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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1900)
TTTT1 f\-\T \ TT A A TT.V 11 IT ! V A * .T r \ r ) v t nnrv Tim OMAHA DAILY Ii. ItOSKWATKH , KUilur. I'UfJMSUBD EVKHY MOUSING. . TEKMS OF SL'BSmiPTlON. . . pally IIM ( without Sunday ) , One Ycar..JC.OO Dally lite and Sunday , One Yenr. . . . . . . 8.00 Dally , Sunday and Illustrated , One 'Vear | .2o Hummy and illustrated , one Year xM Illustrated Hoe. Ono Year W fjunday Hoc. une Yenr fro Saturday Uue , Onu Year * ? A\ot > kly Uce. Ono Year ' ° ° OFFIcfeS. Omaha : The Hco Hulldlng. . , South Omaha : City Hall Building , Twenti-'llfth nnd N streets. Council HlulTs : 10 1'enrl street. Clilcneo : 1010 Unity Building. New York : Tompm court. Washington : 501 Fourteenth Street. COnilESI'ONDENCE. Communlcntlons relating to news nnd edi torial m.illor should be uddrcasod : Oninna Bee , Editorial Department. llfSINESS M3TTHUS. Business letters nnd remittances should bo addressed : The Uco Publishing Com pany , Omaha. REMITTANCES. Hcmlt by draft , express or postal order , payatilo to The Lice Publishing Companj. Only 2-cont stamps accepted In payment or mail uccounts. Personal checks , excepton Omaha or Eastern exchange , not ncceptcu. THE UEI3 I'L-lJUSHtNO COMl'ANi. STATKMK.VT or ciuct-I.ATION. State ot Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : acorgfe H. Tr.chutk , secretary ot The Uco Publishing Company , belnu duly sworn , says that tin. actual number of run nnd complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Kvcnlnp and Sunday Uce , printed during the month of December , 1SVJ , was as fol lows : - Ni * * t' t avernco 1 ! 1,01 * aVCJ oHGE n. TZSCHUCK. , Sub ' 1 wnd sworn before me this 1st day if'January , A. D. \ huNGATB. ( Seal. ) ' Notary Public. E \Vliun Colonel Hryini noes to HoMon the beans will imve to be sen-oil In silver paper wrapit'f ) . An Omaha man has a phalleniw out for an eathiK contest. Ptirlns demo cratic times fasting contests were moie In order. . The census supervlsUrshlp still hangs on the political plum tree , but It Is not nn b\K \ a phim as some of the aspirants have Imagined. Inasmuch as the implement dealers have kindly left the town behind them vu hasten to assure them that lliey will be welcome to come again. Those Venetian blinds cannot keep out the searchlight of publicity. There are many other things besides blinds and desk varnishing jobs which tell the tale of corruption. Nebraska can easily produce sugar beets enough to keep two score sugar factories In profitable operation.More sugar factories mean good Invo.-tmt'nts for capitalists and' remunerative em ployment for labor. If it is true that the Commercial club has asked our representatives in con gress to introduce a bill appropriating \ $ . ' 0,000 for an army supply purchasing depot the club has simply knocked the project in the head. The Commercial club has just elected n new executive committee , which will organize next week for the campaign for Omaha. The new committee bus an opportunity before It to make a record which it Is to bo hoped it will ml neg lect. The meeting of the democratic city committee , according to report in the party orpin , made it luok for time j ' as if "it would , be a busy nlgjit for the | police and unihuliin.ee. " Harmony | ! among reformers for spoils only is the j order of the day. Great Krltaln IK said to be contem plating putting some Imitation rough riders into the Held in South Africa. It might as well understand llrst as last , however , that , no Imitation can equal the original.4 The American rough rider Is a ilnliie ( | character. ' It is as natural ftr the World-llerad ) I to come tot tlm rescue of repnblU.'in black sheep as It | s for ducks to swim. It was HO In the case of Charley Mosher , It was so In the case of Ili-nry Itulln , H was so In ( lie rase , ! ' .loo Hartley and 1 ngaln In the case of Albyn Frank. A former judge t.f the district court t. lira communication to the public print * places his estimate of Omaha's popula tion-nt l.'S.OlK ) In order to draw C'in- trasts with other cities In the matter i of tax valuation , The eminent Jurist would make IIH good a census super visor as Tom Cook. According ( o the edict promulgated 1 j to the faithful the capture of the supreme - i promo court by a popocratlc majority ] of the Judges moans the distribution i of eight salaried places to the faithful I followers. This doubtless explains the Interest taken by a number of popo- cratie patriots In the recent contest t over tliu supreme jmlgoshlp. They must t have known how much pie they wore Qghtlng for. The forthcoming meeting of the pop- nllst national committee promises a tng-of-war between the mlildle-of-the- ri-adors and ( lie fusl < nlsts which Is al-1 I ready causing alarm amen ; , ' the popu- j list friends of Mr. Hryan , who Kay the ! victory of the mlddlo-of-tho-roadorrf i would inrnn defeat for the silver colonel 1 j and Insure the disintegration of the' populists as a party. tin the other i hand , the charge Is nuulo that renewed I fusion IB tantamount to being swal lowed up by the democracy , lletwion the two the populist horoscope Is rattier cloudy. ? r that the Hr > n Silas \ . Holcomb was a peculiarly mrong randldate. HI * ma jority was lorxo in part at lenct on account of his personal popularity. The vote for roRtnts , where none of the candidates were especially well known , shows more atcti- ralely the actual majority of the reform . forces In this state. The average majority of the fusion candidates for regent over the republican candidates wns only 6.260. Keep this In mind. Do not be overconfident. Get Into the fight and stay In until the last vote Is counted