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/ THE OMAHA DAILY BBE : ! &JNDAY , SEPTEMBER 2 , 16 ! ) L THE OMAHA DAILY BEE R noSUVVATEtl , Editor , \ff ( wi h > ut Sun.1n Ono Dalljf Hw fltil Buntnjr , Una Yenr BU Hnnllu . - . . 1OT Kumlny lice. On. " cur . 300 Pntuntnr IV ? . fnr Ver 1 50 Weekly n . One \ < vr es oi'ricr.s , Onmlia Tli JV" nnlliUiw. . _ . Boullt ) rcmhr > . rnrnrr N . mt Twenty-fourth Sit. Counrll niurr . 12 l > in I Htrecl. Clilrapo om > , SIT ( Twmiwr of Commerce. Now Ynrtt. Ilnonm. U 14 ntul IJ. Trlbuiw Dldg. n , IW7 y Htrr t , N. W. AH r"Mnmiinlraln | relating ' " newl1n'U" ? torlal mailer Hlmnlrl bf uilUrwO ! To ttv * Mltor , ufsiNF.s.4 i.Krrr.us. All t.ii lrirIrtttia nncl r'nilUnncfs should b * ildr ? sil In Tlia lien I'uMlfthlnic cnrapnnr , Omnha , Draft * checks nml tKWtnrilce OHM to ! > a maile pnvr > lil l < > Uu- order ol the < J"H ! > iinv. TIM : 111:1 : i-uiiMaiiiNQ COMI-ANY. BTATKSIKNT OP 1'IKCOIT1ON , Ke II. Ttwliuck. wrretaty of Ihe He I'ub- llnhlrnc xfjmixihr. 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Won't depressing the orchestra have the name effect as elevating the stage7 Senator Gonnan should have written a letter of sympathy to President Cleveland. Senator III1I of New York lias Just cele brated his fifty-first birthday. Hut tlio letter ot congratulation from President Cleveland never came , Parliament got nhead of congress In ter minating Its session. As too frequently America lias had to wait for England to Bet the fashion even In adjourning. I Free wool beat Congressman Ktlgore of Texas for renomlnatlon. Ho couldn't pull f the wool over his constituents' eyea , although s It was to be had without paying a tariff duty. It. was with a rather Ill-concealed glee that Editor IJryaii announced tlio prospect of ex- Governor Hoyd's refusal to accept a unani mous nomination as tlio democratic candi date for congress , They have "the- elevated now gotten - rail roads In the constitutional convention" down In "New York. They will soon have the tiger , the elephant and the whole' menagerie la the convention at this rate. Wo trust Mr. Pullman didn't exhaust him self before the strike Investigating com mission. We * expect him ' to furnish another manifesto In a few days explaining his attitude toward the commission. Failure to accomplish promised results seems to have no Influence upon the choice ot Chairman Wilson's constituents when they are called upon to endorse Mr. Wilson as his own successor In congress. The Dec's Information as to the willing ness ol ex-Governor Doyil to run for congress came straight from headquarters. Democrats who want to keep up with the political move ments of tholr own party must read The Bee. Tlio International peace congress at Ant werp has adopted a resolution demanding the peaceful settlement of the d'.fTerences between China and Japan. The ; announce ment that the war is off may b3 momentarily expected. And now wo have news of an Ice trust In the process of formation in ( New Jersey. Wo presume It la to be an Interchangeable arrangement Ice In summer and coal In winter. The -season Is too far advanced for a trust so likely to dissolve soon. The lone ot eastern press comment upon thu result of the Cedarqulat court martial la that the War department is not yet done with the case. As far as Major Worth Is concerned the findings of the court are final. Just what the president may leel railed upon todo In the mstter Is only a. matter of con jecture. The convention that nominated Judge Strode as the republican candidate for con gress from the First Nebraska , district on the 1,237th ballot will cheerfully yield the record to tha Texas democrjtlo cauventlcn TrhlcU took C.COO ballots without a choice , before finally agreeing to the renomlnallon ol t Judge Culberson for congress. "Wo would like to ha\o those * woman suf fragists who have been lomllyi asserting that the franchise In. woman's hands would eliminate from pollUca all that la demorallz. Ing and degrading explain bow the Infamous Urecklnriilgo manages to secure the supporl o ( all Iho women who are applauding Mn In. his Impudent plea for a re-election t < congress. Evcty time thcro Is mi epidemic of sulcidi Bomo knowing person Informs us that thli Is the particular season when suicides taki place. As a. matter of fact , the best eta tlstlcx show that thu maximum of sulcldei almost always comes In the late- May o early June. AVe don't believe- that the sul clde season has Ehlfted materially or per manently. Eugene Field elves the Sugar trust credl for doing some gcod after all in killing of it largo number of presidential possibilities [ oreracrct among them John G. Carlisle President Cleveland's secretary of the treas wy. It muit ba agreeiblo to Carlisle ti Iw Informed that there was really some om who once looked upon him aa & preelJeutla ' possibility. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ After Secretary Carlisle reverses hi nisei it few more times In his numsroas Inter pretalloiu ot the new tariff law peopl who nro unable to get a satisfactory tulln will ba prepared to appeal to tha court In order to secure an authoritative decision II is really too bail that Mr. Carlisle tun1 ' natl ly evefjbody. He seems to bo tryln to do -without reference to possible Incon kUtenclea. A VKTf.It.lK POET. Oliver Wendell Holmes , a name.frtmlllnr to nil Intelligent Americana and revered by all , was 55 years old last Wedntsctay. He wa ) vltitcd en that day at his summer home , Dcv rly Farms , by a representative of n DdBton paper , -with whom-ho talked about Ills health , his work and Ms corre spondence. The veteran foot Is recovering from what he Eald vims the longest Illness ho ever had , attended with much prostration of mind anil body. Dr. Holmes hns not re cently ilonc any literary work ami lie stated that his sight Is BO Impaired that lie finds It very hard If not Impossible lo rcatl many ot the letters sent Mm. llo Is. also troubled with ctarnps In the Rimershlch at times prevent writing. Ho said that lie ; la expected to read manuscripts which should be sent to the magazines or to the critical bureaus which innko tt business of attending to such productions , und people address him on all tiuitiner of subjects. While not being wholly frue from the infirmities Incident to age , Dr. Holmes says the burden of yean slta lightly upon him -compared with the- weight It seems to many less advanced In age. Hut ha remarked that after tlireo score years pud twenty Ihe encroachments of time make themselves felt with raplOly Increasing progress. "When one can no longer hear the lark , " observed one of the most genial uf poets and one ot the gentlest of men , "when he can no longer recognize tha faces he passes In the street , when lie has to watch hla steps , when It becomes moro and more difficult for him to recall names , he Is re minded , at every movement , thai he must span hlmxcll , or nature will not spare him. the penalties she exacts for overtaxing hH declining powers , " He saltl It had always seemed , , to him Iho twelfth septennial period Is one of the natural boundaries of llfo anil ho thought that one who has lived to com plete his Sltli year has had his ( Ull share , even ot an old man's allowance. Whatever Is granted over that Is a prodigal lndtilser.ee on the part of nature. The llfo work ot Oliver "Wendell Ilolmci li piactlcally finished. He la not likely to make any further contribution to literature. In answer to the question whether lie Is writing his autobiography lie stated , that he Is In the habit ot dictating many of his recol lections and some ol his thoughts and opin ions to his secretary , who has in this way accumulated a considerable mass of notes , which will undoubtedly SO IB day be put Into form , but not by the poet himself. There have been low lives more fruitful of good re sults which will have an enduring value than that of Dr. Holmes. He will always hold an honored place In American literature , but his title to fame does not rest wholly upon his literary work. lie has been greatly suc cessful In imparting scientific knowledge , to the acquirement and teaching of which the greater part of his life has been devoted. It Is In this direction that his labors have been of the greatest and most permanent value to- mankind , which can be said without In the least disparaging the worth of what he has accomplished with his pen. Hut the world knows him best aa a poet , whose genial and pleasing vcrao Is the expression or a sunny and lovable nature , always In sympathy with all that Is truest and pures In humanity. The Influence of all that Dr Holmes has written has been good. It has afforded pleasure and gratification to millions and all who have read his works have de rived from them Intellectual Improvemen and elevation. Even though It be not es teemed of the highest merit , from the liter ary point ol view , It baa a quality that wll perpetuate It , and it Is possible that It wll be appreciated by the next generation even more heartily and warmly than it Is by th j Intelligent and discriminating students o literature of today. STATISTICAL H.lb'I.S The statistician rather than the politico economist is today tha Important factor in shaping legislation. No sooner does a ques tton come up for settlement by legislation than a demand is at once made for all the facts that are available. The old-tltna politi cal economist started with a theory and argued from It to the existcnco of facts ; the statistician nowadays presents the facts as they exist and gives the public and those responsible- legislation a chance to de duce therefrom the true solution of the pioblcm. Remarkable Instances of recent effective statistical Investigation can be given. For Instance , the Inquiry into In dividual mortgage Indebtedness by the CDII- BUS ofllclals has practically disposed of that question. The elaborate Investigation into . pi Ices , wages , etc. , undertaken under direc tion of the United States senate finance com mittee did much to clear up th tariff con troversies. The dejith knoll of many of the most prevalent free trade fallacies sounded when the members of both political parties on that commit tea agreed that prices of com modities had declined under the McKlnley bill and that wages had at the same time slightly risen. Tlio statistician has dona far moro lhari the political economist to solve the railway problem , though much still remains. He has entered almost every field , and In this country , through the census ofllce and the Innumerable Statistical bureaus of the various governments. Is throwing light upon every conceivable subject. In view of the growing Importance ot the statistical work The Dee has made arrange ments for the publication of a scries ot arti cles by ono of Iho most eminent and best known of our statisticians , Mr. Robert P. Porter , superintendent of the eleventh cen sus. Mr , Porter starts out with an ex- ptrlenco that will at one * make his results authority with every ono who has occasion to refer to them. He has been an active agent in several ot the most important sta tistical Investigations ol tha federal government - ment , as head of one of tlio principal dtvl. alons of the tenth census , as a member ol the tariff commission , ami finally as