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THE OMAHA , DAILY J K , ; SATURDAY , JANUARY ; 10 , 1892. THE DAILY BEE K. ItOHRWATHH , Kmton. PUllLIH11BD BVEiT5r"MoilNINO. OK Htnistmti'Tiox. Dill If Hen ( without Sunday ) Ono Ycur , . . $ ( X ) Hnllr nml Humliijr , One Yunr. . . . in 00 Six Month * . . . fi 00 ThreoMonths . 2 CO btludiiy UPC , Onn Vrar. . 200 RHtimln y Her. Ono Yo&r. . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 \VccUlyllee.OnoYcj\r. . 100 Omnha.Tlio llco IlillldlllR. PoiuhOfmilin. cnrnor N unit ! < ltli Streets. Council lllnfT . 121'nnrl Htrcot. tlhlcneoonicf , ! l 7 I 1mm brr of Commerce. Nnw Vork.ltoonul i , 14 nnd l.vrrlliuno Hulldln ? Washington , fil'l Fourteenth Htroot , COKUESI'ONDtfNOK. All communications rcliitlna to now * and editorial mutter should bo addressed tc tlio Kdltorlul Dcpirltnetit , MVCTBK& All btulno" letter * nml romlu-incpi should 1 o addressed to Tlio Hue 1'iibIlshln.J Company. Ornnha. Unifls. chocks und pnstoflleo ordow to bo innila piyublo to tlio order of tlio com- nnny. Tlic Bee Publishing Compy , Proprietors TIl 1IHB BUIM'ING. _ feWOIlN STATEMENT Ol" OIHOUt < ATION. fctatoof > obritsl < : i i. . County of Douulas. ( " Oco. II. TVv'liiu'K , secretary of The HUE I'ubllahltur ( oinpany. docs solemnly sweiir Unit tlio nctmil olronliitlon of TIIK luit.v ta for tlio wool : undliiR Juntmry 0. 18i , was us follows : . Pumlny , Jnn.i : . -J Monday. .Inn. 4 . . . . " ' - . ' % Tueidny , .Inn. 5 . .iM Wedt.c ( lny..Inn (1 ( . Sl,2 < W Tntirsdiiy. Jit n. 7. . - ' ' 8 Trlday , Jim. 8 . Aau buturdny , .liiti.O . "J-05 AVOr'- ' o . . . . . ' * ! ! . O75 OEO. It. TXSOHUOK. Sworn to I ofore mo nnd subiorllicd In my urrienio thlsl'th ' day of January. A. I ) . 18KJ. BrAl. N. I' . ' ' " . Notary Public. The prowtb of tlic avcrnco daily elrculat on of TIIK HKK fur six yours Is Miowri In Uio fol- Jowlnc tablet HST In Gnr/a is dylnp out , bo- ciiuso Gatv.ii'fl cash is running out. It' THI : Union Piu-illo has parted with the South Park branch in Colorado it 1ms relieved itself of u wliilo oleplmnt. The South Park Was a bad investment from the beginning1. for position in the presidential contest will prevent this congress fiom perfecting much wise iind needed legislation. Very little good comes out of oven-numbered rongi'obsos. MR. BRYAN nnd his organ are very much ngitatod over the action of the former in playing the buffoon before the members of the lower house when op portunity wns accorded him by the grace of Mr. Springer to make n speech noon the subject of Russian rolief. TnK real estate convention to bo hold in Omuha February 11 should bo largely attended by owners and agents through out Nebraska. The idea of the Real Estate Ownota association is to confer concerning real estate matters and or ganize a mutual working force of prop erty owners for the common good. to lion. William A. Springer's exuberance nt the .facksonian banquet in Now York , Congressman Hatch of Missouri offers $100 for a pad lock which can keep his Illinois con- froro's mouth sealed hereafter. Mr. Hatch roali/.cs that a demagogue is very likely to get his jaw entangled with his foot when he talks too freely , and injure his party friends. LIVINGSTON , the farmers alliance member from Georgia , took occasion to omit the regulation calamity wail of "more distress in the land than over before fore WHS Itnovyn" in discussing the Hol- tnivn resolutions. Livingston has said this so often on the Georgia stump that ho actually believes it , in spite of figures and facts showing a rapid return f cuUjpiwl prosperity. A OISKAT stroke for harmony was that ; of naming Van Wyck and Burrows as delegates at largo to the alliance na tional convention. It is quite in keep ing with the Nomahiv county plan where by Church Howe and Tom Majors are kept from openly clawing out Ufa o.yes of each other by electing one to the state senate and the other to the house oaoli year , alternating them between the two. OISJKOTOR Jon HOLMAX' found when the daylight of discussion had been turned upon his retrenchment resolu tions that his bucket of economy had slopped over : Even the darkened In tellects of a democratic majority wore umdo to see Unit a policy of parsimony would paralyze the proper administra tion of public affairs ! The resolutions ilnally carried but with mental rosorv a tlons. A MONUMKNT to Roscoe Conkling in Now York would bo valuable for twodls- tlnot purposes. First , to commemorate the public achievements of ono of Now York's most gltted sons , and , second , to rotnlud the republicans that once they had a loader who could carry ono out of every two elections and who could represent - resent the great Interests of the state with ability and distinction on the lloor of the sonato. Now York has not boon strong in congress since Colliding disap peared from public life. AJir.iUGA as the ilrsl cousin of Great Britain sympathizes deeply with lior people in their grlat over the sudden fatal termination of the brief lllnosa of Albert