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THE OMAHA DAILY WM : TFESDAV , SEPTEMBER 1 , 1800. TUB OMAHA DAILY BBE B. nosBWATin : , I'UIIMSItCD KVKIIY .MOllNINO. THUMB OP SL'IISCIUl'TION. Dally Hc ( Without Sumlny ) One Ycnr . S 00 Dully Ilco nml Sunday , One Yonr . 1000 Blx Montlis . SOJ Three Mnntho . 2W Humlny llp , Onp Ypnr . Z h'nttirilny lire , One Yonr . . . 1 Weekly lice , One Yenr . . M Ot-VirES : Omnlm. The Dec HiilMlng. South Omnhn , Singer Illk. . fnr. X nnd 2Uh Bis. roiincll muffs , Jii North Mnln Street. Chicago OIHce. 317 riinmliiT of Commerce. New York. Itontn.i 13 , II nnil 13 , Trlbuno > MdK. "Waalilngtori , HOT r Mroot , N.V. . COIlllKSl'ON'm'.NC'K ' : All communlrntlnns rolntlniy to ni w ntrl edl- tcrlnl mnttir BhrulJ le nddr < < l : To the JMIt r. All lniMjir.nji loiters and remlltnnres 1muM lie nrtilrrsfoil to The lleo 1'iiblltMns fninpnny , Omnhn. Draft * . rhrrks nnd iimtofllro onlers to bo made pnynli ! < > t > . ( lie order of the rnimmny , TIM : IHI : i'ini.isiiiNn ; COMIMNY. 8TATH.MKNT OF CIltCUI.ATlON. Etnte of NYlnimkn.l Uougl.ia ( 'utility. I < lcorKP II. Tz cliuek , secretory of The lire I'nli- liRhlng company. beliiE tltily sworn , pay * lliftt the nctnnl niitnt rr i f full nnd comitlete copies of the Dally , Morning. Ktvnliut imd Sunday Ilco printed during the tnoiitti of July , IS ? " . , was us follows ! t 20.M7 i ; . 1D.S2S ! 20,037 13 . 20.2015 8 20,141 15 . 20910 1 18.373 21 . lO.SIl f. 20.W ) 21 . 20 < ! i : . 0 15 TM ! 22 . I3.ww 7 in.541 J3 . I9.M7 8 20.1K 21 . 80.103 8 20.121 10 21,750 2B . 20,7 ( 1 11 2.1.2.V ! S ; . 20.0SO 12 SC.OI1 2 $ . 2007R 13 22.323 25 . 0 11 ! > 14 20.lrJ ! 30 . 20.139 15 II > .T ; 31 . 20,101 1C 15,701 Totnl C37.703 l/ > s ilediictlons for unrolil nnd returned copies 1221 Ket tntnl nnlM CM.STO Net dnlly nvettiffo 20,17f ononm : n TKTHITCK. Swoin to before me nnd subscribed In my presence this 1st day of August , K9iX ( Seal. ) N. P. FKIIft Notary I'ulillc. TO STATK KA1U VISITORS. Tine OMAIIADAILY BEE. _ Sl'KriAI , VIS1TOIIS1 HOUHS. Vlsltora to the fair arc Invited to In spect the tuu'Xrplleil newspaper facili ties of The Uoo. In order , however , Unit tlu-1-e may he no confusion , they will IK- asked to aeeommoduto Ihem- nolvesi to the following hours : The press room , on the Krounil Hour of The lleo bullillMinnd OI > LMIIIIT | upon the west sltlo of the court , will \ > o open to the. public between the hours of HM : and l0 : ; ! each nfternoon. The rnnipoaltiK room , on the sixth Moor , entered through room COO , will be opi n to the public each after noon from I o'clock to X. No one who vis its thestato fnlr should KO away without seeliiR the llncst newspaper plant In tlio country. THE OMAIIADAILY BEE. _ TIIK I IKK IH'ILDING. Onnilm Is wonrlns Its best clntho.s this week. Soptrnilir-r Is huro once more , nnil so Is the IVsllvi' oyster. Nebraska's corn yield will this year defy the world's record. If Jlryiui Is asliamed of Ills populist nomination , why doesn't lie say so ? Senator Stewart Is for silver for every one else but Senator Stewart. All ( inlet In the county hospital. Now for a Immune , In\rinoninns \ , ellleient nnd disciplinarian inaiuu enient of that Institution " " ; fcxr- stitution : . Senator Hill could innke the lilt .of the season if lie wanted to by merely repeating at Indianapolis the speech lie made at CMilea o last July. T.I IlniiK Clmiitf will never realize what he will have missed if lie leaves the Krand sky parlor union depot nt Omaha out of his American itinerary. Three silver men have written open letters urxliiK the silver forces to > ; ot together on a candidate for congress In this district. If worse comes to worst , any one of the three will be willing to sacritlco himself as the nominee. Uryan snys that no sound money dem ocrat who Is honest In his belief that free silver means disaster to the conn- try can support the Chicago ticket. The Honml money democrat who bolt s Hryan Is only following Bryan's advice. Subscribe for exposition stock. Thnt $300,000 Is the minimum , not ( lie maxi mum. The list , ought to be swelled without dllllcnlty to ? . " 00X ( ) ( ) , nml It will bo If every property owner and citizen volunteers to bear his share of thu burden. This year's Ak-Sar-llen parades are to excel last year's Ak-Snr-Hcn parades In every respect. The pageants of 1SH ! ! nre to be entirely different from those of 181)5. ) Those who attended the fes tivities a year ago have no excuse for not attending again. Carl Schtirz Is to deliver an address nt Chicago under the auspices of the Honest Money league of that city. The ucknowlcdgcd weight of Oeneral Schnry. ' intlticnco with German-American citi zens will be a great gain for the cunsu of sound money In the west. President Cleveland will , If reports provo correct , be heard from very shortly on his position on the money Issue. Kveryone knows that Mr. Cleve land Is uiieimlvocnlly for sound money , but an expression from him In ids usual clear and forceful language will no doubt contribute to the work of spread ing the doctrine of honest muney. The organ of forgery , the Omaha World-Herald , Is trying to make out that the London Financial News denied on August l.'l a cutting of an article from thu Omaha sheet which was not printed In the World-Herald until August 10. The absurdity of tlm pretense Is self- evident. Thu World-Herald has been detected and exposed In n barefaced campaign fabrication , but has not the honesty to admit the Imposture. Populist campaign managers