THE
Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE ,
E. ROSKWATim , Editor.
PUBLISHED EVErtTf UOHNINO.
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TERM3 OP atJHSCniITION'1
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Dally lief anil Sunday , One Yenr . 8 W
Bit Monthi . . . . W
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OFFICES !
Omnha : The Rcc llultdlng.
Bouth Omntini Sinner lllk , , Cor. N nnJ Zlth Bta ,
Council Ulurr 10 I'farl Btrett.
ChlctiEO Onice ; 317 Chamber of Commerce.
New fork : Trmplp Court.
Washington : Ml Fourteenth Street.
All communlcntbni" relating to ncwi and edito
rial matter ttiould be a < ldrc cd : To the Editor
All I > u lnc7i letters unJ remittances should be
BddtCBittl to Tlie llee 1'ubllslilnK Company ,
Omnha. Dinfts , checks , uxprcss and puitoltlce
money order * to bo mnd payable to the order of
Hie comjianx.
TIIK DEB 1'OUl.iaiUNa COMPANY.
STATKML'NT Of CIIICUI.ATION.
Elate of Nel > ra kn , Uouglni County , a. :
OcotRe ii. Tzschuek. netrelnry of Tlio Hec I'ub.
ll lilnj ( Comimny. being duly awtrn. says that th
ncttial ntitnbcr of full ntij comiilclc coplrs of The
Dally , Mornlnfr , Uvcnlnir nnd Sunday llee iirlnte.l .
tlurlns the montli of Ucccmbcr , US ] , wns as fol-
lon iti
J7 21,197
Z . 51.37 ? 18 S1.5I1
3 . Zl. 4C.1 19 5103J
J . 2I.SW 20 21 2JO
5 . Zl.,132 21 21DM
6 , . 21 3 9 22 21,725
22 21.237
21,319 21 21.211
11.301 25 tm'rn'gonly ) 10.D37
51. 201 20 21VSO
21.US 2i 21.201
si , 020 2 ? 21MC
29 21.0SS
JJ 21.143 50 21.010
ZI.5T7 31 21,533
Totnl e.16,87
returned and unsold copies 12,32
Net Intnl snlfi 041,53
' Net ilslly n\orapo 21131
ononoi : n. TS5SCHUCK.
Fncrn to befotc mo nnd puusrrlbcil In my
presence this 1st day of January 183S.
( Seal. ) N. p. FUir. .
Notary 1'ubllc.
Oiuiili.'i IH still lii the ring for nil thc >
1SDS ittoi'lliitf.s ami cunvuiitluns tluit art
J't't ! ( ) ( ) : ? ( > .
If the fiw I'olimxc of speech by tin
Ifon. flump ( . 'lurk would avail , Cub ;
would ICJIIK I\K \ < > have liwn froc.
The concert of Kitroix ? sooins to main
the same sort' ' of musk > that comes fron
a newly ui-Kiinlxed street corner bras ,
band.
The projecting sl u boards Hint ob
fitniet the strc't-Is should by all meant ,
BO. Not only thai , but they should gi
to si ay.
II has bci-n wvcral years since nionoj
could bi > as well Invested In real prop
erty as nt the present time. The time
to buy Is Just before the rise In values.
Occasionally a popocrat finds himself
forced to admit that there is some meas
ure 01 prosperity In si ht , but lie alway.s
tries to excuse himself with profuse c-
Iilanations.
The only kind of a populist party ( lint
milts the fuslonlsts Is one so loosely at
tached to It.s avowed principles that the
managers can lay tlu-m aside whenever
occasion demands.
The treaty for the annexation of Ha
waii has been latilied by the lower
house of the Iowa legislature. Why
should President Dole waste time by go-
lug on to Washington ?
The ability of an Immigrant to earn
Ids ou'n ' living and at the same time add
to the wealth of the conn try hu c-hooaes
for bis home Is not necessarily deter
mined by asking him qucstlons'lii Eng
lish grammar.
We suggest that the liquor dealers who
relied on the worthless word of the
World-Herald proprietor for licenses
that did not materialize'call upon him
for tlie return of their money , the con
sideration having failed.
Those surgeons who have been en
gaged In demonstrating that a man may
live without a stomach have succeeded
ns well as th-a man did who trained
Ids horse to live without eating. Un
fortunately Hie horse died just as the
work of training had been finished.
Strange , Is It not , that up to date tin-
1'akery has not printed the name of 0110
bona tide carrier delivery subscriber oat
of the thousands
it pretends were
omitted from tlu verified list printed
by The lee. !
Is it posslbb there were
neither thousands , nor even hundreds' ,
omitted ?
In his brief In the appeal of Ids tele
phone case , John O. Yol.ser asserts that
the plea that he has an adequate remedy
with the popocratie state railway com
mission Is absurd. Air. Yeiser wills un
der the popidlst flag , but he declines to
stand for the coriwrntlou dummies who
draw ? ( IKX ( > a year as secretaries of the
State Hoard of Transportation for play-
lug Ha people for suckers.
Idaho popoerats made extensive prep
arations for celebrating the prospective
victory of tlw Hryanltes over the repub
licans In HID Ohio senatorial contest.
Meetings were arranged for , speeches
prepared and even put in type , and
brass baud music hired In all the leading
towns. Anyone desiring a line assort
ment of Jollification material can get a
bargain by applying to Idaho popocratie
lieadquaitcrs.
The State Hoard of Agriculture complains -
plains that the Omaha '
Speed and I-'air -
association has failed in one or two
mall particulars lo comply with the
letter of the contract under which the
elate fair was brought to Omnha for
live years. The state board ought to
take note , however , of several things
done by the local association for the
board's accommodation that were not
required byi the terms of the. contract.
