THE OMAHA DAILY B3 E : TTITIHSDAY , DECEMBER 10. 1807 ;
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
E. n. Editor.
PUI1US11CD nVEtlY MOHKIXa.
iKtuis OP BunsciiiiTioNt
Dally lice ( Without Sunday ) , One Year J6 03
Dully Una and Sunday , One Year * 00
BIX Month * . . . " * 0)
T.itc < Months * W
BunclAy Uee , One Ycnr 204
Bnttmlay llec. One Year 1 W
\\iokly Dee , One Year C2
OFFICES s
Otrmhs : The Ucc liullillng.
B iut.i Omaha : Singer ink. . Cor. X nnil 2th ! Sts
loundi itlulTii : 10 I'rnrl Str t.
LIHCBKO OHIcc : 317 Chamber of Commerce.
Nuw York : Hunnu 13 , H anil 15 Ttlbune
'UttkhltiEtun : tut fourteenth Street.
CUItllUSI'O.VDKNCU.
Ail communlcntl jns rrlallng to ncw and edito
rial matter thuulit bo ndilrcMCil : To tin Udllor ,
ULSIMSSS htntnilS.
All t-uflnes lettern nnil remittances should be
flJatc.iseJ to The Dec Publishing Company ,
Omaha. Dmfts , check * , rjjircss niul pottolllce
money nrilcm to bo inaclr payable to the order of
th voiiipntiy
Tin : DEE runusuiNO COMPANY.
STATIJMHNT OK CIUCUI.A.T1ON.
BIMp nf Nchrnxkn , UuURlnn Cuunly , EX. :
QccrKr 11. Tzschuck. eccretiry of The H * e Pn' >
Ilthlni ; Company , bolns duly strain , nays Hint tin
nctuni numlicr of full nnd rmnplctp CutiltH nf Thn
Dully , Morning , Hvonlnrf nnil Sunday 11e prlnleil
d i inn tno month or November , IS.)7 ) , was na fcl-
1 20,718 10 21.8. )
t , Zl.lfC 17 2127J
3 ' 2 3 9 IS Z1.14 !
* * * ! * * ! * *
4 2t.Cl)7 11 21.IM
E 21.177 29 21fl < 6
21.35.1 21 , 21. < l2'
T. TO.CJI 12 1 21,315
B 21,410 S3 22.233
s 21.0:9 21 21. JO"
10 , 21.217
II 21.OM
12 21 S21 27 SI.TK
13 21.421 21 21,018
14 20.ll ) 21 21.401
IS 2,352 | SO 21,313
Total 043,021
Lrai unsold and returned coplfs 10,413
Net Wat pairs Git fill
Not Onlly average 21.ir > 3
ano. n TXSCIUICK.
Sworn to before me and subFcrlbml In my
prp'onno this 1st day of December , 1517.
( Seal. ) N. P. rtm , .
Notary Public.
TUB IiniS OX
All rnllroml iicMvulinyn nrc
mipplli'il wllti ciiniiKh Ilces
to not ; < iin in nilnto every i > -
HiMiKcr iVh Y inilH < o re-nil n
iie ' .Miiaii 'r. Iiinlxt upon linv-
liiK Tlio Her. If you cniinot
Kel n Hue on n train rroni the
iitMVN iiKcnt , iilciinv report
tinfnet , xliidiiK ( lie ( rain nnd
riillrnnil , to tlic Clreulatlou
neiinrtincnt of TIio lire. Tliff
Itee In for Niile on nil ( rains.
INSIST OS HAVING TUP. HER.
One way to reduce stnto and county
expenses would be to reduce the uum-
lcr ) of elections.
An Iowa tleinocnitic ninvsrmppr sug
gests ( lint perhaps It Is dollar wheat and
better that hat , driven lirynn to Mexico.
Again the other day the price of wheat
touched the high mark and also a num
ber of operators on the bear side of the
market.
The professional skill required , to sub
stitute a few pieces of worthless paper
In an envelope for ? 20 bills comes high ,
but the people will have 'it. '
Now wo shall sue whothei- not the
pollco commission will persist in nullify
ing the law or whether It will obey the
orders of the court ami stop playing
'
assistant blnckiuU"oi\ :
AVhon Princeton's senior class stands
in line to submit to public scolding from
the head of the faculty there will be
more complaining than when the bar
was opened in Princeton Inn , and im
mediately thereafter the bar will bu
patronized by the sorrowing seniors.
The circulation controversy , which has
taken up much space in the local papers ,
may be very tiresome rending , but us it
progresses the business 'men who have
been chiseled out of thousands of dollars
lars uuder false Vetcnses will realize
that it is of more than passing impor
tance.
The new panic law In Wisconsin Is
Bald to bo entirely satisfactory. Undet
this law hunters are required to take
out licenses before they can shoot deer
and this year 12,280 licenses were is
sued , under which 2I,000 ! head of doei
were slain. Each license Issued to n
resident costs $1 nnd each to a nonresi
dent ? 30. i
A notable sale of native Nebraska
blooded stock proves conclusively the
superiority of Nebraska grasses , grail
nnd cllnmtc. No liner specimens of ct\t
tie wore over put on sale. This fact
Is attested by the high prices at which
the stock was sold nnd by the purchas
ers , whoso expert opinions cannot bt
gainsaid. Great Is Nebraska.
