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THE OMAHA DAIL2 BEE : TUESDAY , OCTOBER 17 , 189H. H E _ Ii VtOSKWATEK. Editor. I't'IlUHIIr.l ) KVKUY MO UMNO. _ 'HWMS OF atmscrtiPTioN. Dally Tire ( without Sunday ) On * Year . $ fl on Dally nnrt Sinio.iy.Ono Ycnr . HJ ' [ [ J SixMomlift . . . I1 , ! Sunday ltof > . Oim YiMr flatimlK.vllcf.Oiio Yrar. . Wcokly r r. die Ynir Omnhn , The Ileo IlnlUtlnff. ' streets. SowbOmnlin. cotiHT JJnnitTwwily-slxth council Hindu , la I'enrl lr"vl. Clileneonnift' . 317 ClinmtHT of Commerce. New Yorlt. iimitiM 1:1. : 1 1 nnil 1.1. Trllmnts buliillnff. Washington , S1H I'oiirlccnlh MWI-I. COKIIKSrOXUKXClt All oommmilontloim riOnllnit to nw-i an' ' ' ell- ttrwl manor hhotdcl tm nddrrtwU : To Uio Ldltor IltJfll.NKSS I > KTTKnSi All hnsli.esi Iflli-rs nnil remittances should bo fidilrct.hcil to The Ilm I'ulillKliliiK ConipMiy.OMinli.i. VrntlH. HiK-fcs nnil ixiiloITlco onlent to bo inuito p.-iyublo to the order of the eoniimny. rnrtli-H leaving HIP oily for llio mimmercan linvo . ' address by lenvlnc an order . THE IIKK ri'nUSHlXO COMPANY 1 lie Urn hi Chlrnco. THR 1'Ati.r and Humvv Hun ti on sale In Clilcneo tit tlin follbwIiiR placosi I'nltiier lioii o. Grand I'ncllloliolcl. Auditorium hotfll. Orrnt NorllK-rjiliolol. nero hotel. Lelaml liotut. , . . rilci of TUB Ilr.K r.in be aomi at tlm No- iiftbnhiiiMliiji ami the Administration build ing , Hxposlllon dWOHN STATEMENT OV ClKCUTiATIOH. Stall nf Ki'tiranka , I Poiinty of PotiHlas , f Ocoivo 11.Tj.sclinelc. nwiotary of TnK im : Pub- llHlilnr company , ilon'i nolcninly wi > ar Hint Ihu ncttial ( .liciitatldn of TIIK DAILY llii : : for din week pndlns October 11 , 18U3 , wan nn follows ! Smtilny , Ootolwr H , . 2-2 ! ; ( . ) Monday.CMnltvrI ) 2-Hi\ \ TtiPWlay.OctolH.Tlll - } " . " ) WrdniT-day. October 11 ai : , M Tbun. < liy. ! October I1. ail.mil Krlilay. ( iclobrr lit 24.178 Satuniny , October II 2il,408 tJt.oiun : n. Tr.snitTK. . , Sworn to l fore mo and mibsorlbert In my < RKJM. [ iirwnco tblB 1 tin ilayof October.ISDIt. 1 , I N. 1 * . Phi I. . Notary Huullc. Avrruun Circulation for Anir , . IHIKI , 3I,07S NAYAfi demonstrations scorn to bo rapidly eonilns , ' Into popular favor. YACHTING will now glvo way to foot bull iu Uio cyca of tlm sporting world. A NKW YOUIC pawnbroker 1ms been forced to asalpi his business ) . Who will now dare deny tlio ashortlou that times tire hard ; ' O its whole short existence our down-town contemporary has never quoted with approval so much from the editorial columns of Tun BEK as it has during the past two wocka. THAT uniform bankruptcy bill stands a good chance of turning up. as law about the time the return of prosperity shall have removed all necessity for business men to declare themselves bankrupt. COMpnosnsK tinkorcrs in the senate must not forgot that any measure they may hatch will have to go bade to the house for Its approval , besides running the gauntlet of the presidential pleasure. HAVEN'T we gotten beyond the day of narrow-mindedness when all men are bad because they nro republicans and all men good because they are demo crats ? INo political party has succeeded in perfecting a monopolytof cither good or bad men. IT is diflleiilt to see how the United States government crin anlTor from the appointment of receivers to manage the Union Pacifc. ] The government .would have had just as hard a time to reali/.o on its second mortgage security whether the road wont into a receivership or not , CONGHESSMKN who hope to got the semite rules changed by constitutiona amendment so that a majority can secure a vote after the laoso of a reasonable time devoted to debate arc doomed , to disappointment. It requires the consen of two-thirds of the members of the senate to oven propose a constitutiona amendment in the ordinary manner. THE first stop has been taken in the roanimntion of the Geary Chinese ox- olnslon law. But oven the amended net as passed by the house falls to appro priate the $7,000,000 which the treasury ofliclalB estimate as necessary for the de portation of the Chinese residents of the United States who failed to register under the old law. The Chinese are evidently not yet quite ready to go. TiiRWorld'd fair directors might offer to return the many favors which they have rccolvqd from congress ) by keeping the exposition open for the bonollt of mom torn of congr.oss tin'til , by the repeal of the Sherman silver' purchase law , they shall have earned a recess to attend the great fair. Such an offer might pos sibly provo to bo the crowning induce ment to speedy action on the repeal bill. Sir.viJU senators are said to have as sorted their readiness to resort to force , if necessary , to maintain what they love to term "their rights" in the senate. The people" are not yet prepared for an appeal to arms on the monetary ques tion. They have other moans at hand whereby they can ultimately control the legislation of congress , as BOIHO of the recalcitrant members will learn to their Borrow when they seek re-election , IT is eaid that the. Chinese refused to utilize the year that was allotted for them to register because of mistaken ad vice. The justification for an extension of the designated time by bix mouths rests on the inference that the will no longer follow mistaken legal advice. In cidentally , too , the United States hopes to save the millions of money that would bo nccetisary should it undertake to de port all that are now in this country. But If the Chinese still refuse to regis ter , what then ? ' BOND Investment