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THE OMAHA DAILY NBI2 : , .SATURDAY . , SE1TEM1WR HO , 1893. THE DAIM1 ; J _ _ ii. Kosiw.vrr. ! { , iwnor. PtJIIM.MIJ.Ii I'.VF.UV MtWNIN'i. TKKJIS "V Jlfilly tloo iniiiiu it.tiintiVOiH ) > Yunr f 8 nJJ Dally nnil Siimii > .Op V'-ar I',1 ' " > Six Mmillifi jjjj Kmiflar lei- ! One v'&r < f I'JJ Il . Oiw Vi nr > } y" rii.i Vrtif ' uo Ol-'KJCK * . Oninhn. Tl'f TVoi llnllilliir. "fi-iili Omaha turner NniirtTi'iit.vl > ! xlliMr < " > lv Council IHnffit lil I'l'flH Mrp l. ri.lrnrnflfflri . .SIT tlismlHT of Ro'iiiniTrn N.v Yftrk.iMiitnH 13. 14.1IH1 IS.Trilliumbullclln * . WiMliltigtcni. 'il Koiirli'cnlli htrftit. IJOUUKSl'ON IlKXf ! K Alt roinnninoilliii ! : mlntliiir In timv * .ImtiM- to- ill matliT nliiiiiM I" ' ii'l'lr. ' nilTJ llm Kdlior llf'-JNli < S LKTTKIIM. All huMnj'Hi luifM nnil rmnlllaiicps ihotilil bo H'liln-ftvil loTI.- < I'lilillNliliiproiiiiniiy.Onialia. Dr.iftM. clii-chn nnil puHt'illlee nnli-rs lo 1)O luauu pivatili'lolliiM.i-.l "f HIP company. . 1'artli'H li-m in ? Hii- city for llii > Miiinnif r c.in 1m w lire.hpiiiifttlirlr aiiilmss by letivtn * nil onlur lit bllHllK'llH OfllCi' . TIII : nun I'lJiu.ttwt.vo COMPANY Tlli > ! ! ' I" CIllniB" . TIIK. DAILY nnd SUNDAY llRe U on sale In riilcnco in tl p following place * : I'iiiiiiprliou o. lirnnd I'ncKle hnlol. Aiidltiilluin Initnl. t.'ri'iit Nnrlliefiiholol Cute hold. Lfliind hnli'l. , . . riles of Tut' lir.K c.in bo "innn ( it thn N J- lirnnldi builillnit unit Iho Administration build- Inr. Imposition grounds SWOItN STATHMKNT OP CIHOUIiATIOH. Mali' of Ni'Iiraika. 1 Cniiiily of lioiiirlas. ( f'i.i-Ko II. TzHcliiick.wwtnry of THE Ilrtt 1'nli- 1l liliiT company , ilonn BolPtnnly nwear thai tlio n.'innl clruul.itliin of Till : t ) Ml.V IlKR for tlio WCPK I'liillni : S ' | ) | piilirr a.1. 1103 , was at follows : Sumliy ; , September 17 . Ufl.Of.O M-milay. Hnplrinlinr 1 . US.WM Tiii-wl.iy. MU-'inhiTllI . a : .S7H . . , Tli nrmlny. SrtitPinberUl . " ' ! , ! Krliliiy. September til ! . il-7.lli : ! Halunlny , .Se | > ieinl > er 1M . i'lr , ) ( ) OKimriK It. T7M-HITCK. . - J . Sworn In before nunnil HtilHcrluiMl In my < KEAI. MiroM'iii'o tlilnai : < l ilavof September. 1WI3. I , I N. I1 KKII. . Notary Public. ATI-I-HRII rirriiliitliut Toru , . 1HKI ! , 2I.O7S How do those pnp'.illxtH who Haunt the bnntinr of free trudo anil frco coinajjo like the proposal of the silver inon to join i.Hsuos with protectionist mumifac- turoi-H ? IK Tin ; Columbian oxpnaitlon is nblo to find itself ( 'loured of all doDt by Ooto- bor 0 the Chicago stockholders will hnvo fjood caiinu for joining in the Chicago cage day jubilation. WK 8Tii.li prnfor the Omaha plan of dealing with wonld-bo train robbers , noUvitliHtaiiding the uluittcr of pre cocious youths who just now happen to bo toying witli the /'W.v / Factory. LOOK out for vicious attacks upon the integrity of Judge Maxwell just before tlio convention is called. Several of those attacks nro incubating in Lincoln and will bo reiiny within a few days. tJ Senator 1'otTer the free silver men are ready to agree to a coin- promise , but the compromise must bo a practical concession of all their de mands. This would bo compromise with a vongeannc. IT is to bo hoped that the latest settle ment of the material to bo used in Omaha's federal building will really settle it. The question has been Bottled so often Unit a final settlement will bo a welcome relief. " \VJ1Y should the wayo and means com- inlltcomcn complain of Bryan's neglect of public business ? Isn't Mr. Bryan's private business superior in importance to that of the government ? Bryan first , the public afterwards. IK Tin : World's ' fair is not a financial success it will bo through no fault of the men who are carrying blank pass books around ever the slate and offering frco transportation to Chicago in exchange for delegates to the state convention. IDENTITY of hiirnnmos of the present governor of Massachusetts and the dem ocratic gubernatorial nominee has led lo numerous amusing mistakes among no few of our enterprising contemporaries. Massachusetts democrats hnvo not yet come down to a fourth term candidate for governor. : on the 'appropriation for free mail delivery is rather poor policy for a government of the magni tude of ours. Prompt and reliable pos tal facilities hnvo become absolute necessities for the 'great masses of our people and they are willing to pay for them at any reasonable price. in the Cherokee strip with from 7,000 to 10,000 population are said to bo already equipped with about 200 saloons each. And still the prohibition ists are reluctant to drop their oft- repeated canard that Omaha has more wickedness to the square foot than any other city in the United States. THE nmiounconiont of the annual ghost dance scare in the Indian country presages an curly winter. The political ( jhost dancers of Nebraska have boon on the warpath for several weeks , but most of them ha veal ready become frightened at the stern altitude of the pojple and have returned to their reservations. DmtlNC ! tlio month of August the Now York H.