National
bank of Pittsburg Pa, In exchange for cur
rency and 1000 from Washington. N. C.,
bank. The government scheme OF paying ex-
press charges both on the gold and the cur
rency returned in exchange therefor has thus
far not been proven a marked success. Quite
a large number of shipments OF gold on
these terms have been received since the pro-
mitigation OF the new ordsr twelve days ago,
but the aggregate is not as large as was
hoped or expected by the officials.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
NOT FULL-FLEDGED CITIZENS YET.
Pima Indians still Living in
Primitive State.

Pimn Indians Still Living in n
Primitive State.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The action of the
United States court at Phoenix, Ariz., in
ruling that the Pima Indians are United
States citizens does not, according to Indian
bureau views. affect their status. They still
remain reservation Indians and under official
rulings do not become full-fsdged citizens
until the regular statutory requirements are
fulfilled and they receive nnal deeds to their
lands, which cannot be obtained for twenty
five years after allotment. The Pimas who
number about 4.200, ara not officially re-
garded as in readiness 10 assume citizenship
obligations and rights They are self-sup-
porting, but live in primitive ways.
The decision is believed to be based on the
treaty Of Guadaloupe Rdago ceding the re-
gion Of which the reservation is part to
this country, when Spain gave the Indians
the alternative Of crossing into Mexico or be-
coming United States residents by remaining.
Whether the decision is sustained or not is
looked upon with comparative Indifference 1t
being held that Indians under the care of
government agents cannot have full rights of
citizenship. The right Of selling liquor to In
dians who have been allotted lands in sever
atty has besn frequently contended, but The
courts in most cases have Upheld ths govern
ment view that the act is Illegal and cannot
be legal until the Indians have final deeds
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
Confessed to Stealing Stamps.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-William Wash
ington, negro, has been arrested for COM
picity in the treasury cancelled stamp steal
and has made a confession which shows that
the thefts had gone on for months. The
stamps, he says, were not taken from the
documents at the treasury building, but the
papers were taken away in small quantities
to different houses where young girls EN-
ployed at from 10 to so cent1 day removed
such of the stamps and signatures as seemed
valuable, and then burned the papers 1t is
estimated that Washington and Edwards, who
was arrested some days ago together, have
obtained from the file room Of the treasury
about 25 900 old papers and destroyed a con-
siderable number Of them after removing the
stamps About $4,000 of the stamps have
been recovered by the department.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06

An intcrdStipg point was brought out
in the pending murder trial when evil
dence was adduced to the effect that on
the day of the murder the prisoner had
gone to certain saloon, where he drank
whisky and beer and took two bottles of
whisky home with him. The day of the
murder was Sunday, November ,. 1t
was the Sunday before election, when
the president of the Board of Fire and
Police Commissioners, as candidate for
the mayoralty, was telling the church
people that he was enforcing the Sunday
closing law us it had never been en-
forced before. At this very time favored
saloon keepers had been given the word
that they could violate the law with
impunity. Putting this fact on court
record does not disclose anything new,
but 1t hammers down the statements
made by The Bee during the campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-06
THE BEST NEWSPAPER.
Ord Journal.

Ord JOurnaI
Notwithstanding the efforts of many OF
the politicians who cannot manage " IN
their interests to down The Omaha Bee,
IL still comes out every day and con-
tnues to be the best newspaper In the
state.