companies in ihoso -parts do not propose to abandon the field without a contest. They persist ently assort their right to exist and do business , and liavo had the temerity to challenge the sincerity of Tim Ito : in Jts recent strictures , upon their ques tionable methods of dofug business. The local agents of those proscribed con cerns have charged that Tan BKK'S op position to them Is inspired by otllcors of local building associations and insur ance agents. They can hardly hope to convince their dupus that euch id the case. Tin : Bin : has had abundant grounds for warning' the public against these bond investment companies. Sooner or later they must go. ron Adrieoa come from Washington to , hc effect that certain democratic sona * ors are trying ; lo Induce tholr follow democrats in the senate to unite upon a compromise substitute for the repeal 1)111 nnd to mnko the proposed substitute strictly party measure. Their sup posed object In attempting this Is more party aggrandizement. They have floon ho cause of unconditional repeal patri otically supported by tholr republican Dolleaguos , but , haing reaped the ad- rantngo of tholr assistance throughout .ho . prolonged fight , they are becoming 'earful ' lost the republicans may possibly gain some credit for their unselfish action. This Is a democratic adminis- trallon , sny they , and the democrats must liavo nil the nrcdlt for whatever cglelntton is enacted. This ruse , however , Is altogether too transparent to have the otTcet which its iromotorfl desire : Just as to the re publicans in the bonato wo owe it that : ho hotiso bill providing for the frco and unlimited coinage of silver was defeated in 1800 , so wo owe It to them that the cause of unconditional repeal was not throttled so soon as the Wilson bill cntnn up from the lower house. Sound nonoy newspapers In the cast , without regard to politics , have not hesitated to ncknuwlcdjfo thin , and all the efforts the democratic senators may put forth to rob the republicans of the credit already gained will bo unavail ing. The Washington correspondent of the New York JJcmld is not afraid to portray the facts exactly as they are. In one of his recent letters ho said : ' 'A majority of the democratic representatives were for free and unlim ited ooltmgo of fiat silver dollars. With out republican votes the bill would have never got through. A majority of the democratic senators are against repeal and in favor of fiat monoy. To pass the ( enate repeal depends upon the repub licans. Inasmuch as the legislative ma chinery h in the hands of the democrats the repeal bill cannot bo said to have been at any stage in the hands of its friends. " For the democrats tostop in now with a coiupromUo and to claim the credit of saving the country from the evil olTccts of tlio Sherman sllvor purchase - chase law will bo tlio height of impu dence of which only the democratic sen ators are capable. The democratic party has a majority in both houses of congress and it will justly be held responsible for the out come of the struggle for repeal. The republican senators have already done more .than their duty. They have earned all the credit which has boon bestowed on thorn. Upon the democratic senators will bo the blame in case repeal fails. The country will hold thotn responsible for every concession made ( in the direc tion of tlio free coinage of silver. THE MAJMltTV MlIfiT IIUI , ® . The spectacle that has been presented to the American people during the past few weeks , of a handful of determined free silver senators completely blocking the wheels of legislation in the Unlto'd ' Stales senate , lias-called forth no end of 'protests against this apparent subversion sion of our popular institutions. Debate on the question of sound currency versus unsound currency , instead of pro ceeding upon the merits of the proposed legislation , has boon transformed in a considerable degree into one re spooling t'lio relative rights of the ma jority and minority in that body. Vow , indeed , deny that it is the chief function of our upper honso of congress to dis cuss every proposal with the fullest deliberation nnd to subject the various features to a most thorough and search ing investigation. So long as tlio debate - bate proceeds upon these lines nnd keeps in view the ultimate aim of scouring vote which shall bo the untrammeled and intelligent expression of the differ ent members of the senate there can bo no complaint that the demands of the people are not receiving duo considora tion. tion.But But when the intention of the de baters is to delay instead of to expedite , whether in permitting such dilatory proceedings the senate is 'fulfilling the functions imposed upon it by the federal constitution , stamps open to serious ques tion.On tills point wo have recently had the views of two of the most widely recognized living authorities upon American constitutional law , and both agree that the spirit of that document IS averse to what Is now resulting in the practical rule of the minority. Ex-Sen ator Edmunds , who is conceded to stand highest among the practitioners before the United States supreme court , while insisting upon the importance of the right of frooand unhampered dissuasion in the senate , sees no reason why that' ' right should bo openly abused. "I think it very Important to the publloi interest , " says he , "that the full and honest liberty of debate for tlio sake of > the subject , but not for the sake of pre venting action on the subject , should bo preserved. If