Nebraska Newspapers

    OMA1FA DAILY 111213' MONDAY , "MAY 8 , 1809.
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Ol'KICliS.
Omaha. : The lleo Uulldlnp.
South Omaha : City Hall bulldlnff , Twenty-
fifth and N rtreots.
Council niiirrs : 10 1'enrl Street.
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Now Vork : Temple Court.
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torial matter should be addressed : lid- !
torlal Department , The Omiiliu ULC.
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Omaha.
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in a II HccounlR. 1'crsonul chucks1 , except on
Omaha or rnmcrn exchange , not accepted.
TUB HUK 1'UHL.IHIUNG COMl'ANY ,
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Siato of Nebraska , Doiifilas County , si. :
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Publishing comp.iny , beliiK duly sworn , says
that iho aciu.il number of full and complete
copies of The Dally , Morning , ISvmilni ; and
Sunday lite , primed during tlie month of
April , 1SDU , wan an follows ;
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N't total sales 7t7ll :
Net dally avernKo 2lr.71
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Subscribed and sworn to before mo this
2nd day ot .May , IS'/J.
( Seal. ) II. I. PLUMB.
Notary Public.
Don't forgot Memorial ilny. Tlicrc
nro more to ho ri'iucmlK'ral with u\vr.v
recurring year.
Every drop of ruin that falls In
Nebraska this month will bo coined
Into golden oars of grain next fall.
Four things Omaha needs very
badly a market house , an auditorium
building , a fireproof hotel , and last , but
not least , u few lirst-class funurals.
( Jront bodle move slowly , but that Is
r < ] no reason why the construction of the
new .Sixteenth street viaduct should not
KJ'begun within the next thirty days.
Business failures for the month of
April arc IS ! per cent less than for the
same month last year. That does not
presage well for another calamity cam
paign.
Not having enjoyed the privilege or
si war with its neighbors for some time.
Franco Is having a little war inside of
Its cabinet just to keep'from getting out
of practice.
Omaha still enjoys the benefits of pav
ing competition -through prices nearly
half wha't was exacted under the old
monopoly. No more paving combines
are wanted hero.
Tim presiding olllccr of the senate.
Vice President Ilobart , hails from New
.Jersey. It would be no more than
evening up by giving the west the pre
siding olllccr of iMie lower honso of
congress.
Mark this down. There never was a
time when investments in Omaha real
estate could be made with better as
surance of certain and profitable re
turns , whether for business or residence
purposes.
Speaker Heed may retire from his
gavi'l-wleldlug job , but the rules he In
troduced for expediting the business
will bo retained by his successors
whether chosen by republicans or
democrats.
Is not that census suporlntondency for
the Second district about duo ? "With
the appointments announced In all the
other Nebraska districts , the pressure
of the applicants must bo reaching the
tension point.
I t
Kwnc'mber that all our federal anti
trust legislation and most of our state
imtl-trust legislation is republican In
origin. When congress was ruled by a
democratic majority It let the trusts
severely alone.
Moro public Improvements arc In
progress or preparation throughout Ne
braska iiud Iowa towns than for several -
oral yeura past. It Is plain that .the
fruits of restored prosperity arc not
confined to the large cities.
That vacant $100,000 insurance presi
dency 9Ughtto cxclto u lively competi
tion for. the place , There nro few posi
tions Iii this country that pay salaries
double that attaching to the otllce of
president of the United States ,
The state house otllcials constituting
'
the State Hoard of Equalization , which
is about to llx the annual valuation of
railroad property In Nebraska , will now
have another opportunity to prove their
appreciation of railroad fuvors re
ceived.
It Is to be presumed 1liut Jim Duln-
man Is still drawing his $2,000 as do-
nothing state railway commissioner
not because ho wants the money but
simply to prevent trouble that might
onsud among the hungry If all hut one
of the applicants were turned down by
the appointment of his successor.
Our local popoeratlc contemporary
and Its Lincoln republican ttnnex are
enjoying themselves In a friendly bout
over the trusts. Hut no serious results
nro to bo anticipated and whenever
any oilcnl | | crooks sire to be defended ,
the trolley line that connects these two
concern ! ) will bo found lu working
order.
KAFK-Ul'AlWIXtt STATH 1
Nebraska hns boon unfortunate not
only In the management of Its state
flnancos but also 111 the disregard of or
dinary business methods In Mife-gunrd-
Ing the state treasury.
Tliu loss of nearly ? 'J.VMMX ) through
the collapse of the Capitol National
bank could readily have been prevented
had the bond of the bank us a deposi
tory beeti properly scrutinized. The
loss entailed by the Hartley defalca
tion , mounting up over $300,000 , could
and should have been forestalled had
Governor lloleomb exorcised reason
able precaution nnd .dlllxt-nce when
l ! rtloy went through the farce of mak
ing a settlement with himself at the
i-ill ( of his llr.Ht ) term.
And now the state Is confronted with
another Inexcusable blunder nnd prob
able loss of state funds by reason of
the approval ot a state depository bond
on which the names of several sureties
have been found to have been forged.
