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Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Watered stock n Fruitful source of
Public EVIL.


c. X Adams in Review OF Reviews.
Another source of very serious discomfort
Is in the prevalent habit of overcapitalizing
such corporations as are in the nature of
monopoles. 1t has been again and again
shown to be easy for gas company to es-
tablish a plant pay very large dividends
upon the capital invested, and then, in order
to avoid competition, TO establish an electri-
cal plant either in the name of the same
corporation o. by members of the corpora
tion under another name and so get an alb
solute monopoly of the business Of furnish
ing light for public and private purposes.
Sometimes two or more corporations owned
and controlled by the same persons have
been united under a new name and capital
iZation enormously increased in excess OF the
c st of construction. The same has been true
OF street railways. Figures are not easy 10
be obtained but it is probably true that
in all of cur cities with more than $4,000 in
habtants the street railways. II they have
been properly and economically constructed,
ray reasonable dividends upon a cspitaliZa-
ton much in excess OF the original cost II
has to be admitted, of course, that upon
these various subjects precise information
Is very difficult to obtain, but the very fact
of this difficulty Is a reason why the subject
should receive the most careful cOnsidera-
tion. If the people are wrong in their gem
oral supposition, they ought to be set right
through careful investigation and pubica-
ton of the facts. 1t will not satisfy the
people to make vague and general denials.
Nothing short of sworn statements in re-
gard to the cost of construction and main
tenance, as well as receipts and dividends
paid will be satisfactory These are in
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

Whatever may be the action of the
council committee appointed to invcsti-
gate the charges against City Engineer
Howell, that official will have serious
difficulty in making the public believe
that his efforts in behalf of Solon L..
Wiley were purely charitable and dis
Interested
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

The state press, almost without eX-
ception, is doing valiant service in vote
ing public sentiment in favor of the
Transmississippi Exposition. To be an
entire success the exposition must have
the hearty and united support of all
Nebraskans and residents in the great
west. TO affect to see in this beneficent
enterprise II scheme for the special
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of Omaha and Omaha S
citizens is to foster that spirit of petty
jealousy which, so long as it Is en-
couraged, will stand in the way of the
true progress of the state along the
lines of material prosperity. The news
papers of Nebraska are TO be COM
mended and congratulated upon their
attitude.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Dana Iden of Currency Reform.

Only the ignorant and a few prevaricators
continue to speak of the government being
in the banking business because 1t issues
notes.
Issuing notes is not banking; it Is com
monty function of government. Instead OF
the government being in the banking bust
ness, the note-issung banks may be said to
be in the government business.
Regarding the issue of paper money, II
would be much wiser to turn the banks out
of the government business than to turn out
the government itself.
Take the ny off the wheel. Don't throw
the wheel away.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

There is Il general demand for en-
couragement of the beet sugar industry
through tariff legislation. This demand
is not confined to Nebraska and Cali
fornia, where sugar beet culture al
ready has n foothold, but extends 10
all the other agricultural states where
conditions are favorable to the develop
ment of this crop. The questions con
gress will have to deal with are, there
fore, the extent and form in which the
encouragement shall be given.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
WHY rs ITI

WHY is it that Mayor Broatch seems to
be labOring under the impression that II
is his duty to secure a coat of white
wash over the charges of serious mis-
conduct that have been proved against
CITY Engineer Howell? Why should the
mayor of the city feel it incumbent upon
him to exert all the pressure of his Office
to protect an ungrateful appointce from
the consequences of his own folly!
Mayor BrOatch is. to be sure, responsible
for the selection of Mr.. Howell as city
engineer and for all the engineers Of
fetal acts that are approved or sane
toned by him. But his confidence has
been betrayed and his administration
threatened with an mdelible stain if it
is to endorse and adopt as its own the
demand of the engineer on the water
works company for SlOO-a-month job
for "a mutual friend" TO smooth The way
for concessions from the city.
Mayor Broatch entered office on
promises of business administration of
the city's affairs. Would any business
man who found that an employe stood
Sell-cohNlcleu Oh ueilDtIdte lulSiLCdtoh
be likely to reward him as faithful
servant? Would any careful business
man who learned that an employe was
misusing his position to eXtort favors or
money for himself or others from men
indebted to his employer wait on the
order of his dismissal? Should betrayal
of n public trust call for n smaller
penalty than betrayal of private CON
idence? There is Il hOmely adnge that
every tub should stand on its own
bottom. Is it the mayors duty to shield
derelict city officers. whether appointed
by him or not, or rather TO insist that
| they suffer the full consequences of their
nPtS?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

