4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE1 , fl TOKPAY , OCTOBER It , 1890.
E. BOSEWriR , Editor.
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Notary I'ubllc.
Fun olllccs and the farming of public
funds must go.
bo a great opening for
Jevol-headed farmers at tlio next session
uf tlio legislature. .
Tnnarpiy of names on the democratic
County tielfot in Chicago roads like a
directory o ( the city of Cork.
TIIK president will witness tlio passing
ot the Veiled Prophet tit St. Louis. It
Isnotyot two years sluco ho oillciatcdat
tlio passing of the Stuffed Pro phot.
TN suA-iiClliNO for n rational cause for
the disturbed , condition of legislation in
Oklahoma , the mesalliance of the demo
crats and independents is generally over
looked.
Tin : edict of Jay Burrows ngnlnet
General Vim Wyck renders unnecessarv
the appointment of a commission of
lunacy to inquire into the sanity of the
alliance dictator.
HAVINO failed to cnjolo or coerce the
United Stntos on various disputes , John
Hull Is about to recoup uis wounded
honor by pounclnjj-on the enfeebled gov
ernment of pOT
- ? EN BUTI.EH ngain invades the south.
This tlmo ho goes as a capitalist to woo
the undeveloped possibilities of Georgia
nad .Alabama. And this time ho will
not bo an unwelcome guest.
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THE president remarked in a recent
Bjicech that "croaUors never built a
city. " Perhaps not , but a certain Rlch-
nrd Crolcor of Now York has proven
*
I equal to running a city which ho found
nk-oady built when ho arrived on those
hospitable shores.
Now that Mormonlsin ceases to bo n
' ' disturbing factor in the affairs of Utah ,
the country confidently looks for "vigor
ous development of the great resources
of the territory , flow sections of the
P mineral west offer jnoro inviting fields
| j for capital and muscle intelligently up-
? ' pliod.
I Tun reduced rates on grain will benefit -
fit the west if they are made permanont.
What the country most needs Is a rad
ical rcrtudlon of the coal tariff and the
abolition of discriminating rates. Such
n change would bo appreciated "by all
classes the workingman as well as the
fanner.
Till ! announcement is jnado that the
population of the United Slates will
lianlly reach sixty-three millions. This
is a falling off of two millions from the
first rough estimates of.tho census oflleo ,
und tends to confirm the widespread be
lief that the enumeration of 1890 was
largely the work of incompetents.
THKIIK la no partisanship llko that of
the late convert. Governor Boles o' '
Iowa Is nn example. Ho Is now trying
to demonstrate that congress has no
right to bo the jtulgooC the election of
Jts o\vn \ members. A. little thing like
the constitution of the United States
doesn't bother him In tho'loast.
TIIK melancholy news Is again given
out llitvt Governor Hill is weary of pub
lic llfo and will retire from politics at
the close of his term as governor ,
Although the announcement comec from
Lieutenant Governor Jones , the associate
of David , few people will bellovo that
the embodiment of the democratic spoils
system -will voluntarily retire to private
Hio , Republicans will share with
Charles A. Dana an inconsolable grief.
They hava longed for a national chance
to assist David Into retirement , and 1)2 )
promised a brilliant realization of their
hopes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
K BuiiliOWS , the Alabama des
perado , Is dead. The event furnishes
ample cause for rejoicing in the south.
Burrows was to Alabama and adjoining
states what the James gang was to Mis
souri or Ijllly the Kid to Colorado and
New Mexico a cowardly assassin who
rovolou In taking llfo for the mere grnt-
illcalionof hearing hia gun go oil. The
terror his name evoked shielded him
from the punislimont of his bloody
crlmoH. Death came to him with boots
and spurs on , and with the speed and ef
fectiveness ho craved for , It was a relief
to the people and n fortune for the olllccr
who will pocket the reward offered for
Ijiricanturo.
rOKCto'0 VI'HOBS ,
The movement , apparently concerted
among importers and manufacturers to
advance the price of all articles on
which higher duties are fixed by the
now tarilt , Is not justlllod upon nny
sound economic principles. It was to bo
expected that manufacturers and Im
porting merchants , assuming that for
eign competition would bo measurably
excluded , and notwithstanding the fact
that the country had boon Hooded with
foreign goods In anticipation of the
higher duties , would conclude that they
could safely advance prices. This has
already been done as to a great many
articles and undoubtedly thu marking up
of prices will bo continued until a limit
is reached boyoiul which holders do not
think It safe to go. But can these ad
vances bo maintained ? Thcro are two
things to bo considered , the course of
foreign values and the effect of higher
prices on consumption. The former is
the more important , because it is
u matter beyond our Influence or regula
tion. The latter might bo mot by com
bination ! * ot manufacturers to kcop down
production m order to maintain prices ;
but this expedient would not bo long ad
hered to , since It Involves a restriction
of enterprise nnd investment which can
not bo made permanent in this country.
It may bo admitted that the now tariff
law makes room for numerous combina
tions in trade , hut If the statute law
shall not provo effective In preventing
thorn there are Immutable economic and
business laws which they cannot long
run counter to with Impunity.
