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R TJTE OMAHA DALLY BEE : MONDAY , JANUAHY 31 , 1803. 'THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. 13. IlDSr.VVATKIl. IMIlor. " " revnnv TKHMH OK SUIISCItlITIO.V ; D.illy lice ( Without Sunday ) , One Year WO Dally lice anil Sunday , one Vwir 30 Kit MonilM H C' Thrco Month * 2" Kunrtay ! ! < - , - Ono Yonr 20 Kniurday llec. Olio Ypnr 1 ' Wt-kly l w. one y ir 0 on'K'KSl Or.inlin : ThrTien llulMlm- Jiomh nniftha : B'mcT ' lllk. . Cor. N ixnd Jltli Pl C'ouiH-ll lllulTn : In I'onrl Strict. Clilidpi OillPt ! W Chniiilii-rtif Cnniinrrep. NVw Vork : T > tnpl f'ouft. WnslilnRtin : Ml rout Id-nth Strict. lo IIP-TS nnd JltO' All p niniuapnlliin | Mating rial mutter should bo iiiMf'f-'d : To tlio ] . .lt'.or . DfstNi'.us MTTIIIS. : : All hunltiMM lot'.ers nnd romlttanrM rheuM l > ( ntlilronipd In Tinlie" riilillnMns Compiny Oinnlm. Uratm. eliprkf , cxprwis nnd iin. tnlMr < money onl-tii lu he made payable to the onln ol tlic c.itniinny. . . . . . TIM : nnr : rtiiii.iRtit.vo COMPANY eT"ATi-MHNf or"ciiirUr.ATioN. Pint ? of N < Ojrn kK , Uounlim Cuunty. ' . ( leotRo II. Txichiick. > c rctnry of Tli" ll'e Pun. llnldng I'oiniiniiy. I.elim duly nwnrii. imy Ilinlj-I1'e nctunl number of full unJ cotnplclc copies ot The Dally , Morning , livening nnd Sunday lice prlnloO during the month of Mecembtr , US7 , wn a fol lows : . . . . . , 1 S1.K7 IT t .1J 2 2I.JTS 13 J .5 3 21.IJ.J 15. . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' S..I' . tl.319 ! l ; l-- ! ] t 71,201 25 ( m'rnlR only ) 10 . . > . 10 II.M9 M ! ' ' " 11 21MS 2'i ! .SJI IS II.OM 21 2I.M1 1J n 217 29 SI.OT1 14 2I.3IJ SO 2I. I 15 5I.B57 21 21.BM : c 2irci Tolnl Mjj.875 L 'i returned nnd unsold coplea ] 2. . > 2Z Net lotnl Mile * Ml.fA ) Net ililly aicrngp 21 1M CIKOUCIR n. T/.si'iircK. Pvnrii In ttefoip mo nnd Ftibprrlbcd 111 my pron-nri" tliU lit day of .tnnunry. IMS. ( Seal. ) N. P. PKIt. Notnry Public. Tinjooil liiclc of Maryland In tlu > si-n- ntoriiil inn tier 1 * ] iirtliilly : oll'sot by llio llirciili'iicil < xlliu-tloii of its diamond bat'kiMl terrapin. As Inim ns the- lax year and tli-p fiscal year In our municipal calendar ovi-Hnp Ilii-re is lioiiiiil to lii > a ronsliuit U-n- deney toward deficit financiering Tlicro is evidently a pronounced di vergence oT opinion even amonv ; tlie Omaha clergy on the question of keep- In : ; the exposition sate- * open .Sundays. It was a case of love at first sl lit with the Iowa visitors to the site of the exposition and ( hose who plot to destroy their allVethms will find it not an easy thin ; ; iiow. If tlu-ro Is any member of ( be popu list , .state Koveriimcnt who lias not yet bad a junket at the expense of the stale treasury be should put in. ills ap plication at once. We suppose that boulevards must first lu > constructed on pap1- ! , but it is well to remember that paper boulevard build- in ; ; is a great-deal easier and loss cx- { pensive than the real Ilihifr. Mr. Debs also contemplates a trip to Mexico. It lias been demonstrated that n Journey of that kind Is the cheapest way of reviving waning notoriety , but the game can only be played n few \Von'tI some other notoriety-seeking senator kindly resurrect , a few of the ante-bellum resolutions relating to the slavery question and insist on their * adoption in the Interest of rejuvenated democracy ? If Tom Watson of Georgia should succeed In his ambition to become gov ernor of bis stale , he might be the pop- tdlst candidate for the presidency in 1M ! ) ( ) . and he wouldn't , be a second bill to any kite. One of the big monopoly companies of the country recently paid a lawyer a fee of $700,01)0 ) , but if there is any sympathetic Indignation over such an outrageous charge the people are care fully concealing It. If dogs really constitute the most prolltahln lode In the gold bearing dis tricts of Alaska , perhaps there are a few veritable Klondlkes to be found right at home. Dogs at ! ? ; ! 00 to .f.'dK ) apiece ought to Insure prosperity to the canlno Industry. The .Slate Hoard of Transport a I Ion has not had Itself enjoined from Injur ing ( ho railroads or otlutr corporations for some lime. Those ? ( iX)0-a-yiar ( ) : do- nothing railway commissioners must not allow themselves to drop altogether from public notice. ( lOhl democrats and sliver democrats of the oily of Davenport have agreed to put aside their differences temporar ily In view of the near approach of the annual clly election. They do not con tend Ihero Is any principle back of this combination oilier than a desire to get the otllces. i What Is the reform police board going to do about the drug store gin mill ? Is It not true that a bogus druggist with u few medicine Jars on his shelves can have the same privilege of selling liquor on a $10 druggist's permit that Is enjoyed by the liquor dealer who pays -/Jl.OlH ) for a license ? When a national bank was organized in an Iowa , town recently farmers put up the cash for a majority of the cap- Hal slock. This Is only another In- utance of the grasping tendencies of ( he money power .and the dangerous allure- inentti to which the sturdy yeomanry of this country Is being subjected. The presence of a first class battleship In Havana harbor and the presence of a .Spanish lighting rcosul In an Ainer- Uan harbor ought to prove mutually bi-nellclal lo the Spaniards and the Americans. These armed ships are all peace preservers In theory and the theory might ns well be put to the test. IV.Xanseii has started back for Hu- rope bearing with him a pot of good American money without even so much ns leaving behind him an apology for the shabby treatment of the people who had bought tickets for advertised lec tures which he refused to deliver. There nru certain unwritten rules of polite- iip.sM which oven a world-renowned ex plorer Is supposed to observe. 