THE OMAITA DAILY JXEE : MONDAY , OVK > tnii317 25 , 1805.
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' | ) Rticr'cvefpnlHslnMl In Uinnluii both : is
i to tiuws tind ndvoi'tUli'tf.
Tlio more llio now drpnt project Is
talked up lliu jirentCr Is this unanimity
of public opinion Iti Its favor.
It Is vt'ry suggestive tlmt tlic rnlwu In
coal frelglit rat % s lclwcon
Omnlin uhvnyK fulloWA 11 cohl
Is not lioldlup a1 congress Ituforu Hie
president's. muKsngo IIIIH beuu completed
lko ( putting the cart before the horse ?
The exact political conditions prevail
ing In this state can be explained only
when the full Vbte"'oii state oIllcM-s' Is
nf hand.
If both Algur and Sherman are to be
believed thosu votes in. the republican
niltional conventlbn of 1888 must' have
jiist bought themselves.
It Is to bo hoped tlmt tlic Transmlssls-
slppl congress will not Indulge In buildIng -
Ing air castles. Keep within safe dis
tance of the earth , gOiitlemeiu
The Roc desires to assure the citizens
ot Omaha-tliat' "Messiah" Schlatter Is
not on thq Colorado delegation to the
TransmisslBsl'ppi congress. That dele
gation is confident ? of salvation by free
without av messin'h.
The Omaha Illgli school clmllcngcll
tlio Minneapolis school' ' to an oratorical
contest and the latter backed down. A
challenge to Denver has been declined.
The Omaha orators have gained a repu
tation of which no school seems to bo
anxious to deprive them.
In order to'Impress their constituents
With their worth the members of the
South Carolina constitutional convention
ralbcd their pay from ijtt to $4 a day.
They apparently prrtccedjlpon tlio prin
ciple that if they don't'think a great-
deal of themselves' na one will.
Harmony Is said to once more prevail
In tlio Missouri democratic camp. At
the love feast , however , the absence of
Hon. Hiclmrd. P. Hlnurt was one of the
noticeable features. When the time
comes for another struggle for su
premacy the harmony may not be so
thick.
The free silver democrats and 'the
administration democrats seem to have
succeeded In getting together down In
Missouri. The democratic factious of
Nebraska are not liable to get together
until nler the national convention has
snubbed the liryan faction into sub
mission.
The secretary 'of state Is supposed to
canvass the vote polled on state ollicers
at the late election today. Up to this
time the people have been In the'dark
ns to the precise vote on the different of-
llcers voted for lif Nebraska three weeks
ago , except' so 'far as the newspapers
have compiled the approximate results.
The attention of ' members of the
Transmtsslsslppl congress Is Invited to
the exhaustive review of the growth
and development of the Trnnsmlsslsslppl
country presented in the address en-
tilled "The Star of Empire , " delivered
three years ago , from which extracts
are reprinted In this Issue of The Heo.
The facts and llgures embodied In this
paper should prove of value to dele
gates who may wish to make accurate
comparisons.
The Norfolk Jieot Growers association
has sued the sugar manufacturers for
refusal to accept sugar beets as con
tracted for. Tlio latter claims the beets
declined wore not up to the standard
contracted for , while the plaintiffs as
sert they were and will attempt to
prove it in the courts of the state. It Is
just as well to have this matter bottled
by competent authority. It Is n vital
point upon which hinges the Miiccess of
the Industry next year.
Chicago has ordained that In all con
tracts for street Improvements a pro-
vJaion shall be Inserted that before pay
ment be made the contractor shall de
liver tothe commissioner of public
works ills sworn written statement of
the amount , Uliul' and inilility of ma
terials used In tint work under contract ,
* * Itlui statement hf writing under oath
of the partiesfurnishing - such nnitc'rlals
< o the contractor , Falxe statements
debar contractors from public works ,
These provisions are bound and In all
respects worthy of emulation by the
Omaha Hoard of Public Works.
Tin ; THJXv.li/.V5/ssrrrt / cnttnntiKs.
Omnlm extends n liotirty nnd lio-tplin-
bio welcome to tlio memltors of tlio
Trntisinls tsslfipl conKros , wlilcli con
venes totlny In Us eighth .session.
Tlio iirocccdlngs of this liotly , rpprc-
Bcnthi.t ; tlii > twenty-four states ntul ter
ritories west of the MKqIs lpi > l ( will bo
watched with Interest , not only
by the people of Die rep Ion
for which It spenks but by
the entire country. The subjects which
this coiiRre. s proposes to illsctiss and
the ijitcstlonfl on which It propose * to
tnke decisive stnntl concern not only
tUe stales from which delegates will
bo In atteiiiltuiee but the whole nation.
