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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1897)
THE O FAIIA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , JANUATIY 25 , 1807. TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE H. ItOSEWATEH , Editor. EVKtlT MOtlNlNU. Tnmts OK ntt ; > sciiirrioN. Dallr Il" ( Without Siinrtfty ) , Cue Year . 10 < IMIly lire and Sunday , One 1'car . I ( 8U Monlh . . . I' ' Thrf * Months . j Rurulnjr Hoe. Ono Vcnr . . * HMunlny lice , On Year . * ' Wtekly llee , One Year . . < . ' OKPtcnst Omali.i ! Tti Hoc llull.llng. Smith Omahn : Winner Illk. , Cor. N tind Sllh 8t Council muffs : 10 1'enrl Mrcct. fhli-oito Ulllroi SI * rimmlxr of ft inmeic * . fjw York : Ilimmii 13 , U rtnd IS , Tribune Bld | \VnMilngton : COI 14th utrcit. CJHIII : I > ONDISCI : . All conminnlrAllon * relntlng to news tyl M torlnl mutter thotild lie mldrw < l : To the bdlto m'sixnsa LKTTKUS. . , , . All liiiln r > letters nml rGinUluncea should I nrt.lrriMcl jlo The lli-o I'uMlrtilnR Coiupnn ; Oinahn. ll-nflH th ck . cxiircM nd pontoir.c money onlttn to bo nmdo pajublo tn the orcli of Iho comminj . . Tin : ur.n rmiutmixo COMPANY. Rlnlr pf Nclratkn. I UciiRlna County. Uroigo II , Tz y.liiiek. . nocrHjiry of The IV > e Fill l sworn. rny that 1 1 UMilnp company , > elni ? duly iictunl numli'T of full and comnUto copies of Tli JJnlly MrrnlnK. Kvenlnc nn > l Kundny Hec prlntc during the month of December , 1S8G , wna us o aionnn u. ami sworn to l Robucrllinl In my premise fore me this 21 tiny of January. JS57. Notary rublie. Son ) , ' Ttnlon Vnclfle forerlosnre first. Ccntn fori'dosuns next. Tliu trhil of the Tolmeco trust la to 1 rcliMitli > snly prospcutcil. In spite of tl pxpn-ssLMl pruforiMice of the trust tli ! Its tobacco bp trk-il sis n. substitute. Hnrt tlip Rovi'rmm'ut only waited M years longer bt'foro fori'dnMni : Its nun KriKo on tli.p Union I'la-ille there mlR ] have been nothing left to foreclose. It Is earnestly hoped that I'rlvato CI zen Hartley may get throudi with tur IIILJ over all that pnbltu money befo State Treasurer Meserve's term of otll expires. The state"of Nebraska , having reeelvi bounteous aid from abroad In Its tin of famine and need , should respond wl equal ueneioslty to thu ery of dlstre heard In any quarter of the globe. Lcgl.slatlve economy should contei plate a saving of time as well as a sa Ing of money. When It comes to mai tabling a legislature at an enormo sum per diem time emphatic-ally money. The Howell charter limits the city nlnt ! wards and nlni ) councllmc whether we annex South Omaha or in Under such conditions It ; is not to be c peeled that South-Omaha would cense io annexation. The long-expected list of colonels f the governor's stall' hits at last appqnrc and is found to include altogether t many reappolntments to please all t handsome and soldierly mui | who asplr to military preferment. With two members of the Unit States senate on the roll under the nai of Senator Harris , that body AVill have adopt some special way of distlngiil * Ing the senator from Tennessee frt the senator from Kansas. The people of Nebraska will not r < Batlslied until they are afforded a tin ough and impartial Investigation into t condition of the state treasury and t financial transactions of the state trei nrer during the biennlum just closed According to the resolution adopt by the state senate , the book agent nn go , no matter whether he is sell ! Bryan's hook , Coin's Financial Schi or a book on the races. The motto the state of Nebraska is "Kquallty 1 fore tlie law. " Ordinary pi'ople would imagine tl the most ardent advocates of leglslatl prohibiting the issue of free traiwpor tiou to political campaign committi wouhl bo the railroad managers the solrcH. Hut for some unaccountal reason they are not. Senator Allen and fJovernor IIolcoi both vouched for the conservative chi acter of the men constituting the Blon majority of , the Nebraska legis turn. Populist senators and represen MVCB should not let this advance i /lorsoment slip their memories. Sena tor Allen Is just as Inqulslt ! about the terms of the agreement w the Union 1'aclllc bondholders' reorga zillion committee as he was a year n about the conditions of the presided contract with the Morgan syndicate the sale of United State.s bonds , but- According to a Washington coi spondent Senator Thurston Is recelvl doKens of letters from parties In 1 braska who want places under the J Klnley administration from a cab ! : olllco down'to meat tagger. If the sei tor Is only receiving dozens of lett ho Is getting oft' easy. President Cleveland has'approved i law providing for government part patlon In tie ) exhibits at the Ten lies : Centennial exposition at Nashville. 'I Nashville exposition concludes Its le ; Jatlvu campaign with this federal api > prlatlon , and Its ( success long ago suroil Is thus correspondingly enlmne Mr. Itryan has Invoked the power the courts to protect him against plr publishers who threaten to reprint campaign songs , under tlfr title of ' " ] Lust Uattle. " So Mr. Hryan beJIovoH government by Injunction after all denunciation of thu Interference of courts with restraining orders In 111 tors covered by Iho ordinary law * . TUB BAMK AS 7/lK ItOMKSTKADKllS Resolved , Tlint wc'fnvor the csUbl'shmcn of a sugar beet factory In ench and ever ; county In the stale , anil we Invite capital li nvcst In the sntno a * the homesteaders havi done In Investing tbclr capital In bulldlni ho great state of Nebraska , bat do not asl us to pay bounty therefor. This resolution was voted as ex presslvo of the sentiment of the riillni najorlty In the legislature In the incol ng held In representative hall lap