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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1893)
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All btiMmM II-MIT * nnrt rr-niliuneM should be , ' rompaiijr.Oinatn. niltiHWofl - 1'iibllshltip UrafW. i-I.cM-.H : nni imK.mciorclim lo ba made payable In tinoMi f iliimipanjr. . i'nrllijs li-in tiiir n i c'ly for Mm slimmer can linvr tn ilii-lr adili-wis by UmliiB ftt > orunr rii lii'ii III Olttoimo. TIIK lUlt.Y find FrsiiAV HiiK U on sfito In Chtcneonl tl > < - follow I us plnr.oii l'filiiH'rbou p. tlrtiinl 1'npllli : Imlol. Aiiiulofliiin bolel. ( Meat Nnrtlmrnhotnl. Uijreliolol. l.Clanil hotel. Hies of TUB ItllK Pan bo snon nt tlin Ne braska biilldins tinil tbo Ailtiilnlstr.itlon build ing , Imposition KiniiiiiU SWOUN STAT MKN'T fP ) (31110UI.ATION. ( Blntpof Nelira Un. I County of DIMICIIIH. ( fli-orei' H. Trwhiifk. w-pn-tary of Titr. HKK 1'tib- llMliliii ; pommny. ilnon oleintily nwoar Hint th'- ncln.il pirpiiliitlon of TIIK UAII.V HEM fur Hie week rnilllic Si'titemliprn. IKII3. Will as folloWH : PiiiilayS ( < ! tili-tnb.-rS Ii1.o70 ! Mnnilay.S * < -ti'inher4 | ! M.74I ! Tjii.Hil.iy. HrplpintH-r.'i. . H-"r TlnirwIny.'Si'pt mbfirT tf3.T)5 ( ) Friiliiv,8 < 'titi'iiibi-r8 i' } , ? \ H.ltiinlay , Septc-nihi-r I ) SH,4tll. Oroinii : 1' . TTTIU'CK. . > . Swum to before me mill sulmerlliixl In my. < KAI. Hin-wiif.-ltilH'iii ! ' ilav of Si-iininljer. IWlil. ' , I IMKm. . . Notary I'titille. Avprncn ClrrtilnlI.iM . fir A IP.1H ! > : t , 1,1)7" ) WBNOTK Unit C.i'or.ulo ' tint yet Boccdcd. IY ? AM , ini'iuiH Itcop tlio jiulliiliiry out of the quagimru of ward iiu'iltics. KY MlTOliKl.t. suys Unit Jio will whip Corlii-U or die in thu altunipt. Lot us Ijiopo thui. botli ( , 'ot the worst of it. TIIKIU : unpaid to ho almut 150 can- didatuH for ollluo in Douglas county. Many thinU they are ualluit , but few will ho WHAT Nebraska nnodn just now is a widespread , copious rainfall. Rut it haw no use for the itinerant rain fakir at BO much a faUo. Ri'OlCANK must he a metropolitan city. Knouirh of her aldcrinun have been arrested on the cliargu of roeolving bribes U ) break the quorum . ) f the city board. KVKN MoGlure , the would-bo train robber , rcci'yni/.ca the liifjh qualities of THU JiKK as a news athurer. The dark lantern gentry liavo many times in the past found themselves in the plaro of THEBKK'S ' llasliliL'ht. TIIK provailiny iniression ] that Hie United States senate u a slow , easy- goinfj , delibera'.o body of statesmen is not bolnn disturbed by recent events. It is not nt all probable , however , that , the president will have another increase of family before the senate reaches a vote on repeal. A Sliii'AiKNT of cattle direct from Oregon to South Omaha netted its owner § 8,01 S , and ho was more than sat isfied with the venture. Although an olTort has boon made to establish pack ing houses near San Francisco , within 700 miles of rortland , cattle raisers iind it more profitable to ship cattle to Omaha a distance of 2,000 miles , OMAHA'S business , as indicated by the bank clearings , is rapidly assuming its normal volume. In the reports tabu lated by Ilmdstrrct'HH will bo noted that this city's total is but 7.5 per cent be hind the total for the corresponding week in 185)2 ) , which is curtainly very en couraging when the figures represent ing the shrinu-ago in business at other points are considered. CONTUACTK have been signed which insure the establishment of an extensive furniture factory in this city. This now concern is said to posses * ample capital to swing such an enterprise , and the inon ul its head are experienced and pniotic.il manufacturers. Omaha wants every factory that can bo induced to locate here. No other city oflora bettor inducements nor a wider Held for busi ness. The Commercial club was enabled - abled to nuiko this fact patent to the fnrnitnrn men , as it will to others who uro bidding for a place in Omiiha. Lot them come on. A Kiitsi of Boston importers appeared Iwforo the ways and moans comniittoo of the house urging immediate- tariff re duction on the lines of frHHiH jn whid , they deal. According to their state ment the importers are sulToring very much by of the reason failure of c ti gress to put down the import dnti , . , It would nconi to us that the American people can lose nothing from the sit ag nation of business among imp > riw ! > Vhon their business is brisk , Ainoriuan gold is ( lowing to Huropo while f.in.'ij'ii merchandise is coming to America. It does not. hurt Americana to curtail their importations and consume Ameri can mude goods. K banks of Now York arc seeing brighter days , Time money ia moro easily obtained and a revival in the mer cantile paper market is reported. Thu banks nro redeeming outstanding clear ing house certificates at the rate of over 81,000,000 daily , while Saturday's re- eorvo Btatement is expected to show un Increase of several millions in cash. Comptroller Kckols naid in Chicago Thursday that on every hand there is evidence of a better condition BO marked that ho who rims may road. lie believes - lioves that business will bo restored to normal conditions when the sonnto shall Imve repealed the purchasing clause. Mills and factories are resuming , job- bore report hotter business and a resto ration of confidence Is ovldontly near at hand. The upward tendency of affairs in the east is having H beneficent effect upoa business in the west. Omaha is not booming , to bo sure , but there is ground for hop * . 