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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1896)
Tim OMAHA DAILY to ; _ - . _ . _ . _ . . . . ( K. KOflHWATnit. Kdllor. "r.vuiir MonsiNO. . or n llr HM ( Without fiuPilay ) . Onr Ycnr . I { Dolly ll e rtlnl Su/iiUr. On * Yfnr . 10 J" Blx Mintln . ; S2 Thrcn Moulin . J ! BUlirth } ' ! " , One Yrnr . . . . . . . . . . . . . J gj Bntiinlny Itcc , Ono Ycr . . . . . . . . . . t * J Weekly Ittf , One Yt r . . . . 6S OFflCBSl Omnhh. fh n i. . Boulh Ormlia. Hincfr Illk. , Corner N nnil ltn " ! Council ItluffF. 11 ! ' < rirl Pttcet. Chlcft r , < OHIio , Wi rhainlwr n mmfty. New York , Il.v . n 13. 14 nn , 1.1. TriUine Ilutlfllnff. Vaihlnston , .Mn ; V Htrcct , N. W. All Mminiinlrallnn rclntlnp to news " "J , , ' 1 ! ' torlftl mnllrr MinuM lie nildrejucrt ! To the ttlltor. ni.-Ki.vR s i.in-rins : All Imnlnop * M\ftf \ nn < \ Ti-tiiltlnnre hnutd I * iWrc ! ( ( > .l to Tli t : ruMUhine CDmpany. Omntm. lrnttB , rlic.kn BIH ! rxilnlllfe orders to bo mn < l iinynlil < > lo the nnli-r of thr rompnny. Tin : uni : ru STATHMKN'T OP ClllCL'l.ATION. 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Oiu > by ono the dot-trie1 llirhlH nro bi-hiK cniilnnlly Inserted In Hie plnco of K.-IH mid jjasolino lamps In tlio outer dis tricts In spite of all pretense of re- treneliment. If tin ; ( ierinnn K'lvernmont ' will monkey with the Amerleau life Insur- nnce bu/.x-saw It cannot complain If the madiiho should waet upon Home of HH own Insnninee eompanles wliicli try to do biishiesH In Hie United Statcn. Sunator Davis of Minne.ootn had to consume several liour.s of tlio Semite's Hini ! e.xplainliiK Ills resolution that pur ports to explain the Monroe doelrhie. If the resolution requires so. mucli ex planation it can explain very much Itself. f'ontrrefisinnn MeiUlejohn says that he Is not a < 1onhle-lioMler. trust not. A hyphenated candidate would have no chance In Nebrnska. Our amiable down-hill contemporary constitutes all the < loulle-header ) this .threat stat\ > can stand. With Miss Clara Kavton In Turkey and In personal charge of the system of relief for the sufferlnj ; Armenians there , the minds of the philanthropic Americans who have Interested them selves In behalf of Armenia will rest very much easier. Mardl Gras festivities are asaln at their height In New Orleans. . The New Orleans celebration Is the prototype of so ninny similar exhibitions In different cities that It now taxes all the resources of Its managers to keep up Its reputa tion as the original and best. The more we learn about the cost of conducting the state prison and main taining the convicts in the prison the more impressed we become with the notion that the former penitentiary con tractor was not leasing the convict labor from the state for his health. There seems to be no opposition on the part of the gas company to havjng Its street lamps blown out by resolution of the council , while electric lights are being blown into their places. Appar ently there Is a divvy or u pool somc- wlierc or there would be n light on. Firebugs must soon conclude that Omaha Is not n peed place In which to apply the torch. In almost every case the past six months the firemen have saved the building and exposed the at tempts of incendiaries jto burn their own or other people's property. The net results must Indeed be discouraging to them. The secretary of the treasury , when he Invited proposals for the new bond Issue , reserved the right to a crept or reject any or all bids. There Js no good reason whatever why he slKinlil sell any of the bonds upon which the bidders defaulted for ti penny less than the price nt which the bonds are "being quoted on the open market and at which there will he no dlfUcnlty In securing plenty of pnrdmsors. Certain councllmcn arc proposing an Innovation In the way of n summer va cation. During the hot mouths , under the plan contemplated , but one regu lar meeting a month will be held. Viewed from the standpoint that there Is altogether too much legislation In city affairs , the plan may be commended. Hut the Tact remains that the couirjll llnda It tlllllcult to dispose of all busi ness awaiting Its action at weekly meet ings within reasonable hour.s. The Ilee's dispatches Indicate that the lown congressional delegation has Interpreted the resolutions recently adopted by the Iowa legislature anent the TraiiHinlssisslppI exposition as In struct Ions to the Iowa congressmen to aid In securing an appropriation at the hands of congress. This Is precisely the object sought by the Omaha committee at Des Molnes. It Is fair to presume that similar resolutions coming from the Utah legislature would have the same good effect. "Tho biggest political assemblage over gathered In this country" Is what Is predicted of the amalgamated na tional convention of populists and free sllvprltes whlvh Is expected to convene In St. Louis In July next. That Is ijulto possible. But yet It Is certain that It wjll not represent the biggest political party In this country. The manliest convention might , and fre quently does , put up thu winning ticket. It Is thu number of votes i > ollod ( hat count , not the number of delegates to eouvcntlouH. ! .1 w.T.t/jT.urvr opnwMiKm / : . Then1 U not HVely to be general np proval of the hill of llepresenlatlve l.ait'y to i-reale ti Department of Com metre1. There Is no nrccs-'lty for such it department. It Is not apparent In what respect It would be beiiellclal. nnd It would Increase public c.xpondlturoH. which should not be done at this llni\ : except for Imperative national require ments. The measure provides that the promised department shall vinbrace sev eral bureaus , having In charge Interstate - state , domestic and foreign coimnew and commercial statistics , with a secre tary , who. however. Judging from the amount of the salary proposed for the position , would not be a member" of the cabinet. It would do away with the In terstate commerce commission , which Is perhaps the only commendable fealur : So far as the domestic and foivl.