THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MOKDA.Y , DECEMBER 13 , 1897. l } * THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. nOBUWATEH. Editor. I'UUUSHKD MOrtNINO. TEHM8 SUlJSCMUITIONi n > II > - Hee ( Without Sun.lay ) . OiiC Yc.iv. Dally lie * anil Sunday , One Year Hlx Month * . . . I " ' l-atee Month Bunday Ike , One Year * S" Hftturday l > c , One Year * JV Weekly IJc , One Year " OKFICE3 : Omaha ! The Use IlulldlnB. BouU Omaha : Singer Illk. . Cor , N and 21th Sts. Council IlluffB ! 10 I'mrl Street. ChKHfto omce : 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York ! Ilootnn U , 11 and IS Tribune UWe Washington : Ml Fourteenth Street. COnilKBPONDBNCK. All communications rel tlnB to rew and edlto. rial matter nhould be address-ed : To the Editor. nuaims.s hwrriniH. All I > u ln i8 letter * nnd r mltlancea nhould be addrcsteJ to The llee 1'ubllfHilnRCompany , Omaha. Urnfts , checki , lixprem and poilomcs inonuy order * to bo mode payable to the order ot the company. poilLIBHINO COMPANY. HTATEMKNT OK CIHaUIA.TlON. Btntn of Nelirnnkn , l > > UBlfti County. B . : QeorRO II , Tinehuck , fi > crclnry of The llee Pii > > - llshlng Company , liolnc duly swotn , nays thai the nctiml number of full nnd complete ? copies of The Dally , Morning , KvcnliiR nnd Sun-lar Hec prlnteil 1837 , was na fol- liirlnR Ihc month of 7-Jovctnbcr , 1 20,718 IB n.ssi 2 3 21,190 21,353 & : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : iIi ! : ? 4 2.1. CO 7 19 21,0S C 21.177 - A S1.3M 21. . . 21,02-1 7 20.023 22 31.3(5 8 21 , W -3 22,203 19 9 21,207 21,03 I' ' : ; ; ; ; ; " " . ; ' . ; ; " siiisj IK 21.063 SO 21.0S3 12 21.321 27 21.782 13. . , , 2I.41 2S 21.018 14. . 20.R10 - ; ) 21.400 15 21,352 M 21,313 Total . " 3,021 unsold nnd returned copies . 10.415 Net tnlnl Mlrs Net clnlly average. 21.153 OHO. U. TZSCHtWK Sworn to before mo nnd snliscrlbcd In my Jtrf' ne.e tills 1st day of December , 1S97. ( Seal , ) N. . P. FKtI. . Notnry Public. TI1H Ill-iR ON T All rnllronil npwHlinyn nri nuiHillcil with rnouRli Hrew to npcfiniiiioiliiln every imn- m-UKt-r who wants t i rpnd n ii WHini > r. IimlMl upon linv- The lice. If you cannot n Hoc on n trnln rroin the m'WH iiKoni , itlenMp report the friet , ntntliiR < h ( ruin nntl rallroiul , to the Circulation IH-iuirtiniMit of The lie P. The llee IN for rtnlc on nil trnlim. INSIST 0IIAVI.Vn THE HER. The vocation of highwayman Is unsafe lu Omalin , especially on streets never visited by the police. Is it not time for tlie populist state officials to commence pelting one another with bouquets once more ? The Lone Star state promises to bo \vltli us at the Transinlsslssippl Exposi tion. We will see to it , however , that It will not be lonely. ' The newspaper slot machine Is still on lap. You drop In $10 and draw out a worthless ! and unlawful certificate of license noticepublication. . It looks as 1C the chief beneficiaries of tlio new plau of assessment for mu nicipal taxation were to be the rallroa'ds ' and the franchisee ! corporations. In .Tapan complaint Is made that the adoption of the gold standard Is result- Ins In an alLronnd rise of prices. How do the. . Dry-unites explain this ? Nebraska never bad a third-term gov ernor. And it has bad several popular governors too. I5nt Governor Ilolcomb lias a right to try for it If he wants to. The bankruptcy bill will probably re ceive some serious attention from con gress now that returned prosperity has removed the threat of bankruptcy from tlio business world. An increase of 20 per.ccnt In tlie post- ofllco business In Omaha for the month of November as compared with the November of a year ago Is a showing of which Omaha people arc not ashamed. The Ohio State. Federation of Labor has form-ally endorsed the proposed pos tal savings bank plau. Labor , unorgan ized s well as organized , would be tlie principal gainers from a postal savings system and It Is very properly speaking out in Its favor. What lias Judge linker to do with col lecting unclaimed witness fees due to private- parties ? What has the Judge of the criminal division of the district court to do with the controversy relating to claims nnil counterclaims of the clerk of the court and the county of Douglas ? The strike record In Kugland the past year Indicates an unsettled , condition of V ' Industrial affairs. A total of iiOl.OT.S English workmen affected by strikes and Kngllsh trade suffering a loss of § 75,000,000 , tells a story of Industrial and commercial depression that cannot 1)0 misunderstood. During the past fuw months more than § 10,000,000 worth of British gold coina have bro. rooiiiril Into United States mbney at the mint In San I'rnm > ls"o. In one month gold sovereigns to the value of $3,500,000 were received at the mint , It secmri that tlie American mint oillclals do not stand In awe of the British government. The farmers of Marshall county , Iowa , have formed an organization to further a project for a beet sugar factor } ' at Marslmlltowi. That is the proper course to pursue , lleet sugar factories are dependent on ( ho farmers ami arc of greatest good to the farmers who supply thuni with beols. The farmers shouldtake ) the Initiative In movements looking toward factories. The efforts of the postolllco officials to make the postmarks more legible deserve popular applause. The postmark on a letter Is by no means an { nslgnflcaiit point. The tlmo of mailing nnd of deliv ery stamped on the envelope often tie- termlnes the moat Important matters. It muy bo of the very essence of a contract - tract or constitute the determining ovl- ilonco Ju a lawsuit or criminal proao- cutlon. Leglblo postmarks , In fact , are us much to bo desired as legible nil- drowea on the corrcBj > oudcnco. TllK I'tlKSMKNT ! * With President William McKlnloy In the .sorrow Of hla aged mother's ' death seventy million Americans sincerely Hyiupathlw. It William McKlnlcy has been all that a dutiful son should bo to his parents II ; has been largely berauso lira. Nancy Allison McKlnlcy was a model mother. Between mother and son there wns a closer bond than Is usuiil oven In this lani of homes nnd loving families , and both mother and won drew from the nation at large affection like vnto that which they felt for each other. The president's mother had passed the tncrhllnir of life when tho. dark war clouds gathered over her country. Vomitt JkVllllnin , though Just emerging from boyhood , dropped his books at tlie academy at the call to iirms for the protection of his country. Ills mother bade the boy God speed and choerfttly sent him to the front to battle for the right. Shu was 51 nnd ho wns 18 , but there was no such difference between their sympathies and Impulses. She had lovoil her country and had taught him true patriotism. She had a mother's pride In her soni and longed to see him well started upon a professional career In which she never doubted he would succeed. It must have been as great a trial to her as to him that he should cut short his studies to spend four years In the service of his country. Thirty-six years afterwards Mrs. Mc Kinlcy sat on the reviewing stand In the nation's capital and saw the throngs march past In honor of her son who had Just taken the oath as president of the United States. There was not con nected with the inaugural ceremonies a more Impressive incident than that of the presence of the president's mother , at the age of 87 , participating In the exercises of the day. Her Joy was su preme. No American mother ever had greater cause for pride than she on that day. day.The The Intimate friends of the McKlnloy.s have always agreed that the president owes to the good qualities of his mother a largo proportion of that inheritance which bus enabled htm to attain to the highest position In the gift of the people. This tracing greatness back to tlie mother ban been done for many of tlie world's greatest leaders and for a num ber of the American presidents , but sel dom has the connection been more marked than In the case of President McKlnlcy. Proud of their president , his patriotism , courage , eloquence and wis dom , tlie American people will not for got how much he and they owe to Mother McKlnloy. T1MV TO CO.VC The Transmlsslsslppl Exposition Is the .most stupendous enterprise ever Imposed upon citizens of Omaha. Its stimulating effect has already made Itself felt not only among worklngmcn and shopkeep ers , but among owners of improved real estate and property owners in general. Tlie fact that Omaha enjoys greater prosperity than any city of equal .popu lation in tlie west Is largely due to the advantage derived from the prominence given to it by the exposition. And yet scores of the largest property owners and business men have up to this time failed to respond to the appeals for substantial aid to the exposition. Some of those men declined originally to be come stock subscribers under pretext that the project was Impracticable and would never materialize. Others found exciiso In the delayed construction of exposition buildings and alleged extrav agance in salaries to employes. These excuses can no longer bo accepted In lieu of tlie much needed help that every person Interested in Omaha's growth and prosperity should extend. The expo sition is not only an assured fact , but will exceed In magnitude any similar undertaking In this country excepting alone the Philadelphia. Centennial and the Columbian World's Fair. The dillicul- tlos that confront the management are not how to secure desirable exhibits in sulliclent variety and number , but how to accommodate the exhibitors who want to bo represented. The most pressing need of the hour Is to provide ways and means to meet the Increased demands necessitated by tlie expansion of Its scope and the call for funds to defray the expenses already Incurred or under contract. Not less than $200,000 more must be raised by the management , of which not more than . ? " 0,000 can bo depended on to come from railroads and other outside corporations - porations that have not yet contributed. The emergency calls for liberal subscrip tions from those who have heretofore lagged behind and Increased subscrip tions from those who , although they are to be the principal beneficiaries , have signed for ridiculously small amounts. Tills second call for support would not iiavo been necessary had the men of Omaha who are most Interested come to the front as they should have tlono with their duo proportion of the contributions. True , tit the Inception of the exposition In 1895 and early ISniJ , the prevailing business depression prompted caution nnd conservatism on the part of prudent business men. Hut the conditions are so greatly improved atid the outlook for the exposition so much more promising that 110 public-spirited clti/.en can rea sonably refuse to bear his full share of the burden which Omaha has assumed. run luir.i STATU DKIIT , The report of State Auditor McCarthy on the llnnnclal transactions of the state of Iowa for the biennial period ended Juno 10 ! last is a document Iowa people may study with profit. Some Iowa people ple have been claiming that there lias been gross mismanagement of the finances of the state , and others , while denying this by word , evince a disposi tion to practically admit It by resort to extreme measures of retrenchment and reform ; but the report shows that Iowa has not been extravagant and Is not now debt burdened. The Htato expenditure for all purposes during the biennial period mentioned amounted to ? 1,7111,701 , or a trlflo less than $1 year for each resident of the btuto. Of this sum fully one-third canio from fccsuiul ( licenses , so that , In fact , the burden on the property of Iowa people for state purposes has been much less than the above sum. The state levy In recent 'years ' has varied from 2 to J.8 mills , and In vlow ofthe , fact that the total levy for all puriwses runa from ] 50 to S3 mills , according to the county and city , It will bo seen that Iowa tax payers have little cause for complaint about their state tuxes. . . Last .Tune the state debt of Iowa wan represented by outstanding warrants to the amount of $177,500. which was ox- a'hislvo of cash lu the treasury and amounts overdue and collectible , and even a bare statement of the nut lia bility unfairly reprcrents the condition of the Iowa treasury , for the reason that the biennial period ended at a tlmo when collections were small and ex penditures larger than for the year. Hut at Its worst the state debt Is not largo enough to frighten anybody , nnd the state auditor estimates that the state tax levy can be reduced to the 2-mlll standard and the debt be paid in n. few years without stinting the Htate institutions. As a bugaboo Iowa's debt Is a failure. That It exists