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II. T7.3C11UCK.
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Ord Journal.
Nolwlthstumllnff Die efforts of many of
the politicians who cannot innnaKc It In
their Itilerefls to down The Omaha Ui-e ,
It Htllt cornea out every day find con
tinues to bu thu best newspaper In tlie
state.
Lots of Kootl Kentucky rcpuhlh'nns
would nniUo bettor succesHors to .loo
lllackhmn In the senate than would
Sonntor Kltu'kllurn.
It Is pretty safe to say that the re-
L'Uttlon of Mr. Koutl to thf spuiikurslill *
nu-aiis that thuri' will liu no tleatllodw
lu thii Klt'ty-rotirth congress.
As a bltl for a third tt-nn noinhiatlon
PresldL'iit dun-land's iiifssaKo to con-
Ki'oss Is not the shilling * succi-ss that
tltt > advocates of his renoiiiliiatlon
would wish.
"Public abUHi's , " says cx-Pivsldunt
Harrison , "arc the direct and ni-ccsHary
'results of public indifference.1 ' A
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truth aiinllcable 'particularly In Ne
braska.
Henry Wattersou says the democratic
imrtv is hoiieU'ssly divided. That Is one
of the thlnpi that make it republican
presidential nomination worth working
for this year.
Speaker Heed is a si-cat man , but lie
can no'more arrange a schedule of house
committees that will satisfy all and dis
appoint none than could the storied
kins of lOiiKland stop the flooding of
the tide by a command.
How does City Treasurer-elect Ed
wards like the prospect of taking hold
of thu city treasurer's otllce and becom
ing responsible for Its books and bal
ances with the shortage of the late city
treasurer hanging over them ?
Bids will be received January 1 for
furnishing the city the different classes
'of supplies needed for the year 1SOO.
Prepare for the usual scrap between
the various competing bidders and their
representatives in the city council.
Omaha's hog market Is resuming Its
old time boom appearance those days
nnd the business transacted constitutes
a welcome Indication of an Improving
outlook for tlie farmers of the state.
The activity in hogs ought to stir things
up along the line.
The state Irrigation convention at Sid
ney , December 18 , promises to be one
of the best attended and most enthusi
astic Irrigation conventions held In this
or any other state. The Interest In Irri
gation problems Is rapidly Increasing
throughout this whole western region.
An alleged Masonic aid association
seeks to evade payment of a policy on
the life of a deceased Omahan and has
attempted to transfer a case Hied
against It from the state to the federal
court. This company should explain to
Its patrons here by what authority It
makes use of the word Masonic In the
title of the company.
Emperor William's constant reitera
tion that lie depends upon the army for
support Is too frequently misunderstood
by Americans not familiar with the
German military organization. The
army In Germany Includes at some
period of his life every able-bodied malu
citizen. The support of the army Is
substantially the support of a good rep
resentation of the whole people.
The proposition to put the city elec
trician In charge of the wires of the
police and lire alarm system Is In every
respect sound. It Is not only In the in.
terest of retrenchment , but It will put
the system under the control of a real
electrician and result In a hlgherxdogroo
of etlli'lency. The ordinance providing
for this change simply appropriates thu
Idea from other large cities where It
has proved highly satisfactory.
Another siiuad of railway postal clerks
running on the line of the Union Paclllc
liave been severally promoted with In
creased pay. Dialer the civil service
rules which prevail In the Postotllce de
partment long and meritorious service
Is sure to bring Its ultimate reward.
The principle has long been proved and
works for a higher elllcleney in the
postal service us It would In the various
departments of city and state govern
ment If adopted. It should be flrst ap
plied to the lire and police depurtiuunU
of Uiotropolltau cltlea.
nnturnt i it. HKTAT.\Tinx. \
It appears that the reference made
by President Cleveland to the commer
cial relations of the I'nited States with
the ( tcnunn empire1 , in which he sug
gested that a policy of commercial re
taliation might become Justifiable and
necessary In the case of countries which
discriminate against American products ,
Is regarded with great concern lu Ger
many. On the one hand the agrarians
are denounced for having brought about
the prohibition of the Importation of
American cattle , while .on the oilier
hand is Is asserted that "America Is
rei-ponslble for the restrictions and
their withdrawal lesls with America
hei-helf , " this Inning reference to tlie.
( inferential duty ou sugar Imported
from countries paying nn export bounty
on sugar , as Germany does.
What the president said was that
while in our dealings with other nations
we ought to be open-handed and scru
pulously fair , these considerations
should not "constrain us to snlmill to
unfair discrimination , nor to silently
acipileMce In vexatious hindrances to the
enjoyment of our share of the legitimate
advantages 'of proper trade relations.
If an examination of the situation sug
gests such measures on our part as
would liU-olve restrictions similar to
those from which we sull'ered , the way
to such n course Is easy. " It Is not to
he doubled that this conservative
declaration will be very generally ap
proved by the American people , but
we are .bound lu fairness to consider
how far we are ourselves responsible
for the situation of which we complain.
