Nebraska Newspapers

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Publishing company , being duly sworn ,
say * that the actual number of full iind
complete copies of The Dal y , Morning ,
Evening nnd Sunday Bee , printed during
the month of October , 1MB. was a follows :
l jo.ooa 17 "I'll ? ! !
2. JH , : H ) is jiuo :
3 ior 19.
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10 ai,7IO 28 25,010
n ai.ino 27 arioo :
12 aiflO 2S 85,200
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16. . . . . . . 85flr 0 31 25,470
16 21,410
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Less unsold and returned copies. . . . O,8 8
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( Seal. ) Notary Public.
For the time belli ! , ' the seat oC wnr H
confined to the Philippines , South
Africa anil Kentucky.
Coal prices arc RoitiK up. A mild winter -
tor would bo a compensating benefit to
the man who has to burn coal.
The New York bunk surplus Is re
ported low , but bunks west and south
arc abundantly supplied with money.
Over-enthusiastic popocrats who bet
on 15,000 plurality for the head of. their
state ticket will have to step up to the
counter and settle.
Queen Victoria , Iws generously do
nated ? 50 to a woman who has seven
sons in the British army. That is just
? 7.14 for each sou.
Xcnv that' ' the members of. the do-
nothlng State Board of Transportation
have finished their campaign work they
will alllake - n much-needed rent :
" The-question for the' Bohemians who
bolted the republican ticket to help the
fuslonists to ask themselves now is :
"Where do the Bohemians come in ? "
The Sunday Bee had several most Im
portant Hems oC news found In no
other paper published In tills section.
The Bee Is always the bust news
paper.
The un-Patrlotlq league wants to per
petuate itself. Why not join the .luck-
sonlan club nnd work out in the open
instead of playing bushwhacker under
cover ?
Now there Is talk about organizing a
war ship trust. That would be the most
harmless trust of them all , since it can
not raise the price of anything tlio com
mon people use.
One thing to the credit of the British
npbllity Is that they send their sons to
active war and expose them to the
njimo risk taken by the common soldier
on the firing line.
Kentucky Is the only state In the
'
union where the governor' has to sleep
In a vault , dress In steel armor and
surround himself with a military guard
when walking the streets of the cap-
Ithl , . .
'According lo Associated Press dis
patches all the way from Seattle the
transcontinental rate war Is growing
more serious , but nobody In these parts
outside of railroad headquarters earns
a continental. '
It Is amusing to see so , many repub
licans under suspicion of giving aid and
comfort to 'the ( Wlon ticket rushing to
the fusion organ to set themselves right.
In doliiR , HO , h'awever. they simply
darkenthu - shujlow resting on ( hum.
For the 'ntuciitli time WD are assured
that sugar beets planted In the
neighborhood of Omaha can be culti
vated profitably. But up to this tlnfo
no Omaha capitalist has ventured to
plant his money In a beet sugar plant.
The ramshackle depot at Tenth and
Mason should be photographed and the
pictures deposited In the curio room of
the city library for the edification of
coming generations , Thu demolition of
the shack should bo celebrated in some
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way.
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The Paclllu Kxpretis company may be
able to remove Its otllces to St Louis ,
but it cannot take its bulldhig away
from Omaha , and as long ns It keeps
and occupies the latter Omaha will bo
one of the principal local centers for Its
business , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In order to muko thu Omaha Com *
mercial club a power It muht bo re
organized , oij commercial linen , A
bureau of entertainment and statistics
Is nil right as an adjunct to the Com-
morclul club , but so long as It Is the
main tiling ( he club will re-main u mere
farce.
Colonel William .Tennlngs Bryan Is
cast < ln the hopeful mold. His relro-
sjjectlve view of the.elections of 1S1K )
may flatter and gratify his visionary
admirers , but cnnuot deceive clear
headed men who have staked their po
litical fortunes on his presidential pros
pects.
CVtlonol Bryan tilumplmntly points to
Massachusetts , which has given the re
publicans over (55,000 ( majority , while it
had given 100,000 more to McKlnley In
189 < ! . With the same exultant ale he
tells us that In Pennsylvania the repub
lican majority , which this year exceeds
100,000 , has been cut down one-half as
compared with the vote of ISflO. But
where democrats can derive any com
fort from these numbers or where they
can figure out a transfer of the elec
toral vote of Massachusetts or Penn
sylvania from McKlnley to Bryan In
11)00 ) Is not visible to the naked eye.
Colonel Bryan Is equally overstrung
In his conclusions about the result In
Ohio. The fact that the republican
candidate for governor carried the
slate by over fX,000 ) plurality In spite
of the Inroads made Into the repub
lican vote by an independent repub
lican candidate for governor shows that
Ohio is as safe for McKlnley In 11)00 )
ns Vermont or Massachusetts. Colonel
Bryan declares the Jones vote Is anti-
republican , but Jones himself says he
Is a republican and his support came
chiefly from republicans sure to fall
Into line In the national campaign.
