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Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

Senator Turpie of Indiana has gone far
Their than any other advocate Of the rec
ognitlon of Cuban independence in as.
sorting the power of congress. In his
speech on Monday in support of the
Cameron resolution he declared that the
power of ongress was so primary and
paramount, that congress could execute
the powers of the president, even to the
appointment OF a postmaster, n minister
or an ambassador. it the executive
branch failed to perform It's functions as
established by the law" This extraor-
binary and extreme view of the author
ity of congress must have surprised even
Senator's Morgan and Mills, neither of
whom had venturcd so far in defense Of
congressional ~prcrogatiyc.
The constitution Of the United States
explicitly defines the powers Of the sew.
cral branches of the government. It does
not give congress authority to appoint
any public officer. not even q postmaster.
1t does provide that the president, "by
and with the advice and consent OF tie
senate shall appoint ambassadors,
OtleT puDllC ministers anu COnSulS.
judges of the supreme court, and all
other officers of the United States, whose
appointments are not herein otherwise
provided for. and which shall be estah.
lished by law; but the congress may
by law vest the appointment of such iu-
ferior officers rs they think proper in the
president alone, in the courts of law or in
the heads Of departments" Moreover
it is provided that the president shall
commission all the officers of the Ijnited
States, SO that no one car lawfully hold
an office under the government without
having been July commissioned by the
president.
This is entirely plain and seems to
leave no ground whatever for Senator
Turpie's assumption regarding the power
of congress-. Of course congress must
make provision for diplomatic represen-
tatives as for all other public officials,
but obviously when it has done this its
constitutional authority ends. With n
senate composed of Turpies tla eXecu-
tive would be il danger of being shorn
of all power, save the privilege of APP
proving whatever that body did. There
is nothing alarming, however, in the
Indiana senator's view.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

Appropriated by Iowa to assist In setting
tho wheels In motion, with a sanguino hope
Of future additional help together with the
home subscription now nearly 81, 900, 900,
has filled the hearts OF our western people
with q determination that the Transmissls.
sippi effort shall rear a temple OF success
unsurpassed in the history of the American
continent.
Davenport Republican: The Omaha Bee
has issued an exposition number which con-
tains many pages of valuable Information
In regard to the official STAFF. the present
status OF the movement. and also a sue
cinct and inclusive history OF each one OF
the twenty-four Transmississippi states.
These histories were all illustrated by re-
productions of the state seals and notices,
and capital buildings. 1t is expected thai
the Legislature Of Nebraska will appropri-
alto not less than $780, 900 for exposition
purposes. and that congress will Increase
the small appropriation Of last year. The
Omaha exposition may be made most valua.
bic to the people of Iowa, and the ~tri,cities
will have a fine opportunity to demonstrate
their prominence and Importance In the
great Mississippi valley. The exposition will
not be held until 1898, and by that time the
general depression viii, according to all In
dications, have passed away and a new
era Of prosperity been usherCd in.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27
COMPLICA TING TJiE QUESTION.

The tendency thus far of the agitation
for currency reform has been to COM
plicate the question. 1t has brought out n
great variety of plans, the effect of which
is confusing wen to those who have
made n careful study of the currency
problem. We have had presented dur.
ing the past two or three years the bal.
timore plan" the Carlisle plan.' the
walker plan" and the 'Indianapolis
| plan" not to mention others, and while
these various plans have some features
in common, they are in some respects
widely dissimilar and none of them has
proved generally acceptable, the Balti-
more plan having, perhaps. the strong.
est support. This relates entirely to
bank note issues and Is to some extent
modelled upon the Canadian system.
which has been demonstrated to be
sound and safe, furnishing an elastic
currency always equal to the require
ments of business. The plan submitted
by Secretary Carlisle In his annual re.
port of 1891 embraces some Of the
features of the Baltimore plan, but EN-.
braces Il provision for the retirement of
the United States legal tender notes. II
may be remarked Of this, as also of the
Walker plan, which has never got out.
side the house committee on banking and
currency, that il received very little con.
sideration, although prepared by the sec.
rotary of the treasury with much de.
liberation. AS TO the plan outlined 1T
l tnIi1nnnnlil II hnS farnI NO haitian ,,t,In,.
public discussion than the others, for the
simple reason that 1t contained nothing
new, presenting the question in no light
that the public was not already familiar
! with. The cardinal feature of this plan
is the retirement of the legal tender
notes, an unpopular proposition which
will defeat any currency plan with which
1t is connected. II is unnecessary to refer
to other plans In order to justify the
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

