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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1897)
TIM OMAHA PAIIiY BEE ; SATURDAY , MAKOn in. 1807. TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE. C. nOSBWATCIl. Editor. PUBLISHED KVKIIV MOIIN1NU. TETIM3 OP BunscmrrioN. IJM ( Without Sunday ) , One Year . I * 0 > i Dally nee and Sunday , Otto Tear. * . M Bit Month . . . . M Thre Uonlh * . > M Kunilay D < c , One Tear . . . . . . . . J S3 Rntimfny nee , Onn Year. . , . . . . . JJ Weekly Dee , One Year . . OFFICES ! Omnhn : Th n e RulMlng. Bouth Omnlm ! Slnser Illk. , Cor. N nnd Hlh BU. Council Uluirii 10 Pearl ilreet. Chl.-aco omcf. 217 Chnmlxr of Commerce. i New York ! Rooms 1J , II nnd IS , Tribune Bid * . IVaMilngton : 01 Htt ! itrtct. ( coniiKsroNDnxcn. / All cnmmunlcatlon * relating to new and edl- } lorlal matter should be nddref ed ! To the I-dltor. ' , HUHINKSS LTTTTKHS. 1 All biulncss letters nml rtmlltnnces fhould be i idJrcMcd to The Dee Publishing Company , , Omaha. Draft * , checks , express nnd jiostolllce 1 money ordcrii to be mide paynblo to the order ° /1 / "fr.B rnnMisniNQ COMPANT , , ! STATUMKNT Ol' CIHCULAT10N. ' Blftle of Nebraska , I t Douglas County. | { Oenrgo II. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Pub lishing company , being duly sworn , imy that the i actual number of full and complete copies of Tlie / Pally Morning , Kvenlnc nml Sunday lleo minted i during the month of February , 18S7 , was as follows - ' , lows ! 1 19.7M IS 19.91 * ' t 19,791 16 19.S55 1 19,803 17 19.SIO f 4 19.C73 U M.MI I E , I999 19 19,865 ' C . .19,887 20 19.S9S 7 20,310 21 20,320 1 19,787 22 19,913 ' 0 19,871 23 19.907 1 10 20.003 21 19,841 11 13,778 23 19,792 - , 12 10Ml 2 19,911 ! ! 13 19,830 27 19.M3 j 14. , D0.3CO 23 10.D30 } Total CST.tlS f IAS deductions for uneohl and rrturned 5 copies 8,413 / Total net sales Dtl.COS i ; Net dally average 19.C23 anouot : n. TS/.cnurK. j i , Sworn to before m and siib-ctlbPil In my I prcscnco this lit day of March , U97. / ( Seal. ) | Notary Public. / TJIU HKK O.V TRAINS. AH riillrniul iiiMviliojnrc Hiiiiplli'il it Illi cnaiiKrlt Hoen ( n iiciMiniiiinilntc ovi-ry IUIN- ntuiKcr MII > iiniifM lei riMiil u iicMVNinpcr. Iiinlnt upon linv- . I n ir Tin * Her. If you cniuiiit ' Kd u lice on n ( i-nIii from ( lie / ' iictiiHToiil , nlcuKC roi rt , ' lli < > fact , nlnOiiK : ( lie ( rnlii mill , ' riillronil , ( n the Clrciiliitlnu ) I > L imriu < Mit of Ttic Her. The , ' lice lii for mile ii nil trnlnx. I INSIST ON IIAVINO TIIK I1RK. tk'inocratK have tlccldwl to cx- pprlniont auow In soii-of-hls-fullier poll * tics 5 Tlie man 'wlio calls on tlio president j nt this time "J int tomy \ Ills respects" Is J Jiwtly looked on with suspicion. i = i Trust Investigations have not prc- } vented the Sugar trust from declaring Its } \istial dlvklund on-all Its watered stock. The New York moctlnf ? called In rati fication of the arbitration treaty seems to huvo resulted In war rathur thnn pence. The split among the Woodmen of the World is natural enough. A man can not he a woodman unless he can split his own wood. The state senate Is ready to invest ! Bate anything but Itself. That Is whcr every seir-respecUng legislative body draws the Hue. No settlement with Ihe water work company ought to bo perfected whlcl does not fix u definite basis of wale supply for the exposition. When the pugilists say they will no talk a word about the referee's an nounrement of rules , they mean the.v will not talk a million words. Tim franehlsod corporations should nl be treated alike In the charter. There Is no reason why the legislature sliouli make llesh of ono and fish of another. In connection with the exceeding popu larlty of the president among ollluo seekers , It may have been- noticed that many have called , but few are chosen. If Hie Hood Indications are read aright , it is oxcocdliiKb * likely that there will bu a peed deal of water "welling 'up" before Ions In tlie vicinity of tliL Missouri river. It makes a pile of difference whoso ox Is gored. That explains the divergent attitudes of certain state senators toward - ward the Omaha charter bill and the Lincoln charter bill. In spite of turbulent north winds Omaha continues to he an ideal wlntei resort , especially when its weather statistics are compared with thoco of cities lying to the north. J. Addlson Porter , secretary to the president' , may hold Secretary Thur- ber'H Job , but It will bo u long tlnu > be fore he obtains Mr. Thurber's unpopu larity In Washington circles. In the case of the Hollii bondsmen It would seem that not only was the barn door left open , but the lock was broken no that It affords no security even after 1ho animals have disappeared , Four men elected to the legislature ly democratli and populist votes have Issued n call to their "constituents" to meet In < state convention and oiganl/.e a free silver republican party. What next ? , When King ( Icorgn hears from No- bniska ho will probably exclaim : "Ily George , this Is worth Its Hansom In Bllvor at the ratio of 10 to 1 without the nld or consent of any other nation oil earth ! " President McKlnley realir.es that ho lins been chosen to bo the chief execu tive of the whole American people nnd lie proposes to make himself accessible to all who want to nee him on public business of every description. The Chinese system of decapitating defaulters In public olllco might bo an Improvement on Imprisonment under the American system , but It would huvo to bo accompanied by the Chinese system of convicting offenders