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Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE E. nOSHWATER , Editor. punMBiico nvcnr itonNmo. THUMB OP BUUSCrtlPTIONl Dully lien ( without Hum ! y ) . On Year t s 00 Dally lice and Sunday , One Year. . . . . 1000 NIK Month * * H Tlirco Monlhi J 0 Hundur H , One Ycnr. . . . ' JO Haturdur Heo , One Your. . . . . . M Weekly Kee , One Year v OFFICES t Omaha , The Bee Ilulldlnc. Boulli Onmlm , Corner N anil Twenty-fourth Bts. Council lllurTi , 12 I'cnrl Street. Chicago Olllrc , 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York , lloom 13 , 11 and 15. Tribune Dlflf. Wellington. 1 ( 7 F Street , N. W. councsroNDCNcn. All communications relating to news and edi torial matter ihoulil be addressed ! To the Editor. 11U8INU33 t.ETTim3. A < 1 Ijunlnoes tetters and remittances should be nddiciuuxl to The Ileo Publishing company , Omnlm. Drnflu , checks and tionlorilce orders to be made pisnblo to llio order of the company. TUIJ HUE PUIILISIIINO COMPANY. STATEMENT OV CinCUtATION. Clcorge U. Trsehnclc. secretary of The nee rub- IlihliiB company , tclnif duly aworn , imys that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally Morning. EvpnlnK unit Sunday me printed during tlio month of October , 1831 , was follows : 1 20,923 15 J1.124 J 21,274 17 21.2.15 3 ' 21,203 H 21.231 4' . , . ! . ! . ; . . . . . . . 21.141 1 21.112 c 21en 20 2I.2S4 C , , 21(02 21 52.710 7 . , 22.075 22 21.052 S 21.071 23 21.037 21.13S 24 20.S90 10 21,016 2 20.S61 11 Il,12t- 26 20.MC 12. . . . , 21.117 27 51.032 13 , Il.MS 2S 22.C60 14 2S40 23 50.711 15 25,131 30 20.812 Total , 41.407 Lean deductions for unsold and returned copies 10,037 Total sold 04.370 Dally average net clrciilntlnn 21.110 aioiiaB u. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and nuli'crllied In my pres ence Ihls 3d day of No\ ember , 1801 , ( Seal. ) N. P. rail * Notary Public. The lU'e Tuosilny morning contained oil editorial under the caption , "What the FlKttrcs Ilnveiil. " The publication of this article was premature and Its con clusions nre misleading , both as regards the divergence between the vote for Ilol comb and other candidates on the state ticket and the relative strength of par- tics ns shown by the aggregate vote. The basis of the article lu question was the table of the vote of Nebraska that appeared In The Sunday Uec. That table was correct and complete as re gards the vote cast for Ilolcomb and Majors In the various counties , but there were thirteen counties lacking on the other state ofllcers which were left blank In the table. The mistake was made In making the computation on the assumption that the totals Included the entire state ticket when , In fact , only the vote on Majors and Ilolcomb was practically complete. The transfer switch law decision Is next lu order. Severn ! senatorial booms will be on the market tit bedrock prices within a few weeks after the legislature convenes. The charter committee had better con fer with the gentlemen who are to represent this county In the next legis lature. t 'f AH roads will soon "lead to the state house at Lincoln , but ouly one road will lead from the state house to the senate chamber at Washington. The greatest men In Nebraska from now on until the legislature meets and adjourns are the men who hold cards I of admission to the next legislative as sembly. Collisions between Judge Scott and Justices of the supreme court seem to be the order of the day , with the supreme premo court as usual upsetting Scott's mandates. If Casslns M. Clay had a duel Instead of a wedding on his hands all the clergy men and m g'str.ites in Kentucky woul 1 not be able to prevent the event from taking place. Texas seems to bo the lone star state lu I the democratic firmament. It Is the only state In which the returns get better for the democrats as the figures become more complete. I The county commissioners will make no mistake In revising the list of county poor charges In anticipation of an In creased demand .for poor relief during the approaching winter. riolcomb's majority has passed the 8,200 mile post and the men who staked their money on tlio hickory shirt masQuerader - Quorader may as well order the stake holder to release their surplus. Wanted , several hundred new boarders to take the places of the men who came Into Omaha on railroad business Just before election and quietly moved away ligaln slnco Iho 7th of November. If the dilTlcultlcs between Japan and China should be adjusted this montl the people of the United States will have an additional Incentive to observe thp day of rest nnd thanksgiving nppolutot" by the president. . Ilryan nnd Thnrston have both Issued cards to their countrymen In genera nnd the people of Nebraska In partleu lar. Now let the other senatorial candl dates follow suit and tell an anxious public where they nro at Senator Hill and President Cleveland have not renewed their acquaintance so rudely broken off by the campaign. It Is therefore a trllle premature to saj that they do not speak as they pass First give them a chance to pass. People who were Inconvenienced bj the cloning of the Sixteenth stree Plnduct pending repairs will -rejoice a Iho completion of the work. The neees glty of n viaduct nt that point was never so much appreciated as when the public was temporarily deprived of Its use. Ono of the remarkable disclosure * made by the defeat of Majors Is the