Victor. All England revered him us only loyal subjects can royoro an heir to the throno. Not the least part , pf our sympathy goes out to his betrothed - trothod wlfo whoso dlttross la doubtless increased by the remembrance that the foolish traditions of the court of St. Jnmos , to whioh the queen is greatly at tached , hnvo keep the royal lovers apart for the past live years , the queen hoping In vain to pi o vent the matchupon which the young people had eot tliolr hearts. To the woman the separation from the man she loved is a greater grlof thun to ( nil in the hope of bolng either a queen or tv qUcon dowagor. Mary of Teck's 'misfortune will touch the hourts of her jgx wherever her story Is told. A HA MWSIXU I't , \'KL. \ . t A'/ ) . The Indications multiply that Mr. Cleveland la Btoadlly growing weaker as n presidential candidate. A Now York Journal that is absolutely Indo- pondcnt us to politics nays that nil slgni Indicate that Mr. Cleveland cannot como IIB nuiir to carrying thatstatd next year as ho did four years ago , nnd SUIT- gusts that the national convention will not bo likely to nominate n candidate for president who cannot carry Now York. It is perfectly plain that the II1H force * arc In complete command in the Empire state and will bo nblo to control the delegation to the national convention. It does not follow that they will Inslit upon making Hill the candidate of the p.irty , but they will bo nblo to demonstrate to the convention that Cleveland cannot carry Now York , nnd that if Hill is not taken somes man must bo found who will bo acceptable to him and his followors. The democracy cannot wir. in the next presidential elec tion without NewYotk , nnd the gloat majority of the party in that state are loyal to the IIIH-Tnmmar.y combine. Thin alone could hardly fall to bo fatal to the chances of Mr. Clnvnland. But whnthor because of this situation or for other reasons the ox-prosldont Is bolng deserted by former steadfast friends. Recently ox-Senator Wallace of Pennsylvania announced that ho is not in favor of Mr. Cleveland for the democratic nomination for the presi dency. Mr. Wallace has not of Into boon active in politics , but ho is ntlll recog nized as the leader of an aggressive nnd important faction of the Pennsylvania , democracy and his position will have great inlluonco in the state. It would not bo safe to assume that Mr. Cleveland will hnvo a majority of the Pennsylvania delegation in the national convention. The statement Is published that Mr. Mills thinks some other man than Mr. Cleveland must bo inudo the standard bearer of the party , and favors a western candidate. Congressman Whiting of Michigan is among the former staunch friends of the ox-president who is re ported to have dcsorlod his cause. Sena tor Voorhcos of Indiana t > lid in a late interview that the nominee of the next domocr.itlc national convention ought to live In the Mississippi valley , and ho thought ho would. Of course these men represent only n part of the democratic parly , and Mr. Cleveland unquestionably still luw many earnest and itilluential adherents. But the public expressions of such men show the drift of sentiment within the party , and under existing conditions the senti ment is likely to make rapid progress. As democrats are made to understand that there is no hope that Mr. Cleveland could carry Now York , and that with out that state the party cannot win the next presidential election , they will abandon the ox-president all save those whose admiration for the man is so ardent that they cannot or will not see wherein ho is weak , and who would nrofor defeat with him to success under another leader. This element may bo something of a force in the national convention , but it is the practical poli- ticiiuib who will control there , and it now seems probable that those will favor the selection of a now leader. It is possible that Mr. Cleveland , discern ing \ho inevitable , jnay make this a comparatively easy ttibk by declining to bo a candidate. AS TO TUK MAVOWS APl'OIXTMKNTS. The changes made by Mayor Bemis in the law department and the appoint ment of a now city engineer and city physician are severely criticised by the Woild-llcruhl as an infraction of muni cipal civil sprvico loform. Prom a paper that sought to perpetuate the boodle gang that wns overthrown at the recent , election nnd buried under a land slide , this hypocritical wail for reform comes with decidedly bad grnco. George P. Bemis was elected mayor of Omaha by the Hat of exasperated tax payers , who wanted a clean swoop in all the city olllcos. It is not charged that the men appointed by Mayor Bemis nro loss competent than the men ho has ousted , nor is there oven an intimation that any ono of them is tainted with boodloium. Mr. Council is certainly just nscomp6- tent to till the ofllco of city attorney us his predecessor , Andrew J , Ponpleton. Ho is a younger man and inoro vigorous , besides having n more extensive famil iarity with all the details