THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt , SfrATlHlDAY , SEPTEMBER 2. 1898.
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Hcpiihlicnu state convention , Lincoln , Octo
ber 5 , 10 h. in.
Independent state convention , Lincoln ,
September 5.
Democratic state convention , Lincoln ,
October 4.
will take n , rccosa until
November , but the prospects for n con
tinuous sosMOii of congress nro stilt good.
V THAT wo huvo entered upon the
months with an "r" the frolicsome
oyster will bojjln to fool snd and ploomy.
LET the bcnato conflno itself for a
whtlo to the consideration of matters
for which it was summoned in extra
session.
PHKSENTLV people who huvo to lay in
& supply of winter coal will want to
know whether the coal barons propose
to got up atfothor corner.
PHNSION COMMISSIONER LOCHKEN lane
no improvement on his 'predecessors
when it comes to seeking notoriety
through the public press.
THE business men of Omaha have
almost reached the conclusion that they
can got along without banks. Most of
them luive boon doing their own
banking.
I DISCUSSION of the Wilson bill is now
the privilege of the senate , but no pa-
tlonco.should bo shown to those senators
who manifest a design to simply talk
ngainst time.
SOME of our populist friends in congress
think that golli is not good enough for
the payment of their salaries. It would
bo no more ridiculous for the southern
democrats to demand their pay in the
notes of wildcat state banks.
SENATOR WOLCOTT is quito sure that
the prc.-iidont will veto any independent
free coinage measure that may bo sent
to him. It is that belief that has sc-
cured for the democratic administration
its popular support in the stand it has
taken on the llnanoial question.
THE striking Kansas minors have been
compelled to give up what was from the
first a losing light. The labDring classes
will eventually have to recognize the
fact often noted that attempts to bettor
their condition can seldom succeed in a
period of industrial depression.
EVJCRY severe commercial crisis
which the country has experienced has
BO restricted imports as to leave the
government with a deficit in its reve
nues. Congress must expect a similar
result from the present dillioultios , and
should lo.so no time in taking stops to
provide against it.
NEW YOKIC bankers say that they
have never rofiiaod a logltimato demand
for money ; that they have only refused
to pay out currency to depositors when
they believed that it was desired for
purposes of hoarding. If their action
has boon so open and above board why
all this rumpus about investigation ?
THE republican machine politicians of
tills state are more stupid than the
bourbons over wore. They will never
learn any th Ing , Hard knocks and dis
astrous experience count for nothing
with them. They are bound to travel in
the old railroad rut and wrook the party
if the railroad bassos want to run It in
the ground. _
Tins is not a year for taking chances
on achieving republican success by the
old rnllraid > tramway. This Is an olT
year , and even if the railroads succeed
In packing the state conventions
of all parties , the people with the Aus
tralian ballot have It in their power to
thwart the conspiracy by voting for can
didates that ; are not nominated on any
ticket. The very fact that the corpora
tions control all the conventions will
bring on a popular stampede that will
sweep the btato like a pruirie lire.
A Ni'W YORK paper compares the
democratic vote on free coinage at 10 to
1 last Monday with the votes on similar
propositions during the lust few years.
On Juno ft , 1890 , the democratic vote on
Illand's free coinage schema was 102 in
favor of it and only thirteen against It.
Three years of discussion raised the
number against It to 114 and brought
about a reversal of position in thirty-
seven democratic congressmen. Demo
cratic consistency Is not to be mentioned
iu connection with the silver question.
THK 1'AHTT 11'tMj KKVRtl SUn.1tIT.
The organ of the boodlors ftt the state
vcapltal 1ms the sublime audacity to do-
clnro that there ia no ground for the
suspicion that n majority of the 1)58 )
scats in the coming republican conven
tion are to bo filled by corporation cap
pers acting ns proxies , The stnto com
mittee , wo nro told , has recommended
that no proxies be admitted to the con
vention , and that the delegates present
cast the votes of the absentees. What
does this recommendation amount to any
way ? If the proxy gant ; has a majority of
the convention It will not vote itself out.
If the delegates present who have the
proxies In their pockets consider it
moro respectable to cast the vote of
the absentees , they will not of course
report the proxies , because they will
bo In condition to cast the vote of the
nbsontoo and that means the votes of
the men who are put on at homo na
dummies and are not expected to go to
Lincoln ,
The whole apportionment1 is n brazen
piece of jugglery. Nobody expected
that 038 delegates would travel hun
dreds of miles to attend a judicial
convention. On the contrary , the intent
and purpose of calling a mob to nomi
nate a supreme judge and two regents
was to pack the convention with pass
men , who will have the privilege of
casting the votes of 700 or SOO absentees
or voting in their immo by proxy. It is
n game with loaded dice played by cor
poration gamblers with the rank and
file of the party , who are to bo whipped
into line or bought in to support the
man who will do the bidding of the rail
way managers on the supreme bench
and make a mockery of justice.