whose cnllt Is umiUfstioned Instead of the American system of letting criminals escape on legal technicalities trumped up by cuii- lawyers. DE OtVEN FXttl I1EARINO. According to ono of the leading demo * crats In the now congress , It will be the policy of the democrats to Interpose no obstructive opposition to the passage of the tariff law , but to Insist on being accorded n fair hearing In the debate over the now bill. They want to go on record , said this authority , nu express ing the opinion that republican policy and principles , as exemplified In the proposed bill , are wrong and will not bring about a return of prosperity. "If onr view Is correct , " said he , "then wo will be nble to go before the country two years from now and bo returned to power. If the republican view proves to bo the right one , wo rony have to wait out In the wilderness for yet an other season. Wo propose to make the challenge clear , so that there can bo no doubt as to the Issue. Having placed ourselves right on record as democrats , wo will sny to the republicans , 'hurry and pass your law nnd put It Into oper ation , that the people may Judge of Its effects In time to pass upon It In 1808. ' " There Is nothing unreasonable In this mid undoubtedly It Is the purpose of the republicans to accord to the opponents of the new tariff bill a full nnd fair hearing. But this docs not require that all of the 121 democrats in the next house shall be permitted , If they desire , to consume time In discussing the mcas- uro and the principle for which It will stand. That Is not necessary to a fair hearing of the opposition , whoso views can bo ns well and as adequately ex pressed by half a dozen of Its more prominent members ns If the whole number talked. It Is important that the tariff bill be sent to the senate , where there Is no restriction upon de bate , as soon as practicable , and there Is no good reason why It should not bo passed by the house within thirty days after its Introduction. That ought to give ample time to the democrats In which to record their opinions of repub lican policy and principles nnd to make such defense as they may , 1C they have the hardihood to offer nny , of their own destructive policy. It Is hardly to be supposed that nny course ) which the re publicans shall adopt , however fair nnd liberal , will be quite satisfactory to the democrats , but the republicans will not bu unmindful of their duty and respon sibility in respect to this legislation , whatever the opposition may think. Certainly there is no good reason why the republicans should not give the democrats a fair opportunity to discus ; the policy embodied in the new tarifl bill. It has been so splendidly vindicator In the past and the popular sentlmun of the country Is so strongly In favor o it , that It cannot bo injured by sucl discussion. It is the policy under whlcl the United Slates attained its magnlll cent Industrial development , undo which American labor was elevated under which the national wealth was enormously increased , under which on population grew from 31,000,000 in ISGf to 02,000,000 Iiv 1800 , under which th great empire of the west was built tip , and under which there was paid off more than $2,000,000,000 of war debt It Is the policy , as President McKlnloy said , which has always been the flrmes prop of the treasury. Against such i : record of the beneficent results of the protection policy1 democratic assault wil be unavailing and republicans invite in stead of avoiding It. I5ut it is not to be apprehended tha1 the democrats In either branch of con gress will care to go to very great lengtl In discussing this policy. Their efforts will be directed , mainly to reducing the protection in the now tariff bill. In whlcl it Is safe to say they will have little success , so far as the house Is concerned , XTATE Of Tllf , NATIONAL TREASURY. Comparison of the state of the treas ury on the Incoming of the present ad ministration with the condition whci : the preceding administration took chargi Is apt to be misleading. It Is true that the cash balance at the beginning of the current month was much larger than four years ago , Including the gold re serve , which according to the latest treasury statement amounts to over ? 151,000,000 , but It is to be remembered that this balance rep resents only a part of what was borrowed , during the last ad ministration , whereas In the Harrison administration there was not only no borrowing , but the public debt was re duccd to an amount about eiiual to Its Increase In the last four years. The gov n'omont has been steadily Increasing Its indebtedness and not much gratification can bo derived from the fact that the cash balance It now ha.s on hand reprc iouts bonds that are drawing Interest which the people must pay for many rears to come. The Harrison adminis tration could have left a largo balance In the treasury by resorting to loans , Imt It declined to do so , and but for its tariff policy the Cleveland adminis tration would not have boon compelled lo borrow. Perhaps It Is true that the ask of Secretary Gage Is notso dllllcult is that which his predecessor had to as- unc , yet everything will depend upon ivhethur the policy favored by Carlisle diall bo continued. Kour years ago the nouey In the treasury represented rev- line ; now It represents Interest .icarlng lebt. H'MTVilh \ T11K CIl.lHrKIl IIK1 What will the Omaha charter look Iko when It reaches this governor ? If > ur experience with former charters Is io bo repeated it will be a patch-quilt vhlch will require a