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Kimrtny , December 4 . 20,080
Monday , December 5 . 23,780
TneMlay. IKremberG . 23,014 ,
M'edncMmy. December 7 . 23,702
Thnrsdiiv , December 8 . 23,781
rrlday , December t ) . 23,770
hutiirday , December 10 . 2-1,003
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Average ( tlrriiliitloii for Xnvomber , 80,050.
IT Is so fashlormblo now to have a
cabinet crisis that even Uttlo Portugal
Ins ono. _
TUB n vertigo price of corn In Nebraska
is now about 28 cents , which is higher
than in any year since 1882 , except 1887
und 18)0. ! )
BitA/ir , wants immigrants and oven
otters a welcome to Chlnnman. This is
lohn's clmnuo to cscupo our odious
registration law.
IT IS to bo hoped that the hoavy'snow
Btorm in Kansas will cool the fevered
lirows of some of tlvp cranks congre
gated in that fattUo.
THK interstate coininorco law has-not
enough vitality left to stand iinothor
ilcuision. 11 is almost a total wreck.
Hut the commissioners will continue tc
draw their salaries with unimpaired
regularity.
THK Union Stock Yards company o
South Omaha has decided to oxponi
8200,000 in improvements next year ,
'Jills means tlio employment of a large
jiumbor of men and a great increase ii
the facilities of the company.
MEXICO wants the Uilted States t <
remove the Apaches lurthor from hoi
border because they raid her territory
If they wore removed to the vicinity o
'
ColToyvillo , Kan. , they would give u ]
raiding as an unhealthy occupation.
VIT IS claimed that a locomotive ran i
wlloin Uiirtv-sovon seconds on the Now
Jersey Central railroad the other day
or ot the rate of. , almost 100 miles ui
hour. As the Now Joi-Eoy Central is ii
the anthracite combine nobody wll
doubt tho'story.
IT is denied that Mr. Cleveland 1
gointr into training under William Mul
floon's instructions to reduce his weigh !
Well , it is not necessary. There is a
clement of the democratic party tha
will BOO to it Hint ho is properly reduce
In llesh before his administration is
jnonth old.
THK Prlniio of Wales and a * party o
.friends wont out the other day and she
fl.COO houd of game for umu&omon
There is not much to bo said in defons
of this wholesale slaughter of garni
1)ut it cannot bo denied that it is pnn
ticod in this country as well as by tli
royal no bobs of Europe.
Tiiosis silicon haired Reform club don
ocrats who nro opposed to Edward Mu
phy for senator from Now York woul
do well to remember that ho was tl :
confidential friend of tholato Samuel ,
Tlldon. lie is bucked by the men who C
the work and who punish their oncinii
us well as reward their friends.
TUB criminal record of Nebraska du
ing the past year , so far aij _ it is ind
cutcd by the annual report of the wa
*
Son of the penitentiary , is not at u
bad. During the your 107 prisono
wore received and more than 200 n
leased. Tlioro are now only 310 co :
viols confined in the institution.
THK statistical report of the Into
Btato Commerce commission strong
urges the necessity of legislation tocoi
pel railroad companies to adopt tra
brakes and automatic couplers , but t ]
most eloquent plea for tills legislation
found in the statistics of casuultic
The startling record of killed a :
maimed railway employes ought
sllcnca all opposition to any measure f
their protection.
Tin ; annexation sentiment appears
bo growing in Canada. Numerous pi
lie meetings have recently boon hold
promote the movement for politic
union with tlio United States , and gc
orally they have been largely attend
and enthusiastic. What the annex
tlonists need is n little encouragoiuc
from this country , but they are not gi
ting it. A majority of the Amqric
peoploara not anxious to absorb thoL
minion , though muiiy believe it w
ultimately bo done.
A DUTY on all grades of sugar wet
bring1 to tin early termination the re
proclty dgrcoiitant with Spain appl
nblo to Cuba and Porto Rico , which 1
ulrcady been of great material bom
to our agricultural Interests. 'J
flour makers of Spain are brlnginf
atrong pressure to bear-upon the govo
mont ton a modification of the treaty ,
that they may have u chance in tho'Cut
market , and any broach of the ivjjr
rnont on nur part would doubtless
taken advantage ot to abrogatet. !
f'BMH'C/r
Honntur Cullnm lian proposed chance *
In Iho Intorslixto cotnmoroo law do-
slgiiod to overcome tlio olToct ot tlio
judicial decisions which It Is generally
ndinlltotl render the act practically In
operative. The first ol these decisions
was In the Counsolmnn oiso , tlio
flupromo court of the United States
holding thnt the witness could
not bo required to j lvo testimony
th.it would crlminnlo himself. Tlio
other doulslnn Is thnt of rocoiit
( Into by .Judge Groshnm , by which
the Interstate Coinmcrco commission U
deprived of any right to enforce the
provision of the nctclmractori7.es the re
fusal to testify us nn olTonso punish-
nblo " > by ImDrisonmont. By reason of
these decisions the commission llndj
Itself practically powerless to compel
the railroads to obey the law , und It la
not apparent thnt ills attempting to Jo
anything In that dlrootlon. So far ns
th'o public knows it 1ms bccomo aluo-
lulely Inoperatlvo.
