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Notary I'ubllo ,
SCRATCH a soutliorn Alllunco man
mid you find a bourbon democrat.
AS A molder of emerald opinion , the
crowbar is outltlod to a loading position.
DAVJ : Ilrr.ii flnds It hnrd to dccldo be-
twcon nsonatorslilp in the hand and a
presidency in the bush.
UU II of the election contest bo-
pins in Omaha tomorrow , and in this
chapter there wlllUb tnoro moat and loss
wind.
IN another three weeks the various
states will stand face to face with their
loglfllaturea. It is a hard trial , but it
must bo borne.
TUB Miles boom ia still booming in
the newspapers. But the gallant In
dian fighter will not got to the white
house not by a good many miles.
SAMUKL GOMIVRUS has boon ro-eloctod
president of the Fodortxtion of Labor. It
ia a good choice. Gornpors is one of the
inost lovol-headod und trustworthy of
labor lenders.
THE battle between the Irish factions
raRoa hottest at Kilkenny. The prospect
that tlio history of the Kilkenny cats
will bo repeated in the history of the
present campaign.
THE mania for free railroad passes is
well Illustrated by the animated strug
gle for the government directorship.
Passes and curses are the principal
emoluments of the office.
DELAMATKU olTors to settle with his
creditors at 60 cents on the dollar.
tThoso were about the terms on which
the people of Pennsylvania settled his
gubernatorial aspirations.
THK manner in which railroad rates
nro being manipulated nowadays shows
u determination on the part of corpora
tions to regulate tlio industrial interests
of the country to suit the whims of the
managers. _
THK practical settlement of the Doug-
Ins fctroot grade Insures the eroctlon of a
telephone palace on the crown of the
Jilll. The purchase of ground gives fresh
force to the fact that elevations are no
I ubstaclos to the expansion of Omaha's
, trade nnd industry.
IT SEEMS after all that the concentra
tion of the military around the Sioux
reservation is a huge farce , an over
grown absurdity. According to the
dlbtlngulshod commissary general of
grasshopper notoriety , our own Tibbies ,
the whole movement Is foolish , unwar
ranted and injurious to the state. It is
un iiiHorutablo , mystery that the govern
ment should overlook such penetrating
talent as that of Tibbies and pin its faith
OH Miles , Brooke , Ilugor and others.
THK statistical and trade review pub
lished in this issue under the auspices of
the Omaluv board of trade will bo found
of unusual interest. All branches of
trade are represented nnd make a show
ing of Omaha's commercial resources
which is at once gratifying nnd mar
velous. It is published in this Issue at
the request of a majority of the business
jnon represented in order that their
liouses might receive the benefits cer
tain to accrue for the holiday trade.
.Tlio board of trade souvenir is now in
the hands of the printer and will leave
the press by January 1.
Mil. LININOHU'S example , in opening
his house twice a month to the meetings
of'worthy young men , could bo followed
ly other wealthy citizens with great nd-
( vantngo to the community. If a do-ton
other citizens should do the sumo un in
telligent and promising class of young
Inoii would find places of entertainment
attractive enough to keep them profita
bly employed nearly every evening in
the month. The good results would
"bo felt in the community not
Only now , b.ut for a long time hereafter.
At the last meeting of the debating club
In Mr. Llningor's art gallery the cause
of the French revolution was tlio subject
discussed. It is worth whllo to remark
that frco intercourse and discussion between -
tweon man of wealth and the bright
young men of the community la ono of
the best possible moans of guarding so
ciety against revolution In those days.
TUB bAY OV VVIDBNCU.
The cases of Charles Counsolman , a
commission merchant of Chicago , nnd of
JamuB 0. Pcosloy , treasurer of the Chicago
cage , Burlington & Qulncy railroad ,
who refused to answer cortulu questions
propounded to thorn In the course of the
Investigation by the federal grand jury
at Chicago of alleged violations of the
interstate commerce law by certain west
ern railroads , linvo become of wldo
notoriety and interest because they in
volve nn issue that will be finally passed
upon by the United Slates * suprotno
court. The cases are somewhat differ
ent. Counsolman wns asked to tall the
jury whether within a year ho had ob
tained for iho transportation of his
grain to Chicago a rate lo than
Iho tariff or open rate , and
whether lie had received any rebate ,
drawback or commission. lie refused to
answer on the ground that if ho should
do BO it would appear that ho had violated
lated the interstate commerce law and
the admissions might bo offered against
him hereafter. Poasloy , whllo admitting
that ho know nothing of the transaction
being investigated , refused to answer
certain questions propounded to him
and also to ptoduco papers and docu
ments called for by the grand jury , stat
ing that ho had been advised by his
counsel not to do so , because ho would
thereby criminate himself and the rail
road company. In both cases the judge
of the district court , Blodgott , decided
that the witnesses must answer , and
they were remanded to the custody of
the marshal.
The cases were taken to the circuit
court on habeas corpus proceedings , and
after very careful deliberation Judge
Grcsham sustained the decisions of the
district court. In both cases the peti
tions averred that the fourth and fifth
amendments to the constitution of the
United States justified the attitude of
the petitioners before the grand jury"
and the district court , and that the ac
tion of both was without jurisdiction and
void. In the case of Counsolman , Judge
Greshain said that under the fifth
amendment a person cannot bo com
pelled to disclose facts before a court or
grand jury which might subject him tea
a criminal prosecution , or his property
to forfeiture , but if there bo a statute , as
there is , which declares that the testi
mony of a witness in a case or proceed
ing shall never bo repeated against
him or his property in any other
case or proceeding , there is no necessity
for claiming the privilege secured by
the amendment. Such u statutory pro
vision is section 800 of the revised
statutes , and if the protection of that
section , snld the court , is co-extensive
with that of the constitution , a witness
is entitled to no privilege under the
latter. Hence the sufficient answer to
iho position of Counsolman was , that
should ho hereafter bo prosecuted for
the ollenso. section 800 would not permit
his admissions to bo proved against him.
