THE O fAITA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , DECEMBEIl 21 , 1897.
TIIK OMAHA DAILY BEE.
K. nCUCWATUn. Editor.
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IXSIST 0II VVIXO Tlin HKK.
The Ruroppan powers appear to lx
deeply absorbed In Chlnn , nntl there Is
tlmt China will nlso be absorbed.
Govcrnor-KIeet Rluiw of Towa lias
distributed most of bis C'liristnias tflfts ,
only one appointment remaining to be
iniidc.
Sunday was : i grout day in tlio Clt.v of
Mexico. Bryan was tliere and went to
church , nnd among other amusements
there was the killing of ten horses and
six bulls.
It may ns well bo understood by per
sons' out of employment that the De
partment of Publicity and Promotion of
the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition is not
a public employment agency.
From the comment of the Chicago
dallies on the great December wheat
corner it is ns easy to guess that Phil
Armour lost a million as it is that he
made a million out of the deal.
According io the Sioux Falls Argus
Leader It Is apparent that "both parties
to last year's political marriage In .South
Dakota want a divorce , " and South
Dakota is famous for its divorces.
Fifteen thousand workers'in the win
dow glass factories will go to work as
soon as ( lie furnaces are warmed up.
The cry of distress is not heard as
frequently this year as in other years.
Nebraska Irrlgatlonists arc to give lec
tures to farmers on the value of Irriga
tion. There ought to lie no controversy
over the value of irrigation , but the
question of Irrigation methods and how
to get and use the water is always open.
The members of the Iowa Horticul
tural society are in favor of bringing
eome Iowa tipples , grapes , cherries ,
plums and other fruits to the Transuds-
Bisslppi Imposition. "That is the thing
to do , " says the Davenport Democrat.
"Iowa demonstrated what It was able lode
do in ISM at Chicago , and progress lias
been the watchword since that time. "
All authorities agree that the holiday
trade this year Is far more active than
it was last year , and tlmt the people ,
generally speaking , are p.iylng cash- for
K what they buy. Tliere Is no truer ba
rometer of thu condition of thu public
purse , for Christmas gifts arts purchased
liberally only In flush times. General
btiKliH'xs depression simply paralyzes
the holiday trade , i
Mary Kllen Lease announces nor de
sertion of the lecture platform and
makes the pnlnful declaration that site
will stump the Seventh Kansas district
, for congress. It Is needless to discuss
tlio barriers In tlio way of tills noisy
product of bleeding Kansas In her am
bition to break Into the halls of con
gress. She will be the hist ono to con
cede that her political sun has set for
ever.
A little later In ( lie year the question
of state fair removal will force itself
upon the leading men of this com
munity. Members of the State Board
of Agriculture are quoted as saying that
Omnha has had ( lie state fair for the
Just tlmo. They iveru greatly Incensed
at tlio attitude of thu local press In Its
comments upon the glaring disparity
between receipts and iittondtincu at the
last fair , and certain members of the
board express the belief that removal
ia Imperative ,
A significant sign of the times Is tliu
heroism shown by church people In at
tempts to lift oppressive debts that
have lonu hung over their property In
this city. The long period of business
depression from which Omaha Is Just
now emerging was all but disastrous to
several church organizations , which
today begin to see light ahead. A great
divine has said that a church debt Is
not a detriment to a congregation If
proper limitations bu observed , but he
did not duflno the limit applicable ti >
HOUIO of thu leading churcuea of Omaha ,
Tin : stivrn AXD t/K cvnnaxcr ,
Tlio coiivpntlon of southern bankers at
Atlanta last xveelc showed tlmt there Is
a nonntl money Bcntlnieiit In that section
which oiiRht to exert a considerable In-
llnenco upon popular opinion there anil
with the representatives of the south In
( mijrress , lint that It will have any im
portant effect Is l > y no means assured.
Hauliera are not , as a class , popular In
the southern states. There Is a more
or less pronounced prejudice nRalnst
them aiming the masses ot the people
and this feeling 1ms been sedulously
fostered by the democratic and popullHt
polltlelans. In Uie Atlanta convention
both state mid national Imnlcs were
represented , hut all stand on the same
plane In the popular estimation as being
representative of the "money power. "
The average southern congressman Is In
sympathy with this view , as a matter
of political expediency. Ucnce there Is
little probalilllty thsit the declarations of
the southern bankers will have any In-
Iluence at present upon the senators and
representatives from that section , but
the plan of effecting a permanent or
ganization of the bankers of the south ,
national and state , and sending dele
gates to Washington to labor with south
ern members of congress In the Interest
oC sound money , may In time have a
good effect.
Naturally , perhaps , In view of the
large preponderance of state banks In
the Houth , the southern bankers are In
favor of allowing the state bunks to
Issue notes , In which respect they are
In accord with popular sentiment tliere ,
though they recognize the expediency of
feileral supervision and regulation In the
matter of circulation. They concede the
pilnclple that the federal authority
alone shall determine the conditions as
to the Issue of currency and urge that
the state banks shall enjoy the same
privileges under a general national law
authorizing the Issue of bank notes as
may be conferred upon the national
banks. Tills feature of the position ot
the southern bankers will not Ilnd much
favor in other sections of the country ,
except , possibly , In portions of the west
where thenIs n demand for more cir
culation. The obvious objection to it is
that It would be a stop1 In the direction
of restoring the old system of state bank
Issues and this objection is so widely
and strongly entertained that it Is not
likely to be soon overcome. It Is true
that there are many practical financiers
who think that tliere would be no dan
ger , under existing conditions , in al
lowing state banks to issue notes subject
to federal regulation , but the weight of
opinion In the country is against such
u policy and it Is noteworthy that in the
numerous plans of currency reform
that have been formulated no provision
lias been made for allowing state banks
to Issue notes.
