THE OMAHA T ATLY , 1JE13 : STNDAY , FEBIUJAIIY 21 , 1897.
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presence this 3d dny of February IMi.
( Ronl. ) Nol tY
All roads will lend to Lincoln o
TucHtlay afternoon.
It will bo pretty linnl for the now In
candescent : lamp trust to keep the puo
pie In the dark about Its affairs.
\Vhen \ that Ions ; distance telescopl
photograph Instrument Is perfected n
man will ever be able to feel safe.
The successful trip of the battlcslii
Texas from New York to Oalveston
l > y water-should send a thrill throusl
every patriotic vein.
We presume the legislature will no\\
proceed npaln to lock the state treasurj
Klable door after the horse has ueei
Ktolen out of It for a second time.
And there are overlaps In several stat
funds for which the respoiisibllltj
nhoiild be located before the imiulsltlve
ness of tlu > legislature settles down.
The fact that there is now only out
vacant place In the McKinley eablne
and ten days in which to fill It oiifjli
materially to simplify the tusk of tin.
nmateur mechanics.
No bank ousht to be considered saf (
onouKh to handle state funds that is no
perfectly willing to Imve. its deposits o
public money known to the taxpayer.s
every day in the year.
With Cuba and Crete on their ease
hands there 1 little prospect that tin
warlike members of the United States
senate 'will ' approve any nieo/snrc so
pacific as the arbitration treaty.
There are slill a few members o
President Cleveland's oflidal famil.\
whose services mifjht be had as col
lose presidents or professors If only tin
colleges speak early enough and lout'
enough.
Applications for lloor space at tliL
exposition already coming In at a
rate which promises well for supreme
activity In this respect so soon as tin.
exposition Is placed squarely on Its feel
by proper legislative action.
The chief executive of Oalveston.
Tex. , Is regularly Introduced to conven
tions and meetings to which lie delivers
the welcoming address as Mayor Fly.
No wonder candidates who run against
him for otilce cannot touch 'him.
No German manufacturer would pi
rate American bicycle trade marks un
less American bicycles were vastly su
perior to his own product. Imita
tion is always a confession of the
superiority of the article Imitated.
The United States retains Its repu
tation abroad as a good country for
foreign celebrities to visit In quest of
replenishment for exhausted exchequers
If tint influx of European artists , lectur
ers and actors Is worth anything us a
test.
No political parly owes anything to
men who betray public trusts con
ferred on them by the people because
endorsed with the parly name. Kits-
callly knows no political allegiance and
no political party can nil'ord to shield
rascality. <
Alaska has been cultivating bine
.foxes for a number of years. And now
Nebraska boasts a skunk farm among
Its newly developed agricultural Indus ,
tries. It Is only fair that the public
fihoulil know that this Is a pure busi
ness venture.
Congress will listen to the rending of
Washington's farewell address tomor
row and the example could well be
emulated by men and women every
where who enjoy the fruits of liberty
won by the revolutionary heroes under
Washington's brave leadership.
Senator Kyle certainly has nothing to
thank the populist party for In his re
election to the senate. The senator was
originally a republican before he Joined
the populists , and he hat ; now an excel
lent opportunity and excuse for re
turning to his llrst ixlltlcal love.
A slate cannot always avoid nil un
fortunate reputation bestowotl by reason
of hard times. It Is Itself , however ,
directly and primarily responsible for a
bail name acquired through a systematic
oourno of laxity and negligence In dealIng -
Ing With Its dishonest public ucrvuute.
A I'l'I.PIT KDlTOULlli.
When a preacher innkcs n statement
which he finds to be untrue , whether
made from the pulpit or In private , ho
should haves the courage , the manhood
and honor to admit hU error. No man
Is Infallible In his Judgments. Kven the
pope restricts his claim of Infallibility
! to matters of creed.
' It was perfectly natural for the min
isters who sincerely desire social puri
fication and law and order to fall Into
the trap laid for them by clever poli
ticians Interested In the perpetuation of
the present police management. Hut
after the disclosures of rottenness and
liielllcleucy made by The Bee nt the
risk of offending the vicious and law
less classes it Is amazing that any
preacher should persist In praising and
upholding the Iniquity of the "reform"
police board and attempt to palliate Itn
criminal negligence , If not collusion.
The only parallel to this exhibition
of ministerial gullibility afforded In the
history of Omaha occurred In ISS'J ,
when that pious refprmer , Paul Van-
tlervoort , appeared with another notori
ous boss politicians before the local
Ministerial association , prayerfully mid
tearfully Invoking Its aid to defeat the
candidacy of George W. Llnhigcr for
mayor because he was alleged to be
pledged to the gamblers and dlvo keep
ers to run the town wide open. The
result was that the credulous Protestant
preachers joined with the riff-raff of the
city and helped to elect oh , horror of
horrors an Irish Koman Catholic
mayor , who did exactly what Paul the
Apostate had made them believe they
were preventing.