number of the disappointed who arc disgruntled only because they hoh pledges of appointment to otllco coudl tloned on the corporation candidate' election. The disclosure Is all the more surprising to them because It brings tc light so many pledges of the same olilq to so many different people. Had Major : been successful the number of this clns tt the disgruntled would have beet by but a very few. IKVOItT OP TUB STtltKK C0.11JUKMOA. The report of the commission np- lolntuil by President Cleveland to lu ll I re Into the causes of the great Pull- nan Ktrlke and to make such rccom- uendatlons ns the facts might warrant r suggest Is llnnlly at hand. It com- ncnds Itself to the careful reader aw n veil prepared account of the various actors that entered Into this greatest f recent labor troubles , conservative IK ! Impartial In Its recital of facts and uggcstlve of legislation Hint must be dmtlted even by the railroad managers 0 be far from radical. A review of this report can only refer n n word to the testimony developed at lie hearing which the commission nc- orded to all parties who were able to hro\v light upon the subject. From the vldeiice accumulated most instructive ccoimts have been compiled of the Ills- 017 , ' of the Pullman company and Its notlel town venture In Illinois , of the Vmcrlcan Hallway union and of the General Managers' association. The general tone of the report seems to be n sympathy with the claim of the Pull- nan strikers that they had not been airly treated. The so-called phllan- hropy of Pullman town Is "paternal- sm , " and the thoughtful provision of nedical attendance for those who are njurcd at their employment Is "a sys- em admirably conceived from a busl- less standpoint to secure speedy settle- nent of claims for damaged upon terms offered by the company and to protect ho company from litigation and Its re- nils. " The purpose and plan of the Vinerican Hallway union seems to ap ical to the fair-mindedness of the com- nlsslonevs nnd the Pullman company's lollcy of refusing recognition to organ- zed labor' Is branded as "behind the tge. " The General Managers' associa- ion , too , Is referred to us "an lllustra- ton of the persistent and shrewdly-do- ised plans of corporations to overreach heir limitations and to usurp Indirectly rowers and rights not contemplated In heir charters and not obtainable from he people or their legislators. " An ex- enslon of this organization to Include allroads not running Into Chicago , to gether with the proposed legalization of wolliig , would , In the opinion of "the commissioners , result In an aggregation of power and capital dangerous to the > coplo and their liberties , ns well as to employes and their rights. So long at east as railroads are permitted to com- ) lnc to fix wages and for their Joint irotectlon , It would bo rank Injustice to leny the right of iill labor upon rail- oads to unite for similar purposes. Into the broad range of remedies pre sented by voluntary witnesses , such as he single tax , government ownership of nllwnyt ) , and what not , the commission refuses to go in detail. It prefers rather .o limit Its recommendations to a few simple points. The right of congress to eglslate In regard to the conditions of jmployment nnd service upon railroads engaged lu Interstate commerce Is as sumed to be as constitutional as similar tower with respect to rates , discrimina tion and pooling. The first legislation suggested , therefore , Is the establish ment of a permanent strike commission with Jurisdiction over/ disputes between interstate railroads and ihelr employes. The commission bhould bo composed of three persons , appointed by the presi- .lent , and should have power to enforce Its findings equal to that of the Inter state Commerce commission. It should take upon Itself the work of conciliation iind arbitration , and the parties to such 1 contioversy should be permitted to liave each a representative acting tem porarily with It upon matters which pe culiarly 'affect them. Things should re main In stutu quo i muling these pro ceedings and the commission should be left free to intervene as In its Judgment seems wise , whether or not the parties ipply for assistance. An experiment with such a commission might perhaps be a stop in the right direction , but it can be but a step. The ultimate goal must be regulation of'the tenure and promotion of railway employes , coupled with the right of appeal , Individually or collectively , for redress of grievances. If tills is bound to como it may tin well come directly through congressional leg islation as through the slow process of adjudication by a strike commission. Let us have this once settled nnd it will he Immaterial whether the remain ing recommendations of state boards of aihltmtlon , of laws making contracts conditioned on nonunion labor Illegal , of recognition by the railways of the labor organizations are adopted or not. A. permanent strike commission to see that the railroads live up to the obliga tions to their employes which the law Imposes might be useful , but we must have the law first. TW ; r/fBM's cotwjr KKIUUKS. The Phelps county returns In the hands of the secretary of state show that Silas A. Ilolcomb for governor re ceived 810 votes and Thomas J. Majors l.KWJ votes. The return , as made by the board of canvassers of Phelps county , credits Silas A. Ilolcomb as re ceiving 1,130 and Thomas J. Majors 840 