Nebraska Newspapers

    THE Q-MAHA T > AILV Ulftlfo ft ! OX DAY. OCTOBER 'i 1897.
Tim OMAHA DAILY
E. HOSnWATKIt , Kclltop.
rUHUfillKD KVUUY M011N1NO.
TI311MS OK SUUSCKU'TION.
Dully Uce ( Without Sunday ) , One Vcnr * 6 M
Dally Uoe ami Sunday , One Year 8 0"
fllx Months. . . 4 < > >
Three Montht ! ° X
Sunday Dee , One Year j J J
Saturday lice , One Year 1JJ
Weekly tteo , One Year M
Ol'TICESl
Omaha : The nee UulltllnR.
South Omnlm : Singer Illlc. , Car. N anil 2 h Sts.
CouncU Dluffn ! 10 1'Mirl Street.
Ciilcaeo Olllce ! 317 Chamber of Commerce.
New YorU : noom.i 13 , 14 and 13 , Tribune Ulcl * .
Wailniton : : 601 Fourteenth Street.
All communications rclnlliiR to news nn.l eijllo-
rial matter ihoitM be nildrcfseil : To the KJItor.
Alt bunlnera Ictlcn nnd ramlttunec * should be
ndflrcssed to The Itce I'uMlnhlnK Company.
Omahn. Drafts , checks , rxpw1 nd iiontotllcB
money orders to te mode paynlilc lo the oruer
of the compnny. ,
T1IK I1CIJ 1'UUWHlIINa COMPANY.
BTATI5MKNT OK CIIlCUkATlON.
Btnto of Nebrnskn , Doimlns Cbnnly , * . ;
( leorge 11. TMchuck , prcretHry uf The Bee PUD-
lUlilnc comt'iiny , being duly sworn , Nays thHt ino
netnnl niimher of full nnd complete copies of The
Dally , Morning , Hvcnlnir nnd Sumlny lice printed
ilnrlne the month of September , 1M7 , was ns fol
lows :
i 19,4:6 1(1 ( 10,721
2 , iD.cn i ; llVi6 !
3 19.916 18. ! 19,83 !
4 13,917 10 19,730
0 20.011
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22 20.MT
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9 19,778 ' " ' ' ' " " '
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12. 19.SOO 27 1S.M1
13 ID.079 JS 19."H
II 19.53J 50 13.657
15 13.CSC SO M.6II
Total . , . M"'G5 ! )
returned and unsold copies . tM'5
Total net salea
Net dally average . . . 19.003
II. T/.SCHUCK.
Sworn tr > before me ami nutucrlbej In my pres
ence tills 1st day of October. 1S37.
( Peal ) N. I1. 1'KIl * .Votary Public.
TIII3 I1I3I2 ON TIIAI.\S.
All rnllrnnil iuMvulinyn nro
Htiliiilloil ivlth emniBli IlctfM
to ncpoininoilntn ovpry iinst-
Mi'iisiT ivlio TViintx in re ml ix
iie\VKini | > cr. liiHli t ilium Imv-
Inw Tlio lice. It you uniiiint
Kct n lieu mi n < rulu from the
iitMvii iiKfiit. iilciiNt * renorl
the fact , Htatlnu tintriilii nnil
railroiitl < < > the Circulation
Dfiinrtiiicnt of The lice. The
lice IN for mile on nil triilnx.
INSIST OX HAVING Til 13 I1EE.
Slot inachlno gambling has ulruiitly
tnrrlud altogether too Ion ; ? .
For accurate ami complete accounts
of popocmtlc convontloiiH even the popo-
crats must road The Kco.
Every A. 15. 0. rupublican re-form club
Is connected by special umlersrouml
wire with the Jacltsonlau club rooms.
From thu trouble the new law Is
Lavluff to set started , the Initiative
acorns to be what Is bothering the refer
endum.
Klondike Isn't In It with organizing a
new fusion party and claiming a third
of all the olllces in exchange for a mere
handful of votes.
There- was no room on the mongrel
ticket for a single German-American.
The Germans are distrusted by the popo-
cratlo much inc.
Why not make fusion perpetual ? If
you must have fusion every your why
continue the farce of three parties , three
platforms and one ticket ?
Another curious coincidence "Our
Mr. "W. J. Hryuu" riding on a free rail
road pass while denouncing corporate
coercion and railroad extortion.
"NVeyler's recall may be an established
fact , but the announcement should be
broken gently to the Cuban insurgents ,
who i H miss him so much when he Is
gone. i
Now we understand why Uedlield was
courting those hated Itouiiins and fur
nishing ammunition for the popocratic
mud batteries ever since the spring cam
paign.
Dlvlno Providence gets the popocratic
credit for higher prices for farm produce ,
but the popocratic state administration
claims n monopoly on the credit for
higher prices for slate warrants.
It is pretty hard to tell whether the
pollco board holds forth in the rooms In
the city hall assigned to the use of the
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
or sits on the bench of the district court.
It Is hard for a Spanish bourbon to
admit having made a mistake by revers
ing the policy previously pursued , but
they are sometimes forced to it by cir
cumstances beyond their control.
Great llrltaln is always at peace with
all the world about the day the ( ineen's
epecch is made to .Parliament , but It al
ways has Irs .hands full with petty
colonial wars all the rest of the time.
A life-long democrat of unblemished
Integrity of Harry Deuel has no show
with conventions that offer the best
places on democratic tickets ns pre
miums to renegade republicans and bo
gus populists.
Tlio French have an adage that you
cannot make an ass drink if lie is not
thirsty. It is one thing to present u
dish of bol"il ! lledlli'lil crow to the
Jir.U- . . . ' .irtH , but It is another to make
them swallow it.
The king of Slam Is becoming alto
gether too free with the bestowal of
his decorations. If he continues to
llbotl the market , ( ho Order of the Snored
White Kleplmnt won't bo worth quoting
on tlio exchange.