an * ex plaining their Inactivity in the matter of sending out campaign literature by iissertlng that free sliver people are so well Informed on the money question that they need no further instruction. The real reason , which they studiously conceal , Is that the silver mine bullion- Hires Imve t > o llttlo confidence In the Bllver campaign that they have thus fur refused to whack up the silver ncccs- eary for thu committee's expanses. K M.LVor TIIK niK.ii' nvi.r.Ati. Nothing more Incisive was said by O.'tiefal ItnrrlMiti In his strong nnd ad mirable address last week than this : "The llrst dirty errand thnt a dlrl.y dollar doi s Is to cheat the wiirklngnian. " All expetleiiee attests the truth of tlite. As was said by that dWI'ifiulshod .statesman , when the ( line uf cheap dollar * "hoitld eolne the merchant would take care of himself. Hi- would in.nk up his goods to the new scale. The capitalist , nlso , would protect , himself. I'.tit what of the worklngmanV "He can not go to the pay roll with a pencil and mark It up. Ho has got to consult some body. He has to enter Into sin nrjin- metir. lie has got to get some other man's consent b-fore he can mark up his wages. " The gruei'i' and the butcher are free lo put whatever price upon the artlcle.-t they sell that conditions may appear to warrant , hit ! tin1 wage earner cannot Increiise his pay without the consent of Ids employer. The Idslory of the strnigles of labor tnnler a system of depreciated currency to secure an equitable advance In wages ought In convince all woiUlngnien of the utter folly of the free sllvcrite pretense that they would be benellted by a policy which would give them a dollar of re duced , purchasing power. They should need no other e.xperleiice to show them this than was furnished by the paper money period In our own country. Then , as in all previous experiences of a similar nature in the wmld's history , thu price of labor was the last thing to rise and It did not rise ns fast or as far as the prices of commodities. Tak ing prices of commodities and wages In ISiM ) ns at a normal level , the record shows that by lSl r the prices of food and clothing and general family sup plies hail been multiplied two and one- half times. Hut the record also shows that the average of all wages had only increased by one-half. Fit that while tin- nominal rate of wages at the close of the war , compared with the rate of wages before the war , was about 1T.O . to 100 , yet the net pur chasing power of wages , allow ing for the higher prices of every thing , had declined In the same time from 100 to (50. ( In later years , under a sound monetary system , wages have advanced and with that advance the purchasing power of the dollar has in creased. The wage earner is now nsken to support "a policy that will change this and make the dollar he earns less valuable to him anil there are some workingmen so blind , to their own in terests ns to be disposed to accept the Invitation and vote themselves a "dirty dollar. " Daniel AVobster once said of the work- iiigman : "Ills prosperity Is In his hands. His reliance , his fund , his pro ductive freehold , his all. is Ids labor. Whether he work on his own small capital or another's , his living Is still earned by his industry and when th" money of the country becomes depreci ated nnd debased , whether it lie adulter ated coin or paper without credit , that industry Is rabbet ] of its reward. He then labors for a country whose laws 'cheat him out of his bread. " This is eternally true. It applies today ns fully as when uttered by its illustrious author. A debased currency , a currency of con stantly uncertain value , is the merciU'ss enemy of labor. The speculator may thrive with It , the broker may llnd It prolltable , the money lender may be benellted by it. but the man who works for wages will inevitably suffer from it. Whatever it may do for others he is certain to be cheated by it and to be cheated all the time. Will worklngman heed the lessons of experience and the council of wise and disinterested states men , or will they follow those who promise them prosperity through free silver without ever attempting to show them how It Is to be attained ? . ,1 cnisis ; .v CCIIA. If full credence could be given to news from Cuba the latest advices would uommniid great Interest as showing that n crisis Is at hand n that Island. It Is unite possible that such is the case , for undoubtedly the Spanish govern ment realises the urgent necessity of speedily putting down the insurrection If It Is to retain possession of ( ! uba. It is manifestly apprehensive tbnt a change of administration In the United States will lu > helpful to the CUiban cause. The political parties are all strongly committed lo sympathy with the cause and the Spanish government has reason to think that popular senti ment here will be vigorously exerted upon the next administration for action unfriendly to the continuation of Spain's domination In Cuba. Doubtless that government exaggerates this danger , but lo see It Is snlllclent to Induce extra ordinary measures for terminating the conflict. Hence the statement that the Spanish prime minister had Instructed General Weyler to do as be pleases Is not Incredible , though It Is rather re markable that such n manifestation of Spanish apprehension should hi ; given publicity. Another feature of the latent advices which appears somewhat Inex plicable Is the report that the conserva tive party , which caused the with drawal of