Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 30, 1895, Page 4

4 w\low AT L The_OMAHA DAny BEFR B, ROSEWATER, Edito: UBLISIED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUDSC Bally s (Without Sunday), one ¥ Dily, Tiag und Hundny, One’ Yea.... Bix Montha Thres Moniiis” [ 3800 0 10 0 Omata, The Tiea Building Bouth Orealia, Singer 10k Counell Tiuffs, 13 Pearl Chileago Oftce, 317 € New York, Rooms 13, Washington, W07 F CORT Al commun al matter sh i ANl busineas | addressed Omaiin. Coraer N and 2((h Sts. 14 and 15, treet, N PONDT nddresse: To the Editor, 48 LETTERS. Geoig 2 Hsiiing’ cornp s “aworn the actual n 2 complete the Daily Morning, F and Sunday printed during the ton'h of August, 1595, was us follow o0 Total . Less dediciions coples ansoid for Net e ... ally aver THECHUCK, GO i ' in my Sworn to before me and subscribed presence this 2nd day of Septinher, 1895 (Benl) N. P. FRIL, Nofary Publie. [0 o SOOI Bl el i Mot Meat Ingpector Frank is about to come to grief. e was short on dogs and long on city warrants. The base ball champlonship of the United ates bas been awarded. The sporting world may now turn its atten- tion in peace to the prospeets of the dif- ferent college foot ball elevens. ow wateh the watehdog of the eity treasury when it comes to the question of impounding the dog catcher and com- pounding the fraud perpetrated on the taxpayers by the mighty meat inspeetor with a pull. Is there any good reason why it should require fewer receivers to ad- minister the Northern Pacific than to administer the Union Pacific? Perhaps some of the Union Pacific receivers can tell. We Will the council investigate the con- duct of the health commissioner and his meat inspector, or does it propose to walt until they are convicted of fraud and collusion with the frauds in the dog drowning business? When ex-President Harrison wants to impart to the public a knowledge of his political intentions we may feel certain that he will communicate with the people directly and not through the intermediary of any person, friend or foe. Tt Is feared that the legislature of Texas, which has been convened to adopt measures that will effectively stop the proposed prize fight in that state, will be under strong temptations to take a recess for the purpose of attending the fistic carnival in a bod, When the leg ie a party measure of the police commission bill and rammed it down Omaha'’s thront The Bee made the prediction that the r publican party would soon see the day when it would regret that it had fath ered the bill. That day is not far dis tant. Tt is now proposed that John L. Sul- livan shall referce the fight at Dallas, It Is difficult for a casual observer to say whether such an event would add or detract from the pugilistic dignity of the great ex-champion beef-eater: Yet it is held that Sullivan, if sober, would be the man for the placs Ex-Chief of Police White is entitled to the credit of running down the sy: tematic swindle perpetrated upon the city by the dog catcher and meat in- spector. The belled cats who didn't cateh mice had this same swindle under their noses for years, but they never de- tected anything wrong and probably did not want to detect it. It the receivers of the Northern Pacific mought their resignntions would not be ived in earnest by the court or that they would be reappointed as their own successors they must have been most sadly disappointed. People occupying any positions of profit or trust should not hand in their resignutions uvnless they are really ready to step down and out. President Akin of the Board of Edu cation did not even as well as President Clinton N. Powell. Powell went to Lincoln with a part of his delegation and had the glory of hear- Ing his name presented to the state con vention. Akin disappeared in the water works reservoir afte fiest formal ballot. Moral—School board politics is a bad business. —_— The prediction is v the most reliable Washington corre- spondents that within less than six ‘months Frederick R. Coudert, now one of the receivers of the Union Pacific, will be ambassador at Paris. What is to be- come of Ambassador Kustis or who I to succeed Mr. Coudert in the Union Pacific receivership is not intimated. The prediction is a hazardous one, but nevertheless it is one whose consumma- tlon, if it occurs, will be watched with - Interest. tured by one of — General Schofield has been retir from active service as head of the re ular army because he bas passed the active service age it and not hecause physically and mentally he Is not as strong as he ever was since he w given charge of the military forcsn of the country. General Schofield is likoly to remain at the call of the government for soiwe years to come, and should his advice or assistance ever be needed in time of stress we way be sure he will be at band, =iz relating to news and edi- | tery_and remitances shoutd be | | popular CONVENTION AND CANDIDATES. The Lord always fights with the allons, This fact has once more n given foreible Mustration. As the cuiination of one of the most shame- Toss aud disgraceful serambles for office that ns ever takeu place in this state, th inty convention, denominated re- publican, but in t manipulated and controlled by the star-chamber order, has brought forth a ticket as variegated ns was Joseph's seriptored garment of wany colors, i $25,000.0-yoar clerkship of the district court was naturally