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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1896)
THE OMAHA DAILY M. llDShWATEtl. Ivtltor. I't'llUmiRt ) KVKUV MOUH1NC1. TKHMS Ot' " r > n\\y \ \ IKt ( Without ftun.liyi Ott Ywr . t W Dally ! ! anil Sunday , Ono Ywir . M HU .Month * . ' 22' Thiw Mi-nlhi . " 22 Bimdny ll * . Oii Yrar . J w HnturtUy Ifee , On * Year . . . . . . . 1 Jl Weekly llee. One Yem , . I * OFlWKf. Ornnhfi : Th * ttw ItulMlnc. . . . . . _ Hmith Oman * : Slnirer lilh. . Cor. N and 21th Sts. Council Illiirfc : K Nnrtti Main fltreet. ofllc * : J1J rliambi > r nf Commerce. . . . N w Yoi * : Itonms 11 , H and 18 , Tribune HIJs. WjuldtlKlmi : HOT I- ' Street , N. W. All romrmintrnllnn * rdntfng tn now * nnJ rdt- torlnl tnnttrr utionM | j ftdilremvrl : Tn the KJItor. llli ISrt. r < rt t.UTTKHS. AH bunln * * * IMtpra nmt rrmlttanrra nlionM lie A'llrcMtd ' to The Hm I'uhltrli InK Compnny , Omaha. Pmftii , rh < vt < nnil p ftofll-p intern to 1 - tiioiii > pftynlil * tn thi * order nf Ihc cmnpnny. TIIR nfJB rum.isiiiNu COMPANY. BTATKMIINT Of CJItCULATION. Stnto of NVlirnrhn , I Uouglnii County. I Oeorse H. Tiwlmck. wwrnnry nf The llti > I'uli- ll'lilnR company , lielng duly nwnm , ray * that the nrliml njimhiT of full and complete copies of The Dnlly Mnrnlnir , MvonliK ? nml Pumlny lice prlnto ] during the munth of November , IS90. waa a fol lows : 18 SO.WO Sl.lll U JO.MS JU.V ! 18 SO.IM 41.2(3 ( 19 50 SH ai.UT 21 20,4lt T. . 21,22(1 ( 22 21.000 X . 21.KO S3 20,072 0 . M.Mi ! 21 20.0.-.1 10 . 29,1)31 ) SS- 20.131 11 . SI. Ml 28 II ) Ml 12 . ZO.TSi 2T 201C1 H . 2A.MO 28 20.015 i : 21,010 : o 20.0:3 TotaU CM.3I2 Loss Oo.Iurtlons for unsold nnd r turnoJ copies 12.TS2 Tnlnl net oaks CI'.SCO Not dally nvonigo 21 M3 nKoncin n. TX.SOIIUHC. Subfcrllied In my presence nnil sworn to tcforo me thlii 1st day of December. W > i. N. I' I-'KII. . ( Sent. ) Notary Public. Xow look on i for the l \d ! < > write * It Xnisis. Isn't It pretty near time for St-untor Tlllnmn Iff lirenlc loose oin-c moro ? If lh ( > ppriplii's parly Is no lunjriu1 onoujjli for ( U'lii'ral Coxcv. how can any of the oilier Ki-Piit and jiood men possi bly 8tay with It ? Kvhlpnco is rapidly nccmnuliitliiK that the revision of tln > oxl.slint ; revenue law will Iio nmoiiK the llrst and most Im portant limit's of thf state legislature. The llr.st surgical opt-rallon the In ls- Inturo will Imvo to perform will Iio to cut open Iho treasury cancer which has been eating into tln > vitals of the state. Coxcy deserves credit for ono thin ? ; . JIo boldly asscrlH that ho has loft the ix'oplo's party Instead of hiding behind tlm cowardly subtcrfiiKo that the party has left him. If President Cleveland will only wait until after .March next ho can o away oil duck hunts as often aw ho pleases without encountering tin- slightest crit icism of his conduct. If nuy of the now populist congress men-elect want to rival the record of Congressman .Mercer they will httvo to KCI up cany in tno morning and work late at iilfilit every day In the year. Mr . MeKluloy is In Chicago doing her Christmas anil Inauguration shop ping. Hero is another line opportunity for Now York to raise a howl about the llrst lady In the land dlscrlminatliif ; against the metropolis and fashion cen ter of the country. With the whole of block StJ covered with a structure In keeping with the present Sixteenth street front Omaha will have a federal building which will bo a credit to the city , to the government which erects It. and to the representative in congress through whoso on'ort.s It has boon secured. If the Omaha curfew ordinance con flicts with state statute and is on that account Invalid , then all the curfew or dinances framed on the same plan that Imvo been adopted by other Nebraska towns must be equally worthless. The c-nrfow apparently Is not appreciated ceiuury lawmaicers. Washington hotel keepers are pre paring to reap their regular quadren nial harvest of olllcesei-kers * patronage , and , In fact , are already ready to enter tain all'the future ministers to DA- homey who may apply , provided only that they have the requisite money to part with. The substitution of salaries for foes in compensation of federal court olllcer.s Is said to bo working very well. The Balary Instead of the fee Is unquestion ably In line with common scnm > and more oillclent .service. The fee olllco must go eventually , whether In national , state or local governments. "No man can tell what this congress will do between now and the -Ith of March" Is the wise remark of ono of our national solons In response to a ques tion as to the probable fate of Iho pub- llu building appropriation bills reported to the house last week. Noboily can tell. but Hie chances of the public building bills are as good and better than these of most other bills on the calendar. The political lishlng excursion con ducted under the gnlse of a contest by the defeated fusion candidates for thu legislature has not been very smvos..fiil HO far. All the pupucrats want to know is how the republicans carried on Uti'Ir Hide of tlu > national campaign. This has no more to do with the election of mom- burs of the legislature than it lias with the Hot-lion of TransmlsslsalppI Kxpo- Hi tint ) olllccrs. The activity of the I'ostoilleo depart ment In issuing fraud orders against HWln ' " g concerns that use the mallu ( ji the transaction of their business will Iiavu the approval of all good citizens. It Is prouably a hopeless task to pro- .vent gulllblcs from throwing their money away on all sorts of fraudulent ochomos , but thu government can not bo expected to co-operato with the Mwlndlei's by cotintunauclni ; thu use of the mulls by tliuui. i hM > nmtji'rnn HT.