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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , FEBRUARY 7 , 1898. THE OMAHA DAIIY BI-R n , nnsnwATEit. I M < I > KVIHY MOIIMNO. or DMIy tJce ( Without Bumlfiy ) . One Year . { M Daily Hi"ami Hutn.iy , Una Year . 3 9 > BU Month * . < < < " Thre j Month ! . , J Sunday HOP. One Year . 2gJ Raturdny llc , One Year . 1M Wctkly llto , Ono Y * r . " OKFlCKBl Oinnlia : Tito ! ! < < HutMlng. . . . . . . m Boulh Oinnhfi : Binder Illk. . Cor. N and 21th EU. Conn. II lllurr : 10 I'enM Hlrwt. CTiri | > KO Olllt-r : & 1Z rimmbtr of Commerce. New York : Tempi * < * < > urt. , WdihlnRturi : Mil Fourteenth 8tro t. roiiiusi > o.vmN'et : . All communlentlonn rdallnic to noT nn.J itltn- rial matter ilioul-1 Im nddrcmicil : To the Kdltof. iiuaiNiwa urrmis. All tiuilncmi iMti-m nnd retnlttoticca rhmiM ' " niMrcMnl to Tlio Hoc I'ulilliMnit Compinj' . Omnlin. Dinfld , check * , c pr t nnd pufiol.lf' money nnlerii to 1)9 made pa > allo to thu order or " " " " "yflft nBK HTATKMK.NT O Btnto of NfliMnkn , Druid. " romity. 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Thf > st.'itc ( lint ni' k'cls to lie rojm1- Bcnli'd lit. tln > oxpnsltlnn iu > lcts ( ! one of thi ! great opportunities oC Its career. Tim "Key lo llu > I'aellle" lias Iicon rsi'tl tlins far only to unlock a whole lot of hitter dlsetisslon In congress and el.sewhero. Jerry Simpson KII.VS of Speaker Heed that lie Is the whole thlnVll. . that Is hot tor than hclnj ; nothing and draw- In ? , ' pay for It. The state school fund will have no more gllt-eiliu'd security than the Doug las comity exposition bonds unless It In- Yosls In t'nlted Slates Kovormncnt deht. With a city tax levy under 12. mills watch the threats of the franchlsed cor porations that they will resist their as sessment In th. ! courts vanish into thu air. As a measure of retaliation It might he well to circulate si pledge to swear oil' eating pretzels and sausage until that cmhargo on American apples la raised. A Minneapolis man wants to lak : > 100- 000 Dakota men lo Culm. The Induce ments will have to he. Croat , for the po litical campaign Is just opening up in tlio Da kolas. No donht as soon as llio Xew ICusland farmers dig their way out we will learn that tin' late snowstorm saved their ciops ayaln. That Is always the way it IK In the west. Ceneral Miles' uniform and Mr. Dln - ley'H hat afford the popocrats about all the pleasure they el this year outside of u strike somewhere down imstanioii the mill hands. With twelve clocks In the new posl- olllce hnlldliiK and one In Its tower the man who forgets to mall his letters In time to catch the train will lyivo only himself lo blame. The men who are up b.'fore the federal court for passing bad nickels when they could just as well have made more money by handling j oed silver dollars will probably enter a plea of temporary insanity. Nebraska has still 7.10.000 acres of un- orcupleil state school land , most of it available for productive purposes. Yet there are people who want to shut the pil.-s against all further Immigration from Knropo. Now that Ceneral Blanco has made n , failure of subduing Cuba any other Spanish ( 'oneral desirous of rounding out Ills career with Inglorious Inaction can have the Job Campos and Weyler found unattractlvi1. On second rollcctlon the colonels have approved the choice of Miss Uradley In the matter of a limpid liquid for chris tening the Kentucky. To spill a bottle of their favorite bovoraKo on the ship would lie sheer loss. It HOOIIIS that the Iowa loKlslatnro has undertaken to dispose of all lending fed eral questions as well as sink' matters , and that , too , when Iowa has a delega tion In congress no member of which has served less thaiv two terms. The next legislature of Nebraska should by all means pass a law forbld- * lllng , under heavy penalties , anyone from referring to the Transmlsslsslppl Exposi tion without mentioning In the same breath tlu > name of the long distance Hostou architect. There nro scores of well llxod men who pill their names on the exposition stock subscription list for small amounts In the expectation that they would hi- called upon later to double their con tributions. Thesu men should now come forward with additional subscriptions without waiting to bo personally ( solicited or Importuned. Instead of Mug able to reduce the number of loiter carriers In the I'ost- olllce department the postmaster gen eral llnds It necessary to plaiv for exten sions of the carrier ! sen-Ice In nearly nil the cities of the country. The demands of business are not to be biibonliiiuU'd to n deslro to save u few dollars that they may be spent In some other brunch of the postal gcrvlca , ifinvsinr , A great deal or Interest In the supnr bfct Industry In being shown In the state of Now York. A year ago the legislature appropriated $25,000 for practical teals In beet growing and a score or moro tracts of land of equal area were selected In different parts of the state and planted with seed. The results are reported to have been satis factory and the state senate has passed a bill appropriating ? .V,000 ) to promote the Industry. The New York Mall and Kxpross states that the refinery at Home , during the four or live months of Its operations , has produced ( M.'I.SOO "pounds of granulated white sugar , with an average of I ) ! ) per cent of pure crys tals. The cost of refining was about 75 cents per ton. ISacli 100 pounds of beets has yielded twelve pounds of pure sugar ami the whole process of produc tion shows that the crop would give the farmer a ret urn of $1IO ! per acre for his bi'ets. These results of the experiments the Mall and Express says provo be yond reasonable doubt that beet root culture can be developed Into a profita ble agricultural Interest In the Umpire state. The returns to the farmer may fall below or rise above these averages an the Industry Is