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\ \ \ \ THAN'KPirr. that you arc not a foot
ball pi ay or.
Tin : inuomo tux is worrying the demo
cratic members of congress a yrcui deal
moro tliau tbutr incomes.
DON'T furfje-t to give a hearty welcome
to the eveui'rtlonUU who como to Omaha
to attend the Thanksgiving day football
Tin : elevation of the district bench by
the election of partisan judges docs not.
teem to bo progressing very rapidly at
this moment.
IIo\V fortunate that wo are not to bo
inflicted with that lengthy president's
HiPHsago until after the time for thanks
giving is past !
WITH General Campos in command , of
the Spanish forces at Melilla things maybe
bo expected to assume a lively aspect in
that vicinity before very many days.
AN iNCKHASr. of 100 per cent in the
year's output of gold ought to be a
tempting consolation to Colorado for the
closing of a few of its poorer paying
silver mines.
Tun tariff bill does not go quite far
enough in the direction of free trade to
suit the foreign press. The democratic
administration will please take notice of
this when it undertakes to frame an
other revonno la\v.
IIO\V did tbo newly installed jtufgo of
the district court lourn that he was
elected to 1111 the particular vacancy to
which .ludgo Dulllo had been tempo
rarily appointed ? Hasn't ' Blair as good
n title to it as Ambrose ?
Tan Iowa-Nebraska football contest
today promises to bo the event of"
the day. Tlio teams are well matched ,
and while we believe the Nebraska team
will triumph , such a result cannot be
considered as a foregone conclusion by
any means.
Tun United States might drive a pros
perous business just now in bonding a
few of its surplus statesmen to reorganize
ganize- the numerous ministries that are
awaiting just such ability as each of our
statesmen thinks ho possesses in the
most eminent degree.
DISTINCT assembly No. 120 of the
Knights of Labor has signified its disap
proval of- the gas franchise outrage in a
fiories of emphatic resolutions. The
perpetrators of this high-handed pro
ceeding arc gradually learning what the
people think of their disgarcofti ! ac-
tions.
Tiu : Omaha Bolt line has been as
sessed by the city elork at $12,8. " ) . The
owners of that property down in Now
York claim it to bo worth 88,000,000 , in
cluding franchises. Some difference.
The local tax agent , however , wljl doubtless - ,
less have the nerve to lilo a protest
against the absurd valuation placed upon
the property.
I'OSTMASTKK GKNIMIAI , BlS.SIJIJ. bays
that the sinecure postmastorship must
go. What is to become of all those
newspapers which have boon feeding on
the local postolllco for years imme
morial ? Take away the postolllco and
lifo will ho scarcely worth living for the
ordinary oHico-bcoking editor ,
OrriciAU reports of railroad earnings
for October are not showing the terrible
falling elY in not receipts of which the
railway magnates have boon BO loudly
complaining. The railroads are by no
moans as badly nITcctod by the , prevail
ing industrial depression as are a host
of other important business interests of
the country.v
Poi'UMSTS ot the state announce that
a council of the party leaders will beheld
hold in January to adopt a plan of Cam
paign for next year. The man in ohargo
uf this movement aie probably not ask
ing advice from the newspapers , but wo
can suggest that if the populists will
next year conllno their workers to state
issues and lot national issues severely
alone for a time they will produce bet
ter results. But thov-wont do it.
K coal agent of tlio Union Paoilio
railway is authority for the statement
that if the Wilson tariff hill bcoomos
law and the duty on foreign coal bo-ro-
mlmul it will out that company out of
the sale of possibly 500,000 tons annually
on the 1'nclllo coast alone. This would
bo a faorlous blow , not only to the road ,
but to the army of minors employed by
it. There might I HI aomo recompense if
the removal of the tariff would force
the price of coal down in this part of
tiio world , but there is 110 rousou to bo-
Hove that it would.
TM.\KSOMI VO.
The nation nt i > caco with the world.
The American people enjoying n higher
nverngo of prosperity than any other
people on onrth. The year's crops ample-
for supplying every demand. No epi
demic disease anywhere in our broad
land. Our political institutions sccttro
in the love and patriotism of the people.
The American name respected through
out the world. No obstacle to the con
tinued material progress of the republic
that n wise and patriotic statesmanship
cannot surmount. Are not these- amply
sufllolent reasons why the American
people should acknowledge on this day
of national thanksgiving the dlvlno
goodness and favor that has been so
richly vouchsafed them and in gladness
and gratitude give praise and thanks for
the blessings that are theirs ?