If the committee had desired to do the
squaro'lhing and simply sought to get
an honest , untrammelcd vote of the
patty for its 'preference , they would
have barred all proxies and required
the election of alternates. They would ,
moreover , have made the convention
small enough to insure the attendance
of the delegates elected to represent the
party and not made it so numerous as to
forestall honest personal representation
and li 'o the door wiao open for the
conspirators who have in advance con
tracted with the railroad managers to
slaughter Judge Maxwell by hook or by
crook.
It remains to bo seen , however ,
whether the goods can bo delivered
cither at Lincoln on the 5th of October ,
and whpthor this infamous bargain , if
consummated , will be ratified by tbo
people on the 7th day of November.
The republican party , the men who believe -
liovo in a free ballot and an
honest count , and do not believe
that railroadlsm is republicanisint
will repudiate any convention dom
inated by fraud , corruption and
jugglery. They have done it time and
again and they will do it next November.
They need not abjure the principles of
the party by so doing. They will simply
refuse to rally under the railroad flag ,
even if the colors are the glorious stars
and stripes and the standard bearer
masquerades as a veteran republican ,
when in fact ho is a galvanized rail
reader.
run yioi/SB HULKS.
The effort of the democratic majority
in the house of representatives to frame
rules that will not appear to bo a stulti
fication of the party's stand respecting
the rules of the Fifty-first congress , and
at the same time will put such a check
upon the filibustering privileges of the
minority as will prevent a repetition of
the experience of the last congress
when n Texas representative was iblo
to defeat a measure objectionable to him
by resort to obstructive tactics , must bo
highly entertaining to the ropublicat
minority. As upon all other matters
the democrats of the house are dividec :
on that of making rules for their govern
mont. The loaders of the house under
stand fully that It will.be impossible to
carry out the policies which the admin
istrntion doslros shall bo carried out
under any such free-and-easy rules as
governed the last house. Iteprosonta'
tlvo G'atohings , a mom her of the committee
mitteo on. rules and the ropresontatlvi
of Speaker Crisp on the floor , said before
fore congress convened that it would be
necessary to inako some radical changes
in the rules , and the report of the committee
mitteo shown that this idea prevails
among all its members. The necessity
for this does not grow out of
fear of serious obstruction from the
republican minority , for the repub
licans have iudicuted that they are dis
posed to let the dominant party assume
the entire responsibility for legislation.
They will not hesitate to express their
views on all questions of general public
concern , but they do not propose to
pluy the role of obstructionist. The
trouble upnrohondod is from those dem
ocrats wh ) are not willing to do every
thing that the administration directs ,
and they are sufllciently numerous ,
there Is reason to bollovo , to make the
majority a gfimt deal of bather if there
should bo no way provided for restrain
ing them ,
It is tills element which won a con
siderable victory on Thursday in having
the coinage and the banking and cur
rency cjinmittccs placed on an equal
footing with the ways and means and
the appropriation committees in the
matter of privileged reports , ami the
action of the house in granting this un
usual consideration to the first two com
mittees roduuei ! the power of the com
mittee cu rules , It indicate * , also , that
there is really majority of democrats
in the house favorable to some further
legislation in the interest of silver , for
now the coinage and the banking and
currency committees can introduce
financial measures with the certainty
that they will bo considered. It is not
probable that an early uttompt will
bo iiiudo to rovlvo tl(0 ( silver
question in the house. Mr. Bland is
reported as Baying that ho and his fol
lowers have no auch intention , but ttvp
way Is open to them whenever they may
conclude that It Is expedient to do so ,
The rules ns reported will put some
check on filibustering ) but they will bo
far less effective for this purpose than
wore the rulcsof the Fifty-firsteongrosg' ,
which gave absolute control to the ma
jority , while at the same time recogniz
ing the reasonable rights of the minor
ity. That congress made an almost un
paralleled record ns to the amount of
work dono. The domocratlo ma
jority in the Fifty-second congress -
gross found their mistake in re
pudiating nil the wholesome restraining
rules of the preceding house * In the
present congress they propose to bo loss
unwise , but as ox-Speaker Reed said n ,
few days ago , they are on tluj right rend
and may catch up with the republican
party In the next four years though , of
course , this will depend on whether they
have the opportunity , which may fairly
bo regarded as somewhat questionable ,
CITIXRArtlAlK'a SCHEME.
A llttlo nonsense now and then is
relished by the best of men. The lec
tures of Citizen Train are very amusing
and hr.rmlces. In times like those , when
everybody has the blues , they cheer If
they do not inebriate , and they may help
our business men to ward off the hay
fever and dyspepsia. But the schema of
Mr. Train to send 5,000 Omaha school
children to the World's fair can scarcely
bo entertained in seriousness.
