Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1894, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, Bditor. —— e PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING [ = == e TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dally Bee (without Sunday), Onme Yea Daily_Bee and Sunday, One ¥ear. s Bix Months 3 et Threo Monthi dossive Bunday Bee, One Year.. turday Bée, One Year Veekly Bee, One Year OFFICES Omaha, The Bee Tullding. Bouth Omahs, Corner N and Twenty-fourth Sts. Councll Bluffs, Pearl street Chi Office, 17 Chamber New York, Rooms 13, 14 Washington, street, Commerce. 15, Tribune Blag 1" N. W CORRESPONDENCE, All communications relnti news and edi- torial matter should be To the Kditor. BUSINESS LETTERS. All business lettors and remittances should be addressed 1o The [ee Publishing compan Omaha. D checka nnd postoltiee orders 16 be made pavable to the order of the compa B Ve POBLISTiNG COMPANY BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION George B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Pub. lishing compuny, belng duly swofn, says that the. or of full and complete copies of t rning, Evening and Sunday Bee pring the mont of October, 18M, was B8 follows: 21,214 614,14 Less deductions for unsold coples L 21148 CHUCK in my p Total Daily average net’ eir GEORGE me and subseri ( November P. FEIL, Notary Public. Alas! Such is fame. The Chicago Thnes is talking about “Mayor Weir of Omnha.” hefor day Sworn 1 ence this (Seal.) N Query: What did Ambas come all the way from London to Dels ware for? Wonder if there will about “party perfidy Grover's coming mes be 11 dishonor” nge? anything in It looks as if the contest for the presi- dency of the new Board of Education | were to be of the still hunt variety. The woods seem to be full of retired republican statesmen who wish they hadn’t gone out of politics quite so early. teal'ng clectio: s is not very safe bus!- ness down in K as City. Nor will it be very safe if it is attempted in any part of Neb here is no ift for waiting until Thanksgiving before remembering the poor. Phiianthropy counts just the same whenever it is manifested. The railrond criers who are howling for a contest on Governor-elect Holcomb seem to forget that contest is a game at which more than one ean play. When our alert federal authorities are able to apprehend Fast Thunder on twenty-four hours notice there can be no hope for Corked Lightning to escape their vigilance in the future. We advise defeated candidates to take to the bicyele. It has been proved to afford the speediest means of getting from one point to another. It may per- haps be of service in getting away from the landslide. No, it's no use trying to make a demo- crat understand why the salary of the Omaha postmaster has not been given over to some oune of the faithful who have been o long and so patiently wait ing and watching for it. 1t Is difficult for a defeated candidate to realize that the people have weighed him in the balance and found him want- ing. The only sensible thing for him to do under such circumstances Is to take his medicine and subside. The Bee's certified election returns dispelled the last vestige of doubt as to the election of Judge Holeomb to be the next governor of Nebraska. If any one questions the exact iigures invite him to call at this office and convinee himself of their corvectness. We are told by some malicious person that everybody In Illinols is unapi mously in favor of Mr. Medill for Unitid States senator except the competing ca\. didates and the members of the legisk) tare who are to vote on the question We don't and won't believe it. There will not be enough money at the disposal of the city for intersection y; ing next year to go round. The property owners who want to make sure that their streets arve paved or repaved will do well to come In early with their peti tions and thus avoid being crowded out. It Missouri were ouly to elect a new senator the coming year! With a clear republican majority in joint session of the legislature the might be some chanee of having the state represented by a senator who would be in accord with the sentiments of a majority of their constituents. Some of the country papers are ady’ g their readers to remember the mem bers of the defunct Business Men's asso clation. We hardly think this is either necessary or advisable. That associa tion really did the corporation candidate more hayvmn than good. It ought not to be blamed for so weritorions an action. The wedding of Czar Nicholas and Princess Alix this week will be an ex traordinary event in royal life. It is seldom enough that an heir apparent of his own accord waits until after he h asconded the throne “before entering wedlock. It has been some time since we have had a wedding involving per sonages so high in official life, and this one promises to be made memorable in all future history. — The official certificates of election, signed and sealed by county clerks, give Holcomb & plurality ovar Majors of 8,192 votes. The law provides that the candidate having received a plurality as shown on the face of the returns shall be seated and take the oath of offi We drop this tip to a number of pig. headed stakeholders who have no possi- ble excuse for longer hanging on to the IN THE SIXTH DISTR!CT. The report comes from Washington