The spirit to which this day appeals
should bo as broad ns the republic and
elevated above pessimistic reflections.
We all know that there is distress and
ulTerlng throughout the land. There
has been a long period of depression that
has forced many people into idleness ,
and thousands of such will find little
reason for thankfulness beyond the fact
that they are living. Indeed , to many
oven llfo may have bccomo a burden.
No one can bo altogether blind to these
conditions and none should bo Indiffer
ent to them. It la rather a duty
to bo mindful of them , to the end
that wo may make this the occa
sion for helping the unfortunate and
giving them oauso to bo thankful with
us. But wo shall miss the proper inllu-
enco of Thanksgiving day and fall to
experience Its right Inspiration If wo
narrow our attention to the misfortunes
of the few and thus exclude from consid
eration the almost boundless blessings
of the many. It Is the grand aggregate
of benefits and blessings enjoyed by the
American people which they are to
think of today and those arc greatcnough
to inspire the most fervent thanksgiving
from these who acknowledge a divine
providence in the affairs of mankind.
There will always bo some of
our people suffering hardships and
privation. That seems to bean
an inexorable law of the social organ
ism. But so long as our free institutions
survive , assuring to every citi/cn the
right to "lifo , liberty and the pursuit of
happiness , " wo shall have reason
enough as a people for national thanks
giving.
The gladness and the feasting in mil
lions of American homos today will
make for a truer citizenship and a
heartier patriotism. As wo realize the
meaning of this occasion it cannot fail
to awaken a sense of prldo in the privi
lege of being an American citizen and
to inspire a profounder affection for our
country , which from its beginning as a
nation has ' coined to enjoy in a special
degree the favor of divine providence.
Till' I'OSTAl , SRISVICK.
Ordinarily no report of an.executive
department of the federal government
has greater interest for the general
publio han that of the postmaster gen
eral. This is because the postal ser
vice is moro cloaoly and intimately con
nected with the business and social lifo
of the whole people than any other.
The reports of the head of the Post-
olllce department under the preceding
administration always commanded
widespread attention , ano to their
highly practical character and the
hearty interest they denoted in the
question of improving and extending
the mail service and increasing its
cttlcicncy. This interest made -itself
manifest in practical achinvmont ,
so that at the close of the last adminis
tration the postal service in every branch
had attained a higher standard of
cllloienoy than over before. Tlio present
administration , therefore , took control
of this service under the most iavorablo
circumstances , with a plain course
marked out for it , which , if pursued ,
ould carry tlio service still nearer to
perfection. Thus far there has been no
notable departure from the policy of the
preceding administration and the effi
ciency of Iho service is maintained.
If this shall continue the public will bo
satisfied , even though no advance bo
mado. What it has to fear is that the
sorvlco will bo allowed to retrograde , as
it did under the first Cleveland adminis
tration , when it declined to a lower
standard than for many years before.
Postmaster General BIhsoll , In his an
nual report , fbhows that the deficiency
for the last fiscal year was very much
greater than had boon estimated , and ho
says that Instead of there being a sur
plus for the current fiscal your , us.esti
mated by his predecessor , there is likely
to be a dottali. ot nearly $8,000,000. It is
not easy to understand why there should
bo this extraordinary discrepancy in es
timates for the fiscal year , of which five
months have passed , and it is quite pos
sible that the new hands at this business
will bo found when the year is ended to
have made a mistake to the extent of a
few million dollars , though of course
there will bo no surplus , as o&tlma.ted in
the report for 18 ! > 2. As to the es
timate for the thcal year ended
Juno HO last the failure to
reall/.o It was duo largely to the busi
ness depression , which had its offoot
upon correspondence , upon the money
order business and upon the revenues of
the borvlco generally , wlillo the in
creased hiibinoss counted on as incident
to the World's fair fell far short of antici
pation , as did the sale of the Columbian
postage stump. Hud the general pros
perity of 18)2 ! ) prevailed during'tho first
six months of the current year there
can bo no doubt that the estimates of
postal revenue for the fiscal year 1893
would have boon very nearly realized ,
and reasoning in the same way , If there
is a revival of business activity and
'
prosperity at the beginning of' 1894
there will probably bo no such
deficit at the end of the cur-
rout fiscal year us the postmaster
general estimates. It is to bo observed
that there is no better or more trust
worthy indication of the average finan
cial condition of the people than the
lluetnutlons in the postal revenues.