Quito apart from the question of ways
and moans to pay railroad faro , hotel
bills and gate toll at the fair , the ques
tion presents itself whether It would bo
prudent to send several train loads of
children to Chicago and expose them to
the risks incidental to the trip and ( .ho
transit through a city crowded and
jammed by hundreds and thousands of
people. What mother would bo so reck
less and blind to her duty as ta subject
her children willingly to the danger of
being crushed or maimed in a collision ,
or lost in the streets of Chicago at such
a time as this ? Who could tuko proper
care of such a vast army of children
that require to bo dressed and undressed
every day , and watched and guarded at
every stop ? And who is to minister to
their wants in ease they fall sick or get
hurt ? IJ. Is all well enough when chil
dren visit the fair under the direct care
of parents or relatives , but it would bo a
piece of cruel folly to lot several thou
sand children troop by themselves or
accompanied only by thirty or forty
hchool inarms , who may require male
companions to light their way through
and to keep them from getting lost ,
strayed or stolon.
The whole scheme is out of joint with
good horse sense. The World's fair is a
good educator , but the education must
bo gotten by people who can take care
of themselves or have somebody to take
care of them.
JUlIN SIIBHMAN.
This distinguished statesman , who has
passed the scriptural period of human
life and whoso services to his country
cover a periodtof moro than forty years ,
demonstrate ! in Iho spoocli tie made in
the senate on Wednesday last that his
splendid intellectual powers have not
deteriorated ; that his devotion to sound
principles of finance is as strong and
earnest as over ; that his concern for the
interests and welfare of the wliolo people
ple has lost none of its ardor , and that
his patriotism is still of that elevated
type which it could bo wished mvo of
our public men were imbued with. When
John Sherman came on the stage of
national affairs forty years ago there
wore events in the womb of time which
wore to subject free institutions on this
continent to the severest strain they had
over experienced. The slave power dom
inated the gdvernmcnt and grew steadily
moro arrogant and arbitrary. Sherman
was a whig opposed to the extension of
slavery , and two years after lie entered
public life ho presided over the first re
publican convention hold in Ohio. Since
that day his loyalty tp republican nrin-
ciplos and policies , chief anung which is
the maintenance of a sound and stable
currency and the pro3orvatlouof the pub-
liccredit , has never faltered nor \yavorod.
The history of the period of John
Sherman's public career need not bo re
counted. It is familiar ta every Intelli
gent American. Among the statesmen
of this momentous era few played amore
moro Important part than Mr. Sherman ,
and in the work where ho mwt distin
guished himself ho should perhaps ba
credited with unequalled usefulness to
the country.
For nearly twenty years Sonatoi : Sher
man has been a target for the malignant
abuse of people who favored policies
that would have debased the currency
of the qountry and seriously linpirtrod
the credit of the government. During
the period of the greenback craze
this stalwart and uncompromis
ing champion , of n sound cur
rency was the chief object of attack
from thu paper money iiillatlonfsts. "
There was nothing too hars.h or bitter
for thorn to say against him , and "among
the most relentless of his assailants were
men in his own stato. Ho was chargou
with CJiispirlng in the interest of the
money power against the welfare of the ,
puoplo , with bjing actuated by motives
of personal aggrandizement , and was
denounced as altogether a dnngerjus
man. lie wont firmly and fearlessly
forward , however , to the consummation
of specie rusumptirin , and there nro. few
men trday who.so opinion Is worthy of any
consideration who will not unhesitat
ingly say that that policy was wise. Mr.
Sherman has hud a like experience with
the free silver men. They have de
nounced him unsparingly as having
been chiefly responsible for the so-called
demonetization of bilver under the law
of 1873 , persistently charging that this
legislation was not only surreptitiously
paused , but was the result of n corrupt
bargain in which British money was the
reward. Although this has boon many
times shown , with a cJiiclusivonesd
which ought to bo satisfactory to every
fair-minded man , to bo n basuloss cal
umny , it has boon roltonitcd frequently
during the silver debate of the
present session of congress , in
some cases by men who are pre
sumed to have eomo sense of fair
ness and candor. To thesu people Sen
ator Sherman in lilt speech on Wednes
addressed some vigorous language ,
lie characterized as Infamous the charge
that public men had boon bribed into
passing the bill of 1873 nnd denounced
as n lie. the statement that Hint legisla
tion was surreptitiously passed. Who
shall say thnt the veteran statesman ,
rounding outn pliliRo career which if It
last until the onilJiL , his present term in
the senate will hrtto covered nearly half
n century , was not fully justified in vig
orously denouncing his calumniators ?
