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STAT"KMKST oi1 CIUCULATIOS.
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JinhhiR company. ilce * solemnly v.vo.ir Unit th' ;
circulation of Tim luil.v Hr foi tha week
f Willie IH-ci'iiilH-r 'J , IMKI , was as follow * :
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Avrrnifo Circulation for Oiitoliri % "I.IIlfl
PKOl'M : ni-u bejilnninjr U > ask whether
the president. ' * ) tncHsiRo : really stilt ml
uity uic besides its author.
ArTKit pliiylng upon the war tstrifr cry
for ihlrty.ycai'd tins democratic ways and
menus committee now propose. * to go
hack to the war Income tax and the war
internal revenue duties on patent medi
cines and playing cards.
NKW Yoitic politicians are worrying
over the question whether Senator
David 11. Hill has parted company with
the democratic machine. ST long as the
machine antagonizes the president it
can count on Hill's co-operation.
IKCONOHKSS acts upon thopostiiiastor
gonoral't ) suggestion that the postal
money order ho made simpler and re
duced in price local hankers may have
to roviuo their tarilT of charges for col
lection of small drafts and chocks.
FoiiTV thousand dollars or more as a
reimbursement of the expenditures on
the military equipment at Wounded
Knee would look very well in the Ne
braska state treasury , depleted , as it
has boon , by baodlo rings and defaulting
bankers.
IT HAl'i'KNS , accidentally suppose ,
that in shifting the positions of the em
ployes in.tho Interior department all
the clerks who secured-higher salaries
are democrats , and nil' who had theii
salaries diminished were republicans. A
more coincidence , of course.
Ex-COXGHKSSMAX LAWLUU. ho of the
long .petition fame , onuo applicant for
the position of postmaster at Chicago ,
lias torn all feelings of resentment from
his breast and called to pay his respects
to President Cleveland. Perhaps there
Is some other ollice that might assuage
his wounded fpclitisrs.
RKCKNT Massachusetts elections show
a gain in thestrongth of the high license
sentiment at the expense of localitio.-i
whore prohibition had proven UIHHC-
ecasful. Experience everywhere shows
that some form of license is the only
solution to the liquor problem in citlos
of more than a meager population.
GoviJKNOiiWAlTH'S bchuino for a state
issue of silver currency is repudiated by
all the conservative elements in Cole
rado. Tills Is an encouraging indication
of Colorado's rapid recovery from the
fiat mania that threatened to become
rampant among the people of the Cen
tennial state only a tow months ago.
ENGLAND has rewarded the men who
represented her Interests as counsel be
fore the Boring sea arbitration coininU-
slon by raising them to knighthood.
This , however , waa a small part of their
compensation. Conferring empty titles
lias ceased to command the voluntary
sorvictis of public men. They now
work for the filthy lucre and lots of it.
TUB federal elections law was sent
back to the senate from the committee
to which it had been referred without a
written voport , because , according to the
senator in charge of it , "the rca > > oiH for
its passage wore self-evident. " To any
person gifted with a remnant of his
Bouso of justice the rormns for Its de
feat nro morn than golf-evident.
IlAltu times are driving prlcen down
on almost all things ro'iuiro.l by work
ing men and their families. Hut the do-
prosslon has not yet struck the 10-oont
Council UlulTs bridge motor fare. This
is just the time that a > Vcont faro would
mean most to worklnginon on both sides
of the rivor. A 5-cent faro would BOOH
inaruuia tralllc to make up for the
temporarily lessened receipts.
IT IB now Insinuated that Mr. Van
Alen secured professional assistance in
writing the letter declining his appoint
ment as ambassador to Italy. This
would , If true , take from it all lgnlll-
O'anco as evidence of hU own diplomatic
ability , which hud been questioned in
many quarters. But then ho might have
talcoii Ills private letter writer alum :
with him to Home , so that his ollleial
u 'tTcspondcncu ' would not have had to
B.ilVor.
TIIOSK philanthropic gentlemen who
wcro HO industriously engaged In en
abling people to got scmo'hing for mill
ing through the medium of their BO-
culled "bjnd" Investments will no
doubt hull with delight the fuet
that Uncle Sam will relieve them
from what must ultimately have
proven a most embarrassing situation.
The I'ltttonleo ' "department will lose ir.
time winding up ilio allalrs of the
ulluged companies under the ncnnl csdo
( tlio country and thus will uilord the
Iwwt of nutBUiH to bo given those who
"o Mluiptu onongh t'j complain boouite :
llulr bauds never "uiuturo. "
ACD.H I0l\i IMVOSTl'ltF
Tliroe days ago Mayor Jtanls l iaod
an ofllr-lal notlco to liquor iloalora In
which ho pointed out the law rotating
to the publication of notices by appli
cants , and cautioned them to use duo
dlllgunce In ascertaining which paper
was entitled to the publication , as hav
ing the largostolrcutallon In the county.
