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12 25tOO , : 27. . 25,220
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The Iowa senatorial contest threatens
to play smash with severnl judicial
slutes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The machine musician * and musical
cranks are already beginning to ( 'rind
out Dewey marches and Dewcy hymns.
And Dewey still live thousand miles
away.
There Is no boom In the Omaha realty
iri't. ! lint thorn Is a persistent im-
proM'iiH.'i't on u substantial basis of
steady growth and demand of realty
for actual use instead of mere specula
tion.
lU-ooklyu has safely passed the ordeal
ot a street car strike , but Just for a vari
ation Now York Is threatened with a
district telegraph messenger boy strike
Hint promises to distract and distress
street.
Comndtteenmn Thompson hastens to
assure the country that all was harmon
ious at the recent meeting of the demo
cratic national committee. Thompson
must have turned to the wrong place In
the dictionary for his definition of har
mony. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now that Coin Harvey has endorsed
the work of the national democratic com
mittee the touching committee in Ne
braska will be In position to pass the hat
around once more for contributions that
will go Into the pockets of the financiers
of IJarvpy's peculiar school.
Insurance Commissioner Bryant does
not propose to have any more Palm-
Simpson deals. Hereafter all examina
tion Tecs must bo paid at the olilce In
stead o to the examiner. Had Cornell
followed that plan he might have se
cured that $100 "remembrance. "
Instead of heaping abuse upon Simon ,
Hodlund and others who have exposed
the crookedness of fusion ollielals It
would be much more effective and in
better tacto for fusion politicians and
otliccholdors to at least make some at
tempt to disprove the damaging state
ments.
1'resldcnt McKlnley 'has ' promised In
casa he makes a western trip to attend
the reception to be tendered the First
Nebraska. The First Nebraska has
richly earned such recognition from the
president , Avho nt all times and In all
places has been free to express his ap
preciation of the services of the volun-
toerfl , among whom Nebraska's regiment
occupies the premier position.
English papers remind the Canadians
that If there Is any lighting to do the
bulk of the burden will fall on the
mother country and for this reason the
men across the northern border of the
United States should not bo quite PO
fresh. Aside from the question of the
Issue of such a war Kngland has every
reason to desli-e the friendship of the
United States ,
The law olHccra of Surpy county are
very magnanimous to law breakers. The
rule adopted by them seems to be based
upon the outcome of attempted murder
and not the intent of the man behind the
gun. If the victim recovers , although
maimed and crippled for life , there Is ,
according to the code peculiar to Sarpy
county , apparently no just CUUBO of ac
tion. It Is enough for him to know
that ho Is alive.
The Board of Kdticatlou should not al
low Itself to bo Intimidated or bluffed
by court proceedings Instituted , not
with nn honest Intent to test the right
of the board to proceed with the erec
tion of the High school addition , but
for the purpose of forcing It to employ
an architect that will bo satisfactory to
the plaintiff , who has iniiilo no bones
in admitting that his move was not ex
pected to stop the new grade , but to
force a change of architects.
XU TIME FOll KVASIOff.
It Is stated that ( lie republicans of the
I'nlted States senate committee on the
currency cannot ngn-e UIXJM the proposl
tlon that congress shall make a formal
declaration of the gold standard. It Is
understood that a majority of them arc
In favor of such a declaration , but ono 01
two dissent. There Is , therefore , reason
tn apprehend that In respect to this vt'lj
Important matter there will be division
among republicans In congress whlcli
may result In no action being hail. Till. '
would be distinctly disappointing to the
sound money sentiment of the countrj'
and we think would prove cmlmrrnsslnp
to the republican party , since It would
bo used by the opponents of the gold
standard as evidence that the party IH
not honestly and sincerely in favor ot
that standard.
There nro nonio who fallaciously urge
that as wo now have the gold standard
there Is no necessity for a declaration by
congress giving It statutory recognition.
A writer In the New York Sun who taken
this view says : "It has been asserted
that a sllverlte secretary of the treasury
could , nt present , without any fresh
legislation , put tlu > country on n stiver
basis by simply paying In silver dollars
the government obligations , but this is
nonsense. The treasury holds only a
few millions of such dollars against
many hundreds of millions already In
circulation In the shape either of actual
coin or of cortlllcates representing coin
and he can add to them only the small
amount ho Is required by law to coin
monthly for the redumption of treasury
notes. Ills refusal to pay gold might ,
Indeed , send gold to n premium over
paper , Just as the refusal of the banks
to pay their depositors In lawful paper
money has at times sent that money tea
a premium over checks , but It would done
no more. " AVould not that be quite
enough to produce llnanclal disorder and
an Impairment of confidence that could
not fall to have the most damaging re
sults ? Kvory practical financier and
business man understands that the mo
ment the treasury refused to pay the
obligations of the government In gold
when demanded financial affairs would
become seriously unsettled , to the in
jury of all Interests. As the Phila
delphia Ledger says : "If the action of
the secretary of the treasury in forcing
silver or paper upon a creditor should
send gold to a premium , the government
would have abandoned its attempt to
keep gold , silver and paper nt a parity.
