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THE OMAHA DAILY 11313 : MONDAY , , JANUAUY Ji ) . 11)00. TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE. 12. HOSEWATlill , Editor. 1'UULISllUD KVEUY MOHNINO. T12UMS OP SUU8C1UPTION. Dally IJec ( wlthojt Sunday ) , One year..J6.03 Dally Ueo and Sunday , Onn Year . i.M L > lly , .Sunday and llluitrated. Ono Year S.25 buriany and illustrated , Ono Yctir . 2.25 Illustrated Bee , Ono Year . 2.00 Sunday HOP , One Year . 2-w Saturday Hoe. Ono Year . 1-gO Meekly Ike. Ono Year . & > OFFICES. Omaha : Tlio Hco Hulldlng. . , , . , . South Omaha : City Ilall Building , TwonU-lirih nnd N streets. Council Ulurrs : ID 1'carl street. Ohio * . . 1010 Unity Uulldlng. Now Vjrk : Temple court. Washington : 101 Fourteenth Street. COnilESPONDENCn. Communications relating to news anil edi torial matter should ha addressed : Omaha Ucc , Editorial Department. UUSINKSS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should bo addressed : The Ueo Publishing Com pany , Omaha. REMITTANCES. 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Tzschuck , secretary ot The Ueo Publishing Company , being duly sworn. -ays UjHt the actual number ol full and comnlc 3 cuplcH of The Dally , Morning , Eyonlr * ind g'induy IJee , printed during thtr . ; . . . . . . : Daccmbur , 1SW. wae as fol lows : 1 . a i,7 o 17 u.i , sr 2 . : ! , < ' - < > is a-i.Hsa 3 . an-.1 ; 10 ai,7 o 20 ai.ttoo 6 21 ai.ir. 6c c UT , ir : t 22 a-lJ10 ! 7 IM.IIUO 23 2lIIUt 7s s 24 U , 70 9 , -no ? i lill.TOO 10 20 ai.tWO 27 a-iaou 12 ai.nso 23 at.itio 13 U..OIlit 13 ai.-iuo u antna 30 a-llK H is ai.-Mii 31 a.-i.IIU is a-i.-ino Total TT'Mir ] : : Less unsold and returned copies. . . . 11.S..1 Net total sales 7 2 , l-J Net J''ila ) dally average . ; ; G KO no is H. Tzscnycic. Subscribed nnd sworn before me this 1st day .of. January. A. "j.'ifHUNGATR. ( Seal. ) Notary Public. The sudden drop in tin * ti > inponitmv Is : i windfall for tlio k-u trust. General Iliillor's ini'ltlc is oxi-ollpiit , but Ids Hirutoxy is decidedly dcfei'tlvt- . The council Invpstlpttliin coininlttei ! in Htlll walthiK f r fciiue ono to prefer seine one. State Secretary Torler is a man with lionpHt intentions and purposes , lint lie should have turned over that new leaf three years a o. Agent MntthuwHim oC the Oinalia and WinnolwKo resorvatioa IIIIM started hack from "Washington and tlie Iwot- will now tnUu to their heels. Tlio projected Indian supply depot at Unialiii is fairly nnder way , but tlie army supply depot bill lias slim clianan of passing nnlcBS. thu $50,000 appropria tion Hem Is lopped off. Jim nahlman is still chairman of the state democratic committee and he Is likely to have a nootl deal to say be fore ho Riven up ids soft berth to please the defuncto candidate for U. S. S. According to TlieJlee's Lincoln ad vices , Hohert. 10. Lee llerdnmn is sure of his appointment as clerk of the su preme court ono week from next Tues day. Ityit there is many a slip 'twlxt cup and lip. It is bciiinin ; to dawn on tlie patri ots who knifed tlie republican county ticket last fall that tlie howl about tlie Unsown tpr-Mooro.M machine was simply a ruse gotten up for the benellt of the common enemy. Republicans should make no mistake In their selection of counclhncn. While lids Is not an on" year , a great many tnxpaylng republicans cannot be counted on to vote for men in whom they have no conlldence. Covernor Toynter disagrees with Au ditor Cornell as to Urn propriety of In- vltlng the secrelarjes of the State Hoard of Transportation to step down and out. This Is not the tlrst time the governor and auditor have agreed to disagree , President Oompers of tlie National I'Yderallon ol' Labor proposes to invoke the Inllueiice of President McKinlcy to secure congressional legislation that will extend the eight-hour law to all contract labor on government buildings , as well as to all. workmen employed dl- reclly by the government. This prop osition is eminently fair , and It is t > be hoped that the president will second .Mr. ( lonipers1 effort to secure tile leg islation desired during the present ses sion. Tlip Indofatlcable .lolm O. Yter lias made a dciftand on the State Hoard of Transportation to order tlu > I'nlou Pa- clilc and Hnrllnglon roads to Insert n gate in the Jron fence that separates their two passenger stations. Mr. Yc'lnor \ ) entitled to credit for showing n good deal of public spirit , lint what the public demands Is not an "open door" between tlie two stations that would expose travelers to danger in cronslng tracks upon which trains are In motion , but u subway , which would be sufi ! and would afford a direct con nection between the 'two stations. While the county commissioners are debating the demand for tlie construc tion of n new court house and the sub mission of u bond proposition to raise the necessary funds would It not be also well for them to consider the pro priety of establishing ono or moro rail ways along thu county roads for use for electric motorsV While the law may not provide for the construction and operation of a motor line by tlie county , the county without question lias tlio right to build a roadway and lay the tracks and lease the privilege of opeiating electric ur gasoline motor earn upon It , N7VAVJfc sriXU UlIMlHATITVJiK. . Secretary of State Porter announced today ihnt be Intended Introducing a resolution at Iho next meeting of the hoard calling for the resignation of the board's secretaries on the ground that they had fallol to make the Investigation ) * ordered nnd hnd shown a leaning Inward the railroads. Ho left the city