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r m 1 TITH oarAJTA DAILY JJBlSt TUESDAY. DEOJUMIllim 10. 1805. TUB OMAIIA ruugJiER runtJSHco tvniiv MoRKiNff. . Jlnltr IV e ( Without mtmlnr ) . On * Year. . . . . .I S OJ Ihilly lloo i.tnl SunilnsO > i Tint . . . . . . 14 M PI .Month . . . . . . * ' * Tht o Monti * . * ! J | Hiliiilnr Her. Ono r r . j * > FMnMiy Il"f > , OIM Y ir . .1. . . . . . . . ' Jj Vukty lice , one Ve.it . CI omens. OmMn. Tli" n * RuiMing. . . . . . _ . H'tilli Cimilu , rtlimer HIM. . Cfirncr N nJ : ith SH. r. itn. II I ilu rrIS I'f.ir ! Hlrr l. Chi. .T .I omen. 317 Clur.ibcr of Cnnimsvc f.V Vuik. HuniiH 1J. II nnd IS. Tribune IJil-MnR. Wmlil-jfclon. 11)7 1' Hll'fl , N. W. COlUtKSrONDfiNClJ. All eommtmlfatloin relmlnu to IIMVII nn > l Ml- lorinl matli-r nliuuM l > nl.li . . ! l : To llio l.illtor. iMiN'isa i.inrr.rtH. All l > ti ln ! ' IMldii nml irmHUnc nlvuM li * nil In IMWI.I In The ltt I'uMUlilii * Ooiiiiiany , Omnhn. Drnfln. clircln mi. ) p lolllc. * onl'-m to lie m-iclii i iy ljli > lu Hi" oolfr nf " " ' -in i : ii : i m BTATIJMKNT OK CIKC Oc'jrco It. Ttrlnirk. nt * nrr ot'Ine lire rii' ' " Ilnhlru ; i-onii-niiy. bolus ilnlj' fwoin. o.iy Hial < < ' iidlual number of full nml iMiiiplele Ltiplei of In * Dally Mr.nilne. Kvvnlnif nnrl KunJny lle prlnti.il Dm inuntli of Xavrnibcr , 1193 , \ > n 8 fol 1 . .2 1C 2 . 19.S31 17 Z . 31.143 It 4 . 1H.W3 19 t . 15.W 2- ) C . SICM 21 . 7 . 21.MS 22 . JJJ * II . 19.2IS Zl . " ' 9 . 1J.2H V4 . J'1-J ' 10 . M.075 25 . "JJ9 11 1 121 "tl. . 1 n 13 . 1D.01S 2 * 34. . . . lll.OM W . 'J. ' ' 15 . 1.1.0J4 M . Tnlnl . ; I.FM ilmluctlom for unsold anil rclumiM tOll' | . _ . " . ? .no a nwcc Hnoin In In for * nuninl xul ) oilli il In my irfurnrc thl * LM Jay of Dwmbcr , ISOi. ( Srnl. ) N. P. rr.lt. . Nnlnty TI1H 1IKST XIJWSI'Al'lJH. Kearney Now Hra. Th ro Is hut one dully new. pippr prlnttil In the state Illu- The Hec. For tiowfl It IIIIH no I'oinpctltur. Vice President Stovi'iison , It will bo nntlciMl , Isn't snylug a word. Have llioso oxperls In the city irons- urur's olllco boon Kivuu life rj'ln > scraiiibti1 for second plncc on thu prt'sltU-ntliil tlckut has not yet dovul- any vury violent coinjii'tltlon. ' 1'oday oiifzht to decide tlio locution of tlio republican nutloiisil convention , in vldcli tlu > next president of thu United StntL-H will be. placed lu nomination. And now the Chicago Chronicle Is clnlmiiiK "a population of l , < iO ( > ,000 , mostly fools. " They must bo mostly fools If they really believe that there are that many of them. Executive Interference with jury ver dicts has not saved the necks of many murderers this year. The tendency of the day Is for the executive to let the Judgments of thu courts take their course. Now Is the time to express regrets that thu last legislature did not see fit to enact the bill providing for the ad ministration of the death penalty at the state penitentiary Instead of In the county where the crime was committed. If one Itobert Duncan reads the lcv clsion In the .Tacobsen-Klerstead elec tion contest aright he will come.to a speedy conclusion that the contest busi ness is not inviting for defeated candi dates who ran on the dervish ticket. Let Colorado develop its gold mines to their fullest capacity , but let the de velopment take place on a basis of legitimate business enterprise. Stimu lating speculation in tlio stocks of paper mines can only retard real progress and bring the whole matter into disrepute. Sympathy for the family and friends of a criminal and prisoner in very good In Its place. Sympathy for the family and friends of the victim or Injured complainant also ought not to be lost sight of. In nine cases out of ten It is sympathy of the latter kind that is not misplaced. The dispatch with which the Morgan murder case was brought to trial and carried through to a verdict cannot but raise the question In the minds of thoughtful citizens why there has been tu > much delay in dealing with the other prisoners contlned in the county jail on charges of murder. The stonecutters have fallen into line and 'added their endorsement of the union depot proposition , as made by the Itridge mid Terminal company. Me chanics and laborers have a vital In- tevest in lids subject. The construction of depot and approaches would cause the disbursement of over $1,000,000 In this city. Uenollciarles of the government free ei'eil distribution object to the abolition of the practice by order of Secretary Morton and threaten to have it re- sloitul by congressional action , The discontinuance of the olllcial Mower-seed pcriuilslto Is an Irreparable damage to the astute congressman. If he cannot vi\ti \ the good graces of the farmers' wives by a few cents' worth of free seed-papers he will have to devise new methods of cultivating their favor. During the recent campaign The Hen counseled the people to see to It that able , .Independent men be elected to the city council. A condign fate , however , placed a Imlf-do7.cn more reprobates In councllmanlc chairs. They will take tlie oath of ollico early next month. They are now and will continue to bo mere puppets In thu hands of corpora tions which have already organized thu now council in a manner that will best null their purposes. It Is unfair and unjust to compare trade conditions In Omaha and Kansas City this year without reference to causes which must be obvious to all In telligent