Mayor Boinls also called attention to
the fact that under the decision pf the
court each regular edition of a paper
must bo troato.l as a separate and dis
tinct paper , and In computing circula
tions no combination could legally
be made of the circulation of several
editions. A copy of this proclamation ,
wltli a reqttojt to publish , waa sent to
Tfii'.llr.Kand to the NWM-J/miM. Tun
HlJK complied with the request and pub
lished the mayor's notlco word for word
as It was written. The ] ] 'orhl-Herald
garbled the notice , cutting out every
thing relating to the provisions of the
law concerning publication , and als3
cutting out all that the mayor had to
say concerning the separation of the
editions under orders of the court.
Now what right had the H'orW-
Ifmthl to garble the mayor's olltclal
notice ? Why should that paper cutout
one part and print another , is not this
the most rank Imposture ? If a man waste
to offer plated spoons for solid silver ho
would bo denounced as a common
swindler and any victim would have a
right to prosecute him for obtaining
money under fatso pretenses. This Is
precisely what the World-1lerald has
boon doing in its impostu upon liquor
dealers and druggists. Would nny
reputable business man or firm resort to
auch methods ?
As a matter of fact , imposture Is
written all over that sheet. Its
claims of largest circulation wcro
exploded ofl'ootually last spring when
Mr. Vatcs held 83,003 as a forfeit for
forty days on a challenge that THE
Hun had double Its bona fldo circula
tion But it still persists in Haunting
the barefaco lie in the face of Its
gulled patrons. An equally brazen piece
of imposture is the standing notlco that
the World-Ilu'dld la the only journal
published in Omaha having both the
AHSocluted press and United press
franchises. The World-Herald has no
franchise in the Associated press and
does not publish a line of the Associated
press report unless it is clipped or
stolen. THE UKK is the only Omaha
paper that has not only a franchise
but a stock membership in the Asso
ciated press that placo.3 it on an equal
footing with the largest papers in the
association. This valuable franchise has
only been acquired within a year , but wo
have not bragged a.bnit : it nor oven
alluded to the fact that wo print the
full Associated press reports exclusively
in the state of Nebraska.
It is exceedingly disagreeable for us
to bo compelled to reprimand and
denounce the unprofessional conduct
of a contemporary , but when it at
tempts to harrass and impose upon
parties who are compelled to pat
ronize THE KKK in order to comply
with the law that requires publicity to
bo given in the paper of the largest
circulation in the county , wo are not
only justified but compelled to expose
its disreputable methods.
TAKINU G.LKK > .V Till : 1HS.\.SVR\ .
Men of all parties agree as to the im
perative duty of congress to make pro
vision as soon as practicable for enabling
the treasury to meet its obligations as
they fall due and to avoid a deficit.
Upon the basis of the pi-cant revenue
laws the secretary of the treasury esti
mates stated in the '
, as president's-mes-
suge , that the receipts fur the current
fiscal year will bo 84iO,121OT : ; ! > , nnd that
the expenditures will reach 8453,121,303 ,
resulting in a deficiency of 828,000,000.
The excess of expenditures on December
1 was over $150,000,000 , , and the proposed
reduction of duties will materially
alToct the receipts during the re
maining seven months of the fiscal year.
It is therefore highly probable that the
deficiency estimated by Secretary Car
lisle will bo largely exceeded in the
opinion of some , whoso judgment is quite
as likely as that of the secretary to bo
correct , it may reach at least double that
amount and very little , if anything ,
can bo done by congress to arrest the
growth of the deficiency for the reason
that legislation providing for additional
revenue from internal taxes is not likely
to bo perfected before the close of the
current fiscal year. There Is every
reason to expect that receipts from all
sources will continue to fall pending the
aotiju of congress on the taritr bill and
for some time thereafter.
In his message the president showed
no great ooncaru about the condition of
the treasury , remarking that ho was
satisfied that the reduced tariff duties ,
provided for in the proposed legislation ,
added to existing internal revenue taxa
tion , will in the near future , though
perhaps not immediately , produce nulll-
eient revenue to moot the needs of the
government. It might bo interesting to
know by what process of reasoning and
computation the president reached this
optimistic conclusion , but that is not
Important , fir it U not'at all likely that
Mr. Clovolsnl thought on the subject
very carefully or deeply , but accoptcd
unque.stl'nlngly the judgment of the
free trade advocates , such as David A ,
Wells , whoso counsel ho has Invited.
