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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATtTKDAT , MAY 20 , 1897. TIIE OMAHA DAILY nOSEWATKR. Kdltor. PUBLISHED EVUUY MOItNINO. TUtlMS OP SU1JSCIUPTION. Hnllr Hee ( Without Sundny ) , One Tcar . . .J6 M IJMIjr Uee nn l Hundnjr , One Year SJO Blx Month . ' < W Three Month . . . . I 0 Hundnjr lice , Ono Ycnr . J * B.xtimlny lite. One Ycnr . . 1 Weekly lice. One Ycnr . OFFICES : Om.ihn : The lice UullillDir. South Omaha : Singer Ulk. , Cor. N ana Mh Sts. Cmmcll uiun : 10 rentl Street. Chicago onicc : J17 Chamber of Commerce New York : Iloonn 13. II nn.l 15 , Tribune Washington : 50t Fourteenth Street. All communications relntlni ? to news aiM edi torial matter fthould be nddrosood ! To the bJltor. UUSINCSS MJTTiniS. All IninlneM intern nnd remittances houlc1 b itdrtMed tr The Ilio Publishing Company. Omatn. Draft * , checks , expresn and poBtofllce money onkis to be mnuo payable to the order of the cmnii.iny. TIIIJ IIIH : 1'unt.isiuNa COMPANY. STATIMINT : : OF CIIICUI.ATION. Btale of Nehrnxkn , Dougln County. f : Ocorge 1) ) Tx'Chuck. S cietarv of The llec pub lishing comp.my , licltiK iluiy fworn , says that tne actual mimlwr of full nnd complete copies of The D.illy Morning , Hvtnlnp nnd Sunday Hee printed durlnc the m < nlh of April , 18'i7. wim ns follow * : 1 20.222 10. . . 20 OS3 2 M.23I 17 10,133 2 20,410 IS 20. < iU 4 50.650 la 20,0 3 r > to.iro 20 20.C43 0 20,05- ji 2tros 7 : o.m 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . * 2i,023 I ! 20,101 23 20.018 3 23.121 -4 20.102 10 20,195 25 SO.r.M 11 20.GOO 12 20,0 < tf 27 2i.0"iO 13 20.113 23 20.231 14 20.047 23 20.118 15 20.0.- SO 20.215 Total C07.0C2 l.e. deductions for unfold nnd re turned copies 10.321 Tntnl net silci . S06.73 < Net dally average . . 11 SM ononon u. TXHI-IIUCK. Sworn to before me , nnd Fiihfcrlbcd In my prcfonce , this 3d dny of May. 1SS7. ( Seal. ) N. r. rntu Notary Public. PAitTins I.EAVIXO rou TUP. SUMMKII 'I'nrtlfN ' IiMivlnpr llu oily for ( InMUiniiuT ( -nil Iinvi * Tlio Ilro Mi-lit to llii-m roK l > 'l > ' liy iiollfylncr Tin- lift ? liuil- 1U' H olllcilii IMTMOM i > r ! > > ' mall. Tinnihlrt'Hi lll lie vliimuril n M ufli'ii UN drulrpd. The Kuropcnn concert of powers la ox- ppctotl tf > answer tliu Tninsinls-MlsslppI Kxiinsttlon liivltatioti.s without a tlls- cortlnnt note , s If Ilio weather man does not Rlvo us n midsummer toinperuttirts soon the Ice men will have less than four mouths to get in their work. For a paper that hays it is not worried Jn tlio least about the Improving pros pe s of NubMiskti rcpnb'lcaus the. World- Herald is feigning pain vary well. The appointment of a protectionist democrat as senator from South Carolina lo fill vacancy ouyht to serve to ex pedite , tlie work of tariff legislation. Don't kick ! Do your grumbling to yourself ! If you don't want to help pull on the rope , don't put stumbling blocks in the path of those who are doing the pulling. . . . . . . . . . j. - - - " ' - - - - i Thi ? alleged gnmbleis of South Omaha nre In a fair way to go free , as fiom the evidence it appears that they have loimv playing nothing worse than old maid and imnnblc-pcg.x AVhen It comes to lessons on political morality the sheet that pretended to sup port Its party ticket and sold editor1) ! ! space to Hie opposition candidate is just the kind of an oracle to draw to. It took the sundry civil appropriation bill Just enacted longer to get out of coufotence committee than It did to get Into it. Tills is merely another of the vagaries of the extra session of con gress. Millionaire McLean wasn't a good enough popucntt in the eyes of Brynn to be given the vice presidential nomination l > y the Chicago convention , but he Is a good enough popocrat now to be the pre ferred candlate of Uryan tor the Ohio fienatorshlp. The outlook Is good for the extra ses- nlon of congress lasting well Into August and the farmer members of the house and senate will do well to make all nec- o.ssary arrangements to have their hogs fed and the potatoes hoed in their ab sence fiom home. The validity of the constitutional amendment ratillod by the voters of SouIh Dakota last fall has been alllrmed by the supreme court of that state. This gives Nebraska high license neighbors on three shies and leaves prohibition Kan- eas In a lonely condition. Substantial pavements can be laid In Onmlm today at an expense of one-half to two-thirds what the same material cost eight and ten yearn ugo. In the matter of pavements the people of this city ought to have learned by experience that the beat Is cheapest In the end. It Is stated on good authority that of the money voted by congress for the relief of the Mississippi Hood sufferers 'half is unused nnd will be turned back Into the national tieasury. Tills Is cer tainly a remarkable state of affairs , es pecially In view of the fact that relief funds nre usually exhausted long before the demands for hhares In tiiei.