-iinl of Kleetrieal Control secured - cured the removal of U.V > p'llo-i and 018 miles of wire from the streets of that city without cost to the public. There arc still a few unused poles and dead wires in Omaha that might bo dispensed with. After the city oloutrlolnn has secured - cured their removal , it will ha in order to discuss the burying of the remaining live wires. The wires miut go under ground sooner or later and the sooner the hotter. NOTIIINO BO well confirms the adage that one lie loads to another than tlio repetition of falsehoods concerning the supposed connection of Hrncst Soyd with the monetary legislation of 1873 , It 1ms boon conclusively shown that Mr. Soyil was n bimotiilllst and that ho was not in the United States at all in the 70's. But to support their allega tion some of the eastern newspapers hnvo gone so far as to interpolate some words of their own invention into a speech made un the lloor of the house at that time , Now that the interpolation lias boon shown up by Senator Hoar the abettors of the Suyd falsehood should cease coining further lleiiutis in its support. Xo spiv-ell dolH'orwl in the prosoiit ennprc'i * lm attracted so much at ton lion and ImHi * n'Jcctcd to so union criticism H4 Hint of Senator Cameron of Pennsyl vania , iimdo lait Monday. It possesses no merit whatever as tin argument : on the contrary , it la vapid , crude and to n very c'ltisiderablo ' extent ridiculous. But an the uttorniico of a republican senator from the strongest of republican stale.- ' . who < o people , irrespective of party , are practically unanimous in favor ol tliscMiitimiing the purchase of silver under existing law , It is remarkable nnil unaccountable. What inollvo Senator Cameron had for Iwlraying his cniiHtituontrf : unl unit ing with tlio advocates of unsound anil flat OIIITO.IICV lias not yet been discovered and porhniM uovor will bo. The a. " sumption that the apei.'Hi was a bargain and Hole ofTor in the intoro-tt of the pro tected inmistrlcs of Pennsylvania that is , a bid lo the silver men to unite with the friends of protection to prevent tarilT legislation lacks oven plausi bility In view of thu fact that , Mr. Cameron's speech is unqualifiedly con demned by Ponnsylvniiia newspapers that are strongly opposed to any changes in the tnrllT inimical to protection. Tlio Philadelphia /'ww , after review ing portions of the senator's remarks , ftnys ; "It is most humiliating testate state pride that Pennsylvania ihouhl be responsible for plneing in the senate a man of so narrow intelligent o and so limited information that ho can niton paper so much folly and esteem t wisdom. " The /m/Ki'irr / of tlio saiuo city characterizes Cameron as n traitor , mil referring to the opinions of business nun published in its column : ' , says : "That ho misrepresents Pennsylvania is : nnd plain. That ho knows that ho misrepresents his state is entirely prob- iblo. llo has chosen to betray his con stituents and to run after false gods. IIo must take the consequences. Hence forth ho will bo no factor in the politics > ( Pennsylvania. " Tlio Philadelphia North Anifrkunsnys : "Senator Cameron may think that ho voices the senti ment of Pennsylvania in his speech against repeal , but wo can assure him that ho is mistaken. And few public mon have boon so fatally mistaken , for free coinage has no foothold in any part of the country where diversified indus try exists. In no other state of the union is industry so diverse as in Pennsylvania. " All these papers are ardent advocates of protection , and it is hardly possible that any such scheme as is said to bo on foot , of aligning the in terests of silver and protection , could bo proji-cted without some of these journals obtaining a knowledge of it. Their un- qualiliod condemnation of Senator Cameron's utterances shows they had no such knowledge , and this warrants the conclusion that there is no substantial ground for the explanation of the Pennsylvania senator's position that has been offered. The views of Senator Cameron are not important for any inlluenco they will ex ert. The frco silver cause will not bo strengthened in the least by his speech , because it is absolutely destitute of argument that can make any impression on intelligent mon. Itshows that on the financial question ho has abandoned him self to the support of i > very policy that is most hostile to a sound and stable currency and would put the nation on the high road to a silver standard while allowing the states to issue currency at will. Moreover , ho would increase to any extent the government debt by issuing bonds to seotiro gold with which to maintain silver at n parity. Tlio time when views of this kind could liavo any oH'oct upon thought ful and rational people has gene by , and at any rate Mr. Cameron is the Imt man who would bo likely to iinprosj them on anybody of ordinary intelli gence. It is pretty certain that Mr. Cameron is serving his last term in tlio senate. TIIK MUUn'UMl' I'OUTIC.tlj C > IB. The developments in connection with tlio so-called . ' 'Van Alon bargain , " by wiiich the last donnorat.ic national cam paign fund was enriched , to the extent of ? 