The work of the Associated Charltloi
In giving assistance to the. poor pt'oplo
of Omaha during the past year was
of inestimable value to the city. The
methods of relief are well suited to the
purpose and a large number of iwrsons
were put In the way of assistance
needed to prevent them from becoming
charges upon thu county. Charity maybe
bo Hindu to spread out over n great
field where It Is Intelligently directed
and this seems to bo ns well done In
Omaha aa in any city of Uio couutr/ .
IS AUTONOMY A FAtLUllKt
llrprescnlatlve Illtt , chairman of the
house commltteo on forrlen nfTnlm , snld
In Hie course of his speech on the Cuban
Hltuailon that pi-rhnps It would bo a
harsh judgment now to say that th
scheme of autonomy had already fallet
yet the most trustworthy testimony I
to the effect that It Is n failure , tha
there has really been nothing accon
pllshed by Marshal Hlanco toward th
pacification of liuba through the u\
policy. J he correspondent there of th
Philadelphia 1'nw , who recently won
to Culm to report the condition of nf
fairs exactly as he found It , says diet-
are no signs that the autonomy schein
will accomplish any result whatevei
He expresses the opinion that tlie onlj
Cubans who will accept autonomy ar
those who will be given olllces. lllanc
nnd the provincial governors hav
sent out many emissaries seeking to buj
up Cuban leaders and several of thes
the correspondent had met. AH of then
acknowledged that thvlr missions hat
been complete failures. The only On
bans who present themselves ns accept
Ing the new policy are men who arc
sick or unfit for active net-vice am
women and children , and there are no
a great many of these.
Mr. Illtt said the Spanish goverinupu
Is sincere In Its offer of autonomy , a
shown by events , but the Cubans do no
take this view of It. Not only do tlti
characterize the now policy as a sham
but they do not believe that Spain wouli
adhere to It a year If they should ae
cept it and lay down their arms
Cuban distrust of the Spaniards is a
deep-rooted and Intens-j as is SpanisI
hatred of the Cubans. The offer o
autonomy is made by royal decree , bu
that Is not irrevocable. With peace re
stored to Cuba by the capitulation of the
insurgents It Is not to IK ? doubted tha
the Spanish conservatives would sooi
demand either the abandonment of an
tonoiny or a radical modification of tin
policy. All of them are opposed to I
and It might not be dillicult , with Cub :
again llrmly In the grasp of Spain , foi
the conservatives to elect a ( Juries ant
secure a ministry that would restore tin ,
old governmental policy In Cuba. I
may be said that Spain would hesitate
to do this because it might invite an
other Insurrection , but this reasoning la
without weight with those who kno\\
how the Spanish government has In the
past betrayed the conlldeiiiv of Hit
Cubans and proved false to Its prom
ises. The men who are struggling to
free Cuba from Spanish rule have seen
so much of Spanish Insincerity that the.\
will not now , when they feel certain of
achieving Independence , bo persuadec
to again have faith In Spain.
That autonomy Is doomed to failure ,
if it has not already failed , we think
is beyond a reasonable doubt. The
Cuban army Is said to ba stronger now
than within a year and the declarations
of Its leaders show that they are as
firm in their purpose to prosecute the
war as they have ever been. They
will consider nothing short of independ
ence. Spain , on the other hand , has
about reached the cud of Its resources
in both money and men. The Spanish
iruiy In Cuba Is unequal to the task
of suppressing the Insurrection and
Spain is not In a condltfon to materially
reinforce it. Tlie outlook for Cuban
ndepeudence grows steadily more prom
ising.
7/Olf J/.UV } " FAVUlt AfiAh
Mr. Dole said In his iutervljw at San
Francisco that he thought the sentiment
of the people of Hawaii is more than
ever In favor of annexation , but he ad-
uitted that some of the natives arc op-
losed to it , though "no one really kuows
ust how many. " The impression
sought to be conveyed was that a large
najority of the Hawaiian people waul
innexation and that those who do not
constitute an insignificant number of
the population. Yet we have no doubt
that If the president of Hawaii were to
candidly express his opinion in the mat
er he would confess that probably note
o exceed one-tenth of the native Ha-
walians are willing lo have their coun
try absorbed by the United Stall's.
That Is the testimony of men who are
liilte as much entitled to confidence as
Mr. Dole and who have no selfish in-
ercsts to promote , as he has.
The government of the United States
s based upon the consent of thu gov
erned. That Is Hie cardinal principle of
our political system. It was strictly ob
served when It was proposed to annex
Domingo and there Is no sound
why it should not be applied In
the case of Havyall. We ought not to
iceept the Interested statement of Mr ,
Dole in this matter , but before taking
iny further action looking to the annex-
itlon of those Island , should lake steps
o ascertain how many Hawaiians fuvor
t.
inritK itKunwucn r IIWA ,
A correspondent of Hie Itullelln of the
ureau of American Itepubllcs quotes
from a report of the Stale' department
> n thu commercial Intercour.se of the-
Jnlled States with foreign nations ,
uade to congress during President
Washington's administration , to show
hat Thomas Jefferson , then secretary of
state , was the author of llu reciprocity
dea. This report Is Interesting as the
Irst state paper on the subject of the
foreign commerce of the United Statcu
mil because itIs theivlu pointed out
low a protective tariff may bn made
doubly valuable by reciprocal favors se
cured through "friendly arrangements
with the several nations , " which Is the
essence of the roelproc.lty principle In
arlll' legislation.
