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Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
THANKSGIVING DAY.

I In his Thanksgiving day proclamation
! President Cleveland urged that all the
people "with one accord render thanks
to the Ruler of the Universe for our
preservation as nation and our dcllv.
crancc from every threatened danger;
for the peace that has dwelt within our
boundaries; for our defense against dis
ease and pestlcnce during the year that
has passed; for the plcnteous rewards
that have followed the labors OF our
husbnndmcn. and for all the other
blessings that have been vouchsafed TO
us" In like spirit Governor llolcomb
admOnishcd our people to "render unto
God praise and thanksgiving for these
many evidences of His Kindness and
humbly petition to the throne of grace
for Il continuation of the favOrS of Di-
vine Providence unto us as a people, as
great commonwealth and as Il ma
ton" These admonitions represent the
general tone of the thanksgiving proc
lamations. which recognize the religious
character of the day as that to which
the people should give the larger share
of attention. This is well, though it
must be admitted that the day has lost
the deeply religious character it orig
inally had and has become more dis
tinctivcly day of feasting, of family
reunion and of social enjoyment.
The recurrence of this holiday, pccu-
larly American, finds the masses of
the people much better prepared for its
enjoyment and in much better condition
for thanksgiving than for several pre-
ccding years Hundreds of thousands
who were idle year ago and could not
afford a thanksgiving dinner are now
at work and can have their feast of
good things which the occasion invites
With the clouds of depression and dis
trust dispersed and the sunshine of re-
turning confidence and prosperity
spreading over the land, there is abund-
ant reason for gratitude and thanks
giving on the part of all the people
today.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Burlington Hawkeye or course all this
talk OF McKinley's cabinet Is interesting
but the great mass OF the plain people, who
are not likely to go into the cabinet are
asking whether President Mckinley Is going
TO give us postage stamps that will tear
straight along the lines of perfOration. The
United States is tired of the kind that crack
in two and tear diagonaly, and then fail
to stick
Davenport Democrat: r. II. Brown of
Sioux City, member of the national demo-
cratic Gtate central committee, has issued
a letter OF cOngratulatiOn to the various
county chalrmen In the Eleventh congress
slona district. Mr.. Brown estimates the
sound money democratic vote in Iowa at
55 900. This vote he declares, Controls
the fate OF sound money In this state. and
this fate is too sacred to so unorganized and
unpreserved." There are thousands who
agree with Mr.. Brown, and Scott county has
more of them than any other county of all
the ninety-nine.
Davenport Democrat: The Iowa railroad
commissioners have handed down a decision
based on common sense whether there is
any common law in 1t or not The commits
sloners hold that a railroad company can
not be required to stop its fast trains at
every small town through which they pass.
A complaint was made because they did not
do so. Rock Island Is still troubled with
the small town Idea, and because 1t Is the
people OF Moline who want to take through
street car for Davenport are prohibited by
ordinance from doing so. This Is In accord
with the toll gate which for years has been
maintained ON the south side OF Rock
Island. to levy tribute on out-of-town resi-
dents who wanted TO get into that place to
trade. Take down the bars and permit travel
eTs to so through town II the inclination
doesn't move them to stop there.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
NEBRASKA is ALL RIGHT.
Not Disposed to Emulate the Example
of Kansas.

business and enterprise know what TO eX-
pect from Kansas. Capitalists, investors and
producers have made up their minds that pop
ulist Kansas is an excellent state to stay
away from, and accordingly they have re-
duced or are reducing their transactions
within that COmInunity to minimum But
how about Nebraska? Many are anXiously
wondering whether the populist success in
that state and fhe election Of fusion legls-
lature means that the example OF Kansas
will be followed in regard to legislation af-
fecting capital and industry.
Some reassurlhg statements are made
concerning this important matter by Gov
ernor Holcomb, and they will be read with
satisfaction in business circles throughout
tho country. He Expresses the opinion that
no bills attacking the rights of creditors or
investors will pass the legislature and that
no radical legislation OF any kind will be
urged or attempted. He believes that no
reforms will be undertaken except along the
lines indicated by the state convention plat
forms, which merely look to efficient and
economical administration and the intro
ductlon OF measures In nowise connected
with general commerce.
According to Governor Hocomb the con-
ditions In Nebraska are totally different
from those prevailing In populist states Ike
Kansas. Popullsm is not In the saddle In
Nebraska. The overwhelming victory" OF
the fusion legislative ticket has been due
largely to the fact as the governor admits,
that the best men had been chosen to lead
and had received the support OF republican
voters not In sympathy with visionary
schemes of alleged social reform. The legis-
lature will be a body OF men keeny appre-
ciatiye OF the great interests involved In
tho proper development OF the resources OF
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
Tom Carter Beams Again.