The Important fact is , and thb booms to
have baei : lost , stulit of .by the pr-ojldont ,
that the condition of the .treasury de
mands immediate relief and cannot ,
with ut danger to the public credit ,
wait for future results of rov.mtio losrla.
latbii. At thU very tlnn the natijiuil
treasury is practically insolvent and the
gold basis of the currency is depleted to
an extent which loaves only 31 to ab-jttt
every $18 redeemable In gold. Still
the reooipts o itlnu-i to fall baljw
the expenditures , anil it appears certain
that this will bo thp case during the
remaining nniitlu of the ctu-rent Iljcal
yea:1 : , and probably faboyouJ. : . A fur-
( her depletion ut thu gjld rejorvo nr.nt
bo j-cga'rded as inovitabla , aiu
the question is how much fur
ther this can ba carrloJ with
out disturbing osnUJonue in thy
stability of the currency. The treasury
must go on drawing uppn its gold re
serve as long as expenditure * exceed re-
c.tlpts , auil ovo'yb.dy : cau. undo , aland
that thee 13 datigef in thU. Kor years
this roaorve liai boon the strong faun la-
tlonsitpon which tlio currency of the
country 1ms securely rested. I'orhaps
the faith of the pojplo In the gjvorn-
ment would maintain the saundiioa * nnd
stability of the currency oven If thli
foundation were entirely swept iiway ,
but nobody whoso judgment la worthy of
any consideration would advise that the
faith of the popple bo put tj auch a tost.
It is not good stateHiiatuhlp ta allow
the urgent requirements of the national
treasury to wait upon the unoortaln'pos-
slbilltlesot the future , ami Mr. Cleveland
discloses not only a lack of that
quality , so far as this matter Is con
cerned , but of ordinary practical judgment - .
ment as well , when ho suggests that this
may bo safely done , The "near future1'
when ho expects the revenues will bo
suulclcnt lo moot the needs of the treav
ury is a very Indefinite time that would
not satisfy the creditor. * of u business
house whoso financial condition wai
dally growing weaker. It can n at rea
sonably ba expected to satisfy the cred
itors of the government. Meanwhile
tlio democrats in congress are worrying
over the revenue problem and finding
at every point in Its consideration pot-
ploxintr differences among themselves
which impede progress tjward a solu
tion and aggravate public suspense.
SOMBTHIXO MUtiT JIK H'HllXG.
There is still a very largo amount of
petroleum used In the homos of the
people in town at well as in the country.
Many of our stores are also lighted with
coal oil. If this oil was as good as It Is
represented to be there would bo little
or no danger in using it. But when
most of this oil is known to bo explosive
in a high degree and the pretended tests
are a more sham it becomes a very
serious matter. This is not a question of
dollars and cents. Poonlo would gladly
pay a few cents more per gallon If the
tests could bo depended on and they
could feel that they and their families
are safe fvcm spontaneous explosions. As
it Is , Nebraska has been made the 'lump
ing ground for oils that cannot pass in
spection in other states and some of the
incipient fires and most of the accidents
with coal oil can readily bo accounted
for. If we were merely subjected to the
loss of property it would bo a matter of
secondary importance , but these highly
explosive illumlnants involve the
maiming and killing of men , women
and children , and negligence therefore
becomes a crime.
THE BEE certainly has no animosity
toward the Standard Oil company , or any
other dealer in petroleum and its com
pounds. It has no quarrel , either , with
any of the state inspectors. But there
is a duty which a fearless and vigilant
newspaper owes to the public , and in the
discharge of that duty THE BEE has
never faltered. Something must bo
done to chock the importation and sale
of dangerous coal oils. Wo believe that
the inspection is not rigid enough. The
Standard peopio evidently must have a
string to most of the inspectors. The
Foster cup is a poor test , but" if it was
honestly used and tests wore made on
every barrel that bears the stamp of the
inspector a largo percentage of oil would
bo rejected here as it has boon rejected
in other states.
OF JiVrBKBSJ1 TO I'ltODUCRRS.
There was hold in New York a few
days ago a meeting of merchants , ship
pers , scientists and others , some of the ID
from western cities , to consider a matter -
tor which possesses a direct ajid vital in-
toresi to the producers of the northwest.
The topic of discussion was the mo that
can bo made of canals in the shipment
of merchandise from the west to the
east and from the seaport to the great
cities of the northwest , and the fooling
among those who wore present at the
meeting was that wo are upon the
threshold of a new era in respect to the
movement of what are called slow
freights in either direction. The
opinion was expressed that not
many years hence there will bo
witnessed an immense development
of.artificlal waterway navigation , which
will not only supplement tlio great rail
way systems of the country , but tend to
remedy some of the evils that are
ascribed to the development of these
systems.
A very earnest movement has boon in
augurated iu Now York having for its
object such improvements of the Erie
canal as will greatly increase its trans
portation capacity and also allow the
use of power that will expedite trans
portation. Ic has long been realized
that this waterway is inadequate , while
the mule team and the , tow path are
behind the ago. Recently the ap
plication of electricity us a motive -
tivo power on canal boats was
tried with very satisfactory results and
it it believed that further experiment
will demonstrate that canal boats can
bo propelled by this power at u apood
very much more rapid than is attained
by the present m-jthoJ ana at much loss
cost. If this can ba accomplished ami
the capacity of the canal enlarged the
result must inevitably bo a material
gain to shippers of products in both
directions between the east and the
wost. Tlio part now performed by tlio
Erie canal In the business of transporta
tion Is important ami valuable , particu
larly in its relation to freights ,
but as the demands upon transporta
tion facilities increase the influence ol
this waterway as a chock upon
high rates will become loss until finally
it will have no otieot whatever. Double
Its capacity , however , and expedite the
transportation on it and the canal will
continue for many years a wholesome
check upon oxcosslvo frolght rates , An
olTort will bo ma Jo to Induce the legis
lature of Now York at its coming session
to make an appropriation fr > r improving
the canal , and from thu character and
prominence of the man who ao : promot
ing this movement there li rsaun to ex
pect that aoinathing prae.ical will ba
done. At nny rate the policy of Improv
ing this Important waterway scorns to
be ciiuinanJing the earnest attention uf
interests in Now York whose views and
wishes can not fall to have weight with
the legislature.