The Iowa horticulturists rightly In
slst that Iowa should nuiko the best ox
blblt of fruit at the exposition of nn >
state. If this Is done the Iowa people
will have to do their best , for there tire
several stales of the tniusmlH.slssIpp
region prepurjng to make exhibits of
fruit and some of these states will bt
able to show something very fine.
It lias been suggested that the public
schools bo closed Wednesday or Thill's
'day of next week in order that tilt.
pupils may be given a fair chance to
prepare for the advent of Santa Clans
1'ho calendar of festivals presents no
occasion possessing a. greater charm fo
the children Umn does the annual vial
of. good Saint Nick. Put the little ones
In the way of enjoying It to the fallow
extent
Conjuring up the names of dead poll
tlclnns and political deadheads to bolstc
up bogus claims and defend blackmail
lug practices under the oft-exploded plei
that llosowator will ruin any man win
will not do his bidding will not pas
muster In open court. Nor will it dehul
and docelvo people who have money to
spend for advertising their wares o
soliciting patronage from people wh
read newspapers.
Llttlo sympathy will bu lost upon th
victims of witch-hazel experts wh
claim to possess power to locate hlddoi
tri-amire. For It must bu evident to iinj
* mno pornon that the only trcnsur
thwo inundlcnnts are able to reveal I
iut ) yjcldwl by their victims , llowuvoi
IK plenty of tivamiro hidden In.
tint Durfacti of Nebraska soli , bu
Jt WIW Iw ffuttun only through well
uu of Uiu plow uud tuo rvapur
The order of Ilil * court I * Hint the
cllef iirnycit for will lie rcrnntrd nnil '
lint tlie police linnnl , nctlnir collectIvely
vely or nlnitly , nntl their olUccm , nrp \
njolneit front proceeding niiiler the {
eoolntlon trhlch tlicr Imve adopted
o Interfere with or to Inllticnce
liinor ilcn I OP * na to rrlicrc tlicr nlitill
nihllxli their 'nolicet nf nnpllcntltm
or Ilcetine * .
This onlur , emanating from the dls-
rlct court pivaliletl over by .ItidRO KCJ--
or , once and for nil time , should put
n und to the lawless methods that have
jecu employed by and with the open
oiinlvaiu-e of the police commission In
ovylng blackmail upon applicants for
Iquoc licenses. Tills system , begun
wo yeam ago under Uroatch and Vnn-
lotvoort In dcllnncc of the plain provl-
slois ; of the- law , has not beeiv the
means merely of robbing The lieu of lt
legitimate Incon'ie as the medium of
vldest publicity In Omaha and Douglas
ounty , but has been used In confidenc-
ug advuKIslng patrons abroad. It was
given out cold by the 'blackmailing ' con-
em that 1ms used the police couimls-
lon as backers for Its Imposture that
iftor a thorough and Impartial cxamlna-
lon of the relative subscription lists It
vns found that the "World-Herald , had
established its claim to having the larg
est circulation In this city and county.
\s a matter of fact , the resolutions
adopted by the board two years ago de
claring the Dally World-Herald to bo
he paper of largest circulation were
nntlo without any examination or coni-
> arlson of the relative subscription .
ust as the recent order oC the present
cform police commission has been made
vlthont a scintilla of evidence to sus-
iiln the fraudulent claims upon which
he resolution was presumed to be based
and which upon undisputed sworn
iroofs the order of Judge Keysor has set
iside.
That any sclf-rcspoctlng bcily occu-
lying the responsible position of police
commissioners could give countenance
o palpable imposture and jugglery ,
vliich has been the stock-in-trade of the
mblshet ! < o the so-called "Dally World-
lerald , " which in reality has no exist
ence , but ivpfesents a combination ewe
wo newspapers , with different headings
mil separate subscription lists , passes
comprehension , especially in view of the
leclsion of the supreme court that news-
inpora having different subscription
ists ; cannot , be used as a combined me-
lium for legal advertising. When It is
further borne In mind that the bona
Ide carrier delivery subscription list of
i'lio Omaha Evening Uee exceeds the
combined subscription lists of the Cloni
ng World-Herald and Evening World-
Ilcrald , the attempt to force applicants
for license to disregard the law becomes
so much more reprehensible.
One thing is certain , the order of ilnrtgo
Keysor will either put an end to the
evy of blackmail on parties whose busi-
IDSS is move or less under supervision
of the police commission or somebody
will get Into trouble.
LAJlUlt IS AGAINST
The resolutions adopted by the con
vention of the American Foduration of
Labor in session at Nashville , disapprov
ing Hawaiian annexation ami urging
the senate to reject tlw treaty , undoubt
edly voice the sentiment of all intelli
gent labor in the United States. The
u'cnmble to the resolutions declares
"that annexation would be tantamount
to admission of a slave state1 , the repre
sentatives of which would necessarily
work and vote for the enslavement of
labor iu general. " Tills is not an un
warranted or extravagant vlow. The
Asiatics and Portuguese int Hawaii ,
comprising about 00,000 of the popula
tion of the Islands , arc for the .most part
coolies and contract laborers , who were
Imported there to work on the sugar
plantations. These people are prac
tically in a condition of slavery. They
are bound by contracts to their employ
ers , who would undoubtedly insist upon
the observance o the contracts even it
these laborers became a part of the pop
ulation of the United States througl
annexation. There Is a law on our stat
ute books which prohibits the importa
tion of contract labor and yet It is pro
posed to annex territory where nearly
all the labor performed is of this kind.
