Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 26, 1900, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY NOVEMBER 26, 1900 THE ©OMAHA DALY BEE. E. ROSEWATE PUBLISHED EVERY MORNI> TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION afly Bee (without Sunday), O ally Bee and Sunday, One Year. llustrated Bes, One Year unduy Bes Ohe Year... aturday Bee, One Year eekly Bee, One Year..... OFFICES, Omaha: The Bee Building, Bouth Omaha; City Hall Bullding, Twen- - ffth and N Streets, ouncil Blufte: 10 Pear] Street. 1640 Unity Building. o ki Temple Court. ashington: 51 Fourteenth Street. Bloux Clty: 611 Park Streot CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new rial matter should be addresse ee, Editorial Department BUSINESS LETTERS {ness letters and remittances should be addrese The Bee Publishing <o pany, Omaha REMITTANCES Remit by draft, express or postal order, nyable to The Hee Publishing Company July 2-cent stumps accepted in payment «f mail accounts. Bersonal checks, excopt on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not accepted THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County eorge B, Fzschick, secretary of 'The Bee Publishing Company, bewg duly sworn, #ava (hat the actual number of tull and gomplete coples of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of October. 190, was as follows: 27,220 1. 27,460 18 27,800 19 27,470 20 27,670 2 2N, 480 2. 2N, 7O L AN, THO 29,000 and edi- | Omaha 27910 ..24,600 27,000 20,720 27,460 " 27,470 Total veenne Less unsold and returned coples Net totai sales NTONTN Net daily average anom2 GEORGE B, TZSCHUCK. Bubscribed In my presence and Sworn to bajore me this first da of November, A 1900, M. B_ HUNGATE, (Beal.) Notary Publle, Nebraska's counties 1s due this wee population from the ¢ St. Joseph may have padded its census and probably did, but it fs hardly for Omaha to throw bricks. Mr. Bryan announces positively that he will continue to receive his mail ad- dressed to Lincoln, Neb, Perhaps the osteopaths and the medics would do well to appoint an umpire be- fore they begin the game. With Judge Gordon's exit from official position the Omaha police court - will cease to be known as a vagrants' para- dise. Remember that the final ratification meeting to be celebrated by the repub- licans will take place at Washington on inauguration day. Nobody has yet proposed a scheme for the reorganization of the silver repub- lean party. Not even Charley Towne could find enough of it left to reorganize. Another thing the republican ma- Jority of the legislature will do for itself is to choose the speaker without waiting for the aid or consent of the fusion organs and managers. The governor of Mississlppl has had & man Jailed for aM attempt to bribe him, personally signing the complaint for the arrest. The complaint does not say how much was offered. May i& generally known as the mov ing-day month, but this year moving day will come in January for most of the fusion pie-biters who are nearing the end of thelr stand at the public crib in this state. —_— Mayor Van Wyck of New York has received a bill of exoneration from Gov- ernor Rooseyelt in the application for his removal from office for official misde- meanors. Judge Gordon was not so lucky. —_—— " The redoubtable John O. Yelser is at & loss what number to call up over the ‘phone since the State Board of Trans portation has been ordered out of busi- ness. This will save him telephone tolls at pay stations. A populist contemporary calls atten- tion to the fact that Governor Poynter's | Thanksgiving proclamation was printed in blue and suggests that it pared by the retiring tary to reflect his own agree that no other sible. Wus pre private ings. Inference so All will Is pos —_— The lawyers of Omaha are all anx fous to have a supreme court commis ston appolnted of not than nine members and more if possible, and the also stand ready to furnish volunteers to fill every one of the places provid fng only the compensation Is big enough. One thing the lncoming state cors should bave indelibly upon thelr minds Is that in appointments only those wen should be favored who can help build up the party rather than tear it down, N braska republicans can keep control of the state if they follow the teach ings of experlence and listen to the dictates of common sense. The popocratic yollow Journal must be hard up when it has to continue the roorback business after the elec tion Is over. The alleged cloud on Goy ernor Dietrich's title because of a pre tended violution of the corrupt prac tices act may be a good space filler for the fakery, but has nothing sub stantial behind it iovernor Diet rich’s inauguration will take place on schedule time, It is brought out that the declsion of the supreme court invalidating the do nothing state railway commission puts an end to countless lawsults to which the commission was u party. This s one way of relieving the overcrowded court docket and may, perhaps, have had some influence in determining the de clsion to cut the gordian knot rather than trying to untie 3 ofti impressed making | WERE THEY SIMPLY PLAYING A RULKY One of the potent arguments used by the Bryanites during the campaign to persuade themselves that a great change had com over the country since 1806 in favor of Bryan was that great