Ye crags and peaks and wind-mouthcd
ravines, ye hills that touch the sky with
snowy scalp,ye general features of Montana S
soil, duly described within the Gazetteer,
uplift your voices; chortle in your joy. The
Hon Thomas Henry Carter beams upon you
once more. The light of hope is in his eye.
The undaunted capillary charm upon his
chin still sways musically. Without single
preliminary cough of warning Mr.. Carter
hurls forth the observation that congress
should now do something for silver" On
the whole, this remark must be accepted as
the most artistically humorous one ever put
forth by Mr.. Carter in a life rich in humor.
1t is a pleasure to have Mr.. Carter back.
AS long as he Is not lost everything is safe,
and melancholy cannot sell a single ticket
to her show.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
READY TO MAKE ITS REPORT
Venezuelan Commission Has Finished the
Work Entrusted to 1t,
BREWER VISITS 0lNEY AND LAMONT
VIII Make Either n Complete or q
Partial Report, Just ns prcsi-
dent Cleveland Mny
Desire.

WASHINGTON, Nov 25.--Justlce Brewer,
president OF the Venezuelan commission,
called on Secretary olney at the state de-
partment today and later had talk with
secretary Lamont. The talk with Secre-
tary olney was for the purpose OF going
over the status OF the Venezuelan question
with a view OF determining what nature of
report the Venezuelan commission shall
make TO the president
The act creating the body contemplates a
report 10 the president in time for his re-
port to congress when 1t rcasscmbles next
month Tho recent agreement for arbitra-
ton raises a question as to whether the re-
port should go into the subject matter of
the dispute. Mr. Olney explained the terms
OF the agreement and its bearing on the
commission.
Whether a report should be made going
into tho merits of the controversy was not
decided, but will be determined largely by
the manner In which tho agreement is re-
ceived as conclusive Both the United
States and Great Britain have accepted It,,
but the position of Venezuela is yet to be
made known, Minister Andrade and Mr.. J. j.
Storrow, one of the Venezuelan counsel be-
ing now at Caracas awaiting final decision
1t can be stated positively that the COM
mission is prepared to submit full report
including the subject matter and final
ruling as between Great Britain and Nene-
zuela, if the president and Mr. Olney de-
sire it. Some of the more material facts
of the case have been put in final shape and
are now in the form of proof sheets, but II
the arbitration agreement is accepted as
final on all hands then the report of the
commission may be merely formal, so as to
come within the requirements of the law
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
OMAHA BEEuTTuURsDAY, NOVEMBER 90 1896.

for n surplus revenue-both of which
would be expensive to the people. An
Issue OF bonds for the purpose would
involve an annual interest charge of
from S12.00O0OO to S15,OOO,0OO. Such
an increase of taxation as would be
necessary to provide surplus revenue to
gradually take up the legal tender
notes would probably cost the people
quite as much, if not more than an
issue of bonds. The party that should
adopt either plan for retiring this non
interest bearing currency, which the
great majority of the people prefer to
gold ana silver, would invite popular
reputation.
The argument upon which the advo-
Gates of retiring the legal tender notes
rely is that they constitute an END
less claim" for draining the treasury of
gold and that they compel the govern
ment TO do Il banking business 1t is
true that in recent years under demo
cratic administration, they have been
Il continual menace to the gold re-
serve but there was no such trouble
under the operation of republican
policy. In the period from the re-
sumption of specie payment in 1879
to 1892 there was no time when the gold
reserve was mcnaced by redemption of
grccnbacks. In those years the reve-
nues of the government exceeded the
expenditures and the annual average of
legal tender notes redeemed did not eX-
cUed $4,00000O. The highest amount
redeemed in any one of those years
was in 1892. when it was little over
N.O00,OO0 IL 1893 the redemption of
legal tender notes amounted to S102.-
100000, in 1891 to SSi00OO00 and in
1888 to Sl1I.00O00O the least of these
amounts being nearly double the total
redcmptions for all the years from 1870
to 1892, inclusive
The people have very recently mani
Tested their entire confidence in the
greenbacks. They have shown that
they prefer them to gold and silver Tor
general use. 1t costs little to keep
them in circulation. With the monetary
standard maintained and the govern
mont receiving sufficient revenue they
will cause the treasury no trouble. No
currency plan has yet been presented
that would supply their place with an
equally secure paper money. The re
publican party will please the masses
of the people by letting the greenbacks
nlnnp
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
Project Deserving Consideration
from Lawmakers.

