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Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-21
~ ro FEDERAL AproNrurNrs

is TO FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS,
There was time when change Of
presidents, even where both were of the
same political party, was followed by
"a change of federal officials in every
branch Of the national civil service.
That time however, has passed away.
Nearly all presidential appointees now
have fixed terms under the law and
changes of administration do not affect
their tenure of office. Removals are
made only for cauSc upon specific
charges sustained by substantial proof.
The great mass Of federal appointccs'
of department heads and subordinate.
officers excepting the fourth-claSs post
masters. have been brough, within the
civil service rules that mako thpir po-
silions practically secure during good
behavior
The only changes made upon the ac-
ccSsion Of new president therefore,
are in heads OF departments and bu-
rraus and in the diplomatic service.
other presidential appointments are
made from time TO time rs they be-
tolbc NdttiIl Dt tNlhiu't'h VI t'iIIN'
deaths, removals for cause or rcsg
nations. 1t is automatic that in the
federal service few die and none re
sign. The chances of appointment to
federal places for applicants from this
on any other state of like importance
are about the same as are the chances
Of drawing Il capital prize in II lot
terry.
1t is also well FOR aspirantS to ied-
Cral appointments TO remember that
the rules governing these appointments
leave them with members of the con-
grcsSional delegation who are in ac-
cord with the party in power. Where
there is but one republican senator,
as in Nebraska. his approval must be
had to insure favor. There are always
few loavcs and many fishes. While
then il may do no harm for men who
want to serve their country in places
high or low to commence their cam
paigns early and push on by all legiti-
mate means, they must not forget the
conditions under which they have Ell
tered the lists and must, furthermore.
possess their souls in patience until the
other fellows term expires.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-21
FoRGING no rHE FRONT.

! There is gratifying evidence that
| Omaha is on the eve Of n decided Inn
provemcnt. Its business men have re
Gently cvin,cd a spirit of aggressive
activity that forcShadOws an early
revival of enterprise that leads to pros
pprity At no time in its history has
there been greater concord Of action
among all our citizens Every project that
promises to promote the growth of the
city and state is receiving substantial
encouragement. While some of these
projects may not matcrializc immedi-
atcly most of them are sure to be car
ried through to successful compile
ton.
The railroad situation which has for
years been adverse and a serious OBJ
staclc i'm the path of Omaha's competi-
tion with commercial rivals is more
promising than ever before. Not only
are the railroads couvcrging in this
city showing Il better disposition toward
their patrons and the public, but new
outlets are in sight that will make
omaha an uneXcellcd distributing cen
ter for the whole northwest.
The solution of the railroad problem
will go far toward enabling Omaha to
become IN important manufacturing
center There is an abundance of raw
materials at our door waiting to be
worked up into finished products just
as soon MS the capital can be secured,
and the capital win b. forthcoming
whenever the capitalist has the
opportunity to dispose of his products.
What we have lacked and still lack in
part are facilities for distribution to the
best markets. With the gradual up
lifting of the depression in the mining
states to the west of us and the opening
of direct lines to the gulf and acabOard,
Omaha will be able to reach the people
who consume the products of the fields
and factories.
AS to the local retail trade, it unqucs-
tionahly needs additional stimulus.
This is to be had by the employment of
laborers and artisans in manufacturing
and by cultivating closer relations with
the towns Immediately surrounding us.
Give the people within II radius of 100
miles easy and cheap access to the city
and our merchants may be relied upon
TO offer goods that will make it TO their
advantage to buy in Omaha.
With our citizens fully awake TO their
opportunities and to the demand for
harmonious action. the outlook is Ger
tainly reaSSuring. There is unprcce-
dented prosperity in store for Omaha.
What is needed now is unremitting cf-
fort to hasten its advent and make its
stay permanent.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-21

