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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt SUUIISDAY , NOVEMBER 10 , 1803. THE DAILY BEE. li UOSEWATRltT Editor. MOUNINO. TKKMS OP SOIISCniPTION. Dally Hoc ( w liliont Sunday ! Ono Yo.lr . * R J" > Dallv ami Snmlny , Ono Year . H' ' < io SKMonltm . . . < ! } > Tlirro Monilm . . . . . . . . . ; ; " Bmiilny Ilro , one Yi-nr . 2 WJ Hnttmlny lire Oif Your . . . ir. . * } Jj ! \\ci-ll > - Jlop Unt Vrar . l ° " OFKICKS. Oinnlin Tlio JICP iinir. Sonili Onmli.i coi-urr Nnnd Twcnty-mln Dlrteli Council ninTn. 1'I'oirl slrrK niloairo omi'i- SIT Chamber of OIIIIIITJ-P. Now York , itKiins 1 1. lliHiillli.Trtbmiobiiildlur Wfntlil'iRioii. Bill Koiirtwnth Hlpt't COUHKSrONUKNCi : . All communications rrlatlnjr lo nw > rtThl r i torl.il maun uliutild > * " inldrn ! icil To Iliu fctlltu IIUSINKSS IKTTKU& AlllrtmlWMiti'tliT * nml rriiitttancM Mionlcl bo mlilrrBHl lo llio Hen I'libllNliliHfconin.itiy.Omnlin. liriifm. cliorxn ami imMomm oitlcra to buttiado | > n\nljlo to tlir onlfrof the company. I'iirUon Ir.n In * tlio clt > for tlio summer can Imvp mi order SWORN STATEMKXT OP CtUCULATION. Sliitonf Xi'brnftkn , I rti"i'iyHniitPi ' ? rTorlt or THE Ttrt Publish- .Inir roinpHtiy , ilocx aoleiimly awonr Inat mo nctnnl circulation of TIIK UAII.V Ilru for the wccK r iirtlrif NovmilK-r 11 , IB'JSnu n follow HI Tiiofclay.Nox ember 7 ' . . 3B.I I'J Tlinrrdnv. KuU'tnlNT 0 s.l'.lo ? KrldnyNovrnilM-r ID , , . ' . ? , ; fcalunlny , Ko\ ember 11 -1,110 KlIlirirrlltUiTltll. if- ' . Buornto linforomeaml nubHcrllH.xl In my I y-J I N. 1' . i't n. , Notary 1'iibllc. I A cnifO | Circulation for Hclobrr , 24,31(5. ( IlAiti ) times hnvo not prevented the ilircctors of the Burlington rniul from declaring tlio regular quarterly diviiloncl of 1 { per cent upon un hillntotl capital stool : . "WitY should thu counull rush through n fifty-year ( , 'IIH franohlso ordinance at thlstlnio or any other limu without a full public discussion of its merits and tiimlltlona ? Tliu duy has pone by when Uio hang ing : of a man in elllgy has ivny real Bi nlllciinco. U'ho chronic idiots who vent 1 heir potty spleen by a resort to the ofllgy Imbit receive only the condemnation of paoplo of all shutloi of political belief. KENTUCKY'S legislature is over whohningly democratic in both branches nnd will clcot ti democrat to succeed the democratic senator representing it at Washington whnn his term expires. Democrats are welcome to this consola tion prize. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i FiiANCHisns to any corporation that supplies water , gas , heat or electric lights should not bo granted without very full discussion and fair competi tion. In any event the time is past in this city for granting franchises run ning for llfty years. TiUNit of democratic protests against abjllshing protective duties declared by tho-domocratic national platform to bo unconstitutional ! The followers have evidently changed their minds since thoyiholpcd to elect President Cleve land on the basis of that platform. TJi * TO the present writing the Bra zilian revolution has been comparatively n bloodless affair , and it is likely to re main BO as long as the Brazilian navy rides comfortably at anchor in foreign harbors. The newspaper correspondents arc doing most of the hard fighting. THE endowment of the Columbian museum at Chicago continues to grow with a gratifying rapidity. The public Bplrit and benevolence of the people of Chicago was by no means exhausted by the great sacrifices demanded for the successful conduct of the World's fair. In her showing of public-spirited citizens Chicago occupies an enviable position. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IlASCALT/S sudden conversion to the anti-vice movement recalls the move ments of a euttlo fish when pursued. The cuttle ilsh omits an inky lluld to keep liis movements obscured from view , and Tlascall'a peculiar performances in dicate that ho wants to throw the public olT the scent in some scheme that ho lias fathered or expects to engineer through the council. WHEN Councilman Munro moved that ut least one week's time bo given for the consideration of the fifty-year franchise to the gas company , which in volves two generations of taxpayers and millions of dollars , not a single member of the council present was will ing to second the motion , and yet the ordinance was sprung from the recesses of the peckots of the chairman of the judiciary committee , had never boon discussed in committee of the whole. OiilOAno'S coming city election prom ises to bo a war waged between tlio In tercuts of the taxpayers on ono Bide and the interests of the railroads and corporations on the other. The railroad element will bo properly represented in the contest. It is to bo hoped that the taxpayers will apprcuiato the importance of the situa tion and show that they are still in the majority on a question of the control of a fearless and ofllclent oily government. Tlir. Stnto Board of Transportation received applications from tlio various railroads operating In this state asking to bo exempted from' ' the penalties prescribed by the transfer switch law nearly two months ago. The law calls for u prompt investigation and decision upon all cases brought before the board. Two months inaction without a biuglo decision does not botokou well for the nincero Intention of the board to carry out the spirit and the letter of the law. TUB plurality of