Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OiSLAITA DAILY JUflJiy TUESDAY , FEBlUJAin ? 23 , 1897.
Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE
B R09EWATEK. Keillor.
I'UllJ.lflllED EVBUY MOUNIXO.
TRIIMS OP BUI1SCIIIITION.
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fliindsy ! Kr OneYtftr . :
PMtittUr I Iff , o Y-ar . 1
Weekly tire , One Vcnr . . '
OFFICES !
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Council HluftV ID I'rarl rtre < * t.
Ilil.-nno oricp 117 Clmmber ot Commerce.
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IVM-lilngton : Ml 14th Rlrcct
CGIHlfiSI'ONOtJNCF. . .
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torlnl mntlor MiouM be ndilrme'l : To the UJItoi
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All li'tilncm letters and rMnlllnnccf fhoulii u
ncMiwuM to The lleo TubllhlilnK Compnnj
On ha Drafts , clircK express Ami pontolllc
money onltrs to be nude payable to the orJc
of the coinimny
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STATIMINT : :
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lJh-C | | cnmpni ! ) I eliiR rtuly BUM-II , lays tlint I n
nettinl niiinij r of full nnV complete rotil'-J ot Tii
Dill ) Morning , Ilxenlni ? nnd Miml-iy l > ! iirlnto'
clurlnB the month of January , ISa' , wui ns id
low !
Net ilnlly nveriKO .vj ? ,
ar.onnrc n i7."Hiucic
Sworn to Imrore me nnd fiilnerlbo 1 In m >
prcsrnic this 3d day of February 1W
( < ? < . „ ! ) Nntnr > rubllc
Tim nilvnnee njiont of prosperity wll
BOOH IIP on his way tu tlio imtloiml cap
Itiil.
Now we tuulcrstanil why Bon Ilnrrlsoi
flix-linei ! nil ovpituic'S to enter tlio presl
flcntlnl race In
Constitutional amendments minted It ;
while you wait fen pnillcnl.iiN npply k
the fusion m.ijoiily of the Nebraskn
Ht.ilo l
As president of the National lU't'orni
press and em-ial of the luiltmtiinl
J.eslon of America , T'.iul Vmulenvnit
cuts a great s\\.illi.
ConsrosH lemaint In session Washinp-
ton's hlrthd.iy , but the lenisl.itnre ol
Nehiaska could not think of woikint ; on
Biicli a sacied day.
Taxpajeis aio waiting with
heart and bated breath to sec what
economies the Hoard of Kdnc.itlon will
put Into opei.itlon tills week.
Tom Shaikey's opinion of Coibett has
been Riven to the American people. Tom
Sharkey , like Samson , 1ms slain man *
Philistines , with the jawbone of an ass
AVI11 nobody s.iy niiythlnt ; about Mr
Corbett or make home refeienee , however -
over slisht , to Mr. Fits'siinnioiis , for tliu
relief of heaits buiehatfjed with anxiety :
Ciovcinor ISnshnell has leconclled him
eelf to Maik Ilanna In the scnaloilal
chair , and the clouds of war which
daikcncd the political horizon of Ohio
have been dispelled.
If , as is lepoited , the League of
'American Wheelmen will come to
Omaha In 1SS ! ) for the asking , the askIng -
Ing oiijjlit to be accomplished with
celeiltyand emphasis.
It is not only living frecce ? but an
exceedingly lively Gieeco that is standIng -
Ing off the whole annanieiil of the
allied poweis In the cause of Christi
anity and clvlll/.atlon against Moham
medanism and baib.ulty.
The bar of Hnffalo county seems to
bo so glad to get Oongres-.man-eleet
Greene off the district bench that Its
membeis could not expiess their joy in
any other way than by ghing the de
parting Judge a farewell b.imiuet to
speed him on his w.iy to Washington.
The Imaginative Canton newspaper
correspondent may now try his hand at
constiuctlng 1'iesideiit McKlnley'd In-
nugnral address for him In advance of
Its composition by the piesident elect.
Anything to accommodate the public
with news In advance of Its occurrence
President Kiugor evidemly believes
that It IH always easier to cut down a
little bill of Indemnity than to r.iisc it
after It has once been presented. That
may explain his mode.sty In asking
Great Hiltaln for only SO.OOO.OOO 1) ) ilm
for damages wiought by the Transvaal
raldern.
Ono of the German papers miggesN
that normany occupy Ciete Ithelf until
Greece pays ltn GiMiimn creditors what
It owes them. If the great nations of
Kuroih ) want to rent out their military
foices a collection agencies they might
drive good bargains In several pirts
of the world.
And now rumor has It th.it President
Cleveland hits been taken with the book
willing mania. Other ex-presidents
linvw wiltten books , however , anil we
liavo no doubt the pnbllci can accommo
date another volume or two on UK
Hhelves piovldlng It Is a leal addition
to the llteiaturo of the country.
If the olllclal designation and popular
observance of a "blid day" will tend to
Instill a love for the fcathcicd songsters
mid a knowledge of their habits Into the
minds of the people , by all means let
us have a bhd day. And let women's
hats on that day be adoined with some. .
thing ornithological and appioprlate.
Unlike Seetctary Carlisle , the new sec
retary of the tieasnry will bine to go
without a bon In the position of chief
clerk able and willing to hear tlio blame
for everything that may go wioug In
4ho Treasuiy department ud to take
the complaints for lemovals anil ap
pointments that are not calculated tu
please the whole world.
IT WILT , in : sKXATon JM.VAVI.