One of the gravest defects of our Amer
lean banking system is in its failure to
provide for the small wage Garner. AS a nat
ural consequence there is a lack of frug9lity
among the laboring classes of our people
and the disposition to save is not as marked
as 1t should be.
The peculiar disadvantage under which
the poor man labors in this country is over
come in Europe by what is known as the
postal banking System. This system, which
was especially devised for the poorer classes,
he's been successfully adopted in England,
France, Belgium Holland, Russia, Austria
and Hungary; and in each of these coun-
tries has proven itself to be fruitful source
of national prosperity. In view of the eX-
perience which Europe has had with the
system there is no reason why this govern
ment should hesitate to consider its ad-
vantages.
Prof. Z. T. Heyn, in recent article
on Postal Savings Banks published in
one OF the magazines suggests the addition
of a savings bank feature to cur Postoflicc
department. He contends that such a pro-
vision will not only furnish the laborinG
classes with a safe depository for their
earnings but that it will furthermore en-
courage habits of industry. In the United
Kingdom, to use the figures given by Prof.
Heyn. deposits are received from II 900 post
Offices. ANY sum from % cents to $3.50 may
be deposited If he so chooses, a dep2sitor
may have his savings invested in government
bonds. Still another interesting feature of
the system is disclosed by the fact that
5000 schools in the kingdom are its patrons,
At stated intervals during the year the
different schools are visited by clerks who
gather up the savings OF the pupils; each
child is thus permitted to carry a bank ac-
count, and through the machinery of the
pcstoifce, is encouraged in habits of in
dustry.
The aggregate deposits in these various
postal banks in 1898 was $i02 .50O0 900. 1t
is claimed as the result of this system that
one out OF every seven persons in England
is a denostor.
without going into any lengthy comment
upon these figures it Is sufficient to OBJ
serve that they merit careful consideration.
Our lawmakers in Washington should inyes-
tigate the system and give 1t the attention
which It's commanding Importance deserves.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Mark Twain is i'm London preparing his
hook descriptive Of his recent tour around
the world
President Cleveland will he 60 vears old
tvo wcrls after tho rvnirotion NJ his nresent
term NJ ofI1ro
Co., r,.o,,,t-,, ,,,,,,,,,. 49,. 49,, . ,,.,..
can pIAilclsco lhahaser put up hotice
IN IN ms th''CeI "Shins 'hat an lcllaies uhuer
90 y1aIS y VI age taAe on thelr mats, II Is
heeuleSs 10 say that all mats were OH
1t is alleged by the Charlestown News and
mountain district delegates of the Georgia
legislature voted for Alexander Stephens
Clay the new senator in tho bpliaf hat
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
LET THE GREENBACKs ALONg

