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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1894)
TILE oarAirA PAHAITIITDAT , KOTEKBER ic , THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. nOSEWATEH , Editor. PUIIUBItED MOnNlNO. TEUMH OF BUBSCnitTlONt _ Bee ( without Sunday ) , On Year * OC Dalljr Ote and Sunday , On Year 10 V tux Months JN Tlytt Months JW Suftdar net. One Year * ? ' Sltlirdar < ' . One Year > * Weekly Dee , On * Year. . Omaha , Thn lice Building. . . South Or.mlm. Corner N and Twenty-fourth Stf. Council lllurrt. 12 Pearl BlretL Chlciro Ornrc , J17 Chamber of Commerce. New York , Konma 13. 14 and 15 , Trlbun * Uldf. Waehlngton , 1401 P Street , N. W. COIUIESrONDEXCE. All communlcntlons. relating to n w ami edi torial matter should bo oddroied : To the Editor. nusmnss LnTTEna , AM builnnii l U n and remittance * should b * addreiinl Id The Ile I'ubllshlng company , Omalm. Urnfla , checki nnd pn < tolllce orders to b made nnynlile to the order of the company. TIIK 11ED PUULiaillNO COMPANY. STATIMIMT OF CIIICULATION. Oeorg * 11. Tuchuck. tecretarr of The Bes Pub- llihlng company , Iwlnir duly aworn , say * that the actual number DC full and complete coplca of Tlic Dally itornlnir , Kvunlng ami Hundnr Uee printed ilurUiR the mnnlli of October , 1194. was as follows : i 20.9:3 IS . . . . . 21.1W 21,274 17. . , . . J1.25S is. . : : . M.MI , 21,141 13r . n.HJ , 21.011 20 . Z1.SS4 , zi.ira 21 . 22.110 i Z2.97S 22 . 21.0M 21.071 23 . . . 21.037 , 21.13 * 24 " . . , . . . . . . . . . 20.KW ID. . . . II 2lim K 20,88 11 21,147 27 21,033 11 2lrS 28 R.MO 14 22.M4 20,718 IS 23,131 30 20,813 Total C4I.W7 Less deductions for untold and returned copies . , 10,037 Total sold 634.370 Dally avcnuie net circulation 21.146 OKOIlOli II. T/.SCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my pres ence this 3d dny oC NbTemti < r. 1831. ( Seal. ) N P. FEIL , Notary Public. Yc democratic eyes still looUcth wist fully after tlic salary which appertain- cth to ye Omalm postmastershlp. President Cleveland won't he able to say that ha has a. congress on his hands after the 4th day of March next. The attention of the Kraut American public will soon be directed to a critical discussion of the Thanksgiving turkey. It begins to look as If all the demo cratic nominations will have to be forced upon reluctant candidates next year. Oh ! Hut won't the new bond Issue give the free silver statesmen food for a perennial How of talk , commencing so soon as congress reconvenes. The railroad organs all along the line may as well take the situation grace fully and follow the lead of the Lincoln Call In recognizing Judge Ilolcomb as the governor-elect. Why not Kuclld Martin for postmas ter ? Did he not do yeoman service In the cause of 1'helps D. Sturdevant , the candidate of the "straight" democ racy of Nebraska for governor ? The Kplsoopallau congress In Boston 13 telling what a bold , bad thing the secular newspaper Is and relying' upon the secular newspaper to Inform the people of what the Episcopalian con gress Is saying. j John Boyd Timelier has , after ma ture reflection , decided to conllne him- selC hereafter to the distribution of ribbons bens at county fairs and Industrial expositions and to leave conferring of political prl/.es severely alone. The unanimity with which all the de feated democrats say , "Cleveland dlO It , " gives some grounds for the sus picion that they underwent several weeks of laborious training In ordci to render this chorus with precision and effect. In Omaha the senseless gabble of B , & M. political chuiuers won't go. Bui ut Lincoln the czar's prompter only haste to start the tall ; and the miserable crew oC flupenscrvlceuble cuokoos echo In dhorus. The czar ought to order his hirelings In out of the wot. A man's neighbors are usually the persons who know him best. The re ception accorded Judge ITolcomb at his home In Broken Bow on Wednesday Is a testimonial that speaks volumes for the character and reputation of the next governor of Nebraska. The pertinacity of Japan In refusltif : offers of mediation In her dliHcultief with China gives ground for the sns plclon that the Japanese as well ai- the Rngllsh have the benefit of a pro verb conveying the Information that ti bird In the hand Is worth two In the bush. Thercf are prolific coal mines In Iowa Kansas , Colorado , Wyoming and Soutl Dakota within easy reach of Omaha On every ton of soft coal shipped Intt this city the railroads-get more In trans portatlon charges' ' than do the miners ut the shafts. With the cost ot trans portatlou reduced to a reasonable flg ure the prfce of coal could be forcct down is a live and lot live scale. Managers of western railroads win have their ofllecs In Chicago are re ported to be very much pleased wltl Judge Brewer's decision on the Nebraska braska maximum freight rate law. W < should think they might be pleased They are said to bo Just as well satis Bed as If the court had declared tin whole law to be unconstitutional. I : this Is so , It must be plain that tin people have no reason to be satlsftct with the decision. No pains should bi spared to Imvu It reversed at tin earliest possible moment. The election of Major Klljuh W. Hal ford to IMS president of the local Younj MCU'B Christian association will be wel coined by