Under the law , the forgery operates r.s
a releasj of all other signers who were
Induced to become joint sureties on the
strength of the forged signatures.
In this Instance , as In the settlement
with Hartley , the exercise of ordinary
business precautions on the part of the
olilcers charged with -the approval of
depository bonds would have saved the
state from costly litigation and los- .
The verification of each signature on a
depository bond Is as essential as the
verification of a realty deed. The sig
nature of each surety should cither be
attested by at least two reputable wit
nesses or It should bo ntllxiul In the
presence of the state olilcers designated
and empowcied by the law to approve
the bonds.
While it is useless to lock the barn
door after the horse Is stolen , the lesson
of the recent discovery should not be
lost In future 'bond ' transactions. In
view of the fact that the amended de
pository law makes it necessary for all
state depositories to Hie new bouds , the
governor , attorney general and secre
tary of state should see to It that the
bonds are so drawn and executed as to
stand the test of the courts. There Is
certainly no reason why the state
should take any greater risk with Its
money than a well-conducted bank or n
caret til merchant.
OMAHA IX TIlH XKAH FUTURE.
There has never been a time In the
history of Omaha when its outlook for
substantial growth was more promis
ing than It Is today. The consensus of
opinion , among far-sighted business men
In the great commercial centers Is that
Omaha is destined In the near future
to rank with the principal Inland cities
on tlia great belt of travel and tratlic
between New York and San Francisco.
Its location In the lioart of the corn
and cattle region , from which the world
must always draw Its main food sup
ply , affords within Itself a stable basis
for Industrial development nnd trade
expansion. Omaha already possesses
unsurpassed facilities for distribution
by railways radiating In every direc
tion , and those facilities are sure to be
multiplied and extended.
The forecast may safely be made that
the opening of tha twentieth century
will witness greater activity in every
line of business in this city than was
experienced during the decade between
1SSO and 1SOO , when Omaha more than
quadrupled its population. ' Millions
upon millions of capital now seeking In
vestment In promising localities are
sure to flow Into the west within the
next few years and young , energetic
and enterprising business men planning
to take advautago of the best oppor
tunities arc coming westward to build
up the country. This influx of money
and brains will revolutionize Omaba
and place it in line with such cities as
Buffalo , Cleveland and Detroit.
While no rational man expects to see
on the banks of the Missouri a rival to
Chicago , no good reason exists why an
Inland city f > 00 miles west of Chicago
on the principal transcontinental
thoroughfare should not reach a popu
lation of from 1100,000 to 500,000. With
out disparaging any of Its commercial
competitors Omaha can point to more
elements requisite for the basis of
steady and substantial growth than any
other city west of Chicago and north
of St. Louis.
( IRltlTAA' DISSATISFACTION.
The reports that come from Herlin of
a feeling of growing unfriendliness to
ward the United States seem strange
In view of the fact that our government
has shown the utmost desire to main
tain friendly relations between the two
countries. The one Issue Unit now ex
ists Is that of tbo government of Samoa ,
and In respect to this the attitude of
this government Is perfectly plain nnd
well understood. Our simple demand
is that 'the terms of the treaty shall be
faithfully adhered to and the whole
course of our government has had this
in view. There has never been a cir
cumstance under which the United
States has required anything that was
not absolutely consistent with the treaty
obligations of tlia powers which signed
the Herlin treaty in regard to the gov
ernment , of the Samoan Islands. We
have kept In view nil the time our un
mistakable duty in regard to the ad
ministration In Samoa and tlioiv has
never been an Instance when we have
overstepped our legitimate rights , as
proscribed by treaty , In those Islands.
Hut In despite elf our perfectly fair
and honorable course there It appears
to be the Impression In Germany , as In
dicated In newspaper utterances , that
wo < havu designs Inimical to German In
terests In Samoa. The feeling seems
to commonly prevail that the 1'nlted
States Is In some sort of collusion with
Great Hritaln to discriminate against
German Interests In Samoa and oven
to contemplate the exclusion of Ger
many from tlio islands. There Is , of
course , absolutely no valid reason for
this view. The United States , as a
party to the arrangement for the gov
ernment of the Samoan Islands , has
merely Insisted upon the observance of
the conditions prescribed In the treaty.
These are so plain and explicit that
there ought to be no controversy In re
gard to them. They are the conditions
which the German government Itself
proposed , at Is simple truth to say
that there IR hardly n feature of the
Samoan arrangement that was not sug
gested by ni marok.
Stioli being the ease. It Is manifestly
Inexcusable on the part of the German
press to attempt io create sentiment
uirnltiHt the United States government
for Insisting that the terms of the treaty
shall l > > faithfully adhered to. The
only roncern which our government has
In the government of the Samoan
Islands Is that peace shall bo main
tained there nnd that all commorolal
Interests shall be properly protected.