Referring a day or two ago to the
threatened European policy of commer
cial retaliation , we remarked that it was
more probable the countries of Europe
would ondcMvor to overcome the differ
ences created by the now tariff of the
United States by lowering the prices
of thuiiproducts. . This is the sug
gestion of experience. Every at
tempt to cut off tbo American demand
for foreign products tends to Lring about
a considerable decline in tbo prices of
these products abroad. This country is
so largo a consumer of many foreign pro
ducts tliat its consumption goes far
toward making the price. An eastern
financial journal of authority observes
that as soon ns now duties go into effect ,
and American manufacturers and trad
ers have marked up prices sis 11105- think
fit , thorowill coma a struggle between
them and the foreign producers for con
trol of the market. In some cases the
prices to consumers will bo hold high
for a time , until it has appeared that the
demand for foreign products may thus bo
materially curtailed. But in other cases
the reduction In price may como quickly.
It sometimes turns out that tlio homo
producers gain nothing , though foreign
producers bear heavy losses lor a time in
order to control tlio market. But in
most cases the losses are divided early ,
until increased cost of production ren
ders the American manufacturer less
able to compete.
The attempt to force uji.nuicoleer.iso ; ;
a now tariff IwwnrJJ'it possible for pro-
dticbrs"todo so , is manifestly apt to have
a dangerous influence upon their perma
nent welfare. These who bought largely ,
prior to the change of duties , will have
a brief opportunity to pocket generous
profits , hut hereafter it will ho necessary
to look very closely after the cost of pro
duction. Thcro is ample reason to believe -
liovo , from the facts of past experience
and the conditions reasonably expected
to operate , that higher prices as to mo t
articles in common use affected by the
the new tariff cannot bo long main
tained.
BKED iA * T//B HOLE OFAS ISSUE.
An estoomcd contemporary , which is
"agin" the existing order of tilings but
in favor of nothing in particular , dole
fully remarks of the republican campaign
throughout the country , "And the burden - '
den of the song is Rood , and his acts of
usurpation are .lauded as the work of a
patriot , " etc.
That's true. Tom Reed is one of the
foremost Issues in this campaign , a big ,
brainy , brawny issue ; ready nnd able to
meet all corners , nnd an issue of whom
the republican party is not ashamed.
When the Fifty-first congress assem
bled last December the issue was , Shall
the publlu business bo transacted ? Shall
the majority of the house , elected by a
majority of all the paoplo , make laws
and provide for the needs of the govern
ment ?
The republicans mot the i.ssuo by
electing Tom Rood as speaker. Ho pro
ceeded to count a quorum when a quo
rum was in sljiht , though the democratic
members declared , in tones that could
bo heard half way to the white house ,
that technically they wore not present.
In spite of obstruction , insult and dis
order , Tom Heed and the republican
majority proceeded to transact the busi
ness of the people and to carry out the
solemn pledges of the Chicago conven
tion. When they had finished the work
for which they were elected , the repub
lican majority adjourned and wont homo
about its business.
And now > ltho burden of the song is
Reed. " The issue hus boon transferred
from the house to the country. It awaits
the verdict of the plain liorso ecnso of
the American people. If Tom Reed's
associates uro sustained , as ho was him-
colt sustained by a landslide of republi
can approval In Maine , the question will
never again be raised ns to whether u
majority elected by tlio people shall rule
iu congress.
T//B / VIXASOlAl , SITVATIOX ,
At this time the financial situation Is
comparatively comfortable and satis
factory. How long it may continue so
it would bo somewhat hazardous to pre
dict , though there does not appear to ho
any reason for apprehension unless it ho
in the fact that the surplus la beginning
to pile up in the treasury again. A
week ago the figures had roacnod sixty
million dollars , ami at this time they are
probably not less than seventy million.
The receipts from customs for some time
have boon unprecedented. During the
last fiscal year the average monthly re
ceipts from this source vrqro nineteen
million dollars , but during the first throe
months of tho. current fiscal year they
averaged ever twenty-two million dollars
lars , the opening days of October show
ing a much higher average. This was
duo , of course , to the effect of the now
tariff bill in stimulating Importations ,
and hereafter it is to bo expected that
the Inflow to the treasury from customs
duties will decline. If the estimated ro-
ducllon of revenue from the now tariff is
realized , the payments Into the treasury
from customs should soon fall to fourteen
or fifteen million dollars a month.
lUcan while the demand for ndvunco in
terest on the four per cent bonds has
been slow , and as the Umo within which
this money could bo drawn expired on
the I0th , the market can got no further
relief from this sourco. With the funds
available , however , it is not improbable
that the secretary of the treasury may
issue another call for four and n half per
cent bonds which mature next Septem
ber. Ho could redeem ton or fifteen mil
lion dollars of these bonds without run
ning any risk , but ho may take the vlov ?
that a prudent regard for the future con
tingencies justifies him in not putting
out nny more money until there appears
to bo a more urgent demand from the
market than at present. It Is impossi
ble to calculate with any degree of cer
tainty what the olloot of the now tariff
will bo on the revenues , nnd great cau
tion in the operations of the treasury is
obvlou&ly necessary ,
At present there appears to bo no
apprehension that the money mtirkot is
likely to soon require ) rollof from the
treasury , and the fact that the treasury
is In a position to give rollof it needed
tends to create confidence. The now
fiscal conditions necessitate business re
adjustments which It will take some
time to accomplish , and until this is
done all financial operations will bo con
ducted with more than usual caution.
