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'BWOKN .STATEMENT 01' OIKCULATION Htato of Nebraska , I County of Douglas , f OcorKii II. T/scliuok. si'orntary of THE riKB tMibllsfilnc company , lni tHolenmly swear tlmt .ho nctmil circulation of Tin : DAILY KR for ' ,1m week uinllng February 18 , 1H03 , was as follows : Hnniliiy , I'nlirnnry 12 ? C'22 ! ? Monday. IVbrunry in H ° ' 922 Tiipiiluy.rebruary 14 23ZZ Wednesday , February 10 23'ZZ9 Thursday , IVhrimrylG 23'A7 Friday , February I1 ? J3'ii Haturday , Fobriinry 18 24,484 GKOIlCJi : It. T/.SCIIUOK. Pworn Uibpforo riio : inl mil'scrlbed In my prrsfiii-o this IHtb day of Fohrmiry , 1803. [ Kcal | E. N. HOVKLI. Notary Public. Avi'niRo CliTiiIiillon lor Jiiuunry , 21 , 47 TllK pitiful appeals to kcop the board of transportation iilivo 11 ro really heartrending - rending , but the people of Nebraska arc not diatrusshi" ; themselves very much over the prospect of ( jetting rid of the imposture. THE committee of the Illinois legisla ture that recently investigated the sweating system in Chioago found people working for four cents an hour. There is not a city in the United States that needs reform more than Chicago docs. StXTKHN' of the prominent piano mak ers of New York have decided not to send an exhibit to the World's fair be cause they cannot secure space , and a nlmilar complaint of tnsulllcient space conies from Philadelphia. The mana gers of the exposition should have made itnplo provision for the great eastern itles. IT IS by no means certain that the cabinet slate agreed upon to date will not bo snuwhcd by the fith of March. Such things have happened before. Cleveland may find raoro pegs than ho has holes , llo has only got two cabinet holes now to 1111 and there are liable to bo a do/en pegs trying to crowd into them before ho is two weeks older. Now THAT the Douglas county contest farce is disposed of entirely a now three- ring side show will bo opened presently to witness the amendment recount jug glers performing on the railroad trapeze. The legislature must bo given diversion , you know , so as to keep it from giving too much attention to railroad legislation and rooting out the rascals implicated with Moshor in speculations with state funds. TUB greatest losses of the insuranc companjes of late have been sustained in Boston. In less than six weeks that city has s.ulTerod losses amounting to more than $2,000,000 , , of which about 31,500,000 falls upon the insurance com panies. The protection against flro is notoriously bad in Boston , being little bettor than that in Brooklyn. Wo shall watch with interest what stops the in surance companies take to raise their rates in Boston. VICB PiiEsiDisNT MORTON 1ms filled his high olllco with distinguished credit. Ho has performed his duties with dig nity and modesty , never presuming to stop outside the boundaries of his right ful prerogatives. As the presiding offi cer of the Honato ho has made an un blemished record for fairness and im partiality , thereby earning the respect and confidence of men of all parties. It la proposed by the members of the senate , without regard to party , to give Mr , Morton a farewell dinner , the time iixed for it being February 20. This will bo an exceptional courtesy. When Mr , Morton entered the sonata as its presiding olllcor a dinner was given in his honor to which only republican sen ators whore invited. Tho'honor that awaits him will .bo of much greater consequence. TIIERI : is probably no truth in the statement that a Now York banking house lias offered , on behalf of the gov ernment , to sell 3i",000,000 of bonds to London bankers. It is understood that the president has loft it with the secre tary of the treasury to decide whether it is expedient at this time to issue bonds in order to increase the gold reserve of the government , and the latest informa tion regarding the position of Secretary Foster in the matter is that ho will issue bonds only in the event of an emergency threatening to deplete the treasury of its free gold. IIo will not permit the $100,000,000 reserve , hold for the re demption of legal tender notes , to bo attacked. There seems to bo a fair out look that tho'trcasury will bo able , with the help of the bunks , to meet all gold demands while the present administra tion remains in power , and undoubtedly Secretary Foster will spare no olTort to do this. But in any event it is hardly probable that the secretary of the treas ury would offer foreign bankers the privilege of taking bonds without giv ing American bankers nn opportunity to compote for them. This would bo an extraordinary proceeding which it is safe to say neither President Harrison nor Secretary Foster would adopt under any conceivable o iroumstances. There is no reason for going abroad to sell bonds for gold , unless it bo the fact that to sell them at homo would have the cITcct to contract the circulation to that ex tent. The stock of gold in the country is estimated to be about $600,000,000 , , BO that tha government ought to have no great difficulty in disposing of $25,000,000 , in bonds for gold. The present week will doubtless decide whether there Is to bo an Issue of bonds under thi * uduiin- ist. atlua. THAT PKNtTKNrtAtn' MNTHM'T Kv r sliicu tlio pcniloiitlarj wn.i e.itub- llshctl onoh BiiccoKslvu lo Isltituro hns boon compelled to liMslo with the poutg U'ntlnry prohlont , first ciiino the Jobbery - bory iinii Jugglery oonnuutotl with th * iippnil.soniiMit anil nulo uf pimltoiithiry hinds nml the steals