r THE OMAIIA DAILY KEBM MOTS DAY , NOVEMBER 0 , 1895) .
THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE.
K. RO3UWATKR , Editor.
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State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. :
George H. Tzschuck , secretary of The Hce
Publishing comnnnj- , being duly sworn , says
that the actual number of full and com
plete copies of The Dally. Morning. Even
ing nnd Sunday Her , printed during the
month of October. 1S33 , was as follows :
1 . ! ! < ! . < ( > ( ) 17 . ai , SO
2 . ! ii.tto : : is . ui.itio
3 . 1MI.-.0 ( ID . U 1,550
4 . IM.it.-.l ) 20 . aiIHH
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7 . a 1,51(0 ( 23 . 21,170
8 . iritll : 21 . 1M.17O
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30 . ai.TIO 28 . B5OIO
H . ai-ino 27 . ar.ioo
12 . a i , Kid ss . a5aoo
13 . ail 0 29 . 25-MO
14 . a i. i-o 30 . aiin 5
15 . 125.O5O 31 . a.-170
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. Total 771ll ( 5
LCJSS unsold and returned conies. . . . ,8ts :
Net total sales 7 l,857
\ Net ilally average BlBTU
I 1 GEORGE n. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed nnd sworn before mo this 1st
day of November , A. D. 1639.
M. B. HUNGATK ,
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
Welcome homo , Klfty-llrst Iowa.
KVIT.V rojiuhllcnu In Xubraskn Is ex-
pucttul to do his duty.
If you want prosperity contlnuod ,
vole for the party that lias given the
country prosperity.
Ilt'lpraise the shout offer
for the rolurninj ; Iowa heroes of Iho
, wir : In the Philippines.
Do you want n change from prosper
ous conditions ? Every voter must
nnswor this question with his ballot
tomorrow.
The iinul-RllugliiK fusion auupalRU
has only bespattered the mwl-sllngcrs.
The public has uo sympathy for such
disreputable tactics.
Jx-t all Omaha help Council Bluffs
colobmte the return of the gallant Iowa
volunteers today. While the glory of
the regiment primarily belongs to Iowa
Nebraskans will not hesitate to share It.
The factories and shops are working
overtime In Omaha these days of republican
'
publican prosperity. Three years ago
the employes wore glnd to hold their
Jobs and do a few days work each
week.
Don't forget the university regents.
The board of regents manages and ail
ministers the gtate university , the cap
stone of our public school system. The
best.talent Is not too good for these
positions. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Fifty-first Iowa boys arc said to
bo falling behind in their trip across
the country enronte home , but this is
aot the fault of the volunteers , whenever
never fell behind when there "was an
encniy In front.
' Omaha's registration figures arc a
Btunnor to the popocratic machine man
agers. More than iwo to one of ex
pressed preferences Is what Indicates
the drift toward an unexampled victory
for the republican ticket.
M. 11. Itoese lias boon tried and not
found wanting. Silas A. llolcomb suc
cumbed to the first temptation that pre
sented itself to him as chief executive
the moment Hartley askoil him to ac
cept a cigar box of worthless papers
In Hen of a cash treasury settlement.
It Is fabled In history that the king of
France with ten thousand men drew
their sabers forth and put them back
again. That historic event la now
cuunlwl by the action of the Hoard of
IWiit'Utloii In dismissing an architect tit
0110 mooting and putting him back nt
the next
According to the Wo.rld-Hcrald Hose-
water wrecked the ( Jreater America
Exposition by publishing In The Hoc
the fact that It was not tip to the prom
ises which the promoters had made.
For this reason , the people of Omaha
and Nebraska should vote for llolcomb.
This Is surely an argument as is an
argument.
A lively contest Is promised by the
vacancy on the Interstate Commerce
commission created by the resignation
of Commissioner W. .1. Calhoun and an
effort Is to lie made to locate the now
commissioner on the 1'aelllc coast. In
the meanwhile the commlssl6n does not
chow any impairment by reason of
having ltn membership temi > orarlly re-
due-oil , as It Is still as Ineffcctlvo an
ever no far as enforcing its decrees arc
concerned.
According to tuo ofllelal ballot of
Douglas county which has been made
up without protest on that point from
the managers of the local democratic
campaign the populists In Douglas
county exceed In number the demo
crats. Under the head of county Judge
the candidate of the populists has a
place above that of the democrats and
the order of the names Is nupposcd to
Indicate the relative vote of the parties
making the nominations.
SOJIB QimnOA'5 FOHCOI.ONEI ,
Colonel Wllllnin Jennings Hrynn Is to
close the speaking campaign for the
fusion candidates of sham rcfonn with
n Rcrles of homestretch talks today.
While enlightening his admirers on the
questions of the hour , perhaps he will
Jlml time to give the answers "to a few
Interrogatories.
Colonel Hryan nnd his democratic
and populist friends In the last congress -
gross boast that they forced the presi
dent Into the war with Spain for the
sake of the suffering Cubans. If so.
must not the democrats and populists
be charged with the responsibility for
all the ills which they assert have
grown out of the war ?
