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wftw W rw . * * * THE OMAHA JfOV.15MBMU 1 , 180-t. TUB OMAHA DAILY BEE B. I , Editor. PUBLISHED Evnnx MOHNINO , OP . . . . . . . Ilee ( without Sunday ) . One. Ytar f I M Pally fttt and Sunday , One Year. . 10 CO Blj Month * { g > Thfe Montha > J ° v fUMay nee , One Yrar } JJ Mufday Dee , One Tear. . . . 1 J Wiekly lite. On * Year OFFICES : Omaha , The Ilee Building. Bcnilh Omaha , Corner N and Twenty-fourth St * . Council lllulT * , 12 Peart Btrcet. Chicago Olllce , S17 Chamber ot Commerce. New York , Kooms , H and 15 , Tribune Dldg. Wa hlnBton , 1407 F Htrcet , N. W. COnilEai'ONDENCH. All communications relntlmt to news und edi torial matter should be addressed : To the Keillor. HU81NES3 LETTEUS. A'l business letters and remittances should be addressed lo The Uee Publishing company , Omaha. Crafts , cheeks nnd ixxilolllce orders to be made pnynlile to the order of the company. THE I1UD rUULIBHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CinCULATION. George II. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Pub. llshlng company , being duly sworn , says that the. actual numberof full nnd complete copies ot The Dally Morning , Kvrnlng and Sunday Itea printed during the month of October , 1851 , was a. follows : 20.923 21.274 17 ! 1. 5 3. . , , , , , 21,201 IS 51.231 4 21,141 U. , 21,112 E 21.CU JO S1.2S4 2I.G02 21 2Z.719 7 22,975 22 . 21,032 S 21.071 23. 21.037 * 21,133 21 20,890 10 21,049 2J 20.861 11 21,121 28. . . . . . 20,886 12 21,147 J7 21,032 1 ] 21,688 2S ' 2J.GOO 14 22,840 O , 20,718 15 25,131 SO 20.812 Total MM07 Less deductions for unsold and returned copies 10,037 _ Total sold MUTO Dally average net circulation. 21,118 orxman H. T/.SCHUCK. Bworn to before me and nubi-crlbed In my pres ence this id day of Nmembrr , 1804. ( Seal. ) N. P. FEU. , Notary Public. Senator Porter Is only beginning to have an ndotiunte NOIISC of hl own In creased Importance. The ruiiubllcniiH In Illinois and Ne braska HocMii to bo cngngctl In a com petition to HOP which cnii trot out the greater number of aspirants for sena torial honors. No one hns boon able to discover any visible clmngo In the credit of Ne braska since Judge llolcomb's election as governor has been verified by the official returns. Not less than 3,000 plurality for Judge Holcomb was The lice's announcement on the day after election. The Ueo , ss : Usual , was the only newspaper that was anywhere near correct. No wonder Oinulia falls to support Its theaters as it ought to. The dally free show in Judge Scott's court Is a counter attraction with which no place of amusement can successfully compete. Omaha Is a bidder for the next annual meeting of the Knights of Iiabor , now In Bcssion In New Orleans. The knights may be assured that if they decide to come to Omaha they will be earnestly welcomed and properly entertained. If Senator Stewart of Nevada main tains bis position of unwillingness to unite with" the republicans except on a platform pledging the party to a free silver policy we fear that the loss ol him to tlui republican party will be per manent. About ten days ago the New York Sun published a lengthy editorial artl cle entitled "The Fall of Silas Hoi comb. " We suggest to the Sun that II IH entirely In order to follow this HI with another effusion on "The Ulse ol Silas Holcomb. " The act of the Kansas bandits wh ( coolly Bhot to death a wounded com rath shows a retrogression In chivalry anion ; the Ilk. Once Charley Carey of lllucl Hills fame risked capture dally In s week's tllght before olllcers to save t "Wounded accomplice. Civilization hai done little for the professional robber. The constitution of the state of Nc braska .provides that the Icglalatun shall meet bl-ennlally on the first Tues day In January. The Hrst Tuesday li January In 1805 happens to fall upoi the 1st day of January. The next legls lature will , therefore , meet as early ai It possibly could under the constitution It looks as If Tom Heed were to havi tilings all his own way In the nex house of representatives. With one o two exceptions the democrats will b practically without party leaders , an | none of Ills republican associates caj compete for leadership with Mr. Reed If things don't go Mr. need's way 1 will be his own fault. Governor Flower of New York selzei the ilrst moment of leisure after th election to write out his Thauksglvln proclamation. In enumerating the pui poses for which gratitude to the A mighty should be expressed he fall back on the general considerations d "preservation from war , riot and pestl leuco" and ' "the blessings o abundant harvests and restore conditions for a return of Indm trial and commercial prosperity. " II might , perhaps , have discovered othc reasons why wo should be thankful , hi ; the darkness of the after-election glooi seems to have enshrouded all these goo things. IIpw fortunate that the peopl nro not confined In their thauksglvln to the subjects enumerated in the natorlal proulamatlons ! It just o happens that the two men bers of the city council who are at tli same time members of the Board c Health are to retire at the explratlo of their terms , on the first day of Jam ary next. This means that the Hoar of Health will noon have two other com ellmcn to participate In Its deliberation With this change It Is to bo hoped tin there will como also a wholeson change of methods. The charter rev Blon committee Is trying Its best to d vlso some plan which will take tl board out of politics and put an end the notorious abuses that have bet ; ! perpetrated by the personnel of lt ei ItO ployes. Tluu-0 Is , however , nothing prevent the board , as at present co Htltutcd , from Itself taking the Heal department out of politics. The tv now members will have this opportune before them. A pledge to co-opera In accomplishing this inuch-dcslrcd r lult oiifht