of lands that wore not donlgmd ) for the ponltontltiry. Then came the Boandtilri atul fnuids coituuotod with the building of the poiiltcntltiry ntul the cvorlnHtln dollclth nml bogus claims for protundml work done and material not furnished. Thun came that monumental Iniquity known as IJ111 Stout's contract , boiott < jn by boodle nnd muliittilnod by e.jntlimud corruption. Fiimlly , but not lastly , cnmo the Moshor transfer and extension , which was the primary cnusu of tlus collnpso of the Capital National bank. The penHon- tlary contract was the Incentive for spcculution ami jobbery in which Moshor and his associates , hlf'h and low , dipped wrecklossly in expectancy that the con vict labar lease was better than u gold mino. All the facts and documents relating to the Stout contract , Mo.shor extension and Dorgan assignment have boon placed before the house by ono of Its commit tees with the recommendation or sug gestion that Dorgati must lilo a bond to make Moshor's assignment valid. Uight hero the logiHlature finds Itself at the orossrontls. The very ublo.st law yers in the state hold that the extension of tno Stout contract by tin act of the legislature was illegal and therefore void. The legislature has no authority to make contracts. Its function Is to make laws. The legislature had a right to authorize the governor or the bmrd of public lands and buildings to enter into M contract after the expira tion of the original Stout contract , but that would have had to lo done under competitive bids. The extension of the Stout contract was precisely the same as making a now contract without competition , by special legis lation' , which the constitution pro hibits. The original Stout contract was made on bids ; the extension wag by special act. The extension being void , the Moshor transfer is void also. If Stout's transfer to Moshor was illegal , Moshor had no legal contract to assign to Dorgan or anybody. Suppose the ex tension given to Stout was valid , would not the state have prior claims to the profit from the contract which has been made one of the assets of the defunct ftlosher bank ? As the principal cred itor the state would bo entitled to the larger share of whatever the contract is worth , unless indeed the bondsmen of the late treasurer or the personal friends of Moshor como forward and plank down the quarter of a million of state funds deposited in that rat hole ? In any event the legislature cannot at this stage accept a tender of bonds from ftlr. Djrgun , who has boon acting in double capacity as alleged contractor for the convict labor and supervising con tractor of the now cell house. In dealing with the penitentiary the legislature may as well take the bull by the horns now as to bo beating ubi ut the bush. The convict labor lease must bo dealt with as a business proposition. The penitentiary has boon a source of jobbery and bribery for years , and upon the present legislature and the governor devolves the task of locating the leaks and plugging thorn up. TUB DI1MAKD VOll GlltSAl'KR FURL. The final report of the Now York senate committee upon the Reading coal combine has an interest that extends be yond the borders of the empire state. The report goes over the ground already traverse : ! by the congressional committee - too which has inquired into the subject , and after a review of the circumstances loading to the combination it sets forth that the amount of coal controlled by the several companies interested in the deal aggregates about 70 per cent of the entire tonnage annually transported to tidewater , and " that"1" the coal regions covered by the combination of transporting and producing companies are the only source of supply for the atato of Now York and the country at large ; that bituminous coal is little used for donvjjtle 'purpojoa and is not regarded as a formidable com petitor of anthracite , and that the roads involved in the combination are mainly operated outside of the state of Now York. The conclusion * reached by the committee are that the consolidation of railroad and coal producing com panies called the Reading com bination has created a substantial monopoly of anthracite coal in the management of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad company ; that the roads involved are substantially parallel and that the mines controlled by them are the source of the largest supply , and wore competitors In the coal business be fore this combination win formed ; that tho. most natural and obvious benefit to bo derived by them from consolidation i * Increase in the price of coal ; that the price of coal nmy'in the interest of the combination , and at Its pleasure , 1x3 advanced to an unreasonable and extortionate rate ; that since the combination was formed material ad vances In the price of cjal have bjon made ; that these advances have originated ! i natod in the wholesale branch of the business and are not due to any natural fluctuation In the value of enl , but are the direct result of the policy .of the Reading combination to destroy competi tion in the business of coal production and transportation. It Is also set th by the commit tee that such us ave opposed to the spirit of the law as declared by the highest courts In this country and England , and It Is the opin ion of the committee that the combina tion Is contrary to public policy land dangerous to the Interests of the state and the welfare of the whole people. A substantial result of those conclu : sions Is presented In a bill which , If