that Mr, Daugherty, the defeated repub Hean eandidate for congress in the Sixth Nebraska district, has signified to the republican congressional committee h intention to contest the seat to which Congressman Kem has been re-elected We have not yet seen any specifications | of the exact grounds of the contest, but they are sald to be general all fons of fraud in both the vote and the count, The Bee has supported the candidacy of Mr. Daugherty in the recent campaign consistently and ener- getieally, and none would have rejoiced more sineerely had he come out vietor ous in the race. The Bee has nothing | to gain from the re-election of Con Kem and nothing to lose should Mr. Dangherty be finally seated | The however, h for majority rnle. It has always cated honest elections and has insisted at all times upon a free ballot and a fa | count. It upon a free ballot and a fai ount Mr. Di ty was really the holce of the majority of the legal voters of the Sixth dis. trict he should by nll means be Vized the representative of that district, even if it requires contest proceedings to establish his €laim. On the other hand, the were fact that the t cong ss will be over vhelmingly re- publican and that it will lie in the [power of the republican membe <hould to disregard the e 1 wishes of the constituents of a | particular district is no good re an o unw anted contest should trumped up upon a totally inadequa ba According to the returns from the Sixth district Mr. Kem's re is assared by some 1,500 plurality. proposed ross Bee, s always stood dvo recog a8 N they so ehoose, pross It election. It vived the upon stitutes a ecandidate's rather the fact that he has votes of 4 majority of those that offies nd if that m only one the principles of r government require that the choice of the majority be accepted. It is true that there have been charges of fraud in the recent election in Nebras but the fraud, so far as proof has been sub- mitted, is managers and in behalf,of the corpc tion candidate for governor. The re turns prove beyond a reasonable doubt that thousands of 1 were brought into the state and colonized by railroad emissaries. A few thousand of these W doubtless carefull distributed over the Sixth district, for in no other way ean we account for the large vote in those places which are known to been partially depopulated as a vesult ‘of crop failure due to the summer's drouth. All these illegal voters brought here in the interest of the head of the rvepublican state ticket, and in- cidentally the republiean candidate for congr may have profited more or less from the transaction. Certainly the opposing candidate could not have gained anything by it. The question then is this: Davgherty feel justified in instituting contest proceedings before cong if the majority in that body consisted of democrats disposed to judge impartially between the claims of republicans and populists? Wonld he feel justified in pursuing this course If the republican majority in the house was only nine in- stead of ninety? The republican mi- nority in the present house has protested most vehemently against the e on the part of the democrats of an auto- cratic power to count out legally elected members of the minority party. We do not believe the republicans of the next house will venture to imitate what they have so strongly condemned in the dem ocrats of the present house. Unless Mr. Daugherty relies upon something more substantial than the partisan zeal of the newly elected congress he will make a grave mistake if he contests the seat of Congressman Kem. . were Would Mr. 58 AN UNPROFITABLE PRACTICF. One of the lessons of the late elections which men of all pirties should learn and remember s that gerrymandering does not pay in the long run. Both the repub. lican and the democratic parties have been guilty of this practice, the latte lowever, more frequently and genel than the former, of the manders made by the democrats during rears being of the most un Just and arrantable characte In nearly ev northern state where that ntrolled the legislature in the past four years it reapportioned the congressional districts, without any re. gard to fairness or justic Bight north ern and western states were thus gerry mandered after the publicans in 1860, the democrats gain- ing thereby upwards of fifty members of congress. Notable examples of the unscrupnlous character of the work of the party in this respect were in New York, Indiana and Michigan. The late election is properly regarded shing a stinging vebuke of this In ever, ate where the dem s made an unfair apportionment in the expeetation of wmaintaining their ascendency in the congressional delega tions they were overwhelmingly heaten failing to elect any representativi in | six of the thus dealt with wl electing only n the others. Before | the election the hope of the demo [ retaining their control of congress was lavgely based upon the belief that republicans could not regain their own in the gerrymandered states, and in v publican quarters there was some doubt as to whether the unfair apportionments i1 be overcome. The political calen- tors on both sides failed to give due consideration to the peope's sense of Justice and fairness. The result showed that the people are not in sympathy with this sort of politieal jugglery, ana while they may sometimes