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12 THE OMAHA DAILY. , UEE : SUNDAY , JULY 10 , 1800. TJIE OMAHA SUNDAY BE& i : . l > itlUSHRD KVKIlY MOUSING. THUMB OF WrfflCKI 1'TIO.V. Dally | ) M > ( Without Sunitny ) Ono Yi-ar ISM Dally ll - nJ SumUy. One Year l JJ Hlx month * . . . , 5 ? ' Thrte months J ft Kunilay He * . One Y ir J 01 H iunl y ll , One Year ' * J Wet My HM. Ono Y ir * OI'TJCCS : Oinnlin. The IK * llullillnn. South Om hn. Slnfcr tllk. . Cor. N end Mth Sts. Council llliirf * . 15 North Mnln Street. Chicago fimc . 317 rhnm1. r of Commerce. New Ynrk. Iloomii , 13 , II an.l IS. Tribune IlldK. Wathlneton. H07 K Stiect. N. W. All eommurlPBtlons ri > latlnir to news ( imlill' ori.il tnnlter h ul < l b < - aOJr'ncJ : Tu tlie I-ultor. UfSlNKSfl I.ISTTKI19. All liuslnpsa Inters nrrt remlllBnce - ho iM b dJre J lo The lli > I'ul > ll hln Cinpany , Omilm. DtnrtB. chMlm nml poalnKlee ordora to bo niado | HIMIP lo the nrer of the comtmny. TUP. IIKK I't'llLISIIINO COMI'AN - BTATIJMKST OK CI11CCI.AT1ON. Btnle ot Mrbrankn | l > ouulntf rounty. | OOOI-RO II. Tifclnick , pcri > t ry of Thf Hf < " I'ub- llnhlnu coinimny , twine duly sworn. i ny.i innl the nrtunl iiiiinlwr of full nml comiilctc cojilrs of tlio Dallr , MornlnR , llvfnltns nnil Sunday Ilea prlntea Uurlns HIP month of Junu , 1 0. wns ns follows : t . H.90I 19.211 : . H.777 17. 19.C13 3 . IJ.SOI IS. 4 . H.M3 B . 18.0CJ 10 7 8 . . 19.021) IS. * ) ! ; ; ! ! ! ] ! ! ! ! ! ! ; ' : . 1S.M2 23 10. 5 9 . 18.W2 2t 19.323 10 . 19.0JO 23 . , , 19.3 11 11 . 1S.S58 - 19.407 12 . 1S.93I " 7 19.49S 13 . 1.1.0M 2 $ M.tM II . 19.7M 29 19.TM 15 . 13.1CO M SO.Zlii Totnl CS deductloni ) ftr unsold anil i-Murm-d 10.2l. i Not lolnl Bili-s . 6S3.470 Net dally nvernse . 19.W anonoK n. THSHIIVK. Rwntn to before me and nub rrlbpil In my presence this 4lh day of July , 1KW. ( Seal. ) N. P. KKII * Notary Public. Pnrtlcs Rolnir out ot tlio city for tlie summer may linro Tlio Hi'c scut to their addrorfs by leaving an order at tlio business office of the Hoc. Telephone 23S. An iintomatle Imnd-shakor would l e an invention highly prlsti'd liy ninny eminent men at this season of the year. Wo can coneelve how the populists intuit liiilni'M' llryan. Inn how emi they | ) iit a populist slniii ] ) iion ] Millionaire Sewall. I-'or so young : t man Hryan has writ ten and spoken a tremendous pile of stiHt that he doubtless now wishes unwritten or unsaid. If free silver Is not intended for the benellt of the silver mine owners why ehouM the slhvr kings furnish the democratic campaign funds ? The mistake the Chicago convention made was in falling to nominate Kd- wnrd Hellamy for vice president. Bryan and lU'llamy would have been an ideal ticket. Kx-fiovernor AVaite oC Colorado Is for nrynn. If Tillmnn Is for Itrytin and rennoyer is for Itryan. Waite could not consistently keep out of the band wagon. Presidential candidates need not put up signs , "keep off the grass , " nowa days. A day or two snllices to remove all the grass in ( lie vicinity of their homes , signs or no nigns. Public property should be contlned to public uses. Why should a ( lag belong ing to the state of Nebraska be sent to Atlanta , ' Ca. ! , to be used in a partisan political ratification meellngV There are lots of people who would gain If the debts they contracted by borrowing lOO-ci'iit dollars could be paid off with r > 0-cent dollars. Uut fortu nately the number of people with that Idea of honesty is not yet large. Mr. Cleveland has appointed more Judges of the supreme court than any other president. The serious Illness of lustieo Field , who is an octogenarian , foreshadows another supreme court va cancy for him to 1111 by appointment. Now watch the oratorical prodigies spring up in every part of the country In compi'tlllon for publlti favor. Youth ful elmiuence will soon be a drug on the market If It is lo be rewarded with political honors wherever It shows It self. - General .T. O , Weaver , who ran for president on greenback ami populist .tickets , Is profuse In his protestations of support for Hryan. Itryan opposed Weaver's candidacy , but Weaver sees In him a successor created In his own 'Image. The populists have secured a one-fare rate to their convention at SI. Louis. This is unfortunate for them , for it de prives them of the opportunity lo com plain that the railroads discriminate against them and In favor of other Mr. Uryan's position aa editor Is gainIng - Ing for him the courtesy of the profes sion among the newspaper men who are following In his train as representatives of the great papers of the country. Thaf , however , is about as much com pensation as ills editorial labors have won for 1dm , Merchants may as well prepare them- nelves for the various catch-penny ad vertising schemes which will be sprung upon them by fakirs In ( lie wake of the exposition. Tlie assurance of ( he ex position affords tlie merchant a good Held for advertising , but the substan tial business man lias long ago learned lyi experience that the advertising that pays Is ( he advertising in established reputable newspapers , llryan keeps talking about the Issue being between an American llnanclal system and an Kngllsh ilnancial sys tem. Itut he says nothing about the demand made by hl.s platform for an English income tax system and an Kngllsh tariff system , lie would Jump at Kngllsli free trade If lu < had half a rlwiife. Hut because ICngRind has Hound money he th.lnks this country ought to go Into the debt-sealltn ; and repudiation Tin : .wuA'/.v or Tin. The advocates of free and unlimited coinage of sliver nt the ratio of 1 ( ! to t constantly prate about restoring the money of the constitution. In Ids .speeches at St. .lo eph and Kansas City William .1. Hryan asserted and reiter ated Unit the object of the agitation for free silver and tlie paramount public tpiesllon Is the restoration of the gold and silver coinage of the constitution. What Is the money of the constitution ? The only references to the coinage of money In tile constitution of the 1'nlted States are contained In article I. sec tions 8 