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lihlnff ! company , being duly worn , inys that
the ftctiml number uf full and complete copies
of Th Dally MoinlnB , IJvpnlnK nnd Bumlay Bra
printed during the month ol October , 1B5I , was
as folloirc
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ence this Sd day of November , 1M4.
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The pooiilo of this clly want no uioro
Bpcclnl clcctlonH this year.
A ilellwite problem Kelt Ing ( lie mi-
Icndo's bull out of the emperor's china
Btorc.
McrchnntH who advertise In The Boo
arc nlwnys first to profit by seasonable
weather.
Statesmen out of a job will constitute
u very lurie element In the nnny of the
unemployed this winter.
Just because we have passed through
nu exulting political campaign Is no rea
son why wo should forget LI Hung
Chang and his missing peacock feather.
- Mayor Weir of Lincoln , just defeated
us candidate for congress In the First
Nebraska district , evidently believes In
taking the lesson of the election with a
liberal spirit.
To stakeholders : Release the money
nnd let losers take their medicine. All
doubt of Ilolcomb's decisive election
vanished twenty-four hours after elec
tion. Dou't be chuns !
By the time Governor Crotmse retires
from olllce ho will have the record
for the highest number of appointments
to judicial vacancies during the period
of a single gubernatorial term.
i JThc outlook 'f&r ' Tim Sedgwlck's con-
itcst for the secretaryship of the senate
would be materially Improved If he were
given the field free from contests on
.any of the newly elected state olllclals.
We doubt very much whether United
States Labor Commissioner Carroll D.
Wright will be continued on the list of
passholders of the Pullman company
after his latest exhibition of Ingratitude.
President Cleveland ought to find
enough work In the mediating line right
.lit home among the members of his own
party without Rending all the way to
China to obtain subjects for his prac
tice.
Ilenewal of the contest talk admonishes
ishes Increased watchfulness over the
ballot boxes In the various county seats.
Give the conspirators no opportunity to
Institute a contest based on burglarized
court houses and stolen ballots.
Charitable organizations will be taxed
to keep pace with the calls for aid dur
ing the winter. Any plan that prom
ises practical means for the unemployed
to help themselves Is entitled to con
sideration. The Lord loveth a cheerful
giver , and the Lord helpeth those who
help themselves.
The color line threatens to create a
disturbance In a well known Woman's
club of Chicago. Isn't It about time for
Intelligent people to discuss the color
question without losing all self-controlV
Any club worthy of the name ought to
lo able to settle the question for Itself
without ending In disruption.
Wo suggest to the leaders of Omaha's
400 that a flower show might bo given
this winter , the proceeds to go to some
charitable fund , tlnllko a charity ball ,
whose patrons are necessarily limited
to the exclusive sets , u flower show
would prove an attraction to all classes
and could be made an Xinexamplcd suc
cess.
Omaha very cheerfully sends the lire
department to South Omaha whenever
requested to assist In extinguishing flr
that threaten to get beyond the control
of the Magic City fire fighters. But
what is now done as a matter of
cohilty and accommodation could be de
manded as n right If South Omaha and
Omaha were consolidated under
luniilclpal government. The question
of annexation should not be permitted
to rest when the advantages to be
gained by both parties are so nppnrenl
mul so Important.
, When the Commercial club of Kansas
City seeks redress of Inequitable railroad -
road rates where the trade of that city
has been grossly discriminated against ,
It .formulates Its protest nnd > mcks ll
with the moral support of every mem
ber of the club. As n natural resull
the olub gets what It goes after. The
Omaha Commercial club would bo n
. powerful factor In building up the trade
tf this city If It displayed u stlfTor
quality of backbone. That this city
jias long been discriminated against by
jallroad rate makers cannot bo denied.
That the situation could bo greatly Im
proved through mediation by the Com-
incrclal club goes without Haying. This
Ja the season of the year when vlgoroim
work should bo taken up looking to the
Rdvancement of trade Interests.
llOLCOMn ItKADS JUS TtTLN C fM/L
Silas A. Llolcomb now reads his title
clear' to the governorship of the state of
Nebraska. The- Boo today presents Its
readers with the complete and official
returns for each nnd every one of the
ninety counties comprised within the
commonwealth. I.t has been to no little
trouble mid expense to secure figures
that arc undisputed and Indisputable.
Not only has the official vote lu each
county been accurately ascertained , but
sworn nnd certified statements of the
returns sent to the ( secretary of state
mve been obtained. Copies of these cer-
Ideates are printed lu another part of
this paper. The original certificates , bear-
ng the seals of the various county
clerks or of the secretary of stnto re
spectively , arc on file In this cilice , where
any one who Is disposed to question their
genuineness is Invited to call and in
spect them for himself.
These final returns make Judge Ilol
comb's plurality over his principal oppo-
lent a,102. The figures ,192 represent
the triumph of popular self-government
over corporalo dictation and ring rule.
