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Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
ATTACHING SPEAKER REED.

A most unjustifiable attack was made
on Speaker Reed in the senate on Thurs
day by Senator Morgan of Alabama,
who characterized Mr.. Reed as the
great white filibuSter." This is for the
reason thai the speaker Of the house,
in accord with the practically unani-
nous Judgment of the republicans of
that body, believes that there should not
be any general legislation ut the extra
ordinary session and has declined to
appoint the regular committees of the
house with three exceptions. Mr.. Reed
had explained his position in this mat
ter so clearly and explicitly that no one
can misunderstood it. lie has said
that he is the servant of the house, sub
iect to its will and control. and if it
does not approve of his course it can
at any time order Il change. That is
the fact and being so it is most unfair
and unjust to dcnounce the speaker of
the house for Il policy which the ma
jority of that body believe to be wise
and necessary under existing circum-
stances.
The republicans of the house, as has
been repeatedly declared by their leader
on the floor, hold that the extraordinary
session was called for Il specific pur-
poSe-the passage of Il tariff bill-and
they insist that it shall be confined TO
this purpose. There Is every reason to
believe that this is also in accord with
the view of the administration, since
the president in his special message to
congress recommended no other than
revenue legislation. There is 10 justi-
f~ication, therefore, in charging Mr.. Reed
alone with he responsibility for shut
ting off general legislation; he is simply
acting in accord with the will of the
majority and with the understood de-
sire of the administration. And the pol
icy is wise, Senator Morgan, Jerry Simp-
son and the other kickers to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
pretenses. I tell you it was a mighty I'M

pretenses. 1 tell you IL was a mighty I'M
pleasant situation.
81 sat there grieving ami wondering what
| would better do, since / never could be
admitted to the bar, until near midnight.
And then | went out on the street and
started home. At the foot Of the court house
steps sat the old chairman of the examina-
ton committee. He had drunk too much aud
he was there in the middle of the night, ar
guing a motion to the fence posts and trees.
I forgot all about the report he must make
regarding my application and thought only
of his condition, and that 1t was time for a
man of his years to be abed.
80 ! gathered him up and helped him
down street, talking with him all the way.
1t was his mood to argue legal questions and
raise legal points, as if this were a court
trial with a wide range of subject matter.
And do you know my tongue was loosed and
| could quote whole paragraphs from the
text books? Things / thought | had for
gotten all came back to me. l kicked my
self because l could not remember them when
tho Judge was sober.
But that man was never too drunk to
know whether the law was correctly quoted.
He told me when ! left him that | knew more
law than half the practitioners at the bar.
And he approved my application next day
which was more"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
THAT srGAn WITNESS.

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New York Times: 1t is natural for the
decision and for people Of his calling to re-
gard the result as an infringement OF private
business rights. But there are matters III
which mems own judgment Of what consti'
tutCs their private rights must yield to the
public coed. and this seems clearly one Of
them. As the court points out. the questions
were directed to discovering whether sena-
tors had been doing things which might
justify their Censure or even their expulsion
by the senate.
Springfield Republican: The United States
supreme court afltms the right Of the senate
to compel witnesses to testify in cases Of
investigation into the conduct of its mem
bers. This decision not only confirms the
sentence of 500 fine and thirty days in jail
passed upon Broker Chapman. who refused
to testify in the sugar speculation inquiry
of two years ago; II also puts several other
persona in the way of an experience In Jail.
Among these are President Havemeyer and
Treasurer Scales of the Sugar trust. Is
there to BE- discrimination against Chapman
in this matter?
Philadelphia Ledger: 1t is not probable
that the decision of the United States
supreme court in the Chapman case will
have much moral effect. 1t may be Of
service In some future emergency in com
polling a reluctant witness to testify, but IL
Chapman should now open his mouth and
NAahl az StildNbin el'Nbi'N'' " ~ >
stocks he would tell only what the public
has long been convinced Of. and apparently
without any change in its feelings toward
those gentlemen. 1t seems like a hamefu
thing for members of the highest legislative
body in the land to use their knowledge OF
coming laws. If not their influence In form
ing them, for the purpose of specializing In
the stock market. but IL the people calmly
consent to such procedure, as they appear to
do. that is certainly a weighty excuse for
the practice.
Brooklyn Eagle: The unanimous decision
OF the United States supreme court In the
case of Elvetton n. Chapman serves notice
to the citizen that he is subject to the
subpoena of both houses of congress and
that he Is liable to fine and Imprisonment
in the event of refusal to answer questions
addressed to him by a congressional com
mittee. Mr.. Chapman lis n very honorable
man, He is the broker who refused to testify
whether certain senators speculated in sugar
stocks at the time the Wilson bill was
being considered. In taking this position he
was advised by some Of the ablest lawyers
In the country and he has exhausted every
limo of defense with the result of being
beaten at every stage of the proceedings.
The latest decision against him is final.
He must to to Jail for thirty days and
pay a fine of 500.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
Honest civil Service Needed.