The question of a successor to Sonnto
Slieiinnii , which has been ngltatliu
Ohio republlcnii politics and com
niandtng more or less attention through
out the rountiy c\er nlnco the announce
incut of Mr. Sherman's selection to b <
secretary of state , Is settledi Governo
Uushncll has announced that ho wll
appoint Mr. Hanna and it Is hlghlj
probable that ho had never thought o
appointing anybody else , although there
has been a strenuous effort to make 1
appear that the governor was hostile
to Ilanua , that Senator-elect Torakei
dltl not want the chairman of the re
publican national committee as a col
league , and that theseleadeis nnd theh
followers were picpared to Introduce
dissension and discord Into the lanke
of Ohio republicans by turning down
Mr. Ilanua. That tlieio weie other as-
pliant * to Senator Sherman's seat H
hue , but , there is icasoii to believe that
none of them was ever veiy seilously
considered by Goveiuor llushncll. II
IH also doubtless tmu that the governor
was unhampered as to the appoint
ment by any sort of ngieoment , yet be
must have felt that he was under some
Obligation to respect the known tleslie
of the president-elect , which was dis
tinctly approved by. the more numerous
body of the lepnbllcan.s of the state , as
well as to conserve parly harmony
there.
At any rate , the announcement that
Mr. Ilanna will succeed Senator .Sher
man will be received by republicans
generally with favor , as an entirely lil
ting recognition of his services to the
republican party. Mr. Ilanna could
undoubtedly have bad his choice of
cabinet positions , \\lth the exception of
secretary of state , but he preferred to
go to the senate. In that body he will
be a vigilant and loyal suppoitcr of
President McKlnley's administration
uid tan probably lie of gieater service to
It than if he weie a member of the ad-
ininistiallnu. The teim of Scnatoi
.Sherman will expire on March . ' ! , ISO1. ) ,
so that Mr. Ilanua will have two je.its
to * > oive under appointment of the gov
ernor.
iuv.r ; > A n TIIK
Congress Is always Infested in the clo-s-
Inir d.ijs of the session with a hoi tie of
lobbyists , not a few of whom aie ex-
members who are employed bec-ius-
they have the prhilego of going upon
the iloor of the house and making aigu-
menls to Individual membeis concern
ing pending bills. Speaker Heed ha *
taken steps to put a check upon this
ir.ictleo and w hile Hi tobb.i Kts and tliol
employers may bieMX'ted | to roundlj
Icnonuce him , his action will be ap-
darided by the country. Uy order of
the speaker e\-membeis of the house
c.inuot got admission to the floor with-
> ul show Ing cards entitling them to that
irlvllege. A Washington dispatch .s.iy.s
they do not go t the speaker for cards
of admission , because to do so is to ac
knowledge that they aie lobbyists. Un-
loubtedly this will prove an effectlv
noatis of checking the lobbjing business
is It h.i.s been can led on , but something
should be done to bleak it up alto
gether , if it be possible to do sm. IVi-
uips the congressional lobby is not quit
so great an evil now as It has beep in
times past , but It is not a tiling th.it
should recehe any countenance or tol-
> r.itiorr. Th.it persons int ie.sted in leg-
slalioa should desire to piesent their
views to ( onguMSinen Is natural and to
> e expected , but they should be com
telled to llnd tire place and time for
lolnj thS elsewhere than on the lloois
of congress when that body is In bes
slon. The lin.ision of the house by ex
rremhers for the purpose of lolibjing is
i llitgtaut alnisiof the pi h liege ac
corded them which no sell-respecting
nan would be guilty of and in his of
'ort to stop this abuse Speaker Heed
ms nothing to fear from the denuncia
tion of inich men.
TIIK .sr.iT n.iXKy.ix.
Theio Is a veiy strong sentiment In
he country fa\enable to the repeal of
he 10 per cent lav on state bink Italics
t is mainly In the south , wheie the
view hugely obtains that tin- tax is
imonslllutlounl , but It is not conibied to
lint " -'ctlon. Theio me advocates of a
emoval of the tix' : In the east nnd west ,
11110111 : whom aie piacilcal llnaiicleis
Some of these urge that It would be
letter to go bid ; to tie old system of
state bank I.SMU-.S than to peipefmito
he existing cmreney ssstein. with its
MI ions lorms of money. J'.ut most of
lie advocates of the npeal of ibis tux
lo so on the gumnd that It would ghe
i greater volume of ciiuency nml gen
erally they me not verv solicitous a.s to
he character or eiualiry of tlio cm i one ) .
When this question was under ton-
Hlderatlon in the Klfly-thlid congress
hcie were two pioposltlons submitted
> y the filends of lejieal. One was tli-it
t should be made une-ondltlomrl , theivby
eavlng the slates fiec to authoil/o the
ssuo of notes by state banks snbj"et
> nly to state legiilatlon. It was urged
li.it the light to di > this belonged to the
tales and that tliev weie being uu-
ustly if not nncoiistltiillonnlly de-
Hived of that right. The other proposl-
lon was to lepeal the tax upon tlm
audition ( lint thu Ksuo of notes by state
) anks should be subject to ie/ulaton !
ml sup.'ivltJon by the federal govtun
nent. The southern representative- ;
\ere practically unanimous for um-omll
lorial iepe.il and they had some allies
rom oilier Hcctions , hut thl.s clem nt
vas In the minority Hence nothing
\a- > done with the1 ( inesllon 1)'jond d's
usslng It. Theiis me Indleatlons tlul
t ni.i ) bu again brought fnnv.ud In the
ext congress and that the proposition
> lepeal the tax may Hud some Inllii-
ntial siiipoit. ]
It Is the opinion of some men whoso
nanclal vews are well thought of th it
icie would bo noeiy greit dnnger , If
ny , In repealing the tax ; that the states
( > iui.illy would not anthtirl/.o the l.ue l
f notes by state bulks under conditions
Kely to dlscrdlt t.uch notes ; that the
tropic , being lued l a bank note cur-
crcy e\erywhoio good , \ > ould Insint
rit stutu bink Issues should lj MJ , sa-
mod as ta be available for clicuhi'
Linn In ever ) * part of the rwiutrv. TJ > U
ii' ly bo plausible , but Is It sound ? la
rt'fmiiJ to it the Now 1'oiU Tilbunu
nays : "It Is a fatal blunder , Into wlilcl
some men of Inrge experience and rocog
nlrod ability have nevertheless fallen
to assume that the wise regulations ant
restrictions which states like Massachu
setts and Now York would presumably
apply to state bank Issues would nls <
be applied by all the states. No mm
who knows anything of the temper o
many western and southern legislature1
can be so deluded. There Is no possl
blllty of securing a safe and unlforn
currency for the whole country excep
by maintaining rigidly the ban lei
against state bank Issues. " It Is not te
be doubted that this Is In accord will
the best and most conservative llnntieln
judgment of the country nnd yet , as the
Tribune further observe. * , that would in
stantly become Impossible if the legiv
tcndeis were swept away and the na
tlonnl banks thus left to supply all the
paper currency of the country , litercas-
ing or decreasing its volume at their
pleasure.
