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Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
THE STOCK EXCHANGE DECISION.

THE STOCK EXCHANGE DECISION.
The decision of Judge Foster of the
United States district court at Topeka,
that the Kansas City Live Stock EN-
change is an illegal organization, violat-
ing the Sherman antitrust law, is of gen
eral interest If 1t should be sustained
by the higher tribunals to which appeal
will be taken Il number of stock and
other exchanges throughout the country
will be affected.
While the Kansas City exchange is
entirely voluntary in form and does not
directly require any person in the live
stock commission business to become Il
member, it has a rule prohibiting any
member from dealing with any person
violating any of the rules or regulations
of the exchange. A commission merchant
attempting to do business at the Kansas
City stock yards without Joining the eN-
change-for which a membership fee Of
$500 must be pad-is regarded rs vio-
lating the rules of the exchange and
is consequently boycotted. Thus Il
monopoly is created and maintained, for
no one attempting to do Il commission
business in live stock independently Of
this organization can get any business
whatever inducements he may offer for
the purchase or sale of stock.
The court declared that the ultimate
purpose of the exchange is to control
and monopoliZe the entire business >of
buying and selling live stock at the Kan
sas City stock yards and in this it vio-
lated the antitrust law This appears
to extend the scope of that act, but it
seems to be entirely consistent with the
Interpretation of that act by the supreme
court of the United States in the Trans
missouri Freight association case. There
is no doubt as to the mOnOpolistic char
acter of the stock exchange and there
are many like it in the country, but the
essential point to be established is
whether the business of the members
of the organization is interstate com
merce. Justice Foster held that it is, bur
his reasoning in this connection is not
absolutely convincing. On general prin-
cipleS, however, the decision is pretty
certain to be widely approved.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
| HURRY PROVISIONS TO ALASKA.
Expect to Push Three More Steamers
Up the Yukon.

ENpcct 10 fusn Ihrec more steamers
Up the Yukon.
WASHINGTON, Sept 21.--Secretary Alger
spent some time yesterday in conference
with President Weare and Michael Cudahy of
the Alaska Transportation and Trading COM
pany at his office in the War department
They announced their intention to make
every effort to get as much of the supplies
at st. Michaels up the Yukon as possible
and expected that three more steamers can
be run up before the river closes entirely to
navigation. So far no steps have been taken
to insure the carriage of supplies after that
event by way of the mountain passes, such
as Chlkoot. but il is likely that this matter
will now enlist the attention of the COM
panys officers.
Mr. Weare reported that the steamer Hum
boldt will be ready to sail from Seattle for
st. Michaels next Thursday, so Secretary
Alger called consultation of the bureau
officers of the War department to hasten the
preparations for the equipment of the troops
who are to go forward to Alaska on that
vessel Mr.. Weare said that the transpor-
tation company had for the accommodation
of this force suitable quarters which would
serve for temporary home. and the large
supply of food stores at ST. Michaes would
provision them. 1t was arranged with him
that the company's agent at St. Michaels
should accept the vouchers of Lieutenant
Colonel Randall, the officer who will com
mand the troops, so that the soldiers may be
paid regularly. The men are. already on
their way to Seattle.
Secretary Alger has been anticipated
in his scheme for supplying trans
portation over the Yukon by steam
snow sleds Today he received a tee-
gram from E. B. Hartley, secretary of the
Klondike Transportation and Commercial
company of St Louis, stating that his COM
pany has already contracted for several of
the locomotives, and trains will be running
over the Yukon river in December.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
Jrpep SuLLrvANS COW vERsroN.


