Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 16, 1892, Page 4

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The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors THE BEE BUILVING, SWORN STATEMENT Etatoof Nobraaka Jot f Do g G T aschact f The BEE Publishin loninly swear thut the YATLY BrE for the 187, was as OF CIRCULATION, anuury o, Wednesday. iy N VA LI Sworn o Lefore me and subscribed In my presence this th day of Junuary. A. D. 1802 SEAIL NP e, Notary Public. The growth of the averace daily ¢irculat on of Tug BXF for six yeurs /s shown in vhe fol- lowine table: January February Octobes Novemnes Lecomber is dying out, be r70’s cash is running out. I THE Union Pacific has parted with the South Park branch in Colosado it has relieved itself of a whito elephant. The South Park was a bud investment from the beginning. cause (i MANEUVERING for position in the presidentinl contest will prevent this congress from perfecting much wise und needed legislation. Very little good comes out of even-numbered congresses. MR. BRry and his organ are very much agitated over the action of the former in playing the buffoon before the members of the lower house when op- portunity was accorded him by the grace of Mr. Springer to make a speech upon the subject of Russian relief. THE real estate convenlion to be held in Omahu February 11 should be largely attended by owners and agents through- out Nebraska. The iden of the Real Istate Owners association is to confer concerning veal estate matters and or- ganize u mutual working force of prop- erty owners for the common good. REFERRING to Hon. William A, Springer’s exuberance at the Jacksonian banquet in New York, Congressman Hatceh of Missouri offers $100 for a pad- lock which can keep his Illinois con- frere’s mouth sealed hereafter. Mr. Hatch reaiizes that a demagogue is very likely to get his jaw entangled with his foot when he talks too freely, and injure his party friends. LIVINGSTON, the farmers alliance member from Georgia, took occasion to emit the regulation calamity wail of ‘*more distress in the land than ever be- fore was known” in discussing the Hol- man resolutions, TLivingston has said this so often on tho Georgia stump that he actually believes it, in spite of figures and facts showing & rapid return - ~=—of national prosperity. i / of naming Van Wyck and | deiegates at large to the allinnce na- A areAT stroke for harmony was that Burrows tional convention. It is quite in keep- ing with tho Nemaha county plan where- by Church Howe and Tom Mujors are kept from openly clawing out the eyes of each other by electing one to the state senate and the other to the house each year, alternating them between the two. OBJECTOR JoE HOLMAN found when the daylight of discussion had been turned upon his retrenchment resolu- tlons that his buoket of economy had slopped over. Iven the darkened in- tellocts of a democratic majority were made to see that a policy of parsimony would parulyze the proper administru- tion of public affairs. The resolutions finally carrvied but with mental reserv a tions, A MONUMENT to Roscoe Conkling in « New York would be valuable for two dis- tinot purposes. Fivst, to commemorate the public achievements of one of New York’s most gilted sons, and, socond, to romind the republicans that once they had a leader who could carvy one out of evory two elections and who could rep- resent the great interests of the state with ability and distinction on the floor of the senute. New York has not been strong in congress since Conkling disap- peared from publie life. AMERICA a8 the first cousin of Great Britain sympathizes deeply with her people in their griet over the sudden fatal tormination of the brief illness of Albert Victor. All England revered him as only loyal subjects can revers an heir to the throne. Not the least part 0f our sywmpathy goes out to his be- trothed wife whose distress is doubtless increased by the remembrance that the foolish traditions of the court of St James, to which the queen is greatly at- tached, have keep the royal lovers apart for the past five years, the queen hoping in vain to prevent the match upon wh the young people had set their hearts. To the woman the separation from the man she loved is a greater griof thun to fail in the hope of being either a queen ABANDONING CLEVELAND, The indioations muitiply that M Clevoland 18 steadily growing wenker as a presidential candidate. A Now York journal that is absolutely inde- pendent as to politics that all signs indicate that Mr. Cloveland cannot come as near to carrying that state next year as he dld four years ago, and sug- gests that the national convention will not be likely to nominate a candidate for president who