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fr THE OMAHA PAILT BEE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1901, The dmai i a Daily Bee, K. ItOSHWATF,t, 13DITOR. pcrmhhkd kvehv morning, tkitais of hurschiption. Dally Her (without Sunday), Ono Yeur.$j.M Dully ;e atirl Sunday. Ono Year 8.00 Illustrated Heo. One Year..... 2.C) Sunday HW. One Year ; Saturday Hee, One Year . J.M Twentieth Century rarmer. Ono car.. l.W IEt,IVKI!Bb IIY CATUUBK. Dally Bee (without Sunday, per copy... 2c Dally Ree (without Sunday), per weck...Uo Dully Ree (Including Sunday), per week.nn Sunday Hee, per copy bo J-.venlnE (lee (without Siliday), per wcek.lOc KvciilriK Her! (Including Sunday), per wiek .loo . Complaint of Irregularities lit delivery should bo addressed to City Circulation De partment. offices. Oinnha-Thc Reo Hulldlng. South Omaha - City Hall Hulldlng. Twenty-fifth and St streets. Council HlufTs-lo Pearl Street. Chlcago-lW t'nlty Hulldlng. New York Temple Court. Washington Ml Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ell torlnl matter should be addressed: Omnha Her, Editorial Department. Ht'SINESH LETTERS. Hushies letters and rcmlttnnccH should bo Addressed: Tho Dec Publishing Company, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The He ltibllnhlng Company. Only 2-rent stamps itcceuted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exrhangns, not accepted. TUB HUB rUUMBHlNQ COMl'ANV. STATEMENT OF CIHCUtiATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss.: George It. Tzachuck. secretary of Tho Ree PubltsFdng Company, being duly sworn. ay that tho actual numhor ot full and complete copies of Tim Dally, Morning, Bvenlng and Sunday He printed during the month of November, J 501, was an fol low; I :io,r:m lfi nt.ooo 2 , . , . . :to, i i ; . , :io,uno 9 .'hmio is sio.noo 4 :io,77o is :m,:ito r. :io.so 20 :k,hio :mi.hiio 21 :m,5Ioo 7 :t.:ia 22 an.mo 8 :tiMio 2) :mvi:u p :to,iMiii it no.itri.'i 10 no.ar.o 25 ao,i it I I . . . V. i ;t.7tM 2 ao.a t 12. ,v, :ti.7o 27. noma is. ,.i :t,Huo 2S ao.nit) H..., H0.7IO 20 .'10,110 1R...;,, no.uan .-..:to,uto Totnl .li'ilH.:w Less' Unsold and returned copies.... lo.noi Not total snlra Hl,r..J Not dully average.., ao.UNi v geo. n. tzschuok. Subscribed In my preoeneo and sworn to before me this SOth day of November. A. D. 1SW1. M. 11. H UNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. i , , - The wheels of congress are once moru grinding. Speaker Henderson will continue In tho role of the iniiit behind the gavel. Thnt Iowa legislature limy be behind oiifrross In Htiirtlntr, but It will not losu mitcli time in entdilnp; up. It Is settli'd Hint the Hilef dopttty oil Inipcotor of Ni'ltniska Is to bo tin now Ifowtmiihtcr nt Lincoln. Now, who wnnls to bo chief deputy oil Insiioutor? Don't nil t-pi'iil; ul oiiuo. In tlic buinliiy; of Donvor'fl city linll wcro destroyed jiublli' records of Krcnt value. .Scvenil Oeiiver lieoplo wIhIi the tiro could destroy sill of tho public rec ords nirido In the city bull. A ctirttodhln or pnbllc fnndH In Ken tucky committed xulcldo wlicti ho ie1d in life mtwspnper.H thnt nn invcHtlgntlon ;of lila -accounts was liuiiomlliiu. Xlioy clo not do It that way In Xcbrnskn. If It Is only a question of mote money to complete the new federal building In a manner that comports with Kh archi tectural design, the Nebraska delegation to congress should not be backward In asking for it. No matter what "President Itoosovelt may sny In his forthcoming message tho opposition orators and organs may bo safely depended on to And enough lu It to keep them busy attempting to manufacture political ammunition out of It. Unseasonable, weather seems to be playing, havoc with the bank ejearings in all the large cities of the country, al though the totals arc still good refkwos ,f prevailing prosperity. It requires a fall In the thermometer to produce a rise lu the business barometer. The (icrmau Reichstag has declined to enact a prohibition upon trausnt lantlc steamers from commencing their journeys on Sunday. As the voyage takes at least scon days for most of tho vessels, what difference would it mnkn whether the Sunday is consumed Ht tho beginning or the end, of tho trip? The effort to have the democratic cou gressloicil caucus adopt a program for legislative action fell by the wayside because It was construed to bo a re pudlntlon of the Kansas City platform As the people repudiated tho Kansas City platform at tho election, why should democrats lu congress -bo so so llcltous nbout clinging to dead Issues? Our Dave was In such a hurry on tho homo stretch of his globe-girdling Junket that liu did not have time to stop olf In Oinnliii uveu between trains. Knowing the embarrassment congress would have had to endure had It been called to order without his presence, his c-Jiistltuents hero will do tliulr best to bear up gracefully under tho dlsap polutment. Chicago nnd St. I.ouls chemists who have bfien carrying nway chunks of M-ater served to Uiuaha by the Mlssour for use In demonstrating the degree of pollution by the time, the stream roaches Us outlet Into tho Mississippi are wel come to all tho samples they need. If there Is any one thing that Omaha Is amply supplied with for tho benellt of Its guests It Is the water freely fur olshed by the far-famed .Missouri, Tho Associated Press seems to fur nlsli a most nttracttvo target for popo oratlc politics-expounders to practice ou While tho Associated Pri'ss may bo open to criticism, the charge that it I a part of tho republican political ma chine will hardly bold water. The urlovancp of our popocratlc friends Is not so much that It Is being used n n political agency by republicans, but that the efforts to use It for tho nianu facturo of political capital for tho pop ocrats hayo not met with