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The Turkish sultan Is In sore straits
for minify , but In thN lie Is unl far
vnl from nome of his " 'u ' 'tv-
fellow inonnrchs.
If tluM-e Is ti > be any relrenclimeut In
the city hall the coinlnc year It will
be only what the Imllsjimnt tuximyers
force out of an uinvlHliiR council.
Kt. l.ouls won't need to secniv the
populist and demoeratie national con
ventions to make sure that the next
president will be nominated In that
city.
Hx-Kenator Insalls succeeds in keep-
In before the newspaper reading pub
lic by repudiating Interviews In one
paper ly ) other Interviews in other
papers.
Omaha extends sympathy to Council
Hluffs over the hitter's heavy loss by
lire. Omaha has suffered from so many
conflagrations that It cannot but feel
for its neighbor's misfortune.
Ambassador Bayard net about the
wrong way to Incubate a presidential
boom. lie seems to have forgotten
llmttprenldents are chosen by American
citizens , and not by Inhabitants of
Great Britain.
The shooting of Councilman-elect Du-
Bols Is a deplorable occurrence. It is
likely to lead to complications In the
council not at all desirable at tills par
ticular time. The affair is unfortunate
not only for the principals concerned
and their families but also for the pub-
lie.
Two Nebraska men have been
mulcted In .South Dakota for killing
game out of season. If the game laws
of tills state were enforced n little more
stringently the outlook for the early
extinction of the game would not be so
promising.
They have actually brought a verdict
of guilty against a public olllcer
charged with embe//.lement out In Hall
county , Nebraska. Is It possible that
a. jury has been found that regards
stealing from the public funds as repre
hensible as stealing fiom a private in
dividual V
The completion of his annual report
nnd Its iraiismittal to congress will
doubtless this week relieve Secretary
Carlisle from a great deal of anxiety
and care. The permanent relief of the
treasury , however , will have to await
the Incoming of a republican admin
istration.
To the hole In the treasury made by
the broken banks must be added Hie
hole created by the Hilton ombow.lo-
inent. The present outlook In that the
Mato's prosecution of its claim against
Hilton and his bondsmen is about as
vigorous us was the prosecution of
Mosher and Outcalt.
The .TackMinlan club of Omaha has
very properly appointed u committee
to draft resolutions on the death of
Allen O. Thurman. The death of this
great and patriotic statesman should
arouse expressions of regret , not only
from democratic organizations , but from
all good citizens , without regard to
political faith.
The wide-awake citizens of South
Onuiha are moving for a macadamized
roadway , extending Twenty-fourth
street to the Sarpy county line. They
expect the authorities of Sarpy county
to continue the road on down to the
fort , which In all probability will be
done. By I his means South Omaha will
attract the local trade and tratliu inci
dent to. a great military garrison , most
of which would have como to this city
had the Thirteenth street road been
completed. But In the long run It may
be all the same.
By the death of ex-Congressman Kd-
ward Mcl'herHon of Pennsylvania an
end will probably be put to that series
of valuable reference works known as
"McRherson's Handbook of 1'olltlcs. "
Mr. Mel'lierson was clerk of the honso
of representatives for seven congresses
and collected together In a single pub
lication all the Important public docu
ments of the preceding blennluin ami
all the votes on Important legislative
measures. Some of his handbooks have
been bound together and Issued as u
history of the civil war , Invaluable to
students of American polities. It Is to
be hoped the series will be continued
on the original plan , even If by a dif
ferent compiler uud under a different
UU'MA.
The development nf a strong senti
ment In Kuglaild favorable to protection
Is one of the Interesting facts of the
linn , whether anything shall result
from It or not. A conference held In
London n fen days ago was signalized
by the statement of n conservative mem
ber of Parliament that the present Ilscal
system of the country Is not satisfactory
nnd an argument In favor of protection
In the Interest of agriculture. It ap
pears Hint the cabinet minister * have re
ceived numerous deputations urging
steps to prevent British agriculture
from being wiped out by foreign com
petition , but these representatives of the
element which demands protection re
ceived no encouragement from the
prime minister , nor are the protection
ists likely to get any encouragement
from a government so bound to free
trade traditions as tlin prei-ent one is. It
Is only a short time ago that Lord
Hallsbuiy gave utterance to sentiments
which seemed to promise something for
the Htmgcltng and depressed farming
Interest of England , but now when lie
H confronted with those declarations he
attempts to explain them away by say
ing thai he "never believed or expected
! t restoration of protection. " Yet no
other const ruction could fairly have
been put 'upon his declarations made
within the past two month * .
The condition of the agricultural Interest -
terost of Kngland. as a whole , is per
haps tlie most deplorable to be found
in any civilized nation of the world. A
recent statement shows that very few
farms In Kngland have for years paid
the rental and that the condition of the
agricultural population generally Is as
iMifnrtunntp as It well could be. Large
ureas have in recent years fulled to pro
duce suinVh'iit to supply the necessities
nf those who cultivated them and It is
probably safe to say thnl at this time
more than half the farmers of Hngland
are hopelessly in debt to the landlords ,
while inn t of the latter are getting out
of their properties hardly enough to pay
the taxes on them. The decadence of
agriculture in Knglaiid has been steady
for years , and Lord SaNbnry was right
when he said a short Hnn > since , what
was then taken to be an utterance In
favor oC protection , that the promises
of those who were responsible for the
' 1-augc In the INeal system of Knglaiid
had not been realized.