Nobody with n German name had tiny
business to aspire to any place on thu
mongrel county tlckut , This Is why
Kngclnmnii and Klsauscr made fools of
themselves In allowing their names to
bo used In thu demo-pop convention.
Eight thousand democrats in Douglas
county nro to bu represented on the mon
grel ticket by tliruu candidates whllu less
than 500 self-styled silver republicans
liavo nn equal representation , and tlio
handful of A. H , 0. reuegndua arc
luugulug lu their ulc-eve * .
mi : Moxuiwr , rw.vrv r
The mongrel ticket pl.tecd In nomina
tion by the eoinblu.fl ! popoc-ratlc siwlls-
ini'ii of Douglas county Is foredoomed to
Ignominious defeat. The tlmn has not
yet conic when Intelligent ficlf-icspivtiug
citizens who liavi ? nny regard for the
public welfare will ratify such a shame
less bargain and sale In public olllec an
was consummated In the early hours of
Sunday by the mobwrats acting In Ihe
name of democracy and populism.
With no higher nim or object than
pooling the voters for the capture of thu
county government and the prunrrauged
division of spoils the result Is Just what
might have been expected. Instead of
passing on the merits and claims of oiu-h
candidate for nomination the mnln
struggle was precipitated over the ap
portionment of the ollli-es to the different ,
elements of the mongrel combination.
After contemptuously rejecting the Im
pudent demand * of u Imndful ol' so-
called silver republicans for an equal
share of the olllces and the Indorsement
of .Mel Uedlield as the price of their voles
the democratic convention was jugsled
by the machine chairman Into cowardly
surrender.
The populists , In the face of vigorous
protests from the more reputable dele
gates , were by the samcr disreputable
methods delivered over bound hand and
foot to the thlmhleriggers and Jobbers
who had previously made the bargain
to adopt Frank Kaspar , who supported
MuKlnley last year and was a candi
date for the nomination as tax commis
sioner before the republican convention
last May , as the populist nominee for
county commissioner.
Under the leadership of Frank Hansom ,
who Is advertised In the populist hand
book as n lawyer who pocketed ! ? . > 00 of
state money stolen by Kugene Moore ,
the schemers who steered the silver re
publican brunch of the mongrels set up
all the pins nnd brought all the other
parties to the terms that they dictated.
As to the candidates , while some are
men In good standing , most of them are
notorious spoilsmen who have made a
living out of politics and are willing to
train under any Hag that promises them
a salaried job.
The most impudent performance of the.
mongrels Is their attempt to IKJSC as
political purifiers and reformers. Tin-
idea of a gang of ward heelers , led by
ballot box stutters , professional boodlers ,
bank check swindlers , tin horn gamblers
mid bar room loafers , arraigning the re
publican party , denouncing public men
in and out of olllcc for all the crimes In
the calendar and asking the people to
join them in stamping out corruption by
electing the mongrel ticket caps the
climax of assurance.
A LinilltATj SPJA'lStl MINISTRY.
Spain is to have a. liberal ministry.
Sugastn , as had been expected , 1ms
been asked by the queen regent
to form u cabinet and he bus ac
cepted the responsibility. He will
probably have 110 ditliculty hi selecting
lihi associates , ns there is an abundant
supply of good ministerial material in
the liberal ranks , so that the formation
of n new ministry will probably be ac
complished promptly. It appears that
this political change was well received
throughout Spain , as containing the
promise of a better state of affairs , yet
it would be hazardous to predict' that
there will be any such improvement as
seems to bo expected. The fact Is that
tlio situation is so bad that UK ? Spanish
people are in a state of mind to accept
any change that holds out the least
promise of improvement and hence a
general rallying to the liberal standard
Is by no means improbable. It is be
lieved that if an appeal should bo taken
to the people , for the election of a. new
Cortes , the liberal party would be suc
cessful by a largo majority.
What can Sagasta and a liberal min
istry do to help the situation ? As an
nounced In the dispatches the llrst matter -
tor to be considered Is that of the na
tional finances. Tlio Spanish treasury.
Is bankrupt. The government is with
out crcdi. . 'The people are In no condi
tion to stand any material Increase of
taxation and Spain has about exhausted
Its ability to negotiate loans. It is not
apparent that a liberal ministry will be
able to do any more than a conservative
cabinet for the national credit , because
It can offer no better assurances to cap
ital. We are unable to see , therefore ,
that Sagusta will be any better able
than his predecessor to replenish the na
tional treasury. In regard to Cuba the
policy of the new ministry will of
course be liberal. It will offer the people
ple of the island self-government , under
conditions that will continue the sov
ereignty of Spain. There is not the least
probability , however , that the Cubans
will accept any arrangement of this
kind , because their avowed purpose Is
to accept nothing short of Independence.
Moreover , they have no moru conlidence ,
according to the statements of their
leaders , In the liberals than they have in
tlio conservatives. They distrust all
Spaniards , of whatever party.
Nevertheless , the Installation of a lib
eral ministry In Spain is a matter of
no little Interest , for there Is at least
a possibility that 11 will Improve the
situation and there was no chance of
this under the administration of the con
servatives.
OUll 8l'ANISII-.iMKUlOAtV A'HHIIIHUltli.
A writer In an eastern paper , referring
to the recent revolutionary outbreaks in
Central America , thinks they should
servo to cool In some degree tlio ardor of
those Americans who are , at whatever
hazard to ourselves , aiding the Insurrec
tion In Culm. Tills writer expresses the
opinion that those who have at
heart the cause of liberty and law
cannot fall to see u menace to
free Institutions In political conditions
which produce such lamentable occur
rences as the recent lawless execution in
Guatemala , when the president of that
republic had a prominent eltl/.en who
was opposed to the re-election of the
president put to death. This writer ob
serves that only those who huvo a per
sonal knowledge of the social and pollt-
Ical conditions existing In the Spanish
American states generally can estimate
Justly the real gravity of this menace ,
where the governing power Is not uuf-
llcluntly strong to hold together elements -
ments so heterogeneous us those which
J consiltuto tht'lr populations-- isia.i.
