4 : THE OMAHA DAILY BE& , FIUPA ? , NOVEMBER 3 , 1803.
THE DAILY BEE.
E. UOSEWATEIl , Editor.
1'UHMSIIKD KVEHV MOUNINC1.
TKIUI9 OP SUIISCniPTION.
flftlljr riefwlllioiit ! Siiml.lyOno Yesr. . . . . . . $ B 00
DMlr nncl Sunday , Ono Year . 10 OO
SIXMonlliS . BOO
Three MnntliH . 3 no
Stnular lice. Onn Yrar. . . . . . . . 2 ( M )
R-mmfnjr Jlof. Ono Ypnr . . . . . . . . . 1 BO
Weekly Boo , One Year . 1 00
OFFICES.
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South Om.ilm. corner NnnilTwonty-BlxtlmtrocUi
Coinifll mtifln , r.'I > pi\rlBlrpet.
Chlcniro om < M' . 3 17 Clinmtirr n ( Commerce.
New YorU. mourn 13 , 14 mid IG.Trtbunobullcllnir
Wnnhtnifton , nii ! Fotirtcontli direct.
COItllKSl'ONDENCK.
All coimntinlcnlloim rotating lonows ami 11
torlal mnltcr Hluiuld lx > niUIn-Bucil ! To tlio Kdltor
Ilt'SINKSS IETTEIia
AllbnMnift tellers nml rcmlltanrcB nhoitM bo.
urtilronwd toTlio lion I'tibllHliliiit company .Omnlia.
I'rnflB , cliro.k nml poMofflco onion ) lo bomndo
lo tinonlirof tlmcotmmny.
I'nrtlc-sleaUiijr Ilinclly for the summer can nnvo
TiiellrKBcnl totliolrnifdrrBHbylcnTlnff an order
nt business ( idlro.
THE DEK 1'tIIII.lSlIINO COMPANY.
8WOUN STATT.MKNT OF CIRCULATION.
Btatn of Nebraska , I
County of DutiRla * . I
Oooriro P. T ? Bclniolt. Bccrotary of Tim HUB Pub
lishing company , iloos solemnly Bwoar that tlio
actual drdilntlon of THE DAILY Brie for the week
millnc Orlobcr 'M , 1803 , wns an follows !
Rnnrtay.OctoborSJa . 25.7RO
Monday. October tt3 > . > . 23.834
Tiipwlny. Octotwr ! I4 . V3.H44
Wwlnrmlnr , October l > r . 23.874
HiuriMliiv , October' ' ! ) . 23.HOO
Friday , Octobfr'7 . . . 23,021
tatunlay , October UH . 24,781
Or.oune It. T/cciitinK.
, . Sworn to bofornninnml minncrlbeil In my
< PKAT. Mjrreetico. this I2Hth rtayof October. 1H03.
1 , ' N. P. FEU. , Notary Public ,
Circulation for Ortubrr , 24,315.
Do NOT fall to register today.
WHO Is Jim Boots Kollay ? What klud
of n mayor would ho inako for Omaha ?
SHORT-WEIGHT BEDFORD Is his namo.
Btib after election his name will bo
pants.
DID wo hear any ono remark that the
maximum froipht rate law was still tied
up In the federal court ?
AFRICA scorns to bo emulating South
America just now in presenting to the
vorld tv scene of constant civil discord.
MUNKO has boon a faithful ,
vigilant anil honest councilman. Ho
should bo kept in his position another
term.
JUDOK EiJjisil has had a fair hearing
before the court of public opinion and
now the other side Is given an oppor
tunity to respond.
ARE you a free American uitizon or a
political serf ? This is a question which
every man who is enrolled in the Rail
way Employes assooiation should ask
himself when ho casts his vote next
Tuesday.
IF EACH of the recommendations of
the democratic administration should
require eighty-five days for its enact
ment into law , four years of democratic
rule will not bring the country very fur
along the road of legislative reform.
THE cancellation of all the outstand
ing loan certificates of the Now York
clearing house without doubt indicates
the close of ono of the most severe mon
etary .stringencies which the banks of
this country have over experienced.
ONE of Judge Ellor's claims to politi
cal support us Rot forth in his circular to
voters in thofacf that ho has a wife and
eight children. Unfortunately his
Bppotiont cannot equal thia showing.
But then ho has not been married quite
uo long as JudgoEllor.
TALK upon tlio canal scheme has been
altogether too wide of the mark so far
aa its promoters have boon concerned.
! Lot them explain exactly how the ap-
'pl-oval of the present bond proposition
will hasten the time when Omaha will
possess the proposed canal. They can't
do it. Vote down the bond proposition.
NOW is the propitious time for Bryan
\o execute his throat of deserting the
tomocratlc party and joining the popu-
ists. Ho must at all events accept with
resignation the fate that decrees all of
the federal patronage to his opponents
within his own party. Bryan has just
ono year loft him to discover "whore'he
is to bo at. "
CITIZENS of Douglas county , regardless -
loss of narty , owe it to themselves to
take thp sheriff's office out of the hands
of a man who has BO little regard for
loconcy or law that ho allows the jail to
bo converted into an assignation house ,
permits prisoners to run at large and
Allows his deputies to take them to dis
orderly resorts and gambling houses.