But there Is no prospect of the suc
cess of the advocates of a protective
system In Knglaiid , iwen to the mod
erate extent which ( he agricultural ele
ment now urges. Tlh > policy that has
prevailed for the greater part of a cen
tury will be continued , even though
"very farmer In the United Kingdom Is
ruined. Ts not the British agricultural
situation full of suggestion to the Amer
ican people , in view of the fact that
t'l'der our present tariff there has been
n very considerable increase in the im
portations of agricultural products ?
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The decision just handed down by
Judge Keysor In ( he South Omaha
liquor license cases should be taken as
i word of warning by the liquor dealers
uid druggists who are now applying
for licenses and permits to sell intoxi
cating liquors In this city. Judge Key-
-i > r has merely again emphasized the
fact that the legal publication of the
notice of application Is a condition
precedent to ( he right to secure a li
cense or permit and that legal publica
tion consists only In publication In the
newspaper having the largest circula
tion In the county. The Omaha Kven-
ing Bee is the. paper of largest circula
tion In Douglas county and under the
law no liquor license or druggist's per
mit can be granted upon a showing of
advertising In any other paper. The
Bee Publishing company , proprietor of
The Omaha Kvenlng Bee. has given no
tice that it will stand upon its rights
under the law and with the aid of
every means that the law provides.
In these South Omaha cases the South
Omaha council attempted to Ignore the
statute requiring publication In the
newspaper of largest circulation In the
county and lo grant licenses on publica
tion In u rcaderless sheet printed In
that city to which it desired to turn
patronage In reward for political serv
ices , very much on the same plan as
the Omaha Board of Fire aild Police
Commissioners is now trying to reward
the owner of the World-Herald by bull
dozing liquor dealers and druggists into
paying him for useless advertising in
Ids papers. Neither the Kvenlng World-
Herald nor the Morning World-Herald
has now , nor ever has had , as large a
circulation In Douglas county as The
Omaha Kveiilng Bee. Neither the Kven
lng World-Herald nor the Morning
World-Herald has ever dared to permit
a comparison of hona tide circulation
with the OmahaKveiilng Bee , and
neither of those papers will be able to
establish a right to the publication of
notices of liquor license apiJIcatlons
under ( lie law In any honest court of
justice.
According lo the decision of Judge
Keysor , n decision which is fully sup
ported on every point by decisions of
the supreme court , only those licenses
to sell liquor In South Omaha are legal
and valid which were granted on a
showing of publication In the Omaha
Kvenlng Bee. What Is law for South
Omaha In law for Omaha. The paper
of largest circulation hi Douglas county
Is not changed by the fact that the ap
plicant for license lives In Omaha In
stead of South Omaha. Liquor dealers
who want to comply with the. law will
see to It that their notices of applica
tion ave duly printed In the Omaha
Uvenlng Bee.
Bills have been Introduced In con
gress providing for admission to state
hood of Oklahoma , New Mexico and
Arizona. It Is thought probable that a
bill to admit Oklahoma will pass and
possibly New Mexico will be given ad
mission , but It Is not likely this con
gress will give statehood to Arizona , on
the ground that the territory Is not
lltted for It The last annual report of
the governor of Arizona estimates the
population at 77,000 nnd this Is prob
ably somewhat exaggerated , though In
any event it Is not a sulllelent popula
tion to justify statehood , while In the
matter of material development the
territory uuu not advanced fur enough
lo assume the responsibilities of n state.
I New Mexico has n Milllelent population
i lo warrant Its elevation to statehood
j nnd In mulctIttl development It com-
I pares favorably with some of the
[ former terrllorles at the time of their
j admission. The only question Is In
i regard In the character of the popula
tion , hut in his speech before the Trans-
mis.sls ex-tJovernor Prince
I > ippl congress -
| declared that there N no reasonable
i ground of objection In this particular ,
( a considerable proportion of the people
'being ' native American , while of ( lioxo
who are not but few me objectionable.
| But the youngest of the territories.
Oklahoma , makes a showing which
gives It a stronger claim to admission
i than most of the territories which have
become stales had when admitted , so
I
that congress cannot with any show of
I
consistency reject the application of
Oklahoma for.statehood. The popula-
, tlou Is about 17" ! . ( X)0 ) and Its character
' Is excellent , while it has reached a
| point. In material development that will
'enable ' It lo provide for all the obliga
tions and responsibilities of statehood.
( The report of the governor shows that
I the taxable properly of the territory
i has doubled in the past , year and now
amounts to more than ? . ' { .000.000. with
( every promise of steadily Increasing.
! Then- certainly could be no mistake
| made In giving statehood to such a
community. Another favorable thing
Is the fact that the terrltorv Is repub
lican.
I'miiHMtlonably public sentiment
would approve giving statehood to
Oklahoma and New Mexico , but it
would be unwise to make a state of
Arizona at this time.
