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TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BKR T1IK J1RK OK NEXT SUNDAY. DK- CKMUISK 20 , WILL 1112 A CIIUIST- MAS NUMIIEH , IIANDSOMKhY II.- MJSTHATKD WITH SPECIAL FBA- TUUKS I'KCUMAUMAI'I'KOI'IU - ATK TO THK HOLIDAY SI2ASON. CHRISTMAS STOIMKS. CHIUST.MAS I'OISMS. OimiST.MAS I'limWES. CIIUIST.MAS HISTORY. CHIM.'ST.MAS PRESENTS. CHRISTMAS SPORTS. CHRISTMAS MUSIC. OHRISTMAS GOWNS. IN ADDITION' TO THE NEWS AND ALL THE NEWS. THE OMAHA SUNDAY SPKCIAKNUAIUKU. . In your Christmas slinpplii ! ; ] iiitron/.i ! > this ineirlmnlsvlio ntlvurtlse In Tlio Ucu. "Tlio inline of NYhrnskti will never lie Justly eliniwnltle with repudiation In liny form. " Si'iialor William V. Allen. The "Three Krk'iids" would seem to IniYo u Kivnt ) many more than three friends both In this country and in Cuba. Next Sunday's Hoe will be a special Christmas number. Watch for It. Ad vertise In It. IJny It. Read .It. Pro- Korv It. The scheme for a beet Hiijar factory In Omaha looks well so far , but it will look a Krcat deal bi-tler wJien It is com pleted nml turning out the linished prod uct. Subsequent desertion from the United States army 1ms bt-en held to be no bar 1o u pension. It would be Interest ! ! ! ; , ' to know what is a bar to : i pension nowadays. Tennessi'e Is the latest stale to evince n disposition not to let the defeat of llryim interfere with her hearty ami generous participation in the Trans- mlssissippl lOxposition. Bryan will get the electoral votes of South Dakota. Hut that Is little con solation. The people who put up money that he would carry twenty-three states lose their bets Just the same. It Is very evident that the roads over which the IliKinl of Public Works and the city engineer are traveling are not paved with the same material or ac cording to the same spci-Hicntions. Senator Allen asserted on the Hour of the senate that the Nebraska beet sugar factories are not members of the Sugar trust anil he asserted further that he was In u position to know that they are not. The Mllford Soldleis' borne asks the legislature for an appropriation for the coming liiennium of only il I.SSS , . " ! . Is this the new Institution which we were told would run Itself without further appropriations from the state treasury ? Senator Allen's Impiisltlveness might double the detlclt if all of his proposi tions for expensive committees to In- ( Iulre Into this , that and the other thing materlali/.ed. The senator's thirst for Information seems to be Inex haustible. According to the report of the execu tive committee to the Irrigation con gress , "Congress .should do something besides making speeches. " Wonder how the author of that report hap pened to strike upon the practically unanimous sentiment of thu whole American people. Those who Inhabit glass houses should not throw stones. If the dreadful dis closures made by the legislative "con test" continue the republicans may take it Into their heads to Investigate tliu financial end of a popocratlc campaign which was recently conducted with more or less success In this state. Senator Call Is apparently trying to ride bade Into the senate on the Cuban war horse. Ills term of otllce In just about to expire and he knows that the people of Klorlda * are Interested more than those of any other state in the res toration of trailu relations with Its near neighbor , Cuba. That explains several things In the Florida collator's conduct. Jl Hit Kit # .i/Ji H i : The p"ipn who Niipporli'd tin- lost ll uf ( Hisc nri' fc.'ih'rall.V very nine- itni , adiult M.'it nuy iMi-iuvi'iiii-nt hat tnki'ii place In llnaiu-ial and Imsl- ! ) < * < conditions since the election , soinn of them having ihr temerity to deny tlml there has broil any ehant.v fur the bcltor.1 Nor dl most of them see unyllilnu' In the outlook that Is at all onconrtigliig or renssiirlinr. They know that there Is more < /onld ! < > nce than before - fore UK ? election , that more mill * and factories nro In operation ami that more people are at woilc , but they attempt \ depredate the * . ' farts , while n bank Bti ! < ) ieiisoi ! ! or a roiislderable inei an- tile lallure they hall us evidence that conditions are as bad as ever and threaten to bi > worse , us If banks didn't suspend ami business men fall when ( ho country was at the highest point of jiro-pi-rlty. Itul occasionally there Is found a free sliver advocate who lias tlni clearness of vision to .sec and the eaudor to con fess that the Munition lias Improved ami that theie Is good prospect of fur ther Improvement. Such a one Is the Denver Kepubllcau. which In a late article gives judicious advice to the business mun of Colorado to arouse themselves to tliv'lr opportunities. The Kcpnhllcnn not only recoaulxes the fact that ihe renditions are present to nink prosperity , but It takes n confident view of the future. "It Is tlnj Hood tide with us now , " says that paper. "It may not he seen by every one. Whoevej sees the lido Just