to bo the prime qualltlcatlc if all -who asplro to the corning vaca flea on the board. WHAT 1IIK flOVUKH HKVKAI The table of election returns which published In The Bundny Bee , and which wo reprint elsewhere , with a few trilling corrections , affords n striking lesson to politicians. A slgulflcnnt fea ture Is the fact that the total vote on governor will reach 20 < J,000 , which Is 3,000 In excess of the vote on governor two years ngo , although It Is notorious that from 12,000 to Ifi.OOO voters have left the state since 1892 , owing to the exodus from the drouth-stricken sec tion. A more significant fact Is the ds- ! partly between the total vote cast for governor mid Uie totals for all the other state ofllcers. While the vote on governor approximates 200,000 the vote on lieutenant governor and the other state ofllcers ranges from 171.1500 to 17..r ! > 00 , or fully 20,000 below the vote cast for governor. What docs this sig nify ? Were there 20,000 , voters In Ne braska this year who had only one can didate to vote for on the state ticket ? Under the conditions that prevailed It would not have been strange If the vote on governor would have fallen consider ably below the vote on other state otll- cers. Thousands of republicans were disgusted with their standard bearer and fftlll did not want to vote for a pop ulist or a democrat. There were also thousands of democrats who naturally might have abstained from voting on governor because they were opposed to fusion and would not vote for Majors or Tobo Castor's straw man. The only rational explanation Is the per capita theory. In other words , that fully 20,000 voters were hired to support Majors for so much a vote. That theory receives confirmation also from the comparison of votes cast for Holcomb and the other fusion candidates. The four fusion can didates on the state ticket , namely , lieutenant governor , attorney general , commissioner of public lands and su perintendent of public instruction , re- elved an 'average of ( i'J.SSl ! votes , while udge Holcomb'.s vote foots up 0(5.100 ( , r 20,241 more votes than for the other islon candidates. Not less than 24,000 of these 2(5,000 ( otes were cast by republicans. Thereof roof will be found In an examination f the vote cast for the straight pop- lists who were not nominated by the emocrats and the votes of tlio emoerats who were nominated ithont fusion. The populist av- ige vote on the' state ticket Is ! ,4C > ( ! and the average vote for the emocratic candidates on whom there as no fusion Is 15,787. This represents a- vote given by the free silver demo- Tats , or Bryan wing , to Holcomb. Ulded to the populist average the total , -otild reach 72,253 , or about 24,000 less linn the vote received by Holcomb. The defeat of Majors is therefore not ue to fusion between democrats and opullsts , but to the revolt within the L'publlcan ranks against railroad omlnation and ring rule. In face ot he republican tidal wave that swept he whole country nearly 25,000 No- raska republicans firmly resisted thu ressure from within and without and truck a blow at corporate rule and cor- upturn In order to save their party 'ram disintegration. It may be asked how did It come that Majors ran ahead of liis associates on he republican state ticket by from ( i.OOf o 7,500 , votes In spite of the defection ) f more than 21,000 republicans. The xplunntlon Is readily found , first , in lie excessive vote on governor , whicl ils colleagues did not appear to share in the next place Majors received fullj 2,000 democratic votes , as may be seer by comparison of the votes cast foi democratic candidates. The Martin Castor wing of so-called straight demo rats polled nil average of 12,800 votes f which Sturdevant only received 0,071 That menus nearly (5,000 ( of the straight ) .hat did not vote for fcjturdcvant votei for Majors , and it is safe to assunu hat fully 0,000 more voted for Majors ind other candidates on the republlcai Icket. The Majors campaign manager ; got within 3,000 of the full quota o 15,000 democrats whom they tried ti nllst , but they slipped a cog In theii estimate on republicans who refused ti vote for Majors. The only conclusion that can hi . cached from all these figures Is tha f there had not been such an influx o nonresidents and Hood of boodle Ma Jors would have been snowed under b ; 20,000 votes. HA.TK DECISION. After taking the facts developed litho the hearing of the maximum freigh rate law Injunction under consideratloi for nearly hlx long months .fustic Brewer , who presided ever the judlcla proceedings In conjunction with .Tudg Dundy , has at last reached a decision That decision gives us the apparent ! ; paradoxical ruling that the leglslatur was perfectly within Its constitution ! ) authority In enacting the maxlmun freight rajo law and exercised that , tin thorlty In strict conformity to the con stltutioii , but that In fixing the purl It ular schedule of rate : ) It was mistake- In judgment us to what constitute reti .sonable rates for the transportation o freight In Nebraska. The reasoning by which Judge Brewo arrives at this conclusion Is worth careful attention. The minor point made In the arguments of the comis ( are brushed aside with a few word each. The court refuses to accept pi rol testimony to contradict the wrlttc records of the legislature , and insist that the attestation of the leglslativ olllcers and the approval of the goi ernor must be conclusive as to the re ; ularlty of the proceedings attendai upon the passa'ge of fho bill. The pe ! that the Union I'acifle "is by Its coi gresslonal charter exempted from stat regulation of its rates finds little favc In the eyes of Judge Brewer , iilthoug he seems to intimate that congret could , If It wished , oust the state Jurisdiction over the charges on this lit by assuming the duty of regulatlu them to Itself. The contention