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QUIET roigna on the Minnocadusa.
WitKN will somebody sit on Sittiii |
Bull ?
IK the golden lexicon of the combine
a public ofllco Is n private snap.
CirAVFKU'gpolitical fences aromaklnr
largo ilruftsonnolghboringlumbor piles
JUDGI : CALDWULli iiiscrtoil an Arkan
Baa toothpick in court customs here
abouts and filled the bar with wild die
nmy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IN about ton days Iho political t'ribo
of Omaha will indulge in a ghost dance
with the council combine in the loadinj
rolo.
POLITICS , it is said , makes strang <
bodfollows. The repudiated colonels am
tlio independent loaders nro now lyiiij
together. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIJKRB are strong indications that ;
disastrous cold wave will rage along th
line of the Union Pacific within the nex
ton .
days. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A DECIDED fall in temperature i
need to keep the wires to the seat of wa
from moltincr under the heat of report
of prospective slaughter.
PUICSIDENT DEI'KW'S pronounce
loining for Blaine and reciprocity is th
latest proof of Chnuncoy's nullity i
keeping abreast of the hand wngon.
DKFKATKD republican congressmo
are conspicuously mentioned for succes
sors to homesick toroign ministers. Bu
why emphasize a statesman's humilit
tion by feending him into exile ?
BRITISH humor is over grim. Baifou
has had Dillon and O'Brien tried , cor
vietcd nnd "sent to jail. " Meanwhil
these worthies are making stum
Bpeeches in the free , pure air of Amcrict
SIDNKV DILXON says ho is not to b
president of the Union Pacific. Peopl
acquainted with his general charactc
will therefore bo convinced that ho wi
accept that position nt next week's ' moo
ing. _ . . . _ _
Mils. POTT.EnPAr.5lER was made prei
idont of the board of lady managers <
tlio world's fair after a caucus of th
southern members. Even the women <
the south imbibe politics from thoi
native air.
THE anxiety of Davis for ro-olectlon
not inspired by n soul-stirring zeal fa
the public interests. It is absolute !
necessary to maintain a monopoly ofcit ;
waterworks , street railway and gas con
pany joba for the firm of Davis & Co.
Tur.HE is one corporation bigger the
thnt which has bought up the railroac
in Wall street. It is the government i
the United States , and if it decides 1
make a certain gigantic purchase a
other customers will have to stand bacl
Fou the good of the country und tli
safety of the troops , it is hoped the con
innnding oNcers will kcop the cnstot
war correspondents well in the roar <
the marching columns. Too much frosl
ness at the front is sulllclont provocatlc
for an uprising. The untutored savaj
draws the line nt tendorfeot.
MR. CLEVELAND says ho cannot undo
fitand why , if reciprocity with Soul
America is a good thing , free trade wil
Great Britain wouldn't also bo n go <
thing. The only miswor to bo made
this brilliant suggestion is that thoi
nro apparently a great many things th :
Mr. Cleveland can't undoi-stand.
IT WAS nil right for Burrows ,
crs & Co. to organize Iho Alliance , a
minister oaths , bulldoze the mouibo
and suppress Independence of action , b
it was all wrong for business men at
bankers and the advocates of person
liberty to organize in defense of the
own interests nnd these oftho state.
Tin : published "grounds" upon whit
tlio "independent people's" contest wj
bo conducted indicates that the dl
tlngulbhcd forger and thumper , Joh
eon , has boon taken to the bosom of tl
independent leaders. An alliance me
could not have penned pucli a colloutic
- of wild assertions and downright fabric
tlons.
wnr.nn ttEcwnocirr WOULD nnir.
Ono ot the speakers at the annual
banquet of the Now York chamber of
commerce a fo\r \ days ago remarked that
recent events had developed n peril
suspected but never felt. This exists in
the hundreds of millions of railroad
stocks and bonds which wo soil to
Europe. Whllo the brondstuffs , pro
visions , llvo stock , cotton and other com
modities which wo soil to Europeans
bring a return of money or its equiva
lent , which pays the expenses of our
farming1 , opens now fields to the plow ,
gives us capital for business , and in
creases our national wealth , the railroad
stocks nnd bonds that go to Europe bring
no such return. The money they repre
sent , remarked the speaker , goes into
roadbed nnd rolling stock , and by no
process can bo turned again into cash ,
Suddenly the foreign money markets
are struck by a financial cyclone , as they
wore a week ago , and under the stress of
a severe exigency they pour upon ' us im
avalanche of our stocks and' bonds.
Tlicso are not available to moot their
obligations and they must realize on
them. They represent the credit of. our
great railroad system , with its capi
talization of eight thousand millions of
dollars , nnd wo must protect them
if possible. Such a test wo
hnvo had within the past
few weeks and it was a very eovcro one ,
but it has been successfully mot , domon-
fctratlng the strength of our financial sit
uation and the soundness of our credit.
But the experience forcibly suggests
what is possible to hnppon should a se
rious and prolonged disturbance in the
linunciul centers of Europe flood our
markets with n mass of securities which
wo had not the ability to immediately
take cnro of. Then would ensue a severe
contraction of values which might have
tlio effect to suspend the business of the
country and bring about bankruptcy and
ruin. It is a tremendous power , more
formidable for injury than armies and
navies , which the foreign jiolders of our
railroad stocks and bonds possess , and
however small" may bo tlio danger of
Its exorcise wo have just had evidence
that there is such danger.