A republic-ail congress nnd adminis
tration can , we think , be confidently de
pended upon not to lemove the barrier
against state bank Ksuos , but theic la
danger In the apparently dospeiate de
termination of the so-called currency
reformers to destroy the legal tender
notes , even nt the price of restoring the
old system of state bank issues.
While the legislntuio Is consuming
valuable time over measures designed
to ictliico the pi Ice of legal advertising
and to expand the definition of what
constitutes a legal newspaper to Include
every handbill and circular that
sports a name the rights of the public
In the publication of legal notices are
lielng carelessly overlooked or ruth
lessly disregarded ,
Tlio object of requiring the publication
of legal notices Is to bring iudlclnl and
rdrnlnlsti.itho proceedings to the at
tention not only of the parties Imme-
llntely concerned , but of the people at
argo who are indirectly Inteiested. In
oo many instances , howe\er , this eibjeet
s frustiateel either Intentionally or
hiough Ignorance. Instead of ghing
the widest possible publicity to legal
rotlces as contemplated by the law ,
they aie Inserted In leaderless sheets
iiiowu to be without circulation or
standing for the very purpose of keep-
ng them from the public while going
hroiigh the lorms pi escribed by statute.
Instead of extending pi election to the
infoitunate debtor or oiphaiied heir or
iccused wile , the com Is luue used their
nrehinery to defeat justice to pay po-
itlc.il debts by placing nihertislng in
i.ipers wlioso worthless encomiums
rnd fawning tlaltery me constantly
showered upon all olllccrs who ha\e the
llspos.il of sueh patronage1.
How many poor but honest woiklng-
ueii hiuo been sold out of house and
lomo without an oppoitnnitj to learn
hat the toreclosmc sale has been or-
leied ? How many valuable properties
rave been Knocked down at luigain
Igmes because jeople who might buy
hem in have been studiously kept In the
l.tik as to their pioposed sale ? How
limy men h.i\e not only lost the sav-
ugs of a lifetime , but been burlcil
lereath a mountain of deficiency jiidg-
nents , wlien , had the sale of their piop-
rty been properly advertised and
nought to the notice of possible bidders ,
ho inoi tgages would at least h.rvo
ecu bJtlstlod , It not also a surplus se-
med tor the dispossessed ouneisV
low many estates have been settled
uid widows anil oiph.ms ileprhcd of
heir just heiltages by tlio sacrllle-e of
noperly which would have brought
bom much-needed revenue if only the
Ight of publicity had been let InV How
nany unjustly accused wives have been
Ihorccd by default and their reput.i
ions stamped with indelible intnni )
lec.ruse cunning atlornes and accoin-
nodallng judges ha\e coveiud up the
egal notices in publications no one is
jxpcctcd to booV How can tlio In-
ent of the law bo fulfilled when the
nest important public announcements
u D made lluoiuli organs of .societies of
estricted member-ship or Jam irate that
lotorloiisly cliculato among a single
lass of the community ?
Is there any good ic.i.son why theto
houlel be a uniloim pike for le .U ad-
ei tlscment.s without reg.ud to the err-
nlation oj the paper In which they are
ns.-ited ? The \aluo of an adertl.se -
neiit depends wholly upon the pub
Icit ) whicli it SL-Lures and the assiir-
ncu gl\en that it will leach the poLsoiirf
\hose atteiitloa It is Iiitcnded to altracl.
iVould any prudent merchant doing
maiiieson biLsinev ) piinciples pay the
. .line pike for : m advertisement In an
ibscine bheet whose icadeis do not ex
ited : i low scoie as for one In a noun-
upcr of general circulation nhose sub
iciibers nuipher Into the tens of tliou
and.sWhy should not public olliccis
ind attorneys bu compelled to gho
itlg.rnts ( lie lull benefit of publlc.it em
or which they piy ; and why shoulel
hey not pay according to what the )
; otV
If any change In the piesent law In
he Interest of the public Is de-mandcd
t is , llr.sl , gieator strlnge.ney In the re-
limvment of actual general eh dilation
if the Icvtil newspaper , and , second ,
. classllled rale sehedule for legal nd-
. itlsiii ! , ' graded to corri'spond with t'i
< /iia lido bubsciiptlon list of thei ] ) .ipi .
'he law should piote'et buth the news
iapoi.s and the public and put an end to
ho dlNgiacefnl and costly abuses that
re turning our Judicial pioe-esstH into
ggi.nated cases of lcg.ill < sod
lon.
IXV.tlllMI 'JIII ! KMiUail M.IHKKT.