and 10. enumerating the powers of congress. Section S empowers con gress "to coin money , regulate- the value thereof mid of foreign coin and to llx the standards of weiuhts and measures , " and also "to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and cur rent coin of the ITnlled States. " Sec tion ID prohibits any state from coining money , emitting bills of credit or mak ing anything ; but gold anil silver coin a tender in payment of debts. There Is not one word In the constitution of tlie rnited Slates that requires the free coinage of gold and silver. There Is not one word in the constitution that can be construed Into a mandate for the un limited coinage of either gold or silver. The money of the constitution Is clearly a matter of congressional discretion. The money metal might have been gold or silver or both. It might have been de nominated dollars , or pounds sterling. or ducats. It might have been a coh < differing In composition , in name and In valuation from any coin known at the time tlie constitution was framed. I'nder the broad provision of the con stitution congress can at any time change our entire money' system. Just as It has tiie power to change the sys tem of weights and measures. Nor Is there one word In the constitution about any ratio between gold and silver. No body ever charged congress with violat ing the constitution when it did change tlie ratio from 1" > to 1 , as originally lixed in 17L' ! ) by Alexander Hamilton , to Hi lo I In order to meet the changed con ditions of IS. , I. All tlie talk , therefore , about restor ing tlie money of the constitution Is the veriest bosh intended to mislead and confuse tin' popular mind. The clamor about restoring the money of the con stitution is of the same pattern as the clamor about tlie conspiracy and crime of 1ST ! ! . The constitution conferred upon congress the power to coin money , but In tlie ex ercise of that power congriw must at all times govern itself Jiy the unwritten but universal coinage law. That law presumes each coin to have as much market value before impressed with the mint stamp as Is expressed on its face. Whenever any government emits coins of less bullion value than their face , except as token money , it Is guilty of debasing the currency. So long as tlie amount of such currency Is limited and is kept at par with full weight coin nobody is cheated. Make the coinage of silver free and unlimited at the ratio of It ! to 3 when it brings only half that on tlie bullion market and it Is hound to depreciate to its com modity price. In other words , it Is bound to give us a single silver stand ard. ard.The The proposition to coin all the silver of tlie world free of charge into Ameri can dollars at the ratio of Hi to 1 under pretense that we are restoring the money of the constitution is a piece of monumental - ImpostureIt Is nothing more nor less than a scheme to exchange - change all the gold in thu treasury and all the gold that we can borrow for .silver at double its present market price. The money of the constitution llrst. and foremost is honest money and not a debt-scaling money. .The men who prate about restoring the money of the constitution either do not know -what they are talking about or they are bank ing upon popular ignorance and cre dulity. I'OSTAL KhTWA'Ufc'S. Tlie condition of postal revenues has long been regarded as a fair register of the state of business in the country. and one source of revenue , tlie sale. * of stamped paper , is especially service able In this particular. Statistics of the sales of stamped paper for the last quarter of Hie liscnl year which ended .lime : ' . ( ) show a falling off and this Is naturally and reasonably attributed to the agitation for free silver coinage which has restricted business and the efforts of business men to obtain trade by circulars' and other postal method : ! . The total sales of stamped paper by the pustolllce department during the last ilscal year amounted to a little over ! ; t7 ! > , ( XI < ) , < xm. This was a coii.lder- nblu increase over the llgures for the preceding Ilscal year , but tlie gain watt almost wholly during the tlrsl three quarters of the year. Heferrlug to the statistics of tills revenue for the last three years , it Is shown Unit there was a very marked improvement in the thlid and fourth quarters of Hie Ilscal year IS'.Ki and this came after the an nouncement of Hie contract will ) the bond syndicate and was inlluenced by the business activity which that con tract appeared to stimulate. Tin * force of the reviving bnsiue.-i < activity was nut spent until the close of the quar ter ending witli last March , when the growth of ( .liver sentiment began t. ) attract attention and to excite alarm It would thus seem that postal receipts are now to suffer in common with other Indexes of business activity. It Is Inevitable that they will. HO far as Hie business community Is con cerned. Business men will for the next four months greatly curtail their use tit the postal service , because It is to little purpose under existing conditions to send out letters and clrciilar.s so liciting trad > . At a time when with normal conditions business should be reviving nil reports show that It is lie- coming moro depressed and the reason for this Is apparent to everybody , or at any rate everylxidy who Is In busi ness. There is univrtalnty and ills trnst due to the five silver agitation. Kvcn men having capital or engaged in commercial business who feel thai the good sense aud honesty of tlio American people will not permit the free silver policy to succeed are nnwlll Ing to extend their operations before the popular verdict has been rendered , t'nder such circumstances there can be no doubt that the policy of busd' ness men will be to allow matters to limit along until November , so that uhon the election Is over they will be prepared for whatever the result shall Involve. In the meanwhile tlie postal revenues of the government must suf fer with everything else. L\rnK.