It will bo averted ns wo become rich
enough to absorb our own securities and
to rely upon our own resources for our
own development , and tliis must come
from enlarging the area of the markets
for our surplus products. The attain
ment of this is what is contemplated by
reciprocity among the nations of all
America. That policy might never
result in making us wholly inde
pendent of Europe commercially
ana financially , but it would
undoubtedly In time render us compara
tively so and certainly to an extent that
would place us beyond the reach of any
such danger as wo have just"escaped. .
It Is considerations of this nature that
are commending the idea of reciprocity
to the intelligent judgment of the coun
try. It contains the promise not only
of great commercial expansion , from
which every interest of our people will
derive benefit , but of ultimate compara
tive freedom from conditions which nt
present nro not altogether to our advan
tage. The practicability of the policy
is yet to bo demonstrated. The fact
that there are many nnd great difficul
ties in the way of its consummation is
well understood by Its most earnest ad
vocates. But in the promise it holds
out of solving some serious problems
touching our future prosperity It fully
merits all the consideration it is receiv
ing from statesmen and the people.
TUB ACTUAL CI110UL.ITIQX.
The report of-the treasurer of the
United States for the fiscal year ending
Juno 30 last gives the actual clrculatior
at that tlmo , being the stock loss the
amount In the treasury , as in rount !
numbers one billion four hundred and
forty-three million dollars. This makes
a. circulation per capita , calling the pop
ulatlon sixty-three million , which h
slightly more than tlie . census figures
of about twenty-three dollars nt the beginning
ginning of last July. But if there ii
added the money in the treasury at tht
close of the last fiscal year , the grcatoi
part or all of which might become avail
able at any time for actual circulation
the total is in round numbers two bill
Ion , one hundred and seventy railllor
dollars , giving n per capita of ovoi
thirty-four dollars.
According to the report there was nr
increase in the stock of gold and silvoi
of fifty-eight million dollars nnd a con
traction of twenty-six million , in the vol
ume of national bank notes , the not in
crease ia the aggregate supply of mono
for the year being thirty-two mlllioi
dollars. The retirement of banlc note :
continues. The latest monthly statement
mont by the comptroller of the currency
showed the amount of national currency
roncy secured by bonds outstand
ing at the end of lust October t <
bo in round numbers ono hundred ani
twenty-four million dollars , the not decrease
crease in that portion of the clrculatioi
which la secured by bonds having bcei
for twelve months five million dollars
But there has been a vo'ry much greatoi
reduction in that portion of the circula
tion whioh has boon , surrondored.am
the bonds to secure which have bgoi
withdrawn upon dosposit with the trcna
ury of lawful money for tlio rcdomptioi
of the notes , this reduction for the twolvi
months amounting to over thlrty-oni
million dollars , the dccreaso during October
tobor being two million six hundret
thousand dollars. It thus appears tlm
until the now silver law wont into offec
the retirement of national bank note
rather more than offset tlio additions t
the circulation from the issue of silvo
certificates. Since the now law bccam
operative there 1ms been an increase o
tno circulation to the extent of a llttl
over two million dollars a month , am
this maybe expected to continue. Thet
is about twenty-five million dollars o
bank currency secured by the four nn <
one-halt per cent bonds duo next September
tombor , and it Is to bo expected tha
this amount will bo surrendered in th
meantime , bo that In no event Is the cii
culatlng medium of the countr ,
likely to incrcaso during the ensuing
suing twelve raontlm to tin nmoiui
in excess of thirty million dollars. Thl
of course goes upon the assumption tlui
there will bo no now financial bgislntio
by the present congress. If tliuro shoul
bo legislation intended to encourage th
national banks to enlarge their not
issues , ns has bcon proposed and will
very likely bo urged , the Incronso of cir
culation would undoubtedly bo much
larger. Recent events Lave shown that
the monetary situation of tlio country
was never safer or stronger than at pres
ent , and every wise and prudent con
sideration demands that nothing shall
bo done to imperil this security.
TUB SOX OF HIS
Young Mr. Gcorgo Gould lias many of
Iho family characteristics' Ho has just
boon intervlowcd in Now York and fur
nishes this lucid explanation of tlio cause
and object of the recent stupendous rail
road consolidation :
I don't know that wo have nny other pol
icy than to protect our own property nnd to
endeavor to have the railroad business of the
country put on n paying basis. The tlmo has
come when railroad management should beheld
hold to a stricter accountability. The stock
holders have n right to expect a return on
their Investment , and not only do they suffer
when the railroads do business at less than
paying rales , but business frcnerally Buffers.
The policy of rate cutting and ruinous compe
tition that has prevailed among western rail
roads would not bo tolerated In mercantile
business. The merchant who follows It
would speedily fall and have to stop busi
ness.
Young Mr. Gould's ' literary style dif
fers somewhat from that of his father
and that of the Into W. H. Vanderbilt ,
but his story has the same old plot.