appear to tol- erate it in the long run tl cer- tain to manifest their disapprobation. Intelligent and fair-minded men frrespective of their political afili atlons, win nat approve of ¢ practice which is essentially dis honest and the purpose of which under all cireumstances is to defeat the popular will. The American people like fair play, as well in polities as in ey thing else, and any party makes a grave mistuke which fails to recognize this fact and orts t unfair meth ods In order to sec or re tain power. It may achieve tem norary success, but it is certain to 1y some gerry re states slection | all on the part of the railroad | the encounter popular renuneclation sooner later, and the more high-handed and eulpable its methods the severer will be the rebuke, It will be wise for the re publican legislatures that are to appor- tion their s anew not to lose sight of this lesson of the late elections. The temptation may be strong to retaliate on the democrats by following the 1 ex ample, but such a course would be the most foolish possible. Itepublican logls Intures in states where reapportionment must be made will sngthen the chances of the future success of the party by doing this work with such fair ness and justice as to silence partisan st objection and insuve the approval of the | there be a new departure | | people. L in this matter and the republicans ean {gain in popular respect and confidence by making it. Wh frand shall in future ty should be allowed be practiced the democrat monopolize. “ [ — | WHAT THE BUSINESS MEN DID, A great deal has been said during the past month about the possible efféets of the by the Men's of Omaha of the candidacy of T. J. Majors. The origin of this ociation 1ethods ard work pericrn ed by it were «xploit d by The It was conclusively shown that a few deposi tories for railroad funds joined h | with a few leading jobbers, railroad beneficiaries, and started upon a fool- hardy plan for mixing business with [politics. hie associntion announced that something like 1,500 business men had signed the manifesto, whereas The Bee showed that less than 350 had done so. The Bee furthermore made it plain that the larger share of those who actually mmitted themselves to the plan did so under a misapprehension of its scope and purport, and when this paper dem onstrated to them t a fatal blunder had been made, they for the most part did what any other class of honorable men would do, withdrew their support and charged the originators of the move. ment with having imposed upon them. As the campaign progressed it became more and more apparent to the mer chants of Omaha that business and poli- ties would not mix. Railroad bene ficlaries had tricked them into support of a policy at once damaging to their private busin and to the trade of Omaha. They were quick to see the false attitude into which th had been placed. The result was that ten days prior to the election the Business Men's intion suffered an almost total col- lapse. The bedraggled remnant stood as a monument to the short-sighted folly of a few corporation understrappers, Shortly before the election The Bee tendered its counsel to the merchants nd business men whose names had been mentioned in the corporation candi- date’s manifesto. This paper pointed the way out of the dilemma into which they had been led. They were asked to re- sent the treatment received and show by their votes that Omaha as the commer- cial metropolis of the state was not fighting the candidacy of the common people’s chosen nominee. The official count shows that The Bee's advice was heeded and that the actual effect of the Business Men's association in Douglas county was that of a boomerang to its promoters; that it lost to the M; umn more votes than it gained. A most rem ble feature of the e'ec- | tion was the heavy vote given by Omaha and Douglas county to Silas A. Hol- comb. We k countr; chants to consider the tremendous odds that con- ronted Ho'comb's supporiers in Doug as county. Here arve located the headquar- ters of every railroad in the state. Here was located the headquarters of the re- publican comuittee which put up the greatest fght ever waged by a eampaign commiitee in this state. He e the repub- lican county and city central commit- tees were actively at work for the whole ticket, carrying Majors from ward to ward, while there was absolutely no or- ganization of the kind in support of Hol- comb. Here the election boards were nine-tenths republican, with a mere smattering of Holeomb democrats. In this city the great power of the fran- chised corporations and of the Standard Oil company was exerted in behalf of Mijors. And yet in the face of this un- exampled opposition Judge Holcomb re- celved 10,194 votes in Douglas county, [ Majors' plurality being but 44 In view of these facts it cannot truth- | fally bo said t the real merchants and business men of Omaha as a class opposed the candidacy of Silas A. Hol- comb, Business in behalf campaign waged association its s ASSC THE NI GUA CANAL. There are signs that a vigorous effort is to be made at the coming session of congress to secure legislation in the in- terest of Nicaragua canal project. Officials of the canal company have been to lurope for the purpose of ascertain- ing what could be done there in the matter of obtaining funds for the enter- and