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THE OMAHA .DAILY BEE : MONDAY , tfEBRTJAUY 14 , 1898. TIIE OMAHA DAILY BER E. nOSnWATntl , IMItor. runusiiED nvEHY MORNINQ. TEinta or sunscnifnoNt Dally Tite ( Without Sunilny ) , Ono Year. . tj > M Dallr Ilo nnd Sunday , One Vtnr . 800 Hlx Month * . < Thrco Months . J JJJ Hunclay llw , One Y r . > . J J" Bnturday Heo , One Year . . * f ! VfctMy llw , On Y * r. . . . . . . . . Ol-FICBS ! Omaha : Tlic Hoe IJullcllns. Bouth onmhni SlnRer Itlk. . Tor. N nnd 21th eta. Council nnuTs : 10 I'entl Siren. Chlcnto OHicp. 6"Z Chnmljcr of Commerce. New York : Temple Court , Washington : Ml Kourtwnth Blfct. COUHIIfll'ONDKNCi : . All communlcntlona reJntlnrr to ni"r nnil rial matter shnuld l.o addrrsned : To the urrrBns. All l.u . lncs iMters nnj remittances fhoulfl bs nddreweil to The Uoo I'nbllVilnR Compnnji Omnhn. t > rnfti ! , etieckn , osjireij nnd pontnmj- money orders to ba made r.iyalile to the order or ctnctn > ATiox Btnto tit Nehrndkn. noitsl.ir. county * .i . Qeorire II. 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There nro-iSl tin plnti' mills in Wales , 200 of tlii'in Idle. This Is another of the crimes chargeable to McKlnley and A perusal of snmo of the country p.i- liors points unavoidably to the Inference that the .Tohn L. AVobster literary bureau Is starting on Its second beat. Tt costs money to keep streets clean. The citizens can no more enjoy clean streets without paying for them than they can cat their pie nnd save it , too. The Zola trial seems to be proving that the republicanism of France needs hi'rnishlng up to malce it conform to the best models of republicanism In Europe nnd America. California has a genuine gold brick on exhibition at the mining fair in San Francisco and the rural visitors eye it with an Interest that betokens good busi ness for the fakirs later in the season. As the bachelors are in n majority in the * New Jersey legislature , there Is no chance for the passage of the 1)111 ) to impose a tax of $2 on all bachelors mi- able to show good cause for not marry ing. The street railway company is repre sented now'to be owr-anxlons to issue free passes to the whole city police force , lint it is not half so anxious as are the policemen to carry the paste boards. Chairman Kdmisten seems to have linnglud not only the recount , but also the recount vindication. The question is , Do the populists of Nebraska want such a bungler to head their state ticket In 1SOS ? An effort is being made to have a tree planted in Kansas for every school child in the state on Arbor day. If Kansas will plant USO.OOO trees every year the irrigation problem will gradually lose some of. its dltlicnlllcs. According to the local labor paper the recent .Taeksonlan banquet in this city was enlivened by the strains of music furnished by a scab band. But then , the .Tacksonlans nre not supposed to know the difference between scab music and union labor. No , Mr. lirynn has not been charged with being the cause of the corruption recently uicovi ] > r i1 in the I.incoiii mu nicipal government. lint neither has anything been brought out where Mr. liryiiu has lifted a. linger either to prevent - . vent It or to expose the ntKMiilf-re. The Hlack Hills people are deserving of the congratulations on account of HID passage of the bill through the sen- nto to establish a national tmnitarium for old soldiers at Hot Springs. No bet ter place could be selected for a national liomo for Invalid veterans of the war. Perhaps it would 1m well to repeat the demand upon the water works com pany for exposition water. It might not .strike a How any more than the late lamented artesian well , but it would orv to 1111 in time , which seems to bo the chief object of. the resolnter.s and Jnjunctors. It In true , us the London Statist rays , that "a government based on popular suffrage has to expect free criticism , " liit ) It does not follow that such a gov ernment is under obligation to Mibiult to coarse abubt from persons sustaining otllclal relations to the president and JiL-i cabinet. The assertion of .lules Hoche , formerly minister of finance for France , that the foreign trade of the United States has rlMm in the last ten years from fourth .place to third among the nations and that the trade of France has fallen from second to fourth place , gives no comfort to the American free trailers. Up to the hour of going to press no claim has been miidu under the offer of The Heo to pay ? 5 for every nanij over 100 of bonn lido carrier delivery sub- scrlbers to the Morning and Hvening AVorld-IIeru ' 1 In Omalu nnd South iOiuaha omitted from the ILst published in The lieu last December. The World-Herald said there wciu Ihousanda of omitted , A rorhnpq nothing could better attest the failure of Spain's policy In Cuba than the fact that nearly all the auton omists there Imvo ngrced upon a now program for treating wltb the Insurgents which , If correctly reported , Is of the most liberal character. According to the report the autonomists regard the situation ns very serious and they pro pose that } he colonial government shall open negotiations with the Insurgents , offering them terms which it is hoped will prove alluring , such , for Instance , n.q the recognition In the Cuban tnllltln of the Insurgent generals and colonels , nllowlng the Insurgent party to have three seats in the now cabinet , abolish ing death sentences for rebellion nnd doing away with deportations to penal settlement.1' . The new program also proposes that Cuba shall make Its own treaties without Interference by the Madrid government. These are liberal