-ri commerce of the country Is concerned I Is not apparent that a new dopartuien could do anything more to promote I than Is now done , and the inforimitloi regiirdlng this commerce would not b more complete or trustworthy than tha furnished by the bureau of statistics < i the Treasury department , our com merclal development depends very llttl upon anything that can be dune by Hi executive departments of th govern incut , whose functions are simply t carry out the legislation of congress , re port results and submit recommenda lions to Hie legislative dejiarlni'Mil ' There Is no reason to suppose that t Department of Commerce would promot our commercial growth any more thai the Department of Agriculture has nil vanced or improved the agricultural. In lerests of the country , aild it would cot taluly be tlllllcult to show tlml Hies Interests are any better off now thai when they were looked after by . bureau. If Indeed they have not in sum respects suffered from the change. On fommerclal and Industrial growth i wholly dependent upon the economl and financial policies and these are fo congress to determine. There are now eiht ; executive de Kirlments. The distribution of thel functions Is working satisfactorily am there is no good reason why ( he sir rangenient should be changed , especially If change woud ] Involve Increased ex poiisc. The less Involved and burden some the departments of the federa government the better. A new depart ment would be wholly superfluous am It Is not at all likely that the bill ti create one will receive serious consldera ( Ion from congress. TIIK R The letter of Secretary Carlisle to tin supporters of Senator Hlackburn in tlu Kentucky legislature , who appealed 1f him to make an effort to induce tin democratic opponents of Ulackhurii to transfer their votes to him , Is a dlsttnc rebuke of the free sllvcritos and in cffec an approval of the position of the demo crats who are standing out against Hlackburn. Mr. Carlisle very properlj declines to interfere , but at the saini time he says he will at all times cheer fully co-operate lu any effort to unite democrats In supporting the organi/.a 'Him in Kentucky aiid In maintaining sound deni'H'ratlc principles and policlc : as declared by the constituted author ! ties of this party. Mr. Carlisle could have been more explicit In expressing the view that the supporters of Hlack burn : m > not maintaining sound demo cratii ! principles and policies , but the men to whom his letter was addressee' will have no dlliiculty in understanding his meaning , nor will the live anil- Hlackburn democrats have any trouble In divining that ( heir course is putlrelj satisfactory to Mr. Carlisle. The reelection tion of" Senator Hlaokburn would he a distinct repudiation of the authoritative declaration of the last democratic stale convention regarding ( Inciirri'ncy , and it is manifestly the eluty of the sound money democrats , ns a matter of loyalty to the party , to hold out 10 the last against those who would contravene the will of the party as oxpresseel in convention. This Is the obvious sugges tion of Mr. Carlisle's letter "and it is pretty sure to be heeded. The house committee on ways and means lias been directed to Investigate the effect of the difference of the rate of exchange between gold and silver standard countries upon the manufac turing Industries of the rnlted States. The de-sire for ( Ids Inquiry Is most strongly felt on the Pacific coast , where It is said tlie effe < ct of the Invasion of products from oriental countries , es pecially Japan , Is already being felt , though It Is n matter In which American manufacturers generally may be presumed to take some Interest. In presenting the reso lution directing tlie Investigation , nepri'sentatlve Xewland of Nevada said the Pacific coast is now threatened with the Invasion .of the products of the che'ap labor of the oriental countries , and cited the low prices at which a number of these imported articles are being sold in the San Knuiclsco mar ket. ket.It It Is very easy to create exaggerated apprehension regarding ! this competi tion , but there can he no question that It is a matter worthy of consideration as likely to become a more or less Im portant factor In International trade. The Industrial progress of Japan has been very remarkable anil the develop ment of manufacturing in that country Is going forward at a rapid rate , . Ten years ago tlie exports and Imports of that empire ! amounted to only $ . ' ! : t,000- 1)00 , while In 1MH. they were of the value of Jlir > , ( X)0,0 ) ( > 0 In gold , Of thu exports the greatest Increase was to the United .States , this country taking Japanese products to Hie value of nearly ? -Ji.,0)0,0 ( ) < > 0 In 1SM ! , against less than $10,000,000 lu 18H ! ) , an Increase of 1'JO per cent In the four years. It Is hardly possible , of course , that this rate of gain in the exports of Japanese pro ducts to the Unlteel States will he con tinued , but there Is every reason to e > x- pect that the trade will grow if there lie no change from existing conditions. The question which it seems must sooner or later press for serious con sideration Is , what change should or can IN : made with a view to checking this growing Oriental competition in our own market. Jupau belnt ; u allvi-r standard coun try , tlit < cost of production there In rela- ! lively small. According ton trustworthy writer Hie highest wages paid lo the skilled native workmen In the factory are only -10 sen a day. which M equiv alent lo i0 ! cents lu ( iur money.