OPKttK/MMJV 1'ltADI. HK
It is announced that the American
ambassador at Berlin has Initiated
diplomatic representation respecting
this restrictions upon meat importations
from Ibis country Into ( Jermauy and
also with regard to American insurance
companies. It Is to be presumed that
this lias been done upon instructions
from ( ho State department at Washing
ton and If such be the case It is fairly
to be Inferred that It is the Intention
of the administration to thoroughly
sound the Cerman ! government as to Tis
motive in excluding American meats ,
with the Idea of Instituting a
policy of retaliation In the event
that it shall be shown that the course
of that government was prompted by a
retaliatory spirit. The fact that our
ambassador has taken action In this
matter since the publication of the
president's message seems to clearly
point to the fact that he was Instructed
to make his representations after the
president had made public his opinion
on the subject in his annual communi
cation to congress. It Is quite possible
that the ambassador had been fore
warned of this position that would be
taken by the administration and was
fully prepared to make the representa
tion which , according to the advices
from Berlin , he lias made.
There can be no question ns to the
propriety and policy of what the Ameri
can ambassador has done , but will it
amount to anything ? T lie German gov
ernment professes that its action in ex-
eluding American cattle from the Ger
man markets was not intended to be
retaliatory , but was wholly due to the
fact that disease had been discovered
in certain Importation' * . It does not
pretend to deny that the fact of the
United States having placed a differ
ential duty on sugar which affected the
German commodity was seriously con
sidered by the German government , but
it disclaims this as a prime or moving
cause of the discrimination against the
Importation of American cattle. The
recent statement In the Belcbstag of the
German minister of foreign affairs was
a distinct declaration that the cour.se
of the government in tills particular
was not retaliatory , but was solely in
tended to protect the cattle of Germany
against the danger of Infection. At the
same time the minister referred to the
fact of the United States having levied
a discriminating duty on German sugar
In contravention of the most favored
nation clause of our treaty with that
country In a way that clearly indicated
the potency of this circumstance in
determining the action of ( lie German
government.
The action of the American ambas
sador at Berlin Is to be approved , but
that it will have any Immediate practi
cal result Is hardly to be expected.
Possibly It will disclose more clearly
the real purpose of the Gorman govern
ment in Its policy of discrimination , but
there Is no reason to expect that It
will bring about any change so long as
tlio United States maintains a duty on
German sugar which the government
and the people of that country believe
to bo at once a violation of treaty ob
ligations and essentially unjust. Wo
do not believe there is very much senti
ment In this country favorable to
President Cleveland's suggestion re
garding retaliation. On the contrary ,
we think the very general judgment Is
that a mistake has been made which
ought to be rectlllcd , and the only way
In which tills can be done Is by abolish
ing the differential sugar duly.
WrrIJA3l A. W
By the death of William A. Me-
Kelghan the populist party has lost not
only one of its leaders in Nebraska , but
also one who has stood high In Its na
tional councils. By no means a great
man nora man of statesmanlike quali
ties , lie yet possessed a degree of popu
larity which won for him three nomina
tions for congress and secured him two
terms In I lit- national legislature. This
In Itself Is evidence that , although as
representative In Washington he accom
plished nothing of very great Im
portance to Nebraska , he seemed to
have given fair satisfaction to his con
stituents.
In tlie list of public men who have
been bent to congress from this state
the name of Mr. McKelghan , while not
at the top , will yet be several lines from
the bottom.
In Its wonderful report on the city
treasury defalcation that wonderful
council llnance committee congratulates
the people of Omaha that they have had
so many honest men In olllce. Strange
that It was necessary to remind the
people of this ( laming fact. It Is to
be feared that the people of Omaha
haven't npinvcluted the embezzlers In
the city ti asury , the derelicts in the
city conYitJ'dler's ? | olllce , the worthies
'
who linvj'ii pofed as meat Inspectors anil
dtHcatclii raiinml the handlers In the
city comic ! ] . ' *
In dee\u'ig \ : ) In favor of postal sav
ings banks i the Kcdt-ratlon of Labor
convention "Accorded Itself In favor of
a practical measure for the promotion
of the wage-workers' prosperity. Postal
savings batiks would afford an abso
lutely safi3li\vi" \ < liiicnt for the savings
of the working classes and conduce to
economy and thrift. They would enable
the government to secure a popular
loan at favorable rates of Interest. It
established In connection with the
present postal system they would hasten
the extension of civil service to the
whole Poslolllce department. Postal
savings banks would not be a panacea
for all our Ills , but they would be a
most helpful assistance to tlie thrifty
In all the lower \\ulks.
"Never has there been such a suc
cessful railway receivership" Is the
comment of Judge Cnldwell on the
foreclosure of the Santa Ke. And In
the theory of the law , a railway re
ceivership Is nothing but the manage
ment of a ralboad by government ap
pointed ollicers. A few successful re
ceiverships will take some of the edges
off the arguments In favor of unre-
stiletod and unregulated private rail
road management.
The Omaha Fair and Speed associa
tion has given assurance to tlie State
Board of Agriculture that every facility
for the convenience of the- public at the
state fair will be afforded next year.