Philadelphia law- > 'or to interpret. It was to be expected hat Its provisions would not satisfy iverybody. It was als > o to be expected hat It would bu u political rather than i reform charter. Unfortunately the charter as It will ! omo to the governor will embody nil he political features intact , while the eform features arc liable lo bo either nit out or revised until they are worth- ess. That much Is Indicated by the hangcs inado In the senate. Senator lowcll's anxiety to force upon the city lolltlcul features Inspired by his ambl- lon to become mayor led him to make oncesslous to corporate Interests to ho detriment of the public. A fair ex- imple Is the striking out of the pro- Lslons for public ownership of one hiss of municipal monopolies of service ; ud retaining them for oUic.ru. Otliej- clianpen have been made under similar pressure without regard to their effect upon the general welfare of the com munity. Incidentally , It Is to be feared that before - fore the charter passes the house It will bo so mutilated ns to continue the worst abuses from which the taxpayers now suffer without material betterment of existing conditions. Everything will depend upon the action of the Douglas members of the house , who now , ns always , are divided on the vital ques tions nt issue. MOST ASSEnr ITS muiiTS. Men who have the Imprudence or mls- fortnno to bcc6me sureties for embez zlers of public funds have the sympathy of the public. They have no rlfiht , how ever , to expect tnxpnylng citizens to countenance them In their efforts to evade the resjwuslblllty which they vol- untnrlly assumed. A bond is not a more wisp of straw lo be pulled to pieces at will by dexterous lawyers who sot up specious pleas of hardship. Nor should bondsmen bo released from lia bility by technical defects. The fact that the sureties on the Hill bond have managed to boat the state. In the suit for the $230,000 of state money said to have been lost In the Capital National wreck should not bo accepted ns n precedent for all the sureties for de faulting treasurers. Because the city of Omaha has been unusually lenient In dealing with the Itollu bondsmen Is no reason why they should presume upon the sympathy of Its citizens and try to repudiate nil obli gation to make good the treasury short age. A year ago It was given out that the Bolln bondsmen were anxious t make a settlement with the city tha would bo fair to all concerned. It wa also given out that a subscription o ? 100,000 could be secured for the es position If the city would deduct tha amount from Its claim. But when th proposition was finally made to th council It simmered down to an offer o $15,000 for n complete quit claim. Now the attorneys for the Bolln bonds men demand n dismissal of the city' suit on the ground that the bond I defective nnd that the negligence o the clly to warn them has relieved ther of all liability. Whether this is simp ! a play for further delay or an nttcinp to unload the entire loss of th embezzlement upon the taxpayer ! of Omaha Is immaterial. Th duty of the city authorities Is clear They have dallied too long with th bondsmen and should press the case t an early hearing and final decision. It is plain now that the city will hi compelled to light for every cent it is t recover. It Is manifest that the lonloncj shown by the council in allowing th bondsmen to go through the treasury books with their own special cxper after they had been checked up by foil experts paid by the city was only fo the purpose of using the special expert' : testimony against the city. If tha city loses any part of the embezzled monej It will be because Jt has not cxerclset duo diligence in the assertion of Its rights. CASTELLAR'S COMMKNDATIOff. The greateflt orator and one of th foremost statesmen of Spain , Emlllo Castellar , has warmly commended the attitude of President McKinley regard Ing the foreign policy of the United Stales , which ho said should receive the applause and approval of the whole world. Castellar has always been a strong friend of this country and while thoroughly loyal to the Spanish govern ment in its efforts to suppress the in surrcctioH in Cuba , he ha.s never pub llcly uttered a harsh word of those Americans who have urged aggressive action by this government in relation to Cuba. Ho has kept an abiding faith Ir the respect of the great majority of the American people for their Internationa obligations and also in their disposltloi to adhere to the traditional policy of the republic In regard to Its foreign policy. In what he said of President McICinley's position ho undoubtedly voices the general - oral sentiment of his countrymen , In cluding those In power , and If that be the case there may confidently be ex pected a manifestation of a better dis position on tlie part of the Spanish gov ernment to promptly concede nil rea sonable requests of the United States In regard to American citizens and American Interests In Cuba. Indeed this has already been shown In the re- leasa of Scovel at the request of Secre lary Sherman. A noteworthy effect of the declaration ) f President McKlnley regarding our foreign policy Is the abatement of jingo sentiment. Little of It has been heard n any quarter since the advent of the lew administration. It may break out ignln. but for the present the bellicose > olitlclans and newspapers seem to have oiicluded that It Is useless to exploit t now , or It may bo that they have treater confidence In this administration Imn In its predecessor as to protecting Vmerican citizens In Tuba. In nny vent the