As to Peasloy'a case , his testimony hav
ing shown that ho was not guilty of the
offense being investigated , therefore the
production of the papers demanded
would not criminate him , but if
ho had made u different showing
the same rule that applied in Counsel-
man's case would have applied in his.
And having no claim to immunity
under the constitutional amendments for
the benefit of himself ho could not claim
It for the bonofitof another , consoauontly
Ills refusal to produce the papers called
for because their production would criminate
inato the company of which ho is an
olllcor was bused upou nothing in the
interstate commerce law or the conbtitU'
tlon.
tlon.These
These nro obviously very Important
decisions , nnd if sustained by the supreme
premo court what would otherwise bo a
formidable obstacle to conviction of per
sons charged with violating the inter
state commerce law will bo removed.
If persons are allowed to take refuge be
hind the fourth and fifth amend moots to
the constitution , ignoring the protection
given them by statute , it would mani
festly bo next to impossible over to OS'
tubllsh collusion between railroad olli-
cors and shippers in violation of the law.
TUB FINANCIAL SITUATION.
It Is announced that the president will
bond a message to congress o'i the finan
cial situation , which gives credibility to
the reports that the cabinet has boon
giving this matter very serious consid
eration. It is understood that tlio presi
dent will recommend legislation for the
issue of additional currency , based on in
creased silver purehusos. Meanwhile
the secretary of the treasury Is in Now
York conferring with bankers as to the
best method of affording prompt relief ,
and ho Is nlbo said to favor the purcha-so
of the present stock of silver and an ad
ditional amount equal to the annual re
tirement of national bank notes. The
active concern manifested by tuo admin
istration will Impress the country as to
the serious nature of tlio flu uncial situa
tion , and It should have a fa vorablo
effect upon public confidence. A more
or loss disturbed condition of the raonoj
market has now prevailed for morothan
four months , but it h s recently ap
peared that the situation w.vs rapidly
inondlng with good prospect of an early
return to satisfactory conditions. Gold
has boon coming in freely for a week
past and there have boon other en
couraging evidences of the improved
financial situation abroad , all of whloh
should have contributed to the restora
tion of confidonlo hero. Doubtless there
Is a bettor feeling than existed a few
weeks ago , but it is evident that there Is
still a great deal of distrust which inns' '
bo removed before financial affairs will
rcsumo n normal and healthy condition.
Various causes nro assigned for the ex
isting situation , but it is loss important
to discuss those than to consider what
is necessury to bo done to rollovo the
situation.
For this purpose bills proposing ul
sorts of plans have been Introduced into
both houses of congress , all those meas
ures contemplating an increase of the
currency. Without reference totholi
order of inorit these various measures
provide for an unlimited oolmigo of nil
vor , for silver coinage limited to the
production of American mines and preceded
coded by the purchase of the silver now
on the market , for an Interconvertible
bond bearing u low rate of intorosl , for
restoring the government deposits fron
the sub-treasury to the iiutlouul banks
or releasing the reserve of $100,000,000
n gold from the treasury by
noans of government appropriations , for
dding $15,000,000 to the circulation by
allowing the banks to issue notes up to
ho par value of their bonds , nnd for
mortgage bonds to bo accepted by the
government at the rate of 2 per cent In-
orcst , enabling farmers to secure money
on Iholr lands. Hero , certainly , is n
ulllclontly varied supply of remedies ,
and soaio of thctn have the authority of
nan distinguished for their ability In
Inanclul alTatn ) . It la a little remnrUn-
ilo that go soon nftor the reports of the
secretary of iho treasury and the cotnp-
roller of the currency , showing that the
olutno of the circulation among the
) eoplo is larger now than it
over was before some of the
viscst aud most conservative finan
ciers in congress should bo found
vigorously advocating schemes of Inlla-
ion. It Is n great many years since
.hero . was witnessed such radical changes
of front regarding a currency policy.
The views and suggestions of the pre
sident on this subject will bo "awaited
with gonornl Interest , but whatever they
nay bo , ono thing seems to bo as good us
uoltlcd , and that is that there will bo
oglslatlon for increasing the volume of
currency , How this shall best bo done
so as to restore confidence und keep the
ivholo body of the circulating medium
up to its present value is tlio important
question to bo determined. None of the
[ ) lnns so far proposed can bo regarded as
certain to do this. Perhaps the presi
dent can suggest a plan that will.
TUK nUSfNKSS J'UfcSB OF THE WEST.
It has boon the habit of eastern finan
ciers -to loolc upon the business con
ditions of the west ns unstable. During
Lho past six months especially western
cities have boon sot down as un prosper
ous and likely to experience a very close
wintoi- . Borrowing their feelings from
those eastern pessimists , western pcoplo
luiYo themselves arrived at the con
clusion that business in this section Is
Bulforinp from local ailments and is not
today in as nourishing a condition as in
the country cast of the Alloghonios.
Those assumptions are entirely falso.
The west is as prosperous as the oast-
Omaha shows a , stronger commercial
pulse thim Now York or Boston.