- tlon cease. Tlie peculiar family some specially gifted witnesses have of watching the progivsM of gambling games without see ing anything about which they could testify In court Is again Illustrated In the South Omaha gambling cases. It H certainly wonderful how this authorities always manage to hit upon bat-blind law otllcers when they give orders for a ruld upon gambling resorts. A few weeks ago the editor of our omlablo contemporary , In a speech to a convention of lallroad Immigration ngents , iisseitrd that signs of returning prosperity vvero already here and ex- jii-MHi'd the conviction tnat the. country wan on the upward swing of thu in- ( liiHtrlal pendulum. IILs pipur : , however , lit Hllll howling calamity and dying to nniko people believe that we can never hnvo piorfpi-rlty without 50-tont dollars. Jlut u little Htnulille like this Is easy for an organ that la ucouutomed to such au'i'olmtlcj. run rhouorEMMIE , suoxn SCIIRDVLB. Thnt the aiignr schedule of the senate finance committee will bo modified maybe bo regarded ns ccrtnlt > . 'While the ex- plnnntlou of the notion of the committee given by Senator Aldrlch Is admittedly plausible. It has not reconciled nil the republicans of the senate to the sched ule , while the republicans of the house are very generally pronounced In their opposition to It anil declare In the most emphatic manner that the sugar sched ule roiKirtcd to the wnnto can never get the approval of the house. Some of these unqualifiedly dispute certain com parisons mnde by Senator Aldrlch be tween the house schedule and that of the sonntc , unfavorable to the former , and do not hesitate to say that the sen ate schedule Is distinctly In the Interest of the trust , nothwlthstandlng the state ment of Mr. Aldrich that It Is less so than the house bill. The republican press , also , does not accept the senator's statement as conclusive. The New York Tribune says : "With the aid of such facts ns me now available It Is not pos sible to understand the senator's claim that the benefit secured to rellners under the senate tariff bill Is less than It would bo under the liouso bill or Is under the present law. " The opposition thus shown to the action of the senate llnance committee , which appears more likely to grow than to decrease , will compel a modlllcation of the schedule nnd possi bly a restoration of that of the house bill. Meanwhile an Investigation Is being urged with a view to ascertaining whether or not the Sugar trust had any thing to do with shaping the schedule. The charge that It had Is uniiualllledly denied by Mr. Aldrich and the high character of that senator entitles his statement to conlldenco. Fair-minded men will not readily believe that men like Aldrlch and Allison would enter into collusion with the trust to advance the Interests of that combination lit the cxpcu.sc of the American people. "When , therefore , the chairman of the senate llnance committee declares that neither Ilavemeyer nor Searles had anything to do with the mnking of the sugar sched ule as reported and that no member of the Sugar trust ever appeared before the committee , there will be a general dis position to accept the statement as abso lutely truthful. But none the less It is to bo desired that the senate shall take notice of the chaiue and institute an Investigation that will thoroughly sift the whole matter. The character of that body Is involved nnd if it permits the allegations made by reputable news paper correspondents , by a member of the house of icproscntallvoa and by a honnlor on the floor of tne senate , to stand unchallenged , ! t mu t lose in pub lic respect and confidence. Whatever may be the real nu tlves , political or oth erwise , of those who urge an investiga tion , the senate owes itto Itself and to tlio country to institute a si-arching in quiry , for which It has an-pie power. Popular distrust of the senare is already strong and wid-'spread ; It would bpcoiue more general and more Intense if that body should Ignore the charges no-v made. It is thought probable that tlio finance committee will ptopose a revision of the .sugar rates when that schedule is reached , but in any event there is no doubt that It will bo materially changed. r.l/.J./Vi. / I'ltOTKST. It is stated that cable messages con tinue to reach tlio Japanese legation at Washington protesting against the pro posed duties upon Japanese silk , mat ting and tea. These duties are regarded in Japan as indicating something approaching preaching hostility on the part of the United States and the minister from that country expresses the- opinion that their imposition may have a detrimental inlluonco upon the