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State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : j i '
George B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company , being duly sworn ,
sny.s'thnt the actual number of full nnd
complete copies of Tim Dally , Morning ,
Kvejjlpjj' nnd Sunday Bee. printed during
the month of December , IMW , WHH ns fol
lows , :
1
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1UII11 . . . .
Less unsold nnd returned coplef I l.S''s
Net total sales 702,1102
Net dally average 21.1102
OEORGE B. rttSCHUCK-
Subacrlbi'd nnd sworn before mo this 1st
day of January , A. D. 1DOU.
M. B. H PNG ATE.
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
Britain may yt't ha driven to the ties-
pprnto rusort of firing HOIHO of Alfred
Anstln's VITHU at the Hours.
"Will the three harpooned secretaries
conit ! to the feast , with tlie defuncto
IT. S. S. netlns us toiistintiHterV
Hetrenehinont must bo \vntclnvorit
for tlie new school bo.iril. The new
your imiHt nee tlie dellclt ilct'reiiHeil or
at least not increased.
The .lacksonlans sire promised the 1
greatest Jamboree tonight that IIIIH ever
been seen In these parts. And tomor
row kiitswujniinner and jimjnms.
From the looks of things the nltland-
orH secured possession of the meeting
which was intended to give the Edinls-
i
ten boom for the .supreme court clerk
ship ii boost.
*
The popQcratlu prcjicstri ; leader evi
dently learned no new music during
his -stay ill' Texas. The best he has
boon able to do up to date Is to ring In j
u fc y 'Variations.
'With all the litigation which the 1'a-
olfic Kxpress company furnishes tlie
courts In this county the corporation as
ought to be willing to keep Its head
quarters here and contribute to the tax
receipts. _
Out oflll niombers In both houses of Is
congress Hlil ) are lawyers , which goes to
Hhow why we have so much law-making of
for the benefit of corj orations and other
clIentM who tan afford to pay handsome be
retainers fay congressional favors , to
The condition of the Filipino govern
ment Is Indeed deplorable. The congress -
gross and cabinet are so busy keeping
out of. the way of the American forces
that they have no time to devise ways "
"It
nnd means , to pay ev < | n the govern
ment's running expenses. ,
Puerto Itlco comes up like n-poor re are
lation asking u loan the lii-Ht thing. ver
For the present it Is thought $10,000- ,
000 from the United States treasury
will rfiipply the demand. The people
} mve evidently heard .that "Uncle Sam
Is rich enough to give us all a farm. "
Omn Paul Is achieving as great a rep
utation for bottling ui Hritlsh troops
as ilobson did bv his efforts toward
" (
bottling up "tlie Spanish tnllors In San-
tliih'o'lmrlwr. OiitViIitnser t which Paul
will ever remain Impervious Is' that he of
need have no fear of being Ilobsonly.ed.
the
The teachers In the Omaha public
schools are tlntterlng over a rumor that to
the new Hoard of KdiK-atloh , proposes cut
to abrogate -minnam-nt tenure rule
adopted by the last ( Mini , The new
board has made ii good start , but It Is
to bo hoped no 8tepJickward | will he late
taken by It In tlw. iutter , of the civil
service , 5. his
Kohert U. jViIler insin ' ? managed tico
to get the democratic slate committee
to endorse him' for 'tlie position of clerk hud
*
of the supreme cour ! , r The committee ,
however , has not y 't been nbi ) > to bhow
him how the four-year term of the pres '
ent incumbent can be cut short with *
out his aid or consent except by arbi
trary judicial action. der
no
.It Is reported from New Y rk that was
Frank ,1. Could Is beginning to put his
money In real estate for Investment , of
which he asserts Is preferable to stocks
and bonds. When It comes to Invest- the
nii'iit ' In real estate there Is nothing
more tnihstuntlnl In valuu than good
Nrtmibkn property .available for farm the
ing and titoek raising purposes ,
per
lion , l.'ato .Sells , the Demosthenes of
the Iowa democracy , has delivered him
self of the , opinion that Nchrnxlvuns
i -u the best repivHentntlvcij of Jeff'11- ! ; ojtlco
- linn democracy In the United .Slates , j
r.va has kept , M > * tradlly In the reimh.
i van column that no Iowa democrat cial
*
has gotten close chough ( o Jcffcrsonlan-
Ism In recent years to Knuw the real -
thing when he sees It.
l'AM\H .1 rRKMll'M /JKSB/17/y.V
l * r thirty yeafs every sui'coedlng
American cotmrexH has stultified Itself
and disgraced the nation by ofTerlng
high premiums to deserters from the
army. Tlie present congress Is In a fnlr
way to outdo all previous congresses In i
that respect. Although the session has t
scarcely opened , the calendars In both i
houses are already loaded down with i
bills removing the charge of desertion i
from men whose names are on the roll I
of dishonor of the union armies. It Is I
a matter of history that more than CO-
000 of the mm who enlisted for the war
between 1801 nnd IStJ. and for the most
part received bounties for what'
should have been a patriotic duty -
sorted the Hag they had sworn to up-
hold. Thousands of these cowardly
traitors skulked away from the battleof
llelds nnd thousands more never came i'
within gunshot of the enemy , but niadu i
their way across the Canadian border.
