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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE : TI-IUKSDAY , NOVEMBER 11 , 1S07. Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE. H. llOSEWATEU , EJItor. MOHNI.NU. TEHMS 01' SUIiSCUllTlONI Dally 13ee ( Without Sunday ) , One Year 1C 04 Dally Use nnd Huinlay , Ono Year ' W BU Month * 4(0 Tnree M.mtlis W Bunday Her , Ono Ycnr 2 00 ( Saturday lice , One Year 1 3 Weekly lice , Ono Year. Cj OPK1CKS : Omnliu : The lleo Uulldlng. . . . . . . . . SoutJj Omaha : Singer Uik. , Cor. N and 24th fats. Council lllurr * : 10 I'cnrl Street. Chicago Olllcs : 311 Chamber of Commerce. Kew Vork : Hoom 1J , 14 and II Tribune Illdtr. Washington : Ml Fourteenth Street. All eommunlentlon * relating to new * nnd cdlto- tlal matter should lie addreci-ed ! To the l-.dltcr. UUSINKHS I.ICTTKUS. All business letters and remittance * shuuld bo addiesicd to The Dec rubllshlng Company , Cmalia. Draft * , checks , expicu and pjntoitlca money onlcm to be mndo payable to the ordiT of the company. TUB HUB I'UIIMSIUNO COMPANY. HTATKMnNT OK CtUCCI < ATlON. State of Ncbrnrka , Douglna County , s. : Oeurge 11 , Tuchuck , secretary of The lc Tub- Hilling Company , being' duly sworn , nays that tha ucuml nuinlicr of full and complete copies of The Dully , Morning , Kvcnlng iird Sumlay Dee prlnteil during the month of October , 1837 , wns n * fol ) ow : 1 19.C79 17 19.RJ 2 13,814 IS. ! 1D.7 ( < 0 19. 4 19 731 S3 ' " ' ' " ' ' ' ' ' " " ' " ' ' a..1. . . . ; . : ; : . w'.nn si'/ ; . . . . . . . . . . * jwj 13.7M 22 2 ° .2" I moi w 2-1.55 ? X 22,020 9 20.2M 10 19.810 26 20.M1 H 19.873 27. , 20.C59 12 1,908 28 20.7C4 13 19.9D 79 20S'M ' 14 20,029 SO , 20.710 15 2'l.OK ) 31 20.3M IS 2)S6 ) Totnl 62 . " 51 Lean deductions for returned nnilunwlil copies 9.2-17 Kel total nalos 017,100 Net ilally avcingc 1 ! > . 07 OKOHOR II. TZ8CI1UCK. Bworn to hfforc me nnd subscribed In my pres ence thin 1st day of N'ovemlwr. 1W ( Seal ) N. I' . KKIU Notary Public. THIS 1IKI3 OX TU.V1XS. All rnllroiiit ntMVKlinya nrc tiillril | with eiimiKli Ilrcs ) to iiouniiiiiioilntc c-vi'py IIUN- nciijtcr wliu mi ill * lo ruiul u lien M | > llp'T. IiiHlxt upon liav- ll\K The HIMIf you cannot KTct n IHLmi n ( rnlii from ( lie IIIMVK iiKcnt , i > l < > iiKi ! report ( lie fnot , Muting : ( lie ( rnlii anil railroad , ( o ( lie Clrutiliilliin Di'lilirlliM'iit of The lle < > . The life IM for Hale oil all train * . 1XSIST OX 1IAVIVR TII13 111513. Even a newspaiier "war scare" Is a costly If not dangerous iilTitlr. Tlio list of nu'inbors of the lower house of Urn Iowa legislature not camlidnteH for speaker Is small , and growing smaller. .T. Sterling Morton ran ahead of Ills ticket In Douglas county. What greater tribute to his worth could he wish from his Omaha admirers ? The success of the exposition bonds does not absolve any one from the duty to subscrlbi ) to the exposition' stock If ho has not already done HO. novernor llolcomb has found several things for which Nebraska should bo thankful , despite the dismal forebodings of the Uryanlte crew of orators. Delay Is dangerous particularly with iT.fen'nce to the replacement of the tottering Sixteenth street viaduct with u substantial permanent structure. , of the Thiinksglviiig day procla mations bear a striking resemblance to recent republican campaign statements. Titty are cheerful , enceiuiaging and truthful. The rainy season Is upon Cuba. 1'hlrty-elght Inches of precipitation dur ing the month of October made soldiering hard In Santiago , but not so hard for the Cubans as for the Spanish troops. The food supply Is not exhausted in thrt Alaskan mining ramps , but It Is huld for prices thill make it dearer than gold. The Klondike enthusiast who took his frlimds' advice and stayed at lioiu-e Is the one who Is enjoying square meals and equanimity of mind. Tlh > Union 1'iicltle bridge contract con cerns chlelly the railroads that are party to It , bill the bridge arbitrary concerns directly every business house that ships Roods out of Omaha and Indirectly every person In the community. The cam paign against the bridge arbitrary should 1 > D renewed. Wherever II has been tried for mod erate trallle the brick sidewalk has proved to be n nuisance. The brick Bldewalk that , will wear evenly has yet to bo lU'Vt'litfil. Hrlck may serve ac ceptably In suburban districts , but it ought not to be tolerated on the principal business or resilience thoroughfares. The most Interesting complaint heard recently is that of the representatives of eastern bond buying houses , who say thai they have to hustle and meet sharp competition to get municipal , county or district bonds for their ciutonwrs. Money is plentiful and 'the demand for good se curities Is such that bonds sell readily , The value of an article is gauged by the effoctlvo demand for It , * More popu larly speaking , the value of newspaper advertising Is measured by the willing ness of merchants and business inu'ji to pay fair prices for It. The IIUWSIM our that gives away Its advertising space does so because no one tlilnkh ! t v-orti ) "buying. The. only way to bring the railroads to tlmo that have declined to obey the char ter provisions requiring them to pay for viaducts over their tracks and compel them to rebuild tlu > Sixteenth street via duct Is to pull the rotten old wooden bridge down. So long as that dangerous structure remains standing the railroads will do nothing more than keep patch ing and ivpatchlng. Venezuela Is In such a straitened con dition llnanclally thai It has stopped pay ment on tiie pensions It had been giving veterans and the widows of veterans. The credit of the United States would hiivo to have reached a pivtty low ebb before U would resort to the expedient of cutting off the dependents who earned places on the pension list by devotion to the Hug in its hour of peril THE MULTIPLICITY OF SCHEMES. The multiplicity of schemes for reform- Ins the ctirnjncy Is confusing. Wo do not know bow many plans have boon submitted to the monetary commission , but they nrc so numerous that their ef fect must be to render the problem before - fore the commission more perplexing rather than to simplify It. The latest to attract