7717 ? tlfKHTln\ HrVKM./ ; . Si-cnttary CnrlWo , having tnkcd Mr. , lavid A.Voll , thu wall knuwn tarltT reformer , for an opinion as. to ll.o ex pediency , from a itrictly vnvonun point of viuw , of maintaining or changing thu pi'osont internal rovi-mio laxo * on dis tilled spirits , malt liquors tuul lohm'co. j the reply < 'f MrWull ha * attwrtod j some attention. Ho advises that the in- ! toninl ri.'vuiuto taxes bo Inc-roasod and | the uustoms duties lowered , iind ihon ho j figures out n largo inorousi' in I'uvcnno j from thu incruasod huiiortnlloiia und another largo incroaao from thu in creased taxoj on Amoi'k'iln pro- ducts. Hut how there is to bo some production nt homo , which would be necessary tr > verify the ostl- inatos of revenue when the foreigners take a largo share of the market by 1111 onnrtnniH fnereivso in impnrtutlnns , needs t < 5 bo explained. Mr. Wulla esti- mutes that by the change ho proposes the internal revenue from fermented liquors would bo Increased from $ ! 12 , < )00 ) , * 000 to JfilKiior.O ( ) and from tobacco from & ! 2OOIOOU ) to .5(50,000,000. ( , Also that , the customs revenues from Imp irted spirits , wines and boor would bo increased to the extent ol $1,0011,000 and from tobacco S-i,00ilH ; ( ( ( ) . The aggregate receipts from internal revenue taxe * and customs duties on these three coininudltics ho thin estimates would bo increased from $ IS.0)0,000 ] ! ) to &J ! . " > , Ot)0,000. ) Djubtle.M thuho llguros arc somewhat exaggerated , but that is not the only Iroublo with the plan of Mr. Wells for raising nrire revenue. It will encounter a very e insidurablo opj ) ) sition from members of the party in iMiUrol of eon- gross. A democratic representative from a U mnecticut district whioh pro duces u largo amount of tobauci has ex pressed himself as opposed tr ) lowering the duly mi tobacco and thereby reduc ing the homo market for dr.mostic pro ducers , at the hauio time doubling the internal revenue tax. It is not probable that the democratic representatives from the tobacco-growing states of the south , who have denounced the tax on tobacco a ! ) a relic of republican oppression , can bo persuaded that it would bo a good thing now to double the tax. If they should vote to do this they would find some difficulty in explaining - plaining their change of front to their constituents when they present them selves for re-election next year. Then there is the proposal to put a heavier tax on beer. Is it not likely that domoe.ratic representatives who have u largo number of Cierma.i con stituents would hesitate about doing that ? Tlio articles upon which Mr. Wells proposes the tax shall bo doubled are classed as luxuries and unquestionably there is a great deal U ) bo said in favor of his advice from a ' 'strictly rovomto point of view , " but there is another point of view of greater importance to a largo number of democrat in congress , and tliiri will probably control their ac tion. Tlio voice of the tobacco growers of the south , it is safe to say , will bo heard in opposition to any change in tlio direction pointed out by Mr. Wells , and it will have great inlluoneo. SKKKIXd A The ingenuity of the free silver sena tors is being actively exorcised to find some compromise that will give silver at least as much recognition as it now has in the currency system. Senator Faulkner of West Virginia is ono ol these , and on Thursday ho submitted an amendment to the repeal bill designed to save silver from the fate to whioh it would bo consigned by the repeal of the purchasing clause of the act of 1S)0. ! ) This amendment proposes that the sil ver coinage shall bo fixed at the maxi mum of $81)0,000,000 ) ; that the govern ment shall continue to purchase bul lion to the extent of about one- third of the amount provided for under the existing law , and that this bullion , together with that already ii the treasury , shall bo coined into dollars lars of full legal tender quality , at the raUj of not less than $3,000,000 , per month , until the maximum of $800.000 , 000 shall be reached. The effect of this proposition would bo to require the gov eminent to add sufficient silver bullioi to the stock already on hand to coil $150,000,000. , To acquire the requisite quantity of uullion to meet that do ficioney would take , at the amount to bo purchased monthly provided for in the amendment , about nine jears , so that i would talco that period to bring the coinage up to $800,000,000. Thus the so-called compromise would anioun practically to extending the present law , in it modified form , nine years. Manifestly such a compromise is no compromise at all , but , an abwluto sur render to the free coinage men. These who favor the proposition , and it has some supporters besides the author , in timate that it is favorably regarded by the pro.