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Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
POLITICAL DRIFT.

Representative Bcatner of Louisiana says
that there are very few men in congress
from the GOuth w1o honestly believe in the
theory Of free coinage of silver and the
majority OF their constituents do not believe
in tGat theory.
political classification of the representa-
tiyCs-CeCt IN TIE Fifty-ffth congress iu7t
made uroflically by Clerk Mcdowell. has
re2l!ted rs follows: Straight republicans. 2Oi;
straight democrats 12i fusionista IL; popu-
lists, u; sllyerite5 g.
A New York lobbyist names Best. who
acknowledged having paid 50 00O t. an in
duo'riols member Of tie state assembly for
killing an ice cutting bill is blessed with a
convenient memory. When que5'iOned as to
the name of theaglamblyman, he declared he
could not recall It.
The selection Of a sound money man for
chairman Of the Cook county democratic
club Is rcFarSol as an omen of harmony
among tho party factions in Chicago, But
IN about to time the olive branch wap
rendered s~mc unknown patriot "slaahcl
INTO ribbons an cil portrait OF Cleveland,
W. ich adorned The club walls.
Petitions are 81 circulation in Kentucky
asking for th9 pardon Of "H1ne1t' Dick
Tate, who, whE treasurer OF the state for
twenty-five yeaF robbed the commonwealth
ui S25O0O "gonest" Dick few TO some
unknown CLING to enjoy the frufts of hi
c9ilealy longs TO return home and hi
frlcnd7 seek insngnity from prosecution.
Thore T. every probability Of considerable
rlltiral calJr.c being let loose by demo
Gratis In Chicago on ST. Jackson'a day.
Sound money men viii toast the hero of Nov
Orleans and call upon his shade TO witness
thtir loya " ind degotlon. The liver b anah
viii also celebrate and proclaim their loyalty
70 the principles OF Andy II is expected
the rival baEqueteer5 viii be at sufficient
distance TO prevent a collision when the
corku fly.
Colonel Robert NJ. Douglas. tae eldest
son Of the late stephen A, Douglas, IL one
Of the republican candidates In North Caro-
lima who were succossful at the recent cleo
ton. He Las been elected TO a judgeship
Of the state court, and win take Office on
January l. Colonel Douglas Is a vigorous
republican and was one OF the earliest as
Wei az one OF the most earne1- and consist
cnt advocates of the election OF Major Me
SiEloy TO the presidency
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
IOWA rREss COMMENT.

Sioux City Times. Ex-Governor Boles
suggestion " national currency based 90
gold and silver alike" leaves the impress
sion that he doesn't know that silver and gold
are not alike and never can be made alike.
Davenport Republican; There seems to be
a general opinion In favor Of a manuiac'
turing law, Tho only question is whether II
viii be possibility to pass II at the coming
extra session thing which Is worth doins
at all ~ worth doing WE'LL and there should
bo no attempt to pass a manufacturing law
unless the friends Of manufacture are ready
to concentrate their forces and make dr
cilurt that will win.
Sioux City Journal: There are two prin.
clpal changes in the Iowa liquor law which
ought to have been made at the last rcgu'
lar session Of the legislature. and which, not
having been made then, ought to be made
at the first possible moment One of these
changes is repeal Of the clause which yo
uuires a 60 per cent majority petition Ia
counties Of certain population whereas
only a majority petition is required in coun-
ties having a larger population The dis
elimination is unjust and unreasonable, and
ought never to have been made, The coun-
ties Disseminated against have a right to
complain. They have not only a right to
be heard, but to secure relief They only
ask fair play. Then there should be pro.
vision for the legal manufacture Of alcohol
since 1t i9 legal to sell the same. The Iowa
law is anomalous in both these respects.
The people of Iowa are not going to permit
these anomalies long to romain on the
statute book. As mater Of fact, they
could have been long since wiped out If there
had been better management
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
COLONEL JOHN n. FELLOWS.

