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THE OMAHA DAIIjY SATURDAY , APRIL. 24 , 18)7. ! THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. noSBWATr.il , Editor. "ruiir.TsHKU nviiii TKIIMS OK SUHSCttll'TION . IMIty life ( Without Sundaj ) , Onn Yc-nr..5 < i M Dally lice nn.l Hundnjr , One Year S 04 Bit Months 4 M rriircn Mnntli * SCO HuiKlny ! ) < . One Ynr J 00 Hntunlny Hep , One Yenr 1 M iWef-klr Hee. One Yenr M OHl'ICHS : Omnha : The llee ttulldlng. fionth Omarm : Slncr Illk. , Cor. N nml 2llh St . O > un ll Illurrs : 10 I'earl Street. OilosKu OIHcc : 317 Ohamlrtr of Commerce. New Yorlc : Ilnoiiw 13. It iind IS , Tribune lltdg. : 601 Hth Street. ' AM communication * relating to news nml edi torial matter iihouM lie nililres ? < Ml : To the Editor. HUSINUSS l.KTTUKS. All l/uslnMi ! letters nml rmlitnnces nhtruld t < c n < 1ili tcil to The Ilee IMMInhlni ; Company , Oninhn. Drafts , check * , ext > rc nnJ postoltlco money orders to be tnnJc tmynlile to the order of the company. TIII : iir.B 1'tim.iBUiNo COMPANY. STATKMKNT OV CIUCUI.ATION. -Elate of NVtirnKkft , Douglas County , rr. OPWRB II. Tzuchuek , Secretary of The Hec I'til- llnhlns compnny , Ijelns Only nwcrn. pays thut the nctunt ntiinlier of full nnd complete copies ot The J ) : > lly MnrnliiK , Ilvcnlnu nml Humlny llee iirlnte-1 < l rlii * the month of Mnrch , 1S57 , was ns fol- lnw : 1. . . . 10.92S J7 25MJ 2. . . . 20.PU9 IS 21.Ml 19.MO 19 20.3V ) 4 20.139 SO 2MT9 f. 21,9il 51 S0.323 n 23.0S3 22 50,215 7 M.315 2J S0.272 8 ZO.W. J | 20,315 ! > . . ; 19.MS r 20,032 10 20.115 SO 10.217 11 20,007 Z7 20,212 J2 20.112 28 W.7I5 13 20,101 20 20.510 31 20.J07 3' ' ) 20.2C5 IS 20.IS5 31 20.117 30 20,237 Total . ' G37.2M Icm dPducllons for unfold nnd returned ccplcs 9,712 Total net pnlrs C27.19 Net ilnlly nvcraRo 20.211 anonni- . TZSCHUCK. ftulitcrlliiM In my presence nnd sworn to before nc this Cth day of April. IS ! > 7. WIM.IAM HlMnitAU ( Seal. ) Notary 1'uLlle. TIIInnr. ON TRAINS. All riillronil iiownlioyii nrc nupiilleil with riiiiiiKh HOOM ti > iifooiiiiiioilnlo < > very IIIIK- NCIICIT IV III ) IVIIII In < O V I'll it II lion ftiiiir. . Iiinlxt ilium linv- IIIK : The Hoc. If yon onnnot K < -t n Itcinn a triiln from thu iirivK nm-iit , iilt'MNo roiiort the fiu-t , Ndilliiwr thu rnln nml riillr.inil , to thv Clroiiliitliiu I ) | iiir t moil t of The lire. The live IN for mile on till truliiM. INSIST ON IIAV1NO TIII2 III3I3. I.zet IU\v will now liuvo to chaiiKo Ills nuino to Wnxxt't Ik-y. April Is trying lisirtl to live up to Its reputation as Urn month of sliowor.s. The position of sultnn may be shaky , liut it Is not half so .shaky as the posi tion of minister to the sultan. The trou-planting .season is still on. IK'iiiitlfy your premises this year. The exposition visitors have u right to expect to see a sightly city. lion. .7. Sterling Morton is nbly the father of Arbor day , and Arbor day Is a wise enough olilld not only to know "but to honor its own father. Calling a senate committee a lonely graveyard for the bodies of deceased measures 'seems ' to be trending pretty bard oil the tender toes of that mucli- sunatorial dignity. That Italian who is so eager to use his dagger on King Humbert ought to be transported to the Turkish border and given tin opportunity to carve Crete out of the dominion of the sultan. Uepuhlieans nil over the state are re joicing sit the republican victory in the Omaha , city election , which Is every where accepted as the llrst material step toward regaining the state to repub licanism. The World-Herald says that Mr. Howell denied before election that he was an A. l > . A. 1C he did ills denial was whispered gently enough that none of his A. 1 * . A. "friends" should have an opportunity to hear It. William A. Jones of Wisconsin Is the new commissioner of Indian affairs. It Is hoped that the aborigines with whom that olllefal lias to deal will not experi ence unusual dllliciilties In familiarizing themselves with his name. Down in Missouri democrats are be ginning to canvass the outlook for gu bernatorial iimdldntes for the year 11HX ) . This long distance politics Is becoming quite tile fad with men who liuppon to bo In possession of political telescopes. , If Uussiii falls to come out of the east ern war without a new slice of territory the czar and his advisers will suffer a Huvero blow to their reputations II.H thu .flhruwil nml successful diplomats of the Bo-called , concert of European powers. The World-IIorald wants the proofs produced that Mr. Howell was nn A. I * . A. If the editor of the World-Herald or Mr. Howell will call at The Itee otllcti they will be Informed where they * enn see. the allldavits and other docu mentary evidence In thu case. If Dtivo Mercer can land the Indian supply bureau In Omaha against the formidable opposition which has de veloped and In spite of the lukewarm support of some who should be In the forefront of the light , another feather will be added to his already well deco rated cap. One thing the democratic administra tion neglected todo and that was to make republicans Ineligible to the civil Borvleii list. Otherwise It seems to have mieeeede < { pretty well In protecting the Cleveland appointees from the Incon venience of being asked to make way for republican successors. If the United .States and Canada can unite In an arrangement for u joint postal service to Alaska , there Is no reason for giving up hope of tin eventual agreement butwinui