concessions , but there Is no reason to think that they will have the result hoped for. IJelng vir tually n confession of the hopelessness of autonomy and of the military efforts of Spain to suppress the Insurrection , the piobablc effect will be to strengthen the Insurgent cause , to Inspire the Cubans with fresh zeal nnd .make them , if possi ble , more determined to accept nothing short of Independence. It is very cer tain that no progress whatever is being made by the Spanish authorities In Cuba , either In advancing autonomy erIn In their military operations. The recent tour of Ueneral lilanco was wholly un productive and he returned to Havana without having effected the slightest change In the , situation. On the other baud the insurgents do not appearto be particularly active. They seem to bo satisfied with holding their ground nnd to have settled upon a Fabian policy by which to wear Spain out. There Is a prevalent opinion that this state of affairs cannot continue much longer without some action on the part of the United States. There Is no ap parent substantial ground for this opin ion , but it Is ( juito possible that Presi dent McKlnley has decided upon a time when , if no progress shall have been made toward the paclllcation of Cuba , It will bo the duty of this government to take some decisive action. llllJTISIl CUMMKA'T. While the comment of the British press on the De home incident generally approves the course of the Washington administration , there Is a tone pervad ing some of it that will not be pleasing to Americans. The suggestion , for in stance , that President McKlnley should have paid no attention to the offensive letter , no matter how genuine , and should have publicly called on De I/omo and acquitted him of writing it , can only be characterized as supremely ridiculous. Instead of such a. course , requiring not nerve nnd wisdom , but a complete abandonment of self-respect , raising the prestige of the president at homo and abroad , it would certainly have lowered him in the estimation of the American people , whatever the ef fect upon Europeans. There could hardly be a. more llagrant. insult to the chief magistrate of this nation than that penned by Do Lome and to have passed over or condoned the offense would have placed President McKinley in a most unenviable position before his country men and Ave liavo no doubt before the civilized world. It would , indeed , have been a confession of weakness , as well as lack of self-respect and of a proper regard for the dignity of the presidential otlice , most disastrous to the popularity of Mr. McKiiiley. It is not to bethought thought for a moment that Salisbury would have taken the course suggested by the London Spectator , or that If the president of Franco had been so spoken of by a foreign diplomatic representa tive the offender would not have been given his passports at once. President McKlnley acted In this mat ter with absolute propriety and dignity. Ho pursuril the only course that it was proper for him to pursue In lirst obtain ing a. statement from the minister nnd upon his admission that he wrote the letter promptly laying the matter be fore the Spanish government. To have done less than this would have been personal and ofllclal degradation and a cause of humiliation to the country. Ono London paper , not over-friendly to this country , absurdly talks about the president showing susceptibility and ob jecting to allowing foreigners the free dom ho admits in the case of his fellow citizens. The president manifested no more susceptibility in this matter than any self-respecting man would have done and It is not creditable to the in telligence of the Kngllsh editor to imply that foreign diplomatic representatives to the United States ought to be allowed unlimited freedom to criticize the head of the government. According to the. latest advices the In cident , so far as the personal allusions to the president are concerned , is closed , but the Spanish government may yet ho called upon to disavow expressions in the Do Lome letter which warrant a question as to Simla's good faith in cer tain respects. There appears to be no doubt that such n request would bo promptly complied with nnd It Is ob viously important that our government should have the most unqualified assur ance of Spain's sincerity respecting Its policy , MtblT.lKY ATT.ICHKS. A bill has been reported to the senate which provides that nil tha military at taches of the foreign legations and em bassies of the United States shall be elevated to the rank of major and colonel and receive the pay which goes with the rank. This Is the outcome of a report to the State department by the Ameri can ambassador at Berlin , stating that the military attache of the United States embassy tit the German capital had been discriminated against because of Ma low rank. 