It Is true , us Commissioner Voa/oy
said in rcforonco to the Groshum inci
dent , Hint It does not dlmtnlsh.tho duty
of Iho commission lo Investigate viola
tions of the law , does not prevent Its
getting testimony In n variety of ways ,
and doe's not pro font prosecutions by
district nttornoya upon thn evidence
submitted thotn by the commission
and the o > vidonco they nro tiblo to obtain
in addition , but manifestly without sotno
judicial powers the commission can
not accomplish what it was In
tended to. If It hnvo not the
right to apply to the courts to render
der- assistance in obtaining testimony
it obviously must full in every ctiso
where important witnesses decline to
testify. Not having the authority Itself
to secure unwlllingy testimony if it , is
dotiiod the support of Iho courts it is
practically powerless.
Tlio proposed changes In the inter
state commerce act to meet the adverse
decisions arc to do away with the Im
prisonment penalty and. to give wit
nesses immunity from the results of
their testimony , and to make corpor
ations subject to prosecution under the
law. The first of these amendments
conforms to the suggestion of tlio supreme
premo court in the Coutibolmun decision ,
and the second gives tlie commission
greater scope than it possesses under the
act in its present form. Another and
very important amendment proposes to
permit tra'Ilc ' contracts between rail
way companies under certain re
strictions , reserving the right to
the Interstate Commerce com
mission to cancel thorn if they proiluco
unreasonable rates or discrimination.
In other words it proposes to allow pool-
f ing under legislative regulations , a plan
[ which has boon growing in favor for the
last year or two as being essential to n
i i Solution of the railroad problem and
i I which it is presumed will have little
popular opposition.
There ought to bu no doubt about the
3 i adoption of those amendments and tho.v
f I should go into olloct at the oar.lost uay
possible. It is to bo expected , elf
f course , that they will encounter opposi-
p tion from these who are hostile to the
law , but this class represents tin ex
tremely small minority of the people.
The great majority desire that the lav
shall stand if it can bo made effective ,
and not many doubt thai this can bo
done. There is reason to believe that
the permission of pooling , under the
conditions prouosod , would greatly sim
plify the work of the Interstate Com
merce commission.
A ItKOIOrV OP .
It would seem from the responsible
ttnd uticontradicted statements as to the
amount of lawlessness in the Indian Tor
rltory that there ought to bo no hosita
n tion on the part of congress in adopting
legislation looking to the opening o
. i that territory to settlement. It is pro
posed to uppoint'a commission to trou.1
with 7hfl five civili/od tribe * , ii
the Indian . Territory with r
view to the allotment of thoii
3 i
lauds in scvoralty und for opening tin
territory to settlement. If this wor
done the machinery of justice could bi
properly established in the torritor
i- and an adequate effort made to suppros
,
ir - the reign of lawlessness there , whicl
rid under existing conditions goes on uti
to checked , a constant mcnice to nil th
J. contiguous country and a reproach t
J.lo our civilization. ,
JS In presenting this matter to the al
tontion of tlio senate a ftv
days ago Senator Vest' of Mis
r- souri said that the four states c
ri - Kansas , Missouri , Arkansas and Toxn
ir - are directly and immediately concorne
. r.11 in changing the existing status nmon
rs the five civilized tribes , and ho declare
3- that the time has como when the pcopl
of the United States can no longer to
orate the conditions in the Indian Terr
lory. lie said that crime there is ran
T- pant , corruption rife , and the farce (
iyn administering justice is a blot and
n- stain upon the judicial system <
nin the United States. Tlio region o
no fors an asylum for refugees froi
is justice , who organize raids upon adjoli
ing territory and operate as banditti i ,
id the Indian country. Congress ostal
to lishod a court in Iho territory , but i
or criminal jurisdiction is not com plot
Over portions of the Indian Torritoi
the courts at Paris , Tex , , Fort Smitl
to Ark. , ana Wichita , Kan , , have jurl
ibto diction , and this nrrnngomont ib four
to to bo not only extremely expensive , hi
it is said also to bo conducive to co
in- million. Tlio attorney general of tl
inod
oda United States is authority for the atuti
: a- mont that these courts form the large
amt
mt Items of ox pen so in his annual repo
ot- from year to year.
otan
ante According to the last census tl
to- whites and negroes In the Indian Ton
Ill tory largely outnumbered the Indian
and , us Senator Vest sugeostod , tl
time is speedily coining when the a
ild grossivo and dominant race will for
icl- itself into the territory and present u
icms other problem to bo settled between ju
ms tico on the ono side and greed
3 fit the other. It is certainly the dicta
'ho of n wise und humane policy to ta
stops to avert this danger , and the o
rnuo Proposed In the appointment of a coi
uo mission with tlio object defined in t
mn joint resolution is proper and pruotii
oo- bio , The duty of the governmentwh
oobo
bo respecting every right belonging to t
Indians of the five civilized tribes , is'
tnnko every poiMmo provision for tlio
enforcement of law and the lulmlnlstra
tlon of justloj In the territory , both for
the protoctloa ot the Indians themselves
and for the security of the poonlo In ml-
joining states who nro In ti position to
become the victims of Iho lawless element -
mont In the territory.
THK WlttlAT m'l'l'hY t'Vr.ZtK.