on November C. Nebraska Inde pendent ( pop. ) . Thin Is worth remembering by repub- Ilcj'itis as well as by populists. If the average majority of thu fusion eandl- dates for regent over the republican candidates at the last state election In Nebraska was only (1'JOO ( the rcpub- llc-ans have only that number of votes to ovi're'.inc ' . ; Iti the next campaign , - stead of the lu.noo majority by which the popocrats boast carrying the state for Hok'otub. If the fusl'MiIsts have no reason to be overconlldonrthe republicans cer- talnly have good grounds for basing their expectations of redeeming the state , providing tin aggressive and ay a- tematle battle Is wasrcd under standard bearers who are clean and competent and can count on the support not only of ihe rank and file of their own party , but also of Intelligent voters of Inde pendent proclivities. With ( Ids reminder It ought not to be 1 necessary to call upon all loyal re publicans to pet into the light and stay In until the last vote is counted , No vember li , next. DAxaKit TO itKctritocnv. A report from ParlK a few days ago stated , on the authority of the French foreign ollice , that no serious opposi- tlon will be made In the Chamber of Deputies to the reciprocity treaty be-j tween France and the 1'nlted States. It was said that the foreign ofllee olll- clals confidently expected ihe ratifica tion of tiie treaty. It Is a fact , how ever , that there Is considerable oppo sition to ratification on the part of both thel agricultural and the inatiufaetnrin'- interests , ns well as from the political elements arrayed acalnsl the present ministry. It is understood that the agricultural Interests Abject to the clause granting a minimum tarilT to imports from the I'nlted States , feari ln that the vegetable oil industry will be injured , while the manufacturers do not want the competition of American agricultural machinery , bicycles and other forms of American machinery. How much influence this opposition will be able to exert upon the deputies remains to bo seen. There is no doubt that the cabinet is favorable to ratifica tion. The minister of foreign atl'alrs has so stated and In reiiortfnt' the oill- clal text of the treaty to the chambers lie earnestly recommended that It be ratified. It cannot be confidently assumed - sumed from this , however , that the treaty is in no ( lunger , siiice the strength of the opposition has not yet been developed. Hut perhaps there is greater danger of its fatluru In the I'nlted States sen ate , where it will probably be con fronted by the opposition of .several interests which will be more or less affected by it. These , it Is to be ex pected , will unite their forces and their influence and this may prove to be } rather formidable. The fact is that interest - j terest In trade reciprocity is not so strong us it was a few years ago. The great development in the trade and In- duslry of the country has produced a feeling that the United State. * has no need to seek the promotion of- its for eign trade through reciprocal agree ments. The increase of American in dustrial potency has almost dispelled the fear of foivign competition here and at the same time has created con- lldeiice iu our ability to Btic-essfully I compete with foreigners abroad. Hence the reciprocity policy Is not now re garded as so Important and essential to our commercial expansion as It was thought to be ten years ago. Our trade j has been rapidly growing in nearly all 1 directions ; without the aid of that : iol- Icy and ( lie outlook for Its continued I growth : seems most promising. Why , then , the opponents of reciprocity may plausibly ask , make concessions to any country which may prove a detriment to an American Industry ? It Is quite possible that this view will have some weight with the senate. The action of the senate on the French treaty will have great Impor tance In Its hearing upon oilier reci procity negotiations. 'If unfavorable It will be very likely to put an end to ef forts to make commercial treaties of lids kind with other countries. TIIK itKFirxnixa wi According to the Washington corre spondent of the .Vow York Journal of Commerce the opposition In congress to the refunding proposition of the senate - ate financial bill has not yet devel oped much strength. He states that fear Is felt In some ipmrtcrs that the proposition to pay a largo premium to the holders of I lie old bonds and to per petuate the bonds for thirty years will 1 j be dllllcnlt to defend to tin ; satisfaction i { of a popular audience , because of the ; calculation rVqulrcd to show that there i Is a real saving to the government , but Homo of the supporters of the bill be- Hove tlii'.t the. obvious fact that the future Interest rate has been reduced from fi and -I per cunt to ' - ' per cent will , carry weight with the masses , In spite j i of the premium payments. - j | This Is a rather hazardous assump- j ( Ion. The people will have no dllliculfy In understanding ( lie premium feature , and the fact that tills payment out of the treasury , estimated at nearly .f'i- ) 000.000 , will benefit the bondholders , but they will not so readily see whoiv any advantage to the government , or the taxpayers , would bo derived from the transaction. As a matter of fact It has nut been shown that there would bo any advantage and It may fairly lie doubted wholhor li can bo demon- strated. .Senator Aldi'Ich , chairman of fj the senate finance committee , expressed , j . the opinion that It would bo of great value to the credit of the government | to convert the bonds specified In the bill Into new bonds at a lower rate of Illtr-fi-sl lull flic public " 111 H"t be nl Isili'il with IhK It will dem.ind ti