; Iiiitui ! , African , and In the * case of Tuba
jar.d sunn * of the oilier Spir.ilsh-Auier cn-i
states , Asiatic ; il.-i > .
This writer further says : "Add to this ,
lu HIP cnse of I'ubit. that the African
element , constituting nearly one-half of
the. population , has In giviU part only
recently been freed from slavery ami
has not yet. like our own negroes of
the south , learned to use its newly ac
quired freedom Judiciously , but has , on
tile contrary , conceived highly exagger
ated notions of Its own relative import
ance In the social scale and it will be
seen how greatly those err who seek to
draw a parallel between the present In
surrectionary movement In Cuba ami the
struggle for Independence of Great Bri
tain of the American colonies. "
There Is undoubtedly something In this
view worthy of serious consideration ,
but the writer Injures ills case In urg
ing that those who desire the welfare
of Cuba ought to aid Spain to keep her
control of that. Island. That Is a prop
osition which will meet with very lit
tle favor from Americans. Whatever
doubt there may be In this country re
garding the capacity of the Cubans for
self-government , there can be no ques
tion that , there IH an overwhelming sen
timent : favorable to giving them an op
portunity to test what they can do In
Ihe matter of governing themselves.
The course of the people In Spauish-
Amerlcan countries certainly does seem
to warrant the opinion that they have
no adequate conception of the moaning
of republican Institutions , but this fact
could not excuse the United States from
extending whatever encouragement It
properly could extend to republican son-
llmeiit In those countries.
This country Is not called upon to
take an active part In the political affairs
of any Spanish-American stale. It is
not. our business to meddle In their do
mestic affairs in any respect. Rut the
influence of this republic should be ex
erted in all proper ways to advance the
cause of republican institutions In the
southern countries. The assumption
that a majority of the Cubans are not
qualified for self-government may be
well founded , but It does not furnish
a. valid reason why the American people
should withhold their moral support
from the efforts of those people to free
themselves from despotic rule. And
with regard to recent events In Central
America , while they show that the gov
ernments there are not really republi
can they do not prove that a genuine re
publican system for those states Is not
attainable.
IjKT TUK COUNVJh ACT.
OMAHA , Neb. , Sept. 14 , 1S07. To the
Honorable , tbe City Council of tlio City _ of
Omaha Gentlemen : I beg to call tlio atten
tion ot your honorable body to the provisions
of ordinance No. 4239 , entitled "An ordinance
regulating tlio exhibition , operating nnil us
ing of 'Nlclcel-ln-the-slot-machlnes' and
other similar contrivances and fixing tbo
amount of license required for exhibit
ing , operating or using the same amd pro
viding a penalty for the violation of the pro
visions herein" which was passed 'by your
honorable body on July 20th , 1S97 , and ap
proved July 24 , 1897.
Under section I ot said ordinance It Is
provided that "The provisions ot said
ordinance shall not bo construed to apply
to any contrivance or machine which by
the deposit of a nickel or coin therein de
livers mechanically or automatically a cer
tain amount or quantity of any kind o goods
or merchandise. "
Manifestly therefore the provisions of the
ordinance In question do apply to machines
kept and maintained for gain and so con
trived that If one drops a nickel In a slot
therein he would either lose the nickel or
vln a sum of money.
It Is equally evident that the keeping or
maintaining for gain of such a machine
constitutes an Infringement of the provi
sions of the criminal laws of this state ,
especially of section 215 and probably of
section 219 thereof ,
The ordinance referred to therefore can
not be construed otherwise than as an at
tempt on the part of the city to license a
violation of the criminal statutes ot the
state.
I therefore respectfully recommend that
said ordinance bo. Immediately repealed and
that any amount collected thereunder be at
once refunded. Respectfully ,
FRANK E. MOORES , Mayor.
This message was transmitted to the
city council nearly three weeks ago. No
action has yet been taken to carry out
the mayor's recommendation. The com
mittee to which the innyor's message
was referred does not appear to bo In
clined to submit a report , nor does the
council show any disposition to rescind
the ordinance which It passed in defiance
of law in the absence of the mayor from
the city.
Meantime the number of licensed and
unlicensed automatic gambling ma
chines Is growing and the temptations
for acquiring the gambling habit are
multiplying from day to day. The
failure of the council to repeal the slot
machine ordinance is used by the police
commission as an excuse for extending
police protection to the machine
gamblers , who.are taking thousands of
dollars out of the city dally which
should be spent with our merchants to
supply tlio legitimate wanl.s of their
patrons.
The question Is , How much longer will
the council by Its inaction encourage
and abet this lawless business ?
The sister of one of the reform populist
state .senators who drew ? I ! a day as
clerk to one of the legislative committees
during last winter's session has been
paid 1'JS.tiS out of thu$10KK ( ) Investiga
tion appropriation for clerical services
rendered during Ihe mouth of September
Just closed , or more than ? ! n day. When
It comes to reform thu legislative Investi
gating committee stands without a peer.
Like other experienced operatic aggre
gations , HID A , iR , C , reform troupe Is
saving Home of its most brilliant artists
for the regular performance , As jvt
neither the Wlnspear bazoo nor the John
T. Clarke llugel horn have been allowed
to appear in public , but are held In re
serve ns an unexpected treat to be
thrown In with the program without ex
tra price of admission.