-ddent and the secretary of the treasury , but there is every reason to believe that thcro is no substantial ground for this intimation. There is the best authority for tiiostatement that with reference to prompt , unconditional repeal tlio president stands today where ho 1ms always stood , determinedly op posed 10 any and every sort of compro mise , and everybody knows that Secre tary Carlisle holds no views on this sub ject not in complete accord with these of the president. There h equally good authority for tha statement that the proposed compromise is not ac ceptable to the pronounced repeal men , who will insist that the repeal bill shall bo passed as reported by the firmnco committee before consideration will bo given to any proposition looking to in creased use of silver. The mining sen ators , who must recognize that free coinage is hopeless , may acquiesce in Mr. Kaulknor's proposition , but it will got no other support. The advocates of repeal will rojoot it on the proper ground that it would not bo a compro mise at all , but a surrender. The fatal objection to this proposition is that if it should bo adopted the cur rency situation , as affected by silver , would not bo improved in the least , if , indeed , It wore not niudo worse. Lot there bo legislation to doublo.iho stock of full legal tender silver , and a silver dollar will not long purchase as much of the nocossnrlea of lifo as a gold del lar. These dollars are now at parity bo- ca'i ' o of thi1 public ciinli'lehce ' that the volume of silver Is not t. be increased , but there can 1m no douh as to what tin ; oiTret would bo of announcing that llio supply of full legal tender silver wa * t be doubled. There would oj a return of financial district at once , and it would tindoubledlv Iw far moro severe and deop-oatud than that whioh the country lias just pa td ! through. No propo sition that involves putting an ad ditional lion on the fold in the treasury , us continued purctiu-o * of nil * or to any amount would do , should uivo any consideration. The purchuso tnd sloragu of silver is harmful because t multiplies the lions on the treasury jjvld rascrvc , and while the harm done inner sunh a proposition as that of Sen- itor Kuulknor might bo s-.unewhat le.ss n dngreo than is sulTored from the ex- sling law , the ultimate result would bo he same. The silver dollar would do- Hveinlo in purchasing power , it would e found impossible to maintain It at a mrity with gold , and the danger of limlly reaching a silver basis would bu is great as if the act of 15W ! wore con tinued in force , THAT Tint' Tn , I/.IS7 M. There is an old adage that a Ho will travel seven leagues while truth is put- , ing on his boots. S nno weeks ago thu Omaha /'i / /-c / J/i/f / published an alleged special dispatch from Stilt Lake City in which it was given out that Kdward jsewater vuis making a tour of the Pacific eoait as the gue t of the Union Pacific railroad. This idiotic fake has neon magnified and rehashed by small b ire editors and politicians and is now jiven general circulation by the literary bureau organs in . .ho following form : Tlio true frionils of .Imlffu Maxwell < to not require any of I he anti-railroad bomlust from TUB linn , whoso ciltlor anil companion Imvu be-on tlio special gUMta of the Union 1 'arillc railro.ut for nnarly a month , going over its llnus and iu its boats to Alaska on a pleasure excursion This would bo very interesting if it were only truo. The editor of TliU UKK and his companions ( wifd and son ) traveled S100 miles , iV'OJ by rail and It,00' , ) miles by water The only part of the route ever the Union Pacific was from Omaha t'i Djnvor and from Salt Lake City ti Pjrtland. From Dunvor to Salt Lake the tiur : was over the Den ver & Uio Grande railroad. From rortland to Scatt.lo by the North ern Pacific railroad. Seattle to Knirhavoii and Seattle to Spokane by the .lim Hill system , the Great North- urn railroad. l-Yjin Spjkana to Minneapolis ever the Northern Pacific railro-ul. St. Paul to D.iluth and buck via the St. Paul & Duliith railroad. St. Paul to Omaha over tlio St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha railroad. The Union Pacific Kail way company has no ste.imship line to Alaska. The Alaska line of steamers runs f rom Tacama , the western terminus of the Northern Pacific line , and belong - long to the Pacific Steamship company , and the Pacific Steamship company car ries no free pa-wongers. The editor of TIIK LJKU bought his cabin tickets and paid for them in advance before leaving Omaha. All other transportation by rail and water was either paid for in cash or under advertising contracts at regular cash rates. This information will , however , not deter the boodlor organs at Lincoln and all along the line from circulating "tho Union Pacific guest fake , ' ' just as they did the infamous falsehood that the editor of Ti I n BKE had pocketed $1,000 belonging to Miss Iloyco , ono of the lli/.7.ard sufferers , and the story of last winter that ho had gone era/.y and was taken for treatment to a private asylum. This kind of journalism is characteristic of Nebraska and the methods which the subsidized railroad organs pursue toward everybody that dares to cross the path of their owners. en y KiEcrtox. On the th day of November next our citizens are to elect the head of the city government for the ensuing two years , tlio three principal city olllcers , comptroller , treasurer and clerk , as well as fno-half of the municipal legislature. To the taxpayers "f Omaha the outcome of this election will bo of moro vital con cern than the election of a president of the United States. The government at Washington atTects us only indirectly , while the government at Omaha is in position to bankrupt th'3 taxpayers and force property owners to boll soil out at any price rather than faeo a policy of confiscation. Omaha is a corporation with property worth fully 8100,000,000. 