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THE OMAHA DAILY SEPTEMBER 28 180-JL THE OMAHA DAILY BEE IMllor. FtlUMSItKD EVCUT MORNl.S'O. TEI1UH OP HCnSClllPTION. Dally Ttte ( wllltoiit Hunilny ) , One Ymr t J j PMI > ll * nna UnmMr , Ono Yenr 1J JJ BIX Mnnllm * J TlifM II on Ids , * Kumlny llcf. Qm- Year ; J * HatunUy Her , On ? Y ir * Jj IVeelilr Dec , DJI Your 6i ort-'irKS : Omalin. Tlio ! ] < lliilhllnR. , . . _ . Hmilh Omnhn , f.itnpr N nml Twenty-fourth Bit. Council Itlurti , It IVrul Btn-Pt. 'hlcaifo OHlcf. Slf rimml r nf ComniTro. Ni-w York. Ho > tni 13. K nniJ 15. Trll une HWg. \\uelilnglon , HOT K Hliwt , N. "VV. comtusroNDBSCii All citnrniimc.ilLaijt rolnlliiK tn niiv imj MI | toilnl malter ilmulil be ncldips c-l : To the I.lllor. itHixi-:8A : : I.ETTRH& . All buolncjiii li-llrid ami n-mltlmiew KlmuM b * > ililrpKiitdn The l ! e IMWlshlnK romr i y , Omnlin. Drnfln. i-licchs nml | inft m * nliii to 1 * inailo pnynble t Hie iirilir of ehf tiiint'im ? . THU 111:1 : I'uni.iaiiiNa CDMPANV. 8TATKMKNT OF ClM > rge It. Te.icluirk , jccrrlnry of The : VHP ruh- llnlilnd compnny , l-pln * duly * vorn , wiy * Hint the Bclual niimlw-r of full mul conil > IMt ctiples of Thi * n.ill > - Morning. Kvenlnft ami fuinlny Hoc prliitnl during lh > mouth ot Augu t , IWt , wai nil followi : Pally average net clrcitUtton 21,577 Sunday. nnonon n Tzsnnvw. Bwnrn to before me nnrl mil > serllw > l In my pi-rama * thin Itli day of Scptcmhir. 1S ! > I. ( Renl. ) N. P. I'KtU Notnry Public. We rrjolro In the qiiliikpiint coiMrlriirn iif Ilia prnple conccrnltit ; political iiftitr : . unit wilt Jiuld nil pulillu ofllcrrs to n rlilil r < poimlhlllty anil piiKngo ( that mcnm 'pU-ilRe * ) Hint thn | iruieiillon nn < l ] itiiillinirnt nf nil Tcliti bnlray iilllrlnl triiDtii Kliull IIR mrltt , tlinrough anil itinp.irlnc. Nnlloiuil Jcpul ! > - llran riiitfiirm , IH7I1. Wlicro was Gk'vclnnd when Hill wns nominated ? Kor nn Inluiv thiK KiilM'ftmtorlnl mm- l > : ilKi > Jwst keep your i > yc nn oki Xcw York state. .Toll 11 Boyd Tliiichor nnil lliu on political awards have1 ni > pirinitly : failed .to The ratio of tlu ro nlnrri < o tlu > In tlio ( leinoerntlf camp was a ap- proximate to li ; to 1. You dliln't sot > nnythluir of Tolmrllii- } tou Cn.stor'M resignation from the demo cratic national committee , did .vouV With cyclones In the north mid Imrrl- canefl In the south .tin ; Impartiality of nature can no longer be open to ijnes- tlon. The emperor of China Is Iliuliu out by sn.d exporlonce that ho conferred the pencocli feutliurs and other honors upon the U'ron nuui. Wo feel stiiv that -Secretary Morton will enjoy lilrf free tnulc Ifeed In Lon don tonight with Increased appetite lie has heard from Nclirnsku. W ! hardly Mam'o the nicnibLM of ( lie rump convention for taking advantage iiC the first available- train to lake them out of town as quickly tind as quietly ns The Iowa nunpalcn thi year Is ia l o waged almost solely on national issne.s , lint It Is hoRinnliiK to warm np ami will be as lively us most of them In a very short while. The railroad democratic nnnu ticket Is a tiling of beauty , and a thins ol beiiuty Is supposed to be a joy forever , lint the rump Tobiirllngtan-Martlu ticket Is doomed to fade away llki ; the llowcrs that bloom In MILspring. . The riunii di-mocrats npiKiivnliy for- Kot to endor.se In their platform the ac tion of Congressman ISryan , for whom they have been so assiduously and loudly protoHtliiB their devotion. Wo trust that this was mere oversight and not. studied neglect. The Qhlcfijio Herald refers contempt ! ! ' ousl.v to Senator Hill as a democrat "ol the IUII variety. " It begins to look a ? If the Hill variety of democrats were the only kind , with oiu > at' two e.xcep tloim , that are still to be found In tin. Htatu of New York. It Is dniiKorous to play with lire , . II Senator 11111 was really In earnest about positively refusing to allow his name tc be mentioned UK the democratic nominee for governor of Xow York , he ought tc have kept nut of sight In the ronvun tion , and above all have allowedsonu one else the honor of presiding over itt deliberations. Developments In western railway cir cles show tt strong tendency to sovera Hinall rate wars , which , unless prompt ) } checked , way become of serious dlmeii Hlons. The lines leading -west from ( " 111 cngo have become restless under th ( continued stability of rates that lias Ntood for mime months past , and the } uro ready to again brotik their trallli iigreetnents In order to cut ilito one an other's business. It .would not do 1111 less they gave the peoplu periodic Illns t vat Ions of their own Inability to con trol the rate situation. The wooden sidewalk nulsunee It front of the old Farnmu Street theatei Bite persists In spite of the threat ! of the Hoard of I'ublie Worki nml the promises of the councl to Imvo It abated. It Is not onlj n disgrace lo the city that such a tlilnt Hliould be permitted to remain on tin jirlnclpal business street of the city , bu It Is also nu Injustice to every propert : owner who regularly complies with tin ordinances that reiinlro the construe tlon of permanent sidewalks wlthli prescribed districts. Tills nuisance lia been tolerated a whole year now. IH I to bn maintained through another win ter ? Them must be a way to reach th owners of this property , and It devolve upon the city authorities lo c-xercls the power vested In