wool ; . It was presumed to bo n decldci M'Otcst against the system of bountlc as an Inducement for fostering Indus .rlcs. As n nmttor of fact the dcclar.n Ion thnt the beet sugar factories shonl bo treated the same ns the homesteade constitutes an cndoracmcnt of th Bounty system. The homestead law was n staudln offer of national bounty payable I ; land to the men who volunteered t open up the public domain and endur : ho hardships of pioneer life. Ever Kinicsti-ader was given 300 acres o and as an Inducement to settle on th uirder of civilization , conditioned enl on llvo years' residence and the paj mcnt of $11 , which represented the cos of survey and registration. A. special land bounty was offered t men who had served In the army , clthu as regulars or as volunteers , and th iiatents to these lands were transfer ! ! [ > le. The tree planting bounty enable the homesteader to Increase his holdln by planting a given number of acre with trees. In tills stale the organl law gave a bounty In the shape of ta exemption to the owner of orchards fu a period of years. Thus the homi steader has been the recipient of bom tics to a wider extent than anybod ever suggested for the beet sugar fai tory. tory.s < \s a class , the homesteader brougl little or no capital to the state , find ute to the time of Dual patent of his lam the state received no taxes upon 1 Whatever bounty the state may olTi as an Inducement foi' capitalists I venture Into the beet sugar lndus.tr ; thu condition precedent to the earnin of any bounty is a permanent hives incut In buildings and plant In Nebrask subject to taxation. The Grand Islan and Norfolk factories represent cat $500,000 , and the smallest factory cai not be established for less than fro : $ -10,000 to $ : > IM > 00. The homestead * who opposes bounties on principle unwilling to apply to others the sy tern by which ho himself has been li duceil to become a landowner In X braska. inrr AH , THIS Why should the report of the consul ing engineers employed to inspect tl competing exposition sites bo ko ] sealed like a verdict rendered by a jurj Was not tile object of employing the : engineers to get unbiased profession ! infounation that would enable the dire tors of the exposition to weigh the iv vantages and disadvantages of the r vpective sites and come to a ration , conclusion after mature and careful co slderation ? Why should this report 1 shrouded In mystery' ? These qnestioi must force themselves upon the (5,01 .stockholders in the exposition assocl lion who have a vital concern in tl selection of the site that offers the grcn est promise of insuring success. Does it stand to reason that the boai of directors can pass upon lln * loc.ttic of buildings involving an outlay from $1,000.000 to $2,000.000 with thirty minutes after they have heard tl engineers' report read ? Why shou not the report be printed In the dai press so that every one of the ti.tt i stockholders may read and digest and the directors act Intelligently ai to the best Interests of the expositloi Will not the withholding of this rep naturally create the suspicion that the Is a design to subserve private intt csts rather than the public lutere : which should be paramount ? UA jv/v/j ui > rc r T * v < : is i , A Today the United Stales senate w take up for consideration the- bills pi vlding for a uniform system of ban rnptcy and It Is said that there is fav < able promise that a bankruptcy law w be enacted by the present congfei What Is substantially the Torrey li passed Iho house at the llrst sossl and was rrferrcd to the senate co : mltteo on the judiciary. A majority the committee permitted a sub-UItt to be reported providing only for voln tary bankruptcy , this measure boi known an the Ha Hoy-George bill , has I'pon a bill drawn by KepresentatI Bailey of Texas , amended mid extend by Senator George of Mississippi. T friends of the Torrey bill subniltt that measure as a substitute , with MM amendments to it as It passed the houi Tims both measures will bo consider by the somite. The parliamentary status of the ban rnptcy bill Is stated to bo mitilclcnt favorable to prevent its being sii tracked easily and will probably pern a vote upon some sort of n measu If a vole shall be reached It will 11 ; be taken on the Toney bill and t supporters of that measure are lie ] fid of Its success. It covers both v uiitary and Involuntary bankrupt and it has the almost unanimous si port of the commercial Interests of t count i y. Hut those who Insist tl fliere should not bo Involuntary bai ruptcy may be counted upon to ma a very determined light for that vie Should It appear that they are In t minority they are still Mrong enou to probably prevent , by iho cnipli mcnt of the obstructive tactics at th command , action on the bill during t brief time remaining of the presi congress. Thut they are likely to av themselves of nil their privileges i this jiurpo.su , in the event of thulr ability to pass a measure for voliint ; bankruptcy only , } ) iero can be no doii On the other hand , .should the sen : pass the substitute for the house hill would certainly not bis accepted by I house. This situation , therefore , d < not Justify I'ontldcnt anticipation bankruptcy legislation by the presi congress. The .subject Is of very great 1 portanco to the business Interests of I country , as shown by the declarath of commercial bodies and the petlth that huvo been a cut to congress nctlon. It Is evidently the sentlmcn mong business men generally that i inlform bankruptcy law was neve nore urgently required than now nm h's ' Is also recognized In congress , bn he contest over the Issue as I vhether bankruptcy should bo made vol intary or Involuntary