kit w whether the pmeminent would bo actually and directly bcneflloil by the refunding of these bonds. i The proposition Is not e. entlal at this time and Ihe senate would bo wise In abandoning It. If It shall not do this It Is to bo hoped that lite h' > U o will In sist upon having It dropped from the ; currency bill. It Is not only unneces sary , but obviously Impolitic. At ; KlfJ/M'.mMA AT ALL. All of Iho cxcllcinent that t-xlsted In an upper Farnam street newspaper on account of Albyn Frank , ex-clerk of the district court , not having paid the clerks In the office their salaries on the day that ho turned t the business over to his successor , Frank A , Hrondwell , has subsided , and now , the nforcaald newspaper Is not saying a word , simply because Mr. Frank has paid nil of the clerks every dollar that ho owed j 1 them. t Albyn Frank turned the clerk's ofllce oror to his successor last Thursday morning , nnd Jj so happened that at that particular tlmo ho did not have the necessary $300 to meet the December salary sheet. Ho so Informed the t clerks and all of ihcm were satisfied ' to * wait n few days until he could mljust matters. U now develops that nil of these sonsa- tlonal articles wore fabrications , originating In the mind of ihe writer. As soon aa Mr. Hroadwell came Into possession of the oillco and learned that Mr. Frank had been un able to meet the December salary bills ho advanced each clerk half n month's salary , so that each Individual had from $15 to $10 before the mcney had oven been earned. Mr. Frank has paid all ot the clerks their salaries In full. Payment wns made yesterday - terday nnd receipts In full taken. World- Herald. That is doubtless very satisfaitory to the employes , but instead of justifying the assertion that the articles published . . by The Hee were sensational fabrica tions it proves that they were true. ] If there wns no Intention on the part of Mr. Frank to defraud the employes , why should Mr. Hio'dwell have to advance money for his predecessor which by law was made payable to the employes or to the county If there was an i\\eess above ? ' per month ? Mr. Hrondwell has no legal right to advance tills money , hut should have re.orted | the situation to the Hoard of County Commissioners , I ' and the county , which Is the real employer ployor of the clerks In ills ollice , under j the law , should ' .lave paid over their i salaries and charged them up to Frank's sureties. There is altogether too much juggling and underhanded work In connection with the district court clerkship , and unless Mr. lU-oiul- well conforms to the law he will get Into trouble sooner or later. Another thing Is not yet explained. Albyn Frank may have exacted re ceipts In full from his oillce force , but that does not mean that he has paid them in full. The Hoard of County Commissioners last July fixed the schedule of salaries to which they wore entitled , but most of thorn have never ' received their full pay , but on the contrary - trary bad part of it held out upon them. The whole career of Albyn Frank in ' the ollice of clerk of the district court has been one of lawlessness , law defiance - fiance and no amount of whitewash by the democratic newspaper fence can cover It up. According to the World-Herald there has been no violation of the railroad regulation laws in Nebraska until this winter , when the pound rate on cattle shipments was put in force. The farm ers and business men of this state know better. They know that the snd- dm anti-monopoly spasm of the attor ney general and bis organ Is pure grandstand play. They know that Hi'- ' State Hoard of Transportation lias am ple power to enforce reasonable rates and prevent discrimination and oxl > r- ( Ion if they wore not mortgaged to th ? railroads. They know , too , that the at- lornoy general would have nail no trouble - ble to llnd a vulnerable point of attack in the railroad armor had ho been dlsi jHised to look for it without lirst allowIng - Ing three-fourths of his two terms of otlico to expire. Hut wo are on the eve of a great political campaign and something lias to to bo done to keep in line the anti-monopoly popull-ts , who have been played for suckers. Homember also that it was the lies- ' slans of the Fifth ward who ralco-d the cry that their repudiation by the decent republicans at the last primaries was due to fraud and repeating , although they themselves had the complet ion- trol of tlie whole election I ward and threw out 112't ballots which they Ihun- , solves bad admitted In order to give themselves credentials wlilcli belonged to their opponents who woiv finally seated by the convention. Ti ! < > publ'c ' may bo In better position now to Judge , i on which side the fraud was moat likely to Imve been perpetrated , When Hess was down at the legisla ture last year In the capacity of < nil- ( lontial man to Huili Myers , president of Webster's im-I'titrlotL league , every one who wanted to secure Myow' favor was advis"d to see Hess. It turns Mil , hi'Wovor. that people seeking the Inlln- once of 11 ess on HID Omalm school board did business direct or wore ad- vised to see Cowie , Is this not an- other example of the sting of Ingrail- tnde ? Tile llorccncss of the discussion i whether the present year Is the last of f ihe nineteenth century or ( lie first of ; the twentieth century di/ubtless / arose out of a realization on the part of th 1 ; disputants thai they will not be lieio to lake part In the debate on tin ) saimi subject when tliu twentieth century turns Into the twenty-first. i I i "Anxious Inquirer : " You are quite cor- reel In your guess. The accused members of the Omaha Hoard of Education are all republican ! ) . World-Herald. : Not at