Yes , Gcorgo Gould is a chip of the old
block. Ho enters enthusiastically into
a scheme which alms to crifsh out all
comjNjtition and force the public to
throw up its hands.
WHI * THEY ECONOMIZE ,
The tax payers of Omaha must not
forgot that the present city council
prides itself upon economy and business
methods. Just look at the city clerk's
ollico , for instance. Six years ago
Jewott was city clerk at a salary of ono
hundred dollars a month , with trifling
perquisites that may have run up Ills
income to fifteen hundred a year. All
the assistance Jowott had was ono cleric
at sovonty-nvo dollars a month during
part of the year when ho was crowded
with business.
\Vlth tliis force Jowott riot only acted
as clerk of the council and kept an ac
curate record of its proceedings , but ho
was also comptroller and auditor of all
vouchers and bills , made out all the
wart-ants , signed all bonds nnd did
other work for the mayor. , Jowott was
also a member of the licensing board
nnd issued all the licenses to liquor
dealers , auctioneers , paddlers , hack-
men , theatrical companies and circuses.
The whole 'expense to the city for all
this work did not exceed twenty-two
hundred dollars n year.
Since those extravagant days wo have
relieved the city clerk from all auditIng -
Ing , voucher and warrant work , which
is cjono by the comptroller arid two dep
uties at an expense aggregating about
forty-eight hundred dollars a year.
Wo have also relieved the city
clerk from the work devolving
on the licensing board , which
body lias a clerk of its own
at twelve hundred a yearand the mayor
has also boon provided with a twelve
hundred > dollar secretary , who does
some of the work that formerly had to
bo done by the city clerk.
But with all this relief , and with prac
tically not enough for two competent
clerks to do , the city clerk's oflico re
mains a nest for sinecures nnd political
roustabouts who are drawing over six
thousand dollars a year out of the treas
ury. While Deputy Counsman ,
who is very odlclont , , is doing
most of the work , Clerk Groves and
the late car-starter who is on his pay
roll at ono hundred nnd ton dollars a
month have for weeks and months
boon devoting the time for which they
are paid by the city electioneering foi
the council combine. On top of this
comes another piece of combine economy.
The charter makes it the duty of the
city clerk to copy the tax lists. "With
the force at his disposal the clerk ought
to do this work without a dollar of addi
tional expense. N
But the economic Major Wheeler , whc
first wanted to plant ono of
his relatives into n soft jol
finally changed his mind and trans
planted a man from Plnttsmouth Intc
the city clerk's office , who , with several
other sinocuf'cs , uro doing the work al
fifty cents an hour , with Groves , who it
most of tha time out as timo-koopor. On
this little job over eight hundred dollars
have already been drawn out of the
treasury since July and wo are promlsctl
that thb job will continue until noxl
May.
If there arc any more striking exam
ples of the economic nnd business
methods of the combine nobody has yet
pointed them out.
TITO IMPOItTANT DKOISIONS.
The decisions rendered by Judge Caldwell -
well in the mortgage foreclosure and
whisky trust cases show him to bo nol
only a fearless and upright judge , bu1
also a man In full sympathy with the
people and an uncompromising opponent
of monopoly. This state and ovoi-y othoi
state in JudgoCaldwoll's circuit has boor
cunfcd with a horde of relentless mort
gage llends who have stripped the producers
ducors and wagoworkors of almost ovorj
available thing they possess in th <
way of chattels or realty
"When their foreclosure suits ar <
resisted In the counties where the loai
was originally made , they seek to crowc
the victims of their greed to the wall bj
transferring their suits into the federal
courts under the pretense of ' 'local prejudice
judico , " and piling up the costs moun
tain high. By knocking out the- attor
ney fee clause Judge Cnldwoll has giver
the chattel mortgage sharks a stagger
ing blow that will go far toward puttlnj
an end to their systematic extortion.
The decision of Judge Cal.dwcll in th <
Nebraska City distillery case strike
down monopoly in its most dangerous
gorous and offensive form. It is tin
first instance on record in Avhlch nn in
dividual who had the back bone am
was willing to risk his means in a squan
contest with the whisky trus
waa sustained by a fedora
judge and came out vlctorlou
in such an unequal contest. Tlio pi'occ
dent established by Judge Caldwollli
the distillery case goes down to' thi
foundation of all trusts and combination
to restrict production and destroy com
petition. It ? bearing upon the validity
of nil such Cfliabines nnd syndicates la
far-rcachlnpf jincf cannot full to produce
a wholesome , effect.
TUG organ fflKfeio boodle rs dare not defend -
fond the Bcntiu'alous discrimination of
the combine niUlnsi democrats and re
publicans \vho refused to join the cabal.
As soon as "Wheeler , Davis and ChaiTco ,
with the active assistance of tlio corpora
tions , had secured a working majority ,
they Immediately parcelled out the com
mittees so ( hat the minority should
have no practical part in committee
work. The coltiblno did not stop there.
Insult was piled upon Injury. The Sat
urday meetings of committees wore
abandoned and the real business of the
council transacted in secret places nnd
behind closed doors. In a > jiumbor of In
stances members who kicked In the
traces worosglven the cold shoulder , and
reports made to the council In open ses
sion , Involving grave Interests , without
any previous consideration and rushed
through under the gag. The actions of
the combine , from its Inception to the
present time , Is nri unbroken record of
dictation , gag rule and conspiracies , by
which one-third of the representatives
of the city wcro denied participation in
the practical affairs of the people.