of the city charter and ordinances. Mr. Popploton staked his fortunes as city attorney upon the election of Henry Osthoff , whom ho extolled as the man of all others emi nently qualified for the position of mayor. Mr. Popploton ana his reform champion could scarcely expect the mayor to rcappoint a man who wont out of his way to extol the gang that had caused n popular uprising , oven if hU name is A. J. Popploton. But the latti lamented is distressed particularly over the retirement of Shoemaker - maker who is represented as ono of the most olllciont and painstaking officials Omaha over had. From Popploton to Shoemaker is like the descent from the sublime to the ridiculous. Ifblustor _ and gall constitute the chief elements of oHloloncy in u city attorney Mr. Bemis has committed n very grave blunder in ousting ShoomaKor. Wo have no disposition to say an unKind - Kind word about Mr. Tillson and wo do not believe ho will thank his foot friends for the onslaught they have made about the change of elty engineer. Suffice It to say that Mayor Bemis very reluctant ly reached the conclusion that a change was absolutely nocossnry nnd this con clusion was forced upon him by written protests from n very largo number of loading taxpayers. The fact that An drew Hosowator Is a. brother of the edi tor of Tuu Biu : should not Mr him from a professional appointment that he has not sought , but for which oven Mr. Till son admits ho la bettor lilted than any man west of Chicago. The summary change in the health department is chiefly duo , to the conduct of Dr. Gapon. Mayor Bemis desires to curtail city taxes by cutting down the list of city tnx-oators and reducing the pay of employes to the level of salaries paid by business houses and corpora tions. Dr. Gapon has boon constantly scheming to expand the city pay roll. Ho is u sort of Pooh Bah. Ho claims that he is entitled to two salaries $2,400 u year as city physician und 92,000 n year ns commissioner of hpnltiatid ) ho has actually throtUonoil to enrry Ills claim for the extra $2,104 to Ihosup-omo court if not continued in ofllco. Mayor Bemis very properly concluded that Or. Gapon was not the kind of n man that would help him In his effort to bring about retrenchment in municipal government Wo hardly bollovo that any tnxp.iyoi1 will nnd fault with the , mayor for mak ing clmhges in the interest of economy nnd greater oflloloiicy in the city gov ern mo ht. MAXt.l. It looks ns If most of the tlmo of the coinmittocH of the house of representa tives would bo occupied at this session in making Investigations. Altogether about twenty have thus far boon or dered , and the session is hardly yet fairly under way. Several of the pro posed investigations rolnto to tlio opera tion of the lovenue laws. Ono resolu tion requires the committee on inter state and foreign commerce , of which Mr. Mills is the chairman , to Invpstignlo the effect of those laws on the foreign commerce of the country , a duty that ought to bo entirely congenial to the Texas congressman. Then there nro other resolutions directing the commit tee on manufactures to investigate the offoctof the tariff on manufacturing in the United States , requiring the com mittee on agriculture to ascertain the effect of the tariff on the farming in dustry , and instructing the committee on labor to find out how the workingman - man is affected by the tariff. In addition to these specific inquiries regarding the operation of the tovonuo laws , it is the intention of Mr. Springer that the WUJB and moans committee shall also go into the matter in u general way. Thus llvo different commlttooH , as thus far ordered , will devote attention to the workings of the tariff , and if the tasks assigned to them are carefully and thoroughly performed the result ought to bo a great deal of instructive and valuable Information. But the chances are that the Investigations will not bo bo conducted as to render the results en tirely satisfactory and trustworthy. The object sought in ordering them is not to increase the accurate knowledge of the coifhtry regarding the effect of the tariff upon various interests , but po litical capital , and'in order to servo this purpose the several committees will bo very likely to narrow the scope of their inquiries , as far as possible , to lines that will load tovhut the Jjnrty leaders desire for campaign use. This is by no means Impracticable or very difficult as si mi liar investigations in the past have shown. It is indeed prob'iblo that there can novo > - bo had nn honest nnd thorough investigation in.thq directions now proposed until ono shall bo proo- cutod by a nonparllsah commission composed of inon who would have no po litical or other interest in concealing or distorting facts. However , there will bo no objection to the proposed invcstitrations , and whether hoilostly conducted or not cp- publlcans need not bovdisturbod-.b any apprehension regarding the results. The vindication of republican policy is in the general