Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMATTA DAILY UEE : MONDAY , FEBHTJATIY 20 , 1809.
DAILY
E. HOSEWATEH. Editor.
PUBLISHED EVERY MOIlNINO.
TERMS QV SUBSCRIPTION.
Dally Bee ( without Sunday ) , Oni Ycar.J6.CO
Dully Hoe nnd Bundny , Ur\e Year . 8.00
Blx Months . * .W
Three Months . 2.00
Sunday llco , Ono Yoar..i . .w
Saturday Bee. Ono Year . ! & ?
Weekly lice , One Year . . . " >
OFFICES.
Omaha : The Bee Bulldlnc. .
Hoifth Omaha : City Hall building ,
Twenty-fifth nnd N streets.
Council Bluffs : 10 1'cnrl Street.
Chicago : Block Exchange Building.
New York : Tcinolo Court.
Washlncton : 001 Fourteenth Street.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Communications relating to news and
editorial matter should l > e nddronscd : i.di
torlal Department , The Omahii Bee.
BUSINESS BETTERS.
Business IcttcrH and remittances should
be addressed to The Bee Publishing Com
pany , Omnha. Drafts , chocks , express and
pontonico money orders to be made payable
to the order of thp company.
THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
STATEMENT OK CIRCULATION.
Stnte of Nebraska'Douglas County , as. : .
George H. Tzschuck , secretary of The Botf >
Publishing company being duly sworn ,
nays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally , Morning ,
Kvenlng and Sunday Bee. printed during
the month ot January , 189U , was ns fol
lows :
1 21,0(1.1 ( 17. . . . , 2.1,800
2 2:1,200 : is ai : , 80
19 t * * * ' * * * * *
4 3i,030 : 20 2:1,810 :
6 aiH8o : 21 aiuo :
6 3 ,710 22 aiass
7 2II.710 23 ai.ino
g 21,050 24 34U50
9 2itno : : 25 2-1,1-10
10 2t.uo : 2fi a 1,71.1
11 a ,770 27 21,250
12 aiaio : 2S 21,150
13 211,710 29 21,250
H 21,010 30 21,200
15 21.110 31 2-1.100
10 2iSU7 :
Total .7-12,1S5
Less unsold and returned copies. . . . 1"-
Not total sales 7ir'liil ! ! !
aa.O-J
-
Net dally average
GEOUaE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo this
31st day of January , 1S99.
( Seal. ) II. I. PLUMB. Notary Public.
Oiunlia keeps right ncnr the top lu its
weekly exhibit of bunk clearings. This
menus Unit Omnha Is keeping right near
the top In every Hue ot genernl busi
ness. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The enterprising citizens of Lccsburs ,
Ga. , have ngivln ttiken upthe white
man's burden , which at latest accounts
wua suspended 'to ' a tree by a rope In
front of the jnll.
It Is unnecessary to say that the Now
York newspaper man who worried him
self to death on receiving a challenge in
Paris took the French duel far more
seriously than It wasi-ver intended1 to be.
From the fact that Senator J. K. Jones
can sco no signs of prosperity just now
It Is greatly to be feared he has con
tracted that political habit of going
blind -when confronted by an unpleasant
party vision.
The charter bill seems to be a light
hiding under a bushel down at Ijhicoln.
After so much mysterious silence no
ono 'need be surprised to see It break
out In transformation so that Us own
framcrs will not know it.
The Nebraska legislature has passed
resolutions of sympathy with France In
the loss of Its president. There are sev
eral former citizens of the French re
public In the legislature , which makes
this action all the more appropriate.
The German 'Scientist who has dis
covered that he can arrest the progress
of ige by shocking electrically the back
of the head Is In a fair way to surpass
Cnrlyla's benefactor by making two
blades of half grow where none grew
before.
The city tax levy has been'made nnd
the proceeds it will put at the disposal
of the city government are known. The
question Is , How long will it take the
different city departments to learn that
straitened resources demand closest
economy ?
Hereafter the llttlo "snide" Insurance
companies will do well to remember that
the word "holdup" when emanating
from the pen of a Nebraska , examiner
means nothing but a pleasant , If some
what suggestive , llgurc of speech , to be
taken entirely lu a Pickwickian sense.
If all that Is necessary for the keepers
of a disorderly resort to get a renewed
llo.uor license Is to annex a judge on
the district bench the. dive keepers and
liquor dealers will lu the future exhibit
more Interest In the district bench than
they have heretofore in the police board.
It Is warm in more respects than ono
for the American soldiers at Manila.
With the thermometer In the neighbor
hood of 100 lu the shade In the day
time , a dally skirmish with the Fill-
plnos mid a constant battle with mos
quitoes at nlghli thp pleasures of soldier
life are not what they might be.
The Omaha postolllco needs not only
additional letter carriers , but additional
olllco force. More letter carriers will beef
of comparatively llttlo advantage HO
long as the clerks are unable to sort and
distribute the mall promptly. Prompt
and rapid handling of Incoming and out
going malls in the podtotllce Is just
us Important an prompt and cltlclcnt
carrier delivery.