the United States and Canada for mutual protection of common commercial and Industrial In- ttuvsts , Jogether with reciprocity In all matters where the people of the two countries could lii that way butter sub- servo Uiflr owji welfare. , i HAKKiti'i'Tc r nti.i , . The L'ulled States senate has passed a bar.krttptry bl'l. The measure Is tli ? substitute offered by Senator NelMin of Minnesota for tin ? Torivy bill and Its chief feature Is the fact that It piuvldcs for voluntary baukruiiti-y principally. That Is to sny. that no debtor can bo j forced Into bankruptcy , e.xoept ns he shall be shown to make an attempt to defraud credltois. In which case process can bo Instituted to force a debtor Into bankruptcy. In such ea.sp. however , the accused may demand n jury and the court or jury may hold whether the ac cused is or Is not a bankrupt. This measure is a material modifica tion of tiioTorrey bankruptcy bill which was passed by the house-of representa tives of the last congress and Avas rc ported to the senate by a majority of the republicans of the ( Inanee com mittee. It does not wholly eliminate the involuntary 1'eattin ; of the Torrey 1)111 , but It so limits the application of the liiA-oluntary condition that It would amount , to very little In a practical way. If the bill passed by llic senate should become law no debtor could be made a bankrupt uprm the representation of a creditor unless there could be shown a purpose on ( lie part of the debtor to defraud and then tly > fact would have to be proved to a Jury. In a word , the bill passed by the senate is almost wholly ! u tin ; inteiv.xt of the debtor , putting practically the whole burden In establishing a case of bankruptcy upon the creditor. The Torrey bill provides for both voluntary and Involuntary proceedings In bankruptcy and this measiiro has been generally supported by the commercial Interests of the country , particularly of the east and central Avest , Avblle the 1)111 taking away from cred itors the right to secure a declaration of insolvency for insolvent debtors is op posed by some of the western and most of the southern senators and representa tives. The passage of the Nelson 1)111 ) by the senate slio\\s how strong the sentiment In that body Is against the idea of in voluntary bankruptcy and appears to settle , the fact that no such meaMiiv as thu Torrey bill , which provides for both voluntary and Involuntary bankruptcy , cm * be passed in the senate. On the other bund the republican majority In the house Is committed to the 1)111 for both voluntary and involuntary bank ri'.ptcy and they are not likely to accept the senate measure. That bill Avili go to the house , but as there Is no com mittee to Avhli-h it can be referred no action will be taken In regard to it be fore the regular session , so that It may be nearly a year before It will receive auy consideration in the house. In the meanwhile there Avill be ample oppor tunity for an expression of the business judgment of the country upon the sen ate bill. ATTACK1XG Sl'KAKKll IIKKD. A most unjustlllable attack was made on Speaker Ilccd'tn the semite on Thurs day by Senator Morgan of Alabama , who characterised Mr. Keud as the "great white filibuster. " This is for the reason that the speaker of the bouse , in accord with the practically unani mous judgment of the republicans of that body , believes that there should not be any general legislation at the extra ordinary .session and has declined to appoint the regular committees of the house with three exceptions. Mr. Heed had explained his position in this mat ter so clearly and explicitly that no one can misunderstand it. He lias said that he is the servant of I ho house , sub ject to Its will and control , and if it does not appiove of his course it can at any time order a change. That la the fact and being so It is most unfair and unjust to denounce the speaker of the house for a policy which the ma jority of that body believe to bo Avlse and necessary under existing circum stances. The republicans of the house , as has been repeatedly declared by their leader on the lloor , hold that the extraordinary session AVIIS called for a specific pur pose the passage of a tariff bill and they Insist that it shall be conlined to this purpose. There Is every re.ison to believe that this Is also In accord witli the view of tin ; administration , since the president In his special message to congress recommended no other than revenue legislation. There is no Justi fication , therefore , In charging Mr. Heed alone with the responsibility for shut ting oil' general legislation ; lie Is simply acting in accord with the will of the majority and with the understood de sire of tlie administration. And the pol icy Is wise , Senator Morgan , .Jerry Simp son and the other kickers to the con trary notwithstanding. n'iTXKSSKii MUST 'fXSTltT. The supreme court of the United States has decided that the senate lias the right to compel AVltnesses to testify in matters affecting the conduct of sen ators liv public affair's. The decision grew out of thu refusal of certain par ties to testify In the Investigation Involving senators In the charge of liuv- ing been Influenced , by a substantial consideration , la voting for the sugar schedule of the present tariff , the al legation being that .senators had been bought by the Sugar trust. An investi gation was ordered by ( lie tfomtti ? and some of the persons summoned declined to give