Tills country has wy lltfie trade there
nnd the commercial possibilities are
small. Wo have a naval station In the
Islands and we should retain this undtr
any circumstances. The Idea , then-
fore , that our Interests In Samoa nro
nt all antagonistic to tho'so of Germany
Is Ill-founded and no less groundless Is
the notion that we have any desire to
promote Hrltlsh Interests In those
Islands. The concurrence of the Ameri
can and English representatives there
Is duo entirely to the fact of a common
construction of treaty obligations and
not iit all , as the Germans conceive , tea
a Uesire 1o Impair any rights or Interests -
ests which Germany has In Samoa.
Tile Samoan Issue has been submitted
to a commission which will soon moot
to consider It and determine what
should be done , rending the decision
It would seem to be good policy not to
Indulge in public discussion of the sub
ject , but the agrarian press of Germany ,
which loses no opportunity to Incite
sentiment against the United States ,
may 'bo expected to continue in the
course it has thus , far pursued.
The Omaha bankers assort that the
clearing house Is strictly a private in
stitution and Its methods do not
concern the Commercial club. This
Would be true If the clearing house foot
ings were not made public , thereby ero-
atlng a false Impression of the condition
of business In Omaha. As a matter of
fact , the clearing house Is as much a
public concern as a chamber of com
merce. The market reports that ema
nate from a chamber of commerce are
public property and should be correct
In every particular. If the bankers do
not want to include all the business
done they should dissolve the clearing
house and leave Omaha out of the clearIngs -
Ings report entirely. That would be far
less damaging than having figures pub
lished week after week in every impor
tant newspaper.of the country repre
senting Omaha's business on the decline
when lu truth it has been steadily In
creasing as compared with previous
years.
In giving notice that 1hc tariff rate on
butter and oleomargarine into Cuba and
Porto lllco has been reduced attention
is called to the fact that the civilizing
propensities of the United States are
being exercised < to give the natives of
our newly acquired possessions the
benefit of oleo and probably other food
products that have been put under the
ban at home. Not that there Is any
thing Injurious in oleo , but the self-
sacrifice exhibited in tabooing It by law
in the states In order that the provinces
may be supplied should certainly be
appreciated and remembered by the fa
vored subjects.
According to General Lncrct the
$ ; > ,000,000 paid by the United States to
the Cuban soldiers has been practic
ally dissipated in the saloons and the
recipients , as soon as they shall have
finished their carousing , will resume
operations as brigands or beggars.
Had the United States given over the
whole ? ( X,000,000 ) demanded for these
soldiers the result would probably have
been the same , although perhaps longer
delayed. The more experience we have
with our Cuban proteges , the more
serious appear the dlllicultics arising
out of our occupation of the island.
The Influence that procured the ap
pointment of the deputy of County At
torney Shields who refuses to testify In
a gambling case for fear of Incriminat
ing himself seems to be still potent with
Mr. Shields If his retention Is any
criterion. The county attorney , who was
forced to break an express promise to
make a place for the discredited and
disgraced deputy , is now forced to take
back his assurance that he would-either
have his resignation or remove him.
Who pulls the strings ?
JiT ey' Ciiilil .11 1 lie.
Philadelphia Times.
The formation of trusts is bringing so
much money to New Jersey that searcnlng
for Captain Kldd's burled gold has ceased to
bo a local Industry.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Suppose the war with Spain cost $500,000-
000 , and suppose , Instuad of burning up that
money , ft had been expended for the better
ment of this country , what prosperity It
would have produced.
AVIlO Will SIIIIITMK | Tlieuif
Chicago Hceord.
What Is the administration going to do
with seditious young ladles who persist In
writing their sweethearts In the Philippines ,
begging thorn to retire from the service and
couio home ?
K&Cfllrilt Door A\ftKlin ( ,
Boston Transcript.
Tha Government Industrial commission
will Investigate the trusts. Judging from
the dllllculty which the courts have bad in
getting at the ( acts about trusts , the only
result Is likely to bo a large volume which
may servo to hold the front door open In hot
weather.
IIiiKliunrc Ant for llryaiilniu.
Philadelphia Times ( dcm. )
The Baltimore revolution was not for
Bryanlsm ; ft was not talked of nor thought
of. In ( act It was entirely disregarded and
practically repudiated and until that policy
shall bo adopted by the democrats generally
there will bo no democratic victories In the
debatable states ot the north.
The AVe t mill tilt * Appropriation * ,
Deadv.'ood Pionor.
"The tlmo seems ripe when the west
should demand , and demand In no uncertain
tones , that It receive Its share of appropria
tions for Internal Improvements , The river
and harbor bill of the congress Jus.t ended
carried ' .40,000,000 lor such Improvements ,
fUS.OOO.OJO. of which wa4) ) to bo expended In
.ho eas' ' and J2.000.000 In the- west , noes this
seem fair division of the people's money ?
As Senator Warren and Senator Carter said
lu the senate In the discussion of < tbls bill ,
the west pays Its share of taxes and It
should receive Us share of benefits. It
should receive , to be used for storage reser-
I Volra on the headwaters of the
I rivcra , us share of the vnsi sums npetit
' annually In the eastern Vnl.'ed States for
! the widening and dredging of rUers anj
Improvements of harbors.
Our Old I'rlinilVijlcr. .
