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MAY 21, 1000. i THE OMAHA DAILY ttJIH: MONDAY. Tub Omaha Daily Bee. H. U08KWATHU, Kdltor, PUULiailUD 1SVKHY MUHNINO. TKHMS OF 8UHSCIUPTION, Dally lloo (without Sunday, One Year.JC.OO muy ijce nun sunuuy, uou n.. Illustrated Uee, Ono t-ur 8.00 . 2.U Hununy live. One car HaturJay lice, Ono Year... Weekly lice. Ono Year 2.00 1.60 G3 OFFICES. Omnhi: Tiro I3eo Hulldlng. South Otnalm: City Hall Hultdln?, Twen-ty-lifth nnd N streets. Council Muffs: 10 Pearl Btrcot. Chicago; 1CI0 Unity Hulldlng. Now York: Temple Court. Washington: 501 Fourteenth Street. Bloux City: Oil Park Street. CORUESI'ONDKNCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omalia llco, Editorial Department. 11US1NES9 IjETTEHS. Huslnes letters and remittances should bo addressed: Tho Uco Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, express or postal order, payable to Tho Ilcc Publishing Company. 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TZSCHUCk Subscribed nnd MWorn beforo mo this 1st day of May, 110. STOCKTON IIET1I. (Seal.) Notary Public. The1 most vulnerable spot In tho Ne braska popnerntle armor Is tho state railroad assessment for liW). Have you noticed how the home base lmll team always wins the lirst game jtlayed on I he home grounds? Colonel Itrynu's towllne Is underKoln, a terrible strain In trying to pull Towne through In his disguise as a Simon-pure lomocrnt. No more publle bulldlnii bills during tho present session of congress. That appropriation lor the west whl of tho Omaha federal building came under the wire Just at the right time. I'arls U coniplnlnlnp; because bad (weather and Incomplete exhibits have Itept the exposition attendance down to zero, but Froncl(mon are always Mowing hot or cold by turns. Just to keep abreast of the times ISer liu has a street car strike with fi.000 employes out and tralllc "dislocated." It Is not stated whether the Imperial courts have yet Interposed an Injunc tion. . Great Britain's Joy over the relief of Mufokln-r must still be tempered with conscious wonderment that a little na tion like the liners should be able to Btand off the greatest empire of the world so many months. Willi Colonel Molse and his pro tender police commission carrying (Douglas i-ounty In their ldp pockets Governor I'oynter can bid deilanco to the disgruntled anti-monopolists In the fusion state conventions. Uldille How can an article published in Tho Ree be contempt of court when It Is a- reprint, word for word, of an article In a Grand Island paper, which Is not held to be In contempt? For the Holutlon apply to Attorney General timyth. The architect's estimate of tho pro Iosed main front of tho now High Hchool building Is JflSO.OOO or there nbouts. That means that the building will either be of Inferior const ructrrm ot that a second draft for another $180,000 will be made before It Is tin- Jshed. "Show your colors" hrlelcs the World Herald' iu trying to Imitate tho New (York Journal Iu its crusade against the Ico trust. The man who should long eluco have shown his colors on the Ice trust Is Constantino J. Smyth, sham re form attorney general for tho time being of the stale of Nebraska. Attorney General Smyth at last an nounces his readiness to institute pro ceedings against the Omaha Ico trust, Tho Boo has been periodically calling lila attention to the operation of this trust ever since It was formed six mouths iitfo, but he did not think the time ripe until now for a political coup. Superintendent Lang of the Beatrice Institute for the Keeble-Mlnded pro poses to be the whole thing as long as lie remains at the head of tho Institu tlon, even If the names of the employes discharged by him are peculiarly sug gPHtlvo of close relationship with some of the loading lights of the sham re form forces. Tho Nebraska delegates to tho demo cratlo national convention meet today nt Lincoln to secure tho inspiration of tho guiding spirit of .Bryan for their attitude on tho vice presidency at Kan nas City. t'p to date not one of them lias been able to muster up a pronounced opinion of his own as to the most ellgl- bio running mate for his political Idol Tho vice president of tho Omaha Ice trust is a well known democrat, who has been a liberal contributor to and Btuunch supporter of the local brand of democracy which Attorney General Kuiyth claims to represent. Perhaps that may oiler a partial explanation of tho attorney general's long delay In buckling on his armor for tho Ico trust combat and his reluctance to enter the JUts against It. DAHK THEY IXDUHSK IT You can fool Home of the people all the time, you can fool alt the lieople Homo of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. The sham reform state olllcers, with Governor I'oynter nt their head, who constitute the State Board of F.quallza tlon, have managed to fool the people of Nebraska by antl-mouopoly profes sions and pledges of relief from unjust taxation. They have proclaimed from tho housetops their determination to check the rapacity of the great cor porations, but whenever the Issue has been forced upon them between Un people and tho monopolies they have betrayed the Interests of the people and surrendered to the inonoiMllos. When tile people demanded from the State Itallroad commission relief from excessive railroad exactions or unjust discrimination, tho do-nothing commis sioners stuffed cotton In their ears ami pretended not to hear, while the do nothing secretaries Insisted that they were powerless to respond. When the people petitioned