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THE OMAHA DAILY BElfr/ SATURDAY , FEHlUrARY 13. 1802.
THE DAILY BEE.
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PUBLISHED KVELIY MORNING.
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THE I1KK BUILDINO.
ftWOKN STATEMKNT OK OIUOULATION.
Itiitoof NohnisUii ( -
County of Honulns. I
Goo. II. T/schuck. secretary of The HUB
I uhlUlilntr romp.iny. < lees nolnninly swear
thnt the actual circulation of Tin : DAU.Y HUB
for the wouk ending Kobruury 0 , 1MB , was as
follows :
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Monilay. I'flU 1. -'yj
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Wednesday. Koli a , SWiW
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Avorniio. . . . . 2-1.771 *
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Sworn to 1 eforo me nnd nuhscrlbed In mv
rrrgenco this ( ith day of Kobrunrv. A. I ) . 18'J'i
BKAI. N. P. KKIU
Notnrv rutille.
Avrmgu Clrciiiiitlon lor .luiumry UtiU4. :
WAI.KINO Is not good on the Slxtoonth
etroot vloduot but Ills safer than riding.
IT wirjj take Bomcthlnfr more than nn
unsupjrortod stutomont from Chtxrloa A.
Dunn of the Now York Sun to blast the
reputation of General Uussoll A. Altjor.
Sl'RKCH is silver , luit silctico is golden ;
nt least this Is the interpretation givpn
to the reticence of Govornot * Boios at the
Denver Groystono banquet on the silver
quoiition. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
MlLUNG-lN-TKANSlT rates can bo
Bocurod for Omaha by the Nobnwlca
lines ; seine body or organixation should
prous the button , whion would foruo
thorn to do the rest.
OMAHA'S excellent Apollo club dc-
eorved the aplonuid audience which
greeted its performance at Boyd'a opura
house. This musical club in doing more
for musical culture in Omaha thun any
aocloty or slub ever before organized.
SENATOR HIM , predicts that n demo
cratic senator will bo elected to succeed
Frank Hiscook , his present colleague.
Mr. Hill does not say whether ho will
attempt to occupy both seats or select a
dummy to take that to bo vacated by
Mr. Hlscock.
THE wooden bridge across the tracks
on Sixteenth street cost originally but
$38,000 , of which the city's .share was
$15,000. Wo htivo hud our moneys !
worth and it is time to abandon the
structure for a now ono of iron and steel
on stone piora.
THE Union Pacific has had its own
way in Omaha so long that it canrtot
imngino the city will assort its rights.
Time will prove that the movement on
behalf of the jobbers and manufacturers
of the city against the switching extor
tion is not a moro blutT.
COUNCILMAN EC.SASSKH presents fig
ures to show that an 8-uiill levy will provide -
vide a sufficient general fund for the
coming year. Unless his calculations
are all wrong , the boat of the argument
IB on his side. If 8 mills is enough the
council should not levy 11 mills.
RHADKIIS of the nowapapors ought
very soon to learn by experience that
alarming dispatches about impending
Indian wars are generally basoloa" ) . The
telegraph today contradicts yesterday's
itory of a battle botwoeu cowboys and
Navajo Indians in Now Mexico.
WlHLM the Cleveland men of Now
Yorlc uro tearing their hair and the
Hill howlers nro dancing the war dance
around the open grave of the stuffed
prophet , Mr. William C. Whitney is
complacently curbing his mustache nnd
Roswell P. Flower is becoming un
usually gay for n man of his dignity and
years. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
GOLOXKL WILLIAM P. CODY will par
ticipate in the Boyd celebration on Mon
day. Colonel Cody will mnko the two
governors. Boyd and Bolos , sooin insig
nificant , because ho will bo the blggoat
attraction In the procession , nt thu ban
quet and in the hotel corridors. Still ,
.Cody's presence will add a picturesque
feature to the occasion.
CIITKF SUAVIJY says ho is waiting to
BOO what the policy of thu now adminis
tration will bo in regard to dlrt-hnulors.
The chief will pormlt us to remark that
this In not n question of policy. Tito
ordinance la specific , the duty of the
police dopnrtmunt plain. Ho should en
force thu ordinance nnd protect the
streets from the intolerable filth now
dropped upon them from dirt-wiigoua.
KKAKNKY wanta the state convention
which N to nominate delegates to the
national republican convention. Kear
ney's ambition Is a worthy one and THM
BUK hopes it may ho successful. Ono ol
the two conventions should bo hold In the
western part of the state , and Kearney
us the most metropolitan ol the interior
cities of Nebraska 1ms especial claims
upon the state nnd the party which deserve -
servo consideration.
Tins ox-plumbing inspector from
PoughlcGopsio should not rush rashly
into print. The Job he held under n
democratic mayor he may have earned
by party services but his title to it did
not rest upon experience , olllcionay and
ability. The leas ho lias to say ttbuut
nn administration noted for the number
of political roustabouts fastened upon
ihe city pay roll the better it will bo for
iluiuelf and that administration.