They herald the vesting of the title to
ho governor h'p In a man clecJed by the
) eoplo as n rebuke to rallroiultsm nnd
state house corruption. Let all good cit
izens acknowledge the election of Silas
A. Ilolcomb , the next governor of Ne
braska 1
ItKt'VDIATlXa CALAMITY.
The Bee has from the very first main
tained that the credit of Nebraska could
not be Injuriously affected by any re
buke which the people might admluls-
; er to railroad domination nnd state
: iouse corruption. Property will be
safer In Nebraska , whether It belongs
to resident or nonresident , with the ex
ecutive power of the state vested In on
honest man than It would bo with that
) owcr given over to one who would use
: t only for corporation aggrandizement.
The governor-elect has pledged himself
"to do everything that can bo done to
bring about a safe , economical and con
servative administration of affairs of
our state government and see to It
that the faith and credit of the state are
maintained. " Untrammeled by obliga
tions to the confederated corporations ,
free to act ns In his best Judgment the
welfare of the people demands , Inde
pendent of the rings that have In the
[ > ast played havoc with the public funds ,
lie can have no motive for falling to
faithfully perform the duties of his
olllce.
In writing to their eastern correspond
ents the business men may ns well
come out squarely with the confession
that the ante-election stories about
threatened dcprec'ntlon of property were
figments of the Imagination pure nnd
simple. There Is no excuse for seeking
cover behind the fact that the legisla
ture Is overwhelmingly republican. At
no time was there any Immediate pros
pect of populist control of the legisla
ture , and no better evidence of this
could be desired than the fact that the
republican.state central committee cen
tered all Its funds and all Its energy
the hcnd-of-the-tlckct millstone
upon - - - ,
and left all other candidates to shift for
themselves. The repudiation of cor
porate rule contained In the defeat of
Mr. Majors will be a most potent factor
in restoring business confidence and
hastening the return of general pros
perity.
IT IS HUaAttDKD.
While there has been some unfavora
ble comment regarding thp new loan , on
the ground that there Is no exigency re
quiring It nnd that consequently It Is
unwise to Increase the public debt , the
general expression of opinion has been
that of approval of the president's ac
tion. In financial circles the judgment
appears to be well nigh unanimous that
the exigency was such as to most ur
gently demand this measure of relief ,
for although the treasury gold reserve
has been slowly gaining from the lowest
point reached there Is the possibility of
a renewal at any time of an active ex
port demand for gold that might deplete
the reserve below the danger point , If
Indeed It. was not already at that point ,
and thereby not only threaten the im
pairment of the government credit , Jmt
cause a more or less serious disturbance
of the financial affairs of the country.
The call for a loan has averted all dan
ger in this direction. If there existed
anywhere , here or abroad , any feeling
of doubt or distrust regarding the main
tenance of the credit of the government
It should bo dissipated by the proposal
to issue C r > 0,000,000 of bonds nnd the
certainty that they will bo promptly ne
gotiated , probably at a price that will
make the Interest to the government not
more than 3 per cent. With the knowl
edge that the national finances are to be
placed on n safe and stable basis finan
cial circles have already experienced a
growth of confidence and there Is reason
ably expected to ensue from this , a
healthy stimulus to business. The an
nouncement of thu-new loan was Imme
diately followed by a stiffening of the
prices of sound securities , one of the
very best Indications of returning confi
dence , nnd there Is every reason to be
lieve that there will soon be seen other
evidences of disappearing distrust.
There Is nothing to Justify apprehension
of the future. The Industries of the
country are secure from disturbance
through further tariff tinkering. The
soundness and stability of the currency
Is assured. The government proposes to
avert all danger to Its credit. What Is
there , then , to keep capital timid or dis
trustful ? Nothing , but on the contrary
the strongest Inducements for It to In
vest In legitimate enterprises , because
It can do so to better advantage now
than a year hence , when It Is probable
that the roylval of Industrial ami busi
ness activity will be at Its height and
nil forms of property will have materi
ally advanced In value , '
There Is one very Important matter
to which this now loan has Invited gen
eral attention and which will doubtless
bo urged upon the attention of congress ,
and that Is the necessity for providing
against 'the drain on the treasury gold
reserve for supplying the export demand
for gold. Under present conditions the
treasury xcU very Illtlu gold from cus
toms duties , these being paid In other
'orms of currency. It Is suggested ,
among others by cx-Sccrctnry Bouhvoll ,
hat congress should provide for the pny *
tnent of duties , or n large percentage
of them , In gold or gold certificates , so
that there would bo a constant Inflow of
gold Into the treasury from this source.
It that were douo the banks would not
bo able to hoard gold as they now do
nnd when there was an export demand
for gold they would at least have to
share with the treasury lu meeting It.
There could be no combination made
among the banks , ns has been charged ,
to throw upon the treasury the whole
burden of meeting the export demand
for gold and the treasury reserve could
bo kept Intact.
' HAD TllRlll MX.