With regard to the gonorul question
of utilizing artificial watorwayj for pur-
poeoti of truuji > orta'.lon there can ba no
doubt that it li destined to become one
of most torlous public consideration iu
tlio not remote future. The next genera-
tlon will probably not have passed away
before there Is U instructed a Milp canal
around Nlr gara falls capable of limiting
the largest vessels Ixitwcon the lakes
and tidewater , and It Is the opinion of
some very practical men that bt'foro the
beginning of the twentieth century n
ship canal will ifiivo boon rut ncros
the lower peninsula of Michigan , cou ]
necting by way of Lake Erie with the
Erie canal. It ; ls predicted that not
many years honcc vessels may be loaded
at Duluth and Without leaving1 Amer
ican waters unt'il ' after passing out of
New York harbor proceed to the deliv
ery of their cargoes to European ports.
There Is nothing impossible in this idea
nnd when the demand for giving It prac
tical effect becomes urgent enough the
energy and enterprise of the American
people will curry It to n successful con
summation.
LV. if/// \n'ti M.IXIVKSTO.
Governor Lcwolllng of Kansas rises
from his sick bed to inlllct upon the
public a proclamation that for boldness
and absurdity relegates his previous
antics completely to the roar. The
cause of this spontaneous outburst is the
sudden discovery that under the munici
pal ordinances of many of the citlos of
Kansas vagrancy Is a misdemeanor
punishable with fine or imprisonment
and that under stress of hard times the
number of vagrants apprehended under
these laws is at present on the Increase.
These laws , according to the interpre
tation put itnon them by Governor
Lowelllng , are designed to make poverty
a crime. They are , in his view , iincon-
.stittttional and. consequently , he advises
the metropolitan police commissioners
throughout Kansas to pay no more at
tention to their execution.
It is certainly ono of .the misfortunes
of the times that a greater number of
laborers than usual are out of employ
ment. More lack of employment , however -
over , does not make a man a vagrant ,
tu'd it is well known to all who have had
anything to do with police court matters
that judges everywhere are extremely
reluctant to pass sentence of vagrancy
upon any ono who manifests the slight
est disposition to earn his own living.
The vagrants who are sent to the rock
) llo or ordered out of town have , as a
ulc , little claim to sympathy from hon
est workingmon. They think it easier
: o bog or steal than to work , and seldom
nterposo objections to moving on. Va
grancy laws are older than the constitu-
; ion and in no way contravene it. They
ire an absolute necessity to. the well
joing of densely populated citlos. The
strict enforcement of such laws at. par
ticular times may bo of doubtful wisdom ,
and no doubt is inadvisable when labor-
.ng men are hard pressed for work , but
their constitutionality is scarcely to ho
questioned.
What Governor Lowolling sets him
self UD to do in his proclamation is noth
ing more than to determine for himself
that any law which ho dislikes is uncon
stitutional and Ifgnoojiot to bo enforced.
We have regularly established courts to
pass upon such quolions { and every law
must bo regarded'us .constitutional until
duly set aside bv jajcourt of oomio'.cnt
jurisdiction or'-tcfroale'd by the body
which enacted it. Governor Lowolling
attempts to exorcise the dispensing
power wnicn cost , unariss i. 01 ungianu
his head. He pretends to sot aside laws
without reference to the legislature.-
If ho .succeeds in this ho may bo ex
pected to set aside other laws equally
obnoxious to him. Governor Lcwolling
should bo taught to obey the laws and
the constitution which ho has sworn to
uphold.
THERE may bo no way to compel Gov
ernor Altgeld to honor a requisition
made upon him by the governor of Ne
braska 'for the surrender of a fugitive
charged with a violation of the criminal
code of this stato. But that does not
make his action in refusing to comply
with such requisition any more legal or
valid. The federal constitution says
that any person charged with crime who
shall flee from justice and bo found in
another state "shall on demand of
tlio executive authority of tlio state
from which ho fled bo delivered up
to bo removed to the state having
jurisdiction of tho' crime. " It does
not authorize any governor to refuse to
honor a requisition because ho thinks
the criminal [ jrosecution liaa boon insti
gated for the purpose of collecting a
debt. This is the old question that
underlaid the fugitive slave law contro
versy. According to the letter of the
constitution the motive involved has
nothing to do with the duty of surron-
dorinjr fugitives. The governor of Illi
nois is raoroly relying on the fact that
there is no method at hand to force him
to do his duty in the matlor.
