Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 25 , 1803. 1
THE DAILY BEE.
II UOSKWATKU , Editor.
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nt its Hillings. This is evidence of n dis
position to bo fair and is commendable.
A mscr-osi'iti : of tlio iictmxl instruc
tions Riven to Minister WHlrb on his de
parture for Hawaii would add to our
sleek ot Thanksgiving material.
IT MUST bo distinctly understood that
the Kansas irrigation convention has
not boon Binninonod on account of any
lack of liquid refreshments in that
htanch prohibition slate.
OOVKKNOU Pr.NNOYKR's attempt to
have Oropon anticipate the national
Thanksgiving day by a wuok seems to
have fallen Hat. Pennoyor'a eccentrici
ties are becoming n trillo trite.
Tin : resumption of work at the local
distillery may bo in anticipation of an
increase of the internal revenue tax
upon spirits , but it will afford workingmen -
men employment that is welcome nil
the .
same. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
.TumtY SIMPSON goes back to Wash
ington dihcouragcd at the action of the
people of Kansas In the recent election.
.Terry's constituents remain in Kansas
discouraged at their representative's
antics in congress.
Tnr.un is occasion for thanksgiving
that Ilascall was not elected mayor of
Omaha. Had be boon the taxpayers
would have boon compelled to replevin
the city hall with all the appurtenances
thereunto belonging.
GKKAT heavens ! The State Board of
Transportation has actually refused to
allow the Elkhorn road to raise its rate
on hay. The members of the board
must bo as greatly surprised as the
ortlcors of the Elkhorn.
PiinsiDENT CLUVKLAND'S annual mes
sage promises to bo a lengthy docu
ment. If bo should undertake to explain -
plain in detail the causes of the recent
revulsion of fooling against the demo
cratic administration ho would hnvo his
hands full from now until the end of his
presidential term.
IF THE provisions of that llfty-yonr
gas franchise ordinance uro so favorable
to the city and to the people and BO op
pressive to the gas company , why have
the officers of the latter been in such
haste to flla'tholr acceptance of the pre
tended contract within twenty-four hours
after its supposed enactment ?
CIJHTAIN members of the British
Parliament want to deprive the English
lasslo of her right of civil action for
breach of promise except for actual
pecuniary damages sustained. This is
cruelty itself How can the British
nowHpapor-readiiifj public get along
without a racy breach of promise suit
to umuso and cntortaln It every now and
then ?
Wu TCNDKH our sincere sympathies
to the few democratic patriots who have
boon waiting ono long , weary year for
federal olllco. They fought the good
light in 1802actuated solely by u burning
desire for olllco. We hope the adminis
tration will not inuoli longer withhold
tholr fodder , for they Imvo already com
menced to denounce the president be
cause of the delay.
TUB gas franehiao ordinance allows
the company thirty days in which to
consider its terms and to lllo its accept
ance. But the ink was not allowed to
dry upon the fraudulent endorsement of
its enactment by the city elork before
the gas company ollleials fell over tno
another la tholr Imsto to Dignify tholr
willingness to bind themselves to Us
muck concessions to the people.
Tun members of thu State Bmrd of
Transportation need have no fears of
bo Ing called np before the federal court
for contempt. The Injunction resting
upon thorn refers only to tholr actions
under the maximum freight ra'.o law.
The railroads did not dream of n neces
sity to get out an injunction restraining
them from taking action nndor author
ity of any law that gives them a dlcro-
tlonary power over rate * .
Germany reoogni/.es the close
connection of its monetary system with
thoao of the countries with which its
merchants trade , A demoralised cur
rency ( n ono country hai a sin'titm ' * inllu-
enco upon the pro4jiorlty of all nthor *
that come in contact with U. When the
American statesmen all reach the
breadth of view of the Gorman legisla
tors wt > almiriiava an end of measures
looking to n reorganization of our mone
tary Iowa without the slighto-it rogurd
io the legislation of other nations.
snonixo THuniM.VD. .
The decision of the supreme court dis
missing tlio'quovnrrnnto proceedings
tli5t were brought In the name of the
ettito of Nebraska aiklng that the lenso
nt the Atchlson & Nebraska railroad to
the B. & M. railroad bo declared null
and void shows what Interests , the rail
road1 } have at stake In keeping control
of the men who nro elevated to judicial
positions nndor our atato government.
In tills suit , Instituted by Attorney
General Lcoso way back in the year
1887 , the violation of the constitution by
the consolidation ot those roads was
pnlpabla to anyone familiar with the
railroad map of Nebraska * The stnto
constitution expressly prohibits the con
solidation of the stock , property , fran
chises or earnings of any "competing or
parallel" lines of railroad. A unanimous
opinion of the rourt rendered in this
very ca o in 18S8 declared that
the two Uncs were competing lines
and the -demurrer of the railroad
attorneys admitted this to bo the
fact. The court by a majority of
Its members , Chief Justice Maxwell
dlHbcnting , now substantially reverses
Its former opinion and alllrms the find
ing of Mr. Commissioner Ryan to the
effect that the roads do not form com
peting or parallel lines. If these rail
roads are not to bo included under the
prohibition of the state constitution as
competing lines then there are no two
railroads in the whole state that are in
cluded under that prohibition. Ac
cepting the now definition of competing
lines it will bo difficult to find any such
lines by searching the whole railway
world over.