the success that they had hoped. t?k, rirrr-sr.vKSTti coxonxss. The lirst session of tho Fifty-seventh congress will begin at noon today. Tho organization of the liouso of representa tives will be the same as lu tho last congress nnd there will probably be no Important change lu the committees. Tin.' rules that have been lu operation will continue with some slight mod Id eation, so that the. business of the hoii'o will be absolutely In control of the ma jority nnd not subject to unnecessary delays. Tho organization .of tho senate will also continue as in the last con gress, ' Tho session promises to lie a very busy one. As was said by Speaker Hen-. dcrson lu his speech to the republican cu ucus, tho duties before this congress will bo onerous. Great responsibility rests upon tho party In power and tho way in which It meets tills responsi bility wilt command the profound In terest and attention of tho people. Ques tions of momentous Importance to the country's future ate to bo considered and determined. Among these are the construction of nn Isthmian canal, the 'aclfle cable, reduction of revenue by removal of war taxes, supervision and regulation of industrial combinations lolug an interstate business, river and harbor Improvement, Chinese exclusion, autl-ruutrclilst legislation, Interstate commerce, creation of a department of commerce, trade relations with Cuba, admission of territories to statehood, legislation for tho insular possessions, ship subsidies, Increase of the navy and reclamation of the arid lands In the public domain. An effort will be made to have duties on certain articles made by tho trusts removed or reduced, but as now Indicated this will not bo suc cessful, leading republicans in both tlic house and senate believing that such a proposition, if considered, would have the effect to open up the question of general tariff revision and thus cause mo! e or less serious disturbance to the business of the country. It Is improb able, also, that there will be any cur- ency legislation other than perhaps an amendment to the act of .March, 11(00, providing for the exchange on demand of gold coin for standard sliver dollars. Xo congress lu the past decade has net with a larger amount of public mslness prepared for inimedlaie con sideration. There failed in the last ses sion u number of Important bills which will be renewed and which need hardly occupy the house for more than a few days in debate. Of these such meas ures as the Nicaragua caual bill, the raclilc cable bill ami even the river and harbor bill, may be considered ns per fected measures. Tho great danger that confronts congress, as pointed out. by Speaker Henderson, Is the treasury sur plus, which is steadily growing. This s a very strong Invitation to extrava gance ami some couicssmcn have shown a disposition to measure appro priations by tho present and prospective size of tho surplus. As to this Speaker Henderson said: "The Anicrloan poo- pic do not expect any niggardliness in the treatment of tho matters they re quire; I ilo not counsel that; but 1 counsel that conservative consideration of every question which should be ob served at all times without reference to the $100,OOO,(HH that we arc soon to have." MBSinExr ikjuseveijTS ir.t r. The summary action of President Itoosovelt lu naming a now governor of Oklahoma to take the place of the for mer incumbent, who had been hope lessly Involved In an olllclnl scandal, Is striking evidence of tho president's de termination not to tolerate dishonesty lu any form in any branch of the fed eral service. The president In this Instance has not been content merely to Impose the pen alty of misconduct on the offender and cover up tho delinquency by making the change quietly In the form of an accepted resignation, but has attached to tho papers a clear-cut statement of the conditions prompting the step. The facts seem to be undisputed that the displaced governor had exercised his power to contract for the care of tho territorial Insane wards to reward po litical proteges by the free distribution of stock lu tho favored corporation. President Itoosovelt concludes his no tation with this forcible and pointed language: Tho Kovornor's, confessed relations to the matter iIIbcIoko such an entire lack of ap preciation of the high fiduciary nature of the duties of his office as to unfit him for their further discharge. A sound rulo of public policy nnd morals forbids a public eervunt from seektfiK or accepting uny per sonal benefit In n transaction wherein he has a public duty to perform. A chancel lor would not for one moment retain a trustee who, In dealing for tho trust, ro- servod an advantage to himself. The thouxht Is not to bo tolerated that the presl.lent can bo less vigilant and exacting In th public Interest. With a president settlug up for him self nnd his subordinates this high standard of oftlchil couduct and public morals, there need be felt no apprehen slons of degeneracy lu the public serv ice so far as tho ofilcers are rcsjiousl ble and accountable to him. MAKE INDIANS SEbr-SUPPOHTINa. The commissioner of Indian affairs, n his annual report, earnestly advo cates a policy for making Indians selr supporting. He urges that It Is time to make a move toward terminating the guardianship which has so long been exercised over tho Indians and putting them upon equal footing with tho white man so for as their relations with the government are concerned. "Under the present system," says Commissioner .Tones, "the Indian ward never attains his majority. The guardianship goes on In an unbroken line from father to son and generation after generation the In dlan lives and dies a ward." He thinks tho Indian should be given opportunity for self-support nnd afforded tho same protection of his person ami