Witt any gclf-rcspcctiny American citi
zen place his vote at tlw disposal of any
n railroad , express , telegraph or street rail-
" 'a tea/ ) / company or any other corporation tha
carries him OH its pay roll ? Joes a nun
larter away his soul when /io / hires out to
one of these corporations ? Are tliey not get
ting all they nreentitled to tr/ie/t / / employes cji
cientlynnd faithfully perform the task im-
posaltywu them in the shops , on tlie trainer
or at Jicatl < niartcrs ?
AccouniNO to the World-Iferali
layer Bomls is the preferred candidate
) t the water company , the asplml
raving contractor and the gam
vjlors. If Mayor Bomla IB the preferred
jandidato of the water company how dit
it happen that its cohorts fought Bemis
at the primaries ? If Bemis is the can
dldato of the asphalt company how does
U come that Charley Squires signed the
petition for Dr. Mercer ? If Bomls is
the gamblers' ' ohoico why are the pro
prietors of the Diamond , the biggest
gambling house In town , working nigh
find day for Budford ?
CITY ATTOHNEY CONNIXT , pays , over
his own signature : "Tho low does not
permit that to bo done indirectly whlcl
cannot bo done directly. The city a
the present time has no authority to
vote bonds for the purpose of construct
ing1 u canal wherewith to createpower
for operating factories , machinery , oto.
even if voted under the pretext of eon
btruqtini ; waterworks and an electric
light plant. " In other words , under the
proposition us now submitted no part o
the proceeds of the bqnds oould bo usot
for building a canal. TDoroforo wo ad
rise every citizen to vote ui on the
piilllou and a hulf bond propoeltioa.
TO FniaiiTBHiwstXEsu
Chairman Slaughter has addressed a
circular Jotter to bankers and loan
agents In which ho propound ) * two lead-
ng questions on. behalf of the state
central committee. As a prelude Mr.
Slaughter adopts the tactics of the
calamity howlers by assorting that wo
are verging on an era of financial ruin
and dire distress by reason of the desperate -
porato effort that is being made to elect
a populist to the supreme bench. The
[ iicstlons , as propounded , read as fol-
ows :
Should n populist bo elected to the supreme
> cnch this full , liow , In yom Judgment , would
t effect municipal and Individual credits and
fttcs of interest , especially with rcg.ird to
ilaclng of eastern capital In western bonds
ind farm mortgages , or other real estate
oanst
In your opinion , will the best business In-
crcstii of Nebraska bo subserved by the ele
vation of a man to the position of supreme
udgo who represents the populists' Ideas ?
Now the manifest object of this
mnkors' circular is to got them to make
lorrlblo predictions of calamity rutna-
.iou and business depression as the con-
soquoneo of the election of a populist
supreme judge. If the election of JIol-
iomb to the supreme bench wmild really
JOBUcii a terrible calamity , why did
-hf > so political Salvationists wait until
the eve of election before sounding the
alarm ? Why did not they ask the busi
ness men and the bankers to
.olp them nominate a candidate
who would have defeated any
populist thatcould have been nominated ?
It they wore so anxious to forestall
tha election of n populist judge , why
didn't they help to nominate Maxwell ,
who would have boon elected without
circulars to bankers , commercial trav
elers and dealers in brittle political
crockery ? Does any sane man imagine
that the credit of any town or individual
will suffer in the remotest degree by the
defeat of the candidate whom the rail
roads want to foist on the supreme
bench ? Which would bo the greater
calamity , the overthrow of free govern
ment and constitutional liberty by turn
ing over the supreme court to a railroad
oligarchy , or the election of a judge
bound by no tib except his sacred oath of
office ?
Could any greater calamity bafall the
people of any commonwealth than the
subjection of Its supreme judicial tri
bunal to the dictates of corporate mana
gers banded together to dominate over
the people through conventions of mer
cenaries wearing the livery of republi
canism and executing the behests of
despotism ?
Talk about damaging the credit Of
Nebraska when it is a matter of com
mon notoriety that there is u shortage
of over $700,000 in the state treasury , of
which 8300,000 have boon swallowed up
by the Mosher bank swindles. Could
anything bo as damaging to the credit
of this state as is the notorious fact that
the state has been defrauded and robbed
by the connivance of state officers ; that
our legislature has by an almost unani
mous yoto impeached these state officers
and that the supreme cpurt has let thorn
go with a reprimand ? '
Why was not the voice of the state
committee raised in defense of the tax
payers , and business men when the at
tempt was made to turn down the only
judge on thn supreme bench who had
the courage and high sense of official
integrity to place the stigma of guilt
upon the brow of faithless and untrust
worthy custodians of public property
and state institutions ? In our judgment
the only way to raise the credit of the
state ia to rebuke the conspirators who
brought about the nomination of Harri
son ; to purge the state house of boodler-
ism and the conventions of railroadism.
There is no danger of Nebraska's credit
so long as the people of Nebraska have
the integrity and the manhood to main
tain their rights of self-government.
The most damaging thing to Nebraska's
credit that wo can think of is base and
abject surrender of an unbiased ju
diciary to the keeping of railway mag
nates and th'o mercenaries that rotate
in the railroad orbit. THE BEE has as
much nt stake in the state of Nebraska
as any banker or business man , but it
would rather see the state resume its
territorial dependency , governed by federal -
oral authority , than have it remain a
more province of Boston and New York
stock gamblers , acting through potty
usurpers and political buccaneers , who
sot the laws at defiance and override
constitutional right through courts
packed in their interest.
ir.iWDfir.VO DON'T PAT.
