Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DATLT HEE : TUESDAY , KOTEMBER 0 , ISO'
TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE
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STATIMINT <
Btnte of Nelirnrkn , DouRlnt County , ss. !
George II. Tz > cliuck , secretary of The lice Pub-
llshlnic C miiany , l > elni ? duly sworn , tnys that the
nctunl number of full nml complete coplm of The
Dully , Mornlnc KvcnlnK nnd Kundny Ilcc printed
during the month of October , U97 , wns ns fol
lows :
' ' ' " ' ' " ' ' 17
s. . . . ! ! . . ! . . ! . loisti IS 19 , i3
3 19.700 If 13,907
4 IS.7Z8 20 H.S61
t > 19,710 Jl M.OOl
13,731 il 20.211
7 20.101 23 Zia )
8 n.ozo 21 & 1.C2)
9 i 20.M1 -
10 19,810 2C 21.S11
11 19,873 S7 Wfi',9
12 13.SOS 2S 20.76 !
13 n.rat 21 2001
14 20,029 50 tO,7IO
1C 210 ? ) 31 50,308
1C si.osc r-r
Total KC 3 ?
I > s ilotluctlons for returned nnJ unsold
copleg 9.ZI7
Net tnlnl sales C17.10I !
Net clnlly n\-croKe 19.917
oi'onon n. Tzsciitinc.
Sworn to before mo nnd pubxcrlhixl In my prfs-
fnco this 1ft day of November , 1M7.
( Seal ) N. P. KBIU Notary Public.
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INSIST OX II.VVIXO TIU2 111317.
Speaker Tloed will resnnio litislnoss nt
tlio olil stand within nnothor week.
If you nro not busy , you ou ht to l > p
busy. There Is work enough ahead in
Omnlia for nil.
Rumors of a short leo crop Tor next
summer's supply are , we are assured ,
entirely premature.
What ? No train irohhorlps In this vi
cinity for a week ? And six dnnKerous
bandits at large brat on holding up pas
sengers ? Call In the Fakory.
The news thai the recent fistic1 carnival
ventures In Omaha have boon successful
neither artistically nor financially is
creditable to the community.
TM ! > public Is anxiously waiting to hear
whether the forthcoming .Tacluonlan food
will preserve the snored ratio with 10
glasses to 1 bottle or li ( bottles to 1 glass.
The school board may have .reason t"
expect a greater Income from liquor
licenses next year than this , but that is
no excuse for Increasing the school
deficit In advance.
The state has l > ? en buying Lancaster
county bonds for the school fund nt 4 per
cent , and ( here is no good reason why it
should not take Douglas county bond. ?
on the fiamo Interest basis.
Nothing succeeds like success. A lot
of people are now enthusing over the
exposition Avho only a few months ago
were trying to discredit It by say-Ing it
was foredoomed to failure.
The latest Arizona proposition Is for
the annexation of the southern oountV ; ;
of California to Arizona and the crnthn
of R new state that would thus have a
line coast line on the Pnelllc.
If Expert Ilelblg's salary claim for
$4,000 were allowed by the ? 10.000
enlllllng committee without a protest he
might Imagine IilmselP n member of the
committee , and that would never do.
The friends of fSovornor Uradley of
Kentucky are claiming for him the
credit for having put out the shortest
Thanksgiving proclamation this yptir. If
that honor Is his. he certainly should
have the credit for It. i
The popnernts are finding fault be
cause the analyses of the Nebraska elec
tion returns made by The Ili-e show re
publican gains. It Is really too bad the
B-cMiriis cannot be changed HO as to afford
them a little moro comfort.
During the month of October brokers
nnd Investors placed over ! ? 7,000.000 In
liomls of cities and towns nwl this rep
resents only thi > sales of this class of
flecnrttics reported to the commercial
ageiii'li's. Capital Is not showing any
timidity under the pivscut republican
administration.
Tlio legislature of Georgia has not yet
decided upon having the birthday of
Jeff Davis celebrated as a holiday In the
etiite. Aside from the fact Hint Davis
represented n movement that was a fall-
urn thorn Is strong opposition on iho
ground that adoption of such a holiday
'
In fJeorgla would operate to dlsgus't
northern Immigrants ami drlvo from
th state many who enro nothing about
Jelt Davis or thu lost cause , but who
bollovo there should bo no Jeff Davis
holidays.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The state's warrant Indebtedness can
not In the nature of things he anything
moro than a temporary debt of short
duration , Tiu | Investment of tlio'sdiool
fund In stnto warrants was never contemplate -
template ! except as an emergency device
to tldo OVCMa porlniMvliPii there are no
available state or county bonds into
which It may be converted. The law
certainly does not contemplate the state
board refusing to purchase Kilt-edged
bonds of Nebraska counties In order to
hold the money lor warrant speculation.
I.COAVMIV IN K
lleprpsentnttvp llliiRhnm oC Pennsyl
rnnln , who is a member of the house
committee on appropriations , Is of the j
opinion that , the house will sanction no |
extravagance In public expenditures , but
will keep appropriations down to the
lowest point compatible with tlip elll-
qlcncy of the public service. He said
the country demands rigid economies
nnd exact business methods nnd so far
as the house Is concerned It will get
them. The administration Is committed
to tlio policy of economy nnd retrench
ment wherever It Is practicable without
Impairing the public service. President
McKlnley lias said that the "severest
economy must be observed In all public
expenditures nnd extravagance stopped
wherever It Is found and prevented wher
ever In the future It may be developed. "
This sound admonition It Is understood
the president has Impressed upon the
heads of departments , who were in
structed to submit only such estimates
as wcro deemed absolutely necessary to
the elllclent administration of their de
partments. At all events this has been
generally observed by the departments ,
the notable exception being the War de
partment , which asks for largely In
creased appropriations.