superin tendent of the eleventh census , just being completed. More than this , Mr. Porter ha : had , a varied newspaper career , which cul minated In his successful editorship of the s Nuir York Press , and Ivo Is thus able to pul his facts Into a shape that transforms then ; r from dry arid Inert tables ot figures lnl < live , attractive Information of all-absorbln ; Interest. The readers of The Bee , there fore , have a treat In store for tlum In th ( aeries ot popular economic articles which Mr Porter proposes to contribute. These- aril cles will bo devoted to questions pendln ; before the American people loday. Mr Porter Is already on his way to Euroj > e Immediately upon his arrival there ha wll take a.run through the industrial regloi and send back facts relating lo the ettccti of the democratic tariff law on Drltiih am continental manufactures. Having dlr < cte < himself lo this absorbing matter Mr. Port * will take up the other economic problem : that are knocking at the doors of congrea G for settlement and endeavor to obtain th' ' s vlewa ot the most eminent. European Etat UtlcUns , economists and statesmen , Thes 't Interviews will form a l.-adlnc fealure of th ( uturo Issues o ! The Sunday Uee. The art ] i- | cle presented to our readers today aa th llrat of th rlt will prepare them to what Is coming and they nllt took forward o succeeding papers from the pen of Mr. Torlcr with Impatient expectancy. .lTtf XU3IMATU . In making James E , DoyO their candidate for congress In this , th * Second , district , ho democrats have undoubtedly fined upon one of the strongest men tvlthln their party who could be Induced to make the race. Mr. Dnyd Is an old and widely known citizen ot Nebraska his citizenship having been established beyond dispute by the supreme court of the- United States in a case that attracted universal attention. He ottered his services to his country as one ot the Ne braska volunteers In 1SG1. Ho has been a member of the territorial legislature. Ho hns been a delegate to two constitutional convections and helped to Ira mo the state constitution under which Nebraska is now governed. He has been member nnd. presi dent ot the Omaha city council and mayor ot Omaha , and finally became the ilrat and only democrat who * ever occupied the place ot governor of this state. The candidacy of Mr. BoyJ for congress , however , -will create no diversion from repub lican ranks. Congressman Mercer's course since he went to Washington as the repre sentative of this district has been entirely satisfactory. Mr. Mercer has given no cause for any demand for a change. On th * con trary , lie has shown such vigor and dili gence In his efforts to _ promote the Interests ot his immediate constituency that many business men ot opposite party cannot but feel a moral obliga tion to send him back tor a second term. Mr. Mercer's experience has served to nt him to represent Nebraska In the next congress even more efficiently and effectively than ho has in the n/esent congress , while Mr. Doyd. has no experience whatever la na tional legislation ta commend him. Mr. Boyd. tt. will bo readily admitted , has a large following ainong democrats , but he cannot expect republicans to turn against their candidate on the score of personal friendship. It will be more .than he can dote to bold together the ordinary democratic strength In the district , and even should his efforts In this direction prove successful It * has more than once been demonstrated that this cannot overcome the votes of the republi cans , united as they now are upon their own candidate. 1XCUJKXVK OF TIIK 1KCOMK TAX. One of the favorite arguments advanced by the supporters of tlio Income tax Is that It is a tax which cannot bo shifted , nnd must , therefore , be borne by the person against whom it Is originally assessed. To use their epigrammatic characterization , It Is "the tax that sticks , " and for this reason , ami for this rason only. Is opposed by all who at present succeed in evading or shirkIng - Ing : the just share of taxes which they ought to pay. Some of the advocates go so far as to say that the Income tax Is the only tax : that sticks , and that It Is the only just tax. It Is generally conceded , however , that there are numerous other taxes , such as the tax on Inheritances , the tax on economic rant , that cannot be shifted. It is also strenuously denied by most authorities tha the Income tax Is a tax that can In no case be shifted. As regularly levied by different govern ments , the Income tax Is often shifted in part , or In whole , and so far as wo can see must leave opportunities for shifting , no matter in what manner It may be Imposed In some countries , as In England , the In come tax Is simply a combination ot taxes on the separate Ingredients of Income ; in others It Is simply a system of taxes engross gross receipts , derived from different spec ! net ! sources. In such cases , according to Prof. Scllgman , who touches upon this sub Ject In a recent monograph on the evidence of taxation , there can be no question tha each part of the Income tax simply follows ths laws ot Incidence of the respective sep arate taxes , so that In this respect there would be no difference between a so-called income tax and the other direct taxs. of which the income tax is substantially com posed. If the total Income be composed ot wages , the \ncUlcnce ! cannot be different wh3ther wa call the share Income or wages. It the total Income be composed of profits , the tax will be shifted or not , according to the rules of Incidence that govern a. tax on profits. If the Income be derived from house rents , the