Chicago N\vs.
general Polixvlojn , the Spanish minister of
war , 1ms Issued notice to ( ipnoml Weylor
that ho will have the latter shot unless ho
ceases to conspire with the Carlisle. Woylor
made a fortune while he was governor gen
eral ot Cuba , but Instead of keeping quiet
and enjoying the luxuries that his gains
might bring him he seems determined to
prove that the calf clings to the old liablt
of hanging Itsi'lf na soon as It Is furnished
with the nciessary supply of rnpe.
AVnr l.llcriidirc ( > \ rrtliiiir.
PhJludclnhia llccord.
Whatever the historian of the future may
have to say In regard to the achievements of
our soldiers nnd sailors In the recent quar
rel between the United States and Spain , he
will find no difficulty In characterizing the
contemporaneous descriptions of them. The
slush and gush which passes In press re
ports nnd magazine pages for war literature
will find Its duo level In time and the strong
common scnso of the people may be trusted
meanwhile to rend between the- lines and
note what Is actually transpiring.
\t > I'ollMonl
J. atorllnrr Morton's Conservative.
In a recent deliverance Colonel William
Jennings Bryan declares that political big-
nmy cannot bo tolerated ; that no man can
bo married to the Cldcago platform party
until after ho is divorced from the gold
standard party. This le good precept. But
the practice of Colonel llryan Is not like his
teachings. In 1SOC Colonel Bryan was n
political trlgamlst ; ho married the Chicago
nomination , the silver republican nomina
tion and the St. Louis popullstlc nomina
tion and expressed an equal fondness for
each. And even now Colonel Bryan would
bo a polynomlneo and with the effusiveness
of n political Brlgliam Young ewcar fidelity
and undying , fervid affection for each. De
nunciation ot the bigamist by a trlgamlst
la refreshing.
llntnl riiurity.
Seward Hcportcr. '
The raising by the Omaha World-Herald
of n hospital fund for the Virst Nebraska
regiment seems to bo cither a case of hys
terics or of advertising. From all Informa
tion obtainable the boys have no need what
ever of such a fund. Letters received from
a Seward boy who has been for weeks In the
hospital at Manila state that the sick and
wounded have every attention they need and
every luxury that U obtainable. The World-
Herald fund grew to $2,300 in a very few
ilays. This la not strange , nnd Nebraska
would contribute ten times that sum if it
was needed. In some respects politics seem
to be mixed In the matter , in this city at
least. The World-Herald wired the editor
of the Independent-Democrat to ralso $10
hi Soward. In a very few minutes ho had
the oum , and the list of donors as given In
the Independent-Democrat ehows that only
populists were asked to contribute , as with
two exceptions every man on the list is a
member of that party. Seward will con
tribute ten times the sum asked any day
that there Is evidence of Its being nccdo'l ,
nnd there will be no politics In the act. If
Nebraska's boys on the firing line need any
thing from their friends at homo they can
have It , but OB long aa Undo Sam Is provid
ing all they need , there is no necessity of
any newspaper seeking notoriety by raising
a hospital fund or any other fund for them.
KC1IOIOS OW T1IH WAIl.
A Jerscyman who answers to the name of
Peter Scanlan and who lias evidently lapped
the Blarney stone with his tongue , contrib
utes his mite to the gaiety of the season by
declaring that Aguinaldo Is the son of an
Irishman , Ho says Aggie's real name is
O'Gormcley , that his father was a native
of Tralec , County Jferry , who went to Hong
Kong and there married a Japanese woman ,
later removing to Manila , where ho carried
on a grocery business. Mr. Scanlan Is not
proud of his discovery because there Is
nothing In It. Who over heard of an Irish
man starting a fight and running from the
thick of It ?
Private C. E. Kent of the Twentieth Kan
sas , In n letter to his mother , eays : "I
doii't care how quick this trouble ends for I
am like lots of the other boys I want to
look for gold. The other day one of the
Montana boys found gold in a creek bet
tom. Tlio fellow took other boys and used
a gold pan and made $7 In one day. The
mountains arc said to bo full of gold , but
the Spaniards never dared to go up In the
mountains for fear of their lives. "
Another Dcwey story comes from Manila
going to show that honors and responsibili
ties , nor yet age , are proof against the
charms of youth. This story centers round
the photograph of an exceedingly pretty
American girl. It stands on Admiral Dew-
oy's dressing case in his cabin on the Olym-
pla. Pipes , maps , charts , diagrams and
matter of fact combs and brushes hedge It
round. But whatever the tlmo or the cir
cumstances , It Is never removed. Morning
noon and night the girlish face smiles sun
nily to all comers , the fair divinity of the
big battleship. "She will be the death of
me yet , " said the great fighter when Mr.