This Is n bold statement , but it is
borne out by every symptom that is open
to observation. Tim Buuroeontly called
attention to the uvumor In which taxes
have boon paid In Omaha during the
past year. Over 01 percent of the year's
city levy is already paid and over four-
fifths of the county lovy. How is it in
Now York ? Figures are not at hand to
make a direct comparison , but the noted
correspondent , Joe Howard , tolls the
Boston Globe that mouoy was never before
fore so tight among the woll-to-do. Ho
cites the experience of a coal firm , doing
business only with the substantial
classes , who presented GO bills
in ono day last week nnd collected
not a dollar. Ho quotes the treasurer
of the local telephone exchange , who
says it Is almost impossible to mike any
collections on his monthly bills. Nu
merous other instances are described ,
but they are all of the satno tenor.
They p eve that business in Now York
boars no comparison to the strong pulso-
boat in Omaha and ether western cities.
Take another symptom. The
past four weeks have boon marked with
numerous and colossal failures in Boston
and Now York. Some of the oldest
commercial landmarks have gone down.
This is duo doubtless to the tightness of
the money market and the inability of
firms to borrow. But why this tight
ness in the great money centers of the
east ? Certainly not because of
the drouth in a few counties
of Nebraska. There have baem
no great failures In this section. In
spite of the mild weather business is
fair and collodions good.
The bank clearings toll the same
story. For the w.ook ending December
0 tlio clearings at Now York showed a
decrease of 12.7 per cent as compared
with last year , and those of Boston a
decrease of 7.7 per cont. Chicago's In
creased 12.9 per cent , and
Omaha's ' 82.4 per cont. Wo repeat
that every symptom open to observa
tions demonstrates that the commercial
pulse of the west is Htrongor today than
thnt of the east , and that the business
conditions are in all respects firmer und
bettor.
It is true that there Is apprehension In
the west as wall as in the cast , and that
business men are beginning to cxpori-
once some difficulty in making loans.
But even this faot cannot bo
charged to local conditions. It is ,
rather , the reflection of the unprospor-
ous , uncertain state Of affairs in the oast.
It Is duo to caution made necessary by
the tightness of the money market in
the great centers of wealth , nnd to the
dtlllculty which western banks expe
rience in rodiscountlng paper at the
usual sources of supply.
It is only just to the west that these
facts should bo conspicuously stated and
our poop6 ! reminded that this section is
at least as well situated commercially
as the section which has boon wont to
regard It with nn anxious eye.
AN EPIT03IK OF BUSINESS.
"If advertising will make an old man
like myself , " said Phinoas T. Barnum ,
"worth $1,000 ! i day as tui attraction , it
will do anything , young man it will do
anything. "
Coming from the lips of ono with the
experience of fifty years , whoso civroer
is a monument to tlio ofilcacyof printers'
ink , and whoso genius in the art of ad-
vurtlblng stands unrivalled , his words
are weighted .with the force of unques
tioned authority.
That Burnum's dictum is fully appre
ciated by the progressive business men
of Omaha Is forcibly illustrated in the
present issue of THIS SUNDAY HUE. It
is not only of the world "a map of busy
lifo , Its fluctuations and its vast con
cerns , " but it is a mirror of the mercan
tile activities of Omaha , retloctlng the
enterprise of business , and forming a di
rectory of those who appreciate the fact
that advertising Is the primary clement
of bucccss In trade.
So great Is the demand on the columns
of Tin : lii'.M that double the usual
edition of 10 pagan In necessary , making
the largest paper devoted exclusively to
Omaha udvortleors over published in
this city , OutTTf a totnl of 234 columns ,
110 are tovotcjljto ] advertisements. Even
this largo space was not sufllclont to ac
commodate Wi6- demand , and many
columns were Jcctod do as to prevent an
undue contraction of the space allotted
to the usual ftnWcs of Tin : SUNDAY
BUR. No bolv v ovldonco of Omaha's
business prosperity could be hail , nor a
more gratifying1opltomo of the con
fidence pervading all branches of cotiv1
mcrcial life ,
The 81 coluirinfc uovolotl to news , edi
torial , lltoraryulld ether departments of
n metropolitan , ( paper would make 110
pages of the average magazine. Placed
olid to end those 81 columns would rear
a pyramid 150 foot high. They repre
sent in the aggregate 1,000,000 pieces of
typo motul and the labor of 45 composi
tors for ton hours each. Almost olpht
tons of paper have boon consumed In this
issue of TnuSUA'iiA.YBKi3 and the edi
tion is equivalent to over one hundred
and twenty-five thousand eight-page
papers. In order to utilize both of the
fast presses it has boon necessary for
the Btorootypoi-s to make 70 pago-platos
for this issue of THIS BUK n larger
number than has over boon made for ono
'issue of any newspaper west of Chicago.
Tin : BKK Is emphatically the commer
cial barometer of the metropolis of the
trims-Missouri region ns well as tiie
nuwspapor of the west.
KM'S ' IA\r \ MAKERS.
THK Bui : presents this morning as ono
of its many interesting features brief
biographical sketches of a number of
the mombors-eloct of the next legisla
ture of Nebraska. It was found Imprac
ticable to glvo in this issue sketches of
all Uio now law makers of the state , and
those whoso names do not appear today
will bo given in a future Issue. It is
hoped that all of our readers will care
fully peruse these sketches , which will
bo found highly interesting as biography
and instructive 113 to the character of the
men who will enact the laws that must
stand for the next two years.