Omaha does not object that the rail
roads have realized the Importance of
tttfordlug the city better freight facili
ties by the erection of a commodious
freight depot conveniently located. It
has waited a loug time for evidence of
appreciation of the great amount of
freight business which It has given the
railroads , but Is evidently to be rewarded -
warded with full measure.
Another use has been found for corn-
stalks. The pith of the west's staple
product Is not only demonstrated to beef
of value lu the construction of battle
ships , but recent experiments have dem
onstrated It to bo the best body for
tunokeleas powders. By the time ncleu-
tlsts get through experimenting there
will bo nothing allowed to go to waste
except the rustle of the blades in the
breeze.
xurmxn muTKVKii IK IT.
There Is nothing whatever In the talk
that the failure of the leglslitturc to bal
lot for United States senator in Joint
convention Saturday will t-loud the title
of whomsoever may be elected to repre
sent Nebraska In the senate as the suc
cessor of Senator Allen. While tlu > law
relating to the election of senator re
quires nt least one ballot to be taken
for senator every day the legislature Is
In session , the law contemplates n bal
lot only on days when both houses of
the legislature are In session.
The constitution of Nebraska permits
either house to adjourn for not more
than three days without the concur
rence of the other. When one house
stands adjourned under this provision
the legislature is not In session and
thorn can bo no joint convention to olet-t
a senator , even though a majority of
the members of the adjourned house
wore present in the hall.
No joint convention of the two houses
can hold a legal election of senator un
less a quorum of each house has been
recorded present on roll call and tholr
names entered upon the respective Jour
nals. The exact number required for
a legal election of senator Is , therefore ,
seventeen members of the senate and
llfty-one members of the house. If sixty-
eight members of the house alone were
present and less than seventeen Ken-
atom , the election would be void , al
though all of them should cast their bal
lots for the same person. After the joint
convention composed of the legal ma
jority of each house as recorded on the
journals has assembled , a majority of
the votes cast will elect , although they
may all be cast by members of the House ,
even though the members of the senate
should refuse to vote or absent them
selves , because they are recorded pres
ent , and failure to vote will not vitiate
the election.
This has been the decision of the
United States senate in previous con
tested elections and would so be held
again under similar circumstances.
HOW THEY VBKL , TUU'ARD US.
The letter of Mr. Towl to Congressman
Mercer , printed in yesterday's Hoc , fur
nishes a trustworthy statement as to
how the Filipinos feel towtml Ameri
cans. Tills letter was written at the
end of December and 'the writer then
foresaw that the clash which has since
come was Inevitable ; . He found the na
tives generally to be bitterly hostile to
Americans -and he gives several reasons
In explanation of this some of which are
mther discreditable to our siil'c. ' It Is
very evident from what he states that
American treatment of the Filipinos has
not been altogether of such a character
as to win their confidence and to cou-
elllirba them. Mr. Towl also found the
desire for Independence very general
and very strong among the natives , who
utterly repudiate the suggestion of an
nexation.
This testimony is corroborated by that
of the correspondent at Manila of the
New York Evening Post , who also writ
ing more than a mouth before hostilities
were begun noted the growing dislilw of
the natives for the Americans. Hopeful
persons , wrote this correspondent , ex
pected that ns soon as the natives un
derstood the free government and per
sonal liberty the Americans would give
they would bo glud to have them stay ,
but such was not the case. "Their
habits and traditions , " says the corre
spondent , "are too different from our
own for Americans to get along wll
with them. Those Americans who , hold
ing positions of trust , had the most to
do with the Insurgents and natives and
who were at. first eager in their declara
tions that the insurgents might bo man
aged with patience and diplomacy , now
take a hopeless view of the case and de
clare that if we hold these islands It will
bo necessary to do so by force. " The
correspondent said further that as soon
as American business enterprise moves
into the interior of the country It will
require protection.
These statements as to the fueling and
disposition of the Filipinos , written
nearly two months ngo , have been fully
verified Iby subsequent events. There
Is not now any doubt regarding the sen
timent and the purpose of the people
whom it Is proposed to subjugate. They
have no more respect for Americana
than they had for Spaniards and they
Intend to resist our efforts to extend our
rule over them by force as long as they
ere able to do so. How long that will
bo It Is Impossible to say. Hut at all
ovcntt } , It Is certain that If military
operations nre continued the task of
subjugating tlrese people ; will cost many
more American lives and when they at
last yield there will still have to be
maintained In the Islands a large mili
tary force to keep them In order.1" '
CKftTKR TllK H SPO.VS/lWJrr.
Two bills nre pending before the leg
islature having for their object the cre
ation of an insurance bureau charged
with the supervision of life and lire In
surance companies doing business
within this state , Ono bill proposes to
continue the bureau as part of the audi
tor's olllce , with the auditor ns Its head ,
performing his duties through a special
deputy to bo known ns the Insurance
commissioner. The other contemplates
the entire separation of the liiHuraneo
bureau from the auditor's otllco by em
powering the governor to appoint a dep
uty to act as Insurance commissioner In
the same manner as the deputy labor
commissioner and oil Inspector have
been created.
In the Interest of good government
AVO believe in the concentration of re
sponsibility. The divorce of the insur
ance business from the auditor's oiilce
has become an almost Imperative ne
cessity. All the scaudals that have over
attached to the nudltor'6 olllce have
sprung from the insurance department.