'Wio question is , in whoso hands shall the nmnagemunt of this vast estate bo trusted for the next two ypars ? Would any corporation with one-hundredth part of * .ho city's assets trust its business in thu hands of men who are irresponsible , inoxperioneed or dishonest ? Would anybody allow some of the men who are candidate * for the council at this time to handle any busi ness involving the disbursement of even $10,000 a year ? Some men who are now aspiring to posi tions could not bo safely trusted with $100. And yet taxpaying citizens appear thoroughly uidllVoront , The best business men and heavy prop erty owners absolutely refuse to serve in any public- capacity , except city or countv treasurer , but they constantly growl and scold about recklessness , waste and jobbery in municipal alTalrs. Do iigs grow from thistles ? Can any body expect a good business adminis tration at tho'hands of men who cannot make an honest living hi any business ? Can anybody expect reform in city gov ernment so long as the best citizens and man most heavily interested take no part In the selection of candidates ? Can wo ever wrest the city government from the gripof franohUcd corporations and jobbers so long as our business men and workingmen abstain from taking an aotivo part in primary elections and conventions ? It is ox peeled , of course , that the newspapers will fight down the boodle element and the ward bums , and stand guard over the city treasury. This is very complimentary to the news papers , but it is not practical polities. Wlion once the party cauousos have boon hold and the candidates named on all sides are second ruto men , the papers and the taxpayers have simply llobson's choice. PieklniT froiy aKid , j ib l t H U very thankless task.i , The only way to make ure of municipal rofor-n is to prevent the nnmlnailott1 of < lUr > pittablu and In competent cAttnidatuJ. That can bo done only whqn'tho bast ole nent of all parties is nn.iUiu nlort and takes an active Interest hi the preliminaries of the campaign , . r.iw.iuAi : > ' irmTIIK / rHrtin.ixs. In his speech1' ' opening the Ohio cam paign Govorn'pr'jMeKinloy ' discussed thu action of ihoi pension ollleo In suspend ing pensioners"\vlthout first giving ttiom a hearing. Ho said that if an undeserv ing soldier is on the pension roll today and the administration at Washington has reason to bnlieve he is there un lawfully , let the administration con front him with the evidence in its hands and permit the old soldier to meet his accuser , a privilege which ia religiously accorded the most depraved criminal in the land. "Shall the veteran , " said Governor McKinley , "have less con sideration at the hands of the govern ment which ho helped to save than the criminal ? Grant him this plain-legal right , and If upon f ll ll | | l il ' " lll ° judgment of the administration that ho has no right to receive a pension and does not falj within the provisions of the pension law , every soldier and every other patriotic citizen will respect the verdict.1 Governor McKinley said ho protested against the presumption of fraud being put upon the men who pre served this country by a mem ber of an administration who had no part in the great work of its preservation. He. protested against it as a oruol stigma , a disgrace put upon the wives and children of the union soldiers , who have esteemed the honor able record of their protector as the dearest heirloom of the generations to come. "These men , who were willing to die for their country , " said McKinley , "must not bo left helpless and defense less by their country. The patriotic people of the country have no thought of deserting them and will not permit their honor to be impeached. " Ohio's governor , who was himself a gallant soldier , voices the sentiment of a great majority of the people who respect the veterans , and in speaking for the old soldier , which ho is fully authorize' ! to do , ho asks only what is fair and just. The administration receded - coded from its radically unjust regula tion regarding the suspension of pon- sions. compel led thereto by a vigorous popular protest. It ought to have learned from this , experience oiiouuh to convince it that' ' the great majority of the American peaplo will not tolerate injustice to the men who preserved the union. TIIK order requiring city detectives to submit all expense vouchers to tlio chief covering all trips' in quest of criminals or items ol expenditure inado neces.