It will bo seen from these
sketches that the next legislature
will contain at least an average
number of well Informed and capable
raon , mid there Is good reason to expect
that the legislation of the coining session
will bo marked by an intelligent and
honest purpose to subserve the best in
terests of Nebraska ,
A matter about which a good deal of
concern is felt is the possibility of stat
utory prohibition. THE BEE has made
a "careful canvass of the mombors-
olcct on this stibjoct ? and the result war
rants the conclusion that any attempt to
bring about statutory prohibition will
bo dofca'tod. A majority of the senators
have expressed themselves in opposition
to it , and while jvo have received positive
declarations against it from only thirty-
eight representatives | , or thirteen loss
than a majority , we have such assurances
as justify the opinion thnt a measure for
statutory prohib'lllo'n could not pass the
house. Wo boljavo , therefore , that all
apprehension o ( legislation on this sub
ject by the next -legislature may eafoly
bo dismissed , > Wb think it will bo found
that a largo mKj&rity , of 4the .members
of each house believe that tlio over-
wholmlng-'vordtat ot the people against
prohibition should bo respected as final
and conclusive , and'that it would bo n ,
grave mistake Involving infinite injury
to the state to attempt to contravene
that verdict by an. act of tha legisla
ture.
ture.With
With regard to ether questions of
loading importance to our people no effort -
fort was made to obtain the views of the
mombors-oloct , but wo have no hesita
tion in expressing the belief that con
servative views will prevail. It is to bo
expected that numerous extreme and
radical propositions will bo brought for
ward , but our general estimate of the
inon who will compose the next legisla
ture is thnt they will bo governed by a
sincere and patriotic desire to do only
that which offers the host promise of
promoting the general welfare.
BOSTON AS A LlTEKAtlY SIIKINE.
In the December number of the Cos
tiiopolitan Lillian Whiting has a very
entertaining illustrated paper on "Lit
erary Boston. " The topic is ono which
has engaged the talents of homo and
foreign authors at various times during
the past forty years. In all that long
period the literary supremacy of Boston
has boon undisputed. It has been the
Edinburgh of America , produc
ing poets , novelists , philosophers
and historians who have earned
immortal fame. But those
great names are of the past. Whittier ,
Holmes and Lowell still sit by thalr winter -
tor firesides , but their work and their
personalities have passed into the his
tory of our literature almost as truly as
these of Hawthorne , Emerson , Longfel
low , Whipplo , Prescott and Motley It
is of the literary Boston of today the
living Boston , with its vital forces play
ing upon our modern currents of
thought that Miss Whlttn ? hv3 : writ-
ton. And thoroln lies the interest of her
article. "Who are the successors of Bos
ton's old masters , , and what is their
promise ? This is"1 " li1 question possessing
a broad intoi&s to , the people of
America , and , a\mrticular interest to
the numerous sons of Now England scat
tered over the nW west.
Miss Whltlng'lfly , ( puts W. D. How-
ollls at the head of the literary workers
in the Boston ofttoday. | An indefatig
able author , etllU'ln his prime , ho has
not won the hoijfnjjo of critics and Is not
warmly welcomed as the heir of Haw
thorne's popularity. But , if his place in
literature is tdtJbo measured by the
patrouago awardji 1 to Ills works and by
the attention ho commands abroad , ho
Is certainly entitled to stand in
the front rank of our native
novelists. Another name , which coino.s
but incidentally into Miss Whiting's
paper , is that of a literary artist who
could stand first among later Ameri
can novelists , as lie does amone later
American poets , if ho possessed the in
dustry and ambition of Howoll's
Thomas Balloy Aldrich. Ilo already
has an enviable fame , but his genius is
capable of much more and oven hotter
work than it has so ( ar produced. Both
ho nnd Howells worthily sustain the old
Boston line of literary achievement , nni
both ore full of promise of good things
yet tocomo.
Boston never hud a nobler character
nor ono vho touohod her rich llfo on
nero sides , than Edward Kvorott Hale ,
lo Is Htllt , at the ago of 07 , In the
nil tide of a marvelous literary
roduutlvenosS and must bo reckoned
miong the potent Influences of today.
Two ether names may bo mentioned
among these that , whllo fully cstab-
Ishcd in reputation , nro still contrlbu-
ors to the literature of this generation.
3r. Cyrus A. Bartol , "tho gentle mys
tic , "U n poet , a philosopher nnd an
orator of unique quality. Francis Park-
nan Is nn historian worthy to bo men
tioned with Prescott and Motloy.
After this first group may bo men-
toned a second and moro numerous
class of writers who enjoy wldo roputa-
.lonf . , fairly earned by n largo amount of
jood work , but who still have , prosum-
ibly , long years in which to rise
to the dignity of the first class
of famous Boston authors. Those
are Louise Chandler Moulton , Thomas
W. Hlgglnson , Horace E. Scuddor , Eliz
abeth Stuart Phelps , Louise Imogono
Guinoy , Susan nnd Lucrotla Halo , Sarah
3rno Jowott , F. J , Stlmson ( J. S. of
Dale , ) and Muturln M. Ballon. Some of
ihom will novcr reach the top round of
Lho ladder , but are sura to stand at a
pleasant height.
It is in the third class of Boston writ
ers that wo have great promise of things
yet to como. It is a Humorous list , bred
by the literary atmosphere of tl'o ' Hub
and sustained and encouraged by its his
tory , Institutions , landmarks and living
personalities. What pools , novelists and
historians may not sprout from
such a bed of promise , grounded
in such fertile soil and warmed
by sunshlno so congenial ? Rob
ert Grant , Maud Howe , Arlo Bates ,
James Jeffrey Roche , Lassotor Bynnor ,
Margaret Dcland , Thomas Sergeant
Perry , Russell Sullivan and Oscar Fay
Adams are examples of this class.