The report that . " 0,000 tons of steel
ails have Won sohl by the Caineglo
ompany to ICiigllsh inllioads Is eom-
icnicd upon as seeming to make a tuni
ng point irr the tiadu lulatlous of the
\vo toremost lion and * > teoi producing
oun tiles of tlu > woild. It is ecrt.r'nly
most lnUru tlng commercial fact that
n Amt'ilnui manufac.urer of steel rails
, ns nblo to undorsi > ll liilti.sh inunii-
iK'UiH'i.s In their lionif markut and It
u ge.sts gie-.it pchslbllltles. Hxpuits of
ur mamifactures li.ivo had a muked
iic-rcaw dm Ing the last two yeais and
iiere seems to liu every reason to expect
lint they will continue to grow. It Ib
uj'i'iiitcd thdt tills seudlus uilb to in .
land Is Ilke lv to have a most bcncflcln
effect UIH > U oufr trade with the world. 1
can hardly fall to increase the prcstlgi
of AmertciltV nmnufrtcturers in othc
countrleS | ud rnrty reasonably be ic
gnrdcd as. . a < llstlnct step toward Amcrl
can suprciiftfcy In ( ho commercial woihl
llui our , , progress In this dlrectloi
should notipnrsuado us to abandon tha
policy tiiidfr which our mnnufacturlni
industries , nave bcerr so highly dnvcl
oped. The fact that our manufacturet
products nto 'growing In favor nbront
does not 'warrant tlie conclusion tha
they have no further need of any pro
teetlon. It may reasonably be urged
Indeed , lliat they do not now require se
largo a measure of piotcctlon as at nr
earlier period of their development am
nobody proposes that they shall have
but It is a grnvo mistake to as.sume , a
the antl-protectlonlsts do , that there It
no further necessity for guaidlng the
great American market against a pos
slblo deluge of foreign competition. Tin
policy that has nlado the I'nlti-d State"
the greatest manufnclmliig nation of tin
world it is the pait of wisdom to still
adhere to , modifying It from time t :
time ns changed conditions shall make
Ptosidcuf Cleveland bus Improved the
last few weeks of his olllclal teim by
approving the sentence of a couit mar
tial dismissing fiom the aiiuy a lieu
tenant convicted of falsifying his ac
counts. if the militaiy discipline that
hi amis deiellct ollieers with disgrace
were applied to men holding civil of-
flees who betray their ti lists , theie
might be a noticeable improvement in
our government. A few successful im-
penclnueuts nnd criminal piosoeutlous
of defaulters , embez/lois nnd thieves
generally would do more to keep pub
lic olllceis honest than all the legal sale-
guaiils that can be devised.
The pay of a police commissioner Is
SO a mouth or there > nbouts. The cost
of living at a Lincoln hotel Is ? : $ a day
without Incidentals. Police Commis
sioner Ilhkhauucr has never been known
to spend money for empty glory. The
conundrum Is how can Police Commis
sioner libklinuser afford to spend his
entlie time on the outer ilm of the
Lincoln legislative lobbj ? Does ho
expect' the snlooit keepeis to foot the
bill or is he expecting another wind
fall from asphalt allidnvlts ?
AVhethei a man steals for himself or
for others , the act is thelt. Whether an
ollicer converts public funds to his own
use or penult * them to bo cunveited to
the useof i otheis the act Is ombi-z/.lo-
inent. Hvqry unpunished embe//.lemeiit
of public tunds is a premium on the
betiajal of olhclal trust.
e'oiiinH-rliiK- Triulc AVarlil.
I Gluhe-Dcmocrnt.
SollliiB steel rails to nnglaml Is a good
stroke of liuslncss , and It would be well
lo follow It up ] tn a few jears by soiling
beet sugar to Germany.
Ooiu ranl'H Mttlc 11111.
ClHeago Hecord
President i Kruger lias decided that he
\\a.nta a ttllle oi < ; r 8,000,000 from Great
Britain to square himself for that Jameson
raid , aud ha Is malting his request in the
same e\en but Impressive tones In which
be made the others.
UllOeM Of KIHIIO.
Globe- Democrat
The thoucht of a president-elect try Ins
to write an Inaugural while oince-hunters
and autograph fiends hammer at his doors
ind crawl through every window ought
to satisfy the most determined stickler for
republican simplicity.
The J'nwls of u Junket.
Nc\ York Herald.
As a thoroughly conscientious combination
3f biisltiEi" * and pleasure the resolution In
troduced In the Jl'asourl legislature that a
jonvnlttee of ( He be appointed to attend
the Corbett-ritzslmmons battle for the pur
pose ot reporting on the adUsabllity of
Iegill7lng prbo lighting In Missouri stands
unique.
I-L-i'lliiKT I' ' " ' I'lilillo I'll ! < .
In.ilampolla Journal
To the end that lo may ha\e the vlstts of
: ho newspapera througliout the state , Gov-
; rnor Mount lias requwted the publltliers
o ojufl him marl ed cop-lea containing opln-
ons of meisaea now before the leg'slaturc
3o\crnop Mount holda that the editors are
n a po'ltlon to better learn the general
> plnlon of the pesplo fian anybody clso.
.limn M < - < - Ihc Unlit.
Minneapolis Jonrmil
The Japanese go\ernment Is buying gold
or the purpose of establishing tlio gold
tindarrt a mj\onisnt which was fore-
hadoed In the report of the Japan cur-
ency Lomiulraion , made public recently
rpan l.as been one of the countiies cited
ly the free slher orators as j > roving the
ireat adxantngo of frco colmge , but the
iipnneao statesmen . .irtoo Inte'lllKont
onger to continue n monetary system
bandoned by the most progressive nations
t the world ,
.V IltlMt fur ItiDtinl.
Chlrnho Tribune
The English people have hocn at a lesser
or some time to II nil come suitable gift as
n expression of their gratitude to Aninas-
ador Hajard. Mr Bayard has carefully
Bolted after the Interests ot Great lirllaln
or four years , and It Is worthy of the greit
ation that It should seek to make some
ttlng acknowledgment of his uniform
dellty. A round of dinners docs not seem
i > have been sufficlentl ) Impressive , for dln-
t.a have been pound Into the ambassador ,
s It were , throughout his term. But happily
liei thought jiasyccuncd to one genius to
Ivo Mr Hayaid a bust of himself , and this
ettlca tha Affair at once The suggestion
mounts to aT pdsltlvc Inspiration , and could
ol i.csslbly bur Improved on A Iniat of Mr.
tayard rinnot fall to glvo Mr. Hujanl in-
nllti dcllghU
AMI OTIII3UWISI3.
