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STATnMHNT OF CIIICUI.ATJON.
Oearce II. Tzichuck. secretary of The ll < > e Pub-
llshlne company , being duly sworn , xaya that
the actual number of full ami complete conies
of the Dally MurnlnK , Evening and Humlay Dee
printed during the month of October , 1891 , was
ns follows :
2) 923 16 . 21,12 <
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2KI74 17 . J1.2W
3 21.203 IS . 21,231
4 21.111 13 . 21.112
D 21,011 20 . 21.2S4
C 2I.WS 21 . 22.710
7 > 22.979 22 . 21.062
X 21,071 23 . 2I.OT7
9 21,13 ? 21 . 20,831
Id , . 2I.C41 25 . 20.KI7I
II 21,121 26 20.SS8
12 21,117 2" 21.012
13 21.SF6 23 2.2.GO )
14 22.810 i ) 20.1S !
IS 25.131 30. . . 20,812
Total 611,4)7
I < css deductions for unsold aid returned
copies 10.037
Total n > M 634,370
Dally average net clroulnllon 21,146
anounis n. TWCIIOCK.
Bwom to tiefnro mo nml subscribed In my pres
ence this 3d day nf November , 1S3I.
( Seal , ) N. 1' . rail/ , Notary Public.
Those Sugar trust wltiu'sses init their
trust In the wrou place.
This Is hardly n propitious time for
orgnnli UK a i cw unlit mil political party
on any lines at all.
day comes next week.
Show your loyalty to Nebraska by eat
ing Nebraska-raised turkey.
If Pugilist Pllzslminons could guaran
tee the public ! that he would kill a man
at every performance , what a success
ho would make as a theatrical star !
The horses will not be half so per
turbed over the closing of the New York
horse show as will the -100 and their
satellites , who flud themselves without
an occupation.
The dense volumes of smoke pouring
forth from the chimneys of various
large buildings In the center of the city
show that the smoke nuisance ordinance
has not yet been rigidly complied with.
The canal promoters are to be com
mended for their decision to let their
project rest until they know what legis
lation the legislature shall have enacted
on the subject It Is the sensible de
cision.
It may not be out of order to suggest
Unit the county commissioners may ,
with propriety , Insist on settling the ac
counts of ex-county olllcers within n
reasonable time before the statute of
limitations begins to run.
Members-elect of the Hoard of Educa
tion might put lu their spare time until
January 1 studying the llnancial state
ment of the city treasurer and compar
ing It with the prospective revenue of
the schools for the ensuing year.
Keep you eye on Alabama. There are
two men who think they are going to be
governor of Alabama after December
1 , and If they rub up against one nn
other It Is Just likely that the fur will
fly. The election will not be over In
Alabama until the new governor is
placed in charge of the state administra
tion.
One of our consuls thinks It so re
markable thnt Turkish nigs should be
manufactured In Uelgluin that he makes
the Industry the subject of one ot his
reports to the State department , ns If
the Belgians did not have as much right
to manufaetute Turkish rugs us Amer
icans have to grow Irish potatoes or to
make Swiss cheese !
Tom Majors began his speech before
the republican state convention Just
after the resignation of Mr. Hosewater
from the national committee had been
accepted with these words"I : knew
thnt If I was nominated good would
follow. It came sooner than I ex
pected. " Good certainly has followed ,
but It Is hardly the kind of good which
Majors and his masters relish.
The county clerks who wait until the
last possible moment before , transmit
ting the oniclal returns of their counties
on the state ticket to the secretary of
state deserve something in the shape of
a severe reprimand from some compe
tent authority for the unnecessary delay
they have caused In giving the people
the Information which they have a right
to have ns early as circumstances will
allow.
Denmark may prefer to toady to Ger
man favor by shutting American meats
out of Its ports , but she runs the risk of
Incurring the displeasure of the United
States government , nnd thus losing more
than she ean possibly gain. We are
prone to believe that If thu proper repre
sentations are made by the Ktate depart
ment Denmark will not refuse to recon
sider the hasty action which she Is re
ported to have taken.
The announcement from Governor
Jackson of Iowa that ho will not bo a
candidate for re-election must be quite
ft surprise to the great majority of Iowa
republicans. In Iowa , ns elsewhere , It
Is an unwritten law that satisfactory
public otllccrs shall be renomlnntcd by
their parly at least once. Now that
Iowa Is again doubly assured to ropub-
Ilcan control , n republican nomination Is
under ordinary circumstances equiva
lent to an election. The declination of
Governor Jackson In advance will
throw the field open to the whole host
of ambitious republicans , nnd wo may
bo sure that there will be u merry
scramble from nowuntll Iho time the
nquilnaUng convention Is held next sum
mer.
STJTK 011 , INSPECTION.
That ( here In urgent necessity for n
revision of the statute providing for the
Inspection of petroleum oils In this stnte
Is conceded by nil who know the history
of past legislation on the subject nnd
the systematic evasions of the law ns It
now stands. Hy reference to the com
piled statutes It will be seen thnt the
law covering oil Inspection provides thnt
the state Inspector slittll Inspect nil
petroleum oils offered for ; sale and shall
reject for illuminating purposes such of
them us will emit a combustible vapor
nt the temperature of 100 degrees
Fahrenheit. Severe penalties are pro
vided for evasions of the law , applicable
alike to unfaithful Inspectors niul to dis
honorable dealers. The law Is defective
In several Important particulars. The
legal test Is not adequate nnd the Instru
ments mimed for the test are not the
best to be had. t'ntler the law tests
may be made of large quantities of
oil , which may later undergo adultera
tion , rendering them dangerous to con
sumers and dealers liable to heavy fine
for handling them.