\SK \ < > ! ' IWMICWK. The somewhat startling statement Is made ilisit during the last six years there have been Ht.lMil ! homicides in this country , or 7,1117 a year , ovel twenty a day. In Hie same period there have been 7'i'l legal executions and KISS lyncldngs. This homicidal tendency appears to be on the Increase , for last year Hl.oOO persons were killed by violence and there were more than twice as many homicides In IS ! ) . " as in IMin. Tlie thorough reader of the daily papers will not have failed to note Hie alarming number of homicides daily reported. It Is not easy ( o decide upon thu cause or causes which conduce to such ii foaiful record of life taking. Doubt less the hard times have much to do with the Increase of murder , for when there is no enforced idleness , when those willing lo work can Hud employ- incut and there Is general prospeilty , there Is greater contentment among the people and fewer Incentives to lawles-- lies.- ' . . I'nder such a condition Hi" pa.i- Mous of men are less easily aroused. On the other hand , when great numbers of men who would gladly work arc forced to lead precarious lives the worst Instincts assert themselves , pas sions aie readily stirred and Incentive. ! to crime of every degree are more nnmeions. It has been many tlmiv urged that one thing which contribute. ) no little to the Increase of crime is the law's delay , because it takes away from th' ' evil doer the fear of just and swift retribution. There can ! > , no question that there are defects In our ciiminal law system and that new trials , appeals and a I-CMM-I to the llnest spun technicalities all help to shield the accused and In many instances to defeat the ends of justice. The knowl edge of these things Is in no small degree respoiuillile for lyncldngs. men constltulliig themselves both judges and executioners in cases where they are apprehensive that justice will not be moled out by law. In an address made som- ' time ago Justice Hrewer of the supreme court of the rnitod Slates referred lo the defects in our criminal law system and suggested remedies. This matter of the increase of homi cides is one well deserving of serious public attention and especially of the attention of the courts of the land , which it is not unreasonably believed can do much for checking or lc.ssuing this form of crime , us well as all others. Too great leniency on the part of conrt.s Is a general complaint and re form in this respect has long been urged. Wo have no data showing how the rnited Slates compares with other enlightened nations in the number of homicides , but there is reason to be lieve Hint a comparison would not bi' ' favorable to this country. ritrixd TO ruin. Tin : I'Ktwu : . Mr. Hryan says that the republican party has not de.-lared for Hie' ' gold standard. In his speech at Kansas City he said : ' 'The republican party de clared that the gold standard should be maintained until something could he substituted for it. Then , what was that -stmiethliigy It was bimetallism. And they pledged themselves to get rid of the gold standard and substitute bi metallism as a better thing than a gold riandard. " This is pettifogging pure and simple , as any fair and rational i oust ruction of the currency plank of the republican platform will show. That plank Is as follows : "The repub lican party Is unreservedly for . < ound money , it caused the enactment of ( lie law providing for the resumption of specie payments in IH71I ; since then every dollar has been as good as gold. We are. unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our cur rency or impair the credit of our conn- try. Wo are therefore opposed to the free coinage of silver except by inter national agreement with tlie leading commercial nations of the world , which wo pledge ourselves to promote , and until such agieement can lie obtained the existing gold standard must he pre served. All our silver and paper cur rency must , be maintained at parity with gold and we favor all measures designed to maintain Inviolably the obli gations of the I'ultcd States and all our money , whether coin or paper , at tlie I/resent standard Hie standard of the most enlightened nations of the earth. " There Is nothing lit this which suggests or implies substitution of bimetallism for Hie gold standard and nobody knows lids belter than ' .Mr. Hryan. Tlie free coinage of silver by International agree ment would not destroy the gold .stand- aid. Tlie yellow metal would continue to be tlu- measure of values among the oommciclnl nations entering Into the agreement , nnle.ss the monetary sys tems of all of I hem should go to a silver basis , as Hie monetary system of th'j I'nlted Slates would with free , un limited and Independent coinage of sil ver.Ve have had so-called bimetallism Hie free and unlimited coinage of both gold ami sliver but gold was Hie stand ard , although for a fonslderable part of the time gold was not in circulation. What Mr. Hryan would llko lo do Isle lo persuade tlie people that ( he policy ho advocates would result In bimetallism as he would dellno It that Is , the con current circulation of both gold and sliver as money Instead ofillvor mono- mctalllMi ) and he disingenuously at tempts to mislead tlio pt'ople by assort ing that Vhe republican currency declar ation contemplates a .substitute for tlie gold standard. No such quibbling and pettifogging as tills will haw any weight with men who have sulliclent Intelli gence lo interpret language for them- selves. The currency plunk of the re publican , jilju form Is n distinct and un equivocal .declaration for the main tenance , < if jthe gold standard as the peniinncn , ! policy of the nation and It Is so regniiioil by everybody who can reatl It il i'di'rstaiidlngly. It proposes to promote . ' Je , free coinage of silver by international agreement , but It does not contompf4'te.'as ' Mr. Hryan asserts , the substitution. iof bimetallism for the gold standard- ; because that Is lnimsslble. | The gold , ' .Standard may be displaced by the silver standard , as In Mexico. China and Jnpiln , ipul that Is what the policy represen'ted by Mr. Hryan would ac complish. MTKKAM