After prolonged pondering and con
scientious devotion to public duty at
$2,000 a year as do-nothing secretary of
thu State 'Roard ' of Transportation the' ' I
i
great ami only Duhlnmu , chairman of
| j th. d'lno'r.illc" state committee , has dU-
' fovrivd ft ( lUtOietlon between the po.sl-
) , tois ! : In Id by tlii > national di-mocrats and
lhi silver roptiMleans Hint enables the
latter to seeum a place for their ticket
on the ofh > ! < U ballot , but leave * Um
former entirely without claim to repre
sentation. M'lii' distinction may not lie
visible to Hitf linked eye without the aid
of a powerful .microscope , but to Dahl-
man it I" plain as the midday sun. The
law permfi4 | now political parlies to
choose their , o\yn iiame : , but Is silent
about old political parties. According to
Dahlman the silver republicans consti
tute a new party and the gold democrats
an old party , and by a three-card monte
trick the one ticket may be thrown out
and the other thrown in. As a feat of
political tlilmblerlggliig this would be an
achievement worthy of the only now-
you-see-lt-aiid-iiow-yoU'tlon't popncratlc
steersman.
Officers of the Illinois state fair an
nounce the gate receipts every evening
after the attendance for the day has
been , figured up. There Is no good rea
son why the .same practice should not
be pursued by the managers of the Ne
braska state fair. The fair management
that wants to * avoid scandal and disarm
criticism must take the public Into its
confidence In the matter of Its receipts
unit expenditures.
This Is nn era of shams and frauds ,
delusions and snarls.Vltli a silver-
galvanb.ed gold democrat at the head of
the ticket of the fused silver parties and
renegade republicans and bogus popu
lists on the county democratic ticket ,
a spectacle Is presented that must
thoroughly disgust honest men of all
parties who believe lu party principles
and political integrity.
Members of the Western Passenger
association should not grieve over their
inability to tie up with the Union Pacific.
The foreclosure sale would put an end to
any arrangement that might now be
made. The way to steady rates in ter
ritory served by the Union Paellle is to
expedite reorganization.
Frank Kaspar masqueraded as a pop
ulist and Mel Itedlield as a silver re
publican in order that both might light
for places on the mongrel county ticket ,
although both live In the same ward and
both voted against Rryan and against the
fusion state ticket last year.
If it took only a partial payment on a
purchase of' IL' OO of worthless stock
In the concern , ' 'to convert the local
Rryan organ to the advocacy of ] ( ! to 1
free silver coinage , how much will it
take to make it reverse Itself again ?
An III oil .Iliiiiiini-roil In.
- Gloljc-lX'niocrat.
The sliver L men selected Ohio as the
place to make a breach In the sound money
lines , and now their leading orators take
great care to .avoid tbe state. An Idea has
dawned on them . .that It is hard work to
talk against stubborn facts.
A Tip from the I.IICIII.V'N Country.
ClilcnRo Inter Ocelm.
. . Farm.lands'Jn Nebraska are , hqld at dou
ble" the price of last , year anil ljundreds of
farms that we're "for sale , cheap , for cash"
are out of the market. And yet IJryanitcs
go on with their calamity wall. The good
people of the state ought to Increase the
size of their lunatic asylums and their
"homo for the feeble-minded. "
rroposnl ChiiiiKf < > f Tune.
lloston ( Jlobc.
If the United States should , buy Green
land how much is It worth , b'y the waj-
and 'annex the Hawaiian Islands , too , the
hymn would have to be revised to read :
From Greenland's Icy mountains
To Hawaii's coral stand.
The tune Is "Yankee Doodle"
All sing to beat the band !
An Kvjx-rt In Kllln'r.
Ixiuisvllle Courier-Journal
The London Globe having declared that
"America has lost all sense of proportion and
has forgotten that she plays only a mlntw
role In tlio affairs of tbe world. " It has been
suggested that the role which America IF
playing at present , and wlhch Is not a minor
role In Its Importance to John Dull , Is thr
bread role. And no one knows better than
this same John Hull that America Is equally
successful In playing the bread role and tbe
lead role.
.Not n Itllt in the doom.
New York Tribune
Ohio democracy Is a house divided against
itself and falling on Its Inmates like Dagon'f
temple on the assembled Philistines. All the
free silver and popullutc bricks will have to
ho taken out of Its foundation before It can IIP
rebuilt on any principle of permanence. This
is now apparent to the party Itself , which Is
in commotion and panic , with tin ; gulf of de
feat yawning before It. It has found the bottom
tom of that ditch before , however , and the
experience will lack the delicate peach bloom
of novelty , to say the least.
TinInjniiftlon Hahlt. \
SiirliiRlieM ( Mass. ) Itepubllcan.
In the Injunction business anything can be
legal if the courts only declare It valid. It is
simply a question of judges. Many of them
actually say that congress can pass no law
restricting or defining In any way their enjoining
joining- powers , because these poweia are in
herited from our English ancestors. It If.
this state of affairs that gives us rauso and
stimulates the Inquiry where wo arc at. The
feeling , It seems , must grow , that definite
limits must in some manner soon be set to
the powers of the judiciary In this hazy fleld
of jurisprudence.
iiK IMiinlc In n I'lntfonn.
Kansas City Journal.
.A practical joker introduced the following
platform at thu Morrla county poptilUt con
vention , and then i was forced to flea for his
life : , . , , .
"Whereas , In anile of our frequent wnd
posttlvo declarations that the price of wheat
is regulated by tliu'farlce ' of silver , and that
the prlco o' fa'riii products would go down
If McKlnley Was ' elected , wheat Is going
skyward , and all other products liavo gone up
In a llko proportion ; and
"Whereas , This Is hell ; therefore , bo It
"Resolved , That wo go to raising moro
corn. " jfl ( *
U.MOX I'AI'II'MO KOHKCI.OSUIIIJ.
IllnKliiK DIMVI'I ( fir Onrliiln In n I.OIIK
NcrKof Sen n iln l.i.
New York Tribune.
The sale of the government' ! ! 'Interest In
this great prof > l fCy" and final severance of
relations which ! UWi been embarrassing and
unprofitable to boh. { for BO many years It
hardly need no' said" will b3 a groJl public
benefit. It will not only lelicvo congress of
a most -troublesome question and iuve the
Infliction of endless chatter upon the coun
try , but' will replenish the treasury with
needed funds. These considerations , however -
over , Important as they are , should not bo
allowed to affect tlio judgment of thu law
onicura of the government to such an extent -
tent as to Induce hasty action In the ac-
reptancu of offers wilch | subsequent events
may prove to bo below a fair and reason
able valuation of 'thu government's interrfit.