It takes a man of most sanguine
makeup to see anything hopeful for
Bryan In the returns from Iowa , yet
the silver colonel pretends to see noth
ing discouraging for his cause In them.
"Taken ns a whole , " exclaims Colonel
Bryan , "the election returns from all
the states give encouragement to those
who hope for the overthrow of the re
publican party In 1000. "
Where docs this encouragement come
from ? Concede that Bryan will carry
every state south of Mason and Dlxon's
line , Including Maryland , West Virginia
and Kentucky , which Is by no means
assured. Give him In addition his
home state , Nebraska , and the silver
states , Colorado , Montana , Idaho , Utah
and Nevada , and exclude .New York as
doubtful from either column , and we
have the following result :
McKlnley. Bryan.
California 9 Alabama 11
Connecticut BArkansas 8
Delaware 3 Colorado 4
Illinois. 2 Florida 4
Indiana 15 Georgia 13
Iowa 13 Idaho , .j. 3
Kansas lOKentucky 13
Maine C Louisiana. 8
Massachusetts 15 Maryland 8
Michigan II Mississippi 9
Minnesota O.Missouri 17
New Hampshire . . 4 | Montana 3
New Jersey lO.Nebraska. S
North Dakota 3 Nevada 3
Ohio 23North , Carolina . . . It
Oregon 4South | Carolina . . . 9
Pennsylvania 32 Tennessee 12
Rhode Island ! , Texas 15
South Dakota -llutnli 3
Vermont 4iVlrgInla 12
Washington 4West | Virginia G
West Virginia 6
Wisconsin 12 Totals ISO
Wyoming 3
Totals 231
The total electoral vote Is 447 , of
which 2U4 are" necessary to elect. If
JJrynn seetmy\'fNew > , York , .which Is 'Hot
at all likely , he would still have only
210"as against 231 for McKlnley. If
he loses New York he cannot be elected ,
even if he carries Indiana , Delaware
and Wisconsin or Michigan , Wisconsin
and Delaware , none of which are likely
to be really debatable In 1000.
Bryan has , however , not one chance
in a hundred to carry New York or any
other of these states and his prospects
of succeeding McKlnley In 1001 are de
cidedly remote unless , Indeed , the
country should experience a miraculous
political upheaval.
AMKtttCAN INFbbEXCK.
The statement in the foreign dis
patches that the Russian and German
emperors discussed the growth of
American Influence may or may not be
conect , but there can be no doubt that
both these rulers and all others in Eu
rope fully recognize the fact that
the 'Influence of the United States In
the affairs of the world is very much
greater than ever before and their ro-
hpect for this country has correspond
ingly Increased. Willie it is well un
derstood that this natioii will continue
to obseive the policy of keeping aloof
from European controversies and com
plications , if Is also s.ceu Hint licwmttur
Ihe powers of Europe , In making their
plans and projects , commercial or po
litical , beyond their own domains , must
take account of the interests and the
wishes of the ynited States. How
America may view their designs , what
effect upon their relations with this
country their schemes may have , are
questions which the principal European
powers will Hud It necessary to con
sider in the future as they have not
been called upon to do In the past.
Until now the respect ot European
nations , with the exception of Croat
Britain , for the Influence of the Unit'jd
States , 1ms not been very strong. In
our Isolated position and our devotion
to home Interests , with llttlo concern
as to what was taking place In the rest
of the world , the nations of Europe did
not seriously trouble themselves about
American opinion. They gave It little ,
consideration 'in ' connection with ifint-
ti'rs outside the western hemisphere.
But conditions have changed. flu *
broader relations of the United States
growing out of the war with Spain , the
eager commercial competition In the
world's markets that has developed In
recent years , the creation of new Amer
ican Interests , have placed this country
In a position to command consideration
and exert an Influence which all of the
world powers must recognize. This
was made conspicuously apparent at
The Hague conference and there have
been a ininiber of Instances within the
last year showing how much more re-
spept Europe now has for American
opinion than ever before.
The Influence of the United States
will grow If It bo wlbuly and Justly ex
orcised. Wo must bo absolutely fair
and Impartial In our relations with the
rest of the world. In order to com-
niniul thu n'bpiTt u'ml contldcnco of all
nations wo must show no preference
for any , H Is absolutely necessary to
the maintenance of our influence tuut
we make no alliance with any power
and bind ourselves by no ngiecmotit
with one nation thnt would exclude us
from entering into a like understanding
with any other nation. We must keep
entirely free from any International
connection which would deprive us oC
the ability to take Independent action
In any contingency that might nrlso
requiring us to act. If this policy be
pursued theic will bo little dlfllctilty
In securing for the rights and Interests
of the fulled States everywhere proper
respect and adequate protection. As-
surcd of fair and just consideration on
our part we shall lltiti all nations most
willing and anxious to deal fairly and
Justly with us and as conlidcnce In us
grows our influence will Increase , until
we shall become- the greatest force In
the world for the preservation .of pence
and the extension of civilization/
It Is a proud nnd responsible posi
tion which the United States occupies
among the nations and our own welfare
and the Interests of humanity demand
that wo carefully conserve and
strengthen It.
