i r ELECTION RESULTS. OFF YEAR BUT REPUBLICANS CAME OUT WELL. Xew York T. Lost to Good Gorcrnmout bat Ohio and Maryland Stand Well la Lina with The Republican!—Tariff 'duet High Enough. (Washington Letter.) Much more interest has been mani fested this year in elections than is usual at any time other than in presi dential elections. Off-years in politics, with a Repub lican President in the white house, rlo not as a rule favor Republican success, but the Republican party in the great contests which have been waged in several states have well ’withstood the reaction which always follows a presi dential victory at the polls. The light ' has been jtrong and bitter, and while both heavy losses as well as satisfac tory gains are seen, the Republicans here feel in a good frame of mind over the result. The general result is looked upon as a vindication of iho causo of sound money and an uphold ing of the administration. New York, where was the most con centrated light, through division in the Republican ranks, has been handed over to the control of Tammany and the management of that city will shortly undergo a radical change. Out side of New York, where the fighting was bitter to an extreme, the state of Ohio furnished the most exciting and important campaign. In that state the fight was fierce and the methods of 12% cents per ounce. This companj operates immense copper and lead mines and the 6tlrer extracted from the ore, is;produced at a much less cost than in most- mines which produoe sil ver exclusively. The Anaconda mine of 'Montana, which by the way is owned by British capitalists, is a copper mine, but the ore contains a large per cent of silver. Last year the mine paid a profitable dividend through its copper production, and yielded in addition 0,000,000 ounces of silver, which, of course, was all net profit. GEO. H. WILLIAMS../ Increase in Sheep ,Vainer. The difference in the value of sheep under free-trade and protection is shown in the results of an assignee’s sale of the estate of Thomas McElroy, a farmer in Jefferson county, Ohio, who had given particular attention to sheep husbandry. This sale took place In October, 1394, a few weeks after the passage of the Wilson bill, and the animals offered were all fine black-top merinos. The files of the Ohio "State Journal” show that forty ewes were Bold for G9 cents each, 30 lambs for 20 cents each, and one registered buck for SO cents. Other lots chosen from the flock sold at similar prices, and all were line merino sheep. "Secretary Miller of the State Board of Agriculture,” says the Piqua “Dis patch,” "is authority for the statement that today ewes of the same grade are worth $3 to $4 each, lambs $2 to |2.50, and registered bucks from $15 to $25. A few days ago the Insurance Associa tion of Medina county made an allow ance of $2 each for common breed lambs. This is what the Republicans A TEN STRIKE) ALL DOWN! dirty. Every possible abuse was aimed at Senator Hanna, whose confirmation for the Republican vote singled him out as a target for Democratic orators and methods. There Is no doubt as to how the State would have voted had the question been simply a vote on Re publican principles, and the McKinley administration. But a number of lo cal matters came into the fight In whose Interest national Issue were lost to a large extent. The turbulence of the coal strike had barely subsided when Bryan’s fierce , speeches arraying class against class again started It into action. The great play of John McLean to become United States senator poured money in to the state. In Cleveland and Cincin nati there were factional splits, owing to local matters, all tending to decrease .the normal Republican majority; yet Jtotwlthstahding all these things Ohio elected a Republican governor rad will elect a Republican senator, thus giving her a solid Republican repre sentation in the senate tor the first time in many years, prior to Senator Hanna’s appointment by Governor V-:. . M' - . $ r ' |S's ..'V' mts ,1^0 £' ^ v, .‘if rk'-.-. ' ■ - v t£^-' r §i€ H: ■ t ■' M^.v’ ’4‘ •; In Maryland tha light was only a lit* tip less determined and the interest hut slightly less. Gorman was defeat ed In his very stronghold, Baltimore city. Maryland also will have a dou ble Republican representation In the senate tor the first time in history. i._jj On the whole, while the Democrats profess Jubilance and satisfaction- at having carried New York city, they are really sorely disappointed at their failure to capture the legislatures of both Maryland and Ohio. It Is stated eel good authority that It was the in . tentlon of the Ohio legislature, in case U had been Democratic, to immediate ly proceed to redlstrlct the entire state In such manner as to give the Demo crats in the next congress at least eight or ten members from that state. But that little patriotic scheme was knocked in the head by the Republic an voters of the Buckeye state. Treasury reports show a considerable growth In the Internal revenue receipts which is due to two causes, the Im provement In business and the Increase In certain taxes. The combined re ceipts from the