any testimony , among them a couple of niswspapi'r corrt'spomleiits. A test was made In the case of om > ( .hap- man , a sugar broker , who hud refused to testify , and the decision of the court was against him. Referring to tills the New York Mall and Kxpress says : "The effect upon future Investigations of this diameter will naturally be such as to servo as a deterrent upon undue and unlawful senatorial speculation ami bribery , nnd in so far thu finding enun ciates a wholesome' principle and confers a greatly needed power the practical absence of which lias In the [ ) aat defeated congressional Inquiries of alleged Avrong-dolng. " The man Chap- nan was sentenced to Imprisonment and line and he la now endeavoring to es cape the penalty of Imprisonment by un appeal to Uio president , but as there i t tire some half a dozen others who are liable to the same penalty. Including j one t r two ollk-hils of the Sugar triMt , ; It Is improbable that ( tie president will | Interfere Avltli the judgment of the i courts. It would seem to bo obviously j good policy for him to allow the Judicial decisions to bo carried out , since they are clearly In the public Interest. In such a matter the executive authority should not bo successfully Invoked to protect those who by their silence would i shield wrong doer.s In public position , livery man AVIO ! has knowledge of Im proper conduct on the part of any sen ator or senators In connection with the sugar si'hcdule of the present tarllf and declines-to disclose Itshould sufler the penalty decreed by the courts. T.IKK 7'7/B I'tlMCK UUT OF POLITICS. The original intent of the IIIAV vesting the management of the police In a Hoard of 1-Mro and 1'ollce Commissioners ap pointed by the governor was to divorce thu police and lire departments from politics. With Unit object In view each pollco commissioner before en tering upon the duties of his olllco Is required to subscribe to an oath that "In making appointments or considering promotions or removals he will not be guided or actuated by politi cal motives or Iniluonees , but Avlll con sider only the Interest of the city mid thu success and olVeetlvcnoss of the de partment. " It Is to be deplored that within recent years the spirit and letter of the law has been disregarded and the police force has been made the foot ball of political contention and religious bigotry to tlie detriment of the public and the demoralization of the service. While pledged to police reform the present po lice commission lias postponed the work of reorganization until Its members could familiarize themselves with the condition of the force and its most crying needs. While It' may take some weeks for the board to bring about the much-needed reorganization , It should from the outset plant itself firmly upon the civil service basis , Avhlch rec ognizes no claim except merit and dis countenances every form of political activity. What the citizens of Omaha demand and have a'right ' to expeetl of the police board is an elllcient police that will maintain order , protect their persons and guard their property and keep the city free from professional criminals. The tire department has been main tained to a high degree of elliciency by employment of a competent chief who is respected by his subordinates and knows how to enforce discipline. The lire force has been less disturbed by internal dissension than the police simply because it has not been recruited from the ranks of political workers and because Its members have had assur ance of permanent employment during good behavior. If the same policy were pin-sued AVlth the police department Omaha would soon have a police force that would be a credit to the city and a protection to its citizens. The task devolving on the .commis sioners Is by no means an easy one. L5ut if they set themselves courageously at work they can accomplish all that Is expected of them. Let the board AVeed out Incompetents , agitators and disrepu tables and let It be understood ) that etll- clent service and honest discharge of duty are thu sole passports to retention and promotion ami that pollen interfer ence In polities Ls to lie strlcrly pro hihltod and the commission will have a valid claim upon the confidence and gratitude of all good citizens without respect to party or creed. If In the gloom of defeat one la Inclined to search for consolation It Is available In the fact that tlio republicans , whose normal ma jority Is 1,500 , elected a mayor by 262 ma jority. World-Herald. If this is the only consolation for the fusloiii.sts who are groping In the gloom of defeat they aru Avelcome to it. That normal l.fiOO republican' majority , however - over , Is a figment of the Imagination. MacCoIl , republican candidate for gov ernor last November , came out of Omaha with but IS7 ! plurality and no majority at all. Two years ago in the city cam palgn the vote was : Hroatch , repub lican , 7,71i ( ; IlroAvn , democrat , 1J.07S , and r aboil3- , populist , 1-liHi. The combined democratic and populist vote AVIIS 8,171 , orins majority for the fusloiiLst.s , and the republicans Avho voted for Itrown were fully olfset this year by the so called silver republican part of the fit. sloii combine. Republicans of Omaha would like to havi ; l.fiOO normal ma jority In the city , and a few more vic tories llko that of last Tuesday will soon give It to them. On the morning after election The lieu presented Its readers with the