When the former restrictions upon the
Importation of American cattle and
meats Into Germany were removed ,
during the Harrison administration ,
the raw sugar of Germany came Into
the United States free of duty , and it is
umiuestlonable that the desire of the
German government to avoid having a
duty placed upon sugar irom that coun
try , which the president had authority
lo do under the reciprocity provision
of the McKlnley tariff , was what in
duced that government to abrogate the
restrictions which had been In opera
tion for ten or twelve years , notwith
standing our repeated and persistent
efforts to have them removed. This
was one of the most valuable advan
tages this country acquired front the-
reciprocity policy. The present tariff
law. In placing a differential duly of
one-tenth of 1 cent per pound on sugar
imported from any country which pays
a bounty on the export thereof , was
regarded by Germany as unfairly dis
criminating against one of Its most Im
portant Interests , and it gave the agra-
ilnu clement in that country , wlilch-
was very much dissatislicd with the
withdrawal of the restrictions against
American meats , just tlie opportunity
it wanted , and its pressure upon the
government to renew the restrictions
was successful. That tills action was
distinctly retaliatory , although denied
to be such by German otllcials and by
the diplomatic representative of Ger
many to the United States , will hardly
be seriously questioned , but It must be
conceded that there is truth In the con
tention of the German government
organ that this country Is responsible
for the restrictions. The differential
sugar duty , dictated by the Sugar trust
and which Is of no value whatever to
the national treasury , is the cause of
the prohibition of the Importation of
American cattle Into Germany and there
is reason to believe that the German
government would not hesitate to re
move the restrictions in return for a
removal of the duty. In other words ,
that government Is ready to renew the
reciprocity arrangement that existed be
fore the present tariff law went into
operation and abrogated all reciprocity
agreements.
The president is right in saying that
a policy of commercial retaliation
should not be lightly entered upon.
Every effort should be made to avoid
it , for , however easy it may be to In
augurate such a policy , no one can fore
see how serious Its consequences might
he. The way to renew broader com
mercial relations with Germany. Is sim
ple and free from dllllcnltles and can
be taken without any sacrllice on our
part , but rather with decided benellt
to our people. It ought to be adopted
with the least possibledulny.
T1IH QUKSTIUX III' KXl
It Is understood that it will be the
policy of the republicans in congress
to cut down expenditures wherever It
Is practicable to do so without Impair
ing the etllclency of the public service.
The estimate of the secretary of the
treasury of appropriations requited for
the llscal year ending .lime 30 , 1SD7 , as
furnished by the several executive de
partments , aggregate a little over $ 118-
000,000 , which is nearly iflMfOO.OOO lu
excess of the appropriations for the cur
rent llscal year. Five months of this
year have passed and the detlclency In
revenue has been a little over $17,000-
000 , or an average of about ? : ! , r > 00,000
per month , which If maintained
throughout the year will create a deficit
on June BO next of over $40,000,000.
Assuming that there will be no legisla
tion for Increasing the revenue , which
appears probable , It Is pretty safe to
conclude that the receipts of the gov
ernment for the current llscal year will
fall short of the expenditures at least
$ ; tON)0MH ( ) ) . In that event the present
congress will be called upon to reduce
expenditures for thu llscal year ending
I tine I0 ! , 18)7 ! ) , fully $ 'ir ,000tM)0 In order
to be sure of bringing them within the
receipts to be expected under existing
legislation.
That It will be extremely dltllcult , If
not Impossible , to do this without 1m-
[ lalrlng thu clllclency of the public serv
ice there can be no question. The per
manent annual appropriations , amount
ing to $ lll,000K)0 ) ( ) , cannot be reduced ,
and It Is not likely that the estimate of
? Ml,000,000 for pensions will bo cut
down tiny. Here are $2 < iO,000,000 , BO
that thu reductions required to bring
the estimated expenditures within the
amount of probable receipts , If ( here
should be no new revenue legislation ,
must bo made in the $158,000,000 for all
other purposes tlmV the permanent ap
propriations uud pensions. It la per
fectly clear that to take $35,0 < oooo out
of this amotlnt would Inevitably result
In great Injury to the public service , for
it must be presumed that the Several
executive departments have pared down
their estimates as much as possible con-
slstent with the requirements of thu
seivlce. It Is ceitalnly most necessary
that congress shall observe the most
careful economy In appropriations , but
however wisely and well It may do s <
a considerable deficit In the next llsca
year as well as In the present one can
not be prevented unless there Is legls
latlon for additional revenue.