The south feels the need of more cir
culation. The per capita of bank note
issues in tlr.it section Is only 00 cents ,
while liv the eastern and middle states
it is $5.70. The south Is advancing in
dustrially and there is a. steady increase
in the demand there for money. Thlr
demand ought to be provided for and it
Is believed would bo If the'amendments
to the national banking law recom
mended by Secretary Gage were made.
But if relief to the south depends upon
giving to state banks the right to issue
currency it is remote. Meanwhile it is
encouraging to Ilnd that there is a sound
money sentiment in that section that is
asserting itself.
OKltMAN KETALIATIUN.
The authoritative announcement that
the German government Is preparing an
autonomous tariff to enable It to im
mediately retaliate upon countries en
acting tariffs unfavorable to German in
dustries and commerce , which was < n\-
thuslnstlcally greeted by the agrarian
representatives In the llelchstag , pos
sesses a greater interest for tills coun
try than for any other. It will doubt
less be found , when the proposed tariff
shall hnvo been formulated , that it Is
aimed at the United States , which Is
the only country from which Germany
has serious reason to , apprehend tariffs
unfavorable to her industries and com
merce. Tliere Is , indeed , some talk In
England about countervailing duties if
the export bounty on sugar from Ger
many and other countries Is not aband
oned , but It Is altogether Improbable
that the Urltish government will adopt
such a policy , liowevor strongly urged
by the sugar Interests of its colonies.
Under the xi > ort bounty system the En
glish people got German sugar at a
lower price than It soils for In the home
market and popular sentiment In- Eng
land would bo practically unanimous
against any Interference with this ad
vantage. There Is no great danger ,
therefore , of Germany's sugar Industry
being assailed from this quarter. So
far as continental countries are con
cerned , none of them Is threatening
tariffs unfavorable to German industries
and commerce.
It is thu American tariff that has In
spired tliu German government , under
agrarian pressure , to action looking to
future retaliation In the event of any
further tariff legislation by this ountry
inimical to German Interests. The adop
tlon of such a tariff as the German
minister of foreign affairs announced
ns In1 course of preparation would prob-
j ably put a stop to the agrarian agitation
for Immediate retaliatory action against
American products and thus relieve the
government of a pressure that must be
t'UCi'edliigly perplexing. Moreover , the
proposal of such legislation by the go"-
eminent may lie a ahrawd move to gain
agrarian support for the naval demand ,
which Is tliu ipiestloii of jjreate.jr con
cern with the emperor. f
At all events , the proposed niitono-
mous tariff will , It Is afe tj > ay , have
no effect upon the policy ofytlils countty.
The American people wISI continue to
tihapo their tariff systeijJ arc-ordiiig t-i
their vhnv of what is l.tMt for Uieir In
terests and welfare , repardless of what
European government * may do. Un
doubtedly German Inmistrles have been
somewhat hurt by < ) W present tariff.
This Is inevitable frJm a policy designed
to protect ( loim > stl < i Industrie * and labor
and its Justlllcatiw is In the Improved
Industrial conditions here. The fact Is
that gom-rally tjie trade balance between
tuo Uuitcd Status and Germany has been
In- favor of the latter and yet tlmt conn-
try has persistently discriminated
against American products nnd exerted
Its Influence to Induce other countries
to do so. Commercial unfriendliness
has marked the policy of Hut-ninny
toward the United States for many
years and tlmt fot-llng seems to be
stronger there now th.tn ever before.
AU JUDICIAL Mums
The hue and cry raised by the World-
Herald over the Judicial Interference
with the dishonest methods pursued by
It by and with the aid of the popocratlc
police commission 1ms been construed
by papers not familiar with the true
state of facts as n resistance to judicial
despotism , The Chicago Inter Ocean ,
which evidently has no conception of
the purport of the injunction proceed
ings Instituted before Judge Keysor ,
jumps at the conclusion that thu re
straining order Issued by him Is an at >
tempt to exercise press censorship by
Injunction. The Inter Ocean , In Its sim
plicity , gives credence to and reiterates
the malicious and misleading assertions
which G. M. Hitchcock made In his
defiant challenge to the court to prevent
him from publishing and circulating a
resolution written by Hitchcock and
adopted by his co-conspirators , the
Board of Police Commissioners , with
out wan-ant of law , for the manifest
purpose of clubbing applicants for liquor
license Into n submission to a levy of
blackmail. Instead of being an attempt
at press censorship the oi'der of the
court Is nn attempt to restrain n dis
honest publisher , who deliberately en
ters into a conspiracy with conscience
less public olllclals , to levy tribute under
false pretenses upon citizens who are
required by law to select as the medium
of publicity the paper which enjoys the
most extensive bona Ilde circulation.
This Is not judicial censorship despotic
ally exercised to abridge the freedom
of the press , but judicial power excr-
' ined for the prevention of willful nnd
criminal Imposture that affects public
Interests and private rights.
The Inter Ocean , of course , takes it
for granted that the statement of the
World-Herald that the tabooed resolu
tion adopted by the police board
merely announced the determination of
that body to bo governed In granting
licenses l\y \ a former finding of Its own
to the effect that the World-Herald was
the paper of largest circulation In Doug
las county is true. That statement , as
well as everything that has emanated
from the same source since the contro
versy has arisen , is a tissue of false
hoods. The present bogus reform police
board had never passed upon this ques
tion. The action of Its predecessor two
years ago was without wan-ant of law
and had no basis whatever. The reso
lution of the Broatch-Vandervoort board
of 1S03 was adopted without an Inquiry
Into relative circulations and witli no
facts to justify the assumption that the
World-Herald had the largest circula
tion. But even 1C the resolutions of the
Broatch-Vandorvoort board of 1805 had
been passed after duo Inquiry into the
facts and had expressed an honest find
ing tlio present board could not legally
have taken action upon the finding of
1S93 for the Issue of licenses for the
year 1S9S.