'Xli * ouV fill * to Uk with 'Uotxi' I FRl'K'S PIKA Mil AXXKX.ATION. In his address delivered before th National Association of Manufacturer Senator Fryo of Maine made a forroti appeal to the commercial bodies of th country to exert their Influence tipoi his fellow senators to ratify the pendliij treaty to annex Hawaii. In respons < to this appeal the Chicago Coinmercla club has submitted the following reso billons to Its members to be voted oil b ; mall : Hrsolvod , Tlmt It Is the deliberate sens of the Commercial club of ChlcaRO that thi annexation of Hawaii would bo a source o weakness oml danger to the United Stolen It would present countless Impossible prob Icms of government. A i > ct > ulatlon , not l < exceed 5 per cent ofvldoli are white uad tin remainder cllhor semi-savages or Orientals can never bo osslmlltUed with AmorlMnn 01 brcomc submissive } to the rules of constltu tlonal law. The dt > IVnfo of Islnndfl 2,00' ' mllcn distant from our remotest boundarlej would require , In rase of war , n larger nnvj than Is iieMBsiry for the defense of 0111 whole seaboard. No advanlaRe can bo galoeJ by nannxatlon that cannot be sained bj treaty. Ilnwnll Is n frli-ndly nation and nc reasonable request for coallnR or teleqmiil : stations would be refused. The rnlted State. ' Is denllng with perplexlns political atul economic questions eufllclent to tax the pmvern of the hlfihest IntclllRenro and t'.u most devoted tMtrlotlsm. It would do a mis take , If not a crime , to add to our presc.nl . perplexities the Borcrnment nnd events ol nn nllcn people living In the mld-rucKlc , with whom we have no commcci Interest. He-solved , Tlmt our senators and ritiro- sentntlvrs are respectfully requested to vote against the ratlllwtlon of this treaty of an nexation. While these resolutions embody In clear and forcible hnwmw the most siiHeut points involved In the question of "annexation , they do not touch thu commercial , or rut her mercenary , In ducements hold out by Senator Frye and the club which Is being swung over the beads of American merchants and man ufacturers to dragoon them Into llni1 for tb ( > annexation sclii'ine. According to Senator Kryo this annual commerce of Hawaii aggregates ? l.i,0 : < H,000 ) , of which iW/j per cent was enjoyed by America. And this commerce was car ried on almost exclusively in American ships. If this be true , what is to bo gained by annexationV If more than nlne- ti'iilbs of all tlie trade of Hawaii is with the United States now. we can at best gain no more than one-tenth after annexation , or loss than ijL'.r.OO.OOO . a year , which scarcely equals In value the Imslncss done by a single Omaha job bing bouse. What , too , docs this commerce repre sent V Principally sugar , exported to American relinerlcs. The American manufacturer ells precious little to Un people of Hawaii , who have little need of clothing , carpets , hardware , macbin- of kind. ry or factory products any Pho trade of any western town of .no.r-OO population Is worth ten times the trade of Honolulu to American manu facturers and merchants. To cap the climax of Ids frc/.icd ap peal for pressure to give annexation Ihreu more A-olcM in the senate , the sen ator from Maine exclaims , "You want markets ? Do you want to lose that one ? Well. If the 1'nlled States senate does not give a two-thirds vote ill' favor of the annexation you have lost it. Why do I say that ? I say that if the treaty is not , ratlliiMl by the United States sen ate In less than a year the Hawaiian islands will bt under the protectorate of Great Hritain. " The British bugbear has frightened Americans into many foolish outbreaks , but this threat will scarcely frighten or convert any Intelli gent business man. If ( Jrcat I'.ritaln over Hawaii can establish a protectorate waii without annexing it and assuming responsibility for its debts ami ndsgov- crnment , so can the United States. If Pearl Harbor is a military necessity for Undo Sam he can acquire it by treaty just as Kngland has acquired coaling stations and trading posts In China without annexation. So long as America buys nine-tenths of all the products of Hawaii there is no danger of Hawaii turning its export products Into other markets. At all events , no commercial advantage is to be gained , even admitting that annexa tion would bo. followed by the laying of a Vacllic cable , which would be Idle twenty-three hours out of every twenty- four , nnd must depend for existence upon subsidies out of the United States treasury. There Is no tangible reason for annexation except the * desire for em pire at any cost and that Is at ' .variance with American tradition and the spirit of. the republic. KDIH'ATINO One of the dllllcultl-M In the way of rapid extension of the commerce of the United States into South and Central American countries as developed by the Investigations of the Hiiivnu of Ameri can Republics , Is the lack of special preparation of the American btwlnes.j men for International commerci- lack which the bureau Is endeavoring to par tially supply. When the business man limbo ciosses an > International boundary bo meets competition In forms to which he has not been accustomed , strung- . ' languages are used , commercial terms are different and the business basis may be completely rcvciwd. Special training Is necessary to success. A school soon to be established in Magdeburg. Saxony. Is to do for < ! er- mun business men what Is needed in lining them for d-aling with customers anywhere. It Is to be n business col lege , p-ilterm-d somewhat after the American business colleges , but with purposes broadened to the limit. There will bo Instruction In all modern lan guages , in political economy , HIIIUKVH , statistics , commercial law , shipping , t radii routes , tariffs and the rights ot travelers and traders In all countries. It will be a school of International bus ) , ness endowed by the city anil partially supported by the business Interests of the province. Schools of this kind nru needed In American cltl.'s. The commerce of the United States with other countries , es- pc-clally with other American countries , has been growing nnd business