The action of the Nebraska supreme
court in reversing its decision.In the
case in order to bring in a verdict moro
favorable to the railroad company simply
t'liiphasi/.es the assertions so frequently
nmdo by TIIK Bun that the railroads in
Nebraska are deliberately setting about
to secure control of the highest legal
tribunal ol the state. When the Ne
braska supreme court decided flvo years
ago that the Atchison < fc Nebraska
was n competing line within the
intent of the constitution and that
the lease was void , the bench
was composed of Judges Maxwell , Reese
and Cobb. The opinion as originally
handed down was written by Judge Max
well , ' and it received the assent of Jus
tices Rcoso and Cobb. Since that de
cision Judge Reese was defeated at
Hastings by the railroad delegates and
Judge Norval elevated to the bench in
lns placo. Two years ago the friends of
the people ajjaui sought to nominate
Judge Reese , but they wore defeated.
This year the railroads succeeded in
downing Judge Maxwell. The reversal
of the court's opinion in this celebrated
case comes as a fitting sequel to the
manipulation of the state convention
which last October defeated Judge
Maxwell.
A TUAASl'AttEXT liUfB.
The series of high-handed outrages
that have been resorted to by the hench
men of the local gas company , both in
the city council and out of it , to force an
obnoxious and fraudulent contract upon
the city , ( juarantcoliig to the gas com
pany the free use of the streets and
alloys for a period of llfty years , has
been fittingly capped by the action % of
the city clerk in endorsing the docu
ment as a duly enacted ordinance , by
virtue of the mayor's failure to veto
it or to return it to the council
within the time prescribed by the char
ter. By what right docs the city clerk
sot himself up to bo the judge of whether
or not the mayor has performed the
duties enjoined upon him by the ac
ceptance of his ofllco ? What authority
makes the city clerk the final arbiter of
the lawful passage of an ordinance ?
Finally , what right has the city clerk to
withhold from the council papers and
documents loft with him by the mayor
and addressed to the city council ?
The action of the city clerk in connec
tion with the gas franchise ordinance
appears to have been arranged to play
into the hands of the gas company.
That official well knows that Mayor
Bomls neither refused , neglected nor
failed to return the gas franchise ordi
nance with his objections at the next
regular meeting of the council ufor ( Its
passage. Yet ho deliberately makes up
liis record to show the exact opposite of
what really occurred. The purpose is
altogether too transparent. With the
city clork'H record In its favor the gas
company proposes to fight to the end fern
n franchise which from first to last has
boon engineered by fraudulent methods
and underhanded tricks. For this
reason Us officers have lost no time
in filing an acceptance of the pretended
contract which omunatod from their
olllco. The people may rest assured that
a company that Is ready to take advan
tage of such unscrupulous work will bo
no loss ready to attempt to force the
worthless agreement upon the city in
spite of its confessed Irregularity. The
taxpayers and citi/.ons must remain on
the alert to frustrate the next move that
may be made to fasten this outrageous
franchise upon a corporation-ridden com
munity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >
TIIK 1itKA.UHSltUATION. .
The condition of the national treasury
continues to ho a matter of public in
terest and in noma quarters , doubtless ,
of more or IOJB solicitude , The steadily
declining cash balance and * ho depletion
of the gold reserve nro circumstances to
orosyto concern , and were it not that con
gress will so.m be in session again and it
is supposed will give Immediate atten
tion to this in > st important matter , the
situation might produoo a fouling of
alarm. It Is striking ovidcn-o of the
fill tit of the American people In the
credit and resource. ! of the government
that tvlth a gold basis fir our paper our-
ronoy rodcomablo in nolu of loss than 91
to $10 , and that basis steadily
growing loss , there la not u
doubt or a question nt to
the soundness and the safety of every
dollar of such currency , Ilow long this
confidence would continue , if there
should b no obunj-o from present con
ditions , It Is luipisslblo to say , but it
will OB the duty of congrois mt * > allow
it to bo subjected to aay experimental
test by providing as a on us possible
after it moots in regular session for reMoving -
Moving the treasury situation.