iilt should bccomo a law , would do away with the evil complained of so far as any single state is ublo to dlsposo of It. But it is acknowledged by the committee that while the oppression of the Reading combination may bo partially restrained under the existing laws of the state and other laws now proposed , the fact that the chief parties to it are foreign cor > porations outside of the jurisdiction ref the state courts leaves no thoroughly > adequate remedy except through federal \ lawn duly enforced In the United BtMos ( Mitrlrt , The cMH'lu.iIons of the Now j York wenato oommttteo should have n , great deal of weight In determining the | ni'tlou of the gotiornl. government upon ; this Important subject. The jwoplo do- maud relief from the oppression of the coal combine , and it Is not sucprislng that they should bo impatient in consequence quence of the long delay of justice. AXI ) TillilS P.t.UH. Mr. Cleveland nnuomicoil this ovcnlnp that J. .Stbrlln ? Morton of Nobr. ki : , who visited him ut his request today , hnil boon temlcrod tlio secretaryship of agriculture , nnd accepted It , Mr. Murtoit ii ono of the moat proralncn t democrats lit the state of Nebraska. He has been In the state legislature and was talked of ; IH u candidate for governor last fall. fall.Very Very llttlo Is known of him in the east , but ho has b cn a prominent lljuro In the west for a numbjr of yoaiM. Ho owned a proprietary Interest In an Omani nowsp n- per nt ono ttnio. bikeieuo't , A * . / , iMjuf/i ( to the HI , foul * /tyuMif. This Is n striking sample of the dense Ignorance about prominent western mensy that prevails in the east , and also yhow.s the comparative frailty of material upon which the fnuio of men rests. J. Sterling Morton was never a member - ber of the state legislature. lie was ti member ! of the territorial legislature during the four years preceding his ap pointment I as territorial secretary in 1 lie bus not merely been talked offer for governor , but has three times been j the democratic candidate for governor , and headed the democratic ticket as candidate for governor last fall. Mr. Morton Is a terse and vigorous writer , but at no time has owned a proprietary interest in tin Omaha newspaper. With the exception of these few dis crepancies the dispatch to the Hepublfc concerning ftlr. ftlortou is correct. THE VANISHED SUIll'LUS. The olTort to cast reproach upon the present administration ntid to glorify its predecessor , because the hitter loft a largo surplus In the treasury which has since been returned to the people , will not succeed with those who are informed as to the facts and have the candor to acknowledge the truth. Senator Vest of Missouri declared in the United States senate a few days ago that when the hist'dcmocratic administration went out of power there was In the treasury over $100,000,000 in gold in addition to the reserve for the redemption of legal tender notes. The democratic organs are citing similar figures to show how careful a democratic administration was with the public money in contrast to the republican administration which suc ceeded it. In order to appreciate the consistency of the democracy it is only necessary to rcmombar how for years that party railed against the existence of a surplus as a grave wrong to the people ple , a powerful Incentive to oxtrava- gunco and a menace to free institutions. It Is true that there was a largo sur- plus ill the treasury when the present administration came into power and it was the policy of its predecessor to keep it there. A considerable part of it might have been advantagbously used In reducing the public debt , thereby giving it to the use of the people and saving in- torost to the government , but the Cleve land administration paid oft little moro of the debt during its entire term than was paid during the first half of the present administration. Several times there was u most urgent demand from the country for money , but on no occa sion was the relief furnished by that ad ministration what it should have been. Ono means taken to obviate impairing the surplus was to make heavy deposits with the banks , u policy that wars abandoned as soon as possible after the Harrison administration came In. The surplus which the present admin istration found when It came Into power has been returned to the people , as the democratic party for years Insisted it should bo , by paying off the public debt , increasing the navy , improving the pos tal service , looking moro liberally after the agricultural interests of the country , enlarging the bounty of the government to its defenders , and in other proper and legitimate expenditures from which the whole people have derived benefit. Not a dollar of It has been dishonestly spent , and while it may bo true tnat a part of it might have been saved , it is a question whether the saving would not have boon to the detri ment of the nation. No reproach can therefore bo justly cast upon the present administration because of the disappear ance of a surplus which has been used in directions beneficial to the whole people. The financial record of the outgoing ad ministration will stand every fair and honorable test that may bo applied to it , and so much cannot bo bald of its predo- cossor. AN HONEST ADMISSION. Representative Herbert , the chairman of the house naval committee , is a demo crat who has the candor to admit that some good has resulted from the policy of protection. In the report recently submitted by him in the naval appropri