votes. This fact Is established by tut , following certificate In our possession : HOLDHEOE. Nov. 10. Vote of I'helps county on governor : E. A. Qerrard , flfty- tliriHi (53) ( ) ; Silas A. Ilolcomb , one thousand one hundred nnd thirty-six { 1,136 ; Thomas J , Majors , eight hundred and forty ( S40) ) Phelps U. Sturdevant , thirty-four (34) ( ) . I hereby cortlty that the above Is a true copy of the vote- for governor cast In Phelps county November 6 , 1894 , as found by the board of county canvassers of Phelps county ( Seal. ) A. S. EIUCKSON. County Clerk. It Is manifest that the returns on gov ernor as transmitted by the clerk of Phelps county , to the secretary of state were transposed by plerlcal error. It therefore becomes the duty of the clerk to rectify his mistake by substituting n corrected certificate. Wo learn from re llablo authority that Mr. Erlckson de sires the secretary of state to retun him the original package so as to enable him to mnko the correction within the tlmo prescribed by law. This requcs should bo compiled with promptly bj Secretary Allen without controversy Unless this Is done the power of tin , courts will have to be Invoked tocoin pel the correction of the blunder. "While It Is true that the loss of 502 votes would still leave Ilolcomb over 2,000 plurality the error must bo cor rected bo as to make the returns sub nlttcd to the legislature accurate. The afety of our Institutions depends upon n free ballot and nn honcbt count. AS in rtOVGLAS COVXTV. There has been a great deal of twaddle and nonsense published about the vote of Douglas county by befuddled rorre- pondcnts nnd befogged organists. On one side It Is charged that the great lump In the Majors vote In ho upper wards of Omaha , vhleh usually give heavy repub- Ican majorities , was caused by icrnlclous tampering with the returning loards. On the other side It Is asserted hat the Influence of The Bee was least uanlfest In Its stronghold , and as proof of tills assumption comparison Is made letwcon the vote received by Majors his year and the vote received by Gov- rnor Crotinse two years ago , All these allegations are far from he truth. The vote of Omaha proves wo things conclusively. First , that Majors received more than his full juota of votes In the lower wards , vhlch arc always democratic. In the ' " "Irst nnd Third wards the purchasuable oto of tile slums and dives was shov eled In by the paid workers of the bunt- less men's combine and Burlington > oodle distributors. In the upper wards here was a heavy defection of repub- lean votes , anil no man on earth could lave prevented It. Nearly every re-pub- lean in these wards marks his ticket ntelllgently , nnd a very heavy percent- tge of the republican wage workers In stores and factories had made up their nlnds to vote for Ilolcomb before dec- Ion day. Most of these people read The ice , anil those who do not voted against Majois because they rpsented the Hire t-t of corporate employers. The republicans had the election ofllcers of the upper wards by two to one , but they could not force men to vote for Majors who came to vote for ilolcomb. The country precincts of Douglas county , which usually give from II ! . " ) to .200 republican majority , gave Ilolcomb i plurality of nearly JtOO. The farmers mil also been aroused to resent cor porate domination. So much on that score. Now for a comparison of figures. Three years ago Judge Post carried Douglas county by 0,578 majority over Kdgerton , who had no other opponent. One year ago Judge Harrison carried Douglas county over Ilolcomb by a plurality of 4IS9. ( Tills year Majors 1ms only carried Douglas county by 4-1. ! , and hat , toe , with Hie rid of moro than 2,000 lemocrnts and fully o)0 ( ) votes sup pressed In South Onmhn. On the other hand. Ilolcomb received 0.821 votes more this year In Douglas county than he did a year ago. The highest fusion candidate on the legis lative ticket received 0,811 votes , while Ilolcomb received 10,199 votes. In other words , Ilolcomb received :588 : : ! votes moro In Douglas county than were given to the candidate for the legislature on whom the democrats and populists had combined. It should be remembered , lee , that the rump democrats had no legislative ticket in Douglas county. It Is therefore mjiuifest that Il9lcomb received morcthnn 3,000 republican votes In Douglas county , nnd there Is no gainsaying of that fact , lllglit here let us also state that neither Senator Manderson , John M. Thurston , Dave Mercer nor anybody else could have stemmed the nntl-Mnjors current among republicans of this city nnd county under the prevailing conditions. T11K RKTOHA' OF CONFWEKCK. There is no sound reason why there should not now be a general recovery of confidence nnd with It n steady Im provement In all departments of busi ness. The two things needed to produce this condition were assured by the re sult of last week's election. One of the.so was that there shall bo no further tinkering with the tariff by the present congress and the other that the cur rency shall be kept on a sound and stable basis. It Is reported that Mr. Bayard and some other democratic lead ers urge that the free raw material bills passed by the house at the last session should be enacted Into law at the com ing session , and It Is to be expected that Mr. Cleveland , In his annual mes sage , will urge further legislation on this line , except ns to sugar , but It Is