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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1897)
Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE. V. . IlOSEWATEr. , Kdltor. 1 HUMS OK afllSCtlllTION. ! < * ( Without Sunday ) , Onu Tear.IBM " Tt-f uii'l Sunday , One Year 8 M K\f \ "Month * < W Tlitea Months 2 < M Punday lice , One Year 3 < W K-ituriJ.iv ) ( < - , One Year 1 M MVekly Itei. One Y ir W OKKIUKSt Onttthn : The llee lliill.llnp. Houth OiiMhn : PliiRtr Dlk. . Cor. N and 21th StI Cotin-l | IlHiffn : 10 1'entl Strett. Chlt-n o Oilier. 317 Ch ml r of Commerce. New Vfrt Ilintn 13. II nnd IS Tribune Hide VTiui'tliKtnn ! Ml Pourtpenlh Street. COIIHKHI'ON'DIJNCE. All fommanlcstlons rclntlnic to ni > w nnd rdlto- rlnl rrfllter i > timiM be niMr Mi'.l : To thn IMItor. lltTSINiSH : I.KTTUUS. All barinM * lollcru nnd rcmlttnncti fhouW b inMicmei ] to Tli" Ilcc I'ubll hliiK Compnny , Ornalin. Drnftii. checUd. rtpips * nnd iio toinc money nnltm to be made payable lo the order of the rrimpanv. rrimpanv.nnn rtim.isniNo COMPANY. 4' ' Btnlo of Nelirnnkn Douglan County. ! > s. : h O ) ixo II Tuohurkt nwretnry of The HBP fiih- v HMilnic cnmp.uiy , IwlnR Ouly sworn , nys Hint ' " * nctmil niimliT of full nml coinplftp milieu of Tlio Bully Morning , f-X-nlnc nnil Piimlnr ! ) < prlntnl Totnl n-t Mti-i GHI2 ? Net ilMIr nvtrnitP,4 ; > . or.onm : n T/.KCMMCK. Bworn to liofort me nml mb-erlfoeil In my presence this M d.iy of Sopteinber , 1S97. ( Seal. ) Nutnry Public. TIII : nnn ox TIIAIXS. AH rallroml mM n1ioy nrc Hiiii | > IIril tvllli i-iuiiiKli lice * In u p every PIIM- intM to rent ! n ItiR Tin HOP. If you ramiot K 't n life on n train from tin ? ni'TVM iipriMit , JIHMINC rt-iiort the fact , Ntatliii ; tlic train iinil rnllr.uiil to the Circulation DiMXirtiiicnt of TinHoc. . The I lotIN for Niilc on all traliio. INSIST OX IIAVINfi Till ! IIRR. As ji innrtyr on tlio sllvi-r sin-hie 1'rcsl- Bent AntlfL'Ws Is a iHsinnl fnlluro. Tlio buslines men of Oinnha can be dciioniliMl on to innkc tlic Ak-Snr-Bun festivltlos novel and iiUrruMivi1. IF rnllroiiil pusses uru nrlles In tlio code , do llioy ccnst ) to be bribes used by William .lonnliiKs IJrynn ? Anntlier street railroad Is projected. Its promoters have evidently taken tlielr cnc from tile South Omaha pis franehlso deal. til Only two cluiirliiK house chles In the itJulted States show a creator percentage -oC Increased elearinufcl for the week than Omaha. Nobody can blame 1'oliee Board Clerk fWVJshans for certifying to the boRtis records Kolten up by Pollci * CommUBloncr Peabody. It Is KoiiiR to be dHiieM.lt to tell whothi'r the rooster adopted by the Ne- Jinislca. democrats as their party emblem ia a crowhis or a croaking bird. It will bo as hard for populists who , vote for demoer.itlc nominees to pro- twrvo their party Identity as it would bo for ( lie proverbial camel to pass 1lirom'li the eye of si needle. Everybody would bo glad to see sliver fliid wheat brought together again if only It comes about by bringing sliver up to the dollar point , instead of tearing jwhent down to tlio fi-cent ( ) mark. The dally transfers of Omaha real es tate are beginning to make a creditable phowlng. The sales are no longer nil made by the sheriff , but by bona fide owners of property to parlies who buy G3 an investment. Queeu Victoria Is said to be deeply Interested in the Klondike gold discov eries. Her Interest is explained not on account of her solicitude for her sub jects , but because she has u royal estate 'ill British Columbia. The only kind of famine known In Ihls part of the country tills year is a car famine resulting from the Inability of the railroads to scrape up enough cars to accommodate the demand for .them for moving the crops. Ex-Queen Ml is reported as very reticent ou the subject of Hawaiian annexation. 'JMie en-queen need have 110 fear of compromising herself by ex pressing her opinion. Her opinion will not cut any figure In the controversy anyway. The mortgage statistics for Nebraska compiled from ilio returns of the re- epectlvo county clerks showing that the farmers In the state are continuing to pay oflJ their mortgage * Indebtedness are jmHty good answer to tlio question ( Whether farming pays In Nebraska. Tlio reform machinists are now trans forming the state house Into fusion cam paign headquarters nnd going through the same political Imposture that they formerly condemned so loudly , l or the reform administration , reform consists In copying ( ho bad hnblts of its prod- ccessom and avoiding their good habits. The state platform adopted by Ne braska repiibllc.'ius Is outspoken In con demnation of the defaulting state oil ) , ccrs and in demanding the punishment of public thieves. Jleii elected to state otllces as republicans who betrayed the jmhllc and tlielr party can tind no apolo getic sympathy In republican councils. The Ohio gold democrats whllo de nouncing thu now tariff nnd several other policies of the present administra tion express thanks to President fiicKln- ley for his support and extension of the merit system In the civil sen-Ice. The Ohio silver democrats In their popo- cratlu blindness would refuse to see any thing praiseworthy In the government under President McKlnley no matter .What tlio clrcumstuuees. a T NK - AS A The more. Sir. Bryan trim to explain away his foraging expeditious on rail road pnsses the more ho convicts hlnnelf of demagogy and wilful deception. Wlinn the San Frnnrl co papers made public the fact that Bryan had solicited nnd accented favors from lluiitlngton's 1 .Southern Pacific railroad in the shape of , railroad pas < u" . Bryan's friends at first denied the charge. They backed their I I denials by producing the rouiilsltloti writ ' ten by Bryan In which he applies for the free ticket over the Southern Pacific on account of the Omaha World-llernld. Upon Inquiry at Omaha It developed that Bryan had severed his connection with the World-Herald a year previously and furthermore that the WorhUlerahl hud no advertising contract with the Southern Pacific and was not entitled to any transportation for any