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-3 -.- V-jyiVS-'J ' ---tJW'ALkV1 y.,,.iM,1uy4i)1v.i-;.'piiiiiTayMfyM f-' VOU11.NO. 3. &STABLISHED IN 1896 PRICE FIVE CENTS j 'i LINCOLN, NEB., SATURDAY, JANUARY 15 1&9C. ENTERED IN THE P03T OFFICE AT LINCOLN AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY THE COURIER PRINTING AND PUBLISHING GO. Office 217 North Eleventh St. Jelephorve 384 hecan,astho gloomy socialist often does, read in it all disaster for the nation. Possibly the gloomy socialist might be justified in his premise that this country is being consumed or will be speedily consumed by dry rot, were the class against which ho breathes anathema larger. It is not to the de nied that this country would be in ser ious danger were the claes from which come the Vanderbilt3 and tho Bolmonts n control or likely to bo in control. "But it is a small class. It does not in any way represent the Americun type, and because newspaper correspondents tell of its pomp is no reason to believe in its power. W. MORTON SMITH SARAH 0. HARRIS Editor and Manager Associate Editor (5) w I OBSERVATIONS . I ) m Subscription Rates In Advance. Per annum 82.00 Six months 1.00 Three months 50 Onemonth 20 Single copies 5 OBSERVATIONS The Vanderbilt divorce and tho Van derbilt-Marlborough marriage were not enough. They must bo followed by the Vanderbilt-Belmont matrimonial scan dal. The three together are a fin de siecle triumph. A little .while ago an epidemic of social depravity in London, or rather an epidemic of disclosure, gave socialist writers an opportunity to pronounce the impending doom of Eng land. It was said that England i: today beset by the same vices in society that undermined the Roman empire, and that the prevalence of this degradation would overthrow the strongest nation on earth. Possibly the Oscar Wilde school of vice has not so many devotees in this country as in England, wheie many centuries of in-breeding have nut increased the moral vigor of the race; but the gloomy socialist can readily con vince himself that the social conditions in tho United States, this supposedly lusty, rugged nation, are full of threat ening import. The gloomy socialist can look upon New York, the very heart of the country, and there see closing in upon the institutions of power and in fluence, a tide of luxurious sensuality marked by a miasma of immorality, a tide that has, apparently, made serious inroads in the last ten years. Peering again the gloomy socialist can 6eo a class of people numbering 400 or 4000, calling themselves the elect of the elect; having vast wealth at their command ana without the healthful necessity of industry; men and women living in steamed palaces and blossoming like flowers under glass, and through the hot house existence losing all the in vigorating influence of the real world, dropping into a state of tropical sen suality in which considerations of pro. priety and morality are lost sight of, and Fortunately Mr.and Mrs. O. H. P. Bel mont do not represent any considerable friendship for her husband, ho paid court whilo yet a wife. Thoro can't bo any large amount of self respect in tho Belmont household. It has all along been supposed that tho Nebraska delegation to the national re publican convention would support Mc Kinley for president. The candidacy of Mr, Iloutz has suggested tho idea to some that popsibly Senator Thurston would liko to have tho vote of the Ne braska delegation for president. Again it is a fact that recently thero has been an effort to havo ex-Senator Manderson announce himself as acandidatofor first or second place on tho republican tie'ret. Manderson has received letters from prominent men all over tho country urging him to stand as a candidate. A citizen of Lincoln who was permitted element of society. Any denunciation of the Belmonts must not include the whole of New York society. There are undoubtedly persons inside the charmed circle in Gotham who would resent the imputation that this couple is even in Society. One may spend ones sum mer in Newport ana Tuxedo and marry ones daughter to a duke and yet not be, strictly speaking, in Society. Some of the Vanderbilts are decent sort of people, and they are not neces sarily implicated. because William K. married A"lva Smith. Belmont is the idle son of a money-making father. He was a member of the European party that ended in a row, and is popularly supposed to have been the cause of the unpleasantness between Mr. and Mr. Vanderbilt. Now, within six months after Mrs. Vanderbilt was divorced and on the heels of the marriage of Con suelo to the fag end of the Marlborough family, this gay bachelor espouses the woman to whom, under the cover of to see some of these letters the other day was surprised at somecf the names attached and at tho urgency of tho re quests that he be a candidate The ex senator has thus far made no move, but ho has a large following in this state, and there are many influential republi cans who would like to see a Mander son delegation to the national conven tion, perhaps not an instructed delega tion.but one favorable to the ex-senator. There are several reasons why this would be a good move. In the first Manderson is a strong man. He is the kind of man Tim Sedgwick and the rest of the Nebraska editors who have been demanding bigger men for political pref erment in Nebraska, would accept with pleasure. He is a big man, not only in Nebraska, but all over the country. Then if the Nebraska delegation went to St. Louis unpledged, but supporting Manderson, it would have an importance that a pledged delegation could never get. There is a bare possibility that Manderson might bo nominated for president. His chances for tho vice-presidential nomination would bo as good, if not bettor than thoso of my othor man in tho country. And it would cer tainly bo to Nebraska's interest to havo a Nebraskan vice-president. Mander son is supposed to bo atliliated with Mc Kinley and ho would undoubtedly bo glad to havo tho delegation from this otato co-operato with McKinley, and if the latter wero nominated and Mander son failed to bo placed on tho nationa ticket he would bo almost certain to bo chosen for a cabinet appointment. But McKinley has a strong hold on Nebraska, and it will bo strange if tho state convention does not instruct for him. It is a noticeablo fact that sev eral of the announced candidates for delegate to tho national convention are Harrison men. Occasionally there is an effort to make Allison sentiment in this state, but the effort is not carried very far. Senator Allison has done nothing to enlist tho good will of Nebraskans. He has frequently been invited to make addresses here, but he has never found it convenient to accept Nebraska invi tations, and he has given little consid eration to this state. On tho other hand Governor McKinley has made many trips and has personal friends in half of the counties. TheSunday papers contained the in formation that Emperor William con siders himself the heir to tho throno of Great Britain. This must be pleasant news to the Prince of Wales who for many years has fondly imagined that ho had a claim to that throno himself. Tho German emperor isa firm believer in tho divine right of kings. He does not seem to take any stock in the divine right of princes. As the son of the English princess royal, oldest daughter of Queen Victoria, he has a remoto claim, but be tween him and tho crown of England aro Tummy and his family and 25,000,000 or TO.000,000 Englishmen. He will not bo Mrs. Wettin's successor. Emperor William is the most unique figure in European politics. His men tal equipment is peculiar. He is often brilliant. He is never conservative. Some of his acts aro called eccentric. In any oher person but a king they would bo taken as an indication of insanity. Undoubtedly the frebile mind of this imperious young min is stirred by Na polic ambitions. Ho would extend the boundary lines of German domain and increase his personal supremacy. The itching spirit of conquest has taken hold of him, and it will be a miracle if he does not sooner or later involve Ger many in a serious war or land himself in an imperial insane asylum. The emperor of Germany is lacking in equilibrium. As mayor of the city of Lincoln Frank Graham is the paid servant of the people. It is his duty to be frank and honest with his employers. There are certain things his employers,the people,