The opportunities for favoritism nnd
blackmail afford too great a temptation
when the power Is exercised ns It has
been without check nnd safeguards ap
plied through other otllcers. Thousands
and thousands of dollars have been lost
to the treasury through crooked or loose
methods of the auditors nnd tholr sub
ordinates. So long as the insurance
commissioner icumins an employe of the
auditor , connivance' ' , If not collusion , in
hold-up practices will continue to
greater or lisa extent and "isulde'1 com
panies chartered to prey upon the Ig
norant tiiid uususpiH-tlng ,
With nn Independent Insurance bureau
subject , howovtT , to constant Inspection
and audit by the auditor the most per
nicious abuses will be abolished , lu
centering responsibility with the chlof
executive ho also will bo forced to Interest -
torost himself In preventing mlsuso of
authority on the part of the Insurance
bureau olllclals ami In the linn but Im
partial enforcement of the laws enacted
for the protection of the policy holders.
XO HAinCAl , CUIlliKXCV UXl'BHtMKXTS.
In his latest deliverance regarding the
currency question , Mr , Dawos , comp
troller of the currency , said in reference
to the proposed reform that wo do not
want radical or revolutionary experi
ments , lie declared that nothing would
more unfavorably affect the credits of
the country , now In a healthy state , than
radical currency loglslatlnn. Ho urged
that we should build up ( ho foundation
of our present monetary system by the
enactment into law of the president's
recommendation In regard to the legal
tender notes , rather than tear down
the system by complex and radical leg
islation which would be In the highest
degree experimental , The country Is
emerging from a great Industrial de
pression and nothing must bo done that
might Impair or destroy oonlldence ,
which Is the foundation of prosperity.
"The recommendation of the president , "
said Mr. Dawos , "when enacted Into
law does not Involve a change In the
currency now In circulation , in which
the people have full confidence , but H
provides for Its safety so that If a panic-
does come again it will not be because
of mistrust In government currency , nor
can such a panic materially Injure the
credit of that'currency. " Whatever re
forms are made In the eurreney system ,
ho said , must be such as will not in
volve the risk of commercial disaster.
We believe this retlocts general public
sentiment nnd especially the sentiment
of the conservative business interests
of tlu country. The reformers who would
institute radical currency changes nnd
make an essentially revolutionary ex
periment , do not represent the great
public 'and only a very small part of the
business interests ot tlie nation , we
venture to say that seven business men
out of ten , If asked what they think of
proposed currency reform , would reply
that they are perfectly satislied with
the currency as it is nnd can sec no
sound reason for such reform as is being
urged. There are many practical finan
ciers and bankers In the country who do
not favor the plans which have been
submitted to congress , founded upon
that evolved by the monetary commis
sion. The agricultural producers ami
the workingmen of the country have
no complaint concerning the currency.
They know that every dollar of it is
sound and they have no fear that It
will not continue to bo. The reformers
begun their agitation with the assertion ,
among other tilings , that our currency
system was an obstacle to industrial and
commercial progress and prosperity.
Conditions have confuted this. The ex
perience of the last year has conclusively
demonstrated that the currency nystem
is not a barrier to business progress and
prosperity. The Incontrovertible logic of
existing conditions is very strongly
against the theories and assumptions of
the radical currency reformers who are
asking experimental legislation.
We agree with Comptroller Dawcs
that It would be well for congress to
adopt the recommendation of the presIdent -
Ident in regard to the United States legal
tender notes , but we do not regard that
as urgent. It can safely wait for the
next congress , from which it is very
likely to receive favorable considera
tion.
If the Cuban assembly' would devote
itself with the same zealous industry to
the work of correcting existing evils that
it does to criticising the labors of the
United States in that island there would'
bo much loss to complain of than Is now
unfortunately the case. The very atti
tude of this so-called legislative body ,
which Is actually composed of disap
pointed professional agitators and revo
lutionists , is the greatest menace to the
successful accomplishment of the work
that we are now trylilg to perform In
Cuba. Ky Impugning our motives and
prophesying ovll it creates a spirit of
apprehension nnd unrest among the people
ple that can only retard our efforts and
thoivby prolong the necessity of our oc
cupation of the Island' ' . What the Cuban
people most need at this Juncture Is not
a plentiful crop of prophets' , but leaders
of'tholr own nice possessed of equipoise ,
Judgment nnd patriotism who can see
matters ns they uro and who are willing
to glvo us earnest and patient cooperation
tion in our work of reconstruction , nnd
If they ipossoss any , such the quicker
they supplant their boodle-Inspired .TCTC-
mlahH with them the bolter will It bo
and the sooner will the idea of an In
dependent republic bo realized.
No promotion made for services ren
dered during nnd since the war with
Spain is more deserved or will plmso
the public more than that of General
MIllr. ; Entering llio army at the be
ginning of the civil war , ho has served
his country faithfully nnd well. Itolng
n quiet and unobtrusive man ho wns no
doubt many times overlooked for less
worthy men , nnd notwithstanding his
long service his actual rank Is only Unit
of colonel. Ills promotion to be a brig
adier general comes just in time , as ho
will reach the retiring age next month ,
but that It lias come will gratify the
people who love to honor modust merit
no less than It will General Miller him
self.