advertising done for that road , To parry this ex posure Itryiin retorted over hl.iown name that he was still a stock holder In the World-Herald. By this , matters were not much mended for tlic reason that as ! a stockholder In a newspaper he could I have no claim upon any railroad for free 1 rides and furthi'rmoro that under the | Interstate commerce law Interstate rail- j roads are forbidden from giving free I transportation , except to railway em ployes. Finding that the explanation of his railroad dead-heading made west of the Itockies did not explain , Mr. Bryan had himself Interviewed on the subject dur ing his recent visit to St. Louis. In this Interview he ( angles himself up still further by saying : "Tiie only thing in the nature of free tickets that I rode on during my western trip was transportation furnished mo on account of tlio Omaha World-Herald , of which I was once editor and In which I am yet a stockholder. TheWorld-IIerald telegraphed for transportation for me and It was the distinct understanding that it was Issued on a strict advertising basis. 1 paid the World-Herald for It Instead paying the railroads direct. It was simply a matter of business and I don't ' see how fair-minded people can make , anything else out of it. " If Mr. Bryan had told the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth , fair-minded people would have no ground for finding fault. But Mr. Bryan knows that the pass from Sacramento to Port land , Oregon , was not secured through the World-Herald by telegraph or by mall , but on his own request and that that request would not have been hon ored had not the railroad managers de sired to place Mr. Bryan under obliga tions. The Southern Pacific Is not , liowevcr , the only railroad on which Bryan has been foraging. Mr. Bryan traveled to St. Louis some ten days ago over the Wabash and deadheaded his way with an 3807 annual pass. The pass is ostensi bly Issued on account of the "World-Her ald but bears on its face the flat con tradiction of the pretense that it Is a business transaction. Railroads do not issue annual passes in exchange for ad vertising. In the nature of tilings they could not know how often they would be used , for what distance and how much advertising value they would rep resent. If Mr. Bryan paid the AVorld- Ilornld for his Wabash annual , how much did he pay , and when and where and on what basis ? Did ho pay so much a mile , or a lump sum ? The discreditable part of Bryan's dead heading over the railroads arises not merely from the fact that he poses as the champion of tlio anti-monopoly forces and denounces the railroads for discrim ination in favor of influential non-pro ducers as against the common people who must pay their way , but also bccauito while amply able to pay his faro ho Is rohorting to deception to cover up his acceptance of railroad gifts. SKllVICM A.B.10DE. . The organisation of an anti-civil service league has been effected and it Is announced that it will immediately en ter upon an active campaign to secure material modification or. absolute repeal of the civil service law. The plan of the league is to Influence sentiment In the congressional districts and as there are persons in every such district who have boon disappointed in not getting federal appointments It Is said to be the expecta tion of those who have formed the league that a formidable movement will be or ganized In the rear of all those members of tlio house of representatives who de cline to give their support to such a re pt-allng measure as may be decided upon by those who want a restoration of tiio spoils system In whole or In part. The league will issue a circular letter to the general public setting forth its purpose. An aggressive crusade against the civil service law Is thus promised and prob ably it will be effective In Inducing some people to army themselves in opposition to the. merit system who have never con cerned themselves about it. The profes sional politicians and chronic ofiice seek ers may be expected to range "ilomselrcs against the civil service law tuid to nolsely denounce It. But ) there need be no serloiH apprehension that the spoils men will be able to accomplish their pur pose of repealing the. law and restoring the spoils system. The civil service sys tem Is approved by tlio Intelligent judg ment of the. country and In as perma nently established as any public policy. It lias been most amply vindicated by results. Under It.s operation the public service has Improved In efficiency and In honesty. Nearly every head of a govern ment department since the civil service law went Into effect has borne testimony to this and nil the members of the cab inet In the present administration arc earnest supporters of the merit system. President McKlnley strongly believes In civil service reform nnd has shown his purpose to maintain and advance It. Ho conclusively demonstrated. A political In tlio civil service must go on ; but the changes should bo real and genuine , not perfunctory , or prompted by a zeal In lw- half of any party simply because It hap pens to bo lii power. " lu his letter of acceptance ho said in reference to civil service reform that the republican party would take uo backward stop upon flic question. "It will seek to Improve but never degrade the public service. " The republican party Is fully committed by its platform declarations to thu main- tenance nnd advancement of the reform. ' The nntl-clvll sorvlre league will enter upon a hopeless crusade. It will have opposed to Its purpose Jh > Influence of' ' the administration and the best senti ment of the country. The spoll.s system Is utterly Indefensible , ' . 