While It may be eminently proper for
the politician to use the preacher as
his entspaw , there is nothing in the
bible that requires a minister to stand
up for n political parishioner who has
deceived him or whoso conduct Is Inde
fensible. Nobody contends that the
modern newspaper Is perfect or above
all criticism. It Is doubtless true that
statements published in the newspaper
are sometimes contradicted. The press
of today may be too prone to sensa
tionalism , na Mr. Foster's pastor
charges , but that fact does not condone
the police scandals which have been
exposed through the columns of this
paper. When specific charges of corrup
tion , Immorality and lawlessness are
published in a responsible paper and
cannot be successfully contradicted , it
will hardly do for a preacher who has
any self-respect to brush away the Im
putation of inelllclency and neglect of
duty on the part of superiors by taunt
ing the newspapers with sensationalism
or impugning their motives by cow
ardly intimations that they are actuate !
by mercenary purposes.
Mr. Foster's pastor tries to exculpak
Chief Slgwart . by suggesting tha
charges of misconduct have been malic
lously trumped up against him at thlt
day to force the removal of the. pres
ent "reform" police board. Mr. Foster' *
pastor knows , or ought to know , tha
charges of disreputable conduct were
made against Slgwart by The P.ee whei
as a sergeant of police he scnndally.ei
the service by the orgies at the notori
ous lllalr police picnic. That happeuei'
over three years ago , under the 11 rs
police board , lie was dismissed later
for the good of the service , but rein
stated and promoted by the prcson1
board , which thereby endorsed the Blair
performance. Mr. Foster's pastor may
not know either that tills exemplary
chief , while attending the conventloi
of the state organization of police chiefs
at Hastings , took part. In a dlsgrncefu
escapade that came to the notice of Ihc
polios commissioners , who at that time
declared their Intention to remove him
Why is he retained Is spite of sucl
it record ? Perhaps some one of his ad
mirers can tell.
The most gauzy defense that is made
for the present "reform" board Is that
The Bee Is inconsistent and therefore
insincere. While denouncing the local
[ wllee for not suppressing prize liglit-
ng in Omaha , its columns are filled
"with reports about a coming prize light
n Nevada. The I5ee Is a newspaper
Irst of all. It prints all the news. It
s true It gives space to reports of brutal
> rlze lights , jii.st as it does of lynchlngs ,
suicides and bii'glarles. ' At the same
time it denounces the collusion of olll-
: ers with crime and endeavors to cor-
ect the abuses and evils with which
tlio people are afllicted.
Whatever may be said of the dcgen-
> racy of the American pre s in recent
venrs by Its sensational features , The
Ueo can safely challenge comparison
with the most conservative and clean-
st of the great metropolitan dallies.
I'lio charge that The Bee Is working
'or revenue In making police exposures
s contemptible. The Bee can truth
fully assert that It has sacrificed more
uoney In lighting the battles of true
eform than would pay the salaries of
til the preachers In Omaha for ten
vears. It has labored Incessantly , in
season and out of season , for good gov-
irnment , and has always advocated all
atlonnl reforms. In this mission The
lee has been earnestly engaged for
nero than n quarter of a century , while
generations of preachers have come to
) nmhn and gone again. It Is Identified
vltli the cily and state and shares their
rosperlty and adversity. It enjoys
good government and suffers from mis-
government. It I.s always glad to have
he co-operation or the pulpit , but fan-
nit bo diverted from the path of lion-
sty and Justice by the misguided op-
msltlon of any minister , or all the mlii-
sterrf.
r \vrni \
The United States senate has agreed
o a resolution expressing sympathy
vlth ( ! rewe In her efforts to release
ho Christians of ( Veto from Turkish
omlnatlon and persecution. A few
My.s ago the Grecian minister of for-
Ign nlValrs acknowledged In most cor-
lal terms "the expressions of sym-
athy from the great American people * '
nil undoubtedly the action of the sen-
tu will be most highly regarded by the
lellenlc government ! and people. On
lie other hand It may hi expected to
anso a feeling resentment . on the
art of the Turkish government , as did
ho expression of congressional sympa
thy with the Armenians. H will be re
mumbcred that that action was verj
distasteful to Turkey , although It wa ?
not ofllclnlly communicated to , that gov
ernment , the president exercising his
discretion In withholding It. None the
less it expressed the sentiment of the
American i > eople , as does the senate res
olutlon now. The Cretan matter fitlll
awaits settlement. It Is yet possible
that the courageous .and honorable- pur
pose of Greece may be thwarted , at
least In part , by the powers. But the
hope of the American people , In com
mon with nil civilized mankind , Is thai
the brave stand of the little kingdom
will be maintained and that Crete will
be fully and dually delivered from tin
domination of the brutal Turk.
Greece has felt the Inspiriting influ
ence of American sympathy before.
She had It In her war of independence
ngalnst Turkey seventy-five years ago.