Chicago Chronicle: New York loses a
faithful and valuable son in Colonel John r.
Fellows. Not the least of Colonel Fellows
services was the work he performed this year
in the interest of sound democracy.
New York Sun: John II. Fellows, who died
yesterday, was true and manly soul. HS
abilities were remarkable, his courage was
firm and sure. and his fathfulness to the
duty that he saw before him knew no waver-
ing. His public life was mainly passed in
this city and his death is public less. To
his memory peace and honor
Detroit Free Press The democratic party
has lost one Of its most eloquent and faith
iul supporters in the death OF Colonel John
r. Fellows Of New York who was a con
zDcuC9s figure in the battle for sound money
only a few weeks ago His activity in the
campaign aggravated a chronic uilment and
he returned from his tour of the west to die.
distinguished professional and public
career thus closed with an earnest and
patriotic effort which his cuuntrymen will
remember.
Cour!erJournal His unselish action in
taking in his hands his political life and
volunteering his splendid services in defense
cf principle and country. in defiance Of his
party machine, was one of the finest eX-
smples Of patriotism the late remark BILE
campaign developed He won the love as
"oll G5 thg admiration. of our people by
the brave and telling fight he made and
ladc, as We now know, while the clutch Of
death was upon him. He dies in the hour of
'ruiy g.orio,S triumph-"O grave, where is
thy victory2"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
DEALING WITH THE TRUSTS.

st. Louis Republics Let congress. In ad-
dtion to making laws to prevent the opera
tiOn OF trusts within the scope OF federal
authority, adopt the rule that every article
handled by trust or combination shall be
placed on the free list and the corner stone
of monopoly will be knocked out II the
republicans are sincere in their profession
of a desire to smash ;he trusts, here is an
opening.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The tariff helps
some of the trusts. hurts others, and on still
others 1t has no material effect one way or
the other, To the question OF the trusts
the republicans will give serious attention
when they take the reins Of government
But theY will go about the work in a prac-
tical way and not denounce them vaguely
and Unfortunately after the fashion Of
the ranters and demagogues Of the Bryanite
coalition. In the meantime the most in
iquttous and audacious OF all the COM
bines" which the United States has known,
the silver trust, is smashed for few years
and perhaps for all time
Cincinnati Enquirer: The presidents dis
sertaton on trusts and monopolies Is alb
surd and ridiculous He is the darling
product of the trust. lie is one of their
chief assets. They have been made bolder
by his companionShip. If he has pleaded
for free coal against the wishes of the coal
trust, 1t was to favor his friends who owned
coal fields in Nova Scotia. But the gold trust
has been the apple of his eye. He has been
able to seem virtuous by opposing the trusts
to which he was hostile, while showering
bounties on those in which he felt an inter
est. He has been one of those described in
Hudibras, who
"Atonc for sins they have a mind to
BY damnng those they're not inclined to-"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

President Diaz may be the George Wash
ingtoa Of Mexico, but ne is a little slow
about issuing his farewell address.
Among the thousands of photographs
brought back by Nanscn is one of an at
tac.,n8 polar bear, OF which the explorer
took three snapshots with his camera before
he shot him with his gun.
Judge c. G. Foster Of the United States
district court, in Kansas, has announced that
20 will enGow a society for the prevention
Of cruelty to animals, whose special mission
II shall be to protect horses.
Grover Cleveland VIII, If he lives until
the 4th of March, have cne distinction that
no other president has enjoyed. He will be
the only occupant of the white house that
has ever ridden to the capitol with two
different successors.
Miss Phoebe EcOd is an Indian maiden,
the daughter OF a Pawnce chief and has
become trained nurse, SO has Miss Lily
Wind Of Canada, who Is Of the Ottawa tribe.
ald Miss Kate Groenod OF the WyandottCs
These young Indian girls took the course
In Philadelphia, aud are considered good
nurses.
Dr.. Ellis p. Obevholzer, for several years a
member o. the editorial stan OF the Phlla-
dciphG Evening Telegraph, the author II
several works on political science and q
lecturer On international qutstilrs in the
University of Pennsylvania, has been elected
~ the committee on publication to the
sditorshto OF the Manufacturer of Phlla-
lelphia.
Judge !. I. c, Hare of Philadelphia. whose
esignatian was sent to Governor Hastings
last week, retrc5 from the bench after a
continuous seryi"e Of forty years Though
cow an old raan, his present action IS not
rOmatcd by falling strength an1 consequent
iacapaCity to do ony more work, but gg
ne Philadelphia Ledger gracefully says, "by
GCs!e TO contribute to legal literature the
.ich fruits oil mis- study and observation"
Boston Is about to engage in an enter
prise such as every large city should under
tako-that Of putting ~ a large building
similar to the Malig-n square Garden IN
New York. Tho Cdifce viii be knowa as
Fcnway garden, It's location being at the
corner Of DOylSton street and the Fenway.
Tie space which viii be occupied viii be
some 100000 feet. and. aside from the cost
Of the land, the enterprise will cost nearly
3 800 600.
A committee Of representative Irizhmen
has been appointed to suggest the proper
way In which to observe the centenary Of
the death OF Edmund BurKa. one OF the
auggostions made Is that in connection with
the celebration a course OF lectures on Burke
should be delivered early next spring by Mr..
Lecky, NJ =. II is practically certain that
Dublin which was Burkes native city, VIII
not allow the occasion TO pass without a it-
ting celebration
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
MAJOR MKINLEY TAKES \ WALK.
Receives IL Request to Keep Politics
ont of AgricmlImrMI DrnmrtmrmI.