During eight yvofp of service in the
house of roprosdnlitlves , twenty-eight
years In the United States semite , nnd
four years as secretary of the treasury ,
John Shorinan has boon intioh of the
time prominent in public attention ,
Ilis'rccord will stand the closest scru
tiny nnd the most searching Investiga
tion. Ho has won high rank among the
foremost of Airiarieau statesmen nnd
none has surpassed him in able , patriotic
and consistent advocacy of sound finan
cial principles. ,
CITY officials are no loss backward In
asking for loaves of absence than Is the
city council in granting them on the
slightest possible pretext. If the rec
ord of the present year Is to bo taken na
a precedent , the people may make up
their minds to stnnd the expense of sup
porting a host of men who nro nit
needed. In numerous cases the city can
got along without their services ns well
permanently ns temporarily.
WHKN Henry George's scheme for a
single tax OH land values was first pro
posed , seine fifteen years ago , it im
mediately secured no small number of
Bupportqrs. But with moro mature re
flection those seem to have fallen away ,
and now it requires n propagating com
mittee to keep the plan before the pub
lic notice. The single' tax Is not to bo
the millennium of American finance.
IK THE banks will lot go their grip and
accommodate honest patrons the people
who are hoarding money will also lot go
their grip nnd trust the banks with their
funds. Confidence Is a mutual thing , and
if wo are to have a restoration of confi
dence bankers must take the initiative.
BUSINESS men of Omaha con mater
ially aid in bringing back prosperous
times by bracing up and showing that
they have confidence in'thoir customers ,
disposition and ability to pay their bills
from now on.
FREE speech oimbjcs Citizen Train to
declare himself "for free thought , free
trade , free silver , _ free food and free
drinks. " George Francis might as well
complete the list arid come out squarely
*
for free love. . - w '
A .InUyll mill llyilu Tiuker.
.Sioux Cltu Journal.
The mask Is Boie § but the real physiog-
omy is that of Bestmv' ' ' " " " * "
HOIIOTH lor ' 03.
Both cliolora and fnjo silver are knocked
out. There is nothing the matter witll 18'J3.
At r.o.nt Tlicy ( Mmlit To.
1'orlt-ltmai. -
The rcmiblicuus of Njbr.iRlta will nomi
nate a gootl lawyer ami i'm"honcst man for
supreme Judge and the people will elect him.
-o-
Tin1111I nil i I no.ilrlt. .
Waht'itM ItfpuMasan ,
The republican state convention is called
to meet in Llncjln October 5. The bast nom
ination tnat can bo made appears to be
Judge MaxwelD
Thin Isn't Kind to .lolltllilc.
Keariitu Journal.
It looks lilco Kigali for independent nomi
nee for supreme jiulso. Ho lus wanted
somethinglo thc.su nuny vc.irs , and we
lupo lie will got itif it will'-'shut his yawp. '
o
To thr. U'.i < li I.H' - i tor.
/foc'fU ' .WniililuOl A'Cll'8.
That cyclone which swept the Atiantl-
coast is a more summer zophvr as connurcrt
to the ticlnl w.ivo unit tornado g.ithorin.7 in
the west and south for tlio elections mm
year.
I'ViiuiN on I'linir r'.u'M ,
Mliiilcn Gatdlc.
The State Banking board is after the so
called bond investment companies and pro
poses to wind them up , so far U3 lining bus !
ness i.s NoiiiMsk.i in concerned. The suhomo
which gives a in in something for nothing i1
generally : t fraud , and this noml scheme i
all rlirht for tliu follow who hold * the luclt >
number , but whore the one lucky 111:111 : wins
a whole lot of unlucky ones lose and put up
for the winner.
Ctlt Oll'tllO I.IIVCII09.
flhiiuluUltu : ( I'm * .
The Press is not inulluod to take b.tclc any
thing it over said concernlnir the f lit nro of
the republican p.trty in Nour.iska. The
leeches and pap-sucker.-i must ho shaken off
and wocarci not if they f.istonupon tbo dom
ocr.itic party aiul give them a lloetmg premise
iso of power. The republican partv will nl
ways Do strong In its principles. Kvory defeat
feat will therefore bo an augury of victory.
The class iiulictud } above will not stay
where it thrJs no nourishment.
A J.inkuxH II. iit ry Mthomc.
,
Th.it onilnont llu.tnrler , Hon. ( ? } C.V. .
Aloshcr , takoj up a column in an Omaha
paper to point out to the puoplo of Omaha :
plan by which they c.iu oasa up the loca
money inarUut , Although two days hav
elapsed since this pl.xn w.is sprung upon th.
public , the Notva is painut to obsurvu i.
largo si/ed reticence on the part of the
Omaha public to accon ; , the plun. Porhap-i
the folks up thora havflajso como 10 the con
clusion , expensively An > ; od upon us d'jwn
here , that the llnuicUl : schemes of Mr.
Masher huvo , i p.iinl'iil , habit of acting in
both directions at ( mu.iin'J at the same timu.
_ jji
TIIKfj.v.vi 0i'it * //i'jf.v.
Fieil R. .S'mlt/i'diil'im/tf / * Illii/e.