'he merit of civil service reform has been fully nnd said In his Inaugural address : "Reforms party dial should attempt Its overthrow would certainly be repudiated by the ( icople. MUST .r ; < iivu OiV ins nr.ronn. Men are to be judged by their acts rather than by their professions. The , true test of men's sympathies Is found In their associations and their conduct. The speeches and letters of Judge Sulli van are decidedly at variance with his i political atllllatlons and public record. ! Ho has always been known as a elo.se ! associate of the leaders of the railroad . wing of the Nebraska democracy and owes to them whatever prominence or position he has ever had In public life. Although posing now as a champion of the fused anti-monopoly elements , his re i lations with his monopoly backers have not been severed. It Is an open secret that the railroad managers will bo perfectly satisfied with Judge Sullivan on the supreme bench. Whether the gold democrats put a sep arate ticket In the Held or endorse the choice of the fuslonlsts , he and his close friends confidently expect the bulk of the gold democratic vote to be cast , for him. Whether Judge Sullivan Is to bo the missing link that will reunite the tsvo opposing factions of the Nebraska democracy and swallow the populists at the same time Is a matter of conjecture. One thing Is certain , however , and that Is that Judge Sullivan has no more use now for a populist than be had when in 18U ! he defeated the populist candidate for district Judge by fusion with the re publicans , or in IS ! ) ! . ' , when ho rendered valiant .service to what he now calls the common enemy by helping to defeat Van Wyck for governor , whom ho had previ ously , as a member of ( lie legislature of 1887 , helped to defeat for re-election as United States senator. Whatever estimate may bo placed upon tlio campaign speeches made by .Tudge Sullivan when a candidate for office , the true measure of the man must be bis public career as politician , legislator and judge. If ho is truly In accord with the principles of the parties whose support he is seeking he must bo able to point back to a record in harmony with those principles. If his record is not in har mony with his professions or the plat forms upon which ho asks election he has no rightful claim upon the vole of any honest silver man , whether populist , democrat or ex-republican. T77B JmfKMlliVATlA'O TAX. In the event of the attorney general deciding that the 10 per cent discrimi nating tax Imposed by section 22 of the tariff law applies to the trade between Canada and the United States a very determined effort will be made at the next session of congress to have the section amended. This will come mainly from New England , where there is a very strong feeling against any inter ference with the existing arrangement affecting transportation in bond by the Canadian railroads of merchandise for the United States. In reference to this matter the Boston Advertiser says it is clear enough that when the Pingley bill was passed there was no general suspicion among the members of either branch of congress that section 22 would overthrow the previous methods of treating importa tions from Canada. "If , liowevcr , " further says that paper , "the attorney general decides that congress has been tricked in this matter that body will go into session again within three months and may then amend tlio section into bettor form. " Undoubtedly the north west will be lu line with New Kngland In demanding mich an amendment should It bo necessary , but It may be found difllciilt to bring this about. The American railroads which suffer from the Canadian competition would bring all their influence to bear for tlio re tention of the discriminating duty and It is by no means certain that there is not a majority in either branch of con gress favorable to it. i HK'fAIjlATlUN. The Argentine Republic , according to advices received at the State depart ment from the United States minister , has increased customs duties on certain articles Imported from the United S"tate.s as a measure of retaliation. It would seem from the reported advances made that they are practically prohibitory , so that it Is to be expected our export trade with that southern republic will be cut off. Argentine having led the way In the matter of retaliation , it remains to be soon whet'ier her example will bo fol lowed by other Xoutn American states which nrc said to bo dissatisfied with our tariff. In referring to Argentine retaliation Mr , DIngley's paper , the Lowlston ( Me. ) Journal , observed in n recent Issue that as a matter of fact the Argentine bought little of us under the Wil- Hon-tJorman tariff and It matters very little what thu Argentine does In the present exigency. "This country , " fur ther remarked that paper , "is not going to give away Its big domestic trade In order to sell a little petroleum to Spanish America. " The value of our exports to the Argentina Republic has not been very large nnd If the trade should bo wholly destroyed the loss would not be a partrcularly serious matter , so far ns tlu > effect on our commerce is concerned ; but it Is to bo considered ( hat whatever wo lose of South American trade Kurope gains and thereby England and other European countries are enabled to more ( Irmly Intrencli themselves In their com mercial relations with South America. Wo are hoping to secure more of that trade , but this wo shall bo unable to accomplish If we Invite such action as has been taken by Argentine. However , our tlrst duty certainly Is to protect our domestic Interests nnd wo should not be able to do this If we considered tlio In terests of other countries In framing our tariff laws. In connection with this matter of ro- taliatloa It Is Interesting to note that while the Herman agrarians continue to agitate for rl-thllatory measures the con servative septliiieiit In Germany is against any < jucli policy nnd according to a leading H HIn paper the export In dustry h acii/'pUng / the Dl-.igley tariff with equanimity Mark Ilniiuu'hi being riddled with Bry- anlte paper pellets because he served only 1H ( ) da.V In the One Hundred and Klftleth Ohio Vd'limteer Infantry , U. S , A. , and was on hospital duty during most of the time of his service. By reference to the Coligro'sslHnal Directory , with the personal history of each member of con- giess willtni by himself , James K. Jone' , chairman of the democratic national com mittee , and United States senator from Ark-uiHas , "was a private soldier