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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Stato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss,:
George B. Tischuck, secretary ot rho Hfo
Publishing Company, being dtll' sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of Tho Dally. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Hoe printed during tho
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OEOllOE 11. T.SCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before mo this 31st day of December, A. D.
JWU M. B. HUNGATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
One bill that always Roes through the
loKlHluluro post-hasto without ellCOUU
terlnp it hIiikI" obstacle. Is the bill inak
Int; appropriation to pay the legislators'
salaries.
The last chief of I lie Oiualm Indians
lias died at the ripe old age of 115 years.
Tho city of Onialiu, which Is named
after the tribe, has sturdy timber to
copy after.
Tim date for the Initial number of
Colonel Hryan's paper has been post
poned In order to lv; the editor time
to collect, his thoughts and a few more
subscriptions.
London papers are protesting against
the rapid Increase of tippling among Its
high society women. X demand for
the abolition of tho canteen at social
functions Is In order.
It looks as If Nebraska's new state
auditor menus business. Hu proposes to
proh'v't . Insurunco jiulle.v holders,
whether' jntrpns of ylddlnt! companies
or nielubers'of fraternal bragnlzatlous.
Another batch of Went l'olnt cadets
has been let out for failure to comu dp
to tho standard set In their examina
tions. Xo Information Is given whether
they were dellclent In tho art of hazing.
Nebraska's electoral vote will be car
ried to Washington by the customary
messenger, but ho will be accompanied
on this occasion by all his associates.
Klglit messengers to carry eight votes
is this Nebraska ratio.
Senator Towne bus found occasion to
Join in eulogies of tho Into Senator Da
vis, to whoso succession ho was ap
pointed. It Is gratifying to know that
Towne can still Hud somuthlug good to
say occasionally about a republican.
Tho demand for small dwellings,
Which Is overtaxing tho supply, prom
Ises actlvo work in the building lino as
soon as spring opens. There Is no
safer investment in Omaha than in
residences that can bo let at moderato
rental.
President Ilayward of tho school
board has announced tho standing com
mlttces for tho current year. The board
ought not to have any great dllliculty
in making a century record, especially
when compared with the exhibit of the
p;st few years.
(lovernor HooM'velt has been given
the freedom of the state of Colorado
to hunt for game. If Denver Is short
on keys to tho city to present to Its
distinguished guest It may draw on the
surplus supply kept In stock by Mayor
Moorcs of Omaha.
Under tho ruling of the county court
It Is unsafe to offer rewards without
tho Intention of paying them, that court
having just rendered a Judgment for
tho reward offered for the discovery of
a missing person. This ought to stimu
late aspirants for other outstanding re
wards.
Tho competition for tho post of ines
songer to carry Nebraska's presidential
vote to Washington has enlisted almost
as many candidates as tho senatorial
contest. Tho messenger will have the
honor of delivering tho returns that re
fleet the most slgnlllcant victory of the
whole presidential campaign.
If the situation were reversed and
tho fuslonlsts wero In tho saddlo doe
nny ono lmaglno for a minute that they
would havo turned down contests based
upon evidence ns substantial and con
elusive ns that presented In the Douglas
county contest cases Tho fusion ma
Jorlty would not havo hesitated
mlmtto to sent tho fusion contestants.
Tho local bar association promises to
put Its shoulder to tho wheel for a
constitutional convention. Wo suggest
tho association insert In the cnll
a provision that none bo eligible for
membership In the convention unless
they nro duly practicing nttorneys. In
no other way can tho lawyers secure
constitution that completely satisfies
them.
CASTlXd THE BLMTOHAL UAt.LOT.
Hy casting their ballots for William
McKlnley and Theodore Hoosevelt at
their meeting today the Nebraska pres
idential electors will complete the Unnl
step in placing the stato again In the
republican column. In so doing they
merely carry out the will of a ma-
orlty of tlie people who voted for the
republican electors and pronounced
an endoresement of the administration
of President McKlnley to be executed
by the state's membership in the elec
toral college.
Tho American electoral college is n
peculiar piece of political machinery,
unique in the governments of the world.
As originally devised by the framers of
the constitution the electors wero ex
pected to exercise a certain freedom
of individual Judgment, which, how-
ver, under our party system, has been
ntlrely eliminated. The electors are
under an Imperative obligation to cr.st
their ballots for the candidates put in
nomination by the party to which they
we their allegiance. The only possi
ble case In which an elector might be
free to exorcise his Individual prefer
ence would be where the candidate of
his party has died between the day of
lection and the time w'lien the elec
toral vote Is recorded. Kven then, In
11 probability, the leprescntntlves of
the parly would be called together in
some manner and a person agreed upon
In advance to be substituted for the
party nominee.
Nebraska takes special pride this year,
above all others, in tindlng Itself re
stored to the republican column and
hacking up the administration of pro
ress and prosperity.
DKALIXG 11717 CL'll A.
What troubles and dllllcultles are yet
o be encountered before n government
s established in Cuba satisfactory to
tho United States cannot be foreseen.
The fact that there la a large element
of the Cubau people unfriendly to this
ountry Is unquestionable. Iteprcsoutu-
tlve llalley of Kansas, who recently re
turned from a visit to tho lslund, says
the United States has little to expect
from the natives. They have a senti
mental feeling about liberty, but no
roper conception of Its value and
meaning. Their Idea of government Is
closely associated with power and op-
uesslon, the natural result of Spanish
ule. "The moment you place foot on
Cuban soil," said Mr. llalley, "you fed
on are In a hostile country. It Is In
the air. The Cubans arc our bitter en
tities, wnne the Spaniards are our
fiends." The latter, who compose
nearly the entire business element.
would welcome American control-In
other words, would welcome nny stable
government that would guarantee them
their property and personal rights.