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Tlie Introduction In congress of n bll
to provide for a general system of coast
defenses was to have been expectei'
after the strong presentation of the Im
portance of this matter by General
Miles nnd others and In view of tin ,
feeling that possible grave International
complications In the near future make
an Imperative demand for providing bet
ter protection to our exposed seaports
than they now have. The fact that
there Is a complete consensus of opinion
among military and naval authorities
as to the necessity of strengthening the
seacoast defenses ought to be conclusive
ou the subject , but the question of ex
penditure for tills pmpose is a very se
rious one nt the present time , when
more revenue is needed to meet the
present demands upon the government
and there Is urgent call for economy
in public expenditures. It may be said
that In case of a foreign war an attack
tipoii _ any of our large seaports would
irrobab'ly result In a far greater loss
than the estimated cost of a general sys
tem of defenses , hut long Immunity
from any danger oftills kind will in
duce most people to think that we caii
safely wait until there is such improve
ment in tlie linanclal condition' of the
government as will warrant the neces
sary expenditure for coast defenses. It
Is also to be said that with adequate
defenses we would be less likely to get
into conflict with a foreign power , but
this argument appears to be Impressive
to comparatively few.
The bill Introduced by Senator Squire
proposes to appropriate $87,000,000 , the
expenditure of which shall extend over
a period of twelve years , or at the rate
of a little over ! < ! 7M,0X , ( ) ( ) ( ) a year. Thus
divided It seems that such a demand
upon the linanclal resources of the gov
ernment ought to be met without much
dttllculty , but It will be popularly con
sidered as a whole , and therefore Is
likely , under existing conditions , to en
counter an opposition that will be fatal
to It in the present congress.
now MUCH
How much longer are the people of
Omaha to be kept in the dark as to the
extent of the defalcation in tlie city
treasury ? The shortage In the late
treasurer's accounts became a matter of
public notoriety on the 18th day of last
June , now nearly six months"ago. . At
that time peopla were promised a com
plete and detailed report of the condi
tion of the city's liiiances'ns soon as the
comptroller had gone over the books.
The comptroller's report , however , left
tlie matter as unfatliomed as before.
Then four alleged experts were em
ployed at ? 20 a day to perform the work
that the comptroller had left undone.
After poring over tlie hooks for months ,
after secret conferences and whispered
consultations , after a bold attempt to
make tlie late deputy treasurer scape
goat for tlie whole affair , after broken
promises of a report and delays innu
merable , the people are today just
where they were live months ago , so far
as knowledge of the treasury deticit is
concerned. ,
Why all this mystery ? Why this re
peated postponement of the dual state
ment of the facts ? Are the e other
otllcials to bo shielded besides those
whose criminality or negligence has
already been exposed ? Or Is It the In
tention to hold the shortage over Into
the term of another treasurer In order
to divide the responsibility and open
loopholes for the parties responsible to
the city to evade liability ? Where there
Is so much .stealth there must be some
stealing. If the hole in tlie treasury is
much larger than was at llrst admitted ,
what good can come of longer suppress
ing the truth ? Kurther delay must only
Involve all the city ollicials who have
been engaged in tlie work of investigat
ing the treasurer's accounts in unpleas
ant suspicion.
TO111U CUMMUKITY.
Tlie health department of the city of
Omaha Is a disgrace to the community.
Under tlie present health commissioner
the department has been nothing but n
nest of taxeaters , consuming the sub
stance of the people and giving them
no return for their money. The head
of the department transformed his otiicc
into headquarters for ward heelers and
professional politicians during tle ) last
campaign. lie has spoilt all of his time
In hatching out political plots and
scheming to get political cronies on thu
public pay roll. lie has boldly disre
garded thu provisions of thu city char
ter and defiantly snapped his lingers
In thu face of tlie city council. Ills per
sistent attempts first to retain In otllce
and later to restore to ofllce an inspector
specter of meats who had been ar-
rnlgni'i ! In the police court for defraud
ing the city through padded bills for
drowning dogs , and held to the district
court for trial under heavy bonds , have
been simply' outrageous.
The culmination of the- health depart
ment scandals was reached at the last
meeting of the Hoard of Health , when
r regular cat-and-dog fight developed ,
n which members of thu board and
ts employes Indulged themselves with
out let or hindrance. Tim language
used Is said to have been unfit for
repetition before any respectable per
son , while the epithets hurled from one
side of the room to the other would
iiivc shocked the Inhabitants of thu
owest dives In the city. So disgrace
ful a scene has never .been witnessed
n thu city hall since that building was
opened for public line.
Thu trouble with the health dcpart-
nent has been that It has had pernicious
crumples to follow. With u council
shielding ( \b'"li- \ . and Incompetents ,
Is It any w.twideithat the health com
missioner ttllnk'i it Ills privilege to re
tain the shej\5fee > < of a meat Inspector
j | ' ' awaiting iijajon charge of felony ?
The question' that perturbs the taxpny-
\ , ers at present' ' Is , Are we to have any
i i Improvement . .under the new council ?
] Arc placeH'on ' the Hoard of Health to
bo traded "jjrf and used only to estab
lish political favorites In public sinecures -
cures ? If so. we may expect the health
dcpartmoit.l < Ywaiidals lo continue.