I- ation bill ho unqualifiedly endorses the provision of law , for which credit is due to a republican congress , requiring American war vessels to bo built of American materials. lie cites the act of 1800 , which contains this provision I , and it has been retained in ovcry act : uinco passed to authorize ships for the navy. As a result , frankly admitted by Mr. Herbert , wo have not built a vcs- Bol binco 1800 that does not favorably compare with the best ship ? of tno same typo afloat. He fays that It has resulted in a development of shipbuilding facili i- ties so that American yards can turn out nnarmored vessels of the highest class as quickly as can bo done in the oldest . shipyards of Europe. American enter prise has surmounted till difficulties , and not only has this been reached under the most arbitrary protective law , but at the name time the cost of building uniirm- ored btcol ships has decreased 33 per cent. cent.There There is another interesting point made in the report of Mr. Herbert. It says that nearly all of our new war whips have been built by contract in private ship yards , and that this policy has given us cheaper ships , as well us multiplied the means of ship building , and thus enabled us to increase our navy rapidly in an emergency. In short , under the wise policy of oncoufffaThjj American ship builders there hYtVoaon built up n most vnlunhlo IndtiHtrftpfyhloh gives employment - ment ton Inrgo jimjyint of cnpltnl nnd labor. It Is to the arodlt of Mr. Herbert that Booing thfe excellent results ho frankly ndmits them nnd nd- vlses that thoM policy to which they nro dttjJ ' ' shall bo main- tnlned. It onlyVpj'inlns , | now for BOIIIO of our great shipbuilders to duplicate the Cttnarders Iatoly"nr1dcd to our merchant marine In ordorg ' ' $ nd the talk about buying ships of/doubtful quality when they can bo bought cheap. Perhaps this provision of law , the out growth of republican policy , is ono of the things which n domocrnticcongress and administration will not Interfere with. It is protection of the most arbi trary kind , and according to democratic doctrine unconstitutional , but it is doubtless a safe prediction that it will bo allowed to stand. It may bo remarked in this connection that ' the indications are there will bo other features of the protective system which will not ! 'o disturbed. Mr. syci Cleveland , there Is excellent reason to believe j , intends that his declaration that ' the democratic party is not a party of . destruction shall bo given practical significance , and ho will hold in check the extremists who would destroy the policy that has placed the United States inT the forefront of national progress. Tlioro is no doubt that four years of private life and experience since ho was 1"PI president has had tlio effect to render PIhi him moro conservative regarding tariff reform , and it will not bo'at all surpris ing ' to find him counseling and pursuing a moderate course. TUB appeal of the Irish national leaders for contributions to enable them to carry on the fight for homo rule should moot with a generous response from Irishmen everywhere. Whatever differences of opinion there may bo re garding the merits of the revised plan of homo rule which Mr. Gladstone pro poses I , no Irishman who sincerely desires self-government for Ireland will permit his opinion of the measure to load him to refuse to contribute to the financial support necessary to ti vigorous main tenance of the contest. Mr. Gladstone's : bill may not bo all that could bo desired , but the cause must not bo allowed to suffer because of some faults or defects In the measures providing for homo rulo. These it may not ! bo difficult to correct , but It might bo very hard to reijifuso vigor nnd vi tality into the cause if these were per mitted to seriously decline. If the bat tle for homo rule npw on is lost It may bo a long time before the fight can bo renewed under auspices as favorable as the : present. Another leader might have to be- found , for Mr. Gladstone's tenure of lifocanndt'bo ' much further pro longed , and there is no ono in sight to succeed him , so fai as this question is concerned. Witlf Mr. Gladstone's power ful influence withdrawn there would bo great danger that .the cause of Irish homo rule would .suffer. Those and other considerations that will readily suggest themsolvo 'should Induce every friend of the Irish cauao to give It all possible aid at this-timo , to the end that it shall not bo permitted to weaken and wane. THE Ohio river is kicking up n great deal of mud and seriously disturbing the peace of mind of the people who dwell in Cincinnati. The water used in that city is taken from the river , and it is now so thick that it has to bo eaten with a fork. I'luty nnil Ptitrlotlnm. llostnn Ilcralil. The chaplain of the Wyoming house of representatives declines to receive any sal ary for his services. Ho doesn't believe In using the public funds for religious purposes. Wont Oil' lliitr Oockoil. ' FremoM Tribune. Inasmuch as the senate could not go to Honolulu It concluded to go to Topolta. The Nebraska senators are very foolish to RO to Topeka dud in anything but boiler iron. A Swnp Chicago I'oit. What would bo the objection to trading Kansas for Hawaii ? The forniei appears to bo as troublesome as the latter and It would bo well to allow these legislators to light It out on an island. \Vliy Mlfumrl U Tliinklul. : ( Holic-Dcmocrat. The situation in Kansas can bo contem plated by Missouri with a feeling of pro