the great bone of contention. In the disgusting and demoralizing §. $. $. contest | tween Frank Moores, the present in- [cumbent, and Albyn Frank, backed by the dervish contingent, lnbricated with boodle from the water works rescrvoir, victory perched on Alhyn Frank and the barrel. While Moores would have been handieapped by popular prej- ne ainst third terms, Frank will he welghed down by the well-grounded fear of the extension of the power of the federal court ring. The means by which Frank carried the con- vention over his opponent and the cencies employed to compass the result not likely to arouse enthusiasm among republicans who do not train with the boodle erowd. The candidate for sheriff has elements of Doth strength and weakness. John McDonald has always had a large fol- lowing among a certain class of work- ingmen who congregate in saloons and vesorts of similar character. He has been a saloon keeper himself and is one of the boys. In politics McDonald has always heen an associate of ward heelers and men who make a living by selling their own and other people's votes in cancuses and conventions, He is recog- nized as the disciple and right bower of William J. Broatch and distinguished himself as one of the Twenty-Eighters who sold out and kunifed George W. Lin- inger when he was the republican candi- date for mayor and elected the demo- cratie candidate, R. Cushing. With such a record and his more recent prom- inence among the dervish brigade MeDonald is a fair representative of the convention which nominated him. George Heimrod, nominee for county treasurer, should have been in better company. His sclection was a conces- sion to the more respectable element of the party and a bid for the German vote, The nomination of Melville Redfield to the Sackett succession as county clerk was ordered by Council 125 months ago. Redfield has earned his spurs as a howl- ing dervish by his unvemitting labors for the cause and the creatlon of sinecures and raising of salaries for the faithful in all departments of local government. His never-closing eyes have kept watch over our public schools and never left out of sight the police force, department of public works, street cleaning force, park system and the citadel of justice itself. Judge Baxter managed to squeeze into a renomination and the confidence of the “friends” by recanting all he had ever said concerning them and promis- ing to do penance for defeating ller two years ago. The forced retivement or Commis- sioner Livesey Dby the nomination of Halfdan Jacobsen was an exhibition of ingratitude not expected even of the dervishes. Mr. Livesey is an honest man and a man with a clean record, ex- copting in the matter of rank appoint- ments to satisfy the eravings of the hun- gry horde. Jacobsen, on the other hand, will have a good deal to explain {hat cannot be explained away. As one of the council combine that ielded public plunderers and imbecile ofticials and promoted jobs and grabs he has long since destroyed whatever confi- dence reputable people once had in him. The nomination of James Walsh as sec- ond commissioner is a sop to the Irish which self-respecting Irishmen are not likely to accept as an olive branch. Mr, Walsh been altogether too thick with the white-caps to reinstate himself in their confidence, Of the nominees for minor posi- tions Mr. Bodwell has made the strong- est bid for support by declining the pop- ulist nomination for county superintend- ent, because he would accept no favor from any but an A. P. A. republican convention, Considering all things and the ele- ments of its make-up, the convention is higgost ce n to be congratulated for doing no worse. TERMS TO SPAIN The report that our government has informed the Spanish minister that un- less the insurrection in Cuba is crushed out within three months the United States will interfere with a view to bringing the contest to an end is highly improbable. Suech a position on the part of our government would be altogether extraovdinary and it is hardly ne: ¢ to say would be very vigorously resented by the Spanish vernment. What right has this any other government to fix a time within which Spain shall put down the revolt in Cuba or submit to interfer- ence by another power? Manifestly such an assumption on the part of the ates would warrant Spain in appealing to other nations to give her protection against what she would have the right te regard as the hostility of this country and there can be no doubt that such an appeal would be ustened to by other nations. It is possibie, of cou that Secretary Olney may have stated to the Spanish minister that un- less his government should demon- strate, within a reasonable time, its ibility to put down the Insurrection, the United States might be disposed to accord belligerent rights to the insur- nts, but this is very different from threatening to interfe if the revolt should not be suppressed within a spec- ifled time. Washington dispatehes say it is con- sldered certain that unless the Spanish army in Cuba is better handled than It has been heretofore and some crush ing blow is given to the Cuban cause, congress will not be in session but n few days before some rvesolution will be passed expressive of the sympathy felt n this country for the insurgents. It is believed that such actlon would be welcomed by the adwinistration, which Is anxious, It is thought, to put itselt