for a fair tax valuation of railroad property and pointed out the rank favoritism exhib ited In the failure to take nothe of the enormous Increase In the value of rail road stocks by reason of Increased earnings, they slammed the door In their faces and declined to bo annoyed by the clamor of overtaxed farmers. When reminded of the fact that the railroads had added millions to their holdings iu the form of new depots, enlarged trackage and terminal facili ties, additional locomotives and cars. the reply was that the farmers hail added to their live stock and made Im provements on their farms without In creasing their assessments. But line words butter no parsnips. The Nebraska farmers are doing their own thinking. They see through the sham and take no excuses for the shameless bargain by which they have been saerlllced by Governor I'oynter and his colleagues for tho benellt of tho railroads. They know further that this play of generous sympathy for the op pressed and overtaxed railroads does not spring from any natural Impulse for Justice and equity, but rather from a sense of political reciprocity bet ween the railroad managers and the fusion state hotiM machine. Iu their desperate effort to continue to humbug tile populist farmers of Ne braska Into tho belief that the new rail road assessment Is fair and Just, the Nebraska Independent, speaking olli clally for Governor I'oynter and the board, asserts at tho conclusion of a two-column defense of Its action "that the grand assessment rolls now on llle iu the auditor's ollice convince It that nil other property In Nebraska is as sessed lower, value for value, than rail road property." If this be true, the populist slate con vention should by all means stand up for the governor and tho board. f-t It come out squarely, in good plain Kngllsh. endorsing the railroad assess menl made by the fusion board as fair and equitable and let the reform can didates take their position on that plat form. IT 'IIIUUIII.KS nihil. The nomination of Mr. Towne by the Sioux Falls convention troubles and perplexes tho democrats. They see iu It tho possibility of grave and disturb ing complications. Some of the demo cratic politicians in Washington reason that if the nomination ts endorsed at Kansas City It will make the demo cratic party more populistlc than ever before and thus more certainly alienate tho sound money democrats of tho east, many of whom are already heartily dis gusted. On tho other hand there are some who think it will be wise to ap prove at Kansas City the action of tho fusion populists, since not to do so might so offend many of them as to drive them to tho support of the middle-of-the-road candidates and also take from Bryan tho sliver republicans. These urge that to drop Towne would be a formal relinquishment of the northwest, where his friends claim he will prove to be stronger than a "reg ular" democrat would be. Thus a somewhat embarrassing di lemma Is presented nnd there Is great Interest In tho question as to whether Towne will accept or decline the nomi nation. Ho has said In regard to the criticism directed against Ills candidacy, on the ground t tint he has not been ac tually idontlllejl with the democratic parly, that this is n good reason for his nomination, because "If the demo cratic party Is to be successful at the coming election It has got to gel a lot of. people outside of tho 5,500,000 who voted for Bryan In 1S!)(5, and In order to do tills It has got to appeal to people outside or that party." This Is iu ac cord with the view of a majority of the Sioux Falls convention and If Towne and his supporters adhere to It tho democrats nt Kansas City are likely to hesitate about rejecting hlni. It Is an extraordinary situation, the fusion populists, having made both a ticket and a platform for the demo crats, and It Is not easy to see how tiie Kansas City convention can reject any part of what was done at Sioux Falls without running the risk of losing a support which the attraction of old-line democrats would not make up for. UVSSlAX ilUVK .V CUIIRA. The announcement that Russia lias been successful In her efforts to secure a foothold In Corea, by obtaining a coaling station there, has called out strong expressions of Indignation from tho Iondon press. Some of the papers hold Lord Salisbury responsible, as serting that Russia's success Is duo to the weakness, of the premier's foreign policy, and It Is urged that Great Brit ain should at once send - a formidable tleet to Corea and demand that Russia forego the advantages which she is said to have secured. It Is improbable, how ever, under existing conditions, that the British government will seriously con sider this sort of advice, though It may offer some encouragement to Japan should that country, which Is highly probable, protest against the concession made to Russia by Corea. ' For several years Russia has beeu endeavoring to get n foothold In Corea as another step In the systematic plan of extending Russian Inlliience Iu Asia which tho czar Is pursuing while Kng-j lium is occupied in South Amen. The scheming to this end has been ear nestly opposed by Japan and the fric tion between the two nations became so great that for some time a rupture has been regarded as Inevitable. It Is possible that the concession which has been granted to Russia may determine Japan to take some decisive action, lest It prove a slop to a larger acquisition of Corean territory. The policy of Japan Iu regard to Co lea Is to maintain Its autonomy, but Japan feels that If Corea Is