gains had been made In the way support from the newspaper press | of the country. Long lists were printed of papers sald to have opposed Bryan four years before who were then sup- porting him, although the newspapers which in the interval had gone back on Bryan were almost invariably ig- nored. Now that the election is over it s amusing to find an inspired Bryan ot gan llke the Nebraska Independent quoting approvingly from the Ithaca Democrat what it ealls “some plain | truths about th In New York,” which It assure readers is in substance just what the Independent gatd the subject at the time. The “plain truths” read as follows: The comments since election of leading democratic papers, the New York World and the New York Journal among the number, prove that their support of Mr. Bryan waw reluctantly given and was due more to thelr opposition to McKinley and the policies of the republican party than to any harmony between thelr own views and those of Mr. Bryan upon the issucs of the campalgn The Independent adds its own testl- mony that there was not a daily news- paper In New York that gave Bryan hearty support. And speaking as it does for those who have always been closest to Mr. Bryan at his own home it evinces a susplefon, at least, that these great newspapers, whose sup- port was heralded as the harbinger of success, were simply acting a role as- slgned to them by democratic leaders anxlous to beat Bryan and relegate him to the rear. The startling point in this indictment Is that 1t includes the New York Jour- nal and its proprietor, Mr. Hearst, who advertised himselt so extensively ns president of the National League of Democratie Clubs, and who made htm- self sponsor for the fatal Tammany alllance. Mr. Hearst's paper has ad- mitted that it was neither In favor of the revival of the 16 to 1 issue nor opposed to expansion, but accepted the attitude of Bryan simply because im- posed by him on the Kansas City con- vention. If the same Is true of the | other papers which were so loudly wel comed back to the Bryanite fold, the natural inference fs that most of them were playing the same bunco game, — AS TO ARMY INCREASE. The question of a reorganization and Increase of the army is being earnestly discussed and various oplnions are ex- pressed as to what should be done, though all agree that an Increase of the regular force Is necessary. Ad- vices from Washington say that if the military committees of the two houses will agree upon a bill drawn upon con- servative lines, based on the needs of the government and the exigencles that confront it, avolding all efforts to pro- mote the Interests of individuals, there 1s no good reason why actlon should be delayed beyond the first three weeks of the sesslon. Chalrman Hull, of the house military committee, favors an army with a maximum of 96,000 and a winimum of 52,000 and it Is quite probable that this Is about what con gress will provide for, It s not expected cratic opposition to a reorganization and increase of the army will be formidable, Representative Hay of Virginia, who is & member of the com- mittee on military affairs, is in favor of continuing the present status of the army for two years—a permanent or gunization of 65,000 men and volun teers to the number of 385,000, He be- lieves we wust maintain our forces in the Phillppines. Representative Liv- ingston of Georgia, a member of the committes on appropriations, favors re- organization and increase of the reg ular army and says his party will not oppose the passage of a fair bill. It Is not the democratic policy,” said the Georgia representative, “to make large expenditures for wilitary purposes in time of peace, but I believe dewn who are proud of thefr country stand for liberal provision for branches of the government. Provision must be made for supply ing the places of the soldiers whosé term of service will expire July 1 next and It should be made without un uecessary dela that the demo will all INTEREST IN SHIPPING BILL. A great deal of interest is being shown by members of cougress now in Washington in the shipping or subsidy bill which it expected will be | brought forward early in the coming | session wtor Hanna stated in a | | recent interview that ne believed the measure would be passed, but Repre sentative Burton of the Cleveland, Ollo, district bas expressed doubt of Its getting through the present con- | gress. Mr. Burten s one of a few re- publicans who are opposed to the He sald that while it m | be deemed wise by certam flgn | ernments to ¢ subsidies to merchant he questioned the wisdom of 1(I|:' United States doing so. It I8 not known how many house re- publicans are in accord with the Oblo | representative, but the number i1s prob ably not sufficient to prevent the pas- | suge of the bill by that body. Whether |it ean be passed in the senate, how- ever, at the coming session, Is not so certain, not because of republican op- position, but for the reason that the democrats may be uble by filibustering and dilatory tacties to prevent aetion. The administration is understood to be favorable to the proposed legislation. President MeKinley sala in his last an nual messs “The value of an Amer, lean merchant marine to the extension |of our commerclal trade and the strengthening of our power upon the sen invites the hmmedlate actlon