- The lowest \vages air 10 sell I. irulsi a day. while lit American factories the same labor would be paid from . * ( ) ccnlx to ? ' " n tiny. American labor Is more ettl- eient than Japanese labor , still most of tin1 products of ( he latter , owing to tlu > low price of labor , can lie sold with n prollt for r > 0 per cent less than tlie market price In the I'nlU'd States and Kurope. Ilelng an exceedingly ingen ious people , the Japanese will in lime duplicate the manufacture's of other countries and undersell such countries In their own markets. They must now buy mae-hlnery ami labor-saving appli ances , but they uro beginning to make their own machinery and In a few years will be Independent of foreign nations In tills respect. It has been suggested that an Increase In the price1 e > f silver would take from Hie Oriental countries advantages they now possess , but admitting this ( he Unlied Slates etui elo nothing to increase the price of sliver nnd must therefore consider some other means of eleallng with this competition. If ( here Is really any need of dealing with It. The proposed investigation will doubt less indicate what. If anything , it is de sirable or expedient to do and Its re-suit will be regarded with very general In terest. HAiSIXU P.1J.NK fS.STBS. Three copies of an obscure Missouri weekly that has been lying about No- In-.isUn have found their way Into the I'dlloriat mail bag of \Vorlel-IIorald , Therefore it feels Itself called upon to devote columns eif space to maliguin.r The Hee under pretense of standing up for Omaha and Nebraska. If that loud-mouthed , self-cimstltutcd exclusive champion of Omaha and Nebraska were not a perpetual hippodrome II would have found ahuutiant material for upholding the honor of the city and state without resorting to such egotistic self-laudation and contemptible mis representation of a paper that has done more to build up and advertise Omaha and the state than \Vorld-IIerald I'ould possibly do if it existed one thou sand years. The Don Quixote of Nebraska jour nalism that has ventured forth so val- ietitly to give battle to a petty Missouri windmill might more profitably have broken a lance against more formidable foes. It might , for example , have taken Issue with the St. Louis llepubllc In Its recent appeal to transcontinental rail roads to expedite the alleged exodus of farmers from the northwestern to the gulf states. It might have challenged ( he veracity of the Chicago Hallway and Im migration News , which in its Kobruary number charges the World-IIevald of Omaha with sounding the alarm by "calling attention to this great exodus. ' ' Hut that is not the object of our boast ful contemporary. Its solo aim is to berate and disparage The IVeo anil its editor , and , . If such -thing were pos sible , to create the impression that ths | paper is elisloyal-to'Omaha and In sym pathy with the enemies of Nebraska. One thing , however , is certain' and that is that if Tlie P.ee could actually be blotted out. of existence its place would not be filled by n paper that tries to make capital out of false Issues and subsists on imposture. TOO AXTIQUK VOn OMAHA , The curfew ordinance Is well enough for villages and college towns , but it Is altogether out of place in metropolitan cities. We might as well relntroduee the night watchman with his horn and lantern going from door to door crying "All's well. " We might with equal propriety relntroduco the primitive New Kngland town regulations that required all people to bo in bed and lights out by 0 o'clock , under penalties of Jail sentence and bread and water diet. Instead of promoting morality the curfew ordinance would bo an Incen tive to rascality. It would give the night police greater opportunities for lioldlng up people who do not want the notoriety of an arrest and police court trial. It would , moreover , make Omaha the laughing stock among cities of sim ilar proti'iisions. Ostensibly a curfew ordinance affects only minors of both sexes and does not ipply to full grown people. In reality it would leave to the police discretion ary power to say whether a belated icdestrlan Is within the proscribed age. The enforcement of such a regulation would therefore be dependent entirely upon the disposition of the night police1. They could , if they saw lit , arrest and letaln messengers and Insult women on cgitlmatc errands. The curfew scheme s entirely ( oo antique , and after 'the Irst spasm would prove as much of a lead letter as the no-treat-law. The Hoard of Fire and Police Com- nlssioners wants the council to grant t permission to buy from 1,000 to 11,000 fe'et of new hoses Why does the board isk for the consent of the council to ho purchase of supplies while It Ig- tores the council In thu creation of post- Ions that Increase the city pay rolls ? \re wo to infer that the consent of the ounc.il to tlio proposed purehaso of lose contemplates the payment for these upplics out of the general fund in ( lie iieu of the fact that the council has ilready Imposed Iho highest tax the law Ulows for the maintenance of thu fire uid police departments ? What will bo eft In the general fund if It is to ho aided nt every turn for the benefit of loparlmonts for which ample provisions lave been made ? The moment congress shall have Hissed an appropriation for the Trans- lisslssippl exposition the success of tlie nterprise can be put down ns assured , Tpun that sure foundation this and very western state can build , and it erlttlnly will not be dlfllcult to lui- tress tlio people of the west of the ncalcnlable benefits to follow the pro tocol exposition. It is within the lower of western railways to assist In ID effort now being made to Interest to leaders of public opinion In western tate's In an enterprise which will be of renter direct and Indirect advantage 1 TTT i to < lu < r.'ilhvityHunt niiy umvoinont Hint 'lins ' ever ln-i-nfiiinti-'iin\ttMl \vost of Hie ; Mississippi. Where t-nliilitiiiitldii N pisllilo ( com- pt'llllnn IK lirtp'Assllilo. Tlioro ni'Virviis nn Insltimu/ ) / ! ' | u < riiiiiuMit ! feitiiK | < tltlnn li ! > l\ve-i'ii rli'j/1 ' / sjtiTi't riilhvny I'liinpiinliM fur tinren in .Hint n two stri-i'l mil- \v yn c-iii : , sijipy | | juvclsi'ly Ilio sitint1 m-rvli-o. ICvDujwlie-rc tlio li-nili'iioy Ims lie't'ii fur tltf * c insolliliitlon of ilirre-rctit slri'i-t railw'/jii1 / i'iiiiiiinli-s | oporntlni ; In tinsanti - i-l'tjr. C'li'Vt'lninl. O. , Is