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us a metropolitan daily.
Only three weeks for the political pot
! to boil.
The stump speaker may do the talk
ing , but the voter does the thinking.
Acting Governor Itansom's address of
jwelcoine to Governor Holcomb on his
return from Nashville will not be Riven
to the public through tlie press.
The way to redeem Nebraska Is to
rescue It from the control of the spoils
combination that makes calamity its
pedestal nnd relies on patronage as its
only cohesive power.
Senator 'Teller persists in being
lugubrious over the silver situation. The
Colorado senator should wipe away
those tears and pitch in and take ad-
of the prosperity that Is here.
Chairman .Tones of the democratic na
tional commlttco says he will keep Ids
liands oft' of the Greater New York
municipal campaign. .Tone.1 ? evidently
has such great consideration for Ills
hands that he prefers not to have them
burnt If he can avoid It.
Acting Governor Hansom is In position
to immortalize himself by IssuliiR a
reclamation convening the legislature
In special session to Investigate the grave
charges which lie has preferred aRalnst
Governor Iloleomb with a. view to his
Impeachment and removal from ofllce.
President MeKinley Is already con-
milting with his cabinet advisers as to
the topics to bo treated In his message to
congress. The president believes that
lie Is expected to exercise some influence
upon legislation and may be depended
on to make no recommendations that
Imvo not been fully considered In their
various bearings.
The report of the expert accountants
; who have been at work on the books oC
the city of Brooklyn preparatory to con
solidation In Greater New York to the
effect that they have found discrepancies
In bookkeeping Involving millions of
dollars Indicates that Incompetent book
keeping Is not a monopoly of any person
or set of persons.
It turns out now that there Is only one
ayed-In-the-wool populist on the Douglas
county mongrel tlekot. Take this In con
nection with the fact that only one of the
three candidates charged to the democrats -
crats Is really a democrat , and It looks
ns if tlio renegades have a practical
monopoly on the honors distributed by
itho spoils aggregation ,
1 Olio good thing will eomo out of the
( dissolution of partnership between the
fUnlon Pacific and tlio government. It
twill put an end to the monumental fareo
of government directors drawing $10 a
day and junketing expenses from the
railroad company for alleged tours of
Inspection and signing reports written
l > y the company's attorneys.
, Property owners to whose obstinacy
nnd lack of public spirit must be charged
the wretched condition of the Capitol
nvenuo pavement between Sixteenth and
.Twentieth streets should observe the
transformation of upper Kariiam street
and Hhamn themselves Into signing peti
tions for the replacement of tljo worn-
out wooden block in front of their own
premises.
Almost from the tlmo Governor IIoI-
>
coinb assumed the otllce of chief execu
tive The J5eo ivnoatwlly called upon him
publicly as well as privately to compel -
pel Treasurer Hartley to make an ex
hibit of the state funds and Inform ( ho
people where they were kept , but tlio
Bovernor failed to heed tlio warning. On
tlio scare of doing Its duty to the public
{ The Bee has no apologies to make.
\
\Vhen n lawyer IH convicted before an
upright Judge of defrauding or soiling
out ; t client he Is summarily disbarred.
A representative of the people convicted
before the supreme tribunal of public
opinion of betra.Ung his constituents
should be barred from elevitlon to pub
lic olllce.
In presenting blnicr-lf for the suffrages
of the people of Nebraska as fusion can
didate for supreme judge. John .1. Sul
livan Invites careful wiutlny of his pub
lic career. In 1587 Mr. Sullivan repre
sented ( lie people of Plattc county In
the legislature. In that capacity he
also represented the people of the whole
state. The record of the legislature of
1SS7 discloses thr fact that John .1. Sul
livan had no allinlly with the members
who were loyal to the people's Inter-
nsK On nearly eVery question which
vitally conceuied the masses , ho wan
Identified with the combine oivnnlxcd by
the railroad corporations , contractors'
rings and jobbers.
While a large majority of the demo
crats In that legislature rallied to the
support of the late Charles II. Van
Wyek , wlfose re-election to the senate
was demanded by the rank and Hie of all
parties , Mr. Sullivan worked and voted
for his defeat. For this betrayal of the
people In favor of the corporations be
was rewarded by them with the position
he now holds on the district bench.
Tlio paramount issue before the legis
lature In which Mr. Sullivan served was
the restriction of railroad rapacity and
prohibition ot railroad discriminations
by suitable legislation. Throughout the
memorable * struggle over the railroad
regulation bills Mr. Sullivan's vote will
bo found recorded with the votes of the
retainers of the railroad monopolies.
Next to the railroad Issnie the extension
of the Stout convict labor lease was the
most exciting cause of contention. The
penitentiary rlngsters confederated with
the corporation lobby manipulated the
legislature into voting a ten years' ex
tension of the contract , and Judge Sul
livan was one of those whose vote Is
recoidod In favor of the penitentiary ex
tension bill.
The saline land grab , engineered by a
Lincoln boodle syndicate , also found a
useful supporter In Judge Sullivan , who
as one of the special committee to fix
the appraisement was wined and dined
by the syndicate in recognition of his
services.
As a member of the judiciary com
mittee of the house , which was smirched
by the gambling bill scandal , Judge
Sullivan exerted himself to shield the
boodlers and to prevent their threatened
exposure. In this , as on the railroad
question , the penitentiary extension nnd
the saline land grab , he was radically
at variance with Constantine J. Smyth ,
now attorney general , who was his col
league on the judiciary committee. To
the credit of Smyth be it said that he
fearlessly challenged the fullest Investi
gation of his acts by the original com
mittee , while Sullivan assisted in packIng -
Ing the committee with friends of the
gamblers' gang.
