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YHE OMAHA DAILY BEE: y ] Ji THE = DAILY BEE. B. ROSEWATER, Bditor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION {\lll y and Sunday, One Year.. . “ ix Months . weebh " 1 Three Months, .. . unday e, O 5 ‘eekly Bee, One Year with Premiun OFFICES. Omana, Bes Bullding. hicago OMce, (67 Rookery Butlding New Fory, Hooms 14 and. b Tribine Bulld: m\‘v‘n-mnwon. No. 513 Fourteenth Street. Council Blufts, No. 12 Pear] Street. Lancoln, 1020 P' Stiet, South Omaha, Corne: CORRESPON All communieations relating to news and edt- torlal matter should be addressed to the Editor- 181 Department, BUSINESS LETTERS. ATl bnstness letters and remittances should ‘be addressed to The Bee Publishing Company, Omaha, Drafts, checks and postoftice oraers e made payably te.the order of the company, 26th Streets, The Bee Publihing Cempany, Proprietors rx Bullding Farnam and Seventeenth Stre ‘The Lee on the Trains, There s no excuse for a failure to got T BER on the trains, A1l newsasalers have been notl- 1ied to carry & full supply. Travelers who want Tur, Bex and can't get it on trains where other Omahavapers are carried are requested to no- ity Tux Bre Pleann be particular 1o give in all cases full information ns to date, railway and number of trai n, Give us your name, not for publication or un- necensary use, but a8 a guaranty of good faith. ?Hl‘i VDAII‘ lll;l'l Sworn Statement of Ciroalation., State of Nobruskn, “ounty of Douglas. anrwnyl(. Tzschuck, secretary of The Beo Publi: iing Company, does sole; ly swear that the actunlelrculation of 'I'HE 1 BEx forthe week endini November 1f, 1880, was as follows: Sunday. Nov. 10, 3 Monday, Nov. Tuesday, Nov. Wednosday, N Thursday Nov. Frid Average..... Etate of Nehraska, e Courty of Douglas, byop) Eworn to before me and subscribed to in my presenco this [oih day of November, 4, D. State of Nebraska, [Seal.] County of Douglas, }“ George B. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- pores and says that he is secretary of The Beo Fublishing Company, that the actual average daily circulation of The DALY Bre for the month November, 168, 18986 coples; for De- cember, IK88, 1822 coples; for January, 1589, 1%,674 coples; for February, 1850, 18096 coples: for March, 184, 1R854 c or April, 1880, 18,659 coples; for May, 1% 9 coples; for June, 189, 188% coples; for_July, 18%, 18,788 coplies; tor August, 1884, 18651 coples; for Sep- tomber, 150, JH110. copless for Ocrover 1My, 18907 coples. GrONOR B, TZSCAUCK, Eworn to before me and subscribed in my presenco thina 20 dny of November, A Feal. — dod & now and 80, Notary Pubile. BrAziL domanded a now deal, Dom Pedro lost & crown in the shufile. T president is abroad with a shot- gun. Hungry officeseekers should cheer up. ANY man who wants to be made a councilman for the sake of the monoy there isin it should be kept at home. THE American navy is progressing proudly. The other day a man-of-war was run down by a scow, and escuped without injury. Tue weekly bank statement shows that the reserve hasincreased $1,511,- 000, the banks now holding £550,000 in excess of legal requiremen’ A FREE bridge over the Missouri _river at this point cannot be had until the counties or citios unite to build it, Corporations are not built on the charity plan. COFFEE men predict a great advance in prices if the Brazilian revolution is prolonged. Let it coine. The country is ripe for an extra dose of the var- nished Jersey bean IF OMAHA isto have a healthy growth during the next two years our best busi- ness men must sacrifice their comfort and secve the city where business men are most needed—in the city council. THE earnings of the Union Pacific igystem for September show an increaso of a quarter of a million dollars over September, 1888. The cry of poverty and the receipts are noton intimate terms. Vorers who failed to register at the last election should see that their names are placed on the vegistration lists, The bourds will reconvene on the 22d, 234 and 80th of this month to revise the lists and make additions thereto, for both the special and city election, NEWw HAMPSHIRE and Vermont are offering extrainducements to foreigners to take up and cultivate farms aban- doned by Americans who were unable to make a living. Evidently the native Yankee is too indolent, or has been absorbed in the procession following the star of empire. THErevolution in Brazil simply means achange of forms, not of principles. A more progressive ruler nover occupied a throne than Emperor Dom Pedro, Under his ministrations the country prospered at home and commanded re- spect abroad, Slavery was abolished, education and industry liberally eucournged, railvoads and telegraphs 4 built, and trade relations established with foreign countries. Though nomi- nally & monarchy, the country was practically a republic. Beyond the demolition of the throne, the revolu- tionists will find little to do. —— MrreneLy, Pierre and Yuukton ave actively at work to secuve railroad con- nection with Omuha and the south. Under existing conditions that section is absolutely made tributary to St. Paul. The people uve determined to cast off these shackles and will give liberal aid to a north and south road through the James river valley. ‘The business men of Omaha should by all wmenns encourage and aid this project .and by a strong pull together secure the inviting trade of South Dakota, ‘The