found thankfulness that she has only ono legislature to subject her to ridicule nnd reproach preach , ut any rate. ' ' The N"o > v Warden. ll'ayiis Ilcralil. General Al Boomer , of Becmcr , lias been appointed warden of the state penitentiary by Governor Crounse.Vo trust that Al will keep things in such shape that the re publicans will have no excuses to offer in the future. Not .Surprlil'iK. Talmage Tribune. The independents having already abolished ; the democratic party of Nebraska , it is neither surprising to the spectators nor humiliating to the democrats when tholr llttlo stray squeal tailed up the populist Jubilee. Wlmt Wo Will Annex. * ' If the Sandwich isbnds arc annexed , the civil war amendment , will apply to them , ami every person born' In them will bo an American citizen , regardless of cannibal an tecedents , leprous blood or previous condi tfon of servitude to pilaus Spreckles. Must ShitwVifti ) Tlioy Advitrtlno. fatrtivry Gazette , The Missouri Icfifolaturo Is considering n law to compel circuses to show what they advertise. If sucteclaw had been in effect In Kansas boforotho , popullstie platform was Issued last fall'it would have relieved that stuto of a depressing burden now. Itobnlilni ; i < jriiik ] ( iovorunr. I'ortlantl Ortaonlan. The Oregon legisiilttlro apparently knows Its own mind on ftomo questions. It has passed the World's1 ( Air appropriation over the governor's vctb ' , . Probably this is lO only Important ih'tfastiro of this in which could commad a two-thirds majority. Tlm lotr.i lllutliurnklto , Xante Counly Journal. J. S. Clark.on ! very freely criticises Presi dent Harrison. It might bo well for Mr. Clarkson to turn his eyes homeward. r.id was the leader of republicanism In Iowa and the democrats nearly succeeded In getting control of the state. It Is just such men as [ Clarkson vlio have brought the republican party Into tomi > orary distress. Inlirrltunco Tux In Mlnnciota. Mlnncajyolli Journal. The Inheritance tax proposition Is n righteous - oous measure. It works no injustice to the living or the dead. A man Inheriting an estate which he did not build up , loses noth ing by paying u 'J per cunt tax on what comes to him. There Is , however , no sense taxing charitable bequests fi per cent. That is carrying the principle too far. The tax ilimtUT bo equally laid on the Inheritances of itnUvltfiml.i , Tno oupromo court of the United States has declilinl ( Tancy ) tlmt the liihrrltnnco tax is constitutional. Neither Is the tax a double taxation , for It li n tax , not on the proiMjrty , but on the privilege of the lugatcu to take that which ho hud not be fore. The legislature will do well to ( ? lvo statutory effect to the Inheritance tax proposlflon. Tim l.oit I * round. I'lertc County Call. Hitchcock of the World-Herald , who has boon lost for these many years , now bobs up serenely and proclaims that the election of .1 tulgo Allen was a great World-Herald vic tory. Hitchcock now calls In his friends and says , "Hcjolco with mo for I have found my self which was lost. " Uommptutnhln llarttnuto'i The people of this state , almost with ono voice , demand of the legislature some regu lation of the charges of the railroad ! ? . The Independents wcro sent to the legislature with Instructions so that them h no excuse for thorn If they do not do all In their power to bring about such legislation. Agitation of the Monl > : ioks , St.'diil IVniittr-l'rtt * . Uy trifling with the feelings of the mossbacKs - bac-Ks tlrovor has sown the seeds of the whirlwind nnd they nro already sprouting. Perhaps ho has decided it would make him moro grand , gloomy and peculiar to bo the last democratic president. The mossbaclc would no\er vote a republican ticket , It is true , but ho can lly oil nt a tangent and nomi nate a llttlo candidate of hit own , as ho did when the crazy old party nominated Greeley , or ho can stay at home on election day to nurse his wrath. Grcsham is as the bitter ness of death to the old timer. Don't Triiln S | > ccchniiikcra U'dxMni/tuii News. If you are n parent and have a son who Is dear to you , bring him up In such a manner that ho will never bo n specchmakcr. The most tiresome man in the United States today Is the ono who Is always watching for mi opportunity to make a speech. The worst of It Is that the man who wants to make a speech Is never a good speaker. Ho gen erally has a whee/.y voice and yellow tooth , and in nlno cases out of ten ho says "eyothcr" and "nyothcr. " So , If your boy develops a weakness for speaking , lead him out to the woodshed In the still , dreamy gloaming nnd hit him with two cords of green elm. Cautioning ItiUlroait Malinger * . Cincinnati Commercial. * * Much has boon said about ti threatened railroad strike in the west tlio coming sjiring. It is hardly all idle rumor. The day Is not too early for measures for averting pros pective labor troubles. Concern in the mat ter should not bo left to employes alone. Unllroad managers should interest them selves. If there are real grievances , some thing should be done toward bringing about a more satisfactory condition of affairs. A llttlo effort in the way of pacification would avail much more now than it would after the outbreak of troubles. This promises to boa great year in railroading in the western country and an Interruption of trafllc through u strike , though brief , would bo dis astrous. roRrcss of tlio Negro. Noith American. Up to a certain point the African is moro susceptible and teachable than the Cau casian , If