just In time to avoid Interviews with Irate members of the board , who criticised his utterances. Mr. Hitchcock la making the light to get even with the powers that tuuied him down for United States senator and has organized ati onslaught on the board throughout the stato. Fusion leaders openly charge that ho Is aiming to disrupt fusion In tlio state nnd they have appealed to Colonel llryan to stop him from a course that seems certaiti to turn the state over to the republicans. Col onel Bryan Is understood to have referred the appeal to democratic leaders who have ; moro Influence with Hitchcock. * This Is what the Chicago Inter Ocean prints from Its Nebraska corre spondent , who Is located In tlie olllee of the Omaha World-Herald. It N simply part and parcel of a systematic effort to project the defuncto candidate for 1' . S. .S. Into prominence In places where Ids existence had never before been suspected. Tlie moment he had launched his candidacy he began to tlood the eastern papers with pictures of himself labeled "Probable Successor of Senator Hayward - ward , " and as soon as he was turned down ho had himself pictured in 1'rank U-slie's and other Illustrated papers as the martyr to Bryan's Ingratitude , re jected by thu governor In spite of hl.s being "the almost unanimous choice of tlie fusion forces.1' The latest of these publications. Xewspaperdom , In Its issue of January IS , declares Ills appointment would have been made "had not tlie governor , al most at the last moment , received a telegram from Mr. Hryan , who was then In Texas , requesting that former Senator W. V. Allen have the appoint ment. " Tlie same authority tells us that Mr. Hitchcock hail for years been Mr. Bryan's bosom friend , his associate for two years on the AVorld-Ilerald and had lalwred hard and sacrlliced much In his behalf. Furthermore , that "he had every reason to expect that Mr. Hryan would stand by him in ids senatorial struggle if he look part in it at all , and hence the request to ( Jovernor 1'oynter for Allen's nomination lias naturally aroused very deep' feeling on tlie part of Mr. Hitchcock and his friends. " In the interest of tlie truth of history it is not out of place to make a few corrections to these allegations. First. It is not true that any sacrifices were ever made by Mr. Hitchcock for Hryan , except in , accepting Ids resigna tion as editor of the paper. Hryan pild : ids way Into the paper by buying worth less stock , and when lie went out sacri- liccd his unpaid back salary by taking it out In trade for editorial railroad mileage. Before the appearance of Bryan's name at ( lie head of its editorial col umns , Mr. Hitchcock's paper was scarcely known or menti med outside of a 100-mile radius around Omaha. Tlie sacrifice lie made for Bryan brought patronage to the paper , and tlie fact that It is still using Bryan's name as a magnet indicates Hint Hryan was not a deadhead in the enterprise. In supporting the candidacy of Bryan , Hitchcock made no sacrllice , but on the contrary extracted $ -0,000 in cold cash from tlie silver mine millionaires of Colorado , Utah and Montana , for Bryan's sake , and thus propped up his tottering concern. If Governor I'oynter's word is to be taken and lie ought to know Mr. Hitchcock was not the choice of the fusion forces for senator , but the over whelming sentiment was In favor of Senator Allen and conformed to tlie gov ernor's own predilections. In appoint ing Allen the governor insists he only carried out the wishes of his party. Mr. Hitchcock Is now trying to mar ket the sting of ingratitude In tlie same way he marketed Bryan's name among the bonanza barons. His light "to get even with the powers that turned him down for IT. S. S. " is In'keeping with his entire career. In tills instance , as in former similar performances , lie is trying to get revenge while posing as a champion of the people. His light "to get even" with tlie members of tlie State Board of Transportation lias no more sincerity than ids light upon em- bew.llng treasurers , while borrowing public moneys from them. It Is simply a sham battle to hoodwink the farmers tuiil shippers by thu rankest kind or demagogy. ix can A. Our government must soon determine the- question of suffrage in Culm. The Spanish people on the Inland have until April 11 to elect whether they will re main cltl/.eiiH of Spain of become elt- i/.ens of Cuba and until then , as was pointed out by the president in his an nual message , it cannot be definitely ascertained wllu shall be entitled to participate In tlie formation of the gov ernment of Cuba. By that time , said tlie president , we shall proceed to pro vide for elections which will commit the munfclpal governments of the island to the ollleers elected by the people , Tlie question to be determined Is whether the snlVrage shall be universal or restricted and it .Is n question of vital Importance to Cuba. If the ed ucated and the property holding clashes could have their way the suffrage would be restricted and probably under conditions which would give a minority of tlie people control of ( lip govern ment. These classes , are apprehensive that universal suffrage would have very serious consequences and would bo dangerous to the peace and welfare of Hie Island. They urge that Hie Ignorant element Is largely swayed by passion and prejudice and that It would be dominated and used by demagogues and scheming imlitlclans. It Is this ele ment , however , which mainly composed the revolutionary forces and to deny the men who fought for Hie liberation of their country the right to have a voice In the formation