THE OMAHA in accord with popular sentiment on this subject. It Is very lkely that this will be one of the first matters to which the attention of the coming congress will be directed and it is not difficult to forecast what the expression will be in case Spain makes no better progress toward crushing the insurrection than it has thus far done. It would see that the Spanish government fully real- izes this, for it is making extraordinar, preparations for a decisive campaign in Cuba as soon as the weather is more favorable. There Is every reason to expect within the next ninety days that Spain will put forth her strongest ef- forts to crush the rebellion and if the insurgents are able to hold out for that length of time and to show that they can continue the contest definitely they will certainly have a very strong claim to be recognized as belligerents, STILL BAEKING AT THE MOON Democrats bave the right to protest against an unfair attempt on the part of a minority to trample upen the rights of a great ma- Jority. The World-Heeald has a right to enter this protest and it is our duty to pro- test.—World-Herald., Democrats undoubtedly have a right to protest against anything that is really unfair and any movement that would bring them into disrepute. But the World-Herald has no more right to speak for the democrats than it has to speak for the populists, for the repub- licans or the prohibitionists, The paper that for the paltry price of 1,500 papers sold itself the ¥y before election two years ago in support of the dervish can didate for sheriff, whose conduct of the Jail had ndalizeéd the whole munity, has no right to prot in the name of the party whose candidates it betrayed. The paper that sold its edi- torial columns to the tattooed railroad publican eandidate for governor last year for a paltry $75 a day has no right 1o pr t against any reform movement in which democrats are willing to sink their partisanship in the interest of honest local government. The present attitude of the demi dervish organ Is in perfect accord with its well kuown mercenary snd treachor- ous political proclivities. The hue and ery which it is raising about Rose- water's dictatorship Is merel subter- fuge. The general committee of the Citizens' Reform league, which has the active work of the local campaign in nand, is made up of our most reputable and prominent citizenship. Th fourths of the members are hnsiness men, identified with the building up and material progress of Omala, and & majority of them are democrats on national issues. To accuse these men of being mere puppets is a gratuitons insult, and to say that they will allaw any one man to dictate the didates they are to endorse not only impugns their motives, but also reflects upon their sincerity ‘and afls their integ- rity. The men who make up the rank and file of the democracy of this city and county have the patriotism and - st ce- abuegation to repose confidence in the honesty of purpose of the men of {heir with the citiz movewment. The hogus democrats who are sailing under false colors will deceive nobody by erying dictator. Lot them keep on yelping every time a dervish sets up a howl They are doing uo more harm than a dog barking at the moon, WHAT THE REPURLICANS WILL DO In his speech at Marshalltown Inst week Senator Allison said that the next congress will be called upen to provide additional revenue in some form. “A modification of the tar on the lines of protection,” said Mr. Al- lison, “is hardly possible with Pres ident Cleveland in the white house and the senate without any party in the ma jority. So that revemues must be raised, if at all, by some composing of diffevences, as it scarcely seems po: ble that the expensive method of selling bonds to provide for current expendi- tures will be further resorted to.” It is to be regretted that so distinguish leader as Senator Allison did not avail himself of this opportunity to indicate what the in the Iifty- fourth congress should do for the pus pose of increasing the revenues of the government. The respousibility for proposing legislation of this kind will devolve upon the ways and means coum- mittee of the house of representative and it must assume this duty regard- less of what the s e or the president may do. The representativ of the people in the house are not ealled upon to consider whether the preSident will veto their action or not. Their duty to adopt such legislation ax they lieve to be necessary to provide government with sufficient and g done this they need not coneern themsely as to what M. Cleveland will do. If the president ve- to approve legisiation that will supply the government with more money because such legislation prop to give more protection to American industries and American labor that is a matter for which he and his party must answer to the people. The re publicans in congress have their duty to perform, regardless of what the ex- centive may think or do. The circumstances may not quired of Senator Allison any statement or suggestion as to what the repub- licans in the coming congress should or would do, but it would not have been to his disadvantage or to the in- jury of the party if he had indicated the course which the republicans ought to pursne in the Fifty-fourth cong Senator Allison is a party leade has g influence and authority as such, It is possible that he will be the candidate for the presidency. A man