properti us Is given to others. That being done, says the commissioner, he should be thrown entirely upon his own resources to becoino a useful member of the com munlty In which he lives, or not, ae cording as he exerts himself or falls to moke an effort. "He should be located where tho conditions are such that by , the exercise of ordinary industry auU prudence he can support himself and family. He must be made to realize that In the sweat of his face he shall eat his bread. He must be brought to recognize the dignity of labor and the Importance of building and maintain ing a home." Tho commissioner be lieves that lu this way the race would be improved and uplifted. He admits there are dlllleultles to be overcome, but ho does not consider them Insuper able. Senator (juarles of Wisconsin, who will be ehalrmau of the senate com mittee ou Indian affairs, is said to be In full accord with Commissioner .loues. He thinks the ultimate goal of the In dian should be complete citizenship. It Is therefore to bo expected that con gress will be asked for legislation look ing to the Inauguration of such a policy as the commissioner of Indian affairs suggests. It Is certainly a matter that is worthy of serious consideration. IMPHACTWAIj IIEFUIIMEHS. Why are would-be reformers as a rule so Impractical? Why is It that those who constantly declaim against exist ing abuses and demand measures for their correction are so often found op losing with equal vehemence every proposition looking to a practical reali zation of reform V These questions are suggested anew by the uncompromising antagonism to nn extra session of the legislature of tho very people who havo been making the most noise In advocacy of various plans for Improvement In different brandies of government that can be Inaugurated only after tlrst receiving legislative sanction. The Inconsistency, for example, of advocating more equal taxation and blocking tlic only means by which reve nue law revision can be secured Is plain on Its face. The support of schemes for consolidat ing duplicated parts of the machinery of local government, which Is absolutely Impossible without amendments to the constitution and charter. Is simply a waste of energy unless the law-making body Is called Into action to co-oporato In the movement. The protest against our cumbersome and unsatisfactory Judicial system, by which the decisions of the highest court of appeals are made by commissioners without legal responsibility or constitu tional standing, must remain un answered until a legislature submits a (institutional amendment enlarging the supreme court nnd that amendment be comes effective by ratlllcntlon of the people ai the polls. Yet we see the men who profess ar- lent devotion to all these Reforms de crying as politicians all who favor an extra session of the legislature, for the purpose of putting desired reforms Into practice. Would not a little more practical poli tics on the part of the reformers pro- luce more tangible results? Nebraska retail merchants are said to bo organizing lu opposition to the pro posed parcels post for fear this exten sion of. postal facilities would' build up the mall order bouses to their detriment. Kvery Improvement In the postnl service has doubtless worked to the dis advantage of certain classes, but the benefits have been more than made up to the people as a whole. This Is true, for example, of the rural free mall de livery, which at llrst encountered, vigor ous objection from the country, postmas ters and crossroads merchants, but It has none the less continued to tind con stantly greater favor. We believe the country merchants exaggerate the dan gers to them to bo apprehended from tht parcels post. The parcels post. Is In operation lu Kuropean countries, taking the place of the service rendered here by the express companies, who would bo the chief sufferers by Its Introduc tion nnd whose opposition to It Is to be expected. The prompt action of Chief of Police Donahue lu suspending a patrolman pending nn Investigation into charges brought against him of attempted black mail is the best evidence that could bo given to the vendors of welldellued rumors that corruption nnd grafting are countenanced lu our police department. If this species of blackmail were com mon among the police officers we may be sure that they would nil be try lug to protect one another. The fearless de termination of tho chief to stamp out crookedness at Its tlrst appearance Is proof positive that It bus never gained any foothold. We are Inclined to wonder whether If tho shady bond deals had beeu per petrated under the management of a populist state treasurer, the fusion press would havo been ns ready to expose and denounce them as has The Ilea and other republican papers with a repub llcan treasurer. Perhaps they would, but we seriously doubt It. We remem ber how almost all the big and little pop guns rushed Into tho breach as do fenders when tho Insurance holdups were uncovered three years ago under the late populist state auditor. The city building Inspector Is making another campaign against dangerous structures and lias asked the Advisory board to condemn several of tin; most flagrant examples. Tho city ought not to bo compelled to wait for some accl deut Involving loss of llfo or limb be fore the building ordinances nre en forced, yet It has been the lnvarlnblo experience that owners of (longerons buildings resort to every legal techni eallty to evade tho condemnation edict. Omaha may not bo permitted to fu nlsh Nohrnskn with a governor, but accepts tho privilege of furnishing thu governor or Nebraska with a prlva secretary. to And llur "Col.l llrlcka." Washington Star, Don't laugh nt tho children for writing letters to Santa Claus. Some grown people write letters In answer to