during the 'late unpleasantness' on the losing side. " In other words , while the chair man of the republican national commit tee was enlisted for the preservation of the union under the stars nnd stripes , the commander of the Bryanlte forces in the late campaign was enrolled as n volun- teer , lighting for the destruction of the union and the perpetuation of human slavery. Our amiable Bryanlte contemporary , tlie World-Herald , In one column re marks editorially that "Senator Korakor Is so anxious to secure Mr. Uanna's election that ho is willing to speak in every state except Ohio , " and In an other column of the same Issue prints a report of the opening of the Ohio cam paign at Burlon , O. , where Senators I'raker ' > and Ilanna both spoke from tlie same platform and Mr. Foraker came out lint footed urging republicans to work for Mr. Hanna's re-election. This self-contradiction of its own edi torial assertions shows the \itter unre liability of the popocratlc sheet. What is the use of a police court or ganized to acquit ? That question is fre quently asked. The judge says tlie police never bring In evidence that justifies conviction. On tlio other hand the police assert that no evidence will convict In the police court. Both of these versions may be correct. The judge Is altogether too partial to the vicious criminal classes and the police are so demoralized that their spasmodic raids and arrests are made for effect only and not with the in tention to secure convictions. Judge Sullivan on the money question Is Just about as slippery as ho is on tlie railroad question. Like the late Jay Gould , who confessed himself to be a. re publican In republican districts , ami a democrat in democratic districts , but al ways for Krre , the tripartite candidate wasa pionouiiccd gilddemociat wh MI tlu > gold democrats were on top , became a sil ver democrat when the Bryanites cap tured the machine , but always in active touch with ( railroad republicans and railroad democrats. Tlie Frencl havtS an adage that ho who excuses himself accuses himself. When .Tudge Sullivan writes a letter to excuse his flop from the camp of the g Id demo crat's ' to that of the silver democrats he only confirms the suspicion that prevails among populists and silver republicans that his conversion was not inspired by conviction but prompted by ambition. Nebraska ranks second as a corn state in the monthly crop bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture. In point of fact , the st.ite of Michigan , which Is placed at Ilio head of the column for percentage , will not harvest one-half as much corn as Nebraska. Municipal retrenchment is imperatively demanded , but it should not be a mere .scheme to let one supernumerary out to let another supernumerary in. A Tliorii In Illn Tire. t Louisville Courier-Journal. The latest plaint ot Brer Bryan hath the sound of one crying lit the wilderness , who hath punctured his tire on his crown of thorn : ) . Ml Kill 3- I In nl Job. Washington 1'os-t. ' Mr. Bryan secured fusion In Nebraski and lost ft In Ohio and Colorado. This fling of being a perennial presidential candidate is not as easy as some people 'inaglno. ItulililiiK OH Hie ( Jilt. ChlcaRQ Times-Herald. American girls who love n title , no mat ter how encumbered , should study the recent plight of tto Brazilian duke and his Ameri can wife. A sojourn in a foreign jalt on account of unpaid board bills rubs moat of the gilt off a coronet. Tilt ! Whine of tinKlvkcil. . Globe-Ucinocrat. A popocrat editor rays of the present con ditions of prosperity : "They can't last for ever , and that Is why wo are apprehensive of the future. " This Is poor sort of talk for an American citizen. A chronic whine Is mighty bad politics ami was formerly unknown by any of our parties , I'roxiicrlty on tli < - Kami. Indianapolis Journal. It Is probable there never was & time when Amurlcau farmers owed lo&s or had more good stuff on hand to buy not only what they need from day to day , but to Invest In luxuries. That Is equivalent to saying that by far the moat numerous class of workers and producer * In the country Is lii better shape tVian ever before. Alitfrlcilti * . Ban 1'rnticlfoo Eiamlner , We spend to6 hi\ich \ money. Like other prodigals wo liiiM 'become reckless. BolnR the richest tu resources of all the nations of the earth , wd refl too proneto hand out our money of today , and take no heed of thn morrow. This , cfiuoursa , reflects little credit upon our cautiannand integrity as a people and none whatovarttipon the wisdom and statesmanship of our , 'political leaders. " * " " 1" i ii r"7 1'rotfctlou , , far I.i-tffr Carrier * , New York Stall und Impress. There U soumrctmimon sense In the ruling of the postal authorities holding that letter carriers are not required to deliver mall at houses where vlcl.ftUftd.Pgs . are kept unchained. It Is no more to bo expected that a carrier should expose llhnstHf Injury from a dog than , that bo should en tor premises wlifro other dangerous brutes are kept or where there Is peril In the form of pestilence , de fective architecture or lawless storage of ex plosives. It Is a'huoil" thing that this point has been made clear to persons who support dogi. Grrclnu Iiiilfiifiuli'iirc I , out. HpringtleM ( Maun , ) Kcjiubllcan. Poor Greece will practically hayo lost her Independence If the terms of peace now an nounced go Into operation. They put the revonueu of Greece under charge of an In ternational commission , representing the six powers , which will fieo that the holdern of old bonds are paid Interest as well as that the Turkish indemnity Is provided for. All this U moat humiliating for the Q ricks and places their country on somewhat the level of Egypt. The nation which no longer controls Ita revenues has ceased to have an Independent government Grecian humiliation could scarcely go further than the patching up of the terms of peace promises to carry It. Tim ri'SIOMST r.