all. Anxious Inquirer will I . have to guess again. The acciit-od members are shining lights In the Web ster-Taylor un-Patrlotlo league. Do not charge them up to the republicans , ' Tnuuli TlmcH for OIllccliolilerN. " St. I'aul Pioneer Press. General Wood has started another Cuban reform by ordering ( ho olllceliolders to work live hours a day Instead of three. And 110 doubt some of ibvm will look l. . < k to Sii.it'ish cxforttun and tilth aid won.ler If th. y were not pr 'ir.iM < ' to Yankee encrsy. . Otitililc tlir llrfiiituur I'hllmlehihlrt I.Murr. 1 Half the railroads In the United Stales have agreed to maintain rates. Hut cnnp they hold the other half ? I'ulNliInu n K < MV IW Washington Post. llou. J. Sterling Morton Is engaged In writing a history of Nebraska. iUght hero Is where a large collection ot polltl/latts ' will bo sure to get It In their resjrcllvo , necks. _ AVoinuN III n Soothing I'onlllcc , i Globc-Dcmoerat. ' At the Omaha banquet Editor Hitchcock announced lhat his heart , his hopes , lib prayers ami his tears were all with Colonel Hrynn. i ; A few weeks ago ho was howling for < n change of venue , of ( liuitliiK 1'oHry. Now York Mail and Express. In his recent speech at Omaha the great American ofllceseekcr dropped Into poetry , quoting Lowell's familiar lines : Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide , In the strife of Truth wllh Falsehood , for i , the good or evil side. j The Irrepressible ofilcescckcr might have. ! ' made nn Interesting commentary upon these lines by relating what happened In ISOfi. All , through the campaign of that year he led J ' ' the side of Falsehood ( masquerading as frco silver ) against the side of Truth ( as represented ' by honest money ) and on clec- tlon day cnmo "the moment to decide. " The nation decided and recorded Its decision , In ' an unequivocal manner , leaving Hrynn In I a condition to describe which one turns , from Lowell to Urct Hartc : I Ho smiled a sort of sickly smllo nnd curled up on tlu lloor , , And the subsequent proceedings Interested him no moro. i - Two Centurion r iininri'il. | Leslie's Weekly. The nineteenth century linn dealt with the t material ; the twentieth will deal with the t moral. The nineteenth has lifted the Anglo-Saxon from bondage to freedom ; the I twentieth will lift the Latin races from . seivlHty to noble service. j I The nineteenth century Is n century of j i the hand ; the twentieth , above all things j ' i else , will bo the century of the heart , and ' 1 at Its close those who survive will look | . back with wonder , not upon our achieve- i | ments , , but upon our glaring faults , short- I . comings nnd fatal failures. The unspeak able corruption of our great municipalities , tr the domination of legislation by the Ubby nnd the corporation , the perversion of the j civil service by the political spoilsman , Ihe general subordination ot principle to poll- tics will bo looked back upon with amazement - ment nnd shnme. The now century may threaten the sta bility of existing civil governments abroad , but it no less thrcntens the permanence of political methods nt home. siinri.n IIKCIN AT 110.111 : . I.oeill Covrrnnu'lilIMMK | lloiii'Nl Mun IIS .Mlll'Il IIM till' Cololll 'N. Now York Tribune. Ho who rules himself well only for his selfish good Is shrewd , but not necessarily noble. It Is when the. faculty of wise ruling comes to be employed for the good of others that it first commands respect and hcnor. That use of capacity lifts both men and nations to nobler Impulses and higher con ceptions of duty. Now responsibilities are already making this a better and nobler nation. Wasteful use ot opportunities for our own benefit when there wns no other avenue for their employment Is In a measure excusable ; but t there are millions who begin to feel already that It IH a , different matter to throw away opportunities by which the whole world may be helped. ' ' Thus , If people want for postmaster' their village some worth 1i less 1 fellow , It may be loosely said that they are only playing the fool with what Is their own. Dut when It comes to selecting oven the t least Important representative of the ti nation for administrative work In the Phil ippines , the instant thought Is that it is a shame not to give these helpless wards the best j government we can. The greater the responsibility and power Intrusted to any representative of the American people the more sternly they Insist that It shall be given cnly to ono who will do them honor. There Is reason to hope that this feeling will soon react upon the administration of affairs at homo and that the people will be- plT to demand f"r themselves In all places , from ' lowest to highest , not less worth and capacity than they would demand for the J care and government of the nation's wards. And the sEcnc uplifting process Is going to affect all expenditures of public money. A nation i of vast wealth has been prone to feel that It could throw away a few millions without feeling it ; but when Ideas of world wide usefulness , begin to tug at the purse- strings there will be economy in many things where there ban hem wastefulness. The boy who rcachcfi man's estate and shoulders the responsibility ot a man soon shows whether he has in him real manhood or ( not. If ho still prefers his personal In dulgence and wears burdens as lightly an ho can ( the world quickly discovers that theic 1st I no good In him. lint what mun arc more hlhly 1 honored by rich and ponr allko than the tons of millionaires who pet themselves to do a man's full work and bear a man's full ( burden , with all Its sacrifices nnd dis comforts ? This nation Inherits vast wealth , but 1 is beginning to take up Ihe wrrk of