Tlio present administration has been re
lieved of some embarrassment In treating
this question by the action of its predecessor
ser In Initiating proceedings In the courts.
But It cannot be too careful in closing the
matter to avoid any occasion ( or charges of
favoritism or complaints that government
Interests luvo been sacrificed. The Pacific
railroads have been fruitful of scandals from
the beginning. Too great care cannot bo
taken to avoid any pretext for repeating
them in the final transaction * .
IIIIIKK HITS OK STATUS 1'OI.ITICS.
Ganoa Leader : Can any populist point to a
tlmo when Juldgo SulUvnn has ever dona
anything to help the populist parly In the
past ? He has never ha l a lick of use for
them until now ho wants their volts.
Dealrlcc Democrat : U Is useless to kick
against the pricks. The last legislature
placed the Institutions of HIP stale at the
disposal of Governor Holcomb to be iwed by
him In the payment of political debts , and thu
fact that ho has turned educational concerns
Into asylums for political hucksters should bo
accepted as the result of a. popullstic cause.
Valentine Republican. When any man ,
set of men or newspaper claims that any
political party has a monopoly on honesty
they prove themselves demagogues and are
a menace to the well being of this great re
public. When they claim that all boodlers ,
embezzlers and public thieves belong to one
party and nil the honest men to another
party they certainly must credit a largo portion
tion of the people with being fools. In doIng -
Ing this thu fusion forces show their weak
ness and provo that they are willing to
Rtoop to anything for the sake of getting an
olllcc.
Emerson Enterprise : Judge Sullivan U
finding It dlfllcult to reconcile his former
political bedfellowshlp with the corporation
wing of the democratic party with his pres
ent attitude of posing as the "friend of thu
common people. " Theru was a time when
Jim North ami J. Sterling Morton were the
embodiments of pure and unadulterated Jcf-
forsonian democracy , In the estimation of
Mr. Sullivan. Hut during the second reign
of Grover the 1'at the judge was the one of
this trio to reclve the cold shoulder and
slnco thrn n great yearning chasm lias sep
arated them in the political aflllla-
tlons.
Columbus Leader : Republicans have no
disposition to saddle the responsibility for
the Hartley steal off on Governor Holcomb ,
yet ho cannot escape n share of the blame.
Had ho done hls full duty the shortage )
would not have amounted up In the hundreds
of thousands , Governor Holcomb could not
hive helped knowing before Hartley began
on his second term that bis accounts were
crooked had the governor been as zealous
In the conduct of the state's affairs as ho
ought. Under the law ho had a right to
call the treasurer to an exact accounting ,
and In falling , to do so lie failed ln | his duty
to the people of this state.
North IMatte Tribune : The managers ot
thu Nebiaslu railroads were highly gratified
when J. J. Sullivan was nominated for
srtwemo judge by the demo-pops and free
Mlvcr republicans and since his nomination
they , the managers , have i > een showering
compliments upon him. When Sullivan wap
In the legislature ten years ago he was
classed as a corporation attorney and did not
protest against sueh classification. In later
years ho continued his alllllatlons with the
corporations , and , It Is said upon excellent
authority , that hla elevation to the bcncn
ot tbe district court was made possible by
the aid of the railroads. Just how populists
can cr.nsUtontly support tor suoreme Jud c
one who has been so closely allied with the
railroads Is not easy to comprehend.
Nlobrara Pioneer : Hon. Kdward Hose-
water will open the campaign next week
that will be the keynote of this year's polit
ical contest in Nebraska. The pl.ico has
not yet been decided upon , but It will prob
ably bo at Columbus , slnco It Is the home
of the heads of the two opposing tickets.
Mr. Itosowater's array of facts are not to
be passed by unnoticed. Ho Is conversant
with the record ot every prominent man In
Nebraska , and what ho knows of the inside
of politics and the motives of men In poll-
tics must be recognized by the logical con
clusions that usually round oft his speeches.
Ho Is not ignored by the republican organ
ization ot Nebraska any longer , and had his
good counsel been oftener heeded the repub
lican party would have fared better last
year.
Ord Times : While the people ot the state
are censuring Hartley and Moore for being
dishonest It occurs to us that had It not
been fen criminal negligence on the part
of Governor Holcomb In approving Hartley's
bond the state might have recovered the
amount of the embezzlement from Hartley's
bondsmen. Hartley's 'Intention ' to embezzle
the state's money was shown to Governor
Holcomb when the bond was presented , but
It was never questioned by the governor.
When the whole matter Is straightened out
wo will find that Holcomb was as deep in
the mud as Hartley was in the mire. It
would not bo a tad scheme right now In
virw of tlicso facts to have all the bonds of
the state officers investigated and sec If
there la not a. loophole for them to crawl
out of if they are discovered to be short In
their accounts.
Lincoln News : It is probable that no con-
enco will bo violated if Ihe statement I-
mitiously mode that the disclosures as to
he Hon. Jim Edmlsten's peculiar deals In
tate school lands arc not road with any
Teat griet by the Hon. J. SI. Gaflln of Saun-
'ers. ' It might also be perfectly safe to add
hat they are also doing coort wo'k In the
ine of retiring Mr. Edmistcn from the 11-1
it pllglbles for the Holcomb succession. Mr.
Rdmlsten Is a very nice gentleman , but he
n one of the chaps who have worked the
cform party for a number of soft snaps and
'wve been a persistent blockadcr of the
mrty's attempts to 'redeem Its promises. He
has been a close adviser of the adminlstra-
* lon , the chairman of the populist state cen
tral committee and a voice-raiser of no mean
otilllty against the corporations , whose great
admirer he really Is. We therefore can cor
dially concur with Colonel Tibbies , author of
"Nebraska Redeemed , " that tbo man who
would do the children of the state out of
heir school money Is a man .who deserves
the severest reprobation.