The country believes with President
McKlnley that "economy Is demanded In
every branch of the government nt all
times" and Its observance is especially
Imperative when the revenue of the gov
ernment Is loss than the expenditures , as
as present. The dlfllculty , In most cases ,
Is to determine whore judicious economy
ends and extravagance begins. Nor Is
this the only dllllculty. Speaking of the
appropriations nt the second session of
tht > last congress , Mr. Cannon , chairman
of the committee on appropriations , said
that In his judgment they were In excess
of the legitimate demands' ' of the public
service , "but this fact , " he declared ,
"whllo greatly to be deplored , Is not , In
my opinion , properly chargeable to the
action of either of the great political
parties of the country. It Is the result
of conditions , accruing out of the rules
of the house and out of the rules , prac
tices and so-called courtesies of the
semite , together with the Irresponsible
manner In which the executive submits
to congress estimates to meet expendi
tures for the conduct of the government. "
While as a rule the appropriations made
by congress do not measure up to the
full amounts recommended and asked for
by the executive departments , yet the
department estimates cannot be disre
garded and If there Is extravagance In
these it Is very apt to In part at least get
Into the appropriations. Thus It Is nec
essary that the administrative branch
of the government exorcise the utmost
care In making estimates of expendi
ture , though It must be admitted that the
habit of congress of cutting down the
estimates Is an incentive to heads of de
partments to make them higher than
they otherwise might do. It is doubtless
true , as stated by Mr. Cannon , that con
ditions accruing out of the rules of the
house and the rules and practices of the
senate have something to do with ex
travagance In appropriations. lie es
pecially arraigned the senate for its
practice of Incorporating In appropria
tion bills provisions to pay claims of
every kind and character outstanding
against the government , many of which
have no status other than perfunctory
reports from committees. AVhcther or
not the obstacle to _ economy thus
pointed out by the chairman of the
house committee on appropriations can
bo removed Is a question. Certainly no
Immediate change In the rules and prac
tices which produce the unsatisfactory
conditions Is to be expected.
The country expects judicious economy
In public expenditures from the
present congress not a parsimonious
policy that would impair the pub
lic service , but a wise prudence that
will not Interfere with proper and efll-
clent administration and at the same
time will enable the government to meet
its obligations without recourse to bor
rowing.
\rnr \ XOT A TitANSMiytsmsn'M TEAOIJ-
KllS' CUATIJNTION ?
The failure of Omaha , although the
choice of the governing board , to secure
ratification by the executive committee
of the National Educational association
of Its selection ns the meeting place of
the 1SOS convention should not prevent us
from having a great meeting of teachers
In this city during the exposition. It 'is
simply a physical Impossibility for any
great number of teachers In the trans-
mlssUsIppl statesto make the long and ex
pensive trip to Washington to attend the
sessions of the National Educational as
sociation. If , on the other hand , the
proper organization Is secured and an
Interesting and instructive program
prepared with educators of national rep
utation as the attraction , a large percent
age of them would take advantage of
the opportunity to combine business and
pleasure by n visit to the great Trans-
mlsslsslppl Exposition. The exposition
alone will ulTer visitors an education In
Itself and no more profitable vacation
outing could bo planned for teachers
guiding the growth of the children who
In the near future will bo called upon
to continue thu work of developing tlio
resources of the western country. In
no other way could they obtain In n short
time so comprehensive n view of the
character , products nnd possibilities of
the western half of the continent.
Ho far as Is visible , no Insurmountable
obstacles stand in the way of a project
for a transmlsslsslppl teachers' .conven
tion , If taken up nt once by the right
parties and pushed with unremitting en-
wgy. There Is every reason to bellovo
that the suggestion will bo received with
favor by tlio educators in Influential
positions lu nil tlio western states nnd
iiK'nt with hearty co-operation everywhere -
where from state superintendent down
to district school teacher. According to
the most reliable statistics there are
nearly 30,000 teachers In active pursuit
of the occupation in Nebraska alone nnd
there are nat , less than six times as
many more In tlio adjoining states of
Iowa , Missouri , Kansas , Colorado , Wyo
ming and South Dakota. With favor
able conditions , the teachers' convention
at Omaha ought to attract as many at
tendants ns the National Educational
association ut Washington.
The question of a Transmlsslsslppl
Teachers' convention In conjunction with
thp Transm'Ml < sri ! > I Fxprmlt'on should
be dlsctusod In all Its pliisM at tlio me"t
Ing of tht > Nebraska Sla' " Ti t > a rn ' - < "
elation the coming month , and thn call
Issued by thn I organization coneurir-mly.
If possible , with the nafM-lntlntttt of the
surrounding stairs which will 1 > . % In ses
sion about the same time.
TillAVSTltlAX f'/J/SW. /
The resignation of the Austrian min
istry and thu adjournment of the Uelchs.
rath by Imperial order , while not an un
expected outcome of the disorder and
violence that have prevailed In the lower
house of the Itolehsrath , make a very
grave situation , threatening the dis
ruption of the dual monarchy of
Austria-Hungary , created thirty years
ago. As all are aware who have fol
lowed the dally account of events
In the Uclchsrnth , race antagnnlsm Is
nt the bottom of the trouble , nn antago
nism ns bjtter and uncompromising as
exists anywhere on earth. The popula
tions of both Austria and Hungary con
sist of n diversity of traces , ths Germans
being the most numerous In the former
country and the Magyars dominating In
the latter. The Gorman language Is the
olllcial tongue In Austria.
A rearrangement of treaties between
Austria and Hungary Is made every ten
years and this year there has boon n
controversy ns to the share which each
country should pay toward tlio expenses
of the Imperial government. In order to
obtain the support of the Czechs , or Ho-
hemlans , the Austrian prime minister
proposed to give their language eiittal
olllcial standing with the Gorman. This
aggravated the race hostility of the Ger
mans and set In motloiii n conflict that
has come pretty close to fomenting revolution
elution and which may yet have thp
gravest consequence. It has been
abundantly demonstrated that the Ger
mans will not tolerate the proposed con
cession to the Bohemian language.