Bettor means of transportation and
ample water supply will be forthcoming.
Whatever shortcomings may have been
noted last fall were incident to the new
enterprise and will , as a matter of
course , be obviated hereafter.
The constitution of Nebraska takes
precedence of all laws enacted under
il and In coiilllct with It. The discovery
of a divergence between tlie date lixed
by the constitution for the commence
ment of the terms of the newly elected
district Judges and the date llxed by
statute should therefore precipitate no
complication. The date indicated by
the constitution is tlie one that will
have to be observed.
A Crumb of Comfort.
IVonJsl'lUe Coiirljr-.Inurml.
Boston goes democratic. Let tis malce
Boston tlie ,1mb of a democratic revolution.
Allcn'M Six-Ofli.
TCfinsas City Jourrul.
Senator Allan's speech on foreign titles
for Americans was an unusually good one.
That Is to 'say , It was shorter than most of
his speeches. ,
' ' BIoux City Journal.
Until the' ' 'prisent crop of murdoms In
Minneapolis } 'Oriiaha and Philadelphia has
been duly Itangeli , all agitation for the oboll-
'lon ' of the laws , for capital punishment will
b dropped. _
Tin- ; Convention Hnoilon.
Whenever a democrat has been nomlnaf il
nt St. ( Louis' -'he lias toerm beaten. Even
( Jin-eland ftttled""W1ien > 'narfie'd' ( here. Every
man who has'1 gained the presidency since
the war , wlth'tlid'single exception of Hayes ,
was first nominated at Chicago. Wo offer
these great facts In the way of consolation
to the city by the lake over the success of a
former rival. _
lclit mill rrOHiirrlty.
New Vorl : Mall nnd HxpiPss.
The Intimation , given out from Washing
ton , that another bond Issue Is probable In
the nenr future , will surprisenobody. . This
administration proceeds upon th.1 theory
that tlie government Isill right as long
as it can borrow money to pay running e.\-
pet.ses , and Mr. Cleveland may feel that nevIs
Is the time to prove the country's prosperity
by plunging It a' little more desply In
debt.
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SkiMlnilillcil !
New Yolk Sun.
War was proclaimed In August , 1S94 ,
against protection and governmental favor
itism In the tariff ; a fight to the. bitter end.
Mr. Cleveland proclaimed It.
He also announced his own enlistment as
a private in the army of attack. Wo quote
his energetic words of August 27 , 1891 :
"I take my place with the rank and file
of the democratic party who believe In tariff
reform and know what It Is , and refuse td
accept tlie results embodied In th9 | bill us
the clobo of the war. "
This volunteer took Ills place In the ranks ,
but where Is he now ? He has run away !
Has ho sent a substitute ? If so , who Is
that substitute ? Has he fled also ?
The Sr.-il rirnlt'H
AVnnliltiKton Test ,
The greatest objection to the .payment of
the damages awarded the Canadian snl
poichcra reshles In the fact that It was not
the result of arbitration , but was Hindu
off band after a pleasant llttlo social con
ference between Secretary Gresham and Sir
Julian I'auncofote. There uas no pretense of
nibitratlon. Sir Julian proposed an amount
that ho thought would Ritlpfy oven his Cana
dian friends. Mr. Gresham suggested a re
duction , Then they split the difference at
$425,000 , shok hands and separated , vactly
pleated wl : i themselves ahd with each other.
But there wau no semblance or pretense of
arblratlon. U was arbitrary. If you will , and
for that reason congress refused to sanc
tion It.
CU-vcliiiul anil Il
New Voik Tribune.
Those were weighty words which Mr. Cleve
land wrote In Ms message In favor of com
mercial reciprocity with Germany , Wo are In
sympathy with them , and sa were Mr , Illalno
anil the Ffty-/lr3t | congress. "Czar" Heed's
congress. In2act ( , the latter believed In them
bo thoroughly .tliqt It enacted a law provid
ing for reciprocity with Germany , and Mr ,
I ) la In e , throustfr he State department , ne
gotiated n treaty to carry the law Into effect.
Perhaps MrT blfveland has forgotten that
n subsequent congress , In an act which he re
fused to slKHv-reftealed the law and brought
about ths present unfriendly commercial re
lations. Caiyltbe possible that he was off
fishing when/die McKlnley law was passed ,
and so never 'ueard of Its reciprocity provi
sions ? vX
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Duck Hliniil' > a mill I'ulillr IIIHIII | | > HH ,
NKW Ynrk World ( d"m. )
peoplcTctothe United States ) pay their
president $50,000 year , or ? 1CO.G6 for each
wo'klng day , to Jl'.cnd to the country's bu l-
neis ,
There Is lust now exeedlngly Important
and presnlni public busIneM fcr the presi
dent to attuiti t < V
Congress 1 $ . wilting to know what the
British enswer fo Mr. Olney's note Is In order
that con grew may know what Its duty ls In
th' premlsfs. ' ,
Thor : > Is ijtlll a revequo deficiency to pro
vide for , There Is a vtty serious currency
problem to be solved , GolJ Is still leaving
us at a. time of yar when wo should bo Im
porting gold.