Hernia for mayor according to the olllclal count is 2,109 , and the oflloitil plurality for sheriff is lli)5 , , which makes just \l'MH \ , as the dif ference botwcuu the mayor and the sheriff running on the same ticket. Those figures should convoy an impros- blvo lesson to politicians who imagine they can win battles by cotitm'ing their flro upon THE BKK and making ita editor the candidate for every Important olllco that ia contested. The delusion that you can elect vulnerable candidates on the imagined unpopularity of Robe- water has boon effectually dispelled by thu ofllolnl figures of the otitojino In this city and county. A IMIGnTEXtXO OUTLOOK. There are cheering indications of a gradual resumption of business activity. N'obody of practical judgment oxpcotod that month" of distrust and depression would bo micooodod in a day by a restora tion of the confidence and the cntor- prlso which prevailed before the shock came from which the country is now re covering. The destruction or sorlous impairment of confidence Is a matter of days or oven hours , but It may take months to restore it. The United Slates have hud a trying experience. The country has parsed through n period in which 01 edit has been severely shaken up and c\ cry business and enterprise sub jected to a tremendous strain. The ef fect wus debilitating , and , like nti Indi vidual who liaa passed through a weak ening fever , the recovery of strength must bo gradual In order to bo healthy. ThU is the natural process and no other is to be desired. What the country knows IB that there is no longer auj- tiling like panic and that monetary stringency has given place to monetary case , nnd with those conditions assured the resumption of business activity can be but a miestlon of time. It is natural to nsk how long a time will probably bo roqulroJ for the full rcali/.ation of this desirable change. That cannot bo definitely told , but as suming that the favorable tendencies now apparent are not disturbed the time of complete business resumption should not bo remote. Of course capital is still cautious regarding investments , but it is relieved of all apprehension rcspooting the continued soundness and stability of the currency. In Unit direction , at least , there is no danger. What it now awults ih accurate information as to what changes are to bo made in the 'tariff policy of the country , and when that is known it may bo expected that capital now idle will again seek active employ ment. The present promise is that the knowledge desired regarding the tariff will not bo long delayed , and there is some reason to believe , also , that it will show no such reactionary policy as has been feared. It is highly probable that the voice of the people in the late elections has penetrated the chamber in which tlio democratic majority of the ways and moans committee is formulating a tariff bill and that it lias not boon entirely without cITcot thero. Still capital will wait , as it should , for dollnito informa tion. Undoubtedly tlioro is more general economy among the people as a whole than for many years. Reduced incomes quite generally , and in many thousands of cases no incomes at all , compel this. Of course this retards the resumption of business activity and will continuo to do BO until tlio movement of capital again starts the wheels of enterprise. Inas- muoh-as there is now but one. obstacle in the way of this being done , and the promise is that that may soon bo re moved , tlioro is manifestly reason foi regarding the outlook hopefully , The resumption of activity and prosperity may not como as soon as most people would wish , but the conditions seem favorable to its being reached soonei than many have believed possible. irw.t7' ix THE One of the effects of the hard times has been to cause a heavy movement o wheat in the northwest , ho pressure upon the fa * iners on the part of creditors compelling them to sell , although prices for some time past have hardly moro than repaid the cost of production. The majority of estimates placed the yioh of wheat for 18)3 ! ) In Minnesota and the Dukotas at 100,000,000 bushels. Of this amount there was available for th market at the commencement o the heason , August 1 , 80,000,00 bushelH , the remaining 20,000,00 busholu being needed for brea ( and bced. According to a state ment in the St. Paul Pioneer Press about 52,000,000 bushels have been marketed , leaving In the farmers' hands , say 28- , 000,000 bushels , to be disposed of during the balance of the crop year , a period of over eight months. It is said that it would bo uifllcult to recall another in stance in the history of the northwest when bO largo a percentage of the crop had been marketed so early in tlio sea son , * " That K > per cent of the supply should have loft llrst hands during the first throe months ot tlio season , with prices so abnormally low , is duo primarily to the pro.iNiu'o upon the iurmcra to moot their obligations. A largo part of these fall duo in October and November , and owing to the depression creditors have been moro urgent this year than usual. 