green goods ad verUsemrnts. (rent Analety Vnnlnlira, Minneapolis Journal. The rural carrier who h:us feared tbat the extendan nt the classified civil service to Include him will make It necessary (or him to pass on examination In Latin, cht roarapby, spoiling, geography and transpor tation methods may now rest In peace. It Is announced that tho carrier will be rhoen for manlfpjst fitness for tho work from the vicinage of the route he Is to serve. I'rm;reatvr Improvement. Ronton Herald. It Is tho opinion of tho secretary of the Interior that the only good Indian. It the kind that has been trained to work for a living. On the whole, this Is an Improve ment on General Sheridan' somewhat famous definition. .lonrnnl's Apology IIcIimv Pur. Nellgh Yeoman. The Omaha lies accuses tho State Journal of rushing to tho defense of Stuefer Just as It excused and defended Hartley when he wan going wrong. Certainly those of us who remember the persistency with which It stood by Hartley nnd Insisted that tho state treasury was all right then will re qulro other than Journal evldenco to con vince them that all Is souaro nt present. Our l.lvlna; Kx-Prrnlilrnt, New York livening Post. We have only one living ex-presldent. A peculiar Intercut thus attaches to the health of Orover Cleveland. The ex-prealdont has now boon long enough retired from active public life for tho acerbities of political controversies to soften, and even his most oarncst opponents In tho past are steadily coming to recognize tho sincerity, courage and patriotism which alwaya dictated his course. Mr. Cleveland should havo many ears yet beforo him and he already has the assurance that old ago will he rendered happy by tho general recognition that ho was one of tho strongest executives tho na tion has ever had, To lia ceo ii n. llevrniie Prmlncpr. New York Herald. Internal revenue, returns for the last fis cal year show that more than $62,000,000 on account of the "weed" wore turned Into the treasury, being an Increase of $3,000,000 over tho previous year's receipts. There was a notablo decrease In the con sumption of the chenpest class of cigarettes. Tho domestic production' of tobacco In Its various forms (Including 8.G00 tons of snuff) was lflO.000 tons. Wo stato It lu this form because tho figures given In pounds seem almost Incredible. A table published by the United States Tobacco Journal, glvlug the production of cigars by districts during the calendar year 1900 shows thdt In the New York district alone wns converted moro than 11,000 tons of tho herb Into 1,291,000,000 of cigars, big and little. Tho cigars, big and little, made In the whole country that twelvemonth numbered 5,fi6.i,00O,'000. ThlR was an Indrcase of 13 per cent over the preceding year and reflected the freer consumption due to general prosperity. "WIIKIti: I1VM.K.TS WHISTMil)." Slcttr of I'rkltl l.rnnllon "n Com- pnriMlvrly Trlvlnl Thing, " "Really. I was astonished to find what a comparatively trivial thing that 'siege of legations' wns," says Dr. Nevlns la a Now York Sun Interview. "Slaying as I was at the Rrltlih legation,, I was In the placo In which all the foreigners took refuge. I got up ono morning before breakfast and looked around the place. H Is a largo square Inclosuro, of nbout thirty acres. At diagonally upposlto cornora I found some traces of bombardment, nut there waa no sign of any atfack upon the old temple In which most aftho people were, nor was thero anywhere.,, about tho legation build ings. I asked the' minister how he had man aged to have'hc place so successfully re paired. No pnri would, dream, I told him, that tho placo hail ever "hecn bombarded, To my utter nstonlshment I found that none of tho buildings I had been, examining had been hit at all: fhey had not been fired on. Tho Chinese had every opportunity to ftro on them, but did not. "Take Into consideration then the fact that no non-combatant was killed or wounded, aud that no one died of disease during the 'sloge,' nnd I think wo havo a now and less romantic vlow of tho whole proceeding. 1 had. women who did not know what exceptional opportunities I had for confidential conversations with the au thorities tell mo most thrilling stories about the whistling .of bullets which came through the windows. Some told how their children became accustomed to the whistling of bullets and really enjoyed tho sound. I do not doub'. hut that thu women really believed the stories. They certainly en joyed the relation of them. Rut " Tho clergyman waved his hand back and forward as though ho wero blowing away emoko that had obscured hln mental vision. I'KnsoN.w. ami oTiumwisi:. St. I.ouls boldly challenges superstition by deciding to break ground for tho fair on Friday, December 20. Captain John R. Kord of Pittsburg, "the father of American tlnplato making," has Just celebrated his ninetieth birthday. The lato Governor Plngreo of Mlchlgnn kept all the printed comments about him self and his scrapboohn contnln 45,000 col umns of newspaper comment. John V. Carroll, who may bo tho next leader of Tammany hall, is said to bo worth $5,000,000. Carroll was as poor when a young man as was Crokcr himself. Score heavily for tho pipe. Experiments In the Swsh nrray have revenled advan tages In discipline, cheerlness and endur ance among tho Boldlers who smoked on tho march, Sancho Panza Invoked a blessing on the man who Invented sleep, and the Indiana scientist who has discovered & motbod of storing up Runshlne for use in winter will deserve a great many of them If his In vention works. Prof. Payne of the University of Michi gan, in a recent lecture, said bo bad com mitted to memory while following tho plow In his boyhood days Pope's "Essay on Man" and could, If called upon, reclto the whole classic from memory now. The suicide of a