of their govern ment would manifestly be unjust. IT good enough to llgh't for the attainment of Independence , they certainly are en titled to the privilege of voting and thus participating in the creation of u government which they risked their lives to establish. The fenrs of those who object to universal suffrage might be realized , but Its denial would be very likely to cause equally serious dif ficulties , for It Is not to be doubted that tlie people deprived of the suffrage would regard It as a wrong to be vig orously resented and tills element will be large If an educational qualification for suffrage shall be required. Tlie I'tilted States stands for the principle of universal suffrage and It cannot consistently apply a different principle to tlie Cubans. U must a1o bo remembered that the fusion forces are now in control of the supreme court of the slate and relief from excessive overcharges by corporations will be expected. The court If powerless to act unless aided by an attorney general who has the ability and fearlessness to bring the proper suti for itho relief of the pcoplo hoforo the court. Ho tmifil be a mull of ability and absolute Integrity. Ho must be entirely free from corporate Influences. The demo crats have had this ofllco In the past nnd may be expecting It again , but the Inde pendent believes that the next attorney general for Nebraska should be a populist. Menibcrn of the democratic party are not sufficiently removed from corporate In fluences to meet the requirements for thH Important olllcc. Thu man for this posi tion should be n populist. In thorough sym pathy with thu reform movement , and an attorney of splendid ability. The court which the fusion forcra of thlj state have fought HO long nnd so hunt to gain con trol of Is entirely useless unless the attorney general Is courageous and nble to bring proper measures before It for adjudication. The democrats will doubtless be given tweet ot Iho positions on the state ticket , but It la not necessary that the office of attorney general should bp one of them. Populists , think ubout thin and the Importance of the olllee In question. Nebraska Independent ( pop. ) This is a pretty strong arraignment of tlie democratic wing of the fusion alliance to come from the mouthpiece of the other wing. If members of tlie democratic party are not sulllciently removed from corporate Influences to meet the require ments of the otllce of attorney general are they snlllclently removed from corporate influences to meet tlie require ments of any other Important olllee ? Would a democratic attorney general , pulled by corporate strings , be any. more dangerous to the people than a corpora tion democrat , in the ollicp of the stale auditor or commissioner of public lands and buildings or in any other state olllee where tlie olllcer makes one of the various state boards which pans upon railroad regulation , railroad assess ments , railroad rights-of-way or any other subject in which the interest of the corporations Is opposed to the in terest of the public ? Carry tlie argument one step further. If democrats are not sntienlly ! ! re moved from corporate Influences to furnish an attorney general on the fusion ticket , are they not Impregnated with corporation virus to such an extent as to make them unfit subjects for fusion at all ? How can the populists expect to achieve any of the great reforms promised in their Ihus far ' unfulfilled pledges If yoked to corporation demo crats who dare not turn a hand with out their master's consent ? There is no Question that HIP demo crats in Nebraska have always hern more under the domination of tlio rail roads and allied corporation interests than tlie republicans were ever accused of being. Yet the populists , who pretend to be waging the battle of the people , have taken Into full partnership the democratic agents of tlio corporations who have entered into tlie alliance for no other purpose than to frustrate the fusion program and protect tlio corpor- nle aggressors. The populists should not only think of the Importance of keeping a corporation democrat out of tlio ofllce of attorney general , but also ponder whether it Is safe to tie up with Hie democrats for any olllee or for any purpose. A QUESTION or The question of the share of tlie stale of New York and particularly of. the city of New York In the commerce of tlie continent and of the world , re marks the New York Times , is a ( pics- lion of canals. It Is a subject In which Hie pcoplo of that state arc taking a very great interest and tlie determina tion of Hie question is a matter of no little concern to the producers of the northwest. Last year Governor Hoosevelt ap pointed a canal commission and its re port lias just been submitted. It pro poses Hint the canals from Lake Krlc to the Hudson shall be reconstructed to admit of the passage of boats of 1.COJ tons' cargo , with steam or electricity as motive power , Hie ( ' .slimmed cost of such reconstruction being . < ( IIMJ ( ) ( ) , < ) ( ) J. Tlie proposition Is approved by Hie gov ernor , who In transmitting the report to/Hie legislature makes a strong argu ment for a barge canal , expressing the j opinion that uuch a waterway would permit of the carrying of freight for a whole generation to come at rates ! one-third of the least cost of transform- j tlou by rail. If this should be reall/'d ' I the value of such a canal to western j producers would lie great , ( lovornor' ' Hoosevelt makes a strong point of tlie i fact that a new danger to the com merce of New York is now added by Hie upbuilding of the Canadian canal system , which