extended In practical operation , but It seems reasonably cer tain that the crop can be made to yield much larger gains than some of th- > other staple products which now monopolize the soil. That paper further points out that the undertaking has been un oxcellnit Investment , the Imunty of 1 per cent per pound and the cost of seed and experimental work amounting to only about one-third of the appropriation it small outlay for demonstrating that the farmers of New York have within thilr reach the elements of a new and powerful Industry , which holds out the promise of contributing very materially to their prosperity. The friends of this Industry , who hope that the time Is not far off when the United Stales will produce all the sugar Its people consume , will be pleased to hear of the success of the experiments with the sugar beet In the Empire stale and It would seem that , tin ? farmers of that state , as of all other states where sugar beet culture can bo successfully anil prolltably carried on. sliould be prac tically unanimous in opposition to the proposal to annex .a sugar producing country which would thereby become a perpetual competitor of the domi'stie. In dustry , with the advantage of cheaper land and labor. AN nii.i ov iiKTCKii wntixa , One of the most hcncllcvnt effects of the Trnnsmlsslsslppi Exposition will be the establishment of closer and more friendly lelations bolwivn the people of the great west. Those effects are al ready manifesting themselves through the cordial sentiments expressed by the press in cities that arc commercial rivals of Omaha and In the fraternal Inter course Inaugurated through the exposi tion by'Visiting ' delegations from neigh boring stales' and cities. At the outset the exposition project met with a very chilly reception at the hands of the leading dallies of Denver , Kansas City , St. Paul. Minneapolis , Dos Molnes , Sioux City , Lincoln and other commercial centers. Today the Jeal ousies of business rivalry have given way to active Interest In the success of th. exposition ami cordial support and co operation on the part of the leaders of public opinion and commercial bodies of the entire Iransnilsslsslppl country. It Is safe to predict that the approach of the exposition will stimulate still greater Interest and that by the time the gates aiv opened every vestige of local an tagonism will have disappeared. What applies to the commercial com petitors of Omaha will apply with greater force even to the people of this and other states whose products are to be exhibited side by side in the great buildings erected for that purpose. The mingling of the multitudes hailing from every section of the country will do more to break do'wn prejudices and go further toward creating an era of better feeling than anything that could possibly have btvii done. This broadening of the popular vision and the Impressive object lessons taught by the exposition cannot fall to have a lasting eiree.t on the future of America. In that respect alone th. expenditure of labor and money Involved In the great undertaking will produce annually re curring dividends whose value cannot bu computed in dollars and cents. A'O IAt\\rIllllH \ 7'WST. The ollicers of the Immigration Ho- strlctlon league , with headquarters In .Massachusetts , In their steal for a law especially directed against the Immi grants from ( ho countries of southern and eastern Europe , have overlooked Koine Important .Massachusetts statistics bearing on the subject. The olllclal re port of the Massachusetts state prison for IS:1. ! ) : , for instance , shows that of 110 commitinonls . ' ! , " > were of persons of European birth , and Croat Itrilaln and Ireland contributed 21 of these , France It , Cermany 1 , Sweden 1 , Finland l , Italy ) , Austria 1 and none from either liussia or Poland , During that year and for several years previous the countries of southern and eastern Europe con tributed more than -10 per cent of the total Immigration to this country , yet In Massachusetts more limn ( IS per cent of the commitments were contributed by Croat lirllaln and Ireland. In thesamu year the commitments to the Massachu setts state reformatory numbered IS , " , and oi' these Croat Itrltaln and Ireland contributed 711. Germany 7 , Norway and Sweden ( I , Hu-sa ! ti , Austria L' , Italy L' , Poland 2. In the same year the com mitments to the Huston house of Industry were l.Oiitl from Great Itrltaln and Ice land. Sweden and Norway < H > , Germany -M. > , Italy M. Hussla fi , Inland I. Krance II , Poland y , Austria 1. If all the Jails and houses of correction In Massachu setts , with the exception of those Just mentioned , are taken , tlio statistics for the year ISM show prisoners of IlrlU Ish and Irish nativity -1,081) ) , Swedish or Norwegian 00 , Italian 81 , German 7-1 , Husslan ti'J. Krcneh IW. Finnish III , Polish ' _ " . ) , Austrian S and Hungarian , The stream of Immigration from Italy ; Austria-Hungary , Uussla and Poland has beeu uteaily and lart'u lu recent years nnd It Is represented that Illit eracy among those who come from the countries named Is about seven times as great as among the Immigrants from the llrltish Isles , yet Massachu setts statistics show there Is no such proportion In the tendency to crime and pauperism. It would be folly to deny that ability to read and write Is a good thing In native or alien , but the statis tics quoted appear to show that educa tion Is not an all-sulllclent test of char acter. Health , Industry , honesty , pa triotism all that go to make good citi zens may exist without learning. There Is no Infallible test of manhood. , , t.S' TO THU SXIWLIAU i OJMMTTKtf. The Omaha Uec continually rotor * to the legislative Investigating committee * which has been uncovering so much republican rottenness and rascality AS the "sninilng committee. " And yet , while the legislature was In session the editor of The Dee