Lincoln Call : The question is being freely
asked , on all fides , why do not the clerk
ot the housB and the secretary of the senate.
Messrs. Eager and Schwlnd , Issue copies of
the house and senate journals ? They have
been paid by the state a llbciul compensation
'or doing this work. They have had amnle
lime in which to complete It. Six months
'lavo passed and neither of the books has
been printed. The fault does not lie with
* he printers , but with the compilers , Messrs.
Rager and Schwlnd. Never before has such
i delay occurred. There must bo a reason
for It. Thcro Is. Among the ipopocrats It
would , undoubtedly , bs called a substantial
one. The truth Is the house and senate jour
nals , when published , will ho found to con
tain a great deal of matter that Is most dam
aging tn the popocratic party. In the hinds
of republican speakers these books would bs
found to contain consldoruolo campaign ma
terial reflecting greatly on the popocratlc
party. As the journals will have been com-
nlled by popocrats , the rxirty cannot , with
any degree of consistency , refute the showing
which will bo found between the covers of
thwn bulky volumes.
Holdrego Citizen : The attempt of the gov
ernor tn make the state Institutions sub
serve political ends and to make the officers
of those Institutions a part of the state house
machine Is unworthy of a man tint claims to
bo a reform governor. It lools as If It was
the definite purpose of the governor and the
rest of the state officers to use the state In
stitutions to build up a strong pop"cratle
machine. It has been the Idfi In the past
that the state Institutions , especially those
of a charitable nature , that they should he
kept as free ns po'slhlp from partisan poll-
tlrfl. These Institutions were not created
for the promotlnn of the political power o
anv party or n'lriue. It li wilful m'sreprc- '
sfntatlon of the tptrlt In which they wore
organized to turn them Into places of re
ward for pol'tlcal henchmrn who have no
adcnuato knowledge of the duties of office.
It 'ff ' > * nrd for one who has watched the dls-
rracp'ul wrans'o ' dver the Homo for the
Friendless or thn removal of Superintendent
Ol'lpsplo from the Deaf and numb Institute
at Omaha to reach any other conclusion than
that petty politics Is cutting nv'de swath
In the management of those Instlutlons. If
the p'cn Ifl to be followed of making the
ftoto Institutions a place to bestow on poll-
tlo'ni'fl ' we must expect to have Interior In
stitutions.
\o SccllnimllNin In llunlm-xi ,
Minneapolis Jounml.
Controller Rckels In his speech at Omahi
last night touched upon the silver question
and eaM : "Thn agitation will die an people
como to understand the question. The east
and west must stand -together , that each
may enjoy the full mesouro of prosperity
now dawnlns. " The fierce prejudice fhown
by western speakers list year against the
cast U due to an utter misconception of the
cause of the depreciation ot sliver , as Mr.
Eckels faj-a. What moro grotesque than the
notion promulgated by Rryan that the east
ern moneyed Interests are determined to
ruin the people of tno west anj south
among whom they do business ?
10W.V 1MIKSS ROMMI4XT.
Slnnx City Tribune ! The Chicago , Hur-
iington & Qnlncy road has found that some
things nro Inevitable. It will Abandon Us
relief association , which , to all Intents nnd
purposes takes the Temple amendment out
ot politics. '
Sioux City Times : The date of the sale of
the Union Pacific railroad has at last been
aet , and November 1 next the property will
be knocked down to the highest bidder by
the receiver. Any one wanting a good rail
road would do well to bo on hand. The
bidding will bo lively nnd It will not sell
for nny small sum.
Durllngton Hawkeye : One of the reasons
advanced by the popocratic press why the
people of Iowa this fall should vote for Krcd
White nnd free silver Is that Mr. Shaw ,
when n young man and poor In pocket ,
peddled fruit trees. Hut they were good
trees ; and blessed Is the man who added
to the orchards of town. The lown fruit
crop Is now n "big thing. "
Pavcnport Democrat : Mr. White might
have told several interesting things last
night , but he was careful to avoid llioin.
Why , for Instance , did the party of which
ho Is the head refuse to declare Its oppo
sition to prohibition ? This question was
brought tip In the committee which framed
-Mr. White's platform , and It was elated by
several of the eommlttrcmen who nro now
supporting him that to oppose tlio principle
ot sumptuary lawn would bo to hurt the
feellnga of the prohibitionists nnd lose their
votes. Democrats In Iowa for the last fifteen
years liavo not been afraid of declaring
themselves openly. Mr. White's platform
accepts the mulct law ns a work so perfect
that It 1s beyond criticism In a political
discussion. This Is one reason why Scott
county democrats nro opposed to him.
Sioux City Journal : It is reported that
the Chicago , llurllngtou & Qulncy Railroad
company will abandon the relief association
out of which grew the so-callod Temple
amendment. One of the features of this
plan of Insurance was that the members ,
who were the employes ot the company , had
to make choice , In cnso of personal Injury ,
between their insurance and their remedy
at law for damages. The Temple amend
ment In substance proposed to destroy Ihla
option and to glvo the employes both the
Insurance nnd the remedy nt law. The com
pany claimed that the insurance was larger
nnd better because of the option nnd larger
nnd better than other Insurance associations
of railroad employes did or could give. This
claim was denied by the latter. If the report
bo true that thu company will abandon the
relief association It may be taken ns Indicat
ing Hint the company accepts thu prospect
of the enactment of t.'e point ot the Temple
amendment Into law , and is already adjust
ing its policy into that assumption.
I'KIISO.WI. AM ) OTII Kit WISH.
George Gould recovered C cents In a suit
for damages against a trespassing fisherman.
Mighty lucky ho didn't gcUsix months.
New Jersey voters rejected the nntl-
pambllug and woman suffrage amendments
to the state constitution. Old Guttenburg Is
Itself once more.
The Irrigation movement has struck DCS
Moincd In the vicinity of the solar plexus
Owing to a row among the brewers beer Is
flowing at two glasses for five cents.