threatens it urther postpone this needed legislation ,1 31unKltA'JCK MKASUllK. Trustworthy opinion In regard to th character of the new tariff bill , on whlc' he ways and means committee Is n ) orted to be making good progress , 1 0 the effect that It will be a moderat neasure. The Intimation Is that thos vho are anticipating high rates of dut ; vlll be disappointed , the republican generally recognizing that It a bill la tie > o passed before the middle of the com ng summer It must be drawn on con ervatlvo lines. This Is said to be th lew of President-elect McKlnley , wh s reported to have remarked reccntl ; hat the country Is weary with revenu and euneiicy legislation and desires : eng rest and opportunity to recuperate While recognizing the urgent necesslt , for legislation which will furnish th government with "sntllclent revenue t neet current expendltuie.s and provld 1 surplus for emergencies , Major Mi Clnlpy Is said.to bo of the opinion tha here Is no reason why the rates of ISO should be arbitrarily adopted. Ills Ide s that a bill should be framed to nice > resent conditions and which when ci ictcd may remain on the statute boo for a number of years with the full aj proval of all classes of the people. Undoubtedly a measure of this charai ter Is what a majority of the people d < sire one that will give reasonable pr < tectlon to all Interests which require ind Insure to the government sulllclei revenue. The very high rates of dut urged by some of the interests heard h the ways and means committee woul ilefeat the purpose of Increasing tli revenue , while they are not necessary t i fair protection of those Interests. It ! lilghly probable that some of the schei ules of the existing tariff will not 1 : alsed and a lowering of duties In .soni cases , with a view to correcting lncn.ua itles anil Incongruities , l.s very llkel ; The present law Is admittedly the mo ; unequal and unscientific in its arrangi mcnt of any tariff act the country hi ever had. Sound policy demands a conservath [ irotective tariff , framed to meet exta Ing conditions and treating jill Interesl fairly , and keeping in view the reveni : necessities of the government. Tim CLAIMS AVAIXST SIMTA. The claims of American citl/.ei against Spain , submitted to congress li the secretary of state , aggregate si sm which would utterly bankrupt the Spai isli treasury if it was required to pa them at once. These claims repicsei losses sustained by Americans in Cull during the present Insurrection nml ni und r various heads. Among the iteu are losses on account of plantatioi seised and held by Spanish troops , whii constitute a large' proportion ) of tie ] dan ages demanded. Then there are chilli for losses on account of crops destroyei In some cases damages are asked b cause the owners of the plantations Inn been prevented from planting new crop It does not appear that these claln have yet linen pressed on the gover : meiit at Madrid. They have simp' been Illed in the State department , whk will in due course submit them to tl consideration of the Spanish gover : mcnt. Meanwhile that government not likely to feel any great degree solicitude in the matter. The adjus incut of the claims will be a work < time and no government knows bett how to consume time in such cases th ; that of Spain. Whenever the Unlti States shall call for a settlement tl course that probably will bo taken w be the appointment of a commission 1 the two governments to make an hives gallon. Tills would occupy a great do of time , and as there would certainly ' disagreement In the findings of the coi mUisloners 3f the respective gover ments , opportunity would be given for i most endless diplomatic controvei- : Thi > last American claim settled by Spa was In dispute a doxen years or mo and when finally an ? agreement w reached as to the amount to be pa Spain held off payment for several ycni With the enormous load of debt on th country and Its credit pamlyzed , t chances of the American claimants ev getting a dollar of indemnity for 1 losses they have sustained are excec ingly small. A ooivjrtjvoHvs ram The new charter seems to be fram on such peculiar lines as almost make assurance doubly sure that Gr crnor Holcomb will be compelled kill it with his veto. The governor his message recommends the repeal the present police commission law in the re-enactment of the law as It w before 1S)5. ! ) The charter bill would i pe.il the existing law , but would cc tlnue the trlpli'-headed appointing boa cieated by Iho last legislature. Tli net , everybody knows , was vetoed 1 the governor because it deprived hi of his constitutional prerogatives chief executive. The action of t legislature In passing ihu act over 1 veto was denounced by populists a : d'Mnoi'i'.Us alike and deprecated by i publicans as a piece of bad legislation In Iho late campaign the restoratl of the old police commission law w pledged by the fusion candldatey. was expected and predicted that t first bill to bj Introduced and p through the legislature would bp t bill restoring to the governor the po\v which had been wrongfully wrest from him. Thu Injection Into thu chi ter of the on > nslvo provision whl Governor ilolcnmb once vetoed Is most an Insult to the governor. It c < travenes , moreover , thu principle up which an IF.SUU was made , If It w wrong for tlr. republicans to deprl thu governor of his constitutional p rogative , how can It ba right for den crats HIM ! populists to re-enact the sin mcabureV There Is no good reason whatev why thu attorney general or land co mlssluucr should havu any voice In t holco of Ttollce commissioners fo Omaha tenjmore than the secretar of stnte w tudltdr or the \vnrilcn o hp penitentiary. What