The primary origin of reciprocity was
lot , however , with , Jclt'cr ou nor itlnln ,
he one deserving credit for announcing
lie principle and the other for applying
t. JellVrson theorized and Hlalno
cted ; but reciprocity as understood by
> oth of them Is after all only a mip-
dementary part of the policy of protec-
Ion through discriminating tariffs , and
s such Is as old as the protective prlu-
iple. Ueelprocity Is simply applied
ommon sense In the matter of pro-
ectl\M tarlfl's. Since Jefferson was the
rst of Americans to bo placed In a
wsltlon of authority with reference to
n American commercial policy , It Is not
trango "that ho recognized Its value ,
rcuiarkuble thluj ; la that It remained
I for the moro practical statesman of n
I later generation io put It to practical
advantage.
While Jefferson evidently recognized
lh \ a hit' of reciprocity , liU proseat-day
profess ( ! followers have dune all In
their power to make It Impossible. He
clprocity Is Inconceivable save In con
nectlon with a protective tariff policy
Those who are so anxious to give theli
poltlcal hero credit for having lu-en IIis
to point out how Americans-might pfoll
by reciprocity might well refrain fron
condemnation of the reciprocity pollej
more recently Inaugurated.
TIIK STATK FAlll.
At the meeting of the State Hoard
of Agriculture just held the proposltloi
was taken under serious consideration
to discontinue the holding of the aiinua
state fair , nnd particularly the two fairs
yet to bj held at Omaha under the con
tract by which the fair was located In
this city for a period of live years. Thi ,
state board has wisely deferred action
upon the matter In order that full light
may be first thrown upon It before en
tering upon such a radical step.
Tlds suggestion takes its origin In the
dissatisfaction that has arisen over Hit1
failure of the state fair receipts of 1897
to meet the expenditures Incurred by
the board for that year. Incidentally
complaints have been miub that the
people of Omaha do not support the
fair as they should and that the re
moval of the fair from Lincoln to
Omaha has been to the disadvantage of
the board and to the detriment of the
fair's success. Whether there Is any
real foundation for these complaints is
a question the hoard should go Into fully
and dispassionately. That they have
been exaggerated and magnified Is easily
proved by a study of the principal Items
of the board's finance's , complied from
the treasurer's reports in the following
table :
STATK FAIU FINANCES.
30 O a Il
3 o s
M 3
2.3
At Lincoln. O
3
IS' * ) ? 12,4V.
1MU 11,577 ll.lGJ 3S.322I 30-IM
IS ! ) . ! 11 , M. 13,203H.S2S 4.1,00.1
ISM ,4U i.-i.iil 28,7-10 ssas
/Mil 7'J77 ' , C.1S3 , 2o , 2J
At Omaha.
IS ! ) " . n.nin 1S.153 fi2OCS
ISM , C,7flO 8S'S37 41.B9I
1S37 1 1,072 7,779 nii,00037,300 |
Only 53 per cent of premiums paid.
It iii > iH'iirs plainly that the fall1ms
not .suffered visibly In Its receipts by
reason of Its lomoval to Omaha. On
thu contrary , the total receipts for the
throe years at Omaha are far greater
than the total receipts for the. three
years at Lincoln. More than
this , judged by the receipts from gen
eral admissions , which represent approx
imately the atU'iidanw of the towns
people as compared with the receipts
from railroad coupons , which represent
tlie out-of-town attendance , the fair hurt
had much better local support since Its
location In. Omaha than previously.
What must strike the gen-oral public
forcibly Is the enormous Increase in the
innual expenditures of the board coinci
dent with the change of location. Thin
iuTca.se may have been demanded by
the occasion , but there seems to be no
, ; oed reason why it should be main
lined forever or why the holding of a
fait1 should bo so much more expensive
low than it was six or seven years ago ,
when the price of labor and materials
was much higher.
"We doubt very much whether public
Uilnion would sanction the dlscontinu-
uice of the annual state fair at the
) resent time on the reasons so far urged.
On the contrary , by bringing the fair
lown to a more business-like basis. It
> ught to be made not only self-sustain-
ng , but become a greater source of geode
o Nebraska than it hns been In the past.
THE UM'ELLIXO THADK HALAKCE.
The statement of the foreign trade of
he United States for the month of Ie-
embcr .shows nn diminution in the pil-
ng up of the balance favorable to this
country. The value of the exports for
hat month was $7,000)00 ; ! ( ) In excess
of the imports and tills balance Is about
S15,000KX ( > larger than for the corresponding
spending month of IS'.Ki. Hut In order to
) roperly comprehend the vast business
of this country last year with the rest of
he world , It Is necessary to refer to the
statistics for the entire year. These
show the exports of merchandise to
mve amounted to $1fM,000)00 ( ) ! ) ( ) , exceed-
ng the Imports by more than ? ! ! 5iX- ( ( ) ( )
000 , Thus the year 1S)7 ! ) stands without
parallel both as to volume of exports
ind favorable trade balance.
This Is a great record , but of course ,
is the Philadelphia Hecord points out ,
here are offsets which dispose of most
f not all of this balance , There is , for
nstance , the large amount paid to for-
Ign ship owners , estimated to be not
ess than ? 100,000,000 a year and prob
ibly more than that. Then there Is the
arge annual outlay abroad by Anierl-
an travelers , an nnascertalnable sum
mt amounting to tens of millions of
lollars. The annual Interest upon for-
> Ign Investments of capital in this coiin-
ly is another considerable factor. Hut
vlfh all this the trade balance of last
ear will doubtless require to bi ? set-
led In part by transfer of gold from
lurope to the United Slates and prob
ibly this would now be taking place
n a more or less extensive seal" if
here were more demand for money In
his country. As It Is a very lar'e ;
mount of American minify , estimate !
o be not less than ! ? tiO,000,0 < ! 0 , Is being
oaned In London and Berlin , h.vaiue
t commands a better rate of InteriMt
here than Van be obtained for it In this
ouutry. Of course It will ultimately
oine heiv , adding that much to our
lock of gold.