not to re tain Its present status she has a prior claim on the country. Besides, as Corea faces Japan and Is separated from It by a comparatively short stretch of water, it would be a highly favorable base for a Russian attack. Russia, on tho oilier hand, would never feel safe with Japan iu possession of the Coronn peninsula, because It would be a men ace to (he Russian possessions In China. It Is obvious, therefore, that Corea may at any time become lighting ground between Russia and Japan and the Im portant question Is as to what position, i In such case. Great Britain would lake, ei i. I I.. i Though not so deeply concerned In the matter as Japan. Great Britain still has a vital Interest In preventing Rus sian designs In regard to Corea and It would seem that In the event of Japan forcibly resisting the aggressive move of Russia in t Ik peninsula Great Britain would liud it necessary to support Ja pan. In such a conflict the Culled States would have only a very remote con cern, since whatever the result It could hardly have any Important effect upon our commercial or other Interests In Asia. There Is some American capital Invested hi mining In Corea and our trade with the country Is growing, but these Interests would very likely be as secure and as well protected under Russian as under Japanese rule iu Co rea. (lilAILt AM) 1 AXKTOS. Direct railway connection between Ouitilia and Yankton has been a long felt want of both cities. Such a railway would bo of incalculable advantage to the people of southeastern South Dakota In opening for them tho best market for their cattle and oilier products as well as for i lie building material of which (there Is gnat abundance In that section. On tho other hand. Omaha Jobbers and manufacturers would enlarge their trib utary Hold and compete on more equal terms Willi St. Paul and Minneapolis for South Dakota trade. The shortest and most practical way to secure direct railway connection be tween Omaha and Yankton is to close the gap between Hartlngton and Yank ton, which requires only twenty-live miles of construction. This short gap has separated Omaha from Its natural tributary territory for many years and tho reason assigned for keeping It open has been the extraordinary cost of its construction. Tills plea was reinforced iu hard times by the assertion that rail road extension was impractical In a period of business depression. Tills plea can, however, no longer be advanced. Railway extension has been resumed by all the principal systems and the North western company lias ample means for prosecuting the work which after all Is comparatively trivial. It Is a notorious fact that the real ob stacle to the closing of tho Hartlngton gap lias been the mutual agreement be tween the Milwaukee and Northwestern roads not to Invade each other's terri tory. The only thing that will compel the abandonment of this policy Is tho threat of competition. If the proposed line from Omaha to Yankton by way of Norfolk were given momentum the Hartlngton gap would soon close just as tho old lino from Omaha to Minneap olis was shortened as soon as the Illinois Central put In an appearance. It re mains for the promoters of the proposed line to convince Investors that their line will secure tralllc enough to make It a paying investment. So far as Omaha is concerned, the llrst line built will get the bulk of tho patron age. In the meantime Omaha Jobbing and manufacturing concerns should di rect whatever pressure they can to bring about the speedy closing of tho Hartlngton gap. Attorneys for tho Standard Oil com pany havo given notice that they will tile exceptions to the ruling of the su premo court striking out portions of their brief as a preliminary step to an appeal to tho I'lilted States supreme court. This was to have been ex pected. Attorney General Smyth's prosecution of tho octopus was all grandstand play. The contract for constructing the 1 'nlted Slates government building at the Buffalo exposition has been awarded to an Omaha contractor who was In close competition with the chief expo sition builders of Chicago, which goes to show that Omaha enterprise does not take a back seat for anybody. Omaha will be much in evidence at Buffalo next j year. , , ... i by largo capital, and: to. that end water will A Heatr ce farmer has been held up hflvo bo' ur0'Rllt,:fn,m tll0 dUtant fcot by footpads and relieved of a gallon ol , ,,,, 0n lhe beajh ftro tll0 ..)oor mairH whisky and two bottles of boor. That diggings." There Ii the public highway, en I Is tho story tho victim tells the author-1 thcro tho ordinary miner had and has Just itles ' there. Thestorv sounds well 1,8 perfect a right as the millionaire, last enough, but we doubt whether It will X go down outside of Iloatrlce. Tho list of census enumerators for Omalia as made nubile contains u num ber of familiar names, some of which ... i ,i , , , aro properly there and others which should not bo there. Vo will be aide to tell more nnout 11, however, when tho returns como In, Ambassador Andrew I). White says tiie reference to him as n vice presi dential possibility Is mere campaign talk. Other men, however, less eligible than Mr. White Insist on taking these friendly compliments seriously. No (juostlou but what the trust law llts the Omaha Ice trust and that the trust offenders can bo readied If the fusion law olllcers will only go after them ns they sTioifld. But the trust law' has lilted froiti tl3 very moment the Ice trust was formed. How much longer! will It take the. great trust-sniashlng al