Desertion from the nrmy Is a
high crime in every civilized
natl n , punishable with death In
times of war and long Imprisontlo
incut at hard labor In times of peace ,
Deserters who lecelved no greater punfjei
IslimiMit than dishonorable mention In
the records of the war otllco should bo
satisfied , but congress has persistently
Interposed not only by removing the
charge of desertion but also by placing
them In position to diaw pensions for i
Imperiling the life of the nation. j
Not only do these restored deserters ! t
draw pensions from the time their
names are restoied to the loll , but they ,
draw back pensions for all the years
between the close of the war and the
tiiiii ! they are pnt on the pension list.
Thus millions of dollars have been p.tld
as premiums on desertion which should
Justly have gone to brave and loyal vetbe
orans and their families or else should i
have been left In the pockets of the
people. .
Why any man who has for thirty I
years neglected or been unable to got
his record of desertion straightened out
.should be entitled to any consideration
at the hands of congress and why the
valuable time of the national legislature
should bo taken np with the considerIH"
ntion of bills for the henelit of army
deserters passes comprehension. No
parliamentary body of any other conncv
try would stultify It elf by doing such
a thing. Whatever may lie the precedents -
dents , It seems to us the time lias come
for closing the doors of the pension ofm [
lice against military deserters.
777/Cl * AUK * ' "v'1- ' * " " - r t fci- * . > I
Senator Aldrich was entirely correct
in saying that the advocates of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at 10 to
are not bimctallists. " .Masquerading
as the friends of bimetallism , " said the
chairman of the senate finance commit"Vl
tee , "claiming to be In favor of the nion-
etary use of both gold and silver , they
have for the last four years been en
gaged in a ernsadc in behalf of the
single standard of hllvcr , in a serious
attempt to place the money and business
of the country npoji . a sliver basis.
* * The democratic advocates of
free coinage are not In juiy t > en&e blmeteul
alllsts , but silver monomctallMs of the '
most pronounced type They reject
all the theories upon which bimetallism
can be Intelligently defended and per- |
slstently advocate a course which is
sure to result In the use of silver alone ,
the standard of value. "
How any rational man can doubt that
the so-called bimetallism advocated by ' '
Mr. IJryan and his adherents would
bring the corntry to a silver standard
Incomprehensible. The Inevitable ef"u
feet of opening our mints , independent
other nations , to the free coinage of
silver , at the exihting legal ratio , would
to expel gold from circulation and ,
'
a large extent from the country and i
that having been accomplished we
should necessarily reach a. silver basis.lllcl
All llnanclal experience demonstrates
this , our own history furnishing abun1'a
dant evidence , What would follow ?
is not necessary for me , " said Sen- "
utor Aldrich , "to enlarge upon the evils i
the loss , discredit and disaster whldl ,
sure to follow the adoptioit of a slltfr j
standard by this country. " All values
would become unsettled , financial dis
trust would take the place of courtal
deuce , business would be thrown Into "
disorder , Industilal enterprise would ! "
halt , a cheek woud ( be put upon our
foreign trade , labor would receive n c
severe blow. Nothing could avert a
panic disastrous ( o ( ill legitimate inter- I t I 8U
ests. "ll
It Is to giianl agaliiHt this democratic '
menace to tiie welfare and prosperity
the country that a republican e n- a
gress proposes to give tlie gold standard !
validity of public law , confident 0l !
that In doing Ho It Is performing a duty "
the Amerk'an people of the very highox'
Importance. to
i
frf
r or THK covffi v IIUAIW.
jt
The action of tne lundsmen of the
j
clerk of the district court In taking
aci
possession of the olllci ! one day before In
term expired , coupled with the no-
served on tlie lionrd of County Comj j r
mlssloners by Albyn Frank after he rwo
wo
ceased to hold otllcc , Indicates a
the
concerted design tu exploit the county Idl
treasury , Idl'J
'If , as has been given out by Albyn ] ihi
Frank , there Is no detlclt In his accounts all
except the amount he has retained un tin
pretense that the legislature had
mi
right ( o curtail his Income what need
evi
there for the bondsmen to take pus- a
the day before Frank went out
one
olllceV And what right have these att
bondsmen now to handle any part of
fees yet to be collected by Frank's
successor , HrondweUV
The contention that the law limiting
Income of the clerk of the district
court In metropolitan vltles to $5,000
annum from and after July 1 , 1K1K ) , 1
violates that section of the constltuCou h\w. \
which prohibits the I'l'dnction of Ilie the
Hillary of an otllcer dining his term of did
Is baseless , This section of the
constitution reads as follows ;
no
Tliu legislature shall not pass local or spe the
luws In any of the following ; cases :
* Chartering or licensing ferries or toll
bridges , remitting flues , penalties or far- ollico
It-Hurt's ; prretlUB , Increasing or decreasing
, percentage or allowances of public oillgin '
"rcra i during the term for which all odlccrs
arc elected.
This ] part of ( he constitution has ref-
orence to special legislation only mid
not to general legislation. It prohibits
tin enactment of laws for the benefit
or to the detriment of Individuals , bu.
J does not Inhibit gener.il laws that apply
j ; uniformly Io public otHces eltln-r exist-
Ing > or to be created. This has been the
j ! Interpretation ! of the state supreme
I
' court as applied practically to the case
j of ex-Mayor George P. Hends.
i ' When Hemls was elected the charter
fixed his salary at . ? ' _ ' , , " ( 0 per annum as
, mayor and as ex-otllclo member of the
' fin and police commission he received
j a further I allowance of ifiMK ) . When the
J ' legislature reorganized the police com-
j i mission In 1S1) ) , " the mayor In the middle
' , of his term was cut out of the police
commission and his salary reduced by
? . " > 0 < n month. This became one of the
1 points of contention before the supreme
[ court In the case testing the validity of
the > < law and the court ruled the point
not well taken , because the constltu-
i tlonal provision prohibiting reductions
of fees and salaries did not apply to
1 general legislation.