Sonic of the topics on the program
in-o of an International character. The
leading IIHUCS that will command the
attention of the congress will bo the
cUM'i'Ucy , the Ihiprovelnent of water
ways , the laws rohitlng to arid lands
and mining , uniform national bank
ruptcy legislation , the cheap ttniispnrtn-
tlon problem , the Nicaragua canal , reci
procity , ami the promotion of trade
and Industry. Incidentally the congress
will discuss the feasibility and desira
bility of a Transmlsslsslppl exposition
and Its location. The fact that some
of the most prominent and progressive
men of the TransmlRslssIppI slates and
territories will participate as delegates
In this deliberative body affords am
ple guaranty that Its sessions will be
interesting , and Its debates upon dif
ferent subjects Instructive and exhaus
tive.
tive.While
While the congress Is In Its composi
tion necessarily sectional In the sense
that It voices the sentiment and the
wants of the western half of the con
tinent. Its demands upon the nntlonal
government , should so far as possible ,
bu divested of everything that will bo
called sectional In the narrow sens ? of
the term. The Influence which the
Tr.msmtsslsslppl congress will exert
upon national leglsatlon will depend
largely upon Its ability to view mat
ters from the broad standpoint of the
wliolc country and to coitllnc Its recom
mendations to such measures and re
forms as are practical under existing
conditions. To pstfeM resolutions In favor
of any seliemo or measure that stands
no possible show of being put
Into effect within the next two
or three years , or be at least
Inaugurated within that period ,
would be time wasted and would In
Hie end detract from Its Influence.
Congresses , llko men. are judged not by
what they advocate , but by what they
.icconutllsh.
1V/MT IK n'AXTKD JS JXCOMK.
The Philadelphia Inquirer remarks
that It IB useless to lay the burden of
responsibility for the diminishing re
serve upon the legal tenders ; that when
we get on a pay-as-you-go basis oncb
more and have something left over with
which to pay off the debt that has been
accumulating under Cleveland and Car
lisle , there will be no more talk about
the legal tenders. "It Is revenue we
want , " says tlie Inquirer ; "that Is the
cure for minnalal evils , and all the
learned discussions and theories
of the secretary of the treas-
' 'ry are powerless to change that
fact. " This is so obvious that It
would seem no one could fall to see and
umleistnnd It and yet Secretary Car
lisle appears to give it no consideration
and is content with urging , as the one
remedy for the treasury embarrassment ,
that the legal tender notes bo retired.
Those who advocate this policy , the ef
fect of which would bo to add largely
to the government's interest account and
o contract the currency , must know
that during the period when the receipts
of the government were In excess of the
expenditures there was never any
trouble regarding the legal tender notes
and manifestly It is only necessary to
restore that condition , that Is , provide
an Income at least equal to expend
itures , In order to relieve the treasury
of all trouble and embarrassment from
iho legal tender currency. The solution
if the problem wll be found in more
revenue.
AMWIIGA AXD TlIK TURK.
At a meeting held in New York last
week to protest against the policy pur-
uted by the Turkish government toward
the Armenians , one of the resolutions
idopted urges our government to make
very possible effort to Induce the gov-
rnments of Christendom to rouse them
selves from their apathy and put an
? nd to the Intolerable state of affairs
which threatens with extermination
thousands of innocent fellow Christians.
The meeting was a distinguished one
as to the Intelligence , character and ln-
Iluenco of many who were In attend
ance and therefore Its expressions are
entitled to moro than a passing con
sideration.
All men who have humane feeling
will agree that the fearful atrocities
committed by the Turks In Asia Minor ,
which the government seems powerless
to stop , granting that it is disposed
to do , ought to be suinmailly dealt
with by the Christian powers of Ku-
rope. Their temporizing course , wlTlle
lens of thousands of people aru being
subjected to the brutality and tyranny
of their merciless foes , Is a shame to
civilisation and cannot be too strongly
comiemneu , u is well tlmt the voice
of Christian America bo raised In pjo-
test against Ttnklbh atrocities and ap
peal to the powers of Knropo to do
their duty and protect the Christian
subjects of the porte. Hut It Is another
matter when our government Is urged
to Interpose In this business and Iden
tify itself with European governments
In efforts to put an end to the terrible
condition of affairs existing in the Otto
man empire. Were our government to
do this It is probable that 1U influence
would not bo very great , but'In any
event this government could not take
the course advised without running the
risk of becoming Involved In an entang
ling alliance which might prove trouble
some.
There appears to bu no reason to
doubt that the Washington authorities
are fully alive to their duty regarding
American Interests In Turkey. They
have demanded protection of the lives
and property of American citizens and
our minister obtained a pledge from
the Hultan that they should be protected.
The Turkish government has also been
notified that It would bo liuld ruspousl-
b1i for ilhiliMftc to the lives and properly
of our cltlrons. Thin 1 * ns far as our
government can wisely and safely go.
The histoilc policy of the United States
will prevent It from any Intervention
which might scorn In the remotest de
gree nil Interference with the affairs
of continental nations nnd which
might In the future be used as a prece
dent for violation of the Monroe doc
trine on the part of Kuropcan coun
tries.
It Is easy to understand the Intense
feeling of those who urge that our gov
ernment shall In this matter depart
from Its long established policy. They
are deeply lu earnest and believe that
no considerations should prevent a
union of all Christian nations to take
action against the Turks. Their spirit
Is commendable aud their zeal In arous
ing sentiment hostile to Moslem bar
barity Is to be encouraged. Hut they
are wrong In urging that our govern
ment shall Intervene In any Joint move
ment of the European powers looking
to the coercion of the sultan or to a
dismemberment of the Turkish empire.