The Increase lu cotton goods exports
during the hist few months has been
In line with other American productions.
As compared with n siinllar period of
last year , that showed exports" from Now
York of SS S.OST . , this year's Jlguros are
! ? l,00V-57. ; This Is ti most gratifying In
crease , when thai fact Is considered that
exports of cotton goods have been stag
nant or on the decrease since 181)1. ) Af
fected by the em of general conlidonce
and prosperity which we enjoy this in
dustry has taken on a renewed Itsiso of
vigor and it will doubtless continue to
increuso ua It shaves with our other pro
ductions the ui'W markets opened up by
American pluck nnd enterprise In the
various countries of the world.
The bill restoring to the voters of the
whole county the right to cheese all of
tholr county commissioners and nlJollsh-
Ing election by commlssloirt'ir.strlcts
ought to pass. There was never any
good reason for establishing commis
sioner districts for the election of mem
bers of the county board , who have the
control of the affaire of the whole county
nnd should ropiesont nnd be responsible
to the people of the whole county. The
larger the area from which the eumil-
date must draw his votes the stronger ,
too , will bo the tendency for all parties
to nominate men who will command the
confidence and support of the people.
The Canadian roads appear to reap a
much larger profit than those on this
side of the border from the provision
allowing the transportation of goods hi
bond , the ratio being approximately lit
to 1. Yet the Canadians persistently
assort that this country always gets the
best of It lu arrangements for trade ex
changes.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'ltNlllotl Kl'lll.
1'hlladaliihla Times.
Sackcloth Is now In demand for the mak
ing of habits ot self-denial.
ICniMV n Gooil TlitiiK.
Washington Post.
Shades of John 1 * . St. John ! The Kansas
troops captured the Manila brewery.
i i
.Tux ! ( he 1'Incu for Tin-in.
New York Mall and Express.
The supreme duty of the United Statc3
In the Philippines on the suppression or
the rebellious outbreak there will bo to
guard against the creation in the archipelago
pelage of a refuge for the chronic office
holder and political spoilsman.
voM the Honor.
PhlladclDhla Record.
In promptly passing the bill to create the
office of admiral In the federal navy the
senate hns responded to a unanimous popu
lar demand. The nation Is fortunate. In
deed , to have a Dewcy at this tlmo to match
the Farraguts and Balnforldges and Decaturs
ot earlier generations. None will grudge
him the honor that Is the sea-fighter's high
est reward.
Forclnu UelitorH Ihilonil.
Philadelphia Record.
Our speculators have overdone their busi
ness. They have boosted the price of se
curities until our foreign debtors nre be
ginning to pay their indebtedness by send
ing us American shares Instead of gold re
mittances. This will probably have the ex
cellent result of cooling the exuberant spirit
of the share market by making investors
a trllle more cautious.
Ilxvcudvu UlNcrutlon.
Kansas City Star.
The decision of the supreme court of Kan
sas that the Leedy extra session Is valid
was to be expected. The justice of the act
In Itself Is a different thing from the broader
legal principle of protecting the powers of
the executive. Thus , while the governor's
act was not reasonable , In Itself , the prin
ciple of the discretion ot the executive In
calling a special session cannot bo over
turned by the courts. The appointment of
a bad man to an Office may bo morally an
outrage , but legally the governor's power of
appointment must bo upheld. This special
session question wa tlio difference between
wrong judgment and a right to judge.
Aiucrlimu KiimicrM * Ijonil.
J. SterlingMorton's Conservative.
That Lexington speech made by Colonel
Bryan August 29 , 1S9G , in which he so truth
fully and eloquently said , "the load of the
American farmer grows every year , " when
taken out of the can cold and Immediately
served with warm facts has a very peculiar
flavor. Among farmers living near Ne
braska City the "loads" grown in 1898 have
been gigantic and burdensome. The num
ber of bucolic brothers overwhelmed with
"loads" grown In the last twelve months
can hardly bo counted. The Conservative
names however : George Prather , who has
12,000 ; Talbot Mead , who has 18,000 ; H. W.
Frakes , who has 9,000 , nnd Miller M. Payne ,
who has 50,000 bushels of corn to sell. Their
"loads" grow every year. At 30 cents a
bushel fifty bushels shelled corn to the
"load" each load Is a burden of $15 , Worse
than all the dollars is gold or Us equiva
lent.
JX 'I'llAUIJ 1JAIAXCK.
.Tiiiiiiary CoiitlimeH ( he ItriiiurKiihlc
Ileeoril ttt Limit Year.
Kansas Cltv Star.
Foreign trade returns for January show a
continuation of the remarkable record of
recent montfrs. Exports were $7,000,000
greater than In January , 1898 , and Imports
$7,500,000 greater. The exports , amounting
to $115,500,000 , wore almost double the Im
ports. For a year and a half the exports
have averaged $50,000,000 a month more than
the Imports , malting a trade balance of
$000,000,000 a year to pay for securities re
turned to America for investments by cltl-
KCUB of this country in foreign lands , for
expenses of American travelers abroad , for
Interest duo on foreign capital invested hero
and for the country's Immense ocean freight
bill , besides drawing millions of dollars of
gold to this country from abroad.