! ' If I the contention of Albyn Frank Is
j based on section 10 of the constitution ,
which : piohlblts the legislature from In
creasing or diminishing the compensa
tion of any public ollicer during his
term ' of ofllce it Is equally inapplicable.
since the supreme court has interpreted
that section to be applicable only to
constitutional olllces , and the olllce of
clerk of the district court is not a con-1
stltutlonal ollice. |
Manifestly the law-defying action of
Albyn Frank Is , to call It mildly , Ill-ad-
vised , and unless he recedes and makes
a settlement f as required by law It will
be the duty of tliu board to Institute
proceedings.
. i
THK 'ritKASUltY f > L'liriUK.
The question of dealing with the trens-
1
ury ' [ ' surplus , raised by the action of
Secretary CJage in ordering tlie receipts
from ' l Internal revenue to be deposited
in ' thu banks that are government dc- i
posltorles ) , Is of very considerable imI j I
1
porfance to the financial nnd bushiestl110
Interests ' of the country. A New York
,
dispatch says it is regarded there as
even < more Important that congress
should ( at this session adopt some meas
ure-that will prevent tlie gorging of the
treasury with vast amounts of money 1
received from taxes than that tlie cur"io .
lency bill itself should be adopted. The
feeling is said to be that there will beoi
serious peril of financial stringency and .
distress next summer and fall unless
congress provides for some method by
which the receipts from Internal reve
nue ' taxes , amounting to a million dollars
lars a day , shall be made immediately
available for commercial use without
endangering ( the Interests of the govern-
incut.
It Is believed that in all probability ,
unless ' there is a great diminution in im
ports ' and stagnation in domestic
business ) , conditions most unlikely to i
arise , the secretary of the treasury will !
have to report at tlie end of the year a <
surplus of not far from ? 100,000,000. It
's also figured that by midsummer or a ' (
little ( later the available cash balance
in the national treasury will show an
increase over the balance reported at
the | beginning of this year of $00,000- a
tKX Such an amount withdrawn from
circulation nnd kept in the treasury
would be very likely to cause trouble
'n the money market and seriously af
fect ( business Interests. Under cxlstln ; :
law the secretary of the treasury Is , of
authorized ( to deposit Internal revenue in
banks that furnish the required bond
security , as Secretary Gage has done
and ' as a former democratic secretary
of the treasury , Mr. Falrchild , did. n
There are lait two ways in which the
national treasury can give relief to the
money mnr ) > et in a time of stringency
the l deposit of public funds In the
banks ' ; and the purchase of bonds. Secretary - tlo
rotary Gngo has employed both these
means with unquestionable benefit to
tm public , but there has been a vigorous
OUI clamor against his action and con-
gross ( has called upon him for informa
tion | In regard to the placing of deposits.
Undoubtedly Secretary Gage has been
absolutely ) fair and straightforward In talr
In
this ' ' matter , but it Is a question whether
' era
the secretary of the treasury should votl
have so Important a power to lie exer sch
cised in bis discretion. The power to In
InThe
expand or conlnii't the currency Is of The
such ( magnitude that the wisdom of com Ing
mitting It to tlie will of one person may
fairly be ihmbted. The Financial
C'hrunlclo ' suggests that congress pass
law requiring , not merely authorizing , I"1'1
the ( secretary of the treasury to deposit fei1'
each ( week jn depository imnks all tlie ' "
money collected by the government In ?
excess ' of Its current expenses , congress acc
fix at the same time the security as
that shall be required. This would take " "
from the secretary all discretion and In
responsibility ( In the matter of depositIng - | 0
Ing the public funds and prevent any and
accumulation , beyond a week , of money nth
the treasury In excess of current the (
expenses. Under this plan the money nttc
received by the government for tuxes ntlc
would become immediately available for SIM
use of the people , Instead of lying
Idle In the treasury.
There may lie valid objections to this the
but It certainly merits consider kind It
ation , The accumulation of money in spo
treasury , when the business de spoIt
mands for currency are greater UniTi
ever before and growing , Is manifestly Sto
condition that needs correction and | ods was
that should command the earnest for
attention of congress. C3S
nou
The county commissioners cannot play to
ostrich In Ignoring tlie delimit letter of blaN
Albyn Frank , In which he boldly declares -N
ItB
clares his determination to pocket the oto'
surplus of the fees collected since .July Of
over and above the limit tl.M'd by thn so
. The board certainly cannot plead all
ha by act by pretending that they the
net know of the scandals that ] m\v app
permeated the clcj'k's olllce. They ran thu"J
longer excuse their Indifference ii ( spoi
public Interest by accupilng the , . - ' , bill.
Miranco that everything Is .iquaro in . . . "
when Sir. Frank's hondhinen Imvt | to
mo
hhown their hid , of confident-it by a , \
ginning possession of Frank's * accounts , and
If everything Is squared why shmild
the { ] , , . county he made a collection agency
fr , Frank's creditors under pretense
1 i that It Is being done for the protection
' I Of his sureties ?