was completed last fall , i He calls the especial attention of the , legislature to what tills means in the i way of the establishment of business ; plants at Montreal to do the work that [ would otherwise lie done In BuD'nlo and New York. There Is no question that the liberal canal policy of Hie Ca nadlan government mu t sooner or later prove very damaging to tlie trade of New York city unless something is ( ! no lo counteract the competition for tiadu thus created and the obvious thing for New York to do Is to enlarge Its lanals lit a way , as tlie New York Times says , to make the best channel for ( ommcrce from the head of Hie great lakes to Hut , Atlantic , .seaboard , with cost of transport - ' port as low at least as on the Hue of the S | Lawrence and lower than the railroads can hope to offer within any time that U is worth while to pluu fur. ; The cost of doing this , lM\vi vi > r. would lit * * o large thai there Is some- doubt i whether It will be approved by a ma- ' jorlty of the pe-iple , yet the govern'r , points out that tin * estimated expendi ture. In proportion to Hie state's resources - sources , would be less than mie-half as | great as that which was assumed by the state In Its poverty and weakness when the Hrlo canal was oilgliuilly built. It Is needless to say that tlie | railroad influence will be stiongly against the proposition and It will probably cairy witli It a lousiderablc share of the agricultural Interest , which will antagonize the policy on tlie ground of increased taxation , The proposition , however , offers Hie only practicable way by which New York City can meet the Canadian competi tion and retain Its trade and If this can be fully Impressed upon the people a majority of them may be found fa vorable to canal enlargement. Tax Commissioner Sackett Is trying to prove that Omaha's taxes aie low as compared with those of cities of equal .or greater population. Tlie dou ble with Mr. Sackett's estimate Is that he persistently Ignores the notorious fact that the Omaha census of 1S ! > was padded by more than : t5.0ill. ( and the amusing feature of It is that lie gees Tom Cook one better by computing Omaha's present population at iri.s.uoo. On that fictitious basis Omaha , of course , Is paying less taxes pr-.por- Houately , than Chicago and several other leading cities. As a matter of fact , the per capita comparison Is worthless , for the reason that Km men In a clly may own ! ) . " > per cent of all its property , while the other r > per cent. Is owned by tm.lKW. Divided by 100.- ( XX ) , the average per capita ownership would be very respectable , but the as sumption that each individual has a proportionate share of wealth would be delusive. Councilman Stuht claims tbat he ren dered the taxpayers great service in getting Governor 1'oynter to veto the charter amendment bill last year. There Is no doubt Hie defeat of the original bill saved one class of taxpay ers a great deal of money , but it did it by exempting tlio railroads from payIng - Ing city taxes on their terminal grounds and buildings. But , on the other hand , the defeat of the charter amendments has cost the city thousands of dollars in the shape of Interest on warrants which would have been funded at low rates and at the same time crippled the lire and police departments. And More Comforting. 'Chicago Record. The British arc probably too busy to observe - servo that the news' from the Philippines Is quite different. Clilnu'n I.uvlNll Cleveland Plain Denier. China conies down handsomely in Its ef forts' to appease France. U glvca the French commander all the territory he has taken , beheads the viceroy who began the fighting , and pays $100,000 indemnity to the families of the Frenchmen who were killed In the rumpuH. If this isiiM an amende honorable It IB hard to tpU what it is. TiilUlii | < t ( lie Mnrlncx. Kansas CIt'y Stai- . Bryan's declaration at Jersey City that ho was not expecting to bo the democratic nominee and that he was not seeking ofllco Is afair exemplification of the man. The question has often been aekod If Bryan Is sincere. He answered It himself at Jereoy City. It may be asked , "Dots Urynn believe tho. American pcoplo really swallow such stuff as this Jersey City declaration ? " If ho does his attitude on silver and on expansion Is fully explained. Iloi-r lliiUniiN Iliirri'il. Toronto World. A few daya ago a largo number of buttons on which were inscribed "Victory to the Boors , " both in French and English , were seized by the customs ofllcers In Toronto and forwarded to the department at Ottawa. The result has been that the department has sent out n circular to all customs collectors and others Instructing them to be careful of Importations from the company , which Is a firm In New Jersey , and whose name Is given in the circular , but Is left out here. All Importations of the character mentioned arc declared to bo seditious under the cus toms act and are therefore prohibited. Trllnilo Well Hnrnril. Philadelphia Times. ' In presenting a sword nnd a service of plate to Commander Walnrlght the Wash ington pcoplo have glvnn honor where- honor IB well due. In all that splendid fight off Santiago there was nothing liner than the Intrepidity with which the Gloucester , a con verted pleasure yacht , faced the dreaded torpeJo boat destroyers of the Spanish nnd doUloycd them. It was a triumph of Ameri can gunnery , hut It was not the ] eta a tri umph of American imval dtiring. Doubtless another commander would have done the camn thing , hut the occasion came to Wain- right , nnd ho met It fo Hplondldly that his name hus a