The operatic \varhlur''lfiay volcu hur culturu
1M I'll
With Wagner , Kublnsu < ln and ll.ich , or any
*
lilsh-fluwn air ,
Hut Mill lior notes aroSUGklnj ? , thoy'ru t > o very
Btralcht mill prim , _
Jly the hldo of tli.it iilcljiiulody , thu pennyroyal
hymn. "
Wlicn Djacon Jonoj uivlf stor I'rlniu in joyful
tunudld likiuil , .
With many an ottr.ihore'nnd Hiore , und biicli
a huariy mull * u.jii
Tlm church was Illlcdj j | tli miislu up to tliu
very lirlni
When tliu choiut jolnnl thu clioir In ( hat
uuiinyniyal hymn. r
The pilMlud orsun creakwd and whuezsil , whan
Noarlnt ; up on 0 ,
And grniubloil , Rro-iticil anil truinblud down
uloiu tliu aoptlH ( if ( J ; .
Hut , niiver ( .tlU'ilu ; lit In work ,
btiild and grim ,
ItHturlud out to wroitlo vrlth a punnyruyal
hymn ,
The boys would swull the rollliu song t'j liulp
thodoacuiii out.
Hut keen would Im the oar that told Jim what
tlmy san ? about'
lliit wonls worn nuvor notlcpd , for they sung
with mighty vim ,
So thulraid v.n very uolcomu , Iu that penny
royal hymn.
O , wonlil thnia days might coma again , uwoet
liuyuof l ,
Whun youth liiiiikirouglli to liuiKi und anus
unil wo liolpi'd Iho or nu blow !
I'uw volfiis ntmM'Uin Jim uillit ; ; , t > i > dainty
unit uu slim ,
Hut old-'ii tlmod , out forth tbo zeal Iu a pouuy-
loyal hynln. - .
OTJIfiK LANDS T/M.V OURS.
Cyprus Is not proving the valuable acquisi
tion it wns expected to bo to Great Britain ,
for the so-cnllod Turkish tribute han boon
arranged on so clastic a scale tlmt It iwal-
lows up every thing Hko profit. In his report
for 1891-02 , which lias Just boon published ,
Sir W J. Sondall , the EnRllsh high commis
sioner , remarks : "Tho largo revenue col
lected In 1891-W loft a balance of about 18-
000 to bo carried to the credit of IS'JJ-M. The
receipts for the latter , thnt is to say for the
current financial yer , may now bo predicted
with certainty , nnd wo are nblo to foresee
that when the Installments of the so-callort
Turkish tribute are all paid up , the whole of
the above balance will Jiavo boon absorbed
In meeting the normal expenditure of the
yoar. This fact shows how considerable is
what may bo termed the margin of fluctua
tion In Cyprus revenue. The reduction , and ,
If possible , the extinction of this lluctuiUlng
element Is an end which tlio govora-
moat of the island has had constantly
in view , and altnough much has been
achieved since the early days of the
sccupatlon , the sum total of our experiences
'rom ' year to year would seem to indicate
, hat the several sources of revenue have
now been made ns productive ns , under ex
isting conditions , they nro capable of uccom-
ng , nnd that no considerable permanent ex
pansion of income can be looked for oxeopt
ns the result of advances made In developing
the natural resources of the Island.That
such developments are passible In other
words , that Cyprus possesses many natural
advantages which offer n favorable field for
the remunerative cinplo.vmont of capital , hi
either public orprlvnto enterprises Is hardly
open to question. But private enterprise
ins not hitherto been much attracted to Cy
prus , ana on the other hand the annual with
drawal of n largo portion of the revenue for
the bonollt of the imperial treasury In Con
stantinople leaves the government of the
island without n inarcln which could bo em
ployed in promoting reproductive undertak
ings , nnd thus imtpono Indefinitely the pe
riod of its emancipation from n state of do-
pondcnco upon external aid. "
* *
Cable reports somewhat vaguely mention
a recent collision between Russian and
Finnish troops. Hussiandespotism has boon
stretching its long arms after Finland for a
onsidernblo length of time , and it would
require but a small provositlon for the
accomplishment of its purpjso of incorporat
ing this state with the holy empire. By themes
mos t solemn treaty stipulations the autonomy
of Finland has boon RuarantcoJ by the Hus-
siau government. Under a charter con
firmed by Alexander I. and roaowod by his
successors tlio Finns have n national Parlia
ment composed of four estates tlia nobles ,
the clergy , the burghers and the peasants.