the orlglnn aw conti\lntod was a non-partlsa tollco board deriving Its authorlt from thoTfltttr executive of the state vho Is rcipflirslble ? for the good goveri nent of the-state and the enforcempii of Its lai-s..fWhen | two other otllcor ' ' mvo the anp'o'jntlng power the govermi lecomes < A 'more figurehead and hi executive'ftiilctIon Is usurped while hi ' i > sponslbiylLfoj' | | | law and order n nalns. The' ' members of the Dougla lelegatlonVlio are staking their pollt cal futures on the enactment of th lew charter can not hope to pass over the governor's head either with c without an emergency clause. One of the bills Introduced Into the lej shvture at Lincoln Is Intended to authoi zo corporations organized under th aw of Nebraska to hold their stocl millers' and directors' meetings In otlu states. On the face of the proposltlo there seems to be no good reason wh such n privilege should be granted. . corporation that seeks the bencllts c Nebraska Incorporation laws coul practically put Itself out of the wtal jurisdiction and control If It could estal Isli Its headquarters and transact all li business In distant states. Other stah have the same requirement as Ncbrask and manage to got along very well. In making public the condition of tl state treasury The Bee Is animated 1) ) no hostility to the state treasurer or an desire to embarrass him. The Bee llrst and foremost a newspaper , and 1' ' duty Is to turn the searchlight of pul llcity upon all places which have bee kept In the dark and hidden from tl people. The taxpayws of Nebraska in vitally concerned In the condition of tl state treasury , and they are entitled ' know the truth whether 11 proves to 1 agreeable or disagreeable. There are some excellent features ! the Howell charter , but there is alt getber too much detail on matters tin should bo left to the discretion of > tl council , the advisory board , or the polli commission. The charter should not I a. stralghtjacket , but should leave son elbow room so that city olllclals can a minister the affairs of the city withoi violating it. We can understand why the Ilowt charter excludes from the police coi mission an mini who is now a lire i snrance agent or has been in the 11 Insurance lluslitb&s for a year prccedli appointinenl.bnt why It .should oxclut a man who soils tobacco or cigars is mystery. : Whift cigar stand is th ' aimed at ? , , , It seems that one state depository h : Its bond approve1 ! ! on one day and t the next dn vlind a balance of ovorK ! ) ( 000 of stato'unoney to Its credit Trea t'for Hartley"1 " nhist have carried sta money In lyg.yest pocket all the tin wailing foi-ibanks to put up deposltoi bonds and td VelleVe him of the custoi of surplus cash. Evidences afc'nrultiplying that the s.v toni of Justice courts in operation in N braska needs a radical and thorou ; oveihauling. .As "justice" is at preso administered in these courts it is pos : bio to bring about a more complete pi version of justice under cover of la than in almost any other way yet il vised. If Bryan has really inaugurated tl practice of sending crisp $100 silver ci t Ideates to each lusty infant whose foi parents see tit to name after the Hh trious head of the late popocr.itio jiro ; dentlal ticket , it ought not to take lei to populate the whole country with ml lature William Jennings Biyans , Attorney General Harmon doubts t soundness of the decision of the Klorli federal judge that filibustering is n illegal under the laws of the Unit States. Hut then Attorney General Hi mon does not live in Florida , subject the Influence of popular sympathy f Cuba , that exists there. Com-fKHluiiH on Iliilli SIcli-N. St. Louis nepuhllc. Would It not bo ajooil / plan for llio worn who ( 'oea to the theater In a high hat a His man who leaves the theater between n for a "lileh ball" to compromise for 1 public goad on the basis of mutual refori Unit ! Jlfn Tell X Philadelphia 1'reca , Henry Delgado. the American eorrcspoi ont , who died last Tnreday In a Span prison hospital In Cuba , fell a victim to I Spanish determination that the facts In Cu ahall not bo reported to American papers. knrflUh correspondent has been arrested u Imprisoned , though many of them have trai milled more damnfjIiiK letters than Amorlc corrospondento : but the RnRllsh gnvernnu 1108 a habit of protecting English corroanoi onto. Xl ) Cll'IIL'JIO > - fop IVllNlOIl Kunras City Slur. Kvery votordfit'Tof1 the war will cordla Indorno the declaration of President Clei land that "thbip-who. through a proa lullon of the p'eiisl6n laws and hy forgo seek to defraud1" the government In its I ncvolent InteritMisr1 toward old soldle need not expect to easily ohtaln clemen at my hanili. " < J This slalemcnt w hrought out by an application for the pi don of JamesirA. 'and Rlien Uirfcrt. w Imvo been corivfetrtl ot forging slgnatui ta oppllcatlouaofwl pensions. No man the country begrudges the most llbei Prnslons to ( l ai-fvln old soldiers , 1 : there U tsomctiimg BO atrocious In t cilme which tint * Bnly defrauds the g ( einment hut asperses the character every ponaloneni. that thorp ought tone no clemency u/omsuch a criminal at t hands of any president. rn' Till' CMinruhcii mill .llxICInliiy. S | > rlnrtK-j > < ( Jfypa. ) Ilcpubllcun. Ths Methodist churches at Washing ! are contesting for the honor of I'icsldi McKlnley'a attendance during his term onice. The Irust os oj five of them ha wrltlcn on , lenderlng pews , but lha ma icmalns non-comniltlal. nut the rjuosti Is rising to a inaenltudo which will ihri Itself Info the coming spring * conference that dlslrlcl , and one. Washington cor spondeut sayo Bishop Hurst has gent a n resentatlvo to Canton lo find oul the majo