according to reports no diffi- culty would be found in securing all the foreign capi ary to complete the canal. These reports are to be taken | with some gr of allowance, since it | 15 quite possible they are put out for the purpose of iniluencing sentiment in this | country in favor of government aid to | the project. Very likely if satisfactory | conditions were offeved to fordign cap Litalists all the money required could be valsed, but it is very doubtful whether sueh conditions can be offered consist | ently with the obligations of the com | pany to Nicaragua, and whenever these canuot be fultilled the Nicaraguan gov- crnment will be pretty certain to resume possession of what it has granted, to- gether with whatever property the canal company still retains, In that event Nicaragua might herself invite foreign capital to construct the canal, and she would probably get it. An castern journal has obtained and published the views of a considerable nnmber of senators and representatives igress upon the question whether | vernment should give financial aid | to secure the early construetion of the Nlearagua canal. Al of them recognize the importance of the enterprise and with few exceptions favor government il Some go so far as to say that it 1ght to be built by the government while others ave more conservative and advocate only such aid by the govern ment as would give the project a na tlonal character and place it under the control of the goverumenut. The pre ins of ver of this sort of | to | dominating iden Is that it should be dis- tinetly an American work, owned, con trolled and managed in the Interest of Ameriean commerce., It is impossible to say to what extent this view is indorsed by public senti ment. Possibly if the question were squarely presented to the Ameriean people whether the government should aid the enterprise in the way that has been proposed or it be allowed to pass into the control of foreign capi majority -of them would favor ment aid, but it is not to be doubte that as the matter now stands there is |a strong sentiment ninst the government becoming ally in volved in the canal. This is not due to | any lack of appreciation of the value of the enterprise, the importance of which, commercinlly and otherwise, is admitted by all who have given the matter intelli gent consideration. It is due to a con vietion, drawn from the experience of the government in aiding private enter: prises, that after having med the entire burden and responsibility government in the end yvould be The bill introduced in the senate provid ing vernment aid for the Nicaragua canal seems to amply insure the govern ment inst loss, but nobody ean pre sume to say that after the government assumed the proposed obligation the | provisions of this measure would remain | permanently unchanged. The eanal com vory | pany is getting ready to again urge this | { matter upon the attention of | and timely public discussion of it is to | be desired. There s no politics In the question, Senator Sherman being quite earnest an advoeate of government aid to the canal as is Senator Morgan of Alabama. as An in Asin credit for news of which civilized American Minor must have giving the world the terrible Armenian massact st week startled every community. The informant, although his name has been withheld, runs a great risk of punishment at the hands of the Turks, who will omit no effort to discover his identity. The courage dis- played in this unostentations manner certainly deserves as much praise as any much admired display of physical endurance. When the Turkish govern- ment finds that it eannot permit such atrocities to occur with 1ts tacit consent without having the horrible details pub- lished to all mankind and without in viting the interference of its more ad- vanced and more powerful neighbors, it the: ne ¢ of respecting at least the lives of its subjects. The sorvice |'<-|ullrml by this American mis- sionary canbof but be appreciated by all Americans. missionary the the One of the first acts of the new ci conncil should be the passage of a gen- eral ordinance providing for the filling of vacant elective offices by appointment of the mayqr for the interval until the next regular city election. The experi- ence which ‘we have had with the eity clerkship cali hdppen with many other offic In this case just referred to the difficulty was met by a :pecial ordinance which would be of no avail should an- other vacancy rdeur, The city ought to be in a position to meet emergencies of this Kind promptly whenever and how- ever they may happen. 