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Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
TALKING

According to recent reports from the
Canadian capital there is Il revival of
the annexation feeling in the Dominion,
and what is more interesting. if these
reports be true, this revival is largely
due to the discouragements of he I'M
perialists. Last year there was held
an intercolonial conference at Ottawa.
at which it was agreed that self-gOvern-
ing colonies should take steps to place
each others products in whole or in
part on Il more favored customs basis
than is accorded to the like products of
foreign countries. and it was suggested
that England should revive the policy.
abandoned half a century ago, of grant
ing preferential treatment in her mar
ket to colonial exports. The other half
of that policy, namely, preferential treat
ment in the colonial markets to British
manufactures, was kept out of sight,
not being popular with colonial protec-
t~ionists.
The colonial secretary under Lord
Roscbery did not approve of this idea,
holding that the s~elf-governing colonies
are III ut liDtlly W HIM " ia
ton arrangements between themselves
or with foreign powers from which
Britain is excluded. That, it was
urged, would break up the empire in
short order. Among other objections to
the intercolonial plan it was said that
to tax food and raw material coming
from foreign countries like the United
States, while admitting them from Can
ada and Australia. would of course put
money into the pockets Of colonial farm
ers and British landlords. but would be
death to the British manufacturer and
artisan. This discouraged the Cana
dian imperialists and they are still more
disheartened it is said, by the fact that
the present colonial secretary, Mr.. Cham
berlain, is no less hostile to their policy.
Quite as strongly as his predecessor he
believes in the big loaf for the British
people and is not prepared to make any
concessions to the colonies which would
in the least discriminate against Eng
land.
This is the condition which, it is said,
is reviving sentiment in Canada favor
able to annexation with the United
States. a correspondent at Ottawa
quotes "a prominent Canadian as say
ing: "Now is the time for American
politicians to be statesmen. Coercing
us would be n fatal policy, yet they need
not kill us with kindness. Let them be
just and ~neighborly, pointing out that
they would be glad to admit us to all
the material advantages of American
citizenship; let them show themselves
neighbors wishing to do us a good turn,
and willing to accept our modest assist
ance in solving the future, and the two
countries will speedily be one" This,
according to the correspondent, is n sam
pie of what one hears on every side in
the British provinces of Ontario. There
may be more or less of this sort of talk
in that particular section of the Domin-
ion and probably among the French
Canadians there is n considerable senti-
ment favorable to annexation, but il ia
very questionable whe ther there is as
much of this feeling in the Dominion
now as there was three years ago. be-
fore a change in the political admins
tration Of the government Of the United
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
4 SUBSTANTIAL ENDoRsEMENr.

4 SUBSTANTIAL ENDORSEMENT.
The Douglas county democratic ON
vcntlon has. with one single exception,
endorsed the entire ticket. from sheriff
down 10 constablcs, nominated last
Wednesday by the Citizens Reform
league. II has reafirmcd the principle
Of u non-partisan judiciary by instruct
ing the delegates chosen to represent
the county in the judicial district con
vention to cast their votes MS q unit
for the nomination of each Of the seven
candidates endorsed by the Citizens
league and populists. Inasinuch as
Douglas county has the controlling voice
in the Fourth judicial district, this in
structiOn iusures places for the names
Of these judges on the democratic ticket.
Among the twenty-nine candidates
placed in nomination by the Citizens
league the democratic convention has
rejected only the candidate for clerk of
the district court. Tho substitution of
Frank i. Johnson for Charles A. Coe
was the result of Il wholesale bribery of
delegates. Mr.. Johnson is not the dem
pNlb' NUN tlIN NNAONl'Ni' lhi'N NO'''
nominate for any responsible Office. His
well known career in commercial cir
cles forever bars him from that public
confidence without which no man can
aspire to positions of trust.
Mr.. Johnson's persistent candidacy. in
spite of the overwhelming and out
spoken sentiment of the rank and file
of the local democracy in favor of the
Citizens ticket, and in spite of the ac-
ton of the Citizens convention. by
which Mr.. Johnson vas rejected, proves
conclusively that he is simply playing
a part TO assist the dcrvish candidate
for the district court clcrkShip to an
election. In Omaha politics Frank
Johnson occupies about the same posi-
ton which Charlie Mosher occupied in
Lincoln politics before his involuntary
removal to South Dakota. He is re-
puted to have disburscd from $1,000 to
5000 in the purchase of his nomina-
ton, and it Is safe to assert that he
has not used any of his w money on
his venture. Whether the investment
will prove satisfactory to the men who
are putting up the cash will be known
on the 9th day of November. One
thing is certain-it will not rebound to
the credit of Mr.. Johnson, politically or
commercially. 1t is safe also to predict
that when the votes are counted he
will be found running neck and neck
with Dan Burr, A. l.. A. pOpulist, at
the tail of the procession.
The action of the democratic county
convention will in no way deter the
men engaged in the Citizens reform
movement from continuing the fight for
honest local government and against
intolerance and %sectarian prescription.
On the contraaf hey will be stimulated
to more vigorous ertion. The turning
down of Mr.. Coe by the votes of demo-
cratic boOdlers insures for him the sup
port of honest democrats and republic
ans alike. He is the only clean and
capable candidate for the position. He
has entered the field in response to Il
call from the most prominent business
men and heaviest taxpayers in the city,
and he will be elected in spite of any
detection that may be caused by the
bought nomination of johnson.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
blasts FROM RAMS HORN.

