THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : &fcTURD\Y , APRIL 23 , 1892.
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illtorlal tnnttor should bo nddrossod tc the
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IIVBINKSS .
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IpndilrcK < .cd to The lire I'nliltshlnit Coinpanr.
Otnnlia. Drafts. chocUi and postoHlro ordorn
In ho made pnynblo to the order of the com-
pnny.
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i'libtlstilnz conipiny. dons snliitnnlv swnar
tlmt tin ) nulutil circulation of THE DAlbr IlKK
Tor thii week ending April 10 , 1M. , wus as fol-
lown :
Kiltnliiy. April 10
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Thursday , April 14 . S-'S
rrldny. April IS . i. | 2
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Pworn to hnforo mo and Niibscrlhod In my
lirotenue this 10th day of April , A. I ) . , I891. .
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Notary I'uhllo.
Clrctiliitlon Tor 'Miircli , 'JIitiO. :
ECONOMY is nccossury in the weigh
ing hrunoli of the alivto grAidopart \ \ -
inont.
IK IIY the organization of a froipht
buronu the discrlinlnntions npntnst
Omnha In railroad froipht rntos , can be
nbolishcd by all moans lot ono ho organ
ized.
Tim erratic genius of the cryptogram ,
Mr. Ignatius Donnelly , is trying now to
explain why ho thought wheat would ho
worth SI nor btishol and why ho urged
lo hold their wheat.
ATTEMPTS to load down the Nebraska
Control proposition with unrcasonahlo
restrictions should ho abandoned. The
people want the question of subsidy sub
mitted solely upon its merits.
ENTOIICINO Sunday -observance in
Sioux City upon all classes of business as
ft means of compelling the city govern
ment to reopen the saloons has not thus
far proved an unqualified success.
TUB Third district elects Loran Clark
nnd Atlee Hart as delegates to the na
tional republican convention and in
structs them for Harrison. In Nebraska ,
ns elsewhere throughout the union , it is
n Harrison year.
INDIANA gives her delegation to the
democratic national convention instruc
tions with a string tied to thorn. They
are to support Cleveland as long us ho
Booms likely to succeed , then to hob up
with Governor Gray.
county commissioners will prob
ably pass upon tlio Nebraska Central
proposition on Monday. They will have
hud it under consideration for four
weeks uy } lmt timo. In all conscience
this ought to bo sulltciont.
THE Wyoming cattlemen who are
under an escort of a detachment of
United Slates troops were never happipr
over a successful round-up than when
they reached the railroad and know that
danger of the revenge of the rustlers
was finally ovor.
THKKI : must ho no avoidable delay in
the matter of public worlc. Already
the city authorities have wasted time
and valuable timo. Wo should now bo
ready to enter upon extensive paving ,
Bower building and grading enterprises ,
but tlio contracts for the work are not
yet awarded.
Now a long pull , a strong pull
and a pull all together for mill-
Ing-in-lranslt rates , the abolition
of the bridge arbitrary on Iowa
shipments , the reduction of the Texas
differential on stock , and the Yanlcton
railroad. On those things hangs the
Immediate commercial prosperity of
Omaha.
TitnStato Board of Transportation
should BOO to It that the warehouse bill
is self supporting. A Ooliciency bill for
weighing and other services before ttio
legislature , would bo an unmixed evil ,
lor it would probably bring about the
repeal of the law. High priced onlciala
with nothing to do are a luxury which
the grain business of the state cannot
aak the legislature to pixy for.
THE Nebraska Union Veteran Hopnb'
licau club of Lincoln , forwarded to Con
gressman McKoiglmu as a mutter o
courtesy , a copy of resolutions protest
ing against voting $100,000 for the Grand
Army of the Republic encampment at
Washington. The distinguished demagogue -
goguo from the Second Nebraska dis
trict uses the communication as an excuse -
cusoor a letter written in a sneering i
not absolutely insulting tone which the
ox-soldiers of Nebraska ought to ro
member.
twice in tno history of thii
country lias a "third" party inovomonl
turned the scale in a presidential oloc
tlon. In 1814 James G. Birnoy , as tin
candidalo ol the liberals , took awa\
enough votes in Now York from Clay
the whig candidate , to give that state
nud the presidency to the democrats. Ir
18iB Van Duron , at the head of the fixx
Boilers , returned the compliment b.\ \
drawing away enough democrats to enable
able thu whig candidalo to pull througl
Kufoly. Third parties nro Just ns liable
to hurt ono old party as the other , because
cause ordinarily n third party forms
Inoro'.y n convenient currul for the die
tutlaflod of both the great parties and
when it is opened on election day they
( lo not etutnpodo either old party 01
carry oil any trophies on their owi
horns.
M Kit 1C AX DIPLOMACY.
In no reaped hna the Harrison ivdmln-
stralion boon moro successful than in
lie'management of International rolu-
Ions. The great contrast presented by
Is record In this particular to that of
ho preceding administration will road-
ly explain the efforts of its opponents
o depreciate the results of a diplomacy
hat has maintained thn honor nnd dig
nity of the nation , and will bo always
conspicuous in the history of the conn-
ry for its ability , firmness and patriot-
sin.