It will be the duty of the next legis
lature fo amend the oil Inspection law
In order to Insure bi'tler protection to
life and property of householders who
must use coal oil for Illuminating pur
poses. The more stringent laws of
Iowa , Ohio and other states operate to
the detriment of this state. Under
existing conditions rejected oils from
osi- slates may be shipped Into Ne
braska ami sold under the lax enforce
ment of n defective law. Oil that Is
adjudged dangerous by the official inspectors
specters of any state must not be per
mitted to enter our borders. Coal oil
Is a staple commodity and enters into
the- domestic economy of four-llfths of
the people. The slate owes them pro
tection against the rapacity of con
scienceless oil moncpolti'S. Tne only
means of securing MicJi protection Is by
the passage of n more stringent oil In
spection law and Its rigid enforcement.
JM.S/X Of HKANOlfAUbK IfAIKS.
Without discussing for the present
whether the federal courts are the
proper tribunals to pass upon the rea
sonableness of maximum freight rales
prescribed by n state legislature , there
Is yet considerable room for dissent
from the basis upon which" Justice
Brewer has undertaken In his recent
dee slon to t'oterlnino whether Mich rates
are toasonable or not. Justice Urewer
himself admits that this Is a new ques
tion and one which is not yet fully set
tled , and the public will scarcely be willIng -
'
Ing to lake Justice Brewer's Illogical ,
findings as settling It finally. We may
perhaps concur In the doubt lie ex
presses whether any single rule can be
laid down applicable to all cases and at
the same time Insist that the basts of
reasonable rates must be the same
wherever railroads are engaged lu the
transportation of freight.
Reasonable rates In any business are
such rates as will Insure a reasonable
return upon the investment in that bus
iness. The question N , What is the in
vestment ? Surely not the total of all the
money that was ever put Into It. Surely
not the fnce value of mortgage indebt
edness which in one wny or another the
owner has succeeded In raising on it
during n long period of years. Surely
not the par value of watered stock
which has been Issued to represent It ,
nor a lync no all of them. "If the pub Ic
was seeking to lake title to the railroad
by condemnation , " says Justice Brewer ,
"the present value of the property and
not the cost is that wiili'h it would have
to pay. " But when It conies to deter
mining the' investment upon which re
turns should be made from the ordinary
course of business he adopts nil alto
gether different basts. Although In the
llrst Instance he would consider only
what it would cost to acquire an equally
good railroad covering the same terrl- .
tory , for the latter purpose he Is re
luctant to ignore "the amount of money
that has gone info the railroad prop
erty the actual Investment as ex
pressed , theoretically at least , by the
amount of stock and bonds. " lie thinks
It an element of equity which puts the
reduction of rates In a different attitude
from the absolute taking oC property by
eminent domain.
The questions propounded on this
point In the body of the decision may
perh' " ) npjionl to the unthinking few ,
but i.iey will appeal to no others. Tak
ing the rnton I'aclllc as an example , to
ward the construction of which the fed
eral government advanced ! f 10,000 n
mile , uml which , according to the best
testimony , could be built today for
$ l0K ! ( > 0 n mile , "Would It be full justice
to the government , " we are asked ,
"would it satisfy the common sense of
right and wrong , would it bo reasona
ble for the state of Nebraska to so reduce -
duce the rates that the earnings of the
roud would only pay on $ 'JO,000 a mile ,
and no , the holders of the first lien being
paid their Interest , the government be
forced to bo content with only Interest
on one-foutrh of Its Investment ? Or , to
put the case in n trifle stronger light ,
suppose HIP promoter of this enterprise
had licen some private citizen who had
advanced Ills $10,000 a mile as a second
lien , and that the railroad could be con
structed today for only $10,000 a mile ,
would it be reasonable and just to so
reduce rates as to simply pay the holder
of the first lien reasonable Interest and
leave him without recompense for hts
Investment ? " All very plausibly put
questions we will admit. But just re
verse these propositions for n moment.
If the I'nlon Paellle can be duplicated
for $1 ! ( ) , < XH ) a mile , would It be full Jus
tice to the people , would It satisfy the
common sense of right nnd wrong ,
would It be reasonable for the state of
Nebraska to permit end authorize the
road to exact rates that nt" pay Interest
on the ? 70,40S a mile for which It 1ms
been bonded ? Or , to put the case a
trifle stronger , If the state can by exer
else of Its right of eminent domain up
proprlate'the road for ? ' 0,000 a mile
and dispose of It for operation to an
other corporation that will be satlstlcd
with returns on Its actual value , would
It be reasonable and just to continue the
existing extortionate rates merely In
order that the holders of fictitious secur
ities may enjoy an unearned Income on
three times that amount ? Suppose a
prlvatw corporation should parallel the
Union Pacific at an expanse of $20,000
n mlle and adjust Its freight rates on
this basis , would not the. Union Pacific
have to bring Its rales down to the
same level ? Would there In that case
bo any call for a court of equity to In
terfere to compel the new road to raise
rates so that the Income of the security
holders of the old might remain unim
paired ? Justice Brewer would , to be
consistent , have to answer these ques
tions In the nfllrmntlvc. lie seems to
have held In mind only the Interests of
the stockholders and the bondholders ,
lie seems also to have overlooked the
rights of the shippers and consumers
almost entirely. It Is an axiom of po-
ltl.nl ceo omy Unit < he same commodity
cannot under a regime of free competi
tion have two different prices on the
same market. Every consideration of
justice requires similarly that the lilw
employ the same basis of value whether
In appropriating properly to public pur
poses or regulating the charges that
may be Hindu for Its use. The opposite
conclusion is at once illogical and un
fair.