them to enforce th jieriunnent Hldewulk ordinance. TltK KKtltl ISK/l DKMOTHAir. Blx years ngo the deraocraltc parly of Nebraska polled over 80,000 votPH for Its candidate for governor. In 1800 , after Iho iiopullsls hrtd entered the Held as a third parly , .lames K. Hoyd , the ilemorratk' ciiudlilate for governor , Hllll held the great body of hlx party lu line. Xot lens tlinn ( Ki.OOO of the 71,000 voles cast for him were democratic. Two years later the democratic candidate for governor , ,1. Sterling Morton , only polled a fraction over 4-1,000 votes , although It waft a presidential your. Last year the democratic candidate for supreme judge only polled U7-IOO voles. What i-aiNed this slump In the demo- crallu vote ? What made the JsYbnHw democracy go to pieces within the last six years , and who Is responsible for the position It occupies today us the close nlly of the populist party ? Tlioso questions naturally suggest themselves In view of the. action of the democratic stale convention , which , un der the leadership of the younger democracy , has endorsed .fudge IIol- comb and several other candidates on the populist slatn ticket. The only ra tional answer to thu.se questions is that the pernicious liillnence of railroad bosses Is elilelly If not wholly responsi ble for the rnpld depletion o the demo cratic ranks and the tinal revolt of the rank and tile against further subver sion of democratic principles to promote corporate Interests. With the ISiirllug- ton right of way adjuster and pass dis tributer , Tobias Castor , as the national commlttccnmn of the democracy ( V.ar Holdrego has managed to dictate fed eral appointments and manipulate dem ocratic conventions with no other aim or object than the domination of the state. This iron-handed railroad rule had become its odious and unbearable to the democratic masses as It had to the great body of republicans. It ab solutely drove- more than liO.OOU demo crats Into the ranks of populism , just as it has driven over HO.OOO republicans Into the third party. The action of the democratic state convention is. therefore , manifestly an heroic and supreme effort of the body of the democratic ; party to throw off the malarial poison by which their parly has been prostrated.and decimated. Hy endorsing Judge Holcomb and insuring the defeat of Thomas Majors the democ racy has struck a blow at railroad domination in Nebraska and routed the cohorts of. Jobbery and robbery who have fattened upon the. taxpayers of the slate JIM coparceners of our corporate rulers. Tills Is the meaning of the decisive vote by which the populist candidate for governor was given a double nomi nation. The nomination of several other populist candidates followed us a natural incident. The outrageous con duct of Thomas Majors as lieutenant governor provoked the nomination of ex-Speaker Gallln to prevent their re currence. The failure of the- State Hoard of Transportation to do Its duty and its abject subserviency to the rail road Interest furnished the incentive for the endorsement of Carey and Kent If the railroads get the worst of it. they and their political czar have themselves to bhune. Those who sow the wlud mustrenp the whirlwind. IT/// . ! A' TAX-A Governor Altgeld may be deserving of some of the censure which many of his acts have called down upon him. but lie certainly deserves credit for the inquiry whk'h ho has just had made Into the taxes paid by the Pullman company upon Us property In Illinois and other states , ilr. I'nllman , It will be remem bered , recently testified under oath be fore the Vnilcd States strike commis sion upon matters relating to the con duct of his company , and incidentally was plied with questions bearing upon Its financial status. He gave the capital stock upon which dividends were ivgn : lurly paid as SlUi.OOO.OOO. with the small addition of . L' . .OOO.OOO accumulated profits , which have been laid aside for a rainy day. The stock of the I'nllman company , therefore , represents , accordIng - Ing to Its president , ) ? ( i 1,000,000 , without reference to the fact ( lint It Is qiloted at high premiums on the market. The greater part of this Is personal property , and under the common law , when not modified by statute , personal property follows the residence of the owner for purposes of taxation. Investigation dis closes Hint In Illinois , where all of the company's real estate Is located and where most of its stock Is held , the properly is assessed at $ l.MiriM ( [ > , equiv alent , on a basis of true valuation , to not more than ? It"i.K ( ) , CX ) ( ) . Whenever It IIUH been proposed to increase the assess ment , the company has always been at hand with the answer that the greater part of Its property Is assessed and taxed In other states. To satisfy himself on ( Ids point , Gov ernor Altgeld , through the auditor oC state , has compiled the list of taxes paid by the Pullman company wherever It operates. Kcpllcs to Inqnirles addressed to olllclals of Mich state In charge of such taxation bring out this suite of affairs : In sixteen states the company pays no taxes at all. In several other states and hi the Dominion of Canada no assessment Is shown , ami If any taxes are paid by the company the amount must be very small. In seven teen of the states the total amount ol taxes paid by the I'nllman company I * $ ' . ! 