; M H/SO.Y.
Four years ngo John M. Thttrslon
wont to Chicago us delegate to the na
tional republican convention. By the
liolp of Church Howe , who was then No-
brnsha's member of thd national com-
inlttoo , Mr. Thurston succeeded in hav
ing himself named ns the temporary
chairman by just ono mtjorlty In the
committee. When the convention was
called to order by the chnlrnnn nnd
i'liiirston was handed the gavel a mo
tion was made that the convention bo
illonrod to mine Us temporary chair-
inn if , l5ut Mr. Thut'ttton hold his grip
firmly , refused to put the motion and re
gardless of till opposition proceeded to
deliver the carefully propnrod speech
by which he introduced himself as an
or.itor of no mean order to the country
at largo. Mr. Thui'flton has nlw.iya had
a very exalted opinion of lUtnsolf and
Lhu thundering npp luiao th.tt greeted
Ills speech turned his head completely ,
lie conceived the idea that President
Harrison could do nothing less than
make him a mmnbor of his cabinet. He
did not realize what was plain to every
body else , and plainer still to the presi
dent , that the selection of the general
attorney of the Union Pnclllc railroad
for u cabluot position in doIIunco of the
prevailingantimonopoly sentiment ,
would damn the president and ruin the
party. Thuraton himsalf had pro
claimed at Chicago that the nomination
of Chauncoy Dopow for president would
lose the pirty the republican strong
holds of Knnsis , Nebraska and Iowa and
could not fall to insure the re-election of
Grover Cleveland.
From the day President Harrison
omitted Thurston from his cabinet slate
lie became an object of * Mr. Thurston's
offensive uisplcatmro. From that time
to thin Thurston has never lost an op
portunity to belittle Harrison and ho
lias thrust his personal b.irbs Into his
back at every turn. The positive and
peremptory withdrawal of James G.
Blnino from u candidacy which Thurs
ton nnd oilier disgruntled statesmen
nave sought to thrust upon him has
nllorclod another opportunity for covert
attack. Mr. Thurston'H favorite way of
lirinir his purthiau arrows has been
through the nowapipor interview. In
the last number of the Nebraska demo
cratic organ Mr. Thurston ventilates his
spleen at Harrison by calling.attenlion to
the fact that the farmers alliance in the
west has grown up under Mr. Harrison's
administration , and he goes out of his
way to foreshadow disaster to the party
because , as ho ntlirms , Mr. Harrison's
candidacy would not have the tendency
to break into the alliance ranks. On
the other hand , according to Thurston ,
a large part of the alliance men nro
favorable to Blaitie's reciprocity ideas
and they look upon Blnino as a great
leader whoso statesmanship would bo
exerted for the interests of the agricul
tural west.
It is evident that Mr. Thurston wants
to bo understood that Harrison had
nothing to do with reciprocity and that
reciprocity has boon inaugurated in
spite of Harrison , whereas everybody
knows thai Blaine is in Harrison's
cabinet nnd not Harrison in Blaino's
cabinet , that Blaine never could have
given us reciprocity if Harrison had not
boon in full accord with him.
The most unkind cut of till , however ,
is the intimation that the uprising
among the western farmers is to be
ascribed to anything that Harrison has
done or has left undone. Nobody knows
better than Thurston that the farmers
alliance was an active factor in north
western politics long before Harrison was
thought of for president. Ho knows
ttint the farmers alliance wu thoroughly
organized in Nebraska more than ton
years ago. In 1883 it came near elect
ing two out of our throe congressmen
and it had thirty members in the legis
lature that elected General Manderson
to the senate. Mr. Thurston knows , what
everybody in Nebraska knows , that the
alliance in this state would have no fol
lowing if had it not boon for the per
sistent , pernicious and exasperating
interference of the railroads with our
politics.
The farmers alliance today It moro
than anything else a popular protest
against the packing of the conventions
of nil parties by railroad mercenaries ,
against the systematic deb tuchory and
corruption of our legislatures and our
courts by the railroad power , of which
Mr. Thureton is ono of the ablest as
well as the most dangarous rep.'oaant'v-
tivos. Mr. Thurstou has a , luucliblo
ambition to be prominent In thu coun
sels of his party , but his relations to the
railroads will always be u barrier to its
roulliuitlon. Even with Bluine us their
presidential candidate , republicans
would not have dared to select their
vice presidential timber out of the Pa
cific railroad lumber yard.
Tin : miKT SUGAH JXIJUSTHY.
The prospects for a boot sugar factory
in Omaha are decidedly lluttorlng nt
this time. Several capitalists whose
well known enterprise is a guaranty of
good faith have proposed to build u fac
tory hero if they can bo assured of boots
enough to operate it. At a mooting two
weeks ago the subject was dUcusuud at
length and considerable Interest nwnk-
oiiL-d. To the satisfaction of all con-
rornod the * farmers proaSnt crave avl-
deuce of an abiding interest in thu en
terprise aud since that thno they have
hold augur boot mpotlngs in various
parts of this county and Harpy. Every
where tha farmers have expressed a
willingness to do their part.