Nor -would It bo necessary for the sec
retary , In order to provoke a panic , to
have large sums of silver on hand.
From the day that ho Inaugurated his
policy he would get no gold in his re
ceipts and Hie country would be vir
tually on a silver basis. " This is obvi
ous. AVlth gold at a premium It would
of course go out of circulation and nec
essarily none would go Into the treasury
ury-
uryThere
There is no doubt that under the law
as it stands a , sllvnrlte secretary of the
treasury could put the country on n
silver basis , with the Inevitable effect of
producing financial disorder and perhaps
panic. What Is needed to avert such a.
danger , albeit remote , is a formal de
claration of the gold standard by con
gress and In our Judgment it is the im
perative duty of a republican congress
to take such action. The country is
ready for it , the conditions are favor
able and there can be no question that
the effect would bo most beneficial. On
this matter the republican .party should
hold no equivocal or apologetic position.
TllK .SBZ
The selection of Mr. Ellhn Hoot to
be secretary of war Is cordially com
mended by the press Irrespective of poll-
tics and the expectation Is generally ex
pressed that he will prove a valuable ac
quisition to the administration , iiotwlth-
standing the fact that ho knows nothing
of military affairs. That the best mili
tary opinion Is that at the present legal
ability is especially demanded for the
successful administration of the War
department is shown in the following
from the Army and Navy .Tournal , writ
ten before the announcement of the se
lection of Mr. Koot : "We arc disposed
to believe that it will bo wise to select
for the war ollico a civilian who has no
military record and no ambition to dls-
lilay his knowledge of military affairs.
The chief difficulties In the War depart
ment during the last generation have
arisen under the administration of ex-
soldiers. " It Is pointed out that on the
head of the War department rests the
task of practically organizing the colonial
nial administration of the United States ,
determining , in the first Instance , the le
gal and constitutional position of col
onies in our system , securing the ap
proval of congress for his plans nnd
passing on many perplexing Issues
raised by personal nud corporate , In
dividual'nnd property rights in the new
possessions. For all such requirements
Mr. Hoot Is as well equipped as perhaps
any man in the country. The Philadel
phia Press says he brings to the su
premely arduous post the dexterity , de
cision , ability , experience and legal
knowledge and force likely to yield suc
cess.
COXCESSWXS 1A' CUIIA.
Under what Is known ( in the Forakor
resolution , adopted as an amendment to
the army appropriation bill , the govern
ment can grant no concessions In Cuba
for railroad construction or other public
improvements. It Is said that this la
proving a great drawback to the res
toration of the Island and It Is probable
that a strong pressure will bo brought
to bear upon the next congress for the
repeal of the law ,
General Greenwood of New York ,
who Is the head of the proposed railroad
from Santiago to Santa Cruz , the conces
sion for which was obtained before the
passage of the Forakor resolution , says
the development of the Island is re
tarded by the action of congress. If
there Is anything that will keep the In
habitants out of brigandage , ho says , It
Is Internal Improvements to give them
work. A Cuban merchant Is quoted as
saying that remove the Forakcr amendment -
mont and Cuba will blossom Into a
wealthy country , capital will fiood the
Island , everything will boom and forte-
andage will necessarily cease. This view
scorns to bo very general among men
in business lu Cuba and there-
I fore Is entitled to thoughtful consider
1
atlon.
The motive for the Forakor amendment
mont was to prevent the exploitation o
Cuba by syndicates niid speculator
who might have despoiled the people o
the Island and possibly brought rcproacl
upon this government. ' Its adoption wai
very generally commended. 11 Is unfor
tunate If It Is operating to the dclrl
i mont of the Island , but It would seen
'
to bo the only just and proper course tc
leave the granting of concessions h
Cuba to the government that will be es
tabllshi'd there , since wo are simply it
.military occupation nnd have dlsclalmei
any sovereign authority. Cuba belong ;
to the Cubans and the United Slntoi
should assume no rights that will lu
theirs when they shall have established
mi Independent government.
AXUTHRlt sr.Ml'ATHKTIC CAMPAMfi.
The arrant demagogy of the popocratu
organs and leaders is strikingly shown
In their efforts to make political capital
out of the privations and hardships en
dtired by the volunteers returning fron
the Philippines. In this respect we an
prepared for a repetition of the tactic. *
displayed on the return of the Nebraska
troops from Chtckamaugun and the
Third regiment from Jacksonville and
Havana. Kvery complaint or grievance ,
real or Imaginary , which any soldlet
brought from the camp was magnified
and painted In lurid colors nnd laid at
the door of the War department and
President McKlnley. Although there wad
really no serious ground for discontent
on the part of the troops that had neon
no active service and were subjected
merely to the ordinary usages of army
life , the Impression was given out that
these men had been willfully compelled
to endure worho treatment In the matter
of food , clothing , drink and hospital care
than men In arms had over boon sub
jected to In any previous war. AH n
matter of fact the veterans of the civil
war who know what soldiering Is
were disgusted , If not exasperated , by
these exhibitions of demagogy. It Is
exceedingly doubtful , moreover , whether
the rank and file of the Second and
Third Nebraska volunteers feel grateful
for the crocodile tears that have been
shed for them by political soft-soap men
who arc playing for the support of the
new -generation of soldiers because the
old generation of Grand Army of the
Hepubltc men has been a potential factor
in politics.