A wrong desire overcome is a temptation
resisted.
Wisdom can live on what fools trumpld
undor foot.
1t isn't the biggest horn that makes the
best music.
Wrong principles are as wrong in politics
as they are In religion.
A bad man most hates the things that
would do him most good.
The devil is generally the gamer when the
preacher gets an easy place.
II we do not learn from little trials, tho
lesson may have to be taught in great ones.
The man is travelling In the wrong direc-
ton who thinks money can make him happy.
Find a man who has never ridden a hobby
and you will find one who has never been
a boy.
Some people are willing TO give the devil
any room in the house, If he will only pay
good rent.
The trouble is just this: There are too
many church members, and not enough
Christians.
Shouting In church during a revival is
one thing, and paying the preacher in chips
and whetstones is another.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

States promised the Canadians frecr ac.
cess TO the American markets. Indeed,
the expressions of Canadian politicians
identified with the government. as given
in interviews with the representatives
of American newspapers. indicate that
there is really very little annexation
sentiment in the Dominion. but this of
curse Is to be taken with some allow
ance. At any rate, there Is reason to
believe that the anneXationists are not
n growing force there and that they are
not strong enough to encourage Amcri-
can politicians to make any move for the
furtherance of annexation. though there
are some who would be glad to do so
did there appear to be n favorable op-
portunity. 1t is not unlikely that there
is n plan to get this subject before the
next republican house of representatives
in some form.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

The secondhand engine las good rs
Illegally purchased by Russell,
Churchill Il Go. with the states money
has already arrived at Grand Island,
and the bill for its transportation by
freight has been presented and audited.
There was no authority of law what
ever for this transaction. But what is
that to Russell and Churchill? These
two thrifty worthless waxed wroth at
the governor only a few weeks ago and
read him Il long discourse on his duty
to obey and uphold legislation of
doubted constitutionnlity. Russell and
Churchill ought to read those letters
which they addressed to Governor Hol-
comb again.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
SECULAR SHOTS At THE PULPIT.

Boston Traveller. Blshop Doane thinks the
Episcopal church should not arrOgate to Itself
the title Of holy" aud the bishop Is very
near to being exactly right.
Chicago Chronicle: 1t was wise for the
Methodlsts TO admit women TO their general
conference. Just suppose the women should
have concertedIy agreed to stay away from
church!
Minneapolis Times: One fact Of human ma
ture which should not escape some Of the
preachers of New York City is that the way
to get people to church Is not to forbid them
everything else on Sunday with the idea Of
forcing them to go.
Des Moines Capital. The men in the Meth
od;st church are seriously considering whether
or not they Will give women a full voice
IN the churCh's affairs. Inasmuch as a ma
jority of the churches are composed almost
entirely of women, the pending discussion is
somewhat ridiculous.
Kansas City Star: The warning against
secret societies promulgated at the Indiana
yearly meeting of Friends at Richmond
proves the disposition of people to exaggerate
the evil of things which they know MOTH
ing about. There Is really nothing vicious
about secret societies unless they become
mixed up with politics.
Chicago Tribune: Another fighting parson
has turned up, this time in Fordham, N. Y.
He thrashed the sexton soundly, but he did II
according to scriptural rules. First he hit
one Of the sections cheeks and then, Crap
ping with him, turned the other cheek and
smote that. In these days, as previously,
falth needs works to make it prevail.
Minneapolis Tribune: The agitation to drop
the word Protestant from the name OF
the Episcopal church in the United States
recalls that fact that the late Phillips
Brooks. one Of the most noted among the
clergymen of that denomination, strenu-
ously opposed the suggestion. In a sermon
or matchless eloquence he declared that such
a change would be IAN unreasonable ca
lamity and a crying shame"
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