abatement of jingoism Is n uost welcome relief. If the so-called free sliver repnb- leans are still republicans , as they pro- end to be , why should they want n pro- Islonal state organization or nny party irganlzatlon at all ? Has not the re- ntbllcan party nil tlie state committees ind national commllleemen It needs In fobninUu ? Are not ( he people who call hemselves silver republicans simply ailing under false pretenses and using t name Intended to decelvo the public ? Mayor liroatch asserts that the council rill pay out of the city treasury not > nly the bill for printing his original 'ollow-biick veto message , but also Iho > 111 for printing his second pink-covered olume , ua well as for all his future iffiiHlons on the subject. The question it Issue will soon be : Which IB the ilggcr , the mayor or the council ? The airship has been seen again , Bali ng about In a high northwest gale , and number of citizens huvo takeit the iledge. No United States minister to Great Irltaln has over left Kngland with a reutcr degree of England's good will thnn ThomnsjpjjBaynrd. | This In Itself Is enough to condemn him In the eyes of. those who-consldor It to bo an am bassador's chief functions to stir up strife nnd wave the American flag. The attempt- certain Ynlo students to give the threatened prize fight an educational aspect meets with well merited condemnation. By , nil means let us have pVglllsm In the schools , 1C need be , but'/fio'hinhly / ' art Itself should bo kept free ? rpm nil contaminating In ' ' fluences. The stock subscription list of the ex position association Is still open for now names. There are a number of promi nent property owners , remarkable chiefly for their nbsence , whoso sig natures would look Well nt the bottom of a liberal subscription blank. Western railroads nro said to bo draw ing the line against free passes much stronger than usual. This may account In some degree for the failure of the opera to attract an audience nfc Chi cago. The people who go to see opera there nro not all Chlcagoans. That charter bill has not been made sacred simply by being passed by the senate. If there nro defects In It , ns all admit , It Is the duty of the house committee to sec that they nrc cured before the bill Is reported back to the house. Perhaps It might be well to establish a now set of state nnd federal courts for the express purpose of giving au thoritative interpretations of that code of laws known as the Marquis of Queons- bery's prize ring rules. Onion SwIiiK Iloth Wnj-n. Chlcneo Tribune. All the entrances to the whlto homo nro Kept wlOo open , but unfortunately for the omccsoekcrs , tlio exits arc In the same con dition. "XVIinl'n In n Name ? Minneapolis Times. Sloro trouble In Crete. The editor of llio "Crete , Nob. , Democrat"vna knocked down by a legislator shortly after high noon ' Monday. - The South African IMnch. New York Herald. The depreciation In South African mining shares Is something stupendous. In the middle or October last the London Statist made a compilation , showing a decline of 43 per cent In llio leading Issues , as com pared with the prices a year previous. Making up prices of February 23 show In eighty-three properties a further fall of 27 per cent , or ? 123,000,000 , In market value. In view ol their experiences In South American , Australian and African In securities It yould seem that British In vestors must after1 all turn to this country as the safest 5nd''most attractive Held fo their operations. , , ' .t j o Forerunner of Hotter Times. Now lYorlc Mall and Hxprcss. It la dlflleu'ieto ' overestimate the 1m portanco of the Improving conditions In thi steel rail butlnessj It Is an cxtraordlnar movement and : Its collateral benefits to In d-ustry and trade 'will be great and wide spread. The total output of ateel rails In this country InjlSOl ) , according to the records of the American Iron and Steel association , amounted to 1J0292 ; tons. And yet since January 1 of , 'the present year the mill owners have recolycd orders for ateel rails of various sizes ' , aggregating fully 1,600,000 tons , or nearty'XOp,000 tpiis moro than were made durlngfjlliovliolo twelve months preceding. TnlsJncrease ts the forerunner of a period of enormous activity. The orders have .not all .been placed yet. Many roads will have to buy moro rails during the season , and It Is not unlikely that the year will close with a total output of not lesi than 2.000,000 tons. GUI8ECI2 A3TII THE GHEEICS. * I Greece has a population of 2,187,208. No part of Greece Is forty miles from the sea. Greece Is a little larger than one-half o Pennsylvania. Hellas Is the name by which the Greeks call their country. Tha royal palace at Athens , built by King Otto , cost | 2GOO.OOO. Greece has a longer coast line than that of Spain and Portugal together. About one-half of the population of Greece are shepht-rds and agriculturists. The present king of Greece. George I. , came to the throne In 18G3 , at the ago of 17. The Greek flag Is a whlto cross on a blue ground , the Bavarian colors and the Greek cross. King Gcorgo of Grceco Is a brother of the princess of Wales and of the mother of the czar of Russia. The standing army of Greece consists of 10,280 Infantry , 0,120 cavalry , 3,842 artillery , 1,080 engineers , and 3,400 officers. The legtsattvo power of Greece Is vested In i alngle body , called the 'Boule. ' The mem bers are elected by the people every four years. The present boundary limits of Greece Acra determined by an arrangement by 3reat Britain , France , Kussla and Turkey