wo take up the history of civil isation we cannot select any century in which the Caucasian made as much real progress ns the frccdmcn have made in the last quar ter of a century. The public is liable to for got that twenty-five years ago it was a 'crime to teach a negro to read In the south , and therefore that thcro was not in the entire south perhaps n dozen negroes who could read. Such as thcro wcro were probably free persons from the north midwest. Today there is moro Illiteracy among the white masses in the south , according to population , than among the frccdmcn. Nearly all of the negro youth attend school. The older per sons remain , in largo part , Illiterate , as might bo expected. Appalling DuiiK-itr.H ut Kitting. New Yum Sun. What in the mischief nro wo to cat nowntj days ? After listening to the vegetarians who say we shouldn't eat meats , nnd to the sun ripencrs who warn us against eating un- ground growths like potatoes and turnfps , we hear the voice of another food reformer who says wo mustn't eat anything made of grain , such as wheat bread , corn dodgers , llapjacks , oat cakes , pease meal bannocks , or macaroni , nil of which are hard of digestion and bad for the health. Go to grass , yo humbugs all I and herd with Nebuchadnez zar. GIve us nil things that are good , whole some , nourishing , tasteful nnd high toned , such things ns make a white person , or oven n colored person like Hon. Frederick Douglass or Mr. T. Thomas Fortune feel happy and bravo. Give us a show ! Let folks loose in the animal , vegetable , gram- nlvorous , cocoanut , chestnut , nnd upplc-sass kingdoms. Concerning < Iuwlnine Clnrksnn. Ccd r llaptiln ( la. ) Gazelle ( reji. ) . The time has como when this man should bo known. Documentary evidence exists of his own reckless assaults on anti-corporation legislation , because such laws would prevent the moneyed campaigns contributing to his campaign fund. Ho now boaa's of republican loyalty in Iowa _ Did ho or did hu not over write n letter to a statooRlcial declaring that the republican party in the state should go to defeat unless laws favorable to the cor porations were passed by the legislature ? The "Hcrr Most" conspiracy in which Gov ernor Jjiirrnbcc was classed as an anarchist , had its head and center in J. S. Clarkson , and the details of the plot have been par tially revealed. What is Known proves that Iowa had rested under a rule as detrimental us the power of Tammany in the days of Tweed , and the ono who seeks to attach the charge of perfidy and moral erlmo to the president of the United States was the chief power and Instigator of the combine. KIchcHt Country on ICtirth. "It sounds strange to a European , " said M. Perriero , a Parisian banker , in Now York the other day , "to hear you Americans talking anxiously about the condition of your national treasury. Why , you tire the richest people on earth. Our European countries are all bankrupt in comparison , What with royalty , officialism , standing nrmies , big navies and mountains of debt , the governmental income is n vital thing and a llttlo deficit with us is a very big thing. At best the capacity of the people of European countries to pay taxes and the ingenuity of the disbursing unices to make both ends meet are always taxed , and as credit is always severely strained , oven slight failure in income causes trouble am1 sometimes real danger. In this country the situation is entirely different. National taxes are paid , apparently , without knowing when or where or the amount. The credit of your government is sufficient to raise any amount of money that it needs for any pur pose whatever. A deficit , if there .should over bo one , will not affect the rate for money or the convenience of your public in any way. " or.D JO.Y.v Ccilar nautili Gazette. Say what yo will o' city way.- ) , they nln't the kind for inn ; I found tlmt out the time I went n-vlsltln' tur My bon , who's doln' lil/.noss In a block about the slzo O' the Allegheny mountains cr I can't believe my eyes. I thonzht I wouldn't write him I was comlii' , but I'd make The trlpall nnuenownst tor himan' walkrlilit In un' tale , , Him unawares , because I Knimcd surprise 'd maku the Joy , , , , , , . , Lots u'ri'iitc'r to htm when I stood right there buforo tlio uoy. An' when I stopped Inside tlio door , ovpcctln' My own dear son , n llttlo ofllco kid stopped up An' whim I Kiild I'd sue Steve Jones ho said ter me. "Old 1'iird , . . . You can't sue Mr. Jones until yoji _ vo sent him In your card. " ' Johosopliat ! but I was mad , an' said ter him. -"my clill' , , , I'd llko tur take yo 'cross my knno an' tun yu ' this place you trot him out , " said I ; . . . "This thliiKo' scndln1 In yercard , don't lit yer Undo Cy. " At tlmt some othnr fullers till commenced u-actln'iiupor , , , , An' nnu liild.lovvu his pen an' Mild , "My lords , wlmt have wo lieriiV" , , , , In Just crbout u inlnlt Id u-thra&liud tlio saucy pup , , . Hud not my sun como In juU then an' cleared the mutt up. ft Kir itouiin , Tholttloof n llttlo work liy Croedmoro Flecnor Is "Thought Throbs,1' n collection of poems , the greater part of which nro In blank verso. The nuthor has evidently drawn on Ml license nllowctl In poetry , with what ef fect may bo Judged from such words ns "cow'rlng , " Mang'rous , " "fUlm'rlnn1"iimlso on. When In his rhapsodical description of Eve ho says , "Of man's poor , meaner part created Eve. nml stood her blushing red be fore her lord. " wo nro Inclined to take his assertion with