Mr. Hulley expressed the belief that
If the United States should withdraw
irom utinu revolution would ensue
within ninety days, ills observations
had convinced him that this govern
uent must keep n sttong hand on the
sland for some time to come. While
we are bound in honor to ultimately
give the Cubans a trial at self-govern
ment, he Uiluks our government should
not withdraw from the Island while
there Is nny danger of revolution, or
until a government approved by the
United States shall havo been estab
lished. There Is, of course, no inten
Ion of doing so. American occupation.
albeit exceedingly offensive to most of
the natives, will continue Just so long
as It shall be deemed necessary to se
cure a proper form of government.
When that Is obtained the promise to
eavo Cuba to .the control of Its own
people will be fuitllled.
Where dllliculty Is likely to be met Is
u determlnln.v the relations between
tho United States and a Cuban republic
Manifestly these will have to be of a
closer nature than out- relations with
the other Independent states of this
hemisphere. Uni!oulrtcdly the condi
tions which our government will re
Hiiro will encounter more or less op
position and resentment, but we shall
invo the support of all tho substantial
Interests In the Island nnd may reason
ably hope to persuade others that what
wo shall ask will be for the good of the
Island and the welfare of all its people
PIUWUSED FIXAXGlAl, LKMSLATIOX
The house committee on banking nnd
currency has given hearings on bills
Introduced In congress proposing nddl
tloniil currency legislation. Ono of
these measures provides that all United
States notes and treasury notes re
deemed out of tho reserve fund should
bo destroyed nnd replaced with gold
certltlcutes, a corresponding amount of
gold coin being added to the redemp
tlon fund. Tho bill also directs the
maintenance of the reserve fund at one
third of tho amount of United States
and treasury notes outstanding and live
per cent of tho amount of tho silver dol
lars, this reserve to bo a common fund
to bo used solely for the redemption of
tho notes specified and for exchange of
legal tender sliver dollars. There are
two other bills which provldo .simply for
the exchangeability of silver dollars for
gold.
In regard to the proposition to make
silver and gold exchangeable, Secretary
Gage urged that If the Unlled'States did
not freely exchange gold and sliver dol
lars It could not expect the banks and
tho business community to receive ono
as freely ns tho other, lie pointed out
that tho government Itself was casting
discredit upon silver by refusing to ex
clmngo It for gold. It Is very generally
admitted that the failure to provide for
this exchange In the currency logtsla
tlon of last March, known as the gold
staudnrd law, was u mistake, and there
Is no question as to tho desirability o
at once rectifying tho mistake. Kither
of the bills that aro before tho houso
banking nnd currency committee would
do this.
But we do not think It necussnry to
go farther than this at present and tho
proposal to retire tho greenbacks and
treasury notes and replace them with
gold certltlcutes can safely wait.
would, of course, make no difference In
the volumo of tho currency. Kvery dol
lar of tho promissory notes of the gov
rnmetit (hat would be retired would
have substituted for l another note en
titling the holder to gold coin. It Is not
apparent, however, that this would Im
prove llnanclal security and If not there
Is no sound reason for making the
change. The present congress ought to
provide for the redemption of sliver dol
lars In gold. The view of Secretary
U.igo In regard to this Is undoubtedly
correct. Hut there Is no urgency for
ny other legislation respecting the cur
rency.
riw a in st of uwi.s.
The legislative grist mill Is receiving
Its full supply of fodder, with the
numbers close to the hundred mark, al
though less than ten days of session
havo passed. Under the constitution
f Nebraska bills may be Introduced In
ach house In the usual manner during
the llrst forty days, after which no
measure can be brought in except In
lursttance of a special message from
he governor recommending legislation
on some particularly11 urgent subject.
In an ordinary legislative session
from r00 to 700 bills make their ap
pearance on the tiles of each brunch.
large proportion of them, to be sure,
are duplications, being Introduced
imultaiieotisly In both bouse and sen
ate, while others cover the same matter
In but slightly varying manner. For
xample, more than a dozen bills have
already been presented to dellne the
rime and tlx the penalty for kidnaping,
some of them in duplicate In each
house, but only one of them can possl-
ily reach the stage of law. In other
uses many measures uro Introduced
with no Idea of pushing their enact
ment, either because asked for by some
icrson whoso favor the legislator en-
oys, or because the Interests affected
are expected to heed them ns notice to
ake the necessary steps to kilt them off.
From eighty to 100 new laws, Including
appropriation schedules, Is all that the
legislature can expect to leave as Its
legacy on the statute books. With this
ertalnty, the quality of the legislation
ather than the quantity should be the
test applied to the legislative product.
Good, wholesome laws, framed In lan
guage that prevents confusion Instead
of encouraging litigation, laws that
oininand public respect nnd obedience,
rather than public contempt and disre
gard, laws that may possibly be an ex
ample to the lawmakers of other states
and be copied because of their sound
ness and effective, operation that
should be the aim and object of the
eglslature when It applies the sieve to
sift out the wheat from the chaff.