OltAXttKD SKiVl'M/KA'T / IN tltV. SUVTlt.
One of the speakers at the recent an
nual dinner of the Hostou Home Market
club was Henry Clay Evans of Tennes
see , who was last year elected governor
of that staie and was defrauded out of
the olllce by the democrats. Mr. livaus Is
one of the most prominent of the south
ern republicans and has been talked of
as a possible candidate for vice presi
dent of the United States next year ,
should the republican national conven
tion deem It wise to select a candidate
from the south. In the course of his
speech Mr. Kvaus said he believed that
the people of the south are convinced
today that the solid south Is a mistake ,
that It Is a barrier to good government ,
and Mr. Kvaus said : "The solid south ,
as it has been , fosters wrongs , encour
ages extravagance aud corruption , aud
I look forward to a bettor day in the
south. " Recent events certainly seem
to justify tills view. It would appear
unquestionable that In some of the
southern states a great many voters are
no longer Influenced by the argument
that the political solidarity of the south IK
necessary to give that section Its due
weight In national affairs and to pro
mote its progress and prosperity. There
Is reason to believe that the young .men
who have come upon the stage of politi
cal action are very largely not suscep
tible to the bourbon idea which has so
long been potential with their fathers
aud that they arc disposed to 'take a
broader view of political affairs.
Another Interesting feature of Mr.
Kvnns * speech related to the growth of
protection sentiment In the south. He
declared that his own state of Tonnes-
MCI > Is for nroteetion. "for a tariff that
produces a surplus rather than a tariff
that produces u deficit , " and he believed
that other southern states would in the
not remote future be found voting for
protection. There can be no doubt that
this sentiment has been making progress
during tlie last two years in Maryland ,
Kentucky , West Virginia ami Alabama ,
and there is good reason to believe jtlmt-
two of these states will give their , elec
toral votes to the republican presiden
tial candidate in 1SOO on the ground of
protection. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IN A FA LSI ! ATTITUDE.
The representatives of the iSmllimton ,
Milwaukee and Koek Island railroads
disclaim on ine part of tlieir respective
companies any dttporftlon to block the
way of the metropolitan union depot
project of the Oinihii : HrltUu and Ter
minal company.They s'tv flint ( heir
refusal to outer into the Joint agreement
with the other railroads Is n matter of
business purely and should ii : na way
be construed as uii act of hostility to
the Union depot project o:1 to the cily of
Oinah.i.
These nstuira'ici .nro. howeve. % In de
cided contrast with ' > e action which
those roads h.ive laken. Had they l > cen
content simply with a negntho com so
in order lo secure hotter terms from the
terminal cunipany no fault would hr.ve
been found. They have , on Urn con
trary , pursued an iggressiv : < cnip-sv.
They have not only refused to Join with
the Union Pacific , Northwestern nnd
Missouri Pacific railroads on equal
towns , but they have taken steps to In
duce the Pnited States circuit court to
repudiate the contract which the re
ceivers of the Union Pacific have asked
the court to sanction. It Is' this
action that naturally rouses resentment
among the people of Omaha , and espe
cially those who patronize those three
. -
roads. >
The' disclaimer ot the representatives
of the Hurlliigton * Milwaukee and Rock
Island railroads must be taken only for
what It Is worth.If their roads have
been placed In a false attitude'before
thO'Communlty they will have no dllH-
culty to set themselves right. All they
have to do Is to withdraw their remon
strances on file In the United States
court against the ratification of the con
tract agreed upon between the receivers
of the Union Pacific and the Hrldge and
Terminal company and follow this up
by a change of front upon the com
plaints pending before the State Hoard
of Transportation. Nobody asks any
one of the three roads to forego any of
the rights or claims which they may
have acquired In previous contracts.
Hut they cannot justify themselves In
pursuing a dog-ln-the-manger policy by
which Omaha will be deprived In
definitely of adequate depot facilities.
They all concede that the completion of
the Mason street depot under present
conditions Is an Impossibility and must
remain an Imposslbllty so long ns the
jdepot grounds are In litigation under the
Union Pacific foreclosure proceedings
now In progress. . Tim only solution of
the problem IB in the construction of
the proposed metropolitan union depot ,
If thu representative of the Rock
Island , Milwaukee ami Hurllngtou mean
what they say they will fall In line and
glvu Omaha the depot facilities that It
should have had Ion ; ago.
The slip-blind manner In which the
'affairs ' of the Firemen's Benevolent as
sociation were conducted have led to
Its dissolution. The mon who hi.ve
mulcted its treasury should be brought
to u strict accounting ami If they cam-ot
bo made to disgorge they should be
prosecuted for embezzlement. Thl * as
sociation was'orpnnlsed for the relief of
dlsabled' fefycn and for the earn nnd
protection ! fl'f widows and orphfuts cf
firemen. * iTd 8quaUder funds held tor
such hlgh'puj'poscs Is a disgrace to the
department , nnd n scandal upon the
city. The orgflnlzatlon should , however ,
rcconsIder 'Hlid continue tlie good work
for whlchJt , twas organized.