The Nebraska State Historical So
ciety will make the legislature of 1855
the central figure for discussion at its
forthcoming annual meeting. The leg
islature of 1855 consisted of thirteen
members of the council, or upper branch,
and twcnty-siX members of the house,
or lower branch, and no one heard of
any complaint that that legislature was
not able to do the business that came
hafnpn
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

1892, the last year OF a considerable
surplus revenue, the amount of United
States notes redeemed was only little
over S5,O00,000. These facts conclusively
show that so long as the income of the
government was in excess of its eXpendi-
lures its .rgnl tender paper was not cX-
changed FOR gold to an extent which gave
the least embarrassment to the treasury.
Guided 10y this light of experience, we
have only to return to that policy which
furnished the government with ample
revenue in order to fortify the treasury
against any such raids upon the gold
reserve as have been witnessed during
the past three years. With II treasury
surplus instead of n treasury deficit
there will be no trouble from the cur
rpnry
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

sisted upon in other countries, and should be
insisted upon In our own.
And that Is not all. Whenever II Is found
that the income from any corporation what
ever arises above q reasonable percentage on
the cost Of construction and maintenance
that excess should be taxed so as TO force all
corporations OF the kind to bear their share
OF the general burden. Such n method has
been generally adopted In Great Britain aud
elsewhere, and is found to be free from rea-
spnable objection,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

Recent cancellations of taxes by the
city council are bearing their legitimate
fruit in numerous petitions for similar
favors. AS nearly everybody has rs
good grounds for petitioning as those
who have already been so relieved, ii
would seem that all II property owner
has to do is to kick hard enough To
escape the burden of tax paying alto
ppthpr
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

The fog with which Nebraska was
covered during the greater part of this
week seems to have been more than Il
local phenomenon, similar atmospheric
demonstrations being reported from
many quarters of the country. Ii is GER
tainly something unusual.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

The Transmississippi Exposition is
not for Omaha, nor for Nebraska, but
for the entire west. 1t will be as little
restricted in its influence rs any enter
prise can be which is not distinctly ma
tional in its character
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

The fact that n tax assessed for paw
ing an Omaha street has been adjudged
by the courts to have been properly and
legally levied is calculated to shed n
little ray of hope upon the gloom which
envelops the taXpaying public.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

indianapolis News.

Certain silver leaders assume airs of su-
perior wisdom when the recent bank failures
are mentioned, but they should look more
closely and see that 1t is plain rascality and
not business conditions that are causing the
failures Even the triumph of 16 to / could
not have made all men honest.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

Out of the depths of woe our hyphen-
ated contemporary calls upon the anti
republicans in the legislature to stand
together Can it be that there is already
danger of Il split in the combination?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

The two wings of the prohibition
party are having their share of trouble
in trying to get together. 1t is the
same difficulty that they have in dis
tinguishing distilled water from the or
binary aqueous fluid.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

1t is notqyat too late for Mayor
Broatch to bcthink himself of
the pledge made in his inaugural adj
dress to gNeNhe city "a careful, bust
ness administration" No one knows
better than; he that careful BUSINESS
men do not allow their employees to
steal thcm'into bankruptcy without Mt
least an effort'to prevent such disaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

A compromise" which results in de-
ductng 1000 from an illcgitmate $780,
900 claim fraudulently inflated by at
least $4,000 has Il decidedly jug-handle
appearance.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

To reduce the number of aldermen is
attacks upon its official honesty. On
general principles nine men are more
easily corrupted than eighteen.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

A large number of disbanded Turkish
marines are threatening to make trouble
If their back pay is not shortly forth
coming. The marines evidently know
the sultan better than the European
powers and for that reason decline to
put faith in any more of the sultans
,Nr,p,iync
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

The largest and longest New Years
receptions which took place hercabouts
were those held by Senator Thurston
and Representative Mercer.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
A Mcdicntcd Rctort.