't Omaha furnish a few candidates for the offices to be filled by the newly elected legislatme? The rest of the state will be led to believe that Omaha not doing her duty if she does not prom- ise to send down to Lincoln a few secre- taries of the senate and chief clerks of the house, not to mention post: doorkeepers, committee cl s and gen- eral hangs is asters, prelgn Parts. Washington Post. We understand that Mr. Bayard is to s on Tuesday for his post at London, and we contemplate the arrangement with undiluted atisfaction. There, where the lower classes are so deferential, 'where the police are all professors of deportment, where the mighty and the superior are never shocked by vul- garity, and where the elegant hush of ten Centuries of civilization subdues the uproar )t the masses, Mr. Bayard will find the conditions best suited to his poetic temper- ament. Here he is sadly out of tune with men and things, and far behind the proces- sion which has been moving, without even a halt for reverence and grief, since he dropped out of It. B S— Three Object Lessons. New York Worl three results in the instructive and recent encour- There were elections that are AEIng. democratic was elected i the only one successful in & r western state, solely because sented opposition to monopolies |n to the arrogant Southern P corporation in particular. legislature elected in California is repul lican and the congressional delegation solidly republican, but Mr. Budd was elec od_governor on the anti-mononoly issue. Mr. Sutro was elected mayor of San Francisco on the same issue. He had no party nomination, but he represented a principle, e stood for " the “people and against the plutocrats of the Huntington type. And the people turned in and elected him. In Nebraska the republican candidate for governor was defeated, the only man on his ticket who failed, because he was be- lleved to be corrupt. The leading repub- lican journal of that state, The Omaha. Bee, denounced his nomination as one unfit to be made. It exposed his character and tne people refected him—one of the many pub- lic services rendered this year by an honest and fearless press These three crumbs of comfort prove that local ressons foF success often overcome a general tendency toward defeat. The voters do not stay at home when there 18 a sufficlent dnducement for them to come out. They doymot go against their party when it challopges their support by candi- dates and a pollgy, clearly in their interest. e GREEN LANE, governor D) general and cific railroad DOWN THE Jennte 171, Bowe in the Century. Down the gretn 'lane she is coming, Alanna, graceful ‘@nd fair; The blue of the skies Within ‘her bright eyes, The midnight within her dark hair: O Alanna machree, the sweet sight of thee A leap of the hérrt it giveth to me! Down the greén lane she is coming, Alanna, with Woice like a bird; The mayl i stil, The river, and rili Such music théy ever have heard: O Alanna maghrée, the sweet vol A leap cf the Réart It giveth to me! Down the green lane she is coming, Alanna, with smiling so sweet; ‘The daisies, deep rea, Leap up from their bed To fondle her little white feet A leap of the heart it giveth to me! rongress | CONZIOSS | prain from saying the | | that's why | |1t |in | WHAT HIT TOM MAJORS? North Bend Republican: Evidently it was Tom Majors who was defeated and not republican prinefples. Schuyler Herald: If the republican party has shaken off Majors and buried him for- ever the cost was not too great Osceola Recard: It is true that Holcomb s elected. but It is also true, and all fair- minded populists admit it, that he was elected by republican votes and republican influence. Falls City Journal: Jack MacColl could have gotten the votes and made a good gov ernor besides. But what are we going to do about It? Our hindsight surprises when it 1s too late Schuyler Herald: Fusion had no_part in the election of Holcomb gyoernor. Holcomb was elected by the votes of republicans who agree with Mr. Rosewater that Majors unworthy the office of governor. Stanton P Had republicans nom inated Jack MacColl or any other clean man for governor they would have swept the state like a cyclone, but they did not their tattooed candidate defeated Kearney Standard: How many thousands would Tom Mafors have been beaten if the oampaiga had been prosecuted by the repub. lieans without the use of money and free pass bribery on railroads interested Majors' election Blair Pilot: By old ring at the etate capital The papsuckers and boodlers A new deal will be inaug ary 1, and those professional the Hilton stripe who have the state business without supervision must stand from under. A smoking out of these barnacles is what the people demanded, and they defeated Tom Majors. O'Nefll Frontier: Although we are sorry that Majors was defeated, still we cannot re- y we told you s0.” Majors’ nomination was a mistake, take that had to be made €ooner or later, and who may say that it is not well that we are through with it? In some unaccountable way the Nemaha statesman seemed to have a hold on the party, and he squeezed it for all it was worth. He can no longer claim anything and the party is stronger and better for it. Valley Enterprise: Judge Silas A. Holeomb was elected by the common people of this state, and it was one of the most remark- able and_wonderful political victorles ever won in Nebraska. With all the railroads and banks, the saloons and corporations against him, and with a general republ landslide all over the country, the elec of Judge Holcomb is simply astonishing. But in this victory we rejoice. We have no fears but that he will spare no pains to un- earth rascality and head off devilment when- ever possible, Emerson Times: It is evident that T. J Majors s mot the most popular man with republicans in the state of Nebraska. In looking over the returns from all over the state you will notice that especially in democratic precincts is where Majors re celved his vote. Those fellows that pride themselves on being stralght democrats did work on the sly and cast their vote for Tom. This is a privilege they