\MIII > ATH. HoidrcRO Citizens It remains to be seen how well the state house Rang can manage the three so-called parties which they man aged so well in convention last \vcoU. Ml ml en Qazotto : Of All tbo ring politics ntut Rnng manipulation ever perpetrated upon the people of N'ebrAska the < lonio-pon free silver aggregation which mot at Lin coln last A\rok was the \\orst. WcoplniVatcr Hcpubllcnn : The demo crats nnd renegade ox-l-epiibllcatiB tinder the management of the stnto house ring outgen eraled the populists In. the three-ringed cir cus ut Lincoln last week and the latter arc meditating to ascertain Just whrro they are at. O'Neill Frontier : Populists who < irp pop- ullnts from principle were fotcod to support a democratic candidate- for president last fall , nnd this fall the democrats arc trying to force them to support a democrat for supreme premo judge. It docs seem as though the democrats were devouring the populist party. Fullcrton Mows : Several jears ago the populists In this district after election ft'lt very sere against certain democrats In 1'lfttto county , who they claimed were responsible for the dpfe.it of a certain populist candi date. Hut now the tables arc turned and the other fellows hnvu u chance to play even. Look out for war. Albion News : As has been predicted by republicans from tlio start the populists liftvo bcuit gobbled up by the democrats In Ne braska , and tharo will probably never bo another stnto ticket of the populists , lu counties \\-licro original democrats nrc scarce , like IJoonc , they will probably keep up n locjl organization for a while longer. Osceola Record : The triple confusion at Lincoln last week placed in nomination Judge J. J. Sullivan of Columbus as can didate for supreme Judge. Judga Sullivan Is n lifelong democrat and has been twice elected district Judge , both times defeating a populist. It Is tbo general mulerstntidliig that the gold democrats will not nominate a Judge , ns Judge Sullivan Is very accept- nble to them , his silverlsm not being sklu deep even. Populism Is swallowed up In de mocracy. Hastings Tribune : One ot the leading democrats of Adams county was rejoicing Saturday nlqht over the great victory the small handful of democrats won over the populists at Lincoln last week. He said ho never worked so hard In his life ns ho did nt the combination convention last \vcek and that he was proud over the manner In which the few democrats walked over the populists and got their tnnn nominated. Thus It is that the Nebraska populists let the demo crats do the dictating when the populists are In the majority. Schuyler Sun : The boasted power of the people -who elected men to offlco , who rldo on passes , play Into the hands of monopolies , nnJ use their olllcc for personal ends , will be turned against the hypocritical ring which has misled them upon false Issues. The tide Is turning and Instead of popocratlc demigods InvestcJ In ofllcial robes ot state a lot of tricksters and political wirepullers will be relegated to the obscurity from which they sprung. It Is time. The oppo sition thunder let loose by the Bartlcy and Moore cases Is losing Its terror by the open- Ins tip of opposition tricks. Beatrice Democrat ( gold-dcm. ) : While the Democrat Is not Inclined to Indorse the mix ture compounded by the thrco-lu-one conven tion , It feels favorable to Judge Sullivan , tor the reason that ho Is a sound money democrat , having always espoused the gold standard , and Tievcr accepted the 1C to 1 Idea. He did support Mr. Bryan last year upon the ground of regularity and not because he Indorsed the wild and erratic doctrine sent forth Tiy the Chicago conven tion. With Judge Sullivan and Judge Post to select from , we would prefer Sullivan , oven handicapped as ho Is by a populist nomination. Stanton Picket : The results ot the triple convention were a surprise to no one at all familiar with the workings of the machinery ot Nebraska's three-in-ono political party. It was Just what the combined leaders had decided upon and arranged for and Just what they knew the result would be for some time in advance of the h oldlng of the great powwow , provided the populist \vlng did not take the bits In its teeth and refuse to be longer led by a band of offlco- seoklng leaders. They had no fears of not being able to control the ex-republican con tingent or that the democratic wing would refuse to fuse , since It was the arrangement to give them the candidate for supreme judge , the principal candidate. ( IUKSTIO.V OT CUHUKNUV UICKOU31. Jfo ImiiK'ilIiite ccsMlty for Ilxl-itliiK Mnitrtnry .Sj'Mem. AVashlnRton 1'ost. The Omaha Bee , one of the ablest and most conservative of the trnnsmlsslsslppl newspapers , exhibits Its customary good sense In opposing the harmful clamor for Impossible reforms In the currency. The Bee believes and the Post knows that be lief to be well founded that the number ot business men who deprecate the nglta- tlon for currency reform Is very large , and that It Is being steadily Increased by "the advance toward prosperity. " The Bee quotes trustworthy advices from New York to the effect that many business men there nnd .some bankers express the opinion that It Is not expedient lo make any attempt at change In the currency system at present. A leadIng - Ing banker Is quoted as saying that It is preposterous for bankers to get together and pass resolutions proclaiming that our currency system Is dangerous , nnd that the only safety Is In an exclusive bank currency , when the metest tyro can see that the _ neo- plo of the United States arc not at all con cerned about the currency , knowing that It stands upon a gold basis and will bo there maintained. He said the most potent and impressive argument ugalnst any meddling with the currency Is the attitude of the great body of the people In regard to It. The Post has never contended that our currency uwstem was too good to preclude the Idea of Improvement. That It will al ways remain In Its present shape Is improb able and undesirable. But the Post regards It as morally certain that no reform meas ure can be passed by the Kitty-fifth congress , and as highly Improbable that the 1'lfty- slxth congress will be any more responsive to the , demands of