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Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23
REDEMPTION or MARYLAND.

The campaign in Maryland is on In
full vigor. Senator German has taken
up the work of trying to save the demo
Gratis from the defeat that threatens
the party and his skillful hand will
be seen In every move that is made
from now until the day of election. He
undoubtedly fully realizes the gravity
of the situation and will employ every
resource at his command, knowing that
defeat will destroy him as II political
leader. AS an adroit. skillful and I'M
scrupulous political manager Gorman
has no superior in the country and
his capacity in his respect Is now
being put to the sevcrest test it has
ever received, for never before was
there such a revolt against his dom
ination as now. The most influential
| democratic newspapers and some of the
strongest men in the party are arrayed
against him, and if he shall prevail
over such opposition he will have u
| claim to be regarded as well nigh in
vincible.
The republicans are making an ag-
gressiye campaign, and with a candi-
date for governor who is very popular
and is expected to get many democratic
votes the party is with good reason
confident of success. The Baltimore
Sun, which is making a telling fight
against Gormanism, says that Mary
land is on the eve of Il great redcmp-
ton. "The school of politics." says
that paper, (which has so long been
| giving forth it's demoralizing instruc-
lions to the youth of this state and city
is, we believe, about to be closed, and
not n day too soon" The Sun voices
the sentiment of a very large body of
| democrats, and while it Is true that it
has fought German before and still he
has won, there Is every reason to be-
lieve that its present hostility to him
will prove more effective than 1t has in
the past. At any rate the republicans
could not have Il more earnest, Jealous
and influential ally.
Republican victory in Maryland this
year would probably make the state
secure for the republican presidential
candidate next year and this would
certainly be the case in the event of
Mr.. Cleveland being nominated for a
| third term, for in that case the German
faction would have it's opportunity for
reyenge.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23
DISCUSSING DEPEw.

Minneapolis Times: OF course Chauncey
NJ. Depew made a speech at the New York
convention. If MIR. Depew had not made a
speech MIR. Depew would have exploded.
Courier-Journal: Our Chauncey Depew Is
back and still at it. Now that he is on this
side again, whatever may be the state of the
balance of trade, there are no fears tina.
the balance of talk will be against US.
Cincinnati Commercial: An innkeeper at
Hamburg, hearing our Chauncey spoken Of as
THE Peach" mistook the term for a title
Of nobility and advertised the fact that His
Highness, the Peach Depew of America" was
among his distinguished arrivals.
Brooklyn Eagle: The country will well
CONS Mr.. Depew to reparticlpation in its
politics, its society and its charities. The
capital Of strength which he stores up by
these trips is most unselishly extended in
making life in America better worth the
living during the remaining months OF the
year.
New York Tribune: Mr.. Depew has re-
turned from Europe. full, as usual-nOt
fuller; how could he be?-of interesting in
formation and opinions concerning people and
events in the Old World, and patriotic ad-
mlration of his own country. He is a cheer
full philosopher, who takes things as he finds
them because he has to, but who manages
to do his part toward making them better.
Detroit Free Press: Chauncey NJ. Depew
has rendered the country a valuable service
II he has. as he says. set the British public
right as to the support in this country OF
the principle OF Irish home rule. II Is sur
prising that there should have been any mis-
apprehension on the subject on the part OF
intelligent Englisbmen-Or would be but Tor
Mr.. Depew's explanation that 1t is due TO
MISREPRESENTATION Of American Anglomaniacs'
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23

The editor Of the Chicago Times Her
AID must lmvc attended II recent meet
ing of the city council in the Worlds
Fair city. In no other way can his edi-
torinl be accounted for in which he tells
the worthy aldermen that the floor IL
the place intended for their feet,
that If they want to expccto-
rate the cuspidors are the proper
receptacles to be aimed at. and that
though they are not expected to appear
in evening dress they ought at least to
Keep on all the necessary garments
which they bring with them. No one
could give such pertinent advice if the
occasion had not been a vivid impression
of the habits of the Chicago scion.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23
State Fair Decidedly Great.