J.UMA1 nUKHX'T HMAT MEDIATION.
There are shrewd and able men at the
liend of nlTalrs in Japan. This has been
fully demonstrated since the Inception
) f the present conflict with China. In
ill Iho movements that preceded the
declaration of war Hie Japanese govern
ment proceeded In a wny to command
the respect of the woild. It did not In
vite hostilities , but it determined to pro
tect its rights in Uoron , assailed by
China , at any cost. If the Chinese gov
ernment had desiredto avert war it
could have done so by making the fair
ind reasonable concessions which Japan
demanded. But the former counted
upon the vastness of Its resources to
speedily overwhelm the smaller nation
mil It made no effort 1o avoid host'litlcH.
On Hie contrary , it did everything to ag
gravate the situation and bring on a
conflict. Thus forced to fight or accept
the allernatlve of a surrender of valua
ble rights , the loss of which would have
crippled and weakened Hie empire ,
Japan went into the war with an * ag
gressive energy and vigor which the
world iiad not suspected she was capa
ble of.
The record Is familiar to all. The
Chinese were quickly drien from Core i ,
and Hint country is now practically
under the protection of Japan. China
was Invaded by the victorious armies
of the island empire , which have been
pushing steadily forward toward the
Chinese capital. Lute advices are to the
effect that they are now meeting with
more fundamental opposition than at
any previous time since the Invasion ,
but there Is little reason to doubt that
they will reach the objective point. Ac
cording to all testimony the Chinese
government has already had its best
soldiers in the field , and if sticu is the
case It can have little hope of successfully
"
fully ( lefendlug the capital whenever
the Japanese armies besiege It. It Is at
this point In the victorious career of
Japan against the barbarlnn "giant " of
the east that JOuropeau nations ,
prompted by motives entirely selfish , invoke
voke- the victor to halt in his march of
triumph and discuss terms of peace'ami
tlie United States g6vernmenL proffers
its good ofliceS ns a nledlatof. Japaiu
has asked for no mediation or Interven
tion. Shu. is cpnlldent of her ability to
arry to a successful issue Hie course she
Is pursuing and she has not sought
counsel or help from any other power.
No Intimation lias been icceived by her
from the euemy that the stoppage of
hostilities is desired , though she is not
unaware of thu fact that the Chinese
government would eagerly welcome
peace.
Under these circumstances Japan is
naturally not disposed to accept media-
lion. She very properly insists that be
fore this can come China must indicate
her desire for peace in the way recog
nised among nations nml that there
shall be some definite conditions pro
posed. She does not intend to halt her
armies with a foe in front .committed
to nothing that would prevent It from
taking advantage of her "action to her
possible discomfiture , nor does she pro
pose to consider terms of peace without
any definite basis to start with. Japan
is wise anil right'in tills position. If
European powers would have the war
ended let them Induce China to pledge
herself to lay down her arms and pro
pose conditions of peace which Japan
can consider. If they will do this there
is no doubt that Japan will be found
willing to stop hostlllU'S. As to the re
lation of the United States to the mat
ter it was unquestionably prompted by
the best Intentions. The sympathy of
the American people is with Japan , but
as a pence-loving people they would like
o . ce the , nr ended , if It can be brought
about with Justice to both parties. The
government has been criticised for Its
proposal or suggestion of mediation , on
the ground that there is no authority for
making such a proposal and also .that It
is contrary to the established policy of
the * country. There may be something
tn this , nnd yet it would seem that the
United States might properly mediate
between these countries , with both of
which wo nre on friendly terms , if they
desired It and the mediation was ef
fected Independent of all European
powers. It remains to be seen how the
European governments which want the
war to end will be affect oil by the dis
inclination of Japan to accept Interven
tion. It is possible they will take steps
to force a termination of Hie conflict.
Don't forget the drouth sufferers In
western Nebraska. The Nebraska Be
lief commission has headquarters in this
city , and will undertake to sec that all
contributions of food and clothing reach
the parties for whose assistance they
are Intended.
If members-elect of the legislature
want to do a valuable service to the
state they will agree on a bill to pro
vide for oil Inspection that Inspects.
The present law is defective and Is Just
what the great oil monopoly wants.
'Grnrt ruijil I * i urloui.
C'hlccRO Record ,
Now that Editor Ktlwani Ilosewater has
captured Nebraska we arc curious to see
what he will do with It.
Kcho Aimwrr * "Neln. "
, Cl.Unpo Times.
The democratic atatenman la liberal
enough , popular enough and diplomatic
enoiiph to erin back the democracy to
that policy of firm ami Intelligent friend-
shin ( or the great common people from
which Its course- has been diverted and
without return to which tha welling revolt
of IKJ pulls in cannot be quelled.