cannot carry New York. It 1s perfectly plain that the Hill forces are in complete command in the Empire state and will be able to control the delegation to the national convention, It does not follow that they wiil insist upon muaking Hill the eandidate of the party, but they will he able to demonstrate to the convention that Cleveland cannot carry New York, and that if Hill is not tuken some man must be found who will be aceeptable to him and his followe The democracy cannot wir: in the next presidential el tion without New Youk, and the great majority of the party in that state are loyal to the Hill-Tammany combine This alone could hardiy fail to be fatal to the chances of Mr. Cleveland. But whether because of this situation or for other reasons the vx-president is boing deserted by former stondfast friends. Recently ex-Senutor Wallace of Pennsylvanin announced that he is not in favor of Mre. Cleveluna for the democratic nomination for the presi- denc Mr. Wallace has not of late been active in politics, but he is still recog- nized as the leader of an essive and important faction of the Pennsylvania democracy and his position will have great influence in the state. It would not be sufe to assume that Mr. Clevelana will have a majority of the Pennsylvania delegation in the national convenvion. The statement is published that Mr. Mills thinks some other man- than Mr. Clevelund must be made the standard bearer of the party, and favors a western candidate. essman Whiting of Michigun is among the former staunch friends of the ox-president who is re- ported to have deserted his cause. Sena- tor Voorhees of Indiana said in a late interview that the nominee of the next democratic national convention ought to live in the Mississippi valley, and he thought he would. Of course these men represent only a part of the democratic party, and Mr. Clevelund unquestionably still has many earnest and influential adherents. Rut the public expressions of such men show the drift of sentiment within the party, and under existing conditions the senti meny is likely to muke rapid progress. As democrats are made to understand that there is no hope that Mr. Cleveland could carry New York, and that with- out that state the party cannot win the next prosidential election, they will abandon the ex-president—all save those whose admiration for the man is so ardent that they canunot or will not see wherein he is weak, and who would vrefer defeat with him to success under another leader. This element may be something of a force in the national convention, but 1t is the practical poli- ticians who will control there, and it now seems probable that these will favor the selection of & new leader. Tt is possible that Mr. Cleveland, discern- ing Yhe inevitable, may make this a compuratively easy tosk by declining to be a candidate. anys AS TO THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS. The changes made by Mayor Bemis in the law department and the appoint- ment of a new city eangineor and city physician are severely criticised by the World-Herald as an infraction of muni- cipal civil sprvice reform. From a paper that sought to ' perpetuate the boodle gang that was overthrown at the recent election and buried under a land- slide, this hypocriical wail for reform comes with decidedly bad grace. George P. Bemis was elected mayor of Omaha by the fiat of exasperated tax- payers, who wanted a clean sweep in all the city offices. It is not charged that the men appointed by Mayor Bemis are loss competent than the men he has ousted, nor 1s there even an intimation that any one of them is tainted with boodleism. Mr. Connell is certainly just ascompe- tent to fill the office of city attorney as his predecessor, Andrew J. Poppleton. He is s younger man and more vigorous, besides having a more extensive famil- iarity with ali the details of the city charter and ordinances. Mr. Poppleton staked his fortunes as city attorney upon the election of Henry Osthoff, whom he extolled as the man of all others emi- nently qualified for the position of mayor. Mr. Poppleton and his reform champion could scarcely expect the mayor to reappoint a man who went out of his way to extol the gang that had caused & popular uprising, oven if. his name is A. J. Poppleton. But the late lamented is distressed particularly over the retirement of Shoo- maker who is represented us one of the most efficient and painstaking officials Omaha ever had. From Poppleton to Shoemaker is like the descent from the sublime to the ridiculous. If_bluster and gall constitute the chief elements of officiency in a city attorney Mr. Bemis has committed a very grave blunder in ousting Shoemaker We have no disposition to say an un- kind word about