There is no doubt that the govern
ment could obtain the additional rcvc-
nue. it needs from duties ON coffee and
tea and an increase of the beer tax,
as is proposed by those who do moi
want any change from the present tar
if law. An additional tax of one dol
lar per barrel on fcrmentcd liquors
would, If the present rate of con
sumption were maintained, yield about
S35, 100000 in addition to the sum now
received from that source. The impOr-
tation of coffee reaches nearly G5O.-
OO0,OGO pounds per annum and tea
1G.OOOOOO pounds. \ duty of ) cents
per pound on tea would yield S4.5OO.-
OGO ana a duty of cents II pound
on coffee would yield S13,O0O0OO Thus
on these three items an aggregate o.
about S53G0O.GOO per annum could be
realized. which 1t is assumed by those
who advocate making these articles n
source of revenue would supply the
government with sufficient income on
the present basis of expenditures.
though the deficit thus far in the cur
rent fiscal year shows that more ad-
ditiOnal revenue is needed than the
above sum.
But let 1t be granted that this plan
would furnish sufficient revenue. the
question is, is that all that is required?
The great Importance OF providing the
government with an adequate income
Is recognized by everybody. Men of all
parties agree as to that. But legisla-
ton TO provide revenue should also
carry with 1t such protection to de
pressed industries as will enable them
TO revive. This is what the republican
party is expected to do 1t was not
elected TO power solely To provide rev
cnue, but also TO give new life To our
industries and to make II better market
for labor. Imposing duties on ten and
coffee would not be carrying out re-
publican policy, it would not respond
To the expectation of the people who
supported that party. 1t would simply
tend 10 make these necessaries more
costly to the people without any com
pensutinE advantage To them 1t would
add to every workingman's cost of
living without improving the market for
his labor. Any party that should do
this would invite repudiation at the
hands of the people
OF course there is no probability that
the republicans in congress will for
II moment give any consideration to
proposition of this kind. They have
honestly endeavored to provide the gov
ernment with sufficient revenue and
having been defeated in this, they will
now 80 forward with the work of tariff
revision in accord with republican pol
Icy, leaving the responsibility for treas
ury deficits where it justly belongs,
with the senate democrats and their
free silver ex-republican allies Moth
ing radical will be done, but tariff
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-21
ErKOpHAN OpLNLON.

European opinion, as voiced in the
press. indicates that Spain could hope
for 10 assistance from any nation Of
, Europe in the event of war with the
United States. So far as England is
concerned. the dispatches say that the
feeling there is altogether Indifferent, if
not actually favorable to American in
tcrvcmtiOn in Cuban affairs. No other
country has quite so strong reasons ms
England for taking an interest in the
course of this country regarding Cuba,
but there are no conceivable circum-
stances that would induce her to sup
port Spain against the United States.
There is undoubtedly strong sentiment
in Germany ana France hostile to the
Monroe doctrine. but neither of those
countries would be likely to manifest
this hostility by giving aid to Spain in
Il war with this country. No other Euro
pcan nation is i'll Il position to afford
such aid if it desired 10 do so.
If Spain should 20 10 war with the
United States. therefore. she would
have to carry on the conflict single
handed. Undoubtedly the Spanish pco-
| pie would freely give TO such II conflict
every dollar and every available man in
| the kingdom. but it would be hopeless
struggle on her part, although our tri-
umph might not be so easily accom-
plished as many think. And after we
had beaten Spain and released Cuba
from her grasp. would we have gained
anything either in power or in glory?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-21
The state Treasury.
Fremont Tribune.