men are gathering from experience more and mnro familiarity with business methods In International commerce ; but there Is not now auy school lit which a young American can prepare himself In nd vnnco for entering this iwrtlrular iMi of business. Oormnn trnde Is beliu pushed to the ends of the earth nnd tlu establishment of the school In Magdo burg indicates that the competition ol the future Is to be sharper than ever If American business men are lo enjoj n part of the trade of thr- world tlie > must be preparing for It by thorougl education of the young mon about tc enter upon business careers. AT run Now that the accredited representa tives of the slate of Iowa have Inspected the grounds and buildings of the Trans mlsslsslppl Exposition nnd have hail striking proofs of the magnitude of the enterprise , we may confidently look for speedy action that will enable Iowa to participate In the exposition on a scale commensurate with its rank among the great st.ites of the union. While Nebraska and Omaha will Justly be entitled to the credit of suc cessfully promoting theoxposltlon , Iowa can truly claim the honor of Its first olllclal recognition nnd the first substan tlal contribution to Its execution. Had Iowa turned n cold shoulder to the pro Jcct at Its Inception It Is very doabtfu whether congress would have authorize ! the participation of the United States goveriiiiH'iit , and extremely doubtful whether the exposition would have ma terialized In the year 1S1IS. Certain It is that without the invaluable support of Iowa and the Jnllueiiee of its con gressional delegation the exposition would not have attained the proportions of a national and International fair. While II Is not for Omaha to Indulge In self-laudation , the work already ac complished In preparation for the great event must have convinced ever } visitor that the promises made at the outset to the Iowa legis lature of 1S ! ) ( ! have been more than fullllled. Although much remains yet to be done before the opening of the exposition gates , Iowa and all the other slates In the transmlsslsslppi ter ritory can feel assmvd that they will not be dlscrcdiU .1 by the promoters of the enterprise If they but do their share toward making It a success by exhibits of the products of farm , orchard , dairy , factory and mine. That Iowa will occupy a foremost plaiv among the greatest of the transmississippt states at Omaha goes without saying. Iowa never does things by halves. NU.XKKH or A The attempt on the part of the olllcial mouthpiece of the bogus reform police commission to create UK- Impression hat a star chamber plot is being hatched to dislodge the present board by main "orce should cause no apprehension tmoag law-respecting citizens. The pro- iminnry steps which th council is tnk- ng under legal advice contemplate no nogram of forcible entry. The only ills- day of force so far brought out by the mu'cedings to test the legality of the irvsent commission has b.-en the ludi crous barricade of their quarters in the city hall anil the guard of uniformed ) ollcemcn stationed there by orders of 'heir chief of police on the meresuspi - ion that somebody might try lo take ) osscssnn ! of their books and papers. The policy mapped out for the mayor ind council by their legal advisers has teen to invoke th ; > remedies provided ty law to test the title of the" members ) f the existing police board which .Indgo cott has pronounced void on the ground hat their appointment by the governor s unconstitutional. In ord.-r to blng : the ssiie squarely before the supreme court t is deemed essential that there be two ontestlng sets of commissioners elnim- ng rightful title to olliiv. Tin- creation > f a contesting board under ordinance should afford no ground for sensational U'cdletlons of violence or disorder. It is probably true , as ( icne.ral Miles las intimated , that the United States.is lot prepared for wan1 , but the United Stales has IKVCIbeen prepared for any if the wars In which the nation lias -ngaged and nr-Tcr will be prepared for t war until after wiw Is forced upon he nation. When war broke out be- wcen th ? United States and Mexico the United Stall's was fairly well prepared for the conflict , ImC that was compara tively insignificant as a conflict of na tions. When the colonies commenced lighting the Itrltlsh soldiers they were not pivpared for war , and when the second war for American independence was precipitated the nation was still weak. Preparations for the war of the rebellion occupied many months. The Kuropean powers make pretense of being ever ready for war. but the United States Is not competing with them. The intimation thrown out by Senator Woleott to the effect Unit the famine In India was due to a hick of money nifjiv than to shortage In the food sup ply will not bear close investigation. Tin * order for the closing of lln > mints of India to fiee coinage of silver came after the famine was upon the people and it had nothing to do with It. Pos- tilbly the Indian government might hnvit done niort * to have inodilled the famine by the Issue of cheap money to be paid out for public works , but the afli'i1 results would have been disas trous. That list of 1SIKS conventions for Omaha Is not yet closed. Kvcry state association organized to promote the different Interests of Its members should make Omaha the meeting placv for the. exposition year. The sam. ' Is true with respect to the political conventions , Tin- state tickets of all political parties for IS'AS should stand on credentials given at Omaha. The prune raisers of Oregon nnd Washington nro well satisfied with the condition of the Industry. Reports .show that some of them realized ns much us &tr > an acre from their prune orchards last year and the market for prunert continues to be- good , notwith standing the maintenance of tin- exist ing gold standard. If Omaha can save Interest by fund ing Its floating Indebtedness that Is olio argtun.'iit In favor of an Issue of fund ing bonds. The great