when It tnriisV Hut we know It is at the Hood , for we know tbut the time for the turn has come. It Is Ihe very fact that this conviction Is general throughout the hind which shows that it Is Jimtllted. The revival of business will come with returning confidence and the more general tin. confidence mid the stronger the faith the -Sooner will the change appear. " The Republican urges that It Is the duty of free coimr-'o advocates to work for belter conditions and to quit grumbling and talk hopefully. It de clares It to hi ; ( ho duly of every man who has any ability at all to venture forth Into the field of business and In vestment. This is sound and wholesome counsel and It applies as well to Nebraska as to Colorado. Tlio day of political con troversy has gone by and the time foi business Is at Hand. It may not be possible to stop the talk of the self- seeking politicians , but they should gel no encouragement from those who are concerned in advancing the prosperity of the country. nr.cwnwirr. It Is reported from the Canadian capital that a representative of the Dominion government will soon go to Washington with a view to ascertain ing the likelihood of the next adminis tration entering Into reciprocal tnide relations with Canada. A Washington dispatch states tiiat It is probable the Canadian government will arrange to have a. permanent representative In Washington , as It does In London , to look after Its interests. It is well known that the present lib eral government In Canada Is ex tremely anxious to establish closer com mercial relations with the United States. Reciprocity was n feature of the plat form on which the liberal party was elected , and the fact that the repub licans are coming Into power has In tensified the desire of the men who are in control of Canadian affairs to bring about a reciprocity agreement. In order to do this it is believed that they will be prepared to make large concessions , but whether they will go as far in tills direction as the next ad ministration will be likely to require Is doubtful. As wo have heretofore pointed out , no proposition which stops at reciprocal trade In natural com modities will have any chance of con sideration by our government. One ex perience with an arrangement of that kind was quite enough. There must be concessions favorable to our manu facturers , nnd as this would Involve In jury to the interests of Hritlsh manu facturers It is pretty certain to be round an Insurmountable obstacle to reciprocity between Canada and the United States. mirr or TIIK nKiin.inox. The legislature Is to convene In three weeks , but the charter committees are still as wide apart as ever. Why no steps have been taken to harmonize the ( inferences between the various charter- makers Is Inexplicable. It certainly must bo apparent to all rational people that concert of action Is essential If we are to have any satisfactory results. Manifestly there Is no disposition on the part of the Douglas delegation to get together with the representatives of Ihe council ami commercial bodies. On the contrary there has been a division on political lines In the delegation from the outlet that must , if continued , provoke a contest before the legislature In which the Omaha charter as usual will be the foot ball to be kicked from pillar to post up to the last hour of the sesiilon and then chopped to pieces bu yout ! recognition. The mere fact that the. legislature Is by a large majority composed of democrats ami populists lias emboldened the fusion members from thts county to assume that they alone are entrusted with the work of charter- making and that It Is their privilege to shape the charter so us to promote their personal ambitions rather than the public Interest. This Is a very unfortunate situation for Omaha taxpayers. Their Interest Is not political and should not be sacrificed for political ends. Whatever party tax payers may be Identified with they nre a unit In demanding that the charier shall be amended to give Omaha more economical anil clllulcnt government. Instead of assuming to dictate what changes shall be made , the legislative delegation should endeavor to ascertain the wishes of the people and to carry thorn Into effect to the best of Its ability. .Members of a legislature are elected to represent their constituents , not to mlurepre.seut them or to over ride their will. That ) principle should govern tuo delegation In all things that concern Omaha and county. 