grown ' mon. Other nations are not slow to ECO it or to I'xnoct largo results. Hank clearings last year broke all records , amounting to $93 , 501 , 1)32 ) , CHC , an Increase of 23 per cent over 18US , of Ctl per cent over 1EU7 and of 200 per cent over 1894. Twenty now bulldlni ; nnd loan companies were Incorporated in Ohio for the year end ing November 1C , last. The capital stock subscription was $9,319,000. Other building and loan companies increased their capital stock by $10,200,000. Of 'the ' total number of American ex- hlbltoi'fl who will occupy space nt the fortli- coining Paris Exposition moro thnn 7,000 In all about 1,200 will be accredited to purely commercial branches concerned dl- rcctly with International trade. In 1S90 there were only four Insurance companies In Japan , with a capital of 11,431.000. In 1898 there were soventy-threo registered companies with a capital of $30- UOO.&OO. At the ; same period the thirty-six Japeneeo companies alone showed an Issue cf 510,000 policies of the value of $10(1,800- ( ooo. There wore C2C22,2DO Inhabitants In the United States ten years ago , according to the last census. Secretary Rage's actuary of Iho treasury , who IB a close gucsser In matters of population , computes the present populrjtlon between Maine and California , Alaska and Key West at TG.l 18,000. To this must be added the peoples brought under the slurs and stripes by the war with Spain nnd by the annexation of Hawaii , to eay nothing of Cuba , Puerto Hlco and Ounm. In the production of metals and minerals the ywr 1S99 was noteworthy. The total production of metals of the country was valued at $413,7c)8-IU ) , against $31 1,255,620 In IMS. Of non-motallic substances the output was ( G01.S72.C31 , as coni | > ared with $483,091,070 in 1SUS. Of thla large metal output 13,650,000 tons of pig Iron accounted for $147.734 , 00 In value ; Sii2.C72.COO tons of copper for $102,887.900 ; 3,6uO.OOO ounces of gold for $72,483.000 and til,179CSO ounces of silver for $30,073 , 200 , earh UNO of these lleinu thawing a marked lucreabe over IStfS flgurea. MJIIIl V K V Pill's * I ( MIMI'VI' . Hastings Tribune ( rep ) Tills year , if wo mny Judge by the signs e we , Hnstlnii ; will demand either a candidate for gov- ornor or for congress nnd perhaps Iwlh. When we begin to mftke demand * there Is p no telling where we may conclude to stop. Aurora llepubllrnn : In the absence ot a liallonal Issue we respectfully suggest to the democrats and populists that n plank , taking n well defined stand on the Twentieth country question , would prove a valuable addition to Its platform. This suggestion ls made In good faith. Callaway Courier ( rep. ) : One 0. M. Kent , who may be remembered as n misrepresentation - representation of this district In congress n few years ago , but who Is now enjoying his six year's salary In a fine mansion In Colorado , la sold to have dropped populism nnd espoused socialism. Ho will probably divide up his estate among his leas fortu- nate neighbors nit. . West Point Democrat : Hon. W. D. Old- hain came down from Kearney a year ago to ! fill the ofllcc of deputy attorney general , . liy close application to his profession ho has ! ' . won laurels na an orator and lawyer. His . skill nnd legal ability have placed him In the front nnd now every ono says ho ought to bo made attorney general for the next four years. We second the motion. Hlonmington Echo ( rep. ) : The' fusion forces ( , composed of the democrats and pop ullsts , will meet In Etato convention lu Lincoln on March 10 for the- purpose ot t'lccllng ' delegates ) to the national conven- tlon. ( | As the thing Is now "cut and dried" the t | delegates might just ns well send their vote down by mall and thus save the ex- ponsep. ' The leaders have the delegates all picked out. O'Neill Independent ( pop. ) : Every dele- goto that goct ) to the state nominating conc ventlon this year should bo fully determined ' that no deputy In the state capital should 1 bo nominated for a stale oillce. A clean 1 sweep , new oIHccrs and now deputies , Is 1 the . ' proper course for a reform party nnd I it should be strictly adhered to In Nebraska i . this fall hi nil of the olllccs whose Incum bents are closing up their second term. Schtiyler Sun ( rep. ) Hon. N. W. Wells of this city has been mentioned as a suitable ! person to send as ono of the delegates to the national republican convention this year. Tl'.o Sun would bo clad to have Mr. Wells i sent and believes ho would bo acceptable , to . the voters of the county and state. He Is one of the foremost business men of Nebiaska , an ardent republican nnd a titronp ; supporter of the- McKInley administration. ' . Wu.place him In nomination and shall work for "ills success. In connection with this we | . would slale Hint Hon. John A. Anrhart of Stanton Iff also a candidate. He and Mr. Wells would make a strong combination , 1 ono being from the north central and the other from the south central part of the dls- trlct. Beatrice Democrat : A Falls City barber would like to hear from some barber in Ne braska who has been benefited by the new barber law. If he will address the artists ! who have been appointed ns an examining I board , he will probably find the- fellow he is looking after. The same bar- her also complains nt the growing cus- torn of shaving necJcH. For this the barbers i themselves arc to blame. H Is only of very recent years that men had their necks i shaved every week , ami the barbers in their rivalry , have introduced the custom. The law , like all other protective measures , Is i a fraud. It Is too much like the ethical ills- ease among doctors , that prohibits their ad- vcrtlslng , but stimulates their appetite