\TH \ im'.t.sriir. For in-nrly two years It has boon an r < ; i n sciTi'i that the condition nf the stale triTH'try Is not what It ought to IIP. It In a No an open secret that State Treasurer Hartley has persistently dis regarded the safeguards which Imvo j j ' been Imposed by law upon him aw ens- ! I toillan of public funds. From the very outset In- has assumed that the stale treasurer Is accountable to nobody for his nets exi'opllng his own Imiidsmen and 111:1 : y nt his pleasure farm out pub lic money for Iho bcneilt of hlmseJf or of favored bankers. According to the best Information no- cosslhlo , there are now presumed to be some 91,700.000 In the custody of Iho state treasury , exclusive of the sums tied up In failed depository banks. Of this amount nearly half a million Is drawing no Interest for the state and the balance Is on deposit at 't per cent. \Vhlli > this vast sum Is at the disposal of the state treasurer more than S'.OOO- 000 of unredeemed slate warrants are out , on which the state Is paying Inter est at fi per cent. The best of tin-so warrants are being hawked about at It per cent discount , and some creditors of the state nro forced to accept oven less. Against the general fund alone there are outstanding over ? 1 .Ooa.OOD In warrants , while the treasurer is sup posed to liavo on hand to the credit of Hint fund ? . .Rooo. ! ) Taking advantage of the defects of the stale depository law. the treasurer has Interpreted Us provisions so as to leave him free to appropriate the in terest tin the uninvested part of the permanent school fund , amounting tea a half million dollars. That is not tin- worst , however. Some of the banks In which tile treasurer has deposited state money are reputed to be In a pre carious condlllon and fears ( am ex pressed that they will not be able to produce the cash on demand when th" treasurer is called on to turn It over to his successor In .lapuary. This Is Indeed a very serious siiun- tlon , which must bo confronted with prudence and yet demands prompt and decisive action. While nothing should be omitted to protect Iho state from lo-i * . the reckless disregard of law and willful misappropriation of public funds must be put an end to. The tlrst olllcer upon whom will devolve tin- duly to deal with this subject will be tin- governor and he must not fa Her in fearlessly discharging U. mi : Some revival of intero.st In the impor tant question of irrigation Is to bt ? ex pected from the deliberations of the irrigation congress soon to meet at 1'hoenlx. Ariz. Whether what shall be done by this congress will have any better results than the action of pre ceding congresses is problematical , but in any event it will serve to .stimulate interest in a subji-ct that Is unlveisally admitted to bi > of gicat concern to the country and particularly to the west. Tlie question of the reclamation of the arid lands grows In Importance as the area of the public domain diminishes and It will command Increasing atten tion until a wise nnd comiirelien ive policy with respect to the arid region Is settled upon. There are r.OO.ono.OOO aerc.s of arid lands and the secretary of the Interior slates that It Is assumed by persons familiar with the subject thnl about 100.- 000 , < IO ( ) acres might bi > reclaimed by t In most conservative use of the water and by the judicious sioloctlon of the lands to bo Irrigated. The not-rotary directs at tention to the defects of the ( * ar y act , providing for donating arid lands to the states , conditioned upon their reclama tion and si-ttlement , and expresses ( lit- bellef that the bill now pending before congress , amendatory of the Carey act , will remedy the defects pointed out. The report of the secretary of the In terior says : "When It Is considered that live-sixths of the vacant public lands lie within a region wlu-re the rainfall is not sullleleiit to produce agricultural crops without artiliclal irrigation , that a comparatively small per cent of tills territory can be utilized by reason of the limited , supply of ( lit- water subject to control , and tli.Uexisting laws arj ineffective to secure the reclamation of the lands snsci-ptlble of irrigation , the demand for congressional action rome to iis with irresistible force. " Tha - c- rotary further says that It Is iinpnvtib ! under the laws now In opivatlon to con- ttol the rci-lamatNm of lauds In the aid : region so as to ifrevent the impiovldunt use of water , over which the general government has no control. This can only accomplished by n system which contemplates the reclamation of thcM-n- tire territories from a common source of supply and the utilization of Unit supply. The problem Is by no iiu-ans a slmph- one , as everybody tit all familiar with the subject knows , but Its solution is not Impossible. Som. of those who have given the greate.l sttnly to the Irrlgntlon question urge that the only naf.menus . of ill-vising a bioad , scientific and satis factory national policy Is through Ui.- mcdium of a national irrigation com mission , to be anthortxed by emigres.i ami appointed by the presldi-nt. It Is not Improbable that the coming Irriga tion congri-s < will recommend the crea tion of su.