Public men are not to be judged by
their professions, but by their acts.
While the adage that wise men change
and fools never holds good In politics as
elsewhere, there Is n vast difference be-
tween change brought about by con-
scientious conviction and change for
policy's sake. This applies with special
force to Judge sullivan, the democratic
candidate for supreme Judge.
In his awkward attempt to explain
his eleventh-hour conversion to the free
silver cause Judge Sullivan refers to
the platform Of the Nebraska silver de-
mocracy of 1896 which he says he helped
to draft as a proof of his sincere adher-
ence to each and every doctrine and
principle enunciated therein. AS a
Clinchcr he declares: "There has never
been and could not be at any time among
the people of this vicinity the slightest
doubt of my ardent support and approval
of every plank in the Chicago platform"
The platform which Judge Sullivan
prides himself in helping to draft, every
word of which he says he indorses, con
tains the following declaration:
We are in favor of the election of United
States senators by the direct vote of the
people.
When was Mr.. Sullivan converted to
this principle and what has brought
about his complete summersault on this
question?
In 1856 the people of Nebraska, under
the constitutional provision which au-
thOrizes the popular expression of choice
for United States senator, by an over
whelming vote proclaimed Charles II.
Van Wyck their choice for the United
States senate. Did Mr. Sullivan respect
the popular will us expressed through
the ballot box? Did he not deliberately
republicans in a conspiracy to defeat
the popular will? Is not his vote on
record in the journals of the house of
representatives of 1887, of which he was
IL member, for j. Sterling Morton, George
l.. Miller and other pronounced gold
democrats whose candidates. were noto-
riously in the interest of the corpora
tiOns?
But this is not all. Can Judge Sull-
van square his present professions of
faith in the people with the record on
page 242 of the 1887 house journal? That
record shows that on January 13, 1887,
the following memorial was presented by
Mr.. Horst of Polk county, now prom
inent populist
To the Honorable, the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States of
America:
Whereas 1t is the sense of this house that
existing circumstances demand the election
of United States senator by the people;
therefore,
Your memorialists, the house of repre-
sentatives Of the state of Nebraska, respect
fully petition your honorable body to sub
nit an amendment to the constitution of the
United States providing for the election of
of the people.
The vote AS recorded shows that Sui
Ivan voted for the indefinite postpone
ment Of the resolution, thus killing the
memorial. Taking the record made by
Judge Sullivan as legislator as the
cuSion can be reached than that he,
like other political weather vanes, re-
CARDS party platforms as mere fly paper
to catch the unwary and credulous and
has served its use.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
1--WE Have Money to Blow"

NansaS IIty JOufnaI.
The eastern press is disposed to crlticise
western communities for paying large sums
to hear Bryan talk While it is regarded
as undignifed for a presidential candidate
to place himself on a level with big pump
kins and fat hogs as a county fair attraction,
yet Bryan is not so much blamed for filing
his purse as his audiences are for being
"gulled" out of their cash. The eastern press
doe9nt quite understand the situation.
Money is so plentiful with western farmers
now that they can spare $500 to 500 in
county and never miss it.. They were so long
without money to spend that the spending
of it is a positive luxury. If they want to
blow in" a few dollars seeing big pumpkins,
fat swine and windy orators, why begrudge
them the pleasure? Farmers must have
amusement as well as city folk
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

wheat and the advance in the price Of
agricultural products generally has been
of Unreasonable benefit to the country.
But what we contend Is that returning
prosperity here is not wholly due to de-
ficient crops abroad, as the sIlverites and
free traders assert, and that IL this con-
dition did not exist we should still have
better times than for several years. We
Insist that the restoration of confidence
In the stability of sound currency and
the enactment of a tariff law that has
given encouragement to our manufacture
ing industries and employment to labor
are potent causes of returning pros
Dprity
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
Dry Dock Scandals.

Whether or not the Indiana was seriously
injured in the Halifax dry dock, its eX-
Perience, following that of the Columbia at
Southampton, should be enough to deter our
government from ever again attempting to
dock these big vessels in a foreign country.
There may be no melice on the part of
the foreign authorities; the disasters may be
due, as there is no reason to doubt that they
were in the cases under consideration, TO
clumsiness and unfamiliarity with the hand
ling OF such extremely heavy ships, but ettll
It creates suspicion and distrust, and these
quickly gene ate an unpleasant feeling be-
twsen the nations..o'1he Indiana's case fur
nishes an additional reason, and a very
strong one, why this country should have its
own dry docks, suitable for any emergency,
and 1t is hoped congress, at its coming ses-
sion, may be induced 20 take this view OF
the matter. l'sI
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Railroad Over White Pass to Lake
Bennett to De Ready by May.