Mr. Tillson and we do not believe he will thank his fool friends for the onslaught they have made about the ¢hange of city engineer. Suffice it to say that Mayor Bemis very reluctants ly reached the conclusion that a ohunge was absolutely necessary and this con- clusion was forced upon him by written protests from a very large number of leading taxpayers. The fact that An- drew Rosewater is a brother of the edi- tor of TrE Bes should not bar him from a professional appointment that he has not sought, but for which even Mr. Till- son admits he is better fitted than any man west of Chicago. The summary change in the health department is chiefly due to the conduot of Dr. Gapen. Mayor Bemis desives to curtail city taxes by cutting down the list of city tax-eaters and reducing the pay of employes to the level of saluries paid by business houses und corpora- tions, Dr, Guapen has been constantly scheming to expand the city pay roll. HE # yoar as commissioner of health,and he hns actually throatened to ohfry his olaim for the extra $2,400 to the supreme court if not continued in office. | Mayor Bemis very properly concluded that Dr. Gapen was not the kind of man that would help him in his effort to bring about retrenchment in municipal government. We hardly beliove that any taxpayer will find fault with the mayor for mak- ing changes in the interest of economy and greater efficiency in tho city gov- ornment. AN INVESTIGATION MANLA It looks as if most of the time of the committees of the house of representn- tivos would be occupied at this session in making investigations, Altogether about twenty have thus far been or- dered, and the session is hardly yet fairly undor way. Several of the pro- posed investigations relate to the oper tion of the revenue laws, One resolu- tlon requires the committee on inter- stute and foreign commerce, of which Mr. Mills is the chairman, to investignte the effect of those laws on the foreign commerce of the country,a duty that ought to be entirely congenial to the Texas Then there are other resolutions directing the commit- tee on manufactures to investigate the offoct of the tariff on manufacturing in the United States, requiring the com- mittee on ngriculture to ascertain the effect of the tariff on the farming in- dustry, and instructing the committee on labor to find out how tie working- mun is affected by the tariff. In=ddition to these specific inquiries regarding the operation of the revenue laws, it iy the intertion of Mr. Springer that the ways and means committee shall also go into the matter in a general way. Thus five different committees, as thus far ordered, will devote attention to the workings of the tariff, and if the tasks assigned to them are cavefully and thoroughly performed the result ought tobe a great deal of instructive and valuable information. But the chances ave that the investigations will not be 50 conducted as to render the results en- tirely satisfactory and trustworthy. The object sought in ordering them not to increase the accurate knowledg of the country regarding the effect of the tariff upon various interests, but po- litical capital, and in order to serve th purpose the soveral committees will be very likely to narvow the scope of their inquiries, us far as possible, to lines that will lead to what the party leaders desire for campaign use. This is by no means impracticable or very difficult as similiar investigations in the past have shown. It is indeed probuble that there can never be had an honest and thorough investigation in the dis now proposed until one shall be pro: cuted by a nonpartisan colnmission composed of men who would have no po- litical or other interest in concealing or distorting facts, However, there will be no objection to the proposed investications, and whether honestly conducted or not re- publicans need not be disturbad. by any apprehension regarding the - results. The vindication of republican policy is in she general prosperity of the country, in which all interests participate. congressman. THERE is altogother too ‘much delay in the proposed consolidation of city offices and revision of the salary-list. These changes cannot ne effected by the mayoralone. They must be made by ordinance. If the council really desires retrenchment and retorm it should promptly take steps to formulate and pass the ordinances. There is always more routine business at regulur meet- ings than the council can properly at- tend to. It seems to us that the only thing to do in the premisesis to convene special mestings to consider, discuss and decido upon the proposed changes. This should be done without further delay because the mayor will hold back ap- pointments to piaces that are to be vu- cated or positions