Wlsner Chronic ! * : A contest case Is a
two-handled dingus , and when the end la
found It Is almost certain that Majors will
lie burled under a majority as big as a
mountain.
Tecumseh Chieftain : From all the Chief
tain has heard ot the matter It has little
doubt of the honest election of Holcomb , and
It docs not bellevo any contest will bo made
on the part of the republicans.
West Point Progress : Tom , Majors and his
Kane have discovered that Holcomb was
elected by fraud , and will make a contest.
They have the power to swindle Holcomb ,
but It will cost the republicans the state two
years hence If they countenance the tteal.
Nlobrara Pioneer : The threats of contestIng -
Ing Judge Holcomb's election are coming tea
a head , Now , gee here , It you have no honor
In politics , at least bo decent , The republi
can party lias surely had enough disasters
by reason of overriding majorities. Ho men
and not treacherous cowards. -
University Place Times : It now appears
that The Omaha Ueo did know what It was
talking about when It said while printing
the election returns that efforts would1 bo
made to count out Governor-elect Holcomb.
This , despite the assurance of certain papers
that HoscwaUr was frothing again over noth
ing.
Davenport ( la. ) Democrat ! The Nebraska
republicans are trying to get up a guber
natorial contest. They dislike the populist
who has been elected through the weakness
of their own candidate. The man nom.natod
this year for governor of Nebraska had a
record that Invited a worse defeat than he
received.
Exeter Enterprise ! All this talk of con
testing Governor Holcomb's election comes
from appointees In state Institutions , who
are despprato over the thought of being
thrown out of a Job at the beginning of n
cold winter. It has no support among honest
republ cans anywhere an * will be laughed out
of countenance In two weeks.
Valentino Hepubllcan : The Tlepubl can Is
a ( Inn believer In fair elections and an honest
count , and If fraud has been practiced or Is
now contcniplatcd by either tide tha
offenders should bo brought to speedy punish
ment. The candidate who received a ma
jority ot the honest votes cast should and
must be declared elected , no matter who It
defeats , and In this he must be protected by
all honest clt zcns.
llroken Bow Republican : The agitation of
contesting the election of Judge Holcomb as
governor still occup es the attention of the
state papers. In our opinion a contest would
be detrimental to future Interests of the re
publican party , and It should not bs resorted
to unless there Is itrong evidence of unmis
takable fraud to sufllclent extent to change
the results. To contest technical Irregulari
ties would not be advisable nor for the party
Interest.
Aurora Sun : The D. & M. Journal Is ttlll
harping about Holcomb's election , and wants
him counted out , but the Idea Is not backed
up by any decent republican papsr. The
railroads and their organ better take their
medtclno without protest. An Investigation ,
carefully exercised the state over , would in
crease Holcomb's plurality to 15,000. We be
lieve a trial would lose Majors at least thirty
votes In Hamilton county , where In one pre
cinct alone a Ueel gang , resident at Lincoln ,
voted about fifteen votes , and importations
from other states , riding at the expense of
the railroads , Kvould make as many more.
Dennett News : In the face of a plurality
of over 3,000 votes for Holcomb , to us It
seems folly to attempt to count Majors In.
If Majors has received a majority of the
votes the Wews , njong with every fair-
minded m'an , 'wants him seated as governor ,
but the figures do not Indicate that such is
the case. It Is fair to presume that a con
test would develop as much fraud on one
side as the other , and it Is certain that no
good would be done to the republican party
of Nebraska by such a contest. The News
believes Holcomb elected 'governor of Ne
braska , and It would bo sorry to see the re
publican pa/ty Injured by the proposed actfon
of men wha'aro fectuatefl only by 'selfish mo
tives. TheOdflfeat ot Majors do S not argue
that Nebraska < ls _ not republican * With
every republican state officer elected but him ,
Majora' defjal'can be traced to.republicans
Vho repudiated"his record and voted for
Holcomb. " " 1o , ny ,
e'-l . * 'itXfUf-.HVXn ISSUE. i
Chicago Mall : Bonds may be-arblesslng to
the public creditthough they are the kind
of a blessing that the country would have
been able to pet 'along without If It hadn't
experimented with democracy.
New York Commercial : A nation of 65-
000,000 of intelligent freemen with $70,000-
000,000 of surplus assets compelled to bor
row to meet ordinary expenditure ! What a
spectacle ! When will our humiliation come
to an end ?
Kansas City Star : Every one regrets that
conditions ehould be such as to make n
national bond Issue a necessity. "But the
necessity is plain , and therefore the bond
Issue will be criticised only by those people
whoso Judgments 'have become entangled in
the financial absurdities of the day.
Denver News : Having lost congress and
decimated his party. President Cleveland does
not forget his Mends In Wall street. Th\s \ new
bond Issue of $50,000,000 will have no more per
manent effect In maintaining the stability ot
Mr. Cleveland's Joss , the gold reserve , than
did 'the ' former' ' Issue , nor would the Issue of
$500,000,000 ot bonds have any permanent
effect.
Ndw York Recorder : This will not be the
last gold loan which this , administration will
bo forced to negotiate. But relief Is In sight ,
though not close at hand. The republican
party Is on the way back to control ot the
national finances , and one ot Its first and
greatest tasks will be to raise the siege of the
treasury by the International Gold trust and
stop these periodical additions to the 'national '
Interest-bearing debt. The credit , the cur
rency , the commerce and the Industries of the
country must all be restored and protected to-
ecther.