11 would bi the part of wisdom foi l's ' mcttilvrs to sink partisanship for the moment and look solely to I ho com mon welfare of the community they liave been chosen to represent. If they want to streimtlipu themselves with the people , they will pursue mieli a course. If , In their eagerness for political ad vancement , they should disregard the public Interest and defy public senti ment because , for the time being , they occupy positions of honor and trust , they will be sure to be the loners In the end. r K/Krr/uv.s. / It Is not probable that any action will be taken by this congress on Un hid Introduced by Representative CJIb- sou of Tennessee to prevent and pun ish frauds In the election of representa tives and delegates to congress , but It Is possible that the next congress will feel called upon to consider such a measure. The ( illi-uui bill provides for puulshlni ; all nets by registrars that tend to defeat fair registration or de prive a voter of the benefits of registra tion. It prohibits the olllcer who pre pares Ihe oiliclal ballots from so printIng - Ing the names of the candidates as to mislead the voters. It punishes all frauds committed by olllcers of election , cither In holding elections or making a return of results. It also punishes all persons wh t In any way aid or abet registrars or olllcers of election In per petrating these frauds. The author of the bill says the repub licans of the south want the election laws In that section honestly enforced. I'lider present conditions It Is impossi ble to put the criminal machinery of the law In operation without prose cutors and a public sentiment back of the prosecutors. He thinks If cases of fraud can be carried IfTTo the federal courts , as the bill provides for. their trial will be an easy matter. The re publicans of Geoiglu and some other states are moving for congressional leg islation that will protect Ihe republican voters In the south from dishonest elec tion methods. A Oeorgiu republican leader declares that ( lie registration and election laws of that slate are such as to render Hi Impossible for many thousands of republicans to get ( heir votes counted. In Virginia an Inmost election league composed of sound money democrats has been formed , which proposes to contest the seats of the silver democratic candi dates for congress In several dis tricts to whom certificates of election have been given. It Is alleged that In these districts 12 ( > ,0 < )0 ) republican ballots were rejected on one pretext or another , upon technicalities that were trivial , al though the Intent of Ihe voter was mau- Ife.st. U Is believed the evidence of fraud will be sulllcleiit to justify the unseating of three of the Virginia dele gation In congiess. The league committee mittee- which Is collecting evidence claims that McKInley would have car ried Virginia If there had been a fab- election. In a circular to the citizens of the state the league says : "No un biased citizen , whatever his politics may be. can doubt that the majority of the voters of this state , who exercised the right of suffrage on election day , were against .Air. Ilrynn and the Chicago platform , and yet , by unlawful , lla- grant and corrupt practices of election boards , registrars and judges , the will of the majority of the voters of Virginia has been ruthlessly overthrown. " That the allegations of fraud In a num ber of southern stales at the presiden tial election are well-founded Is unques tionable. Democrats as well us re publicans bear testimony to It. On a fair count Tennessee's electoral vote would have gone to McKInley , as would Virginia's. Ity fraud , also , a number of sound money candidates for congress in those states were defeated. Such a condition of affairs must be deplored by all good citizens , it is dangerous to our political system and a reproach to the country. Hut can it be remedied by legislationV Kxperlonee makes a negative answer to this question. We have had practically svu-h a law as Is now proposed and fraud , corruption and Intimidation wore as freely practiced In the south as since its repeal. To reenact - enact legislation of that kind would per haps make matters worse Instead of better. The only sure ami permanent remedy will be found In educating pub He sentiment In the south to the dls- houoiable and dangcrftus character of the election methods practiced there and persuading the people r.f that section that such methods are damaging to their interests. Progress has been made In this direction to an extent which en courages the belief that continued effort will ultimately bring about the desired result. It may be nlonbtcil whether the Gibson bill will be approved by the best judgment of the country. The publishers of the World-IIornId continue In their attempts to hamhnoxlc druggists and saloon keepers by repre senting to them that World'-IIerahl has been designated by the Hoard of I-'ire and Police Coinmf.ssloners as the proper niixdum in wh/ch to advertise notices of application for license to sell liquor. The board has taken no sueh action and 'the chairman of the board , Mr. Foster , has written a public letter slating that the World-Herald has not b.