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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.
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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?
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