gaps to be covered from North Ne- braska to the Dakota line do not exceed twenty-five miles, Ouce in the new state, the people along the route will cheerfully bear & large portion of the cost. The board of trade und real estate exchange should consult the Northwestern officials as to their in- tentions, and if a satisfactory answer cannot be had, negotiations should be onened with rival roads. Prompt and united action is necessary. ';V‘;"" THE ART EXHIBIT. The exhibit of the Western Art asso~ eiation, which will open Monday oven- ing in Tne Bee Building, promises to be a most gratifying surprise to the lovers of art in Omaha. There will be about five hundred pictures exhibited, nearly ali of them the werk of home artists, and most of them will bear very high testimony to the existence among us of an art taste and culture of which the community may be proud. This exhibit will demonstrate that there has been a very marked advance in artistic at- tainment in Omaha, and it cannot fail to have a most encouraging and stimu- lating effect, in promoting a popular interest in art, and in furthering the efforts of those who are seek- ing to establish here an art conter that shall make its influ- ence widely felt. Tt 1s to be most earn- estly hoped, tharefore, that the public will give the exhibita gencrous sup- port, not only for the reason that as an attraction it will deserve such support, but for the benefit it may have in an educational way. The young people should especially interest themselves in the exhibit, and parents should seek in it a means of inspiring iu their chil- dren a taste for art and o desire to culti- vate it. There is no reason why Omaha should not become a center of art culture worthy of her high character in other educational directions, and so in- telligent a community cannot need to have repeated to it the frequently stated and obvious veasons why such culture should be promoted and encouraged. The ar- tistic instinet is well nigh universal and its cultivation and development in- evitably tends to social and moral ele- vation. Artstudy and art observation serve to educate and expand the best qualities of our nature, strengthening love for the beautiful, inspiring sympa- thy with the fairest objects of nature, teaching reverence for what is pure and noble, imbuing us with a sense of the poetry that lives in things to the inartistic mind commonplace, and giving glimpses of the ideal both delightful and elevating. Surely an influence so potent for good should not be neglected, . Omaha has made progress in art cul- ture. as those who visit the exhibit will see, but there should be en- larged and inore systematic effort in thisdirection. There can be no doubt that this will come 1n time, and it is to be hoped the enterprise of the Western rt association will have the offect of stimulating"an art sentiment in the community that will make itself ap- parent in an early movement for estab- lishing an art school that shall be- come a permanent part of our educa~ tional resources. THE DANDAICAL BODY. A well known New York newspaper gravely announces the fact that Mr. R. Livingston Beekman owns thirty welking sticks and fifteon umbrellus. Mr. R. Livingston Beek- man is a member of that very distinguished and very exclusive body of Gotham peoplé known as the **Four Hundred.” IHe may thevefore be re- garded us a finished and full rounded product of modern civilization. Gotham is the very climax of culture and reprosents the sum and net result of men’s labors in this great American life of ours., Aud yetit is a vemarkable truth, which even Mr. R. Livingston Beekman must admt, that his industrious accumulation of walking sticks and umbrellas is but another manifestation of the taste which gives the Hottentot gentleman precedence accomding to the collection of tattoo marks he has on his body and the num- ber of rings he wears on his toes, In other words, in the heights of civ- ilization and the depthsof savagery the same phenomena are presented. Starting with the Hottentot brother in his toilsome march toward civiliza- tion we mark his progress not by the number of rings he puts on but by the number he lays aside. Gradually we find him doing away with these pedal ornaments as things unseemly and he hides his naked body in plain clothes. Incidentally, as he develops more and more, he is seen to achieve some nota- ble things, in the way of heroic acts, great books, noble buildings and mechanical inventions. In the mean- time the tattoo marks and the toe rings have been quite forgotten., Success brings wealth, weulth affords means for higher culture, and then at the very crescendo, as it were, of his efforts when we look for the most. wonderful achievements of all,he suddenly blooms again into the mere ‘‘clothes wearing animal.” He is no longer the poor Hottentot with tattooed body and rings on his toes, but Mr. R. Livingston Beekmun with his thirty walking sticks and fifteen umbrellas, or Mr. E. Berry Wall with twenty neck-ties and forty pairs of trousers! A CATHOLIC NE IPARTURE., The Roman Catholic Lay congress, held in Baltimore last week, was an event of more than ordinary interest. In church history it marks an epoch and innugurates a radical change in the relations of Catholics toward opposing creeds. The primary purpose of the congress was to commemorate the cen- tennial of the founding of the Ameri- can episcopacy, to review the progress