The most noteworthy attack yet made
upon this splendid record of the admin-
stration is contained in the Indiana
lomocratlo platform , which denounces
ho diplomacy of President Harrison
nnd Secretary Blaine in the Chilian and
Joring sen alTalrs as being "a weak and
demagogical foreign pulley , which has
exhibited the American people to the
world ns n bully toward the wjak and a
trncklor lo the powerful. " Nothing
short of the most rancorous partisanship
could prompt a body of American citi
zens to record such a judgment as this
upon a course that was necessary to tlio
defense of American rights outraged In
the persons of our sailors wearing the
uniform of the republic , and upon a pol-
cy which compelled iho British gov
ernment to recognize the fairness of our
loaition and concede the most important
) f our demands. When the Indiana
democrats framed this denunciation of
the diplomatic won : of tlio administra
tion they must have forgotten that many
nombors of their party In congress
loarlily approved the action of the pros-
dent regarding Chili , and that when
war with that country Boomed imminent
confederate veterans were eager to man-
fest their patriotism by offering their
services to the government , thus allost-
.Dg Ihoir approval of the course of the
idmlnistration. In the IJoring sea matter -
tor , also , the policy of the president was
vppruvod by democrats in both branches
of congress and de'mocratic senators
voted to ratify the arbitration treaty
mil the convention renewing the modus
vivondl. There are some democrats ,
therefore , whoso public record , bo it
said to their credit , is a standing rebuke
to the judgment of the bitter partisans
of Indiana upon the diplomacy of llio
administration.
The management of our international
relations during the past three years
has commanded the unqualified ap
proval of all intelligent , fair-minded
and patriotic citizens. No other admin
istration since the days of JotTorson and
iMndiBon has encountered so many dilll-
cult quobtions of foreign policy , arid it
has been justly said Ihat never , not even
during those administrations , have the
problems presented boon so triumph
antly solved as they have been by Harri
son and Blalno. Whore othots failed
they have succeeded. The dilliculty
.with Italy has boon settled and friendly
relations between the two countries
fully restored , without tlio slightest im
pairment of the dignity or the tradi
tional policy of this government. In
the trouble with Chili the stand taken
by the administration was lirm , buu no
government having regard for its rights
would under the circumstances have
boon moro patient and forbearing. Not
to have insisted in plain terms on full
redress for the unprovoked outrages of
which our sailors , wearing the national
uniform , had been the victims , would
have subjected us to the merited con
tempt of the world. In tlio Boring sea
controversy there has been no surrender
of any claim asuc'rled by tlio United
Stales , no concession which in Iho least
degree compromises or weakens the posi
tion of this government , and it was the
determined stand of the administration
that brought about a renewal of the
agreement for the protection of the im
portant seal industry until the question
of property rights Is decided by a court
of arbitration.
The democratic party could make no
greater mistake than to ansail the for
eign policy of the Harrison administra
tion , which has conducted every contro
versy with such firmness , wisdom and
dignity tlmt the honor of the Ameri
can name has been uphold and the
rights of its citizens protected , while
equal care has boon taken not to Irans-
gross the rights of others.
YlfB GH.IIX 1WSIXI1SS Ad.ilX.
As this newspaper has persistently
urged for a year past , Omaha can be
come the most important grain distrib
uting center west of Chicago and south
of Minneapolis. Situated as wo are in
the center of n most fortllo grain pro
ducing region , with ample railway facili
ties nnd the necessary capital to conduct
operations , nothing but our own indif
ference and railway discriminations can
prevent Omnha from t.tklng the place
she deserves as a grain market. While
the general business community has
boon negligent , fortunuloly for the city
there have been a few earnest members
of the Hoard of Trade and a number of
grain men sparing no effort to bring
this city into such rulalions with the
grain business us must inevitably result
in nmldiig Omaha a great grain centnr.
In Thursday' : * BKK wo referred to what
has already boon ( accomplished and
found cause for congratulations and
hope. As was stated there , the chief
obstruction now to bo removo'd is that
of discriminations in rates.
Since the article was written the an
nouncement has * boon made that the
Missouri i'aolflc will nuiko n mllling-in
Irausit rate upon a basis different Irom
that desired by our own pooplo. The
action IB significant nevertheless and
may give us sncouragomont to hone for
what is needed In lilts direction from
other truMBjKjrtutlon lines conlcrlng
hero. The Union Pacific now makes
the concession which wo dumand. The
Missouri Pacific meets nt half way. The
other lined cannot hold outmuuh longer.
Wo can afford ti : keep up the light for
our rights with u reasonable prospect of
early success.
When this concosdion Is made ship
pers from the interior will bo able to
forward grain to Omaha to pass through
elevators hero , to bo inspected und to be
weighed and offered for sale hero with
out running the risk of paying two local
ratos. The result will be that grain
men can operate in Omnha just as well
us in Chicago. Tills involves largo olo-
vatoro and a system of warehouse certifi
cates. Following thoau modi naturally
will come mills .and malt houses. In
short , when this concession Is secured ,
wo can begin in o.irncst lo build up a
grain market which eventually will
boar n similar relation to our general
commercial interests as Is now sustained
by the stock yards and packing houses
of South Omaha. This result is worth
working for.
THE report of the house committee on
foreign affairs , recommending a joint
commission on Iho part of Mexico and
of the United States for the purpose of
arranging n reciprocity agreement bo-
Iwcon the two countries , Is a tribute to
that policy from an unexpected source.