The situation with respect to our for-
Ign trade is altogether satisfactory and
he outlook- for a fnrtlu'r swelling of the
laJiuii'C In favor of this country appear.- ,
ighly favorable. It Is tlu belief of
lose who are in a position to Judge
hat the pressure of securities returned
roni ICurope has ended and our gains
n foreign trade will count directly to
ur llnaiicl.il benefit.
Two months ago applicant for liquor
censes we.ro advised by the olllclal
twin of the outlaw uollco board tlmt
If they minted tfanblo they would ad-
j vortlso their noticiWiln The Heoi It Is
worthy of renurk 'Mint not a-slnglo ap-
pill-nut who atlvt'rtlsed his license notice
In The Hee. nndhtih \ compiled with the
, law reutilrlng ppblljjatlon In the paper
of largest county Circulation , has en-
countfied any trouble on that score.
When the donbliMle.iIor organ offers ad
vice , don't take Hi '
A practical effort j to construct and
operate a long dlfftaJice electric railway
line Is to be mailo. in Kansas , where a
company has bocn "formed to build n
rend from ICansijt Olty to Topeka. The
prediction was m tie long ago that In
due time electricity would supersede
steam as a motive power on ralltoads
and some of the companies have made
experiments on branch Hues to demon
strate the availability of the iuw mo-
live power. These experiments have
not been encouraging , but they have
not proved the Impracticability of an
exclusive elpctrlc railroad. The use of
electricity as a means of conveying
power Is rapidly on the Increase In the
cities and towns and the Kansas ex
periment Is likely to tutu out a SUCCCHS.
The trouble over thu payment of union
prices for labor on the Nebraska build
ing In course of construction at the ex
position grounds develops the fact that
the Nebraska commission appointed by
Governor llolcomb let the contract with
out any stipulation whatever respecting
the employment of union workmen or
tlie payment of union wages. After all
the noisy professions of love for the
laborer made by populist ollicers and
populist platforms , this disregard of the
Interests of the laborers on the part of
populist appointees is significant.
The Iowa legislators are coming over
to sec what prospect ) there Is for a gooll
show ntthe Traiismlsslsslppi Exposition.
"It now seems reasonably certain , " says
tlie Cedar Itaplds Uepublle.au , "that a
decent appropriation for the Omaha ex
position will be made without much op
position and this Is as It should be. " The
Hepubllcan seems to relied tha latest
and best sentiment of the people of
Iowa.
The exposition has been carried too
far toward complete success for any
one in Omaha or Nebraska to hold back
financial support which he Is able and
under moinl obligations to lender.
Those who have not yet signed a liberal
stock subscription should come promptly
to the front.
KI mill TrliumliiKN.
Clilcatio News.
Tlie late George . .M. Pullman's library Is
Itemized In the Inventory of the estate as
numbering 546 volumes , appraised at 44
cents each , or a 'totall ' of $240.24 , while the
other contents of" , the library room are In
ventoried at $ lC,2'Ja ; It 1.3 surprising how few
boolts It takes to lit up some handsome li
braries. | ' !
Htflii-iit'luiiiil ' 'Vent.
Philadelphia Itecord.
Mr. William Lloyd Garrison In his letter
to the president of thu Immigration Hostrlc-
tlon league declares that the educational test
would not keep out the enemies of eclf-gov-
ernnucit. but it j lght exclude character ,
good eqnse , ability , Industry and honesty ;
and. as Mr. Garrl oii adds , ' "these are the
qualities a country needs far more than a
knowledge of the alphabet or the skill to
hold a pen. " Unfortunately , It Ls act what
the country needs , but what expediency
clamors for , which too often rules the rooat
atVoe > hlngton.
Jny.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts has Intro
duced a constitutional amendment , the rat-
.flcaticn . of which would shift Inauguration
day to April 30 , and make the term In con
fess expire on the same day. frequently
he worst weather Washington has In the
vhole course of the year falla about March
, and many gaudy prepapitlons for the ln-
Itiction of a new president have been bo-
Iraggled ! a snow and rain. The original ia-
auguration day was on April 30 , and weather
considerations alone , If there are no others ,
ueom sufficient to justify a return to that
date.
SlmiiK-fiil Hill PiiKHuil.
Iluffnlo Heiress ( rep. )
The immigration bt',1 which passed the
senate was practically the same measure
hat President Cleveland vetoed last year ,
vlth the Corliss amendment , relating to
Canadian and Mexican laborers , left out.
This was the only commendable feature of
ast year's bill. The measure is un-Amerl-
an , barbarous and fanatical. In Its pretense
of being designed to benefit labor it is hypo-
iritlcal. In its pandering to race prejudice ,
t is demagogical. The Express especially
regrets to BCD that It was passed by an al-
ncvat purely party vote. Republican senators
are heedlessly making a record which will
plague the party In jcara to come.
Proof of I'roNi
ll.iltlmurc American ,
An estimate hss been made by the Finan
cial Chronicle of the gross earnings for the
full calendar year of 1S97 of 133 railroad
companies , which operate 106,000 miles out
of the total mileage of 183,000 in the United
States. These are , In round numbers , C02
million dollars , against 5G5 millions In ISO ! ! .