the hi test plnn | 1 > wltnoss the i-oinlilint- tlnu of Its fy0itrniiitit | \ riu-llitios iitnU-r DUO MiMitnui'im'iit. Tlio snino iirot'i-i * . howovor. luis lii'cn piini ; on In Hourly nil tlio Inrjior Aiiu-rlwin i-ltlos tinil It Is liiniiul tu liu-hiilo nil before Iho innvo- iiu-tit Is linttlly rninnlotoil. The retail more-hauls are ini-e-llug with unlooked-for success In perfecting their organisation for an aggressive business campaign this year. Local business shows gradual Improvement , and merchants nn1 eager to Join a movement which Is almost certain to Increase the volume of trade. The full scope of plans which the Retailors' club has In contemplation has not yet been divulged , but It Is understood methods entirely new will be adopted In line with up-tn-dato Ideas certain ( o attract trade which has hitherto not come to Omaha. It is quite probable that congress will appropriate Jf-'OO.OIK ) for river improve ments at and near Omaha this year. Kvory one who has knowledge of the fickle character of the Hlg Muddy knows that constant watchfulness and care Is nocessur.t to protect property along the river front nnd for miles above the city. Work done lu recent yi'ars has been most effective , but. the next caprice may shift the channel and endanger the safety of vast property interests. Hence the importance if se curing a liberal appropriation is mani fest. Spain Is no doubt highly gratified to receive an appeal from the president of Keuador for Cuban Independence , but It Is no more likely to listen with favor to this Intercession than to grant the de mands made directly by the Cuban In surgents. Spain has put too much money In Its campaign to restore its dominion in Cuba to relinquish all Its claims without at least a prospect of getting some of Its funds reimbursed. lmm-HernKl. Governor MortotiSacnis to be enRaKeil i In a desperate cffor't to' reach the hearts of the New York rep\iblcjins \ ! via their stomachs. A Till roir theSicilIiKH. . fit ? iLdfils Republic. An cxecutlvc ilcpiirtment bulldlnK Is a cry- Ins need. The ! * nation ought to build It even It the conffresloial | sjed supply has to be permanently curtailed. ' * 1'oor Yl-'n'r''for the IlORMf-fl. Cl ! : > be-Deinocn\t. . There Is nol 'tib least dansef that the bossios will dl'ctaer ( the republican nomina tion for president this year. The people have taken that matter' mto their own hands , and they will liave-their way about U In * plto of all. Bharp practice * and all ' subterranean maneuvering. jr , . , , > ; , / . .wt.jr. , t Tonvrli 'on * Hi-nVtMin. . Koulsvlllc Courier-Journal. The house Saturday was a volcano In an eruption of Indignation bscauso Secretary Morton pleases to obey the law In his refusal to squander thciiKinds of dollars for Ufelenn seeds for the electioneering purposep of the statesmen of the houns. When congress tackles a subject Its "eize" the fires ? of states manship do glorify the arching heavens ! The .Suiiiir litt I Sloui City Journal. The Oxnanl Beet Sugar company Is mak ing contracts with beet growers In Nebraska for this season , and the contracts arc more favorable than herc-tofore. The contracts provide for the payment of $5 a ton for beets of standard quality , and a graded scale for tlioso that fall below requirements. There is also provision for determining' the quality of the beets and for the Investigation by a chemist of the Sta o 'university In case there U disagreement between the growers and the purchasers. The -contracts also contain full Instructions for planting and growing beets for sugar. _ _ Prohibition AV < - < lN I niiillnin. Indlnnapols Journal. On St. Valentine's day the prohibition party of Nebraska threw Itself Into the arms of the populists , who now call themselves the Bimetallic league , and adopted the fol lowing platform : "Tho money of the country should be Is sued by the general government only through government banks of loan and deposit directly to the people upon adequate security and at a uniform rate of Interest. It should 1)3 full legal tender for the payment of nil debts , public and private , without exception or former contract stipulation. We favor a money composed of legal-tender treasury notes based on tlio credit of the nation and the full , free nnd unlimited coinage of gold and silver at a ratio of 1 to l.ln which the bonded Indebtedness of the country shall bo paid , " This la an out-and-out fiat money loaning platform with a limited annex of the free coinage of silver. It was adopted by a few men who have persistently maintained a third party to promote temptrancc by law. Their fall In Nebraska should be a warning to others. IIIIHT CbU.VTlT'S IJV.VOVATIO.V. , CoiHiiu-iiilndnii for HieI'rnpoNvil Cut tle- Ilrivtto Oiiinliii. Chicago Inter Orenn , A dispatch from Omaha published In the Inter Ocean yesterday may prove much more Important than appears upon Its face , Wo refer to the report from the farmers In Hurt county , N&fcraiia , the nearest county but oneon the nortli'to ' the county of Doug las , In which Omaha Is situated. They are organized to drive'instead of ship , their cattle to market. < 1 llefore the days when the country -was grldlroned with rallroilds the driving of cattle long distances td | market was a customary thing. Cattle RHXcrt would pick up the surplus stcclt 9 ! , .tlier | neighborhood or vicinity , get the 'cattle together and drlvo Ilium to tbo ncf/'cft , general market , It might talco weefoi , , . { o , molto th& Journey. The regular drovijfa , Lad their regular haltIng - Ing places for thc.nlglit all along the route. It was the curtom then to maintain road fences , and the ( cattle slowly wound their way along wlthoutt tiling any mischief. Hut Ii la many years ; i ( > w since droves disap peared from our lilRtixtays. In eome states It Is expressly prcVI&ed by law that the farmers do not nirtjncr maintain road fences. If live Mock of afA"Hltfil goes along thu road the owner of the live stock la responsible for any damage done. Hut It la by no means certain that