1,42f. In the remaining seven stales the actual taxes paid are not given , but the total assessment of the company In these states Is $ l,10uiO ] : , whlcli meaiiH , assuming the rate to bu the same as in Illinois , annual taxes of $ lr ! ) : > ( ! . In other words , the total taxes paid by the company outside of Its home state Is not much over $10,000. This , in Chicago cage , would pay the taxes on ? l,0 < > 0.00 ( worth of property , or an actual valuation of about $ l J.iMinH)0. ( ) Further computa tions on this basis leads the governoi to the conclusion that over § IO,0X1XX ( ( worth of properly belonging to the Pull man company escapes taxation alto gether. The result for which Governor Alt geld Is contending and what lie rccom mends us tile action of the Illinois Stati Board of Kquallzatlon Is to compel tin I'ullmnn company to pay taxes In 1111 nols on nil Its properly whleh It cannoi prove to luivo been already taxed else where. The fact that upwards of $10 , 000,000 of property now escapes tasa tlon of every ktntl IIP characterizes ns nn Injustice to the other ttixpnycrs of the Blale. This might bo properly broadened into an Injustice to the tax payers of oilier slates as well. Nol only ought Illinois to deunuid a Just measure of taxes from the Pullman company on Hie property tiixnblc within Us jurisdic tion , but every other slate In which Pull man cam are operated ought to collect taxes In the ratio of the business done in that state. The tax evasion has been accomplished by asserting In Illinois that the company's properly had been taxed elsewhere and by asserting In outside states Unit Its properly IH tax able only In Illinois , when1 it Is Incor porated. If the Illinois board will force the company to show where and on what property Is taxed throughout the Unltod Slates , it will simplify mutters greatly for the taxing boards In other places. _ ; ; TIIR AXTi-ruviT I.A ' . The New York democrats , whose voice ought lo have n great deal of liillnence at Washington , demand in their plat form the rigid enforcement of the laws to prevent and control trusts. It is the boast of the democrats that this con gress passed , as a part of the new tarllV law , the must stringent anti-trust legislation over enacted. The party was not satisfied with the law placed on the statute books by a republican congress. The democratic attorney general of the I'nlted States had pronounced that act defective and inadequate. Accordingly an amendment was offered to the tariff bill by one of the ablest of the demo cratic ; senators , Morgan of Alabama , and adopted as a part of that measure * , declaring Illegal , void and contrary lo public policy every combination , con spiracy , trust , agreement or contract when the same Is made by or between two or more persons or corporations , either of whom is engaged in importing any article from any foreign country into the I'nlted States , and when Mich combination , conspiracy , trust , agree ment or contract Is Intended lo operate in restrain ! of lawful trade , or free com petition in lawful trade or commerce , or to increase I he market price In nny part , of the I'nited Stales of nny article or urllrles imported or intended to be imported Into the I'nited Stales , or of any inuniifnctiiro into which such- Im ported article enters or Is Intended to enter. This Is certainly miflictcnlly comprehensive. Of the scorn or more of trusts and combinations In the coun try inos'l of them are amenable to this law. law.The The demand for the enforcement of Ihls portion of the tariff law Is a con fession that it is not being enforced. Kveiy oilier part of that act that was to take effect on its becoming a law is In full operation , but so far as the public knows no steps have been taken by the executive authorities to make operative the anti-trust provision. It Is made the duty of the several district attorneys of the Tnltcd States , In their respective districts , under the direction of the attorney general , to Institute proceed ings lu equity to prevent and restrain violations of the lawThere JH Jio jinor.o valid reason why : soc3 Ion 7t : of .the. . tariff act should not be promptly enforced than any oilier section. Its terms are plain and the course of procodiu'o re quired under it simple. There can bu no question that If the attorney general was disposed to enforce it the oppor tunities are at hand. He might begin with the Sugar trust , whose policy , just announced , would seem to be clearly in restraint of trade and the purpose of which , there can hardly lm any doubt , is to increase the market price of its product. There lias been an abundance of democratic declarations against trusts and combinations , and the party has at every opportunity given pledges to sup press and prevent what Mr. Cleveland in his Inaugural address denounced as conspiracies ngulust the interests of the people , In nil their phases nnnaUirnl and imposed to our American sense of fairness. It was expected when the present administration came into power that It would 'spareno effort to relieve the people from the exactions and In terference of the combinations. 