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 21-New York and
Seattle men have subscribed the capital neces-
sary to build narrow gauge railway from
Skagway over the White pass to Lake Ben
nett In the syndicate are ex-United States
Senator w. C. Squire Of this city, Senator
j. p Jones of Nevada and James A. Nc
Naught formerly general counsel OF the
Northern Pacific railroad
The preliminary survey was made by f.
c. Farnham, a mining engineer of San Fran
cisco. He returned from Skagway short
time ago, went to New York, his report was
accepted and the money subscribed. The
for construction has already been pur-
chased and as soon it arrives here Mr.
Farnham will go north with it and begin
work. Right of way has been secured from
the government and filed with the secretary
of the interior.
1t is the intention to bill passengers and
freight through from Seattle to Lake Ben
nett. River boats will be built here and
sent to the lake for use
1t is expected to have the road ready for
operation by May l.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
RETURNING TO COMMON SENSE.
Brynnism Sidetrncised by the DemOc-
racy Of the Empire state.


The action Of the state committee in ignor-
ing the Chicago platform and nominating
Judge Parker was the most important polit-
ical event to the democratic party since the
defeat of Bryan. d;
The first official act of the organized
democracy of New York since the presiden-
tial election was To turn its back on the
Chicago platform. 1T did this not merely
incidentally and casually, but deliberately
and purposely. 1t so acted in the face of a
strenuous demand for an Endorsement OF the
16 to l folly and in spite of threat that
the free silver adherents would bolt the
party.
AS If to emphasize this return of the
organization to a sane and true democratic
policy, the committee nominated for chief
judge Of the court Of appeals an upright
judge and Independent citizen who rejected
the Chicago platform and refused to vote
for Mr.. Bryan.
In leading the state committee to this
course Governor Hill has shown that, as
Mr.. Gladstone said through the World on a
notable occasion, "ony common sense is
necessary" to guide parties and nations
into paths OF peace and honor. The ex-
senator deseZts great credit for his skill
and sagacity'
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
WHERE TIE nLAME sHOrLp REST.


An open confession is good for the soul.
The Schuyler Quill, whose editor was
elected to the state senate of 1895 as a
popuist, has this to say concerning the
new blanket ballot law.
The Quill editor swears every time he
thinks about the blanket ballot which will
be in use this fall 1t Is shame that peo-
pie will send to the legislature a lot Of
chumps who feel called upon to do some
thing and then the people must suffer for
1t afterward. We had a fine ballot aud
aside from a little amending our election
laws and provisions we're all right. The
last Legislature was one that causes every
populist to blush with shame every time it
is mentioned. Another such a legislature
and goodbye populist party In Nebraska
Who is to blame for this outrage upon
the people? Governor Holcomb in his
message to the legislature of 1897 de-
clared unqualified opposition to any
change in the Australian ballot law that
would put premium on illiteracy by
facilitating wholesale voting with one
cross mark. But when the fusion legis
lature sent for his approval the very
bill he had denounced he allowed it to
become a law. If any swearing is to be
done by the Independent voter this fall
he should not bestow his blessings upon
the legislature alone. Had Governor
Holcomb had the courage of his cOnvic
tions and vetoed the bill it could not have
become the law, inasmuch as the legis
lature had adjourned Immediately after
its DaSSnpp
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

criticism or exaggeration, but the plain
facts are given for the information OF
voters" Then the Chronicle goes on;
"If mans qualities are to be estimated
in this world solely on his ability to ac.
quire wealth, Mr.. Shaw may eighty be
regarded as successful" man. Meas.
ured by another standard he Is a sordid
bigoted, unympethstlc, arrogant money
changer. In pAitiS IS he is narrow.
minded, prejudicsd8 unreasonlng parti-
san" All this of course is in no spirit
of "unfriendly criticism or eXaggera-
tion"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
AUTUMN ASSURANCES.



oh. keep looking forward to times that
will smile;
To hours when The earth will be gay;
When jewels will SPARKLE when mirth will
beguile
country serene as May.
Think not of the present, nor grieve o'er
your fate.
The promise behold Of glorious date!
SO turn to your calendar geily and wait
Till after election day.
Therell be nothing to do then but sit down.
and wish
And things will come straight your way
The handsomest garment. the dantest dish
VIII be ready for all. they say.
Well heed not the present. We cannot go
wrong.
sCIg.
Cheer up, all ye voters: 1t will not be long
Till after election day!
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept 21.-James II.
Eckels, comptroller of the currency, arrived
here Sunday on d pleasure trip Today he
goes to Cripple Creek to inspect some of
the big mines OF the district, returning here
in time for dinner at the El Paso club, given
by the bankers OF the city. Mr.. Eckels is
not taIkative as regards his trip through the
west, but says he is simply on a pleasure
trip and will not discuss the financial situa-
ton He will be in Denver Wednesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