CANTON. o., Dec. 1O.-Maior Mckinley
accompanied by Captain Lafayette McWil-
llams of Chicago, took a short outing afoot
this morning, walking over the principal
streets Of the city. The major paused fire.
quently to shake hands with acquaintanccs
and friends. He returned to the house
where he was soon after called upon by
committee of college presidents and officers.
They are here as members of committee
representing the agricultural departments of
various colleges and to present resolution
from the executive committee. The mem
bers are Chairman Henry Goodall of Amherst
Mass, president of the Amherst Agricultural
college; Captain Alexis Z. Cope of Column
bus and l.. b. King of Newark, o.. OF the
ohio State university, and President George
W. Atherton of Belefont Pa, of the Penn
sylvalia Agricultural college. The gentle
men were escorted by the major to his
privd-e office for consultation. President
Goodall, as chairman of the committee
presented the following:
Resolved That a committee of four be
appointed by the executive committee, OF
whom the chairman of the executive COM
mittee shall be one, to wait upon President
elect Mckinley and present TO him the i'm
portancc of such an organization and ad-
minstratiOn OF the Department of AgriCul-
ture as will give unity and permanence to
all its scientific work and keep that work
from political influence
The resolution was passed by the repre-
5entatives of the National Association of
Agricultural Colleges at Boston at the time
of the general meeting there two weeks ago
President George w. Fairchild of Kansas.
President j. II. Stubs of the University of
Nevada and President James Smart of the
PURDUE undD college were expected to be
present, but did not arrive in the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
INDIANA BiMETALLIC LEAGI
Members in Favor of HoIstcring Tn
thr Lnst CMmsn.

Members in Favor of HoIstcring Up
TIA" Lost Cause.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. l0.-The Indiana
Bimetalic league met this afternoon at the
Grand hotel in answer to a call sent out
by State President Allen w. Clark. The
committee consists of a delegate from each
congressional district State Chairman Mar
TIN OF the democratic committee was present
In calling the meeting to order President
Clark said the object was in no sense a meet
ing OF the survivors to indulge in reminis-
ccnces OF disastrous defeat. Instead II
was Tor the purpose of earnestly. Cunscien-
tiously and intelligently considering the
restoration of bimetaliSm. letter was
read from Chairman James X Jones of the
democratic national committee, in which he
said II seemed that the feeling through
out the nation is unanimously in favor OF
continuing the fight for bimGtalism. Chair
man Jones said that he agreed with the
committee that this was to be a campaign
OF education To do this, as a complete ana
compact organization, we must go forward
without noise and without bluster
Letters were read from prominent silver
men from this and other states Among
the letters was one from George Brennan
president OF the Chicago Bimetallic union
The tohOr Of the letters and suaeches was
that there should be no compromise or agree.
mcnt with the gold standard adherents
". j. Bryan will be asked to make three
speeches in the state at the proper time
The question of how clubs should be main
tanned was considered and it was said that
money would be raised to carry on the worI,
by subscription, the same as during the
cdmpaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
LOOK TO THE NEXT CAMPAIGN
Gold Democrats Propose to Keep Up With
White Metal Men.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN SESSION
Meeting ut indianapolis for the rur-
pose of Planning work to
lie Done Bcrorc 1000
Comes Around.