The wheat growers of the west Imvo
this year completely carried out their
determination to keep tholnown counsel
in regard to the supply of wheat In their
hands. They and" the interior elevator
men have resisted the blandishments
and Inufrhccl al the expostulations of the
so-called wheat "authorities , " who have
boon greatly disturbed by their inability
to form even approximate ostimitos of
the amount of that cereal that could be
put upon the market.
Even atthis ; late day nobody appears
to know much nbout Iho actual supply
of wheat In the country. At Duluth
and Minneapolis the How of wheat from
the northwest continues to ntna/.o the
oldest and ablest dporator.i in the mar
ket. The uncort.ilnly has naturally in
creased the speculative trade , and It is
reported that a great bull contingent
has boon organized In Chicago , with
outsldq support , to control and advance
the prico. .According to the last gov
ernment report the average prifo
ot wheat is 03.2 cents. The
next lowest price was 01.5 cants in 1884 ,
while at this time last year It was 83.9
cents. Not only Is it lower now than
ovou before since statistics began to bo
collected on the subject , but it is about
20 cents lower than last year's figure ,
which was not considered high onouph
to glvo the fanner mnro than a fair re
turn. The Minneapolis Tribune , speak
ing ot the largo receipts at that. point ,
says : "This extraordinary movement
is said to arise from the clearing
of the country side trades' along
the several lines of railway centering in
this city. These worn all to have been
cleared some weeks ago and wheat re
ceipts cut completely olT. What has
been the result'/ The receipts of the
week just past have been larger than
over , winding up with Oil cars on Satur
day against an average of about COO for
the previous days ol the week. The
sidetracks would appear to bo of extra
ordinary length , and numerous , too ,
to render Mich results. It is said
now , however , that there can bo
no longer doubt but that receipts will
from now on decrease rapidly. " This is
n pleasant and cheerful optimism , but
wo are loth to accept the prediction
after having been told the same thing
for many weeks. The truth is that no
body knows anything about the supply
of wheat in the country , and all predic
tions as to both supply and price seem
to bo based uuon nothing better thau
conjecture. One thing , however , is
reasonably certain , ana that is that the
decline of prices in Europe has been
checked and that consumption is re
ducing n stock that must sooner or In tor
bo replenished from the United States ,
producing a demand for our great sur
plus , or at least for a portioa-ot it.- Upon
this depends the hope of bettor prices.
A PKTrrlox for the establishment of n
fish hatchery on .Long Pine river has
been forwarded to the United States Hsh
commission by Senator Mandorson.
This will give the northern part of the
state equal advantages with the south
ern portion if the petition is granted.
The results of the effort to-propajrato
llsh in Nob.-aska brfgan to bo somovvhnt.
apparent in some localities last summer
and if the work is koot up the
time will s ion como when all
"of the streamy and small lalcoi
in the state will bo supplied with excel
lent food fish. It is not enough that n
few favorite resorts of the sportsmor
should bo looked after ; all of the wateri
in which llsh can flourish should be
stoclccd in order that the bonolits of the
system may bo extended to all the pee
plo. An abundant supply of the bos
food fish would b2 a decided public ad
Y.intlliTO.
n THK action of the State Board . o
' Educational Lands and Funds
, in/reject-
ing and setting aside the application
'for lease of .school lands in Perkim
_ county is a inovo in the direction of do
foaling a shrewd scheme for choiitlnj :
the stato. A bidder who runs tlio prici
of school Innds.up at a public sale am
then refuses to take the property at th
iy flguro bid , preferring to got it at hi
own price at private lease , is not tin
. kind of a man that the state wants ti
g deal with. But why should -county
treasurer make such a lomo at all to
, man who has practiced such a trie !
upon die state which ho ollicially rap1
resents as the substitute of the cominis
. missioner of. public lands'It wouli
seem as it collusion mlgnl bo possible Ii
| such cases. At all events , the move
mont to put a stop to this" practice i
"ft | timely.
3ff THK suspension of the Black Hill
f-
fin National bank of Rapid Qity in con
in
inn s''qonco of the presentation of a coi
n-
nn tilicato for $7,500 by a depositor , ii
n
| dlcatos a condition of allatrs that ougli
ts not to bo allowed lo exist in any instlti
tlon authorized to ao a banking bu
iness. When a Uttlo "run" like thu
by one depositor can put a bank on II
' buck It must bj a weak-knead concert
anil yet this institution was supposed '
have a capital of $125,000. What hi
, tlie state bank examiner been doing ?