Such an excess of exports over imports Is
entirely beyond precedent. The fact that
there have been eighteen months ot It .seems
ti > Indicate that the country's foreign trade
has been permanently placed on a new basis ,
It Is hardly conceivable that the country
can continue Indefinitely to export twice as
much as It Imports ; that It can maintain an
excess of exports over Imports amounting
to such an enormous total of $000,000,000 a
year , for It would result ultimately In such
a drain of foreign capital to this country
ns would cripple the banks of Kurope. It
Will require only n few years ot such a for
eign trade to cancel every dollar of indebt
edness which this country owes to Europe
nnd then would como a movement of gold
to this country so largo that it would causa
financial alarm abroad and check the foreign
demand for American products.
Trade between countries must ho equally
balanced in some way , or it cannot exist ,
and as long as Europe holds millions of
American securities , so long will It bo pos
sible to continue such an enormous excess
of exports , for the securities will como back
to settle the balance. It would be Impossible
for Europe to pay it oil In gold. After all
available American securities held abroad
are returned American Investments abroad
will have to Increase rapidly or else this
country must Import moro and export less
merchandise. But thcro Is no reason to ex
pect a material change In the volume of
either exports or Imports In the near future.
The United States is manufacturing every
year more nnd more of the classes of goods
which it has been buying in Europe and
foreigners cannot get along with much less
grain nnd meat and cotton than they have
been buying hero In the last two years.
Everything Indicates that the United States
will continue to export Increasing quantities
of manufactured articles as well as to send
abroad enormous quantities of farm prod
ucts. Therefore , no one can sea an end of
the huge trade balances , How , then , will
trade conditions be readjusted ? Only the
future can tell. In the meantime conditions
are not such n to cause anyone In this
country to bo disturbed. Iill ! the financiers
of Europe cannot view the situation without
feeling considerable uneasiness over the
results that may arise from it. _
MJ wttrrnwA.miKs iv onnnit ,
Stnnton Register ( pop , ) : A public office la
n public trust nnd n breach of that trust
should bo punished to the full extent of the
law. What wo want In state and nation la
honest ofllclnls and If not honest put them
out.
Holdrego Progress ( pop. ) : Populists can
not afford to uphold Cornell If ho has donu
wrong simply because he Is a populist. We
kicked the rascals out of the state house
only n short time ago , but If the men whom
wo have elected to nil their places have also
become rascals this soon wo should not wait
to have them kicked out by the vanquished
foe , but the law should bo speedily and rigIdly -
Idly enforced regardless of who the guilty
arc.
Auburn Granger ( pop. ) : For a long tlmo
it has been known that perfect harmony did
not exist between Mr. Cornell and his
deputy , but It wns generally understood to
bo only on account of Mr. Llchty's outspoken
declaration to the effect that a pass In the
hands of nn olllclnl was a bribe , his refusal
to accept n free pass whllo Mr. Cornell who ,
while n horny-handed farmer , likewise de
nounced the free pass business , forgot nil
about It when ho got into olllce.
Oakland Independent ( pop. ) : State Auditor
Cornell has had trouble with his deputy tn-
surancu man , Samuel Llchty , and has fired
him. Mr. Llchty wns about the only credit
able man In the state auditor's office ho was
ono of the few men in the state house who
did business strictly according to law nnd
practiced the doctrines of his party plat
form by refusing to ride on frco railway
passes , Ho linn brought the Insurance de
partment up to a business point and Mr.
LIchty's dismissal is to bo regretted ,
Tckamah Durtonlnn ( pop. ) : The legisla
ture has bt-cn called upon by the governor
to Investigate the charges preferred against
Auditor Cornell by his deputy , Samuel
Llchty , whom he discharged. A most searchIng -
Ing Investigation should bo made nnd If
found true ho should at once be relieved
from office. The fusion party will not tol-
crate a traitor In the party , neither will It
try to shield him or let him down easy. If ho
Is guilty ho must bo dealt with accordingly.
If Innocent ho should bo exonerated to the
fullest extent.
O'Neill Independent ( pop. ) : The Holt
County Independent calls upon every fusion
member of the legislature to vote for the
Immediate Impeachment of State Auditor
John F. Cornell If the charges preferred
against him by his cx-lnsuranco deputy ,
Samuel Llchty , are sustained. As the re
publicans have a majority ot the committee
of Investigation they will be held respon
sible if Its work Is not thorough. We
don't want any whitewashing ot anybody.
If there Is anything crooked In the auditor's
office , or with that gentleman's administra
tion of his office , wo want the truth and
nothing but the truth to bo known. Give
us the facts.
Humboldt Enterprise ( pop. ) : The bicker-
Ings nnd jealousies that have been ferment
ing for some time In the state auditor's
office culminated In a volcanic eruption last
week that tends to make every good citizen
unite with the poet in exclaiming : "lA
plague on both your houses. " The Enter
prise would not convict a black cat on one
sided testimony , and until John Cornell
tells his side of the story we shall continue
to believe him an honest man ; but whether
guilty or Innocent It Is our firm conviction
that ho Is the victim of "damphool friends , "
and he cannot reorganize his household too
soon. In the meantime it is the duty of
good citizens to reserve judgment until the
facts nro cleared up by the investigating
committee , which may be depended upon to
probe to the bottom all the charges , as
It is well understood that n republican ma
jority while It may bo fair can hardly bo
disposed to shield a populist lawbreaker.