The advance guard of the First Ne
braska had scarcely set foot on Cali
fornia soil when the mountebanks , who
have been coached for the sympathetic
play , arc rehearsing the old song with
new variations. Hoturnlng from a trop
ical country , with Its debilitating cli
mate , after a protracted campaign , the
decimated regiment will very naturally
present a marked contrast with regi
ments recruited In the states from
among vigorous , sound and bouyant
young men who have seen no exposure
or service. Many of the returning volun
teers will doubtless have stories to tell
of terrible suffering in x'he Held and
hospital , and these stories , told in the
most sensational way and illustrated to
suit the occasion , will be retailed aiid
circulated for campaign effect under
pretense of sympathetic indignation over
cruel and despotic militarism. And the
official ovations to the returning volun
teers are liable to be perverted into
indignation meetings that are expected
to push into the background the scan
dals of the state house machine and
the ugly disclosures of sham reform
made by the legislative Investigating
committees.
According to some Washington cor
respondents the selection made by the
president of a successor to General Al-
ger was inspired with a view to the fu
ture colonial policy. This may be true ,
but before the republic enters upon any
colonial policy It must establish colonies
and find a place for thorn In our system.
All countries that have heretofore estab
lished colonies have hud but one object
In view , nnd that was to find an outlet
for their surplus population nnd give
the mother country the benefit of trade
with its colonial offspring. Inasmuch as
the United States is not yet overcrowded
with population and the bulk of Its pop
ulation could not bo acclimated In trop
ical countries , It becomes a grave ques
tion whether the newly acquired terri
tory is to be converted Into colonies on
the plan adopted by Kuropcan countries
for the settlements made In Australasia ,
China , India nnd Central Africa , or
given home rule with a protectorate and
ultimate independence.
Governor Roosevelt "proposes " to take a
hand in the street car troubles and as
certain whether there Is any truth in
the report the companies are compelling
their men to work more than ten hours ,
contrary to law. This law , like the ones
fixing a time limit on the continuous
labor of railway employes , was passed
fully as much for the safety of the pub
lic as for the protection of the working-
men. The lives of thousands of people -
plo are every day placed In the
keeping of these men and it is
essential that they should not bo
overworked , but at all times in full
possession of all their faculties. If the
facts are as the men have asserted Gov
ernor Hoosovelt is Just the kind of a man
to convince the street car magnates that
they have something to arbitrate.
Governor Hoowovelt of New York made
a reputation as a nimrod before ho be
came a rough rider , but Governor Tan
ner has eclipsed all the feats of New
York's governor In the field of sport. Ac
cording to last accounts Governor Tan
ner has not only broken the Colorado
game law by killing mountain deer out
of season , but ho has actually shot a
m6untaln Hon. It Is suggested that Gov
ernor Tanner will even ecllpso Tar-
tarin of Tarascon , made famous as a
hunter of wild beasts In the Algerian
desert.
The Cleveland street car strike has de
veloped more mob violence than any up
rising of laboring men since the Chicago
Pullman riots. The destruction by
bombs of street cars In which passengers -
| gers entirely Innocent of any connection
j with the conflict are passing can scarcely
j fall to react against tr > o worklugmc-n nnd
Injure tholr cause more thuij anything
' they could have done. Such outbursts
of mob violence nlwnys destroy public
' sympathy and Justify resort to military
i Ihtorferoileo for the restoration of order.
It Is announced that gambling lu Ha
vana Is to be suppressed. Should thN
bo seriously undertaken doubtless trou
ble will result. Gambling Is a mania
with the Spanish and people of Spanish
descent. So common and universal Is
It that It may almost bo called a national
pastime. There Is not a country In the
world which Is peopled by thorn In which
people of all classes and both sexes do
not participate In Ramos of chance.
The double-headed Insurance depart
ment still continue to pu//.lc and harass
Insurance companies and no relief
can bo looked for until the supreme
court shall pass upon the validity of the
Insurance act unless Auditor Cornell
sees fit to abandon his foolish obstruc
tion of Insurance reform.
Heports from the Interior of the state
give promise of an immense yield of
sugar beets , notwithstanding the exces
sive rainfall. Kneh successive year
shows definite progress made In this
great Industry. The time will come
when Nebraska's supply of sugar will
equal the local demand.
, ( lu > Star of I'mplro.
Indianapolis Journal.
When Iho cnglnco of the Manhattan com
pany In Now York nro made In Milwaukee
the star of cmplro Is moving westward ,
lriiMit > rlly n ( ho 'l'lir tlt > >
Now York Mull and Kxprei-s.