that law fixing rates for transportation < freight between points within the boui darles of a state Is an Infringement c the exclusive power of the federal go eminent over Interstate commerce < necessarily affects Interstate rates declared to bo equally groundless. Ra ] road companies cannot plead thulr ow convenience or the effects of compel tlon between themselves and other con panics in restraint of the otherwise ui deniable power of the state. The ex ception taken by the defendants to the jurisdiction of ( he federal court also falls to secure the assent of the Judge , who appears reluctant to let go of the case , although the law Itself provides a remedy In the state courts which the aggrieved railroad may pursue. One avenue , liowever , remains open by which a decision favorable lo the railroads tan be reached. It Is through the ( ] ucsilon whether the rales prescribed are really reasonable rates. This ques tion Judge Brewer goes on to discuss without giving any satisfactory explan ation of how a federal court can assume the Jurisdiction of the state over this matter. He admits that the complain ing roads are not worth n fraction of what was expended In building them and that their capitalization Is out of all proportion to their actual value , and yet he Is ready to say that reasonable rates must be high enough to pay re turns upon this mass of fraudulent stocks and ] > onds. He thinks it better to let the roads continue to burden the people with extortionate freight rates rather than that the holders of fictitious securities should be deprived of their unearned dividends and Interest. This Judge Brewer calls equity. And to maintain equity he orders the injunc tion restraining the state ofllcers from enforcing the law made permanent until such time as it may be shown that the rates prescribed are reasonable accordIng - Ing to his point of view. There are Interesting features of this cnse outside of the mere text of the de cision. The hearing before the circuit court was had some six mouths ago. Judge Brewer was free to formulate opinion during the entire summer , ml must have finished it before he rent to Washington to participate In 10 new term of the supreme court , 'hat ' opinion must have been ready for 10 public for at least six weeks. Can t be that It was held back at the In- tanco of the railroad managers , who lared that its prompt promulgation night Injure the political prospects of lelr candidate for governor ? But /hutever the motive of the delay may ave been the points at Issue are too nportant to be rested with a decision f the circuit court. Steps should bo nkcn to have the case carried to the loiirt of last resort , and that wltliout nnecesMiry delay. DK3tAlfl ) FOR 1IW FOOL KILLKR. The fools are not all " ( lead yet , and It eems as If the fool-killer would be In risk demand In Nebraska for another ear or two. It was to have been ex- tected that the politicians who are filleted with Hosewaterophobla would roth at the mouth after as well as bc- 'ore the election , and It Is not In the east surprising that the political ghost- lancers would rant and tear over the lefent of the tattooed Idol of the boodle ; ang. But why should any ratlpual man , .ml least of all men who have lived In lolltlcal glass houses and men who night to have gained expedience by ears of observation , gabble about read- ng The Bee , or Its editor , out of the opubllcau party ? This thing , of reading editors and wpcrs out of n-party Is very much like he stupid talk of counting out a candi date who has been elected by a decisive najorlty. What would become of the republican party if all the prominent editors and papers that have opposed republican candidates for one reason 01 another were read out ? And who has any authority to expe ; hem from political fellowship ? The Xcw York Tribune bolted the nomlnn Ion of General Grant and Whltehiw teld supported Grcoley Individually Has any republican of prominence pro [ K > sed that The Tribune be put on tlu lack list and Whltelaw Reid excluded from the councils of the party ? Thoniai Platt resigned the senatorshlp wltl Joscoe Conkllug , which the republican ! of New York had conferred upon them I'latt , as well as Conkllng , turned Nev York upside down in 18S2 and gavi rover Cleveland the governorship o the Empire State by nearly 200,000 ma jorlty. Folger was an honest man with out n * pot on his public record. Groviv leveland's election as governor inndi him president and deposed the republl can party from supremacy In natioim iffnlrs. And yet Tom Platt was no read out of the party , but became am is now n recognized leader of his part ; In New York. Nobody high in republl can councils was so bereft of sense ate to propose that Thomas Platt bo rein out of the republican party , when th party needs and must have every mm whose influence would be an Importan factor in fighting Its battles. Murat Halstead and Ills Clticlnnal Commercial opposed General Gran very bitterly and supported Grecley fo the presidency when Tta Bee was BUJ porting Grant. The same Is true o Joseph Medlll and the Chicago Tritium Both Halstead and Medlll still retal : their prominence as republican leaden and no republican with a thimbleful a brains ever advocated the reading on of Halstead or Medlll or the black-llsl Ing of their papers. Two years ago , when the party wn fighting for Its national existence , th Tacoma Lodger , whoso editor , Mr. Bel nctt , Is a member of the national re publican committee , opposed tlio repul licau candidate for governor In Wasl Ington state through the entire can palgn. Bennett Is a Northern Pnclfl republican , and nobody has Inslste that ho resign from the national con mltteo or that his paper be read out c the republican party. Had he been a anti-corporation man there would prol ably have been a howl all along tli line from the railroad republican