TIOXAl , AlUllTllATlnX. It cannot bo said that a u'cneral sys tem of arbitration between the I'ldtod States and ( Jreat Hrltaln is absolutely certain to be created , but what was said In the House of Lords by the marquis of Salisbury gives a hopeful aspect to the unit tor. The Hritlsh prime minister did , indeed , urge that there are dillleiil- tie.in tlie way of a general system of arbitration , but It does not appear from Ids reported remarks that ho regards these as insurmountable. No one will question tlio wisdom of Salisbury's sug gestion that in regard to obligatory ar bitration that It Is a matter of such Importance that It Is necessary to lie careful of every stop , for It Is to be presumed that our government will be no le.ss cautious than Hie Hritlsli gov- ciunieiit in binding Itself to u system of obligatory arbitration. The whole tone and spirit of the Hritlsh prime minister's remarks on this subject must be regarded as reassuring. He stated that the Hrlttsh government had not quarreled with the disposition of the I'nlted States to take up tlie causes of South American republics and even supplied an argument from tlio course of ICiigland In Just Illcat ion of Hie position of ( Ids country. lie ex- pi ossed contldence In the Vene/.uelan commission and said that when tlie real facts were ascertained in regard to tlio controvoisy lie felt that the diplomats- quest Ion to follow would not be very dllllcult of adjustment and whatever dilliculties there were would be over come by arbitration. This is obviously a quite dil'foiont spirit from that mani fested by Hie marquis of Salisbury tthon lie lirst gave consideration to thin question. Then the suggestion of arbi tration seemed to Irritate him and he showed -no 'disposition to tolerate it. If we are lot mistaken a communication fiom oui | government relating to th. ' arbitration. V > f , Hie Venezuelan contro versy , when presented to the marquis of Salisbury "by our ambassador , pro duced Midi an effect upon the former that lie acteiIn a way almost disre spectful fo lie ( 'lilted States govern ment. Hut however this may be. it i. < evident that 'Hie feelings of the Hrllish prime minister as to this matter hav- . uiidcrgoutsa. change ami It is a ch-.ingo which is mtii interest of more friendly relations 1 ; between the greal Knglish- speaking nations. In regard -'to the correspondence of the goVc'riinieiits' relative to a general system of arbitration , it shows that there lias really been .substantial prog ress made , though this is not so great -is to assure the successful carrying out of the plan. The draft of a treaty h-i. ; been submitted to the consideration of the two governments and this at least cousliiutcs a basis for negotiations from which it may be hoped a satisfactory icsult wMl be roach ed. In the light of what is disclosed by the statement of the marquis of Salisbury and the cor respondence between the two govern ments. the people of both Hngland and lite rnited States are warranted in con cluding that the Vene/.uelan controversy will be settled amicably and honorably and that having been done danger of .my serious disturbance of friendly re- 'atlons ' between this country and ICng- hin.d will be extremely remote. Intel ligent and calm consideration lias pro duced the desired result and there Is . -very reason to believe that tlio fntuiv relations of the two nations will bo more friendly than they have over been. The Hoe is gratified to learn that Mr. Perry S. Heath , who for many yean ? was its Washington correspondent , has been appointed chief of the buivan of campaign literature by the republican national executive committee. No better .selection could have b.'cn made.Mr. . 1 loath is particularly well informed as to political con ditions in tlie central west , in cluding the Dakotas , Nebraska and Iowa. Ills acquaintance with nearly all great men of the party , his- Intimate knowledge of press and people and Ids ability as a political writer all combine to give ronlldonee to republicans of the west that every requirement of cam paign literature will In- met so long as Mr. Heath wields the faber , Tlie courts have declared that if.'t.OOO- 0M ( ) of tlie Ciould estate received by ( Jcorge < ; oild | "is not subject to the in- horltanco ' ' 'ax ' because compensation for services rendered according to agree ment , Asr.u.iloopholo for escaping the Inheritance tax law this holds forth a promising'opening and It will be sur prising limoHil If the device Is not brought Ihto "frequent use In states which ha\'jv ' f > ; ii'i ! laws unless the laws are nmondo.d'trt ' prevent. Tlii" Tei , uJs-Y1 | < Vntennlal I'xpositlon at Na.-hvllhfi will bo open from May to October. iStt' Vneluslve. TininanaKer.i of ihi < Traiisnilssissippl Kxposltlnn can do coiisldi'hiMo missionary work In KI > I- tin i-ivili/jll / hilills from HID south ern slates by cultivating the goodwill of the cxlill > ltors at XiiHbvllle. Tliu e.vpt.sltion at Omaha should have all the best features of the exposition at .Na.shvlllu and n great many more. Wo suppose that ) If Hryan should become president ho would re turn to the original custom of deliver ing presidential messages to congress In pot-son. That would lie about the only opportunity for an oratorical executive to exercise his eloquence. Mr. Hryan assures his friends and neighbors that he has made his home lu Nebraska permanently and will keep It there , no matter what political fortune may como to him. This Is certainly nattering to tlio people of this state. Hut there Is nothing Hint * mi prevent Mr. Hryan from changing his mind nt any time he may choose to do so. The suggi'stlon is made that MeKln- ley open his personal campaign in Ne braska. Hy all means let McKlnley come out here and give Hie people o tills state an opportunity to demonstrate that for the most part they are Imbued with the principles of honesty and ( Irmly set against any public policy that ban for its object the scaling of debts and the destruction of credits. Spnro the U iiixU. ClilriiKii Tilbune. It Is to bo devoutly hoped tlie