Colonel Hrynn resigned from the
army to go to Washington to lobby for
the ratification of the peace treaty ,
which would not have secured the con
stitutional majority In the senate ex
cept for Senator Allen's vote , cast for
It under Hryan's Influence. That treaty
annexed the Philippines to the United
States nnd placed the sovereignty un
der the stars and stripes , entailing on
the president the duty to maintain the
authority and supremacy of the flag In
those Islands. If the war to suppress
the Filipino Insurrection could have
boon avoided , did not Colonel Itryau
and the Hryanlte senators who took
his advice make It necessary and are
they not Justly chargeable for H ?
Colonel Hryan outlines as his policy
for the Philippines the rollnqulshment
of American sovereignty nnd the es
tablishment of an American protecto
rate. At the same time he rails against
the Iniquity of militarism and decries
the maintenance of an army sulncicnt
In numbers to cope with the Filipino
insurrectionists. But would not an
American protectorate Impose upon the
United States the duty of protecting
life and property , especially of citizens
of foreign nations residing there and bo
maintaining peace and order just the
same as If it exercised the sovereignty
Itself ? Would it not require Just as
large an army to establish and uphold
the responsibilities of a protectorate as
now to suppress insurrection and main
tain order after Its sunnrosslonV
When the president called for volun
teers In the late war , It Is said ten re
sponded to every one whose enlistment
could bo accepted. Are not the dangers
of drafting and Impressment Into the
army pictured by Colonel Bryan so re
mote as to make such talk absolutely
ridiculous and to stamp It as pure polit
ical demagogy ?
After all , what has the Philippines ,
Imperialism , militarism , /roe trade or
free silver to do with the choice of a
judge of the supreme court of Ne
braska ? Are not the people of this
state Interested chielly In securing for
their highest judicial tribunal a man
of demonstrated legal ability , of proved
judicial experience and of tried Integ
rity and trustworthiness ? Would
Colonel Hryan , * as a lawyer , for a mo
ment deny that in point of professional
ability and judicial qualifications Ma-
noah B. Heese so far excels Silas A.
llolcomb that no comparison is to be
made between them ?
If Colonel Bryan would answer these
questions honestly and without evasion ,
he would give the best of reasons why
every voter in Nebraska should cast
his ballot for the republican candidates
tomorrow.
niSUIlAVEFUL
There Is a code of honor among
thieves and gamblers and tlicrc Is de-
coney in polities even if the politician Is
of necessity compelled to wade through
the inlre of the slums In order to get
votes.
In the present campaign the World-
Herald has resorted to all that Is vile ,
low and indefensible from the stand
point of decent politics. Its columns
have boon reeking with filth , falsehood
nnd perjury. Instead of confining the
campaign to the discussion of Issues
nnd candidates , It has showered abuse
nnd vilification upon private citizens
who are not candidates for olllco , but
whose offense is opposition to the con
glomerate ticket of sham reform.
In this campaign of vilification the
irresponsible hirelings nnd blackmail
ers have Indiscriminately assaulted and
libelled men and women and fabricated
falsehoods concerning them In order to
make political capital for a desperate
cause. Instead of trying to manage the
campaign of their own parly they have
sought to manage the campaign of the
republican party and have by deliberate
misrepresentation tried to Impose upon
the few republicans who began to read
that sheet when It was supporting
Majors at ? 75 n day.
Nothing could be more hypocritical
than the World-IIerald's constant wall
about the wrongs of the colored man ,
the alleged maltreatment of the .Tews ,
the fictitious grievances of the Hohe-
mlans and the- terrible frauds by which
the republican county ticket was foisted
upon the party by the so-called Hoso-
water-Moores machine.
Who has done more to Insult and out
rage the colored people whenever the
opportunity offered than has the World-
Herald ?
AVlio constituted that sheet the cham
pion of the Jews , when It never ceases
by hook-nosed pictorials and anti-Se
mitic screeds to create prejudice against
the Jews ?
What have the Bohemians over had
to show In this city and county In the
shape of olllce or patronage when the
democrats were in power ?
And whore Is there any evidence
whatever that the republican primaries
were carried by unfair means or that
fraud was perpetrated In the nominat
ing convention ?
As a matter of fact no-prlmarlcs ever
hold by any party In this county wore
more free from fraud and carried by
more decisive majorities. In the ban
ner republican wards , for example , the
Fourth and the Sixth , the delegates
chosen were elected by two to onu In
a contest In which the contending dele
gations had vigilant challengers nnd
every precaution was taken to Insure a
free ballot nnd an honest count. The
Third ward , in which the candidate for
Bherllir , Mr. Burmester , resides , was vir
tually uncontested , while the majorities
In the First , Second , Seventh and Ninth
wards were decisive.
The only ward In which a contest was
carried Into the convention and the only
ward which the so-called Ilosnwnter-
Moores machine 1.4 said to have domi
nated IK the Fifth ward. In that ward
the defeated faction had nil the judges
nnd clerks of election and controlled the
polls absolutely , having refused to give
their opponents a single representative
on the primary election board. They
were beaten by more than 100 majority ,
nnd In order to Justify themselves for
Issuing certificates to the defeated dele
gates they threw out 128 votes cast for
their opponents which their own judges
had accepted.