a rule can bo framed , which shall preserve tills just and necessary liberty , and at the same time exclude factious and rovolutlonai y , opposition to the will of the majority of , the representatives of the states , It cor- ! tafnly ought to bo adopted. " Judge C'ooloy , the eminent expounder of constitutional law , gees oven further than this. In his view the principle that the majority must rule lies at the very base of our national existence. IIo says : "If it is true that the ti cannot force a vote a revolution has ll ! some manner boon effected in the gov ernment it IB no longer the govern ment our fathers created , but one iiO changed by one legislative body that iOa minority in thafbody may , at pleasure , defeat any legislative measure. I fool humiliated as an American citizen more than that , I feel robbed of liberties that would never have boon voluntarily surrendered by the people. Tlio consti i- tution is violated in ono of IU mpst im portant particular ; ) . " If wo will only follow the-opposing argument to Its logi cal conclusion we will soo'n BOO the dlill- cultiou to which Itt wpuRl nouesarlly .1S lead. If the minority can prevent legis . lation on any ono subject It can do BO > Sn , every subject. By filibustering upon the appropriation bills It enu reduce the , government to practical starvation and force the other departmental to yield to Uu every dciqaud. Iu other Words , the ; minority Is given the power which belongs - longs only to a majority. View It from whatever standpoint you will , the position assumed by the frco sllvor senators Is unjustifiable In every particular. Their right to continue a legitimate discussion has novo ? been challenged nnd never can bo success fully. But the time must come when the senate rules will provide for a deter mination without debate of the question whether the discussion has become dila tory only , nnd for nn Immediate vote upon the measure that has occasioned the obstructionist tactics. In this way only can the constitutional right of the majority to rule bo properly safeguarded and preserved. WHAT til ) THKY hXI'KGTt A locnl divine who has lived In Omaha < scarcely long enough to lonrn the names of principal streets presumes to condemn tlio notion of tlio republican city convon- tion nnd to denounce the man who graces the head of the ticket nominated by that convention. That tills attack was 111- considered nnd made upon a false assumption - sumption of fact will bo conceded by two-thirds of the voters of this city. The preacher who gave volco to it cannot bo qualified to speak upon the subject of municipal polities ; ho has listened to but ono side of a prejudiced case and fornicd _ conclusions hastily , which later on ho must necessarily amend if lie has a high regard for good government and believes in properly rewarding honest and faithful servants of the people. Mayor Bemis has In the past shown that his Ideas upon the subject of sup pressing social vices do not comport with those of the most radical reformers in this city. lie believes that his method Is more practicable than theirs , and in this belief ho has the support of the great majority of our citizens. Ho has been outspoken on the subject nnd has never hesitated to express his firm convictions in tbo premises. Ills prede cessors have either evaded or straddled the Issue , and his opponent on the democratic ticket may also be expected to dodge it. The firm and logical position taken by Mayor Boinis on the anti-vice question has subjected him to criticism at the hands of a few pastors of churches in this city. They do not stop to consider the invaluable services rendered by him tlio past two years. They do not know that they are playing into the hands of democratic politicians , whose only ob ject and design is to elect a man for mayor who Is expected to deliver the city over to the control of railroad and franc'hibed corporations and contractors on public works that they may again loot the city treasury and evade tlio payment - ment of their just and equitable proper- tion of taxes. They do not stop to con sidor that Mayor Boinis by fiis vote power has for two years stood us a faith ful sentinel of the taxpayers of this city , guarding well their Interests and pro tecting them against fraudulent claim ants and systematic 'raids upon the treasury. Wo ask these people who express dis satisfaction at Mayor Bemis because of his views upon the true remedy for so cial vices what they pxpect to , gain by such opposition ? Has the democratic nominee' given promise that ho will sup port thorn in their contention ? If ho has , is there any positive assurance that ho will keep faith with them ? Is there anything in the history of local political events the past five years that loads to Uio conclusion that a democratic mayor would , if elected , adopt the radical meas ures advocated by those critics of Mayor Bomls ? THE BKE believes that it is advocat ing an honest and competent administra tion of city affairs when it appeals to all good citi/cns regardless of politics to vote for the re-election of George "P. Botnis. 