Campos because he was not sulllclently aggressive , is now arrayed against. Weyler because he proposes to prosecute the war upon the most aggres sive plan possible. At any rate there can be no doubt that the situation In Cuba Is decidedly unsatisfactory to the Spanish government and that it really fears n prolongation of the contest Into next year may be fatal tu Its cause. It appcimi to be equally certain that the Insurrection cannot be suppressed this year. _ _ _ _ _ sTitiixi'riiKX While the free silver people assert that their policy would destroy trusts and monopolies they aru content with thu bare assertion , as they are In nearly every case , making no vlVort to show how It would have the effect claimed. The Kprlngtli'ld ' Itcpuhlicnn urges with much force that free ullver Is better calculated to strengthen and extend thu trusts and monopolies than to weaken their hold. "It Is but tor calculated , " says that paper , "to Intensify thu ine qualities In wealth distribution than to abate them. " It refers to the anthracite coal pool ns one monopoly that must laugh nt the efforts of the silver radical , knowing that In an hour after the cheaper dollar Is established It can murk tip Its prices accordingly and mill on something more to make gooil nny de preciation In the pun aslng power of. In dividual Incomes from previous accumu lations , How Is free silver , asks the lie- publican , to ImHcu the grip of this monopoly on the people ? Another monopoly that would not be In the least disturbed by free silver , but would prob ably Und It prolltable. Is the Standard Ull triMt. which could advance the price of Its product to American coiHiimera without materially Increasing the cost of production. The Sugar trust Is an other monopoly that lias nothing to fear If not everything to hope from free sil ver ainl Indeed this Is true of all thu trusts nnd monopolistic aggregations. There is not a valid reason for believing that any of these would bi adversely af fected by free silver , but on thu con trary they would undoubtedly be bi'iie- nteii by that policy. All their products nnd properties would be Increased In t'ou'lnal value and they are In better position than those not In such combina tions to fortify against the consequence : * of financial panic nnd commercial con vulsions. The Itepublicnn bi'llcves that Tree sti ver opens the way to new condition.of ! Immense wealth-getting by the few and supports ( ids view by reference to our own experience after the war , when iniiler an intlateil paper regime specula tion ran riot and big fortunes sprung up In n day. The rnu onim ; is sound. There Is no danger to trusts and monop olies from free silver. It would rather be helpful to them. In n pnhllc address Edward Koscw.itcr recently stated that all the property , real and personal , of all the people of the United States was worth $10,000,000,000. We do not , dispute Mr. Kcucwatcr's figures , and certainly he will not question the figures put forth by that eminent historian , Clark Hldpath , who places the debts of the people of the United States at ? I3,000COO,000. Granting that the figures of both gentlemen are correct , will Jlr. Hosowaler kindly con sult his Wall street text books and then tell us Just what the people of this country would he worth If they had their debts paid ? I'apllllon Times. Mr. .lolm Clark Ititlpath may be "an eminent historian , " although his stand ing as an historian is by no means that of n Itancroft , a Hildretli or a Mc- Masters. 15tit Mr. Uiilpath Is nowhere recognized as an authority on political economy or statistics. If he really does say that the debt of the people of the United States is forty-five thousand mil lions lie only gives proof of his utter want of reliability or comprehension of thsubject. . I low can any rational person , thousand millions figure out forty-live lions of debt for the people of this country ? The total public debt of the United States , the debt of all the states , counties , cities and school districts combined , is only ifl..aoO.OOO.OOt ) . The railroad , 'debt ic computed at.fr > .000,0X,000 ( ) and the debts of all other corporations do not exceed S..OOO.OOO.OOO. Throw in the private mortgage debt tit .fri.000,000,000 more nnd the private individual debt at ! ? U,00i.OOOMK ( ) and we have a total of less than $20,01 )0 ) , ( 100,000. Tills is an extravagant rather than ji close estimate. There has been a great deal more debt canceled by payment or foreclosure within the past live years than there has been created. Credits have everywhere been curtailed and loans called In. Hut eminent historians like Uidpalh don't mind adding $ i > 5- , 000,000,000 more or less to the nalioiKs debt any more than do eminent political economists like Harvey and Hryan and their disciples in calamity. These eminent debt intlaters charge up the deposits In all the banks as part of the debt which the people owe , when every school boy knows that the i-4iiX ( ) , < XX.000 ) on deposit in the ! ) ,000 banks of the ( j'nited States represents not debt but accumulated wealth. If Itidpath : ynl the eminent statisticians who follow in his foot-path are correct we are a nation of bankrupts nnd Instead of dcllantly boasting our ability to raise ami hold up the sliver of the world by virtue of our colossal wealth we ought to apply for n receiver and have ourselves wound up as Insolvents. That self-appointed silver champion , the St. Louis Kepnbllc , informs Its read ers that tlie democratic managers are