Judge Sullivan also gained unenviable
notoriety by joining with Paul Vnnder-
voort and other disreputable lobbyists
in mutilating the Omaha charter , which
had passed the senate with provisions
offensive to the corporations , paving con
tractors and money lenders. Ills inter
ference with home rule in this Instance
was in as "marked contrast with his pro
fessions as is his present attitude as the
candidate of the reform parties that
make anti-monopoly their keynote with
his monopoly record in the legislature.
OOf.D IS COMJKli.
The movement of gold from Kurope
to the United States has begun and the
Indications appear to be that the volume
of Importations of the yellow metal will
bo large. Heferrlng to the movement
the London Statist , a high authority In
financial matters , says It appears cer
tain that gold will be sent hero in pay
ment for produce , but that the demand
will not fall chiefly upon London. It
seems there is no profit In shipping gold
to ( lie United States at the existing rate
of exchange , but this will not interfere
with its coining.
It Is Impossible to say what amount of
gold may be expected from Kurope , but
If the trade balance in favor of this
country is settled by shipments of flic
yellow metal the Increase In our stock
of gold will be very considerable. It is
not likely , however , that all of the bal
ance will bo bettled In this way , but at
all events there is assurance of a. very
material addition to our gold supply , the
effect of which upon returning pros
perity cannot fail to bo marked. This
Inflow of gold will be distributed through
commercial channels and will help to
Infuse new vigor into all departments of
industry and business. It will make
money easier and prevent the hardening
of rates. In a word , from every point of
View this coming of gold from Knrope
Is a matter for gratnlatkm and It must
exert u wholesome influence.
XVllllASKA AT
It is to be presumed that all readers
of The Hee have read the admirable
speech of Senator Allen delivered at
Nashville on last Friday , which was
"Nebraska day" at the exposition. AVhen
the senior senator from this state made
a speech in tlio senate In defense of Ne
braska this paper heartily commended
It and wo now take pleasure In express-
lug our cordial approbation of what
Senator Allen said at Nashville in re
spect to tills state , every word of which
Is alwolutely correct.
Nebraska lias for several years been
placed in a false position before the coun
try. The Impression has gone out that
the state Is deficient in nearly all direc
tions. There could bo no greater mis
take than tills , for as Senator Allen
pointed out In his Nashville address , few
states In the union are belter favored
than Nebraska. Most of the state has
n soil nowhere surpassed for fertility , It
has an excellent climate and its people
are as Intelligent and as patriotic as
those of any other state In the union.
In all the facilities and Instrumentali
ties that make for enlightenment , for
moral advancement and for the progress
of civilization , Nebraska is In the front
rank , Ita public school system la In
ferior to none and there Is ample pro
vision for enabling Its youth to secure
a higher education. In n word. No-
braska Is an advanced and progressive
commonwealth , of which her people have
cverj right to feel proud.
This state Is attracting more general
attention at present than nt almost any ,
oilier time In its history. The claims
that have been made In Its behalf as an
agrlcnltuial state have been vindicated
this year and this I * already having re
sults very much to the material advan
tage of the state. Nebraska Is growing
In population and Increasing Its wealth
nnd there can be no doubt tli.it It will
continue to advance. No agiicullural
state In the nation has greater possi
bilities titan Nebraska.
Sril.lt I'ljA
The popocratlc machine organ In these
parts excels In nothing so much as It
does In playing cuttlefish. Whenever
It finds Itself In clo.se > quarters It tries
to elude pursuit and to cover Its retreat
by shedding a vast amount of inky fluid.
Tlie charges made In open court against
Governor Holcomb by Frank Hansom ,
chairman of the silver republican stale
cominlttoe , threaten to destroy whatever
political capital lias been made against
tlie republican party by the Hartley de
falcation. They confirm and give em
phasis to the plank in tlie republican
state plaiform which arraigns tlie popu
list governor for neglecting to exercise
the power vested In him by the con
stitution to compel an accounting by
the state treasurer at tlie time he went
Into the executive ofllce. In order to
distract attention from the. main point
at issue , the cuttlefish paper propounds
: i series of questions to The Hee which
have no bearing upon the governor's
culpability In connection with the Hart
ley embew.lement.
"If It Is true , " exclaims the cuttlefish ,
"that the editor of. The Hee represented
to the governor previous to tlie accept
ance of Hartley's bond that Hartley
would turn out a defaulter , that warning
was given In January , 18 ! r . If in Jan
uary , lSr ! ) > , the editor of Tlie Uee knew
that Hartley was a defaulter , why.did
The Hee eighteen months later oppose
the ulcc'lon of : i state treasurer who could
be depended upon to expose any defalca
tion that might arise ? If the editor of The
Hee knew in January , 181)5 , that the
republican state treasurer was a de
faulter , why did not The Hee warn the
people as well as the governor ? If the
editor of Tlie Hee knew in January , 18 ! . > ,
that Hartley was a defaulter , why did
The Hee support Casey as Hartley's suc
cessor in the campaign of IS'.XiV" '
These questions are propounded to
tlnow dust In the people's eyes. Gov
ernor Holcomb can not truthfully deny
that ho was cautioned by the editor of
The Heo at the beginning of his first
term of ollice against a treasury deficit
and urged to compel Hartley to make a
showing of the funds in his custody.
The governor was told that Hartley
threatened to resign in case lie was re
quired to make such a showing. That
fact alone should have impelled the gov
ernor to exact from the state treasurer
an exhibit of the moneys and securities
in his possession.