An Intpnuifc p'olnt was brought out
In the pending murder trial when evi
dence was adduced to tlie effect that on
the day of the murder the prisoner had
gone to a certain saloon , where ho drank
Whisky nnd beer nnd took two bottles of
whisky home with him. The day of the
murder was Sunday , November : t. H
was the Sunday before election , when
the president of the Hoard of Fire and
Police Commissioners , as candidate for
the mayoralty , was telling tlie church
people that he was eiiMrelng the Sunday
closing law as It had never been en
forced before" . At this very time favored
saloon keepers had been given the word
that they could violate the law with
impunity. Putting this fact on a court
record does ilot disclose anything new ,
but It hammers down the statements
made by Tlie Hce during tlie campaign.
If New Yoik-takes a forward step in
the matter Of regulating expert testi
mony in crlnilnal cases , as Is said to be
contemplated , other states will soon fol
low the example. Under our present
system , by which any one can be sub
poenaed to state his opinion us an expert -
pert , receiving not only the ordinary
witness fee , but a professional fee In ad
dition , the rich criminal has been able
to secure the services of high-priced
men of science , while the poor criminal
has done without them. If a jury must
have tlie advice of experts they ought
to have advice from disinterested par
ties who depend on neither the prose
cution nor the defense for their pay.
The reform now being agitated In New
York must pome sooner or later , and
the sooner the better.
A committee of the Commercial club
Is investigating the subject of lire in
surance rates. The club was told by
the Insurance people last year that the
advance in rates had been ordered be
cause of Ina'dcqttnte water supply and
low hydran , ( , Jurussure and that upon
completion I Improvements by the
water company and in the lire depart
ment Insiicaucn rates would be reduced
to the old lfjure | ( or below. Members of
the. Conunir ) iiil.club now want to know
when this promised reduction will ma
terialize aiuU tile committee is expected
to asceitaifftliat fact.
The fact t < that SenatojAllison's '
friends hayeiopened Allison headquar
ters in Des Moines is telegraphed across
the country" is'the ' llrst' authorized an-
noiincemen ' ( | ftlio"senator's | c.iifdidacy
for the presidential nomination. This Js
nothing new1 nP-iill. Senator Allison has
never conwjafi'd jbls presidential ambi
tion and he lias for months been openly
encouraging his friends to help on a
boom in his favor. Senator Allison Js
by no means to be a dark liorsu this
time.
One of the great cattle companies of
the west , whose directors have just held
a meeting in this city , proposes to take
advantage of the new impetus glvOn the
cattle industry and will begin operations
on the old-time scale of magnitude. The
prospects are that the live stock busi
ness in 181M1 will surpass that of any
previous year and the Omaha market
will necessarily reap corresponding
benefits.
All AccommniliitliiK' Ilooiu.
Wnalilnston ro.it.
It Is thought that the Allison boom will
comply with the new conditions and stop
on the near sldo of the crossing for the ac
commodation of Its passengers.
A Iliri'rt > ii | . | > of Opinion.
Chicago Uecotd.
Mr. Cleveland having Informed congress
at some length what ho would Ilka to see It
do , the- congressmen feel confident that they
liavo a very exact Impression as to what
they won't do.
To in' Itt't'il'H Trltiiuiili.
St. 1'nul Pioneer Press.
Tom Heed's election to the speakershlp
represents one of the complete triumphs In
American politics. After having his rulings
In the Fifty-first congress denounced , they
were sustained l > y the United States supreme
court , adopted by the democrats In the Flfty-
Ihlrd congress , and now he Is placjd again
In the speaker's chair with the unanimous
approval of the country.
Culloiu'H Ituil In I'oN
Indlnnopolla News.
Senator Cullom of Illinois announces
that ho Is not a candidate for the republican
irfi'ldentlal ' nomination , although , as he says ,
ils name ha ; be n prominently mentioned.
He has no doubt that the republicans will
elect any nlan they are likely to nominate ,
so Ms modesty Is not the result of any feei
ng of uncertainty as to thf result. Possj-
) ly his utteranc ; Is to be taken not so much
as a declaration of his unwillingness to be
come a candidate as an announcement ttut
le ts still alive. , Men do sometimes lake this
method of btloplne themselves bsfore the
public. But It U more charitable to take him
at his word. - . _ _
Tlif Monroe Doctrine.
Denver Ilrputllcan ,
The joint xeanlytlon ottered by Senator
* < oOge of Massachusetts , approving the Mon
roe doctrine , Is the Initial step In what may
> i an Interesting discussion of our foreign
relations by the senate. Its Introduction by
a republican senator will be taken at > com m It-
Ing the republican party to the support of
ho Monroe doctrine. The democrats may not
> e willing tocto. as far as the republicans ,
mt they will jioft * > pose the doctrinedirectly. .
The opportunity- bj given at least to
plnce the eonate on record In regard to one
of the most Important principles of American
policy , and v.\htU th ? senate says In regard
o foreign mattersJa entitled to great weight.
( u Arliltrnd- .
Chronicle.