The postmaster general takes a de
cided stand against extending free delivery -
livery to small toWuj ui\d villages , claim
ing that the experiment has not shown
the desirability of establishing the sys
tem , and it is entirely tufo to Buy that
it will IK ) abandoned and that the rural
populations which for two years have
been served in this way and nil that
were expecting to bo will have to bo
content for some years to como with the
old conditions. That the abandonment
of the policy of extending frco de
livery to rural communities will
bo extremely disappointing to such
communities there can be no doubt.
It was expected that the present ad
ministration would not approve of the
contracts made by its predecessor for
carrying ocean malts , and the excuse
for doing this Is that no apparent ad
vantage has resulted from them , The
country will bo bolter nblo to jutlgo of
the merit of this plea when it has seen
the results of the policy regarding the
ocean mall sorvlco of the present ad
ministration , though it cannot interfere
with existing contracts. The postmaster
general makes some recommendations
and suggestions that merit careful con
sideration , among them that the
charges for domestic money orders
bo reduced and the form of the
order simplified , at the same tlmo
abolishing postal notes. Regarding
civil service reform the postmaster
general makes unfavorable comment
upon the dismissal of democratic clerks
from the railway mall sorvlco at the be
ginning of the preceding administration.
Perhaps Mr. Blssoll needs to be In
formed that in the last year of Mr.
Cleveland's first administration a largo
number of experienced and competent
clerks were dismissed from that service
because they wore republicans and their
places filled by democrats , to the almost
utter demoralization of the sorvlco , 'and
that the Harrison administration re
stored the republican clerks , where
their removal was shown to have boon
for political reasons , both as a matter of
justice to them and for the good of the
facrvico.
COItl'OU.lTlOXS IN TIIK CITY COUXCIL.
No-one present at the last meeting of
the city council would have had to bo
told that election day had passed. The
proceedings of that body would have
informed him before many minutes had
elapsed that the majority of the mem
bers fool themselves entirely absolved
from their immediate responsibility to
the taxpayers and citizens who elected
them , and the conclusion must have In
evitably been forced upon his mind that
the corporations rather than the people
are represented in the Omaha city
council.
Not to speak of the shameful treat
ment of the mayor's veto of the fifty-
year gas franchise ordinance in refus
ing oven to receive the papers which ho
had sent toil at the previous regular
mooting when simple courtesy demanded
that they bo at least placed on illo in
case the council wore not ready to act
upon thorn , the council managed to show
several times how it stands in relation
to corporation raids upon the rights of
the taxpayers. A communication from
the garbage contractor , a contractor
backed by the combined influence of the
franchised corporations , asking for per
mission to erect a tool house on ground
comprising a part ot the streets of
Omaha , was quickly referred without
debate to the building inspector with the
understanding that the prayer bo
granted. If the garbage contractor
wants to orcct a tool house , why docs ho
not do as other private individuals do
buy or rent a piece of land suitable for
his purposes ? If the council can au
thorize the erection of a permanent
structure on a street near the river , it
can authorize one in the middle ot Far-
nam street. The garbage contractor
has already secured valuable privileges
from the city for nominal returns. Why
should ho bo given further privileges ,
however small their value may bo ?
The corporations in the council have
also pushed through all the disputed
claims of the Barber Asphalt company
that have bcpn hanging fire for months.
The merits of the original dispute need
not detain us. But the city engineer
had taken the trouble to institute a care
ful examination of the work for which
tTio last monthly claim had boon pre
sented and had recommended certain
deductions on account of failure to live
up to the letter of the agreement. Two
councilinen in a two hours' drive , in
company with the agent of the Barber
company , had convinced themselves
that the twenty miles of paved streets
were in excellent condition and on their
report the repair claim was allowed.
The repair contract calls for keeping
the streets constantly In good order.
With the corporations running the
council all that is. nocdod is to Imvo a
milo or so in good order on , the day
when the committee takes its monthly
drive with the company's ngont , and
holes and cracks may bo loft in the
streets the remainder of the year , in
spite of the protest of the engineering
department.
The corporations are dully becoming
moro and moro bold in their manipula
tions of the city council. This course of
action will probably bo continued until
the taxpayers arouse to the protection
of their Interests. The veto power of a
watchful mayor has in too many in
stances proven unavailing. Unless
things ehango for the bettor the tusk of
driving the corporations out of the city
council will soon have to bo taken up.
TESTIMONY from Ktiropo designed to
support the advocacy of an income tax in
the United States is not likely to have
very much weight with our people.
European governments , when in need of
revenue , do not usually concern them
selves us to whether the mot hods of ob
taining it uro offensive to nny portion of
the people or not , or whether they uro
partial In their oporutlon or otherwise.