The reason why The Hee did not prefer
specific charges of embezzlement against
Hartley in January , lS ! > r > , was that it
was not in possession''of such proofs as
would be received as legal evidence In
court. Its knowledge concerning Hart
ley was derived from his own conduct
and his associations with gamblers , war
rant shavers and boodlers. The Hee ,
however , repeatedly demanded that Hart
ley be made to disclose where the state
funds were deposited.
The intimation that The Hee's support
of Casey as Hartley's successor was with
full knowledge of his secret relations
to Hartley Is absolutely groundless , Mr.
Casey wifb nominated against Hartley's
preferred candidate for treasurer. He
stood high In the esteem of all the lead
ing bankers and business men of the
state who knew him and was regarded
as a man of the highest integrity , lie
was pledged publicly and privately to
exact from Hartley a settlement in casher
or securities equal to cash. His subse
quent downfall was made public by
The Hee just as soon as the facts could
be veiifled. The attempt now to repre
sent The Heo as supporting Casey because -
cause lie was Hartley's man Is intended
simply to befog the people. Even if It
were true , instead of false , it would be
Irrelevant and immaterial.
Tlie great question that confronts the
spurious reformers and their cuttlefish
organ is whether the charge brought by
Hansom In open court laying the respon
sibility for the Hartley defalcation at
tlie door of Governor Holcomb can be
refuted.
It is dllllenlt to understand why the
Postolllce department has not promptly
Issued a fraud order against the patent
soliciting Impostors , who have been
operating under the name of John
AVedderburn & Co. , who were recently
disbarred by tlie commissioner of
patents from practicing In the Interior
department , Tlio testimony brought out
In the hearing of the Wedderbiirn case
proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that
thi ) concern was engaged In a swindling
business and using tlio United States
mails for the purpose of helping gather
In the money of its duties. Tlio United
States government cannot afford to lend
its postal facilities to tlio promotion of
frauds such as this company has been
convicted of and tlie postmaster general
should not allow himself to be swerved
from his duty to protect the public by
any Influence this wealthy swindling
concern inay bring to bear In its behalf.
The organ In which Hryan claims an
Interest as stockholder seems to Incllno
to recognize Henry George as the candi
date for mayor of Greater New York
representing the Hryan element of the
democracy. It says that Mr. George
nioro nearly than any other candidate
in the Held stands for tlie principles
enunciated In the Chicago platform and
assures the forces of reform that they
can unite upon him with tlie knowledge
that they are supporting a friend of the
masses. On the oilier hand , the St.
Louis Itepublic , which Is regarded as the
exponent of Missouri democracy , and es
pecially of William J. Stone , ex-governor
uud member of the democratic national
'executive ' committee , hoists the signal
flag of dangeV In 'NOW ' York and calls on
j democrats ttvjajly to , the support of
, the Tammati. ticket on the score of
j regularity. 'FJx-Govenior Stone himself
has expressed lijU preference for the
.Tammany candidate. There Is thus , ap-
parantly , a riff between dimocratle lead
ers. based on.a.mrfereneo . of opinion as
to piocedure lo luilld up or restore the
party orgaitlzjUlon In thi ? eastern states ,
and this dlverfjtfythrcatous to widen the
breach made , by , the split on tlie silver
question , ! - i
State Senator'Foils , who trained with
tlie gang In the late legislature , has
Hied a complaint with the State Hoard
of Transportation charging the telegraph
and express companies 'with exacting
excessive charges from their Nebraska
patrons. While this complaint may be
well founded the motives of the com
plainant are jo say the least decidedly
questionable. If .Senator Felt/ really
has n Just grievance why has he delayed
filing his complaint until just before
election ? He certainly ought to know
that the do-nothing popocratlc State
Hoard of Transportation was organized
not to afford rellefi but to protect the
railroads and allied corporations.
The destruction by flro of the great
New Jersey smelting plant will doubt
less entail upon western smelters the
work of reducing most oC the American
ores at least for sonic time to come.
Under ordinary circumstances a smelt
ing plant In New Jersey would be at a
disadvantage on account of Its remote
ness from the seat of supply of Its raw
material. If additional smelting facili
ties are required tlio western smelters
should be enlarged.
There are some things the truth of
which a newspaper may be convinced
without being justified in publishing its
forebodings. Tlie Hee might , for ex
ample , have been certain that the owner
of the local Hryanlte organ was enjoying
some of the city money stolen by Holln ,
but It would not have been safe to print
It until the discovery of the tell-tale
memorandum slip continued tlie sus
picion beyond contradiction.
Tiie Cuban Insurgents seem to have
suddenly discovered that they do not
care so much to get rid ofVeyler as
they thought they did. They managed
to get along fairly well since the advent
of the Spanish general and cannot tell
just what tre.itmeiit they might expect
from his successor. It Is the old ques
tion of bearing the ills that we have or
inviting those two < know not of.
Why not hoist tie , ) name of Mel lied-
Held as editor of the bogus reform
organ ? Tlie man who writes those
fervid doublo-Vjhdtjted appeals to repub
licans and republican conventions ought
to have credit' for his disinterested ef
forts , lie coifhlnl can expect no other
pay unless It is , taken out in free railroad
passes , a hi Hryaiu
A CiMitvr Shut.
ChicagSi" Tribune.
Nebraska voriien are threatening a boycott
unless the Methodist church gives them a
voice tn Its affairs. St. Psul Is evidently a
back number In Nebraska.
lift Vonr .TTuiicy Itrnily.
lloston Globe.
In proposing to sell the Union 1'aclflc rail
road on November 1 to the highest bidder the
government expects to realize from $30,000-
000 to $60,000,000. Are you ready to bid ?
Can't I , ft ( i < > .
Chicago HpcorU ,
Heports which are Issued from time to time
from Madrid Indicate that tlio Spanish gov
ernment would be glad enough to let go of
Cuba If somebody would only contract to
keep the Spaniards quiet while the govern
ment performs the operation.