There Is another tiling. The most ar
dent of theanuexationlsts urge leglslatloi
to keep out of the United States aliens
who cannot read and write , They
would apply an educational test to
Europeans who come to this country
yet they are ready to add to our popu
lation the thousands of densely Ignorant
Asiatics In Hawaii , many of whom
would certainly In time find their way
here , for having taken these people Into
the body politic we should be compelled
to accord them the right to freely go
from one part of our territory to an
other.
The declaration of the American Federation -
oration of ( Labor Is timely and It should
inspire all organized labor to n slmihu
expression against the scheme of taking
into our population a mass of ignorant
laborers who are little better thai
slaves. i
A'BH * liANKKVl'TOY
The house judiciary committee 1ms
agreed upon a new bankruptcy bll
which will lie reported tills week. Tin
measure , , it Is stated , provides for botl
voluntary and Involuntary bankruptcy
and Is substantially similar to the bll
passed by the house of the Flfty-fourtl
congress , which was u.modllled form o
the Torri'y bill , Ht Is to be. presumei
that tills measure will be reported ns a
fcubatltuto for the i > nute Nelson bill
which Is not acceptable to the business
Interests of the country. It was pre
suited In the senate as a compromise
and passed by that body without tlia
thorough examination nnd discimsioi
which such a measure ought ; to receive
There has never been much doubt as to
its rejection by the house.
The prompt action of the house jndl
clary committee shows the interest tlia
Is felt In this matter oC a uniform bunk
rnptey law and gives promise of a prnc
tlcal result at this session. It Is to bo
expected that the house will pass a bll
very soon after the holiday recess , bu
equally prompt action la not to b
looked for from the senate. There Is a
very strong sentiment in that bodj
against involuntary bankruptcy and 1
wilt take no little effort to > overcome' '
this. It Is though t , However , that it
can bo overcome , since the demand
from the south whence the chief oppo- j
sltlon to the Involuntary feature com -s
for n uniform law Is quite ns strong
s from any other section. Thcro is
oine opposition to any bankruptcy leg-
station , but It Is not formidable.
JIOKKTKOA'tf SOVCESSlin.
The appointment of a successor to
Colonel jrorrlson on the Interstate Com-
icrce commission may prove somewhat"
) crplcxing to the president The pro-
est of the United Labor league of Phil-
delphla against the selection of Judge
'axon oC Pennsylvania , which was re-
lortod to have been seriously considered
f not decided upon , will probably rc
eive some attention from the president ,
Hit n , more sorlous objection than thin
s presented In the fact that to take the
lew member from Pennsylvania would
give too lai-ge a representation to the
; reat railway-owning slates of the north-
-ast. New York and Vermont are nosv
cpresontiMl In the commission and If an
appointment should be made from Penn
sylvania , thus givingto the northeast
a majority of the members , it Is sug
gested that the commission would lese
ts prestige among those who are sus-
ilclous of railway influences , .lust now ,
vlicn the question of pooling1 legislation
s pending , it would seem to be clearly
mwlse that n majority of the interstate
commission should be from the section
vlierc the railway nnil general business
sentiment Is strongly in favor of legal-
zed pooling.
The president will appoint a ropnb-
lean to succeed Colonel Morrison and
t is needless to say that he cniv Und
any number of capable men for theposl-
Ion. Locality , however , is certainly a
natter of Importance and the successor
of Colonel Morrison ought : to lie taken
rom the section ho represents.
IUWA ISSAXK IIOSI'ITALS.
Work on the fourth insane hospital for
lie state of Iowa , now being built at
Cherokee , has been pushed forward rap-
dly and it Is announced by the com-
nlsslon that the work on the super
structure , ' which was commenced n year
nnd a half ago , will be finished next
spring , long before the appropriation is
ill available. When tills structure is
Inished and paid for according to con-
racts already entered Into the state will
lave an investment of about ? 100,0(10 ( ,
md the commission asks for an appro
priation of i27 ! > ,000 for immediate com-
) letlon of the hospital , which when tin-
shed will bo one of the ilncst in the
west.
Of the three other hospitals , that at
Mount Pleasant was built most leis-
nrely , thirty-eight years being consumed
nits completion , while twenty-eight years
was required to build the one at Inde-
miulencc and fourteen years to build
he. one at Clarluda. The commission of
the Cherokee hospital urges that this
one bo completed immediately , because
of the large number of Insane not now
In the hospitals of the state. The fact
that the poor houses , county asylums
mil private hospitals now accommodate
more than 1,500 incurable insane has
led many lowans to advocate a system
of county asylums under state regula
tion and competent supervision , bnt
there Is marked prejudice against this
plan , even though It has been the ex
perience of many counties providing
asylums that the cost of supporting the
Insane Is much less there thanin the
state hospitals. Tile county asylums
should never be occupied by the insane
for whom thine Is the least hope of final
recovery , but it is probable that the
number of incurable insane in the state
will never bo greatly diminished.
