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f ill THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , MAY 81 , 1893.
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TUB DAILY nnd HUMIAV Hun U on sale In
Chicago nt thu following places ;
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AiKlltotlnin hotel.
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Walls II. ill/or , IHOSCilostrcot.
Klles of Tin : HKK i iii bo spun at thti No-
Imifcku building and tlio Administration bnllil-
Itig , 1'ipoultlnn irronmls.
Clrrnliitliin 'or April. 1HIKI , SJ.tfHl
Tin : two big conventions which ns-
soinblo lioro this week will uoither over
tax Oinuhu's welcome nor her hospi
tality.
THK route of the proposed cnnul be-
twcon Fremont nnd Oinuhu is being ex
amined by export civil and hydraulic
engineers. Public interest In the project
will largely depend upon their report.
A MAN who hesitates to condemn what
he known to bo wrong is not entitled to
respectful consideration. A magistrate
who hesitates to condemn what ho knows
to bo wrong invites popular execration.
GOVHKNOII NELSON of Minnesota
makes the announcement that every
state and territory in the union will
have in the anti-coal
delegations - com
bine convention except Now York and
Indiana'
THE weather is now favorable for
building and all kinds of outdoor work.
There is no reason why the city Improve
ments in the shape of grading , paving
wnd Bower building should not be pushed
with vigor.
Tin ; railroads are already 'filing
schedules with the State Board of
Transportation showing higher rates on
oatahipments of grain. The board
should not bo outdone in a more matter
of courtesy , but should promptl file
schedules with the railroudu , showing
lower rates.
A MINERAL palace is projected at
Deadwood , for the purpose of attrno'.ing
visitors from the World's fair. The
Hills country is immensely rich in
mineral wealth , nnd the enterprise , if
accomplished , would no doubt advertibo
the fact to the world , and thereby ad
vance the development of her limitless
natural resource ? .
MoilMON missionaries are vigorously
engaged in proselyting in Sun Francisco.
According to the Cull , they have camped
In that city in the hope of sending to Salt
Lake u full 2,000 tnon and women , who
will work In the Mormon vineyards and
fields and worship in their temples. The
ultimate purpose ) , it is alleged , is a polit
ical one. This invasion has excited considerable
siderablo agitation in the Pacific metro
polis. But wo fail to bcrp how it can bo
prevented.
IT COMES from a source that is consid
ered authoritative that at the miggos-
tlou of Mr. Cleveland himself Senator
Allison of Iowa has had a conference
with tha president respecting- finan
cial situation. The impression is that
the president indicated to him that ho
.was going to call congress together and
probably earlier than August. There is
just a possibility that an , extra fcosslon
will bo convened early next month , BO
Bolioltous is Mr. Cleveland to do some
thing to overcome the present financial
stringency.
THE project engineered by Ignatius
Donnelly to have elevators built by the
state for the benollt of the farmers of
Minnesota is at a deadlock. The attor
ney general rules that by the terms uf
the act the elevator muFt bo built out of
the profit * of the business. As no busi
ness can bo done until the elevator is
built there are no profits. Contrasting
enterprise Is that exhibited by the
farmers of the eastern section of the
state \Viishliijnon , They have already
built their own elevators and are about
to build another large one at a terminal
point for loading upon vessels. Hero is
an object lesson from which , however ,
Mr. Donnelly , with his socialistic
vagueries , will not learn.
LuMltlJKMKN everywhere are Inter
ested in the through tariff just estab
lished by the Great Northern railroad
fcom North 1'aelllo coast terminals to
thu Atlantic hcabourd via West Superior.
Thu ruto is 40 cents per 100 pounds on tlr
lumber and 50 cents on other lumber ,
. > Cifs , shingles , fence posU and wood
tank material to the latter terminus.
Thence additional rates varying from 32
cunts to Baltimore to Uo cents pur 100
pouiidn to Boston are imulo. The north
west timbcrmon are congratulating each
other en the Impetus this action Is likely
to give their business and the people of
the country may , for the time being at
least , hope to got lumber for something
approximating a fait * prlco unless the
ttyndicates stop in to control the market.
.A VERY MA11KKU
This paper has certainly mad itaolf
clearly understood roffnrdlng the dlffor-
orcrico between the functions of the flu-
; ) rome court noting In Its primary capao-
ty an a tribunal to Interpret the stnto
constitution as to the validity of legisla
tion and as a court of appeals in oases of
error In the civil and criminal courts
and the supreme court sitting
as a court of Impeachment. In ono cnso
the functions of the court are purely
ndlclaland limited by technicalities.
In the other case the court nets as a tri-
ninal to pans in review conduct of per
sons chargcdwith misdemeanors in office.
But there are none so blind as those who
will not soo. The helmsman of
the Lincoln Journal , who has a
lorror of impeach monts , persists
n asserting that ho cannot comprehend
the difference between a criminal trial
ind a trial under impeachment. For
his Information and all others who have
taken exceptions to thu treatment of the
impeached ofllclals by THE BKK , wo will
endeavor to make the distinction clear.
When n person under indictment for a
criminal offense is placed on trial ho is
hedged about by all thu safeguards the
law throws around an Individual whoso
person nnd property are in jeopardy.