With a divided authority there Is vllally
Important buslines for the president and con-
grets to do In agreilni ; upon mme policy that
iftall lave the country from a fiirthr.In -
rrcasu In ln | bomlbd debt , or at least Ktvo U
fiom that waste of millions In meeting emer
gencies \vtilch haa three- times occurred.
There Is very pressing and Immediate need
to provide In some way fcr the protection of
tha treasury against another "hold-up" by a
syndicate , which \t \ obv'oualy ' Impending.
Yet at tlila crlt'Ia ; theproildtnt has gong off
duck rhootlng fcr a wsek op two. The fact
lu not encouraging to those who concern
thcnuelvea ( or the public welfare
I.UdAI. Itr.Hl.M'.S * l.OOKI.Ml II' .
ttii'n I'roiimril > 'r v Codr n rp. l
for tinI.IMI } ! .
TlmellrrnM. .
Advance copies of the r Uwi > low.i c lf ,
which will be i'--trll > ted among th mem.
b-rs of the next lo a lefiishHir- , Indicate
that the lawyjrs of the Hawfcoye state ht-
ttnil , If possible , to lay up * tor of mat
rimonial dUesntent against the day of want.
The legnl minds of Iowa nave put thMr
heads together to ilevlse a relume for mak-
Ins lh waste places In a country law PMC-
tlct blossom with perennial crops of con-
nttbUI clients.
The clause In the now code which makes
n pmilo of gladness play ov.r the f'ice of
legal ptnury Is the propnjo.1 addition to tlis
1 gal grounds cf divorce of Iho provision
that failure to provide for the proper com
fort cf a t\fo ! entitles hrr In sii" for divorce
nnd to get It If she can nhow tint her com
fort hat been ncqKctcd.
The adoption of this sv'lnii of ih n w
code- will open up pjaslbllitliM of m.irlUI
Incompatibility far beyond the mou radiant
drtnms of the most rcsjureaful South Ila-
kota barrister. The propovil change In lh- >
divorce law cannot bo charged to any col
lusion on the part of th. new woman of
Irwa for the. reason that she Is not lylm ;
awnke at night trying to devise a plan for
btcnklng the matrimonial chains. She lun
none to break. She la not looking for al
liances of this kind. The new \\um.in Is not
In any haslo to exchaime a sixty-dollar
position for a Ifn-dollar-a-w-ek man. Ths
responsibility for the proj'cted Innovation
In divorce legislation belongs entirely lethe
the lawyers ,
The Inttresl that will attach to this sec
tion , should U become n law. Is In the various
meanings that will be given to the word
"comforts/1 by th courts. The word already
has a large elasticity In the domestic lexi
con , and It Is needless lo say that the law
yers will still further expand Its scops for
the edification of the courts. The prospect
Is contemplated by parsimonious old b no-
diets with feelings of horror. Just how many
"pink tens" and afternoon luncheons will
bs necessary lo satisfy the courts as to what
constitute the necessary home comforts Is
matter for gravespeculation. . Indcrd , the
slt.gle omission of lavender sherbert from
one of those entertainments may give- occa
sion for a family brawl that will be rich
for the courts and the solicitor.
A Judge may dfcldc that an English pug
or a Scotch collie Is nscessary to woman's
comfort ; Indeed , some tender-hearted Judges
may decide that a largo , pugnacious billy-
goat and n loquacious poll-parrot are nec
essary to the comfortable dtvJrslon of the
female mind as n relaxation from the dull
routlno of domestic care. One of the first
things which the magistracy would b ? called
upjn to settle , would be the exact number of
houss scrvan's , hostlers * , butlers and French
cooks that will satisfy the legal meaning of
the word "comforts. " Whether the comforts
of a home would Include a blcycl ? and four
or five pairs of bloomers for the weary and
wornout housewife would also be a fruitful
source of marital discord and contention ,
which would have to be settled In the Judi
cial forum.
While the. lawyers of other s'ates ' contem
plate with gloomy forebodings the tendency
of humanity to live together In peace nnd
harmony and of the courts to discourage
conjugal separation , tlio outlook for the legal
fraternity In Iowa Is rosy to exasperation.
VUICI3 OP Till- : STATE 1MIKSS.
Arlington Times : The very smalt town
of Inland , nine mlUu east of Hastings , has
two depots and Omaha , which Is a much
larger town , has none.
Humphrey Democrat : Nebraska beets arc-
all right. If they won't make sugar they will
do for molasses , and If not good enojgh for
molasses , whisky can be made from them.
The b3et Industry Is safe.
Randolph Times : All over the- state the cry
goes up for a reduction In freight rates to
correspond to the low price of grain. The
railroads could make hosts of friends among
Nebraska farmers and people generally by
dividing the profits with the farmers.
Grand Island Independent : Hang to your
Nebraska farm , even If It Is held down with
a mortgage. In the meantime It will make
you a living which thousands elsewhere are
not getting and eventually double in price.
The rich Nebraskan within five years will
bo he who keeps what property he has and
secures more at present prices.
Tin : OLD HOMA.V.