Denver Republican : During President Har
rison's ' administration more than $300,000-
000 of bonds were bought and canceled before -
fore they were due from the surplus revenues
derived under wise republican rule. Now
the government la plunging Into debt at the
rate of more than $150,000,000 a year. It Is
a terrible penalty to pay for the folly of
electing a democratic president and congress ,
but the lesson will not be without beneficial
effects It It teaches the people of this coun
try the Importance of restoring the republi
can party to complete control of the federal
Government In 1S9G.
Minneapolis Tribune : It will bo well
to remember that the necessity which
has arisen for the government to
borrow money to pay Its current
expenses has been brought about by the
democratic comjrpss first , by the long de
lay In passing' , the tariff bill , and next by
the reduction of tbe tariff schedules. The
delay paralyfceVr'busInesa and thus reduced
the reventies. nd the lowering of the duties
Ehrank ttienrkjl. ) further , The bonds which
are Issued ndw , , jho republicans , when they
came Into Pfl > yfij , will have to pay , but we
expect that ( celcpuntry will bo so prosperous
under reimbj ijj rule that It can be done
easily.
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To'd'Miirh nf Tu k.
T.ohlirtfllB CourltT-Jnurnnl.
It Is reii J-tf n'that President Cleveland
will makn the. currency the leading topic
of dlsciissloH/V"i Ills message to congress
next month , nml will attempt to formu
late Rome I > IRJto take that question outer
or politics.'Mr. Cleveland Is a much
greater inamu cllan his most extravagant
admirers ever Imagined htm to bo If he
can get through the present congress any
adequate aruli Mae settlement of the cur
rency problem , . | , _ _
AJi ; ) nfonrHtlo llnixloa. v ,
oSt. ILou'.i Republic.
Why should Cal Hrlco try to slaughter
Adlal Stevenson by coming- out for him ?
The vice president may be a good western
man for IMC. and we wish to keep-all our
good men In llrst-clasa running condition.
Take Hrlre off or he will spoil the chances
of .n half dozen jftrong western men by
talking- for them.
ff THOUGHTS.
Fremont Tribune : We vrondr If Jack Mnc-
Cell Is shedding any tears over the guberna
torial outcome ?
Schuyler Herald : Holcomb carried Colfax
county with the largest plurality ot any
state or county candidate.
Blair Pilot : And now the mouthpieces of
the false and fraudulent "Credit ot Ne
braska" sentiment arc- admitting that "tho
credit of Nebraska cannot materially suffer"
by the result ,
Douglas Enterprise : This defection of re
publicans Is undoubtedly duo In a large de
gree ) to the fight made against Majors by
The Omaha Bee and a. considerable number
of other anti-monopoly republican papers.
Wayna Republican : The tabulated votes
of the counties alt show the same thing , and
that Is that Tom Majors ran behind the
ticket , The stories told In regard to him
have been taken by many republican voters
as containing much truth. The result of the
election demonstrates the necessity for plac
ing In nomination men with whom an of
fensive campaign can be made.
Denver Republican : The folly of nominat
ing old corporation tools like Majors In Ne
braska and Esteo In California for Important
offices should not soon bo forgotten by the
republicans of other states. If clean men
fairly representing the Interests and senti
ments of the republican party had been
nominated In both statca they would have
been elected by large majorities.
Schuyler Herald : We feel llko shaking
hands with the manhood of Nebraska which
Interposed Its veto to the attempt to i > er-
petuato ring ruls > and boodlerlsm by defeating
Majors. Even the great tidal wave of re *
publlcanlsm could not overcome the Indigna
tion of outraged decency In Majors' nom
ination. Hurrah for Holcomb ! not because
ho Is an Independent , or a democrat , but
because ho stood for honest govornmeiit.
Logan County Pioneer : The Omaha Bee
will generally receive credit for the defeat
of Majors for governor , but did The lice
defeat him. There Is little doubt but that the
vote of Douglas county was a surprise to
party managers , as well as the polo that
knocked the persimmon , but did The Uee
handle It ? Many are Inclined to think not ,
and believe that the republican state central
committee In Its efforts to reach the coveted
prize made use of a crooked stick , which
proved to bo a boomerang , and dropped the
governorship In the grasping hands of Hol
comb. During the campaign the committee
nmde Its fight through the medium of the
Nebraska State Journal , thousands of copies
of which were distributed among the laborIng -
Ing men of Omaha and South Omaha , the
boms of organized labor In Nebraska. The
presence of that paper In the homo of a
worklngman has much the same Influence
upon him that the Haunting of a red nag
In the face of a bull has upon that animal
The Journal has never bon known to es.
pouse the cause of the laboring man where
he was opposed by a corporation , and less
than two years ago placed "rats" or ' scab
laborers In charge of Its composing rooms
.where they still remain. It did this delib
erately , after having been offered arbitration
ot the differences
as a means of settlement
existing between It and the union men dis
placed. Jt refused arbitration as a meana of
settlement , but at the same time supported
a platform , and Its manager helped adopt
the platform that provided for arbitration as a
means of settling all disputes between labor
and capital. This Is history that Is well
known to all laboring men. and makes them
suspicious of men and measures advocated by
It. Its enthusiastic support of Majors cost
him thousands of labor votes , and these votes
defeated him. No , Rosewater and The Bee
did not defeat Majors , but the short-sighted
policy of the republican state central com
mittee in selecting the Journal as Ita offi
cial organ and distributing It broadcast In
these labor centers did. Majors was tha can
didate for which It worked , untiring , leaving
the rest ot the ticket to take care of Itself ,
and , except Majors , the ticket reolved a
handsome majority In Douglas county , yet
not so large as that ot the local ticket.