the people ot Omaha as aiupl. . assurance that that useful organlzatloi la to continue ami extent ! Us uspfulnes under Ha iiew otllcers. Major Ilulfon lias been prominently Identified wltl the work of the iibboclutloii ever sluci uu nmde his homo among us. lie I earnest , devoted and persistent In an ; philanthropy which he undertakes , aui may be relied upon to see that th Young Men's Christian association gee forward and not backward while undo his direction. Ills consent to uccep the posit on to whleU he ha been electe ) a ma tcr for coug tu atlou allaround KOT tWnDBAttS AT ALL , There Ims liccn a disposition ( n toinc quarters to trtfnt lightly The Ueo'n nc counts of ( ho tilotn hatched by rnllrontl corporations to tamper with the Imllol boxes and rob the people of their tlulj elected governor. Its warnings to the friends of honest Rovennncnt to be ware of attempted fraud have been re ferred to as "bugbears , " "after-election roorbacks. " Hut every day brings added proof to the fact that the desper ate gang of corporation tools who have lioeii moving heaven and earth In bchall of their tattooed candidate are waltlns only for a chance to fall back on foul menus to count him In In the absence ol fair means. Only continued watchful ness on the part of law abiding citizens will prevent the perpetration of these deep hild designs. The Majors organs are still endeavorIng - Ing to create a public opinion that Tudgc Ilolcoinb has not been fairly elected , ns they evidently hope thus to secure a public mind favorable to imposed manipulation of the ballots. The secretary of thn republican slate central committee , Mr. Tim Sedgwlrk , In promotion of this scheme , writes this in his paper , the York Times : There are 1,745 election precincts In the stateIf only two Majors vote * wers Ille gally thrown out In each precinct It would give him a handsome majority on a fair count. There are precincts where five Majors votes were thrown out because they had ar Ink blot on them. If votes enough wen loncitly cast to elect Mr. Majors ho ought to have them counted , and If the Judges ol election rcfuso to count them the leglttatun or the courts ought to do it : The people should not be defrauded out of their gov ernor by trickery. There are not 1,745 election precincts In Nebraska , but suppose there were , What kind of n handsome majorIty - Ity would Majors have If twc votes were Illegally thrown out In each precinct ? Would a majority " of U75 bo n handsome majority' IJut as a matter of fact , for every twc Majors votes that may possibly have boon thrown out Illegally there have been ten Ilolcomb votes Illegally thrown out. Not half of the election preclnctf lu the state are in populist communities , In almost all the larger precincts , where the great bulk of the vote Is cast , the election ortlcers were entirely or pre dominatingly in the Interest of Majors In Omaha's seventy-six precincts , whicli cast nearly a tenth of the entire state vote , the Majors supporters had a ma jority of every election board. The same Is true of Lincoln , of Plattsmouth of Ilcatrier , of South Omaha and of Jill tl e ar , c st to us. Wl at : bout the Hoi comb votes that were illegally throwi : outV AVe have reliable information that 1100 votes for Ilolcomb were sup pressed in one ward In South Omaha , It is also reported that in one preclucl of the Third ward In Omaha llfteer Ilolcomb ballots were not counted be cause they had blots or other accldenta marks upon them , while every Majon ballot , no matter how besmeared wltl ] Ink or otherwise defaced , went into tin Majors column. Bugbears , Indeed ! Fraud and trick cry , too ! All the fraud and trlckery- and there was enough of it was thai lin chased and paid for by the corpora tlon managers , who furnished thousand ! of dollars to debauch the ballot and t ( corrupt election olliclals in their vail attempt to place their pliant tool In the governor's chair. Unless ( he ballots an stolen and changed by hired mercen arles a recount crtn only add to the evei growing plurality of Ilolcomb. See t ( It tliat thu ballots are sacredly guarded and the now loud-mouthed Majors ad mlrer * will shun n recount as a burn child shuns fire. ClKVKr.\KD \ AND CAllMSLK. There ? Is cumulative evidence thai Secretary Carlisle does not possess , at the head of the financial dcpartmrir of the government , the full conlldonct of the president It has. been apparen for a year past that Mr. Carlisle Is lit tic more than a figurehead in tin Treasury department , uiul this has beei very distinctly shown in conncctioi with 'the present call for bids for a nev loan. It seems to be unquestlonabh that another Issue of bonds was de elded upon and ordered by the prrsl dent either without consultation wltl the secretary of the treasury or in dls regard of his views. The first an nouncement that a new loan was con templatcd was made nearly a wee ! ago in the New York Times , which i : known to enjoy Intimate relations wltl Mr. Cleveland and therefore pcculla advantages for obtaining inside infer mation. Q'he statement of tlje Time ; was discredited by treasury officials ii Washington , who clalme'd to know nolh Ing of a proposed loan , and on tin day preceding the publication of tin call there was sent out to the press o the country the statement that none o