Wliile broken Into factions on other
questions they are a unit as to this one.
If a new ministry should yield to this
German element It will certainly encoun
ter the antagonism of the Czechs , who
numerically rank next to the Germans
In tlui empire and exert a political influ
ence corresponding with their numbers.
It Is more than probable that In such a
case this element would be able to com
mand the sympathy and support of
other elements not friendly to the Ger
mans.
The Austro-IIungarlan empire has sur
vived a number of crises and may safely
go through the present one , but it Is
evident that wise and prudent states
manship Is demanded by the exigency.
EDUCATING THE CJIIXKSE IN AMElltU.4.
The project for the establishment of
schools in San Francisco and other
American cities for the education of
Chinese youth In both English nnd
Chinese languages , the schools to be sup
ported by the Chinese government , illus
trates progress on the part of a people
generally supposed to be centuries be
hind the times. It will be irememborcd
that after the war , M Hung Chang , the
viceroy , whoso influence In China seems
to bo almost unlimited , visited Europe
and America gathering information for
use for tiie benefit of Ills people. On
his return home It was announced that
the English language would be taught
in the colleges of China and that ex
periment stations would be operated
there after the American manner with
American Instructors in agriculture.
This Idea of Chinese support for schools
In the Chinese colonies in the United
States is undoubtedly an outgrowth of
the new educational policy entered upon
at homo.
Much of the odium attaching to the
Chinese In the United States comes from
the fact that the emigrants to this coun
try are chiefly drawn from the lower and
Illiterate classes. Vice and ignorance
are prevalent- among the Chinese In
America and no amount of missionary
work seems to have been able to change
the situation. In the San Francisco
colony of Chinese , for Instance , It Is ad
mitted that a form of slavery exists and
that humlreds of girls are sold Into
slavery In childhood and bought and
exchanged like chattels. It Is said that
the sale of boys is also Indulged1 In to a
limited extent , to be trained up as crim
inals for the work of the highbinder
societies. t
If the Chinese government establishes
schools for Chinese residents of Ameri
can cities nnd succeeds in educating and
uplifting them , as much may be done
In this way to raise the standing of the
Chinese empire in the estimation of the
world as In any other way.
MOIIK CUMUINATIONS.
Reports nrc current of thu projected
organization of two powerful Industrial
trusts , each with enormous capital be
hind it. One of these Is the consolidation
of steel billet and steel tube manufac
tures and the other n combination of
wire and wire rod Interests. It Is said
that the former of these will have a cap
ital of $100,000,000 , while the capital of
the latter will be very largo. The llrwl
mentioned of these projected combina
tions lias not yet taken form , but accordIng -
Ing to thu Iron Ago , which Is excellent
authority , the progress made In the ne
gotiations for creating n wire and wire
rod trust Is such as to practically assure
its consummation. That paper says of
the undertaking that It Is by far tlio
greatest and most far-reaching recorded
In the history of the iron trade.
The o.xlstencc of these monopolistic
projects emphasizes the demand for
some further legislation by congress
looking to the repression of these gigan
tic combinations , which appear to be be
yond the reach of existing law against
trusts. The limitations of thu anti-trust
law of 1800 having1 been pointed out by
thu supreme court the plain duty of con
gress is to supply additional legislation
that will be effective In breaking up the
monopolies , If It bo within the authority
of that body to do so. The country ex
pects some clear and definite expression
on tills subject in the annual message
of President McKlnley.
Tlio resurrection of the Nebraska Ill-
metallic union , which was organized ovc'r
a year ago ns a tilde show to thn fusion
circus , must he taken ns a sign that part
of the troupe Is exhibiting discontent
with the political performance In which
the gate receipts never go beyond the
ticket sellers , whil * the rnuk and ( lie do I
all Hi work. It mnils that the hippodrome
I
drome li-w | K > PIJ played i lurd th.it the
olcplwni iiii' t'jji ' | < whlt.nvashinl Into a '
siu-ml nnlnijuji the worship of the ,
animal by nil "fhrpp of the * i-enlk d I
ft'sion partkjk'to he continued. It Is
related that In.tho Inter days of the em
pire two so6tli4jiyi ! < rs ( vuild not meet I
In the street i/f. / . Home without laugh I
ing In each other's faces , and It Is a won
der that the Wearing cnmmltloe of the
P.lmrlalllc uirtnii can keep a straight
countenance when It meets to consider
the destinies of the nation.
Before the passnge of the Dlnglcy bill
American Importers resorted to.their
customary tactics of laying l an Im
mense stock to evade the higher duties
anticipated under the new law. Natur
ally while these stockH were being used
up by the trade receipts at the customs
houses ranged low , but already the Im
porters have commenced" to buy goods
for Immediate delivery and from this
time on the revenue from duties on Im
ports may , bo expected to Increase
steadily. lint for the fact that the now
tariff law served to increase thu gen
eral prosperity of the country thu goods
Imported In advance would have lasted
much longer.
The tales of India famine horrors have
ceased , and It may be safely conjectured
that the Immediate wants of the pool-
people have been supplied. But late dis
patches Indicate th" * ( lm bubonic plague
Is still raging and that all efforts to pre
vent Its spread have proved unavailing.
The greatest obstacle to successful re
sistance of the plague lias been the prej
udices of the people against sanitary reg
ulations and quarantine , find these prej
udices are heightened and confirmed by
religious teachings. With a .serious war
In the north and the presence of the
plague in the south , the Indian govern
ment Is In an unenviable position.
The railroads feign surprise at the
order of tlio state railway commission
for tlu > restoration oC ea.rload stock rates.