have, but it proves the defeat of Majors the is unhorsed must let go, ed after Janu politicians of been runr to us that a political trade is the smoothest | thing on earth. We could name a in Dixon county. McCook Tribune: Among other things, th result in Nebraska on the governorship shows that the people—or quite a respectable por- tion of them at least—reel that the legitimate few even | province of raillway managers is the manag- ing of railways, not the exploiting of their towering intellects in politics. In fact, the people of Nebraska are quite willing to give the rallways fair and generous treatment, but the late election returns indicate that they prefer to reserve the right to manage their own politics a little. And the Tribune is not surprised at their exhibition of this reasonable and very proper preference. Osceola Record: The republican managers should learn a lesson from this experience. has now been indisputably proven that the rank and file of the party will not rally to the support of a prominent candidate against whom there are charges, true or false. It there ever were issues at stake demanding the vote and best effort of every republican it was this fall, yet thousands refused to vote the head of the ticket, be- cause they were dissatisfied with the can- didate. If the republicans of Nebraska had voted as solidly for the head of their ticket 1894 as the populists did for theirs in 1892 Majors would have been elected by a handsome plurality. The result is simply the protest of republicans against candidates with questionable records. The party must put forward its best and cleanest timber. Papillion Times: It was not a party vie- tory. Neither the populists mor democrats can claim credit for the overthrow of the railroads and thelr pet candidate. Nor yet does the glory belong to Rosewater. All these influences had a hand in the great work, but the oredit in chief belongs to that noble band of republican voters who, while firm in thelr allegiance to their party, yet bravely broke party lines that their state might be saved the disgrace of having a pliant tool of the railroads placed In its executive chair. There were not many such republicans in the state, but thank God, there were enough to do the work, and to them be all the praise. It is true that the populists and democrats did thelr.duty, but ours was a pleasant duty, not requiring the breaking of party ties, as was the case with republicans who repudiated Majors. Central City Nonpareil: Now that election is over it is well enough to ask the cause of Holcomb being elected. Was it owing to the fusion of the pops and democrats, or was it because thousands of republicans refused to support Majors? Probably the latte From the day the convention was held until election day there was not a county in the state in which there were not men busy luboring for Majors' defeat, men who, under other circumstances, would have worked just as hard for the republican ticket. It was claimed that the methods by which Majors’ nomination was secured were anything but honest. It was claimed that he was a boodler and was cognizant of the boodling that had been carried on in this tate. These stories, whether true or false, had the effect to preju- dice many voters against Majors. Then, to add to the trouble, the central committee had to contend with The Bee and many prom- inent republican papers, which kept up a continual warfare, & warfare that was far- reaching. Had another than Majors been nominated he would have earried Nebraska by 35000 or 40,000 plurality. Everything was coming the republicans’ way, and all that was needed was to nominate & popular man, Had this been done we would not behold the spectacle of Nebraska being the only state north of Mason and Dixon's line that failed to elect a republican governor. [ — Away with Seotionsl Lines. ncinnatl Enquirer (dem.). If the democratic party Is to regain power it will be when the democratic leaders of the north are equally with those of (he south consulted as to the policies of the party. Northern democracy abhors sec- tional lines, but if these lines are Insisted upon by southern democratic leaders when- ever the the party is in power, disaster will surely follow, as It has this yea stead of ninety-elght northern democ the next house of representatives there twelve. Instead of thirteen north nocratic senat in the next there will be but ten, Two years later there none. are honest words, because they are In reforming the lines of democratic effort in the future, the positions above an- Rounced cannot with safety be ignors i il A Little Mound. Chicago Post somewhere in this land sun 15 shining bright, And somewhere bands are somewhere hearts are light From “Casey at the Bat." John Donoyan has been re-elected to the legislature of Michigan. Lawrence McGann has seventy majority. And across the bleak Slerras comes the note of triumph. of ours the playing and O Alanna machree, the sweet smile of thee, | The democrats have carried Californi They have lost everything but Calif was and | in | | | doubt h | board. CONTEST OR NO CONTEST. Central City Nonparefl: Holcomb is elected beyond a doul and no honest re- publican wishes to deprive him of the office, whether his majority is 1, 100 or 1,000. An honest ballot and a fair count is one of the party’s boasts Wayne Herald