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THE OMAHA DAILY IMJEt MONDAY , APRIL 11 , 1898. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE B. riOSBWATEIt. K.lllor. BVEnY MOIt.NINO. TEIIM8 OF Tfc > ( Without Sunday ) . One Tear . 14 M Dully Ikp und Sunday , One Ytar . . . . . . S CO HI * Month * . 404 Three Month . V 00 fiunilajr llr * , One Y ir . 2 W B.iturdny tleo , One Year. , , . . . . . . . 1 M Weekly Ute , One Year . . . . . . . . . . . G > OPFICKS : Omnlia ; The Hee liullcllnR. Boiith Orrnhis Singer Illk. . Cor. N an * 21th Sts. Counrll lllurfa : 10 I'fflrl Street. Chicago OIDco : Vfl Chatnlicr of Commerce. New York : Temple Court. Washington : Ml I'curteentli Street. All communications relating to ncwi and dlto- rial matter ulionlil be ndilrenecl : To the KOltor. DUSINI M urrrtitta. All liuilneM letter * and rrmlttnncci should txi ilclirwoil to The tl e 1'iltIlshlnK Company , Oraalm. Draft * , check * , expreii nnd po > tollce ! money yrAnn to be made payable to the order of the comip.iny. Tim nnB punMstitxo COMPANY. RTATKMKXr OF CIHCUIiATIUK fitnte of Ndirankn , IViuxtni county. pa. ! Ocorgo It. I'r.v huck , uncrctnry of The IJee Ptib- llnlilni ; company , Ix-lnc duly sworn , xny that tne actual numlivr of full ami complete roplra of The Dally , Morning. livening and Punilny Uw printed during ths month of Martli. .1'DS. was as follow : 1 . 22,401 17 . . . . . .5.J.2H 2 . :2.,22 19 . SJ.EI2 3 22.-.1Q 19 . 22.M1 4 2I.7M 21) . 2J.OW fi 22. "t < 21,011 .M3 7 22.27S 23 * 22.5'r. 21 9 22.591 21 ? . ! , W. 10 22,23 22,177 11 22.21 12 22,377 2S , . 2.1 , ill I 13 21VIS S3 . 23,14' ! 14 2. . 1 15 2..2 < > 7 31 16 rsirnj Total 70J.C07 l > e ? returned nnd unrold roplui 11Mi Not tntnl F.-ilc * f ! > t.Wl Not dally nvetnK * ! . ! ! ? C.KOUOn 11. TX.SrilUCK. Sworn to before mo nnd subscribed In my pres ence tblii 1st day of April , 1S91. N , I' FHtU < H nl. ) Notary Public. Now for the im'sldiMtt'.s It must not be forgotten that all his tory proves It to le ) a great deal entilcr to start a war than to ontl It. Thn liooincrs might as well recall the Klondike mlvertl.slng agents. It Is plain that they have eneonnteretl a strong ad verse wind. The Kaitor shopping Is practically over nnd we no longer hear complaints of monpy hoarding and scarcity of small change. The imrelw-.i' of a cargo of MNsonri mules by tlic .Spanish government 1'orc- shadows the recruiting of a battalion of Spanish mule marines. The Kitster egg rolling at the White House by the Washington children need not bo dispensed with this year. All Is licnco and tr.imiiilllty at the national capital. , Who Is to represent Nebraska In ron- gross If all our senators and representa tives from Allen to Mnxwell shoulder muskets to march on Havana ? Don't all speak at once. The coat may not make the man , but n coat of paint will accomplish wonders toward Improving the appearance of private dwellings and business houses and thus of the entire city. The craze for , cheapness Inflicted Omaha with ten years of rotten wooden block pavement. It Is to be hoped the craze for cheapness will spare the city an Indellnltc era of abominable brick sidewalks. The fact "that " n professor of mathe matics at the California. State university lias gone into Insolvency Is proof that n man cannot sit down and tlgure him self out rich io matter how good he may bo at ciphering. The most successful army that has ever operated In Cuba has been the army of yellow fever microbes , which eceiu to have got In more deadly work on the Spanish Invaders than all the In surgent bands put together. There 1ms not been a. great exposition liehl In this country which has pro. gressed to within llfty days of the open ing without borrowing money. The Transmlsslsslppl Kxpositlou promises to bo a record breaker in more ways than one. French olllclals will servo their conn try best by dropping the Xola and Drey fus cases at the earliest posslbk moment It Is true that second trl.iU would never bo as .sensational as the llr.st ones , but the question at Issue Is i tender one. Now that the governor has tenderer the Nebraska militia to Uncle Sam foi cannon fodder It becomes a pressing question whether the Webster guards nnd the Webster band will march at the head of the procession with John It. iWebster as color bearer. Now the war Is on sure enough , ( leu- .oral Colby , Held marshal of the Ameri can Volunteer Legion , has wired Adju tant General Harry to meet him and his 'Arabian steed at the door of the state capltol and hold himself ready foi marching orders to any port where glory waits. The projected labor congress to be heh' in conjunction with the Transmlsslssipp Exposition , commencing Labor day , Is already an assured success If the attl tu.de of the labor leaders of the countrj Is any Indication of the Interest that wll be taken by the army of tollers. Laboi < lay ought to be one of the red lettei days In the imposition annals. Of course there Is nothing po lltlcal whatever In the make-in of the list of men to be np pointed on the police force by Gov ernor Holcomb's non-partisan rcforu liollco board. Hut , Just the name , no oat who cannot show authenticated creden tluls as a popocrat and uniiualltled en dorsements from the gang has any i < us | ness to expect his application to recelv favorable consideration. When republican sentiment Is llrmlj crystallized in favor of uu entirely new set of clean , capable candidates on It etato ticket there will be no dearth o suitable material for that purpose. Jhi It may be put down In advance that no wtronu man will want to run for olllco without assurance that he Is not to lit weluhted down with associates chosi'i from among the old gang that destroyei the party' * aupreiuucy lu Uie utute. KLKVATB TIIK STAADAIID. The republicans of Nebraska will BOOH be face to face with one of the moat nomentoiiH political contests lu the his- ory of this state. Tbolr campaign