Colonel T. J , Majors says tliat It would
lie a good Bchcmo for the newspapers to let
Mr. Roscwatcr alone , religiously alone ; they
shouldn't refer to him In any way , and
then lie would perish of the dry tot and
Innocuous desuetude. This Is all very flno
In Its way , but ft docs seem heartless to
try to despoil the newspaper men of the
only fun they havo. To rustle through a
campaign without a few shots at. Uosewatcr
would be a flat , stale and unprofitable busi
ness ; and ft Is doubtful whether there are
any editors sufficiently heroic to attempt U.
Beatrice Express , August 25.
The newspaper men who grind rail
road organs and orgnnettes have had
: helr fun. Their course reminds ono of
; he boys and the frogs. The boys had
their fun , but It was death to the frogs.
Majors himself did not live up to his
own text and went lu for roasting "the"
ittle Bohemian on the top of the hill"
where a dignified silence would have
mpressed people more favorably. But
Majors nnd the newspaper claqucrs hade
: o have their fun and it * would seem
icartlcss to expect them to "rustle
through a campaign without a few
shots at Rosewater" Just to keep them
selves In target practice.
LANDSUDKS JA
The almost unparalleled victory of
; lie republican party , so aptly character
ized ns a political landslide , has given
occasion for looking into the history
of party politics In the United States
for historical examples of similar oc
currences lu former days. This his
tory tells us how seldom anything of
this kind has happened nnd as n neces
sary consequence emphasizes the Im
portance of the republican success Just
achieved. The first great political land
slide , taking landslide to mean an un
expected nnd decisive reversal of pre
vious public sentiment ns expressed by
the ballot , was experienced in 1800.
From the dlfforenthitloii of the political
parties during Washington's first ad
ministration the federalists had been
the dominant factor , although not with
out serious opposition. When , however ,
In 1708 , they enacted what have since
been referred to as the odious alien
and sedition laws the tide turned
against thorn , culminating In n veri
table landslide in the elections that re
sulted eventually In the selection of
Jefferson to be president by the house
of representatives , to which the choice
accidentally fell.
The second great political landslide
was that of 1852 , when the democrats
with Franklin Pierce for president
swept the country almost clean. They
took 251 electoral votes out of a total
of 200. There were ups and downs of
party politics In the Interval preceding ,
but none of them were of that striking
character that Is essential to a Innd
slide. That of 1852 was supposed to
have been due to the Indecision of the
whigs nnd It resulted but a few j'ears
later In supplanting the wblgs with the
republicans , who declared against the
further spread of slavery In unmistak
able language. The election of Lincoln
was not a landslide , for he received less
than a majority of the popular vote ,
but his re-election comes properly
within that category. The republican
ticket In 1804 had things practically
unanimous. The fourth great landslide
Is set down ns that of 181)2. ) It gave
the democrats for the first time since
the war absolute control of all three
branches of the federal government and
recorded high water mark for their
power lu the various state governments.
This was unquestionably one of the
most remarkable political manifesta
tions of the country's history , but It
was. It seems , but the forerunner of
another still more remarkable.
The landslide In which the people of
the United States have Just partici
pated Is a complete reversal of the
popular verdict of two years ago. No
such change has ever been wrought In
the short space of time that has Inter
vened between these two elections.
There have been political landslides be
fore In the history of the United States ,
but none so slgnlllcant as this. The
republican landslide of 1804 is a phc
uomeuou unique among Its kind.
D1SA PPHXTKl ) SPUILSMKX.
It appears that the president's recent
order extending the classified service Is
unsitlsf utory to a 'arge number of dein
ocratlc postmasters who have not been
able since their appointment to give po
litical friends and partisans positions.
It Is reported from Washington that the
Postoflicc department has received a
great many communications from these
disappointed spoilsmen asking that their
ofllccM be excepted from the operation of
the late order , so that they may have an
opportunity to pay political obligations
and surround themselves with persons
of like political limitations. A new post
master cannot at once make u clean
sweep of the employes of his olllce with
out throwing the business Into chaos.
Ho must himself learn nil about the de
tails before he can safely venture to put
new men In the places of the old , and
then the process of "weeding out" must
be gradual If elllciency Is to be main
tallied. While It Is true that postolllco
work Is almost entirely routine It does
not follow that It Is the easiest of mat
ters to acquire a thorough knowledge of
It , so ns to be able to perform It accur
ately and expedltlously , There Is a muK
tttudo of details In the business which
It takes time to learn and which call for
Intelligence and attentive application.
Hence the man who becomes pojtmnster
with a promise cut for every plaeo under
him , fancying that ho can replace the
old employes with new ones a * ho might
so many common laborers , awakens to.
the fact as foou as he assumes his duties
that this Is not practicable. This has
been the .experience , doubtless , of the
poslmaslAv who want their ofllccs left
free for iitimo yet to the operation of
the spoils System.