In point of fact, few of the leaders of any
party believe in civil service reform when ii
is likely to keep their opponents in office,
but above and beyond political leaders, the
great masses of the people do believe in an
honest civil service. 1t may be abused, and
probably has been abused. 1t has been made
ridiculous in some Instances by the character
Of the examinations and reproach has been
brought upon it by those who enforced ii
with more zeal than wisdom; but after all a
thoroughly honest civil service policy. that
gives equal and exact justice to men of every
political faith, is what the country needs,
what it is likely some day to obtain, and
when attained it will become the fixed policy
of the country.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
WITNESSES MUST TESTIFY.

The supreme court of the United
States has decided that the senate has
the right to compel witnesses to testify
in matters affecting the conduct of sem
ators in public affairs. The decision
grew out of the refusal of certain par
ties to testify in the Investigation
involving senator's in The charge Of hav-
ing been influenced, by II substantial
consideration, in voting for the sugar
schedule of the present tariff, the al
legation being that senators had been
bought by the Sugar trust. An investi-
CATION was ordered by the senate and
some of the persons summoned declined
to give any testimony. among them IL
couple of newspaper correspondents. A
test was made in the case of one Chap
Il sugar broker, who had refused
to testify, n the decision of the court
was against him. Referring to this the
New York Mail and Express says: The
effect upon future Investigations Of this
character will naturally be such as to
serve ms n deterrent upon undue and
unlawful senatorial speculation and
bribery, and in so far the finding enun-
ciates Il wholesome principle and
confers Il greatly needed power-the
practical absence of which has in the
past defeated congressional inquiries of
alleged wrong-dolng." The man Chap
man was sentenced to Imprisonment and
fine and he is now e%ndeavoring to es-
cape the penalty Of Imprisonment by
an appeal to the president, but as there
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
AGRICULTURAL OPENINGS,
Articles Now Imported Which Amer
lean Farmers Could Raise.

lean Farmers Could Raise.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Secretary Wilson has been looking over
the statistics of agriculture and its related
Industries, and has discovered many things
that might interest the American farmer.
tariH or no tariff. For instance, he has
found that this country imported last wear
lZ'oOO,OOO eggs, and that 1872, 900 dozen of
them came from China. The latter fact
loses much of its impressiYeness when il is
remembered that the Chinese in this coun-
try import large quantities of eggs from
home; but why should the product of the
American hen be supplanted. or supple
mented. as the case may be. by 500. 900
dozen eggs from Canada? Secretary viii
son thinks this is because the American
farmer does not keep a sufficiently sharp
eye to his own interests and is inclined to
be indignant because we import 500 ,OOO,-
oOO worth of sugar every year instead of
growing it ourselves in the form of sugar
beets. Similarly he thinks our own farmers
should produce the $40, 000, 900 worth of goat
skins that we import annually, as well as
the $685., 800 worth of beans and peas. the
$3.50 ,644 worth of cabbages. the 1927, sos
worth OF potatoes, the $500. 900 worth
of hops, the SAITH, 535 worth OF bay.
and, in the southern states, the nearly
$4,000, 900 worth OF rice. Other things that
the secretary thinks we ought to grow In
this country are vanilla beans. tea, cam
phor, cork, rubber, myrrh. frankincense,
ana, ii we must nave IL, opium. All these
things can be grown in various sections of
the United States, and all they need to
make them profitable Is a little intelligence
and energy on the part of the planters.
Beginnings have been made with most of
them, and seem to be fairly successful, but
the point for the American farmer to re-
fleet most profoundly upon is the large
amount of hls own staples now supplied by
foreigners. Why doesn't he grow these
things himself, and so capture the money
that now goes abroad for them?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
TAKE TIiE poLICE our or Politics.