1XDIOTKU 1IONU I'HOMOTKllS. The federal grand jury of Chicago has returned indictments against the officers , past and present , of the Guar antee Investment company of Nevada , Mo. , for violation of the lottery laws. This action was not unexpected for the reason that the indicted officials wore the most active promoters ofibond swin dles in the west. The Guarantee Investment compnnyis regarded as the parent of numerical bond schemes west of the Mississippi. It obtained a charter from the state authorities of Missouri at a time when comparatively little was known of its methods , and when the state subse quently passed a law requiring a deposit - posit with the state treasurer for the protection of investors it had secured sufficient foothold to deposit the re quired sum. That It has been able to hold its charter at the present time is duo to a lack of adequate laws enabling the authorities to tuko such action as the case warrants. Indeed , the author ities have been for some time consider ing means to rid tlio state of the incubjs and hui ! decided to apply to the state supreme court for an order annulling its charter. As this action requires considerable time the managers of the concern are thereby enabled to so shape tholr affairs an to avert the blow. Tlio headquarters have boon moved from Nevada , Mo. , and at present its base of operation is Chicago. The activity of state nnd federal offi cials in exposing and prosecuting promoters meters of bond swindles is gratifying evidence of zeal In behalf of public In terests. But the good work , .to bo thor oughly effective , must bo continued until the last bond company is bquolohcd. Nor will it do to rely on fed eral prosecution. It Is trilling labor for bond proniotord to oradn the lottery law. Dropping tlio multiple system and sub stituting the. eongceutlvo payment plan will accomplish this , but it will not change the principle underlying the whole scheme. Until adequate state laws are secured every moans should bo employed to keep the people informed and aroused. The action of the federal grand jury In Chicago , following similar action in Denver , coupled with thov rnintp3 uttered by the officials of Missouri , Kun- 6us and Nebraska , can hardly fail to put a darner on the operations of bond promoters meters and hasten bankruptcy and the penitentiary. OUK misguided local contemporary has queer Idoat * of political conventions , It has gulped dqjvnand endorsed In ex travagant langrtajj < s every local demo cratic ticket putty'while ' It has nothing but sweeping condemnation for every other : party UeltoUi Now , the truth of the matter Is , tjVcVo' never was a city or 30unty ticket nominated In this nook o1 COW woods thatcotihVba-4abolud all good , and there have booa.fpfv tickets put up that could with fairness bo stigmatized as all bad. Thcro arc'1 good men on both re publican and dciuOcl'atio tickets as they low stand , and .wo regret to say that there ' are some'mighty moan men on both tickets. It Is1a duty which every nc . to'Its newspaper owes.1 patrons to sepa rate the sheep from the goats. No local party 1ms a corner on immaculate candi- ilatos. The voters of this community want to know the truth and If the news papers are not broad enough and honest enough ! ' to toll them of the good nnd the bad they will get the Information In an other way. Wo are gratified to bo able to . say In this connection that the repub lican , city nnd county tickets this year show a vast Improvement over former olTorts In that line , , as will bo clearly ilomonstrated on election day. The advice - vice of TUB BKB Is to glvo honest re publican i candidates the preference at all times. THE BEK has been sharply criticised In a local church paper for its faithful chronicle of a recent prize fight. The pulpit and the press can never hope to agree on the question of the true prov ince of a newspaper. It is qulto as rational to expect a newspaper oii moral grounds to suppress reports of uogro lynchings as to expect It to ignore a prize fight. Both are sinful and in violation lation of law. Ono is condemned quite as much as the other. No dally newspaper - ' paper has yet boon charged with the re sponsibility of either , yet thousands of newspapers have published mlnuto ac counts of many such events , along with editorial condemnation. Owing to the hostility ot the press of this city and state to prize fighters as a class a law was enacted upon our statutes prohibit ing the prize ring , the offoot of which lias been to rid this community of a most undesirable class of people. The voice of tlio pro of this city has ever been raised against the prl/.o ring. Its in fluence has been most powerful in sup pressing the vice , and it is safe to say that had not the press taken a firm stand against it the short-haired fraternity would have remained to disgrace this community. , IT is very gratifying to local pride to know that Omaha is able , : in spite of dull times , to show a gain in bank clearings . for the year thus far amount ing ! to almost $20,000,000. The fact that all other cities 'west ' of the Mississippi , outside of Toxa anil California , show ' ' enormous losses 'in-t'ho matter of clear ings ' , brings this city intc special prom inence. GalvoS ori' ' and Los Angeles are the only cities within the territory mentioned to dlvidO' the hpnors with Omaha. The commercial rivals of this city , both north and south , have failed to hold their own * during the trying times of the past three months. Omaha has risen in the rank of clearing house cities and now' stands No. 17 in , the list of seventy-seven cities. Cities that have been hold' up before Omaha as models of business energy and pros perity , like St. Paul , Denver , Duluth and St. Joseph , have fallen way below her in the matter of clearings. Every comparison between Omaha and other western cities leads to renewed confi dence in tlio future prosperity of this city. city.WE