Why feign surprise ? Is it not notorious
that Iho ivform fusion railway commis
sion never turns around without llr.st
receiving orders from railroad head
quarters ? Was not the rate ordered restored -
stored a rate made by th ? railroads
themselves and the rate ordered abated
otic that was promulgated with the as
surance Unit It was a reduction from the
old charges ?
Germany is said to have assured itself
before helping itself to a slice of Chinese
territory that none of its European
neighbors would object to its action.
When the time' ' comes to reciprocate the
favor Germany will'give its assent to
any land-grabbing scheme which Russia ,
Franco or England may have In hand.
Of course China lias no right to expect
any consideration in the colonization
schemes of these European potentates.
March of Clvlll/.utlcm.
ChlcuKO Chronicle.
Civilization continues to make progress
among the aborigines. An Indian on tile
Fond du Lac reservation has got druuk and
kicked his \vlfo to death in the most ap
proved Caucasian ( ashpn ) , ,
A Klondike ut Home.
In Maniipolls Journal.
' 1C tlio reports from Grand Kncampmcnt ,
Carbon county , Wyoming , are true , there
can bo little need ot traveling the long nnd
perilous road to Klondike for sold. The
richness of Urn ores and the extent of the
gold-yielding country , If the reports of prac
tical miners can bo relied upon , make thut
region the rival of Cripple Creek. The won
der Is that It lias not been discovered before.
I'rospci'll.v'M Faro-nri ! Slop.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Missouri Pacific has granted Its 20-
000 employes a 10 per cent Increase- pay.
The earnings on this system have been grow
ing at nn astonishing rate and President
George Gould Is willing to share the good
fortune with the wage earners. This means
about $1,000,000 to the Missouri Pacific. It
Is the first great railroad system to take
this forward step , but It Is certain not to
bo the last.
KIIIINIIH fic'iu > roNlty.
New York Sun.
In estimating the generosity of the emi
nent Kaiuas citizens who are snld to bo re
solved to send a few carloads of Jack rab
bits to the poor ot Chicago cod New York.
It must not bo forgotten that western Kan
sas Is very full of rabbits and anxious to get
rid of them. A bounty of so many centa a
scalp Is offered for them and the moro r.f
them are slain the richer will the slayers
srow. In assisting downtrodden anil pluto
cratic Now York and Chicago the Kansas
populists don't have to forget themselves to
any great exlc-nt.
A HlNlnu.Scnl < > In Kxii
Cleveland Loader.
The Indications are that the Omaha Exposl-
tlon next year will 'bo ' larger nnd finer than
either of the two big shows of llko nature
which have been held In the south slnco thu
famous display of the world's progress mndo
In 1S93 nt Chicago. It will have the ad
vantage of bettor times and of still moro
notable development of the arts and sciences.
It will appeal directly to a richer and moro
advanced section of tlio country , and climatic
conditions are likely to bo moro favorable.
This means great things for the Trnnsmls-
slsslppl Exposition. Atlanta and Xashvillo
did so well that their record cannot easily
bo surpassed , and to keep the scale rising In
such entorprlscs must Imply largo achieve
ments. That Is just what the west Is equal
to and fitted for by training nnd tempera
ment. _
Illllj'M ( inrli of niory.
N * w Yorlc Sun.
The descriptions of the garb donned by
Hon. William Jennings IJryan , loading jnvon-
llo In the melodrama of "Tho Silver King , "
when lie witched : Mlcaonrl with nohlo foot
lull ship last Tuesday , cannot bo trusted. In
eomo respects they are Intrinsically Im
probable. No good man need refuse to bo-
llevo that the heroic , form of the leading
juvenllo was draped , Jjln a striped sweater"
when ho strode upon the field of fame. No
good man ran bo Induced by arguments or
tortures to believe thqt the heroic form wp
draped In a sweater p ( "old gold and black. "
Hlack It might put on as a sign ngalust pros
perity. Cjold , the accursed livery of tlio
nucioy kings , It would not' paint Itself wl'.li
In health or In dlntase. The leading juvcn-
llo's motley consisted tof blue and silver , 1G
stripes to 1. Illue. for regret and silver tor
Immortal hcpo. , ,
National UiilviTNlly 1'riijccl.
' noot'mi llernfd.
Tto old scheme for 'establishing a national
university at Washington seems to tie as
suming something 'llko a definite form. At
least a committee has been organized to ral/io
money. That mich nn Institution would ilo
some good Is undeniable. It IB a serious
question , however , whether the disadvantages
would not outweigh the advantages , This
multiplication of unlvursltle * I .as been a great
evil. There are moro of them now than wo
can properly siiruofl- furthermore , the in
tervention of the governnuut In affairs of
the sort IH not apt to have happy result/ . .
IJveu If the scheme Is carried through with
out government help , the allusions of the
projectors to the "American Ideas" which
should bo taught suggest tiiat false form of
patriotism cultivated by jingoes Of course.
"American Ideas" ought not to bo an objec
tionable phrase , Hut clrcumataucoj Lava ,
unfortunately , inado It eo ,
1O\V V AT THU IJXIMJStTIO.V.
tira Molncj Loader ; Six yours ngo , just
about this time , certain IOWA newspapers
wcro vigorously oppcshiR any further "recos-
nltion" of the world's fair by Iowa than the i
expenditure of the $3 000 preliminary np-
11'roprUlli-n. ' \Vo were told that this was
enough to erect n cradltablo "coltnRc ; " that
jt'hlcpKO had attempted moro than It could
Accomplish , ami that tbo fair was to bo a
gigantic fizzle ; that Chicago never had done
anything for town , anyway , and that there
was no reason why wo should squander our
money there.