THKKB ought to bo no question as to
the position of the populist members of
congress upon the Wilson tiirilt bill.
The populist national platform of 1892
demanded that the government's reve
nues bo raised by a graduated income
tax. To bo consistent with their plat
form they must insist upon a graduated
income tax and uptjiing else , but , with
the president opposed to this , all hopes
of its attainment- the hands of the
present oongross niAy as well bo im
mediately giyon .iy 9" |
Hut The lfVlu'c ( iei It ,
Lot U3 pity tlio pppr'iuiil imCortuimo. Tlio
application of tliu unidn Pauiflu receivers
fur an Increase -rtalrfrioa to $18,003 , a your
each has boon refustd.i"
No Moiiurclilfj , 'l'ijx : for Ainerlo.iiu.
Ktw
The people of tliia cnujitry willnovor tolor
atoan income tax , 'and'the Uctnourats will
soon llnd this out swaholr cost if they at-
toinpt to force onouimmthcm. Such a tax Is
tni-epubllean mid unamcrlcan. U bolonr * tea
a monarchy , wlioro the ponplo nrc not freeman -
man and are forced to submit to nny oil Ions
cxicMons levied by tlio sovurciRn. It ts sug-
R-stlvo of tyi-Atmy itnil the Inquisition
A Drtiiocrntln Mis
iVcie Vwfc H'oilit.
The president nhould keep his car closer to
the pround. Ho querns to hold Ills lioul : 50
high at times that he mistakes tlio voice of
ttie peopio tot ' 'nolso and cl.imor. "
Oluoy , Too , ltruiit Clnmnr.
flliilic-nemncral.
Attorney General Oluoy tolls us In his rePort -
Port that the ImMncss of the federal courts
is IncruaMnp , but 1m does not present imicti
of a list of trusts which ho linn smashed ,
Kcllow
Kitn'itt CVll/ Slur ,
Whether or not Governor Lawelllin ; ' * dec-
Inratloa that ho was once a "tramp" In Chi-
IMRO is a bid for favor of ' 'lloatiii ! : voters , " It
Is rather ot tlio Pharisaical order. It cor-
t.ilnly cannot hold out a glowing promise for
the present idlers by the wayside.
I Iocs In : ; lti.Hiiiiilliillty. |
Xtw York V'l Mime ,
' Tn coni'Uiitoii , " the president spoalts of
liis "intense feeling of responsibility. " It is
Just that teollav of rcsponslhllttvtluit mnlccs
iiKiny democratic senators and members of
congress restive. They think they oueht to
have some of the responsibility themselves.
Ho Xerd * .No Monument.
Huffalo l.xiirtft ,
It Is well that James O. Hlalno built his
own cndurlnir monument of fume. The pee
pie of his own state have been tryinp ever
since last spring to raise $10.000 for a lilulne
statue , aim have succeeded so far in potting
exactly | l IB , of which , $10J was contributed
oy a J uw Yoric mnti.
or.ViitDiKlliii : tint Cotut Itutlon
I'liif. J. II. AlcMiiittr in tlie ft ti i.
In tunes of peace the federal constitution
Is practically unaniendablo. Since the day
the llr.it lo the tenth amendments wore sent
lo the states more than TOO joint resolutions
for amendment have been offered. Yet but
seven have ever oecn sent to the states , and
of thcso seven tliroa were the fruits of the
civil war. Tlint amendment would inilcoa
bo badly wanted which , after securing two-
thirds of the votes of both houses of con
gress and the approv.il of the president , se
cured a majority of the vote in each branch
of the legislature of thirty-three states auil
thu approval of thirty-three governors.
Tliu Populist Crnnil.
Senator I'cffcr In Xortlt American Reotew.
Tne populist claims that the mission of his
party is to emancipate labor. He bolloves
that men are not only created equal , but
that they are equally entitled to the lisa of
natural resources in procuring means of suo-
sistcnco and comfort. Ho oolieves that an
equitable distribution of the products and
prollts of labor is P5sentl.il to the Uichcst
form of civili/alioii ; that taxation should
or.Jy bo for public purposes , and that , all
moneys raised by taxes should co Into the
public treasury ; that public needs should ha
supplied by public agencies , and that the
peopio should bo served equally and alike.
The party believes in popular government.
Its demands may bo summarized fairly to
be : 1. An exclusively national currency in
amount amply sufficient for all the uses for
which money Is needed by the pconle , to
consist of gold and sl'vcr ' coined on equal
terms , and government paper , each and all
legal tender in payment of debts of what
ever nature or amount , receivable for taxes
and all publicdues. . 2. That rates of interest
for thu use of money be reduced to the level
of average net profits in productive indus
tries , IS. That the means of public transpor
tation bo brought under public : control , lethe
the cud that carriage shall not cost more
than it is reasonably worth , ana that
charges may bo made uniform. 4. That
large private land-holdings bo discouraged
by law.