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The original intent of the law vesting
the management of the police in a Board
Of Fire and Police commissioners APP
| pointed by the governor was to divorce
the police and fire departments from
politics. With that object in view
each police commissioner before en-
tcring upon the duties of his Office
is required to subscribe to an
oath that ain making appointments or
considering promotions or removals he
will not be guided or actuatcd by politi
cal motives or influences, hui will con
slider only the interest of the city and
the success and effectiveness of the de-
partment."
1t is to he deplored that within recent
years the spirit and letter of the law
has been ~disregardcd and the police
force has been made the foo ball of
| political contention and religious bigotry
to the detriment of the public and the
Generalization Of the service. While
pledged to police reform the present po-
lice commission has postponed the
work OF reorganization until its
members could familiarizc themselves
with the condition of the force and its
most crying needs. While it may take
some weeks for the board to bring
about the much-needed reorganization, it
should from the outset plant itself firmly
upon the civil service basis. which rec
ognizes no claim except merit and dis
countenances every form of political
activity.
What the citizens of Omaha demand
and have . right to expect of the police
board is an efficient police that will
maintain order, protect their persons
and guard their property md keep the
city free from professional criminals.
The fire department has been main
tanned to a high degree of efficiency
by the employment of Il competent chief
who is respected by his subordinates
and knows how to enforce discipline.
The fire force has been less disturbed
by internal dissensiOn than the police
simply because it has not been recruited
from the ranks of political workers and
because its members have had aSsur-
ance of permanent employment during
good behavior. If the same policy were
pursued with the police department
Omaha would soon have II police force
that would be n credit to the city and q
protection to its citizens. ..
The task devolving on the commits
sionerS is by no means an easy one.
But if they set themselves courageously
at work they can accomplish all hat is
expected of them. Let the board weed
out incompetents, agitators and disrepu-
tables and let it be understood that eff
cient service and honest discharge of
duty are the sole passports to retention
and promotion ana that police interfer-
cnce in politics is to be strictly pro-
hibited and the commission will have Il
valid claim upon the confidence and
gratitude of all good citizens without
respect to party or creed.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

n In the gloom Of defeat one is inclined
to search for consolation it is available in the
fact that the republicans, whose normal ma
jority is 1.50O, elected a mayor by 262 ma
jority.-World-Herald.
If this is the only consolation for the
fusionists who are cropping in the gloom
Of defeat they are welcome to it. That
normal 100 republican majority, how
ever, is Il Pigment of the imagination.
MacColl, republican candidate for gov
ernor last November, came out of Omaha
with but 3S7 plurality and no majority
at all. Two years ago in the city ant
paign the vote was: Broatch, repub-
lican, ZIG; Brown. democrat, 6,67S, and
Peabody, pOpulist, 1,496. The combined
democratic ana populist vote was SIN,
or 45S majority for the fusionists, and
the republicans who voted for Brown
were fully offset this ear by the so
called silver republican part of the fu-
sion combine. Republicans of Omaha
would like to have 1000 normal ma
jority in the city, and Il few more vic
tories like that of last Tuesday will soon
give it to them.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

If the United States and Canada can
unite in an arrangement for Il joint
postal service to Alaska, there is nc
reason for giving up hope OF an eventual
agreement between the United States
and Canada for mutual protection OF
common commercial and industrial in
terests, together with reciprocity in all
matters where the people of the two
countries could in that way better sub
serve their own welfare.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

On the morning after election The Bee
returns OF the whole city accurate
within II few votes. The official can,
yass Of the votes by the council OK
tended over II whole day and that with
MI the returns ut hand. The public ought
to appreciate the privilege they enjoy
when they can pick up their newspaper
within a few hours after the count is
ended and have a complete picture of
the election results before them.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
OTHER LANDS THAN ours.