The state of Iowa can well afford to
complete this fourth hospital and main
tain' all in. the bast possible manner. H
will probably be the' last state hospital
to bu built , for the number of county
asylums Is sure to be largely Increased ,
and the present state hospitals can be
enlarged ! readily. The commission of the
Chciokcc ho Ital can hardly hope to
have its desire granted of an appro
priation available at once to complete
the buildings and put them in order ,
since the original appropriation lns ; nol
yet been used , but the hospital can be
built In good season without an/ In
justice to the other state Institutions or
any danger of financial embarrass
ment for the state.
TJ1K OITY JJI/ST FOllCK THK ISSUE.
The do-nothing policy which the coun
cil Is pursuing with regard to the Six
teenth street viaduct is an unmitigated
outrage. In no other city would the
city authorities tolerate the barricade of
its principal thoroughfare and keep it
closed to traillc. Ill no other city has
there been such an exhibition of In
difference to the rights of the public
and the interests of merchants whose
business Is crippled , if not entirely de
stroyed , by the failure of the city to
make provision for safe nnd expeditious
transit over bridges and viaducts.
While there Is no excuse whatever foi
leaving Sixteenth street In its present
condition , every well informed person
knows that the inaction of the council is
due to the pressure from railway head
quarters. So long as the council wll' '
allow Itself to be waylaid by the cor-
poratlons who are by law required to
pay for viaducts across their tracks
that long the people will be forced to
forego the facilities to which they are
entitled. There Is only one way to
bring these corporations to time , and
that Is to tear down the ramshackle
wooden bridge which lias served foi
fifteen years as a viaduct. When Urn
is done and the railroads are , compelloi
to employ guards for the Slxteontl
street crossings and run the , risk o
millions of dollars In damage suits
they will spcdlly discover the necessltj
of n new viaduct ! nnd find n way to
erect and complete it within less thin
six months.
The talk that ; a new viaduct will take
a year to plan and build Is nil moon
shine. The plans can be gotten ni < li
thirty days and even In less time. The
building of a stone- and steel vladnc
does not present an Intricate engineer
lug problem. Thousands of such via
ducts have been built In this country
nothing of foreign countries
Engineering boolean ; full of viaduct
plans , nnd nil that J required Ig to de
cide upon the rttjity nnd dimensions.
The materials fopjt'jp | viaduct are also
easily secured , niclvjie | | great Iron and
tcel mlllg are roit&vnt nil times to fill
lie order and can be Induced without
much coaxing to jfunrnntco the complc-
lon of a structure within n very few
nonths after the ordcr , Is given.
The plea of povpry ( and hard times
> y which the ralhVnys have been able
o put off tile replacing of the worm-
a ten bridge will no' longer hold good.
The earnings of the" Burlington and
tlnloni Pacific rallr'oatfs have never been
greater than they qrc now nnd the pros-
iccts of continued heavy traillc never
vero better. When the managers of
hose railroads are given to understand
hat Omaha will force the Issue by
Hilling down the bridge and leaving
hum unprotected they will come to
line.
It was to have been expected that the
ilackmall levied upon the liquor deal
ers and druggists by the connivance ,
of Dr. Peabody and Judge Gregory
vould pay for the fulsome praise be-
towed on them by the impostors and
swindlers who are using these highly
lonorablo gentlemoiv as a club with
vhlch to force contributions Into their
lepletcd till. But people who have
leretoforo regarded Dr. Peabody and
Tndgo Gregory as above such rascally
llrty work will not join In the refrain of
audatlon. '
If any liquor dealer In Omaha or
Douglas county is willing to pay ? tO to
any blackmailer or Impostor as the price
of his Influence with the police commis
sion or the police , he Is at liberty to
Id so. but there Is nothing in law or in
uorals that would require him to make
in involuntary contribution to keep the
Fake-Mill from going into , the hands of
he sheriff.
Denver people do not yet know
whether jtliey are to have another Fes-
ival of the Mountain and Plain , since
he canvassers have not yet secured sub
scriptions to an amount sufficient to as
sure success. If the ( Denver people want
o have a pleasant time next summer
hey should arrange for a big excursion
o the Transmississippi Exposition.
When Bryan sends that "rare set of
Thomas Jefferson's works" to General
Weaver of Iowa for a Christmas pres-
Mit , lie should take time first to read
what Jefferson wrote about public af
fairs. The inference that Weaver is
nore in need of , instruution than Bryan
s unfair.
One Chinese vicdijoy charges the
Pekln authorities vwitli cowardice In or-
lering the retirement1 of the Chinese
troops from Kiao Chan , and from this
distance it looks like tlia charge is true.
A iMother'M Kviiltntlon.
Globe-Democrat.
To bo the chief executive of a great nation
is the highest honor thnt cau come to man ,
but It is exceeded by thtf exaltation a woman
feela who dies with'the ' knowledge that she
was the mother of a president.
I.ill > erty AHNiilleil in IVIUIHIIH.
IvanntW Citfr Star.
The Pullman company -will necessarily re
gard with great concern the case which has
been brought In Kansas to test the rights
of passengers occupying berths to snore. An
Interference by the courts with this privilege
would practically ruin the Pullman business
la Kansas , where the people usually sleep as
hard aa they work.