If the propMltlon to send five members to
co the prlio ] tghr falls to pass the Missouri
jglslaturu ll 'AHl probably be because of
; io lmposlbllity of agreeing upon the for-
unato jndlvldllflii ,
It Is not jr lfel'1rlly known that Prosident-
lect McKicley r vns a farm of 103 acrea
icated tntnty miles from Canton , near the
motion of rirroll , Stark and Colnmblana
ountlca , OhlfLJ no wta probccntlng attorney
f Stark couiitjlicn ho secured poase-slon
f the propbrty , , A man named Adams
lanagt's thofirm and cllvldea the profits
'Ith thu owirBr * .
A hil ht Idea occurred to the proprietor
f a Trrniia ( Ha ) shciilns raiiKo , v\lth
horn butlnesa had become dull Tor the
ui ternary negro' head ho substituted a
irgtt reprejentlng Wejlor. with the bull's-
y over tha hcart. CuUn sympithUpr.i
nmedlatcly swarmed on that shooting
ango , forming In line to take their turn
t th target with the rifles , and the pro-
rlttor's coffera forthwith became con-
I'rof. Mofea Colt Tyler of Cornell said
10 other evening In a iticture that , wliilo
/cshlngton'ii reputation as a soldier and
tatocmau aa nafu , ho was In real danger
rom the humor sa of the future. This v.os
v.lng to thu fact that Washington , the real
nn , had nevir been very well known , and
i now alniott forgotten , having been re-
laced -u | the popular mind by a in > th typ *
Imost equally compounded of the heroic ,
10 prlggUh and the statuosquo.
Theft of I'tildlr Punil * .
Mlnncnrolli Time *
The stnto treasury of Nebraska la slier
over half A million ns between Its asset
and Us needs , ami a good share of this I
anlil to have been lost through the pernlclou
prartlcc of the treasurer doing a Imnklni
business nlthont collateral with hi
particular friends. The state auditor Is nisi
Involved nnd a criminal prosecution li
threatened Ono would have thought Ilm
the object lesson furnished In South Uitcnf
a year or two ago wonll have been a warn
Ing to stnto treasurers everywhere , foi
Walter Tnjlor would not now bo doing tlm <
If ho had not nccommo luted too many of lit :
friends with state funds.
Ilnloli'1 Inn Itciten ( Ilnnlo.
ChlrnRo Clironlclo
Oovcrnor Holcomb of Nebraska his uncovered -
covered n mess of rottenness In connection
with the slate administration which ha ;
Jf.st retired which promises to rcllpsc nil
other scandals In that stnto. lie himself wn :
governor nt the time , but the rest of the stnte
officers were republicans. H appears thai
Iho treasurer Mr. Hartley , Is short ftbonl
$500,090 , nnd the auditor , Mr Moore , aboul
? 20,000. They have been given n staled tlm'
to refund the money or go to Jnll Of oour e
PS Is usual In such rases , It Is charged tha
Mr Hartley has not made personal useo
this money , but has been the victim of hN
friends. A tllspatclt from Lincoln savs "Mr
Hartley Is unquestionably the victim of i
too lenient policy In assisting Ills friends It
a tlnnnclnl way When the panic of 1S02
struck Nebraska It was found nbsoltltc'ly
nrcrssary In order to preserve the Intcgrlt ;
ot several state banks to call on the state
treasurer for funds Mr Hartley charterc-i
n special train nnd deposited with the lame
Institutions on the line of the Rlkhnrn mil-
road good coin of the realm to tldo them ovei
the crisis. " A state treasurer who wll
bolster up rotten state banks with public
funds Is a political daisy. Ho could have the
unanimous support In Illinois of the cntlio
firm of n. S. Urcycr & Co.
Should He Driill Illi < IM Criminal * .
Again the country Is treated to the spccta-
clo of a state oinclal Intrusted with public
funds falling to protect the rightful owners
of the money The case of J S Hattloy , the
state treasurer of Ncbraskn , who has just
been discovered to be $ " > 17 762 abort of the
amount of state moneys placed In his posses
sion during his term of ofllce , Is a warning
to the pecplt ! of every other commonwealth
to t.ilto more care In the selection of state
tickets nnd to build stronger safeguards
for self-protection The tlanrer Is em
phasized by the performance of another Ne-
btaska officer Auditor Unge-ne V Moore who
Is alleged to have retained about $27 000 of
fcta collected fiom Insurance companies
Under the laws of N'obruaha the treasurer
of tint state Is cmpoweipd to loan a portion
of tlm public mon js3 lo ceitaln state banks ,
selected for the pnrpcse bj the state , the In-
tcroot , of course , accruing to the people
Should one of these binks break with stale
funds In Its Kc"plng the loss would bo the
state's , the treasurer and his bondsmen being
held blamelon ? Hven then It would seem
lit it a conodcntlous and trust worthy ollicer
would refrain fiom rit'Mng too much money
In sliiKy concoins ; But Hartley seams to
have lomctl the people's money right and
left Including In his favors other hanks
and Institutions than the regular state de-
pcaltorleb
The result Is that the people of N-bratska
tire again to be mulcted of their own What
ever Hartley's intent maj have been , nnd
whatever hU standing before the law , th
negligence or Incompetence which ha robbed
the public lo criminal In Its results and
aught to be dealt with as criminal When a
state treasurer takes funds Into his keeping
and falls to guard them properly IIP Is com
mitting ns real nn Injustice upon the publlr
is though he frankly put them In his pocket
and n > d. The new populist administration
of Nebraska it to be thanked for having re
fused to s\o3a \ th" matter over , .ind tor in
stating on bringing out all the facts
Tin : niinci.v.N mvr. :
Philadelphia Record- Little Greece is malt
ing a bravo effoit to llvo up to her hidtoiicU
imputation and she has the active sympithv
sf all the liberty lovers In the world behind
lier.