E. W. Harnden , who wao special United
States commissioner to the Philippines , was
calling on him one day , with engaging can-
< lor. "I have this picture of her on my
dresser and in the morning when I shave
Instead of looking In the glass I look at the
picture. I have already cut myself three
times and I will bo cutting my throat eorao
of these mornings. "
Dewey's charmer Is Miss Mnrlo Powers
of Decatur , III. , a school girl of 17. A cor.
respondent who called on her at her homo
was shown souvenirs that marked the Deeu-
tur end of the romance. The most Impor
tant of these is a large Brass button cut
from the admiral's uniform and suspcndea
by a gold chain from the neck of his Ilttlo
western friend. The others nro a pleasant
note trpm the 'hero ' and a line cabinet pho
tograph , below which Is written his auto ,
graph. All these wcro the result of n photo
graph which she had sent to 'him ' with a let
ter asking for the button. Miss Powers is &
daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. George Powers
and a granddaughter of Samuel Powers , a
noted breeder of horses. She is an cxcej-
Icnt pianist , n composer of music and a gobd
student. She will bo graduated from tile
Decatur High school In June and that Dowcy
button will bo a conspicuous feature of her
graduation gown. Miss Marie sent Admiral
Dewey a pjcce of music composed by herself.
A Philadelphia girl who visited the cruiser
llalelgh vttillo at anchor In the harbor peeped
Into the galley whore the ofilccrs' dinner
was being prepared. There were men of four
nationalities a Swede , u Frenchman , a Jaj
and a Chinaman engaged In the work. Call
ing the Swede to her sldu she asked him for
a small piece of bread or something of tliu
sort for a souvenir. The man looked nt her
with surprise for a moment nnd then went
over and consulted with the others. Then
all took a turn at glancing at the girl , nnd
finally the Swede , with an Indulgent smile ,
secured n large plato and heaped It full , with
a big piece of steak , n generous lot of mashed
potatoes and some bread , which he brought
to her with the remark in broken English
to the effect that the Raleigh bailer boys
would not see a beautiful American girl go
liungry. The young woman was very much
embarrassed at this Interpretation of her
request , but she ate a portion of the dinner
and after securing the bread as a souvenir
rewarded the Bailer In return with a colieg
pin , which delighted the generous Swede
beyond measure.
STAT1J I'lUiSM 0V J T.\TIJ POLITIC ? ,
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j Stnnton Pl.'kelt ( rep ) Whenever they
spruk of A candidate for supreme Judge
this foil popr Jst pnpcm a * < iimie Hint the
fusion oAndlrtnto wilt bo n popullut , and he
will bo or there will be no fusion. Demo
crats may not tnko kindly to thla arrange
ment , but they will flnnlly swallow the doc
and whoop It dp for Holcomb or Hill Allen.
Stanton Plckrtt ( rep. ) : The appointment
of John C. Sprechor as deputy oil Inspector
for this district gives general satisfaction to
Mr. Sprecher , Governor Poynter and some
others. Some aspiring politicians arc not
pleased. It was not to be expected that they
would be. The duties of the oinco are not
arduous nnd John can perform them and
draw the price of a living from the state
whllo rending law nnd politics. John de
serves fho appointment nnd wo are glad
that It fell to his lot.
Nebraska Signal ( rep. ) : If there had been
no other one thing for which to commend
Senator I-Vnvler's record In the slate senate
It would bo sufllclcnt to wiy that he fought
the senseless attack on Colonel Stotseuburg
on the ground ithat It was contrary to the
American idea to try and condemn a man
without him being given an opportunity to
defend himself. It was not the popular
thing to < lo In Nebraska nt that time , bui
Senator Powlcr Is the sort of man who does
his duty whether that duty accords with the
popular clamor or not.
Springfield Monitor ( dcm , ) : Now we guru.
Brother Howard of the Times will kcej
still and not shoot it Into our populKU gov
ernor for Ignoring Ilttlo Sarpy In his ap
pointments. At last we have drawn n prize
nndvliilo It Is not n capital prize , yet It Is
n prlzo and should be prized the more highly
for its being the first prlzo. Governor Poyn
ter on Tucwday , May 2 , A. D. ISP ! ) , among
other appointments , named Hon. Kdga :
Howard of Paplllloa us one of the delegates
to the TrnnsmliulMlppI Commercial congress
which mcctu at Wichita , Kan. , the last ol
the month.
Wlsner Krco Press ( rep. ) : It transpires
that the state officers will not recognize tlio
committee appointed to Investigate their
omces. It was hoped by them that the great
and good governor knocking out the appro-
priatlou would knock out the Investigation ,
but In this they will bo disappointed and
their only chance of escape will bo to abso
lutely refuse to bo investigated nnd , the
legislature not being In session , there Is
probably no way to enforce It. If these
great reform economists can afford to resist
investigation the committee can afford to
desist and the people will draw correct
conclusions.
viattsmouth Journal ( dcm. ) : One derelict
fusion state ofllclal can do the reform cause
more harm than a dozen republican orators.
Auditor Cornell has done the fusion forces
of Nebraska on Irreparable Injury , and not
withstanding the fact that a republican In-
vctstlgmlng committee , from mere force of
habit , reported that ho could not bo Im
peached , ho had long .before . that report was
made , been Impeached before the bar of
public opinion. But the auditor Is not the
only one who should bo hold to account for
this blow to the cause. The state officials
and the newspapers which have supported
and upheld lilm , arc fully as culpable us
the recalcitrant Cornell.