It is amazing tlmt any newspaper
pretending to be fairly informed should
allow itself to be humbugged by a ti
rade against Judicial despotism which
emanates' from monumental frauds and
blackmailers. The freedom of the press
should be protected at nil hazards , but
the freedom of the press docs not imply
freedom to use thcipress for aiding and i
abetting conspiracies concocted for mer
cenary ends and designed Incidentally
: o thwart and nullify the purposes of
; he law.
CONSULAll KB/0/l.U.
The National Board of Trade adopted
n report advocating the extension of the
civil service rules ti > the consular service ,
to the end of securing practical business
men In the service rather than purely
political appointees. This is in accord
with the very general sentiment of the
commercial community , which has been
moro than once expressed through rep
resentative bodies in favor of making
appointments in the consular service sub
ject to civil servlco regulations , and It is
also urged by the civil service reformers.
In his address to the National Civil
Service Iteforin league at its annual
meeting the past week , the president of
the league , Hon. Carl Schurz , said In
reference to this matter that if the com
mercial community wants n real reform
In the method of appointment to consular
positions It must insist upon throe
things : Competitive examinations for
admission to the lowest grade of the
consular service , promotion only for
merit and removal only for cause. From
this rule , said Mr. Schurz , should at
most only these few consular positions
bis excepted that have a diplomatic char
acter. Ho said there Is good reason for
believing that the necessities of the con-
sithir servlco have already engaged the
pri'sldunt'H care and expressed the
opinion that whoever undertakes seri
ously the task of putting that branch of
the government servlco upon a footing of
thorough olllclency will soon recognize
that the first requirement Is Its absolute
emancipation from thu Influence of the
patronage mongers.
There Is no doubt that President Me-
Klnley Is most desirous of improving the
foiiMilnr servlco and would approve any
legislation by congress to that end. What
his views are In regard to applying civil
wei-lco rules to consular appointments
not known , but his earnest belief In
that policy warrants the opinion that ho
Is not averse to extending It to the low
est grade of consular appointments. That
this will ultimately bo done , accompanied
by the other requirements suggested by
Mr. Schm % can bu confidently predicted ,
but with the opposition to civil hervlce
reform that has developed In the present
congress there Is hardly a possibility of
any legislation by this congress subject
ing consular appointments to civil service
rules and providing for permanence of
tenure nnd promotion only for merit.
Meanwhile It Is to bo remarked that
there Is less complaint In regard to the
Inelliclency of tliu consular service than
was common n few years ago and tin-
doubtcdly the public discussion of the
Bcrvlca and the agltutlou for reform In
It has had nn IrnJiVovIng effect. The re-
pot-Is or our coj ; jils , more frequent and
moro elaborato-Minn formerly , show that
very generally : they nre giving greater
attention and -'cnre - to their duties , par
ticularly In the * matter of obtaining In
formation of val'xlo'to American commer
cial Interests , ft 'is a gratifying fact
that the consu&r service of the United
Slates Is now favorably compared with
that of the principal European nations.
Senator Ohhhdlcr hits the nail
squarely on the ii'-ad when he declares
that Secretary Gage cannot possibly se
cure thu passage bf a bill through the
present congress that has for Its object
the retirement of the greenbacks , either
by refunding or any other process , and
he Is eminently correct In his conclusion
that any nttempt on the part of Mr.
Gage will lend to create sectional dl
vision In the republican ranks and must
Imperil the party's success In the next
congressional elections. Senator Chand
ler Is , however , very far from the mark
when he Indulges In extravagant and
utterly baseless1 predictions about the
restoration of the double standard ,
falsely called bimetallism , cither by In
ternational agreement or , as Bry"lpi
wants It , without the aid or consent of
*
any other nation onearth.
No national meeting or convention Is
more eagerly sought than the annual en
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic. The people of PIttsburg are
already taking steps looking toward securing -
curing the encampment for the year
ISO ! ) , and the suggestion Is made that
the encampment of 1000 will be the last
of the encampments. This is Improbable ,
since many of. the veterans show vitality
that Indicates long years of life and use
fulness before them , nnd while their
number will rapidly decrease from this
time on , , thelr Interest In the old organi
zation will not decrease.
General Grosvenor of Ohio is not the
only expert estimator of politicalproba
bilities. In a guessing contest In a Beaten -
ton newspaper the exact vote cast at the
November election was named by
twenty-live persons , thtce guessed the
exact vote cast for the national demo
cratic candidate for governor , one came
within live of guessing the votes cast for
the republican candidate nnd one came
within three of guessing the vote for the
regular democratic candidate. These
and many other guessers will be in the
field in 1000.
It is said that ilf a wall were built
around the state .of Missouri the prod
ucts aud manufactures of that great
commonwealth a're ' so varied and
abundant that its people could subsist
for nil time without aid from the outer
world. This Is why that state Is mov
ing toexhiblt.her wondrous resources at
the TrnnsmlsBi'ssIppl Exposition.
The suspension'.of the only morning
French dally newspaper in- Montreal
after an extstcnco of fifty years but
.marks another step'in the transforma
tion of the French provinces of Canada.
The English language Is driving out
other languages all around the world.
Tin in it till ) If ! * of Trade.
Philadelphia Itecord.
The threatened chlft of the cotton manu
facturing center from New England to the
new south would bo no new departure. Tnt
same shift has set In in the Iron trade.
Economld laws will have their way at last ,
end the artifices of men are vain to hall
them.
AVhiliiw Out tilt ? Color l.llic.
lioston Trnnscrtpl.
The American Federation of Labor has
declared' against discrimination on account
of color. Thla Is especially significant Just
at thla time , when the colored laborer at
: he south has suddenly become na. Important
element in thS Industrial and financial eltua-
tlon.
. ' di - AcliriiMka ' .
