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Mr. KtirJz of Ohio Is not ( lie first per
son who lias ptoycti nboiit a iiolltlcal
saw to Ills sorrow.
Senator Haniia was elected by 7T
votes. Now for a fresh outburst of
Ilryauesquu ludignatlon over "tho crime
of ' 73. "
new free silver newspaper in Chicago
cage to have 100 editors may turn out
like the broth that
too many cooks were
engaged In making.
Kvery time one of the A. n. C. re
(1 ( ! publicans employed In the ofllco of the
late county cleric Is fired the pipeline to
the Misery springs a new leak.
A rich vein of silver has been dis
covered in the John .Sherman niino In
Colorado and the local scientists
are un
able to account for the phenomenon.
Secretary Alger brought on a fever
ftom overwork on the details of the
expedition to Alaska , but fortunately it
is not. the Klondike fever and he will
recover.
Governor Ilolcomb says home rule Is
a good thing provided only'ho Is given
the appointment of the members of the
board that controls the lire and police
departments.
The reunion of the Union Pacific and
the Oregon Short Une appears to be In-
evltable. The only question Is how
long it may be delayed by force of pe
culiar circumstances.
When Chief of Police SIgwart do-
tilled detectives on the city pay roll to
report to popoeratle managers to do
campaign work the organ of bogus
reform forgot to demand his dismissal.
The London authorities have decided
that "diplomatic privileges" covers rid
ing bicycles on the London sidewalks.
This decision will doubtless prove norni-
Jinwllh the diplomatic blcycbrs in
Washington.
Ex-Senator PelTer's recent prediction
that "unless some now alignment of
parties Is effected soon the people's party
will permanently separate Into two
parts" seems to be materializing faster
than he anticipated.
The search for Andree's balloon In tbe
wilds of British Columbia will be commenced -
menced at an early date. Searching for
tnuvsof Andrei- may become an occupa
tion for the scientists quite as fascinat
ing as the Kwui'Ii for relics of Sir .John
Franklin and his
expedition some years
ago.
Iowa newspapers are urging that every
city In the state 1m represented at the
sound money convention to be held in
Indianapolis .lanuary li.'i. The fact that
the governor of Iowa Is to preside over
the convention gives It additional In.
terest to the people of the transnilssls.
slppl stales and commercial bodies in all
the leading cities are arranging to send
delegates.
It Is worthy of note that while Gov
ernor lloleomb lias n great deal to say
about Judge Seott and his decision , bo
lias not one word to offer In defense of
bis own bogus reform police board ap
pointees. If Judge Seott had only
opened the way for the governor to rid
himself of this clncnbus and appoint
otlierd In their places he would doubt-
Jess have had Governor llolcomb's
thanks and applause.
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The opinion recently rendered by tbo
equity branch of the district court presided
sided over by Judge Scott , declaring Mi
constitutional and void the appolntmen
of the Hoard of Klro and Police Com
mlssloners by , the governor , 1ms ellcltet
n rejoinder from Governor Ilolcomb , Ii
which he takes issue with the views 01
Judge Scott. As a lawyer by profession
and former Judge on the district bench
the governor Is doubtless competent to
analyze the legal aspects of the case.
As the chief executive , whose patronage
is menaced , however , his opinion cannot
be accepted' entirely unbiased.
While , admitting that home rule or the
right of local self-government Is funda
mental In our political system , the gov <
crnor asserts that this principle Is not
violated by vesting In the state execu
tive ihc appointment of a tire and police
board for cities of the metropolitan
class. Upon this question there Is great
division of opinion among able lawyers
and It remains for the supreme court
to give definite Interpretation to the
homo rule doctrine under the constitu
tion of Xebraskn. Governor Ilolcomb
lays great stress upon the decision run *
deied by the supreme courf In 1SS7 In
the Seavey case , which upheld the va
lidity of the Ilrst lire and police com
mission act by declaring the otllces
created not to be classed as state execu
tive olliccs , prohibited by the constitu
tion. While It Is true that some of the
questions now raised were also raised
In the Seavey case , the governor closes
his eyes to the fact that several vital
points liow presented were not pre
sented In 1SS7. Supreme courts , no
more than governors , are Infallible. The
supreme court of the United States reverses -
verses Itself occasionally. And even
though supreme courts do not reverse
themselves , some of their decisions are
perpetual laughing stocks among lay
men as well as lawyers.
For example , the constitution of Ne
braska says that there shall be no al
lowance for clerk hire Inthe olllces of
the attorney general and the superin
tendent of public Instruction. This
provision may be very foolish , but it IH
part of the state constitution , as bind
ing as any other part. Yet this prohibi
tion has been nullllled by a decision of
the supreme court holding that a
stenographer Is not a clerk within the
meaning of the constitution , and we
have today employed In the olllce of th
superintendent of instruction on
deputy , one assistant and one stenogra
pher , and in the odlce of the attorne
general one deputy and one stenogra
plier. ISvery school boy knows that th
assistants and stenographers are merelj
clerks employed In detlance of the con
stitution.
Without entering into further discus
slon of the points touched on by th
governor , there are features of the con
tentlon that have never before been presented
sented in any court. In the Seavej
case , as In similar cases In other states
the courts emphasized the right of th
state to exercise police powers In cltle
as well as in other subdivisions of the
state. While It seems to be absurd to
contend'that police commissioners are
not executive otlicers when their chle
'
business is tbe appointment and re
moval of employes , it is a serious ques
tlon whether the police powers of the
state can be extended to Include tht
lire department of a city. The conton
tlon in the"Seavey case was over tht
authority of a chief of police appointee
by the police board , but the question of
control of the lire department has novel
been raised. The police of a city are its
constabulary , who make arrests and
maintain law and order under state
laws , but firemen arc not sworn ofllcers
and it would take a wide stretch of thi ,
law to delegate the control of municipal
lire departments to olllcers appointed bj
the state executive.