50,000 in return for an agreement to have Mr. Aster's brother-in-law matin the next ambassador to Italy , tuo refreshing in the extreme to republicans who remember - member the corruption fund cry which President Cleveland raised against his opponent in his colobrntn'l Lenox Ly ceum speech last fall. While raising this cry ho was himself contributing all that his moivns allowed t'j his own cam paign fund , and at the same time sjour- ing additions to it from all available sources by promises of political patron age. age.But But oven more refreshing than this are the proceedings which wore en gineered by some of Mr. Cleveland * ! ) mugwump friends in soon as they Icarnud that the Van Alon bargain wa * to bo < : > inu.Diluted. To ladle out offices so palpably in return for nnnoy contri butions was too far beneath the lofty idealism of their old idl. To prevent it they nwtlo strenuous otTorts to got Mr. Van Alon to withdraw hia claims for olileo on c xulillon of t'\o return of his nviii-y. It was not that they had any objections to the use of the $50,000 in behalf of Mr. Cleveland during the last national campaign. Oh , no ! They have no temple * about that. But it Is wrong neo > rding to tlio mugwump ideate to btvak faith with MiVan Alon. That idea is well oxprojsu.l in a recent inlorviow by Horace White , who , together with Ulchnrd Gilder , attempted - tempted to engineer the sdliumo by which Mr. Van Alon bhould have his $50,000 refunded after it haa been used for election purposes , "Con- tributi.mi tj campaign * are , of course , necessary , " bays ho , "but contributions made through promises of curtain pjsl- tions of honor should bo roundly de nounced. Still , it is only fair to a per son who has made a contribution upon the pruui&u of a certain olllce that ho should have the amount of that contri bution rotunied to him. " The rule of mugwump otiqiiotto then bhould he summed up something like this : ( iot campaign u-'iitributions. ' ( Jot them for nothing if you nan. If you can't got thorn for nothing , trot thom'for promises of oillco. If yon are unsuccess ful your promises go lor naught and the c intributnr hn < I is * on a roc * igni/.i-d o intingoncy. If you are successful break your promise , because it is too apparent Unit it Inn been b night. Bat do not lot the contributor sullor a financial loss. Your success will n. > w enable yon to raise the inonoy to repay him. It is only "fair" that you do this , notwithstanding the fact that you are merely shifting the burden of your obligation. Till : MHItr I AM- 11 is highly probable that there will bo 6'iino legislation by the present congress - gross for promating tlio restoration of our ocenn merchant marine. A atop in this direction was taken in the last con gress , in allowing two steamships of foreign construction to take out an American registry , and this ni'tlon was so well received by the c uuitry that there is a tlimposition tj go further. It IB announced that the hoiiso e unmittco on merchant tnarlnu will favorably re port to the house s\ bill by the chairman of the committee providing that vessels purchased and built In foreign countries nay bo admitted to American registry nt any port of on try of the United Status , such vessels not to bo iscd in the uoruiwlso trade , but before making the report the committee proposes to give hearings to persons dcntilied with the shipping interests of tlio country , or who have given this sub- icct careful eonnidivnti'in. The proto - to admit foreign built vessels to tVmoricnn registry has boon discussed for years , and hitherto the opposition to it has boon so .strong a * to prevent its idoptinn , except as to the two steam ships alroauy referred to. It will un- loublcdly still be strongly opposed , but the democrats buing In control of con gress the chance of its being adopted is much bolter than ever bcoru. The provision in the bill to be reported , which excludes from the coastwise trade foreign built vessels admitted to iVmcricnn registry , is a concession to our shipbuilding interests on the lakes and seaboards , which have grown to beef of very great value and importance , and are steadily expanding. Imperially on the lakes this industry Inn rapidly increased within the last ton or twelve years , until now it repre.ients an in vest ment of many millions of dollars and gives employment to a largo army of labor. Some of the best equipped ship yards in the world are to be found on these inland waters , which annually turn out merchant vessels of enormous capacity. Nobody , it is presumed would seriously advocate subjecting this interest to Canadian competition. It is qually important that the seaboard shipyards should be allowed to retain the business of building vessels for the coastwise trade. The bill before the house committee on merchant marine is properly considerate of those inter ests , anc'l this fact will doubtless render opposition to it loss formidable than otherwise it would bo. It is certainly time that some prac ticable way wo.ro found and sonic ade- qunloclYort made to restore the Amer ican Hag to the ocean. The matter is one which appeals both to practical in terest and lo patriotic sentiment. It is humiliating to national pride to rollect that the American Hag is rarely seen in the -principal ports of the world and that it has almost deserted the seas. While smaller and far loss wealthy na tions send their merchant steamships to all parts of the world , hearing the pro ducts of their industries , this great country must depend for the transporta tion of its products upon the ves&ols of foreign countries , paying an enormous annual tribute to alien vessel owners in the shnpo of freight and passage moneys. Our grain and moats are taken at our own docks and our largo imports there laid down by foreign .shipmasters. The increasing torrent of American travel to Knropc contributes a vast sum annually 10 the dividends of foreign shipowners. In the year 1S02 only 12.It per cent of our imports wore brought in American ves sels. Thii-so great foreign steamships , " said President Harrison in his last in.3t.sago to cougri'ss , "maintained by our traffic , are , many of them , under contracts with their respective govern ments by which in time of war they will bOiiomo a part of their armed naval establishments. Profiting by our commerce in peace , they will become the most formida ble destroyers of our commerce in time of war. " Thus every considera tion of material benefit , patriotic pride and national fufoty is to bo urged in favor of the -policy of restoring our merchant marine on the ocean by any practicable plan which will not destroyer or seriously impair our largo and grow ing ship-building interest. von I'lJinrr ix runic VAC The resolution adopted by the repre sentatives of the local pork packing industry looking toward a more perfect oo-oportttion with the Department of Agriculture in carrying out the legal requirements fur- meat inspection can not fail to strengthen and ox tend the market for pork packing products. The packers have always shown themselves ready to promote with their assistance the government inspection of the hogs which they handle and instead of regard ing this as an unwarrantable interfer ence with their busiiuss , they have con ceded that It is desirable and nccossary for the maintenance of the public health. The more sensible view , and one which is generally uu'cnptod , Is that the govern ment Inspection and supervision of pork packing is not only demanded by public considerations but Is also conducive to the bolter standing of the packing in dustry itbolf. The inspection was origininnlly rnquiiud only for such ani mals as wore slaughtered for cxport.and the results showed that this proceeding materially effected the foreign demand and made the Introduction of American hog products more easy. The now law ex tends in.spactlun to nil animals Intended for interstate commerce and will un doubtedly have a similar effect in con firming popular faith in packing hoiisu products. The regulation will apply t : > all hogs purchased by the local packer * who are endeavoring to cheapo loss by condemnation by rofualng to purchase- or handle ho s which do not pass the nniBtur of a rigid inspection. The farmer who has sound hogs to markut will als > sluu'o in the benefit * of the now regulations. 'And ' every move which contributes Wi > 'tlio welfare of our pork packing intor'oVts is just < " .i much gained for the increasing prosperity of Omaha and Nebraska.10 IK Tlir.HK jv'qro somn court to which the people tfOtlld appeal for an authori tative. intori < tpjitlon ; ) of the tariff plank < if the lnl ; democratic national conven tion no little uncertainty , vould bo re moved from th6 mind of the general public. WcfrAyo Just had a statement from Congressman Bland of Missouri , the apostle of the free silver democrats , to the olTcct that the true doctrine is. or ought to bo , free trudu , pure and nlniplu , Congressman Ilnrter , on the other hand , who is recogni'/od as one ( if the leaders of the sound money democrats , has addressed n brief to the committee mi ways aivl moans asking that agricultural Imple ment.1) ) and Hour bo put upon the frco list. A free list , of course , iinplliM a list that that shall not bo free , and Congressman Barter's words scorn to indicate that the list that is not to bo free should bo so constructed us to give American manu facturers Pitch protection in is consonant with gooil public policy. In the mean time ono or two eastern newspapers , which profe-is In poio as the true ex ponents of the Chicago platform of 1SSV.1 , have boon insisting that a democratic ariir will admit neither of free trade nor of a free Hit. Kvory article tlr.it mines into this country is to bo taxed at the rate that Is host suited to the yield ing of the necessary revenue without reference to tiny other consideration. There may bo other professed democrats who have other ideas of vhat their laritY plank of 18 ! > 2 contemplates. Is there any ono who can tell us exactly wlnu a democratic taritT is ? MOST people gladly accept reforms or retrenchment in public all'alrs without carinir what may have boon the motives that have actuated the mon who have secured their adoption. So no matter how the work may bo brought about there will bo little complaint except from the parties immediately-interested bhould congress decide to lop off the too generous appropriations for the mileagn accounts of the various members. No ono objects to an equalization of the conditions which affect congressmen residing in different pnrtsot the country. It would bo manifest injustice to compel ono representative to travel I,000 ! miles and rocctvo no grontur compensation than ono who' lives within a stone's throw of Washington. f3ut the indem nification should not go beyond the ac tual expenses of traveling. To continue to allow mileage , at the rate of 20 cents pur mile , now 'that all traveling ex penses aru greatly reduced , just because the actual cost. may have been that great SO or 10Q years ago , is a rea son that would not count for much with a jobber who was auditing hi.s traveling salesmen's accounts. If the spirit of revenge - vongo induces tlioso congressmen who have been deprived of clerks to commit tees which neVer trunsn'ct any business to retaliate hy reducing the mile age allowance to something like natural proportions the results in both cases will bo heartily approved by all who are in favor of the economical ad ministration of the government and the impelling motives will bo gladly over looked. IT IS not fair to assume that the un employed men of any city _ are in any way responsible for the increase or de crease of crime. , Criminals are not re cruited from the ranks of unemployed men as wo know them today in Omaha. There are many worthless mon who re joice that they arc classed with