occupying such a position before the country ought not to be timid regard- ing the policy of his party, especially with regard to the all-important ques- tion of providing an adequate revenue for the government. Senator Sherman, in his speeeh at the opening of the re- publican campaign in Ohlo, said that republicans in cougress would pro- legislation for raising more rev- cnue which would at the san time give better protection to American in- be- the revenue ve re- dustrles. Here was a declaration that weaut sowething and it undoubtedly com- | own party who Tiave become identified | DAILY DBER: | | | | MCNDAY, voiced the sentiment of republicans generally, 1t & a matter of no conse- quence what,, Mg, Cleveland will do. Nohody expeets sthat he will approve of republiean’fogislation relating to the fiscal policy of ;llu- nation. But this I8 no reasonsewhy republicans should lesitate to pdt fnto the form of law what they biliege to be necessary to provide the government with sufficient revenue to méetits exp itnres, and we do not bilféve that tht vepublicans of the Fifty-fousth congress will hes- te to do their'plain daty in this di- ¢ stion. —_— CHINESE DUPLICITY. There will he wo surprise at the re- port that the' commission sent to in- vestigate the Chinene outrages have be- come disgusted with the duplicity of the officials and have about concluded that the investigation will amount to noth- ing. No different result was to have been expected, beeause the officials are really the parties who are responsible for the outrages and they are most uaturally disposed to throw every pos sible obstacle in the way of an investi- gation, although professing to desire a thorough inquiry, It Is said, and the tement ix highly probable, that the Chinese oflicials re furious toward Christians for giving to the foreign consuls the names of the murderers and that these informers are threatened with vengeance after the departure of the commission, It is ‘to be appre- hended that the sitnation of the Chris. tians after the investigation will be quite as bad, if not worse, than beforc The friends of those who have heen punished or will be punished for the outrages will seek venge and the officials will not discour- age them. It is perfeetly obvious that i the K of Christianizing China is to be continued there will have to be more stringent treaty arrangements than now exist for the protection of the missionaries and the Christian powers will have to adopt a different policy from that which has thus far pre- vadled. It is a work the rewards of which up to this time have not repaid the cost and there is little reason to expect better results in the future, The new police commission refused to wrove the bills for the services of spe- et detoctives employed by Chief White under directions of the otd board. The picee of detective work that un- carthed the drowned dog swindle was worth to the city all that charged up for ot detective work, and more too. If the money earned by the de- tectives was withheld because the com- missioners were ignorant of the work they performell that excuse no longe sis. The defegtives should have the v that belougs w0 them at once. S T The Chieaga Thes-Herald ts in its lumentations aveg, the passing of the horse to say & few smypathetic words upon the pasding bf the mule, It the discontinnance,of his muleship as a patient beast ‘of burden much nearer than the abolitfon df the employment of the he The old reliable mule in all its unses, althéugh! not exactly under- going clectrocution, is belng literally Kkilled by eloctuieit It is rumored that Mrs. Langtry only awaits the divorca for which she i sning in this country to contract mar- ringe with Sir Robert Peel. If so, may ot her divorce without delay and bave the whole matter over with, Noth- ing else will disabuse the public of the idea that the courts are not being e ploited principally, if not solely, for is o sees) e, pcon Democrat Morton has decided to recall the special agents of his department in Euroce for the reason that their services are not worth 23 much as they cos id yet, with byious in tency, he clings to his own position. e Protecting the Fon Butalo Express. There is much probability that 65,000 fourth class postoffices will be placed under civil service rules before the end of the Cleve- land sdministration. By that time most of the places wil be filled by democrats, who will desire this protection. - rding Polar Chicago Record. In subsequent expeditions to hunt for the north pole it should be made an invariable practice to send the resculng party out ghead of the expedilion, Then by having a resc ing party Lo follow the expedition and an- other rescuing party to rescue that the ex- plorers should ba safe Raters. afenu xpeditions. Returning Financial Confidenc Philadelphia Times. The city of New York has just sold over $3,000,000 of 3 per cent bonds at a slight premium, indicating that Philadelphia can expect to place the next loan at par at the samo rate of interest as the last. This pur- chase was made for English investors, and it is also for London that a block of $15,000,000 of the new Erie consolidated 4s has been taken by a syndicate. These are gratifying illustrations of returning financial confidence. The Fourth District Judiciary, plair Courler. The populist judicial convention was held In Omaha last turday and seven nomina- tions for the district judgeship made. A nonpartisan course was adopted and the nom- inees are men from each of the three parties, Five of them have served on the bench and ome of them have grown gray in the serv- ice. The nominees are: Eleazer Wakeley, . R. Hopewel!, George A. Magney, Edward Dufi, A. N. Fergnson, W. W. Keysor and W. A. Redick. 