Secretary Morton Is In favor of a
third tern ! for ; President Cleveland. Mr.
Morton's postIon ] Is no doubt entirely
disinterested. Not a single member of
Mr. Cleveland's first term cabinet Is In
the cabinet today and should he be
re-elected , It Is very likely that not n
member of his present cabinet would
have u place In the next. Mr. Mor
ton's self-sacrifice will" doubtless be
gratefully appreciated by his chief un
less Mr. Morton Is mil-sing n presiden
tial boomlct of his own , which lie ex
pects to develop Into respectable proportions
tions us one of the residuary legatees
of Mr. Cleveland's political fortune. It
should not he forgotU-n that toward the
close of General Grant's second term as
president two of his cabinet olllcers
tried to Incubate presidential boomlots
which were expected to become full-
Hedged booms by the time the third
term bubble was pricked.
iVny ordinance that will clearly da-
fine the duties aud lespons'bilities of
the city comptroller will meet the ap
proval of the taxpayers of this city.
The olllce was created as a check upon
all departments of city government.
An honest and compat'jnt comptroller
can be of great sen-Ice to the city. The
council should keep r. close watch upon
the olllce and require periodical reports
that it may know the comptiollcr Is at
tending to business.
Under conditions that exist today In
the affairs of the school board a reduc
tion of 5 per cent in the salailes of
teachers who receive if70 a month and
over will not be a hardship upon any
one. The scale of salaries paid in
Omaha is above the nverniiu salary paid
In cities of our class. A. slight reduc
tion In salaries would1 certainly be pre
ferable to closing the schools In May.
The exigencies of the hour demand
retrenchment.
As was tb have been expected , the
Lincoln Journal attempts to throw cold
water on the project of Congressman
Mercer for "the location of a western
United Sij'ites nllltary academy on the
site of the' present Fort Omaha. If Fort
Omaha could" only be moved to the
suburbs of. Lincoln Mr. Mercer would
receive boundless backing from the
paper that never misses an opportunity
to belittle and stab Omaha.
Official tests'demonstrate the fact that
American'corn Is sup rlor iti quality to
tliat grpwu hi flny qtlw country In the
world. But why shouldn't It be su
perior ? Hasn't America the richest soil
to be foiuid ; 'anywhere and the best
.equipped ifarmln-s tlmt live anywhere ?
rhe ' American" comliliihUtln1 of. brawn ,
| braiu : , ant5jtptal } | oiigi'ib tV'turn out a
isuperlor product In almost teveryjiue Jn
.which . It enghges. '
If there Issuch a disagreement among
active participants in the great conven
tions of a decade ngocasi exists between
General Alger and Senator Sherman as
to the precise history of political events ,
how can the historians of the future be
expected to be in accord with one an
other In their versions of these mo
mentous controversies on whlch'the ' des
tinies of the nation turned ?
In the heat of enthusiasm Chicago pa
triots are unable to decide whether they
shall start out as filibusters to assist
! bi : the achievement of Cuban Independ
ence or-whether they should raise rein
forcements for' the Armenians in their
resistance to the sultan. Between these
.two attractive fields the Chicago hot-
IhcadB are likely to enlist in the home
guard.
No Di-cllmiUoii Thure.
ljlp * Courier-Journal.
wno was it Dam president ? Uo away ,
white man. go away. Tliat would catch any-
hody. There aro'somo places which even an
editor may not refuse ,
Tin' Thlrnty Coloneln.
W.ishlriKton Post.
The new concressmen' ' should hurry to
Washington and get acquainted with our
large collection ot judges and colonels. They
ar moat Interesting people and never de
cline a drink.
Mortnnlnu ISvounmy.
, , , Chicago Tlines-ircrnlJ.
Secretary Morton say ? lie- has , savcd over
$1,000,000 In the , Agricultural department.
The incoming congress Will doubtless feel
under great obligations and prpced to show
Jilm how to spend It ,
AnxlbilM'fnr it Tar I IT IMHIU- . ,
" ' _ PCS ) Molnca Leader.
Senator f.hurston ot Nebraska thInks that
tlio republicans In the next congress fchould
get tcgsthe1and Introduce a measure em
bodying the republican Ide'a of protection , and
put It through the house , and It possible
through IhJ senate , and force the presi
dent to a v o. " Then he wishes his party to
go before tli cpuntry on the measure. Sena
tor TJiuraton Is honest , but ho Is now In the
senator bu&iuesw The republican managers
will not take Ills' advice. There Is no such
good luck In 'stare for the democracy.
HiCoriinriitliin Cow.
llntop Advertiser.
There Js * .MrtfoUsome decision of the
United Statcy w remo court that the Union
Pacltlc RalliJMui-Bompany must maintain and
operate Its Jovi'n telegraphic lines , and not
let out tilers1 Ho some other corporation.