of 808 will not merely Involve the recovery f party supremacy In the state but may H-'crnne the pivotal point upon which vlll turn the control of the political lestlnles of the nation. With so much at stake In the outcome f the Impending battle royal It behooves he republican party to study the polltl- rnl topography of the battle ground nnd eck to occupy the position that promises o give It the greatest advantage. It would be unprofitable now to dis cuss the causes that have led to the llsasters through which the republicans of Nebraska have been supplanted by he popocratlc combination now In lower. J he les-son taught has Impressed ( self upon the minds of the rank ami He too deeply to be so BOOH forgotten. The demand of the hour Is for a more Mevatod standard in the selection of leaders and candidates. The stamlnrd- ) carers of the party must bo men of the ilghest type of citizenship. Attempts to foist yellow-dog candidates upon the tarty nnd people for positions of honor and trust must be frowned down and 'instrated. The Intelligence of the masses should lot be Insulted by the nomination of nen for state olllces who could not coin- nand a salary over ? . " 0 a month in any irivate employment. Hecause n man lias managed to be elected once to the legislature or to some county olllce docs : iot In Itself qualify him for a state \xecutlvo olllce of great responsibility 111(1 ( Importance demanding , business act and superior managing ability. The party must have the courage to ppel nnd repress the aspirations of men of Inferior capacity and questionable morals who seek preferment at the risk of Its defeat. Unless such a policy Is pur.sucd It will be vain to hope for the ledemptlon of Nebraska from popocratlc rule. In the struggle for political existence the law of the survival of the fittest as serts itself just as It does In business and social life. The republican party must prove Its fitness to regain suprem acy before It can hope to succeed. All Its elements must therefore exert them selves for the elevation of the standard among the men under whom the battle Is to be waged ami won. Tin ; KxoDiis FKO.W JMIMAM. Very few persons claiming the protec tlon of the United States are now in the city of Havana. Hundreds have left the Cuban capltol within the last few days and are now safely on American soil. These people fled from Cuba because they believed that their lives would bo In peril if In the event of war they re mained there. There Is a treaty between the United States and Spain which guar- intecs protection to the citizens of either ountry In case of war. That treaty will bo respected by the United States If there shr.ll be hostilities between this ountry and Spain. No Spanish citizen In the United States will be In any dan ger. Ills life and property here will lie secure nnd he will be given every op portunity under treaty stipulations to leave the country without molestation. 15ut Americans In Cuba had no such assurance. The same treaty rights ap plied to them as apply to the citizens of Spain In the United States , but they could not rely upon treaty obligations for protection and they had to abandon all their Interests and flee to the United States. It was a question of life or death with them. No such necessity , remarks the New York Sun , would arise in ( ho case of possible hostilities with -any other country of Christendom. "If we were at war with Kngland the lives of our citizens caught In London by the outbreak of hostilities would be as safe as If they were In New York , " and the same can be said of any European na tlon , except Spain. In that country It has , been found necessary to constantly provide police protection for the Ameri can minister and consuls , while In Ha vana the representatives of this country have been all the time guarded. Here the Spanish minister and the consuls of Spain go about as freely as anybody , without the slightest reason to fear harm. The contrast , in this re.spoct. is worthy of consideration. It does not necessarily rcllect upon the Spanish government , but It shows a difference in the temper and spirit of the people of the two countries which Is very Instructive. TIIK Ever since G. M. Hitchcock was re tired from the position of manager of the Department of Promotion , In which ho had proved himself a costly and dis mal failure , no opportunity has been neglected by him to sandbag the exposi tion. When he could not muster courage to make an open attack he has fired poisoned afrows at the great enterprise through hLs ally , the Lincoln Journal , whose Omaha bureau Is supplied with anti-exposition ammunition out of his maga'/.lne. The most absurd and In famous fakes have been thus fabricated and circulated by this combine for the manifest purpose of casting odium upon the exposition management and foment ing a sentiment of hostllltv to the entire enterprise. Kor .several weeks past the disgruntled sandbagger has been bombarding the executive committee with the deliberate purpose to Incite the country press to hostility toward the exposition by mak ing them believe that a large sum of money had been voted Into the pockets of The Hee for advertising space which other papers have been asked to contribute - tribute free of charge. This outrageous falsehood has , however , been swallowed by only a handful of papers that have heretofore not only rendered very llttlo If uuy assistance to the exposition , but on the contrary have , like the Lincoln Join mil , done all they dared-to obstruct and embarrass the promoters of the pro ject at every stage. It Is to the credit of the rank and lllo of the press of Nebraska and other states that they have not al lowed themselves to be 'decoyed Into an onslaught on the exposition by gauzy fakes which on their face bear the Im print of malignant and puerile men dacity. The $ a.'J)0 ( ) ndvoi Using fake may be a good enough Morgan for those who [ are Inclined to wage u guerrilla war upon the exposition under any and every pre text. No reputable publisher who knows the cost of the materials In the Issue of 200,000 twclro-pago newspapers , includ ing mailing and postage , will call In question-the action of the management In adopting this method of reaching the fanners of this and neighboring Btates as by far the most economical. The ac tual outlay In cash for the Illustrated edition of 1100,000 copies does not leave a margin of $50 to the publisher and makes no allowance whatever for adver tising space cither In the regular edition or extra edition. In other words , for the mere reimbursement of cash expended The Bee gives the exposition the free use of Its entire regular weekly edition. And what Is equally to the point , every dollar of this money Is charged against the stock subscription of the publisher. With these facts Iwfore them reputnbln papers will fight shy of becoming cats- paws of the disgruntled dog-ln-the- manger who Is trying to cripple the ex position because he was u dismal failure In the work entrusted to him as manager of promotion. WHAT 0V AN AHMIST1CK1 An armistice means a suspension of hostilities. Tills Is what Spain , under the pressure of the Europctm govern- niDiits nnd In order to avoid n war with the United States , has agreed to. What Is the position In which that agreement places the government of the United States ? That is a question of supreme Importance. This country has demanded that the contest In Cuba shall be terminated. Our demand upon Spain has been that the conflict In Cuba should cease and that the pacification of the Island should bn guaranteed. An indispensable prere quisite to this was the stoppage of hos tilities on the part of Spain. If that has been accorded , as the dispatches state. Is that not all that the United States can properly demand ? It Is not to be expected that the In surgents will accept an armistice. They will regard the proffer of such an ar rangement on the part of Spain as a confession of weakness and will reject it They will refuse to negotiate with ( lie Spanish government upon any terms which do not contemplate the absolute independence of Cuba. There can bo no question that they will bo fully Justi fied in taking this position , but could this government justify Itself before the world If It should support them after Spain had acceded to our demand to put an end to hostilities so far as that coun try is concerned ? On the other hand ) If the Insurgents , as Is probable , shall reject an armistice mid Insist upon con tinuing the struggle , can the United States Intervene to compel them to agree to a cassation of hostilities and to treat with the Spanish government with n view to the permanent settlement of the conflict ? Th-crco are perplexing questions nnd it will not be at all surprising If they shall bo found to have a very decided bearing upon the course of events at Washing ton. Our government must recognize the fact that Spain has yielded In a most vital inspect in agreeing to an armistice , regardless of what her ul terior purpose may be. This govern ment is bound to think that the action of the Spanish government in this respect - spect Is made In good faith , and It Is extremely doubtful whether the United States has any right to exact from Spain any conditions or obligations not Inv plied In her willingness to negotiate with her revolted .subjects under a sus pension of hostilities. In proposing an armistice Spain In effect recognizes fhe belligerency of the insurgents. It is an acknowledgment that a.state of war exists In Cuba. That Is a matter of some importance In its bcnrlpjj upon the relations of Spain to the Insurgents , but not necessarily to the relations of this country to the parties to the conflict our duty , from the point of view of International obli gations , Js not thereby changed. The country will await with Intense Interest the view taken at Washington of the latest phase of the Spanish- American qustion. This government Is understood to be fully nnd firmly com mitted to Cuban Independence. The president is said to favor this and there is no doubt as to the attitude of con gress. The practically unanimous senti ment of thi ? American people Is also for the Independence of Cuba. Hut all rational men understand that that most desirable consummation should not be brought about by the United States In violation of any of Its International ob ligntlons. Whatever course this country fdnill decide to pursue must bj taken With reference to Its duty as oiu of the community of nations. Even if some of the American poli ticians appear not to appreciate the fact that Industrial conditions ara such In the United States that , If well main tained , the American manufacturers will be able to enter Into almost any maikct in. the world and compete for business , .some of their competitors are fully awiiro of the Important fact. The president of the Manchester Association of Engineers , who recently paid a visit to this country , declares that "the United States with her boundless natural resources , coupled with the energy of her people , Is destined to be come the workshop of the world. " This In u just estimate of the Importance of the United States as an Industrial na tion. Itumor has It that the state university authorities are contemplating the reestablishment - establishment of the preparatory de partment whose tardy abolition excited popular approval two years ago. There Is no excuse whatever for diverting state funds intended for university In struction to the supiwrt of kindergarten Institutions simply to act as feeders and K.IVO the local communities the neces sity of performing the work at their own expense. The Intermen't of the preparatory department should not now bo disturbed. The members of the Missouri Bar as sociation are deserving of hearty com mendation for having taken Mich a