Nebraska is represented on the floor
of the lower house of congress by throe
republicans. Those men were elected
squarely ' on the issue of honest money
as'defined in the national republican
platform and In opposition to the free
coinage and wildcat money planks of
populists and democrats. When a man
is elected to any legislative body to
ropresont.a party ho is expected to give
vitality by hla votp to the pringlplos his
.party has enunciated. If there was any
Issue on which the lines wore drawn anil
clearly defined In Nebraska in the last
campaign it was on tlio issue of free
and unlimited coinage of silver at 1 (
tel ,
On the repeal of the Sherman silver
purohuxo act In the house Mr. Mercer
recorded his vote with the great body of
his party for the bill , and Messrs. Eluinoi
and Melklojohn ranged Uiemxolves will
the populists nii-1 sllvorlto democrats
In otnor words , Mr. Mercer Is the oiilj
republican in .the house who is in ucoori
with the ph. form pledges of hliparty. .
Hainor and Moiklojohn wabbled aiii
played willow. This ia just what Mr , Pad
dock did in the senate for several years
and he found to his cost thut populists
took no stock in such play for fuvor from
the opposition.
The republican party is either righ
or wrong on the money question. Those
who bollovo it is right should have the
courage of tholr convictions , and those
who believe it ia wrong should join the
party that makes free and unlimited
coinage its chief issue. Men who are 01
both uldoj of this issue must fall between
twoen two stools. It was all well onougl
for Messrs. Molklejolm and ITalnor to
support amendments to raise tuo 'ratio
and bring silver coins up to their com
mereial standard , but on. the main
question of rojioal their vote should have
been in accord with the platform on
vhlch they "were elected.
1IK3IIS , IIA0L \
There are three candidates before the
itizons of Omaha who are fairly -pitted
against each other for mayor Bomls ,
Ilascall and Bedford , Dr. Mercer will
fet fewer votes in Omaha than Ada Bit-
onbcndor will get for supreme judge.
Vs between Bemis , Ilascall and Bed-
ord , who will best -protect and pro-
note the city's interests and in whoso
lands will the taxpayers bo the safest ?
? hat is the main question in a nut
hell. Tlio lenders of the anti-vice
novcment say the main question is what
candidate will most rigidly enforce the
Sunday laws and go farthest toward
ttpprcsslng gambling and the social
evil ? Tills very respectable , but im-
iraotical class , as wo understand it , pro-
> ose. to defeat Bomls because ho boa
ailed to comply with their demands and
ronoinmcndatlona. Homo ot these ox-
Tomlsts go so far as to say openly that
hey will vote for Ilascall In order to
nako things just as bad us possible
n order to rotiso all the respectable and
aw-abldlng elements of the city into an
nntl-vico and strict Sunday closing cm-
sndo. Tills is very much the sumo pol-
ey as was pursued In Iowa by prohlbl-
ionlsts who preferred free whisky , holes
n the wall and baot-1 egging ta high
iccnso and restrictive legislation ,
There is no doubt that Ilascall jyould
gratify these extremists by a froo-and-
easy and wide open night and day gov
ernment In which vice would run riot to
; heir heart's content.
It goes without saying that the anti-
vice element will cause no reform by
.hrowlng their votes to the democratic
candidate , who certainly does not claim
, o bo bettor than his party and courts
the support of the vicious element by a
lorsonal canvas in the lower wards.
When it comes to choosuitr between
Bemis , Bedford and Hascall in the
.ntorost of economy and. the protection
of the taxpayer Mayor Bemis cer-
: ainly Is incomparably the safest man.
[ lascall's recklessness and wildcat ideas
, n business matters are well known.
Mr. Bedford is a good business man ,
jut ho has , if any thing , more irons in
the fire now than ho had when ho was
a member of the council and did not '
Utond two meetings out of fa very
live. Mr. Bedford is , moreover , en
tangled with franchised corporations ,
whom ho counts among his heaviest
patrons. Ho is constantly subjected , to
the whim of public carriers and cannot
afford to incur their displeasure when it
comes to a clash between them and the
city's interests in the matter of via
ducts , depots or right-of-way privileges.
From a business standpoint and from
the taxpayers'standpoint Mr. Bemis is ,
In our judgment , the most reliable and
safest candidate. Ho is in position to
devote his whole time to the business of
the city. Ho " has " * nothing to
sell to any corporation holding a
franchise and no materials to furnish
to contractors. Ho does not travel on a
street car pass or on a railroad pass.
He does not accept free water , free
gas , free electric light'Or any other gift.
Ho is not a shipper or a dealer tnat can
be favored or injured by a railroad. Ho
is vigilant In chocking jobs and fraudu
lent claims. At the same time ho is
progressive and favors public improve
ments and projects that would promote
the growth of the city.
As between the three candidates Mr.
Bemis certainly merits popular prefer
ence.
771K QOESriUN OP A BOND ISSUE.