torney general to wako up to the fact? lleri'Ni Hnir Tlckr-t. New York World. Why net make It. .Mark Twain nnd Jim Corbctt for preJuiotU and vico president, on the platform that Mark will kIvc everybody what ho wants and Jim will see that he gets It? " ' ' ! Tli-vi1 tin- SliiKt', Uo'oMDcmocrnt. Tho speech of Senator Clark, seconding his resignation. "was one. of tho finest bits of emotional acting uver witnessed on- the political stage. As tbo closing dramatic sensation of the year It fades "Saplio" Into dreamland. Illtl Von (Srt Voiirif Brooklyn Encle. The wine production of the old country last year was nearly 3,50.000,000 gallons. A gallon nnd n half nplece for every man, woman and child on cirth! What a lot ot prohlhltlonljts have failed to get their gal lon and a half! .SlM-lllilnilliiK riKiiri'N. Indianapolis Journal. Tho April report of our foreign trade shows n gain over April, 1S93, of $30,000. 000, or n million a day, our total exports being $110,000,000. Such figures rnnnot furnish enccuragoment for tho3e who would llko to seo calamity approaching. Too .Smooth to Hi Trapped. Buffalo Exuress. Former Sor.ator Manderson of Nebraska claims to have a lottor from Admiral Schley in which tho admiral says: "I do not know quite what I have done to be made by some cnthuslnstlo friends tho tall to Uryan's kite." That settles Schley. If ho wanted to go on tho ticket, llrynn would not have him after such a slighting reference. lilt or mi 1 1 on ii I Co ii M ii I en, St. Paul Pioneer Press. After formally opening America's ma chinery building at tho I'arls exposition, Ambassador Porter and tho American ex position commissioners landed at tho (Jcr man pavilion and Sousa's band serenaded the Germans, who, tho report says, wero greatly plessed by the delicate national compliment. And those are tho two na tlona which some people would have u be lieve may go to war! Nelu! 'I'IiIh l'omiii-y mill the lloer-i. Nuw York Sun. .As we stretch one hand to the Poor dolo gatea who arrived hero yesterday to wel come tho reproFontatlvo3 of a republic fighting for Its Independence against an In vader rtnolvrd on Us political absorption, wo aro bound with tho other to uncover the hard truth that wo cannot help them. In tervention Is a dream. Possibly no one la Africa or America ever really dreamed It. Hut intervention, that is, coercion, Is tho only thing that can help the Doors. On such occaslnt's l,t la better that tho wel como should bo empty than that It should bucomu tho ground for falso hope. CurlitUN Historical l'act. Sprluglleld (Mass.) Republican. It is curious that during all the contro versy over tho rlghf of tho Poors of the Transvaal to make their own laws regard ing naturalization, 'no' ono has recalled the fact that in 1798 tho "United States congress raised tho period of residence nesessary for naturalization In this country from livo to fourteen years, where1 It was kept by law for four years. At that time tho republic was not in tho least threatened with being Inundated by aliens. Even In tho 'JO's, when tho know-notlilngs, who for a time ac quired great political power, proposed to raise tho period of necessary rcsldenco to twenty-ono years, tho "United States was not In tho remotest danger of having Its natlvo population Hwampod by foreigners, la vlow of what was done here In 171)3, and what was proposed fifty years later, It Is ns clear ns a sunbeam that tho American people would havo placed their naturaliza tion laws at a prohibitive point If they had .been called upon to face an overwhelming Immigration as were tho Transvaal Doors. HI.'SII TO OAl'l? .NOME Ciri'iit Itiak Undertaken, with .lull tril ('lllllK'I'ft Of SlIOIM-HM. Portland Oreonlan. Ono thousand nrgonnuts will take ship at Portland beforo Juno 1 to hunt I ho "golden lleeco" at Capo Nome. They aro a minor fraction of tho mighty tide ot humanity that will sweep northward with tho breaking up of tho Ico llelds and tho opening of navigation in Bering sea. It Is lniposslblo to estimate, accurately tho numhera of persons who will Join the great rush, but that they will bo many thousauds perhaps 23,000 or 30.000 Is certain. Tho destination of all Is Nome City or somo adjacent spot on tho Seward peninsula. They face tho certainty that overy nvallablo Inch of gold-bearing land within fifty miles of tho Arctic mining camp has been pre-empted, except tho beach nnd tho all but unacceislble sands under Ilerlng sea. What Is taking this eager throng away flora a land of plenty nnd comparative ii-osperlty, with abundant opportunities for Vio Industrious nnd thrifty, to an unknown realm under the Arctic circle, with an In hospitable climate, with frozen soil pnd with all conditions of life rigorous and un comfortable, not to say hazardous, In the ex treme? It Is tho eager lust for gold. A multltudo has taken a chance In tho great lottery, with tho certainty that for a por tion of them perhaps tho majority tho drawing will bo a blank or worse. They know It, but tho spirit of ndventure and tho excitements ot speculation control tho thoughts .and actions of men in all other respects nnrmnl-nitnded. Of courso, thcro la gold at Capo Nome much gold. The fabulous storlc that camo out from tho remote north last year had a substantial basis In fact. Some ot the creek claims wero demonstrated to be enormously rich, whllo along other streams no colors at all wero found, Tho value of the tundra claims oxtendlng from tho beach back to the foothillls Is problematical. It appears to bo a fact that tho yellow Htuff la found nt tho grass roots, but It Is' also a fact that no easy and profitable process of working theso claims has yeboen discovered. They offer small inducement for tho Indlvllual miner and prospector of ordinary means. Their development will bo on a largo h alo and stranded mliicip mado strikes .that put them "on velvet" fori tho winter,' and cu lt bleu cnany of thy.nd ito como back to civilization and comfortable living with j ?'T ,r'"" l"ey Tl . .? 