de cided stand against relaxation of the restrictions surrounding divorce prac tice lu the courts of the state. It might l > j supposed that the lawyers would wel come changes making U easier for ap- for fllvcyctu to secure tbclr do- crocs , thus .encouraging ellvorco canes and Increasing -business for the lawyers and the courGi"Dut the State Bar asso ciation adopt tllf | series of recouimenda- ' tloiiH which l fp'ljowed would reduce the divorce buslu $ ; tof the Sllssourl courts. If the lawyers take hold of the divorce reform movement In dcatl earnest some thing substantial will bo accomplished. Why dlel Governor Holcomb hold back the letter of the attorney general on the strength of which he pretends to have appointed n substitute In the police com mission Impeachment hearing until after steps had been taken to procure a writ of mandamus to compel the governor to do his duty ? Can It be that the attorney general's letter Is an ex post facto docu ment prepared for the purpose1 of bolsterIng - Ing up the governor after he found him self In an unpleasant dilemma ? Why should Governor Holcomb , on such a question , require an Interpretation of tll law from the attorney general when he himself has occupied a place on the bench and Is a lawyer of very fair ability ? _ The mandamus proceedings to compel Governor Holcomb to perform the duty imposed upon him by law by himself and not through a substitute arc to be tried in the Hupreme court and not by the Omaha police board or Its organ. If precedents count for anything , the supreme premo court will Issue the writ against Holcomb on the same principle that former supreme courts of Nebraska have Issued similar writs against former gov ernors. There has been no change In the constitution of Nebraska , so far as wo are aware , since the last writ of mandamus was Issiieel to cotnpel a gov ernor to live up to the law. The weekly newspapers of Iowa con tain many Items about recent laud sales , and there Is greater activity In the farm real estate market than for a number of years. Nearly all the bales are for cash or practically so , and the prices range from ? ! ' . . " > to ? 00 an acre , ae-corellng to the Improvements. A great many of the farmres who are selling their Iowa farms will locate in Nebraska , Wyoming , the Dakotas or olsowhoio in the west where good laud can be purchased at low prices. The Nebraska bank examiner who de clared before an audience of 10 to 1 deluslonlsts that prosperity Is a myth in this state is vntltleel to a double- standard leather ' ' 'medal. A man who can close his eye-Si ! 1U(1 ( 0U'S ! to tllD Iu1' proved conditions that .surround us on every side is JusVas likely to deny that the earth revolved , about the sun. OneAilvuutnprc on Our Side. Des iloloe * Keglster. The Omaha flee properly calls attention to the fact that the United States has not yet Incurred the obllRallon to protect Hawaii with a fleet coh'Mautly t-tatloncd there. No , and It Is not going to Incur that obligation In the future , however much augar 'specula tors may dealro toi bring It about. luiilnii'.mollf Journal. , T ) o ycl'.ow jbatnals arb Irylnsi.toj erauadc tlie'jf readers that Wall street Is preventing \vdr fir selfish roisons. If it cornea to that , what objpctlon would Wall street have to war and a big Issue of bonda ? According to somotf thesu yellow Journals during the Ifst cinira'gn Wall street Is always working night acJ day to compel the government to fsoue bonds. The two theories hardly , consist. I'olntcrM on I'roMiicrlty. Fremont Tribune. It Is a caution the way chattel and real estate mortgaged arc being wiped off the books thrso days. Thq releases are far In cxcew of the filings , aa shown bythe rec ords in the court house. And the same con dition of affairs ID reported from all over the state. The financial , moral and material ruin predicted at Omaha In 1SOO by the popu- Itsta and since taken up as the battlecry of > the new-fangled democrats doesn't seem to bo arriving In any great haste. Solcin 11 IuI > - at flicI'oople. . Itrooklyn Kasie. The times are solemn and emergent times for the people ct the United States. Let every citizen make the cause of hla govern ment his own and let that government make Its cause the cause of liberty and of hu man It 5' . Let party lines dissolve at the water's edge aad let the dread recourse to war carry with It the Justification of con science and a reverent and confident appeal to the God of Nations and the Lord of Hosts. And may He be a Pillar of Cloud by day anJ a Pillar of Fire by alght to our defenders by land and sea ! CniiiitliiK tlie Cnt. ll'.lffalo Kxnress. It Is cnnounccd that in the event cf war with Spain I'he Internal revenue tax acts cf 1SG2 and 1SG3 will bs re-enacted. They amounted to $700.000,000 a year. Thcsj acts put a tax of $1 a barrel en beer , but the bulk of the revenue was derived from tea and o ffce , all prcprletary artlclm and the stamp tax on checka. deeds , receipts , leasas , mort- ga tfl and commercial piper. A $100,000,003 pcpuUr loan Is talked of , dad the president la raid to have Irstrticted Chairman Dlngley to prepare a bill which .will Increasa the leve- nue by the same amount. War cornea high. Tlie Ilntf. C'nxo Fr.ri-e. HoUreee Citizen ( rep ) . The State Board of Transportation has resurrected the Tibbies complaint against the rcllrcad , which has be m lying hid away hi a pigeon hole for thdkst six months. The fusion managers ara realizing that another state campaign l'i nppro.ichlng and It la nec- c.3sary that anmethlns be done to carry out 'tho ' Idea that the Icaderu are against the Mllroada. For .hr/iZ , can some of the old uar horsey In the 'populist ranks bo of use If they can't take up their cry against the railroads and the # iriust have something to point to td Indicate that they have tried to fulfill iomo of thMr rnimcrouo promises cor. cernlug tallroad Froth nfij'oluionl Pntrlnt * . Kantaa city Star. Newspaper editors , and politicians who have been criticising jthe prenldeut for striv ing to maintain pfAPp will soon to declaring that .McKlnley pUingeJ the country into war. The conflict If 1 , comes will not be In prosrcas two \veeka before they will bo blaming the administration for all the horrors of war. They arq against the president. whatever ho docsV and If ho hid displayed a belligerent dlswdtlon from the start. In the preHtut crisis , they would have been the loudest shoutern for peace. Fortunately there arc not many such people In this coun try. If war comce , fho great masses of the people will support the president , Just as they have doiHj In all his efforts to settle the problem without a resort to arms. "titv > With the I'rcMlilcut. " New York HeralJ. With the storm In the ascendant wo are one with the president. Wherein has the president lacked firmness ? Ills annual mes sage was a profound discussion of Cuba. Jlcllovlog In Lee's manly Americanism , ho returned blm to Havana , democrat as ho was , and declined to recall htm at the de mand of Spain. He sent the Indiscreet Do Lome passports without delay. Ho treated the Maine explcslon as a call to arms. ly ) day and by night , unJer his strenuous , mas terful leadership , the country has been pro. paring for war. Should the blow fall It will be due to the foresight and courage oi the president that It falls upon a > i armed and puissant nation. Under this menace ol war we are orx > with the president. TUB POPULIST1U Hebron Hepubllcnn ( rep. ) ! And the ROV- ernor of Nebraska continues to wrlto letton " " hlmeclf for hla "to the BJllor , defending course In the Hartley deals. Some friend Should hftvo him road that article- that liap boon going the rounds of the press on "Let ters that Kill. " Klrnball Observer ( rep , ) : In the opinion ot Silas A. Holcomb , Governor Holcomb Is the best governor Nebraska ever had ; la fact , about the best governor that ever happened In any state. Wo glean this from the recent utterances of Silas A. Holcomb with refer ence to Governor Holcomb. Syracuse Journal ( rep. ) : Governor Hol comb Is trying very hard to shirk his fhare of the responsibility In the Hartley matter. Now , why can't ho bo a man and own up In a manly way that he made * a mistake and sincerely regret * It ? The trouble la he Is not built that way ; ho lacks an honest , manly nature and would therefore rather Ho than own up to a mistake. Pcndor Republic ( rep. ) : It Is reported from Lincoln that Governor Holcomb Is seeking a Indication of hU course by wanting U third term as governor. He Is so vain that he for- ; ots the lesson learned to their sorrow by other and more capable and more popular men In other states , Foraker of Ohio , for In stance , who sought third terms as governor * . The American people don't take to third : crms and nothing would suit the republicans Setter than to huve the opposition renoml- nato the governor , for they will defeat him sure. sure.Craig Craig News ( rep. ) : Governor Holcomb would llko to succeed himself as governor. Ho would also llko to bo United States sen ator to succeed Senator Allen , but that being an Impossibility ho will try hlo nerve again for the gubernatorial chair. How can ho succeed when the populists themselves are not In favor of Mr. Holcomb for another term ? Holcomb and the llartley bond case are atlll prominent factors to the said Hol- comb'o discredit. If the popullats , demo crats and all desire a change In state ad ministration Just nominate Silas A. Holcomb for governor and you'll get It. Pbttsmouth Post ( rep. ) : It Is scarcely likely that the state of Nebraska will ever recover anything from the Dartley bondsmen. Even If It does receive a hearing from the supreme court the length of time which must Intervene will place some obstacle In the way and the bondsmen finally be freed from the penalty of going down Into their pockets and furnishing the funds which the ex-treas urer stole. What Is the use of requiring bondsmen , anyway , for the ofllclals of state ? In the way things seem to be managed a etato official might aa well be given full swing In his position , with only his own word as his bond. Holdrege Citizen ( rep. ) : Governor Hol comb Is trying vainly to explain why ho failed to compel Hartley to account In cash or to give a satisfactory exhibit of the stUto funds before ho entered upon his second term of office. To governor had been warned agatast allowing Hartley to go on without making a complete settlement , and wo be- llevo that Hartley had threatened to resign' If u cash settlement was required. One would naturally have thought this would have awakened suspicion In the mind of n reformer , but it did not seem to have that effect on the governor. The governor has ried several times to explain his connection In this matter , but somehow his oxplanatlous do not explain satisfactorily. I'Ol.M'KHS OX STATE 1'OLITICS. Holdrego Citizen ( rep. ) : If the republicans put u | > a winning fight this fall they muct put up a ticket competed of clean men who have good bualnes * qualifications , who bavo no taint cf rings , cliques cr bcosce. A ticket made up of men who have good executive ability and are untainted wltci connection with cliques ought to be a success this fall. People are gatting tired of the administration that Is seeking to make everything subserve the Interest of a few politicians. Schtiylcr Quill ( pop. ) : That the pspullsts , democrats and free silver republicans will unite In Nebraska next fall ca a state ticket Is certain. That 1 * a common and generally accepted Idee. That the fuolon forces will carry the. atato Is also subject to llttlo If any dou .However . . , we mlgtit lose the state with bad or unpopular candidates and there Is no time nticn a party should be more care ful In the selection of Itn candidates than when there Is supposed to be n sure