Another feature not raised In 1SS7 is
the right of the governor to appoint a
licensing board for cities. In 1887 the
police commission and excise board
were separate , and It may lie doubted
whether a body appointed by the gov
ernor can exercise tlie.se functions le
al ly.
All these questions , however , would
never have been raised had Governor
Ilolcomb appointed a non-partisan com
mission , contemplated by the law , dis
posed to live up to their olllcial oaths
and give the people of Omaha the police
protection for which they are paying
and to which they are entitled. The
conflict of authority which compels an
appeal to the courts has been forced by
the high-handed methods of Governor
llolcomb's appointees , who have lla-
grantly disregarded the law and delicti
all decency.
TlIK
The hearings given by the house com
mittee on banking and currency to mem
bers of the monetary commission , In ex
planation of the plan of currency re
vision formulated by that body , are not
without interest , although they cannot
bo said to have added anything material
to the very comprehensive discussion
which the subject has received. Kx-
Senator Kdmunds , the chairman of the
commission , addressed the committee
on Wednesday , making an argument for
a single standard of values and that
standard gold whluh was entirely sound.
He stated what every Intelligent student
of finance knows to bo true , that " , sueh
a thing as a double standard had never
existed In the world through natural
operations ; theie had been double stand
ards established by law , but never In
fact. " Mr. Kdmunds expressed tlu
opinion that under the commission's
plan of retiring the legal tender notes
there would be no contraction of the
currency , but this Is a matter as to
which no one can speak with certainty ,
the probability being that greenback le *
tlrement would cause contraction , since
the banks would be free to replace them
with their notes or not , according to
their view of conditions. The remarks
of members of the commission on Friday
aiv not , as reported , particularly en
lightening. The commission plan con
templates the redemption of banknotes
in any lawful money. The banks might
elect to redeem their notes In silver ,
which could be exchanged for gold at
the treasury. Under this plan , ox-
'plnlnrd ox Stwlary of the Trr-nsiuy
Falri'hlld , the only in. thol , for Ih b.ink i
to obtain guldoilld by th < pi > s nU
tlon of sllvir , so If otitst.indhu s.lvr
did not sulllce to prjdiico tnoii 'i ' gold
from the treasury the banks would be
compelled to procure gold elsewhere.
This plan Is clearly open to criticism
In so far as It would leave th ? not -
holder no option as to the coin he should
receive from the bank In exchange for
notes. Moreover , It Is a question
whether the maintenance of gold i"-
demptlon would fop ns well assured
under this plan as It Is under the exist
ing conditions.
Meanwhile not very much attention Is
being given , either In congtvss or by
the public , to Secretary Gage's plan of
currency reform or to the suggestions
submitted by the president In his. annual
message. But while the commission's
plan Is engrossing most attention , there
are others. Mr. Walker , the chairman
of the house banking and currency com
mittee , will again endeavor to have his
| ) lan , presented to the committee In the
last congress , considered. This Is based
upon the old Massachusetts banking
system , which worked very satisfac
torily , and Mr. Walker Insists that no
better plan has been devised. Other
members of the house banking and currency -
rency committee have plans , so that the
supply of currency measures Is abun-
lant.
As to the prospect for currency legisla
tion , It does not appear to be any foettci
than at the opening of congress. It Is
certainly safe to say that there will be
10 general legislation , such as Is pro-
) o. cd In tlie plan of the monetary com-
Dlsslon , but It Is possible that the
recommendations of the president and
secretary of the treasury In regard to
unendmcnts of the national banking law
nay bo In part adopted. The sllverltes
u control of the senate will permit noth-
ng more to be done , If they allow even
hat much.
WOULD JUK.1A MVCll FOtt OMAHA.
The reported acquisition by the Union
'acltlc reorganization committee of a
ontrolllng Interest In the Oregon Short
AHC , If proved correct , would mean
niich for Omaha and the whole Union
'ncille system. Among the worst , If
ot the worst , results of the receivership
f the Union Pacltlc Was the segregation
f that great system by the separation
f the various branch lines from the
parent road.
Most Important of these branches was
the Oregon Short Line , which gave a
direct outlet to the- upper Pacific coast
and brought to the main line the travel
and traffic of a vast region of varied
resources. This branch was built as an
offshoot of tlie Union Pacific , and Its
construction paid for , in part at least ,
with money earned by the Union Pa
cific. There is no question that It can
be operated DOW , as formerly , more
economically in conjunction with the
Union Pacific , and that a close working
agreement , or , better still , complete con
solidation , would contribute materially
to the increased revenues and value of
the properties.
It is not to le disputed that Omaha
was a sufferer by the segregation of the
Short Line , and it is plain , moreover ,
that it would recover some of the ground
lost as soon as the chasm thus created
between the two roads should be bridged
over. The Union Pacific Is essentially
an Omaha railroad , Its eastern terminal
and headquarters being located at this
point , and whatever tends to strengthen
that system and build up its business
must add to the commercial importance
of this city and Increase the advantages
it offers as a tradn center.