of congress. Our natlonal development will be one-stded and unsatisfactory so long as the remarkable growth of our inland Industries remains unaccompa- ybled by progress on the seas, There Is weasur vessels, democratle campaign | its | no lack of constitutional .authority for legislation which shall give to the country maritime strength commensu- rate with its industrial achlevements and with its rank nmong the nations | of the earth. We shall fail to realize our opportunities if complacently regard only matters at home and blind ourselves to the necessity of securing our share in the valuable carrying trade of the world.” He referred to the subject 1n his letter of acceptance in like terms and the forthcomiug an- nual message undoubtedly will again allude to it. The Influence of the ad- ministration, therefore, will be strongly exerted, as now indicated, for the pns- suge of the shipping bill by the pres- ent congress, The measure has been amended ma- terially since it was fiest introduced and it may be further modified. It Lns been misrepresented, so far as the eubsidy feature is concerned, by the statement that it would Involve an im- mediate demand upon the treasury for $90,000,000 annually, The commissioner of navigation has shown that it would be several years before the subsidy would reach that sum, after which a reduction In the payments could be made. In the meantime we should be developing our shipbullding indus- try and retaloing at home a portion of the large sum now annually paid by our manufacturers and agricultural pro- ducers to forelgn ship owners, while also moving toward that independence in the ocean carrying trade which s manifestly desirable. The shipping bill may not become law at the approuching session, but It 18 a part of the policy of the repub Hean party that will be carried out. A CLEAN MAJORITY. Although the officlal canvass has not yet been made, the completed tabulation by the secretary of state of unotficial re turns of the late electlon shows that for the first time since 1888 Nebraska has given the republican eandidate for president a clean majority over the combined votes cast for all his op- ponents. Subject to possible slight modification on the final revision, the vote of Nebraska on president this year stands: we McKinley, republican. Bryan, fusion.... Woolley, prohibition. Burker, mid-road 1,103 Debs, social labor. Vi 820 While McKinley's plurality on the face of these figures is 2, an easy exam- ple in arithn that the total vote cast for opposing candidates ng- gregates only 119,621, as against 121,385 in the republican column, making an absolute majority for McKinley of 1,764, To appreciate the full magnitude of this exhibit, it must be remembered that while in 1896 Bryan's plurality in Ne- braska was close to 13,000, a similar ad- ditlon of party vote would have left the republicans 18,046 behind. Nebraska's electoral vote was cast for Benjamin Harrlson in 1892, but the re- sult was achleved by mere plurality. Had the democrats and populists been effectively fused In that year they would have carried Nebraska for their electors by 20,637, and the combined op- position polled 25,539 more votes in N braska in that r' than the successful republicans. A clean majority in Nebraska of 1,764 for McKinley has more significance even than his decisive plurality of 121,3 114,013 3,685 EXIT JUDGE GORDON. The judgment rendered in the Gordon fmpeachment proceedings against him in the district court will mark the exit of Judge Gordon from the police court. Judge ( sition has been productive of scandal almost from the start, so that his re moval will be welcomed by the public as a much-desired relief. By his reckless administration of the court, his misinterpretation of the law and his disregard of the plain duties of the office, the police court instead of be- ing a deterrent to crime eame to be re- garded as a haven for the viclous classes and a refuge for them from police sur- veillance, Instend of worklng in harmony with the police department for the purpose of suppressing lawlessness, the court, under Judge Gordon's administration, was used to block the efforts of the police and embarrass them in their endeavor to keep the city rid of professional crooks and crtminals, The most encouraging feature of the fmpeachment of the police judge 13 to be found fn the example it sets for other public officials, who are thereby given notice that the impeachment law is not a dead letter and that the vielation or abuse of official trust will bring down upon them the full penalty of removal. At Philadelphia, President McKinley again gives acknowledgment the great body of inde ndent citizens who rallied patriotically to the support of the government in the recent cam- paign. The result of the election, he insists, “Is not the triumph of an indi vidual, nor altogether of the party, | but an emphatie declaration by the peo- I ple what they believe and would ¢ maintafned in government."” With the president viewing his re election In this light we may be sure that he will continue his policles along safe and conservative lne Mr. Bryan is another object lesson that no able-bodied man willing to work need remain idle in these good repub. liean times. He says he has received fnpumerable offers for his services, comprising opportunities