election following. The minority party Is ever on the alert to win and putn up only excellent can- dldaUs. but U prepared to week on the ag gressive , os they have nothing to defend. And we must hero add that with our expected 20.000 majority next fall we must not en d-anger that nor a future lirge majority By careless nominations. Columbus Telegram ' ( dem. ) : Several papers have mentioned the name cf W. II. Thompson of Grand Island , as fusion candidate for gov ernor. The "Llttlo Gknt" In one of the very best men In ttie state. Is a democrat from head to heel , and would make a splendid governor - ernor If he could bo elected. But there's the rub. The Telegram don't believe he could be elected. The pDpulists would mever sup port him enthusiastically. They ought to dose so , were he nominated , but they wouldn't. And no man can be. elected without the undi vided support ot democrats and populists. We are still of the opinion that the logical fuslcn candidate Is Edgar Howard of Papll- llon. He would be alike acceptable to bsth democrats and populIstB , and would be elected by a larger vote tl.an was Governor Holcom to his ReconJ term. Let us agree to ( tie nomination of Howard , aud have the matter aettled. PKRSOYAI * A\n OTIIKUWISE. Switzerland has one of the finest tclephcnn syfitrrcs In the world. It Is owned by the government and operated la tlio Interest cf all the people. The calendar for the present year exactly repreduces that of 1887. Each year began on > a Saturday , had a 28th day of February , and In bath years Easter falM on April 10. The transportation preparations for Itie Klondike have been overdone , It appears , like so many other great expectations In that con nection. One eteamcr hired by a company for S500 a day Is tied up for want of passengera. The hero of the bazar fire In Paris , the Cabman Georges , who wzs made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor , has now been given a position of tax collector by the minister of finance. The minister has chcscn a bureau for the cabman In his own department. Sir Claude Macdonald , liritlsh ambassador at Ptkiti , has attained the questionable notoriety riety of being "tho worst Informed diplomat In China. " Though but 40. he has seen mili tary service in Egypt and has been consul general In bo'.h Zanzibar and West Africa. Congressman James H. Campbell of Illinois , \vtio has resigned his stat In congress to raleo a ccglmeiit to fight Spain , was one of the "fcirou.i . 103" who voted General Palmer Into the United Stale * senate In 1891. Ho Is 45 years of ago , and In a lawyer and Journalist by profcoslc'.i. Henry George , sen of the great olnglo taxcr , is In San Francisco , gathering material for a biography of his father. Following the ex ample of liM sire , he will devote himself to sn-eadlnj ; the single-tax Idea , and declares lha : he lian no political ambition other thaa Is necMsaiy to help the American people. The Anncko Jans zrj moving eastward , hav ing held a convention at Cleveland last week. Their hopeo are as hlsh as ever , but there wan no evidence produced to annihilate late- the distance between them and their Fhadowy millions. Me-anwhllo the attorneys draw their aasesfments with cheerful regu larity. Vice President Garrctt Augustus Holart and Klllott Danforth , chairman ot the New York democratic state committee , wcro boyo together. They met the other day In the sen ate rcotaucaut at Washington and the greet ings they exchanged shocked some of the aristocratic hearers. Thli wcs the dlaloguo : "How are you. Elliott ? " "First rate. Gus ; how are you ? " William Conner , the pco d 70-year-old father of a Maryland baby , wanting to name the llttlo ona after the wife of the president , but he did not know Mrs. McKlnley's name. So he wrote to the president for the deslre-.l Information. Here la the answer he got : "Mra. McKlnley lias instructed me to ac knowledge the receipt nf your communication of recent date , nnd convey to you hrr apprc- clatlca of the compliment paid her In the PC- lection of a name for your daughter. She trusts that the future may have In store for Iho little girl much happlnc&J and prosperity. Mrs. McKlnloy'o full name Is Ida Saxton McKlnloy. " It Is safe to predict that "Ida Saxton" will soon become a familiar name at the baptismal tout. MEJC OP Tltn HOUR. FhtlM ! Hob" Krnn . Cantnla of the nnttlcKhlii town. There la no more Interesting and ttltrnctlr * personality In the United States navy than Captain Hobley D. Evans , recently Riven command of the battleship Iowa. Ho Is fa miliarly known as "nghtlng ilJob" Evans , a soubriquet ha dislikes. "I never courted that kind of distinction In Iho cervlce. " ho once saM : "I am no moro ot a fighter and no moro entitled to that title than any other officer. " > Dut there la substantial foundation for the title , and It sticks. Judged by the pictures of him now afloat In the newspapers ho looks the title , yet a more genial and un pretentious officer never faced the bridge. His countenance Is a map ot bulldog tenacity of purpose , a characteristic ho has demon * stratcd admirably on many trying occasions In Iho service of his country , Evans wao 16 years of ago when ho en tered the Naval academy In 1860. When the war broke out his family , being Virginians , endeavored to end his schooling at the acad emy In order that he might enter the con federate service. HU mother went so far as to tender hla resignation , but , later , It waa withdraw ana the young midshipman gradu ated aheid of his time In 1863. Ho at once entered the oorvlco of the union nnd fought gallantly to the close of the war. The writer saw him at the naval review In New York hi 1893 , and waa particularly struck with his pugnacity of countenance ami the halt In his walk. The former does not debar ono from service In the navy , but an Impedi ment In the limbs usually means retirement from the service. Captain Evans Is an ex ception to the general rule. The Injuries which resulted In a misshapen leg were re- calved In two engagements the naval as sault on Fort Sumter In August. 