-h a commission , with ample authority to consider all the aspects of the prulileiu. KO S'fa/f ' . . ' t'll.lMUKll Cll.lllTKIl'M IK'f.VV lias tin- Douglas delegation , or rather the popocratle part of It , the new city charter up Its sleeveV Tinp'oplo of Omaha would like to know what changes are to be proposed In tlu-lr munlclpil : government some Una- be fore the legislature- acts upon the charter bill. They have already had lee much sad experience with eleventh hour secret charter tinkering. The work of revision should he done out In the open and subject to the discus sion and criticism of the public. No star chamber charter-making can be satisfactory to the people this year. It Is nothing less than an Invitation for the contractors and corporations and tax-eaters generally to pull the strings on legislators whllo It keeps the prop erty owners who foot thu bills com pletely lu tuo dark. Tao Uix-shlrkeru A always manage to hjivo their Intoivsts looked lifter by some one on the In side , \vhik tlic taxpayers nro left In Ignorance of tlic raid that Is living made upon them. If any members of the li'glslallvo delegation fioui this oonnty Imagine Unit the charter In to be revised solely j with a view to creating political capital for ( lie parly that happens to have the majority In that liody they will llnd that they art1 greatly mistaken. I.egl.s- luting olllelnls out of olllco for thu sake of economy because there Is not work enough for them to do Is one thing and legislating ollk-lals out of ollleo simply to give political opponents an oppor tunity to scramble for HIP places vacated Is another. Kather than to have the flmrler mutilated for political ends the people of Omaha will prefer to pin ni ) Indellnlicly with the present cumbersome municipal machinery. TAillW HKVIS1UX. The house ways ami means committee will meet today for Hie pin pose of for mally considering the course to be pur sued In revising the tariff , the work of which It Is proposed to proceed with at once. It Is understood to lie the Inten tion to begin the hearings with the holi day recess and continue through the holidays. To prevent them from drag ging along indellnllely a limited Him may be assigned for testimony relating to each or die most important scin-anies Obviously this will be necessary If ( hi committee expects to frame a bill during the present session , which appears U IK ? the plan. Two weeks ought to be ample time- for the hearings. .According to Washington dispatches certain features of the new tariff bll liavi been practically decided on already by the republicans , it is said that thosi schedules of the existing law which him proved satisfactory will not be dis turbed. Among tht'se the cotton sched ule Is likely to remain tinchangoil. Having been guarded by democratic protectionists In the senate that schedule has been satisfactory to manufacturers and operatives and the duties being spot-Hie arc in accoid with republican policy. Of course the ad valorem fea tures of the present law will be very largely done away with and the most satisfactory and conclusive reason foi doing this will be found In the experi ence with ad valorem duties during tin past two years. This Indefensible sys tem , which Is excluded from the tin-Ill laws of all other countries but this , has deprived the treasury of many millions of dollars thromh undervaluations. It Is iin incentive to fraud , by which Hie government Is robbed ami a great In justice done to our own manufacturers. Ad valorem duties may be necessary In some cases , but they should never be employed where spt'ellie duties are prac ticable. . Not only do the latter protect the. treasury against fraud , but they greatly simplify the. collection of cus toms and reduce the cost , since fewei oilicials are required In the service. In regard to reciprocity. It Is said that there may be established two .schedules of at tides on which concessions are ile- siivd from other countries one schedule for goods when imported from othei eouiiliios which agree to reciprocity treaties , the other schedule for those which do not. This feature of the now tariff will have to be very carefully ar- I'.ingo : ' . In order to make It successful , bvause conditions have somewhat changed since the reciprocity policy of 1SDD went into effect. .Merely restoring that policy would probably not enable us to lenew reciprocity agreements with some of the countries which then en tered into them. Theiv is icason to be lieve that most of the American coun tries will bo found favorably dl.-iposed toward the principle and It Is not un likely that some ICurop.-an countries may be Induced to accept It. At any rate a reciprocity system will be formulated ai'.d If enacted Into law there can bo no d'H'ht Hint the next administration will svalotisly urge It upon the acceptance of those countries w.'th which the United States shall desire commercial recl- pioclly. Tlu > disturbing question is wh ther after the republicans have prepared a bill revising the tariff they e-ui secure Its p.yage by the senate. There Is t--r- ' taluly ground for apprehension as to this. It does not now appear probable that Hi 'republicans will have a inajoili.v In the scant ? of the next congress. As th situation stands they can only count with entire certainty on forty-two sen ators , but there Is a possibility of in creasing the number to forty-live. whl-li would enable them to tie the senate and g've ' the vice president the canting vote. The fact must bo recognized , however , tl'-it thre Is danger of the defeat of a tariff bill In the senate. According to the report of the comp troller of the currency , four of Hi.- twenty-sewn national banks which went Into receivership ; ! during the last year were banks Uiat had failed in 1SUU an 1 subsequently resumed business. These banks had the sanction of tlu > comp- 11 oiler to re.umron a showing of sonud H'sourcos , but by reason of iJm con tinued lluanclal depression and thu slow ness of their assets have been forced to ( " .spend for a second time. All this goes to jnovi * what a dllllcnlt tiling It is to roorg.-inlK.- banking Institution successfully after.lt has once gone to th.- wall. Hanking more than any other bi'-ilnes.s ivsu on a foundation of con fidence and credit and wlu-n Its reputa tion for substantial backing is impaired It can regain fts former standing only by How degrees. Its former prestige In stead of bMng a help bivoim-s an ob stacl > lu Its way thiough unfavorable comparison. A bunk more than any other Institution must ki'op Its credit , like Caesar's wife , above .suspicion. The house of repivs.