that are to be made subordinate with reduced salaries, WINTER is rapidly slipping away and yet the various business organizations, and especially the Board of Trade, are dozing, if not indeed sound usleep. A hypodermic injection of new blood into the veins of the Board of Trade would greatly invigorate that debilitated in- stitution. Perhups, if the scheme to sell the board’s property and reorganize were carrvied through more energy would be displayed 1n the future. Mean- time, & great deul of valuable time is being lost. GENERAL JAMES S. BRISBIN’S death will be greatly regretted by western people generally, Ever since the war General Brisbin has been in the west, most of the time on the frontier, and he has been a consistent friend of this sec- tion. His military record is a proud one and as a newspaper contributor and author he has also made his name known, He will be missed {rom among the army officers of the west. Sourin OMAHA is holding her own thus far as & hog packing center with 890,000 porkers to her credit since No- vember 1, a gain of 52,000 over lust year. THE iwo republican members of the Board of County Commissivners ave left by the democrats with litilo te do buv OMAHA , DALI RDAY, | kick and' fleaw their sularlos, How | would it dqf¢¢ them to spond their leis- ure inquirigguinto the methods of the dispensatigh Bf public charity. ———e THE chatity lonk in the county treas- ury is o dbAferous one and should be carefully uydipd up to prevent waste. ntps——— BoYCOTTING o street carline by walk- ing along its tyack is w new plan of cam- paign orighmlito Kast Omaha, CONTRAGIGR COOTS promises to turn on the heat in the city hall this week. This ought th thaw him out. —————— DR. CLARKEGAPEN enjoys a law suit, He is o lawyer himself. —_— No Fuse in Theirs, St. Louts Republic. The Nebraska alliance will probably de- clive to “fuse'" with the democrats. Tt thinks it has votes enough of its own to beat the re- publicans, and It it has the democrats will be botter satisfied without fusion than with it. Less Noise, Let the democratic house of representa- tives practico wise economy by all means. The people elocted it for that purpose. But good wine needs no bush. Neither does nonest logislation require in advauce & fan fare of resounding v Demoeratic Ing Seattle P ““I'he principles ot Jefferson and Jackson” are cheered at tho same banquet, which 18 about as ignorant a proceeding as it would bo to cheer for the principles of Jeft Davis and Lincolv at a republican jubiles. Jackson and Jefferson had but ono point of contact, the tariff; both were protectionists. nal Tran ison Globe. John %, St. John, the ropresentative of the Truly Good 1nIKansas, has bocome a com- mon loafer. He is now looturing in Texas and passing the hat. Mr? St. John has done 80 little actual work in so maoy years that ho hus become left-handed. It is a very unusual man who does not becomo a loafer and whiner after he has spent o long time at the public eriv. Hint to t . Paul Pionee Chief Just the punishment for contempt of the three newspaper corresponderts who surrepti- tiously obtaned and published in advance the findings of the supremo coutt in the Boyd-Thayer contestod election. Tho court would do vetter to find the leak through which the fnformation escaped and effect- ually plug it up. Correspondonts merely fultill their mission when they coliar the news wherevgrthey can find it. 5T B Georze Williun Curtis, Carl Schurz and Editor Godkii'of the New York Iveniag Post are disctis$ing the need for a new party 1o the presidpnijal election of 1§03, When Gatriel shall blaw bis horn ana the dread ceremony of ymarshaling the sheep on the right hand anid the goats on thodett shull be Ubegun, it is to] be 'expected that Godkin, Schurz and Curtis will hand up to the greut white throne adignitied proctamation of their inability to sfgufi;m with either party. Justieo Fleld's Denlal, From an biterview in Washington. “It is o felsghood, sir!” exclaimed As- supromo court, ¥oferring to the charges of Senator Power made before the' Montana irrigation Gonvention, can’t counceive what the senator means by utteriug such an untruth. It is made from a tissue of false- boods, nothing mors. What! I lobby to ask that certain men be appointed to the bench ““The only instance wher [ havespoken of a particular man for judge was recently when Senator Hoar, chairman of the judiciary comfhittee, came’ to mo and askad what I knew about Judgo Beattie of .Idaha. . [ tola him that he hada been conducting court m San Francisco and so successfully that somo lawyers had spoken in favor of his nomination to tan beuch, that is all. Occa- sionally I am asked what I thiak of such and such a man for judge. I reply, asI would reply to you wore vou to ask me, ‘I think him a good man’ or ‘an unfit man.’ I recall that 1was asked what I thought of Morrow of California for circuit judge. I replied that he would make'a’* good one,” and the justice, who had grown calm, became once more indignant, ‘‘but the charge of Senator Power is o falsehood, ana [ shail so write him au once.” e OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. General Lesczinski, formerly the head of the German general staff, bas published an article on the military situation in Germany, He puts the German army at the nead of the military forces of Burope, owing to its uni- formty of training, Lo the personal character of the oficers, and the- facilities for filling their places after losses In war afforded by the existence of a highly educated middle class, such as no other country possesses, The 1mportance of this last cousideration may Do estimated from the fact that in the Franco- German war of 1870, which only lasted nine months, the Germaus. lost over 6,000 officers, which Count vdn Moitke in his history of the war pronounced irremediablo. It was doubt- less irromediable as regarded _the immediate supply of officors as good as those who had fallen; but the high orderof instruction whick all classes of Germans recelve, and the military spirit with which tho whole vopulation is now imbued, would muke such aloss far less serious in Germany than in any other European country. General Lesczinski ridicules the fears excited by the mueh talked-of concoutration of Kussian troops on the German frontier, He says this copeeptration is a source of dauger to Russis/xathor than to Germany. These troops mfiu not take the feld without calling up the ¥ésbrves, and the difouity of trausporting thg reserves to those distant points would b yery ereat, and thoy would have to pass ovemlong lines of railroad, which would greatlysftempt and be very ac- cessible to the German cavalry. As t the Frédci army, be acknowl e Fuller is said to contomplato | sopiate Justieo *#ield ‘of the United /Siates, The Officzal Report of Gen. Hurst, Ohio Food Commissioner, shows ROYAL the purest Baking Powder. Every other Baking Powder tested contained impurities — from 10.18 per cent, to 86.23 bad s av Jio odged its present oxcellenve in strenwth and atmampnt and disolpline, but says the German brganization s more solid and he counts on & revolution in Parls after any roverse in the fleld. Ho eulogizes the Aus- trian army aod that of Russia, but, curiously enough, speaks slightingly of that of [taly. the main use of which, he intimates, would be tho detention of a large French foroe from the seat of war on the Ithine and on the Polish frontier, where the roal coutest woula be fought out. This, coming from such a source, s cold comfort for thn Italians, who have made so many sacrifices for the triple ailiance, But nothing but a victory over a European force will ever give the Italiaas a good military reputation after Lissa and Custozza. Both battles, one on sea and one on land, were lost through bad generalship, ‘The aefeat at Custozza whore the [talinns took the feld alone against an Austrian force forthe firsttimo after Novara, was partioularly provoking for the behavior of troops - was excellent. But they had to debouch from the hillson a plain 1n the presence of the enewmy who swept away the heads of the columns with his splendid cavalry as fast as they showed themsolves, and tho battle was lost before more than half the Italtan forco could get futo action. The gathering of the foreign flects in the harbor of Tangier means that the powers are watching each other lest one obtain a greater advantage than the other in the event of the overturn of the sultan. Just how serious the revellion is no one seews to know, and it may be nothing more thau a repetition gf the not uncommon revolts of the Berber trives, who have before now almost reached 1'angier in their incursions from the mountains. But itissaid to be areal revolution under the leadersbip of a brother of the sultan, who wants the throne himself; and if it is to lead to any dismemberment of the kingdom, France, Spuin and Eogland, if vo others, seem determined to particivate in the divis. fon. England does not want Spain or France to gobble the Mediterranean cost of Morocco and fortify the Moorish side of Gibraltar straits, as Ceuta 1s already fortified. If any other European power could do this, Gibraltar itself would be largely neutralized. France is jealous of Kngland and Spain both, and anxious to extend her holdings westward from Algiers, to say nothing of her designs upon Touat in the interior. One factor which may have an important bearing apon the future of Moroceo is the fanatical Mo- hammedanism of