general attention comes from a prominent Philadelphia banker and Is wild to have been endorsed by other financiers and to have received the care ful attention of the commission. The prime features of what may be come knowiv ns the Hullltt plan , because It Is possible that more or less of It will bo Incorporated In the commission's scheme of reform , arc familiar. Its first proposition Is to take up and cancel the outstanding currency obligations of the government , amounting to about $ SOO- 000,000. Its second proposition Is that there shall bo but one kind of note circu lation , 16 bo Issued by the national banks In other words , the banks to be given a monopoly of the jiapor currency of the country. Hut the Bullltt plan would place a restraint upon the power of the banks to regulate the volume of note Issues by creating a currency board with power to require the banks to Issue new notes as the government obligations wore retired , "so as to avoid" producing either contraction on the one hand , or expansion on UKJ other , of the amount of currency actually In circulation. " This currency board Idea Is probably borrowed from the Hank of England and so far as we know has not before been suggested here. It might prove to be practicable , but thai is a debatable ques tion. One novel feature , In part , of this plan Is that customs duties and taxes of all kinds due the government should be payable one-third hv gold and two-thirds In banknotes , but the notes should not have the legal tender quality except to the extent of two-thirds of customs du ties and taxes due the government. This seems a quite unnecessary discrimina tion , for If the government were re quired to take banknotes In payment of duties and taxes it would be compelled to pay them out In settlement of the de mands upon It and money which the gov ernment was thus forced to use ought not to want the legal tender quality. In other words , the government should not compel its creditors to take currency which they could refuse In private trans actions. The government should not be required to deal in other than legal ten der money. As it Is proposed in this plan that for general purposes the only legal tender money shall be gold and sil ver , why not require that duties and taxes shall be paid in gold and silver only ? It seems to us that there could be no sound objection to this. We do not sec anything In the Hullltt plan , which lias been sent out to the country as merltinx special attention , that justilie. t the prominence that lias been given to it. It is neither better nor worse , so far as its essential features are concerned , than most of the other currency reform schemes the funda mental idea of which is to eliminate the legal fonder currency and give the monopoly of note Issues to the banks a policy which , however carefully regu lated as to the banks , the American people ple are not now prepared to adopt. A TIMKLY The declaration of 1'romler Sagnsta conveyed to the American people through the Spanish minister at Washington is timely and ought to have a reassuring effect. The distinct statement of the prime minister that a war with the Vnited States would bo regarded by Spalii' its a great misfortune should dis sipate the idea which has obtained , through sensational ivports from Madrid , that a considerable element of the Span ish people are eager for hostilities with tills country and that the government did not regard with entire disfavor the feeling of this element. There are jingoes in Spain , unquestionably , as there are here , but there is nol the slightest reason to doubt the sincere desire of the Spanish government to maintain friendly rela tions. This will be done , there can be no doubt , unless congress lakes some action on the Cuban question that might pro voke war. This Is possible , if indeed it * Is not to bo apprehended , but a great deal will depend upon the treatment of this subject by President McKiiiley In his annual message. The promise Is that tills will be entirely pacific and of a na ture with which Spain cannot reasonably find fault. 11 will undoubtedly be found that the assurance of amicable sentiment given by Sagasta Is reciprocated by tills government. Mli. ClIAMIIIiHLMN'ii VlKtt'S. There Is no good reason why any fair- minded American should object to the observations of the British colonial sec retary , Mr. Chamberlain , on the result of the election In Greater New York , though It seems they are regarded In Kngland as indiscreet. This opinion of them , however , must be regarded a.1 ? somewhat strained , for while they con tain a reflection upon us , their applica tion Is simply to municipal condition- ; and not to the nation or the government. IVthaps Mr. Ommbi'rluln is not the most cordial friend this country has In Knc- ; hind , lie is not known as an ardent ad mirer of American Institutions , albeit ho has an American wife. Hut he is a very high authority on municipal government and has taken a great interest In the ad ministration of the largr municipalities of the I'nlted States. The views of such a man are therefore worthy of respectful consideration. What Mr. Chamberlain said regarding the triumph of Tammany will bo very generally regarded , outside of those ben efited , as Just. Nobody will seriously question the statement that the sole pur pose of that political organization Is the spoils , or doubt the Impossibility of good and honest municipal administration with such an element In control. The success of an organization of this character - actor , in a contest of the highest Impor tance to the welfare of the tlrst city of this hemisphere , may well challenge the profound concern of thu friends every where of good government ami suggest thu question whether there is not some thing radically wrong in our system that makes possible uudi a condition of affairs. Mr. Ohamborlam clearly Inti mates that there IB and his remarks Im ply that too much consideration is siren to the professional politicians In selectIng - Ing municipal olllclals lo the exclusion of pracllcal men of trained capacity. At all events there Is no doubt that this Is the fact The dllllculty Is to Induce practical men of the class referred to by