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THE OMAHA DAILY MONDAY , MARCH 0. 1803. TRIG DAILY BEES K. IIOSKWATKU Keillor. t . 1't'HLIHHKU KVEUY MOKNING. TIXUMH Ol'1 NtMiHCUllTION. ( without Biimlny ) Ono Venr. . I B JJU J > nllv ntnl Hundley , ( Jin- Your . . . . . 1000 fix Months. > triii-re Months . . . . . Huntlny HIT , Onf ViMir Hiilurcfny Hcp.One Your " VniUly Ilfo.Oiio Yciir . * ori'K'KS.i Omnlm.TJioIlcolliillcIl.ni' . ' Hontli Oinnlin , ermier N rind 20th StrecU Council IlIulTs 12 Pen 1 1 fc tree t. ChlrnpnOnicr , 317 < ! l alnt.t > rofilr"tlnf.r S'ii , Nrw York , Hooms 13 , 11 ntiil 1C. Tribune ) Washington , f > 13 Fourteenth Street. rOKKESPONDKNOR. All rommmilentloiiH re-latins to news iiml rclllorliil matter Hliniiltl bo addressed to the Editorial Department. lirsiNKSS I.ETTEllfl. All mnlno s letters nmt romttteinrrs Rlioulcl Tn : nddroiiood to The llco Publishing Company. Ornnhn. DniftM. checks mid posiolllrn orders to bo miido payable to the order of the com- THB BEH PUI1MSHING COMPANY. HWOKN STATBMKNT Ol' UIUOUI.ATION Htatnof Nelirnskn , I County of Demglas. f Oenriro I ) . Titsi'liuck , sorre > lary ot TiiR ljr.fi I'tibllKhlrig company , UOI-KUNoloinnly Hweiu thnt tlio uctunlclrcnlulfemot TUB DAII.V JIKB for the wcok ending March 4 , 1U03 , was as follows : Kumlny. Kebruary 2f > SS'So ? 23.021 Monday. Vbremry 27 Tuphdiiy. rebnmry 28 23.884 Wednesday March 1 Sl'iJia Thursdiiv. March 2 s2'22o Friday. .Mmeh 3 23.HH3 f utimluy , March 4 / 21.020 anouoK 11. TZSOHUOK. Sworn to t'cfore mo nn.l sub crlliod In my this-Hli day of March. 1893. presence [ Hcall if. 1' . ! Kir. Notary I'ubllc. Avi-rnc" Olrrnlalleiii lor .Iiinuary , 34,847 A GOOD ninny bills have been killed Ijy tbo IcKlxlulurc and a. good many linoro ought to bo. TUB valued policy law should not betaken taken oft the statute books. The flro in surance people should bo satisfied if the law is not made more sweeping. 1'HUEKvoolcs more of tlic legislature , which moans that a good deal of devil try is linbla to bo perpetrated and some really inoritorious measures may bo on- nctcd into law betwixm this and the 27th of March. IF TIIEHE is to bo a legislative sifting committee it should bo made up of men who can bo depended upon to sift out the bad bills and leave the good bills in. The average sifting committee is not built that way. AUK there any more insane people in Nebraska whom Marshal Slaughter can hold down long enough to enable him to earn mileage from Omaha to Washing ton and baek ? If so , ho or she can bo accommodated upon application. THE now senator from Montana , Leo Mantle , who was appointed last Satur day by the governor , has the advantage of being a self-made man , who has achieved success in life from a humble beginning as a telegraph operator. THK floods in western Russia and east ern Germany are causing enormous losses. Those European rivers are as merciless as our own. and the populai distress occasioned by tholr ravages is worse every year than in this country. THE reward offered by the Arizonr legislature for the capture of Kid , th ( rcnogado Apaeho Indian , has been in creased to $112,500. A largo number ol young dime novel readers from thooffote cast will soon bo on the track of that ret man. THE toast proposed by Governor Rus sell of Massachusetts to Governor Me Kinloy of Ohio shows that the Massn chusotts man does not allow politica differences to prevent him from rccog nixing sterling virtues when ho see ; them. IT is to bo hoped that the true splri of prophecy was upon Dr. Miller whoi ho told the Current Topic club of th < brilliant future which his canal projee will open up for this city. A populatloi of fiOO,000 , would help this town consid orably. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SKCRETAUY OP AGRICULTURE : Mor TON will suddenly llnd that ho has twic us many staunoh democratic friends ir Nebraska as voted for him last Novom 'bor. Nebraska has al .vays boon notot for its heavy crop of political sun flowers. THE democratic Nasbys will now be gin to send In a crop of petitions. Bu who is who in the distribution of fodorti ofllccs for Nebraska ? Is it Mortor Tobo Castor , Bryan , Boyd , McShano c Euclid Martin ? Don't all speak t once , if you please. THE western tour planned by ox-Pos master General Wanamakor will give great business man an opportunity t acquaint hluisolf with the resources an development of the greater west. Howl bo welcomed every where , and nowhet more warmly than In Omaha. THE Illinois legislature is making special point of regulating the sweatln shops nnd proposes a city health ii spectlon that is designed to make Ch t-ago keep clean during the oxposilic year. If such a law is passed , and tli city health authorities co-oporato wit the state Inspectors , perhaps somothln will yet bo accomplished. BY THE way , what has become of M Cochrano "of Nebraska , " who was a pointed to some federal ofllco a week aj nnd lost in the shufllo ? Who is M Coohrano anyway , when did ho live : Nebraska , whore did ho live and win did ho over do to entitle him to distln tlon at the hands of thu republic ! CONQlll'SSMAN BRYAN is entitled 1 credit for securing the passage of h bill to compel nonresident capitalia who use the machinery of the Untt < States courts for the foreclosure of lai mortgages to publish tholr notices foreclosure in the counties in which tl land is located. This will , in a moa.su t protect parties who have mortgngi their farms from snap-judgment and tl ealo of their landa without oompotitl from parties who know its value ai may dcalro Its purchase. W1U , TttKY tlKKI ) THK LKSSUXt In elKniflsintf the question of reduced