honest and industrioiib mechanics who are booking work but cannot find it. But they have nothing in c mim'on with re spectable laboring men and would network work if employment was offered. It is from this shiftless clement that crimi nals are bred. They are not entitled to any consideration at the hands of the city or of people who are in the habit of dispensing aid to worthy hut unfortunate men. KVKN the Massachusetts judges seem lo have contracted the injunction habit. A Boston judge has restrained the news papers of that city from commenting upon n broach of promise case. It is un- donlably true that the prominence given to miuiv salacious cases is ono of the tilings which decent newspaper men are often called upon to regret ; but at the panic time the advisability of restrain ing those men by an injunction from the courts is doubtful. Freedom of speech and the freedom of the press are guar anteed by the constitution. PHHSIOHNT CAHNOT'S Hpcecli to the French army officers , declaring tha'/ the army is the roliunen of Franco for the iiiaintennni.'o of peace and the continu ance of friendly relations with other powers , does not bode very well for the inoiiMiro introdugpd last week into the chamber by ono of the socialist-deputies looking toward : i complete dUbandinent of the military forces. Tnoso wuo hope for a speedy abiliiion of Kuroponn armies are diioipoil to disappointment. Though each nutimi is armed to the teeth it is only because it is armed that it feels itself in ( jafi'ty. The European armaments hnvo boooino the neocdsltlo" of the ago. ' TO/.I ) i\ .1 i.ixr Tncro lira paper1 quills. A nniuiiinu clcmm list ) . Iowa has IB.OiW s.lloons. Jap inosj cat littltt meat. There are glass Vmrtiiliis. 'li-xiia Ims a pnU'illoil true. Wo liuvo 51JnuOtoojilioiie.s. ] Hott'l rOilroad cars nro now. A iimchinu pk'lts uranbcrriui. hui.v : dentists uro incrcashit , ' . Aluskii has four newspapers. 1'Yinalu ' tramps nro numuroiis. 1'aris tiua 50.1XK ) ran pickers , A inui'Uliio iiiakua KamhvicliM. Nuw York City lias 1)10 ) papers , llramly Is inaclofrom potatoes. . Dakota Indians eH siialio cgi s. Clituosu iiru taiOtl tlio lightest. Tramps stole n Michigan train. 1'russia impose * uu iiu'nmo tax. An automatic null driver is now. Japan lias 1,500 miles of railway. Tricycle cabi nro a Milan novelty. KiigUml lias 4,000 Idle rlurpymun. Mliihiguu loads in Iron production , barrels nro made ot wusto paper. Undo Sim : hat -M.'Ml ' nowspapurs. A Oorinnn cloflc will run U.UOO yuan. Moxlco is to hnvo n Chinusu colony. Luudouia to have uu l.l&O-fuot tower. I.IMIS Tit IV OP/f.S. I With Austria the autumn imxiiouvi.'rscloso , i ana while thi'lr primary jniqmo l to train | ofllrer * In hnmlllii ? miulus , tlioy offer ovrry i year nn opportunity for foiururallvo prill- ' eUm eagerly saUeil. Qerm.inv nnil Franco I nro the only two countries wlio o forces | cmcrRO without criticism. A year aijo tlio Oalniii'a of approval tinned toward Fr.incc. ThU year it Inclines toward Oonnativ. Franco , n year ago , c.illcd out tlio Ini-Rosl force It has placed In the HcUl ef this mimic war , nmt while thcrovaro faults In outpost duty and the like , the French sUiT proved triumphantly equal to feeding mid handling two great armies. This year Germany tins tested the corps , twlco tlio si/.o of any other , on which the first brunt of battle must fal ! , ami the splendid macliliio proved so perfect In every detail that the only doubt ns to Gorman icadl- nc9 turns on the presence or absence of a Hi-out soldier. No German h.is today the Kurotionn reputation of MoltUo In 1SG5. Thn other nations have done poorly. Austria has shown a tr.ulUlonal weakness of oivan- U.Uion , a start uucipial to Its work , ami bit ter national Junlouiy. Italy's intiuouvors with reference to tlio defense of the coast and operations in the north' both showed serious dotU'lonck's. The Kngllsli Hoot has never made n worse showing. Tlio "torpedo catchers" could catch nothing , vessels broke down by the do/on , ami the two fleets , each tlividod. tltummstrated Jlrst and chielly Uiu uncertainty of naval luttlc.s a serious tiling fornlaiul guarded by a navy. The French licet intido a worse showing. Of Kusslit , lllllois known , but llmt little ha shown that the great musses now crowded into Poland overtax the powers of the llus- slan stnlT. * * * Hnssia considers the acquisition of a son- port. In the Mu.lltorrano.in tin Indispotmblo move in the game , the pi-Uo of which is Uo n- stantluoplo. It is true that the clause of the treaty of Paris forbidding the iv.-ir to main tain wnr vessels in the Ulack sea was abro gated during the Franco-Gorman war , but the strong naval foroo since collected there is still conllnoil by treaty to that basin , and could not olTootually oo-opor.ito wltli the czar's Baltic llct , miles * the latter should obtain a coaling station In tlio Mo.lltorr.i- nean. For a time the St. I'otorabiirg gov ernment hoped to acquire ouo of the ( ircok harbors , but her plans wore thwarted at Athens by the central and west ern powers , incluiling conspicuously Rutland. Then , when Montenegro ob tained a seaport on tlio Adriatic after the Uusso-Turkisli war , this would have boon practically converted into a Hus- Ian naval station but for the interposition t England and Austria , supported by Ger- iiany. Tlio only power at oneo able and villiin ; to civc H'issiii what slio has long vislied Is Fr.inco ; and there is nothing bet- .or calculate. ! than tlio leasing of Villc- 'r.inchi ! to hind the Russian sovereign with lie