Mr. Chamberlain to enter Into a struggle for these olllclal poslllons , Involving as It necessarily does more or less pecuni ary sacrifice and porsonaj Inconvenience. There Is great need In the United States of more civic pride among those men who are not professional politicians and a deeper Interest In municipal affairs , for good government In stale and nation de pends In no small measure upon good government In the cities. The success of such n political organisation' ' as Tam many exerts a widespread demoralizing Influence. TAXATIUX OF FHANCHtSKS. The constitution of Nebraska expressly provides thai nil taxes shall be levied by valuation , so that every person or corporation shall pay a tax In proportion tion to the value of his , her or Its prop erty and franchls-L's. In pursuance of this mandate of the constitution the legislature has enacted a revenue law which requires the listing and assess ment of franchises. It Is a well established fact that the franchises enjoyed by many corpora- lions have n much greater value than the tangible property they own. That fact Is attested by the mortgage records , which Is most Instances show the fran- clilsed corporation to be bonded for many times the actual value of Its real estate and plants. In cities tills applies especially to the water works , electric lighting , gas works , street railways and telephones. The value of such concerns depends almost entirely upon their fran chises and the conditions under which they are granted. If exclusive or sub stantially so through legislation that practically bars out competitors the value of the franchises is greatly enhanced. Up to tills time the corporations own ing the most valuable franchises in Omaha and other Nebraska cities have managed for some reason to evade tax ation of their franchises and have thus shifted the burden which properly belongs - longs on them to other taxpaylng prop erty owners. It was hoped that the creation of the olllce of tax commis sioner and a separate assessment of property in cities of the metropolitan class would put an end to this form of corporate tax-evasion and t'qualtzo the burdens In conformity with the b'tter and spirit of the constitution. It re mains , however , to be seen whether these expectations will be met. It is stated that the tax commissioner has been advised not to list the fran chises of the several corporations enjoy ing valuable special privileges in Omaha , from which they derive immense reve nues. For example , the contention of the city attorney thai the water works company lias forfeited its franchise by the mortgage fort-closure is given as a reason why that company should not bo required to pay taxes on its franchise. The fact that the gas company under its contract with the city is required to pay a royalty of 5 cents a thousand cubic feet on its sales of gas to private consumers is also urged as si c.iust for exempting its franchise t\om a.s > e.mcul. . What the other franchised cori orations rely on for nullifying the co'iftiluliou has not yet. transpired. Whilit may be true that an assesam.Mii of iho fran chise of the water works coiiij.any might bo taken as a recognition of its claim to a franchise , it is doubtful whether such action on the part of I he. tax com missioner would in any vay compromise the city's rights or affect tna case pend ing in the federal court. Certainly no such contention cam be made : t plea for exempting any other corporation that 'owns a franchise in Omaha. While the basis of as e.'slng the value of franchises may not be as clearly de- lined in law as is the fixing of other property values , It would scorn eminently Just that the bonded debt of franchised corporations shall constitute the true basis. Assume , for example , that a. corporation bonded for $1,000,000 lists Its realty and plant , at half that amount , llw other half must be taken to repre sent the value of the.franchise. . . This leaves altogether out of account the amount of stocks issued. If the ratio of taxation on all property Is one-fifth actual market value the franchise rep resented by $ . " 00,000 of bonds should pay taxes on a valuation of $100,000 and the same proportions should be uni formly observed on all taxable ] Dp-'riy. Such sin assessment of franchises would certainly be liberal. Anything less works injustice to all other taxpayi rs. Miss Willard has the right conception of the influence of the pivss when she asserts in a public speech that each year It becomes a greater power , moro people road and public topics are moro generally discussed. A comparison of the metropolitan- newspaper of today with the metropolitan newspaper of only ton years ago shows a wandrrfiil advancement not only in the mechanical facilities at Its command , but also In the extent of Its newsgatherlng field and the completeness with which It is covered. In fact , no feature of the owl of the nineteenth century civilization Is more striking to the thoiighful observer than the position acquired by the prosa and the work which It Is dally accom plishing for the promotion of the public welfare. : Our amiable Hryanlte contemporary , which hn& always served as the political fence for f.ll the public thk'ves and olii- clal delinquents In these parts , feels badly that The Hee should occasionally direct the searchlight of publicity upon rascals and crooks who do not own news papers through which they can offer their excuses. The lack of a news paper , however , never seriously embar rassed any questionable character .shown up by Thu Hee. The mere fact that The Hee , In pursuance of Its duty to the pub lic , has tarn the mask from some swind ling adventurer or political confidence sharp serves as the open scsam ? to the columns of thu Bryanlte sheet , which promptly rushes to HIP defense of every crook that piles bis trade upon the com munity. Why filiould public plunderers , embezzling treasurers or handling con tractors waiit'/tTi / organ of their own when the Hrya'rijtp paper Is freely at their disposal foi ; a share of the swag ? The Forestry bureau of the Agri cultural departing \viinin $50.000 to pay for inortvtlinbor Investigations In the United States ; The experts do not wholly agree