The pretense that voters w"ero Im
ported from Council Bluffs Is a downright -
right fake , Just as Is the charge th.nt
non-residents from the Midway were
voted. Those alleged Assyrians hud
been citizens of Omaha for years and
voted unchallenged nt primaries and
elections nnd the howl kept up by the
World-Herald about the criminal Incur
sion of repeaters In the Fifth ward Is
of the same piece as the silly ? < X,000 )
Haima slush fund story and the appeal
for special detectives and guatds to pro
tect the election on Tuesday , when as a
matter of fact County Judge Baxter has
for some reason or other given the pop-
ocrats control of the election boards In
all the lower wards where democratic
repeaters are most likely to operate.
But you can't make a silk purse from
a sow's car , and you cannot expect po
litical decency from a paper that al
ways stands In with thieves and crooks
of all parties nnd prostitutes Its col
umns to base ends for n price.
T//K
The only menace to prosperity Is in
the possible success of the opposition
to the republican party In those states
where national questions have boon
nmdc most prominent In the campaign.
All the conditions arc in the highest
degree favorable to a continuance of
good times for several years to come
1C the policies which have produced
prosperity shall not bo threatened by
the success of the party of free silver
and free trade. Financial confidence
Is now stronger than for many years
and the spirit of enterprise was never
more active among the people. To
maintain this , to prevent apprehension
in regard to the future , to encourage
the Investment of capital in productive
enterprises , It Is necessary to defeat
the party whoso principles and policy
are hostile to everything that has con
tributed to give the country the un
rivalled prosperity it now enjoys.
The basis of that prosperity is con
fidence In the future. That confidence ,
now strong and general , could not fall
to bo to some extent impaired , by're
publican defeats. If in such states as
Ohio , Iowa and Nebraska , it should
be shown that a majority of the people
are In favor of popocratic principles
the effect would bo to create more or
less apprehension In regard to the re
sult of the national contest of next
year. It would give encouragement to
the advocates of a debased currency
to prosecute their crusade against the
national credit and public and private-
integrity with Increased zeal and vigor.
Although the popocratic party has in
its campaign given the greater promi
nence to so-called Imperialism and to
trusts , everybody understands what
the real purpose of that party is. All
men know that if given power to direct
national affairs , that party would
change the monetary standard from
gold to silver and would so change the
tariff as to greatly lessen or destroy
protection to homo Industries. Every
body familiar with the public record
of the leader of that party knows that
he Is as earnestly devoted to free trade
as he is to free silver and that It is
only very recently that he has
evinced any concern about the trusts.
Even now he merely rails against the
combinations , without suggesting any
practlcable moans for their suppression
or remedy for the evils connected with
them.
All classes of people , except pope
cratic ofllceseokers , desire the continu
ance of prosperity. The farmer , the la
borer and the man of business want It.
In order to promote It , It is necessary
that confidence shall not bo Impaired
and that the policies which have pio-
duced prosperity shall be sustained.
Itopubllcan success will assure a con
tinuance of tlie conditions which pro
duce prosperity.
TJIK NKW
Nebraska voters will Tuesday be
called upon to record themselves upon
the new ballot never before used In this
city and state.
The ballot law unacted by the last
legislature does away with what was
known as the' pictorial ballot , IIH also
with the circle voting. In other words ,
instead of being permitted to vote for
the entire ticket with one cross-mark
placed within the circle under a party
emblem , such us the eagle or the cot
tage home , the voter will be compelled
to put a cross-mark opposite the name
of each candidate for whom he wishes
his ballot to be counted.
The new ballot Is more like that
which was In force In Nebraska before
the pictorial ballot was Introduced , but
with this difference : On the original
Australian ballot In this state the
names of the candidates were arranged
alphabetically without regard to the
party by which the candidates were
nominated , The present ballot contains
the names grouped by political parties
and placed In the order of the votes
polled by those parties at the last preceding -
ceding election. Under the new law ,
furthermore , a candidate is liot allowed
to liavo his name on the ticket more
than once , but when nominated by
more than one party , the name of the
candidate Is followed by the names of
the various parlies enclosed In a
bracket opposite which Is the square
for the voter's cross-mark should ho
wish to record himself for that candi
date.
The result this year Is that the republican -
publican candidates on the ticket liavo
their names followed simply by the
word "republican" and the fusion can
didates are designated by the namra of
the fusion parties grouped In a bracket.
The relative Bullion of the tickets- will
vary , owing to the cnnfllctini ; decisions
of the different county clerks aa to
which pnrtarnJIeutltled to the first
place. iu * *
In Douglaa.-county the republican
candidates will bo at the top In cncl
group nnd the7 Safe thing for ropubllcai
voters to dolfeOfo mark n cross In tin
square opposite-each line In which tin
word "rcpiibjjlj' u" appears , being care
ful , however , not to confuse this des
ignation wlth'tlfat adopted by the sliver
republicans fl > r > ' the very purpose of
misleading vtitVrs.