n grain of saU , ns nil recog nised authority on the subject gives the lady credit for calling up n blush nt n smnowhat later period than that of her advent into the Unnlen of Eden , Mr. Flci'iior has good com mand of language and at times hla verses asplro to something beyond the average , notably In the "Llfo of Despicable Tom , " where the adventures of 11 "gentleman" cat nro told In nn entertaining and r.icv manner. J. P. Morton & Co. , Ixjtilsvlllo. Books explaining how It happened , after n presidential election , nro generally rather wearisome , but Mr. Benjamin H. Davenport In his "Crime of Casto" gives the silly Imita tors , In this country of the idiocy known as Kngllsh aristocracy , some valuable pointers. Ho nnirms that the people voted for Cleveland - land simply because Mr. Harrison's party essayed to belong to the "four hundred" nnd that the populists secured the million votes for their candidate becatiso of the slg- nlllcanco of the " ' " name , "People's party. The principal remedy suggested for all of the ovlls resulting from alleged centraliza tion of wealth Is a graded Income tax , which the author thinks will solve all difficulties and put the worklngman's wife nnd the millionaire's wife In the same class of o- cletv. Keystone Publishing company , Phila delphia. . In his "Foot Note to History , Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa , " oven Hobert I/Mils Ktovenson falls to make tin uninteresting subject entertaining , except perhaps in tlio hurricane chapter , where the description Is very lino. Charles Serlbner's Sons , Now York. "Hotter Dead , " by .1. M. Barrio , shows how the Society for Doing Without Some People was organized and carried on in Us work of ridding the earth of bores. "My Lady Nicotine" is published in the sumo volume. Both stories are strongly satirical , full of bright hits and originality. Lovoll , Coryell - . F & Co. , 47 East Tenth street , Now York. "Llfo and Adventures of James P. Beck- with" Is a story of llfo among the American Indians , written by an Englishman , T. D. Bonner. As the book claims to bo founded 01re facts , and facts arc indisputable , nothing remains to bo said. rew But the Illustration : ! , which make the Indians appear short and "dumpy , " were evidently designed from some sportive cigar sign and never from the American Indian In all his native grace , grease and gore McMillan & Co. , Now York. The Unknown ' Library's twentieth num ber , "Gentleman Upcott's Daughter , " is a convenient little volume for the pocket nnd will help to while away n tedious hour while traveling. Cassell Publishing company , 101 Fourth avenue , New York. Mrs. Anna C. Hclfsnlder , in her book , "How She Earned It , or $2.,000 In Eleven Years , " makes an earnest appeal to all working women to bo earnest and conscien tious in their work and to never bo satisfied short of the top round in the ladder. Keif- snider Book company , St. Louis. In the setting of Ouida's now novel , "Tho Tower of Taddep , " one Is reminded of "Ro- mola , " but all resemblance to George Eliot's masterpiece ceases after the opening chap ters. Ou Ida writes great novels , nnd while this is not ono of them , still it will please these who object to her intense "realism , " as the book is pure in tone and motive. Ha v- cndon company , . 17 Wavcrly Place , Now York. Imbcrt do Saint Armand , in his "Famous Women of the French Court , " has presented the early portion of her lifo In his "Duchess of ; Berry and Court of Louis XVIII. , " in a very Impartial and pleasing style. If the two volumes which are to follow , completing the series , enter into the intricacies of French life , both political and private , ns minutely as the first ono has done , the series will bo an Invaluable aid to the careful student of historv , with all its side lights. Charles Scribner's Sons , New York. Kov. T. D. Hobcrts. in his little volume called "Ways and Means , " gives sonic very suggestive hints as to pr.icticabllltv In Chris tian reform work. James II. Earle , 178 Washington street , NewYork. Ash Slivers , sr. , Lumberman , of Cleveland ( C. C. Burnet ) , In his book , The Land of the O o , " which ho dedicates to his llttlo daughter "because she Is too young to help herself , " writes a very entertaining , instruc tive nnd timely story of his travels in tlio Sandwich islands. The book is printed on the best quality of paper , with fine Illustra tions , includlnc a portrait of Queen Llliuo- kalani. His description of his sufferings nt n state dinner , while partaking of live shrimps , which wore served with other deli cacies , is particularly diverting , while the chapters devoted to the volcanoes almost reach sublimity. linger Book company , Cleveland , O. Jules Clarotto in his "L'Amcricaino" takes the same view of divorces that the nnti- prohibs do of temperance laws : that the pos sibility of obtaining n divorce easily takes away its charm , makes the bonds of married llfo bi-nnvblo nml dlvorco * rnro. Whothrr fnet.1 ui.itnln the theory tuny bo n q irntltm , nnd whether the nuthor of this book w hbl-i to delineate Amurlcan chnracternlso minim to be. established , ho certainly falls Inglor lously In this Instance. Mori-til , Hlgalns & Co. , Chicago , "The Story of Cloud's Mills" Is ft novel on the Sunday school order by John W. Clam- pltt , where everything turns to gold nt tlm touch of the young hew who never does wrong , marries n great heiress and Ihes happy over afterwards. Donohuo , llciuio- berry & Co./407 Dearborn street , Chicago. * S IT V.I TlOX 7.V fit. I AT/ : . lining Alt She Oiin to Cnuin tlio Uoiiithllu Trouble. Nr.w YOIIK , Feb. 111. A special cable from Paris says : The Internal situation In Franco will certainly bo nrranged sooner or later , What Is most aisquletlni ; Is the situation nbroad , which Is anything but good , es pecially ns to the relations with England. At the same time France's relations with Germany nro less strained , because both sides know that the result of n war would bo so serious that neither dares to commence. England on the contrary Is seeking to create difficulties with Franco In evorv pos sible way. After the attempt to take Mo rocco , which failed , on mo the Egyptian question , which was certainly caused by the high handed action of Uml dimicr to ward the khedlvo who only asked to bo loft In peace. The khedlve Is attempting to"regaln" possession from the Kngllsh nf the rights unduly encroached upon by them. The English , perceiving this are endeav oring lo create dlfllcultlos with Franco on iii-count of the port of Bl/erta In Tunis. Their claims are based upon the fear lest Franco should convert Blzerta Into a military post , notwithstanding her denial of any such intention. Italy has complained for some lltno ami England backs her up. TitxiittiMi of Mnrtcngeg , Clitc io" II i" " ' ' ' . The man who would relieve the debt- ridden farmer by taxing mortgages has re appeared In tlio Illinois legislature. If the mortgaged farmer wore called upon to pay higher interest on borrowed capital beeauso of taxed mortgages hu might rebel , not only against that particular law , hut against every other law which enables the privi leged class to transfer their public obliga tions to his shoulders. It is safe to say that In such an event llttlo of the personal property tax would remain. Legislators who appear anxious to "hit the rich follows" usually proceed upon the absurd idea that all taxes stay where they are placed by the assessor. The inevitable result of their Idiotic legislation Is the further oppression of consumers , to s.iy nothing of the annoy ing obstacles to trade and business generally which it imposes. Farmers should pray for deliverance from foolish friends who have evidently no deslro to percelvo the ultimate and natural effect of their patchwork meas ures , and who persist In multiplying vicious laws Instead of demanding their repeal. ncKi.Kn r.iii.tuiiAi'iis. Texas Sifting ! * : Geologists .ay the rraillo of the deep has notlilng to do nlth making the bed rock. Illnglmmton I.otulor : Yon realize that sllonco Is golden when you come to settle for n case of Minimi. Chicago News : The Popullst--Wliat's the nso of reporting to Oatllng guns and Winches , tors when our mouths are so rapld-flrlng and so deadly ? The Itoimbllcnn That's the first sensible thing you'vo said this your. Now York Press : "Now wo can fix hltu In this way , " s'lld the lawyer. "Oh , talk Is clicap , " Mild tlio client. "Well , wait till you got through with this and see whether talk Is cheap or not. " Washington Star : It will ho some time be fore Hawaii as a part of tlio United Stains cnu bo generally regarded as , pronounced suc cess. Hoclicstor Democrat : You can always find out how much a man Is worth when ho dies by looking at hl.s will. Itlsn dead give-away. Pallna Press : "Did you write .Tamos Sltld- moru'H name on this nolP ? " said tlm Judge to the prisoner accused ot forgery. "I'd like to know. Judge , " replied tlio culprit , "If Jim Hkldinoro lias n copyright on the letters a.s happens to form lilsnamo ? " Cleveland 1'lnln Denier : The old' bachelor wasn't fur wrong when lie mentioned tlio ntAu : > - sklrt as "tlio skeleton of a former fashion. < Indianapolis Journal : "Tlio Jays nln't a oom- In'iliille as fast as they might , " was the com plaint of tlio museum manager. "That's MI. " his partner assented. "I wonilnr how it would work If wo brought out n Vwlrleu pianist ? " TUB 10R THIIST. New York I'rcss. "Why , Certainly , " Chuckled lie , r "Tlio price Of Ice Is bouniKo bo "Now , wherefore ? " queried I. He answered with a blgh , "Tlio crop Is big enough , lint The crop has been to tougu To cut Our regular supply. " H.IS1HCAP1SD. Komtrvtlle Journal. She was a mnlil from Ivnlnmnxoo , Charming , and young , and witty , too , And wealthy , It. was said. And vet , for all she was MI fair , And traveled widely hero and there , She had never a chance to wen : For wlmn men heard the awful name Of the Michigan town from which she came , Tboy always ceasi'd lo niio. For each one said It would hurt bis prlilo To tell Ills friends bo'd sought for a brldo A grl | from Kalamazoo. GO. rgest Manutiuiturar * an I HutallorJ of uto-.hliii ; la tin WorlJ. He's a goner No earthly show for him except he hypnotises the animal. That all comes from 'gettimg1 ' tied up. It's the same way with ideas. If you get tied up to the idea that no one but tailors can make your clothes you are going to get the worst of it. The tailors wont rob you ; they'll only get big prices because they have to. Costs 'em money to get up your suit. We can do the work for less than half what they can. We make a hundred suits where they make one. If you ve an idea that wo can't lit you as well and as stylishly , investigate ; ask your friends who are wearing our peerless clothing. Before wo remodel our store we are soiling everything at a big discount. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Etoro open Saturday ovary tllUO evcnln j till & .11 SW , Cor , 10th and DouglasSt