But this cannpt be done , and If these
men were not utterly blinded by parti
san zealrlhoy would see the obvious ab
surdity olriholr- request To suspend
the opor glgj of tUo president's order as
to some olilccs would Inevitably lead to
Its complete revocation , for the clamor
from the -spoilsmen would become gen
eral. WJot ) Ort of a position would this
place the president InMr. . Cleveland Is
not the stfrt of man to yield In the slight
est dognjfio \ a demand of this kind
prompted distinctly and wholly by parti-
snn motivcrs7 and when It was decided
at a cabinet meeting that the now civil
service order went Into effect on the
day It 'was signed It can bo depended
upon that the decision was final. The
democratic postmasters who have repub
lican clerks will have to retain them
until they can find some other than n
political reason for removing them , mak
ing their peace as best they can with
Uiose to whom they had promised posi
tions. They will have no sympathy from
anybody not of the spoils-seeking class ,
for all such heartily approve the action
of the president. The Intelligent senti
ment of the country Is strongly In favor
of the extension of civil service reform
wherever It can bo applied as rapidly ns
practicable , and what Mr. Cleveland
has recently done In this direction Is en
tirely creditable nnd commendable. He
took no thought In the matter of the
wishes or promises of the politicians or
the hopes of the place hunters. The
president has not at all times seemed to
bo friendly to civil service reform. There
have been periods In his public career
when he appeared to lose Interest hi the
reform and to bo willing to allow his
subordinates to disregard It To the ex
tent that he has shown a proper concern
for Its promotion he Is to bo commended ,
nnd his h\test.order \ has received the un
qualified approval of everybody except
the implacablespoilsmen. .
The Idea of starting a contest upon the
election of Judge Ilolcomb "for appear
ance sake , " as Is being Intimated by
railroad organs , will hardly command
the approval of any number of real re
publicans who have the welfare of the
party at heart A contest "for appear
ance sake" must tend to alienate thou
sands of republicans who swallowed Ma
jors' nomination with a protest and' to
keep away other thousands who refused
to bow to corporate dictation. The re
cent election has shown the machine
umnngers how for they can go lu out
raging the sentiment of the rank and file
of the repu'bllcan party , and it has
shown them where they must stop. If
they thliikj at contest Is necessary to vindicate
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dicate th'elr'posltion they greatly mis
take "aplieiffance. " The party Is not In
the vindicating business this year.
The Ne\v York Times , commenting on
Mr. Morton's statement of his election
expenditurea during his recent success
ful camialui } , asks , Why should he
spend nearly ! $20,000 for the privilege of
being ( UOjjtell to a public ofllce for n
term of H wo-years , the salary for which
would barely reimburse the outlay , es
pecially : wheh the people were so anx
ious to jjlye hhn a big majority without
being paid for It ? A more natural nnd
equally unanswerable question wou'.d
be , Why should Senator Hill spend even
half that amount or anything at all for
the privilege of being defeated , espe
cially when his defeat was assured , no
matter how much money IKJ might have
been willing nnd anxious to pay- for a
victory ? The causes of political ambi
tions arc not to bo analyzed thus roughly
from the surface.
Excitement Incident to the recent elec
tlon Is abating. The people again pur
sue the even tenor of their way. Busi
ness shows a steady revival because the
winter season forces people to buy.
Omaha Jobbers have built up an enor
mous trade simply because they can un
dersell eastern Jobbers In territory trib
utary to this city. Retailers always
have and will continue to buy where
they can get the best goods cheapest.
Referring again to that bewhtskered
chestnut , the proposed contest of Judge
Ilolcomb's election , it Is given out that
the hitter's friends have not been asleep ,
and when the time comes for taking
testimony they will bo very largely in
evidence. It Is this stubborn fact that
has induced certain influential rcpubll
cans to protest against a contest Ilol
comb's plurality is already too large to
suit them.
Turnlui ; Down a I'oct ,
aiobo-Domocrat.
The author of "Ben nolt" was the demo
cratlc candidate for re-clcctlon to congress
In a New Jersev district , and was defeated
by over 8000 majority. The old saylnff about
wrlttntr the SOUKS of a nation ought to be
consoling to lilm.
The .fnli N'nt n Slnornre.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The problem which confronts the new
ruler Is that which baltled his predecessora :
Hew to make IliiHsIa progressive without
making It- free , and how to make ft free
when nihilism Htunds reads' to convert free
dom Into anarchy.
CucUoog at 1'rriiiluin.
New Yoik Sun.
I.Ike the Columbian stamps , drawn off by
collectors.from circulation , there will Boon
bo ( i premium on cuckoos ; and there Is a
veritable 'topproprlnteness ' , considering the
origin of tht bird In politics. In the fact
that hereafter all cuckoos will be stuffed.
Ktf'Mdre I'lnunrlnl Nnntonso.
'fStPnul } Pioneer Press.
Let us have peace nnd rest on the money
question. R. Lc.t us end the Hilly struggle
n gal lint natural lawn , give the people the
promise of a tttable currency for the future ,
appoint a. federal commission of experts to
study amTepbrt ! on the whole question , and
encourngti debate en the proposition to se
cure a note currency that was adopted by
the HaltlmprQ convention of bankers. The
day of tlift 'clmrlatun ant ) the demagogue Is
over , wq .fervently hope , for u time. It la
the first duty ot the republican party to
maintain a pound , conservative financial pol
icy , assuring the country against change ,
and banlslilitg forever from politics the
financial fpllles that have occupied the
p'rcsa , the stump , the Imlls of congress tor
years past , and that have wrought Incal
culable damage to the prosperity of the
people.