It Is proposed that the president shall
Invlto Iho government of Mexico to
designate throe commissioners , who
shall moot a Hko number representing
the United States , to negotiate a treaty
whereby greater reciprocity in the com-
morciiil relations between Mexico nnd
the United States shall bo established.
The report of the committee says tlmt
"if , instead of discriminating duties , un
restricted reciprocity prevailed botwonn
this country and Mexico , there can bo
no doubt that the exorcise of a llttlo on-
lorprlso on the part of our manufac
turers and producers of food would soon
give them absolute control of Mexican
markets. " It is not to bo doubted that
this view of the committee is correct ,
and at any rate the desirability of mak
ing nn olTort to enlarge our commercial
relations with thu neighboring republic
and to secure n larger shnro than wo
now have of the markets of that coun
try will hardly bo boriou ly disputed. It
it nonrly twenty years since a. reciproc
ity treaty was negotiated with Mexico
and failed owing to the opposition of a
democratic house of roprosonntlvcs , and
the loss during that period to American
manufacturers and producers has been a
Inrgo amount. The Mexican govern
ment has several times since manifested
a disposition to enter into another
treaty , and it is altogether probable Ihat
if an invitation to do so is extended by
this government it will bo accepted.
THE opposition in the senate to tlio
Chinese exclusion bill passed by the
lionso will probably defeat that oxtrcmo
measure and result in extending the
present law ton or llftcon years. Sena
tor Sherman urged that this bo done
and opposed the house bill as being
against the spirit of American civiliza
tion and contrary lo all th.it had been
recognized as the rights belonging to
every man of every race and clime. lie
also denounced it as a violation of the
treaty with China , and declared that
any nation which violated a treaty un
duly and without cause would bo re
garded as acting against the civilization
of tlio world. Several democratic sena
tors nro not in sympathy with the policy
involved iu the bill passed by the house
and will uclnoubtodly vote to continue
the present law , on the ground that the
moro radical measure clearly violates
our treaty obligations , is unnecessary ,
and woula doubtless have rcsulls that
the country would como to regret.
There arc important American interests
in China which ought not to bo loft en
tirely out of consideration , but aside
from ihis it is felt that the United States
cannot honorably take the course pre
scribed by tlio extreme measure of ex
clusion passed by the house of represent
atives. There is politics in this ques
tion , but republicans in both branches
of congress have not allowed tins fact to
blunt their sense of duty. It is very
probable that the house bill will fail in
the senate , and that a conference com-
nilttco of the two houses will settle upon
some less drastic measure.
A SPECIAL committee of the Now
York senate has investigated the Reading -
ing combine , and in a report says it is
constrained to declare that the combin
ation is contrary to public policy and in
jurious to public welfare , ns It undoubt
edly places in the hands of a corporate
combination the power of regulating or
advancing tlio price on ono of the chief
necessaries of lifo to any extent deemed
advisable. The consumer of coal , says
the roport. whether fordomestic or busi
ness purposes , is entirely at the mercy
of the corporation , inasmuch as the price
to bo paid for coal will entirely depend
upon the views entertained by tho'nu *
thoritics of the combination as to what
is or may bo for their best interests.
The committee did not recommend any
new legislation , expressing the belief
that the combination can bo reached by
existing law in cases it should become
necessary by reason of any action on the
part of the combination inimical to the
public inlurost. Authority was given
the commlttoo to bit during the recess of
the senate so as to bo ready to cause
proceedings to bo brought against the
combination if it should advance the
price of coal or do anything else to the
injury of the public , thus providing pro
tection for the pee nlo , not only of New
York , but of the country at largo. The
anthracite coal trust is encountering a
good deal of trouble at the beginning of
its career. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THAT the Australian system of bal
loting can bo applied satisfactorily to
primary elections wus clearly demon
strated Thursday. In the Fourth ward ,
where 400 votes were ca.it from noon un
til 7 p. in. , it worked smoothly , pre
vented repeating , und registered the
will ( if the voters. There are a few
amendments needed to the existing
rules adopted by the republican contra !
commlttoo , among which the chief is
Iho abolition of the caucus. However ,
oven without amendment the now sys
tem is a great improvement ever tbo
free-for-all primary with its raft of
bummers , repeaters , democrats nnd
others having no right to direct the
movements of the republican party. Wo
hope tlio next legislature will pass a
law governing primary elections iu
cities which shall b < ) in sympathy with
the present admirable general election
SKKATOK GOUMAN is not a candidate
for the presidency in the genso that ho
is booking the nomination , etc. The Hg
boss from Maryland ought to bo ashamed
of a statement bearing so much flavor of
thn chestnut. Senator Gorman has his
lightning rod up and charged with the
electricity of a strong ambition. Ho
has back of the charging uiaohino a
power for business upon which it is well
enough for all othofownors of lightning
rods to keep thcil weather oyos.
WE violate no c&nfldonco In saying
.hat largo cattle ranches nnd great
lords of flno Wyjrrjjng cattle can bo had
it very Httlo cost jtut about now.
\Vor o Tlinn the Itnyiil Unit.
Kt. Ptwlf riitirrr Prtn.
KMsor William Wita to his sorrow Ihat n
permanent boll In lilt roynl car la ns nothing
. omparod with tlio totiblo of keeping a
parliamentary majority that will see things
as ho doos.