commerce of the two nations. It is pointed out that in vol ume of trade with Japan the United States now has tlio leading place. This country takes more from Japan than it sells to her , but for several years Amer ican exports to that country have been steadily growing , while the imports from Japan have remained about stationary. It Is urged that the present juncture scorns propitious for a still greater in crease of trade In view of plans for large public and private enterprises In Japan. In view of this nnd of the fact that the Japanese government and people have always- shown a cordial disposi tion toward tills country , with n willing ness to encourage trade with the United States , It is urged that there ought to bo no tariff legislation unfriendly to Japanese products. It Is certainly dp- slrablo that the people of Japan should not be discouraged from buying what they need In the American market , but * If we nre tn shape our revenue system 1o hatlsfy other countries we may as well abandon the attempt to have n sys tem. There have been piotests fiom several count ) les against proposed duties affecting their interests and obviously congress cannot heed thpso protests and at the S'ime time give proper considera tion to our own Interests and necert.il- ties. The higher duties on silk aio for the protection and development of our own I1U Industry , as the higher du'K-s ' on nuitttnTf nro for the benefit of our carptit Industry , which has suffered from the competition of Japanese matting. This la strictly In Hue with the protective principle , which should be observed with respect to .Tnpenpsi' products In common with the products of all other countries which come Into competition with Amer ican-made goods. As to the proposed duty on tea it is purely for revenue , Ii * to be continued only for a limited Mm" and ought not to materially affect our trade with Jap in. It will bj impowrt only In the event that It shall appear to be absolutely neiTSinr.v to provide tlio government with bullielr-nt Iiu-uino and If It tihall be bhown that tliere U necessity for It Japan will not show Itself friendly by objecting to It or by adopt ing u policy of retaliation , ( is It Is in timated site may do , We must bo governed In this matter by our own Intere.sts and necessities , as all other countries ate In arranging their revenue systems , being c.-ueful only to treat all nations Justly and Impartially. Wo do not appivhend that Julian would buy any less of our products by reason of the duties to which she objects. Jh-r puoplo will purchase wliut they need wboro they can get them to the best advantage. They now buy American engines , machinery , atccl rails , cotton anil tobacco because they find It to their advantage to got these tilings In the United States nnd so long ( as this Is the case they will continue to purchase them here. The Japanese , In other words , am not making any sacrifices to favor Amer ican manufacturers and producers , nor will they withdraw their trade so long as It Is to their Interest to do business with us. MUST UTAM ) THl.ll , lIKIti : . Ex-Treasurer Hartley must stand trial In Douglas county on the charge of em- bexzllng from the state the misappro priated $201,000 sinking fund warrant. This ought tpbe good news for Nebraska taxpaylng citizens who have been impa tiently watching the legal maneuvering by which Hartley's attorneys have beoi- endeavoring to Insure for him freedom from all possible punishment for his de falcation ns state treasurer. Tills an nouncement means that the llrst con tested step In the prosecution lias bee'i carried for the state and that Hartley must submit himself to a jurisdiction that Is not prejudiced In Ills favor. It may bo a humiliating confession , but it is nevertheless true that the place whore the trial of the Hartley cases shall be had must bo regarded as one of the most Important factors In their out come. While It would naturally bo sup posed that the sentiment against defalca tion anil betrayal of public trust 's ' equally strong In nil parts of the state , it Is notorious that tlio atmosphere in the vicinity of the state house has always been conducive to acquittal or disagree ments where public olllclals have been tlio defendants. If It were necessary to prosecute Hartley in Lancaster county where no public thief has ever received his just deserts , the obstacles to secur ing a conviction would , In all probabil ity , bo practically insurmountable. Thnt Hartley and his attorneys appreciated tlie advantage they would have deilved from remanding the cabo to Laucaatnv county is plain from the sliemioiiH ob jections they urged to tlie jurisdiction if the Douglas county court. If Hartley did not feel that his chances for escaping punishment were being injured by being forced to trial here , what