o ; gans and mercenaries. The Bee does not care a stra1 whether It Is read out or In by nnybod styling himself a republican. Its n publlcunlsm has been consistent.and m swerving. It 1ms fought the battles i the party loyally In every national can patgu , and will continue to do so in tl future. It has sought to elevate tl standard of republicanism In the stai by opposing candidates whoso recot can not bo honorably defended or whoi nominations have been procured li bribery and fraud. It has at all Unit advocated and supported the cardlni principles of republicanism as enunc atcd In national platforms and It wl continue to do so In the future. It hi endeavored" to keep the party true to the plcjlRW made In state platforms and urged the ofllcers elected by It to redeem < vthoso pledges so as to enable - able the > uy to retain the confidence of Its supporters. From this line It will not .swerve , conscious that its course wllf merit nuil meet the approval of nil royiftjlleans who are not tainted with mUroVllsm ' ! boodlerlsm. The others It relegates to the tender mercies of the fool-killer. ItfTBKVKATlOA JV THH KAKTHllX IM ) The anxiety of the European powers to bringiiibfyit a cessation of the war between China and Japan could hardly fall to have the desired effect If those countries should Unite In firmly Insist ing that hostilities be brought to an end. China is undoubtedly most will- Ing1 to stop the conflict , If a war so en tirely one-sided can properly bo cnlfcil a conflict , and Would heartily welcome Intervention from any source that would be effective. For her the situation is manifestly hopeless. Her military commanders seem to have no skill or ability , or If they have the cowardice of their soldiers renders these qualities of no avail. History furnishes no parallel to the utter lack of courage and patriotism .shown by the Chinese soldiers. They fight no better behind ell-constructed fortifications than In 10 open Held , the appearance of the ncmy In any case filling them with a ar and terror that deprives them of 11 ability to make formidable re- stance. Consequently the march of the apanese armies has been a series of nbroken victories , won with very little oss of life and no great expenditure of inmunltlon. In view of what has been o easily accomplished there Is little eason to doubt that the Japanese orces will be able to reach the capital China without much obstruction , ixcept such as the weather may supply. Under the circumstances It Is but aturnl that Japan should look with isfavor upon any Intervention , which vould probably take from her In some icasure the right to exact from China ueh terms as she may believe to be list compensation for the cost f the war In life and treasure , vhllo at the same time Imposing re- tralnts upon'Chlna for the future. The apancsc government may feel , and ulte justly , that the proposed luterven- lon by European powers Is prompted utlrely by selfishness and has very ittie regard for the interests of either liiua or Japan. This Is unquestionably .he case tso far ns Russia and England re concerned , both of these powers icing apprehensive that the growing iillltary 'prestige of Japan and the In- rease ot'power that country Is cor- ain to acquire through the war will bo ulmical to their Interests In the east. I'he other flowers of Europe may be n part lliuuqnced by a humane desire Lo bring , to nil end a conflict one nar.ty 0 whichreeoms to be almost helpless. But in nfhy' event Japan could hardly be cxpecfed | o htive much faith In 'the disinterestedness of the governments of Europe and lf. she consents to Intcr- entlon Will most Hkelynccept that re- m-tgL | < p"'liivo ' | "been rjffercU by the , ' UuitedtStates - > j " " f' The faOt that this government has offered to iact us mediator between China and Japan will doubtless cause some discussion as to the wlsd/nn or ixpedioncy of this country having any- : hlng to do with the quarrel. The ( Vmerlcan people , on general principles , are in favor of universal peace , and If his government could bring about a crminatlon of the eastern conflict and 1 settlement between the contending xmntrios without having anything to : lo with European powers In the nego- latlons there would , perhaps , be no serious objection to its undertaking the ; ask of mediator. But It would be iiardly possible for the United States to act In this capacity without coming in contact with European powers and thus Incurring the danger of some form iff "entangling'alliance" which might be rultful of future annoyance and em barrassment. .The United States should consent to net as mediator only In tht event that the governments of Europe igree to our doing \mconditlonally : uul It Is not probable they will do this It Is said that Italy is in favor of allow Ing the Japanese to occupy Peking be fore there Is any attempt at mediation iiml there is much to be said in supper of this view. If .Japan Is carrying 01 the war primarily in the interest of civilization her object will be more certainly attained if she Is allowed tr carry the war to the Chinese capita and make terms from that vantage ground. ' China has Indicated her will bigness to have the war settled bj mediation , and at thlsrf writing tht Washington government Is awaiting r response to its offer from Japan. I'rojilircy Fearfully 1'ulQllod. Kansas City Star. A trolley car runs through the streets o Jemsalem. Jeremiah must have hail semi Men ot this when he lifted up his voice am predicted the Judgments which the futun reserved for the punishment of Israel. c lUorlbtiml. Globe-Democrat. When China , with Its hundreds of million : of people , allows Japan to transport ni army by sea , land It en the Chinese cous and provision It with ships while It marche more than 'tl hundred miles to captur Peking , It WUr be Impossible , after thes eventB , to reckon China among