Xcviir Will Ho MUol.
llncktf J/iiiiMlnfn Kelts.
The sottllnir.of the nortly opened Indian
ands transfers n't lcR t 20,000 voters Irom
ICnnsns and Nebraska to now homes. What
effect will this IO > A of votes have on the vote
lo bo cast next fall !
Another Itliitiln llnml Victory.
Cllut > c-Democrat.
Cotonol Whoaton. n Khodo Island man , has
been promoted lo iho vacant brigadier gen
eralship In the regular army In a conlost In
which ho had many cotu ( > etttors. Llttlo
Ithody has done so well by the republicans
Ihat nho deserves good. treatment at the
hands of the tuition.
Illinois All JtlRlit.
The only Ihliitf doubtful about Illinois in
the November election Is tno. extent of her
republican majority. Her recent municipal
contests , BO far ns there was any politics in
Lliom , indicate Ihat the republican margin
for president will "bo fully up to the average
figures of recent presidential yoarj.
Mnkr * It TJnunlmmii ,
I1itlailc1i > li\a \ I'icsi.
General Russell A. Alpor seems to bo
struggling manfully to keep up with the pro
cession , lie called upon 1'rosident Harrison
Monday to assura him that ho would bo ro-
nominated unanimously. The general would
appear to much batter udvantag'o It ho had
kept among the stragglers at the roar.
I'IIJ-M to Talk Tlmt Way.
C'/i / ( < MinttrOcean. [ .
The product of our silver mines last y"oar
amounted to riS.IWJ.UOU line ounce ; , and Its
coining value In silver dollars was $75. Itl CKi.
Had Iho Bland bill uson a law In 1SOI the
silver mine owners would tiavo made a prollt
of $17,78u'.li35. ' It Is not surprising , then , Ihat
Senators Wolcott and Stewart should speak
for free silver legislation. The only surprise
is thai ihoy were able to dune the majority of
Iho democratic parly.
. .SAMbllOTH. .
Washington Post : That nervy individual
who talks about Ulll nominating Cleveland
at Chicago has popped up again.
Globe-Democrat : What's the mailer with
William II. English ns n running innlo for
Cleveland I He is living yet , wo believe , und
he Is nn Indiana man , too.
Chicago Tribune- Election returns from
Louisiana mtllcato that General Jubal Early
and General G. T.riBoauregard will do well
to look about thcnMor another job.
St. Louis Kcnubllc , * James E. Campbell's
mascot seems to have deserted him for the
nonce or It would have pulled at his coat
tails when ho started to Hhodo Island.
Minneapolis Times : A republican club of
Denver writes tbo democratic sheriff of Hon-
nopln county for q'uartors during the na
tional convention , probably under the im
pression that ho keeps the loading hotel of
the city.
Washington Post : " lion J. Sloat Fassolt
has been making political predictions to tbo
Chicago reporters. t It appears that Mr.
Fassctl's horoscope jjias not entirely recov
ered from the sovuro sprain It received last
November. . lloi , . . n
St. Paul Pioneer Press : The Tammany
delegation to thn Chicago convention Is to bo
n thousand stronc. AU these people will bo
In town with the unUung and unbanlshod
unarcnlsts ana democratic heelers from way
back and near by. The time that Homo
howled will bo ns u Sabbath calm compared
with Chicago in these days.
A filXE .IXI > LOOK I'KK.IS.tTfl.
Columbus Post : It Is u lamentable ( act that
pr'.do often wears patent-leather hoots und
bogs Its tobaeco.
Hlnshamton Loader : Ono Is generally com
pelled to enjoy tlio song of tlio tenor without
catching tlio tenor of the song.
Ynlo Itccord : Professor What does " 1'lato's
Apology" uoolo.l/o for ?
Student ( at random ) \\ell er for being
written In Greek.
Hoston Transcript : A man need not ( latter
himself that ho Is working like a bo.ivor be
cause ho throws in u lot of unnecessary dams.
dllAUSIAXlCAU
Kcto Yorl : Herald.
"Could you decline mo ? " lie had asked ,
Ills manner most Impressive ;
"For mo sweet girl , 'twould bo a task
Togct past the uosbcsblvo ! "
"Sir. your declension , " said the maid ,
"Is reully most defective.
While yon were ii.iiislii ! ! I'm afraid
I'd get to the objective ! "
Life : fho ( carefully questioning ) Are you
ninnirlpd miiiiV
Ilo ( carefully answering ) I don't know. My
latestte egruin from Chicago bayb tlie jury Is
still out.
Judge : Mr. Stnnd.udoll Is It my daughter
yon want , or Is It her moiiey'/
Tobias llowons ( umatmir champion , hiindied
yards ) Mr. titiinditidoll , yon Mirprlno mo.
i'on know very well tnat I'm nn antutonr
Mr. Hlandnrdoll What's that got to do.wlth
Tobias Hownns A great deiil. sir. It debars
me from taking part In any event for money.
Now York Herald : "I'm not In II. " said the
penny , us It mUsud tlie collection box aim fell
on the lloor with n sharp , sickening rhr- .
New York Kecordor : Ho Mattlo , If 1 only
dared to ki syoul She Harry , wbutoveryou
nro , don't bo u coward.