in conversation with members personally advo cated the appointment of just such a com mittee. Why , tlien , does ho now seek to cast rldtculo ui/on It ? Consistency Is a Jewel which does not nnd much favor In The 13co oinco. Silver Ctcck Times. The Hon. Charles Wooster Is emi nently correct when he asserts that the editor of The Hoe advocated a legisla tive Investigation Into the condition of the state house and state institutions. He did not , however , advocate the ap pointment of an Investigating commit tee to sit after adjournment , when It would be powerless to compel the at tendance of witnesses or the production of papers that would throw light upon hidden transactions. An investigation conducted by a committee impotent to go to the bottom of any crookedness Is a waste of both money and time. At the verv best till such si riunmltloo pun do Is to make a report with recommen dations to be nelod upon at the next session of the legislature. A mcro examination of the books In the various state Institutions ctfnhl have been made just as well with compara tively little expense by clerks acting under the direction of the governor , auditor , secretary of state or one of the state boards. In advocating a legisla tive investigation the editor of The IJeo certainly did not contemplate the ab sorption of SIO.OOO by members of the legislature , who are expressly prohibited by the constitution from receiving any other pay for their services than the salary limited to iI00 ! and mileage at 10 cents a mile. Neither was It con templated that an investigating com mittee would be appointed headed by a man on record against Investigating the gambling bill scandal and in close touch with the hold-up gang In the lobby. Had this investigation been In the hands of men honestly anxious to ex pose corruption without fear or favor whllo the legislature was in session and in position to act on Its llndings , it would have met with encouragement from The Bee , as have all honest ef forts to ferret out ollicial rascality. -\MKltlCslf > SlIll'l'IXU LKClltiL'ATHW. Whether there will bo any legislation by the present congress looking to Un building up of the merchant marine is n question. A committee composed of leading representatives of American shipping has been for some months at work on a bill which it is expected will be introduced at the present session. Ito- ferenco was made to this measure in a recent address by Senator Kr.ve of Maine , who is a most -earnest advocate of legislation to promote American ship ping In the ocean carrying trade , but he did not indicate what the character of the bill will be. In view of the fact that Senator Frye is an advocate of a dis criminating duty on imports in foreign vessels his endorsement of the measure formulated by this committee warrants the inlVrence that ) It proposes legislation of this kind. If so , there is no prob ability of Its passage by this congress. Such a measure might go through the house of representatives , but It Is hardly possible that It could pass the senate. There Is a surmise , however , that It will bo proposed lo Impose a new tonnage tax , which In the opinion of some would answer the purpose of a discriminating duly. Such legislation has been recom mended by the commissioner of naviga tion , but tin yet there has been no In dication that this plan Is acceptable to those who are most directly Interested in the question of building up the merchant marine. Wo recently referred to the opinion of the president of the National Association of Manufacturers In opposition to a dis criminating duty , as proposed In the bill of Senator Elkins , on the ground that It would undoubtedly Invite retaliation to our material disadvantage commercially , a view we have repeatedly expressed. There scorns to us to IH > no doubt that a discriminating duly Is utterly Impnu tlcablo. Then there Is the question of subsidies. Iti Is urged that Inasmuch as the maritime nations of Europe give generous subventions to their merchant marine the only way in which this country can build up Its shipping In terest In the ocean carrying tradi > Is by following their example. It must lie ad mitted that there Is Jo rev in ibis argu ment , but so strong Is public si'iillinont against subsidies that It Is altogether improbable that a ineasuiv proposing such a policy would o\vn receive serious consideration In congress. At all events It Is absolutely certain that a subsidy bill could not bi'conu' law. It Is apparent , therefore , that tlu * chances for any legislation on this very Important matter by the present congress - gross are not very good. Nearly every body who has given Intelligent consider ation to the subject reall/os how ewntlai lo thci'xpansion of oar foreign commerce Is an ad.'quate meichant marine , 'flic dis advantages of the existing situation , In which our manufacturers and merchants who export arc dependiMit upon foreign ship owners , Is well understood. It is n familiar fact that there Is hardly a country In South Amnrlca having a SKI- port that Is not desirous of soclng direct steamship lines under the American Hag established in their trade with us. It Is not to be doubted that If such lines were established they would greatly promote trade with the southern countries. There Is no question that a great commercial nation like the United Stales ought to have a merchant marine equal to the demands of its foreign tnulu and be en tirely ludepcndeut. In- this respect. Yet after more thatP/IHiiinrtcr / of a century of discussion ttdst ! question seems no nearer a solution than at the begin ning. ' ( ' Kepubllcans of California , Oregon and other states of h 'Paclllc ' coast are or ganizing clubs nnd- - holding meetings in preparation for1 tlfli campaigns of the year. What IW.teemed ( to assure success for the republican ticket this year Is to get early bit ! ) the Held and to stand steadfast for wiund