Inn ! I.IU'c < I'opi.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Ono of tbo railroads In South Dakota has
refused to obey the order of the state coni-
nlsslontrs to run two trains over a line where
: hero Is only business enough for ono , as It
claims , but the populist commissioners hnve
been too busy trying to use up two years'
jpproprlatlon in ono year to get out anil rt ! _ )
up the tracks and raze the statlcas of the
offending corporation. H was ever thus with
these- blatant reformers , who nnko great
promises before they get Into olllco , but who
see nothlnc but their per diem and expenses
when once they are Installed.
Almnril Ann CMI 11 on
Ixmlavllle Courier-Journal.
'I honestly believe , " says Senator Faulk
ner , roeaklnR of annexing Hawaii , "that ! n
the event of a foreign war. In which the
Island would figure at all , after we had suc
ceeded In beating an enemy off our own
ahorefl It would probably be necessary to
continue hostilities for another six months
or lonRcr In order to maintain control i f
the Islands. " The argument that the pos
session of Hawaii would strengthen us la a
foreign war Is absurd , It would simply pro
vide 'another point of attack ami divide our
forces of defense. It would weaken Instead
of strengthen us , and Its acquisition Is not
urged In good faith upon any sutb grounds.
If It were not for the private Job behind
IlawallDn annexation the question would not
now bo at the front.
> YniiUff Invfiitlvc .SUIII.
Philadelphia. HecorJ ,
The tide of prosperity > as nt checked the
kiventlvo ingenuity of Yankeedom. In the
number of applications for patents cent to
the patent olllco the year 189G surpassed all
previous records ; and yet during the flret six
months of 189J3ver 7 per cent , moro appll
cation * wore rejaslvcd than durki ? the first
half of ISOO. From January 1 , 1SD7. to Juno
20 , 1807 , thero'.woro filed 25,559 applications ,
During the EUIUQ period the receipts of tbo
ofilco amountor to J722.897 an lacrcaso of
$1C-,015 over the six months Immediately
preceding , The jiatcnt office Is ono of the few
departments of the government ( do receipts
of which surpass the expenditures , From
July 4 , 183G ( the date of the establishment of
the olllce ) , io Juno SO , 1897 , the excess of ro
receipts over expenditures was $5,093,611 ,
These figures liaVo1 led to a request for In
creased clerical fcrco and olllco accommoda
tion.
| 4
nf tinivll ; M.-i-vlur.
St. Vfl'Jl I'lonwr Prejs ,
The fact tl.t.he business Is 'that ' the peo-
t > lo are wldo awake to the equitable nature
of the civil service rules. They realize that
In the maintenance of those rulca lies the
only -chance for such a distribution of gov
ernments appointments as shall continue to
'rcnko ' them equally accessible to every man
In the country , and as shall 'prevent their
again becoming the prey of the compara-
'ttvely stpall class of bummers and syco
phants who formerly monopolized them.
'VAn equal chance for all ; favoritism for
none , " Is the motto of the reformed civil
aervlcfl. The people "ive t of the Allegheny
mountains" and elsewhere set their ap
proval on the 'merit ' system by an Immense
majority when they elected "William McKln-
loy , pledged to take "no atop backward" In
thu civil service reform , to the presidency
ot the United State * . And the march of all
olflce beggars la the country upon Washing
ton ahould not swerve congress from its sup.
port of Ida position.
I'OOI.l.VO NOT tun KKMKDV.
on tlio ClncMttcm of
Unllronil I.rcclKliitlnn.
Sptlngriclil ( Mann ) Itcnuiitlcan.
The trunk Ilao and rnratcrn railroads had
over j thing .fixed up for the prompt paisage
of a bill to permit pooling ot ( radio nnd
earnings , \\hcn to the gront disgust of 11 r.
Depcw end other promoters of this legisla
tion ! rri'i'iilcnt ' Milton II. Smith of the txniU-
vl'.lo & Nashville system speaks up In a
way which thrnitrm in spoil the whole
Bo'icme. Dr. Ucpew and iho other peelers
are willing to concede to the Interstate Com
merce commlsslcci the power to fix rates It
the poollnff right be conceded to tito roads.
Ilut Mr. Smith declares that he Is not \vllllng
to make any such trade , because ho knows
that the commUelonvlll "fix" rates usually
by reducing them. But If Ur. DC pew could
only got within whUpcrlng distance of Mr.
Smith he would doubtless tell him tUU ho
wag a very simple mnn. Uim't jou sec , ho
would say. tint wo have to far been able to
disarm the commission of all effectiveness.
nnd c.ia safely promise anything , knowing
that atternards we can beat Iho commission
out of , nny new powcro given to It ?
Thnt would prcbibly represent pretty ac
curately the mental attitude ot the peelers
hi this case. Ilut Mr. Smith in any event
IMS no faith in pooling as a. euro for the rail
way -trouble. Ho says :
"Authority to divide traffic Is not a panacea
for existing evils resulting from unrestricted
competition , It might , and doubtless would ,
result In some temporary relief. However ,
the ovlls resulting from unrestricted compe
tition cannot bo cured by legislation. It may
bo asked that If the existing deplorable con
dition cannot bo Improved by legislation ,
how can It be accomplished ? It can coly be
done by a cbinga In the methods of 'those
charged with the management of the traffic
affairs of the carriers. "
And this change In the methods ot man
agement extends simply to the observance of
tha laws against discrimination In favor ot
certain ticrsons and places and to the Injury
ot other persons and placea laws which are
observed by the Louisville & Nashville , he
says , and which are not observed , It Is ad
mltted by Dr. Dcyow and other peelers , by
most of the roads hi the -trunk line and west
ern territory ,
llut In any event pooling cannot prove to
bo nn effective euro. The trouble Is that
there are too many roads In the field for the
business offered , and pooling can neither re
duce the railway mileage nor Increase the
volume of business. Still , It It be deemed
necessary to pool the operations of coiroetliig
lines In order to stop their admitted lawless
ness In making secret rates , there can be no
serious objection to the repeal of the antl-
poollag section of the interstate commerce
law. Hut It should bo done only on condition
that the federal government bo given , not a
nominal , but an actual and exercised power
to fix rates under the pool. The rallrcads
arc hardly to be permitted to combine and
Impose what rates they please In order to
keep afloat the weaker properties In the ooo
which are not able under present conditions
to give a good reason for their existence.