at all Is tluo to n. combination of unusual cir cumstances and It will disappear quickly unough under normal conditions , The Iowa people deserve congratula tions because of the comparative In- signilU-anci ) of their state debt. ICdu- catlonal , charitable and penal Institu tions have been built and supported In n manner commensurate with the great ness of the state , and this .while the state is growing rapidly , yet Iowa has been paying Its bills. All that Iowa.peo ple can now reasonably demand of their representatives in 'the legislature Is that the conservative policy shall bo contin ued , that no Interest shall be allowed to 'suffer and that the state shall be kept lu Its proper class In the family of states In every reasonable and proper way. The state debt affords no excuse what ever for any backward step. TIIK The development among western shippers of a strong opposition to pro posed legislation for railway pooling will , If it assume the proportions now Indicated as probable , exert a. very de cided Influence. While it lias been known that there was a good deal of hostility In this section to the legaliza tion of pooling , it appeal's to be much stronger than had been supposed and Ibo promise Is that this opposition will manifest itself with a force that cannot fail lo make an impression on congress. The common ground of this opposition Is that to allow the railroads to make pooling contracts would be to sacrifice all the advantages from competition. Meanwhile another anil no less serious obstacle to the proposed legislation Is In the unsettled condition of tlie railroad mind in regard to the terms of an ac ceptable pooling bill. Interest In tills subject has recently boon very much stimulated by the public expression of the views of the president of the Louis- vllls < & Nashville Hallway company , Milton II. Smith , adverse to giving tlie Interstate Commerce commission tlie au thority to regulate rates proposed- In the bills that have been introduced In congress fromrtlmo'to ' time. Mr. Smith Is not opposed to an amendment of the law authorizing carriers to apportion trallic , but ho contends that to grant the commission authority to adjust rates of transportation would result In the bankruptcy of most of the corporations operating railroads in the territory south of the Ohio and cast of the Mississippi river. This railroad presi dent also appears not to regard legalized pooling as an absolutely certain remedy for rate cutting , for he says : "Some temporary and partial relief may be ex perienced If carriers are given iho right to apportion traliic , and yet , though they possessed that right as to interstate trallic for many years prior to the enactment of the act to regulate commerce , 'wars of rates' wore as com mon and prevalent then as now. " On the other hand , Mr. Chauncoy Depow , who may be presumed to represent the views of the eastern trunk line man agers , believes that If pooling were al lowed it would put u stop to rate cut ting and lie Is entirely willing that the Interstate Commerce commission bo given the fullest authority in regard to the adjustment of rates. Mr. Depow takes the position that whatever might be the danger of entrusting to the com mission the power proposed , ho would prefer to do business under a uniform rate fixed by ti public body rather than under a. demoralized rate. There are ninny other railroad officials besides the president of the Louisville < & Nashville road who object to any In terposition by the commission In the matter of rate adjustment and there are some who are opposed to any pooling legislation. WHh such divergence of views among the representatives of tlie 'railroads and with a numerous body of shippers opposed to any change in the law , the chances of any pooling legisla tion are obviously not great. One thing Is entirely certain , there will lie no such legislation that does not give the Inter state Commerce commission ample au thority to protect the public In the matter of rates. This Is an absolutely essential condition to granting the rail roads the privilege of apportioning com petitive trallic. In regard to tills there can be no question that public opinion ii : practically unanimous. The Central Pacific wants to reorgan ize and pay off Us Indebtedness to the government without going through tiie tortures of a receivership. If the Cen tral Pacific wants to pay UK debt In full It will not reqnlro thu permission of the government to pay it. All Mr : limit- Ington has to do Is to plank down the cash and take a receipt In full , from the treasury. The longer the popocrnts study the election returns , the plainer It becomes to them that the now election law while facilitating their schemes for duplicating names on the ofllclal ballot also com plicates matterri to ( heir disadvantage. It is hard to enact partisan legislation that will not cut both ways. Thu local political fence directs column after column of Instructions to Judge linker , in which It commands the judge to Institute criminal proceedings against Mayor Moores. Why doesn't the ' political fence call upon JudgeUaker to hare crlinlmtpsproccedlngs Instituted against Its mwuor for aiding , abetting and enjoying the profits of the em- bezjsleincnt d'f J nlp school money In the custody of 'jfj&Ycasiircr ' Hartley for which a Avorfljloija third mortgage In the sum of $ .1.000 , JB on record In the olllco of the roglsteln > f deeds of this county ? If nudge UaJ 'i' ' .does , not consider It his province , whymdiould not Attorney Gen eral Smyth 'tak ' steps to bring all the parties ltupllcBl't ' ; > | 'l la this robbery of the school fund tijujustlce ? The Denver1 fcooplo are working up great Interest lu the forthcoming conven tion of cattleiucn and stock growers to bo held In Denver In January. Several cities will be applicants ton the loca tion of the next convention , but not one can offer greater advantages than Omaha. May Denver make of the con vention a success nnd then lake pleas ure lu what Omalin/ does for the second convention. Five of the Iowa congressmen have ex pressed themselves liv favor of Hawaiian annexation nud the six. others are either opposed to It or have not yet decided on their course. Mr. Cousins of Iowa is a member of the subcommittee of the liwme foreign affairs committee to con sider the subject of Hawaii , and he has u > t expressed any opinion