A AUTA1IMJ XEWtil'Al'KIt SCOW ,
The Bee Sunday was the only Ne
braska paper to give Its readers a com
plete account of the disastrous wreck
on the Omaha & Fort Dodge railroad
near Denlsoii , ila. , In which twenty-six
persons were badly Injured , two of
them supposedly hurt fatally. This Is
one of the most notable news beats re
corded In recent years. Although the
accident occurred scarce fifty miles
from Omaha Its alleged Omaha com
petitor , the World-Herald , did not have
a single word about It.
Thnt paper will probably come out a
day late with the vital UCWH printed
by The Bee Sunday , ns It will hardly
have the hardihood In this case to pur
sue Its usual tactics of denying that
the event took place.
This scoop , while of llrst moment , is
only oue of many news features In
which The Bee outdid all other papers.
Attention is called to It simply because
of the striking proof It affords of The
Bee's unquestioned superiority as a
newspaper.
SOLICITUDE FOK CUBA.
The determination of President Mc-
Kluley to substitute civil for military
government in Cuba as soon as it can
[ > osslbly be done will bo approved by
the country. It has been well under
stood that the president has at all times
been solicitous to show the Cuban people
ple that the United States Intends to
faithfully carry out Its pledge to give
them self-government. He has repeat
edly given them assurances as to this
through the Instructions to the military
commanders and there can be no doubt
that his desire In the matter Is as car-
nest now us at any time. It Is said
that Secretary Root Is also especially
solicitous that early action be taken
for the establishment of civil govern
ment , his opinion , which Is understood
to he shared by other members of the
cabinet , .being that the Cubans are
read } ' for civil government and that It
Is the duty of the United States to
speedily give It to them.
In this view It Is understood the pres
ident 1ms not hitherto concurred , but
it would seem that he has now accepted
It. At all events he is disposed to In
stitute civil government as a duty on
the part of the United States and as
a means of testing the fltnoss of the
Cubans for self-government. Mani
festly as long ns the military govern
ment is maintained the capacity of the
people to govern themselves cannot be
fully shown. There Is nothing to stim
ulate the popular Interest In the prin
ciples of civil government. AH soon ,
however , as the mllltnn rule Is ended
or subordinated to the civil adminis
tration , it is to be expected that all the
people will address themselves ear
nestly to the study of those things
which are essential to self-government.
The Indications arc that very soon
after the completion of the Cuban cen
sus civil government will bo Instituted
there and most of the American troops
withdrawn. With this done the next
step , that of establishing an Independ
ent government , can be taken without
much dllllculty or delay.
\rilKlth' \ IS TUG TltUST-CltL'SHEItl
Omaha coal dealers have mutually
combined to raise the price of coal. An
thracite , which has been selling in the
Omaha market for ifS.W ) , goes up ! ? 1 ,
reaching the $0.50 per ton notch. Rock
Springs lump goes up from $7 to $7. ! > 0 ,
, Rock Springs nut from $ l.7. $ to $7.
This Information Is given to the pub
lic through the Bryunlto organ , but the
sham reform sheet has not a word to
say as to the manifest violation of the
state anti-trust law. An advance In
the price of coal may be justified by
the advance In railroad freight rates ,
but the advance by compact to prevent
competition Is a direct violation of the
law which that great trust pulverizer ,
Attorney General Smyth , has never
sought to enforce except upon the
Standard Oil octopus and ono or two
other foreign corporations that can take
refuge from prosecution In the federal
courts.
The Nebraska trust-crusher Is equally
Indifferent about the other combines
and trusts that are operating all mound
him In defiance of the law. Take for
t'samplo the flrn Insurance combine that
lixos rates In restraint of competition
through a compact manager In utter
disregard of the law enacted expressly
to protect the public against arbitrary
exactions through combination. This
law has been on the statute books for
years , but remains a dead letter and
will so remain so long as the sham re
formers remain In power and until the
people have their eyes opened to the
imposture of otllclals that are masquer
ading under the cloak of enemies of
monopolies and trusts.
The brlilga motor company enjoys
a franchlbo covering certain Omaha
streets which it acquired by contract
with the Omaha Street Railway com
pany , The latter him now leased Its
I'Mftcenth ' and Sixteenth btrcut tracks to
another bridge motor company , which
will divide the trallli1. Yet the old
bridge company mnkcs no protest. This
leads to the Inference that one or botli
of these old companies are In the now
deal. At any rate the projectors of the
now line ought to take the people of
Omaha Into their coulldeiico.
Complaint against the now form of the
olllclal ballot that H tends to confuse the
voter does not really rest upon the form
of the ballot , but upon the fact that can
didates try to secure special advantage
upon It through certificates of nomina
tion by two 01 three different parties.
If each political party had its own srt
of candidates appearing on the ballot
there would bo no cause for complaint.
What confuses the voter is the fusion
manipulations and not anything to bo
found In the provisions of the law.