July 21 , 1832. _ DHMOCHATIC IIAHMOXV. Phe Stnr-n > < l GodilexH IJlHCUHHCN J'lirty Unity. IxUl vlllc Courler-Journnl. In good sooth Senator III11 has done a ervlco to democracy by his timely telling if the plain , unvarnished truth. The line 10 marks down , and that alone , Is the line m -which the party can bo again marshalled n national array. A state hero ( and a state hero will not suffice. There must be , If wo rould recover the lost ground If wo would ostoro the loat prestige If wo would have party worth having there must bo unl- 'ersallty , nationality of spirit nnd purpose , 'hero cannot bo ono kind of democracy for llfislsslppl and another kind for Magachu- otts. The democrat In Alabama must find ilnibolf equally a democrat In Now York , 'onneaseo must Join hands with Connecticut , outh Carollninwlth Vermont , Missouri with few Jcieey , aud , eo on to the end of the hapter. Tho. par/y / must be born again , and : the democrats of Kentucky standing mld- , -ay between-tho inortlKaud the south , th6 ast and the west will act , wlth wisdom , ugaclty , courage , wo shall yet witness that ew birth of democracy , albeit the portents ro not very reassuring now. llut there rjiuaj be no mbtuko about tha erms. "Harmony- offlco only" will bye o means 8uUcej ( A whole tlerco of gooao reaso will not suffice. No party can stand n a ulnglo Issue , least of all parties the emocratlc party. Wo must not look to atcrnallsm In , ony form. We must bid oodbyo to populism.Vo must demand a irlff exclusively for public purposes. Wo nu.it uphold tlia national Integrity and or- er and glvo jipptquts that we will not tam er with the money of the people. Wo lust send the ti\&ola \ and the fools to the ear , Wo inut' ilraw to ourselves the con- orvatlve elomontu of society , north , south , ast and nest , In the general break up , rhlch , already begun , 'Is ntll ! progressing , ro ought to get the lion's share of tbo In- Blllgenco and worth of the country , re- rganlzlng our forces on ground lilgh enough nd broad enough to take in the whole nlon , and to be Impregnable against all : ie hosts of p.opullsm and paternalism , 'ith their constant , consequent menace of epudlattpn and anarchy. The boys in the trenches here in Kentucky in do as they please , of course. It Is their Ight. Nobody can iay them nay. But they ad better look to it before it U too late. F they go right , It U blrd-on-toast. But , if ley go wrong following those Jack-o'- intern fellows chasing rainbows It will lx : ubblna and nubbins , and mighty little of Itbcrl i Mfe Exposition Endorsements | BY THE TRANSMISSISSIPP1 PRESS. City of Mexico Two Republics : The value to any country of expositions , or great fairs , hardly can bo overestimated. They bring together - gether largo bodies of people from all sec tions of the country ; they render possible an Intermingling and Interchange ol thought ; they cause each to sco and know what progress the other Is making. They ore wondrous educators. The great exposition of 18D7 will bo held at Nashville , Tcnn. , of which frequent men tion has been made In the Two Republics ; the great exposition of 1S9S wilt bo the TransmlrstsslpplExposition , to be held In the clly of Omaha , Neb. A committee com posed of some of the most prominent resi dents of Omaha are now In the city In the Interests of that exposition. As elsewhere stated , they wcro yesterday given an. audlcnco by President Diaz , who , In response - sponso to their address anil Invitation , as sured them lhat the matter would receive the early consideration of the government , Ind that they might expect Its co-operation. The Importance of this to Mexico Is very great. What this country greatly needs Is a better understanding of Us resources and opportunities on the part of the people of the United States. Much may bo accomplished In that direction by a full and complete exhibit nt tho" " Omaha exposition. It speaks much , too , for the Interest nnd Importance which attaches to Mexico thai so consider able a number of promlnenl men should deem It advisable to make a special trip to this city In order to secure the assistance of this republic In their work. Mexico no longer Is a back number ; she Is sought , rather than seeking. Pcoos Valley ( N. M. ) Argus : The Trans- mlsslsalppl and International Exposition , at Omaha In 1S9S , will afford an opportunity unequalled by expositions of the past for New Mexico lo show lo the people of the north the undeveloped resources , the Invit ing fields for Investments , the matchless cllmalo and Ihe manifold atlracllons pos sessed by Iho lerrltory. The Pccos valley should have a complete exhibit. Portland ( Ore. ) Telegram : Oregon will not be behind any of Us neighbors In making a display at the Omaha exposition that will satisfy the pride of her people and show to her decided advantage In a comparative way. There will not be a state appropriation for the purpose , but communities and Individuals will subscribe the necessary funds Just as soon as the enterprise commends Itself to their favor. As the exposition Is not to bo opened until June of ncxl year , Ihero will bo plenty of llmo for Oregon lo Investigate the glowing claims set up by Ua promoters and act In accordance with Iho finding. San Francisco Call : The delegallon from Omaha which has come to California for Iho purpose of promoting the Interests of Iho Transmlsslsslppi Exposition will flnd public opinion In California predisposed In their favor. As a rule the people of California are Inclined to glvo support to Industrial exposi tions of all