But there is nothing to indicate that
the situation Is otherwise than sound
and healthy.
T7/B CHKUKrUI , SIDE OF IT.
The McKliiloy tariff is the law of the
land. Its provisions are by no moans
wholly satisfactory to western people of
either party , but now that it has gene
upon the books and is likely to remain
there for several years , it is well to bo
philosophical and take note of the cheerful -
ful side of the matter.
Sir James Kitsoti , president of the
iron und steel Institute of Great Britain ,
is at present in this country and was in
terviewed recently by a Now York news
paper. In reply to a question about the
MeKinley bill be said :
I think your new tariff bill is calculated to
diminish the deliveries oC KiiRllsh manufac
tured floods in the American market. I fear
that that is tlio object of the fratncrs.
British manufacturers are so convinced of
the value of 1 too trade and of the necessity
for the import of free raw material to their own
country that .no idea of retaliation on the
United States Is over seriously entertained.
You must bo nwaro that for the year ending
the 30th of last Juno the United States pro
duced more pig-iron than Great Britain.
There is little doubt that the production as to
quantity gives them the supremacy , which
they are likely to maintain and uiviuice , and
the whole of the enormous quantity is con
sumed in the United States. But tbe thrift
bill affects principally tbo manufacturers of
tin plates , the last remaining important
nVitiufacturo which counts the United States
as its leading customer.
Sir James Kitsoti is ono of the first of
British manufacturers and a man of
broad knowledge of affairs. It will bo
observed that his comment on the effect
which the now tarJIT law will have on
America and her industries is by no
means discouraging. On the contrary ,
ho boars testimony to- the soundness of
the McKinley doctrine and admits that
the measure will give an impulse to our
industries at the expense of Great
Britain's.
The press and the public men of the
vrcstxjntered their objections to the lUo-
Kinley bill when it was up for discussion.
It Is now the law , and if ftlr. McKinley
and his friends have a largo and varied
assortment of tin , iron and steel indus
tries on hand , let them bo trotted out.
Tlio western farmer -will raise boot and
corn for their operatives and , mean
while , will deliberate on tbo problem of
whether the now style of protection is
worth what it costs.
AUTOCRAT Btnmows , through his
undor-satraps , has issuedaiicdictngainst
General Van Wyck to all the deluded
independents. Henceforth nnd f o rover
Van Wyck is to bo excluded from nil
popular gatherings and placed on the
black-list ( or refusing to bear false wit
ness ngninht ox-Spoakor Harlnn , who
was charged with selling Van Wyck
out to Paddock in the senii-
torial election of 1SS7. This manifesto
is not likely to restore harmony Inside of
the Alliance , and it certainly will not
close General Van Wyclc's mouth fortlio
balance of the campaign. Jlr. Me-
Koighan's fool friends have done inoro to
defeat him than his wornt enemies have
done.
PitOl'KUTY owners ju&tly complain of
the recklessness of contractors. Side
walks and crosswalks are torn asunder ,
broken or cm-tod away , ziml the resi
dents as well as thoci ty put tea need
less expense for now walks. Contractors
are required to replace walks taken up ,
but the officials utterly fall to protect
the people from the vandals. On the
contrary , every olTortis directed toward
swelling the work of the sidewalk con
tractor and Increasing the taxes on over
burdened homo builders.
A ( lhANCK at the niunos of the del
egates elected to the democratic county
convention will show that but few of the
old guard got left in the scramble. The
hopes of a general ousting of the gang
entertained in certain quarters failed of
realization , and wo shall presently wit
ness a Kilkenny scrap for the spoils in
sight.
DOWN in Gage county the commis
sioners havoordorod proceedings against
county officials who hnvo failed turn
over tlioir fees. That Is eminently
proper. Kvory olllccr , county , city ami
btnte , who receives fees should account
for thorn nnd pay them ever at least
twlco a year.
Pooit Ulrkhnuser ! Kicked nnd cuffed
by his colleagues , the laughing stock of
the council combine , and a fostering
thorn lu the Btdooftho reform mayor ,
oven the poorhouse brigade , hacked by
Wo , Us & Co. , could not save him from
the crushing rebuke of his neighbors.
TJIK now insurance underwriters asso
ciation promises great reform for tbo
olty. We shall have harmony all nlong
JJ. . . i ,
the line , a general luprovoinont anil
olovntion of UitftwinoB * . Ills prppotcd
to sccuro a flri Mitrol , IP employ com
petent surveyors'/or ' / frequent thorough
inspection of bulldlhgs , to guard ngalnst
thoaccuimtlallqivnt rubbish and to pro
tect painstaking merchants from tliolr
careless neighbors , , This is a commendable -
able move , and jt is to bo hopcdt the so-
called exchange will not falter' In the
good work. Uufc will these precaution
ary measures jiytlfy the foreshadowed
advance In Insurance rates ?