not counting on the electoral vole of New York nor of any of the eastern group of slates. It further states that the democrats have no expectations In tlie coming state elections of either Ver mont or Maine. This is the most can did admission that has yet been made by any silver organ , but It Is manifestly only an attempt to discount In advance the depression In Its own party which is foreseen ns nn inevitable result of the republican preponderance In tlie September elections. Hy expecting nothing in tlie east , the silver people \\ili not be too greatly dlHappoIntcd. That this Is tlie time to buy Omaha realty will not be gainsaid by anybody conversant with the situation , present and prospective. Prices are low and values are good. Within the next three years there must come a gradual ad vance In prices throughout the clly. The Mollne Plow company has pur chased a live-story warehouse , paying $10.000 for It , which is the dence of tin increased demand and the stability of Inside really values. It will not Iu > necessary this year to urge the people of this and neighboring cities to attend the State fair. They have already been made tiwnru of the fact that the exhibits will surpass In extent and quality all former displays of the products of this state , and thnt the special features , the racus and the buildings and grounds form ( he chief attractions , which will swell the num ber of visitors to very largo proportions. Thu question of tax assessments will over hu a lit subject for discussion so long iis Incompetent and corrupt litres- sors shall bo retained In olllce. Any man who will take thu trouble to look up the valuations of property along FORGERY EXPOSED , A BASE IMPOSITION. j ! | | Salt Lake Tribune. if f < | ? since , under the heading "Paste This In Your lint , " the Tribune { pojdlshed an artlclo purport Ing lo bt from the London Financial News. \\A \ the article from of Omaha \ foplctl the World-llonild , first , be- enusp Hi lulu - \ reputable newspaper ; It Is also the nuns organ of Mr. P.rynn * hinisoirnd ! ) , second , beeausu we had read soinuililng of the same kind In a Xews editorial , or from n corre : < pomh'iit of the Xews. The Xews du- nlcs the authenticity of Ihe article and claims that H Is n forgery. Wo have walled several days since that announcement wns made for the World- Herald to make a frank and fair explanation of It , but It has not doni so up to date , anil cannot any longer alfonl to postpone Hie above explanation , because the Trlbuno has a reputation for truthfulness which It has fairly earned , and while we are aware , nnd while the people are aware that with the utmost care a newspaper Is sometimes led Into tin error In tlie statement of n purported fact , there has never been a time , there never will bo a time when the Tribune , If so deceived , will not make Its explanation fully and fairly , and give to It as much prominence as was given to Hie offending article. Wo arc sorry It happened.Vo are sorry thill after day.s of waiting the World-Herald has not seen pioper to fully ex plain how such an accident could lui Vi > happened In Unit , newspaper olllce. FABRICATION PUR13 AND SIMPLE. Tlio Literary Digest for August li ! ) . KSItli , a weekly periodical published In New York by Punk , & Waiiialls , prints the Omaha U'orld-ilerald "Taste This in Your Hat" fftwry with the fotluwln comment : The I . 'Horary nicest sent the clippin.ir to The Financial Xe\vs , 1t Ab- churcli Lane , London , asking for the date of the editorial , and received the following reply : " \Ve beg to return your cutting which you forwarded us and to say that no such article ever appeared In The Financial News. " any principal street the past two years can reach but one conclusion , and that is that the successive assossurs were either Incompetent or they must have shown gross favoritism in not a few Instances. These old assessments should be equalized in justice to all concerneil. Supporters of the exposition enterprise In Council ItlnlYs are ( piltu1 as active as those in Omaha. They are now en gaged in inking stock subscriptions in order that Hu > y may have a voice in the affairs of the exposition , which of cours. ' includes the select Ion of a site. Presi dent Wattles s.iys that the directory , to be composed of lifty men , will by vote select' the exposition site. The director * will be jioli'i ed by the stockholder * . It IheivfoTe * follows that the larger the stock subscrlp'.tions ' In Council P.luffs the greater the vote.s of our neighbors in the election of directors. The manufacturers of Nebraska are well roprct'ctjtcd at. the Slate fair. A'iiy one whi lacks information con cerning tlijj diversity and extent of home maU\iMitnres : will be able to gain It by a visit to the Manufacturers' j building. Nebraska is rich in raw inn- j terlnls , and 'us the years go on greater I i facilities are-accpiircd for working these ! , inntorhils into . finished , marketable piodubfc : " If-fc tiff-'hope1 aH'N6- braskans that state manufactures will continue to nourish and multiply. Ciiloiu-l Onna'M SlDKini. Now Yoik Sun. This Is what .Major McKlnley's letter says to democrats , north and south : No dickerIng - Ing with silver ; no Force bill. Not Unlit for l.ooli * . Cloljc-I ! ) < > moerat. It Is the opinion of the Zanzibar Ajax who defied the lightning of a Hritlsh licet that modern navies are not built exclusively for the looks of the thing. In a few minutes the imperial palace was knocked Into n pile of rubbish , and a now-llcdscd emperor Into a fugitive begging protection at a foreign consulate. A I'll I riot for llrvriiiic. Philadelphia Times , 111 1878 Senator Stewart said : "I do | not care how much you discuss It , or how many resolutions you pass ; they do nol make any difference ; you must come to the same conclusion that all people have that gold Is recognized as the universal standard of value. " He didn't own as much silver mining stcck then as he doca now. A DinVi'i'iK'c In Alli'iit'llon. Minneapolis Journal. llryan reached the acme of demagogy when he apologized for his speech-making tour on the ground that the people were too poor to come anil see him. They seem to bo able to call on JIcKlnley , however , oven from Hryan's own town of Uiv-'Dln , which Is about to star : a delegation eastward. It makes a differcncahat the attract Ion is , TlHTl- Arc Otlirr Slit mill nlM. Imllnniipollii Journal. It Is a shame that our yard measure , our foot measure , our Inch , our pounds nnd ounces , our gallons , quarts anil pints should bo the same r.a those of England. To paraphrase - i phrase slightly tlio eloquent language of ! Mr. llryan , "Seventy millions of free people should be able to h.ivo a , system of weights anil measures of their own and not depend on any foreign nation to run their govern ment , " Callforiilii'M f.olil San Kriitirlscd Anonuut. This state has what Is known as the specific contract law on its dtatutu hooks. Ily this law California went on a gold basis during the greenback duys in the civil war , and has remained nn a gold basis ever since. : Wo have oUi-n ijolntcd out the absurdity of California's sti < fyu convention passing rcso- < lutlons In ipynr of free silver while such n i law remains ) | lf on her statute books. It ' shows plainly , , Ijow insincere the delegates to those cjcmr.entlons are. Hov.-evcr , there never has MCn , any attempt to repeal the law. Hut , /v.cl | If the popocratii should succeed In 'JIip comlng election , California would still uunaln upon a gold basis until : she repoilcd , her siiccldc contract law. | \Vlicther K\ \ < O repealed It or not nil transac tions up t .iUlt'i 'I'110 ot that repeal would bo upon a golu basis. J IT l'\AM.MOr.S. ' 11 Tlie ltullyliWi | H' > Ht In Kay or of Siiuiul Miui > > . I : ? i lbjryiso ( | TimeH-UeralJ. j Now comwiii-lilrf Arthur or the Hrcther- liooil.of J.wO'nyflvo ' Engineers and head of i one of the tUi'l'Jigcst labor unions In the | United Staten. and says that "SI per cent of thu railroad men of America would vc-to for McKlnley and sound money. " This cornea -on top of the statement that lictwccn 90 ami 95 per cent of the travel ing salesmen of the country are traveling u pottles of the gospel uC McKlnluy and Bound money. Then there arq the Germans , of whom It Is believed more than 00 per cent are for McKlnley and sound money. So , too , of all Americana of Scandinavian and Scotch descent. Ditto of the surceEBful non-political BODS of Britain and Ireland. Ninety per cent of them arc for McKlnloy anil sound money. More than 90 per cent of the newspapers of the United States uro cither out-and out for McKlnley and sound money or against llryan and repudiation. The question arises , Why stick to SO per cent ? uot make It unanimous ? A MASTHKI.V SPUKCII. New York World ( deni. ) : The speech of I oxM'resident Ilarrlsnn at Carnegie hall last I night was , like all of his public efforts , | strongly reasoned , clearly expressed , ele vated In tone , felicitous In Illustration and oratorical In style. We have few better j public speakers than General Harrison. IHa opening address In this campaign is sure of a wide reading , nnd will repay It. Indianapolis Journal ( rep. ) : These utter ances show that there Is In the country a Inrftc number of thoughtful ircn who see In the Chicago platform and Its candidate a menace to constitutional government. For all these men Cicncral Harrison spoke , and the reading of his timely words of warning on this subject will causu thousands of patriotic citizens to take a renewed Interest tu a campaign which Imolves the existence of constitutional government , social order and the enforcement of the law. Washington Star ( rep. ) : The speech deliv ered in New York last night presents Gen eral Harrison In his most effective form. It rends extremely well. It possesses the naturalness and charm of personal conver sation. The figures of speech are few , but they are well chcscn. All are drawn from everyday life , and therefore are the more Instructive. Ills Illustration used In 1893 about Mr. Cleveland and the wild horses , which was the best of that year , Is now matched by that ot a boy's stilts as applied to bimetallism this year. Huffalo Commercial ( rep. ) : The attention of our readers is Invited this morning to the striking contrast between the speech of ex President Harrison , delivered In New York last night , and Mr. liryan's. The division of this controversy might well be submitted to any sane and disinterested American on these two briefs. Henjamln Harrison's speech Is that of a statesman. It Is at once a trumpet call to the defend ers of the constitution and national honor nnd a double-shotted broad-side raking the pirate craft fore and oft. liesldo it the superllclal , saucy , evasive harangue and the Incendiary appeals of the populist candidate seem wholly unworthy of the crisis. They make one ashamed that such a cause , led by such a champion , can so disturb the peace and threaten the credit of this