this abandonment of driving cattle to market Is bpiulble. There ufc a vast number of beeves turned off annually within easy driv ing distance of Iho stock yards At South Omaha , also of Kansas City and Hast St , Lou It' . Kvcn Chicago is not very far from the northern rim of the corn belt of Illi nois. nois.Tho movement In Hurt county should bo extended so as to take in the eastern tier of counties as far as Lincoln , at least. It Is doubtful If the railroads can afford to haul cattle 100 miles or leas for what It would cent to drive them. The mere distance docs not cut much figure In the cost of railroad transportation. The terminal charges are the game for a ten-mite haul ay for 1,000. Hut in driving to market the distance ls everything. Hut tbo railroad * now chiURp nil they c n ml not check ship- nicnt. A well developed drlvcnny , main- talntNl without rxix-imr , would b < n conMnnt MfegHimt jRnlnut extortionate rnltwny chjusos. _ TIII : Tn.\vm.vrio.v op OMKH. KIMII Vlrllinlr.rit Ity n \Vlfi-il Krriir. 1'Mrotl I'Yec I'n-M. Congressman Kent Is from llrokcn Ho * . Nrb . and a thirty-third ilegree sllverlte whosj nltfrnticpft on the Issue nre so ultra that his cmiitltiients look upon him ns one of HIP Kiat men In hl day nnd generation. The other mornlm ; before Mr. Kern h.vl com- pleUil his toilet or worked up an nppetltc for hieakfasl he opened his copy of the Con- firrssloiul Record nnd encountered a shock such as con come but once or twice even Into the existence of a statesman nnd leave him ei.tliely satisfied as to whether life Is worth the living. There , In letters thnt looked lo Ids nitltatcil gnzi ; a foot long anil brand In proportion , was n rank , uncompromising , vltrlollzee ! gohlbitg spech attribute ! to him. He did not wait ( n eal and presented n dis heveled , Itacchanallnn scrt of nn nppcaranos as he hastened In the hush of the morning to butler nt the doors of the capital. The congressman swore lu the moat vigorous nn , I picturesque Hrokcn How pro fanity. With the faltli of familiar acquaint ance he could see his constituents hanging him In t-lllRy. Me was Ihc victim of n foul Wall street conspiracy. U was worse thin the crime1 of ' 73. He hail been mailo to say just what he would not say to snvc himself from being burned at the alak ? and the speech bearing his tab wound up time : "Sincerely believing that no man would bp benefited by this net except the silver mine owner , nml that It woul.l entail distress , disaster and ruin upon millions , 1 must vote against It. " As soon as the Ilroken How and sadly lirolten-up statesman could get a hearing he \vantcil vindication. Hut there was n disposi tion to mnko merry over the matter. The representatives had a grent denl of sport at the general expense of the country and of the gentleman from Nebraska before It was brought to light that the effort should have been credited to Mr. Kerr of Ohio. The speech was never made on the floor of the hti'se , but was spread on the records nmler n leave to print , being Intended for purely home consumption. It Is under this system that Identically the same speech Is occa sionally attributed to ns many as three mem bers , each having purchased It from the enterprising man who prepares and sells congressional eloquence. IS THU CM.tl.tTI2 CII.VXOIXR ? A , Common \ollon He-fiite-il liy Srle-ii- tlilc Atttliorltlt-N. ClilcnRo Trllium * . The Idea prevails that the settlement of Illinois and neighboring states has caused a marked change In the character of the seasona. The cutting down of foicsts and tlio cultivation of the soil nre suppos eil by many to bo the causes , nnd some believe that the Introduction of a network of rail road lines and telegraph whes has had some thing to do with It , but both believe the c'll- tnnte l getting drier nndi drier with the re sult that the water In the rlvera nnd lakoy Is lower than ever , while many of the- smaller lakes are drying up and disappear ing.Scientific Scientific men luve treated the claim as doubtful , but It hardly has been denied au thoritatively till now. The director of th Iowa weather and crop service challenges I and maintains that neither jaln nor drout Is caused by human agencies , but by glgant natural forcea. To S'how that the rpcrdo < great variability In climates and crops In th last half century or K > docs not prove a per manent change he gives a letter from Hon C. W. Irish describing the great drouth o the summer of 1S48 In Iowa , which perhap was a continuation of the drouth of 1S15 I Ohio , and that of 1844 In New Englant ThoKj' three drouths appear to have bee qulto as severe ns the groups of 1S)3. ! ) 1S9 ami 1S95 , and they were followed by thelo \ water mark of 1817 In Lake Michigan. Th director of the service further shows tha drouths maV bo compatible with good crop of grain. If not of grass , and says that the alternate with very wpt season ? . Henca h concludes wo have no evidence whatever t favor the theory that civilization has affectci the climate , t < o far aa clouds and rain nr concerned , and holds thnt "we may elill ex pect dry and wet seasons In about the average ago number and average Irregularity. " The more widely observations of th weather are extended the more cumulatlv is the proof that when one area , has a de ficiency of moisture others have an excess and that the quantity of rain or snow i practically the same one year with another This la In harmony with the establlshe fact that the evopcratlve po > wer of the sun' raya IB constant , while the capacity of th atmosphere for lioldlng moisture average but about four Inches for the whole surface As the air never la completely dry H la fal to assume that the annual deposition nove varies by more than two Inches , or lesa tha 5 per cent of the total rainfall. This , there fore , may be taken ns the greatest posslbl variation for the earth as a whole and per haps the actual variation docs not amount t 1 per cent. Of course the amount of evap oration at different times of the year depend upon the