One of the most eloquent speeches ever
made by Daniel Webster In congress
was delivered In the house of repre
sentative * ? January , 182-1 , In support of
n resolution to provide for the expense
of sending an agent or commissioner
to Greece. The struggle for Grecian In
dependence was still going on , but this
fact did not deter the great orator from
urging that the United States should
extend to Greece "some cheering sound ,
some look of sympathy , some token of
compassionate regard. " As Greece was
then , so practically Crete Is today and
if American sympathy can do aught to
help her deliverance- from Turkish op
pression and persecution It should bo
freely extended.
TIIK xunrn 'K8TKttx XKX.T.
There Is a well grounded feeling In
Omaha that this TrnusmlsslsslppI Ex
position IIIIH not received the substan
tial encouragement from the great rail
way .corporations , which of all others
will derive the largest pecuniary bene
fit from the enterprise. With the com
mendable exception of the Burlington
railroad , which subscribed Jf.'tO.OOO to
ward the exposition and exerted poten
tial and -Invaluable influence in its be
half , all the railroads centering In
Omaha have put off the exposition man
agers with promises.
But line words butter no parsnips and
expositions cannot be built , on promises.
There Is , of cour.se , reasonable excuse
for delayed action on the part of
the Union Pacific , which is in the hands
of the txmrtK , and the Rock Island and
Milwaukee roads , whose directories are
not to meet until March. With Uie
Northwestern , however , It is entirely an
other matter. That railroad , through
Its president , has made the promise of a
liberal appropriation In support of the
exposition at the earliest day after Its
annual meeting. That meeting was
hold several weeks ago , but the promise
hus not yet materialized. Meantinv
the exposition has been located at Mil
ler park , which gives the Northwestern
system a practical monopoly of rail
road facilities to the exposition ! grounds.
The question | naturally suggests It
self , Why should the Northwestern road
still hold back ILs subscription ? Why
should it not at least match the Bur
lington in public spirit , after it
lias been given vpoclal advan
tages over all oilier roadsthat
cuter into Omaha ? It Is certainly
not asking too much of the managers of
that corporation to reciprocate the favor
conferred upon their company by the
exposition directors , even to the detri
ment of competitors who have come to
Its support without exacting any con
cessions. In so doing they would be
engaging in no uncertain venture. Their
pro ratal of exposition funds is certain
to be returned with multiple interest
In the increased tralllc of the exposition
year , to say nothing of the permanent
development of the west-em country.
In which the Northwestern system has
so great an Interest.
The example set by the great rail
roads that have their terminals in
Nashville in donating ? 2r > ,000 apiece .ill
( ' ash and an equal Hum In transportation
toward the Temiesseo Centennial lOxpo-
pltion can and should bo emulated b.v
the railroads converging In Omaha ,
which have much greater resources anil
have more at slake. Let the North
western follow Hie lead of the Burling
ton and others will follow Its lead.
miKHK Uint VI , tO IS KOT SKKN.
The American consul at Cairo , In a
report of the tralllc of the Suez canal ,
states that "not a single ship bearing
the United States flag passed through
the canal last year. " The flags of all
the other great commercial nations are
seen in that highway of commerce , but
the stars and stripes do not appear
there , American products are carried
through the canal , but they go in for
eign .ships. And this is not tile only
place where I ho Hag of the United States
Is rarely or never seen , In November ,
IS'.Ct ' , the American consul general at
Bangkok , in a report on the foreign
trade of Slam , said : "The lack of
American shipping everywhere Is so no
ticeable as to give ( lie Impression
iimoiig Asiatics that wo are not a com
mercial nation. Of over fiOO merchant
steamers ami ships flint entered the port
f Bangkok In 18M ! not one was Ameri
can. Of over 1,700 vessels that entered
the ports of Japan In the same year
only thirty-two carried our flag. " In
1H)5 ! ) only fifty-ono American shl s en
tered the port of Ulo de Janeiro out
i f a total of 1-KiO. Only two American
steamers entered the port of .Shanghai
In IS' ' , ) . " ) , while In the same year the port
if Canton was visited by only one Amer
ican sailing vessel. The Hags of Kng-
land , Germany , France , Sweden , Nor
way and other countries which have
i merchant marine can bu seen con
stantly In these ports , but the American
it any of them rarely is gladdened by
Ihe sight of his country' tlag flying
from a masthead.
In tills respect our position among
: he nations of the world Is humiliating ,
Xmerlcans In foreign lands realize tills
'nr more than those at home can np-
ireciate. They feel that It Is a reproach
.o their country , with Its vaunted on-
: rgy and enterprise , to be placed at
inch a disadvantage. And so It la. The
lag of this great commercial nation
to wave over American ships car-
tying American products on every sea
and In ever 'i flrt of the world. We
should have Uj.ni/irchnut marine unsur
passed by tliNfof any oilier1 nation and
which wouhlllreider | our people Inde
pendent of fort , J& < i ship owners and keep
at homo tne-'Viist sum that annually
goes abroad ' . \ fyty \ \ \ for the transiwrta-
tlon of our irrodtictfl.
