Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OHAIIA DAILY BEto TITUKSDAY , JULY 4 , 18Jo.
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prlntrO liurliiB tlif ni" tU ot > Ia > . ISlj. was at
follows.
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SWUM ti I i-foro mo nnil null * illiwl In my prc-t
pnrlliH l t il ly of Juni1S ( >
( Knl ) N P miU Xotarj Public-
TlilK U llullOlh aiinlvi'i-sary of tlu-
national hiith. I.i-t all InJojful. .
Om.ilm oiiKlit to inti-m-iit a finv ol
tin-so U-acliofs' exL'iiiftions un route1 to
bt'iivi-r.
So many men nu now In tlip hands
of tlii'ii ti lends that tlu-lr liiendH imibt
soon hcKlii to have tumble on theli
liaiids.
.r.ino that the tialn of lmnkini > t
inlhotuN adinlnlsteied hy icei'lvcrs Is
bllll sHhji-ft to i aids by highwaymen
nnd
The noiiiml life of I'.ullaniciit
to be M-\en years. Uei-ent r.uliainunts ,
hoHi'Vor , h.i\e all been too good to live
even that
This weather Is said to he too cold
foi coin. II the reoipinUede.ilher
hiiie.ni wants to make a luino , let It
bend onaiiner teiniieiatnre ] > oslhaste
The Ooloi.ido state insiii.ince coin-
inlsslouer Is eltlnf ? alter sonic IIOKUS
benellt eometns. Wonder when tin
Nebr.iskn Insiuaniv board will take ui )
the KWHwoik \ ?
The toy pistol may ii'incspnt jiatilot
Ism , hut there Is no lensoii why full-
prown men should make lools of them-
Helves with loaded levohei * . on tin
Pomth of .Inly.
That fontiou'isy between mo Intriid-
IIIK Ketlleis and Cajitaln Heck Uneaten
to ho ah Into minah'e as the mi.\lmniii
late cast- , and that has bi-en
In c'ouit for neatly two years.
The state militia has been oideied
Into i-iunj ) at Hastings , August 21. Whj
Is It that no town noith ol the I'lattc
is eligible for these eneamiimentsV Whj
can't soiiu > other r.iiho.ul bu xen \ fi
bhow once In a while ?
Il.inKWMM.kcr Mosher s.ijs that thr
pilsoa ( onti.iet Is not worth liu > cents
Mosher onwht to know. Yet those hon
est ajipralscis put the value of the
tiKteement lor the lew uiie\i > hetl
months of the year up winds of $30,000.
The weather buie.ui foinot to liifoini
the public ol' the hot tlnm its diiefa
having with the secietaiy of aKiieul
tine. Tlie head of the weather service
depaitment must ha\e come In condicl
with some of Secret.ny Moiton'b hone.sl
mono } mamiM'iipt.
Wo n ro patiently waiting to leani
Just how the i.ilhoads me KR \ to pie
vhlc foi . .1.V. . .lohiison , now th.it IK
ha.s lost his position as soiiulaiy of tin
State Itoaitl of Tr.insportation. Ho 1
too Imndj a man to lose his favor will
the lalhoad bosses.
The question Is , Will the newly or
gnnUod State Itoaid ot Ttatisporiatlot
do any moie to ielle\o the people o !
poor sei > lee and cxtoi donate i.ite :
than did die old one ? The old bo.m
did absolutely nothing. Itonld , there
fore , not be too much to o.\pL-ct
Improvement.
The state committee meeting of tin
Bllver wlu of demociacy Is i-allod fo
luly li ( It iepies ( > nts about all that )
left of the deinoiT.idc party in Xcbiaska
dl.stlnijulshed beiausc of the fact tha
the rallioad mana eib cannot contio
It , and aic just now pondciiiiK us ti
what can be done to weaken It.
The fioe silver domootats have Nsue <
n call for a meeting of the state com
mlttoo on July 1(1 ( to decide upon a dati
for iv .Unto convention. The fico sllve
democrats are bound to put their con
trol of the paitj machiueiy to use. evoi
If they apiiieilate the hopele.ssiiess o
ti domocnitlc nomination this .voar.
If the tree sllveiltes can only succeei
In convoitiiiK all the teachers that ai
to be In Denver the coming week the ;
may possibly have hope of accoiupllsli
In ; ; something In the dlicctlon of the !
hobby when the ne\t generation get
control uf the jo\etim.ent. : Itut al
tha teat hers that they conve.-t will no
make enough to equip a single llrs
class school.
Who will held the annual pass con
tlngent of counti.v edltois now that .1
W. Johnson has been dropped fior
the suto pay loll ? And who will wilt
eulogies of the c/ar during the fal
campaign and defend his tight to con
tiol conventions and dictate nomln.i
dons' Mr Johnson has been a faidi
fnl shuv , and the It \ il. load bhouli
ptov Kle n place for him.
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T.WAT , C\MI'AIOX \ Ut't.bKt ) .
Omalin has fully ni used to dm di
mnnil of the hour The de.Jnridoii of
piliiclp'rs enunciated by ( he Cltl/.uim'
lt > aiiio lias been'cotdlnlly nnd , 'iitliu-
slnstlcally ouilurseil. Tor the Hist time
In the hlstoiy of this city bankeis , pie
L" sloiiil : men , merchants , tnamifactnr-
is and wngo woikors have Joined
lands on a platform of mutual vu'lfmc
uid public necesxlly to purge the city
ml county of boodleilsm and put an
ml to sectnilan pioxerlptlou.