Ono I'hllailolphla firm hau sent 210 loco
motives to foreign countries since the be
ginning of the present year. That's the way
to engineer things.
Nome Cotixnlntlon.
Was'hlnprton Star.
SpanlanJs fear that tholr queen will bo
hlseoct when she appears In public. This
ought to make the American opera singer
who was unkindly received over there feel
a llttlo better.
Dendly Trn < l ' .
Philadelphia North American.
Coroner Dugan has very properly 'lc' ' ' ( ' th °
dealer who Sold a 12-yeartOld boy tlrearms ,
the use of which resulted1n his death , to
await the action of the District attorney.
This man know he was isolating the law.
The mayor's Fourth of qrly proclamation
gave him due warning , rfd If the police
made no attempt to carry 3Kt the proclama
tion the ) C3ponsl'blllty ' whim dealers are al
ways under became none- tie less. The boy
bought the revolver and Partridges In the
defendant's store , and to this extent the lat
ter Is accountable for whatTensued.
Whenever It Is possible'examples should
bo made of dealers who 'violate the law.
The coroner and the cout.s are hero able
to do what the pollco refused to do.
Source or
St. I-.ouis GIobe-Democat * ( rep.-lmp. )
There Is ono fact which the country ought
to keep constantly In view In weighing these
criticisms ot General Otis and the general
management of the campaign In the Philip
pines. The Inciting cause of many of these
attacks Is partisan. They were started by
democratic papers or by democratic politi
cians for effect In the canvasses this year
and In 1DOO. Not all the newspapers and
the correspondents that are criticising the
conduct of affairs In the Islands are Influ
enced by partisanreasi S Some of the
critics are republicans , Wifffare lust as anx
ious as the administration Is to end the war ,
with the least possible delay and sacrifice.
The greater part of the accusations , how
ever , have been made by democratic papers ,
led off by the yellow press , and are intended
for political purposes.
The Manila CCIINOI-HII | | | ,
Indianapolis News ( Ind.-lmp. )
Except as to specifications there is little
more hero than a large part of the American
prass has been saying for a long time.
Everywhere newspapers in this country have
protested that things were not done. While
the papers could not know what the cor
respondents know , they could not see , after
all these long months , that anything had
been accomplished. In the face of this the
particulars amount to little , except In the
case of an Indictment by the correspondents.
When things are done little censorship is
needed. It cannot be denied that 'there Is a
feeling In this country that the people have
boon kept In ignorance of the real conditions
in the Islands and that the reason for with
holding information from them Is that the
situation was much worse than they hod
been led to believe. If this Is the case we
think It will be admitted that the policy
adopted hy General Otis is a mistake.
PAST AMI
InntriirUvf * Fnutu SIiiMVlup : the Ilrnc-
fltH of n Pro < 'i > tlv < - Tnrlir.
Buffalo Express.
While the Tin Plato trust has raised prices
to $4.37 a box of 100 poundw , standard grade ,
this American trust is still much more merci
ful toward consumers than the old Welsh
trust , -which formerly controlled the Ameri
can market , used to be. That Is to say ,
the prlco of $4.37 a toox is less than Ameri
cana ever paid for tin plato before lt man
ufacture In this country was begun through
the encouragement of a protective tariff.
This Is Bhown by the following table ot
prices between the years 1877 and 1891 , which
was compiled lu the latter year by an Bug-
llsh trade paper , the Iron Trade Circular :
Foreign Foreign
prieo prlco
Year. per box. plus duty ,
1S77 $3.3i ) J6.ll
3S78 4.R7 r.T !
U7U fi.fift 7.77
l&SO S.23 II.IW
mi 6.2.1 li.Ill
US2 fi.2i : n.ii :
1SS1 5.11 ll.l'.l
1SSI 5.11 K I ! )
SJ 4fO 5.3S
ISSli 3,83 4.ill
1W7 4i01 B.09
1RSS 4.01 ' n.OS
1889 4.38 6.4U
U90 4.20 D.2S
U91 3.04 B.42
The manufacture of American tin plato
began In 1890 under the MoKlnley tariff
law of that year. U will be Been that there
wore but three years previous to that date
when the Welsh price went below the pres
ent advanced prlco of the American com
bine and no year when the prlco plus the
duty was so low as now. Apart from the
fact , therefore , that American manufactur
ers had so hammered down the price of tin
plate that last January It wan sold for J2.C5
a box , it can ho aoen that Americans have
profited greatly by protecting tin plate. Jt
may be true that the protection has fostered
a domestic trust , 'hut ' before the protection
was granted Americans were paying tribute
to a much more grasping foreign trust , Bo
oven as a feature of the trust problem , pro
tection has been amply vindicated. It has
so cheapened manufacture that the highest
prlco of the domestic producers Is lower
than was the lowest prlco of the foreign
producers. it has given employment to
50,000 Americans , who , It should be remem
bered , are sharing in the advanced price.