entirely safe to pay that nothing will be done which the republicans of the senate do not approve. This being the case the Industries of the coun try liave nothing to fear. So far as the currency question Is con cerned , and It Is now generally regarded as the paramount question , It Is equally certain that nothing will be done by the present congress , for the reason. In the first place , that the party In power Is so divided that an agreement on any plan which may be presented Is hardly possible , and In the second place any plan which might be agreed on by the democrats would probably not be ac ceptable to the republicans. While , therefore , the tariff must be regarded as a virtually dormant question the currency problem will nvValt solution at the hands of a republican congress and president. Undisturbed stability is as sured In the meantime to the financial Interests of the country , nnd these have no reason to apprehend from the repub lican party any hurtful change In the monetary system. The expressions of leading eastern financiers Indicate the Influence which the result of thu elections has had In reviving confidence. One of these Is quoted ns saying that he believed wo should see during the next two years n revival of business winch will be as marked In Its buoyancy as Has been tho' depression of the last two years. The expressions of a number of others , men well known throughout the finan cial circles of the country , were to the same effect. The lending commercial paper of the country , the New York Commercial Bulletin , says : "Upon the .whole the elections clear away some Important elements of distrust us to the future course of legislation , nnd so far the result Is favorable to the. return of commercial and financial confidence A very large majority of the people have ordered the transfer of power Into the hands of those In whom they have moro confidence than In its present cus todlans , nnd the natural Inference U that they will vluw the future moro hopefully , which of itself Is sulllcleut o glvo njiPit Btlinulug to business. " tcportft from a number of Industrial ) olnt8 show tflat confidence Is reassert- ng Itself , nnd In fact everywhere there s being manifested n better feeling. Of course tjionj nro causes of depres sion apart from party policy and legls- atlon which will not bo nt once over come , nnd while these continue to op erate progress toward complete busl- less recovery and general prosperity mist necc.sjnirlh' be gradual. AVlth the agrleulturnUlnyircst not receiving much f any profit pit Its products and with he labor Inferest having heavy losses o be provUlod for out. of future earn- ugs the consuming power of these great ilementH of the population must be re stricted for Home tlmo to come. Hut ecovery will be surer of permanence f gradual and along strictly legitimate Incs. The fact to be Impressed upon hose who have Idle capital which they nay desire to Invest In business en- erprlses nnd upon those already In iilslncss Is that there Is no longer any excuse or justification for distrust , but on the contrary every reason for con- hlence. When everybody shall realize his there will ensue general and legltl- nute activity and a certain , steady progress - gross to prosperity. Tomorrow Brazil will inaugurate a lew president , the first one chosen by he direct vote of the people. For the ast two or three days Ulo Janeiro lias icon the scene of great festivities and he final ceremonies connected with the nauguratlon promise to be memorable. There had been some apprehension of in effort on the part of the present prcsl- lent , Pclxoto , to assume the role of llctator , but he will submit to the pop- liar will and resume his former posi- Ion in tile army. Tlio president-elect , Moraes , Is said to be n thorough repre sentative of tlie new republicanism of Brazil , and his election with slight op position attested his popularity. The opubllean system of government has md a somewhat severe trial In Brazil ind its survival of revolution and for- Ign Intrigue warrants the belief , or at my rate the hope , tluit It will be main tained. From what Is said of Moraes , who Is nn experienced statesman , his tdmlnlstrntlon may be. expected to strengthen republicanism. The Ameri can people feel a great Interest In Brazil , lot only because that country Is a sister republic whose Institutions are largely patterned after ours , but also for the reason that the future commercial rela- : Ions between the two countries are .Ikely to be much more important than it present. Brazil las manifested a reciprocal feeling toward the United States. The Inauguration of the first president ofjtliat republic chosen by popular suffrage Is an event in which the American people cannot but feel a most hearty Interest. The periodical agitation for better fire protection Is again upon us. There Is no question that our fire service could t > o Improved tfst'ns every other branch * of our municipal government could be Improved. It Is' ilso unquestionable that it cairiie Imirroved without any material Increase In the appropriation made for purposes of ttro protection. The city sho'uld Insist upon securing everything In the way of water pressure that Its contract with the water works company calls for , and some plan should bo adopted to ascertain 'what ' that is. Aa to Increasing the expenditures of the fire department , the city authorities will do well to go