CojtMissios'uu ANDEHSON' has boon
knocked out by Vah Camp. Tills Is like
jumping from the frying-pan Into the
fire. Anderson's record as commissioner
will certainly compare very favorably
with Van Scamp , as a councilman.
THE composition of the democratic
convention Insures n largo crop of
blunders. Republicans can command
success In the county by nominating
reputable and capable men for legisla
tive and county olllces.
O fattened at the public crib for
twenty years , modesty suggests that
Mall Carrier Overall check his ambition
and give his colored brethren a chance.
THE Douglas county democracy will
do the county a service by laying Ander
son on the shelf , but if they have no bet
ter timber than Van Camp they must bo
hard up.
As TIIK head of the sanitary savants
of the council , Major Wheeler is ready
to Insure the residents against tlio insid
ious wiles of microbes ,
WITH his unreliable and do-nothing
record in the council , Mr. VnnCamp dis
plays abnormal gall la seeking a place
on the county board.
Tills American shot trust succeeded in
wrapping its tontnelesaround the Omaha
plant. An early upward shoot In prices
may bo looked for.
Till ! poorhouse brigade fought nobly
in the Seventh , but wore Insulllcient to
save Moriarty and Blrkhmibov from in
glorious defeat.
fate of liirkhauscr is a chilling
reminder of the blizzard days awaiting
the council combine in December.
TIIK Samosets exhibit symptoms of
returning llfo. Evidently the bar'l has
been tapped.
TIIK Andersonlan mercury is several
degrees below the freezing point and
still falling.
She's All Hint.
A'cwtl'urfc H'orH.
Somebody should read the riot act to the
Oklahoma legislature. * .
Not Up to 3radcv
Cliteaa UeraW ,
Congress at it ? next session will have to
clout a now postmaster of tlio house. "Wheat
did not stand inspection and was stamped
"rejected. " > *
Mr. HuiitlnKtrtn'H Solemn Position.
Clitcaaii Times.
C. P. IIuntliiKton , tbo millionaire , never
laughs or makes merry , it is said ; and no
wonder. It is a terribly solemn thing to bo
compelled to support a priiico.
Blorototho Point.
JVcio Vortc Sun ,
13 it not time that the modern American
should bo tautjht how to converse ? IJostou
Transcript.
No. Better teach him to shut up.
Tlio Doeny of itnurboiilsin.
St. IMU\I \ Globe-Democrat ,
Bourbonism seems to bo in as shaky a con
dition m Fr.mco as it is In the United States.
Mauy of tbc supporters of the descendant ot
Henry IV , have become so disgusted with
their champion that they are loiuing- the re
publicans.
Still Continues Knl.-uul.
CMwimTrlimnt.
Speaker IJoed 1 ? reported to bo still in good
flesh. The failure of the democrats in con-
( .TOSS to thank him for tlio signal ability and
courtesy with \vhlch ho bad presided , etc. ,
has not compelled him to talco in his sash the
smallest fraction of an Inch.
Most.
r-Ocean ,
Ilcrr Johaun Most has quantittos of linlr
ami whiskers , but his brains appear to bo
wofully ladling In gray matter. Ha sny.s that
the ideal commonwealth Is 0110 "whoso foun
dation shall bo communism , whoso soul shall
bo athesian and whose pervading spirit shall
be anarchy. "
A Thrifty Knijlit ofllio Itir/.or.
KVnufM City Journal.
By communicating with the barber of the
late Cardinal Newman admirers of that dis
tinguished ecclesi.istio can secure a look of
his linlr for si consideration. For- several
years the cardinal's barber has saved every
hair that ho has cut from the head oE his dis
tinguished patron ana they are now for sale
lu bundles of ton.
Tim
I'httaiMptita Xorth Amcrtdtii.
Postmaster General Wtmcmakcr , in a letter
to General Blnghnirijiinrgum effectively for
the restoration of tlust t'ographtotjoveriimont
control , where itstnvtbd in this country. Ho
cotnlmts the constitutional argument put for
ward by the opponents- such control , and
so for as u clour casp.of reasoning based en
the fundamentals of I liiw Is concerned. Mr.
\Vanamakcr Is a match , for the corporation
lawyers who present the other sldo of the
question. But ills not a question ot constitu
tionality that bars tbo way to postal telegra
phy. That Is a protest , not a mason , " \Vo
do not suppose , there'is ii lawyer In the United
States who doubts thurowpotoncy in law of
the government ta.u sutno control of tlio
means of coinmunjcatloii between indi
viduals in the nnturp of the post. The
telegraph Is vcally apart of the postal
service. Tlio covorn&icnt can m VVD"
control the tolceraplrm the mulls. It can as
properly prohibit tbo conduct of telegraphic
communication by private or corporate par
ties ns it docs prohibit the transportation of
the malls by such parties In competition with
the government ,
All the argument In tlio world cannot In
duce the masses to bollevo tlmt it would bo
unconstitutional for the federal government
to control the t logr.ipli linns of this country.
