Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , FEBRUARY 7 , 1898.
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Notary 1'ulillc.
Kor lln > mini nut of debt nnd
tnon money I linn IIP spends the Iicst
money In tu ! > world Is imnp too wood.
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