place accurc uiul unquestioned on the roll of the heroes of Santiago. -T IMCTIO\ : : SIIVXTOHN. IlfNt mill SnfcK * .Volution if n VI\IIK | I'olldfiil I'roli'fiu. Chk'MCo Itccnrd. The existing system of electing United States senators irf conbtantly growing moro unsatisfactory. At the present time four Btutcs Pennsylvania , Delaware , Utah and Callfornla--are deprived of half of their rep resentation In the senate hccauuc of falluro of 103 IE I at u IT is to elect eomttors. The upw- toclc' presented to the nation by I'ennsyl- j vanla nnd Montana in anything but edify- ; Ing. If Quay shall bo scntwl iiml Uiu prcce- I ihtit thus eatabllehoJ that governors may' ' appoint , whcru legislatures fall to elect the I cltuatlon may bo expected lo groxv still ' > Yomo. In that event polltlcIatiE In touch' ' with the governor doubtless will deliberately | plan dcudlockB In order to secure the ap- i pcintment of political fnvoriUw. who , Illco { Quay , may bo very obnoxious to th pcoplo. ' There IB very general ngrermcnt thai thu election of Ecnctora bv popular vote would bn productlvo of much better rruultH In every respect. Not only would boticr men : l > genl to Washington , but the IcgUlntlvo bodies would bo Improved through the removal - ' moval of Influences that nro dcmor.ilizlns ' to them. In order lo bring about the cle - , tioli of senators by popular vote the fcdnal , cbiietltutton must bp amended , a thing very dinicult to accomplish. The attempt ought in be made , however. The hotiso committee on elections ha iccommendud the adoption of a reboluilon leaving It dl3rctloiiary uKh the IcgUilaturoa to continue the present sys tem or to adopt the phui of Uiolco by iho people. It lui expected that lho > house will art favorably on this rreolutlon. but the ruiato Is llki'ly to bo lion lie. I'crhapB If thr general dcolre for reform In this respect wnre made known to the ernalor with more peitflBtcnco they might ! , - Induced to per mit this r reo Hit I on to go lo the males for TH\Y SHOTST Till : KOIMKS. j Detroit Free Pres. : Hullcr Intimates that I Splon's kop would enable his men t > con- , tluot the war upon n higher plane. Philadelphia Times : Though the Kngllsh use hallo n extensively , It Is about the only way they are just tiled In looking down ; on the Hoers. . Ids Hepubllc : When John Hull sat ; down for little game with Oem I'aul ho i failed to notlco what the nun with the ! whiskers had concealed up his nleeve. Haltlmoro American : In regard to the de mand for news In I/e-mlon. General Duller probably sympathizes with the pertinent in quiry of iho famous parrot : "What's the useof talking when you haven't got any thing to My ? " Springfield 'Uepubllcan ' : The war Is costIng - Ing KiiKlnnd about 5.1,000,000 n wccli and It will before long eainpcl a radical in crease In the Income tax. Thin will ho placing the burden \\hcto It belongs. The common people there did not bring on the trouble. Courier-Journal : Headers of the dis patches from South Africa may be able to detect a certain cnnnlstoauy In 'the fact that In a land In which "laager" HnilVes EO ennriilcnousl.v there should bo a like abundance of "kops" and "neks , " lalng and otherwise. Indianapolis Journal : Now that General Sir Gnrnot Woldeley Is held responsible lor all the blunders of the llrltlah army In South Africa , Americans nro Justified In re calling Hint ho wns ono of the critics who sneered at General Ornn1 ! . as the leader of armed mobs , and whoso campaigns , he said , were In violation ot the science of wnr. .NAi , I'oivrmis. The liberal lisa of the Congressional Hec- ord an a medium for campaign documents Indicates that fomebody must rend Hint ponderous publication. Ilctter evidence- than assertion Is needed to convince the people that retiring Consul Macrum is n real Ohio man. Ohio men nro not built on the resigning plan. The question Is , What will Ucv. Shelton do when the story of n scheduled prize light cmi'M In during his wlltorlal encumbency ? Will the report fatten the ofllco cat ? Shall the 057,000 Inhabitants ot Puerto Illcc compel the 75,000.000 people of the United States to spell the name of thc-lr Island in Spanish Instead of English ? U is ( inlto time for Colonel Baden-Powell of Mnfeklng to contribute n proclamation to the gaiety of wnr. The seriousness of the "uncouth enemy" should be shattered some way. way.Mr. . Miller , the New York "financier , " has been located In Canada. The people who Invested In his 620 per cent syndicate have lost their principal but not their Interest In Miller. Speaker Henderson says In a Washington Interview that his new duties are pleasant except that they Interfere with his reading , one of his keenest pleasures. "But I always find time for a newspaper or two , " he adds. Somebody told ex-Speaker Heed the other day of the ? rumor that a western congress man was writing a novel without a woman In It. "It will make about as good reading as the register of a Mills hotel , " said Mr. need. A New Jersey farmer Is prepared to make affidavit that the tails ot a litter of young pigs naturally curl Into the Initials "W. J. B , " 1hci neighborhood considering It an omen that Bryan will surely be the next president. At the same time a Missouri hen Is charged with dropping an egg binnded with the same Initials. But. the roost significant of all signs Is that of Gov ernor Hogg's ostrich , which rubbernecks seas as to form the letters " 16 to I. " If these signs 'fall ' the country l& In hard lines. 