'The convention passed a resolution stating”'“thiat in the selection of the candidates fdr "Yudges of the district court they refuse 'to Yecognize party or fa tion, believing thit' ‘the judges should be above the influenée’ of either.” It has the right ring and showld be followed by the republican and dembofatic conventions. Jus- tice shouid not be fettered by party confines and judges shouldbe.free of all party bonds, which they eannot be unless nominated and elected regardless of party and political be- lief. The Penitentiary Carbuncle. Columbus Argus. The people of Nebraska- have somewhat of an idea of theiwholesale robbery which was carrled on under the “Boss” Stout, C. W. Mosher and BilliDorgan regime. Now comes Al Beemer, who bas for a long time been itching to succeed the famous and infamous gentleman just named, and the Churchill-Russell gang awarded fim the lease of the penitentlary on practicaly tho same grounds that his predecessors have had it. The penitentiary is self-sustaining, but the legislature made an appropriation of $100,000 to run it two years. The Beemer- Russell-Churdnill penitentiary contractors well know that If they can get hold of the penitentiary that it will be seif-sustaining #md then they will have the snug sum of §100,000 as a margin. Governor Holcomb's position is to refuse admission to the brigands and make the warden of the pen- itentiary so conduct the institution that it stalning, and thus give back he $100,000 appropriation, I possibly & small amount which is absoiutely necessary for permanent Lmprovements, i ! but plac SKPTEMBER 30, 1895, MAXWELL'S ACCEPTANCE. Niobrara Tribune (rep.): The only real de- tlre of the populists in naminating Hon. Sam- uel Maxwell for supreme judge Is the hope of dividing the republican vote. Judgy Max- well will find, when too late, that he has been used as a catspaw to his own fiture, Fullerton Journal (rep.): Maxwell Is still a republican, but he would Iike to be elected to the supreme bench of the state by popu- list and “republican votes, He will flnd himself in the same fix that the lamented statesman, Horace Greeley, was at the close of the war. Fullerton Jourhal (rep.): Judge Maxwell's nomination for the supreme bench by the populist party is a healthy sign. They know that the republicans would not keep a bad man in office for twenty years. Judge Max- well hias been a good republican and the party has done him honor. The party Is progress- ive and found it necessary to give the honor to new men. Judge Maxwell deceives himseif it ho thinks he is going to receive any re- publican support. York Times (rep.): At last Judge Max- well has done what every one knew in the first place he would do. He has accepted the pop ngmination, to be buried in the decaying ruins of the political party that is making this year its last feeble state cam- paign. It is ‘inde:d a pity to see energy, wisdom and manhood thus shorn of the Just reward that all mankind stopd ready to bestow upon it, and to see the setting sun of such a life obscured and clouded. Greeley Citizen (pop.): In the nomination of Judge Maxwell for supreme judge the pop- ulist party made no mistake. He is easily one of the best jurists in the state. His works are recognized all over the state as standard authority, and the bar of the en- tire state practices law under Maxwell. So great was his prestige as a legal authority that many doubted whether the railroads would dare to turn him down, but they did, and now it will b> in order for the people to turn him up again. Kearney Hub (rep.): It is not always the expected “that happens, and this time ft is the generally expected. In other words Samuel Maxwell has accepted the pop nomi- nation for supreme judge. In doing so, how ever, he gives the party to understand that he is not a populist, and that he makes the run as a nonpartisan, which is a convenient way of not giving cffense to the members of any political party. He will probably find, however, that there are not many nonpartisans in Nebraska. Nebraska City News (dem.): Judge Max- well has weitten a letter accepting the nomi- natlon for supreme judge on the populist ticket. He refuses "to remounce his re- publicznism or accept the Omaha platform, but considers the nomination nonpartisan. He scores the supreme court for its actions in the impeachment cases and Intimates that had be boen on the bench things would have been different. Maxwell is to be admired for refusing to abandon the party that has given him so many honors, but it Is only his crav- ing for office that prompted him to accept. Peatrice Democrat( dem.): Judge Maxwell has finally taken his pen in hand to write a letter of acceptance to the nonpartisan popu- ist_convention that nominated him for su- preme judge. In his epistle the judge inti- mates that if any more republican state of- ficers are impeached after he is elected that he will see to it that they are made to real- ize that “larceny against the state is as culp- able as if committed against a private indi- vidual.” This, of course, blasts the hopes of C. J. Phelps, and leaves