THIS
It ( Mil , Slimui-I'iirc IH'MOfinlii ii < s of the
'KlrNt ' I'11111IIION.
Iloston Globe.
A newly organized select society , known
as the Order of the Twenty-nine , and having
thu real flrst family credentials , Is said to
have declaro.il Itself to bo the only genuine
American aristocracy , nnd to avow that the
number of aristocratic families In New Eng
land is not over twenty-nine.
"It Is easy enough to say 'good family , ' "
declare the heads of the new society. "Dul
the real point Is to be able to show that
your ancestor was not only cnc of the few
original emigrants from England , but had a
coat-of-arms when he landed here. This
coat-of-arms you must be able to prduce , or
you do not belong to the true American
aristocracy. "
It may be unfortunate that some of the
original New Englanders In their hurry to
take advantage of a fair win * neglected to
BO to the heraldry collejco and get n coat-
of-arms. Hut without this It Is useless for
anybody to enter the charmed circle of the
Tvvcnty-nlners , all of whom have their lions ,
unicorns , gules and orhor certified vouchers
for slmon-puro iXew England aristocracy.
The names of those who , according to tae
records of the Now England Historic Genea
logical b-oclety , are eligible to membership Cn
the Order ot the Twenty-nine are , ao pub
lished : Joseph Alsops of New Haven , Cortn. ;
Samuel Applcton of Ipswich , ( Masa. ; Thomas
Broughton of Boston ; Obadlnh iiruen of New
London , Conn. ; Rev. Peter Bulkley of Con
cord , Mass. ; Rev. Clmrlcs Chauncey of Cam
bridge , Mass. ; Leonard Chester of Wcthors-
field , Cor.a. ; Rev. John Davinport of Now
Haven ; Humphrey Davlo of HoUon ; John
Drak-o of Bcston ; Edmund Fawkner of iAn-
dovcr. Mass. ; George Fenwlck of Saybrook ,
Conn. ; William Gayer of Nantucket , Mass. ;
William Hanbury of Boston , Mass. ; Roger
Harliikendcn of Cambridge. 'Mats. ; John Hun-
lock of Boston : William Jeffrey of Newport ,
R. I. ; William Leete of Oullford , Conn. ; Per-
clval Lowlo of Ncwbury , Mass. ; Edward
Palmes of New Haven , Conn. ; Herbert Pel-
bam of Cambridge , ( Mass. ; Samuel Penhallow
ot Portsmouth , N. H. ; David I'hlppen ot
Hlngham. Mass. ; Sir Richard Saltonstall ot
Watertown , Macs. ; WlllMm Snelllng of Bos
ton ; Samuel Symonds ot Ipswich ; John
Thorndyko of Beverly , Mass. ; George Wyllls
of Hartford , Conn. , and Jcton Wlnthrop ot
Hasten.
Hero U an Impllol Invitation for the Colonial
nial Dames , Daughters of the Revolution and
members of various plebeian Mayflower so
cieties to look well to their credentials. The
truo-bluo Tweaty-nlncr will not bo beguiled
by powtcr platters , old crockery , silver sad
time-worn helrlosms , but must see your
coit-of-anrs ard bivo the most uoqucstlon-
ablc proofs that your ancestor took 'It ashore
with him. If jou have It not , reader , all
talk of "first famlllcu" Is lienceforth Idle.
OlVIli SKHVIUB KKKOIMI.
CoiiNldrrnl in ( InI.lKht of ItH ICflVc <
on tin'H < 'i 'Mlenii 1'nrty.
Cleveland Ixjader ( rep. )
From the point of vlow of merely practical ,
vote-getting politics , It Is very dlfilcult to
discover the grounds on which the repub
licans who oppose the civil service laws and
regulations now In force argue that the co-n-
tlnued support of the system commended by
the last national convention of the repub
lican party would be disastrous to Its Inter
ests. At 'Oil ' points the theory thnt defeat
lies In that direction seems untenable.
No ono , we think , Imagines that democrats
can bo won over to the republican party by
demanding the expulsion of all' ' democrats
from all oIUccs , no matter of what character !
Hence there Is nothing to be hoped for In tint
direction. As for Independent voters , they
have long been committed to the cause of
civil service reform , if their views can bo
Judged , In the ordinary way , by the utter-
ancta of the papers and organizations which
are most favored by them. Rven the enomlca
of the merit system say that the mugwumps
lllco It. Certainly , then , nothing Is to bo
hoped for , in any election , In the line of
Independent votes , by going back to the spoils
system. As far aa they are concerned It
would amount to closing the way to help
which hau moro than once carried close ntatcu
for republican tickets.
Slnco there la not the slightest reason for
believing tliat to oppose civil servlco reform
could Kiln for the republican party the vote
of a single democrat or Independent , It fol
lows that the utmost that could be hopscl for
would bo simply the regular strength nf the
pirty now In power. There might ho Berlous
Irenes of republicans who are devoted to the
merit system , but there could bo nothing
more , at best , than the full power of the
republican party.
Why , therefore , should the only means of
gaining recruits from outsldo of the party bo
closed , HO far as civil servlco reform can bo
effective In charging votes either ; Way ? Is It
to bo supposed that to go ahead In the road
which the party Ins followed for many yearn
will drive republicans out of the party ? Will
the men who are angry because republicans
do not get all the olllces in the fccrvleo of
tha federal government vote against their
party HO that It can have none ? Is na bread
bo much moro attractive than half a loaf ?