Wise people are willing to profit by
the experience of others. The council
of less than ten members has never
proved n success in any American city of
the size of Omaha. The tendency, on the
contrary, is toward either a moderately
numerous council or a council of two
houses. The proposed council of nine
men contemplated by the Howell
charter is an invitation to government
by combines, dominated by the
franchised corporations. If our present
council of eighteen members has been
occasionally manipulated by these ele-
ments, there would be an almost moral
certainty that they would control a
council of nine men all the time.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City Journal: The order of the pres
ident to proceed at once to foreclose the gov.
ernments mortgages on the defaulting
Pacific roads will be welcomed by those who
want to see this whole business closed UP.
Whether this be the most direct and efficient
method, it is highly desirable to rid the
government of all its complications with
those roads.
Des Moines Leader: Iowa already en-
joys a waterway to the sea, open more
than half a year, from Des Moines, Clinton,
Muscatine. Davenport. Burlington, Keokuk
ami other river cities by way of New Orleans
If the projected route from Duluth to New
York 10 accomplished another way will be
opened, via the Hennepin canal and its con-
nections, which will benefit not only the
wheat raising section of Minnesota and Da-
kota, but will gladden. with it's lower rates
me corn producers OF Iowa, Nebraska and
Kansas.
Sioux City Times: A larger number OF
farmers Institutes are being held in Iowa,
South Dakota aid Nebraska this winter than
ever before, and the papers read and dis
c~ussions entered upon are OF a higher grade
than formerly. 1.-The newspapers published
IN towns where these institutes are held
generally have good reports of the meetings,
ana often publish some of the best of the
papers entire. The interest in farming never
wanes, and the mutual interest of those liv-
ing on farms and those living in the towns
ahu ehsds.i m-Duslhess or manufacturing
Is more generally recognized. The farmers
institute is a gUod thing.
Des Moines Capital; There Is no occasion
for alarm on account OF the financial condi-
ton of the state of Iowa. By a little bit of
wise management the state finances can be
brought out all right. Once before the state
found itself in n condition like the present
one and everything was corrected and
brought out in good shape. Deserving APP
preparations should not be cut off. Iowa is
able TO take care OF her unfOrtunates and to
pay all her bills, The last legislature was
not an extrayagant one. The members were
actuated by a true desire to serve the state.
At any rate. 1t does no good to quarrel. The
sensible way is the best way. Where a dollar
can be saved without doing any harm let
II be done. But this Is no time for miscel-
~laneous quarreling and carving. All economy
should be tempered with prudence and good
business Judgment.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27
LNDmTING TRnSr DIRECTORS.

For some time a very earnest fight has
been made in New York against the
American Tobacco company and it has
finally resulted in IN Indictment against
the directors of The combine, which has
received Judicial recognition. 1t is said
that the decision sustaining the indict
ment strikes the hardest blow that has
been delivered against trusts in their
history, since it places those connected
with hem in the position of criminals.
1t appears that the Indictment of the
directors of the American Tobacco com
pany is the first criminal action in New
York against the great trusts that make
their headquarters there. although in
corporated under the laws Of other
states.
If the prosecution in this case should
be successful there are other trusts in
New York believed to be amenable to the
law against which proceedings would
undoubtedly be instituted, unless they
in the meanwhile dissolve in order TO
avoid criminal prosecution. A CORE
%spondent of the Chicago Tribune names
hiolc 'hdh u uOhcH CpliDllleS WHICH may
be reached by the same law under which
the directors of the tobacco trust have
been indicted. There is a very strong
antitrust sentiment in New York which
Is urgently demanding the enforcement
of the laws against these combinations
and if it shall find proper support in the
courts there is reason to hope that it will
make itself so effectively felt as to drive
the trusts from that state. If that could
be accomplished the solution of the trust
problem would be in sight, for to be sue.
cessful most of these combinations must
have their headquarters in the CONNER
cial metropolis of the nation. Driven
from that stronghold they would be
pretty sure to go to pieces.
1t is believed by those who have given
the matter careful consideration that the
laws of New York are ample for the pur-
pose of eXpelling the trusts from that
state. The case against the tobacco com
pany will make Il test of this and if it
shall be successful the other combina-
lions will very likely not invite an appeal
to the law against themselves. This
gives uncommon importance to the n
dictment of the trust directors and the
result of the prosecution will have great
and general interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