In nearly all the vocations of life, but well fixed that he does not need to work for the present. The only distressing clr cumstance about it that he cannot turn over the positions offered to him wards to the hung horde of | »hunters who would have secured | recognition had he been successful in his race for the presidency, Chalrman Jones of the democratic na tlonal committee Inthmates that Mr, Brysn would refuse another presiden tlal pomination if it were offered to bim, Mr. Bryan has acdepted more to is so { pla rdon's incumbency of that po- | presidentinl nominations than any other man in the history of the United States and has never refused a single one. What right has Senator Jones to assume that he has now reversed his policy? Hoke Smith is the latest democrat of promiuence to come out emphatically in favor of the retirement of Bryan and a new deal all around. THoke may not realize what a risk he is running in expressing himself o openly. No man who pretends to be a democrat can advocate dropping Bryanism without being labeled a traitor to his party and having his loyalty during the last two campaigns questioned. The fusionists are now trying to make political capital but of the fact that Gov, ernor Dietrich was held up by a fusion political leech to the tune of during the campaign on the old game of selling tickets to a picnie and barbecue. The governor ought to have some severe penalty inflicted for biting so easy, but how this Is going to help the fusionists 1t is difficult to ses The suggestion of The Bee that a re- ception be extended to General Fitzhugh Lee upon his arrival to take charge of the Department of the Missouri, with headquarters in Omaha, has been taken up by the Grand Army posts of the city. The veterans of the war are fully ca- pable of upholding the reputation of the city for hospitality. For Silver an U Baltimore Americ Mr. Bryan gives notice that expression of his opinons in future will be for revenue only. In other words, while speech will still be silver, it will be no longer free, Weyler's to L Indlanapolls News, The laugh 1s with Weyler. England s adopting the reconcentrado policy In South Africa and the plan has been sug- gested to us In the Philippines. There is 10 such thing, it seems, as & merciful war. Heredity in Must Globe Deme t Sir Arthur Sullivan, the composer, and Sims Reeves, the famous tenors who have died within a few days of each other, were sons of orchestral performers and tamillar with music from Infancy. Their careers strengthen the affirmative side of heredity. A Popocratie Hoq Ord Journal (pop.) election of Prof. Fowler to the the schools of the In the state superintender state will certainly be benefited. Although we do not agree with Prof. Fowler po- litically, yet we recognize his ability as a gchool man and predict that his adminis- tration will be strong and satisfactory The schools of Blair will miss him —_— HBryanism in Ohlo. New York World By a curious coincidence the official count of the vote of Ohlo shows Mr. Bryan to have received as the democratic candidate for president in 1900 exactly the same number of votes—neither one more nor one less— that he received as such in 1806, But in 1896 he received @ small vote in Ohlo on a separate populist ticket. His total vote this year consequently fell about 2,000 short of what it was four years ago. 'Rah for Douglas County. Blomington Echo. From the returns that have been made by the diffevent counties of the state It has been discovered that Douglas county was wholly responsible for the election of Dietrich for governor. He was elected by a plurality of only 861. Douglas county gave a majority of 884 for Dietrich. The elghty-nine counties outside of Douglas gave Poynter a plurality of 23. 'Rad for Douglas county! Promoting Clvilization in ( Springfield Republican The execution of the Chinese officlals, in- culding an acting viceroy, at Pao Ting turns out to have been a pleco of cold-blooded treachery. They surrendered on the orders of the Chinese peace envoys at Pekin, with the understanding that they should be given a fair trial, and that if pronounced gulity they should be punished by the Chiuese au- thorities, But when they had surrendered themselves the allies summarily put them to death, Sacred Right of Philadelphia Led The American people have always con- tended strongly for the right to prescnt petitions for the redress of grievances, or dld so untll they took the matter into their own hands and decided to redress tho grievances themselves, and they will be likely to claim the same right for their children. The action of the authorities at the Naval academy in degrading a class of cadets because its members dured to pe- titlon ¢he secretary of the navy in behalf of one of thelr number, savors of tyranny more than the peaple are likely ta approve. That the offender deserved punishment is cortain, if the facts are as reported, but that 1s no reason why his classmates should not be permitted to file a respectful pe- tition for clemency in his bebalf, NDING, ng Out Like London There has been a the century which came in like a lon 18 go- ing out like a lamb. Napoleon, Wellington, Nelson, Pitt, Bismarck, Gladstone, Bea- consfleld, Fox, Talleyr Moltke, Goethe