, Thi | southern California fruit growers
seem to be in an embarrassing position
owing to the action of the railroads on
j | which that territory Is dependent. The
rallMtds icfune to give the fruit grow
ers the rates they have heretofore enJoyed -
Joyed except on condition that the roads
be allowed to Voule the shipment and
unless ' the fontnversy Is settled soon
; , immense ) , damage Is likely to be In-
| i tllcted. | | | as fruit Is a perishable com
modity which must find Its way to
market | , without delay. The California
j fruit Industry has grown to huge pro
portions ) becnuse the growers have been
able , ] to deliver their product In eastern
markets , , at prices far more attractive
| I than ) ) , those offered by nearer fruit grow-
, L.rs The Whole Industry , however , Is
at all times entirely at the mercy of
the railroads. This Is certainly a great
power to be exercised iirbltrnrlly by
the railroad managers and It Is Just
such flagrant impositions upon shippers
thai bring popular odium upon the rail
road rate-makers.
Over in Great Britain some of the
wealthy nobility are compeilng with
one another In making donations for
the-equipment of tlie volunteers In the
South African war. In this country
there is no necessity of calling on any
one class to bear the war burden. When
the president called the attention of
congress to the belligerent conditions {
the war budget was voted with a prac- 1 .
tlcally unanimous approval and every |
taxpayer , high and low , contributed his
share without grudge or grumbling.
What about that High school injunction
tioi ? With the Injuncting Judge iclo-
gated to private life there ought to bo
some chance of raising the restraining
order ' which ptvveilts the school board
from proceeding with the erection of a
new school building that keeps the
money lying idle In thu banks at 12 per |
cent Interest while the taxpayers are
paying twice that sum for Interest on '
the bonds sold nearly a year ago.
Farmers in popullfetic Siiumlers county
paid off n little over $100,000 more of ,
.mortgage Indebtedness during the
|
year than was contracted. When It Is i
considered that most of the now mortsup j
gages filed are either renewals or rep-
resent part of the purchase price of real
estate tlie significance of tlie showing
is apparent. Surely even a popocrat '
will not deny that the Nebraska farm-
|
ers are prosperous.
(
The Chicago drainage canal , which
bas just been turned loose , continues
to l > e a source of discord between St.
houls and Chicago. Tlie metropolis of
the Mississippi river resents the at- (
tempt of Chicago to drain its slops into
the river , hnLT Chicago serenely points
toSt. the health boa nil cert iticate , by which
St. Louis Is guaranteed immunity from j
Chicago ' , stall-foil-microbes.
More AVurlc. ICHN 1'lny.
Philadelphia ledger.
Congress should let the prize fighters have I
monopoly of the much talk and little
work habit. I
St. Ixmls Republic ,
ilf Great Britain counts on American "
friendship she mustn't revive that old "right .
search" i doctrine which made the war of | , ,
1812 necessary.
TcucliliiK FIlliiiiHiH How to Shoot , "
Globe-Democrat.
Commodore Watson will open at Manila
naval school for sixty likely young Killof
plnos. The. Malays have an aptitude for the
that can bo turned to good account.
8niii ! > ! < * of lloer Irony. he
Indlannsolls News.
The fact that Oeneral Duller has done llt-
or nothing since being In South Africa
gives a touch ot fine Irony to the helio
graph signal of Boers
to the British re
cently : "Why Is Roberts coming ? What
has Duller done ? " I
n Popular C'lioril ,
Grand Island Republican. jn
The Omaha Illustrated
Sunday Bee
conTJ
talned an excellent Illustration of a lesson
wj
musfc as taught In the Grand Island
graded school. The Dee at present Is de- I nnl ja ]
voting considerable attention to the public
schools of thu elate. The subject Is ono spa
which all citizens take a just pride and no
Dee Is striking a popular chord In treat
It so generously.
Int'roiiNi'il fiovt-riiiuiiiit llcvriiui * .
Philadelphia Kucord.
One of the results of Improved trndo nnd
Industry ' has been a large Increase jn the of
federal ' revenue frqm customs and Internal
taxes. ' The
surplus of rcceinU above ex
penses for the last six months has been over
21,000,000. , rojo
This showing Is In some part tain
accounted ( for by a decrease In expenditures The
compared with the corresponding six
months of ISOS. The heavy cash balance
the treasury , which now amounts to tain
nearly $284,000,0,00. , will be the Incitement
extravagant ' appropriations by eongrefs ; ,
these , 'taken ' together with the exasper- |
ntlng prolongation of war expenditures In by
Philippines , will operate to prevent any
attempt to lessen the weight of federal tax
ation.
.Senator Ntonnrt Siiui'li'lii'N n Humor ,
WnthlUijtoii Post.
Through thu dark and dingy corridors of the with
rapltol recently there stalked u rumor.
was a rumor of the weird nnd Impossible pep.
, but ono ought not
get frightened pit t\ \ That
spooky rumor.
ItD was said that Senator plow-art would
Dut first it must bo nmlersurod that
Stewart < has been ft silver man Bhieo silver
discovered and ho was born the peri jccts.
being synchronlcal and bo has talked
the whlto metal on every possible oc all
casion. | Day In and day out ho has de were
nounced the crime of ' 73 , until his devotion at
the i cause of silver has betomo prover
! .