For eleven months on sixty-eight other roids ,
having a mileage of 53,732 miles , the grass
eainlngi-j were , In round numbera , In 1807 ,
435 million dollars , against ill millions for
the aamo period In 18UG. In the totals thcru
was n gain of 0,02 per cent for the year.
This Is a good showing , all things considered.
The cause that operated to produce prosper
ity did not get to work until late In the
year. There Is hardly a doubt that the pros.
ent year will show a Butwtaritlal Increase
over these figures , The crops have been
largo , and the hauling business prom law to
bo good.
-So u nil ItciiHoi Why tin * AVliHr 1'liu-
'State ' Nil ii u III I'lirllHitntu ,
Mlnnc'njiollt ) .Journal.
Minnesota ctulJJthi } cities of Mlnneccolls
and St. 1'aul nuyila\oan : exposition of their
own borne of thejo-dsys , The prroosltlon to
have an cxpasltlcaltittsoinonultablo point be
tween Minneapolis und St. Paul was dis
cussed very serli/uMy three years ago nnd
all the commercial -boJles of Mlnncapalls de
clared 4n favor of If. It failed because St.
1'aul decll'icd to cooperate. Hut the proba
bility Is th&t sue ! ) an exposition will bo held
hero before vcry'long , wy within the next
ten ycats. And"whon it Is we will expect
Nebraska cnil tlLtbo other states to par
ticipate In the exhibition , nut how can wo
oaunt uyon t'.icir'-thklng any Interest In such
'i enterprise hnro-jlt wo rofwo to con-
tilbuto In any way to the success of the very
creditable effort wow being made at Omaha ?
The groit 'trouble about getting i-n any c > n-
MiLsl'jsm hereabouts ever the Omnha expoil-
tl.n , or , rather , the Transmleflsslopl Exposi
tion , becauBu It U not flinyly an Omaha
show , la that the people of Minnesota do net
realize wbit It U to be. Competent Judges
of such things are enthusiastic over the
prospects there. T.iey fcay It will be second
only to the World's fair at Chicago , far
ahead nf any of the southern exp.viltlons ,
which have attracted a good deal of atten
tion , and uomothlng which the people of
Minnesota , and of .MInncmolls and St. Paul
particularly , cannot afford to Ignore. Mlmo-
so'.a Is , with the exception , perh2t > , of Mis
souri , the rlchedt slate between the Mlt > -
sluslppl and the muntaUis , and It is the
only ono w'.ilcli has thus far made no effort
to bo represented at that exposition. The
tlmo Is short , and If we ara to bo "In H"
at all , wo will have to e < H to work. _
KI/KC'TIOXS OP MIS.
Co nil n pr rnnti-M for Control of tli
lloiixo unit Si'iinlr. i
Tin ndtlphlix l'res ( rrji )
The mcut Important political events of the
year 1SOS will bo ( he election ot the members
or the hoiiso ot representatives of the Kilty-
sixth coiiRifsa nml the choice ot the state
legislatures whlcu will elect successors to
the United States senators whose terms ex-
jlro Maich 4 , 1S99. A full hotiso of repre
sentatives , numbcrhii ; 357 members , will be
cho'cn to toke the place of the present hoiuo ,
The terms of thirty senators will also end
with the present congress , but as two seats
have already boon filled nnd the legislature
\vlilcli in to elect < i third Is now In session
there will bo twenty-seven legislatures
cho co this year to elect United States
senators to ttio Fifty-sixth congress. There
will also be twenty-eight governors of states
elected , beginning with the election In Hhodc
Island April C , and a host of minor state
offlrers.
There Is some question ( is to the rv rty
standing ot n few members of the present
house or representatives , but what Is prob-
nbly the most trustworthy division Rlvrs the
republicans 201. I ho democrats 123 , the popu-
Hsli 27 mid the sllverltcs , 3 ; total , 357. A
majority of the house Is 170 nnd the re
publicans can retain that number and lese
twonty-nvo erots. Hut If they lo o twenty-
six ttioy will bo reduced to a minority. It Is
probable that there will bo change. ? resulting
In losses and gains ( o nil parties. In the
case of the republicans It must bo remem
bered that twenty-flvo of their number In
the present housa came from the southern
states , but most ot them uro from districts
which -arc likely to continue to send repub
licans to congress. And In view of the grow
ing manufacturing Interests In the south It
would not be surprising If the number cf re
publican protectionists from that neighbor
hood Increased In t'ne '
wore Fll'ly-slxth con
gress. The congressional election midway
bftwcen two presidential elections often re-
stilts disastrously to the ixvrty In power , hut
there are no such decided Indications thit
this will bo the case this year as were seen
In 1800 and 1894. There arc local differences ,
but there aio tie divisions In the republican
party aa to Us naticoal policy. With union
and harmony In this respect Hie party should
bo Ohio to retain control of the next house ot
representatives nnd pceslbly Increase Us
present majority.
It is as Impuitant for the republicans to
regain control ot the senate as It Is to re
tain a majority In the house. There will
probibly be a llttlo less difficulty lei accom-
plUhliiK the former than the latter. Ot the
thirty United States senators whcflo terms
expire March 1. 1S99 , eleven arc republicans ,
fifteen arc democrats , three are ollverltcs and
ono Is a populist. The names of these
fcnators and the states from which they como
are us follows : Hepublicaiu : Aldrlch , nhcde
Island ; Huirowr1 , Michigan ; Clark. Wyoming ;
JJavIs , Minnesota ; Hale , Maine ; Hanna , Ohio ;
llawloy , Connecticut ; Lodge , Massachusetts :
Proctor , Vermont ; Quay , Pennsylvania , and
Wilson of Washington. Democrats : Hate ,
Tennessee ; Oockrell , Missouri ; Daniel ,
VlrplnMj Faulkner , West Virginia ; Money ,
ML-ahsIppI ; Gorman , .Maryland ; Gray , Dela
ware ; Mills , Texas ; Mitchell , Wisconsin ;
Murphy , New York ; Pasco , Florida ; Roach ,
Xuitli Dakota ; Smith New Jersey ; Turplo ,
Indiana , and White of California. Sllverltcs :
Cannon , Utah ; Mantle. Montana cod Stewart ,
Nevada. Populist : Allen. Nebraska. Of
these prospective vacancies two have already
been Illled by the ro-electlon of Senators
IMnna In Ohio and Itonlcl In Virginia. The
legislature which is to choceo Mr. Gorman's
successor Is now In session In Mjrvlaml.