The demand of the ho'ir Is for a til-
01 co of municipal goveriuneiit tioin
lartls.in politics and machine domina-
lon. With the troasuiy looted by dls-
lonest and debauched ollicials , with the
ncome of the city squaiidou'd upon
axealeis , and thousands of doll.ns
otod away annually to contiactois'
oinbines , die ta\payeis of Omaha are
Housed as they never weio belore to
he supieme necessity of a political
evolution. The fact that the busiest
if business muii have enllsteil In the
anse nnd that men piominent In all
\ of life have consented to take
urt In the active woik In the Impend-
ng campaign alloids abundant pi oof
if the deep-seated conviction that per-
ndos the community that heioic meas-
lies must hi' taken to icsciie the city
uid county ftoin partisan mlsgovein-
uent.
The sectailan issue whldi has been
'oiced to the trout by the iclgn of in
olei.mco and the foisting of incompe-
ents and boodleis Into places of honoi
uid trust has moused vvldospioad in-
lignation that can no longer be ic
nestled. Stai-chamber goveinmeiit has
icconie odious and intolerable , not only
lo the class against which Its actlvitj
is chlelly dliected , but to all fali-
inlnded men who believe in equality
lieforo the law and equal rights ami
tiivileges for all loyal , law-abiding
Amcilcan clti/.eiis.
AK KLAtTH' HAAKf > mK
At a meeting hi NIJW Yoik last week
if what Is known as the stale democ
lacy to give expression to the views ot
that ( action on the ciiiiency one
if the icsolutloiis adopted tie-
cl.ued : "We demand ol congies >
such modltlcation or repeal ot
mr piesent laws as shall pei-
mil our people to piovide themselves
with a sate and elastic bank note cur-
lency , thus paving the way both foi
gioonbaek icthcmcnt and the icllef ol
the United States tieasnry lioni all ie-
ponsibilllles not Inrolvod in its legiti
mate functions the collection and dis
bursement of federal 10venues. " Till'
is simply a demand for legislation t <
allow the stale banks to issue curiencj
and upon this pioposldon the demo
cratle paity Is piactlcally unanimous
The southern section ot the paity wants
state bank Issue * and caused the claust
to be inserted in the last national plat
foi m lecommciiding die repeal ol the
10 per cent taThe demociats of tin
east and west very gcnoi.tlly lav or 11
tale bank curiency. 1'iesideiit Cleveland
land and Sociclary Cailisle aie unn
milled to this lot in ol cuireiicy. Kill
theio is diveislly of sentiment as t <
the conditions under which stale bank.
hould be permitted to issue notes , am'
it was this that prevented action by tlu
ast congiess. While the southeii
demociats Insisted upon the uncondl
tlonal lepeal of the 10 per cent tax , sr
that the stale hanks would bo lice tc
Issue cuiiency subject only to stall
conliol and regulation , the moie con
sei\ative membeis of the paity nrgoi
that the pilvllego ol Issuing notes bj
state banks should bo conditioned UJKII.
governmental snpei vision. Thus , whilt
neatly all ( he demociat.s In the lasi
congic.ss wore In lav or of lepeallng tin
tax which opoiates as a inohlbition 01
state bank issues , they could not agio' '
upon the question of contiol and icgu
la lion.
It will be icmemheicd that a gieai
number and vailety of p'ans tor ai
elastic iiineiicy vveie piosonted. Then
was die Italdmoio plan , fotmulated am'
nppioved by a convontlon of bankois
the admlnlsliatlon plan , carefull.v pie
paiiMl by Secretary Uai lisle and tin
chnli mail of ( he house hanking am
ciiiicnc.v commlllco. Mr. Spiluger , am
a score or moie plans ollered by In
dividual congiessmeii. ' 1 ho best o
these si homes were found to bo serl
onsly delocllvo , and , intlocd , no absolutely
lutoly sale plan for a state bank cur
lency has jot been pioposed. It shoiih
not , pcilups , be assumed Irom this tha
one cannot be devised , lint the fact tha
alter so much dellbeiatlon and olfoit 01
the pait of bankers and financiers m
entltol.v sale and satisfactory plan In
yet been trained ceilainly puives tha
( he pioblem i.i a dillliult one. To
more than thhty yeais the people o
the I'liltr-d States have had a haul
curiency bised on guveininent bond-
ami thorotoio aliMilutoly spcnro. The ;
will be satisfied \\ith no liinU cm
rency the safety of which Is not equal ! ;
well asMfred and the sei vice of whicl
shall not be as good In ovoty part o
the country as at the place of IsMir
Of course tlie tact miisl be leiognl/.ei
tint we shall not always have govern
mi'iit bonds a a basis for bulk cm
lency. In a lew yeais these bond
will Imvo been paid off , and when tha
is done , granting a bank ouiioney t >
be u neiesslt ; , , another form of sr
cuiity must be substituled. This wll
not be so dllllciilt a matter as th
question of touulating the state hank-
It1 that weio left wholly with th
states It Is not to bo doubted that th
ci'rioncy issued in some of them wouli
not command general confidence. Tl-a
can only be assmcd by govetnmenta
supervision , and how far this Is praetl
cal Is a pirt of the pioblem jof to h
determined. 'Ibis subject wl'l mi
doi'btedly icielvo attention In the ne.x
congiess , but It Is baldly probabl
theie will be any legislation on It.
The names of the men selected a
olllcers of the nevvl.v organl/ed Cltl/.en >
league are in themselves an iissmiinc
that the movement is to be cairled o
with piiergy nnd abllltj. Mr. Chailos
I' \\cllor , as president. Is one of out
host and most favoiahly known hnsl
ness men , and ho Is n lstod by men
equally piominent In their respective
orations. If the character of ( he mem
101 s and Icadois count for anything.
ho loform movement starts out with
nest piomlslng piosK'cts | for success
ully attaining Its object and i hiding-
mr local goveinmeiit of the liicompe
cuts and sectarian agltatois who have
nade themselves an Intoleiablo but den
o the community.