Ho is presumed to bo innocent until ho is
proven gnlltj beyond a reasonable doubt
uncl that doubt is not to bo removed by any
plea that the party was in position to
prevent somebody else from committing
the crime. In other words lit must bo
shown beyond a doubt that the crime
charged against him was knowingly and
wilfully perpetrated Individually or as
mi accessory.
In trials under impeachment a much
wider latitude is given and conviction or
acquittal is arrived at by an entirely
different process of reasoning. A public
olllcor lays himself liable to impeach
ment for falling to perform certain acts
as well as for performing them cor
ruptly. It is not necessary to prove bo-
yonii a reasonable doubt that an olllcial
charged with misdemeanor has boon
guilty of dishonest acts in the perform
ance of his duties , but it is sufllclont to
show that his methods of doing business
wore such as to foster corruption and
entail losses upon the state by
his neglect to exercise reasonable
care and diligence. In other words
the court of impeachment has a broader
scope than a criminal court. Its func
tions are to determine whether under
the testimony produced the .conduct of
the oflk-ials can bo justified , and whether
they are safe and trustworthy custodi
ans of public property and public funds.
In reaching a conclusion the court is not
hampered by technicalities or restric
tions , but free to roach its conclusions
after taking into aecountall the circum
stances , both as to what the officers
have done and what they have failed to
do when it was their sworn duty to do it.
CAKAD1A.K RAILROAD COMPRTITIOK.
The committee on interstate com
merce of the United States senate will
soon bctjin to hold meetings throughout
the country to investigate three trans
portation problems of urgent importance
L the long-and-short haul , the pooling
question and the matter of Canadian
competition. It is expected that the
committee will bo able to report early
in the besslon of the next congress , and
it is thought to bo probable that there
will bo some legislation designed to
change the conditions under which th.o
railroads of Canada compete with those
of the United States , to the material ad
vantage of the former.
The report of the Canadian Pacific
railway company for 1892 , just made pub
lic , bus doubtless been read by American
rnilwaj managers with whoso roads that
company competes , with some degree of
envy. It is an exhibit of prosperity
which hardly any road in the United
States could make. It shows not earn
ings for the year of over 88,000,000 and a
surplus at the end of the year of nearly
$7,000,000. The business of the road in
creased largely over the two preceding
years , notwithstanding the unfavorable
conditions of a light harvest and the
low prices for wheat prevailing in
the world's markets. This increase
of business came not from com
mercial development in Canada , but
from the growth of transportation of
merchandise ever the Canadian Pacific
between points in the United States.
Under the privileges 'allowed that road
by this government its tralllo between
American points is steadily increasing ,
and of course what the Canadian line
gains American lines lose. The .foreign
corporation is unhampered by any legal
restrninmonts. U is not compelled to
conform to any system of regulations.
It is under no arbitrary control. Its
managers are free to make what
rates they will , regardless of long-and
short-haul conditions. Being thus unre
stricted it is enabled to successfully com
pete with the Amorlcan roads for tra ( Ho
that ( naturally belongs to the latter ,
with , mieli liberal benefits to itself
as the figures of last year's business
attest. That this is so is shown in the
statement that the "Soo" line , controlled
by the Canadian Pacific , made a largo
increase in gross earnings and profits for
the year , and there is now projected a
branoh line which when constructed will
give the Canadian Pacific the shortest
line between Chicago and the northwest
and the Pacifiu coast , thereby increasing
its facilities for competition with Amor-
lean roadn. This aggressive corporation
is strengthening itself in other direc
tions and is steadily making itself mure
formidable as u competitor to American
transportation interests , both on the
ocean and on land.
The problem of how to deal with this
competition so as to do justice to all
American interests involved has boon
under consideration for years and a solu
tion seems no nearer than when the dis
cussion begun. Several years ago the
bomito committee on interstate com
merce made an Investigation of the sub
ject , covering thu sumo ground , doubt-
lobS , that will bo gone ever this summer ,
and submitted a report to congress
which set forth the disadvantages to
which the American roads wore sub
jected , but nothing was done by way pf
providing a remedy. The executive de
partment of the government has
for years given the- matter raoro or
loss consideration without reaching any
conclusion as to what is best to bo done.
The difficulty in the way of any radical
measures in the foot thf\t the producers
of the northwest and the mnnufaoturora
of Now England nro unoomiiromlfllnRly
opposed to any policy toward Uio Can
ndlan raids which would destroy or
greatly restrict the competition from
which the people of thogo sections derive
material bono'flt in lower rates of trans
portation than they oould probably got
if compelled to bo dependent wholly or
largely upon American lined. Thopres-
ont senate commit too on intorstalo com
merce .will doubtless find as the result of
its Investigation that publlo sontlmont
in the northwest and Now England has
not changed in relation to this question.
7 B ItATR OF KX011ASUK.
A merchant at any town of Importance
in the west may purchase a draft at a
local bank and mail it to the jobber In
metropolitan cities to whom ho is In debt
for a consignment of goods. Or , ho may
ship the money by express or buy an ex
press money order , for which ho must
pay a regular rate of exchange. Should
ho bo compelled to purchase a postofllco
money order , ho must pay a fixed rnla
to cover the cost of transmission of the
money. For the bank draft ho
pays as a rule a much loss rate
of exchange. In purchasing a draft the
merchant escapes any risk that may
attend the shipment of the moneywhich ,
risk is assumed by the bank. There is
also some expense to the country bank
in its correspondence with the exchange
bank respecting each transaction and
for clerk hlro in keeping the books of
accounts. The nominal rate of exchange
that prevails all ever the country is not
excessive. Without it the business
world would bo deprived of a most con
venient and safe moans for tjo liquida
tion of dobt.