Schiller, Byron, Wagner, Turaer, Darwin, *araday, Huxley, Davy, Dickens, Thack- eray, Scott, Carlyle, Macaulay, Landseer, Lawrence, Canova, Thorwaldsen, Meyerbeer, | Weber, Schubert, Newm Wordsworth, Shelley, Southey, Washington Irving, Mrs. £1ddons, and, great as any, Victoria, are names that have been cut deep In the his tory of the race. Five hundred men and women of genlus have thelr names asso ated with the century, but where are ten that are living? There should be 150 I8 the supply of genius becoming exhausted? | | 1s greatness being stified by the phenomen- ally luxuriant crop of glorified medfocrity or 18 the now all-absorbing anxlety to make money the cause? Within the next few weeks the century will be reviewed by many writers. We shall | be reminded that the population has grown enormously, that the btause of freedom has prospered as it never A1 before, that scl ence has worked wonders—but who will point out that we have no Wellington, no Pitt, no Byron, no Thackeray, no Scott, uo Turner, that there is no great orator, no great preacher, uo great historian, no great poet, and no great novelist? Instead of these they may name many who are fa- mous because they have amassed large for- tunes fn brewing, in distilling, in banking in speculating—even In peculating! Bung, who has acquired a fortune by sell ing millions of gallons of beer, consequence to the community than Dick ens? If he Is not, why has Bung been madoe a peer, while Dickens was oficlally ignored? 1s it not & bad pajley to encourage the ac- cumulation of vast wealth to such an ex- tent that all the bralns of the country are more eager to make money than to earn fame? antury of glants, but | of more | Beatri, The result of the late election appears to have been a sort of solar plexus blow to future fuston, it we are to judge by the tone of both democratie &nd populist papers. 1t not only knocked it out but it paralyzed all future hope along that line. The pops declare that they were be- trayed by the democrats, who resented the treatment that was meted out to them in the state and county conventions, while the democrats cuse the pops of going k on the ticket because Charlie Towne was not nominated at Kansas Clty. The fact I8 that so long as men of dif- forent parties are on the outside and can unite upon a principle, they can work har- monlously together, But as soon as they get into power and the fight 18 reduced to a scramble for pelt and plunder, then it is that harmony reases and the disappointed aspirants prefer to help the other fellow rather than thelr own nominee, who Is unable to provide for them. That fs what defeated Poynter. It was not that the democrats repudiated him, but that the pops who had been glven a taste of milk, were suddenly shut oft from the public teat. They are In politics for what there s in it. They stand upon the street corner and talk about republican corruption and the necessity for reform, but when they a turned out of a job they demounce thelr own leaders and are willing to entrust ths reform movement to republicans However, ft is not impossible for the democrats and popullsts to unite upon Is- sues in this state again, Now that they have been kicked out, the fight will be to get back in, and they will probably be willing to make that fight and VICTORY IN 8t Louls Globe The officlal returns place President Mc | Kinley's plurality in Nebraska at 7,822, The total vote of the state was heavier than ever before, showing that the interest in the canvass was intense. In the can- vass of 1896 that state’s whole vote was 246, It was 261,998 in 1900. The re- publican candidate for governor has also carried Nebraska, but by a much narrower | margin than that obtained by Mr. McKin- ley. In the legislature, likewlse, the re- [ publicans will have a majority on joint ballot, ebraska’s vote in 1900 s significant That state early dritted into populism and thus Into a coalition with the democracy. The farmers' alliance appeared in Ne- | braska about as early us anywhere. It was |affected by the same sort of influences which made themselves felt in its southern neighbor. The pitch to populism which Kansas made in the carly part of this de- cade was shared In by Nebraska, except that the republicans held control some- what longer In Nebraska than they did in Kensas. In 1862 there was a practical amalgamation between the democrats and the ‘popullsts in Kaneas and under the coalition that state gave its electoral vote 1o Weaver, the populist nominee for presi- dent. There was no such hard and fast unfon between the anti-republican elements | | Democratic Post Mortem. | | co Democrat take chances on a division of spoils after election The Democrat has never regarded fusion a8 more than & temporary makeshift While there are some good things in the popullst creed, there are a great many that will never be accepted by the demo- crate While a great many pops are willing to accept nearly everything that s demo- cratie, there are many others who will not accept the name, and there you have It It 1s the helght of felly to maintain two or three political organizations upon the same platform and supporting the same ticket, Such a course holds the movement vy to ridicule, and disgusts men who might other- wise glve it their support Tho idea of several hundred democrats Bolng to Lincoln and sitting up all night in a convention to nominate