The agitation against the civil nervlco sys
tem Is dangerous to the republican party , so
far an It can have any effect , And It It IB
Impotent U la a sad waste of time.
l.iinil firiilililni ; I" Dlilnn.
8t , Loula ( llotje-Dcmocrnt.
Germany's seizure of Klao Chau bay hat
been seconded by Russia's confiscation ol
Port Arthur. Thug the work of dismember
ing China has set In , England , Franca and
Austria will appropriate their parts ot tlio
empire , and gradually the central Flowery
kingdom will dloarpcar from the map , A
far larger , older and wealthier Poland will
)0 divided up firnong Kuretio'a robber nations.
'hlna's partition will cull out fon-rr cIcRlOA
ban l\Jl mV.i oxcllcd. Freedom will hardly
hrlck this time when Kosehuko falls , China
has nolthcr freedom nor Kooslunkos , though ,
nf course , Indpcndcnee , which China has
ml until now , but which wilt soon bo ended ,
s In n certain scnao freedom. The Individual
Chinese , however , will bo benefited by the
change of roasters , for C-VINI the Gorman
yrant nnd tto lluatlan autocrat will ho bet
ter rulorH ( ban the Ignorant , cruel and oa-
prlcous absolutists whom they displace.
KlTrct < il the Mmnnrc HepeiiUj1'nnsoil
1i > CniiitrfH * .
OlilcriRO Tribune.
The bill which the president lias In hl&
lands cad which was diuftod ty the- Treasury
department contains ono section the effect
oflilch will bo to put up the price ot Real-
skin pirmtnts or to provoke concU ! rablc
smuggling. The bill forbids the Importation
Into the United States by fny porcon ot fur
sea'sklns "taken In the waters mentioned In
this act , whether raw , dressed , dyed or mnntl-
fJctured. " If any such articles nre Imported
they must he seized and destroyed.
A small number of seals are still kilted
nnnuilty on the Prlbyloft Islands by the com
pany which leased HID prlviege. The sk ! s
thtie ) obtained can be brought Into the United
States and drcsncd and dyed here It there
are Americans A\ho understand the business.
It not they will hive to be sent tt > Ba gland
for treatment , It will bo dltllcult to Import
them , for It will bo almost Impossible to
prove that the sculsklna wcro not taken In
the North Pacific ocean.
So unless considerable smuggling Is done
the most profitable market for sealskins la
the world will bo c'.caed against the Canadi
ans and Englishmen who have made so
much money by killing the seals and prepar
ing their skins for sale , The government
will Icae Mine revenue , but the profits of
the seal pirates and the forelsn furriers will
be cut dovMi.
The president will filgf 'Ms bill. There
fore women .Mm arc thinking ot buying seal
skin garments should bear In mind the fact
that there may be n gre.it advance In price
If they wait too long.
\V1M.IAM AM ) MK.Mt V.
Indianapolis News : Nothing could exceed
the enthusiasm with which Emperoi- Will ! tin
toasted h'.s ' brother , Prince Henry , on the
eve of lib dcpartuie for Chinese waters , ex
ccpt the enthusiasm with which the prlnct
toasted his brother , the emperor. They
threw great chunks ot dlvlno right at each
other.
New York Times : "I go , " said Prince ,
Henry , "to preach abrcud to nl , who will
hear , as well ns to these who will not hear ,
the gospel of your majesty's coimecniti'il
person. " To civilized men In a free country
this kind of talk eecnis merely farcical. Ilut
It Is In fact , anil In the aL'ual circumstances ,
ttt'glcal and horrlb'e. There Is one cocsob-
tlon about It , and that Is. nothing could be
more illuminative to the Genr.nn legislators !
of Iho purpose of the new naval policy than
thcao discourses. Whoever supports that
I > o.Icy. after euch an exposition of It , Is lit
only for slavery.
Chicago Post : All this savors ot bouffe
inO comic opeui , and It Is dlfilcult to sup-
prers merriment , but the matter has a sort-
oils aspect. Diplomats will have to con
sider what -ho ! eflcct of the expedition will
bo on international relations. Hoes the
kaiser contemplate permanent occuratlon of
Klao C'jau ? and It so , what will Russia ,
Krance and England say about H ? Will the
disturbed equilibrium bo restored at the ex
pense of poor China ? Japan Is nervous and
apprehensive. suspecting European ac
quiescence In Germany's designs. Her direct
questions have not been answered by the
kalser'a goveuiment , and she may fcrce the
powers to "show their hands. " Trouble
may bo brewing , and the farce may end In
tragedy. i
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republlcnsn : Ttoo fuss
acid feathers attending the departure of
Prince Henrj * of Prussia for oriental waters
was undoubtedly a well arranged theatrical
display to arouse the entmit'Iasm of the Ger
man people over naval and territorial ex
pansion. The kaiser seems bent upon a
"forward" policy beyond the ceis : Imita
tion of England , yet ho forgets apparently
that Germany Is HL-prepared to bear the en
ormous burden of naval expc-ndlture wh-tcli
England Imposes upon her taxpayers. Kng-
lix'.nd ni'efo cnly a comparatively small army ,
bcouise of her Insular poi'ltion. while Ger
many , situated In the heart of Europe , must
continue to maintain the costliest military
armament In the world. To attempt to main
tain bcth land and sea forces of 'the very first
lank cannot fall < o be suicidal in the end.
SIOXS OF H13-ITEII TIMICS.
Globe-Democrat : Moro than 45 per cent
of the shoes imported by British colonies are
of American manufacture. The wall pro
posed against American goods would he a
boon for clumsy footgear , Including the old
reliable wooden shoo.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : Window glass fac
tories throughout Uio United States will be
able to resume Just as soon as they can get
the furnaces hot cnought to begin work. Tills
will bo In about three weeks and means work
for about 15,000 men.