slow and consider care fully all the circumstances and condi tions. The taxpayers arc not lu a mood to welcome any unnecessary financial burdens. In appointing Judge E. It. Duffle to the place on the bench of this judicial district made vacant by the resignation of Judge Wstlton Governor Crounse has made a selection that will command general approval. Judge Duflle Is emi nently qualified , to perform the duties of the ofllce. During his brief occu pancy of the bench as the successor to Judge Ogden he gave universal satisfac tion nnd earned the respect and the confidence of all who nail occasion to have relations with him either as litigants or as lawyers. Judge Duflle can only bring still further credit to Governor Crounse for the long list of excellent judicial appointments made by him during his term of olllce. The Burlington registers n protest with the Western Passenger association against the adoption of any plan which shall take out of its own hands the granting of applications for half- fare passenger rates on Its Hues. The railroad officials nro con stantly Inveighing against the abuses of the pass system and of the half-fare , but whenever a proposal Is made to remedy them they are the ones to interfere with objections. AVe believe that the only way the pass evil and the half-fare evil can be really abolished is by some form of public supervision over the passenger departments of the different railroads. The county clerk of Phelps county has asked that his qc'"rtn'catc ] of the election returns be sent buck to him In order that he may ctjh-'oct the error of trans posing the vet $ ) fpr ! Majors and IIol- comb. The corporation cappers and their organ flijit that they were alto gether too previous In expressing their glee over this IfttW'inistaUe. Judge Brewer niust bo given credit for the Ingenuity ! ftvlth which he man- tigen to declanj 'tlib maximum freight rate law perfe y , constitutional nnd yet hang It up Indefinitely because Its enforcement wfftjl 'be unconstitutional. The distinction flue , but the difference Is broad. an n c Two of u HtlKl.'ivUh Variation ) . Philadelphia Ilerord. Nebraska and Nflrth Carolina are a set- off. In one utnto a popullat-democratlc gov ernor IH elected and. la the other a popullst- republlcan , ANJ > AFT im Itcforn NmnliinlliiK. Lincoln Courier ; Nebraska lias seen cnoufih of the "Tom" nnd "Jack" brand of republican politics. The time lira come for tlio Injection of a Illtlo more- dignity and a little moro common sense anil a Illtlo more honesty and'a little more patriotism Into the management of the republican party In this state. The baser clement of the party lias been allowed too tight a grip , and respecta bility and decency have been sent to the rear , In the naming of tickets there U scarcely any consideration of questions affecting the wet- fare of the state and the party. Action Is guided almost solely by the personal Influence exerted by thn self-constituted bosses. The threat of political disfavor Is held out , and at the- crack of thp practical politicians' whip the rank and file ot the party fall In line with Hardly a murmur. The candidates cf the party are seldom the choice of the republican voters. They are In most Instances men who Jiave secured a place on the ticket by the exercise ot a political "pull , " who have practically beaten their way to the front. Just now there U a protest against this kind of republican management , or rather mis management , and II will be a dangerous thing for the party lo disregard the warnings that have been sounded. As was generally expected , The Bee hns turned Its batteries on Tom Majors , and Is opposing the nomination ot the lieutenant governor with all the force that Mr. lloee- water can throw Into an attack of this sort. This fight on Majors Is In some respects In- adUsablej but It Is having Us effect notwith standing the slalcments of some newspapers that have attempted to make light of tlic showings made In Thp Her. As a general thing , tt Is no doubt wisp in a politician not lo deny the stories that are' circulated about him ; but the charges preferred against Ma jors are of too serious a nature to bo Ignored , and Iho fact there 1ms been no attempt to dlspiove the statements made by Thp Dee , which are , by the way , pretty well backed up , Is accepted by a great many people as conclusive evidence that Majors Is guilty. In simple truth , Tom Majors Is not the kind of a man for governor of this state , as all re publicans not unduly Influenced by the bosses admit , and as all republicans know , Lincoln Call : There arc Increasing evi dences throughout the state of a disposition to rescue the republican party from the wlro pnllers and Jackals that now oppress It and place the party on a higher plane , a plane of patriotism. Whether this sentiment will be powerful enough at the state convention to effect the complete overthrow ot the bosses and nom inate n strong , clean ticket , on a genuine re publican platform , wo are unable to say. We hope there Is enough good sense and loyalty to the party and devotion to the state left among the republicans of Nebraska to asbiire , at the approaching state convention , a radical departure from the old methods and the old-time bosses. If republicans hive no other motive than p. simple desire , to have the party succeed they should bend all energies to the task of re claiming the paity In the present campaign. There