Senator Chandler has stated that he Is
not in favor of the retirement of tn,
greenbacis ut this time. 1t is not known
that any prominent republican in con
Gress favorS such Il course. 1t may he
accepted rs certain that there will b.
no currency legislation at the coming
session, but the next congress Is ey.
pected to address itself earnestly 10 the
consideration of the currency problem
and undoubtedly strong influences will
be eNerted in behalf of legislation for
the withdrawal and cancellation of the
legal tender notes In the meanwhile
the attention of the country will be
directed to this matter by the annual
message of the president and the report
of the secretary OF the treasury.
There Is Il mistaken impression that
eastern sentiment is practically unani-
nous in favor of the retirement of the
greenbackS. There are many financial
ana business men in that section who
thlnk that there may be greater evils in
any system which would furnish n cur
rency In place of the greenbacks than
in the greenbacks themselves. The nble
financial writer of the New York sun
says on this question in late article:
Ihe proposition to saddle upon the
nation the payment of endless interest
upon Donds to the amount of SIOO .OOO.
600, merely to crafty the partisans of
the banks, Is too monstrous to be serI-
Ously considered RoSidaS tha oont,.,o
ton which would follow an attempt to
put such measure into execution
would, as soon as II became apparent, be
resisted by the banks themselves.
The experiment has already been
tried three times and II has
been as often abandoned" The
retirement of the legal tender
notes can be effected in either of two
ways-by issuing bonds or by providing
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
THE EXPOSITION ELECTION.

Under the resolutions adopted by the
directors of the TransmssiSsppi EXpoSi
ton association an election of fifty di-
rcctorS has been called for Tuesday
December |. ut the Commercial club
rooms. These directors are to be chosen
by vote of the subscribers to the stock
of the exposition association who have
paid in the first installment of > per
cent on their subscription. The books
of the association will be closed Satur-
day, November 2S, at p. III. All who
may be concerned in the selection of
these directors must, therefore, govern
themselves accordingly and make pay
ment or remittance of their > per cent
assessment within the time limited by
the call.
We cannot impress it too strongly
upon the stockholders of the association
that the enterprise they have under
taken is of greater magnitude than any
project that has ever been attempted
by our citizens. To insure its success
It's management must be placed in the
hands of our most energetic and eX-
pcrieDced business men. And yet it is
essential that all classes of our com
munity shall be represented on the
board. The bankers, manufacturers,
merchants, railway managers, lawyers.
doctors and prominent men of other
professions and callings should be given
recognition on the new board. Last but
not least. the demands of organized
labor should be given favorable consid-
Grafton by the selection of ut least three
of the directors from the ranks of
Omaha mechanics.
1t stands to reason that the great
burden of active work must be placed
in the hands of an executive committee
that will have the capacity to organize
the various bureaus. raise the necessary
funds. make contracts for buildings and
material, supervise expenditures and
have general control of the grounds and
Members of the executive
board will necessarily have to devote
n great deal of time TO the task imposed
upon them and will have to be chosen
with reference to their ability and will
ingneSS to assume the responsibilities
of management. lnasmuch as n stream
cannot rise above its source, the ca
pacity and fitness of the members of
the executive committee will depend
upon The character and makeup of the
body from which they are to be chosen,
the fifty directors, and the cali
Der of the directors will depend upon
the standard which the stockholders
will set in their choice at next Tues
days election.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
cmIcAGo's BIG LAKE FRONT CASE.
Sure to Go TO the Courts After the
Present Hearing.

Present Hearing.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The hearing in
the Chicago lake front case, in which 100
acres of valuable land on the Lake Michigan
shore above the Chicago river are at stake,
was closed today. Little time is expected to
elapse before Commissioner LamoreauX will
announce his decision, but whatever that
may be il is certain that the matter will be
litgated in the courts.
The counsel for Cox and Streetor continued
their arguments at the opening this morn
ing. The feature of the session was the
argument for the applicants of Mckee scrip
locaters, Matthias Bonner and Harvey NJ La
Toilette. They sought to show that the Kinzie
patent did not cover accretions and that they
are the owners of the land covered by their
claims, and only the issuance of patent
remains to be done by the land Office
From the time of the government survey
in 1921 the land lying east of the survey
line has constantly increased by accretions
and now comprises over 100 acres All of
thiS land, IL Is claimed, is vacant public
land of the United States as has been de-
termined by recent public survey. Review
ing the Kinzie patent, they insist that
neither Kinzie nor his grantees obtained
any right of title to lands lying east of the
original survey line when Kinzles entry was
made. AS that survey made boundary lines,
1t 10 clear, they insisted, that Kinzie did not
take to the shore line Counsel made an
exhaustive review of the various surveys and
of history of the Mckee scrip, certain GER
tifcates of which they are seeking to locate
Lands lying outside of the Wall survey line
of 1921, they submitted, were the property of
the United States at the time of the issu-
ance of the Kinzie patent and remained
such property until taken by the scrip ap-
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
MAY ISSUE GOLD CERTIFICATES.
Secretary Carlisle Mny Resume n
EMrmcr TrcnsmrN prMcIlcc.