-en so designated. The misrepresenta tions of the World-Herald people should mislead no one who does not want to bo misled. The law requires publication of liquor license application notlce.s In the paper having thy largest circulation In the county. There Is only one paper having the largest circulation In the county , and that paper Is The Omaha Kvcnlng lee. ! The Itrynii organ Is raising a terrible howl over a man who accepted Rose , water's money for legitimate campaign work and was afterward nominated by ihe democrats for the city council. It ins never said a word , however , about the drmoeruM who accepted Rosewater's money two yontu ago and one year ago , home of whom have since received democratic nominations for olllcctt higher than that of city councilman. If the Ilrynn organ wants to read out of the party all tuu democrats who have accepted Ifiwwntcr'M money for cam , piilgn work. A list of names inlttlit bo furnished , 11 ! ? } ! would make Its hair stand on eydV r a month. At the IiVrtiM-aHon of Labor conven tion atten lh 'was ' calleil to Ihe progress made In rerent years In Ihe matter of labor legislation. It Is unquestionably true that Jh ivasoiuMc demands of organized Tabor have been met In greater or "lcj i degree In almost every slate In the .11111011. In this list wo are glad to lh ) Hint Nebraska Is well up from tin ) bottom. There are now few legislative bodies In which labor does not have ? no or more of Its own lepreseiitrttlVes. ami when It comes to exerting Inlluence In favor of specially desired measures , no single class , un less It be the farmers , can command the same recognition. Now they are trying to make out that Maceo had a premonition of an early and sudden death. As If every one who goes to the front In time of war does not know that he literally takes his life In his hand under modern methods of warfare. The prompt tabling by the council of a resolution authorizing the expenditure of .f''OO for a pleasure trip , ostensibly to Investigate eastern market houses , was an unexpected piece of self-denial on the part of that body for which It deserves a credit mark. At last the ruins of the city hall base ment are to be restored and the long looked-for roekplle for the diversion of city prisoners must be located else where. ISoiuul to Clvc I Uni So ill i- Ill I n tr. I'lill.iilolpliln Times. Hayaril In tin gin ml may have to run a whole Katir.tlct of banquets , Including one by the lord mayor. That country scums de termined to give him something , If It's only Indication. .Merely TnlUliiK Alioul It. Chicago lleconl. When one considers that If coiiRrcss wants war declared against Cuba It lias only to say KO , It Is rather strange that the able statesmen should put In all their tlmo talkIng - Ing about It. I IKPlatform. . ImUanapulls Joutii.ll. Georgia gave Hryan 34.000 plurality , but the BtMiato of that state , by a vote of L'l to 15. defeated a bill designed to carry out that clause of the Hryan platform declaring against gold contracts. Criiiiilm of Comfort. Olohc-Dcmocrnt , It takes very little to malto some people happy. The few remaining silver dallies , mostly wrecks , that can bo found In the United States , arc- chirping because Mc- Kinley's plurality Is 700,000 Instead of J- 000.000. Tlir Arbitration Treaty. Milwaukee Wlconln. The propowd treaty of International arbi tration on dIOlcultlcs which may grow up be tween the United States and Great Britain Is to be limited In Us operations to a term of five years , and the arbitrators nre to be FclcctcJ from the Judiciary of both countries. The limitation of Jive years Is put In In order to test whether International arbitration will work satisfactorily to the two greatest na tions In the world. DcffllllLTH Of Pllllll ) * I I'hlliulelphln lTVc nl. > The value of the printing press In the pro- tcctlun of municipalities against themselves has seldom been better shown than In the hold-up effected In Now York of the "gas franchise t tcal" which was approved by the Hoard of Aldermen by a majority sufllclcntly largo to have carried over the- veto of the mayor. The newspaper has faults and makes mls'altcs , but there Is no other agency EO effective nr M crurageous and constant In the defense of the public welfare. Covr-j-'N Tearful PnriMVt'11 , New York Sun. The lion. Jacob Coxey floats In a pool of team and waves a last farewell to the Hon. Marlon Duller and to "the once grand but now dlERrnced people's party. " Mr. Ihtt- lur seems to have a genius for receiving letters full of woo and wrath. The Hon. Jacob Coxoy hns been a populist statesman of the llrst rank , and he will continue to be a Masslllon statesman of the llrst rank. lie leaves "In deep sorrow , anil with the hope- to Join the party soon to which the hope of the republic must look for succor from financial and Industrial Ills. " Fortunately ho Is going to organize such a party next month. I'hllosophers like him are never long without a party , consisting mainly of themselves DKPAMl.VCi .lAOIvMOVS MKMOIIV. AliNiirillty of tli < * ( Vli'limtlniiH I'ro- lio.sc-il liy the SllviT Win * ; . Chlcnsu Tribune. SInce Dryan had a previous engagement for January 8 , the Cook county frco silver democrats will have their dinner the da > before so that their defeated presidential candidate may make a speech hero at