republican princi ples , and this \s \ nd true In one state as In another. ' ' | The lefraln nf'umi of the popular comic songs Is , "When you want to know the tlnn ask a policeman. " Hut what will a person do when ho wants to llnd a policeman In Omaha and learns that tlu great part of the force Is made up of chiefs , acting chiefs , captains and ser geants who are not to bo found V The statement has been made In Iowa newspapers that Iowa had no building at the Centennial exposition In Philadel phia , but this Is an error. Iowa did have a building thetv , which was state headquarters and ! a pleasant rendezvous for Iowa visitors. OHM'I I'lui.siHim. . New York Times. It Is useless for the legislature to ccnsuro ICdword Murphy , Jr. Ho is a pachyderm. A resolution asking him lo resign will . .ntioy him no moro than the humming birds of Mashonaand ! annoy the armed rhinoceros. Tin ; XIMV Knulnnil .Storm. SprlnKllrlil ( Maps. ) llrpubllcnn. It Is rather idle lo llguro the storm losses In the cities of .Vow Rutland , for the money which must bo cxpemleJ by the .railroads . and the municipalities Is looked upon In the llBht of a windfall 'by ' the men employed to clear awav the snow. Here is no dod loss and no unmitigated evil. Hut the disasters on the sea are heartrending. There is real loss'of life and property , tragedy uullghtcd by resulting benefit to anybody , gloom and waste anJ death ! .MlMKiinrl nnil llic IC\iiiHlliii | , Cl lobe-Democrat. H Is gratifying to observe th-H general In terest Is being taken by the people of Mis souri In thu matter of making a proper dis play of the products cf the state at the Omaha exposition. The intention Is to have a Missouri building and a Missouri exhibit , all of the counties and cities co-operating for that purpose. A considomblo sum of money will be needed to carry out this plan In a creditable way , but the Impot-t.iiico - of the undertaking Is such that the funds will un doubtedly bo furnished by public-spirited citizens. HIM CriMMH * niul Ills 11111. New York Sun. The Hon. Duffalo Greene , the populist who represents the Sixth Nebraska congressional district , informs the world In the Congres sional Directory that "as a practitioner , he has been very successful nnd made himself moro than ustutii reputation us a criminal lawyer. " The bill against trusts , which he- lisa Introduced Into ilie house , will add to his morc-than-a-RtatPreputation. , A fine of $10,000 ami Imprisonment for from two to tlfteea years ate tho.penalty , and ixiln with which lion. ISnffalo Qreene would visit the felonious wretclvnwho .monopolizes or at tempts to monopolize , and so on. In If 11 ! < , ' ( JUtil lioynKy. I oulavllU * Cpurler Journal. Who can help admiring the loyal snobbery with which 'the prince of Wales' biographer eulogizes the fatiiCRs of his highness' wit > : s a collegian. "Ho hail po t , " says the writer , "nor was It droirablo. . that ho should have , the specialized Intellect which wins univer sity prizes nnd . cho'.arshlps , but he dls- pl-.ycd | n a markoil decree ot that peculiarly royal quality nt 'recognizing . .intellect- others. " The quality of recognizing intellect has often belonged to royalty , hirt It has never before been called a peculiar royal quality. In the oU days , when royufty recognized intellect. It was tco frequently bad for the Intellect , for the head containing it was "peculiarly" Inviting to royalty's ax By the way. now that wo are assured that the recognition of intellect in others Is pe culiarly a royal quality , perhaps our own American Order nf the Crown expects to re cruit Its members frc'in 'thoso who , however vacuous their own crowns , are able to rec ognize sense In others. ISxi'llte I'M , I'llMINl * . Kansas City Star. The United States army gun Is the Krog- Jorgensen of 30-callber , while the navy gun IH the Leo of 2.1-callber. It Is pointed out that in case the army and navy were serv ing together there could not bo an Inter change of ammunition. Representative Illl- born of California wishes thU difficulty remedied , and proposes a committee of In vestigation. It Is not set out that the Krag- Jorsenscn and the Lee are not both gqo-J guns , but that it is absolutely necesHtiry that both the army and navy nhould use the same pattern of weapon. To bring about this uniformity , to select an all-around weapon cod furnish both army and navy with It Is the work of years. It would seem wo must aak the powers of Europe to excuse - cuso us from going Into any war at prcoent. The country Is informed ono day that wo have no seacoaat fortifications , on another day that wo have no army except a small ono of a seventeenth century pattern , and again that our forces would bo helplesa Ira the face ofin enemy because armed with rllles of differing caliber. It appears that If wo are to meet a foreign too It muat bo on some other evening. A CASK OK II.VXIC ITI\C. ( Hi i lUoiiinrkH on ( irnlilo'H \ < > v York J'uililliiK- . Minneapolis Journal. The case of Cashier Qulnlan of the big Chomlcal Natlon-il - bank of New York , whoo story Is told In the dispatches , U Interestlns as revealing a state of affairs too common by far Intills country. Mr. Qulnlan admits that ho loaned ? 