kinds , since they tend to promoo the welfare of the state ly making known Us products , but in , the Omaha exposition they take more than ordinary Interest be cause of Its location. Whatsoever Is calcu lated to advance the welfare of the trans- mlEslsslppI region of the United States finds In California a prompt and willing champion. The proposed exposition promises to bo nno of the most notable ever held In this counlry. It Is In the hands of men of energy , sagacity nnd competent business ability. It Is backed by ono of the most progressive cities In the union and Is assured of sufficient capital to carry it to aucccss. It will have the active aid of Chicago and St. Louis , prompted by the generous rivalry of those two cities for supremacy in the western market. Its suc cessful accomplishment of good results Is therefore assured and California will bo en gaging in no hazardous enterprise If she taken part in H and endeavors to make a knowing second to no other state in the union. It Is tlmo that the transmlsslsslppl region of iho United States should mialto earnest efforts to attract the atlentlon of home seekers and men of wealth who are seckln investments for their capital. The southern states have entered vigorously upon work o this kind and of late have become fonnldabl rivals to the west. In the south there ha been held recently a great exposition a Atlanta and already another is being prcparei at Nashville for the coming summer. Th west must wake up it It expects to hold U own In opposition to the energies of th newly aroused south. Expositions In th western states on a scale large enough to b national in their scope should bo held a frequently as possible and whenever one I undertaken California should be prompt am liberal In giving to It encouragement , sup port and assistance. Portland ( Ore. ) Republic : The next grea exposition to bo hold In this country wll bo the Transmlsalsslppl and International Ex position at Omaha , Neb. , beginning In June and ending In November , 1S)8. ! ) The follow IIIET titatlsllcs. clipped from that enterprising newspaper , Tlio Omaha Dally Bee , shows that the marvelous growth of the states am territories west of the Mississippi and the Missouri la unprecedented In the history o the world : * "Twonty-flvo years ago Ihe population o the stales and territories west of the Mis Blsslppi was 0.435.1C7 , and the states nm territories west of the Missouri were credited by the national census with a population o 1,492,896. In 1890 the Iransmlaslsslppl state contained a population of 15,170,315 , whllo the population of the stales and territories west of the Missouri aggregated C,917,213. In 1SCO there wore only twcnty-ons mllcu 3f railroad In Ihe country west of the Mis sissippi. . Today the railroad mileage In Iho same region exceeds 05,000 miles , of which 17,000 miles are boasted by the country wosl at the Missouri. " And yet it may ho truly said that the marled royourccs of this vast empire have scarcely been touched , notwllhatandlng the ) normous amount of mineral , horticultural ind agricultural wsalth already taken from .his piollflo section of our country. While thlo exposition will bo national and ntcrnatlonal In Its scope , Its leading features vlll bo exhibits showing Iho great progress nado In all channels of endeavor by the itatca and territories west of the MlwUslppI ind Missouri. "Tho most Imposing'feature vlll bo the mineral exhibit. A section of the ; raund will bo jct aside for tills purpose inder the designation of Eldorado , and will : ontaln a great Silver Palace , built of mgtal , ilated with bllver , " Glasgow ( Mo. ) Globe : The holding of an ixposltlon , especially for Ihe wcslern half of ho United .States , In 1898 , is now an assured ucccra. Nearly half a million dollars have icon appropriated by tbo statra interested , T subscribed by railroads and individuals , "ho Burlington and Northwestern have sub- crjbed $30,000 each. Other roads running nto Omaha will bo asked to subscribe as allows : Itock Island , $25,000 ; Union Pacific , 25,000 ; Missouri Pacific. $20.000 ; Milwaukee , 20,000. Thirty thousand dollars are coni ng from Montana ; one-halt from the state .nd the other half from Marcus Daly , tbo oppcr king of the Anaconda mine , Butte. As the moat populous state and tbo ono f the greatest and most varied resources In lie territory weal of the Mississippi , Missouri hould take a prominent place and have an xhlbltlou that will not be a disgrace to this Ich , populoui commonwealth. No peuur- 3us counting of pennies should bo tolerated u a matter of so much Importance to the tale and to the most enterprising and pro- rcsslvo portion of our common country. Oakland ( Cal. ) Toiegram : One of the mosl ncouraglng features of the hard tlmea U he money and energy that the people of the llssteslppl valay are putting Into great In- uslrlal expositions In celebration of their rcat progress and for the display of their aat resource : . The state of Tennessee , at 'ushvlllo on May 1 , next , expects to pen her centennial exposition that Is In- ended to excel any state effort of the kind : iat has preceded It. Omaha , the commercial ietropoll of Nebraska , backed by that etate nd others of the west , announces a Trans- Exposition for 1898 that la ox- tent and character would bo great In the boom times of a growing country. These evidences of the people's returning confi dence In Iho future should bo welcomed and encouraged everywhere by everybody. The counlry never before had In It such an abundance of thosa things that go to make