chances are that It will bo shifted to the tenant. The Incidence of the whole must be determined by the Incidence of the parts. , The principle upon which the theory of In cidence Is built is that every man will shift the tax Imposed upon him it he can. He will attempt to shift an Income tax just as he- will attempt to shift a tariff duty. It he can make his creditors , his tenants , his em ployes or his customers Lear any part of his burden , he will not hesitate to do so. In the case ot one or two of the so classes he ha : very good chances of success , and thos ; chances will be further enhanced by an ) Inequalities that may arise in the Incomi tax assessment. An Income tax will el let as well If not better than mosjt of our prcs cut taxes , but to assume that no part of I can orwill be shifted Is by no means war ranted by Ihe study of finance. Ltl'K Iff XfKHKJSKA. Tbera have been many Investigation : undertaken In Nebraska for the purpose o making the- Inhabitants more familiar wltl tha precise conditions that surround them From the first exploring expedition of Lewi and CUrko to the last census unamerjtloi the government liaa been constantly engagei In gathering information tor the people tha wilt enable them to understand what Ne braska has to offer them. We have hid th dimensions of the land accurately surveye and mapped out. We have had repeats countings cf the pcoplo within Ihe borders o tha state at different times. We have ha Inquiries into the morlgigo Indebtednca resting upon the soil and Its Improvements and wo have had accounts of the progres ot the dllTercnt arts and occupations to b found In Nebraska. In aough way , per haps , A a have had the L turit condition cf Nebraska described In private hand books or compendia of Information , Ite ; scientific researches Into the resources c the sUte have , however , been comparative ! rara and always Incomplete. Tha past'weok has se n the publication ( the first part of an exhaustive work treatln of the flora ot Nebraska , la which It Is ei p cted to Identify and classify all the spec mena of plant life that have , been uncsvere within the-bordcrs ot the sUte. The projct U bong : carried out by the botanies seminar ot the University cl Nebraska. und < the direction ot Prot. Cbarlea B. DcEae ; Prof. Besisy , who Is ono of tlio represents tlVB botanists of this country , and , win along with the foreniest American studenl cl science , took a very prominent part In tti meetings of the Society for the Advancemet of Science but recently concluded at Drool lyn , hu. with the co-operation of his ttt dents , made a. complete botanical survey i th uUte. which is ta serve as the baala i a. detailed catalogue of the virioui order cenera and specie * fjund. In the Intn ductton to the Initial number ot the * ork , which , by the wjlf * lua b n prosecuted rom purely 4leittiflc motives anil at the expense of tlio autCoVs , Prof , Uesscy outlines he field before hlqU He eayB that there are now known and Jolcrlbeil about 175,000 species of plants on the globe , while recent estimates , made by Prot. Saccirdo show that this Is probably Jess thin one-half of the ot l number. For the ptirposa of classi fication by which their study may be promoted meted and the attending results communi cated to others , . (4mllar ( species have been gathered Into generA , similar genera Into 'amilies , similar fiuijnes Into orders , and so on. Finally from a study ol these groups * > tanl ts have been nblo to make generaliza tions as to their probable relationship and thus to form h system In which all plants cro Included In six great branches , further subdivided Into fifteen classes. By arranging the flora of Nebraska accord- ins lo tills system , so universally accepted by iclontlstg , It (3 ( seen that the plant lite cC the state Is distributed through nil six of tha great branches ot the vegclabla kingdom , but lhat ot the fifteen classes only fourteen are representJd. It Is further developed that of fifty-four orders forty-three alone tre represented , and oC 386 families there are representatives ot about otic-hall. On the other hand , ot the 17G.OOO species of plants now kncwn , probably little , If any , more than 2 per cent occur within the area In question. In other words , a conservative estimate of the species ol Nebraska flora Is less than 3,500. A complete catalogue of these , however , with good Illustrations of the mors important , will form n work of great scientific value as well as of peculiar interest to the people ot Nebraska , always anxious to know more of the country which they In habit. L P. 1IAXKS. Few men had a more -varied public careel than the late General N. P. Hanks , and thirty years ago heshared populnr atten tion with the most distinguished men of the time. Though not a great man , measured by the higher standards , he.'was fairly success ful , both as a statesman and a soldier , and the record of his lite Is nn honorable one , It not notably brilliant. He made a good gov ernor of Massachusetts , as hla election to three terms attested. In congress he was recognized as nn exceptionally able parlia mentarian , hut made no great mark as a legislator. As speaker of the house , lo which he was elected , nfler the most memorable struggle In the history ot congress , he dis tinguished himself for rigid fairness and Impartiality. On the floor ho. did nothing remarkable , though his utterances always commanded respectful attention. Aa a sol dier General Banks vas successful when not left entirely to his own resources , but he was not fitted for separate command. He was a good lighter , but an unwise strategist , and when pitted against so able a commander as Stonewall Jackson , " who was a born sol- dfer , he was greatlr overmatched , His 'military career was hot without creditable features , but It was by no- means dlstln- cuished , and the .disastrous Red River cam paign , with which It , ended , was a most damaging blow to his reputation as t soldier. The lateV-Vears ol General Banks' ' life were not happy. He was.in reduced circumstances financially and "at one time it was said that his mind was impaired. His l&st election to congress was largely Hue to popular .sympathy . . . -The , verdlgt of history on him will be.thatrhe , was an honorable , up right man , a "patriotic "citizen , and one who brought to the performance of every duty devolved on him his best ability. TIIK lintlOATIOy CONUtlRSS. The third national Irrigation congress will meet In Denver tomorrw and remain In ses sion a week. This congress Is expected to have more Important results than were real ized from the sessions held at Salt Lake City and Los Angeles , which were valuable chiefly In arousing public attention to thp Im portance ot the irrigation question. The time for action had not arrived , nor were the people of the west ready to formulate an ex pression of their best Judgment. There was also a lack of Interest In tin subject In other sections of the country. In the period since the last congress , however , public Interest In Irrigation has been awakened everywhere , and In the east almost as much as In the west Its great Importance ) Is recognized. It Is thought that the western people are now ready to suggest deflnlte outlines for their future institutions , and that this will be done by the. coming congress. It Is expected that some plan of compro- raise will be reached between the factions , one of which has- ' insisted that the na tional government should appropriate all the 3 money required In the work of reclaiming a the public land anil administering canal sys- 3 terns when built , and the other that the 3 arld lands should bo ceded lo the states. In order that each commonwealth might deal with Its own problems. An effort will be made to find some middle ground between Ihesa extreme views , a plan which will give most of the benefits of both policies and few of the evils of either. The problem pre sented Is by no means a. simple'oue , and It ths Denver congress shall reach a solution that will be accepted by the- country It will do a great wortc. In a speech made In the house a ccuplo of weeks ago by Representa tive * Ccffeen of Wyoming , he said that the very nature of irrigation , works and th& handling ot the waters of vast drainage- areas for Irrigation Is such that some form of control and distribution more comprehensive * hensive than that limited rigidly by state boundaries 1 necessary. "We , therefore , must have federal -cdntrol. " said Mr. Cof- feen , "or must o ganzo | an Irrigation con gress or commlssjo'a , with jurisdiction broad enough and stronff1 enough to reach beyond state boundaries ' i handle the flowing waters of the drjUnagjo areas In tha great valleys and rlverisyttcms as they are fcund existing In nature : " lie urged that the people - plo permitted { 9 continue to own lands , If they EO deslre.ijvyhlch they can Identify find mark out with ( definite boundaries , but waters must ba oKned nJ controlled In gen eral mass and the/llittributlan , must be under governmental supervision , either county , state or national.Ths control , It by tha general government. whlch , at least during n transition periodfild'HIr. : ' . Cofteen. is better than by states u-hosfe boundaries in no way conform to the natural topography ot tha country BO essential ta practical Irrigation , will secure the greatest economy In use ot water and In building- great systems ol canals BUI ] reservoirs and keeping the sama In repair. "Let the-.government hold these ) lands in their entirety subject to home- strnd , " sild Mr. Cotteen. "until a sUutlou of the question of arid America In Its en tirety can be obtained and a comprehcnilve system of national reclamation be entered upon. " This Is one phase ot tha ques tion and It la referred to aa In- tha complex character of tlio sub- jeqt. Dut nont the less U Is a. question that has got to be solved , and the pressure foe solution will grow with every passing year. It la to ba hoped tba Dearer coiigreia will formulate * roller that will ba gsnmlly acceptable. Thomas J. Majors Is making frAntlc np- peals to the old soldiers aM Orinil Army vctorans to support him lor Governor at the coming election , telling them that they will be expected to blindly follow the standard bearer who has been chosen to load them. But he neglects to explain to them how ho happened to lie foisted upon the republican state ticket. lie says not i w nl about , the packed county conventions , about the- lavish distribution ot railroad passes to delegates who consented to being bought up. He tells them nothing about the packing ot the Lan caster delegation with pliant tools of the Uurltngtan bosses. He Is silent about the railroad promises and the railroad threats that whipped a majority o ! the delegates to the state convention Into tine. In spite of thn expressed denmul ot honest republicans , for a clean candidate. A standard bearer who has secured his place by such methods Is no standard bearer. He Is but the auto maton of the Durllngton czsr. Xo decent republican la under any obligations to follow him. The Importance of Judge Nott's decision that the president can constitutionally sign bills at any time within ten days from the day of their passage , whether congress