as 'to ' what otighl to be done In the matter of preserving the American forrsta. hut nil agree that un less the government cares for the forests the supply of timber is sure to be greatly reduced Inji few' years nnd lumber for building will be Increased In price. The mountains of the far west are covered with splendid forests , the value of which cannot bo estimated now , but. ns Prof , Fernow says , Investigation Is needed to show the usefulness of the various woods. Kxpi-rlmoiils In forestry at va rious government stations are. In progress and good results are anticipated. Rut little has been heard of the I'reed- men's Aid society , which was formed during the war to encourage the ex- slaves to grow out of the condition of helplessness In which they were neces sarily left by the act of emancipation , but reports made at the meeting held in New York Indicate that the society lias continued In the good work long after general Interest In It had subsided. Since tltt1 society was organized It has ex pended about $ -4riOOHK ( ) . and It Is now spending nearly $ , > IKN)0 ( ) ( ) annually in support of schools for the colored people In the south and for other good pur poses. Mr. Chamberlain's criticism of New York politics may have been lacking hi cour tesy , but It was more than matched in ad vance by the remarks of Mark Twain after visiting the Austrian Helchsralh In session. The American humorist de clared it reminded him of an American meeting called to punish si horse thief. "I supposed somebody had been hanged , " lie said , "but I was not there long enough to make sure of it. " If Mr. Chamberlain desires to cuter upon a general com parison of American and European polit ical methods this would be a good time to begin. The federal courts hold the Chicago exposition liable for the value of the goods belonging to foreign exhibitors that were destroyed In the burning of the World's fair buildings. Th'.s makes it plain that the Transniississlppi Kxpo- sition will be similarly responsible for exhibits unless provision is made in its contracts covering the question of liability. The Chicago experience ought to bo worth something to managers of other expositions who are shrewd enough to avoid repeating mistakes of that kind needlessly. ' The staunchest advocates of the Henry George theory of land taxation arc to lie found In Ku'gland , where the demand for land is great and over i,000,000 ! acres are reserved for parks and game pre serves , from wlilaU. the public Is rigidly excluded. In countries where tliere Ir an abundance of land'to be hndi for th" asking it is hard to make headway with a theory based on the doctrine that all private ownership of hind is wrong. Philadelphia may have achieved a reputation for being a slow city , but there seems to be nothing slow about the city council that attempts to vote away the valuable property of UK- Phila delphia ( las works to a private syndicate practically without provision for com pensation of any kind to the taxpayers. \ Ilreaeh of Oonllilenoe. Indianapolis News. The case against Mr. Hannls Taylor seems to resolve Itself Into this : As a private citi zen hu makes use of what as an olllclal he got under the seal of secrecy. Proof of lli'tt T Tlnil-is. linltlmore American. Railway earnings In all parts of the couu- try continue to show an Increase month after month , and by the tlmo the year Is up the record promises to go far beyond the record made for many a twelve-month pnst. A I'jilcnl Truth. Kansas City Star. Despite all that democratic politicians arc saylnK , ft remains true that a good many million people In the United States are too busy , just at present , to waste time com plaining that prosperity has not arrived. Ovi'rutoi'Icril with llniloy. New Vork Journal ( silver ) , Money Is now so plentiful and interest rates so low that there would be no prollt to the banks In borrowing bonds for the purpose of obtaining a slice of the Union Pacific pur chase money. For these reasons It Is be lieved that fqw of the banks will attempt to qualify as depositories. A Tonili of llurli-il KliKiuciirr. Speaker Heed In Illustrated American. In order that oblivion ir. ty not entirely cn- Riilf ns , tha congress has established Its "Record , " a periodical which appears every day when congress Is in session , and for several da s after. In order to publish speeches which have been belated In correc tion or which drat see the light of day in print. Of course , such a record Is not at all the truth , though meat men reaped the pro prieties and do not Insert In the speech offen sive things , or things unfair lo men not pres ent. Nevertheless the writer of thlfl article happens to know of t.'ireo speeches at leant which wcro nevernttered ; , containing charges that would never have heen made In hla pres ence , and which may sometimes ho cited to show what wa.H ' 'hnrjenl In his teeth. " Hut Providence lies a'jiahn for every wound. If the poison Is there Ills burled very deep , for there are on oirt jew j tanks moro hopelegs tbip. a hunt for a scene you well remember amcog the voluminous verbiage of the "Con gressional Record ! " 'Murder , treason , strata gem and spoils cojld find no safer sepulture Uimi In that tomb of the buried eloquence of a century. " < ; rn\vtli < if Trim Detroit i'rea I'ress. Temperance people1 will find some comfort lu the report of the commissioner of inter nal revenue Just published , In that It shows a marked decrease in the manufacture and consumption o ! fprmented liquors and a decrease lu tlio .Induction of distilled spirits. It appear * from the report that there were 24,000.000 gallons less of distilled spirits produced during the year trading Juno 30 , 1S97 , than for the previous year , and that 3,000 distilleries , of GO per cent of all the distilleries In the country , were Idle. The beer product won likewise decreased 1.39G-f28 barrels as compared with 1S96 , Whether these figures Indicate a decrease of the drink habit among the American people or the working of commercial' causes , It would be unwise to ossen. Hut if several successive reports show like results , then It will be time for the friends of sobriety to take courage In a well founded belief that the American people at least are getting the better of a soul and body destroying habit. We confess , however , a fear that sue- seeding reports will not confirm any auch optimistic belief. sx.vr SHOTS. Kansas City Star , The defeat of Hess Gor man and of Iloss PUtt this year piovtw that all the Independents Ui politics do not como from one party. Olobe-Domocrat : Mr. Bryan says the cause of free silver Is strenKthrnpjd by the election. Its effect on the g.