Tha people uro so far from doubling It tlmt
thopublio nmyconlldoatly ox-poet to see the
telegraph and telephone lines wholly In the
control of tbo government within flftooa
years. Mr. AVanamakor lias done well to pu' '
himself on record iu luvor of such control
for it Is bound to como. England led us It
cheap postage ami U lends us in government
c ontrol of the telegraphs.'o shall catch uj
by-and-by ,
or i ti3ii TJ.VNDS THAN otms ,
European Interest Is largely centered upon
the state of nftutrs In the American prov
inces , which Is very serious. The Turkish
policy has no tcoro scruploln exterminating a
whole nation than nn Individual. In ofTcct-
Ing Its object of dcstrylng the Armenian race ,
which tlnros to question the blessings of
Turkish rule- , its Instruments nro tbo blood
thirsty Kurds nml the cruel Circassians ; Uro ,
famine , prison , exile nnd the Bosphorus. The
Turkish governors , according to Instructions
received from the capital , summoned the
ICurdlsh chiefs from their mouattilns to the
plain , nnd distributed nrms nud nmunltlon
to the Molminctan population. Tbo Arnio-
iilan villagers hardly venture Into tliolr fields
around their villages. The Kurds have sot
ftro to the crops of the Armenians In many
places , Ko caravans venture to circulate In
certain districts , and business has como to n
complete standstill. The provinces of Moosh
ami IHtlls hnvo been handed over toJDJaso ,
Humcr and Ismail I3cys relatives of the In
famous Aloussa Dcy who do what they
pltwo with the Armenians. In this condi
tion ' tblngs what can the Armenians dot
Uoiiii.'convinced us they are by pnlnfnl ex
perience tlmt tlio sulUn c.iros not n Jot for
them , nnd that the porto would not protect
them If It could , and could not If it would ,
they resort to England , which Is bound to In
terfere In their behalf by virtue of two treat
ies , to the signatory powers of the Berlin
treaty , and to the Christian world In general.
On the other hand they are driven to revolt
by the foolish policy of the portc , which adds
falsehood to hypocrisy and cruelly to persecu
tion. The Armenian colonies alltho world over
are stirred. 1'ho Armenians in the Caucasus
are preparing to attack the Turkish troops
near the frontier. All Armenians , both In
the mother country and without It , ore doing
their utmost to rid Armenia of Turkish des
potism. They arc determined to obtain self-
rule at any cost.
* <
*
Tlio victory gained by the. radicals of the
canton of Tlcitio , Switzerland , In the elections
Just held left tliem Httlo to spnro only 91
majority In a total of U,7G3 ; ) , votes and the
closeness of the contest may not seem to
nugur well for future tranquillity. But the
extent of the triumph Is shown from the fact
that only last spring the conservatives
carried the elections by n majority of 017 In
a total vote of 21,919. The radicals held
their old strength well last Sunday , whllo
the conservatives lost a Httlo , the revelations
of tbo performances of tbo conservative
treasurer no doubt having had some eltcct.
Small as was the fraction of change since
March , It was enough to turn the scale. Tlio
Issue , too , wns one of fundamental importance
tko revision of the constitution of
the canton so as to alter the
present unfair apportionments nnd divis
ions of electoral districts under wlilch , with
a vote about equal to the conservative , the
radic.ils sccuro less than half la many repre
sentatives in the grand council of the canton.
Two months ago they presented double the
number of signatures needed for procuring
n twpulnr veto on the revision of tbo constitu
tion , and apparently were entitled to have
that vote taken ono month later. The con
servative authorities took no steps for this
purpose , and the outbreak followed. "When
the federal authorities intervened they put
down tlio rioters , wtio had overthrown the
cantoiml government , yet ordered the elec
tion for liisi , SUuday , iu which the radicals
.rlumphod.
*
Since Franco and Holland have very scnsi-
) ly concluded to settle the question of
joundary between French Gulanii and Dutch
Gulaua by arbitration , the ompororof Russia
consenting to act as the referee , why should
not England nnd Venezuela resort to the
same method of settling the disputed bound
ary of British Guiana j The three Gulanas
nave experienced many changes of owner-
snip. Surinam , or Dutch Guiana , was vis
ited by tlio French in' 1810 , taken by the En
glish In 1lwO , occupied by the Dutch in 1C07 ,
retaken by the English , ceded to tlio Dutch in
IGO'J ' , attain taken by the English In 1700 ,
ijlvon to the Dutch In 1S02 , recaptured by the
English In 1SOI , and given up to Holland iu
1814. Meanwhile Cayenne , or French Gulann ,
had been previously held by the French , tbo
English , the putch , the Preucb , thoBrltisb ,
and the French. Tlicro wns plenty of oppor
tunity for confusion in boundaries with till
those changes , and that a like difference in
claims should exist between British Gulann ,
or Dome-ram , and Venezuela Is not strange ,
considering the vicissitudes of possession
through which they also passed. That the
dispute still exists is partly A'enezucla's
fault , since she hns moro than once had the op
portunity in post years , by making anot wholly
unreasonable concession to Great Britain , to
settle the affair. Since then .lolin Bull has
gone to the mouth of the Orinoco , on the
coast , and has hud his eyes on the Yurunri
gold ilckls in the interior , and now may bo
harder to satisfy. Bui the other Guhuuis
have set this ono a good example.