mid night of the 7th and then bo nulled through to Omaha on a special train to orate there on the evening of the 8th. The object of the getters-tip of the ban quet Is to make the people believe that General Jackson , If allvo and bossing the democratic party , would bo an advocate of the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 1C to 1. I'robably all of the speakers will state that the ratio was adopted while Jack son was preeldent and that adherence to It Is adherence to Jacksonlan democracy. Not a alnglo speaker , however , will men tion the fact that Jackson approved of that ratio , but It put In the sliver dollar as much bullion cs a gold dollar would buy. So solicitous wns Jackson to have the silver dollar an honest dollar that he found no fault with the ratio of 1C to 1 because It put In the silver dollar 2 or 3 cents worth more of bullion than a gold dollar would buy. buy.Yet Yet an Impmlfnt and unscrupulous set of men will spccclilfy hero next month and will assert that If Jackson were alhe hr would favor a proposition to put In the- sli ver dollar only half as much bullion as 11 gold dollar would buy , and make that sliver dollar legal tender for the payment of old debts. - - x If , when the coinage laws were revised In 1831 , some demoi-wts had called on Jack- eon and urged him to put In the silver dollar only half a = > muVtf bullion as a gold dollar would buy he-would have been much surprised and would have ashed what the object of that Vas. If they had replied that frco coinage at the ratio of S-tflL would double the value of all the Ellvqr In the world and make the now dollarH will ! ' ISO grains of silver as valuable as the , qld 'dollars with 37Ui grains , ho woulijiavo , ) told thorn they might ho foolish enough Ho believe that , but he was not. Then , when they had owned up they did not believe In any such nonsense , and that the solo object of their proposition waste to make It eat'ler for debtors to pay their debts ho would have acked If that meant the creditors wcro to bo paid only half what was duo thorn. When they had admitted that such would ! io thu cato he would have- blazed out at them. Hu would have- asked them how they dared to come to him , an honcit man. and propcao that he and congress should unite with them In a shameless swindling opera tion. If those men had permitted hi their do- ) | KII Jackson would bavo excommunicated hum. II would have- driven them out of ho party. Ho would have regretted that there was no law under which they could bo put In the penitentiary. That h the way Jackson would have felt. imii'K.vsr. or MUIIAKA. M Amtlnut It ml I rill li'nlx- Intlon ( liven li > .Hriintnr Allrn. Clilrnffo Tillies HrrnM. Senator Allen's eloquent eulogy of Ne- tiraakn In the senate- yesterday nnd hln ring ing defense of the popullut legislature , which ho declared li.id not the slightest notion of retarding the enforcement oi , legal contr.icls or obligations , was a timely challenge of the aspersions rant upon the credit of the state , which will doubtless go far to allay the arprolienslons of capitalists who hold Its municipal or county securities. The ( Significant feature of Senator Allen's speech U the fact that recent political events hav Impelled him to dorm such n defense lierr uary. Onvcrtior-rlert Holcomh hastened to place himself on record Immediately after election as nppcaed to any radical legisla tion of any sort that could be coiMtrurd Into a hostile attitude toward capital. These prompt acnuratici'.i on the part of the gov ernor nnd n senator would not be nerrssary If the slain had not thrown Its electoral vote to MiHryan. . nnd had not olcctC'l n popullat Rovtrnof nnd legislature. That these nsiiiir- nncoa should be deemed nocrssary because the atate had declared Us belief In the frco coinage of silver at 10 to 1 as a naft- economic policy Is the best evidence In the world that the belief that free coinage at that ratio meawi repudiation Is quite general among the people. According to Governor lloloomb and Sen ator Allen the people of Xrbr.isk.1 said : "We will vote for n dishonest currency scheme. but we are not dishonest. " There la a popular belief that the best forces of citizenship In XoVira.iUa will pre vail to save- the state from any legislation that might dlehonoi- the commonwealth or Impale Us credit. It U Nebraska's hope that the eastern .capitalists and Investors will attach no se- rlou.s alBtilflcance to her verdict as recorded on November 3. TII1-J UKATll OK MACKO. Philadelphia Ledger : If It la true as re lated If It was a plot arranged by Wey- ler's second In command , with the full knowledge of the captain general hlnioelf tlii-n the dark page of Spanish warfare must receive a blacker stain , and civilized nations inual regard Spain as an outlaw not amenable to any laws but those of force , and not entitled to the comity of nations. New York Herald : We shall not. in all probability , get the fullest details of the affair for several days. For