THE OHIO
The republican factional fight In Ohio
was not terminated with the election
of Senator Ilanna. The republicans
who were faithful to the party mandate
in supporting Mr. Ilanna now propose
to have their rights ID the lower branch
of the legislature by reorganizing that
body , the present organization being
he result of the combination of recreant
republicans and democrats against tha
senator. The house ofilees were given
to democrats as a part of the plot to de
feat Ilanna , though as tlij Cleveland
Leader suggests another and pprhnp. !
equally direct motive of the conspirators
was to control legislation for political
and other purposes.
In a speech after his election Senator
Ilanna said that In his otllelal capacity
ns chairman of the republican national
committee he gave notice that "no
raltor.s are wanted In our camp. " " 1
lave no desire , " ho continued , "to put
any Indignity upon any man , but I have
i desire to visit upon every man the
fruits of his own sins when he slim
igalnst our party. " This is the spirit
vhlch animates the loyal republicans In
he Htato legislature and they are per
fectly right In their decision that those-
vho conspired against tlie party shall
lot continue In the enjoyment of the
'mils of the conspiracy. The republi
cans of the house who stood by the de-
hired will of th ? party constitute a ma-
ority of that body and they should con-
rol Its organization , If they can lawfully
Io so.
Meanwhile the friends of Senator
Iiinnii are Inviting the most searching
investigation of the charges of bribery
lid corruption.
The mandate of the supreme court
( quires the removal of ex-Treasurer
iartlcy to the state's prison within
orty days. But It does not say that
he prisoner must he kept in the Doug-
as comity Jail until the forty days .shall
ave expired. Douglas county Is not
mining a boarding house for state pris.
ners , and there'Is no good reason why
t Miould try to keep Mr , Hartley a day
mgor than necessary , more especially
s there Is a rumor that an attempt Is
o bo made to effect his escape.
The county superintendent calls ntten-
on to the fact that the county schools
utsldti of the city limits have a decided
dvantage over the city schools In the
Istrlbutloii of the state apportionment
loney. But this Is not unusual. The
csldi'iitri of the county outsldo of the
Ity limits have the advantage of the
esldents of the city In nearly every ex-
lendlturu of money from the county
treasury , Th fit ) pa > .i SIPVCII
of the ronnt.Ykii .x. but gets n much
t sn nllor propril < ) h returned to It. If
the rural rodents of Douglas county
r.nderstoud fOJly 'the fine thing they
enjoy , tli'iy ' wrtiild not only nppreclat
It more , but ijlay more liberality to
the few county expenditures In whlcl
the city's share lif the benctlt may be
larger than ttrotr ; own.
The board otjiwinlyns of Idaho a fo\\
days ago p.iruotVod n man from tin
pcnltentlaiy , wtmEe he was serving Unit
for murder , nttd to the pardon altnchci
the provision 'that lw > should leave the
state within thirty days and never re
turn. This Is'ftit an unusual provision
but It Is essentially wrong. If the
prisoner Is still a dangerous man , who. e
presence Is not wanted In Idaho , he
should be kept In the penitentiary us
long as possible. Ho certainly should
not be Imposed upoii some other state ,
where his dangerous character is un
known. Ordering n pardoned convict to
leave the state does not make him less
a criminal nor excuse the pardoning
board.
Governor Ilolcomb talks of the extra
ordinary proceedings witnessed In the
police commission case ami expresses
regret that the question was not deter
mined In an orderly , decorous manner
when the only extraordinary proceed
ings that fiavored nt all of disorder
have been the Investment by the gov
ernor's board of the city hall with a
guard of uniformed policemen and its
defiant prominclamento that It would
resist Interference with Its affairs by
force If necessary. Governor Ilolcomb
must have borrowed tlie spectacles
through which he saw riot and blood
shed In the distance.
The Mi.ifiourl State Transmississipi
Exposition commission is about to pay
a visit of inspection to the grounds and
buildings. Seeing Is believing , ami every
state commission that looks at the site
goes away with a better comprehension
of the magnitude and scope of the great
fair and a strengthened conviction that
it Is sure to bo a pronounced and un
qualified success from every point of
view.
Under the new laws of Iowa telephone -
phone operators must keep mum in re
gard to messages transmitted over the
wires by other persons. It Is a mis
demeanor to give any information to dis
interested persons in regard to messages
or to repeat a message wrong. The
law is gradually depriving tlie telephone
girl of ail her privileges.
The IlcrnkfaMt Tippler.
Washington Star.
The fight now in I progress between the
coffee trust and''tho ' ' sugar trust will glvo
the public a sense of advantage , which will
disappear when tho' victor In the combat
gets ready to collect the spoils.
S'llDll ! Old Veil.
I'hllailclillila Press.
The newspapers tlyit nro Jeering at Mc-
Klnlcy prosperity are the same ones that
flve years ago were ridiculing the tin plate
Industry of tho'l'Unlted ' States. Last year
'American ' tin plife"mllls ] | produced nearly
SO per cent of tlfb c6nsumptlon of the coun
try. ' ; ;
I'rnvm'utliin for it Groan.
Inila"nt ( > rill3 Journal.
On the strength 'of ' recent statistics show
ing the rapid growth of the tin plate In
dustry In the United States treasury officials
now predict that the output next year will
be enough to supply the entire homo con
sumption. This will evoke a despairing
groan from the surviving free-traders.
for the Exposition.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Missouri Is to have an exhibition at the
Omaha exposition and will do so without
any aid from the state treasury. The state
commission has Joined hands with the St.
Louis city commission and expects , through
the co-operation of the business men of the
state , to raise the money by private sub
scription. This Is the way Minnesota will
have to bo represented if she Is represented
at all.
The Plethora , of Money.
Philadelphia Jlecord.