livingna tlons. If this country were like China th Canadians mlffiit easily capture Washington OiJ = A WIISIH of Money , Philadelphia Ledger. It Is right that the Indians should be pad for land takeifkfrom them , but It Is In on sense a waste of money to do so. The Yank ton tribe Is about to get $200,000 in par payment fqr\tB ) lands , and white vulture are preparltte'to take ft from them as ROOI as they get It. The Indians will be mud drunk , on credit If necessary , and In a fev days or weeks their money wilt be gone an > they will beworse off than before. In th next three years they will set J500.000. am they will be a ? aln ' 'wards of the nation,1 wholly dependent for support on the gov eminent. Comerllnc Wheat Into Pork. SprlliBllclJ ( Mam. ) Republican. It Is coming to be agreed out on the Pncifl coast that It Is profitable to turn wheat Int pork. Wisconsin and Dakota farmers or also tryl g experiments In this d rcct on , an their experience points In the same illrqc tlon. All sorts of .methods are discussed an advocated , from turning the hotn Into th nheat field before the grain Is fairly ripe t mixing corn and wheat together and grind Ing the wheat coarsely and feeding It In partly cooked state. It la settled that a much higher than present prices wheat I a profitable food for hogs , and for mile cows also , the only question being as to th beat method of feeding It. Wheat-fed hog fatten faster. ' and the pork from them I better than from corn , The fat Is llrme and the melt nweeter and of a better flavoi Kansas experiments ahow that wheat Is a exceptional milk producer , and that bee cattle tlirlvtt upon a mixture of corn an wheat. Here would seem to be a way ou for tbo wheat raiser. TJIK TIIltK.tTr.flKI > CONTX.1T. Cedar H luffs Standard : So close In the re- ult of the election on governor that the 'Joss" It afraid Out fraud wilt be resorted o In order to count Ills pet candidate out. The "Joas" probably knows whereof lie peaks. Fremont HernM : What a Joke It would > e If the republicans should ' 'bucklo ou" a oolc of injured Innocence and contest the lection of Governor Holcomb. simply that 'Farmer Tom" might be vindicated. Pre posterous. Schuylor Herald : There is on foot a chpme to count Holcomb out. If ho Is tlectcd he must be seated. Citizens who > ellovo In fair play should Interest themselves n seeing there Is no manipulating of the bal- oLs or poll books. Wahoo Era : The Omaha Dee charts the managers ot the republican state committee vltli Intent to Juggle election returns If it Is teemed necessary to secure the seating ot ilajors. This paper warns them .tlrnt to do Ills will bring disaster down upon tliolr heads and cause no end Of trouble. We voice this enthncnt. Aurora Republican : The very latest in- ormntlon from Omaha , just as wa KO to > ress , Indicates that there were glaring frauds icrpetrated In South Omaha In favor of Hol comb , and that they may yet be detected , which will show that. Majors Is elected after all. If this Is so. "by the eternal ! " Majors shall be our next governor ; but If not , Hol comb will be allowed to take his seat. Aurora Sun : The republicans will not suffer the defeat of Majors It he can be counted out. Not satisfied with gaining housands of votes by the corrupt use of money and transportation all over Nebraska hey will try to wipe out the honest plurality of Governor Holcomb by frauds even worse han Intimidation practiced Ty the railroads on their men or the briberies of transporta- lon vendors. Nebraska City Press : The Omaha papers atcm to have a great deal to say about a iroposcd "steal" and all such bosh , which cads one to the natural conclusion that the ) maha papers and the leaders of the cause hey are fighting for are deserving of watch- ng. No republican In this great state desires anything but a clean ballot and a fair count , and If Judge Holcomb Is fairly elected he will have the honest support of the rcpub- loan party and of Honest Tom Majors , just the same as would be expected wore Majors the choice ot the people. The republicans , however , will not permit any abuse or mis use of the ballot box returns , and If , aa has been reported , the returns have been tam- l > cred with In the Interests ot Mr. Holcomb , then a searching Investigation Is demanded. Holcomb should bo as much Interested In a 'air count as > Tom Majors Is and he can rest assured that If the result Is In his favor no one will wish him godspeed more leartlly and sincerely than the head of the republican ticket , his worthy opponent , ilonest Tom Majors. Lincoln News : If U be true that Mr. Holdrege , the Burlington "czar , " Is Insisting that the republican state central committee contest the election of Holcomb , then It be comes the duty of the republican state cen tral committee to InformMr. . Holdrege that lie Is not running the party In Nebraska. While wo are willing to concede that Mr. Holdrege has reason to feel chagrined and angry over the defeat of his preferred candi date , ho should not be allowed to force the republicans Into a contest against their bet ter judgment. If a contest is begun against Holcomb it draws down upon the other candi dates on the republican ticket contests also , and wo do not think that It will pay to do it without very substantial grounds for It. It Is not a reasonable supposition that a party so poorly equipped for campaign funds as was the populists could have corrupted the ballot box ; and It any contest Is indulged In lt twlll''be agaliut the better judgment of the leaders of the party as well as the rank and flic. Mr. Majors should come dowa grace fully. It the face of the returns show the election ot Silas A. Holcomb as governor ot the state of Nebraska there will be no con test begun by the republican managers by and with the advice and consent of the voters ers of the party. It may be that the horde of