great nation. Philadelphia Times ( dem. ) : The masterly speech of ex-President I3enjainln Harrison" In Now York upon the Issues Involved In the present canvass should be read by every voter In the country. Mr. Harrison Is easily the foremost republican In Intellectual breadth as well as In an all-round experi ence In the management of public affairs , and has time and again demonstrated an ability to say the right thing , In the- right way , at the right time , second to that of no public man of the present generation. Ills speech showed that ho has lost none of his power In this direction. No contrl- bntlon to the literature of the present cam paign will be better worth careful perusal and consideration than Mr , Harrison's speech. Others have exhaustively exposed the fallacies ot free coinage ; none have ex pressed so fully the dangers and perils of the revolutionary propositions of the popu lists nnd anarchists who have captured the democratic organisation and appropriated the democratic .name. CIIM'K IC.V.S COMi : IIO.MM 'I'D HOOST. Ilr.vim'M IJK.SIIV on I'lilloNojihy of Iliililn ; ; a Political lloiiiiiiTiiiiKr. Itruolclyn K.iiIf. It Is unfortunate for Mr. Dryan that ho has not a leg to stand on so far as concerns - corns his criticism of those democrats who have bolted the Chicago platform and nomi nees. His claim that the action of the mn- jorlty must govern and that regularity and iIl.HclplIno are the chief factors to be con sidered In the present emergency Is prcpoa- torous and Impertinent In the light of sonic of Ills recent utterances , In the Omaha World-IIorald of February 20 , 189C , was an editorial v.rltten by Mr. Hryan under the tltlo of "Tho Philosophy of Molting , " nnd among ( ither things It said : The World-IIi-rald holds that the Indi vidual member of u parly nt nil times re serve ! ! the right to vote ngaln.Mt hin party entirely whenever , In his Judgment , hl.s iluty to hlniKi'lf requires II. If abandon ment of party la cvi r juHtllhihln the voter must determine for himself when the tlmu for abandonment arrlvuH , When should ho dec'lde ? The proper time , If not the only time. Is lifter the parly hiiH adopted Ita platform and named IH | candidate. Until that ( line IID doeH not know whether ho can rely upon It to secnrn the government which ho ro- Kunhi mi good or the legislation which ho fotiBldern nuuctuuiry. The article concludes with the declara tion that all democrats may reserve the right to abandon the party whenever thu party abandons the cause of the people. Tills would Indicate that us far back ns February .Mr. llryan was preparing to bolt the national convention ot tils party in case It declared for thu gold standard ; that he would Jiavo counseled ouch a bolt , and that ho would Imvo swung his newspaper Into the advocacy of an out anil out silver ticket Just ns the honest men are now preparing to nominate a gold ticket. The arguments advanced by Mr. llryan In favor of a bolt , should friHi silver bo defeated , are exactly applicable now to the position of the gold men and they are arguments the cogency of which must bo everywhere recognized. It may bo said that circumstances alter eases that Hrynn as an editor Is not tlio uamo Ilrynr , who U now appealing to the voters of the country. The pretext Is too flimsy to he worthy of notice. The hom-st democrats who Jiavo repudiated the Chicago nominees could deslro no butter Justification of their attitude than that supplied by Mr. Hryan himself. It Is a case wherein the chickens have come homo to roost. CIIKAP ntn.i.\ns. VliMvi of Iliuilrt Wlsrr nml l.liieiiln < < inti-HHti.il ulth llr.onnlMiii. I'hlliilcliitita I'ulillr I.cilRcr. Candidate Hrynn declares that the wag MttiPM are lo i-speclnlly profit by the di basement , the cheapening of the n.itlona currency. It seems like cruelty to nrra against "tho Hey Orntor of the PUlte. and Ills unronsldprrd , unvrrnrlous , unnuji ported nssei lions , HIP wisdom , the learn Ing. the > cruelty , the experience of thn great statesman , D.uilcl Webstrr , who o lung ngo as 1S.14 spoke tipnti this subject I the United States spiintp. Part of what h said upon that occasion was as follows : "The vrry man. of all others , who hn HIP deepest Inti-trst In n sound current nnd who surfers tnot by mischievous Ip latlon In money matters. Is tlu man \vh earns Ills daily bread by his dnlly tel * * * Ills property Is In his two hands Ills ' pllanep. his fund , his productive free hold , Ills all , Is Jits labor. Whether h work on his own small capital or another's his llvlui ? Is still earned by his Industry and when thp money of the country become depreciated and debased , whether It lie ndul tcrattd coin or paper without credit , thn Industry Is robbed of Its reward , lie the ; labors for n country whoso laws cheat hit : out of his bread. I would say to ever ; owner of every quarter section of land I the west , I would say to every man In th east who follows his own plow , and to ever mechanic , artisan and laboier of every clt : In the country 1 would say to every man everywhere , who wishes by honest means t gain nn lionpst llxlng , Mleware of wolve In sheep's clothing. ' Whoever attempts tnidpf whatever popular cry , to shake th Ktablllty ot tlio public currency fctabs your Interests and your hnppliics to the In art , " Among the greatest of American states men who Imvo recognized the equality o nil our countrymen and the sacredncss o ploprrty created by labor , who stood closes to thosi1 whom he railed "the plain people , ' wns Abraham Lincoln. The wisdom nnd Jus tlce ot his counsel are as sentient and vita today , and ns pertinent to the present crisis as they were when In another great crisis they were declared. "Property , " said President Lincoln , "Is the fruit of labor. Property Is desirable Is a positive good In this world. That sonu should be rich shows that others may bcconu rich , and hence Is encouragement to lifdus try and enterprise. Lot no man who Is homeless pull down the house of another hut let him work diligently and build oni for himself , thus , by example , assuring tha his own shall be safe from violence when It is built. " Mr. Hryan Is preaching the unamorlcan revolutionary doctrine of "classes" anil "masses ; " urging men to tear down ami destroy the houses of their neighbors , nnd to set them In contention against each other. Abraham Lincoln's counsel Is the answer to nml rebuke ot Uryan. 1M3KSO.VAI. AM ) OTIiit : WlSi : . It Is quite evident that Maximo Gomez has been without a , press agent for some time. Nicholas Hudlugcr , professor of anatomy at the University of Munich , whose death Is announced , was the author of a number of standard works on anatomical subjects. Petlnps the only place In the world where1 women appear as bullfighters Is Barcelona. Providencla Amcda and Maria Alvarado have both attained renown In that capacity. Governor Llppltt of Hhodu Island has ac cepted an Invitation to deliver nn orntlon In Cleveland on September 10 , which Is Perry's Victory day In the program of the Cleve land centennial exercises. Mrs. Scott , wlfo of the sheriff ot Mojave county , Arizona , Is herself a deputy sheriff. The other day she brought an Insane prls oner from a neighboring place to the county Jail nnd experienced neither trouble nor fear white doing It. Dr. II. II. Halo of Detroit carries a walkIng - Ing stick the Intrinsic value of which Is ? : i,000. It was presented to him some years ago by friends In Edinburgh. It Is orna mented with gold and jewels and the head contains a line chronometer. LI Hung Chang was amazed at the knowl edge which every one In Knglanfl whom he met had of his doings. "Why , " ho said , "how can they have found It out ? There are millions of people In China today who do not yet know of the war with Japan. " The questions LI Hung Chang puts to women about their ages are embarrassing enough , but his curiosity does not end there. In addition to a question concerning her age he asked a London woman If she was married and If she had any children. Learn ing that she had none , he said : "Our women In China pray for children If they have not any. " The Washington papers announce the ar rival In that city ot Mrs. John A. Logan after a long trip abroad with a party of young women. She will remain In Wash ington during the rest of the summer and for the whole of the coming year. In Octo ber , 1S97 , she expects that the statue of her husband , which Is to bo erected in Iowa circle , will be unveiled , as when she visited Home the sculptor , Simmons , said ho would linlsh it by next summer. i.Airciii.vt ; MMS. : Somorvlllo Journal : Knvy the deaf ! They cannot hear all these arguments on the financial question. Detroit Free Press : "Why arc you order- Ins llsh at this hour of the day , Clara ? " "I expect my husband homi ) thlsf oven- ln ; from n. llsiilng trip , and hu will bo ter ribly hungry. " Philadelphia North American : "Poor tramp ! Have you sulTcri'd much ? " "Madam , I have. In ilayn gone by I waH not the wrotclx'd wreck I am now. H < > - llevii me or not , I was a miccesHful poli tician until my voice gave out. " Indianapolis JtmrniiJ : Tommy Paw , What In a chip lint ? The papers say.s the lady wore n blue chip hat. Mr. Flggs-A blue chip hat ? A $2.W > hat , I suppose. Harper's llazar : Mr , Jleanman Imd Jusit retimed to contribute to the new organ fund. " 1 thouijht you told mo Unit If wn ever needed money , tu call upon you , " Hald thu rertur , ruefully. "So 1 did , " tuilil Mr. Mpanman. "Yon have culled , sir , and I am very Kind to HCU jou. " Chicago Heconl : "Mudger felH Hiiro hlx nnw 'Itotnco and Juliet' will make a hit , " "U'lmt nro th high llghtH ? " "Jnllut dives oft the balcony In her bloomers ) and they clopo on their wheels. " Detroit Trlbuno : "Savo mo or I shall drown , " shrieked the girl In the Htory. "You can't drown , " replied the hero , from thu doc'.t. "ThiTo'H only six Inchen of water where yon are. " "Tlmt'H all you know about the scope of the nmv notion , " Hneured the distracted damsel , Texas Sifter : Visitor What becnm of that nice young man I met at your house last year ? Miss Hunker Hill The authorities became cognizant of considerable nihypothecatlon on hl.s part and conveyed him to u protoplasm. "What I * thai ? " "If you will Klnnro nt Worce-.ster you will observe that protoplasm signifies a cull. " Washington Star : "I don't think your father fi-elH very kindly toward me , " wclil : Mr. Stalatn. "You mlHjudgo him. The morning after - you called on me last wi-ek hn neomril qnlto worried for fear I had not troutcil you with proper courtesy. " "Indeed ? What did hn Hay ? " "Ho asked me how I ciiuld bo so rude as to let you go away without your breakfast. PIPING TIM US. ) JnilUnuiiKlln .Joiinml. Thn bugaboo and thu roorback Worn HtrolllDK on Hie way , When tint rom bark met the bugaboo And [ MHHrd tin * Hint ) of day. Siiyn the bugaboo tu thn roorback , "I hear you'n- doing line. " Says thu ruotback tu thu bugaboo. Me ? I'm wuililnu ovurtlmu ! " Higliest of all in Juavemng Power. Latest o. b. Oo1 Kcport : 1M MJMAM3 IJIIHfl TO WHST Iliiln Win rnllhiK U'lipit HPrrlvef ( nml lie Mnj oil nn tin. llonl , | \VKST 1'OINT. N' . YUR. . 