celved a plurality of the votes on the face of the returns he should take his seat as RO nor and no. contest should prevall. The republican party of Nebraska has done well and two ye henee will do better no defensive campaign prevails, Papillion Times. T has been a good deal of bluff and bluster about Majors con testing the election of Holeomb, but there will be no contest A contest would show ich corruption on the part of the Majors strikers as might land some railroad officials in the penitentia The:e will be no contest Columbus Telegram The gram is no admirer of Si Holcomb, nor is it in love with his party, but we believe he has been elected and should be seated T ram is strenuously opposed to a cont for the reason that we believe a contest eans the stealin, under color of law, of the gov ernorship from a man fairly chosen by the people. Bvery honest man should ra his voice against this move Al shou be able to understand what it means, Chadron Citizen The cfficial returns are not all in yet, but it is certain that Hol comb electe by 3 0 votes. Without has been honestly elected. Tom Majors and his friends feel sore over t result, but the republican managers have no business to be talking of making a con test republican party of raska can't to go into a deal of kind. Major been fairly beaten hurts like blazes, but let him take | at with good grace. Grand Island Independent: The rallroad combine and It organ, the Lincoln Journal are yet working hard to make the people believe that there are grounds for a contest against Holcomb's election. This is a pr paration for the fraudulent counting out Holcomb by the legislature. But we lieve the rallroad magnates arc without thelr host. There will republicans enough in the legislatu not participate in such a fraud, perpetrated would be ruin for lican party Lincoln News: All the people of Nebraska want is an honest election and a fair count We may not have had a strictly honest elec- tion, but the republicans of the state can- not allow anything to be done that will pre- vent them from hereafter claiming that they have had a fair count. Tnis is one of the fundamental principles of many a republican platform, and it means a great deal to the republican party. This is a thoroughly re- publican state and thore ought to be no dan- ger that any man falrly elected to office may be counted out by unfair means Kearney Hub: It is certainly bad policy to commence a conte: or even talk of it unless there is sufficient evidence of fraud and irregularity to show that a majority of the votes polled were for Majors. A contest is not a Jjudicial proceeding. It involves merely a recount of the ballots, including any that may have been rejected, and it they have been thrown out for insufficient technicality they will be credited to whomsoever they belong. Whatever is done must be open, fair, square and above The suffrage is not a partisan mat- and no technicality nor manipulation must be permitted for one party or against another. If Mr. Holcomb has but one vote more than Mr. Majors he is our governor, and vice versa. The public will not tolerate any counting in or counting out, no matter who the beneficiary may be. Lincoln Call: An unjustifiable contest at this time would work irreparable injury to the republican party and have a prejudi- clal effect on the standing of the state. Ne- braska has been somewhat prolific in con- tests of this sort, and the scandal that must necessarily arise from such proceedings Is not calculated to do the state any good. The republican party, too, is at a critical point in its history. It has won generally in this state a most splendid victory, and seems in a fair way to re-establish itself in the con fidence of the people. But the future is by no means certain. A mistake now may cause a retrogade movement. The party, by acling wisely and honestly, 1s unquestionably in a position to rise to its former vigor and strength and enjoy the respect which the people formerly bestowed upon it. But recreant to its trust and pledge in its policy it may easily lose all that it has gained and plunge the state once more into political chaos. The situation is serious enough to call for much deliberation and good It Sila¢ A. Holcomb r it that it s def of be counting honest who will which if the repub ter, Judgment in all matters of such grave im- | portance as the commencement of contest proceedings. We do not wish to be under- stood as in any way counceling an abandon- ment for Mr. Majors cause if it is apparent that he Is the rightful governor-elect, or that there is good reasons to suppose that he is; our purpose is to advise against going into a contest without strong evidence of the justice of the claim that Mr. Majors Is en- titled to the office. Thero should be no con- test simply for the contest’s sake. - ansing of Siiver. New York Post. 18 not the least doubt that the elections of last Tuesday have made silver “a back numbel in American politics, if they have not extinguished it altogether, do i s Giving the «ause Away. New York World The trouble was too man trusts, too much Olney, too much Carnegie, tpo many promises, too little fulfillme The There it | or dolish | EEDED LEGINLATION, Wayne Herald: Now Tet the Incoming re- publican legislature pass a rallroad frelght bill that will be justifiable to all and let