'While an older and more ex- perlenced man than most of the attaches of other legations , he is only a first lieutenant , while they were majors or better. Hence the American attache had to give precedence nt court func tions and everywhere else to the mili tary representatives of Japan , Slam and other powers , us well us those of Kuro- pean nations. There ought to be no serious opposi tion to this measure 1C it would not In terfere \vlth the present system of pro motion and work Injustice In this re * sped. The custom * tf having military attaches to foreign legations will un doubtedly bo maintained and It Is obvi ously desirable that such attaches shall bo on nn equal footing , so far as rank Is concerned , with those of other na tions. Wo are now represented at all the leading European courts by ambas sadors and while military attaches with the rank of first lieutenant may have been well enough when our diplomatic representatives were ministers , the higher standing of these ofllclals seems to warrant nn elevation of the rank of their military attaches. SHAM The republican party was beaten nl the polls in the state election in South Dakota In 1890 largely because certain republican ofllce holders had proved recreant to the trust Imposed in them. The populists nnd their allies made pro fuse promises of reform and honesty In the administration of state affairs. The fusion legislature proved a failure and disappointment even to the enemies of republicanism , but the most startling revelation of popocratlc incompetency in otllclal positions and olllclal disregard of platform promises has been reserved un til the present month. Rumors had been beard to the effect that the popocrntle. administration of the olllce of Insurance commissioner Is not In accordance with the campaign promises of the party to which ho belongs. The result was nn Investigation by the governor , which re sulted in the appointment of a new In surance commissioner. Thus far the old commissioner refuses to give possession of his olllco and the courts Will decide the rights of the parties Interested. In the meantime the Insurance com missioner of South Dakota and the gov ernor of South Dakota are talking about each other and the newspapers are print ing a great deal of matter that will ba useful to republicans in the next po litical campaign. The governor accuses the Insurance commissioner of making exorbitant charges for examination of insurance companies and making ex aminations wholly unnecessary In gen eral , that he Is running the otlice for the revenue he may derive therefrom. The commissioner retorts by charging the governor with sympathy for the cor porations and declares that if ho "would stay at the capitol , Instead of going there once a month to draw his ? OS , It would be more in keeping witli the plat form on which he was elected. " The quarrel -is entirely among state olliclals elected on what they termed a reform platform. The exposure of the sham of the reform pretensions of the populists is complete. It Is a subject in which the people , without regard to party , may properly take great interest in order to guard against repeated de ception by the same self-styled reform ers. T11K KXTKIUXU'KlGK \ } FOll DDUDUXO. Section 180 of the charter for cities of the metropolitan class , which went Into effect last March , reads as follows : The mayor , councilman anil all other ot- flcers , agents and employes o ! the city arc especially prohibited from soliciting or re ceiving , < llcectly or Indirectly , any contribu tion of money or supplies of wlatsoevcr kinder or any valuable or special privilege at the hands of any city contractor , his or tbelr agents , or from any franchlsed municipal cor poration for any purpose whatever. The plain intent of ths law is that gift-taking and bribe-taking In every shape or form shall bo impeachable of fenses. The promiscuous distribution of free water , free gas , free transportation on street cars , free electric lights , free telephones , had so thoroughly demt r- allzed the municipal public service as to make such a drastic law a necessity. Whether this provision of the charter has been strictly observed Is not known , but at any rate it has had a very salutary effect upon public morals by making the acceptance of special favors from contractors and corporations risky if not dangerous. That such a stringent prohibition would work some inconveniences ami even occasional hardship was to hav been expected. That there would h nn effort made to evade it , and , if pos sible , to get the courts to set it aside was also to have boon expectei Whether the courts will come to th relief of the municipal gift-takers undo the plea of public necessity or pnbll security Is another matter. It Is re ported that a test case is about to b brought , ostensibly for the benellt o the police force , but In reality for the purpose of throwing down all the bar.s and restoring the old system , by whlcl franchlscd corporations can be held uj by boodlers and by which they cai carry on. n cheap plan of corruption. The wnoie gut uusiness nas neen a curse , both to the city and to hones contractors and coiporntlons that wan to live up to their public obligations If it is really essential that policemen shall nt all times have free right of way In the street cars the city au thorities should make a contract with the street railway company for their transportation nt nominal rates. If it is as claimed , a mutual benctlt to Improve the iwllce service , the company should be glad to grant liberal terms. There Is no apparent popular demand , however , for setting aside the anti-past , provision of the law , which would carry with it thu prohibition upon free water , gas , tile , phones , electric lights and other thuigo nf value. Another political party Is about to bo born and that without anybody suspect Ing such an event. Mr. Sovereign , ox general master workman of the Knights of Labor , Is wholly responsible. Ho says It is to bo a secret political party to 1)0 ) used mainly ns nn adjunct to the free silver party , whatever that may be. If every man who proves a failure as leader of n labor organization or a gen eral misfit In the community Is to en gage in political party making the time Is not far off when strenuous regulations will have to bo adopted to prevent prodigies. There arc parties enough and to Kparo of