Hallway managers are about to unite In a
letltlcn to the I'ullman company to reduce
.he priceof Its upper berths 25 per cent. This
s a step , thoilglf not a very long ono , In the
right direction , . Th proper course for the
railways to at'opt' ' Is to build and operate
heir own sleeping cars us fact as their con-
racls with the 1'ullmsn company expire. It
s doubtful whether In any other branch of
commerce can there be found any parallel to
Ii3 contract * ) by which the great trunk lines
lave turned over the cream of their passon-
; er business to an independent corporation ,
t Is mor than doubtful whether , even In
ho railway business , such Jug-handled con-
racts would be made unless there was Eomo-
hlng mere In them fcr the olllclalu making
h contract than fqr the railway corporation
bound by It. As for the present concerted
nove of th * . passenger agents It will prob
ably result only In the calm response of thu
'ullman company that there Is nothing to
arbitrate.
hjyjg SJSCpBSCS
M\Y .NOT V\Sn\T DP.IIWII VTS ,
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lntori" t In I'nritcM Citupit
WASH1NOTON , K-c. G. Although there
was talk bffor * ooni5re .i MM th.it south *
republicans might tiy tn bring iibnut ror.-
gresslotml notion nn the s'ate oonstltullons gf
South Carolln.i nn'l Mlssisjlppl , which tiny
'clnlm are dc-lgnd ti dlatranchls ? their par'y.
there docs not room to be much likelthnou
thit any eff'Ctlvo step In tint dircct'oa ' will
be taken , Some or the lien members have
talked with the liotl a v tcrans 0:1 the snb-
lect and hnvc become convinced tli.V thi > ro M
nothing that this ronRnvu n.vi do njjrt tint
the only practical iiKasuruvoulil be to brine ;
the questions Involved Intu the supreme court.
In the next congress If It be n republican
house , the status will be different. Already
there Is talk among southern republicans that
members who bring credentials from South
Carolina to the next congress may bo retusid
Ihelr scats on the ground that tlie state has
not the republican form of government guar-
.ntecd by the conjtltutlon.
Mr , Murray of South Carolina , who was the
only colored member of the last congress. Iti
'nek as a contestant for his old sell , the cor-
' 'llcato to which Is held by a democrat. Its
claim si to have been counted out and Fays ho
'ins not the slightest doubt that lie ulll be
seated. The republicans of the slate , ho uiys.
notwithstanding their recent rebulT In the
supreme court , are preparing to bring the
question of the validity of the new conslttitlou
before th ? court In n form which th y think
wilt require a decision on the main Issue at
jtike. .
General opinion among the house repub-
Mcans appears to be thnt this congress will
ho conservative In unseating the thirty-two
'ii ' mbers wlios * seats are contested. The re
publican majority Is so large that there Is
MO need to strain n paint In litigating any , so
't ' Is thought unlikely to be done.
Speaker Heed Is considering a plan to divide
the work on contested election ca s by formIng -
Ing two election committees In the bonne.
Fills plan , If adopted , would greatly facilitate ;
'he work of disposing of the contests before
'he houee , and would give the contestants
Aho may lie found1 to bo entitled to seats for
-.vhlch othent now hold certificates thslr rights
sooner than they might obtain them other
wise. There are thirty-two contests on hand
ind they will , furnish much work for one
committee to grapple with. The business of
-hls committee corr spondp largely to that of
i court , ns It hears all the evidence In every
< -nse and then votes upon U and reports to the
hous ? . It : a raid that the question of economy
counts with Mr. Heed In the matter , for
when a member Is unseated the salary for the
position during the tlmo the contest was
pending Is paid to both of the contestants , as
well a ? the expense of conducting the case before
fore- the committee.
IIOTII I'AIITV Sr.XATOHS CAUCUS.
\otlilnn Done but ( Appointment
'of CommitUM-N.
WASHINGTON , Dsc. 5. The republican
senators met In caucus Immediately after
the adjouttiment of the senate today. Sena
tor Sherman , chairman of the caucus , an
nounced the selection of the following na-
torj as a committee to arrange th * commit
tees of th ? senate : Mitchell of Oregon ; Tel
ler. Cullom , Quay , Platl , Chandler , Pcttl-
grew , Gsar and 1'rltchard. This committee
waa confirmed by the caucus , which ad-
ourned subject to call. When the commlt-
lee nas seiecisu tne committees tne caucus
will bo called together to take action upon
Its arrangements. The committee Is about
equally divided as to silver , four being for
free coinage , whlla Chandler Is very friendly
to silver.
Senator Mitchell , chairman of the com
mittee , toys that It will hold Its first meet
ing on Monday next , Immediately after the
adjournment of the senate.
After th ? adjournment of the senate the
democratic members held a caucus , there
being twenty-six present. The caucus dc-
c'ded upon Iho nomination of Senator Harris
for president pro tern In case the republicans
should attempt to select one of their number
to > thlu office.