Paplllion Times ( dcm. ) : Mlko Harring
ton , the loader of Nebraska populists In the
Sixth Congressional district , and a man who
could receive the nomination for congress If
ho would permit the use of his name , la
reported 'by ' The Omaha Bee us being in
favor of a straight pop ticket in that con
gressional district 'this ' year. Until The Bee
Interview shall bo officially denied we shall
give Mlko the benefit of the doubt and re
fuse to believe that ho said It. However , If
ho really desires to get rid of the 10,000
democratic votes In the district the task may
not bo difficult. And yet so strong la demo
cratic affection for Harrington of Holt that
it would be far from easy to keep democrats
from voting for him , oven after ho had told
us our votes were not needed.
York Times ( rep. ) : If the populists In the
Sixth district should nominate General P.
II. 'Barry ' for congress they would have a
candidate who comes nearer combining abil
ity and honesty ithan any other populist in
the district. In addition to this General
Barry was a. bravo soldier during the re
bellion and since that tlmo has worn an
empty slcevo. There is no danger of the
pops nominating such a man and It Is per
fectly safe for republican papers to com
mend htm. Oldham Is another able man
and , wo believe , conscientious , but ho is a
democrat and the pops will not agree to his
nomination. The republicans will put up a
good , strong man and probably elect him
this fall. Ono moro campaign such as Cady
and Norrls Brown made will make the dis
trict republican.
Kearney Hub ( rep. ) : The committee of the
state senate appointed a short time before
adjournment of the legislature to Investi
gate the offlc6s of land commissioner , elate
treasurer , the two terms of ex-Governor
lloleomb , secretary of state and the su
preme court , is going ahead with the work ,
oven though there are no funds with which
to pay for It. It will bo remembered that
Governor Poynter vetoed an appropriation
of ? 2,000 voted for the purpose of making
this investigation , presuming , of course , that
this action would stop the proposed Investi
gation. The previous populist legislature
had appropriated $10,000 for a similar pur
pose and every cent of the money was used.
But the senate committee proposed to do
the thing for which It was created , nnd It Is
announced that It will set about the work
In a short time. A great many people have
long believed that there would bo Bomu
startling revelations If the relations be
tween ex-Governor Holcomb and ex-Treas
urer Hartley could bo shown up , and If the
committee succeeds In that one thing alone
It will 'perform ' a signal service to the state ,
Columbus Telegram ( dem. ) : The Telegram
has noticed that a great deal has lately been
said and written about the "duty of demo
crats , " and almost Invariably the advice
has been given that \/e should continue to
make concessions and "hold together until
1000. " We heard that same cry prior to
1890 , and no doubt the same voices will be
tuned for 'the occasion In 11)04. ) But with
many It has ceased to have attraction. In
our opinion the democrats of Nebraska haw
performed oven moro than their duty. Wo
have "made concessions" until wo have
nothing left to concede , and wo have made
concessions even at the risk of disorganiz
ing our party. The firm tind heroic stand
taken by the democratic national conven
tion In 1890 has placed our party In n posi
tion where It cannot fall to command the
admiration and respect of the whole nation
and has put an end to any necessity of main
taining two distinct party organizations
whose principal demands are practically
Identical. It has no apollgles to offer nnd
tbo democracy of Nebraska , standing
squarely upon that platform , should have
no favors to ask and none to bestow upon
men who stand out from under Its protect
ing arm with the stereotyped excuse. "We're
afraid you haven't .tho courage of your con
victions and wo are waiting until 1900 to
see what you will do. "
MJIIHASIC.V'S l'IIO.SPiiUTV. :
liihtrinillvc Comparative
of Iiuprovi-il Value" .
William R. Curtis In Chicago Record.
Nebraska Is Just as prosperous as Kansani
perhaps more BO. I believe the difference In
conditions haa been even greater since the
hard times. The wealth of the farmcra of
Nebraska , represented in their live stock and
the value of their principal products , has
more than double during the last four
yeais. The state now ranks fifth In Ihe list
of corn-producers , Iowa , Illinois , Mlisourl
and Texan only surpassing her. and sixth In
oats Iowa , Illinois , Wisconsin , New VorU
and Minnesota excelling her. Last year Nat
braska was ninth among wheat statca , ninth
'in potatoes' ' , lentli in vye nnd twelfth In hay
i In the owni-Mhlp of oxen an other entile
| Nobr k stand * fourth , bring surpstnel
only by Tcxno , Iowa nd Kaunas , evemh In
the valup of horses , being Mirpsssed by
Illinois , Iowa , Np\v York , Pennsylvania ,
Kentucky and Indiana ; eighth In milch
cows , and ninth In the \alup of ewlno.