They are controlled altogether by the
necessities of the situation. In this coun
try oxory citizen is presumed to have
an equal interest in the govern
ment , and to propose that one
class of tjio people shall pay n
tax that another class Is exempted from ,
us is done by the advocates of an Income
tax hare , is hostile to one of the most im
portant principles in our political sys
tem. As u mutter of fact each a proposi
tion decs not find justification In any of
the income tax systems of Europe , But
in this matter we need not go abroad for
guidance. We have hud an income tax
and pretty much everybody who remem
bers its offensive operation knows that
such n method -obtaining revenue is
not suitable to this country.
Places on all frtdos of soft coal are
and have long IjaOiQtoo high In Omaha.
There nro rich coal deposits in central
town , southern ICan-as , In. the Black
Hills , In WyoWti * and in Colorado ,
within easy roajh of Iho consumers of
Nebraska. Invastlgatlon made by Tim
Bin : in the pa % proved that it coats
moro to transport coal from the mines
mentioned to Omaha than the coal Is
worth nt the mlnos. Local dealers of
course put on top of this n liberal mar
gin ot profit , so that a ton of coal worth
$1.03 at the mines Is retailed in Omnhu
at from $4.50 to $7. That these prices
are exorbitant goes without saying.
They nro maintained by a local combine
of dealers which levies n princely tribute
annually on the people of Otnahu. Back
of thorn , of course , stand the railroad
companies pledged in uphold them in
their close corporation methods. The
only means of redress that seems at all
practicable Is that suggested in the re
cent local populist platform , wherein It
was recommended that 100 or moro prl-
vulo consumers pool together , acquire
trackage , and purchase larpo quantities
of coal. By.such moans the combine
might bo broken.
A UIU'HKSKXTATIVK of the receivers
of the Union Pacific railway system has
uskcd the federal court to 11 x the salary
of each of the live receivers at $18,000 ,
or $90,000 , a year for all. These men
will bo expected to do the work of olll-
cials whoso salaries have aggregated
$ ; > 0,000 , a year heretofore. They are un
skilled in the service and must grope
their way through the intricacies of
scientific railroading. By no process of
reasoning can their sorvlco bo worth ns
much as that of trained railroad men. The
compensation asked for scorns to bo out
of all reason and to have no other ground
to rest upon than precedents in like
cases. There has for years been much
popular clamor against the princely sal
aries paid the higher railroad officials ,
alleged to bo at tlio expense of the pat
rons of the roads. If there be justifica
tion for such contention there is cer
tainly some force to the claim that the
receivers in thib case , or at least some of
thorn , are asking too much.
OUR Washington dispatches quote
Comptroller Eckels as saying that ho
will go to the bottom of the affairs of
the defunct Capital National bank and
intimates that every man remotely re
sponsible will have to stop up and help
make good the lifes. ( This is good news
for the taxpayers at largo , but it will
cause many grotins ) in Lincoln. The
books of Mosher's ' defunct bank show it
to bo indebted toltho state in the sum of
$80,000 , , wliHo the state treasurer's
books fix the iimoWC'at ' 3200,000. If the
comptroller cun bring the power of the
national govcrnnJeriC to play upon this
cuso and save la largo share of this
money to the people he will accomplish
moro than seems'probablo at this time.
SECIICTAUY MouTO > r nakcs a rather
sensational statement iit his report
when he intimafes that a portion of the
appropriation for state1 'experimental
stations may have miscarried. An investi
gation will of course follow , as it should.
The secretary refers to the matter in
support o | hisrecqmmbndntion that such
appropriations bo placed in the depart
ment so that supervision of disburse
ments may bo exorcised. On this point
the secretary's conclusions seem to be
eminently bound.
Tliu ItiKtiii-KH Outlook.
Kcw Yolk Sun.
These things taken toffotlier lead to the
conclusion that wo uro sure of at least mod-
cratelv active business us soon as the pres
ent winter is at an end. The vast supplies
of money now accumulated in Now York
will theii flnd remunerative employment.
With the return of general confidence must
come a revival of legitimate speculation ,
none the worse for the lessons that business
men have received through the recent tight
ness of money.
A Vital Ohjnrtlon.
1'lnhiilelitMn Ittcottl.
Ono of the stroiiRCst objections to an in
come tax would ho the cost of collection. A
very consider.iblo portion of the money de
rived from taxinp incomes would bo. spent
upon the army of inquisitors necessary to
K.-Uhnr it in. An Income tax , if laid upon nil
incomes alike , is no * doubt an exceedingly
fair tax theoretically. In practice , however ,
it is unfair , because ot the opportunity to
cscapo payment afforded to dishonest men
whoso nutual income cannot bo ascertained.