The consent of all four estates , whoso repre
sentatives moot and deliberate In separate
chambers , is necessary to the amendment of
the constitution and for the levying of now
taxes , but the emperor has the right
of voto. The existence of this inde
pendent state in ttis heart of a ruthless
ilcpotism has long boon irksome to the cen
tral government at St. Petersburg , nnd by
successive encroachments its liberties have
almost disappeared. Thus a few years ago
the circulation of the deurcclated paper
rubles of Russia was made obligatory. Since
then the now penal cede adopted by Finland
has been suspended by the Hussian govern
ment until further notice , with a view to
the extension of the penal laws of tlio em
pire over the stato. It appaar.i to bo a ques
tion of only a llttlo tlina when the poor
Finns will bo robbed of the last remnant of
their liberties. Thu , collision between the
Russian and Finnish troops may furnish the
desired pretext for. the Dual act of redujin
Finland to a mere province of n vast and
gloomy despotism , under which every
"aspiration for human rights nnd liberties is
ruthlessly suppressed.
*
* *
Of the two riots reported from Spain on
the same Sunday , one seems to have about
as much political signilluanoa as the other ,
\vhiciMs as much as to say that neither has
any nt all. Nobouy will bo tempted to aacribu
any political signlllcanco to the uprising at
Saragossa of a proud people who objocto.l to
having a tame bull foislea upon them , and
vented their resentment , not upon the bull ,
nor yet upon the frnril mvnaier , but upon
the bull ring , which they rodncoj to kindling
wood and set iiro to in spite of the police.
This is not sedition , since bull lighting has
notyot been put in tlio charge of the minis
ter of justice or of public inatrucUon , possi
bly because there is no minister of public
instruction. It was simply u urn Jo and
primitive form of dramatic criticism. The
riot at San Sobistian lias a moro .serious
look , partly because it was a rising oi
Basques against Spaniards and partly bu
cause the rioters soothed then- feelings by
storming the hotel in w.ileli the Spanish
pnmo minister was sojourning. But this
was also in the n.uuro of dramatic criticism ,
the Spanish bind having refused to plav tlie
Basque national air , which p.'ihips it did
not know. At any rate , an uprising of leas
than f W,0)0 ) ( ) Basifues against 18UOOOOl ) of
Spaniards would not bo very furinlUnbln :
and , though there is doubtless much ill feel
ing between the two rieci , there is little
chance of such a vising ,
*
* *
At the beginning of the tariff war between
Germany and Russia thu opinion was ox-
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement nntl
temla to personal enjoyment wlicn
rightly used. Tlio niiiiiy , who live hot
ter than others and enjoy life more , with
less expenditure , by 111010 promptly
ndiiptiiiK the world's ' Lout products to
the needs of physical being , will nttes-t
the value to health of the puru liiiiil ( {
lasativo principles embraced in the
remedy , Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to Sis presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to tlio lastc , the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a jwrfect lax-
ntivo ; effectually cieiiu iiu ; the t.y . * > tem ,
dispelling cold * , iicndnchi's Mid Icvcrd
nnd permanently curing constipation.
It haiL'iven uatlHiuctiou to millions and
met with the approval of tlio medical
profession , bucau o it acta on the Kid-
noj' ! ) , Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Ryrup of Fii ? * ! H for wile by nil drug-
gifts in GOc ami $1 bottlcn , but it ia man
ufactured by the C-Ulforniii Fig Syrup
Co. only , whoso name in printed on every
package , also the name , Syrup of Fig" ,
and being well informed , yon will not
accept any uubatitutu if oilcrud ,
pressed In other continental countries thnt
llussU would Buffer while Germany would
lot bo ftfffotoil Injuriously , With that opln-
on TTO were unnblo to agree. U now appears
that ihcro nro serious losses tin both side * of
iho lino. Gormnn innnnfitcturors In certain
branches of lmhistr > have bcon deprived of
a largo nnJ profitable export trade. Russia
was thorr best customer , Ami mnny of thorn
are on tlio vorpoof banlmiptev On the other
mnilIn Russia the loss of the farmers' natural
narkot In Germany has t-ausetl no great rt
fall of prices that the government has felt
compelled to assist the Rraln growers by
making enormous purchases of gmlnj loml-
money on accumulated supplies , nnd cut
ting down railroad charges In order that the
exportation of gram to now markets may bo
stimulated. Hut the exports from some of
the Mediterranean countries to the same
markets are so largo that the Kusslnns are
crowded out. Uoth Germany nud Uussta
are suffering severely by reason of thli silly
Interference with the natural course of trade
exchanges.
Some interesting experiments iln military
cycling have Just boon made In Moscow ,
under the director of the commander of the
forces of the Moscow district. Small parties ,
consisting' of nn o nicer nnd three or four
men In full marching order , with rlllo * , oto. ,
sot out simultaneously from Vladiaiir and
Yarosliv to < Mosuow nnd from Moscow to
Vlndlmlr. 'iho Vladimir route of 1MK !
miles was done with a full night's rest and
frniuont stoppages , the host time of thrco
separate Jjoimio.vs being thirty-four iioura ,
and the longest forty-two and one-half hours ,
of which only seventeen wcro spent In ac
tual riding. Tlio Yai'oslav route of ITOi-f
miles was done In forty-four hours * Includ
ing two full nights rest of sixteen hours , nnd
twcnty-elght houro actual riding , These ex
periments are to be foPowod by cycle races
for the soldiers undergoing obligatory tr.iln-
Ing Iu cycling and for amateur riders of all
ranks , money prizes bolng .oftcrcd for the
men and niodalions for the oftlcars who com
poto. In considering the times glvon the
state of the roads in HussU must bo takoii
into account , together with the intense sum
mer heat.