the treasury officials In Washlngtoi had heard any Intimation of an Issui of bonds , the dispatch saying , "au < these Include the men -who were firs consulted before the action of Fcbruar ; last was determined upon. " It Is thu clearly shown that the president ncte < Independently In this matter and tlm he allowed his decision to be imparte < to rNew York newspaiiev and glvei to tht country before he made It knowi to the. secretary of the treasury am other olllcials of that department. It might not be easy to discover Jus when the president began to lose con lldence in the financial Judgment o Secretary Carlisle , but It was probtibl ; about the time , something more thai u your ago , when the secretary of tin treasury Incurred the displeasure of tin financial Interests of New York. No only were the views of the secretar ; as to thn policy which the treasur ; should pui-sue unsatisfactory to tin bankers and financiers of that city , bu ho manifested distrust of them and i disposition to regard them as enomle of the government. This lost him In tluonce and resp ct In that quarter am the hostility toward him. it would seen : was not long In having' an effect upoi the president At nny rate It Is pet fectly certain that for some time th secretary of the treasury boa not it celved from the president that con sldcratldn which his position shoul command , and the latest evidence o lack of confidence , to say nothing ; o respvet , gives color to the report thn Mr. Cleveland Is disposed to let Carllsl go. The latter , however , has treate with uudi complacency all provlou Intimations of executive dissatisfaction as to suggest the probability that ho will do the same with the latest expres sion of It Hcport connects the name of Con gressman William U Wilson with the position of secretary of the treasury In the event of the retirement of Secre tary Cnrllsle. President Cleveland Is a warm friend nnd strong admirer of Mr. Wilson and would doubtless like to have him In the cabinet , but little ns can be said favorable to Secretary Carlisle as a finance minister It Is not probable that the West Virginia , states man would 1m an Improvement. lie Ims given no evidence of possessing [ he ability to widely administer the national treasury , particularly under xlstlng circumstances. A change lu the head of that department at no re mote time , however , seems more than probable , In view of the plain Indica tions that Mr. Cleveland desires It. i ntusr TACTICS. The sugar refining' monopoly has be gun to recoup. It will bo remembered [ hat after the passage of the present tariff law several small advances lu the of sugar were made by the trust , attention being widely called to the fact is showing that the monopoly was tak ing full advantage of Its opportunity. This promised to be a strong point In the campaign against ttie party which had favored the trust and most unex pectedly there was a sudden change. The price of sugar declined and simul taneously most of the refineries In con trol of the trust , and tney Include all Lint two or three , were shut down. The excuse given for this was that the mar ket was overstocked with sugar and that It was necessary to take thfs course In order to protect the refining Interest against loss. That this was only a pre text has never been questioned , ho far as we have observed. At any rate , the elections being over the price of sugar is now going uii , and tlic announcement is made that all the trust refineries which had been closed will at once resume operations on full time. If the trust lost anything , which Is not at all probable , during the period of lower prices and suspension of refin ing , it will now proceed to fully recoup Itself , but the thousands of workmen who have been Idle for several weeks will lose the time. Indeed , this Is one of the ways by which the trust averted loss to itself. Obviously the policy pur sued by the monopoly before the elec tions was for political effect , and now It proposes to make the American people pay for It The trust managers under stand that the part they played in framing the sugar schedule of the tariff bill had no mall Influence ! In arraying voters against the party In power , and they doubtless appreciate the fact that the advantage given them by this legis lation they will not be allowed to enjoy a very great while. That they will make their harvest In the meanwhile as large as possible is not to be doubted. There is a bill on the calandar of the senate providing for free sugar , which was passed by the house at the last ses sion. That it will pass the senate is more than probalilq , 'slnccMt ' Is" very likely to receive" thcttmanlmous support of the republicans of that body , not withstanding the fact that the present necessities of the treasury seem to absolutely require the revcnnc expected from this source. Per haps Mr. . Cleveland would not ' approve such a measure , but he might be willing to give his approval to one which would lessen the advantage enjoyed by the trust and the- power of the monopoly to exact what tribute It pleases from the consumers of this prime necessary. A way should certainly be found to curb the rapacity of tills com bination , since It seems that no effort late to be "made to reach It under the pro vision of the tariff law which was framed