Now York Mall and Express : Business at
fifty of the largest postofilces In the country
was 12 per cent greater last month than
during November , 180C. This showing Is oao
of the beet of all evidences of returning
prosperity , for the ivaaon that the volume of
postal operations Is an almost Infallible
barometer of business conditions.
Philadelphia Press : T\ie production of pig
Iron Is now larger than ever before In this
country , and far In excess ol the maximum
production In England. The weekly capacity
of furnaces In blast , according to the fignre.1
of the Iron Age , Is 220,000 tons weekly , and
the American Manufacturer ot Plttsbtirs
makes It somewhat larger. This Is at the
rate of about 12,000,000 tons per year , and
the market Is more than taklag t'.io output ,
as stocks of Iron fell off In November at the
rate of 1,000 tons ier day. Prices In many
departments of the Iron and steel Industries
are a shade lower than they were a month
ago.
Indlanaipolls News : There was a big meot-
Im ? held by the citizens of Denver the
ether night -to congratulate themselves ca the
prosperity or the state and to got themselves
ready for the big things tiiat are In store
for thorn In the future. At that meeting ono
of the speakers said : "Tho calamity howler
must quit ; Ms oc-crpatlon Is gone. Energy
is what wo want , not growling. Think ot our
Increase In the gold production J5.000.000 In
1893 and over $20,000,000 In 18D7 ! KVult Is exported -
ported In largo quantities , when less than
five yoaw ago wo bought one-half of what wo
consumed , The cattle and sheep Interests of
the state were never better. " It IH wort'iy
of comment that tbo state that has been
prc-jchlng calamity since the repeal of the
Shuiman law , declaring that no prosperity
could como until "silver was restored , " was
ono of the first states to feel the return of
prosperity. The products of her ml'icii and
valleys are double what they over were. It
It , Indeed , tlmo Tor Colorado to hold up her
head and look at the sky , from which the
clouds are so fast disappearing.
1'nm.ox.u. A.vn oriiKiivi.Hi2. .
Lea Alilborn , the famous woman engraver
and etcher -Sweden , who died recently , was
selected by the United States government as
the engraver ot tha Independence medal In
me.
me.William
William Pcr.n Nixon , editor of the Chicago
Inter Ocean , Is an 'applicant for recognition
as a citizen of the Cherokee Indian Nation
on account of property righto attaching to
. Nixon's - . -
citizenship. maternal g--oat-grand-
mother , Phoebe Crows , was a full-blooded
Cherokee.
Frauds Conway Mason , the newly elccloJ
speaker of the Parliament of Victoria , has
cllnvbcd to his presnnt height from very
humhlo beginnings , Twenty-five ycata ago
ho was a young aal unknown schoolmaster
on board the reformatory ship Nelson , In
the harbor of Melbourne.
The Whlttlcr homestead has been pur
chased and given by James Carlcton .to trus
tees , who will hold It forovtir as a place of
pious pilgrimage. The trustees are engaged
In raising a fund of } 10,000 to keep the
grounds in order , as nearly aa poislblo , as
they were when Mr , Wilttler occupied them ,
Ex-Reproaentatlvo Harvor Hornur of Sum-
r > 3r county , Kannau , U a tnake twiner and us
ually carries around -with him In his pocket
a live hull enuke , with which hu makes lets
of fun , A pickpocket "touched" Homer at
thu clrotut at Wichita and happened to get
hli hand. Into the pocket where the snjko
was kept , The shock made him scream dad
Homer lieldi him until the pullco arrived ,
I'llOSIMMUTV A.NI IIMVKXIH.
Trouble Prrillnlcil tliitrun tlio Drtlrlti
Aru I'rcvcntnli
I'hlliiilclphln rrras ( rep. )
Chairman Dlngloy aud his asioclalcs have
tnkun a wise course which the whole country
will approve in determining not to touch Iho
tariff at any point. This Is the right course
nnd tha only course to tnko , N'o tnrlfl agi
tation should bo permitted. Kach d.'y reed
< ho country better satisfied with the Dlnglcy
tariff us n tariff. U has done all nnd moro
than all that was expected or pedlctc-l. ; H
should not bo touched. Neither r.hcuU lher
be a premature decision In reg.trd to Increas
ing the government revenue by dei'ldlng
pR-tlnst additional taxation. Nothing eoutd
bo done on the subject nt present ono way
or the other. Ample time exists In January
for n decision and the amount ot the revenue
produced by the ningtcy law will bo clearer
then that It can bo now. The last six
months of every calendar year are exporting
months. The first six months are Importing
month * . The real capacity of the UliiRloj
law to rnlso revenue will not be elc.u until
two or three weeks have iv.ssed of the new
year.
The exact margin which the trraiury him
nnd the addition to Its Income which It re
quires wl'.l then bo clear. When U la no hes
itation should exist In making the treasury
Income large enough to prevent n deflclt.
Close figmlng would bp possible If the trojs-
nry h id no due bills out as currency. If tu >
greenbacks -wore outsl.ind'ni ; revenue nnd
expenditure might bo pormlltcJ. nn with the
Kngllsh exchequer. Just to balance each other.
Whether the treasury had In any ono jcar
a little surplus or a little deficit would be of
no great consequence.
This Is not 1hu situation. Orlm oxperlctico
has demonstrated that the stability of the
currency depends wi the solvency ot the
treasury. Let any ilcfielt go on Indefinitely
ami a run will apaln begin on HIP treasury
rtold. Let the treasury hue a Burping am ] U
makes ru > dirfcrcnre whntmcr whether Rreen-
backs nro pi CM mod for redemption or not.