S.I IINOS WllH A SXAV.
Chicago Inter Ocean ! Judge Are you
B&SrerM"tywhat I'm here to find
out , yeronner.
Indianapolis Journal : "What warrant
have you for thinking that Shakespeare
W"0ha no ° ne"only the fact that he has fur-
nlshed so many stock quotations.
Atlanta Consltutlon : "Is Jinks a poet ? "
" .No ; , Just hard times ; couldn't raise money
enough to have his hair cut. "
Milwaukee Journal : What a pity It Is
that there Is no fun about anything that
Is strictly proper.
Buffalo Courier : Upson They say It is
Impossible to get money out of young Close-
Hst even with a club.
Downer Gr yes : he's posted for dues at
the only one to which he belongs.
Syracuse Post : Mrs. Parvenoo And what
does your husband do ?
Mrs. Heavyplnte He chaises silver.
Mrs. Pnrvenoo So does mine , but he
never seems to be nble to catch It.
Buffalo Courier : Mrs. Alimen Corner ( In
a whisper , as the collection Is being taken )
Who Is the man In the next aisle with the
basket ? Isn't Itwonderful how he seems
to be nble to make- everybody contribute ?
Alimen Corner Not so very wonderful. He
used to be a ward man. on the New York
police force.
Philadelphia Record : Lizzie I'm awful
mad at Laura. She told Charley thaiI
painted. Kmma I wouldn't , be mad. She'd
do it , too , if she had your face.
Washington Star : "Keep that physician
In attendance on our family ! exclaimed
Mrs. Parvle New. "Never. "
"Has ho killed anvbody ? "
"No. But he had the Impertinence to say
that Mr. New's blood was Impoverished/ '
Chicago Tribune : Rivers took out his
pocketbook reluctantly , extracted from It
a $10 greenback , and handed It over to the
young man who had called upon him tor
the nineteenth time with a bill from. , tne
tobacconist round the corner.
"The only way to suppress a smoke nuis
ance , " he grumbled , "Is to pay him off. '
Munsey's Magazine ; The Daughter Can't
you let me have that JU father ? I once
heard you say that you would give your last
cent to your children.
The Father Yes , but I haven't got to my
last cent yet.
DIVERSION.
New York Press.
As soon ns closed the final scene
Of each net he withdrew '
In brief , went out the acts between
To see a man he knew.
No tears adown her fair cheeks ranj
She donned her sweetest smile.
And flirted with another man
Who sat across the aisle.
A JM8T Tl'l'E.
Detroit Free Press.
O , for the glimpse of a natural boy ,
A boy with freckled face ,
With forehead white , 'neath the tangled
hair ,
And limbs devoid of grace.
AVhose feet toe In , while Ills elbows Hare ,
Whose knees lire patched all ways.
Who turns as red ns a lobster when
You give him a word of praise.
A bov who was born with an appetite ,
Who seekH the pantry shelf.
To eat his "piece-1 with resounding smack ,
Who Isn't cone on himself.
A Robinson Crusoe reading boy ,
Whose pockets bulge with trash ;
Who knows the use of rod and gun.
And where the brook trout splash.
It's true he'll sit In the easiest chair ,
With hat on hla touseled head :
That hla 1mmis and feet are everywhere
For youth must have room to spread.
Hut he doesn't dub his father "old man , "
Nor deny his mother's call.
Nor ridicule what hla ciders say ,
Or think that he knows It all.
A rough and wholesome , natural boy ,
Of a good old-fnshloneil clay ;
God bless him. If he's still on earth ,
For he'll make a man some day.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.- Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Bakin
PURE
nnotrsix Off nvnatntTjtifr.
The death ot Rubensleln , Just announced ,
recalls the great success ot that master musi
cian In his American tours.
The wonderful effect ot Rubinstein' * play
ing , oven on pee pie who were not musicians ,
Is well described In the following , written
by a newspaper man when Rubcnsteln first
visited this country. The narrator 1s sup
posed to be "Jud1 BrowHln , " who had gone
down to New York and had dropped In to
hear Rubensteln play. This U how "Jud"
dorcrlbcd It :
Well , sir , he hud the blnmcdcst , biggest ,
oatty-corncdest planner you ever httd eyes
on ; spmethln * like u distracted billiard tublc
on three legs. The lid was hoisted , and
mighty well It was. If It hadn't been he'd
a tore the entire Inside out nml scattered
tbrm to the four winds of heaven.
Ployed well ? You bet bo did , but don't
Interrupt me. When be llrst sit down IIP
peared to kccr mlghtly little 'bout plnyln' ,
and wlaht he hadn't come. lie tweedle-
leeile'd a llttlo on the treble , and twoodle-
oodled some on the base Juat foolln' mid
baxin the tiling's jawa for belli1 In Ills wny.