Honoring n Knvnlutlmuiry Hero.
Now Yoric Saturday jiaid reverential homage
age to the memory of a man whoso name and
heroic death should oxer bo conspicuously
before the young of America. One hundred
and seventeen years have como and cone
since Nathan Halo was hanged by the Jlrit-
isli as a spy. The influences of his sorrow
ful decease were potent in hastening suc
cessful revolution , and his hraro words just
before martyrdom : "I only regret that I
have but one llfo to lese for my country , "
aroused thousands of lukewarm colonists.
In erecting u statue to the hero Now York
City pays but u fraction of the nation's in
debtedness. .
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ItuvuMlut ; III" Mnxlcuu Custom ,
Chteniio Herald ,
Singular and altogether unprecedented
noxx s comes from Mexico , Jf the accounts
are to bo hullovod the revolutionists have
administered m.to the hosts of President
Diaz a most thorough and aoul-satisfylng
thrashing. 'J'ho fci rul troops or such of
thorn us uro left UTO reported to he headed
for the national caUaral. ] ] a gait that would
muko the Mf. tfX > lopoinptiiu blow its smolco-
htack oil In sheer fcivy | and despair. This
entirely rt-verses the tisiunl order of things
in Mexican revolutions. The custom hith
erto has beca foe. some greasy patriot to
dubhlmsolf general , collect fifty or a hun
dred men , ralso the standard of revolt and
got captured xvlthintdrty-olirht hours. Thou
followed a drumhead _ eourt martial , a fusil ,
lailo , u shallow tremcuT and quicklime , and
tnnt revolution -niuelched , The nexv
Hystum Is revolutionary Indeed , not only us
affecting the government of Mexico , but as
destroying old traditions. It is so novel , in
fact , that further ! , particulars should bo
awaited before glvluK.JuU credence to the
stories that come from the border.
nniTont.it
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Phtlnuclplita Times' Dying by Incite * U
fast enough , but it's unfortunate when foot
ball players din by the foot , ns It wore.
Cincinnati Commercial : If Corboot and
Mitchell would challenge a foot ball player
there might bo an opportunity to see their
merits ns pugilists. Foot ball players differ
from puglllits in that they tight not talk.
Washington Post ! Meanwhile , U would
seem the rankest infatuation to harbor the
theory that foot ball U n more gentlemanly
nnd a less dnmonilirtnc practice than prize
lighting. The record indicates the contrary.
IndlaimpoUa Journal : Thus far the testi
mony presented by tbo newspapers does not
\varr.int the conclusion that foot ball M as
harardous to llfo and limb n" nn average
pitched battle , but much moro so than the
avcrago duel in high llfo.
Kansas City Star : l-'oot ball Is the solo
amusement in the xvorld that carries with It
the semblance and excitement of the great
game of war. The first Inquiry after u match
is "Who won the victory ? " The next is
concerning the number of killed and
wotindctli
Chicago Herald : But at least let us put a
stop ns soon as ucmlblc to the biutulity of
foot ball a sport which , in i many features ,
Is worse than prbo lighting , being less n
matter of skill , more dangerous to the par
ticipants and involving a much larger num
ber of contestants.
Detroit Free.Press : Hccauso they nro
the Mower of our youth Is no more reason
that they should bo permitted to proceed In
the work of killing and crippling than that
the same concession should bo made to the
muscular athletes \\lio have a less dangerous
sport in the twcnty-four-foot ring.
Now York Times : The game Is bloody and
brutal , too , however stoically the young
players mav endure their wounds and frac
tures , or the injuries or even the deaths of
their companions. It has engendered , more
over , a sordid desire of gain by no means in
keening with tlio pursuit of the liberal arts
and sciences.
Harper's Weekly : Once lot it bo understood -
stood , however , that n knowledge of foot
ball is essential to success ns a policeman
ana wo shall have not only men xvhoso
natural tastes nnd inclinations lead them to
become policemen Hocking to our colleges in
order to obtain the best possible prepara
tion , but wo shall find our athletic college
graduates clamoring for positions as guard
ians of the peace , ns they have hitherto
thronged the professions of the law , modi-
clno and the church.
Foot ball colors necessarily run to black
and blue.
The proud bird of freedom will have his
innings some other day.
A bicyclist is not to bo regarded as an en
gineer because of his spinal arch.