men. The assumption Hint Omaha's commercial progress has been retarded by statutes which admit of de lay In the foreclosure of mortgages is simply absurd. Nebraska Is slowly recov- crliig from a season of devastating drouth. Xo such obstacle has blocked the trudo tributary to Kuusus City. .STfM , LOST , XTItA TK/l 1)11 STOM..V. Commenting on tlip returns of tlif election for state ofllccrs hold n year ft o , Just after the tnbnhulon of the vote hnd been made public , The Hoc under the cnptlon "I. f , Strayed or Stolen , " en I led nttentlou to the remarkable dis crepancy In tlio number of ballots cast for democratic candidates. This dis crepancy. It showed , was not to be ex plained on the theory of the stay-at- home vote , bennusc the total vote polled In the state had Increased from 107-I74 In 1SOIJ to 203.JWS In 1SIH , and that in the face of a notorious decioaso lu popu lation , It showed that the whereabouts of the missing 10.000 democrats could be locnti-d only on the assumption that they had voted cither for the republican candidates or tlio populist candidates. The question was asked at that time , Will these 1 , < 0 lost democrats again be found ? And the suggestion was fur ther ventured Hint only the returns of the iie.xc general election would provide the complete a'nswer. The returns of the state election of ISO. are now at hand and present the material for pursuing tills Interesting investigation. These letnrns chow that 7fiK ( ) or the 10.000 missing democrats arc still lost , strayed or stolen. Ac cepting something over -10,000 as the supposed strength of. the combined fac tions of thu Nebraska democracy , the most scrupulous search of the ballots just canvassed will disclose less than :5-,000. : ) , When .1. SU-ilIng Merion ran for governor In IS'.UJ he received -11,11)5 ) voles. With a lighter vote In ISIW than In ItsIb'innk Irvine , as democratic candidate for judge of the supreme court , polled : t"ri4 , " votes. In 1S01 , com bining the vote of the dcmurrats and the straight democrats on tlio two olllces on which there was no fusion showed up less than . ' { 0,000. On secre tary of state it was UO.OiiS , and on state treasurer 12H.S."t5 , nu average for the two of t-li2. ! ! ) ( According to the otllclal returns for US ! ) . " ! , Mnhoney , administration demo cratic candidate for judge of the. supreme premo court , received l.S.U'Mi votes , and 1'hclps , free silver democratic candidate , 10/.M4. a total for the two of US.WO. The vote on the four democratic candi dates for university regents was : Ames. Jl.llM , ; Asliby , 17St'J ; Hlaekburn ; 10- C.S2 ; Kittle , 1 lSl ) . , giving an average for the combined strength of all the democratic factions , IIU.UTl. The stay- at-home democrats could not have ex ceeded a few hundred , so that some 7r > 00 democrats must have mysteriously disappeared out of the normal 40,000 at which the Nebraska democracy has been boastfully placing its members. Hut these missing democratic votes have not gone out of Nebraska. The fulness of the vote polled throughout the state proves conclusively that they arc all included in the totals. The total vote polled In 1S ! > 5 , when the democrats showed up only 2SS0 votes for llielr two candidates for supreme judge , Is as a matter of fact larger by nearly -100 than that of 18911 , when the democratic candidate for the same ollice polled : ! 7- i > 45 votes , or 0,000 votes more. It may perhaps be urged that some of the 7,500 democrats who have gone over to the republicans and populists will reappear among the democratic forces when the alignment Is clearly on national issues. But it must be remembered that they have deserted the democracy for two and three successive years. 1C they re turn next year in any considerable num bers , present indications are being sadly misinterpreted. 3.l//W tf/MA'OBS. Already bills have been introduced In congress proposing changes In thu tariff , chiefly in the woolen schedule , and to take wool from the free list and Impose duties on it. One of these measures proposes to restore certain sections of the McKiulcy law , including that on tin plate and the agricultural schedule. It is thus shown to be the Intention of some of the house republicans not to allow thu tariff to be Ignored by this congress , but until the ways and means committee is announced no judgment can be formed ns to the chances for legislation affecting the tariff. It was expected that an effort would le made to put a duty on wool , for nearly every prominent republican in congress has declared in favor of doing this and the wool growers of the coun try urge It. The representatives of this interest , In convention at Washington , appealed to congress to restore the duties on wool , and a short lime since thu executive committee of the National Association of Woolen Manufacturers adopted a resolution asking that wool shall be again made dutiable. Tims the producers and the manufacturers are united In demanding legislation for the protection of the wool industry , which has been badly hurt by the pres ent tariff. The argument which the advocates of free wool most rolled upon was that it would benollt the manufac turer and the consumer without doing any harm to thu wool grower. It now appears from the action of tta > manu facturers that they have derived no advantage from free wool and It Is not apparent Hint thu consumers have been