10
TIIKIIH does not to bo
3- appear any go
3st oral demand for 1 cent postage. So fi
rt as the expressions of the nowspapc
voice the oplniun of the business into
lie esls of the country , It is not lower r.iti
i-l- of postage that are wanted , but grcatt
13 , speed in the transmission and deliver
10 of mail. It will doubtless bo practical )
ut some tlmo in the not far future
havo.poth but service should '
UO , rapid r
colvo the ilrst consideration.
on AccoitDiNQ to a statement made 1
.to the president of the Amalgamated use
keno elation 2,200 of the Homestead strike
no aro'silll idle , and it is known tlmt'tnai
in- 'of these are in destitute circumstanci
inho
ho The number under Indictment up
various charges , including murder ,
ilo 22-5 , and to , this number will bo add
' Ho these charged with attempting to , pols
'to nonunion workmen. Contributions
Iho alrlkora lmt'4 nmountod to $11,000 ,
the Inrgo sum olj JOO,000 la Involved in
ball bonds , nnd,4 l&OOO ha boon paid to
Inwyorn and wlluodsos. In nil Its nsnoots
and results the Hjoinoatoad strlko hn
proved a moot deplorable affair and Its
damaging olToct * Upon all concerned uro
not yet nt an
Till ! proiiosal-'to appropriate a $ ! , -
500,000 , to maintain n military camp
at Chicago SuHnp ono month of
next year Is ol' questionable merit ,
In view ot the condition of Iho national
treasury. The camp would undoubtedly
bean Interesting feature in connection
with the World's fair , but the results
would imully repay the outlay.
"U t.bn Stintliern
iron/ilnydm / tint ,
"Wyoming's new governor took the ofllco
with a chisel.
Are li\vuu : > lirrs Unlit IliutVajV
The Nebraska legislature can In n measure
redeem the reputation of thostnto by break-
In ) ? tip the railroad lobby which Infests Mn-
coin.
o
< 2iiienlt1i ViiUUieil KUqr * .
Chlragn Trtliunf. .
Speaker Crisp's unspoken speech will po
thumlcrinf * down the afce.3 along with the
famous unUlsscd kisses of the passionate
poetess. , .
A Ship nt tins rrofeili.
St.ollf ; tfillnl ] !
The decision of the Kansas suinvmo court
that county attorneys are not necessarily
lawyers is In line with the Tuots. and It Is
equally applicable to attorneys in general.
DoilKlnK the I'liUCm-m.
There will be a constant anil resolute
struggle in the next congress between these
democrats who think the Chicago platform
wns made to stand upon and those who think
that It was iniidu to jump from ,
llo Dnrtn'l .MIlK'r.
Kaunas City Star ,
There will be no "Inaugural ball" In Kan
sas lu ushering in tbu new governor , but
there will bo a lot of dancing , and whtm'a
granger dunces ho doesn't "mince , " but
"makes music in that part of the town. "
l-'lrtt Dccliiratioii'iiu Itoeoril ,
.VfiiiietiimJf * Trllmnc ,
The announcement that the lion. .1 , S.
Clarkson. of Iowa , Is not a candidate for sen
ator , I'linnot be said to have come like a
thunderclap from a clear sky. ] t was about
ns unexpected as a shower from u densely
clouded sky. _
A lirllllint ItclU-ctlon.
A new diamond field has been discovered
In Idaho. Until the gems can be tested we
shall associate the discovery with the fact
that a minstrel company recently disbanded
at Boise City , and , discarding all worthless
baggage , started lit walk back to Chicago.
A ! > Days. of Leap Yoiir I.rtt ,
/WtVm f.Vofi' ' .
Uncle Sam , no doubt , would be very glad
to marry Miss Canu.Ua under certain contin
gencies. Of couvsq. lie will ncvei woo this
northern maiden 'of the stiowflakcd hair
against her wishes' , < If the marriugo ever
takes phtce there will bo a willing bride
as well us ayillliig bridegroom. And
it looks very much us if these conditions
would speedily
Koiliico tlio Onlcitliitldliif ; Class.
KaiiwfjClty Star.
There arc in { ho government employ
hundreds of men who hold sinecures. Thou-1
sands of dollars nr 'paid out monthly for
which the government ( ergo the people ) re
ceives no return whatpvor. This is wrong.
If the democratic juirty wants to entrench
itself lirmly Jntlio hearts of , jlhe American
people it will hbn'eijtXy 'nnd manfully do away
with the "place" robbery. The few votes
that would bo lost through the Indignation
of the place hunters would bo more ulian re
compensed by the popular indorsement of
honesty.
A Deslralilu KcTorm.
Clilcaao Inler Ocean.
The republicans of Jowa uro discussing
the advisability of nominating u candidate
for United States .senator at the stito ; con
vention next year und of making the cam
paign an open 0110 bcforo the people , as did
Senator Palmer in this state two years ago.
It is a tfood plan for the Iowa republicans , as
it will be for the republicans of Illinois two
years from now. The people are tired of
electing legislatures and leaving to them the
election of United States senators. It is
just as well to let the people in into the
party's conference regarding these elections.
, to 1 ! Di'mointl-iifttl.
Sidney
Self-assumed manipulators 'of the inde
pendent and democratic parties to the num
ber of eight on each side mot in secret con
clave at the capital a short time since for the
purpose of dividing the spoils nnil places in
Iho forthcoming session of the legislature
among a sufficiency of demo-dependents to
secure the defeat of a republican United
Slates senator , which means , if successful ,
the election of a democrat. It is remarkable
.that the leaders of the would-be manipula
tors were defeated for ofllco at the polls last
November 8 , and it now remains to bo lom-
onstrated whether or not such mountebanks
can rope Iho independent , republican und
democrat like so many cattle for the slaugh
ter.