candidate for attorney general by acclamation, and to whom there was no opposition, is enough to brand the party as a farce comedy com pany of the amateur type. The pops held the convention, fought all night over spoils and the democrats simply waited for permission to ratify thelr acts The thing to do 13 to unite all opponents to republican misrule in one party. This can better be done under the ban ner of democracy than under any other flag. If there are populists who prefer to unite with the republicans, let them go. As a matter of fact, the democrats have galned nothlug by fusion In the past. The populist party fs formed largely of men who refused longer to countenance republican methods, and most of them would unite with us in a political organ- ization that should present principles of government, aud contend for thelr su premacy, ' NEBRASKAJ e-Democrat in Nebraska in 1892 and consequently the republicans held on to that state, though thelr lead over the populists was only 4,000 But ever since 1892 Nebraska has been more uniformly anti-republican than Kan- sas has been. Several times, for governor or other offices, the republicans have car- ried Kansas in the last eight years, but Nebraska has clung pretty constantly to the democrats and the fusionists during this time until 1900. This is one of the reasons why Nebraska's swing to the re- publicans this year {s even more signifl- cant than is that of Kansas, though Presi dent McKinley's lead in Kansas in the re cent election Is much greater than it is in 1ts northern neighbor. Another reason why the republican victory in Nebraska means more than does that in any other state which has been changed to the republican side since 1896 1s that Nebraska is Bryan's own home. Nebraska's desertion of Bryan | 1 a serfous blow to the pretensions of that personage, though some of his friends,) threaten that he will remain in politics to bother the old-fashioned democrats in 19 The drift away from the Bryanites in Kan- sas, Nebraska and South Dakota and some of the other states west of the Missourl undoubtedly means, however, that the pop- ullst party will never appear in another presidentiel election, PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. | While the allled bulls remain China shop it is useless the crockery will be spared. Henry Villard began life as a newspaper man and made three fortunes, holding on to the last. A good man, rightly started, can't be kept down A book giving “A View of New York in 1674"" recently sold for $2,000. Pretty stift price for an ancient peep. A view of mod- ern New York will cost any old price the viewer can stand, / In common parlance the acme of thefl 15 the taking of a hot stove. The deed was actually done in New York City recently and the thief was captured while attempt- ing to sell his warm load. The venerable St. Paul shed its rheu matlcs the other day and shied its hal) | at & sauerkraut man who persisted in shocking public taste with pungent aroma The punishment fairly fitted the crime. The example of Chicago in rigldly en forcing honest welght in the sale of coal in small quantities commends itself to other cities. Of all classes the very poor | should be protected from petty swindling A great wave of temperance reform said tc be sweeping over the state of Main Prohibition has been a law of the state for forty years and an occasional revival seems necessary to produce a moderate degree of sobriety. New York's ice trust did not have a very prosperous season after all. High prices reduced consumption and as a consequence the trust has 500,000 tons of the crop on hand. Litigation melted a large part of the profits. A prragraph 1s going the rounds stating that Dan Rice, the showman, is vet alive and boozy. A little while ago his death called forth extended eulogies and biog- raphics. Possibly the real spirit did not €0 out with the substane Down In Jackson, Miss, the King's Daughters sought to turn an extra penny by putting Lieuterant Hobson on exhibition at 25 cents a throw. But the lieutenant did not show up, as he Ras retired from the show business, temporarily at least OAROASARAARMAARRRE | AN UNSOUGHT TESTIMONIAL. in the | to expect that ILER GRAND, OMAHA, Nov, 21 ‘o the Editor of The Bee: 1 de sire to personally congratulate you $ upon your splendid American news- having had the pleasure of it And paper daily for the past two weeks, $ the fact that 1 am moved to address you, I trust, s appreciated in “point, $ when 1 have such duties as compel | $ me to visit all of the principal eities 4in the United States, and when [ | § see “clean” joupnalism 1 feel like ¢ saying “go ahead” The particular $ guiding spirit of such editorials, $ general news, ete., could not make ¢ many mistakes as senator, $ Prusting T am understood as only ¢ deserved, and that by such acknowl $ cdgements 1 have caused you to & make an additional re 4 tinue to he not only an educator, hut $a benefactor, I take pleasure in 1 ¢ wishing you success and signing my Yours respecttully | €. M. M'CONNELL, | 1 slgn my name so you may be sure I am not mythical. Baut, I also ish to state, T am a stranger to you ty and live many miles $ from here, for which place 1 lenve | % tod I have no “ax” to grind, | $ and destre no acknowledgement of | $ communteation recelved. 