prosperity pf thq country , in which nil interests participate. TIIISKI : is altogether too 'much delay in the proposed consolidation of city offices and revision of the salary-list. These changes cannot nc'offectcd by the mayor alone. They must bo made by ordinance. If the council really desires retrenchment jmd rctorm it should promptly take stops to formulate and pass the ordinancos. There is always more routine business nt regular meetings - ings than the council can properly at tend to. It seems to us that the only thing to do in the promises Is to convene special meetings to consider , discuss nnd decide upon the proposed changes. This should bo done without further delay because the mayor will hold back ap pointments to places that are to bo va cated or positions that nro to bo made subordinate with reduced salaries. WINTER is rapidly slipping away and yet the various business organizations , and especially the Board of Trade , are doling , if not Indeed sound asleop. A hypodermic injection of now blood into the veins of the Board of Trade would greatly invigorate that debilitated in stitution. Perhaps , if the scheme to sell the board's property and reorganize were carried through more oiiortry would bo displayed in the future. Mean time , n great deal of valuable time is being lost. _ _ S. BRISUIN'S death will bo greatly regretted by western people generally. Ever since the war General Brisbin has boon in the west , most of the time on the frontier , nnd ho has been a consistent friend of this sec tion. His military record is h proud ono and ns a newspaper contributor nnd author ho has also made his uamo known. Ho will bo missed f rom among the army officers of the west. SOUTH OMAHA is holding her own thus far ns a hog packing center with 890,000 porkers tp her credit since No vember 1 , tv gain of 52,000 over hist year. TUB two republican members of the Board of County Commissioners are loft by the democrats with little to do but kick and ilniw Iholr ( wlarloa. How would it dq/iu' them to spend tho'r ' lols- urn Inqtilrltlfriiinlo the method * of the dlsponsatlcjW f public charity. Tunolinfftwilonk In the county treas ury is a d/in'fiprous / ' ono nnd should bo carefully t.uipd \ up to prevent waste. BOYCOTT WO a street car line by walk ing along its tynck is u now plan of cam paign orlglimlito Hast Omaha. COUTH promises to turn on the heat in the city hall this week. This ought tbtnnw him out. ( DK. GUAIIKKGAPHN onjoysn law suit. ilo Is n lawyer hlmsdlf. No I'lifto In Thrlr * . The Nebraska alltanco will probably do- clluoto "Tuso't with the democrat j. It thinks it has votes onoug-u of Its own to boat the re publicans , and it It hiu the democrats will bo better untlsllod without fuilou thnn with It. Nolxc , More Work. C7ifc < iyo > i\Vltv. Let the democratic house of representa tives practice wise economy by nil moans. The people elected It for that purpose. Uut pooil whto needs no bush. Neither does honest loglalntloii require In advance a fanfare - faro of resounding resolutions. DrmocnUlr Incoiinlslcncy. Seattle n f. "The principles ot .lelTorson and .lackson" nro cbecroi nt tno snmo banquet , which 19 nbout ns Ignorant , a proceeding as it would bo to cheer for the principles of Jeff Davis und Lincoln nt a republican Jubilee. Juokson and JolTorson had but ono point of contact , the tariff ; both were protectionists. A N'litlcnml Trump , Mclitwn Utobc. John 1' . tit. .lotvn , tlio representative of the Truly Good in Kansns , has bocorao a com mon loafer. Ho Is now lecturing in Texas , , nnd passing the hat. Mr ? St. John has done so little nctual work in so many years that ho has become loft-haudot ) . It Is a very unusual in un who docs not become a loafer nnd whlncr after bo has spent n long lime at the public crib. A Hint to the Court. St. Pitul t'ltmcer-l'ieff. Chief Justice Puller is said to contemplate the punishment for contempt of the three newspaper correspondents who surrepti tiously obtained and published in advance the HndhiRt of the supreme court in the Bovd-Thnjer contested election. The court would do better to Iind the leak through which the information escaped and effectually - ually plug it up Correspondents merely fulfill their mission when they collar the ' news whorevyi'rtjjoy | can Und It. ( 'uijtryline ) tlin I'urlst * . fc.Cj'itoiTimes. ' ( . George \VIUlajn Qurtis , Carl Schurz and Editor Godklrf'ot the Now York Evonl.ig Post nro dlscus lnp the need for a no\v party in Ih'o iirostdpnal election of lyiV When Unsriol shall iblflw bis horn ana the dread ceremony of imarsbahng the sheep on the right handarid , the goats on' the loll shall bo i'tyKUn. It Is 6tpf bo 'expected , thatvr.Uodltln , cnurz and Curtis will h'and ui tq > , iW great white throne adtKtiilicd proclamation of their inability to afnilato with' either party. * Just ltd riclil'A ] ) < > nlul. FromanlMcielemtn ira /ifu0fnii. "Jt Is a faUnbood , sir ! " exclaimed As- 'SoolatoiJusticoi'i'leld ' > of the United * vStajos. , 'sli romb