made and to uefine the position of the church on educational, industrial and economic subjects now commanding public attention, The remarkable growth of the mother church in this country, from a scattered thirty thou- sand adherents in 1789 to nine million devotoes to-duy justified the enthusiasm which warked the proceedings. It was fitving, therefore, that the congress should crown a century’s labors by ded- icating a university at the national cap- ital, The declaration of principles adopted by the congress is not the least remark- able feature of the proceedings. Unbi- ased intelligenca did not require the assurance that the Catholic church in America was not antagonistic to repun- lican instiwutions, That delusion is confin ed to a limited number of harm- less zealots. Both laymen and clergy vigorously and indignantly repelled the imputation *'that we need abate any of our love of our country’s principtes or institutions to be faithfol Catholics.” Nihilism, socialism, and their foster parent, the greed of capitalists, wero placed on a common level and con- demned us menacing to social ovder and national life. Equally vigorous was the demand for Sabbath observance, sup- pression of the sale of liquors to minors and inebriates, and the elimination of the corrupting power of saloons from politics. Of the many radical departures from the recognized policy of the church, none will strike the non-Catholio with greater force than the purpose of the hierarchy to remove the ban against secrot societies. It is said that the Ma- sonic order will be the only one ex- cepted, and the objection to that order will be obliterated in a short time. When one recalls the persistent opposi= tion to these societies, and their denun- ciation by the clergy in and out of sea- gon, it is astonishing that a church which claims to be *‘unchanged and un« changeable,” should make a complete change of front and capitulate to reason and common sense. Secret societies have always existed within the pale of the church, and here and there spasmodic efforts have been made to break them up. While the members respected the spiritual declarations, they calmly ignored the temporal dicta of the ministry. The inconsistency of the position of the church could no longer be maintained with self respect, and the priests and bishops gracefully yielded to the pres- sure of the laity. Startling as this change is, it is no greater than the advance made in other directions, Rome has said that the Catholic church flourishes 1n the United States as in no other country, thus inadvertently admitting that the separation of church and state is bene- ficial alike to church and government. The energy and ability displayed by the church in this country commands the admiravion and respect of the valican, as was effectively shown when Cardinal Gibbons prevented a papal bull being perpetrated against the Knights of Labor. It is not sur- prising that the clergy and laity, know- ing their power, should. ignore the cherished dreams of the popes for restoration of temporal power. The congress accepted present conditions as final, and simply demanded ecclesias- tical independence for the head of the church and protection from legislation whick might interfere with his free- dom of action in church matters. Another important advance is made in the declaration that “‘there are many Christian issues 1 which Catholics could come together with non-Catho- lics and shape civil legisiation for the public weal.” This simply voices what the laity has long since put iu practice. Heretofore the policy of the church has been to hold aloof from all public movements and confine itself to what directly concerned its welfare. This was partly due to a dis- like to meddle in what were not strictly church affairs. In view of the alarming growth of irreligion, the disrespect for the Sabbath, the increaso in divorces and other excesses of liberty tonding to undermine the home and the state, the church now encourages its members to join with other creeds in an effort to bring about desirable social reforms and place stronger legal restraintson the disorderly elements. The declarations of the congress are indeed significant and impressive. They emphasize the growth of freedom in the church; the desire of its member- ship for assimilation with all classes in philanthropic and reformatory move- ments, and the determination of both clergy and laity to place the church in complete accord with American ideas and 10stitutions. THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT. A reader of THE BEE requests an ex- planation of the Australian system of voting, and as there are doubtless many others to whom the information vill be interesting, we present the details of the plan as furnished 1n the October Forum by Mr. Edward Wakeficld. Prior. to the day of election a sufficient number of buildings or rooms, con- veniently situated, are publicly an- nounced as polling » booths, and on the morning of election these places are taken possession of by the return- ing officer and his deputies, none. of whom have a vote or are in any way concerned in the election. It is the privilege of each candidate to appoint a scrutineer to sit with the returning officer, he also being a non-voter. No- body else is allowed in the polling booth, which is thus absolutely private for the purpose of voting. The return- ing officer has before him the electoral