The announced intention Of the fusion
legislature to repeal the bounty on beet
sugar while a serious blow to the indus.
try is not to be accepted as a %deathknell
of sugar beet culture in Nebraska or sup
press the growing interest in the subject.
On the contrary it ought to bring out
a larger attendance than ever at the con
ventlon of the Beet Sugar association at
Hastings next week to consider what
steps may be taken to persuade the leg
i%slators of their error and to devise ways
and means for encouraging farmers to
plant beets and capitalists to build new
factories. The Importance of the coming
gathering at Hastings cannot be too
strongly impressed upon all the friends
of beet sugar in this state.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27
THE EXPOSITION BEE.

Burlington Hawkeye: The Omaha Bee o.
Saturday was a Transmississippi Exposition
number, illustrated, and loaded with data
pertaining to the big show Omaha has under
taken. 1t gives a history of the enterprise
and a sketch of the contributory states. II
is a good number Of The Bee to send fol
and file for reference.
Baxter Qa.) New Era: Last Saturdays
Omaha Daily Bee gives a full account OF
the Transmississippi and International Elk,
position, which will be held in that city, be,
ginning In June and ending In November
1898. 1t also contains an illustration of the
proposed silver palace, which will be a mag
nifcent structure. The browning glory OF the
palace is a central lantern or spire which will
be $50 feet high, octagonal in form and
100 feet In diameter. This will be a gem OF
dazzling beauty and magnifcence.
Utica IN. " Press: An excellent example
OF newspaper enterprise Is that furnished
by last Saturdays edition OF The Omaha Daily
Bee, which devotes several pages to a de-
scription OF the proposed Transmississippl
Exposition to be held In 1898, an enterprise
which, by the way. was suggested by an
editorial last year in that paper. 1t is pro-
posed to make the exhibition a great affair
and certainly II II comes anywhere near the
standards established for 1t by The Bee the
anticipation will be realized. The Bee is
one of the most progressive journals Of the
west and deserves It's prosperity.
Allerton Qa.) News: Omaha has under
taken the arduous work incident to the build
ing up OF the Transmississippi Exposition
with an earnestness that will acknowledge nc
defeat. The management already selected
has decided TO open the exposition June J.
1898, and keep the gates ajar until November
/, 1898. The president. vice president, sec
rotary and treasurer have already been
elected, and Mr.. Wattles, a young man In the
meridian of life, full of energy, push and
business tact, has accepted the position with
a view Of giving his individual attention to
the success of the most important exposition
OF our matchless age, Mr.. Saunders, the
vice president. Is OF ripe age and mature
Judgment, who will be the right man In the
right place to advise and council. Mr.. Rose
water has been placed in control of publica-
ton. and Saturday, January 16, he removed
all doubts as to his ability to fill the posi-
tion for which no was selected by the issue
OF a boom edition of the Omaha Bee, In
which no presents a fine map and lucid per
picture o. the prospective magnihcence and
splendor o. the now assured exposition. Tn,
award Of $500, coo by the national government
and sS5o.OOO by Nebraska. and the $40, OOC
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