Chicago Record : He stood for rugged
honesty In national legislation. Ills name was
a terror to corporate plunderers and to cor
rupt lobbyists of every sort throughout his
term of distinguished service at Washington.
Kanws City Journal : The death of ex-
Senator Allen G. Thurmnn removes a figura
us pIctursEque as It was conspicuous. His
demise Is the peaceful close of a long life
filled with honors mora often bestowed than
sought.
St. Louis Republic : He- neither hesitated
before odds nor compromised with tempta
tions. Heady at all tlmey for any opponent ,
cheerfully brave and careless of blows , he
boat the truths of democratic1 doctrine Into
the resp'ct of his fiercest adversaries.
Minneapolis Tribune : Judge Thurman was
a man of great ability and always preserved
a reputation for sterling honesty and patriot
ism. For some years he has been retired
from public service , and thus while his death
will not create a ripple on the surface ot
affairs , he will bo duly mourned and hon
ored.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : No man who lias
filled a prominent position In public life was
richer In that which should accompany old
age , "as honor , love , obedience , troops of
friends. " He was Idolized by his family , en
deared to a wide circle of friends , by his en
gaging manners and many acts of kindness ,
bsloved and trusted by hlo party associates ,
and held In respect and esteem by his po
litical opponents.
Denver News : Perhaps no other American
of the last quarter of a century , who passed
many y6ars in the arena of public life and
who was InvjstfitI with high honors , en
joyed In HID fame degree as Allen G , Thur
man the confidence and respect of both his
political friends and hlo political opponents.
Kxaltcd character , powerful Intellectuality ,
unfllnrhlng courage that shrank from no
foeman , and unbinding Integrity were his In
full measure and rounded out a personality
that placed him among the bst end greatest.
D nvcr Republican : The death of Allen G.
Tliurman icinoves from this life one cf the
foremost of American statesmen of the period
Immediately following the war. That period
which to some of us seems po nwr has
passed Into history for the rising e neratton
and Its central figures have long assumed
the place cf historic cliaractcrt' . Of these
Mr , Thurman was oneof the foremost. Ho
was a true patriot. A democrat , ho never-
thel-ss was loyal and true to the constitu
tion and principles of the American union ,
Kansas City Star : Allen G , Thurman has
Joined a great notable company "on the
other side , " He was nearly the last of the
giants which Ohio reckoned among her jewels
thirty years ago John Sherman Is now about
the only survivor of the splendid galaxy
which haa gradually faded and dwindled
with the death of Chase and Slanton and
Ben Wade and Joshua Glddlngs , nnd Den-
nlMn and Brough and Pendleton and Garfield -
field and many others who shone as stars
of the first magnitude in the political firma
ment. Who will rise up to take the places
of these vanished Titans ?
Chicago Inter Ocean ; Regarded from the
standpoint of the- democratic party , ho made
ulmoi't an Ideal senator , and his life Blnce his
retirement had ben sucb as to acivanes htm
In the good oplnicn of all parties. Ho was
never very closely In sympathy with Iho
Cleveland administration , and lie received
no favors from the administration either In
Cleveland's first term or his second , Ho was
a gentleman of the old school , anil his death
will be as much a pursonal toaj to hla large
acquaintance In the republican parly as to
hla followers In the democratic party.
Globe-Democrat : It Is rclatol that when he
was of the ago lo go to college there was
no mcney to send htm there , and In th ) bit-
tcrness of hU misfortune It suddenly occurred
to htm tlmt he could do something by studyIng -
Ing at homo. The result wag that , although
he missed the coveted college diploma , li ;
becnmo a scholarly man In all branches of
knowledge , end gained the hlgheit recognition
as a lawyer. ThU determination to t > ecuro ;
an < ducatlon by hl own efforts In eplte of i
adverse circumstances characterized him In j
all his subsequent course. He was a per-
stetent student , a thorough Investigator , a
man of tlrelesu Industry , who made hU way
by force of his own mental power and per-
sev-ranee. It la not too much to nay of him
tlmt hla success wa * won by an order of
ability that placed him In the list of the
nation's lending statesmen * I
IMSSI.MJ OV Oli.VX CAMr.ltOX.
Chlcigs Tribune ! At the close of Senator
Cameron's present trrm Iho Camcronlan dy
nasty nlll hsivo la ; pd ( Uiy-two years. U h
lilgh time for J. Don to al-dicato and glva
raiiiB other l' in. ylvan ! family a choice.
Indianapolis Journal : Senator Cameron , h )
declining a ro-elcct'on , lia < relieved the re
publicans of I'rnKgyivnnh cf I ha untilcimnt
duty of selling him aside because ht > Is no
In accord \\ltli the sentiment of the * part )
on several questions.
Chicago Chronicle : Tlio retirement of J.
1 Han Cnnifron fiom the Urllcd Stales senate-
will not be.t wholly Irreparable loss. Some-
tvhcro In the great stite of 1'ciinsjlvanta ,
ulthout doubt , a man will be foun * who can
weir the Cameron toga without Imlng to bo
nuMod to fit It.