(ieneral Miles Is said to be eager to
make public reply to the article by
former Secretary Alger In a recent mag
azine. General .Miles' best friends are
endeavoring to dissuade lilm from that
ourse. The general should remember
that whether or not discretion Is the
better part of valor, In this Instance
the newspaper reading public would
prefer to escape a reopening of the old
ontroversles. The general might leave
this statement for publication in Ills
memoirs.
The state senate will probably have
an opportunity during the coming week
to coiillrm several gubernatorial ap
pointments. The populist governors
assumed to make their appointments
without regard to the confirmation of
the senate, holding back the commis
sions until after the legislature had ad
journed. There was no good reason
why the constitution should have been
suspended for the benefit of populist
ofliceholders.
Nebraska educators propose to make
another try for a free high school at-
endance law. The attempt has already
been twice made, only to run up against
constitutional ditlicullles In the supreme
court. The time will come when u high
school education will be placed within
the reach of every boy and girl, but the
people of one school district cannot be
expected to pay the expenses of educat
ing children outside of their school (lis
trlct.
Nebraska is once more to the fore
with the Hue achievement of Consul
Church Howe nt Slietlleld, In allaying
a disturbance raised by the exporters
there against the consular olllce. With
his Inborn natural diplomacy Consul
Howo has stilled the troubled waters
and restored serenity nil around. All
Uncle Sam need do when confronted
with turbulent conditions abroad is to
draw on Nebraska for more consuls.
The former secretary of the State
Hanking board and chairman of tho
democratic stato committee lias ac
cepted a position as cashier in n well
known national bank, although ns a
good Hrytnlte ho has been denouncing
national banks tight along. Tho nn'
tlonal bank is a bad tiling when a popo
crat is lu olllce, but becomes a good
thing when it offers him a lucrative
position.
HluKKern In Di'iuuuil,
Portland Orrgonlan.
Fond parents who contemplate sending
their darling sons to West Tolnl would
better nuiko prizefighters ot thorn than
milksops.
SluidcM of (Hit licit II.
St. I.ouIh aiobe-Democrut.
It Is claimed by the superintendent ot
West Potut that hazing cannot bo sup
pressed. Old Hen Dutlor could havo sup
pressed It la about thirty minutes.
(irecil SIiiiiIumh tlio (ONpeI,
Indianapolis Journal.
If tho missionaries la China have tried to
Impress on tho pending negotiations any
thing of tho spirit of pencil on earth and
goodwill to men It has cot come to light.
They seem to bo actuated rather by a de
elro for Indemnity and punltivo cxpedl
Hons.
riKhtlllK tn It Fluldlt.
Philadelphia Itecord.
Tho 210.000 and odd British troops In
South Africa aro enough tor a terrltorla
police patrol, but not enough for conquest
and subjugation, Tbero is probably little
or no significance In tho repeated stories
of Doer succcssos In petty skirmishes hero
and thero throughout tho disturbed colonies
yet they convey n plain assurance that
irrcgu'ar war'a.e must to wajed Indefinitely
against a tireless und clusivo enemy In
South Africa. There is no longer talk on
the one hand of unconditional surrender, no
on tho other band ot absolute Independence,
Chandler on
EJItorlnl in Concord Monitor,
The defeat of the Hon. William E
handler In the republican senatorial cau-
us on Thursday evening Is a fulfillment In
art of a purpose long since determined
upon by the Iloston & Maine railroad.
While recognizing all the merits of Judgo
Henry E. Ilurnliam It is fatuous to rup-
orcd that hl-i polished nnd eolorUss per
sonality could possibly have secured for
llm tho 19S votes which lit received upon
he first ballot had not tho most atretiuuiu
fforts of the railroad power been exerted
his behalf.
There Is now no pretense that the re
sult Is not a railroad victory won by rnll-
oa l methods. When tho purpose to defeat
Mr. Chandler was first formed tho plan of
ho conspirators was to nccomptlsh their
work by stealth. It was cunningly con
trived to make nn outward show of neu
trality, while tho work of slaughter wan
performed In secret. In this, however, tho
plot failed and It Is uo small achievement
for Mr. Chandler and his friends that they
ave forced tho railroad to show Its hand
alnly.
The railroad plan was to cut Mr. Cliaad-
cr's throat with n feather. Hut tho con
spirators were forced to strip off the glovo
f velvet, to drop tho mask of ludlnYrenco
ml actually to draw- and uso lho knlfo
which did the work.
'ho war, begun with effusive profession on
both sides of the loftiest possible motives,
has degcuetatcd Into a tedious and costly
international (oily. O.'dy barbarians could
keep up hostilities under such conditions
without exhausting every possible device
and acency of compromise.
A I.lltlr KrlnUj, lint, (III, M !
Clinton (In.) Age.
Olorlotm Iowa! First In corn, first In
swine, last in illiteracy nnd worst in her j
efforts ut constitutional amendments. May
she raise n llttlo Icsb corn, n few less hogs,
ess chumps and better legislators. Still
with all her faults sho In ever pcrles3
Iowa!
AVIiiKnl Vi'liU'lr uf Fever.
Indianapolis Press,
Experiments In Cuba havo proven that
tho moequlto is tho great vehicle for tho
propagation of yellow fever. Will those
that insist that everything nature has pro
vided has a good function to perform rise
up and tell us what possible good the mos
quito Is to anybody?
Uncle Kiiiii'h (.rent Simp.
New York Tribune.
Tho enormous transactions In Wall
Btreet are putting money In tho purso of
Uncle Sam. When stocks nro bought ami
sold to the amazing total of more than
2,000.000 shores In a single day It Is esti
mated that the federal treasury is the
gainer by some $40,000 or moro In its reve
nue from transfers. And the national gov
ernment profits largely from tho buying nnd
selling of high-priced real estate. Verily
these nro golden days for tho Treasury de
partment at Washington.