stroiiRost ties of amity , for nothing ob- iously could moro powerfully further his lesiirns upnn Constantinople. In view of ho collapse of the Turltish navy , the sul- an's capital would almost certainly suc cumb should the Russian licet in the Hlack ea assail the Hospliorus simultaneously vttli nu attack by Russian Ironclads upon he forts that fringe the Dardanelles. Such a concerted operation could not safely bo undertaken , unless Russia bad a naval sta tion of her own within a reasonable distance of the /K.rcati. The moment Russia becomes a naval power in the .Muilitcrnino.in , 13ng- aud would hnvo to face tlio alternative of ib.indoning her traditional role of the sul tan's defender , or of materially increasing tier war vessels in that sea. Tlio naval 'oix'c which she has hitherto been acuus- tomcil to maintain there would no lonirur bo loomed more than suflleienTto safeguard the in / c.inal and the short route to Imlii. In uch chvumstanuo.3 , and espji'lally while a ibjr.il governiiient is in power : it Westmin ster , Kncflaud will probably doturmhio to eave the Turk at the mcroy of his neighbors and ro.srvo her own naval forces for the irolo : tion of her national interests. * Spain is the first . .mntry in which army gcn'-iMls have been mailo ; i target for bomb .hrowjrs , and for n veiy rood reason the Spanish army is the ono central source of lower in Spain. In other Kuropu.ui countries ; lu 'inny is national and those who arc scelc ing revolution or , as are tlio anarchists , to subvert all government , look on tlio army as T force ap.irt from the admin istration which stands ready to obay any government in power. But in Spain every lovolution for thirty years has begun iti the ba rr.icks , tin generals are all palUicians , the olllcew Intriguers and the parmanont force of non commissioned officers a politic-ill force always to bo reckoned with. So far as order noes , also , the army is all Spam has. The central administration is weak and corrupt , the municipal government corrupt and weak , pub- lie opinion\vhilo frco. has no weight , and the bigoted and ignor.int lower classes in south ern Spain sympathise with every resistance to authority by brigands , bombs or barri cades. * * * M. Ooblot , who is likely to play a promi nent part In the French politics of the near future , has been explaining his views to an interviewer. llo us presses the opinion that among the , r > 00 republicans thuro will bo n compact majority for progress and reforms wider than those included in M. Dupuy's program. lie thinks I hi ; socialists will be n powerful parly , but ho does not intend , lie says , to join their group , for ho dislikes groups , and is not a socialist , but a socialist radical , which is supposed to mom tint , lie will fidvocaio an alliance buiwuun the radicals and socialists on common points. M. Cohlut places the revision of tlio constitution among lUo ques tions of first importance. H is known that the socialist radicals umiiirstamJ by re vision the abolition of the Senate , which body Is intensely unpopular with all suri.il- ista and revolutionists. There ideal is a sin gle chamber. There can , liowovor , bj no re vision without the consent of both houses , mid thu Senate is not likely to assunt to its own annihilation. This is not the llr.st time that the idea has bnon mooted. Uiulur ttiu Furry ministry n revision emigre. . * sat at Vcrsaillios , but .lulos Ferry was careful to limit the revision beforehand , and on that condition nlouu old the Snnalo aircu to a congress. Jules Furry is gene , but M. Onl- Jomol Lacour , tlio now president of the Hen- ate , is quito as strongly opposed to an un limited revision as was ins prudojossor , and M. Oohlot will llnd anything but fair sailing if liu should decide to porsovuro with Urn part of his program , # Tlio announcement that the king of tlio Hclgians , in sanctioning the roviseil constitu tion , deposited in the slate archives a manu script of his own which Is not to no opened until after his death , has oxcltod ronstdur- nblo curiosity , and a number of guesses have boon hazarded concerning the probiblo con tents of the document. The most probable of ihlmi , according to the general opinion , Is that which connects the lotto.-with Artiulo I of the constitution. This arlk'lu deals with the possible acquisition by Belgium of col- lopitd possessions or prutoetoralos , mil or- iluinB that the troops rou-uitud fur their de fense in liclgiumcan only bo voluntarily uu- gaged. It is well linown that thU stipulation was mndu in view of the fuluro acquisition by Dulgiumof the Congo Free State , which King Loopold , in a will that lias been tnado public und comuiunieatod to ttiu CUambur , bfqui'.VIU'.l In the nation. Tin' supposition Is Hint the kuiir has set forth. In his sue- ce .wir > behalf , the lines to t > e followed in the cmnplfi'ltm . 'f thn work when lie himself sl'.iK IMVC pis d away. Other IKM-SOIIS tbltiK tliftl the document contains the rea sons which iti'luced the km , : to consent to the introduction of manhood suffrage and the rcorpanl.iltr < ii of the sctnte , am ! especi ally the considerations which impelled bis ministers to abandon the vhoflio : for a royal referendum , which ho bait devised as a safe guard to the throne. A.HH.Im.