This leaves twcnty-aevcn scats to fill. Th
senate as It now stands with one seat vacan
consists of forty-three , republicans , thirty
ono democrats , nlnu allverltco and six popu
ll.3tfl. A clear majority of a full senate I ;
forty-six , cad to obtain this the republican
must gain at least three senators.
Of the eleven prospective vacancies on th
republican aide of the senate only two appea
to bo In doubt those from Wyoming am
Washington. It populists or silverlta ? ar
elected from both these states the republican
will then need to gain five senators to givi
them a majoilty In the senate. They havi
already ga'ned one In Maryland and thi
prospects are bright for" them to gain aevera
more. The states which now have republican
legislatures and in which a democrat ! '
senator's term will expire with this congres
arc California. Indiana , New Jersey , New
York. North Dakota , West Virginia and WIs
cousin. In all these elates the election of re
publican legislatures and the choice of re
publican senators are highly probable. If al
of them are carried the republican wll
gain with Maryland eight senators Increasin
their number In the senate. If Wyoming and
Washington are lost , to forty-nine , or three
more than Is necessary to a majority. There
Is a good chanconlso of gaining a republican
senator In Delaware. So the prcspecta o :
obtaining a majority to the next senate are
bright. And with harmony in the party and
gooi nominations a majority In the house
should bo elected also , giving President Me.
Klnlcy full congressional support durlag the
last two jcars of his present term.
: KOHKISITS IASUHAXCE.
Xo lllcrovrry oil nil Orclliiarj1'ollcy
When Sum * I'lirpONU to DliIs tjlmtvii.
New York Sun.
Justice Harlan , In the United States su
preme court In Washington , handed down
Monday en opinion holding that beneficiaries
of the policy of an Insured person who con *
mils suicide when of sound mind cannot re
cover on an ordinary policy. The caee at
Issue was that of A. Howard Hitter as ex
ecutor of William M. Hunk , against the
Mutual Llfo Insurance company of this city.
Hunk , a citizen of 1'hl'adelphla , on November
5 , 1S91 , took out a $75,000 policy In the Mutua
Life. It appeared by facts as presented that
this sum was a part of ? 200,000 Increase Ir
the amount of Insurance which he carried
all of the increase toying been effected at
about the same time , and the whole of it
bringing up the total of his Insurance to
$300,000. On October 10 , 1892 , Hunk killed
himself , It was shown that on the day be
fore he did so ho wrote a letter saying that
ho was going to do it In order that his debts
might bo paid out of the Insurance money ,
The insurance company contested the clain :
made for payment of the policy en the
ground that Hunk was sane when he took his
life. The so-called "Incontestableclause' '
of the policy did not figure In the cult be
cause that clause becomes operative two
yean ? after the date of Issue of the policy
and Hunk killed himself In less than a year
utter that date.
Justice Harlan held that It w&a not sup
peaed , wlica nn Insurance company con
tracted to insure a man's life , that cither
party had suicide in contemplation or that
the life of the Insured wsa at the option of
cither , and that no company would under
take to Insure against suicide. And there
could beno recovery , ho said , by heirs of ari
Injured person who when of sound mind com
mitted suicide.
This decision Is the first authoritative ono
on this point , It is said , delivered in thin
country. The flrwl delivered by any court
was one handed down by tlie Illinois court of
appeals on the very day that argument on
the Hunk caao was heard in Washington.
The Illinois decision waa submitted to the
federal court by the Insurance company's
lawyers. Justice Harlan'u declilen , counsel
of the Mutual Life sa o , put the United
States In line- with most of the countries of
Kurope , where the principle the justice lays
down I > i established law and has long been ,
although not until now In this country ,
ILLINOIS MttMCIPAMTIKS.
Tin-Principle of Homo HullInilirililril
In llu * CoiiHtlliiUon. i
Chicago Chronicle.
The Inter Ocean venturer ) the assertion
that "It la not to bo denied that In sotno
/'ates there are constitutional dllllcultles In
ho way of the metropolitan police natom ,
but such Is not the case In Illinois. The
policy of th's state has always boon to leave
the legislature unrestrained and free to act
on munlclplal matters. "
Is the Inter Ocean qulto certain of the
truth of this assertion ?
In the south park ( | iio warranto caee It
waa held that "there la no doubt In regard1
lo the general proposition that the legis
lature has the power to control municipal
oadlevj which It has created and may as a
gcuLp.il rule alter or amend the act of In
corporation at pleasure , " but there comea
In an Important addendum : "All iiuch
chaoctfl must be subject to such limita
tion : ] ai may bo Impcoaj by the constitu-
ten ! of the slate. " And the court , further
considering the matter as to who are cor
porate authorities upon whom the power
of taxation ir.ay bo conferred , stated that
they must be such municipal officers as
it > iy have been elected directly by the
ncoplo of the district or appointed In some
mode to xvhlcl ) the people * of the district
h ve given their as-sent. The court afnrmcd
the principle of homo rttlo ns applied to
municipalities , No municipal tax could bo
levied by the legislature directly or In
directly. Such taxes must bo levied by the
corporate * authorities ani ! the corporate
authorities could bo chcwcn only by the
people or appointed In some moao to which
they have given their assent.