changing meridian altitude of th sun at that place through the annual rang of seasons and on the temperature and degree gree of cloudiness. But any particular quan tlty of rain very seldom If ever falls on the spot from which It has risen In the uhape o vapor. It is distributed by air currenta tha carry Ii off and drop it down In belts the positions of which are so provoklngly Irregu lar that they hardly can bo predicted more than a few nours in advance. The great rail bearing currents of air shift their position in much the name way as does the course o the gulf stream , but to a much gfcatcr ex tent. They still exist , however , and carrj as much ralnmaklng vapor as before. Th' question is not If they will part with their moisture , but just when and where It wll fall. WKVI.rail AT AVOUIC. Detroit Free Press : General Weyler made It one of his first orders that no newspaper men should accompany the Spanish army There are obvious reasons why the genera would prefer to report his own battles. Slinneapolls Journal : Since Weyler begnn tlie censorship of the press In Havana , rebel victories nre no more heard of , Weyler Is going to play the censorship for all it Is worth and suppress everything of an unfavor able nature. The rebels should bo' supplied with carrier pigeons. Chicago Post : Americans will look with the Iceoncst anxiety upon a campaign of suppression and extermination which begins In this cruel fashicn. Is Weyler about to repeat his former atrocities In Cuba ? II ho attempts to tread that bloody path again ho will find that the United Stales will not bo a calm spectator of the tragedy , Chicago Journal : The new commander also lays down rules and regulations lu other lines not at all calculated to Inspire ) the- out side world with sympathy for the cause he represents , All the terrors predicted when it was first made known that ho was chosen to succeed General Campos are clearly fore shadowed In the orcli'ru with which he opens hs ! campaign. Indianapolis Journal : The fate of thn Cuban Insurrection will probably be decided nlthln the next two months , Owing to climatic conditions and 'summer ' ml us It will ha Impossible for General Wcyler to carry on an active campaign later than the 1st of May , and If he > iloes not crush the insurrec tion by that time this government and per haps others will recognize the Insurgents as belligerents. , New Vork World : The latest proclama tion of General Wcyler to the Cubans is oppressive and arbitrary beyond anything hi'rctoforo attempted. Kven Russian dc-s- potlsm could go no further than to put the entire population of large provinces under absolute military dictatorship. It would not be surprising If this order should result In giving the insurgent armies more recruits than anything else that ha happuneJ , Kansas City Times : The particularity with which General Weyler specifies acts In aid of the Insurrectionists committed by civilians would Indicate that ho believes In and fears sympathy for the Insurrection among the so-far peaceabla inhabitants of the Island , General Weyler must uliow , and at once , ability to carry out his bloody proclamation or ho and It will fall Into contempt. The captain general of Cuba has announced the traditional Spanish policy , which , In other tlmos and countrlei , has been folio A ed by ! 3panl h defeat and the loss to the Spanish crown of Ha meat valuable dependencies. CARLISLE KEEPS HANDS OFF Democratic Members of the Loilslnture the Solo Judges of Tholr Own Acts. NOT DISPOSED TO HELP BLACKBURN In a I.i-tlrr HP Drc-llncn to Intcrforr In I lie IVmllnir .Sciiiitortnl Con tent lit ( lie ICriitm-Uy I.i-KlNliitiirr. FUANKFOHT. Ky. , Feb. 19. In reply to the democratic Icglolalors who arc suppirt- Ing tlio caucio nominee tor United States senator , and \vlui appealed to Secretary Car lisle to urge tlie five dctnocrats who opp-ssc Itlackliurn to Join them In Ma support , the following letter was received from Secretary Carlisle : "WASHINGTON , I ) . C. . Pel ) . 17. 1S95. Oentlcmon : Your tolcfiram Invhlci ! you np- peal to mo 'to rcqttoat and urge the flvc democratic members of tlio general assembly who arc not supporting the nominee to Join with us ( you ) In voting for him' was duly re ceived and has bceii given the careful con- ulderntlon which Its object and the number und character of Its signers demanded , In asmuch as the flvo gentlemen referred to arc acting In a representative capacity , and arc familiar with the whole situation and all the circumstances connected with It , I am bound to assume that they arc more competent than I nm to determine what their duty to their party and their constlliiuntH la nnJ how that duty shall bo discharged , and an at tempt by mo to InHuoiica their action might very properly be regarded by them ns a pre sumptuous Interference In n mailer of the greatest Importance , which h n been com- mlttod polely lo their own Judgments ; but even If this wore not so I have no right to nsaumo that the honest convictions of the live gentlemen alluded to In your communica tion could be changed by my Intorforcncc , or that they could be induced to act contrary to ouch convictions by advice which they have not solicited. Having heretofore tendered no advice nor made any suggestion , directly or Indirectly , to any member of the general as- numbly on cither sideof the unfortunate con troversy now existing. I must respectfully de- cllno to do so now or hereafter. "It may not be considered Inappropriate In this brief response lo your appeal to assure you that I will at all times cheerfully co operate In any propnr manner with you and all others In any effort that may be made to unlto all our friends In supporting tlie democratic organization in Kentucky and In maintaining Hound democratic principles and policies as declared by the constituted au thorities of the party , state and national , and to repeat w.iat has been said to all who have cared to ascertain my views on the subject that' 1 sincerely dcMro to see the present general assembly elect to the senate of the Unlied States a democrat who Is In full sym- pncliy with these objects. I have the honor Lo be very respectfully yours , "J. Q. CARLISLE. " LOUISVILLE , Feb. 19. A special to the Post from Frankfort says : The twenty- sixth ballot for senator today resulted as follows : Hunter , CO ; Blackburn. CO ; Car lisle , 5 ; Holt. 3 ; Cocuran. 