customs and internal revenue will not probably for some two or three months equal the expendi tures of the government, but the one' Is: steadily climbing up on the other, astd that result will be reached early In the new year. Dong before the law shall have been In operation one year It will be producing a surplus Instead of a deficit Democratic editors and others are making their usual howls about the Ptngley deficit, but the dif ference between the Wilson deficit .and the Dlngley deficit, |s that In the .present case nobody Is at al! alarmed. The shortage Is believed by everybody to be Merely temporary and the gold reserve Js meanwhile piling up. - Reports recently received show that silver in many places, notably New South Wales, Is produced at a cost of fig cents per ounce and less. The Broken Hill Company of New South Wales has tor the past five years been ' ^nttlng silver on tbs market at a cost r'l-y'. , :V."i li have accomplished by a restoration of the tariff on wool." In April, 1896, there were 2,633,410 sheep owned In the state of Ohio, In Texas 2,911,993 in California 2,739,967, in Oregon 2,486.247. in Montana 2,969, 667, In New Mexico 2,695,662, In Utah 1,902,516, in Michigan 1,438,891, in Wy oming 1,296,134, in Colorado 1,258, 378, and In all the states and territor ies the total sheep owned was 36,464, 405. Allowing an average gain of $2 per head In the market value of ewes, lambs and bucks, as contrasted with the prices realized at the assignee's sale in October, 1894, the total addition to the wealth of the country from this source alone amounts to $72,928,810. Twin Comrades of Calamity. "For the first quarter of the present fiscal year the deficit Is $29,000,000, and It would have been even more had not the people consumed more alcoholic spirits than usual and run the internal revenue receipts up a tew millions. If, however, the increase in the consump tion of liquor continues to expand at tjie same rate, the Republican party will have the profound gratification of seeing the people drink the deficit out of existence. This can hardly be re garded as a victory for temperance, but as long as it Is a Republican tri umph, what’s the odds?—Memphis Commercial. Thlg sour old Bourbon ought to find comfort In the reflection that as a rule free trade gets Ha biggest vote In the localities where the largest quantities of whisky are consumed, and protection thrives best where modera tion and temperance abide. The with drawal from bonded warehouses of spirits used In manufactures and the arts will, however, account In great part for tne Increase of receipts from internal revenue. Manufactures and the arts have been the first to feel the impulse of prosperity. Then, too, the consumption of light wines and beer always Increases In good times. Pr'unk enness and pauperism go together, twin comrades of free trade. Walt DtMNd Women. “America, which r.■;* ■'A.... SEE HERE, MR. BRYAN DO YOU FIND ANY COMFORT '/?■ IN THESE FIGURES? Why the Democrats of Ohio Hate Han na-—The “Trlunes” in Kansas Threat ened With Disintegration by a New Political Force—lVhat the Iowa Elec tion Means. Not i Rebake to McKinley. Chicago Inter Ocean: There are those who seem to regard decrease in the vote in Republican states in oil years as peculiar to this year 1897. They strive to create the Impression that in some way the falling off in the vote in Ohio and other states is a rebuke to, or a reflection on, the Mc Kinley administration. In an edi torial published yesterday we showed the record of Ohio in off years since 1861, but even this record is not ex ceptional. Indiana is the type of close states, and the record of the votes in that state is more courious even than that in Ohio. In 1860 Indiana gave Lincoln a plurality of 23,524 over Douglas and elected a legislature republican in both branches. In 1862 the state gave a democratic plurality of 9,543 and the legislature elected that year had a democratic majority on Joint ballot of 30. In 1864, Governor Morton, repub lican had a plurality of 20,189. The legislature was a tie in the senate, with a republican majority of 19 in house. In 1866 the republicans carried the state by 14,202. In the legislature the republicans had a majority of 32 on joint ballot. In 1868 Baker, repub lican candidate for governor, had a plurality over Hendricks of 961. In November of the same year Grant, for president,, had a majority of 9,572 over Seymour. The legislature had a republican majority of 16 in the sen ate and 14 in the house. In 1870 the democratic plurality in the state was 2,864. The legislature was democratic, with a majority of 2 in the senate and 6 in the house. In 1872 Hendricks, democratic can didate for governor, was elected by a majority of 1,148. In November of the same year Grant had a majority over all other candidates of 21,090. The legislature was republican by a majority of 12 on joint ballot. In 1847 the pendulum swung the other way and the democrats had a majority of 17,252 and had 16 majority on joint ballot in the legislature. In 1876 Wil liams, democratic candidate for gov ernor, had a plurality of 5,084. The