the kind that Sovereign would organize. Louisiana legislators have In contem plation a plan to put the city of Baton Houge , the capital of the state , under direct state control much after the way Washington Is under federal control , and this plan I/Jjs/tho / approval of a great many of the residents of the capital city. They-represent that because of the large number j > f negroes In the city It has been luipbxslblo to secure good municipal 'government. ' This may be true , but laml'Self-government Is firmly estnbllshedjjnifthlt } country nnd there ought to bem _ > more excuse for taking the power of scff government nway from one city thflh1 from another. It Is just possible t\\A\ \ \ tl/o / negroes are not wholly to blame for the' state of affairs nt Baton Kongo. The railroad tools who draw pay ns do-nothing state railway commissioners nro about to'hear the charges of extor tionate rates preferred by a populist state senator against the express com panies doing business In Nebraska previ ous to the last election. The complaint was entered purely for political bun combe and doubtless served Its pur pose. The Inaction of the board for four months , however , shows up the transparent scheme. Of all the anti- corporation legislation enacted by the populist legislature not one law has produced - ducod an abatement of ono cent In the charges exacted by railroads , telegraphs , telephones or express companies. Chairman Kdmlsten's anxiety for a vindication from the recount fraud charges does not appear to be half ns strong as bis eagerness to avoid a grand jury investigation into the whole re count business. While the grand Jury might not bo warranted under the law in returning an indictment against parties implicated In tampering with ballots during the recount , It would have a light to make a report of its findings to the court nnd damage their political prospects beyond recovery. Bryan professes readiness to slake his future on 10 to 1. The people who watched the democratic party follow his advice once with disastorous results fall , however , to see When or whore that ratio was Indorsed by popular vet % , as claimed by Bryan. If the people htfi indorsed 10 to 1 free coinage ns as serted Bryan would today bo president instead of practicing all the arts of demagogy In the hope of trapping an other presidential nomination two years hence. Governor Ilolcomb apparently do < ? s not appreciate the humor of his invita tion to attend a prosperity hul In New York. He has been telling everybody that the only prosperity enjoyed any where Is In Nebraska , and that nil of that Is duo uxclnsively to his populist administration of th , ; state govcrnmcrt. Here Is n change for the governor to pelt himself with more boqncts , which he will doubtless1 utilize to the full ex tent. . , ' The exposition 'directory may not yet be nerved up to the point of taking action on the question of a director general , or general manager , but every day's delay means , additional loss and confusion fot'ethoj exposition. The re sponsibility rests u.pon the directory , which Is -governing body of the cor poration. ' ' Marcus Daly of Montana returned homo from an eastern trip and said that ho found everybody talking silver , and then added that ho feared the silver cause would fall in politics this year. The more the people talk and think , the less chance there Is to prolong the de lusion. Only eight popocrats so far in the race for the gubernatorial nomination of 1SOS. If every county in the state cannot produce popocratic timber of gubernatorial quality the party will have to ordain a special arbor day of its own. > Vw 'Winter ' Ilenort. Boston Herald , Just at present China seems to be the popular winter resort for about all the war riors or Europe. OnMI 13xc'lmn ri' < I for Exiit'rloitcc. Globe-Democrat , Kansas Immigrants who two years ago cold out their possessions anil went to the holy land to rebuild Jerusalem have just returned to Kansas , evidently preferring old Adam in the hand to New Jerusalem In the bush. A -llllHloii. . Somervlllc Journal. The difference between a man and a woman Is that a woman likes to see hand- painted plates on the tea table and a man Hover thinks of the plate , but always of what Is on It , The Soiirc'iof l'roN | > orl < > ' - I , > ulsvlllo ( Me. ) Journal. When iho capitalists of this country loam that the secret of prosperity Is not In 'bearing ' production , but In Increasing the purchaao power of the massaj which Is on Insurance of the produottt of farm and shop , the problem ! of promoting general prosperity wllllbegtn to bo successfully solved. Tn-n Venrjj for Ill-form. Baltimore American. There are only two years left of this nine teenth century , considered the most brilliant I > erloi In the history of civilization , discov ery and Invention , and yet grade crossings , overhead wlreu and cobblestones are holding their own against criticism and protests , The century ought not to end with this trfo of antique- nuisances still In control. lion'Wei I'rnKrpM * . MlimoU' ( lls Journal. The bank cleanings of seventy-two cities In the United States wore 33 per cr.nt greater In Januarjv 1838 , than they were In January , 1837 ; 30fpor cent greater than they wro In Januarys 1806 ; 37 per cent greater : han In January. 1895) ) and 48 per cent greater than In January , 1894. And yet there nro purblind persons'nvho ECO no prosperity In .ho outlook. 