Wnhoo New Era ( pop. ) : Wo are glad , yea
wo rejoice , that Governor Poynter acted as
promptly as he did In calling for a thorough
Investigation into the affairs of the office
of the state auditor. Where there Is so much
smoke there must be some lire. Let no
guilty man escape whether he bo a populist
or democrat , it there are grounds for Im
peachment then let Impeachment como by
all means , nnd we trust no free silver sen
ator or representative will follow In the
footsteps of the republican party of 1893 ,
by attempting to screen the guilty , or con
done any wrongdoing. Wo do not condemn
In advance the auditor. Wo hope ho will
bo able to clear his skirts of all wrong
doing. Hut ho surc'.y ' has made some very
bad appointments If the letter of 0. W.
Palm Is authentic. A $25 or even a $10 a day
man is too rich for popullstlc blood and
wo are glad ho did not como from the pop
ulists' ranks.
I'EUSO.-VAI. AM ) OTHERWISE.
Rudyard Kipling involuntarily takes up
n whlto man's burden In the shape of a
damage suit instituted by his brother-in-
law.
The next senate will have three members
Who dave given considerable attention to
elocution. They are Senators Quarks of Wis
consin , Beveridgc of Indiana and Simon of
Oregon.
Though the season Is early for peach
crop failure Michigan is out with ono ,
alleging that the recent blizzard belated the
'buds. ' That's ono Instance in which the
early bud caught on.
Ono of the triplet sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Douglass Shlmillleld of Pana , 111. , born In
1S9G and named after W. J. llrynn , died last
Wednesday from 'the effect of chewing
scraps of newspapers.
Prof. Stanton of the Iowa Agricultural college -
lego has just presented to tha > t Institution a
chlmo of bells which ho had cast abroad.
Congress had to pass n special act before the
bells could bo admitted frco of duty.
James Bryant , n sea captain who died In
Now York recently , was the man who com
manded the vessel in which "Boss" Tweed
escaped to Cuba from New York , Ho wns
handsomely rewarded for the risk ho took
and kept the secret for many years.
Sherman Arter of'Cleveland , 0. , suggests
an addition ito the list of reversible sentences
printed In The Bee recently. It Is attributed
to Napoleon , and Its distinguishing peculiar
ity Is that every word ns well as the sen
tence Is reversible. Hero It Is ; "Able was I
ere I saw Elba. "
Another commission to Investigate the
Philippines and the Filipinos is on the way
to Manila on the United States transport
Sherman , soiling from New York. The
members nro Adelbert Hay , n son of the
secretary of state ; James W. Widsworth ,
a son of Congressman Wadsworth ; Bugene
Halo , a son of Senator Hale ; John M. Dai-
zell , a son of Congressman DnUcll.
The Wllkesbarre ( Pa. ) Times pays a warm
tribute to the 'boys ' of the west who fought
so bravely In the late battles around Ma
nila , but spoils it all by saying that they
"fought in response to the call of human
ity" and "to open up n grand opportunity
for extending the Influence of this great
republic In thoOrient. . " That Is the Ideal
idea. In reality the boys are clamoring
for home.
Ilev. George Wright , a full-blooded Chlp-
powa , was before the house committee on
Indian affairs iccently and related the
grievances of the , Indians in these words ;
"O men , we come to you because you are
the source of all power. You have a com
mission sitting among us , who take $13 of
our money , and every evening when night
fails $13 are dead. Abolish the commission
and every evening $13 will bo made alive
to us. Wo do not want to bo shorn ot all
our substance and left sitting naked on the
sands of the lake shore. " The red brother
shows a painful lack of appreciation of pale
face philanthropy In taking up the red
man's burden nt the expense ot i\\f \ > red
man. Wo are built that way.
orn.v itAiii.oT vs. sr.ciiHT IIAI.I.OT
Central City Nonpareil : Ix-t the vote h
the senatorial caucus bo h > open ballot
The members of the legislature shouli
bcnr In mind that they nro not cnslInK thcli
votes for senator ns Individuals but as rep >
icsentnllves of their constituents nnd tin
member who Is nfrald to allow his constlt'
Dents to know how ho votes In th ? caucus
must entertain fenr.i that lie Is not properlj
carrying out tholr wishes.
Aurora Hepubllran : The senatorial con
test now on nt Lincoln has got to the polnl
where with nn open ballot caucus a scnntoi
can never bo elected ; nnd the sooner M. .
parties Interested In the election realize
this fact and nro willing to concede this
much the sooner will the ngony bo over , r
senator elected and quiet restored to tl
party. With an open ballot caucus , and the
outside pressure at the danger point , evorj
man who la now nnd has boon voting foi
nny ono of the loading cnmlldntos knowing
his vote will be tnddo public In open caucus
will never clmngo his vote from the man
ho is now voting for. The only way a clinngc
of votes can now bo brought nround Is 1 > 5
a secret ballot , so that the member car
change and not bo held accountable for It
ns no ono can know how ho votes.