Guam
\ot\vtljs'iiiiilln | ( ; this , the rumor showed lions
ghastly hsad. It was fa Id that Senator be
Stewart weuld
Still
course , nobody believed It. It stoned BO
Improbable , en thin , HO gpiifelesB. .Still ,
things are possible , and especially In or
fcenate. Therefore , Senator Stewart was lain
approached by a correspondent who laid not
rumor at the senator's feet. Guam
"It Id said , "
senator , suld the corre
spondent , "that you will vote for the gold Hod
. "
"Sir ! " ntl'l ' tbo hcnaior , drawing liinibelf kirk
his full height , " 1 shall not. You Insult o'
by asking me such a question " ( unity
And the rumor ga\o an expiring Kajp theu an
there.
HITS < ! - ' STATIJ 1'OMTIfS.
Ornnd Island Republican What's the
matter with Dryant for mipromo court clerk
York Times ( rep. ) The sting of Ingratitude
tud will soon be superseded by the Itch !
for power with Mr. Hitchcock. Ho may not
forget the Ingratitude right nwny , but ho
w" overlook It.
.
I-'alrbury Kntcrpriso ( rep. ) : Dcmocrnllo
papcrn arc quick to rrecnt the Idea that the
present prosperity and era of good wages
are the result of republican administration.
Dut who would conic In for the blame In
case no prosperity had occurred ?
Wayne Republican : Cheer up. Brother
Howard. We were In hopes that Cornell
would get It in the neck on the Insurance
deal , but ho didn't. H does seem to ua
you are having just a few moro crosses to
bear than should burden u Christian.
North Plattu Tribune ( rep. ) : Judge-elect
Holcomb hns taken his seat on the state
supreme : bench , U Is hoped the now Judge
wilt Jwt prove BO radical a populist as to
allow ( bis Intense partisanship to get the bet
ter of his Judgment In cases which may have
n political I bearing.
Pawnee 1 Republican : Editor Hitchcock of
the World-Herald is jumping on the popo-
crntlc State Hoard of Transportation be
cause ! U Is doing nothing to earn lie t > al-
nrlcs , That's right , Drother Hitchcock. You
will BOOH IIml out that not nil the "looters"
belong to the republican party.
bclS
Stnnton Picket ( rep. ) : Next fall John S.
Itoblnson will bo asked to explain why ho
volcd to seat ii polygamlst In direct opposl-
ttol to the constitution nnd common de-
ecncy. Dut John Isn't worrying. He Is a
modern reformer nnd In Nebraska any old
thing of that brand goc without n great
den of explaining.
L8" Madison Star ( pop. ) : U begins to look
as If the State Board of Transportation
would bt > something moro than n mere name
nnd that It will soon begin to perform the
duties for which It was Intended tin lowiu
crlng ' of exorbitant rates now- being levied
by iho railroads and the three secretaries
of the board will now have eomethlng lo
do besides enjoy the snap which has herepu
tofore been theirs.
O'Neill Independent ( pop. ) : The populist , t'
party will not make nny unjust demands for
the honor of supplying n tall to the prcslcx
dcnllal kite In 1900 , but there nro n few siig-
gcsllonn as to the platform upon which Its
cnndldato for president must stand that will
have to be conceded by the democratic orwl
ganlzation In order to perfect a fusion nnd
not least among these additions to the Chifei
cage plutfoim that the populists will ask Is
n plonk declaring unequivocally for the gov1m
prJJ
eminent ownership of railroads.
Tobias Gazette ( rep. ) : The republicans'
of the state cf Nebraska have It In their
power to win at the coming fall election
If they will lay aside everything that will 1
In nny way handicap the party and all pull 1
together. It may seem a little early , but
H Is } our opinion that It Is best not to be
caught napping. Get ready at once. Clean i
up tbe aid campaign cannon. Got a new
supply of smokeless powder , burn up the
driftwood ( ; and cut the anchor lines , select j |
good , competent leaders that are not lighting
for spoils nnd give the enemy n good , sound , j
shaking up. j i
'
Qreeley Leader ( rep. ) : Sir. Bryan's mnr- | i
velous ( escape from the beer garden panther
down In Texas last week will probably cut a
.
big figure In this great talker's presidential
can
predicament In which he found himself when
the gallant cowboy appeared' on the scene
and "roped In" the ferocious beast will
decorate all the saloons and dance halls
from Massachusetts to the Golden Gate."ln
That was n master stroke of Hogg's In bor-
rowing that pet panther nnd putting the
boy orator proudly at the front while the
beared beast trotted happily home at the
jcnd of a lasso , after having been neaily
worried to death by the hounds.
O'Neill Independent ( pop. ) : Edgar How-
ard's soothing remarks to the democrats
Imploring them to take their medicine and
look pleasant on every occasion his efforts
to dictate Governor Poynter's appointments
fall \ \ remind us of the man that caused
Ills , usually quiet team to run away by
wildly brandishing a whip and crying ,
"Whoa ! " Edgar has strenuously opposed
the nomination of every fuslonlet supreme
judge and governor over elected In Ne'uc '
braska bo he populist or democrat ; ho '
takes the position of the man who declared J
"ho bad rather be hit with a club than not
noticed at all , " and In so doing assumes
that hie oppoeltlon to the healthy progress
fusion and reform Is moro noticeable
than would be his support. Seriously speak-
Ing but wo will not speak seriously of Edl-
tor Howard for , like Mark Twain's mule , B
Is an "amoosln * cuss" whom wo have not
the heart to rebuke. |
CO.MIO OI'ISIIA COI.OXV.
OutHrlKlit Spot that .Million In n
Murky World.
Philadelphia Times.