CoMiiiNATioxsaro not only repugnant
to liberty , but a menace to the public
wenl. The people are familiar with
their operations. Organized to control
product and regulate prices , they levy
tribute on all classes nnd fatten on the
toil and thrift of others. ThjOmnlm
council was organized and operated on
this basis , It transformed public nllalrs
Into a private corporntlpn for mutual
benefit , filled old and created new ofllccs
for the striker ! ) of the gang and success
fully dictated who should bo employed
in every department of the city. The
time has como for the voters to repudi
ate this cabal of political mercenaries
and place men in olllce whoso public actd
will not bo measured by their private in
terests.
'
THE jackass battery explosively
assorts that "Mr. Boyd was honestly
elected" and must bo seated , but should
the Alliance "prove the contrary" ' the
battery will fire a grand salute for
Powers. Its opinion of right and wrong
in this mutter will not weigh iigiiitMl
the necessity of being in cahoots witli
the majority. If Dictator Burrows suc
ceeds in organizing an overturning
board , it is safe to predict the jackass
battery will flop to the victors , regard
less of previous assertions.
THE activity of the frunchUed cor
porations in behalf of the combine coun-
eiluion is sufficient justification for thoii
rejection by thb'voters.
lr. Vlllurd's Shell Game.
Kewltork World.
Mr. Vlllard's little shell game has made
several people shell out.
Anil It's Sharpened for Cleveland.
.
The Hill knife's a ? quiclc as quiet , and a :
sure as though It bad seen service with th <
Mntla.
1 - ! - ' 1 - 't
A Possible Ol no.
Kansai City Tlmei.
Is It possible that Schwolnfurth of Hock
ford is in correspondence wlh the Sioux a' '
Standing Hock agency ?
Common Kensu and thn Census ,
St. Juyph Herald.
Commissioner lorter Insists that "apart
isan census is an impossibility. " That wouli
sOcm to bo common sense.
Ijaholcd i'91. . II. A.
St. Louts atalte-Demnerat.
There arc several banana-peels on the side
walk that lioa between General Palmer anc
the United States senate.
Oinnha IVHI Have Thnt.
St. Joseph Newt.
With acorn palace nt Sioux City and ;
sugar palace at Grand- Island , all that tin
west lacks is a mint pulnco.
A Good Example.
JI/limcnpoHg Tribune.
Chicago sot B good example In the case o
the anarchists ; New York and Now Orlean ;
should throttle the Mofla iu the same man
ner.
Chicago Can't Bollcvp U.
A widow has secured $ ! ,000 damage :
against a saloonkeeper In a suit at law jus
ended In Judge Grinnell's court. Is thi
Chicago !
A CIicu ! < * o Pfioi\ommoi. : !
Chlcaao HcraM.
This seems to bo a popular season for mat
rimony. The marriages are keeping upvitl
the divorces , and this is saying a great don
for Chicago. * _
It AVI1I Lust All
Oinnd
The rebuke of the imported colonels nnc
masculjno feminities received at the hands o
the people of Nebraska ougnt to constitute i
lasting lesson.
_ _
Give Us Grriver Again.
Detroit Tribune.
Between Hill and his own record Mr
Cleveland Is sure to bo the ono candidate
whom the republican party can sco nomln
atcd with the greatest cquanfmlty.
Kinin Not to bo Illumed.
JVciPlju rM'orld. .
Now that niembtWof the Stanley expedl
tion hnvo i'oiio a little talking about cacl
other the public begins to understand wb ;
Einin was notoxious to bo rescued ,
It Is .DJ/Terciit Now.
Kew jfyVk IWbinif.
It Is contended hy jjxo Boston Herald tha
\vo Americans nro % | really "u hght-heartoi
people. " Right you nro. But wo wcro tha
sort of people before the Into election.
"Wonderful1 il'fter-Prophets.
St. LmitfGlttlx.nenwrat.
The number of p bgo } who have known f o
three years that thlj uflnanclal trouble wa
coining , but who saLbtiothing about it untl
day before yestord .Js astonishingly larg <
A FronlTof I'olitlus.
Chicago Tritium ,
Now that they can elect a woman , count ;
lerk in Nlssourl by making a song about lie
nnd singing It to thotunoof ' 'AnnloUooney,1 '
the tlmo is certain ripe for Johnny to get hi
gun.
Socialism mid Tyranny.
.fencer Jteimbllcan.
