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'BWOKN .STATEMENT 01' OIKCULATION
Htato of Nebraska , I
County of Douglas , f
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.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
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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