There will be no further financial
legislation until the regular session of
congress , but very soon after that
moots , on December 4 , the question of
issuing bonds for increasing tfTe gold reserve -
servo of the treasury and providing
against the threatened deficit will come
up and may take precedence of the tariff
question. According to.tho statement
recently sent to congress by the secretary
*
tary of the treasury therp is vorylikely
to bo a deficiency in the revenues of the
government at the end of the current
fiscal year amounting to 850,000,000 , and
it may exceed thut sum. There will be
no difference .of opinion , it is presumed ,
upon the proposition that provision must
bo made to moot this threatened
deficiency. Nobody can desire that the
treasury shall bo placed , in a posi
tion that will compel it to indefinitely
put off the payment of any of its obliga
tions. Of course there ia the gold reserve -
servo , buf ; if there was no question as to
whether this fund could bo lawfully
used for any purpose other than the re
demption of United States , notes it
would obviously bo most inadvisable to
divert it from that object , fn the opin
ion of Senator Sherman and some
others there is no authority for using
the gold reserve for any other purpose
than thut of redeeming United States
notes , but whatever difference of opinion
there may bo as to this it is manifestly
the wise and safe policy to maintain this
fund for the object for which it was
created ,
The threatened deficiency probably
cannot bo met by additional tu.xu.tlounor ,
can it bo provided for by coining the
sliver seigniorage in the treasury , as
1ms been proposed , because the amount
could not bo turned out of tlio mints
within the next six months , It could
bo mot by an issue of greenbacks , but a
government inllatlon of the paper our-
ronoy to the amount of $30,000,000 at
tills time ujuld not bo justified on bound
financial principles and would not ba
approved by the conservative judgment
of the country. Having abandoned sil
ver inflation it would inauifoitly be n
ralBtuko to resort to an inflation of
paper. Tlio only judicious and safe al
ternative , therefore , scorns to bo an
Issue of bonds , as Senator Sherman ha <
urged and as President Cleveland is
said to bollevo. There being some doubt'
regarding the authority of the secretary
of the treasury to issue bonds under ex
isting law , con < jro33 will ba , . asked to
pass a bill giving suon authoiHy , Sen
ator Sherman bus prepared u incasurq
for this purp uo and it may bo intro
duced immediately after the meeting of
the regular bujsion. It is understood
that in the meanwhile President Clove *
land will prepare u t > pcciul message U
congress urging that aiUlorltybo } Im
mediately granted for another issue of
United Statoj boutU It is tuild that the
administration fully committed to this
policy and tfvaf democrats in both
branches of conWcss have been gtvon to
understand thrtj t would bo urged upon
the attention qf congress at the earliest
practicable thrift0
There will , CifJ'fpoiirse , bo n strong and
vigorous opposition to incrotislnp the
intorcst-boarin 'Vnbllo debt by issuing
bolide It wllljjfo antagonized by the
silver men In btu branches of congress
and It will encounter democratic opposi
tion on grounds of party expediency.
The party will'boearnestly ! warned that
to Increase the public debt will bo dan
gerous to It3 welfare. Mr. Cleveland ,
however , If ho la correctly represented ,
ecoms to prefer that the public debt
shall bo increased rather than that the
treasury shall become insolvent and the
government bo compelled to default on
its obligations during his administra
tion , and if ho has decided to inako the
Issue of bands a part' of the financial
policy of his administration ho will bo
very likely to carry it to success.
IM.KQAL AXD UXJUST DlSClllMlX.l-
TIOX.
In sustaining the ruling of the Inter
state Commerce commission against dis
criminating ratofl in favor of shipments
of Imported goods , In the case of the
Texas Pacific , the circuit court of ap
peals for the district of Now York has
added the weight of its judicial authority
to the interpretation which the commis
sion has aimed to put upon the interstate
commerce act. The third section of
that act iimrto It unlawful for any common
carrier subject to Its provisions to give
any undue or unreasonable preference or
advantage to any particular description
of trafilo or to subject any description of
trafllc to any undue or unreasonable prej
udice or disadvantage. Tlio commission
has boon accustomed to glvo hearings
upon facts which the railroads claimed
justified whatever .discriminations in
rates wore complained of and to con
sider all the circumstances bearing
upon the particular class of trafllc before
handing down Its opinion. The recent
decision of the cirouit court of appeals
holds simply that the discrimination in
favor of import trafllo was unjustifiable
in the particular case triedl but it must ,
nevertheless , go far to establish the
principle that in the absence of unusual
or extraordinary modifying conditions no
such discrimination will bo tolerated
under the interstate commerce act.
The contention , of the railroads in
granting -this class of discrimination is
that unless they _ , Uro permitted to make
special rates for import tralllc they will
lose that traffic entirely ; that if they re
duce the rates on domestio traffic to the
Bruno scale as those- necessary on im
ported goods their whole business of
transporting frjnglit will become demoralized -
moralized and unprofitable. This is un
doubtedly truotljln ( many instances , but
cannot always bo viewed , as a justifica
tion. Itvas true * in this Texas Pacific
case. For example , the rate from Liv
erpool to San iFrnnciscowas ; $1.07 per
hundred poundson - books , carpets ,
woolen oodsJ , ftiocsj stc. , the goods being -
ing shipped , to Jiow Orleans by'boat. Of
this sum , only * f80 * cents * went to
the railroad. ' Tlio * ppdinary rail
rates from New Orleans to San
Francisco wore $2.88 per hundred pounds
on books and carpets and $3.70 on shoes
and woolen goods. Such a flagrant case
ot discrimination could scarcely bo up
hold by the courts , although the deci
sion might deprive the railroad alto
gether of its import tralllc. The judge
who wrote the opinion in this casowhile
expressly disclaiming any intention of
saying that no modifying circumstances
would justify a relaxation of the rule
against discrimination in favor of par
ticular descriptions of trafllc , by his
order compels the railroad to put in force
the same tariff for transporting goods in
transit as for transporting domostio
goods. From ono adverse decision after
another the railroads are gradually
learning that there is a roughly-drawn
lino" which they will not bo permitted to
overstep.