\to money will be Anxiously watched just the same. Baltimore American : Although elected , Van Wyck rot 42,941 minority on the tolal vote. This shows what the Rood govcrninicit forces might have done If they had worknd together. New York Mall and F.tprpss : Mr. llrynn made twelve spwchrs In Ohio during ihu recent campaign , and the counties In which ht > spoke show a democratic- loss of 2,000. os compared with the vote of ISflfi. Obviously It was unfortunate for the republicans that the Nebraska boomer wAcn't brought Into the state somewhat earlier. Chicago Inter Oceara : George Tred Wil liams , late democratic uandldnto for governor of Massachusetts , PXVTCSSCB himself satis- lied with the result of the election. George Fred made his first gubernatorial race In 1R95 , getting 121,599 votm In 1SUG , on his sctoiMl candidacy , ho got but 103C62 voles , and this year his , vole tumbled to 79,100. If George Fred Is satisfied with this showing ho in even ino"re moderate In dcslro than the child who Is "pleased with < x rattle , tickled with a straw. " Springfield ( Moss. ) Republican : The next congressional elections , If contested on the 1C to 1 Issue , should he won by the repub licans beyond serious doubt , provided that they do not handicap thmnsclves too heavily by administrative blunders In the conduct of the Kovcrmiiriut and < foreign affairs. 1'ros- rerlly , wlso management at Washington , and a coiiraRpoua effort to effect necessary cur rency reforms will hold the country In. line ; your fondest hopes may yet lie realized , how. over disagreeable may bo the shadow that npcms creeping over the spirit of the repub lican dream. Now York Journ'al of Commerce : There has been no revival oC silvorlMii. Nothing has occurred to designate Mr. Bryan as the logical candidate , and , brsldiv , the logical candidate Is seldom nominated. Nothing has happerod to show that the country has changed Its convictions on the money sub ject since last year , and the conditions which were particularly calculated to foment sllvcr- Ism last year do not now exist. There Is no foundation for the hilarity of the cheap money leader. ? or for the depression of the friends of bound currency , nnd tliere Is no good ground for the timidity of European In vestors In the presence of the election re turns. l'i\JiI\S AXIl I'HXSIOXKIIS. Minneapolis Times : The long-accepted no- lion that republics are ungrateful will not apply to the treatment which Uncle Sam has accorded his defenders In the late civil war. Commissioner of Pensions Uvnns' annual re port , just made public , shows that although thirty-two years have passed since the last gun of the rebellion was fired , the number of pensioners on the rolls Juno 30 , 1SS7 , was 970,01-1 , an Increase of 5,336 over the novloua : year. To these recipients of the govern ment's bounty $110,000,000 was paid during the fiscal year IS'Jfi. an Increase In round numbers of $1,000,000 over the prevl' us year. Hoston Globe : It. appears that there were nddcd to the rolls during the last year of record the names of 60,101 new pensioners , and 3971 pensioners who had bosn previously dropped were restored , making a total of 51- , 072. During the same period the losses to the roll were 31SCO by death , 1,071 by re marriage of widows and mothers. 1 , S4 [ > by legal limitation ( minors ) , 2,033 for fnilure to claim pension for three years and 3,500 for other rauses. an aggregate of11,122. . While there Is nowhere any desire to withhold from a deserving veteran the pension to which \\f \ is entitled under thu law , bxit rather a wish to extend to him a more generous tribute , the people unquestionably believe In keeping the pension roll a roll of honor. Chicago Chronicle : Standing on the floor of congress a quarter o a century ago Gar- Held , chairman of the committee on appro priations , urged that $35.000,000 should be ap propriated for the annual disbursements to pensioners and predicted then and there that expenditure for pensions had reached its highest point and thenceforward would stead ily decline. But the highest point is nol it-nohc4 as yet and congress before the close of the century m y bo called upon for an an nual expenditure of $17Booo,000. In no respectable quarter of the country is there challenge to the policy of disbursing tiio pension gratuity tc a soldier wounded In the line of duty nor to a war-made widow or , during the period of their minority , to the children of a soldier whose death was duo to his service In the army. All Hie really meri torious pension cases of the war were ad judicated before the day that Garfleld rose In the congress of the United Sfntcs to urge an appropriation u fifth smaller than thjt which is now freely made. The pension roll ought to be an honorable roll , but through the looseness of demagogic-made laws and the rapacity of indescrvcrs the roll 'Is ' now full of t4io mmes of widows who were not born when the shock of arms came and of soldiers who were never wounded 'indeed ' , of soldiers of a short term cf enlistment who In many cases never left the place of thnlr en listment and never heard a hostile .gun. I'HIISOXAI , AM ) OTIIKllWISIg. Cork pavement Is the latest proposed im provement in New York. The greater city Is bound tn get there. For the Information of the Indianapolis Journal , It should be stated that General Stanton Is a citizen of the United States , a former resident of Omaha and now paymuster general of the army , stationed at Washington. Former Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle has notified Secretary Proctor of the New Vork State Jlar association , that he has accepted the Invitation tendered him to de liver the next annual address before the asso- clatlon'ii convention on