HIM : IIMS. :
That there Is such n thing ns original
personality , Independent of surrounding !
nnd cultivation , Is Indisputably true nnd It :
force nnd Influence uro manifested nt so
cnrly nn ago by the child that it Is by no
menus nn easy matter to necortaln just
when It begins to exert an Influence on
his 'Companion and friends. A more thnn
ordinarily bright and Intelligent teacher In
the Omaha schools tolls of an Instance
which confirms this view cf the force of
what wo may term original personality.
She snys that on St. Valentino's day It
was wonderful to see how without nny
previous understanding or agreement the
children centralize their Valentino favors
on a few of tholr companions. These favors
were not dependent In the least on the
( brightness , class standing or the possession
tif any particularly amiable characteristics
of the relplonts , who In most cases pos
sessed , apparently , no superior virtues to
tholr class or schoolmates. The' Incident
seems a small matter , but it goes to confirm
the Idea often advanced that leaders of
men nnd the moulders of Influence like
poets nro born nnd not made. If the fa-
vorlto In this school had been a particularly
bright , beautiful or nmlablo boy or girl
the circumstance that his or her compan
ions centralized their favor on such a ona
could have 'been ' explained on the grounds
that they were tributes to these virtues ,
but when a positively bad boy or rather
mischievous girl comes to bo overwhelmed
by gifts we must look elsewhere for an
explanation. From the ( fact that children
ot nn ago wlicn the reasoning faculties are
not developed and without any concerted
plan In the . matter act spontaneously In
thus singling out a favorite there must
surely bo some reason for It. Original per
sonality would seem to bo the only way to
account for It and 'by ' this term Is meant
the possession of that subtle power which ,
irrespective cf our wills , exerts n compell
ing 'but unrealized Influence over those with
whom we may como Into contact. All ot us
can call to .mind persons who liavo exerted
such an influence over us and Just as In
the case of the children we could not ex
plain It If we tried to do so.
Again as In the instance of the school
favorite we know that many of these per
sons have been remarkable for nothing In
particular that la good , whllo perhaps some
of them are positively bad. There would bo
no moro reason to suppose that these per
sons are Indebted to the Influence of edu
cation \for \ this power than that the chil
dren came by It In the same way , b'ut on
the other hand both cases seem referable
for explanation to the same cause which has
Its reasons deeper down Into nature than
science has yet lccn able to penetrate.
Another thought that Is Interesting about
these favorites of their fellows la the fact
that they , perhaps , constitute the fountain
from whence the world draws Its truest
greatness and Its most consummate villainy.
The differences between the mental capa
bilities of those two extremes nrn far less
than wo like to Imagine and whllo both
may bo indebted to education the ono
false , the other true tor ths perfection of
their power the original endowments of
this nature's compelling force which % vc
are dlscusslixj are perhaps , pretty nearly
equal In the beginning. But be that as It
may , nature hns her 'favorites ' and In set
ting them apart she has ordained from
babyhood almost that her less favored chil
dren shall pay to them a cheerful nnd In-
toluntary homage and so shall it over ba.
A suit has just been Instituted by n Now
York grocer against a dentist that reveals a
sad state of affairs. It appears that thn
dentist made a mistake nnd extracted the
wrong tooth and in doing BO Injured the
optic nerve so as to cause the grocer's eye
to wink involuntarily every moment or so.
Ho was compelled to go to Maine on busi
ness and while there , being a Baptist deacon ,
ho tried to drink soda water , but Invariably
found it filled with a strange beverage that
* *
ho know not of. But this Is nottho worst
of It. When ho came back the first day
ho was In his store ho was mercilessly beaten
three times by the escorts of women who
mistook his Infirmity for bold attempts at
flirtation , After that the assaults became
so frequent that he had to quit business or
take up permanent residence in n hospital
and ho now Insists that the dentist must pay
him $50,000 damages.
The Beaver Valley Tribune In its last
issue devotes much space to a thorough nnd
comprehensive review of the condition of the
county as taken from the records and gives
much valuable Information ns to the ad
vantages that ore offered In that section of
the stnto to the homeseoker. In his edltorlnl
reference to this Information the editor of
the Tribune claims that It 1 absolutely re
liable nnd deprecates the fact that too
much boom advertising has been done In Ne
braska In past years. That the Tribune's
Idea of the matter Is correct needs no argu
ment to demonstrate. The natural advan
tages of Nebraska are all that nny man
could ask who Is willing to work and , apart
from the injustice done the homeaceker by
painting a land flowing with milk nnd honey
overdrawn nnd untruthful ndvertlscments in-
vnrlably react In ether directions , doing moro
injury than good to the state. Let the world
see the picture of Nebraska's resources and
opportunities as they nre and riot as they
might be , for It is fair enough to need no ro-
touching.
1NADA"
A Svil Business Collir
nut M'.UISI.ATOUS *
Lyons Sun ( rep. ) : A bill hns been Intro
duced rtl Lincoln providing for tlie electloa
of county officers every four yearn InMeml
of every two years , ns nt present. There
Is llttlo to recommend it , If perchance a
tllsroputnlle olllclal Is elected the people
have nn opportunity to remedy their mis
take and four years would bo too long to >
wait.