15m thus far they continue to nourish in delinueo of law and In disregard of the public Interests. Perhaps the demand of the New York democracy will have some Influence In arousing the admin istration to a sense of its duly In this respect and induce It to take steps to enforce that portion < vf tinovr ! tarifd law which has the practically unani mous approval of the people , irre spective of party. TO SKCUUK KCOA'OJf/C K Kx-President Harrison , in his re marks at the Indianapolis meeting opening the republican campaign , re ferred to the proclamation of Mr. Cleve land and Mr. Wilson that the passage of the tariff bill IH only the beginning of the crusade against American indus tries , and sniil the way to end the ; sus- IiL'iise which tills Involves Is to elect n republican house of representatives. This Is the obvious thing to be done If thn people desire to put an effectual chock to any further tariff tinker ing by this congress and secure a period of economic stability. It the democrats nro able at the coming congressional elect IOIIH lo rett'- ! : ' . control of the house , nothing IN more certain than that they will make further changes , numerous nml radclal , hi the tariff system and again throw the business of the country Into a state ot distrust and depression. Ilcinocrntlc conventions are promising now , as that of New York" has just done , that If the people continue to repose contldeneo In tlint party It will not do anything to aui'.ln disturb and unsettle business , The New York democrats deprecate , pending a fair trial of tin- new law by actual opera I Ion , any further general tariff revision , which , under present conditions , would be likely to rot an ! improvement In business , bill such lit terances are to be regarded us simply designed to quiet popular apprehension and lire of no blndlug force. Even if It hogran toil that there may be KOIIH sincerity In such declarations , coming from democrats In the eastern states , II Is to be remembered that these have n relatively small voice In congress. It is ( lie wishes and demands of the south eru democrats that dominate the purl } and the evidence In most ample and conclusive tllllt llipso nro not satlslled with the present tariff act , do not re gard 11 as by hhy means a settlement of the larllf lejjtloti ) and Intend lo re new the llghUtnr a further revision of the tariff In tiJtvdlreetlon of free trade at ( he very hirst opportunity. This Is their avowed'purpose nud no declara tions of the dciiHicrats of New York or oilier ca8tern''shites ' will deter them. If the deino'c'rafjs arc siicccf-sful In re taining contt'oi ' , , ' < ir the house of repre sentatives fun -another congress , the radical tariff 'reformers will regard it as a renewed iiemaml from the people to carry out the policy these reformers or free traders advocate. They will see lu It , and not without reason , an order from the people to go on with the crti- slide against the protective policy , and tlaiH encouraged they will not hesitate to go to the farthest practicable limit In the war upon American Industries. The dcchirnilcm of the Ohio democratic con vention relied * more accurately than Ihtil of the \'o\v York convention the sentiment of a majority of the demo cratic party. The Ohio democrats dis tinctly declared their adhesion to free trade and demanded that the attack on protection be combined until that policy Is overthrown. .Most other democratic platforms of the year , and especially In the south , are on the same line , so that thure can be no doubt what the party will do If it sueceeds lu electing n ma jority of the next house of representa tives. The election of a republican house In the Fifty-fourth 'congress , on the. other hand , would In- notice to the tsirltT reformers that , the Industrial In- tere.sts , the business Interests mill tin- labor interests of Ihe country have had enough of their work In revising and remodeling the eco nomic policy and demand that the war on protection shall ceases It would be n protest against further meddling Avlth tin : tariff , which even Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Wilson might be disposed to heed , and which certainly would not be disregarded by the conservative clement of the party. That eminent statesman and acknowl edged authority on all questions of pub lic Importance , , lohn L. Sullivan , has finally consented lo give his views on the tariff situation to ills multitude of admirers through the agency of the con venient interviewer. Mr. Sullivan re luctantly confesses that ho is to a large extent a free -trader , lie refuses to regard commerce as war. People trade , ho says , not for'pleasure , but for prollt. Hi : thinks thut.thc. position of the de mocracy on tht' tariff as represented by the Wilson'bill'Is ' not altogether con sistent because , .the party has not kept all its promise , ' 'and ' lu > brands the sugar scandal as ji disgrace to popular goverifment M'.hlcll should call for'the Impeachment 1'of"lhe bribed senators. The country wjl ( iji'iilitle.s.s : brcjitho cooler after hearing froin this great , exponent of political andljiLoral reform , "He has given an opinion OH-l.s an-opinion , and one ( hat oughllti'carry ) great force.Vcs now await tli'e villce of one .lames .T. Corbett delinfag''ills position on the. tariff. " A - " > ' T- " . ' " > " " " " " " 1 Brazil luiM COIIHto tlio conclusion Unit ri'L'luroeity treaties oiu lil to offer both tlu contracting nations ailvnntriK'cs whlc.li tlioy would not otherwise enjoy. Under the now tariff law miauled , liy ( oiicrcww the' consideration for tin ? con- ( Hvsso.s ! ! iniiile to American trailers Is ulioKcllun' abolished. ItrtiKll unite nat urally gives notice of the termination of the