We notice that good midde-of-the-road
pop,&ist paper, the Schuyler Quill, pro
posing several plans of fusion on the
Colfax county ticket, in which only
populists and democrats seem to figure.
What has become of the so-called silver
republicans? Are there none of them in
ColfaX county? Or is it that they do
not count except as gudgeons when it
comes time to vote?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Perhaps the county attorney can give
that committee of ministers II little more
mission on the question of enforcing the
gambling laws against the owners and
operators of the automatic gambling
ma nchinps
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Judge Sullivan tries to explain his luke
warmness in the silver cause and refusal
to enlist in the army of silver orators
last year on the ground that it is not
proper for judges to take the stump.
This version may gull the gullible, but
the gold democrats with whom Mr.. Sui
livan has always trained can give an
other reason
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

The Greeks do not like the conditions
OF peace imposed upon them by the
treaty settlement with Turkey. But
then the vanquished seldom get what
they want out of the victors. The dis
satisfaction could have been avoided only
by avoiding the war in the first place.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Bryan is amply able now to pay rail
road fare, the same as is required of the
common people, but 1t is a great deal
cheaper to work the railroads for free
passes on the pretended account of
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22


1t is not surprising that wheat should
advance under a republican or any other
administration under existing foreign con-
ditions. Neither is it surprising that factory
doors should always swing outward, spindles
hum and anvils ring during a republican
administration and Immediately following a
democratic and calamity-howling era. It's
not al all surprising.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

The man, woman or child within rail
road distance of Omaha who deliberately
throws away n chance to visit the State
fair and Ak-Sar-Ben pageants throws
away one of the best things life brings
him
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Mexico is anxious to unload some of its
anarchists and aSsaSSinS upon the United
States. The United States has Il plenti-
ful supply Of evil-docrs at present and
would much prefer to let Mexico take
care of its own people who come within
thot class
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Douglas county populists are to
be the first to put their local ticket in the
field. If any one is going to walk into
the fusion parlor in this county this
year the populists propose to furnish the
parlor.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Omaha never does things by halves.
The superb illuminations in honor of
Ak-SarBen would do credit to any city
of half million people.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Judge Sullivan, the democratic nominee
for supreme judge, was elected to the
district bench by a combination between
his democratic followers and republicans
who wanted to down his populist op-
ponent, Yet Mr., Sullivan appeals to pop
ulists to come to his support, even if they
have TO lose their party identity to vote
for the democratic candidate
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

at is right and proper" says the popo-
cratic Chicago Chronicle, that the voters
of Iowa should know the kind aud char
acter of man whom the republicans
have nominated for the exalted Office of
governor. Mr.. Shaw's record is here
given, not in the spirit of unfriendly
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

When the mighty potentate, Ak-Sar-
Ben, calls at the city hall for the keys
of the city, he will find them just as I'M
tarnished and true as they We're when
they We're delivered to him for the day
0 year ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

The Improvement of the railway pas
senger train service and the increase in
mail facilities will be appreciated by the
patrons of the railroads that have put
on new trains.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

There is dazzling array of male fowls
in the poultry department of the State
fair, but that democratic game rooster
seems to have gone astray after other
and false birds.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
The OMAHA DAILY BEE.
THE BEE BUILDING.
THE DEE ON TRAINS.

All railrond neNvsbOys arc
supplied with enough Bees
to accommodate every pas
scnEer who wants to read Il
newspaper. Insist upon hnv-
ing The Dee. If you cnnnOt
get u Bee on II train from the
news agent, please report
the fact, stating the train and
railroad to the Circulation
Department of The Bce. The
Dee is for snle on all truins.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

The treaty of peace which has just been
signed by The ambassadors ami the sultan
assures protection for German bondholders
and makes more secure the bondage of those
Armenians who have not been slaughtered
pean concert.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
TO STATE FAIR VISITORS.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
SPECIAL VISITORS HOURS.