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Tills , the one hundied and ninetooiidi
innlveisary of the Det'laiatlon of In-
[ eiendence ] , iciiews with undlmlnlshed
'nice the appeal to the paliiotisin and
oyalty of the American people which
s die distinctive otllco of tne nnulver-
sary. Theie aie other wcasloiis th.it
serve to stimulate patriotic sentiment
mil to Impress die value ol liee Instl-
ndons , but none of those exoit upon
ill the cllbens of the republic so In-
and bcnclicont an Inllueiice as
ho Pom th of July. Whatever of pilde
\inerleaiis feel In the glorious achleve-
iienls ol Ilieli connti.v hi behalf of lice-
lorn and civ ill/.ation Is given Us laigest
mil ful'ost oxpicsslon on this day. and
low lo.valty lo the union , love ol the
lag and devotion to lice institutions
ecclve Mesh vigor and vitality. On
A cry i com ling anniversary ot that
lost UliiMiiotis event In human IIN- !
01 y , when it was declared that t'li '
'united colonies aie , and of light ought
0 be , fioe and Independent states , " the
laden Is coiisec-iated anew to the it i-
norlal pilnciples enunciated 110 yoirs
igo and which aio the gospel of popu-
ar fieedom tor the win Id.
T'IC ' thoughtful cld/en will find In
his occasion an oppoituno time for re-
lc ( don upon existing conditions ami
u-rlmps for asking himself the question
whether the lepubllc is leali/.ing the
lopes nnd aims of its immortal found-
is. No nation has a moiu gloiious
iKioiy tliiui this. Its matoiial develop-
iiinl has boon marvelous , Its conttihn-
loiis lo the progiess of civ ill/.ation have
ii'i'ii 'uriiass ( > d , if equalled , bj no other
ouiitiy , In Intellectual and moral ad-
lancemeiit It is mi example to the-
woild. In no other land do the masses
01 the peop'o have so much ol the coin-
cuts of life , now hoio else under the s'lii
lo men injoj bettei advantages and op
[ loilunllles than in this lepubllc. The
loflli st position In the government ninv
be atlahud by a citizen ot the hnmhlist
iiigln , tlie path to the highest hoiiois
In the gift ot the people Is open to all
I'rce education is cveiywhoio and one
of the most distinguished of Hiitlsh
statisticians , beais testimony to Its be-
nollcont icsiilts In the declaiatlon that
the pcicentago of peoiilo in the United
States w'ho can lead and wiite is
gioaler than that of any other nation
in the w01 Id's hlstoiy. In no othoi
country Is labor so well low aided a
heio or so much lespoeted. No other
land can boast so many homes owned
by Its plain people.
In all these respei-ts dip republic ha *
done and Is doing well. Hut theio aio
causes of complaint. Counptlon in thr
admlnlstiadon of public affahs Is wide
spread , ( "oiporalo power glows more
and more defiant of die public Inti-toMs
and the popular will. 1'owoiful ( om
blmidons ot capital obstiuct the liec
operation of ttade , ciiishing ouf the
competition which Is the life of bus !
ness and exacting unjust tiibuto lioni
the people. Our political system i-
still maried by irauds 011 the ballot
and by the denial , in some 'states , to a
large number ol citizens ol the mo-,1
valuable tight ot citizenship. These
are sei Ions evils that conliont us ami
urgently demand a. lemedy. They
should command our most cat nest con
sldoiatlon , but they do not w.-urant
pessimistic doubts and fears. The pop
ular intelligence and paliiotisin which
have brought this gioat nation to Its
piosont high and stiong position ma.v
safol.v be depended upon to stucesslull.v
deal with the evils that must be eradl
catod fiom our economic and political
systems. No man will despair of tlu-
lepu'ilic ' or of free institutions wild
has not lost faith in die people In theli
patiiotism , their lo.valty and iholr coin
mon sense ami no Ameiican who ha-
wisol.v load the hlstoiy of his counti.v
can loio faith In the people.
If die colcbiadon of Independence
day is less goneial now than In foitnei
yeais il must not be infoiiod therofion
that Its Iiillucnco 11)1011 ) the popular mini
and hoait has detoiioratod. The Tourd :
of July Is now , as fully as al any time
In the past , die first of all days In tin
esteem of the patriotic American.
Uroacho.s of discipline in the Unitei
Stales navy are always spilous mat
tors. An olllcer has been lolioved 01
the command of one of our men-of-wai
because , he failed to give the propei
salute to his snpoilor ofllcer. Then
Is only one way to maintain discipline
and that Is topunish _ every bteacl
sovoioly. That is why the best or
ganizcd bodies of men aio thoseli
which the punishment tor Insuhoidina
lion or neglect of any kind is hod
swift and sine.
lliu l. < i-tiiii Ili'Mvi-r
ChUigo Tlmi'-i Hirald
The disastrous folly of permitting a prlvat
corpoiatlon to control the supply of j grca
public necessity Is demonstrated with un
caiunioiiliduess at Denver.
\V hut I-\jientHLH l4NUlir § .
InJIanipolls SoiHInnl
Cai.clldatfs ho seek tolit th ? prelentla ]
nomlmtloti on the "favorite son" plea mlRli
do v\ell to remember that v\lille the favorlt
son &tn > s home and does the work , It Is al
v\iis the prodigal son who gets the blessing
and honors.
\irniiiiiiiiilniliis Olllclal.
I'hUaio Tlmm Ilrrnltl
Mint Director I'reston proposes to accom
moJate the ucstern rlamorers for free sll
ver by discontinuing the s > slem ot tssiiln
gold chocks for de-voslts of silver liulllor
Such bullion will bo paid fcr In the whit
metal for which Mr llryan Is In the habl
of djlng so often anil so unavalllngly.