The prominent speakers in the Iowa
campaign seem to have formcd a
mutual admiration society. Senator
Allison is giving General Drake great
Send-offs for governor, and General
Drake cannot say too much in favor
of Senator Allison for the presidency.
Finally, Congressman Perkins is hav-
ing difficulty in finding words to ex-
press his appreciation of both Allison
and Drake. Allison's nomination and
election to the presidency would leave
Il vacancy in Iowa's representation in
the United States senate. This may
possibly account for some of this ardor.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

Thenorth Nebraska annual conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church at
Fremont voted to admit women as dele
members of the denomination from one
end of the country to the other. The
conferences of the central west have
voted largely in favor of the admission
of women, and it is predicted by those
conference at Cleveland next year will
finally settle the controversy by an af-
iirmative vote on the proposition. A
more radical innovation in the tradi-
tons of the Methodist church has never
been made.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

jectcd to th1tyranny and brutality of
Turkish dotAihation. which Is r%epugnant
to the spirit of the age and n reproach to
civilization. There would be, of course,
a speedy and indical change were It not
FOR the Jealousy among the European
powers with respect to Turkey. but the
game of rulers must sooner or later
yield to the'Will of the people, and the
Armenians be given the rights and the
protection which, in the judgment of
enlightened. mankind, they are entitled
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

A writer in the current Century, who
processes to know whereof he speaks.
asserts that the great mass Of the army
of tramps take up that life voluntarily
and from choice, and that almost to
II man they have been inmates at one
time OIL another of the reform school
or the Jail. The newcomers in the
field of trampdom are, he says, nearly
all sturdy young men who, if they were
only so disposed, could earn an honest
living. This explanation of the origin
Of tramps must take some of the
glamOr away from the business. 1t
must also remove the strongest grounds
for sympathy upon which the profess
sional tramp has played. People who
turn tramps because they want to be
tramps have not much claim for as
sistance in their pursuit.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
Speaks for No Party.
Beatrice Democrat.

The World-Herald catechises T. j. Ma
honey upon a whole lot OF things political
the evident intent being to so occupy his
time as to embarrass him In the campaign
Of education that he has laid oSt. The SUI
preme impudence Of the pJpulist organ is
apparent when we note that these questions
are propoundei in the name of the d2mocratic
party. When did the democratic party make
the World-Herald its spokesman? BY what
authority does this hyphenated hybrid speak
for the democracy Of Nebraska? The fact
that tho pops have repudiated the VIII.
since II became the organ OF the A. p. A.
has set that organ looking for a party
to tie to. The democratic party has no use
for It.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

The reports from every part OF the state
Of failing springs, streams drying up, agri-
cultural interests suffering from drouth, and
towns and cities visited by diseases attribut-
able to the impurity Of low and stagnant
streams, should cause some serious consider
alton by the public Of the relation of the
forests to climate, rainfall and water supply.
A careful examination of scientific conclu-
SONS makes it clear that the unfavorable
characteristics of a season like that which
we have passed through would be much
mitigated by the preservation and cultiva-
ton of the forests.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

According to the story told by John
w. Schaeffcri of the Omaha signal of
flee, his conviction on the charge of at
tempted grave robbery was not just.
That he wasnnot Il principal in the ex-
petition is Shown by the record. He
was led to believe that DR.. Overton had
authority FRONT the poor officers to
eXhume the body and was induced to as
sist the doctor, who was a professor in
the medical college at Des Moines.
schaeffer therefore found himself the
victim of untoward circumstances. 1t
is to be hoped. for the sake of his wife
and two littfe ones, that he may be
spared by atmerciful governor the dis
grace of aadtBerta in the Iowa peniten-
tiary. -sfuilu .
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
THE DERBY RAM.