legislature was republican by a ma jority of 6 on Joint ballot. In 1878 the democratic plurality in the state was 14,000. ThS legislature was a mix ture. In the senate there were 24 dem ocrats, 23 republicans and 3 nationals. In the house there were 50 democrats, 39 republicans and 11 nationals. In 1880 Porter, republican candi date for governor, had a plurality of 6,953. Garfield for president had a plurality of 6,641. The republicans had a majority of 15 on joint ballot in the legislature. In 1882 the dem ocratic plurality in the state was 10, 924. In the legislature the democrats had a majority of 22 on joint ballot. In 1884 the democrats had a plurality of 7,392 on governor and 6,512 on president. In the legislature the dem ocrats had a majority of 46 on joint ballot. In 1886 the republican plu rality in the state was 3,324. The democratic majority in the legislature was reduced to 2. In 1888 the repub lican plurality on governor was 2,200. Harrison’s plurality for president was 2,382. The democratic majority in the legislature on joint ballot was 36. In 1890 the democratic plurality on secretary of state was 19,579. . The democrats had a majority in the legis lature on joint ballot of 66. In 1892 the democratic plurality in the state was 7,125. The legislature was demo cratic by a majority of 46 on joint ballot. In 1894 the republicans had a plurality of 44,673. The legislature was republican by a majority of 77 on joint ballot. In 1896 McKinley’s plu rality in the state was 18,181. In the legislature the republicans had 85 votes on joint ballot, the democrats 53, and people's party 11. The repub lican majority over all was 21. This is the record of Indiana for thirty-six years, and it illustrates the changes in the popular vote in a close state. The year after a presidential election is for either party the off year, with large probalities of dan ger. Next year there may be no swing of the pendulum in Indiana and the republican plurality of 1896 may stand. Why Th«y Halo Hanna. Iowa Register: It is funny, but every democratic paper in the country is for defeating Mark Hanna for the senate. The trouble with Mary Han na is that under him the Bryan move ment was defeated. We believe in standing by the men under whose management the republican party wins its victories. Parties are ever ready to tear down the managers. It is one of the strange tendencies of politics. The process is something like this: The whipped opposition begins to abuse the chairman of the winning party. It refers to him as a bad man, ag a man who buys and sells votes. After, while the chairman is called up on to use his influence with the presi dent, cr the governor. When he is not successful they begin to join in the opposition chorus and the first thing we know the party which had the benefit of the services of the chair-. man is divided as to his real deserts. We have watched the process more than once. The Register believes in standing by the leadership and the management of a party. Without such leadership or management to direct to the one end all the forces of a cam paign, we can not hope to win vic tories. When the victories have been won we are in' favor of building up the leaders and managers rather than tearing them down. That is why we take a personal and newspaper in terest in the campaign of Mr. Hanna. He ought to be allowed to win his seat in the United States senate. The wishes of the president alone ought to be sufficient guide for the republicans of Ohio. A Mew Party la Kanuw. New Tork Sun: In Kansas they i call the combination of populists, sil ver republicans and democrats the | "Triune" party. It seems that the Triunes are threatened with disin tegration by a new political force. Kansas has about as many political forces as gophers. The last is the so cialist party, which is forming in the southeastern counties. It promoters say that the populists are old fogies who don’t know what they want, and the democrats and silver republicans will not be able to hang together long enough to accomplish any reform. Therefore the socialists have put a new organization into the field, and invite the radical spirits of the Triune party to join them. A great many clubs have been formed, It is said, in southeastern Kansas, which is the populist stronghold. The inference is that the socialists are recruited chief ly from the populiBt ranks, which is not surprising when we know that the populists have fallen foul of one an other over the spoils of oflice, that the last legislature was much too con servative to suit the middle-of-the road, or Tom Watson brand, and that such leaders as Simpson and Pefter are not so canorous for reform as they used to be. Simpson, indeed, is suspected of democracy. The heart less fashion in which Breldenthal is lifting mortgages from 40,000 happy homes has also outraged the feelings of the dyed-in-the-wool populist. Hence the itch to form a party to ex ploit the old isms and invent new ones. Populist leaders confess to being alarmed by the steady growth of the new political force. If not checked it will be the doom of fusion. “The pop ulist