NNhAHNg ilbb.
1t Is over twenty years ago that the writer
first attended tha state fair in Nebraska, and
looking back at 1t, there is doubt that 1t was
not very much of "a fair. During the past
five years at Lincoln the fair prospered
amazingly, and many were the misgivlngs
when it was finally recaptured by Omaha.
But these wege unwarranted, for the build
ings and general facilities are better than
ever before and ass a fair and exposition as
we'll as a great gala occasion there is GER
tainly nothing more that need be desired.
Agricultural hall is a revelation of Ne
braska's fertility Horticultural hall tells
its own story OF luscious fruitfulness. Ma
chinery hall is-s starvelou9 representation Of
Nebraska's industrial progress. In fine arts,
textile fabrics, bees and honey, fish, etc.
there is a composite lesson in the aesthetic
and practical sides of life. Live stock,
poultry and daitylRg show the more profit
able side OF agriculture. All other lines are
crowded. The altNa palace IL a new card
and 10 a drawing enc. And In all the fair is
decidedly great Nand 1t has aroused an en-
thusiasm neyelSbefore known in the state.
II is but fair to~say that Omaha-and that
means everybody in Omaha-has felt a
weight Of responsibility in the matter, that
the railroads have realized their own conge-
quence, and that all have put forth their
best efforts to make the fair OF 1895 one long
to be remembered.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23

Fremont Herald. And Nebraska now has
another pcnitontiary contract ON her hands.
No sooner is she on with the old love than
Size Is on with the new,
Silver Crock Times. The state prison con-
tract has been awarded 10 cN-Warlcn D,cmer.
II looks very much as though tnere was
some Doodle in II. But then what Is the use
OF one being in office IL he can't make some
money?
Howells Journal: Hadn't we ought to be
proud OF Nebraska. She is the only state
north Of the Mason aud Dixon line that has a
system OF contract prison labor. Yes. we
are proud Of the fact that we protest against
such a system, but sorry f1r the majority OF
the people who endorsed It.
Fremont Leader: Every citizen Of the state
Is humiliated by the spectacle Of the Board Of
Public Lands and Buildings attempting to
force upon the governor ana warden a go-be-
tween, TO be called steward, at $1,000 per
year, in order that he should receive the
amount specified at 40 cents per day for each
convict.
Piattsmouth News: Tho r%eletting OF a peni-
Tertiary contract, after the legislature had
tried to get the penitentiary affairs ON a
higher plane, is a serious mistake which we
regret to note. The Dorgan steal OF SS5, 900
for his old traps. we thought divorced the
penitentiary from further jobbery and the
giving OF a new contract to Warden Beemer
is certainly a grave wrong to the taxpayers
CT the state.
Minden Courier: Tho most corrupt dealings
in the state have been in connection with the
penitentiary. 1t had become so rank and
public that the last republican legislature ap-
propriated $35 600 to pay Off Dorgan. the old
contractor, and abolish the system. After
some difficulty this was done. Fast upon the
consummation OF this deal, a part of the
Board Of Public Lands and Buildings con-
tracts with Mr.. Bcemer to again assume
charge OF affairs at the penitentiary.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23
THE IOWA CAMPAIGN.

The democrats opened their campaign
in Iowa on Saturday, at Cedar Rapids.
Although ample notice of the meeting
had been given and rates on all the
railroads were reduced the attendance
was not so large as the leaders expected.
The purpose of the democrats to make
their campaign chiefly on state issues, or
rather on the liquor question, was dis
closed in the speech of the candidate for
governor, Judge Babb, who devoted n
large part of his address to this subject,
which he declared is paramount to all
others. A small clement of the voters
of Iowa probably agree with the demo-
cratic candidate in his professed esti-
mate of the Importance of his question,
but the masses of them, it is not to be
doubted, do not so regard 1t, and there
fore will not allow their attention to
be diverted from those issues which
more broadly and deeply concern not
only their welfare, but that of the peo-
pie of the entire country. The great
body of voters in Iowa, as in other
states, are at present profoundly inter-
tSltu III nutlDlli uutStloIlS, III lllt lialn
cial and economic policies of the par
ties, and no attempt to divert them from
the consideration of these issues will
succeed. 1t is perfectly easy to under
stand why the democratic leaders de-
sire to do this, but their efforts will be
unavailing.
Judge Babb referred to the general
or national questions in n perfunctory
way, indicating that he would have
much preferred not to refer to them at
all. In regard to the present tariff law
he made the extraordinary assertion
that it had been demonstrated to be far
superior to the last republican law as
n revenue producer, which was no more
remarkable, however, than his declara-
ton that democratic policy had nothing
to do with producing the panic and de-
preston. 1t requires most e%XtraOr-
binary audacity to publicly make such
statements in face of the fact that ever
since the present tariff law went into
effect there has been an accommodating
deficit in the national treasury, while
rs to the depression 1t started, as every
body knows, within ninety days after
the election of a democratic president
and congress pledged to the overthrow
of protection, following an era of almost
unparalleled prosperity. In regard to
silver Judge Babb failed to define his
position, though what he said warrants
the inference that If he has any fixed
views on the subject they are favor
able to the free coinage of the white
metal at the present legal ratio. HIS
failure to discuss this subject, on the
inadmissible plea that he had no time,
will hardly commend him to the party
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23
TIGHTENS THEIR GRIP.