Ono cause of the plethora of money In
the eastern bsoiks Is the largo payments of
mortgage Indebtedness which have been
made by land owners In the western states.
Money accumulating in consequence of such
liquidation is not a source of alarm. It Is
not the result of stagnation nor of fear ,
but of temporary safoty. It will encourage
undertakings and Investments In the future
which but for the ease of the money mar
ket would not bo ventured upon.
Mlrtht Hi- Carried Too Far.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Unless the civil service law Is to bo sup
plemented by a civil pension law , a five
yearn' term of civil appointees H sufficient.
If the government employes are not to be
pcnslonod in their old age , they ahotild bo
released while they are yet In the prime
and vigor of llfo and capable of engaging
in private occupations. This rule would
also Insure the government against having
on Its hantfa at acme time a lot of superan
nuated Incumbents of the various ofllccs.
Civil service reform Is all right up to a cer
tain point , but It may easily bo carried too
far.
Whore IH the 'Monroe ' DortrlneT
Ilultlmore Sun.
Our commissioners , who are on their way
to the propcncd site of the Nicaragua canal ,
liavo Just- been visiting the works on the
line of the Panama canal and nro surprised
at the amount of progress bolng made.
"More work Is bolng done on the canal , "
wo are told , "than Is supposed in America. "
The party went four miles in the canal In
a boat drawing twelve foot and were struck
with the solidity of tlio terminal facilities.
An oddity about the Monroe doctrlno is that
it applies only to English and not to French
acquisitions In tl la hemisphere. It would
bo perfectly dreadful for England to buy
an Interest In the Nicaragua canul , but hero
nro the Trench gblns'on ' with their Panama
canpl and likely to1 fiHIsh It In a few years ,
and no Jingo objects. When the canal Is
completed It. will to flold as a French prop
erty and French warships will hover about
Its terminal In numbers to show they mean
business If any pofcorUIUo the United States
Interferes. < i i
Kpnln'H IiOKHeH In Cuba.
Umdfln Iincet
"Appalling" Is not too strong an epithet
for tlie. disclosures which General I.osaila ,
Inspector general of the royal forces In
Cuba , makes In hjs.pinclal report Issued on
the 12th lust , at Madrid. Of the 200.000
soldiers sent by Sr > alito put down the In
surrection In Urn. M > lav < l from the beginning
of February , 1S93 , to the beginning of De
cember in the year Just terminated , not
more than C3.000 ( a' llttlo over one-fourth )
are at this moment fit for active service.
The 157,000 are either1 dead or sent back to
the motherland HI or wounded. The causes
of the unprecedented death rota and sick
list aio ( besides casualties In action ) mainly
three ( I ) the clothing furnished to the
European trcopa was in no respect adapted
to the cllmato of Cuba ; (2) ( ) fatigue , and (3) ( )
lack of food. The report , which docs not
apparently err on the score of ictlcence ,
paints a lurid picture of military cervlco In
the chief Spanish colony. Under successive
generals the three years' ' campaign , In eplto
of numberless royalist "victories" and as
many "defeats" of the Insurgents , leaves
Cuba as precarious u Spanish possession as
ever , while a whole generation must Inter
vene before Island and motherland alike
can recover from the loss of blood , property
and bard cash Incurred.
t'OI.ITIC IIIIII'T.
South I > ik trt h < i revtaed md amended th
m Mo of otn cholilew The now vomlon
i reads , "Few die , but aomo commit aulddo , "
The populist convention t St , Jxmls do-
cldcd to keep In liie middle of the road. Thnt
to the eurtflt wny of avoiding defectlvo plat
forms.
Henry Wattcrson takes another fall out
of Hkickburn'a legislature merely to enow
thnt while ho hovers near the rear benches
he Is capable of leading- the orcbcctrn.
The I'cnrsylvanla man who loft M sons a
fat estate provided they would Always vote
the straight democratic ticket Imposed < i
conllllon that It may soon bo Impceslblo to
conform to.
A bill bis been Introduced In the Virginia
legislature to tax bachelors over 30 years of
ago $1 per year. When Virginia gets this
and her proposed "Johnny" law , she will
have the morals end iutblta of the men reg
ulated to a nicety.
Denver advocate. ? of the eicrcJ ratio have
proclaimed George Fred Wllllama the right
man for vlco president In 1000. George halls
from the 'Day ' state , where the democracy Is
split Into thrco factions , and when they meet
In the simo town the mllttla la neceeaary to
keep the peace.
"Coin" Harvey la etlll In the land ot the
living. Ho lectured at Ilaltlmoro. recently ,
and declared that his order , "tho I'nttlots of
America , " has a membership of 50,000 , scat
tered over forty-two states. Mr. Hnrvcy's
capacity tor fiction has not been Impaired by
hlo Involuntary retirement.
Opposition to the re-election of Senator
Quay Is taking form In Pennsylvania. A
pioneer anti-Quay club lias been organized tit
Westchoster. The Phllado'obla Ledger
( rep. ) ays If the election of senator was
submitted to a vote of the people of the
state Quay would bo overwhelmingly beaten.
The prohibition candidate In New York Is
found by the corrected returns to have polled
C50 votes , and In itho present city of Brook
lyn , long regarded as strongly Inclined to
temperance , COT votes , a total In the two
cltlra of 1,257. As his contribution to the
campaign was $3,000 , It therefore , cost him
about ? 4 a vote. (
Now Vork ha.3 Iwd reform after reform
until the multitude sighed for a few mo
ments of liberty , nut of all the reforms In
augurated that of Mayor Van Wyck breaks
the record. Ho .lies ordered that visitors
coming Into his sacred presence must swab
their shoes cu the doormats and take oft their
tints. If the tiger doesn't revolt at thlo
cl.'Jcs ' cannot come any too soon.