'lad wheat prices been better the producers could have discharged their obligations without having to como so near exhausting their whole crops , l > ut xvith tlio present prices they have boon obliged to sell almost double the ordinary quantity of grain to accom plish the Hume result. In such times in the present the farmer gets little leni ency from his creditors , and this is why the wheat producers of the northwest have Uucn compelled to market their grain at values but little above the east of production. It would suom , however , that the prosstiro is about over , and the disposition of the furmorslt , h said , is to hold buuk the modicum which remains in the hope of batter returns , su that it Isoxpcntud the remainder of the season will bo characterized by a hand-to-mouth movement , Whether this hopoof tlio pro ducers will bo realized appears to bo questionable , in view of the fact that the visible supply of wheat in the United States and Canada at the beginning of the current month was reported to bo the heaviest on record and the export movement lnco has not been largo. It in the view of some * that the statistical position of wheat should make It soil at 1)0 ) cents or $1 , but if Kuropo will not take it at the current price it is obviously useless to hope for any material advance , The truth ia there does m > t aoom to bo much ohauco that there will bo such a revival of business before the next har vests uio gathered as will permanently raise the price of our food products. Such nn advance must come from un In crease in the consuming capacity of the populations to which the food prcduo's are supplied , bath on tills side of the Atlantic and the other. Tlio fact re mains , however , that no farther con- iderablo quantity of wheat can bo pared from northwest supplies In baud r in prospect unless a great mlstako ma boon mtulo in the cstlmato of the lold. It is suggested that the dUcoitrng- ngly low prices will inevitably tend lo iromote diversified farming , and it will 'o.woll if they have this effect , but the hing to bo oxpcotod la that the farmers of tlio northwest will continuo on in the course they have bnon pursuing. It is Ioubtlcs3 n sound proposition that pro- faction of low prices for any given pro- luct moans substitution of other crops uoro promising in their returns , but it vill require moro than a year or two of o > v prices for wheat to ludlico any con siderable number of the farmers ot the lorthwcst to give up growing that grainer or to materially reduce the area given .o its production. a TIlK TAXt'Al'FMS. Boodlerlsm is nearly as rampant and brazen in the city council now as It was when the Holly waterworks job was at tempted. Dr. Gushing had no firmer grip on the council of 18SO-1 than Mr. Wiley has on the council of 180.1. That was shown by the delimit disregard for the unanswerable protest embodied in the mayor's veto of the Thotnson- Houston lighting bill. Every member of the council knows that the contract with the electric lighting company under which wo are to pay 8175 a year for arc lights calls for lamps Of 2,000- , ciuidlo power. This contract has never boon complied with nnd therefore the Thomson-Houston company's claim to full pay Is mi imposture. Mayor Bomls hi his voo assorts that tlio city electrician nnd other experts do not concede more than half as much candle power in the arc lamps as the contract calls for. If councilmcn were actuated by u desire to protect the taxpayers In stead of seeking to help the contractors to rob the taxpayers they would have sustained the veto. When the identical claim for August and September was vetoed before the election the veto was sustained. What made those councilmen who voted to sustain the mayor before the election turn right around and pass the claim over the may or's veto after the election ? Is not their action a dead giveaway ? Is it not man ifest proof that they regarded the claim as fraudulent nnd did not dare to show their hand until after they were either re-elected or defeated ? The question is , will the taxpayers of Omaha quietly submit to thesu repeated raids on the treasury ? The remedy is in their hands if they seek it in the courts. TUB .SOlWf H.YD riti : IXCOXE TAX. Advocacy of an income tax comes al most wholly from the democratic repre sentatives of the south. . While the general sentiment in that section is op posed to 'any increase in the revenue taxes now hnposod and there is also a considerable opposition there to the re duction of tarill duties upon certain ar ticles , the sentiment is nearly unani mous in favor of levying a tax upon in comes. The , reason , , fpr this Is appar ent. Tlio number of incomes in- the south exceeding a few thou sand dollars is not relatively largo and consequently the rop- rcscntaives of that section favor this method of taxation because it would draw by far the larger part of the rev enue dori ved from it from the people of the north. Prqrubly four-fifths of tlio returns from an income tax would bo drawn from the people north of Mason and Dixon's line and the greater part of this- would como not from the capital ists , but from the people of fixed sal aries and ascertainable Incomes , who could not evade the law. The number of such in the northern states is per haps ton times greater than thn Dumber in the states of the south , but at any rate it is certain that it an income tax hv\y \ should bo properly executed the northern states would con tribute to this source of revenue at least tour times ns much as would bo derived from the tux in thu status of the south. The rcaion why the southern repre sentatives are practically unanimous in favor of an income tax is therefore plain. xThe democratic majority in congress Is ui a dilemma u.i to what should 1)J done in the matter of revenue legisla tion. Proposals