Moreover , the natural effect of the advance
In price must be to encourage the starting
of Independent factories. If tin plate could
bo sold last January at $2.65 u box , the pres
ent price cf $4.37 a box must appeal to capi
talists a : an Invitation to enter the business
and secure for themselvei some ot the profits
| which the trust U moQopolltmg , So It is
not to 'be ' expected that the advanced prlc
( will be maintained very loos.
AVITIHX Tllli HKI'IIIUC.VX FOII > .
Dakota City Ragle : Hon. Oeorgo I )
Mrlklcjohn. assistant secretary of war , wll
bo a candidate before the next Ncbraskn
legislature for 1'nltcd ' Stairs Senator Johi
M. Thurslon's toga. The republicans of Ne <
braska could look further and faro worse.
Wohoo W * p : The n\mcs of Judge Ilecs <
and Judge Scdgwlck arc mentioned for tut
republican nomination for supreme Judge
Of course If Judge Ilecso Is n rAndldalo th <
people of Saundora county would bo for him
but In the event that Judge Heeae does noi
want thu nomination there would be no di
vision of sentiment In the republican parts
of Saunders county In behalf of Judge 6edg <
wick. The services rendered by Judge Sedg-
wick ns Judge In this district for the last
three years has been entirely satlafacton
nnd there In not much doubt , union-
nominated for the supreme bench , but thai
he will bo ro-olcaled Hi this district. Ar
able and Impartlnl Judge , and from nil sldrs ,
regarding of politics , there Is nothing bill
the highest praise for him by all who have
had business before him.
Gothenburg Independent : Now that Judge
Harrison has positively declined to be r
candidate for re-election for supreme Judge
we believe that If a western man Is nomi
nated ho will bo elected. It Is claimed bj
politicians of good Judgment that the Juc-
cet of the populist party has f.irgely beer
due to the nomination of men from the cen
tral nnd western part of the state. The re
publican party has sound , competent ami
popular men In the big Sixth , who , If nomi
nated , will bent Holcomb by a safe majority
Attorney Calkins of Kearney , probably the
best attorney lu the state on civil law ,
would make a strong candidate , also Judge
GrlmcB of North 1'latlc , who Is not only n
competent lawyer , but a popular Judge ,
which was shown by his re-election last fall
as Judge ot the Thirteenth Judicial district ,
With Cnlktns or Grimes nominated for supreme
premo Judge from the Twelfth or Thirteenth
Judicial district and M. P. KlnUnld for rep
resentative to congress from the Fifteenth
district , the western part of the state will
bo well represented and the entire republi
can state and congressional ticket elected.
Chndron Journal : The Indication all
point to the selection of Judge Kluknld by
the republican party to make the race for
congress in the Sixth congressional district.
Whllo this nomination will not necessarily
mean an election , it will mean that the
chances of defeat t > y the republcans nro less
than by the selection of any other man
now available for the race. Judge Kln-
kald Is ns well and favorably known as any
man In this section ot the state. Ho has
been intimately Identified with the people In
nil their hardships and sacrifices Incident to
the settlement of this portion of Nebraska.
His personality Is Impressed upon the people
of this section. Ho is prepared both by
nature and education to do business nnd
discuss governmental problems with the
strongest men of the nation. He is a pro
found Jurist , a student of men and affairs ,
nn honorable man and a friend of the people.
In his selection the republican party will
make no mistake as to a candidate. In his
election , which wo believe will follow his
nomination , all the people of this big Sixth
Nebraska district will be represented by a
man largo enough to represent all its in-
teresta.
PASSIXO OF I\R13IMM , .
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune : Robert
O. Ingersoll was on orator of the sort that
is born , not made. His earnestness added
to his strength In this endowment. Whether
right or wrong , he truly believed what he
advocated , and his genuine belief was the
secret of the power ho exercised upon his
audiences.
Chicago Post : Eloquence , imagination ,
a cheerful and benevolent -disposition , a
genuine love and profound sympathy for
humanity , a kindly humor , a well-stored
mind , a keen appreciation of the beautiful
and noble nnd an ardent detestation of the
petty , sordid , hard and moan In life all
these qualities his opponents recognized in
him and respected.
New York Times : It Is characteristic of
the brilliant nnd erratic man wo have Just
lost that It would be as strange as It would
bo conventional to describe him , even now
that he is dead , otherwise then as "Dob" In
gersoll. "Colonel" Ingersoll or oven Rob
ert G. Ingersoll wo should hardly Identify.
Whatever else ho was or was not he was an
American , a product of our soil and | racy of
It , particularly a product of the middle west ,
which Is developing Its own sub-variety ot
American.
Detroit Free Press : In the tragically sud
den termination of the life of the gifted
Ingersoll the Christian religion looks upon
the dissolution of Us most 'brilliant ' and bit
ter foe. Whllo ho was chief among ten
thousand In politics and In his profession , it
was as an assalfant of Moses and ministers
and church members that the eloquent ag
nostic achieved the greatest celebrity. He
was wonderfully forceful with tongue or pen
easily the foremost orator of his tlmo
and the contributor of some of thu kiK > iH'bi
epigrams and most graceful thoughts to the
literature of the century. These gifts ho de
lighted to USD with unsparing fierceness in
his onslaughts upon the Old Testament and
the cherished beliefs of the men nnd women
who have found help and comfort In the
spiritual life.