roll, on which are registered the names and description of all qualified electors, arranged and numbered in al- vhabetical order. He also has a corres- ponding number of ballot papers, which contain the names of the candidates in alphabetical order, and a direction to the voter, plainly printed, instructing him to draw a line through the names of the candidates whom he does not wish to vote for. The ballot box, which in Australia is simply a large wooden box with a slit in the top, stands on the table in front of the returning officer, who alone has the key toit. In another partof the room, but in view of the returning officer, there is a screen, behind which is a writing table or shelf and a supply of blue pencils. At the hour appointed for opening the poll a constable opens the door of the polling booth and the voting begins, The elector walks in, states his name in full, and answers any questions the returning officer may put to him for the purpose of identi- fying bum on the electoral roll. The returning officer then checks him off on the roll and gives him a ballot paper, having first written the elector’s number, from the elec- toral roll, on the corner of the paper and gummed it down. The elector takes the paper, goes behind the screen, draws a blue pencil line through the names of the candidates whom ne does not wish to vote for, comes out with the paper folded in his hand, drops it into the slit in the lid of the ballot box, and departs. This pro- cess is repeated by every voter, though the blind or otherwise DAY, NOVEMBER 17, i889.—~TWENTY PAGES physicallgrlifeapable, or those who cannot read, are entitled to the nssist- ance of thie returning officer if they ask for it. \ i When fl)c ‘nur for closing the poll arrives, the constable shuts and locks the door df {ghe booth, the returning officer unlocks the ballot box and with the assistapldd of his poll clerk, and in the presentaof the scrutinecrs, counts the votes. All papers ave rejocted as informal on which the names of all the candidates ond the number to be elected i ot struck out, or on which all the names aro struck out, or on which anything has been written or marked except the pencil mark through the names, or which have been tampered with in any way. The candidate whose name has been left without a poncil mark through it, by the greatest number of electors, at all the booths in the district, is the successful candidate. Such is the Australian ballot system as practiced in the country of its origin, and all the essential features of which are ombraced in the Massachusetts luw, the success of which in the late election in that state is conceded by the newspapers and the leading men of both political parties. The uniform testimony is that the system worked smoothly and that the voting proceeded as rapidly as under the old system, while the absence of ‘‘workers,” *‘‘heel- ers” and ‘‘bosses” from the polling places rendered the election the most orderly ever held in the state. The Australian voting system, with some slight modifications that do not interfere with any of its vyital principles, is now the law in Montana, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Indiana and Missouri. Its general adoption, as the best system yet found for securing clean and hone st elections, is probably only a question of time. The Australian plan in its en- tirety, however, can not be applied to our political methods, and it will neces- sarily have to be modified wherever in- troduced here to meet our conditions, preserving only those cardinal principles which secure protection of the voter, prevent corruption of the ballot, and relieve elections of most of the evils which attend upon the system now gen- erally prevailing in this country. It 18 fortunate for New York that its supreme court is not the court of last resort. The two to one decision annul- ling the provision of the will of Samuel J. Tilden for the endowment of a free Itbrary and teading room was made on the sole ground that the discretionary power given the trustees was illegal. Mr. Tilden placed the bulk of his estate, valued at four and a half millions, in the hands of trustees, in whom he had implicit cunfln}lelme‘ to ‘‘promote scien- tific and edticavional objects.” The will was contested by a nephew who was not given what he considered a fair share of His uncle’s estate. The plain intent 'of the testator and the noble object of the bequest should have*been sufficient for any court, eyansif-the lgj did not cover the case. The state legislature can readily enact a law to guard the interest of the public and protect an institution de- signed to elevate the race. Quibbies and technicalities should not be sanc- tioned by courss to rob the people of a grand benefaction, and destroy the cherished purpose of Mr. Tilden to devote the accumulations of an active lifo to the benefit of mankind. The be- lief is general in New York that the court of last resort will affirm the wilt and thus give the metropolis afree pub- lic hbrary, richly endowed. ACCORDING to Mr. Hermar Kountze, the lowest estimate of the market value of property in the city of Omaha is one hundred million dollars. The question that presents itself forcibly to the owners of all this property is who shall manage this vast intevest for them dur- ing the next two years. Is it not im- peratively necessary that our city coun- cil shall be comnosed of responsible and