*
The announcement that the German cm-
pcror and Count Waldcrsco hayo como to nn
rcomcnt with regard to military policy
means that a most serious crisis has been
averted. Upon what gronud an agreement
has been reached docs not as yet appear ; but
it Is to bo supposed that the emperor has won
the day and t hat the army chieftains have
yielded to him. After his recently manifested
solicitude for the welfare of his subjects , tbo
emperor could scarcely now consent to taUo
another vast army from the Industrial nnd
productive strength of thocmpiro and roll
upon the already overtaxed remainder an ad
ditional o burden of $12.OCOOOl ) a year ,
"Whether this attitude is an Indication of the
young emperor s strength or a premonition of
the weakness and decline of his empire from
n military point of view , may bo a mooted
question. AVhat Is certain Is that the very
monarch who , on his accession , was regarded
ns an international llrobrandIs , now the fore
most opposor of nn extension of militarism ;
anil that Is something for which the world
may well bo grateful.
Tlio French republic has in recent years
made creat advances in power and prestige.
The natural resources of the country and the
thrift and industry of Its people render Uio
wealth of Franco practically inexhaustible.
Its political organisation , though occupying
almost the largest possible basis , is HO nicely
adjusted that It gives opportunity to a people
remarkable for its homogcalty , for the ex
pression of the national will. As n result ,
there is great national self respect and a
public spirit that Is universal , growing out of
ulovoof country that 1ms been doomed nl-
most fanatical. Then there Is nu longer any
dynastli ! ambition or purpoio to bo served.
The French army Is the largest In .Europe ,
excepting that of Kusslu , anil It Is moro
lully equipped , bettor organized , nnd moro
ofllctont than the Russian army. Indeed ,
counting nil her reserves , Franco claims
4,500,000 , trained soldiers , nnd the superiority
of her navy , In the armor-plating of its ships ,
ever that of either Germany , Kusslu , or En
gland , has been recently made manifest by
the clearest test ? . It will readily ba st en
tlmt , in these circumstances , Franco , under
her present government , la strong In herself.
She has persistently shown herself superior
to hostile taunts from without , She takes no
offensive initiative toward any of her neigh
bors. She ( .Imply minds her own business ,
and , conscious of her stronuth , and without
boosting , pursues a policy of peuco.
* *
*
Ilttlo Portugal must bo convinced of tha
peculiar nptltudo which John Bull tins for *
presenting ills numerous claims agaiust her
nt Inopportune ) momenta , In tlio midst of her
cabinet crisis helms mudfl a peremptory do-
mnnd for the payment of Indemnity for the
seizure of nstoamcr by n Portuguese sub
altern last year. It must bo owned that this
claim nppcnrs to bo well founded. The
steamer win ono of three belonging to the
African Lakes comp.iny . , nnd employed on the
Shlro river nnd Lnho Nyuun , The company
1ms boon In that region nearly n dozen years ,
yet when Captain Cardoso loil his expedition
up the Shlro river last ycnr ono ot
his onicors seized this boat and
hauled down its Hritish flag. That wns In
days when Lieutenant Cordon , Captain Cnr-
dose and Major Sorpa Plata were vying In
the boldness with which they attempted con
quests for England and Mnshownland and
the Shlro region. These pretensions of Portu-
srnl were duly abandoned , under Hritish com
pulsion , but of the clnltm for damages In-
lltctcd by the too zealous leadorn , tuU one
seems to have been mululv neglected , Since
England Insists on Its settlement , Portugal ,
which has yielded ns to the mala contention ,
need hardly hugglo long over this minor do-
tall.
*
In several parts of Africa the unwonted
spectacle Is presented of thousands of men
levelling1 the country for railroads that nro to
penetrate the far Interior. Over a thousand
black laborers , directed by n hundred white
inuii , nro now at work along the south bank
of the Congo , blasting a roadway through the
foot of the rocky hills along the river. A few
miles from the starting point they will turn
abruptly up the narrow Mposl valley , where
the most ilinicult engineering problems will
bo met , and they will finally reach the plateau
several miles south of tlio Congo , where the
rest of the road all the way to Stanley Pool
will bo easily constructed. The first twenty-
live miles of this road , about two hundred nud
forty miles long , embrace nil tbo dlnicultlos
which Its builders have to moat. The com
ing year will probably see locomotives run
ning up the Congo shore and through the
Mposl valley to the plains above , where fur
ther work will bo rapidly carried on.
* *
The serious Illness of the king of Holland
hns revived the proposal to proclaim a re
gency In that country. This will .undoubt
edly bring the Luxembourg question up
again ns a factor hi European politics. The
connection of the grand duchy with the
crown of the Netherlands will cease on the
death of the present king , ns the law of suc
cession excludes Tomato helra. The Inllucnco
of Germany over Duke Aiiolph. who would
succeed as ruler of Luxembourg , might load
to Just such a transfer of the duchy as wns
proposed by Napoleon III and objected to by
the North German confederation. The pos
session of Luxembourg would give Germany
an Immense strategic advantage iu the event
of hostilities with Franco.
coxa itismijiAX coxy 1 :
Pawnee Republican : Mr. Bryan and the
English , you know , nro lu fine accord on the
tariff question. _
Blue Springs Sentinel : Quite a number of
republican papers who were opposing the ro-
nomination of Congressman Council on
purely personal grounds , are now giving him
u good support. The Sentinel is pleased to
see this , for the reason that Conncll hns
mudo for the "big First" an excellent record ,
and there can ho no charges of any Kind
brought against him , especially where the
laboring man's Interests have been at stake.
