THE OMAHA DAILY BKK : MONDAY , JANt'ARY , 1892.
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A NKWSi'Ai'iit : which purloins its news
it ) : i3 coiitomptiblo its any other thiof.
Tun grand jury can do si prcut deal
toward the cultivation of official honesty
in these parts.
OUT in Wyoming when they cannot
decently lynch n horsothiof they permit
I ' him to escape from jail nud freeze to
( loath.
RECIPROCITY IB limited free trade and
tariff reform is limited protection. As
usual , the republicans huvo the best end
of the argument.
Tun old city council has very little
time left in which to commit deviltry ,
hut citizens will not brcatho easy until
it has gasped its last breath.
ALTHOUGH John Shormnn drew first
blood in the Ohio senatorial contest ,
Foralcor came up smiling for the next
round and the sparring continues with
Loth men gamo.
WHY is it thut the estimates of ono
city contractor go through the Board of
Public Works without any unnecessary
delay while these of others are hold up
for want of time to examine thorn ?
IN A vain ondcavor to bo moro motrn-
politun than usual Minneapolis started
a now monthly magazine with the
breezy title of "Westward Ilo. " The
, impulse was all rllivcd. however/und
the enterprising publisher gave up his
scheme after a single issue.
Gr.TtMANY offers her good offices as
mediator between Chili nnd the United
States.JTho olTor should bo declined
with thanks by both countries. They
can sotllo their little misunderstanding
without foreign interference by the exercise -
orciso of ordinary courtesy toward each
other.
A FEW moro years of enterprise and
Yankee ingenuity will bring the now
south well to the front In commercial
and material development. She now
lias twenty-eight blast furnaces and
rolling mills in onoration and , aside from
her cotton , rice and sugar , produced the
past year 017,000,000 bushels of corn and
wheat.
Nuw Muxico has some equity in her
request upon the government for help
In organizing a proper public school
Bystoni. She has an unusually largo
proportion of illiterates among her
mongrel populntion , nnd the ordinary
school land allotment will hardly bo
sulllciont to meet her situation , oven
with a Heavy direct tax for school pur
poses. New Mexico cinnot become a
desirable state in the Ambrican union
until she has made it possible for Mexi
cans , Pueblo Indians .and Americans
alike to obtain nt least the rudiments of
txn English education itt public schools.
THU Interstate Commerce commission
will llnd a small but interesting case in
Western low.i which ought to receive
attention. Out of apito , apparently , ono
railway company refuse * to rucolvo car
loads of coal Irani nnolhordcstincd for the
Glenwood Institute for Feeble Minded
Children. An a consequence , the state
institution is oniburrnssod and t'ho good
sense of the community outraged. The
C , B. & Q. and Wabash should have
settled their contention without ills-
tross'ng a publio charity , but , as they
have not done so , the Interstate Com
merce commission should take the recal
citrant road in hand and teach it a les
son.
who know "White Beaver , "
as Dr. Frank Powell called himbolf in
the show , will not predicate an Indian
war in North Dakota on the alleged at
tempt of the roilmdiiB to take his acnlp.
Dr. Powell probably tolls this story In
order to have the opportunity to remind
the publio Hint General Miles commis
sioned him and UulTalo Dill to go in
claw-hammer coatH to Sitting Hull's
camp tUHl capturu him , do.id or alive , a
little ever a year ngo. It waa probably
fortunate for both Unit Louis Priinoaux
and his Indian police intercepted them
before they reached Hull's camp. The
( .irand lUver Sioux have no grudge
norninst the sensational o.vmodli'ino man
from La Croswound hi * atorj looks for nil
the world ns It It had bomi especially
{ rotten up fur the Omaha
ANOTIIKH 1'TMT TltltKATKNKI ) .
President Ilarrinon , in referring in
his annual ino.tsngd to the change of
method for choosing presidential elec
tors adopted by the stnto of Michigan ,
did not overstate the importance ot pro
viding by constitutional amendment fern
n uniform method of appointing such
cloctorrt. Tlio federal constitution leaves
the matter entirely to the control of the
state legislatures. Its langnatro is :
"Hiol : ) stnto tmull appoint , in such man
ner as the legislature thereof may direct ,
a number of electors , equal to the whole
number of senators and representatives
to which the state may bo entitled in
the congress. " Under this authority
the legislature of 'a state may provide
for the choice of presldontal electors by
congressional districts , as in the case of
Michigan , or it may take upon Itself the
appointment of electors , and both of
these methods have boon In vogno In
the past. The general course , however ,
almost since the foundation of the gov
ernment , has boon to choose electors by
the voters of the whole state upon n
general ticket , and ns far back as 183"
there remained hut a single state , South
Carolina , tbat had not adopted this
method. That state , down to the time
of the civil war , continued to choose its
presidential electors by a vote of the
legislature , but after the war changed
its method and conformed to the pi\ic-
tlco of the other states.
In 1870 the electors of Colorado were
chosen by tho" legislature , hut since
that date the method of choosing presi
dential electors has been by the voters of
the whole state upon a general ticket.
Thus , as remarked by the president ,
"after a full test of other methods ,
without important division or dissent in
any state and without any purpose of
party advantage , aa wo must believe ,
but solely upon the considerations that
uniformity was desirable and that a
general election in territorial divisions
not subject to change w.is most consist
ent with the popular character of our
institutions , preserved the equality
of the voters , nnd perfectly removed
the choice of president from the baneful
inlluonco of the 'gerrymander , ' the
practice of all the states was brought
into harmony. "
The tendency shown by the democratic
party in several states , of which the
Michigan departure is an example , to
destroy this harmony has recently boon
very marked. It was strongly mani
fested by the last democratic legislature
of Ohio , and it is not to bo doubted that
the democratic loaders of Iowa contem
plated the "Mlchlganl/.ing" of that
state had the party secured control of
the legislature. The success of the
democrats in getting control of the Now
York legislature suggests the question
whether they will not depart from the
method of choosing electors by the
.popular vote , and it Is intimated that
they are considering the expediency of
passing a law providing that this legis
lature shall appoint the presidential
electors nox' year.