AdnUral Schloy has been presented
with n solid silver punch bowl with
an elaborate silver dinner service , all
made from Spanish silver coins recov
ered from the Spanish war ship Cristo
bal Colon and valued at more than
$7,000. With this substantial souvenir
of the sinking of Uervern's lloel the ad
miral should be ablu to eat his dinners
in comfort and entertain his friends in
a manner that would befit a silver
baron.
The wrecking company expects to
begin the demolition of the large ex
position buildings within a few days < > n
a stipulation not to cart the material
oft the grounds until Injunction suits
shall have boon disposed of by the
courts. This will be eminently satisfac
tory to the residents in that quarter ,
whose fear of a conflagration will not be
quieted until the great structures are
razed to the ground.
A warrant has. been sworn out
ngnlust Congressman Roberts for violating
lating the anti-polygamy law and If be
Is brought back to Salt Lake he will
not be nble to take his seat in congress
for some time to come. .But Mr. Rob
erts will take care that he Is not found
until after congress has determined
his right to occupy a scat in that body.
The silver republicans of Omaha , who
number about as many voters as the pro
hibitionists , soon will assemble them
selves In solemn conclave to nominate a
mayor and a full city ticket. It takes
a good deal of sublime audacity to keep
up such a farce from year to year.
.Simply n lilt Slij.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Thai $200,000,000 comblno to control the
output of bicycles and automobiles doesn't
Bear a tbosn who still put their faith In
horses.
nnd IXnviiH of Life.
Boston Transcript.
1'resident McKlnley had to shako hands
fof seven blocks to reach the polling booth ,
whllo ex-President Cleveland was ordered
ou ; ot tha election booth by a policeman.
CuMtur on the Army Mule.
Grand Forks ( N. D. ) Herald.
It waa General' Ouster who said , some
thirty years ago , that warfare In a mountaln-
oua country yaB(1 Ijlpst } Imposslblo without
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the aid of cnulesu in"Vlew of the things
which resulted fem n mule stampede near
Lndyemlth the other day the British War
office will probably rank Ouster as an Ameri
can humorist ot malicious disposition.
Tent I me Eniclaitd'H Strength.
' Philadelphia Ledger.
Perhaps the most disquieting bit of in
formation on the Boer campaign thus far Is
the report that , although.military operations
have scarcely begun England has already
decided to call out her whole lighting
strength with th o exception of a part of
the militia. This Illustrates the serious
chnrpctor of the struggle better than any
account. ! ol victories or reverses In the
flcli ! .
I'ciinUloM of Iii nil
Washington Post.
01 course the war will now go on , and of
coursn tha end can mean only the extinction
oj thu Dutch republics and the supremacy
of England In South Africa. But It Is
frightful to think of the sacrifices that must
ba mada meanwhile the extermination of
the Iloern and the martyrdom of thousands
o' Englanrt' : ! finest chivalry , merely In order -
dor that marauders like Ilhodcs and Jame
son may glut their appctlto for plunder and
that n demagogue like Chamberlain may
feed his 'vllo ambition.
Land Iloom In Giiitin.
Now York Tribune.
Guam hau somu claim to rank as ono of
these Bummer Isles ot Eden , lying In dark
purpl'i sphcrea of sea In which the laureate
once Imagined ho would like to find a refuge
and take some savage woman who should
rear bin dusky race.- Till lately it has not
known much changu of condition elnca tbq
< layt : of Magellan and Affonso da Sonsn , but
Blncd It cama Into possession of the United
.Stnte/i / a la ml boom has set in , turning the
headti ot natives and foreigners alike and
Impelling tha new naval governor to Issue a
proclamation that land on the Island shall
only'bo owned by Americans. It Is too small
tti havii Itu soil clawed and clutched at by
tha greedy foreigner. At least Captain
Leary thinks so , and as ho is on tbo ground
and in authority it would seem as If be
ough ; to know.
Treatment of Sick
Philadelphia Ledger.
Thl Investigation Into tha treatment re
ceived by sick soldiers who returned from
tbo Philippines on tbo transports Tartar and
Newport was made by army officers , and its
report , which has been mailed to Washing
ton , ti an olllclal finding. It will bo imper
ative , therefore , for thn government to take
notice of It , and if Its -censure of .tho odlcers j
In charge 01 the transports IB as severe as
Unofficially reported , the punishment of
tbesci men should , and doubtless will , bo
heavy. The pcoplo of the United States will i
not toloratu any abuse of their representa-
tlvei In tha ranks and they are particularly
BMiFltlvo In the caeo of sick soldiers , The
{ government discovered that in theliccen -
mcnti on thu treatment of the troops who
ciimo bacl- ; from Cuba , and It cannot have
tor ottcn tha Icsspn already ,
Jll.A.STS PII0.1I HANI'S IIOIIN.
You caTj' ; whlna and slilno at the same
tlnij ,
Men who come hungry for righteousness
cannot bo untUfled with rhetoric ,
A email church full of piety has more
rowf,1 than f , largo' ono full of ptlde ,
LBt thi ' ( joy of thu Lord" show forth in
you ; face , not by length , but by breadth.