Bunkers throughout the state of Kan
sas have recently adopted the now ruling
of the Kansas City Clearing House asso
ciation to govern the charges for drafts
and checks on out-of-town banks. The
attorney general of that state has taken
the matter up and sees in it a gigantic
trust of banks for the oppression of the
people. Ho threatens to cause the arrest
of every banker who dare charge a rate
of exchange for the transmission of
money , nnd declares that the ruling of
the clearing house is in direct violation
of the anti-trust law of Kansas.
It will bo difficult Indeed for any fair-
minded man to sco the force of the
attorney general's reasoning or the
wisdom of his action. Suppose ho can
sustain his position that the action of
the banks is in violation of the anti-trust
law , which is not probable , can ho in
voke any law that will compel a banker
to transmit money for a patron without
charge ? Tno action of the Kansas
banks is directed solely to the establish
ment of a uniform rate of exchange.
Their right to make charges for the
exchange or transmission of money has
never before boon contested.
The unprecedented move of the attor
ney general of Kansas is attracting a
great deal of attention in business circles
throughout the west. It is said to have
been born of the doop-rootod antipathy
in the minds of the people ot that state
toward the tanker and money lender.
The farmer has boon led to bollevo that
the banker is his natural enemy and
must ha put down at any cost. It is not
at all improbable that the rashness of
the attorney general is duo to the preva
lence of this sentiment , and that ho la
nursing a political ambition. It is not
at all likely , however , that any state of
floial can overturn or revolutionize a
commercial system of exchange that is
universally recognized to bo both legltl-
mate and sound.
THE European correspondents nro
again talking of the prospect of war.
Ono report is that Empo"or William , on
the occasion of his visit to Rome , told
the pope that ho was determined upon
war and would glvo no heed to the
pope's pleading against war. It seems
hardly possible that the kaiser oould
have said anything so obviously indis
creet , particularly in view of the fact
that his argument for the array bill was
that its passage would bo in the inter
est of peace , but the emperor has not at
all times a prudent command of his
tongue , so that the statement cannot bo
treated as incredible. Another report
is that the popular fooling1 in Germany
regards war as the possible outcome of
the present political situation. Mani
festly the conditions in the Gorman empire -
piro are extremely perplexing and it is
apparent that the government is sparing
no effort to impress upon the popular
mind that great danger will confront
the nation if the army is not
strengthened. There is plainly , how
ever , an inconsistency botwoan the re
ported talk of the emperor at Rome and
that of the finance minister of the em
pire , which may fairly bo presumed to
represent the sentiment of the kaiser at
homo. The correspondents agree that
no safe prediction can be made
regarding the outcome of the
election , so numerous nro the
parties and complicated the situation ,
hut the consensus of opinion is that in
the event of the election going against
the government the emperor will not
hesitate to adopt extraordinary moas
tires to carry out his purpose to
strengthen the army.
THE financial situation dooa not grow
brighter from day to day , notwithstand
ing the reassuring opinions recently expressed -
pressed by eminent authorities on mon
etary alTaim. On the other hand , there
docs not seem to ho any very strong rea
son for the great apprehension which
somu persons arc reported to feel. The
country will doubtless lose moro gold
and the outflow may continue for the
next throe months , but no reasonable
estimate of the amount likely to go out
of the country In that tlmo need uroato
a fear that our gold supply will
not still remain sufficient to maintain
the parity of the currency and the credit
of the government. In the autumn ,
there is every reason to expect gold will
begin to return , and wo ought to get
back the larger part if not the full
amount of the year's exports. Thu real
embarrassment of the situation , however -
over , Is not BO much from the gold inovo-
mont as from the contraction of credits
duo to loss of confidence. The process
of liquidation going on , the end of which
no one can BOO , haa produced an extraor
dinary fooling of caution , but even as to
thin it in to bo olwnrvcxl that in any
event the real capltnMho | | country will
not bo Impaired nor .wWr any of Its re
sources ho lost. Thrfcarb nnd consorvn-
Ism now being gonocatry.'exorcised will ,
vo bollovo , avert nnjlfying In the nature
of a crisis , ndmiltlng.ll/At there has ever
boon any real danger < j/ / ' uo1i anoutoomo
to the financial disturbance. At such
times nt this the Ujndonoy la far too
common to exaggerate the dlnloulttos of
the situation. f'J '
IT IS said to bo th ( ciitentlon | of the
ivnr department to mftko some changes
which will bo In thonaturo of reform ,
n the detail of military 'attaches at the
Bovoral foreign legations. Some of the
officers now on this service have boon
abroad for four or moro years , and in
such cases changes will bo mado. It Is
the opinion of tha war department that
an officer of moro experience and higher
rank than a second lieutenant should bo
sent to the principal military powers ,
and as a consequence a number of
changes will bo made in our mili
tary representation abroad. It Is not
proposed to do away with any of these
details , but to linprovo them , for the
fact Is recognized that the military and
naval officers serving at the foreign le
gations have performed valuable ser
vices in reporting to the government the
progress made in ordnance and other
matters pertaining to the two branches
of the military sorvlco , and tholr reports
nro being published and sent out through
the bureaus of intelligence of the War
and Navy departments to the
two national academics and the
schools of application established for
the instruction of young officers
of the navy and army. In addition to
the valuable Information secured by
these officers for the government the
personal experience and knowledge ac
quired of foreign countries adds materi
ally to their efficiency In tholr profes
sion , and it is contemplated to extend
this service and so organize it as to In
sure the best possible results.