to increase the tax on spirits , baor and tobacco are mooting with a moro or loss formidable opposi tion , % in which the party is com pelled to consider the possible loss of many votes. Tlioro Is a strong oppo sition in the party to remitting the duties on certain artlnlos protocto.1 under the present tarllT. The necessi ties of the troojury call loudly for tnoro revenue , and how to provide for this and at the same time carry out the pledge of the party regarding the tariff is tlio per plexing problem. TJ the average demo cratic mind , in the south ut least , the solution seems to bo in an income tux , and there is every pospect that a very earnest fight will ba ma3o in bahalf of this means of raising rovonuo. The ways and means committee has hoard some arguments in favor of un inoomn tax , but , there la unaartalnty as to how the majority of the committee stands regarding U. It is alao a matter of conjecture as to the views of tlio ad ministration , though there is reason to believe that the president Is noi favor able to a return to tills inquisitorial war tax. Nevertheless it wjll undoubtedly bo urged in congress and will receive a very considerable support. , Tlio objections to an inoomo tax have bzon heretofore stated and they are familiar to ovoryboJy who romeinbors the operation of this tacIn ? the past. It was not during tlio war and it cannot bo made an equitable method of obtaining revenue. Ilonost men and those whose incomes are fixed and uscortalnabla can ho roachet by an Income tax law , but nil others will evade It , nml thus such u law wll pravo oppressive to oiiu class whllo allowing those who should contribute most under Jt to escape all or n vor ; largo part of their just responsibility The numerous object Ions to such a law it would seem , cannot full to outwolgl the demand for it , which is prompted b ) selfish and sectional interests , It is hardly possible that any largo number of northern democrats will uuito with those of the spuUi In support of nn In come tax. , ' [ TUB Denver Jtepubllcan manifests the right spirit when It declares that a. state situated 55 Colorado Is docs not need condolence 'That paper points out that the resources of the Centennial state are of a najturo to Insure It con tinued progress _ and increased pros perity If they lire" properly developed. It not only has 6ttnl and Iron In great abundance , but 'hfto oil , load and build ing stone , nil of'wliieh can bo made to profitably omplbyJlabor and capital to a much greater extent than they have yet done. "Tlio variety of their ro- Bourcos , " sayfi the llcpHblicun , "has been ' n matter of 'boasting with Colorado people for years. Now is the tlmo for them to show that their boasting has not been vain. " This Is sound , common- souse advice , and It will apply as well to the other silver-producing states as to Colorado , oven though they may bo somewhat less favored with a diversity of resources. Tlio time has como when the energy and enterprise of the people of those states Is to bo put to a more thorough test than over before , and there can bo no doubt they will bo found equal to Iho demand upon them. They are recovering from what they professed to fear was a doatli blow , and there is every reason to expect that they will ultimately gain by the experience. THU necessity for > radical revision of Nebraska's constitution becomes moro and more apparent every year. There arc but few who will maintain that the present constitution Is sulllolont to moot the requirements of the state. It lacks broadness mid comprehension. It af fords too many opportunities for disre gard of the people's rights. Nebraska needs a now constitution which will give the people a moro definite control of their own affairs. Whether the present constitution shall be 'revised by a con volition or oy a legislative commission I ? a point that has never yet been care fully considered. There is much that may bo said in favor of a revision by a commission appointed by the legislature. Indeed , a joint reso'lution looking to such revision was introduced at the last session 6T the legislature , but the inter cst in the sonatprial contest detracted the attention of the members of both houses from the importance of the mat- tor. The same faetorHvlll doubtless defeat - feat the object at the next session. Gov ernor C'rounso mnyryol find It advisable to call a special su'sslon of the legislature to take up this ! 'ml other important matters that will , , be neglected in the heat of the comihrfSenatorial contest. ACCORDING to"tho statement of the secretary of state ? the State Board of Public Lands at > dnBuildlngs has never recognized the rights claimed by Dor- gan uuder the jill'ged transfer of the irison contract'from C. W. Moahor to limsolf. And y\5tthe same board has ) ormittcd DorgaiC , ' t9 operate the con- .ract . for nearly two years without so nuch us a question as..to . . his rights to do so. Dorgan , liaac given no bond to the state.Ho1 r has possession .of an Immense amount of state property. Under the circumstances the neglect of the State Board of Public Lands , and Buildings to , ako action In the matter amounts to an ndifferonco that Is almost criminal. THE Iowa legislature has u dllllgult -ask before it when it meets to tackle the prohibition question. The republi cans should make jio mistake. The mrty'u adherence to the prohibition error has nearly destroyed it in that state , and any mistaken policy now , when