railroad faros to Chicago , J/urjjcr' * Weekly for March 4 hits thu nail squarely on the head whein it says : "In ordinary business it may IHJ entirely right for a merchant to got all ho can for his borvlces or his wares * , but the railway companies are not conducting an ordinary business. It was reported recently that one of the trunk line presidents had asked a Chicago cage hotel keeper and Chicago mer chant whether they would reduce their prices during the fair. Kaeh , as the story wont , said that ho would not. Then the railway president turned upon them and asked why his company fdiould be asked to reduce its profits any more than merchants and hotel keepers. This story was denied by the railway presi dent , but ho said that It fairly repre sented his views on the subject. So it may ; but If his views are permitted to bo carried out In regard to the fares to and from Chicago , then the railways will have failed to do what the public has a perfect right to expect them to do and this right is founded in reason and confirmed by precedent. ' 'Tho railway companies do not con duct an ordinary business , and the motives of ordinary business men can not bo permitted to control the actions of railway managers. Railway corpora tions have boon created by the public and given most extraordinary privileged , and to the creating power the corporations are under continuous obligations. What is for the public interest should always bo considered by the railway managers as of the llrst Importance. When the public interest is forgotten the public is likely to retaliate. Indeed , in many in stances in the southwest the railway companies have found that it is not profitable to too long neglect these pub lic obligations. " Tills is very plain talk and does not como from an organ of anarchy or so cialism. It is a pointer which Nebraska railway managers should heed at this juncture. Unless they make concessions to the popular demand for reduced local rates they will bo taught in Nebraska the lesson that has been so costly to rail roads in the southwest. JEWKRSOfflAX S IMPLICITY. The great inauguration pageant at Washington on Saturday was in striking contrast with the simple ceremonies that attended the Induction of Thomas Jefferson into the presidential oillco in 1801 , and to those old-fashioned demo crats who still adhere fondly to the idea that their party represents JolTorsonian simplicity , it must have baen extremely painful. No just criticism can bo made upon the splendor of Mr. Cleveland's Inauguration , for it was in keep ing with the spirit of the ago and reflected the tastes and wishes of a great majority of the people. But is it not about time for the democ ; racy to cease parading itself before the world as the party of .Fcffcrttoniai ; simplicity and plainness ? The regal magnificence of pomp and circuit stance that were witnessed at the nat ional capital on this occasion wholly belie the claims that the democratic partj still clings to the simple traditions of itg early days , and It is idle to appeal to the records of the dead past in the face of the conspicuous facts ol the living present. Thomas Jefferson was a simple , plain and unostcn tatious man , as possibly Grover Cleveland - land would bo under the same condl tions that existed ninety years ago , bul the times have changed , the country has grown rich and mighty ; and populat vanity and extravagance hav'o kept pace with that growth. Human nature which Is much the same the world ovei under identical conditions , is merely as sorting Itself in this country today as i has always done every where. The people plo of the United States are proud of tin triumph of popular government , prout of the wealth and power which till country has achieved ; and it is not un natural that they should wish to maki the Inauguration of a president as im prcssivo as possible. But Jofforsonlan simplicity , thn choice old quality to which the democracy racy has laid claim so often , is now a utterly extinct in this country as if i never had existed. It belongs no mor < to the democratic party than to an ; other. There is no such thing , and th sooner the phrase is dropped out of th vocabulary of the politicians the bottoi It will bo hard to construct a dome cratic platform without it , but i will have to bo abandoned as worthies junk that has served its purpose am had its day. THK IftiA 0V MONOPOLY. The forces of monopoly are steadil increasing. Hardly a week passes with out the announcement of some now con bination effected or in process of organ mitiori. The fact that there Is a law o. the federal statute books doclnrlnj trusts and all combinations to contra production and prices unlawful does no In the least operate to restrain or "choc' ' the growth of trusts. Congressional In voatigatlons and recommendations hav no inlluonco in preventing these monopt listio organizations. Last week thor was recorded the consummation of spring wheat millers' combine said t embrace several hundred millers I "Minnesota , North Dakota , Iowa , Wli cousin , northern Illinois , and the sprin wheat .mills . of Now York state t Buffalo , Rochester and Niagara Fulli representing a elajly output of Hot reaching Into the hundreds of thousand of barrels. It Is stated that mlnlmui rates for flour have already been ostul llshed and a cutting of prices subjoc the offender to a heavy lino. It is ii tended to extend the combine , if poss bio , and if it proves a success it is n doubted that the winter wheat miller who constitute an equally poworfi branch of milling , will organize in lilt manner. The regulation of the outpi Is to bo expected as the next stop