ou the sub ject ' "debt" about Hoferrlng to the Iowa which some persons in Iowa are no much concerned the Sioux City Journal Is reminded that the state treasury of Missouri has Just called $400,000 of Missouri state bonds for payment ; but when this Is done Missouri will still have a bonded debt of $4,000,000. Ilnlililr uf FoiilN , Mlnricnpolls Journal. The silly talk of "sham prosperity , " when work la Increasingly abundant anil wage ! higher , Is the babble ot fools , and the fee democratic organs ought to BCD that they can make no .political capital by continuing It In the fnco Tjf accomplished facts. KlIIIiUHtiM-liiK I'rcvruleil. Minneapolis Times. Secretary Gage shows very clearly that the United States has practically prevented fili bustering Cubaword nnd If Spain hail made half on effort there would have been none at all. The Cubans rather 'than ' the Spaniards have cause of complaint against Undo Sam. A Century Ilclilml I In- Time * . Chicago Tribune. The manner of the French government in dealing with the Dreyfua case Is strongly suggestive of old inquisition methods. This Is true both ot the secrpt trial , In which the prisoner was , ltcp-t Ignorant of the testimony against him , as wall as the torture to which he. has slnco been-subjected. In Its judicial methods Franco would seem not yet to have emerged from , thLMclghteenth century. Ilovlon ] * I.I'm I ( V.I KloiullUo. Si'rlnRlle'.d Ill-publican. Others may cet. excited over anil prefer Klondike , but > ] 3oston Is satisfied with copper. The Calumet anil , , Heca ! company has just declared another ? 10 dividend , making $50 a share In all paid this year on scares of $25 par value. 'Oho original Investment wis only $12.50 a..sha.re , and the dividend hus amounts to 400 per ce-a * for the original In- vcsio ? . He L-culd not bo drawn to Alaska with ti ccitalnty : of a pailful of gold a day and Immunity .fronj starvation. I'ri-veiitloii of IH-I1 < -.IM. Milwaukee s&ntnel | Jrcp. ) ; ' ' The re-publican party''accorling ; lo Secre tary Gage , has fpimed a tariff which will produce a deflclj. for "tlio year ending Juno 30 , 18DS , and another deficit for the year ending Juno 30. 1339. It Is plainly the part of wisdom , unless expenditures can bo so reduced os to bo less than receipts , to raise addltloDil revenue by legislation. The coun try liaa had enough of deficits ) . It wants an ample revenue. During" the Wilson-Gorman regime there xis every opportunity to ob serve that a delicti Is a weapon for the polit ical opponents of the rarty responsible for It. Much -that republicans said about dene- Its two years ago Is cqualy true nov/ . Silver Dollnra. Rprlnfillcld ( Mnss. ) Republican. It will bo notlcci from Secreatry Gage's report that the coinage Into standard silver dollars of the bullion purchased under the Suornian act of 1S90 Is steadily going on. Altogether C8,7-18,477 of 'theso dollars Jiavo been struck from the bullion , of which 17- 21G.322 represent seigniorage or the flat cle ment In the operation. We said at the time President Cleveland vetoed aud killed the bill providing for this coinage that it would In- ovltablybe executed , Whether commanded by legislation or not , but some of our con temporaries threatened to go Into a panic over It. If they are over to have a panic on that score , now wouU seem to bo the time. MED or IJAMCHUITDV w\v. CoiiKri'NMinnn Strotli * niNc-iiKHi-N thu X- < MHNltll-N < > t IlllvItll'MH. Washington I'ost , Dec. 4. Hon. Jesse n. Strode of the First Ne braska district , who succeeded William J. Rryan In the house of representatives , was among the noted congressional arrivals yii- terdoy. Judge- Strode le mo of the ablest lawyers In Nebraska , and has given much tlmo and attez.tion to the bankruptcy quia- tkxa , which he expects to see discussed In the ! congress. Judge Strode , In speaking of the probabil ities of leg'alatlon by the coming session , ealil that ho had mo thought that any cur rency bill * could bo passed with the senate In ltd present coalition , and doubted that any trial wouiu DO mauo uy ino administration. Ho believes that It the fttnato does not rat ify the pending treaty with Hawaii , a Joint resolution win bo pasatd providing for nn- noxatloR- the U'ands. and that the Cuban dllllculty will also bo settled as far as the United States l.i concerned. As for him self , Judge Strode talil ho would exert him self to the utmost In the Interest of a bankruptcy bill , which he- trusted would bo passed during the coming see/ilon. "Somo bill' , " said Judge Strode , "Is sure to get through tlio house and penato. In my judgmentohut'i ' the form of the ill ! la uncertain. IDRhaU work for a measure ' alosg the lines , o't the Nelson bill , and ' trust that. It or a'simllor ono can ba pissed , rather than a'"iiibstltute In the shape of the Torroy hill. sil'Vould prefer a bill with the Involuntary fculuro only , leaving It for any man to decide whether ho should go Into bankruptcy. This , however , I realize- would bo dlfilcult to obtain , and I w'ould then favor a bill carrying' ] aft provisions for Invohm- tiry b&nkrupuyltoyly In. such cases where fraud had been committed. "My city of JLlBcoln and my state ot Nf * braska. contain many men that have lost everything they once possessed on account of the reecnt lonir extended financial and buslttffiB depression. The very beet men In mcut ot the ecte/prLsIng towns of my atat and district today are men who were at me time wclUJlXCd financially , but the shrinkage In values and enforced collec tions against themhave driven them to tlie wall. Deferred Judgment ! In largeamount. . : are hinging over them and prcvoat them from again engaging In buslaees enterprise. ! uatll such time as they can make some kind of settlement with their creditors , and thcro Is no prospect of their over belcg able to do except through the agency of a favor able bankruptcy law , "Such cities In Nebraska as Lincoln , Qrrnd Island , and other enterprising towns of tlo : t'Uto have numbers of men In. this condition , and they need relief by a bank ruptcy Iiw , EO that they may again engage la active- and open , buslnccs In their OUT names and not under the n-iniM of their wives or other relatlvca and not with the suspicion ot having property secreted I. tonio other person's nmo. Tbo whole coun try west of the MtaUtlpp ! river demands such lcgi ! > Utlou ta would to