the agitators than Its immediate predecessor. Our Omaha con temporary says "tho fact Is being demon- titrated again that the currency system is no obstacle to the return of prosperity ami fj hindrance to Industrial and commercial ex pansion , and that therefore there Is no ur gent demand , as the reformer Insist , for making any change In the system nt this time. Hut , " It adds , "notwithstanding this the reformers will continue to agitate and to do their best to discredit tha currency Hystem. whllo the currency commission will solemnly deliberate on a. plan to 'take the government out of the banking business' by eliminating the legal tender notes , which are not causing the government the least bit of trouble. " Without going Into any discussion of Uio merits of the greenback question. It In per tinent to remind the reformers that before the greenbacks can bo eliminated the people will Insist on having a chance to vote on the proposition. That bolng the case , whTo Is the practical utility of agitation at this tlmu ? And nheio is thn aenaa or patriotism In "discrediting the currency system" at any time ? A OII.IXKIS OP \iitli > cnlil < > Di-clliir of th < > Calamity C/'ry In KIIIINHK , KuiiMia Clly Htar , William J. Bryan Is addressing Immense crowds of prosperous farmers at the county fairs In Kansas , and ho has too much sense to tell them that they are not enjoying good times , for the evidences b 'foro him con- flUntly are too strong to tie denied. The tone of the free silver argument , as It comes from the fountain of Inspiration , has en tirely changed , just aa the Star predicted some tlmo ago. Mr. lllryan no longer tells the farmers that they are suffering from hard times , which only free coinage can cure. He tells them that the present pros perity is only temporary , and nothing but free stiver will make It permanent. The wonder now Is what will Mr. Bryan say twelve months from now , after the Kansas farmers shall have enjoyed a year of good times , during which they will have paid off millions of dollars In mortgages , bought more luids , made Improvements In tliolr homes , seen their farms almost doubled In value , and In many cases loaned money to young men just starting out In life , or to newcomers who desire to ntart In the bust- ness of lannInn without any capital of their own 7 ( JOOI ) SKM3CTIOX KOH CIIAIItMAN. Norton Jnurn.il : The nrloctlon ot Mercer IK chairman ot the republican state comnilltn/ a good olio and A guaranty that the work ot the commlttcn will bo done In n InislnesMIko and * y tem tlc manner. Nebraska City TVpss : Consressman n.nve Mercer's selection as ch.ilrman ot the repub lican state committee appeals to give uni versal satisfaction nnd he Is already siig- sestod ns a possible United SUlPs senator In cnp ho lc.ids A successful fight till ? fall. York Times : The republican state com mittee did exceedingly well In the splcctloln of Us ofllcers. Congressman Mercer , the now chairman. Is probably without exception the best organizer nnd tlie hardest worker In the state , and it ho has Any rival In thc < o particulars It Is Kd Slzer , the new sec- rotary. Lincoln Call : The election ot Dave Mercer chairman nnd Kd It. Slzer secretary ot the republican Rtnlo central committee meets with universal approval among republicans. and every whore their election scorns to in- splro confidcncp. Tliolr fighting qualities are so well known that confidence has boon Inspired nil over the state , and the feeling has KOIIH Abroad that with such leaders suc cess Is. assured , to the ticket this fall. Tliolr speeches oC acceptance liad the right ring and brought forth an ovation fiom the com mittee. Lincoln News : The selection by the re publican candidates of Congressman IMvo Mriwr ot Omaha ns chairman of the slate central oomiuitteo is an excellent onp. Mr. Mcrciir stands well with all classes In the st.ite and his talents ns an organl/.er ami director of campaigns that win will bo ot Inestimable \.ilno to the republicans this yoar. Mr. Mercer Is now serving his third term ns a congressman from the Omaha district nnd each tlmo he runs ho tins a stronger man against him and each llmo his majority Is larger. IIo Is a mascot of the tried and true typo , and If ho docs not win the fight this fall It Is because It can't bo won. Kearney Hub : The members of the re publican state central committee met and organized at Lincoln on AVcdnosdny and did a really fcplemlld good thing In making a unanimous tender of the chRlrmannhlp to Congrrssman Dave Mercer and In like man ner selecting Ed H. Slzcr ot "Lincoln for socrctnry by n unanimous voto. This selcc- tlr.n will glvo universal satisfaction to Ne braska republicans. Uavo Mercer Is n hus tler from the word "go" and has had experi ence in campaign work as a former secre tary of thu committee ) and latterly as sec retary and then chairman of the republican committee. I'd Slzer Is another of the hard pushers , "knows the Ins and outs of state politics thoroughly , and Is probably not excelled - c-elled us an organizer nnd political ready reckoner la the whole ntate ot Nebraska. The Hub Is Inclined to take these two se lections js a sure omen of victory. I'AUTISSIIII * lU'V AVII.D. Ord Times : In removing Prof. Olllesple from the position of superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Omaha , after a ppprlcsa record ot twenty yeais In that position , wo believe Governor Holcomb made a mistake. Nellgh Tribune : Governor Holcomb muht nmvo very cautiously In the removal of tried nnd faithful olHclals In public Institutions. Politics should he kept out ot them if possi ble. In the matter of Superintendent Gll- lesplo of the Heat nnd Dumb Institute In Omaha the superintendent has the advantage so far as the public Is yet advised. Fremont Tr.bruie : The management of the Deaf and Dumb asylum at Omaha will not bo as satisfactory under the new populist regime , but that makes llttlo difference. The Inmates are deaf and dumb , anyway , and we suppose It doesn't much matter what becomes of them If only the salary ot su perintendent gets into the hands ot