1 desire simply to glve tribute because you €M M, olve to con | o self IR} 80 NO TEARS FOR THE STATE HOARD, Schuyler Sun (rep): The State Board of Transportation Is a thing of the past The supreme court In a decision rendered Wednesday declared the law providing for the secretaries, etc., as unconstitutional There will be no more snaps along this lice. The state has no business furnish- ing people snaps anyhow. Columbus Telegram (dem.): The supreme court wound up a soft birth for politi- clans when on Wednesday a declsion was handed down declaring that the law creatiog the State Board of Transporta- | ton was unconstitutional and is held void - the people were all hollow mockery. Fop years that party had the entire authority to enact it pledges, but fts board and g secretaries never did a thing excepting to draw $2000 & year as salary and, at the Inst seselon of the legislature to inform that body that the time had not arrived, under the supreme court's declston on the maximum freight rate Iaw, when Nebraska could secure lower rates. That the law should now be declared unconstitutional, When fusion has been routed, may be con ceded to savor a bit of consistency, while at the same time such a declsion may be con- sidered in another light. But for the pres- ent the board has been killed and there Bexd be no mourners. There is some talk | of a constitutionai amendment providing for the election of rallroad commissioners by the people, in which case these men would be reeponsible to the voters’ under which conditions there might be better results — TWO SPEAKERSHIP CANDIDATES, Pender Republic: Hon. J. J. McCarthy, the re-elected member of the legisiature from Dixon county, is probably more fre | auently spoken of for the speakership of the next house than any other member. His wervice in the last house, of which ae was one of the most Influential and lead- ing members, gives him an excellent claim {to the fmportant post. Besides, he is a | eonservative and careful leglslator, whose experience and judgment would redound Breatly to the credit of the state. This 4 section of the state has not had a speaker n the last twenty years and we belleve it 18 only fair that northeast Nebraska be given this honor. Tekamah Journal: Burt county has brought forward a candidate for speaker- ¢hip of the incoming legislature fn the person of Hon. W. G. Sears, member-elect from this county. Mr. Bears brings fnto the contest many elements whish will con tributo to his success. As to porsonal fitness he has the qualifications which would make him an excellent officer. He is cool and collected and possessed of a spirit of fairness and Justice in all things. These qualities have marked his career as one of tha leading attorneys at the bar in this Judiclal district. For six years he has been county attorney of Burt county and for meveral terms mayor of the city of Tekamah. He has for years been a promi nent figure in public affairs in this sec- tion of the state. eeescettsttccetesssscsse® WORTHY OF RECOGNITION. Bloomfield Monitor. T the magnificent fight for the ro- demption of Nebraska from the § clutches of populism, the republican press of Nebraska did vallant and effective servic It was a long, ¢ tireless and fearless campalgn and v polnt of vantage gained was firmly held while the victors pushed on and over the ramparts triumgh. Tn the van pushed Omahi in The Bee, with its deadly gatling the magnificent victory which fol lowed. In this fight Bdward Rose water won his senatorlal spurs and should rive them at the hands of the legislature. It would be but a fitting recognition of the services of the “boys” who made the great vie tory even possible, . 3!\ 1 silenced, blazing the way for oooeeeeoesesossssssoseses FLOATING FUN, . Indanapolis Journal: “I wrote to Auat Tabitha about our robber.” “well?" “'She sent us a guinea hen; she says they always make a big fuss when a stranger comes on the place.” Chicago Tribune: “1 hope it's a nic . I'm sure it {s! I heard my brother ) ¥ they use a tank in 1t thit holds more than 100 burrels of water " Detrolt Free Press 4 half way." ¥ think so; I wouldn't meet him at all It 1 knew how to get out of ft. “It 18 folly to meot because it was not passed by the legisla ture in the mode preseribed by the slatute, The opinion was written by Chief Justico Norval and concurred In by Justice Hol- comb. | Bancroft Blade (rep.) The State Board | of nsportation met its quietus Monday when (he supreme court of the state held that the law which created it was un- constitutional. It has always been a hoard of repose with no power to move Itselt and no manifest inclination to be moved by outside forces and about the only change which the court made was to cut off the $2,000 per year which each member recelved. Norfolk News (rep.): The supreme court has declared the law creating the State Board of Transportation unconstitutional | and those having grievances against the railroads will no longer be afMicted by the promise of rellef from this body that never | accomplished anything, It was a highly ornamental fixture of the state machinery, but a rather expensive ornament after all, If it 18 not possible to create a board with an abllity and power to earn their salary | it s better that it be abolished entirely. | Fillmore Chronicle (rep.): The supreme court has declded that