disappointed place seekers who go down with Majors are very anxious to see such a step taken , and \ve have no doubt but that the railroad managers would not throw any obstacles In the way. Nevertheless , It will be party suicide to attempt to take from Hot- comb that which evidently belongs to him. The majority of men are honest and they want to see fair play ; unless there are bet ter grounds for a contest than have been made apparent eo far the majority ot the republicans of Nebraska will violently oppose taking such a Step. There can bq no dis puting the fact that the democratic party stole th © governorship from the populists In 1890 , and the Indignation It aroused has aim- ply burled the democratic party forever In Nebraska. Dut twice since that year has the democratic party placed a state ticket In the field , and each time It has shown a steadily decreasing vote , until at present there i& not moro than 30,000 members of a party that once numbered 60,000. If the republican leaders wish to kill the party they can select TIO surer way. If Majors Is defeated honestly and squarely he ought to take his medicine , and wo believe that personally he Is the sort of a man who will do ft. Outside Influence may be too strong for him , but we sincerely hope that the hungry horde ot office hunters will not be allowed to dictate the party policy In this emergency. Grand Island Independent : It seems that really a conspiracy has been formed by rail road Influence to defraud Holcomb of his honestly acquired plurality by making a fraudulent count through bribery and fraud. There can bo no doubt that Holcomb has been elected by a majoilty of nearly 3,000 , to which In reality ought to be added from 5,000 to 10,000 votes which have been ac quired for Majors by Intimidation , bribery anil fraud * of all kinds. And now It Is proposed by the Major ] combine to steal even this doubtless plurality from him by a false count. The railroad conspiracy of Nebraska Is as mean , fraudulent and violent as tha democratic suppression of the legal voters In the south ever has been , and every re publican ought to ba ashamed of being con nected with such a llberty-destroyliij , tyranny. Wo , hope that the- attempt to coun Holcomb out will ba frustrated. But the whole attempt of the railroad conspiracy to carry the election from beginning to cm by the mojt shameless moans. Is a grea lesson for our people , showing that the welfare faro of the people nnd the preservation o our liberty demand the abolition of private railroad companies , and that there Is no true remedy but the establishment of govcrnmen roads. The republican party and all Us state and county central committees ought to do al In their power to defeat these crlmlna election frauds and to catch and punlsli the Impudent rascals. The republicans have always In their platforms and spepchcf solemnly declared In favor of free and hones elections and they would stultify themselve If they would assist directly or Indirect ! ) in breaking down our freedom of elections Thousands and tens of thousands would leave the republican party If that party would b untrue to ono of Its most Important prln clplos. Some people may think that eucl an outrageous conspiracy Is Impossible ) li honest Nebraska. But wo know that In ou own city and county , Just as well as In ever ; other county , men have been bought will passes and money to work for the rallroai combine , and Intimidation has been used "braves" of this "land which made the o the braves" creep Into mouieholes. Ane even a man was dispatched during the can vass to Qrund Island to see whether he coule not brlbo the Independent and Its editor Pred Hedde. In Grand Island no man conli be found to undertake this job and they hat to send a man from Hastings for that pur pose. lie , however , was careful enough t ask some republicans ot our city whether h might risk hti proposition. They told him "Kor God'a sake don't say a word to him Ho will expoia you In the Independent , an you will thus hurt the causa of Majors an your railroad masters. " And lie- desisted But we learned of the plot , notwithstanding This , our experience , makes us believe 1 the reality of the plot to steal the electlo at this last ztaga by the grossest of electlo crimes. They are In bad straights and des peratton drives them to attempt thing which every honest man of every party ough to condemn from the bottom of hl sou And our oeterum censeo Is : That prlvat railroad corporations must be destroyed. Borrow Ioei Not ICxproia It. Indhmapoll * Newi. We suspect that the republicans of Ne braska are now sorry that they nominate for governor a man whose record was BI bad that Editor Hosewater of The Oman Hee. the most Influential republican pape of the state , refused to aupport him. 1MCOMJM AND Tlt/tHlS. Republican victory has given an upward cndencr to wages In many sections. Dr. P rlliiirst Is a lonesome specimen ot he clergy m ( in In politics minus Its tar , What mighty changes a dozen years has vroiightt David Dennett Hill was elected leutenant governor of New York by a > lurallty ot 195.781. Last week he was do- eated for governor by a plurality of 155,792. The republican victory In Michigan lias taiscd the century mark. Uvcry county In ho state gave a republican plurality , and mo democrat was elected to the state lecls- ature. The distinguished Nitpoleott of Mich- Kan's Waterloo Is John Donovan. Tlie victory of the republicans In Utah onvcys n suggestive lesson , emphasized hroughotit the land. Utah suffered severely > y reason of the democratic policy In deal- ng with sugar and wool. The peopio lost housands of dollars , and their votes pro- lalmed their resentment. Mr. John Koley of Sioux City lent constd- ralila gaycty to Initiation ceremonies by anklnc out his revolver and flhootlng pro- nlscuouisly. When the fusllade subsided ho traditional