WE ARK told that the republicans in the Nebraska congressional delegation expect some action to bo taken on the award of the contract for the federal building at Omaha this week. People of all political parties in this vicinity have been expecting this to happen almost every day for months past. Their curiosity would bo greatly re lieved by some authoritative informa tion as to how much longer they must wait. AV'nll Wo Should Smile. Kansas Cltu Times ( clem. ) , Is this democracy ? Ilnnre Hi ) < ! < > es Abroad. , Kansas Cltu Journal. The sneers at Willie Waldorf Astor by the eastern press will conllrm Mr. Van A Ion tn the opinior. that this country ia too beastly for a gentleman to line in. i Dolluloui Innocence. St. 1'intl Globe. If the recording anffoi is a democrat , and wo trust ho is , ho will find tears to drop on the record of the naughty words democrats nro erupting tliesu days witti which to "wash the words uwayi" Kvll * uf OUilruutloii. Globe- Democrat There tvoro nearly 400 failures la the United States during tlio past week , against 180 for the sninn weeii of last year , and at least one-half of them would not liavo oc curred if the sonivto had performed its duty in the silver mutter. I'Drpetuul llcleut the Safe Itmumlj- , t'/ir / ( < iou Tribune The Philadelphia L.odgor , wo are inclined to think , is right in saying that the host thing that could happen to the democrats under the circumstances would bo defeat in few York this year. It would bo the best thing for the democrats , if they only know it , to be defeated everywhere , at all times auJ under till chviimstuuuos. Dmnucroojr nnil Compromise. Atlanta iMialllullim < lcm. ) . The whole responsibility for delay In win- Inft the Sherman lawfrom the statute books rests on tlioso who Im''u turned a deaf car to all BtiKh'oatlons of coai | > Vomlso. It is not the llrst ilmu in our history that the truu Interests - ests of the people lin-vmbeen represented by s minority , and it in not the llrst time tlmt a minority Las thrown'lUelf into thu brnnch to defeat class legislation ! . . . The Uum'imlK" III Ohio. Cincinnati Commercial. The Mc'Kinley campaign in Ohio is pro gressing with woiiderful forco. It would hardly ho fair to'siiy'that ' U is the progress of the repuullcan party puru and simple , hut It la unquestionably a movement oi the people , for the people and by thu people. Koal can hardly bo'considered In the light , but this is not his fault , It U clearly the fault of his party , that bus brought about ttio existing deplorable condition or affairs. > I'lunnolal ltdcovnry in New York. Chfc-auQ lltmtil The recovery of Now York from the money paulo ha * bocu raplri-and ts nearly complete , Two-thirds " of thu clearing house certificates outstundDg"Scptombor | 1 have been with drawn and canceled. The total amount issued was * 3U,000,000. This was a debt duo iu money , and in sU Weeks 20,000.000 has boon paid. Ono moru week , 'prplmuly by the oloso of Manhattan day at the World's fair , the last outstanding dollar will have been called In. Boston had f 11.000,000 of clearing house curtlllcutcs , of which all but | 1,000 , * 000 lias uoon puld. X Ct.AITKIt. T. 0. C. Harrison Is said to bo n very pofni- nr man where ho Is known , Strange that not n single Ornnd Island pnpor has said n Rood word for the Jmigo since his nomina tion , It U peculiar that the people who nra refusing to support Bemli bccauso they allege ho is the gamblers' candidate , are the loudest backers of Uonnott , the friend of the gamblers. According to the Tlldon CltiMm : "H Is believed now that Pride was cunningly used by the corporation henchmen ns ft target to draw Hosowater's flro , and that It was the intention to nominate Harrison nil along. In any ovcnt , hero goes for Holcomb , the nopu- list nominee. " * "Tho "qulot" campaign now bnlnfc Traorod for Harrison Is under the direction of Unul Slnughtor , but ho has seine assistants , and the Silver Crook Times say * of thorn : "With the potent assistance of the railroads nnd the state ofllclals who didn't got kicked out of ofllco , he will no doubt sco tlmt that gen- tlomnn Is triumphantly cloctod to a scat on the supreme bench. " W. H. Kerns of the Hurt County Herald Is another editor who feels upset over the late state convention. Ho evidently has boon hit hard , for ho says : "Poor devils , despised mongrel puppets , shame-faced conscience- cursed scapegoats , tricked , depraved , knavish tools , men devoid of honor. Judg ment or sense , who soil tholr votes und themselves for the uromlso of a postofllco. 'God hates a coward. ' " John C. Santce , who has flopped from ono party to another more times than any other man In Nebraska , and who has usually made a little something by thu deal , turned up at the recent democratic state convention ns a dolCpato from Ho.vd county , ilo mndo his entrance on a proxy , and when the fact was discovered In Unite , a howl went uo which found this echo in the columns of the Ua- r.olto : "Tho two men responsible for this know Snntco's record , know the public sentiment against htm , yet In the face of all allowed the disreputable old rascal to pose at the state convention as an honored mem ber of the dcmozrntlo party. It Is enough to make a man deny his God , forsake his party and refuse to believe there is honor In in an after such transactions. " H U * ' IllK SEXATE , Chicago Tribune : What is called the 'courtesy ot the senate , " or more correctly the Imbecility of superannuated sluggards , has perverted , distorted