the present It Is to be chronicled that there Is widespread regret at Macco's death. Ho was a fearless flglitcr , nnd , as General Wcylt-r says , "a bravo man of great prestige , who cannot be replaced by the Insurgents. " This , of course , remains to be seen. The Insurgent cause , however , has suffered a severe loss. riill.idcl.ha | ! North American : If the dreadful atory should be- borne out by the facts , every man who was party to the butchery should bo declared outlaw , and treated accordingly by all true men wher ever nml whenever found. The report that Dr. Zcrlucha , Macco's physician , has asked to be sent to Spain , and that his request will probably bo granted , gives sinister col oring to the charge of treachery. Hut If guilty , the- entire power of Spain could not secure such a monster against his fate. Kor the present the world must wait for the facts , lest Injustice bo done. Springfield ( Maa. ) Republican : We ad vise people not to join In any frenzied ebulli tions of feeling. There Is no sense in It. for the simple reason that no one can be sure of the truth. The Spaniards seem to bo adepts In lying , and the Cubans , too , are quite likely to exaggerate. As Senator 1'Iatt of Connecticut sa > . It is Impossible to be otire of anything. The whole affair Is en veloped In a dense fog of contradictions ; no two newspaper accounts agree In Impor tant details and , aside from the probable death of the Cuban general , one can be certain of nothing at this time. Philadelphia Record : Should the reports prove true which ascribe the killing of the Cuban General Maceo to treacherous prc- arrangemenl on the part of the Spaniards , nothing less than disavowal of the act by the Spanish government and punishment of Ihe murderers , both principals and ac cessories , can acquit It of direct responsi bility. It la assuming too much to suppose that such horrible savagery can be permit ted to pass without the protest of offended Christendom. No nation can be permitted to add to the horror of war by the practice of such dishonoring atrocities. New York Sun : According to the pres ent Information it Is probable that the death of Maceo was assassination deliberately planed and purchased , and compassed In a manner that will rank the affair among the world's great Infamies ; but this Is not proved. The case Is not yet complete. Public sentiment In the United States , es pecially as represented In congress , will lojo nothing of Its weight nnd might by restraining the full expression of what Is now In every American heart until such time as the circumstances of Antonio .Macco's betrayal and murder are as accu rately known as those of any other capital event In history. lOW.V IMIKSS COM MUM' . Burlington Hawkeye : Code revision and pro-'lslon for our state Institutions are the two objects of the extra session of the Iowa general absrmbly. Anything more than that will bo iierwna non srota. Sheldon Kagle : Congressman Perkins says that he proposes to let each community setllo Its own postofllco fllit. ( Mr. Perkins Is right. Ily following such n policy ho will glvo what little hair ho hns on the top of Ills head a better chance to grow. Davenport Republican : The state of Ne braska has almost 12,000,000 In warrants out standing , while the state treasurer has some thing like $000,000 deposits In different banks. This Is the showing , according to The Omaha Hee , which the state treasurer and the governor will make to the legisla ture. The money which the atate has on deposit Is drawing 3 per cent , while the outstanding warrants draw 5 per cent. Moreover , the $000,000 on hnnd In the banks cannot be drawn out with safety. Davenport Democrat : The year now clos ing has been a good one for Iowa , gnotl In general and particular , and notwithstanding the low prices for all kinds of farm prod ucts , the agrlcultullst has fared qultu CR well as the manufacturer and the merchant. I Ho has not run behind , whilellili is more than can be said for some In other lines { of business. Take the crops of the year t alone , and at the low prices which Imvo ' ruled they represent a value of J133.GIJ-I- i 020. This is the estimate of John U. Fagu , ! the chief of the Iowa crop service , and a man not given to exaggeration. TIIUHSTON OPPOSES THU PLAN Suggested Selection of Postmnstor by llleo- tion Meets Ills Disapproval WOULD MAKE UNNECESSARY TROUBLE Km't Ion allnm Wonlil lie IIHTI-IIMM ! it ml tin.Mo - l Popular InilU lilinil .Mluht Not lti > th > One ClKiNfii After All. WASHINGTON , Dec. Hi. ( Special Tele gram. ) A great many lettern nre being .re ceived by Senator Thurston dally from his Nebraska constituency asking for his opin ion upon the subject of holding local elec tions for thu purpose of deciding among the Bt.ilw.irt republican voters of that place their preference for postmaster. These letters have become so numerous that Senator Thurston has outlined n policy to one of his friends In tbl * state , taking the ground that such elec tions would bo without warrant of law , nnd would tend not only to a corrupt vote , but would hardly bo regained as a fair twt of any ano person's popularity. lie elated to The Hee representative today that he was opposed to submitting nil such appointments to any kind of vote. Even If such elections wore held , It would have to bo made quite universal throughout the state rather than at any designated point. 