for free pulfs. Fremont Tribune ( rep. ) : The Omaha lice publishes a vigorous editorial In which It : protests against the practice of congress i putting In its time passing bills to remove the charge of desertion from those who enlisted - listed In the sixties and skulked in the presence of the first danger. These men arc , , some ot them , wirepullers nnd their memI bora of congress are now ready to help ex- pungc their record If they will help them i back to Washington. It they will fight now , the ambitious aspirants for another lease ot olllclal life arc perfectly willing to forgive ' theni for not fighting when they enlisted to 1 put down treason thirty-nine years ago. Time softens asperities , but desertion , which I Is usually punished by death in time of , war , ought never to bu outlawed. j David City Press ( dotn. ) : A rumor slips ' out from the. . capital to the effect that there 1 are SOO applications for the eight positions 1 at the disposal of the supreme court. The 1 tendency to desire public position is a growing - ing ' one. Wo ctten seepcoplo sacrificing 1 bettor opportunities for the empty honor of holding some Insignificant public place. From those seeking the humblest to the ' highest positions , the mighty craze goes on. 1 Every township has its soreheads who are ready to die for principle one campaign and are busy knifing the ticket the next because - cause some other fellows got the positions ' they wanted. All the nuralng-bottlo pa- trlots are neatly tabulated and filed In [ pigeon-holes by the trust agents us proper , persons to see when n campaign IH on. ! ! I Lincoln Post ( pop. ) : It will be but a 1 few months till three state conventions will ' meet to niimo the men who will take charge ; ot the affairs of state when the terms of these now In oillco shall expire. It is not tea early to point out the necessity of nam ing good men for every position. Less at tention ought to be paid to the party affil iations of prospective candidates than to their qualifications for olfico. The I'oat bo- llovcs that there are men HUfilclently wise j ' and capable and trustworthy among the fu- j slralsls of Nebraska to take up the ruins j ot government next year and carry on the buslncFB of the Htato in the some efficient way In which It Is now being conducted. H hopes to sou the nomination of a state ticket composed of persons whom It will I mean honor to support. It believes such a tlckel will bo named when the time comes. Norfolk Journal ( rep. ) : Let the Intelli gent farmer get out his lead pencil and figure uj ) his present condition as compared wllh four yearn ago and ho ought not to take very long to toll how to vote thU fall. Ho will find , despite all the hue and cry about blah prices of merchandise , that the products ! of his farm will buy moro of the necessaries and comforts of life than they did , that hit ) land nnd stock and implements uro worth more and that ho Is belter able to pay his debts than In 189(1. ( Ho will find that ho now has an opportunity to sell If ho wants to , whereas four years ago ho j could hardly find a man who was willing to take Ills property as a gift and aasumu the Indebtedness. Four years ago people wuro not to blame for wanting u change , for no change could hardly maku matters worse. Now , things arc different. This la a goad year to "let well enough nlono. ' Heaver City Trlhuno ( rep. ) : The Trihuno would have iho republicans of Nebraska rcnllzo that bluff and denunciation will not win the electlcn this year. It will take hard work and a campaign of education. Denunciation never yet convinced a man of his error he must bo convinced by ap peals to Ills rcation. The campaign should bo managed by men who have the con fidence nut only of republicans but of the people in general. It should be a campaign waged from start to finish upon the ngi grfoslvo. The party should nominate the biet men that can bo found , regardless of whether they huvo heretofore been promi nent parly workers. The good of ihe party Is above- Die good of any. member of tlm parly , llury all past differences , nominate n clean tlckel made up of good men , and thru wugo an aggressive campaign In behalf of the only puny that bus shjuii Itself ca- publo of juunaijiiij ; ihu affulrs of atatc and nation. I WITH 0011 Pit IAS I'OHUJS. ' f n Jvilillcr Hli fol- iiticl llluUi-'H lrl-.li IIH mlc. Thp marked disparity In the volume of news ( about the South Arlc ? n war from ' llrltlsh j and Hoer sources Is not surprising | when u Is remembered that the llrltlsh control all avenues of telegraphic communi cation. What llttlo news concerning the operations of the "etnhattle'l farmers" Is permitted to filter through the Hrltlsh cen sors of ihe cables does not vary much from Hrltlsh 1 reports of the sameevents. . If there are nny newspaper correspondents with the I Hoer I nrnilcfi they arc not as enterprising i ns professional ethics require. Precious few of their letters hnvo nppcnro.l In print. The paucity of unccnsored reports from the native armies gives unusual vnhio lo let , ters J from soldiers In the Hoer service , even though ' six weeks old. One of special Inter est Is printed lu the Lowell ( Mass. ) Tele- i gram. . It wns written by James F. Dunn , a former resilient of that city , but who Imo j. . been n resident of the Transvaal for two years , nnd Is now lighting for the rebubllc. Ho gives n breezy account ot the battles preceding j and follow Ing the Investment of Ladysmlth up to November 29 , nnd furnishes some Information about the strength and re sources of the Doers , which Inter reports ' tend t to confirm. Dunn In n member of the Irish brigade In the ecrvlco ot the Transvaal. It number. ; 2,100 men and Is