must be a change for the better If the party Is to remain In power In this state. Aflr Lincoln Call : Some Interesting corre spondence between E. noicwatcr , editor of The Omaha llee , and Thomas J. Majors , \cpiibllcan candidate for governor , Is pub lished In this Isiue ot the Call. This correspondence Is Interesting chiefly as showing the mental unrest which the growing enthusiasm for the republican ticket U causing the Itttlo Imp who runs The Dee , and who attempts to run the- republican party , and whoso final separation from the party Is n most hopeful augury of complete republican triumph. Mr. Majors treats the latest manifestation of the jabbering manikin In just the way It should be treated. * Hendered desperate by the knowledge that his own Infamy Is fast burying him In the sands of Irrtrlcvable disaster , the manikin at Omaha Is capable ot resorting to any artifice , however damnable , In the hope of averting the fate that Impends. The public may expect , between now and election day all that the diabolical Ingenuity of the Imp can conceive. The public may expect the most < lastardly-oltempts to Btny the onward march of republican enthusiasm , and be pre- pnred for all tricks and machinations and harlequinade that balked devilment may re sort to. But It will not avail. Nothing that this little misfit at Omaha can do can effect In the slightest degree the overwhelming victory that U In store for November 6. And has the Call has before remarked , one of the most gratifying features of the approaching pleasantness will bo the utter humiliation of this manikin , Hosewater. In the big plurality that an aroused public will pile up for Tom Majors and Nebraska , this pigmy who would be a potentate , this treacherous , deceitful , malicious disciple of Infamy will be completely engulfed ; and his threat ! and ravings In the future will be provocative only of derision and contempt. Call : Mr. Hosewater has not thus far answered our open letter with reference to the "best method of defeating Thomas Majors ; " but a report has come to us to the eltect that Mr. Rosewater Is considering our suggestion with a. view to acting thereon. And we are much troubled. When we sug gested that the best way of defeating Mr. Majors would be for The Bee to support his candidacy we were writing In anything but a serious vein , and It did not for one moment occur to us that Mr. Hosewater would follow our advice. Hence our agitation now over the report that he will support Mr. Majors from this time on. If The Bee should openly espouse Majors we would never forgive ourselves for the defeat of the republican candidate for governor which would necessarily follow. We can only hope that this report Is unfounded and that Mr. Hosewater will continue to aid the state ticket by opposing It through his paper. TO A 1-OIXT. Buffalo Courier : Just Localise the suc cessful candidate executes n few uteps In flee upon hearing- the returns 1 no reason why lie should be designated as a ballot dancer. Truth : Kitty All HIP girls were crnzy over that forelpn count , but he fell In love with Ada the minute he sow her In a decol lete gown. Tom : Yes , I understand shs savs she won by a neck. Indianapolis Journal : Watts So you rton't believe that the good dlq young ? Potts That used to worry me a good deal when I was a boy , but I know better now. Life : Bruded Mr. and Mrs. Greenlcaf are very happy now. Thickhead Indeed ? Is It a boy ? Bruder Of course not. It's a di vorce. Washington Star : "De ofllce seeker what gits defeated. " said Uncle ISben , "mout git some comfoh't out of notlcln * dat many er man's triumph has ended right short wit 'la election. " Philadelphia Record : The FranWord Sago says that thp psalmist must have visited some dry goods store before he wrote : "All the days of my life "will I wait till my change comes. " Truth : Mrs. Professor ( jealously ) What's this longhair on your coat , sir ? Professor Oh , that Is er oh , I have Just been couching a football eleven , my dear. Cleveland Plain Dealer : Deacon And you admit , sinful young man , that you won the hat on election ? Spruce Youngster Yes , sir. "Ami thus to me , sir , admit the gambling habit ? "No gambling about It. I was dead sure of the result. AUTUB ODE. Kansas City Journal. Let those.whose voices are Id tude Fair nufub's praises BK ! : The pleasadt days , the charblg1 dlghts Fide Idsplratlod brig. I'd like to chatlt of falllg leaves , Greed , yellow , red , nil gold , But cad't slg of ailythlK With this codfouded cold. Highest of all in Leavening Power , Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder PURE aouttit At the outlet of the Jalo campaign there wer n few level-headed republican rdltors who did not join In tlio crazy jubilation of tlio ghost-dancers over the opposition of The Ileo to the election of Majors. We reprint the sound ailvlco of these paperh at this time as an Interesting reminiscence of tlio cam paign Just closed. The York Times made the following comment : There Is no disguising the fact that the republican party has a red-hot fight on Its hands this fall , and It needs a man at the helm who la In every way qualified to wage It , a man who can meet tlio emer gency , comprehend the peculiar situation and turn everything- good account for the party. It Is a critical time nud a campaign where skillful management will count. There Is no use of claiming a victory "hands down. " We can