The value of the artificial light 1s de
pendent on the vanishing nf the sunlight.
Thu minister who works only for the
glory of roan , gct neither glory nor men.
How many o ( ui dare pray : "Lord , do
unto mo this day even an I do unto others ? "
frequently tha pcoplo who arc most care
ful of the gilt on their bibles care least
about the gold within them.
itui'i nt.uM.v nnvimv OP IIKSM/T.
Alliance Times : If Holcomb had made
that house rent deal only about a dollar
a month , Instead of twenty , Ms majority
would probnbly be larger.
r.iplllloii Herald : Nebraska has analn
KWUIIR Into line for fusion. This IA not the
way the Herald desired to see the state go ,
but she went , and that Is all ot It.
Weeping Water Republican : When the re
publicans get in earnest about carrying the
fitato out ot the Bryan column we 9ttRg''st
that they put up Judge Jensen. He Is a
spi Inter.
Humboldt Standard : Well , Nebraska lacked
aleut 20,000 ot coming up to our expecta
tions. We're sorry 'tis BO. but tears won't
help the situation any. Hence no abstain
from uttering a wall of sorrow over the
result In our home state ,
Fnlrlmry Enterprise : The battle Is all
over nnd everyone can now BCOhere It
might bavo been different had they done a
little more work. We can all settle down
and think of something elfe aside from poli
tics. H has been aery warm campaign ,
each striving to do their utmost to win.
Norfolk NCWB : The result , even In Ne
braska , Is no great cause for rejoicing to
the democrats. Holcomb was elected gov
ernor by 21,000 majority , while this > ear
ho wilt receive less than 15,000 majority.
Bryan nnd all the national force ot workers
for the party brought Into the state couldn't
bring the majority up to lt old standard
of excellence.
Hastings Tribune : Somebody got foolel
In Nebraska and It wasn't ' the republicans.
The Stnto Liquor Dealers' association and
the prohibitionists worked and % otod for
the election of Holcomb. Just why the pro
hibitionists and the liquor dealers should RO
hand-ln'-hand Is more than wo can eurmlso.
But now thnt Holcomb Is elected which one
Is ho going to serve ?
Emerson Enterpilsc : The election can
hardly bo taken ns a vindication for Silas
A. Holcomb. William J. Bryan Is the Ideal
of the populists and of the free silver demo
crats and they considered they were voting
lor him this year. Many of the fuslonlsts
did not ecrlously consider the charges made
agalnet Holcomb or compare the fitness of
the two candidates for supreme Judge ; they
Just voted for Bryan.
Fremont Tribune : Omaha failed to come
up to republican expectations. Holcomb's
pull with the railroads , liquor Interests and
stockyards had Its effect , and these corpora
tions generally know on which side their
bread Is buttered and from which faucet the
red liquor flows. The six republican candi
dates for district judges were elected by 1,000
votes between the highest one and the low
est fuslonlst , whllo Holcomb has about 800
majority.
Wood River Interests : This paper admits
that it was surprised as to Holcomb's ma
jority. Wo are well aware that Nebraska
for a number of years has been strongly
populist , but with so clean and able a man
as Judge Reese wo thought the fusion ma
jority would bo wiped out or , at least ,
greatly reduced , but It seems that the domi
nant party In Nebraska Is wedded to fta
Idols and populism Is with us for a seuson
sure enough.
Ord Times : Elections gained by deceiving
the people like they have been deceived
this year will bo of no lasting benefit to
the party which wins. The foreign element
In the state waa deceived about Imperial
ism. For Instance , literature , was sent -to
the Germans of Valley county telling them
that this was their last chance , and that If
the republicans won this year this country
would have a king within a year. That Is
the way the fuslonlsts won the election this
year.
Auburn Post : Is It not really amusing ,
now that election Is over , to look back and
see how the advocates of the "poor man's
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party , " the party of "the great common people
ple , " employed special trains to take their
speakers from town to town over the state ,
while the "plutocratic" republican party
speakers traveled around on freight trains ,
rode across the country In farm wagons or
went afoot any old way to get there and
make their speeches on time. The great
reform ( ? ) forces spent ten dollars of their
"educational fund" In Nebraska this year to
one dollar spent by the republican party.
Grand Island Independent : It Is Ne
braska's sad fate that last Tuesday it re
mained In the hands 'of the western silver
millionaires and their agents , but It Is a
lucky and comforting circumstance that as
far aa wo know It stands alone among the
prairie states , our neighbor , South Dakota ,
having gone republican with 8,000 majority ,
Kansas being also reported republican. And
among all the states" east of us from which
wo have Tollable reports there Is only one
companion to Nebraska , that being Mary
land , which went democratic with 5,000 ma
jority. All the other states have largo re
publican majorities.