ft become a law at onee. Auburn Herald: The latest indications are that the B. & M. is elccted by several hun- | dred thousund doliars and 60,000 passes. The expense will coms ont of the consumers in the shape of freight rates. Fremont Tribune Ing session of the legislature the township organization’ law ought to be amended so as to give the cities in counties under towns rganization their due proportion of representation on the board of supervisors. Grotna Reporter: The first and most {me perative duty of the next legislature will be to provide for the drouth sufferers in the western part of the state. An appropriation alone fs not sufficient, but strict and eMolont regulations for the disbursement or distribu- tion of provisions more essential. As to the necessity for ald in that country It is nly necessary t hose parts, and the most skeptical will be convinced Burwell Prog A petition should be circulated n P 1 to the logisla- ture when it 1 se the form of the ballot which this state and provide for party to be printed in separate ¢ with ‘a large ring at the mark 18 to be hes to vote rings opposite it the to vote for nt partic vle of ticket W va and other and {8 iy 1mend The ckot now used ate is u to vota itly. Such a above spoken of should parts of the state and sent i legis- lature convenes and our put it thr Wakefleld Republican: The but the responsibility of the r in Nebraska just begins afte of four years. The people of a maximum freight law like 1 is no mistake about this. Let republican legislature give the state an honest and economical record to look upon with pride, and a reasonable and equitable maxi- mum' rate law, and no fault will be found. This state Is naturally republican and will remain so. But if economy not en- forced in all departments and no effort is | made to regulate railroad rates the result of | the election two years from mow need not | be expected to be the same as it was this | year. The mewly elected state legislature is expected to do s duty for higher than mere party reasons. The people want to see a business session and a clean, straight record ma During the approach- ised in cal Inimns which a It he wis each name men of differ is used in tyle of most_dif intellig this s <t unobserving petition clreulated a8 8000 make ugh men as in all 18 the sure that eleotion 18 over, publican party an interval the state_want va has, There the coming Lincoln News: Now for some prospective | tegislature to make a under the present methods of conducting elections In this city the process Is en- | tirely too expensive. The number of polling | places required by law should be lessened and the number of men required at each polling place should be cut down, as there | are more than are ssary. The two elee- | tions held annually this city entafl a cost under the present law of over $5,000, when the good features of the present system could 1 maintained _at one-third | the cost. It makes one weary to contem- plate the number and size of the bills that roll In after each election for services as | re gistration officlals, election officlals, special | policemen, rent for polling places and expen- sive stationery. The expense could be ma- terially decreased without encroaching upon the efiiclency of the law and the system. pcfaess el COMICAL CHATTER. Washington Star: Gnvy,” sald Uncle Eben, “am de brier dat huh'ts er man dat maniges ter grab hol' ob de rose of sue- cess." is a pretty good time member of the mnext note of the fact that Syracuse Post: Jinkbots—You complain of he expense of typewriting; why don’t you have your wife do it? Henpeck—I can't dictate to my wif Life: “What is it, Lizzie, a boy or a gal?"" “A gal.” There's some _one else Who's Bot o worry about gittn' o husband.” Detroit Free Pr “What made him propose so suddenly? “Jealousy,” replied the demure girl. “I took off my hat at the theater and he overs | heard the young man just behind ecall me an angel.” the eminent . was in the Some irrevers a large, cold Mr: Indianapolis Journal: Just tragedian, Mr. Barnes Torme or not to be, ent person threw on the stag snowball. | T am very grateful” s “but T have already dined. Detrolt Tril on the stump any effect?" The comme twice. id Tormer, ne: “Jaggs, did your speeches \inst the income tax have “Did they? Well, I guess yes, clal agencies raised my rating Puck: “Ts he a criminal lawye “Not quite; he stops Just short of it Chicago Inter living in this tu “Yes: you see t complaint.” Ocean you_are still up little flat?” is really no room for LET US GIVE THANKS, Atlanta Constitution, Let's be thankful that we're lyin', An' get ready for Thanksgivin'; if there's any brea € with & v as a ble s an’ fre Doesn’tCost a Cent More to dress in the dress in that is u the one Erec always | double-t Browning, Reliable Clothiers, good black cheviot, gro. very latest style than to old style duds, or toggery nbecoming to you, There are several styles of new hats—select the one most becom- ing to you. A splendid fur hat like shown for $2.50—good as lots of §5 hats—a real good hat for a 1, stiff or Fedora, t, square-shouldered men ook well in the square-cut, oreasted sack here shown— Better grades at §12.50, $15 and $20, Overcoats and suits at all prices every late style, $7.50. $8.50, g10, and some at $25—worth it, too, King & Co., S. W, Cor. 15th and Douglas, ~