rea.son could have prompted him to make a light upon that point ? By his own actions ho has admitted that If ho had his choice of courts , it would not be those of Douglas county. With the preliminary question of juris diction settled in their favor , it devolves upon the state's attorneys to push the prosecution of Hartley without undue delay. While it will doubtless be the policy of Hartley to seek postponement and to continue as hertofore to take ad vantage of every opportunity to retard proceedings , tlie people of Nebraska are practically unanimous In demanding that the law be vindicated and piompi and even justice is the only vindication of the law. The demand for better local train serv ice in and out of Omaha repeatedly voiced by The Bee should bo taken up by our merchants and jobbers and pushed with energy. A paying local tin flic round and about this city can be built up with proper inducojnonts In the way of periodical excursions. By establishing a general bargain day for out-of-town patrons our retailers could make it an object for visitors to come to Omaha , to do their shopping every week or two. It Is starting the habit that i.s diillcult and perhaps expensive , but before long it would go forward by its own momentum. Contracts are being let for the new buildings at various state Institutions for which appropriations were made by the late legislature. The taxpayers have a right to insist that only responsi ble bidders bo considered and that the contractors be hold rigidly to their con- tiaets. The state .should get its money's worth when- erecting public buildings just as do private individuals and cor porations , and no possible chance loft for deficiency claims upon the next legis lature. Millionaire Ilavcmoycr says tlie dis missal of the case against him for re fusing to testify before the senate in vestigating committee is satisfactory "to him and to every decent man in the community. " Mr. HnvHineyer should have leave to amend so ns to read "to every other decent man in tlio com munity. " The omission can be ex plained in no other way than as a mis take. The south , having started a success ful exposition of Its own at Nashville and carried others to auspicious conclu sion at Atlanta and New Orleans , is con vinced of the commercial value of such enterprises nnd may be depended upon to do good work for transmlsslsslppl In- lurests. The proposed mineral exhibit from Alabama should be 1111 attractive featuio in tlio mines nnd mining section. The women of New Jersey are up in arms against a proposed new mniriago license law which they wiy will make It harder to enter the wedded state In the tile : of New Jersey. Hut i.s thuiy not an adage that love will find the way ? What the women of New Jersey Miorld Insist on Is legislation to make it hauler without their consent to make an exit fiom the wedded slate , Where was this Slate Hoard of Educa tional Lauds and Funds when nearly i)0,000 ? ! ) of IJutlcr county bunds were sold to eastern brokei.sV Are these bonds to be ui'.londcd on the permanent school fund later at a good commission for the middleman when they could easily hnvo been bought dlicet fiom the county practically at par ? Only eleven counties out of ninety represented at the opening of the pro hibition state convention. The practi cal fusion of the Nebraska piohlhltlon- Ists with the pupacrats In Iholr presldou- tlal campaign has veiy evidently failed to redound to the strengthening of the prohibition organization. Proof of Kansas City Star , Ot the $200,000 ai > proi > rlntxl by congress for the relief of the flood autTerero on the loner , but one-halt hat been usud. The laborers are reliirnlmr to their fields and far ther aid will mfco. This Is remarkable record , and. Uteh In connection with the fight made for the lorecs. specially In Louis iana , Is a most creditable one. Never before has the country witnessed such proof of the valno and cntervtta of the ncvr south. Ge b'tf Uic Valve. Chicago Itecortl. Perhaps the congressional situation would bo relieved conVftldrablr were Mr. Hoed to top off the house safety valve for a few minutes and allow Mr. Ualley and others to blow off steam. , , . l'or or"hnn III * Krcneli. Minneapolis Journal. General Horac * Porter , the now ambassador to France , was compelled to got off a little Ollcndorf French to President Fauro , and ho vasellned , his face and waded In In a , way that astonished the diplomats ot the effete monarchies. The real Yankee can do anything he has to , from running an Insur ance paper chock full of columca of .figures . to addressing royalty In otlglnal Latin verse with a few caesuras and club Jeet thrown In gratis. Itcpnlillriui PnrtjOpportunity. . ImllntiniMills Journal. The republican party has a great oppor tunity now. If It will pass a wise , con servative