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A SLIGHT advance in the price of
wheat is ascribed in part to the im
proved outlook for the passage of the
repeal bill , which has increased confi
dence in the wheat .markets. . Another
influence , however , favorable to im
proving prices is found in the fact that
Interior receipts , of wheat have con
tinued moderate in comparison with
those of lust year. In three weeks of
October the arrivals at western spring
and winter wheat con tors have aggregated -
gated 18,000,000 bushels , as against 2- ! ) ,
000,000 bushels during the correspond
ing period in 1892. The disinclination
of farmers to soil is encouraged
by the relatively profitable results
of feeding. The tendency to a re
covery of values under the influ
ence of smaller receipts and a growth
of business confidence is retarded by the
continued presence of large stocks at
the commercial centers and by decreas
ing exports. Although shipments to
Europeso fur this season luivo boon
7,001),000 bushels' larger than they wore
last year , the outwa'rd movement in the
last throe wqok $ has fallen over
2,000,000 bushels below the totals for the
corresponding Pfyffl a3t yoz ' . Notwithstanding
'
withstanding the .great decrease In
shipments from' I the farms and the
hoason's gain iriMfjxportsthe , visible
stock of wheat la Mils C3imtry is stated
to bo nearly 8,000,030 bushels larger
than it was a .voag fro. This is the fea
ture of the situation that prevents a
more rapid recovery in prices. Reports
concerning tlio fulj6wn ) ; | wheat indicate
that the crop is , jtnaking satisfactory
progrobs and will fitor the winter eoa-
son in boiler condition than did the crop
of last your. Tlio outlook for touch
higher prices for wheat is not BO bright
as could bo wished in tlio interest of the
producers. _ _
GOVKRMOH Pr.NNOYKlt of Oregon is a
trifle early with his Thanksgiving
proclamation and a trifle forward in
casting reflections upon the congress
and president ot the Untied States in n
mbllc document. Ponnoyor is the , man
vlio insulted President Cleveland onoo
joforo , and It 1ft a cause for wonder why
.ho democrats of Oregon should persist
n placing in tholr chief executive olllco
a man so dovold of all sense of decency
and propriety.
Tun silver purchasing clause of the
3horman law certainly made a hard
Ight and died game when the end was
forced.
Domini ! lor .BVHi.tlon. '
Kantav City Jo'irnal ,
Now Hint ttio president's fltmnclnl policy
ins been sustained , lot us hopa that republi
cans In congress will dissolve partnership
wltli tlio democratic administration ,
Kulr Ornuiniinl for Hemp.
riillailtliiMa I'rctt.
It is said thnt the assnssln of Mayor Harrison
risen of ChU'nRo is crazy. He's suio : enough
o stilTor for his prlmo at tlio end of four-
.ecu foot of good tliroo-quartcr inch nmnllln
ic m p.
Via mill Principle.
C'lM'rlam ! Lender.
President Cleveland is tlio most olTcotlvo
iosa the democratic party has Imd In a third
of n century. The reason is thnt ho Is the
only man in Unit period who has boon able
o glvo hungry Uouioctats federal unices ns
the price oC meek obutlionco.
A Veto for Vlxlonnrlcft.
Probably repeal will start the wildcat cur
rency advocates Into activity. They will
.vii nt to keep up the expansion of the circu
lating medium. But they will fall. The tax
on state bunk Issues will not bo removed by
this congress. Wildcat money Is not wanted
by the country. _
IlnnilH OH' , HomlnnH.
l'liUa < ] d ! > lita North American
There must bo no foreign influence In-
lectnu into this Brazilian business. If the
Is , the ad ministration will bo Justified and
supported in going to any length necessary
to resent and repel it. It Is gratifying to
perceive thnt even the prcsont administra
tion seems to appreciate thut.
nnpubllcnim Stvrd It.
CMcaoo Inftr Ocean.
The democratic president called conRress
In session to IcgiMato for a special purpose ,
to relieve the country in a great emergency.
But his democratic majority utterly failed
him after more- than twelve weeks of a
struggle. Ho had to drop baclc upon the
straightforward work of republicans. They
alone saved the administration from defeat.
llrushliii ; tlio Clouds A way.
Kaiifag City Star.
-Leading business men of Denver are now
talking in a sensitive manner in regard to
the future of that state. Colorado's indus
tries are too varied and too good to Justify
the continuance of the calamity cries which
have all been too prevalent recently. Even
if it did not produce an ounce of sliver , the
Centennial state would not be ruined.
Assertion and Onntrndlollon.
M. I'mil alub ( .
Those Denver banks that are resuming
business on tbo eve of the repeal of the sil
ver bill are discrediting the Colorado sena
tors in a most emphatic manner. Teller and
Wolcott have both been declaring for months
that to discredit silver would be to bring on
a financial crisis in the Rocky mountains.