Xu HalfViiy
Indianapolis Jouinnl.
It Is quite likely that the offer of home
rule for Cuba will be made by the new Spta-
lih literal mlnistry'ln good faith , but thur
is little reascn to believe it will be accepted.
The Insurgents seem determined to accept
nothing but Independence , and It Is doubtful
If Spain can continue the war much longer.
l'vl < lrnr < ' of ImliiHlrlul llriiviil.
Minneapolis Journ.il.
After years of Idleness the puddle furnaces
at Reading , I'a. , have started up on orders
that will keep them busy for months , giving
a large number of mm employment. The free
silver organs arc net talking so much about ;
the "millions of Idle and starving workmen. "
They have never agreed n.3 . to the number
of "Idle and starving workmen. " In New-
York the labor leaders admit that a lemark-
ably small number of men are unemployed
outside the professional idlers.
A \iilnn-c Pointer.
New York Sun.
The success ot the republicans In the town
elections In Connecticut shows very clearly
that the Nutmeg state Is still faithful to
the cause which was triumphant there one
year ngo by a plurality of & 3.000 In a total
vote which was less than 175,000 , The 10-
publlcans have made general gains every
where and the new constitutional Amendment
offered for the consideration of the voters of
the Btato seems to have been adopted. This
amendment provides that only persons "able
to read In the English language any article
of the constitution , or any section of the
statutes of the state , " shall be admitted to
the rights of the elective franchise.
I.u At'tiiilrlniv Civilization.
New York Sun ,
The progress of civilization among tlio
copper faces has baen shown In many ways ,
and Includes the .achievement of high hats
and poker , but < ho recent feats of certain
Sioux and Heo Indians at the North Dakota
fair deserve speclll mention. These gentle
men Indulged Inglndjlan sports , among which
was a plo eating .cpntist . of special merit.
To conquer plo may not be the most Intol-
loclual of victories , but it shows In the con
quering race a .suftifflor ami n enduring
hardiness , TherlJ.1 * tow enemies so dan
gerous and subtla as pie IB. The Kees and
Sioux will survive. Wo cJll them f-avagit ;
O , be Just. Tliej-fiiraitho victors In the In
cessant ( struggle of civilization against plo ,
iiKH at l.llii-rly ,
Clilfnuo Chronicle.
Publication ot the queen's letters tn the
Into Lord Tennysjm.confirms literally the
popular Impreral 'ti ' uwt her majesty has al-
wuys been opposed to horns rule for Ireland
As a matter otl facti rtosplto all the rub
bish that lias been written about her Vic
toria Is and always has been reactionary.
NfltMng but constitutional leutralns have pre
vented her from afesuming an attitude as
arbitrary as that of her giondron , the young
war lord , No cne who has icad her raihor
stupid books can doutrt- that she Is , t\ heart ,
B firm believer In the "dlvliio right , " and
that she would. If she could , pose an a nine
teenth century Ellzabrth without Bllz-abeth's
Intellect , talent for statecraft and good Im-
pul es.
I. mill fur the I.niiillcNii ,
Portland Orvconlau ,
A large body of land , comprising eight
townships In Ulntah county. Wyoming , will
be thrown opeu to settlement under die
government land lawn November 1. This
means a big rush of an unprepared host tea
a section rich In possibilities but wholly un-
aubdued by agriculture at an unpropltloua
seoKon of the year. For i canons that are
sutllclcntly obvious , February would be a
' much nioro propitious month -than November
for the opening ot government lands in the
1 Hocky mountain region to settlement. Of
course people should have bolter * enso lhan
to rush Into such a stctlon ot the setting
In of winter , when for fit least thrco or four
I monthi the best that they can expect is
to como out alive In the spring ; but equally ,
i of course , they hnve not , nml the cheapest ,
easiest and most huranno way for the gov
ernment Is to recognize this fact , and , by
deferring Us proclamation of a public open-
I fug of lands thus situated until spring , save
the foolish lamlhunters from the evil consequences
quences Incident to unseasonable uilgritlou.
NMtlM.US OP I.KHAIj TAl.H.Vl' .
for Ktlntfticc lit i Over-
PhllmUlphln Hecord.
Are American Institutions tending to iho
development bf a leirncd proletariat class ?
That France -and Gorman ) * ro suffering from
an ovursupply of physicians , professors , Inw-
jcrs aud preachers Is a complaint frequently
hoard. In this country , where thteo Icbnr-
crji nrc altogether out of proportion to the
amount of labor to be done , it In not unusual
for a mau to prolong his studies Into middle
life simply because , from excessive compe
tition , no field of labor has been opened up
to him. The Parisian student has brilliant ,
opportunities fur the study of art ; but ho
Minis little demand for the product of his
cRorta. Ho can study architecture , but 110
one asks him to build houses , for it IH so
much easier to establish schools of art and
architecture than to maintain In a densely
populated country a healthy proportion be
tween supply and demand.
A study of the statistics of the lawyer's
profession Is likely to leave the Impression
that If the Inborpifi In the other leaiucd
professions bear the same ratio to the de
mand for labor our own country ls already
in a sadder plight than are the lands of the
effete aristocracies. There arc now 90,000
professional lawjers In our "Model Repub
lic , " or one lawyer to every 800 of the popu
lation. In the renter of population the ratio
1s as high as one to uvcry 350 Inhabitants.