Amid all the uncertainties of human affairs
fair , the clouds and sunshlna that alternate
the world's history , there Is one bright <
spot on earth wbero humor never falls ,
Tl'at , Is Guam. It came first within our kin
when ( an American cruiser , on Its way to ) <
Manila ] , stopped at Guam to take possession i ,
nnd ] was greeted with all courtesy by the
Spanish governor , who regretted that he had
powder to return his visitor's kind salute.
'
The Incident Introduced an element of
comedy that was alone worth the prlco of r '
entrance Into the Into war. And the mirth- J"
provoking resources of Guam have not I .
failed. ll
In nothing has the administration shown , ' of .
greater judgment than In the assignment , '
a governor for Guam to replace the Jl
courteous Spanish oillclal carried off by our | A.
man-of-war. U was felt that a comic opera 1
like this required a qomcdlan and Cap- , vaf
Leary , U. S. N. , was cast for the part. QQ
expectations suggested by his uama '
mo
have been realized. In cqurageoua good ' RW
sense joined with rollicking humor , Cap- but
Leury IH u broth of a boy , and every fro
vct-sel that touchcH at Guam finds him Htlll ' the
enjoying hlniholf in his comic opera domain , j
His Ingenious scheme of raining revenue
the sale of Guam postage stamps to colill.
lectors was only n minor detail of his Mates- ills
manshlp.Vlillo Dates linn been bothering She
hlnibelf , and tha president , about slavery rior
among the Sulus , nnd congressional rammo
missions have been wondering what to do can
the cooljea In Hawaii , I.eary has nettled me
question In Guam by a stroke of the ma
. Ho has simply abollehcd the labor pro
hyatem In practice there by proclamation. bed. l
Is the advantage of being not only mo
without cable communication with \Vnnh- Is
Inglon , but out of reach of the malls. of
The genial Leary has not stopped nt re
forming the Irbor s\stem of bis new sub- j
. Ho seems to be reforming tholr ra- Tu
llglon as well. Ho baa , wo read , depot ted
the Rpnnteh prlocits , "for reasons which j
sufficient to him. " Wo have no doubt i
all that they nro good reasons. The' ' two
Spanish priests wore formerly the bocsc * of ; only
and they probably have put olntruc- lire
In ihe way of the American boss that Air
could remove only by icmovlng them , flu
nobody hut J-eary would have hit upon I Ii
simple n remedy. < blu
What has bpcomw of the deported prlesta ' poe
whether Governor I.cary's navy chap- war
Is performing their functions , wo Khali of
learn till the next hhlp touches at fall
, and that may bq a long whllo hence. ' ' rtr
Meanwhile the genial governor may be rec.n I
upon to maintain hi ? paternal admlnta- ceed
tiatlon with unperturbed good humor. Sol-
was i.ot more completely tl'e monarch
all he surveyed and he ) ian an oppor- | while
to work out , tafe from Interference , they
Ideal government tuph as now exists no- , and
outside tbe realm of comic opera. j it
.
? I i the < battle of July 3. which has called forth 1
sharp criticism on Hear Admiral Schley ,
, was not ordered by that officer at nil , but
t that gallant omcor took the responsibility
o , for < It , whether right or wrong. At the con-
ferenco of the captains of the Santiago fleet
with President McKlnley last urck , C'np-
tain Cook of the Drooklyn , replying to a ill-
reel question from the president , said the
. loop ( . wim made by Ills orders. One of the 1
olllcers present nt thp conference explained
to n correspondent of the Brooklyn Kaglu
I the ' reason why Captain Ceok refrained from
i assuming | , responsibility for the maneuver :
' ' "Hear Admiral Sehley , frcm the very first ,
i awunicd . the responsibility for this mniiou-
vcr , accepting at the same time all criticism
that went with It. It wculd have been rather
out of place for Captain Cook lo announce
that ( be ordered the loop , In view of the
statement ( , of his rupcrlor officers , fur to
have , done so would merely have niliUM ad-
, dltlonal ] fuel lo the nro of controversy then
raging. ] "
The famous loop has been unduly iiiagnljml
fled by the opponents of Hear Admiral I
Sehley for the deliberate purpose of dla-
crediting his splendid achievements In the >
dtstrucllon . of Cervera's fleet. Had It been 1
generally known to hnvo been made by Cnpju
tain Cook's order , the loop would not have '
received serious consideration , nor would '
the soundness of his Judgment In ordering It
have bcon questioned. Dut what becomes of
that bogus conversation on the bridge ?
i _
I Manila papers publish an order from Gen-
oral OtU directed to his subordinate * com-
mandlng them to let go their "grafts" and I
reform Iholr conduct It readg as follows :
| "Alleged ' cases of bribe-taking , of the
' I
acci'ptnnce of gifts from Inferiors and of
like misconduct by porsonn holding positions 1
In the military or civil service have of Into 1
been brought to the attention of these head-
quarters. U Is reported that passes are oh-
tnlned nnd transferred for a money coi-
sldoratlon ' ; that compensation la ninda for I
the transportation of persons and tiling * on 1
public conveyances or ccnvpyances ron-
j trolled < by the public to officials unniithnr-
' Ired ' to receive it , nnd for tholr own benefit ;
and that contributions are solicited , If not
exacted , and at any rate received from sub-
ordlnates for the purchase of presents to
superiors. The commanding general Is con- '
strained to the belief that the ! 3 reports ,
which are In the nature of general comtcr
plaints and do not relate to specific of- i
fenscH , have a more or less substantial foun- j i
datlon. The evil , corrupting and far-roach-
1m In Its effects , appears to have reached a
I stage which renders Its suppression with a
' strong hand Imperative.