SliarliN In a 1'tMMler Magazine.
Minneapolis Journal.
Franz Josef Is dealing with Bohemia In a
way calculated to precipitate a revolution
which may cost htm his throne. In these
days , when a potentate crams the Jails full
of his subjects and crushes the freedom of
press utterances , ho may as well get ready
for a good-sized cataclysm , especially as the
population , while rent by racial prejudice ,
is quite ready to resent Imperial interference-
with their squabbles.
The ICIiiK" of TCliiKM.
New York Sun ,
It was a saying once upon a time that
"Cotton Is King , " but events proved It a mis
take. A senator of the United States once
thought to Improve upon It by pronouncing
that gold Is king , but the one was no truer
than the other. At any time prior to 1870
the a 111 rmatl n that trade la king would not
hive been true ; thirty years later It has become
como true. All the politics of all the world
Is today dominated by trade.
licet Culture Iloirit Hunt.
Chicago Tribune.
The building of beet sugar factories , which
has been going on at different points In the
west , Is beginning to attract attention at the
east. It is now intended to put up a factory
at Irving , Chautauqui county , N. Y.where
twenty acres of land have been purchased
with thla object In vlow. Contracts have been
made with 512 farmers , covering a period of
five years , beginning in 1898 , under whichever
over 3,000 acres of sugar beets will bo grown ,
the price named being f4 per ton for the
beets , with $1 per ton bounty from the state-
ot Now York.
SprlnKllelJ ( Maes. ) Republican.
It Is the opinion ot the Engineering and
Mining News , after a careful investigation ,
that the gold discoveries In the Klondike
have been preposterously exaggerated ant ]
that practically all of the Klondike- invest
ment companlca now trying to sell their ? l
and { 5 shares to the public are based upon
air. Nevertheless they are able to parade
well known names in politics and business
as oresldcnts and directors. If such men
could bo subjected to unlimited liability for
the results they would not bo so scandalously
free to lend their names to the first adven
turer who comes along.
linprnvfil ( ioiiWnl HiiHliifHM.
Globe-Democrat.
Railroad earnings are touching the highest
figures over reached. 4Aaan ( Index of the con
dition of general bunlnc a tlic-so returns aru
of great value. la uqrlods of trade depres
sion railroad earning * wcllno , as they did In
189C , after the cheek. Intho business rally o :
the latter part of 1895. When business bsgai :
to Improve In 1897 railroad Income starlet
upward and for the last three months It has
been at a very ujgli level , The railroads
were hit as hard as any ot the other grea
business Internals by the panic of 1893 , am
now they are slmrlngln the. good times which
have como to the country.
Krueiloiii'M I'roj ryHH In France.
Boston Globe.
Franco lias freed librself from a relic o
barbarism Indeed Uu abolishing the odious
and frightfully unjust pyetem ot dealing witl
all pciaons accused of crlmo as actual crlm
inals.
It will no longer bo possible for a magU
trato to harry an accused man in private a
his plcasuro and deny him even the semblance
of a hearing for weeks and months. Undci
the now regime a prisoner must bo brough
Into court wlthlu twenty-four hours of his
arreat , and not oven the moat eminent o
judges can examine- the arraigned except li
presence of the accused man's counsel ,
Tlia hateful Inquisitorial era , which aliouli
have been abolished decadea ago , brough
about many known miscarriages ot justice
Noono knows how many judicial crimes have
been commuted lit Franco under cloak of till a
survival of old wrong , Not only the Frencl
republic , but civilization Itaelf , Is to bo con
gratulated oa the doing away with such , a
disgrace. * <
unnciisxcr JUUGMI\TS.
WIH llio Xclirnnltn I.nrr Survive the
Kritrrnl Courtt
CMcngo Po t ,
Nebraska has n queer nnd Indefensible
uv prohibiting deficiency or surplus Judg
ments In foreclosure sales. The purchase
irlco at n ealc extinguishes the entire debt
tndcr thta Unique plan , no matter whnt the
mount of the claim might be. Wo arc not
ntormoil whether this statute has success-
ully passed the ordeal ot a suit hi the slate
lourls , but the Imorcsslni seems to prevail
hat residents ot the state have no legal
way of escaping its operation.
But It is by no mtano admitted that It Is
alld as agnlnst nonresidents , and a case
s to bo brought before the ( pdcral supreme
ourt to test Us constitutionality. Recently
a New York corporation sold out the Ameri
can Water Works company of Omaha under
lortEvigo foreclosure. It realized over $1,000-
00 , which was $500,000 less thau the amount
t the debt. The corporation now goes into
ho federal courts asking a deficiency Judg-
ncnt for thl3 balance. It contends tliat the
intl-deflclcncy law is void because It pro-
ilblts reasonable commercial transactions
and Interferes with the freedom ot contract
and the pursuit of lawful business.
For our part , we do not see how a law
an bo constitutional for residents and un-
onstltutlor.al as against nonresident persona
lolng business in Nebraska. It the supreme
court declares It Inconsistent with the con-
tltutlon , residents will bo relieved along
vlth nonresidents , since the freedom guar
anteed In that Instrument Is Intended lor
ho citizens of every state In the union. The
aw will not bear examination , and It Is dif
ficult to sco how It can bo sustained. A
nortgago Is merely security for a debt , nnd
f the- destruction ot the mortgage docs not
n any way affect the obligation , how can a
orcclosure sale bringing less than the amount
luo extinguish the unpaid portion ot the
debt ?
riiAonnv or THE
I'Ii > FlUvlit from Starvation In Arctic
AVIlilH.