3U3,000 ot the bank's money on weak collateral without consulting the presldc-nt and directors , It Is cold that Quin- lan made nothing himself out of these loans and the hank managers are trying to nulw out tlmt ho Is mentally defective. Few will accept that theory. Whin li last few years the ( public has seen n number of hanks wrecked by the fceo anJ easy use of their funds by olllcers < md mauaco-e. Tiic-ro have been cases of bank wrecking right hero la Minnesota , where not only the oiah- lors , but the presidents and directors have looteJtho funds , fipitculated with end In vested thorn , and ybtilmve escaped , by the Interposition of Mmw leg-il quibbles and technicalities , the- punishment they no richly deserve. Aplea of innanlty is never made for a burgUr who has looted n bank. Nobody ever thinks of such a thi'.ig ; but whoa a cashier or manager or director gotj away with EOIIIO of the cash , 'the insanity plea Is not Infro'ltltnlly wed. The fact ia , the rasy escape from de served putiUhmcrjt' of gentlemanly bank wreckers l.i doing moro to breed antagonism to law and ordcr..ihan thousands of Incen diary anarchist speeches. The citizen who has been robbed of all his money by bank olllcers ami sees , , JUoii | walking at liberty nml positig as honest citizens , naturally re sents such Indulgence , and would Ilko to know how the law can malto these dis tinctions In crlmtuajs , of equal guilt. The btuglar goes to the penitentiary. The bank wrecker very oftifa meets with not the tdlKblest Interference with his liberty and lives high on the fruits of his peculations , After the City of Glasgow bank wag wrecked by Us own olllr-lals In 1S78 , the long to the shareholders being almost $31.- 000.000 , the fabricators of false accounts within the bank were tried as criminals and ecvoral of thorn were convicted and sen tenced to Imprisonment , whlln the personal liability of 'tho trustees compelled them to glvo up their estates to foot the loss. Seven directors had to go to the penitentiary to rvllect upon their crimes. If the parties re- aponBlblo for , nay , half & dozen of Iho cases of bank wrecking In thU rountry wore promptly arrested , Indicted , tried nnd con- vlclod on proof of guilt , nnd sent to pcnltcn * Marlon , as other burglar * art * , tlieru would bo It'sa bank wrecking und 'bank looting. COM.KCTIM ! . .V DKIIT. Olobo-Democrat : The prospect that the Rovcrnmcut will realize the full debt of Iho Kansas Pacific railroad I * another evidence of the fact that Iho republican party Is the executive txirty. Kaiwas City Star : The determination of the administration officials to secure tlio full amount of the government Indebtedness , or not permit the Union Pacific company to pomess the vcud , has brought the managers of Uiat system to the t > olnl of accepting the government's terms , and the United States will get out of the buslncis without any loffl. It 1.1 to bo hoped that the remainder of the Pacific rends' debts to the government may be settled as eatlsfnctorlly as these which arc about to be clwcil up with full payment of the government claims. Iluffalo H.xprcss : At the time the reor ganization ecmmlttto was forced to raise Its bid fee the main line of the Union Pacific to cove * the whole of ISio government's claim , It was predicted tfcat the committee would reimburse Itself by geltni ! ; the Klines Pa cific at a vcrv low figure. This wus war ranted by tlio course of the committee' , whirl : bid but $3,000,000 to cancel the government's debt of about $13.009,000. U was asserted that the government was In the power cf the company ; tlmt it could not afford to cc- Joct the forma offered , Inasmuch as Us claim covered only a yart of the road and t'jat wits paralleled by other lines owned by the Union 1'Aclflc company. Hut the McKlnloy cablnel had Its o\ui opinion on that point. I'osJlbly It argued that the government could better afford to own a. read paralleled by tht > Union t'aclflc coir.yany than the cottixiny could afford to have It. At any rate , the government refused to consider the com- pwiy's bid an.l made preparations to bid la Its own debt Itself. Auwrently the com pany omclals saw the point. After consider able blnlllng they are alowly coming uroiimi and are taking steps to Increase thekbid. . T1II3 KI.OMHICU ( i'H VVIIVAlll ) . Minneapolis Times : Two hundred thou sand gold sookcrs will go to Alaska this spring. Ao each man expects to brim ; out nl least flOO.OOO the grand total of csprct- anry l.j $20,000.000,000. There are games where the percentage Is more favorably to tbn player. Indianapolis News : Men who ' .ire- now hardening tlu-nuolvcs for the Klondlko by sleeping out of doors and bathing in IPO water arc. likely to arrive1 there about mid summer when the thermometer registers 100 In the shndi > , and when mosquitoes uro as thick as microbes In a plague. Chicago Tlmes-Hemld : A Colorado m-in who rwently returned from the Klondike ivlili u fortune In nuggets nnd gold dust o.iultantly exclaims : "And I didn't have to swum for It cl-thcr. - " Visitors to the Klon- 'Illui itglcci may have noticed thai with an i-vc-rigij winter temperature of fifty de&rt-es bs ! , v ? ( . > ro perspiration rarely Interferes with the work ot picking up nuggets. Kansas City Star : In view of these con- dltlcriff Captain Hay recommends that In * United Slate * government check Immigration to the Interior ot Alaaka of all persons not auppi.fd with provlslo-a for two years , and that I ght diaft armed steamers be aent lo pi.-rol the Yukon when it opens for th suppression of robbers. H Is uccicccrear lo say that Captain llay'a statements hav been deputed , but they are iievcrthelc worthy of respect , since there can attat to thtm no suspicion ot self-lnteredt. Th government will probably talio thwe state nimts of Its officer as a basis of action , nm all concerned should govern themselves ac cordlngly. Clovclund Plain Dealer : There Is no roon for doubt as to the truthfulness of this re port. Captain Hay is an army officer o experience , trained to quick and accurat observation and absolutely unrolorcd report lie has mo Interest whatever In making th situation appear better or worse ibau I actually is. Ills standing with his suporloi would bo seriously prejudiced were ho to tnako a report which after events showed to be misleading. The statements of re turning mlnerst or prospectors may or ma > not have bouii colored by personal Interest but the presumption is that they were re Jlablu only to the extent of their pursonn experience and immediate neighborhood , tin rest being rumor , whllo Captain Hay's mis