have one sucli as Nebraska has not known for years , or wo can fool away the opportunity and ba defeated. The Nebraska City Press Indulged In the following comment : Colonel T. J. Majors has caught the Idea expressed In R recent editorial by the Press and has suggested that tlio state republican papers lenvo Mr. Hosewater religiously alone. This la aa It should be , and while It may deprive some of the newspapers of consider able amusement , yet as long as Mr. Hoso- watcr desires to remain on the other side of the fence , banish his name from the repub lican household until such tlmo as he shall have repented tlio error of his ways and climbs over on the right side unassisted. Fighting The Dee will not make Mr. Ma jors and the balance of the republican ticket any great amount of new friends. The North Ileml Hcpubllcan took a still braider view of the situation In Its Isaue Immediately after the convention : The republican pro s of the state Is making a grave mistake. It should pay less atten tion to fighting Mr. Roscwater and more to fighting democracy and populism. The Ilo- pnbllcan has several times said that It did not always admlro Jlr. Ilosewater's political actions , but It takes this occasion to an nounce that he Is a man of convictions , hone-I In Ills Ideas and sincere In Ills actions. The editor of the Hcpubllcan has known Mr. Hosewater for years , nr.d knows that the stories about Ills blackmailing poli ticians arc damnable lies. He Is a natural born fighter and will leave no stone unturned to down the men he believes nro unfit for ofllce. Ho never forgets , and ho has the faculty of always getting , sooner or later , the man ho goes after. The Republican belloves he acted unwisely In giving Judge Harrl on "protesting support. " It believes that ho made a mistake In refusing to sup port Majors , but It believes that ho acted from conscientious motives. There Is no use denying that Mr. Ilose- water'3 paper has a wide Influence. It Is the greatest paper In * the west , and deep down In their hearts the masses of the people believe that lie Is n tolerably safe guide. Mr , Majors goes Into the campaign with The Dec against him. He and his friends must r.ut bo misled by the oft-repeated assertion that The UCB'B opposition means votes. It means nothing of the kind. It means lots of hard work to counteract the Influence of The Uco. The republican state ticket is going to be elected , but it Is going to take lots of hard work , and the party hai no time to fight Mr. Rosewater. It must fight the other two great parties In this state. Lot's get the plan of campaign firmly fixed in our tnlnds , fellow republicans. The Howclls Journal looked at the matter In this way : The expected has happened. Kdltor Rosewater - water of The Bee lias resigned his chairman ship of the national republican committee and Is now In the position to fight the nominated hlckory-shlrted man from Nebraska , A great many people may think that Rosewater has no Influence In the state of Nebraska , but election day will show that his Influence Is the balance of power In this state. His pro testing support of Harrison last fall , which came very near defeating that man , nnd his open opposition to Majors will turn the con test In favor of the popultsU. People may think that Hosewater Is not consistent , but If the republican party had followed his leadership and advice the party would today ba composed of honest men , no matter what party principles were advocated. Dut It has ever been thus , every man who tried to servo the people In an honest manner has been driven from the party. The Wayne Republican foreshadowed the difficulties in this language : We are not speaking In the interest of any candidate for gubernatorial honors , but we think the party at its Omaha convention ought to steer clear of the "chronics. " Wo do not believe It Is good politics to place In nomination tha representative of a faction or clique , one that cannot command the hearty support of his own party. It would look as though the present lieutenant governor has ben too Intimately Identified with those not In harmony with the past Interests of the state. Let us look for a candidate on whoso garments the stain of the slate house cannot be delected. A campaign of defense is not palatable to most of us , nor can we go Into It with the same vim and determination to win. Cuhiinlty IfR llncl 111 Day. ririliulclphla Times. We may thus reasonably hope that the trade revival which has ulieady begun with such healthy strcnptli will go on from tills Jimp with quickening activity , nnd It will make very little dlflerence who may clulm the credit of It. Tills country IB abundantly able to take care of Itself. All that it wants I.H for the politicians to give It a chance , nnd we may rejoice that the calamity howlet lias had his day. PlAltsmonth Journal ! There U * ald to b A well-formed plan on toot ( or contesting tin election of Governor Ilolcomb. nnd A. S Churchill , the attorney general-elect. Is reported ported to be preparing for It. That beln | the case , county authorities cannot bo toi careful of the ballots deposited with tin county clerks. It the gang could get hnl < of any of the ballot boxes nnd rob ihcit they could then claim that HID retiirnn WOM unreliable because th * ballots did not cor respond with the returns , and seek to throw out the vote of such counties. A trlek o ! that kind may have been