Tii anlT.MIIl u I'urty foot Itnll.
Review of ll'.tl-if * .
The popular reaction can but affect seri
ously the deliberations of congress. The
hard times have been attributed in
largo part to uncertainty about the tariff ,
and many workinpmen who iu 18'JO
anunsrain in 189 voted against "Me-
Kinleyism" are now suspecting that
it was those very votes that precipi
tated the panic , stopped the factories and
throw them out of employment. So they are
ready to try the experiment of voting the
other way. The moral of it all Is that tlie
tariff should not bo the foot ball of parti-
politics. Once adopted , a tariff measure
ought by general cousont to remain on the
statute books 1'or a period of years. The
business of the country can survive any
policy from the highest protection to abso
lute i'rco trade , if only it can have soim ; as
surance of a jonsistent maintenance of the
policy when oi.ee declared. ] t would ho well
if business men would agree to drop their
controversial theories on the subject of
tariffs , and do everything in their power to
induce congress to deal with the question on
its practical merits. The present congress
will be greatly tempted to pass a political
rnther than a business tariff bill. At the
end of the session the members of the house
must go homo and face the congressional
campaign of IS'Jl , and the tariff bids fair for
a year to como to DO inoro than over a
strictly party Issue. This is unfortunate
for the country.
AU in.i/.x.iiti > .11 nntn vtri.
Hutu CITV , Kan. , Dec. 7. To tlio Editor of
1'iinIlEE : Tins DAILY BKK ofttio IM inst.
contains an article taken from the St. Ixmis
Hepublio in which it says that reports from
1'opoUa indicate a great deal of suffering In
northwestern ICunsus ; that a bli//.ard swept
across the barren plains whuro many people
wcro without fuel ; that James Willis uf
Cheyenne county saya hundreds of families
are in need of fuel , and have not a dollar
with which to buy the necessaries of life.
\Villis says the bllz/ard drove many families
into the villages , where they \voi-uallowed to
keep warm around the-stoves in the stores
and others were trying to koeji warm over
the fires of twisted buffalo grass and dried
manure from stables. He says tlio situation
Is serious for many people , who will freeze
und suffer fiom hunger if they do not got
immediate nid. Ho further says a heavy
fall of snow covers this country and stock
will starve.
The above report , from beginning to end ,
Is maliciously fnlso In the oxtremo. This
man , James Wlllla , to the best Information
obtainable , , has never lived in Uhoyenno
county , Kansas. The blizzard and heavy fall
of snow reported is untrue. There has not
been two inches of snowfall In Cho.vciino
couutv this winter. The mercury Ims been
hut a'few points below freezing up to the
present time , and wo have yet to hear of the
Ilrst report of Buffering from hunger or cold
from nny of the people of this ontlro country ,
but on the contrary our funuoM uro gener
ally well supplied with fuel and money
with which to buy the necessaries of life.
The farmers uro availing themselves of the
mild , open winter and may bo seen at wont
dallv , needing their fields to winter wheat.
Not'dlscouraged by the partial falluro of
crops the past season , the farmers have
been busily engaged during the
fall and winter and the acreage of winter
wheat is larger than ever before. The pee
pie who left through excitement to find now
homes in the Strip have nearly all returned
well fitted to appreciate the delightful cli
mate and other advantages found in north
western Kansas.
False reports nro too often seen In eastern
papers of dire distress , of hunger nnd suffer
ing \vestcrn Kansas. Comfortable ) frame
houses are rapidly taking the ulaco of sod
buildings and no other country can shown
more rapid advancement than 1ms been
made by Cheyenne county during the past
five years. H. n. Lowu ,
Mayor of Hlrd City.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABSOIJUTELY PURE
ii > a i * < > iti > tIM * * %
OMAHADec. 8 , To the 1'Mitcrof Tiir HER ;
The proposed now gns onllnanco Introduced
In the city council Monday ovniitng , Decem
ber t , nnd heralded by n letter from the
president of the gas company describing It
ns nn ordinance f < ur to the city , U Indeed
nuch more I'O.monablo ttinn tlio ordinance
recently enjoined , but It nevertheless m-
talus very objectionable provisions nnd omits
valuable safeguards In favor of our citizens
which existed in Iho ordinances under
which the gas company has heretofore been
acting , and ought not to pass in its present
form :
The following are a few of the principal
objections to the now ordinance as Intro
duced ;
First The ordinance fixes n maximum
price of ? 1.7,1 for both lllmnlnaUn ? mid fuel
( jus , notwithstanding the fact that gas can
Im furnished to the burner In Omaha by the
process now used by the Omaha Oas Mnnu-
racturlmr company at f l.'o per 1,000 cubic
feet , which price includes n largo iot profit
on the Investment nnd avldo margin for re
pairs and extensions. The maximum prlco
should bo $1.'J5 for Illuminating gas and $1
for fuel gas.