It appears that the abolition of the polic
of repression against the socialists In Gci
many has weakened the socialist party. Thl
Is no more than might have been looked foi
Socialism is a political growth which como
from oppression In n government. It is
struggle against real or supposed wrongs
Where there is no pressure upon the Indl
dividual by tbo government , there 1 $ little o
tno socialist spirit ,
OTHER J.AXJS Tit AX OVKS ,
ThoPnrncll cplsodobas subordinated , over ;
other consideration In connection with th' '
political situation In England , and there I
W-lOo divergence of opiulon ta to what lh
effect will bo. The present Indications nr
that It will not bo so serious to the Irlsl
cause asiwnt first foam' . Thnt question
It is felt , is too old and -well established to b-
dependent either for Its contimmncoor scri
ousncss on any politician's ' llfo or character
It has survived a great many leaders , nn <
will doubtless survive Pnruoll. The Irish a
n people .have earned the appellation which i
distinguished historian bos bestowed on then
of being "tho most persistent of races. " Bu
the retirement of Mr. Pnrncll from the load
crshlp will bo a grave misfortune , though no
a fatal blow to the homo rule causo. It will bi
a misfortune because his authority over tin
Irish party was firmly established , nnd hi
power of maintaining discipline in the rank
generally acknowledged. It will bo linprac
Ucnblo for either Mr. Dillon or Mr. He.ily
or Mr. Sexton , or Mr. O'Brien , to take hi :
place without exciting rivalrynnd jealous ;
and Impairing the unity of action which ha
been characteristic of recent Irish policy
Mr. I'nrncll has not only had a genius fo
organization , but ho has also possosscc
English traits which wcro essential to tin
progress nnd success of the Irlih cauSo. Hi
has shown Inflexible resolution , a kindo
bulldog pertinacity and nn Invincible determination
termination to win. Ho has boon rnoro of ai
EnRllshmau than nn Irishman In his success
ful fight against British prejudice , and tin
distinctive qualities of his leadership will hi
lacking in nny successor who may bo ap
pointed. His retirement will bo a great los
to the cause of homo rule , but It is not Irro
trievablo. Mr. Gladstone is now the rea
leader of the combined homo rule party. I
seems to bo reserved for him to reconcile li
his own ago the England nnd Ireland whlcl
have been estranged for centuries. Ho is th
stronghold und defence of the Irish cause.
4 ,
"VVhllo every ono Is watching the Danublar
states it may bo that Greece will start thi
war long threatened In southeastern Europe
If the recent elections and the resultau
oh'ango of ministry do not moan \vnr they an
meaningless. Only a few days before th
appeal to the constituencies Mr. Tricoupli
declared that ho had been propailng for :
conflict with Turkey nnd was simply wnitlni
for the Greek fleet to become strong onougl
to drive the Osmall from the Archipelago
The voters evidently thought that furthe
delay was needless , for they gave the oppon
cuts of Mr. Tricoupis two-thirds of all th
scats in the legcslnturo , nhicli , in Greece , i
will bo remembered , consists of but on
chamber. Mr. Dclyannls , consequently , re
turns to power under the distinct understand
Ing that ho will net more aggressively thni
his predecessor.t What is liheljto bo th
outcome of on'attempt"upon the part o
Grccco to assert a naval superiority eve
Turkey and to siezo' all the islands of th
Archipelago and ultimately Crete ? It Is not
wo bellove , disputed .that in ;
purely maritime wnr the sinnll He ]
lonlo kingdom would bo more than
match for its OHonian "hciKhbor. Th
Turffish fleet , upon which such hugo sum
had been lavished , proved disgracefully inol
flcient in the last war with Hussio , and it
condition Is known to bo far worse now tha :
it was then On the other hand , the govern
incut of George I , , during the last twolv
years , has strained its resources to the u1
most for the purpose of Incrcabinj ? Its navti
armament. Wo must also boar In mind thai
while English public opinion encourage
English navtil officers to enter the sultan'
service against Russia , it would forbid thor
to servo Turkey ugainst Grccco. Nothing
Indeed , would bo moro certain to iwlvo th
Philhellenic enthusiasm of sixty years ng
than a single-handed contest between th
Greeks and thoOsmanli who opposed thorns
many centuries. Western Europe woul
undoubtedly applaud the conquest b
the Athens government of these histori
isles of the JEgcan that gave strength an
lustro to the Athenian ompiro. O
the other hand , the military-power of Turko ,
is immensely greater , and not only woul
every ouo of the provinces , to redeem ivhic
the wnr Is to bo waged , bo overrun witl
Turkish troops , but Greek territory also , s
that any naval advantage gained by the klnfi
dom would bo more than overbalanced blesses
losses on land.
This must bo perfectly obvious to the wa
p'nrty in Greece , and their reliance must b
upon expected aitt from ono or moro of th
great powers. ThereIs a friendly feelin
through Europe toward Grccco , no doubt , a
there was sixty years ago , and there woul
bo no regret among the powers should she it
gain Macedonia. JVnd under no circumstan
ccs wpuld Turkey bo allowed to encroach o
any portion of Grecian territory. The prot
nblo result pf a single-handed attempt t
broalt Turkish hold of Greek territory woul
bo some hard flghting , both on scaandlaut
without any material change from the present
ent condition of things.