court , tof6rrjhif to the clfiirijos of K Senator PonorHnao o before thq * Montana Irrigation convention. "I oantt conceive what the senator i means uyaittenug such an untruth. It is made from a tissue of false hoods , nothing nioro. Wliat ! I Ipbljy to ask ' 'that certain.man be appointed to the bench ! "Thoonly instance when I havospokon of a particular man for Judge was recently when Senator Honr , chairman of the judiciary cominitteo , camor to mo nnrt asl&d what I know about Judge Boattio ofIda'tu ) . f tola him that bo had been conducting-court in Han Francisco and so successfully that some lawyers had spoken In favor of bis nomination to the bunch , that is all. Occa sionally I am nsUo'l what I think of such and such a man for judijo. I reply , as I would reply to you were you to ask me , 'I think him a good man' or 'an unlit man.1 I recall that I was asked wliat I thought of Morrow of California for circuit judge , replied that ho would make n'vgood ono , " and the justice , who had grown calm , became once moro indignant , "but the chargd of Senator Power is a falsehood , ttna I shall so write him at onco. " ornnii KANUS rir.iy ounti. General Lesczinsici , formerly the head of the Gorman general staff , has published an article on the military situation in Germany. Ho puts the German army at the head of the military foicos of Hurono , owing to its uni formity of training , to the personal character of tlio ouloors , ami the facilities for filling their places after losses In war afforded by the existence of a hlghlv educated middle class , auch as nb other country possesses. The importance of this last consideration maybe bo estimated from the fact that in the Franco- Gorman war of 1870 , which only lasted nine months , the Germans lost over 0,000 officers , Which. Count viM Moltke m his history of the war pronounced Irremediable. It was doubtless - loss irremediable as logardodntho Immediate supply of ofllcors as good as these who had fallen ; but the hlsh order of Instruction which all classes of Germans receive , nnd the military spirit with whfch the whole population is now imbued , would uniUo such a loss far less serious In Germany than in any other European country. General Losczlnslu rldlculos < the fears excited by the much talkod-plo ' concentration of Uusslan troops on the German frontier. Ho says this cojjpeptratlou is a source of danger to ItusslaJratUor than to Germany. Those troops coaja'nol take the Hold without calling up the re'sorv'ea , and the dimoulty of transporting tlj reserves to thosu distant points would bpjjory creat , and they would have to pass ovotfilong lines of railroad , which would groatlyilJtempt und bo very ac cessible to the Gorman cavalry. As to the Frittctl army , he uokuowl- IU jirojont oxcollonoo In strength nnd ncuiimpjit and discipline , but si\y the ( Jortrinh Wganlration U moro solid and ha counU on a revolution In ParU nftor anr rnvorso In the field. Ho euloffUoi the Aus- trlnn army nnd that of ftusiln , but , curiously enough , speaks slightingly of that of Italy , the nmln IHO of which , ho intimates , xvould be the detention of n largo French force from the scat of wnr on the Uhlno nnd on tno Polish frontier , whore the real contest would bo fought out. This , coming from such n source , Is cold comfort for tlvj Italians , who have made so many sacrifices for the triple alliance. But nothing but n victory over n European force will over give the Italians n good military reputation after Lusa nnd Ctistozzix. Both battles , ono on sea and ono on land , were lost through b.id generalship. The defeat at Custozza where the Italians took the Hold alone against nu Austrian force for the ilrst tfmo after Novara , was particularly provoking for the behavior of troop9-was excellent. But they had to debouch from the hills on n plain m the proftouco of the enemy who swept away the heads of the columns with bis splendid cavalry as fast as they showed themselves , and the battle was lost before moro than half the Italian force could get lute action. * The gathering of the foreign Hoots In the harbor of Tangier means that the powers am watching each other lost ono obtain a greater advantage thin the other in the event of the overturn of the sultnn. Just bow serious the rebellion Is no ono scums to know , nnd It may bo nolblng moro than a repetition of the not uncommon revolts of the Berber tribes , who have before now almost reached Tangier In their Incursions from the mountains. But it Is snld to bo n real revolution under the leadership of a brother of the sultnn , who Wants the throne himself ; nnd if It is to load to any dismemberment of the kingdom , Franco , Spain and England , if uo others , seem determined to participate in the divis ion. England does not want Spain or Franco to gobble the Mediterranean cost nf Morocco anji fortify tbo Moorish sicio of Gibraltar straits , as Couta ts already furtltiod. If any other European powercoulddothlsGlbraltar itnelf would be largely