If 4hb cnsp Is not sufficiently Cull to
authorize the Inter Ocean to withdraw Its
remark It might consult the ninety-second
Illinois , In which the Knst St. I < outa case
ww considered. The statute In thnt case
pronounced unconslltutlonnl wns an exact
parallel In principle to the pending met-
ropolltln "police iblll. The pending bill pro
vides that "all moneys for the purchase ,
rent , furnishing and maintenance of suitable
rooms nnd 'buildings for the accommoda
tions of snld 'board ' of police or for salaries
and for all the expenses Incurred In the- ad
ministration of the police department shall
be paid iby the city out of the funds ap
propriated for the * maintenance of such police
department. Kvcry city subject to the pro
visions of this act shall nt the time cf mak
ing Us annual appropriations for municipal
purposes Include therein n nufflelent sum of
money to maintain the police department ,
which appropriation shall be added upon
estimates furnished toy said board of police. "
The Illinois supreme court hold when such
bills aa thla was sought to ( be made openv
tlvo In Kflst St. Louis that not only wore
those iportlons of the nets unconstitutional
which purported to authorize tlie police com-
mUulonors thereby attempted to be created
to levy taxes acid to create Indebtedness
against the corporation , 'because the commis
sioners were not elected by the people of the
municipality nor appointed In nny mode to
which the people had given their assent , but
also that portion of the nets purporting to
create a police force for the city was uncon
stitutional nnd void.
A tax cannot be levied by the legislature
upon a municipality for a corporate purpose.
It must bo levied by the corporate authorities
thotnst.lvetj. . If they rcfu to levy a tax to
maintain a police force governed from
Springfield there Is an end ot the matter.
The Inter Ocoin adds : "The very existence
of Chicago rests In statutory enactment , "
Does It ? To a certain extent It docs. It rests
on statutory enactment plus the- will ot the
people earnestly declared on a vole as to
whether or not they would Vicorporate under
the act provided by the legislature. If they
refuoo to do so all the statutory enactments
of which the general assembly Is capallc '
would pass for naught.
Thcss rases are commended lo the consid
eration ot the Inter Ocean for thoughtful
perusal.
I'KItSO.NAI * AM ) . OTIlKltWISH.
Kansas farmers received $230,110.UH for
their products in 1S97 , nnd cvcrj dollar was
worth 100 cents. * '
'Mr. ' Thomas A. Udlson thinks the reporters ,
in dealing with his achievements , Invent a
good deal faster than he can.
The latest fad lit high life 'In England Is
perfumed butter. The butter Is kept on
rose leaves , from , which 11 draws the per
fume.
i\--Presldent Cleveland seems to think that
those who steal from Gray Gables steal
trash. As long as his Princeton homo i's
not Invaded , ho isn't worrying much.
The real wheat king is not Mr. Loiter of
Chicago , but nn Argentina , farmer named
Canzone , whoso crop occupies (10,270 ( acres.
When the crop Is harvested ilt lills ovur
3,000 railway cars.
An ounce ot vanadium Is worth S77I ) , or
thirty-seven times as much as an ounce of
of vanadium can bo picked up would bo
gratefully received.
Judge 'Willhcuso of Kansas H called the
apple king In , these parts. Ills orchards
cover 1,030 acres , with over 100,000 apple
trees. In thirteen years he has harvested
100,000 bushels of apples.
B. K. Newcomer of Ualtlmoro has offered
to give to Iho library coloration of that city
$50,000 providing the citizens subscribe $20-
000 for the pniposo of erecting a suitable
building. E. W. Mealey has already offered
to give a site for the building.
Frederick Weyerhaeuser of St. Paul Is ,
with the probable exception ot the czar of
Husala , the owner of moro timber than any
man on the globe. It' Is estimated that ,
with his immediate' associates , he controls
15,000,000,000 feet of standing white pine.
According to the Cincinnati Commercial-
Tribune , the late Moses P. Handy coined the
" " ccoversatlon with
word "popocrat" in a
Murat Halstead during the Chicago conven
tion which dominated Bryan. Mr. Halstead
used the word In his correspondence and It
1300H became a familiar expression.
Ex-Governor Morrlll of Kansas once said
that his ambition was to create In Kansas the
largest orchard In the world nnd leave It as
a monument to his memory. Thnt hope is
about to bo realized , as he has turned his
farm over to a man with the stipulation that
65,000 fruit trees , mostly apples , are to be
p'anted there. |
S. D. Nbkum of Lockport , Ind. , the alleged
Inventor of a peipotual electric Ilg'.it , says
that the Invention in a fact and will bo made
public as soon ns ho takes the necessary
stops to protect his Interests. The light Is
kindled In a globe , It cannot bo extinguished ,
generates no heat and may bo carried as a
lamp , and is kept burning by "surrounding
conditions ot the atmosphere by a now
dynamic force. " But what that force Is the
Inventor will not eay.1
SIUMIXQ M.VI3S.
Clovrlflml 1'Viln J > enlcr : Yabsloy-Can
you do the roll on skale-i ?
MudKC- The last sknto I had did my roll
to perfection.
Judge : KthcI-Hnvo you noticed how
lx > rd ainbaldoa drop * his nsplrates ?
lVnolope-O.i. but that's nothing to the
wny ho drops liU \ owelpnjvi sjays ho lui <
got moro than a iloien of his 1-o-u s.