"a song sung by. General George. Washing.
Justice oliver Ellsworth.)
American Monthly Magazine.
AS I was going to Derby
Upon a market day,
I saw the biggest RAM, sir,
That ever was fed on hay.
CHORUS.
That ever was fed on hay. sir,
That ever was fed on hay,
I saw the biggest ram. sir,
That ever was fed on hay,
Tow de row de dow, dow,
Tow de row de da.
Tow de row de dow, dow,
Tow de row de da.
He had four feet to walk. sir,
He had four feet to stand.
And every foot he had. sir,
Covered an acre of land.
CHORUS.
Covered an acre of land, sir, etc.
The wool upon his back. sir,
1t reached up to the sky,
And eagles built their nests there,
For 1 heard their young ones cry.
CHORUS.
The wool upon his tail, sir,
I heard the weaver say,
Made three hundred yards of CLOTH.
For he wovc 1t in a day.
CHORUS.
For he wove 1t in a day, sir. etc.
The horns upon this ram, sir,
They reached up to the moon;
A Niger climbed up In January,
And never came down till June.
CHORUS.
And he never came down till June, sir, etc,
The butcher that cut his throat, sir,
Was drownd-ed in the blood.
And the little boy that held the bowl,
Was carried away in the flood.
CHORUS.
Was carried away in the flood, sir, etc.@
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

South Carolina constitution makers
want to disfranchise colored voters be-
cause they happen to have been born
with black skins. This is one form of
prescription. Disfranchisement on ac-
count of religious creed is another form.
Prescription of all kinds is closely al
lied. The colored voter who helps the
a. y. A. bar his Catholic fellows out
of office can see in the condition of the
colored citizen in South Carolina the
inevitable result toward which sectarian
prescription tends.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

So the women A. T.. AS had to meet
in Denve this year. Colorado and
Wyoming are the only states in which
women have the full franchise. The
annual convention OF the association
was, of course, expected to impress it.
self forcibly upon the Colorado women.
and through them upon possible re-
cruits for the order. Women in politics
means just what 1t says. Sectarian
prescription can find n lodgment with
women az well as with men.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

III Lincoln papers are to be believed,
the people who attended the republican
ratification meeting after the state
convention have not yet completely re-
covered from that tired feeling caused
by the speech of Hon. j. f. Frick of
Fremont. Mr.. tricks speech is said to
have been Il model soporitic. Frick, it
Will be remembered, was the dummy
put forward a year ago to beat Judge
Maxwell out of Il republican renomina-
ton to the supreme court.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

The bicycle race meeting under aus
pices of the National circuit, booked
at Council Bluffs for October II and
II, promises to be one of the great
sporting events of the year. Men like
Cabanne and Titus, speedy riders from
all over the country, are being entered
for the contest. Union park will be the
center OF attraction for the cycling
world OIL the days of the meet.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
FORE-DOONED TO DEFEAT


Whom the Gods wish to destroy they
first make mad.
That old Greek adage received strik-
ing eXemplifcation in the action of the
republican district judicial convention.
With the exception of the handful of
delegates representing the three outside
counties, the personnel of the conven-
ton was made up almost exclusively OF
the bowling dcrvish faction. With such
material as it's controlling element ii
is not surprising that the convention
deticd all decency and public sentiment.
d~ishonored the party and disgraced
itself by heading its judicial ticket with
the redoubtable Cunningham r.. Scott.
and giving him as companion candi-
dates five other reputed members of
the dark-lantern order. The only con
ceSsion made to the respectable element
of the party is the endorsement of Judge
Keysor, who was sure of reelection
without this endorsement.
The recklessness of the gang that, in
the name of the republican party, seeks
to debase our judiciary to the %pot-house
level was shown by its refusal to re-
nominate three cut of the five republican
judges, who have, in the main. served
~crcditably. and none of whom had low
cred the dignity of the bench. 1t goes
without saying that the indecent action
of this bogus republican convention
will be repuliated by the party in No
vember in a manner that will teach Il
wholesome lesson.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

The physicians in attendance upon
the meetings of the American Public
Health association have been discus
sing the question How Should Liquor
Be Sold?" There ought to be no trouble
in solving this problem. The usual way
Of selling liquor is by the glass, al
though 1T is sometimes sold in larger
quantities. If too much liquor is sold
there is II way not to stop it, and that
is by watering the stock.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
Struggling for Home Rule.