January 23. Senator Mason , -In speaking jn Chicago of the United Slates scnato a few days ugo , nald : "Thn word 'parliament , ' you know , Is derived from 'parley , ' to talk. I have often wondered why the United States senate was called a senate Instead of a parliament , era ' ' " a 'talkament. William C. Todd , the generous New Hamp shire man who has -given the Dceton Public Library $50,000 , the Income of which Is to bo spent on newspapers only , gives his reasons for the gift as follows : "I am Interested In the Improvement of the newspaper to the ex tent of making It as accurate a chronicler of life as possible. " Colonel Hobert Warburton , who accom panies Sir William Lockhart In his expedi tion against the Afrldls , as political olllcer , Is an expert In Oriental affairs. His mother was cm Afghan ' .irlncess of high rank , who married an otllcer In the Baal India com pany's norvlce , and the present colonel has always been In close touch with the native chiefs. He has lived at Lunill Kotal for long peilods and taken a patient Interest In the welfare of the tr.bcsmen. The Icing of Slam carries back with him tha grand cros.3 . of the Order of St. Andrew of HiiEsIa , St. Stephen of Hungary , Sts. Maurlca and I.azarus nnd the Annunciation of Italy , the Elephant of Denm-irk , the Illack Eagle of Prussia , the Lion ot lite Netherlands , Charles 411 of Spain , the conception of 1'ortu.- pal and St. Savior of Greece. Of minor or ders his Insignia would load a Hangkok mule , Viewed In the light of its decoratlvo acqulsl- tlon , his European tour was a great success. A letter received from Mark Twain by a personal friend In New York brings the oloatant news tint the humorist Is now "out of the woods" financially. Ho has succeeded In paying all Ills debts by money which he has earned during the past two years. His acti'ol earnings since ho went abroad amount to $82,000 , of which about $20,000 has been received for lecturing and the remainder IMS been paid him for his writings. Ho has now the comfortable ! prospects of a very largo In come from his books during the. remainder of his 11 fit. A paragraph has been going the rounds of the tiress of late to the ffoet that Mr . K. W. Nye widow of "Hill Nye. " had lost every thing she had through the failure of the Hank of Asheville , N. C. , where the great humorist had taken up his home. Frank M. Nye was questioned regarding the report and from him It wan learned that the report Is grossly exaggerated. Mrs. Nye did lose $8,000 In the bank , but. while It is a serious lots , It will not bring her penury. "The article le true as to the failure , " said Mr. Nye , "and of course It will bo a id blow. I fancy that the tank will pay something , but even should It not Mrs. Nye has not lost her all by uny means. She will have enough left lo kep tier ID good circumstances. " AX JMPOHTAXT SKSSIO.V. < lm-tloiiN or ( iri-nt Moment Confront- St Louis . It Is fortunate that the republicans have a lursc majority in the popular branch of con gress. It Is unfortunate that they have no lead In the other branch Questions of pcrl- ous consequence will como before congrees when It meets on December C. Usually Im portant issues have to be dealt with by the congress which comes Into existence- with a partisan revolution In the government. I i the present Instance , however , most of the questions which confront congress have a broader bearing than those which ordinarily come up at times of change In party control of the executive and legislature. They are national or International and not partisan. They affecc the country's relations with Spain on ihe one hand acid possibly with Japan on the other , while every other nation in the world will be Interested In the adjust ment of these questions. The gravest of the Issues which will de mand the attention of congress Is that which ccficorns Cuba. It has been rumored from time to tlmo that Spain's answer to the ad- inlnlstrailon'ft query regarding that country's Intentions toward Cuba and attitude toward the United Stalest are not satisfactory to the president which , of court'c , means that they will not bo satisfactory to congress or the people. That question will como before crn- grc's Immediately after It convenes. The correspondence- both sides will bo pub lished , nnd the country will quickly be able- to grnsp the situation. Upon this l&'iin will hang the fate of the Cuban belligerency Joint resolution , which passed the Donate In thu extra Eessler.i , against the president's wishes , hut which was not brought up In the house. Then there Is the question of Hawaiian an nexation. The annexation treaty was nego tiated onrly In the administration , and was ratified by Hawaii's congress. Our own scn- atn will doubtless act on this after the Spanish Issue Is disposed of. Neither of these questions will divide congress on party lines. There are other Important questions to come before congress , currency reform belli1 ; ono of. them. The Cuban and Hawaiian mat ters , however , are far moro pressing than any of the others and will bo dealt with first. Although there Is , strictly speaking , no politics In cither of these , a good work- ins republican majority In both branches of congress would be desirable , for at least two reasons : First , the republicans , as n rule , deal with questions of foreign as well as domestic policy with greater vigor and Intelligence than the democrats. Secondly , the republicans will have the responsibility for the action or nonactlon of the govern ment on those and 'ill other questions , and it would bo desirable , therefore , that they had complete control of all branches of the government. In any case , action of some sort will have to be had very early in the ses sion. The people of the United States , by an overwhelming majority , sympathize with the Culans , and , by a considerable ma jority , they want the government , In Its attitude toward Spain , to reflect this senti ment. It Is also safe to say that majority of the people favor the Immediate annexa tion of Hawaii. Both of these are burning Issues , although there la no partisan poli tics in cither of them. Decisive action on cither tone of them would make the date of Its adoption an epoch In American his tory. Action on both will have to bo taken now. Four weeks hence the most interesting session of congress which has been had since the war of secession will begin. CIIKAP AXI > ATTUACVI'lVIS I.ODfil.VCS. \ovul Kxiu'rliiKMit lni ! ! 