Kerord : "SltnnBo how often art
ist * m.irty their models. "
"Not at nil ; It Is cheaper to mnrry then *
than to pay them so much nn hour. "
CleuMnnd Trader : This inornlnR'n paper *
.iy thiit Kuff tt , our representative In the
rRlilatinc. I * ilnnnclnlly embnrrnsscil. "
"You don't tell inol I'm sorry that ho
loit hN money. "
"Ho hiiMt't lost nny. He was caught In
the net of getting some. "
Puck : Mrs. Skinner ( solemnly ) Ah I sen-
tloinPii , ns the Good Hook says , "All llosh
la crass. "
\tr. Hall Hume ( holding up nn uncutnWo
plt-cc of lo.ithery. fried stenlo Juit PO , Mrs ,
Skinner. Would you mind letting mo luivo
n lawn mower ?
Iloston Transcript : Udllh She sings UUo
n cnnnry.
Heilhn-O. no ; n canary begins to sins
when people fomnn'iico to tnlk ; people
roimncni'o to talk when she beslns to
sin ® .
_
Indlnnnpolls Journal : "A good many
people , " mild the cornfed philosopher , "nro
economical nftcr I'.io ' manner of n mini 1
once knew , who smoked 30-cont clgnts nnd
saved the burned nmtchcs to kindle I'.lo '
flic. "
Hirper'H Itaznr : Daron Munchnuscn wns
angry tit the olllelals of the Styx Nntloml
bank. "Thev tefuscd to open nn nooount
utih me. " he snld with n giotit snow of
ndlunntlon.
"Tint's nntural enough , " xnlil llowell.
'You have such nvny ot ovct drawing your
iccouut , you Unaw. "
Chicago I'oii : "Do you think you will
succeed In bilnglntr that criminal to pun-
slimonl ? "
"Suet oeill" echoed Hie detective1 , "we
lave already accomplished It. Ho doesn't
la re come home to uco his family nny
note , "
New York JolirnnU Knt Pnity ( exceed
ingly boiodLook ) here , sir ! Uon't you
know It's \\ioivg to look over my shoulder
wliu I load ?
Tough Party ( contemptuously ) A\v. ratsl
What's do dlft'ninco ? I can't rend !
Chlcnqo Tribune : She-What do you think
aliuut Hawaii , Mr , llawklnson ?
He To toll tin' truth. Miss Quickstep , I
tnke mighty little Interest In It ,
She You sin prise mo. I read nil I can
find about It. 1 believe in nnusxntlon
( Hut Mr. llaiiUlnaoii hastily changed the
subject , )
A SWA KM OF 1)13RS.
I ) patlont , H prayerful. It humble , H mild ,
M wise as a solon , 11 mopk as n child ;
n studious , H thoughtful , 1) ) loving , n kind ;
13 sure you make matter subservient to
mind ;
I ! cautious , u piudcnt , H trustful , 11 true ,
U ipiniisr.iio In argument , pleasure and
wine ,
H careful In conduct , of money , of time- .
11 studious , 11 thoughtful , 11 loving , 11 kind ;
11 peaceful , benevolent , willing to learn ;
H ooui.itcous , H Kontlo , 15 liberal , 11 just ,
11 aspiring , U humble , because Ihoti art
dust ;
n penitent , circumspect , sound In the fnlth ,
H active , devoted , It f.ilthful till dentil.
1 honest. 11 1ioly , transparent and pure ,
lie dependent , U virtuous and you'll H se
cure. ,
-UNI.
xnAii OF coon irvTia
Now Yoik t.lfo.
Fild FVilher Tonipus , I have apian.
I'm t-olng' to swear off on the. ilrat of
ofJAN.
JAN.
Hut his resolution began to ebb ,
Hu.is two days shy by the end of
FED.
Then he lost his temper and went so far
As to bawl and bluster all through
MAU.
Ho puffed and blow till he spoiled his shape.
So lie took the mater sure in
AP.
Ho took a shower bath every day , '
And was mcst dlbasrecablc all throughMAY.
MAY.
Then summer came and ho changed liU
tune-
Any fool can bo goo.l In
JUNE.
Hut the * strain was so great that by and by
Hu was taken with fever in
JULY.
Ho only just escaped the morgue.
His temperature was so high In
AUG.
Never were resolutions kept
So well as in convalescent
SEPT.
When ho recovered the world wns shocked
For ho painted the country red In
OCT.
Then ho howled nnd raged llko a Ilcnd In
love.
Ho wns full as could bo of remorse In
InNOV.
NOV.
It's plain , said he. this thing must cease ,
I'll swear off again at 'tie end ot
I , i DEC.
'Jit
against the im
positions of persons -
sons who are
\ft infesting different
Bs/Ui sections of the
country , perform
ing a. trick which they pretend is a test of
baking powders.
It having been intimated that these persons
are employed to make tests of Royal with
other baking powders , this is to advise all
concerned that this company has no relation
whatever to them , that their so-called test is
a , sham , and that they are instructed and em
ployed to perform these tricks , and make
false statements in kitchens to which they
can gain access , for the purpose of defaming
the Royal Baking Powder and selling their
own , which is a burnt alum baking powder ,
in its place.
Housekeepers must exercise great care , for
every kind of scheme is employed to sell the
alum compounds , which every physician will
inform you are poisonous to the human
system.
i Royal Baking Powder is well known as
an absolutely pure and healthful cream of
tartar powder , and consumers who are pru
dent will make sure that no other enters into
their food ,
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO. , NEW YORK.