Knmt City Star : It Is tuts lo say lint
IVnn.-.vhiiuU \ < , \ \ \ not snd .inothor m.tn
with frne silvop tendencies lo the srnato In
the place of Senator Cameron. Possibly
tn.it gentleman's dcolslun not to be a candl-
. date attain rrsfj on the fear that his con-
EH\ic.-s ! \ : may not want him.
llojlott Globe : Don Cameron Is out In n
letter refusing to be a candidate for re
election to the- United States scnato from
I'enns.Uvunla. This gives Pennsylvania a
vi'ry unexpected opportunity to tied a man
lo the Unlltd States semtu whose abilities
nto commensurate with the Importance of
the great state which he would rsprscnt.
New York Mali and Cxprc'i : Senator Don
C.imcrnn of Pennsylvania has rendered the
republican party of lhat Elate the greatest
service that lay In Ills power by announcing
that he will not bo a candidate for re-e1e ton. !
llo has saved his party from the unpleasant
necessity of defeating him as n means of
demonstrating Its own dignity ami Integrity.
New York World : The retirement of Din
Oamcrca from the sonata will end a political
reign of over half a century by the clan
Cameron. An ppltomo of his public scrv-
Ice In the senate- was given in a sentence In
our Washington dispatch of yesterday : "Ho
has never originated an Important bill nor
made a single public address during his
whole service. "
Philadelphia Press : For the present , In
considering the reason which has Induced
the step. It is enotmh to recognize1 that Mr.
Cameron has gracefully bowed to un over
whelming and Irresistible popular opinion ,
He had placed himself wholly out of harmony
with the republican reutlmcnt of Pennsyl
vania. He had not only ceased to represent
his constltuiiicy upon tlio most vital economic
questions ot the day , but had openly and
strenuously antagonized their cherished con
victions and their vital Interests.
Philadelphia Inquirer : It may hnvo been
a cnso of sour grapes with Don Cameron , but
still wo llko tlio frnnk manner in which he
gets out. There was no evasion In that. But
what does ho mean by saying that ho can
servo his constituents batter out of the senate
than in It ? Wo think , of course , that he Is
right oven In that severe opinion , for ho has
not served his constituents at all since the
silver bee took to blnglng its seductive re
frain In his willing car ; but what does the
senator think awaits him after the close of
his term ?
PKIISON'AI , AXI ) OTlinilWISK.
Mr. Thomas C. Platt does not operate a
brass band , still he gets what he. goes after.
The clatter of the local press suggests tlmt
Minneapolis has just heard of n region
known as the Black Hills.
Lieutenant Peary accomplished a task al
most as difficult as reaching the pole. He
speaks the Eskimo language with the < easeof
a native.
Captain Thomas Morley , a survivor of the
charge of the Light brigade , Llbby prison and
the Ford's theater disaster , Is living in Wash
ington and Is In good health.
Herr Dowe Is dead. The bullet-proof coat
could not protect Its Inventor against the
arrows of death , because they are launched ,
not from outside , but from Inside the human
frame.
The water In the channel of the Missouri nt
Pierre , S. D. , Is so low that the enforcement
of prohibition Is regarded as perilous. Now
and then a llttlo of the filtered fluid Is taken
on the side.
Tlie judges of the appellate division of the
New York supreme court have decided to
wear gowns. As the court recently Inter
preted contempt of court on broad common
sense lines It Is welcome to the finest toga
obtainable.
Swaml Trlgunatltananda , a brother Sanyasl
of Swaml Vlvekananda , whatever that means ,
Is lecturing In New York. And yet some
New York papers cannot understand why the
city did not receive a larger vote at the
republican convention contest.
Colonel Ingersoll Is advertised to lecture
shortly In Hoboken , and a number of Ms
lithographs announcing the lecture were hunt ;
In the shop windows , but the resident min
isters went around and had them taken down.
After that the lithographs were not needed.
A Brooklyn Judge , endeavored to settle the
ownership of two valuable carrier pigeons b <
submitting It to the- pigeons thcmstlvc-3. The >
were turned loose by the court , but the plan
of the court and the hopes of the two claim
ants are yet unfulfilled. The pigeons upset
both by flying to some unknown rocat.
Congressman Barrett , who made n shor
cut to national notoriety by his attack 01
Ambassador Bayard , is a graduate of Dart
mouth college. He was the Washington cor
respondent of the Boston Advertiser In 1883
and for several years afterward. He event
ually became editor of the Boston Record
and the Boston Advertiser. lie was defeated
for congress three years ago. The republican
tidal wave last year landed him In the house
by a very small margin.
TIM : nil , i , CASH
vr-v rillw" : The Jury > In the case
again * t I.'t-Trcsiurrr
- lllll for the recovery
Cipllnl NMIotul bank ha returned n ver-
diet for the iMcmlant. The only way the
slate c.in set any of th > $23.00l ( ! ) ( h.it went
In the rat hole nil ) be what It can RH
! ? " ' * ecivcr < The nay thlnijs look now
tins S.KG.OOO. or x I.URC pnrt of It will hate
to be-chare * ! up to the working of the popn-
list depository lav.