1863 , and the combined attack on Fort Fisher in Jan uary , 1S65. Ho was an ensign on ouo of the ship attacking Fort Sumter aud had charge of two guns. A efiell came through the porthole , cut a trench In the deck nnd broke his kneecap. He refused to go below to the surged ! . Stretchlui ? himself In the trench made by the shell he fought hla two guns until the fight was over. Conspicu ous gallantry marked hlo notion at Fort Fisher. Hy the toss of a coin he won the leadership ot an attacking party ot 100. He was first to mount the scaling ladder and reached the parapet only to receive a bullet In the knee and three other wounds , nnd fell Inside the fort desperately Injured nnd a prisoner. The following day the fort was captured and Ensign Evans fell Into the hands of his friends. For this action con gress awarded htm a gold medal , and a llttlo later paid him the rare honor of continuing him CM the active list and exempted him from physical examination as to disability. Captain Evans was for several years an Instructor In seamanship In the Naval academy. Many of the youmger officers of the navy were under tils tutelage at that Institution nnd upon practice cruises. Whllo ho was always strict and often sarcastic In his remarks to the youngsters , he wcs at the same time zealous to make good offi cers of them. An officer who was a mld- t'hlpman under Evans says that one day at seamanship drill he , as a royal-yardsman , made an error In sending down yards. Evans from the quarter-deck ordered him to "lay down from aloft nnd comb the hayseed out of hU hnlr. " "It wcs a pretty severe re buke , " said the officer. "He thought that his rebuke would do the work , and I am happy to say that It did. " Captain Evans wao placed In command of the gunboat Yorktown In 1891. The vessel entered the harbor of Valparaiso when the relations between Chill and the United States were stralhed. It was hero the cap tain achieved the sobriquet of "Fighting Boh. " The Yorktown was small said car ried but few guns , but what she lacked lu armament her commander made up In nerve. The Yorktown was anchored directly In front of ono of the water batteries , a shot from any of which would have sunk her. Shortly after the arrival of the vessel the Chlllarvj had torpedo practice. They had a number of small boats fitted with long arms on which the torpedoes were placed , and , as the only vessel In the harbor was the Yorktown , they made her the point of at tack , much to the displeasure of Captain Evans. He stood on the deck for some time watching the maneuvers of the small ves sels until he could stand It no longer. He then ordered the t'hlp cleared for action anl the gurs were loaded. His cutter was or dered away , and he visited the commanding general of the city. He lost no time In sayIng - Ing that he wanted the torpedo boats taken out of the harbor within half an hour , and his request was granted. Later on the Yorktown became the aay- lum of several political refugees who were wanted by the Chilian authorities. A de mand was made for them and refused. Then the Chilians Induced the commander of one of the European shirs to Inform Captain Evans that umlees Iho refugees were sur rendered three Chilian crulocra would fol low the Yorktown to sea and secure them forcibly If necessary. Captain Evans con- suited xwith the refugees , telling them If they wished to remain ho would defend them while his ship -was afloat. They de cided to remain. Captain Evans Informed the messenger of the decision , adding thU characteristic postscript. . "Say to the officer commanding Chilian squadron that while my little ship might not last moro than thirty minutes she will make a h 1 of a lot of trouble while she Is afloat. " Next day the Yorktown , cleared for action , gteamcd out of the harbor with the refugees en board , but the Chilian cruisers did not fol low. Captain Evuns Is credited with being the author of several sayings ot picturesque pro fanity current In the navy. Whllo at Val paraiso ha Is said to have informed the town authorities that If his sailors were molested on shore ho would "make h 1 smell of garlic. " In discussing the Chilian. cnibragUo later with Secretary Herbert ho said It would please him greatly to "make Spanish the official language lu h 1 for the next five years. " Captain Evans has held his present rank sluco 1S93 and was the first commander of the battleship Indiana. Should events shape themschfo so as to test the fighting capa bilities of the battleship Iowa It Is certain that "Fighting Hob" will do honor to him self , the country and the flag. Tnliitril Simln'M lloiinr. New York Mnll mill Hxpregs. At ono itlmo Spain offered to sell to France not Cuba alone but Po-to Klco nnd the Phil ippines for abut $2,000,000. And ehe didn't need , money a bit moro urgently then than bho dors now. In other words , Spanish locor has not alwa > s been absolutely free from the 'touch ' of mercenary contldciatlons. MKIT cut/rime. Somv 'Point ' * from ihe Hrvnrt of 9 * * * rrtnrr Wilson. Philadelphia fittcra. An clabornto and comprehen lvc report on the condition of sugar beet cuHur In this country which tins just been transmit ted to the president by Secretary Wllscti of the Department of Agriculture , the condi tions of this nascent Industry In the Unltcst States and the operations of the AgrlcuHurol department In relatlcti thereto are IntellU grotty and lucidly net forth. The iod JU- trlbutlon during the past reason was on a larger scale than over before , Including not only the sending ot ample supplies to tha numerous agricultural experiment Ma'lons , but. aluo a generous output to moro than 10,000 farmers In different sections of thu country. All told , nearly 40,000 separata testa ot ( il.intlng