'I'lie Trai > Kinln lHHt | > pl ICYpoxltlou. Harjic.rli | Weekly. A good deal of news Is coming eastward lowodays from Omaha alnut the progress of preparations for , t | > o transtnlsslsslppl fair. t Is all reassuring , 'Tho buildings are well ilong. The 60386(1 ( up to February 1 was exceptionally farprablo to their construction , nnd It Is given oi\t \ that they will bo ready n time , and ho very beautiful. The now fair a to ho , apparently , respectfully similar to ho ono held some years slnco at Chicago , There Is to bo a grand canal , bridges , boats , stands , courts and such things , with fairy- ami palaces made of Iron and "staff" butting on Its margins. The work la In oed ( itcida , and la being Intelligently carried ut. IVe shall hear much about It and sea many pictures of It between now and next une. Who IA going to that fair ? Pour astern readers out of flvowill need to look t a map before they answer. They will nd Omaha equally accessible from San rancisco and Now York , not moro than a iQUsand miles from Now Orleans and Cln- Innatl , and very handy indeed to Chicago , [ Inneapolls , St. Paul , Milwaukee , Des tallies , Cheyenne , Denver. Karuas City , To- eka and St. Louis. These latter towns mght to glvo a good fair pretty good back- ng , even If they were Its solo nupport. i M3IIIIASICA C.VMIU1OX OK OS. AVcst Point Progress ( dcm. ) ! It Is conceded - ceded In these parts that It Judge Maxwell Is not rcnomlnattd for congress from this district the nomination and election will go to JudRo noblnsoq ot iMadlson. 'Hastings llecord ( rep. ) : The populist In vestigating committee having nothing clso left to investigate might put In a tow licks on J. H. Kdmlsten'a ballot factory , com monly known ns the recount commission. Sclmylcr Quill ( pop. ) : It looks to us that when It gets so a. man's loyalty to popu lism Is gauged by his willingness to go Into partnership with the democrats and his standing In thu political world Is fixed by n cotcrlo of democratic editors , It has reached a point where the populist party has become simply a wart on the body democracy. 'Auburn 1'ost ( rep. ) : The time has arrived when the republican party In Nebraska must go out of the fellow dog bus In CM. The bum clement of the party has controlled It long enough. That element has nominated and elected the Hartleys , Moorcs and Hud Llndsey. They have 'brought the party Into disgrace ; now lot them step hito the tlomo- populist party and glvo the decent and re spectable clement a show , Holdrogo Citizen ( rep. ) : It Is quite a long tlmo yet before It will bo tlmo to nominate n candidate for governor , yet some fllx , or euvcn candidates have been trotted out by thu populists to contest the right ot our present governor to warm the executive chair nnd be the head ot this great state. It seems to bo clear that the adage about the onico seeking the man Is not doing ux- Unstvo work In the populist ranks as far ns practical politics Is concerned. 'Fort Crook Sun ( pop. ) ! "We have the strongest regard for fleorgo A. Magney and much admiration for his sterling worth and i Integrity. Should lie get the populist nomi nation for governor nnd the endorsement ot the democrats 'we shall glvo him our un qualified but earnest support. AVe need Just such ii man to guide the ship of state Into the harbor of prosperity. An n democrat our own Inclinations lean toward Howard ot the Times. We urmy ! believe he will ono day fill the gubernatorial chair , though the tlmo may not yet'bo ' ripe for the event. O'Xelll Independent ( pop. ) ! In reference to the nomination for candidate for governor , all will admit that ho should be a nvin of flrm convictions and possessed of extraordi nary executive ability. The Independent has ro authority for mentlonltig the name of Hon. iM. P. illnrrlngton ns n candidate , but wo believe the populist party could not no mo a stronger man , We base this belief on the vote cast for the presidential electors In 1SPG. Ily referring to this vote you will sea that ( Mr. Harrington recelvcl the highest vote cast hi tlie state , viz : 115,999 , running far ahead nf his tlekot. Auburn Granger ( pop. ) : If the populists cr Independents In the state of Nebraska , do not carry the state at succeeding elections It will bo beeau.io of the Inconsistent con duct of so many of the omrl.ils nnd party leaders. The republican party has alwajs 1-ad lots of money to spend In campaigns , hut they will not have so much to spend hereafter , for they cannot draw on state offi cials for ftindi ? , anJJ too , It would talio sev eral barrels of money to counteract the ef fect tholr defaulting ofllclals and the bad management of state affairs have had. If the anti-republicans don't carry the day it will ibe beoiuse the leaders have been un true to their declarations and untrue to the Interests of the state. Stantcn Picket ( rep. ) : No true republican should beguile hlmoslf with the belief that succcea to the party thla fall Is to be easily obtained , either In state or legislative con tests. * The only avenue open to success Is the nomination of new men to oillce , or old men who have been tried and found competent and faithful. There are plenty of such men In the country. There are thoao uho can lead the grrnd old re-publican party to victory If they are nominated. Any m'stako ' la making nominations will surely prove fatal. To select the right nica la a difficult task. The one safe plan Is to avoid politicians. No man should bo nominated who Is lcnov.il as a politician or a standing candidate for ofllce. The party should put forth new men , new blood and new leaders. Uenkelman Chronicle ( rep. ) : There seems to bo a growing sentiment amcng the newn- paper men of the state who have not ainil- atcil with the corrupt machine gcng to In terest themselves In the coming