How shall thlsi'be. ' secured Is a ques
tion that thci'juvct administration and
congress will Iw "Oalled n\wn \ to seriously
consider. Ilay.jh provided for revenue
and reasoiiablejlU'otectlon , they will find
no more Impdi'tartt subject for consider
ation than tlttf ( providing for a mer
chant marine : fliie republican party Is
pledged to dd this and Ihc people ex
pect of It a wise mid practicable plan
for restoring our ling to the seas and
promoting our commercial expansion In
every quarter of the world where wo
may successfully compete for trade.
Within the last two months half n
dozen trusts have col'apsed. All of these
were associated with the Iron and steel
Industry. The llrst to break down was
the Nail trust , followed by the Bolt and
Nut trust , the. Steel Billet trust , the
Steel Beam trust , the Steel Hall trust
and the Machine Bolt trust . The con
ditions which brought about these col
lapses were practically the same In each
case. The combinations had made and
holi } up prices beyond what the market
would stand and at last there was re
volt against n policy which was restilet-
Ing trade and dtssulutioii' ' ensued. The
result demonstrated how llitgrant had
been the exercise of trust power In
exacting excessive prices. ICvery one
of these combinations was acting the
part of a public robber. The Nail trust
and the Steel Ball trust were particularly
rapacious , but the others were very little
better. With anything like a normal
business they would have made en
ormous iirolits.
The fate of these combinations sug
gests that there are limitations to the
powers of tills form of monopoly ; that
the trusts , however well organized * can
not persistently combat the laws of
trade without having sooner or later to
surruirter. Tills would seem to b , shown
by recent experience. But this does
not furnish ! a valid reason for not legis
lating against these combinations and
leaving them to pursue their way sub
ject only to the laws of trade , for they
are In any case , even when they do not
distinctly defy those laws , mischievous
and dangerous. The vast power they
wield in controlling the course of com
mercial development , the restraint they
are able to exercise over enterprise , the
despotism of.their policy in regard to
dealers and the influence they exert In
various directions' ' , are all against the
public interest ) and the general welfare.
It is asserted 'In ' behalf of some of the
trusts that prices At' their products have
been reduced tfjneethey came into ex
istence , but everybody knows- that this
was not their1 primary purpose and
where prices have been lowered it is
duo to condltions/whleh would have been
operative to Ihe-saiue end under free
competition. Vnothcr claim set .up fo
the trusts Is .that they have not beei
a detriment to labor-yet. ; It Is nnqiic ;
tlonnble that In the suppression of com
petition thousands of people have beer
thrown out of employment and very
generally the wages of those employer
have been reduced. The statements to
tile contrary of some of the trtis
otiicials who have appeared before tin
joint committee of the New York Icgls
lature can easily be shown to be false ,
The interests of labor are subserved by
free industrial competition' , which enlarges
largos the demand for and thereby
maintains the price of labor. It Is
obviously absurd to say that the sup
prosslon of competition does not injure
labor.
The dissolution of a few combina
tions which had gone too far in their
exactions should not Induce the people
to become indifferent to the necessity
for stringent anti-trust legislation ,
These monopolistic aggregations art1
public enemies which must be destroyed
and which cannot safely be left to ( he
chances of self-destruction. To tolerate
them Is to invite the building up of a
monopolistic power In the land that
would become Irresistible , controlling not
only the nation's industries and com
merce , but the government itself.
"Don't come to Mexico unless you
have money" is the ail vice tendered by
people who are In a situation to speak
with authority on the subject. But
then that is pretty good advice with
respect to almost every country. It
taken money to Insure business success
in these days and the man without
money may as well stay where lie is.
And the man who lias money docs not
have to hunt for a place to put It.
The opening up and developing of the
Wyoming oil fields is another resource
upon which the west may count for in
dustrial recuperation. The oil deposits
of tills region will , without doubt , fur
nish the largerj iiat ; ; of the world's sup-
lily before very iiuany years. The man
who overlooks this Important factor In
the ndvnneemeiit 'of the great west
make > j a mistakf ( vldch will weaken all
Ills conclusions
* n
Preparations ' [ foitho / Inauguration
ceremonies received tusevere setback in
the news that ' ( lofonel Cody would be
nimble to be present. Confidence was
imci ? more restor.cd , however , when It
became generally .known that Colonel
Moo res of Omaha-'would be found at
the post of dutyl '
The now secretaries to the State
Hoard of Transportation have learned
to draw their salaries , but the other
iH'iiefits reaped by the public by the
: hango In the personnel of the board
liave not yet become visible to the
inked eye ,
Four appointive members of the pro
posed Board of Flro and Police ( Join-
nissloners may lie relied on to nullify
svory attempt of the elective mayor to
nji'ct politics into the ( ire. and police
lupartmonts. As executive of the city
ho mayor ought to have some voice
1
In the management of the police , but
giving him one place out of live should
' not disturb the non-partisan character
of the board.