The caucus also authorized the chairman ,
Senator Gorman , to appoint a altering com
mittee , six of whom shall be old numbers ,
and three 4o fill vacancies of those who were
not re-elected. This committee ts to confer
with the republican committee on committees
for the pmpose of reaching an agreement as
to the senate committees.
There were sevsral speeches jn the policy
of organization of the comrtii'tecs and all
were favorable to permitting the republicans
to take them In case they should decide that
they wished to do so. No opposition was
shown to the plan. The members of the
committee who are to constitute a part of
the new committee are Senators Gorman ,
Cockrell , Harris , Blackburn , Brlce and Jones
of Arkansas.
VOT KUIL-FIKDGI3D CITIZ13.VS VET.
PI inn Indian * still MrliiK in n
I'rlniKlvu Slntc.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 5. The action of the
United States court at Phoenix , Ariz. , In
ruling that the Plma Indiana are United
States citizens does not , according to Indian
bureau views , affect their status. They still
remain reservation Indiana and under official
rulings do not become full-fledged citizens
until the regular statutory requirements are
fulfilled and they receive final deeds to their
lando , which cannot be obtained for twenty-
five years after allotment. The IMmas , who
number about 4.200 , are not officially re
garded as In readiness to assume citizenship
obligations and rights. They arc self-sup
porting , but live In primitive ways.
The decision Is believed to be based on the
treaty of Guadaloupe- Hidalgo ceding the re-
5lon of which the reservation Is a part to
Lhls country , when Spain gave the Indians
the alternative of crossing Into Mexico or be
coming United Sta cs residents by remaining.
Whether the decision Is sustained or not Is
looked upon with comparative Indifference , It
being held that Indians under' Ihe care of
government agents cannot have full rights of
citizenship. The right of Baling liquor to In
dians who have been allotted lands In sever
ally has been frequently contended , but Ihe
courts In most cases have upheld th ? govern
ment view that the act Is Illegal and cannot
bo legal until the Indians have final deeds.
Court-Muni to ti > nlliiK StiunpH.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 5. William Wash
ington , a negro , has been arrested for com
plicity In the treasury cancelled stamp steal
and has made a confession which shows that
the thefts had gone on for months. The
stamps , he says , were not taken from the
documents at the treasury building , but the
papers w-ere taken away In small quantities
to different houses where young girls em
ployed at from 40 to 50 centira day removed
such of the stamps and signatures as Eeemed
valuable , and then burned thf papers. It Is
estimated that Washington and Edwards , who
was arrested some days ago together , have
obtained from the file room of the treanary
about 25,000 old papers and destroyed a considerable
siderable- number of them after removing the
stamps. About 18,000 of the stamps have
been recovered by the department.
il llpport CoiiiplPtiMl.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 5. The report of the
treasury auditor on the shortages In the ac-
counln of Mr. Spofford , Ihe librarian of con-
gresu , has been completed and delivered to
tin president. It Is understood that Mr , Spof
ford has deposited from tlmo to tlmo the
amounts found to bo due , with the exception
of a comparatively small amuunt over which
there Is some difference of opinion. When
quoitloned as to whether the report dis
closed any wrong doing on thu part of Mr.
SpolTord beyond cirelesanesa and an ex
tremely loose eystcm of keeping accounts ,
the treasury officials declined to answer , sayIng -
Ing that the matter was entirely In Iho
hznds of the president.
f'x SilirmiJVot n
WASHINGTON , Dec. 5. The Treasury
department today received a shipment of
$100,000 In gold from the People's National
bank of I'lttsburg , I'a , , In exchange for cur
rency , and $5,000 from a Washington , N , C. ,
bank. The government scheme ot paying ex
press charges both on the gold and tliu cur
rency returned In exchange therefor lias thuu
far not been proven a marked success. Quito
a largo number of shipments of gold on
these terms have been received since the pro
mulgation of the now ordr twelve days ago ,
but the aggregate is not as largo us was
hoped or expected by the officials.
Mutt Itnnxom Connrmcil.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 5. The senate In
executive session confirmed Matt W. Han
som , minister to Mexico.
_ _
Clili-f JiiHttr r I''iillrr IM Hatter.
WASHINGTON , Dec. D. Chief Justice
Fuller's condition U better today.
THU IMIKS.I AM > TIIU Mi : .
Kama * City Tlmc. ( dfin. ) ' Tlip
Is model of piira And v.t ! ' > n. > u.i Kngllsh
without , however , the sIlKntrtt attempt *
the grace * ot the rhetetlr- .
\ v York Herald ( Ind. dom ) :
cchi'ino of flminco Is opjii to criticism. Win
we ask of the critics ; \hn m.iy condemn tills
plan Is to produce a better plan.
St. 1'aul tllobe ( dem. ) : On tliU
alon ? Mr. Cleveland might cheerfully coiiunl
hta record la the gr.itltudo and admiration o
tin' American people and of posterity.