and taken the life out of every senatorial rule framed for the purpose of doing business. Like the dog which tangled himself up In tlio ball ot yarn till ho could not frco himself , the senate has been enmeshing Itself in rules and "courte sies" which paralyse its ni'tion. Now York Tribune : At learjt ono thing was demonstrated In the course of the long session of the senate yesterday namely , that in spite of the 'rule requiring every member present to vote the body is power less to compel a senator to vote if ho refuses to do so. The rule Is specific enough , but , as there is no penalty for violating it , it Is to all intents and purposes a dead letter. It is becoming moro and more evident that the rules and practices of the scnato are iu neea of thorough-going revision. New York Times : When Louis Napoleon , president of the Franca republic , shut the doors of the French assembly against the representatives of the pcoplo his Action was in Intent exactly t'lio sumo as the notion of thcs3 men. Important ns is the direct ques tion ot legislation Involved , it is far less Im portant 'than the question of the rights of the people which the minority seeks to de stroy. And that is the supreme reason why auy compromise or concession , under the duress of this outrageous procedure , is sur render and must not bo tolerated. Globe-Democrat : The matter has ceased to bo a mere annoyance , und assumed the nature of a grave peril. It Implies the pres ence of a revolutionary Influence , which needs to bo sternly rebuked nnd promptly suppressed- The ovlls to bo anticipated vfrom submission to the fallacy that the minority is superior to the majority , and' that the appointed service of a legislative body may bo prevented by the arbitrary action of the smaller numbe'r of Its mem bers , nro such as cannot bo contemplated without a feeling of profound alarm ; and that is substantially ttio moaning of the spectacle now presented at Washington. The weather Is disposed to put on "eager and nipping airs. " Chicago is a prophet which verifies its own predictions. It is evident the senatorial repeal yacht has suffered a severe wrench of Its sycamore oonterboard. The report that Muloy Hassan is training for the United States ftcimto appears to bo without foundation. Extraordinary wind storms have been re markably frequent since the beginning of tlio extraordinary session of congress. A Missouri man who was horsewhipped by a woman wants $10,000. damages. The woman will bo applauded If she repeats the dose. dose.A A Dakota woman claims to have lost $5.000 worth of diamonds In Chicago. .That's w\mt \ comes of attempting to outshine the horse car aristocracy. Justice Field begins his thirty-first year on the United Stales supreme court bench with the present term. This record has been surpassed only once in the history of the country , and has been equaled only four times. The Philadelphia Record prints what is laboilcd a picture of Senator Allen a face tlmt must have done duty us n horrible example - ample In a patent mcdicirio "ad. " The statesman from the upper Klkhorn valley has Just grounds for a libel suit. The KIclcapoo Indians nro disposed to rebel against the treaty recently made with the government. They bolla'vo the allotting agent wrung In a cold deck , and insist on a new deal or berlnd. Still If they Kickapoo Indian agent , the country won't squeal. An uncivilized son ot a gun broke into senatorial courtesy and snouted : "Sllvor , Hllvar , you'ro my Joy : CocUruIl , Oockroll , you'ru iiiy boy ! " A do/.on stalwart doorkeepers fanned him Into Insensibility with shoo leather. Hktdeford , Me. , has an authorised liquor agency , at which " them wore sold within a recent ten "days 13,470 separate Uosos of liquor for medicinal purposes , The state of publlo health In some of those prohibition jowns would bo alarming only the death rate keeps down to nomnl. Fred T , DiilnU , United States senator from Idaho , who Is loading the fight iu the setmtd against tlio repeal of the sllvor pur- clmso law , Is dno of the youngest men in the Bonato. Ho was born In Crawford county , Illinois , forty-two yours ago last May. IIo Is a graduate of Yule and wont to Idaho thirteen years ago. The widow of Kosfon Conkhng , who has boon living in rotlrom.ent In Utica alnco the death of her distinguished husband , \\-i\n stricken a diiy or two ago with an apo- plecllu stroke , and while tht-rii Is soinu hopa of liar recovery , yut the physicians do not glvo very great fieouragoment. Mrs. Conic- line ia n sister of the Into Horatio Seymour , Mrs. SallloValsn Johnsen died a few days ago iu Washington , She wns the daughter of the hi to Governor Wilson Summon of Kansas and a famous hoauty , having nt. tractod the attention of LuUo ) Alexis of Una- slit at a ball in St. I/iuis. It was during hi * visit to this country several yours ago that ho declared her the handsomest woman iu America. Arthur Elder Nelson , who dlod recently In New York , Is said lo have mudo I1U.OOO a your writing blood and thunder Indian novels for cheap publications. Ills work fairly wreaked with pore and was full of minute debcriptlons of Indian lights , yet lie had never boon west of Buffalo and never scon an Indian la his life except iu a travel ing alioyf. Algernon Sartorls , Mrs. U. S. Grant's grandson , who is now In Washington with his mother , Mid recently that it was his plan to bt > graduated at Oxford ana then to study law , after which ho Intends to co.no to America to live. Ho It a tall young man and Is sul'J