country may lie spared from fuiest Urea while the oxoilus to Hie woods Is In progress. I'ul I p I 'Ire llrcitkn. Chli-nKO Tliiiovlli-nild. Consenntlvo people lll boKhi plowhiR n few furrows around their liowi's before the orators start to Retting the prairies 0:1 flre. TluItnliliK Keel Ouliliiiif. Clilcnijo XtMVfi. Mr. McKlnlt'y lias shown his contempt for Mr. llryan's rabbit foot by permitting himself - self to bo elected honorary member of thu New York Thirteen club. \Vorli for n Cure-All. llulliuinpollHcvn. . Scldatter has reappeared In fiuthrle. Okl. , riding n bicycle mid wearing a black robe. It is to be hoped that lie Is KOHK ! to make a specialty of curing tlie scorching mania. < ' lircolorliiK : tinVelliuv .IncUrt. Mllwnukee WlKCini.ilii. The crowned heads of Kurope are using so much red paint In showing honor teA \ lliuiK Chans that the distinguished China- man must have great dltllcully la keeping Ills famous yellow jacket free from evidence of tlie big time he Is having. Ciititiclty of tlie Sinnlii-ili. | Mlnnenpoll * Tribune. General Campos estimates that It will take 400.000 Spanish troops to put down tlio rebellion ; but General Ilrailley T. Johnson recently asserted that a certain division of confederate cavalry , If now In Its old riKht- ItiK form , could march from one end of the Island to the other mid overcome alt op position. If that is the iclatlve lighting capacity of Spanish and American troops. how many men would Spain have to send over to whip the Untied States ? Plntltuilc.t nnil I'rnetlee. Jfi'w Yurie T'llmnn. Ill the speech which made him the demo cratic nominee for president the Hey de clared that the upholders of the gold stand- aid .should "not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns , " but lie In- .slsta on pressing Into the hand of labor a S'J-cent dollar. lie declared that the de fenders of the public credit should "not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold , " but he promises to gibbet the United States us a thief for the world to execrate. llryiiii'M ItmmliiK .Mill.- . I.oulsvlllo Courier-Journal ( di'm. ) . Sewall , Bryan's running mate. Is not only the richest man In Maine , a railroad mag nate and a bank president , but lie Is a rank protectionist , a member of that oflicious pro tective organization , the American Tariff league , ami went to Chicago to try to se cure the adoption of a ship subsidy plank similar to that in the republican platform. He can well stand on the platform ot the Chicago convention , which repudiated the cardinal democratic doctrine of a "tariff for revenue only" and substituted a plank In the Interpretation of which all protection ists can unite. _ I low I'roiSilver Will lie. ChlcaRO Tlmt-s-IIenilil. Under free and unlimited colnace of sliver silver will be free only to those who are sc fortunate as to own uncoined silver bullion. To all other Americans It will have to be procured precisely as silver Is procured now by working for It as wages or by sell ing something In exchange for It. And it will be worth then only half what it Is worth now. now.Tho The people who imagine that under free coinage of silver silver Is going to be got free by anybody else seem to be numerous at the present time. Their numbers will diminish steadily under pressure of common sense until polling time in November. Ulcct ! ! < ! Iy at tinlOvpimlU.in. . Western Electrician. Omaha expects to hold an International ex position In the year 1S9S , beginning in Juno and ending In November , that shall eclipse the Atlanta exhibition and bo second only to the World's Fair. Preparations for the exhibition , which will bear the name of the Transmlsslsslppl and International Ex position , are actively under way , and the general government has made a generous appropriation. Omaha citizens are entering Into the project with great enthusiasm , and a representative board of directors is en ergetically making the preliminary prepara tions. The department of electricity will be one of the most important In the show and will me housed In a separate building. An effort will bo made to Induce the en gineering and technical societies to hold their annual meetings for 18')8 ) In Omaha In conjunction with the exposition. A JMU'l'MSTir DK.1IAM ) . TinlloiiKliiN Comil.v Cur . c-y .Se Philadelphia ! . < > ( ! KIT. The populist program Is alarming enough when guardedly declared In the platforms adopted at the national conventions of the parly , but the extremely radical views held by the great majority of the populists are more faithfully reflected In the resolutions passed at county conventions which do not txclte attention throughout the country. Some of these local aud minor conclaves go to great lengths In the expression of doctrine , and doubtless disclose the real purposed and ultimate designs of Iho reac tionary and revolutionary party. At the national convention of the people's party of 1S'J2 a demand was made for a national currency , "safe , sound and flexible. Issued by the government only , and a Just and f < | ultablo means of distribution dlrecl to Hie people , at a tax nol to exceed 2 per rent per annum , to bo provided as set forth in the HUbtreahury plan of the farmers' al liance , or a butter system ; also by pay- mnntH in discharge of Its obligations for public Improvements. " At a meeting of thu Douglas county ( Nebraska ) populists a few days ago a national 'currency was de manded with a "Just , equitable and suinclenl means of distribution direct to the people , bul only to those who are willing to labor for it upon unlimited public Improvements at a fixed and fair rate of wrges. " Tliesu Douglas county populists not only favor a national currency to bo distributed directly to the people , but they present a comprehensive plan by which the money Is to bo distributed , towlt , lo those who work bii "unlimited public Improvements. " The colnlm : or printing of fiat dollars Is an In- fiulllclenl and incomplete system for making everybody rich and prosperous. The rabid free sllverltcs who controlled tin ; Chicago convention failed lo