campaign. It Is no longer a burled1 secret that the self- constituted leaders who have manipulated the deotlny of the republican party In their localities and appropriated It to their own benefit will hereafter have their assumed authority contested. It is high tlmo that new blood be Infused 'nto the party or else a new branch bo constructed Speaking on this subject the ever wideawake reform repub lican paper , the Hastings Record says ; "Now blood Is what the republican party wcots among Ito candidates this year. The republican proas of Nebraska Is agreed on this proposition ; let the rank and fllo of the party cleave to It also. Either the stznd- lag candidate or the party Is to go down. Which shall It be ? We have enough faith In the party to lead us to predict that the next governor of Nebraska will bo a clean republican who Is not before the public as yet. " Kearney Hub ( rep. ) : There will bo a battle royal In Nebraska during the next campaign over the election of a legislature lUlleh will bo called upon to decide whether Senator Allen shall succeed himself OP whether ho shall bo succeeded by a repub lican nnd a man In heart and sympathy with the administration. It goes without saying that Senator Allen daslres to bo his own successor , and while there are a number ot populists and democrats who would be mightily pleased to drop Into his shoes , still there Itf no doubt that tbo various elements of popocracy are most favorable to Allen and tlmt..ho will really stand throughout the campaign ns the recognized ( even If not authorized ) standard bearer of the party. The chances are apparently In favor of the popocrats , but It must bo borne In mind that a change of a few votes In a number of counties will elect republican legislators , and It Is already evident that the gains will bo made by republicans while the opposition will experience great dlfllculty In holding Us own In any county In the state. So it would appear ibat there la plenty of room for republican encouragement. There are on the republican sldo a number of prominent men who can fill the position with honor , and from -whom a selection can bo made without fear ot mistake. As a matter of fact , the announcement of Senator Thurston last fall that ho would not bo a candidate for ro-olectlon has left an open flold for all aspirants , both for 1898 and two years hence , and the fight among republican as- plaints will bo mere easily settled because * lmtv will hi > t\vn nmv Knlnnflnnn in hn nwiiln within the space of two years. John Ij. Welnter , A. 13. Cady , G. M. lyunbertson , M. Ij , Hayward. Dave Mercer , R. J. Halner nnd a number of others , perhaps nst fie well known , are In the public mind , and either would bo a satisfactory successor foe Allen In 1899 and Thuraton In 1901. JlovoliitloiiM Set ChlcaRO Chronicle. United States Minister Merry satisfactorily clears up the misunderstanding respecting the revolution In Central America , The In surrection , It appears , Is In Nicaragua > and not In Costa nica , as at first reported. The confusion arose from the fact that the revo lutions In that locality now occur semi monthly Instead of weekly , as heretofore , and "tho Costa Rlcans kindly canceled their data In order to avoid a conflict with the Nicaragua ! ! entertainment. The Costa Illcan revolution will , however , take place as ad- vcrtrsed , the management having profited by the delay to arrange for several now and attractive features , Including the hanging of several consuls and the subsequent bombard ment of the capital by foreign war ships. In the meantime the revolutionary schedule will bo revised In order to avoid future mis understandings. Hot tea biscuit , made in perfection with Royal Baking Powder. They melt in your mouth. or nn I.OMI : . Indianapolis Jour mil : Goodbye , Mr. do Lome. You hnvo served your sovernmcn well according to tlic double-faced code o BuropcAn diplomacy , but wo have no further use for you. Detroit FVco tYess : With nil Ms tac nnd experience , Senor tie t.omb fell Into the error of believing that he could refer to the chief executive with the freedom enjoyed bj the resolutions committee ot a democratic county convention. Globo-Demosrat ! Scnor do Lome's opinion of the American people has ceased to be o any significance. The world's opinion ot the scncr Is that In manners And common sense ho hardly measures up to the standard eon on avorngo polltleastro. Chicago Record : Ttie United States la disgraced hi the eyes ot the world by the public showing of the contemptuous attitude maintained toward this government nnd people ple by the accredited representative ot Spain at Washington. The humiliation ot this In solent don nnd apology for his action b > Spain should be required. Minneapolis Tribune : The SpnnMi minis ter. Io Lome , lias probably succeeded IP aildInc a now word to the American vocabu lary whatever may bo the result ot his In discreet letter , to ( ilmsclt or to the nation which he represents. " 1'olltlcastro , " the weed which he used to designate the presi dent , meaning a pat-hunting politician , will bo adopted Into our catalogue of slang , like the Italian word "ranUita , " which came out In the Loxow Investigation. St. Louts Republic : It Is good to note that there Is ii bllver lining to the menacing cloud rising above the International horizon on the Wings ot the brcczo raised by the Do Lomo letter. Ttio iluko of Tetuan , we are told , will probably succeed De Lomo us the Spanish minister to Washington , The duke of Tetuan Is nn Irishman by descent. iiiuiu uvu msnmcn wno nro nsiiameu o : t'iclr Irish blood bad "cess to thorn