C. n. Cni > cr.
The licht for United States senator will be
between republicans and independents. The
democrats will have to choose between the
two. The IJutler County Press believes in
all the best things advocateil by the inde
pendents ami none of the things advocated
by the republicans , therefore , all the 0t
which some people retail to the effect that
the few democrats who will serve in the
coming legislature can compel cither repub
Hcans or independents to take a dumocral
for United States senator is the tacrcsl
moonshine. Wo don't believe such non
sense. The republicans didn't elect Mortal
governor , but they made him think thej
were going to , ami now they uro castinj
about for some other democratic sucker.
A Nation's KUVCIUH-.S.
Chicago ffewx Ileciinl ,
What does England pay duty on ? Then
Is are only about sevci nrlicles from which thu
nation receives rovmiuo.
Tobacco , tea , nmv"bvlimly and other spir
its , wine , currants , iroffee , raisins , and i
i- few minor articles tiijit amount lo little ii
iit receipts , That Is tlie list. Thu onilro revenue
iti nuo from customs duties amounts to nbou
i- 5H)0,000OU ) ( ) a year. Anent $120,000,000 mon
i3 * comes from tlio tux oh beer , on railways ant
It.a
.a
.aj
j ;
stamped documents ; ' ; fc'j'c. ' The four chle
ton sources of income ait 'f ho excise , customs
stamps unit the inroiny uul property tux , ii
the order numoil.
The study of this iilau of raising rovenu
is of very great interest' to the people of thi
n- country now becuuso-leimsaclmrm for man ,
nir of the lenders of tlnfllemocratio party. On
ir enormous customs dmies s i > to bu whittle
rs down , if wo cun bcllorfa the ilei'liir-atiou c
r- the arilent informers xyjio uro tilting ut th
MclCiuley law. Free " sugar has como nn
will remain. Five wool'free lumber , fro
> r tin-plute und other urtiv'lcs are to follov
with ft Ronpfftl si nlltttf ot tnrlfTn on mitim
fneturou product * which yptmny bo ns well
protcTtcfi M boforc. becausi' of the grunting
of frr-o rnw mnterhls , lint whence will
eomo HIP revenue to IMI.V 11 ic mnnv millions
for pensions , for river niul harbor liuvs. the
cost of new battleships nml of flnbornto
coast defenses , which a nation with not nn
enemy this side of the * plnnet Mars still
thinks it must Imvef
Prepare fora largeItieronne In the Internal
revenue tax on whisky. Prepare for a deter
mined effort to establish nn Income tax hnrtn
tnx on Inheritances , Prepare fora lively
limitation by Congressman Tom.lohnson nml
other ; ) of thnt Ilk in favor of a tax on lands.
The old oinler chnngeth. Will the people
nke kindly to these now lileust Thnt re
mains to bo seen.
The Social MilmlyTnliniieil ,
n'aiMngtnn S/nr. /
The decision to have no inaugural ball in
Kansas casts tin unnecessary gloom over the
operations of populist power. They denounce
dancing us u feature of sodoty. They are
ngalnst society and will therefore have no
dancing. A ball without dancing would bo
u rather colorless affair ; so they 'will Imvo
no bull. Rome day the populists there may
discover that so fur us. they nro concerned
there Is no necessity ot even an Inaugura-
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The ( Irriit Amrrlruii lr ert.
Jtiixtnil Join-mil.
Only thirty years ago the geographies re
presented Western Minnesota , Iowa , Kansas ,
Nebraska and the Dakotus us the "flreut
American Desert. " Today this desert Is the
vast granary ami meat larder of the civilized
world. Between ISSOund IS'.H ' ) the population
of the nine northwestern states has doubled
and the wealth trebled.
Tii.ir vxniii.irKiiin
XUobe Democrat : The snuiibing of Crisp
is the llrst step In the process of mugwump-
Ing the next administration.
Chicago Tribune : Why itoes not Speaker
Crisp ask leave to print tluil speech { And
in the mutter of speeches from the snubbed ,
will not Messrs. Croker , Murphy and Sheehan -
han tell us what they would Imvo said had
they been invited to the Reform dlnnorl
St. Paul Pioneer-Press : It will bo noticed
that Speaker Crisp doesn't say what hols
going to do to tuite the bad taste of that
smilii out of his mouth ; also that ho doesn't
say he Is going to do nothing. Interested
parties would better keep nn eye on Mr.
Crisp.
Chicago Times : 'flic occurrence will servo
to strengthen Mr. Crisp with the rank uiul
'
lllo of the democracy , and the'inevltuhlo re
sult of that , through rellex action upon
democratic representatives In congress , will
bo to strengthen Crisp. The episode was
unfortunate. It was ill-adviseil on tlio part
of the reformers so called , but we may hope
for the. sake of democratic harmony and suc
cess that It will soon be forgotten ,
St. fciuis Republic : Wo do not mean to
say that Mr. Crisp is not a gentleman of
parts and attainments. That und more we
concede to him. But he has not won the
confidence of the people in his sincerity anil
aggressiveness us u tariff reformer , and since
this is so clearly the case 1 is not fitting
that he should preside over the house in
which thu tariff is to be reformed. Wo
therefore take this opportunity of nominat
ing him for the Georgia senatorship us a con-
solution prize.