Such Is said to be the condition in Chicago ]
where a recently compiled directory showa
that nearly C.OOO lawyers are struggling for
existence. France , with a population of 40-
000,000 , can manage to exist with only 1,000
more lawyers than are needed in Chicago ;
and Germany , with more than 45,000,000 pop
ulation , has but 7,000 lawyers. The prollllc
law schools , many of which arc maintained
not to make lawyers , but rather to furnish
professorships to half-made lawyers unable
to inako n decent llvlnig In the practice of
law , arc largely responsible for the surplus -
plus of lawyers. The law schools have mul-
tlplliM at an amazing rate , the number last
year having been reported at eighty-live ,
with a total of more than 10,000 students.
In 1S70 the law schools reported 1,011 stu
dents ; In 1SS5 , 3,054In ; 1891 , 0,106 ; In 1801 ,
7,600. Nor has this Increase been the con
sequence of a corresponding dcnisnd ; on the
contrary , In the opinion of Mr. Edwards , in
the Michigan Law Journal , It Is "safe to say
that approximately 50 per cent of the ordi
nary revenues of the old-time law ofllce have
been cut off in recent years. " |
In view of facts such as have been pre
sented It Is somewhat discouraging to read
the late criticism of a ttcll-known Columbia
college piofessor : "When machine shops
and factories and nil the paraphernalia of
the applied sciences are Imported Into the
academic shades , and when the perfume of
the attic violet is stifled by the stenches of
the chemist's crucible , the true purpose of
the university is forgotten. " The professor's
rhetoric seems better than ha ! Judgment. As
to whut constitutes the true purpose of a
university there is apt to bo a wide differ
ence of opinion ; yet few aie so warped by
prejudice as to maintain that the true pur
pose ot our higher schools Is to prepare
young meiii for a lifo of Inactivity. To the
outside observer It looks as though the uni
versities equipped with "the paraphernalia
of the applied sciences" and the "crucibles"
of the chemist are doing better service in
educating men lo be mechanics , designers.
engineers , electricians , agriculturists and
chemists than is being done by those which
are helping to increase the large "crop" of
American , lawyers.
HKIH'CIO 'I'll 1C PKKSSUH12.
Oaiii < krs of liti'tHuiit anil Alis
l.IllMU'K Oil VllKTlcilIIN.
Philadelphia Times.
We live In an age that Is most exhaustive
of the vital forces of our ablest men. There
is no rest for them , and many of them cue
going on from day lo day conscious of their
uirrr , and yet rushing along madly to the
destiny that must make them shudder even
at its contemplation. It Is hard for men
who have constantly pressing duties to dis
card them even when the demand of nature
Is Imperative. The result Is that each year
records tlie untimely death , or the over
thrown mental faculties that Is worse than
death , of scores of our best men in every
section of the country. Their duties arc so
absorbing that they cannot discard them
even when they BPO that they are imperil
ing life und Intellect by attempting to per
form them , and this bacrillce of health and
tappines * . of mental vigor and of life Itself ,
must go on ceaselessly because therp is not
time for men to take the rest they nead.
1OWY IMtHSS L'IMIMH.Vr.
Ilurllngton Hawkeye : When Iowa demo
crats the of reading that plank In their
state platform which declares that Iowa
farmers are selling their products at lower
prices than ever before they can turn to
William J. IJryan , who said In his speech
at Newt n , la. , last fall : "If we have a
gold standard prices art' as certain to fall
as the s'ono which is thrown Into the air. "
Sioux City Journal : "If the democratic
party achieves success , " says the Otlumwa
Democrat , "and the principles advocated by
them are enacted into law then good tfmoa
will e me. " When nil that huppsns the
Democrat promises that it will pay union
prices for Its labor , but suoh prices now. It
says , are higher than It can afford , The
probability that the Democrat will bo a
union office Is remote. .
liurllngton Hnwkoyo : According to the
latest figures , Iowa still holds supremacy
as the llrst corn state , its crop being esti
mated this year at 277.000,000 bushels. Next
comes Nebraska iwlh 212,000,000 bushels , then
Kansas with 221,000,000 , and then Missouri
with 211,000,000. There Is a prospect that
when the husking Is done the yield will be
enough greater than the estimate to niako
the total harvest In the four states named
fully 1,000,000,000 bushels.
Davenport Republican : The Iowa Federa
tion of Labor Is Issuing a circular calling
upon Chairman Walsh of the democratic
state central committee to resign. Mr. J. F.
Ilyrno , chairman of I lie federation , has had
several conferences with the leaders of the
democratic party , but no satisfactory agree
ment has been reached. Therefore Walsh's
resignation Is demanded by the laboring
propln. Mr. Walah Is a part owner of the
Ottumwa De'mocrat. which is a nonunion
olllco.
IMIOSPKHITV IN TIIH WI3ST.
Now York World : Comptroller Eckels'
testimony , after a llvo weeks' trip thiough
Montana , Utah , Colorado and Nebraska , is
that ho found business good In all thrnn
stairs , "r.spcclally among the farmers. " As
the Hhlpincnts of gold from Europe to Wall
Htui.'t continue It IH fafu to cibsumc that
buslntxa | s goad umang the financiers , and
this should dispel a theory advanced last
jcar that It Is Impossible for the farmers
an ! the financiers 1o prosper simultaneously.
Philadelphia Hecord : Mr. James II. Ecklcs ,
uomptroller of the currency , who has just re
turned to the national capital after an exten
sive tour through half < a dozen western
Htatrs , reports that he everywhere found
vlsiblo proof that- the condition of the- people
had materially Improved Tlio Improvement ,
as he BajH , has come rapidly , and has per
meated all llnra of industry ; and , as ho adds ,
"it began with the agricultural class , " It
was the money which the farmers received
from the sale of their -crops that set the ball
In mc-tlon ; and now other crops the crops
of precious metals are adding tn the na
tional wealth In a steady stream. In
Colorado there are actually more men at
work In the sliver mines than ever bnfore a
consequence of the rise In the price of lead
while Cripple Creek , of which little has been
heard since the Klondike stilkes , la sending
out a million dollars 1n > gold every month.