The Siamese question has settled down to
an attempt of Franco to sccuro all it desires
from Si.im without passim ; the line laid down
by England. Laid liosobcry , in the decided
action lie look a month 111:0 , asserted that ,
while England would not Interfere botwcen
Francoind Siain as to the disputes personal
to thcso two powers , enough of Slam must
bo loft to constitute a , "buffer" stnto between
iho possessions of Franco and JCncland. This
blocked extension by Franco in north Slam ,
in thu Shan country , and south , whcro Slam
runs down on the Malayan isthmus , but It
loaves a wldo margin ofpressuro" for
Franco to exert on what Is loft of Slam out-
"ido the limits laid down by England , and
this pressure is being freely applied.
ZUK lll.l-UHl.iV I v > till ) IT.
Indianapplis Journal : During the Fifty-
first congress , wlion the silver question was
up in thu house , every democr.it , in two or
thrco crises in Uui .struggle against the free
coimicoof 75-ccnt dollars , voted solidly to
thrust that evil upon the country simply to
' the in hole. "
'put republicans a Yesterday
every republican voted as ho thought for the
highest good of the countrv.
Now York Trlbuno : Again , thanks to
President Cleveland ! As the republican
party by passing tlio silver bill of 18H ! )
stopped the democratic ; party from bringing
I'um. so President Cleveland , with the aid of
republican votes , by repealing tlio Sherman
law. I.as stopped the democratic party from
bringing ruin by other measures. It is
always the democratic piri.v that threatens
ruin , but to ttie president's credit it is to bo
said that , ho has captured a majority of its
votes in the house. Whether ho would have
done so without the certainty that thq re
publican minority would insure him a vic
tory is another question It is always tlm
republican party which stops mischief , and
tlioro would have been no majority in the
house or tlio senate , it is probahlo , hut for
the patriotism of the republicans.
Philadelphia North American : An analy
sis of the vote hy which tlio free coinage
amendment at the ratio of 10 to 1 was de
feated m the house of representatives
yesterday is interesting and suggestive. The
nrcsent house consists of ! V > 4 members , of
whom 1-li are republicans , ! i8 ! democratic
ana 10 populists. All the populists , 12 re
publicans and 104 democrats voted for tlio
freu com.ifjo of silver at tlio existing ratio ,
while the negative vote of 22f > was composed
of 114 democrats und 112 republicans. In
other uords. wliiio tno democrats wcro
almost equally divided on the proposition to
direct the free coinage of silver at the
existing ratio the republicans \\cro
practically felid against it , and tins in
spitu of the fact that on this one hand ttio
silver-pioilucini ; states are lepublican in
their proclivities , and of the other circi'in-
stance , that a democratic president had do.o
his best to convert the party that elected
him to sound linancial principles Moreover ,
the republicans , tunning as they do only a
small minority of tlio congicss , nro not ,
strictly hpoaking , rosiwnsiblo to the country
for thb legislative course pursued. They
might , from n partisan point of rlnw. h.iy
loit iho democrats to onaci , If tlfiy could.
! ' ! ! ivn" moa * ! > V " 'l h.vl tho.v done s
J\"scm . , b" , UO"UI "ot hlvo cn ) > '
Hnpplly for the country nnd tc
RtMnl crVllt ( thc-v felt lt lllol"n
! M \ tlie1 , , to vol ° without roBiird U
with n slhRlo eye to the public wol.
n i o
run
Throe impended Colorado bank * recolvoO
permission to rvsumo on the Int.
Kansas City banks rt-jwrt n gain of ja.ouo .
000 In dcpoMts since the , July flurry. '
Ilio Xolilrlnshnnj Tin Plato nml Stamplnji
works In St. I/jnls resumed operations last
Tuesday , employing -J.iKW men.
The shops of tlio St. Louts Sonthwoitorn
railway jit P no Uluff , Ark. , were reopened
with their full force of 600. men.
There Is a noticeable Increase in deposit !
of the Cincinnati banus.
. Hocelpts of our-
rcncy are larger and
steadily Increasing , ox-
feeding the outflow "to more the crops. "
In New Knglamr , tlio so-called middle
states , the west and northwest , the signs ol
returning confidence aw many ami convinc
ing. The feeling Is limited to no section nnd
to no industry , though possibly the best
snowing is that of the Iron nnd steel trade ol
Plttsbiuy , Cleveland and \Vlioollntr.