At 10 o'clock today another moot
ing is to bo hold nt the Board of Trade
rooms , to which citizens of Omaha and
farmers of Douglas county are urgently
invited. The capital is ready to embark
in the enterprise of manufacturing beet
sugar if it can bo assured thnt the beets
will bo grown in this vicinity io sufll-
clont quantities to sustain a factory. On
the other hand the farmers express a
willingness to ralso the beets if a fac
tory can bo secured and a proper guar
anty given them of a market for their
product. This mooting should bring the
capitalists and the farmers together , and
it is of the utmost consequence therefore
that our substantial citizens be present.
Omaha has the opportunity at this mo
ment of focalizing the beet sugar indus
try at this point. If advantage is not
taken of this opportunity now , this city
may nee the day when It will bo most
sincerely regretted. IndlSoruncc on the
part of our business m. . . ui public Inter
ests has several times coat UM dearly.
On this occasion lot us hope there shall
bo neither negligence nor IndlfToronco.
TJIK VI.KVmAXn I'HUTKST.
The mooting of Now York democrats
to protest against the action of the state
committee In falling the convention to
clnoso dolsgatos to the national con on-
tion for February ' ' : ! was too distinct
ively and conspicuously u Cleveland
meeting to have the desired , lniluonco.
It was obviously a mistake to glvo It
this character , but so Intense U the no-
volloti of the adherents of the ex-presi
dent that they cannot control the desire
to glvo it expression on every occasion.
Of course everybody understood that the
movement .vn In the Interest of Mr.
Cleveland , but none the loss it was a
mistake to turn it into a public demon
stration for that candidate , and In doing
so the mooting lost weight which it
would otherwise have carried.
However , it was a demonstration
which showed that Mr. Cleveland has a
numerous and influential following in
Now. York. The language of the reso
lutions adopted Is unequivocal and vig
orous. The state committee is ar
raigned in terms that cannot bo misunderstood -
understood nnd is called upon to recon
sider its notion. In the event of re
fusal to do this the committee created
by the resolutions is authorized to take
such action as may secure a proper rep
resentation of the people of the state in
thn democratic national convention.
The speakers wore unsparing in their
denunciation of the men responsible for
calling the early convention.
What will bo the result ? In all prob
ability there will bo two democratic
delegations from Now York to the na
tional convention. It is extremely im
probable that the state committee will
reconsider its notion and revoke the
call for the February convention. Thnt
would bo a surrender Which Mr. Ilill
and his adherents cannot make without
grnnt danger of losing the stnko they
arc playing for. Undoubtedly they ex
pected a revolt when they decided upon
the course they have taken , and if they
worn not fully determined to adhere to
that course they could have changed it
in advance of the meeting of the pro-
t os t nuts and gained more credit than
they could got from changing it now. It
would HBom safe to say , therefore , that
no attention will bo given to the protest
of the Cleveland men , and thnt the Hill
forces will gather at the appointed time
and select a delegation to the national
convention which Hill will control' .
Moreover it will bo the delegation
which the national convention will seat ,
because it will bo regular , regardless of
the date of its selection. The protesting
Now York democrats will not have much
weight against the Hill-Tammany com
bine with the practical politicians who
will compose the national convention.
The democratic situation in the .Em .
pire state makes for republican victory
next November. It is hardly possible
that the factions there- can bo har
monized , and they certainly cannot 'bo
united on any New York candidate. No
ono outside of Now York now talked of
as a candidate could command the full
democratic vote of that state. The pros
pect is most favorable that the icpub-
lican party will carry Now York this
year and with it win the national con-
tost.
niaiiT a o COXDKMX.
OMUIA , Fob. 12. To the Editor of Tim
HER : I roaavlth care your recent sug
gestions nbout the existence nnd the use of
the power of eminent domain under our city
charter for the purchase of park lands. I
think it necessary to any In THE BEE , with
your permission , thai Park Commissioner
Lake long since advised tbo commissioners
that the power or eminent domain seemed to
bo in the charter , minus the necessary "ma
chinery" I believe I uaa his own word for
its practical exorcise.