Former Treasury Practice.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The secretary
OF the treasury is considering the question
Of resuming the issue of gold certificates
which was suspended in 1898 when the gold
reserve first fell below the $l0O. 900 900 point
The issue Of these certificates was sus-
pended as a means of acquiring gold in the
treasury. Therefore it had been the custom
of the treasury to issue certificates on the
deposits of gold, but such gold deposits did
not become part of the gold reserve, By
suspendng the issue of those certificates
many holders Of gold rather than hold it,
exchanged it for legal tenders and treasury
notes, which, under the ruling of the de-
partment, being gold obligations practically
subserved their purpose but the treasury on
receipt of gold so discharged was enabled
to add it to the gold reserve.
AS long as the treasury adhered to its
policy CT redeeming legal tenders and
treasury notes in gold the holders of such
notes could obtain gold on demand as
readily on them as on gold certificates. How
ever. gold holders would prefer the gold
certificates. Since the election and the
gradual increase of the gold reserve, such
holders believe that there is no reason why
the issue of gold certificates should not be
resumed. The matter is now before Sec
retary Carlisle and probably will be decided
upon the return of Assistant Secretary Curtis
from New York. 1t is understood that Mr..
Carlisle is not faYOrably disposed toward
the resumption. The issue of currency
certificates under the act of 1872 never has
been suspended.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26
Rcycnuc and Rest.
New York World.

The country needs revenue and rest. 1t
needs nothing else just now that politicians
in congress or in Office can give to it.
Congress should pass n simple bill during
the short session providing about $50 1000,
600 additional revenue by the imposition of
new taxes upon very few articles that
can most easily bear them. If it will do
that, and if the incoming administration ami
the new congress can be then persuaded to
let things alone, or, better still, to relegate
scientific questions to expert consideration,
we shall have an era of prosperity such as
haJ not been known for a generation.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26

During the late campaign the popocrats
manifested much Indignation over the charge
that the scheme of Is to was only a half
way station on the road to greenbackery.
But now Mr.. l.. G. Bateman, editor of the
Maine Populist, declares that the silver
question is only delusion, as well as the
whole metal theory of money, which should
be completely abandoned. Whether all the
populists agree with their populst allies on
this point or not 1t is certain that free sill
yer coinage at 16 to / would lead directly to
tho greenback swindle.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26

The dealers In democratic options and
futures are showing n disposition to
hedge. There is n divergence of opin-
Ion whether the silver democrats who
threaten TO bar the gold democrats from
their caucuses and conventions will be
able to make good their threat or
whether the gold democrats will decline
to have anything in common with the
silver democrats, even IL the fattened
calf was slaughtered for them and an
Invitation for their return to the pater-
nal hearth was delivered 10 each on II
solid silver platter.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26

the state. and tho session will be character
ized by strict business methods and
thoroughly conservative and judicious spirit.
These are indeed comforting prognostica.
tions. Possibly Governor Holcomb Is too
sanguine when he declares that no attempt
will be made In the direction OF railroad
and corporation batting, but II there is
majority of respectable and sensible men
In the legislature strong enough 20 balk the
vtsionarios aud Illustrate their schemes, thc
business community will be satisfied. There
Is no reason to doubt that Governor Hol-
comb correctly represents the Nebraskan
situation In the main
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26

If your subscription to the stock of
the Transmississippi Exposition is not
on the books before December 1 and
the per cent assessment paid you can
not vote for the new board of directors
who will have the great enterprise in
hand, and you will have forfeited be
sides your right to object to the
directory that is chosen.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-26

No man should be elected to the board
of exposition directors simply in the
interest of one or other of the rival sites
The exposition can be held in one spot
nearly as well as in another, but it can.
not be held successfully anywhere with
out the aid of active brains and strong
hands Joined in an honest endeavor.