THK supreme court's opinion uphold
ing the constitutionality of the Geary
law has placed a new phase on the re
lations heretofore existing between
the Chinamen nnd the Six Companys.
The latter have always exorcised supreme
premo authority over the coolies In this
country , and extorted n largo amount of
money from thorn upon the pretense
that they Intended to protect them
against the operation of the exclusion
act. It is generally understood that a
very small portion of the total amount
thus contributed by the Chinese went to
pay for legal expenses' Ifl' contesting the
constitutionality of to ) law , and that the
six companies approp.riafpd several hun
dred thousands of dollars , to tholr own
exchequer. Now the Ohlnoso are enraged -
raged at what they foj'mlho imposition
in exacting1 from them 'the payment of
money to no purpose , and at having
boon Induced to alloisJ uib period of reg
istration to go by nnd bo thereby ren
dered liable to deportation. The coolies
have revolted ugalnsV tllblr further ex
ercise of assumed authority , and it is ap
prehended that thqJ highbinders , who
would as soon assassinate the heads of
the Six Companys ns 'pomraon coolie , if
they see profit or plunder therein , may
by induced to put tholr dread tactics in
operation. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE investigation into the books of
the suspended bank at Ponca is said to
reveal a startling state of affairs. It is
n matter of surprise that an investiga
tion after a bank fails wilUrevoal crook
edness when an investigation before its
failure made 'by the same examiners
seems to show everything to bo all right.
There must bo something radically
wrong either with the present system of
bank examination or with the exam
iners.
A Timely Suggestion.
JVeto York Hecnrder.
The best thing Mr. Cleveland can do is to
toss the wbolo platform aside and go it
alono.
A Good Work.
Kebratka City ffem.
Tncro is not a person defending the ofll
cors who would have kept t lie in in their env
ploy flfteou minutes after they lonrnud how
affairs were conducted , and why should not
the state's intorcstb bo as well cnrod for as
these of private persons. Call the bringing
of the men to justice and exposing tlic'lr
methods ' 'maa partisanship" or what you
will , a good work has boon accomplished.
Wlioru liivtMitiiiiiiitii Pay.
Qlobc-Dcmotrat ,
Australia is inverse condition than the
United States was in when the panic of 1837
began , anu a longer tlmo will doubtless ho
required for recovery than occurred hero ,
but recovery will como. Meanwhile the
British Investors who suffered In Australia ,
as they did previously In Argentine , will
ilnil it to tholr interest to place tholr money
hercuftor In United States properties.
Prosperity Htuvoil Off.
Kitnsaf Citv Journal ,
The assurances of democrats that existing
business troubles are the result of causes
started under the previous administration
do not agree with their former promises
that prosimrlty would greatly Increase
when the democracy came into jxnvor. The
country has been in a posltlo'u to count with
certainty on democratic rule for nearly
seven months now. and ought to bo showing
some signs of the greater prosperity.
Stop Huylnjf.lMif Silver ,
Duffalo Courier.
The first and most ? 1hlirlous duty that
will confront congress.wx > mooting In tha
autumn will bo that.ot . rouoaling the silver
law of 1890 and stopping tiio monthly pur
chases of pig silver , Xljp gperatfon of that
law has brought the country to a point where
foreign contldonco inthonbllltyof tlio United
States to maintain gel $ ' payments has be
come impaired and whcro distrust has begun
to disturb commercial conditions In this coun
try. It is oneourazlntf to note the fact that
even In quarters whorinffd * free silver craze
has been dominant horato/qra the opinion la
gaining ground that thtr forced purchase of
silver bullion 1ms been a failure and should
bo stopped , jij ;
The Wyoming Oil Itoglou.
Denver Ucfntljllcait
The Wyoming oil fleUsI kro attracting the
attention of the capitalist , and it Is highly
probable that as soon as that locality is
lapped by the Northwestern road a croat
dcu < of development work-will bo done , fhoro
Is evidence- going to show tl at the oil re
sources of Wyoming surpass these of Penn
sylvania. The formation Is said to rosom-
bio that of the oil region on the Caspian sea ,
where it has been shown that an enormous
quantity of oil oxlbts , and from which Rus
sia's supply Is drawn. But the Wyoming
country has boon developed to only a small
extent. It has boon Impracticable- do
anything with the oil that might bo taken
from the wells , for tho. locality Is too far
from liny railroad. There has boon more or
losa talk about constructing a nlpo line , but
nothing has como of these projoota. Doubt-
U > S3 It has boon thought that the expense of
constructing and operating such u line would
not bo justified by tlio amount of oil which
could be sold in the western market. But
{ "utters will bo different when the oil roplon
tnppon by the Northwestern rond. Then
"mny boprnotlcftblp to ship oil from Wyo
ming an fnr ns the Missouri river , If not to
the MlislMlppl , in competition with that
which Is supplied from wells In the oust.