Out may I not asK the editor of Tim BKR
to KVO ! earnest attention to the proposed
exorcise of this power of eminent domain ns
applied to the purchase of lauds for paries , to
ace if be it not in error in urging Its use for
suuh n purposo. The power itself is a dan
gerous ono. Us frequent abuse has wroURUl
mountains of Injunlco upon defenseless
citbuns in our country. I know of no pre
cedent to Justify its employment in buying
broad acres of land for park purposes by any
municipal corporation. But suppose the
power to do so were now complete
in our Omaha case , and suppose
thnt the city council should
accept the advice of TUB BKE , refuse to pur.
chase in tbo ordinary and just way , In ac-
cordancd with the expressed will of the people
ple at tbo ballot boxes , every public interest
being vigilantly cuurded as u being done by
tbo Into considerate and ooiiscrvfttlvo action
of the city council , how long would it bo be
fore the city would possess Its much needed
park lands ) Would not every aluplo ono of
the victims of tbo power of eminent domain
appeal to the courts , as woulu bo his or her
Indefeasible right , and In this way postpone
Indollnitetv , nt no small cash cost , tbo acqui
sition of park lands J
I also ask the attention of the editor of
Tnr. Biu : to the plans of the park. . commission
for a park "system , " which the law contem
plates , with the scheme , already far ml-
vancod , whereby the parks reponiinondod nro
planned to bo connected with the center of
the city , and with o.ich other , by broad park
ways. T regard this feature of tbo pjrlc
"aystom" almost nu important to the beauty
and prosperity of the future i-lty as the park's
tbomnolvcs. And , is it not so ] Much of the
ground for these broad driveways la al
ready as goaj ua donated to connect the city
with the 1'arkor tract , nnd to a connection
beyond It with ono devised and to be con
structed by the Forest Lawn Cemetery asso
ciation , and which , Mr. Herman Kouatzo in
forms mo , Is to ba offered to the city In an
improved condition as a free gift. Am I not
right in saying that wo cannot , us a pouplo ,
afford to breatt up those plans.
GronciK L. MIU.KU.
Wo do not propose to enter Into a dis
cussion of the legal points involving the
right of the city to exercise the power
of eminent domain for the acquisition of
parks. That must be loft to lawyers
and courts , \Vo do , however , differ
most decidedly with the chairman of the
park coininUsiou as to the propriety of
exorcising this right We hover can
and never will have a well-planned sys
tem of parks and boulevards unless wo
do-oxnrci&o It , Wo must have a chain
of parks and boulevards connecting with
each other and laid out iipou ground
that is moht available. There never
will bo a time when ovary owner of
grounds suitable for parks can ba In
duced to purl with his lands \ reason
prices. , fl Some of those partio1 *
would stublifirnly refuse to soil at any
price and Wlhers would hold u | Iho city
ns POOH ns f/Jjyas / determined th\t their
land is nouddd to lay out a piirk o" ex
tend u boutfivjird.
Hullroadhnvo , n I ways boon allowed
to take prox | > rt.v for depots and right-of-
way by oxdWI'slng the power of eminent
domain. w\\y \ \ should the city acting in
the Intcrost'of the public health refrain
from cxoritsllg ( it ? The danger , If there
is any , is , ( m overvaluation and not in
undorvaluft\lbu. The pressure upon
nipraisord , will not come from the tax
payers. but from the parties Interested
in getting a high appraisement. And
wherever the appraisement Is ton low
properly owners have redress at the
hands of courts and juries.
The talk nbout ratifying the will ' of
.the people is on the assumption that the
voters had viewed the various tracts
and wore familiar with their value. The
truth Is , the people voted the park
bonds blindly , in the belief that the
mayor and council , who had to pass
upon each deal , would act upon business
principles and buy the largest amount
of land for the smallostatnountof money.
They do not expect the council to neg
lect any opportunity to procure land on
the host terms nor will they bo excused
for neglecting to condemn and acquire
park and boulevard grounds by appraise
ment if it is fount ! thai the lands host
suited cannot bo purchased at reasona
ble prices ,
i : von
The republican party of Iowa has car
ried prohibition until it hns twice sunk
beneath the waves. It has ono more
chance , and but ono more , to rid itself of
this dead weight , and to save itself from
disaster. The present legislature Is
wrestling with the subject nnd the demo
crats .ire determined to fasten the in
cubus securely about the neck of the re
publican party.
Nothing will please the democrats
bettor than to force yio republicans to
go into the national canvass with pro
hibition still in politics ns a club with
which to brain them. The prohibition
ists remain solidly arrayed against both
the old parties , but especially the re
publicans. They will either act inde
pendently or in conjunction with the in
dependents in the ensuing campaign.
They defeated Blaine in 1881 , and they
woulrt cheerfully lend their aid in de
stroying the' ' republican party abso
lutely in the 'next campaign.
If the republicans of Iowa permit
themselves , tfl ( bo forced by the demo
crats into the : position of sustaining the
present inoperative prohibition law , the
chances of cArrying the state next fall
for tlie ropuulican electoral ticket will
bo anything but encouraging. Political
sense and lojjifjlntlvu honesty unite to
urge upon tlio. republicans of the Iowa
legislature tp'Hormit prohibition to escape -
capo from pilrty politics. A reasonable
license billdjwith local option , is cer
tainly preferable to a law which is not
enforced , antfis a continual source of expense -
ponso to communities and-troublo to all
concerned. ° f-f } '
has b'een.nolhing'so far to'vin- ' *
dioato tlio English prediction that the
course of the United State's government
in the Chilian matter would alienate
Iho South American republics. Not the
slightest intimation has como from any
of these countries thnt their people nro
olTondcd at the course of this govern
ment or sympathize with Chili. There
is not the slightest reason why they
should bo , since Chili's courao toward
her neighbors has not boon such as to
commend her to their affection. But in
any event the people of South America
have learned that , it is the policy of the
United States to cultivate their friend
ship and they are in no danger of suffer
ing injury or insult from this country.