! The procession to take place in London
on June %, in honor of Queen Victoria's
diamond Jubilee celebration, will be started
by a signal from the top of Buckingham
palace. The signal will be given as soon
as the queen is ready, and the head of the
procession will then move off, the other
parts, previously marshaled along Constitu-
tional Hill and piccadilly, falling in in
their turn. The route is about six miles,
and the parade itself will be about one mile
long. The queen is to ride in what is
known as the great London carriage. 1t il
a magnificent affair, very long and high
above the ground. The body is painted a
deep claret color, and is with
the royal arms and the insignia of the
Order of the Garter. The carriage will be
drawn by eight horses. each with a scarlet
colored liveryman at its head. The harness
Will be of crimson leather, heavily plated
with gold, and the names of the horses
Will be decorated with knots of ribbons.
The route for the Jubilee procession was
chosen by the queen with an idea of Civ
ing a large number OF her subjects an OPP
portunity OF viewing the royal pageant.
The poorer classes were taken into con-
sideration especially. So great has been the
speculation in windows and other points of
view that to see anything comfortably will
cost an amount entirely out of question for
any but the well-to-do. There is a Ola
mond Jubilee Seats company" that has
bought up all available space along the
route and is holding out for enormous fig
ures. 1t would seem, from present indica-
tions. that the speculation was In danger
of being overdone, and that the prices asked
anywhere from 5 to so or 100 guineas for
a single window-could not be maintained.
The present condition of the Turkish navy
10 n,E oil that MIGHT ba laSirpd The tOrDptO
%fotilla, though considerable both as to num-
Der and quality of the boats, Is without the
requisite supply Of torpedoes. 1t would
not be easy now, at the last moment, to OBJ
tain the requisite supply. The large men
of-war are utterly destitute of proper arma-
ment. Years ago, the naval minister de-
clared against the proposed substitution OF
new Krupp guns for the old Armstrong mua-
zle-loaders, as he should soon be in a position
to have the requisite heavy guns produced
at the Turkish naval arsenal. Since then
400, 900 Turkish pounds were expended on
the newly established gun foundry. but so far
not a single gun has been cast, nor is there
any prospect of any being turned out in
the near future. But perhaps the most
melancholy feature is the great lack Of coal
in the naval arsenal, Notwithstanding the
fact that the government has a colliery at
a few hours distance from the capital. The
scarcity of coal was caused by the fact that
a few years ago the naval minister COM
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
Friends of the Transmississippi Expo

Friends Of the TransmiSsissippi Expo
sition are indebted to Iowa for the CO.
operation il, has extended to the enter
prise from its inception. The presence
Of Hon. John n. Baldwin of Iowa AS
II of the principal speakers at the
cornerstone laying exercises is addi-
tional evidence of the good will of the
sister state. Mr.. Baldwin ranks with
the first orators of the country and is n
thorough wcsterner in every respect.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
what Might Have Deen.

LOUISVILLE Courier-Journal.
OF course If the silverites had control of
the government now there would be no
trouble from the Mississippi river. People
who can reverse the laws of nature and
make so cents equal to 100 cents without
the aid or consent of any nation on earth
could at least turn half the waters of the
Mississippi up. lstream and thus prevent the
floods toward its mouth.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

One thing the democratic administra-
ton neglected to do and that was to
make republicans ineligible to the civil
service list. Otherwise it seems to have
succeeded pretty we'll in protecting the
Cleveland appointees from the incon-
venience OF being asked to make way for
renuhliCan SUCCESSORS.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