\Mii\i' or viini.isn. : Chii'jgo Record : Tlio Record lias already called attention to the Importance of uii- tmnimolcd acilon by each of the eo-ordlimto branches of ilm federal government. Thcro is nut , howovur. any reasonable ground for tlio attack which Senator Stewart has seen lit to make on tlio nation's conscientious and public-spirited chief magistrate. St. Uiuls ( llobe-IVmocrat : Cleveland Is also accusud by Stewart of noulecUin : to vommuno with nature. " which provcr.su- ness may bo censurable , but Ills hardlv an Iinpcachablo onVnso. The truth is , the presldi-nt has made no dangerous or objec tionable use of his pow.'r In this silver crisis , nnil the Nevm'.n ' senator's attack on him will win him friends all over tlio country. Minneapolis Journal : Senator Stewart's "arraignment" the president as a usurper and eonslitmlmi-violatcr did not "arraign" the president as much ns it made an un pleasant spectacle of Senator Stewart as a member of a group of democratic , republican and populist senators who are defying the administration's summons to transact spo- cillc business , who are abusing the patlenco of the country ami who are defending prop ositions which have become a stench in tlio nostrils of the majority of this nation. Washington Post : llo this matter ns it may , there is absolutely no excuse or justifi cation for lliu pursotml rullcctluiis upon Mr. Cleveland In which the Nevada senator yes terday indulged. 111s contemptuous remarks in this connection worn far outside the roiieo of legitimate dob.ito. They have no bearing whatever upon the questions at Issue. They are calculated lo belittle the causa which Mr. Stewart represents , mid to lose for it the very sympathies which the true friends of silver should be most solic itous to cultivate. . Uiinvor Times ; President Cleveland , this paper lieilove.s , regards himself as a man of destiny , the chosen instrument to accom plish certain things. Viewing himself in tills light , Mr. Cleveland apparently regards himself as a privileged person , a law unto himself , whoso self-approved actions none may gainsay. Whatever may bu llionn.il outcome of Senator Stewart's speech of yesterday , President Cleveland's opinion of himself is likely to bo rudely shocked. The president , in this country , is not a dictator ; he Is merely a servant with certain delegated - gated powers , which ho may not exceed. St. Paul Olobc : Senator .Stewart's long- h'jraldcd attack upon the president of the United States did not "pan out" as expected. The announcements of thn advertising accnts of tlio silvcrito show hud predicted that it would bo "a scorcher , " anil Unit after the Novndnn had concluded thcro would not bo so much as a grcaso spot left of what was oneo our ponderous and well-con ditioned chief magistrate. Hut Stewart has spoken and Cleveland yet lives. Indeed , it is not recorded that ho lost any sleep on ac count of the attack upon him , or that bis appetite was in any degree lessened. Ho still tips the beam at 2'M ' pounds , and ex hibits no stsns of having recently been run through a threshing machine. SKffSK .l.\l > XUMtlSXSK. Georgia You nrn still pouring your dulcet notes upon that lii'lro s ? llonry No ; 1 am shaping thoni now to muter. That old saw of Solomon's about , nothing new under the sun , niiut have bad i tcuth. Oli'velaml Plain Denier : Thesis robbers will keep < m till tlio baggage smasher is turned loose on thorn. Allnnta Journal : Tlio fact Hint an author's IIOM.MS red Is no guarantee that Ills writings are. Washlnelon Star : ( ! lly Editor How soon will you bo alilo to vet that story about , the Ileus In thu liilurlordcpiirlmuiit ? Uonortur .lust as. boon as 1 can llnd my scralcli boul < . Dftiolt Tribune : Little Alice What Is ix boor , mmimin ? Cynical Mamma A boor , dear , IN a man \\lio hanuvur been taught to lie. Atlantiiroiistltiiilon : It Is said tlmt a mnt- rliiioiilal epiiliMiilc Is .swm'plni ; ever tlio rnr.d districts In ( iuorula. No'.sulncrl | > t Ions , how ovur , ute being taken up for the suHercr.s. HulTalo Courier : "Another lln nailed , " ninr- iniircd tlui lawyer , a * , ho looked lit thn "Hack InII niliiiili-s1' slii In- had JU-.I faMcm-d to hU ollico dour , and then departed for tlio races. " Washington Star : "Von look sad , " said ono young I'Yatliorgllt'h ' friends. "That's mil of sympathy for my fi'lumls. " "Out of sympathy ? ' "Yes , tliny are nil so hard up Unit not ono ol tin - can lund HID id. " lie left lb beach and Jilted her , Tills ten times millionaire , And asked toglvu the reason why , Said this yuar nil wa.i "fair. " They are enmlng from guttnlile , from mountali and plain , Thu youths wlmsn vacations are o'er , And hearts that gel broku In Ibo Niimmei ciimpHlmi Aru In good working order oneo moro. J'JOV .SK Irrriil Xftlnn of tlin l'rp < li.rli > rlnn tlcncrnl Axnitlil.v mid Its Cllri'H. NiYOIIK. : . Ri-pt. a J. Tlio Union Thoolopl- ; al somlntiry lip..an its fHty-elKhtli year vestPiit.iy. I'rof Ariliur O. McOlffert , ecentlyof the l.aiio seminary , it Cincinnati , was inslallcit ns Washbtmi professor of church history. In spoiiUlm ; of tinposslblo lecreaso In thn number of students e < msc Itient u | > on the recent rulings of tlio gciu'Ml ' issombly. K. McKlngstry , secretary , and : \ director of thn non-lnary. said : " 'I'ho reglstr.it Inn will not bo conuileted 'or some days. Imt I cMiiciaslltthllN smallur attendance than we had last year. The general - oral assembly has condemned us , and de clared that It will not hold Itself responsible : for our teachings. 