sion was to gather and sift facts from al points und send only what could be depended ponded on. Chicago Record : Supposing It to be- the case that there will bo a demand for a large number of business and industrial in stltutlons to support the mining community there Ls still no reason to believe that a man even whcci comparatively well equipped for the trip , can get to work nt on-ce and begit Immediately to build up his fortunes by working at an extraordinary rate of corn pciiMtlon. In circumstances it Is Im possible to deny the wisdom of Capta'ri Hay'd advice that to prevent a further mu : rush to the Klondike will be "an act o charity. " Thousands will go , and miny , no iloubi , will secure the coveted reward o riches. Uut no ono need expect to reach the gold mines and win his share of the ore unites ho has resources upon which ho. cam draw for Ids living for at least two seasons. Chicago Tribune : Warnings are of llttk avail witli the enthusiastic thousands who are rushing to misery and perhaps de.ith In Alaska , but It might save many liven and much suffering If they could he Induced to read rnd ponder upon the remarkable' re port Just made by Captain Hay , the War Department's special representative to the Klondike. Captain Hay , writing to the dc- pirtmcnt , urges the government ' to lake stern effectually to check 'tho Immigration to Alaska of all persons not fully supplied with provisions for two years. IIo eays ( hero Is no way to earn a living there , that no placer discoveries have been made within the last eight months , and that only about 7 per cent of the people who have entered during the laet year have made their lltisg. If this be true , aa it Is , beyond doubt , what will bo the fate of the hundred thousand or quarter of a million people who will go there this spring ? No employment , no plac ers , nothing to suatala life beyond a few weeks or months , with the moat of them. Only starvation , suffering ajid death. 1IO.STO.V I.V A llIl//.AItl ) . A .Yearby Vli-iv of a lllxiivtruiiH Wlnlrr Storm. Ilontnn niolic , Nearly a decade has passed since Iloston oxperlcn-jed n bll/zard visitation fit to be ecntp.iifid with that which onmo upon the Now England metropolis and Ita vicinage In the shape of the great storm which cul minated yesterday molding. Although thousands have been subjected to ilUcomfort and danger by Iho blizzard , the loss of human life directly duo let Us prevalence on land , at least , Is surprisingly small. Had the conditions of time nnd circumstances been akin to these which prevailed in the fatal anil well remembered Btonn of 1SG7 , what a long and growsome death roll would have been laid to the charge of the blizzard of 183S , Melancholy as Is the record of dl&actcr along our shores , Its tory of calamity Is shorter than many believed could be ) > casl- bio when storm met storm , where rival s ran mountain high and every clement that make.4 the mariner's life ono of hazard was In evidence 'to emphasize the "perils of the great deep. " The trolley sytitcm of transit failed to meet the severe teat Imposed upon U , whllo thu steam lines made well nigh complete surrender to the weather. Small wonder , for It was a storm characterized by such a combination ot unfavorable Inlluencca as In all likelihood will not bo effected hereabouts for many a long year. U Is unquestionably true , however , that dUHke and distrust of the trolley wlro has greatly Increased la tlda community us a result of thu experienced and narrow escapes of blizzard night The people demand some safer and better method of securing transit by electricity. Dlockado of travel continued so long that busliu'sj In Iloston and the suburbs was practically forced to a standstill for1 twenty- four hours. The Incidental loss to trade unit commercial Interoats not to mention the damage directly duo to the blizzard will aggregate hundreds of thousand4 of dollars. Great storms come high. Iut ! them Is a 'bright side evca to a bliz zard. Thousands of men out of steady em ployment earned good wages In the service of railway companies or of municipalities. Many others gained woll-cunied money ai conductors of Improvised pung routes to along the urban and suburban lino. Money and from the business center , whllo an army of EIIOW nhovelcrs was in evidence all was put Into quick circulation on the Htrcots , If nut In the stores , and a veritable rush to town of eager shoppers and buyers Is certain to set In , now that the great storm of 1898 has gotio Into hiitory. STATI3 CAHUAlflX OP 1SIS. ) Ord Times ( rep. ) : Only men known to bo true and. honest should bo nominated In IMS. Wo have plenty of such within the republican tanks and If they are nomi nated , victory Is sure * . Kretnout Trlbuno ( rep. ) : J. N. Oafnii only winked his other rye when ho read the confession of a popocratlc bsllot burglar who said Oil Inspector and Gubernatorial Cundldato I-Mmlstcn was the leader of the diabolical plot. IJtit perhaps Mr. Qnllln al ready knew It. Schuyler Quill ( pop. ) : The populist state committee ) sends out the vote of Nebraska last fall In tabulated form and gives the total vote for the fuslcci ticket of ltfi.415. divided ns follows : Populist , C9.SS3 ; demo cratic , 28SO ! ) ; silver republican , 13.S07 ; prohibition , 3.7-J5. According to this the democratic actions are considerable of the tall waggltiK the dog. Pullerton I'ost ( pop. ) : Inasmuch as there teems to bo more or leas objection among tlio populists to Governor llolcomb's third term , why not nominate Judge Kdgar Howard of I'apllllnu ? He would make nn Ideal cnmlldato end would be acceptable ) to all bllnctalllsts of whatsoever creed , breeder or propaganda. The Test Is for Judge Howard ns long an ho Is In the race. Auburn Post ( rep. ) : A great many of the republican papers over the state are advo cating the nomination of a United SMUa senator by the republican state convention. H