to bear the Grant features more markedly than cither of the general's sons. Mi-tf. Surtorls In n year Is to return to thli country to uiaka her home here. MANY INTERESTS INVOLVED Efforts to Hare Benevolent Publications Entered - torod aa Sccoud-Olaw Matter. CONGRESSMAN MINER FAVORS THE PIAN ! ! Introduce * n Monmiro tn Plncn Tlili CI | ( of I.itornttiro on n limit with Other Weekly I'lilillcntlonii IlciiKivorTHR HUB , ) MU FOUIITKKNTH STHRT. } WASIIISUTO.V , Oct. 16" . ) Attention has boon called to the fact that publications which are the organs of mutual benevolent sopietlos such as the Modern Woodmen which ha a incnit > orshlp of 20,000 in the United States anil the Ancient Order of United Workmen are not admitted to the malls as sccond-clnss matter. This entails nn increased expenditure of uoout $1,000 for the Modern Woodmen in the state of No- braslta alouo. It Ii also found that college papers arc not admlUod to the mails as sec ond-class matter. Hoftisal to admit these papers is duo to the construction put upon the law , and to rectify this matter Uoprescntatlvo Halnor has Introduced a bill providing that all periodical publications Issued from a Icnotvn place of publication at stated Intervals and as frequently as four times a year by or under the auspices of n regularly Incorporated benevolent or fra ternal society or order or a regularly incor porated institution of learning shall bo ad mitted to the malls as socond-elass matter nnd no moro ; that such mutter shall baorig- Inatod nnd published to further the objects nnd purposes of snoh society , order or Insti tution of learning and ahull bo formed of printed paper sheets , without board , cloth , leather or other substantial binding , such as distinguishes printed books for preservation froin'periodlKil publications. lirynn Si y II * U Yet n Democrat. Representative Brynn had Clark Howell , editor of the Atlanta Constitution , at luncheon today , and aftorwnrd ho spent sotno time with that distinguished apostle of democracy nnd free sliver. Mr. Ilowell endorses Mr. Bryan's frco silver attitude and believes the lvobra kan can stay in the domocratlo party and support propositions which Its president opposes. Mr. Bryan says ho is yet a democrat. A to Wyoming Imi < l Ofllros. Senator Carey said today tlmt notwith standing the order which had been mndo but not promulgated consolidating some ot the land offices in Wyoming ho was satisfied that seine of them would bo abandoned for the present ; that these land oflleos were localed by law and executive order so as lo suit the convenience ofithogrcatcat number of pcoplo having business at the land onlcos and that thcionlccs , notably at Sundiinco. llufTnlo nnd Lander , were away from railroads , but they wore the center of'tho districts where largo quantities of land \voulil undoubtedly bo entered at an early day. Ho said he should leave nothing , undone to have them maintained and from his Interview with the commissioner of the general land ofiloo ho was satisfiea that they would not bo dis- turbod. Now Western riHtinnjtora. Postmasters appointed todav : Iowa Ulenc.00. ' 'l > Mononacounty.'Klijah cal < o vice S. P. Deinmon , resigned ; Glenvillo. Clav county , C. H. Lewis , vice A. W. ( Jreene ro- slsned ; Willow Crook. Clay county. Miss Lydm Itoberts , vice H. 1' . S\valn. resigned South Dakota lirnnt , Lake county , Lewis Spawn , vice Henry Dolloy , resigned. Wyoming La Urange , Ltvramlo countv , n. F. Yoder , vicq Martha A. La Grange'rc - surnou. Utah Salem , Utah county , A.S.Enbonr ? , vice J. .T. Davis , removed. .South Dnkot'i Olllco SoHirrf. M. E. Copley of Flandreau , S. D. , who wants to bo agent of the Sissoton Indians and Colonel Ailams of Mitchell , who wants to bo consul at some Canadian port , intend to go homo on Wednesday. They have boon In Washington some days seeking thcso ap pointments and nro disheartened ana dis gusted. .ludeo Ghvyblll , who is socking the reels- tcrsliip of the land ortleo at ChamberlainS. I ) . , and who lias been in Washington for some days , has almost abandoned his claims and will go homo in a few days without hope of immediate success. It transpires that Clark S. Howe , who is a candidate for the receivership at Chamberlain , preferred the charges n-nich were recently filed against the two lanu ofticcrs nt that place alleging offensive partisanship and favorit ism to attorneys.Tho charges have been fully answered , the accused exonerated , and it is most likely that there will bo a change very soon. I'eiiBlon lisuo of September . Nebraska : Orlslnal-Oeorgo W. Kolltn , Columbus , Plane. Uestoration and reissue Nicholas Kustor , Minden , ICcarnoy. In- creaso-Orln G. Miller , Omaha , Douglas. Original widows , etc. Eliza J. Itold ( mother ) Omaha , Donglag. Original John Fitzgerald , Valentino , Cherry ; William II. Lewis , Strang , Fillmoro. Increase -Samuel Sagnsser , North Platte , Lincoln. Iowa : Original Thomas W. Lyons. Ehler , Delaware ; Fulix Bottorff , Packwood Jofforl son. Incrciuo - Lwllo True , ttaxtor. .fasporj Benjamin J. . LIm ! oy , Tlconlc , Monona ; Mose * McCloary , Doxtor'IMllas. llclsitie - Daniel l\ Van Canipon , llcono , It&ono ; Mat thew M. Cllno. Wiuibeck , Linn. Original widows , etc. Mar.v K. Hell , Hamburg , Fremont - mont ; Maty A. Watt , Davenport , Scott. Original-William Uotts , docMxed , Uothol- hum. Wnyno : William Simons , KlttRsloy , 1'ly- mouth ; . ] ohnM.Creswollramlvlcwl ) < oulsx increase ! Lemuel ( J. Hastings , l-'ort Dodge , Webster ; Kbln Uachtis , Cedar