Whatever1 tlWf&tf may l ) , the principles ot
Justice and goo < JjfenBe thus formula'ed will
apply to all 1 nUlnfids and to all kinds of bus !
ness that Ilf/fly / Ui to railroads to
traniact , AitiJlbieDHi pjrtlon ot the rascal-
lly connec e "li tTio wrecking of railroad
property la acd Ijillslied by the- favorite aud
despicable trlj tf turning over tli ; proper
business frog " Iw company Itself' to various
*
ether comr Th < ? most prosperous railway -
way coniDany 9w-ae speedily milked by that
procesu and utarjvjd , an well , until It becomes
m lean as. one f Pharaoh's lean klne.
The pr6ceso if this ; A company whose le
gitimate buslnea would enable It to pay 10
per cent dividends" on all Its real , as dis
tinguished from Its watered , stock , lets out
to one outside the corporation the privilege
of running sleeping cars , to another thtprlvi-
lega of maintaining- dining car service , to
another the privilege of running a fast freight
line , to another a monopoly of the coal tralllc ,
to another the sole right to construct and
operate telegraphic wires. Nine tlmuj out of
ten tiie managers of the railway company are
partly , If not wholly , owners of all these
other companies , and , of course , let tha tut
contracts at1 rates ( hat will Increase the adi
posity of their own plethoric pockets.
The result Is that the swindled railway
shareholders , who are so unfortunate as not
to be In on all of Uieae ground floors , get no
dividends at all , and may think themselves
lucky If they are not called ou to pajr as-
lesaments ou their stock.
Tlie IlrltUli Clnlni In n l.nmc fitlre
of AlitOtn.
Clnclnnitl KtKiulrrr
Oroat Drltnln manifests a disposition to
move the boundary between Al.ttkA and Urlt-
Isli Columbia to the westward , for the purpose
of taking In the newly discovered gold region
in Alaska. To accomplish this It will only
bo necessary for her to satisfy the United
States government that the northwestern
coast ot this continent does not refer 16 the
continental coast at all , but to the western i
coast of th * Islands adjacent to the continents
and , further , to show th t the Portland chan
nel Is not the Portland channel at nil , but
that another channel to the westward Is the
Portland channel.
In 1825 a treaty was m de between Great
Ilrltnln and Russia In which the boundary
line of IUisi > l.i was arranged nnd established
to the satisfaction o ! those two tmtlonS. Tills
was In disregard ot the trifling fact that Great
llrltaln at that tlmo laid no claim herself to
the exclusive right to a single foot of terri
tory west of the Hocky mountains ThU fact
was elated by Messrs. Hufklsjon and Addlf.cn
as late as 1827 , In their negotiations with this
government concerning the northwestern
boundary question.
In 1867 Russia ceded all her possessions
In North America to the United States , and
In describing the ttrrltfiry to conveyed , the
description ot the line of demarcation be
tween the Russian and llrltlsh possessions
was copied from ths treaty between Russia
and Great Urltaln.
It follows that whatever Great Britain ac
knowledged In 1825 as belonging to Hussln ,
she cannot now escape from acknowledging
as belonging to tli ; United States. Tlmt
boundary consisted of the Portland channel
to the fifty-sixth degree ot north latitude ,
and thenca "following the summit of the
mountains" to the 141st meridian of west
longitude , and thence north to tli ; Arctic
ocean. Hut It was provided that whenever
the mountain summit shall \ie \ more , than
ten marine leagues from the coast , then
there shnll be substituted as the boundary
line "a line parallel to the winding of the
coast , and which shall never exceed the dis
tance of ten marine leagues therefrom , "
For 27 years this boundary , fixed by
treaty , has been fully recognized by Great
Urltaln. Her maps and those ot the United
States have shown the same boundary line.
Simultaneously with the recent discovery of
gold fields within the United Stales territory
of Alaska the llrltlsh government has made
the discovery that we ought to move our
boundary line , so that It will run along a
line parallel to the windings of the outside
coast of the Islands , and that we must also
agree that the Portland Channelj men
tioned In the treaty between Russia
and Great Britain In 1825 , and which has al
ways been Portland channel , Is no longer
Portland channel ) and never was Portland
channel , and that the channel Intended Is
one ot another name , nnd which could not
by any possibility be made to harmonize
with the text ot the treaty. Dy some char
acteristic management eho seems to hava
Inveigled our government Into thfr appro
priation of money for some new survey In
that region , while she has a surveying party
In the samp business.
Whatever her engineers may report , and
whatever any engineers may report , the way
to deal with this question Is for the pres
ident to Inform Great Urltaln that if there
is to be any removal of any boundary lines
between American a'nd ' British territory at
the inorthwcst , we may decide to reestablish
the boundary which existed prior to 1818 ,
when Mr. Polk's administration , under
duress , surrendered British Columbia then
a portion of our own Oregon territory to
Great Britain , as the prlco she extorted from
the United States for noninterference with
us In our war with Mexico.
If this should , be deemed unnecessarily
harsh an a. first presentation of the case of
the United States , It might be modified so as
to say that the present boundary , ac
quiesced In by Great Britain for twenty-
seven years , shall not be disturbed , and that
'wo ' will not admit to discussion any question
of the slightest alteration thereof.