The late David IJemiett Hill is a lively
corp.se. Ho has recovered hla nowcr of
spoecn and remarks , anent the dictatorship of
Croker , that ho will drive a few spikes In
somebody's collln before he consents to his
own funeral arrangements. Ho Insist ? that
New York City does not run the Empire
state , nnd prophecies a hot tlmo In that vi
cinity before 'OS becomes a memory.
Mr. Frederic Comlcrt rises for Informa
tion concerning politics in Creator New
York , particularly as to that class which did
"ot cl ' 'S ' ' ° Party lines last fall. There Is
Iloswell 1'ottlbonrt Flower , a prince of mtf-
WUIITPS. who Is prominent In Mr. Crokcr s
democratic club. If Mr. Croker objects to
clubs .that . contain
mugwumps what
can Mr.
Flower do to bo saved ? As Mr. Coudert says
inoth"0 man . " 'ls StBle hcled | moro tlla"
It wco Mr. Flower , the president of the Dem
ocratic club. " Fact. Hut Flower is etirewd
enough to make peace with the king.
THIS EL13CT10.V OF HA.V.VA.
° ° rl Suin : Selfishness and ambition
entered Into
a conspiracy to
repudiate- the
Pledge and mandate of the republican
con
vention , to divide the republican party in
the fate and to strike a treacherous blow
" McKinle '
i > administration
. , over the
shoulders of the man who made the McKinley -
ley administration nossihio.
Chicago Tribune : Next to the placing of
sound money republican firmly in the seat
f United States senator from Ohio for the
ext six years , the election of Marcus A
ianna Is to bo rejoiced over because It ad-
mluteters a fitting rebuke to a few profiled
republicans who , for the sake of gratifying
a mallgnaot personal epito , were willing to
disgrace themselves and betray their party
by violating the Instructions of their con
stituents and combining with the discredited
and repudiated Uryan democracy.
Cincinnati Commercial TribuneRetir
ing now from the field conqueror , the repub
lican party of Ohio should address itself to a
mcndlns of the breaches and a heallnc of
wounds , heritage of the battle's heat. Ex
crescences should be shaved off , the roster
of offlcero overhauled , the rank and file In-
opected. The sick should Jje nursed hack to
health. There should
bo a closing up of
ranks , a renewing of faith , a drilling ot
forces and a general getting together ot all
cllaffected elements. Hut traitors should ho
shown cio mercy , conspirators given no quar
ter. Death Is the proper punishment for
desertion In war. Let political death fall
on party deserters and betrajera of party
Philadelphia Times. The one redeeming
feature of Hanna's victory is tbn It was se
cured by the defeat of a republican who
pledged himself to the dcmocrallc senatorlnl
caucus to accept the Chicago platform , In
cluding free coinage , denunciation of the su
premo court and all its other heresies as
the price of his election. Hanna falls far
enough short of the type of statesman who
should represent the sovereign oiate of Ohio
In the United States senate , but bis oppo
nents made Hanna ami his methods respect
able when they sought to compass bis de-
: cat by the election of a candidate willing
.o pledge hlmoelf to national repudiation for
: ho eako of success. Hanna is bad enough ,
McKisson would have been Intolerable.
Philadelphia Press : The defeat ot the
shameless conspiracy which trampled on all
political principle and disregarded all pub
lic honor to Immeasurably moro Important
than any individual fate. There Is no meas
ure of condensation too tevero for the
treachery of this plot. Had there been open
and frank opposition to Mr. IlEiuca from
the beginning It would have been another
matter. But he was made the candidate of
his party by a unanimous vote. There was
no other aspirant. The battle wto fought
and won under bin leadership , The ccn-
splrators were pledged to bis support. If
thcro is any code of political Integrity or
personal honor among men It bound all re
publicans to accept a Judgment thus pro
nounced and action thus sealed ,
MISfiOLIU AT T1IIJ U.VI'O.SITIO.Y.
Perfecting I'laim for ail i\hI : ! > lflon
of the Stnte'N I'roilnelM ,
Kaneas City Journal.
The .lamentable failure of the Missouri
legislature to vote an appropriation for a
state exnlblt at the Omaha exposition , which
will cti ) > n next Juno , haa made It necessary
{ o rely upon popular subscriptions for a fund
to collect and properly place representative
displays of Missouri's resources and products
before the v'sltors ' to t'ols great western
fair ,
Although the exposition will bo Interna
tional In geuccal character , and national tea
a large degree , It will , of course , bo more
distinctively western , and as such should bs
recognized and supported by every westerner
or southwestern state.
The committee cypolntcd by Governor
Stef.hens to formulate an appeal to the people
ple of this state for subscriptions has pre
sented a strong case , and the call should
arouse tlie tutclotlsm and the pride of all
who can afford to contribute to the genernl
fund or make representative exhibits on their
own account. Mlrsourl must have a build-
Ins at Omaha and this building must con
tain a fitting collection of state specimens
[ f the Interest Li properly worked up It 's '
josslblo to secure a bettor representation
: hrcugh popular subscriptions than by mean- ;
of an appropriation , although an approprla-
: lon should have been made to Insure the
jtato against failure. If the subscriptions are
oulllclentf tliero will bo en added satisfaction
In the exhibit , for It will bo In the form of
a free will offering of an enterprises people.