party.” said one of its officehold ers the other day, “grew out of a smaller scare than that.” Jerry Sim pson, guide, philosopher and friend to the people’s party, bids it be of good cheer. He snifTs at the new political force. “There are two conflicting ele ments in the populist party today,” says Jerry. “One is the con servative men who believe in indi viduality, the other is the socalistic element that wants to found a model government. They forget that a mod el government must rest on a model citizenship. We have not secured that as yet. The socialistic ideals are based on the Lord’s prayer and the sermon on the Mount. With the Lord behind both of these, in 1,800 years’ time the world has not been captured, anfcl the outlook now is such as would tend to discourage an am bitious man. It appears to a survival of the Attest, although the fittest may not be the best. If the struggle were between the coyote and the chicken, the chicken, although possessing mer it, would get the worst of it. Social ism will not do yet.” The latter part of Simpson’s monologue is mystify ing. Does he mean that he despairs of populism himself, and that, weary of being a chicken, he has resolved to become a coyote? A man who gets as much fun out of life as Jerry does and rides on free passes is certainly no chicken. Flofah the Calculation. The Chicago Tribune fails to find that the Nebraska election returns af forded Mr. Bryan any substantial ground for self congratulation. “The vote this year,” it shows, “exceeds by 13.000 the vote cast in Nebraska in any other oil year. In 1891 Judge Post received an aggregate of 76,447 votes; in 1893 Judge Harrison received 72, 032; in 1895 Judge Norval received 79, 291. These were all republican nom inees. This year Judge Post, the republican nominee for su preme ■ Judge, received a vote which exceeds 90,000, or . nearly 14,00#taofe than was ever cast in Ne braska for a republican candidate for supreme judge. In 1893 the combined opposition to the republican ticket mustered 109,568 out of 181,600, while in 1895 the opposition to the republi can nominees mustered 103,625 out of 182,900. This year the fusion candi date has received 103,000, and the com bined opopsition vote will not exceed 106.000 out of a total of 196,000.” The Tribune finds these statistics of a rather discouraging nature to the followers of Bryanism. The republi cans were beaten by the treasury scandal, which was an incident in no way connected with the silver issue. Add that item to the calculation, and it will be seen that the result is even less comforting to the silverites than the Tribune indicates. Easy as Rolling Off a Log. Lincoln Journal: In case of an ex tra session of the pop legislature, the Journal suggests that a little nerv* will save that body considerable worry. They fired seven or eight re publicans bodily out of the legislature last winter to get a two-thirds ma jority, but even then they couldn’t do much cussedness of the few republi cans left, who managed to defeat some of their most wholesome measures, especially the recount of the vote on the constitutional amendment. The thing to do is to consider the report of the old committee on elections and unseat the rest of tfce republicans. It is as easy as falling off a log. Wbat thr Iona Election Means. Denison Review: Thirty, thousand plurality in an off year is a very com* fortable margin. This verdict gives little encouragement to the democrats, but next year they will come up smil ing and will claim with the same im pudence that they will carry Iowa. They do not believe it themselves, but they delude themselves with the hope that others may believe it. They will again pile layers of lies on top of each other. Being without principle of any description, they thrive on ignorance and superstition. The reason why Leslie M. Shaw was so villainously assailed was first be cause he was the accredited flag bear er. In times of war the color sergeant with the' regimental flag always con centrates the enemy’s fire. The other reason for the uncalled for abuse arose from pure envy, because one of their fellow-citizens was about to be elevated to a great historic place, which they vainly tried to reach. Dis appointed ambition is a motive for great bitterness. Hon. L. M. Shaw has great oppor tunities and possibilities. Two years hence the pitiful stories which as sailed him this year will be in the waste baskets, and new ones will have to be invented. The old black horse, with his good horse sense—more sense than some traducers had—and the Woodruff cow will not be in the pro cession. ANSWERS COMING IN. The Effort that Is Making to Secure the Next Meeting of the National Educa tional Association at Omaha—Getting New Members for the Nebraska Educa tional Association. .COUNTIES SOUNDED ON PEARSE PROPOSITION. BMpontei Coni Ins In. The Nebraska members of the na tional educational association, says a Lincoln dispatch, made a pledge to the executive committee that if the next meeting of the association would be held in Omaha during the exposi tion, this state would furnish 1,500 members to the association. To this end