prosperity. The harvests have been luxu riant , there nro new development In our mineral resources , and Iho energy and nerve force of the people after a rcsl of four years , awakening with guns thitt announce a new national administration , with American ten dencies , are ready to show the world again what a free people can do. With the favor of such an administration iho United States noli only can feed the \\orhl , but can supply It with the precious metals for all the uses ot commerce and trade. TIM : suu.vii scitUDULn. Chicago Tribune : The Increased duties will glvo moro protection to the cano and boot sugar producers of the United States. So they ought to bo happy. They are able to got along with the duty as U Is. They ought to make quite enough money when the protection Is raised from 40 per cent to about 70. The beet sugar Industry will bo extended In Nebraska , California and other states. Chicago Inter Ocean : The now sug.tr tariff , as outlined In Iho dlspalches from Washington , almost reaches an Ideal standard of oxccllencc. It restores Iho polarlscopc test , which alone Is a safe dclormlncr of value ; It docs away with the Iniquitous ad valorem duties ; It will provide a revenue ot about $44,000,000 a year from sugar alone , and It will not greatly Increase the price to the consumer , whllo It Is all but euro to add Immensely to the output ot the beet and cano factories of the United States. Kansas City Star : The new tariff law will lake from the sugar refineries nearly all tlie protccllon afforded them by Iho present law. It Is proposed to tax refined sugars only one- eighth of 1 cent more limn raw sugars. The differential at Iho present time amounts to one-third of 1 cent. The lax on all sugars Is lo bo Increased so lhat It will yield an Increase of $27,000,000 a year In revenue. Sugar ly an article of ouch large consumption and so much of It Is imported thai nn Import duty on U is more of a revenue tariff limn a protective tariff , though , Incidentally , pro tection Is afforded to the sugar raisers of America. Chicago Record : It is merely fair to the mombero of the ways and means commit tee to say that In Us Important \\ork on Ihe tariff that body has devised u means at once of Increasing the revenues and of lessening the monopoly power ot the Sugar trust. The sugar schedule which the committee has pro posed fixes an Increased rate of tariff on raw sugars and a decreased rate on refined sugars. The result of the whole schedule la that the association of sugarmakcrs with \vhlch Mr. Havemeyer Is connected will not bo able to coin , money at the consumers' ex pense quite so rapidly , while the Increase In the revenues produced by the schedule will amount to about $27,000,000 more than Is obtained at present from the same source. POLITICAL DIl I FT. The Louisville Times quolcs prices for aldermen In that section as "stationary at $2.50 each. " Dr. Grant of Texas fairly claims the petl. tlon record. His application for a cabinet job contained 100,000 names , yet it fell short by several lengths. A North Carolina state senator gave an exhibition of progressive political muscle that has some claim to commendation , When a lobbyist approached him with a corrupt proposition he let drive his right and coun tered with his boot on the dazed briber. Mlnnesolo legislator has Inlroduced a bill providing for the appointment of a state phrenologist at a salary of $2,000 a year , with a $1,500 assistant and an ovpen&o fund of $8,000 per year at thalr disposal , their business to bo the examination of "not less thnn 2,000 heads a year. " In Clinton county , Illinois , there are tno neighboring townships known officially as Irlshtown and Gerraantown. In Irlshtown at the recent election Mr. McKlnley received 137 votes and Mr. Bryan 94. In Germantown Mr. McKlnloy received 16 votea and Mr. Bryan 29B. This was Iho slrongest Bryan township In the state of Illinois. The Brooklyn tax levy has exactly doubled In amount since 1870. The population of the city of Brooklyn at that time was 400,000 ; It Is iiow about 1,200,000 , or three times as much. The assessed personal property In Brooklyn has increased during this tlmo from $17,000,000 to $27,000,000 , but the In crease In assessed value of real estate has been from $185,000,000 to $550,000,000. These are the states which In the new congress have a solid republican delegation in the house : Iowa , Minnesota , New Damp shlro , New Jersey , Oregon , TUioilo Island , Connecticut , Vermont , West Virginia and Wisconsin. These are Iho states which have a solid democratic delegation : Alabama , Arkansas , Florida , Georgia , Louisiana , Mis sissippi , South Carolina and Washington. IOWA I'UKSS COMMRAT. Sioux City Journal : As a mailer of fact there Is very little corn left In Iowa that Is unmarketable or will not keep In cribs until the price rises. Iowa farmers have fed nearly all the soft corn , and they start In the season In good condition , Odcbolt Chronicle : The senalo will prob ably Iry Its hand at regulating the price of groceries and dry goods. That would bo as legitimate ns the attempt to prescribe the fee a newspaper shall charge a lawyer for publishing an original notice. The senators who followed Waterman's lead -will hear something drop If they don't take the back track. Why don't they offer to cut down their own salaries ? Sioux City Times : Ilowc , Iho Powcshlek county defaulter , who ran off to Mexico with money that belonged to the county , la said to bo willing to pay $10,000 of the stolen runds back to Poweshlek county , provided ho Is got out of the Mexican prison to which ho was sentenced. Poweshlek county ought tiover to compromise. Any man who gees to Mexico to escape punlrhment for crimes commltlcd la Iho United States ought to be compelled to remain ttiero all his llfo. ' DCS Molncs Leader : The company proposing - ( posing the erection In DCS Molnes of a beet sugar refinery ban gene about the matter In the right way. Land Is cheaper In this jountry than in Germany , labor In proportion tion to efficiency Is about as cheap , our bcctn ire richer In eaccharlno qualities and moro tons are raised to the acre. If the- country mil not received the notion that It was nec essary fur the raising of profitable crops , loubtlcss ere this tbo central west would mvo been supplying the principal part of he sugar for the home market , Abolish the rusts , pay no attention to bountlra and lethe ho people depend on themselves and the Absolutely Pure Jclobrated for Us great leavening Btrengtli nd liealthfulncss. Assuicu the food uuulnst lum and all forms of adulteration common o tlio cheap brand * . JJAKINO I'OWUCn CO. , NEW VORIC. OT1IKR U1NDS THAN Otm3. Kaiser "Wllhclm believes In making hay whllo the sun shines and U striking foe a big naval appropriation when Mi subject * are growing afraid that Germany may have to take part In A big international war. Accordingly Hmperor Wllhelm , a Boon ai Iho Ilclchstag votes adversely upon Ills up * peal for moro naval appropriations , will pro rogue the Itclchstag and will order a Ren- oral election upon the Issue presented by the government : the revival of Iho socialist coercion act and a large Increase In the navy. It remains to bo seen whether Iho German government can carry the election on these Iwo Irsues ; but nt least It nny bo admitted that the government's pros pect for success would bo better just novr than at almost any other time. The people ot 1'urope. and tspcclally the people ot Germany , have been very much disturbed by all the war talk of tbo past two or tlirco weeks ; and as a cons > eo.uonco the emperor's appeal for the upbuilding ot the navy wilt be far bolter received juat now lhan It would have been two or three months ago , The line of cleavage In the European con * cerl 1s fast being clearly denned , The Hrll- Ish government had assured Parliament aftcr , the Canca Incident lhat nol another llrltlih gun should be trained upon Chris * tlans lit ardor to maintain tlio abominable rule ot the Turk ; M. Ilanotaux was con * straliRd on Monday last to promise the French deputies that no military operations would bo undertaken against the Greeks by Franco without the assent of Iho Chamber ; and now Iho Italian government asserts that the character of the Oreok note will not Justify Immodlato action by the powers. Just ns might have been foreseen , the three European governments which are amenable to parliamentary discipline have found thai Ihey cannot keep step with the cr.ar and llio kalsor In their repulsive 'pol ' * Icy to rcprcM the aspirations of the peoplej who Beck to release themselves from a de grading bondage to the sultan. England , France and Italy would not make a bad sort of triple alliance. * In the House of Commons the other day Mr. Darling \\anteil to know which power II was which In November. 1S95 , wanted lo force the Dardanelles and depose the sultan , but all that Mr. Curzon , representing tin foreign olllco , would say wan that It was not Great Britain. U was no part of his duty to answer for any foreign power , ho eald , and no further Information could bo extracted from him. It Is auppcaed that the power \\as Italy , Mr. Curzon admitted last October that thi proposal was discussed by , nt any rate , soma ot the powers , and It Is assorted prctly conn- donlly by eomo London newspapers lhat at the oml ot 1S95 this scheme was all but ac cepted by the powers. Lord Salisbury was , It Is said , to have. Riven the signal since Kng- land has the biggest licet. Italy was to have been ready on the mainland , nnd oven Germany was ready to co-operate. Thou suddenly the scheme wns off , no one known exactly why. It has ? never elnco bcon possible. * as the powers. In sptto of the "concert , " have never boon able to agrco upon nny till tip half BO radical nnd effective. * * The examlrotlon of Cecil Rhodes , which has now ended , shows conclusively that ho was the master and moving spirit In all the machinations against the Boors. It Is not likely , homnor , that tha mailer will bo carried nny further by Parliament. It Is announced that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has notified President Kruger that the alien not which Is In operation In the republic Is In contravention of Iho London convention of 1SS4. To all of this , and to the hints of England reporting to coercion , Iho president Is silent. It does look , however , as It he baa weakened his position In South Afilca by approving the bill placing the supreme cour : ] f the republic under the supervision ot tha legislature , .although the populism of thin : ouiltry wt.uld undoubtedly glvo him credit 'or such action. He Is anxious to come Into ilosor relations with the Orange Free Stole , ind the people of that state are liberal nnd irogretsslvp. With a continuance of the pres- mt antiquated governmental policy of tbo frnnsvnal he could not depend upon the lupport of the Doers ot the OraiiBo torrllory. * * The probnblo action of the Balkan staled n the event of a European Imbroglio has orjned a subject of much discussion. 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