It is believed that this was the prime
motive of Governor Hill i n his light to
make the state senate democratic , and
none will doubt that ho is entirely capa
ble of such an attempt to steal the pres
idency under the form of law. Having
almost absolute control of the demo
cratic machinery in the state , the passage -
sago of a law directing the legislature
to ohooso electors inig lit give him great
prestige in the nationa 1 convention , nnd
ho has only to convince himself of this
to insure his using all nis influence in
favor of a return to this old and uni
versally rejected method , regardless of
possible consequences. The element
now in control of democratic politics in
Now York is not to bo deterred from
anything that may promise to gtvo it
larger power by apprehensions of future
danger. Hill and his followers are
laboring for present aggrandizement ,
and nothing can bo too reactionary or
revolutionary that will servo their pur
pose.
WCSTEllN DEMOOII.ITS.
The opportunity is at hand for western ,
democrats to assort themselves. The
situation in Now York is such that it
seems almost impossible that a presiden
tial candidate for the democracy can betaken
taken from that stato. Unless there is
a most radical and unlooked for change
there during the next four or llvo
months it is questionable whether Mr.
Cleveland can got a single delegate
from Yew York in the national conven
tion. The element that dominates the
party now is bitterly and relentlessly
opposed to him. Its loader is David
Bennett Hill , and recent events have
made him stronger in that relation than
ever before. It is wholly unreasonable
to suppose that ho can bo induced to
change his attitude ot hostility toward
the "o aitnant , " nnd the following ho
has drawn to him will not desert him.
If Mr. Cleveland cannot got the Now
York del gallon there is small proba
bility of his receiving the nomination.
On the other hand , a Hill delegatl on
might promise Now York if ho were
made the candidate , but it could not
trlvo assurance that ho would poll the
strength of the party in any other state.
There has boon talk of a possible Imr-
monizlng of the Now York factious on
Governor Flower , but this is highly im
probable , and , besides , the democracy of
the country does not want Mr. Flower ,
who is not oven the leader of his party
in his own state.
The factional conllict lit Now York
being thus practically certain , as matters -
tors now look , to defeat the hopoj of the
presidential aspirants of that state ,
opens to the western democracy the op
portunity to name the next candidate ot
the party for the presidency. An earn
est and aggressive movement to this end
would undoubtedly draw to its support u
number of the southern states. The
nearly unanimous sentiment of that sec
tion Is favorable to Cleveland , but it
would not bo dltllcult to change this to
tin available western man. if it could bo
shown that Now York probably would
bo lost with Cleveland as the candidate.
A great many influential southern dem
ocrats believe it would bo sound policy
to take a candidate from some other
state than Now York , and" are on record
In favor of a western standard-bearer If
tin available man can bo found ,
It ia said that Senator Palmer of Illi-
n ! a is ngnln being talked of ns a possi
bility , but the almost insuperable ob
jection to him la hu advanced uge. No
man qitito ns old ns .Senator Palmer has
ever boon nominated for the presidency
and , although ho is n very vigorous man
for his yoirgv : the chances would bu
largely against his living out a presi
dential term , There are man not so old
among western democrats who have
quite as much ability as Palmer and
would bo ftir moro likely to command
Iho support of the younger voters of the
party. The democratic situation Is complicated -
plicated and promises to giyo the na
tional convention a great deal of trouble.
Everything indicates that a great deal
of bitterness and bad blood will bo cre
ated , with the inevitable olloct of mater
ially weakening the party. But at prcs-
ont the best and safest solution ot the
problem that confronts the domocr.icy
nppoars to bo In taking its next candi
date for the presidency from the west.
A MISliV.AMKO 8TATKMKNT.
Hon. John L Carson of Auburn , ono
of the oldest and perhaps best known
national bankers in Nebraska , nails the
attention of TIIK BKU to a misleading
remark in the report of the comptroller
of the currency calculated to do Ne
braska serious injury. Mr. Carson
shows also that the reflection is not jus-
tilled by the facts. The language is us
follows : "It will bo observed that Tex
as and Pennsylvania stand at the head
of the list [ in the number of national
banks organized ] , ns they have during
the past two years , with seventeen now
nssooluttqns in each , Texas , however ,
having , the larger capital. Following
these come tlio states of Washington ,
Illinois and Iowa with eleven banks
each and Nebraska and Now York with
ton each. Kansas shows nine now asso
ciations and ranks next to Now York. ' '
Then follows the objectionable expres
sion : "It will bo observed that not
withstanding the fatality attending
banking operations in Kansas and Ne
braska those states take prominent
places In point of now organizations. "
The exception to this statement taken
by Mr. Carson is that wo have had but
four national bank failures nnd ono
suspension in the state in the past year.
The suspended banlc soon after resumed
business stronger than ovor. Wo have
never had as many failures before in a
single year , but inasmuch us there are
MO national banks in the state the rec
ord does not justify so serious a relloc-
tlon upon our financial institutions.
But oven if it were a desperate showIng -
Ing , Notraska does not deserve the dis
courtesy of such a fling from a publio
olllcial. The comptroller's report goes
to bankers and financiers throughout
the entire country , and n statement like
this from so high an official linancinl
source is calculated to do us serious
damage. There is no way of obliterat
ing from the record remarks of this
kind in a public document. The fail
ures which occurred in Nebraska were
duo wholly to gross carelessness and
causes foreign to conservative banking.
They do not prove that any "fatality"
attends the business in the stato. On
the contrary , the facts show that Ne
braska banking institutions nro excep
tionally will managed. Mr. Carson has
been nt the head of ono or moro such in
stitutions for moro than a quarter of a
century in this slate and ho is justifiable
in resenting the imputation of the comp
troller.