WaihlnKton Star.
IU- the stream where bend the rushes ,
Where the shallows scold and sob ;
There It Is man's true ambitions
Wildly In hla bosom throb.
There it Is the fierce sensation ,
Half suspense , yet all delight.
Strikes him as h hoarsely whispers ,
"I believe I've got a bite. "
Tell me not of tottering glories ;
Of republics tempest-swept ;
Tell mo not of heroes vanquished
Or of promises nnkept.
Tales of sacrifice and valor
kater on may seem aright ,
But at present you'll excuse me
"I believe I've cot a bite. "
OTIIRK rAf/ TllAtfOUKS.
It seems to be practically settled that the
uttack on Ibo veto power ot the Lords li to
bo precipitated at once on the assembllnR of
Parliament. Iloseberr'a somewhat temporiz
ing poller la aald to have been overruled In
the councils of the liberal party , and Instead
of waiting until the Lords have Riven further
reason for dlisatlsfactlon by more vetoes ,
they are to bo sharply challenged nt the out
set by a resolution , to bo pa sod by the Com
mons , denying their right to reject bill *
which the Commons has enacted. Ot course
such a resolution would bo earnestly opposed
by the lories , but the full government
strength would bo behind It and It would un
doubtedly bepassed. . The- Irish contingent
could not retuio to vote for U , and ot course
the radicals would be only lee glad to do so.
The Lords would probably accept the chal
lenge and proceed to veto the Welsh disestab
lishment bill , or any other radical measure ot
reform the Commons may pass. This done ,
the Issue wilt bo made up upon which to go
to the people , who must pronounce In general
election upon the right of a hereditary house
to veto the legislation enactedby the repre
sentatives of tlio peoplo.
Dy the appointment of Prince Hohenloho to
bo chancellor of the empire nnd prime min
ister of Prussia , William II has apparently
placed himself In the hands ot the conserva
tive-agrarians , who have returned only about
a quarter of the members ot ths popular
branch ot the German Parliament , and who
are not much moro strongly represented In
the Prussian Landtag. IIoW la Princa Hohen
loho to oka out the majority Indispensable
to carry the econontlcal and political meas
ures which must shortly be brought forward ?
To pass any bill he must gain the support of
the national liberals , ot the. unionist rad
icals , and of that section of the centrists
which rallied to Caprtvl In his hour of need ,
and gave him the desired addition to the
army by a small but adequate majority.
How can a man who typlflos the junker ele
ment , and who possesses none ot CaprlvPs
skill In debate , hope to collect about him the
diverse political factions , which agrc-a In
nothing except devotion to the unity and
glory of the German nation ? If It bo true
that Prince Hohenloho Is to be but a figure
head and mouthpiece , and that Bismarck Is
to bo the real pilot of the German ship ot
state , the change ot sovereigns In Russia
bodes no evil to the peace ot Europe. Ho
who built the German vessel can best steer
It. The relegation of the practical If not
the ostensible guidance of German politics
to the man In whom Is personified the work
of I860 and 1870 would be a tardy but splon-
dld recognition ot the truth that In the
case of great men ago gathers wisdom and
prestige with every year , and that In the
mere name of Bismarck lies a power with
which to conjure and to conquer.
*
The breaking oft ot diplomatic relations be
tween France and Madagascar la another step
toward settling by waj a dispute that ought
to find some batter mode of adjustment. But
Franco seema thoroughly exasperated with
what she considers as bad faith In the
Malagasy government. The treaty ot 1885 ,
which , following the last war , conceded to
France the entire control ol the "exterior
relations" of the Island , has ever since been
prolific In disputes. The French considered
It as establishing a protectorate , and Eng
land In 1890 acknowledged that protectorate
In return for French recognition of British
claims In Zanzibar. But Madagascar's
chafing under this foreign control has been
continuous. She has sought to limit It In
every way. She has granted trade facilities
to Englishmen and Americans that Irritated
the French. She even at ono tlmo tried to
Issue exequaturs herself to foreign consuls.
Instead ot having them go through the odlce
of the French resident. Now the Hova gov
ernment at last seems willing to run the
risk between Independence and that greater
subjugation which defeat Implies. Ten years
ago the French found that while they could
blockade the coasts , yet the dense forests ,
the prevailing fevers and the lack of roads
were serious obstacles to marching to the
Malagasy capital In the. interior. But such
a campaign they are now considering again ,
and If they undertake It the queen's forces
will dispute the way.
* * *
Japan has nearly 30,000 miles of telegraphic
wire , Including several submarine cables , one
of them connecting the main Island , Nlpon ,
with Tsu-Shlma , the largest one between her
territory and Corca , of manifest strategic
Importance In the present campaign against
China , and which will In all likelihood be
extended to the mainland as soon as oppor
tunity serves. There Is hardly a point on the
Japanese coast without Its telegraphic sta
tion , and In fact the system there , consider
ing that It Is the growth of a few years ,
Is ono of surprising growth and efficiency.