Washington Star : All men do not got iholr
deserts. Some consider thomxolves lucky If
they got aa fur us u nocOnd cour.o.
Yarmouth Itoglstor : The man who makes a
door mat of himself fur people to wlpu their
tout upon will soon bo sururlso.l at the fre-
ijupnuy with which ho li iibod.
Harvard Lampoon : Hho With what wi > rn
yon particularly struck when yon lint wunt
on the stage ? llo Two brlcusund u euhlmgu
I'hllailelphla Ilounrd ; It Is really too bud
that the HiimoHprlng which hrlnsn thu creun
grass , beautiful 'IHItVors or balmy l > ree/cs
brings ulso tlio busy ball crank and the leu
man.
Louisville Courier-Journal : The longest
two words In WorijHrtur..Webster or the Cen
tury dictionaries ire said to bo paliitojiliui'ln-
Koolarytijoul und lruhsubstiintt.ilonallt > t.
Now Orleans I'lunyvne : Voters will continue
to come up to t\jiU \ > cr.ttch while there uru
names on ticket * linu need bcrutehlng.
Kate Field's Wash n ton : "I sou must of
your liulr Is gone , " sulil llrown to llurton ,
"Ves , " replied llurlon , "It's left for parts
unknown.
iinilni : Oazotto : Jaesuii nays lie used tn
think women wuro imslly moved before he hud
talked much wltl lrjymcn.
lllclinnl line.
I have taken tons of toiilo und a galleon of
gold , - '
I huvo bithod In tupd ! water , swallowed
powders liy Uio'bax ,
I have luken all the medicines tlmt mortal
tiiun could hold ,
And I've parted with a wondrous and a
monumental Jii1- ;
I've wound up for good und over such a sor-
punt us was seen
In llio ilayu of pturodactyU und of masto
dons und batn.
And 1'ru hanlbliuJ from my clinmburs ( where
for weary yuHrh tliey'u uuoni
Boinetlilir. moro than T.tKW.Oou larjo imported
created r.iti ;
Hut I cannot say I'm happy , for my house
rent's very filzli.
Anl I liuvo lou y It promptly ; If In doing so
I'll bo biuincuj without compunction ; In the
hupuy days gone by
I had never ui.y landlord uuvo the turn > V
of thu jail.
OTItKIt 7.4.V/.V TIM.V OVKS.
The revelations about the condition of that
portion of the Hrltlsh army which remains
nt homo after the regiments nave been
drained of thr t best men for foreign service ,
are ono more Indictment , and a very torlous
ono , of tlio system of voluntary enlistment
In our day. The accounts given by oftlclaU
ol the poor quality of the homo garrisons
simply mean tlut In order to fill Iho ranks
largo numbers of vvcody men have been en
listed. To iho question , why have weedy
nna to bo enlisted I The answer is that the
pay h too small In the present condition of
Iho labor market , and Iho soldiers' Irndo Is
lee much discredited by the memories of
what It used to bo In iho early part of the
century. Wellington's ; nrmy twas literally
cotnrfosed of thn drngj of the population , nnd
was kept In order by a savngo discipline In
which ferocious Hogging played n largo part.
This degraded the army horribly la
the popular eye , and made the
friends of a young man who on-
lUlod give un him as a social pirlah. Tha
life of iho soldier la Iho barracks , lee , was
wretched , and fully oxproised the view
taken of his deserts by bis superiors. SIuco
then bis condition has boon greatly Im
proved. Ho If , well lodged , nnd though
scantily , yet Is on the whole well fed. Very
elaborate care Is taken of his health , and hu
Is supplied with boolts and periodicals and
schools , which , for a man desirous of self-
Improvement , would make a term of enlist
ment a by no moans undesirable mode of bo-
eituiln ? life , if It were not for the traditions
which surround Ihe calling. "A common
soldier" sllll occupies Iho very lowest plnco
In English life. The uniform which glorl-
lies the ofllcor degrades the private , no mai
ler how many vlclorloj lie wins in all quar
ters of the globe. This tradition Is not likely
to bo broken up until conscription sweeps all
classes Into the ranks.
#
How much credit should bo given to ihu
latest war rumors from Ettropo Is n question
which can bo answered only by determining
whether or not Bulgaria has really resolved
on a declaration of independence. Wo shall
nrobably bo In n boiler position to judge of
that after the approaching conference be
tween Priuco Ferdinand and the Emperor
Franz Joseph. At present It can merely bo
said with conlldcnco that the detailed stories
sent Irom Vienna contain no intrinsic im
probability. That ihu Bulgarians have long
chafed under their anomalous situation Is
certain. They have neither the autonomy
that belongs to a free pcoplo nor the security
enjoyed by tbo vassals of a great power.
These bitter complaints against Turkey nro
plausible enough , but it must DO remembered
that the sultan has nominally very lllllo moro
authority In the Balkan peninsula than
the czar has , and actually not halt so
much. The congress of Berlin may have
given "peace with honor" to Great Britain ,
but it gave peace with dishonor to those
principalities which It pretended to deliver
from u foreign yolto yet loft without tbo
privilege of self-government. How much
truth there is in the charge tnat Russia Keeps
a band of hired spies , insurrectionists and
assassins to further her schemes of conquest
in the BalUaus cannot bo fully known. Such
accusations have boon repeatedly made ,
within recent months , backed up by what are
alleged to DO plain proofs. True or false ,
tboro can bo little doubt that they are an
grily oollovod in Sofia , and that damands for
redress nro troalod witu cynical Indifference
at St. Peters burc. The story that they are
about to be , if they have not already been ,
poured into more attentive eavs at Vienna
and Berlin is entirely credible.
f
* *
OThere Is no doubt about the Intensity or
tbo extent of distress among the working
classes of Spain and Portugal. The rate of
wages In many Industries , measured by
their purchasing power , is extremely low ,
and In no country is it moro dlfllcult to ret
a living. Tnis does not seem to result from
the competition wblcn has brought about
like results ia moro populous countries.