of tl organization. With the output and tl minimum price of the product regulate the maximum price of flour would in doubtedly regulate lts > elf to the satlsfu tlon of the millers. Another combination reported to 1 In process of organization Is the BO leather trust , which promises to bo t ] biggest of all of them. It Is said th arrangements have boon made whereby about $75,000,000 capital in assured to the combine , and pending negotiations contemplate making the amount $100- 000,000. The solo leather business is in comparatively few hands. Fifty concerns - corns practically control the whole trade. It therefore offers peculiarly favorable conditions for the organization of a trust. Some Idea of the magnitude of the business may bo gained Irom those facts : About 2,000,000 hides are used in this country for leather every year. Of these only one-fifth comes from abroad , South America supplying the bulk of the foreign hides. The people of the United States spend $2,000,000,000 , per annum for shoes. Obviously there Is a great money-making opportunity for a solo leather trust. The anti-trust law passed by the Fifty- first congress has been in force about three years , yet tho. combinations It was intended to suppress have had absolute immunity under It and are stronger to day than when It was enacted. In only a single case , and that ono of relatively small consequence , has it proven effect ive. When applied to the whisky trust It failed , and none of the other big trusts have been disturbed by it. It is appar ently a wholly useless statute , yet the last congress failed to amend it so as to make it of some service or to adopt any legislation to check the growth of monopoly. Perhaps the Harrison administration did all it could to enforce the anti-trust law , but however this may be , It is not to bo doubted that the inlluonco of the combinations was stronger with the Fifty-second congress than the demands of the people for relief from monopolis tic exaction. The now administration Is pledged to hostility to aggregated interests for the purpose of controlling production and prices and destroying business competi tion. Mr. Cleveland referred to this subject In Ills inaugural address in Ian- guago the meaning of wh'ch ' cannot bo mistaken. The country will wait pati ently to sec with what sincerity the promise of the president was irivcn. Perhaps ho may be more successful In enforcing .the anti-trust law than his predecessor , and the obligation upon him to endeavor to enforce it is equally strong. SOMK VKtir ohn CLAIMS. The record of every congress for many years contains u reference to a class of historical claims of which very few rooplo have any knowledge , and in the ilosing days of the Fifty-second congress hose received the usual attention. They are the French spoliation claims , nd had their origin nearly a century .go. Between the years 1790 and 1800 ho privateers and cruisers of Franco icized and detained , or , as in most in- tancos , converted to the use of that 'ovcrnment about 1,500 vessels belong- ng to citizens of the United States. For .hose acts the government of the United tatos demanded compensation ol Trance , and Franco on its partdemandecl compensation of the United States foi ls failure to observe the stipulation of .ho . treaty of 1778 relating to the alliance between the two countries. When Napoleon came to the head ol in Franco , and when a state ol lostilitios existed between that country and England , the commerce of Amor.lci became the prey of both parties upon the suspicion that our vessels were engaged n contraband trade. The treaty of 179-1 , vith England gave offense to Franceaml .ipon the ground that it contained stipu < ations which wore in contravention ol the treaty of 1778. On that treaty and on the decrees of the French authorities touching our commerce wo were brought to the verge of war with Franco , and bj : in act of congress of July 7 , 1798 , the treaty of 1778 was annulled. Then came criminations and claims from each part ] csting on our part on the destruction o our commerce anel on the part of France : m our disregard of the obligations ane : lutios imposed by the treaty of 1778. In the year 1800 the plenipotentiaries of the two countries framed a "convon lion of peace , commerce and naviga tion , " but as they wore unable to concui in a mode of adjusting the antagonist claims of the two countries negotiation as to these was postponed. In 1801 tin senate of the United States declared th < convention fully ratified. Upon thosi historical facts the court of claims wa called upon to pass upon this quos tlon : Did the United States by tin treaty of 1801 assume the payment o such valid claims as citizens of tin United States had theretofore hole against the government of France ? Tin decision of the court was against the United States. On the question of lia bllity the claimants were required ti prove the validity of their claims a against Franco. Of the aggregate o about $32,000,000 , petitions roprosontlnj nearly $18,000,000 have boon dismlssot for lack of evidence , duo largely to the length of time since the events occurred Judgments have been rendered to the amount of something over $3,000,000 , fo the payment of which congress has mad no appropriation. The number of case still pending before the court of claim is about -JGOO , representing claimant scattered all over the country. It is hardly possible that more tha one-third of the total of these claims wi over b3 paid , but whatever the amour of the judgments that may bo finally roi dorod , it will represent the only mono paid or satisfaction of iny sort given I the