Blair Courier ( pop. ) : The legislature
should boar In mind that the state la al
ready ( burdened with n number of laws of
no benefit to the pceplo nnd that ncvor
will 'be enforced , yet every legislator seem *
to think that ho Is In Lincoln simply to
Introduce a lot more nonsensical laws , when
'what ' wo need auoro than anything clsa
Is n wholesale repealing of a number of
fool laws already on the statute books.
In the nauio of common sense Isn't there
n single man nt Lincoln big enough to
tncklo something which will do the people
some good ?
North Platte Tribune ( rep. ) : There hn
been a iblll Introduced In the legislature )
whleh many voters In western Nebraska
would llko to sco pass , namely , the ono
which makes It optional In each county
to suspend the herd law -by a two-thirds ,
vote of the residents. Fifty votes In a
county ean potltlon the county boards to
submit to the voters the preposition to
suspend ilio law In the county nnd It will
bo voted on nt a special or general elec
tion as the board sees fit. This Is one of
the bills endorsed by the Western Ne
braska Stock Growers' association.
Beatrice Democrat : The bill now pend
ing in the Nebraska legislature for the ex
tension of the tennis ot cmii.ly "Ulcers from
two to four years Is 'being ' warmly sup
ported by county officers. The measure not
only reaches forward , : but extends back seas
as to mnko present Incunvbonts beneficiaries
of Its caMlmcnl. It Is ono of these bun
combe measures that has nothing to sup
port It and can never ibecome a law. The
legislature might as well In reduce and pass ,
a bill extending the terms of Its members
another two years nnd If that worked suc
cessfully make it nil Indefinite period , The
fact Is that the people believe In rotation
In olllce. If they have undesirable men
In office they want to get rid of them. They
would not want to extend the misfortune
that befell 'tho state .In the election of the
present legislature ami If they want pres
ent county officers to servo longer they can
re-elect them.
IAUOHIX < ! ai.VTTUH.
Brooklyn Life : Browne Boston's streets
are cowiiaths.
Towne What had the cows been drlnk-
illB ?
Chicago Tribune : "Whenever T look nt my
wife , " said the husband of the celebrated
Fattest Woman on Karth , "I feel that I
have a great deal to bo thankful for. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Let mo dream
again , " said the troubadour.
"But they would not. There seemed to ba
something the matter with lib pipes.
Chicago Hocord : "Where , Is that fjlrl who
wns out lecturing- "There Is no Death ? " \
"An undertaker proposed to her and she
married him. "
Yonkers Statesman : Mamie I thought
you siitd you weren't goinK to the depart
ment store employes' bull ?
Katie Well , I didn't think I could afford
It at first , but 1 understand they've marked
down the tickets from $1 to 37 cents.
Chicago Post : "Never speak In anger , "
cautioned his wife na ho began to splutter
orovlous to an outbreak.
"As usual , " he replied , "you want all the
privileges. "
Then for twenty minutes she acted In de
fiance of her own admonition.
Somervlllo Journal : "Whero Are the
Boys ? " asks Clara B. Heath In the headline -
line of some v rses In. oneof , , the maga
zines. If the girls don't' know , who does ? '
A Lovely Tn-iiBiirc.
Denycr Post.
The bride's fair cheeks were dampened
with the tears born In her eyes ,
As gazed she oa the wreckage of her half-
cremated pies ,
And , ns her mind reverted to some other
thlnirs she'd spoiled ,
The grief within IIPP bosom like a seething1
cauldron boiled.
"I make so many blunders , " she unto her
husband said ,
"That you must almost hate me ! On , I
wish that I were dead ! "
And that eccentric husband this sweet con
solation spake :
'They nro nothing- the blunders that my
mother used to make. "
THIS IlhACK MAN'S JlUlinEV.
, I *
Owen Hall in Hnrper'n Weekly.
Lift off the black man's burden
The load of down-trod years ,
Tno memories of suffering ,
The weight of unshed tears.
Send fortn your sons to help him ,
They need not wander far ,
Nor cross the distant ocean ,
Nor seek the western star.
Lift off the black man's burden-
Tour backs hnd need bo strong
The negro's load of Ignorance ,
The Indian's weight of wrong.
Your HOUH will want their patience ,
No need to stint their pains ,
To lift the burdens lying i
At other doors than Spain's.
Lift off the black man's burden ,
Sco that your hearts nro bold ,
Look that y-our burden-bearers
Seek other things than gold.
Lift loads that llo besldo you ,
i ry first your strength on these ,
Then seek the greater burdens
Beyond the western ocas.
House
Cleanini
with us always provides spe
cial advantages to buy some
lines of clothing at figures that
are really very moderate. We
don't carry over old stock , It
loses in value whenever it is
packed or stored away , and
we prefer to sell it the season
it is made for , and are willing
to stand considerable loss to
do so. There are several
lines we want to close at once
to make room before the win
ter goods are replaced by the
spring goods. There are plain
blue and black cheviots and
fancy cheviots , in round and
straight cut , sack suits , that
have sold all season at $8,50
and $ JO , and to sell them now
and not be obliged to carry
them over , we make a very
low price. Your choice for
$5.00 , This sale commences
tomorrow.