very materially , If at all , benellted , while there Is no question that the wool growers have been very seriously hurt. They all make the same leport of heavy loss as the result of abolishing the wool duty , careful estimates placing the ag gregate loss to this Interest at tens of millions. Thu decreased duties * on woolens has caused a Hood of cheap Im ported goods , which have stalled the markets , and already American woolen mills have been compelled to reduce production. Operating forces are being cut down as the demand for American , goods decreases , and the outlook Is for thu suspension of operations altogether by many mills. One of the ill-effects of thu present tariff Is thu impetus it lias given to the Importation and use of cheap substitutes for wool , Komo Idea of thu extent of this Is obtained from thu statement that while under thu Me- Klnicy tariff thu importation of foreign shoddy , waste , rags , etc. , amounted In four years to 1 , ! > , " > 0,00 ( ) pounds , during the first year of tlio present tariff there was Imported of these materials no less than 17 , ( > 00,0M ( ) pounds. It la probable ( hat u uieusuru placing a duty on wool nnd revising ( lip woolen schedule will be passed by the house of representatives , but It la hardly possible for such a measure lo past the senate , and If by any chance It should do so It would certainly be vetoed by the presi dent. Free wool Is the cardinal feature of Mr. Cleveland's plan of tariff reform. It was In advocacy of this that he wrote his memorable message lu 1887 , and there Is no reason to suppose that he Is any less earnest now than he was then In the belief that free wool Is a neces sity for the American people. If the republicans adopt the proposed changes lu the tariff which the measures already Introduced provide for they will do so , of course , In expectation that the presi dent will disapprove , ami therefore from a sense of duty both ns to pro viding more revenue and checking the decadence of a very Important Industry. T//.4 7' nm'KHKXThl 1 , It Is noted In connection with the im position of the differential duty on sugar that the members of congress who were engaged In this sort of legis lation at the bidding of the Sugar trust were repeatedly warned that tlio levy ing of this duty would cause Germany to retaliate. The Gorman minister , It Is recalled , filed n protest with Secretary Gresliam In which hu predicted exactly what lias occurred. The German press and the republican news papers of this country urged that the duty would certainly furnish the German agrarians with a pretext for demanding of that govern ment the exclusion of American cattle and higher duties On other of our pro ducts. Hut not the slightest attention was given to these warnings and the sugar refining monopoly was given what it asked for and gets all tlio benefits from it. Tills was not the least of the blun ders of thu last democratic congress. Now Mr. Cleveland suggests that it may become necessary for the United States to adopt a policy of retaliation upon German products , or in other words Inaugurate a commercial war the very last thing that ought to be thought of so long as another way can l > e found to remove thu trouble of which we complain. The simple remedy Is to abolish the objectionable duty. If It were of any value to the national treas ury there would bo a reason for con tinuing It , but the returns from it are meager , and In proportion to the injury done onu of our most important inter ests altogether insignificant. There ap pears to be no reason to doubt that if this duty should be abolished Germany would promptly remove the restrictions upon the importation of American cat tle , but that government is not likely to be induced to do tills by our threat of retaliation. It Is true'that if such policy were adopted a severe blow could be struck at German trade with tlio United States , which lias recently been grow ing , but this Is not the method which an ltirlitmiiiil imHnii Mlmnlil niit'Miin mill It Is not in harmony with the character of the American people. Having made a costly blunder we should correct It ami-not attempt to remedy it bym\klng , : \ another blunder which could hardly fall to be more costly. KtXTIH'h.Y'S HKI'UIILICAX GOVKllKOlt Today Mr. IJradley , the first repub lican elected governor of Kentucky , will be inaugurated and the event will be epochal in character. The gentleman who lias the proud distinction of having defeated the hitherto invincible Ken tucky democracy has been active in politics for many years and lias demon strated that lie is a splendid lighter. In national politics up to the present time Mr. Bradley has only helped to make candidates. In 1872 ho was presidential elector and made a losing race In that year as a republican candidate for con gress. In the winter of IS" . " , before lie was of eligible age , he received the en tire vote of Ids party In the legislature for United States senator , and In 1S7 ( > he again made the race for conro : ; and was again defeated , though receiv ing tlie largest vote ever given a re publican candidate In Hie district. Mr. Bradley was a delegate-at-largu from Kentucky to the republican national convention of 1SSO , seconded the nom ination of General Grant and was one of the famous 'tOii. lie was chosen the Biime year as member of the republican national commltleu for Kentucky and made