I'robnbly the usoofollfor fuel will bccomo
more common In the future , and this would ,
of course , Incronno the innrltot demand. U
would bo especially so of the Wyoming oil ,
whloh is of n heavy kind , well adapted for
use ns fuel ,
nml OincntinlillnR.
lluffaln Inqtttrtr ,
iMnrgo number of the men appointed to
oftlco take occasion to stnto that they nro los
ing money m accepting the positions offered
them. They possess a high sense of publlo
duty , however , nnd will not permit monetary
considerations to stand la the way. The
fnot Is that the majority of these pcoplo nro
binning. The nrorago ofUcohoulort did not
accept the position with the knowledge that
ho was going to lose money. There nro not
so many men making $10.000 nnd $20,000 a
year as these appointees would lend the pub
llo to suppose.
It ItoKtMiflth the Court.
7/ou-cIls Journal.
The Impeachment case now rests with the
supreme court , the arguments having been
closed on Wednesday , after four weeks of
continual labor on the part of the lawyers.
For the first tlmo In the history of Nebraska
the supreme- court sits as a courtof Impeach *
mont nnd It Is a.shamo that It has to bo so ,
as It reflects upon the peed tinmo of our fair
stato. It Is expected that the court will report -
port their llndlngs at no very early day ,
owing to the great amount of testimony to
bo reviewed nnd the largo number of legal
authorities that have boon presented ,
Olvo Him n Chnnco.
llutlrr CountI'resi. ) .
The democratic papers ever the state are
nil trying to discourage Mr. llosowator's
efforts to purify the republican party. They
are nil agreed on ono point that it con' t bo
done that there would ho nothln ? loft.
except the memory of Lincoln and a few old
heroes , In whoso natno they have committed
many crimes. On tlio principle that "It Is
better to have loved and lost , than to have
never lovoi at all , " our advice Is to give Mr.
Uosowatcr whatever encouragement we can.
His efforts nro a good thing for the state
nnd common honesty. If his efforts prove to
bo misdirected , they will not bo without
good effect , to aay the least. The wrong on
taxpayers have been committed , and If Mr.
Kosowntor cannot reform his own party , the
pcoplo will find men In other parties whom
they will trust.
Glsnntic Trust I'nllnro ,
Philadelphia Ttmca.
The failureof the Whisky trust , which
was ono of the most gigantic of Its kind. Is
duo to two causes which clearly foreshadow
the fate of all simitar organizations except
these protected by tariff laws or which apply
to articles of comparatively limited produc
tion. A representative of ono of the with
drawing firms Intimated that the prosecution
of the trust by the attorney general of the
United States under the Sherman anti-trust
law would have proved fatal to It , ns It was
clearly in violation of the provisions of that
law. Ttio Sherman law applies with equal
force to all combinations In restraint of trade
and the dissolution of the Whisky trust in
advance of any dccroo of the court upon this
subject probably foreshadows the like retire
ment ot nil trust combinations when they are
resolutely attacked by the authorities.
Tlio Air I. inn Convention.
I'MladclpMa tlrcord.
The populists of various western states
will hold a convention in Lincoln , Nob. ,
early In Juno for the purpose of booming the
scheme for a railroad from Bismarck , N. D. .
to Oalveston , Tox. , which they hold would
enable them to market their grain moro
cheaply than It can bo done at the present
timo. and also to find reciprocal markets in
South America. Notwithstanding their
confidence in the proposed enterprise as a
business Investment , It is noticeable that
the populists are not manifesting any actlvo
interest in subscribing for the capital stock ,
as they are of the opinion that the states
should own and operate the lino. As a
means of ameliorating the depressed condi
tion of the agricultural interests this pro
posed railway to the Gulf is scarcely less
visionary than was the agricultural sub-
treasury scheme. But the proceedings of
the convention will bo worth watching , if
only to seo.whnt to extremes honest natures
may bo misled by their enthusiasm.
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Hawaiian Annexation in u Nutshell.
Jiulijc Thomas M. CMifcjthe June Forum.
It Is perfectly manifest that unless wo are
to treat the American anil English settlers
upon the islands as persons entitled to
establish for themselves institutions nt xvill ,
regardless of the wishes of the remainder of
the people , wo cannot for a moment sanc
tion what is proposed : but if wo make the
recognition nnd glvo effect to their will by
receiving the proposed gift , wo nro bringing
incongruous elements into a union never
framed to receive thorn , and wo are justify
ing nn extension of the constitution formed
for the government of n union of harmonious
and contiguous states of the North American
continent , so as to bring under its rule as a
part of that union countries Inhabited by
races radically different in physical and also
in mental characteristics to these by nnd
for whom the union was established , In
whatever quarter of the globe wo may flnd
them ,
_
rEOl'LE AXl ) IIUNQS.
Receipts are now a lap ahead of expenses
nt the World's fair.
It will cost M.OOO to tow the Columbus
caravels to Chicago.
Philadelphia will explode about $25,000 in
an old fashioned Fourth of July.
A sugar dish owned by Mrs. 1 1C. Smith of
Hoswoll. Ga. , has been In use by her family
for over 100 years.
