Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY HEE : TI-IUKSDAY , NOVEMBER 11 , 1S07.
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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.
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State of Ncbrnrka , Douglna County , s. :
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Hilling Company , being' duly sworn , nays that tha
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copies 9.2-17
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ence thin 1st day of N'ovemlwr. 1W
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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.