treaty from wlilc.li . Hits reclprwlly fo'.itnro is thus eliminated. American iticruhi'.nts who do business in Himll will no doubt feel the effects of this action , Unt they will not he In a posi tion to blame tinttraxllian government. Koi- the closing of these/ markets to th j products of American factories the people ple have only the democratic administra tion to thiinU. ' < Keillor Slngcrly of the Philadelphia Uecordr who is also the democratic nominee for governor In I'oiinsylvania , refers to the machine ! politicians , wlio succeeded in turning down MeAlcer , his favorite congressman , as "a few contemptible rlngstcrs , roosters and ruf fians , " and proclaims Unit while he will ivomln on the state ticket , lie Is out of the race for success at the polls. All this Is occasioned by sonm underground wire-working by wliicli a Philadelphia congressional convention was manipu lated in favor of nominating a new man Instead of rciioniinaling the present congressman. The problem of the democrats hi Pennsylvania now is sim ply to save as many of the pieces as possible. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mr. Kuclld Martin knows a peed thins vllicn he sees It. Ho has been chairman of the democratic state commIt - mIt tec ; for four years , with all the glory and emoluments pertaining thereto. Now that the elmlnnanshlp of the democratic state committee lias got out of llsr | reach ho has. . allowed himself la bo elected chaiunuin of the B. & M" . rump commlttke,1 Representing eight ot tin ; ninety comities , and one of the eiglit counties'1 ' 'Vl'presentc'd de-legates who had been , | | UjJi'Ued lu ( lie regular convention byitti-votes of three to one. As chairman of kuch an aggregation Mr. Martin will 'Wot ' flgnru very ex tensively in the. 'pciW'iit ' campaign. The Iinpcaclinc.'iit | managers In thu case ) against 3.J.ji ' * i' Homls ar learn ing several things nbont the mayor that they did not kjio.v" btsforu. Tlio people of Omaha ure--.tabo . learning several tilings about tiV.J [ rmpt'achment mana gers which thf.viidJil not know be-fore' . The managers { \Vi ( Jfery successfully Im peaching themse.'lVlJs before the bar ot public opinion. There Is still ample time to put n few state ; tickets in the Ik-Id by petition. It will go down In history ai thn "railroad rump. * ' filing ot certificate : ! , lo the contrary notwIUiBtamllng. The dummy tlcltet has tnoro r jl straw men on It thim even Its b st frtctula ! iail hoped to secure. Your Uncle Tobc In sharp , but ho isn't shrewd enough to fool the whole people ot the state of Nebraska and the supreme court thrown Into the bargain. Kremont Herald : It Mnjom Is defeated he will be nblu to devote his whole tlmi > to his professional occupation , which Is generally considered to be in tlio line of chlcC "oiler" to the railroads' machine politics. AVIsner Chronicle : A republican exchange that supports Its party tickets , > ollotv dogs nnd any , lays : "Tom Majors I * a typlc.U N'ebraskan. " This It n base slander which every lif/neit , solf-rcspectlng voter should re sent at the ballot box. One of the strange sights In Knox county li to ere John C. Santee , chairman of tlie democratic county central committee , manag ing the campaign In that section for Tattooed Tom. As a donble-ender Santee has been In evidence for lo ! these many ycnm. Tom Majors , talking to an audience at Kiemont , asserted tiinlVnlt See-ly ivnn foisted on him as prlvnto sot-retnry ngalnst his wlnhcs. nnd declared that ha could not bo held rt pen lble for thencU ot tilt's un- tvplcome schemer. This Is decidedly rich. I'lielps 0. Stiirrtevant once defeated a ring- streaked republican foi a state olllce In Ne braska , but this year Ills only object In running can be to help the republican tat tooed' candidate. There Is considerable of a difference In the- situation In 18S2 nnd 1801 , Loup City Times : Many honest republi cans everywhere are repudiating Tom Majors , This Is not u rash statement , made without regard to truth for the purpose of Inllueno- IIIK republicans , who are hesitating In the matter of loncer following corrupt leaders , but n glaring fact that may be substantiated by any man who will take the p.ilns to inuke Inquiries. The leaders or the "rump" democratic gathering , with thlrty-slx delegates in at tendance , casting sixty-three voles for seven counties , now claim that fifty-two counties wore represented in the spilt convention. The only theory on which their claim can be based Is that Toburllngton Castor repre sented all the counties through which his road runs. "Then you're no democrat , " shouted an ex cited administration dtlognte at a Inng- \l.lfIce-rod srang r whu was standing up for 1G 1o 1. "I'm Just ns good a democrat as you , " ictortdl the free sliver man. "for I have the true principle of .JelTersonlan de mocracy enshrined In my heart , " "That's ' iiMhlng , " shrieked the straight ; "I've been dt'u out ot two slate * and one territory for my democracy. " And there the argument ended. On thn Tr.irl- . Chicago llcronl. Mr. AllihonV boom Kceinn lo hnve adopted the klte-shnped track and pneumatic tires. A \Vliinlnc Kinlle. New Yell ; Adwi tlwr. Mr. f.evl P. Morton's latest picture shows him with a smile as expunslve nnd radiant as 1C he had swallowed the canary. And U may n.s well be slated now UH later that Mr. Morton will wear that smile , slightly Inlenslilctl , on the fitli of November not and thereon. _ Long Lived Vnler.inft. KunsriR CiljSlur. . So long as the Mexican wur veterans nre In good condition to enjoy u state reunion , no one need begin to prepare mouinlng for the expected early elemlHc of Hie Cnintl Army of the Ueiiublic , Some soldiers < llo carly ( but a great proportion at military men arc remarkably long-lived. 