seems to tlio I'ost that It would bo better politics to let every candidate who aspires to bo elected United Slates senator to pull his coat oft and elect every republican repre sentative nnd senator In his locality nml then take his chance with the rest for an election by the leglfllaiure. Tobias Gazette ( rep. ) : Moro outtlon will bo exercised this year by the republicans In selecting candidates for state ofllcos than there has been In a good many years. They have learned a lesson 'by defeats which they j j propose to profit by. Hence the record , mnio by nny candidate will ho scrutinized | carefully lo see If It will aland the | I test. A man wllh a record that j will not stand the searchlight when It U I ' turnel on had bettor not apply for a noml- , nation. Clean , honest men are demanded , and must bo had. I i York Times ( rep. ) : Candidates for state | I offices are already being announced. It i may ns well bo distinctly understood first I ns last Hut no man will bo nominated by thu republican party simply brcnuse ho Is "n good fellow. " nor because he- wants the olJlcc. iMt'n will be chosen on 000011111 of llielr supposed qualifications for the posi tion and because they are believed to be competent and honest. The republican party has made some mistakes In this re spect before nnd It may make others , but It will use every possible precaution. Exotcr Democrat ( rep. ) : Almost before we know It we will ho into the midst of another state campaign. The thing for the republican parly tn do this year la to hoist all Hie sore heads und political leeches Into other ranks and then name n ticket that will win the respect and admiration of all people. Otherwise wo can expect to ac complish nothing. .Hut . If we place before the people men of stability , character and honesty the popocratlc majorities will dis appear Ilko dew before tlio morning sun nnd wo'll again stand at the helm c'f ' Ne braska politics. Tccumseli Journal ( dem. ) : To these who have watched the trend of political affairs In Nebraska for any great length of time Iho present course of reasoning of some ot the tendcrfcct In the populist party Is ridi culous. The schemers among the populists are now advocating the nomination of popu lists for all the state olllces save ono end they also claim the congressional nominees for the entire six districts. This the demo crats should never consent to. Wo will make u stand for governor , attorney general and congressmen for the First and Second districts. If tl.eRe positions are denied us then wo should favor a silver republican for governor or for congressman from this dis- trict. The democrats ot the state .should and no doubt would bo pleased to support for governor such a man as Senator 12. G. Watson of Saline county. Ho is a sliver republican and a gentleman well quallllol to fill the executive chair. For congressman from ths First district , In case a democrat is refused the nomination , Hon. G. K. Hlb- iier of Lincoln , A. J. Weaver.of Falls City , or Llnny Fulton of Pawnee City would be very acceptable. Lyons Sun ( rep. ) : A few weekly news papers have been trylngt to attracl attention to thenu-elves during the last two or three weeks by booming a cheap politician for gov ernor of tlie great state ot Nebraska. The aim does not bclievo th-l the highest ollice In the commonwealth should bo .bestowed on a man as a moro reward for party fealty , rtocauso a man has been a "party worker" or a "true 'blue" ' partisan , does not entitle him to the gubernatorial ofllce. There are other qualifications which are of greater moment and which ought -to - bo considered In conjunction with political records. The re publican party has many "party workers" who have been "truobluo" adherents to Its doctrines and lu selecting n candidate from , among them there should bo duo regard for I ability and Illness for the position. In 1 casting about for a candidate for the coming campaign it seems to us that the party will lo well lo con3l < ler o.Tofiilly the merits of Judge W. W. Keysor of Omaha. A man of executive and judicial ability , clean , honest , capable , popular wKh the people , it seems to is that republicans could scarcely do bettor. : Io has no past politic. : ! entanglements or associations to mar his reputation , his ahll- ty as a lawyer and a Jurist are well known hri ughoiit eastern Nebraska ; In a word we icllevo he is the man that republicans are ooklng for to lead them to victory In 1S9S. , et us hear from republican editors In Ne- iraska regarding him. Holdrego Progress ( pop. ) : "Who will be [ Ion. William V. Allon'a successor In the United Stntcu scnalo , " Is now ( beginning to assume -Ihe - proporUons of Iho leading topic of discussion l i polltlatl circles In Nebraska. Though there may 'bo ' now and then a local ) olitlcian or paper who seems to bo hur- loned with a "friend" whom they would likeM lo see fall heir lo Mr.Allen'u - chair in the j senate , the unanimous w'uh of the reform " forces of Iho stftto , to say nothing of the goodly number of honcflt , conforvullvo men of the opposition. Is that William V. Allen vlll ibo his own successor. In the first place Mr. Allen entered the sonalo ulnglc-handej anil alone , it might 1)0 lUlil , to represent and -work for the Interests of the common ) cople , with limited experience. Not- vlthstandlng these condltlonn ho has voiced ho sentiments of his c-oiistltuency on all iccaslons ; nnd the marked ability , conserva- lam , wisdom and Intensity of purpose which mvo characterized hit ? efforts during the last fouH years ot his senatorial work haw com manded the respect nnd recognition of not only lila collWRUcg but of < hp opposition , and Senator Allen Is today regarded by the nion of all parties one of tlio ablest of American statesmen. Therefore , In view of his natural ability nndj past record U < ? opms only prudent thnt ho fhnuld Jo his own suc cessor ns