Inlcntlous , so that a proper disposition pastors may be made at the confiTcn Presumably he dcsjrcs ( o give iho prcsldi ca flue a specimen of pulpit material they have nt hand. Qf course all I hubbub and rivalry Is over purely splrlti objects. The altcndanco ol the presldi 's ccipstlv calculated to advance lha lilngd of doi ) In that church. Hut they do i ul WashhiKlon lhat It Ii9s never provlou lintl any effect , save to fill the church w Iieoplo who come , as ono pastor ptitri It , : to worulilp , but to grallfy au Ulu curlosl von THU uxro Kearney Hub ! There are a number o newspapers In this state that the Hub ct tccma very highly , that II In compelled t lake Issue with regarding Iho oxposlllv appropriation. Some of these newspaper * and they are few , are disposed to sadiH the whole enterprise onto Omalm anil t inako It appear as a private enterprise c that city. Again , a little of Iho Lincoln Omaha antagonism appears , anil this I jtust na senseless as the olhcr. The slut ( should inalio an out-nnd-out donation I the enterprise , with euch provision as wl ! glvo something In return when the exposl lion Is concluded. If In addition tlm stnt desires to make a loan , thai ran bo don ulw. In th'o ' matter Omaha stands for Ih state , the stale stands for Iho Trnnsmlf slaslppl country , anil the secllon weal f -\UfstMlppl elands for the best that wl be witnessed In the development of th country during the next twenty ycats. Th perron , the newspaper or the communll thai altcmpU to block the enterprise c lo hinder or discourage U will cul jusl abov as much figure as a fly on an elephant1 trunk. The thing for a few kickers lo d la lo atop kicking , rail In with public ecr Ihnent and public spirit , aralst In mnktn Iho exposition ono of Ihc grcalcst ever hoi In Iho country , and Ihen live happy eve after. 1'onca Journal : The proposed Transmit filmlppl Kxposlllon lo bo held In Omaha I nn Immense undertaking , requiring a va ; expenditure of money , but It will prove i Invaluable benefit to Nebraska and 'tli whole middle west and far moro than con pcnsalo Ihe energy devoted to It. The lef Islaturo should not lag In performing li part , but stninl up for Iho atato and promol Its welfare by n liberal appropriation , wit which lo aid In carrying out the. great 01 lerprUe. The exposition will open In tli spring of 1S3S and remain In full blast tint fall , and to make It a successful rival < the splendid Chicago fair of ' 93 will bo Hi aim and cifort of the management. Fremont Herald : The Trausmlsslsslpi Exposition will bo n greater success limn w ; al first figured an. The co-operation of stall west ot the Mississippi river Is all lhat w : expected when Iho cnlcrprlso was fin planned , but Ihc btincflU to be derived ai so apparent that states cast of the Jfttthcr i Waters want lo come In and there Is a hi now before the Illinois legislature nsldi : for an appropriation for thai purpose. Tl moro the merrier. If necessary , let's make a world affair. Omaha can handle It. Grand Island Independent : Thoru Is no o | position whatever In the state agahuit an a | proprlatlon for the Transmlsalsslppl I2xpoa ( . 'ion , but the requisite amount tawhat dllllcult lo determine upon. U should 1 berne In mind , however , that Nebraska mil load In this onlorprlso If It expects otlu states to subscribe toward ulate buildings at exhibits. Hut thcru should be such pr visions made as will guard against any reel less expenditure , such as that which cha acterlzed the World's fair appropriation. Lincoln News : The people of Omaha hai preferred a request of the slate loglslatui Hint It appropriate the sum of $350,000 to n the propoy3d Transmlsslsslppl exposition bo held In that city next year. Thcru aeen to be considerable opposition among tl members of the legislature to the voting i such a sum. Some of the objectors base the action on the ground that the financial coi dltlon of the state Is such that they deem unwise to tax the people so largo an amoun Others affect to bellevo It simply an Omal enterprise and argue that It Is only a cai cf Omaha greed. The plain facts are they The people of Nebraska , the majority of thcr \\o believe , are heartily In favor of glvir -stato aid lo the exposition. All who re. and think know that an exposition of tl character contemplated by the managcmci will draw largely from all sections of tl country , especially from the east , where * tl wtflt gets It money supply. Omaha will I benefited primarily , but the advantage tlio slate Is well worth the expenditure ot considerable sum to Insure the success the exposition. It lo scarcely 'necessary ' fi the News to enlarge upon the benefits th will accrue to the slate generally ; all w recognize these. But there Is onq thing tl people of the state outside of Omaha wh to bo assured of , and that Is that Omaha wl do her part. We have been Informed by tl committee sent down here that the cltlzci of Omaha have given stock subscrlptloi amounting to $125,000. That Is an oxcelle : showing , hut will it bo paid. If It Is , tin the people of Nebraska ran afford to do a most as well themselves. The News b llcves that if the legislature will pass a b appropriating , say $300,000 , to aid the o position contingent upon the people of Omal raising In csah f 100,000 or In other won ! pay out $3 for every $1 that Omaha will li down that such action will meet with tl approval of the taxpayers generally. Woman's Weekly ( Omaha ) : The Iran mUslsslppl bill will be up for discussion soi and we hope the Nebraska legislature w not attempt to bo original on a propcsltli which Is for the good of all concerned ai about which there can be no two opluloi among Nebraska people however It in ; seem