complete returns of the. wliolu city accurate within a few votes. The olllclal can vass of the A'otes by the- council ex tended over a Avholo dayi and that with all the returns at hand. The public ought to appreciate the privilege they enjoy when they can pick up their newspaper within a few hours after the count is ended and have a complete picture of the election results before them. Krlonds of tlm Trnnsmisstsslppl Expo sition are Indebted to Iowa for the co operation it , lias oxtvndcd to ( lie enter prise from Its Inception. The presence of Hon. John N , Haldwln of Iowa as ono of the principal speakers at the cornerstone laying exercises Is addi tional evidence of the good will of the sister state. Mr. IJaldwIn ranks Avllli Ui first orators of the country and is a thorough westerner In every respect. Isn't that import of the failure of ( ho Delaware peach crop a trlllo too premature - turo to bit altogether plausible ? \\'n knov.1 the prices of tlm season's peaches Will be up to the top notch by the time the fruit Is placed on the market , hut still It Is a little early to commence fabricating excuses for the prospective prohibitive figures. In agitating for new pavements nnd repavlng a distinction should be drawn between Improvements which are neces sary or beneficial to the city and public I \\orks Avhlrh tire neither. There Is I enough paviii 'mi'l ' ' repavlng which I really needs ito l > o done Avlthout repeal- i Ing the cosr.lV' experiments of former years In the il'tfcf ' ( Ion of suburban ami agricultural ilcnilopmiMit. . Mnrnl of It. . . During this r inqntli. the Germans have rmhed 4S.OOO , lqrs , ot beet miRar Into the United States. JIic chief moral Is that wo should prodtica thn sunar ourselves. Thrinilnur Wl > .vli r In the ShiuU * . Ijoulfevnti * Oourler-Joirnnt. The Greek nfporli that out of 10,000 Turk ish troops at tlio ibattleof Hcvent 7,000vero killed and wounded Is excellent evidence that there ltd ) bc.cn no thangc In the Greek standard of veracity Avlthlu the l > nst feu tla > s. MclCliiley nml Civil Scrvluo. IlilTnla KxpicfS. Ptcsldcnt McKlnloy will tnako a gravn error -'If ho pcrmtta the pressure of tl'o spoilsmen to Induce him to relax the clvl service rules , Dut President McKlnlcy has not been making many mistakes BO far. A great many people aru telling what ho wll do who don't know. Ally Mil it la n VciiKcmici' , Chlcnso Chronicle. Italy's conduct In Abycdlula has been cow ardly from the start , and the firing of her troops upon an Abysalulan fluK of truce was In keeping with whnt wont before. The na tives wiped cut the guilty men who did this. This will perhaps bo the last we shall hear of Italy In Africa. lint Time * nn tinFrontier. . ClileaRO Chronicle. Wo notice that the valorous Greek general Trlchlncals , of Pourkopolls , assisted by the battery at Kepallpanaghla , has destroyed the Turkish outposts at Skafullddlkl. On the other hand , the Turks captured Ana am ! Mllouna , though Kata escaped the living deith that awaits her sisters In the harem. War In the east Is a terrible thing. Thi > Ivpntiit'ky l.rKNnn. DOfton Globe. Election of senators by the people would protect the states In their right to full rep resentation In thir upper house of congress , and would leave It to the voters of the states to settle the question an to the personnel of that representation. Looking at Kentucky , who will assert that a reform so urgently needed can come too soon ? Mexico mul tin : TirIfT. New York Hall nml Express. Mexico promptly denies the report that she Intended to adopt retaliatory tariffs against this country in case- the Dlngley bill became a law. Mexico Is not capable of any such thick-headed folly. She knows that retaliation is llko an old-fashioned Mail In the hands of a greenhorn beating his own head oftener than It strikes the straw at his feet. _ _ AVIuit .All nht Have Ilci-ii. Louisville Courier-Journal. Of course If the eilveriteti had control of the government now there would be no trouble from the Mississippi river. People who can reverse the laws of nature and mafco GO cents' en.ua ! to 100 cents without the aid or cortsdnl' , of any nation on earth could at least turn1 half the waters of the Mississippi u [ > . ( stream and thus prevent the floods toward la ( mputh. I < "rciil I.cKl lutlon In WIMV York. llrdoKlyn Eagle. Our ieglslatots art to lie up the press , and the trusts , and the department stores , and are not to allow citizens to us.e their own flag , and will jiot Hermit prison keepers to buy beef in tyew Jersey or Pennsylvania. These are specimen laws begotten by the queerest lot of Jajvmalters that ever got themselves intp Albany. All that remains Is to lump the business and pass a good , ntout law against human liberty. Then the legis lature can adjourn with a good conscience and the conswnt of the public. Honest OivllSrrvlff -V Phli. ! Jelhla ( ) Times. In point of fact , fuw of the leaders of any party believe In civil service reform when it is likely to keep tlielr opponents In onice , but above and beyond political leaders , the great masses of the people do believe in an honest civil service. H may bo abused , and probably has been abused. It has been made ridiculous in some Instances by the character of the examinations and reproach has been brought upon It by those who enforced it with more zeal than wlfdom ; but after alt a thoroughly honest civil service policy , that gives equal and exact Justice to men of every political faith , Is what the country needs , what it Is likely some day to obtain , and when attained It will become the fixed policy of the country. 