Missouri , with moro to Interest the pocplo
of the world than any other western state ,
.ins done less to advertise her resource.- !
, han any other commonwealth of anything
Ilko the same Importance. The Ott-iha ex
position will afford a goad opportunity to
make amc < nds for pant neglect , and the op-
jortunlty dbould bo enthusiastically em-
iraced.
The plan to secure fund * by popular sub
scription will necessitate tbccough orgaciiza-
lon. Subcommittees should be arpolntcd In
every city , county and town In tbo .Mate ,
ind the matter should bo so thoroughly can-
vacBoil that < no ono can fall to have tils at-
entlon called to tbo Importance of the uudur-
aklng.
Tn.\r ocna ,
The war office ot the Jlrltlih empire Jinn
recently been mbjcctcd to nome very vig
orous tonguc-Iaitilng. Lord Woltolr made
the fidirlsulon th t Great llrltnlo could not
put two perfectly equipped nrmy corps Into
the field ; but the usually well-Informed and
careful Sir Charloa Dllko replied to the com-
mandcr-ln-chlcf with the statement that the
war ofllco could not muster oven a tlnglo
nrmy corps , while Mr. W. Allan , M. 1' . , In
addressing the Sundcrland tllfle volunteer *
the other day stigmatized that department
as "tho most absolutely rotten , useless and
Incompetent bureaucracy" ho had ever heard
of. A German comic paper not long ago Il
lustrated the military weakness ot Great
'Drltnln ' by a cartoon representing the tfrl-
tlsli army as consisting of generals In t'jo
proportion of three to one of the rank and
file. Taking Sir Charles Dllko's estimate
for a basis , this German gibe would seem
nearer to the truth than might have been
supposed , An army corps consists approxi
mately of 35,000 men. Now Great Ilrltnln
has seven Held marshals and 223 generals
on the Actlvo list , and 1,529 general officers
In the reserves or on the retired list or ono
general for every file of twenty men whom
she could put Into the field.Many are the
truths that Arc spoken In Jest.
* * *
Tha ambassadors of the powers , according
to the latest Intelligence from Crete , have
drafted a plan of government for that un
lucky Island , which Is now under considera
tion. The scheme first prescribes the ap
pointment ot a provisional governor-general ,
who , assisted by a council of delegates of the
powers , shall pacify the Island , draw up an
organic statute , and set up administrations.
The provisional government Is empowered to
contract a loan ot 6,000,000 francs for ex
penses , Including the organization of a mixed
gendarmerie , and a customs administra
tion , with power to retain a sum sulllclcnt
to pay the annual Interest on the loan out of
tlio duties collected. When the provisional
stage has passed a governor-general Is to
ba appointed for five years. Taxes will be
paid to him and ho will pay tribute to the
sultan. Legislative duties will be performed
by an elective assembly composed ot both
Cl-rlstlans and Mohammedans. Crete will 'he '
declared to be neutralized and autonomous ,
but part of the Ottoman empire. The evacu
ation by the Turkish troops will be gradual
and regulated by the development of admin
istrative eniclency In the protection of Mo
hammedan Interests. This last clause seems
to provide lor an Indefinite prolongation of
Turkish military occupation.
They have been taking a careful census In
Japan lately as , fadced , they do every year
nml it Is announced that Mutsuhlto'a subjects
now number -12,708,264. The population of
"Kverlartlng Great Japan , " therefore , Is
about the same as that of tiic United States
In 1874 , a date at which wo ccttsUcred our
selves quite numetous enough to do nio t
things \\o had a mind to undertake. Accoicj-
ing to the figures presented by the Jaranvne
statisticians , their country has -100,000 moro
moil thim women , and the number of families
Is a little over 8,000,000. Ot ' nobles" there
nro 4,375 , of "shlzo-ku , " whatever they may
be , there arc 2,007,997 , and all the rest , 40-
635,892 , are "common people. " Thla Is a very
good showing , pattlcularly as the Japanese
noble , o.s such , hay no special powers and
few special privileges. And the population
of this island kingdom Is Increasing rapidly ,
the Increment last year having been 427,644.
Thcso figures -Include only what ara oaJleJ
"llxed residents , " and make no account of the
Formosans , who , apparently , are not yet con
sidered worthy ot the honor of a place
among tlio real Japanese. It is customary
to think of J'Jpin as a small country , but
obviously lack of men will not prevent her
from fcoldlng .her own agaicist any European
forces likely to bo sent into the neighbor
hood of her shores.
A correspondent of the London Standard
In Vienna draws a doleful picture of the con-
dltlcn of busIncaD in Vienna , where a variety
of causes , including phenomenally unseason
able weather and the feverlah political ex
citement , have interfered with all branches
of trade. Anti-Semitism , too , haa exerted a
most unfavorable influence upon bu&incea in
geneial. Well-lo-do people , fearing to bo de
nounced1 as capitalists , and uneasy as to the
future , have cut down their purchases. Day
by doy the anti-Semitic papers call upon
their leaders to buy only of Christians , and
at political meetings , of whit1) ) there are doz-
en.s every week , the eame advlco given by
the speakers. Many houses of business be
longing to .lews hive suffcied to an uncalcu-
lablo extent by thla agitation. Last but not
least is the bad harvest , which caused eo
considerable a rlso In the prlco of all k''nds
of fosj that the mldJlo classes .havo not been
able to save muc for Christmas purchases.
The furrler.3 have been heavy Icscrs on ac
count of the mild weather , the Jewelers have
not been much more fortunate , cud products
of art and Industry have found but llttlo sale ,
except In the cose of cheaper articles.