With very nearly the same area as France ,
Spain has loss than half the population.
This comparison , however , Is misleading ,
because so much larger a proportion of the
area of Spain Is itarablo and worthless ,
nut , tit all events , Spain cannot bo
called an overcrowded country , nor Is
the distress which is expressed iu the
socialist and anarchist movements the result
of industrial competition. It is noteworthy ,
too , that Russia , by far the "roomiest"
country in Europe , is by far the most mis
erable counlry In Europe. At each ex
tremity of the continent a sparse population
finds Itself in cxtromo discontent , to which
it gives vent by anarchist movements , carried
on with a persistency surpassing that which
they atlaln in couulries moro populous but
also moro modem. It scorns that the popular
discontent In thorn must bo nsoribou to in
dustrial or political backwardness.
#
* *
According to reports accepted nt Berlin as
trustworthy , more than 100,00' ) Russian In
fantry , besides a great force of artillery and
cavalry , are now massed on the borders of
Galicin and Poscn. The positions occupied
by these troopi arc said to bo such ns would
uo tauon for iho iwofold purpose of invading
Austrian territory and of arresting any ag
gressive movement on the part of Germany.
A largo Russian army has also been collected
during Iho last few months In the extreme
southern corner of Bessarabia , nnd * this
could speedily bo thrown Into Bulgaria , pro
vided the Roumanian government would con
sent to Its traversing the Dobrudscha. Now
it so Happens that tbo pro-Russian party i' ,
after a long period of eclipse , once more dom
inant at Bucharest , so that tbo present czar
has about as much 1'oason to rociton on Rou
manian co-operation as his father had In the
lust war with Turitoy. Should Bulgarian
complications bring war upon soutnoaslern
Europe , Russia would have , what aho did
not command fourteen years ago , iho sympa
thy of disinterested onlookers throughout the
world. She was victimized at the congress
of Berlin ; for every provision of the Berlin
treaty that was made against her has been
enforced , while i.lmost till the provisions in
her favor has boon violated with Impunity.
I'roli 1'roctor'n AVnliitvVoilN. .
LONDON , April I1. ! . A few friends wit
nessed tbo marriage yesterday at tbo Pres
byterian church In Regent square of the
wldoiv of Prof. Proctor , the distinguished
astronomer , to Dr. James Smith. Tbo bride
was formerly Miss Thompson of St. Joseph ,
Mo. This is her third marriage.
The turning
point la woman's
lifo brings jxxu-
llar weaknesses
and ailments. I ) ' .
l'iurcn'8 Fuvorito
P r o H c r 11 > t i o n
brings relief ami
euro. It is a
powerful , invigo
rating , restora
tive tonic anil
nervine. It imparts strength to the whole
uystom in general , and to the uterine organs
and npptmdftBoei in particular. " Hun-down , "
debilitated and delicate women need it. It's
a legitimate medicine purely vegetable , | > er-
fwlly harmless. It's fjuuranteed to glvo
satis ruction In every case , or money ro-
funded. Nothing eUo docs ns much. You
only | > ay for tbo ( ; oo l you got.
Can you nsl : more ?
As u regulator nud promoter of functional
action , at tuut critical pcricxl of change from
( jirlhood to womanhood , "Favorlto Pre
scription" is a jicrfoctly Eafo remedial agent ,
and can iirodueo only good results. It (3 (
equally clUcacioui ) and valuable iu iti effects
ivhcui token for thaw disorders mid deran o-
inmitM incident to that btcr anil inont criti
cal period , knowu as " The Chunga of Lifo. "
NEBRASKA'S ' G , A , R , OBJECTS
Washington Should Furnish the Funds for
the Aununl Encampment.
WILL DEFEAT THE ' APPROPRIATION
Nntlonnl Capital Ijltlxms Kxprclrd to Hn-
inoinlior tlio I'miuNr * hy Which Tliry
llio .MrrlltiK OiiiiRreMiunn
Virus uii rinuncn.
WASHISOTOX BUIIRAU or TIIR BBB , ]
513 FOUIITEKNTII STIIKKT , >
WASIUNOTOS , D. C. , April 83. J
Lincoln's Urana Army of the Republic
members are determined , evidently , to de
feat tbo appropriation out of the public
troaiury lo assist In the entertainment of
visitors to the annual encampment hero this
fall. The subcommittee of ttio house appro
priations commlttoo in charge of Iho district
appropriation fill hold a meeting this mornIng -
Ing In which iho senate amendments to the
bill were reviewed and' considered. The
comuiittoo decided lo report to the full com-
mltloo advising that all the amendments
with iho exception of some few which
merely concerned the wording be not con
curred iu. ,
Representative Bryan appeared before the
committee nnd presented petitions from clll-
zeus and Grand Army posts of Nebraska
protesting against any appropriation by iho
general government for tbo purpose of en
tertaining the Gr.ind Army In Washington.