commanded by Colonel Hlakc ' , n former olllccr In our regular army nnd a graduate ofVcst 1'olnt "a lighter and tactician , " says Dunn , "that West ' 1'olnt may be proud of. " Most ot the meni- i hers of the brlgado art ; miners from the ] 1 , western states who drifted to the Transvaal long j before the war broUo out. Several companies hull from the eastern states and some of them were \oluntcors In American regiments , called Into service during the Spanish war. There IB aluo a mixed brigade of 2,000 men French , Scotch nnd English , and a fiorman brlgado of 2,000 , all ofllcered by | experienced men. According to tliu writer \ thn three brigades nre composed mainly i of the outlanders , to right whoso wrongs England claims to have gone to war. The fact that they took up arms In defense of the republic refutes the charge of Hocr tyranny. < "I have lived here for two years. " pays Dunn , "and I have yet to learn that wo have ' any wrongs political , rellglotm , com- merclal ' or any other. The men who ' wronged 1 and threatened and bulldozed the working miners wore the Ithodcs crowd , fellows ' of the Haimhond stamp , who were getting fnt salaries for working the mines. " ' i Hoer methods , tactics and "traps , " subjects - jects of vital Importance to the Hrltish Just now ' , arc faintly sketched by this soldier in a paragraph devoted lo General Joubert. "Joubert , " ho says , "Is a foxy old chap. Ho refuses to lot us tnko any chances and ho IB dead against any military grandstand tac- j tics. ' Ho won't allow any charges or attacks - | tacks ' on fortified places ; ho makes the ' Hrltlsh do 'that ' business and then he soaks them. The consequence Is that the English lose J five men wounded and killed where wo logo ' one. " 'A ' significant statement made by ' Dunn Is that the combined army of the two ' republics aggregates 100,000 men. This statement would be classed as ridiculous two ' months ago. .At Ihe beginning of the war 50,000 men was considered the mnxi- mum ' number that could be raised to op- pose 1 the Hrltlsh. Present conditions tend to t prove the substantial accuracy of Dunn's estimate. Huiler estimated ihut 30,000 men would be needed lo man the trenches on the Tugela in front of him. Methuen is blocked 1 by nine miles of trenches. Hetween these I two are French and Gntacre and they find 1 plenty of Boers when they look for them. t Add { o these the forces Investing the towns I of Ladysmlth , Matching and Klm- berley 1 , the various scouting parties and frontier - tier t guards , cast nnd west , and the estimate ot 100,000 men conies pretty close lo the ac- tinil t number. "HecrultH are coming every day , " says the letter , "from every country In I Europe and from the States. The Ameri cans are mostly young , husky fellows from the t middle west , who have seen service In the | regular or volunlcer army , " Some details are given of two occasions on which Colonel Hlake and his men came Into | close contact with the British the first at Dundee and the second during the sortlo of thu Gloucestershire regiment from Lady- smith. ( At Dundee- the Irish brigade had a barrel ( ot fun. They scooped in most of the Irish ] fusiliers and , joshed them until they took ( ( the train for Pretoria. "If thu Hoer contingent , " says Dunn , "had n lltllo more experience ( In military matters wo could have ] captured the whole of General YUIo's bunch , , horse , foot and wagons , for I never saw a moro demoralized crowd. They arc mostly ] pushing the Irish and Scotch regl- ments } against us nnd wo : ire able to take care of ahem. They may have English regi ments f , but they keep them back In reserve , for t wo haven't seen them , though wo are red hot j to get a crack at them. " The first real English regiment that went against Hlakc's command was < he Gloucestershire from Lndysmith. It was the engagement on Furquhar's j farm and this Is the way Dunn describes it , explaining that Hlakc's brigade IH ( the only ono In the service having bay- oncts ( : 'Wo ran up the green flag to make thorn raw. Illttko passed the word along the line to let them como on nnd give them a good fight. I am In Cassady'f command he Is an Arizona man and we have halt a dozen ex-regulars from Tucson , who arc dead shots. Wo lay low , gqulntlng over the breastworks , while the Tucson fellowu tumble over officer after officer. When they J reached the foot of Ihu hill Hlnko ordered us to cease firing nnd told a few men from each company to yell , Jump up nnd pretend to run away. This encouraged the Johnnies to cheer and they came up the hill , pant Ing and shooting wildly. When about 100 feet from IIB wo let them have It , from Mauser , Mannllcher and Maxim , nnd Blnke yelled : 'Now , boys , give them n taste at thu real thing. ' The cheer Hint went up could bo heard a mile. off and wo went over the entrenchments at them with the bayonet. Surprised ? God ! You never saw anything like It. A volley point blank and then the metal. Wo went at them In good Irish fashion and some of thu Van lw nnd Ohio chops wore wilder than the Turks. The redcoats wouldn't stand for -It , but went down the hill on u break nnd out Into the open , sprinting like greyhounds , Wo marched buck about sixty of them. " The slaughter of the Boers at Elands- laagto by the British Lancers , described as "pig-sticking" by the participants , puts the Lancers on thu black book for n heavy reckoning when thu opportunity offers. MoHt of them are cooped up In Ladytsmlth. Dunn 8 yH the Lancers gave no quarter , "stabbing and murdering prisoners nnd wounding In a horrible fashion , JUHt like n lot of Sioux. The word lias been passed along the line no mercy nnd no quarter for any man of the Lancera no