West 1'olnt Hoptibllcan : The slate has lo. t
the tull against Slalo Treasurer lllll In which
It attempted to recover $23t,000 ? lost In the
failure of the Capital National bank. It
sirnis tlmt when the law designates n olll-
clal's depository , hi * liability csases. Th
Jlo.OOO appropriated by our Ipghlnlnro to
prosecute the case Is about expended , ami
doubtless this will came conation of the w
leRal flRht to recover the money. It U ta T 4
bo roKreltcd that our Inws arc so la * that ' 1
such n va.'t EUID of public money can be mis
appropriated , ami no retponslblllty attached to
any one. Thei law tliouhl be amended so
tlmt wholesale public plunder would b' 1m-
pOMlble. The Mosher steal and hla llRht
sentence by Judge llttndy , are two Incidents
that lUud as n lasting dlSRrace. tti our state
and federal court. MiMntlmo the people
are holding Iho sack.
IMpIllion Times : ny their verdict th *
Jurors In the lllll case have said that lldl
ami nig bon-lsmcn need not pay the vast bum
or monny hioh somebody stole from the
ttato wlillo Hill was state treasurer. 1'er-
Inps poor lllll did not stt-al a dollar , but
the bald fjct rrmalns that the money wna
last seen In his ! uml , mi that now It Is
forever lost to the Uxpiyets who | uld It.
\ \ hat a KrlnnltiR farce Is this tiling wo call
law In Nebraska ! \V.H | , n hranenrelch
must be our vaunted Qoddss of Justice when.
Mie cnn stind calmly by and serj such out
rages pcrpotrnted In her name Let us hope i
that some day the common people of Nebraska 4
will arise In their might and demand the !
money which false public servants have 1
stolen from the sMte. I.at tis hop- but *
there Is no hope. The greater the stiallncs J
of men nnd pnrtl-s In our slate , the Kreater '
their majorities when they ask eleclbn. Hope
is dead , nnd hell Is not far from Lincoln.
iiosujvur invi.s.
. * ? -abSl : > eti ; vpllii"'n n" ° ' (1 ( ° ot
- , ,
invi lu * iy oui til oil > \ I VCH ( ifk too iiitittx11
Yonkers StalesmiuT ' ?
: He-Thal'p n vcrv !
oxtravn nit coik you 1mvo Kot She-Yes { '
she seelin to Ihlnbv. . . lllive victuals o-c. to V
Cincinnati Knqulror : "This Is
a s '
canon for you. sister. " , 'slayed "the'1
"Ilut
Brooklyn lfe | : , \nco ( tlp frPnd-T | .iun.t
' ' nia cle '
aertrude ( therlvnDShe can't help It lier- J |
Somervllle Journal : "Yos" It ° nM In
" L1 ' " " 'Be ' owy
nnd itkr'v beyoml l v ' hl8 ' ! In" "omotlmc-M find * It
Powers to got
to say it. a girl
New York Truth : At the Mnt
1 ( " CrUS' * ?
, ° ' ' 1 o ort
Mln"rvn. the goddess of
ot ' " " " e.
WlllOW No : llllt tills I" ? Ivlll ! * " ? nlr ,
tnon. the wisest mnn that ever lived. Ho
married a thousand times.
Detroit Free Press "
; "Whv Is mv
1 >
It up. " said Foggs.
She Is crylnsr for "
help ; nnd Bones '
smiled over the Idiom of our language ? '
byr'T " " 'c'Ins ' Mamma nndbaby re
from n walk. "Oh , " ys % mamma
° 'iCr ' hiwlmml. "such good nowsl Hnh ?
hls llrst won1- "
' " -
noally
n"Yc ? ' Jllst fancy. We were In the Zoo-
lopioal pinion ; . , standing before the inonkev
cage , ivhon baby crleil out , 'Look at papal' '
THAGI3DY AVEHTKD.
HP had no iiionpy , hail no work ;
Friends Ind no aid to ijlvo.
HP had no pros-pert. * . hml no hope
Why should he care to live ?
TI'r-n ? ! n"ful ! , fncts hp brooded o'er.
nlwli berpft of wits ;
J lien suddenly his pistol seized.
And-pawned It for six bits.
TICI.I , IT Ol'T.
Buffalo News.
Don't sit down ami wait for trade
'Taint the way.
Get a hustle , make n show ,
1'us-li your liiiHlnesr mnko 'or ito
Don t sit down and wait for trade.
Taint the way ,
'
'Taint the way.
If you've nnvtlilnt- sell ,
Ti-ll it out ,
Let your neighbors ' " "
SOP you're "ny ,
Oet up "banrnlns. " don't sny dip , /
If you've anything to sell ,
Toll It out , ,
Tull It out. '
Folks won't know you If you don't
Advertise ,
Keep things inovln' every dnv ,
Tulk ahout It : that's the way , '
Folkswon't know you If you don't
Advertise ,
Advertise.
Fine Clothing of the well-tailored , correctly cut
sort , is the special hobby of this firm.
But right now we're offering * a very extensive line
of Smoking Jackets , House Coats , Lounging Robes ,
Studying Gowns , Bath Robes , etc. , and a thousand
i
things in furnishings suitable for Christmas gifts ,
Browning , King & Co.
Southwest Corner Fifteenth uud Doughty , OMAHA.