'rjnl t'ti liy ji \IMV Viirlc .Mllllitiinlrr. New York Independent. The opening of the Mills House , No. 1 , lu this city on Monday was of more than local Importance. H marks an earnest attempt to furnish on a large scale cheap lodgings , with respectable surroundings nnd attractive ac- commodatlonH , without the adjunct of a bar room. The hotel Is situated In the heart of the slums on the West side , and will provide for 1,500 guests. The bedrooms , though small , are clean and well ventilated , the Idea being that they will bo used only for sleepIng - Ing purpeses. The dining , sitting , smoking and bath rooms will satisfy thu most fastid ious taste , and the architecture of the build ing both within and without Is very simple and , at the same time 'Impressive. The charge is only 20 cents a day , exclusive of meals , nnd these can ho had from 10 cents up. No other charges of any kind whatever are to bo made , and Mr. Mills hopes from theeo sources aloiio to make a fair profit on bis Investment. It is thus seen that the project Is ns much a business an a phllnn- throple venture. From Its business side , Its success would be sure to mark the Inaugura tion of similar enterprises all over the coun try. Capitalists would bo quite ready to in vest In such hotels and the present lodging housa system , which Is ono of the greatest evils affcetliiK aU our cities , would doubtlcca bo tolerated no longer. Considered from the philanthropic side , the hotel will be the first ono of Its kind where self-respecting men of binall Inconus can stay , amid wholesome surroundings , and at the same time Hvo within their moans. No one will deny that there is a great need for such an Institution. The only danger , however , ia that the hotel may attract as permanent boafdera many whoso motive for rigid economy Is niggardli ness and not necessity. Prrhaiw some plan may bo devised to prevent this class of well- to-do persons from becoming permanent boardeifi. The enterprise ought to be a suc- CCM. The result , however , will largely de pend upon the wisdom of Its management. AX i.\cniiiiiii > srurTAci.K. So IIP i > OliMcrvaHiMiM oil tlic Kcvlvill nf ( * rol 'rlNiii In \ov YorU. Kansas City Star ( Inil. ilum. ) . During the campaign In Greater New York Hichard Crolter was openly branded by Henry George as a public robber. It wan announced by George again and again that if be were elected ho would land Croker In the peniten tiary. The subject of these criminal charges took no legal steps to discredit them , Ilu In. vltcd Henry George to Institute on InvMtlsa- tlon of his records In the courts , but he never mado-a movement In the direction of pro ceeding against .his accuser for libel or slander. U was shown by Henry George that Croker , without any legitimate process , visible to the public , became suddenly pcraeEncd of a for tune which enabled him to llvo In princely uplendor. When ho was abroad he rivaled that royal spendthrift the prince of Wa'cs , In extravagance and profligacy. To the people ple of New York the source of thin opulence Is no mystery. Croker'n wealth Is revealed In Iho style nf .his living nnd everybody knows where ho got It. Theiu Is no doubt In the mine's of the people of Now York that Croker 'has ' looted thu city right and left , and Is luxuriating tn plunder which Is just as Illicit as that obtained through thn ordi nary methods employed by common thieves and burglars. That this Is a matter of common belief In New York City was demonstrated by Urn hearty approval with which all clatnes of citi zens regarded Iho llerro arraignment of Croker by Henry George. Them wen pralso from nil quartets for the bravery of the mail who wan not afraid to say what almoat every person believed. Henry George could never liavo made , on a false charge or an uncer tainty , the remarkable canvass which de stroyed his life. HH : bold declaration that Croker was a thief , and that liU rightful place was In the penitentiary , created ,1 revolt against Tammany which seemed tn threaten Its destruction and \vilcli ! certainly proved tlio prevalence of the conviction that Croker was all that Henry George described him to be. be.Tho sequel of It all Is painfully clear. It is. wltrliout any attempt at evasion , that. In the greatest city In the nation , a man Is to ho made supreme who islands charged with be ing a proper candidate for the penitentiary : who Is recognized throughout the length and breadth of the land as a robber and boodler , and who will use the power conferred upon him by the people for adding to the plunder Wihlch Is the confession of his rascality. It Is worthwhile for the public to contem plate this Incredible spectacle In summing up the results of popular government In America. Tilt * Hun < 'oin | > imtUvrly NiitV. KaiiBua City Hlar. The official report of the Greek minister of war shows that but SOS Greeks were killed and 1,084 wounded ki what Is callnd the recent war with Turkey. This would Indi cate that modern weapons In the hands of Turks , at least , are not nearly as destructive as has been- ( believed , and also that there has bcxMi a great falling off In the Greek avidity for killing and being killed since thedayt * ot Leooida * . Till : THAXSMISSIHSll'PI 13XPOS1TION , Attention It In AttrnctltiK In tlir 13n t unit Ahmad. Hcrnnton ( Pa. ) Htpntillcnn , The TranRinlRstsslppI and International Kx. position which Is lo be held tn Omaha next summer Is attracting n good deal of alien- tlon abroad. A number of foreign countries have signified through American ministers their Intention ot taking psrt In the forth coming show and emissaries from the slate of Nebraska who visited Washington re cently declare they have received wonderful encouragement from the cities , states and manufacturing concerns of the east. Not withstanding the fact that two expositions designated as International have been held In this country since the groU fair In Chicago cage lu 