31. I.I Hung ClmitR nrrlvuil hero this afternoon on the dispatch boat Dolphin to Inspect the mili tary acndetny. During the trip up the river Colonel Fred ( Jrnlit polntci ! out many places of Interest lo the ambassador , who nskcil ninny questions. .Near by were Vice. Presi dent Thompson , Colonel MeCook , Mr. Sewnnl Webb nnd nearly all ilu- other prominent visitors , LI Hung Chang began , through the Interpreter , to speak of railroad * nnd their paying 6 per cent. The I'olphln was then passing Iho Wllllnmsinirfi sugar rertu- ory nml Colonel Ornnt said "Thero Is n plaro which pays 12 per cent on an Invested capital of J37.nno.000. " The ninhass.idt > r became Interested when lie heard this and asked very minutely as to what process the supnr went through there , nnd he seemed satisfied with the ro- pllrs which weie given to his questions. When the vessel wns abreast of the nnvy yard the Chinese ling was run up on tlio mainmast of the old wooden ship Vermont. Simultaneously the saluting buttery on the cob deck llred a salute of nineteen guns. As the bn.it neared the llrooklyn bridge all the Chinese became very much Interested , ns well ns 1.1 lluiiR ChntiR. Colonel Ornnt explained - plained In detail the workings of a MK structure , how long II look to build , cost , source of revenue. being owned by the two cities , height nnd length , ns well as Iho ealilo system for the cars , and the free promenade for pedestrlnns. The ambassador asked If the b.'ldgo was built by n com pany. As to tlto cost , $25.000,000 , ho wanted to kmnv If It has paid for Itself In the thir teen years which have elnpsed since Its com pletion. He said It was a wonderful struc ture nnd showed very plainly how far ad vanced the American engineers were and thnt their liiKenulty was seemingly Inex haustible. Ily o'clock the Dolphin hnd passed Hit ) i battery and ns she rounded and turned up the North river the steam ernrt of nil kinds saluted with shrill whistles. 1,1 Hung Chans did not seem to henr these salutes nnd kept right on talking to those nenr him. After ( icncrat linger had shown the viceroy his place on Governor's Island Gelicrnl Porter and Colonel ( Irani directed the ambassador's attention to the tall buildings , or "sky scrapers" as they called them in the lower part of the city. LI Hung Chang asked the cost of them , by whom they were occu pied , how much Income they produced nnd If they paid well. In reply to n < iuestlon nsv. to what ho thought of them he replied : "They nro Indeed wonderful ; so ninny of them nnd so high. I am not surprised nt that height , for I had heard ot them In my own country. " Vice President Thompson of the Pennsyl vania road then pointed out the company's depot on the Jersey shore and explained how the passengers and freight were trans ferred from New York nnd Ilrooklyn by ferry boats. The nmbassnilor seemed to bo particularly Interested In rallro.uls and entered - tered Into n talk with Mr. Thompson , asking t him his age. how ho became- vice president of the company nnd Inquiring as to accidents , etc. , on the Pennsylvania road. Mr , Thomp son assured him on this point. I.I nsked It , Mr. Thompson would accompany him to Hut- , fnlo , but the latter said hu could only go ns far as Washington. Passing Grant's tomb the ensign wne clipped nnd nil aboard stood bareheaded until the flag was raised again. IA Hung Chang , with his attendants , also stood up , but they did not uncover. After tills ceremony the ambassador turned to Colonel Grant , who was still by his side , and said ; "I have seen the tomb of Peter the Great , William I and Napoleon , but I have not seen anything so grand as this grand reminder of so great fi general. H eclipses anything 1 have as yet seen. " , The weather up to this time wns cloudy ; and threatening , but rain began to fall ns the vessel passed Spuyten Duyvll. The rain Increased during the luncheon hour , and there wns n heavy fall when the Dolphin reached West Point. There were about 1,600 people on the docks , and they were nil ilia- nnnolnted At the advice of his physician , the ambassador Bald It wan too wet to go nshorc , and decided to remain on the Dolphin phin with Colonel Fred Grant and Mayor Strong. The others of the party braved the ' rain and drove through the grounds rap'ldly , under military escort. The trip back to New York was without special Interest. LI Hung Chang , on his re turn to his hotel , expressed himself ns be ing very much gratified at what he called an unexpected nnd generous reception by the people of New York. LI Hung Chang notified Colonel Grant to day thnt when the Grant tomb Is dedicated next year , the Chinese minister will plant n tree for him as a token of his regard for the great general. Its a tough Customer HAT ing haracteristics of the clothing1 hat we make that it combines jerfect fit with a stylish indi vicinal ity all its own. In every size \ve cut several shapes accommodated to the ! ! various proportions of men ind boys. We take the same pains that the custom tailor akes besides in shaping1 gar- -nents , an important detail of manufacture that is entirely leglected in the ordinary sorts f ready-made clothing. And withal our prices are lever higher , and often are jwer , than those frequently / hargcd for much inferior work nanship. S.V , Cor. 15th anil Doutlas Sta.