English influence has done all it pos
sibly could do to incite in the South
American republics a feeling of hostil
ity to the United States , and it h-is
failed. This country is stronger now
than ever noforo in the respect of the
southern republics , and it will grow in
their favor.
THK editor of THE BUR has boon
favored by Mr. Walter M. Sooly , general -
oral railroad pass distributor and
> oomor extraordinary of ox-Contingent
Congressman Majors , with a largo en
velope headed "Senate Chamber , Lin
coln , Nob. , " and marked "personal. "
This otlicial package contained a copy
of the Lincoln Herald , with an editorial
puff for the B. Ss M. granger with a
hickory shirt and a volley of mud at"
Dr. Mercer. Why an ox-confod. democrat
'
ocrat should be called upon to boom a
republican candidate for governor we
are at a loss to divine. It ia in keeping ,
however , with the peculiar campaign
that has boon carried on for the last
sixty days in central and western Ne
braska by a sot of political ostriches
who imagine that their posteriors are
concealed from sight while they are en
gaged in throwing dirt.
TUB "younlSfrJbmocrat" about to cast
his first vote wtto eloquently proposes to
follow the democratic banner carried by
Boyd , Merion and Miller , Is not very fa
miliar with ttjt $ history of Nebraska.
Nobody su pufts either Morton or Miller
of domocratltileadprahip | ) in those do-
gonqrtttp duyiv when young Mr. Hitchcock -
cock IB at thojhplm of the great aomo-
oratiu organA' 'lt ' has boon a long , long
time slnca Vtyyfl , Morton and Miller
smoked peace iU > os. in thosamo Samosut
or any othorHopoo , or carried torches
and lings In tfl&feanie proco nlon.
THAT is a aUfuUluatit letter which a
Chicago SchaaWurnlturo company ad
dresses the secretary of the Omaliu
Board of Education , of which the open
ing sonUjiico Is , "if your school board
intends to award the contract for furnl-
turo to Iho lowest bidder , " etc. The
company Is not In Iho school furniture
trust , and therefore the suggestive re
mark. The board should take Iho hint
and give the concerns not In this trust
nssurnnce.4 that Onriha Is not owned by
the furniture trust. If necessary to
prove Ihls , Iho bids should all ha re
jected on Monday and now advertise
ments inserted to give the furnlturo
firms lighting the combine all the
chance possible to PC euro the contract.
UNCKltT.UXTY regarding the result
of the conference of the people's parly ,
to bo hold In SI , Louis February IJ'J , Is
said to have a peculiar effect upon poli
tics In "Kansas , so far us the democrats
and now parly men are conconfed.
They are entirely at sea as to what
course to pursue. Moan while the sub-
nllianccs have deposed their old delegates -
gates because they wore not sufficiently
onUuislMsllo for u now party and have
elected in tliolr stead a delegation which
will make u vigorous light at St. Louis
In fiivoiof a convention to put a presi
dential ticket In the Hold. The loaders
of the now party in Kansas , believing
that that parly will have u national
ticket , Imvo rofuso'd to consider propo
sitions from the democrats for fusion on
a state and electoral ticket , but it is pre
dicted that in enso this belief shall prove
to be mistaken It will not bo possible to
hold the people's party together in that
state. The result of the St. Louis con
ference will have a decisive effect on the
now party generally.
Tin : effort to effect n fusion of the
democratic factious in Louisiana has
failed , and the warfare between them Is
being carried on with unabated vigor.
There is very small probability that
further t'fforts will have a different re
sult , in which case there should bo an
excelled t chance of republican success.
There has boon some factional trouble
in the republican ranks , but the present
tendency is to harmony , and in the cir
cumstances every republican in Louisi
ana ought to put aside any porsonul
grievances ho may have and do his part
to put the state in republican control.
There has never been a hotter outlook
for doing this than there is at present
and the opportunity should not bo lost.
NKHUASICANS will romonbor that in
1872 Hon. Hoary C. Lett of Brownvillo
wus the democratic candidate for gover
nor against Colonel Robert W. Furnas.
They will remember too that Mr. Lett
has been a governor by brevet ever
since. Governor Lett hns just been de
feated for mayor of Salt Luke City. As
ho ran upon the democratic ticket ho
was called Golouel Lett. Brevet titles
come freely to our old friend , but the
real dignities nnd emoluments have an
unhanpy habit of eluding the genial and
handsome gentleman.
Ilurrlsou us a Critic.
Sew York Keenlnu Sun.