Springfield CMass) Republican: The 4. p.
A. crowd in Omaha win their fight in the
police board affair. They could not control
the existing board. and so provided by legis-
lative act for the appointment Of another
specifying two state officers Of their party
and the governor as the appointing power.
Tho two A. =. Aists met without the gov
ernor and named a board which sought to
gain the possession of the police headquarters
sCme time ago, when a riot was nearly pre-
c~lpitated through the refusal OF the cid board
to move out. Now the state supreme court
decides that the majority Of the appointing
board had a right 10 go ahead as they dil
without the presence Of the third member.
This decision leaves the secret order in pretty
general control Of affairs in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23

as n leader having the courage of his
convictions. Indeed as n whole the
speech Of Judge Babb was. ms n cam
palgn starter. an uncommonly made
quate effort and will fail to arouse any
interest or enthusiasm in the party.
The democrats of Iowa have a hope
less fight before them and their efforts
to Introduce the liquor question into the
contest will undoubtedly hurt rather
than help them. The voters of Iowa
are thinking of other matters of much
greater consequence and when they go
to the polls it will be to record their
Judgment on these questions and not
upon the mulct law or anything relating
to the sale or manufacture of liquor.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23

IN IMPOSITION ON yIfE TAMPA ERS.
When the legislature terminated the Dor
Gan ponitentlary contract and arranged for
the state to manage the prison Itself II be-
came necessary to select a competent person
TO act for It in the capacity OF sup3rlntend-
emf or manager. Il is just as absurd to talk
about tho city Of 81. Paul operating the big
onglne which pumps water into the stand
plpo without the assistance Of a practical
engineer as It is to say that the employ
meat OF ex-Wardeu Beemer or some other
qualified man as superintendent Of the prison
by tho board Of lands and buildings was I'M
nccessary.-St. Paul Republican.
Suppose the town or st. Paul had en-
gagged an engineer to operate the big
engine which pumps the water into the
town stand pipe, what would st. Paul
taxpayers think of their town officials
IL they went ahead and hired a super
intcudent to boss the engineer and fire
man?
Beemer asserts that he can manage
the penitentiary without the warden.
Why can't the warden manage 1t just
as well without Bcemcr? What is the
use Of employing Il warden ut Il salary
of $500 Il year il the supervision
of the convicts and prison is to be en-
trusted to another man? If the warden
is not competent to perform the duties
of his office put him out and hire n
man who is competent. Why should
the taxpayers of Nebraska be com
PEELED to pay two men TO do II mans
Nynrlt2
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23

Senator Akers has come to the con
in saying that the recent supreme court
decision rendered the state Board Of
Irrigation n piece of useless machinery.
whose Office might as well be closed
forthwith. After consultation with the
members and employees it is agreed by
state board cannot he much impaired
by court decisions so long as the appro-
priation holds out.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23

The Omaha people can we'll be proud Of the
first year of the state fair. This year they
had everything to contend against-hard
times and a crop not up to the average. But
Notwithstanding all this, Omaha has given to
the state the best fair, the best fair buildings
and best grounds. The buildings to house
stock are no longer open sheds, but fine sub
~stantial buildings, with tanks Of living water
at every door. The halls for the different
exhibits are large and well arranged. In
fact, everything has a substantial look and
the ground will be improved every year.
There is a fine raised mile track that is
bound to become a favorite with horsemen.
1t would appear to the Leader that the Ne
braska state fair was now permanently To-
Gated, for no other city could afford to put
up the same amount of substantial buildings.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23
A REBUKE OF JUDICIAL UsURPATIoN