This stuto of affair * will glvo unusual
Importance to the recommendations of
the secretary of the treasury. Thus far
there has boon no Intimation of n trUBt1-
worthy character na to what policy hn
will advise , though conjectures are not
lacking. It appears that Secretary
Carlisle was expected to say something
in his address nt the Now York Chum-
bo r of Commerce banquet that would
afford at least a hint of What ho thinks
ought to bo done , but obviously that was
not the plnco nor the occasion for the
secretary to even intlmato what ho
might propose to congress. Mr. Car
lisle has not been judicious in all re
spects stnco ho became the chief of the
financial department of the government ,
but ho knows how to keep his own coun
sel and it is entirely Btifo to say that ho
will not divulge his views until his an
nual report goes to the public. It Is
said to bo the opinion in some quarters
that ho will recommend issuing bonds
to restore the gold reserve and
to provide against the threatened
deficit , but this is pure conjec
ture. Of course the question ot a
bond Issue has bcon considered
by the administration , but there is rea
son tp doubt whether the president will
bo disposed to take the responsibility of
advising an increase of the Interest-
bearing debt , although this would mani
festly bo the most direct and certain
way of strengthening the treasury. Our
export trade In the immediate future
cannot bo surely depended upon to re
store the depleted gold reserve. A now
tnrllT law may not go into effect for a
year and until it does imports cannot bo
expected to materially increase in
amount. So long as wo buy loss thnn
usual from European countries it is to
bo expected that we shall sell thorn less
than usual. The outlook cannot , there
fore , bo regarded as favorable to a change
in the foreign trade balance that will
demonstrate whether the production of
sugar , particularly boot sugar , could bo
developed to such an extent as to become
a valuable national resource. A brief
experience with the industry under the
stimulating inlluenco of the bounty
warrants the belief that this can bo done
and that before the expiration of ten
years the United States will produce , if
this industry bo properly fostered , a
very considerable proportion of the
sugar consumed by its people. In the
meanwhile the development of the in
dustry must necessarily tend to prevent
miy extreme rise in tlio price of sutrar ,
cither as the consequence of monopoly
or a diminished supply olsowhoro. Of
course the true policy would bo
to leave the bounty as it is. It is
'not a burden upon the people , amount
ing annually to not more than ono-
fourth of what is saved to the people by
having raw sugars on the free list. It
is the best method of encouraging the
development of this industry , if not ,
indeed , the only sure method of doing
so. But the proposal to abolish the tax
gradually , reducing it at the rate of 2
mills a year , need not disturb these who
are engaged in the sugar industry and
very likely will not. The decision of
the present congress in the matter will
not necessarily stand for a longer period
than two years. As it is , there is rea
son for satisfaction with the plan re
ported to have boon agreed on by the
democratic members of the ways and
means committee. It is better than waste
to have been expected.
THE prominence which Admiral
Mcllo , the loader of the insurrection in
Bra lljis havinff in the world's atten
tion would scorn to bo very much out of
proportion to his merit or ability. Ho
; ias up to this time , so far as the revolu
tionary movement is concerned , given
no ovldenco of g"rcat or brilliant quali
ties , and whllo ha may bo a very good
naval officer , ho manifestly lacks the
qualifications necessary to infuse spirit
and vigor into the movement of which
ho is the chief. His is a case of disap
pointed ambition , and the leader of a
revolution who has no bettor reason
than this for his action cannot inspire a
very ardent zeal in his cause. Mollo was
minister of the navy under Polxo'to , and
in that position endeavored by under
hand methods to promote his candida'cy
for the presidency. Discovered in this ,
ho resigned and at once sot to work
plotting for the overthrow of Poixoto ,
whoso course probably furnished some
excuse for dissatisfaction. The motive
of Mollo , h'owovor , there is every reason
to bcllovo , is not in the least degree pa
triotic , although the latest announce
ment Is that ho Is friendly to the repub
lic and has never had any idea , as pre
viously reported , of restoring the em
pire. The situation nt Rio , according to
the latest accounts , is extremely serious
and events of moro startling Interest
than have yet happened may occur there
at any tiino.
THE main feature of the transfer
switch law passed by the last legislature
is the provision which prohibits the
railroads from charging the sum of the
two locals on freight consigned from a
point on one road to a point upon an
other. The construction of transfer
switches' in Itself would'bo a moro con
venience , with no attending benefits to
the shipper , unless the roads wore com
pelled to simply charge the rafo for the
continuous haul. It is this salient fea
ture of the act which has roused
the cnmbativonosa of the railroads. The
amendment to the bill - it
, a-3 was orig
inally introduced , places Its enforcement
entirely in the bauds of the State Board
of Transportation. If the board dls-
ohargos itn duty fearlessly U will receive -
coivo the approbation of the people ; but
if it tompori/os or falls to perform the
full measure of its duty it u ill simply
add unothnr factor to the diasatt factlon
of the people with the present manage
ment of the stato'a affairs. '
THE financial situation hi New York
banking circles booms to have wond6r
fully improved since last mimtmr. Thu ,
banks of that city now hold $03,170,175
In excess of the 2j per cent reserve rq-
quired by law , The clearing house cer
tificates , which formed such a promi
nent feature of the Biimuior'tj operations ,
huro all bcon canceled and banking
business had again resumed upin u
strictly cash basis. With confidence
fully restored the unusually largo re
serve fund will find Its way into the
channels of trade and a healthier tone
will bo Imparted , Uvall lines ot Invest
ment. In view 91 these circumstances
there seems to bdj , Hr good reason why
next year may n bo the antithesis of
the ono just coining lo n close.
IT iiKQt'mas'i \ $ president of the
Italian Chnmbotttof. Deputies to per
emptorily choke' fP nf rilltlcss discussion
in the locrislntlvip.bp.ly whoso delibera
tions he directs , ll&ought to have bcon
secured to 8upplyj't.'li4 place of the vlco
president as prpRuilng officer of the
United States senate during the lata
silver debate. "
Hot Wit Irnni thn llnkcry.
Chlfaon Inter < c iu.
Tno rood sense ot the administration has
evidently boon Qlountod.
( llvn 'Km Itnpo.