TIIK H.ISTIXGS llUlLDHfCf.
Hastings is the metropolis of the west
ern half of the great South Plntto re
gion. She is the commercial and political
capital of the old Second congressional
district , and as such is us fairly entitled
to a federal building as Nebraska City
and Beatrice. The United States Dis
trict court holds periodic , sessions in
Hastings. Her postofflco business
is as largo ns that of any town
of equal population. The city is
the center of u section of country
which is growing rapidly and is destined
to have a population of 20,000 to 2o,000
by the end of the present decade. With
out disparaging the claims of tiny other
city in the state , THE BKU expresses the
hope that the present congress will
make liberal appropriation for n ,
public building in Hustings. There can
bo no economy in depriving a city of
ever 10,000 population , that has already
been designated as a federal court city ,
of the benefit of n United States court
house and postoflico. As a matter
of fact , the rental paid by the govern
ment exceeds the interest on the es
timated cost of such n building. The
policy pursued with regard to public
building appropriations for the smaller
cities by the preceding congresses has
been penny wise and pound foolish. A
government that can dispose of its 2
per cent bonds at a premium can afford
to build fire proof postofllccs in every
city of 10,000 population. Such build
ings would pay for themselves in twenty
years by setting apart the difference be
tween the present rental of poslodlco
buildings nnd the amount of interest
paid on the capital Invested. The affairs
of the government should bo conducted
on business principles.
NEXT Friday the delegates to the
National League of Press Clubs at San
Francisco will pass through Omaha on
route and they should bo mot by delega
tions from our vnrious business men's
organizations with n cordial welcome
and such other courtesies as tholr brief
slou in the city will permit.
JAMBS E , BOYJJ is beginning to rr-ad
his title clear , but regards all congMi > i-
lallons premature until the supreme
court has formally announced its de
cision.
inspectors' gang will pcarcoly
wait upon the order of tholr going , but
vacate just as soon as the decision of the
supreme court at Washington is ren
dered.
JtojiM City ( S.
Nebraska dcservns her prospontv. Out of
Jiur ahundatico she lias sent u train loadef
corn to thu Russian .sufferers.
On tinitlKhtTrade. .
St , f , < int Star.
It must ho a great roliot to dcmoaratlo
editors to bo ahlo to cease their attaolcsi unon
1'roildont Harrison , Mr. Hlalno , and otnor
great and eood mon , and lot loom the vlats
ot tholr wrath 911 tbo noads of people so well
deserving of It as Messrs. CrUp , Gorman and
Hill. Tlicro U ono pocullar thing 'about
democratic editors , and that Is that their
ubujo of democrats who dlltor with lUem U
moro bitter than oven the denunciations o
republicans In HglltGous wrath hi Dourban
Iniquity , , ' ,1 , , ' , .
TliP OrMV NklnnlitR Art.
.VeioTiM Mctiliier.
Mr , ffohnnn w11\lcAo [ \ ) obtcrvo that thn
eves of thd na iunra , , upon him as ho ROM
throupn hU Kro.it act ot removing the opl
dormls from a goyoraraont lloix , with u Vluw
to securing the hldo and tallow.
M tllff NpnlUmrn.
( Jliihe-Hnnncrat.
Tlio two strati tfeil mon tu the dcmooratio
party today Hill ahd Gorman are the two
moil unscrupulous politicians In the country
without a slnglq ( ihar'aotorlstlo to rrcoui'ncnt
thorn to the approval of honest and rnputable
cltlzans. j '
Trluiiipfiiiiit Itcclpruclty.
JNVm Yoik Tribune.
The policy of reciprocity continues to odi
triumph to triumph. Our Washlncton dis
patcher contain full details of the agree
ments which have boon concluded with
Great Drltain In rwpect to nearly all thu
British dependencies In the Wast Indies ,
and also British Guiana. It Is also stated
that reciprocal arrangements are ncurlj
completed with some ot the Contra
American states , and there Is expectation o
the announcement ot a like nrrangarnon
with Mexico. These announcements rfpoak
for themselves. The wisdom of the authors
of reciprocity is again vindicated , and
another notahlo achievement is added to the
lauroU of the present administration.
It In lluttrr.
Chlciu Tribune.
It Is hotter In every way thatthc decision
should Do In favor of Boyd. To all Intents
nnd purposes ho was a citizen. Ilo was also
Iho choice of the people of Nebraska for gov
ernor. Were ho to bo kept out of the oftloo
during his entire term and a holdover be al
lowed to 1111 the place great , dlssatisfactioi
would ho created in Nebraska. Itls not tisun
for supreme court decisions to bo known h
advance , but It Is to bo hoped that there is no
mistake In tins report as to Its findings , and
that the man whom the people elected will ba
allowed to tuko hU scat. Then the democrats
will not bo able to use Boyd's case as an ox-
ouso for giving scats In other states to demo
crats who wcro not the choice of the people
I'lctlUiniH r AlurniH.
I'littaddiilita Luluer.
War alarmists are not confined to Europe
They have boon at work ever there for a' '
least-ton years prophesying un outbreak
discrediting olllcial utterances and prefer
ring vnguo rumors and "signs of activity , "
etc. Some day , if they keep at It long
enough , they will provo by the event thai
they were right , Icnorlng tholr numerous
failures. War alarmists in this country
have not had much experience , but they
were equally export. When all their stories
are denied ono after tha other and In detail ,
they fall back on the "active preparations"
for war with Until and the statements of an
onymous Individual * "acquainted with the
facts.1 When their reports are read criti
cally tboy are found to contain bushels ol
conjecture and insinuation based upon a
single grain of fact , and generally a grain oi
fact susceptible to another Interpretation.
Sl'IKIT OF-TIIK bT.lTE PJUISS.