Our Legislators are to tie up the press, and
the trusts, and the department stores, and
are not to allow citizens to use their OWL
flag, and will not permit prison keepers tc
buy beef in New Jersey or Pennsylvania
These are specimen laws begotten by the
q%ueerest lot of lawmakers that ever got
themselves intp Albany. All that remains
is to lump the business and pass a good, stout
law against human liberty. Then the legis.
lature can adjourn with a good conscience
and the consent of the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

The World-Herald n Y that Mr..
Howell denied before election that he
was an A. T.. A. If he did his denial
was whispered gently enough that non
OF his A. p. A. friends should have an
opportunity to hear it.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

The World-Herald wants the proofs
produced that Mr.. Howell was an A.
Il. A.. If the editor OF the World Herald
or Mr., Howell will call at The Bee
office they will be informed where they
can see the aflidavits and other docu-
mentary evidence in the case.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

If Dave Mercer can land the Indian
supply bureau in Omaha against the
formidable opposition which has de-
veloped and in spite of the lukewarm
support Of some who should be in the
forefront of the fight, another feather
will be added to his already well deco
rated ear.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

Republicans all Over the state are re-
joicing at the republican victory in the
Omaha city election, which is every
where accepted as the first material step
toward ~regaining the state to repub-
IicaniSm.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

Isn't hat report of the failure of the
peach crop "A trife too prema-
ture to be altogether plausible? We
know the prices of the seasons peaches
will be up to the top notch by the time
the fruit is placed on the market, but
still it. is a little early to commence
fabricating excuses for the prospective
figures.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

works which are neither. There is
enough paving and repaving which
really needs 40 ie done without repeat
ing the costly experiments of former
years in the direction of suburban and
agricultural Development.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

U NTdII INT TNUTU5S'
Mexico promptly denies the report that
she intended to adopt retaliatory tariffs
against this country in case the Dingley bill
became a law. Mexico is not capable of
any such thick-headed folly. She knows that
is like an old-fashioned fail in the
hands of a greenhorn-beating bis own head
oftener than it strikes the straw at his
faak
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
TOLD OUT OF COURT.
Anecdotes and Incidents Concerning
cmbc of the Bnr.

Members of the Bnr.
There is a judge on the bench in Chi
cago who went down in the country one time
to sit in the place of a Rockford jurist who
was sick, or married, or something; and a
big criminal case came up. The day it went
to the jury a Chicago lawyer, who has had
a good deal of experience in criminal prac-
tice, happened in the country town, and he
and the Chicago judge met at dinner in the
hotel.
'Do you Know" said the Chicago Judge,
81 never tried a criminal case in my life, and
they tried to have fun with me when it
came TO inStructing the jury. But they
didn't get any the best of me. l gave the
jury all the instructions offered me by both
parties"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
Abyssininn Vengeance.

NTIVU-O NWTONIVIts
ltaly's conduct in Abyssiuia has been cow
ardly from the start and the firing of her
troops upon an Abyesinian flag of truce was
in keeping with what went before. The ma
tives wiped cut the guilty men who did this.
This will perhaps be the last we shall hear
OF Italy In Africa.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

William A. Jones of Wisconsin Is the
new COMMISSIONS of Indian affairs. 1t
Is hoped that the aborigines with whom
that official has 70 deal will not expert
themselves with his name.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24
Boston Globe.

Election OF senator's by the people would
the states in their right to full rep
resentation in the upper house of congress,
and would leave it to the voters of the states
to settle the question as to the personnel of
that representation. Looking at Kentucky,
who will assert that a reform so urgently
needed can come too soon?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

If Russia fails to come out of the east
ern war without n new slice OF territory
the czar and his advisers will suffer n
severe blow to their regulations as the
shrewd and successful diplomats of the
so-called concert of European powers.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-24

Down in Missouri democrats are be-
ginning to V the outlook for gu
bcrnatorial candidates for the year 1900.
This long distance politics is becoming
quite the fad with men who happen to
be in possession of political telescopes.