the Moors and Arabs,which would lead them to sink all internal strife to Jjoin against a foreign invader. This is what happened when in 1560 Spain invaded Mo- rocco, and Marshall O'Donnell was driven out of all but a small section of the territory ho thought he had conquered. *"x The Frouch assumption of a protectorate over Madagasoar, tho partition of Africa amoog the European powers, and the im- pending establishment of French, German and Italian ports of naval output and revair aloug both coasts of the dark ocontinent, have wade England’s control even of the roundabout route by the Capn of Good Hope precarious and rendered a firm grasp of the Suez waterway more vitally important to hur than ever. It has also come to be distinctly rocognized that the proposed neutralization of the canal would in war time prove imprac- ticable, and also that to safeguard it against obstruction would only be possible for a power already dominant in the country tarough which it runs. [n a word, whatever may be the nominal obligations of treaties or the inconvenieut promises of deceased diplo- matists, ngland, when she has to fight - for tha existence of her Indian empire, must at all_hezards keop the Suez canal at her dis- posal; and to that end must cling to the in- dispensable prerequisite of free access to Inaia, viz., her existing ascendancy in Egypt. That is. at all events, the Tory view of the dangers and duties incident to the Egyptian situation, and, although it is not Mr, Glad- stone’s there is reason to believe that it is shared by Lord Rosebery, who is likely to be the next liberal secretary for foreign afiairs, " 1t appears certain that the English will not voluntarily abandon the hold they have ac- quired _upon tho government of Egypt. Nothing short of a successful war can force them te let go, and throughout the course of such a war they would retain the advantage that their hold upon Exypt gives them for the control of the caual. The French let slip their opportunity ten years ago, when they deolined the English proposal for a joint in- tervention, and lett England to intervene alone and to reap for herselt the fruits of the intervention. That mistake seems now to be irredeemable. It could ve redesmed through peaceful negotiations only if France could in duce the other powers to join her in putting upon Great Britan a pressure that Great Britain could not withstand. Certainly the present attitude toward France of the other powers does not make such a project in tho lenst prowmising. D Illinols Republ Cmcoago, Il Jan: —~The republican state central commttee last night called the republican state convention to meet at Spring- fieid on the 4th of May next. It also decided there would be 1235 delegates in the conven- tion. The meeting today was a very enthu- siustic one. A nuwmber of speechos were made by republicans from ali over the state, While no resolution respecting presivential nominees wero adopted there was & stroug current favorable to Sheiby M. Cullom as the choice of the Illinois delogation. It was also the sentiment that 1f he would not accept the nomination there was no doubt that ls’lnlna could have it. President Harrison’s admin- istration wes generally commended aund a number of the members favored his renomi- usation in case there was no showfor Cullom. g ————— OPTIC Smith & Gray's Monthly. Sho was very fuir. And 1 watched her there From my pince in the opposite seat. And thought with a suitle, As 1 gazed the while, Her beauty quite complote. Till befor To my surpi —wlint do you suppose? nor loss, \ust confoss, a moie ou thic ond of her nose. But the cur dldn't glide, And she swayed one side \s We bounced along o'er the rail; And, upon iy saul! I found thut mole Was only the dot on her vell, ALL PLEASED WITH RESULTS, Republican Leaders Think Great Good Will Oome from the Great Council. HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE. ned t ator Paddock Doclar Candidate The members of the republican state con- tral commitioo departed for their respoctive homes yesterday well pleasea with the de- liberations of the committee on Thursday night, *'1 believe the Indications are favorable to A very harmonlous and vigorous campaign uext summer,” said Mr. F. (. Simmons, editor ofgtho Seward Reporter, to a Ber man. “Ibelleve the factional fights thav have weakened the republican party in the past are not going to bo repeated during the impend- ing campaign. The natchots are buried now and lot them stay buried. 