with particular reference to it COtSlDKRlKt rUIlltEACY PLAffS. It Is announced that President Cleve land is giving very earnest considera tion to the currency problem and thai he will treat the subject at length In his annual message to congress. It It- stated that the president is prepared to recommend the adoption of a bank ing currency and that 1m thinks well of much of. the plan endorsed by the convention of bankers at Baltimore n couple of months ago , which is to be presented to congress by a conn in It toe appointed by the conven tion. This plan has received a great deal of public discussion and has been pretty generally approved , though ol course there have been numerous sug gcsttous of modifications and amend mcnts. " The essential purpose of this scheme of currency reform It to supply ar elastic currency. It proposes to dc away with bonds as security for clr diluting notes and allow banks to is sue such notes to thu amount of 50 pei cent or their paid-up , unimpaired capF tal , subject to a tax of one-half of 1 pei cent upon the- average amount of. clr dilution outstanding for the year , am : an additional circulation of U3 per cent to be known as "emergency circula tlon , " subject to a tax In addition tc the one-half of 1 per cent on the aver age amount outstanding for the year There is a redemption fund provided for equal to ! > per cent of the averagt outstanding circulation , to be deposited In the United States treasury , and i guaranty fund to be created througl the deposit by each bank of 2 per ccnl upon the amount of circulation re celved the first year , the tax for tliit fund after the first year to bo one-hall of 1 per cent m > on the average amounl of circulation. When the amount pakl Into the fund shall equal 5 per cent ol the entire circulation ontstamliiif the collection of tlm tax shall be suspended ponded , to be resumed when decmor necessary by the comptroller of the cur rency. The- notes of Insolvent bankf shall be redeemed by the treasurer ol the United States out of Uie guaranty fund If It be sutllclent , nnd If not tmf flclent then out of any money In tlu treasury , the same to bo reimbursed out of the guaranty fund when re plenlshed. Circulating notes are to IM Issued to banks by the comptroller ol the currency and it Is provided that th < government Khali have a prior lien upoi the assets of failed banks and upoi the liabilities of shareholders for tin purpose of restoring the amount with drawn from" the guaranty fund for tin redemption loffillio circulation of sucl banks. | j | It Is HlnttJr 8ml some of the feature ! of this plnn are , not entirely satlsfae tory to the treasury olllcials , nmoiif these being the provision continuing tin existing- national bank note rcdemplloi agency at Washington and the require incut that the government shall rcdcen the notes of failed banks whether then Is sufllclentJjioHey In the guaranty fuiu to do so ok ntjt. It Is also urged bj some of thcW'clllicIals that the plan if defective lu not providing for prompi redemption of the bank notes In cell at tlie counters of the Issuing bunks 01 through agencies appointed for thai purpose. It Is understood to be the desire of the .administration to devise a system which shall relieve the treasury of the necessity of doing 11 banking business , ns at present , and throw upon the banks the responslbllltj for the maintenance of the soumlues of Uie currency. It Is held that undei the proposed plan the situation would remain substantially as at present , when the treasury has to cope with the real dllllcultles , whereas the bunki ought to be required to grapple wltl the export demand for gold on theli own account One amendment to the Baltimore plan which will probably be made befotc It Is presented to con gress will be the Insertion of a pro vision for retiring the greenbacks. The country will await with a greal deal of interest the views of the presi dent on this subject , the Importance of which Is recognized by men of all parties. Tlu-re Is not much probability however , that any measure providing for a bank currency can be passed bj the present congress , for the reason , lr the first place ! that It Is linrdly possible the diversity of views among : the demo crats can be reconciled or compromised and In the second place if they should be it is not at all likely that any plui : they might agree upon would be ac ceptable to the republicans. The county clerk of Phelps countj has. corrected the returns on governoi which he certified to the secretary ol state so that the Majors gang will 1101 be able to claim for their candidate tlio votes widen were In reality giver to his opponent. Their shouts of joj on discovery of this clerical error wen entirely premature , but they wen enough to Indicate what tlic plan ol the conspirators has been. Had tin error not beou..lmmedlutely discovcrei and rectified Judge Ilolcomb's plurnlltj in Phelps county would have beei counted for Majors. Could the Majon men havu mdice.d other ofllcials tc make enough intentional mistakes ol this kind to change the face of tlu totals tlwy { ( would have stopped al nothing todo so. The Incident ad monishes tliff utfiuost watchfulness or the part of those who stand up fpi honest elections qnd fair counts. The resolutloii afloptcd by'"tho countj commissioners to give preference to the employment of men Ih repairing" ditche ; tion of the work test In the admlnlstra tlon "of poor relief. 