The ropual is accomplished , and yet the
banks seem to invite the blow which these
sago statesmen ihsist is impending. Very
evidently the baukors place no confidence in
the sagacity of tbo aforesaid statesmen.
The U'avo of Moral Koformbn.
Arkansas Traveler.
Nebraska seems to Do making a gigantic
endeavor to "lino up" with Indiana in the
white cap business. A dozen members of
the Woman s Christian Temperance union
of Polk courity have been arrested for luring
several girls , whoso conduct they did netlike
like , to the woods , and there flogging them
unmercifully. A singular commentary on
the stuto of civilization existing in that
region of 'Nebraska is ttiu fact that these
Woman's Christian Temperance union cranus
glory in their conduct , and say that "it was
for the public good" that such measures
were adopted.
to tlib ITnklr.
Ciiicaoo Hectird.
Midway , the feverish , turbulent , uproar
ious , beery , interesting and instructive Mid
way , is no morel Midway was not uniformly
beautiful , but it did Inspire thought and
observation and comparisons. It was a
storm center for pleasure hunters. There
was no limit to its variety. It was tbo Joke
of the exposition. 'Now that the Oa-
homeyans , Bedouins , Cairenos , Turks and
Javanese , and all tbe other more or less
bedUeued tribes and races arc about to fold
up their concessions and steal away , it is
but fitting that wo hold out the hand of
friendship and bid thorn u pleasant Journey.
Hiturullnii Annoxntlun Iiitprolmlilc.
n ashtnatnn Corrcsptmiltnte New 1'ork Herald.
The papers Mr. Willis Is now carrying to
Hawaii will tell how the administration
stands on the Hawaiian question. I have
trustworthy authority for tbo statement
that these papers make a dollnito proposi
tion to tlio provisional government. They
embody tlio form ot a treaty which will bo
disappointing to the unnoxationlsis , but sat
isfactory to those in favor of a mild pro
tectorate without interference with internal
affairs. The understanding now is that the
paucrs will bo made public simultaneously in
the two countries , ana that this will bo
within loss than a fortnight.
An Irritation
P/tttaiMiilita llecnnl.
Ono of tbo legacies of the International
irrigation congress , in session at Ix > s Angeles
rocdntly , is u dispute over the question
whether there is sumcicnt water to irrigate
all of the arid lauds of the west. That the
supply would not b'o sufficient is the belief
of Major Powell , of the geological survey.
Ills objections are met by the contention of
the IrrigatlpnlstB , tmt | while Major Powell's
ilgurcs may bo correct , ho has failed to take
into account the wasted water of the rivers ;
bo having based his estimates of the supply
solely upon the annual rainfall. If this dis
cussion shall loud to a fuller examination of
this question In all its bearings it will not
have been barren of valuuolo results ,
Till ! dbvuriiiiittnt uml tlio IJnlun I'.ictllc ,
Dtnvsr Jl pubttcnti ,
Whatever may bo done with the Union lja-
cllle railroad the claim ot the government
against thut corporation should bo protected.
The rona vyus built through the bounty of
the government , which wus given with u
liberal baud , uml the money thus advanced
should havn remained a Ural lien upun the
property. Hut , by some kind of Jugglery ,
thocluimof the government was snoordl-
natud to a private claim , and so it is secured
now only uy a second mortgage. Thlijuort *
gugo should bo foreclosed , and , if necessary ,
tlu ! road should ba bougut in by the govern ,
incut. There bus boon altogether too inuuli
lenioneylilioivn the stockholders in conneo- ,
lion with tbo debt duo the government.
They should have been ma do to realize loriJ }
ago that tola debt baa to bo paid soroo time.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
vnorr.K .t.vn
Tlio Thanksgiving proclnmatlon U duo.
Mvfltorlous disappearance * are now clnsaod
an nutump leavns.
Ono thousand unemployed are dally fed in
the anml 16U of Snn 1rnnclsco. .
H Is nn off year In Now York. Ucglslrit-
tion 1ms fnllon awny nearly 50tKX ) .
What a wreck of hopes nnd slmttorintr of
idols there will bo whim Tuesday's returns -
turns come In ,
Ten thousand children wore carctt for In
Iho World's fair nursery nml none of thoni
lost-lu the squalls.
The depth of French roKixrd for the llus-
ilnns cannot bo dolontiliicil until the size of
tlio loan Is made public ,
Hulling against calamity bo wlcra is unfair
nnd fruitless ns lonir ns the coal combine
holds a mortgage on the car tlu
If an.v one dnihcs with the notion that
conflaouco is not in the saddle lot him Inter
view candidates for ofllco. Kvory ono thinks
lie will bo elected.
"Now York la Rotting fuller anil brighter
every day , " says the Tribune. Similar
conditions relguat ulplit , but more so. The ,
campaign Is at its height.
Miss Siillto Matthews , who died In Louis
ville recently , was for n time In com inn tut of
nn Ohio steamboat with fully 100 men sub
ject to her orders. She was at voars old at
the tlmo of her ilcath.
Mrs. Ann Sullivan of Wurtsboro , N. Y. , is
supposed to bo the oldest woman in the
state. Her ago is 110 , she is quite vigorous ,
nnd has not used glaisos lor twenty-two
years , though before that tlmo she needed
them.