the tide has turned , will bo almost fatal. Now that the democratic press has re covered its assurance sufficiently to point to the recent republican tidal wave as an endorsement of the present administra tion , it Is fair to presume that the bourbons bens have caught their second wind. WILLIAM T. STEAD , editor , from Lon don , has undertaken the moral reforma tion of Chicago. This is the ilrst inti mation ever given to the public that the distinguished London journalist expects to Hvo to bo 1,000,000 years old. As LONG as so corrupt , a city as Now York can resolutely sot its face against political vice , there is hope for the people of Nebraska. HASCALL'S post-election spasm for social purity ut least amuses the populace - lace and does the people no harm. It is not dangerous. liy u Lur n .Mnjiirliy. If the administration's unpatriotic and un- American policy In Hawaiian affairs had ucon puulishol oeforo the election the re publican majorities would Imvo been blsjger than they woro. The people of tlus'country do not tioliovo In hauling Uown the Amou- unn flag and restoring monarchies , A Hritggurc O.illuil Uuivn. CMeaao lloalil. Prompt demand by the State department for explanation of llriui ; on u ship undue the American llap has luroutjhi from Hundurus apology Instead of explanation. No explan ation was possible that would not h.ivomudo apology Us sequence "Tho little braggart ol Central Aumrlca will exercise moro discre tion and less vaion next time U wants to take n polltiu.il refugee oil u vessel Hying Undo Sam's colors , ' " > * A Moll til1 c r 'it would appear ust the month of Novem ber , 181)3 ) , were destined to remain memor able for ttio number of terrible explosions that are slgnalizln ' > lis course , Although the month is not yqc half over , two appalling catastrophes of tha character huvo already taken placa in Spaluitwlillo in the cable dis patches published toilu.v will bo found an ac count of a thud disastrous explosion In Hus- stun PoUmu , resulting' ' in the loss of many lives and in the destruction of a number of houses. Chicago 1'ost ( dcm. ) : That is the true doctrine of democracy. "Cheer up. it will bo nil right in the spring. " In the mean time the winter is coming on nnd the tariff must bo reformed nay , abolished , wo should say. say.Now Now York World ( dom. ) : TlfOTxuioftl of the McKlnloy tariff , llko the ropearof the Sherman silver purchasing law , Is some thing to bo done promptly. Business de mands to know and lias n right to know what It is to expect. Indianapolis Journal ( rep. ) : When n declaration by congress that there shall bo no tarllt legislation for two years would start up Industrie ! ) which would glvo employ- in out to half the Idle men nnd women of the country , the refusal of the leaders to do so scorns little less than downright cruelty. Cincinnati Commercial ( rep. ) : If the demo crats In power nt Washington are really sin cere In their declarations of interest In the restoration nnd maintenance or prosperity , they have nn easy way of proving It to the people , nud that is bv speedily filing the re port of the tariff tinkers In the wastobasket. Philadelphia Inquirer ( roi > . ) : The people demanded the repeal of the sliver bill. They got It. They now demand hands off the tariff , and they will have their way or Itcow the reason why. Unless the demo cratic senators go back upon their own rec ord and push through cloture there Is not likely to bo any tnrllT legislation in this con- Kress. The tcpubllcans In the senate will not allow It. Kansas City ' 1 hues ( dem. ) : Lot no demo crat bo deceived. The duty of the hour for the democratic party Is tin lit reform. The country has a right to expect a prompt set tlement of this question In the line of the promises of the democratic platform , nnd a failure of the party to understand Its duty and perform its mission nt this tlmo will bo its ruin. No party caucuses nro needed to hatch compromises nnd evasions. San Francisco Hvnmluor ( dom. ) : Pros ! doutial conceit nnd obstlnnny nnd congres sional subtleness have brought tlio catas trophe. Lot congress tell thu president to uilnd his own business , which Is to execute the laws , and without the loss of ,1 day when It reassembles proceed to curvy into effect the promises of thu Chicago platform. Ho- form the tariff nnd smash the trusts. Ho- store silver to its constitutional place in the currently. Cowardly trimming has been tried ; now Rive courageous action u chnnco. Chicago Herald ( dam. ) : The only way to effect a reform worth having nnd to secure prolonged nsccndancy to the p.u tV'Of roforni is to adhere strictly to the doctrine of the democratic platform that no taxes , tariff or excise , slronld bo laid for any other purpose than to ralso needed revenue , nnd that It Is essentially unjust for government to promote the interests of tiny class or section by means of tuxes or in any other way. Lot the demo cratic party hold fast to this doctrine nnd apply It fearlessly , regardless of sclllshap peals from any quarter , nnd It will win and hold the confidence of the people. But if It revises the tnrifT qn protection lines and goes vote hunting among the populists nnd other cheap money cranks , It will bo turned out of power ns soon as people get a chance nt it after they recover from the doinorultration of the silver panic. mr 1'EOPLKAtilt TJ11XGS. The Hawaiian restorative proves a dismal failure as a democratic tonic. The saddest