United States for the relinqulshmci by Franco of the treaty of 1778 , by whlcl on the onojiand , our independence wi secured , and by which , on the other , w guaranteed in perpetuity to the crown < Franco the possessions then belonging I it in America. THE country expected somooxprosslc from President Cleveland , In his lining ural address , on the Important questlt of Hawaiian annexation , and his siloiu was , therefore , something of a dlsa polntmont. There have been roper that ho wai strongly In favor of annex tlon and also that he thought thoi should bo more deliberation over tl question before It was finally decide what course to pursue , but it Is now a parent that the authors of those roper had no substantial ground for thoi Certain eastern Journals that gave 01 thu Information , with an air of autho Ity , that Mr. Cleveland would reooi mend a comtnJBHJim to make a thor ough Inquiry InUiitho political and com- morclal condttlp'hM involved In annexa tion will have simifj trouble t'J satisfac torily explain tholr deliberate deception of the public. A-jU ; U the country Is entirely In thoebV ; k regarding the atti tude that will betaken by the adminis tration on this ) ib'ject | , but It Is probable that It will not ijaxo to wait long for light. It Is toi.b'b expected that before the extra sossloh1 the senate adjourns the president , \vj'l ! , communicate- views to that body regarding the treaty that Is before It for ratification. Mean while it cannot bo profitable to con jecture what his position may bo , but tbo country will await Its announcement with a great deal of Interest. THK report that the now administra tion contemplates an Issue of gold bonds with which to fortify the treasury gold reserve is not incredible. It is well known that both President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle favored the amendment to the sundry civil appro priation bill providing for an issue of ; i per cent bonds , and that both believed it might become necessary to adopt this course in order to maintain resumption and protect the credit of the govern ment. The assurance given by .Mr. Cleveland in his Inaugural address that all the powers Vested in the executive would bo mod to maintain a sound and stable currency and keep the govern ment credit unimpaired was sig nificant and may fairly be in terpreted as pointing to an issue of bonds If the emergency should bo such as to demand it. According to the report the administration would find no difficulty in negotiating a sale of $2,000,000 of bonds abroad , or a greater amount if desired , upon terms that would not the buyers 3 per cent , undnr arrangements that would insure the treasury ample protection. It may hap pen that an issue of bonds will not bo found immediately necessary , but If it should bo decided that it will ultimately have to bo elone it would seem wise to anticipate the possible emergency. The effect of doing this would certainly bo helpful to financial confidence , which Is undoubtedly in need of strengthening. THE expressions of opinion on the onvict labor problem , presented in number of interviews in THE SUNDAY BEE , shows how widely men iiffor on this important subject. Upon no point , however , nearly all arc .greed , and thaf'is ' that convict labor hould so far as possible bo prevented rom coming into competition with that f the honest wago1earner. . This is a irlnciplo that must bo adhered to In any attempt to solve thd problem. THE efforts of the'Manufacturers asso- iation to secure a good exhibition of Nebraska flour at Hho World's fair do- icrvo success. TIjis state is rapidly oming to the front , in wheat production and the flour made'by ' Nebraska mills is iqual to any in the market. It would bo u serious drawback upon the pros perity of the stat-6 to" 'have the impres.- iion prevail thai it can raise nothing but com. IT is estimated that the World's fair ivill take $3.000,000 out of Nebraska. This makes it all the more important tliat the fair should bo made the moans of sending something back , and this can only bo done by advertising the state and thus securing additions to its popu- ation and the volume of its business. MR. CLEVELAND had something to say in his inaugural address in behalf of frugality among the people. The best proof of his sincerity will bo a frugal administration in which the money won by popular frugality shall not bo wastefully - fully expended. Sllenco Koiii4 | Supreme. Central City Aonjurcfl. Have you noticed any of the bills for hloh the people Iwvo been clamoring bo lug passed by the legislature ? Dou't all speak at once. 1'usoy Oray Sliitod. A'ew York Tribune. Isaac Pusoy Gray of Indiana : Cheer up you may get a consulship after all. "For they do say that Mr. Cleveland was heard to declare clare recently that ho would Hko to sou you in Halifax. A "Ituslmiit" Administration , Ciu'ini ( { | ( ( Tribune. Down to the present writing Mr. Cleveland has made nine appointments namely Eight cabinet ollleors and ono private st cro- tr.iy , and eight of the nine appointees art lawyers. "Husiuoss men" will soon begin tr wondor-whon the preference for their class will begin. a An Iiiiprtmilvo Scene. fi'ew Ycrk Mverllmr , Swiftly and solemnly the democrats arc swooping down on Washington , tiwiftly , be cause they fear that some of the olllces maj got away before they arrive. Solemnly , be cause thuy are about to appear in the pros cnco of the Anointed Quo with all his const ) cratlona fresh upon him. It Is an impresslvi scene. Iet All Honest Mmi < int Together. Sclutuler Herald. If these members of our state Icgialaturi who are in favor of .tho passage of a bil