objection to such a ptoccduro Is 'that It sets u precedent for a repetition of the iH'rfcmnnnce nnd practically glvj'sjiotleo to the city de partments Hint tiipy can create overlaps with the assuntm.'c that the deficit will bo converted IjUjo bnnded debt. If the city's business'.were run on a strictly cash basis miifw-ry olllce kept within the limits of appropriation \ there would be no piHMtilllty of a float Ing debt except In cnse.pf defalcation. Sknlln'ATrtVor Thin Ice. ( iMw'Pemoernt. ' Mr. Dryan tdiljtic-s llRhtly on the fact that Mexican labor ! receives but one-fourth t'.ie wages of American labor. Hut Intelli gent worklnKincn-wlH not overlook the point. Ail Alis'iiril I'rotMTilliitc. New York Mull nnJ Hxiirefs. What Insufferablenonsente It Is for Spain to undertake the ( negotiation of n new com mercial treaty with the Unlti-d Slates at this time ! The renditions are such us to render the scheme utterly Impracticable. Spain Is tn no position to Assume new tretity obligations , and will not be until her status In Cuba and In the Phllk I'lm * Islands la definitely established. When she has rc- K to red peace1 shetuny bo In condition to talk trade and commerce , but not before. Kct'ii Vuiir Hj'i" on Slinw , Louisville Ootirlpr-.lotiriinl. Keep an eye oiv that man Shuw , who pro dded over the ladlanapol ! * monetary con vention. Ho luunvrt what ho believes nnd ho U not afraid to let the world know. Ho Is n straight-out gold ntnmlnnl man End ho bnUly made and won his light for the gov ernorship of Iowa on that Msue. though Iowa wns claimed as a free silver state. He Is honrot and courageous ; he has bird horse sense ; ho Is a new men la politics. Wo would especially advise the old stagers In the republican party who are trying to per form dlmultancoualy In the two-ringed "bi metallic" circus to keep an cyo on Shaw. .lot , l.olM of Minneapolis Journal. Congressman Ilnrtman obliges the repub- llcali party with tin- Intention to "commit thu country to the gold standard. " Mr. Hartman - man Is mtrtnken. The republican party Us not tryingto do anything of llio kind. The country is already fully committed to the gold standard , llrst .by . Aixlrow Jackson In 1S3I and in 1S73 , when republicans and dem ocrats , a.jBlsteJ by Senator Stewart , again fully committed the country to the gold ntnrdard. What tlie republican party la do ing now to keeping the element of repudia tion and fat money from debasing our good currency , for which Mr. Hartnun's business friends are doubtless truly grateful. \Va-4 ItuiiK-o a ( JciiHcniii n f New Tnrls Herald. Shakespeare evidently Intended his hereto to bo a gentleman. He fought for honor and died for love. Ho was gentle , heroic sentimental and tragic In turn , but never vulgar or bad form. Magistrate Kudllch la of our opinion , moreover , and that settlrs It. When a policeman accused u llroadway lounger of bc-lng a Uotnoo. the young ft-llou llared up and exclaimed , "I'm not. I'm n gentleman ! " U is plain that neither he nor the police have their Shakespeare na pat as Mr. Kudllch , for the magistrate Imme diately replied , "I always supposed that Itomeo was a gentleman. " It IH possible that the pollno have their little joke here In the application of the name , and that it IB entered upon Vlielr 'blotters ' as "Jloamco , " signifying ono who , , roams in pursuit of pretty girls. . ' . ImvilV Xiill-l'iKnrrtli- . rhllndcljililn I-ress. The decision of the supreme court of Iowa upholding tlie colistltlitlorallty of the anti- cigarette law will cnpourago those who are lighting1 this form of tobacco smoking. The claim was made that by selling the eisar- ettcs In packagesot ten the sale came under the original pickage law and was Interstate commerce. But the court Insisted that the original package was' tie | box In which the cigarettes were shipped in bunches of trn and that aa file box was broken the contents bec/amo , subject to state police regulations , o'no of which is the anticigaretteaw. \ . It Is true that this decision. la baspd on a technicality and that the cigarette manufacturers may find some way of circumventing It. But so far ao It gees It Is encouraging. It will make the sale of cigarettes to young lads In Iowa more dllllcult and so aid In checking the evils which result from smoking them. UllllllltodoMM ( if IIOIll'Ml- . I'MUtlclplila Ledger. Senator Teller , speaking on Tuesday In sup. port of his resolution providing for the pay ment of all United States bonds , principal and interest , either ta gold or silver , do- clated that his proposition wcs wholly a question of law. Senator Hoar dissented from this view of the matter. "This U aot a question of law , " ho raid. "It Is a question of the violation of public faith. Shylock , " ! io added , "rad the law on. . hla side- for a ? ; o-it ; while , but nobody supposed that Shylock - lock , without derogation of the rlghta of Antonio , could take that round of flesh. " ThLj statement t-liclted an angry rejoinder from Mr. Teller , the author of the rcsolu- ; lon of repudiation and broken national faith tnd honor. In anger the truth often escapes. It escaped from the Ilpa of Mr. Feller In this Instance. He said : "I want x > say here and now that I believe In paying Iho debts of the government in silver , oven if that Is the cheaper metal. " Ho added .bit "there could be no degradation In pay- ng the dcbU of the government In silver. " That is to eay , no degradation to the gov- crnmtnt In paying -13 cents for each 100 centa of Its bonded debt. TIIK ot'Ti'i/r OF COM ) . ViiNt IIHTCIIHC lii l/nst Vrnr'N Crop of ( ln > Vt-llmv M.