thing about the pxospectivo death of Mrs. May brick is that it would leave Gail Hamilton without a grievance. \Vhllo the administration is in the restor ing business it should imt forget to restore the kincr of Coney Island to the court oftlcors awaiting him. Dr. Denew will visit Pompoli whllo on the other side. History records that the city was destroyed by some very powerful uftor- dinner pouting. People possessing musty and frazzled thrones will learn something to their ad- yantago by communicating v/ith the demo cratic administration. A Philadelphia girl recently laughed her self to death. The cause of the fatal mirth is not announced , but It is probable she was induced to road a Times editorial on the taritf. Tarsney nnd Dockery , a pair of Missouri democrats , have been neatly turned down In the distribution of federal pap. Vest and Cockrell are not as lonesome as they looked last week. William McKlnloy was born In Ohio. Grant , Hayes , Garilcld ana Harrison-all the presidents elosted by the republicans , with the exception ot Abraham Lincoln were born In Ohio. Prosiwctivo Nasbys are a unit in declaring that the restoration of some decayed throne in some fur off land and the placingof Bissell thereon would redound to the glory of the administration nnd odif.v the hungry. Jt should bo remembered in connection with that off-color transaction that Queen Lil sent her seal brown daughter. Princess Kaiulani , to plead with Cleveland , nnd the princess subsequently was lavish in lauding the graclousncss of Mrs. Cleveland. Kalu- lanl is a greater diplomato than Van Alen. Q Tlio Denver Republican is suffering from another attack of Omahaphobia. These at tacks are becoming qullo frequent and it. would not bo surprising if fatal results fol low. Meanwhile the greatness which the Kopubllcun covets Is anchored on the west bank of the Misiouri and sheds its gracious light and vivacity on the darlc and spiritless surroundings of N. P. Hill , Ono of Wisconsin's two .statues for the national collection in the old hull of the house of representatives in the capitol ut Washington Is to be of the heroic missionary Pero Jacques Marqnetto. French explorer , who made , with Louis Jolict and five others , n rimuirlcablo canoe tUrin down the Missis sippi in 107.1. They nro generally considered to linvo been the llrst Kuropcans to explore the great river , nnd , with tjie exception of Do Soto , the Hrst to look upon it. Tlin Ilniii , cr.illu Future. Turn which way it. may there Is danger for democracy. If tt shall keep faith with its pledges the people have warned it of thu punishment in store for it. If it shall break faith it has not nn Issue or n pi inciplo to stand on. And thus it llmls Itself at the be ginning of a democratic administration dis trusted , repudiated , abandoned nnd .over thrown bv majorities that arc simply stu pendous to contemplate. Us IcstMatlon at best must bo incro patchwork. Obliged to ralso rovcnuo it must nuso u , nut uio money 'must bo had In a series of bills , none of which Will meet the approval of the people. Can it bo possible that out of the dangers that bcsocit-tho democratic party can pull itself through another presidential election ! Can it successfully bamboozle the people again ? ViolU'ri Jliillan IfniiU. I'lillailcliilila llecnnl. The refusal of the ssnatc to con Arm the 'nomination of Mr. Hornblowcr for associate Justice of the supreme court Is attributed mainly to the opposition of Judge Field. The ground of his opposition Is understood to bo because of litigations Unit must como before thu supreme court in which Judqo Field anticipates that the views of Mr. Hornbiower might possibly bo influenced by his past professional connection with similar litigations , This is rattier a slender basis for opposition ; but it may sufllco , ns a now nomination must bo made , and Mr , Horn- blower may not deslro a grudging honor oven if the president should again propose to imino him. _ _ Thu U'liy in Itof r.ii. Atltinli ( ' iHitltti'.lou ( < lem. ) . The truth of the mutter Is the adminis tration must get down to n practical buui- ness basis , and the sooner It does BO and stops lUrting with mugwump theories and Boston ilsms the better it will bo for llio democratic party and the people , Highest of all in Leavening 'Power. Latest U , S. Gov't Report Bakin ABSOIJLTTELY PURE , t\n X Lucius T. Dalloy hit * been sentenced nt Tokntnnh to ono year for burglary. The Norfolk sue fir factory turned out Us Inroo millionth pound of suunr this wook. Harry Himton. formnrly station agent at Superior , has boon transferred to 1'laln- view. .Tudpo Hnywnrd has returned to his homo In NobrasKn City after nn oxtondo.1 visit In Now York. Incondlarlci set flro to Klnnoth'a lunch house nt Broken How. but the llamos were discovered in time to urovont n serious con flagration. Thcro Is nn effort holntt tnarto to throw out the vote of Harrison townsntp , Kuckolls county , because the county clotk sent a lot of olllclal ballots there by mlstako for samples. It will hardly worlt. lidltor Sprcchcr of the Schuylcr Quill nnd James J < nnplo.v , annlrmnn of Iho Colfax county republican central committee , came to blows ns the result of election hard talk , but their friends sopar.itcil them before much damaco was done. The elite of Table HOCK turned out the other ovcnlno in force nnd iravo nn old settler a testimonial of their regard In the sluipo of n charivari. Tlio occasion was the marriage of