Central City Republican : Nebraska tot-
ers , In tnelr sovereign power , have decided
that they want Silas A. Holcomb to occupy
a scat on the supreme bench rather than
Judge M. B. Reese and the Nebraska voters
ers will get what they want. The result
is a surprise. It was thought the superior
qualifications of Judge Reese would have
some Influence on the election. Apparently
this has received llttlo consideration and
Holcomb has been elected by an old-time
majority. The Almighty Ono with his om
nipotent power of penetration may bo able
to see how nnd why It happened so , but the
problem is beyond the solution of a mere
mortal newspaper.
Bloomlngton Echo : The battle has been
fought and lost. The defeat In this county
Is the worst slnco the disintegration of
91. The republicans did not get a smell ,
and In the state It looks as if the fusionlsts
would have their old-time majorities. No
doubt ono of the chief causes leading up
to this change Is the fact that great masses
of the people have become frightened over
the cry of trusts and Imperialism. Many
of the people were not satisfied with the
prosperous times wo are now having , think
ing some person or company was making
too much money , hence they voted to re
turn to thp good old "soup house" times
of ' 92 nnd ' 96.
Nelson Gazette : There wa a time when
Nuckolls county was republican by a handsome -
some majority. Carelessness In selecting
nominees and a disposition on the part ot
Borne Individuals to set themselves above
tbo party relegated us to. the rear. Many
good meaning citizens left our party and
voted with the oppceltlon as a rebuke to
such leaders for their conduct. Others had
been misled Into the belief that their con
dition would be Improved by such a change.
The result brought republican defeat and
placed the affairs of our county In the
hands of a party which has terminated In
the worst kind of a basg-rlddcn organiza
tion.
tion.York
York Timea : Nebraska can easily bo car
ried by the republicans next year If patriotIsm -
Ism and eound judgment prevail In the coun
cils of the party. Surprlsca , emotional
nominations and haphazard work will not
do. They alwayn turn out badly. Cool ,
deliberate counclb must be followed by
cautious , yet bold steps. There must be
entire l.armony. Every Important step must
bo carefully considered ami fully agreed
upon , personal ambitions and selfish
schemes must bo abandoned and all must
be consulted and every reasonable opinion
or suggestion respectfully considered. The
republican party has every reason to bo
encouraged rather than dlncouragcd , The
populists are not eo strong this year ua they
were two years ago and they were not BO
strong then as upon the preceding year. In
the meantime , the republican party has
steadily gained ground , Next year It will
win It U makes the most o ( tti opportuni
ties
aiviiK IIANNAVS not m.n virToitv.
I'lillnitoliilitn Pn | or Snjn Mint HiViin
( tut Til Ice TtH-xdnj.
Philadelphia Times.
Senator Hnnnn won two great \lctoi-fs |
| on Tuesday. He won Ohio for .McKlnley nnd
himself ; he won Ncbrafkn for Bryan to
make Uryan the candidate tor president
against MrKlnle > .
It waa whispered tot several weeks bo om
the olMtlon that the republican leaders de
sired Itryan to win his own state to prevent
the democrats from rejecting him In the
next national convention. They want Bryan
as the democratic candidate , knowing thnt
he could not carry n single electoral vote
east of the Father of Waters anil north ot
Ihe Ohio nnd Potomac , with the certainty
that ho would lose nil of the states bctwcau
the Mississippi and the Pacific , excepting
Nebraska , Colorado and Nevada , with Wy
oming and Montana doubtful , while In the
south West Virginia and Kentucky would
bo certain to vote republican , and Tennes
see , Alabama , Virginia and North Carolina
fairly debatable ,
That , the republican leaders have given
the state of Nebraska to Hrjan under the
Inspiration from Senator Hanna scflms to
be well established. Nebraska could not
stand ngalnst the sound money and hon
est Ijiiplnejs ecntltnent that prevails all
around her In Kansas and Iowa amongst the
same pcoplo unless uncommon causes hail
been employed to control the rcuult.
Senator Hanna has carried Ohio by a lorg
majority and thus secured the renomlna
tlon of McKlnley , and next to that ho de
sired the rcnomlnatlon ot Bryan. He know
that with Brynti as tha democratic candl
date , nnd the business and Industrial Inter
esta of the country more prosperous thai
ever before In our history , McKlnley wll
sweep three-fourths of the states , whll
there might he danger to McKlnley with . .
conservative democratic candidate.
Hnnna has thus a double victory. He has
won McKlnley's renomlnatlon and he has
accomplished what he expected would assure
the rcnomlnatlon of Bryan. The republican
of Nebraska who desired Bryan's overthrow
nnd with him the hopeless overthrow o
the democracy , could not have more sa
gaclously directed their efforts than to glv
Bryan his own state by an unnatural major
Ity and thus plume him for the presidency
nexi year.
And why should not Hanna conlrol the
democratic party ns well as the republican
party ? The democrats were once controlled
by great leaders , but lately they have be
come the mere plaything of every new
political Invention. They have played sec
end fiddle to greenbackers , to free sllver-
itcs , to rcpudlatlonistB and to anarchists
They have ceased to have democratic lead
ership and Hanna eaw his opportunity to
make the democracy hewers of wood am
drawers of water to help him In his polltlca
aim , and ho ban accomplished It.