As Iciig as Iho Rovcinment docs net have to
W out fur CM i use * the legal tenders pull
In for gold every dollar stocked tip in the
treasury Increases the Fttblllty of the cur
rency because U decreases the outstanding
obligation ! ) of the government.
ThU i plain beyond a pemdventure. No
ono tan doubt It. N'o ono dies doubt It.
Na one Ian any tiuesilon tlmt It Is bnth b.id
policy and bad politics to permit HIP possi
bility ot a treasury deficit. Long years ot
absolute und unquestioned umrenry stability
ran witJi Ion ? juars of an nnr.tt.il treasury
stltplus. When defldta bcgn : tioiible be-
ir.'n. The existing deflclt Is teipinled nu tem
porary because the republican party has al
ways liielslcd cti n revenue which produced
a surplus. It the republican part } drsorts
this policy and begins Instead the democratic
policy ot cheery predictions of n surplus
when each month sees a deficit instead ,
trouble will begin. TinciMhlllty of the cur
rency will be challenged. I'rotventy will
bo destroyed because confidence' will ehri.ik.
Revenues will decrease. Dellclts will grow.
Bonds will be sold to pay government ex-
pen. < cs and the dangerous nnd dlszstrais ex
perience of the last four yeats will bo re
peated.
Vl'U , ' IDYLS.
Detroit Journal : "H Isn't mittn il. " ro-
inailU'd the observer of men m.cl dungs ,
for n girl to wear her heart ulniu'il upon
her sleeve after HII ! > 1ms lost It. "
IiiLlannpolls Journal : "Proud bfiiity , "
siud 'he ' , lil < * blnck eyes flashing e-lini lliilit-
" ' "fr1 wln m 1 > rlnou to l'e ' .lust "
I10t tjrlnfer tnu < llts' ' to mi-.1" she
si-- !
And' lie started for the Klondike ? .
Detroit Tree Press : "That youthful dnr-
tor flmll hnvo as nice n Cl.iKmas pn-snnt
as money r.in buy him. " ilce.nri-d Imlllnn
as ho tliruA back Ms shoulders iind con-
llllllSL lr on Ills " "list health.
"Vou know that whoti' ' I was pprloii'Iy 111
wo sent for him ? UP was out of the c-lty
I nm thoroughly convinced that Ills absenca
bavert my life ; anil no one can ncruso me ot
liiKratltuile. "
Philadelphia Times : A devlei ? has bepn In-
yintr > il to blarl : HIIOCS by e'.ectrU'ily Pos- !
my some adaptation ot the llrush system.
Chicago News : 1-iwycr Upon wlmt
grounds do yon ptopcso to app'y for a ill-
"
vorco ?
Female Client My Inisbnml'tt Insanity
Lawyer fan you prove thnt he Is Iniano.
Female Client Certainly. He Insists upon
wearing1 nil thu neckties I buy for him.
Detroit Free Press : "I'm sure that r
recognize my own faults , " ( the mmmtired
with downcast eyes.
"Of course you do. " IIP replied conflilt ntly.
"there are so re > w of them. "
Then she realized beyond all haunting
doubts that he was the most dpslr.iblo
among1 the many who sought her hand ,
Somcrvlllo Journal : "Why , no , " mild she
deceive- ! cannot marry you , of course.
Why , I got ? 23 n week , while yon got only
Jo ,
"Well/1 he persisted , persimifvolv , "that
makes $33 a week , now , doesn't ItV"
Imllnnnpolls Journal : "JIow men do
cCiiingc afie-r marriage ! "
"Very original. Indeed. "
"I wnH thlnViiiff of Tommcrsot. When hlfi
wife was MIsH Herrj' , lie nearly broke hlH
neck stopping n horse t'hat ' wan running
away with her , and when a man run nwny
with her IiiHt week , Tommersot didn't try
to stop him ut till. "
Chicago Tribune : Impatient Husband
( tired of holding hH chin up ) It's taking
you nn awfully long time to llx thU ncck-
ili , Laura.
Patient Wife Yon npver nspil to oomplaln
about the length of time It took mo to
smooth out your neckties before wo were
married , George.
MA 1C 13 - \ TO YOl IISI3I < K.
Snm Walter roer.
Give your wlfo u handsome dress ,
Give Irene n doll.
Give your boy a lcd and
They deserve thoin nil ;
Pile your ulftH on every Hhelf ,
Fill up every tray ,
I5ut
Mnke a present to yourcelf
Now on Chrl.Mtrpas Day :
Man of great or IIUlo pelf ,
JIako a present to yourself.
Olvo yoiirwMf n better heart
On nn ampler plan ,
Full of Ijlcs'ednosrt and Ciope ,
Full of lovei to man.
Giver to [ Job nnd Hue tlHr part ,
Give to Hick anil .May ,
Wit-
Glvo yenir. plf n bettor heart ,
Now on Christmas Hay ,
Man of great or little pi'lf.
Jlako a prcHent to yourself.
Give yoiirsolf n belter fioul ,
Tuned to higher Htraln ?
Tim n the discords of the mart
And inglorious J.VIIIH. !
Give to each a genuroiiH dole ,
UCBH anil Tom and Hay ,
Ilut
Give yourm-lf H li % Her Houl ,
Now on ClillHtmaH Hay ;
Man of great or little pelf ,
Mnko a present to yourself.
GIve yourself n bettor life ,
Fed from deeper springs ,
Fed from the lO'.ermil Fount ,
Koul nnd source of thing * .
Glvn to friend anil child and wlfo
All the Rifts you may ,
Jiut
GIve yonrMlf n bettor llfu- ,
Now on Christinas Day ;
Man of great or IIHlii polf.
M ko a preterit to yourself.
Iho Koyfll is thfl highest gratia baking powder
known. Actual ta l tfiow it ooosono-
ttilrd further than any other bran * '
Absolutely Pure
OTL MKK4 P9WOCR CO. , tlCVT VOft' .