William Kellers , ouo of the sub stantial residents of the city , to his son's wife's sister. The peculiar part of the sow Ice was the fact that the happy couple were Joined together in the bonds of wudlook while seated In a buggy during n downpour of rain , nnd the minister was forced to or- form the ceremony with his body encased In a rubber coat. The dampness of the occa sion , however , It is said , did not dampen the ardor ol the participants. The 131m Crook Champion savsi L. I . wells , whllo working the highway about three rallos northwest of this place last Monday , plowed up a lot of bones that , from their stro and nppcarani-o , wo Judge to have belonged to the leg of a nmstadon. The bones are only fragmonts.from about Joints , so that no certainty can bo ascertained as to their length , but In nil prob.iblllty the ani mal to which they belonged had a leg about twelve feet long. They were found about two foot and n half below Iho surface , where n hill was being cut down. Tlio bones , which nro about six Inches In dlamolor , were brought to town Tuesday and placed in F. M. Barnoy's shop window , where they have excited the curiosity of all beholders. i Trend ol Hit , r. . . , : . * linn. Globt'DcHHICKlt * There Is no longer any reason to doubt that the democratic party has btiirtcd on Its Wnttcrsonlan "march through a slaughter liouso to nn open grave. " .lfi'A < > / > Cleveland Plain Doalur . : . Tlio . . . . moro . . tlio nro- fossors try to suppiuss foot ball tlio tnoro tlio student * Icicle. llnlTaloCourier ! If you want to loam just whcru n man stands follow linn Into ncrumlud streetcar. Itinghamton Itcpiibltciin : The man who lieatsa bassdrmn should not or bo cncoui.iectl to try to boat the record. Iloslon Transcript : "Can't yon wall upon mo ? " suld the Impatient customer. "Tw pounds of llvor ; I'm In a hurry. " "Sotry , " said tlio butoliur : "but there are twoor three abend of von. Surely you would not have your liver out of order ! " Koclioster Democrat : "Did you know that Illngloy's wlfo woio a win. u glass oyu ami bad artllleml ItmbaV" ' Yet ; but with all her faUo ho loves her still. " Tld-mts : A lonuly spot on a dark night Would the gentleman bo kind onoiiKh to assist a poor man ? Itosldos this lo.idod rovolvur 1 lia\o nothlue olsu In thu wldu uorld to call my bwn. Life : Hojack Isn't It odd tlmtStagRors will never admit Unit he It , drunk ? Toimllk Not nt all. Ho simply does not know that ho la loaded. Doston Transcript : Tenant ( hesitatingly ) I'vo been reading \oryKOodartlelu In my paper , bonded "llcnts Must ( 'omo Down , " Landlord ( contldently ) All ilsht , you Just como down with Iho icnt. Soinervlllo .TournsU ; It Isn't ulw.ivs sure that uyoung.uian Is. religious beuaiisonnu KOCS jogulurly to prayer meeting. It may ba the girl who Is the religious onu- Washington Star : "William. " said the statesman's wife , "n by do yon spend HO much time beliiK Intorvlcned by iln > 'luwspapers ? " "Uecnusfr 1'vo uot UOIMIIIUII scnso , " ho rn- pllcn. "In thcsii luiilncsi ' nays no p'lys with out advoitisln' ; uoto\L n olltcu huldln' . " XIIEKSCArKI ) 'lUIIK. Cleveland Plain Dealer , QCDKcousolato ho sat bc-sldo Tlio Mldway'H lonulv path. About his vai- , the wild Inds piled The ineasuro of their wrath "Och , wurra , wuira ! " moaned ho laud , I've lost mo t.isto for mule Jlad 'coss that In that iiagnr crowd Ol'd shtay hlx inoiiths n. Turk ! " Til JI.V'IO.V7J. . Sprttiullrld ( Jrap'iic. ' They wore ongugod , Hha came to him With oycs thatglouod us hot us hallos And said , with angry look and grim : "I'm told , sir , yon have Ictasim two ladles ! " "Why , darling , how alniird your race ! " HI. ' , laughlnu , cilcd , " 'Tiviis but In fun ; Together add both maiden- , ' ago 'Tnonld but amount to t onty-ono ! " Her anger soon was lau hod uway ; Hliu only thouglil cif ten and ul \ en. Her uyes again sbono bi llit l ns day , Itcllectlng tliL'Ki Un ) lovi'iV liea\en , Oh. rojruo ! Though what you s-ild was ( rue , bhodld not know the truths butnecti , That ono of them was only two , The other tomptioss weut nineteen. * or Scntlilnc llorlcw nf tlin Ailinlnldrnllon' * TrtM tn > Mit of ItniTnll. Now\ork Sun ( dem ) : The announce : nent of the Clovolaml policy rospcotlnq Hawaii has como. It Is not the American xillcy. It Is not the policy of the United States government , or of the people of this republic. It Is not yot. thank Godl the 'ollcy of the demon.ilk1 inrtj It Is neither nero nor loss than the personal dotormlna * lion of nn executive olllcor , charged with temporary power , to uno that power t enforce a personal conclusion , nnd to commit this country to his porional conclusion , regardless of consequences In Infamy ofblood. btrlpped of every special plea and specious | ire text surrounding the essential fact , what Is the purpose which Mr. Ulovoland now de clares through the son-ailed report oC hli too subservient secretary ot statot To crush the life out of n young republic , al ready recognlwl by us ns an Independent and responsible government i to employ the nrmod pownr as well as Iho moral Intlncnco of thu United States to thrust back upon a civilised people , American In their Instincts nnd titbits and aspirations , n barbarous monarchy , In the person of n vllo nnd ridicu lous person whom they Inivo driven from Iho throne ; to undo the work of n revolution which made Hawaii n republic , by means of \ counter revolution by couu d'etat planned In the will