Colorado Judge, who lny on the ground with a stick ot dynamlto under him nnd lighted the fuse with tho cigar he was smoking, has put auother weapon into tho hands ot thoso who clam that tho uso of tobacco shortens life. The mother ot the Chicago quadruplets, whoso husband fled, says marriage Is a. fail ure. In this Instance there came first twins, then triplets, then quadruplets nlno bableB In three years. How anyone cbh figure this record as a failure Is a problem passed up to the congress of mothers. The military service Institution ot the Unltod States has awarded the Beaman prize for 1901 ($100 In gold) for the best essay on "The Utilization of Natlvo Troops lu Our Foreign Possessions" to Captain O. D. Rhodes, Sixth United States car- airy, and the essay submitted by Colonel J. W. Powell, U, S. A., was found worthy of honorable mention, Once In a great while a bunch of farmers get a chance to show tholr regard for policemen who Jolly country men as "Rubens" and "hayseeds." A New York policeman, charged with crooked work, so- curod a change of venue from New York City to Albany, expecting In obtain a brand of justice superior to the homo article. He nas not mlstakeu. It took a Jury of farmers only an hour to soak him with a fine of $1,000, with Imprisonment In default of pay ment. The woudrr It they did not tend him , up for llf Let Us Debate Brooklyn Kngl The recent elections have been discussed by the Commoner, It finds consolation In them nowhere. It makes a special effort to break the force of the blow In Nebraska, because In that state the editor of the Com moner made a special effort to provall against bis adversaries. Ilo was signally unsuccessful. As a prophet he Is now without honor In hl own country more particularly. Not only hoa he been twice- repulsed nil along tho national line, but tho commonwealth in which he lives ha treated hint with particular severity. Ilo accounts for It by saying that the repub llcans furnished freo transportation to the voters. That should ho remembered In Nebraska. Thoso who accept a pass In ex change for n vote, tako a bribe. The charga ts that thousands of NebrBSknns sold their votes. Tho Inference Is that thoso who sold their votes would, but for tho sale. have supported the ticket Ilrynn sought to olect. In other words, he Impeaches those who share his views, but who were not honest enough to give expression to them at the polls. It Is a strange bid for con solation. However, there nro fortunately otniTH ways of accounting for what hap pened. There Is no necessity for assuming that wholesolo corruption brought about the result. If the people ot but a single stale had gone to tho polls, tho Common er's explanation might havo been acrepted oy some of tho Commoner's subscribers. but there wcro elections elsowhrrn. Ne braska lined up with other states. That Is to say, It kept Its place In the line. It kept Its faco turned against onn of Its own sons. Us sentence wos a crushing climax. it was withering. It wn the seal upon a condemnation which has almost literally no qualifying feature. Never has It fallen to the lot of n standard hearer to bo so une quivocally and so unlversnlly cold-shouldered. Nor has It ever been the evil for tune of such a mnn to be so Impoverished in explanation. "Surely," says tho Commoner, "no man who earns his living can point to any ad vantage which tho republican party brines or can bring to the masses of tho people," This makes Its appearance In cold type. mat is to sny, It was the outcome of de liberation. Nothing could moro clearly tako the measure of tho writer. Many millions of clllzens of the United States voted for McKlnler. They went to the ballot box as. representatives of tho masses. They largely outnumbered tbnun who voted the other way. There wero few among them who do not earn their own living, A vaBt. majority of them earn their living by mnnual labor. They belong to what tho Commoner calls the masses. They were persuaded that It was safer to vote for McKlnley than to espouse tho cause of I.OOKI.Vn IIACICWAHIl AT FUSION. MpPnnfe Trillium li.n Tf, fl,Hl,...Lu , ... . w -. ... ,..,, , , t iiniuiiini n ui ........ ..wi.i r.1,..,, ,,(t, hht , III l MIIU1IB point to decreasing power nnd Importance. It taker great and righteous principles nnd wise and Just policies to permanently hold together considerable or largo bodies of thoughtful men. Temporary victories may bo won and temporary advantages held for a oeasoti by tho rowards and perquisites of nfflres. hut tllern ran t In tlin mittlrn rtf case nothing permanent lu fusion anything iu eai mo rcpiiDiicauH. ino ucmocraiiu tan is destined to wag tlio dog. vlftlltl in tlln Hmn I h r nnnnla'd Imlnnjtnflnnt and democratic parties fused lu this county the populists cast on the county ticket from sou to Sou votes and tlio democrats cast from 1.".n In 900 vntea. At that ((tun (he popullats wero electing nbout all tho candi dates on their ticket. At the present timo the llttlo vote of tho democrats has grown until tlin nnmillata nnvt venr will nnlv linve ono slmon pure populist In tho courthouse, viz., tne clerk- ot district court, tho iai- nnrn nf lhn roi'nlv officers nrn old-tltno democrats. The same state of affairs holds good over tho stato. Itnatrlnn llemnnriit! Smiie vcnM ncn tho republican party held unquestioned sway In this state. Their great strengtn was ino enusn nf their iinilnlnc. The only flcllt of consequenco that n caiulldnto had to put up was In tho republican convention, nut ino party bceamo so corrupt that tho bettor elo- ment rebelled, and tho result was too or ganization of tho nlllance, which became tho pop movement. This disintegration In th renntillean ranm was very properly en couraged by tho democrats, but instead of standing out and saying "Here, gentlemen, rv hnvn