Mr. Bryan asked permission for u committee
from Lincoln to appear before the committee
and speak on iho subject. A hearing on the
subject , will bo given at some future data
cither by the house appropriations committee -
too or by the committee on conference.
Hloux KuDurvittluu SrtlluiiiiMits ,
Many Inquiries are being made from Ne
braska and South Dakota as to what has become -
como of Senator Mundorson's ' bill relating
especially to solllcmonls- upon thu Sioux
Indian reservation in ihosa slates. Thn bill
Is now In Iho bands of Senator Pottlgrow ,
who Is the subcommittee of the committee of
Indian affairs having It in charge , and hu
says Iho bill Is being pushed forward as
rapidly as possible. A general bill covering
the subject Is to Uo reported , which will take
bomo time , so that It cannot bo hurried ] t < st
at this time. The bill in Its entirely Is as
follows :
Section 0 of an not , approved March 3 , 1SOI ,
entitled an act to icpuul timber culture laws
and for other purposes. Is amended to read as
follows : t-ectfonU. That section'J.3UI of the
10vised statutes bo amended HO as to read
as follows : Section S.aNothing : \ In this
chapter shall bo so construed as to prevent
any person who shall liereaftor avull himself
of thu buucllts ot section -"a < > from paving the
minimum price for the quantity of land bo
entered at any time after the expiration of
fourteen calendar months from the date or
such entry nnd obtaining a p.itout therefor
upon making proof of settlement , and of resi
dence and cultivation for such period of four
teen mouths , and the provision of this section
shall apply to Innds on the ceded portion of
the Sioux reservation by an act approved
March 3 , ISs'J ' , lit South Dakota and in the stain
of > ubraska , but shall not rolleve.sald settlers
from any payment now required by law.
, Multuljliiii'a : VlouH on Finance.
Representative MclColghan of Nebraska
has developed Into a flrst rate communist , If
not a nihilist. Last nicht bo addressed a
good sized audience of Knights of Labor In
trie Jailer's hall Four-aud-a-Half '
, corner - - -
btrootana Pennsylvania nvonuo. His sub
ject was : "Wealth as a Political Power. "
"Money , " said Mr. McKoighan , "usurps
the rights of the mau. Unless he possess It
hu holds no power ; no matter how uonost
and virtuous the laboring raau , unless ho can
bccuro wealth ho can do nothing. Legis
lation Is never wealth , but it has assisted
persons nnd corporations in accumulating it.
That , however , is the first important point in
social Improvement , but it must bo followed
by proper distribution. Like many neeoi-
sary factors , wealth is a good thing when
used In the right direction , but its uses oun
bo greatly abused. "
Several gentlemen followed the speaker
and referred to the present "dosuotio gov
ernment" which they ulloso had been given
by congress to the District of Columbia as
worse thuu that of Russia.
MUccllmiumm.
J. H. Cook and Hugh W. Machlaehlan of
Harrison , Sioux county , are in the city. Air.
Cook I * an applicaut for thn position of Indian
agent at Pine Ridge , and wbllo the position
has been claimed by South Dakota , his en
dorsements load his friends to believe ho may
uot it. Ho has among his endorsers , besides
the Nebraska senators , quite a number of
South Dakotnns.
The appointment of Thomas Slilt nt Violet -
lot , Pawnee county , vlco Thomas Cornell ,
resigned , was today ofllelully announced.
A. F. Washington was today appointed
postmaster at Bald Mountain , Sheridan
county , Wyo. , vice F. A. Jones , roslguod ;
also A. Bartholomew at Bridle , Cassia
county , Idaho , vice Mrs. Leo Kinc , resigned.
Senator Mauderson's bill providing for the
local taxation of lauds token In severally by
Indians , taxes to bo paid by the feaeralKOV-
ornmcnt unlit deeds bavo been secured by
the Indians , u measure suggested by the con
ditions In Thurston county , ha ? not yet been
reported from the .senate committee on In
dian nttalrs. .ft is expected In the sonnto
soon , when It will surely pass , It Is thought.
Iu the case of Frank Richardson ox-parto
from Mitchell , S. D. , involving a homestead
entry within the Sioux reservation , Assist
ant Secr.tary Chandler reversed tno deci
sion of the commissioner , which hold Iho
cnlry for cancolliilion and directed that Iho
entry shall remain intact , subject to future
compliance with the law.
IJr. Scott of the pension board at Long
Pine has resigned and has recommended as
bis successor Dr. Walter Kay. The senators
Irom Nebraska are not yet advised as to tbo "
wishes of thoUrand Army of the Rnpublio
on thu subject , Neither nro Ihoy advised In
the c.-uo at Chndron , where Dr. Waller re
signed and recommended as his successor
Ilr. Archord. In neither Instance has llio S
Grand Army of the Ropubllu post made a f
rccomtnondatlon.
,1. W. Bollard has been appointed post-
mnstcrat Kimball , Klmlmll county.
From the commitioo on agriculture Sen
ator P.iddoek today reported favorably his
amendment to the agricultural appropriation
bill , appropriating $ . ' . 3,000 for iho further
Introduction of our corn products In Europe.