The silver forces are for the exposition
and so are the gold forces. The silver
forces alone could no more make the ex-
position a success than the gold forces
alone. Certain silver leaders have CO.
operated thus far in the work of the
exposition and it is to be hoped they will
cooperate still further, but they have
lone no more and will do no more than
the gold leaders. Let it be a rivalry
among all friends of the exposition who
can contribute most toward it's consum-
nation.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27
PcpperinE the Emir of Nupe.
AipnaanpIiC Inttrpol

Our great and good friend the emir of
Nupe is in trouble. He sent some of his
Foulahs down into the English Niger COM
pany's preserves and stole a lot of the
Niger company's negroes. Instanter, the
English army, with six Maxim pepper boxes
loaded to the muzzle, chased themselves
into Nupe's country and scattered his 20, 1000
Foulahs like a plate of b~uckwheats before a
hungry Weary Walker. Nupe's territory Is
now British ground and any European gem
tleman who attempts to claim it will find
himself up against Lord Salisbury's diplo-
macy, and shooting irons.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

Under some circumstances the modern
kitchen range with its explosive water
box is among the deadliest engines of
destruction. Housekeepers, as a general
thing, are quite as ignorant of the pos
sibilities of this explosive as their hired
help. That the loss of life from this
cause is not greater is due in most cases
rather to fortunate escapes than to the
exercise of the rational means of pre-
vention which are within the reach of
oil
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27
Wheat and silver Exports.

1t will surprise some people to learn that
the exports of silver from the United States
during the year 1896 were larger in value
than the exports of wheat. While we ex-
ported SOS. GIL ,03O worth of wheat and $42,-
S56, 126 worth of corn, we exported 1853, 029, 1886
worth of silver. This total is nearly $40, O00,-
900 larger than Tho exports for 1895, $16, 900,
900 larger than for 1894, $S6. 600, 900 larger
than for 1891, and more than five times
larger thar the exports for 1880. The in
crease in exports appears to have been
caused mainly by the lower prices of the
white metal
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY a7. 1897.

statement that their tendency has been
to complicate, rather than to simplify, the
question.
But such is the scope of this problem
of currency reform that the formulating
of plans still goes on. The latest re-
port is of one being informally dis
cussed in New York financial circles,
which contemplates making the cur
rency more uniform. 1t is urged that
the lack of uniformity creates dis
elimination in favor of one kind of cur
rency and against another and
1t Is suggested that congress,
or a monetary commission If one should
be created, shall after careful investiga-
ton determine whether uniformity such
as will prevent discrimination may not
be secured by causing the entire govern
ment issue of paper money to be so
changed as to be divided into two
classes, distinguished first by the de
nomination of the bills and second by
the coin or bullion which is held for
their redemption. The idea is to make
say $500, 100000 of government paper,
SSbt' ~ vi ilOlh ~ w
$40, redeemable in silver, the remaining
amount of government paper currency,
say S360,000,0 900, to be issued in denomi-
nations of $50 and upward and redeem
able in gold. We do not think this an
expedient scheme and do not sec that it
would correct the trouble complained of.
Reference is made to this newest sug-
gestion for currency reform, however,
simply to illustrate the variety of
views that obtains among those who are
presumed to have very intelligent and
practical ideas about the currency. 1t
all serves to convince the layman in
such matters that perhaps on the whole
the existing currency system is well
enough and that disturbing it would be
more likely to do harm than good. 1t is
quite certain that the agitation of So
called currency reform is having a more
or less detrimental effect upon financial
confidence.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

Senator Teller must esteem it n high
honor to be associated with such peer.
less statesmen as James Il. Weaver and
Richard Z. Bland in the dedication of
that to-be-famous book.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

A legitimate transfer of Omaha real
estate from one citizen Of Omaha to an
other for a bona fide consideration Of
nearly $125,000 shows that faith in the
city's future growth and prosperity is
not dead within the city's borders.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

Any man who fails to get a cabinet
position to which he feels in his in
most soul that he is honestly entitled
may console himself with the reflection
that ''there are others"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