Cleveland 1'laln Denier.
The letter of Secretary Algcr to the senate
.n . reply to the resolution of Inquiry concerti
ng reported distress la Alaska gives ofllclal
confirmation to the strong stories thut have
jcen published from time to time la the paut
few weeks. Starvation Is the certain doom
of hundreds In the Klondike * region unless
supplies can be got there within a reasonable
; lme , cud that Is very doubtful. There are
mmlreds ot tons of suriillcs at points on the
Yukon between the mining dlttrlct and the
mouth < f the river , but they will bo unavail
able until next summer. The only way of
gutting In provisions this winter Is over one
or other of the passes to the headwaters of
lie Yukcn , and tnese are ot doubtful practica
bility at present. About 'tho only hope of-
sending succor lies In toe use ot rctudeer ,
anl with , the most prompt and energetic
action supplies cannot be expected to reach
ho sufferers for several weeks at the earliest ,
If at all , Two months ago there ws not a
lartlclo of food to be obtained in Dawson
Jlty at any price. What that means may bo
maglncd when It Is remembered the long
winter had then hut Just begun.
Since the date of the Information summar-
zcd In Secretary Alger's letter news has
come ot pan.lc . and flight In the wild liope
of escape from Impending famine In the
Klondike region. It Is known there wore
supplies hundreds of miles away , caught by
the freezing up ot the river , and , hundreds
ot men set out In a toilsome and perilous
chase after the food which could not bo
brought to them. It Is probable a largo
proportion , of tlicso will fall by the way ,
perishing of famine and exposure. The
: ragedy of the Klondike has begun.
ASS.vin/riXG ctviu suavicn.
Kansas City Star ( Ind. ) : The republicans
who are fighting the merit system are not
ono whit wiser than the bourbcci democrats
remained secessionists after the indi
visibility of the union ihad been demonstrated
by a costly and bloody war.
Now York Tribune ( rep. ) : Representa
tive Grosvenor does not approve the civil
service reform features ot th ( president's
mesQige. He wants the law modified to glvo
"every coo a chance to get a place. " That
Is exactly the view of the Tammaciy boys
here. They would like to have the law
modified so that there would bo 200,000
offices Inthe city , and then every ono of
Ifaem could get a place.
Minneapolis Journal ( rep. ) : T..iree . members
of the 'Minnesota ' delegation are found trainIng -
Ing with the crowd who are planning an
assault upcn 'the ' merit system l the public
service Congressmen Tawney , Fletcher and
Eddy. They attenJed the meeting which
appointed Grosvenor leader of the assault
and have apparently committed themselves
against the civil service system , at least
against Its further extension. All three of
'taeso gentlemen pride themselves on belag
good politicians , but we venture the pre
diction ithat the time will come , If the re
publicans aren't careful , when the best poll-
tica they can put up will be a vigorous dis
avowal of any party responsibility for this
Grosvenor movement. The man who would
turn back the civil service clock Is behind
the times , and If Sie doesn't look out the
procession will pass by and forget all aboul
him. The American people are In favor ol
the merit system , carried to Us loglca
conclusion and honestly administered , and
politicians who would either forget or Ignore
that fact are making a bad mistake.
IMCHSOXAI , AXI ) OTIIISItWISra.
A George Washington has been nominated
for alderman by the democrats of ncston.
Coxey's army was but a corporal's guari
compared with the ono that follows Genera
Grosvenor In his aesault upon the civil serv
ice law.
Durham Bull Is the odd name of a Green
wood county , Missouri , farmer. His mother's
name was Ann Durham and his father's numo
was Jonathan Bull ,
The American Malting company has put
up | CO,000,000 to purchase brewerjes. Tem
perance statisticians will now proceed to fig
ure out how much It will cost the American
public to put down their product.
Alexander McDonald , the former minister
to Persia , like all his predecessors at the
shah's court , Is a bachelor. The United
States , ho says , do not send married men to
the court of Teheran because the journey Is
almost too rough for a woman ,
Hoko Smith has discharged all of the nr-gro
carriers of his paper , the Atlanta Journal
and refuses to sell to negro dealers. The
reason fcv this is that the negroes refused
to bo vaccinated and Mr. Smith fears they
may bo distributors of smallpox as wel
as of papers.
A few days ago Prince Oacar ot Sweden ,
who renounced his hereditary claim to 'the
throne of Norway and Sweden to marry Miss
Ebha Munck , appeared for the first tlmo as a
preacher In Stockholm. Ho IB now known as
I'rluco Bornadotte and is very religious. His
wlfo , sat by his sldo when ho delivered his
Eormou.
Mark Twain writes to a Vienna newspaper
that the recent Thanksgiving reception at the
American legation of the American residents
In the Austrian capital was a great surprise ,
liccausu It disclosed the fact that there were
twice as many Americans living In the olty
as had boon generally supposed. According
to Mark Twain's observations , the men were
all medical students , the womori all pupils ol
a noted pianoforte teacher.