nothing for dem- ocrats to do but vote for Hon. T. J. Ma- honey. Minden Courier (pop.): Hon. Samuel Max- well has accepted the nomination for supreme judga tendered by the populist convention, not as a popullst nor as a republican, but from a nonpartisan standpoint. The republi- cans have had a great deal to say in former years about a nonpartisan judiciary and now they have an opportunity to set the ball in motion. The Courler is glad that Maxwell has accepted as a nonpartisan and will not sk or care what may be his politics, and it lie is elected will not claim a populist vie- tory. He is tried and true and we are willing he ‘should retain his republicanism, for it is he genuine article, not tinctured with cor- porate influence or British aristocracy. It is of the Ab2 Lincoln variety and should be en- couraged. Wealth Makers (pop. says Norval will be elected over Maxwell by 30.000 to 40,000 majority. “You can fool !l the people some of the time and some of the peojle all the time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time,” was Abe Lin- coln’s remark. Tha State Journal and the republican railroad and boodle ring have gone too far and are discredited. Judge Maxwell will be the candidate of the best element of all parties and it will not be possible to smirch his character or detract from his well-carned reputation. The people will, by clecting him, administer a stern rebuke to the railroad machine that packed the conven- tion to retire him, because he would not serve the corporations. One firm friend of the people on the supreme bench s not nough, but through him the rights of the poople and the voice of justice will be heard. orth Bend Argus (pop.): Judge Maxwell has heeded the popular demand to be a candi- date again for the office he so0 ably filled. His integrity and sterling qualities as judge ned no mention at this time—they are known and admitted of all men. Never in the history of his career as a member of the supreme court of the state was an act com- mitted that can be censured. His work was fearless and his recorl stands unre- proached. The voters of all parties recog- nize this, and whila it s true that the cam- palgn against him will be vigorous it must of necessity ba void of reasonable argument. Judgs Maxwell accepts as a man to be governed by law; favoritism and personal inclination to stand for naught in the ad. ministration of justice at his hands should he be again called as a member of the su- preme bench of this state. Broken Bow Republican (rep.): The State Journal of today gives the letter of the com- mittee who notified him of his nomination, and his letter of acceptance. The judge wisely evades the mention of political issues, his acceptance upon a nonpartisan basis, without yielding his opinion of national questions. He intimates that he has hopes of election, but he would not be faithful to himself unless he could entertain a hope at least. His defeat in our opinion Is cer- tain, providing the republicans renominate Chiet Justice Norval. The Republican has not a word to say against the faithful service or the ability of Judge Maxwell, who for twenty years served the state as a member of the supreme court, by the grace of the republican party. The only trouble i1s that he has outlived his usefulness on the bench, and® his advanced age does not warrant his return. Grand Island Independent (rep.): The rail- road organs of Lincoln and Fremont were greatly scared by the nomination of Max- well, and they had good reason for their which they were trying to conceal from their friends and themselyves, similar to the whistling boy in a dark place, by an attempt to ridicule his nomination and prevent the acceptanco of the same. And and the whole gang of corporation editors will be scared half to death by Lis acceptance of the nomination, which now has become a fact, He has accepted it in the spirit in which it was given, as a pon- partisan nomination, which all nominations for judgeships should be. The Omaha Bee claimed last week the principle of non- partisanship for the election of local judges. But this principle has a wider scope. It ap- plies also, and with more force yet, to the highest tribunals of our state and the United States. Judge Maxwell says correctly that “a nonpartisan nomination means that national questions are not involved in a mere state campalgn,” and “as applied to judge it means one who will faithtully, fea lessly and impartially administer the law to all alike, without feeling bias or prejudice and without regard to their political opinions or his own' In this spirit Judge Maxwell has accepted the nomination as offered him by all independ- ence loving people, and has prom- sed to perform his duties faithfully. Learning, logical power, honesty, are great ualities In a judge, but the highest of all s invincible independence. And all these grand qualities form the character of Judge Maxwell, who was turned down two years ago by the republican convention because the railroad companies hated his independ- ence. But now he Is before the people as the candidate of all men who understand the high value of an indepsndent judiciary. And we have no doubt these men ure the majority of our people and will elect him, all tricks of the railroad power notwithstanding. A Democratis Mens. Denver Republican. The New York democrats endorse Cleve- land and the Mouroe doctrine. Either they don't