Pioneer PicasConsldeilng that King
ticorge of Gieeco Is the undo of the czai
jnd the biother-ln-law of the prince or
Wales , not to mention other more or leas
ntlmato connections with the crowned he ids
jf rjurope. he is displayIHR an astonishing
ind refieshlng disregard of their opinions.
Springfield Republican King George takea
i perfectly natural and excusable view of
.ho icnulrcmcnts of his occupation when he
says he would rather dlo In battle at the
lead of his troops than to bo tun Into exile
iy oniaged subjects whose feelings and an
slrations ho had failed to represent Ills
loaltlon is not very different from that of a
nanager who feels that hu must satisfy the
itockholdors to keep his jol >
Buffalo Hxpieas The king of Greece
ikcly to be much in evidence during the
irrsent year , Is 52 years old , tall , well-built
( lender and graceful , with tin * appealjnco
if a cavalry otllcer. He Is a hard worKoi
ipproachable and popular Queen Olgn , hi
sonsort , is a stately looking woman and
landhomo rfter the Polish type , though she
s the daughter of a c/ar's brother She is
nuch be-loveil for her glares and charities
) y the Greeks , who call her the "Queen of
no Poor. "
Chicago Tribune The manly utterances
if Gladstone continue to ring out on the
\orld In dramatic contiast to the pitiable I
illcnco of the Cngllsh government "f do-
cst , " he saya. "the whole Idea of using force
n behalf of Turkey , which f think has become
111 outlaw " This voices the sentiment of
.l\Miration . throughout the world and yet
3'igland seems Inclined stubbornly to resist
ho pn minings of national cons-dcMir-o In
icak obedl"nco to the demands of an abom-
nablo ' expediency. "
Washington Post Three cheers for George ,
; lng of Grccco1 Ho has told the Huiopi. in
lowers that he will not submit to their
llutatlon , that he will continue to succoi
nil rcacuo his follow countrymen In Crete ,
hat ho will not wlthdnv his ships and
oldlers , that he will be no puppet king to
ie manipulated at their caprice , and sooner
han consent to such degradation ho willie
io ns a king should , with his honor and his
c'lf-roppect unUrnlshed Hotter that , ho
lys , than an oxllo or a marionette Three
hcers , wo say , for George of Greece If
lirro wore a f"w moia kings of his type
Ings for humanity , for honor , for clvlh/a-
lon kings without hypocrisy or greed or
i > ar the world would bo * n better and a
leaner world and honest men might have
jss contempt for monarchy.
Tin : IIOMISTIAI : > i\\v.
tccMiIli'flliiiiN of Iho Oi-lKliuiI Al nml
tin * KirNl in r > .
Congressman Gnlusha Grow of Pcnnsyl-
nnla , the venerable member of the prcs-
nt housa of representatives and ox-tncmber
f thu eoiifresses of the ' 50s , addressed
tie house ono day last week In support of
! io bill relieving settlers from payment on
ndlan lands In the couiso of his remarks
o said
"On the 30th day of March , 18I52 , In the
Id hall of the house of representatives ,
ly llrst speech ns a member of congress
na made on 'Man's night to the Soil '
'rom ' that tlmo forth , In season and out of
rason , the policy of frco homes for frco
ion was kept constantly before congress
Mill the 27th day of May , 1802 ( to take ef-
; ct January 1 , 1SG3) ) when It became Iho
iw of the land by the signature of the un-
tiered child of the prairies , Abraham Un-
uln , after I had signed the enrolled bill as
[ icakcr of the house
"There are two Interesting Incidents con-
ectcd with the final pasaapti of the original
eo homestead bill Tlrst , It took effect
[ i the day of Lincoln's emancipation pioc.
unatlon Second , tlio first settler under
IH homestead bill which provided frco
owes for frco mm , was named Freeman ,
unlel freeman of Beatrice , Gage county ,
cli , was a union soldier homo on a fnr-
lugh which would cxplro on the 2d or 3d
ay of January , 18C3 At a llttlo jiaat mld-
Uht on the 1st day of January , 1SC3 , ho
ude his entry In the land ofllco of hli
[ strict and left his homo the same day to
iko lila piece again In the ranks on the
nited fields Ills entry was No 1 his proof
f residence was No 1 , his patent \\f No
recorded on page 1 , of book 1 , of the
ind olllco ot thu United States
"Thu first Bottler under this law was a
reenmn , and I trust the last of Its bene-
Llarles in the long coining yearn of the
tturo will be a free man , " ( Applause )
norm mm > A.MAt : .
Detroit Journal : If. lr Zcrtucha , OcnorA
Maeoo's physician nnd butrnyer , ha bcci
assAsslnntrd , a very small bucket will hoti
ll the tears shed In this country on hi
account.
Phll.idalphln Ledger. The death of thj
notorious Ur. Zcrtuchn. by Assassination , Ii
Hnv.ina , If the report Is correct , Is only win
was to bo expected. A mnn so unlvorsall ;
believed by the Cubans to hive Iro.ach
cronsly caused Iho death ofntonio Mncci
could not hope to bo safe nnyhcro vvlthli
ro.ich of Cubnn vengeance. At the time o
his surrender to the Spanish It vvns rcportei
that ho was to sail for Spain Immediately
If ho lingered In lliuana It was nt the rial
of his life , nnd he must have known It.
Philadelphia PressH the trnltor , lr
Zcituchn has been nssftsslnntcd by tin
Cubans ho meets n Just retribution. Te-v
docds In the present conflict In Cuba WOK
more heinous thnn his soiling of the bra\ <
lender , Mncco , for n few pieces of Spanlsl
silver , nnd few Incidents were more con
firmatory of the Inhuman methods of Spanlsl
wnifnrc , which trample nil elecencv , honor
chivalry nml the common customs ol
cltlllRllfln in the duM Bo long as Spalr
hires BUdi : nrn ns Xcrtnclin nnd so long ns
'lu > dnlly cnnMMrs of \\oylcr .and hl
subordinates are mnilo Iciown tu the Vnltetl
States the people of the United States will
mfuso to consider Spain In nny other llghl
but ns n barbarous nation , nn enemy tc
tlvlllzntlo.i
roIMUS > < roMMnvr.