As ono rends these same towa ncwsp.ipe's
now he comes across this name rigmarole ,
the same narrow-minded set of objections ,
the eimo petty and peevish Arguments. The
only difference Is that the object now IB not
the World's fair , but the TransmUalsslppI
Imposition to bo held at Omnlia next sum
mer. Thesei editors , who nro lavish and ex
travagant when some ward worker Is to bo
rewarded or some shln-toascr ! to bo made
secureIn his plnco. bccunio suddenly econom
ical when n legitimate subject of expendi
ture ! Is broiched and throw themselves Into
a conniption nt over the wrong threatening
tlio dear people. You all know the animal.
The fellow who yells economy against worthy
purposes In order that ho may build up n
reputation that will assist him when he
seeks to get something doubtful through.
Hut In 1S01 the ppoplo of the state did not
much regard the peevish nnd narrow-minded
objectors end the legislature added
to the $3,000 preliminary appropri
ation $125,000. DU1 the state ever re
gret It ? Did nny member of the legislature
over lese n vote on account of It ? Hnthcr
did not the urcrntR of lowons swell with rea
sonable prldo when they went to the fnlr
nnd saw that Iowa had taken her place In n
creditable manner In the sisterhood of stntes.
In the honorable emulation they felt they
had no icason to bo ashamed. Man doce not
llvo by bread nlono , nor a stnto cither. If
a stnto Is worth anything , It Is worth hav
ing prldo In. It Is worth building up prldo
about , and how would lowans feel next sum
mer when they go to Omaha , and thousands
of them will go , nnd should bo tliero told
thnt tlio lown legislature had not seen fit
to make any provision for lown's ndequato
representation ! \Vhnt a sneaking feeling
would come In their breasts as they looked
about nnd perceived what the other states
had done , and with whp.t n sense of mean
ness would they sponge on the front porches
of the other buildings ! Whatever may bo
true now , next summer lack of representa
tion at Omaha Is not likely to bo popular.
Dtibuquo Telegraph : The Sioux City
Journal makes the point that without any
analysis , without allowance for the shrink ,
ago In state revenues under a shrinkage ot
property valuations , and wliolly Ignoring
the extraordinary appropriation necessitated
'b ' : < the burning of the feeble-minded asylum
at Glcnwood , the fuslo nparty , In the late
campaign , condemned the creation or In
crease of the state debt as utterly without
excuse. And It utilizes thla nllegcd in.
discriminating condemnation of republican
management as the basis of a protest against
a lilberal appropriation for an Iowa exhibit
at the Trausmlsslsalppl Exposition , to be
held In Omaha In 1SUS. "The floating debt
of the state , " it says , "ought to too de.
creased , and as speeJIly as possible wiped
out. " And It ndds that If the debt , however -
ever worthily , should bo increased , the fu.
slonlsta " would make a howl about It next
year. " It was not denied by the supporters of
Mr. White that the rebuilding of the asylum
ami the falling off in state receipts created
a necessary disparity between income and
outgo. What they contended was that If
proper economy had been exercised , If the
evils revealed by the reports ot the legls.
latlve K-u cstlgatlng committees had not been
tolerated , there would be less difference .be .
tween expenditures and receipts , and the
state would have had little or no debt. That
there vas reckless , unjustifiable extravagance
cannot bo denied without obliterating the
records or the extra legislative sosslon. It
was to this that the fuslonlste objected.
They found no fault with ncccessary ex
penditures , only to the superfluous. And
they will enter no protest agalnsl
needful expenditures in future. In
stead of protest , a liberal appropriation
for an Iowa display at 'the exposition , a dis
play that will Cionor the stnto by adequately
advertising its manifold products , unlimited
resources and unsurpased advantages , will
elicit their cordial commendation. It would
bo a humiliation and an outrage it this
splendid commonwealth should bo denied the
vast benefits to bo derived from the com
plete display which an appropriation of $40-
000 or $50,000 would enable It to make. The
exposure ot its extravagance so nearly de
feated the republican party that It Is natural
republicans should now Insist upon a policy
of retrenchment. I3ut If after squandering
hundreds of thousands , less for public pur
poses then > to reward partisan henciimcn for
party service , the organization should now.
falsely in the name of economy , refuse an ap
propriation which if made would probably
provo the means of bringing population nnd
capital to the state nnd expanding its trade
to the extent of millions , it would injure In
stead ot benefit itself. It should not wrong
Iowa now because It Ivis wronged it In the
past. To withhold a needful expenditure because -
cause necdlcrs cues have been made , would
be to Jieap Injury on Injure. Whatever the
effect upon the state debt Iowa ought' to bo
fitly represented at the exposition. Nobody
who cares for public rather than for party
Interests will grumble at an appropriation cf
$40.000 or $50,000. The return Is morally
certain to justify the Investment. If the
money om be appropriated concurrently with
a decrease of the debt an entirely feasible
achievement , so much the ( better. If not.
the appropriation Itself will not be set down
to the discredit of the party in power.
Waterloo Courier : Iowa will bo repre
sented at the Omaha exposition. It should
bo represented better than any other statt
In the list. The exposition company hn
given the state grounds on which to erect
Its building. Private enterprise will BC&
that the products and resources of the state
are amply shown forth.
Carroll Herald : Iowa commissioners for
the Trnnsmlaslsslppl 'Exposition ' met In
Omaha last week nnd made satisfactory ar
rangements for lowa'a part of the great
show , If the commission bo backed by our
pcoplo in a proper manner Iowa Is going to
make o crcditable showing In the exposi
tion.
Atlantic Telegraph : Some of the Iowa
papers are carrying the Idea of econ
omy to the verge of stinginess , which
Is never good policy. It Is well
known that the appropriation of $10,000 Is
Iradcquiito to make a respectable showing nt
the Omaha exposition. Tliero Is a wide dif
ference between decency and fairness and
extravagance. Wo are In favor of a re-
spcctnblo appropriation .ml then teeing that
It Is economically arvl honestly used so wo
may got the worth of our money out of It.
II.iWAlIA.Y A.V.VKXATIO.V.