Now It Is proposed to reduce the
price of supreme court reports to n
mere nominal sum per volume. The
state might , if it desired , furnish every
practicing lawyer with n library free
of charge , but there Is really no good
reason why attorneys should not pay
full price for copies of the state re
ports just as they do for other law
books.
Hx-Treasurer Hartley says that his
shortage Is only a-little over n half mil
lion dollars and that there Is no necessity
of making a mountain out of n mole
hill , Mr. Hartley's last proposition Is
eminently sound. There Is no molehill
to bo swelled Into a mountain. The
actual shortage Is quite large enough
without exaggeration.
The possession of the championship
belt does not count so much with the
big bruisers who are training for the
Nevada light as the possession of the
cash hung up as a purse. The "manly
art of self-defense" Is Involved In this
pugilistic contest only so far as It
serves to rake In the shining dollars.
Dr. Nansen Is going tu find the south
pole on bis next voyage of exploration ,
because he thinks the location of the
north polo is now so easy a task that
almost any one can accomplish It. One
thing at a time might possibly be n
good rule In Arctic expeditions as In
other lines of business.
If the fall in the price of steel rails
starts the work of railroad construction
and betterment early In the spring and
thus give employment to Idle laborers.
In various parts of the country Its
beneficial effects will be much more
far-reaching than was apparent on the
llrst announcement
Wo have an anti-treat Jaw on the
Nebraska statute book. It is likely
to have the company of several other
dead letter measures If some of the
unpractical bills pending at Lincoln
succeed in weathering all the stages of
legislation.
Try It 011 , < lie Dos.
Cleveland I cadcr.
If Senator Morgan finds it Impossible to
pick a fight with any foreign nation ho might
try Mr. Fltzslmiuona' plan of practicing on
.sonic dog.
A 1'oliii In Oiniilin'H Favor.
Chicago Tribune.
If Dion Geraldlno has undertaken to hulld
an exposition for the Omaha people that
exposition will bo built on time unless some
great convulsion like the end ot the world
supervenes.
IlittliiK Uie lliill'M Kyc.
Ixindon Truth.
Somebody sends mo the following ana
gram , as having a curious bearing on our oc
cupatlon of Esypt , not to mention any othe
recent territorial acquisitions : "Great Drit
alu Grab , retain It. "
Tin * rVnUiiTM of IilenlN.
I ulsvllle Courier-Journal.
A New York paper , after careful Invcstl
cation , fixes upon $25,000 a year as "thi
amount that Is absolutely necessary to drea
n fashionable woman In a satisfactory man
ner and malto her happy. " Boys , let's al
bo true to our youthful Ideals and novc :
marry until wo find an angel. Angels wca :
feathers , and of their own growing.
TIu > Mini for the Olllfe.
Indlnnapnlls Journal.
Labor Commissioner Wright of the na
tlonal bureau was first appointed by Prcsl
dent Arthur In 18S5. At that time there wa
some opposition. Four years later ho wa ;
reappolnted by President Cleveland an
Kitbseauently by President Harrison. Mr ,
Clnveland lies continued him another term
there being no opposition to Ills renomlnatlon
because lie has proved to the country tha'
ho Is specially fitted for the position.
g II novrrnor.
St. Paul 1'lonccr Pregs.
Two Detroit pliyplclans iiavo asserted posl
lively , at a meeting of members of thel
profession , that hypnotic Influence was usoc
upon Governor Rich of Michigan to proven
Ills signing a bill affecting medical practice
two years ago. At least , It Is claimed a
noted hypnotist went to Lansing , got
work in on the governor , and so the bll
failed to receive the executive signature ,
[ lore's a hint for lobbyists. A goo.l hypnotla
might be relied upon to get almost any bll
through the legislature and the executive
o/Ilco / , simply by the power of suggestion.
TinDi'incHriillc WliiKN.
niolio-Deinocrnt.
It is rather significant that both the
sliver democrats r.nd the gold democrats
emphatically declare that they will main
tain the Fame attluido on the finance ques
tion In 1900 that they took in ISOIi. If they
Htick to Oils determination the business of
the election prophet will bo wonderfullv sim
plified. Nobody would bo visionary enough
lo predict democratic success three years
lienco with -any such split In that party's
ranks as took place Inst year. It must bo
remembered that such a breach hereafter
would bo worse than the recent one was ,
For the populist eh left ) ileclare that last
rear's coalition cannot bo repeated. If there
Is a sllverlto democracy In 1900 It will
Iiavo no outside -aid , and thus will niako a
i'ory smallfigure In the election returns ,
I.rvrl-IIiMiilcil I'lilliuiUiroiiy.
Huston Globp.