Indianapolis News : Mr. Crisp feels that
he was snubbed because the lie form club of
Now York did not ask him to make the
speech he hail , without invitation , prepared
for thobaiiiiotSatiirdii.v | night. But it is not
quite clear why he should have supposeit that
ho would be culled on. The Reform club is
composed of men who do not belong to the
Crisp wing of the democratic party. Natur
ally it preferred to ask men to speak whose
political and party eoursuTit preferred. Of
course , Mr. Crisp "gave himself away" by
giving out betorohumi a speech which ho had
not been asked to make. The situation is
more tunny than serious , and yet it may have
serious results.
THK LATEST 1'iriir 'uxf > .
Llfo : He Po you think I could get : i pass
on your father * road ! She No ; they don't
pass iin.vthhi but dividends on bis road. I've
heard him say so.
AtcbNon Globe : Much as a man would like
to l > o givul , bu knows ho should feul like : i
fool If mailiMi Idiigunil tlie people hud to bow
and bi : ck out of his pi-e once.
HIiiKbaintoii Republican : A divorce law
yer llUei a domestic bl'oll done brown.
Iowell Courier : A new shoe In tlio market
Is inudu of Imitation buckskin ; It's not so dear.
New Orleans Picayune : It IH never neces
sary to tell the nioncy-lomlur U ) tukuulltllo
more Interest in bis business.
Washington Star : "No , " .said Hie swift com
positor , " \vu couldn't. let him Into the union ,
lln wasn't In our sot. "
Detroit Tribune : "Isn't your wife afraid to
drlvo Unit horse ? " "Notiit all. It's tlio people
ple shu meet.s who are scared. "
Galvcston News : It Is iptllo natural thnt nil
economical younx lady should strain a little
in order to convince her lover ( hut there Is not
much waist ubout her. *
Hoston Transcript : Kiiggsnys that there Is
only ono objection , as far as bo Is conrurncd ,
to rldliii ; u trotting horse. The liorsu'.sback Is
always coining up when the rider Is going
down , ami going down when the rider is com
ing ! '
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Atchlson Globe : The children soon learn
that If tlit-y want a dollar fur Christmas , they
must ask the Lord for It out loud In their
pruyur.s , so their mothers will bear Ilium.
Lowell Courier : It doesn't always take thu
riilllus out of a man's temper lo Iron him.
Klinlra Gazutte : .la sim says ho supposes
clnx-duiidin ; bud its origin In thu great slump
act we huarso much about.
Smith , Gray ft Co.'s Monthly : Tailor ( eonll-
drntlully to new eusloineU That man who
just went out Is an old customer of mine Mr ,
ilrftyuelvht. He's u Ills Kim In this town ,
Now Customer Aha ! I noticed that , bu was
very heavily churned In huru.
TAKI : iiorn
( Vijio Coil Item.
Fair Indy. when you're on tin * street ,
That fenlbi'iT'iI hat. of yours 'tis niuut ,
To wear ubovo u faro MI sweet j
None uncsllon that.
Rut when you KO to sou u play ,
To whlluan hour or two away ,
Or for thu ploasnru of It , pray
Kuinovu HID bat.
A PAIIIVTA'Mi.
Tlie yoiui ; prince married Ihu malduti fair ,
I read In this touching talu ;
Sbu bail ltiriiinl | u eyes and polden hulr ,
And .she dwelt In a lonely dalu !
Hi ) earrled her off to Ills custlu high ,
With u pair < if mllk-whlti ) steeds ,
And tin1 bodies of hoi'on Blunts llu
To attest bis doughty deeds ,
Ono wonder moro , und thu bonk Is Mint.
And my worldly doubts prevail :
"And they IIveil happily over tiflur" but Ii
was only a fairy taluf
THIS KVI.VA'.I.S
From "I'ormsiifUtc CycloneStnte. . "
When a fierce editor , boiling with fury ,
I'alnts you with bol editorial tar.
Don't Mart a libel hull , don't him u jury ,
Don't seek rediess fioni Urn hunch or the bar
1.IDS Miniul lines vanish , fuels always grow
Smooth It over und let It go.
Wlinn yoireonsont to be pliu-rd on n ticket ,
When you have maths up your mind to run ,
Spi.'uU ul vonr best the pnllllral thlckut
Tears oif your elothe.s , Imiinuku.lotsot fun
I f you ait ) minus it vote or HO ,
.Smooth It over und lut It go.
KITortH und hoiii'-i may bo lighter or graver ,
Kllhi.'r In politics , business or faino ;
Things may go crooked and friendships ma ;
waver ,
Nevertheless the rule Is Ihu sumo ;
Facts will 1)o ) facts ; when you Und it so
.Smooth It over und let It go ,
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NO DANCER OF A DEFICIT
Olmlrmnu Springer BatMoil Thnt Secretary
Poster's Estimate is Correct ,
SOME PENSION CLAIMS TO BE CONSIDERED
Two Hundred Tlunnund Upon thn Com
pleted rile * Special Cabinet Meeting
Held ti ) llcu ) < i the Sltimlldii Ate <
to ( Junllllrit I'emlourr * .