1 sea no reason why the republican party should not win a complete and decisive victory next year in this state,’ Mr. I\ C. Colahan or I'riend has resident of Nebraska for over twonty years, and is thoroughly conversant with the his: tory of the republican party. Confide In the Administration, “The readiog of the Clarkson letter lust night,”” said Mr. Calaban, “was all right, ‘Thore is nothing in that lotter that repub- licans have any cause to feel ashamed of. It would be a mighty good card for the re- publican party if we could get that letter published in every democratio paver in tho country, 1t exposes the schemes of tho democratic party in trving to doceive voters all over the country, and shows that tho ro publican party is willing to rest its clalins for suptemacy upon the truth and upon es- tablished facis !“The fact of the matter is, the present ad- ministration has given such excellent satis- faction that the democrats are -becoming alarmed at its popularity. The masses have unbounded contidence in this administration and here in Nebraska the republican party 1s sure to win in a three-cornered fight. ““There are a fow who think that Mr, Rosewater referred to some matters last night which should not have been men- tioned in a committes meeting, but I belicve his straight, candid talk will ‘do good. We all koow that Mr. Rosewater is in the habit of speaking right straight out what he bo- lieves to be right, and those who understand nin best have least fault to find with bim.” 1t is now definitely settled that Mr. M Pheely of Minden is to be & promineat con- gressioual aspirant in the K'itth district. Speaking of the situation yesterday ho said: “I believe the meeting just hetd will do u great deal of good. It has brought the prominent party leaders closer together and has developed a unity of purpose throughout the stato. Thero was nothing said or done last night that will do any harm. The future is all right if every man will do his duty.” Canvassing Candidates’ Claims, There was a very interesting little cuucus neld at tho Millard yesterday morning at- tended by about twenty leading republicans interested in grooming the aspirants for state office nominations. The special order of business appeared to be that of decia- ing upon the man to push forward for the nomination as state auditor. Mr, J. A. Cline of Minden had been mentioned and was almost ready to declare himself open for an engagement of that kind, but the friends of Mr. George W. Bowerman, doputy state auditor, prevailed upou_ Mr. Cline to stay out of the race. Mr. Bowerman is thereforo entered in the sweenstakes cluss unless other complicatious arise that will make it necessary 1o hold him {n the back- ground. Mr. Peter Youuger of Genova is coming to the front as an aspirant for the nowmination for state treasurer, Hois a membor of the contral committes and appears to have a great many friends, The senatorial fight that will become a part of the legislutive show next winter at Lincoln is already attracting the attention of the manipulators. One prominent member of the committee said: It is going to be Senator Paddock against the field. The com binations are already forming. There are already throa men actively engaged in blazing paths through the ‘woods toward jthe sena- torlal chair.” Paddock Declares Himself. The followiug letter is of interest in this connection 4! “WasnixGTox, D. C.,Man, 9,—Colonel J. W. Pearman, 2026 South Nineteenth stroot, Omaha: ' Dear Colonel—On ry arrival hore today 1 find yours of the 2d inst. I have never indica%ed to anyone that I would not be a candidate for re-election. I have, how- ever, frankly and frequently said that my candidacy must rest with the peoble them- selves. If they desiro that I shall succeed myself, I shall gratefully obey such behest. But 1 havo also said, and [ now say to you, that I will not go through another personal struggle, such as I have been compelled to make three times in tho past, in my own in- terest as a candidate. “Before my successor is elected I will pro- sent the report of my stewardship, and if, people of our state shall elect to continue mo he only trouble is as to are all right. beon a from the record of services rendered, the | 54 They go Hand in hand--- Our great discount sale of winter underwear is going hand We don'’t have to ask a man to buy, if he has or can borrow a little money, after has once seen what we offer. The your size you will take one, for the styles We will keep open till 10 o'clock Saturday night. Browning, in their service, I shall gratefully, and with niy best ubility, return to the same, after my present term expires, l-‘nnhlull( your YA, 8. Pappock.” Majors Sowing Seed, " *'Tom Majors Is quietly sowine grass seod all over the snow, " said a wido awako mom bor of the committeo. ‘“I'hat's a pretty good way to sow grass seod, you know. Next summer you will find' Mr. Majors making hay all along the road that leads to the gubernatorial chair. The man who