Tin lilcnt IIIiIiiIko.
Minneapolis Times.
That gallant seaman, courtly gentleman
nnd generous foe, Admiral Ccrvera of the
Spanish navy, Is Bald to bo Hearing death.
No more earnest prayers for his recovery
will go up than those from tho breasts of
the bravo men who sunk his ships nnd cap
tured him off Santiago. From tho time
Cervcra sent Captain Hustnmonto to Ad
miral Sampson with tho news of the safety
of Hobsou and his men to tho recent day,
when this man, grown gray in Spain's serv
ice, entered dignified protest against Span-
sh injustice, "hedrts been respected r.nd ad
mired by Americans. Ho Is our Ideal of
tho Hidalgo at his best.
Prepared fur the Inevllnlilr.
Kansas City Star.
P. I). Armour had so completely elimi
nated tho speculative element from his huge
business enterprises and had so entirely
transferred pnraonal management to other
hands that his death did not cnuso tho
slightest tremor In nny of the great mar
kets of tho country. For many years ho
was the most Influential single personal
factor In tho grain nnd provision markets,
nnd had large dealings In certain railroad
stocks. If his death had occurred prior to
tho incorporation of great Armour interests
It would havo produced a shock In the mar
kets. Mr. Armour's courso In thus prepar
ing for tho Inovltnblo nnd putting his af
fairs In such shape that his taking oft would
not havo nny effect In tho business world,
or on tho Armour interests, was character
istic of a man whose controlling motive In
life was to keep everything ho was con
nected with on tho sound basis of Btrlct
business principles.
H EST CLAIMS TO ADMIIt ATION.
Tlir l.ii I I'iill I). Ariiiiiur'N Treat
ment of III Kinploy i-ft.
Chicago Chronicle.
Tho commentators upon the llfo of Philip
I). Armour havo generally failed to dls-
cqrn what was really tho distinguishing
characteristic of the man.
They havo devoted themselves largely to
discussion of his purely business success
and to admiration of tho manner In which
he overenmo early obstacles and accumu
lated a large fortune. Tho truth Is, of
course, that nlnety-nlno In a hundred of
tho great fortunes of the country havo been
built up by men who overcame similar or
greater difficulties, Thero was nothing
unlquo In Mr. Armour's success. Tho qual
ities which enablo men to acqulro great
wealth are common to nil millionaires.
Wo have to look beyond the mere money
making faculty or inatlnct In order to
como nt the man hlmsolf. Eaoh man has
somo ono tendency or characteristic moro
fully doveloped than tho majority of his
follows.
In the caso of Mr. Armour It may fairly be
said thut ho was distinguished from the
majority of multimillionaires In his atti
tude toward tho men whom ho employed.
Ho was actively and personally Interested
in the men who worked for him. It was
not alone that ho paid living wagos most
men do that but ho continually testified
his sense of obligation to his employee,
He recognized what somo employers do not
that while the employer benollts the em
ploye, the employo likewise benefits the
oniployer.
"A man may bo tho best goneral In tho
world," he Is quoted ns saying, "but ho
will faro badly without nbo lieutenants,
and he will fall altogether unless he has
the loyulty of tho privates in tho ranks."
This was putting tho caso exactly. Mr.
Armour exemplified his theory by the con
sideration which ho extended to the lieu
tenants and to tho privates In tho grand
array of his employes.
No man who worked faithfully for him
failed to secure his rucognltlon recogni
tion not only material, but of that morn
valuablo kind the word of pralso, some
times publicly, sometimes privately, be
stowed. It was this fact which made situ
ations with tho houso of Armour cherished
by those who held thorn and coveted by
those who aspired to them. The man who
worked for Philip Armour knew that he
was accounted something moro than a
rcero cog In a vast machine. He know that
the eyo of tho general was upon him and
that faithful service would bo recognlicd
In general onlors. That wob why Philip
Armour was ho well served.
And tn that lies his claim to distinction
above Ids fellows. He was not merely a
great money-maker, but he was a captain
and leader of men because of his consider
ation for their pride, their ambition and
their self-respect.
His Defeat
Edited by Senator Chandler
For the first time Mr, Chandler and his
friends have claimed that the only power
which could defeat his nomination was the
open use of railroad men ami methods, That
mid that nlonc defeated him.
t'p to tho beginning of this week the rati
ronds had hoped to remain In concealment.
Hut tho character of Mr. Chandler's canvass
blasted that hope. From the moment that
the members of the legislature began to ar
rive In Concord down to lust Tuesday night
Mr. Chandler's vote was malting steady
gains, His strength, combined with that of
either of two other rnndldatcs. controlled
tho cnucus against Judge Hurnham and tho
railroad lenders wero thoroughly alatmed.
They then saw as Mr. Chandler hud always
rccn thut their only hope to defeat h'.m
was to come out lu tho opcu, tu summon
Into action their entire army of retainers,
to put collateral pressure upon members
and to resort to less open but more potent
means to achieve the immediate result of
Increasing tho Hurnham vote. Tho success
of oil this is now only too apparent.
It now remains to be seen whether tho
other options of tho railroad plot to control
nil republican politics In New Hampshire
shall succeed. We are looking for exceed
ingly interesting times during tho next two
years.