neutralized. Franco Is jealous of England and Spain both , nnd anxious to extend her holdings westward from Algiers , to say nothing of her designs upon 'fount in tuo interior. Ono factor which may bavo an important boarlug apon tno future ol Morocco is tno lanaucai iuu- hammodanism of the Moors and Arabs , which \\ould load thorn to sink all internal strife to join itgalnst a foreign invader. This is what happened when in IsOO Spain Invaded Mo rocco , and Marshall O'Donnoll xvas driven out of all but a small section of the territory ho thought bo bad conquered. * The French assumption of a protectorate over Madagascar , the partition of Africa among the European powers , and the im pending establishment of French , German and Italian ports of naval output and repair along both coasts of the dark continent , have made England's ' control even of the roundabout route by tbo Capo ol Good Hope precarious and rendered a firm grasp of the Suez waterway more vitally important to bur than over. It has also como to bo distinctly recognized that the proposed neutralization of ttio cartal would in war time provo imprac ticable , and also that to safeguard it against oVstructio'n "would only bo possible for a power .already dominant in the country through which it runs. In a word , whatever may bo thn nominal obligations of treaties or the inconvenient promises of deceased diplo matists , England , when she has to flgbt for the existence of her Indian emplro , must at jill ha'zards keep the Suez canal at her dis- Jposai , " and to tliat end must cling to the in dispensable prerequisite of f reo access to India , viz. , her existing ascendancy in Egypt. That ts. nt nil events , the Tory view of the dangers nnd duties incident to the Egyptian situation , and , although it is not Mr. Glad stone's there is reason to believe that it li .shared by Lord Uosobory , who is likely to be 'the next liberal secretary for foreign allalrs. * . It appears certain that thn English will not voluntarily abandon the hold they have ac quired .upon the government of Egypt , .Nothing short of a successful war can force them tc let go , and throughout the course of such n war.they would retain tne ndvantago that tboif hold upon Exypt gives them for the control of tbo canal. Tbo French lot slip their opportunity ten years ago , when they declined the English proposal for a joint In tervention , and left England to intervene alone and to leap for herself the fruits of the Intervention. That mistake seems now to bo irredeemable. It could bo red coined through peaceful negotiations only If Franco could in duce the otnor poxvors to Join her in putting upon Great Britain n pressure that Great Biitain could not withstand. Certainly the present attitude toward Franco of tbo other powers does not make such a project in tbo least promising. ' Illinois Kri Ciuoiao , III. , Jan : 15. Tbo republican state central committee last night called the republican itato convention to moot at Spring field on the 4th of May noxt. It also decided thcro would bo 1235 delegates In tbo conven tion. The mooting today was a very enthu siastic ono. A number of speeches were made by republicans from all over the state. While no resolution respecting presidential nominee * were adopted there was a strong current favorable to Shelby M. Cullom as the choice of the Illinois delegation. It was also the sentiment that if ho would not accept the nomination there was no doubt that Blalne could have it. President Harrison's admin istration WES generally commended nnd a number of ( ho members favored his ronoml- nation in case there was no shovrfor Culloiri. * * * .i.v orxjo.ii , iuumoy. Smith A fJnij/1 * .lfim/i/v. ( / / Slio was very fair. And I watched her there From my pluco in tlip opposite sent , And thought with usmilo , As I K n zed the while , Her beauty quite complete. Till bofoio my o.yos , To my HtirprUe , Wai wbnt do you suppose ? No moii < nor loss , I must confi'ss , Thun a 111010 ou the end of hur nose. lint the cur didn't itlliln , And she swayed onoslJo Asvo IJOUIICIMI iilum ; o'or the mil ; And , upon my soul ! I fount ! that inolo \Vii3only the dot nn her veil. D ai 41 u ) JRjfeprt of. Gen : Hurst , r M M Ohio * * , xFood , , Commissioner * , shows ROYAL the purest Baking Powder. t : Bvery other Baking Powder . % * tested contained impurities i , . ' " ' "from 10.18 per .cent , to 86.23 per cent , of their entire weight. All PIFASP1) ) WITH lllilj I LL/JVJ1JI7 ullll Republican Lenders Think Great Qootl Will Oorao from the Grout Council. HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE. Will On Into Iho Coming CainpalRii I'nltnl I'lrinly mill Dntorinlnril to'ln Sen- ntor ruddock Ucrlitrrn Illm clf Homo l'iindldnt < > < . The members of the republican itato con- trnl coinmlUoo departed for their respective homos yostonlay well plousca with the de liberations of the commlttoo on Thursday nlcht. "iWiovo the ludlcalloca nro favorable tea a very harmonious mnU vigorous campaign next summer , " said Mr. F. O. Simmons , odltorof'iho Soxviu-d Reporter , to n UKI : man. "I bollovo the factional ilzbts that have woakoiiod the republican party In the past nro' not golnfc to bo repeated aurlntr tt.o Impend- IUR campaign. The hatchoU nro burled now nnd lot them stay burlod. 