' "Commanding ofllcer. ! , heads of depart-
ments nnd others exercising control arc
directed to lend their best efforts to this i
ond. They will be held responsible , each i j
within his proper sphere , that all reports j j
and allegations of ofTenscs of this nature I
are probed to the bottom nnd when found 1 !
to bo supported by evidence , that the of-
fenders are brought to justice. [
"Apart from the grose Impropriety
which ' such acts manifestly Involve , the nc-
ccptnnco of gifts from inferiors by supe-
rlors Is repugnant to section 1784 , Hovlsed
Statutes , which prohibits Incumbents of su-
perlor positions from receiving 'any gift or
present offered or presented to them as a
contribution , from persons In government
employ iccelvlng n less salary than them
selves. ' The obvious purpose of this law , as
construed by the United States supreme
court ' , is the protection of employes In the i J
j , I '
maintenance of proper discipline In the gov-
* rnmcnt service. If contributions from
those In public employment can be solicited
by others In official authority , a request In
name ' may In effect .become In fact a de
mand , failure to meet which Is likely to
arouse resentment in officials having thu
power j * 1 of removal , and the feeling of security |
In government employment , so conducive
to the performance of faithful /service , is
thus [ seriously shaken If not entirely de
stroyed. "
11 ic HII.V.M ) TIIIJIU ; .
A copy of the Honolulu Bulletin of De
cember 16 , 1899 , blew Into The Dee oalco a
few days ago with a pathetic reminder of
the Joyous summer days of 1898. On the
front page Is a familiar blrdseyo view of
tnt Transnjlsslsslppi Exposition , with Its
beautiful buildings , shimmering lagoon ,
broad avenues thronged with peoplu and
two Midways In full bloom. The Bulletin
speaks In glowing terms of tbo show and
urges Hawallans to take It In. If they heed [
the , suggestion Omaha will take pleasure iu
showing the visitors n collection of ruins
equal to any In Europe. Undo Sam should
hasten to Hawaii his specific for backward
people. The newspapers at least are eighteen To
months behind the times.
"This Oregon of Ours" IB the fetching
headline with which the Portland Orcgonlan If
Introduces an elaborate annual review of the
Pacific ( northwest. It was published on New f
Year's day. In Illustrations , statistics and
descriptive details It has not been equalleJ
this season. The half-tone supplement Is1a j
perfect jam of pictures of Oregon's In- k
dustrles , resources and scenic wonders. Of
the latter the half has not been told.
A New York paper tells with three-column
slugs and pictures to match of a thrilling
social oplsodo In upper tendom circles , The
purport of the sensation IB that Mrs. Ah tor
deigned to approve by n nod of her rnynl
hcqd the entrance of the Goulds Into society.
happened In the opera house. The eyes
, the swell multitude were focused an the
Astor box just as Mrs. Astor looked across
and saw the Gould party In the Gould box.
Tbo brilliant lights did not fade or fall when
.
this ) , occurred , but a deep hush fell on thu
vast assemblage , and It was during this In-
tonsq moment that Mrs. Astor gave Mrs ,
Gould | , clparly and distinctly , a bow the
most cordial. Nothing 113 vulgar as a cheer
swelled | the throats of the awed spectators ,
n deep sigh arose and was echoed back
from ( ho vaulting ceilings until drowned by
orchestra ,
A modest , unassuming woman at Vienna ,
. , contributes a few practical Ideas to the
illscmdon on "How to Manage a Husband. "
did not rush to the newspaper offices
reveal them at a mothers' congress. Her
methods were told In court. "My husband
came In drunk the night before nnd abused
, " she said. "I was going to call In tin
marshal and have him arrested , but ho
promised to bo quiet , and M I put him to
'd . The next morning ho began to abuse
again , EO I blacked bin eye for him. " It
on record that the practical application
Idf.iH was effective In this Instance.
HIUT.W.VHVll li
rntOur ( lilt of T \ cnljKour MII-
< ' 'l In Mil
KiiK n Inferior HUIU-M ,
Now York Woild.
Great Drltani ban engaged In no Jem than
twenty-four wars during Victoria's reign. In
: three of them , tbo Crimean war and the
and pr fcnt warn against the South
Alrlcan Doers , have the Hritlsh tried ton-
cluslonn : with other than Inferior races.
In thu Crimean war thu record of Ilrlthti
blundering gave birth to ono of the great
poems of the language. In ( he first Doer
the story of Majuba hill and ( ho treaty
conccuslon i ( bat followed recorded Drltlah
fblluro. In the present war the hnnoni of j
ctrategy and of lighting have tlniH far been | $10
fl'f Doer side , though nothing could ex
the bravery of the DrltUh officers
The fclmplc fact la that very rarely In the
picauit cuntury hathu Hritlsh fought
men. und when they have ilune to
: ham umfoimly failed In grand itraicgy
battle tactics.
was a record rather of failure than ot
RI ci-cra In the Peninsular wnr that mnd
Wellington famous. At Waterloo ho was
clearly out-gdicrnlled and out-fought until
, tbo Germans , under Dlucbcr rescued him at
I ' the critical moment. Al New Orleans An-
dicw , | Jackson , with only 300 men that could
, i,0 called soldiers nnd n mollcy crow of buck-
woodsmen , merchants , clerks , nlmrf-rats ,
beachcombers and free negroes , all hastII ;
enlisted nnd rudely armed , met and defeated
{ I I'ACkcnham , In command of 12,000 of Wei-
i .