Nebraska stands alone of. the contcstcc
states as supporting Bryan. New York and
New Jersey have gone republican by In
creased majorities ; Ohio stands in the repub
lican line by an extraordinary majority in
view of the serious defections in the repub
lican strongholds , and Kentucky has Irre
vocably severed her connections with cheap
mon y democracy. Only in Maryland have
the democrats won , and there they won by
kicking the Chicago platform out of the
party and nominating a eound money demo
crat for governor. The business Interests
of the country could trust the democratic
ticket of [ Maryland and they elected It by
a very large majority.
If the democrats shall nominate Bryan
for president next year they should follow
the scheme out to Its logical end and make
Hanna chairman of the democratic national
committee. Ho has done his utmost to
shape the policy of the democratic party
and , next to William J. Bryan himself , there
Is no man In the whole country who looks
with more solicitude to the success of Bryan
n the next democratic convention than Mar
cus A. Hanna of Ohio. He has won a double
victory , by which he hopes to become master
of both the great political parties of the
nation.
POLITICAL SNAP-SHOTS.
Philadelphia Times : Still Ncbraeka has
a grain of comfort In Its big corn crop.
Buffalo Express : Looked at In a national
light , the election demonstrates that tbo
republican party is as strong In 1899 as In
tsnr .
Washington Post : Mr. Thurston has
doubtless come to the conclusion that 11
will take something stronger than poetry
to handle the Nebraska voters.
Globe-Democrat : Again the November
elections have come and gone and the Chicago
cage platform may be described as a dilapi
dated object of Indescribable shape.
Indianapolis Journal : Mr. Bryan finds
great pleasure in notifying the country that
.he fuslonlsts carried Nebraska on national
ssues. Poeslbly , but Nebraska .lacks a good
deal of being the United States.
Washington Star : A great deal of flno
mathematics will bo necessary to derive
lartlsan encouragement from the fact that
while the republicans carry Kentucky
through a split In the democratic party , the
democrats carry Maryland through a split
n the republican party.
Kansao City Journal : Mr. Holcomb was
elected to the supreme court of Nebraska
on national IssUea. When the question of
holding the Philippines comes before the
Nebraska supreme court for adjudication wo
may expect Mr. Holcomb to decide against
the proposition.
Detroit Journal : Why of course the sltua.
tlon is quite unchanged certainly. Bryan's
frlenda carried three states having a total
of twenty-live electoral votes ; McKlnley'n
friends carried seven states having a total
of 142 electoral votes ; but that's nothing
significant to the populist press ,
Chicago Post : When Bryan undertakes
to show thatTuesday's vote , as a whole ,
was against the administration he merely
demonstrates that , with a little optimism , a
man can prove any old thing to his own
satisfaction by election figures.
Philadelphia Lodger : The significant
thing about the vote polled for "Golden
Rule" Jones in Ohio Is the evidence it glvea
that a great many citizens of that atato
are dlseatleflcd with both the old political
parties , and would be glad to have a change
to something better than either. They may
say It more emphatically next time.
l'iilHO\\l , AM ) OTIIIJIIWIhlJ.
In the prohibition state of Maine a con
stable who raided several liquor dealerfi wa
arrested en their complaint on the charge of
drunkt nnees ,
In ox-Speaker Reed's apartments in New
York hangs a picture which learn tha
legend : "For Mr. Reed , from bin friend ,
Carolua Ouran. "
It Is stated that Paris and Berlin will
within six months have telephonic connec
tion , the preliminary agreement having been
already approved by the German postmaster
general.
An admirer of Admiral Dewey In Atlanta ,
Ga. , has presented him with a valuable
autograph let'ter written by Admiral Far-
ragut , In which occurs the phrase "That
young Dgwey IB a very promising chap , "
Ira C , Calef of Washington , Vt. , nas
fifty-three years ago p free patient In the
Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston.
The other day he sent the Institution $5,000 $ ,
"In grateful remembrance. " The money
will go to the free bed fund ,
Aa a contribution to the discussion as to
whether C cents Is cheap enough for a ride
on a street car It may be noted that Senator
Hoar always buys six ear tickets at a tlrat ,
when he la In Washington , because It makes
the price five-sixths of a cent cheaper tor
I each ride than If he bought one nt a tlm .
He fay . " 1 am oomfoitnbly off , but I
never felt 1 could afford to pay 5 ccnta * V
for a ride when 1 could get six for a '
quarter. "
It Is a curious thing that thounh two met
fell dead on election dny onp In Maryland
nnd one In New York Just after they hrl
I cast their ballots , and before votes had been
1 counted , neither of the ballots could have
I been thrown out even If there had been t
i tie vote , as no one know which they were ,
j The failure of Ilu > scheme to reorganue
'
the Carnegie t tofl Interests \\lthln the time
fixed Is said to have cost four men. one ot
whom wan Henry r Prick. $250,000 each
the $1.000,000 going to Andrew ( 'arncRlo for y.
no other consideration than that Inability to f
meet the terma of the option gl\en to them.