-nlatlvc.'i Is sllll passing private relief bills to pay pimple for property said to have beun maid or taken by union troops during thu war. Anybody who had such a claim aguliiKt an Individual and failed to imvw It for payment within reasonable time would Imvo been barred long ago by the statute of limitations. Vet congress keeps on I \\astlttK' HtMiyMitd money on claims over ! tO years flllwvhiMO Justice or Injus- tli-e could not h < established at this day by any coj 'ljjJNvo evidence. These pr vale idler lilus stand on a par with Hi dlsgraecfulgdfglslatloii removing Hi charge of ( iFUJptlon from bounty Jumper and rnmnvnv. soldiers. State TiVa.-Airor-oloet Mcserve has Hi reputation oC being an honest man. S far as we 'kn'rrw there Is no dlsposltlot to dlsc-rcdft .or'embarrass him In his of foil to socurti the sullleleiit bond require ! by law from the stale treasurer befor he can assume control of the stall funds. On the contrary , the people o Nebraska. Irrespective of party , will In glad to have him secure a bond whlcl the governor can conscientiously ap prove.It Is , however , a matter of vorj serious concern to the peopleof Ne braska that .Mr. Meserve shall not be come a party to any arrangement Hm \\111 prevent a full turning over of the cash lu the treasury and stop forever tin Illegal farming of HIP state's money as pilvate speculation. It would be unfor lunate. Indeed , If th new stale irons urer should. In order to secure slgna lures to Ids bond , enter Into any compile which would obligate him to become i mere tool of the old warrant-shaving ring or. worse still , to make hb-i tin silent partner of bank wreckers am wrecked bankers. One of the very next things in order b congress will be a sanitary commlssloi to Inquire Into the abnormal and iucreas Ing mortality of senate and house bills The bills that survive the Ills that beset them In the Infant stage are so few am far between that they are the except Ion rather Hum the rule. Unless something Is done to prevent the bringing of si many bills into the congressional worh bills that are but born to die or tc prolong their life upon earth after Iho.i have once been set loose , the reputations of the congressional doctors will be for ever blasted. The project for the erection by the fed era I government of huge water storage rest rvolrs among the mountains of Colorado rado In or.ilcr that tin- untold quantities of water which run to waste In the spring may be utilized In Irrigation Is big with promise for the agricultural future of that state. The prellininarj surveys to this end will be In the com petent hands ofCaptain , II. .M. Cliitten- den of the corps of engineers , who for merly had charge of the Improvement , ; to Hie Missouri river at this point. Murat Ilalstead Is nothing if not er ratic. During the war he scored Lincoln for being too slow In suppressing the re bellion anjl after the war he scored Hi-ant for being too fasti In trying to an nex San Diimiugo. Saturday lie de livered a lecture at Kvanslon , III. , In which he declared himself In favor of the annexation of Cuba , the Hawaiian Islands , Iceland and of other islands The next thing we will hear will be Ilal stead" clamoring for the annexation of Patagonia and the south pole. The address of County Clerk ItedfleM c'ncernlng the revenui'laws of Nebrjiska which was read before the state com missioners and supervisors at Lin coln , Is worthy of careful atten tion. While all Mr. Itedlleld's recom mendations may not be practicable at the present time , there can be no doubt that the reforms he suggests would greatly increa.se the elllcacy of the laws relating to taxation. Patriotism ts defined as devotion to countly. Tile highest patriotism there fore is devotion to the preservation of the union without expectation of reward In the whams of remunerative public patronage. There were thousands upon thousands of patriots who stood up for sound money and the national honor who do not want an otllce in recognition of their .services. An rnuriillnnt Tliru.tl. Chicago Times-Herald. The newly clostcil county attorney of Cliatl- ron , Ncu. . ii Miss Eatelle Mao . It Is very evident that the voters -illd not know her eccoiul name. \i > ( nli1'Vnlnri' ! of UKM aiolic-Ocmocrat. The president's message Is principally notable , after all. In the way of showing how many Important things the next admin istration will liavo to < leal with en account of the neglect and Incapacity of the present cue. In.siirln ; lii-nlxlci-cil Ii-lt < TN. New York Tilbune. Congress hap done well In placIiiR. without extra charge to the eeiidsr. an Insurance of not moro thru $10 upon every registered letter. That will oblige the government to pay an Indemnity for every registered letter lost or Etoien. Hut the Increased business thus attracted will doubtless mnko the new system a source of Increased profits to the Postal department. Kanaaa City Slar. Dnntomln Uirrliion prefers to wield I'-n Influence ef a-.highly res'peetcd private rli- ; zen rather tliari to duuumo the re-foonslblilly and the labor of lolHco , M ho refuses to b. ' 1 candidate for senator Jrum Indiana. Mr. Harrison to Just the. lln < l of. man who if. necdeJ in the iciale ? ; but , then , ho Is Juut the iclnd of map. wlu * is needed tn t-2t an oxmiilt- of hlsh grade i private citizenship , too , and 10 ilotM It admirably. i ; llu- Itrpubllcnn. The administration la playing a very good naud at ilirli-muo" If Us actlcn In rclmpo'i ' g t-nsjK3 : dutk ; ' pii y iels from Oorman psn. " v.a dlotatcj ija. tUl-urpose- drmv cor.coD- jlono frrm f'ciniiy for our moit prodnt ; > u-ud Mfo laic. r.U)5y companlDJ. The fiernn- Idea t'f dlpkinacj-ilH very largely that of elmplo barter , .nii'liflur ' government will bo much moro li ) : < jlyuto fret somethlni : fror. . ho linear u . .iim knltcr V.