Duhuqno Times HID coungo with whlol
Oinahn Is working for the Transmlsalsslpp
Exposition ought to make It n triumphant
success
nub'tquoTole'graplr 'riieiearo 115 nrtcslar
wells In Iowa , located In sixty-five towns , and
Dubuqiic heads the list with thirteen DM-
bitquc his n habit of heading the list Ir
about every thing. If the overworked , threadbare
bareKionch may be pardoned , it is n fin dc
slcclo town.
Divenpott Mrmociat A few years ago the
Dakrtns. Nebraska nnd even Iowa w < > rc
petitioning congtrns to do something In the
way of furnishing relief fiom the oprcadlnp
of the Russian thistle ; It was called ono of
the grave enemies the- farmers had to contend -
te-nd with But the po.jullsts of Nebraska
no longer fear for the thistle , In fact they
count It as not being altogether unfriendly In
them Tlielf legislature has repealed the
law passe-el two years ago placing a premium
on the destruction of what they then thought
was a pest
Dea Molnca Capital It l-s stated thnt the
committee ! ) of wnys nnd menus hnvo agreed
that the property of Iowa for th" purpose of
taxation shall bo n c'sod at one-third Its
c-ash value This is probably ns just a basin
ns could nt present be ngrecd upon. The
cnfoi cement of thl i basis will not opernte lo
Increase the vnluntlon of furnin or railroads
but imv Incrs-iso the taxes of other people
The farmpw nnd rnllroada nt present come
niMter paying their just proportion of taxco
linn any other cla s of property owners
Ptt onnl property in cities and towns largely
rocapes or Is undervalued Moneyn nnd
credits ? peapo nlmoft entirely. After enact
ing a new law It will be noccFsary to have
good nsaeffsort' In fact. It we had good
i sesors everywhere wo would not need a
new law.
CO > CnilMM ! TRUSTS.
Chicago Post- This Rubber trust ought
; o bo a good thing. An clastic conscience
s often required to carry out trust plans.
New York Herald Senator Le\ow hns
mcceeded In learning that the memories of
ho Rubber trust officials arc no more elastic
: han those ot the Sugar trust.
Cornier-Journal : In general it may bo
laid that every genuine trust has this fatal
Icfoct In Us organization : It Is bound to
icrlsh through Its own greed. If It could
orego thn temptation of excessive profits , I
night Indeed survive , but It is not the na
nre of a monopoly to be content with mod
; rate gains Consumption Is checked o
lompetltlon Is Invited , and in either case
he rats abandon the sinking ship.
Chicago Journal : The trusts have laid a
iribnto on the people , extorted unreason
iblo profits , i educed competition to a use
e s minimum , driven the Individual tradei
vho refused to obey their tyrannical behests
nit of business and for all this have given
.ho public practically nothing It Is time
.heir Insatiable greed weio restrained , I
iiTcssary , by placing the men who Illegally
' 01 m and run thorn wheie they will be1 out
> f mischief There was capital Invested in
iugar refining before , the formation of the
Sugar trust and there would be again If the
iust were smashed.
Chicago Tribune : Tor n number of years
last 01 dinar ) business men have been mak-
ng .ill Iho way from nothing to 5 , C or 8 per
: ent a year. They have seen the Sugar trust
linking fiom 100 to 150 per cent a year on
.apital actually Invested. Men have seen
hu trust Mating the law and making huge
iroflts thereby , while no serious attempt
\as inndo to punish It No spectacle can be
no re demorallring than this is. Ono suc-
ic'fcsful trust bleeds others. If the sugar
olliilng industiy can bo ti listed , men ask
hoinselves why other Industries cannot be
landlcd in the same way , and proceed to
inmhlni * If other men can break the law
kith Impunity they ask themselves why they ,
oo , cannot , and proceed to break It.
TII 12 co.tGiinbs or IIOTIIURS.
Boston Globe : The Mothers' congress at
Vjshlngton Is listening to papers on "Tho
inportancc of bilngiiif ; the- young In touch
> Ith great literature , " Instead of discussing
Ivti topics like "To spank or not to spank , '
r "Hoto Keep the baby still at night "
New York Commercial The whole thing Is
n example of the tomfoolery that IH making
idlctilius the women of courage nnd chnrac-
3r who arc endeavoring to cultivate their
wn minds and at the enmo tlmo bring up
lielr children In the light way , Tlio rc-
ning Influences of the home nnd the gentler
nil holler Influence of women are not to
0 brought out by a woman's congress.
Philadelphia Times Wo may look for
lent results from this movement. It Is
mo thnt. measured by mere brutal statlctlcs ,
.mcrlcnu motherhood does not appear to
ave been advancing rapidly of late. But
lie rarest Jewels are the moat precious , nnd
ith Die scientific care bestowed upon their
uttlng nnd polishing our future machine
lade Gracchi , like their mothers , must
liino with nn effulgence that will leave no
hade of regret for the liomo-epun , home-
oeplng mothers of the past
Indianapolis Journal With all duo respect
> the "mothers" who are In convention at
Washington. It must bo said that only thosu
ersons lacking In the scnso of hiimoi tan
jiisidcr the gathering without aamlle. Not-
Itlistanding the advent of the new woman
nd the general acceptance of some very
boral ideas eonceinlng the field of work
nd thu possibilities of the sisterhood , tha
vc'rago man and woman cherUh a concep-
on of motherhood and Its duties which do
ot lit In thu leant with the Idea of convun-
oim hnld for the purpose of regulating
leir dtitlc.i.