1S9.1 , It must bo remembered that both of these were In the south , namely , At lanta and Nashville and that there has been nothing In the way of n great aggregation In the west tn show the development of iho country and the world In manufaciurro and arts during the last five years. Omaha la particularly well situated for n. demonstration of this kind , and the people of that oily are devoting nil their energies to the prepara tions which will demonstrate the difference between Omaha of today and thu Omaha which was described by John G. Saxn In his celebrated poem twenty years ago. The ad ministration building Is nearly completed. Whllo not so large ns the Chicago strucluro for a similar purpose , It Is said that In some respects H Is architecturally even more beau tiful than that wonderful building. Three or four of the larger structures are well along toward completion , but much remains to bo done If the great show Is to bo opened to the world on the first of next June as Intended. Wo have no doubt , howe'ver. hut that Iho Omaha people will prove equal to the emer gency. TlIK SAC1IKII IIATK ) AM ) 11100. "Tin.Mill DOOM \ < > t Crliut with Water Hii : < U Pawl. Hartford Courant. Hon. William J , Bryan of Lincoln. Neb. , was heard from again yesterday. The New York Journal had a longlsh telegram from him , that must have cost money. It Is Mr. Bryan's opinion that "silver Id not dead ; " that "the sentiment In favor ot the Chli-asn platform shows a healthy growth throughout the country , " and that "free and unlimited coinage nt Ifi to 1 Is nearer now than it was .1 year ago. " Using the wire as a medium , ho says to Mr. Hearst : "I think 1 voice the sentiments of demo crats , populists and silver republicans when I say the fight will bo conttaued with even more earnestness until the gold monopolr Is ibrokcu and 'the ' money trust Is over thrown. " This Is obviously Important , If so. But Mr. Bryan shouldn't be too positive. Also , he should be on , his guard" against that be setting sin ot the young cmd ardent politician prevlousness. This Is 1S ! 7 , not 1900. The next presiden tial election Is Rtlll three years off. Cloudt and thick darkness hide It from our eyes. All sorts of things may happen between now and then. How many polltlclras lu 192 hail even the faintest premonition that the cam paign of IS'JCwould turn on the currency question ? Who can tell on what question the campaign of 1800 will turn ? That Is ecio ot the secrets of the future. It Is a fact of common experience and observation , however , that Issues and cam paigns have a way of shaping themselves without any very tender regard for the feel ings of such Interested gentlemen as Mr. Bryan , and that the great mill of national politics is not much In the habit of grinding with the water that Is past. UUII.T KOU Chicago Record : liol > Have a lively tlmo at the Hnmllns' last nlK'-H ' ? I'Yed Yes ; very. Tlio old gentleman and I got to nrguhitf about religion , nml 1 my dress suit Is ruined. Cleveland Leader : "Well , " said old MIII- yuiis as tlio family snt down to dinner , "I KUOSS the baron menus buKlni'ss " "Uh ! " fxcliilmecl 1-aunv and her mother In rhorus , "tell u why ! " "Ho came , around to the olllco this morn ing and asked me. to lend him $50 on uo- count. " Harlem Life : He luis como for her In a buggy and she objects to the turnout " \ou are very particular ; you put on moro airs than a muslu box. " "Well , 1 don't go with a crank , any way ! " Indianapolis Journal : "What Is the pre cise status of a 'friendly power ? ' " Inquired the seeker for knowledge. "As a rule , " replied tlm cynic , "It's ona that you aio too bis to be whipped by. " Washington Star : "Don't you think my piano bus a sympathetic tone ? " nslred thu liidy who owned the Instrument. "It .has mighty 111,10 sympathy for me , " retorted the man who lives III-IO.SH the lull , and now they do not speak its they meet on the stair. ChlcatfO Ninws > : "What's the prlco of these Bloves ? " su ! > asked , "A dollar and seventy-live cents , " said tin1 clerk ; "but I'm afraid we linv n't any small enough for you. We can order an extra email slue , however. " "Oh. these will do , I'll take throe alrs. " Detroit Journal : The puissant monarch iwas ut no pains to conceal his displeasure. "That barber , " nls majesty exclaimed , "won't do for royal executioner at all. It takes him all day to cut off a man's head. " No , bo must be deponed ; the fact that ho was a C-ciMit b.irlior made him only 11 de- uree more effective. Indianapolis Journal. "I was astonished sit tbe race illlckluborn made. I illdn't think ho had any Idea of practical politico" "No ? l ct mo tell you that lilcklehorn has belonged to three lodges and a Christian Kndeavor society for t'.iree or four years. " Chlciifro Ilet-ord : "Uo you filnk thu Kng- llsh language uerils revision , professor ? " "No ; tlio KiiKllsh language Is all rlirhl , but wo need to Iiuluot ! people to speaU H. " AUTUMN CIADNHSS ! WuMiltiKton Star. They'rti hero n aln the times at Joy , Of which tbe pools carol , Wion man less closely may employ His inliiil with his apparel ! If be a top coat wears , to 'which A flower lends It splendors , Who shall suspect him , taough be hitch With hairpins bis suspenders ? TIM : IIA.M ) FOR AM- : . New Ymlc Mull anil ix : | > ii' 3. Thn hand that lends enchantment to The Imrp-strliiBH may be fair ; The lianil that wooes the sweet guitar And makes the miisln there May bo 11 slender one anil soft , And beautiful to SLM > , lint tlio hand that rolls the ( lotitf'nmt.H la The little hand for me. Thn band that Is ablaze'with scnifl , May bit the hand for you : I'or someone clsu the hand that Hwee ) > a The Ivory keys may do ; The band that goes with millions oft Is beautiful to sec. Hut ttic band that rolls the doughnutx I * The little hand for me. 'My ' Hcsvlc's arms nr < > Mift and round , Ami she Is plump and fair ; Hho's been nway to cooking school And learned ome wonders them Oil , others' hands may bo au small And beautiful to see , Hut > tihc hiind that rolls the doughnutH l Thn llttln hand for me. Koyal uiuhcB the food pure , vfioleiomo and delicious , POWDER Absolutely Pure KOY41 OAKIKO POWOt * CO. , MCW VDmK.