Wo trust this matter will receive proper
Attention at the hands of congress. We
do not believe there is a public man in the
United States who would , for a single In
stant , consent to any discussion whatever
of tlils.-Incolont pretense of British right , to
territory of the United States.
IOWA. I'RKSS COMMENT.
Sioux City Tribune : Ninety-two majority
on joint ballot Is what the republicans have
in the Iowa legislature.
Duhuque Telegraph : Judge Hindman of
the district court at Marshalltown sustains
the injunction restraining the management
ot the Iowa Soldiers' home from withholding
part of the pensions ot Inmates for the sup
port ot the Institution , and as the decision
Is unsatisfactory the commissioners will ap
peal.
Humboldt Independent : Ask some men for
an advertisement or a few locals and they
will say they don't believe. In advertising a
paper is never read. Let one of them bs
caught Kissing his neighbors wife , or Strug
sling along with a Jag , and If the printing
office lu in the garret of a seventeen-story
building he will climb to the top and beg
the editor to keep quiet not to publish It In
the paper.
Boons News : Iowa tried prohibition ten
[ years nnd found It a failure. The people , by
the election of a favorable legislature , showec
'that ' they wanted local option and high II-
jcnsc. What earthly excuse can bo advanced
therefore , for goln through the expense ,
trouble and milling of spirits which woulcj
; conic from a campaign on the question of a
.prohibitory amendment ? The legislature
'should ' kill the proposition.
Davenport Democrat : Scott county ralset
three-quarters of a million bushels of barley
this year. She drinks , nobody knows how
many barrels of beer in a year , and the
chances are , that , , no matter what Is tried ,
she will continue to drink about so much ol
this article. How consistent It would be to
Insist tlmt she sell her barley all to owners
of breweries In other cities , other states , for
the manufacture of the beer she uses ! The
only net result of that action would be to
lodge in those other towns the profits and
piy rolls that might bo kept here , to force
our farmers to sell for a little less money , and
to give the difference to the railroads In
freights.
Des Molnes Leader : In tli ? corncribs ol
Iowa this winter will bo stored more corn
than ever before In the history of the state.
There ore more buyers In the Held aSid moro
crib room has been provided. Common
seniie teachex the speculator that the pres
ent prices of corn are not permanent. They
are below the cost of production even In so
fertile a state as Iowa. The speculator Is
sure there will be a rise In prices In the
spring , and Is anxious to be In position to
take advantage of It. Thereby a bull Influ
ence Is Introduced , which will become more
and more effective. The spculator Is often
abutted and rightfully , but nevertheless In
times such as the present lie Is able to do
good public service. He Is a bulwark
against the bottom completely falling out of
prices. The speculator , when buying , of
course , trlcu to get the most for the least ,
but when he hus accumulated a stock ho
becomeo of Incalculable benefit to other corn
owners. His Interest , his Intelligence , his
financial strength are enlisted on the side of
bolter prices , and the bears of the market
meet a foeman worthy of their best steel.
Prices for agricultural products are already
too low In Iowa , but doubtlesa would bu
lower were It toot for the resource of the
speculator discounting the future.
A Ill-nil of .tin u kind ,
Neir YorU Hun.
Tlio "pawing of the horso" Is n favorite
phrase among people who consider the bicycle ,
the trolley , and the horseless carriage , The
horse will never pass so long as merit Is ap
preciated or utility Is money In tha pocket.
It teems to ua that the horse , as scan at the
ho raj show , IB becoming moro Intellectual
year alter year , moro amiable , daintier In
step , finer In mannsrs , friendlier In the eye ,
more foppish , or , Indeed , If we may say It ,
awellor. Brains and beauty characterize
many of the horses at Madison Square
garden. Prime animals they are , far moro
acceptable to the artistic taste than lots ot
human people. They show what comes from
breeding , training , feeding , and having a
good time ,
Tlio passing ot th horse , ahead ot man
kind !
Short op
Minneapolis Journal.
The Internal revenue receipts for the last
fiscal year are reported by the commissioner
as abcut 14,000,000 short ot the previous
year's receipts. There ueim to be shortages
all around under this democratic admlulstrar
tlon. The administration Itself Is getting
short there is only a little over a year of
It left.
VOIUEI nV TIIH 8TATI3 I'lUSSS.
Well Point Progress : Hosewater vtt * com
pletely routed In the Omaha campaign , but h
IB ro far from being n corpse , as the dcrvlihc
wilt shortly dl ro\tr.
Stanton Picket ! Kor ynirj The Dee ha
advccaltd a union depot and for ones It I
Hot otipssed by \VorMOIn-atd. . Thf mil
lennhim In a newspaper sense has arrived In
Oir.ahn ,
Kearney Now Era : Kusscll and Cliurchll
have lost even the rojpcct ot decent reptlb
llcans In their " "
"dog-ln-the-manger" manner
ot trying lo conduct Nebraska's public Instl
tutltn * .
Mlnden Courier ! ItftVe about r.Mlrond cx
tortlon/ but be as mum us a clam when the
railroads are packing conventions and nomi
nating candidates , as they have continuously
done in this state.