Ot II .Uiltlt t I.Tl H.VI. AVr.Al.TII.
lut'i I'll n Ink Millions l.nrnvreil from u
l'liltlifiil Soli.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Now York Journal of Commerce pub
lishes every day now a comparatlvo tablo
showing tho closing prices of staplo prod
nets on the dato of Issua and a year ago.
The feature is the advance in cereals, hog
r.ioto ,i ,.,i rnii m.i it,..
docllncs In Iron and steel, petroleum, beef,
hides and lead. The table published Jan
uary S U ns follows:
.Same Day
Jan. 7. l.ust Year.
Flour, Minn, patent. .Jl.iciyt.r.o J3.7i3.5
Wheat, No. 2 red 2i 73
corn, wo. z mixed
Oats, No. 2 mixed....
Pork, mess
I.ard, prime western.
7
21,
10.23
Ii.l2'.4
21.00
7U
21
4,'Jj
Hl.fiO
7.53
17.50
7!i
21
B.W
neer, nains
Coffee. Ilio No. 7
Tea, Formosa
Sugar, granulated ....
Huttcr, creamery, ex
tra Cheese, f. c, l.irgo,
fall mnd. fancy....
Cotton, middling up
land Print cloths
Petroleum, refined, tu
barrels
Hides, native steers..
Leather, hemlock ....
3)
12if
7 11-16
P.fl)
23 V
H4(12
lot;
aid
7.70
mi
24
iron, no. i norm.
foundry 15.DftSlC.50 22.l-XS2-t.OJ
Iron, No. 1 south.
foundry I3.25fj 15.73 22.00324.00
Copper. Inko ingot.. .16.75Q17.0O lfl.SO
Tin, straits 27. 24.753 25.2a
Lend, domestic 4.37W 4.70J5' 4.80
This is an exhibition of prosperity for
tho agricultural classes that cannot be
Ignored. In connection with It may hi
mentioned a contribution made by tho stat
istician of tho Department of Agriculture
to the New York Times, showing tho quan
tity and value of farm crops for last year.
In this it la shown that nlno of tho prin
cipal crops had n farm value of $2,273,116,
372 in 1900, an lucreaso ot $218,430,208 over
1899. Special Increases wero ns followt;
Corn, $127,000,000; wheat, $46,000,000; buck
wheat. $1,000,000; hay, $28,000,000; cotton,
$73,000,000. The decrcasos were; Oats,
$20,000,000; rye, $1,000,000; barley nnd po
tatoes, $3,000,000 each,
With these figures ouo can readily under
stand the great expansion In bank deposits,
railroad earnings and business' generally,
for, notwithstanding tho vast extent of our
manufactures, it is still true that agr'culture
is tho basis of our wealth. Of courso it
will be nt once suggested thut farmers havo
received no such sums of monoy as theso
figures represent, ns most of tho products
are consumed on the fnrm. This Is true,
but that Is no reason for thinking the money
valuo of tho crops hos been Impaired, slnco
they could havo been sold If tho producers
had not preferred to retain them. It Is on
old saying that only 16 per cent of tho corn
crop Is marketed direct, but It Is sold event
ually ns beef or pork or in other farm
productB. Corn Is by odds the most val
uablo crop produced on American farms;
noxt to it is hay and then wheat nnd
cotton.
DIVESTED OF- ITS TllOlt.V.
Tlip "Crown of (Jolil" Not an DniiKi-r-II
MB n m It Looked.
Urooklyn Eagle (lnd. dem.)
Tho Omaha speech (of Colonel Bryan) In
cluded n sentence which was startling "wo
must later determine whether wo havo a
supply of gold largo enough to mako sllvor
coinage unnecessary." All things havo nn
end. Four years ago gold was slaying its
tens of thousands; now the question Is
whether tho country really has enough of
It If It has, our firesides and our families
ro all right. If It has, tho crown has
been divested of its thorns. So, thero Is a
clearly discernible sign of convalescence In
tho matter of tho deml dollar.- Hrynn wants
moro of whnt ho would not havo at any
price. He wants plenty of tho cross.
Helng nssitred of enough of It, ho will
throw free silver to tho dogs. This is n
sign ot returning sanity, but it has boon
leng deferred. It is not altogether reas
suring. The silver issuo was worked not
only for all it was worth, but until It bo-
ramu positively worthless. Not until it
became absolutely valueless politically did
Bryan say a word suggesting tho Idea that
ho was wavering In his faith. Ho Is shelv
ing tho heresy not becauso It is n heresy,
but because it can no longer bo of any
sort of service. Talk of a supply of gold
largo enough to mako silver coinago un
necessary is the sheerest drivel. Thero has
been no sudden Increase ot the output since
Kansas City convention days. As a matter
of fact, tho shoe is constructively on the
other foot, tho Transvaal war having ma
terially restricted gold mining operations
on n largo scnlo in South Africa. Tho
Omaha banqueters listened not to Hrynn,
tho economist, but to Bryan the politician.
Ho is beginning to stand from under.
As to the lofty strain, it is a trifle too
exalted. It may bo a fact that somo of
those who voted tho republican ticket aro
not fit to live. Tlllrann may go homo and
tell his people that ho met men in Nebraska
who deservo to survive for the reason that
they prefer to ilio giving their adherence
to Nobraskan principles, Heroics of this
sort cross tho line dividing tho sublime
from tho redlculous. They get on the
wrong sldo of It. They aro food for gudge
ons and not fattening food nt that. Hrynn
supporters havo not been naked to consult
tholr pruforences nnd die. It Is doubtful
whotber any 3uch preferences have occurred
to them, If they have, they nrp men
tally disordered. Party cbolco is not a
matter of Hfo nnd death. Too often It is a
matter less of roason than of habit. Too
often It Is a matter less of concern for tho
country's welfaro than of political am
bition. The Omaha classification Is a
characteristic Hryanlsm. It separates those
who are lit to live and those who are not.