but Tetuan Is not that kind -of an Irishman. Ho la prouder of his Irtsti blood than of his Spanish nobility , It h told of him , and never loses an opportunity to beast of his Celtic ancestry. H Is to bo Cioped that the flue t > Id t > oy will bo sent to vs before the 17th of March. If he Is , he may bo elected a Knltfit of St. Patrick of the St. Liiila variety and after tbit Totuan RO Iragh ! It'll bo peace with Spain forever It her Irish minister has any volco In the matter. Cead mlllc falltlic , your dukolets , nnd lots of 'em ' ! M13.VT KOIt IMlIlAftll.M'IlHttS. Chicago News : The ( lion. Hod Holes has come forward with n financial reform plan. If It comes to a "show down" Hod could come forward with n lot more. Indianapolis Journal : Ex-Governor Holes of Iowa should iiot take himself too seriously. Ho Is not the responsible minister of finance , nor the whole Iftlng regarding currency re form. Minneapolis Journal : If cx-Qovernor Holes can construct n platform upon which all elements of the democracy can meet he ought to bo the man to stand at the hcttl of the ticket. Chicago Post : As there Is not much doing cm the farm just now , Horace Holes Likes a little poke at the currency problem oc casionally. If ho guesses often enough ho will bo In line with the next democratic platform. Chicago Times-Herald : Horace Dsles says tlat within fifteen years the banks will hold the purse-strings of the nation. Well , It Undo Horace nnd his friends ace not stopped the strings will be about the c ly thing In the purse worth holding. i Indianapolis News : Ex-Governor Holes is expecting too much If ho supposes that the Hryanltes will come over to his sctiomo of finance. That would involve the necessity of his becoming the standard-bearer a thing that they could not entertain for a moment. I'UIlSO.VAh AMI THI IL\VISI2. M. Paty do Clam refuses to glvo up what ho knows In the Zola trial , thus making good his right to his name. As things are going now M. Zola may think himself lucky If the court docs not convict him of having written the Dreyfus docu ments himself. IB. Stewart Muckenfuss Is now the presi dent of the St. Louis Base Ball club. Your true 'base ' iball magnate , like your poet , Is born that way. nvery day of London fog Is said to lie worth $100,000 to the gas companies of that city. And yet fos has not been supposed to possess any commercial value. It Is announced that as an example of the sway which the bargain , craze has over woman , a girl In Detroit Is suing for breach of promise , and places her damages at $299. It Is reported that the son of the late Gen eral Logan has made $100,000 in Lclter's wheat deals and another friend of the young cornerer pulls out a quarter of a uill- llon. llon.Tho The originator of the famous three "r" alliteration , "reading , 'riling and 'rithme- tlc , " was Sir William Curtis , a lord mayor of London. In 1795 ho proposed It as a toast before the Board of Education. The presentation of the testimonial to ox- 'Mayor ' Hooper of ( Baltimore , In recognition . of his stand for good government while ho I was mayor , will take place on February 18. The testimonial Is a beautiful silver vase. Jacob B. Tilgliman , a colored man In Phila delphia , who has been dismissed from the police force , proudly asserts that his forbears were slaves of Thomas Jeffereon and that his grandfather and grandmother were servants In the White House under two presidents. This Is how Zola Is described by Stuart Henry in "Hours with Famous Parisians : " A business man , no emotion , no Ideals , no Imagination , no poetry , In bis personal In tercourse. Ho does not try to win or ea- tcrtaln you. Ho takes no personal Interest In you and does not expect you to talui any personal Interest In him. Ho talks 'frankly ' and freely about everything , but in a secular way. Ho makes life seem to you merely a commercial career. Fiction for him Is edi tions of 100,000 francs a year. His magis terial and magnificent panoramas of de scriptions , unequaled for their kind , are all measured off In his mind as so many rods ' . of printed matter at so much a rod. No } t personal magnetism , no sentiment , no perfume - j fume , no rose colors. Life has been for him j a blunt , rude , brutish thing , lie has con quered merely because ho has worked harder than any ono else. With him , naturalistic literature succeeds only by the mveat of the brow. What loins of strength , nevertheless ! "What Titanic capacities to achieve ! Ho towers over all his Parisian contemporaries , as Victor Hugo towers over his epoch. ' ' . nun : muss AM ) nxrosiTiox , Tribune : As there are only n few moro months left In which to boom the Tranfimlsslsslppl Imposition every editor In the state should do tils duty by continually announcing the fact that Nebraska Is soon to have the liugo.n and best exhibition ever 'held olneo Iho World's fair , De-aver City Tribune- : The Tribune la con vinced that very few people appreciate the extent nnd Importance of the Transmlfsls- lppl Kxposltoti which will bo held at Omaha next summer. A visit to the grounds will amaze evai those who are well read upon the subject. The fastness of the en terprise cannot bo comprehended from news paper reports. While on not so largo a scale , In some respects It will surpass the World's fair. The Importance ot the exposition to the wratcrn country cannot bo estimate nnd It should receive the hearty eticourago- nuiit and liberal patronage ot our people. Dloomlcigton Kcho : The Kchn man last week had the pleasure of visiting the ex position grounds nt Omnhn. Wo are free to confess that It wns a revelation to us In