A culinary authority rushes Into print to
say that only "adult chickens" nre fit for
human food. That Is to say , prolonged mssti-
ratlon promote. ? healthy digestion. Evidently
the culinary expert has no fear of lockjaw
In her soul.
Lieutenant Governor Mackintosh ot the
Northwest Territory says British territory
runs up to and Includes the north'polo. Con
sidering his training .Mac's reach is too short
for his position. Ho should take In the earth
and finish the Job.
Judge Jacob B. Blair , who was recently ap
pointed surveyor general of Utah , was at one
time Hill Nyo's most Intimate friend and
helped him start his famous paper , the
Boomerang. Judge Blair was twice elected to
congress from West Virginia.
When the ex-queen of Hawaii looked out
upon the beauties ot art and nature profusely
scattered about the Omaha Union dcnot , a
baggage rusher broke In upon the royal rever
ies by whistling "I Want Yer , Ma Honey ,
Yes I Do. " Hut she didn't , and the overture
died away In the September air.
An East Oregon veteran stockman with the
euphonious name of Hill WIgle predicts a
hard winter , on the ground that almost aTj
the calves dropped this season have been
females Ho says that In thirty years in
that county he has never known such a con
dition of things to fall to be followed by a
rigorous , winter.
Next to having wealthy Americans live in
England , the English people would like to
have them die In that country. It Is said
that the heirs ot William Louis Wlnans of
Baltimore , who died recently In England , will
have to pay Into the Biltlsh treasury a pro
bate duty of ? 9G1,200.
Justice to the unfortunate who shuflled
on in an extrnoullnary 'manner ' requires the
rescue of this New York Item from the deluge
of dispatches : "Theodore Miller , out of
work , killed himself by shooting at his board
ing house on Seventh avenue. " The reader
Is left to conjecture whether the shooting oc
curred outside or Inside the boarding house.
The probabilities a.e that the affair occurred
Inside , and that the bullet struck a biscuit
and rebounded with fatal results. The les
son of It is that every boarding house should
provide on ax.
Agitation concerning municipal franchises
Is bearing rich fruit. Under the new Iowa
code , which went Into effect October 1 , no
franchise can be granted for a longer period
than five years without submitting it to a
vote of the people Interested. Thu charter
of Greater New York requires that all
franchises shall bo sold to the highest bid
der. An attempt to secure one- for a street
railway company was stopped by < iu Injunc
tion , and the city attorney , when Informed of
the action of the court , notified Ihe city coun
cil that he could not appear In. . the case because -
cause ho believed the council had i.o au
thority to grant a franchise except at public
auction.
SDMIS 1ATI4 I.VVK.VI'ID.X.S.
In a new bicycle saddle n fluid-tight
cushion Is filled with glycerine or similar
sliup and Inclosed by a leather covering
to make a flexible seat.
Carbon sticks for arc electric lights are
made with soft cores placed close to one
olde of the stick for the purpose of throw
ing n stronger light In one direction.
Envelopes are being manufactured with u
string Inserted In thu fold of the Hup , both
ends of which are left loose , to bu pulled
and tear the envelope open nluug thu cilgu.
A new comb has the teeth formed sepa
rately with cyoleiB In the base , which are
threaded on u wire and Imbedded In an
elastic strip for use , making thu comb easy
to clean.
Two Now York men have Invented an elec
tric dental mallet for use in hardening tooth
fillings , the tool having a central bar , which
slides back and forth us the current Is niado
and broken.
A newly patented ruling machine has n
reservoir toi hold ilia Ink ur color connected
by flexible tubes or strips of flannel laid
on the pens , which are held on a framu by
| movable clomps.
, An Englishman has Invented a bible with
two lollciH not In the cover , on which may
> bu wound a roll of paper containing a xcr-
| mon , or thu paper may bo w > ed for taking
notcH In meetings etc.
Writers' cramp Is prevented by a now de
vice which consists of a framu whluh , with
: the pen or pencil , formu a tripod to slide j
[ over the paper , thu body of the tripod being |
hollow to hold hot water.
Crates or cases for shipping bicycles are
to bu made of wlckorwork or steel strips ,
i woven Into a baxkut , with a hlugud cover ,
1 thu latticework tilde * being woven loosely ,
BO the wheel cun bo teen when In the casu.
Trousers are protected UKnlnut mud around
thu bottom by a neat lltllu device consist- j
ing of a Hut strip or metal bunt up In thu
form of ft hook for thu trousers to rent on ,
the end of the hook routing In a socket !
screwed Into thu boot , heel. j
Kettles for cooking meats and vegetables
whoso smell ia not agrecablo can be pro-
\lded with a new ventilating device , con
sisting of a piece of tubing Inserted In the
cover of the kettle and running Into a hole
In one of thu stove llda to draw the bad
oJor up thu chimney.
A handy tool-bag for cyclists consists of
a heavy piece of cloth or leather attached
at one end of the cycle frame , and having
a number of spring clips to hold the tools
In place , with a cylinder at tbo bottom for
the pump , tbe whole thing wound up and
[ held lu place by straps , '
SPAIN'S W.VU HXl
Kiinrnioni CoM of the Kfti > rt * ( o Quell
Two IiiKiirrri'tlont.
ClilcnRO Tribune.
An official statement hns been Issued at
Madrid , showing that between November ,
1S95 , and Mny , 1S97 , the Spanish govern
ment Bent to Cutti 1S1.7SS soldiers , G.2C.I
officers , of whom forty were generals , 212-
M2 Rims , 320.40C kilogrammes of powder ,
! i2.0SS.fi70 cartridges , 16,712 swords , 91 can
nons , 12 mltralllcnsses and S'J.tiOO shells , And
yet with Ilils Imposing nrrny of troops and
officers and their thousands of RUIIS ainl can.
nntiH and millions of cartridges nt thn end
of two years Spain Is no nearer the end
of the wnr than It was nt the beginning
ot the campaign. The revolutions , subsist
ing on food supplied by sympathizers , poorly
armed nnd equipped , having few or no can
non , depending mnlnly upon their michotcs ,
having no vessels of nny kind , fighting
imnlnst regularly drilled and perfectly armed
troops , harassed by the navul vessels end
revenue officials of the United States acting
as a police power for Spain , hold thu entire
Island except the well-defended seiports.