regulating freight rates would unite , regard less of party lines , tiH > y might accompllsl something. The wjvoju people of the state not these of any omj.iiarty , demand that tin rates should bo reduced and lot their reprc sontatives sco to It thht their demands an compiled with. Tlibriris no rcasimablo excuse cuso why a reasonable freight" rate bll should not bo passed..r Tho'railroads havi governed this mattifpitp their soltlsh satis faction long enough.j t Too Tough for'tho ' Tougliust. Fremont Flatl. The speech of Tom Majors at the Mortoi reception is said to huvo caused the brazei chandeliers to turrvtjearlot with shumu Even \Vorld-Horald refused to publish II rliittitiiigiilh Journal. Ever since wo h'qaVd that foul story related latod by Tom Majoi'i ; n't the Morton banquet we confess to have bfcen wondering what th point of it was. A dirty story may b excused to some extent if it has a point tha is pertinent , but the only point to Tom' story to bo seen was the tolling of it on sue ! an occasion and by such an olllclal. Stop tlin Itnliliory. N Kew York Tribune. A question-asking traveler has found ou some Interesting things about the earnini capacity of waiters In dining cars. Thoi regular wages are 50 a month , but the , make on an average fo a trip between No\ York and Chicago In 'Hips. " Sometime they niako as much as $3 or $10 a trip. No > the : ompany pays tlio head cook ou a car ST a month , the under cooks JW each and th dishwasher $10 , Isn't it plain enough tha It expects thu publio to malcu up the sum wages of the waiters I It ia precisely th nanio plan that Is pursued on the occa atoamcra , where the stewards receive merely nominal sum Ir. the way of wages with the expectation that each passenge will glvo u llueral fee. Why do not the rail I road companies stop tlilt tiractlco , pay fnlr vases , Insist on good scrvloo ami post nit irtiiiie'ciiu'itts that any \raltur who ncwpts a tip" will bo Ulsc-lmrgod ? fraud From lloicliinliii ; In Itiul. Hfrtlr mint. Ono of the worst frauds perpetrated so ar by the pre.iont legislature wan In the pro- elided recount on the lost cniistltutlonnl ninemltncnta. and now , when the work Is completed , a fatal defect In the law author- zing It is discovered , which effectually wipes out the Whole proceeding. And the people vltl rejoice that it is so. Dnnmiiil for n Itniul llcil Cloitil Aruut , Nebraska needs n nineteenth century road aw , nnd the legislature should not adjourn vlthout placing ono on ttio statute books. Country roads should bo practically as easy of grade as the bed of a railway and con structed upon the same principles. CUvet the eoplo the nuvuis and the power to build ; oed roads and the picsont system will soon boa thing of the past. l Driiiikoiini'flfi. Chicago TrUmnc. Ncal Dow estimates that there are 2,000 labitual drunkards in Maine and opposes ho hill now before the legislature for curing , hem by the Keeloy process on the pica that t will bo too expensive. But how does it lappeii that there areJJ.OOO habitual druuk- irds In Maine where the sale , manufacture and use of liquor are prohibited by law ? .As , ho father of prohibition now acknowledges t Is n farce would it not ho hotter to raise the money by license for curing these drunkards than to allow them to dlo drunk ards. I'athoqaml I'olltliM Won't MU. Chicago lleraht , Princess Kaiulani , who claims the right of succession to what used to bo the Hawaiian throne , has issued a tearful address to the American people. ICaiulanl writes like a schoolgirl and mistakes the temper of those whom she addresses. The citucns of the Jnited States are not much concerned over the divine rights of kings , queens or prin cesses in oxlic , It is scarcely to ho believed , hat the United States will make the mis- , ako of annexing impossible territory lit the johcst of sugar kings and American adven turers. o Disgraceful Democratic JVCIl' 101 * h'llll. It will probably bo found that the aggregate - gate of appropriations passed by the Fifty- second congress nearly equals , ii it does not exceed , the stupendous total achieved by ; ho billion congress. Senator Gorman stated in debate a day or two ago that the appropriation hills as they stand today carry 5530,000,000 , a greater sum than has ever been appropriated at any one session. The failure of .tho democrats in the Fifty- second congress to meet the expectations of , ho country , to fulfill the mission on which they wcro sent to Washington , and to re deem the pledges with which they began in 18il ! , is disgraceful. Nothing I.IUo I.eiitlier. Philadelphia Itrrnrd. Fired with a burning zeal for combination , the makers of solo leather have sot about organizing a huge monopoly in the manufac ture of that necessary article. The tanners' plants are to bo bought out with stork of the proposed solo leather trust , and the former owners are then to bo hired as superin tendents and managers. It will require from * .000,000 to $100,000,000 to carry out this ambitious scheme , yet no difllcultv is anticipated in raising the money. The pco- plo of the United States , who spend in each year over 200,000.000 for shoes , will note with interest this now project to bring their footwear under syndicate control. Harrison's AilminUlrutloii. Ifew I'nrlinicjwwlciit. . As for the president himself , ho has dis charged his higli olllcial duties with such conscientious regard for the best moral sen timent of the country and for the interests of the American nation , and with such statesmanlike ability , soundness of judg ment and firmness of decision , that ho may justly bo called a model president. Ho will retire to private