1'llODUCTS FIIO.1I COKXSTAMCS. SU-iuly Dureloiuiivut i-.ml Utilization of ! ly-l'roilncN. Milwaukee Sentinel. The building of a large cellulose plant at Uuden , Ind. , $100,000 being spent for its mechanical equipment alone , adds a third to the manufacturing establishments al ready in oxlstcuco for the purpose of con- vttiting cornstalks into valuable commer cial products. Corn pith cellulose Is the most valuable product to bo made , but among thu numerous other articles made from cornstalks arc dynamite and other high explosives , line art paper , varnlBb , kodak films , car-box packing , filler , waterproof cloth , linoleum , Imitation silk , patent leather finish , face powder , glue , etc. The utiliza tion of cornstalks In this new Industry cn- hanciu the value ol' the corn crop very neatly to the farmers. The Indiana concern Is paying from $3.50 to1 per ton for corn stalks thin season , which means from $7 to $12 nil aero to farmers growing corn. It CHII readily be understood that the general Introduction of this industry would bring millions of dollaiu raoro into the pockets of the farmers , for It is estimated that 1(10,000,000 ( tons of cornstalks go to waste every year in this country. It is not likely that moro than a comparatively small amount of this 100,000,000 tons will be luwl now or In the future , as the number of cellulose factories Is necessarily limited by the demand for their product. Corn pith cellulose is used as a lining underneath the armor of battleships , It IB the beat lining known nnd is siiro to bn used by all navlus for thla purpose , but the demand for this purpose will , of course , not mean the utili zation of more than a comparatively small part of our total crop of cornstalks , A .son A i , iii < ; voiiTi ) < > \ . Colony of Ilnc'lu-lorx AKlliili'il It ) ' n ( iroup of Yl'lilHllInu CilrlN. I'hlludolnhlu Times. There are a number of superstitions Hint add coiiHldcrably to the poetry of oxUtenco and as they are harmless the world might possibly bo a loser were it to outgrow them. On the other hand , quito a variety of preva lent beliefs will suggest themselves that done no especial credit Jo the advanced Intelli gence cf the present day , and that could very well bo done without. One of these that has been handed down from time Immemorial Ix to the effect that whistling glrlu and crowing hens are not likely to arrive at as pleasant mi end as may bo tlio rase with tlioKo who do not Indulge In these departures from what ! > / Inference miMl bo taken us the corro.-t rul . The twentieth century Is doubtlcus go.iu to v.'itncBH a multitude of rrvoHitloim In every department of human knowledge ami activity. The ztnttiry which In juut ending liH : not been without lnlliicniT In llils illreu- tlon. but mighty us Ha icliie\eiienu : Irno been In throwing off the bhiukios cf conv.n- tlon and tradition It Is us nothing to tlio pnislbllltUa of the future. And this beln ' the prospect the Kuoncr attention hi cn'lcd I ) the work and preparations made for Us per formance the quicker the blessed light o ! emancipation will dawn upon the wrrld'J way. way.A A pertinent hint on thli : subject ban Ju > t emanated from that fertile source of sos'a' ' revolution , the vcut. Out In Kuneat thu other night there wao it marrhge , and name dozen girl friend , : milled further Ir.lcrout tj Iho delightful offalr by Ahlflllnj ; the wel ding march. 1'ull details of the evnt are j not to hund. but ii U wald that the fair ! musicians looked so attractive an the voul- j ' Inspiring strains of ilic melody ( lowed from their charming lips IUM ! nlroudy several en- { gagcmcntH are mooted a.-1 a consequence. If | thU could bo the roHuli of the Inuovatkn In | a single Instance , by giving the Idea wider j application , in a little while not only mlht i the old superstition fall Into ImrmlcKK driuo- ! tudc , but much might be done In the way of counteracting iho prevalent tcuden-y toward a falling off In marriagie. [ MMIUT UP TIIIJ M'.lllt VHK \ I'HKSS. IrflRh World ; The Omahii lice claims to have found a democrat living In the city j of Omaha who absolutely refused to accept a nomlnntlon on llu > democratic city ticket i thlr year. Wp would like to know to what binnch of democracy this man belongs. Plattsmouth Journal ( dcm. ) : The trans- ' variation Italic was one of the most potent ( factors In bringing about the transfer of the stale government from the republican party to the reformers and when these nocrr- I i tarles persist In emulating tin' example of their republican prcdecwsois they should iccelvo the same condemnation that a re publican would receive. York Times ( rep. ) : If the men known lo bo legislative lobbyist * , and generally believed to be corrupt mil dK'.ionest , pre sent themselves to yon ni candidates for any place of prominence In the party , If you value the Interests of Nebraska. If you wlsb fdr republican success , tell them plainly they must keep In the background. Tell them you are for republican BIICCOSS and not for Fclfiflh t < ? homoH ithnt ruin the parly. Tell them to keep In the background and Rlvo the honept , clean men of the party n ch.inro to mnko a winning light for prin ciple. Albion News : The state law , compelling chlldien between the ngofl of S and II years to nttend school nl leafl twelve weeks In Iho year Is bring enforced by the Hoards of Education In this county. The law Is a JuHt and reasonable one and should bo en forced lu every school district. It Is to bene fit the children whoso parents would rather work the children than educate them , but happily for ttwvH children of Nebraska , their parents are too enuch Interested In their wolf are to make It necessary for the School Honrds to waste much time In looking after