-ary in the line of duty , is highly commend able. The fact thnt.such has not been the rule in times past lays the authori ties open to criticism. The internal strife between subordinates ity the police department lias made it plain that the chief has been shorn of authority which ho alone should bo permitted to exorcise and which a proper conduct of the de partment demands that ho exorcise. There is no rear-on why the railroads should bo bled for transportation of po lice olllcors and deputy sheriffs detailed to apprehend criminals. The railroad people know that the city and county pay for such transportation and that passes given to olllcurs must bo con strued in the nature of a bribe. Any officer who receives such favors should be promptly dismissed from service. The same is true of sheriffs , deputy sheriffs , United States marshals and their deputies. IION . AUGUSTUS R. IIUMI'UKKV is tlio commissioner of public lands and baild- ings. His native heath is on the fertile prairies of Ouster county. Last winter the legislature played foot ball with his name , which was bubnoquontly a subject for consideration by the supreme court. At that time Judge Maxwell said H.nne- thing that offended Augustus sorely and ho would not bo comforted. Ho rushed homo ton days ago and bared his breast for the conflict , the object being to pre vent a Maxwell delegation to the repub lican state convention and to got from his own people vindication of the odium cast upon his name by Maxwell's dissenting opinion. lint the Cnstor county delegation is for Maxwell first , last and all the time. All that Mr. Humphrey secured was a resolution ex pressing confidence in his integrity. This is very inoffensive and it the asso ciates of Mr. Humphrey will bo content with expressions of good will on the part of their friends nobody will object. An Olfl-KiisliliMiml ShiKSli'C Mutch. Ilctitrtee Jimes , Tlio democratic stnto convention promises to bo a squarn stamtup and knockdown light bntweon thu Merion and IJryan forcoa. Kmiiimitty Pertinent. l'ni > IUli > n Timfi , Will the Nebraska , stale eonventlon cn- dorso Congressman'Bryan's eourso ? I nt us nnswur with a unary. "Has ISryan un.y jiat- ronago at comiiiiindf" . A ( Sooil Clrrututiiit : .Mmlluin. Ross Hammond tt\ \ still iluuiaiulint , ' the ilomonotization of KUHor Itosowatur , but the editorial columns ofthu Krotnont Tribtmo continue ) to givu ovUlmu'o that tlio Omaha editor is vurj much'hi circulation. llml fiocHl II , A M. Cruilflitlills. M. A. Hartigan ot > Hastings is ono of the possibilities who ipnjjoing111011110110(1" in connection with tliqputiroiuo Jmltfoship. .Mr. Hartiyan was a i-uuijJato ] for appointment us auprumo court L'oiumiB.iionur liist winter , and ho produced credentials of wtilcu any man might bo proud. It U u .letvrl but No < ! eiu. Wo would sUBKOSt to tlio Oiiialm World- Herald the propriety of nl least bolng con sistent. Ifwourunot mistaken it ubiisoil Mr. Keckloy and others who were support ing llio iiiipenctnrviil resolutions. Ji , If anvtuiiiK , fnvorud the boodlurs during llio iuiHnr | ) > imcnt trlul. und ha * novor. so far as wo are uwjru , udvucutud tlio purilU-ation of tlio ofUcu-s 111 Uie btato house , and hail noth ing to say in comiamnullon of tbo judgment of the courl in the impeachment trial. It should l > e consistent in its advocacy of ia- duptmiluul principles , for 11 appears to ha a democratic ) pni > r without nny of the party principles , lifting opi > osou to free silver , or any other of our risforin measures either in the blatu or naliua , uniiu : i.isns 7//.i.v / HI * the teller tKV , Mr OUilMono will tnko his own time silout tllssnlvltv ? 1'arlln- nipnt , and , nltlinuffh the consideration of his advanced ii'jo may uirllno Him not to ixut- potio a Ktmcr.il ekv.tIon ho.voml the next spring or sunntirr , bo will fico to U that most of the ptodtrcs made In the Newcastle program have first been fulfilled , so far as It llos with the House ot Commons to fulllll them. It ro.illy matters very little , from a political point of tiew , whether tlio 1/mls sanction or reject such measures ns thu employers' liability bill and the parish councils bill. In cither case. Mr. ( Hailstone will ijet the credit of dolnp iwrythtiuj In his power to satisfy tlio most invent de mands of tlie tr.idc unions and tno iigrlcul- tural laborers. If on the onsulm ; ap peal to the people ho niKiln obtains a luiijorit.v of the Mouse of Commons , ho will at once introduce the homo rule bill nuotv. omu.ibly in precisely the sumo form ns it now wears , in order to minimize the pre texts for debate. Sen tup a second time to the lords , it will , presumably. 1 > J allowed tote to pass , tlio uulnidstsolUior absenting them selves or decliiilnj : to vote. For the unionist peers to reject the bill second time , after a general election lurnlni ; on tlio homo rule issnn , would ho an act of suicide. Public opinion would then justify Mr ( tl.iustono iu resortuii ? to a precedent furnished tu the history ol the Ijjiu ? parliament and in Intro ducing resolutions to the effect that the House of honls , having outlived Its useful ness and no longer di.mMiarKlm ; any fmu'tinu except that of thwarting tlio tuition's will , oujiht to be , and Is , di-cl'irca ' abolished. Hav ing passed such a resolution , llio House of Commons could enforce it by refusing to rec- oanl/.e the existence of the upper chamber. That is the way the House of Lords was dealt with by the people's representatives two hundred and forty odd years apo. . * * The ( tcrmtin emperor has not attained a high reputation for discretion , and the world has come to talse his speeches with consider able allowance. Were it not for this his utterances at Metx and Strnsburu , in con nection with the extensive military demon stration that took place , miuht well occasion alarm ior the pcaee of Kurope. Hut while the episode can only be exasperating to t lie French , it rually bivnillcs nothing more than that Uio Cormans continue to inalntalii