contemplated bj the crowd aboard which wont west on thai special the other night. The ballots In conn ties carried by Ilolcomb nre especially It danger. We want to say right lieu that men \\t\o \ commit frauds In clcctlot matters should be dealt with very summan lly , and If caught In the act or convicted t short shrift and a new rope Is none too good for thorn. The political consorts of Moshoi must bo taught the lesson that an election elects. Orand Island Independent : If railroad die- tatlon and railroad swindle can control our elections , our country Is not any moro "the land of the free" than It Is "tho land ol the braves , " who ore bought or intimidated Into obedience to railroad orders , livery honest republican ought to raise his volca against railroad attempts to steal the election from the man who has been elected , may this man bo his favored candidate or not. The republican party of theUnlUd State ! acted honestly and wisely when It declined to make n contest against the election ol Orovor Cleveland , though Ills election wai decided by n plurality of only about 1,000 In New York state , and although It was vcrj doubtful whether this plurality was ob tained by honest means. Our Ne braska central committee ought to act In a similar way. The majority of our Nebraska republicans undoubtedly nr In favor of repudiating a dishonest contest against Ilolcomb , and If our republican statt central committee In their miserable obedi ence to railroad orders should comply with the commands of railroad magnates , trying to upset the vordlct of the people , to destroy our liberty , and to make railroad serfs out of our "freo men , " they will ruin themselvel nnd probably split up the republican party , driving out of such n corrupt party all trm and anti-monopoly republicans. Wo hope yet that they will not bo accessories to tin attempted election steal , Lincoln News : Wo liavo not objected In the past when Mr. Holdrrgo and his sub- superintendents kindly relieved us of tin onerous duties appertaining to the selection of councllmcn ; wo have kicked but sllghtlj when they Insisted upon having a majority say In picking out the most suitable men for county and state offices , but wo do most strenuously object when these able rnlhvnj superintendents Insist upon selecting for m the next United States senator. It In now rumored that lion. T. M. Marque tie , the gen eral attorney of the Durllngton , la to b < pushed forward as a candidate for the Man * derson succession , and that he will have tin united support of the Lancaster county dele gation. The News has na very grave objection ! to Mr. Maniuottc personally , save that II would be unwise for the republicans of Ne braska to send a man BO far advanced In yeara as he Is , when just as good. If not better , intellectual timber Is just at hand. It would also be very unjust to Mr. Marquett * to attempt to deny him the right to aspire to the position because of his connection with the railroad ; but wo do strenuously ob ject to the Burlington making him its candi date and ordering every other Lancaster can didate out of the way. In Mr. Lambertson Lancaster county has a man who would ably represent the state in the national sen ate. Mr. Lambertson Is a man of national repute , of acknowledged executive and oratori cal ability , and he will do the state honor II selected. Judge Field Is another Lancaster county man who Is qualified to fill tins posi tion and whoso candidacy will receive hearty support In Lincoln. There are doubtless others In the city who could also just as ably represent the state ID the senate , and we therefore respectfully protest against the Burlington pushing Itsell Into this canvass with the Intent of forcing any .of. Us official rcprescntajlvps upon us. Let the railroads for once permit thll t bo a case of natural selection. TJTK JtiLiK 01' nila Wheeler Wllcox. As you sail through life take palna nnd steer Away from the Island that lies too near , The Idle of Boredom , which nil men fear. The Island sets up like a shelf of rock. But wee to the sailor who lands nt tin dock. And offers the people a chance to talk. For they talk all night nnd they talk nil day ; And try as you will to get away , They pin you down and they make you stay. They tnlk of the things they have done nnd said. They tnlk you awake and they tnlk you to Till you'almost wish they would talk you dead. And the queerest thing , nnd one to deplore , About the dwellers upon thiit shore. Not one of them known that he la a bore. So steer away from that Island shelf. That is governed they say by a wicked elf , Lest e > ou be a bore and not know It your- self. I Overcoats. -We're giving choice of three styles ot overcoats that are built with $20 worth of wear , and just as many dollars worth of looks , for just an even $15 this week. One is a melton , box style , good length , in brown , black and oxford mixed. It has an extra good plaid serge lining , fly front , double stitched edges. Another , is an extra long Oxford with velvet collar , Farmer satin lined , and in every way equal to most $20 gar ments. Number three is an ulster , a heavy domestic Irish freize , cassl- mere lined , with silk sleeve lining and deep storm collar. $15 gets qny one of the above , and wo warrant 'em. We give , < money back as readily as we take it in , if customer is not satisfied , Browning , King & Co , , Reliable Clothiers , S. W. Cor. 15th uml Douglas.