speeches during thu campaign in several states. It will thus be seen that Governor Bradley has a strong record as a poli tician and lie Is undeniably a man of line ability , who will give his state , there is every reason to expect , a good administration. The talk about Mr. Bradley as a possible candidate for vice [ resident next year lias not been active recently and perhaps nothing more will he heard of It , the probability being that he will prefer to fill out his term as governor , whore ho can bu useful , rather than become vice president and be shelved , for while it Is a great distinc tion to bu vice president of tlie United States , for a man who desires to be a force In politics tliu ollice is not a de sirable one. The people of Kentucky are to be con gratulated upon having a .republican governor and It is not to 1m doubted that they will learn to like the change. To Governor Bradley republicans everywhere - where will send greeting , confidently believing that his administration will Increase Ids claim to popular confidence. The speech of Senator Call of Florida in support of his resolution declaring that a state of public war exists In Culm and that belligerent rights bu nccorded to thu Cuban government was a vigor ous presentation of the situation , but hardly convincing as to tlie duty of this government under existing conditions to recognize the Cubans ns belligerents. Ilu laid stress upon the fact that Spain recognized the southern confederacy as a belligerent power ami Hint the Kngllsh government by proclamation recognized thu civil war , but the Cubans aru not in thu condition the confederacy was when It received recognition as a bellig erent. It had an established govern ment in tlie active performance of all Its functions , supported by a well or ganized army. Thu Cubans havu what thpy cnll a 'prVvbrnment ' , but It cannot falily be JjMiJfi' that It Is established , while ns toOiolr army It la far from being a wcty'oj-gnnls'.pd fighting force. That there Hn , state of war In Cuba Is undeniable , but there Is certainly room for doubt wliftber Hie situation there Is such as tn warrant the United States ' ' lu accordlng'Jipi'llgereiit rights , The re port of the si'imte foreign relations com mittee on Semttor Call's resolution will possess widespread Interest. The Llncdlij ' .tournal , ns was to liavo been expect ) ; declares that It Is better for the state to irackot the loss of the ? L'MK ; ! ( ? ( ) of public money Involved In the Capital National bank failure than to unload It upon ex-Treasurer lllll and his hondsmch. In this Instance thu state is merely tlio taxpaj crs lu aggre gate. Why should the taxpayers of Nebraska stand a loss to which they have not contributed rather than the olllcial who Is responsible for it and the bondsmen who agreed to stand good for Ills clllclent discharge of duly ? But the .loiirnal apologist for Hie whole Mother scandal Would not bo consistent if It did not now rejoice over tlio au- quitta ! oC Outcalt and the verdict for Hill. The organ of tlio combine has at last discovered that the revenues of the Board of Education for the coming year will not be up to the usual standard. A remarkable discovery. When the as sessed valuation of .taxable properly is decreased by a million , when tlie greater part of tlie police court Hues are re mitted by arbitrary action of the police board , when liquor licenses have actually been forfeited , and when the state apportionment of school money lias dwindled away , It takes a modern Co lumbus to discover that the school board revenues during tlie coming year will be materially curtailed. A few practical nnd sensible recom mendations from the Federation of Labor convention , now in session in New York , recommendations with refer ence to Improving the condition of the laborer , about which reasonable men can have no two opinions , will give tlio expressions of thu assembled delegates an Influence exercised by no other gath ering of worklngmen. On the other hand , Hie convention could not destroy Its power for good any easier than by committing Itself to all the fads and cure-alls oil the Jabot1 union market. The organization of thu now council will show the * people where the newly elected counqlbUeii stand. Those who know them i will not be disappointed. tion for , Now- < York Tribune. We observe -with pleasure that a joint res&lutlon for"thV'hbrogatlon of the Claytcn- Bulwer treatyMias1 promptly been introduced in the congress , rlt ought to'-be adopted without delay ; . , IfOMMCN CJIIHI1JT I'KMINIMI. SlirlnSllelJlMn'js. ) ( ) Republican. Brlce , Gorman and the other senate Sugar trUft conspirators Jo6ked at each other when tho-presidential message wasread endorsing the "principal of the , new tariffrand llrlcc' satd : "Vindicated at last. " , Hardly , but even If they have been vindicated by the president It appears that they have failed to secure a vindication at the hands of the people. I'rnlHt * from the Kiii-inj- . liostcci Olobe. Thomas B. Heed will come out ot the present congressional session with his presldcmtnl chances gone , or else vastly Im proved. The talk that his course In the speakershlp must necessarily Injure his boom Is not well founded. It Is true that he can do many things to Injure It , but It Is equally true that he can do many things to help It ; anil Tom Heed has a good deal of horse sense In hlo makeup. A 