General Husk's fortune amounts to $ .10.000 ,
.ill of which is left to bis wife and children.
Giving thanks costs nothing. The truly
thankful are they who glvo a share of their
abundance to the worthy but unfortunate.
The specter of sortowhlch poets see
around tha "festive board" is doubtless duo
to the impression that loaded tables groan.
Having secured a place among the an
thracite coal barons of the cast , Vandcrbilt
has gone abroad to enjoy the fruits of the
squeeze.
Every spellbinder who is onto his job
should not. bo backward in sounding "a nota
of warning. " A variety of keynotes uro in
circulation.
The price of plato glass dropped 20 per
cent with the collauso of the trust. If the
government wants to cheapen things hunt
ing down trusts offers golden opportunities.
As evidence of the cheerful condition of
affairs in Colorado it is worthy of note that
the Denver Republican discussed the Union
Pacific problem without suggesting the re
moval of the company's headquarters.
Wl.eu Jeremiah Rusk , tlio volunteer sol
dier , was offered the colonelcy of the Twonty-
llfth regiment of Wisconsin volunteers ho
declined. Afterward when asked to ex
plain his action ho said : "Idid not think I
was competent to take command of u regi
ment or that I had the experience necessary
in military affairs to fit me for any rank
higher than that of major , which at that
time I regarded as moro ornamental than
otherwise. " Within a few weeks ho found
that none of his associates know any moro
of military ulTaivs than ho did , and so he ac
cepted tlio commission. Ho commanded bis
regiment to the very end of the war.
NEHllASKA AXIt MSISlt.lSK.lXli.
The Fairfield creamery has been reopened.
The Coiwegat'innalists of Norfolk have
raised enough money to lift the debt from
their church.
Patrick Campbell of Plattsmouth has re
turned from nn extended visit to his old
home in Ireland.
The people of Box Dutto county have
voted to submit to n tax for the purpose of
sinking an artesian well.
A corn sheller nt Dubois removed three
lingers from the hand of William Myers
with neatness and dispatch.
A son of Albert Schoonstoin of Chapman
thought ho was playing with an empty re
volver. Ho now has a jagged hole through
his wrist
Joe Moran of Hay Springs tied a cow
behind his wagon ana when the horses ran
away the poor old bovine couldn't keep up
and her nock was broken.
M. J. Mumford , who settled in the Nemnliu
valley in 18.r)7 and was for twenty-live years
a justice of the peace , died nt the homo of
his daughter In Table Uoclc , aped 87 years.
Sugar-making frotn boots isn't all safe
work by any moans. Three workmen at
the Norfolk factory are laid up-one witli a
broken thigh , another with mashed fingers
and the third with a bruised head , All will
recover.
The Knights of Pythias of IJloomflold are
caring for S. W. Tnomns and family , who
lost their all in the Pomoroy cyclone. Mr.
Tliomus was seriously crippled by lining
raught in the xvrcckof his homound ono of
Ids children was killed.
HTKH'MH t'O.M/t'.S.
niiiKhainutnn ICnniibllcan : The foghorn Is
about tliu bussusl tiling on uurth ,
Io w nil Courier : 1'llliiR n will homtlmes
lasps feolliiRsof dlsuppolntuil luKalL'us.
Now Orleans IMcnyutiut When n man Is try-
liiif to como down stairs ho need not bo told to
hurry up.
_
Tovns .Sittings : Homo mon got down on their
nulKlihoni when they find they can't coiuu up
to them.
Plttsbiirg Post : Mls < Omhlolgh I am just
dond sti iiclf on football.
Mm * Mattoiofract Yes , it's Just klllhiK.
f.lfo : Tlio ClorKyman And why xhould little
tlo boys say their prayura ovnry nlKhlV
The Com ! Hey So H tlio l.ord can Imvo a
chunco to got whut thuy want by imirnliiK-
Troy Press : frmio ptinpln lliln.U that It 1
Claim HiiruclioU vtho IIUH bt-un raising ealn
o\ur In llii wull. This is merely b | > ruel < tlatlon.
IlufTalo Courier : PlMitrrcoahln though II
may bu to him , It Is Mill u ( net that tlm
clmncci uro iiK.ilnst tliu luirliiHS mini obtaining
any buit of u foothold Insoctuty.
Now York Weolly : Actress You tire a
dlvorco lnwyer , 1 understand1 ! I.uwyer Yes ,
nutiliiiDi I Micuro divorces without publicity.
Actress Urn I'm In the wrong olllco. Good
duy , sir. _
I'OOU TIIIMl.