D. Sainuol F. Smith , the author of "Amor-
lea , " celebrated his 8'ith birthday anniver
sary a few days ago lit his homo In Newton
Center , Mass. Ho is tuis.v with rellclous nnd
literary worir , is nlort and active and feels
lllto CO.
Kov. P. S. Smith , who wrote "Mi-
Country 'TIs ' of Thee , " sixty years ago ,
p.i.ised his STilli bit-Unlay last week , at Ills
homo in Newton Center , near Boston. Ho
Is Imlo and active , and often supplies vacant
pulpits hi Massachusetts towns.
Two of the healthiest , happiest and
cticerist women In Connecticut are Mrs.
Eunice Pierce of New Hiivoti , anil her twin
sister , Mrs. Txmvlay Williams , whom tlio
former bus been vlsltlnt ; for a week or so
In Merlden. They are 87 years old.
La\vvcr Purdy of Now York , while defend
ing a Bowery tough , sought to show the jury
that "huoekor-out dopo" was harmless by
swallowing a dose. In ten seconds the liuv-
yer was knocked out and rendered uncon
scious. Ho recovered a few hours later to
llnd his client couvlctcd.
. Sir Andrew Clark , whoso career appears
to have been ended by a stroke- paralysis ,
has lone boon regarded as ono of the fore
most physicians of Greut Britain , nnd has
bacn this medical advisor of Mr. Gladstone.
He will bo the fourth eminent physician In
attendance upon the Gladstone family whom
the grand old man has survived.
Sir Henry Loch , who is In a squabble with
Premier Cecil Uhndcs for the management
of the British campaign In Matabololand ,
was taken prisoner ut the tlmo of the Chi
nese war and , with Mr. Boulby of the Lon
don Times , carried about tbo country in a
cage nnd exhibited to the natives. Ho Is
now ncr Britanuls majesty's chief commis
sioner at the Capo.
And so Diiulcp Singh is dead. Well , well ,
It's a bad year for oriental potentates.
With the sultan of .fohoro lighting n broach
of promise suit in England , the mahar.ijah
of Kupurtlmla a hopeless victim of the gin
fizz habit and the gaelavar of Baroda plung
ing around London trying to borrow enough
money to got homo with , the dnzzlo and
illusion of Indian splendor are hopelessly
gone.
"Cash up or no verdict" was the pertinent
declaration of a jury to a Texas court. The
six rood men and true struck for their
stipends , and vrben the plunks were handed
over the Jury decided to disagree. It was
then the court's wrath rose to a fighting
pitch. A return of the fees was demanded ,
and on refusal the court imposed a fine of
(3.50 on each of the six Jurymen. The
cleanup for the duy netted the judge $7.
, PIS ILS FOIt
Cincinnati Commercial : Forty-throe to
thirty-two are figures that go to provo that
a stubborn minority cannot throttle and
dominate a majority that stands for and is
in the right.
Washington Post : Our financial conval
escence may bo slow , but unless some stu
pendous blunder is committed , which there
is just now IHtle reason to apprehend , it Is
practically assured.
Boston Globe : . Well may the coed news
from Washington be greeted with acclaim.
It brings to pass that which multitudes of
earnest men of business have long desired.
It means the beginning of a new era ; for
repeal spells prosperity.
Chicago Herald : A too rapid recovery ,
followed by partial relapse , on the other
hand , would bo > unfortunate , because it
would turn the wavering to ttiesidt. of cheap
mouoy silver or paper and micht lead to
the trial of new experiments and more dis-
astrous.rcsults.thun the country has yet
experienced.
Buffalo Express : There is , howevormuch
in the outcome of the contest for which
those democrats who hone eventually to see
their entire party brousht over to the
side of the president and the re
publicans can congratulate them
selves. Tlio democracy came nearer
being on the right side this time than it bus
on any financial question before In a quarter
of a century. It has shown a healthy and
sudden growth toward a right principle.
Sownrtl ban lee many young boys running 1 II
the streets who ought to bo at homo.
Masked mm hold tip a harbor nt Cozad
nnd secured * 17.M ) lu KIHI ( and n gold watch.
A brother of Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle has been visiting In DroUcn Uow.
He U a ranchman In Idaho.
A Beatrice man Iwncrht a Gaca county
pumpkin for 2.1 cents the other day nml nil
wife worked the fruit up into sovonty-tbrco
nles.
nles.The
The Norlolk dlitrli-t conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church has Just ml-
lourncd at Wnkoflold. The next session will
bo held tit Wlsncr ,
Somebody stole ono of the team of trotting
dogs belonging to JohnSchlok of Beatrice ,
but by payment or a re want the owner se
cured the return of his property.
Tlio granary nnd rorneribs of Tom Flnlon
of Custor county were destroyed by lire and
1,000 bushels of corn nnd WO bushels ol
wheat were consumed. Incendiaries.
Joseph W. Ilogers , a plonror of I'lllmoro
county , was burloti bv the Grand Army post
of Lxctor and nil thn business house * lu
town closed out of respect for his memory.
Moses Marks , n clerk lu a Nebraska City
clothing house , fell from a stop ladder lu
the front window of tin ) store and plunged
headfirst Into ilia big light of plnss. 'Ihs
.pane was cracked in all directions nml
Altrlts'head was t > o badly cut thnt u sur
geon had to sow up the wound.