If the democrats can slnnd an Income tax
agitation the republicans can. An Income
lax bill ulll split the democracy tun ! mcronso
the republican majority In 1894 nnd 1SUOA
Tlio AdvocntnVornn tliHit tlio Cause.
C/ifrajo / I'ott.
Wo arc of lha opinion tbat Mr. Cleveland
will err it bo sltnll return Mr. Thurston's
passports. The Hawaiian nscnt ho calls
hltrnolf minister of Hn wall will help moro
thnn ho will harm the tulmlnlslratlon by re
maining In this counlr.r and publishing
"statements" from llmo to tlmo.
A Well Morltml llolmkc.
/Vuttimniil/i / tfcus.
The roast which the Oniahn city council
got at n publta mooting ot taxpayers the
other night was \\oll merited. The voting of
a IHty-i'oar franchise to the R.13 company
was a shameless outrage on the people of
Omaha and every man who supported Iho
measure should bo nmrlcod for public con
demnation for nil tlmo to como.
mid 'DO.
I'littatlelphta Iteeoift.
Some newspapers , Uncling the discussion
of current topics a trillo wearisome , nro dip
ping Into the future for cnhvcumont. They
surest that President Cleveland bo renoml-
nated In 1830. Nothing more untoward could
happen Mr. Cleveland's administration than
thai this boo should bn set n-uurzing In his
honr.ot. Ho should neither bo a candidate
himself nor undertake to name the next
democratic candidate.
It IsVrj I'ccullnr.
-Mucofii Kens.
The decision of the supreme court In the
case brought to forfeit the charter of the
Atchlson As Nobr.islta road , leased lo the
Burllncton for ninety-nine years , merely
illustrates how courts can dlftor , or even iho
same court differently constituted , can differ
with Itself. It la perhaps of little moment
\vhlcli way the case was dccldod in view of
the fact that rates mo now maintained by
associations of railway managers , but It
must bo evident to these who have any
familiarity with the case that the referee's
conclusion that the Atchlson & Nebraska
line Is simply divergent instead of being
parallel with the Burlington's inatujino is
lather peculiar reasoning. However , that
point Is of only secondary Importance to that
of whether they were competing linos. This
was alleged in iho information , admitted by
the demurrer and shown by the rocoids of
the casu. v g
yaw 1'roceetl ( llualncas.
K'ansus Cllu Star.
It Is roasonablorto anticipate , an early
restoration of business and industr'al
activity. Capital , which recognized In the
Sherman law asourco of danger , is shaking
off its ilmidity. There is plenty of monev in
the country lo carry ou all of Ihoso enter
prises which hold out tbo hope of a ro.ison-
able return on iho investments which they
require. Bankers will have no further mo-
live tor keeping idle the largo sums nccunin -
lated In their vaultk The opportunity to in
vest It with an earning capacity will bo
gladly seized by .thorn In all cases wnero
loans can bo made upon valid security. People
plo will continue to bo cautious about the
employment of money.ind it is right. But
thcio is a wide difference between fright
and conservatism. Prudejico will not bo
abandoned , but the scare is over which
caused the people to withdraw tirelr money
from the banks nnd whiohjrondcred H com
pulsory for the banks to maintain such largo
reserves as to nmko it impossible to accom
modate their customers.
a.v7 > jruixas.
As a sign of a tnild winter corn husks
"ain't worth shucks. "
The attempt to rovlvo the game of Pedro
in Brazil tizzlcd at the IIrat deal.
In the matter ot blood-letting nnd mutila
tion pugilism .can't hold a candle to foot
ball.
In matters Thanksgiving , Orecon secedes
from , the union. Touay is Thanksgiving in
Pcnnoyerdom.
Ar. English Judge and jury have solemnly
decided that it is not libel to call ono of the
fair sex a woman , thougb/sho may claim to
bo a "lady. "
Despite the fact that woman suffrage Is a
flxturo in Colorado , it u believed lug-pulling
will bo confined to mule candidates for some
time to come.
The projected smashing ot political
machinery in Now York has como to a halt.
KX-I..IOUtenant Governor Jones declines to
pay the freight.
The assassin of Chicago's mayor insists
that ho Is sano. It Is hoped the court will
take his word for It and proceed with the
funeral arrangements.
Dr. Mary Walker appealed to n Connecti
cut court for protection. Some impertinent
blbod of the male persuasion attempted to
dlagnoso her bloomers.
Governor McICinley'a fathcr-ln-law , James
Saxtnn of Canton , O.'nowdcad , was strongly
opposed to the political ambitions of his son-
in-law when u young roan.
Donoon William M. Mitchell of Hartford ,
who died Thursday last at the age of 85 ,
colobratcd his 2lst birthday only last year ,
having been born February 20,1808.
Lillluokalanl says she was put off the
throne by the Boslon and will bo restored
by Iho Philadelphia. .This would bo a case
where peace reclined the wrongs of culture.
"Vorltas" wants to know the limit of the
statu quo ante In tlio Hawaiian gamo. Ad
vices uro painfully vague In this respect.
The game appears tobo , royal fieeia-ouc
without limit.
Captain Zilinskl was offered $15,000 by the
Brazilian government for a month's sorvlco
in showing its sailors how to work his gun.
Teaching the young idea how to nhoot is
sometimes very profitable.