Indianapolis Journal : Robert G , Ingeraoll
possctsoil a combination of qualities that
made him a very Interesting personality.
Scarcely any other American of bin tlmo was
better known by reputation than ho and ns
a public speaker his face nd figure had be
come familiar to hundreds of thousands.
Endowed by nature with brilliant parts , fine
Imagination , generous emotions , broad
sympathies , copious command of language
and a most pleasing personal presence , ho
had every element of a great orator. In
this regard ho had few equals. Educated for
the law nnd trained In the art of speaking ,
he attained a degree of popularity llrs't as a
political speaker nnd afterward ns a plat
form lecturer that few Americans have
reached. Thousands went to hear his lec
tures who did not endorse his sentiments ,
but merely to be entertained by his oratory
nnd stylo.
New York Sun : Robert G. Ingersoll , who
lied yesterday , won his chief popular dls-
Inctlon as an enemy of religious faith , yet
ils nature was essentially of the poetic and
ellgloua cast. He was a man of humane
mpuUca and his bitterness of humor was
n his words only. Moreover , ho was by
jeaven's gift n orator , an artUt In elo-
inenco nnd consequently was tible to hold
iway over the feelings of audiences whoso
lonvictlona bo did not change. He belonged
o the old school of infidel assailants of
Christian faith and theology ; ho went out
0 battle -with the church as a fierce com-
> atant. The Infidel of the new school a
nero dangerous character makes no such
var. Ho does not assail religious faith ,
jut treats It with Indifference or contempt
is beneath Intellectual consideration or a a
luperstltlon which has no proper place In
1 reasonable mind. He does not aasall It ,
> ut gives up the whole subject as Bomethlng
if which It .Is Impossible for man to know
inythlug and about which discussion U alto-
; cther profitless.
I3XPOSIJ OK HHKOHMKllS * MKT1IOU. "
Ivolgh World : And now ex'Oovcmor Hoi
comb Is sftld to h vo buncoed the over
burdened taxpayer out of some $2,000 on tb <
prcletino of house rent. This Hem of "MV
Ing" wns overlooks ! by our reform friend
In their campaign circular last fall.
Tekamah Herald : The Holcomb rent scan
dnf smefls to heaven. U Is simply amnzlni
that a man occupying the high pewit Ion o
govcVnor of the great state of Nebraska
elected on ft reform ticket , would stoop ti
stuff a voucher to $31 a month for house rcn
when ho was only paying $30.
Ord Quiz : Governor Itolcoinh took fron
the * state , according to the evidence bcfori
the Investigating committee , about $21 $ '
month more than ho paid for rent. He hai
no right to take any rout from tlie state , bu
Inking nearly twice us much as he paid win
In nccord with pop reform nil right ,
Emerson Enterprise : According to the re
ports published this week ex-Governor Hoi-
comb Is not averse to Inking a little rake
off. Tlie difference between $50 per monlli
the amount the Etnte allowed him for lioiiH
rent , and $30 , the BUIII actually paid , mnkei
quite a neat llttlo sum In ttireo or four years
Auburn Post : My dear fusion friends
uliat do you think of the noble nud eranc !
Silas , whom In your ndmlratlon you have
been pleased to refer to ns "the bet gov
ernor Nebraska ever had. " taking $50 pet
month of the drnr people's money to pay
hft : e rent nnd only pnylng $30 $ to tbo pool
landlady ?
Heaver City Tribune ( pop. ) : The senate
Investigating committed Is getting tome
stnli'ineiils from ono Simon In regard to tin
recount ot the ballots In 1S99. If the com
mittee can substantiate the evidence of Mr.
Simon the proper nuthorltles should not hffll-
tnto to begin criminal nctlon against the
guilty parlies.
Grand Island Independent : At the senate
Investigating committee's session yesterday
evldenco was taken showing Mint Reformer
Holcomb drew $4 ! ) per month from the state
fcr rent and paid Hie owner of the property
Touted $ SO per month. Nineteen dollars
worth of reform per month on this one item.
No wonder the ex-governor has bloomed Into
a blg-man-afrald-of-nn-lnvestIgatIon.
Norfolk Journal : Even Governor Hol
comb. the man to whom the fuslonlsts were
wont to point with prideas the noblest
Roman of them all , was touched , It seems ,
with the fever that prevails around the state
house. He drew his house rent allowance
In advance , paid a leas price nnd pocketed
the balance to provide against need when
he got away from the public crib.
Friend Telegraph : When Silas A. Hol
comb drew $50 per month from the state
treasury for house rent and paid the owner
of the house ho occupied $30 and put the
remaining $20 in his pocket he gave himself
n body blow which will echo up and down
through the state and convince many a voter
that the pretended reform of which Silas
was at that time the head center was a mere
sham.