nominated honest men for olllcc, whlln your party hns selected dishonest men; tako your choice," a tow democratic nuinimiioinra llrt nver Into the nan cami) and tried to strengthen the? new organiza tion by nccordlng them nil tlio oiuces anu simply asking democrats to voto tho pop tlrkot. What, we should have done was to win those republicans who bocatno populists to believe In tho principles of democracy ns thi inrrept theorv of Eovcrninent. Instead of that, wo told them that tho eastern domocrats and western republicans wero alike dishonest, and built a bull chip fire that raised a blinding Bmudgc, nnd then nil Joined in a ghost dance, whllo n row ot our If-ml nre nil red medlclno nnd parceled out tho prospective ofllccB among themselves. Instead ot tcnchlng tho pops 10 respect democrats and democratic principles wo aided them la tho formation of n creed that wo did not beltovo In and that they them selves deserted as soon as the crazo for office wore off. Now they have gono back to tho republican party. Kearney Democrat: Several fusion states men, Including Mike Harrington, Kdgar Howard and W. H. Thompson, passed judg ment upon Nebraskn fusion In Tho Omaha neo last week, no two agreeing upon any one proposition, except that n few wheez-cned-breathed, politically knock-kneed and broken-down republican soft-snap hunters had found a profitable stool to sit on around tho public crib. Harrington nnd Thomp son want to continue tho shell gnmo until they locate the ball, but Howard, having tried It along honest democratic lines and "got It" squarely In the neck, Is satisfied that whllo It kept n few republicans out of office, fusion has been a sad ami sorrow ful experiment to tho democratic party. None of theso statesmen have touched tho vital spot. Fusion has not only been a party disorganized hut It never olTcred any thing In return. It did not even havo a sentiment in common with the democratic party. It began llfo with tho sorest nnd hardest-headed class of defunct republican officeholders In the country as loaders and organizers. Theso men started their now organization by heaping vituperation and vilification upon tho domooratlo party and Its admlnlstratlou. They vilified tho dem ocrats ten times to whoro they thought of tbo republicans once. To them Clove land was a hideous ghost, Btnlklng In tho barnyard of prosperity. They built up populism, and then fusion, ou tho political body of Clovoland's administration, when they knew that Cleveland had lahorlted a bad mess from his predocessor nnd made tho very hest out of It. Rut It was demo cratic, and that aulted their purposes, and they mado the most out of It, When Hrynn nnd his followers first thrust fusion upon the democrats In Nebraska In tho person of Holcomb for governor and a scoro of other pops for other Btate offices. It was not done with any political princlpln or political party In view. The conglomera tion had no principle, neither had It ony l party. The only thing It had in view was e (Ino. dent.) Ilrynn. They saw, or thought they saw, an advantage In voting Hgnlnst him. When he says no mnn who earns his living can point to such advantage he makes a thor oughly characteristic statement. It Is a specimen of Dryanlsm, It Is so rankly ridiculous and so ridiculously rank that the difficulty Is to accept It with other than a smile, a smile of sympathy. For Ave years the administration has been In re publican hands. In tho Interval tho masses havo found something to do. They have been paid In money as to value of which they have had no misgivings. Incidentally, they havo been paid more rather than less. It may bo stated as a fact Indisputable that they did not vote to their own dlsndvon Inge. It ennnot be. stated as a fact Indls putable that had Ilrynn been elected, they would havo fared so well. Tho organization of debating societies all over the country Is suggested by the Commoner. It says that a largo amount of educational work must be done, that the large dnllles cannot be relied upon to do It and that It cannot bo done en tirely through tho democratic and popu llstlc weeklies. True enough. The largo dallies cannot be relied upon to do any educatlnnnl work such ns Ilrynn would advocate. They know too much. They know belter than to clamor for tho money of tho Mexicans. They know better than to clamor for the suppression of nil trusts. Bven tho least enlightened of them has discovered that combination, may possibly bo a good thing. Indeed, most of Ilrynn's political Intimates have made the dlKcovery and taken advantage thereof for n consldetntlon. As to expansion, Imperialism, that Is r.i a story that Is told. It Is a fact not only accomplished, but Ir reversible. Its Irreversibility Is now being conceded by even the democratic and popu llstlc weeklies, it Is not out of place, In passing, to quote the prime minister of Knglnnd: "We need such encouragement, for Knglnnd, I believe. Is the only country In which during a great war eminent men write nnd speak publicly ns If they be longed to the enemy." Ills lordship has msde a mistake. He overlooked compara tively recent history In the United States. However, tho debating society suggestion Is excellent. Not that the trusts will ever be suppressed; not that 50 cent will ever sctllo a dollar's worth of Indebted ness In this country; not that expansion Is debatnhle, but that discussion sharp ens the faculties, gives clearer outline to Ideas, enlarges tho vocabulary, strength ens the menial grasp and above nil places llryanlsm still further beyond tho pos sibility of resurrection. Ry all means let us have the societies. "office, salary and provender." Tho move ment met with temporary favor solely bo cause the republican machine hnd beccroo disgustingly corrupt nnd disregarded tho Interests of the stato and