-JIUH frun us. \ olnliliclinnKi - in' TIIIIIS Iiidlnii.ipuIU Journnl. The Eurvlvorti of the into Bryan psrly wh& met In this city recently had not a word o iay in favor of "froa tllver nt 10 to I , " unJ .ho "crime of J873" was not oven meti- tkncd. Thu talk wus all uf "blinaUHUin , " T.d th advociten of Bound money were re- 'orreil ' to as "muiionietalllsU1. " Thtw ) Is- lor. nt perions evidently ten AW they hava jcen badly whipped and liavo got to clunge hair line ef battle , but It U' equally cvldoi. . ! that they do not Know what bimetallism neanj. They represent a very dlaooiiMKlni , ilnd o ! Illiteracy. A \Vroiur IUuli Ml , IUItlmir ) Hun. Tha Virginia court of appoalH , cninpono.1 entirely of democrats , qn Tuesday righted a vrong by coinmandlni ; thu loanl of can- vaswjru of JlucklaKlmn county to raw- vemblu aiid canvaaa tlm votu JU caul lor coiiRrossmnn In tlmt county In the reu-ctit 1 election. The republican vote was taut for i Hon. J. Yost , but the eVctlon ulll.'crs In sev eral prcolnL-tn returned It as bring east fur Hon. Jacob Yost. On this sllnht < cchiik-flllty thn ? l te board of cnnvflJgers , Oovrrnf * O'l-Vrrnll alone dissenting , tleprlvrd Mr. Ycmt of- the votew returneil by the election olllcorn for .Taeoh Yo < t and awarded the certificate of election to Mr. 11. I ) . I'lcwl. the ilemocrntle nomliKe. The latter promptly deellned to nerert ecrtlflenlo Imsed on this technicality and the court of appeals now orders proceed- IIIRS which will secure to Mr , Yost his cer- tlflcatu of election mid tlmr avoids a contest before coneresp. Thus the will of the people ple Is vindicated by the highest court of the Mate and the congressman of their choice will talto the seat to which ho Is entitled. ovnitmnnVIHF.H. . TlKlrliolllloii 'MoUJnir I'rourcsM tn Scvcrnl Clll " . Clili-BBo Tlinns-ltt-rald. The d.'clslon of the Metropolitan Traction company of New York to adopt the under ground trolley system on Its Kourth , Mail- I on. Sixth and Ulghth avenue lines Is grati fy Ing news to those who have been waging war on the overhead trolley In various parts of the country. The Metropolitan company has expended over $200,000 In Improving the underground trolley system. It has also experimented with compressed air motors. Its final de termination to adopt the underground trolley on an extended scale In the equipment of Important lines In the spring may be taken as unassailable proof that this form of trac tion Is a practicable possibility In thla climate , and that the claims of corporations , when seeking franrhU-es , to the effect that It presents Insuperable mechanical obstacles to perfect locomotion , are unfounded. The two chief objections urged against this form of traction by railway companies are the great expense Involved In the con struction of the conduit and In the ncccssarj excavations and the dinieultlca lu tne wa > of operating the system In severe winter weather. The Metropolitan company claims , how ever , tlmt by the use of an "Improved yoke" It is able to put down the line with less than half the excavation necessary for the cable system. It Is claimed that It costs about S125.000 a mile to put down the cable road , while the underground electric can bo put down for $10,000 per mile. The dllllculty that comrs from snow In the winter Is obviated by constant sweepIng - Ing , and It Is claimed that It Is as easy to keep clown a.s the ordinary cable conduit. The use of the underground trolley on such a largo scale is certain U > give a marked Impetus to the crusade against overhead wires of every description. The city of Indianapolis wan among the llrst eltles to compel the placing of wires , telephone - phone ami electric , underground , and the work whlrll Is now utidcr coMstrutr.lon Is the most important of that character that has been Inaugurated. The time must surely come when not only the dangerous and unsightly overhead trolley must be placed underground , but all overhead wires of every description will have to be placed In subterranean conduits. I'lIK TOTTI-JKIXIS TIII'STS. Spot-it Their l > i-Ntriii- i < m vtllli i-f- frrllvf l.rulMlnlloii. St. Louis Cilotie-Democrat. Thn fact that the Hwscuier Steel pool Is In straits and that the Window Glans trust la going to plecca , coupled with the further fact that the Wire Nail tnist collapsed recently and that other aggregations of the same order were wrecked earlier In the present year , prove that , contrary to HIP popular netlin , the 'combines" have their vicissitudes of fortune like all other forms of business enterprise. Hapaclty , which was the inciting cause In the creation of most of the- pools , lias already proved the undoing of many of them , and their overthrow from this cause , even If the law were not to Intervene , would end the career of other. ? still apparently In a flourish ing condition. Through the greed which Im pels them to force up prices until outside competition ncco-smlly presents Itself , the trusts contain In themselves the eccds of their own destruction. All three of the trustf named hero diil great harm to the country , and , moreover , all of them were , In a certain ncnsc. propped up by the tariff , for duties are Imposed on tin1 articles In which they deal. Hut the very system wnicli aided tncui at tne outoet wrecked them in the end by the home com petition which It had created. The great nunibei of manufactories wh'oh ' the tariff built up rendered It Impossible fop thorn to he controlled Indefinitely by any ort of a pool , and hence subjected the combinations to a pressure which was sure to snvaah most oi them In the end , and which did smash , or la about to smash , thoie. ' It Is the duty , however , of the republican party to hasten the smashing In the CIMO of those "combines" which , are a detriment to the country. Theie are many of this class In the metal Industries besides the Nail ami the Uesdcmer Steel frusta and all of then- will have to be proceeded against by the republicans during McKlnley's term. The trusts can bo attacked In three waja by a general law of congress like the Sherman act of 1S90 , which act. howevc-r , has not 1'urt the "combines" much thus far ; by the etate laws cgalnst combination.