Recent allusIen by this paper to a possible
uniaYorable condition Of the state treasury
has caused some comment and evidently
prompted The Fee TO do a little inycstlgat-
ing. As a result il is discovered. according
to The Bee, that there are now warrants
outstanding against the general fund
amounting to 81 300 900 and that to can
Gel these thepel is now in the treasury, or,
more properly speaking, In state depCsi-
tories, 5000 900 belonging to the general
fund SO.
II this statement OF the condition OF tho
treasury be true, there can lie no possible
justification Of il by Treasurer BartlCy
or anybody else With nearly 81 900, 600 OF
warrants outstanding drawing 8 per cent,
there should not be a single dollar in the
general fund. even though IT be on deposit
in state dCpositCriCs for l. IS only drawing
per cent there. making net loss of per
cent to the state, even IL all the money he
paid back to the state by these repositories,
which Is very likely not to be the case.
The Tribune is a party newspaper and
has always advocated republican principles,
but it has never regarded 1t as It's duty 10
apologize for the plain violation of the
spirit OF the law and good business policy
by republican officials II a single word
can be uttered in defense Of the condition
now prevailing, the Tribune would be pleased
to hear II.
What right has Treasurer Bartley to
permit 100000 TO accumulate In the gen
eral fund while there was sl,9OO.000 standing
againft 1T
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-21
THE BOUNTY WARRANT DECISION

Kcarnoy Hub: Whether or not the sugar
bounty for 1895 and 1896 will be paid de.
ponfs entirely upon the state Legislature
which meets next month and it is pcSs ble
that that body will fail to do what the last
legislature unnecessarily omitted
Sutton Advertiser: The Nebraska su.
preme court has at last passed upon the
sugar bounty case submitted to It. The
validity of he bounty act was not raised
nor passed upon but the court holds that
the act does not carry with it an appro-
prgtioN, consequently there 1t no fund GU;
NJ which the bounty warrants issued can
bo paid. Tho interesting question is
viii the mex, legislature make an appropria-
,i1N for that purpose or repudiate the oh.
I'rltioa OF the state under the bounty act.
Fremont Tribune: TIE bounty law is
not Hvaidatcl by the decision Of the court
Tlc only thing determined is that the
bin passed carried with it no approprla
Ton. The O%nards no doubt have legiti-
mate claim against the state and money
ought to be appropriated with which Ia
pay II. II the next legislature wishes to
justify Senator Aliens prediction that Il
wrIll not rCpudiato a single obligation or
mnua,l property and contracts it will set
asiic an appropriation to lquidate the
amount due the OXnards, which they have
advanced to the farmers.
Cretua Reporters In view of the supreme
court decision that the sugar and chicory
bounty warrants are no good on account
o' tie failure of the legislature to make a
81 scial appropriation for it we are confronted
With a serious dilemma. The law pro
yii,l that q bounty Of Il cents per pound
me paid the manufacturer, and required
then to nav So per ton for beets The
factories have compiled with their part OF
the lsw and Paid the farmers the s. per
ten as GgrCCd on. II now remains to be
seen, if the state viii maintain its moral
". tFRFRH ,H9,fF 14g
an appropriation for the payment of the
laf:utv.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-21
RAILROAD COOPERATION.
Progress of the plnn Adopted by the
Illinois Central.