provide In their plat- f 01 in any scheme for Iho general distribution of the 50-ccnt dollars ; but the Douglas county populists have done so , and have also du vised a complete system for the employ ment of everybody. It Is a Napoleonic con ception , a bold stroke In political economics. and If gilded and burnished by Candidate liryan's cllurlng ihclorical pyrotechnics Ii might have great vogue throughout the country. II Is ono tiling to coin 50-cent silver dollars by the cartload. It U quite another thing for Iho public lo gel them without working for them ln > tome fashion. To Ihe Douglas county statesmen II makes no difference at all whether business Is halted and credil paralyzed by silver inflation. Work will be provided for all by Ihe gov- ernmenl at a "fixed and fair wage , " In an unlimited amount and for an Indefinite pe riod. There Is not the slightest doubt that this precious scheme of public plunder would bo carried out If Ihe populism had full away In thu federal government , and they are certain to foreclose Iho mortgage they now hold on Iho democratic parly by demanding extreme socialistic conceaslons of some bert If Ihe democratic-populist alliance houlJ triumph In November. : Ol.n-TIMK.US. Mr. and Mrs. Durtfln lire halo and hearty living near 1'ortlfltid , Mo. Mr , is 102 year of afio and his wife 3D. Mrs. Mary I'titnnut Shnrr-o of 1'omfrct , Conn , now S4 yrrs of go , Is tha only surviving grcal-Kreat-grnnddauRhter of 0 oner ill Israel Putnam. An old tr.dy In lJru-.ir1s who vrconlly eel- cbroled her toith Ui'hday rel.iton that when Napoleon passed through her native vtllapo of Kumay In 1S10. a peaaunt having fftllcn on ids knees lo ask a fi viv , the em peror sutd : "Oet ur and never kneel except to God. " Mrs. 1-Jllls of Sidney , Me. , who will ho 100 yearn old next January , is In the full possession of her faculties. Some our asked her Hie other day If she Intended to ci'lc- lirnto her centenary with a Jubilee , " .lu- Idler ? " she retorted. "Me have a Jubilee ? Why. lilrss you , I have n jubilee every day. " Mrs. Aldcall Hush of OnkKnd , Cal. , who was the llrat woman to presld" ovnr a woman suffrage convention In this country , Is now SS years old. Notwithstanding her great age he Is active and vigorous and In tends lo stump the itntn In the Interest nf woman sulTrago during the present cani- palKti. The convention refcned to o\e-- which she presided was held In Rochester , N. Y. , In 18-1 ? . "Enrolled among the members of the Wadsworlh chapter nf Ihe Daughters of tlie American Hevolutlon , " siiys the Demon Transcript , "Is ono 'real' daughter nf the American revolution , Mrs. Mary MeLeau Wyllys , living In Hast Olastonljury , Conn. , at the age of 02 years. Her father. James McLean , was a member nf the I'utnam Guards , fought at Hunker Hill and was twice n prisoner. lie die In IStfi , aged 1)1 ) years , Mrs. Wyllya Is living In a house built before Ihe revolutionary war and bought by her father some years after his marriage. " riMtSOX.U. AMI OTIIKIlAVINi : . The czar ot Husshv has decided to take his summer vacation alone. Mrs. Czar Is com pletely absorbed In designing bahy clothes. Sim Kranelsco. a Duller. Mo. , lawyer , who is the proud father of a roe-cully arrived pall et twins , has named Iho youngsters " ( Sold" and "Silver. " Prof. Ollbschln of Saddle Creek Is Incubal- Ing a movement for tlio free and unlimited coinage of golden corn. If this isn't trea son , where are wo nt ? Serious doubts are rearing their hideous heads In Farmer Dlaud's mental garden as to the efficacy ot free coinage as n specific for plutocratic army worms. General Kraneis A. Walker of Massachu setts is reported In fairly good health and bravely bearing up under the weight of seven college degrees , recently conferred. A Chicago girl fell three stories , landing heavily on her Jawbone without fracturing it. The Incident unlocks for her n vista of posslbilllles as a campaign orator. "A brimstone trust" is proposed from New York. The current belief Is thai there has been n fellow at the head of such a trust for long years past , and thai he has done a big business. James 11. Kckles , complroller of the cur rency , takes no Interest In athletics. He does not ride a wheel or anything else. The only exercise ho takes , according to a Jealous silver organ. Is confined to his mouth. hi Hung Chang has been amazing the Germans by his capacity for food and drink. At the banquet given him by Ihe Klectro- Tcchnlc society in llerlln lie consumed two bottles of champagne and part of a third within two hours and went away straight and sober. Although ho Is over 70 , he has shown surprising vitality and seems never to get fagged out. Pilgrimages to the Hermitage , Andrew Jackson's old Tennessee home , net the asso ciation in charge a sulllcient income lo keep the house In repair. A great increase In the number of visitors Is looked for during Iho summer and fall. Democracy's wheel-horses who have drawn Insulrallon from his life only to find themselves kicked outside the breastworks , mocked and jeered at by Ihe mob , should journey there and amid hal lowed surroundings register the vow ot Henry Wattersou , " no compromise wlthoul dishonor. " oossii' AIIOUTori3D i i-ni > Mi. Senator Vest In his younger days , they say , when lie was a plain lawyer , wore bear's oil on hi ? hair and went to tlie dances in Petlis counly , Missouri , as Ihe "slickest" beau on the lloor. In the Virginia reel he was the poetry ot motion , and when he tackled the heel-and-toe polka everybody who didn't carry accident policies got off the floor. "There Is an incident in Governor Alt- gold's life , " says the Chicago Record , "which Is not generally known. Having no money to pay carfare or hire horses , he walked from Mansfield , O. , to Savannah. Mo. , and when ho arrived at the bank of the Mississippi river he had Just fifteen cents In his pocket. He paid five cents for ills own fare across the ferry , and five more for a fellow traveler who was 'broke. ' ' The rest of his capital was Invested in n sheet of paper , an envelope