Hurrah for Council.
Pawnee Republican : Congressman Con
ncll says ho isu't carrying a chip around oa
his shoulder for somebody to knock off , but
if Mr. Ilrynn wants to try that Httlo trick
ho will give him the opportunity. Arrange
ments nro now being mndo for a discussion
between these gentlemen , of the records of
the dominant parties. Facts nro moro forci
ble than words , and the eloquent Bryan will
como out of the contest with a crazy llourlsh
that ho can't control , but ho will know a
great deal more. _
Kearney Hub : The rcuomlnatlon of Con
gressman Council In Uio First district wns
made by acclamation , as anticipated , and the
occasion was one of the utmost enthusiasm.
Conncll has made nu excellent first term
record and stands so solid iu the First district
that the strongest man the independents
could put up ( General Van Wyck ) would not
undertake to run against him , Illsonlycom-
petition Is a democratic wind-bag named
Brynn. who Is wasting several months ol
valuable tlmo iu a political wild geese chase.
Nebraska State Laborer : The republicans
of the First congressional district held their
convention at Plattsinouth , Tuesday evening ,
nnd renomlnatcd W. T. Council without an
opposing voto. Mr. Connell will bo ro-cloctcj
by nn equally flattering vote. Everything
points that way. And why not ! Ho has
made a creditable record In congress , and
shown himself on the sldo of the people. In
ability ho stands high above tlio average con
gressman , nud certainly nbovo any former
representative of the First district. Tliero is
no use to kick against the pricks. The demo
crats have already practically given up the
fight. _
Pawnee Republican : Mr. Council hns been
in Washington through ono session , but ho
has shown the inctllo that ho possesses nml
Is milking a record that is rapidly placing
him in the position of being the strongest
man over sent by Nebraska In the national
house. Mr. Council in his speech at the
Plattsinouth con vent Ion did not make a per
fect party of his own party , but ho pointed
the way to better results and proved by tlio
work In this session that tlio delegation In
"Washington is to awake- the demands ol
their homo constituents. On the great labor
question which ho places first In Importance
of all question , Jlr. Council shows that ho
has made a study of it In all Its phases and
that hols equipped for work for organised
labor that will count In the line of results.
Nebraska State Lnuoror : Congressman
Connoll's ' speech lu accepting tlio nomination
of the republican convention at I'lattsmouth ,
unanimously conferred upon him , was In
keeping with the good work which ho has
been doing In congress , anil clearly outlined
his fixed determination to contlniio his grind
work ho has been doing in protecting the in
terests of labor , r.nd of promoting the proj-
ncrlty of Nebraska mid the west. Ho dwelt
at great Iongth upon the labor question , and
his exposition of this problem was ono of the
soundest and most logical ever presented.
Ho declared the labor question to bo the nnr-
nmoiint 0110 of the ago , and Its solution
would require the most serious attention ol
the greatest statesman of this day. Tlio np-
jilauso which greeted his declaration of his
belief In the governmental ownership am
control of railroads nnd telegraph lines , am
his able dc-fcnso of his position , demonstrates
the rapidly growing sentiment hi favor o
tbls reform , originally Inaugurated by the
Knights of Labor.
The Laborer has claimed that the organize !
worulngmen of the suite were practlcall ;
unanimous for Council's endorsement and ro
When Unbwna tick , w guve lier Caatorla ,
When the wan a Cliilil , iliocrlwl forCastorla ,
When aim licriuno Miu.1 , slic clung to C'oMorla ,
When tUu had CUUJrtm , ilia euro Uicia C'astorln ,
turn to coiiBrosj , aniltho number of KnlcliU ot
Labor nml other labor elolcRiUe * to the con
vention is the proof of our stntoinont. From
Otoo county \vo noticed the stnto innstor .
workman of the Knights of Labor henilliiK
the delegation and the master workman of
the local assembly , nnd thd number of
Knights ot Ln bor nml other orgnnliedvork -
ItiRinenvis ; ono of the fonturcs of tbo con
vention. , Ith tbo bcnrty support of the
\vorkltiRincn of the "Hlg 1'lrat" ConncU's reelection -
election H insured beyond a uoubtntiil tbo
only IntcrcstliiR fontimi of tliU pollllcnl contest -
test Is the slzo of bis majority. Lot tbo
\vorMiinmen how tliolr appreciation of hi *
earnest work for their Interest by rolling up
a good blR minority. '
Vnhoo Wasp ; In the renoniliiatloii of Con-
Brcaimnn W. , T , Conacll la this district the
ropubllunas hnvo only carried out the wishes
of the pconlo.
'I'lio people ot tlio west demand n lariror
olumo of money with which to do buMnosn.
So has Mr. Connell and so docs ho still.
The pcoulo of the west demand free coln-
ngo of silver nnd so docs Mr. Conncll.