Let every vMt67 study n sample ballot
before he go'cs'into the booth , so as
to know JusHiotr he wishes to place his
cross-marks to record himself 'or the
candidates of his choice. By doing
this he will avoid dlsfrnnchlscment nnd
assist the election ofllclals In canva.-s-
Ing and tabulating the returns.
Many 1 lines The Bee has pointed out
the urgent necessity of reveiun ! reform
In Nebraska nnd the direct means of
attaining It. Local taxation Is a vital
question with nt least ! " > 0 per cent of
the population. If equal taxation could
be secured there would be no such thing
as excessive taxation. It Is the In
equality of assessments against which
the taxpayers protest The responsi
bility does not rest with present olll-
cluls. The statutes and the constitu
tion must bo amended In certain par
ticulars. To this end the Ueal Estate
exchange , the Commercial club and
every taxpayer in Omaha should agi
tate the question and after n full and
free public discussion formulate a plan
of campaign which would result in a
reform. The question Is nonpartisun.
It Is paramount to miy other local issue.
Every nominee to the next legislature
of whatever parly should be pledged In
advance to work constantly for a law
providing for tax reform. If , however ,
the people of this city do not got to
gether on tills proposition there is little
hope that nny relief can bo obtained.
When voting don't overlook the names
nt the bottom of the ticket. It Is Just.
as important to have competent and
honest men presiding over the justice
courts as It is to have good judges on
the district bench. ' The same applies
to the constables and nssessors. Ho-
publican candidates for these so-called
minor olllces are generally superior to
their opponents and deserve the support
of voters not only of their own party ,
but also those of Independent proclivi
ties.
The inllux of foreign lecturers , .irtjsts ,
actors and singers anxious to gather
In the American dollar has begun and
the country will he overrun during all
the winter months by the people who
wish to share In the prosperity enjoyed
hero. When tiic American tourist stops
spending bisanoney in Europe , Europe
conies to America , to got what is left.
Tomorrow 'the' * campaign for Ne
braska will Iftivo reached a conclusion.
And then , ajltcr u. brief respite , the
campaign for Omaha can be taken up.
It will be nonpartisan , but aggressive.
The Boo wllb continue to lead It and
It Is bound to win. '
CrltlcN Confounded.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Perhaps a brief allusion to Mule Hun will
offset any future funny British thrusts at
our own Dull Run.
I.niiKhN IKNtVIio LiiUKhN I/HHt.
Washington Post.
Doubtless General Shatter Is able to re
call all the unpleasant things the EnglU'a
newspapers eald of his operations at San
tiago.
Not the Whole Thlnir.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The sleeping car trust surely can't pre
vent a man curling up In his scat In the day
coach , with hla head on his grip and his
foot sticking out In the aisle , so the travelIng -
Ing public Is not absolutely helpless yet.
IliiHJTliiH'.n In SUlnyurilM.
Baltimore American.
American ship yards are not only building
fine vessels for Uncle Sam's navy , but are
malting them for other navies as well. The
: lme has come when nations that determine
: o have the best of everything must come
nto this market to buy.
llcrocn.
New York Sun.
"Women and children first ! " yelled the
truckmen In the gangway of the Chicago
aa It sank yesterday morning In the North
river ; while away below them was the en
gineer sticking to his post with lib hand
on the lever , until the water was up to his
arms ami the fires went out.
"Not n day passes over the earth , " said
Charles Hcado , "hut men and women of no
note do great deeds , speak great words and
suffer noble sorrows. "
Upliolilllic Ilif Merit Sjulflll.
New York Tribune.
The decision of the Civil Service commis
sion that the sending of circulars asking for
political contributions to federal employes
at their official place of business Is a viola
tion of law muet give satisfaction to every
man regardless of party who believes In
good and clltclent government. The attempt
to evade this law 1ms been persistent nnd
vlcloiw. Recently there have been many
elgns that politicians wore preparing for a
general assualt on the merit system , and
there is need of just 'such ' firm resistance to
every backward 'atcp ;
Kuropi- j4liK | Our
I3altUjora ) , American.
So far this eeaspn ovcr 400,000 barrels of
apples have been shipped from this country
to Europe. The w/eclfjy / exports have run up
to 120,000 barrels , The market on the other
side , especially In. fl many , continues strong ,
which meuns that-4\e | \ prices are good. Our
apples are now rUrluglng In Kuropa from
(3.50 ( to { 1.25 a barrclt Certain eastern state. )
nro doing mostrofvtho | buslcciu , because ,
while the west i catii produce fine npplo * ,
freight rates tothel seaboard are an Im
portant clementuri States not until roent
years largo producers are finding profit In
growing apples fen export. In northern nn'l
southwestern Virginia , for Instance , the
acreage Is being steadily increased and the
appleu are good.
Kxt-chxlvc Slrriilnir Cur Hiilex.
Philadelphia PrcFB.
The amalgamation of the sleeping car
companies bodes no good to the public. The
Wagner company , for Instance , charged only
$1.50 for n berth from New York to Syra-
custa distance of nearly 300 miles , nut thu
J'ullmnn company makes the exorbitant
charge of $2 for a berth from Philadelphia
to New York , a distance of ninety miles.