Hapids , Linn ; Joseph H , Irrlnn , Kcokuk , Leo ; Ilonry Tay lor , H rooks , Adams : Kcndrlck W. LJrown , Amos , Story ; .lames V. Carter , Wlnterset , Madison. Original widows , otiKllnaboth Dolts , HothleliemVaynojMaryK.Tcdford \ , Lonox. Taylor ; Georgia Meyer , Clinton , Clinton. South Dakota : Increase.Almnroii W. Coiinnt. Krwin , Klnc.ibury. Original Theo dora Groech , Madison , l.nUo. Increaso-- > \ illlnm L. Pnlinor. Carthage , \Vlnor , .Ml'oi'llniipoin. Ylce President Slovonsoti laid bofuro the sennto today tlio inumorlnl adopted bv thn IfiOministervlio attended the MetWltst Kplscopal uhtircli conference nt , llentrlco lust September , asking con 'itus lo rcpual iho ( Scary anti-riilneso law. Tlio meworlallnls say they represent ! WXX ( ) persons In tlio Methodist churvh who oppose the law. Frank U. Mulrof Oninhais tn thocltv. In thosupiviiiu Court tdilav thn complain ant In tliiiciisoof Council niniliist Snilloy illcxl n tuotlon to dismiss tdo procccilliiRs and ronmiul lite ca\tso on thu theory that thu circuit court of Nebraska had no jurisdic tion In the cnsa. P. F. Chit tendon of Yorlt , Xeb. , whoso pension was suspended , Inn lieon restored to the rolls , nnil his pension has boon for- \va rd ed to him. Kopresentativo MclUlejohn would like to have the mistake ivottlled which appeared In Tin : Hr.u of October I'J statin ) ; that "Kcm mid Mulklojohn were absent tlurinj' the con- sldcrnllon anil vote on the federal election laws. " It should hiivo road "Kuiu nnd Mo- Kelghnn wore ahsent. " Molltljohn wat prcsunt and voted against the bill. I'Kititv S. tlcvrii. tHOtftlllTS. DallasNows : The sn-callod sclf-nnido man 14 Ronenilly nothlni ; less than a slliper-niada ) man. I'hiladalphia Times : 1'ooplei , poi\k of a "cool million" of dollars Itecauso It takes such warm work to got that amount I Inter Occnn : "Havu you any Idea why sbo frowned on your suit1' Mghttop-l stippoia bcoauto my trousert worblwt turned up at tlm bottom. Out roll Fruo Press : Ho Our now school lonelier liAs u very studious eye , hasn't hot She Yes. I presume that Is bccauso there Is a pupil In It. Washington Star : "Is tlmt story true that Itlnnurly tolls about his Imvlnii the M'nrsof no less tlinn tvrunly iivu wounds received m tlio war ? " "Yep , Ilo wns inakltiK .1 raid on a hen-roosfc doHii In Pmttli Carolina ami the owner tilled him full of blrdshot. " Puck : "Toll the publisher to order a pound ot hyphens right away , " snld the foreman of the composing loom to thu clerk. "Why11' "Tho editor has a lot. of society people's names ho wauls lo print. " Vosuc : Cousin Itarnes What d'yo cnll this party , it function or iiswatrv ? I'oasln Hess Neither , cousin. Do you see Sir. Klnstoln over there , watching the Indie- , with diamonds ? Well , this Is hl < loan exhibition. ICiinsfis City Journal : Horn's sympathy for the man who-,0 hick nnd prldo nru broke , whose underwear Is thin , and whoso overcoat's In soak. Indianapolis .Tnnriml : Mrs. Wlckwlro Tbo Idea. Here Is : t story In thu paper about a woman .siiltiK ( or $10,000 for thu loss of only u thumb. Mr. Wlokwlre Perhaps It was the thumb sh kopthor husband under. xix' or Sun. "Why H the crowd so silent ? " the park pollco- 111:111 : said. The Yulkyrlo Is In Uio load , " the bnllolln mnn ' .fild. 'Why do they li > ok so bloody glum ? " the parli policemun said. "They've cot Iliolr plunks on Ylgllant , " the bulletin man snld. "Tho Itrltlslior Is nialdn' points , her nose against tli ) ! wind , And the Vnnkoo turs liavo .sot tholr teeth a quarter ml hi behind , A swearln' and a cussln' , and a longln' for a wind , They'll ho downln' of Nut HorresholT m tha mornln' . " "What's that , upon Valkyrie's deck ? " the park pollC'iman said. "It's l/oul IHinnivcn rniul with joy , a stnmllu' on hlshoad. " "What's sill that row on the St. Johns ? " tha park nollccinnn said. "It's the Now York Yacht club at tholr prayers , " the bulletin mini snld. " 1'or thu quarter Is a half inllo now , and orory rue Is set , Tor tbo wind Is dyln' down again and not a sail Is wet , . And the foreigner Is hopln' he'll take the CUD homo yet , And down the only HorresholT In the luornln' . " "What's that ? they're chccrln' now Ilka mad I" thu park policeman said. "Thu Vigilant has picked her up , and now she Is ahuud. Though thu ruco U not a finish , wo could not rest In bed Unless wo lot them sco our heels , " the bulletin man said. "Wo Inivu bouton thorn at tucklu' , on tha roach , boforu thn wind , We'll let Ilium pluk their weather , or conr.so If thoy'ru Inclined , lint we'll ' keep that blessed pewter nmv ai lom ; as we've thu mind , After ilowidn' bold Dnnruvon In the mornln' . " COL Largest Minufautnrori : * nJ of G'lothiuu la tlia World. If it snows You'll wish you had taken our. advloo and bought that over coat when we want ed you to. You got a better selection now than you will later and the prices will never be lower. The superlative elegance of our top ooats is common talk for they are made of the J'J. richest fabrics , with the finest trimmings and most exquisite workmanship. There are meltons and kerseys , always popular , single and double breast ed , ranging in price from $10 on up to $35. But when you get above $20 you get something fine , something that but few tailors can duplicate and * none excel either fo'r fit , fashion or fabric. The same is true of our suits , of which we have proba bly the largest assortment ever brought to this western country. BROWNING , KING & CO. , StM.p u. very evenluj till a | g ( ( ft DDltflU 8ft.