1'OMTICAI. UHII.T. The mayor of Oakcsdale , Wash. , resigned Ills ofllco rather than enforce an ordinance imposing severe penalties on owners of un licensed dogs. The chairmen of the six leading commit tees of the Chicago city council nro saloon keepers. Tha prospect of drouth In munici pal legislation is averted. A gold mining convnitlon Is the lateat event booked in Colorado. It will bo field In Denver. July 11 , As Parson Jasper re marked , "Do world do move. " Congressman Jerry Simpson says he has never worn a dress suit. Ho is nevertheless up with the times , A bicycle suit , including golf stockings , are his favorite togs for evening spins. Among the candidates for the pcstofllce at Media , I'a. , is Misa Hattlo Gault , who was a teacher of Mra. McKlnlcy when the latter was a student at Hrooke Hall seminary , In Media , more than thirty years ago. The sound money democrats of New York City have formed a regular organization and will hold primaries In every district. There will be at least three kinds of demo crats in the field at the municipal election. Colonel Warren Reese , who has Just been confirmed as United States district attorney for the 'Montgomery ' ( Ala. ) district , is the first native of the south to receive an im portant federal appointment In his part of the country. He Is also said to bo the youngest district attorney In the south , The movement against department stores In novcral legislature * resulted in the dls- covory In New England of convincing proof of their ancient origin. A century-old sign preserved in Massachusetts announced that the merchant owner had In stock : "Testa ments , Tar and 'Treacle ; Godly Hooka and Gimlets. " A Missouri editor who recently ran for mayor and was defeated announces the result at the head of his editorial columns by saying : ' 'Wo "were " knocked out by a heart blow , buj ro still In thn ring. PI- lianclally ahead about | 250. Saved : Twenty drlukd , two bottles of beer. * one plug of tobacco ono pint of whisky , a pocketful of cljsara , my reputation aud my manhood. " * W The Kmporla Qazetto tells of a thrifty ICansas lawimtjJfrlVho canceled a 12,000 mortgage on his cattle at the close of the sojsion. Such Atylfma not confined to Kan- ioa , A New York solon returned from his abors at Abaity ! a"Towi yeara ago and began laying thefoiuidatlpn for a $10.000 house. It was rumored Thai his clean-up amounted : o $30.000 , Asked by hla neighbors how he iianaged to save tiW.OOO In three months on i salary of ? 3 a-i avhe replied complacently : 'Oh. It was eafcy. You tee , my wife did lot keep a hlr'tl > tlH last winter. " Senator FornpJ ot-tho Kansas state sen- Uo has a young daughter who tolla why her 'ather Introduced so many freak blllfl In : ho senate , "Whenever pa ran up against mythlng he didn't like. " she saya , "he .vould . come home and write up a bill igatnst It. One of his railroad bills , 'or ' Instance. We drove to town to : hurch ono night and there was a freight .rain on the crossing and It kept us there or twenty minutes. It annoyed pa dread- 'ully ' , and he went home and wrote that illl to prohibit trains from obstructing Tosaings more than five minute * . Then , me night , somebody utolo all our chickens. Pho nuxt day pa wrote hla chicken bill. Jut you Avlll notice that the bill doesn't irotect ducks. It zays 'except ducks , ' I'a locsn't llko ducks. And ho said If anybody vantoil to steal thorn It was all right ho ducka was imUhinent enough. When- ivor pa sat down tu write a bill we always tuuw that something bad happened to ilm. " THAT SI ( I A \V1TNKS.H. . Now Ycrk Times : U Is natural for tha broker wlicns case WES the occasion of the decision nml for people ot his calling to re gard the result ns nn Infringement of prlvato Imslnfiu rights. Hut there are matters In which men's own Judgment of what consti tutes their private rights meat yield to the p'ibllc goctl , nnd Hits seems clearly ono of them. As the court points out , the questions wcro directed to discovering whether sena tors had been doing things which might Justify their censure or oven their expulsion by the senate. Springfield He-publlcan : The United States supreme court affirms the right ot the senate to coinp ; ! wltnwseo to testify In casts of Investigation Into the conduct oJ Its mem- herd. This decision not only confirms the sentence of $100 flue nnd thirty days In Jail passed upon Ilrokcr Chapman , who refused to testify In the sugar speculation Inquiry ot two years ago ; It also puts several other pensorri In the way of nn experience In Jail. Among these nro I'roaldcnl Unvcmeyor and Trwsurcr Sratlra of the Sugar trust. Is I hero to lie discrimination ng.iltuU Chapman In this matter ? riillnalelplil.i ledger : It Is not probable that the decision of the United Stairs nupreine court In llio Chapman cano will have much moral rffcr.t. It may he of service In eoiue future emergency In com pelling a reluctant witness to testify , but It Chapman should now open his mouth nnd declare that ccnatom speculated In sugar stocks ho would tell only < what the public 1m long been convinced of. nnd apparently without any chnngo In Its feelings toward those gentlemen. It seems like a shnmcful thing for members of the highest legislative body In the land to me thrlr knowledge of .coming laws , If not their Influence in form ing them , for the purpose of speculating In the stock market , but if the people calmly consent to such procedure , ns they appear to do , that l.i cortnlnly a weighty excuse for the practice. Brooklyn Knglr- : The unanimous decision of the United Status supreme court In the case of Klvcrlon 'U. ' Chapman serves notlco to the citizen that he Is subject to the subpoena of both bouses of congress nud that ho Is llnblo to line anil Imprisonment In the event of refusal to answer questions addrcrsed to him by a congressional com mittee. 