Some of the papers ol the state have just
"klcuOJonjitho district
begun to congressional
trict "gerrymander" which was accom
plished by the legislature a year ago. So
far these editorial ( i otosts are very mild ,
but they are apt o grow stronger an sum-
mar approaches and the campaign draws on
npnco. Here is one from the Grand Island
Independent , ti rdDubllcau paper :
"Whon the next congroasional- Is
called , Hall counjy.will not bo likely to bo in
it she will bo u stranger In a strange land ,
entirely outside of her Jurisdiction. Tlio
last apportionments in > evcral respects a
disgrace to the man who madp it , and this is
true both ot senatorial ana congressional dis
tricts. The aim appeared to bo to give it to
Hall county in the neck at every turn of the
wheel , but Hall county will help smash some
slates all the same when the time comes. "
Hero's another , this tlmo from u bourbon
sheet , the Beatrice Democrat :
"Of all the imbecile acts of the last legis
lature , the meanest was the apportionment
of the state into congressional dlstiicts. The
Fourth district winds around Lancaster
county , with Saundora county au the north
and Gage on thu south. It makes an odd-
shaped district , but wo can stand it. "
A Stromsburg citizen who designates him
self as u "Sbylock , " and who occasionally
loads a little money at u rather stiff rate of
Interest , bos boon reading the paper printed
at that plaoo by I , D. Chamberlain , the
Headlight. Ho finds that iho Immaculate I.
D. , whoso 11 orco assaults on the U-pur-cout-u-
month shares nave given him a bloodthirsty
reputation throughout the state , is the
greatest usurer of them all. To prove It Mr.
Money Shark quotes from the editorial col
umns of the Headlight : "Tho constant an
nouncement at the head of my paper fixes
the price at $1 per year In advance , or $1.50
if paid after the year expires. " The Shylock -
lock llgurcs it out this way :
"When I take his paper from the postoflico
I have accepted the terms on which ho says
I can have It , and have thus'mado a usurious
. If the of the '
contract. price year's subscrip
tion was Jl January 1 , 1S91 , and is $1.50 Jan
uary 1 , lb'J3 , that extra half-dollar is SO per
cent Interest for the use of the dollar for a
year , "
This reasoning forces the Shylock to
denominate Mr. Chamborlalu a "brother
usurer , " and causes him to exclaim :
"Whon I salute him on the rlalto , It Is not
cousistont in him to pluck my board , spit
upou my pabordlno , and say 'Begone , base
usurer. ' "
There seems to be a hiatus In the entente
cordlalo , or something of that sort , between
the dofuncto would-be governor of Dodge
county and Nebraska's honorable represen
tatives In the upper house of the national
legislature. These few words are not
written slmuly to display a knowledge of
Fionch and Hog Latin , butfor the purpose of
introducing a little paragraph from the
olllcial organotta of the aspiring Fremont ,
man who thinks ho is still In
siuto politics. The young man who grinds
tbo machine has bcoti reading Tim Uur.'s
Washington dispatches , ana notes the fact
that Senators Mundorson nud Paddock have
both slvoii exprossioT to their bojlof that the
principles and purposes of the republican
party are takings u renewed hold upon the
people of Nebraska , and tbattbo prospects of
the party are brie lit/ / This doesn't seem to
please him , and ho"glvdi a turn to ilia or-
iunotto's crank and produces tbo following
wail :
"It is to DO regretted ) that Senators Mau-
dorson nnd Paddock uio just hoisting tholr
fair- weather signal- ) . There was a place for
thorn as OL-nollciiirloir of tlio party , in tbo
midst of the stnrmthat ) swept over tbo atato
a your ago. But they tool ; to thair cyclone
collar * , and are Justjiqw getting ttiolr'hoads
outside the cellar cuoruud ) are doubtless sur
prised to observe , that thorn are so few
islouds and-that tbtnvlt ) so little destruction
n the path of the aprm ( , after all. "
The Beatrice Democrat U trying hard to
niako It appear thni Senator Paddock will
mvontmrd rowto.io4 , ) In cultivating Gape
countv politics durliir.ho ) { coming campaign.
Vho Democrat quoUip a wall known repub
lican politician us saying :
"If the friends of Senator Paddock pursue
the s.uno course next tall that they did this ,
and iiUumpl to run the party machine , Sen
ator Paddock will go before the legislature
without the backing of hU own county. "
Some of the leading farmers in tbo Inde
pendent party are said to have held a private
conference at Lincoln the ether day to sur
vey the Held , patch up the breeches made
during Iho late political battle and pro para
; ao plans for putting the reform forces In
battle array to "nmroh ou to a glorious vic
tory lu the coming strujislo with tbo iuipiiof
jell. " Among the onthunlustlo men men
tioned us Doing present , at this council of w > ir
wore farmer * Van Wyok , Wolfe , liluko and
others , but Burrow ? wasn't to bu soou *
WOODS ARE FULL OF THEM ,
Nebraska Contains at Present a Multiplicity
of Candidates for Congressional Honors ,
THE LINES OF BATTLE SLOWLY FORMING ,
NIMV AimitlnmntMit | | Serins to Ccinlrllmtc
Xrsttotlin hrriiinbli * Tor Olllri * Tlin
Nit DUIi-lHs unit lln > .MmVh
Iti'prcHiMit Tlirni.
The plrkot lines In.tho political contest to
ba wagad In Nebraska noxt.vo.tr nro already
outlined in the rough , The outposts are ba-
Ing established , and Iho points of vantage on
olthor side are beginning to show themselves.
Tha most Important matter to bo decided
In the near future by tha republican state
central committee will bo the selection of
congressional noinmlitoos In each of Iho six
congressional districts of the stutc. The ro-
dlstrlutlng of tha state * has , of course , abolished
ished the old congressional machinery and
made It necessary to provide n now equip
ment ot central committees In oncli ot the
six districts to tuka the plnco ot the three
old committees now obsolete. Tlio.