of tho pooplo nnd willfully defied tho law, nnd n fooling pre vailed that anything that would dethrone tho machine would bo acceptable. Fusion wns conceived In tho emergency of the situation nnd prevailed. Rut no sooner had the fusion mnchtne which wns simply a klcked-out brunch of tho republican ma chine been Instated In tho statchousn than they, began where the other fellows left off nnd nt tho close of tho Foyntor ad ministration wns as brazen-faced In Its corruption as wns over charged against tho Rill Stout gang, only they wero some what moro sanctimonious In doing It. Had it not been for fusion nnd Its death-dealing effect upon all and everything It has ever touched tho democratic party In Nebraska would today bo In a solid column and ready to face and defeat any political foe that dared to cross swords with it. As It Is, It has no state leader, no stato organization and hut llttlo If any hope for tho future, and all becnuso it was made a tool to satisfy tho pop greed nnd scramble for office by becoming a party to fusion, a thing with out prlnclplo mid an Incoherent mass with out a party name. Until tho party passes Into the hands and Is directed by brains that display honest Intentions and sincerity of purpoio tho ranks of democracy will con tlnuo to grow thinner and weaker and those of tho republicans thicker and stronger. niT.I OF -WASHINGTON l.WV.. l.tchluita of Men nnd Krrn) nt the Xntltinnl Cnpttnl, On November 1 tho Treasury department put Into circulation tho first of Its new issue of $10 buffalo bills. Tho note Is so named because of tho central figure, which Is a largo buffalo, standing In a position as though to charge on nn enemy. It Is the largest single figure ever placed on a treas ury note nnd, nt tho tlmo tho design wns adopted, fear wos expressed by somo that It wns hardly suitable. It has been found that small vignettes nro moro serviceable, as thoy tako up tho Ink mora readily than a largo figure. Although tho buffalo bills havo been In circulation Icsb than four weeks, says tho Rrooklyn Eagle corre spondent, a number of them havo found tholr way back to the treasury for redemp tion, being cither too mutilated, smeared or disfigured for further use. In all nf tho bills thus returned the buf falo has been sadly disfigured. The ex planation for tho short llfo of theso bills Is that thoy were put Into circulation be foro being properly cured. None of th? notes of tho now isauo Is moro than a couple of months old nnd some of them have not been from tho press moro than thirty days. When It Is possible to do so tho treasury officials subject tholr paper currency to n treatment of six months or a year beforo sending them out. That much tlmo Is required to permit the Ink to be come thoroughly absorbed and to let the paper dry out. This Is callod the curing process and It Is a very Important factor In the llfo of a note. Thoro was a great de mand for $10 notes at nbout tho tlmo the now ones came from the Engraving nnd Printing bureau and tho buffalo bills had to go out before they were properly curod. Frank W. RIcknell of Des Moines, Ja., one of tho best known political writers of the west, Is lu Washington. Mr. RIcknell has received an appointment undor the Depart ment of Agriculture to Investigate condi tions In South America, with a view to se. curing Information of value to prospective Investors there. Ho Is accompauled by his wife, who will go south with him. He ex pects to be gone at least ono year and pos sibly two years. "Whou I left lies Moines," said Mr. Rick nell to a Washington Post reporter, "Rep resentative Hull wns very 111 nnd I under stand It Is doubtful If ho will be here for the opening ot congress. Ilo was taken sick early In tho fall with some sort of lung trouble, but was well on tho way to re covery until ho went outdoors to vote. This brought on n rolapse and he has been In a serious condition since. "Ido not bollovo the claims of the anti Hull men that tho captain will have such a hard fight on his hands for ronnmlnatlon next spring. Ho Is opposed by Judgo Prouty of tho district bench or Des Moines, who has quite a following, hut I think thi Prouty men nre more noisy than numerous. In my opinion Prouty doesn't stand one chance In a thouannd. Many of the friends of Mr. Cummins, tho newly elected gov ernor, aro opposed to Hulb and, as Cum mins carried Des Molnci .and Polk county by a big majority, they llguro that a Cum mins cnndldato for representative can do the samo thing. This Is where they nro mistaken, for many of Mr. Cummins stnnchest supporters nro Hull men." If President JIcKlnley's portrait Is put on ono of tho postage stamps of this coun try, as dispatches from Washington hao said Is likely to be dono lu caso tho Post ofllco department brings out a new Issue, his portrait will bo the .ninth of a presi dent to be used In that way. As the regular series of stamps, excluding thn Columbian, Transmlsslsslppl nnd Pan American exposition Issues, has now been In circulation with only slight changes In water marks and the like since 1890, n change of somo sort Is expected, soon by philatelists. Kvcr since Undo Sam's postoftlcn began making stamps, In 1847 or thereabouts, tho face of Washington has nppenred on one of tho stamps lu ovory regular Issuo nnd with a sjuglo exception bn a stamp of low value and general use. Ronjamln Frank lin's faco has always adorned postage stamps of low value and has thus becomo familiar to people who send or recclvo letters ever since 1SIT. Presidents other than Washington whoso faces have appeared on tho stumps nro Jefferson, Jackson, MnColn, (Inrfleld, Ornnt, Madison nnd Taylor. Of tho stomps of higher values tho S-cent stamp now hears Sherman's plcturo, tho 10 cent Webster's, tho lfj-cent Clay's, tho .10 cent Jefferson's, tho fiO-cent