to those of other states. Horace Gre ley , or some one , said , "nothing nuccee like success , " and while the expression mi be so old that It is entitled to rcat , It tel a truth. If wo make the exposition a KU CMS at this end. It will bo a success on i sides. If wo bellevo In It , It will be the eJect Ject of other people's hopca and desln None can help It along like the leglalatui None will reap such benefits as the farm and the farmer's family. There can ho possible * good come to Iho newspapers , 1 instance , except what comes from genei prosperity , but the farmer and the farmei wife will reap decided and Immediate bon fUa. For a district of 200 miles evcrythl : In the way of edibles will advance In prl to a great degree and the demand bo vo br'sk. These must all coinu from the farn and besides this small consideration will the far greater ono of lasting benefit In i way of advertising. Men will vlalt the e position and look at the country. It will u icvolatlon lo many. Immigration will Increased and farina will rlso In valt Tiicoo are reason's enough for the populta who are supposed to bo farmers , for favt Ing the appropriation. It la eald by many that the exposition w be an Omaha affair , lhat Omaha will rccel all the benefits. She will nlso receive t offectu of the reaction which always toiler an increase of population of an unscttl or temporary character. The outside portl of the elate will not feel this latter resi at all. I bellevo the exposition will benc Omaha , bul I bellevo It will benefit t whole state far moro and the greatest bt-i : nt to Omaha will bo , In the years to con from the borat given to values In real < tale and farms. It Is a pity that men shoi ! not bo able to see that the benefit must mutual , or not at all , and the rc.'ponDlblll must ba mutual , GO far as the citizens of estate state -iro concerned , or the exposition w bo a failure , Vote for the bill , gcntlemc and do It with moro vigor and hcartlnc than you have voted for anything late ! Tills is your opportunity ; Omaha met he when U was presented and will all the w through. Gretna Ilcporter : Wo will forglvo t Ic-ghlature for repealing the sugar boun law If It will but make an adequate appi prlatlon far the Tramimlsslsillppl Bxpoalllc but If It falls to do this then It has cstn llsliod the fact that It Is opposed to progrc ot any naturo. Governor Holcomb In hU mi "ago recommends a liberal npproprlatlc The people all over the atato expect It n It will be poor economy Indeed to refu tn make a reasonable appropriation , IS braska will be Immeasurably benefited by gaod showing at the exposition and a apparent parsimony on the part of our pco ] will detiact from the future prosperity our great state In thu same ratio Unit o parsimony Is apparent , Let the approprl lion bo sufficient ta display our reaourc rnd advanlagcs bcller , or at least c.i well , aur neighbor states , Illinois has already a propilaled { 100,000 and provided for the pa mcnt of any deficiency that might occ above that amount , and Nebraska should the very least appropriate * twlco that amou : Nothing 1(83 will do , Wllber Democrat : The Transmlsalssli Exposition' la Iho blRBcel adverllpcment tl htn over been attempted for Nebraska , well as for Iho atates beyond the Ilockl It U not a visionary , skyrocket ncheme , I t well-matureJ effort to glvo iho widest pi Mble publicity to the advantaged offered , th'.i section to capltallJtu and homenceki who have money with which to buy land a rngago In Industrial enterprises. There c lie uo qucntlon that the great woat , with. Imlttras energy and Us reslsllcos push , wl h 1S9S preeent nn exposition lo the worl tin success of which will more than j.mtl ! ho most liberal Appropriations thl.i and otht wcslern slatfa may make. Similar cnlei irises have rceullcd In , building up olh < sltlts And stales and thcrrt Is every reasc 0 expect It lo do Iho same In Hits case. Nchanka ncgldtcr ; We are sorry to et a disposition on the part ot some nicmbci of the legislature to fight an approprl ! .Ion for the Trnnsmls.'ilsslpiil Kxposltlo : which they cull an "Omaha concern. " Th exposition mean.1 ; n great deal for Xobrast and wb trust thai Iho financial asslslani given by the Icgtalalure will bo liberal ai : suftlelenl , eo thai all Ihc nlales wcsl of tl Mississippi may he thereby encouraged ' lend their substantial aid. Nelson , Nob. , Gazette : The Transmlsst slppl and IiitcriiHtlon.il Imposition lo bu he at Omaha In 1S9S Is an enterprise the sn : es3 ot which depends upon the united 1 Jors of every Ncbiaskan In particular ar .he entire northwest In general. It wl 1 fiord such nn opportunity na lias ncvi been given the people of the midwest i encourage capital to Invent here and ns.sl In Ihe development of our stale. It will 1 : he chance ot a lifetime. The national co : ; resslll do Its sbaio ; let the state legl laturo make as a liberal an appropriate as our finances will pennlf. Then with 11 energy of Irue weslern grit backing It up , tl exposition will be equal lo anything ot tl kind vvi-r atlcmplrd. Illalr Pilot : Inasmuch as the Traiisml xls-ilppl Kxposlllon will hrlni ; Itn flivU gic good to Nebraska , our IcKlslaluro sho\i make n genetoua appropriation for the N braeka display and to turlhcr Ihe home I tercsls In Ihe undertaking Nebraska shou bo the center of attraction In the cntl affair. Kiiijunvioi3 nut i.niiisi. vrou Auburn 1'ost1 The law now wisely pr vldcs thai caltle stealing l a felony , ohotild bo amended to Inclido ho ? tucalh or chicken stealing. No matter how sm.i the amount , the offender should bo punteh : ay a felon. St. Paul Phonograph : It is the lmpcrall\ \ duly of Iho legislature to take Innncdla measures