know the doctrine or they dom't know Cleveland. The State Journal Kansas City Journal: The supposition that the recent Peary expedition falled to ac complish anything is erroneous, Several oo bergs were sighted that had never been soon before. Ploneer Press: Lieutenant Peary is recelv- Ing all the credit which is reasonable to give him for his perseverance and fortitude, Dut he has gained nothing for science, and a part, at least, of the praise bestowed for his courage should be given to his companion Matthew Henson, u colored man from Phil- | 8 ! adelphia, Chicago Times-Herald: Of course, a host of explorers, students and admirers will raise a protest that Arctio exploration has vastly increased our knowledge of nature's laws and of the geography of the earth. But without detracting from the value of the results or bating in the least admiration for the splen- did courage and self-sacrifice of over a cen- tury of seamen and sclentists who have plerced the frozen north, it must be pro tested that the game 1s not worth the candle. Boston Globe: Lieutenant Peary has got back within the limits of civilization again, after encountering Incredible hardships, and Without gaining any important new informa- tlon in regard to the polar regions. It as- suredly looks as if the pole could never be reached by any one of the old methods. The balloon method, which has been suggested looks hazardous, if not vislonary, but it looks as 1f the pole could never be reached either by land or sea, and the only ac to it left is by air. THE PASSING A proper understanding of the outcome of Saturday’s convention shows more lefts than rights. The scarcity of Spanish victories in Cuba indicates that General Campos is harassed by a fountain pen. Cy Warman's health is reported seriously impaired, and “Sweet Marie” is slowly con- tracting the marble heart. Ex-Governor Flower of New York believes in honest money as well as philanthropic real estate deals that net 6 per cent, The variety of political rumors started in Indianapolis has no effect on the visible sup- ply. Natural gas fs constantly on tap. What strikes all those who come in con- tact with Lord Wolseley is said to be the confidence he has in himself. There is enough of it to make up for the outside deficit. The governor of Minnesota, who cherishes hopes of promotion, adheres strictly to the slogan, “Let no county fair escape.” He has taken In every one on the bills and sighs for more. The name of the treasurer of the Home Mutual Aid assoclation of Kansas City, who recently absconded with all the ready cash of the organization, is Charles H. Vice, And vet he was trusted. A Kentucky colonel who held office con- tinuously for fifty-five years died recently full of years and official honors. His heirs expect to realize handsomely on the recipe of his marvelous pull. . With the first day of the approaching year Tillmanism will be strictly in the royal swim in Russia, The government will, after that date, dispense all the liquor deemed nec- essary for the peace and comfort of the peo- ple. There is a shade of borrowed humor in the report that the publisher of London Tid-Bits will build a yacht to race for the America’s cup. It the fellow is serious, It behooves the owners of American yachts to anchor them securely. Tid-Bits parades with bor- rowed plumage. Prof. Charles V. Riley. the eminent ento- mologist, who met his dcath in Washington by being thrown from his bicycle, was Eng- lish by birth, cosmopolitan In education and experience, a'practical farmer and journalist, a soldier in the last year of the war, when e was 21 years old. Rev. Henry M. Field, D. D., proposes to write during the coming winter a biography of his brother, the late David Dudley Field, For this purpose he will spend the scason at Washington, ‘where he will be near his brother, Justice Field of the United States supreme court, and can confer with him. Henry Hartean, a prominent citizen of Brooklyn, has left $35,000 in his will for the erection of a statue of Lafayette in Pros- pect park. He does this, he says in the doc- ument, “as an expression of my admiration for that noble and patriotic man, and of my appreciation, In which my country shares, of his aid in establishing our republic.” When women attach themselves to the be- nevolent end fraternal orders nothing but the highest offices within the gift of their brothren and sisters will satisfy them. Mrs. J. W. Stery, wife of the librarian of the Dastern penitentiary of Pennsylvania, has Just been elected supreme chief companion of the strong and popular order of Companions of the Forest, defeating W. Sullivan of Law- rence, Mass., after a spirited campalgn. The conventicn was held in Boston. Report has it that John R. McLean of the Cincinnati Enquirer has abandoned journalism in New York. Four months ago the hustling Cincinnation satisfied a long felt ambition to inject a few tanks of western ginger into the provincial press of Gotham by securing an option on the New York Morning Journal. Every journalistic star within range of Me- Lean's millions was employed to renovate the concern. Four months' trial was enough, McLean declined to complete the terms of purchase, and the Journal reverted to the original owner. The experiment, it is sald, reduced the McLean surplus by $250,000. | fair e Lk R N ——— I A SUCORSS, Fremont Herald: We are just a little prouder of Omaha than we were two weeks