National Republican Central cninmlttcu
has recommended to the state
central committee that tbo various
congressional committees for the now dis
tricts bo appointed by the state conlral com-
imttco and this matter will bo ono of the
loading topics to bo dtacusscd at iho next
meeting of the ropubllcnn alatu central com
mittee , to bo hold nt the Mlllurd on Janu
ary II.
U'lll Itriprrl l.ncul Opinion.
Thcro will doubtless bo a disposition on
the part of some of the members of the
committee to refer this matter to the leading
republicans of each congressional district and
to appoint a time for thorn to meat nnd select
their congressional committees. Others will
probably favor the uppolnltnent of those
district , committee ? by the state central com-
tn lit tee. A warm and Interesting discussion
is oxpoctod.
Congressional candidates in every dis'rlot
In the state are already In tha Hold or prepar
ing to take the Hold , nnd the Indications nro
that thosklrmlsh for the nomination upon the
republican ticket will bo brisk and persistent
from now until next fall , when the nomina
tions will be made.
Tiilunt from tlin I'lr.it anil Second.
The First congressional district consists
of the .following- counties : Cuss , Otoo , Lan
caster , Nemahu , Johnson , Pawnee and Rich
ardson.
The gentlemen who have boon mentioned
for concross on the ropubllcnn ticket in the
First district are : Church Howe , Thomas
Majors , Judge Allan , W. Field , John O. Wat
son , J. L. Caldwell , Judga Chapman , lalmm
Reavls nnd Jesse 13. Strode. Tboronrc others
who have boon suggested , out the nbovo are
the more prominent , ones.
The democratic probabilities spoken of by
loadintr politicians are : W. J. Bryan , Frank
1 * . Ireland and Frank White.
The Second district Is made up of the
following counties : Douglas , Sarpy and
Washington.
The probable republican candidates already
mentioned are W. J. Couuoll nnd John Li.
Webster.
The democrats moiilioned for congressional
honors In the Second are Charles Ogdcn ,
Warren Switzlcr and T. J. Mahonov. The
independent leaders Just now thrusting their
Intellectual fronts nbovo the horizon of the
future in this connection are Allan Root nnd
V. O. Stricltler.
Third nml Fourth HUtrlcU.
The Third district Is madcupof the follow
ing counties : Morrick , Nanco , Hoono , Plotte ,
Colfax , Dodge , Burt , Cuming , Stnnton , Mad
ison , Antelope , Piorcn , Wayne , Tburaton ,
Dakota , Dixon , Cedar and Knox.
Hon. George D. Moiklejohn , Hon. George
W. E. Dorsoy , Mr. John R. Hnya , Mr. C. C.
McNish and Judge Norrls have boon men
tioned ns probable candidates for congress on
tbo republican ticket.
JudcoJ. C. Crawford , John M. Moan nnd
Dr. ICeipor are supposed to ho putting up
rods to attract democratic lightning and
Jndgo Allen , Fred Jowell and Mr. Poynter
will probably wear top boots and rod flannel
shirts with n view to catching the nomina
tion on tbo independent ticket.
The Fourth , district will have n political
show of no Insignilloant proportions. The
following counties are In the i-'ourth : Saunders -
ders , Butler , Polir , Hamilton , Yoric , Sownrd ,
Fiilmore , Saline , Thuyor , Jefferson nnd
Gaee.
The republicans who seem to PDSSOSS con
gressional aspirations in tbat district nro :
Hon. George H. Hastings , ox-Governor James
W. Dawe.i , F. J. Foss nud L. W. Colbv.
Tlio democrats mav rallv around ono of the
following gontlcmen' : W. G. Hustings , Juduo
Hambol or Dr. Johnson of Fairmont.
Judge Bates and 1. D. Chamberlain appear
to bo gathering the indouondeut strength
about their camps.
Hustling In the I < mh.
The Fifth district will bo a hummer. It
includes the counties of Clay , IMuckolls.
Wobslor , Adams , Kearney. Hall , Franklin ,
Harlan , Phelps , Gospor , Furnas , Rod Wil
low , Frontier , Hayes , Hitchcock , Dundy ,
Chase , Pentins. There are a few republicans
In this district who have not boon mentioned
In connection with the congressional nomina
tion , but they will probably bo hoard from in
a few days. Those already running prelim
inary surveys across the Hold nro : J. O.
Tato. of Hastings ; Dan M. Nottloton , J. H.
MoPhi-olov , Scarlett of Nucbolls county. Me-
tteouoy of Webster , Dilworth of Adams ,
Burton of Harlan , Rhea of Phelps , and
Adams of Nucholls.
The democrats will in all probability nom-
nalo "Sodbouso" AlcICoighan and ox-Spoak-
or Elder will probably spring into the nroua
ns tbo independent Spartacus.
Sonus Stilton.
The big Sixth Is nn empire In itself. It
embrncos the following counties : lioyd ,
Uuffalo , Dawson. Lincoln , iCeith , Custer ,
Sherman , Howard , Greeloy , Vollov , Wheeler.
Uarllold , Holt , Roclt , Brown , Koya Palm ,
Loup , Blaine , Thomas , Hooker , Cherry ,
jrant , Logan , McPherson , Arthur , Douel ,
Sheridan. Dawes , Box Butte , Choronno ,
iCimhall , Banner , Scott's liluff nnd Sioux.
There's plouty of congressional tlm-
; or In the sixth. Hero is the array of
'
republican talent from which to se'lcct :
A. E. Cady , Jnmos Whitohcad. Jnck McColl ,
11. M. Grimes , Judge M. P. Klnkuld , J. C.
McCann , F. M. Dorrington , Judge Church ,
Judco Hamorand Aaron Wall.
Tfio democrats and Independents will prob
ably unite upon ICom If bo mnkos a record to
vhioh campaign orators will bo Justified in
referring "with prldo , " etc.