imagines that Mr. Majors is not anxious to secure the nomination for govoruor on the republican ticket next sumtior must be sound nsloep.” - HOMANS' IDOW WINS, Decision | [Copyrighted 1892 by James Gordon Bennett, | Panis, Jan [New York Herald Cable ~Spocial to Tiur Brr, ] ~An important polnt in international law, in which the widow and the children by the first marriage of Harry S. Homan, late goneral agent of the New York Life Insurance sonipany, are concerned, nas been decided aftor a protracted suit by the Paris court of appeals. The children by he first marriage claimyd that propoerty of their father, who died intestate, should be divided according w New York law. In support of the claim they produced the opinion of Condert of the New York par to the effcct that Homans, having quitted California without the intention of return ing, thereby revived his original citizonship and domiciie in New York. Mrs. Homans' lawyers arzued that tho docoasod was a citf zen of California at the time he married in F'rance and still preserved his logal domicile in that state. ‘The widow's claim was sup- ported by tho opinfon of A. K. Valols, counsel of the United States consulate gon: oral in Paris, who argued thut Homans could not lose his California domicile until he had acquired a new ono. Ho was legally domi ciled in Paris by pormission of the French government after tho second marriage. Ac- cording to the American luw, the estate should ve distributed according ' to the laws of California. The court, after a long con sideration, decided 1 favor of the widovw, who was allowed costs, Unless an amicab settlement is made, this will oblige the Ne York Life [usurance company to submit its books to inspection in order Lo establish the assots of tho estate, - Overa Million In } PumaveLeuia, Ya., Jao, 1 I'he assignee today made an examination of the books of Joseph H. Coates & Co., tho cotton firm which failec yesterday. No definite state ment of the assets and liabilities has been prepared, but it is understood the amount in volved is over $1,000,000. Tho firm is selling agent for over forty mills in the south, but it is said none of them will be affected. RIPPLI TONS. Washington Star: IS is an Important turn in the situation,” suid the girl as she flopped the griddio cake over. Now York He ~What Dr. Thirdly's t s morning? Dick tiicks—The love to root I the source of all monoy. was Drake's Magazine: Lord Nobby (to Nevada Niek—Y" ‘must ‘avo lived ‘ero i good while, eh? Nevada Nick—Soo that mounting thar? [That was w holo in the ground whon T ouno hero! Clothler and Furnisher: Colloctor—I left a blll Liere yestorday for some shirts your hus- band got. Did he look it ov Lady of the house—No. he overlooked it. AGE AND YoU New York Hera Sho throw lier ¢ rms about my nock and kissed me o'er und o' r, And still the situation wasn't perfect bliss to m Because my wifo was standing just outside the open door— And while T waus fully thirty-eight the kissor was bug three. It is the fact that my in- come 18 50 smali,” suid the younz man when her father ejected him, “that makes my ou! s0 lurge and vigorou Washington Stur: Tides in the affairs of men naturally come under the head of current events. New York Herald: Some women ure jus| bundles of curiosity,” siid Smythe. w there's my wife: she'll wake up throe thines a night just to find out what time it is.” WHO 18 117 Clothier and Furnisher. Who s It stands for fourteen hours Wit dry gooas store, And cometh honie at night so tired She scurce cun opo the door? Who is It entortains hor friends Each night In gorgeous style, And when the breakfast comes in late Sho greots you with a smilo? W ho Is it wears the newest gown And puts your wife to shime, And mukes you fool 5o small at times You long to change your nam Your servant girl, Lowell Courler: There e two places whero it roquires an effort to keep one's balanco—on the fce and at the bank. Bioghamton Leader: The beggar Is gener- ally un open-handed fe New York Herald: Assistant—That young mun who wauts to enter jouruwlism 1§ out- slde ditor—Docs he look as though he were any Asslstant—Yes; he lot me huve $10 without a groan, Browning, King & Co. 8. W. Cor. 13th und Douglas. in hand with our January Overcoat Sale. We are get- ting rid of lots of winter underwear and we have had an almost phenominal run onour overcoats size. If you can find King&Co Southwest Corner 15th and Douglas Streets. He is a sort of Pooh Bah. He claims that he is entitled to two salarvies— 192,400 & yoar as city physician and $2,000 or n queen dowager. Mary of Teck's ‘misfortune will touch the hearts of her Jox wherever her story 1s told, Open Saturday evenings till 10, Other days till 6:80 per cent. of their entire weight,