1 sol no reason why the republican partv should not win n complete and decisive victory uoxt year In this stato.1 Mr. T. 0. Calahan ot Friend hni bcon n resident of Nebraska for over twenty yean , nnd Is thoroufihly conversant with the his tory of the republican party. Confidence In tinAdministration. . "Tho rending of the Clarition letter lust night. " said Mr. Calahnn , "wns nil right. There Is nothing In that , lotto that repub licans hnvo any cause to fcol nshnmod of. It would bo a mighty good card for the re publican party If wo could got that letter published in every democratic panor In the country. U oxnoses the schemes of the democratic early m trying to docelvo voters oil over the country , nnd shows that the re publican party Is willing to rest Us claims for supremacy upon the truth , nnd upon es tablished facts. ' "Tho fact ol Iho matter Is , the present ml- ministration has glvon such excellent satis faction that tbo democrats are becoming alarmnd at its popularity. The masses hnvo unbounded contidonco in this administration nnd here in Nebraska the republican party is uro to win In n three-cornered light. "There nro n few who think that Mr , Hosowntor referred to some matters last night which should not have been men- ttonod in a committee meeting , but I belluvo his straight , candid talk will do good. Wo oil know that Mr. Uosowator is In tbo habit of speaking right straight out what ho bo- , him best have least fault to Iind with him. " It isuowdcllnltoly settled that Mr. Mo- Pheoly of Mlndon is to bo n prominent cou- grossiouul aspirant in the h'ltth district. Speaking of the situation yesterday ho suiu : "I bollovo the mooting Just hold will do u great deal of good. It has brought the prominent party loaders closer together and has developed a unity of purpose throughout the state. Thcro was nothing said or done last night that will do any harm. The future Is all right if every man \vill do his duty. " Candidates' Claims. Tboro was a very interesting little caucus hold at the Millard yesterday morning at tended by about twenty loading republicans interested in grooming the aspirants for state ofllco nominations. The special order of business appeared to bo that ot decid ing upon the man to push forward for the nomination as state auditor. Mr. J. A. Clinoof Minden bad been mentioned nnd was almost ready to declare himself open for an engagement of that kind , but the friends of Mr. George . Bowerman , deputy state auditor , prevailed upon Mr. Cline to stay out of the race. Mr. Boworman is therefore entered In the sweepstakes class unless other complications arise that will make it necessary to hold him ( n the back ground. Mr. Peter Youncor of Geneva is coming to the front as un aspirant for tbo nomination for state treasurer. Uo Is a member of the central commlttoo and appears to have a great many friends. The senatorial light that will become a oart of the legislature show next winter nt Lincoln is already attracting tbo attention of the manipulators. Ono prominent member of the committee said : "It is going to bo Senator Paddock against tbo Hold. Tbo com binations aio already forming. There are already thronmon actively engaged in blaming paths through the -woods toward | the sena torial chair. " Paildnck Urcliuos Himself. The following letter Is of interest in this connection ; * "WASHINGTON , D. C.Jan. ! 9. ColonelJ. \ \ . Poarman , 29,20 South Ninotconth street , Omaha : Dear Colonel On ray arrival here today I Und yours of the 2d InsL I have novur indicated to anyone that I would not bo n candidate for re-election. I bavo , bow- ever , frankly and frequently said that my candidacy must rest with the ceoplo them selves. If they desire that I shall succeed myself , I shall gratefully obey such bohost. But 1 bavo also said , and I now say to you , that I will not go through another personal .struggle , such a.i I have been compelled to maUo three tlmoi in the past , in my own in terest as a candidate. ' Before my successor is elected I will present - sent the report of my stewardship , and if , from the record of services rendered , the peopto of our state shall cloct to continue mo In their icrrlcc , I ahnll gratefully , and with niy bol ability , rolurn to the iniue , nflur my present term oxplros. Faithfully your , "A. S. PADDOCK. " Miijor * Himlng Herd , "Tom Mnjors Is quietly nowlns Bros * scod nil over the snow , " said n wide nwako mom borof the commlttoo. "That1 * n pretty good way to sow Rrai aeod , you know. Next summer you will find Mr. MR jam making hay all along the rend that lends to the gubernatorial chair. The man who Imagines that Mr. Majors U not anxious to sec uro the nomination for governor ou tno republican ticket