Tha decision of the suoremo court In tha
Thuyor-Bovd case will , It Is believed , settle
ono nlatlor so far as the democratic party of
Nebraska Is concerned. Loading politicians
lollovo that If Mr. Boyd isjiormlttod to servo
out his term us governor of the state , ho will
bo ronomlnatod for another term by his
larty.
ll.tti'J'IMIS IN lKtltXKSr. .
V CrltluVlio TlilnUx That City 11ns Not
liciui Trout < nl 1'ulrly.
HASTINOS , Nob. , Jan. 1. To the Editor of
I'm ; Ilii : : : I notice In Tin : Bur. of December
0 nn article "In Behalf of Hastings , " In
which Is given a synopsis of what has been
ono In congrim by aonntorc and rapratonla-
ives lu behalf of u public building for this '
tty.
tty.Tho
The artlclo is doubtless written In defence
f the stubborn fact that Hastings has not
'ot ' received a building , and also as an ai > ol-
igy , as it were , for her failure to rocolvo It
n thu recant past.
It will bo .soon from thu artlclo thut the
irst hill for Hasting ! ) was Introduced In Iho
? orly > nlnth congress ( nearly ton years ago ) ,
and at tbat time Hastings was the only city
n the stuta outside of Lincoln and Omaha
hut was asking for a building.
At the close of the Forty-ninth conaross
vo were not surprised to find that tbo bill
1 nd failed to bocoma a law , and the reason ;
Too many heavy nppropi tlon bills , " was ,
ou lit less , a valid oxcuso.
This excuse , however , lias H doled out
o us throughout tbo yoiraufthi. 'iftloth
uid Fifty-first congresses regularly. . . til It
tus ucoonio stale nnd misleading. Wo have
been led at thu opuulii ; of each session ot
oo n gross to believe that Hastings1 chanct-.s
were far In advance of any other city of the
'orthwait ; hut attho clo'0 of the session wo
ind our olll hw fallua to pua and this sturco-
typed OXOIMO offered M n reason for such
failure.
True , Mr MilllKan did ronort the bill
upon the expressed condition that thrco-
fifths of the amount should bo stricken out
of It , and immediately after the carving
( which didn't Quito kill iho bill ) , lo makn
death sure , they raised the old objection
that ' 'appropriations were too heavy" nml
the cry of "put on the brakes" was r.iUod.
And us was suggested by Heed , McIClnloy
nnd Cannon , It was allowed tn "sleep to
death , " nnd so thu hill slept and still sleeps ,
Truly the Hastings bill has had u Mini
road and It would soonv that nftor no much
hatd work nnd such a disastrous axporlonco
other oltlos ultu less population than
Hustings would luck the temerity to ever
hitrard a bill for u public building In tholr
behalf , nnd espochiliv so when Hastings hnu
the advantage of being the larger city and
having the prestige oi u t'ederal court , lint
what do wo llnd f iVothlngdauntcd. Nebraska
City. licntrlcoatid Frempnt cast tholr nets lu
the grcal uncertain waters of publlo favor ,
long after Hastings had been struggling nnd ,
whllo she Is In tlin throes of defeat , tlic.su
tltlos .succeed In filling tholr nets.
Now wo are promoted to ask how did tholr
hills escape the withering Inlluoncu of "too
many honvy appropriations I'1 How did they
escupo the illlborullsm of the speaker that Is
cited in the iirtlclo ; how did thov escape the
scntoncool "tho death sleop" of Tain Koud
and William Mi-Kinlev I Wo of the Second
district have aright to know ; and further
wo would ro-tpcotrully uslt of those cities to
Klvo us the secret of their succo . for wo
wish It understood that the people of HastIngs -
Ings are of n liberal class , and if It tuitr-s
other mcnni out of the usual rourso wo are
anxious to know what It is , toe "wo are In
it. " Wo want and need a public building.
Again wo nro surprised to llnd that tha
Second congressional district with her splen
did republican rooord , having forty tupubll-
can votes In the state Icglttlutura of three
years ngo , has so httlo influence lu Washing
ton that she has never yol succeeded tn gut
ting 0110 dollar of Ueltod States money within
her border , wlnlu other cltlos and countloj ,
some of which have never been noted for
great republican majorities , have succeeded
In getting their public bnlldings without
very much delay.
Thcro is a good roaion lor this state of
affairs , and one that , will assert itself in the
near luturo If western Nebraska Is not given
iccognklon.
No newspaper or Individual has any just
cause for saying thut the people of Hastings
do not appreciate what has been iTono for
them. Wo have waited long and patieiitlv
and have been true to every republican trust.
Wo an ; not disposed to make war upon
other citlos that have boon moro fortunate ,
but it Is a fact , and wo roall/o it fully , that
Hastings and the Second congressional dis
trict have notrecolvod Justice from the hands
of those of whom she had n right to expect
Justice , and from whom , for vnluo received ,
Justice is so Justly her duo. F. P. O.
FRUIT or i'itonnurio\ .
l.iinlnim'H Troulilo IMiiiiiutcH I'nun u Luck
of I'ourr to Control.
LIN-HAM , Nob. , Dec. ! ll. To the Editor of
Tun Ben : Wo notice In Tun M uivivu Bun of
December 123 a special telegram from
Beatrice , Nob. , reporting a light and stabbing
altray to have happened hero at a dance on
Christmas ova. Wo wish to say through the
columns of Tun Bic : that the report is en
tirely false , as there was no dance or
trouble of any kind. Wo believe thu nrticlo
a dirty fling at the fair name of our town ,
nnd lor the purpose of influencing the
County Board of Supervisors-In the mnttor
of granting a license for n saloon hero.