"
* *
China Is n peculiar county la many ways-
and In none more so than in her intense an
unparalleled conservatism. From this ha
resulted , for centuries , a quiescence that sug
gested stagnation and decay , but which wn
far from being either the one or the othei
To draw an illustration from botauy , Chin
is ripe but not rotten. And just as rjpcnoi
ncorns , falling to the ground in autumn , ai
ready to spring up into a rcnowcct fores
after the long sleep of winter , so U sometime
happens with nations. Italy , for example
has again and again renewed her youth af to
she seemed to have sunken iuto a hopelcs
torpor. Nor must it bo forgotten In wcigl
Ing the Chinese ; that their most marked clmt
nctcristlc , conservatism , 1ms bcon shared b
the two most aggressive nations of history-
the English and the Romans. And in th
case of tbo latter , the parallelism Is acccntu
ated by tbo fact that as wull In ancient Horn
ns In thel'ekin of our day , this consorvatisi
was indicated as well as fortified by th
national religion In either , case the s
called worship of ancestors. Oortalnl ;
no two people could differ moro in man'
ways than tlio Romans nnd the Chinese. Bt
It would bo u mistake to reckon among th
weak points of the latter the amazing flxit
of tholr Ideas and customs. It would bo a
error to draw the Inference from tholr vet
oration of things tlrat nro old that they wci
incapable of learning things that are nevi
\Vo ourselves know how marvelously ni
they are at learning the arts of peace. Thor
is reason to bollovo that they .are not Ilkol
to prove slow in mastering the arts of wai
Already their Iron-clads , manned and con
maudod by natives , plow the Yellow So :
English and German ofllrers are busy teacl
ing their battailous tlio use of western arm
and the maneuvers of western tactics. Tht
they are not dull scholars was shown in , thcl
struggle with Franco In Tonquln. Thcl
millions are countless. And all these mi
lions are animated with an intensity of rai
foellug fully equal to that of the Slav
Prince Mestchewky is right. When tl :
fated grapple comes between Russia an
England , it will bo a matter of supreme ir
port an co on which side shall stand the disc
pllncd legions of the coming China ,
*
*
To gajt Bismarck is impossible. His wet
speaks for him with an eloquence , that no ii
gratitude can mufllo and no prejudice can ri
alst. The crwvninj achievement of his stat
craft , the creation of Uerinan unity , Is 01
of the pyramidal and epoch-making facts i
butory , All that Napoleon accompllahc
seoins fugitive and spectral by comparlsoi
A thousand years licnco the first French cm
plro Is llholy to be remembered only nn
dozzllnj ? episode , Hko the abort-lived realm
constructed by Kcnghls and Tamborlano. I
Is scarcely conceivable , however , thnt consol
Idated Germany will over revert to the cot
dltlon from which Bismarck rescued hoi
The fabric which his bands have fnshlonci
scorns destined to stand unshaken long afto
the house of Hohonzollom , thomonnrchlal re
glmo and the Prussian military system hav
been remitted to the limbo of outworn am
discarded toys. Tbcro is but ono gift man
precious to a nation than unity , and , wlthou
nn antecedent unity , liberty Itself were un
attainable. The duy may como when th
most ardent champions of German f rcedon
will applaud Bismarck's wisdom in discern
ing that to lay deep and Immovable the foun
dntions of unity demanded all the cucrglcs o
ono man's ' short llfo. Lot other * rear th <
superstructure on the rock-lino biso tha
bears hU nnmo. In no other way couli
William II. so Infallibly provoke n reaction ii
Bismarck's favor ns by attempting to hiimlll
ate the bcnotactor ot his family nnd thi
nggrandlzor of the stato. They who Intel ;
hnvo descanted on Bismarck's faults nut
shortcomings will presently think only of hi :
virtues , and , shocked by their sovereign'
ingratitude , they may glvo Blsmnrclc in hs }
lifetime a foretaste of the passionate dovb
tion with which his memory is certain to b <
cherished.
*
Tins nihilists have brought down nnothe
mnn. Ho is the ofllcor who bos superln
tended the removal of the countless martyr :
to Siberia , where his death will doubtless b
celebrated If It Is over known. The per
sistcnco of the nihilist * would alone wli
them ndmiratlon if there wcro no other gooc
reasons for their oxlstonco. The Paris nssas
slnatlon , however , accomplishes nothing
The murdered ofnccr is himself a victim al
last of the crime which ho had helped to execute
cute at th o will of a tyrant.
I'OI.ITXCS AXD THE
Now York Commercial Advertiser : Th
farmers' alliance is continually spoken of n
if It were a single organization. As a matte
of fact it Is a-lmlf dozen organizations. Tt ii
again nnd again spoken of as if it bad bu
a single great object the passage of a sub
treasury bill. As a matter of fact It has hnl
a dozen great objects , of which this Is nlwny
the least important , and sometimes no
thought of at all.
Sprlnplleld Republican ; There scorns t
bo n difference of opinion between Secretnr.
Jeremiah Rusk of the agricultural depar
mcnt nnd the western farmers as to thcl
prosperity. In his recent annual rcpor
"Uncle Jerry" expresses satisfaction wit' '
things as they arc. Yet , as THE OMAHA Br.
says , " 70,000 farmers in Nebraska , 100,000 i
Kansas and 65,000 in Minnesota hnvo Jus
drawn out of Jerry Rusk's party and hav
voted that they nro not prosperous , " Accoril
ing to these figures , it's 231,000 , to ono tha
Jeremiah Husk is "off his base. "
JS'ow York Star : Theao different associc
lions of agriculturalists vary Iu their prlncl
pies as declared In their platforms. Bu
without exception. 1)103- ) are all formed am
managed in the popular Interest , with a vicv
to the protection und bcnciltof the producer
and consumers. Kami-ally , they nflliato witl
democracy , the party of low taxation an <
open markets , as against republicanism am
its tenets of extremely high taxes for mon
opoly advantage nnd the narrowing of prc
aucers' markets to the demands of our owi
country. The case of South Carolina show
how naturally the farmers alliance amalg
mates with democracy.