Their forces occupy every province nnd are
now under the very walls of Havana , nnd
would capture- the capital Itpclf If they
had vessels and the material for assault.
And yet , with this extraordinary dlspitch
of troops and war material and with a toss
nf troops on both sides since January last
of nearly ,1(1000 ( men , Sixiln has the effrontery
to claim that this Is not wnr but the up
rising of a mob.
The same olllchl statement shows that
since the outbreak ot the I'hlllpplno revo
lution the government has sent 27.fif > 0 sol-
dleis , SSI officers , ot whom nlnn are gen-
urn's ' , -in.lOft guns , 21 cannons. 21,910 kilo
grammes of powder. 21 , 726. uSS cartridges and
ItO.COl shells. The \ -volution In the Philip
pine islands broke out during the mlddlo
of August. ISDfi. It has progressed now for
fourteen months and yet the war. like thi't
In Cuba , Is no nearer a close th.ni It was
a year ago. Thp situation In these Islands
Is almost precisely similar tn that In Cuba ,
for the I'hlllpplno revolutionists hold the
whole territory except llio strongly fortlfiqd
pr-aport.s like Mnnlln , H.inang and Hntaimas.
To quell these two formidable Insurrections
Spain hns sent nearly a quarter a million
of men , led by nearly 8,000 olllcers nnd
equipped with nearly 300.000 guns and 115
cannrn and over a hundred million rar-
trldgrs , nt nn expensa which has drought
the government to the verge of bankruptcy
nnd sent Its agents all over Kuropc trying to
borrow millions more ! And nil this Is to
put down what It Insolently characterize' '
as thu uprising of some negro nv bs ! Does
not this slRiiiru-ant olllolal statement of the
Spanish government make It clear to east
ern Spanish sympathisers that there Isar
In Cuba and tlu > Philippines also , though the
latter dons not concern us except on th ?
score of comnun humanity ?
l.KAIIINV. TO A l.Al'Cll.
Detroit Journal : "Trimming , " remarked ,
the olm-rvor of men and things , "Is about
equally effective to cover up a last fnll'u
bonnet und u political dead-beat. "
Harlem Life : "Don't you think , " tlio
mother said proudly , "tlmt bur playing1
shows a lemai'kalilL1 Mulsh ? "
"Yus , " replied HIP young limn absently ;
"but she was a louir time getting to It. "
Chicago News : Judge Fifty dollars and
costs. Prisoner Hut It Is Impns-lblc for mole
lo rnlsB tlmt amount at once , your honor.
Judt'o Tiiun take your time six months.
Phlrago Tribune : "They say the futura
duke of Marlborough has the face of a Vnn-
derbllt. "
"And his father fondly hopes he will nlpo
have the figure of a Vanderbllt some day. "
Cincinnati Enquirer : Wallace I haven't
Heen Hat greaves llylna oround qulle sc
runch of late.
Ferry No. llarpreaves tackled thu wheat
market and trot on the wrong , side.
"Yes ? "
"And now he Is out so much that he can't
afford to be out so much. "
Somervllle Journal : The new Golden Ilulo :
Don't do unto others ns so many people are
trying all the time to do unto you.
New York Journal : "Good bye , father , "
paid young1 .Tonli Aleddurp , ns he started for
the illy. "Good by , my son , " replied the
old man , "and don't forget that , while for
tune Is pretty certain lo knock nt every
man's door , she ban never been known lo
meet him at the depot with a ( jold brlek In
her hand. "
ETIOU13TTK IJEFOlin 1'LEASUIIE.
Cleveland I'laln Dealer
The' czar met Mr. Faurc
And he klss-ed him o'ur and o'er ;
While thu Frrnclimnn asked thu czar ,
" .Mighty rnlalre , how you are ? "
Then thu cz.ir put In bin bid :
"Will you join me ? " And he did.
THAT I.ITTMO FAT C1IA1' OF J1I.VK. '
Ida C. Morris In Atlanta Constitution.
I know I'm Jest an ordinary easy-gain' cuoi
'Uout llku the common run of men , no bettor
'
tor an' 'no WUS3.
I can't lay claim to anything as fur an looks *
may fro.
An' when It comes to laming , why T don't
stand any show.
Hut thai- must be uometliln * more In mo
tlmn other fclka kin sec ,
'Cause I've got a little chap at home that
thinks a heal ) of me.
I've had my nps an' downa In life , as all
folkB have , I ttiess ,
An' , take It all In all. I couldn't brag 0:1 :
much success.
Hut 11 biaces up a feller an1 It tleklca him
to know
Thar's omo bno that takes stock In him ,
no mattur bow thliin KO ;
An' when I pit the woru of It , I'm proud- -
as 1 Uln be
To know Hint little elmp of mine still
thlnk.s a heap of me.
To fiel hi * llltli' hand In mine so cllngln'
an' so waim.
To know IIP thinks I'm strong enough lo
kcrp him nafu from harm ;
To t = cn Ills lovln' faith In all that I kin say
or do
It sort < / shames a feller , but It makes him ,
better , too.
That's why I try to be the man he fancier
I mu to lie ,
! Jest Vauso Hint llttlo chap of mine ho
I thinks a heap of me.
I wouldn't dlpapplnt his trust fur anything
on earth.
Or H't him see how llttlo I Jest natully am
wcrthl
An' after all H'H easy , up thu better road to
clltnl ) .
With a Illtlc hand to help you on an1 culdu
you all the time ;
An' I ri'cltou I'm a bttter man than what I
used to be ,
i Wince I've got a llttlo chap at homo that
thinks a heap of mu.
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