A0, Wood River Interests: The state falr has proven a grand success, it being the finest display ever held in the state. The attend- ance was very large and all expressed them- selves as well repald for the time and money spin Plattsmouth Journal: The policy of plac- ing the state fair at Omaha has been vindl- not only by the greatest fair ever seen in the state, but by tho enterprise shown by Omaha business men endeavoring to amus and entertain the people who wont to the fair, Nebraska City News: Omaha made a com- plete success out of the staie fair in spite of great opposition and is entitled to the hanks of all the people of this state, The business men cime to the assistance of the managers in a much more generous manner than was expocted, and the whole affalr was on such a stupendous scale as to surpriso all. Plattsmouth Journal: Men and women never outgrow their delight in pictures, and the grander the spectacle the more thoy delight in it. THence it was that the greatest crowd ever assembled in Nebraski was on the streets of Omaha to witness the parade in honor of King Ak-Sar-Ben and the “Feast of Mondamin." The euterprise of Omaha fs proverblal, but in the preparation of this grand spectacle her men of buslenss have clearly outdons themselves. No such afair, prepired on so grand a scale, was ever undertiken in a city of less than 500,000 people before, but it is now a part of history that the “Feast of Mondamin” by the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben has been celebrated with great success, amid the plaudits of delighted thousands, Omaha is more than ever entitlod to the credit of being classed as a motropolitan city. She has made a beginning in that direction which will In future years add many more thousands to the visitors within her borders from abroad —and dollars to the coffers of her merchants. STATE P BLASTS. Detroit Free Press: He—I don't want any woman to think I'm a fool, She—Aren't you a little your. wishe late in stating ! Pittsburg Chroni said one man at Ki “What sort of a bus “Filibust.” Let's g0 on a bust, West to another. Fun: Manager (to boxkeeper) -Well, they call this piece a frost—but I call it a thaw. Boxkeeper—A thaw, sir? Manager—Yes; see how the audience has melted away. Washington Star de outlook’s purty poh,” sald Uncle Eben, “foh de man dat wus ‘customed ter put’ up er hah'd-times talk ez collateral foh 'Is grocery bill."" Indianapolis Journal: The Indiana Man— How in the world did you get beat out of that oftice, Jim? The Kansas Man—The vile opposition started a rumor, too late for me to contra- dict, that I wore these long whiskers to hide a silk necktie. Chicago Tribune: Cutten—I met a man this morning who came from your old town in Wisconsin. Sald he knew you well. Gives you an excellent reputation, too. Dryde—Spoke well of me, did he?" Cutten—Well, no, but he said he know anything mean about you. wer: ‘“He didn't have the d to propose, did ha, Bessle?” Yes; but she'rejected him. She sald that while fie had the fand to propose, he didn’t have the rocks to marry." Cleveland Plain Dealer: She (sweatly)— Let me see, how long—elght years, sn't it, darling, since we were married? He (proudly condescending)—Yes, dear. She (still sweeter)-And do you krow, darling, that T love, you more and more, 1 possible, every year? He (suspicious)—Uh-huh! Um-m! Yesd Where is the cloak opening at? WEATHER HISTORY. First you don a linen duster; Then an overcoat; Next you have a plece of flannel Tied around your throat. Soon you get your old umbr To guard you from the rain, And after that you go and put The duster on again. ABITKA HOK NEW WOMAN ON TH. Washington Post, It's time the new woman was comin’ Or the comin’ womuan was new, For the old one is gettin® weary And her patience is most worn threw, With milkin’ and washin’ an’ hoein’ An' spinnin’ to fill up her cup, But the new woman's a-comin’ a-ridin’ A spinnin® wheel bottom side up, didn't Harper's Dri Yeu kin bet the new woma Fer her limbs are already In sight With trousers what some call bloomers, But T notice they set purty tight, With a necktie an' collar like men folks, An’ a gay little cap on her nose, Yeu kin sce she has come in a hurry, Fer she hain't brung along many clothegs n's a-comin’ I bin urgin’ Josiar tew got me A wheel fer tew drive up the cows, 1 could make me a pair of bloomers, But I am too old he allows. If T hint it he's mad in a minit, He they would call me a'jay, An’ suggests that I wouldn't be it Because 1 ain't bullt that way. But I say tew this comin’ woman She better look out when she comes: T want half the road when I travel, No matter how fast her wheel hums. The old woman may be a-goin'; This thought on yer mind better dawn— That the comin’ woman had better Go slow till the old one is gone, LK B Want to sell «. SUITS. . But they have to mell Fall .... Overcoats Now Becauso this ls Overcoat Weather man doesn’t know when he's gotting a good pie goods, and once in @ whilo dealors get beautifully stuck on some job lo that LOOKED all right. the ground vp. That's the reason we went into the business from We buy the cloth and that's all we do buy—there's no such thing as a job 1ot of cloth such as we buy. Our tailors make it up into uvercoats and suits and we sell the clothes. As much difference be tween our clothes and other dealers’ as duy and night, while there's prac tically no difference in price, BrowNincKinG 0