1 T , J This was the exception to tho rule of Alaska oxpcrU,nco. TUo Insj0llly f those who tarted for tho Klondike, full of high hopes and golden ImnKlnlnRu, had as their reward bitter hardships and empty pockets. It H tl Illicit! t to tell Just what these hyporboiiMii beach-combers averaged to the man, but tt was observable that, In tho large numbers who last fall filled tho returning vessels, all seemed to have Homethlng. There was a notnblo absenco of hard-luck utorles. I'n- doubtodly thoy oxuggcratod the oxtent of their good fortune, but they had bags of dust to back them up, nt least in part. The probabilities aro that tho larger portion of theso graduato "cheehawkers" hail a few hundred dollars, and that those who stacked their ounces by tho thousands ot dollars woro Infrequent, 00(5)0 00 000 00 0 IS THIS CONTEMPT Of COURT? The Articles of Which Complaint is Made that the Honor of the Supreme Court is Impugned Sentences In Brackets Are Innucndoss Inserted by Attorney General. ro rvi l'twlon ward heelers In Omaha are again giving advance tips to the effect that the' fusion judges of the supreme court (meaning thereby the Hon. Silas A. Holcomb ami the Hon. John .1. Sullivan, two of the Judges of the supremo court of the state of Nebraska) will hand down a decision at their sitting two weeks from next Tuesday, ousting the present lire and police commissioners and seating the protended board appointed by Governor I'oynter. Has It not come to a pretty pass when supreme court decisions are retailed in tills manner iu Third ward resorts and on street corners? (Thereby In tending to charge that the Said John J. Sullivan and Silas A. ' Hol comb. Judges of tho supreme court ns aforesaid, had announced their decision In the case of the Slate of Nebraska against Kennedy ot al. to ward heelers and habitues of disreputable resorts In the Third ward In the city of .Omaha, iu advance of the decision of said cause by the supreme court.) 000 0 0000 000 ituroim ix Tin: iiacicwawi) .motion l'rlend Telegraph (rep.): The state board haw levied tho railroad assessment tho same as Hint of last ytr. In many cases the equipment of roads doing bulue;s in llili state has nearly doubled, yet It Is dllllcult for a populist to belli ve that there- Is any prcuperlty abroad iu tho land. ltiishvllle Ilcoorder (rep.): The populistlc Heard of Equalization hai aracssed the valuation of railroad property In the state $2.00o.i:t)O lotH than It was In lS'.iS, made by a republican board. The populists aro the grcnUit nilln.nd tools In the state and their recc.nl f rem start to Mulsh on railroad scoop ing Is a fraud and humbug. Not content with limiting their pockets full of passes they legislate and work In the Intercuts of tho corporations they hypocrltlc-llko con demn. Tekamah Herald (rep.): The populist state hoard which assesses railroad property has again fixed the same taxable valuation of 0110 year ago. which is about $2,000,000 less than the valuation of tho republican board of 1S93, when Governor Crounse was a mem ber of the board, and nt that time there were about 300 miles less of road In tho state. It seems that Governor I'oynter and his colleagues on tho railroad assessment board are willing to do anything the cor porations want. Norfolk Journal (rep.): The reform State Hoard of Equalization hn met the railroads nnd It Is theirs again, ns usual. The valu ation of railroad property for this year was allowed to remain nt the name llgure It was last year, which wns $2,000,000 le-s than was llxt'il by the last republican board In 1803. a year when rallrjiids were unprolltnblo property nnd many of them being placed In the hauls of rer elvers. It Is hard for a re former with ills pockets lined with passes to see that tho railroads aro enjoying any prosperity. Norfolk News (rep.): The- "reform" state Uncials are again on rcoord for "reforming" tho railroads which they evidently believe In killing off by kindness. Judge Harrington of O'Neill, who Is also something of a re former, wroto to tho board having tho tax business iu hand and stated that the rail roads under "rofsrm" government'were pay ing taxes on about $2,000,000 less than they did under the "horrible" republican regime. Tho Hoard of Assessors Ignored the advice and has ngaln paid for Its passes with tho people's money. Alliance Times (rap.): Liberal d'strlbu tlon of paucu among the poporratlc stnto olllclals by tho railroads of tho &tau secni3 to havo had Its effect. Despite tho protest of many of tho ftislonlsts the assessed val uation of the railroads for this year has been placed tho samo as last. The total valuation Is $20,287,370 and total mlUago 5,074.37 mllis. Away back In '93 when tho republicans were In control nnd tho valuo of railroad property much less tho aseesi-nn-nt was placed at $2,000,000 more. Hut this is reform! Great Is reform! Falls City Journal (rep.): The populist Stnto Hoard of Assessment seems to be so completely under the control of tho cor porations that It is afraid to say Its soul Is Its own. The board has been 1 Importuned by leading populists from over 1 the state to