-lnl. CIllCURO I'OSt. .According to the latest corrected reports the production of gold In the Transvaal for 1S97 exceeds the estimates of the New York KnglneerlnK nnd . .Mining Journal by more than $7,000.000 , The reported output was 1.03I.C7S ounces or $ G2,71u.yS3. It Is claimed : iy the London Kconomlst that when all the rKiims arc In the I'.otal gold , output for1 ; 'ie Traiweal will bo about 3,200,000 ounces , or | OC , 144 , 000. The same authority says that ho Mining Journal's estimate for Aus tralasia la too small by nearly $3,000,000. Wells , Fargo & OO.'H report of the precious nctals produced In the United States dur- ng 1S97 also shows an Increase over the estimates oi the 'Mining ' Journal of not less .hai JS.1C3.597. the total pushing the Trans vaal hard with $03,005,597. Wolls-Kargo'u Igurcvi for Canada are slightly higher than hose published earlier In the year. Accepting these corrections aa warranted by the fats the world's gold production for 1S'J7 may ba safuly estimated at t'jo follow- m ? IlKiires , basud on these originally c. ru- 'lled by the Kiigltifcrliii ; and Mining Jour- ral : rrnnsvaal . $ C1) ) , ! 1 1,0 > 1 Tnlted .States . . . . .i.'i . C1C i.r,97 \iistralat-la . , , , , . B'l.SROO. . ) lusslu . , . S'.IXWro iritlsh India . . . . , - . . . , . 7.1X/X ( Mexico . ' , . ' . . C.M'.OO Chln.i . . . . ' . G , IO(0) ( Canada . ! . G.17.-.W ) 'nlted States of Colombia . 3Wt ) Jrltlsh Oulaim . ' . - . ! ! .5 r > ) ) inizll . > , , v . 2..VO.OO ) ( H.ier countries . . . . , . , . Il.-t2 > .v ) ) Totnl . ] ' . . J235IOS97 ! These figures exceed the antlclpatlcins of ast summer by more than $25,000.000 and irovo 'that the guld iiroductlon for 1S97 was hci greatest III tboujorld's , h ! < itory by nearly i53.000.000. It was inoro than double the otal of 1890 and moro than a third aa great art the production vf any five consecutive ycara prior lo ttvt ) , , iSomo Idea of the rapid ncrcusu la the world's production ot gold nay bo had from" ( ho following table of the iroduct for file last ten years : 8 > ji . $ 110.19.UO . ) hS9 . 12.1,4S3.2 M > . ) . llS.848.70i 891 . 13i.CW.lOi 832 . , . HOfiJl.SX ) S9J . . . . . 157 , < ! tlWK ) 91 . Total . $1.015,839,497 In the face of such stupendous flguri's as host * the man or politician who prates about ho supply of gold proving loadtvuatu [ ai a xjt ! I s for the world's standard of value must ba a knave or have his wealth locked up In a ellver mine. The world's Btoik of gold Is tier casing far more rr.olilly than HE i-cpula- loa aud in un ever Increasing mtio , MSim.UJIt.VV5 II.VTTI.i : OP 'U.S. Wayne Herald ( rep.Who ) will bo the republican candidate for United States sen ator to succeed Senator Allen ? Is Iho ques tion that confronts the party In Nebraska. Next fall the election ot senators and repre sentatives occurs , who In turn elect a senator at Iho meeting of the state legisla ture In January , 1S99. Who will It bo ? It must bo a man on whom the whole party can unite and wo bellovo the republican state convention should nnino the inn'n. Tekamah Herald ( rep. ) : Judge Hopewell Is rocolvlnR favorable mention by some of our exchanges as nn available candidate for governor. The judge possesses the requisite Integrity nnd ability to make an excellent governor. The Herald would be much pleased to see him elected to that position. AVe be- llevti that when the proper time comes the republicans of the state wilt let their bet ter judgment prevail nnd nominate some of their best men ns their standard bearers. Such men as Judge Hopcwclt , Judge Hayward - ward and A. K. Cody , who are mentioned by our exchanges In connection with the governorship , are n credit to the party and upon whom the rank and file of the party could agree nnd give their united and cor dial support. North 1'latto Tribune ( rep. ) : It Is said that Luclen Stobblns will this fall bo a candi date for the populist nomination for Btate smntor from this district. Two years ago Mi * . Stobblns was nomlnaicd for representa- tlvo by the populists , more for > tlio purpose of "closing his mouth" than anything else , nnd few of them expected to see him elected , but lie fooled them. He was not only eluded , but ho refused to keep his mouth closed nnd told 'to the public some very Interesting facts concerning Iho dirty work performed by the populist legislators. In view of truth * , ho to'd of the ringsters In the legis lature It Is not llltely the populists ofthis senatorial district will give him the nom ination this fall. The fact Is Stcbbltis Is too honest to bo popular In the populist party. Schuyk-r Sun ( rep. ) : The Fremont Tribune recommends that the republicans nominate a candidate for United States senator nt Wiolr state convention next year. It believes that wo should look about for a "strong , clean , able , " man , and gut him before the people or the state for their ratification at election. This would give every county in the state a - chanceto express Itself on the question and nrovldc something of a guide for the legislature to go by. This will be an Important year , as the Tribune justly remarks - marks , In siate politics , and "It Is essential that the rii.iublleans make the strongest nomlnatlcus possible and proceed with great caution. " The Sun fully agrees with the esteemed Tribune on those Important ques tions and believes It none too early now to bo looking around after the right man to ODiid to the United dtatos senate to succeed Allen. Sclmyler Herald ( Mem. ) : The Herald cco- fidt'nlly ' experts that Governor Holcomb will not permit his n-ime to be used befTi' HIP silver conventions next fall ns a third term nominee. The governor Is In a position to guide thu silver reform forces over the breakers Into wlilcl/ the partisan lead era of his political party , through a mistaken zeal , would fore them. The reform forces cannot afford to advocate no obnoxious principle i'jr policy's cako. The pcnulist party cannot afford to initiate t'.io third term Idea , nor can the democratic and free silver parties afford to endorse It. Will wise counsel pre vail or shall policy overshadow principle ? The coming political battle Is of so grave an Importance to the reform element that It cannot afford to make even Insignificant mistakes. No Individual knows this better than the governor , nnd the Herald firmly be lieves lie will act in accordance with those prlnc.'olcs for which ho and his party are contending. Schuylcr Quill ( pop. ) : State politics an other fall in Nebraska will probably be lively. The republicans will make a dcs- perato effort , to regain the state , but in this they can hardly hope to euccoed ; still tno popocrats will need all their votes. A cl.ango of C.OOO to 7,000 votes will do it. The tad record of ex-republican olliclals and the seed records of thu present popocratlc offl.