tariff bill , ono that will afford ample revenue and sufficient protection without being oppressive In any respect , It will bo accepted by the country as a set tlement of the tariff question for at lca.it eight or ten years. This would give our In dustries a , chance to recuperate and that retsult would Inure to the creJIt ot the party that passed the bill. Tlio I'roinotlnii oC Ceili-nil llroolce. riillndelrililn. Times , General Brooke's promotion to bo major general Is a forcible reminder of the lapse time that has carried away the oflkers of the old army and brought forward the men who got their first lessons In the civil war. I3rooke , lllto Miles , was a civilian , n vol unteer captain and later colonel of a Penn sylvania legltnent. He won his stars at Spottsylvanla and In the Wlldcincss and In the leorganlzntlon of the army after the war was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of Infantry. That Is moio than thirty years ago , and llrooko has como up by regular promotion to the grade that at that time waa held by no less a person than Hancock , His Immediate senior , Wesley Merrltt , was a lieutenant In his first year out of the academy when the war began , and there Is not nn officer now In the service who had ever set a squadron In the field before Dull Run. And yet those stirring times seem not so very long ago. . IOWA rillJSS COMMENT. Waterloo Courier : Twice before has Horace declared that his name would not bn considered In the candidacy for certain olflccs. Mo la early In the field with the same declination this year. Mr. Doles' wishes should bo respected , but It Is hard to tell whether the sllverltcs will show him that consideration or not. Sioux City Journal : The prohibition party of Iowa Is to hold a state convention and nominate candidates for defeat In DCS Molnrn June 29. That Is six dajs after the politi cal drelbund meets for the same purpose. The prchlbltlonlats should have met on the same date as the others and made It a five- cornered combination , for the prohibition party Is , or wasat , last accounts , a double- headed . . party. .n Dubuque Tlmept There Is at times too much cxtravagantf-nesertlon , It scema to us , about matters political For Instance : The statement that Jrjwac will , this fall , go re publican by 50,001) . trt JOO.OOO majority is a wild guess thatcannot bo verified on any valid basis. Atgo tjme In Its history as a state has Iowa evpr given so large a majority as 100,000 , and4lj.ho Dumber of times the majority has reached 50.000 Is not numerouc. This year the fhple , of , the discordant po litical element confuting of silver democrats , populhta and prohibitionists will bo ar rayed against pie republican party , BO a normal majority'ot fyoni 2S.OOO to 35,000 for the republican ( Jckef will be entirely satis factory to the party. These cxtiemo state- mnnts. ara rnslea ! < ll1)sin their tendency , both at home and bro3d. | ' Especially are they fraught with danker at home , as such ideas fixed in the mlnTTtf'iof the electorate is liable to malte many vo'tprr. carqlcsa about perfoim- Ing their Individual duty on election day. While there la no question about the tri umph of the republican ticket next Novem ber , there are no 2S.OOO or 30,000 voters to be spared to stay at home. Claiming the earth and belns compelled to ho satisfied with a town lot Is not at all gratifying not even In politics. S COMMERCE DECISIONS. Minneapolis Tribune : Thla decision al most compensates the railroads for the blow dealt them by the transmlssourl decision , \vhlle to the public at large its benefits can hardly bo measured It It leads the Interstate commission to cxerclso Its legitimate and well defined functions to the effectual pre vention of unjust discriminations. Indianapolis Journal : Three decisions of the Gtipreme court of the United States In one day confirming the powers of the Inter state Commerce commission show how strongly Intrenched with legal muniments that body Is becoming. The truth la , in Ito largo control of the great transportation sys tem of the country , the commlfslony has be come almost a branch , as it certainly Is a representative of the government. Chicago Tribune : It Is evident that If the Interstate commerce law Is to be of any1 value it must be amended In ouch a manner as to give It some virility. It has been on the statute books many years.nnd has accom plished verylltt'e. . A few persons have been punished for violating Ito provisions. Some small discriminations may have been pre vented by l ( . Dut the hopes which were entertained when the law waa enacted of the great benefits It was to confer on the public have come to naught. Chicago Post : Disappointing as the de cision may bo , practically , It Is certainly sound and reasonable from the standpoint of established principles uf legal construction. But the question now arises as to the effect of this ruling upon the proposed legalization of pooling. If the commission Is to have power to pass upon pooling rates such power will have to be specifically conferred by on amendment to the commerce act. Such an amendment would mean that while compet ing roads will have the liberty of fixing tholr own ratcij , such as enter a pool will bo re quired to Biibmlt their tariff In advance to the commission and forbidden to adopt rates disapproved by that body. Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : The United States oupremo court decision denying to the Interstate Commerce commission the power to malte or fix maximum rates Is regarded la railroad circles as decidedly Important. It amounts to this , that the commission can pronounce ratrn made by the roads unreason able , or unjust and order them lowered or changed , but the commission cannot go on and act affirmatively In rate-making. This of course t-nlargw.tUe power and liberty of the roartii somewnlbut their chief trouble lies In another direction. They need more huslncta and not laore latitude In rate-mak ing. They arc uiCtt > lo now to malntnn rates of tliolr own In the gencial scramble for n business not larqjppough In volume to go around , 1 _ _ , . Kansas City Star : The supreme court of the United Stat s-liair derided that the Inter state Commerce commission has no authority to MX rates for a railroad company , though It has the power to % raqulre that all ehlppers shall bo placed on/inequality / , and that there shall be no discriminations ngalnst one lo cality nnd In fabi > bf another. It Is diffi cult for the average mind to understand how the commission cm use Ita authority1 to pre vent discriminations without also having the potter to fivrales. For example , If a railroad .company charges fifteen cents ( or a 200-mile haul from one city to another , and twenty cents for the eame haul between l\\o cUtea similarly situated , the Interstate commerce commission can require the com pany to adjust the Inequality. Dut bow In It possible to exercise eudi authority without , In Eomo measure , fixing the rate ? The commission. In such a case would have to aay to the railroad company : "You must cease charging twenty 'cents itv ono of these caee.i and fifteen cents In the other ; you roust make the name rate In both , case * . " But very likely the fifteen-cent rate was adopted to meet particular conditions and could not be raLsej without disadvantage to the railroad company. Therefore , the commission , In requiring equality In rates , must practically order that the twenty-cent rate shall bo reduced to flfteeu cents. OTIlim LANDS THAN OIIU9. The agricultural relict and local govern ment bill ( or Ireland la not the homo rule plan ot 1'arntll , but In eomo rcspecln It Is more radical than anything that Parnell or Gladstone over proposed. It does not set up a Dublin parliament , but It takes $3,250- 000 n year out of the Imperial treasury for the relief of Jrlsh agriculturists , $2,000.000 of which ROCS to the tenants and $1,250,000 to landlords. Thla relief Is administered In the shape of remitted taxes , but It comes out ot the iretfcury Just the samp. The bill for a sjstcm of local government proposes to put local affairs In control of persons elected by popular suffrage. It Is n great reform. It la a concession to the Irlah of the same great right that Is enjoyed by the English and Scotch. While It may not permanently silence the demand for a separate parliament , It will ho accepted as the essence of home rule. And thrs , though I'arnoll has parsed away , and Gladstone Is out ot office and near the end ot his Journey , nnd the cause for which they contended has seemed lost , they and their cause are really victorious. Hut for their work no euch measure as this could have been possible. Serious alarm Is being created In Kuropc by extraordinary extension ot the iirma- mcnts ot Japan , which lead to the Impres sion that the Mikado Is determined to pro voke u war with Kussla before the latter has tlmo to complete her trims-Siberian railroad. Japan's annual estimates prior to her conflict with China amounted to ? 100.000,000. The budget for the picsciit yenr , however , exceeds ? 