United States senator from Ne braska. The Progress Is of thn firm opinion that nny other selection will constitute * serious mistake on the part of the reform forcr.i of this stnto. r.vci.t DI.MJ AMr.iiiiMx runr. City Star : This latest act of Oer- nun commercial retaliation , like nil the others which Imvo preceded It , will hurt the people of Gcrnmny more than the citi zens of the. United States. It wll cause IO.M lo n comparatively fnw American merchants who have boon shipping frnll to Germany. Chicago Tlmos-Hernld : Tie United Stat&s , however , can easily stand n commercial war with Germany. If the president finally e-oti- clndes that he Is warranted In .availing him self of the- retaliatory powers placed In his hands by section 6 of the l.iw ot August 3o , IS)0. ! ) Germany will lose n most profitable. I market for sugar , wines , hosiery , shoddy and other articles of German innmifarttirc. In such warfare Germany would suffer heav ily for her Inconsiderate and unjustifiable exclusion of the best and inosl wholesome fruits grown on the enrih. IndlanapolU Journal : The order excluding fresh fruits from Germany is made doubly offensive by tbo false pretense ihnt U Is done on sanitary ground. ] . It being claimed that German trees and fruit will bo Injure by American Insects. If the order Li In retal. Intlon for our tariff duties on German pro ducts. ns Is probable. It would bo much more honorable to &uy so than to assign a false reason. How would It do for ( ho Unllod , Staler to exclude all German wlno on thu ground lhat It may Introduce Insects ilc- Utructlvo to American vines ? Baltimore American : Those countries ara trilling with the Intelligence of the Amcrl- can people when they sot up such pretexts for oxeltidlng American products , nnd they will continue to do so until the United States has a proper regard for Its own Intorest.i. The licavlmt blow that could ho Inlllcted on them would bo to close our markets to their trade. This eculd bo doneof course , but nobodv wants to do It. It would Inlitnt tin , United Slates , proportionately , almost as I much as Kurope. Hut there Is n way tn ; bring foreign countries to book , and that U [ for congress to repeal nnd re-enact at once . section 22 of the present tariff. Thlu wilt give assurance that congress , when It pa.sscd 1 It. know very well what It was doing , and Intended It to bo executed. The nation nei'i ! a merchant marine of I to own , and it will no : got It in nny other way. It needs , moreover , the establishment of such commercial con ditions that the natlon.s of Kurope will bo j moro Inclined to observe commercial trea- i ties , and section 22 of the tariff will accom plish this. intidiiTMI iutii/v. Chicago KeooHl : "I 'haven't ' seen you for months , Julia. Have you caught a husband yet ? " "Goadncss ! yes ; I've caught three and let two go. " New York Journal : "Baton mnkea ma tired , bragging of his wlft > all the time , nt ho does. Ho Kays that all ho Is lie owes to her. " "Uo you call that bragging about her ? " 1'iir-k : Mrs. Jones I wonder what It li ttuil makes baby so wakeful ? Mr. Jones Owvact'ly ) Why , It fa heredit ary , of course this l what comes of your sitting up nights waiting- for mo. Imllnnnpolla Journal : "Tlie ' .ern drama , " salil the Conifed I'lillo& uvr , "Is like a mustard plaster. T.io hotter It Is , thu hotter It draws. " Truth : Tommy Can't wo play nt keep ing store In here , maminn ? JMumma ( who has n hendiicho ) Yes ; but you must bo very , very < iulet. Tommy All right ; we'll pretend we don't advertise. Detroit Free Prera : "Your wife Is n forc- hnndeil llttlo creature. " "Forehanded ? The day I stayed at homo on account of the big snowstorm she made me get out the lawn mower and oil It " so I'ost : "Here's an account of a man who say ho Is OlnB to the Klondlko for dysneinla. " "Well ? " "Well. T don't Renviv Hi T.-int.iti rt sliould have a curative effect in a ease of dyspepsia. " "Ueeaiise dyspepsia Is caused by cut IDF. " Detroit Journal : ' "Who , " moaned the .lerolne of the play , HKonlzedly , "has coino hotween me and my beloved ? " ' Tno orchestra. " whispered the vlllnln , with n speelous show of concern For It was his dreadful purpose to poison her Jiiind with Kusplcloim. THU GOAT. A very Rrandllotiuont fjoat Sat down to a Kay table d'hote ; He ate all the corks. The knives and the forkn. Hemarklnjr : "On these things I dole. " Then before his repast he began While pausing the menu to scan Ho said : "Corn , If you please , And itomatoes and pas , I'd like to have served In the can. " All SIX'S Al'I'H.YI , . Truth. Oh , pity a poor Chinee , Who mobbed a mlsslonarec. And made his peace Hy Krantinjr a , lease To Willie , of aorniiinccl Aye , pity the ponr Chinee ! Ah Sin Is In dllllcuileo. And cannot resist Tl mailed IM" That Is sailing1 over the Hen. Do pity the poor Chinee , For useful lie may be , If you'll p'easo ' contrlvo To keep him alive With a diet or I n. d. Ho has iports some two or three , With n trnlllc in slllc and tea ; So save him from smash , Anil lend him nomn CIH | ] , ' And then you'll see , you'll see ! You Inlk most pleasantlee , Hut Mi Bin ho knows , doot lie. That unless you act. Your words In faet May ho only llddle-dc-dea ! 'TIs jour llbernllteo Must provo your Bympathce ; So a loan produce , Or 'twill bu no IIKO To pity the poor Chinee ! We appsal espzcially to young men because they have a re gard for appearances and know what is what in dress. That is why we want them to see our winter suits and overcoats. We lave our windows full of them for their inspection , but we hope hey will come inside. The window display is made up largely of the better grades , ) uf we have plenty of lower priced suits that are just as carefully cut and tailored. There are some patterns among these that are specially choice , and they range in price all the way from $8 to $20 , St W. Cor.15t/j _ nnd Douglas