their ncgllgpnro in that line. Ord Quiz : If miythlng delights tlio soul of the Quls It is to fee crookcil public offi cials brought to Justice. About the mean est man on earth Is he who will betray the confidence ) of the public irptm-d In him and rob the public funds for the bene fit of himself nnd friends. A little light la being turned onto the methods pursued by the members of the Omaha School Hoard and proof hns been brought against pome of the bribetakers. Several of the sup- puied rc'ntractors with whom the board was dealing turned out to be detect I ves and gave the whole matter away , enuch to the conster nation of tlio offenders. Fnlrbury Knterprlse : This IB the season for holding farmers' institutes. Those ot the present winter seem , judging from the programs , to bo especially sirong and In- tcrcotlng. These meetings are valuable and should be encouraged. In no line of activ ity has thcro been greater improvement In the recent past than In this industry. The farmer who hopes lo keep pace with the times has great need to know what others are doing , what improvements have been made and what the demands of the times are. In no other occupation IB there greater nec.1 for the training of both head nnd hand. I5very portion of the community , too , Is interested in the thrift and success o farm production. Fremont ) 'Herald ( dcm. ) : Three of the leading railroads of the stale , the Burling ton , il\i Rock Island nnd the Elkhorn , have filed a motion with the State Board of Transportation that the carload rate order on the shipment of livestock , issued by the ' board in December , 1897 , be rescinded. The fact has developed that the secretaries of the board waited until January 10 , 1900 , to servo on the railroads of the state the legal and required notlco of the carload rate or der issued in December , 1897. The fact that this notlco was not served sooner was not known until the attorney general went to work to seeure the necessary Information prior to filing suit for damages against the roads for disobeying the order. The board is so overworked in making out vouchers for salaries supposed lo bo earned that wo presume It Is excusable for this Httlo error. Geneva Signal : The making of beet sugar In this section bears souio relation to the tlnplato Industry in Its position before the people. The nntl-rcpubllcan statesmen ol the country agreed pretty unanimously thai the United States could produce neither bcol sugar nor tlnplatc. Time has exploded both assertions. A large , new sugar factory has just been put In operation nt Ames , near Fremont , and nt least a half more bests will bo raised in Nebraska this year than there ever were before. The price will be bet ter also for those raisers who huvo to ship their beets , ns the factories will pay the game prices as last year and In addition will pay all freight charges. Kvory community should encourage beet raising. Only prac tical experience can mnko the work success ful and provo its profit. Geneva can have a factory within the next few years If the farmers about hero will provldo a largo enough acreage of beets. WA.VriaiJ THUI3 MiAIJKHS. One IliinilU-llp IIinItT AVhU-li Xi'liniMliii Iti-nuMU-niiN llnv Ilin l.nliorliiir. Clay Center Sun ( roji. ) Bryan , Allen and Holeomb nro the fusion party of Nebraska. They are absolute dlc- tutorw. Their Ipso dixlt is as powerful and unchangeable us the law of the Medes and Persians. They are the combination that opens the state's political treasure house , emptying Into their own laps the richest of Itn treasures and dealing out the balance as Eccineth good to themselves. Hitchcock dared to have aspirations and lo lift his puny nrm against this all powerful com bination. They humor him for a season that they may gloat over hl coming dis appointment nnd render his grief more poignant when they snatch the cup from his llp , then the word IH epokm nnd his name I * Dennis. How supremely ridiculous It wan for him. to think for n single moment that ho could successfully oppose them. Ambition overruled his better Judgment , or he IH fearfully lacking In political Judg ment that ho Hhould tlnw throw himself under the wheels of the juggernaut. Ho might have thought ho was creating con- elderablo commotion , but In reality It was scarcely n ripple , anil lit u wnid from the leader of the trio there was n great calm. In that Heir-jmmo hour Hitchcock came to lilu senses and wept because of unrequited ambition. The HUCCCW of mo fusion parly li largely duo to the power and .shrewd ness of this trio. They bay to this iiuin , Do ! jnd he goclh ; to that one , Come ! and ho coincth ! Where , oh , where , ere uch leaders In the rupuUIIcmi party ? Kcho nnnivcr.i where ? Indeed , lli republican party iif N'chnuka lias been without skilled leadership for a number of yearn. In this time rf | U need ihere has been a grand opportunity for ono wJ-n could take the reins , Hubjugalo thi- kickers , encourage the faithful cnco nnd bring them all to pull toccther. High and lasting honors awaited Jiich nil one , but ho wn.s not foithcomlns. The party haa been and Is yet sully $ lack- 1113 In organization. Thu fuslcn gun i tdghird by olMllcd gunnera and the sliot KLCS direct to the mark. The republican flicarm Is handled hy plPkup.1 , loaded Im- prporly , aimed Imperfectly and when fired scatters awfully. 15vcn now , while thp re publican party Is fulling to lake advantage < f Ito opportunlllfH. the opposition U skill fully laying the wlroa for next year's cam paign , taking possession of every vantage gr'und und their sroiilu are alert and HC- . live. Throe uuch bold and daring lejdera In the republican party an iho above mentioned leudriH > il the nppLfcltlon would work won der * . 