1'ut Your Hhouliter lo Ilin Wheel. Philadelphia Time * . Let every , good citizen help business. It Is helping itself bravely , and It will succeed In 'winning over all the growlers of the age In a very brief period. l > ut It can be greatly accelerated In Its benellccnt movement by the hearty support of all who arc Interested In public trust nnd national prosperity. r iiKrlrncc In fniicrmt. ItrpreMntiUJviUverctt of MantucliU'C-IU. A representative In the congress of the Unltl'd State * , by the free , choice of n free Jipbplp. holds , asstia-dlj' . a great position ; but It that freedom does not extend to his own Judgment , his own conscience , hla own honor , he holds It by u base tenure- , unworthy of his ancient birthright of Amer ican liberty. I'll In K Up .Municipal l > cl > ti. Cilnlx'-Dcmucrnl. The cities of Xew York own $171,000,000. the towns $ H.l)00OCO ) , and the villages ) J2.COO- O'W , while the counties owe IU M than Sll.OtO- OiW. At the rule municipal Indebtedness la pilingup , the time is coming when thne will be no dllllc-ulty In keeping boys on the farm , unless they want to devote their lives to paying taxef. homo Mire * Are Ituiining. WaiOilnston 1'iu.t. Governor MrKlnley should confine himself to being bolemn. When the govrnor at tempts lo imltiite Tom Heed he Is not ut ull linppy. In his Hungnr spesch he said the democrats have bten running the gov- ( .niment for the- past eighteen months , nnd during that time nothing * else lius b-BL-ii running , tn making this ratdi statement the governor completely Ignores u large number of democratic i-ores which are tun ning day end night. We suspect that some ol < Jovernor MclClnley'.s piesldentlnl campaign - paign managers are lesponslble for his effort in this direction. Tlio Mending of l-'reo Colimsc , l.oulsvlllc Courier-Journal. Free coinage means llml the government shall taUc Ilil'i grains of t-llver , woilh about nil rents , nnd give a dollar for II. When ever thnt happens It will be impossible for tbu treasury 10 ray out jed : and hi ver with out distinction , Uold will then only be ob- talivible from private Individual. * , anil will go to a premium , while silver dollars will have the same purchasing power as STUi grains of silver bullion. Free coinage advo cates say the price of ImllUm will rlsi . I'o'Hlbly It might rise 10 per cent ; If HO. Ihu prnxhnMlngpower of the dollar would be 55 per cent of what It la now. If It ros 20 per cint its pui chasing power would be CO per refit of what it Is now , In order for the dollar to retuln Its present pin chasing power II would be necessary foi silver bullion to rhe 100 per cent , und this ii extremely Im probable.- . _ _ I.nidpr * Without Pnllairori. Philadelphia 1'resw. Secretary Morton of the Agricultural < le- r-nrlmeut Bcoma to have no more influence nt homo than Postmaster General Hlsaell and other cabinet oltlcers , Morton has Just been defeated by Congressman Hryan In tbu attempt to control the county convention In Morton's home county In Nebiasha. "Hoi-s" Sheelum utterly routed Hlssell and Ills followers lit l.uffnlo on Saturday. Sec retary IIolcp Smith failed in an etTort to get nn "Indorsement" from the Georgia democratic state convention. Herbert la secret nry of the navy because his con stituents refused him a renomlnatlon to congress. Lament , Olney and Greshain w ro never accused of having constituents of nny kind. Carlisle seems to be the only mini In the cabinet with si respectable fol lowing In point of numbers , and it is by no means certain that he lias not lost his foi- lowera. limliit on llonrnt Monoy. lion ton Advertiser. Every republican platform adopted this full must contain u clear , immistakablo , ringing enunciation of the true republican doctrine of a 100-cent dollar. And this must not be enunciated In any form of words that -will leave the smallest loophole for pretense by friend or foe that thu re- publlrnn party baa anything lint Htern , un yielding opposition , to present townnl the proposal tu coin , on prlvatt- account , to any extent uskeil for , "dollars" whose intrinsic metallic value la worth less than 10) cents. Kree and unlimited silver coinage ot the It tn 1 ratio means sliver monometallism , rneurm llnnnclal Inflation followed by linan- clal panic * , means repudiation of Just debts , means the degradation of the monetary Btalus of thlH country to the Asiatic nml South American level. The democratic party Is going to bid for the dishonest money votes ; purty self-interest , nnd , whul Is Infinitely more Important , tlio pres ervation of our country's prosperity and gooil mime , demand that the republican party Bhall Invite una deserve ) the hones ! money vote. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U , S. Gov't Report PUKE The etnpre * of Japan Is n few ycnri older than licr liutbniul. William AYnMorf Alter Is cr'dltnl with belli ? bothered to count nn | SOP,0KI ! ) ( ywrlr Income. K'Jwnnl Utilwcr I.ytton Dickens , son ot KtiKlfiml's Rro.it novella t , Is a member of rarllnincnt In tlic IO\UT lioutc of Nc-w South YValcs. ( Imeral William Ilooth of HIP Salvation nriny , who la In Halifax , N. S. , Is nbutit GG years nf age , anil is as active and vigorous us ninny men of 30 , Nashville , Trim. ) proposes to erect a monu- mi-Ml to General Nallmn Hertford Forrest , the cavalry coinnuiinter. The confederate vctprniis nre raising the needed money. Kx.uc ( n Iaan lla ot Spain lias now boon retired , by public request , for twenty-four years. Anil the morals ot tier country io not seem to have deteriorated through ln-r absence , Pixnlcl llAvcne ! , who died In Charleston , 3. C. , 11 few days xo , was descended from Itene II a vend and from Kilns Prloleau , the tlrst pastor ot the French 1'rotcstnnt church of Charleston. Colonel ItoberL II. Crocl < ett of Arkansas c-ounty , srartdsoii of the noted Davy Crockett , whose motta was , "He sure you ure rlfilit and then go nhcad,1' IK preparing a lecture on "Davy Crockett ; thp Fall of the Alamo. " That picturesque old prvlatc ot the Greek church , the archbishop of Xante" ; whose col ored robes ami vencr.lble mien mndc htm a conspicuous figure In the Parliament of lie- llfiloiifl , IK reported to have died shortly utter returnhiK to his diocese from a Journey aromul tliu world. Oreal preparations lire bring made In Swe den for the celebration on December 9 of the 300th anniversary of the birth of Gns- tavus Adolphus. Sweden's fircat nml famous ruler , whose sword carried him almost al ways to victory. KliiR Oscar has Issued a proclamation regarding the celebration. Ouy de .Maii | > as.aiifa body is soon to be removed from Hie Moiitparnas.se cemetery , where It now lies , to a plnce In I'ero Lachalto , between the graven of Ilalzac- and Gerard de Nerval. At the- fool of the Brave will rise a block of rough marble , shaped like a lire- ton menhir , with no Inscription bill his name. KhiR Humbert Is a royal sportsman , of unusual skill with the rifle. Up went out from Ills hunting lodse nt Valle Del Oreo one day recently and killed eighteen wild goats and thirty-two chamois. When the "bac" was examined It was found thnt every one of the victims ot the royal rifle had been shot In the head. Lord llosebcry says that ns soon as the story of his sleeplessness got Into thn news papers , after lie entered Gladstone's cabinet , he wa * deluged with cures. Ono of the first , and what seemed to him the easiest , was to lp before going to bed a tumbler of hoi water. He tried It , and since has had no further trouble of the kind. Like many other boys , the count of Paris In bl youth amused himself with nn amateur prlaMnK ptets. Louis Phllllppe gave It to him. and he became expert enough In its use to print little books of his own composi tion In both senses of the word. Of these he made presents to bis friends. The books that Interested him most In his youth were "Itoblnson Crusoe" und MotTat's "Travels In South Africa. " A Clmnci' fur I'rlor. WnxhlriKlwi SUr. It Is vthlcporeil tbnl Calvin Ilrlcc lias ninbillon.s concerning the presidency. 1C this IIP UK- case Ihe qiii'Mlon of how he will lonitp lilmsolf is nn Inlprt-stlng one. The temper of the ilrmucrntK ot Ohio i not very encouraging- present , nor Is there u prusprrt of As modemtlng- wild Hie lapse of time. New York In pretty well ocfiipliMl with IDnvlil li. Hill's boom. There , are few slntes of ivjlltical I in pint - anco which have not same inun whiiluttiis their nlleglnnri' . Mr. IJrli-e's be.it chance would nppear to lie In branching mil ns a pioneer. He might become North Dakota's fuvorlte urn. Airiiy > riti ) tint Ctirkon * . Now York Sun. The democrats of Now York nre light ers in the polltlc.il Held : never vanquished ; never completely overthrown. Tin1 Insplra- tlon oC their xvarlnre.is , principles , not men. Courage , not ctlckuolsm. IK Ilieli uiolto In houts of party danger and trial : anil they are ncou.'tome < l to emerge victorious ! from situa tions which would Hwiimp less vulhinl tol- ilier * In Ihe Hwollcn walers of defeat. Tlit ilemocrutH oC New Voik ilcppml for victory this year on pledges kept , not pledges broken ; on principles , nut percent ages. _ M.ITKUIJJ , Vint A IlltMMKH. Star. These girls with fancy names remain The only silrls. It seems. Whom poets und musicians choose As soul-Inspiring themes. And no she lives , this lovely lass , Tin- best oC nil the train , Forgotten , 'cause they christened her "Matilda. Jlary Jane. " She helps hci mother 'round" the house , She dues the milking , lee , And tidies up the Milting room , When all the chores ntv thruugli , It's there Selli goea a-courtlng , There's no "meeting In the lane. " Nor namby pntnbir nonsense 'bout Matilda Mary Jane. Oh , fionnle Annie Laurie , She was lovely years ago , And Daisy Iluy or Dean or Tlcll We'ie ulwtiya pleased lo lnniv. And Sweel Marlc'w u nice girl , too , lint give us something plain ; Let's hnve n tutif 01 two about Jlatllda Mary June. ASH x Plr In the po tofnco at Liberty destroyed all the fixtures , but Iho building WHS saved Counterfeiters have succeeded' ' in wcrkln oft considerable spurious coin on the mer chants of Wllbcr. An election on n proposition to vote 15.000 -In bonds for wnlrr works will bi held nt TalmaRO , October 11 , Seventy-five young people of Wymore wno confirmed by lllshop llonacum In St , Mary * itonian Catholic church nt that place The Presbyterian ladles of Ilnndolpli are making great preparations for an art loan exhibition