experienced business men? Only such should be presented as candidates by either party in the coming election. Ward bummers, dead beats and mer cenavies should not be permitted to dic- tate candidates that are to administer our municipal affaivs, and let it be un- derstood right here that in local elec- tions the party lable can cut no figure as against good government. Kvery good citizen 1s in honor and duty bound to keep boodlers and incompetents out of the council. THE differences between the Nicar- agua Canal company and Costa Rica were settled last month and active work was at once begun on the canal. Most of the preliminary labor had already been done, so that there will be no delay in prosecuting the work of con- necting the two oceans by a navigable highway. The route, climate and the inducements offered by local govern- ments, are all favorable to success, and the energy displayed by the company and the means at its command are a guaranty that the eanal will be pushed to completiom with all possible speed. The project is distinctly American in its origin and will be at least indirectly under the cogttol of the United States. THE special SBunday flyer which has heretofore carried THE SUNDAY Bep to Hastings dnd all intermediate and counecting points will hereafter run to Kearney. ThS issue of to-day reaches the latter poib'f at about 8:30 a. m. The innovation will be appreciated by the people of Keu ¥, who are thus for the first time provided with a metropolitan Sunday daily at a seasonable hour. Mis., CAROLINE DONOVAN, widow of of the New York merchant, has pre- sentad one hundred thousand dollars to the trustees of the Johns Hopkins uni- versity in Baltimore to found a chair in fuglish literature. The gift is as timely as it generous, and will ma~ terially ussist in tiding the university over financial straits e ——— Nurse the Booms. St, Louls Globe-Demoorat. “Pwo years and a half hence the presiden- tial candidates of the two big parties will be selected. Until then ambitious aspirants who are wise will keep their booms out of the draft as much as possible, " ON THE SIDE. Drop a lump of coal in the street car slot and see the stone go. It 18 a singular fact that Rosa Bonheur has done her best pamting when most women have ceased to paint at all—after the age of fifey. Notwithstanding the recent catastrophe in Virginia, the fact remains that General William Mahone makes the finest mint juleps 1n the country. The wife of Johu P. St. John, jr,, son of the prohibition apostle, hus sued him for di- vorce at Santa Fe, on the ground of habitual drunkenness, Evidently prohibition does not prohibit in the St. Jokn family, The New York managor who is trying to bring Boulanger to this country for a lecture tour, should be reminded that even the long suffering American may be goaded to des- peration. Spare us from Boulanger. A confessod embezzler of $3,100 in publio funds was recently fined $25 in a New Jersey court, Inthe sawe courtouly afew days before, & prisoner charged with disorderly conduct was fined precisely tho same amount. When the bard wrote the immortal lines about plating sin with gold he seems to have struck the nail squarely on the heaa. b Sdwiisy A Teetotaler. Minneapolis Tritaine, Private Stock—Come outand have a drink. Western Union Stock— Kxcuse me, please, I take nothing but water. frheiriade Sk This Does Settle It Chicago Herald. The Shakespeare club of Cottonwood Falls, Kan,, has decided that Shakespeare’s plays were written by William Shakespeare, and ‘we shall hear no more of the tiresome Bacon theory. High License Minneapolis Tribune. The Sioux City Journal, correctly intor- preting the signs of tho times, has declared for high license, It works pretty well in Minnesota and it wont hurt the Iowans to try it awhile—and sober up. « The main cause of the popular revolution is properly assigned by Mr. Boies to n revolt against the tyranny of a prohibitory liguor law, ‘‘whose very birth was a political crime, and whose existence has been fraught with disaster to the best interest of a largo sec- tion of our atate.’ — Stood Them Up. Kansas City Times. Philadelphia’s idea of receiving guests secms to be to stand them up 1n line and comment upon their appearance. After her manner of entertaining the All-American delegates we hope that Phitadeiphia papers Wwill eschew jokes about the untutored civil- ization of the wild and woolly west. g gt Room on the Liamond. Detroit News, Daniel Webster's saying, ‘‘Tnere is room at the top,"” is well illustrated in the career of Captain Comiskey, of the Browns, now playing in this city, He is only a ball- player, yet 815,000 per year was freely bid for his services by two clubs outside of St. Lows last season. Judged from the financial standpoint and from the results of his work on the ball fleld, he is well worth the money. Lo A Dificult Problem. Boston Globe A writer in the New York Sun accuses men of liking ice-cream and swect stuff renerally quite as well as women do, al- though they affect a contempt for confec- tions when in the presence of the weaker sex. Of course tney do. But they believe in assuming a virtue though they have it not. Besides, man must be ‘superior” to the other sex in something. Ana womau is forging ahead so fast nowadays that it's be- coming dificutt vo find the thing. TS Some Important Distinctions. Siouz Oity Journal, There are many kinds of prohibition—low license