Sound ItoiiNoiiH Why tint Ki-licmc
Sin.ul.I llr Ii < fiitcil. \ .
I'lilluileljihla iMdnur.
Senator Jones of Arkansas Bays regarding
the scheme to annex Hawaii :
"I am opposed to it.
"Klrat , because I am unalterably opposed
to extending our territorial limits beyond
this continent.
"Second , because the Hawaiian Islands ore
so remote from our coast line that their di > -
frnsc In thu event of war would be enor
mously expensive and troublesome.
"Third , because they do not comprise suf
ficient area to make a state , and their main
tenance as u territory would violate the In
tent of the constitution.
"Fourth , becaudu It would bo almost Impos
sible for congress to devlso a government
far them that would not result In confusion
and failure.
"Fifth , because of the unfit and undeslra-
blo character of the population. No matter
how favorable the surroundings Improve
ments might be mido the largo percentage
of the population would remain unfit ( or
citizenship. "
If patriotism dad any chare or part In
this Indefensible. undertaking Hawaii
would not be annexed , iiny of the above
propositions In and by Itself being conclu
sively condemnatory of annexation , hut ,
BB * tliero is causu to believe that pernicious
political jobbery has Inspired and now BUS-
tains the schema , the sordid politicians in
terested in the success of It will probably
consummate It regardless of the protests of
roiuon , justice and patriot lam.
coxeniiMAu AS.VKXATIO * ,
I rhlU < Uphla } Hocord ; According to Iho
Jingoes , the natlvra of HAWAII arc too degen
erate to bo Invwscd with the right of deter-
mining whether they shall eomo tinder the
Rovornment of the United States. Why ,
; , . ' . ? , Ul ° JI'iRocs ' so eager to drag this
forbidding clement of population Into the
| union whllo anxious to exclude n few thou
sand Illiterate emigrants from southern
Europe ? Is the hankering for the sugar
plantations of Hawaii BO strong that the
gorge of jingoism docs not rise In contem
plating the repulsive conditions thnt accom
pany them ?
Uoulsvlllo Courier-Journal ! Tro New York
Tribune , spcnklng of Iho approaching stuslon
of congress , snys thnt "legislation Is needed
to provide for the Hawaiian Indebtedness nnd
| for any claims of foreign powers growing
out ot annexation which may bo found cqulta.
bio. " This Is truly nn Inspiring program.
> > Ith n deficit In our own revenue wo must
shoulder the Increasing debt of Hawaii and
satisfy nil foreign claims ngalnst the Island
nil for the benefit of a gang of adventurers
who. having already swindled the Hawnllans
out of their possessions , would now swindle
the United States by unloading the big Job
upon this country. The administration had
better provo Its ability to properly govern
the United States ns they are before going
over 2.000 miles out In the 1'aclflc tor new
territory to govern.
Now York Peat : The Choctaws In the
iBdlan territory have been holding a con
vention this week , at which a delegate was
elected to go to Wnshlngten and protest
against the rctlflc.itlon of what Is known as
the Choctaw-Chlckasaw-Dawes tre-aty , framo.l
by a commbulon headed by ex-Senator
Dawcs and representing the United States
government en tlio ono side , and spokesmen
for the Indians on the other side. The con
vention also adopted n memorial to Iho pres
ident "objecting to the treaty ns n whole ,
because It does not represent the views of
the majority of the people , and stalling that
the ratification of the same wna procured by
unscrupulous means. " This shows clearly
that the Choctaws nro not "up to date. ' '
Tlioy cnnnot have studied the history of the
Hawaiian annexation scheme. If they had
doao so they would have learned that the
time has gccie by in this country when wo
mind little questions like the rushing
through ot a treaty by unscrupulous means
ami In defiance ot public sentiment.
Philadelphia Ledger. The pcoplo o !
Hawaii are opposed to the scheme ; the people
ple of the United States condemn It , but to
the unscrupulous speculators , Jobbers , lobby
ists and others who arc possibly unselfishly
Interested In contending for .its realization ,
ithe protests of Hawaii nnd of the United
States have neither Importance nor force.
fTho raiders of the treasury the country nl-
iways has with It , and the annexation of
.Hawaii presents opportunities of personnl
and political aggrandizement to them which
are too'formldablo for public policy , political
morality or national honor to successfully
resist. Senator Morgan , who Is one of the
chief senatorial supporters of the Hawaiian
undertaking , has declared that Its accom
plishment will bo cheaply bought at the
.price of $100,000.000. to 'be expended' for
forts antl guns , nnd the New York Trlbmif
urges that congressional action la "needed
to provide for the Hawnl'an ' 'indebtedness ,
and for any claims of foreign powers which
may bo found cqulta.blo . , " which means the
possible expenditure of other hundreds of
millions of dollars.
POLITICS IX THK PULPIT.
Indianapolis Journal : Some time even the
most bigoted preachers will loirn that In this
ago intelligent people have outgrown tht
contentions between religious sects which
wcro so large a part ot religion two cen
turies ago. The so-called president's preacher
In Wabhlngton seems not yet to have learned
that Important iact.
Chicago Inter Ocean : Our presidents maj
belong to any church or no church , accord-
lug to their individual views and sympathies ,
but olllcially and always aloof from anything
and everything savoring of sectarianism. If
there should bo a change In the churrti con
nection of the family now occupying the
White House it will bo another case of "too
much Johnson. "
Now York Peat : Rev. Dr. Johnston sees
perils for the country , even under McKlnley
prosperity , und "chief among them -ire rum ,
socialism , and Jesuitism. " There is a sug
gestion hero of the once famous "Rum , Ro-
mnn'sni ' and Rebellion ; " In fact. It seems to
bo the eame thing over again , with the
absurdity of "the rebel brigadier" eliminated ,
and the bugbear of the socialist substituted.
As for "rum" and "Romanism , " ns It wiis
called In 1S84 , or "Jesuitism , " as It Is ntyled
In 1S97. It is always In order to "go for" them
in a Protestant pulpit.