Kdg.ir Post : A few more Atlanta exposi
tions nnd the north and pouth will be on
reasonably friendly terms. The horns and
hoots of many supposed devils disappear enclose
close Inspection. All praise to the pro-
WcKTE of the exposition.
Central City Nonpirell : The rfc-electlon o
Judge Scott at Omihn looks much like a slap
at lloaewnter. Have they not paid rather
dear tor their slap ? Judge Scott Is not the
proper man for district Judge. He Is tyran
nical and woo to the man that meets his ills-
pleasure.
Schpylsr Quill : The democratic counly
ofllceholder Is n rarely In Nebraska. Out-
slilo cf n few counties In this part of the
state there are very , very few. Another
campaign the democrats will fall down worse
yet. The providential year will bo a bad
ono for them.
Ch.ippell Register : This policy ot electing
men who are unfit for a position just to splto
some one else who Is opposing them on the
grounds of tlieir unfltiuss Is wrong and should
be discouraged by all honest people. Ilose-
water , whatever may be his faults , was right
In his fight against Judge Scott.
Schuylcr Herald : A friend at our elbow
suggests that Tom Majors will bo thy next
republican nominee for governor , and that
the World-Herald will support him , Just to
t-plte Hotcnater. Wo should not bo at all
surprised. H has got to that stage where
nothing from that source surprises us.
York Times : There would bo no trouble
about kc-eplng the gold reserve Intact If this
country was selling moro In Europe than
It was buying from there. Any man who
pays out more thin he takes In will find It
very dlfllcult to keep his gold reserve Intact ,
and the case Is the same with the country.
Silver Creek Times : nx-Oll Inspector Hil
ton Is again running a newspaper. The
money that he stole while In office ought to
\33 \ sufficient to start his paper on In good
fhapo. It should bo made the organ of the
criminal classes and all thieve ? , especially ,
should Immediately subscribe. It ought to
have a good circulation about the capital at
Lincoln.
Schuyler Quill : The democratic county
worst element In Omaha and Douglas county.
One of the men the citizens were particularly
after was District Judge Scott , who for four
years has disgraced the bench there with his
ravings and outrageous rulings. Ho Is a
prominent A. P. A. leader and a bad man for
any community , let alone being on the bench.
But ho was elected by the largest majority
ot all and thus people must conclude that
Omaha delights In rotten work.
Pullerton New : The News has one fault
to find with the present election law In Ne
braska. There may be more than ono de
fect In it , but wo have noticed this ono more
particularly. As the law now stands , on
election board In this state Is necessarily par
tisan. In a republican precinct the election
officers will all bo republican , and In populist
precincts they will all be populists , thus ren
dering It possible for a board to manipulate
returns or to mark ballots contrary to the
wishes of an Illiterate voter It the board la
unscrupulous. The law should bo changed so
that all partleo could be represented. It
would be only fair to allow the minority party
the minority of the board nnd the majority
party a majority of It. . Agitate a change.
, Kearney Hub : "With all the discussion of
the sugar beet question In Nebraska it must
not bo forgotten that co-operation among
producers and the manufacturer Is the only
way In which the industry can be built up
beyond Its' present dimensions. The Grand
Island and Norfolk factories can no more
than take care of the present output , hence
without more factories or new methods of
consumption It Is useless to enlarge the pres
ent' ' acreage of beets. This Is the problem
that confronts the would-be beet grower.
The Sugar trust Is opposed to the extension
of the industry In this state and will attempt
to throttle any new enterprise. But If the
producer and manufacturer stand shoulder to
shoulder and enlist the dealer under the
banner of "home Industry , " the struggle
will be won at the start.
PE11SONAL AND OTHERWISE.
The United States is not an active partlcl-
Ipant In the pressure of the powers at Con-
Istantlnople. For the moment the turkey
movement at homo absorbs Its attention.
I Probablj the most disgusted woman In New
York IB Louise Chase , who was arrested for
wearing stolen diamonds , and then discov
ered , for the first tlmo , that the gems were
real and not Imitations she supposed them
to be.
General Duchesne , commander of the
French army that routed the Hovas , won the
cross of the Legion ot Honor at Solferlno ,
and Is now C8 years old. Ho distinguished
himself in the war of 1870 , and In the Ton-
quln campaign. At present ho Is on the high
tide ot popular esteem , and If he desires may
perhaps succeed D6uUngtr In tha role ot tba
"man on hortcback. "
New York object * to combination fountain
and monument , becsui * atml-mula mermaid *
dUport In thti spa ! hln& water * . The moral
conscience of tha town cannot tolerate corn *
petition with Coney I Und.
The populut ex-governor ot Kansas , l.cwtlU
Ing , Is now conducting a creamery In Topeka.
A reporter who visited hU place n few days
ago found him with A white apron on , workIng -
Ing butter with a wooden ladle.
Mark Twain his set In motion In Australia
Ills stock of retired Jokei and the country Is
wrapped In an appreciative smile. Samuel
enjoys the feast , too , especially the financial
end of II , whloh U said to be a most agfco-
able surprise.