next sumi tor must bo sound asleep. " /HMM.V.V r H'fXH. Decision In Purl * of an Important I'olnl In liilrnmtluiml l.nw , ir < tturlaMfft ) IS91 bu Jamei ( Ionian llcnnrtt.l 1'Ani ? , Jan. 15. [ Now York Herald Cable Special to TIIK UUP. ] Au Important point In International law , In which tbo widow and tha children by the Ilrst tnarrlago of Harry S. Houian , Into general ngont of the Now York Llfo Insurance company , are concerned , has boon decided nftor n protracted suit by the Paris court of nppoals. The children by ho llrjt nurrlao cUmud that property ot their father , who dlod intestate , should be divided according to Now York law. In support of the claim they produced the opinion of F. Coudort of the Now York bar to the effect that Homans , having quitted California without the Intention or return ing , thereby revived his original citizenship nnd domicile In Now Vork. MM. Ilomnus' lawyers amucd thnt , the deceased was n citi zen of California at the tlmo ho man led In \-J Franco and still urosorvod his legal domicile - in that stato. The widow's claim was sup ported by the opinion of A. 15. Vnlolu , counsel of the United States consulate gen eral in Purls , who argued that homans could not Jose hi * California domicile until ho had acquired n now ono. Ho was legally dotnl cited in Paris by permission of the French government after the second imirrlago. Ac cording to the American law , the ostnta should DO distributed according to the laws of California. The court , nftor a long con sldoratlon , decided in favor of the widow , who was allowed cosU. Unless nu amicable settlement is made , this will oblige the Now York Llfo Insurance company to submit Its boolcs to Inspection In order to establish the assets of tbo ostato. < ) orn Million InvnUrd. iEM'iit * , 1'a , Jan. 15. The nsslgnoo today made an examination of the books ot Joseph II. Coates & Co. , the cotton Arm whfch failed yostorday. No dellnlto state rr.ont of the assets and liabilities has boon prepared , hut It is understood the amount Involved volvod is over $1,000,000. The ( Irm Is soiling ngont for over forty mills In tbo south , but It is said none of them will bo affected. FKr.cfioxs. Washington Star : "This Is nn Important turn In tlio situation , " said tlio girl as slio lloppud tlio grlddlo cakn ovur. Now York Ilerald : Mrs. liloks What was Dr. Tlilrdly's text this morning ? Dick HICKS Tlio love to root Id tlio source of all inonoy. Dralto's Mngiirtno : Lord Nobby ( to Nevada Nick ) Y' must 'avo llvo.l 'uro it | ? oo 1 wlillo. oh ? Nevada Nick See th-it inoniitliig thar ? Thut was u hole In tlio ground wlioii I oa no hero ! Clothlorand Turnlsher : Collector I loft a bill hero vcsturdny for homo shirts your hus- b nd cot. l > ld ho look It over ? Lady of tlio house No. he overlooked It , AntS AND YOUTH. AVio Yoih JIcmM. She throw lior t mis about my nook and klsicd 1110 o'er nnd o' , r , And still the situation wasn't perfect bliss to mo. Because my wlfo was standing Just outside tlio onon door And while I was fully thlrty-olght the liNsor was but threo. Wttslilnirton Star : "H Is the fact that my Income - como 1 so small. " t.ild ; tlio venn ; man when her father ejected him. "tint makes my outgo HO lar e. and > Iggrous , " Tldos In thi ) affairs of moti naturallv conic under the head of current o\ outs Now York Herald : "Somo women uro Just bundles of curiosity , " sild Smvtho. "No , tliero's my wife : she II wake up three tliiiea a night Just to llndout what tlmo It Is.1 wno is IT ? Clullilcr anil FitrnMcr. Who U It stands for fourteen hours Within u dry goods store. And cometh home nt night so tlrod faho bourco can one tlio door ? Who Is It entertains her friends Kach night In gorgeous style , And when tlio breakfast comes In late She greets you with a stnllo ? \V ho Is It wears the newest gown And puts youc wife to sh.imo. And makes you fool HO small at times You loug to change your name ? Your servant girl. Lowell Courier : There arc two places whore It requires an effort to keep one's balance on the Ice and ut the bunk. illnghamton Loadar : The bo K r Is gener ally mi opon-hdiidoJ fellow. Now YorK Herald : Assistant That young mini who w.tnU to enter journalism U out side. Editor Docs ho look as though ho wore any good ? Assistant Yes ; ho lot mo have $10 without a gronn. Browning , &Co. . . . . S. W. Cor. 11th and Douglas. They , go ; : " : Hand in hand-- Our great discount sale of winter underwear is going hand in hand with our January Overcoat Sale. We are get ting rid of lots of winter underwear and we have had an1 almost phenonvnal run on our overcoats We don't have to ask a man to buy , if he has or can borrow a little money , after he has once seen what We offer. The only trouble is as to size. If you can find your size you will take one , for the styles are all right. We will keep open till 10 o'clock Saturday night. owning , King & Co \ Southwest Corner 151)1 ) and Douglas Streets. . Open Saturday evenings till 1O , Other days till 03O ;