that Alsaco-Ix > rraino shall never bo French aiain. This lias been their position from the first , and thoemnenris only restating it with somewhat undiplomatic and unvrr.icious ( ! inpliisis. ; It is not a reassuring state of ulTairs when ono nation pointedly declares that its integrity will bo dofeniled with tlio swoid. while its neighbor steadily and sullenly prepares for an attack upjn that integrity ; but there seems no immediate prospect of the be inuhuc of what nriy bo called an "Irrepressible conflict. " In this connection wo may notice some re cent llgurcs as to the movement of population in these two provinces. The returns are far from exact , but in a general way it appears that there has been a steady exodus to Franco and an Immiiir.ition from ( Jermany. Since 1SUI about ! lW)0 ) persons have renounced their civic rights and loft tbe country , while some -OOU have boon re ceived anil naturalized. It is computed by the correspondent of the London Times that between 1STO and IS'JO nearly : tO,000 ( ) persons , or one fifth of the entire population , emigrated , while he considers that the num ber of immigrants has been less than 100.000. Hut it would be a mistake to assign dislike to German rule as the sole , or even the prin cipal , cause of this excess of emigration , for ii we refer to the period prior to 1STO wo find the same phenomenon. From 1S11 down to the year of the war the numberof emigrants steadily increased until in 1S70 it amounted to li.3iK : ! > r 1,000. Upon the whole , luoCicr- muni/alion ot the provinces is steadily progressing , and if the peace can be main tained long enough the grievances of the French may lose its bitterness. li lt is an open secret that Europe has gen erally been looking for the failure of the Froneh republic over sijico it was estab lished : but there is evident reason to believe - lievo that such n calamity is not liltoly to ensue. The indications of vitality arc too plain iir.il too pronounced to admit of a reasonable fear of collapsy under any prob able circumstances. Up l ° this time all tcsls of stability have boon mot with suc cess , and some of thorn Unvo boon of the most serious order. There is no longer any cause for apprehension with rejjard to the Jidelity of a largo majority of the people , and iu that fnct lies the bast possible as surance of safety. The corruptions of pol- ilicians count for nothing when their con stituents nro liunost and patriotic. Thcro is a way lo rcinovo all evils of that sort without imsotllliix the foundations of llio Kovernincnl or ijivini ; Its enotnles an oppor tunity to overturn it. The Kivneh character has its faults , but it baa its virtues also , and the latter surpass the former whenever a pravo emergency is encountered. A people so intelligent and progressive cannot fall to uipreiiilo | : : the advantages of a republican form of Kovornmenl , and lo in ilntain it against all intorvoniiitf dangers. Siiish is the lesson ot the rucent elections. The spirit of loyally lo Iho existing political system is pervasive and indomitable , as can easily bo seen. There is not the lo.ist sign that the country is weary of Iho work of Hotting alons ? without monarchical institutions. The republic Ir.is come to slay , it is safe to predict , and the situation is in all respects favorable to substantial and iiicroasliu ; na tional prosperity and diUinclIon. * * The naval power of China is ( jroatly under estimated , as n rulo. Whllo it is trno that IhoorKanl/.ation and personnel of the Heel do not count for much , yet In the number and HlriMitfth of ships tlio navy is far from despicable. Kven in 1SSI China was able to hold her own against Franco. Since that time she has greatly augmented her licet by the addition of armored battle ships and pro tected rrulsers , built according to the latest approved models in Kngllsti and ( ierinan shipyards. Her own naval establishment , at Fee L'hoo bus also contributed several vi-s- sols of various degrees of olllJioncy. China has , moreover , provided herself with ii gun factory capabio of turning out power ful \venK | > ns of modern design. The comparative noarnobs of the bceno of disturbance on the Mekong river to their IKISO of operations would give the Chinese a further and considerable advantage ever the French naval forces. The period of coal endurance of modern ships of war is limited , and they are not built with much regard lo nail power ns a moans of prspulsion. This renders the proximity of the source of fuel supply u mailer of primary Importance , and Ia this regard all the advantages are with the Chinese * . Very likely the affair can bo satisfactorily arranged by diplomatic nego tiations , bul there can bo little doubt that China would bo nblo to compel respect for her rights of suzerainty if she should cheese to exorcise them. buuuil Itotllllln 'Mill. Ku > J'o/h Sun. Kvory cent appropriated for the [ public ] schools should bo spent In providing the ele mentary instruction for which iheUeinund Is universal. Kvory foot of school room in the city should t > o given up lo il and no moro niontiy should bo < > xi > uneud In higher educa tion for the benefit ol the few nl the cost , of thu deprivation of thu multitude , In other words. Ihu oxpcndilures of thu bchoul fund should bo governed by democratic und uot anslocratio principle * . TIII ; .sr//ti : i : ,1 IXvlRO County l Jlrr : If MmvoJl ; Is not nominated by Ihe republican stnto conven tion , nothing enu prevent the election of ' .idso lloleonib. He U a winner Hlnlr Pilot : TIIK OM.UH HKI : i. < nul inn strong editorial " warning lo republicans ' which U reproduced elsewhere because II has the I'lifhl ring , deals with fiit * as war- Vauted by present conditions , and winch it will bo well for Nebraska republicans lo heed. I lieso views of the situation cannot be explained a way by vicious attacks on Kosowater. Lincoln News : .1. II Acer and Wall .sex-ley are among the eminent republicans who nre Mill clamoring for the purification of llio republican party. Hills Doixan and Sewoll are Minuting for llio purging of the l.nrt.v. anil others over whoso head * Indict- mi'iitsaro hninrintr , nre anxious for the work of reform u , commence. These puro-tniiule.l . patriots all ncii-o thai the tlrsl tnlnir to be * * " < - ' nomination of .ludpo lytgo Comity I.e.ilev , ; It has been sug- posted , hinted ami proposed to .ludge Mat well to come before the people bv petition A committee of prominent tllen of all parties sought an li.lerviou . with Hie ju.lpe . on this mode of presenting his nuiiu before ancon ventions were held , with a promise of at least 80.000 names on the petillon. They were courleonsl.v received h\ , the rosDoeto'd Judge , but ho respectfully declined appear ing on the tU-Uet in that way , as he had de termined to tie a candidate before the repub lican convention. Since the desperate- light of ttie ring ami railiv.ids In this oouniv against him the subject has airnin been brought up. iind many prominent men have been suggesting that the judge again bo placed in nomination by petition. The 1-omu-r has eooil reason to boliovo. that .Iiiilge Maxwell will not appear as a eamtl- Unto before or after the republican cnnven- lion as a nominee for the supreme eourl by petition. Hroken How Republican : II. Al. Sullivan , in his valiant lighl tor the adoption of the resolution endorsing Judge Maxwell yester day for renomimuion , evinced more c'ourago iind loyalty to prin lplo than is j-eeii ovcrv tiny. In supporting thu resolution ho did U from conviction of right ami in direct oppo sition lo the wishes of an old and close friend , A. i { . Humphrey. The resolution was calculated to oxoner.uo Humphrey in the Impeachment tiasy and at the same time instruct for , linlso Maxwell , and bad Humphrey staid at Lincoln and looked after the business of his oflloo. instead of spending a week in Ouster county , iu lining to dife.al instructions for Maxwell , thu effect of llio resolution would not , have been regarded as a doleat for bun. In the passage of the rcsjlutlon Humphrey's s'rong opposition makes it a decided victory for Maxwell and a defeat for Humphrey. \ \ e favored the passage of tlio resolution , as we eonlideiuly believe that .ludgo Max well is an able and impartial judge , and Is nearer the hearts of the people than nliv other man in the state that could be named lor that ofllco. As lor Humphrey humg op posed to him on personal grounds , it wns a matter which the .republican part y coiml not afford to recognize for an instant. The success of the republican partv and its in terests are above ih.it of any man. Globo-Ocmocrat : Ohio's republican cam paign , which has just been formally opened , begins under encouraging nusnlces. It is : i mistake to suppose that Neal , the democratic nominee , is a weak candidate. He will un doubtedly nialto an active campaign , and ho is as popular with his partv as Campbell was in IbMI , when he was elected. Minneapolis Tribune : Kidieal and revo lutionary L-irry Neal is a good convention howler and a peed spit mark for a candidate whose election is a foregone conclusion. The democratic party understands the situation. In pitting Larry against McKinley the party leaders recoirnizc an easy way to dispose of Larry and his troublesome mouth , with the minimum sacrilice of party material. Chicago Inter Ocean : Nor do we think that Mr. Keal will volunteer a reply to tJovoruor Mclvinley's arraignment of the rascally pension policy of the democratic ad ministration. I5ut he lias to face an oppo nent who , while a model of courtesy in ilo- hnto , is a master of tactics and ot grand strategy , and it will be strange If ho is not compelled to tight upon ground that lie fain would avoid. Cincinnati Commercial : Wo commend to Larry Neal n calm and careful perusal of Major .McKiulo.v's speecn at Akron. Wo trust it will not demoralize him so thoroughly as to make him withdraw his name from the ticket.Ve should bo pained to lose the fun that Larry will afford the republicans of Ohio between now anil the period he is fond of calling "the ides of November" in tlio perorations of his stump pleas forfrco trade and Neal. Chicago Uecord : Governor Mclvinloy's Akron speech is on national lopics ex clusively. It is a stern thrust at tbo demo cratic party , which , so ho avers , has brought on the commercial disorders of the time by threats of ruinous tariff cli inges. Ho also condemns the administration for its attitude on the pension < | iioslion. Hut the tariff being the issue in Ohio , to the joy of Mr. Mcivtnley and Mr. Is'eal , lhat subject gets the lion's share of the speech at Akron. Aniliiiis fur tint NarrlOce. ( jlobf-Driniicrat. Doles says