Now that the companies liavo combined the
minimum $2 charge of the Pullman company
will probably prevail everywhere. Sleeping
card are a uocrealty and the exorbitant
charges should bo reduced by congress.
There Is no reason whatever why the sleep
ing car companies should not be brought
under the Interstate Commerce commission ,
; hu eamo as the railroad companies.
nil VAX'S IHS.U't'OIIVTIN'O TOtlll
Hnstlnpfl Tribune : Three jcnts ago there
were 15,000 people In Host In go to lienr
ilrynn orate , but Monday of this week there
wcru less than 1,100. This reminds us that
' 'you can fool so mo of the people all the
time , but you can't fool alt the people all
tha tlcne. "
Auburn Post : Thluk of that sroat reform
party that Is fernlnst trusts , corporations ,
combines nnd everything else employing
three special trains to take their speaker *
from town to town to talk to the dear pee
ple. Sutherland has a train , Governor Poyn-
ter has a train and W. J. Bryan has a
train. Such a sight Is enough to make the
Goddess of Liberty on the dome of the capItol -
Itol weep.
MInden Gazette : Uryan raid In hlo speech
last Monday that farmers were KCttltiR only
30 cents a bushel for their wheat , when nt
the time ho said It the elevator men wore
paying G2 cents. Ho only lied 22 cents a
bushel , but If yon take the wheat crop of
the whole country It would bo n pretty bin
Ho , wouldn't It ? And if ho would lie about
one thing wouldn't lie bo Just as apt to do
thii ftimo about other things ?
Broken n0\v Republican : The populist
speakers seem to have had n very hard road
to travel this campaign. Thu voters do not
attend their meetings In large numbers and
when they do they have frequently been
opposed by their own parties. Several in
stances have , been rciprtcd where only
four , six , ten or llfteen were present. Then
at West Union , \Vcstcrvlllc , Mllbtirn , Dale
and a number of school houses their , own
people have publicly opposed the speakers
and In some Instances gave their reasons
why they could not longer support the pop
ticket.
North Platte Tribune : The Drynn meet
ing in this city last Tuesday was In no way
n success and the result was a great dis
appointment to the ftislonlsts. The meet
ing had been \vldclv mlvortUni in „ , - , , , . „
precinct In the county and It wai expected
that 600 or SOO farmers would como In to
hear the windjammer. These expectations
fell short , very short ; thcro were not to
exceed ICO farmers In town that day and
only a part of them attended the meeting.
The opera house wan fairly \\ell filled
with men , women and children , the two
latter class forming nearly one-half the
audience. Drynn wna
disappointing to
many and the general verdict among fair-
minded people Is that Uryan Is nt present
more of n ward politician than
a states
man and that he uses nbuso instead of ar
gument.
Alma Journal : The following is from
the ready-to-wear editorials sent out to ths
populist papers by Charles Q. DeFrance. an
employe at the state house : "You rcptib-
icans who are so Industriously circulating
stories about Bryan to the effect that he
charges and collects from $200 to $100 for
each speech ho makes In the campaign must
either put up proof or bo branded ns scoun-
irclly llars-that's the plain English of
t. Who pays him this
$200 to $400 or any
other sum ? Do you know anybody who
ver contributed a cent to a fund intended
o pay Bryan any sum whatever for making
a political speech ? If 30 , give- name ad
dress , date , etc. The fact is that Bryan
docs not receive a cent of pay for his
peeches in this campaign. Citizens of the
place he Is to speak usually contribute money
to hire a hall and band and advertise his
meetings. But Bryan pays his own trav
eling expenses himself. Hearsay won't go
wo must have facts known to you. Now
put up or shut up. " Hero are some facts
known to us and can bo substantiated : The
business men of Alma were assessed $ ' 0
on last Saturday by the Bryan managers
to pay for the traveling expenses of Mr.
Bryan , and if you must know names we
refer you to J. B. Billings and C. L. Myers
business men of this city , to whom a sub
scription paper for the purpose of raising
the amount was presented. The amount was
raised and forwarded to the managers of
Colonel Bryan.
THE AKUICAX FRACAS.
Globe-Democrat : England hopes
for the best , but the truth Is that the
situation of the Lndysmlth army is critical.
Its distance/of 189 miles from a relieving
column , and the column not yet assembled ,
is a heavy strain on the forces of General
White.
Minneapolis Journal : General White's
dispatch .to . the 'British ' war olficc locates the
blame of the recent reverse near Ladysmltb.
It was duo to Missouri. The mules stam
peded with the big guns and stepped on
nearly every mother's son in the British
army except those who Jumped quick enough
nnd high enough to let the mule pass under.
Chicago Chronicle : On 'error's 'cad 'orror
haccumulates. The British reverse at Lady-
smltli has Inspired Mr. Halfred Haustln to
mount Pegasus. Virgil , Sclplo Afrlcanus ,
the Carthaginian war nnd centlpeJal poetic
feet are tangled up In ono red ruin blent.