A brief study of the subject convinces
one that , though the star of commoroial
and political empire moves west , Boston
is etill the unrivaled literary shriuo
of America.
H TJIKy VfKW T11K CHXTKHT.
Beatrice Democrat : The election contest
sccint to have flattened out after the fashion
of the Indian war.
Grand Island Independent : Tno prohibi
tion cranks all through the contest' were
willing to sacrifice any and every party in the
interest of the amendment , and they are still
pursuing the same policy In the hope of securing -
curing statutory prohibition.
Crete Viclctto : Mr. Cox of tlio Call was
an Important witness In the contest case.
Cox saw more red "blud" running In the
streets of Omaha than any ether man. From
tlio character of hts evidence we would say
that ho seems to possess the qualifications
requisite for a tlrst class double extra corre
spondent of the Now York Volco. His ar
ticles should bo printed in red ink.
Fremont Herald : All the evidence yet
brought out In the contest case at Lincoln is
from witnesses who were supporters of the
prohibition amendment , and they naturally
believe it was n crime apalnst all they hold
sacred when it was defeated. This discolors
their Judgment n little , and they think Boyd
ought to suffer for it. But they unvon't pro
duced a single scintilla of legal evidence that
there was a fraudulent vote cast or counted
for him.
Grand Island Independent : The alllanco
men have sulllclcnt Intelligence as a rule to
see the purposes of these prohibition cranks ,
who sacrificed honesty , decency , solf-resppct
and party Interests inthocainpaign to further
the interests of the amendment , and who are
now willing to sacrifice all rules of honesty
In pushing tlio statutory prohibition fight ,
and the alliance men have sufllclont honesty
and courage to speak out against such
thievery In the name of "reform , " and dis
claim any responsibility for the dishonesty.
Blair Pilot : The testimony so far taken In
the great contest at Lincoln over the election
of state oftlcors Is of a very faklsh cast.
Nothing has developed except that In Omaha
and Grand Island there was manifested some
personal hostility on election day towards
amendment workers , Imt no case has been
established where any ono was deprived of
his vote or where any Illegal votes were cast.
The cud Is not yet , and no one know * what
may be coming , but If based alone on the
character of testimony so fir taken tlio con
test has little of strength behind It.
Nollgh Aavocato : The taking of testimony
In the contested electioa cases of Powers vs
Boyd aud the alliance state ticket vs the ro-
puolican state ticket has been a ronrine farce ,
and If they have no stronger testimony to
offer the oflieom elected on the face of tlio
returns should fill the oftlces for the next
two years. The Advocate Is opposed to fraud
in elections or elsewhere , and If Mr. Boyd or
anybody else has obtained a majority by
fraud , aud if that fact is clearly proven , he
should bo bounced by the legislature ; If
fraud cannot bo proven bo should bo installed
as governor for the next two years.
Nell h Loader : The ovldonco so far taken
In the contest for state ofUccrs does not In
dicate that anyone was prevented from voting
ing for whom ho pleased for governor or any
other stuto ofliccr , or oven for the prohibitory
amendment , though some of the witnesses ,
who had tickets of all parties with "for the
amendment" on them , testified that they
were not entertained with bands of music.
Not a witness has testified so far thnt ho did
not vote Just as ho pleased , or that tto.know
of anyone who was prevented from so doing.
Just what evidence remains to be Introduced
no one but tboso mnnaghiR the contest
knows.
Beatrice Democrat : In the state contest
Powers aud bU crowd are simply lending
themselves to the prohibitionists. All the
testimony so far taken Is to tlio effect that in
the city of Omaha prohibition poll workers
were roughly handled nnd driven from the
polls. If tuo-rontosfwns upon the prohibi
tion amendment , the testimony would appear
to bo material , but nothing bos thus far been
shown to provo that the anti-prohibition bulldozers -
dozers were specially favorable to Boyd , or
against Powers , Straight democratic tickets
printed "for" the amendment were taken
away from poll workers and destroyed , Whllo
n state of things appears to have existed by
no means crodltabla to the metropolis of No-
bruskn , the prohibitionists have failed to
connect Boyd with U la any way whatever.
Sutton Advertiser : The contest now In
progress at Lincoln before the notaries Is a
great farco. The notaries are not a court and
have no power to decide the case und the cvl-
donco they tuuo will all have to bo repeated
before the legislature. The wheedling of
Powers and tbo other candidates on the In
dependent tluket into tills mode of proced
ure was a alirewil scheme on the part of their
lawyers , who wanted an opportunity to
bluitor and make a great tuow of effort In
ordur that they may claim a Wg fee. It U
evident that nil parties to the contest now
realize the usele suusa of the whole proceed
ing. There can bo but little comfort in tbo
hopg of obtaining the ofllco by either bide , U
tha entire emoluments are absorbed in ad-
vunco by useless litigation. In Joint ballot
the Independents have only n few votes in
tbo majority. These tow are the fighting
K round.
THIS A Kit THAT.
Tbo typotvrltor ha Invaded the Sioux rca-
ervatlou , It evidently arrived ahoail of the
army of soldiers and novspapor correspon
dents , nnd Is Jolng deadly work. A sample
of Its work In the hands of n rancher rcsld-
tig on the woitorn cdgo of the hostile coun
try has reached TUB HUB. The gentleman
\vlio manipulated the machine explains that
t is his first attempt , and ho hopes to do bet
tor next time , but ho Is bound that ' 'the '
outside world should know something nbout
the inside cusncdncss of this Indian bust-
icss. " Disgusted with the roil-tnpo procras-
iimtlon of the government , the gentleman
aunebci forth as follows !