'Mr. ' Chapman 'Is ' n very honorable man. He Is the broker who refused to testify whether certain senators speculated In sugar stoclw at the time the Wllaon bill wns being considered. In taking this position he- was advised by sonio of the nblcst lawyers In the country nnd he has exhausted every line of defense- with the result of being beaten at every stage of the proceedings. The latest decision apalnst him Is final. He must to to Jail for thirty days and pay a line of $100. TOI,1I OUT OK COURT. Aiivciloti'M mill IiiultliMilM Cmtcoriiliif ; .AlcinhrrM of ( he Illir. There Is a Judge on the bench in Chicago cage who went down In the country one time to sit In the place of a Hoclcford Jurist who was sick , or married , or something ; and a big criminal case came up. The day It wen to the jury a Chicago lawyer , who has ha a good deal of experience in criminal prac tlco , happened In the country town , and h and the Chiccgo judge met at dinner In th hotel. "Do you know , " said the Chicago Judge "I never tried a criminal case In my life , am : they tried to have fun with me when i came to in.structlng the Jury. Dut the didn't get any the beat of me. I gave tlu jury all the instructions offered mo by both parties. " Half a dozen Mlssourians , including ono 01 two members ot congress , were discussing ex-Senator John J. Irigalls of Kaunas In th lobby at Willnrd's recently , relates th Washington Post. Ono of them remarkei : that the ex-senator's sharp reply to the Kan sas bishop wns a type of his best efforts In the line of scathing sarcasm. "It was tha disposition to stick , pins In people that firs , brought Itignlls Into prominence and was ultimately responsible for'his failure in pub lie life , " said one of the party. "I remem ber au Instance of the kind which came to my notice years ago whcu Ingalls and I were both practicing law in Atchicon. There wns i judge on the bench by the name of Hub bard , whom Ingalia took delight In nagglut. on all occasions , llubbard had u way of nod ding his head slowly back and forth when listening to an argument. Young attorneys who were not onto the judge's curves fre quently mistook this movement for acquies cence In the points of their judgment. Ono day Tom Fcnelon , who wus a young prac titioner , had a motion to make before Hub- bard , a motion which it was clearly the duty of the court to grant. He got up and was stating his reasons with considerable detai when he noticed Hubbard'o apparent nods of approval. Concluding It was a mere wnsto of the judicial tlmo to say anything more , he nat down. But to his surprise Hub- L > ard overruled his motion. "TuinlnB to Ingalls , who sat near , ho re marked : 'Why , I'm surprised at that ; I : hought the Judge certainly Intended to grant my motion. Ho evidently falls to see the point involved. ' " 'What made you think ho would grant it ? ' naked Ingalls. " 'Why , ho was nodding his head to me all the time. ' "Ingalls faced around toward the window , and holding his hand up , Bald : 'Do you feel : hat gcntlo breeze coming through here ? ' "Fenclon said yes , and looked Interroga- .loti points at IngallB , who continued : 'Well , Ight as that breeze is. It sways Hubbard's irad back and forth. That's all there Is to Us nodding. ' ' < They were speaking of admission to the ) ir , relates the Chicago Peat. One of them lad begun In the country. "It was in a Kansas county , " said he. "I tail gone out there to practice law , and had ound two terms of court a year. That was on slow. So I hounht a printing olllco and -jot - acquainted. I Uopt my sign on the door ind my card In the paper , and now and hen someone would ask mo about taking a : aso , but I would explain that I had no Idea if getting Into the practice while I had thu l > aper. And they came to think I was a really good lawyer and might bo winning ! ialf the casoa on the docket if It were not for the demands of the newspaper. So rvhcn I sold out at last and got a partner who ivas really a goad lawyer , and opened an ild office and declared myself , they came n good stylo. , "Well , In Kansas the judge of the district : ourt appoints a committee of three to oxamlno applicants for admission to the > ar , and old Judge Poyton named George tlcConnoll , James Redmond and Charley raves , I was just cleaning up the last ob In the printing ofllco , and was to get mt that day for good and all , when the onimltteemen came upstairs and said they md been appointed to examine mo for ad- nlsslon to the bar of Kansas. They said hey had stopped at Clark's restaurant on ho way up from the court house and had irrangcd for a little supper , to bo served at i o'clock that night , and I was Invited , further , the bill was $13 , and they there with presented It. "And when the supper was over , the com- nlttcu made its report and I was a member > f the bar. " "That reminds me , " said another of the awyera , "I was very moJest as a young ollow " "What ! " demanded his hearers. "And , while I had learned the principles 11 right , I had the greatest possible (11111- ulty convincing anyone of It on cxamlna- lon. 