and a postage stamp , which were used to tell the girl he left be hind him that he had reached that point In his westward journey and that his heart was true to her. " A grandnlcce of Pnlaski , the Polish pa- Iriat. Is living at Urooklyn. N. Y. , In pov erty to great that , unless assistance is given to her > TJ- teen , she will have to go to the Kings county almshouse. The woman is Mine. Joseph Jarocka. She came to thin country In 1SS1 to prosecute u claim ngalnst the general government for money advanced by Count Pulaskl , when iho colonies were struggling for Independence of Great IJrllnin. Her appeals to the olllclals at Washington fur aid to obtain the money which she claims to be due to her have proved In vain , and now she wants to get enough money to pap her passage back to her native land. Field Marshal Viscount Woloeley , K. P. . commander-ln-chlef of the Drltlhh army , completed his sixty-third year on Juno -I. Horn near Dublin , he entered the army In 1850 , and wati dangerously wounded In the second Ilurmcso war. During the Crimea ho was twice wounded. Ills first command vas Ihe Red 'river ' expedition , In 1870. After Dial he commanded the troops In the ARhan- tee war of 1873 , In the South Africa war In ] i"U and In Kgypt In 1SS1' , when lie was rulbud to the peerage , after the victory of Tel-el-Keblr. In 1R'Q ! ' ho took up the duties of commaudor-ln-chlof In Ireland , was ap pointed a Held marshal In 181)1 ) , and In IS ! ) ! ; coinmamler-ln-chh-r. He has nuhllshed a " ' " " of "Soldier's Pocketbook" and a "Illography Ihe Duke of Marlborough. " A London paper says that snmo Hunt ago thu Princess Maud went shopping strictly Incog. Willie she was walking along the street she was accosted by a Illtlei street nrah who was the happy possessor of u pair of large. patJiutlc- brown cyc.s and a tcngled crop of curly brown hnlr. Ho wan biully engaged in thu absorbing task of earning ills living ( and , perhaps , sorno one ( ilso's as well ) by retailing "fresh spring ( lowers , penny and ttippencu a bunch. " Tim prlncesH Blopped by him. and while chonalng some llowcra sbo was u llttlu start I ml by Iho lad saying in an excited and familiar whla- pur : "H's all right , miss. I knows yer ; but I'll keep U dark and won'l spill on yer. " The princess Hrnlllngly shook her head In denial. "Yea. I knows yer , " ( moro emphat ically ) ; "yea. Princess Mcucl ; t twigged yer directly. " The PhiladelphU Record says : "Although seventy-alx years have bowed llui fraiim and silvered the 1-alr of General Roheson. thu eix-Secnstary of Iho Navy. It has not dimmed the old man's Intellect nor blunted his ap preciation of a Joke. The general , who was in tlio city yesterday on legal bimlnrss , told many laughable storlt'a of the memorable campaigns in which he had taken part. Like all old people who are fond of reminis cencing , lie. Is firmly of thu opinion that in his day the women were prulller than now , thu men braver and brainier anil iho humor ists moro brilliant. 'Why , ' eald he , 'do you remember how lliuy used lo Boalj mo In the comc | papers ? They laid greal sirens upon Ihe fact that I was not a lit appointment for Secretary of the Navy because I knew noth ing about shipbuilding. Ono of the funni est pictures I over aw wan on Ihls uubject. The caption of tlio picture wan "Ills First Visit , " and It represented mo on tha deck of a warship peering down a hatchway Underneath the picture was a line , which quoted me an Haying "Why , thu d d thing la hollow , aln I it ? " At the remembrance of it the general laughed until bin hugu frame shook. " run I.TIVIIIIM n. HI . ni. ( , Chicago .Tii-.iinal : Thu country nuta nt ; men HUc Cnvi-mor llu sill Hi , " v.aj o i icry br. t t > yp of HIP > .i im nun in jlu ] tics. HI * Ions roitporny li"t X. si ' lone , bul hrr Ulster H'aim ' ns.ill 1 ntlrolt Krt-e I'I-PSS : Woia vi'h ' | hyt.1. t I fnllRiio and .li-tr.icled by the ili-on-i < 1 i Hint wrafkr-tl the jmrty to which hr h , , : dpvotvd hid iimiihiiml. ( Jovernuilius . sought rest In : ho tcrost. He found It I'icr ' IniiRer and more perfoet than ho lu . dreniiu-d. ' j Chicago Hi-caul : The ri > Krei nt his duit ' cjinnnt bo confined lo nny initial , .r i .irly Ho was one tif Iho jomig men of lnh uiti- bltlun , olonli life nnd dlclplltn > d mln.lhc 1 nro today the chief safeguard of the nutum * j In Its political life. The IOSA of one of these must be .a nutter of icgiel lo nlllm mid antagonists alike. Whatever stand he took Mr. UiiHRi-11 wns rlcnn , iihlo and eninrst. Kansas City Journal : Mr. Fus.irlas ! | n democrat of the hlr.hest order Ilo wns sincere In convictions nnd took great priilo I In his party. To see iho party full into thu i hands of leaders whom ho legardod ns \\lli- : j out ohm-actor or gtatulhiR was unnuestlon- nbly a severe blow. .Mr. Hussrll enjoyed the leHpoct of Iho i-uiintry nnd his death will bo deeply iTRretted , especially lu Mas sachusetts , where ho was best Known. Sioux Clly Tribune : There will be unlI I versnl regret throughout this lonnlry. but more imrtleiilurly In Iho ranks nf the demo cratic parly , over the early nnd unexpected ' dcnilso of thjlt brllllnnl young Massaohu- ' , setts domocrnl. William K. Uussell. The -i world was an inviting plan- for him. yet ! i ho has gone suddenly to another ono. Unit J the Chicago convention be-on rontrolled Iiy " sound money men. lie inlKht hnvo boon the , nomliipe for president of tlio t'nltod Stntea. J " Truly. In the tnlilst of life > \o are In death. , ChleiiKO Chronicle : The death of I Air. Htlssell Is a national loss as . well ns n loss to the Kenulno demoeraey. . HI.brlllliinl youth enlisted for him Iho nd-.j miration and support of Iho young denu * J crats of Iho country. In most ivapoets Miv j. Husstll , somelliiioa spolfon of as tlio "hoy" f , Kovernor of Miissnehusetls , was the opposite . ( of the enndldnto for president ileslKiiateil as : the "boy" orator. Mr. llussell wns cousur- > viitlvo and pntrlollo. Ho 'believed In hou- . est money nnd In iho houesl payment of public nml prlvale debts. Ho represented HIP true and best