300,000,000 , of which SISO.000,000 Is to bo devoted to Increasing the size of the army and navy. Japan and ItUBsla nro equally determined rivals for supremacy In the north Pacific , and If the respective size of the two countries causes at llrst sight the notion of Japan as a seri ous antagonist to Russia to appear ridicu lous , It must bd remembered that until the Trnns-Slborlan railroad Is completed the czar1 Is not In a position to bring his army to bear upon Japan. Russia would , there fore , be compelled to rely solely upon her naval squadrons , and , Inasmuch as ho could not possibly concentrate her entire licet In northern 1'aclflc waters , and Is , moreover , without any naval yard or dock of any sire In the far east , Japan would have distinctly the advantage. Moreover , Japan has re cently emerged victorious from a struggle with a nation of 300,000,000 , and therefore Is not likely to be Impressed by thr size and bulk of her antagonist. Ily two years hence Japan will Imvo trebled all her ex isting armaments , and , Inasmuch as It is Impossble that she should bear beyond that tlmo the terrible financial strain Imposed upon her by her present naval and military expenditure , a conflict some tlmo between now and then with Kussla may be expected , the Japanese press expressing the opinion that It Is only a war of this kind that can save their country from ultimately becoming a Russian province. * * * The Odelsthlng , the Norwegian equivalent ot a lower house , Ins pawed the bill grant ing the right of franchise to Norwegian citizens temporarily residing abroad. If the Lagthlug endorses this action , Norway will enjoy thp distinction of having the most liberal voting laws of any country In the world. Although the bill has In view chiefly Norwegian sailors , Its provisions are not re stricted to this class , as was at first sup posed. Its msln features arc as follows : The voter must flmt prove that he has not been away from Norway longer than three years before the election day , and the bal lot must not be cast longer than three months before the election. The ballot need not contain the names of candidates , but may bo made out In the name of a party. By all but members of crews ot Norwegian ships the voting must be In the presence of the local Norwegian consul , the excepted class voting on board ship before the cap tain. This would seem to exclude all Nor wegian sailors on foreign vessels who are unable to appear before a consul within the prescribed time. It Is not. at all certain the 'bill ' will pass the upper house , as con siderable opposition has ailsen because of the Increased facilities for fraudulent voting offered by It. * Signer CrJspl , who Is being rather hard pushed by the Investigation Into the alleged complicity of himself and family In the Italian bank scandals , seems to bo deter mined to go to his political death In good company. At an audience granted to the ex premier by King Humbert recently Signer Crlspl Is said to have announced his purpose to Justify Ills transactions with the Bank of Naples , and to have concluded the intei- vlew with the king In these words : "Per mit mo to tell you plainly , sire , what the upshot will be. Two persons will go Into exile. I , as a poor man , and you , sire , with your millions. " The prophecy that Signor Crispl would be the last premier of Italy under the jouao of Savoy did not come true ; whether Signor Crlspl , In accordance with his recent forecast , shall prove to have been next to the last of Humbert's prime min isters time alone can determine. The hot words of Crlspl to the king , however , re vealed as In a lightning flash the seething corruption of Italian politics. * * * The correspondent of the London Times in Rome , In speaking of the precarious situ ation of Signor Rudinl's government , gives an account "of life different parliamentary groups. The ministerial majority Is com- pobed of about ISO members of the right and center , nnd about 135 members of the Glolittian nnd Zanardellian groups , both of the latter belonging to the left. The op position consists of the followers of liaron Sonnlno , about ninety strong ; of the various factions of tha extreme left , eighty In num ber , anil of a few Irreconcilable conservatives who have steadily refused to countenance the iMarquls dl Rudinl's alliance with the left. About fifteen deputies arc classified as Independent or unccitaln. The composition of the majority constitutes the difficulty of the Marquis < dl Rudlnl'n position. Should he lean to the right he will encounter the. op position of the 135 Glollttlans and Zanar- dclllans , of the eighty of the extreme left , and of the ninety followers of IJaron Sonnlno , Should he Incline toward the left U Is prob able that the right and center would revolt , BO great la their repugnance to co-operation with the followers of Signor Glollttl on ac count of the latter's Implication. In the bank scandals. In such a case he would bo o\i- \ posed by a majority consisting of the right and center minus his own followers about o ,00 $ z For Bicycle Shoes for big boys and little men elk skin soles at that Ours is the only line of Men's North Star Bicycle Shoes in town , Some are - 2.50 The best are 3. " Black or colors. 