Jefferson's, tht $1 stamp Perry's, the $2 Mndlson'g and tho $5 Marshall's, Mr. Gorman will meet with a wnrm recep tion when he takes his seat In the senats next March, says a letter to tho New York Tribune. No matter how much they may criticise tho politician, no matter bow dls tasteful his methods niny ho, Uormnn, the man, Is wnrmly liked by his former col leagues In tho upper houso of congress, whero he began life as a pngo moro than half n century ago. In those early days the political ambition of the future senator from tho stato of Maryland was born, tho profession, which ho hnd tho opportunity to study from tho tnsldo, appealed to him and he made castles In Spain wherein ho dreamed of hlmsolf ns a Rreat senator clap ping his hands to some small hoy to como nnd do his bidding. Young Gorman pro posed, however, to go west and carve out his fortune. Thoro seemed to him no pros pect of advancement In his native state, and he piled up his pennies with a hopn corns day of making a career on tho other sldo ot tho Alleghnnles. Ho would doubtless havs carried out his Intention had ltr not been for tho counsel of Stephen A. Douglas, wha took a deep Interest In tho boy. "Stay In your own stato," ho said, "study politics, and como back to the sonatn somo day; Id Is a simpler mntter than It senms." Ths advice of tho "I.ltUo Giant" decided htm. Young Gorman remained In Maryland, which state, his opponents say, ho has tlmo and again carried In his lnstdo pocket, doing nB ho choso with Its pooplo nnd. Its for tunes. Seriously, his personal Influcnco can hardly bo overestimated. "I wont to thu senator," said ono of his followers, discuss. Ing tho recent election In Maryland, "to protest ngnlnst a measure which ho was advocating. I was violently opposed to II. and believed when I sought him out that nothing could alter my opinion. Mr. Gor man listened to me with tho greatest cour tesy nnd let havo my say without uttering a word until I had exhausted all my argu ments. Kven then ho snld very little, very, very little, nnd how tho llttlo ho did sny made mo alter my whole point of vlow t have novcr been able to understand." WITITTIjKD TO A I'OINT. Philadelphia Press: "What lovely black eyes alio has." ' "Yes; hereHltary." "Ah! I supposo her mother" . "No, her father. Ho was a pugilist." New York Sun: "It's n. small village." "So tmiall thoy cnll a shop a store"" "Oh, smaller than that. They call n, storo an emporium." Chicago Tribune: The guide was showing him the big trees. "This ono," hb snld, "Is supposed to bn nbout 2.0CM) years old." "Whut ii twentieth century club It would niakol" commented tho professor. Pittsburg Chronlnlor Mrs. G..ddl-My husbaud'H so slipshod. JIIh buttons are for over coming off. Mrs. Qoodo (severely) Perhaps they are not sewed on properly. Mrs. Oaddlo That's Just IL He's nwfnllv caroleBs ubout his sowing. Rrooklyn Eagle: Mr. Newlywed (solicit ously) And how do you get along with the butcher, lovo? Mrs. Nowlywed Oh, splendidly. TIo It such a Konerous man. MorUmer, When I order a four-pound roast ho always scnd.i ono weighing six or seven. Chlcnfco Post: "No, It wasn't n. inarrlagn for love. It was frfinply ono of. conven ience, and thoy'ro tired of It already." "How do you know?" . "I nuked her whero they, spent their honeymoon, and she said they hadn't had any honeymoon It wns all glucose." Indianapolis News: "I maintain," she said, raising her volco, "thnt thn old and oft repeated nsscrtlon that women talk moro than men has no foundation what ever In fact!" "Then why," asked th mnn tn the cbsis "Is our common languago universally called tho 'mother tonguo?' " Chlnngo Trlbuno: "It seems to me," ex postulated thn traveler, "you charge an awfully high figure for a rldo across your ilttlo Isthmus." "Hut whoro will you find Another rail way," argued tho tlrkot seller at Colon, "that affords such a flno vlow, of a revolu tion from the car windows?" Yonkers Ktntcsmuu: "I'm getting n llttlo suspicious of our bookkeeper," t.ald onn of tho partners to tho other. "You are?" said tho surprised one. "Yes; I'm afraid thoro'a something crooked with bin books." "What In tho world gave you that. Idea.?" "Whv. yesterday a band of music passed the office and the bookkeeper never left his desk for a moment to look out of thn window I" Till! SONG OF TIIK .SF.TTf.KSIKNT. H, A. Rashford lu London Spectator. I sing a song of tho West land. Though how shall a Hong but; fall To capture the blue horizons That swallow the pralrlo trail! And how shnll letters and paper Imprison tho breadth of life! '.inoy Know, wno iravei ma prairie, Who know tho song of Us ntr!f Thn shouting nights, when thn blizzard Is reeling across tho plain, The lazy hum of thn west wind At play with thu gleaming grain. The sigh of the sleeping grassland To thn low-hung golden moon, Tho song of th waving wheat tops Ablnzn with tho crown of noon. The low hoarse voice, of tho hunter, Ills oyea, nnd their warning gleam, Thnt creep In moccaslned sllonce, Tho old log-trail to the stream. The sudden rap of tho rifle, Tho fall of a startled moose, The day-long wiili and at evening Thn songs lu tho old enbooso. Tho glint ot snow through tho shadows, Tho echo of sharpened steel, The crack of tho falling timbers, The poplar's earthward reel.- Thn ring of sleighs on thn home-trnll, The glimmer of lights afar, The glow of thn shanty firelight, The gleam of tho evening star. The wall of wolves In tho darkness, Thn chlldron's sung lu thn lUtht, The large sweet grip of tho diiVtlme, Thn awe of thn great deep night, Hut how shall letters nnd papor Hrlng aught of Its llfo to you, Tim fruitless toll of tho many, Tho scant sucochH of thn few; Thn hopes and fears of thn prnlrln, Its word to thn sons of men; Nay, how should a volumn hold-It, Inscribed with a human pen? t I