1'ortliieiit ( t Sprlnjfflelil Republican. Why Is cruilo and refined petroleum sp.s- clflcally omlttsd from the trafllc which Is to be subjected to uniform and equal rates by the new trunk Una agreement ? The omission sosms to have a peculiar significance. This provision of the agreement thus makw pcssl- ble the continuation of those special rates and favoritism en which tlia Standard Oil trust has climbed to Its dizzy height of wealth and power over the ruins of competitors not so favored. _ A Ilrniotc I' Clilcngo Chronicle. Senator Chanrtlsr has Introduced a bill for ths unlimited colriape of gold and silver at the ratio of 1 to IBM : , the bill to take effect when tha governments of Rngland , Franco and Germany make provision for fres coinage en tha same terms. The nisasuro Is perfectly harmless , and would be If It should be pasuad unanimously by both houses and signed by the president. It Is no more dangerous than \vpuld bo a law providing for the destruction by flro of everything combustible' Immediately alter the completion of a railroad to the moon. Ali ( tlio Turk IH N Iron KIT. NMV York World. The hesitation of the British government over the question of Ecndlnir an additional guard nhlp through the Dardanelles ID In strong contrast 'to Ita promptness In sending a naval foicto Nicaragua and seizing the port of Corlnto. This would appear to prove that the rights cf the Turk arc moro securely protected than the rights of an American re public. Yet the Turk Is described by the greatest of living Englishmen aj "a curs yont by God for fho punishment of mankind , " whllo the American republics are at least fairly civilized and harm leu to outsiders. An AwfnOleoorrt of S "rnifaKO Trllmnc. Julia Wnrd frOTe replies In tlio Boston Herald to the tribute of pralso to Turkish kindness of heart recently offered In an In terview by tha amiable artist , Hoplclnson Smith. Mrs.Ho'we quotes the statistics of massacres l > y thosa Turkish butcliero within the memory of persons now living us fol lows , her flgucfir being taken from authori tative statemimtsr ? 1822. Greek Christians In Chios imualcredt 23,000 ; sold Into slavery , 17,000 ; 1S50. " 10.0&0 Nestorlan and Armo- n'an ChrjEtlatioi ' 1SCO , In Syria , ' 11,000 Christians ; ISJCrJO.OOO Bulgarian Chris tians ; isai4.003 ' Armenian Chris- Hans In Sas ( ) u/5j / ; IS'JS , 15,000 Armenians. In soventy-thrt'i ycara these kind-hearted Turks have irjassacrad between 75,000 and 100,000 Clirlsffans. In view of this hideous cruelty Mrs. Howe Is Justified In her state ment that "An empire In which these things are chronic < md apparently Incurable Is an anachronism In.Jh * nineteenth century and a disgrace to civilization. To abolish Turk ish misrule Is the plain and urgent duty of n'vlllzed nations , and the bpeedlest way of doing It will be the most merciful. " Kvl- dently the amiable Hopklnion Smith has not read lilstor- . COXTHMl'T 01' rilfUT , Important nrclnlon llrntlrroil liy lit NIMV York Court of Aplicnl * . Clilcngo Ciironlclc. The New York court of nppoftls , the high cat JudlcUl tribunal In tint state , rondcrci on Important decision lately an lo wh t con etltutfs contempt ot court. A newspapc had criticised with severity the ruling ot a JudRp In ono of the local courts , Tha Judg ordered the arrest of the newspaper pub Usher nml the writer of the article , licli them Rtillty of contempt nml pronoanc < judgment Against them. The cnson cor rlcd up to the court of appeals and th judgment of the local court was romcod. Tha court of appeals held that contemp ot court Is an offense that can be commlttci only In the presence of the court whllo li fission , by Interference with Its proceeding and processes , or elsewhere by violating It Injunctions nnd other orders. A criticism o a judicial opinion out of court , whether era or written nnd published , la not the lechnlca offense described ns contpinpt ot court nflt punishable by mimmary proceedings nRalns the nuthor ot the criticism , No matter ho avcre , unjust or even abusive the crltlclsn may bo , If It la uttered or printed out o court proceedings for contempt cnmiot bo Instituted. If abusive nnd false charges are maclo nK.ilnct the Judge of a court he has hi. remedy under the law of libel , the same as any other citizen. Ho has no prerogative tha extends beyond the walls of his court room except for Judicial purposes , to enforce his lawful decrees In cases before him on trial In due course of law. Modern law docs no tolerate the arrest , trial and pmilslnnen of a citizen In cases \\hcre the person 01 the bench appears ns Informer , prosecutor , witness and Jmlgo , all In the sama case , un less the offender has violated the proper rules of order by which the proceedings li court me regulated , or unless he- disobeys a judicial tlccroo properly made In a cnyo where the court had lawful Jurisdiction. If the feelings of a judge arc Injured , I his reputation suffers , It he Incurs loss In any way by unfair criticism , by vltupsratlon by raise allegations as to his judicial or per- penal character , ho nan the same remedy that every other man possesses In the courts of the land. Ilo may prosecute the assail ant for slander and libel , cither In a civil sull for damages or by criminal Indictment. Bui ho cannot call before him a man who tins slandered or libeled htm out of court and avenge Ills own wrongs by the oxerclso o ! his