The Royal la the highest grade baUnfj powder
known. Actual tests show It QOOSOOO-
third further than any other brand.
FOWQER
Absolute/ ) Pure
/Roti muuxa powocft co. , NEW YORK.
IN TUB U.VITKD STATICS. "
Uncle Snm'n tniluvtrlnl Jlnlct on
FornlRti l.nniU.
St. Ixjuls Oloht-Dcnidcrnl.
When an Austrian cabinet oflccr seriously
sugRests that Europe should comblno
nsalnst the products of America n quiet
sense of amusement must bo excited in the
other courts of that undent continent. Uy
America the minister probably mwns the
united States , as our manufactured articles
of late have become prominent in forolun
markets. Surely Europe , with Us population
of 380,000,000 and its civilization covering
thousands ot yoirs , should bo able to compote
pete with America , a Juvenile of 400 years ,
with a population , Including the iwholo conti
nent , of only 125.000,000. There must bo
some better way to meet the business en
terprise of this country than to bul'd a
Chinese wall around lOnropo 'to keep out our
farm products , machinery , implements nnd
ether iKiimifnctured articles. If they should
lie iic-avlly taxed many would still be called
tor. The only way to ttop tholr Importation
! s to arbitrarily exclude them , Our farm
machinery , for Instance , is worth a Kroat
leal more than its cost to the foreign
tanner who can. Intelligently use It , and ho
would pay a largo tax tathcr than bo de
prived of Its aid.
It would seem to bo by far the better plan
for Kuropc. If wu are getting iilong too fast
In comparison , to send over commissions , to
sco ho\v it Is done , and to profit by the ex
ample. It our farmers ralso a greater Mir-
plus to soil abroad than tiiolr class In other
countries , a good reason must exist for their
leadership. The Ingenious machinery they
employ is open to the world ; their methods
are not secret , nor Is tholr soil more rc-
sponslvo to proper troUmont than that found
elsHwhero , It their general 'Intelligence Is
higher , that should not Induce Europe to
build a barricade against , incm , Similar ar-
gumi'iits apply to oilr citizens engaged In
nipcftanlcal trades. Their wages arc higher
thnu those ineviilllroc In foreign countries ,
and will imeiucjtlotubly be kept higher , Ku-
rope should bo content with this , from Its
narrow ( standpoint as to wages. American
wages make American mechanics ; and as
for what they can do , the will from the
Austrian cabinet about American competi
tion is quite significant.
In a recent address President Uitchlo of
the London Board of Trade referred to the
Industrial disturbance in England und the
decline In British experts. "America's suc
cessful competition , " ho tald , "is duo to bur
enterprise In embarking capital ; but It Is
yet more due to the freedom her manufac
turers enjoy of employing the best machin
ery and working it In the most economical
manner , untiumnielcd by the restrictions
which have hampered manufacturers here. "
If thla Is true the remedy for Europe Is 'to
study America , not to fence It out. Our
manufacturers have been schooled by com
petition nnd bud times , and have Improved
their mac'hlncry ' nnd processes. They are
reachliiR out 'to the markets of Europe and
ether continents In fair ami meritorious ri
valry. Ono thing Europe' should assuredly
do. Tno counterfeiting cf American goods
has become prevalent there. While the field
of Imlt.vlon Is large , our trademarks should
bo respected. The deception In Itself Is proof
of thu wide and growing demand for Amer
ican productions.
S.V.Mi : OM ) CHY.
AttnoU nf ( lie .SiKilNnicu on ( lie Civil
Si'rvlee Iiitw.
Washington Star ( rei > . ) .
The favorite argument In fact , the only
argument advanced by the enemies of
the civil service law is that It
creates a privileged class. The Im
pression Is sought to be conveyol that by
It the great body of the1 peop'.o are ehut out
from the1 benefits of ofllco ; are forced to
sland' ack for a few who , making tholr way
to the fronts by amsuerlng technical anil
Irrelevant questions , settle down into a saug
life tenure.
The attacks on the law now heard In the
house are on this line. The answer is easy
and altogether sufficient , and It has never
been stated more clearly In a brief rpive
or more convincingly than by Mr. Johnson
of Indiana. Heis a champion , Indeed ,
worthy of the cause. He talccs no alarm at
cay question" considered by the opposition
to be very "pointed. " Ho answers all such
questions with entire frankness. Sneers
about examinations for competency , or about
life tenure in office , or about halidlng over
the patronage of the government to a few
college-bred men , neither becloud his judg
ment nor affect his courage. He Is not
afraid ! to state his position , and In stating it
he puts matter * In their 'true light.
The old spoils system , as Mr. Johnson
allows , was the system that created a priv
ileged class. And It was a very small class.