It is said that a recent literary perform
ance loads Air. Harrison to regard bis secre
tary of state as the foremost Amoricnu
author.
TillHoopl'd Whoop.
ir < > h/H/f'm / ( Star.
Russell A. Algor expresses the opinion
that it U a healthy thing for a partv to huvo
n number of presidential candidates. Ac
cording to this diagnosis both parties am en
joying the greatest robustness.
Wilt tcrnocihlii Wimloui.
Mr. Harrison will ba hU own successor
upon the national republican ticket , and if
there are these who think that ho will prove
a weak nominee , or a candidate easy to bo
beaten , they will nnd themselves mistaken.
Till ) Voice of tlio South.
AUnntii CnnitUutliiii.
No otbor democrat can. as matters stan d ,
carry the state of New York no older dem
ocrat can smash this busy conglomeration of
wooden-headed mugwumps and democratic
tramps. It i.s not only In Georgia and tno
south that the party is turning to David 13.
Hill as its leaner. Democrats every ivhero
recognize in him the man to loid them to
victory.
Takii F.ictnryVllhmit Souse.
Lincoln Jinirniil.
But by fakes the small correspondents
manngo to earn an honest penny from week
to week. If they could only grind out a
grist every day they would bo in clover.
But of course that would spoil the'marKot ,
so they have to wait several days after
inaldngalot to lot tbo public forgot. In that
respect they show moro business sense than
the Omaha World-Herald man who hns 'om
every day and has 'em baa.
HIIUftT .I.V/ > Hll.lltl' .
Now York llurald : It's no disgrace for our
neighbors to be poor.
ICuto 1'leld'n WaRlitngtnrn Don't Judge
onililem by uppeiirmicus. Judge them by their
dsai ! > p6iranccs. :
Chicago Tribune : Captain ot Arizona Itecu-
lalors ( adjusting the noo-.o | A mini of your
talents , sir , Is hound to rlfto.
Comtunmod Ilorsn Thief Yes ; I seem to bo
right in tlio line of promotion.
Life : Ho What do you regard as most
itsontliil-lioaiity or wealth ?
ahu Wall or I'd marry wealth If I wore
you.
I'uek : "I've lost rny ovitrcoat. "
"Not Irrupar.iDly , I hopo. "
"You , It's trono for kuons. My wife hung It
up In hur wiirurobo. "
Komorvlllo Journal : Tlio Hlnstllnc plow.
boy has always Iteiiii u fiivnrlto subject- for
IHUtonil pnulM , but they luivu always liron
direful to describe him ut some other time
than Just thn moment after Ins plow lias
brought mi suddenly axulnst a roul ; .
I'llesemlo lllp.t'tUir ; L'lodltor It's mi uou-
dor 1 can't Hud you ut bonus wlion you urs
hero nil Hie lime In Iho saloon drlnUIni : .
Debtor Don't you HUO that the rui : on I
drlnlc Isonl of shtjiM-ilospiilr nl nnt boliiff itblu
to p ty your
HU tines ! There' * many u xllji between the
pulpit and Iho church door ,
NB\Y Vorx Herald : Jom Miss Hears Ims a
good voice , but she I * ul\vuyi Hitemutlng thu
Ilusi What did hu nlnx Ust nl lit ?
Ji'jjs "Make. Mo u Child Au.iln .Inat for To-
ulelit. "
Higbe of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
aking
Powder
ABSOUUTELY PURE
OTIIKH r.t\ns TILIX units.
Tbo coiilllot ever the now Prussian oduca-
lion litll has ended ( or the present tn n com
promise nml n committee. The ministerial
crisis Is tided ever by the favorlto dovlco of
mudcrn dlplomiicy , n modus vivondl. Neither
llorr Mlijuol , minister of llnniico , nor Herr
Hennlngson , president ot the Hanoverian nd-
minisration ! , wilt rostun for the present.
Thb Gorman OMiperor nnd Count von Caprlvl
seem to have discovered that even In 1'russla
pponle Imvo onliilom. iiiul that political con-
vlulfons .iro not renounced on the Instant nt
thu umporor's noJ. The bill Is now In the
hands of n connntltco of twenty-eight , with n
government majority , vnrvlng on various
points from two to ton orolovon. Count von
Caprlvl has Inllumtoci llmt concessions will
bo mane. No concession can bo nmtlo which
will satisfy the liberals and not ovlscoralo the
moainro. The principle of the bill is n ntnto
god wltn state machlnory for enforcing
the teachings of Its own dolty accordIng -
Ing to the forms of ono or too othur
of the recognized confessions or soots
In Prussia. If this prlnclulo bo maintained
'
liberals must ouposa it. It'll bo abandoned
the bill U so much waste paper. TUo pres
ent Intention Is to force the bill through. A.
majority of about thirty Is bcllovoa to Iw
certain in the Landtag ; but , s.iys n compj-
tout tvltnnss , popular agitation against it Is
increasing. All ever the kingdom the press ,
limited as It Is , muzzled as It Is , speaks out.