We doubt whether the British empire can
survive it. Defeat was bad enough , but
Austin turned loose Is Irretrievable disaster.
San Francisco Call : Over and over aguln
British critics have denounced .the censored
reports sent out from iManlla under the
orders of General Otis. Over and over ngnln
they have assumed n. superior vIKuo In
lecturing the American pcrple upon the mis
representation of news. Never , however , has
there ever been committed by the officials of
this country , whether civil or military , nny
such wholesale and extraordinary misrepre
sentation as that which Is now being carried
on by the British.
Baltimore American : In all the victories
won by Hho Boers in > South ( Afrha these
sturdy fellows have proved that they can be
huinano as well aa bravo. English roldlera
wounded and taken prisoner have been
treated by them with the utmost considera
tion , nnil their hospitals are as open to
their enemies ns to their own men , Yet
English writers have labored to make the
world believe that the Boors are little. If
any , better than savages , brutal In their
treatment of all In their power , possessing
none of thu Instincts that are developed by
true civilization , Boer kindness to their
captives shows how unjust are the charges
their enemies have laid nt their door.
Springfield Republican : Moat of these
British regiments have histories that go
back a century or two. The Gloucestershire
icglmcnt , which the Boers have so badly
shattered , was under Wellington in the
Peninsula war , and In ono battle there , wl h
rear rank faced abcut , received French
charges on both front and rear el the same
time. For this distinguished feat Welling
ton allowed Jho roglment to wrar n special
badge on the back of Iholr shakos. The
Royal Irish Fuslleers , which also lins been
EO badly cut up In South Africa , enjoys the
glorious tradition of having captured the
eagles of a French regiment In the Napoleonic
leonic wars. Siirh traditions .13 these are
carefully nursed in military organizations ,
and "they " servo to give a rplendid esprit do
corps to the rank nnd fllo. Most BQldlnm of
the queen can fiiul enough to fight for In
the "honor of the regiment" without think
ing even cf their country , or going Into the
merits 'that ' brought two peoples to war.
Converting tin * Mulun ,
Boston Globe.
President Schurman of thu Philippine commission -
mission la right In suggesting that wo could
hardly expect to convert the Sulu lulandura
by conquoat , and that it would be unwise
to attempt to do so by force. Their con
version may be ultimately accomplished by
the slower method of civilization and edu
cation. From their point of vlaw , It should
be remembered , the 100,000 Mahometans In
the Sulu group are right and the MethodloUi
of the United States are wrong.
SHOTS OK THK CA.MI'AIO.V
Sutton Advcrtlicr : Kveryone will con
cede without argument that our supreme
Judges should bo honest men , free from
party domination. This will exclude llol
comb.
Stanton Picket : It the voters of Ne
braska do their duty they will vote out of
existence the Brynn-Allcn-Holcomb-Edmls.
ten trust. The country never had n more
thoroughly organized or disreputable trust
organized for personal preferment.
St. Paul Republican : A strong plea Is
being made for the local fusion candidates
as well as for Silas llolcomb on account
of principle "for Bryan's sake. " This Is
the usual refuge of n dominant party when
It realizes that It has Jeopardized victory
by nominating unpopular candidates.
North Pintle Tribune : Whru you eco the
happy boys and girls of this community
In attendance- our public schools remem
ber that for eleven years past Neville , the
fuslonUt cnmlld.itu for congress , hns re
fused to pay the taxes assessed against his
realty for the support of these schools.
Hastings Tribune : M. 11 , Reese's
ability and his high standing certainly
otiRht to win for him the office of supreme
Judge. Ills ability cannot bo questioned and
hla character Is above reproach , nnd It la
only such a man that the voters of Nebraska
can nfford to place on the supreme bench.
Arapahoe Mirror ( dcm. ) : The llrynimrch-
Ists are accusing the editor hereof of be
ing n republican. We nro anything to boat
the outfit that hns disgraced the nnmo of
democracy and Insulted the memories of
Jefferson , Jackson , Polk , Pierce. Bcnlon anil
Tlldcn by substituting all the wild-eyed
lenis extant for the time-honored principles
of the democracy of our fathers. And what
are you going to do about It ?
McCook Tribune : Judge Reese will carry
[ led Willow county , that much Is conceded ,
iiid It may be safely claimed by a nice
plurality. The Judge Is entitled to a rlgltt
royal support and he will get It. No man
n Nebraska commands In a larger degree
the admiration and confidence of the pcoplo
than docs Judge Reese. His character Is
beyond fair criticism nnd his ability as n
Judge and lawyer Is beyond cavil.
Grand Island Republican : The repub
lican members of the election boards should
kceji their eyes open nnd sees that there is
no fraudulent marking of ballots as was
practiced In the attempted recount fraud.
Look out for the "double-cross" nnd "dou-
ble-shulllo" EClicmc which was detected In
time to prevent the recount In 1897. A free
ballot and an honest count are all the re
publicans ask for , nnd nothing less will be
acceptable.
York Times : Make no mistake about M.