llfo with the hearty respect of all whosa regard is worth Having , and with the enHy of these only whose ap proval is i. ) bo coveted. Wo hope that four years . , -aco the country will call him from his temporary retirement to be agair the head of this great nation whoso pros pei'lty ho has done ? so much to advance. No Precedent for Annexation. Gctirae Tldm r Curtis In AVirt'i American Review If I am asked why there should not bo i now precedent made which will extend the scope of acquiring foreign territory b\ \ treaty so as to make it include the acquisi tion of a foreign country not contiguous U the United States , nnd not necessary to anj interest of the United States , my nnswci woild bo two-fold : First , that the constitu tion has received such an interpretation foi a long ueriod of time as would bo entirely inconsistent with the making of any suci new precedent ; secondly , that if wo acquire Elawail by a construction of the constitutioi which is corurary to the long settled ono there will bo no limit to future acquisition ; of the same kind. When once the greed ) appotiro for more territory is excited it wil go on , and will "grow by what ii feeds on. " Public attention has been directed to the fact that Governor Marcy , who was secretary of state under President Pierce , authorized the UnitcO States minister at Honolulu to negotiate a treaty with King Kamohnmeha for tin transfer of the sovereignty of the Sandwicli islands to the United States. Beforethr negotiation could bo completed King Kume hamcha died and his successor did not cheese to alienate thn sovereignty of the islands. This action of Governor Marcy is cited as if it amounted to a precedent , but Governor Marcy's personal authority cannot overcome the two precedents of Louisiami and Texas , which were established boforc ho came into otllce , or the precedent ol Alaska , which was established after ho loft onlco : nor can it overcome the precedent o ] Florida , which was convoyed to the Unitcti States by Spain in order to nay certain debt : duo from Spain to our government and tc citizens of the United States. o FAlltXOTKS. Tlie "White City , " ns the World's fall grounds and buildings are termed , has the equipment of modern municipality. It hu : a combined water capacity of 51,000,001 Rations a day , and will soon huvo 100,000 , < X)0 ) It has twenty-live miles of water main ; and 201 hydrants. A hundred moro wil bo provided. There nro three steam lin engines , four chemical engines , n laddei truck , water tower , forty hose carts , 2G,7f > ( foot of hose , 1,050 hand llro extinguishers 2,500 lire pails , a steam flro boat , sixty-live firemen , 150 alarm boxes , 150 patrol tele phones , 500 guards , complete electric ligh and sewerage system , etc. Mr. S. S. Thompson of Garfleld , Washing ton state , writes : "What is to bo done will the many exposition buildings at thooxpira tion of the exposition ? " The main buildings excepting the national government building are tlio property of the Chicago Columbia : Exposition company and will bo disposed o us the company aces tit. So with the build ings of states , territories and foreign govern incuts. Ownership is vested in the rcspoc tivo governments , and the disposal of tin respective buildings rests with therownora Many of the buildings are to bo preserve ! for various purposes , but all must bo re moved from the grounds within three or si : months after the close of the exposition. There never were so many restaurants o : there nro going to bo nt the World's fair Along the promenades around most of tin buildings you will sco tables and tables am tables some waited on by Americans , other by Frenchmen , others by Germans , others b ; Chinamen , Japanese and Italians. Sonn very ejuccr and pretty buildings are rcstuu rants such as they have in Ceylon , Japan China , Algiers , Morocco , Switzerland. Hoi land , Paris , India and Turkey. You will soi people eat with sticks , with tholr lingers and with knives and no forks. Hut the drinking will bo oven rnoro wonderful. JM tercel everywhere out of eloors are prottj Httlo stanels and booths and caglelike house : e-nllod "Id sks. " Hundreds of these are foi the sale of water at a cent a glass ; other nro tea drinkers' resorts , kept by Orionta people ; others are chocolate booths , attendee by nrotty young girls ; others are coffee stands ; at others you can drink eocoanu milk from Cuba , or lime Julro , or sugar urn water , as the French do. And scatteree among all these often beautiful little ) build ings iiroothors , literally by the hundred , for tie sale of chewing gum , peanuts , candy am mounds of sweet ( lowers. TIUJE LIGHT. CltrlMliiiiUjr Ilia Hourrn of tha World' * Hlghriit Ailvnnriiiitpiiti Kov. Dr. Edward Nuutotr lUrrott of town City occupied the pulpit at the first Presby terian church yesterday. Ho Is forceful In delivery , M times eloquent mid never unin teresting or dull. The te-xt was from .tohu I. , ( i , rovtaca version : "Then was the trnb light , oven the light which llghtoth every man coming Into the world. " Dr. Harrctt said that modum science elc- elarcs light to bo the center of nature's mys teries nrnl wonders. Christ Is discerned to bo the center of 'tho world's spiritual light , the source of spiritual nnd moral power and beauty and frlutfulnessj the riie-rgv bv which men nro lifted to thu heavens , and without Him life Is a dark enigma. Christ has been the unrovoalcd. but Intense doslro of , nil nations. Men have always boon fooling after Him , If happily they might llnd Him" Ho is the great all hi all and can no moro be loft out of the great developments of human his tory