When Mr.. Stuyvcsant Fish, president Of
the Illinois Central railroad, inaugurael
the system of encouraging employees of the
road to acquire stock in the corporation he
did more toward solving the strike problem
than any man OF his day and generation
had previously accomplished. The shares Of
all railroads have fer many years been avail
able to the public, and employees or other
persons who had money to buy were at lib-
Crty to make the Investment. But MIR. Fish
offered the employes of the road Of which
he Is the executive head opportunities that
were not allowed to others. He invited them
to purchase stock on the installmcnt plan
His system is that each employe may ac-
quire shares to a stated amount, paying part
down and the balance in fixed sums each
mon hly pay day Upon the original payment
the certificate is issued and, instead Of
charging interest for the balance, the en-
ploye is allowed interest at a fair rate on the
amount he has paid.
The scheme has met with a marvellous
measure of popularity Already 1900 of the
- 600 employees of the company have pur-
chased stock. and applications from others
are being received at the rate of nearly 500
a month The stock is issued not at face
value but at the price current In the market
on the day of application. If the purchaser
leaves the service Of the company before his
Payments are completed. he Surrenders his
certificate and receives back the amount he
mas Iali. mus the SrDetue dUOluS lNe ad-
vantagcS OF a savings bank on one hand anf
the opportunity to obtain a voice in n
management of the concern on the otho.
Oi course one or two shares will confer H.
tie little influence but il each of the 22,oO7
employees should acquire one or two or more
shares, the aggregate force would be con
siderable and the system OF cooperation
would thus be advanced to its highest plane
and by the very best method.
But the advantage is not all to the en-
plOye, though he gets a liberal share of It.
The corporation is compensated in the bet
ter service IL secures from the men, the
moro earnest interest in its affairs by the
employees the prolonged tenure OF employ
ment and the decreased liability of strikes.
with the acquisition Of a pecuniary interest
in the property comes a personal interest
in it's success. rs well is a desire to save
that more may be obtained Thus kindly
feeling is established between the operating
and executive departments OF the road
which cOnduce5 TO the advantage of both.
Greater care is taken by the emplOye to
perform his service in the most economical
manner, for the reason that proiligacy i'm
pairs the value OF his property. On the other
hand, the executive service Is inspired TO
greater perfection because the keen-eyed en-
plOyc is quick to detect faults ana ready to
denOunce injustice. The arrangement is,
therefore, of mutual and equal advantage and
deserves the success it has achieved.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-21
TIE cInAN nrn,al.iloN.
Condition or the Strugglc for ana
NgninSt Independence.


The mode Of warfare adopted by the rohcls
! is doubtless OF an outlquatcd aud crude type.
but u docs not merit the hasty condemnation
so constantly bestowed upon IT, The Cubaus
cannot obtain the means to fight the Span
iards according to the rules OF modern VAR
fare; they have neither The mcu nor the war
material for doing so, and guerilla tactics
are obviously their only chance Of success
The destruction OF property may appear TO
be wantonly cruel at FIRST sight, but Il Is
part Of the inSurEcut plan Of campaign
and The weakness OF the SpaniardS is demon
strAtCd by the fact that they are not able 20
prevent this destruction. What, however Is
patent to all who take the trouble to watch
cuban anairS Is that the rebel tactics have,
on the whole been completely successful
during the past twenty-onc months and In
this fact lies the chief excuse FOR their con-
tinuauce in the future.
OF course the Spauilris very truly say that
they are terribly Handicapped by the number
! of men on the sick list. This is SO, but
such a contingency should have been duly
allowed for in considering the preparations
for the military operations There are now
in Havana not less ;hau 10000 military in
Valids, chiefly from piuar del Rio and the
province OF Havana, Some li00O or $1,000 OF
these men are under treatment in hospital,
the remainder IN 4 ConvllcSCcnt stage, The
principal causes OF suffering are yellow
fever, paludio icvers, malaria dysCutery and
smallpox. The number of wounded i'm pro-
portion to those inyalidcd for other causes
is relatively small Throughout the whole
army the number Of men unit for duty cX-
cocds 10000. The hospital accommodation
and service are totally inadequate to meet
the demands made upon them at the present
time.
And If Spain does succeed in reconquerlnE
the island. what does this rcconQucst cntail?
\ war of from two to three years; money
expenditure of not less than $500 900 600;
the sacrifice of the lives of $4,000 Spanish
soldiers That is what the reconquest inn
plies to Spain. To Cuba 1t means the slaugh-
ter of the greater part OF the Cuban male
population; the ruin OF every industry in the
country, with small hope of any speedy re-
vival; the necessity of remaining for genera
tions at least under the baneful influence OF
the policy of la realidad nacional. No rea-
sonable person can doubt that Spain will
allow no change In her political and economl-
cal policy toward Cuba il she is successful
in finally queling the rebellion. Even now
murmurs are heard in the peninsula of the
compensation to be enacted for the sacri-
fees now being made to crush the rebels
in other words, Cuba for the Spaniards not
the CubpnS
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-21