Chicago Chronicle : Rev. Dr. Johnston of
Washington , wlio numbers among his con
gregation tiio president of the United States ,
believes that "mm. socialism and Jesuitism"
are the three great perils whtr.h menace the
oifety of the republic. Us this Is a free
country , people nro entitled to entertain and
express their own opinions. Dr. Johnston Is
entitled to his. There will , however , he very
little difference of opinion concerning -the
Impropriety nnd the bad taste of expressing
such n sentiment liu a Thanksgiving sermon
preached before tlio chlof executive of tlu >
nation , who , fronv the nature of his pnsltbn.
cannot show favor or disfavor towar , ! citi
zens who entertain acy particular ejr.otojlM !
or religious views. The president , it Is vn-
derstood , very justly resents the affront
offered to himself and his office and will
show his displeasure by withdrawing hlnuelf
from Dr. Johnston's ministrations. lie could
do nothing eleo.
lI3ll.SO\\Ij AXJ ) OTIIISllWISn.
The Indian question la on the way to a set
tlement. The Indians are playing foot ball.
Judge Reagan , a candidate for the Texas
scnatorshlp is the solo survivor of Jefferson
Davis' cabinet.
General , Ncal Dow's estate , as finally
footed up , amounts to $150,000. Sobriety Is
one of the euro roads to riches.
The Rev. K'Ugeno ' Sheeny of Ireland , one
of the organizes of the Irish Land league ,
is making a lecture tour through the United
States and Canada.
William Shaw. Jr. , of Plttsburg , has built
and equipped a bath house at that place
where the poor may enjoy the luxury of a
bath upon the payment of C cunts.
County Attorney Miller , of Wyandotte ,
Knn. , recently delivered an address to the
convicts , In which ho stnrtcd out by saying ,
"I am glad to see you all here today. "
There are ever 20,000 Chinese men In San
Francisco and only 2,000 Chinese women. Of
thcso women fully one-half are slaves , being
sold from tlmo to tlmo at from $150 to $3COO
each , according to age nnd beauty.
Herr Leckcr , who made the thirteen hour
speech ot 70,000 words In the Austrian
Relchsrath was examined by a physician at
the end of thu flood of wn'ds and found to
ho all right , but the auditors were in a pre
carious condition.
The Seattle saloonkeeper who was caught
shipping whisky to AloisUi had the splendid
audacity to make the plea that It WJH lawful
to ship It for "scientific , sacramental or
medicinal" purposes , when his shipment was
marked "tomato catsup. "
Au attempt will bo made to reduce tbo
ailluor.o of the Now York policemen. It
Is found that after getting on tlio forre
many of them grow too fat. This surplus
Interferes with sprinting and other athletic
oxerclsct ) and so It Is proposed to pull off
thu unnecessary pounds by Judicious traln-
ine.
General James F. U'ado , senior officer In
UK- court martial at Fort Sheridan , Is a son
of thu illustrious 'Denjainln ' F. Wade of Ohio.
Ha has been in the United States cavalry
slnco ho was 18 years ot ago. Ho got the
tltlo of captain early In the civil war , and
In 1S05 waa a brigadier general , IIu Is now
fifty-four years old.
Governor Taylor recently appointed a
young lady as colonel on his Htaff. Georgia
lid not propose to bo distanced by Ttmneseeo
In thu manufacture of colonels , and presum
ably having conferred tfiat tltlo on every
adult hi tbo state , Governor Atkinson ha
appointed on Mo staff "Colonel Hall Callo-
way , " aged two yearn.
King Cuulalongkorn of Slam wag much In
terested In the eruption of Vesuvius , and his
lait pleasure trip en European soli was ( ho
ascent of the volcano , At the crater he had
the guide throw in several gold and silver
colr.s as nil offering to the clomenta. Tlio
guide retained the plcuea and aubutltutcd
for them copper , whereupon the king had
him arrested , and wished to throw him Into
the crater hltnaclf , In accordance with
Oriental idoia of punishment ; but 'tu.o laws
ot Italy would not allow It.
AVAR AtlAM A CHIVAMANt
The l.ntrnt Coiitrlltiiltott to the flnlcir
of the World.
Olilcnco Trlbnnp ,
If thcr over were nn Adam was lift A
Chlnnniarv ? If ( hero over were nn Uvc WAS
she an nimoiid-eycd , tiny-footed ColestlnlT
If there ever wcro Gnnlon of IMon wa
It In China ? If tliero ever were a unako
lt that garden was It ft tlrnfion of the Chlnmio
sort too hideous of aspect to have enticed
any woman to sin ?
Those nutations arc now likely to agitate
the scientific world. It not the theological
ono. It Is probable the latter will ivout them
altogether ns Irrelevant. If not Irreverent.
The scientific , however , will probably stop
to consider , ns It always OOPS whenever anew
now proposition is advanced.