has adjourned or not. has not been made ap preciable by the recent adjournment ot con gress. The > president had no illltlculty In atnxlng his signature to all bills which ho oared to approve beloro congress dispersed. When the decision In question was rendered many authorities asserted that It Mould revo lutionize the whole practlco of congressional legislation at the close ot the session. The Bee expressed doubts as to this conclu sion , and showed that It could not affect the signing of bills materially except at the end of the short session of congress , which occurs la the middle of a presidential term , or only once In four years. Events of the past week have borne out the position then taken. The testimony of the Chicago superin tendent of police before the strike Investigat ing commission that for nearly a month tha police preserved order during1 the strike , and that up to the day when the troops were called out the police force had handled the trouble- without nny great violence and with practically no destruction of property , must betaken to support the clalmn of the labor leaders that the military were brought In before the civil authority had been really exhausted. On thla point the opinion of the superintendent ot police Is worth more than the opinions of either strikers or rail road ofllclals. The question Is necessarily one where the Judgment of different people will differ , according as they view It from one standpoint or another. There will therefore , probably , be no time when It will be settled either way to the satisfaction of all. Andrew Carnegie Insists that a workingman - man can llvo for less In the United States than he can In Great Britain , "provided that ho lives as frugally. " American wages have for many years past been such that the American laborer has not been compelled to llvo as frugally as his British cousin. lie has been more comfortably housed and more liberally fed , and after that has had more money to spend for outside conveniences and comforts. Noone wants to reduce the standard of living on this side of th'e At lantic , but the Inevitable tendency of the democratic free trade policy is to da so by lowering wages. Tha American worklngman would greatly prefer to retain the differential in his advantage. Senator Voorhees has shrewdly secured from his physician a recommendation that he engage In no political work whatever this fall for fear his health might be In jured by the exertion. The senator's term does not expire until March , 1897 , BO that he is not personally dependent upon the result ot the election in his state. lie will be able to hold off and view the contest from afar. Should the- democrats bo defeated he will l > able to disclaim all responsibility. Senator Voorhees' withdrawal Is a confession that tha democrats have an up-lilll pull. A Wull of lm > ulr. New York Sun. The * perfidy Is accomplished and the * dis honor la complete- ' Grover Cleveland has vetoed the democratic v'atform. ' Trouble I.urka hi Ilio Ilooni. Washington Stnr. llr. Pullman may tlnd comfort In. the re flection that he la not the first to acquire trouble through an effort to boom subur ban real estate. The OIlU-o Holders. New York Tribune. Who wilt ever - ain . - = ay that President Cleveland Is either courageous or consist ent , or honorable In hlH public relations , erin in any respect better than his party ? FIlH tlio Munition. Fliltutleliihla Inquirer. The president hiis written an rpltaph fet the FUty-thtrd congress , and written It s < j that nothing can erase It , Died of perfidy and dishonor. It la not a Ilatlerhig line , but it ( Us the situation like the glove ill : milady's hand. TJio Itecortt ICevlaiviul. Philadelphia ledger , The Fifty-third congress has especial I j condemned Itself by the passage of tht Income tax clauspa of the tariff bill , bul except for that. It has made a fairly gem ! record , especially when one considers Ui possibilities for mischief under tlie lead o ! the populists , with whom both republicans and democrats sought to curry favor. Traitor * to the JSear. Louisville Courier-Journal. The president appeals from congress t < the people. The battle , twice wan at tht polls , must ba fought over again , and woi again , before treason can be driven out 01 the democratic camp and trustlsm drlvei out of the tariff. Let treason be mad < odious nncl traitors punished. Let trull prevail and the president lead. The rani and file will follow , and woe be to the Cur mans that get in the way. . Honesty tlie Illcht I'ollcy , New York Herald , This , then , Is the advice we offer I.e your ambition run high and seek Its reull zatlon by hard work , but remember tint I Is a man'H soul and not his. pockatbool which coca to heaven. You can get 01 without riches If need be , but you cumin get on without a clean conscience. Muki money , but do not \sorshlp It. Pay n goo < pi Ice for It. but not wore than it la worth Honest dollars hurt nu one , but dlshones gains are a consuming fire , ZlioVonitn TucRlnK .llmud. Philadelphia Ixrffftr. The report of the Massachusetts liureai of Statistics of Labor for 1&33 , ju t Issued discloses the fact that women are becomlni more and more numerously represented li business ventures In that commonwealth Men partners decreased 3.W , but uomei partners Increased I.S4 per cent. There wa uhx > a 5 per cent increase ; In women stock holders In corporations. The tendency o partnerships to decrease and of corporation to Increase continues marked. Wli re I-ilior I'nloui Are Weak. Buffalo nipresj. The great weakness of most labor union la the puttlmr of all workmen , had , gooi nuil Indlrfercnt. on