1C the list of do pendquts should bo carefully scnnnce and every able bodied man whose name appears upon It summoned and offeree work the test would give an indication at least , as to the worthiness of tin greater number of them. The period ! cal resort to a work test of souic kine could not but have a beneficial resul lu keeping the. number of applicants foi assistance within bounds. Encouraged by his succosa with UK tariff. President Cleveland now pro poses to show the country what he cai do with the currency. If he Is no mor < successful with the latter than he wai with , the tariff , the country will sooi be ready for commiseration. . Wlioruftirn thu liuwL Courler-Joumnl. China Is the yellow dogof nations an her bowline when kicked la. charucterlstl or the cur. _ Thn CniKolatlun 1'l.mk. Washington Post. In. groping about for consolation Mr. Ulan * should not overlook the financial plank o the Pennsylvania republicans. Htnncl from Under. Chicago HernM. The day hns come for the west In th councils of the national democratic partj No more New York dictation I Not KnoiiRli Supir to Co Around. Minneapolis Times. The prediction of the 687 sugar planter of Louisiana that the state would go re publican must have been based more o the size of their barrel than on their numei leal strength. _ The Dnud Ulect , St. 1'aul Globe. In an Iowa township the republican elected a man who had been dead u montl This Is a pretty serious reflection on th Hawkeye democrats , that even a dead re publican Is better than a live democrat. Thn Prlro of GlobeDemocrat. . The cost of a Joaf of bread In. New Yor ] has been reduced from 10 cents to 5 cent and in Cincinnati from 5 cents to 3 cent ? A similar cut lsnnounced In Washlngtor An era oC cheap' ' wheat without correspond liiK'ly cheap bread its too absurd to requlr debate. y r > l 1IU yi'jcjl'pntloii ( lulni ; . Mlljnfppolls Trine * . AH over thc.vpuntry the papers are ad mlttlng that tlm time lias come when pee pie will think and1' ' vote for themselves , Irie spectlve of theTdtrrtands of the party leo/l era. The p 1 tlcollb u.i is surely doomed , an the Ameucan penile are awakening to th realization of an. independence of though ns well na the Hind , of national Independenc for which their 7hr father3fou ht nnd blet The Ontprturml * oul of J. 8. C. N't'York / ' Sun. The lion. J. Sullivan Cltirkson Is laudabl quiet during aMnrge part of the year. un > perhaps he should be forgiven for the regu larlty with whUib.ho . pours his soul into typ after every eleetloW His latest collection u views comes from .Denver , bat if he wer starting- rnzcin ( rust In the empire o Prester John or uxtroduclng , substitute fac tor Infant canntbn s Into the Island of Hollk bol. he would "sgm up the result of th elections" with hla usual neatness and die patch. His latwt observations are checrfu ! of course , and the only marked omission l his failure to credit the result to himself. XKtinAHKA'H CHRltlTAM. 7(1(7/IT. DeWItt Times Ilolcomb cnn do tlio state but lltllo Injury Mmllson Chronicle : Nebraska will survive , however , nnd come up smiling In 1S96. Randolph Ileportsr : Speaking from a re publican tlnndpolnt , the credit ot the suite must be lost , Cerlng Courier : Holcomb personally U not a bloody old crank like Walte , and no detrimental legislation Is possible. Nance County Journal ! Holcomb will bo governor , but will bo tied up by a solid state ticket nnd republican legislature and can done no hnrni. N'cbrailm City Press. What the business men most needed was confidence In the tiltnre , That they have now secured and can resume business. Ileatrlco Rxpress : Confidence was the great word of the business men , nnd confi dence they have secured and can now resume business on the old lines. StrniiR Reporter : The business men have eald all along , It Holcomb Is elected tlio credit of the state will be ruined. Wo will now wait nnd see the results. Falli City Populist : Wo arc more than pleased to note that the herculean efforts ot tlio Nebraska Business Men's association to defeat Mr. Holcomb has been rebuked and resented as a gross Insult by the people. Ilnstlngs Nebraskan : Whatever Governor- elect Holcomb may be , we do not believe that ho will prove a Walte or n Lowclllng. He has undoubtedly read the fate of those men and will aim to keep clear of a similar one. one.Ord Ord Quiz : There Is one good thing about It , Ilolcomb's election Will be ot little injury to tlic ttate , with nn overwhelming republican majority In the legislature , nil the stnto officers republican and an almost solid repub lican delegation In congress. Greeley Lender : Those citizens who have put good government and good men before mcro party politics are certainly entitled to great credit for the part they have taken In ( ho campaign that has vindicated the busi ness sense of the people of the state of Nebraska. There Is plenty of encouragement for the state to take up her old line of march , plow deep , plant alfalfa , forget the hot winds , Irrigate , and forge ahead. Nlobrara Pioneer : As to Nebraska , with n populist governor , a republican set of oin- clals and n republican legislature , the state tvIII not suffer. In their