for a 'thorough Investigation i the slale treasury. U has long boon n ma ter of public knowledge lhat Ihe trcasur under Hartley's admlnlstrallon , has bc ( grossly mismanaged and reform work cai not proceed unless the festering sores fully uncovered. Tccumsch Journal : The Journal hopes th an anti-pass law will be adopted during tl present Ipglslatlvo session. lly anti-pa law we mean all lhal the word Implies < a la that will positively prohibit the giving passca to any one other than regular 01 ploycs. Make the penalty fov a violation such law so t'everc that no ono darn brt' ' : il and wo will have purer and better polltl In Nebraska. Kullerton Post : A bill has bcpn Intrcduc in the legislature prohibiting lobbyists fro having access to the floor of ellher hour This bill U the height ot foolishness. Tl lobby tiocs not get In 113 work In the pre once of the world. It would be as appr prlatc for n bank to hang up a notice th burglars were not allowed In the bank durli business hours. There Is as much sense one as the other. Hartlngton Herald : Ono mecsuro Ih has been Introduced In the state loglslatu worthy of careful consideration the bill which provides for t ; flection of county ntisorsors , and t assessment of property at Ita full cash valu Irue , the latter clause Is the law now , b tlnough the precinct assessor plan It Id nul fled. With county nssessois It might bo c forced , and a more uniform rate of taxalii would be sure to result. York Times : There are some very sens ble things for a populist legislature to < In Nebraska , each ono of which would i much toward removing the grave susplcloi that many people hold of the Judgment ai Integrity of that party , but as soon as tin begin to tamper with the collection law with a view to making debts harder to cc lect and credits moro precarious , they dai ngo the state and lose the esteem of all wl people. Why do tl iy not try to find 01 what really needs to bo done and do It ? Kearney Hub : A meritorious bill Is bcfo the legislature which proposes to do awt with deficiency judgments. It Is based e the Illinois and Iowa laws and Is said lo ) similar to the law now In force in Ml sourl. Stay of execution Is also dlsposi of , and property may bo sold without a pralscment , but the debtor Is given 01 yrar In which to redeem. Great Injusti has been done In this state under the pre cnt deficiency law , the framers ot whii evidently < lld not anticipate a condith such as has confronted debtor proper owners during the past four years. Central City Democrat : The reform of t ! jury system should engage the earnest a tentlon of the legislature. History has del onstrated Ihe neccaslly of maintaining tl jury system , yet it has not , as It should ha done , grown with Iho limes. The effo should be to pick out for jury service t : most Intelligent men of the county. T ! questions to bo asked jurymen by nttorne should bo confined In lorms and perempto challenges largely done away with. Th with a majority verdict and provision th questions of fact once determined by a ju should not again be subject to review , t Bother with the abolishment of appeals i technicalities. , the administration of Justl would be held In much higher esleem than now Is. Wlsner Chronicle : It would ho a great It provemcnt of the school election law of th stale If the time of electing members school boards were changed from the la Monday in Juno to n. date in the fore pa of April. This would enable the new elected members of boards lo famlllarl themselves with the workings of the schon and the qualifications of the teachers bcfo the expiration of the year , thereby render ! : them moro competent to act upon the rea polntment of teachers. It would also perm the earlier appolnlmcnl of teachers wltho the annually recurring friction over Ihe selection by the old boards. Cities now ele their school boards at the time of Ihelr sprli elecllon , anJ there Is no reason why 11 same dale should not bo mailo to apply every district In the state , while every co stderatlon Is In Its favor. Columbus Tlmcfc : Wo shall watch with I torest any action taken by our Icglslatu Inquiring into Ihc syslom controlling t ! trusts and combinations that Imvo BO firm grip upon this state , and whoso Impudcn and extortions are stifling our homo imlu tries. Their balaful Influence Is felt In eve homo In thU slalo. The very nccessllles llfo are made Instruments of oppression their handy , and the weak and helpless a the sufferers. They destroy compotltlo close Iho doors of our factories and war shops 'lhat do not bow to their behests , ai throw thousands of worthy people out of e : ployment. The consuming power of Iho pc plo Is de&troyed when the homo producli power Is affected , This state has been true ridden , lo Us detriment , and the antocra are constantly tlghlcnlng their grip , Tin need wholesome legislative restraint. s o.v I'inii.io SAI.AIUI : * _ _ _ _ . Tecumseh Chieftain : Senator Dumlas' b ! to cut the salaries of all state and conn ofllcera a straight 20 per cent met wl llttlo encouragement In Ihe reform legl laturo and died a natural death last Tut day , Crclo Democrat : The ralartos of pub ! officials are Illicly to inko a tumble tli winter. Why should the people take fro their hard earned substance and pay a pu Ho official three tlnuxi aa much for his ser Ices In office aa he can earn out of olllc ThU Is a question thousands are askh themselves every day. Kearney Huh : Several bllla have bei Introduced In the legislature cutting tl salaries of superintendents and employes etate Institutions. 