judicial powers. Under such clrcum- Kances he Is on the same lovcl with every other public officer and every private citizen. But very few Instances have occurred In recent years of attempts by Judges to punish newspaper or other critics for language used out of court. A judge might as well say that a highwayman who knocked him down on the street and robbed him had committed contempt of court as to say that slander and libel committed out ot court are criminal contempt of Judicial authority. There are scattering Judges , however , In the country who have attempted to take- the law Into their own hands where they thought that they had tniffercd personal wrongs through the press. This doctrine must be now as dead ns that of lese-majeste , which consisted In I speaking disrespectfully of anybody In au thority. The decision ot the Now York court of appeals on this tvibject , which Is the product of enlightened common sense on the bench , was probably Inspired , or at least It was approved by Judge Rufus W. Peckham , re cently appointed a member of the United States- supreme court. The great democratic jurist of New York will carry with him to his exalted place just opinions as to the construction of law relating to freedom of speech nnd to a free prewj. THE FOIITV-KIFTH STATI3. I ml UN trial Strength of I/tali at the Tlirqxliolil of Stntoliooil. Washington 1'ost. The final report of the governor of the ter ritory of Utah Is document / of unusual In terest , because It shows the conditions under which the new state of Utah will soon take her place In the family of states. The varied resources of the territory , their wonderful dovelcpmeat , and the rapid Increase of popula tion give abundant promise of a great future. Governor West's report shows that the as sessed valuation of property In Utah has In creased from ? 23,2S9,1SO , In 1S75 , to $99,503- 243 , In 1S94. The Increase of population from 1SSO to 1890 was 44.4 per cent-and from 1890 to 1895 it was 14.15. The total population In 1890 was 207,905 , while It Is now estimated at 217,324. The total number of Industrial con cerns lo placed at 880 ; the number employed at 5.054 ; th ? wages paid at $2,027,118 ; the capital Invested at $5,476,246 ; valueof raw material used at $2.610,038 , and the value of product at $6,078,118. This la a splendid showing of the growth of Industrial resources during the last ten years , but the commercial Intel ests of the territory have had a still mor ? marvelous development. Ten years ago they were com paratively Insignificant , but they now preaent nn Imposing array. The Invested capital Is estimated at $14,551,315 ; sales at $32,805,611 ; wagon paid at $2,653,794 , and tlr number of concerns at 1,974 , with 5,023 employed. In Jts bank statement the report places the ag gregate capital at $5,011,890 , and the deposits at $9,689,267. No state has ever entered the union undsr moro favorable auspices than will attend the formal admission of this new but strong com monwealth. It Is pleasant to note that the retiring commissioners , the governor , and all otlur territorial officials agrea In the opinion that polygamy Is dead beyond the possibility of even an attempted resurrection ; that the new stats will be ns loyal as any of her olds-r sisters , nnd that pho possesses. In her sturdy , thrifty population and vast and varied resources , all the requisites cf a great and prosperous commonwealth. i * AMI orii Governor Morton works the dumb bells every day to prevent a reiapso of his boom. Ye that Intend gifts to gtvo , prepare to get them now. Where ? Head The Bee's teem ing pages. Congress has begun operations In a way that shows how groundless Is tha fear of overwork In that quarter. The ratio of applicants to ofllces locally Is more than 16 to 1. A great frcst may 1)2 looked for within thirty day ? . Anxiety concerning the text of Salisbury's not ? Is needless. Shorn of diplomatic terms , It really means "Tho World Is Mine. " Max : O'llell says that John Bull Is a com pound of "lion , mule and octopus. " He Is dangerous before and behind and all around. The Inventive Japanese liavo concluded to put their houses on ball bearings and thus transform seismic wavea Into the joyful bi cycle motion , Hereafter telephone charges In Franco are to bo 5 cents for three minutes within a radius of fifteen miles. Talk must be cheap In that country. The colored people of Providence , It. I. , liavo decided to begin n national movement for thu erection of a monument to John Brown at Harper's Kerry , Milwaukee speculators have been pinched In a salted mine located several miles from Nowhere. The loss may bo charged to local custom. They neglected to blow off the froth. As a camplo of up-to-ihte philanthropy , that of the Boston man who cabled $100,000 to his runaway wife deserves the laurel wicath. Some men express tholr baundlesb Joy In queer ways. "Perforated bedclothlng" Is now recom mended as a specific for rheumatism of the legs. The exertion neceetary to shako off the Icicles that attach themselves to the quills of the. chins Is supposed to produce a healthful clrciiktlon. They come' fioin the extremes of the coun try Congressman Fitzgerald from Mania- chusettu and Congressman Magulro from Cali fornia , both democrats. They clasped hands In Washington and warmly tlmnkfd the fates that rescued them from the republican tidal wave. "How did It happen ? " ailtej