* * #
Sir Robert Hapt , director of the Chinese
Imperial maritime customs , is said to liavc
been charged with the conduct of the nego
tiations to secure the { 80,000,000 lean required
by the government , the emperor liavlng be
come disgusted with successive failures ot
the Tsungll-Yamen in the matter. It true ,
this would be news of great significance and
those who have referred to Urltlsh influence
at Pekln as having been reduced to nothing
would be obliged to revise their opinions.
That the very man whom .Russia desired to
have dismissed should be chosen to act as
Intermediary for China In the most Impor
tant question of policy now agitating the
government would show that In politics as
well as In commercial affairs British In
fluence In the far east Is still overwhelmingly
preponderant.
According to official returns of 'the Ger
man government tbo exports of Germany to
China and Japan , which In 1S9G amounted
In value respectively to $3,500,000 and $7-
250,000 , fell off during the last seven months
of 1807 to the extent of 4'J per cent In weight
to the former and 4G per cent to tbo latter
country. Herein probably lies the explana
tion of tlio 'kaUor's precipitate action In
China. The imperial logician may bavo
reasoned the matter out In the following
manner : The English have a naval and tradIng -
Ing station at Hong Kong , and their exports
to China and Japan amount to $71,0000.000
per annum. If the Germans had a similar
post on the China seas their trade would
equal that of the English ; ergo , Germany
must have Klao Chan ! The Gorman trade
statistics for the current year should bo In
teresting as Illustrations of the value ot gun
boats as developers of commerce.
Simultaneously with the story of the east
ward advance of the 'French ' In Africa comes
the report that King Menclck of 'Abyssinia '
has aim ironed his tribes to arms In support
of the enterprises of France , and that ho
will proceed to attack the natives of the p.ov-
Inco of Tlgro , who are In sympathy with
England. For some time Mcnclek has had a
Ktmlan agent organizing what are called
the equatorial provinces of Abysalnla , and
there Is every icason to sui/poio that this
work alms at hostility to lUiltlsh Influence.
It It was onlv the urandllonucnt nml hn < i i.
Ing kaiser that was trying to liavo a finger
In the ( North African pie the situation could
bo looked upon with equanimity by England ,
but with Itussla at work plotting and Intri
guing , It Is easy to understand why England
has reinforced Iicr Anglo-Egyptian army
and has decided upon bringing affairs In the
Soudan to a focus.
aim coit.v Aiiito.vn , i > |
I'liMliliitf Ilio .Sale of tlio Crrat Cereal
In Kurrlsvn l.nnilM.
Kl I ouU Gloljo-Ueniocr.it.
Ono of the most favorablu commercial
fcatnrcH of tlila country In 1S97 was the
largely Increased foreign demand for Indian
corn. The total exports laat year amounted
to 186,000,000 bushels , or over C9.000.000
more tliun ever before. In the six years
preceding 1897 the average annual exports
of corn were 08,000,000 busliclu. It Is clear
that the record for 1897 Justifies the belief
that the USCH of malzo are becoming moro
familiar In Europe. The missionary work
performed by the special American commis
sioner , Charles J. ' .Murpliy , wag successful
to a reirarkablc degree and a general effort
should be maintained to extend an appre
ciation of corn among tbo manses of tbe
Old World.
AD t-xtcnalvu corn exhibit U to be made
t tbe r rla ExpoMtton ot 1901) ) . It Ii n
excellent Idr-a And nhould bo adopted tot
overr Intcrnatlonftl exhibition Corn lend *
Itself readily to picturesque structures ml
displays ot various kind * And when IntellU
gently employed In nn exhibit nln-nr * drtr
A crowd. Thorn should ho t tlio Paris Kx.
position , In Addition to the proposed colons * !
corn picture. 40xGO feet In size , n largo corn
kitchen In which Articles of food prepared
from mnlro can bo tested by the multitude.
A plate of corn cakcn , baked to n Roldon
brown , would bo A revelation to nearly all
Europeans. Corn broad of different kinds
should bo freely supplied to All who de-
alro to taste It. That U Is savory and whole
some Is well known In America. Thf > t.ibl
of Washington was never without corn bread ,
made of while meal and It was his chief ar
ticle of food at home or In the field. In the
states where corn Is moxt abundant tha
physical types of manhood nnd womanhood
are unusually fine.
What l needed to Insure n general demand
for corn In forelKti countries la a knonledgo
of preparing It for the table. All ccroils nct-d
a special treatment to make them [ xilal.ible.
N'aturo completes the grain , but the cook
must then etcp In to produce fie viand In
this respect corn has Ions rested under A
disability outride ct America. The cornuiti.il
sent to Ireland many ycura Ago during a
famloo wao largely waste. ) , for tlio si.irving
pcoplo could add nothing to It except wtrrr ,
and ( misted that It wag food to- : < i utos.
.Malzo U an unsurpassed basis for many
brcada and ; dclloicles , but It roqulrcs C'-m-
blnatlon , Just as oatmeal demands milk or
cream , mid milk M a complete looj in DM If
The work of educating Europe nrvl Asu cit
the merits of malzo should no forward
steadily , and U la plramnt Co know that BUC-
ctea Io attending tie efforts already made iu
this dlrcctlsn.
11111:1:7.v onniitvATioxs.