There was a lltllo girl
And him hud a little curl
ItlKhtduwn In Iho middle of her forehead ;
8o hu were It to tlio hop ,
And It happened off to drop
And the litiiKiiituo that nho thought was
horrid !
Highest of all in Leavening ? ? owcr. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Bakin
Powder
ABSOUSTE1X PURE
WILSON BILL'S ' WEAKNESS
Now Tariff Measure Will Not Stand Repub
lican Analysis.
CAMPAIGN OF OPPOSITION ARRANGED
ImlUliliml rontiirrs of llto Innlruuiriit A > 111
llo Iliitiillrd Srpirntoly In tlio A p.
immclilng DliciiMlon-Krll Ko-
RU'.ts , Mroail > Dnvulupctli
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Mil Foi IITUENTII HTIIKRT. >
WvsntxaTos , NO.V . av . I
The now domocratlo tariff bill excites
more criticism hourly. l y the end of the
week , when a majority of the democratic
members of the house xvlll have returned to
Washington , the demand for n oarty caucus
to icvlso the crude measure reported
by Chairman Wilson will have l > o-
como overwhelming. The chlof exigency
which the Wilson bill Itself crcrttcs , and
which seems destined to bring destruction
upon Us own head It that while professedly
a rovcnuo measure , It really eujs into the
revenues of the ticasury to nn amount esti
mated at SoO.OOO.OOO , Instead of providing
moans to meet the threatened deficit at the
end of the llseal year under the present revenue -
enuo laws of from $00,000,000 to $ SOIXX1,000.
As stated In last night's linn specials ,
this fact of Itself will force the house to
amend the Wilson hill so ns to produce
greater revenue , for the reason that on In
come tax cannot well pass that body , and
most certainly cannot pass the senate.
Iteatitt of Tariff Itnvlnlon.
The announcement Is made this morning
Hint as a beginning of disastrous results of
the revision of the tariff In the interest of
every country In the world e.xcept Iho United
States , the mills of the Hoxbury ( Mass. )
Carpet company are to shut down indefi
nitely , thus throxving ! > 00 employes out of
work. Thcso mills uro closed , It Is stated ,
because of the publication of Iho noxv tariff
bill , and they will bo kept closed until the
tariff question is settled. It will thus bo
seen that the disaster which overwhelmed
the carpet industry at Yonkera , N. Y. , last
summer in the mere anticipation of tiirliT re
vision has reached Now England. There are
intimations that reductions of wages on the
entire closing of mills \vill follow In Phila
delphia , ono of the greatest carpet produc
ing centers in the country. Ot all the
Moquetto carpet made in the world W ) per
cent is made in Yonkers. The mills have
not been closed for nineteen years until the
threatened reduction of duty on carpets.
Wages have increased during that period
for weaving alone nearly 1100 per cent. At
the same time the price of carpets has de-
crcasod.
Whore llio runner Is lilt.
The agricultural inteiests will , perhaps ,
bo the sloxvest to undcistand how their wel
fare Is attacked , but when they nro hoard
from the farmers will be likcl.x to speak in
no uncertain tones. The removal ot duties
from agricultural products which are readily
brought across our northern border from
Canada will speedily provo a thorn in the
side nf farmers , not only of the northwest
but of ox'ory state whieti frn.ges upon the
Canadian border.
Koprcsentative Payne of Nexv York , a
member of the ways and means committee ,
said to THE HER correspondent today that
after careful examination of the Wilson bill
ho had been utterly unable to discover a
single feature of protection in It. The cuts
made in the bill on manufactured articles
would , ho said , have to come out of the price
of labor because the manufacturers had
already so little protection that labor was
the only place in which they could now
cconomiEO in order to moot foreign com
petition. Mr. Payne lamented especially
the injury to .agricultural products nnd
thought Nebraska farmers with others must
suffer competition with Canada.
Another Unfair Feature.
Speaking of the proposed tax on corpora
tions , Mr. Payne called attention to the fact
that a corporation tax would reach moro
poor people than xvould n direct ota.x on in
comes above $ -1,000. He explained that most
corporations are composed of small holders
of stock. Some individual might hold a
larger bloclc , but a great bulk of the stock
xvoula bo distributed in , small quantities
among a great many people. A corporation
tax would apply with especial severity to
manufacturing concerns , n great portion of
which are noxv incorporated nnd xvhoso
stock is widely distributed , in many cases
being largely field by employes. Thcso
concerns would suffer in two ways : First ,
from the loxSer duties and the necessity of
meeting foreign competition by the reduction
of cost of labor , and second , by the direct
tax upon their stock xvliich is distributed
among the \\orking people In small lots , al
though of course the larger bloclts are hold
by the chief partners in these corporations.