Opposition papers they call themselves in
dependent , ineiiiiliiij that they nru not In gov
ernment pay denounce the bill ns n purely
clorlcul measure Intended nnd well calculated
to put primary education In Prussia under
clerical control. So It will ; or would , If that
iniDonal signature In the Munich album bad
uot told the world that the will of the king Is
the supreme law.
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Mr. Chamberlain's accession to the leader
ship of the government party in the House of
Commons will glvo special prominence , no
doubt , to his socialistic schemes. Ho very
likely had those In mind yesterday when bo
rubbed the vinegar into the wounds of his
lory associates by explicitly saying that ho
took the position of leader as n liberal. His
plans for bolter housing of the poor and for
securing small leaseholds to tonant-fnrmeri
are apparently to glvo way , for the present ,
to his project of state pensions for the aged.
On that suojoct ho contributes an article
to ttto February number of the National
Review , In which ho sots forth the details
of bis plan a plan which Is subjected to a
most destructive criticism , from the finan
cial anrt practical point otvlow , in the Lon
don Economist of January ' 30. in general , ho
would Imitate tbo Gorman plan of providing
an old-age insurance for woritingmon up
wards .of sixty-Hvo years , by payments from
on accumulated fund to wntoli the workingman -
man himself , his employer , and tDo state
should contribute in equal oroportlons. Ho
objects to the present system of postoftlco
nnunties that It requires payments which a
great many laboring roon , with only "a
week's rcsorvo between them and starva
tion , " are utterly unable to make ; but tbo
Economist shows that , on his own plan ,
fully as largo or larger payments would often
bavo to bo ramie.
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The Nouo Froio Prcsso of Vienna has Just
published an elaborate article on tbo subject
of Turkish armament , and declares that the
sultan has succeeded in raising the effective
strength of his forces to 1,000,000 men , or
whom 00,000 could bo mobilized. The difll-
culty Is to provide thorn with Unproved mod
ern weapons , n necessity which gives rise to
political as well as financial questions. For
the lost teu years Germany has supplied the
porto wltli all the torpedoes , rifles and cannon
which the latter power has boon able to ilnd
money to pay for , and Franco thinks it time
that she bad a share in the business. Her
ambassador at Constantinonlo induced the
'sultan to send a military commission to the
famous Canot foundry , but us yet the Turk
ish exports h ivo not been convinced that
Canot's guns are bettor than Krupp's.
The most pressing military problem
for Turkey Just now , however , re
lates to the arming of her Infantry. The
Ottoman crmy now possesses three different
systems of rilles Independently of the Win
chester central flro carbmo. It has " > 00OUO ,
Martini-Henry rifles , old system , 2'0,000
Mausers , caliber ! % , ana an order has boon
given for 250,000 Manullchors to the German
Manufacturer , Loewo. As tills difference of
systems would bo likely to have serious con
sequences , it has boon decided to recon
struct tbo Martini-Henry after the model of
tbo new Mannllchor , which would glvo "SO- ,
rifles for tbo troops of the line and the re
serve , while the Mausers would bo dis
tributed to the Bashl-Bazoulcs and other Ir
regular troops. Contractors of different
nationalities are endeavoring to obtain the
contract fur tuo transformation of those 500-
000 MartlM-Honry rifles. The only serious
competitors are the Germans and Frouub.
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Now Yorlc World ( Join , ) s Governor Holer , |
Is ono of Iho men thnt' DomoorAcv In ISW'v '
hns Its eye upon.
Chicago News ( Ind. dent. ) ! It is snUt thai
Mr. Holes would not part with Ills proslti/i-
tlal boom for t" in cash ,
Minneapolis Tribune ( rep. ) : Tlio speech
of Governor Holes nt the Denver banqitot
will not have a tendency to Improve hit
chances for the democratic'nomination. . '
Minneapolis Journal ( Ind. rep. ) : "t'ncli
Horace" Is nwlnqlng nround the elrolo vigor1
ously enough to suggest lliat ho Is going ti
bo in the Hold In Chicago next Juno. The
Holes boo Is n very musical Insect. ,
Denver News ( dom. ) : Holes of Iowa Imi
boon stricken with Iho Wall street llirlitnlng
Last full ho won his light on n fico colnugi
platform , now ho declares thnt silver inns' '
not bo mentioned for fear of offending tin
Cleveland gold bugs. Governor Bolos hns
followed Campbell.