granted Is. i bankruptcy law as outllsed by theNclsor bill , and the paeage of a gmxl bill would BC a I' ns v > 'iy toward a more general vcvlva of buslce&i in our section. " < STATI3 I'HRSS EXPOSITION XOTKS. Wahoo Now Era : The folrdsoro view ot ho exposition grounds and bulldliiss by The Omnh-i Dally lleo that accompanied Us last Sunday edition wnsa beauty. Allen News : The Omaha Ucc garo & beautiful full pnga view ot tlie exposition as a Sunday supplement Do The Dee , U was a dandy toil shows Tlie Hoe's usual enterprise. Tckamah Herald : The Sunday Dee con tained a beautiful view ot the Transmls- slsslppt Exposition that reflects much credit upon the board of management. When com- plo''eJ It will almost equal the World's fair grounds at Chicago In 1S93. Ulalr Courier : TOo Omaha lice's Sunday supplement was a most excellent piece of work , Wo could ecc little similarity between The Dec's view ot the great Transmlsslsslppl Exposition and the ono that recently ap peared in Harper's Weekly. Exeter Democrat : A Traasmlsslsdlppl teachers' convention to meet In Oma-ha dur ing the exposition would be a great' thing for our educational workers nnd every ono of them should lend tiiclr osslslanco by words of encouragement It nothing else. Hastings Tribune : The ofllclnl blrdsoye vlow ot the Transmlsslsslppl and Interna tional Exposition , which was a supplement to the Omaha flee , was a' ' beauty and nhows ithat the Onvaha Exposition will ccllpso any thing of llio kind hold in the United States alnco the World's f lr. Kearney New Ern : The Omaha Sunday Ilco presented Us readers with a very hand some "blrdscyo" vlow ot the Transmlssla- slppl Ex-poaltlon. The only startling fea ture discovered is i'lic long lost flying inn * chine which hovers over tlio Indian camp. The supplement , liowovor , Is handsome enough' to framo. Tcctimsch Chieftain : Omaha will have tlio opportunity of Us life next year to Impress a knowledge of Us greatness and resources on the rest ot the world. Itn citizens are allvo to the possibilities awaiting 'tlmm ' , nnd If Omaiha doesn't lorce recognition of every merit U 'has over claimed It Will fall short of Its privileges. Ord Quiz : The Onwha Sunday Boo con tained < i handeome blrdseyo vlow of the- pro posed Transmlslsslppl Exposition grounds and buildings. Tlio ylcturo Is a dream ot beauty , but no doubt -will fall short ot the reality. It is called official , BO that the big air ship floating high over all may be counted u < jon as showing up when the season CIKOS. Deatrlco Democrat : The Omaha Hoc of Sunday last Issued as a supplement a well executed picture ot the exposition grounds , It being the "ofllolal iblrdseyo view. " It was a most creditable enterprise , and gives a much nioro perfect Idea of the location nnd elevation of buildings than could possibly "bo " obtained from descriptive reading mat ter. West Point Advertiser : The Sunday Bee contained a beautiful steel engraving blrds- eye view of the Trnnsmlsslsslppl Exposition. .U shows very distinctly all the main build ings , the lagoon , the Midway Plalsance , the mammoth umbrella ami other Interesting sHrcj. It will do much to advertise the ex position nnd give the public on Idea , of the immensity of the undertaking. York Times : The Transmlsslsslppl Expo sition at Omaha Is taking definite ehapo and will ibo a anuch larger affair than was sup posed by most people. Omaha is taking a lively interest and the Interest Is gaining ground In the state. It will .be a grand success - ; cess and a Iblg thing for the state. Every | citizen of Nebraska ought tto feel that ho has i a personal Interest In It and do what ho can 'to ' push It along. Stanton Ileglster : Stanton county should be represented at the Transmlsslsslppl Expo- sltlon. Who'll 'be ' the patriots that will sac rifice lime and money to see that iShis county Is pioperly advertised at the greatest ex position of the west ? Wo will do all the ! newspaper advertising ithat Is needed free | of charge and help It 'along In other ways. | Enough should take bold ea asi to have the county represented. Greenwood Hecord : The Transmlsslsslppl Exposition will have special stamps which will ibe sold at the Omaha postodlce and on itho Exposition grounds , but will be received as postaso at any postoftlce In the United States. It Is said that Edward Uose-watcr MVas the first -man to suggest that thcro bu stamps of special design for the exposition. Allow us to suggest that Mr. Roaewater's -picture ibo on one of them. I Sehuyler Herald : The Transmlsalsslppl i Exposition Is iho ono grand epoch In Uhe history of Nebraska , where U shall bo the , honored host of visitingmillions. . It will 1 acquaint these visitors -with Its vast re sources whldi will Inureto the lasting ben efit of our cuiterprlslng state. Wo are glad to aeo Douglas county , the commercial pivot ' of itho state , take sue.1) deep Interest in the i enterprise , an.l hope that all the other coua- it'lea of ithc state will at least make u cred itable showing of their natural resource's at the great expcslUon. Valentino Republican : Immediate steps should be 'taken ' to have Cherry county- prop erly represented at the Transmlsslsslppl Ex position. That will boa /time / when the many udvantnges of tlio county can bo properly presented to a larger number of people at a less actual cost than 'by any other method of the kind. It may bo years 'before such an opportunity presents iltsolf ugaln and that , too , practically at our own door 'there fore It would bo suicidal ito lot Inactive-ness o-i our part cheat us out of a rich 'heritage ' that should bo reaped while wlthlo grasping distance. Norfolk News : The coming exposition at Omaha will attract thousands of people from different st-it'es ' , and many of Hhem will doubtless visit other towns In Nebraska , the sugar-beet producing seotloha attracting es pecial attention from those who desireto kiveetlgato the future Industry of the slate. Norfolk , as the center of the sugar Industry of Nebraska , will receive many oft'heso Isl'.ors , and it would bo good business policy on the part of Madison county to provide 01- the priding irod , distribution of advertls- ns matter at the exposition and thus attract iddillonal Interest In beet culture acid other nterests , wJilch make tills county a dc-sJrablo osallty for itho Investment of capital. Nor- elk , as the metropolis