the same plane. Th shirk and the Incompetent person are 01 the same level with the ambitious am competent , ami the good workmen are ex peeled to Htrlku to hetp up the wages of th shirks If they become dlssatUHed. As i consequence it not unfrequently happen that poor workmen make up the majority o u labor union , they tx-lnir the ones to havi lh moat to train from. It. This Is an In Justice to the good workmen. It puts i premium on laziness Instead of on enerry NXVVMlttlHUTH .ITT/IB PULPIT , aiolioDemocrnt : A ll.iltltnor clernrman has been | > raching a sermon agnlnst th" Ice monopoly In thai city for exacting n pront of 400 per cent In hut -weather. The citizens think he chose it good text , nnd they are taking itepa to brenh lh com bine. > Minneapolis Tribune : The clergymen * t Ihe Christian summer school nt botirj Iltach , N. J. , bruku out last Ihurmlar In eloquent nnd able denunciations of race truck abuses. Every clergyman who attends a horse race should unhesitatingly denounce nny crooked ness ho sees going on. The sporting public will be under obligations to Jill the ministers of the gospel who unite with honest reporters In sincere endeavors to reform the turf. Murrain Express , The rovlrallats nt Ham- inonilivlllr , 0. , have * had n narrow escape from thn angry husbands of two of the several women la that town who ha\u been so absorbud in religion that they ha\e been unable to attend to their household duties. Tha women went to all the revival meeting ! ) and left their husbands to attend to the children and do the baking. One of the de serted husbands waited for one of the re vivalists with a gun , but the cxhorter heard of him and Uopt out of his -way. The other man stjrtul for the prayer meeting armed with a club , nnd the revivalist lied through a rear door. Ho pays tha revivalist told his Mlfe that when a , woman was converted she should separate herself from her husband , unless he. too , Joined the fold. The mes sengers ot these good tidings h&vo left the town , Minneapolis Times : The agitation. In swell church circles fop Individual communion cups Is apt to strike the ungodly as finical and laddy , Those who urge the adoption ot tha custom do It on the ground of cleanliness , nnd It Is true that there Is a possibility of contagion on the metal rim of the ordinary cup for general use- . Hut all this could bo easily avoided by a simpler and less expensive ) plan than that of purchasing Individual cups. Every commnnlcant could carry a straw , or convention might hit on a decorated glass tube with silver mouthpiece ! , which the owner could have marked with his crest or Ills monogram. Another way \\oiild be to furnish the communion wine in small original packages , small phials of Ktruscan design , for Instance , which would hold Just enough for a sip , and which could bo kept as souve nirs. Anything would be. better than the dis play and extravagance , to say nothing of the nuisance , of the custom advocated by tha champions of the Individual cups. TUB j.v Kansas City- Journal : Colonel Inscrsoll can point , to the suicide of Melbourne , the professional rainmaker , as an Illustration of his theory that suicide Is sometimes justi fiable. Chicago Herald : 13o1) loseraoll nd some of the Now York newspapers have scored a great success with their sulclda fad. Thirty people have killed themselves in that city In the last nicnth. This devilish propa ganda may be a congenial oceupstlon for the leader of the pagans , but It Is mighty poor business for a newspaper. Minneapolis Tribune : Three suicides were reported Sunday within a radius of a few hundred miles of Minneapolis. One of the unfortunate men Is said to have been a reader of Ilob IngersoU. It la probable that Ingcrscll's recent article In favor of suicide lias caused hundreds who were In desperate straits to resolve toend their ttoubles by suicide and thousands may fol low. There Is a heavy responsibility resting upon Mr , Ingersoll for that article. Springfield Republican : The latest phase ot sensationalism In the New York World , led by Colonel Ingersoll , Is the Inculcation of the doctrine that sulcldo Is n legitimate and satisfactory remedy for all the ilia that llesh is heir to. Tills Is being discussed nt great length , contributions to the discussion being invited and printed. Not only this , but current suicides are being celebrated at length and with abundant Illustration. Such a celebration ot the morbid sldo of life Is Infinitely harmful , It not directly produc tive of a death harvest. It Is an offense In the eyes of sane living and all wholesome mental conditions such as fjw men of con science would care to bo responsible for. VEUL'LK AX1) XI11SOS. Cores , contents Itself with polishing off the remains. Some democrats lament because Cleveland lias not the couragq of his signature. Why should the spirit of mortal be sad ? The Ualm of Ollead Is on the Iree list. Mr. Breckinrldge's friends seem determined to carve a v.ay for his return to congress. The mysterious disappearance ot Rain maker Melbourne Is the reigning sensation In Cheyenne. At this distance It appears the arrest of Governor Waits only served to rupture his pneumatic tire. The harmonious activity of onice holders suggests a " 'communism , of spoils" for ad ministration purposes. The parallel column cannot bo sprung on the record of the democratic congress with out giving history a wrench. The enterprising spirit of Sioux Falls may be relied on to tender Willie Vanderbllt a slto for a palace In that section. Advices from Chinese sources of the high est responsibility show that the- Mongols are Shanglialng the Japs In