-lals will bo the saving clause , yut it will not cote to go to sleep. That all the state oiliccrs will be rcmominated goes without saying , ex cept governor. There la some talk of Hol comb having a third term , but it will hardly materialize. There Is also talk of nominating Bryan for governor and that m.Ight come to pass. The democrats want the governor and there is some reason from a fusion standpoint of demanding It , as they have only attorney general at present and outside side- the governor or lieutenant governor there Is no other opening for them. Bryan could get the nomination and his election would bo quite certain , but It is doubtful If any other democrat could secure the nomi nation and that Is why the democrats would desirehla nameused. . There are several candidates among the populists for the high honor a-nd each will make a fight for it. Among the populists who would like to be governor is Lleutercmt Governor Harris , who has nerved a couple of terms ns sena tor and Is an exceptionally good man. If ho is promoted to the gubernatorl.il . chair a democrat will bo glvea his old place and otherwise he will be renomlnated. The silver republicans are really of the past and will cut no ice mother year outside of ap pointive places. The Quill would suggest that even with fusion and In spite of all records the popocrats had better put up their bcJt timber and strongest men as thu re publicans are going to make a desperate ef fort to wta and may. There Is a lot of bid feeling among populists of the state over the fusion with the democrats and a lot of mlddlc-of-the-roaders will lly the track un less there Is little excuse for It. Lincoln News : The Omaha Dee , from aomo unblddoa or hidden lir.yul.se , comes to the front wltfc a strong editorial protest against the republican state convention naming a candidate for senator to sue : ed Allen when It meets this summer cr fall to r.ame a state ticket. This may bo due to the fact that Ilosewater really docs cherish these llttlo hopes and ambitions of one day sitting in the national capital at Washington and guid ing the destlnlevi of the nation as a senator from Nebraska. Wo had not heard anyone arguing In favor of making such a nomina tion , and therefore wo cannot but wonder why Mr. Ilosewater speaks right out now. It is scarcely possible that rje fears to ub- mlt his claims and hlfl hopes to the conven- , lon and nbldo by the result. His well known services to the party so often recounted by Himself In hl < i own paper are susli that no convention would fall to consider them ns : hey deserve. Is It possible that ho fears : ho malignant envy of the Majors or the Illchards or the Iluriiolls and their friends ? Perlfc'.i the thought. Mr. Uosewater , oven by hli own i-stlrc-ito of himself , Is ufrald of no man. Conscious of his own rectitude , of the lielght and holiness of his motives , ho cati mrely leave his future with the delegates n contention assembled. We have been given to understand anyhow that ho was not i candidate for the Allen succession , but 'or the ne-at of Senator Thurston. The latter .as been provhig by t'.io way In which ho hw : > ccn distributing the offices that lie l.t in earnest In not Iwlng a candidate for re election , ted wo I'ad been therefore free to belltvo that Mr. Ilosowator was really waitIng - Ing till 1901. when ( his sudden opposition lo convention naming the man to make thu : lght sc-ems to Indicate that ho has been de ceiving us and tl-at whllo ostensibly hLs eye was fixed teen the distant future he wax uully gottlciK ready to garner hi the rich sheaves cl o at hand. As to the question alsed by Mr. Itcse-water. there Is a great leal to bo said nn both sides. If the rhlic of a senator Is to bo left to the legislator. ! thffinsolvca It is largely determined by their ndlvldual prefertMicos or by tint Influences irought to bear upon the members or the rewards - wards the future seom.i to hold out to them , f t'.ie convention nominates a man tha people understand that they arc fighting on never fails. Alum pow ders do. A single bak ing spoiled wastes more than the difference incest cost of a whole year's baking powder supply. the legltlAtlvo ticket for him or flR.iln.il htm. Allen will bo the candidate of the pciniltst party , and they would have the advantage of fighting for some xio whose Identity they know , whllo with the repub licans It would be n fight only for prin ciple. nnd In politics the prltiolplo Is quite often nl a disadvantage. Ill NOR OK Till * MIIIHASIC.V IMII'.SS , A country editor puts the old question In new shape and says to his sub scribers : "Brother , don't stop your paper just because you don't agree with the edi tor. The last rabbago you tent \ls didn't agree with us , cither , but we don't drop you from our subscription list on that account. " Tecumseh Chieftain : A Tccumseh woman who is mortally afraid of fire has Invented a device by means of which the pulling of a string wjll release every fastening of her garments and allow them to drop from her. If she Is prudent when she goei out on the street she will not leave her "lateh string dangling on the outsldo. " Hayard Transcript : A man In Hayard swallowed a $5 gold piece1. When n friend asked If he should scud for Dr. Long replied : "Never mind the doctor ; send for my wife ; she will answer the purpose. " When asked for an explanation ho said : "If she doesn't sucrred It will bo the first time that she ever failed to got money out ot me. " Exchange : Here Is a problem that Is going the rounds : A poor man had but 7f > rents and desired to