prohibition, local option prohibition, high license prohibition, or no license prohi— bition. These are distinctions which are likely to be overlooked, especially whea peo- ple get excited. Anything which 10 any do- gree prohibits is prohibition. It i ques- tion of the amount of prohibition. It will bo well, as ald to correct reasomng, to bear these little distinctions in mind during the next few months, for there is likely to be a good deal of talk on this topic. i S tle Manliness There. San Francisco Chronicle. McCaffrey, the New York slogger, who is growing prosperous in the saloon business, tells some plain truths when he says there is more monwy in selling liquor than in prize fighting. If there were no otuer argument against the absurd craze for slogging in this country the close connection between the prize fighter and the grogshop ought to be sufficient to disgust any decent man, It is idle to talk of honesty or manliness in a slogeer when he makes his headquarters in a saloon and depends for his success upon tho support of the men who frequent bar- rooms, —_— VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS, That s Different. Kearney Enterprise. Mr, Meiklejuln denies the report that he wants to be attorney general. He does not. deny that he might be induced to take a seat in congress, however. The Best Faper, Franklin Republican, Much adverse comment is given Rose- water and Tne Beg, but all the same he publishes the best daily paper west of Chi: cago. If he would cut off half the exchanges that kick against him there would be mourning in the newspaver camp, A Plain vacr. Beatrice Ezpress, In every state where republioan majorities werereduced or wiped out at the recent elec- tion the explanation can be traced to agita- tion for prohibition. T'he republican party is mistrusted as an ally of that cause, and men desert it and either stay away from the polls or go to the democratic party, In the light of these facts what are repub- licans in Nebraska going to do? Ave they, 100, goIng to desert their party, or are they going to stand vogether and make the fact known that they are opposed to prohibition and in favor of high license as the only prac- cal soluticn of the liquor question? The republicans of Nebraska must take an unequivocal position upon this question, and [ malke it known, or the majority 1n this state will disappear as that in Iowa has. Aud the sooner this facs 1s recognized the better. Deserved Thar kate. Grand Island Independent., ‘The republican party of lowa, when it was true to its old honest principles, ruled every- thing 10 that state. But a number of years #g0 it committed the greatest political biun- der, or crime, a8 it more appropriately might be called, of giving way to the influence of the forcible temperance party and foisting upon the people of Iowa the folly of the prolubition curse, with all its unlicensed whiskey, secret drinking holes, health de~ stroying poisons, expensive law suits, ruin of business and property value, increased disrespect of the law, and general bitteruess and strife, ‘This senseless action immediately showed its effect by decreasing the republican ma- jority, until in the last election the majority has been changad to a minority. The fate of the Towa republicans is well aeserved. It is all the comsequence of their stupid pro- hibition blunder. And we hope the de- mocracy will now follow up their vietory by allowing the poople of Towa to vote again on the prohibition amendment. And we hope AI80 that tho groat majority of the Nebraska republican party will learn from the defeat of their Towa friends that they next fall must defeat the prohibition amendment if they intend to preserve their majority in this state. A prohibition amendment is the do- struction of the republican party. ookt rtating AS OTHERS SEE US. It Looks That Way. Lineoln Call, The question of & non-partisan judiciary in Omaha and Mr. Rosewater scoms to be succossful. It Wasn't Oatohi Minnea; Tribune, Nebraska went republican by a large, round majority. ow it happened to escape taking the prevailing contagion from lowa is hard te figure out. Cheap Monsy in Omaha, Denver News, In Omaha the ruling bank rate to sound customers is 8 por cont, and in some cases 7. This is somewhat in advance of the Denver rule, where 10 and 12 are tho figures. The Light votes Were Counted. Washington Capital, On a light vote in Nebraska the ropnb- licans came out about twenty thousand ahead. On a dark vote i Virginia they come out about twenty-five thousand be- hind. 1t Made Them Laugh. Minneapolis Tribune. The Omaha World-Herald welcomed the South Americans in six languages, but the South Americans giggled in only one when they saw what Nebraska erudition had brought forth. She Already Has It St. Paut Globe. Omaka is soon to have in operation an elec- tric strost line eight miles in length, double track, and claims that it is the longest in the United States. It has nov observed tho ten- mile line botween the Twin Cities, like the Omaha, somewhat ncomplete. His Soul Responded. Harper's Bazaar, Miss Beacon of Boston—Do you never feel an imsatiate craving for tho unattain- able—a cousuming desire to transcond the nhimitations which hedge mortality, and com- mune soul to soul with the infinite 1 Omaha Man—Ye-cs, kinder. S e——— COUNTRY BREEZES. Baled Hay on tho Side. coln vall, The Call's facilities for baling hay are un- equalled. Country