Field telegraphy modelled upon the latest
European standard Is In use In her armies ,
and the police and fire alarm signals ore now
communicated by electricity throughout all
the large towns In the empire. Japan has
profited by her western schooling In all
particulars , but In none has she shown moro
ingenuity and energy than In appropriating
to herself all the latest results of electrical
science. Including that of lighting up her
streets and larger buildings. Unless China
la Inclined to follow so enlightened an ex
ample It may become necessary for Japan
to annex her and take the business In hand
herself.
Afghanistan Is the land gate of India open
ing westward , and through It all her Invaders
from that direction have come Darius and
Scylax , Alexander , Nadir Shah and the rest ;
a long procession , perhaps not yet closed.
The country la , roughly speaking , about 600
miles square , and lies at an average altitude
of more than 4,000 feet above the sea. ' Its
Inhabitants comprise about a dozen different
tribes , always at war with each other except
when restrained by a power superior to their
own , and their general characteristics seem
to have undergone no porccpttblo change
during the historical period , They are a 111
good fighters till they are whipped , which Is
commonly rather early In the contest , and
still as enterprising robbers ns they were In
the days of Pcrdlccas and Parmenlo. The
country la of Immense strategical Importance ,
lying as a neutral ground between the
British frontier in India and the Russian In
Asia , the policy of Its ruler being thus a
matter ot utmost Importance to both those
countries. The present ameer , now appar
ently dying , has been a firm ally of England ,
mainly because he had the choice between
that attitude anil deposition. A llko alter
native Is pretty sure to bo presented to his
successor , whom Russia will likewise en
deavor secretly to Influence , or , perhaps ,
openly to menace. So that his court at Cabul
Is sure to become the center of an active
and Intricate system of Intrigue nnd wire
pulling , In which' ho Is likely to Jump nnd
gyrate either way , according to the energy
with which his leading strings are jerked.
*
State monopolies are the order of the day
In Europe , being rendered necessary by the
ever-Increasing demands upon the revenues
In connection with the expenditure entailed
by the huge armies and navies. Thus , the
French government , not content with having
acquired monopolies of the tobacco and
luclfer match trade , baa now submitted a
bill to the Chamber aimed at the conversion
ot the manufacture and bale of spirituous
liquors Into a state monopoly. It has like
wise before the legislature a project which ,
It enacted , will give the state an exclusive
right of property In all literary and musical
works on the expiration of the copyright.
By this means the government will have solo
possession ot the works ot dead authors and
musical composers , and will only assent to
their publication on the payment of certain
fees. In Austria and Hungary schemes for
the establishment of a Btato monopoly of
spirits are likewise under uiscusslon by the
legislatures , while In Italy measures ot the
same kind are projected. It would seem ,
therefore , that while on the one hand the
governments of Europe are engaged In de
vising measures of the mo t despotic charac
ter for combating the socialist movement ,
they are , on the other , driven by financial
stralta to embark upon a policy that can only
ba regarded as tending to state socialism.
All TocotliiT for Oooil Time * .
Philadelphia. Times.
The great need Is the hearty co-operation
of all partltw and all Interests to Inspire
business confidence In the lilghest degree ,
nnd thus give employment to our labor nnd
happiness to our people. 1'olltlclnns are now
out of the way of Improvement In com
merce and trade , and let all with one accord
unite to promote healthy and enduring busi
ness prosperity.
T01VK OP T11R HTATR PRRSS.
Arapahoe Mirror : nepubllcans took Majors'
defeat with very wry ( aces , and folO too sad
19 Jellify over their gfcat victory the coun
try over. And they arc now willing to ad
mit that Itosowater has toma Influence with
Nebraska voters.
Lincoln News : There Is ono bugaboo that
can bo expected to do no moro service In any
succeeding election * . U la that tha oppo
sition ot Rosewatcr makes votes for the
man ho opposes. This campaign song has
long been warbled with variations In this
state , and It has lost Its flavor henceforth.
When a man undertakes to tell you that
the opposition of any newspaper or news
paper man Is calculated to make votea for
the man whom It confronts you may put
It down that ho Is conversing through his
chapeau.
Schuylcr Herald : No political party can
claim n victory In the ejection ot Ilolcomb
for governor. The populists alone can elect
nothing. Democratic votes appear to have
been given nearly as ) largely to Majors as to
Ilolcomb , and the reform governor also re
ceived a fair sprinkling ot republican votes
throughout the state. But th ono force
that undoubtedly accomplished Ilolcomb's
election and Majors' defeat was the work ot
Edward Hosowatsr and The Bee. Ilosowater
alone can claim the victory. Mr. Ilolcomb
owes hla election to E. Hosewator. The Bee
and Us editor have a right to exult.