Fremont Tribune : Secretary of State
Porter refuses to obey the subpoena of the
Pi out Investigating committee to appear and
testify. Mr. Porter is apparently willing to
lettho * evidence of E. L. Simon , who detailed
thomanner of fraudulently marking the su
preme court ballotn , go unlmpeachcd. That
testimony was pretty severe on the fuslonlsts ,
but they evidently think the less said about
the matter the better for them.
Seward Reporter : Among other things
brought out < by the Prout Investigating com
mittee is an interesting fact concerning the
bouso rent of ex-Govornor Holcomb while
ho was chief executive of the state. Gov
ernor Holcomb drew $50 $ a month for house
rent with great regularity , but the owner of
the house testified that ho never paid more
than $30 a month ior the house. Holcomb
and Porter affect to ignore tha committee ,
but the damaging facts brought out by the
Investigation cannot bo disposed of in such
a way.
Genoa Leader : The woman from whom ox-
Governor Holcomb rented his house Jurlng
his term of office testified before the In
vestigating committee at Lincoln the other
day that Holcomb only paid her $30 per
month rent , while the vouchers at the audi
tor's office show that he drew $51.18 per
month from the etato , giving him n rako-off
of $21.18 a month , and yet this man was at
the head of n reform administration , pledged
to honesty and economy , and Is llablo to be
nominated and possibly elected to the su
preme bench.
North Platte Tribune : The Investigating
committee at Lincoln has found that ex-
Governor Holcomb , that great , good man
and eminent reformer , drew $50 per month
from the Btato for house rent , while the
liouse in which ho lived rented for $30 , thus
allowing the good and noble man to "salt"
ibout $20 per month. Of course a republican
governor would < be expected to do this they
ire rascals but for a reformer to take advantage -
vantage of such things Is somewhat sur
prising , nut this Is , we presume , the only
Instance In which the good man yielded to
the subtle voice of satau.
Ponder Republic : Ex-Governor Holcomb ,
is will be seen by the testimony and account
given in another column of this Issue , is
ibout as hard pressed these days to get away
From certain facts and figures In his official
: onduct , while governor , as the bondsmen
sf ex-Treasurer Hartley are to get away
from their liability to the state for that
lerellct's defalcations. The ex-governor and
) X-"reformer" will find out 'ere he's through
vlth this business that , whether the commlt-
: eo Is legal or illegal , properly or improperly
instituted , that it Is the truth of the facts
it Is getting nt that condemns htm as a
: nkcr of rako-offs. It Is the truth Itself and
not the manner or source of the procuro-
nent thereof that concerns the public.
Blair Pilot : What will the explanation be ?
Pho Prout Investigating committeelias
'ound that Holcomb shoved into his pocket
120 a month that tbo rtato waa suppobcd
.o pay for his house rent. In the first place ,
.ho legislature had no right to appropriate
nonoy for the house rent for the governor ,
ind Holcomb should have vetoed the bill
is ha would have nny other hill that was
inconstltutlonol. Ex-Govornor Crounoe had
ho honesty about him to veto Just mich a
) lll. Holcomb signed the bill , but rented
i house for $20 a month Icoa than the op-
> roprlatlon , but drew the warrants for the
nil amount , thus stealing from the state
; 20 per month , 'beside Illegally getting his
cut paid , Holcomb at the present tlmn
ind In the face of his erratic course whllo
; av rnor Is asking that bo be the fusion
lomlneo for supreme judge. One thing U
ortuln. 'Ho ' will never bo supreme Judge-
n Nebraska. With the light that has been
brown on his course as chief executive he
vlll never get further than the nomination.
, Vo have that much faith in the voters of
Nebraska. They do not knowingly elect
loodlera ( o offlce , and In Holcotnb's case
he mask la entirely off.
Fremont Tribune : Former Governor Hoi-
oinb finds himself suddenly placed In tin
monvlable position 'by ' the senate Invcetl-
; atlng committee , and there Is certainly due
rom Mm In his own behalf , and for the
ake of his party , some satisfactory expla-
atlon , which he does not furnish by ignor-
ng the committee's subpoenas to appear and
estify und by denying Us authority. There
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
Rt l AXI a tOWttH CO. . I YOR < .