make tho railroad assessment so that tho railroads would pay their Just proportion of taxes, but It Rtubhomly ro . fused to do tt and made the valuation $2,009,- 000 less than It was when It went Into j ofllce. The valuation as returned In 1893 by a republican board was $28,000,000; the 1 valuation in this year, 1900, is $20,000,000. ' lis policy of reform seems to have struck , tho wrong crowd and the farmers of tho state nro the fellows who aro the subjects for reformation. Taxpayers, how do you llko 'this? Is this In line- with Its oft ro 1 peated promise, that If elected It would bring ab'tut reforms that would surprlso , tho natives? Any political party that pro . claims aloud from tho housetops Its honesty 1 ot purpose will bear watching. "Hy their j works shall they be known." I Pnpllllon Times (dem.): Governor Poyn ! ter. Treasurer Meservo nnd Auditor Cor- ' uell havo made public their decision In tho : matter of state nrscssment of rallioad prop j erty. Tho leport Is disappointing to tho friends of the fusion stnto government and ' to all men who havo been earnestly strlv j lng to secure an equltublo npse83incnt of corporation property In Nebraska. The board bus mado for this year the samo as sessment as In 1899. Ve bcllevo the as sessment Is too low hy $10,000,000. Tho total Is $2t.000.000 In round numbers. Tho actual valuo of railroad property In Ne braska Is not less than $250,000,000. How do we reach this conclusion? Wo tnko It ' from tho mouths of the political managers of tho roads. A few years ago when tho 1 legislature was trying to enact a maximum , rato law tho roads made argument against ' the re hired rates and ono of their political attorneys stated to the legislature that tho , actual first cost of railroad property in Ne braska was $153,000,000. Slnco that day a largo mileage has been added to tho total and many mlllUns havo been spent In Im j proving tho property, so that, according to llguros furnished by railroad olllclols. $230, 1 000.000 Is a fair present day valuation of the property. Governor I'oynter nnd h'a associates have listed this property for tax ation at one-tenth Its actual vnlue. Tho 1 nseessment U munlfostly unjust, iu view of tho fact that farm lands In many counties aro listed at one-third actual value and In no case at less than one-sixth nctuul j value. Surely tho statu beard can j offer no good excuso for work- lng this great discrimination ngalnat farm property and In favor of ial' road Interests. Tho Times has never asked, ' nnd does not nsk now, that railroad -property shall bo mado to pay more than Its fair share of tnxro, but wo do Inalit that, i tho prywnt valuation Is not fair. The av j erago Sarpy county farmer pays taxes on , his lands valued at one-fourth to one-fifth actual value. Railroad property Is asjessed at one-tonth actual value a discrimination so great i to exclto attention and Invite ' criticism. Kor aiany years democrats nnd ! populists havo mado the charge that re j publlcaiH In ofllco woip servants of tho rall ! roads, rather than of tho people. Some , fiirlonists must today rotifers that imno ftslua officials aro guilty of tho cilmo of acting llko republicans In tho matter of assessing rallrwi property. If Governor I'oynter shall bo defeated for renomlnat'ou ho may lay his defeat at the dcor of hit, own deslro to plaruto tho railroad politicians. 0000 00 0000 000 000 . , ! I ' , 0 I 0 in. 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 (?)! CI.AltlC'N sr.XSATIOXAl, THICK, Chicago Chronicle (dem.): Mr. Clark's now maneuver for breaking Into the United States senate Is ns disreputable as It would bo to liny ollice. Mr. Clark's polltlcul dcvlcifl will result In making Montana a republican state with no democratic sena tor. Minneapolis Times (Ind.): There was Jugglery throughout tho cntlro transac tion. Governor Smith, who Is hostile to Clark, was lured nway from tho state by u trick, and ho Is said to bo angry enough to complk-ato matters by appointing a senator of his own and making the senate a pres ent of a new contest. Mr. Clark's llttlo game was 11 clever one, but It Is not likely to win. Chicago Tribune (rep.): As for the pub lic. It views Senator Clark's conduct with disapproval. If ho had resigned for good and nil, as It was supposed nt first ho had I done, It would havo been said that he had j behnved well at last. Now that it nppeara no is sosking to retain by trickery and quasi fraud n seat he got by bribery tho general voice of condemnation nil! bo heard more loudly than ever lrforo. Indianapolis Journal (rep.): The senate will have to decldo whether the constitution of the United Stntes can be thus trilled with nnd tho dignity of tho senate Insulted by a man who, having boon denied admission to tho body nnd ejected nt tho front door, at tempts to crawl In through n cellar window. The whole proceeding Is characteristic of Montana politics and cf tho corrupt methods used In Mr. Clark's election, tt scarcely needs to bo ndded that the democrats will support him on overy point. Detroit Journal (rep.): As an episode In practical politics the happenings of yester day, from start to finish Is, from ono point of vlow, anyway, a brilliant exhibition of strategy, but it Is so saturated with chi canery and duplicity that It offends every sense of decency and Americanism. The demoralizing character of Clark's election Is not relieved at all by his specious bargain with Lieutenant Governor Sprlgga, who j iiuii.h'u ms temporary power 10 ioisi 1 iarK Into a sent from which he was about to bo