It Is n well knrmnfiict , tlmttlio lndlin < * Kavo
lotlco to the world Unit limy were Rowing to
rnlsn Hell \vllh Ncbruiku , Dakota nnd Iho
United State * . In gcnornl noino months a o. Su
thorotl tiipoworm nwoltoiind begun to wlixlo
a bout over the country In a mysterious iniili-
icr , The Indian pliiy-ourdti nnouncud tlio
3rnto Clirlst-iiluy to ojion with a rcnrlni ; pru-
mlo to run tlio soalo from upor Unluirp to
over Hflnt. dnrolngwlilch tlino thored ( llvnl.- )
\vcro to pump nil tbo rod Moll Into their vrnrtli-
esi ontkcssesthat liny around loose , for tlio
llrst not , True tuiiroinlsi ) tlio prcludo began
KOIUO three \veek.s , n KO.
After detailing the work of destruction by
Lho hostllos , tlio settlers1 Inoffootunl pleat for
arms , the Inactivity of tbo soldiers and the
worthless Investigations \vhlch did not In
vestigate , the typewriter recounts how ono of
Lho ranchers telegraphed to Governor Mel-
loll for arms , which were refused , and to
General Miles for protection :
Ho had better luck with the dispatch for
protection , however ; ns gun nine Mont of
the tinny como down to day to sea It tlio
naughty rod illvolshaa got lost from their f < ia-
tor ( I tuH a nd were wuiiilcrlngaboittovur tlio
oimtry. lie wns well nrmoil with a book Ss
uluo'ly jiecll , and lniitlrod | minutely In to the
liartculnrs ot the unnatural actions at the
poor reds , and carefully noted down nil the
( silent ) points ; as he thought thay weld ho of
some bcnofollto thuiui.xl Ronur.itlon In soiling
the problem of porpotiiiitlng tlui annoy to col-
obnito tlio glorious fourth of July.
The typewriter closes his communication
in the following impressive style :
Now It Is abouttlinu IhN cotoinptablo rod
tnpn humhugry wis sloped , nnd tliuso Govern
ment Imps tukon In.andortroopsloftho AROII-
clcs. The pmbnblllltloi nro bad the troops
stnyoil n way nnd not crowded In on them to
oMispnralo nnd anoy them l > y tholrpronstmoo
limy weld hnvo dnnrod , Whooped , Yelled and
filled themselves so f nit ot IK'lt-htcliod dlvol-
tries that they void have exploded or were
themselves out untlll tliay were uuublu to
crawl off the Itascvatloiumy how.
The gentleman who manipulated the above
typewriting Is n little deficient in his spell-
In ? and grammar , but Tin : DEI : will wager
ho knows n , few more things than a certain
clerk employed in a certain leading dry goods
emporium in Omalm. The house also carries
a stock of Christmas toys. A. lady who
wanted n Noah's ark for her little girl asked
the clerk \\\\o \ \ presided over the counter
where tlieso toys were on sale .to show her
some of them. As the nrks were in plain
sight on a shelf , the lady was surprised when
the clerk snid they had none In stock.
' Don't you know what a Noah's ark Is ! "
the customer inquired.
' Never beard of it , " replied tbo ofllclont
clerk.
"Didn't you ever hear of Noabl" was the
next question.
"Noah who ! " was the reply.
Seeing that the clerk was not "on , " the
lady pointed to the Noah's arks and asked
what they were.
"Why , " said the salesman , "tboso are hol
low blocks with nnlmals In thorn. "
It's nn ill wind that blows nobody good.
Whllotuo real estate inon and speculators of
the northern Nebraska counties howl that
reports of the Indian troubles nro hurting
the country , tuo poor farmers and home
steaders nro roapiiif ? a harvest by sellinp
tboir produce nnd hauling it to Pine Ridge to
feed the soldiers.
_
An Indian war would also bo appreciated
by settlers In some otlior parts of the state
that is , a good many poor people would bo
glad to secure the work that the northern
farmers are now doing on account of
the uprising. Letters have boon re
ceived by Titc DKB by tbo sooro tolling of
the suffering aud privation that will result
this whiter as a consequence of the summer's
drought Some of the tales are pitiful In the
extreme and would move the heart of the
veriest skinflint of a miser.
The railroads are talcing a hand in the mat
ter of furnishing relief to these drought-
stricken people , but coupled with thai r char
ity is a threat. A pentlcinau from a county
which hns over two hundred destitute fami
lies within Its borders , reports that the rail
road managers have signified their willing
ness to transport relief supplies free
until the 15th ( Monday next ) , but thnt
alter that date the company will refuse to
continue the free rate until after the legis
lature convenes. "If , " they say , "tho
farmer ICRislaturo Is going to como down on
us hard , why wo will have to ratal into by
shutting oft the free business , oven If the
settlers are without food and clothing1. Self
preservation is the first law of nature. "
The gentleman who pave Tun Bun the
above bit of Information resides In Congress
man-Elect Item's big" district. 'I
bavo como to like some of Kern's
Idoas"sald be , "although I opposed him during
the campaign. I'm an "iitl-inonopollst , but I
believe Kern Is right on the usury question.