Several women doctors in ST. Louis have
passed a resolution condemning DR., Ter
tucha's conduct in the MGceo affair as uu-
professional AS we understand it, it is
unprofCssional fer a physician to permit
others to kill his patient.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

There is no question that the Cuban
insurgents are willing to agree to peace,
but 1t is not the kind of peace to which
Spanish assent could be procured.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

A New Years resolution by the rail
roads to start forthwith on the union
depot would be too good to be used for
paving purposes.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

The beautiful weather of the first
day of the new year was Il fortunate
omen of the many blessings which will
accrue to this city, state and country
In 1897.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1897

tcrcsts. II rests with the legislators
to weigh wv mcrils and dement's of the
different biviositions, but good ought
20 come out Of all such expressions of
popular sentiment
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

The Retailers association has made
n few suggestions as to desirable new
legislation. This Is eminently proper
ana should be followed by other sug.
gestions from other bodies representing
commercial, professional and labor in
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

lincoln is at present the center of n
hot wave which seems likely to remain
with the capital city for some time to
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

Whatever else may be said of the pres
ent open winter, 1t can be truthtully
claimed for it that it cuts no ice.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

Indianapolis journal.
This world is but a ilccting show,
And few are they, alasl
Who can rake up a pull that's strong
Enough for a free pass.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

Macco owes 1t to his friends to let them
know whether he is dead or alive.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

Whatever is seasonable in
greetings or apparel we offer
you.
1t is the season of good
wishes and we heartily hope
that everyone may be well
clothed.
Seasonable clothing includes
such a variety Of things that
we can't mention them all.
But we invite everyone who is
in search of the right thing for
his own adornment or for gifts
to visit our store.
Our lines Of clothing, fur.
nishings, hats, caps, etc., are
as tempting for the new year
as they were for the old.
Thanking you kindly one
and all for your past patron
age and an earnest desire for
future remembrance,
With best wishes for a G ad
and prosperous new year,
ResDeCtfully,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02


This is an increase of about 1,SiO,0OO in
the total vote over the vote cast In the
presidential election Of 1892 an Increase
which would have been considered a re-
spectacle total vote in a presidential cleo
tion fifty or sixty years ago. The plurality
of Mckinley over Bryan and Scwall Is 49,
7SO; over Bryan, Sewal and Watson, SOL
3iS and McKinley's majority over all Is ga
597. This however does not give a fair
idea of how che people voted on the question
of sound money and free silver. To get at
the sound money strength the vote cast Tor
the Mckinley and Hobart ticket the Palmer
and Buclner ticket and the straight prohi-
bition ticket should be added together. The
total vote cast for these three tickets was
7,S72,5S3. Against 1t should be placed the vote
cast Tor the four other presidential tickets
which aggregates 6,577 1872 and leaves a
sound money majority OF 19i,S0l. This can
be justly claimed to be the size Of the YER
dict the country gave against free silver
When the verdict is viewed in the light
of the intelligence OF the population of the
states which voted for sound money and
free silver it becomes much more emphatic
Twonty-three states voted for Mckinley and
twenty-five states for Bryan, although
Bryan may get one electoral vote from
California and Kentucky each. But as this
happened only through defective ballots 1t
does not change the number of states each
candidate carried. The following table
gives the population, the white iliteracy
and school expenditure of the Mckinley and
Bryan states:
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Cincinnati TrIbune.

He wrote n really clever book;
Worked day and night before his desk;
And still 1t did not make n hit
Its cover was not postercsque.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
washington star.

81 dreamt l dwclt in marble. halls,
She sings the whole night through;
She never seems to think that we
Would like to dream some, too.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
srArnMENT OF CIRCI

sTNTEMENT OF CALCULATIONS
State OF Nebraska,
Douglas county -,- -. t,,,,,
George y Tzschuck secretary OF The ice iuo- ,
fishing company being duly sworn says tlaV ts MY NY
nctunl number of fun and complete copies on lnee
Daily Morning, Evening and sunday See pilngtgu
during the month OF November, 1910 was aS Io'-
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

Swcetheart's ways are most peculiar,
And | do not understand
Why she should be far from tricky,
And yet very slight of hand.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Detrolt Lournnl.