1'hls naturally discredits us to the world at lanre , but wo consider It cnmrltabln that the assembly's action bait so little elTect. The Institution was founded o bo Indiil'iiinuvit of eccleslasllc.il control. When , In 1S70V we entered into relations with. the general assembly wo iravo It power to ll.sapprovo of any npiMilntmcnts mleht mike. The recent controvnrsv has ter- nlnatcd our relatlnns with Itio assembly. n consequenuw of Its recent acilon wo resume - sumo our formur Independence. " 1'iiliri'Krllt mi lilt \VI r. OTTUVA , Out , Sept. ati. Much Indignation Is expressed by leadlinr citizens and church goers ever a report which has reached hero from Vancouver , U. I' . , stating that 1) . Mc Kay , the missionary who for twenty-live joars , moro or less , has been prosceutiui : his work In Form. . is.i , bad to p.iy a poll tax of M cents oil his wife upon lauding olT Ihi ) Knipross of India at Vancouver harbor. Mrs. McKay Is a Chinese woman. Slio \ as con verted by Mr. McKay and has been of great aid to him In furthering the worn In which he has been engaged. lie protested stronglv against the pay ment , of the tax un the ground that , his wife w.is a IJrlUsh subject. Tlio controller of Chinese immli-ratloii here , Mr. Parmlee , ays that the custom oOlcers had no right to chargu the poll lax in question , it was no excuse , however , tn say the woman I * a Hritlsh subject. Such CXCUHO would bu made every day anil the law would become ti dead k'tter. 11 was , liowovor. disllnclly against the Chinese immigration anund- mcnt act of 1H37 to collect a tax upon a Chinese woman when married lo a man of another nationality. 'I'ho wife in that casu was ( ( coined , according to the net , to be of the same nallnnality her husband. 'I'ho ofllcer who imposed the tax must have been Icnornni of the amended law. At one time. it would have been regular to make thu < ol- lection. Mr. and Mrs. McKay nro on their way to Ontario , where the missionary was at ono Hill' . ' minister of a Presbyterian church at Woodstock. AVlmt Pro ! . Itrlcgs' I > : i ill ; lit 'r ' WIU Do. IS'KW YOUK. Sept. 29. A daujhlcr of Prof. Uriggs of Union Theological seminary has decided to enter the New York Trainin-T School for Deaconesses. At least sndi Is the report in rollciiins circles , and Pr.if. . I Hrigg.s makes no denial. This instituUnn belongs to the Protestant lOmsoopal faith. It was founded two yiar.s atfo. when it was called Li race House Training School for DIM concsscs , and it was tinder the direct super vision of Uov. Dr. llmitington , rector of CJ race church. It grow so rapidly that I Jr. Hunting-ton thought it , should bo oilier than a parochial institution. Then il was char tered as a corporation tind its nainu was changed , but it still has Us location in ( iraca liouso. Tlie scluol will open October and Ibu name of Miss liriggs appears upon Iho list of juniors. The course involves pra - lical work in the hospital , so its graduates will bo properly trained lo bo "set apart" by the bishop lo engage in work among the poor. _ Itt'iipriiml I lui Hulls I'ljlit. .IOII.VSTOWN , Pa. , Sept. 1'J. ! ' Suit has bcon brought here against Rev's. Halo and 15art- lelt of thn Evangelical church to oust them from ilu'iroHlces. This is the oulgrowlli of Hishop Dubs factional llcht. and is the in- nugiiralion of : i contest to thodeaih bdtween the two factions. Similar suits will bo brought ail over thn country. Tno campaign just liccun is to have all the ministers idciui- lied with Ihu Dubs' following driven out ot the pulpits by legal process. ma.\i'.n TIIK su.ii.E. StriiKirlii Itetwecii tlm Cleviiliuiil Mills ami tlif Aiin > lii > tii ! > t > 'd .ti-siu-lntlmi Kudu. Ci.ir\'ii.AN'i : ) , Set. | ) 2 ! ) . The slrugglo bo- twcen the members of the Amalgamated As"- sociation of Iroa and Slocl Workers and the iron rolling mills is over. The furnaces will bo lighted in the Union rolling mill Sunday night , and on Monday morning the worka will resume operations wilh the full force if 100 men. It will bo operated as a union mill , ns Iho management has decided to reeogin/.o the Amalgamated association. An ngi-eii- incut has boon drawn up and signed by a committee of Hie association and by II A Fuller , general manager and treasurer of the Union Mill company. It virtually amounts to thu same thing as the amalnisa- Biiiod scale. The iij-'reeinent hinds the men until July 1 , and pays thorn Iho wages of tlio scale. . .lliini Wurlt Inr Minimum. Four WAYXI : , Ino. , Sept. 'J. ' Koxt Mon day the Pennsylvania shops in tins c.Hv will eoi'nmtnco on tbo oight-hour a Hay achediiln and worn nix days per week. Since Anunist IS the works have only been in opcnitt > n thron days per week. Over 1,01)0 ) are o.n- plojcd. n. . " * * s ea l/ir-iost M in n f i iturjH in I ' ' o ( UioUiiiu'iu lijVurll \ Big Drive in Gloves. Thai is to say a specially imported line that itvill be decidedly to your interest to look at as they are perfect fitters and good wearers , in all the latest prevailing fall and winter shades to match any suit or overcoat. And that reminds us of overcoats. Ours are as reliable as a clock , the quality and trimmings cannot bo excelled by the best merchant tailors in the land. The same is also true of our fall suits but you're goingto buy overcoats Saturday we're prophets. The $20 and $25 overcoats are simply out of sight tailors got $50. We have them as low as $8.50 and from that on up to $10 , $12.50 , $15 , etc. Come and see us and we'll show you the difference between a hand-me- down overcoat and a ready-made overcoat. Only difference between our coats and tailors' is our coat wasn't made for you but for a fellow just your size made by just as good a tailor as lives. BROWNING , KING & CO. , . tlllO.u ; S BtorooponBavoryoven.n j §