of Madison county , should tnlto the lead. In this mutter. McCoolc Tribune : The Indications are rthut ho Omaha exposition next year will be arger and finer than either of llko eiaturo which 'havo been held In itho south since itho famous display of the world's progress niado In 1S93 at , Chicago. It will have the advantage of better times and of still more nobiblo development of the art and sciences. It will appeal dlrectljl to a. richer cud 'more advanced section < qf the country , and climatic ccmdltlone are likely to bo wore favorable. ThLi means great ( tilings- for the Transia'a- slralppl Exposition. Atlanta and Nashville dld ! ro well .that their record cannot easily bo surpissed , and to keep the scale rising In. such enterprises must imply large nchleve- nents. That Is what the west Is equal to and fitted for by training and temperament. OTIII2IIVISK. . The carcasses of over 3,000 horsea mark the trail over Ohllkoot pass. Notwithstanding and nevertheless , the wardship Kentucky will talto water In duo time. There are some things worse than hunger. An "Uncle Tom's Caibin" troupa la playing In UawHon City , Strange 'things happen sometimes , but Rmscll Sago's significant mlle -when told ot It Is the best comment on that story that ho has xlovlsod $50,000.000 to charity. On the Kngllab turf , during the last sea son , I'lerro lyjrlllanl'H horse. ] won $32,000 and Richard Croker's homes won $5,000 , Mrs , Langtry'H winnings were $33,000 , Mr. John Hooper , who died in Ireland no' long ago , was one of the most pronlnent Journalists of his country. To him la < nalnly duo the ascendency of IVarnflllsm In Cork , Ono railroad In Now Jersey Is going to dis charge all of Its engineers when they reach the ago of 00. Tiiua Is tlio conservatism of age to ho crowded into the ditch by tuo rashness of youth , Prof. Charles AV. Kent has been named president of a commlttco that Is now at v/ork raining funds to place a tmltabla monument ment to Kdgar Allen Poe In the library , of the University of Virginia. Joel Chandler Harris has sent a Jersey cow to young Richard Folaom Cleveland. He raised the cow himself , and hopus Itn milk will help to rcake the- former presi dent's eon as big a irjin as tils father. Longfellow's daughter IIUB written to the lubllrhera of her father's work ! to explain that his pronunciation of the word Hiawatha was "He-awa-tha " with the accent on the "wa" which has the sound of a in mar , not M la war , us BO many voice U. VOICM OP T1IM STATK PRESS. MoldrcRo Cltlxcn : If any ono can tell ot ny great boon the present Starto Bosrd ot Transportation lias conferred upon the people ple ot Nebraska alnco they took their office the public would bo glad to hear from them. Nebraska farmer : Iluylng range ibrcd cattle for our corn .belt . feed lolH Is oil well enough to a certain extent , and during an off season for our farm reared cnttlo , but the prices that ro ruling 4oJny on such cnttlo show to what extent the feeder ot the corn belt places himself at itho mercy ot thq range cattle kings , when ho can no longer fill his feed yards -with n fair proportion tion ot cattle raised on his own .firm , The farmer has no business to ibo paying out this enormous 'tax. ' I ct' him grow good cattle - tlo of 'his ' own , Holdrege Citizen : The State Board of Ag riculture has announced that It can pa > * hut C > 5 per cent of Its premiums for the State fair of 1S97. Somehow the state board ns managed during Iho last few years has r.othcpn such as to Inspire the people of Nebraska with confidence. nightly or wrongly many people have fiot the Idea Into their heads that the Inislnoss liasbeen nm too much for the Interests of a tow Mvorltrs nn < l not enough for the people of Nobrnska , It Is too bad that this should 'bo so , for the stnto fair has 'been ' and ought to be an Important factor In Iho development of the stato. The board should turn over n now loaf , Thcro seems tobo n ncoil of a change of some sort In the bo.ard. North Plalto Tribune : Past experience shows that Iho present method of state and county officials , of receiving security for funds from 'bondsmen ' , Is In some Instances entirely Inadequate. As tlio state grows larger In assessment the amount of bonds required > by the men who handle the state nnd counties' money will Increase In pro portion , which , In fact excludes the man of ibut small means and without rich friends from holding office where a l nd Is required , for bo It either private- Individual or'bank ' , whoever ROCS on an official bond for $10,000 or whatever the sum might be , expects a compensation 1n proportion , nnd herein lies the Inception of peculation robbing Peter to pay Paul. But the greatest danger Is the fact that the ibondsmcn have the right to die- 'tato ' the wording of the bond , ns has been proven whenever a ca.se of default ha * come to light. Tlio .bond Is so full of loopholes for cscano that It Is onlv r.irrlv that the state or county 'recovers ' a cent. Would It not bo advUablo that some new method .be embraced and tried ; for Instance a bond company , even It the treasurer's deputy Is aubjoct to the bond company' appointment and the 'premium ' lo bopaid by the state and county. This plan would bo more se cure an nt the same time leave the treas urer t0 attflnd to his business unhampered by any obligation. The matter should ibo acted upon by our legislature at Its next session. STATI3 1'UKSS riiliASAVTIIIRS. Plalnvlew News : A Plalnvlew. girl told her best follow ) that ho was a Venus ot Mlle nnd when he pot home and looked It up ho found the Venus of Mlle was chiefly dis tinguished from having no arms. But he has feet and ds kicking himself. Wayne Herald : A "Jack-the-huggcr" tack- eled a lone Wlnslile slrl the other night. After he had embraced the dninsol and printed a few caresses upon her cheek he was surprised that she offered no resistance , but politely said 'Uhank you" and wont on. Rushvlllo Standard : A man Jumped Ir.to the Mississippi river at fit. Louis last week from the center or the Eads bridge , 129 feet from the. water. The press report says , on coming to the surface ho was arrested and at once bailed out. It seems reasonable that otter jumping 120 feet Into thirty feet of water ho should bo at once balled out. Nelson Herald : Hero Is a drouth story told by a traveling man : "I wis driving across the country to a little town lu west ern Kansas the other day when I met a fatmer hauling- wagon load ot water. 