'In ' omo Instance * II salaries of subordinates can bo cut wltho Injury , but a cheap man for the head of public Institution la expensive , no mail how small Iho salary. SI , Paul Phonograph ; Senator Dmi'J lias Intro luccd a resolution ile-mamllng horizontal reduction of 20 per cent In 11 salaries paid state and counly omployi This proposition appears to us as being i awkward method to accomplish a lime reform. U would undeniably be an ea way for Iho legislature to meet an econoi leal demand , but It 'would ' reflect , hardsli upon the oervlco. . THIS HM'OSITIOX Mf.MIIKIt. Hastings ncmtvrnt The Omaha llco'a ex- xwltlon number Ipsucd January 1C was hand * iome and eomplelo and a great output ot the Department of Publicity. St. Paul Phonograph : Saturday The Omaha llco Issued , very elaborate and well writ- en special edition booming the big cxposl- lon. Mr. Hoscwater Is to bo commended for his Indefatigable enterprise. Ord Quiz : The Omaha Hce'a Saturday 19- nte last week was a very appropriate edi tion , devoting much npAco to the history of iho Transmlsfllsslppi Imposition and of Ihe Blairs and Icrrltorlca Included In thai region. Wood HIvcr lutsrests : The TrsnsmUslo- felppl Kxposlllon edlllon of The Omaha I3co proved very entertaining reading nml dem onstrated thai placing the advertising ot the exposition In ehnrgc of Mr. lloscwater was no mUlakc. . Schuyler HcrAld : The special Transmls- alsslppl cvllllon Rolien out by The Omaha lice , on Hie IClh of Ibis month , was simply Immense. The publishers of that most ex- collenl paper nre ecrt.ilnly entitled to great credit for Ihelr cntcrrutae. Nebraska Oily Press ; The Omaha Hep ot Saturday was a special number devoted lo Ihc TraiiBiuli'slcalppI Kxposltlou. The llco lias commenced woik In oarncsl and where II leads the oilier newspapers of iho slalo ulll have no hrsllancy In following. Tobias Gazette- : The Trausmlsslssliipl Rx- ncsillon number of Ihc Omaha Hec wan a hummer. U trcul of Its origin and the choosing of 'Omaha as a place for holding It. The llco has done much toward making tlio exposition n success and the advertising ot Nobinska. Plattsmouth Journal : The Omaha Dee last Saturday Issued n special Transtnlssl jlnpl Imposition mipplemcm , giving a complete History of the work accomplished by the managers of thi- big show. The c-Jlllon was handsomely illiulMlcd and Is a credit to Omaha and Nebraska. Itlalr Pilot : The expedition edition of The Omnha Heo. published last Saturday , gave Ihe people of Omaha arid The lice read ers a grand Idea of thu extent and scope ot the objects of the Transmlsslaslppl Bx- imsltlon. This edlllon ot The Heo should bo placed by the managers broadcast over the country. Schuyler Sun : Last Saturday the Omaha Heo Iwucd a special edlllon In Iho Intercuts of the Transmlsslflslppi exposition. It con tains some very line Illustrations and is nol only n credit to The Dec Publishing com pany , but to the stale al large , and will no doubt do much Rood for the advancement of the enterprise. Crawford Gazette : The exposillon number of Thu Omaha Hee. Is-jucd on January 10 , was a beautv. It fdrly swelled with Inter esting mailer - tlu > concta-uliig great Transmls- sisslnil Imposition to be held at Omaha In 1S98 , was profusely and handsomely Illus trated and the articles were ably written. Von should send for n copy. South Omaha Drovers' Journal : The Omaha llco , with characteristic enterprise. Saturday Issued a Iwcnly-pagc edition giv ing Interesting facts about the coming Transmlsslsslppl Imposition , nml a resume ot leading business enterprises and their projectors that will do much to bring Omaha and the exposition prominently before the- people. Datllo Creek Hepubllcan : Last Saturday's Omaha lice contained a review of the Trans * iuls.ils4lppl lixpcsltlon project. It was printed on extra good paper and contained a number of fine Illustrations , accompanied by a short but graphic history of each ot the trausmlsslsslppl slates. A copy of lha paper should ho secured and read by thosa wishing to Inform themselves about the ex position. O'Neill Frontier : The Omaha Dee of Sat urday was a handsomely Illustrated edition of twenty pages , devoted to the Transmls slsslppl Exposition , giving a graphic de scription of the wealth and resources of the great Transmlssisslppl states and territories , character of the products to be exhibited ; also showing come of Ihe leading Industries ot Omaha. It 'was ' a paper which of Itself will be a good thing for Nebraska. Hastings Tribune : Last Saturday's Omaha B.o contained twenty pages. It devoted sev eral pages to the great Transmlsslsslppl Kx- posltion , showing plans of some of the build ings. A portrait of each man who will help manage the exposition was printed. The list of otllcers and committees , ' biographical sketches of the leaders and the origin ami story of the exposition all appeared arul make The Heo of that date a great edition. Alliance Times : The Omaha llee ot last Saturday wao a twenty-iiaso paper mostly descriptive of the Transmlsslsslppl Exposi tion , the men who have charge of It , and -4. No suit is complete with out an extra pair of trousers , if it is to be worn day in and day out , for no one has found yet a way to keep trousers from bagging and wrinkling when in constant use. We have a great variety of extra trousers in fancy pat terns , stripes and checks , That will go farther than any thing else toward keeping your suit spick and span the balance of the winter and the cost is not much , A pair of our $2.00 trousers would tone up an old coat wonderfully and our $2.50 , $3 , $3.75 , $5 , $6 and $7 trousers would add that much difference in the appearance of any suit you might have. These are all extra prices for extra trousers , N. B , Any alterations that are necessary will be made free of charge. St *