A. J. LumoiMUx , editor of the Rio Janeiro
News , which I'resldont Poixoto suppressed ,
entered Cornell in1'1870 ' and was soon re
garded as onoof tlitTmb.st brilliant , erratic
and holiest-purposed men In the university.
Justice often mo'vjwjn strange grooves to
garner contempt. li'.Now ( York recently n
\\eak , puny lud In lsloons | [ was convicted of
attulliij , ' property VyOf\\t \ $75 and was sen
tenced lo fifteen , ienVi imprisonment. A
nwoil society man w6 } slolo and squandered
over $1,000,000 ri celfod ) 4 ten-year sentence.
\Vunl MoAlllatqi ) advises youpsr mon
against economizing | -wlno3 if eutertalu-
inent is attempted , uirl adds ; "I have known
ono such dinner ( given uiidor the direction
of a fushlotmulo woman ) soeuru a man a
wife nnd a fortune among the Knicker
bockers. " A good d , ] .moro than a century
ago I/jrd Slowoll jvimarUodj "A dinner
lubrlcatca business , ,
ori/t I.AXDS ni.iy uvtti.
Tho-Frcnch republic , denplto Us some un
doubted 01 rors , occupies Just now an enviable
eminence among tlio nations of Kuropo. In
the general mock-taking of the day Its
affairs arc shown to bo In dccldsdly the bcit
shape ; perhaps , wo might say , It Is the only
ono whoso affairs are not In distinctly bad
shape. In the United Kingdom , for exam
ple , Parliament reassembles to fnco domes
tic , social and Industrial troubles th.it have
'ntinost paralyzed trade and convulsed the na
tion ; to face , also , urgent need ot a great
Increase of nnvnl pgwcr , and nothing but a
delicti whorowlth lo provide It. The Ger
man Itclchstag meets Uh scarcely any pro-
grain but to Impose now taxes nnd to make
now preparations for war. lloth halves of
the Austro-ilungarlnn empire are rent
asunder by ilerco rnco animosities , with
actual state of slcgo hero and there nnd
threats of revolution everywhere. The
Italian government Is in deep consultation
with foreign statesmen , devising ways and
means to keep the Urclbund's pace nnd yet
not to stumble Into bankruptcy. And In
Spain , Greece , Scandinavia nnd olso-
v > hero llttlo but trouble nnd pornloxlty Is to
bo seen. A striking contrast is presented by
iho Kronen republic. Last week Iho now
Chamber of Deputies mot. There was an
overwhelming republican majority , Insuring
the stability of th.Q.prcsent form of govern-
mcnt ; approving , nlso , the present ministry
nnd retaining It In ofllco. A program of
legislatives uork was presented , not com
plete , but suftlclcntly so to Indicate how the
nctlvlllcs of t'ronch statesmen will probably
bo employed during the next year. It Is a
program of peaceful progress. No big army
nor navy bill Is In it , nor any proposal to
wring an increased war tax from thu people.
The loading item , perhaps. Is a financial one.
Conversion of a part of Iho debt nnd a re
adjustment of the tax laws , not so much In
the direction of reduction as of equalization
of burdens and Improved systems ot collec
tion. The liquor laws will bo revised and
various measures are In contemplation for
the bonollt of working folk , both urban and
rural. There will bo no revision of the con
stitution , nor any return totho scrutlu do
llsto , and the relations between church and
state will remain unchanged.
Poor Spain is so rapidly losing what llttlo
remains of her former military prowess and
prcstlgo that her friendship is of small value
to either of the great alliances of Kuropo. It
appears that In keeping Cuba In duo subjec
tion the military resources of this once
mighty nation have boomo well nigh ex
hausted. For many weeks a llttlo spot In
northern Africa has presenlcd a vivid spec
tacle of iho feebleness io which the power
of Spain has fallen. A band of vagabond
Itlfllans , provided with firearms of not the
best "modern" st\le , nnd with a few old can
non , and inspired with fanatical hatred of
the Spaniards , have besieged the garrison nt
Mclllln , repelled its sortiei with courage -
ago and success , and wall nigh
cut oil Its supplies. The town
which these barbarians of the African nlaln
have reduced to such extremities possesses
a garrison consisting of two or three regi
ments of infantry and cavalry , antl its forts
nro mounted with guns of the latest model.
Yet with all this force the garrison is cooped
up in the littler seaboard town , and the pro
visioning of the forts is accompanied by fre
quent combats with the sleepless Ar.ios. in
which there are numerous losses of killed
and wounded. Tlio Spaniards nro not want
ing In the courage of tholr ancestors , out
they scorn to have almost wholly forgotten
the art of war , along with many other arts ,
as the result ot enervating political and
social influences that have been at work for
generations.
* *
A Vienna correspondent writes of the new
Austrian premier , "Prince Wiudlschgratz ,
that ho is the head of one of those great
families who , in the old Gorman ompho ,
were practically in some respects independ
ent sovereigns. This position they have
lost in modern times , but they have still re
tained the pride , social Inlluonco and wealth
which places them above the heads of the
rest of the nobility. Thus Prlnco Wlndisch-
gratz is not simply an Austrian nobleman ,
ho is at iho same tlmo a pacr in Wurtom-
borg , an hereditary member of the Upper
House in Austria and a magnate in Hungary.