Chicago Tribune ( rep. ) : The mc'Mfi ? Is
Inordinately long , but this nuy be forgiven
as It Is the last time Mr , Cleveland will have
the opportunity of expressing his \lcus In
executive fashion ,
Minneapolis Times ( dem. ) : The president' *
message l .1 long , nnd to many will seem a
wMrlsomo document. Hut It if. none the
less , the ablest nd most Instructive com
munication Mr. Cleveland has ever made to
congress.
Chicago Test ( hid. rep. ) ! Whatever differ
ence of opinion there may be s to particu
lar recommendations of the message. U will
bo regarded by all classes of citizens .13
st.itcrmaullko In grasp of affairs and broadly
patriotic In spirit.
Chicago HecoiM ( Ind. ) : At all events , II
the message does not dctermlno what th.ill
bo the course of the present congress , It bids
fair to act as a dominating factor In , deter
mining what Issue shall be foremost In the
people's minds now and next year.
Now York Sun ( dem. ) : 1'rJsldent Clove
land's explanation In his message ot the rca
son for the bond Issues of the iiut two years
hi singularly disingenuous. Ho declares tb.tt
thesa bonds were not sold to supply a de
ficiency In thn revenues , but only to replen
ish Iho gold reserves. Tills Is true , as n
matter of form , but In effect It Is false.
Kansas City Journtl ( rep. ) : Taken as n
whole or In part , the message can lw but a
disappointment to any patriotic citizen. The-
truckling to foreign domination Is so .evi
dent that It Is a disgrace to the nation , whllo
the multiplicity of platitudes used In treat
ing grave questions serve but to Intensify
the general Idea that prevails ot the In-
htrent wcaUncjs of the chief magistrate ot
the greatest country on earth.
Indianapolis Journal ( rip. ) : Hecent events
have given c < o much prominence to Interna
tional questions and n.itlonal lln.mcca that
the president owed no apology for devoting
his entire message to tho3 two topics.
Probably no presidential message has ever
discussed cither tuple as fully as this one
does. Much of the discussion Is surplumge
and the message might have- been greatly
abbreviated without sacrificing anything of
importance. Mr. Cleveland's style la so
heivy and his sentences so long that he con
sumes a great deal of rpace In saying com
paratively little.
Chicago Times-Herald ( ind. rep. ) : In its
broad and comprehensive grasp of the ques
tions dealt with th"e message Is one of the
slrongest state papers that Air. Cleveland has
ever written. While it Is diffuse and mlgh.
bo condensed , with corresponding Improve
ment to Its literary style. It Is not ! nearly so
ponderous In Its rhetoric as certain others of
Mr. Cleveland's papers. Even Its dlffuseness
Is pardonable wjin we consider the presi
dent's earnestness and his desire to make
his meaning plain to the average Intelligence.
This Is particularly the case In his discussion
(5t ( the financial and revenue questions , where
he reiterates both his facts and his argu
ments.
PKHSONAI , AXD OTIII5UWIS13.
Mark Twain asserts that the Arabs will
take everything movable but a Joke.
An Allison club has been organized In
Minneapolis without encountering a Davis
frost.
Even his opponent must concede that
Speaker Reed brings considerable weight to
his position 280 pounds.
Hepre-sentatlvo Heatwolo of Minnesota ,
who Is considered the handsomest member of
the new congress. Is already weary of the
distinction. He Kij's he wants to be known
as a working representative and not as a
prize beauty.
The Boston. Post prints what purports to
be pictures of the homes of Boston aldermen.
For Homf mysterious reason the artist
omitted th-e aldermanlc symbol of civic
power the lamp or arc light that illumines
the premises.
Oregon's IG-year-old murderer Is surely In
sane , according totho Minnesota Medical
Standard. Owing to a deficiency of moral
sense , coupled with a paroxysm of rage , he
slaughtered hlsi. father , mother and a casual
visitor at the family homestead.
The domestic ferment In the Pabst family
of Milwaukee liaii been settled by the pay
ment of $100,000 to Margaret Mather Pabst.
Margaret has gene east and will probably re
turn to the stage , while Colonel Pabst will
acquire residence In South Dakota for divorce
purposes.
That discarded son of Queensberry , who
kicked ssveral holes In the calm of Cali
fornia life , has distinguished himself by
cracking the jaw of a burglar and securing
$1,000 a week for his wife's appearance on
the stage. Sholto displays a genius for ad-
vtTtlsIng that renders him more useful than
diamonds to an actress.
One ot the stories told ot Russell Sage Is
that when a thief one day dropped a bill
near him in order to draw his attention from
counting tome money he bad drawn at a
bank Mr. Sag * put his toot on the bill ,
thanked his Informant , finished his count ,
stowed his own money securely away , and
then smilingly put the thief's bill also In his
pocket.
A AATIOIV.U. IMtltlli.
Thp ! * r < ito | iMl INinl of Trunk I.tna
lliillriinilM.
Wl.ft-lrn Itarkfr'i Amcrlrnn.