sugar beet seed wrr made throughout the coun'ry under the practical direction of Agricultural department expert * . By this mcanf , In the Judgmecit ot the aecro- tary of agriculture , the real measure ot adaptability of the country to the raining of raw ma'erlal for our vant annual sugar sup ply has been1 fairly and Oollnltely ascer tained. According to the average result of the Agricultural department' * sugar beet rul- turo experiments last Reason , the cultivation of this esculent might be undertaken with profit throughout the broad area of thu states lying within the range * nt a mean temperature ot from 69 to 71 dpgreca Fahren heit In June , July and August. The best re sults from Individual formers , as well a * from the department's experiment stations , were attained In New York aaul Michigan. In these states , as In others lying wlth'.ci ' the belt of culture Indicated , tents of pro duction and of saccharine strength shoned a regular grailtitton of excellence from smith to north , the rtvults having be-eo most fa vorable In the southern portions. While , therefore , the limits of cultivation are far apart , the area of highest efficiency is com paratively narrow , corresponding In effect to the territory In which an t\thcrni of 71 degrees Is maintained during the throe summer months. The area of possible sugar boot culture thus defined Includes territory In twelve states In addition to the two already named , The states bordering upon the great lakey , with South Dakota. Wyoming , Colorado and Nevada In the west , and Pennsylvania , New York and New Jersey In the east , contain within their limits practically all of the ag ricultural territory available for thepurpcso of high grade uugar beet culture. There It no lack of sultahln land , ulnce almost anyone ono of the states named could spare thu million acres which , according to Secretary Wilson , would be tnifllclcnt to raise uugar beets enough to supply the domestic market annually with all the sugar needed. As thu largest consumer of sugar among the nations of the world , the people of the United States are deeply and directly In terested In thu official nnd unofficial efforts put forth to render this country Independent of foreign sources ot supply. Wo Imported during the last calendar year over 687,000 tons of low grade beet sugar , nt a cost of more than $24,000,000. In 1S96 the Importu of beet sugar were about 500,000 tons , Dur ing these years the Imports ot cane tmtvira , Including the duty-free proJuct of Hawaii , were respectively 1,420,000 tuns In 1S96 anil I.'IO.OOO tons In 1897. If the anticipation. * of the Agricultural department olllclals nhall bo realized this vast aggregate of a prime necessity In American domestic economy will ono day be supplied entirely from our own farms and refineries. .1'Ahsixe ; IM.IOAS vvr New York Mercury : "U'lnkle I wonder what becomes of ull the boys wYio lenvii the country and enter the great strustjlo of life In the city. Klnklo They niuke big fortunes , nnd then lie back In their easy clmlrtt uml udvlso country boys to stick to the farm. Yonkera Statesman : Y. Is your wife lion- est ? C. What do you mean ? "I mean do you ever liml her short In her nceounts ? " "Well , I should sny not ! You ought to hear her ! ' Boston Transcript : Fuddy Arc you In fa vor of a single tux ? Uudily I go further than that. I would have no tux nt all. I Somervllle Journal : She Oh , I do so wnnt to bo n colleg-e girl ! He Oh , bosh ! You uren't homely enough. Cleveland Plain Denier : "Why , " .shouted t'ne orator , "why am I so poor ? " "I think , " answered thn man In t'no rear of the hnll , who was having difficulty In hearing , "I think It'a 'cause you ain't got the voice. " Detroit Free Press : "I wonder how I can make my money go t'ne farthest ? " "Havo you ever bought u conversation over the long-distance telephone ? " Indianapolis Journal : Watts The mnln duty of t'ne American citizen right now I.- ) to keep cool. Potts That's what I think. If war breaks out I am going' to British Columbia. Chlcapo Post : "Tho bicycle Is rmiklnK us quicker and moro active , " he asserted dogmatically. "But nil people do not ride , " protested his companion . "Very true , " ho admitted "and the people who do not rldo are learning to bo the quickest nnd most active of all. It U necessary. " COIJIvlJ.VTDO IT. Pemi'r Post. In prenchln' to us yesterday our parson said that wo Should love our neighbor as ourselves thut was his text , you see , An' thoiiirh I've been a follower fur SO yearn fir more I never 'necnl a argument as strong as that before. Seemed like the fire o' Heaven was all cen tered In his tongue. An' some of his pathetic flights of oratory The dampish tears to many eyes , my own amon/r th ? rest , An' seeintd to sort o' melt the heart a beat- In' In my breast. I never fell the Gospel power so stlrrln' In Its wav AH w'nen the parson turned it loose at meet- In * yesterday ; If older than Mcthusalcm when I'm lal'l ' on the Hhelf I yet will hear him eryln' , "Lovo thy neighbor aa thyself ! " I'd llkn to live iiccordln' to his teachln' If 1 could , But : iH I'm situated I jca' couldn't If I would The nearest neighbor t'nat I've got , the man next door to u , Plays on a cilppled clarloncttu , an' I jcs * hale the cuss ! Seneca , It is easier , too , to give good counsel in the matter of clothing of which we profess to know something worth while , than it is to get others to take it. Our advice is always against "cheap" clothing not alone be cause we make the better kinds , but because it is never worth the price to buy something that is not serviceable , however well it may look on the tables. In the kind of ready-to.wear garmsnts , that bear the responsi ble name of Browning , King & Co , one is always certain he is getting what he pays for , and he is equally sure of not paying more for it than he ought to pay. S. IV. Cor. lOth and Douglas