Tho statistics of our foreign trade con
tinuc to show the fact that exports are
largely in excess of imports. so that
there is Il steady increase i'm the MGR
ChandiSe balance favorable To this coun.
try. The November returns show that
| there was exported during that month
merchandise to the value of $lOI.O09..
600, while the imports were little more
than half that amount. 1t is now rs.
surcd that the excess of exports over
imports for the calendar year of 1876
will be unprecedented. 1t is now more
than $2G6OOOOOO, 80 that ii would seem
safe to estimate the amount for the
whole year ut not far from $500 G@0,0DO.
which would be nearly $iO.O00G00 above
the best previous year still the total
valrc Of this years exports will not be
so large as in some preceding years.
notably the extraordinarily prosperous
year of 1892, but the value of imports
will be less than in some other years.
However the fact that there is so
large Il balance in our favor is Il highly
satisfactory condition and there is good
reason to expect that IT will continue.
OF course it is due 10 Il large extent
to the heavy exports Of wheat and cot.
ton and the demand for our wh1a:
abroad has not yet come TO IN end. TEp
most trustworthy opinion is that all the
wheat this country can spare FOR the
foreign markets will be wanted and
perhaps then there will be a shortage,
which will have to be made up With
other brendsiuffs.
An eastern paper recently noted as y
most unusual occurrence that London
had borrowed in New York. Without
according undue significance to this cir
cumstance, it certainly suggests n r@as-
Surfing change in The situation. With
change in the tariff that would Stimu-
late our manufacturing industries and
give employment to more Labor We
woula have all the conditions essential
to Il full restoration of prosperity.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-21

Valentine Republican. Nebraska can
not AFFORD to not do her share toward max
ing the Trausmsslssippi Exposition great
success. Every town In the state should
lend assistance as the exposition will not
only be benefit to Omaha, but also to the
entire statca
Schuyler Herald: No doubt all OF the
states in the central west will make APP
propriatious to aid the Transmississippi
Exposition. In this regard Nebraska can
well afford to be more liberal than any OF
her noiChbors for She will derive the great
est benefit We believe there will be no
trouble experienced in securing a liberal
appropriation at the hands OF our lawmak-
erS
Hastings Tribune Oncers have been
elected for the Transm issippi and Inter
national Exposition. which will be held
In Omaha in 1898. Gurdon w. Wattles was
chosen president Au officers will serve
without pay. The selection Of the site IS
set for early in January. The big show is
bound to be a success regardless OF the
Rocky Mountain News or anything else
that may bob up to oppose it,
Crete Vidctte: Nebraska never does any
thing in a small way. one year she sends
a shipload of grain to suffering Russia and
the next year she goes dry and calls upon
the state for Sl5O.O0o with which to pur-
chase seed. And this year Of our Lord 1896
she comes up smiling with crib filled with
600 bushels OF corn. Now she Is
getting ready to give the people one of
the finest exhibitions of pluck, perseverance
and products in The year 1898 ever set be-
fore the American people.
Kearney Sun: The Transmississippi EX-
position starts out with a strong directory
and initial meetings shCw harmony and
unanimity of purpose that will surely bring
success If the people of all the state do
their part. The directors and officers are
~, nt1,ll lp < business
their selection will carry confidence not
only to the people of the state, but through
out the states to whose united efforts the
exposition will have to look for success.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-21

The trainers of our state constitution
thought they put an ctfccual bar to the
appropriation of money when the funds
were not ON hand to supply it ana to the
creation of large debt in times of
peace. In this they seem to have been
altogether miscd. They had no idea
that the warrant indebtedness of the
state could under the constitution
framed by them mount into the millions.
The intent of the constitution makers
was good, but it seems TO have slipped
II cog long time ago.