great shape. The merchant tailors of the town have sent to the authorities of the University of Grata ( blberla ) praying that hereafter no student shall bo given his diploma unless ho shall nrst show that ho has paid his tailor bills. It ( Iocs not Appear that they oftcrrd a per * ccntnce on rvturin. Some rut'i ro Judged by the lawyers they hire Senator Stewart Is lil to have rc > tallied I'lul Thompson of llrecklnrldgc In * fatny. Sid Cooke. democratic candidate for lieu tenant Rovcrnor of Kntii-ni , la laid up wild n broken leg. The accident merely transfers tha pull to the doctors. The widow ot Senator Hearst of California Is rnld to bo the most heavily Insured woman In this country. She haa policies amounting to (300,000 on her life. The mitres nt Tlusslan bishops are n6vr mmlo of nlmiilnlum , rcdiiclnn the weight from live to about one pound. The Innova tion takes concldenbla load oft their minds. Mr. MonXcdtck of Covlngton , Ky , , has Just sold n carriage horse to President C'levo- Uuid for $100. Mr. Monkedlck has the right port of u mm ie for a place In Mr. Cleveland's administration. The death Is announced ot Cella Tlmter , the eminent American authoress , on the Isle of ShoaU. Mrs. Thaxter was the daughter ot Thomas II. Latglitou ot I'artamouth. N. H. , in which city she was born. June 29 , 1835. In cirly llfo aho went with him to n. new Iidme on Applcdore Islam ) , nnd hero the greater pnrt ot her life was passed. Her" . too. after a short courtship , and when barely 16 years old , slio became the ulfo of her guardian , friend nnd teacher , I.evl flj. Thaster. The Btory of her early llfo ho has told In onoot her prose works , "Among' the Isles of Shoala. " Besides the voliimo mentioned. "I'oems , " "Driftwood. " "I'oema for Children , " "The Cruise of Ilio Mvstory. nnd Other rocius , " have been given to the world. Three sons of Mrs. Thaxter are f.c- cupylng places of prominence in New Ung- laud. Buffalo Courier' A record Is about the only thlnir n man lakes inon pleasure In breaking than he does 1 making. When a man commits suicide by drotrnliiff run it be Raid thut he lliiuldatt.i thu debt of nature ? Philadelphia Jtocord : rtncson Tatter Wat's ilc matter. Itully ? Wat yer ahlvetln * Cur ? Itulllngatono Nomosi ( reading paper ) - Uere's a pleci1 'bout a man w'at dlcu from drinking Ice water.Vat a horrible death. Boston Transcript : She ( haughtily ) I ucff your pardon , sir ; you have tht ) mlvantagc- of me. Ho ( Inuntlly ) I should say I had. I tim the fellow you jilted ten years ago. Kile Field's 'Washington1 Judgp { sternly ) Wrmt Induced you to marry this poor Klrl when you already had four wives living ? The Prisoner ( meekly ) Force of habit , your honor. Cincinnati Tribune : "So you lost your heart while nt the UnrlKir' ' " "U'olt. dear. " s\ld \ the lloston maid. " 1 can hardly an swer your question. When you know he'n worth n million It's not a ( niewtlou of anat omy , but rather oue ot mathematics. " Pearson' ? . Wrcklv : "I am surprised. John , " said nn old Indy when slip found the butler hclplmr blmsolf to some old port. "Knlth. so nm I. ma'ain. I thought you hud gone out , " was the reply. Chicago Tribune : "Aro you very badly hurt. Mrs. Oetnlom ; ? " inquiri-d thn anxious rii-ltjlibor , sitting down by the side ot the bed. bed."I "I don't know how badly I'm hurt , " unlit the victim of the railway accident feebly , "until I've seen my lawyer. " Harper' ' * I3nz.tr : Disgusted Suburban Tennnt I thoucht you said this Imuso would be provided with running -water ? Landlord Veil , It will be. Just wait until wo have a. Rood , henlthly rainstorm , and sec how the roof leaks. raqunus ON IIRR MIND , ruiflton Tranprrlnt. What n. far-off look of dreaming Filled her eye With a. mystic vagueness , sepmlnpr Rapt beyond nil earth nnd sky ! When I , random fancies Unking , Queried shy , Low she said , 'T was thinking Just whal style of hat to buy. " TIIK JtKTTKB. TOliiVheeUT Wlloox In TouthV Cumpanlon. There's many a hoU e of grandeur , With turret , tower and' dome , That knows not pence or comfort , .And docs not prove a home. I do not nsk for splendor To crown my dully lot. But this f nskr a kitchen Where the kettle's always hot. If things are lint all shipshape , I do not fume or fret , A little clean disorder Doea not my nerves upset. But one thing la essential. Or seems BO to my thought. And that's a tidy kitchen Where the hettle'n always hot. In my Aunt Hattle's household , Though kles outside lire drear. Though all tlme nro dark and troubled , Yim'U always find KOO < | cheer. And In her quaint old kitchen , The very homiest spot , The kettle's always singing. The water's always hot. And If you have a headache. Wlmte'er the- hour may be , There Is no tedious waiting- To set your cup of tea. I don't know how she does U , Some magic she has caught , "For the kitchen's cool in summer. Yet the kettle's nlwojys hot. Oh , there's naught else BO dreary In any household found An a cold and sullen kettle That dos not make a sound. Anil I think that love Is lucking- In the hearts In such a * pot. Or the kettle would he singing And the water would be hot. .Fall The arrival of our new fall goods is now com plete and you are cordially invitad to call and in spect them. In the children's department and in the men's department everywhere , everything i new correct styles and perfect workmanship. You can see in the windows how they look. Wa'd like to have you put your hands on 'om. Inspect the fabric , the linings , the sewing , and prove to you that they are all that your eyes tell you they are. 4 Browning , King & Co. , Reliable Clothiers , S. W. Cor. 15th and