One of the commendable nets of the voters
of Detroit cntlmslaatlMlly performed last
Tuesday was the approval of , i preposition
to expend JlSO.OOO In Improving and ndorn-
ing Hello Isle park. The Island lies neat
the center of Detroit river , n trlllo north ol
the harbor , and In ono of the most delight
ful spots designed by nature and adorned by
man. The blue watvrs of the upper lakes
ripple by Its shores. A chain of miniature
rnnnla winds In graceful curves through the
Island. Kcrwt trees afford abundant shade.
Tlcncath their overspreading branches nra
miles of walks and drives , ( to that the
charms of land and water may be taken In
I afoot , avUieel or by boat. Ily daylight the
harbor and city present n senc of activity ;
by night , countless lights arc mirrored on
the bosom of thr waters , presenting u
scene of Indescribable beauty. The lines of
Ualfe Immortalizing fair Klllarney might
well be applied to Hello Isle :
" .Music there for ccMio dwells.
Makes each sound u tmrinnnyj
Many voiced the chorus swells ,
Til It faints In ccstac.v.
u Ith the rharmful tints below
Seems the liunv'n iibove to vie ,
All rich colors that WP know
Tinge the clouit-wrentbs In that sky. "
II.Y l'tT. ! j < '
Chicago Tribune : "Upon having an encounter -
counter with rheumatism , old man ? "
"Yes , a Joint debute. "
Judge : Customer ( emerging from bargain
counter crush- ) ! loin ! My leg m broken I
Moor A\nlkpr-You will ilml the cruteli
department , sir , on the fourth lloor. In tha
rear. /
Chicago Tribune : "I wouldn't feel so bad .1
over It , Dick , " said the klnd-hcarto.l . salloi
to the cabin boy whom the mute had just
warmed with n ropc'H end. "You didn't get
it liiilf ns bad as Homo of Vm does. "
"I don't cure for the llekln' , " sobbed the
boy , but them welts ho made on mo U
Just the kind mother used to make ! "
AVasblngton Star : "I don't believe pro
fessors know so very much , " said Mamie.
"Why ! How can you talk BO ? " rejoined
Maud.
"Welli I don't see why Mr. Kulpalo should V
nave hecmed bt > surprised and puzzled when i
I asked him how to say 'rubberneck' In f
Greek. " \
Chicago Post : "He told mo last week
that he had to economize , but I don't sc
that ho has been doing It. "
"O , well , you wouldn't noticeIt , anyway.
You see , he economizes by cutting down his
wife's expenses. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Have you noticed
nearly every variety show nowadays has n
female baritone ? Thev didn't luivn Vm
when you and I were boys. "
"Yes , I have noticed It , and between you
and me , I think It Is a sign that woman
suffrage Is coming npaco with giant
strides. "
APPETIZING.
Minneapolis Journal.
How sweet to my nostrils the smell from
the oven.
That greets them -whenever I enter th
robm ;
An odor more , grateful than sittar of roses ,
Or violets shedding their dainty perfume.
It carries me back to the days of my boy
hood ,
When stub-nosed and freckled , a wart
o'er each nye , . i - , ' i
I moseyed. , around and each dny got a ,
licking
This odor thnt comes from a baking mlnco
pie.
That mlnco pie so luscious , so rich , eo de-
llclotls ,
The mince pies like these that my tna , used
to make.
Those mlnco pies of mother's how can I
describe them ,
As out of the oven they came smoking
hot ;
How grateful they were to my vacuous
stomach ,
And how they were sure to go straight to
the snot.
With hands black nnd grimy I'd grab up a
quarter II
And down my oesophagus quickly twould
tly ;
I used to regret that I wasn't Inillt bigger ,
So ( bat I could hold more of inother'H
mince ; ) Ie.
That mlnco pie so tasty , so juicy , so pasty ,
The bully mince pie that my ma used to I
make.
I've knocked around some since the days
of my .boyhood . ,
At times have gone hungry , at others
lived high ;
3ut never as yet In my peregrinations
Have I found anything that could equal
that r > le.
I haven't much money , but I'd give five
,
And never let loose OVPII one tiny sigh ,
If 1 could get next , just tonight for my
dinner ,
To one big. hot chunk of my mother's
mince pip.
That pic so delicious , so juicy , so luscious ,
fhe mlnqe plea like those that my ma used
to make.
A Correction
We heard the other
day of a man who was
deterred from visiting
our store for a suit of
clothes , because he
had inferred that fine
clothing was neces
sarily high priced ,
Perhaps there are
others like him , and
for their benefit we
would like to correct
any such erroneous im
pression That cloth
ing of our manufacture
is fine , is an unques
tionable fact , but
observe some of these
prices.
Medium and heavy
weight ail wool suits
for 3 en , as low as
$8,00 and $10,00 , \
Suits for boys from
8 to 18 years , as low
as $5.00. For child
ren , $2,50 to $ J2,00.
Men's and Boy's
exclusive furnishers ,