a 'stccn- to-wunner. Kearuey Hub ; There la nothing to show that Governor Holcomb can square his ac tion In setting out to wreck the State Insti tute for the Deaf and Dumb at Omaha by Installing as the head of the Institution a person' Incompetent and without experience , and who has even learned the deaf and dumb alphabet during the past few mo'nths. There , are many things which arc justifiable In the the name of politics , but this is not one of them. Ord Quiz : i In keeping with the policy ot raiding the public institutions of the state in the Inteicst of populist place hunters , the governor has now fired Prof. J. A. Cill- lesple , who > has for nineteen years superIntended - Intended the Nebraska Institute for the DcaC and Dumb. The removal was made without specillc charges being made and without Riving a hearing to GlllCHpie or showing him the report made by the par tisan committee which ln\estlgated the Insti tution. Glllesple took the school when It was annoying and unprofitable to both the state and its patrons , nnd In- the time he has held it has made It a pride both to the state and himself. ' In removing him one of the best specialists In this line Is turned down and a ma-n wholly unfitted for the place is put there. A teacher and superin tendent of such an Institution cannot bo picked up everywhere. In turning him out ho is not the injured party , for he can find employment elsewhere , but the state is the Injured party , and all this In the name of reform. ' Seward Reporter : The populist governor has removed Prof. J. A. Glllesple , for twenty years superintendent of the Nebraska school for deaf mutes , and appointed In his place a man named II. K. Dawcs , formerly n mib- Inatructnr at the blind asylum. Prof. Gll- lesplo Is the originator of the auricular sys tem for deaf mutes , and Is a man of Inter national reputation. Without doubt he has done more for bettering the condition of those unfortunates who can neither hear nor speak than any other living man. Ills place was wanted for a populist , nnd Governor Holcomb Ignored his splendid services to the cause of humanity , and put In a man who I ' has never had any npeuial training at all for this highly Impoitant and dllllcult work. In order to get a pretext for the removal of Prof. Glllesple an Investigation was made of 4Iio accounts of the Institution. The In vestigators could not find that the superin tendent had ever converted one cent of pub lic funds to his own use , but they reported that In the course of the twenty years about $1,900 had been expanded for other Items than tlioso for which It was specially appro priated. This was enough to give the gov ernor the chance ho wanted , and Olllcsple's head fell Into the basket. The matters re ferred tu might have been shown to bo errors In bookkeeping , but the superintend ent was given no chance to explain , IKwas a cowardly act. and shows besides that th. ( governor and his associates are more anxious to put their political friends on the pay roll of the Htuto than they are to have elllclent infill at the head of our state Institutions. Weeping Water Republican : One of the rankest of the nuny outrages perpetrated bv Governor Holcomb In his removals and appointments In connection with the state Institutions Is the removal of I'rof. J. A. G-lllchplo ot the deaf and dumb institute of the state. Mr. Gillesple had held the posi tion through all changes of the state's ad ministration for twenty years. Kor this par ticular work to which he had devoted HO much of hla Ufa It Is said he Imd but few , If any , equals In the United States , IIu Is the originator of borne of the most advanced methods of teaching this class of unfor tunates. Bv one of his own methods the dumb am brought to articulate dlftlnctly enough to be understood. The man who will toke the place on the IRtli of the present month when Mr. Glllesplo goes out has for a few months been a toucher In the blind psvlum at Nebraska City. Ho has no qual ifications for either place , but what ho has lovrned in the art of teaching the bllml will bo of no service to him ns an educator of deaf mutes. His qualifications conslttod of the fact that he Is a popocrat. Thu pop Invoitlgatlng committee found that In the twenty years of Mr Glllcsplo's sorvlco to tlio state there was about Jl/JOO in his ac- rount which vsas not properly accounted for. They do not claim It Is a shortage' , but ad mit It Is In the fund received for goodi paid that had been made by the tiludenfH. The amount no received was expended for the needs of the Institution by the pro fessor without receiving an order for the expenditure .from his superiors. A very fllmslcal excuse , indeed. But the outrage lh capped out by the governor and his com mittee falling to furnish I'rof. Ulllcsplo with a copy of the errors claimed or to point them out to him In his txioks. This they promised to do several times , but did not keep their word. This proves that the change Is simply mud to make room for another pop , without any consideration whatever as to what the result may be on the la- mates of tlio school. IOWA K.is ro.MMi.vr. : Cedur llnplds Itopubjlcnn1 Some people are laughing at Senator Oc r became ho predicted 100,000 republican plurality for Shaw. Those merrymakers forget that Tilt- mnn and Altgcld arc to stump the state for Tred White. Sioux City Ttmcss The populist orators re not now wee-pine over the farmers ot Iowa , South Dakota nnd Nebraska ; but they are weeping over the poor of India. Their Dccup.itlon la not wholly gonoj there nro nlwajs people # omowlicio to weep over , Dos MolniM Capital : While prosperity has rome back to Iowa and men are again be ing put to work It Is a good time lo ug- Kt'st that people had better remember tbolr da > s of adversity nnd try to get oompUiIng ahead for a rainy day. It too often happens that we all llvo up our earnings ns wo go along , or even fn'tcr. DCS Moines Lradcr ( dcm. ) : Summed up , Mr. Bryan's argument on the wheat ques tion Is that the gold standard made Ilio price low last year , but that supply nnd domaml hns made It high this year