ConMilcrtMl In It * liolltlc.il n."pcct > , the now
combination Is n vt-ry objectionable- and
perilous nffnlr. Close students of American
history Justify Prrsldrnt Jackson's war upon
the Sccund United States bank , on the- ground
that the consolldAtlon of the money power
under one control would have been exceedIngly -
Ingly perilous to the liberties of lit ? people ,
and to the purity nnd freedom ot elections.
It Is notable ( hot the next experiment we
made In national banking was not open to
this objection. We established many inde
pendent banks of the name typo under ROV-
errmont supervision , In place of one great
corporation , I'ar more pcrllotti to the Independence
pendence- and liberty of the people must bo
A qrtat comblnitlon of railroads , which deal
far morf. widely with the public Interests' "
than do the banKs , possess a far greater cap
ital , nnd employ an army of men , whose votM
they never hcsltat ? to control when they nre
abli' to do so. It Is notorious that the
politics of New Hampshire , for Instance ,
have been Influenced nnd controlled by ona
of the companies In this new combination ,
U ts equally notorious that juilges have
been made or unmade In much larger states
than New Hampshire , with reference to
their subserviency to the Interests of some
gical railroad corporation. The public Imi
wutchud with anxious scrutiny the relations
of new members of the national supreme
bench to this class of corporations. Mr.
Hayes nominated no abler lawyer to that high
place than Mr. Stanley Matthews ; yet this
selection of n great railroad lawyer was
one of the most unpopular acts of his un
lucky ndmlnlstMllnn. Kvcn In so small a
matter as the selection of n college profcsrar ,
or the acceptance of a public library , the
weight and Influence of a railroad corporation
have been found very effective.
This 11111110100we are now to encounter
In a shape which well may alarm nil who
arc concerned tn uplioM the substance .is
well as the forms of free government In our
country. It this great combination of cor
porations can maintain Itself In the face ot
the law , It will become the chief menace
to the llbartles of the people. And It will
not be surprising If thu resistance to It
takes the shape of a nationalization of our
rrllroad system thtj shortest and easiest
way to state racialism In this country.
CUT OUT I-'Hll WX.
Philadelphia Record : Hoax Hoes your
dentist hike pains ullli his work ?
Jonx N'oj ho gives them ,
Detroit Tribune : "This thirst ! " gasped
the Arab , llo glared nt the piirehed dofprt ,
at the blazing sky , niul ctnsed them. "This
thlrsl ! " In despair hu pushed forward ,
muttprlrg"I : um always gelling It In the
neck. "
Yonkers Statesman : Mr. Crlmsonbonk
I don't think I can wear my winter over
coat nguln tbls year ; you loinember lust
pprlng 1 not t > omethliifT on It ?
Sirs. Crlmsonbeak No. John , I don't re
member. Wlmt did you get on U ?
"Ten dollars , my dour. "
Indianapolis Journal : Statesman I hardly. ,
know how todeal with my people on this
money question.
Ills Secretary That's easy ; when they
tackle you , don't deal , but continue to
shulllc.
Chicago Tribune : "Ho had the reputa
tion of being a good man , but I consider
lilin the toughest citizen I ever strwVr ! "
With thl > i remark the cannibal chieftain
put the lid. on the pot again und added
[ resh fuel to the lire.
Detroit Free Press : "My clear , " said
young Mrs. McFllmsey to her husband , "I
lo wish you would not KO about the house
n your shirt-sleeves. People will think
your father workc'l for n living. "
"They won't when they know his son. "
Chicago Post : Hewas thinking- her
wealth as he saw her go by the club.
"Seven figures , " he gala with u nod of
his head tn her direction.
"Seven nothing ! " retorted the theatrical
nanager scornfully. "She hasn't ono that' *
even lit for the chorus. "
ALPHAKETICAU
Harper's Ilaznr.
I IOVQ to gaze In Jennie's eyes ;
Her Oh'a nre charming ; too ;
And when she says sho'H mine for Aye ,
I do not envy U.
But best of nil the vowels live ,
The one that most doth please.
The second Is ; I'd dote upon
A lifetime full of case.
THIS 01,11 WAV WITH TUB NI3W.
Tuck.
She Is beautiful. Hlately and tall ,
With reposeful and elegant airs ;
You may not believe It , but yet all the
same.
She's the girl thai I hissed on the stairs.
She's collerre-bred. witty nnd wise.
And a red-sealed diploma she bears ;
Hut that didn't count when wo sat , nt tha
dunce.
In the twilight that shrouded the Blairs.
She Is studying Latin and law ;
She Is tracking old crimes to their lalra- .
Which Is all very well while bhe doesn't
forget
Who kissed her last night , on the stairs.
She's n woman that's newer thnn new ;
She everything ventures nnd dares ;
She'd preside nt n club In n bicycle Bull.
And bhe'il sit out a dance on the stairs )
Do you think I'm , nfrald ? Not a whit I
I shan't kick at the costume she wears
I have coaxed her to try orange blossoma
nnd white
And she promised last night on the
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und Children' * department.
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cut all broken
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