orders solicited by the managewment. We Were There. Allison Timea, ‘We were personally connected with the only animated controversy that occurred hero on election day. We are very much op- posed to such things, but when they are un- avoidable we are right on hand. An Ohio Zephyr. Toledo Commereial, “That aged, acidulous, addlcpate, the moon- eyed, monkey-browed monogram of sarcasm, ana_spider-shanked, pigoon-witted public scold, Majah Bilgowater Bickham, and his baclc-biting, blackmailing, patent-medicine directory, the Journal. ©all Again, Un ‘le Dobson. Utysses Herald, Uncle Park Dobson presented the Herald man’s family with o nice dish of strained honey last week, 1t is such acts of friondli~ ness as the above that endears the hearts of mankind 10 each other. There was only ono fault to be found with Uncle Dobson’s gift —it was t00 good to last. Mortification Set In. Sutton Advertiser,’ The editor of the Advertiser, as the most prominent republican in the precinct, was selected by the party managers to sit in the room with the returning board and withess the counting of the votes. After the first twenty ballots had been counted mortifica. tion began to get .n its work on our finer sensibilities and we withdrew. Journalism Under Diflicultics. Marstand Tribune. The Tribune 18 now located in comtortablo quariers in the Stanard building, whero the latch-string always hangs out to callers. Wo hope our readers will bear with us in any deficiency that they may find in the ap- pearanco of the Tribune, as it is no small task to isSUC @ paper during & snow storm with the windows removed from the build- ing. the melting snow dripping from the roof and no coal in town, Hereafter we will en- deavor to have the paper appear on time, No doke About This. Newport Advocat e, The editor ot this paper has worked hard for the past twoand a half years, having had to do all the duties of type-sctter, editor and devil combined. During this time we have saved the wages of a printer, which amounts to about $400 or $500, which amount is due us in small sums. A mortgage of $300 on our printing outfit is past due, and the bank must have its money or our outfit. The bank has the *'sinch” on us, What will our debtors do for us now? This is not afunny little joke, but cold, icy facts that make us shudder as November winds whistle doleful strains through the cracks in our mortgaged sanctum. s S NOVEMBER ZEPHYRS, Texas Siftings: No pretty girl was ever unexpectedly kissed, , Hotel Gazette: Soothing-syrup manufac- furers are paid considerable hush money. Troy Press: The consumer may consider himself lucky if he gets milk of the first water, Binghampton Republican: A hen is con- scientious, Her chief object in life is to fill the bill, Boston Globe: *f wilLiess coppers with you,” remarked one -we‘nnower a8 they made for a couple of policemen, Franklin News: The childish miss resents @ kiss and runs the owher way, but when, at last, some yeare have passed, iV's different, they say. Texas Siftings: It is our proud boast that the United States has no standing army, but look at our bars. There is an army of men standing at them every Jay taking their drinks. Judge: This is the time to try the souls And Pocketbooks of men. ‘The woney for the summer’s ice 1s over-due; aud when He's scraped euough 1o pay the bill, His wife says, with a pout, “I wish you'd start the furnace, John," Aud all the coal is out. )i dian-Americans. There will be & meeting of the Canadian- Americans of Omaha and vicinity, in the board of trade xooms on Monday evening at 8o'clock, for the purpose of orgauizing @ Cunadian-American club, THEY STILL TALK OF IT, Needed a Heavier Load. Linooln Journal. In a public meeting in Omahba the other day Mr. Rosewater said he was “loaded for Gougar aud not for bear.” Mr. Rosewater ought to have been loaded for bear when he went up to Tekamah. He made a mistake in vsing duckshot for Helen, A Jury ef Chun York Times, A jury of chumps found Mr. Rosowater guilty. Mrs. Gougar has gained some oheap notoriety by it, and that's the only kina of notoriety sho ever did have, and Mr. Rose- water has gainod the reputation of being the champion of high license, which is not dis- tasteful to him, tesort. Kearncy Hub, Twoelve “good men and true” have decided that KEdward Rosewator was guilty of d turbing a religious moeting when he fnter- rupted Helen Gougar in her spoech at Tokas mah, ana was finod $10 and_costs. Being & triflc shortof funds just now he has taken an appeal to the district court, and will evontually land in the suprome court of the state ns the principal actor in & **Celebrated Case."’ A Travesty on J Norfolk News. There is not & nowspaper man in the stato but that, if he expresses his honest senti- ments, will say that a gross wrong has been done Edward Rosewater in imposing a fine upon him by the Tekamuh jury the outcomo of the Gougar incident. The ver- dict is an outrage, n travesty on justice, and will not cause the outside world to placo & high estimato upon the intelligence of the poople of Tekamuh. ioe. An Unanswerabl: Defense, Plattsmouth Jornal, Rosewater's plou in his own defenso at Tekamah, where he was arrested for dis- turbing a religious meeting, was unanswor- able, andstill he was convicted and fined for the offense. The meeting which ho *‘dis- turbed,” was a prohibition meeting held in therink, addressea by tho notorious Helen M. Gouger, of Indiana, who had vilely slan- dored Mr. Rosowater, ana he 1o brely arvse to ask her authority for her assertions. He was not allowed to speak. iction, Fremont ¥ . That Helen M. Gougar's was moro a political than a religious meeting thero is not a shadow of doubt. Helen M. Gougar is & crank in every sense of the term, and the Flail is sorry to state, indulges far more in fiction thun the leador of a religious meeting should be permitted to do aad hold ner job. And there is no doubt that Helen was using Mr. Rosewater as warp for a tale of fiction in Tekamab, and the head and front of his oftending was that he objectod. What May be Expected. Grand Island Independent, Rosewater was found guilty of disturbing a ‘religious meoting” at Tekamab, but promptly appealed the case to the district court. Religious zealots have burned thou- sunds of men and women at the stake for doing less than opening their mouths to question the correctness of statoments of “religious” leuders,and Mr. Roscwater must. not be surprised if ho is sentenced to be hanged, drawn und quartered, us a_warning 10 all mankind that the work of slander, if it be in the name of religion, must go on nine terruptedly. A Shame and a Disgrace. Schwyler Quill, Mrs. Gougar's acts were certainly unbe« coming to a lady and would be disgraceful to the lowest of ward politiciaus, When she refused to allow a man to reply to the charge against him it showed on its faco that she was slandering him and was merely lying about him for effect. Such acts as Mrs, Gougar’s injure the cause sno labors for and if the prohibition people are going to carry on their campaign by slander aud abuse thoy bad better quit it at once and save their tinie and money. Thav woman, if she may be called by the name, is a shame and disgrace to the subject and is worse than any drunk- ard can ve, A Reproach to Her Sex. Hastings Gazette~Journal, The large majority of the people of Ne- braska are unanimously of the opinion that Mrs. Helen M. Gougar made a serious mis- take in refusing Mr. Rosewater an opportu- nity to make a reply to her very scathing remarks concarning his- attitudo toward pro- hibition. The inference 1s that Mrs. Gougar has either lied or spoken without a complote knowledge of the facts. If sho has been wilfully lying, she should be hissed from the lecture platform by every self-respecting audience she tries w0 address. If she has been speaking withouv @ knowledge of the true facts jn the case, she should be taken from the lecture platform by the prohibi. twonists. In either caso she is a reproach to the sex that wears petticoats. Sheshould go rome and cultivate d manners, y Serious, ol Globe, Later developments 1n the case show that Mrs. Gougar mude a serions mistake at Te- kamah when she refused to allow Editor Rosewater a chanco to speak and endeavored 10 incite the mob to do him personal violence. And the finding of the Tekamdh jury will make the mistako more serious. No cause ever prospered which had to turottie free speech to succeed. Mrs. Gougar had pub- licly proclaimea that she had proof of the charges which she nightly made against Tug Bee editor, and then when a splondid opnortunity presented itself to produce them she utterly refused to do so. If she had & case aganst 1ur Bee she certaiuly lost her opportumty to hold its editor up to publio censure, and losing it as she did, has seri- ously weakened the faith of even her friends in the truth of the charges she had repeat- edly made. Mrs. Gougar will do her cause infinitely move harm than good by sucu un= fair and unwomanly practices. e A SEA DREAM, Johnson McC, Bellows in America, When crested billows wildly toss And laugh through a flowing sea; When skimming pinions dip to the floss, Aud winds biow morrily, From out of the west the white sails sing As they mount each froticking wave, And lightly along with blithesome song, Speeding w wild and happy throug, The sea-gulls rido on flapping wing, And screoch through the decp biue waves 0, for a Life on the surging deep, Where winds blow Lappily, And beaving billows wildly sweep In playtul rhapsody; Where dismal storms but fall and sleop, In the gurgling lists below. And tho sea-birds spring with dripping wing, Before blowing sails that id Sweet flooa of ocoan'’s barmony, Contentment's hlissful flow. e sing The o Logacy. New York World, When Colonel Goodloe, of Kentucky, lay dyiug of the wound be received in bis con- flict with Colonel Swope he ten y bade farewell to his family and gave his chiliren his last fatherly injunction: *Be brave,” Rigntly used the words were well enough, but in the atmospherc of Kentucky those to whom the injunction was given are ex- tremely apt o interpret it awiss, as their tather bad done, if, s the reportod facts seom 10 indicdte, the fight in which he carved his adversary to pieces and recoived his own death wound was & wholly unnecos- sary encouater, induced on both sides by un- descrved respect for & lingering half-suvage public opinion which both men doubtiess de- plored, but which ueither was strong cnough in moral character W help suppress. Colonal Goodloe spoke according to the light he bad, not otherwise. He and bis dead adversary were like victims of s de- fective civilization, and we need not lay wo heayy a burden of censure upon the memory of either, Lot us rather consider the puthos of the case, which is surely very groat.

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