The people of the west bollovo that the
money power ot the cast Is using every olTort
o oppress them. So docs Mr. Council.
I'ho people of the west bcllavo that the west
uould bo hoard through Its representatives.
So does Mr. Council.
The people of the west are In favor of a full
and complete rcmoiiltlziitlon of silver. So Is
Mr. Council.
Mr. Connell Is a friend of the people nnd
ins proved It by his record. Vote for \V. J
Council.
_ _
UK 21. 1 It N / ; I 'KX 1 1' f J 'KS.
Ills Ijatc.Ht Mash Know It , hut Married
Him , Jiist the Sn
CimaoTTi : , N. C. , Oct. 10.- [ Special Tola.
gram to Tun DKE. ] Miss Corinno Noisier ,
ono of the most vivacious and lovely young
adles that over graced Charlotte sorfoty cir
cles , Is just now figuring In one of the most
sensational marriages ever known In this
country. Last Juno Miss N'clslor , whllo on a
visit to Atlanta , met Charles O. Lamolne , a
dashing young man , and soon she became en
gaged to him. She rotumed to Charlotte mid
the mntcn wns bitterly opposed by lu > r
parents , but soon Miss Noisier was off fur : \
visit to Kichmond , where she again met L u-
memo and an elopement was arranged. Tlit > . \
went to IJoston , which Lumoliio claimed was
his home , and there thov were married.
Soon after this Mrs. 0. N. Lamoino of Cin
cinnati came hero nnd told Miss Corinnc stm
lind married her husband , who had ilesorttM
her lust April , and she had been huntini ; f r
him ever since. She said ho had had IK. . '
other wives. When Mrs. Lamoino loft shr
said she was going to contlniio her sourrh
until she found her husband and brought him
to justice. She found him In Manchester , N.
II. , and ho was promptly arrested and Jallod ,
Wife No. 7 was also Jailed. At the trial La
moino was hold in (500 "ball , and wife No 7
lined $20 , anil her marriage nullified.
Miss Nelslor returned to her homo here.but
kept up n daily correspondence with Lamolne.
\Vodncsduy night she received a telegram
from him saying that hla wife had withdrawn
the prosecution and that ho was free nnd hud
secured a divorce from her , nnd his other
wives were silent. Ho proposed that they
meet in Louisville , Ky. , and bo again united
In marrliigo. This Miss Ncisler ugrced to
and loft for Loulsvlllo to incut him.
A I'MHEOJi'S n'OXnJEUFVL TOVIl.
After a Year's Absence tlio Bird
Iteaelicf ) KB Home.
NEW Yoitic , Oct. 10. [ Special Telegram
to THE BHB.J The homing pigeon Dudu ,
owned by J. Harvey Sloiino of I'lalntloid , has
reached homo after moro than a year's ' ab
sence under circumstances which make hH
case ono of the most remarkable In carrier
pigeon annals. The members of thoScripp's
league expedition , which sailed for L'arls ou
July 24,1SSO , , took with them six pigeons. | Of
those four were released the first day out at
sea f or nn ordinary ocean fly. The other two ,
Dude nnd Ariel , were sot free the second day ,
TOO miles from homo , in an attempt
to break the ocean record of the world.
Ariel Hew almost to Now York and dropped
exhausted ou the deck of an incoming
steamer. Of Dude no tidings ever c.imo and
ho wns given up for lost till yesterday , when
Ills owner found the familiar feathered form ,
almost worn out with his fifteen mouths' '
journeying , once moro In his loft on his old-
tlmo perch. A partly deciphered niessugo
from tlio Scipp's league expedition still clung
to his leg , its oilskin wrapper tattered from
constant exposure.
It is supposed that the returned wanderer
has been Hying about constantly In various
parts of the world In his endeavors to roach
home , and ho is credited with thu longest
flight ou record.
UUHSEtt TIIKntOXG JUDGE.-
A Real Euullfih Ijord Committed to
tlio Work 11 on HC.
LONDON , Oct. 10. [ Special Cablegram to
Tin : BEK. ] Lord Cohlr was arrested yester
day at Croydon , In Surrey , on complaint of
one of his neighbors whom ho had threatened
with bodily harm , Ho was locked up In a
cell in the nolico station over night mid was
arraigned in court this morning. When his
case was called ho took a place at the table )
devoted to the use of solicitors and sworn
freely at the magistrate nnd otherwise acted
in a disorderly manner , The magistrate com
mitted him to the workhouse. It is bellcvcJ
that ho is insane.
Lndy V.'ilton Sold Again.
LI-.XIXOTOX , Ky. , Oct. 10. [ Special Tclo-
gram to Tim UiiJ : : The two-year-old ally
Lady Wilton (2'J5) ( has been sold again ,
Ilrnsflcld & Co. having turned her over to
Marcus Daly of Anaconda , Mont. , for the
reported price of over § 10,000 : She is by
\Vilton , dam by Kentucky I'rinco Jr.
Karen KllciilMiroii ! ; ) ! lcn ) l.
LONDON , Oct. 10. | Spcvial Cablegram to
Tin : Ur.B.J Tlio death is announced of
Charles Kdmuml Towry Law , third baron of
Ellunborougu. Ho was born In 18'iO. '
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