Springflold Republican : The farmers hav
been crowded and crowded until at last the ,
have been fairly pushed over the party ropes
and wo may well believe that very powerfu
forces operated to bring about this resull
Nothing short of threatened poverty nm
ruin could have done it. And once out , wil
they ever bo likely to go back ! Probabl ;
not. But that is of small consequence to th
tremendously disturbing results which mus
now como of this two decades of ulayln ;
upon the partisan prejudices of the people o
the grander sections to promote the legialn
tion which has very largely been Instru
mental la bringing upon them the prescn
desperate conditions of labor.
Philadelphia American : The so-calloi
armors' alliance is o new-laid egg. Were its
incubation to proceed nccordhifr to the laws o
the genesis of things in their nature destinci
to achieve independence and porrnaneiitboini
itmightbavoa being. But up to this time i
has been the instrument of dcmagoglsm , nol
because its rank and file ndinlro demagogues
but because in ltsdesiro to make itself felt ii
(
politics It has not been particular about thi
means. The head farmer of the alliance ha :
announced that the long expected third part ;
has come nnd como to stay , and some of thi
organs announce that the alliance will havi
its full ticket In 1S92. That is reasonable ti
suppose. But tucro are some facts not takci
into account apparently by the prophets o
the alliance. The single fact that may giv
the thinking adherents of the alliance pausi
is this : That no party devoted to avowei
class interests has ever "como to stay" ii
this country.
ATC1IMSOX ( SLOIWLCS.
How easily a man whips an enemy in i
Play ! .
Every tlmo the Lord maltoj a woman hi
changes the pattern.
Although the peonlo are nil after mouej
how they hnto another man who has It !
Were two people over in love with cncl
other after they were thoroughly acquainted
A man can lift a heavier burden than i
woman , but n woman can carry a heavy bui
den longer.
Put ono bad mnn among sov < in good mei
and nt the end of n month you have ono gooc
man among seven bad onos.
A man with his pleasures Is very much liki
a small boy with lib jam ; ho spreads it s >
thick on the first slice that the last slice l <
loft without nny.
There Is no dependence to be placed on th
promise nrndo iu necessity. Help a man oui
of a ditch and If ho dooj not pay you whlli
the mud IB still wet on his clothes ho will
never do it.
Lot half a dozen gossips pet to talking anc
when they separalo they Imagine that tin
nolso they made about tholr own ears wa
mad ? by the world , and gave it as thooplnioi
of tho"world. . '
Glvo the average man three days' work t
bo done In three days , and ho will boast thi
first day , loaf the second , and show thi
amount of work ha has to do to prova that he
is worked to death on the third.
Win a man's friendship by telling hlr
today that ho is tbo smartest ono In his f uir
ily , nnd you will have-to toll him tomorrow
that ho U the smartest mnn In town , and tki
next day that ho Is the smartest man In thi
stalo.
STIFFNESS-
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL ,
The Formal Contest for the Various Exeou- / ? j
tivo State Offices.
COURIERS DISPATCHED TO EVERY OFFICER ,
,
No Slate Troops Needed Tor tlio InS
( linn Outbreak Iho final Tout-
Ings Obstructing n Cross
ing Jjliioolti News.
Lixcot.x , Neb. , Nov. 21. [ Special to Tim
Bnn.l The proposed contest by the nlllamc
of the election of Governor-elect Iloyd , Lieu
tenant Uovornor-clcct Majors , Secretary of.
State-elect Allen Audltor-olc-ot Beaten
- , - - ,
Trcosuror-olcct Hill , Attorney Ucncral-elecs
Hastings nnd Lnnd Commlssloncr-doit
Humphrey , has bcon llnnlly openly announced
nnd the veil of sccrocy that has heretofore
marked the preparations has boon torn oft.
Today the attorneys for the alltunco itis.
patched special couriers to tha gentlemen .L
elected to the various state executive ofllco * . .
notifying * these gentlemen of the proposed
contest , The notices are very lengthy nnd
cover a vnst deal of ground.
The tlmo and places chosen for the taking
of depositions relative to the contest nro as
followst Lincoln , December 4 ; Oinnha , De
cember 15' ; Norfolk , December23 ; ludlanola ,
December 20.
Jay Burrows declares that It has been tLo
Intention of the alliance nil nlong to make u
contest nnd the reports of a ( inference of
opinion existing among the nlllanco loaders
is not true as far as ho knows. Tboro ban
bcon all along no annas a unanimity of
opinion among the leaders in regard to the
contest nnd Powers has not opposed such a
movement at all.
wir.t , NOT xr.Enmoors. .
Governor Thnycr says thnt ho has received
both by letter nnd wlro several offers of
troops to light the Indians in tha present
ghost dance scare at the Pine HIdgo agency.