'Well , the committee that examined no mighty near drovfl me to drink. I could ot tell the difference between u residuary pgatee and the rule In Shelley's case. One f the committee Ha chairman , by the way , nd the bint read lawyer In rny county , 'as clear out of patience with mo. There raa a class of five other young fellows , and lioy all did very well. "The old chairman wan given to drink on iccaslon , and two or three llmoj In ttie ourso of Uio examination ho excused hlm- elf and went out for n drink. It did not nako mo any the more comfortable to ob- ervo that he always went right after I bad ailed to answer a simple question , "And when howould come back bo wan Iwnys moro and more dlgnllled and legal , lie man couldn't be anything hut a lawyer , tiid finally the examination was over and hey all went away and I gat there in the udgo's room In the old court bouse and retty nearly cried , I L d tried no hard to natter the rudiment ! * of law , and did really now them. And here I had convinced a lot t excellent gentlemen that I was trying to reak Into their ranks on a eerlea of falic Not how cheap but how good can a shoe be made after it's made we can fix the price low enough. t < Our ladies' 20th Cen tury shoe is the most desirable shoe made in browner or red Russia calf or tanned kid fashionable toes $4,00. pretenses. I tell you It AVBS a mighty un pleasant situation. "I sat there grieving ami wondering what I would better do , since I never could be admitted to the bar , until near midnight. And then I went out nn the street and started home. At the foot nf thu court bouso steps sat the old chnlrn < xn of the examina tion committee. He had drunk too much and ho wns thcro In the middle of the night , ar guing n motion to the fence posts and trees. I forgot nil about thu re | > ort bo must make regarding my application nnd thought only of his condition , and thi.t It nns tlmo for a nmn of lih years to be abed. "So I gathered him up and brlped him down street , talking with him all the way. It was his mood to argue legal qurotlcus and ral."o legal points , as If this wcro n court trial with a wide range of subject matter. And do you know my tongue was loosed and I could quote- whole paragraphs from the text books ? Things 1 thought I bad for gotten nil came back to me. I kicked my self because 1 could not remember them when the judge was sober. "Hut that man was never too drunk to know whether the law was correctly quoted. He told mehcu I left him ( hat I knew moro law than half the practitioners nt the bar. And ho approved my application next day which was more. " HtJSTlNO TUP. HAIMII.U OFFICE ! . MOM ( Uii.siitlHrnotory nnd Uiiiirolttablo St. Taut Olobe. Of all the vocations men engage In , or the avocations they Indulge In , olllce-hunt- Ing , getting anil keeping Is the most urmatls- factory and unprofitable. In no pursuit arc the compensations so Inadequate or the cei tainty of failure so sure. Men can engag In any other vocation confident that , If thu bring to It the requisite abilities , they ca establish a business that "will tnsuro supper and the accretion of a competence agalns old age 1'olltlcs offers remuneration novc excessive , often inadequate , and subject t constant drafts to maintain the hold on place It permits no savings and it offers no se curlty of tenure. Always there Is the com Ing content with other aspirants , with th present possibility and future certainty o overthrow and a return to civil Hfo to best the struggle for a business footing , wit habits formed unsuited to tbo hard work with the years flown when energy and pluci are at their best , and with a hunger unsate for place that compels a haunting ot tb avonuca that lead to public station. Three senators sat In a committee roon In- the closing hours of the last congress each of whom had failed ot re-election. They talked gloomily of the dark future tlia confronted them. They were not "Kcnators because they were rich , " nor "rich becaus they wcro senators. " One was considering an offer from a business concern ; anothei coul-J see no future beyond retiring fo hla home , working In his garden' ' , raising vegeta bles for his family , and "waiting for some thing to turn up. " The third had no home to go to , no garden to worlc ln , no money to pay his expenses there If he had one. He had been thirty-six years In public life , leav ing a lucrative law practice to enter It. "A ! the money I have Is in my pocket this morn- Ing. I don't know what I am going to do , ' and there were tears in his voice. The thin senator was Dan Voohees , whom the people of Indlanapolin have Just burled. All aroum us are these derelicts of politics , abandonee by their fickle crow , struggling to live , un able .to get Into the great throug of workers And still men , and saddest of all , young men , flutter about public ofllce as moths circle about the candle , regarding It as an end In itself and not as a public duty to be nclthei sought nop shirked , to meet tbo motlx's fate In a quickly coming end. r. OI > B\l\GS. ArlivIfMIMV Impni-liMl which Amor- limii FiirmcrM Coiilil HnlMC. I'lillailelphla I ilKer. Secretary Wilson has been looking over the statistics ot agriculture and Its related Industries , nnd has discovered many things