the state superintendent has writ ten letters to all the present and in coming county superintendents of the state, asking them to sign a condi tional pledge to become members of the association, and to each pay in on or before the first day of April, 1898, the membership fee of $2, in case the meeting comes to Omaha. Blanks were also sent to the superintendents of all the high schools for the signa tures of the teachers who'were will ing to help bring the meeting to Omaha during the exposition. In his letter Mr. Jackson states that each member will be entitled to a copy of the proceedings in book form, the vol ume being worth more than the mem bership fee. Although the letters were sent out only three days ago, the re- t sponse are already coming in and there is every indication that the pledge made to the committee will be ^ fulfilled without trouble. The meet ing of the committee to decide upon the location of the'1 next association meeting will be held some time next month. It is estimated that if the " association comes to Omaha over 12, 000 members will attend. Held Up at Hay Spring:*. Hay Springs dispatch: A holdup occurred early this evening about five miles southwest of here. The bandits were two women and one man, mounted on horses. The victim was Mr. Klinglesmidt, a farmer from Wy oming. He had sold out recently and by wagon was on his way overland to St. Joseph, Mo., with some $800 on his person. He first encountered two Women riding horseback. Both had veils over their faces, but did not ’ look suspicious. To his surprise, an order was given of hands up with four revolvers pointed at him. He obeyed without any attempt at resistance. Presently he received a blow from behind, causing him to fall from the, wagon. He was then beaten into in sensibility by a man who was in hid ing behind a haystack close by. When Mr. Klinglesmidt regained his senses the. money was missing, and he saw tbj robbers riding at great speed in > a westerly direction. A Great Tear for Nebraska. In an interview Edward Cudahy of the Cudahy Packing company of Omaha asserted that there are more , cattle and hogs being fed in Nebraska^ at the present time than ever befor^. He says that next year more fine catV tie and hogs will be sent out of Ne-^*-. braska to the Chicago and Omaha markets than the cattle men of the west ever dreamed of, and he makes his calculations from figures which he has. received from every precinct in the state of Nebraska during the last two months. Mr. Cudahy expects a greater in crease in the line of sheep this season than in cattle and hogs. He estimates that 5,000,000 sheep are be ing fed in Nebraska right now. That is 3,000,000 above the average. Most of these sheep are in large bunches They are sent into Nebraska because the winters are milder and the loss consequently lighter. Did Not Appoint Him. Governor Holcomb received a . communication from the adjutant of Phil Kearney post. Grand Army of the Republic, of South Omaha, and Inclosed with It was a resolution adopted by that post condemning Comandant Fowler of the soldiers snd sailors’home at Milford for the alleged order prohibiting the hanging of Mc Kinley’s picture in the commandant’s office at the home, and condemning the governor for the acts of Fowler, on the ground that Fowler was ap- i pointed by the governor. In reply to i this the governor has sent a letter 1 to the adjutant of Phil Kearney post • | in which he calls attention to the fact that he did not appoint the com mandant. He adds, however, that he has no doubt p.s to the competency of Comandant Fowler as an officer. lowifc 2t1ak«‘fi Selection. The Iowa exposition commission has selected the site for its state •'im position building. It will stand about midway between the Nebraska build ing and Sherman avenue, fronting the latter. The Montana building will be located near it, but a little to the north and nearer the viaduct ever Sherman avenue. The assertion that, the Iowa commission reached a satis- 4 factory agreement with the executive ^ committee in relation to the charge of space for the state building is denied. Aid fop Soldi*™’ Homes, Governor Holcomb has received from ~ Ihe general treasurer of the National Home for Disabled Veteran's society a check for $5,042.50, the apportion ment for the two soldiers' homes in Nebraska, being a part of the appro priation made by the general govern ment. Of this the Grand Island home, with 156 inmates, receives $3,900, and the Milford home, with 66 Inmates, re ceives $1,142.50. . *i * Fonnd tbo Tre»«nri* While tearing down the front of E. H. Goerke’s building at Sterling tha , other day a paper was found that stat ed that a treasure was hidden some where in that front. A dilligent search was instituted and after several days of quite work on E. H.’s part, exam- Al ining every crevice and crack and *} aperture, he found the treasure, which was hidden in two places, securely —»* wrapped in paper. Great was his joy when, unwrapping the papers, he found two pennies that had been placed there when the building was . erected. He th’nks there is more and « ■till keeps on looking. —