The melancholy days are come,
The woods are serc and bluff:
The suns gone south, and bills for coal
And gas are simply tough.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Philadelphia Rccor,

He started out u mile to walk,
But met a maiden with n smile;
Twas then he realized Il miss
Was just as good as any mile.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
THE COMPLETE POPULAR VOTE.
Instructive Analysis OF the Full Of
fetal Returns.

with the full official vote In from every
state II is possible for the first time to give
the total popular vote, the vote for each
candidate and the republican plurality ana
malorllY. Those are found TO BIO as follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Wa shinrtnn Stnr.

Hail to the jocund sun so bright
OF warmth we find no lack;
We still may keep our anthracite
AS cherished briC-a-brac.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
White SChOOl
Elec. Popula- Hitter cNpcndi-


States. vote. tiOn ates. lures.
Mckinley states 273 So G22 035 $40 Oi $iO Ais COS
Bryan states, Ia o. i92 40 ll97G63 3O LOS7
This is a more significant showing even
than that made by the popular vote. 1t
proves that the intelligence of the country
was largely on the side of sound money.
The Mckinley states have nearly 6i per
cent Of the population of the country, a
little over two-ifths of the white illiterates
over ten years of age and they spend about
sell per capita for educational purposes.
On the other hand the Bryan states have
36.2 per cent of the total population, about
three-ffths of the illiterates and they spend
cnly S1.S7 per capita Of the population for
educational purposes, or less than one-third
as much as the Mckinley states. 1t should
be remembered that the colored population
is. left out of this calculation. If it were
included the showing for the Bryan states
would be much worse than it Is given.
With so large a proportion Of the intelli-
gence of the country in the Mckinley states
there can be no doubt as to what the YER
diet of the last month represents.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Ohin Sinte journal.

"Oh, I'm 'al right" the Judge he said;
MY talents fairly slinc.
My charges are exceeding bright,
My vcrdicts simply fine
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Atlnntn Constitution

If the great God should hearken
All wishes to fulfill
And strip the stars to ribbons.
We'd sigh for rainbows stlll.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
MIRTu IN RHYME.
1ndlnnnnolIs Lonrnal.

Indianapolis Journal.
This world is but a nceting show,
And few are they, alasl
who can rake up pun that's strong
Enough for u free pass.
Washington star
81 dreamt l dwclt in marble halls,
She sings the whole night through;
She never seems to think that we
Would like to dream some, too.
Philadelphia Record,
He started out Il mile to walk,
But met a maiden with smile;
Twas then he realized Il miss
Was just as good as any mile.
Detroit Journal
The melancholy days are come,
The woods are serc and blum:
The suns gone south. and bills for coal
And gas are simply tough.
Up to Date.
Swcetheart's ways are most peculiar,
And | do not understand
Why she should be far from tricky,
And yet very slight of hand.
Atlanta Constitution.
If the great God should heatken
All wishes to fulhll
And strip the stars to ribbons,
We'd sigh for rainbows still.
Ohio state Journal
"Oh, I'm 'all right" the Judge he said;
MY talents fairly siinc.
My charges are exceeding bright,
My vcrdicts simply fine"
Cincinnati Tribune
He wrote really clever book;
Worked day and night before his desk;
And still 1t did not make n hit
Its cover was not postercsque.
Washington star.
Hail to the jocund sun so bright
OF warmth we find no lack;
We still may keep our anthracite
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23

Senator Chandler, of New Hanp-
shire, gives timely warning to his
party that it must not press upon
congress bill the object of which
is first 10 commit the country more
thoroughly to the gold standard, and
The immediate results OF which is to
throw doubts upon the sincerity of
the president in favor OF continued
efforts to secure bimetallism,' and
adds ''that in that event . political
turmoil will arise 10 congress which
will split the now united republicans
is fragments while it will unite and
consolidate the opposition" Will
the republicans profit by such sound
advice from one OF their distinguish :
ed members.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23
MISS HERBEaT'S TRAGIC END.
DAUGHTER Of the Ex-Secrs:arr Haris Herself
10 Death.