These criticisms of tbo bill do not como
from icpuoliean sources by any means.
\\liut tlio Dolmtu 1'riHiilsuH.
The debate of the tariff bill In this con-
press does not promise any batter display of
oratory than did the light for the uncondi
tional repeal of the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act. The domocratlo veterans of
many years service in the house state tha
they talked UicrrnolTf s out on the tariff over
tha Mills bill and the subsequent dabitto
over the McIClnlcy act , besides their
speeches of the cnmualcn of ISiy were Urn
Itcd almost entirely to discussion of tha
tariff and the tariff will again bo the topic
of their speeches In their campaigns for re
election nevt fall.
The republicans on the other hand \vlll
mnkono special effort at displays of denun
ciatory oloqucnra during the genotal do
bite , They will confine themselves to a
number of calm statements showing tha
vlcloiisness of the general sjstom on which
the bill Is built and will direct their princl
pal efforts against lmllvlilu.il features of th (
bill when It Is discussed by sections.
A systematic plan of campaign Is arrange
by which some experienced republican mom
her will bo assigned the charge- the opposl
tlonon o\er.y schedule , nnd'it will bo hli
dtit.\ when that schedule comes up for con-
sideiatlon to present a clear and conclso exposition -
position of the Injury that xvlll bo done to
all the Interests nflcctcd by that schedule II
the rates proposed In Iho Wilson bill are per
mitted to go Into effect.
I'Vnrlng the republican analysis of tha
measure the democrats Intend to niloxv but
txx-o weeks fov debate In the house , and say
the bill will bo In the room of the sonata
committco on llnnnco xvhen the liolkhi } re
cess is taken.
I'oMomil Mention.
Charles II. ( Jray of Kearney has been ap
pointed to a clerkship in the Interior department
mont , It Is understood that ho xvlll take the
place of his brother James , who Is a dork
under Secretary IlokoSmlth. Tholattorwlll
shortly graduate from thoColnmblan univers
ity , the principal law school of this city , nnd
ho intends to retire from the federal service
and outer upon Ihn practice of law
J. S Ilalluv was today appointed poitm.is
tcr at Ulysses. Uutlcr couiityNob.vlco II C' .
llyam , resigned.
Mr. ICdxvard Kosexvatcr , editor of Tiir. Hue ,
who has been in Washington for a couple ot
days , after attending a Press association
meeting In the south , left for Noxv Yoik to
night , llo goes homo the latter part of the
week.
Among the recent dismissals from the snrv
ice of the general land olllco xveioA W
Conleo and P..I. Williams of Nebraska and
K. Kllpatrick , 1) 11. CJoodne , .1. llasMishoin.
W. \Vob3torand ,1. P , Driver of Iowa Tfiu
names of the victimof xho wholesale dis.
missal from the land ofllco force were not
made public until today.
PKHHY S. HLUII.
lo\rn .N OlUro llurund.
lowvCirv , Nov. ! ! U.The Iowa City Ho-
publican building was totally destroyed by
11 ro this morning. I/m , § 10OW ) ; insurance ,
about half.
The Republican's loss is very heavy , and
to Mr. II. S. Kiilrall it is particularly b.ul , as
he had Just completed arrangements to buy
the entire onlco
Hiirv.inl Tutor's Milclilu.
CvMimiixii : , Mass. , Nov. 29. The an
nouncement that Harmon Haley , a tutor of
l < atin in Harvard colloRo , had cut his throat
created widesptcad excitement and sympa
thy Ho has been a tutor at Harvard for
three years. Overwork Is said to have
caused the deed.
.1 10 ia.r.
Detroit l'iec I'tesi.
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With slnHlm ; so line ,
Hiiro's ) to tlio man
\Vlioon hlmilooj dluo.
Hero's tHitho boy
\Vlio cats tlm most iilo ;
Heiu's to tlio Klrl
\Vltonu\ct says illu.
Hero's to young sweetheart ,
Wltlillgiirudlvliiu ,
And this lo hoi blight eyes
Would HIU ! ucru mine.
Hero's to us all ,
As bright as the dny.
May wo inner know sorrow ,
Hut always bo gay.
Hero's lo oui town
Upon these lit oud waters ;
Ami this to oui stain ,
Her sons and her dniR
And now to our country ,
So In oud nnd sogiiind ,
L-jl us drink to bur future ,
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