1 ; Bate , 1 ; neces sary to choice , 60. CAM1II1ATKS NOT IV IT. I'litljiiloliililn lli'pulijlrnim Defcjit Miinlfliial I.eiiKiiLCniullilnttH. . PHILADELPHIA , Feb. 19. The plurality of 80,903 given yesterday for John L. Kinsey , the republican candidate for city solicitor In thin city , has only been exceeded once. In 1S04 Governor Hastings got a "tidal wave" plutollty of 85,132. In the select council the democrats have only three out of thirty seven members , a loss of four. All of the morning papers agree that re form was "snowed under. " Inmany lu stances councllmanlc candidates opposed vlg orously by tlio Municipal league were re elected by larger majorities than ever be fore , notwithstanding the appeals Issued bj the league to citizens , "to elect a bettor class of men to the councils who will give the people better water , better gas , rnunlcl pal ownership of electric lights and cheaper utrcct car fares , " and Incidentally "over throw the bosses. " For the first time nlnco Its organlzatloi the league ran a candidate on the genera ticket In the person of John A. McCarthy for magistrate. Out of 185.491 votes cast 7,072 were for McCarthy. This is regarded by many as the strength of the league In this city , although the vote was so cut up b > ward' fights that it Is difficult to estimate the actual number of league ballots cast. Altoona elected II , C. Darr , republican mayor , and George Harpham , republican comptroller , by about 200 majority. Last night the election of their democratic op ponents was conceded. The rest of the re publican ticket got 800 majority. The demo crats gained three common councllmcn. The unexpected happened at Wllllamsport , where , In a hot , three-cornored fight , the pro hibitionists elected James Mansel mayor by about 300 plurality. IVATIOXAI , IKAf.L13. Aii 11 nil I Convention Will 3Iet at Mll- iviniUco < AiiKiiit. CHICAGO , Feb. 19. The next , convention of the Republican National league will be held at Milwaukee , August ,25 , 2C and 27. In- Dtoad of leaving the selection to the meeting of the executive committee , a ballot wao taken last month by correspondence and Mil waukee won out by an overwhelming vote and today the executive committee formally ratified the selection , The meeting of the executive committee is held for the purpose of securing money to carry on their campaign this year. Hitherto there has bean no lack of funds , or rather very llttlei difficulty In securing nil the money needed , and no effort has bean nmdo until today to arrange for the financial end of the work. Secretary Dowllng t-ays that there Is no definite plan before the committee. The work will bo concluded with a notion tonight. The following members of the executive committee arc In altendanco : Major A. J. Neglny , Alabama ; Allan K , Ilurchlncll , Col orado ; Albert Campbell , Illinois ; William L , Taylor , Indiana ; F. W. Illcknell , Iowa ; J. W. Totton ( proxy ) , Mastmchusetta ; Charles E. Baxter , Michigan ; F , I ) , lirownell , Missouri ; John Gwdnow ( proxy ) , Minnesota ; M. M , Uckoteln ( proxy ) , New York ; 13. J. West , Ohio ; Charles H. Uurko. South Dakota ; O. L. llosekmntz ( proxy ) , Wisconsin ; T. England , Dklahoma : W. W , Tracy of the advisory joanl , Chicago ; General 17. A. McAlpIn , Now Vork , president ; M. .1. Dowllng , Chicago , secretary ; anil Aaron T , Bllsj , treasurer , Michigan. llimte-r OiMKiHiMl to Fri-o LOUISVILLE , Feb. 19. A special to the 'ost from Fr.inkfort , Ky. , says ; In an Intcr- low with Hon , Godfrey Hunter , candidate or United States senator , Mr. Hunter refutes ho charges that ho loans toward free silver. Mr. Hunter fays ; "In the utato convention which declared for a gold standard I was a member of the platform committee and ought for that platform. I am a sound noney advocate ami alt-ays have been. I ofer lo my course in congress and to my mbllc utterances , I have not yet scon any ause to change the views I have heretofore leld. " llfiinlilliMiii Tlvkt't Kit-tiled , IMTTSIllMG , Fob , 19. The municipal elec- Ion yesterday resulted In a victory for the egular republican ticket , after the hottest ght known In this city for years , I'KIIHO.N.M , AM ) llr-ont renmk-i ImllcMp Hint mpmbpr.i of ronirf. nn inxlotm to bo cUme.il an seoiljr Mntcsnipn. A tttonty-flvp otory pkyooraper In lo bn erected on the old Herald ltc , IJroiulway nml Ann streM * . Now York City. ( Jenoral HOMCP 1'nrter's Ute t mot Ii that the first half of A man's life In spent In get ting his name Into the pipers and the lust half In struggle to keep It out. It Is to IIP hoped Etplnrer Nan-en did not fofcct to greniw the axis , There nro signs at frlcllon In various section of the uphera which might bo removed with the right klml of lubricator. Ksc-Oovtiriier MoKlnley Is about to follow the example o Governor Morton and giro n "harmony" dinner. A strange feature of these dinners Is the exclusion of soup from the bill of fare. The pttmly confidence of a Mexican gov ernor rebelled ag.ilnrt n prlro fight , but wan sjothoil lo slumber by thn gentle cooing of a bull fight. An adjustable conscience IB a handy thing for emergencies The ex-EmprcsM Eugenlo recently * pr > nt n Cow days In Paris on her way to her villa nt Capo Mart , In the south of France. Shu took her meals In the public dining room nt the Hotel Contlnen'nl. ' She spent an after noon at thn magnificent now hiiusc of Rol.ind Bonaparte , who acted as her escort during her entire stay In Paris. Kvcn the oppressed among animals oc casionally rebel and teach Ininnn brntei n lesson. A horse driver In Chicago lashed his team until exhausted. Then one of the animals unloosed