prisoners will bo taken from that pack of curs. Wo'll get them and we'll wipe that regiment off the rolls. " The Bocrfi have faithful friends all over Cnpo Colony and nro posted on all that is going , on within the llrltlsh lines. Dunn nays i : "Tho news sent out by the English comes back to us. The fellow who runs their Intelligence department Is u star the noblest liar of them all. Take no stock In him ; wo arc all right. Wo have 100,000 u.cn. U'e have our backs to the mountain and they have to come to ua over our own fortified positions. They will need a quarter of a million men to do the work. We have supplies for two years. The only thing we are short of are doctors and medicine * " It is a tdgtjlflrant coincident that Dunn's ' of ilu foi c ihe I.iiM.sh li < f.d tallies with ! hr c-.siltnM' rt'trlbu'fd to ( ! . i oral Kliehcnrr. The Ilrltinh force tu > numuom 120.000. which will be Increased to 150,000 on the nrtlvnl ot the regiment * now on Ihe way to South Africa. \ < > l.oliti ) Inn IVrnilttrtt. rhltndrlphla Ledger. Postmaster General Smith's revival of Postmaster General Wilson' * order forbid ding postal employes to visit Washington for the. purpose of lobbying In favor of legislation In which they may be Inter- I rslcd Is an excellent one. U should lie i duplicated ] by higher olllelals everywhere Public j employes should attend to the public's business and not waste the public's time In nttcmllnK to their private Interests. I.K.'IIII.V PI'T. Indlannpollrt .lournol : "Here , Henry , these luzeiiK * * * will keep you from roughing , In church. " I . "Great governor , Amrlln , i ean nt.iy mvn\ ; from church If 1 have to. What I want b u lozenge that ean Ueeji me from couRhlnf In n railway oillce. " Indianapolis Journal : Mr. Hltnpsim- you nre not steadfastly for either Hm-r o- British. . Mrs. Simpson Nil. hideout I'm going tc sympathize with cither ilde , just its thi-j happen to need It. Detroit Journal : "riho nmnagod to kee | her coolc moro than a week nfter the pool decided ] to leave ! " "I'm not surprised , At college her block Ing I nnd Interference were thought qulli | lihenomennl. " Chicago Ilccord : "Thin weather Is al Hunt. " "Don't talk to mo ! No wenthor Is al right In which pcoplo can't Hit out mi tin i front porch. " Somervllle Journal : Just what retailer T to you Is the Mr.-U cousin of your husband'- sister's uleco ? If you are a woman , nnd : i Daughter of the Revolution , you will know 0 IT-1m ml. Washington Slur : "Am 1 to understand that ( you are In tln'lniiuln of your friends ? ' snld the politician. "No , " answered Sonutor Sorghum. " 1'tr not In the ImmlH of my frlcndH. The hnmli of my friends arc In my bank account. " Chicago Tribune : "They make u thun ilerln' night rif fuss nhnut the Chinese opci i door , " imnnrkod t'nclo Jerry I'eubti's. "A. J far as I've noticed 'em the Chlm-so open door nhvnyrt leads Into a laundry or nt onlum J'lnt , " Indianapolis Journal : "Rules of healtl say , 'Never sit up when you can ll < down. ' " "That's noiifensio : our baby Is health ] enough , and ho goes on the plan that lu must never lie down while ho can sit up. " Chicago Post : " 1 don't care how vevere i cold Is , " said the mun who was not surfer. Ing from one , "I ean get rid of It In out day. " " 80 can 1 , " replied the man who win carrying three pocket handkerchiefs , "bin J suicide Is repugnant to me. " A Detroit Journal : "She Isn't much of ni actress , but the women are all raving ovc. the wny I'hl1 dresses on the stage ! " "No wonder ! She puts on her without sitting down on the lloor ! " Washington Stnr : "What's the une spending so much money In nn election1 asked tin : friend. "Great Scott ! " answered Senator Ser ghum. "What do you want a. man to d ( with hlM money ? Just let It lie around U the bank.s unil do nothing ? What's nioncj for ? " iu.vs r.vi'ii. Do you believe "the road to boll Is paved with good Intentions ? " Ho who has walked there knows full wel "I'waB built of his invention ! ] . Or he was led to think Hint they Wore of his own devising , And marveled nt the rapid way Plans In his mind wen ; -Islng. Satan suggested subtle schemes To keep his friends from knowing The vain regrets and horrid dreams He spent his time in sowing. At llrst the arch fiend wore a mask And curbed his evil diirliij ? To taste again the hateful task Of some safe soul's ) ensnaring. Tim victim thought his reason grow With each new step's advancing. So near to the abyss he drew With feasting and with dancing. Now , when the devil doffed his mask He said , almost politely , "My very dear sir , may 1 ask "Why you ( hid sin KO sightly ? " The man tried hard to llnd a word In view of thin plain speaking. Then felt his Inmost spirit stirred ' In answer to his seeking. My father. * fell nnd I must fall ; The nature that they gave mo Yearns for the wormwood and the gall And nothing , now , can savu me. If this be sin then let them bear The blame who had the blessing Of purity 1 cannot share , But lost by their transgressing. As he went on , perdition's path WOK very far from pleasing ; The siren's sweetest singing hath No balm for sorrow's easing. And , then , ho either sunk where naught Hut demons grinned and glowered , Or , lifted by sad lessotjs taught , Above disgrace he towered. HKLL13 WILLBY OCR , AVinslde , Neb. , don't count , but every gentleman who lias been spending money on mer chant tailors under the impression that lie could n't bo well-dressed other wise , ought to make up his mind now to dine-over his mistake. We think the garments we make are just about as well made and as stylish as any tailor can ott'or. Wo think cMir price ) are from one-third to one- half less , and we guaran tee fit as well as quality.