The contest in Cuba is, after all, only the
repetition of the old struggle for the assertion
of certain fundamental rights Of man. The con-
test is reduced to a narrower issue than was
essential to the contest 100 years ago. Home
rule Is the great issue in all civilized coun-
tries now. as it was then. Cuba, Ireland
Canada, all realize that long-distance govern
ment is an anachronism. There is hardly a
city in the United States that is not ex-
periencing the injustice and oppression Of be-
ing dominated by total strangers. Why
should the king Of Spain rule Cuba? VIII,
should a farmer in Dakota county make laws
that control purely local municipal matters
In MINNEAPOLIS?
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

roads are continually cutting rates and
employing Irregular means Of inducing
business, regardless of the traffic asso.
citation, which is useful only to provide
n fat salary for n high class railroad
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

Some of the gold sent to Europe a
few weeks ago is beginning already to
come back. If only a fraction of the
gold we have exported finds its way
back into this country the financial
condition of the government will be
greatly strengthened.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
The True Test.

IHllaueIpnld lines.
The United States should be too free to
tolerate the prescription of any citizen on
the score of former nationality or present
religious faith. An American citizen is to
be Judged regarding his fitness for office, not
by where he was born or the church he at
tends, but by his character and personal
qualifications for the Office to which he as
Dires,
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

There are thousands of voters in
Omaha who are weary and sick of the
domination of party machines in mu-
nicipal affairs. When they see Il large
body of the best and most responsible
citizens banded together for no other
purpose than to purify city and county
government they hail the opportunity
to lend it a helping hand.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

The launching of Senator Allison's
boom may not have aroused universal
enthusiasm all we the United States,
but it has drawn forth less adverse
comment than has that of any other
man who has acknowledged the pos
session of presidential aspirations.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
wing the Long Bow.

IHIIdUtTNNIH ItuBtT,
The ridiculous story comes from Madrid,
by way of London, that the Sugar trust has
loaned 81 900, 900 to the insurgent Cubans
under an agreement for the destruction of thu
Cuban sugar plantations. Another wild
story, published by a royalist paper. is that
some Of the powers are going to send a vast
fleet to New York harbor to chastise the
United States because several Cuban ex-
petitions are supposed to have left these
shores. The Spanish press is evidently as I'M
reliable as the French press, which is motor
iously credulous and mendaclous as we'll.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

TT
Disturbed and afflicted humanity will soon
rise in its wrath and demand that it shall
have some relief from the warnings and in
functions Of medical scientists. Every step
that we take, in our sleeping or waking, our
eating and drinking, we are confronted by a
Don't" with a big. big Cd" Life is be-
coming a burden, and unless relief is found
soon nothing will be left for us but to take
TO the woods
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

Campbell, the democratic candidate
for governor in Ohio, is doing all he
can to reduce the republican majority
in that state and the surplus cash of
Senator Brice at one and the same
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

If South Carolina adopts the PROPOSE
ton for a constitutional prohibition of
it is to be feared that mismated couples
will find the distance between South
Carolina and South Dakota too great
for comfort or convenience.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

According to the United States vice
consul at Cairo, there is a considerable
demand i'll Egypt for American furni-
ture. Here is an opportunity for the
people of this country to exchange
modern manufactures for ancient an
tin,,,c
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06

1t is reported on good authority that Pres
ident Cleveland is so exasperated by Eng
lands attitude in the Venezuela business and
by Spain's haughtiness toward us that he
has decided to prepare a series of ultimatums,
one of which is to be issued the LIST of every
month. Now let the foreigners tremble!