It was composed ot the political bosses and
managers , who formed a trust and farmed out
the government's favors to their own advan
tage They took no thought of the govern
ment's welfare , nor of the welfare of those
whom they put hi office tanner than such pot } *
? lc could serve thorn. The oftlcw were by ns
means open to competition. Merit nnd com *
potency on nny ether lines than those nf-
feeling Iho bosses' welfare were not consld.
crcd at all. The great body of the people
were not ) consulted , and 'Woro not , even Indi
rectly , recognized , The bosses "got their
work in , " the people they selected were np
pointed , and held olllco only to long as the
bosses ccnsldcrftl thorn of value In the politi
cal game. *
IT the civil service law were to bo repealed
today , and all the patronage ot the Ro\ern-
mcnt turned over , as formerly , to the bosses ,
the action would prove n boomerang to thoao
bringing It about. The scramble would bo
unprecedented , the bosses , after making their
selections , would find that tlioy had dlsap-
palntenl twenty men where they Ind pleased
one , and at the next congress elections the
army of the dl .ippolnted would march upun
them at the foils and overwhelm them. Anil
they would richly deserve their fate. To re
peal the lav- because ot nny defect in Its at *
plication would be tprano folly.
i.viimCAS. ; .
Chlcnpo News : Xevv Clork-Ttavo you
over rend "The List D.iys of I'omnell ? "
Mrs. Nourlch-No whnt did he die of ?
New Clork-Somo Kind of nn eruption , I
bollove.
lloston Trnnserlpt : Osdpn-I should thinlc
you wonlilnni lo iu rid of Hint dos of
yours. They ny ho liowhi in n moat agoniz
ing munnur tit nliht. Sylu > s Noililnir
nr.-ulnst the dos In thut , Is UicroV 1 flln'l
home nights.
Chicago Tribune : Ikcy Who vos li dot
said , "I'ay ns you goV" Ills Knthor-I
don't know , Iltoy , I suppose dor poor feller
didn't know no potter ,
Ilnrlem Kite ! HuRlfy Vo yon recollect
that S3 I lot you Imvo ubout n year ago ?
Urnce Perfectly. lliiKley That's peed , I
sue your memory la nil right ; how's your
eyesight ?
Puck : Anna And her unclri Inft her nil
thnt money ! linn It charmed her nt nil ?
Hi-lie No , Indeed ) She IH just ns enthusi
astic us ever over SO-oent silk marked down
from $1.CO.
Cleveland 1'lnln to\lor : : The Trnpcdhn
Why Is there so much sneezing In the audi
ence ?
T'lii1 Super It'st the dust , glr. An usher
1ms just turned down two scuts that were
occupied last night by these Klondike
miners.
Washington Slur : "I thought you snld
you Imd a Innro follawlniT In Oubn , " s.xld
the Spanish olllolnl.
"I said so , " Mid the Rciiprnl , "and it wan
the truth. You ouglu to Imvo scon the
number of people who were lifter mo when
I went out of some of those provinces. "
Brooklyn Life : Insurance Apont-Tlcforo
Illlng- the claim will you bo kind onouvli to
Five me n cortlllcnto of your husband's
dciith , mndnmo ?
The New Widow With plensuio.
Chlcnco Tribune : Conductor ( prpparlnff
the candidate for Initiation ) ! shall now
Imvo to IV a InmliiKu around your eyes.
Slim Cnmlldite ftlilnklnir uneasily of the
goat ) I wish you'd tie n pillow on me , too ,
SKILTj.
Cleveland Lender.
The race may not be to the swift ,
Nor tlie battle to tbu strong ,
But swiftness Isn't bad to have
If you wish to get nloujj.
And strength was never known to hur
Man's chances In n HIH ;
They are the winners \vlio know how
To use their talents right.
OXIQ KOII HAMI.NKSS.
New York Sun. \
Some tlmo ago It came to pasi
That , glancing In my looking glass ,
As ouo will do , I was nppnllod
To llnd that I was cro.vlnu bald.
I murmured thuro
A Mlent prayer
That I bo spared the hapless fate
To i\cnr throuKti life a barren jiato ,
A picnic ground for flylut ? wi'Rts
And target for ill-mnnnerod Jcata.
So tonics I
Did quickly buy ,
And ilnlly ufed them ono by one ,
As many other fools Imvo done ,
Until I ran acioss ono Ucnnc ,
Who recommended kerosene ;
For 'twill rcstoro
Your Inlr. hu swore.
And then , abandoning the rest , i
I gnvo that oil a thorough test ,
A fact I did not incntlon when
Jly barber , llko those thrifty men ,
Announced that I
Should singeing' try.
Said fco , "Now Hlngolncr , without doubt ,
Will kc j ) the hnlr from falling out. "
Hut on my' ' hair bis flaming torch
Did something more than merely scorch.
I thought of Deane
And kerosene.
For though my hnlr wns thin , 'twas touch
To Imvo It go In ono brlof puff.
That barber did me no kind turn
In thinking' I had "hnlr to burn. "
ill j
Touch
Ts what gives distinction to a man's dress.
It's the bit of color in his scarf , the propsr collar
or cuff and well polished boots.
We hav'nt any thins to do with his boots that's a
matter between the man and his bootblack , Hut
in the matter of neckwear , and linen we are his
best friends ,
Next to'a proper suitor overcoat , one's neckwear is
surest index to a man's laste. Our furnishings are
calculated to appeal to the most cultivated tastes.
They have been selected with a special reference
to what a well dressed gentleman should wear.
Our prices are as carefully studied as goeds them
selves in ordar that you may have the best for the
least money. For example ,
'LOOK AT OUR WINDOWS ,
on I5thstieet. It's well worth your while. We
don't talk much of bargains , but we give them ,
They are real and we tell the truth about them.
S. W. Cor. 15th and Do tglas ,