INDIANAPOLls, Dec 10.-The executive
committee of the national democratic party
got together late this afternoon The east
ern and southern members did not arrive
until noon. Among those who were here for
the first session we're w. II. ualdemau of
Louisville. George NJ Davis of Louis
vile, John y. Hopkins Of Chi
cago. c. V. Holman Of Maine. 7. II.
Clark of Alabama, who represents j. NJ,
Faulkner, the member of the committee from
that state; George Foster Peabody of New
York f. NJ NJ Cutcheon of St. Paul, MIR
Spellman OF New Orleans and William p.
Given Of Pennsylvania. who came as the rep
resentatiye OF John $. Bullitt, the member
Of the committee from that state. i. c.
Krauthoff of st. Louis was unable to get
here and at his request John Il. Wilson OF
this city represented him in the committee
meeting. 1t is the first meeting of the mem
bers of the committee since the election ana
there were naturally a good many congratula-
tions back aud forth. w. u. Bynum, the
chairman of the national committee, was
heartily congratulated on all sides.
The representatives of the party say they
are in favor of maintaining the organization.
1t is probable that Bynum will be retained
as the head and will be authorized to push
the work of the organization
Mr. Bynum said today that he was not GER
tain that he would accept the trust If it
should be offered him. he points out that
the work will take all of one mans time IL
1t is done properly and declares he would
not care to remain at the head of the move
ment unless he is authorized to be aggres-
sive. He believes, and his views are ap-
endorsed by most of the members
of the committee, that the party should be
in every state in the union
and that special effort should he put forth
with the view of becoming a great national
marty in 1qO0
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
MUST cOuPLT WITH THE Law.

The law requires all applicants for
license to sell intoxicating liquors to
publish n notice thereof in the paper
having the largest circulation in the
county. In Douglas county that paper
is The Omaha Evening Bee. The rrpe-
tition of the jugglcry by which two
separate newspapers. known as the
Evening WOrld-IIcrald and Morning
World-Herald are sought to he com
bincd under the fictitious name of the
Daily World-IIcrald is deception ana
Il fraud upon its face No such news
paper is published as the Daily World
Herald. That is concluSivcly cStab-
liShed by the fact that the bids for
this years city advertising submitted
to the council by the World Publishing
company we're separate and AT different
rates for the Morning World Herald
and the Evening World Herald. and
the contract was awarded one of these
papers as the lowest bidder. Neither of
these papers has as large circulation
in Douglas county as The Omaha Even
ing Bee. and publication of liquor Ii
cenSe applications in the combined
Morning World-lIcrald and Evening
World-Herald is not compliance with
the law as interpreted 10y the courts
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
Convict Labor In Illinois.

Goyernor-clect Tanner of Illinois proposes
TO ask the state legislature to completely
abolish the convict labor system as it exists
in Illinois and to set the prisoners of the
state at work on tasks which will not BRING
them into active competition with the pro
ductiye industries OF the country. The plan
is a good one. There is not work. in indus
tries already developed, to keep the honest
laboring men Of the country employed. ana
the labor of Gonvcts ought not to be utilized
in such a way as to displacc that Of rre:.
men. There are a good many public enter
Trlses upon which convicts could be set at
work without taking bread cut OF the mouths
OF wage earners, and that Is the way prison
labor should be utilized
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11


An estimate made at the Navy depart
ment shows that with the ships now in
service or undergoing repairs the navy win
require $4,000 men. If the nation goes on
adding to its battleships at the rate of
the past five years, the navy will soon con
tain more men than the regular army.
Each battleship now requires from 400 to
500 sailors. Secretary Herbert in his re
port asks for 1.0O) additional sailors but
this number would be only enough to equip
tho Iowa and the two new gunboats More
marines are needed also. Battechps of the
class Of the Indiana carry sixty marines
and two marine officers.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
GERM1N -AppREILENSrnN-

1t Is said that German manufacturers
are apprehensive that the change from
democratic TO a republican admins
tration will cause them ''many nm evil
hour" by which is meant, of course
that they will not continue to enjoy
their present advantages In the Amer
lean market, Undoubtedly they are
not alone among European manufac-
turers in entertaining this feeling and
1t is well founded if the next admins
uation shall be able to secure
n tariff law in accord with
republican policy, If 1t be possl-
bic TO effect II there will be change
in our hscal system that will give bet
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11

The president advises that the states
are the proper organizations to take
mp the war on trusts. The reply of the
state officers will doubtless be that the
trust recognizes no state lines, that il
extends over the Whole country and
that the power to cope with ii is the
national government And in the mean
while the trusts will be liguratlyely
laughing up their sleeves.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11