The year ISO ! marked the low tide In the
prosperity of the farmem of Nebwskft. Tlie
follonlng table shows whnl they were worth
on the Int of January , ISO , ' :
Number. Valun.
llorfes ( head ) Cfli.li. * ) fl7."t.0 {
M\llr ( bead ) 45.W1 l.'fll.SlG
Mllrb cows ( head ) SS2.31.1 n. < 74ti"l
Oxen , etc. ( head ) 1.19J.7SS 16,333.731
Sheep ( bead ) ISS.ttS S.W.7S.1
Swine ( head ) 1,316.017 li.417,311 |
Cilrn ( bushels ) , S.V > , Sa 6(87.7S ( (
Wheat ( bushcln ) S.7S4.KX ! ) 4,23tlMl
O.its ( bushels ) 1S.7I7.KW 7,1T1MI (
Rye ( bushels ) 179.131 239.JK1
Potatoes ( bushels ) 2.49S.274 lSil,3Jl
Hay ( tons ) 1,1JIB33 s.OOtWMt
Totnl JS9.52l.02J
This is what the Nebraska farmers were
worth January 1 , 1S [ ) :
, , . Number. Valii" .
Horscfl ( head ) ( W.2SI ? .2.r,2.1,0,1l
Sillies ( head ) -U.018 1.S9S.AM
Milch rows ( head ) fi8,7.V ) : iW,2.d (
Oxen , etc. ( head ) 1.395.KM ,1K)74. ! . < n ?
Sheep ( head ) 2 ! > 2,7T9 ! > . ! < .2Sii
Swine ( head ) 1,35.1,071 7.:01.52 <
Corn ( bUJliels ) 15S,7S4.CO ; 3l.ii2fi.P27
Oats ( liiMhels ) M,24.OIJ ll.2IO.PtM
\\bent ( bllHhels ) 3l.r,73alJ ! It.209,275 )
Ilye ( bushels ) 1,101.850 : i7o , Sl
Potatoes ( bushels ) ! l 145,12. " , 3 SSI 917
liny ( tons ) 3,223,370 10.fi37.IBI
Totnl JlC9.50J.6B2
As estimated by the governor of Nebraska ,
fie population of that state on the 1st of
January. 181)0 ) , was 1.273,000. On this basis
the wealth of the farmers , represented In the
above statement , If divided per capita , would
bo sufficient to give each man , woman and
child 111 the Btate ? 132M. !
I'UllMI.VAIj AM ) OTIimtWISU.
Guam appears to bo a paradise for every
body except nowsphpcr reporters ; nothing
over happens there.
ARitlnaldo banked overmuch on American
forbearance. Consequently , he Is having the
greatest run on record.
Boston has recovered Its nerve sufficiently
to wander on the 'beach ' without a shiver.
No hostile Heels are In the oiling.
A shark at Montu Carlo Is said to have
catou a visitor to that famous resort. That
iimu IB iiioio iimuanc man tno skinning pro
cess In vogue In the gaming palace.
All the leaders of the counterfeiting con
spiracy at Lancaster , Pa. , could have made
moro money honestly than ithcy did out of
their crooked work. Just now they have nn
abundance of time < o meditate on the tru
ism , "Tho way of the transgressor Is hard. "
Brigadier General Kunstnn , In writing
homo about the lighting In the Philippines ,
modestly says , In speaking of his troops :
"When I tell them to charge , which I have
three times , tlie trouble has been not to get
them to come on , but to keep from getting
run over by them. "
John Sherman , ex-secretary of state , will
celebrate the seventy-sixth anniversary of
his birth on May 10 , at his old homo In
Mansfield , O. Mr. Sherman expects to spend
the summer thero. The house Is a large
one , -with great porticoes about It. The
grounds , Including a great orchard , are ex
tensive.
Samuel J. Randall , Jr. , of Philadelphia
has been appointed special agent of the de
partment of Interval revenue for the eastern
district of Pennsylvania , with headquarters
In Philadelphia. The salary Is $10 per day.
T.ho appointment was made by the secretary
of the treasury upon the pcr&oual request
of President McKInley.
Mrs. J. B. Anderson , -wife of Colonel An
derson of Manhattan , Kan. , recently received
a letter from Andrew Carncglo requesting
permission to have a bronze bust of the col
onel made by a French sculptor and put In
ono ot 'the frco libraries which the writer
of the letter has endowed. When Mr. C.ir-
neglo was a poor boy , with no resources
at his command whorowlth to procure an
education , Colonel Anderson extended to
him the use of his library. Mr. Carnegie
now wishes to show his appreciation of this
kindness.
l.AlMUMt < JAS.
C'hli-aRO Tiffin ! "Illlb , whKh would you
p.-t n new suit or A HMV wliecu
"Wrll , If you wuir Rood clothes mabe
wheel , but hav-
you < an set trusted fora
111 * H new whei won't help > ou out any
ou clothes. "
Brooklyn Life : Mr. . nonoynn-Aii' tb1
moil Mniy llllii married hns lot ny tirop-
erthy ? Mrs , o'nny-SlatbcM av III Siio
wriitc ! HIP bo's tir propcrtby mon nv tb
blp Jollity tnyau-r , s-o Ol Mipposo "Is rlnts
bo something Itiormou * .