Second The ordinance barters awny for
twonty-flve years the right of the mayor and
city council to fix nnd regulate the in-lco of
gas. Any druroa.su in the cost of production
of gas will I n uro to the benefit of the gas
company and not of the city.
Third The ordinance does not provide of-
fcc.tlvcly by contend that the city may buy
the gns work.4 and plant at any time nt an
appraised valuation and does not provide
that tliu value of the franchise Itself should
bo disregarded In arriving nt the value of
the works and plant for purposes of npnro-
prlatloa or purchase. The ordinance does ,
indeed , provide that the city may exercise
the right given by Its charter to buy or np-
prourlnto the works , but the gui company
has only to secure the repeal of that section
of the charter , and Iho city's power to pur
chase the works will then bo destroyed.
Fourth Tlio ordinance does not provide
for a propnr repeal of all former ordinances
governing the gas company nar for. the re-
lluctiUhmont | by the g.is company and its
assigns , if any thcro be , of all rights nc-
quired or claimed umlor nny of the former
ordinances or contracts with tlm city as a
condition precedent to the ordinance taking
effect.
Fifth The ordinance provides that the
sworn statement of the gas company of
ficials shall bo conclusive as to the number
of feet of gas consumed per annum. This is
wrong. There siould bo some means pro
vided by which the city may investigate the
truth of siioh statements.
Sixth Tlio ordinance does not provide
that the i/as company shall make connec
tions oven to the curb lino. It dops not pro
vide that they shall lay mains on ungraded
streets , If required , and itrcquircs too many
signers for gas per given distance as a prerequisite -
requisite to further extensions.
Seventh The ordinance should also pro
vide that the f run I'll Iso should not bo as
signed without the consent ot the mayor and
council , or at lo.iat not until after notlcu to
them In writing.
Eighth Thcro should also bo a provision
of forfelturo in case the gas company fails
to discharge the obligations imposed upon it
by the ordinance.
\VII.I.IAM S. I'orrt.ETox ,
J. \j.
CaliTlns ; to Kurnpp.
Jlnffuto Fjr/iiTst. /
Members of congress showed some III tem
per because the president's message was
published in London before It wasniiido pub
lic in the United Slates. What can ttioy expect -
pect ? This administration is run in the
interest of IxMidon bankers and merchants.
It is natural that they should bo informed
of its policies first.
CVItltKM VU311CS.
Albany Antus : It's not socasy to "pursue the
oven tenner" when you loun It.
Indianapolis Journal : "Como tostny ? " usked
tlm ( Mi.
"Oh , no , " said the worm. "Just dropped In
fora bill ; ; that's all. "
lloitnn Courier : It U Impossible to have the
last word with u chemist , becuusa ho always
has n. rolurt.
Ijlfo : Shn ( from the llcili ) Croiiiiitlon has ! > o-
COIIIP qnlto a fan la lloston. lie Thai Is very
Interesting. What uuuri'n of heat U rciiuirnU
Now Orleans I'lcny nno : A man \vlsoln lihown
counsul bofcinics In : t bud llv after thu conceit
hus been tuUtiii out of him.
HiilTalo Courier : Seedy Applicant Say , boss
Is then ; 1111 opunln IUTO for a limn of push ?
Murcliniit Von but. Tliut door thuro swings
out. Turn thu knot ) to thu right and push
hard.
Knto Klnld's Washington : Tliu Wlfo How
did you dare , sir , to scold mo before Mrs.
llrown.
The Husband Well , you know , Maria , ]
daren't hCold you ivhen wo uro by oiirsclvos.
Washington Star : "Do you tuko tiny stock
In tluit rumurk about , 'bookn In the running
biiMiks ? ' " Mild ono pructtc.il yumi ? man.
"I don't , know , " replied another ; " 1 under
stand thut there l u volume of sound In Niag
ara ( alls. "
n i : TOUCHED itim.
.Veil' Yurli I'rens.
I son rod to heights of oloiionco | ,
1 wooed her In poetic strain ,
1 hucklcd down to common sunso
In vain ; 'twas all In vain.
I thru K.ivrt her tin ostlnmto
Uf what I owned the simple child
Heard me the whole enumerate ,
And then she Mailed.
THE SUNDAY BEE
l caciiicj Features
Apart from it < tmrlvjlcit colilr , n
iFloKrntililr. pro n ml loc.il nmr
Hit ! MitHlny lire will contnln thn
nltrnctlvo nrllctcst
Down in Dixie Lund ,
In Tin : Sf.vii.iv Il r. Mr , Uosowatur \ \ 111 tell of hit
iTcpnt visit tn the nonth. lln will treat of Shot-
man's March to Iho Son , t'olumbln , Savnimnli
mid ChnrlPhton. SuUlvnii's Island ami Port
Moultrlo. A Visit to Port Siimto- - Exterior nnd
Interior of the Port.
The SwaiU * in Amorici.