Queen Lii may call oil Mckinley after
March 4 and rely on a polite reception,
but her call must be in the capacity of
the ordinary private citizen of Hawaii.
The new administration will not be
taking part in other peoples quarrels.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

If nine %archangels could be induced to
constitute the Omaha city council doubt
less they would be found less corruptible
by ordinary means thun eighteen ordi-
nary citizens. But it has been Il long
time since an %archangel ran for u city
Office in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

Doubtless there is a limit to the mum
Der of men whom the ice companies can
employ on the river mt present, but that
limit has by no means been reached.
Every a~ble-bodied man out OF work ought
to be given an opportunity to earn a few
dollars while the cold snap lasts.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

1t Is said q sensation was created in
Kansas City by the exhibition by the
mayor Of twopoIicy tickets that had been
bought from a Kansas City dealer
shortly before kansas City must be
hard up for Sensations. Omaha could
produce II Of that kind almost any time
at an hours notice.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

If would be interesting to know just
what stimulant the ensanguined sen
ators and the lingo press are taking TO
keep their excitement over the Cuban
question up to the pitch necessary to
mcite them to warlike deeds. A senator
who screams and calls names really
ought to take something for it.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27
Benin n Mere Bite.
Chicago Journal.

The British lion has just eaten another
African province or so for breakfast.
Whether or not the new arbitration treaty
will really restrain his appetite for American
dainties is a question the senate might
well consider with the greatest care.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

The more the stockholders of the ex-
position association reflect ON the action
of the directors in locking up that
engineers report on availability of
sites and preventing them from discuss
ing the different aspects of the ques-
ton therein presented, the less they
relish IT.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

More than one-third of the working
time of the reform legislature has
elapsed and the record of business ac-
complished IL, to put it mildly, not
greater than that of former years.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

The legislators began to talk about
insurance on one. day and before the
echoes died away they found themselves
surrounded by conflagrations on every
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

For a body reputed to be dead set
against Il lobby the present legislature
is very persistent in its open invitations
to the lobbyists to come down and pay it
a friendly visit.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

How glad the men who hold the state
printing contract would be if all the
bills introduced into the legislature We're
as fat as the Howell charter.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

Nevada's success in raising cactus and
free silver statesmen is what is encourag-
ing it to branch out and go into the bust,
ness of raising prize fights.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

We have not yet been favored with
signed endorsements of Judge McHugb
under the mistaken impression that Sen.
ator Thurston wanted them.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

Whatever may be thought of Bryan by
friend or foe, he must be put down as one
of the cleverest and most successful free
advertising workers of the age.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

The Churchill Russell police commits
sion law was passed under the pretense
Of reform. Has any one in Omaha seen
any of the reform?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27
A Mouth,

V' 'V"rS fEoPUUrIO'
People who nhave acquired the habit of
growing at the size OF dentists bills will
sympathize with Uncle Sam, who is expected
to shell out at least $3.50 900 for necessary
repairs to the mouth of the Mississippi.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

1t is at this season of the year that
the contention between n spirited dis
cussion" and a cheated argument
wakes warmest.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

TTVUb NIETOTITVIt.
The government comes cut of the Union
Pacific railway deal $50, 0OO, 900 loser. No
more subsidies for Uncle Sam.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

mills of the gods grind proverbially
slowly, but what about the mills Of jus
tice as represented by the United States
cOurtS? 100
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

1t was only three years ago last July
that the original injunction was issued
to prevent the enforcement of the Ne
braska maximum freight rate case. The
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

Mckinley is the man who keeps every
body a-guessing.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

II we are to have an extra session Of
congress 1t can't arrive too early.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

A state census of federal office
seekers might uncover some interesting
statistics.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

Omaha sympathizes with Its %neighbor.
Ing towns over their disastrous losses by
fire.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27
OF CIRCULATION.

secretary OF The Bee Pubs
lg duly sworn, says that the
and complete copies Of The
ing and sunday Bee printed
December, 1896, was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-27

MIRTHFuL ~GLEANINGs.

Philadelphia Record: Because n icweler
can make a watch charm Il doesn't follow
hat he can fascinate'the ladies'.