llencc we are led to Infer that Mr. Bryan 'believes that the law ot supply and demand Is an every other year affair. Burlington Ilaukcye : NotbVig shows the trickery of the popocratlc demagogues moro plainly than their present attempts to mnko the laborers dissatisfied because the prlco of flour has ad\anced. A year ago they bo- walled the lot of the farmer because ho pot so little for his wheat , now they try to make a llltlo capital by talking ot the high prlco of bic.id. What a contemptible outlll thcso popocratle leaders are ! l'iitM : > NAI , AM ) OTIimtWISK. The Ice man Is one ot the few who extracts much cheer from the failure ot cold wnvo prcdlutlana. Wnrrcnaburg , Mo. , sends fraternal greet ing to Douglas county. Ita wart house goddess h.is tunned n coat of silvered paint. The country U * afu. There Is Joy In Louisville and blue grnss dew animates thu townspeople. Tlio stamp of the government now accompanies every bottle certifying lo the ngu of the spirit. A Sheridan editor Insinuates that Wy oming ozone is just the thing to repair shattered litimin systems and restora organs coughed up In the usual way. Allldavlts ot Improved circulation accompany the declar ation , A Texas man who hns stretched hemp six times , but la still niive , volunteers the Information that "gettliiK it In the neck" Is not what It Is crocked up to be The information may be Useful to those disposed to take "a drop too much. " A clergyman In Havana who had the nerve to criticize Wojler lor permitting his olllceis to sell captive Cuban girls Into lives ot sh r. muas promptly rebuked by having his name removed from a stieet in Havana. The wonder Is that the captain general did not have clerical toast for breakfast. Some schoolma'ams down In Virginia arc becoming mighty particular. At a iccent Institute they "Itesolved , That as a body of teachers we condemn the use of alcohol ami tobacco by the teachers , and we also condemn the habit of Ihobe male teachers who sit In the schoolroom with their hair parted in the middle and their pants In their boot tops. " The nttorncy general of Missouri has be gun quo-wairanto proceedings lu the su preme court against two Insurance com panies ot the state to picvent them from doing business , the charge being that they have abused the privileges of their fran chises by entering Into u trust with other companies to control the rates for premiums on property insured In Missouri , Some years ago W. W. Wick , then of Topelca , was running a country paper In Kansas and a woman assailed him on the main street of the town. He gathered l.ir up under his arm and paraded around tha square. She kicked and snuirmcd , but ho matched laughingly along , displaying her to the crowd that had gathered. It mortified the woman so much that she left town en the first train and never bothered the editor afterward. The recent railroad wrecks and the loss of life among mall agents and baggagemen direct attention to the perilous position of these faithful employes. Their position is moro dangerous than that of engineer and firemen , inasmuch as the latter have a chance to jump In ease of accident , while the former have no warning of Impending danger. Tlio makeup of passenger trains increases this peril. LIsnt weight cars are placed between the engine and the heavy sleepers , Tlio Impact of a collision crushes the lighter cars llko so many egg shells , and rarely does the occupant escape with his life. i.i.vr ; IIAHIIS. Truth : riergymiin St. Paul made one er ror , my dear chlldien. Juvenile Eld it let In a run ? Chicago Post : "That .story would be gooij If It were not for one thing. " "What Is that ? " "It Isn't. " i .Tudge : Private Morlurty ( the raw re- erult ) Halt , in HI ycz ? Who KOPH there ? Captain Jilgbcad ( Indignantly ) Fool ! Pri vate Mori.'irty ( unabashed ) Adviinue , fool , an' give th' countersign. Indianapolis Journal : "What ! You c.ill old Ootrox tenderhearted ? IIo l.s as tough us they make them , " "I still Insist that he Is tender. Anyway , whenever ho Is touched ho gels aoru. " Chicago Tribune : " 1 don't w'in't anny more uv ycr Up ! " threateningly exclaimed O'Hoollhan. "Dot's rlRhdt ! " retorted Goldstein. "Your lip vo-4 dree dimes plgser ash mlno nl- retly ! " Yonkers Statesman : B.ieon I ran't for the life of me HPO whiit Pentium siiw lu hl wife to ndmlre. Kybeit You IIPVLT honnl her laugh , then ? "Would a man marry a womnn to hour hen laugh' . " ' "Cer tainly ; Pommin l.s a Joltu writer. " Detroit Journal : "I once knew a man whoso hair elianged from black to white In a single night , because ho lo.st his for tune. " "Well , I knew a pill who lost her for tune and hi > r hnlr chnnKCil from auburn to red In less time thiin It takes to tell It. " Chicago Record : "They say that playing progressive euchre maliPH women wear an ugly. Htialncd expression. " "There II poe * ngnln ; things nre getting- to Hiich a point that the only \vuy u worn in ean be passably good looking U to take her face oft' nnd Ueej > It In a bureau drawer , " Detroit Free Pre : "Here'H nn nt'eount of a man , " B.ild Mra , Qailaby. "who hasn't spcken n word to his wife In three yoara" "Tliiit'rt lather n rigid adherence to one of the riileH of politeness , " ? ald Uatlsliy. "Itulo of nollteiuHsl" said MrH. Qndsby. In -scornful tone. ' Uv'1'h | r."ovor lntorrlI > t a lady while uhe la ' A HBVEIUK. ( 'leveland leader , The hnzy days of autumn Come nineo ; Thero'B a lir/.y t-ort of feeling Hound the pl.ice , And o'er rno eomes u-steullng A sort ot wiVHje longing 'lo get out und after On the run , With n Kim. IIIIVOM ) . Somewhere beyond your narrow , dark to Hee ymlr eyct wollld 3oy ' Homewlii-re , beyond deformities that haunt "re l > ou""ful and Somewhere beyond this deep , discordant antllt'm of KlTlouH iar- , tllut "aturo a p ( > rre't Somowh , the clasp that , now. do. T" a'nd'rt2n"nl.MnBth ' tlmt ls SOO(1 ( n"1 kind Somewhere , beyond this fickle , human long. There JH a love on which your heart might Neverjorgettlne this prornlso Of the fu- you'tem'16 Wor1" . ' advancing whl'e ICnowjh.it a land of plenteous peace await ,