His estates extend for miles and miles , not
only in Bohemia , but also in Hungary , and he
has besides largo possessions in Styria and
Wurtombcrg. Ha studied law 1n Bonn and
Prague , and was graduated as doctor of
laws. Soon afterwards ho was appointed a
member of the Imporla4 court of justice and
was returned as a member of the Bohemian
Diet. Later on ho took his seat as a member
of the Austrian Upper House , of whloh ho Is
still the second vice president. Ho became
also n member of the Austrian delegation ,
which last session made him its chairman.
As a member of the lust mentioned body ho
had an opportunltyof disclosing his Ideas on
foreign policy. On one occasion in the Bo-
homlan DIet Prlnco Wlndischgratz ex
pressed hlS vlowa on the question ot eloc- .
tor.il reform. He declared that a change in
the law would only bo useful if It sprang-
from a necessity felt by the pooplo. The
prlnco enjoys the highest cstoom of the
Gorman party and also the confldenco of the
moderate section of the conservatives.
* *
So great Is the excitement in Spain over
the humlllatingconditionof affairs at Molilla
that it threatens not only to overthrow the
ministry of Sagasta but the rule of the
queen regent , Christina , herself. There has
not boon such a manifestation of popular
feeling on the Spanish peninsula alnco the
Invasion of Napoleon. In proof that there ia
no abatement ot Spanish patriotism and
pride , all classes of people are aroused ;
men , women and children are subscrib
ing tnonoy , establishing hospitals , scrapIng -
Ing lint nnd encouraging volunteer on-
llstmouts all for carrying on Una llttlo
war with a band of nomads in Morocco.
The excitement nnd the military prepara
tions are absurdly out of proportion with the
clmractor of the campaign.But the Span
iards have had no foreign war on tnolr
hands for several generations , and they
seem resolved to make the most of this oc
casion for glvlnn vent to tholr patriotic
spirit. The inertness and delays of the gov
ernment of Sagastu in oroamzlni ! the Mo
roccan expedition ara in striking contrast
with the enthusiasm of the pooplo. It Is not
strange that such exhibitions of military
feebleness should inspire the Cubans wltti
fresh hope of throwing off the Spanish yoko.
* *
Tlio collupso of the French mlnora' strike
wo.s inopportune not only for M. Clomoncouu ,
with his llttlo Journalistic arbitration
scheme , but for the whole socialist party ,
I The following passage occurs in the recolu-
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Highest of all in Leavening Power , Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
Baking
Powder
ABSCMJLTTELY PURE
lions Adopted by the ilolegixtci of Uio mlnrrs
In Vho meeting nl Sen * . "t\ > seven wcoln
vro hnvo boon npponllni : to Trench public
opinion. Socialist tloputlos Imvo como to
support nml encourage in. They Imvo
rotated In tlio press the oppicsslon which
wo cmluro and our struggle ngnlnst it.
Tlielr volco lias been no nioro listened to
thnn ours. Now , Indeed , there scorns n
movement of symn.ithy , but It it lee
Into. Wo nro nt the last gasp of dis
tress.Vo must bend our lio.uls , confess to
being vniHinlslicd , umlorgo unconditionally
the cictpotUm of capital , and cherish the
hope of an early rovongo. Hut this Is one.
moro dcmonslrntlon that the workman must
Imvo no liopo for the Improrcincnt of his lot ,
no ovpcetatloiTSf justice , nave tram A social
resolution. This wo shall not forgot. The
congress conscipuentl.v now pronounces for
the general resumption of work. " The
strike , as Is pointed out by moro thnn ono
correspondent , was Itilhicticeil by the social *
1st deputies to show their sttcngth outsulo
the Chamber , ulicro.is the icsulthas only
ootrAVcd their real weakness. They might
have had bolter luck If It had not been for
the Russian visit , uhtch effectually dig.
irnctcu popular attention from the co.il
strikers.
-SJM/.f. UkUUMIH UK T.IXKIt ?
St. 1-ouls Uopubllu ; In Justice to the
masses the rich cannot ho longer allowed to
ixscapon j-einonablo proportion of federal
taxation , The Income tax will como to stay.
Olobo-Domocrat : Three-fourths of the
reiiubllcans and moro than one-third of the
democrats are icasonahly sure to oppose it ,
and it Is safe to say that the picslUcntlll
bo on their side.
Chicago Hecord : The experiment of tax
ing some private Incomes for the bonollt of
the onllro country , whllo other private in
comes are not t.i\od , is bound to nrouso no
small degree of antagonlsin.
Philadelphia 1'ross : There probably never
was n tax levied In this country so much dis
liked , so generally uvadctt , so blttcily op
posed or so clttdly repealed as that which
the democratic ) warn anil means commlttoo
proposes to re-establish.
Boston Advertiser : The wit of man never
jot devised means by which a tix on in
comes can bo nmdo equitable in practice.
The proposed bill ought to bo entitled , "An
act for levying lines upon honest men and
putting a premium upon perjury. "
Atlanta Constitution : It is all wrong to
put a heavy tax on u man \\lth a cottage or
n farm and lot the bondholder with nn
annual Income of J.10,000 go scot froo. The
country is to bo congratulated unon the
growing popularity of an Income tax.