Tha latter clause of the nrticlo explains
Itself : "They sav Lanhum tins foi
some tirao boon bgforo the County
Board of Supervisors for a
saloon , and thus far has failed. " A part of
this Is true at least , and the defeat has been
caused by such work as the
article referred to. The parties opposing
a licensed saloon nro not workinp
In Interest of true temperance , but nro aiding
Kansas bootleggers. Our town is located
about one-half In the st ito of glorious pro
hibition Kansas , \vhoro prohibition is en
forced to the letter everywhere , the othti
half being located in Nebraska. With no
saloon on the Nebraska side of our little
burg , Kansas bootleegors and diva iiceours
are carrying on a profitable business and we
must admitilmt under the absence of a well
regulated saloon , there Is moro drunkannajs
and disorder than thorn would bo If a license
bad buun granted by the honorable Board of
County Supervisors of Gugo county. , *
JIOOK
Every girl in the land should road "Physi
cal Development and Exercise for Women , "
by Dr. Mary Taylor Blssoll , and as the work
Is now published tn cheap form in the Portia
series , It is within the reach of the most
moderately circumstanced. There Is a fund
of valuable Information in this little work
which should bo Imported to nil
who have tn their care the
guardianship of young girls. As tha author
says : "There are throe distinct conditions In
the life of the average young woman which
are cortalnlv capable of seriously retarding
her physical development , as thov now exist ,
and these concern her habits of dress , habits
of school life , and habit of ( not ) taking exer
cise. " Published by Dodd , Mead & Com-
panv , Now York , and for sale Dv J. S. Uaul-
lield , Omaha , Nob.
"Old Raclot's Millions , " by Emlio Hlcho-
bourgo , translated from the French by Mrs.
Benjamin Lewis. Is a very ploaMng story of
the fairy tslo ordor.and although by a French
author , Is pure in tone ana Illustrates how a
man will sacrlllco everything to his groid for
mouoy.ln an Interesting anil life-like manner.
Published by the ( Jassell Publishing com
pany , 104 and 10(5 ( Fourth avenue , Now York
city.Uhrlstmas
Uhrlstmas fiction Ia the loading element , in
Drake's Magazine for December. The btorios
are , as all short stories should he , worth toll
ing and well told. Published at 11 Frankfort
street , New York.
' / , niir , sir.s.
nHiluciitinn. .
It Is wonderful wliikl. unlllu ) tlilnu's
The school boll h'iyn to the boys , when Urines !
For Instance , thu laggard , who drags iilont ;
On his way to Bi'hool , hears thb nort of son :
On an/ hum !
Why did I coins. . ?
Study till four
Hooks nro a bore !
0 how I wish
1 could run nlf and fl.shl
feu ! thaiu's thu nroolc
Here's line and hook.
What's that you Hay ?
lluiryup uh ?
Oh hum ho !
h'nuso I must go.
Study till four ,
Hooks ayi n bom !
Then tha boy who loves to bo faithful and
true ,
Who does wh.it his parents think host hu
should do.
Comes bravely alone with Hiilcbel and books.
The biouze In his whistle , the sun In his looks.
And these are the thoughts that well up llltu
As hu lie lis the old bull with Its faithful ding-
doiu :
Cling , clung , ellng
I'm so glad I could ding !
llniiven so blue ,
Duly lo do !
Illrds In thu air ,
: vurythlni. ' fair ,
'ven a boy
'lulls study njoy !
Vlioii my work's done
'm reudy for fun ,
veunur my play
'or the tusks of the day.
Cling , clang. clliiK-
I'm HO glad 1 could fling !
These are thu HOIIKS wnleh thu two lioi s huanl ,
When thu school bell was rlnjln , word for
word.
Which do you think with the truer HOIIS ; ?
Whluh ilo you hour , as you're timixing along'/
Don't bu H laggard ! far hotter , I nuy.
To work when yon work , and play whun you
playl
IIDSTLIKC FOR KAUTZ' ' SHOES.
Army Officers Making a Hard Strugglp to
Scouro a Promotion ,
A DOZEN COLONELS PULLING WIRES
Probability That Oil * U'lll Kiiitdr Mm I'rr.
dlmmon , hut Tlirrc It Nil C'ortiilnty lit
tltti I'rcililriit KcrM | UN
Own rouinrl.
WASIII.NOTOX , D. U. , Jan. 2. [ Special to
TIIK BBK.J Brigadier General August V.
Kuut/ , now couimandlng the military de
partment of Columbia "with headquarters at
Vancouver lurraeKi , will retire for ago next
Moudny. HU sueoj or will bo solociud by
ProMdont Harrison from among the colonels
ot i ha throe arms of tha service. Consequently
quently ado7en ; candidates are working
every wlro to secure the coveted prl/o ,
The lo.uling competitors nro Colonels An
drews , Who-iton , Uarlin , Otis nnd Swaino of
the infantry and UolonoU Carrnnd Forsytho
of the cavalry. Colonels Carlln and
Whctiton are in Washington working hard.
Colonel Foiyylho is in Omaha. All havu
f i lends who nro leaving no stotio unturned.
Colonel Andrews of the Twonty-llfth In
fantry is tlio ranking colonel of the army and
has only two years to serve , bat for reasons
not stated ho is said not to bu seriously con
sidered for the placo.
Coionul Carlln of the Fourth Infantry has
an excellent record of war service. Hu was m
the old army mid suffered In rank
during the reorganization tit the cloao of iho
war. Since thut tlino ho has boon cinelly
on the frontier , tie rotlros in ib''U ' ' nud his
physical condition Is considered ns militating
against his chances.
Colonel Frauk Wuriiton , Second Infantry ,
was also In the old army. His record of service
ice is phenomenal. Ho fought In every battle -
tlo of the Army ot the Potomac. In audition ,
no saved Washington from Jubal Early s
raid , commanding the twelve roglmouts
which bout off the confederate leader when
only seven miles from thu capital. Ilo was
alsu with Sheridan In tha Shenandoah viil-
loy. Hinco the war his record has been ono
of continuous service on Iho frontier. Ho
is In Washliicton today for the lint tlino in
seventeen years , General Wheaton stands
second on the list of Infantry colonels. lie is
backed by strong No v England and Ne
braska influences.