And I Fiivs to a man bettln' next to inc.
says I , "What sort of fool playln' Is Unit1' '
And he says. "Ilelsh ! " Uut presently hlK
hands commenced clmBln * one nnother tip
up and down the keys , llko n passel of rats
Bcumpcrlti' through a garet very Bwlft.
Parts of It was sweet , though , and re
minded me of a Kiignr squirrel turnln' thu
wheel of a candy cage.
"Now , " I snvw to my neighbor , "lie's
Bhowln' flIT , llti thinks ' '
he's a-tloln' of It ,
but he ain't got no Idee , no plan of notliln' .
If hod play me a tune of some kind or
other Id "
Hut my neighbor says "Ilelsh ! " very im
patient.
I was just nbout to get up mid go home ,
bpln' tired of Hint foolishness , when I he.ird
a llttlo bird waking up way off In the woods ,
mid call sleciiyllke to bis mate , and I
looked up and see that Rubin wno beginning
to take pome Interest In hl.s business , nntl
I sit down again. It wna the peep ot chiy.
The light came fnlnt from the enst , the
breezeH blowod gentle and ficsh , and some
more birds wukcd up In the orchard , then
soinu more In the trees near the house ,
and all begun lngln' together. People be-
iran to stir nnd the gnl opened the shutters.
Just then the first beam of the sun foil upon
the blossoms a lecdlo. more , nnd It tpcht
the roses on thn bushes , and the next thing
It was brond day : the sun fairly blazed ,
the birds sung like they'd split their little
tlironts ; all the leaves was tnovln' nnd
llashlti' diamonds of ilcw , and the whole
wide world was bright and happy as a
king. Seemed to me like there was n good
breakfast In every house In the land and
not a sick child or woman anywhere. It
was a line mornln' .
And I says to my neighbor : "That's
music , that la. "
But he glared at mo like he'd like to cut
my throat.
Presently the > wind turned ; It begun to
thicken up and a kind of gray mist came
over things : I got low spirited directly.
Then n silver rnln begun to fall. I could
see the drops touch the ground ; some
flashed up like long pearl earring. ) , and the
rest rolled away like round rubles. It was
pretty , but melancholy. Then the peails
gathered themselves Into long strands and
necklaces , and then , they melted Into thin
silver streams , running between golden
gravels , and then the streams joined each
other at the bottom of the hill nnd miule a
brook that flowed silent , except that you
could kinder see the music , 'specially when
the bushes on the banks moved as the
music went along down the valley. 1
could smell the flowers In the meadow. But
the sun didn't shine , nor the birds sing ;
It was a foggy day , but not ccld.
The most curious thing was the llttlo
white angel boy , like you see In pictures ,
that run ahead of the music brook nnd led
It on and on , away out of the world , where
no man ever was , certain. 1 could sec that
boy just as plain as I see you. Then the
moonlight came , wlthcut any sunset , and
shone on the graveyards , where some few
phosts lifted their hsnds and went over
the wall , nnd between the black , sharp-top
trees splendid marble houses rose up , with
fine ladles In the llt-up windows , nnd men
that loved 'em , but never get a-nlgh 'em ,
who played on guitars under the trees , and
made me that miserable I could have cried ,
because I wanted to love somebody , I don't
know who , better than the men with the
guitars did.
Then the sun went down , It got dark ,
the wind moaned nnd wept like a lost child
for Its dead mother , nnd I could a got up
there and preached a bettor sermon than
any I ever listened to. There wasn't n
thing in the world left to live for. not a
blame thing , and yet I didn't want the
music to stop one bit. It was happier to
be miserable than to be happy without
beingmiserable. . I couldn't understand It.
I hnnfr my' head nnd pulled out my hand
kerchief , and blowcd my nose loud to keep
me from crylnV My eyes Is weak , any
way ; I didn't want anybody to be n-gazln'
at me a-KiilvlIn' , nnd"It's nobody's business
what I do with my nose. It's mine. Hut
some several glared at me mad as blazes.
Then , all of a sudden , old Rubin changed
his tune. He ripped out and he rared. he
tipped and he tared , he pranced and he
charged like the grand entry nt a circus.
'Peared to me that all the gas In the house
was turned on at once , things gtot BO bright ,
and I hilt up my head , ready to look any
man in the face , and not afraid of notliln' .
It was a olrcus , and a brass band , nnd u
big ball all gain1 on at the same time. He
lit into thrm keys like a thousand of brick ;
he give 'om no rest day or night' ho set
every llvln' Joint In me n-goln1 , and not bain'
able to stand It no longer I jumped spang
onto my seat and Jest hollered :
"Go it , my Rube ! "
Every blamed man , woman nnd child In
the house rlz on me and shouted , "Put him
out ! put him out ! "
"Put your great grandmother's grizzly
gray greenish cat Into the middle ot next
month ! " I says. "Tech me If you dare ?
I paid my money nnd you Jest come a-nlgh
mo ! "
With that some several policemen run up ,
and I had to simmer down. But I wouid
a fit any fool that laid hands on rne , for
1 was bound to hear Ruby out or die.
He had changed his tune again , lie hop-
light ladles and tlp-tlol fine from end to
end of the keyboard. lie played soft and
low and solemn , I heard the church bells
ever the hills. The candles of heaven
was lit , one by one ; I saw the stars rise.
The urcal orron of rurnlty liotrnn to plnr
from the world 8 end tn the world's rntl nnd
nil the nnRclfl wont tt prnyors.