to be held the last of November. Workmen on thp Kearney canal uncarthM the tusk of a mastodon at a depth of twenty flvo feel the other day. It measured eight feet In length. Huobncr & Turner , the Dodge county sheep men , have decided to move their big nock of sheep from Wyoming to Kremont , where they will feed them during the winter. Hov. T. D. Wells , pastor of the Presby terian oliurch at 1-Mgar , has accepted n call lo a church at Montccano. Wash. , and will leave for his new field In about a month. Harry Powers of York tried to nil a box with hot babbits inotnl , but n drop ot water caused an explosion , which threw uomo of the molten mass into Ids face nml nearly destroyed the fight of one eye. A lleatrlce saloon keeper named Duntt tins Issued a notice lo the public thnt ho will not sell drinks lo drunkards or minors If ha 'knows It , and "setters" are notlllcd that they will not be welcome In his place. Owing to the crop failure In Nuckolla county , Lord Scully of Ireland , who owns 20,000 acres of land In that county , has noti fied his agent to cancel half the rent of nil his tenants , The reduction will amount to about $12,000. llonry Sllcs , n ( armor near Humboldt , tried to end his life by cutting his throal with a razor , but the prompt arrival of a doctor prevented him from shullllns off , though he severed his windpipe and several of the smaller arteries. Mlts Lillian Jackson , a 19-year-old Colum bus girl , has been awarded J10.000 damages ngalnst Hobcrt K. Wllshcr for breach of promise of mnrrlgc. Wllshcr is a St. Joi traveling man , and U well known throughout the state. The Jury was out only ilvo min utes. utes.L L M. Polskl , treasurer of Sherman county , has Istucd a notice to all taxpayers that , thu rumor that land would be sold for d'elhi- qucnt taxes on account of the crop failure Is untrue , as the law makes U obligatory OH the treasury lo advertise tht > land for sale. Ho urges all delinquents who uro able to come In and settle. Htlt'l.KH hi OUT AH .lilt. Syracuse Post : She-Are you going to any balls this season ? He 1 am going tu three balls tomorrow. Detroit Free Press : Judge You nrn charged with assault und battery ; what have you lo nny ? 1'ilsoiier Not n word , ycroner. Il > van nay In' lee much got me Into this scrape. Yonkcrs Stntesman : Clara Were there nny marrying- men down nt the beach tbl summer ? Com Yes ; there were two min isters and a Justice of the peace. Somervllle Journal : The average man can't .help thinking , when be looks over the stubs of 11 used-up check book : "Hy Oporgo , I wish I had ull the money now that 1 have pnld out on those checks ! " Uoslon Transcript : Caesar was u lucky man. He could go mound where he pleased and bis wife never asked nny nnnoying questions. She was above .suspicion. Chicago Inter Ocean : "Don't you thirds my wife has a good voice ? " he nuked ot theyoumt man who lives In the flat build ing. ing.tilr , " reiillcO the young man with feeling , " 1 find It hard to do Justice lo your wle'n voice. It carl lea us fur as u dynamite gjm and Is fully a effective. " Detroit Krte Press : Wlfer-wiiat's. tie | matter , Clmrllo ? Hubble I've lost my collar button. Wlfo Where did you lose II ? Hubble ( trying to be sweet ) Now , don't nsl ; me that , dear ; don't you suppose If t knew where I'd lost It Id go there and nnd It ? Washington-Star : "TdlngB'ls gcllliVmlghly mixed , Mundy , " said Kurmer Corntoascl ; "mighty mixed. " "Wliut's the- matter ? " "The politicians nlr nil tryln * tcr tell tlio furmiTH nbout fnrmln' nnd the farmers nlr tryln' tcr tell the politicians about poli tics. " Chicago Tribune : Ills Mother ( after the sudden ehangp ) Jamie , dear , go nnil bring- in , si me klnd'.lns. We'll have to make n tire. Jamie ( grumbllni-'ly complying ) You bud me liuntln * the ice wagon all day yester day. Seems to me you're awful hard , to suit. New York Preps : Clarissa You say lia fell In love- with you at llrst sight ? Uthel Yes but I don't know whether I ought li > licllevo him. C'larlssu Oil. I would. There's no accounting for men's vagaries , my dear ; they sometimes do the silliest things Imag inable. Judge : Mrs. Youngwlfe You know these lovely nlnc-dollnr dining room gongs we saw the oilier dav ? Well , today they were marked down A M.7S , no I got three. Her Husband Heavens und earth ! What dut you cct tdrpR for ? Airs' . Youngwlfe ( sweetly ) AVhy , one lor eaeh meal , of course. OUIl WAY. Clilciin | Inter Ocenn. We swcller , mop nnd fan. And growl because 'tis hot. I Then when 'tis cool we grumble , too , And wish that It was not. iroitTii on YOVII JIOSKI'n.ivic. L < ot us JFuse On those low tariff suits. Every suit in the $12.50 or $15.00 lot is worth at least the price of a ton of coal more than we ask , so you can save that sum by buying- one of them. Just note the way they're made coats cut long- all ono piece the facing1 one pioca all the way down edgfes double stitched all seams sawed with silk thread linings snugup to the cloth trimmings of the best materials pants in the latest out. No merchant tailor ever made bet ter suits , and we will not let you take a suit out of the store unless it fits you perfectly. The low tariff school suits are our well known wear resistors , at : Knee pant suits , $2.50 , $3.00 , $3.50 , $4.00 , $5.00 ; long- pant suits $6.50 , $7.50 , $8.50. Browning , King & Co. , Reliable Clotliicra , SV. . Cor. IStli and