I'ntrlutlMn nnil Ulceitry.
MlnnMivilla Tlmei
This Is the ceason cf the > car when
groit deal U eald abaut patriotism. It is
god tlino to discourage all efforts to sec
urUnizj or sectlunabze patriotism Patrjoi
lm li not cjnfluei to one party , one sect o
or one cre il It Is n n i nr.lian inn-sec
tlonal , in n-seciarlan , and the nun who thlnlt
no ono can bo a patrlu unless he bctongj t
his cliurcn or Ills parly is mere ol a bigc
than a patiiit.
. \.n.ii.
Lift him up 'tenderly ' , fondle- with cam ,
gone are two llnctellttn ' his Inlr.
N'ow tlie smaft''bby will dispense explosive
nnnrctiy anil falljjbfck on sootliliiK arnica
Tlic toy pistol ) vvQI as usual , shoot Itself
Into tlie affecttjn tof the ineillcal frater-
If Polly were nil eagle , lier supply ot
crackers would owt-ed her fondest expecta
tions.
The man who.doe | not know he Is loaded
tiliould go off tnoblock _ _ when tlie police
man npji if ?
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Now let tlie pruiletit parlent , cheer patriotic
Will , thni paste with lint anil nrnlci and
foot the 111110 Hilt '
The Chinese cracker has but one diy In
which to bo heard , while the Georgia cracker
Is an idl-jcar rounder
Go tllng the starry banner out , unfurl It
to the shj This Is tlie I'ourtli , the only
rourth of blistering Jluy.
If the thing could be confined to those who
are IIred with patriotism , firemen nnd In-
Biirance companies would be happy.
The boy who ties nnd llres n pick on the
canine's tall exhibits symptoms of literary
Insight , lie- loves a hot narrative.
A niotlorite amount of prime c-uitlon
mingled With the gunpo\vdi > r of common
Niise will prevent a great deal of soreness
on the morrow.
There arc sparks and sparks Some will
Htirt a train of fire ami reduce' millions leashes
ashes Others linger on picnic benches ! nnd
start n llame of matrimony
Here Is a toast by Oliver Wendell Holmes
which the multitude can subscribe ai.d drink
to , standing "One1 flag one laud , one heart
one hand , ono nation evermore"
When In the course of human events It
ipcomcs necessary for a full grown mane
o shoot off his mouth. It Is to be hoped
ie will take to the woods and give the band
11 chance.
In view of circumstances which threaten
: helr grip , Omaha patriots for oltlce enl >
Mil defer leading the declaration of Inde
pendence revised and amended so as to con-
'orm to their obligation.
There is no telling what an hour or a
moment will bring rourth. The father of a
lotlng , dutiful son goeth abroad for air
and cheer In the morning , with the Jojous
.ad at his side Lo and behold a fireworks
stand comes Into view , and trouble begins
\h , he was a boy once , whj not unbend for
the day Unbend1 He tumbles , and pres
ently goes home loaded with racket and
rockets 'Twas ever thus Temptation lurks
"n the highways If > ou do not fee It , sliong
lupged men lure to the i > ackage that is red
and filled with patriotic darnallon.
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r/A lAC'J II , I'l.AS.
Oltumwa Democrat We must Insist that
e -Governor Holes is writing entirely too
manj letters
Sioux City JournalIf Iowa democrats
want to nominate a man for governor vvlios'1
position on the silver question Is unknown ,
ibslbly Mr. Holes Is the moat avalUb o man
Cedar llaplds Republican Horace Doles'
elaborate currency plan has not met with
much of a reception A straddle nuj coin-
in'nd : ' aort of admiration because of the
very Ingeninulty of the th'ng ' , bui no hlng
llko enthtisltsm evc r precis a man trjlng
to carry water on b th shoulders
Minneapolis Journal I'x-Governor Hjles
U spending his declining years attempting
to provide a currency plan for the country
which will sul' iioth honest and bogus money
advocates Uncle Uorac does not appear
to have the good Judgment which his jears >
of discretion would Boem lo Imply
Phlladelpnla Ledger IX-Governor Doles
of Iowa has made nu elaborate explamtlcn
of the kind of bimetallism which he favor-
'The TTObabllitlOB nrs that it will please no
one eiicept himself , t H will certainly i o' '
please the silver men , for It adds only 1 per
cent Instead of 50 to the value of their bul
lion It would not be a bad Idea to get all the
silver advocates to formulate their plans , for
though they all want to "do something for
silver , " only those who want frea coinage
? t 1C to 1 can agree ; as to how it shall be
done. '
Chicago Tribune. , Doles ought to come
out with a supplemental explanalion slating
that the inlmedlato effect cf the adoption of
his plan will bo to drop lo the silver stand
ard , und that ' cheaper monej" will bo In cir
culation at once although there would b" no
12-graln gold dollars for five joirs Tor such
would be the effect of ills project Doles
says on paper "Let us be honest for five
jears more , and Ihen let us be- rascals , " bul
the drop to a depreciated silver standard and
the consequent vlclory of rascality wouU
begin at once If he hid h's way He ought
to make tint clearer than ho has.