Then the music thin flcil to wnter , full of
f col I tip that couldn't Im thought , nnd bcRiin
to drop ilrlp , ilnp ililp , drop , clear nnd
sweet , llko tcnrs of Jov falling Into n hike
of Blory. It win sweeter ( linn that. It
was na sweet na n sweetheart mveetrnril
with white snpnr mitt with powdered sil
ver nnd need diamond * . It wan too sweet.
I tell you thr nudlriico cheered , ituliln Im
hinder bowed , like he wnnted to Bay ,
" .Much obleeircd , but I'd rather you wouldn't
Interrup' me. "
He stopt u moment or two to ketch brcnth.
Then he got mad. Ho run Ills fllifters
through his hair , he shoved up hla sleeve ,
he opened his rout lulls a leedlc further ,
he drufr up hi * ctool , he leaned over , nnd ,
sir , ho just went for thnt old planner. Ho
tdnpl her fnce , he Iwced her Jaws , he pulled
her nose , he pinched her rais nnd ho I
scratched her cluck * until "ho fnlrly yelled.
Ho knoekt her down and he stumpt on her
shameful. She liclluwoil like u bull. she
bleated like n onir she howled like it hound ,
she squealed like u pl r. she shrieked llko a
rat , nnd then ho wouldn't let her up. lie run
n quarter stretch down the 1 nv grounds of
the base till he ot clean up In Iho bowel * of
the enrth. nnd sou heard thunder irallop-
InK nTter thunder IhruUKh the hollow * and
cavei of perdition ; mid then ho fox-chased
Mix rlcht hand with bin left till he Kot wny
out of the tieMf Into the clouds , whar the
notes was finer thnn her pints of cambrlo
needles , and you couldn't hear nothln * but
the Blmddrrs of Vm. And then ho wouldn't
let the old planner RI > . Ho far'nrd two'd.
he crest over llr.it Kentlenmn , he chnasado
rlfiht nnd h-ft , b'iek ' to your places , IIP nil
liniidi'd ntoiin' , Indies tti ihe rlBht , prome
nade alt , In nnd out , heie nnd there , back
nml foitli , up and d wn , perpetual motion ,
double twisted nnd turned nnd tucked nntl
tniiRlod Into fin IJeleven thousand double
bow knots.
lly links ! It wns n mlttory. And then ho
wouldn't let the old planner KO. Ho fccht
up liln rlKhtln f. he fecht up his left
wing , he fecht up hh center , he fecht Up
his icserves. lie Hied by file , he flreil by
platoon , by rompanj. by reBlments , nnd by
brlFitdes. Hi1 opened his cannon sleffo
Kims down tlnir , Niipatrnns here , twelve
pounders yonderK \ \ tints , little Kuns , mid
dle sized KtinM , ititinit shot , shells , KhrnpnclB ,
Krape , canister , mortal , mines nnd nmBii-
zlnet , every 111 In' b.tttoiy nnd bomb n-ROln'
nt the sntne llmo Thf house trembled ,
the lights ( httiffd. the wallt slink , the floor
ooniH up , the celllnfl- come down , the sky
split , the ground tokt heavens ami earth ,
creation , sweet potnlocs , Moses , nlnepcncew ,
BlTry. ten-penny nails. Sampsnn In a 'slm-
mon tree. Tump Thompson In a tumbler
cart , roodleoodleoodloiKwIlprtiddletlddle -
uddleuddlernddleidille nd nddlc-rlildta '
tdtllo-lddle-lddlu - ivedle-eedle-eedlc-eedle
p-r-r-r-rlank ! liaiiK ! ! ! I lanfj ! peilaiiK !
p-r-r-rrr-r ! ! Hani.1
With thnt bam ; ' he lifted himself bodily
Into the a'r uml he come down with his
knees , his ten fltwis , IIH | ten toes , his
elbows and his nos-e. strlkliiK every Blnplo
Military key on the pliinner lit the .mime time.
The thlnir bustul and went oft Into sev
enteen hundred nml fifty-seven thousand ,
five hundred nnd foit.\-two heml-dcml-seml
quivers , and I know'd no mo' .
When I ccme to I were under ground about
twenty foot In a pl.iop they call Oyster bay ,
treatln' a Yankee that I never laid eyes on
before , and nrver u.vpect to nt'ln. IJay
was brcnkln' by the time I KOt to the St.
Nicholas hotel , ard I pit-due you my word
I did not know my name. The man asked
me the number of my room , nnd I told him ,
"Hot music on the half-shell for two. "
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Howl.
Demons of the tempest ; you may blow and do
your worst. You may shriek across
the prairie till your bellows you do
burst. But you cannot chill the mar
row of the men whom we have
dressed ; for an ulster he has folded
on his back and o'er his breast
and it didn't cost him much to do the
folding either. We soil a splendid
ulster for $10 and another for $12.50 ,
and some higher priced ones with
more style and finer texture but no
warmer. Every sort of overcoat as
well. Nice warm garment of Melton
or Kersey for $7.50. The most ele
gant affair you ever tried on for $30.
Merchant tailors get $50 and $63 for some that are
not so good.
'Good warm boys' ulster for $4 that'used to
sell lor $6.50.
Browning , King & Co , ,
Ucllublc Cluthierd. S. W. Cor. lotlt and Douglas.
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