goat got In some impressive lead work and Mr. Poley shot through a window and landed on a cushion ot rock icfore ho could say Jack Robinson. Owing o his mutilated feelings John will stand up for the state for some days to como. I'rof. Gllbschln trod the cow path of 3ad- llo creek with melancholy meln , " Ills heart was oppressed nnd the silence also. The crunching of autumn leaves beneath his feet alone broke the stillness. Suddenly he iausoil , and , gazing at the somber sky , ho nurmured thcso solemn lines -from "On .Intlcn When the Sun Was Lftwr' 'I'cw. few shall part where many meet , [ 'he snow shall be our winding sheet And every rtod beneath our feet A Uourbon's sepulchre. " The current number of Harper's Weekly contains the following sonnet from the pen of Richard Watson Glider , editor of the Cen- ury. As Mr. Gilder Is a staunch friend of President Cleveland , It Is supposed to apply to some of the extinguished statesmen of New York : Who nro the men that good men most despise ? Not they who , Ill-begot and spawned In shame. Hot and rob and rot before men's eyeaj Who basely live , und , dying , leavu no name. These are the piteous refuse of mankind ; Fatal the ascendant star when they were born , Distort In body , starved In soul nnd mind. Ah , not for them the good man's bitter scorn. He only Is the despicable one Who lightly sells Ills honor as a shield For fawning knaves to hide them from the sun. Too nice for crime , yet , coward , he doth yield For crime a shelter. Swift to Paradise The contrite thief , not Judas , with his price ! o ' Lcmion to KopiiWIriiim. Lincoln Dnlly Kcua. The election of Silos A. Holcomb as gov ernor of Nebraska does not mean that Ne braska Is not a republican state. It simply means that once moro the people , the rank and llle of the party , have risen In righteous ndlgnatlon against a distasteful domina tion , the dictation of the crowd of railroad lolltlclans who alone nro responsible for the existence of the populist party In Nebraska. Now that the campaign Is ended It Is Just as well to be wholly and entirely frank. Thomas J. Majors was never nt any tlnu < .he real choice of the rank and llle of the republican party of Nebraska. This wi s amply demonstrated long prior to the con- , ventlon ki the Almost universal demand among the press of Nebraska for the nomi nation of Jack MncColl , a clean , able and loneat man. Scarcely a voice was raised for Tom Majors outside of the ranks ot the old soldiers of Nebraska and the railroad coterie , and even the best Informed men were nrmly convinced that MocColl woum je the nominee of the convention. It soon Became evident , however , that a most de termined effort wa being made to force the nomination of Mr. Majors. Here In Lincoln the real choice of the republicans of this county. Hon. I. M. Uaymond , was practical ly forced to withdraw or stand a long anil expensive fight for the delegation from fills' county. He did withdraw/ and It Is a fact that the delegation from Lancaster , which was voted solidly nt Omaha for Mr. Majors , notwithstanding there were warm friends ot UacColl among Its members , was selected at the home of J. H. Ager , who makes no secret of his business n the paid political agent of the railroads. This Is no Idle cum * pwlTO talc ; U IB given on the word .of a well knowh republican , although It was not , at Unit time given for publication. It Is not the Intention of the News to re- msh nnto-conventlon history , but suffice It ; o say that every politician , every mini who attended the Omaha convention , knows what tremendous efforts were put forward to secure Mr. Majors' nomination by the railroads , how unlnstructeil delegates spccd- ly became enthusiasts for Tom , and how MacColl delegations abandoned their arat choice and voted for Majors. We do not repeat these facts for any other purpose than to point out the beginning of the re volt that has resulted In the election of Mr. [ lolcomb. All through this campaign It lias been steadily borne down upon that Majors was the railroad candidate , nnd tne extraordinary efforts made by the railroads to secure his election fully Justified the be- lef that he was their chol e. And It Is most slgiilllcunt that he , the only recognized rail road candidate on the ticket , was the only ono defeated. This Is all the more galling to him because It happens In a state where every other mnn on the ticket was elected , vlicrB the legslatu e has bven recaptared by an entirely unexpected plurality , and In a year when the tidal wave of republicanism has swept Into the party column by tre mendous majorities every state north or Mason and Dlxon's line and has even , over turned the democratic ascendancy In Mis souri. The candidacy of Mr. Majors before the convention was fought vigorously by dozeue. of honest , feailess newspapers , the News among them , not because'they disliked Mr. Majors personally , but because of the odor ous record he had achieved In his thirty years' career ns a politician nnd ofllci holder anil flecker , ami because of the fact that ho wns understood to stand an the rnll * road candidate. When the majority of tlio convention placed htm In nomination nearly nil of these juipcrs nrri > ptcd tlio dictum ns" party Inw. The1 New * could not giver Mr Mnjorn the vnthuMustlc support almost nny other republican candidate -would Imvo deserved , Ix-causc , wlillo It Is republican to the core1. It will never stultify itself not- recant nny clmi-gci It believes to bo trua that U Ims mnde ngnlnnt any rnndldntc. Whl o it could not purport Mr Majors h at. lly nnil wholly , It did believe tlmt the futura prosperity of Nebraska demanded the re tention of the republican party In power In this stntc , nnd ( t WAS on these lines thnt It fought this campaign. It rannot , there fore1 , shod any hypocritical tears over Mr. Majors' elefcnt , because It believed htm to bo a beaten mnn from the hour ho wna nominated , but the fact that every other " olllcer on the ticket was elected nnd tlmt the legislature Is overwhelmingly republican means tlmt the majority of the electors ol the state concluded tlmt It was possible to uave the credit of the state In another way , without the Incmnbrnnce of a mllrond gov ernor nnd they have most assuredly Bens so. so.The News was not nlone in Its belief Uml Mr. Majors xvns n beaten man. Kvery party malinger felt It , nnd In the curly weeks of the campaign It was painfully ap parent. 