Indianapolis Journal : ' 'I shoiitd like to jf
b Informal. " said the Cornfcd Philosopher , F
"of tin whynoss of the fact that the more , \
sisters a young fellow has the less rover-
cncp bo has for woman ? "
"
Detroit Journal : "Oh. tlmt 1 bad the
wings of a bird ! " "lie slpbed , with In-
Ilnlto sadness. . ,
Tonight , for dinner , > hc had eaten pork
cbops , pickled olives and Ice croain.
Was It , then , that she needed the i ; ! * * "
rather than the wings of bird , In order
that tfho mlglii bo happy ?
Washington Star : The p Americans don't
know how to run a war , " said tbo Mllplno ,
lln disgust.
"What's the trouble' ' ? "
"TlM-y Insist on whlppliiK us nil at once ,
when they might as well bave the Klory
of winning battles for the next live years.
It Isn't economy. "
Somervlllo Journal : Hcl'in lint at all
pleaded with that new party dress of
yours.
She ( coldly ) Aren't you ?
Hi No , the dross ItMJlf Is altogether too
low. and tbo bill for It is altogther lee
high.
Chlcaco Tribune : Voli-j ( over the tele
phone ) Say , didn't you toll me those froKS
you sold nip an hour ago for fish ball were
: i allvp olid in uood condition ?
The Other Voice They were , sir , wlwn I
s nt thrill. 1 never saw livelier frogs.
Original Voice Wei' , they've all croaked.
Illng on.
Washington Htar : "I suppos" you will bo
ready when your country ciilla you ? said
the friend.
"Ye\ sir , " replied Senator Sorghum , < -on-
lldenllally , "but I'm going to krp right on
binning till that happens. I'm not going to
loy down my huiut till my country uoes
cal' me. "
Dotrolt Journal.
A niodett llttlp actress * .
Did a modest little turn.
For iv modest Ilttlo salary ,
And she'd the modesty to burn.
As to her cheeks , with , blushes ,
When tlio front-row chappies roared ,
And slip wim far lee modest
To think herself encored.
A COl'XTHYWOMAX ' OP MINK.
Century Magazine.
Handsome ? I hardly know. Her profile's
fine
Dcllghlful , intelligent , aquiline.
Her keen eyes light It keen , yet often kind ;
Her fair hair crowns It to an artist's mind.
Kino Ilsrure and line manner * , without
doubt ,
Determine half her charm , and bear mo out.S .
S\
Learned ? Well , rather. See them for your
self
Ml'.l , Spencer , Darwin , on her favorite shelf.
AW1I educated , certainly well rend ;
Well born , of course , and ( not of course )
well bred.
Provincial ? Never. Cockney ? Not at all ,
Her world la small enough , yet not too
Hmul ! .
To prove she knows It , only watch a whllo
That humoruos , tender , half sarcastic smile.
!
Accomplished ? She says not , but who can
toll ?
She dors some simple things , and does them
well.
She walks wed , stands well , sits we'.l
things so rare.
To praise as they deserve I hardly dare !
She rows , rides , dances admirably done !
Delights in each , and yet dcpcnda on none.
What to take ur > she knows , and what to
drop ;
How to say clever things , and when to stop.
Few dress so well ; she docs what few can
do
Forgets what she has on and so do you !
She's not too cureless , not conventional
nulte ;
Does what she llkcst knows what she doca
la riKht.
Tokes New World freedoms with the Old
AVord ! ease ;
She's but to please herself the world to
please.
Discount. Discount.
Early Midsummer
.Clearing Sale
Til e USUAL CUSTOM has bee to hold Midsummer -
summer Sales in July and August when
what was left of spring and summer suits
j
were sacrificed. While our spring trade has been
satisfactory the backward spring weather has made
its impression Some lines of suits are almost com
plete while others are badly broken in sizes and
our best judgment leads us to believe that instead of
waiting and making this offer in July that wo had
better give you this grand opportunity now at the
proper season when yo\i have an actual use for it
and tlie chance 1o purchase the famous clothing
now of Browning , King & Co , manufacture at cost
aiid less at this time of the year is an opportunity
not to be despised Our two front tables are jailed
high with several hundred suits for you to select
from and all have received this great cut of
Every suit is warranted.
Satisfaction guaranteed or
your money refunded.
Examples of Our Clearing Sale.
$ n.oo fi per cent off 3.JJ3 ? , in.OO SuIlK-'Mi/j jiur cunt olV. . .10.00
$ (5.50 ( Suits- ! ! : ! i per cent oil' Hln $18.00 Kults-tii/a : ; per cent off. . 12.00
$ S.OO .Suits- : ! ! ! j p r emit oil' 5ln ! jfliO.OO .S or cent off. . iu.ua
If 10,00 i per cent off fl.fin ? t.'i.r.o ; .suiiHainor : ) , cent orr. . . .15.0(1 (
j per cent oft 8.J15 per cent off. . .10.05
jaa.50 pur cent off. . D.OO ! ? 'J8.00 .Sulls-IJ/ ! ! ! , iiur cent off.
SIZES 34 TO 50.
Discount. Discount.
Sale commences this morning.
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