Mr. Uric Jo1iii oncontilhutosthi > llrui of nao.rlet
ofp.ipors on the Swedish ritlxcns of America.
Tlio history of early liunilirniiliiii and the growth
and advancement in.ldo In t < i Is country IH uU'cn.
It Is n subject of i/real Intuivst.
Greatest Strike in Hubry.
A special correspondent elves a rloni' Mill > mi > nt ol
the coal miners' xtrlko In Kinrlaml. tu which al
Is ast 'Jfiil.o , * ! ) mon participated. DetiiliH of lh
nival Htrugplo mid the nieitsiirofi employed hit
Hotttcmcnt will imivc of umoual Intcivst to
readers of Tun SfMiA V lltr. : .
Woman Before ths Camera.
A distinguished lihotofr.ipher t.ilknof the C.entlct
Sex's Kncl for Poslnu-Thn lliwulhlaii Unrvo-
The Kvll of Overstndy Amomr OlilMrou I'.iets
for Women. A correspondent discusses the pro
posed woman's literary eoinriesn and hoUlHth.it
there Is no call for It.
The Irri < rntion Convention.
Subjects which will pinrnin * the attention of Iho
North 1'l.itte convention Dccpnilicr II' . Hcsoln-
tlonsemliodylmr the object" of the men who are
ivnl IntereHt In lrrlilloii : In Nebraska.
Oook-Fightiug in Texas.
The bnit.il sport nnd frequenters of the pit
Nlietrtiist by an Omaha visitor. A quaint com-
mlliRllnir of Amerlcnu and Mexican bordef
characters.
Oo-0pcr\tivo Homo Building ; .
A rovlev of biilldlnir mid loan associations tlm ob
jects of the State IAMCIIO and \l \ rotnlinr conveii-
tlon. tORether with Inatructlvo facts shnuu by
the Investigation ol the Rational l > cp.irltnnnt of
Labor.
_ _ _
Norway's Summer Dairies.
Is the subject treated of In this week'a loiter from
I'Mg.ir It. Wakemaii. Ho tolls of the sweet , pas-
to.-alllfe of the nlinplp Haelerfolk In that faraway -
away clime , the iemilnehopllatlly ! ) with which
BtrancerH arc welcomitl lo their homes , and also
describes Homo of Ihe liundix-dH of wonderful
walerfall.s. BOTROS and other picturesque Bcenery
which aroet the eye of the Ir.ivolor in thai
country. _ _ _ _
Sportinc ; Ntws and Qossip.
The Bportlm , ' department once .iffaln teems with
all thai Is fresh ami newsy , from the realms of
the aieua. the track and Hl.tblo , the lull Held and
athTctlc clubs , and helps make up one of the bc.st
Hportlns p.iscs published In the country It In
cludes a weekly eh.it with the boxers , the move
ments ot the stumors , n horseynulitet. . base ball
melange , wheel notes , billiards , sprinting , howl-
ins and luswa and comment 0:1 : all local nnd gen
eral sporting matters.
Iu "Tho Litgenbeel Marshes. "
Thpsporlliiir editor contributes ail account of n
prouso mill Jaclfiiiliw shoot , the kllllnir of a blir
gamier , ami exploits with the rod. In addition tea
a number of graphic pencil photojrr.iphs of tha
Ix'-uules of nature : is seen amen ; the Hand hills
and on the lakes of South Dakota by a tmo
Hportsmau.
Three Local roittirci.
The labor depirtmpiit , besides being fu'l of news ,
will contain n discussion of the extent to which
the organization of labor has been carried on In
Omaha ami the Important - < teiis li the v.-ork.
A reaunip of what has been going on Inticrman
circles tlio pint week will lead off wi-ti an ac
count of the Imp given by the German club List
Thursday evcnltiff.
One well utialltled to spoilt will cnll attention to
Honiii important fu.iturtM of the work In the
Omaha High school hitherto not well recognized
by the pjople of tlie city.
The render Times says : Tltr. Bir : Been a to bo
just the B.imellfHt-class old daily as of o'd , not
withstanding the asked-for comments of cer.alu .
umvspai rs of the would-bi variety. J.imnH
Gordon llpnnptt's c-ibleK-iMins aiv peed , but they
can't compote wllh cdl Iho great uown agonck-d
of tlie world.
THE SUMY BEE
I hadn't an eye fnr the sroom that day ,
Humph I pitied him awfully ,
With every ono looking rliht Ills way-
Thai. Is , every one but mv.
nut , of course , 'twas the brlilo they wcro loolc-
1'or who wouldn't huvo looked tit hnr.
When to o von a fellow as blind UH u bat
Her beauty would have to occur ?
Hut she wiisc-omposcdliiiid she wasn't si fright ;
Shu know t.he wibehurmln : to sue ,
Itut thu 151-00111 anybody would voiittiro to
And"I couldn't have looked at mo !
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It'll tell all about the greatest sale of boys' suits
and overcoats at half price ever held in Cmaha.
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