make a dollar purchase ; he studied over the matter long and earnestly and dually hit upon a plan. Ho took the 75 cents to n pawnbroker nnd pawned It for CO cents , taking the broker's tlckrt. Meeting a friend ho sold the ticket for CO cents. Who lost the 5 cents ? Kxeter Enterprise : A man calling at a hotel left his umbrella In the stand In this hall wiih the following Inscription attached < o It : "This umbrella belongs to u man who can strike a blow of ISO pounds. He will bn back In ton minutes. " On returning to seek his property he found In Its place a card thus Inscribed : "This card has been loft by a man who can run twelvii miles nn hour. Ho will not eomo back. " i'iitso\.vi : , That free silver drama will , of course , have sixteen stalwart silver heroes to ono grovelling golden villain. The contributions of the Southern Presby terian church In the last ten years have In creased from ? SI.OOO to ? I4 1.000. Insurance- rates have been cut In Boston and St. Louis. There , will ba no objection to a few slashes of the kind hereabouts. Senator Smith of New Jersey Is often mUtaken for a minister , jot he has the reputation of bi-ltig one of the- most Inveter ate poker players In the senate. Mr. W. Sanger Pullman , one of the twlno disinherited 0:1 : $3.000 a year , has been given a Job as Inspector of sleeping cars and says ho proposes to stick to It if the Pullman company doesn't lire him. Michael , tlie wheclmm. Is said to be seek ing a divorce. .Marital Infelicities BCCIII to be almost an Indispensable auxiliary to a man or woman who caters to Iho public love for entertainment , bo it upon the stage , the turf or the water. 13. I ) . Koch of Topelca , Kan. , has refused the offer to oppo'nt him postmaster of that place because It cntalto an hour's labor each Sunday. The Kansas politicians are consequently quently talking of a commission In lunacj to inquire Into his mental condition. Kmperor William of Gcnrany will start on his trip to the Holy hand about April 15. Ho will sail from Hamburg In his yacht , ac companied by his eldest eons and will re turn about June 1 , whra he will probably visit in Constantinople with the sultan. Later he will meet , the king of Italy at Ml Lin. Kx-Chlef of Police Orowlcy of San Fran cisco has just been presented by the Chinese government with a banner which confers on him 'the right to enter the public grounds ot Peking. This Is the highest honor ever conferred on a white man , except General Grant , who was also given a similar ban ner. It was given to the chief In considera tion oi bis fair treatment of the Snn Fran cisco 'Chinese during his twenty-live years' Incumbency of the office. Till * MHA ( > ! ' 'UO.VIJ ' IIUII.DI.VC. Sliilrn AwiiUeiiliiK ; t < > I lit' Importance if ltd for llltilMviljH. * Vashiiit.3ii ( Post. The cue great public work that now looms up before tlio pcopfp of the United States and Imperatively demands attention is road- bnlldlng tlu > Improvement of old and con struction of new highways. It Is not likely that there will ever occur another period of railway construction like that through which this country passed in the quarter century succeeding our great war ; but It Is both de sirable and probable that an equally Im- poitant and scarcely lc s costly era of road- bulldlii ! ; 'has ' just begun and will go on for many decades , adding as much to the wealth of the nation nnd to the comfort and con venience of the masses as the railroads have accomplished In these directions. In this vast work the federal government will take but a minor part. It will attend to the in struction of the people as to the most ap proved motliods and the relative value of dif ferent materials , .but . will leave to the states nnd their Inhabitants the actual .work of building TO a da and the raising of money when.with to carry It on. Bad roads are extremely expensive so ex- penslvo that the farmers cannot afford to maintain them. The supervisor of roads In thu state of New York olllclally assures the farmers that It costs them half as much to haul their produce three jnlles by wagon as they pay the railroads to 'haul ' It ( j'OO miles. With a system of good maradam roads , ho says , Iho ccst of the short haul could be re duced 50 per cent , thus reducing the whole cost of transportation from the farm to the consumer by one-sixth. This , the supervisor figures out , would save the farmers an amount each year equal to the Interest on from $10 to $30 an acre , according to the crop raised , and would Increase tie value of fho land , either to soil or to bold , by a like amount , It Is only needful to get these facts and figures firmly planted In the agricultural mind to Insure an active Interest In road- building all over the United States. In those localities 'whero gocd roads have 'been ' built since the movement for their construction began , a few years ago , the men who have footed the bills are more than satisfied with their Investment. The benefits Tesultlng from Improved transportation facilities are not entirely confined to fho farmers. The value of city , town and village property shares In the enhancement with that of agricultural lands and should bear a duo proportion of the coat. I'OST.U. SAVI.VdS IIAVK5. for Tlirlr .KMMl . > ll lititcii ( Printing In ComriTm , Cld.MK" Now * . Thereart - now four bMts before Iho scna-a providing fcr postal savings banks , and the committee * which has the matter In fiiarm * has bfon asked to Incorporate the four Into one bill that may receive the support of all those who favor such a scLnnp. The opponents of these bills place their objections mainly upon two grounds -flrsi. that the government does not need the money that the people would dr-poslt. and. second , that the rate of Interest provided to .bo paid by the government Is higher tliaix would bn demanded on bonds sold In tlu < open markets. There are other objrrtloni moro or less trivial , such as the nlatcmpnt that the money would bo drawn frnu tha country to Iho financial