' llngton's , Peninsular veterans , thecry
. flower , of the British army.
Thcso are facts. Every attentive student
of events In South Africa ban tired to re-
irrmbor them In his efforts to undcrMand
events there.
THU I'AM.si.MJ or IHIAT SCOTT.
Tobias Gazelle : If we are not very much
mistaken Judge Scott of Omaha will feel
the "gtliiR ot Ingrntltudo" from more than
ono In Omaha after he ceases to bo Judge.
Gretna Drcere : The Irrepressible Jud c
I Scott has stepicd off the. district bench for-
j ever. While IIP has boon n member of the
judiciary of thl * district lib tins made him-
s-cl cordially disliked by everybody. In
dlaSat county ho adjourned court numbers
' Of times In imUif that hit might satisfy his
personal ambltlono. Ho vnR the craziest
Judge | that ever sat on the bench In Sarpy
county. A client who had employed an attorney -
torney th.it tht > Judge disliked could not gel
justice. The voters did a peed thing when
they retired to private Hfo this man. Pence
to his ashes.
York Times : Today Cunningham H. Scott
i Is ) a private citizen , and , like tbo rest of us ,
subject j to the annoyances and torments tluvt
. can bo Inlllcted by demagogues nnd petty
tyrants ( . In office. While Clotluvl In lirlcf
authority he not only played such fantastic
tricks ( as make the angels weep , but hn
made It as Uncomfortable as possible for
all , | who were compulled In the Inirsult of
Justice ( to como In his way. His fcllownien
entrusted . ( him with n little , temporary
power ) nnd ho gave them an Illustration of
Jeffries and Oesslcr and that class of petty
nnd despicable tyrants. HL only lacked the
authority ) to hang and burn and quarter
and starve men , women and children , while
ho ] mocked them In their Bufferings. Divides
all ] | this ho Is a charlatan and a buffoon.
Lawyers snickered nnd litigants laughed at
, his , | ridiculous antlCK on the bench nnd felt
n contempt they dare not express. If ho
had , lined all who held his court In contempt -
tempt In proportion to thu contempt they
felt | , the fines would have amounted to
moro than all the taxes In the state.
ciiisisur CIIAFK.
Youkors Stalesmaii : She I'm one of her
oldest Irlends.
He You look It.
Chicago , nccord : Pearl-That llnllan vcn-
dor Is up with the timed ,
Huby In wlmt way ?
Pearl HP sells horseless chestnuts.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "I see that Mrs.
KrtiKor always cult ) Oohi Paul's hair. "
"Say , you can't expect such n man lo bo
nfrnld ot anything on earth , can you ? "
Chk-.aRo News : "Don't you know , " she
chirped over her teacup , "that you remind
mo of the broad mother used lo mnte ! ? "
The old joke In new form staggered him.
"In In wlmt way ? " ho gasped.
"Why , you are so crusty. "
Washington Slur"You had boiler swear
off on tobacco. I'll show you a man of 00
who hns novcr smoked In his llio. "
"Fetch him around ; I'll show you a man
of 9S who hns smoked nil he wanted to. "
Chicago Times-Herald : ' 'You are my
Ideal , " ho said earnestly : "the only girl I
over loved , the only slrl I ever could love.
heart N ) rtbor " could possibly fill the void In my
"And If you never had met me , George , "
shii asked anxiously , "would you never
have cared for liny girl at nil ? "
Till' } Ijlfiail-MAICISH. , ,
Denver Post.
The morbid man who wears H face
IMHB as & mulo's his beastly brother
AVho lets ony chilling frown glvo place
But only lo iirofcent another ;
Who always Is content to groin *
Along the path of euro nnd bother
And dlscontenl , can never hopu
To win the good will of the Knther.
rjoil lias no use for solemn chaff ,
But loves the man that makes' us laugh.
The sunshine of a merry smile.
The music born of rippling laughter ,
Are sent by heaven to beeulle
The tedious march to the hereafter.
Their rays will pierce the darkest clour/a
And llffht tliem with a silver lining ,
Dispel the gloom that oft enshrouds
The ' dreary lives of the repining.
Fun's golden cup Is sweet lo quaff
God loves the man that make : , us Jaugh.
Wo were not placed upon die earth
, 7c grovel In the dust of snrr. ;
Today ( should always ring wilh mirth
Without a thought of the tomorrow ,
Aiib heaven has
bent us cherry tnen
To start und lend the merry chorus ,
To pierce with volco and pointed
pen
The enrlhly clouds that gather o't > r us ;
stab the gloom with humor's gait
God loves the man that mnkcb us laugh ,
We stronger grow upon our feet
When foes of clinging euro
engage us
IfA in our dally wilk we muct
A man with smile that IM contagious.
llit face
lights up the darkened snul ,
tx Min-rayg pierce the
veil of sitflnens ,
Adds ' .
swee'.ness to the bitter bowl
Aiiil gladness makes ; the heartstrings thrill with
Shows us the grain hid In the chaff
God lovesi the man that makes us laugh.
Your Health
is worth more than all the
cothing ! in the world but
it doesn't take a fortune to
get all the clothing you
need if you go to the right
place.We
We
manufacture more
goods than any other simi
lar house in the world.
We put our best judg
ment and taste into the
work and we don't permit
anyone to make a better or
more stylish garment than
we do and our prices are
as reasonable as any
$10 to $25 for Suits ,
to $40 for Overcoats
and Ulsters.