Il UT Otbf'fhb "A fo4N
A few days the supreme court
handed down a final decision revers-
ing the ruling of Judge Scott in the
Perciyal contempt case and ordering the
discharge of the victim of SCOTS ma
lignant persecution. This decision en-
dorses every word Of what The Bee
has said concerning its rank injustice
and characteriZes the contempt pro-
ceedings instituted, prosecuted and
tried by Scott rs II of the most fla
grant judicial usurpations which has
disgraced any bench.
In order to ven his personal spleen
upon an inoffensive reporter, and
through him upon the editor of the
newspaper upon which he was en-
ployed, the crazy judge of the criminal
division of the district court seized as
his preteXt n truthful article exposing
his unequal administration of justice,
by which the principal to n theft who
pleaded guilty to Il charge of grand
larceny was given his freedom, while
the man employed by him to assist in
the larceny was sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary. In characterizing
this lawless action of h judge as JUS
tice without equality Mr.. Percival in
liberated criminal must have had the
benefit of a pull with the judge.
The supreme court not only atiirms the
right of Mr.. Percival to criticise the
action of Judge Scott, but further de-
clares that the language used is not
libelous and could not in any event
be construed into n contempt of court.
If it had been libelous the judge would
have had the same remedy that every
citizen enjoys under the laws of the
state. He could not take the laws into
his own hands, constitute himself a
prosecutor, judge and jury and impose
such penalty as his wv vindictive-
ness should dictate.
The rebuke administered to Judge
Scott by the supreme court is not
merely "A personal vindication of a re-
porter. 1t is a reiteratiOn of the bill
Of rights which guarantees the freedom
of the press and makes the truth pub
lished for good ends and with j~ustifia-
BILE motives a privilege that cannot be
abridged or denied by the whims of any
public official, even though he occupies
the exalted position OF judge. AS an
affirmation of the inviolable freedom of
the press the decision comes as another
buttress in support of the bulwark OF
free American institutions which would
long since have been swept away by
tyranny and usurpation We're 1t not for
the vigilance Of an untrammeled and
fearless press.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23
NO SCANDALS IN orr CHURcH.

NO SCANDALS IN OUR CHURCH.
The unrepublican methods by which
the American Protective association
has sought to control primaries and
conventions have never been endorsed
or approved by The Bee, nor has it any
sympathy with the intolerance eXhib-
tied by members of the order toward
American citizens whose patriotism
and loyalty cannot be called into ques-
ton. 1t seems deplorable, however,
that its recognized official organ should
find it necessary TO issue Il double
loaded appeal to members of the A. l..
a. in Omaha and Douglas county an
%nouncing that reports have reached its
sanctum that "trank II. Moores has
placed his barrel on tap and ca%utioning
them against making any move that
might Indicate that they had been
bought"
We take it upon ourselves to indig-
nantly repel this most slanderous in
situation. We canno convince our
selves that the A. Il. AS of Omaha are
such n vennl crew that any barrel, how
tNcl d re, CONlu itllllt lllt1ll W NlOldit
the solemn oaths and betray the
sacred trust of their patriotic or
ganization. Like the Latter Day
Saints of Utah, upon whose door
posts the all-seeing eye is encircled
with the inscription Holiness TO the
Lord" our A. =. A. brethren in Il. +.
and P.-friendship, purity and protec-
tion-are surely too pure to accept any
of Frank Moores' Doodle and too
Jealous for the great cause to which
they have consecrated their lives for
the protection of American institutions
to be ever suspected of harboring Il
desire to get their hands into any mans
barrel.
There is but one redeeming feature of
the insulting caution which that UNI
purchasable patriot, Johnny $. S. $.
Thompson, has Illuminated to the faith
full, and that is they must make no
move that would indicate mat they
have been bought. The disgrace of the
thief is not in stealing, but in being
caught. Brethren in Il. Z. and u. may
despoil that political Egyptian with a
tapped barrel at the base of the flag
staff, providing always that they man
age to get the stuff without being sus-
pected. With such a string tied to it
The caution will doubtless have the
desired effect of avoiding the scandal
which disgraced the order four years
ago, when one of its overzealous chief
tains agreed to sell a flock of 5000 A.
p. A. votes in the same market for
$500. The scandal was not so much
in the bargain and transfer of the chat
tel and cattle as it was in establishing
the price of dervish votes at % cents a
head. If Frank Moores is to repeat
the deal of 1891 he should at least pay
30 cents apiece for votes and keep the
matter strictly confidential.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23
OMAHA BOUND TO SUFFER