- : restraint of trade , and by reducing or abnllshlnR the duties on trusts' articles when on the ilutlablo list. No time Is going to be spent 'jy ' the party In Ignorant and empty de nunciation of monopolies In the abstract. Jilt they will ho dealt with In the concrete In an intelligent and practical way. .SIHUSKSTIVK AMI SIMSO.VAIII.K. Timely ItinlN in Itliynus Hun In fur i on Vfiuiii- < > . lloslun Advert IMT. Up from the mind at break of day. caus- ng to each wonnn fresh diamay , the thought conira , wrinkling each feminine brow , that Cn''ijtniaa ? shopping should be- done now. No leed to wait for the frantic nwii. the ruder ihovo and the angry push , tlmt wreck the cmprr ami cause dismay to tiose ! who wait tMl the very last da > : no need to wait for ho frenzied fight tlmt otarts at dawn and . sts till nigh ! when shot pers torn and In trai-j do Kr'evo that they put off shopping till yhrUtmoa eve. The wiser woman thinks of hat fray , with Christmas fully two weeks away. The shoppers who ehop at their leisure now the best the well filled counters show. The crowd at present Is not So thick and hey who go early may take their pick. The stock Is larger and apotles.s , too , untouched > y the eager , struggling crew who are yet j o como In tumultuous group , a pushing' nd livrslstlble trnop. So the wiser woman wolves at once that this year at lerrft uhc vlll not be a dunce ; slio will make out her ill and will quickly get to the down-town toivu oVr the sun has set. Fho will do 'er shopping v.lth leisurely case and will f.'alijhtway go where'er die may please ; nd all will bo done In a single day with Cbi'Utmnn fully two wcckj away. Of all the mad words that mankind doth mow , the maddcBt are these : "I told you o ! " Yet the rhancos are that two weeks rom now. with tired muscles and feverish > row , we'll see In the thlulust of the fray be woman who said uhe would shop today ; or good resolves like these "bon-bona" nay. ire made to bo broken , philosophers any. Today Ecems so short and tomorrow so near , ' h'at ono surely forgets the former fear , HI Klio wako.i to find that her leltiure's done and the "Christmas rush" hm , at last ic'guii. And then with regret and contrl- loa loud xho find ! ! herself In the swaying rowd and lights her way through the niiL-h-thronecd store Just na she's done each car before. Uach year It's the same , tho' ach year she says "Nay , 1 11 shop now vhllc Christines U two wccku away. " i'iit.so.\\i , AMI OTIIIIvi.si ; ; . Harry A. Oarllelil , HOD of the late prc.Rl- ent , la being boomed for mayor of Clevc- und. Governor-elect Tanner of .Illinois Is cred- eil with the ability to say "No" In 3,000 or .000 different ways. And yet they do Hay his larrlagu engagement wan a leap year pro- osal. Contributions for the memorial atatuo to io erected at Itughy In honor of the author if "Tom Drown' * School 'lays" are coming n with Qurprlslng rapidity. Already UtiO ias been raised. The 100th anniversary of Schtihcrt'a death 3 to be celebrated In Vienna with coiiHld- rablo splendor. A search far rellcn of the ompouer brlnua to light the fact that at his eath hU entire effects were olllclally valued t IIIHH than $15. New York City has paved thlrty-fivo mllcw f alrcctu with slit'et tplmlt iifncit January , and claluu to liavo aavcd | 512,030 on thu prleo of It as c-oniurrl | with ] the Tammany admtnlstiation. U gels . fifteen-years guarantee with the paving. There was no Itutlan war lust year , yet the troops In Arizona and New Mexico marched t'-tRT miles In purKUlt of the Apnehes. A Wisconsin lodge has been bequeathed $1,000. with the stipulation that once every year II * me inborn drink two kega of beer at ono sitting. Up to date the lodge has not found It neeewary to order n now lot of withdrawal earda. A most Interesting prodigy has been dis covered la Alphonso Nells , n blind tad who Is an Inmate of an asylum near Mons. In Itel- | glum. He was given Instruction tn music ! three years ago , and now , nt the age of It , he has composed n mnss tlmt is to be pub licly performed. Mrs. Hartley H\rnato : , wife of the fairy tale millionaire of South Africa , literally blazes with jewels. She has some of the most superb diamond ! ) that ever dazr.lod the eyes of London , and with pathetic uoitveau rlehe display she wears nearly every gem Bho possesses at one and the same time. Oener.il Wade Hampton has been obliged to abandon for a while his duties nt Wash ington as n member of the railroad commis sion , and Is uo\v at his old home lu Colum bia , S. C. , trying by thn aid of real and quiet to get the better of renewed troubles from which he has been suffering lately , resulting from the amputation of his leg tunny years ago. Harry Waldby. a bank cashier of Adrian , Mich. , keeps many eats In his barn. When asked why ho did this he wild : "When 1 get up In the morning and things RO wrong with the hired girl nnd the children and the house , hold generally I don't scold nnd storm. I Just grab an ax and go out to the barn nnd kill n cat. " THOSI ; si iMiitKM'ors snciiMTAiiins. Hod Cloud Argus : In choosing the secre taries of the state board of transportation the pops subdivided their party Into three grand divisions and selected a secretary from each thus Ignoring the provisions of the law , which requires that said oillelals shall bo chosen from at least two political parties. This Is reform. Alma Hccord : This Is a great year for the fuslonlsts. The law creating the State Hoard of Transportp.tlon , Including three secre taries , clearly contemplates that these three secretaries shall represent the three predomi nating political p.irtles. Thin year the fu sion gang has selected as one of thesu three secretaries a free ullver