The full plant of the Merrlmac mills print
works In Lowell , In all employing 2GOU
opei-ntlves , started up Monday last on full
time and run permanently. There lias been
a conferciH-o of Lowell mill treasurers mill
,
the decision is thnt there will bo no out
down of wngcs. either HOW or in the fall.
I ho other mills shut down will probably fol
low the Morrimae and start up.
A dispatch from Indianapolis says tlioro
has been .1 marked change In the Industrial
situation In the manufacturing suburbs ol
that city within the past week. Several ol
the largest establishments have increased
their working force , and many of them have
received orders which Indicate n more
healthy fooling among tlio buvon nnd nn increasing -
creasing contldonco for the future.
Hodtictlon of wages Isiinlto general. Tha
furnaces of the Mnhonint ? nnd ChonaiiKd
valleys , the National tube works , employ
ing 8,000 men , the machinists of Pittsburg
and Cleveland , tlio Keystone Brldgo com
pany , the Spang steel works , the Isabella
furnaces , the Uwlght works at Chicago , thu
Schuyllcill iron works , and ninnv other largo
concoins have lowered wages from 10 to 'JU
per cent.
A significant evidence of tbo Improvement
which has recently tahon place in the tltian-
clal situation , says the St. Louis Globe.
Democrat , is found in the fact that nearly
all the savings bank depositors in New Yor'l <
and other places who gave the regular thirty
days notice a mouth ugo for the withdrawal
of their money have canceled their orders.
They see that their fright was causeless ,
and realizing that their money is safer in
the banks than It would bo elsewhere they
are leaving it tlioro.
In the last two weeks twenty banks ,
among them tlio City Savings banic of Nash
ville , Tcnn , and thu People's National bank
of Don\er , have resumed business. In the
same period lifly manufacturing concerns
have resumed operations. They Include thij
. ( ones &McLaiighlin Steel works' , PIttsburc ,
: tl)00 ) moil ; Carnegio's works , Beaver , Pa. ;
Black Diamond Stool mirks , Pltlsburg , 4OTO
men ; Hamilton Woolen mills ami Mcrrlinau
Jlat company , Auiosliury , 1,400 men ; rolling
mills , Cleveland , 5.001) ) mm ; street contrac
tors , Plttsburg , S.tWO men ; Murrimno mills ,
Lowell ; twelve paper mills. Mlddlotown , O. ,
4,000 men ; St. Louis Stamping company ,
2,000 men.
o
CO3llV.ll. TIl'S.
Chicago Inter Ocean : "Mrs. Ponton looks
all tired out. I stipposu she saw everything at
the fair. "
"No ; she dldn't'huvo tlino. "
"Mio was there a month. "
"I know , but slio spent all the tlrno looking
for a bargain counter on the grounds. "
rmllnnipolN Journal : "Say , " said the dis
gusted author , " 1 Intended thlf play for tlm
stain- . "
stainVoll ? " queried Iho malinger.
"I tliuuiiht , from the lot of cuts you have put
In It , that purhans you Imagined I intended It
for publication. "
I'lilliiclelplila Times : A good many bankers
nnd other * continue to ( him old stockings.
Puck : Ooniiy Sesilunor Are tlioso thosnfoty
, '
depo-,11
Manager Yes ; Is there anything you desire ?
tunny Kixsslonor 1 or Mmply wNh to Know
what your eliurgo would bo If I should dupo-.lt
my biifotv hero each 'iuy while I'm on tlio
mounds.
Toxius Slftlmrv. "What a pretty fan ! " re-
murki'il Hlrdlo McOlnnls to IC < iner.iUli ; Iong-
colllu at a social iiathorlni ; In llarlnm.
"Vi-sj I ha , | H Rivon to mu when 1 llrst came
out1" responded Usmm.ilda.
"KuallyIt liiia worn well , " chirped lllnllo
maliciously.
Judge : Young TtittiT That's a splendid
big do , ? you lm\o , MU-i Plnkerly. Is ho nlTec-
tlnimiu ?
Miss I'lnkerly Oh , vory. Coinu hero , Hover ,
nnd show Mr. Tutter how to klM me.
TUB EUITOIl's JOUllNAIi.
.
Tlm.Tolinson paid died feolins merry :
( Javo him a fri' obituary.
Joo.leiiklnssUppiMl and much did vex ui
Wan shot for hluallng horse In 'loxas.
The Widow Ilr.iwn paid up with lauKhtori
( lot married llfloim dnyt , thuruuftor.
Young Jones ii-fusfd to pay In " :
' bull.
Killed bv old Bpinddlpr'sJursoy
JmlKU yililth pild cash wllhimt rullectloni
Will run for congress next election.
And thus the list wu'vn galloped throuRh-
A word unto Iho wise .sliould do !
SCO.
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