may ba some excuse , from hi * own point
of view , for his Ignoring the committee In
the matter of ballot recount fraud , with
which the public Is familiar nnd with which
the governor may have had little or nothing
to do. nut he can scarcely Justify hlmselt
In his refusal to testify In the matter of V I
house rent , for this touches him directly ,
nnd him nlone. Mr. Holcomh'a absorption
ot th * appropriation for house rent for thi
governor hns occasioned n good deal of com
ment before now. He succeeded Governol
i Crouse , who followed Governor Iloyd , Gov
ernor Crounse Tetocd an appropriation foi
this purpose on the very good ground that
the constitution prohibited the governoi
from accepting such n "perquisite. " Gov
ernor Iloyd refused to draw on the appro
priation beeausd ho thought he had no Iep0 ;
right to the money. Governor Holeonib. whj
came into office on the wnvc of "reform , "
accepted the perquisite with nn unctuoui-
ties * nnd avidity born of n long thirst foi
spoils. This Investigating committed hai
hnd on the witness ftaml a Mrs. Gould ,
owner of the house which Sir. Holcomb
occupied when he > wns governor , and which
ho Mill occupies nnd rents ot her. She hm
testified the governor paid her $30 . month
rent during the entire period. The com
mittee hns gone n little farther nnd brought
to light the vouchers drawn for the payment
of house rent , 'vhlch were nt the rate ol
$160 n quarter , or $60 a month.
IIMS TO A SMII.K.
Journal : Sometime ? , you know ,
the howling swell Is < i sud dog.
Philadelphia Ilrconl : "Poetry. " says th
Mnnnynnk Philosopher , "is neither a , pro
fession nor a trade. It's a elUeits * . "
Chlouro Hooord : "This novel , j > lr , U Just
the thins for your Idle hours. "
"Idlo Jioiirs ? What are you tfllklnj
about7 I'm 110 employe ; I'm In business
for myself. "
Indianapolis Journal : Tommy- Paw ,
what IH th * difference between .1 gentle
man and a gent ?
Mr. FlgK The ffont Is usually tile. on
who Is making the money.
'PlttHburR- ' Chronicle : "Hello , Splmnn ,
nro you doing much tlicso tlayn ?
"A little , Snaggs. I liuvo Just noUl thre
oil wells. "
"Ah , In tha hole siilo business , 1 see. "
Chicago Post : Why Old you go to thi
country no early thin year ? "
"To get away from the city.
"Anil why did you come back so soon ? "
"To set uway from the country. "
WiiHhlng-ton Star : "What's that ? " naked
the- rich inun , who vrns buying a few paint-
"Tlml'B , Pegasus , " replied the dealer.
euaHUB , you know , was a winged , horse. "
"Send It back to the nrtl.st and tell him
to put the wlngH on an nutomoblle and I'll
buy It , " said the rich man.
Chicago Record : He Great Scott ! for
making a. racket this child Is a regular
fort In action. \ I
She ( aweetly ) Would you mind holding
the fort for Ji little while , George ?
Indianapolis' Journal : T.lio Populist I nc *
you mortgaged your farm last week.
The Uncertain Quantity That' * what I
did.
" \ Vcllwhen you golu' to Jln u 7"
"Not now , anyhow. 1 ain't spent 1h
money ylt. "
ii i < : ii SAii KATE : .
Adrian Hoes In Literature.
Iho wifeof a Poet , biographies show It , haa
happiness rich aim rare ;
In rapturous revel die- deigns to dishevel her
carefully ihmo buck hair.
Ho calls -her to listen , -with glances that
glisten , to songs of liln BoimlUva 'soul ,
Whllo ehe Is discerning by odora of burn-
Ing1 that cook , with ilier fancies o (
penny romances , Is llndlns m heaven
with X 37 , and dinner da done to a
coall
Oh , there's nothing that's weary or
hard
In the lifo o the wlf of a bard ;
No mald < n would ohooso to rejecter
or refuse
The offer to marry a son. of the.
Muso. ' - „ , , .
Her duties should bring1 her to cherish her
lnger with readiness prompt and say.
When nature beaeeelws for pines or for
peaches , clear turtle or Crown Tokay ;
For him In a iholdcr of Jewels must
smolder cigars of a. flavor unique ,
A.nd na for the payment for food and for
raiment , If creditors claim 4t eha nver
must name It , for If he houM know It
the senslttvo poet -would , wafbl * no
more for a week !
For a alng r's a flower In * h eun.
And 'ho ' fihuts at the sight of a dun ;
The creditor storms nnd the. . cred
itor sues
There's not any money In eon * of
tno aiuse.
A. poet In pasfiion must follow tha fashion
by choosing a love for llfo ,
3omo Beutrle * , or a Petrarclilan Laura , or
nomebody'mot ' his wife ,
It's strictly de reirlo for iher to Invelglo tha
Bard Into tropical rhyme ;
fho wlfo , If neg-leoted , must not be de
jected or deeply affected , but try to
'bo ' happy on prose that Is scrappy and
frequently anappy , and Ienv to ft r
betters , the "onllo b Kttors , " ths
sonnets and letters wtvcwe raptures
and rages < th mibiequent ages will
read In ihls pauoB , and weeplnely won
der why destiny's blunder toad torn
him iiBunder from aojnebody fitted
with him to knitted If law had ptr-
mltted nd he could have flitted and
quietly quitted the woman half-witted
and not to bo pitied who fettered his
fancy BUbllmo !
Kor the wife who would check or
control
Such beautiful union of ecnil
Deserves to bo slated in all th
ncvle'ws
For marring1 the life of a son of tha
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