MAY 21, 1000.
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THE OMAHA DAILY ttJIH: MONDAY.
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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? "
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! 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,
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.' "