Senator Brlco proposes cclebrallnR his re
tirement from public life with n rcrlcs ot
brilliant social entertainments In Washing
ton during the winter. Neither Gorman nor
Hill can discern any Justification for this un-
sjemly hilarity.
A Chicago wheelman ripped the bosom ot
his knickers , borrowed n pair from n
friend and discovered In them a letter from
his wife , which provoked a divorce. This
ti not the first tlmo that untimely rents
wrought dom-'stlc contusion.
Kx-Senator Tom Platt will not wrllo n book
of reminiscences not nt present. The sago ot
Tloga 111 too buy shaping the destinies ot the
Kmptrc Mate and manipulating presidential
booms. Until these are moving In secure
grooves , Thomas could not do full justice to
his career.
Senator Jones ot Arkansas Is , according
to a report , destined to become a millionaire
aa a reward for hli patleneo and faith In an
eccentric and penniless Inventor named
Graves of Arkansas , whom he has befriended.
Graves Invented what experts decloro Is a
marvelous machine for baling cotton.
111.YTII13 AND 11UIS1C.
Philadelphia Hccord ! "I'm onto your
shape , " said the bloomers to tlio bloyclo
maid.
Chlcngo Record : "Mrs. Smylax Is very
tnlkntlvo at times , Isn't she ? "
"At times ! "
"Well , yes when she's nwakol"
Now York Weekly : Insurnnco Supcrln-
ondont ( suspiciously ) How did your hua-
jaml happen to die so noon after getting
nmircd for n largo amount ?
Widow-He worked himself to death try-
ng to pay the premiums.
Boston Transcript : She Isn't It dreadful
that n. man xhould stand up In the prlzo
ring and butter the face of another man ?
He Pretty bad , I'll allow you : but n
irulser never shows the depth of his de-
iravlty until ho stands upon the stngo as un
alleged actor.
Detroit Fred Press : "Your husband ,
madam , " said the oad-eycd mcsbcngcr , "hua
jeen run over by "
"Great .heavens ! "
"A trolley car. "
"Oh , Is that all ? I thought It was ono of
hem bicycles. "
Indianapolis Journal : "I thought you .
paid , darling , that your father wus dllllcult V-
o approach ? "
"Didn't you find him so , dear ? "
"No , Indeed. I haU been talking with him
only live minutes when ho nppronchcd mo
for a fiver as easily aa any man I over
met. "
Philadelphia Times : Doctor Well ,
madam , how iwo you today ?
Mudnm O , doctor. I have frightful pains
all over my whole body , and It seems Im
possible to breathe. Ot course I can't Bleep ,
and I hnvp no nppetltc at all.
Doctor Urn cr well , otherwise you're all fl
Ight , aren't you ? I
AT THE PIANO. i
Judgo.
A symphony In black and whlto
The keyboard lies before her ;
Of symphony nor melody
Is she a sweet oulpourer.
The scriptural Injunction she
Is earnestly pursuing
She never lots her right hand know
What her left hand Is doing.
THE OUTDOOR GIHL.
American Wheelman.
\\t If the merry maiden ( joes a-rldlng1 on
the wheel.
And wears a graceful costume that Is short
above the heel ?
Can any one gnlnsay it , that though
changed In mode of dress ,
She's of the gender feminine and not a whit
the less ?
And If she dons the bloomer or the knlcker-
boclccr clothes ,
< Is not her person Just as sweet ns any
blooming rose ?
What If the college maiden'rows a shell or
' sculls with oar ,
iQr takes a goal In foot ball field or bowlm
upon the floor ,
Is she any less a woman. If her skin Is very
brown ,
Than when she trailed her skirts In mud , .
and wore a high-necked gown ?
And If she boxes out her rootir fences llko
a man.
Lacks she any fascination , whulo'or her'
Bcheme or plan ?
So far ns all experience of men with women
sees ,
For everyl ten of marriages nine have been
full with woea.
The very latest woman , with her muscle ,
brains or pluck ,
May bring new Joys to wedded life and giv
us better luck.
Of ono thlnK I am certain from , the widest
raneo of view.
Old-fashioned types must stand aside and
make way for the now.
Thank heaven for the change that's comn
and fascinating fads ;
For me , the merry outdoor girl who emu
lates the lads.
A
There's not a man in ten
that the average' ' well
'stocked clothing- * store
can't fit just as correctly
as the high grade mer
chant tailor b u t the
trouble's not with the fit It's the staying
quality of the fit that's hard to get , You
can only get that feature in the high
grade wools wools that have length and
strength of fibre , and that are built into
elastic , firm , resilient cloths. Suits con
structed of these superior grades of ma
terials are the sort we've built our repu
tation on All prices from $8,50 to $25.
To take the rough edges off the
corners of business life we're having an amusing guess
ing contest this week
In the corner window we've placed a dressed pig ,
The purchaser who g-uesses nearest the pig's weight
gets the pig , next nearest guess gets a large turkey
the next nearest a goose. Prizes awarded Wednes
day eve at 7:30hen : pig will be weighed.
Browning , King & Co.
Southwest Corucr Fiftcotith aud Dounlaa , OMAHA ,