It Is as impossible to question the prosperity
thus based upon the Inherent wealth of the
country at It la to mistake the source from
which It comet.
IUUKP HITS OP STATH IMH.ITirS.
Hnstlirgs Record : It ( Vovcrnor Holcomb Is
guilty , ns charged , of knowing thai Hartley
WAS a defaulter at the end ot his first term ,
nnd kept thi > matter A secret , wl.ercln Is ho
better limn Hartley ?
Ited Cloud Argua : Governor Holcomb was
duly warned morn than two years ago that
Hartley .would fall short In his accounts , yet
he undo no effort to call him to time , which
ho had full authority to do. Proper care and
diligence on the irnrt of the govenior would
have saved the less to the state through
Hartley's stealings.
Schuylor Times : davornor Holcomb Is
donn lit Nashville , Tonn. , attending the big
exposition and ns Lieutenant Governor Hiu-
rls was also out of the stale , Senator Finnic
Hiuuom , AS president of the Nebraska sen-
ntbee.'nio acting governor of Nebraska for
the time. It was an honor to Hansom , but
how about the state ?
Holdrego Citizen-Forum : Wo wonder how
many of our readers can see wherein the
r.illro.uls of this state have been regulated
or what reforms In the management of the
affairs under the charge ot the Stele lUard
of Transportation Inivo boon Inaugurated
since the .self-styled reformers buvo gained
the ascendency at the state house and draw
enng salaries for doing nothing.
Utlca News : It seems quite evident that
the deputy state labor coiiunl&sloncr com
menced his report on whether farming pays
In Nebraska In the wroug year , a his report ,
which Is now overdue , will not sliow up to
the advantage of his constituents. What anyone
ono can find In the present outlook to howl
calamity at , unless it be the state admin
istration , Is beyond our power to compre
hend , and looking at It from the commis
sioner's standpoint wo rau't say that wo
M.ime him for withholding his report from
public scrutiny.
Urnna Island Independent : A terrible
charge against Governor Holcomb Is made
In the tr'al ' against the Hartley bondsmen by
tlio defense , which says tbat at the close of
knew It and connived with the defaulter In
the amount of $350,000 , that the governor
knew It and connived with the defaulter In
keeping that fact secret. This charge comes
from Governor Holcomb's own political
house , as Frank Ransom , the representative
of the silver republicans , accuses the gov
ernor ot this "fmud , " by which the bouds-
mon had been deceived.
Seward Reporter : The report of Mrs. Mjra
E. Olmstead , the expert accountant who \vas
employed to investigate the accounts of tha
Industrial Homo for Women nt Milford , has
been made public. The report not only
states that the accounts of the institution arc
correct , but speaks In the most glowing and
commendatory terms of the entire manage
ment , both financial and otherwise. When
the report WHS nwde by Mrs. Olmstead to
the legislative Investigating committee Chair
man Mutz was so disappointed that nothing
was found to smirch the management that
ho refused to give out the report for publica
tion and did not do so for several days.
It lo reasonably safe to assume that Mrs.
Olmstead's services will not be Imado Ubc ot
In the further work of the Investigating
committee. She has not the requisite qiul-
Ificatlons for an Investigator a ; la Mutz.
York Tlmesl Theio Is still a feeling deep
down lu the hearts ot some ofl our old popu
list friends that some of the early teachings
of the old leaders mo binding upon the con
sciences of men. They cannot reconcile the
modern practices of taking railroad passes ,
pockets full of them , by populist officers ,
of speculating on the poverty and misfor
tunes of the poor , of appointing men 10 posi
tions merely on account of kindred or to
pay for political work , of Jobbery In cau
cuses and conventions and all the other
practices of modern populism , with the stern
and reformatory teachings of early populism.
They still yeain for something that they
have not got and feel that their hopes arc
far from realization. They hate to believe
that their efforts have been In vain and
that their party Is a failure , but the unwel
come fact Is being forced upon them by UIP
men whom they have elected to olllce.
Grand Island Democrat : Two weeks ago
we stated that we had lecelved a lettoi from
Hon. C. J. Smyth regarding our criticism of
the way the democrat state convention was
minlpulatcd and that we 'would publish same
last week. Uut circumstances over which wo
had no control prevented getting same set in
type. Wo have been bhort on help but long
on ccpy. The Democrat much regrets all
thrso circumstances and also regrets the m < i-
chino work that has prevented the democrats
Cram having the proper kind of candidate
for supreme Judge in this state. Six yours
ag } they were put In a box aud the writer ,
choosing the lesser ot the two evils , supported
Mr. 1'ost for supreme Judge , and it looks now
as though the same course would be the bst
to pursue , when all things are carefully con
sidered. Honorable defeat is always prefera
ble to a. victory with strings to It. No true
democrat tan conscientiously bow the knee
to trickery or disreputable means In securing
place or flower and it seems as , though the
machines have no choice as to whether Sulli
van or 1'odt is elected. Such being the case ,
IH it not good honest politics to rebuke the
mad ino that turned down the choice of Ne
braska democrats In the nomination of su
preme Judge ?
Fremont Tribune : A bomb was exploded
In the Omaha district court Thursday during j
the procedure of the civil suit of the state '
against the bondsman , of ex-Treasurer Bartj j
ley. It was a confirmation of the charge of |
responsibility upon Governor Holcomb for the i
Hartley defalcation , made In the republican ' i
state platform , The bondsmen Informed Judge. I I
'
Powell they would prove. If allowed to do
so , that when Hartley entered upon his second
end term , at the beginning of Governor Ilol-
comb's first term , Hartley made a showing
of the condition ot the treasury , Indicating
a shortage of $350,000 , but the governor took
no steps to compel an evening up of the ac
counts by a fccttlomcnt of the shortage. The
bondsmen exprct to evade liability on this
account. They say they signed the bond re
lying upon the governor's performance of his
duty. A hlgnlfleant phase of the situation Is
the fact that Frank Hansom , president of
the senate , charges fraud. Mr. llJiiFora Is
this week , during the absem-u of Governor |
Ilolromb and Lieutenant Governor Harris
from the state , the acting governor of Ne
braska. He Is ono of the fuslonlst "reform
ers. " lie happens , also , to be ono of the
attorne > H for the Hartley bondsmen , In his
argument before Judge I'owoll he oald : "A
fraud was perpetrated on the studies. It
was perpetrated on the ono hand by the gov
ernor of the stateof Nebraska ; on the other
hand by Joseph S. Hartley. " Heren \ a
charge by thu acting governor against the
real governor. It Is by one fusionlst against
another. It shows how High Priest Hol
comb of the "reform" forces 1s responsible
for the deplorable deficit of J. S. Hartley. It
Is well to keep this fact In mind In the course
of the present campaign ,
TIII4 SKA I , CONTHOVHH.SV.
Philadelphia Times : There can bo no
doubt that the Hrltlsh government would bo
glad to have tlih cause of friction removed ;
but the failure to carry out the icsulU of the
Pails tribunal has made them naturally In-
dlffnrent to 'another conference , even apart
from any question of Canadian politics
Meanwhile thosealing Industry Is growing
consequently less Important , and the proba
bility It that It will never bo finally regu
lated except by extinction. la any case the
subject Is quite unworthy the display of In
ternational bad manners to which It has
given rlae.
Now York Tribune : To the Canadian com
plaint that IluHsIa , Japan and the United
States would bu able to outvote Great Britain
and Caneda It may properly bu replied that )
EO would Grrat Hrltaln and Canada be able
to outvote the United States. The rouclublon
at which moat observers will arrlvo Is that
Canada docs not want a lucrative business In-
tPifercd with , even for the take of humanity
and Justice , and that the had been able tn
some way to prevail upon the llrlthh gov
ernment to support her In that unworthy
attitude. In that way have the desires of twj
great nations been bilked end the achieve
ment of a dcalrablo and bcalficcnt object been
postponed.
Philadelphia Press : Canada ls excluilvcly
Interested In the profits of pelagic sealing
and IB careless of tha life of the seal herd.
Acting under Canadian Inlluonce Gicat Brit
ain has put aalde all broader InUm.tH an.I
plants Us policy on the strict letter of the
rules of 1893. Technically defensible , this
act is unfriendly to the fair and legitimate
demand of the United States and runs coun
ter to the plain needs ot a great problem.
The United States sought to broaden Its so
lution to the regulation of goal fishing over
the Pacific. Rnglnnd refuses to consider the
Issue save with reference to the immedlato
profits of Canadian sealers. One more Item
Is entered In the long count of Instances In
which the leg * ) rights of Canada tmvo been
defended by Great Drlulu where thuy v/orkod
manifest Injustice lo the equitable Intercut !
of Iho fulled States. It Is Idle to suppose
tli.it thi * will be forgotten or that the United
Slates will not In Its turn Insist on the strict
letter ot UK rights when opportunity arise * ,
however pruJud.clAl to Kng'SMi ' Interests.
Meanwhile , the sooner the United States
cemos to waste money In protect lug the seal
herd to promote Canadian profits the bolter ,
l.ct tin1 seal herd go { close n eauso of con
stant Irritation and let both pel.iglc nnd In-
ehoro fishing end by the extinction of the
seals.
New York Journal : The explanation pub'
llcly offered for this curious action on the
part ot the Hrltlsli government Is that Can
ada has objected to the pnrtlclpallou of Rus
sia and Japan out of fear of being outvoted ,
It would taku n singularly guileless publla
to accept such n theory as that. Govern
ments are not outvoted In confetciioei of thli
kind. The subjects considered nro not de
cided by vole at nil. I'ach government par
ticipating reserves Us entire liberty of , c-
tlon , and no ngrtcmciit Is binding on any
power that docs not consent to It. In Urn
present cnso there Is even loss ground for
apprehension than usu.il , ( or this conference
was not called to act , but lo consult. It was
called to see It the various governments In
terested could not agree upon a common
statement uf facts that would servo as A
basis for a subseqtinnt joint arrangement.
PKIISONIIi .I ?
Hartley Barn.ito. thn Kafllr kliiR , Is Mid to
have Irft "only" $5,000,000. About C.000,000
JCiUIlr stock spccultorauro also loft.
The prince of Wales flndi 11 dlulcult to
secure a lint Kiiltcd to his taale. Probably
thu thing needed U a self-adjusting btind.
In the base ball world these who Icso
must p.iy the piper. Only thu clubs near Iho
top of the column muilo a financial success
this season.
Iho Knlghtn of Pythias have raised 112,000
for a monument to John F. Kntlibono , the
founder of the orilpr , It will he placed In
Mew Forest cemetery In Utlca , the owners
of the cemetery donating a plot of lO.'OOO
fcot.
fcot.Tho
The orgairli-od wheelmen of Kansas huvo
tacitly agreed to cover up the red and Ripen
glass on the sides of their lamps. This
action Is expected to relieve them of tliia
annoyance ofbeing regarded as traveling
drug stores ,
Oenerol John Watt Horn of Baltimore ,
whoso death la announced , wan born In Scot
land , his motliiT , Isabel G. Watt , being a
lineal descendant of the celebrated liiventj- ,
James Watt. Ho served with distinction In
thu union army throughout the war.
It 'is now- announced that there la no hope
for the recovery of .YIutikncBy , the painter.
Ho Is In a private asylum at Bonn , Ills
brain power appears to bo absolutely gene
and the doctors declare him Incurable. He
has no memory left aud seems not even to
have retained any remembrance of his art.
Captain FreJcrlck Chatard , who his Jimt
died at St. Louis , was the oldest surviving
olllcer of the confederate navy and wan a
member of Iho well known Baltimore family
of that name. He was u brother of Dr.
Francis Chatard nud an uncle ot nlshop
Chatard ot the Catholic dloceso of Vlnccmita.
I ml.
During ISrtfi there wore 1,008 pors3is killed
and 5,877 Injured oa the Drltlsn rallro.vis.
nlncty-thrcp nf the killed beiiiK pj.-seugors
and -117 employes. Tlie total number of pas
sengers carried that year , exclusive of Ma
son ticket hnlderh. was 980,339,677 , so that
the proportion of passengers killed war o-io
In 10,541,2S7.
Tobacco experts say that the cheapest
cigar that J. 1'lprpont Morgan smokes coot *
him not leas than $1.23. His cigars are iiKfe" * '
In Havana , of tobacco selected especially J , T 9
him by an expert whom ho sends to Cttors * '
every year and made up without regardubi
cost. It Isn't recorded that ho gives any of
them to filemlly callers.
I'n-oKlcnt Fat-re's ball ) Is troubling the
.French radicals. Ho Is not content with the
British tub , but washes all over and uses a
douche. He Insists on having a bath com
partment In his private train , and asks for
ono at the places where he stops. It cost
the town of Valence $1,200 to lit up a tub
on the occasion of the president's rccciU
visit.
urn/r KOH
Philadelphia North Amerfciin : "Ah ! 1 FCO
you'ro back from abroad. " "Well , you
coiuln't see me If I wn.sn't , could you ? "
Detroit Free Pros" : "Write more con
nected s'orlos , " snnrled u'lo city editor to
bis now reporter.
And the iioxt ilny the reporter handed In.
his copy all pasted toother.
Chicago Record : "Jackson has an adver
tisement In this jinpi-r which reads : 'Como
b.iek nnd I'll bti good. ' "
"Hns his wife loft him ? "
"No ; It's the cook. "
Indlaimpolls Journal : She Would you love
nip mnro If I bntl n million dollar * ?
lie Of course 1 would. I would have more
time. i
Philadelphia Kocord : IIo.ix--So Smith
rcnlly ippovorefl Uiroutr a faith cure ?
Joax Ye ; I bc-llpvp thp doctor and the
druggist both ( rusted him.
Detroit Journal : The Landlord You don't
suppose * I'm t'omlnn up UUCP flights of stulrs
every d.iy to an ! * for your rout , do you ?
Tm- Lodger Well , why don't you move
mo down on the ground door ?
Cblrjigo Post : "Wbnt makes you so aura
you nro Ins first IOVP ? "
"Ills luck of experience Is so nvpnrent. "
lloston Globp : Seedy Caller 1 Mr. Specie
In ?
Office lov ! No , IIP nln't In , nnd hp won't
be back Tor a month ; but If ypr wanted any.
thing of him I cnn infuse It I < T ypr jest 113
well : is him , and Have your cMllln' usaln.
Puck : "Young innn. " mid the vptprin
munaKPr , "your m"lndrnma S'IOWH original
ity and Imffflnatloti , "
"Arp you serious ? " asked the young pliiy-
wrlaht. doubtfully.
"Porfi'ftly. " mild the muniigor ; "but you
shouldn't lose tlnn > wiIt-iug T/luys ; a man of
your tali-lit should bo a theatrical
nfc'cnt , "
AN AUTUMN' JOY.
Cleveland Leader.
The p nrc the days lAhi'ii tired man
Will curry round a ( juii
Tnnt a plena about a ton.
And rail it fun
To wade through knce-'lcep muck ,
licueatli a broiling sun
And ( ln-n Just miss hiH duck !
TIII5 MOTHIBH'S BOMS.
- I'rnnk I < . Hlnnton.
I havp beard the greatest urtlHtu that tba
world ft-inll over HCO
Slug all thn grandest mimic of the rtny ;
I have Kat with soul transported In a inld.it
of inulody ,
As I llntcnrd to each llfo-upllftlng lay ;
nut Din niuslo Hint l sweetest surest
round mv hour ! to prcep
In the voice that every evening hoftly sings
my boy to sleep.
SmKlni ; In the twilight , simple , soulful Ilttla
iilrs.
FraRments of sornn love BOIIS old mid
dear ;
They touch my bPtlpr nature nnd they melt
my heart to tour" .
Just tlie kind of music that Is always
good | o hour ;
So full nf IIi'Uvi'n'H tenderin.H'i , with love
RO sure and deep ,
Is tlirt voice fiat In the twilight softly slnga
my boy to sleep.
Heart Dwells from hf > r girlhood , maybe see
ing through girlish tears- .
Now doing ciiidln duty for hnr God.
They come to mo like echoes from the tomb
of burled ypars
Just a llttlo gllmpso < of ICdcn on the cod ;
Oh , the air Is full of angelu , and llii-lr wlnna
around inn HWPPP ,
As I listen lo thn twilight volco that sings
my boy to sleep.
A VITAL PRINCIPLE
OF BLISS
IS HEALTH.
POSTUM CEREAL
FOOD COFFEE
MAKES RED BLOOD.