Philadelphia Record : Thoachomo in the
commlttc'o on wajsnnd means is the llrst
Instalment of the populist program What
is the nocd of a populist party after nil ,
vthen democratic committees in comrrcss
stand ready to exootito its dying uohcstsf
Chicago Tribune- These of the vcoikcrs
who fancy nn Income tax \\ould bepihl only
by capital , with no loss to themselves , labor
under a big delusion. By fur the greater
part of the incomes ire expended In setting
people to workpr keeping them atork. . If
those Incomes were reduced byhca\y taxa
tion the workers would iQcohe correspond
ingly less for tholr toll and in reality would
boar the brunt of the burden.
Iowa Drj § Wnnt to Try Again.
Hew I'm ? , Sun.
The Iowa republicans woio beaten In 1889
and 1501 because they wcro handicapped by
prohibition. There was strone opposition
to it in the republican party of Iowa and a
considerable part of that opposition was
carried to the extent of voting for the demo
cratic candidates for state ohlcci. In fact ,
In spite of the prominence given by Hon.
Horace Boies to tariff loform in his ( list two
campaigns for the governorship , disgust
with prohibition was the main motive that
elected litm. The great plurality for Harri
son in 18U2 showed that the state was still
solidly republican on national issues. This
year Governor Boies sought to avoid
national issues and to limit tlio canvass to
local matters , but as the republicans
had thrown away prohibition anil taken
tip local option , thcro was no local issue , and
so the governor was badly beaten. Whllo
the same general Vailscs conti United to his
defeat thai in ado for democratic defeat else
where , the removal of prohioitlon was a
Kieat load fallen from the shoulders of the
Iowa republicans , mid they aic In better con
dition on that account than they have been
in for i ears.
The low.i prohibitionists , with the im
mutable confidence of their party , refuse to
put up with defeat and hnvo begun an agita
tion against the repeal of thu prohibitory
law. "Wo positively assort , ' savs the address -
dross issued by the chairman of the state
committee , "that there aio tens of thousands
of men who cast their ballots for Jackson 01
Boies solely on account of national issues
who woulo now gladly sicn the protcsi
ngaiust iho repeal of the prohibitory law ; "
thus the chairman ol the stain committee
makes out a majority for pioliibi
tton. Of coui-bO there Is no proba
bllity that theio wcio many prohibition
votes for Boles , as iho democrats wore
squarely opposed to prohibition ; and on the
other bund , many republicans who wouh
have voted for Boles if their party had no
abandoned prohibition , cam a back to then
old allegiance this year. But nothing cat
cool the ardor or diminish iho faith of the
prohibitionists. They pioposo lo hold meet
ings in every school district , to solicit every
voter , to carpet the slate wilh tracts , and to
"urouso a Christian and public conscience. "
Tlioy will not pcrstmdo the Iowa ropnbll
cans , hoxvovcf , to take Aip the burden 61
trohtbllfon again The conscience of thl
nnnacers of the lown republican party It
hat prohibition doesn't pnv , tltnt It losci
otcs They have had all the experience of tl
hey want , and the importance of national
ssucs will keep most of the lown prohibl
lonlsts In lino.
M/.V/AO
Oal\cslonNcws ) II lakes a seedy man Mom
line to como up.
I/owoll Courier ! Tlio mtrotminrr-
n spllo of the dull times , Is looking tip.
Ynnknrs Rlntfiunn : The man "nhosnwoidi
can ulwajs bo rolled upon" never went l
Rochester Doinoornt ! In the thonnialdni
uti lnoM tli lint is Ilin Inst nml the last lltst.
Dallns News : Some pcopln socm lo contldni
It necessary to howl uvoiy time they hno : to
lake pilns.
I'tinlra Clnictto : My son , If MM want toln
liitli'piMiiluntof your undo don't bo lee fresh
\vltli jonr ante.
New Orleans I'lcayuno : Ni\r ] oomo < llmt a
) ooktiiiUt ; > r Inis been ilmiwcl and lobbcdat
lilMirpool. It Is u ( llscour iRlni ; outlook foi
lltcrnuitc.
Clo\cland I'lnln Donlnr : Tlio stnto's attor
ney Ins nery siilunm duty In the mill lor of n
prm ) light. I In nntsi a'.lcud and watch nil the
points to M > O that the law U nut violated ,
I'hlhuliilphla l.i'Occr : I'rof , llnmcrtrk , who
has been Mllilylng rlili-Kcns for twrlMi yonrs ,
IIIJM "thn iiiostcr K by nil odds , the immilest
tlmignn onrthllh no I'xccpth'ii. " Tim pro
fessor's otuuruitUm of iltuni innjois has lnou
limited.
MIM.MIir.lt.
Tlio foiest trcos nro Ityiftcti now ,
Tholr limbs are nil imfiwKed !
\Vliut womlnr that tlm moilcatcoui ,
In uxcry fluid Is sliocKcd
Jl.lti.tli.
l > ii ( i timtr of tttteu
When she romus liomo uRiiln' A. tliouiani !
\ \ nys
Wo fashion to nut suites the shmdoinoss
Of our sad wiilromuVu shall tiiMnblc , j os ,
And tear horns whim 111 si In the old days
Wo funreil hm ty runny , imrihm'd upr.ilso
Our tint's , such ttiisom fiilnt litmilN sort ) dis
tress.