John Nicholas Hrnwn of Providence , a
foung man of 33 , who Is among the richest
n the country , has eel an example of male
UK his nuinlficonco count that might well
) o Imltatc-d by other rich men of benevolent
uatluts.
The second city of Now England has for
several years been debarred from a much
: ovetod now library building oil account of
conditions hampering bc < inests of funds held
> y the trustees which retarded building
iporatlonr. Tills disappointment young
Irown has quickly as well as modestly put
in end to by giving $200,000 In a way that
vlll start the new library building Imme-
( lately.
Tlie time for a. rich .man to give for public
icods Is while ho is allvo and can see per-
ionally that his "will" Is executed. Xut
inly Is ho thereby doing the public a double
iorvlce , but ho can proflt in the llesh by his
iwn good worfcj In seeing them bless the
ntended beneficiaries.
"AII'HVcll Unit Km ! * Well. "
rlillniloliihla I'rcsn.
The electoral vote of Michigan might have
IBBH thrown out at the count lart week bo-
ore ofiipress had It beeu generally known
list there Is a radical dofeoIn tlio il < > cilon
aw of Uft suite. Jn chamjiiisf ; he law ( n
805 all other election lawn were repealed ,
nil no provision was made for canvassing
ho electoral vote. The fact was discovered
\ year ago by the Michigan officials and
hero were many consultations as to what
hould l o done , tome favoring and others
'Pposlng ' the calling of an extra tosulcm
f the legislature to remedy the defect. It
ras finally decided , however , to keep tha
natter secret and permit the election to go
11 and the electoral vote to bo sent to
Vaehlngtan as If everything was all
Ight. Tlia plan worked well enough ,
ut It la easy to tea -what trouble might
ave been cauied had the election been close
nil the defeated party had found out that
ho Michigan electoral vote was not ) strictly
? gal. It is only another Illustration of how
inch the American people trust to chances
ven In electing a president. i ,
It LASTS KllOM HAM'S IIH > .
To have n bad habit Is to have a bail mas
ter.
ter.Tho
The man whoso CHUM In wrong la euro to
lo the loser If ho unlns It.
Pulling little thouq'i'.s In big \vords don't
make them weigh any more.
There Is a flaw In the plitv timl locks dis
mal at n prayer meeting Aii.1 hnppy at A
circus ,
Ono difference between .t fool .ind n n-lfo
man Is. that the fool talks moat when ho
has least to say.
Trying to use grand language often turns
out about as It did with the men who sat on
a limb and sawed It off.
You CAn tell a child tlt.il fire will burn ,
but It cannot understand nhat you ircnn
until It finds out for It-nlf.
Many a church member l.i content with
being a nlckd-ln-the-slot machine , who
might bo an electric motor.
IIAUMI.KH.S ( iltKKlC KIIIK.
Chicago Record : Those Greeks may dress
llko ballet dancers , but they Iiavo the ncrvo
of a prlnm donna.
Minneapolis Journal : Tlio sultan -will
novcr rease to feel that Greece bns been a
trifle niggardly with her ultimatums.
Chicago Journal : So many spurious
"Macedonian cries" have been raised that It
will bo a relief to hear the real thing In
case Turkey goes to war.
Globe-Democrat ; The one significant
fact that looms up In the news from Crete
Is that the Turks have not been permitted
to send troops there to hold tholr own terri
tory.
Minneapolis Times : Now that Prince
George has sallied forth with his saber be
tween his teeth and n big gun In cither hand ,
the cmlr of Ntipe Is not half as Interesting
n personage as ho was week before last.
Chicago Tribune : Would It not bo a
Picturesque historical spectacle If little
Greece should prove to bo the avenger of
outraged civilization after all the big powers
had supinely permitted the sultan free roln
for his atrocities ?
M AXI TIII : 111111,15.
Minneapolis Journal : llev. Dr. lluckley ,
editor of the Christian Advocate , has stlrriM
up a terrible tempest In New York Meth
odism by denying the absolute Infallibility
of the Kngllsh version , of the scriptures. It
reminds one of tlio story of Mrs. Noah lookIng -
Ing out of the windows of the ark and re
marking to her husband , "Why , It has been
raining , hasn't It ? "
Kansas City Journal : When Dr. Buckley
announced to a company of Now York Meth
odist ministers that the story about the
whale swallowing Jonan was too much for
him to swallow , It would have been appro
priate for some one to suggest the singing
of the hymn :
The morning ll ht Is breaking ,
lliu darkness disappears.
Springfield (111. ( ) Republican : Rev. Dr.
Buckley of Now York said to some brother
clergymen Monday : "I do not believe that
there are four men present who believe abso
lutely in the Infallibility of the Knglish ver
sion of the bible. If there aro. and they are
looking for a fifth , they can count mo out. "
Just then his tlmo explicit and ho was not
permitted to explain his attitude further ,
nut the next Issue of the doctor's religious
weekly will explain what , ho means In"full.