Buffalo Express: AS was hinted in the
Express a few days ago, the supreme court
OF Nebraska has given a decision in favor o.
the A. p. A. contestants In the dispute as to
the control of the police and fire board of
Omaha. This controversy, il will b., ren.em
bered, threatened to bring about bloodshed
and was finally averted only by an greene
to refer 1t to the supreme court. The I'M
reasonableness of the A. p. A. party is seen
from the fact that it was this party which
objected most strenuously to any reference
of the question to that body. These men
based their contention on a law which had
been passed by the last legislature permitting
a reorganization Of the police and fire boards
They appeared to have the batter argument.
but nothing would do but they must obtain
possession of the departments at once. VIII
they were not willing to allow the matter
to be judlcially determined does not appear.
1t probably was merely their hot-headsd dis
position, the inability Of men of their tenn
permanent to walt a little for what the
wanted. II they, at the outset, had agree1
to give the settlement of the dispute to the
highest court of the state, they today would
stand much higher in the opinion of the
public and would have strengthened Their
cause.
Advices from Omaha indicate that the new
police board is proceeding as fast as it is
able to make a partisan and corrupt use of
the victory. The new acting chief is a man
who was discharged from the force for in
efficiency and d.sreputable practices, and men
who were dismissed for alleged Incompetence
have been reinstated. 1t is to be remembered
however, that a feud had been in e~xistenc.
in the force for some tine. The charge
against the dismissed mel may have been
trumped up for use as excuses. But it is
pretty certain that the p~artisans of the ole
board in the force will receive scant courtesy.
The department will hardly be in the condi
ton Of discipline and impartillity which
should exist. Omaha seems destined to suffer
for a time from the domination, in these
branches of its public service at least. of a
narrow and f~anat!cal organization whose act
arr adopted behind closed doors and can
hardly BIO satisfactory to any considerable
number OF fair-minded citizens. 1t is higt
time that the reform movement which is
promised in that city should be begin to
make itself felt.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23

Captain Mostyn resigned Ills position
in the police department because the
new board expected him to work with
half Il dozen men he had formerly
recommended for dismissal and who
are utterly incompetent. The idea that
IL mar is as good rs another is all
wrong. Men of all factions attest
Mostyn's high qualities. The public
service is weakened by his retirement.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23
E1hausting the Vocabulary.

Senator Tillman OF South Carolina has been
saying things about Senator Butler of the
same state. Senator Butler finds himself
somewhat embarrassed for words with which
to reply. He tells the reporters that he has
already denounced Senator Tillman to his
face as a liar, a coward and a thief" and he
he.plessly wonders what more he can do. OBJ
viously his case is embarrassing. If Tillman
does not regard these as lighting words, !"
the vocabulary set down in the latest diction-
aries is wholly inadequate to provoke a con-
test Of arms between gentlemen.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23
TO ETERNITY ON THE BIKE.

Boston Globe.
One parson says a multitude
Fen leaving out the ladies'
Unon their bicycles, today,
Are steering straight for Hades.
Another VOWS he's visions had
Much more to mortal liking,
Wherein he saw on heavens gold streets
The blessed angels hiking.
Their wheels. were told, were gllded. too.
To match the heavenly highways;
And pretty saints in boomers sped
Along the cleaning byways.
Thus parsons, tho they're prejudiced.
BetwiXt 'em make us feel now.
Whichever way a body's bound,
He gets there" on a wheel now.
Male cyclers still may take short cuts
TO Sheol thro' Chicago,
Tho hiking saints in boomers there
Are under an embargo.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-23

The Bee is not in the habit of sound
Ing its own praises, hut it may not be
out Of place to remark that there is
simply no comparison between its re-
ports of the state fair and the fair week
festivities and those of any other paper
In these parts. The only complete and
full account of the features of the fair
were to be found in its columns.