' 1 lion silence , horn ot diuad and hnpolcssncssl
Tim ttorlil will msinul sontowlint , anil nmnzf
Will start lo I ml Ipnnl Ion with lii'i-nroin ,
Hut \u > nh.ll ! foci III0 r.tL'o of Impoli'iiro ,
To know tlnil slie MI tll-ili-sortus the throne
Created by u frlundli fnlsi pivtunsui
ThorlKlit of might oidalnlni ; IhisKy 1,11
lIn\ > uU'sita un , ngaiust Hawaii's will ,
TOMORROW
Will present exceedingly at
tractive features , among which
are noted the following :
Cumplnlo Cnblo S-cnlce :
For Uio past tc-n j ears Till. Brc has been llio oulj
lupcrosl of Ciilc.iiro lo nial it.iln .in exclnnUo ,
Hpi.dnl cabin HIM\k-p. Kuinpcau and Sontli
AniiTlcaiii'iblCrfraniH li.nti Ion ? liocii.nllHtlnc-
llxo fcatiira of Tiih SITMUlln * Wo liiUlu
HiiccUl alU'iilloti to OIL' cnblo IIOUM xshk'li Tna
11EI.111 proaunt tomorrow
Tress Mini Spoclul T li % rrnihlp | yawn
TIIK ni.K reccUcH and prints iiiotoircnor.il tnlo-
uruililc press .mil BIHOU ! mms thin iinvutlior
1) HUT In UH ton iloi-y. Ooni | > ulHcms on this point
ni > ! lnxltfd. Tin : HmIH Iho onH impi'rUHI of
riilcigo tlt.it le.ifti'H itn all < 11niul nil nlirlil wlro
oxurwIilclilBli.insmlltrd UH nmrtalul AHHOC- !
atcd iironH report nnd HH opeiM il toUinanm from
ciorr Import mt point \\llliln i.idliiH nf 1100
miles. It boast" a moat perfctt new en Ice.
I.-ionl New * -iiturr :
Tun Si'M > Ai Jli-'K lllcoiil-ilnrfporlHOf tlinlm-
Hortnnt socHletciitH of the wtpk , IKWH and In-
teicBllnir ( fossil ) of Uio fiatein.il Nocli'UoH ; a
Hiiortlni ; doputment oatcfiillv iirPii.irt.il lo inpct
* the tK'm unit ) of nil cl issi-s of Hpurtmnon and a
innihvt IMBO lliat would do iTinlli lo , im paper In
tliuLOiinliv. TiiBllH sin iiln t IM ' Is Hlnmlaru ,
and IMS farmd u iimnum-nt pi un In tin1 commer
cial v oild. The Bcnund loc.il now a of tlio day.
A Ii ) of TliiiikiBlvliiK :
Under thlHhpaainir Tun Si'M > vv Bn : will pro-
bent \.irluh of ititllnir in itier moil liiturcHilnr
andappropilit" . Afeitnro of U will bnaii i.irtl-
rloiclatlio to tlio work of Ilia AnHOclitnl Char
ities ana the plans lielnn ni.uto foi tlio ousel vanio
of the day.
Gsvrrnor I.arrubro mi ltullrniul < :
Tin. Sr.VDAV HKI : will poiit-ilnncliaiilcr fiora
OOMTiiorLnrab.'o'H hook.Tim K illro id Ques
tion " Ho tells of llifcuiilllcl lifiwoi'ii tlio | > i' < uil
of Iowa and tlio inllin ids. looltliu lliiiH.rHlHtwiJ |
oflortH of tlio ralhoad liohs. s to iralniomrolof
tlio supreme bunch and tlio peculiar mUhods of
"Biill.iblo" Jndires
Tnllc with tlio 1'iintmiistor ( Irncrul :
Frank O. C.irpent < M' lullei liiTliKSUMMV llri
w 111 conlaln II"1 latc t IIOWB of Ilin I'ostullko ila-
nnrlmc-nt. a foiocaBt of HIM poslmiiHler eenur.il *
umcl.il report and fund ot infoi million of Intel est
and \alttu. _
limit I'irlil * * l.oltei :
111 - nt .1 Irllor ol ' np < -
This w roll Kal Fluid w nti-sf \
cl.ll lnl"rcMt W.iUi-maii will ti-ll
. " " to Jabot hiir men
nf "h "old I lOJilHlda l.nm . of Norw.tj ( irlBWoltl
wl w rite of a i PC mt ontlnif and a . HIH-C ill eorro-
of thu Irrigation dllchesof
Nobi.iskii. _
en.
The Urgent matins and Hellcis of
flno olollion on lUtlli
It's a Leader.
It simply shows what can be done
when a little science is
mixed in with common
sense , There isn't ' an
overcoat made by any
body else that cnn com
pare with it for less than
$15. It's an all wobl
-emlton , nicely trimmed
carefully and substantially made and
all we ask for it is $10 all colors and
; sizes. It's a mighty good overcoat for
Browning , King & Co.
fiend tbo money tUo oxpreni. and we'll par S. W. Cor.l5tU and Douglas Sts.
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