A covey of 210 snakes have been found In
South Carolina. This , too , before the state
saloon is in full blast.
Ix > ndon correspondents Intimate that
Queen Victoria's mind Is waning. How the
news affects Albert Edward Is not stated.
Twenty-six hundred nnd forty Immigrants
landed In Baltimore during April. Ihey
brought with thorn in ready money M9,088.
Juno 11 Is coming to the front as n candi
date for holiday honors. It Is known ns flag
day , the anniversary of the elate- when the
stars and stripes were officially declared by
congress the colors of the United States.
Thu widespread plucking of dupes by the
Iron Hall has a counterpart in the operations
of endowment societies in Massachusetts.
Out of $12,000.000 collected from members ,
$1,000,000 stuck to the palms of the ofllcors.
A profound wall of regret filled Missouri
when It was demonstrated that ono nervy
man could hold up n train nnd pluok the pas
sengers. Think of the golden opportunities
that had como and gone since Jcsso James
turned his toes to cloudtand ,
Dr. Talmago's sermon last Sunday on the
text , "Who Touched Mol" la sulcl to have
been nn able discourse. Having just raised a
largo sum of money to cancel the tabernacle's
floating indebtedness , the reverend doctor Is
competent to talk Interestingly on the sub
ject of "touching , "
The sultan of Johoro , who is hastening
Chlcagoward , is not us dark as ho is painted ,
nor la ho a subordinate ruler. It Is ofllclally
announced that ho Is an absolute ruler , a
personage of high Intellectual calibre nnd a
roflnod man in every senso. Whereat the
Lake city 400 is elevated sovonU pegs.
The Maharajah of Kapurtlmla , whoso
wealth Is as oxtonslvo as his name , is aston
ishing the pcoplo of Cairo , where ho has
stopped on his way to Kngland , by appear
ing In publiu wearing bracelets of pearls as
largo as pigeon's eggs nnd heavy necklaces
of diamonds and emeralds. Otherwise ho is
a sensible- young man and talks of coining to
the World's fair ,
The evil of lofty cult permeates all Bos
ton , Even tlio police show symptoms of the
plague. In his report to headquarters re
cently a cultored cop detailed nn accident on
his neat and concluded , "A physician was
summoned to the bodsldo of the dying man ,
but his diagnosis of the case gave the vic
tim but littlehopo.and although the dlsclplo
of Esculapius oxcrtod ull his skill , his ef
forts were fatal. "
A Georgian possessing notable analytic
powers and pictorial diction , thus paints
Nebraska weather hereabouts : "Tho
rhythmic waves of the vibrant other ,
stirred by the muslo of the church bolls ,
purified the pulsing circle of midair In which
wo stood , almost touching the ileooy clouds ,
and there , under the flying birds and
zephyrs and sunbeams , the smiling metropolis
glittered like a daizllng Koh-1-noor in a setting
ting of royal maRnlilccuco aud splendor. "
ron aoun \
OMAitAMayCO. To the ( dtltoraf Tin ? Nun :
The editorial In Fntunlny's UKB headed "No
Macadam for U , " cnrrlcs nn Impression
which It seems to mo , In view of the facts
you will hardly wish to sprorul.
The term macadam Is understood ami used
by the public In a very IIKJSO manner to des
ignate any rend surfaced with broken stono.
Tlio surfacing Is only ono point In n well-con
structed roadway ; and oven If properly laid
may bo rendered practically or largely a
fnlluro by ncgloot of other requirements ln
the construction. You will hardly claim
that because ono local experiment was
unsatisfactory , tint broken stone
nn a road surfacing has proved
n failure- . Many who have llttlo tlmo to glvo
to Investigating such matters , nnd believing
In your care for the tmblio welfare , will be
led to believe that such Is tho. cnso. Tlio
fact Is that In the whole period of road
building from the days of Itoman roads till
today , and from all the experiments of road
builders and experts , no snrfaco hns been
found to compare- with ono mndo of broken
stone , that Is applicable to nn extended road
system. Such n surface is found on the cele
brated roads of Europe nnd flroat Britain ,
and In localities through the United States
where they Imvo good ronds. The Now
York and Chicago Iwulovnrds and parkways
are also of that material , so It will nattily lie
In the nature ot an experiment if wo use the
same.
As citizens of a municipality having been
brought to observe various classes of city
pavement , and led hi our ignorance to ox-
porlmont with material long before nrovod
failures elsewhere , wo nro Influenced by
that knowledge of actual contact and
stronuly prejudiced In favor of what lias
proved satisfactory , nml fearful lest now i
experiments be forced upon us. Having dls- \
covered by hard ox | > crlcnio a remedy for
our local tils we should not hasten to pre
scribe the remedy to our neighbors , whoso
trouble wo may understand only super
ficially.
The requirements of n satisfactory road In
n city nro so different from these m su
burban nnd country districts that very dif
ferent moans ma > be used , nnd in fact nro
demanded to secure them. flvo ! the
public the results of extended ox-
iwrlmeuts In this to us newer
Hold of roadways. Such Informa-
from a disinterested source will Imvo its
weight nnd result In the only sensible busi
nesslike plan of benefiting by these results
and not squandering our money in nn Ignor
ant infatuation that wo have the secret of
the Philosopher's stono.