'Where do you get miter ? ' said I. 'Up the road about seven miles , ' he replied. 'And you haul water seven miles for your family and stock ? ' 'Yep. ' 'Why In the name of sense don't you dig a well ? ' 'Because It's just.as far ono way as ithe other , stranger. ' " Allen Reporter : There Is a reporter on The Omnlm Bee who deserves ! to lose his job. In a recent Issue of the dally he gives a very graphic and exciting description of the runaway of an old and staid family horse , which nearly resulted In the death of the driver. The fracas was caused by a blear- eyed bulldog rushing out from a house and tackling ths driver's dog , which wns mindIng - Ing his own business under the buggy being drawn by the s. f. h. A desperate light ensued which < aused the trouble. Hero the reporter left his readers end told what happened to the driver and vehicle. Now. what the writer wanta to know. Is how that dog fight came out ? Central City Democrat : Postmaster Agnew Is receiving mall addressed to Worms , Mer- rlck county , Neb. The communications are from the Postoffico department and show thiit your Uncle Samuel knows what ho Is talking about. But what troubles "Grover" Is to find where It Is located. Tuesday he wanted us to help him find Worms. We suggested that ho get bottle of worm niedlclno , or , better still , ho might get the famed early bird. What will the bean-eaters of Boston or the P. P. V.'s think of us when they find we hnvo Worms ? This is too much. Wo In Nebraska have been accused ot nearly every crlmo Ip the decalogue , but this Is the first time that the fact has been established that wo had Worms. Probably It la owing to the late republican victory In Morrlck county. If that Is not enough to give us Worms , wo do not know what Is. AXM3\ATIO\ THU AVANI3. A Mlll'Ki'd CluuiKP of SIII11mIMIt A ] > - linri'iit In Conirri-MH. ChlcnBo llecord. It would foe Interesting to know what arc the reasons for the remtirkablo change of front to bo observed la aomo ot the senators and representatives who were formerly de voted to the cause of Hawaiian annexation. At the time of the 'Harrison administration the annexation sentiment was strong enough nnd the criticism of Jlr. Cleveland for his Interference 'was as severe ns any adminis tered to him during his term , of office. At the tlmo of the last Bosnian , also , the senate moved with wholly unwonted celerity toward unncxatlon. 'Now ' , however , Immediately after the president himself ! has convoyed to congress through official channels his deslro that Hawaii bo oraiexcd , congressmen who were formerly enthusiastic manifest only ludlf- ference , while those who had beto rnoro con servative In their npproval the plan nro openly hostile. If It Is true , as reported , that 'Speaker ' Retfi and sorno of the New England senator * are firmly opposed to an nexation they arc In a position to defeat the proposition In spite of the wishes of the president. The ( act seems to bo that In the long tlrno vouchsafed for the conslduratlon of ithls Im portant question many of the congressmen ijiavo como to doubt the expediency of tak. Ing possession of the distant inlands. Cer tain It Is that many powerful arguments lately have been urged ngalnst annexation. Setting aside entirely 4ho question of tlio constitutionality of 'tlio proceeding , there are questions of selfIntercutwhich cannot bo Ignored. The legislators are 'beginning ' to percolvo that the problem of governing a mixed population of Hawallans , Japanesv , Chinese , Portuguese , Brltljli , Americans and Germans , ot wh&m lens than one-sixteenth are of educated European stock , la a serious matter. A colonial gv/ornmant such as is conducted by Great Britain In the case ofln \ colonies Is contrary to the traditions and principles of American government. Shall Hawaii bo a territory or n state ? As a state shall Itbo a democracy giving l il rights ot suffrage to all residents ? If the suffrage bo universal , how long will It be before Mo Hawallans and Japanese , and not Americano , control the now American com monwealth ? These are questions which cannot too avoided , and yet which are Immensely diffi cult to answer. Whether or not it Is true , as baa been urged , that the American occu pation of these Islands Involves a dangerous expansion of the American policy , deprlve/i tlio natlctuf of Its detached Independence and thrusts It Into the eirtbrollmcn't of Intenn- tlonal Interests , the questions relating solely to the Internal life of Hawaii .would bo uuf- llclemt to Klvo-tho legislators pause. U may . bo 'acaumo : ! from the sudden change In their attltudo that they have awakened at last to ithu nature of the -task In hand and are likely . to delay If they Uo not actually thwart tlio provident' * efforts for annexation , TItB CIDKSIUON < MC Wllbcr Independent ( pop. ) : There Is some Ulk of & meeting to be hold tiomowhor In the- Mate for the purposeot Uniting nil Iho fusion forces Into ono party under a winning namo. The sooner icllcti ot that kind li taken the sooner a better fooling will pre vail among the people , Let us luvo ono big free- silver p > uty and It will bo n winner. Schuylur Quill ( pop , ) : The editor of this paper 1ms cot changed ono ot his Ideas or beliefs , but ho has bad A milllclcncy ot fusion In Coltnx county. We are ntlll * populist and shall bo If such a thing la possible , -but wew nl no more pooling of Itsuea with a lot of drover Cleveland democrats - crats for the aolc purpose of beating tlifi republicans and getting the npolls If the populists ot Hits county want fusion they can have It , but this paper from that lhn becomes mugwump. Silver City Times ( sll. rep. ) : Some of our free sliver friends nro discussing the ques tion of the organization of a new pnrty to consist of the different grand divisions of silver forces united under one name. However dcslr.iblo such * n or ganization might be , the thing Is Imprac ticable at this time -ind an attempt lo effect such an organization would only result in failure or still further division. Things are working all right aa they are. * nJ can bo safely left to regulate themselves. Let us bo wUo and let well enough alone , Plcrco I.wdor ( dcm. ) : The Stnnlon Regis ter uses bold nnd strong language when It assorts that nothing else la possible but n