The governor says that there Is no occasion
for calling on such persons for their services ,
ns ho has no expectations that there will bu
any need for further military help in the sup
posed Indian war. ,
WILI. HAvn roun BVNK ;
The state banking board Is considering the
advisability of aopointlng another banlc ex
aminer , its the work of the present three Is
considered too arduous lor them. In nddl-
tlon to this it is aliened that the appointment
of Mr. Thorpe ns successor to Mr. Sanders
was so long deferred that the work is about
six mouths behind nnd it will bo Impossible !
for him to cntch up in the work nnd do It
well. The appointment of another bank ex
aminer will necessitate the division of the
state into four districts , nnu us the bo.u-il bo-
lloves thnt it is necessary to hnvo another ex
aminer , the state has been divided into four
proposed districts ns follows :
The First district will comprise the teiri-
tory bounded on the cast by the Missouri
river , on the south by the Pintle , on the
north by South Dakota nnd on the west by
the second principal meridian.
The Second district Is to bo that territory
bounded on the north by the Platte river , on
the east by the Missouri , on the south by
Kansas and on the west by the western
county lines of Polk , York , Saltno nnd Gno
counties. The district will also Include Cus-
tor countv. *
The Third district will bo just west of the
Second nnd will bo bounded on the north by
the Plntto river , an the south by Kansas and
on the west by Colorado.
The Fourth district will ho north of the
Platte river and includes nil the territory
abovo'that stream and west of the second
principal moridnn , excepting Custer county.
orrosus A CHOSSINO.
Mr. Bush , president of the Lincoln city
elcctrlo railway company , promised a few
months ago to get even with the mllroad
companies for their obstruction tactics when
the electric railway company wished to cross
the B. & M. and other tracks on Twelfth ,
near W street. The opportunity hns now
como , Mr. Bush believes , nnd today hu
caused the Lincoln city o'cctrio railway com
pany to file n petition in the district court
asking that the Chicago , Hock Island ft Pu-
cillc railroad company be enjoined from en
tering upon the right-of-way and tracks of
the street railway company nt or near
Twelfth nnd Emerson streets or nny point
along Its line , and that n temporary injunc
tion bo issued for an early hearing of the
caso. Mr. Bush in his petition do-
dares that the now railroad company i
has n gang of men ready to cut the tracks of
the electric railway company nnd construct
crossings over the sumo by force and without
the consent or any agreement with the elec
tric railway company. Mr. Hush declares
that such crossings will greatly Interfere
with the traffic and travel on the street rail
way line.
Uppn reading the petition , Judge Field
granted a temporary Injunction and sot the
hearing of the case for November 20 , at J )
a. m.
THE FIXAL FOOTINGS.
Through the efforts of Nes ! McDowell , the
clerk In the secretary of state's ofllco , the
final footings of the vote cast for the various
state officers and the amendments
hnvo boon completed. Had It not boon
for his individual efforts the public would
probably be wondering for the next two
mouths as to who was elected nnd who WIIB
not. In addition to tbo final footings already
published in TUB BIE the following wore an
nounced today :
CONdllKSSMAN SECOND DtSTItlCT.
Harlnn , rep 21.771 !
McKclghandemand alll : iatot
1'ulmor , prohlb 1,20 !
COSmtESSMAN TIItllD IHSTltlCT.
Dorsoy , rep 2.5,411)
Thompson , dom IM.fti. !
Kurn , alll Itl.KIt
Plorco , prohlb , 031
THE AMENDMENTS.
'
Kor prohibition. 82,202
Against prohibition Ill.7M !
Kur high license 7.MVJ
Agulnst blKh license , 0US1
Kur liu'rousu iiumborof supreme Jinlcex 8G.41H
Aitiilust Incioaso number of supreme
judges Kt.OJ2
Korliicroiisosalnry of supreme JiidKoti . U\\tt \ \
Antilnst Increubo Hillary of supreme
Judges 01,510
The total number of votes cast in the state
were 214,8111. This shows that there were ! J8i ,
8r > l persons in thostatowhodidnotvotoolthcr
way on the subject of prohibition.
PIANOS'
finely Made : [ iill Wafrantietl/
Marvellou's "in Toa& " 1
CATALOGUE FRO.M B 5t HOEFlCE
0. L. Erlokson , Local Agt,200 N.lOthSt
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed and Guarantsod Capital..KHW.OOO
I'ald hi Capital Iisaooo
Iluys and soils stocks nnd bondsi negotiates
commercial paper ; receives and oxcuutc *
truuts' , nctaiiB transfer agent and trustooof
corporations , takes charge ot property , ool-
locts taxoi.
Omaha Loan&Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
S , E , Cor. 10th and Douglas Sts.
I'ald In Capital t 6),000
Subscribed nnd Guaranteed Oupltul , . , . 100,00 ]
Liability of Stockholders WIO.OOO
Sl'orCcnt Intoreit I'ald on Deposits.
1'UANK J. 1ANUK. UtiMiIor.
Omcora ; A. U. Wyinan , president. J. J , llrovru ,
vice-president , W.T. Wymontrc"a8uror.
Dlruotorsi-A. . U , Wyumn , J. II. Mlllard , J , J.
Urown , Guy 0 , Uartou , E.V. . Nash ,
L. UlinDall , George U. Laics ,