From the text we should say that ho meant
what ho said.
Kansas City Star : Rov. W. James Uuck-
loy , editor of the New York Christian Ad
vocate , Is reported to have said at a meeting
of Methodist preachers at the Methddlst book
concern on Monday that ho did not bcHeve
In the infallibility of the Kngllsh bible , and
that he did not believe that over four preach
ers present did. This utterance twenty-live
years ago would have necessitated a new edi
tor for the New York Christian Advocate
and would have created a vacancy in the
Methodist ministry about the size of Rev
W. James Buckley. That no changes of tin
kind are likely to occur now shows tha
times have changed.
SHCCIjAll SHOTS AT TIIK I'UM'IT
Somervllle Journal : No church congrcga
tlon has any business to find fault with It
minister unless his salary Is paid clear up
to date.
Washington Post : Thrco or four preach
ers of the several thousand In New York City
manage to keep their names constantly be
fore the gaze of the nation , and to keep tin
public wondering what will como next. The1
have not attained to this notoriety by "faith
ful continuance In well doing" according tc
accepted standards , but by sensational methods
ods , vlolativo of the plain rules that the aver ,
ago preacher's good sense lays down for hi !
guidance.
New York Outlook : The unveiling of .
llfo-alzod portrait. In an Episcopal church li
Philadelphia of St. Charles the Martyr ii
one of tlioao events which bring mirth to th
thoughtlOM and grief to the judicious. T !
enrollment of Charlca I , In the "noble army
of martyrs" was a piece of folly so Ideally
complete that the satiric temper must fim
It a constant eolace ; but to place his portral.
In nn American church la so fundamental ! }
humorous that the thought must have been
Inspired by Punch of Life.
Boston Blobe : Though the snubblsh churcl.
bo the exception , not the rule- , Its Influence
goca far to create and sustain the fooling
that only the well-to-do are wanted In hand
some , well-situated places of worship. Ou
thing that has noticeably strengthened this
feeling lo the trend. In later years , of cer
tain religious societies to desert neighbor
hoods that have become poor , and put up a
church edifice In more fashionable districts
Ministers may try their best , under such cir
cumstances , to break down barriers , but the
task of recreating the old fellowship that
nnco drew strangers In from the hlghwayo
mid byways. Is very difficult.
New York World : A tvasatlonal preacher
in Cadillac , Mich. , Illustrated a sermon on the
tobacco habit by poisoning two cats with
nicotine and allowing them to die on the
ilatform from which ho was speaking. I'Jls
name la omitted here- for the obvious rcanon
; hat the deslro to see It In print was probably
nio of the strong Impulses that led him to
; hls cruelty. Max O'Rell , In oneof Ills
looks , telly of a preacher who Illustrated to
ils congregation the "facllo descent , " which
is said to bo often made by way of exit
'rom this life , by sliding down the handrail
> f the stops which led from his pulpit , Tlily
vns striking and picturesque , no doubt , but
ho Michigan minister holds the record for
> xtravagant cffcctH In the line of an "Illua
rated tunnon. "
i'iit.so\Ai. : A.M ) OTIIIK\VISI : .
Some admirer of Senator Morgan has
ipplled for the job of counting the knots on
ho lion's tall.
It co4t an oven dollar to expectorate on
ho floor of the Kansas City j'Olleo court.
Mvlllzutlon Is not a failure.
A bill If pending In the Now York legls-
nturo making train wrecking , resulting In
ho loss of life , murder In tlio first degree.
With unanimity that Is admlrablo para-
rnphcra have given tlio tele-graph editors a
lonopoly of the job of associating tireeco
, -ltir Turkey.
The Increared use of tobacco In Franco wan
otablo last year. The government has a
lonopoly of the business , and Its revenue
MS 393,000,000 francs , or 12,000,000 more thuu
i 1895.
The late General Joe Shelby of Missouri
mild "swear llko a trooper. " Ills supply of
xplotlves wire highly polished from constant
HI > . Of burning words ho hud an ubundancu
5 burn ,
A quaint break In the monotomy of life In
row Hampshire u fust day , on which the
jyal rcalderts abstain from the customary
leals and gorge themselves on the thanks-
Ivlng plan.
Jonah's whale and klridroJ stories are lie-
ig exploited with much vigor and scriptural
L-curucy by the religious ) press. Still the
ict Is not drilled that the narrative Is sonic-
hat sj > cv , rlous.
The rattan manufacturing companies are
irmlng a trust , with a capital of $0,000,000.
I'hlle the combination announces a phllan-
iropls dt preltlon toward the people , | Ui
roduc.s are bound to be nut on.
A St. Louis alchemist announces his read- !
ass to convert common clay Into nuggets
r gold , Still , Missouri real eatato la not
uffod up and continues clinging to native
oofs with affectionate conalitency.