democracy of nil sections ' as dlstliiKulnhod from llio fuHo and worst democracy of certain portions ot tlio south and west represented by Hryan. Kansas City Star : The hist public tut nt Ills life was his appearance at the democratic ' national convention al Chicago as a dol- . Kate from Iho stale of Massachnsolts. lil.s state \\as prepared to present his iianio ns a candldnto for the presidency. He found j himself and those who believed us ho did In a helpless minority In thnt convention , The ilnctrincH of democracy , of which ho hnd boon from Iho days of his earliest manhood - ' hood the powerful and , In face of heavy odds , the triumphant champion , were voted down and out of the convention , nnd he nil eastern democrat , heard Iho shouting of Iho western and southern democratic cnptnliis , "Down with the ICast. " Ho made bin light , his lust light , a fair and gallant conj test , as were nil his battles , winning the . personal plaudits of friend and foo. and then c turned nwny for rest from It nil , and found h H Iho peace nnd repose of death. No * braver innno wns over or cvor will bo enrved ' on memorial stone thai that of Wllllnm ' . Kustls IlusKcll. t Globe-Democrat : K.x-Oovornor William B. ' HiisM-ll of Massachusetts , whoso smlileli , ; death was ono of tlio deplorable events ot , * Thursday hist , was a delegate lo the CliP i cage convention , and made ono of the best f speeches delivered In that body on the sldu1 of sound money ; Bjitaklng immediately bet fore Mr. Hryan took the lloor to deliver Ihoij oration which gave him the nomination. In _ the course of his remarks Mr. llussell said : . " 1 have hoard from Iho lips of some of Ihe s old leaders of our party nt whoso feel wo younger men have loved to learn the prln8 clples of our faith , that this new doclrlne J was the bright dawn of a heller day. I would lo Rod Hint I could believe It. I , have heard that democracy was being tied to a star the falling star , which Hashes for > - an Instant and then goes out In the darkness. ' of the nlghl. No , my friends , wo sec no1 2 ; the dawn , but the darkness of defeat ant/ / despair. Oil , that from this great majorlt ; there might come one word of coneessloi ij and conciliation. Oh. that from you thcr < might be hold out the ollvo branch of pence ' 1 under which all democrats united couli' ' rally to n great vletory ! Mr. Chairman , 1 i have finished my protest. Lot mo. follow ing the example of the senator from South Carolina , utter my word of prophecy. When this storm has subsided , when the dark clouds of passion and prejudice have rolled away , and there comes after the turmoil f ' of this convention the sober second thought. of democrats and of our people , then th < protests that we of the minority licre mnki > will he hailed as the ark of the covenant i where all democrats , reunited , may go t < Nr tight for the old principles and curry theu t to Iriumplmnt victory. " IIOMHSTHJ IIIYI.S. ' "Whnt the hap 8 Cleveland Loader : was plost moment of your life ? " P "It WIIH the moment when the Jowele i took her engagement ring back and allowei 1 mo half price for It. " , Chicago Hocord : "I think nil ohlldrei ' * should learn early to K.-iy 'no. ' " "Yen , boy.i should , of course , but will girls there are tliuoH when tlu-y should be prepared to say 'yes. ' " IndlaminollH Journal : "Tho blltolicr of fered mu his h.'Uiil this morning , " said thu hired girl. "Indeed , " "Yos'ni. Ho trlod to sell It to mo with HIP steak , but I inndu him take It off tbu Cincinnati Kmiulror : "My dour Jlmson , wbnl IH Iho cniiHu of your joyful expression of connIoimnee' . ' Have you received a fortune ? " "I hnvo , my dear fellow , I Imvc. " "tVongititilhiHniiH. And the llguro ? " "H'H a b-o-y ! " St. Louis Republic : He Can you look mo In the fare nnil nay you believe all thin stuff about Ht-a Horpi.-ntH ? glu.Yilalnly I can and the moro I look Into your facu the Htninger my eon- VlctlOII llCl'OIIK-M. Texas Sifter : "I reuri-t to tell you that our engatri-mi-nt niliHl end today Here | H your rliiK buck , " wild a San Antonio society woman to CiiiH DcHinltli , wlKcio acquaint- ancit Mini had made at the llraoh hotnl In ClalvoHlon. , , , , "Ilnvu yon c-eiiM-il to love mo ? " nuked OUH. "Tlmt'H not the rnnso. I h ve JIIHI re- celved a telegram from my hnnbanil Hint ho will bo henon the m-xt train. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : The rbnnnlng girl In the baby blue Hlilrt wal i yawned behind her translucent linn TH "VVlmt in the matter , Lucia ? " ijuurlcd the lull blonde with the conrl-plaster mole Tin- fair yawncr ran her cycH over tinpiuy.zaful of KlrlH and then gazed at tin xnllKiry young man coming up the boml wal'i "Thcio'H too much 10 to 1 In thin | UIHIIHHH tu unit mo , " Hhtlazily drawled , qnJ yawned again. . MATRIMONY AND WAR Detroit Trll.inii' . To nay that marriage Is like war | H not exactly HCIIHU. For not until the cuingomi-nl emit , Du lioHtlllllcH commence , " , ii.s- run MOV i rsr TO in : . " U'rltttn for Thu lice. When the blUHh IH on the Hummer An' Iho land Is full o' bloom , An' I HI o the corn ugrowln' , AH my IWHU drlnkx in perfume ; Then my heart In fcelln * happy. My. It makes mo think ! ' ? yoMtig Waul ter JOH nit up an' ihiui-o 'ruaiul To the Huimt old tuucx I've HtriK. An' I Hit an' tnnoko In Hlli-nco 'Mid thu hum o' honey hi - . Thlnkln' nil the old tlmoH over. AH I foul HID Hiimmor'B Im- / , f Wandorln' over llalda mi' im-ddaM . _ Kind o' luzy like an' slow } ! Hamo IIH Indiana zophvrH j Nigh on IHly year * akro. 4 An' my IhoiiBhtH go wunderln' baok\var < | To the tliiui when I'zu a boy. Wlxht 'at I could m-o thr- world 'round To that Hamo old MM wine joy Yep joa keep yt-r new invciiBhuna - All yi r wheels an' wleli friiin me , Only climnu back u nilnnul Jea' the boy I uul to bo My. the yours Jen' go n tlyln' . Dooun't Kcom bul t'other day Elnut Iliu llmo when J'ze a youngslcr ; NOWto think my hair Is Kiuy , An' I'm neurln * thai up yonder Where I pozu tltcrv'M lotH of Joy , Yet I know It can't boat cither Them old days when 1'ze a boy , m-.NUY ALLICM ,