ColonolE.S.Otli of thoTwcntioth Infantry
entered the war in the full of ' 02 as a captain
nnd loft it ns a lieutenant , colonel
Ho bad strong enough influence to lotuui
the grade In tlio ro-organirntlon and bccam. )
a colonel In 'bO. His record Is not a long ono
but his political polo Is longer. Tha strong
chances are that It will knock aown the per
slmmou. Secretary Proctor mishod hard foi
Colonel Otis when General ICuutz was made
brigadier , nnd Senator Procter Is working
hard for him now. The Impression in the
war department Is that Colonel Otis has uecn
decided upon. Hu will not retire until I'JO. '
Colonel Swalne. Twenty-second infantrv ,
is said to bo the choice of General Seholiold.
Ho entered the Military acadumv in IS-I" and
has been In the service over slnco. Ho was
colonel of nn Ohio regiment during the war ,
the highest rank bo ever attained until'SI ,
when hu took command of the Twenty-second
infantry. From ' 0 ! ) to 'Tl ho served with tha
Second Infantry , now stationed at Omaha.
Colonel Swalno has four vcars to servo. Ilo
retires in ISO,1 ? .
Colonel Eugene Carr , Sixth cavalry , was a
brigadier general durlnir the war. Ilo Is a'
West Pointer of the class of TiO , and has a
line record of war and frontier service. Ho
rotlros in 1801 ,
General James W. Forsytho , Seventh cav
alry , graduated from thoucademv " ln"'f > 0 , and
was u lieutenant colonel In war "times. His
service has been largely on start duty slnco Ki
lbiI ( , when he associated hlmsulf with General
oral Sheridan and remained with that oftlcei' '
until bis promotion to a colonelcy in ISst !
Ho Is 57 years of ago and does notrotlro until
This completes the list of p obibllltloi
The selection will almost certnl ly bu madu
from the infantry arm. If the opinion of
nine-tenths of Iho stuff bore stationed Is
worth anything , Colonel Otis will bo thu
man. His chances raiuiro explanation. l'i [
to a biigadiur generalship , promotion is
seniority. Boyoud a colonelcy promo
tion is within tlin cboica of lliu
president. Ho can niako a brigadier of tiny
otllcor ho may select. General Crook , for in
.stance , was promoted from u lieutenant
colonelcy to a brigadiorship ever the hoadi
of forty ranking oillcors. The liberty given
in this direction Is duo to the fact that manv
ofllcois llttod to command u regiment are not
competent to command a militarv dcpirl.
mont. There has been a strong sentiment
for ycoM In the VVnr department In favor oi
seniority promotions Irrespective of physical
qualifications , the fooling being that the vel-
erans of the war ought to bo talten care of.
Secretary Proctor , however , with his prao.
tlcal Ideas , Insisted thst the first qualifica
tion ia a candidate should bo his physical
ability to take command of troops
ia case of war. Ho opposed Ijoucral
Kautz's promotion on the ground ol
his certain inability for llola service ami
hrirod Colonel Otis' appointment for athl
reason that ho had ton years tn servo and
that young mon wore nocdud at tbo front.
General Schoilold , on the ether hand , Ims
recommended four of the nonior colonels foi
tha vacancy , including Wheaton and Swalno
President Harrison never givi's any Intli
million of his Intentions , and on thu eve ol
the vacancy "you pays your inonoy and take/
your choico. "
Kjlllt 2O ItK FUSSY.
If Kvo was in.ido of AdamVi rib , she HUM
liavo been the llrstuf the ArlL ) trlno.
Tlio Amui IMU lieu Is Hald to bo tliogicuslesi
nnlin.il extant. If you don't beliovu lltrj
him.
JnlinkliiHi "It Hcoma as If everything w.u
nianliinlatod by Iho .Stock Kxclianilc now , "
lllllkltiH : "Vi-s , ovorythlntr buUifti.1
Johni.lns : "yes. but 1 have noon
whoio thut llfu Is short , "
llo3Ri : "Where now ,
llnccs : Going dcivvn In see old Tluowon
out to ask him for his daughter' hiind. "
lion's : "lint whit Is this In j 0111-pocKutV
llogaa : "A band grenudo to nso In uasua
II ro. you Know. "
Wo luivu no HVinpalh.v for Hnmson , Hi
should have known thut tlio lioy.s would nl
aught at him If hu lot his wlfu out hid hair.
ill AT co Mi.
WitiMliutuH Slur.
\ cold you got ; 'Us b.id , and yet
You mlvlil bo cheerful nndur It ,
V < m with tlmt Hiiut'/o ' thut siu'kiH your knee
Whono'er you coujrli nnd thunder It ,
Dili not a Nuuru uf folks w ' 10 hoi o
( . 'oinu and piOMUlbu iniuvv fur It
n.ieh coruln quite , tbat li > is rlvht
And knoua Just what ID do for it.
Dnike'H MiiKii/Ino : What u world of won
IOIH woltvo In. HutvviinH ntodiiuu coolneai
inlt water gives us. fnnh Hah Nuxtl
I'nocht "You suy your ptosunt boat treat
you batter than 5fr. Smith did ? "
Vln , Herr , and oftenor. "
Oil City IllUnird : Mrs. llentheroroadliij ( )
Mrs. South aidn priisontod hur hushand with
lianilHOinu pair of twins. Air. Hunt hero
llumnM I'll bet they are churned to him Big
Huston Transcript : Thu host way lu iiuun
diary U lo Uuup II clean. Mover wi Ho In von
diary , my son , unless you deilro to bo norry u
some fuiuro time In your life.
Washington Ktnr : " 1'vo had a good deal c
trouble. " Hald the millennia cnnlldontlally
"Vug , " ruullud lliu cook , "I'vu iioliuoil tlin
oven your nilllc hits the bluos. "
I Hghest of oil in Leavening Powcrl Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
ABSOlUtBLY PURE