populist to succeed Governor Ilolcomb. Kor four years the democrats have assisted the populism to elect their state ticket. It was their votes that elected Senator Allen and populists expect to receive their assistance to re-olcct him. In almost every congres sional district a populist cnndldatu will stand for election next year nnd Iho Leader wonders where Iho democrats nro to get anything. We do not presume to say the candidate shall not be n populist , but wo do deprccnto such assertions ns those of the editor ot the Register ns being apt to de stroy the harmony that Is essential to suc- cesa next year , besides not being conducive to win the support of democrats , Broken Bow ( Beacon ( pop. ) : A movement Is now on foot which has for Us objrot thi > union of nil elements favoring the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold nt the ratio of 16 to 1 under ono banner and ono name. There Isn't much In a nnmo and It may bo If all prejudices wore Inld aside and the forces would got together as soldiers of the same grcit army , more could bo done than by n union of elements which combine for a single campaign and then disunite ta flock by themselves. Thcro nro thousands of good , well meaning people wedded to n name. Populists nro not entirely free from the weakness If such It may properly bo called , and any proposition thnt they disband as a party and join the democratic party would bo spurned repudiated without considera tion. Among democrats the weakness prejudice for n name Is more marked than In any other party unless It bo the republican party. It Is useless to cirtcttaln fcr u mo ment the Idea that the democratic party will abandon Us nnmo anil udopt any oilier. So It appears that It cither party does the abandoning act h must bo the populist party. ClIli.MCS OI' ' l-'U.V. - Judge : Ethel Who was Unit man you Just bowed to ? Penelopu That was Dobson , the great composer. " ISthol A composer , did you any ? Penelope He manufactures soothing syrup. Detroit Free Press : "The old-fashioned father believed In the coperatlon of parent and teacher. " "YcHvlven ; I was whipped at so icol my father always whipped mo. ngnln when I got homo. " Yonkcrs Statesman ; Julia Did you say Jcnnnettc Is trying to get Into business ? Jennie "i'cs. " \Vhnt kind ot business does she want to get Into ? " " ' " "Everybody's. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "What In thun- dpr do you o.ill thnt affair ? Is It a now faiiRled thrashing machine ? " "Nnw. Thut's a steam mortgage can- celer. " Puck : Kate Ho seems .extremely devoted. He talks of going to the Klondike for my sako. Beatrice Well , that would give you tw : chances He might come back -with a for tune or he might not como back at all , Indlanapoll * Journal : "I hear , " said the. zephyr , "that you have been raging through the northwest. " "Never wu < a worse mistake , " hci.vlcd the bllz/ard. "I was quite cool. " Chicago Tribune : Rapturous Youth Mil dred. I 'Would ' ask for no happier eternity than to bo permitted lo sit by your -ido and press your hand once In a great , great Miss Mildred Well , you'ro entirely too lazy a lover to suit me. Somervlllo Journal : "Just ran ngalnst another proof of the revival of biiBlncds , " "What's that ? " "Last winter I had plenty ot tlmo to read the president's message. " Washington Star : "You must ndmlt that Spain's offer of autonomy Is. generously In tended , " remarked the Flpanlsh sympathizer. "Perhaps so , " replied the obstinate Cuban. "It la always unpleasant to humiliate a conquered 'foe ' , nnd Spain doubtlcsss wishes to spare us the embarrassment. " Detroit Journal : The speaker had done with tolllnir of the wrongs ot woman , and had punlc back Into her seat. "SiQ ! makes , a mountain out ot a mole hill" wliKpcred the personly person In the. " " "Yds ? n'n'd such a botch , too ! " rcpolned th other. I TIIK SKVAT13 ( SAIIUIA. New York Hun. ( "On Tuesday the Bcnnto n-consM rod Its iprovlous action and ordered that tin' ealo or liquors bo continued ut the Huiinto 1 < ; S- taurant. " ) On ( Monday when' ' the senate met , What .seemed a EhadO'.v ' luy Upon the grave and u-vcrond nun Collected tluro Pat day To fix the great affairs of Blair- And brlnjr them j-qiwrcly up to date Just -what Iho "hntlow WIIH illd not Appear distinctly ; VI-.IIH AH If noim > Htran.'ro , uncanny Taint' . Beyond all natural lawn. Were brooding o'er the plaeo nnd niado Its t'rucHorae presence felt In hude. Along the miirblo corridors Great statcF-im-n moved , nnd en eh Seemed ehiudng nome chimera which Was Btlll beyond hlH rwic-h , And vet iibout Itself bad cja.st A Hhwlo of something from too past , T-wa In tlie nlr , this Prurcnco which W.IH Absence , moro or less , Audi llko a deff-rt'H wraith had brought To Hi-nators distress Of mind nnd body , * that they Wished they > wcro camc-ln on Iho way , All day Iho shadow rested there : Then Tuesday cany ) , and Htlll That -gruesome Hlm-lOA' r tirtj tnon The nenato passed u bill Which K t the rcHtaurant onc-o moro Dispense Us dampness as of yore. CRISP FLAVOR. I'rniirrVity to rrcinr > Klf- in r n In. If tills slioilM roni'li Iho ey of n rr.ndnr who lias lict-n illsJiMwliUtit In tlio limlo of I'oxtum Komi Coffi * , It U ro ncetlvely iir o'l that a now trial hn inmlowith Ihu knoA'l- t-ilgo that Ihu ciUii ile'.liMoii * Il.ivor win only bo obttiliiwl liy ullowlilif It to coiitlliuo holl- Intr full llftci'n mlnuton ufler boiling com mences ; thlft iloi'H not iniuii llfU'i'n minute * nltur bcliiK i > laceil tin thu Hluvo , iiluanit rc- inomber. . , True , ( hero iiro many who mix' ono-ha.t coffee In Iho I'ottuun mi I imi'h u iirc-paratlon will yield u iijuu8.ini flavor iiftor llvu or Ifi mlmiti'a hollliiK iiiul will liuvo a nro.iortl 11 of food v.ilnw , Init Iho Btrontt food uli-im-nia arA cholco flavor run only l obtained from iiuru l'o tum l > > * fculllrlunt liolllnir. Tlierii In no iiiU'Htloii ' iimoiig Ihoao who huvo jivado the lust , that when cumnwu colTco and wliltu liroud nro n-jilncuil win , 1'oatum Kood Coff o und entlro wicat iiri'iianitloni" , tlu-ro l u Mirmly UPWU towirtU a vlfforpus , hearty nhy lcal ana liach one CUM tmitrovdl the hvilth of bnily by th uuu or natural fooj und the ma- mlHHul of unnatural food , The ilcOleloim feulhiB of health well re- i.iyn the utH'iUlon und the churmllitf buvctrwKi' ' , 1'oatum , U u comfort when crly imulo , > . * !