In view of the results elsewhere attained ,
wo may accept as a fact that the thing to
use Is n ourfaco of brokcm stone. Of course
wo want a durable stone for It. What It
shall bo must bo determined by what has
proved best. And wo want our road snrfaco
well supported , for , as I said , the surface Is
only ono point In a well built road. The ma
terial for this support or foundation may bo
very different from the surface material , nnd
it is my belief that wo have , close lit liana ,
nt various points , stone that can be had
cheaply which will clvo as good results for
this purpose as could bo had by bringing ma
terial nt largo cost from n distance.
My position , in short , is this : First That
a broken stone surfaced road on good foun
dation has proved Itself the best for ex
tended road systems.
Second That we should conform in choice
of material ns closely ns possible to what has
proved most durable elsewhere.
Third That we should draw ns heavily for
material upon local sources ns wise compli
ance with the last proposition will permit.
\Vo want first class roads , but wo want
them distributed as widely and accessible to
ns largo a portion of the county ns possible.
Wo want smoothness , durability and length ,
no 30-foot roadways when half that width
v/llldo , and clvo double the length nnd twice
the number oenoHtted. Wo want sollditv ,
with all unnecessary trimmings out off and
their vnluu expended In greater length.
AI.HYN P. DIKE.
NKItRASK.l AXI > XJUHll.lSK.ISH.
Ono hundred boys from Chicago nro at
work in the boot Holds about Pierco.
To settle for u load of hay ho had stolen , a
Pierce sport gave up his pot shotgun.
Conrad Gasser , n Crawford saloonl.it , has
been arrested for selling liquor lo United
States soldiers without a-license.
Amotbcr search for coal Is to bo mndo
near Brownviilo by the same man who
drilled there for fuel ten years ago.
Mrs. ICato E. Gillnn died nt Auburn after
a long illness of consumption. Her remains
have been taken to Pennsylvania for Inter
ment.
The annual field day exercises of Hast
ings college will bo hold on Saturday next.
Tno college commencement exorolses occur
on Wednesday , Juno 7.
A frog floated Into the water mam at
Crete and landed In n hydrant , causing a lot
of trouble and expense before the dlllloulty
wns located and removed. The frog was
dead when taken out.
Mrs. L. F , Folda of Howolls who had
started on a pleasure- trip intending to visit
the World's fair , 'was taken ill at the resi
dence of a friend In Milwaukee and dledi of
inflamatlon of the bowels.
In spite of the fact that an ordinance pro
hibits tlio use of "nigger shooters'1 lu the
corporate limits of Hastings , some of the
youths of that city have transgressed the
law nnd killed birds with the tabooed
weapon.
A lively fracas took place at Shubort the
other evening , in which three or four pcoplo
with revolvers and other weapons partic
ipated. A number of shotft were exchanged ,
but when the clouas of smoke cleared
away it wns found that the only damage
done was the wasting of ammunition.
NKItDKIt AT II01UK ,
Ncnnlor Allison Will No Continue tin n
hrr of th * .Monetary Cnitlaranco. V
WASHINGTON Ilunniu or Tits Bun , 1 i\ \
.113 r-\nivrnn tn STIIRBT. > ' * >
WASHINGTON , 1) . 0. , May 80. )
Senator Allison wns In Now York
night on his wny to Washington ,
tor .said that tuidrr no circumstances
ho continue to net ns n member of the inter-l
nntlonnt monetary conference which Is let' '
meet In Biu.ssols m-xt November. The scna-J *
tor said that ho nml ovcry rt'puhlli-an ' were > '
npcilod In the Bcnnti * and the hoiiso for tlio
extra session which ho expects 1'rcsldonto
Cleveland 111 call In September. The seimT\
tor bolloves that the regular session will fol-k
low Immediately nftor the extra session nnd
that possibly by that tlmu the monetary ron-,1
feronco will have reached some rcsults.ti
Senator Allison nNo bollovcs that tinlessv
some satisfactory substitute i.s submitted. ,
the Sherman sliver law will not bo repealed.-
Much , however , ho thlnk.i , neiieiids upouthe.
International monetary conference ,
CVnlrst uf Army Ofllcors. W
There will bo a lively routes , t among sov-p
crnl army ofllc-ers ns to who will aueceoc.J !
Surgeon General Charles Suthcilnnd , wlic * .
wns plnci-d on the 'retired list yesterday ? * ]
Colonel Charles 1'ngo Is thu senior colonol,1'
but the fact that ho will reach tlio age ( it\
retirement next December loads to the belief - ,
lief that ho will not bo selected. Dallas > '
Bnehn , who Is fourth on the list of llcu-i'
tenant colonels , Is anuing these pmniltietitlVK
named for the vacancy. The appointment ?
will bo made soon after the rotwn of the , ' ;
president from his llshlng trip to Hop
Island on which ho started this afternoon. *
MOSHKH GETS A BOND.
Ills l'ulhcr-lii-ln\v Dlftl , Hn Si-cured Hurc
tie * mill l.cill for the Konrrut. t
C. W. Moshcr received word yesterday' " '
that his fatherInlaw , Mr. Mnnslleld off
1'corin , had died of heart disease , nml ho nl"1 , '
once made n special effort to furnish a'bom ? '
so that ho i-ould attend the funeral. Mr..r.