A strict usury law In my county would drive
n great do.il of useful capital out of the coun
try , for the small londow could , not afford to
make loins at 0 , 7 or 8 per cent and run the
risks they do on the kind of security of
fered.1 This luoa was also endorsed by
another gentleman from Valley county , a
lawyer. " 1 know , " said ho , "what I am
talking nbout. I have Unfunded a good many
pcoplo who have sold property on which
there was a chattel mortgage , and I've never
hail n conviction yet. All i have to do U to
shako the money-shark red rag in the face of
the Jury aud an acquittal follows every time. "
Speaking of Kcm recalls n story of tbo late
campaign which illustrates how the tariff
engrossed , attention , not alonu in Nebraska
but all over the country , The tale is 0110 re
lated. by Congressman Outhwaite. During
the campaign a worthy citizen of ono of the
outlying precincts of his district dloil , nnd in
duo time the neighbors ana friends gathered
to attend tbo funeral. The preacher for the
occasion was n now arrival whom the confer-
eni'O had Just sent to the circuit. After
some general remarks ho said tlwt owing to
his short residence in the neighborhood ho
did not on joy the acquaintance of the deceased
brother sufficiently to onnbla him to dwell
upon the personal merits ho' doubtless PO-K
scssod , but If any penon desired to pass some
eulogy upon the deceased ho would irlnaly
glvo way. No ono responded at first , but
nftor u pressing repetition of the Invitation a
gaunt man uioso from a back aunt and said ho
did not remember much to bo snid in praise
of tli' ) dopurtad brother , hut If It would make
no tllffcronco ho would glvo thorn a little talk
on the turl ft.
_
Iliioin In the rtlghc I'lauc.
It Is now reported that Mr , Cleveland Is to
Uko up his rojldenooln Chicago , Perhaps
Orovcr believes lu Vivlnif tbo booming west a
chance at the next democratic nomination for
the presidency.
Both for I'arnell.
St. J uli fHu1i6-Dtimcr.it ,
The people of ICllkonny cndono Mr. Par
ucll. Bo do the cats.
. ONUM , Doo. n. Tn the Editor of TIIK
llnsconurcss thn pownr to prohibit the S'iln ol
ll iuor throughout Uio United Htntox. Will ;
you plouio ausuor In 'i'nr. SUNDAY IIIKTC : > KH -
"of A , i I , i
No. wo find nothing In the constitution to
nstlfv the hope that congress uotild puss any
such law.
O'JAiM.Doo.K. To the editor . . . . . . , , r.M
\ \ III you nloiso mmverln THK HUNUAV HIIK
how red Ink Is made , and truly obluo o ,
Hod ink is usually tnndc from oltlior coolil-
neal or llrazilwood , the latter bolng the mow j
permanent. Hut some of the aniline rods nrof
rnplilly replacluir the former sorts. Hoeltgor'
recommends ono part of good carmmo , HO of
caustio nininonlii and ono and ono-liulf parts
ofKtiin arable. A cheaper Ink Is iniulo by
drenching twclvo pirts of pulverized twin
neal and four pu-t.s of carbonate of aniinonl.i
with tlilrty-two parts of hot w.iter.
UTICA. Nob. . Hoc. 12. To the KdllorntTim
HKKI I'lt'iitn Inform inn trhrilit'r or nut tli <
llfoof Mlis Ilccohler , who shot II. W. Hint ; ui
Uniiiba In ISsli , hasuvor been published.
! S U
Not that wouro nivnroof except In citrivut
nowspuper articles nt the tlino of the nlTalr
The files ot Tnr. Uei : would furnish th.it . in
formation ,
COUNCIL Ui.tirm la. . Dee. IS. To the IMitnr
of. TIIK HI.K : Will you plonso dvelilo the fol
lowing but InTllK HUNIUV IlhB ? 1'lvo dollars
wasbot DII thouloutlon ot eciiiitrpvuimiiln tin
Klitlith Iowa , congressional ( Hit rid , Tim tv
turns Bliow that the republican bus bum
oli'dud by 110 majority , Imr. the election Inn -
bocii contest ol by tlio democratic iiomlnw
Will It reiiiilriilho doolsjon of tlio contest M
ili'ctdo the hot , nud ft the doinourat should IM
seated In tlio next lioiiHe would the di'iimiMMt
wlnlho but ? ( .3.0. \ \
Congress , hi the exorcise of Its power to do-
cideon tlio qmillllc.itlonsnf Us members , will
declare who was elected In the Eighth low.i
distrlet. Thnt declaration will docldo the bet
OIIANII lor.ANl ) , Neb. , Dec. 7. To tlio IMItor
of IIIE HKK : 1 would like jour nolutloii to
the following If an Irresistible ballshonM
Htrlko anlinienutrnhlu | wall uliat would tint
consequence bo ? Tills question him always
been a great piizr.lulo me. ulsoto nKfonliHiiii-
bur burn , A.'grout iiiitny dllTeront solutions
lia\e been olVered. I uppuiil to your decision ,
N. N. C1
No human being can tell whit would hap
pen la case un Impossibility should occur , but
wo can say that if nu irresistible bull should
strike tbo Impcnotrablo hcaaof tncn who ask
fool questions of TIIK HF.B tbo life of the cell *
tor of this department would bo compar
atively Joyful.
OMAHA , Doo.lJ. To the Editor of TUB Iti.r. :
1'lrnso Inform mo throuiili your paper li.it
olivet. If any , Iho turllTblll him on tbo rlnur
manufacturer nud rot all tloaler of loharco
LiOL'lS 1IUKCIISKNSTKI.N
The now huv raises the duty of leif to
bacco suitublo for ciRnr wrappers , If
stemmed , from ? 1.00 to } J.75 per i > oiiiid ; it
not stemmed , from 75 cents to $ J.OO. The
former duty on uninnnufacturfd tobacco was
It ) cents per pound. The now duty Is JI5 contt
on unstomniod and M ) cents on stemmed , The
duty on cigars , ohorools , otc , , Is r.iisod from
S'J.fii ) j > cr pound and " 5 per cent ad valorem to
Sl.fX ) per pound and U.T per cent nil valorem.