than can the sun from the natural world Wo have happened upon times when woulel bo nhilosophcrs would have us lie- llovo that religion has been and still U a hindrance rather than an inspiration of human progress. Wo are told that churches huvo bce-orno thebano of modern civilization , foster mother of caste , club house for the rich , In which the | xx > r , the labor-ridden masses find no place. Hut philosophy which Ignores the holy scriptures and the Christl.in church as fac tors in the development of the race is pur blind , shallow and wilfully perverse. Ke'llg- ion has been at tlio basis of all civilisation. Science was oorn eif man's desire to find the source of the dlvino power , which ho ctnriot believes lies behind all tangible ) nnd visible things. How httlo that is good in our civilization lias other than u Christian origin ! It was the church which erad icated the darkness Ot im-tiical times , bore the seeds of all our modern culture , taught liberty of thought and it was tlio growth of this spirit that gave freedom to the slaves and elevated woman to the rightful place. It was the church which llrst built the hospital , the asylum , the orphanage und whlch still sup ports them. The church has built the fa mous schools of learning in both the old and new world. The money given to build and endow and equip our modern institutions for the elevation of our race has como chiefly from Christian purses. Then consider the downfall of godless nations , and upon ho sepuli'liers which hide their ruined grandeur and glory may be written this e-ommon epitaph : "Without God and without nope. " The sharp tongued critics of faith are neither wise nor just. Sunshine Is often obscured by murky ami miasmatic vapors , but yet how could the world survive a perpetual eclipse of His beams ? There Is moro than a grain of truth in the allegations of the world that selfishness and pride and intolerances are often bidden bo- ncath the clonk of a pious profession. What a mighty force the church might bo if only she wcro free from these hinanmeoa. Let her throw aside every weight and let her bo ar rayed in the panoply of light and truth nnd sincerity and love , and she shall go forth conquering and to conquer. iHTi.inn.iTKh Tin : roTttits. llo v llyppollto Curried tlio l.mt IClectloii In riiiytl. Xr.w YOUK , March 5. Panama corre spondence of February 2. ) says : According to the Ilaytlan press the late elections in the Black republic were a simple farce. Hyppolito , the president , named his own ofllcial candidates for congress in cvorylcg- islatlvo district , and by the rigid applica tion of his shotgun policy at the polls pro cured their "election. " The people's nomi nees were "defeated" in every district. The candidates of the population of JVAnso la Foleur and Port Macot have been de tained at Capo Haytlen. The people's e-andl- duto ofGramio Koviero was arrested , tied with ropes , anel having narrowly escaped being shot , was finally sent to Capo Haytien svltli his sister nnd e-ousin , where all three are at this moment in the dungeons of the prison at that place. At Quarlter Morin , all the relatives and friends of Mr. Mugloiro ( the people's candi date ) , were again forcibly sent away. The candidate , with upwards of 800 electors , was obliged to beat a rp.treat in the face of the most daring menace , leaving his opponent to bo proclaimed victor by n few soldiers. In other electoral districts the po'oplo's candidate felt it prudent to retire quietly from the unequal strife. At the capo the populace hael put up only ono candidate. Affairs weio conducted there with less pressure and moro calmness , but frauds were perpetrated very freely and with suflicient show of authority by a great statesman and ulso by n grout general , both of whom were chlofs in the government's electoral campaign. The people are universally disgusted with these high-handed ofllcial measures. Lo Hoveil , a journal published nt Capo Haytien , the native city of Hyppolito , commenting ed itorially upon the result , says : "Lot no ono deceive himself. The elections as they have been conducted in the north , at least , have hael their effect in modifying publio opinion ; and , besides this , the facts sneak for them selves and ask aunlciently if they can bo approved of by men who understand all the evils to which such measures might eventually * tually lead. " * i * AMVli KM KXT.S. "The Fair IJobel" opened n four-night en gagement at the Farnam Street theater yes terday and every seat was taken at both performances. The play is ono ot the best of tlio military elrnmnn nml wns by a callable' nmt vrell balnnced company The plot dlsi-losrs n pleasing comblnn tlon of comevly and pathos In whlilt opportunity Is found for a number of nbsnrb < * linj and cffeettve dramatic situation * Tbo * ftceno In Llliby prison and the repnielucllnn of the' historic bre-ak for liberty through the tuniinl were especially well received Miss Fanny lllllotte was fully equal to the title role. Her acting Is very qnlotand un assuming , but none < the less effective ) . The slnclng nnel noting of Miss Jennie Whit- bock completely captivated the mieil- cnco , and she was obliged to ro- sjwml to repented recalls. The rnnlo M.Vnrtet divided thcnmisleal honors with Mls.s \Vhltbci-k. Miss Kato CMerlo rnailo n hit In n very eliftlcult ehnr.ieter. nnel Mr. Edward It. Mawson , ns the hero ot the story , won no loss fnvor. The minor parts were well sus tained , nnd altogether thu performance was far moro entertaining than the averages. Would M nil ( MI Horrifying Showing. Felll-i Cttu . 