B. Reese. He Is an honest man. No matter
what opposition papers may say of him In
campaign times they cannot neutralize the
compliments they have bestowed upon him
during the last ten years. They have de
clared that ho was too honest , too Just , too
upright for the republican party , but now
that the republican party has nominated
him they find he is a rascal. Don't be so
foolish ns to bp influenced in your opinion
of him nor In your vote by such coarse work.
Superior Journal : Dcslilng to get at Iho
real pulse of business being transacted In
this locality , as compared with the business
of 1S8G , the editor called upon the First
National bank of this city , whoso books
under the provision of the national bank
ing law , are open for Inspection , anj founc
tha following record : For the week en din
October 28 , 1899 , the volume of buslnes
transacted over the counter of this finpn
clal institution waa $110,472.15 , and the vol
twno of business transacted by the sam
institution the same week In 1S9G was $35 ,
727.31 1896 was a good crop year and enl
ono bank In town ; In 1S99 there are tw
Lank. ! .
Ponder Republican : Judge Powell do
elded on Tuesday at Omaha that the repub
lican candidates had the right under tb
law to have their names appear first 01
the ballots , and in Douglas county they wll
bo so placed. But here , In Thurston county
which went republican last fall on ever
candidate , the democrats who are in contro
of the court house machinery and cour
house ring , too , wilfully disregard the law
because they think it will be to the ad
vantage of their candidates to do so. Cleric
Stout could bo made to properly plaqo th
republicans' names first on the ticket by
mandamus , but the republicans will wli
the election anyway , despite this unjus
discrimination.
York Republican : Who would have
thought that In such a short time the fu
slon leaders in Nebraska would have been
In a position where they are compelled to
entirely Ignore state Issues ? It Is only two
short political moons ago that they passed
the word along the line , "Hold the repub
licans to state Issues. " And republicans
adopted the challenge and the result wad
the falling off of thousands of votes froai
tha fusion majority. At that tlmo the fu
sion state house record "was not so well
known. The pasu grabbing , and rent grab
bing , and insurance grabbing , and school
land grabbing had not como t } light. Now
the watchword Is "Imperialism , " and there
Is never a bicath about eta to Issues. Fusion
hail proven Its leaders unworthy nnd they
hope to distract public attend n from their
unworthtncEs until after one more election
by setting up the bogy of "Imperialism. "
There Is nothing In America that comes
within n thousand miles cf answering to
tin word.
Uretna News-Reporter : The election of
a proper man for Judge of the highest court
in the state Is of miprcmo Importance to the
people. Therefore , before voting next Tues
day nuk of your conscience If llolcomb has
been the man that he should have been
while eervlug the people In a position of
great trust. Is It not true that you votcra
of the fusion pcrsunalon have felt , during
the campaign , In thu position of apologists
for the man your conventions nominated
for a position Involving the highest and
most sacred trust that can bo placed In the
hands of a man under a republican form
of government ? The supreme Judiciary of
the United States and the states Is the ono
feature of our governmental structure that
approaches absolution , modified In the state
cnurln by the fact that the office Is elective
and only for a limited term ; hrnce there
should bo no taint In the record of the can
didate , no cauHo for the voter to apologize
to his continence for participating In the
elevation of the man to the nffico of flrut
Importance.
Ruahvlllo Recorder : Once more the duty
devolves upon the people of this stato-to
elect this fall a Judge of the supreme court.
This Is an office that should bo fllle.1 by
men of spotless Integrity , and the eyes of
the nation will bo upon Nebraska to BPO what
kind of man will be placed on our supreme
bench. Politics aside , wn cannot too strongly
condemn the record made by Slippery SI
llolcomb , both as lawyer nnd governor. He
aspires to a position ho 1.1 unfit for. As a
lawyer ho has hod no practice before the
supreme court. Ho Is a persls cnt office-
seeker and professional politician of the
worst kind. Ho Is ono of the most Insincere
public men , being elected on an anti-liana
platform when ho turned round nnd made a
reputation for pasH-grabblng that was sim
ply shameful. His tinkering with Hartley
was largi'ly re ponslblo fsr losses to the
state. It U well known thnt he drew $50 a
month house rent , on sworn vouchers , to
pay rent on a IIOUEO that cost him $30 a
month. He was a party to that Infamous
ballot steal ; ho vetoed a mutual Insurance
bill , In 189 ! > , at a wink from a lobby , anil
signed another bill In 1897 for a considera
tion of a salary of $50 a month. When we
remember that thin is tbu man whom Judge
Howard , u democrat , denounced In no uu-
mcasurcd terms , and thcu swallowed Jt all
'
for llryan > sake , wo want to bo careful nnd
not put him In an office llko supreme Judge ,
for Dryan'.i nhe or for the ivike of hny
ono clso who could bo so unprincipled as
to drag the supreme bench down to the level
of n Tammany hall boodle Joint. ' y
Kearney Hub : The contrast between ox- '
Judge Reese and would-bo Judge Holcomb
Is exceedingly striking The former Btnys
at homo and Attends to hla buglncts , be-
Moving that a candidate for judgeof the
supreme court has no business tramping up
and down the political highways begging
for votes. The latter has put In all of the
weeks of the canvass attempting to ex
plain bis dubious record nnd dragging the
high ofllco to which he aspires around In
the dirt after him. The former Is a man
fitted by experience and Instinct for the
position. Tha latter la not fitted for It at V
all.