Tho test of fitness is belief In Ilryanlsm.
The ovldenco of unfitness Is unbelief. And
tno logiu oi u is mat moro man seven
millions havo impeached their claim upon
existence. Bryan has never been accused
of it u excess of modesty, but ho has now
reached what muBt bo recognized as the
limit. The man who says that only those
who sharo his political belief ure fit to live
is not In need of the services of a general
practitioner. A specialist would servo his
purposes.
POI.ITIl Al, (iO.xSII' OP THE STATE.
Broken How Itcpubllcnn; Governor Diet
rich's Inaugural address Is an nble produc
tion nnd rontnlns nothing but straightfor
ward business propositions, If lie contin
ues on in the policy he has started he ulll
earn the title of Nebraska's uuHiubs gov
ernor. North Platte Ttlbunc: Ncbraskans nwall
with considerable Interest tho probable
bombardment between the ten-Inch guns
of Bryan's Commoner nnd the thirteen
Inch rllles ot Morton's Conservative. The
Atmosphere between Lincoln and Nebraska
City will no doubt be murky.
Blair Republican (pop.): The mcsftige of
(lovernor Dietrich Is ceitnlnly commenda
ble for plain, common scnao directness und
brevity. Tho legislators should copy after
his suggestions button up their mouths,
give the Rtato lellef from n few bad laws
nnd enact a few neccsfnry ones.
Kenrney Hub: The action of the senate
in tho legislative contest from Douglas
ccunty la seating the two fusion senators
whose scats wero contested shows that It
Is posslbto for a republican legislature to
ret without political bins, which Is more
than the fuslonlsts did four years ago with
the same opportunity. There were evl;
decces of fraud, but It was n question
whether thnt fraud was sufllcleut to have
changed tho result.
O'Neill Frontier: Ever and anon the
Omaha World-Herald, from which the
fusion press of Nebraska draws Inspira
tions, comes out with llnmlng headlines
depleting tho expansion nnd prosperity ot
Omaha's business. In n splendid New
Year's edition reviewing Omaha's past con
dition and future prospects the World
Herald starts out by saying: "Omaha, dur
ing tho year Just closed, forged ahead of all
previous records lu tho Jobbing and manu
facturing interests, nnd begins the now
year with tho brightest prospects," A
comparison of the statistical statements
of tho World-Herald of today and tho edi
torial statements of tho same paper when
trying to Bhow why Mr. Bryan should bo
elected president Is calculated to disturb
tho faith of the reader lu tho World-Her-nld's
reliability na a political guide post.
North PIntto Telegraph: A republican
governor Imb been Inaugurated, tho other
state officers have been turned over to re
publicans, tho legislature has a repub
lican majority nnd It may be said that
Nebraska stands once moro where It should
always stand lu tho republican column.
How long It will remain thero deponds
largely on tho action of tho present legis
lature nnd tho newly Installed republican
stato officials. They will be watched, their
notions will bo submitted to tho closest
scrutiny, everything donu will havo to
undorgo criticism, nnd If they str.ad tho
test, the party may secure a prolonged
lease; hut If the corporations of tho stato
nro permitted to control the legislation
and tho utato ofllcors pander to these hu
tnan cormorants, then, Indeed, will re
publican tenure of ofllco be short, Its day
of returned supremacy will bo brief, nnd
power will pass from republican hands
much quicker than It has taken them to
regain it.
Beatrice Express: Tho Inaugural ad
dress of Governor Dietrich was n pleasant
surprlso to pcoplo who aro accustomed
to wordy and tedious discourses upon such
occasions. Tho governor's production is n
plain, mnttor-of-fact talk to business men
by a business man. Thero Is no wasto of
words. Thero Is no attempt at "word
painting." Tho governor had something to
say and ho took tho direct nnd sensible
way of saying it. It Is to bo hoped that
futuro governors will profit by tho cxam
plo sot by Oovernor Dietrich. Tho govern
or's recommendations aro few, but thoy nro
to tho point and suggest necessary reforms
and Improvements In tho state, Tho key-
noto of Mr. Dietrich's character may be
found in the sentenco whero ho says that
he and the members of tho legislature
should bo governed by tho tamo honeBty of
purpose ns would govern them wero the
state their peraonnl property. Nebraska
Is fortunate In her chief executive. A
great deal lias been expected of him nnd
ho will not provo n disappointment.
Falls City Journal: Today Nobraskn Is
a republican state, tho grand old party hav
ing onco more stepped Into power nnd as
sumed tho responsibilities of governing tho
commonwealth. Tho republican party as
sumes this duty with full knowlcdgo of the
weight of the responsibility and faces tho
task before, it with confidence In its ability
to do as It has over done beforo nnd each
official takes up his work with tho host
interests of tho state at heart. Tho people
of tho stato having placed those men In
offlco havo a right to oxpect a clean and
huslncssllko administration of tho state's
affairs aud If theso demands are met tho
republican party 1ms nothing to lose nnd
everything to gain. It seems most
auspicious that Nebraska fchould enter an
era of republican rule with tho beginning of
the new century. It seems to give n moro
rosy huo to tho light that dawns along
tlio eastern shores of tlmo, but during tho
yenrs of that century tho fnto of the re
publican party will bo, In Its own hands.