'Then tlio lallronds took u finne ) , passes multiplied nnd grew plenty until they could be imil for the asking of almost any of the Majors campaigners , An Immense amount of money WUH raised , from whera no one outsldo the committee knowb , al though It l known tlmt every employe ot the state house was nsscascd , the Janitor even paying In JIO. A most herculean ef fort was made to Have Majors , nnd the re.it of the ticket was apparently left to shift , for Itself. Hut the threatencel doom could not be averted , even by thcso means , nnil , today Mr. Majors Is a beaten man nnd in Ills elcspcnitlon he almost pulled down his follow candidates with him. The lesson of the result Is so iilnln tlmt > t w hardly nccesinry for the News to call attention to It. Unllroad domination of Hie republican party must cease ; the rank and llle of the imrly must be permitted to select the candidates without nny Interference from Interested corporations. The defeat uf Tom Majors wns an emphatic warning to the rnllroad.i that they must keep their hands off nnd let the will ot the party be expressed without any dictation from them. n A KM ron run Galveston News : It sometimes takes the finest gown In town to satisfy the vengeance of a woman. Town Topics : "I hope to feel llke a new man when I see you again. " ho said. "Oh. Harryi" she Joyfully e\clulmcd , "do you really think you can raise u mustache ? " Philadelphia Record : The fellow that thinks he Is In tough luck when his shoes pinch him Is liable to be sure of It when the policeman docs It. Washington Star : "De man dat lubs da Bonn' ob his own voice , " said Uncle Kbcn , "hez nios' nllus got mighty po'h taste. " Atlanta Constitution : "It seems , " said the Judge , "that you have Only lived In Georgia Hlx months1"Must be loncer than that , air ; why , judge , I'm a brigadier gen- ernl ! " Somervllle Journal : No matter how great he may have been , no man ever yet looked Impressive when he wus putting on a fresh- starcheU bosom shirt. Buffalo Courier : Yes' , Angelina , you are right. One'objection of the Interstate com merce law Is to make what is fare for ono fare for another. Indtnnnpolls Journal : When lovely woman puts on knickerbockers for to take a ride , it's rude in man to snicker but how can ho his feelings hide ? I Washington Star : Oh , the snow the beau- tlful snow ! There's many a man who'll remember - member with sorrow the frost where his chances -were lost the blizzard that blew In November. Chicago Record : "How have you taught your baby to talk so young ? " Mamma ll'g just ns easy as can be ; ' I sit down nt tha plnno nnd sing , and she naturally tries to say something to her papa. MARRIED HIS TYPEWRITER. Atlanta Journal. "Now you have married me , my love , Who worked so long for you , I've found another for the place Who will exactly do. " "That's kind ; pray tell me Is she younu Or ugly , old nnd prim ? " "She's n'lther , love It's not a her , This time It Is n hlrn , " , ' TJIK WAIL 01' ' THE Itlll'MRlt. Atlanta Constitution. O signal service ollicer be careful what . you do ! I've penned an ode on violets and honey- sudden , too ; But yesterday thermometers were 80 , or about ; But now you've changed the business , for TheCold Cold , Flag'sOut Out ! . O signal service officer be careful how you KO\ \ But yesterday I penned an ode a hundred rnlles from snow ; But yesterday my overcoat the weather put to rout , But now ycu'vo changed the' business , for TheCold Cold ColdFlag's Out ! O signal service olllcer just let tip for spell ! If you corner all the poets they will givo" the rebel veil ! We write to suit the weather , but you leave us all In doubt , You've killed the autumn roses , for TheCold Cold ColdFlag's Out ! Orders Filled UnderwearOrders This we&k we purpose to clear up some of our ' I broken lo's of fine Under Wools . . . wear. One of them is a pure , natural wool self- The wools boat suited to trimmed Shirts UndorRarrncnts are those cut garment ; from shcop from 8 to 14 months have ribbed cuffs and tail , old the long , boft , ilcxihlo with buttons drawers fibres tjtvo that elasticity and pearl ; smoothness that alone give have the long" ankletswnich comfort and a perfect- with * them fit from make out tonuion at any point. snug the knee down , and hold the hose up in place by the-imbricating properties of the wool fiber. These are good value at $1.50 ; our price | his week $1.00. .A X/iiie of Way Bros , fine French ribbed gar ments , full regular made ; drawers have French back , both garments sateen trimmed. This celebrated gar ment usually carries a $2 tag ; our price this week $1,50 a garment. A. I iiiG scarlet , pute , all-wool article , consid- eredvthe best anti-rheumatic garment we carry. Shirts have ribbed tail and cuffs. This is very soft , smooth and warm , We sell them just 250 less than their value. $1.00 a garment while they last. .At > Oc.'a natural , fleece-lined , silk-trimmed , smoothly-woven , heavy weight shirt or drawers that is worth an even dollar. At ; 20C. a pair we offer choice of three lots of Sox a natural wool an English merino seamless and a super-colored wool , with double heel and toe , blue , black or brown , $1.40 the half dozen , or 250 a pair. Browning , King & Co , , Reliable Clothiers , S. W. Cur. 15th and Bouglus. fl