Whcdon , his attorney , nnd J , II. Hurley off
Lincoln wont on thu bond of $20.000 s sure- :
ties , nml the bond was accepted by Judgov
Dundy nnd Attorney Baker. Mr. Moshor *
departed yestcrdav afternoon for Pcorln ,
Haying that ho would bo back Immediately
after the funeral.
NrliriKliu r.ilr Visitor * , il
CHIOAOO , 111. , May fU ) . ( Spoolal Telegram
to Tin : Br.K. ] Frank Rogers , 0. H. Ucan , ) , |
A. F. Banyou nnd wife , Mr , nnd i Mrs. J. 1,4' ' r
Cnrcy , Ixjuls Mendelssohn ntin Mrs , Sponi'ors 3
Otis were the Omutm nrrlvals who regls-i I
tcrod nt the Nebraska bullilltitf todnv. - ,
Others from the stnto Included O. 1'Vi-
Beckley nnd wife , Bcntrleo ; John S. Hor-\ .
shay. Nobrnskn City ; Knuiuoi Hull nnd wlfo- '
Mr. nnd Mrs. .1. S. MeNnlr , H. W. Mines , HIM *
coin ; Beatrice Kosunfeld. Hustings : J. lit- : ,
Miles nml wife , Fulls City ; M. H. Bllssjoi
Hebron ; W. J. Miller , Superior.
llll'JT.HS Of MlItTlf. ,
j
Romunlllo Journal : < ll\o the devil hlsdno.4v
of course , but don't clve him more than that , ?
ns nearly everybody ( loon. . .
Millidolphla Times : As lo lioiso show , thoj .
best ot them won't Rut any unless thu Jockey la ?
straight. A i
Indianapolis Journal : The vcRotnrlnns ImvoV
n convention lit Chicago next month , which la _
quite meet. J. , '
Tld nils : Schoolmaster : Why wns It that ; !
his Rient discovery wns not pronorly apprecl- * ' ]
nted until loni ? after Columbus was denilWi
Nineteenth Century Schoolboy : llecauso ho J
didn't advertise , sir , l- |
Philadelphia Hecord : "Necessity knows no\3
law."snlda tiresoino lawyer In ono of thotj
courts n few days IIKO In llnlsliliiK up a long f
hpccch. "Yos , snld tlio Jmlgo , "uud some ;
lawyers know llttlo law. "
Detroit Kroo 1'rcss : Variety Is tlio oplco of '
life , but It will never provo nn aecoptalilobiib- . ,
stltuto for cloves nt the theatre. ,
Wnshliipton Star : "Do your neighbors keep
chlrkt'iisr" nsUpd I ho visitor.
"No. " rolllc'l ( the dKcoiisolnto man who
OWUH a Riinlvn ; "tlivy Just feed 'om and koup
thopBgs. Wo jccep 'cm most of the tlmo. " - - j
Pitllnilolphla'itecoicl : IllobbsWonr wife hni *
a beautiful chin. Nulihs. Nohlis Dlil you ever
muot my wlfo ? niobbs--No. Nobbs Tlion
you've onljt hcc'ii my wlfu's chin ; you should , ,
near It.
TIU.I.-TAI.E.
Illotvntna , Rtnu it Co.'s Mnntlilii. I
She weighed an own hundred pounds ,
fooft no heard hnrsiiy ;
Him looked HO sylphllko wo liullovcd ,
Till , on a futal day ,
Hho dropped u nlukul In tlio slot
And gave horsclf n weigh ,
HTH.W HAT.
H' '
Xoincirtllc Jntiriinl ,
Hull tlio utraw hatl
On fovorort lirow of moil It icsts so lightly , I *
In thu dull RtruetM ot towns It nlilncH no v
brightly , . ; ,
Wlmt tliongn the jokers Jest nbont It trlluly , ' ? '
Half ibe straw hutl *
Hall the straw liat !
No hoadgonr over yet dovlsod O\COH It. < - '
When a man's hend grown big It only nwolln It.
Wlmt If It does roll when tlio wind propels It ? '
Hull the strnw liatl .
Hull the straw hut !
It Is so light nnd restful , nnd HO airy , '
Wearing It , n man feels gay nnd literary. ;
Once having hud It , would wo do without IKj
Nuryl t.
Hall the .straw liatl V
VA' ' .
Hall the strnw hull \ \
It Is tlic grentcst boon of Hiiinmnr weather , "
A contrast to thu hats of felt and louthor , ( I
A Hliultcr and a nolacu put together I-
lliillthoHtraw liatl .
'f '
I-iarsest Manufacturers nml Hot.Ulorj
of Olothlui ; In tl ) WtbL
Astonishment
Was depicted on the eountonancos of all our
visitors the past week not
only on account of our mag-
niflcent now quarters , but also
the great variety of new goods
never shown before. The
"weavers of the cloth con
tained in our suits have not
allowed any poor material to
be used in their make , and wo have made them up
as well as tailors can do the work. Wo specially
call your attention to the line of $10 suits that our
tailors have made up to make an extra good im
pression during1 our opening week There are
many other ohoioo suits in both the boys' and men's
department that it will pay you to soo. Wo can fit
you with the latest style hat at half of halters'
prices.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
EtoreX7rd a7t1iu3'n3tl118-n ' ! 8. W , Cor , 15th and Douglas Sis.