We havo unbounded confidence In tho party
and tho stato and having taken oft our
hats to tho now century wo doff them to
republican Nobraska, over whoso hills and
prairies tho Btnndnrd of tho grand old party
has been raised and long may It wavel
IM'.ItSO.VAI, NOTES.
Tho heirs of tho lato Colonel W. P. Win
chentor, for whom Winchester, Mass,, was
named, havo presented thnt town with a
largo and handsomo punch bowl, valued at
$1,000.
flonoral AVIlllam (laston LowIb, who died
nt his homo In Ooldsboro, N. C on Tuesday
nt tho age of 66, was ono of tho four sur
viving ex-confedernto brigadier generals In
North Carolina.
Tho parents of Paul Lawrence Dunbar,
tho negro poet, wore both slaves in tho
anto-bcllum days. Tho father escaped to
Canada and during tho wnr of tho rebel.
Hon ho fought with tho Flfty-nfth Maesa
chu8etts Infantry.
Sims Reeves having died and Edward
Lloyd having retired well-to-do, there Is a
strong demand In London Just now for a
tenor singer who' Is socially presentable
Vanity Fair intimates that such a vocalist
can count on nn Income ot $50,000 a year.
Earl Roberts ("Bobs"), who has Just been
glvon his title by Queen Victoria, Is a son
of Captnln Charles Roberts, who com
manded tho British forces that took Fort
Macklnao from the Amerlcnns early in tho
wnr of 1R12. Captain Roberts, with his
soldiers and a largo body of Indians, took
tho fort entirely by surprise, as the Ameri
cans did not know that war had been de
clared. Paymaster Charles P. Thompson of the
navy, who died in AVaBhlngton on Tuesday,
was a nntlvo of Richmond, Vn., nnd waB the
eldest son of Chcrles Goge nnd Ellznbeth
Avcnell Wallwork Thompson. HIb family
connections on both sides wero of tho most
distinguished In the state, He was ap
pointed acting BBslBtant paymaster In 1865,
and noxt year was promoted to be pay
master. What Bort of man Theodore Hooevelt Is
Is Indicated to tomo nxtont by tho list itl
books he bought In Chicago to take with
him on his hunting trip. He bought some
books of travel, a history of tho Nether
lands and somo French translations of his
torical works, While he was wandorlng
about the store a stranger who recognized
him picked up a ropy of "Oliver Cromwell,
by Theodore Roosevelt," hold it nut to him
and said. "Hero's, c pretty good book, but
we can't sell It. We're giving It away with
every purchase of $1 or more." And Teddy
grinned.
I.IK TO PROVE A ItOOMIlltAMl.
Ostuumt Republican: Edward Rosewater
of The Omaha Bee was hauled up lu po
lice court in South Omaha to answer, the
other day. the charge of violating the cor
rupt practice law during the recent elet
Hon, he being a prominent candidate for
t'nlted States senator. Tlili deal is as
abominable In tho cyea of talr-mtudod peo
pie nfc wns tho one where he was called tn'
fore the Mipremo court for criticising the
Judges thereof. If will tal-.o more than tho
nllldavlt of a South Oninhn thug to con
vlnre the people of Nebraska that Rose
v nter Is guilty.
Akhland Cn?rtte: The mlHctaolo farm
retorted to by tho ballot bnx iuaulpulatira
lu having Editor Roscwatcr ot Tho Beo
nnested on a trumped-up clwrgp Is only
n piece of Insipid child's pluy. U le on a
par with tho nrrest of Senator Quay tw'o
years ago in Pennsylvania, while tho sena
torial ballot was in progress. In that in
stnnco It defeated the elect lou of Quay for
the time being, but lu has nn endorsement
from tho people now that It will be Impossi
ble to overcome. If this resort against Mr.
Roscwnter has any effect at ull It will bo to
Increase his tttrcngth.
(Jrnnd Inland Independent: Tho action of
some of the enemies of Mr. Roscwatcr in
securing his arrest in South Omaha on tho
chnrgo of violating the corrupt prnuttco act
linn been practically knocked Into tmlth-crci-iiK,
ns far ns Its purpose was con
cerned, by Judgo llnkor of tho district court
giving Rosowater his freedom through a
writ of habeas corpus. Some people ap
pear to have llttlo or no appreciation n:
to what that thing called "boomerang" U
until they como Into sudden and violent
contnet with one, which is not unlikely to
be the ense if their efforts to puncture
Mr. RoHowator's senatorial tiro nro oon
tinned nlong tho lino taken up last week.
Two weeks more ot such a fight on Roso
water might benefit instead of lujurlng ths
Omaha editor.
Kearney Hub: The gang of disreputable
In Oinnhii and South Omaha who nre seek
ing to smirch Edward Rosewntcr In eon
nection with South Omaha campaign fraud
aro doubtlosH ulded nnd abetted by men
of supposed respectability who would not
like to havo their names appear in print,
and who would not daro to have their con
nectlon with the gang known to tho pub
lic. It is a dlsropul.iblo proceeding, in
which a democratic county attorney 1b ap
parently nnd possibly quite naturally n
willing tool. Reputable republicans of Ne
braska will not only not bo Influenced by
theso tactics nnd preliminaries of lognl
prosecution, but will more than ever bo
llevo that tho Omaha editor would bo Jus
tified in waging a wnr of qxtcrminatlon
ngnlnst tho rogues.