H was warmly endorsed by secretary Rusk ,
who says that if It ID pa od Into law It will
Increase very largely the 4 per cent of our
corn crop which Is now sent lo Kuropo.
in thn homestead entry case of KUROHO S.
Harris against John Buuu. from Valentino ,
Assistant Secrolarv Chacdlor today nfhrmod
the decision of the commissioner holding
Dunn's entry for cancellation.
Secretary Noble has denied the motion of
Capon for u review of the case of John T. X
Dlcklnton against Gnorpo H. Capon , from jf
Kvansldn.
It Is stated thai iho senalo commitioo of
finance Is determined If an opportunity is
offered without reporting n specific bill to
abolish the duly on refined sugar. This Is to
bo done to show Iho republican feeling
ngixlnst the sugar trust. The republican
members of the llnnnco committee some time
ngo promised to report no tnrlll bill nt Hits
BOSSIOII. It is believed , however , that nn op
portunity will bo olTorod to roach the duty
on roilncd augur by nu amendment to some
bill.
bill.Mr.
Mr. B. F. Tllllnchnst , llio Iowa secretary
of Iho Rod Cross Russian Relief association ,
who was In Now York for the purpose of
chartering a vessel to bo sent out bv the dis
trict association , has telegraphed Miss Clara
Barton tlmt ho bus secured Iho British steam
ship Tynohoad , n vessel of : if , > 00 ions. II is _ +
thouchl iho steamer , which will bo known
ns the "Washington ship , " can bo dispatched
on or about May 1 with Iho grain and other
food products contributed by the people of
Iowa. Ittgnl will , ns stated In a Br.i : special ,
probably bo the dcsthmlton of the vessel and
Dr. Hubbell , Iho Amorlc.in Held agent pf the
Rod Cross society , now in Rome ropnnont-
Ing this country nt the Inlornallonai confer
ence of the organization , will moot the ship
and assist In tha distribution of Ihn cargo. i
Secretary Noble has ndlrmod the decision
of the commissioner of the railroad grant
homestead entry case of James N. Davis of
the Northern Pacific railroad from Lowlston ,
Idaho , directing that Duvls' entry bo can
celled. P. S. H.
TO DISCUSS HI.HITAIISM.
Intcrimtloiml Congress nnd n National C'on-
irntlim to Hu Called.
WASHINGTON- . C. , April 52. ! It Is under
stood that the president , as a result of the
visits of S. Dana Norton , contldontlul ropro-
sonlaltvo of the government , to 15u-
roDoan powers , has about decided '
to call an inlornallonal bimetallic ' " '
congress , nud to that end will soon iransmlt '
correspondence on the subject In a special f
message to congress. .
TUo nallonal silver committee this tuoruinir
decided to call a national bimetallic conven
tion in this city May 20. The formal call
and address will bo issued tomorrow evening ,
n 1'ciiHions.
WASHINGTON- . C. , April -2. [ Special
Telegram to Tin ; Bun. ] The following list ,
of pensions granted is reported by TUB BKIS
and Examiner Bureau of Claims :
Nebraska : Original : WaldonClark , David
Warner , Peter Krhu/.llcld , Joseph S. Cook , i
Allan Woinklo. Additional Jacob F. C.
Smith , increase William R. Bollintr. Wil t
liam T. Bullis , Charles Grass , Jacob ICorb.
lown : Original Horatio Banning. Lehlgh
Dakan , Ezra W. McCnmbcr , William D.
Nowkirk , Nicholas Weber. Addional WI1- :
Ham Dodds , X.adok C. Perkins , Thomas Wil- '
Hon , Levl Halstoad. Increase Orvlllo J.
Stewart. William H. Warner , John Potter ,
George W. Peter * , Clark Smith. John See ,
Martini Long , James G. Stroud. Reissue
John Archer , Ilonry A.-Adcook , James W.
McCortnick. Knos Luckadoo. Original wid
ows , etc. Mary A. Johnson.
South Dakota : Original Isaac Long ,
Henry Dlngaman , Nilop Case , John H , Rey
nolds. Increase Hulloy V. Hicks.
In u Train for liusitlii.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , April 22. Clara Bar
ton , president of the American Rod Crossso-
clety , has received from Now York a charter
for the sleamshij ) Tynohcad. The vessel is
of H.GOU tons burden nnd will ho loaded with
Iowa grain forwarded to Now York for ship
ment to the starving Russian peasants. It
is expected Ihat the shipment will leave
about the liGlh.
3F
EOiDii
. & CO.
K W. Coruor 13U imJ
It's a
Tight Squeeze
A man must have on his dollars'if he
don't give up'$7.SO for that $18
all wool worsted sack suit
we've had in our window this
week at $15. It's a modern ,
well trimmed suit and for Sat
urday only will go at $7.50.
Just half what we'll get there
after. It's a modest , dark gray
spring suit and we'll guaran
tee it to fit as well as any suit
in the house. Saturday and
- f * * * a X- *
Saturday only $7.50 , Curtis' 20c linen
collars , 3 for 25c , Curtis' 25c cuffs , 2 pair
for 25c Saturday only. You can't get that
$18 suit for $7.50 after Saturday.
Browning , King & Cox
" I SW. . Cor. r5th and Douglas St
x\ \ ILL tfcta