St Louis Republic The Iowa c\-gover-
nor's plan is little better than that of A J
Warner , who meirilv sa\s that we can try
1C to 1 , and if tint does not keep both metals
In circulation we can change the ratio about
until .we get ono that will Nether ex-
Governor Doles nor General Warner apj ear
to reflect on the fact that the whole ast
volume of business which keeps our people
occupied would be at the mercy of the c
llghlly regarded uncertainties and changes
It would be Immeasurably belter to adopt
free coinage at 10 to 1 without any delay and
without any intention of subsequent altera-
lion than lo accept either of these plans
Davenport Democrat n\-Governor Doles
has written three letters to define his posi
tion on the silver question with which Iowa
has veiy llttlo to do this jear. Now If thr
governor would give his T'-WS ' on purelj
sta'o ' matters to the cxtenl ol one two-column
letter he would add JiiaterUllj to the solution
of questions In which all Iowa voters have
a voice Governor Jackson and PX-Gevernor
Larrabee lucludeJ tlere U no man in
the state so conversant with Its Institutions
and Its laws as Horace Holes At the same
tlmo there Is no one who has given the
welfare of Iowa more serious study Let us
hear from Governor Holes about what Is best
fo ? Iowa this jear
Mlvor Agitation Uaniuglii ! ; the West ,
t'nilul Milwf Imcslor
The trouble with the weft is that which Is
encountered b > every new country , namely
a lack of funds It has depended on the
east and Ilurope In tlie past for money to
develop Its resources. Such money has
ceased to flow In that direction and the
movement will not b ? resumed until the sil
ver question Is puttied The easl has worked
hard for two centuries and a half to acquire
Its present wealth and it docs not propos' to
lend 100 cents on a dollar with the pros
pect of getting back only 00 Assuming for
the moment that a sliver Imts ? would event
ually bo a good thing for the country , tha
process of readjustment would nrcessarlly
be painful and eastern money owners quite
naturally object to lending their means to
people who frankly admit that they will not
be slow to avail themselves of the oppor
tunity to t ale th'elr Indebtedness 50 p = r
cent. Our correspondent may not go to thl
extreme point He may believe that the
United States cin alone maintain a fixed
ratio between the metals This , however , Is
contrarj to all tha-teachings of history
Froa bllvcr would-noon mean silver mono
metallism. If one df'the metals Is to b ? ai-
bltrarily selected lis'a ' standard of value , whj
not let well enough ulonu nnd confine cn.r-
selves to gold' fs'atlgns of advancing civili
zation have alwajA tended toward that metal
while those of IrWrr development and sta
tionary clvlllzatipji hjivo remained satisfied
with silver. nj > v
Tim .lij"iff nn Killtnr.
Wo omit with grejl pleasure from our col
umns today the 'letter or Mr Tarrls , chair
man ot the domoeratlp slop-over committee
to Mr. Mallltt. chaiVman of the shut-mouth
committee , of the same organization Neither
of these gentlemen ' seem to realize that
there Is a point at which publlo forbearance
ceases to be a virtue In the matter of readlni !
dullness long drawn out ; and If cither think *
he Is a Junlus he Is greatly mistaken. It U
much easier to write than to read the lucu
bratlons of either
SHIP BUILDING IN THE IVKST
List Naval Appropriation Bill Lciuls Eu-
ccuragemcut to Inlaud Concerns
FIRST FXPER'MENT WAS SATISFACTOFY
IJireo Nciv Torpnilo Moils for llio Xoir
.sijimilron * to lie Constructed on tha
Ml * > lnslppl ItUrr If THtorahlo
lllils C'nti lie UcccUfil.
\VASHINGTON , July 3. With but a
single exccpllcn newspapers In the easl
have not been given the advertisement Just
Issued bj the Navy department calling , for
proposals for building three new torpedo
boats large enough to go to sea and make
Iwcntj-slx knots per hour. This Is owing to
the fact that the language of the act under
which these boats are to be built permits
them to be constructed en the Atlantic coast
only In the event that the Navy dcpirtmcnt
Is unable to secure reasonable offers from
responsible bidders on the 1'aclllc coast , the
Mississippi river and the Gult of Mexico
The department Is nuking every eifort to
carry out Hie purpose of the act of congress
in this respect and so It has published Its
advertisements In tlie papers of the Pacific
coast at San Kranclsco , Scatlle and Port
land and for tbu first time In papers In
Dubtiquo , Now Orleans , Mobile and Pensa-
cola Inquiries aio being received at Inlcr-
vals from Iron workers and ship builders
along the gulf on the Mississippi , which en
courage the department officials to hope that
bids will be forthcoming from those sections
of the countrj , and , lo t'lmulate the In
auguration of now naval shipwright , the de
partment has been at some- pains to furnish
inquirers with all Information that might
properly bo given them tn the waj of do-
lalled plans of the boats and matters of In
ternal construction tint will help them In
submitting estimates The purpose of so
dalng Is to correct a very prevalent Impres
sion among embrjo naval constructors that a
torpedo boat is easy to build , being nothing
moie than a powerful engine encased In the
smallest hull that will Moat her , for In
reality It Is ono of the most uncertain
products of the naval architecture and only
the highest degree of doJlgn and structural
skill and the use of the best material will
stand the strain and develop the very high
speed absolutely required by the contracts
under which the torpedo boats are built Suc
cess In building voxels of ordinary tjpo und
merchant craft Is no guaranty of good results
in Iho first attempt at building a torpedo
boat.
MVV : CHILI' i ou i in : UUKIIUT.
mill * J. Moorr , llt-ail of the Chicago Oilier ,
Is to i-ticcrtil Harrington.
WASHINGTON , July 3. It is understood
that Willis J Moore , now In the Chicago
forecasllng olfico of the weather bureau , has
been selected as chief of the wealher bureau
lo succecJ Prof Harrington
It is expected by officials here that II J
Cox , now forecast oificial at the Chicago
station , will be promoted to hucceed Mr.
Moore at Chicago.