The new proposition that Adam was a
Chinaman lias been advanced by ITof. J. do
Morgan , for many years director Kenernl of
antiquities of the Kgyptlnti government. Ills
contention. Is that the civilization of Kgypt
came by way of Assyria from central China ,
hence , that our civilization did not eomo
primarily from Assyria and Egypt , but from
China. Ho says that the African raeo went
directly from Hint to Iron , and that the link
of bronze Is missing. That link he llmls In
China , where there was the regular advance -
vance from stone ro bronze and from bronto
to Iron , nml hcnco Jio concludes -that the art
of working metals cnmo from China to
Assyria and from Assyria to 'Egypt. ' Mow
than this , ho finds that the hlcroslyphles c <
Hgypt arc but another form of the writing
among the Assyrians. M. do Morgan Is nwro
or loss sustained by Prof. Itaupl of Johns
Hopkins university , who says :
"I have always believed that the civiliza
tion of ancient Kgypt was derived from
Ilsbylonla , moro especially from southern
Babylonia , bordering on the northern xhoro
of the 1'erslan gulf. The 'Habylonlans ' .who
InvadoJ Egypt may have been Semites , but
tholr civilization was no doubt derived from
the non-ticnilllc aborigines of llabyloula
viz : the Sumerlans. Many points of contact
between the Bumerlans and the Chinese
have already been pointed out. "
Such Is the substance of Uie new proposi
tion. The scientific and higher critics , as Is
well known , regard the Adam and Eve ,
Oardcn of Eden and fall of many story , found
In Qcncsls. as nn ancloit myth Imparted from
Habylon or Assyria by the Jews , perhaps
during the captivity. The old testament does
not state who wrote the story. The- popular
belief Is 'that ' It was Moses , but this Is only
guesswork. Again , the scientific opinion U
that man evolved from same lower Intellect
many hundred centuries ago and slowly
progressed above the ape speclca ; that at
one time ho might hnvo been a sort of
cousin to the npo , hut nnved on upward ,
leaving the nlmlan species far behind.
This theory , however , did not conflict with
the proprsitlon ot Prof , do Morgan. As
suming that man has evolved from the ape.
It makes little difference whether the apd
was Egyptian , Assyrian , Semite. Sumerlan.
or Chinese. An npo Is an ape the world
over and time out of mind , and all demands
of prldo of birth , as well as all glories of
ancestry , can ho ns well satisfied with &
Jhlneso ape. as with any other ape. As a
matter of fact , a Chinese ape Is probably
moro picturesque than apes of other roun-
tries , and If Adam , If there were an Vlam.
came slowly up from a long line of prev
Adamites stretching back to a common nim.
Ian beginning , wo certainly should have ns
much prldo in our original ancestor rlnttcr-
Ing among the mulberry trees of China an
wo would had ho .been the original occupant
of Eden's garden. Even If the doctrine ot
evolution bo unsound and Adam , It there
were an Adam , was an original special eren-
tlon , as well as his rib , It does not detract
from the reputation of cither to believe
that they first saw the light of day In ccn.
trzl China , formed of celestial dust , and
that the tree of knowledge may have been
a mulberry or huge 'bamboo ' , and that wlu-n
they had sinned they went out from tholr
garden to earn their living at raising paddy
by the sweat of their faces. And what 1
"China" Itself but another form of the word
"sin ? " Adam. If there were an Adam , may
just as well have been born in China ns
anywhere else. As u matter of fact. It Is
Immaterial where ho was born. The world
somehow Is not overwhelmingly Interested In
the founder of the race if ho wcro thr
founder.
SAID IX KDX.
New York Weekly : 11 r. Poorc Is Miss
Tiptop In ? , ,
Sclf-nespoctlng Servant Yls , ser ; she's
! n Ol towld her tills minute that OIM risk
.no sow ! no mori > tclllu' yo she was out
.vhou she do be in.
Detroit Journal : , "Stop ! " she cred ! ,
pressing her Imml to bur low. retreating
"Hsi , ha ! " laughed the villain , for ns ho
'oft her , her brow was still retreating.
It was too late ,
Imllaennpolls Journal : "My dear young
frleml , " said the employer who brlleves
.hat a fatherly Interest Is belter thiin a big
alary. " < lo you think the s.V.ury you nro
Irnwlnc Justifies your playlnir poker ? "
"Justifies ? Justlilps ? " repented the dear
young man , "I've got to play poker to get
'iiough money to live. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Yes. I caught
> av-pouiiil tarpon nnd an alligator the
-.ame morning. "
"What rtUl you want of the alligator ?
"t tluMislu his si-al would eomo In
when 1 welgt.td the tarpon. "
1'ucls : "Why Is it that the man with the
] UMlcy shoes always comes In late ? "
"I don't know. Why Is It that the man
who cornea In late always wears squeaky
shoes ? "
THE DEAD UNCl.i : .
Cleveland header.
Tihoy stood bi'Hldo his gnivo :
Their teniM Mowed fast and free ;
Tlioy shook like reeds ; their srlof , Indeed ,
Was saddening to see !
At last they hurried IIUIIIP
From his Rravo upon the hill ,
And KUthcml round to hoar
Somebody road the will. V '
Then it was found that he'd
Loft all for charity '
They shook llku roods ; their grief , Indeed ,
Was saddening to are !
TII13 CUV OKTIIK I ) U ISA MIC II.
John IJoylo O'llcllly.
I am tired of planning and tolling
In the crowded hives of uncn ;
Heart weary of building nml spoiling ,
And spoiling and building again.
And I long for the dear old river
Where I dreamed my youth away
For IL ( Ireamer lives fon-vor.
And a teller dies In a day ,
I am flok of the sho-A'y scorning1
Of n llfo that Is half u lie.
Of the facort Until wlih "ohcmliw
In Urn throng that hurries by ,
From the Hlef pleas thoughts' endeavor
1 would go where the children p'.ny
For 11 dreamer lives fort'ver ' ,
And a thinker dlos In a day.
I can fool no tirldo , but pity
Kor the ininlmitt the rlUi endure ; . .
Thorn IH nothing sweat In ticity
Hut 'iho ' patient lives of thu poor.
O , the llttlu hands too skilful ,
And the child-mind choked with. wecd
Thu iluughter'H heart grown wilful ,
And the father'a heart that bleeds.
No , no ; from the street's rude hustle ,
Krom trophies from mart and Htagc ,
I would My to the wood's low rustic
And tlui meadow's kindly page.
Iot us dream as of yore by the rlvrr ,
And bo lovfil for thu dri-am iilwuy
For a dreamer lives forever.
And u thinker dies In u day.
Royal malice ( ho food pure ,
wholoomound delicious.
Absolutely Pure
ROYAl DAKINO POWCIR CO. ,