centers and that ex isting p.ivliiRB banks furnish nil the facili ties demanded by the people for small de posits. but the two rr.isons dialed are tha chief ones urged against the passage of any one of the 'hills ' Introduced. To the first of these objections it may be said that .1 government with a large bonded Imlrdttrd- liesn Is always lu nocd of money , or ran al ways use It to advantage. Our debt has bent Increasing and although wo have rrdim-d our Interest charge U Is still large. Tlu Interest-bearing debt draws on an avciam- nhoutI per cent. The outstanding funded lean of 1SQI , amounting to $ : , " , OOO.OHO , , ! raws 2 per cent Interest , whllo the fundid liaus of 1007 and 1124 ! draw 4 per cent and that of 1904 5 : ier cent. The bill that passes will probably fix the- rate of Interest on pcmtul deposits at 2 per cent , and If so the te-celpts might .bo used to purchase the HiOI. IJM17 nnd 1)24 ! ) bunds , which draw n considerably higher rale. In this way thu government could use KOIIIP $500,000,000 , which Is far moro than Is likely to be received as a permanent dr posit In t'.io poctal banks. As to the low rate of Interest acting ns -check on the use of postal s.ivint ; * banks , where local banks pay 1 per cent morp. It may be said that the people will find profit In safety to replace all they will losIn Interest anJ that , of Itself , will make the pos tal 'tanks ' popular. The know ledge- that a depositor Is absolutely certain to got his money when ho wants It will far muro than compensate for the Binall dlfforenco In In terest between the two systems. The pee ple. whether \\lsiMy or not , nro timid ab ut some of the savings Kinks nnd this Is slionn by the vast number of safe-deposit com panies , where a man will plaeo his siivln s. without Interest , knowing that ho can lay his hand on them when he wants to use them. England. Fanco , Austria , Italy. Canada and other countries have the postal savings bank system In operation and nowhere has It proved to be a failure. isiii/.v ( : I.I.NKS. Detroit Free Press : New Wife Have you tried my bbvtilt , dear ? Now Husband Yes. They're guilty. Truth : Ill-own Wlmt wcultl you do If someone. shouM leave you $100.0007 .lone- I puppose IM llicsjlii to realize how little a hundred thousand really is , Philadelphia North American : "Von fliiil lie rich and famous , " said the fortune toller. "Alas ! " cried thepltter. . "Then I nm 1111- dono. For my drciini was to devote my lllo toart- " Chicago Tribune : "You will marry a tall , ilruk gentleman , " said the foitnnu tollei , examining the lines in the fair liaml. "That doesn't heli > mo nny , " despairingly replied the lovely blonde who hud onlleil to consult her. "All six of them arc tall , dark gentlemen ! " C'lnolnnall Knqulrer : Said Chollle , by way of opening the t-onvprnulton , "I mvi-'r would have thought It. " "Of course you wouldn't , " .slid the un- Iclnd young woman. "Hjw rould you' . ' " And the convors.itlon remained elo.si.-d. Washington Star : "Are you a believer In the tlif-ory 'that ' to the- victors belong the spoils ? " "That , " replied Senator Sorghum , "dc- perkU entirely on whether or not I tun ono of the victors. " Cleveland Plain Doa'cr : Maud That young Mr. liunUnolo Is Vtry fond of piippennlnt , Isn't he ? Mabel I believe he Is. Hut what caused you to refer to It ? Maud I noticed It ns soon as you spoke. Cincinnati Tribune : Frothing nt the month ho rusho.l out of thehouse - . Mail ? Well , nnqry. .to nay the least. Once again had he. absentmimU < iy : taken the brc-mollzx - llrst and the water afterward. Chicago Post : "Of course , sir , T need scarcely pay. In giving you my daughter , that I exppct her to be < uirroundoit with nil tl'o luxurlea to mhlch fho has been accus tomed. " "Certainly , Mr. If I had any proforoneo for n homo of our own.Mould [ fi-el - con- straineil to yield It. Your wish , sir. Is law with me. " . Boston Transcript : Mr * Melnotto ( readIng - Ing ) "Manfred Impulsively flung hlinxelf at her feet and with lib * hand pro."sc < l upon his Juiirt nnd his eyes nglt-am with thu fierce light of perfect love. wore that he never would ilse until ho arose the accepted suitor oC the fair Ysabfl. " Isji't tli.it beau tiful ? Is so reminds me of the time when Henry propofx-d lo me. This Is what H > nry said upon that event ful occasion : "Nan , u'-posliv' you and I bosses together ? " , MUTITAT. , SUHPniSE. Cleveland lender. One day. In par.idl e. Two iinKelp , beamlinr , ' strolled Alons the amber walk that Hew Itcsldo the street of gold. At last ! they met and Isnz Into each other'H eyes , Then drojxpeJ their hnrp.s. nmnzeti , And mood In mute aurprlso. And other angels eamo And , an they lingered near. Heard both at once oxoliilm : "Say , IIO.M < lld you get here ? " n MI , TO unit < ; ot.vi'it ; Y. I'rank 1 . Slnnlnn , "SOUKS of tlic Holl. " * Across the Inml from strund to strand , | I/oiid ring the bugle notes , And freedom's smile , from Isle to lso. ! I I.lc ! : f rcedom'rf bamur llc-ats. ' Ono song the nations hall the notes , lk Kroni Hounding v to sea. " And nn'Mer from their thrilling' throata The song1 of liberty. They answer and nn echo nomcH From clulned and troubled Isles , And roars like ocean's tliumlor drums Whenh'l.uL Columbia mnllo ? . Hall to our country ! Strom : she. ntands Nor fears the wnr drum's beat : The' sword oU freedom In lior hunda The tyrant at her feet. the Wi If warmly attired ? There are sev eral kinds of warm attire we have them all , The first essential is well fitting woolen underwear We have the unusual kind , that really fit , at 50c , 7Jc and $ J.OO. The suit must be warm , closely woven and durable but not over heavy these are $8,00 , $10.00 and $ J5.00 , Then comes the overcoat , in which the same requirements prevail it must be warm and pliable without becoming burden some , Even our heavy ulsters are as soft as lamb's wool and are only $8.00 , $10.00 , $12.50 and $15,00 , Every one guaranteed , 9. W , Cor. 15th uud Douglas Stfe