'And ' nl'ouid they bu uu nnncriijmloiu It would bo in bur to tuccem , for fuels ter.ch u that the moral code has no per manent nbldlug place in aui-t-cjmful politics. Leaders nro born lo tliv position and are about ae ecarce as lieu o teeth , Let us hop * that ono may be raised up tipecilily ( n N > brnska to restore the republican party 10 Us lost estate. A MimiTV I'lCIIO.MIOl.i : . \Vln-rc To MI of rnnuroKxIonnt DOOM- inentN AnI , < IK ( Slulil Of. Now York Sun. During the first twenty-one working ilays of the present session of congress there were Introduced Into the fetialo nnd house S 711 l.llls nnd joint resolutions , 2t 7 In the ponate and 0,351 In the hoimc. At the end of another week of work MIR days , that Is to say , on Krlilny Inst. th < > total had been swollen to more ihan n. : > oi > , At the present tlmo It undoubtedly exceeds 10.000 nnd yet the long session has scarcely moro than begun. The corresponding session of the Kifty. first congress , ton yearn nfio. ran until oj. tober 1. At that time tlio volume of ma terial for legislation had Inerensed so enormously beyond past experience ilmt the total of 17,018 bills and resolutions imrn. ilticed during the entire session of beiv\pca nlnn nnd ton months seemed stupendous Twenty years ago the corresponding si < w- slon ot the Fort } -sixth congress ran until July 1. The total o' measures Introdui-od nt both ends of the cnpltol for the six months was JUDO , or les than one-third of the grist of the first nix week of the present ses sion. Theoretically every ono of these 10,000 peparalo measures of proposed legislation , nnd everyone of the tens of thoucands more which will accumulate bcforo adjournment , are entitled to careful consideration t every successive Btngo in the regular course of ptocedure. They nro entitled to examination by the committee to which they may be re ferred , to a report , favorable or otherwise , to the senate or house , ns the case may be , to discussion and an opportunity for amend ment , nnd , finally , to a vote which Hhall cither reject the bill or send It to the presi dent for the last step In the proccas of en actment. Yet In practice \inder the limitations of physical possibility blessed Is the plgeou- hole ! iKJHTiit Detroit Journal : It wns the eve of her wedding day , nd for the last time \ veen lured to warn her ngalast a hurried mur rlngo. "Oh. yes. " she replied , with n bright smile , "I have expressly cautioned the or ganist about the tempo ! " Chicago lleeord : "What's n lawyer1" ' "A lawyer In n man who can mnko othf > r people pay him for making- them do ns ho tolls them. " Somervlllo Journal : Miss Plalnfaro I should like to look nt some hand mirrors. Clerk Yea. ma'am. For yourself , ma'am" Sun Francisco Kxamlner : Uramhlc I wish my wife hadn't tnken In Hint course of locturcH on "First Aid to the Injured. " Thorno Why ? Hrnmblc She scorns to think I ought to break my arm or something , Just to glvn her a chance lo show what she has learned. Somorvllle Journal : Hicks We are nils Inga little fund to buy Ujohn. on n present Wouldn't you like to contribute something to It ? " Wicks I'll contribute J10 toward buying Bjohnson n tombstone. Chicago Vest : "What Is of the first im portance in starting u paper ? " naked tlm young man who thought he wan cut out for a journalist. "Money , " replied the veteran editor. "And whnt is of the next Importance ? " "More money. " Washington Star : "A man somctlmcM thinks he'H having his own way when ho Iq really doing what his wife planned for him. " "Yes , " answered the mild-eyed philoso pher , "many a ono IhlnkH ho'n nn autocrat when he IH merely an automaton. " Detroit Journal : Wife Did you toll tlm cook plainly that she and I can no longer llvo In the name house ? Husband Yes. Wife I suppose she wns defiant. Husband On the contrary , she offprs to draw cuts to see who goes. Chicago Tribune. : The educated Indian , Trcsh from Carlisle , had returned to visit the trlbo of his fathers. In silence , as the braves sat around thn wood llro In the center of the tepee , the calumet was passed to him , "Individual pipes , please , " ho said1. SAKK TO 'WAIT. ' Somervlllo Journal , Her heart Is mine ! How do I know ? Why , it's as plain us diiy. Whenever who sees me approach She turns the other way. She always looks Indifferent AVlicnever I begin To speak In prnlso of other girls Kill oh ! she tnkcs It In ! If by some chance I touch her hand Khc- shows no sudden thrill , Hut then bor paleness plainly prove < The exercise of will. Her heart Is mine ! How ilo I know" Why , all her autlons sny Shr > worships me and so f guess I won't propose today ! AOL'TtUt.Vi : . 'he night Is still. In tit fill gleams 'he moonllglit thro' the window streams , low eold without you my world seoms. iut soon 'twill glow 'iii'iilli brighter beams , , Iy heart IH tuned to lutpplor themes , "or yon are with me , In my drrums. I.Ol'lS KHHDINANO UHIINHAHDT It Is Not Easy. . . . . To balance the conflict ing claims of all the adver tisers nowadays. You must know the stores to determine which one is telling the truth. We , Browning , King & Co. , among the very oldest manufacturers of fine cloth ing , as well as the largest , respectfully present our claims to your serious con sideration. We of'r ( you the best clothing we know how to make for men and boys all the time. Just now we have some special suits in breast sizes 34 and 35 that we place att a very reduced rate. ' $12.50 suits , in sizes men tioned at