republican ( what ever that may mean ) , as another member a straight populist and as the third a llryau democrat ! This Is a little bit the smoothest construction ever placed on the law. Kearney Hub : Daddy Laws has got around to the erlb again , llo was formerly a repub lican secretary of state , and was appointed to fill out thu unexplrcd term of deceased Congressman Laird. In the last campaign he consorted with the populists and Hryan- Itcs as a free silver republican. Now he bobs up as one of the secretaries of the State Hoarl of Transportation agreed upon by the new olficlals. Laws Is a good citizen n fine old gentleiran and Is competent for the po sition that has been awarded htm , but the spectacle that he presents Is not very edi fying just the same. thadron Signal : The people of the state of Nebraska , and particularly the populists of the state , will look earnestly to thl.s board for real railway reforms when they take their places next January. Hitherto the board has done nothing but draw its salary and ride around over the state , doing politi cal work for the- party which kept It In olllce. This performance has been so no torious that for years the people of the state have been demanding the abolition of the board ns a uceless and extravagant expense. The new board will be expected to do some thing to earn its salary. There Is real hard work and plenty of It In mastering the sub ject of railway regulation In Nebraska , and then enforcing the demands of justice. If the new board will do It it can earn Its sal ary nnd the gratitude of the public without regard to party. Tekamah Herald : The men who will draw $2,000 a year as secretaries of the Stnto Hoard of Transportation under the Incoming administration have benn selected , nnd none of the Hurt county patriots are among them. They are ( illbert L. Laws of Lincoln. James C. Dahlman of Chadron and J. W. Hdgorton of ( irnnd Island. Although the demo-pop party made a great bluff as to the reforms they were irolnir to enact , tills first nnlnctlnn of ofilelal timber gives out the Impression that they are going to hew as close to the line followed by the republicans as Is pos sible for them. Laws Is ex-republican secre tary of slate , and as a former member of the Stnto Hoard of Transportation made hlm- iclf : conspicuous as opposed to nntl-monop lullngs na supported by Attorney General Lcese. It was Laws who opposed the reduc tion In coal freight to Tekamah , which Scn- ptor Sutherland obtained six years ago. D.ihlman Is wholly acceptable to the rail- loads , and Kdgcrton Is the man who was such n notorious lobbyist during thu pop legislature of four years ago. and was charged of many thlnss In connection with the nntl-monop stock yards legislation. Iloldrcgo Citizen : The three- Incoming sec retaries of the State Hoard of Transporta tion have been named by the powers that bo. and at the earliest possible ) opportunity they will Indulge in the pleasure of drawing their snug salaries of JJ.COO per annum. The anti-republican party has had much to cay about the republican party being under the wing of the railroads. Long anil loud has lireii the wall concerning the farce of the Ftato Hoard of Transportation. One might have thought that , by the way the populUt press has ranted for the part two years con cerning the farce of tl.e board , that If they got a chance the great reform party would abolish this so-called fraud. It may bo they will , but the promptness with which tno state omccrs liavo proceeded to elect the secretaries docs not Indicate that It was a part of the reform. It may bo that It k' the purpose of the eleet to bring about reforms by the board. Wo hopeso , but the Bccrctark'3 chosen by the board do not In- llc.itc that they will be M > much better than these who preceded them. U luukb as If they were chosen because of political reasons rather than because they were qualified for the position. This Indicates that human nature - turo Is much the Eamo In all parties. That the folks that stand at the pie counter and lUtrlbuto thu pastry arc apt to be governed y political rcavcns father than a desire for the betterment of the public. Till" IIII.TO.V KIASCO. David City I'reaa : Thu state of Nebraska never wins n suit against a treasury-looter. No jury can bo empanelled In Lancaster county that will convict a man who plun ders the stutu treasury. The ease brought against ex-Oil Inspector Hilton Is the latest Indtunco recorded. ColumbUH Telegram : Thu Jury In the case of c\-Chltf Oil Inspector Hilton , whose bondsmen were being nited by the state to leeovir $5,000 frca collected by Hilton while a republican olllceholdcr , could not agree on a verdict. The bondsmen will probably never Imvo to pay. Steal In' ; from the state linn never bct'ii considered much of u crime by the party Mr. Hilton iscd to belong to. .Mlmlen Gazette : The case of the state against cx-OII Inspector Hilton 13 receiving the attention of the couits at Lincoln this v.vck. Hilton refused to turn over fcca of his olllco to the state nnd the state line i tied far tin-in. It Is to be hoped he will have to "cough up. " Krom the testimony given In the c. .sc our law providing for utate oil In spection Is nothing but a blooming farce , and It should either be made of EOXIO ac count or abolished. Hastings Democrat : The district court of Lancaster county and jury couldn't find heart to ll.-k : ex-State OH Inspector Hilton. While he held the office ho collected isomu $5,000 in fees which he never turned over to the state. Ho was sued , but the Jury iliaagrccd upon some trilling matter , though there wan no doubt about tile money being collected and not turned over. Let UH hope that men In authority will not permit such rascality In the future. I'latumouth NUW.I : Another legal farce has been enacted at Lincoln. Suit wui brought by thu state of Nebraska againat thu bondsmen of Oil Inspector Hilton for thu sum of $5,000. which Hilton had kept that belonged to thu stute. The testimony wtui iiiUlclent to convlnca an ordinary Individual that judgment ought to have bec-n promptly rendered against Mr. Hilton am ) his hond.i- men. After the jury had been out twenty- four hours on the case , the jurors finally came Into court and declared they could not agree eight standing In favor of the gtato'a claim and four holding out for Hilton. Lin coln courts already Imvo an unmtvory repu tation In thu xtate , and thla Hilton ult will In oo wine Uuacii It , ri iu ; vnvun rou i. Norfolk Journal ( ropl : If the now No- : > r.iski legislature makes no tmd breaks there will be no trouble about the credit of Ktrttc. Ktrttc.Wtoner Clnonlcle ( rep. > : Ono of the things that the nr\t legU-lattuo will certainly at tend to Is the revision of the state oil In spection law. Kullerton Journal ( iep. ) : The Australian ballot law of this state needs Americanizing a trllle. Just now there Is too much specu lation on the result of a man's effort to , vote there being too many ways by wlilelv1 * the ballot can be rendered Illegal. Slanton 1'leket ( rep. ) : Klghty-fli-ven of the 133 legislators of Nebraska are honest tillers nt t\n mnll lint ( llftt n prliMlltllfUta. NflUf ! Nebraska farmew don't ask for what they want and get It , too , who Is to blnnie- but themselves ? Tolitna Gazette ( rep. ) : If the members of the Nebraska legislature don't make fools of themselves , men \\lio have cash to loan will send It to Nebraska to Invest. If the logis- turc should enact \n\\a \ \ tlmt would be of the Kansas order , It would be some time before we would revover from the effect ! ) of per nicious legislation. Crelghton News ( rep. ) : No public funds should be expended by the coming legisla ture unless absolutely essential for the proa- t pcrlty of the state. The people have suffered too much during the past few years from llnanrlal embarrassment to be taxed beyond the necessary requirements of an economic administration of nt tc. fierce Call ( i-rp. ) : We believe the Netirasko legislature aiiould change our election laws Homowhot. The Iowa eyeitcni Is n much better way of voting , nnd so many mistakes are not liable to bemade. . The blanket bal lot would be a big Improvement over the prcai-m system and would be of benefit to the election board , Changi- the way of voting. I'awnce City Itepubllcan ( rep. ) : The pres ent Australian b.illnf l'iuunnM lmv , > IIM. doubledly been amended by the. last leglsla- h. ture had It not been for the statesmen from ) h tht- central and western part of the state. l Now , that the same party Is In power that enacted thu measure , may wo not expect tlmt the crudities that crept Into tlmt meas ure will bo eradicated ? Hastings Tribune ( rep. ) : The populists , having full control of both branches of the legislature , will have an opportunity to do the state n great service by remodeling our revenue laws. The present lawn , assessment and levy of taxes are a fnree. The county } ' i assessor plan has been tried In several of the older states and found to work better than our precinct or township assessor law. Valentine Itepubllcan ( rep. ) : Regarding our assessment la s It has been i-.iggestcd that the time of nsH-wIng properly should bo changed tn January 1 of oaeh year and that taxes should boromo delinquent on April 1 J of L'-ICI : year. OIK > of the principal reawns. JL Riven In support of thin clmngo Is that mr.ro" taxes would be- paid Into the country treas ury and thereby reduce the rate of taxes upon her citizens. During the fall and win ter months cot-oral thousand head ( f cattle are brought Into the county to bu fed nnd In most ca es ore removed from the county Just bvforo .the time of making aspcwmenl. nnd 111 this wnv onpflim linlm * tfiv.,1 nt . .n rv . . _ - * * talnly there can bo no good rcacjii whyv C such n change should not bo made , nnd there are many other changes tlmt ought to bo inado by the next state legislature. David City Tress ( pop. ) : These who get the appointment.- our friends. They will not take kindly to thn Idea of having Ihelr sal aries cut. yet It Is In kprpliiR with the prom ises made In populist platforms , and accepted as wlso and Just by the silver democrats and republicans. The salaries of public otllcers Imvo two and one-half times the purchasing power , when measured in corn , they had three and one-half years ago , and nearly double when measured In beef and hogs. The superintendent of the three Insane asylums got each $2.600 besides their living- more than the governor , counting their living. The superintendent of thu girls' reformatory nt Geneva gets $2.000 n year and living , equal to 20,000 hut-hols of corn. Tills superintendent has a matron , book keeper and family manager , at $800 each , to assist him lu managing sixty-seven girls. There nro sinecures which can bo dis pensed with very easily. As tin Illustration : It being whispered around the capltol that Attorney General Smyth Is having trouble to find a lawyer that wilts him , who will take entire charge of the olllco ami do all the work , for $1,800 which the law allows per annum to a deputy attorney general. Kor years the work of our attorney general's olllco has been performed by deputies , while rss&'WH * - ? - ? & * ' - . - As e o a Take to water so arc parents tikinp : advantage of our i rent opportunity sale in the children's department. Yesterday we had a rush that tested our capacity to its til most , and still we failed to sell all of the bargains adver tised two piece Suits , Kilts , Overcoats , Ulsters , Shirt Waists , etc. , and all odd articles were includcj in this special sale. \Ve \ arc goin to continue it as long ; as an article remains , which won't 1)2 ) Ion"1. So don't wait till the last moment come early before they are all picked ovei Sts