expelled for bribery and corruption. St. Paul Pioneer Press (rep.): The ploco of political thimblerigging "Now you see mo not r- senator; now you see me a sena tor" attempted to be played by the mil lionaire mining magnate from Montana upon the highest legislative body In the. world -will, It Is to bo hoped, fall of Its object. Should the senate now permit Mr. Clark to take his seat by virtue of an np polntmeut from tho lieutenant governor ot Montana, after its committee has united on n report declaring that he wns never properly elected, It will be guilty of a piece of self-stultlficntlon of which few will believe It capable. St. Paul GU bo fdem.): It wilt be hnrd to convince nny one who has knowledge of tho operations of politics that tho resignation of Mr. Clark on tho eve of his expulsion and his sul sequent appointment by tho acting governor were not parts of 11 prearranged plan. They doubtless woro. nven If tho plan is successful tho fact remains that the appointing power In this rcse does not morally represent tho peoplo of tho stnto of Montana and that the acting governor know ingly dlschnrsed an exccutlvo duty In a manner which ho knew to be In direct hostility to tho wishes nnd opinions of tho governor of tho state, wheso temporary ab .Bcmce ho wns able to tako advantage of. lMOHSO.VAl, I'OI.Vir.ltS. Ho Is a mighty poor Canadian detective who cannot hitch n shady clow to n Fenian conspiracy. Slnco tho Chicago river became too color lers for their business, local milkmen cm balm the milk to prevent souring. Tho champion golfer of lhigland hears tho namo of H. H. Hllger. Great Caesar, how that namo suffers when pronounced at 'OHIO, Mr. Carnegie, Iu a recent Interview, Kay.i he Is "sure that Mr. McKlnloy will be re elected and that his second term will bo ! better than his first. i Curiously enough, the name of Webater j Davis does not nppcar nmnng those of tho I distinguished men who welcomed the Hoer envoys to American soil. Newspaper paragrnphers nro mixing Sioux City with Sioux Falls. It should bo under stood that Sioux City is In Iowa and populism does not thrive In Iowa, If the defenders of Matching, on a diet ot mule sniiHago and curries of locusts, owlpeil Kruger's grandson and ninety men, what wonders they could perform If given thrco squares. It now seems prnbablo that Senator Clark's tears wero Inspired by fear that Governor Smith might bo heard from before Acting Governor Sprlggs could make out uU certificate of appointment. Admiral Schley believes In wnr. "Ar bitration," ho said recently, "Is tho fad of tho moment, but wnr, though It endangers business for the moment, gives 11 strong and hardy race, such a race as Is most likely to endure." Ono of tho p-stnl cdleinls of Havana, now under a cloud, lived sumptuously nt the ex pense of tho Island while the Job bstod. Besides entertaining In royal style, he and hl.i family mndo frequent trips to tho Unite 1 States at an expense of $2,000 a trip, which reduced Cuban revenues that amount. In tho matter of stylo nt tho other fellow's expense, Americans have 110 superiors. Avnr.it r. piiKsim-vrs ami: maim:, Their lUcotlim Dei-liliil Ity (be Vote of 11 Fi-tv SIiiIi-h Only, Nov.- York Sun. Tho populnr majority In a total vote of moro than 1 1.000.000 In lSt3 was less than C0O.000 frr William McKlnley, und In throe states of tho country California, Kentucky nnd South Dakota-ho plurality of the suc cessful party wns so small that It was losi than tho prohibition vote In each, though California Is tho chbf wine-producing slate of tho country and Kentucky U not without famo among thrso who drink whisky. Tho plurality of the McKlnloy electoral ticket was less than 10 per runt of Uryan's total voto and tho majority of tho McKlnley elec tors ovor nil presidential tickets was low ,1 n ... ....... in nnn t,.uu !... J lIUlll iOil.UU'l 111 IU" IIMIIIl-l IW,"V IIIHII ' tho McKlnloy plurality In lVnnsylnnl.i. Hut. although the lead of the succosHful ' party In the country nt Urge wn.i so omall I compared with the ti tal Note cast, tin bittl i wus declddl Iu 11 few states only, as presi dential electkns havo been for many years and ns the election of 1900 Is likely to hi also. It Is only when tho icltnl figures nro otmldere.l that It Is seen how It Ii that tho large majority of tho slate aro no ntrongly committed to tho ono or other party ns to exerclio very llttlo direct Influence on tho result. Thus, in the stnto of Maine, which McKlnley run led by 15.000, the whole Hryan and Sewall vote dMr Sewall wns a lesldent of Maine) was only 32,000. McKlnley had 13.000 more plurality than his op oncnl had Mites tn tho Pino Tree stite. In Massncliu sctu tho McKlnley plurality was S3.0C0 moro than tho Hrnn vote. In New Hamfihlro It was 1 1.00O. In Uhodc Island 7.000 and Iu Vermont 30,000, the Hryan ote in that st.ito being 10,000 only and the McKlnley plural ity to.ooo. Nor wero theso evidences of disparity 011 ono side only. Iu Alabama, which Hryan carried by 70,000, the total .McKlnley voto was only 51,000. In Arkansas the Hryan plurality wns twice ns largo as the total McKlnley vote. In Colorado McKlnley had 20.000 votes; Hrynn had 135.000 plurality. In Florida tho Hryan plurality was morn than double tho whole McKlnley vote. In Idaho It was nearly three times ns large. Iu Louisiana tho McKlnloy voto was 22.000, the Hryan plurality was 55.000 nnd In Mis sissippi the McKlnley vole was 5.000. while the Hryan plurality was 5S.O0O. For every vote cast for the McKlnley ticket Iu that state Hrynn had 11 votes, 10 of them majority. In