ho regards his nomination for a third term as a command which bo is bound to obey ; but really thcro is no im perative reason why a man should submit to inevitable defeat when ho can escape It bv requesting that another victim bo selected. Truth. I'errtuci hear yniir 0-inotitln old b.ili.v li.i < liooii > , .ry islek N llio wor t im-r1 i ! \tnh.it e-i't nantoil bin , jci ilHitlila Itrrnnl : " r Is ft very ilinllmv follow. " " . "IhifniOi ! < ryoti tieter iiski'il blin to take a Hi-Ink , did Atlntit.iPoiiilllntl.iii , ; "I'ati 1 enMMn.'tn slmMHll " lip llmlilly Iiil.rd thu Imini'Vlrml. p "Clrnclous ! ' ejaculated tlio broker. n < lin gliinooi ; il thu date , "it's old cnmiun to ni'i'd it.1" ( MevelntidTlnliidi'aler : One rlinrartcrKno of coinJ old Klljiili was 1it invoh-ous ii | joi , to. ( lalveolon Newi : Tim jiM i liousekei'iior U n It-mint who can Imliton for six intiiitln nitli- out paying any itMit. Slftlit.M ) : A Blnr-or who liml n lo ) of Mm- liliiRor cheete for v | ( . nilxellluDd It as ttn % "uiitppreaclinlile : im i itmn. " Itostnn Courier : I'ar .m I'.ilyslnt iiiron-eil- Intttoinpmiiiil tinpiit.ibtit.f . the ten \imin si \\i\\ \ \ lll ( iiMervc , my hi'iii-e , Hint ol llio ten UrtrliiH nluiiled to InlhU l > rnulirnl | Mt i- lile , five won- main anil llvo wuro fi ni.ilr. " \Vhtlt ymir \ \ I ft > Imsl" inld Mnncliesler to SI " \ es , " nsvriilcil Slm.'irs , With ti sl li ' Sh-i can o\pn > < H \ery vigorously lth bor totiRite. too. ( 'hlenco Itee.ird : In Ilio Insniiensvlnin : Milt oi NMnit U tiniiuiitcr ultir tlnit ( | HII- ueloUs-tonKhrt , , , , in | , , , | , , stlir ( jni. | . , . | ? u'V , ' " 'i'1" " 'iIIP' ' " " < - of Hit- violent l-.i- tltinls. llelmil Hiutinttnok iif iiniinhirsotix III the iicvt lint und It tiiHiimlil hlin lit'iii t.Ml'lioMTU rim.i : THI : t-oEr STOOII \lttmthi.i \ i , pfij. All day the Imv-lluiiir eixmtU lii\o : < Iiopiu-il llamina peels uiininil , lly whleli one stnlunrt ninii lint llopiiod Uinvaiiu-d ttiKin I lie ground. lie wi-eillt-tj nllh Iho pm ; < mi > nt sere , In UUMIIV of mind , SWPH rhiB Inni'xeryut lieforu Had iiiilVr.'il > > o liuhlnd. An Ait fill riliniitr , Anp 1 < ) ) / ; TiUiriM1. It was entirely eharnctorlstie , yestnrdav was ; characteristic of llio nuh-h-be'rated eli- ! mate of llus toMI. A week airo we had : i fearful and destructive storm , such us we are wont to associate with the climate of tin-West Indies or the Philippines rather than with ours. And tlio dn\ before yester day uo bail another like it. on I v nWhnps still "more so.1' As for the interval bet v\eon the two , it was whnll.v given un to the hot test , muggiest , stickiest ami altogetlier must abominable weather that ever made cull irs limp rags and lile not worth the living. 'I ho most venerable and roininisoontal of' our numerous oldest Inliabllants can prolulily recall no single week of weallior more de- btnictive of life and property , not lo men lion personal eomlnri and the moral law , than that which on me lo an um-cgrolted end on Tuesday evening. > * * & I'rtn'irr Ifl.iiir. Tlioi'o's a fei'lln * eonn-s across mo Comes across me ellen tunr An' II deep -st seems when lionblu IJIIJTS her Dm ; r on my brow i O. II Is u doi'li , deep fcelln' , Nelthoi' h.iiiplni's.s mir pain ! "I'ls a iiii'-'hiy , siinirnl looilii' To see inoilier's fncn aKiiln ! 'TIs 1 s'poso , ii init'fiil foolln1 ! Wiisi of me , 1 cui'l contnil Myself mi more ! It seems to stir An'thrill mv vervsoul ! ' ' Try to lauuh I't olV bill useless ! ( tee ! my tears will full like rain When I git this soulful longln' Jos' to see. her face aKainl Von won't know how much you lovelier ( Ynnr oltl niolliorl till you 10:1111 : 'Way oil' here her volco ean'l reiirli j'otl , An * with si t a Hirers inn Ue your home ; Then you'll Know how blu your heart Is Think yon nev.-r loved heforti When you gil ihls miclity longln' Jos' losee her face once moro. Mother ! ( onilor , lovln'soul ! Heaven Iless her ili'jir uhl facet I'll give half my yeuV : I cni.llnlll1 Jos' to ulvc hur one embrace ; Or to sliuner love-warm lilssos On her lips , an' checUs , an' brow , An1 appease Ibis mlvhty Ionian' That I gil.soorien now ! mi. coirnritt : . The Empire head dress is much moro becoming - coming lo the avcrairo tvouian than Iho ICin- piro gown. It will alsi ) bo more in evidence tills full. To arrange it , comb the hair liigti upon the head and tw si it inlo loo.so and irregular puffs with the ends slightly curled. In front thu hair is parled on one side and waved , with a slruv curl or two failing over the forehead. With this coiffure a high silver comb should be worn. * " & CO. Largest Mnnnfauturars : of Oioiliiii , ' In tno World This is my Pa. He's goingto Lake me down lown Friday nfior school , or if I have to "stay in , " ho'll take mo down Saturday sure to sec those now suits for school boys that B. K. & Co are showing1. Biggest lot of suits and overcoats and caps For boys ol my size up to Bill's ago , over saw in my life. All neat and nebby , made good and strong and if you wear knee pants , tliey'llgive you' two pairs of pants with every suit. The colors are dark and light in every atyl- ish pattern. Pa says this suit I have on is handmade - made , 'cause ma made it , but I'm going to have a real live tailor-made one from B. K. & Co's. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Bloroop.uovonr