Prof Moore will probably qualify as chief
of the weather bureau before the end of
the week His policy , as outlined by his as
sociates , will be vigorous , and his main ob
Ject will bo to concentralo the woik of the
bureau on weather forecasting
The selection of Prof. Moore , It Is ex
pected , will bo officially announced within
twentj-four hours. The appolnlment will
be strlclly In the line of civil service , as
Prof Moore has been a lifelong emploje In
the service. Ho Is a republican , and was
born foily-ono jears ago. He had no politi
cal backing for the ofilce and the announce
ment of his appointment will be the first
Intimation to him that his selection has been
consideied by the president and Secitary
Morton He received his Hist appointment
In the signal service when Jl jears
old and has b en with It and Iho wealher
bureau ever since He was educaled at the
hlgnal service school of fort Mjor , Va , and
ranked tecond In a graduating class of
thirty members In 1SSO he became fcergeant ,
securing the promotion bj devising new
mechanical methods of Issuing daily wealher
forecasts and maps , and was , immediate ! }
assigned to the preparation of meteorological
charts Later ho took charge of the fore
cast buieau at Minneapolis and was subse
quently transferred to Milwaukee , where his
work won special mention from Secietarj
Husk
Last year there was a competitive exami
nation for a weather bureau professorship ,
In which thirty bclentlflc experts and fore
casters strove for the olfice The ten candi
dates standing highest were selected for
forecast work at the bureau In Washington
Prof Moore ranked highest Ho submitted
a comprehensive essay on the best methods
for making forecasts of the weather , nnd the
awards wore made by a commllteo consisting
of Prof. Mendenhall , late chief of the coast
and geodetic survej- , Pro ! Harrington , whom
Prof Moore now succeeds , and Major Dun-
woody , assistant chief of the weather bu
reau. Soon atlerward Prof Moore wan
sant to Chicago and placed In charge of that
station The press of that city has been
unanimous In commending his work Ho
made a phenomenal record last March In
oiderlng 1 ! 0 cold wave signals , of which 115
were verified by the waves themselves He
also accuiately predicted the severe cold
wave which passed over florlda during last
December and mined the orange crop Our
Ing last Uecembei. January , fcbruary and
Maich Ills forecasts rosultsd in displajing
signals for thirty severe winter storms on
Lake Michigan and tvvcut-seven weio prac
tlcallj' verified He is regarded hero as one
of the most expeit men in the hcrvke and
officials point to the rerord he has already
made as proof of qualllicitions for the now
duties
c viti.isi.i : INV u i.n ID MIK VSK . .
Secretary of llio 'lrcusur > lirseil lo vitrnd
the Dcniiicr.itlc Mute t iiitiuitloii ,
WASHINGTON. July 3 Secretary Morton
has received n letter from Mr Tobias Castor ,
the democratic national commltlceman from
Nebraska , urging the attendance of Secretary
Carlisle and Secretary Morton at the demo
cratic state convention , which Is to bo held
September & next. This convention Is to
nominate some minor state official , but efforts
are expected to be made bj the sllvei men
headed by ex-Uepresentallve Hrjan , lo secure
a declaration upon the money question
The Invitation to the two secretaries was
sent ah the result of a meeting of the state
central comn Itlce held lo fix the date of the
calling of HIP convention , and the letter to
Secretaiy Morton was sent today after the
meeting of the committee
Mr Castor writes to Secretary Morton
that a great deal of Interest I * being maul
festcd in the coming convention and pre
dicts that If Secretary Carlisle will attend it
will Insure the largcst convention of recent
years Ho advocalos the beginning of n
sound money campaign now , In order tn
have the pailj In good shape for IS'Jb ' , ind
Is confident that bj Judicious , work b7ore
that time Ncbrabka will bo brclight Into line
for sound money
Secretary Merion will urge Secretary Par-
lisle to lend his aid to the soaund money
movement in Nebraska and agrees with
Commltlcemim Caslor In predicllng good re-
sulls fiom It.
Mlntriili mill Vliirlilii ofpiln. .
WASHINGTON , July 3 Consul Dowen at
Darcelona lias sent a report to the Stale de
parlment upon the marbles and minerals ol
Spain He says that , although having plenty
of marble Spain's quarries have never been
developed like those of Italy , franco an i
Belgium In recent years , however , the
marble sawing Industry Is developing rapidly ,
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
owing In the dutlos Imposed on the Import * *
tlon ct like material from other countries ,
tlrlcks and files nre now being produced
n latge quantities ) Glass and crystal maim *
'luturois arc doing n large business As lo
nliioral product ; * , the output tn tons In 1 = 01
w.is Quicksilver , 19.72S , lead 151,000 , Iron.
4 .17n'.5 , copper , 2,270tn ; rlnc , 31,000 ; tin ,
'J , tall , 5o3 JM3 , and 50,000 kilos of silver.
UllUTOVS tOVll'I.IMC.Nls TO l.VM.OIt
Alitt.cn lvp' ) tn tlii'i iiiiRri'tiMiiin on
thr Vtptlritti flittli' < Jiic tl < ui.
WASHINGTON. July 3. Secretary Morton
has written a rait'tle letter to ex-Ileprecenta-
live Tajlor of Chicago , a partner of ex-Sen
ator Parwcll Mr. Taylor had written the
porotao , se\ercl > crltlcl/lng the regulations
of the Depirtmt-nt of Agriculture with rcf-
nrenco to the admission of Mexican tattle
The secretarj'd le-tter reads In part as fol
lows
WASHINGTON , Julj 1. 1S93 Hun Aimer
T.ivlor , Vela co , Tex Dear Sir I am de-
lluhtcd with vuur letter of June 20 , wh'ch
jou have klndlj forwarded me after having
published the same In several now'pap"rs
I am however , surprised that a successful
statesman BO distinguished for molesty. RO
bashful as to my appearance b"foro the pub
lic , and a nature so tinctured with the timid
ity of adole'cence. should muster .iffrontery
nufllclent to depict his superior knowledge In
the public press over his own signature.