North PIntto Telogrnph: Tho animosity
with which the opponents of Mr. Roscwatcr
follow him nnd tho venom they display In
trying to damage his prospects to become
United States senator display a zeal and
an energy which could bo oxpcndod In n
moro worthy cause. Tho last raovo of hla
enrmles is to trump up charges against him
under tho "corrupt practice" net and have
warrants issued for his arrest, tblnklnjj
probably this may havo tho effect of weak,
enlng tho enthuslnsm of somo of his sup
porters. Thero Is no doubt that It will
have nn effect on his followers, but it will
bo just tho opposite of what his traducers
desire, for every mnn who supports him
wilt rcdoublo his effort to place Mr. Rose
water In tho sennto whero ho can smilingly
look down on theso men who hnrmleisly
snap and bite at his heels.
A I'renintiirc Htart.
Philadelphia Lodger.
Governor Shaw of Iowa thinks h caa
outrun Roosevelt In tho raco for tbo next
presidency, but ho handicaps himself
heavily by taking such an early start.
MIRTHFUL ItEMAItKS.
Chicago Record: "What about thin theory
thnt salt will preserve youth and energy?1'
"Stuff! Look nt Lot's wife."
Dotrolt Free I'reHs: "Daughter." said
Mr. Glddlngs, "Is that young Mr. Dlnsmorn
it mnn of regular habits?"
"Oh, yes, papa." replied Miss Glddln'.
"Ho proposos regularly every Thursday
night'
Cloveland Plain Dealer: "I notlcn that nn
Italian barber In a Now York town nnkes
tho cnrllest rontury record for trlplots."
"A barber! I wonder If hp had vole
enough left to say 'next' after tho first two
children wero born!"
AVaBhlngton Star: "Upon what," unld tlin
student of antiquity, "do wo bono tho state
mnnt that Solomon wns tho wisest man?"
"I dunno," nnswered Senator Sorghum,
"unlcsR It Is on tho report that ho was also
tho richest."
IndlnnHpolls Press: "I don't know who
llrst said figured couldn't" Ho." talil tbo
young woman, "hut I would hot any old
sum that tho person was a mnn."
Then, for tho fourth tlm', she tried to
mako her personal nccount book balance
Detroit Journal: "We'll havo to look out
for that British general," remarked thn
field cornet. "I itndorstand bo has n now
plan of campaign to pursue."
"Good!" exclaimed the Boer commander.
"If he's got to pursue it wo nan bo sura of
a good long rest beforo ho entches It."
Detroit Journal: "Listen!" he whispered.
Mnrjorlo pressed his hand softly,
"Not now!" sho snld. "It Is bnd form to
listen while tho piano Is pluylng!"
Komervlllo Journnl: Dlggs Yes, I often
used to run away and go fishing when I
wns a boy.
Hprlggs Catch anything?
Dlggs Well, I generally caught It whon
I got homo and father found out where I
hud been.
Detroit Freo Press: Hhe Will you make
anv Now Year's rebolutiotiB, Mr. BlmpsonT
He Oh, yes; I'm going to be more per
sistent In proposing to you this year thnn I
was Inst year.
Chicago nccord: "Tho Idea of that red
beaded man saying ho Is In love with me!
I don't believe a word of It."
"Why not?"
"I'vo got red hair myself.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "I hear." said Mlos
Hoechwood to Miss Homowood, "that you
and Mr. Hrushtim havo quarreled and
broken your engagement. "
"The report Is onlv partly true," replied
MIhh Homcwood. "Wo did hnv n quarrel
and my feelings nro moro or less dlstlgurod,
but I am still In the ring "
And sho ralsed.her loft hand to show that
the sign of their troth was still on tlio
proper finger.
Philadelphia Press: Uaoholor So you're
mnrrled, oh? I suppose your wlfo savoi
you a good deal of trouble,
Bonedlek Well, she saves every llttlo
trouble that comes to her during tho day tn
that sho may bothor mo with It when I
como homo at night.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Well, well." mid
Dr. Doce, ns ho entered his pntlent'i room
nnd found him wrapped up In b!nkts,
"whnt's tho mutter hero?" , .
"I Imb caught a bad cold, doctor," replied
Mr. Dnknne,
"Indeed!" t ,
"And I want you to help mn led Id go."
TO THE LO.SUIl.
r. F. Lester In Success.
So you've lost your rnce, lad?
Ran It clean, and fast?
Beaten nt tho tape, Itid7
Hough? Ycb, but tl past.
Never mind tho losing
Think of how you ran; '
Kmllo. and shut sour teeth, lad
Take It like a man!
Nut tho winning counts, lad,
Hut tin- winning fair:
Not the losing sbamos, lad,
Hut the wenk despair:
So, when failure stuns you,
Don't forget your plan
Hnille, nnd shut your teeth, lad
Tako It like a mnn! .... 7
Diamonds turned to paste, lad?
Night instead of morn?
Whero you'd pluck a roso, lad,
Oft you grasp thorn? t
Tlmn will heal tho bleeding
Llfo Is but a spun;
Smile, nnd shut your teeth, iRd
Tnke It like a mnnl
Then, when sunset r.otnfc, lad,
When your fighting's through,
Anil tbo Silent Guest, lad,
Fills his cup for you,
Shrink not -clasp It coolly
End as you began;
Smile, and close your eyes, lad
And tako It Hko a man! 'w;