The object of thesochunijes in the duties Is
to stimnUto tobacco culture nna numifcuini
In the United States. It 1ms alronily liml
this effect , the homo production df clears for
tlio month of November , after the law wont
into effect , bclnp nc.irly double that of the
production in September , under the old law
You willnotico that thodutyon unmanufac
tured tob.iccols n6t raised appreciably , while
the ( lutics on wrappers and un imnufniUircd
floods isiaiscd almost ton prohibitory point.
Tlio effect of the now law must inovitaoly bo
to enormously increase the manufacture of
cigars In the United States and to Increase
the cost to the manufacturer nud retailer
until competition has brought down tna
prices , as it has in the case of other highly
protected goods hereto foro. The consumer is
not apparently affected at all , as jot , by the
tmilT changes.
POUT PIIINK.V , Neb , Do3.12. Totho I-Mltn r nt
TDK BIK : ; Will you plonso Inform mu thnnr.'h
the column's ot Tim HUH tlio number of noun-
tors tuklui ; HOits this session , and the iniinbi ref
of representatives. Will the next session dif
fer in rc'poot to tlio number ot smalms anil
ruiirescntathos ? A SriiscnniKii.
Senators , S3 ; representatives , illl. These
figures include the members of both houses
from the new states , all of whom have now
taken their scats. The next congress , nl-
ready elected , will contiiln the satno number ,
but the Fifty-third congress , to ba chosen in
180. ! . will hnvo twenty-live now members of
the house if the repuoilcan roapuortionmcut
bill Is pas&cd.
IHEAS CM' ( fVltA'Jt > / , 4V " 1VA.lt. "
The wild and woolly savage now
Is kicking up his feet ,
As an nppeal to Uncle Sam
For something moro to cat.
Columbus Sentinel.
Nebraska City Press : To shoot or not to
shoot ; that is the question witli General
Miles and General Urooko.
Oroeley Herald : It is reported that the Inr
dlnns about Ilosobud agency are fillliif ; , '
apart. No wonder. They do not got enough
grub to hold them together.
Crete Vldotto : 'I'ho Inaian trouble has nil
como nbout through tlio blunder of an in
terpreter. It was "bulls" and not "bullets , " '
"beef" and not "grief" that poorLo wanted.
Blair Pilot : Tbo vnscillating course of the
government Is fust making it a reproach and
a by-word among the populace nnd yet it per
sists in Its display of imbecility on the Indian
question ,
Fremont Flail : The Indians now snnn
their lingers nt their foos. Never was an
army moro decidedly outKoner.iloa than.
Brooke's command has boon by the braves or
tincaks under tbo direction of Sitting Dull.
Hurwc.il Quaver : The World-Herald's cor
respondent ut Pine Hidgo wants Agent Itoyer
fired. The agent should have 11 red tlio
\Vorld-IIcruld correspondent. The piescneo
of the representative of that paper was
enough to drlvo the poor red-skins to des
peration.
Hastings Nobroskans ; Starving the In
dians with short rations until they nro light
ing mud and keeping them supplied with
anm and umunltlon to wreak vengeance on
tlio whites , would bo all right enough if
Judgement nould fall rightly on the parties
guilty of swludlhiK tbo red devils out of their
patrimony from the government.
Fremont Flail : milo Miles has brcn
talking to newspaper men , the Dulls ami
Hears of the tribes have been sawing wooJ.
Thcro Is usually too much sentiment , coiu.
nucU.nl wH'n the Indian fighting. Tim
humanitarians of the oa t , Imbued with tlio
spiritTof Longfellow , look upon "Lo the Poor
Indian , " as , i udng that has been so badly
maltreated by the C'lucasslm ns to oxcitu
their sympathy , and ttioy are full of maudlin
sentiment against bloodshed. If Miles i.i nn
Indian warrior , let him get to the front ami
quit his newspaper foolishness until the rcj
skins uio subdued.
St. I'atil'H leo Inuitbns.
Clikauo Trtlntne.
The winter palace project In St. Paul Is on
npaln. St. Paul proposes aud the weather
disposes.
OMAHA.
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed and CluaruntMid OiiiHaI..lVWOflO
I'uld in Capital . 7-10.0.10
Buys ana soils etookn aud lie ml a | nogi t latos
oonimerolul paper ; pocolvti nnd o.xouulcs
triiHtHiiiutHiii transfer a'icnt und trustunuf
e irporatlons , takes chaw" t property , ojl-
lecls tojus. _ /
Omalia Loan&TrustCo
' SAVINGS BANK.
S , E. Cor. 10th nnd Doug lee Sto.
Vnld InOiiv'.lul ' . I 51,10)
hubscrlbod untl Guaranteed UaiHil. ; . . . KM.tiii
Liability of Stooldioldors . WWWO
C Tor Cent Inlorujt 1'ivW nn Doposllx.
11IAMU. I.ANUK , '
Onicors ; AU. . V/ynmn , tireoiJcnt , J. .1 , 1'io.in . ,
vlco-presldonl , T Wymuii 'runsnrur
llrootori-A. ) U.Wymau. J. II.Mltnrd. J 4.
liruwn. OuyC. Iliirlon , 12. W. 3u b. 'llu'inu *
U Kluiuull , Gcoiiiu 11.