Montana the Hrynn plurality was three times greater than tho McKln ley vote. In Nevada It .was olht times greater; In South Carolina It was live tlme-i greater, the McKlnley vote being 9.000 and the Hryan plurality 49.000. Iu Texas, a slate which cast four years ago more thin half n million votes, Hrynn's plurality wait 200,000, while the whole McKlnley vole wn t only 137,000. In I'lnh the McKlnley ota was 13,000 nnd the Hryan plurality wai .13,000. These evidences of allegiance In voting to one or other of the political parties, al though more clenrly marked than usual at tho election of 1S9G, nre the general ruin In tho national contests and theso aro de termined by tho electoral vote of n few states chiefly. Prior to the civil war Hie electoral vote of Pennsylvania wns usually regarded ns decisive ami It became known ns tho Kcstone state, a distinction which It still preserves, though It wns the stnto which ut the last pretldontlal election gavo the successful party n larger plurality than any other. After the close of the civil war and tho restoratlrn of the southern stat. s to political fellowship New York. Connecti cut and Now Jersey came to be accepted in the determining states, but nt present tho seat of political control has shifted west ward nnd New Jersey and Connecticut aro uo longer doubtful. New York anil Illinois, which cast to gether 2,000,000 votes nnd have collectively sixty electoral voles, nre now the two most decisive states, though In the contest of four years ago the McKlnley plurality In th" former wns 26S.000 and In the latter 112.000 or more than 70 per cent of the total Mc Klnley plurality In tho whole country. ""-rtie riirni riiir-rk nimNd"" i . llll. IftrtLIII lLLLU IMM1I1. From tho Sunday World-Herald. OMAHA. May II). 'I'n the Hditor of the World-IIerahl -Dear Sir: In an article of .lohn I,. Itniwn of Macula In yesterday's World Herald relative to taxation, the statement is made that the assess ment for isii'.t on Tho Hoc iiroiH'rty. Seventeenth nnd l'arnam streets, was .fli.1,000 and suoMs that It ouirht to bo at least SIOO.OOO. In Justice to this ollice and particu larly my tiredcccssor I desire to state that the assessment on tills property was ,f KWI.OOO In IS'.)'.) und the samo for the present year. The inortao record shows a inortciiKo of i?'.' 10.000, not $110.0011, as claimed by Mr. Itrown. S l'leaso kIvo the above place and i oblige, yours respectfully. WII.UAM FI.K.MINO. J Tax Commissioner. L l.MillTl.V IM T. Puck: Do Wltte T really don't know how I have offended you. Miss Cuttlngo You don't? Ue Wltte No. Will you "-e-i-pt my npology nnd tell me what It's all about? Chicago Tribune: The llrldcsmnld (after the ceremony) Weren't you frlgliti-n.il nenrly to death? The Hrlde Frightened? Why, I could tmrilly keep from laughing right out, to seo how ridiculous poor Hurry looked. Detroit Free Press: Hlngo How long Is your wlfo going to bo away this sum ni"r? Klngley I don't know. 1 haven't figured up vet how much I can get Into ilebt. Chicago PiiMt: "I have seen It stilted that nny girl who marries 11 man undt-r 25 years of uge N taking big c-lmnees." ho easunlly remarked. "I do so love to gamble, she answered enthusiastically. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Is H liter's daughter making Hiitlsfnrtory progress with her piano studies?" "Very for the tenrher. It's 2 a lesson mill the Job seems 11 permiiiieut one." Philadelphia Prosn: "t ean't find wnnR" exclaimed the moral mini, "to express my disgust for the mini who uses hli rollnl mi us 11 clonk. He's everything Ihat's bad." "Ho certainly Is foolish, to sny tlm least," remarked the practical man. "for religion such us hli Is neceysnrlly o lllmiy lie's liable to catch cold In It. Chlcngo Tribune: "I have heard 11 ere it deal," wild the argumentative bonrdi-r, "about 'splitting hnlrs,' but I'd like to havo somebody show me how ICh done." "Tliut's not hard." answered the dldar tie bonnier. "First catch your hair" At this moment, providentially, tho welsh rabbit wns lirouirht on. Ualtlmoro American: "What Is your greatest liousebolil expense?" linked tho llrt ilenf und dtwnli mini. , ".Matches," wiggled the lingers of tho second. ... "Matches?" crime the surprised Inquiry from the iistonlHhi-il hand "f the llrst man. "Yes, I talk in my sleep, mid my wlfo always lights u mutch to see what t inn saying." iim; Mliltr. on M l II. Portland Dregonlan. Maud M tiller, on n Rummer's day, Culled "Number, please?" to earn her pay. dtefore her. numbers, printed email, Fell down when anyone would call. The Judge took down. his ollleo 'phone, .Ami made to Mutld his wishes known. Snld he. "I'll nsk you Just oneo more, For foiir-eleveii-forty-four." Fa id Mam!, ns mild as summer ens, "What number did you iiHk for, pleaso7" Said he. "I told you twice before1, It's four-eleven. forty-four." Halt) Mniid, nnd you could hear Iht smllo, ".Inst hold the 'phono a little while." A weary Interval ensued, Tbo wires hummed nn Interlude, Ami broken bits of talk camo o'er "I ho 'phone, mid made the waller sorn, Tho wlshbone-shnped receiver hook Ho Mdzcd upon ami. wildly shook, Till Mautllii's voice he heard once moro, "What number are you waiting for?" The Judge responded with 11 roar, "It's four-eli-ven-forty-four." Serenely Maud mndo answer limn, "That line Is busy; cull again." The Judge had IiukIiichh Into that day. And so he merely walked uwuv. Hut iih ho walked be shook hh head, Ami this Is what ho sadly wild: "Of all tho words of tongue or pen The d dest uro 'Uuiiy; call again.' "