Mac. "Don't know , " quoth Fltz. , "but I think God Is still on tbo side of the Irish. " Highest of all In Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report PUBE , MIGHT REQUIRE MORE BONDS Under Prcsont OoudHirms Oamiot Bo AvertCi Longer Thau GOLD SHIPMENTS LIKELY TO BE CONTINUED CoMKrcNN Coition to tlio Itcllol of tlio TrntNiirr an lm < rrni * In thpiillonnl Drill Will lie Unavoidable. WASIHNOTON , Dec. 0. The statement Is mnde by persons who nra nmong < those liesi qualified to judge , tlint In the absence ot legislation to relieve the financial Bltu.itton another bond issue Is altogether probable within the next few months at the farthest. The present condition ot the exchange mar ket and the commercial situation generally It Is said , point unmistakably to further Inrge withdrawals ot gold , and unless some thing Is done to prevent the usual heavy exports during January and February/ which for the last two years have forced the Issue ot bonds to recoup the depleted gold reserve , a similar situation \\lll confront the treasury before the new year Is far advanced. The available cash balance.In . the treasury today , Including the gold reserve. Is approx imately $175,500,000 nnd an the government has realized from Its three bond Issues Hbotit $182,000,000 It appears tlut but for theM causes the government would now be with out one dollar In HIP treasury nnd In addition would have outstanding obligation ; ) .1111011111- IIIR to about $6,500,000. In the meantime , the excess of oxntndttures over recclnts amount to about $16,000,000. The exports of gold during the last four mouths liavo be ° n us follow. : August , $16,267,000 ; September , $17,424,000 ; October. $2,165,000 ; November , $16/ > t > 0,000 ; so far during December , $3,540,000 , making a total of $35,796,000. So far this calendar year , the exports of gold amount to about $95,000,000. In 1S94 the exports amounted-to $101,819,924. From the best Information obtainable It IM believed that the present month will show .1 surplus of at least $1,000,000 , which will leave the deficit for the fiscal year to Janu ary 1 about $15,000,000. It Is expected that this amount will not be materially Increased during the remaining months ot the fiscal year. I1O.V CAMUUOK HAS HAD KXOL'GH. iioH to Stainl for IU--F.tt > rtl ii to tlie tiilteil .Stiltcn Somite. WASHINGTON , Dec. 0. Senator Don Cameron - eron today announced formally that ho would not b ? a candidate under any circumstances for re-election. He made the announcement by making pub lic the following letter , addressed to Hon. Samuel J. McCarrell of Harrlsburg , Pa. : WASHINGTON. Dec. 0. My Dear Sena tor : 1 am In receipt of your letter of the 7th. You will remember that In a conversa tion at my homo In Harri biirg just after my election to the BeiuitG I told you , as many other friends , that under no circum stances would 1 nRain bo a candidate for re election. Since then nothlnif ha occurred to change my mind. Many friends from every section of the state are writing me making Inquiry as to my wishes and Intentions and cordially offcilng their support. It Is due to them that a public announcement should be made In reply to their Inquiries , and I take this opportunity , through tlie senator from my native county , to thank you and my friends In every county In the state for their moro than generous support for more : han a third of n centuey , nnd to say that I have not been , am not now , and will not be a candidate for re-election to the senate of the United States. Not being In ottlce , bet ter opportunity will be offered mo to serve those who have served me , and that I wjll do so there can bo no doubt. Yours truly. J. D. CAMEUON. TIII ? Goon Down lit the Luke. LANZ , Mich. , Dec. 9. The tug P. H. Campbell , with her crew , was lost about two miles1 off Huron Island on Saturday morn ing. No particulars have been received. The Campbell Is of twenty-two tons burden and was owned by B. B. Inman of Duluth. Sha had lately been employed In the .effort to release the stranded schooners Moonlight and [ Cent at Marquette , and was probably on her way home to Duluth from that port when she. way lost. X < MV Hiillronil for Tovnn. DALLAS Tex. , Dec. 9. The Rockport & Northern railroad will file Its charter to- norrow and the engineers go Into the field icxt week. This road will bo one of ini- ) ortancs , as It will give an outlet through Texas to the cult. The road wll run from Rockport lo Smythvllle , 145 miles , nnd con- iect. with the Missouri. Kansas & Texas railway. It will be built by Baltimore and New York capitalists at a cost of $5,000,000. IIIx MlNNloit IN Only 11 Private Ono. NEW YORK , Dec. 9. A special to the World from Ottawa says : It was under stood that Premier Whlteway of Newfound- and was cdmlng to Canada to negotiate for ho admission of that colony Into the Do- nlnlon , but he now wires Premier Sir ilackenzlo Rowcll that his mission to Canada s of a private nature and Is In no way con- icted with the question of reopening nego tiations with the Dominion. IOWA I'MUSS COM.1ir.NT. Rloux City Joiirnnl ! There will bo no exai Ira gesMon ot llio Iowa legislature. There JT Is no necessity. All the IcglflnUiro needs lo tlo Is to go About It * business In a btislneM- like vay , nnd It cnn ftdjourn In good tlmtST An cxtfA ftfsslon of the legislature nhva.vj hurts the party In power * Davenport Democrat ! \VI