Lincoln News : With a plurality ot over
3,000 against them the republican state cen
tral committee Is utterly foolish to undertake
a contest over the governorship. Thcro have
doubtless been errors In the count , but the
chances are equal that they happened to
both candidates. It the committee has evi
dence ot fraud that It claims to have , It
must be remembered that the other side
claim to have similar evidence. It Is unrea
sonable to suppose that the railroads , mak
ing as desperate a fight as they did to elect
Majors nnd having In their employ the
moat unscrupulous of all political workers ,
would hesitate about carrying a point If
It required a little underhanded work to do
It. The News has not the least doubt but that
Ilolcomb is honestly and really elected , nnd
It would bo sorry to sec the republican party
hurt by the proposed action of men' who are
Instigated only by selfish motives.
Beatrice Times : The suspicion has pre
vailed In recent years that the republican
party Is being dominated by the railroad and
other corporate and unholy Influinces. If
grounds exist for such suspicion the next
legislative session will afford a eplendld op
portunity for our representatives to remove
those grounds. We have won a signal vic
tory In Nebraska. Nebraska U republican
today on national Issues by at least 25,000.
With absolute satisfaction that the state
administration will bo pure , patriotic and
business-like , wo may hereafter confidently
count on from 25,000 to 50,000 for our state
ticket. Our legislature has a great duty to
perform. By proper administration of the
affairs of state confidence In the republican
party may be restored and the party will
again gain the old-time majority ; a failure
to properly administer the affairs ot state
will simply weaken our party and corre
spondingly strengthen the opposition.
WakcflGld Republican : We are glad to see
a disposition In the G. 0. P. in Nebraska ,
as well ns elsewhere , to adopt first princi
ples , as held by Abraham Lincoln and enun
ciated by his contemporaries. The only
hope of a revival of the business Interests
Is through the practice of those principles.
Lincoln gloried In standing close to the
"plain people , " as he called his friends , and
there was the real source of his strength
and great success. The republican party In
this state needs to take due care to stand
close to the people and to carry out their
wishes nnd demands Into just nnd wise
laws. It has and needs to have nothing In
common with monopoly , nor can It afford
to listen to any exorbitant demands ot cor
porate power. Send the camp followers and
the spoils hunters to the rear , enforce rigid
economy In every department and let the
better element of the party mark out Its
course by the exorcise ot common sense and
plain honesty. This way only lies real and
lasting success.
Fremont Leader : The defeat of Majors
Is a great triumph for Edward Rosewater.
The little dogs that bark at his hels have
Insisted for years that he was a detriment
to the republican party , and to insure the
success of any one was to have The Bee
oppose him. It was an untruth , but th3 men
who run the railroad republican party of
this state do not stop at so small a thing
as a inlsstatement. Rosewater boldly nnd
openly opposed Majors from the first to
the finish. He resigned his position of na
tional commltteeman so ns to bo free and
take no advantage of the man he consid
ered unfit to represent the re
publican party. He courageously came to
Fremont , dared Richards to meet him , and
showed to the satisfaction of every fair-
minded man that he did not take part In
defeating L. D. Richards. Ho took the same
course at Lincoln , denouncing the boodle
ring there , and pointed out the men con
nected with the Mosher bank swindle , who
filled their own pockets , while they de < -
frauded the small depositors , and that the
same mea were part of the boodle gang
of the state. He wont to York , Grand Island
and other places , and everywhere declared
openly why he opposed Majors and supported
Holcomb. Even since the election ho has
stood up for counting the votes and has
declared , come what may , Holcomb shall not
t > o counted out. He early discovered that
this was the game the lying , thieving gang
of Lincoln was concocting. Tl'o people ot
Nebraska without regard to party aio filled
with praises of Edward Rosewater for his
manly fight In behalf of honest government
for this state.
' ' 1
The popularity ot Mr. ThorrUs J. Major *
atnco election has caused him to bo "niftn >
tloncd" for United States icnator , national
commltteeman , and even ( or president *
There U nothing too high ( or his vaulting
ambition.
Eugene Moore led the republican stale
ticket this year. Just ai he did two years
ago. Henry Corbett was a close second , and
"Col. " Ilussoll had the honor of bringing u ;
the rear. He ilhln'l even secure na many
votes as Tattooed Tom.
Sttirdevant secured loss than hal ( ns many
votes as the enthusiastic Tobo easterlies
claimed ( or him as the only "straight" man-
running ( or governor. As It was , ho re
ceived just n few over 7,000 more votes than
ho was entitled to.
Owing to the ( act that on coino ot thi
offices there was no fusion , pluralities don't
count ( or much this year. It la the total
vote that knocks.
The post-election pocnia In the D. & M. i
Journal make oven the writer of thorn tired , xV
to * ay nothing about the effect they have oti '
the readers of Ilia subsidized organ.
1'oor Ulxby's mnsc Is out of whack
Since Ilolcomb won the race ,
Ho walls , and walls , and not a smile
Lights up a reader's ( ace.
Down on his farm In Ncmaha
Sits Majors with a sigh ;
From Peru comes the doleful sound
Ot lamentation's cry.