Chicago Times ( dom. ) : Mr. Uoioi Is In
the prime of life , nctlvo montnlly and physi
cally , robust in health , nnd dostlnoa appar
ently to long life. And , prlmo consideration
nt n time when Now York , still claiming )
leadership. Is olTorlng destruction , ho in < ,
resident of thn Mississippi valley , now tin * " *
seat of empire. \
ChlcaRo Trlbuno ( rep. ) : And on this pint ,
form of no protection ( or the producers o (
raw inntorinls nnd some protection for tbo
producers of manufactured ones Governor I
Holes thinks the democrats should mnko " Kl
their fight this fall. It would bn bettor for \ 11
him , however , to state his turllT ulankxor-\ \ <
roctly nuu not envelop it In a cloak of worJte Ml
which moan soniothlng else. > * J
Chicago Herald ( dom. ) : Governor Holes
possesses a largo endowment of the cnpacltv
nnd con race requisite for leadership. Ho 11
cot afraid to say that what Is wrong li
wrong , not only In the largo but oven In the
least homeopathic dilution. Ho Is not afraid ,
therefore , to mnko n clear dcllnitlon of thu
Issue which must bo mot sooner or later , and
which ought to bo mot by the democratic
parly In the approaching contest lor the
presidency.
Denver Republican : Governor Helps does
not oven duro to go that far in his tmbllo ut
terances nt present , because ho fours that
his little presidential boomlct woulu bo de
stroyed by the hostility of the loaders of his
party In the east to free coinage. After the
effects of last night's champagne have passed
away probably the dumocrntlu leaden of . .
Coloraoo will A-ondor why they brought ifcl
Governor Bolos SOJ miles to show' that \ufl9jm \
was afraid to tncklo the sliver uuution tti v'\l
any form. ' j J
St. Louts Henu'jllo ( dom. ) : In his Den
ver speech , ns in his campaign , Mr. Holes
handles issues like n master. The shrewdest
of shrewd politicians could not do nearly so
well what ho does mcrolv from his sense of
what is more nnd what is lo s important for
tlio welfare of the people. What ho does not
say iu his Denver speech gives moro compell
ing force to what , ho does sar. Ho is franlc
and caudia , but ho shows that ho knows
where to begin nnd where to stop. It is a
eroat thing for a public man to know that.
Few know as much. Nona know more.
soTiirxa iivr trtxn.
Captain Jack MacColl is at the Mlllard.
There is a well defined breeze stirring Ju.st
now that promises to swell the sails for tba
MacColl boalas the winner in the next guber
natorial regatta. A prominent south Omaha
republican said this morning to a reporter :
" 1 urn for Jack MacColl. With Jack MacCol )
for governor and a good Douglas county imiJ.l
for state treasurer wo can weld the repubi
Hcan vote of Douglas county and the rurn !
districts firmly together. Omnba repub
licans will stir up a sectional flgnt if tnuy
insist on naming the candidate for governor ,
but If they muKo a breuk for a soitondury
place on the tlcko * . they will got It , and the
whole state will bo with tbom. "
Mr. Henry E. Kryjrer of Noligh was in
Omaha yesterday for the purpose of arrang
ing with United States Attorney Linker tor
the forwarding of his bond ns receiver for
the Noligh land ofllco to Washington. Mr.
Krygcr was appointed n short time ngo to till
the place made vacant by the resignation of
Mr. A. Lundv.nll.
Spoakine of the political atmosphere in the
vicinity of Noligh Mr. ICrvgor said : "There
has been a good deal of indollnito speculation
concerning tbo candidates for governor , but
no settled or well defined sontimmit has been
expressed in favor of any of the alleged can
didntos as yet. Jack MacColl has boon fre
quently spoken of , Tom Majnn has a good
many friends un there and Dr. Mercer of
Omaha has been mentioned by quitn n num
ber us a very likely man for the nomination. "
ItopulilliMii Stiitn Committee ( 'itll.
O.MUM , Feb. 1'J. Tbo state central com
mittee will meet at 2 o'clock sharp Saturday
afternoon , February 20 , at the Millar J hotel > iv
Omaha , for the purpose of apportioning '
representation of the several counties , llxin (
upon the lirao and place of tbo next stu ? , _
convention to elect four doloiratos-al-largo to
the national convention at Minneapolis , anil
sucb oibcr business as may come before it ,
S. D. MKIIUICU ,
Chairman Republican State Central Com.
U. IJ , BALCOMIII : , Secretary.
rirti-cn Tlicntniiud tor n YiMirllng , <
SAN FIUXCISCO , Cal. , Fob. 12. A unmoor
of horses have been purchased of Senator
Stanford bv eastern men. The principal ani
mal was Beautiful Holla , a yearling , for
which 115,000 was paid , tbo largest price
over clvon for an animal of that aire.
BROWNING , KING
S. W. Corner l"li ! anil Dmighu St-i.
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Figure it out : ,
yourself
February , March , April and maybe
during a little bit of
May you'll find it
pleasant to wear
heavy underwear.
We've knocked the
prices silly on our
underwear for this
week. A lot at 40c
a garment , 75c a suit , Fine merino 75c a
garment , regularly $1. Very superior wool
underwear $3.75 a suit , that we always go't
$5 for- and lots of others. You can also
make $4 to $8 if you buy a business suit
this week.
Browning , King & Co
nDoiiBnturdbyutllliap.ni. . \\f Cnf nml f-o .
Otliur evenings llll 0:30. : * " '