"The regulations of the Department of Ag
riculture for the current } cur were instltuteJ
so as lo snuiro proper Inspection of Mexican
caKlo coming Into the Vnltel States The < e
regulations are guarded against Intro luctlon
with these caltle of contagious diseases Your
letter , however , Indicates that jou ha\o never
read the ri-gulitlons , and tint you are cn-
tlrel ) unacquainted with the leason for their
Institution and their effect upon the cattle
Industrj of this country "
The secretary quoles Mr Tavlor as saying-
"Not one pound of beef from the e Mexican
cattle will ever be consumed In this country
and the only people benefited by this order
are the foreigners and the beef combine "
anil makes this comment "Da you tell the
truth above' "
Secretary Merion then proceeded to say
that canned beef Is on sale In nearly all ro
tall grocerj stores In the cities of the union
and that It Is largely sold In towns , villages
and mining camps "Is It possible , " he
asks , "that an Intelligent cltlen llko jour-
self can be ignorant of theeo facts ? If not
Ignorant of these facts , how can > nu assert
that Mexican cattle , being used for canning
only , not one pound of Mexican beef will
ever be consumed In this countrj ?
"How do jou know ? " the letler continues ,
"lhat the only persons benefited by the order
admitting healthy Mexican cattle under cer
tain conditions , ore foreigners and the becl
combine' The United States Department ol
Agriculture Is Informed by cattlemen of the
southwesl and two reliable agents who have
pTsonally Investigated the situation In Texa >
that cattle were very scarce In a large pan
of Texas and that there was an abundance
of grass tn these sections wh'ch ' could bo utll-
i/ed only by the Importallon of Mexican cat
tle "
r.YKMKiisviio iiiiv rooit sii : : .
Ono I'r urlpal CuiiHe of the IlnmciiM
( ruirth iif Urctls In lirnln I lolilc.
WASHINGTON , July 3 An Immense
amount of poor seed Is sold to American
farmers and gardeners , according to a reporl
recently l sued by the Agricultural depart
ment. While other countries for many years
have been looking Into the subject with a
view to protecting their agriculturists from
abuses In the seed trade no Investigation'
have lieen made In the United States exe-ept
at a few experiment stations. Great apathj
prevails , however , among purchasers of seed ,
who as a rule buy the cheapest In the
market and trust to luck for It to produce the
crop Such seed , s.ajs the report , Is dear at
any price and the principal source of th1
hosts of bad weeds whose eradication cost *
vastly more than the few cents a pound extra
which good heed would have cost The re
port makes the charge that American seeil
has acquired a poor reputation In foreign
countries , In some of which U Is difficult foi
It to gain a foothold through prejudice.
In a dl cust'on of the relations of soils to
crop production the forthcoming jear book ol
the department will suggest that the prepara
tion of the soil be sufficiently thorough and
deep to insure absorption of the whole rain
fall. The water nnut bo absorbed as deeply
as possible and jet kept near enough to the
tnirfaco lo bo available lo plants as needed
Cultivation should be frequent and continued
well Into the fruiting period of the crop.
HAD NOT 11M'ID llltlli : Hi's > AMr.
Claim for Trcs Sot Asliln on Acriiiint of n
Technical IrrrculxrlU
WASHINGTON , July 3 A case involving
the alleged Louisiana election frauds , of 187G
has been docketed In the United States
supreme court The tltla Is Caroline I1
Southwoith , administratrix of John I * South-
worth , vs the Uiltcxl States. It Is ap
pealed from the court of claims and Involves
a claim foi fees on the part of Southworth ,
who in 1STO was a United Slates commis
sioner Acting In this capacity , lie issued
S.SS'i warrants for arrest for violation of the
election laws In the twelve dajs fiom th3
Stith of Oclobfr lo the Cth of November
He was so busy that ho used a stamp In
stead of wilting his name The Treasury
depaitment refused to allow the claim on
account of this nnd other Irregularities and
he took the case to the court of claims where
the decision was also adverse to him
t'hllmlclphln IiocorelA Tlortn WSB In
sending M Imml'otno clock us a wcvldlinr
Rift tucked n ciinl to U which read : "Tills
H to nssiiro jou u goo.1 tlinr. "
De-troll Tribune "She's such nn old-fuili *
loncil jlrl " "Indeoil" " "Vos She has a
Homiin nosp , ntul u most pi enounced Greek
foicheml. "
Albnny Argus"I trn t. " bognn the
customer , nrgumontntlviMV. "I clcm't. " e *
'ponded the grocer , rte-i'Mvelv Somehow
convocation languished ufte-r that
Atlanta Constitution : "I understand , "
snlil Hit' striuigi'r , "Hint > ou lnvlt now
settlers ? " "V\e do , " replied the1 oUltor.
"How much ilei jou oneus ? "
Yonkers Statesman llaron DMou ire
Hooker vvhon lie on mo ftoin llshlng ? Kg-
bert Yes ; 1 vvns on the tlcmt "VVns there
iinv fish Ivlng about him ? " "No , ho vva3
Ijlng about the llsh "
Hosion Transcript Puddv I was talking
to Johnson last nightDmhh Yes , t
saw' htm this mnrnlni * Ho was In a tcr-
ilblv ill-moralized condition.
t'hlcngo Tribune ' \Vliv do vou suppose
tl'oso aldoinioii want the. council mooting
0 | oiiod vvllli iirnvor" "
"So thi'lr mioilllni * will KOOIU more like
tnklniT up a collection fur Hie lioalhin"
Now York World MiuidVero Jou over ,
como bv llio boat , Miibolf
Mabol-No , doui , 1 vsns prostr.ite-d tie-
enituo 1 loiiMn't think of , i now combina
tion In podn IliuoiM , it suiolx couldn't Imvo
boon the sovc-n glasses 1 bad tnken
Ilotiolt Tree 1'iosu Cuvvkor-I nm vorv
much afraid Hint SmitlRitst will KO blind
Ho'i snob nn ogotlst
Cunis-o How can egotism produce blind
ness'
r ivvkor Ho overworks his I.