cotiMn \ * get ting In line with NobrnsVn , Utah mid Cull. fornla In the manufncture of boot sugar. Where does Iowa come In ? In Scott county IIKVO been raised plenty of tmgnr beets , lu nn experimental way , that have Averaged fts much saccharine product At tlio best of them. DavcnporV Democrat i lown'a code com mission Is 'ready to repftrt after n year mid < a half of Imnl and conscientious work , The > . * revision nf her statutes has cost the etato v. . . J over $25,000 , lint It has been well xpcnt. She could well nffotd to double the sum several times over merely to secure the re peal of BOine of her redundant mul harmful legislation. CUT OUT KOU Kt'V. Ilpconli llronoho Hill Ye * , ilio'i got a sore fiont. Woolly \V ' .it- What done It ? Hroncho Ulll-Do rope broke. Dstrolt Kroo PI-MS : Ktnpley t henr you Iiavo taken your boy Into bujliipss. Hal lili collcKn education ilono him nny Rood ? " Ulntfo I should nay KO ! The other day lie succeeded In boi rowing $10,000. Iloiton Transcript : Mr. Dunn I called to KCU nbnnt a little bill I left beru nbout u month ago. .Mr. Short-Oil. It's nil rlRht : you needn't bo nlat-mr-d. I've laid It nway where It Won't bo disturbed. No ncud for you to call again. Town Topics : "That dentist has got n nmo to t'luiw mo $2 for nulllnir a tooth. " "Why. you , didn't expect lilm to leave tha nerve behind , did you ? " Tribune ; "In nil ilona tvonty yours , " snld old nip Van Winkle. In laMdim about It nftcrwnul , i"nopody offer caught mo nupplng. " Detroit Kroe Prois : Customer I thought 1 would ilrop In to tell you nbout that hulr mattress.you sold mo tlip other tiny. Cleric Anythint ; wrong ? Customer .My wife found some hnlr In It. tndlannpolls Journal : "I want n fountain pen. sccV" H.ild thn Kontlumait with the hi-Plllng.brows nnd the tlglit-llttlnR coat. "Yes , xlr ; nil right , sir , " said the shop , man. "Wo Imvo the very thing you want the puglllst'H favorite. Just till It up occa sionally nnd Itiiievor will dry up. " Hnrper's IJnzar : "Been to the palm show , Hicks ? " "Yos. It's pretty good , but not complete. They ought ito have 0110 of those Hotel Swi'lledorf waiters up there. " "What for ? " "They all Imvo Itching palmy well de veloped. " i Chicago Tribune : "IJccn married ppvrn times , has be ? la bo a man of leisure otherwise ? " "Oh , no ! Ho'ia hard-working tnllor.- - "What n remarkable Instance of the sur vival of the rtttlst ! " VINDICTIVE. I St. I.mil3 Republic. "I was struck by n scorcher , " he said , with a curse , Whoiiithe men with the ambulance found him , "And If I bad my way he'd be scorching still worse , With in strong smell of brimstone ail 'round him ! New York Sun. Well , 1 llk. > this ! I was tixpectlnii It , Of course. But anticipation of what A man yearns for Doesn't make It TaHtc nny worse When ho gets It. And I have got It. Ah , there , Ben nnd Bill , And the rest of you , Get on to the Free advertising Yours truly IH getting out of this Subsidiary boom , As It were. Don't you wish You were Iteed ? Hut I digress. Once more I sit Where once 1 sat , And If my right hand llus forgot her cunning1 , Or my tongue ' Cleaves to the roof of my mouth , 1 haven't heard of It. Neither do 1 think The gentlemen on the Opposite side of the house Will observe anything Of that sort permeating The circumambient ulr Adjacent to the Speaker's clialr In the Flfty-fo/jrth , Jiy Ivory suited me once A'ery well , And I have bad no Occasion to substitute Another for It. Tlie Czar Can do no wrong ; And If I'm not Czar. Who the dickens Is ? Needless to nsk , For echo has Dropped u cog And falls to work A reply. Hut. gentlemen , To business ; The Czar tccmn to have It ; The Cznr lias It. Did I do my worst In the Fifty-first ? ' Well. Watch for the Fifty-fourth. . .Free Photographs. . Wo are giving HII nrdur on Hlno- luirt for ' , J ilo/en ( 'nblnot I'botos of tlio pinrliiisur of tn wurlli of goods lu out' Clilldiun's Dup.trtmiiul . , This oll'or ( mils Dec. ID , owing to the im- pii lbllily of lltilshlnu' no atlvesiiftor that clatu In tlnio fur Christmas. During the gaities of the circus we'd ask a half min ute of attention while we suggest a few things in wear ables. We're cuttin' down the odd lots of children's wear Overcoats , Ulsters , Reefers , Knee Pant Suits , Long- Pant Suits and Novelty Suits of every description. Men's Suits and Overcoats , § 8,50 to $25 Brown ing-King make and factory prices. Underwear and Furnishings Clearing out odd lots of Underwear , Hosiery , Shirts , Collars and many lines of Men's Furnishings , Hero are a few sample prices : Very fine nil wool Bhlrtx and Drawers , Finn natural wool SlilrtH and Druwors , lieuvy del by ribbed ( In large Hlzey excellent iiuallty , regular fl grudu , for only ) regular fl.W ) grade , to close for 81,00 75o A choice * lot of Cashmcro Mufflers , A flno lot of odd Undershirts , all sizes ) , regular Ko ) and 75c grade , to close from 34 to ) ! , icirular Jl-00 and Jl.iu them , 25o aauli grade closing them all out at A lot of genuine Hhaw Knit Cotswold Half Hose , regular 40c grade Christmas novelties In furnishing * now . . , . only U6o In. U'n wise to muko an early se A very line 40-Kauga fast black Half lection , Hose , with white feet , regular 35o Krado going to clew them out Sen 15th. 8t show windows for display ut , 26o "Ulr of MB bargains , Browning , King & Co. Southwest Corner Flftsstitli and Doiiulas , OMAHA ,