In sackcloth he will sit there till
The ashes make their mark ,
And then there will not e'en bo heard
A small Peruvian bark.
New York World : The renewal o ( th *
talk of Mr. Carlisle's resignation Is non
sense. It has bocn said that the flrtl
essential of a good cabinet officer ls ability
to keep on smiling In front while being < f
booted In the rear. Mr. Cleveland's cabli i
net members have learned to do U.
Chicago Post : The secretary's friends J
make the defense that ho submits to humllla-
tlon because ho Is too poor to give up the
salary. We know poor men , very poor men ,
who would not servo for J8.000 a year In Mr.l ! l
Cleveland's cabinet while there were vncanJ J !
clea on the front platforms of the street 2
cars. But dignity la not a quality ot Mr. I
Carlisle's declining years. Ho Is poor but A
humble , very 'umble. A * jV.
New York Sun : Human nature presents iMI
some astonishing spectacles. Hon. John
Griffin Carlisle has not yet sent In hla resig
nation as a. member of Mr , Cleveland's cabi
net. Patient , meek , cheerful , long-suffering
service and subservience have many exem
plars In history. There Is a heroism about
the endurance that endures and works on ,
smilingly and unreproachfully. Secretary
Carlisle continues to smile , to serve , and to
subserve. It has reached a point where the
newspaper organs ot Mr. Cl-evoland ho has
oao or two yet are beginning to taunt the
earnest , smiling , uncomplaining secretary ot
the treasury for his splendid endurance ot
repeated Insults and Injuries from his offi
cial superior. Let them beware. They
may go too far. Even the worm will turn.
Even this heroic nnd greatly wronged sub
ordinate mAy cease to smile , to serve , nnd
to subserve. Some day the secretary may
startle the executive with a letter of reals *
nation. _
pEHu > T.AaK.
Life : Collector Say , look here. I'm tired
of calling here about this bill. The Debtor
Well , I am mighty glad to hear It.
Philadelphia Record : Qulsby Why don't
you take that chrysanthemum off ? Cayboy
-I'm afraid ; I'll take cold.
Detroit Free Press : Manager Why do
you wear such a high lint to the theater ?
Lady To match the price of seats. " '
Inter Ocean : "Mary , how was It I saw
you treating your friends to my cake and 1
fruit ? " Mary I can't tell , ma'am , for the
lolfo of me , for I'm shuns I covered the
keyhole.
Plain Dealer : Stern Parent George , you
ought to be. ashamed t ? think ot goingto
that miserable Rambling shooting1 match
for turkeys and you all out of practice ! -
Washington Star : "When you hyah1 er.
man clalmln' ter bo a Jonah , " said Undo' '
Ebon , "yon am Jestltlea In liabln' suspicions
dat he am too lazy ter hustle foil good
luck. "
New York Weekly : Friend If your wash
erwoman charges by the piece It must bo
rather expensive , "iounjr Housekeeper Oh ,
no. She Icses BO ninny things that her bills
are never high. I
Boston Courier : Bo hard the times on us
have borne that luxuries ore few , and last
year's overcoats are worn , nnd pretty well
worn , too ,
IndlanapollH Journal : "Tell me the
worst , " said the candidate's wife.
"I was defeated by thirteen thousand
votes. "
"There ! Didn't I always tell .you thirteen
was an unlucky number ? "
THE MISSING GARMENT , . ,
Now York Press.
"Oh , where arc my trousers ? " In anguish
ho cried ;
"My new pantaloons , I believe they nro
gone. "
"Oh , no ; they're not stolen , " his children
replied ;
"Dear ma has gone out on her wheel
with 'em on. "
The
If you get the best or a man at his own game
you're "lu-lu. "
a - May
be you've an idea you
can get the best of
clothing dealers , and
get a $15 suit of 'em
for "about a dollar and
forty cents. You oan'E
do it. If you get a
dollar's worth for a
dollar you're in luck.
We guarantee a great
big dollars' worth for every dollar you pay.
TIorG's What Wo'll : Do Saturday.
A big , burly Irish Freize Ulster , made of cloth that
weighs 34 ounces to the yard , every flbre pure wool ;
ankle length , deep storm collar , lined with a specially
manufactured flannel overcoat lining It's closely
woven , a wind warder , snow shedder and cold ex
cluder $10 and $12.50 Saturday. Two grades , four
colors. OVERCOATS Meltons , Kerseys Freizes , Shetlands , 1
and Chinchillas They begin at $7.50 and run up to
an imported cloth in the new Paddock style at $25
and $28.
SUITS Men's.
We don't keep all kinds only the reliable sort.
A line of handsome , long square out , double breasted
cheviots , in black and blue , all wool , a splendid gar
ment and worth fully $15. Our price Saturday $10.
A good suit , all wool , $7.50.
'em Saturday Examine 'em Sunday
Bring 'em back Monday , if they dent suit.
Browning , King & Co , ,
Reliable Clothiers , S. W. Cor. 15th nnd Douglas.