Visitors to the fair are invited to
Inspect the uncxcelled newspaper ia
cilities of The Bee. In order, how
ever that there may be no confusion
they will be asked to accommodate
themselves to the following hours
The press room on the ground floor
OF The Bee building and opening upon
the west side of the court will be
open to the public between the hours
of $3.50 and 4:3O each afternoon. The
composing room on the sixth floor,
entered through room 600 will be
open to the public each afternoon
from 4 O'Clock to 5. No one who
visits the State fair should go away
without seeing the finest newspaper
plant in this part of the country.
The OMAHA DAILY BEE.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

The merchant who advertises is the
merchant whose store is crowded with
people and whose goods are not al
lowed to rust on his shelves.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

If the popocrats are thankful to Provi-
dence for the increased price of wheat, to
whom are they thankful for the recent
betterment of the silver market?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

T TIITIFI6IlHUI T TVaS'
General Weyler has cabled his government
that he will have, .Cyba pached in four
months. AS nobody ;any longer believes
what Weyler says, the announcement will
not attract seriousxatsention.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
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Just HnDttcne,l So.

GIoPe-Democrat.
1t will be observed that the passage of
a republican tariff happened about the
same time that prosperity knocked at the
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Chicago News Bock-Have you known
Doolittle long? Jones-Neyer; always short.
Washington Star: Mine times outer ten,"
said Uncle Eben. "a gemman advises young
men to choose some yuthuh business dan
whut he got into. He takes it foh granted
eat it took heap mo- dan common smaht-
ness to succeed like he did"
Indianapolis Journal: "Women." said the
youngest boarder, "are the true conserva-
tives."
You are right for once said the Cheerful
Idiot. Nearly every woman | know is at
least four years behind her age"
Chicago Record: "She saved the whole
family from drowning once"
Indeed! She must be an Amazon"
'Oh, no; she simply dressed so slowly that
they all missed the boat"
Chicago Post: 'Is it proper to address
alderman as Honorable? "
1T isn't a question of proprety but OF
conscience. If you have scruples against
lying you may use the word in such a con-
nection."
Detroit Journal: "Your majesty" sug-
gested the grand vizier, might attain the
desired end by setting your majestys
Christian and Moslem subjects against each
other"
The sultan shuddered visbly.
mo" he answered in a hollow voice.
with my luck l shouldn't think of playing
the races"
ONE THING SHE COULDN'T DO.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
She climbs upon street car and
She takes a smokers seat;
The men all frown and look askance,
And likewise scrape their feet,
But quick from out her poCketbOok
cigarette she snatches,
And asks, please, may have a light?
nI-er--I nanlt snrninh m GhGs >,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Cornhusking bees promise to regain
their old-time popularity in Nebraska this
coming winter
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Progress and Prosperity" is the watch,
word of the republican party
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
STATEMENT or CIRCULATION.

STATEMENT OF IIIIITTINITUN,
State OF Nebraska. DuuElas County, ss.:
George H. TZschuck. secretary OF The Zee Pub
lishing company, being duly sworn says that the
actual number Uf fun and complete copies of The
Daily Morning Evening and Sunday Bee printed
hnrinp m Of 4 1SnI- fnllOMs.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22


Total net sales ...,...,..,....,... COS 10
Net daily average ge....................... 19,6lS
GEORGE II. TISCHCCk.
Sworn to before and subscribed in my
presence this Cd day OF September, 1897.
N. l.. FELL,
(Seal) Notary public.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

INSIST ON HAVING THE BEE.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Chicago Record "She saved the whole
family from drowning once
'Indeed! She must be an Amazon"
"Oh, no; she simply dressed so slowly that
they all missed the boat"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22
POINTIGDLN PUT.

Chicago News: Block-Eave you known
Doolittle long? Jones-Never; always short.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

Indianapolis Journal: Women" said the
youngest boarder, "are the true conserva-
Omaha daily bee., 1897-09-22

You are right for once" said the Cheerful
Idiot. Nearly every woman | know is at
least four years behind her age"