to hntiso nt Washington nnd sccnitly but deliberately ordered bv a president of Iho United States ! That Is the Cleveland policy. The Ameri can policy was settled long ago. It has never varied. It was never better doilncd than by .lames Ihichanan , a democratic secretary of atute , when ho sped to the now-born republic of 1S4S In Franco this nssuranco of America's sympathy for every people struggling out ot the forms nnd traditions of monarchy ) "It was with ono universal burst of enthusiasm that the American people hailed the Into glorious revolution In Franco In favor of liberty nnd republican government. In this feeling the president strongly sympathizes. Warm aspirations for the success of the new republic nro breathed from every heart , Liberty nnd order will tnaUo Franco hnppv and prosperous. Her destinies , under Provi dence , tire now In the hands of the French people , hat them , by their wisdom , firmness - ness and moderation , refute the slanders of their enemies nnd cenvlnco the world that they are cap.tblo of self-government. " That Is the American policy. The date of the revolution overthrowing monarchy in Franco In ISIS was February 1M. 'and news came slowly then adrobs the Atlantic. The date of Buchanan's spirited message to the new republic was March 31 , I'olk aim Buchanan did not wait to ascer tain whether the new republic represented a numerical majority of all of thu people then inhabiting Franco. They did not in quire whether a numerical majority would have preferred the continution of monarchy. They did not nsk whether American citi zens residing in France had borne a part In the revolutionary movement , or even whether the ofttcial Topresentatlvcs of the United States government had manifested sympathy with the Frenchmen who overthrow Ivouls I'hillippo. President Polk ami hU secretary of state sent out no commissioner with authority paramount nnd instructions to Investigate Minister Hush's nttitudo lowardilho revolutionists , and < to make a c.ise , if possible , to warrant Ameri can Intervention in behalf ot the friendly king who had Just been dethroned. They sent to tho'young republic the godspeed as above printed and knew that behind them In that message of sympathy nud Joy was every true American heart ; Just ns every true American heart would have been behind Grover Cleveland and his administration If a stellar message had gonoifrom Washington to Honolulu in March of this year lbl)3. ) Never before now has an American execu tive undertaken to stamp out republicanism and to sol up monarchy in any part of the world. Never before , wo bollovo , has an American president issued orders for the as sassination at a free and successful govern ment. Never before has any onicer-ot this government undertaken , upon his solo re sponsibility , nnd withoutconsultlnRCongross or the people , to decide the destiny of n for eign country in diplomatic relations with ourselves. Never before has a president in vited or commanded his cabinet advisors to assist him in the odious business of scttiug up again a rotten and broken throne. Was there no American 'spirit In the cab inet when this policy of infamy was decreed ? Walter Q. Gresham would have done well to tear his commission Into pieces and lllng the pieces in the face of his master , rather than to sign his name to the document which car ried to the nation yesterday the announce ment of the nation's shame. So cunningly and so secretly has the way been prepared nt Washington for the restora tion of the wretched LiUuolcnlun ! nt Honolulu lulu , if possible , before the public sentiment could assert itself in the United States , nnd so adroitly have the promoters of the coup d'etat timed the publication of their in- btructions In order to cover Minister Willis1 movements under hh secret instructions , thai the astounded people ot the United States do not jot Know what has happened in Hawaii. Have the hopes of the woman who called herself queen , of her Interested British iriends , of the mercenary SprockJes , of the dull and prejudiced Bloimt , who wont onttomako a lawyer's ease against the Hawaiian government , been crowned al ready by the success of the counter revolu tion ordered by the president of the United States ? Has lUUuokalanl been marched bacic to her throne under escort of American bavonots and to the music of "Hall , Colum- bii ? " Or are the intelligent , respectable and patriotic clti/.ens of Hawaii fighting today against Amet lean troops and dying In the streets In a struggle to preserve the gov ernment they havo' established and the blessings of liberty and order which they thought they had obtained for themselves and tbcirchildicn ? -Jt M iniifaotnr.iri in I 'tii of Hlotliliuln tjj kVorU. It's high time You paid some attention to your health and bodily comfort. ' We are doing a rushing1 business now and why not this kind of weather oug'ht to make you buy that winter suit or that winter overcoat that you have been put ting-off so long1. You cannot help but know where to get it. You know that you'll get the best article in the world if you get it of us. We never had a nicer assortment of auits and over coats , just exactly as good as tailor made , wear just as long and look just as well while the cost $10 , $15 , $20 , $25 'way below tailors' prices We will guarantee to fit you perfectly. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Etoi open every ovonlnst tlllU.Ul & W.Cw , loth aol DonJlu Sis ,