Spain Is no longer able to give undivided
attention to Cuba. The Philippine islands
which she has owned for more than 500
years, are commercially of great Importance,
and the cities are larger than those of Cuba.
The total population exceeds 100000 As
the insurgents on the Philippines have been
making rapid headway, it viii be seen that
Spain is between two fires 1t would not
be unwise if the Madrid authorities should
call in the friendly offices of the United
States to arrange for the Cubans to purchase
their Independence
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11


On several occasions in the past the deci-
sions cf the supreme court have been an
tcipated. At least two days before it wls
officially promulgated the courts ruling In
the income tax case was published in Chi
caSo, and in the telephone and Craphophonc
cases, also, there were rumOr5 which Al
Iected tho stock market Now comes Z;
stock market report from New York on Fri
day declaring that Laclcde Gas dropneG
four or five points in consequence of change
OF sentiment with reference to the forthcGm,
ing decision of the supreme court OF the
United States. 1t occurs to us to suggcs;
that stories of this kind affecting the most
august judicial tribunal in this part of the
world, do not make pleasant reading fo,
thoughtful aud patriotic citizens
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11

ItTTOIT TTtt ITTtSS.
The free mail carried for congress and
the department offices, etc, last year
amounted to "a, $50. 1S9 pounds. The country
Is not so far from the recent campaign but
that 1t can appreciate the fragrant misuse
OF the franking privilege to promote per
sonal and party ends. The burdening of
the mails with campaign literature, public
documents, seeds. etc, is a growing abuse
of the postal service and a source of incrcas-
ing waste that calls for correction quite as
imperatiyely as the misinterpretation of the
laws relating TO second-class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11

When Washington pickpoclicts get so
low down rs to hold up unoffending
congressman, they must be past re-
demption. The congressman in Wash
ington have always imagined that they
had II monopoly on holding up men and
measures in that ballwick.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
wnIIIDg's rate sun unccrtnin.

FRANKFORT, Ky, Dec. 1O,-When the
court Of appeals last Thursday affirmed the
lower courts decision at Newport. KY. in
sentencing Scott Jackson to be hanged. II
was expected that the final decision In
Alon2o Wallings case would be announced
today, a large crowd was in waiting. but
the court did not hand down the decision
and will not do so I'll next saturday.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11

The London press is substantially
agreed that while the presidents mes
sage may not prove satisfactory either
TO Spain or to the Cuban insurgents.
there is nothing in it which Is dlSpleas-
ing to England. This will relieve anx-
iety in many minds which have feared
that England might be offended at
Fomething or somebody.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11

GUTHRIE, ON., Dec. lO,-Tho two chi
dren Of william Bledsoe, living near
sasakwa. Seminole nation, were burned to
death by a prairie fire while Mr.. and Mrs
Bledsoe were away from home. The children,
a boy and girl, aged II and II years, took
refuge in the cellar when the flames sur
rounded their home, The hOuse took fire and
burned, with the children beneath.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11

The patrons of the Omaha public
schools want the schools kept out of
politics and free from favoritism. If
this object can be achieved by the pro
posed civil service rules the people will
heartily endorse the boards action in
putting them into force.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11

The honor of being expelled from the
Jacksonian club for following in the
footsteps of the only democratic presl-
dent of the last third of n century is
an honor which is highly priced because
of Its scarcity on the local political
market
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11
IN CUPID'S COURT.
Ns,ys N.ylS FT,ypth

"He who hesitatcs Is lost"
Thus the ancient saying ran.
Wandering far or tempest tossed,
Men have learned II to their cost
Ever since the world began.
In the Court of Cupid. though.
BE II light of moon or sun,
BE the future veal or woe.
While Sir Plume is bending low.
She who hesitates Is won.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11

'0li'llhH'lu iNliNll tUns
There was tumultuous cheering when
Secretary Charles Warren, son of the col
lector of the port of Boston. said in his re-
port at the dinner OF the Massachusetts,
reform club in Boston recently. that "Prcsi-
dent Cleveland is one of the few presidents
who VIII go out OF office with a tremendous
popular vote of confidence" That was a
neat way OF putting the case.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-11

Scar-Faced Charley, the Modoc brave,
after having assisted in the massacre at
the Lava Beds and escaped the gnllows
on which his associates were executed.
has just died, presumably in his bed.
Of consumption. Ii has taken nearly Il
quarter of n century TO make good
Indian" of him.