Boston 1'ost : Whllo the mothers repre-
Mit the inot't Important function In society ,
la not nsmimcd that they know everything
ut these congresses may yet call out the
ithers , who certainly have equal''Interest
1 the needs of the times If the rising gon-
/vbsoJutoIy Pure
lilebrated for Hu great leavening strength
id liuultlifulneua. Assurui thu food sinnliiat
urn ami all forms of adulteration common
i thu die-up htuiids
DVAli UAK1NO I'OWLlKH CO , NEW VOIIIC
ornllon Is to carry forwnid the clvlllrntlot
projected by ficlr predecessors nml solidified
by their pnronta there ta Indeed need ol
vigilance , conplderlng Iho lemputlon < that
mcnncc the jonng tn thcuo transition dnya.
It l.s very imtmnlly the mothers who nr
starting the now move for * oclnl rcgcncra
lion nt tha Kaso of Ihc structure.
ri\siin ( or rt.v ;
Detroit I'rco Press WIMly wns thinking
of n Into oxporltMir-f nt the club when hli
\vlfo nskcil : "HM Mr. Lusk cnll ? "
"Not him I hlnrfiil him with n $ IO-er-
vvhnl vvui thnt , elonr ? '
Tlrooklvn LifePlr t Spanish Olllrer1)l <
fionocnl Wcyler dlsllngulsh himself In the
battle ?
Moconel S | > nlilsli Ofllcer-O , ho vvns out , of
sight
C'hlrnRO Vosf The mnn with the long gray
liciinl toldcd Ills nrms nnd looked proudly
at ound him
"Ne-vn In my life" ho * nld , "havo I drunk
nnvthliiK1 MtotiRpr tluiii vviiter "
"H tlmt flo1' cxrlnlmrtl the KonturKInn
"Well , I shotildiri think you'd mlmll It. "
Dill ii1elphl.irip : HP Von don't nienn
to tell me vou mo going to mnrrv tlmt old
blldlipnded profo oi 7
She He Is nxllirr Itild , but think 'how
ninny young men of today are bild on thn
Inside of their he.uls.
Dotiolt .Tourn.nl : "Hrlng mo mv Rlii- ! * "
rummnmltil the Indv pirate for there vvn"
now no lit lit of human endeavor to vvhli'h
llii' gontlrr "e'x vvtii not admitted 'that I
irmy FI > I > If all Is well "
The faithful lleutcnnnt brought two
e-la-wq , knowing It to bo Impossllilo to
slzo up the biirlt Imlr with one- .
Clovolnnil Plain Urale-r : Vouthful Male
Applicant I know PNC- boon u pretty tough
lot. sli , but
St Peter Oh. never mind tlmt-walk
right In Yonnt ; men arc so tirrllily HCUICO
novvailnvR thnt wo can't nrtoid to ho
1 > it tlcular.
liidlnnapolls Joiirmil ; "Thpip In no
ooonslon for you to envy me1 , " said the
priwpeioiH PL t son " 1 haveu ; \ ninny
UnilbUH asou "
"tallow you do , mlitir , " ntltnlttcel nimnnl
Diivvson , "but the illlllculty with me Is that
1 ain't got nothing else "
Washington Star : "Of cotn r > " said Iho
low t lei , "yon me.int well , but don't do Hint
again "
"What elo you mean' ' " Inqnlroil the man
In rbargp of the re'pili department
"Vou charootl that last mnn so much that
Instead of having hl > old watch lUe-d bo
bought a nrvv one that 1 had marked down
to cost as an advertlsomi'iit. "
Hero Is a Nupo poem on thf > pmlr dashed
off In a momi ut of wild. Intoxh it lilt ; Joy
liv the poet lirl.it of tinIxmdon Nivi
It's tough Mild the omli of Nunt > ,
When you're middenlv clitickcd In the soup.
I'd siionor Ii ive pilns.
Soft coniH iind clilllil.ilint ,
Or appendicitis , or ciotip
DIIIAMSf \ YOITH.
lloston Trntmrliit
Sweet droims ot youth , coino to mo once
again !
On fancy's canvas faces gleam once more !
Soft music sounds , as of some old lofraln ,
And tbrlllu my hcait na In the elays of
yore.
Porno hick , tweet clrcanv , nnd fill my soul
with light !
Como back , dear fanolcs , over fair and
blight :
oOinc link , soft music of the clays gone by ,
And banish every sorrow , oveiy vveaiy
.sigh !
3vvect dreams of youth , yo weave a magic
spoil !
Whn'j though my life Is growing old and
Bray ?
Phe old-time happiness I knew and loved so
well ,
The joys and pleisurcs of that catly tiny I
2omo bick , dear life , that knew , nor care ,
youth again !
Como back , dear life , that knew nor care ,
nor pain !
Retuin , O happy hours that once vvcro
mine' '
lletuin , O life , that scorned almost divlnol
3wect dreams of youth , bo mine , bo mlno
once more !
Turn back the pages Time has filled belong
long !
_ ot mo the pictures of the past icstore- ,
And slntf again the young and merry
uong !
3omp back , sweet dreams , for night la clos
ing round !
Como luck , and chc-cr mbwith your - welcome
come sound !
'ome luck , and bid mo never to grow- old
The fadeless beauty of your heart of gold.
A. LONG
LOOK AHEAD
[ t takes a steady hand
ind a clear eye to see
nto the future with any
: ertainty with the spy
glass of experience. It
sn't always easy to
enow just what may
) e wanted. That is why
ve have been talking
n our advertisements
> f things we have to
icll and of things we
> ught to have sold long
LgO.
LgO.It
It is getting pretty
ate to sell winter goods
LOWSO if there is any-
hing in our present
ifferings that you want
on may be sure of
; etting it at rather less
ban any where else , and
more than that of
etting something bet-
Our Hat 'Man ' Is ready for you with all
o rprlnir blocks.
8. W. Cor. 16tb und
Douglas Sfa.