sober moments the conservative men will keep the heelers In line. It must be remembered that the maxi mum rate bill was the result of the noble fight of the late Senator Clark , an honorable , young nnd earnest republican , aided by the popiillst members. When men say tli.it lie- canse Holcomb la. governor he will get the support only of populists they must remem ber that other Senator Clarlts will rise up to nssiat In needed legislation. The mighty will of the people has exerted Its energies against the strong ami venal arm of the corporations. Lincoln Call : The election ot Holcomb loses the significance many people feared It might have. The stnto ns a whole Is over whelmingly republican , and this fact has been made plain to the people of the country. Populism , Involving the stability of credit and the business .security of the state , has been ( .tamped out for the time being ; the election of Holcomb meaning not a tribute to this dlscdfse aptly dominated by the New York Sun "a mixture of socialism and In sanity , " but a protest against certain methods that have obtained too strong a foothold In the lepubltcan party. Nebraska , despite the defeat of Majors , Is a republican state. There can be no crazy populist legislation , and we do not see how the success of Holcomb , re grettable as It is from a party standpoint , can have an appreciable adverse effect upon the state. Plnttsmouth Journal : Now that Ilolromb has been elected It Is presumed that the credit ot ( be state will at once "go glim mering , " and that H. W. Yales , with his Neb'rnaka National bank , will refuse to loan another dollar duringIlolcomb's term. The vqte ot Cuss county shows more of a sur render to- the peculiar influences that sup ported Majors than any other county In Nebraska , and It In safe to say that most of its strength was dra\\n from the friends of the administration. Men who have not the confidence of the party In the county enough to control It have given their In- IHienco1 and quietly -worked for the other side , nnd while they may have saved them- sclvos from the charge of voting the republi can ticket , encouraged and urged their friends to do so. This Is the sore spot that hurts and cats Into the vitals of the party , crip pling Its future contests. H gives room for the conclusion that pelf and not principle Is the chief use they have for the democratic party. To be aggressive and to win , the party In the , future must look to other sources for Its strength. COXOKUSIOfi'S OF TIIK COMMIliSWX. Chicago Times : The report will do a dis tinct service to the cause of organized labor , and cannot fall to temper somewhat the bit terness of public criticism of the men who led the great strike. Minneapolis Tribune : The Hon. Wade Hampton , United States commissioner of rail roads , In his annual report , recommends the creation of a national board of railway commissioners. Hampton , however , would glvo the board power of final decision. This plan Is not so good as that suggested by the strike commission , that the board should sim ply make recommendations to the court and that the power ot final decision should reside In the latter tribunal. Chicago Post : The commission was sim ply one of Investigation , and its recommenda tions convey no mandate except auch as Is Implied by public respect for the sobriety and honesty of the Inquiry. This force- may be serviceable In directing the attention of congress to the necessity for legislation. The strike last summer brought us to the parting of the ways. The public foresees either the settlement of railway strikes in a tribunal , removed both from avarice and demagoglsm , or a relapse to worse anarchical conditions than those that prevailed last summer. CIII1KK * 1' COMICS. Philadelphia Record : The fe low that Is tryingto raise the wind usually wants to blow himself. Harlem Llfo : "What are you doing now7" naked one Yale man of another. "I'm.writ ing for a living1. " "What do you write ? " "letters to the governor. " Judge : Woman' Lawyer What is your Woman Witness I was born In { he same year ns yourself. Woman Lawyer Witness excused. New York Weekly : Missionary ( out west ) Did you ever forgive an enemy ? Had Man Wunst. "I nin Blad to hear that. What moved your Inner soul to prefer peace to strife ? * "L didn't have no gun. " Indianapolis Journal : Weary Watklnsi IIullol Ills here paper say you ort never to eat when you are tired. What do you think of that ? Hungry Hlgglns It looks to me like B plot to gtt gents like us to- starve ourselves to death. Washington Star : "A human life , " sata the sentimental youngman. . "Is a poem- tragic , comic , sentimental , as the case- may bo. " "Yes , " plghed Miss Pnssclgh , "and so many of us nro rejected manuscripts ! " Boston Gazette : "Why do you call them stag parties ? " "Because when he ROCS to one a man take * ) at least a couple of horns. " DOMESTIC TIIOUDLE , Philadelphia Itecord. Oh , mother , dear mother , come homo with me now , For daddy Is kicking like fun. He sayu that you promised you'd not raise a row If you found that your suit wasn't done. And the tailor Miit word that you're yelling for gore. And he thinks he'll be dead In a minute , And he pays that the reason that you * re BO ore Is he didn't put hip pockets In It. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Powder PUKE ' i TT * nnnoif i tf INVESTIGATE GRESIIAM Representative Storcr Wants Information Concerning His Foreign Policy. DEPARTURES FROM THE MONROE DOCTRINE Thinks C'uiiKrcm Should Iliioir Noiiitthlng About It If This lime-Honored 1'ollcjr Is to Ho Alniiuloncil its in the Aslntlo IHIllcultlns. WASHINGTON , Nov. 16. Representative Dollamy Storor of the committee on foreign affairs ot tlio house of representatives In tends to Introduce In congress when It ro- asscmblcs a resolution of Inquiry as to the fiction of Secretary Grcslmm In suggesting to China and Japan that this country will act as meditator for tlio settlement of the present war. The resolution TV hen drawn will ask for Information as to what departure from the traditional policy of the government as embodied In the Monroe doctrine Is con templated by the executive branch In be coming a factor In Asiatic entanglements , Mr. Storer says ho has no deslro to em- barass the executive branch In any foreign policy that It wishes to pursue , but as a member of the committee on foreign affairs ho says such a foreign policy as Is now con templated should properly have the attention and Judgment of cdngrcss. rnsTorrici : STATISTICS. Itotmrt of AssUtnnt rastiiiitst r < Ion r.tl Max well fiir thn Ycnr Uiullni : , Iunn 30. WASHINGTON , Nov. 15. The annual re port ot n. A. Maxwell , fourth assistant post master general , has been submitted to the postmaster general. There arc three divi sions under his charge appointments , bonds and commissions and postofllce Inspectors and mall depreciations. The report covers the period for the fiscal year ended Juno 30 , 1891. The total number of postofllces In operation In the United States on that date was 03,805. During the year 3,136 post- offices were established and 1,73 i discon tinued. The total number ot appointments during the year was 23ICC. and the- total number ot casea acted on was. 27,560 , of which 8.0C6 were In cases of removals. The em ployes In the postal service handled 15,050- 554 pieces of domestic registered mall during the year , with the Inconsiderable loss of one In every 1,778. General Maxwell , In his report , emphasizes the necessity that the public should report every depredation upon the mall , whether It relates to registered or ordinary matter , and guarantees every com plaint will receive the earnest attention ot the department. During the year 56,877 com plaints were received affecting the ordinary mall , 31,118 of these referring to letters and 2Efi95 to packages , a decrease of 1,983 as compared with lost year. AGKtCUl.TUKAI. Convention ut Washington lllrcts the - I.railor * For the C'omlnc Vimr. WASHINGTON , Nov. 15. The annual elec tion of officer. ; ot the Association of Amer ican Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations was held today with these results : President , H , E. Alvord , Oklahoma ; vlco presidents , A. A. Johnson , Wyoming ; A. Q. Holliday , North Carolina- ; . D. Comstoclt , . Arizona ; E. 11. Cralghead , South Carolina , and O. C. Clnte , Florida ; secretary nnd treas urer , P. L. Washburn , Rhode Island ; biblio grapher , S. W. Johnson , Connecticut , and executive committee , II. II. Goodell , Massa chusetts ; H. C. White , Georgia ; M. A. Scor- rlll , Kentucky , and II. P. Ormsby , Pennsyl vania. Dr. Dabney , assistant secretary of agricul ture , delivered an adJtess In which ho re- 'vlewed ' the ways In which the scientific work of the department had been extended under the present administration. At the general session this afternoon the general work In horticulture and botany were considered by the sections of the convention. SHUTTING OUT STOILSMKN" . Mnny rontinnstnrs Object to the Enforce ment ot the Nniv Civil bervlca Onlcr. WASHINGTON , Nov. 15V Many requests arc received at the postofllce department from postmasters all over the country asking that certain olllccs Included In the recent civil service order be e.xceptcd from Its opera tions for a short Itmc. It appears , according to many ot them , that the postmasters ap pointed since the new administration came Into power have not yet had tlmo to nil the ofllces under them with tholr party friends and by the new extension they are debarred from selecting men for chief clerks nnd other offices which have heretofore- been considered party patronage places. These letters have been very numerous , but to each the reply is made that the president only can except any oftlcea from the operation of the order , and that is not very probable that he would be willing to do EO. Same of the requests ask when the order will take effect , the sup position being that some time in the future was designated. It was now known , however , that thin very q nest Inn came tip Ire a recent cabinet meeting nnd thnt It was determined that the order went Into effect the dnjr It wag iJgniHT. The correspondence thus far re ceived at the I'ostofllce department shows that there are a great many places affected by the order and considerable dliappolnt- mcnt In many poatolllccs. AitMV r.vY.u\sTiit : i ti ; POUTS. ( rntltylnir Inorrnso In tlm Knclnc * Ilopotlt * of rrlrnto Sutillrr * . WASHINGTON , Nov. 15. Paymaster Gen eral Smith , In his annual report tor the1 sec retary of war , calls attention to the fact that the soldiers' deposits