Tbo Smith block nt Kxotcr was destroyed
by flro with all Us contents. The occupants
wore J. A. Nyo. confectioner , loss $ MK ) . In
sured for ? ; v > 0 ; P. W. Costollo. barber shop ,
loss JIM ) , no Insurance ; Alta V. Hobliison ,
mllllnory , losi $1,000. no Insurance : .1. C.
Wilson , groceries , loss $ looo , Insured for
* iM ) . Hie building itself , which has long
boon , considered a Hro trap , was owned by H ,
G. Smith and was ono of the first buildings
erected in the town. The absence of wind
alone saved the remainder of the village , ns
thcrj was no water. The origin of the flro
Is unknown. The insurance on the bulldlnir
was $1,000.
A bunco game has been worked quite suc
cessfully nt South Sioux City bv a gang of
, which a police ofllclnl wus a leading man.
llioy played the part of farmers upon the
unsuspecting wtio had plenty of mouoy and
were seeking employment anil steered them
to old Govinclon. Tholr last game was two
youths with plenty of money , who were
employed by a member to husk eighty acres
of corn , which ho said was in Nebraska ,
near this place. Tho.v were successfully
worked for all they had mid ivcrossed the
river on a dime borrowed from a bartender.
Two of the gang were arrested and action
will bo commenced against the ollleer. A
14-ycar-olu boy was mot by two men near
the river nnd forced to trade u pair of pants
for a pair discarded by ono of the fellows.
Diligent search failed to find the men ,
Now Orleans Picayune : SomuthhiKlmi Imp-
punud to tniiko Vi'MiUtHslHc. TluMuU&erura
eruption In the mouth tit the crater ,
Clovolnnd Plain Dualcr : Those Indiana
Indies who "diirUoat "
were KcnrcliuiR Chicago"
inny have only been looking for their hus
bands.
Atchlson Globe : M lion a. woman tnkospnr-
tlc.ulnr pains In putthi ! ; on her clothes It l.i
ovldontsho Intends mulling a call on u woman
she ( loe.sii't like very ncll.
Philadelphia LodRiir : What the news dis
patch dcscrllic-s UN aright vrhnlo wiia washed
ashore on l.onp Island Ian I , wool ; . Hut It ap
pears lo liavi ) boon loft.
Now York Herald : ilo I should think It
would bo very hard work lo wrllo a modern
society uoviil. She What can there lie so
hard about It ? Ho To restrain tlio ImpuUo
to kill off all the IcndliiR clmrnctors.
%
Washington Btnr ; "It's no use , " iimtlertd
tlio train robbnr ( U < joctudly , as ho wiitcho.l the
Pullman porlor. "I inlRht us well turn hon
est. There's nltoRcthur too much competition
in this business. " > >
Boston Ga/otto : Wlioro Is Mrs. Slmin ? "
She ImwRono tot ho sy in phony rphcnrsnl. " Hoi
horhusband KOIIO with her ? " "No , lie Is In I the _
woodshed at a Chopin' recltul. ' "
Truth : Mr. Culler Miss Antique , I have
been wantlna to ask you something for toino
tlmo. ' . '
Miss Antique ( blushing ) You you may
ask It. , % . *
Mr. Caller My mother wants to ktltJw 'If you' '
uro not thi Tsnbul Antlrjuo bho used to go to
school with ? , ,
THKNP OF TII1N03. ,
Kanna Cllu Journal.
The autumn loaves nro falling , *
Uod , yellow , Rreoii nnd lirowni ' .
Tlio mercury , lee , is slowly
llutsurrly moving down.
Oursnims low are sinking ,
And sorrow illNourcuu ,
For coal Is swiftly sui : ring-
Going up , and up , nnd up. ,
.1
ll'usliinolon Mir.
Ilo could Kit for bourn and Hrioalc
Things Hublhnu In cluwilu Gruuk.
Ho could nlho lot you know
How the comets conic and KO- .
Iln could fntliom nil the tricks
Of our modern politics.
Ho'd describe , your mind to feast ,
1'rolilstorlc inuii or buitst.
Yet there were boimi men who nald
They would llliu to punch liU huud ,
And they Mild It o'pr and o'or ,
And they meant It more uncl inoro ,
For the
Dad-
Iloro
Couldn't learn lo .shut the doorl
Largest Maanfauturors ? vu 1
of Ulotliiiula tua Worll
Worll't
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To draw the eye ;
our advertisements is ono or our
objects and to draw you to our
store is another. To accomplish
the latter we have arranged
for a special sale of
Little Boys' Suits.
The prices have been so marked
that you will save many a dollar
lar , the quality and assortment
being- the best.the . prices will be
all the more appreciated by those who know us.
Little Zuave suits , ages 3 to 8 , at $3.50 , $4 , $4.50
and up. Little double breasted reefer suits , ages 4
to 15 , at $3.50 , $4 , $4.50 , $5 and up. Little kilt
suits , lots of styles , at $3,50 , $4 , $4.50 , $5 and up ,
besides an endless variety of cloth and leather
leggings , reefer overcoats and winter caps at pop
ular prices. A boys' fine cape overcoat at $3.50
and up. As to boys' ulsters you will llnd our line
the largest and the prices as low as they can bo for
first class goods.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
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