16th and Douo-las Streets , thirty In all of the Sonnlno group , and ol at lenst iflfty of the extreme left. How long he can maintain his political equilibrium by following a colorless policy remains to be teen. It la to bo noted , however , that ho had a laigo majority behind him on the question of hanging on to Erythrca. * An examination of the , cataracts of the Xllo has been made by Prof. Qeorgo Forbes for the Egyptian government , with the re sult , It Is said , of showing that they can ho utilized to furnish electric power for pur poses ot Irrigation and for working rail ways , machinery , etc. In September next a more complete survey of tlio chief cata racts will bo made , so that definite proposals may bo framed. It would be greatly to the advantage of Dongola and Egypt If the cataracts , which forbid the navigation of the Nile at certain seasons of the year , could bo made to supply electricity t oper ate thu railway built last summer around the ( ntnincts. Thu dllllculty doubtless ulll bo not In operating water wheels during low Nile , but In keeping them In place when the Nile Is In flood. The cost of 'tho proposed Black sea nnd Baltic canal Is estimated nt $100,000,000. The loulo is from the Gulf of Riga , on the Baltic , along the rivers Duna , Bereslna and Dnieper to Chcrson , on the Black sea , north west of Sebastopol , n distance ot 991 miles. The depth proposed Is twenty-eight feet , BO that war ships may bo able to traverse the canal from ono sea to the other. Ai height of 511 feet would have to be overcome , neces sitating , of course , the use of locks. Con siderable trade would be developed by such a canal. Its early construction Is , how ever , not well assured , though Russia has $030,000,000 of gold In her war chest. POLITICAL UIIIFT. In Connecticut 170,000 women are qualified to vote at echool elections , but only 2GST cast their ballots this spring. The legislature ot Michigan passed an act extending the Hen law to horses and other animals for the cost ot shoeing. In adjourning the Kentucky legislature , the lieutenant governor exclaimed fervently : "And may God have me'cy on your souls ! " A meeting of silver republicans for the purpose of organizing the party In Ala bama has been called oft owing to a painful lack of Interest In the movement. Ex-Governor Boies of Iowa says he could not bn Induced to run for governor on the drelbuud ticket this year , yst some Iowa papers express doubts oC Horace's powers of resistance. A memorial to congress asking for the submission of a constitutional amendment permitting the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people , was adopted by tbo legislature' of Florida. Ex-Senator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky has constructed a fresh crease In his slouch hat and sallied forth In search of the seat held down by Senator Lindsay. A pre liminary caucus of Josephttes will bo held in Frankfort next week , when the Chicago platform will be galvanized with a few of Joo's hot expletives. The managers of a public asylum in Min nesota entertain no doubt of the presence of prosperity. tAn Inquiry showed that they enjoyed a dally picnic at the public ex pense. They have the best the market af fords , while other Inmates were generously permitted to extract comfort from boneless soup , fringed with mystery. Senator Gorman ot Maryland comes up for re-election by the legislature to be chosen next fall , and some Interest is mani fested as to the manner in which the smooth Arthur will straddle the. money question. Maryland Is a sound money state , and the senator Is not likely to Imperil his chances by reviving the melancholy memories ot last fall. fall.You You can't lese a good man. There Is Con gressman Hlnrlchsen , the noted "Buck" Hlnrichsen of Illinois , who was conspicuous In the Chicago convention as an advocate of a fat office for every patriot. While prob ing Into Buck's methods as secretary of itato a legislative committee finds that he waa not 'In ' office for his health. In fact ho worked a system of fee grabbing far more effective than a slot machine. What little escaped him WES swallowed up by juicy bills for heating the slate capltol In summer months , The Mnn for tlie IMnce. St. I'aul Pioneer Frets. Recent events seem to point more and more toward some sort ot Intervention by our government to put an end to tha struggle In Cuba as inevitable. To bring Spain to the acceptance of such Intervention as an act of friendliness , necessitating no clash of , arms between the two countries , la the task to which our minister may not improbably be called to address himself. No one Is better qualified for such a task , Intellectually , than Qeorgo F. Edmunds ; and it Is sincerely to be hoped that physical disability may not forbid his acceptance of the mission. The absolutely pure BAKING POWDER. 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