the Board of Trans- portation act is illegal. The board carried three secretarles, in the persons of J. W Edgerton, G. W. Luws and J. C. Dablman, | at salary of $2,000 each per year. These | more or less worthy gentlemen would have | lost thelr fobs anyway about January 1 and are not visibly grieved. In fact, thoy no doubt find keen satisfaction in the knowledge that the three $2,000 per year jobs cannot be filled with republicans, owing to their abolition, York Times: The Nebraska State Board of Transportation has been knocked out by | the supreme court and will do nothing more, though the secretaries will continue to draw | their salarles untll January 1. This 1s all | they have doue since the fusion board was appointed and neither the railroads nor the pecple will suffer from the change. There have been secretaries of this board who bave been falthful offcers and have per- formed their duties as carnestly and well as they could have dono In any office, but they have always worked at a disadvantage and the people have been much readler to criticise than praise. Fremont Herald (dem): The supreme court has declared unconstitutional the law creating a State Board of Transportation, because of not belug legally passed. The orlginal act was passed In 1885, but in 1857 an entirely new act was passed. Since that time $80,000 in salaries has beeu pald out under the law. It 1 @ great aggrava- | tlon that these fat sinecures should be wiped out just now, when the republican | “heelers” are coming up to the trough for | their reward. As the decision firing these “hlillklvh\vun was written by the republican | memter of the court, the move cannot be charged altogether to the despised “pops A republican court, however, would doubt- less have held the axe in the alr until it pop” hoard to be affected. The | rallroads could have got a decision years ago If the “board” was hurting them any But it wasa't—It was simply bleeding the taxpayers. Grand Island Independent (rep.): The State Board of Transportation is no more The law was passed in 1887 and, directly It never was worth & cent to the peaple of Nebraska. It had, however, an indirect vaule. It thoroughly and exactly demon i | ! i :1!4-»«4'\'0 it R TS Pittsburg Chronic How that wind shakes the sishes, dear,” said Mrs. Shady | side, nervously, to her husband, while the was high “Yes, the windows are having a rattling good time,” “assented Mr. Bhadyside, who thereupon went off to sleep again, Cleveland & nlzhts “Come over after dark and fnvestigate lain Dealer: “Do you tle yo Detroft Journal: ““These Boers are called ent Christians, Now what Is an ment Christian?" . I fancy he's a Christian who ad vances with the sword n one hand and th Old Testament, merely, in the other. Iphia Press: Askit—What is vour nding of the golden rula? Dowe it ‘Do unto others as you would ‘like to be done by?'" Rizness—N unto ot done by : my Interpretation 1s: *I) 8 a8 you would ‘be likely' to 1) Brooklyn Life: She—You know that check for $100 you ga ne? Well, they refuse to cash it. The teller sald that you only had £75 in_the bank. He—By Jove, I'm awfully sorry, dear “Oh, 1t was all right. T deposited $25 and then they gave me the money." Chicago Tribune: “My nlece,” sald the or, “'has joined an’ organization the the—the—strange 1 can't think of the ame. 1 had 1t at my tongue's end n m ment ago—-Oh, yes, T remember it now They call it the Thimble club, “Then you didn’t have it at your tc end,” obfected the professor. at your finger's end.” DE BIRD O gue's “You had it RAD| L. P. Hext in Leslle's Weekly ‘Possum meat am mighty sweet; xho, am fine; Punkin ples am better dan de melon on de vine, Pork chops, fat an' greasy, allers hits dix nigger Hight, An' sausarges am temptin' an’ a very pleas 1n’ sight Mincemeat ples am glorfous an' ko am apple tart, gib ‘o nigger chicken ef yo' want to tech he heart But dar am one t'ing beats dem all-de tuk key fat an’ nice— De big Thanksgivin' tukkey am do bird o paradise taters An' Rackcoon in de blackgum swamp wink he eye at me; Squirrel he look sassy climbin’ up de hck'ry tree. Rabbit in de briar patch, he shake he bushy tatl; Roastin’ shonts in de white folks' pen am mighty peart an' hale. ANl dem critters sho' am good, tempin' an sublime, K But den n nigger's appetite am changin' all de thme, An’ roun’ atiout Thanksglvin' dey don't cut 1o stgn o' ice, e ‘Cause tikkey am de critter f'um de lan’ o paradise. Hear de gluny cacklin’; hear de rooster crow; Hear e Hen a-scratchin’ fer ds wosrum in de snow, Hear e old gray gander squall—de gooss am squallin’ ba ; hear de ola miscovy duck, a-quackin’, quack, quack, quack 4 y kin make lot o' fuss, an' raise a big T jut Komehow dey music don't persess de happy charm For dar wn i sweet enticin' gobble of de bird o' para- e An' De aweeter den de soun’ ob you_rusty an' cast aside the hoe; 5 teh de tam-orine an’ bring de fiddle an de bow. ) Rig up In yo' Sunday clothes an' wear Yo beaver hats, A n't fergit' to hine yo' boots an' tle o' white cravats de big plantation bell a-ringin’ loud an' kweet ; Bee de white to eat Hurry up, you nlggers, ‘cause I's hongry fer Com niggers, now, An' d He folks goln' In de dinin’ room strated that the pretentions of the fusionlsts to reform the rallroads in the luterest of An’ 1Gngin fer to rassel wid de bird o' pare al A