Sowartl Reporter : Ono of the strongest
arguments In favor of the election of Judge
Rccso that we have seen l a letter wrlttrn
by R. J. Nightingale , an attorney of Loup
City. Mr. Nightingale la well known to
many old residents of Seward county , hav
ing resided here n number of years ago.
Ho hag always ) been n democrat , but re
gards the election of Judges ns n matter
that should be settled outside of partisan
liolltlra. lie has known ex-Governor llol
comb rlnco before hla election as district
ludge nnd speaks of his record as n Judge
nnd n politician from Intimate knowledge.
On n mimmlng up of Mr. Holcomb's char
acteristics he concludes that he Is In no
sense fitted for supreme Judge. Mr. N'lglitln.
; ale sprnks highly of the qualifications of
Judge Rucso and makes a comparison of
he two which la greatly In favor of Reese.
To all \\lio know Mr. Nightingale this lot-
er will come with much force , as his hon
esty nnd high character are conceded by
nil his acquaintances. Coming from a dem
ocrat , who knows Mr. llolcomb Intimately
nnd who has practiced In his court , the Ict-
er Is certainly worthy of consideration ami
ts evident candor and fairness make It very
uuch mora entitled to credit than the usual
campaign argument.
WltlTTl.ni ) TO A I'OIIVT.
Chicago Record : "Her voice is .Mwectost
to my oars , " said Willie Wlslilngton , pcn-
slvelv.
"Hut the clear plrl stutters sol"
"I know that. It's niK-tlmo music. "
Washington Stnr : "But , my < lonr sir. "
said the , ndmlrer , he's the logical candl- . >
date ! " vf ( L
"No. " answered the oltlzon who complains -
plains , "he's not logical. He's only argu
mentative. "
Chicago Tribune : "And now , " said the
horse that had Just been turned into the
barnyard , preparing to suit the- notion lethe
the word , "I will enact my favorite roll. "
Detroit Prop Press : "Yes. I go out of thp
wny to avoid Brown since ha took up his
new Job. "
"What job ? "
"Press agent for that boy of his. "
Chicago News : "Oh. Henry , don't cut \ w (
your pie with a knife. " ' " > .
"Well. Kllzn , you ought to be thankful I
don't call for .1 can-opener. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Pa , why < lo you
let the furnace go out every evening' Mr.
Blblad comes to sec me ? "
"I am trylnp to freozc out the microbe of
love , my deluded child. "
Washington Star : "So our friend Is going
to leavt- politics ? "
"Ho Is , " answered Senator Sorghum , "If
hei knows what's good for him. "
"It Is too bail to lose him. Ho was such
an accomplished "
wire-uuller.
"Yes , but he got hold of a live wire. "
Chicago Tribune : "It's more painful to .
pet well of a broken leg than to have U [
broken , Isn't it ? "
"That's my experience. The doctor kept
mlno painfully stretched for live or six
weeks and then pulled it for $100. " \
Puck : Mr. Goodfellow ( showing his wife }
around his counting room ) And those , are '
thp ilny boolcHl
Mrs. Goodfellow Yes ? Now show me the
nlclit books !
Mr. Goodfellow ( mystified ) The night
iJOOKS (
Mrs. Goodfellow Yes ; those that you have
to work over nt nlsrht and that keen you
down hero until 2 o'clock In the morning !
FOOLISH T11IXOS YOU HID.
Baltimore American.
It's good to wander back aualn
AmoiiR the old home folks.
It rather natlslles a man
To hear the same old Jolten ;
To hear somebody say : "I know
You when you were u kid. "
But some one always tellK you of
The foolish things you did.
Your heart beats lightly as it did
In lons-forpotten days ,
A\ hen iit some well-remembered spot
Reflectively you gaze.
But It seems queer that all your eont
And noble d > e < ] n are hid.
And people only call to mind
The foolish things you did. *
They talk of others who've ffone out /
Into some foreign land ;
They tell of things these other folks
Have done and they si-cm L-nuiil.
Hut when It comes to talk of you ,
ThPlr mlml.s cannot bp rid
Of the belief you'd like to hear
The fcioll.Mli thing ! ) you did.
You know you've done a thing or two
\ \ hlch show you've ( jot some souse.
But every time they tulk of you
'J hey'ro certain to commence
'V..t ' ' "les of "Wiat a fool you wor
When you lived here a kid. "
Ibpy have forgotten all except
The foolish things you did. \
Consider
Something
more than
the appearance
of a suit.
It's disposition
to retain that
appearance
is worth
finding out.
A $10 suit
that looks
good a week ,
is dearer than
a $15,00 suit
that looks good
for a month.
Lasting goodness
is our stronghold
we have lasting
goodness in all our
suits , at either $10 ,
$ J2.50 and $ J5 , or
at $18 , $20 or $25.
The style ,
quality and shape ,
is there
there to stay
we warrant them
that way.