Daughter Of the Ex-Secratary Haris Herself
10 Death.
Washington. D. c., Dec. 2l.-In a
fit of meIancholia. a. the result Of .
long Illness brought: on by an acci-
den. while horseback riding. Miss
Leila Herbert, daughter of ex Secre-
tary of the Navy Hilary A Her bsrs,
and one OF Washingtons brightest
society leaders. threw herself from
the third story OF her homa this
morning, striking upon her head
She was picked up and carried to
the house, but death came before
the arrival Of q physician
4 short time previously Miss Her.
bert had severed An artery in her
wrist with q pair OF scissors. This
fact wss discovered by q servant,
who rushed from the room to notify
the household, and it was while the
servant was absent on this quest
that Mss Herbert hurled hersel!
three stories to death.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23
SILVER DICK
Amos ], Cummings Pen Picture Of the
Famous Mssourian-

Tie Washington Post prints the
following sketch of Silver Dick
Bland. from the pen Of Congress
man Amos ]. Cummings:
Here Is veteran, seated near
the main aisle, who has never sought
place or either OF the two leading
committees. yet his name is familiar
II both hen.spGers. His face is al
most as Semitic in cast as that OF
Gov. Dinglev OF Maize, but he is
more firmly kni. and has avoics that
would attract attention n q mid
night gale For more than twenty
four years las be srodden the floor
OF craftsmanship since the recon
struc.ion period The Bland dollar
Was something tangible and accep.
able to the people.
BLAND remains on the committee
On coinage, weights and measures.
where be has baen . fixture for the
last twenty years. A. the head OF
the minority there. however. be is
utterly powerless. The gold men
outnumber him aud his hands are
tightly bound But no man car
muzzle him. The speaker has re
peatedly and vainly essayed the job
Bland is experienced in parliament
ary law and has the rules OF the
house at his fngers ends. He bides
his time aud when the proper mo
ment arrives, emits a roar tha
ssartles ths house aad sends the
loungers in the lobbiea seurryine
for the galleries. He handles th,
situation without gloves Powerful
in invective, precise in statement
blunt and vigorous Ia language anc
leonine 10 voice and manner, th'
very atmosphere of the House seem.
rariied after one of mis- efforts
Twice was be heard in the extra ses
sion Then he disappeared and wa
seen no more"
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-23
NO FUSION In OURS.

So far ss we are personally con-
eerned We heartily endorse the atti-
tuds of Governor Stephens On the
fusion or rather mo fusion question.
To our thinking it would be the
height of folly for . majority party,
IN State or county, to deliberately
enter into . fusion aud divide up
the Offices with q minority party on
q mere sentiment. We believe the
platform of fhe democratic party is
broad enough and strong enough to
hold up all opponents of republican
ism, Of oppression, OF concentration,
of the single standard idea aud
government by injunction.
II tho democratic party was in the
minority in the state and it vas
necessary, in order TO defeat the
republican party that We have a
fusion with party, whose views on
the principal issues mere nearly
conformed to ours. then there might,
in our judgment, be an excuse for a
fusion with the populis. party. We
wish to be understood as not antag.
onizins any voters who are opposed
to the great evils in politics to which
We allude above, but we hold that
those who honestly believe in the
free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver at ratio OF 16 TO l,
who believe that the people should
be taxed only an amount sufficient
to conduct the affairs Of the govern
ment economically administered, who
are opposed TO a government BY
Injunction, .hould cast their vote.
with the democratic party as th'
only one that can possibly be cue
cessful and correct these great evils
We believe that our party to da,
embraces more fully the principle,
laid down by Jefferson than for year
and is truly the party of the peopl
of this great country; and we believ
in opening the doors and invitir.
all lovers of good government ans
free institutions to come in and vot
with Us. Blu. they should do thi
patrio.ically aud without price.