IndUnnpolls Journal "Uovv iloos Hrlofs
nmko a living ? 1 novel bo.ir of him hav
ing H case In ootut" "
"llo Is nioitlv In io.il estate "
"Ob He Is a iii.iii of deeds , but not of
action "
Detroit Tribune
The pearlv tooth Hint gJonmeil between
Ifor red lips , and the Imlr
In golden waves upon hoi brow ,
Tim ro n anil lllv fair
Tbut bloomed upon Iho damsel's cliecJc ,
I prnlsoil them all , good slm ,
With all the eloquence I bad ,
Supposing thfj were tiers
1 1n1 null Hurts ,
] ! ro < > U > n lagle.
King Otto of Davarla Is an idiot A Ger
man fanner who called him nn lijipt has
been sent to prison for six months Anil
the king remains on Idiot Havarla seems to
be in more need of un asylum than a prison ,
nnd likewise In need of bchoula where a
r.iort course In common sense might bo
taught.
i UK tinntiotift
JsVn York iim
Ah thero. ovorjbodj I
Oot on to mj cuivcs ,
Will jou ?
I am
The fourth of July.
The ( Jim Ions foitith ,
And while 1 nm the
fourth of Julj ,
1 am
four-fourths
Ol tlio patilollc sentiment
Of tbo I'lcntest nallon on earth-
Mo and the
An. ei loin n.iclo and the
Stui-upuiRlt'il banner
Slnrtoil In buslnc'-s
Mine than a centurj- ago ,
And wo arc sllll
Al the old stand1
Wo liavo como to slnj' ,
Anil don't jou foi got It !
I am not a democrat ,
Nor a republican ,
Nor a cutkoo ,
Nor a populist ,
Nojothoi a mugwump ;
Hut I am
What Is best In nil of these ,
And then home !
Tlie fart of the business Is ,
I'm .I'corkor ,
And tboro'H nothing llko mo
Or. the surface of the ontlro unlverbo !
The eagle ( laps bis wings ,
The biiiiioi Iloats In llio brec/o ,
Undo Sum plls on bis bands nnd takes ;
a now boUl ,
Hut I never say a word ;
All I do Is lo wall mj turn
At the MiewoikH
\inl tlic small bojs do the rest !
I nin the
MliliKinnmcr Santa Clans
Ami I Mil tboir stoi kings with palrlotlsm ,
Tbolr bosnms vvllli boom ,
Their poikots with lirooraokors ,
And all the adJiLcnl tcnltorjwlUt
I' ,1 q : and
fl7/le and
Slz/ and
Whirr nnil
The i.icket of the rockets nml
Nohe ,
Just nol e ;
Ai 5 thing that Is loidod up lo the nuizzi ?
with
Nolso
Hulls tn nml Hie bovs !
1 am the jubilee time ;
Anjbo'K can do nnv tiling
On the foul Hi of Julj
And It's all light.
I'xcopt to trample on II ,
And If nnvbodj nltomplH that
Well , let blm trj II once ,
Just one of
Wow '
i I am the nation's birthday ,
The forefront of the pioci"-slon of progress ,
The foi w aid match of the future ,
And onoda > liUo nm
Is worlh leu million elajs that wear
oiown'
As I torn ukoil befoio :
"Ab there , overjbody ! "
Hoowy foi tl >
fouith
of
Julj "
Hooraj for
Me111
ass
Our regular annual summer reduction sale commences.
In every department substantial reductions have been
made ; in many cases they amount to cutting the
prices square'v in two.
It's a genuine BROWNING , KING & CO. sale
in which our positive guarantee is attached fo every
I
garment sold.
llcxular $12.50 Suits
These are made from '
itegui.i'1 $1:1.50 : Suits '
blue and black cheviots
Ilosulnr $1500 Suits . $13.00
tweeds cassimcres
Kc'gular $1800 Sulla .
and fancy cheviots
Ki'KularS'JOOO Suits .
fit guaranteed. i
Itigulur ? _ ' . " > 00 Suits
MEN'S TROUSERS--
$ : ; .TO , s i oo niui $ i a ) TI OUSPI s $2.95
ItOKiilar $ . " 00 Tiousi'is $3.75
Itcxular $000 and $ (550 ( Tiotisors $5.00
Ht'Kiilar $7.00 nml $7.50 Tiou-urs $6.00
Uesular $800 mill $ S.50 Tiousura $7.00
CHILDREN'S DEPT--
All our $1100 anil . ' ! 50 KIIC-P Pant SultH.
$000 nnil Sir ( > 0 Kut-i > I'anl Suits , a plwi- ;
I voith $7 50 anil "fSK ( )
Kvisry LOIIK Pant Suit and Kui'o Pant
Suit ran'I'll ' ovi'ifiniii last huiihon will HALF PRICE
li ) ) closed out ut
$ S.50 Long Paul Suits $7 50
i $10.00 and $12.50 LonK Pant SultH $8.50
You can't aflord to miss this.
! The values are exactly as represented here and it L
will pay you to interest yourself in this mark down salef >
Your Money's Worth or We'll Trade llnck.
1 Browning , King & Co ,
i
Reliable Clothiers. S. VV. Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts