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THE OMAHA DAILY UEE: THURSDAY, XOVEMBEE 20, 1000.
The umaha Daily Bee.
13. ROSBWATER. Editor.
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STATEMltCNir"oi.;rCIRCULATION.
State of Nebrujkn, Douglas County, ss.:
Oeorgn B. Tzschuck, secrefarv of The Bco
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that the actual number of full and
complete coplps of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Boo printed during tho
uiuiiiu 01 uciooer. vjw, was as ioiiuwb
1 UT.iiifO
2 iff,01
I 2h,:i:io
17 27,-WO
18 7,:iun
10 27,470
20 27,070
21 2M.4UO
22 2H.7HO
23 2M.700
24 UtMI.VI
25 t,o:io
26 SIO.BWO
27 HO.IliO
28 as,i:i5
29 :5,i:i
10 H0.77O
31 UO.DMO
4 27,1110
6 liH.ntHI
8 ::r ,1MIO
7 I!7,110
8 27,4:10
9 stT.nuo
10 SI7.4NO
II U7.r,2
12 i!7.:i70
13 UT,I20
1I....1 211,720
15 27,400
16 27,!I70
Total
8N2.71"
Less unsold and roturncd copies,,.. li.NU
Net totm sales W70.M7H
Net dally average 2H.ni2
OEOItaB B. TZBCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before, mo this llrst dn7 of November. A.
D. 1900. M. B. HUNG ATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
What would ThnijkHRlvlHK bo without
turkey?
Now for the annual feast of foot ball
uid turkey.
Tho man with tho chrysanthemum
hair Is In perihelion today.
Tho fact that Chicago speculators are
short on corn docs not worry the Ne
braska farmer a bit. Ills cribs are full
nnd he does not core how high the price
Is forced.
The odlclol llgures of Iowa's election
make McKInloy's mnjorlty In tho Hawk
eye state 1)8,413. That Is close enough
to the 100,000 mnrk to satisfy the most
fastidious.
A committee of llfteen has undertaken
the task of purifying New York. The
task Imposed upon Hercules was as
nothing compared with that of this
committee.
Omaha women have just been cdlfled
by a lecture from ono of tho pioneers of
dress reform, so we muy bo on the look
out for tho projection of novelties In
feminine nppurel at any moment.
Mnskcd bank robbers have cleaned
out a little Illinois bank to the tune of
5-1,000. The masked bandit Is not in
it with tho slippery bank clerk who
docs the business by juggling book bal
ances. Another reason for which wo have
cause to give thnnkn Is thnt more peo-
plo are able to regale themselves with
turkey slneo republican prosperity has
set In thnu during the hard times thnt
preceded.
The city of Kearney, Neb., has had
more bad luck than auy other commu
ultv In tho state, tho ruluutton of Its
power plant by flood from Its iirtlllcinl
lake capping tho cllmnx. Kearney ought
to change its luck.
Nebraska fuslontsts ovldeutly had all
of Kdmlsten's advice they wanted
, during tho campaign and arc not In
clined to take tip with his governorship
contest scheme. They burned their
lingers once before with ono of Kilinls
tun's recounts.
At last the dual remuunt of the city
ball construction fuud, consisting of
$10.11, Is to be transferred to the geu
cral fuud ami used for tho current ex
penses of the city. That city hall con
Btruetlon fund could tell several stories
If the figures could talk.
Tho activity of tho troops in China
whenever It Is rumored there Is trims
ure to bo found might ct'ento the as
sumption that it was loot rather than
Justice tho allied powers wero seeking.
Tho United, States has done Itself credit
In withdrawing from those later opera
tlons.
With nil duo respect to the scleutlflc
character qf thq alleged glove contests
thnt are being held In this city The llee
suggests that they are closely akin to
the ordinary prize light and that a halt
should bo called upon them. Omuha Is
not anxious to achieve a reputation as a
center of pugilistic Industry.
Outgoing fusion state o Ulcers are said
to liu planning to devote their energies to
vurlous enterprises In Indian Territory
Would they not show tholr gratitude to
tho people of Nebraska, who have cov
ered them with honors and emoluments,
If they devoted their attention to the do
Yclopmeut of their owu state?
Under tho present legislative nppor
tlomneut Douglas, couuty has twelve
members as against Lancaster's seven.
On tho basis of tho new census Douglas
couuty would have seventeen members
us against Lancaster's eight. Till
would bo more like It In point of com
punitive population ami vealth.
Tho figures complied by tho Stnto
Bureau of Statistics show thnt during
tho past year Nebraska sold outside
Its borders products of the farm to the
mouut of S173.cM0.207. Nebraska has
been doing well durlun tho past few
years nnd Is rapidly Increnslng Its lnl
unco ou tho right side of tho ledger.
TitAXKsaivisa.
In lils ThnnksRlvliic; proclnnintlon
President McKlnley pointed out tho
blessings with which tlic nntlon lins
been favored during tho past year.
Tho harvests have been abundant;
labor and the great Industries of the
people have prospered! our commerce
has spread over the world; we have
extended our power and Influence In tho
cause of freedom and enlightenment
over distant seas nnd lands; tho works
of religion nnd charity have everywhere
been manifest.
Rarely have the American people had
moro or better reasons for thanksgiving.
Since the last observance of this dny
wo have niado honorable progress along
all lines. The nation Is greater In
both material and moral power than n
year ago. Its Inlluenco In behalf of
those things that make for the better
ment of mankind has grown and brond-
encd. There has been n splendid vin
dication of tho Integrity nnd patriotism
of tho people, giving renewed assur
ance of tho security of our free Institu
tions. Tho prldo of Americans In their
otintry Is stronger than over, ns Is also
their faith In a future of oven more
wonderful achievement than has al
ready been realized. There Is still a
great work to be done for the correc
tion of evils nnd abuses nnd tho
amelioration of unfortunate social
conditions, but there can bo no doubt
that there Is a steady Improvement In
the social life of our people a more
general aspiration for those things that
are uplifting nnd clcvutliig.
This annual expression of n nation's
gratitude Is an Inspiration to all that
Is best In human nature. It especially
brings an awakening of that sentiment
which Is too little cultivated by most of
us the sentiment of gratitude. In Its
social aspect Thangsglvlng Dny Is the
most gracious of tho year In Its restlvlty
nnd Its hospitality, nnd while there
may be some excesses the social ob
servance of the ocenslou Is on tho
wholo beneficent In Its effect and In
fluence. DOUOLAS COUNTY'S HKl'tlVSEXTATION.
Under tho constitution of Nebraska It
devolves upon the coming legislature to
make a new apportionment of legislative
representation nmong the various coun
ties in the state. Tho platform adopted
by the republican state convention
pledges the republican mnjorlty to make
this apportionment on the basis of the
census of 11)00 "that will accord fair nnd
equal representation to the people In all
sections of tho state." Although tho
publication of tho detailed census llg
ures by counties leaves considerable lat
itude to the lawmakers in the makeup
of different legislative districts where
two or more counties must be Joined to
gether, tho number of senators and rep
resentatives to be nccorded to Douglas
county Is u plain problem In arithmetic.
Tho population of this couuty Is given
at 140,590, while the population of the
state is 1,008,531). With 100 members
of the house anil thirty-three members
of the senate, which Is the maximum
number under the constitution, the pop
ulation required for each representative
Is 10,085 nnd for ench senator 32,085. By
process of division this gives Douglas
couuty thirteen members of tho house
nnd four members of the seuntc, with
tho possibility of nn additional repre
sentation In the sennto in tho shape of a
float with some neighboring county.
Tho Douglas delegation, therefore,
nftci this year should consist of not
less thnu seventeen members, instead of
twelve members, as nt present, or a little
moro than one-eighth of the entire legls
laturc. Not until tho now apportion
ment will It havo a voice In tho legls
lature commensurate with Its share of
tho state's population and Its coutribu
tlou to tho state's wealth. The refusal
of the legislature of 181)1 to reapportion
tho legislative districts has kept Omaha
and Douglns county out of their due
representation for ten years, and they
have a right to expect this Injustice to
l)e remedied at the hands of the iucom
lug legislative body.
VAXKIXO 1WFOKMS UHOED.
The annual report of the comptroller
of the currency makes some Important
recommendations regarding tho national
banks. Ono of theso relates to the loan
Ing of money to directors nnd other
bank olllcluls. Ho urges that a restric
tion should be placed by law upon such
loans and the substantial reason for this
Is found In the fact Unit on Juno 'JO last,
the date of the comptroller's cull for a
statement of condition from the banks,
out of 'J8.700 directors 18,531 wero di
rectly or indirectly Indebted to national
banks under their management. It Is
also pointed out that sixty-two bank
failures were caused In tho past year
by loaus to bank olllclals, or 17 per cent
of the total for that period. The aggre
gate sum owed by theso olllclals ex
ceedod ?20'-000,000, or moro than 32 per
cent of the capital stock of the national
bunks.
Tho comptroller thluks theso facts
show clearly the great Importance of ad
dltlonal restrictions nud safeguards
around thcbc loans and ho recommeuds
the passage of tho bill Introduced nt tho
last session of congress, which provides
that no national bank shall loan to its
otllcers or employes until tho proposl
tlou for tho loan shall havo been sub
mltted In writing to and npproved by
tho directors or executive committee
It further provides thnt the directors
may tlx by resolution tho limit of credit
to a director and within this limit the
executive olllcers may loan to director
without other action by the board. Un
less tho limit of credit has been thus
Used un application for a loan by a dl
rector must bo In writing, npproved by
two other directors.
Tho report says: "In formulating pro
visions of law restricting loans to exec
utivo otllcers and directors, it Is lmpor
taut not to make them so unreasonable
as to drivo from such service tho active,
responsible nud honest business men of
tho country. Tho problem Is to devise
such restrictions for tho safety of tho
depositors u.8 will discourage. Improper
loaning to directors while not Injuring
tho depositors by discouraging to too
great nn extent tho assumption of the
duties of bank directorship by tho no-
tlve and responsible members of tho
business community. 1'rlmnrlly, tho
law should have In view the safety of
tho depositors." Another recommenda
tion Is that tho law bo so amended In
regard to reserve funds ns to require tho
banks to keep more money In their
vaults. Tho provision of law authoriz
ing banks In tho smaller reserve cities
to .keep ouo-hnlf of their lawful money
reserve In balances In central reserve
cities tho comptroller thinks should be
repealed.
These recommendations show that
there Is still opportunity for reform and
Improvement In the national unim sys
tem nnd there will be no bettor tlmo
than the present to correct whntever
faults there nre and to Increase the
safeguards to depositors, whose inter-
sts, ns Comptroller Dawes jwlnts out.
the law should have primarily lit view.
WHY OMAHA SHOULD Vtl Tl I A CiKvUlj.
Omaha has special reasons to give
tlinnks this year: .
Because tho census ninn did not take
all Its population away.
Because those auditorium bricks are
promised ss soon ns tho kiln can bo
hented.
Because It saved the dny for the re
publican state ticket.
Because Mayor Moorcs continues to
hang his starry flag from tho city hall
window.
Becnuso Ak-Sar-Bcn has nearly $10,000
ns a nest-egg In his treasury.
Because there are still a few keys to
tho city left.
Because Its police court Is no longer
ndvertlsed as tho vagrants' paradise.
Because tho new High school building
already boasts a cornerstone In the right
place.
Because It has In Tho Beo tho most
reliable and best newspaper published
In tho whole western country.
DEATH OF SEXATOll DAVIS.
In tho death of Senator Davis of Min
nesota the country lias lost an experi
enced and ablo statesman. Eminent ns
u luwyor, thoroughly famlllnr with pub-
lie affairs nnd especially well-informed
ns to our foreign relations, Mr. Davis
was one of the most valuable members
of the United States senate. As chair
man of the committee on foreign re
lations he Is said to have been the only
member of tho committee thoroughly
familiar with the treaties awaiting
action by the senate. Theso aro the
Hay-l'auncefoto treaty, tho Kronch rec
iprocity treaty and the treaty with tho
Argentine Republic.
Mr. Davis, it has ben stated, was
the only member of tho committee on
foreign relations who laid mastered tho
complicated details nnd could explain
tho effect upon our commerce nnd in
ternational relations of tho ratlllcntlon
of those various conventions. Hence
he was. so far as our foreign relations
ire concerned, perhaps tho most Impor
tant man In the senate nnd will bo
missed by thnt body nt this time ns
few others would be, particularly in
vlow of the fnct that It Is hardly pos
ulble during n single session for any
member of the committee to famlllar-
zo himself with tho Intricate manifesta
tions of the provisions of tho reciprocity
treaties.
The death of Cushmnn K. Davis is,
therefore, a national los3, while Min
nesota Is deprived of the services of
Its most distinguished citizen and the
republican party of ono of tho ablest
and stnunchest advocates of Its prin
ciples nnd policies.
Tho Nebraska census figures present
some Interesting fncts concerning tho
state. Tho most notable ono Is that
every county which contains a town
which In 1800 wns struggling for the
honor of being tho "third city" shows
either a decrease or only n trifling In
crease. It remained for the smaller
towns nnd tho agricultural section to
hold up tho position of the state. An
other section which shows a decrease
Is tho sandhill country, which Is now
given over altogether to stock rnlRlng,
while ten years ago deluded people
wore attempting to convert It Into
farms. Nebraska Is now down n tub
on Its own bottom and ten years from
now will show Its true rate of Increase,
The Georgia court in winch wns
resurrected tho doctrine of stntes rights
Is reopening a question which can do
the south no good. Whatever stum
bllng blocks havo m recent yenrs been
placed In the way of a complete wiping
out of the sectional feeling engendered
by tho wnr have been tho work of tho
south itself. Tho stntes rights issue
was settled once for all nnd not oven
the supremo court of Georgia can bring
It to life ngaln.
.Tnpnn has tried the experiment of
having some wnr ships built In this
country nnd is so well pleased that It
has sent over experts to vlow the lntest
Improvements since then with n vlow
of ordering more. If you want the
best and most up-to-date mechanical ap
pllauces, from a sewing machine to n
man-of-war, the United States Is the
place to corao for thorn.
An nttorncy una just been formnlly
ndmltted to practice In tho federal court
who hns been trying eases there for
twenty years past only to discover that
ho had never been legally qualified to
practice there. This Is In contrast with
those who havo been admitted for
twenty years and never hud a case to
try.
After scrutinizing tho election figures
tho Knnsus City Star gently Insinuates
"that tombstones, old hotel registers
nnd old city directories did their full
duty In arriving at tho grand totnl of
St. Joseph's population." If nn Omaha
paper Indulged Itself us caustically It
would bo nccused of sour grapes.
llrncliiK Liberty. '
Bt. Louis Republic.
While France Is shouting "Vive la
Llberte" In wolcomo of Paul Krugor It
might not be Inapt for tho American gov
ernment to replace somo of the rusted
struts nnd trusses in the Liberty statue la
Thanksgiving in Manila
Lestlo's
Every regiment or every bnttallon that Is
tatloned In tho city will havo its forenoon
ptogram of athletic events boxing, wrest
llrg, running and tho like. In tho lato after
noon there will bo a band concert on the
Luneta. Canteens will bo strictly closed;
tho saloons, too, will bo legally shut up,
but thoro aro always men who will risk
conflict with tho law for tho sako of pander
ing to holiday thirst, By early evening tho
oldters will bo In their quarters ngaln, nt
the various cuartels, or olso will run tho
risk of trouble with tho guard.
Undo Sam's lighting men in tho Philip
pines will havo a chanco to buy turkeys
cold-storago birds killed months boforo In
tho states. Thero will bo tinned cranberries
on sate at the commissary depots, with all
tho ordinary vegetables, also In tins. Undo
Sam supplies neither tho turkeys, nor tho
cranberries as rations, but ho furnishes his
soldiers no liberally with tho plain articles
of food that they aro ablo to dlsposo of tho
New York harbor to elevate Its sinking
arm to a posturo of enlightenment.
Both.
Boston Globe.
Is mind or tnusclo to becomo tho para
mount lssuo In theso United States?
Poor Old Deiiincrncy.
Washington Post.
Mr. Bryan traveled all tho way from Lin
coln to Chicago to confer with two former
republicans concorntng tho future of the
democratic party.
KiioiirIi for EincrKcticlcN.
Minneapolis Journal.
Tho Nebraska legislature now shows a re
publican majority of nine. That Is a good
orklng majority even If two or three are
took sick" at tho critical moment.
IllKlit Kind qf Uxpuuslon.
Cleveland Leader.
American manufacturers aro now said to
bo Invading the markets of South Africa, In
splto of British competition. That Is a kind
expansion to which Americans cannot
bject.
McKlnley' Tawei-liiir Strenutli.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
McKInloy's popular plurality Is unofficially
estimated at 850,000, tho largest ovor re
ceived by a presidential candidate. Thoro
Is a largo falling off In tho nggrcgato of
outhcru democratic pluralities.
If He Would Pu- Up.
Indianapolis News.
Tho sultan might, perhaps, refuse to allow
an American consul at Harpoot with better
graco If he had paid that little bill, now
many years ovcrduo, for the destruction by
a mob of American property In that region.
Another Jcreinlnli.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Senator Teller has emerged from his cavo
of gloom long (enough to roltcrnto his faith
In tho futura of freo coinage which Is per
fectly natural In tho nature of his environ
ment but he has very llttlo faith In tho
future of any other question Involving tho
welfaro of tho country. However, there
havo been other Jeremiahs In the past who
havo lived to see their doleful prognostica
tions conio to naught.
What Mlicht Hnve Been.
New York World.
It Is really distressing to learn from
Lord" Rosobcry's. address that a slight cir
cumstance might have avorted tho revolu
tion nnd left us all subjects of a real sov
ereign, with a real court and n real aris
tocracy. The thought Is enough to cast
a cloud of glodm 'over society, but then
thoro Is a possibility that if Lord Roso
bery's dream had been an actuality the ex
isting Four Hundred might not bo In it.
A Clime or n IIIcnkIiik.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Tho Philippine Islands will bo a curso to
tho United States If their Inhabitants do
not acquire an attachment to American
Institutions and loyalty to tho American
flag. Thoro is but one way In which this
attachment and loyalty can ever arise, and
that Is by an Identity of commercial In
terests. If they are not ono people with
us, they will Inevitably dcslro to becomo
ono pcoplo by themselves, and can only bo
hold In subjection by American garrisons.
If wo did not want, them In order that they
might In tlmo becomo asslmtlatod Into our
body politic, wo should never havo taken
them at all.
LINCOLN'S MERCIFUL DISPOSITION.
AiiilinxHiiilor Cliontc's Conclimlonii
Shown to lie HxiiKKcratcil.
Portland Oregonlan.
Ambassador Choate, In his recent fine
address on "Abraham Lincoln," delivered
at Edinburgh, exaggerated tho merciful,
philanthropic side of tho great statesman
to a degree that Implied gross oxecutlvo
weakness, Lincoln was merciful when he
could safely blend Justice with mercy. He
was not merciful, but hard as flint, when
ho thought mercy would mar Justice. When
Gcrdon, the captain of a Blavo trader, was
tried and convicted In Boston and sen
tenced to death as n pirate Lincoln was
In vain pleaded with to commute his death
sentence, ho sternly refusing. President
Jackson promptly pardoned tho captain of
a slavo trader who was sentenced to death
In Boston, but Lincoln would not do It.
When tho confodorato firebug, Kennedy,
who tried to burn New York City, waB
convicted and sentenced to death, Lincoln
refused to comrauto his sentence, and ho
was equally Inflexible In other cases where
men wero captured oxecutlng acts of war
aftor gottlng within our lines In thq dress
of spies. Lincoln as an executlvo never
nbused tho pardoning power as grossly as
many othor presidents who had small repu
tation for merciful temper. Thoro was a
very stern side to Lincoln's nature His
rrorcy never ucgenoraieu imo auusiug
powor on tho sldo of mercy. Ho was not
gentle or lovable at all whon his senso of
Justice waB offended. Ho was a man who
clearly believed that thoro wero times
when he did well to ho angry, as ins stem
rebukes of Hooker, Meado and other unsat
isfactory gonerals in his official corre
spondence uttcsts. Ho was benovolcnt nnd
philanthropic, but his predominant quamy
was his lovo of Justlco and truth, and no
public man who Is truo to Justice and truth
can always bo merciful.
As an executive, Lincoln probably never
pardoned a man Justly convicted of murdor
or theft. Ho pardoned ono or two soldiers,
raw country volunteers, for sleeping on
picket post. Ho pardoned a few young
ilepirtors who he bolloved haQ been de
moralized by reading Vallandlglmm's
si.teches commending the example of de
sertion from the union ranks and inspiring
Eoldlers with discontent and disloyalty. Ho
pardoned somo other youthful deserters
who he was persuaded did not, through
Ignoranco and military Inexporlonco, appro
clato tho enormity of tholr offenso. Ho did
not pardon any "bounty Jumpers" sen
tenced to death, nor any soldier old enough
In years and military oxperlenco and serv
Ico to bo fairly hed responsible for his
acts. There has been a great deal written
about Lincoln that Is romance, and tho
popular Impression that ho Invariably In
terfered to prevent the shooting of de
sorters Is without foundation. Ho did not
Interfere in somo cases when ho seemed
to have just ground for clemoncy, but thero
were hundreds of cases where he refused
to Interfere, and in the cases of men who,
to obtain a largo bounty, enlisted, then
deserted, enlisted again for another bounty,
and were finally caught and sentenced to
death, Lincoln never interfered.
Weekly.
surplus and thus establish "company funds."
It Is out of these funds that tho cold-storago
turkeys and tinned cranberries will bo
bought. Visiting soldiers from "up tho
lino" will havo to "pay tholr chow" In somo
favored company mess, or else have to do
pend on a comrado's Invitation, As tho
evening cool follows dark tho men will sit
out In the cuartel courts or on tho parades
and talk about well, tho things that soldiers
generally talk about.
For thoso garrisoned In tho cities or who
aro ablo on account of "good conduct" to
get Into a town of considerable sire, tho day
will pass pleasantly enough. With tho men
actually engaged in tho flold against an
agile foo Thanksgiving will bo a different
affair. Tho dny's menu for them will bo:
Dreakfast coffeo, bacon and hardtack;
dinner a fow gulps of water; supper they
will be lucky who do not got Mauser bullctB
for that meal.
BO.MI3 INCOMINO APPOINTISKS.
Wood Itlver Interests: Thero Is a swarm
of hungry pap-suckers bcficlglng tho nowly
elected stnto ofllcers. Theso officers should
soo to It that nono but clean and worthy
men bo appointed nnd that a lot of tho old
party barnacles and Incompetents bo glvon
tho marblo heart.
North Platto Tribune: Thero Is talk
that Norrls Drown of Kearnoy will bo ap
pointed deputy nttorncy goneral and It is
not too much to say that If ho desires tho
place It should bo given him without hos
ltnncy. Ho Is a bright lawyer, an honor
ablo man and his republicanism has novcr
been questioned.
TccumBch Chieftain: Governor-elect C.
II. Dietrich has appointed Hon. H. C.
Lindsay of Pawneo City ns lilv private
secretary and tho latter has accepted tho
appointment. No better cholcu tor tho po
sition could havo been mado. Mr. Llndsny
Is tho chairman of tho stato republican
commltteo and In that capacity won a
brilliant victory. Ho was not an applicant
for the secretaryship, tho honor coming
to him without solicitation.
Kearney Huh: Tho policy of Govcrnor
olcct Dietrich with referonco to his ap
pointments Is quite different from that of
his predecessor. Dlotrlch makes up hU
fmlnd quickly, lets tho public Into tho se
cret, cuds tho heartache and scheming of
scores of aspirants nnd Is getting tho
ground cleared up Just as rapidly as pos
sible It advance of his Inauguration and
tho meeting of tho legislature, to lcavo his
tlmo unhampered as far as may bu fur
the pressing duties of tho first tow months
of his term. Poyntcr, on tho other hand,
was never able to decide or to remain of
tho same mind, hence was hnrasscd and
beset on every sldo and gavo satisfaction
to no person.
Auburn Post: It Is understood that Chair
man H. C. Lindsay Is to bo Governor-elect
Charles II. Dietrich's private secretary.
This Is a well merited selection and shows
that Governor Dietrich proposes to select
porsons fitted for tho positions which they
nro to All. Now that all doubt Is removed
tho republicans will come Into com
ploto control of tho state on tho first of
January next. Tho victory has been won
by such a small margin that it behooves
tho republicans to give tho Btato an eco
nomical businesslike administration. This
will restore confidence In the minds of the
voters of tho business ability of the re
publicans and It will give them a hold on
tho people thnt tho antl-rcpubllcan forces
cannot shako off.
Norfolk News: Tho news of tho appoint
ment of Dr. Teal will bo read with pleasuro
by many Norfolk people to whom tho su-
pertntendent-to-bc Is well known. Dr. Teal
mado Norfolk his homo for several years
and wns graduated from the Norfolk High
Bcliool in tbo class of 1892. Slneo com
pleting his medical course ho has been lo
cated at Omaha nnd has been rapidly forg
ing to tho front In tho ranks of his pro
fession. Although a young man ho has
shown nn ability In his calling that might
no envied by men of more mnturo yenra.
His friends nre ready to predict without
hesitation that under Dr. Teal's manage
ment the Norfolk Hospital for tho Insano
will becomo a model Institution and that
tho patients will recelvo the best caro and
attention possible.
Fremont Herald (dem.): There Is never
evil without good. No matter how demo
crats ns party men may look at the result
of tho cloctlon, In rome respects nt loast, tbo
stato win not suffer from tho success of
Mr. Dietrich. At least It makes possible
to uso the professional knowledge and mar
velous medical skill of Dr. J. L. Green of
University Place. As a specialist In norv
ous diseases Nebraska has never In any
respect possessed his equal. He has had
experience In Insano hospitals, bolntr as
sistant physician both nt Norfolk and Lin
coln. Ho Is a pronounced rrmiMinn,, nn,i
has no hesitancy In expressing his views.
Evon then, and knowing his strong party
Inclinations, Governor Holcomb sought his
sorvlcos ns first assistant physician. HIb
pro-eminent fitness would allow tho ap
pointment of no one elso. Ill health pro
vented his long continuance nt the Lin
coln asylum Uut his ability and loyalty to
mu nibuiuuon was novor questioned.
PI3HSONAL POINTI3HS.
North Dakota pcoplo want their old law
that granted "divorces while you wnlt
back again. It was a great thing for hotels
and stores.
Bishop Potter of New York donlores thn
decline of homo cooking nnd expresses sor
row for tho coming of what ho calls tho
"tinned" era.
Iloscoo Conkllng I3ruco, tho son of tho lain
colored united mates Senator Uruco, will
be tho head Harvard debater this year In
the debate with Yale next month.
A competont refcreo has reported that
tho services of a New York lawyer In a
case for which tho disciple of Ulackstone
put In a bill for $17,000 wero nctually worth
no more than $300.
Charles Francis Adams says that Win
chester, Mass., has "within Its limits more
natural beauty and a higher avorago of civ
ilization than any other placo" in that sec
tion of New England.
The plnguo cost the city of Glasgow somo
$5,000,000, though thero wero only twenty-
eight cases In all. Tho cost was Incident
to the sanitary precautions which the city
was forced to takb after tho plague ap
pearcd.
A Colorado report Is to tho effect that
thero have been sovonty-threo murders
committed In Denver and vicinity since tho
repeal of tho stato capital punishment law,
Of the murderers but nlno havo rocelved
sontonces of life imprisonment.
Tho Havana Post sings a tuneful editorial
song about the charms of November In
Cuba. "Hero we sit In offices and dwell
lngs," says tho Post, "with doors openj wr.
walk the streets with porsplratlon and use
fans to cool our temples, while the people
of the north aro hurrying from homes to
offices and from offices to homes In order
to enjoy tho atmosphere of woll warmod
rooms," Granted. How much better,
though, is the Invigorating air of winter,
which, stimulating' every muscle, tones the
system to greater action and produces re
suits Impossible where summer Is n con
tinuous performance. Perpetual summer
Is just the thing for physical cripples or
as a preparation for future ordeals, but
an Omaha winter, with Its calms and
blasts, sunshine and clouds, Is, In com
parison, a priceless tonic (or live people.
UNCOMMONLY STRONG.
Oakland (Cnl.) Enquirer.
Kdward Hosowater, editor of
The Omaha Hoc, Is mentioned us
a iwsslblo senator from Nebrnskn,
since the republicans nro known
to have the mnjorlty In the legis
lature, and nro supposed to be
looking for avullablo timber.
HoBewutor is nn uncommonly
strong, Independent nnd fearless
man, and his election would glvo
Nebraska the right kind of repre
sentntlve In tho United States
senate; but no editor accepts pub
lie olllce without losing somo of
Ills Independence, nnd Mr. Hose
water Is probably of more value
to tho country whore ho Is than bo
would bo even In tho sennto of
the United States.
PIlGSIDUVr M'Kl.M.KY'S SPKKCII.
Baltimore American: If there nro any
nutl-lmpcrlallsts left they should make a
careful itudy of President McKInloy's Phila
delphia speech.
Washington Post: It seems to us that in
his speech at tho banquet of tho Phila
delphia Union League club last Saturday
night Mr. McKlnley was nt his best. Ho
was tho patrlotto thinker nnd philosopher,
tbo humano apostle, tho elenr-eyed states
man with whom tho country has boon
familiar all theso years nnd whom the poople
havo come to lovo and trust as, since the
days of Lincoln, they havo loved and trusted
no other president.
Indianapolis Press: If President Mc
KInloy's rpcech nt tho Union lenguo banquet
in Philadelphia Is to bo taken ns the key
noto of his next administration and that
would seem to bo Its significance tho
country has cnuso for congratulation. Fully
nwnre. as ho was, of "tho danger of cx-
aggregatlon on any occasion of exultation
over a political victory," ho avoided that
danger by an address, rcmnrkablo for Its
sobriety, Its dignity and Its cvldcnco of
the president's patriotic sense of the great
osponsiblllty imposed upon him by uis re
election. ,
New York Times: All voters of rensona-
blo nnd humane disposition will bo gratified
that tho president puts most prominently
nmong tho things for which ho feels that
ho has received tho authority of tho people
"pcaco and beneficent government under
American sovereignty In tho Philippines."
It Is certain that tho president weighed
theso words, nnd that ho understands tho
responsibility Imposed on him. Pence can
not bo obtained and maintained by forco
nlone, and beneficent government must go
with equal Btcp In all our operations in
tho lBlunds. Tho peoplo will nwnlt with
eager interest tho progress of tho policy
designed to secure theso ends.
Brooklyn Eagle: Tho speech Is moro than
n plcdgo to tho country. It Is n notice to
tho present congress and to the congress-
elect. It announces tho scope and tho limit
of legislation. In It speaks not only tho
executlvo, a roaster politician, but ono
whoso assent Is required to all laws to bo
passed and whoso dissent to bills, sent to
him for his consideration, equals a two
thirds vote of both houses. Tho deterior
ation of other second terms will be avoided,
If a man who hns been slow to mnko nnd
suro to keep pledges ndhcroB to that habit
for tho next four years. Tho .republican
party has heard from tho republican presi
dent. He regards his ro-electlon as more
a national than a party net, and his obliga
tions as moro a moral and national than as
a partisan bond. Whether as nn acknowl
edgment or as an Interpretation or nB a
notice or ns a promise, the speech Is of the
highest possible value.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Tho Ballent char
acteristic of tho felicitous little address
delivered by the president on Saturday
evening was tho cxtrcmo tnctfulness by
which, from beginning to end, It was dis
tinguished. This is n quality with which
Mr. McKlnley has constantly shown him
self to bo exceptionally well endowed. Ho
may always bo trusted to say tho right
thing In tho most felicitous mnnncr, nnd,
without making tho slightest surrender of
his own convictions, without nt all failing
to preBont or to defend or to maintain his
own principles, to refrain from giving un
necessary offenso or arousing needless an
tagonisms. It Is to this happy faculty, tho
result of nn analytical mind in combina
tion with a sympathetic temperament, thnt
tho president largely owes his success to
which ho has In such ample degree attained.
It Is through the excrclso of this faculty
that ho has been enabled to oxort so strong
nn Influence over so many different kinds
of people.
IK Till', C.AH SHOULD OIK.
Huli'n (lOvrriiliiK Hie Succi-MBlnn to
tlir Imperial Throne.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Tho Illness of tho czar has given rlso to
speculation ngardlng the succession and
tho future of tho Russian empire in tho
ovont of his death. Under tho decroo Is
sued by Peter tho Great, In 1722, each sov
orolgn was required to select his successor
from among tho members of tho Imperial
family, Irrespective of tho claims of pri
mogeniture. But this decico wns annulled
In 1787 by ono Usuod by tho Emperor Paul,
which defined the succession to bo that of
regular descent, by the right of primogeni
ture, with preforeucu of mnlo ovor female
heirs.
As tho present czar Is without male off
spring, tho succession to the throne will
fall to the oldest of his three daughters,
Olga, who was born November 10, 18D3.
But aa nn ancient law of Ilussla deter
mines that tho heir apparent Is not of ago
until the end of tho Blxtccnth year, Olga
will not bt. qualified to ascend tho throne
until November 10, 1912. Should tho pres
ent sickness of tho czar, therefore, provo
fatal tho empire will bo ruled in the in
terim by a regency.
The latter will dovolvo upon the Grand
Duko Michael, who Is the eldest brother of
Alexander II. Ho has long been regarded
ns tho real ruler of Russia. Ho will bo
como regent by virtue of his official position
bb president of the Imperial council, a
body which deals with all great matters of
stnto submitted to tho czar, 'The council
practically decides peaco or war, acts as
TAAWIKS
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha's Oaly Excliulv Clothier tor Met mnd Bvfm.
tho czar's privy council nnd ns the re
gency in his nbsenco abroad or In tho event
of tho sudden dcmlso of the sovereign.
Tho grand duko held this important post
during tho llfotlmo of Alexander III., as ha
has since Nlcholns II, ascended the throne.
He Is now In his 68th year.
Most of the reforms Introduced In Rus
sia during tho present and tho preceding
rolgn aro attributed to Grand Duko
Mlchnd's Influence. Ho has served over
fifty years In the Russian army and de
voted much of that period to army reforms
and to tho cause of humanity and philan
thropy. Ho has been a Arm friend of tho
education of tho masses. If, thon, death
shoull enter tho imperial household and
carry off tho czar, tho policy of tho cmplro
will undorgo no radical chango nnd Its af
fairs aro In no danger, for tho grand duko
Is idolized by the army and venerated by
tho Russian people.
CHANUIvllltl SAUCE.
potrolt Joernal: Tho Second Cook-Shall
1 ), ro,,?$ ? C'"lnK for tho horso meat?
I no Chef No, u curry, merely,
Chicago Record: , "Does your new oftlce
clock glvo satisfaction?
"Yea: It keeps such unreliable tlmo thnt
tho clerks come nnd go aa they please."
Indianapolis Journal: "Havo you nny
causo for gratitude this year?"
"Yes, Indeed; I'm glad that somo things
aro so nnd that other things arc not ho."
Brooklyn Life: aernld There's a black
sheep In every family.
acraldlne Why don't you make your
family nn exception to tho rulo?
Chicago Trlbuno: "No. Eph'm," admitted
the LaroMna negro to tho northern relative,
who wiis disposed to crow over him, "I
don t havo no vote, but 1'se rrp'sonted In
nah n ton by n heap mo' congressmen
dan you Is."
Clovcland Plnln Dealor:
to run for mayor."
"Blxby wants
"Illxby! Why, ho couldn't carry his own
precinct!"
"Carry his preclnctl Blxby couldn't carry
his own household. Say, ho couldn't carry
his own wife."
"I should say ho couldn't. She weighs
300."
Detroit Freo Press: "A burglar carried
off ono of our turkeys."
"You don't nny no?"
"Yes; and ho left n noto saying that ho
loft uh tho other bo wo would have some
thing to be thankful for."
TliotiKtila of the Dny.
Chicago News.
The Man of the House:
No man In this town I here safely opine
Sits down to a better planned dinner than
mine.
Tho Hostess:
For many things sho's grateful, but ona
boon Is most In sight;
She's thankful thnt the dinner went oft
oxactly right. '
Tho Small Boy:
"Wo had to go to church," says Freddy,
with a groan;
"Cnrvo th' turkey quick, pa; I'm starved
clear to th' bono.1'
Tho Cook:
"Now, none o' ycr sauce!' sex missus to
me
"Exceptln yer cranberry snuce," eei she.
TIIANKSr.IVINtJ, 10OO.
James Whitcomb Riley In Ban Francisco
Call.
I.
Father, all bountiful. In mercy bfar
With this, our universal volco of prayer.
Tho volco thnt needs must bo
Upraised In thanks to Thco,
Oh Fnther, from thy children everywhere.
II.
A multitudinous voice, wherein wo fain
Wouldst have Thej hear no lightest sob of
pain
No murmur of distress.
Nor moan of loncltncou.
Nor drip of tears, though soft as summer
rain.
III.
And, Father, give us llrst to comprehend
No ill can come from Theo. Lean Thou'and
lend ,
ITs clearer sight to sou
Our boundless dobt to Thco,
Slneo nil thy deeds uro blessings In the end.
IV.
And lot us feci nnd know, that bolng Thine
We nre inheritors of heartn divine
Anil hands endowed with skill,
And strongth to worlc Thy will
And fashion to fulllllincnt Thy design.
So, let us thank Thee, with all self Hftldo,
Nor uuy lingering taint of mortal prldb
As here to Thee we daro
Uplift our faltering prnyer.
Lend It some fervor of the glorified.
VI.
We thank Theo that our land Is loved by
Theo
Tho blessed homo of thrift and Industry
With over open door
Of welcome to the poor
Thy shielding liund o'er nil abidingly.
VII.
Evon thus we thank Theo for the wrong
thnt grew
Into u right thnt heroes hnttlod to
With brothers long cstrnnged
Once moro ob brothers ranged
Beneath tho red and white nnd utnrry blue.
VIII.
Aye, thanks, though tremulous the thanks
expressed
Thnnkn for the battle at Its worst nnd
best
For nil the clnnlng fray
Whoso rtlreord dies nwny
Into a pastoral song of peace nnd rest.
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Thanksgiving
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