have increased $79OS2 during the year , a gratlfjlng Increase , In View ot the fact that the deposits had been falling off In preceding yean , and of th 'further fact that & soldier with a deposit account rarely leaves the service without an honorable discharge. The expenditures on ac count of pay ot the nrmy show an Increase ot $275,653 over the preceding year , due , la part , to the fact that the enlisted force was more nearly kept at Its maximum limit. The fact that the expenditures on account ot pay ot volunteers was J < D,1G53 less than last year Is taken as an Indication that those claims- are being exhausted. The paymaster general questions the beneficial effect of the system ot withholding' a portion of the sol * dlcr'a pay until ho Is discharged. The travel allowance- the soldier Is ample to tn ! < o him home when discharged , and It Is not neces sary to withhold pay for that purpose Any system which makes the soldier n dependent detracts from his manhood and efficiency. Many men enlist , being- told their pay will be ? I3 per month , only to nnd that through deductions on account ot clothing' anil with held pay two or three months must , clapso before ho can receive any pay. He- regards this as a breach of contract and deserts. Therefore It Is recommended that the- system , which Is cumbersome , complicated and abso lute , bo abolished. It is also recommended thai there bo but one common pay chest for the army , and that till disbursements bo matlo through the bonded officers ot the pay corps. Instead nf being divided up between non-bonded dis bursing olllcers , who last year distributed half of the army pay. N UlUt ASKAKNUIWiKltSlCT : Till : \VOHK. Contract * for It survnyltt ( ; llnint iintt llookrr ComiUc * Lot to l.onil lllildurs. WASHINGTON , Nov. 15. ( Special Tele gram. ) The contract for rcsurveylng Grant and Hooker counties' , Nebraska , for which an appropriation ot $16,000 was mada nt the last xesslon of congress , was today awarded to several Nebraska surveyors , as follows : W. W. Alt. Wahoo , classes 1. 2 and 3 , $3,798 , and class 7 , $2,110 ; M. S. DKon , Allen , class i , $1,3SO , and J. C. Chambers , Klwood , classes 5 and 6 , $3,120. The total fixed cost Is $10,114. To this , however , must be added the cost of determining all claims and section lines , which are. Indefinite quantities. They will cost an average rate of $ I per linear mile. This will bring the gross cost of the survey up to very nearly the amount of the appro priation. The contract has been awarded to Morri son Southern Electric company of Baltimore , MU. , to furnish and place xae and electric light fixtures In the federal building at Fre mont , Neb. , at ltn bid , $205. A contract has also been awarded to the Corbln Cabinet Lock company of Camden , N. Y , , to supply furniture for the federal 'building at Des Molnes , la. , at their bid. $626. Nebraska postmasters have been appointed as fallows : Hlverdnle , Buffalo county , Emma 1C. Lea , vice August HoymQnd , resigned ; UtJca. Sownrd county , Samuel Williams , vlea D. a. Harden , removed. KXI'OIITS ANU intl'OIlTS. Comparative Stiitonu-nt for this Vear and I. not. WASHINGTON. Nov , 15. A statement prepared at the bureau of statistics shows that the total value of the exports of mer chandise from the Uitlted States during Oc tober was $83,558,702 , of which $82,291,250 $ was domestic , and . $1,21)7.122 ) was foreign. For October , 1893 , the- exports amounted to $ S7,675-I81. The Imports' during October amounted to $59,681.674. of which $30,498,553 were free , and $29,183,121 dutiable. The im ' -'I ports In October , 1893 , were valued nt $5T- 735,322. of which $29,080,841 were free , and $22.654.478 dutiable. For ten months , ended with October , the exports were $669,166,648 , as against $690,987,354 for the corresponding period ot 1893. The Imports for the ten months of 1891 wore $663,271,016 , of which $328,573.734 were free , nnd $234,697,282 wcro dutiable. The Imports for the same period of 1893 were $677,000,694. of which $357,741- 603 WCTO free , and $319,319,191 were dutiable. For the ten months of 1894 the > gold exports were $91,602,714 , and import ? $18,598,371 , as against exports of $76,789,532 , and accept.'I $67,514,569 for the first ten months of 1893. During1 the ten months ot 1S94 the stiver ex ports were $39,773,654 , ths lmport $ lt,298- 407 , as against exports of $35,877,387 , and im. ports ot $16,421,323 for the first ten months of 1893. o tlio TranstnlBHlmlppl Congress. BOISE , Idaho , Nov. 15. Governor McCon- nel today appointed ten delegates to repre sent Idaho at the traiisinlsalsslppl congress to meet In St. Louis November 26. The gov ernor has lieen Invited to deliver the re sponse to the address of welcome on behalf of thu congress , and he will probably accept. Overcoats , We're giving choice of three styles ot overooats that are built with $20 worth of wear , and just as many dollars worth of looks , for just an even $15 tftis 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 , oassl- mere lined , with silk sleeve lining and deep storm collar. $15 gets any one of the above ; and we warrant 'em. We give money back as readily as wo take it in , if customer is not satisfied. Browning , King & Co , , Reliable Clothiers , S. W , Cor. 15th ami Douglas.