ChlciBO Hcconl : "Old Dr. Hlghroller do
you any good ? "
"Yes ; I was getting along all right until
ho sent In his bill. "
Detroit Frco Press : "Doctors oay that
ImndshuklnB U unhe.tltliy. "
"Is that KO ? I've known for a long t'mo '
that shaking one's list was sometime *
awfully unwholesome. "
Chicago Trllnine : "How about that woman
the paper * tell about , " s.ild Tuffold Kntiti ,
"that's Mvln' without a slomnch ? "
"That wouldn't be hard to < to , " responds !
Moscly WniKRS. "Hut , gosh ! How u feivr
would feel If ho uuz to lese lily appetite1"
Turk : "There's a burglar In the house' ' "
she KU'ped "I have m-ver yet uncovered
my hc.ul Tor any man. " her husluml reJoined -
Joined , with nn affectation of hauteur.
Harper's IJaznr. "M.iwl , " said Mr.
sK-rnly , "why did you refuse young lillven1'
A line young man , whoso heart Is In the
right place. "
"Well , It wasn't -when he proposed to
me , " answered Maud , flippantly , "for It
\\as In his mouth. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Aty pi made
JM.KO last year. "
"Tlmt'B. nothln' . My pa Is In the legisla
ture. "
Chicago Tribune : Devotee The pop0 , I
inn told , Is u constant sufferer from rlu-u-
matlsm.
Worldling- Well , that convinces me there
Is nothing In tbo fulth cure.
New York World : Tragedian I'won't per
jure mysplt by going through that "Ulohard
III" ghost scene ngaln.
Manag-er Perjure youiselfl What do j'ou
moan ?
Tragedian Here I have to swear I've seen
ghosts walking about me. when I know well
onounh the Khost hasn't walked since wo
left New Yorlc.
Washington Stnr : "What a beautiful li
brary you have ! " exclaimed the visitor
"You can never be lonely with to many
beautiful and expensive * books about you. "
"Oh. " replied Mrs. Cumrox , complacently ,
"you don't see all that we have. "
inueeii !
"Yes. Wo have any number of bcoks
with paper backs that \\o read. "
Detroit Journal : The detective's eyes
kindled.
"Ha ! " he exclaimed , astutely. "He Is 100
years old ! I In has never used tobncco or
liquor ! Ho has therefore at sotno time been
convicted of murder. Ha ! What else ? "
S-iylnt ; these words he looked furtively
out from under bis shaggy brows , nnd il
duty -was dono.
Ij.Vn'YKR'S I.OVU M3TTI3II.
O Post.
Come , Chlorls. como and let mo baste
To look Into these pleading eyes.
And blnmc tliou not this arm that trlec
To circle that permissive waist.
Come , nntor an appearance ore
Time flics tbn statement of his claim ,
And execution fur the. same
Do Is.mc on thy golden hair.
To mn thy heart's estate assign ;
If tliou prodiirnd no evidence .
And dost abandon thy defence.
Then order xlv makes tbco inlno.
Fomo covert I will render thec
Instead of feme sole as thou art.
And then thou shall possess my heart ,
For mine and not pour nuter vie.
In truth I want thec to demise
Thy heart on lease of llfo to me ,
And covenant that the lessee.
Will not assign until be dies.
This writ of my attachment may
(
Perchance endow my love with nerve ,
And she may on my rivals servo
Notice to quit for Lady day. '
If but I rtnrnd Interrogate. i
Would she deliver a reply ?
Reply , no doubt , but what If I " | j
Wc-re told my nuisance to abate ? '
What Is tbo use of putting trust ' " \
In ono whose , nutrcfols acquit I
Is pleaded to the felony
Ot arson of my heart to dust ? <
Alas ! thnt hope and black despair
Like cross-reminders Intertnlno ;
The case Is Just upon the. line :
What If nt last the Judges pair ?
COWARD AND CAPTAIN.
Kill * One anil llli.'li IlOHOlve
Ma VON the Oilier.
A story Is told of a cowardly fellow lying
behind a stump during an engagement , whou
a bullet knocked a chip from a stouo near
by.
by.The
The ship struck him Iu the forehead scarce
ly breaking the skin. The frightened fol
low cried out that ho was fatally wouaded
nnd rolled over In a faint from which ho
never came out.
A captain near by was found to have eight
bullet wounds and when told In the hospital
that ho couldn't get well exclaimed , "Ypj
I will ; glvo mo good food and a llttlo time
to rest and by all the powers I'll bo out !
ofcre. . My llttlo children need mo and T
would bo a coward to dlo and leave them
helpless , " Ho got well and Is a halo old
man today and his children haven't forgot
ten him.
Mark the fact that the mind In the cow
ard's ease stopped the machinery of llfo
and the mind In the captain's caoo kept
the machinery going , whsu uklllcd physi
said It must btop ,
.Man becomes a God when the mind mounts
to the attitude ot high resolve , and by uou.o
occult process he , at Hint time , takes unto
himself some of the power of the Infinite.
Let ono apply tills power when oches co 1
nils of body threaten to overcome. It Is a !
mrst valuable agent for good health. Quo
should , however , combine good food with a
good mind and If alls of any kind press their
Malms day by day , hrod the protests of
Nature before some Incurable disease nets up
In the body. ,
O&o of the first and most Important utr3
to liooj health Is to abandon tlio nac of coffco
for It saps the vitality at the heart and
stomach , the most Important organs.
If coffee IB hard to glvo up ono can KVB
on very handsomely with I'ostum Food
Cofleo and 'Will shortly find a pronounced
Improvement JD health , The happiest man or
woman U not the richest or most brilliant
but the lieallhleat , because such most nearly
jervo ( Jed by keeping their bodies In conformity -
formity to the beautiful , perfect workluy
model built by the Creator.