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WASHINGTON , I ) . O. , Dec . 14. j
Doflelt or no ilcllell is tlio question thnt
the ways anil means committee , titileil by
Secretary Foster , will endeavor to iiuiko
clear ns to the condition of the United States
treasury. The annual reiwrt of the secre
tary showed plainly onoitKh by eoiieluslvc
Ilgures the falsity of tlio dcmoer.Uto cry
of an existliiR ilcllelt. Slueo Seeretary l-\s-
tnr's-report has been published the cry
nbout ti bankrupt treasury ami the tllsap-
"Vcai-am-oof a surplus , which four years n o
thu democratic orators regarded as an evil ,
has ceased'
The ways and means coifTmltteo will meet
oil Friday to prepare n series of questions
to be submitted to thcisecrctury of the treas
ury. Democratic members of the com
mittee disavow any political motive lu this
Inquiry , They say their own purpose
In framing the questions will be to make
plain lo the nilnil of the layman Iho teeh-
niealties that surround till questions of treas
ury book keeping ,
They expect , they say , that Secretary ,
Foster will cordially co-operate with them
In this purpose. Chairman Springer and his
political associates on-lho committee , do not
If their utterances be sincere , expect to llnd i
any existing delicti concealed behind tlio !
figures of the secretary's report. They wish ,
however , to learn whether the reports are
Into that certain payments to naval con
tractors ami to pensioners and to other per
sons entitled to receive money from the gov
ernment , have been delayed beyond the tlmo
when utcy are due , and If so whether this
delay was caused by a potential if not an ex
isting deficiency in the treasury.
Secretary Foster visited the capital today ,
lie held a conference with Senators Carlisle ,
IJrlcu and McPherson on the democratic-
side , and with several republican senators
to whom he personally cunllrmed the state
ment that he hud sent to the appropriations
committee predicting n surplus of ? 'JOtMK,000 )
in the treasury at the end of the present
ilscul year. June 80 , 1MS. )
Many Kiitlllr-d to Tensions.
It is of interest in this connection to know
the fact , not before known , that there are
now on the completed Hies of the pension
bureau the names of almost ' 'OO.OOU veterans
or their widows , the proof of whose claims is
ilnishcd and who could bo added to the pen
sion rolls within a week. These names have
beeu upon the completed Hies for months and
their number grows daily. The question of
placing them upon the pension rolls at once
was thu subject of a special cabinet meeting
the other day.
The information was brought out through
n visit made by Representative Doane of
Ohio to Assistant Secretary Bussoy today.
General Dottno called upon General Bussoy
to protest against the present onlor of Sec
retary Noble prohibiting the commissioner
of pensions from giving to the members of
congress or any body else the statue of pension
claims. Incidentally General Doaue stated
to General Hussey that it was his opinion
that a grave political error was being com
mitted by the present administration of the
Interior department in not allowing at once
the pension claims upon thu completed files.
"As soon as the democrats come into
power , " said General Uoane , "they will
allow the ' 200,001) ) claims upon the completed
illes and then claim the credit of the work
done under a republican administration. "
General Busscy-in reply staled to General
Doauo that the reason for the delayed llnal
action upon this vast body of completed
cases of qualified pensioners was the lack of
funds in the treasury , llu stated that if
those cases had been finally acted upon and
certificates issued as rapidly as the ease hud
in fact been made complete tlio treasury
would months ago have been bankrupt. Gen
eral Bussey then added that the subject had
been carefully considered at a special meet
ing of the cabinet recently , and that after a
prolonged discussion no conclusion had been
reached.
All this will bo oC great interest to an
army of expectant beneficiaries of the pen
sion laws und will also become known for the
first time to members of the ways and means
committee when they read this dispatch.
That the members ot.tho appropriations
committee of the house have confidence in
Secretary Foster's assurance that there was
no danger of a deficit , was shown by the
fact that the first of the great appropriation
bills , the military bill , was tukou up in the
house today under the guidance of Mr.
Outhwaite of Ohio , chairman of the military
affairs committee.
Vlou's of Immigration CommUtrcmnn.
At the joint session of the immigration
committee and of the senate and house held
this morning , the views of the members of
both committees were freely given , showing
that there was a general feeling in favor of
suspending all immigration to this country
for periods varying from ono to five years.
Senator Gray said that it was the unani.
mous opinion of the committee which haj (
talton iMtlmony In New York ami elsewhere
whore on HIP subject Hint Immigration
Miould bo ontlrclv AimprtuUM , and Sena
tor Halo added that ho feared that the
nhorlniM of the present siiuii would
make II ImpoaMhlp to pass nuy bill s.iveono
suspending immigration for only ft year
Senator Hilt sent to the joint committee n
request that no Ihinl action bo liiki-u imtll
the Mew York rcprcientatlvo * of the \irlou *
steamship companies could bo heard.
Messrs. Gustav f-Vhwab nnil Vernon II
Brown of Now York , together with Ur
CSeorgo O. Gl.ivls , the Wnshinpluii attorney
of the companies , will bo heard on Friday.
Representative Uelssenlialiier of Now Jer
sey , created a jnlld sensation by announcing
his unalterable objection and all propositions
looking to restriction of Immigration. Ho la
strongly in favor of the present Inllux of
Russian Jews.
Appointment of Xnrnt Ciuloti.