The fog enveloping the whereabouts of Hon.
cnry Watlmon of Kentucky and the United
tutM Is dUpcllqil by the following editorial
rorture tn the Louisville Courier-Journal :
During the goad old days ot reconstruction
when the aspirations of Ihoao fiouthcrn
borons whose vlor ro.io utter the war hid
ended were voiced by the Semi-Weekly
Ruffled Shirt nd Hc-l ) in-to-tho-NlgK < T ,
Issued from the village of Wny UACV , In the
county of Ifell-for-Sirtln , that rcdouhtnbto
publication It could hnrdly be called A news
paper devoted the greater part of Its
Available pr-j co , nnd All Ils editorial energies ,
In the business of exterminating the Courier-
Journnl.Hciico It In fair to conclude that
Mr. Wattcrcon Is "at home. "
SIllMMl TltllTIIS.
"The world with calumny abounds.
Tim whitest virtue slawler wounds.
There are those whose Joy Is ,
Night nnd day. to talk a character nvmy. "
"When a man l.i wrong and won't mlmlt
It ho nlwnya pets angry. * '
"To have the power to forglvo
Is empireniul prerogative.
Ami tls In crowns n noble gem
To grant a pardon , then condemn. "
"Oratlntdo li the crossroad that lends
quickly to lovo. "
"Discretion Is moro necessary to women
then clmiucncp , brrnupc lliry Imvo less
trouble to spoilk well thru to speak little. "
"A truth that one dors not understand
becomes nn error. "
"Women prefer to say a little evil of
them rather tliatt say nothing of them nt
' 'Rr-collertlon In the only paradise out of
which we cannot bo driven. "
"How ninny people would bo mute If they
were forbidden to speak well of themselves
anil evil of others ! "
"Ho la the happiest who renders the
greatest number happy. "
"Wo Instinctively abhor ralumny as wo
do a snake for four of Ils venom , but la our
aversion to It so great when It attacks
others ? "
"Thero Is no morn agreeable companlop
than the woman who loves us. "
( Clarence 1'ntrlck McDotmM. )
Dey ain't no shoe like dc ol' one.
Dcy nln't no use ob falltn' off oh do motah
car bcfoah It stops.
Dcy ain't no use ob klckln' er mule be
cause do mule , kick you.
Moah dan halt lib do young men nowadays
pass -bi-foah dey looks at ilnlh linn's.
Do deblPs pltchfawk am not long , but ho
am a-maltln' It resell or great ways.
Dcy nln't no use ob tryln' to take do wliolo
fambly to heaben on yeah own merit.
Dey ain't no uao oh llst'nun' to cr pu'son
dot trlca to tell you ob yeah past hlslahry.
Nine times out ob tain cr man ncbah
meets do woman wit whom ho can compete.
Doy a'In't ' no use ob sayln' "I caln't" when
do means ob obahcomln' do dlf'culty am
bcfoah you.
Some women caln't talk wlfout makln' do
sharpniiss ob dalh tongue cut Into de feelln'i
ob auuddah.
Some g'lrls am foolish 'uough to wink at
do man in de moon , den git mad because hs
don't wink back.
Hey nln't no use oh glttln' mad wlf yoah-
so'f because you caln'l jump obah cr mounts
'in ; do bos' way am to climb , i
1 THIS JOY OK IilKH.
Written for Tlie lice.
I.lfo Imtb joy in the morning time -
For every living thing ;
Glad bells send out n merry chlmo
And nature's voices sing1.
Life's hopes are bounding in the blooJ ,
I3urth'H beauties stretch away ;
The world I.s froth anil fnlr and good
In the dawning of the day.
Tlio Joy that conies with the high noon hour
Is the joy of the Mowers In bloom ,
The consciousness of strength and power
O'er llic threads In life's swift loom.
Possession dims our fondest dreams ,
Harth'H sorrows pass us by ,
Llfo'.s faliv.sl .sunshine o'ur us .streams
When tlit- hour of noon is nlgb. |
Sweet Is the joy of eventide.
Tjoved memories of the past ;
By silent shores still waters filldo '
When the light Is fading fast ;
Tim Joy of one who has run his race ,
The blpaHlnu of well oiirno l r * t ;
Oh , the Joys of the day are full of graca
But the evening- joys are best.
Wlnsldc , Neb.HUI. . B WIL1.KY CUE ,
A LONG
LOOK AHEAD
It takes a steady hand
and a clear eye to see
into the future with any
certainty with the spy
glass of experience. It
isn't always easy to
< now just what may
oe wanted. That is why
ive have been talking
n our advertisements
} f things we have to
; ell and of things we
Dught to have sold Jong
igo.
igo.It
It is getting pretty
ate to sell winter goods
iowso if there is any-
hing in our present
> fferings that you want
ro\i may be sure of
jetting it at rather less
han any where else , and
more than that of
getting something bet-
er.
Our Hut Wan Is ready for you with oil
10 purlng biockH ,
S. W. Cor. 15th and
Uouglna Sta.