Its rear battery , em bossed "good luck" on the driver's thigh , broke his leg and dumped him nut In a snovr bank. bank.Wllllnm Wllllnm F. Piper , who wan found dead In Loa von worth. Kan. , tln other day , ruined n brilliant career by drinking. Ho was a leading lawyer In Leavenworth before the war , and opporod General W. T. Sherman In the only case the general ever tried. General - oral Sherman lost the case , and , It Is raid , was PO chagrined that ho gave up the prac tice of law. France Intend ? , through her ambaspidor nt St. Petersburg , Count dp Monterbello. to make a great showing at the coming' coronation of the czat' and czarina. A ball Is to bo given at the embassy which 10 to cosl $100,000. In addition to his stable , the count has hired forty horpo.o for IMP during the ceromonlc. , paying for each animal $150. Germany Is to spend $14,000 at the coronation , Some Idea of the magnitude of the ques tion which the Venezuelan commission haste to consider IP given by the fact that the li brarian of congreso lias submitted to the commission a card catalogue of the publica tions In the library bearing on British Gulnna and the boundary dispute , numbering be tween 500 and COO references. Mr. Spofford has alixi presented a biography of the subject mentioning moro than a hundred nddlllonal works not In the congressional library's pos session , which must bo sought elf-cwhero. Winter In somewhat sectional In distrib uting Its favors. During the flrs-l of the week New York and vicinity were In the clasp cf a blizzard. The mercury dcicended to C. degrees below zero , several persons were frozen to death , oil froze In thn lamps of the elevated cars and Jostling humanity suffered Intensely. The mow line extended as far west as Chicago , with moderate tem perature. At the same tlmo the trans- mlKsourl region was bathed In sunshine anil exhllratlng breezes , with hero and there a movement In real estate calculated to lend gaiety to the scene. An a summer resort In ' wlnte'r this region seta the pace for the coun try. try.C. C. Jcnereon UlarK , a nauvo 01 who died on February 11 In Brighton , Eng land to which place he had been ordered for his hcilth by bin London physicians , was on his way to Join his family In America. For several years he had been extensively engaged In South African mining , and was a member of the Chartered company of Bulu- wayo , from which ho had large concessions. He was a member Of one of the most prom inent families of the south , being nearly re lated to the Clays and Brecklnrldges of Kentucky and the Johnsons of Maryland. His grandfather was the qelebrated explorer General William Clark , formerly governor of Mlraourl. LINKS Tl A SMITH. Chicago Post : "Its easily broken , you pay ? " "My dear sir. Its ns brittle as the psaco of Kurope. " Philadelphia neennl : "Popper , " the llltln boy asked , "whiit kind of a hors-e Is it that they call n plus ? " "A balky one , my son. They call him that because be Is n stopper. " Texas SIftlngH : The mendicant Mood IIB- fern the wayfnrcr with outstretched Iinml. "Please , sir.1' lie snld , "I have soon better ( layw. " "Well , that'H no ulfulr of mine. " F-alil the wayfarer. " .Make your Uiek to the weather man If you don't like this kind of a day. " Chicago Tribune : Mr. Chugwntor Women voting and holding olliceV Sbui'kn ! Tlilnlc of women In congress making lawa for th * country ! Mr * . Chugwntcr Well , If ever we do elect p. congress ) we'll never send such n lot of old women to the senate IIB you've got there now ! Cincinnati Tribune : Fori-Chollle tId me last nlKht that lie balk-veil I cou'.d break a man's lu-nrt with my smile. L.-iurn eiiolllf was Just talking. A man's heart Is not Ilko a mirror. Somervllle Journal : Itpil-lieaded men may not be unite HO beiutlful ns oilier Kinds , perhaps , but when yon wnnt a job iloni > well in a hurry , they're the ones to call on every time , . Cincinnati Knnulrer : Visitor Do you dilute i the baby resembles his pa7 i Mather-Oh yc.s ; he keeps me up Into 1 every night : s Somcrvlllc JournalThere : nre n number ' of Amnrlran lournnll.sts ncllng ns wnr cor- rpspomlentH down In Oilm. Hy anil by a plain , ordlnnry niwspaiwr mnn will KO down there , and then we hhall got thu news. rinc-lminll Knn.ulter : "Why ilon't you reform ? ? " asked the klml Inily. "They ain't a mini on cuith more willln * o leail a deceni life 'n mo , " pnlil Wayworn Wnlwiii , earnestly ; "but everybody 'at tries ts reform nn > InslBl ! ) on me beglnnln' by Koln' to work ! " I Detroit Tribune : " 1 went out llioro ufter J real estate , und 1 got It In the neck , " I "Ah , sandbagged. 1 gather. " | ! WiiRhlliKtnn Stnr : "My mnn , ' ' nalil the phllantliroplKt. "I am t'ofng to give you a chance to work. " " .Mlnter , " replied Meamlcrlnt ? Mike , "mo old father lost hnlf his fortune playln' rou lette nn' the other hnlf on hoc.s races , an" nlmn < * t the la t nilvlre he irimine wua never to take no chance ! * . ' ' Phllailcliihln Hcconl : Pnllent Thnt sign of ynnr * IH not very ciicoiiniKiiis- lentl'l--Wliy so' . ' 1 guaranlcu to extract tpetb without Jinln. _ I'allpnt Yes ; but I want the pain ex ! < \J tracted. I'd rather keep the tooth. JUS AWKt'h KATK. ItunUlyn Life. Ifp nailed nwny to the FIJI I-le , Hut In.- was not Blnln on thrhhnro , Nor fHttmeil alu-ail for 11 cnnnlbal oprcnd , AH others huil been before ; Hut lie met with n fur morn terilblB fieto Tlnin tlioso who hull loxt tbi-lr lives , For the chieftain grim took u fancy to Jili And gave him n hundred wives. A CIII3iHKUI VIU\V. It's n ilpnl of When n i-oM wave striken Hie town. rimt K > jm-whm > else the sunth.no Is simply pouring ilown. Anil it's lots of nolaco . . . Wlii-n the pipes are- frozen through , rhnt in certain fur elf meadow * Tlmro are daisies ilrlnkint ; Jew , Ro It makes the worl'l KO batter Though It takes u lot of Pluck- When wo revel ploan > il unil inlrtbfu ! , In bomo other fellow's luck. Highest of all in Leavcuing Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report