'He ' believes that a great deal of trouble would grow out of such contests for ouch nlllces. and that factional ism would bo Increased by holding such elec tions In view of the fact that these elections would not bo surrounded by safeguards that nro so necessary to Rocttro full nnd free ex pression of the wishes of electors. Honrospntatlvc Ilalner stated today that the appropriations committee , of which ho Is a member , would In all probability recom mend In the sundry civil bill $100.000 for the Omaha postolllcc , which was suggested In Ihe letter from the secretary of the treamiry at the last session , and make available $71,000 for the South Omaha postofllci' . Ho said ho also felt safe In saying that $10.000 would bo recommended for the new poslolllc at York , Neb. Representative Mercer Introduced today the resolution of the national encampment , G. A. R. , In favor of protecting the Ameri can flag ; also a bill to pension Margaret Wil bur of Hlalr. Neb. , and was about the ninth or tenth man to Introduce n bill to employ stenographers In the United States courts. A. K. Harvey of Lincoln Is In the city with his family. Hoth Senators Allen and Thurston expect to leave for their Nebraska homrs late this week. Senator Allen may bo able to get oft Monday night. Senator Thurston will KO to New York before going west. I-'rcd W. Myers , private nucretary to Gov ernor Drake of Iowa , Is In the city for a few- days. Senator Gear received n telegram today from Senator Allison , stating that hn had re covered'his health , but owing to the short ness of thu session remaining before holidays ho had decided not to t-omo until after the recess. J. J. H.uinlghcn of Omaha today mndo the lowest bid for plumbing In thi public build- Inns al Pueblo , Colo. , and will probably get the contract. The amount of his proposal was $8,300. DKSKItTIO.V XOT .V IIAIl TO I'K.VSIOX. Iiuiioi-lunt Iliillnir Iiy the . \NHlNtiuil Hci-i-i-tiu-- the Interior. WASHINGTON. Dee. 1C. There are several Important rulings in the administra tion of the pension laws made In n recent decision of Assistant Secretary of the Interior Reynolds. One of them Is that a desertion from the regular army under an enlistment subsequent to n service and honorable discharge from the rebellion ! . - not a bar to pension under the act of June 27. The original holdings of the previous administration In llrst construing this act and all subsequent decisions has been over ruled bee.-iusi ! It Is held the honorable dis charge contemplated under the act Is from a porvlco In the war of the rebellion only. It Is reiterated that In harmony with the plain terms of ( he June act nnd all previous decisions dishonorable discharge operates as a bar to pension to Ihe soldier or his widow and children , under that net , but It Is not n bar to such pension under the general law for disabilities contracted In the service or from causes originating therein. This Is In line with a long established practice. MO HIIIHI.P I--OK TIIIVHTBHAXS. ; . lilll OITereil to ANNlxt ( lit ! SolillerN Into Civil OIIIeeN. WASHINGTON , Dec. 1C. Senator Mitchell of Oregon today Introduced a bill in the senate to amend section 1,754 of the Revised Statutes. That section as passed In 18C3 provided thai persons honorably discharged from Iho military or naval serv ice by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness Incurred In the line of duty shall be preferred to appointment lo civil olllces , provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of tho- duties of such olllccs. Mr. Mitchell's amendment gives a pref erence to all honorably discharged persons from the military or naval service without regard to the reason for such discharge , provided they served ninety days or more In the war of the rebellion or in any In dian war. Mr. Mitchell supported his bill by a brief speech and on his motion It was referred to Ihe committee on civil service and retrenchment. SAYS TIIH Ti.V.\S l.'i AM , HlfiUT. .Seeretnry IIcl-l.ci-l Coinpln IIIN Hint the UiittleMilit UIH II.--n Mnlliviiril. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. The secretary of thi navy today made public the findings of the court of Inquiry on the battleship Texas , which recently sank while being dry docked In New York. The secretary says In sub stance that the Texas Is nil right ami has suffered no moro accidents than any other boat of her class In the navy. She has been subject , ho Bays , io malicious and surrepti tious attacks from naval oincers. nnd he Is sues a general order against officers of the department talking for publication on such EUbJeets , Ho quotes a letter from Charles V J I I 3fi < ? < ? < ? $ The absolutely pure $ < > fr I ROYAL the most celebrated of all the baking powders in the world cel ebrated for its great I 0 leavening strength and 0t It 0c t purity. It makes your t c cakes , biscuit , bread , etc. , healthful , it assures you against alum and all forms of adulteration t that go with the cheap J I brands. J , , . I ROYAL OAKINQ POWDTR CO NEW YORK. Cramp , ( ho uhlphulhlpr , which unya that Amerlnui shipping lulrrcatfl Imvo bccti In J Ufod abroad by the reflections rail on Iho To.xns by Iho progs , Telluu ; Vnllilll.v of I , nml Rrnnin , WASHINGTON. Doc. 10. - - The United Rtnles atiprrmo court to-lny heard Ihocns-oof llobprt Mliigtis against the Atlnnllr * l'a % rifle llnllnuid company , Hon. 13. J , Thclpa nnd A. It. llrowu appearing for the mllrond nnd Assistant Attorney General Dickinson for Mlngus. The cao In brought to lent the validity of Iho land grant made to the At lantic & Tnclllc rAllrn.ul In ISfifi nnd nfter- wnrd In ISSfi forfeited by nn act of congress. This grant Included many millions of ncrpB of Intnl. nil of which Is mure or less Involved In the present lltlgntlmi. The nrtlon was begun In the torrltorl.il courts of New Mexico ice , wliiTP the decisions were ndverno lo Iho railroad claim. Mr. I'hrlpn , lu his ar gument , rnntonded that the legal tltlo to ( hn land lu question could not bo divested by moro legislative action. \i-ux ftir I ln < Ai'iuy. WASHINGTON , Doc. 1C. ( Special Ti > | c- grtm. ) I.eavos of absence : Klrst Lieutenant Joseph T. O'Neill. Twi-nty-flftli Infantry , i > x tended three- months ; Second I.li < utpnar > t Jnmcs II. Hooves , Kourth cavalry , thlrtnn days ; Second Moulotiant l.oroy S. t'iU'ii | , Twcnty-llrst Infantry , extended Ilvo days. LIGHT AM ) IIIMGIIT. Indianapolis Journal : "Kituuy that 11111 Joursiu't : rnlso no whlskorn. " "Tiiln't funny at nil. Simple nn a. K P Illll Is jlut too lusty lo t > vi-u raise whlsk.-ra , nit' that's all they In to It. " lloaton Transcript : llobcrt Wboti 1 pot Into my it"w IIOUHC I im-aii that everything Hlmll go llki > i-lorkwork. Illphnrd 1 see ; the sumo as heretofo ; tli-k , tick. Somervlllo Journnl : City Cousin Mor.-vl . Do you think for 1111 Instant tbut I would go out on the ytrci't without my plo\v ? Country Cousin Why ? Ain't your h.imls clean ? Washington Star : "What I waul. " snld the lawyer. "In to iirovo Kmt my client Is mentally ilellelont. "CVrlaluIy , " replied the expert. "Thore won't be the leant trouble In showing that. HO IOIIK as he has employed you us bit lawyer. llnrper's Hazar : lleglnnld How stupid Miss Jennings Is ! Took her to dinner the other ulKht nml she never mid 11 word. .Ini-k You are lu luck , old fellow , fibe wasn't nearly us Ktupld as aho would b.ive been If she had talked. Detroit Free Press : "Don't you think 1 oiiRht to tnUe Iron ? " laughed the ! > IK fat man , who thought he would be funny with the doetor. ' Certainly ; and I would recommend hoop Iron. " 1'iiek : Dirk Hicks fwateblng the otchestra ) Those musicians don't care any thing about Ihe director. i.Mrs. Illoks How do you know ? Dlek Illclts Tlie more lie snnites tnnl stick al 'urn the harder they llddle. Cincinnati Tribune : "Here , tenderfoot. " The Itoston man started and gnzed Into two dark , disagreeable-locking revolver b.ir- rt-ls. "Stop tip and take a drink. " The Itnston man did so. meekly mulling. Hut It was , Indeed , a forced smile. NHW HOAD TO 11 KNOWN. XVufliliiRton Slur. 15f I should KO ler congress , I wouldn't make no speech , Ner make a motion every time n chaiieo eomo In my rcnrh : And In a little while my fnmo through im- HOIIH would bn beard V.r. him Hint sot a session through nn' never said a word. A puorosAij ix mint llnrlcin I , Iff- . "Call you ? " he asks with pleading volen , "Ciui you , and mnko my heart rejoice ? " Coolly nnd calmly waves her fan ; Calmly and coolly It comes : "I can. " "Do you ? " be asks In a trembling tone , "Do you , and love but mo alone ? " Looking al him with eyes so blue : ' Slowly but truly It comes : "I do. " "Will vou ? " ho asks with baled breath. Silence reigns. It Is still as death. "Will you ? " be queries lower sllll , Softly and sweetly 11 comes : "I will. " "May I ? " with Joyful voice Is raid. Quickly the pretty faci > KI'OWH rod ; May 1 ? " a alii lie needs must Kay. TremblliiK and blushing ahc says : "You may. " fe M * ' A.s o 0 o e Take to water so arc parent * taking advantage of our great opportunity sale in the children's department. Yesterday we had a rush that tested our capacity to its utmost , and still we failed to sell all of the bargains adver tise. ! t\vo \ piece Suits , Kilts , Overcoats , Ulsters , Shirt Waists etc. , and all odd articles \vere \ includeJ in this special sale. \Ve \ arc going to continue it as long as an article remains , which won't bj long. So don't wait ( ill the last moment come early before they arc all picked over Open Evenings