that might Interest the American farmer , tariff or no tariff. For Instance , ho has found that this country Imported last year 12,000,000 eggs , and that 132,000 dozen of them came from China. The latter fact : ose3 much of Its Impressiveneaj when It Is remembered that the Chinese In this coun try Import largo quantities of eggs from liome ; but why should thu product of the American hen bo supplanted , or supple mented , ns the case may be , by SOO.OOO Jozen eggs from Canada ? Secretary Wil son thinks this is because the American : armer dow not keep a sufllclcntly sharp jyo to his own Interests nnd is inclined to > o indignant because wo Import $100,000- )00 ) worth of sugar every year Instead of jrowlag It ourselves In the form of sugar jcets. Similarly he thinks our own formers ihould produce the $10,000,000 worth of goat ikliia that wo import annually , as well as ho $658,320 worth of beans and pens , the ' 556,044 worth of cabbages , the $127.595 vorth of potatoes , the $000.000 worth if hops , the $2.773,535 worth of hay ind , in the southern states , the nearly 12,200,000 worth of rlco. Other things that he secretary thinks wo ought to grow In his country nro vanilla beans , tea , cam- ) her , cork , rubber , myrrh , frankincense , ind , If wo must have It , opium. All these hlngs can bo grown In various sections of he United States , und all they need to uako them profltablo In a little Intelligence ind energy on the part of the planters , leglunlngs have been made with most of hem , and seem to bo fairly successful , but he point for the American farmer to re- Icct most profoundly upon Is the large .mount of his own staples now supplied by orolgners , Why doesn't ho grow these hlngfl himself , nnd so capture the money hat now goca abroad for them ? The Hoyul Wilto and Ptiro nn the Drlvou Snow. Absolutely Pure N be voiw. OTHK1L LA.VUS TIIAX OUIIS. The- procession to take place In London on Juno 22 , In honor of Queen Victoria' * diamond Jubilee celebration , will be started by a signal from the top of HucklnRham palace. The signal will bo given as soon au tha queen Is ready , and the head of the procession will then move off , thn other parts , previously marshaled along Constitu tional HUM and 1'lccadllly , falling In In their turn. The route U about six miles , and the parade Itself will bo about one mite long. The queen Is to rlJe In what is known ns the grcnt London cnrrlnge. It Is a magnificent affair , very long nnd high above the ground. The body Is painted a deep claret color , nnd Is ornamented with the royal arms and - the Insignia of the Order of the Carter. The carrlngo will bo drawn by eight horses , each with a scarlet- colored liveryman at Its head. The harnws will be of crimson leather , heavily plated with gold , and the manes of the horses will be decorated with knots of ribbons. The route for the Jubilee procession wan chosen by the queen with an Idea of giv ing a large number of her subjects an op portunity of viewing the royal pageant. The poorer classes wcro taken Into con sideration especially. So great 1ms been the speculation In windows and other polntn of view that to see anything comfortably will I cost an amount entirely out of question for J nny but the well-to-do. There Is a "Dia > mend Jubilee Seats company , " that liaa bought up nil available space along the route and is holding out for enormous fig ures. It would seem , from present Indica tions , that the speculation wns In danger of being overdone , and that the prices asked anywhere from 5 to 50 or 100 guineas for a single window could not be maintained. # * * The present condition of the Turkish navy Is not all that might be desired. The torpedo flotilla , though considerable both as to num ber and quality of the boats , Is without the requisite/ supply of torpedoes. Itwould not bo easy now , at the last moment , to ob tain the requisite supply. The largo men- of-war are utterly destitute of proper arma ment. Years ago , the naval minister de clared against the proposed substitution of new Krupp gi.ns for the old Armstrong muz zle-loaders , as he should soon bo in a position to have the requisite heavy guns produced at the Turkish naval arsenal. Since then 100,000 Tuiktah pounds were expended on the newly established gun foundry , but so far not a single gun has been cast , nor Is there any prospect of auy being turned out In the near future. Dut perhaps the in oat melancholy feature Is the great lack of coal In tha naval arsenal , notwithstanding the fact that the government has a colliery at n few hours' distance from the capital. The scarcity of coal was caused by the fact that a few years ago tbo naval minister comPounding - Pounding A.t the same old sub ject may become tire some , but it is the one way of impressing the truth upon the com munity. The more noise soms people make the less attention they attract but the message thai we are trying to con vey is one that is not without its value to 3 v e r y newspaper reader. Wewant everyone ; o know that we make -he best clothing that 3an be made and that we guarantee it to be ust as we represent it , o be. Come in and look at he spring line of styles hat we are selling at plS.SO eight or ten Ufferent fabrics to se- ect from. The tailor Arill ask $28 and $3O o produce their equal. Wowould bo pleased to have you cull for wo feel sure wo could Jntorost you In iv spring suit nt the prices now ollcred , KING & GO , 8. W. Cor , 18th and 6U