A bill was today Introduced iiniundtns ; the
federal statutes relating to the appointment
of naval cadets. The statutes at present
provide that the secretary of the navy shall
till vacancies when members of congress fall
to make recommendations before .Inly t in
that year. It is proposed that whenever
members of congress fall to niako recom
mendations the secretary ot the navy shall
notify the governor In each state where the
vacancy exists , and the gubernatorial rec
ommendation shall be followed. If the
governor does not recommend by Sep
tember 1 of the same year the president shall
designate the npixilnteo. Attention to the
necessity of some such provision as this has
has been called by recent experiences. I ast
July one of the Nebraska congressmen failed
to make a recommendation and the cadetship -
ship lapsed to the secreturv of the navy.
After considerable hard work on the part of
Nebraska's senators the secretary accepted
their recommendation fora Nobraskau with
the promise that If he failed in his examina
tion nn alternate from Nebraska would bo
accepted.
In this case the young man fulled by a
small margin , but no notice was sent to the
senators for the reconsideration of nn alter
nate , but instead , the son of an uAlcer in the
east trot the place. Investigation has re
vealed the fact that under the present sys
tem a large port ion of the naval cudctshlps
belonging to the western states have been ,
and ui-c given out to the sons of general
ofltcers from the east. It is now proposed to
give western states a second tlnal c.haucu to
supply the naval cadetshlps from their own
ranks.
( "llsi | Not Kindly Coiltoliul.
Speaker Crisp acknowledged today that
lie received a letter of some kind from Mr.
15. Ellerv Anderson , the mugwump president
of the Reform club , and that the letter
related to the dinner at which Mr , Crisp
was not invited to deliver the speech which
ho had prepared. Mr. Crisp , however , de
clined to avail himself of Mr. Anderson's kind
permission to glvo out the letter of publica
tion , thus leaving the opportunity open for
Mr. Andersen himself to give to the public
iv literary gem of which he Is apparently
very proud. Mr. Crisp's secretary said
today that the speaker's reply to Mr , Ander
son's letter would bo limited" a formal
acknowledgement of its receipts , and will ap
pear to mean either that the president of thu
Reform club has not written an apology for
the insult offered to the speaker of the
house while a guest of the club , or that the
terms of the apology are such as to add
emphasis and virulence to Iho original insult.
To ruelllliito Iti'cUterccl .Hull ,
Commencing the. I nth Instant a daily ex
change of Inner registered mall sucks will
become effective between Omaha and Kear
ney , leaving Omaha at UtHOn. m. and Kear
ney at 11 :18 : via thu Omaha and Ogden rail
road postoftlce. Commencing the lilth in
stant the present exchange of inner sacks
between Chicago and IJcs Moines will bo
superseded by a through registered pouch
exchange leaving Chicago daily , except Sat
urday , 'at 10:80 : p.m. via the Chicago and
West Liberty railroad postofllcu and Des
Moincs 1114:45 : p.m. daily , except Sunday ,
via the "West Liberty and Council Bluffs
railroad postoftlce. A dally , except Sunday ,
exchange ot through registered mall pouches
will commence tlie JMIth inst. between
Omaha and Hustings , leaving Omaha at 1) ) a.
in. and Hastings tit 111:45 : a. in. via thoOmahu
and Hastings railroad postolUce.
Postmaster Uommerin of Nurey , Lincoln
county , S. D. , has resigned. Washington
Benedict , postmaster at Barhuldt , Charles / *
Mix county , S. D. , has also resigned and
joined the patrons of , the office In recom
mending as his successor William Fryo.
Senator Pottigrow was at the Interior de
partment today looking after the survey of
the boundary line between the line between
Nebraska and South Dakota , and is of the
opinion that Sioux Falls granite will bu usud
as monuments the same as between North
and South Dakota. The specifications for
thowork are being prepared.
Representative Picklor today reported n
substitute for his timber culture bill and
has succeeded in having it transferred from
the union to the house calendar which guar
antees its consideration in the house us a
body and not in committee of the whole.
This will operate to secure early final
action. The substitute cuts out nonresi
dents and makes the measure apply to
actual residents of the states or territories
in which the land is located in the matter
of entry.
B. Sowill was today appointed postmaster
at Bristol , Worth county , la. , vice .1. T. Kit-
termun , resigned. Lorenzo H. Brickford will
bo appointed postmaster at Dickens , Lincoln it
county. A bill was today introduced to inl |
crease the pension of John F. Adams of LIu-
A.'M. Colso will bo appointed postmaster
at Plainviow , Piurco county , and Mrs. Lozy
at Madison , Madison county.
Today Secretary Noble overruled tlio mo
tion for preference right in the case of K II.
Kevs vs G. D. Powers of Mitchell , b. D. , In
favor of Keys , who is given preference right
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of entry. -
Largest Maunfuotiirors and UoUIlera
.
oCUIothlng In tno World.
Great fall
Of snow we had last week created such big1
demand for and
" warm
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serviceable clothes
that wo have had
about all we could dote
to fill orders. The
"broken lot" sale is
still goingon with Iho
sizes a little more
broken , but the prices
are cut accordingly.
The cut includes odd sizes in overcoats , ulsters and
suits for boys and men. You can save from $5 to
$10 on a suit and $10 to $15 on an overcoat if you
buy at this sale. Ev6ry one is a dead sure bargain.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Btoroojicn daturday every everiliij till IU. till9. S. W , Cor , 15tli and Douglas Sis