'uiiriiirt. The legislatures Is pledge-d In nil its branches and without regard to politics to attempt some reform in the state's taxation laws. U 1ms been suggested that a great deal could benecompllshed in this line by mnking It thoduty of same county ofllcer to publish the assessment roll ns returned by the assessor , and particularly that portion relating to personal taxes. If any emo will take the trouble to examines the personal as sessment roll of this county , he will soon beef of the opinion that Solomon didn't know what ho was talking about when ho s.iia there was nothing now under the sun. No paper could nflord , from any point of view , to publish the assessment rem on its own responsibility , but if siimo country ofllcer under oommilston of law made the publication , Mr. Smith would disc-over that while ho wasn't worth one-tenth of what Mr. Jones was worth , Mr. Junes was not assessed one- tenth as much as bo was. The general pub- lie would discover that e-apltalists with many thousands of dollars worth of per sonal property wcro not paying taxes on moro than from I to 5 per cent of it. A Inrgo assortment of other facts would como to the public's knowledge that would soon ewrrect many evils in our present assessments , It is a .skirmish now , in which every shrewd prop erty holder engages , to see who can rnako the lowest tax return. The public generally corrects most of the evils of which it Is aware , and a littles bro.id daylight rellectod on the assessment rolls woulel soon make many changes in them. COMIV.II , U1.K.IXIXUS. I'ldliielolnhln Times : As tn provnlllna fash ions , the * close of winter seems ruthur long In HID back. Quins : "lie bcliavoddrcidfulntthoHwnrry , " said Mrs. I'iirlliigum. "Acted like a perfect lilloni. " lloohoster noinoornt : No matlor how solid tlio road Is Ilimiiclnlly an engineer many tlnu'N has to whlstlo for Ills pay. Philadelphia Ue'cnrdt "Aro yon giving up anything during Lent ? " "Ve-s : I'm going to cross tin ; ooeiui , and I'm sure I nhill : glvo uu everything. " Detroit , I'roe 1'ress : The rumored combina tion of the sugar and whisky trusts Is very oinlnoin. The next thing wo hear they will bo gelling Into hot watnr. Cleve'lnml 1'lnln Dealer : About the most discouraging thing that conies to a limn In this llfo Is thu devlru to whip un eiioiny , coupled with the bullet Unit ho can't do It. Washington Pott : "Tho shark Is the oldest type of llsh , " said the country school tnachor. "Not any elder limn the sucknr , 1 KUOSS , " remarked the boy whoso father Intel hlgnoel i\ lightning rod contract that uftorwurtls turned out to bo a promissory note. A yourn woman In u Pennsylvania village , .say.s the Now York Tribune , nsKeel the post- inustor for some .stamp-i. "Which kindho Inquired. "Tlio one's with the whiskers , " she replied , and ho at once sold her homo2-cont Mumps on which Columbus Is pictured wltlui few hours growth of huarcl. Llfo : She T bullovo you don't cnro for mo ns much ns you say you do. With you , 1 think , U Is "out of sight , out of mind. " Ho ( earnestly ) You are right , for when you are out of my sight 1 am out ot my mind. IIRIKQ A iiUNni.r : . C'cvclantl ' I'lnin Dealer. Whore winter "lingers In the lap of spring , " V.'hern robin redbreasts seek tlio tender r. Whore slghlnz peat tiinrs his lyre to slug , Come , good uvcngor with u hickory club. o Till : SAIST .1X1) SIXXMH. Taillcx' Hume Journal. He.irtworn and weiary the ) woman sat , Her buliy uleoplng across her knee , Aud the work heir lingers were tolling at HniMiiud u pitiful task for .such us nho. Mending shoes for the little feet That , pntti'reel over the cabin door , While the bolls of the Sabbath day rang sweet , And the neighbors passed by the open door. Thoohlldron played , nnd the baby slept , And the busy rieedlo went nnd cnino. When , lo , on the threshold .stono there slept A priestly figure ) , and mimed her name : "What shrift Is Hits for the Sabbath elay , When hells nro calling , fur nnel near ? The people gather to pralso anel prnyj Woman , why nro you tolling horoV1' Ijlko ono In u drenrn she nnswured low : "t'nthor , my elnys are work days all ; I know no Sabbath. I dare nest go Where the beautiful bolls ring out. nnd call t 1'or who would look to the meat nnd drink Anel UMid the children and keen the uluco ? I pray In sllemco , nnd try to think. Vor God'.s love can Hston.uneljjlvo mo grace. The years passed on , nnd with fust nnd pruyor The fjood priest climbed to { hogtitoof rest ; And a tlre-el woninii stood wnlllng thoro. Her work-worn hands to her bosom pressed : "Oh , Niiliil , thrlco biassed , mount thou on Ho lii-nnl the welcoming nngcls siiy , And imit'kly , gently , she passed him by , \Vhuhudiiiondoefsliousontho Htihlmth day , * " & CD. LarjoU Manufacturers an 1 of ejlothlng In tli3 WorU. We're After Him Just wait another winter till that season gets around when that blooming little ground hog sticks his nose above the ground , for we've organized our forces and we've sworn to find him out , and the man who comes upon him will smash him on the snout. Then nevermore hereafter will he work his shadow trick , because when once we've met him he'll be very , very sick. Long will live the recollection of the year of ' 94 , when the death of the Mr. Groundhog brought mild winters evermore. To us will be the glory of producing early springs , and we'll sell the thankful people all their clothes and furnishings. Ladies and gentle men , our ambition is not to become wild-eyed poets , but our spring suits and overcoats , which have just arrived , are the very essence of poetry , that's why wo became poetic. BROWNING , KING & CO. , ' | N S , W , Cor , 15th and Ml\tt \ 31