the advanced condition of the buildings nnd the magnitude of the enterprise. Several of the largo building. ? nro now nearly com pleted and the work Is rapidly being pushed on the others. The Nebraska state building Is n very pretty building and one that wiil do credit to theRtate. . KJirw been the RITI- eral Imprcaslon of the majority ot the poo- pie over the country that the exposition was nothing more nor less than an Omnlm show , but a visit to the grounds teen dis pels this belief. It Is destined to nnk very clot'o In magnitude * to the World's fair hold In Chicago. Kvcry man , woman ar.id rh M In the state should begin now to make ar rangements to visit the show some tlmo during the year. They can there see moro In a few days' tlmo than they could ID elx months or n year's constant travel. Plalnvlow Cs'ews : There are few people In Nebraska , comparatively , who realize the ex tent , the rnnduor and the far-reacliing In fluence of the coming Transmlsslsslppl K.s- position at Omaha. People nre too prone to view with disfavor or unconcern an enter prise undertaken at home. They appear to imagine that because an exposition ot this nature Is to bo held In Omaha that It cannot bo of much consequence , whereas , If Chicago , or St. Ixmls , or JJ.iii .Francisco , or some other city remote from aho state was the scene of the undertaking It would bo a grand affair. A great nvJliy people nre so narrow In the senpo of. their Ideas that they Imaglno that , in order to ( behold the world 3 greatest things , they must be remote and difficult of access. These pcnploho live within a day's journey or nearer of the Hocky mountains will turn their backs upon some of the grandest and most sublime scenery on earth and journey for weeks on alien soil spending their good money In an aimless effort to see- something bettor than America affords. If these people \\lio look with Biich unconcern nt the- exposition m Omaha could behold the exposition groiin Is at the present tlmo It would nwnkcr an In- lerest In their minds nnd cmise their hearts to swell with pride us they beheld their mag nitude. Great buildings which will shelter the exhibits brought from nearly every quar ter of the globe nre seen upon every sldi > ind enough Is already accomplished to leave no doubt In the mind of the beholder of the ultimate success of the enterprise. The 'News ' H proud of Nebraska and It J proud of Omaha. Our heart beats wltfi jatrlotlsm when wo remember that wo live n n state which contains a city large enough o carry such a gigantic enterprise to a suc cessful termination. The exposition Is not an "Omaha sliow , " as some tradnoTs of Omaha are pleased to term It , neither Is It "state 'fair. " Within the enclosure will bo exhibited HIP resources nnd the wealth of he great transmlsslsslppl states. KI.O.VTIXC iMiirru. News : He I nm told that your admliors' name Is legion. She ( Ulushliiffly ) O , no ; his name Is Wll- lams. Cincinnati Enquirer : "Willie Is so sensl- Ive. " "Really ? " "Exceedingly oo. When papa kicked him down the stops last time hu didn't call ngnlii for three weeks. " Chicago Tillmnc : Sufferer Doctor , T pild you u ilolhir to put this porus plaster on my bark , didn't I ? IMysIcMiin Yus. sir ; though , of course , that Included the prescrlp Sufferer Tliat'.s all right , doctor. I'm not finding any fault. I'll give you ? 2 to tnko It off. Hoston Traveler : Drobson It's a dis puted question which have the quicker tempers , blondes or brunettes. Crnlk Is It ? Hrobson Yes ; my wife has been both , nnd I couldn't see that It miule any difference. Detroit Journal ! "Vour husband Is cer tain to dlo before niouilng. " "O , doctor ! Wouldn't you better have a coiiHultatlon ? " "What would ft nvall ? " "O , nothing- then would bo certain. " Chicago Post : "The fact Is , " said the thoughtful man , "that almost anyone can talk , but good listeners are rare. " "Nonsense ! " returned the innn who Jumped at conclusions. "Just think of the number of married men ! " Indianapolis Journal : "The star , " the mesaciiRer reported , "positively refuses to sing unless the property tnnn Is dlschnrgod. " "What's eatln' 'er now ? " queried the man ager. "She says the footlights winked at her as she eama on In the first act. " Chlcapo Tribune : "How did this happen ? " nsked the surgeon , preparing to sow up a litigo gasli In the forehead of his patient. "I was pressing the street n , few minutes iigo. " replied the other , "nnd got too close to the hind heels of a frightened mule. I wouldn't hnvo minded It so much , " ho ndded , with a heavy High , "only I went through a four years1 course at Holdclberff university without u scar ! " Wornfma Homo Conipinlon , Oh. want hnve I to offer , dear , Whnt plft or greeting- line , This golden day of nil the year , Of good St. Valentine ? Iliivo yon not nil that life can lend Full many n friend , and true ? What IH the gift , then , I can send To you ? But this I send to you opart , Via St. Valentine , All willingly n. loving henrt This woman heart of mine. Oh , hold It safely , without fenr , Jio Hiiro that It 1 true , And does the gift bring Joy most dear To you ? It is time you learned the advantage of dealing directly with the manufacturer it is not alone the saving in price that is the con sequence , although that is a big item , But it is the certainty of satisfaction and the guaranteed quality and fit that the. makers of fine clothing can give you. Our clothing is practically to order If it isn't right , "we" are the sufferers , and we make it right as can be We don't permit anyone to make better goods. .S. W. Cor , IGtti and Douglas