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THIli Nebraska's lirond ncros of pits-
turo land ami forage tliure oiiRlit to IIP
n cow and dairy boom In the statu this
year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If tlioro arc any inoro 1KOS national
cnn volitions or congresses lyliiK around
loose Omaha will be pleased to gather
them In.
The Liit'tgi'i-t tilul Is over and the
country will be relieved from the dis
trusting dally grist of Chicago murder
{ rial proceedings.
Congress has actually seated a con
testing member In time to let him par
ticipate In the proceedings of the first
regular session. Verily , congress does
move forward once In a while.
If those bout sugar factories promised
for Omaha expect to get their work in
on next season's sugar beet crop , is it
not time to push the projects beyond
the plan and specification stage ?
What about this unsightly telegraph
poles ? Must the- streets of Omaha con
tinue to be thus disfigured when the
city ought to bo on dress parade for the
view of exposition year visitors ?
The meeting of the National League
of Hepubllcan Clubs at Omaha has
been postponed from .Tune until July ,
but that shQuld not Interfere with or
delay the work of reorganizing the re
publican clubs of Nebraska.
The Kansas Pacific foreclosure see-ma
to have right of way for a clear track
over all judicial lines , even at the risk
of putting other equally Important liti
gation , such as the Hartley bond case ,
behind Its regular time card schedule.
For the first time since 1818 It has
been found necessary to close the col
leges In Austria by Imperial decree to
prevent disorder. I5ut the government
makes no effort to associate the fact
mid the ( Into or to remind tlio people
of the fifty-year cycle.
The project for n Journey to the North
Pole In a submarine boat may bo an
Improvement on the balloon journey
Kcheme of Andree. Hut almost any pro
ject In connection with the North Pole
discovery will lie taken up by the people
ple , no matter how Impracticable.
The art director of the exposition has
promulgated rules for the regulation of
( art exhibitors without sq much as men-
'tlonlng ' the famous Ho.ston architectural
artist. Another remonstrance may lu >
oxpccted as soon as the long dlstanco
telephone overcomes the disturbance of
the recent sleet storm.
General Pando of the Spanish forejs
in Cuba evidently takes the matter phil
osophically to heart. "Ood help my
country , " ho Is reported to have tmlil ,
"for she cannot help herself. " A
IiuruK.il of the .story of the rise and decline
c-line of Spain leaves the Impression
that the Spaniards have for centuries
rolled too much on Providence and not
enough on thumsolves.
Kor what reason does the chief of
.police appear so anxious to have
gambling get a start In Omaha , through
the automatic gambling machines ? The
order of the police board commanding
their suppression Is plain enough. Can
It bo that the church-going reformer *
on the board spread a bombastic resolu
tion on their record and privately In
structed the police chief to protect the
-gamblers In their operations ?
Railroads that want to go Into tlio
boycott business to dlsclpllno a re
fractory member of their number should
remember that moro than one .set of
players can take n hand In the game.
Tlu > public who prftronliw thu railroads
Is not likely to look Idly on when a
tralllc association attempts to punish nil
outside rojid for daring to reduce rate.i
and refusing to Join their Illegal com
bine.
While Germany Is under Imperial rula
and the will of the emperor dominates
In all national affairs , It Is evident that
the agrarian movement in that country
has attained proportions that make It
formidable. The recent order shutting
out American fruit , like the orders re
lating to American meat , was clearly n
concession to the agrarians , ehowlnjc
how shallow Is the pretense of the cm-
juror and the court parly that the will
of the people Is iiot considered lu Gcr-i
many.
TtlR DF MMK IKCIDRST.
There hnrc been several foreign min
isters to the United Slates who l.ecnmc
persona non grata by reason of un
diplomatic conduct , but none of them
pare such gross offense as Scnor da
Lome , whose reflections upon President
McKlnloy arc insulting to the whole
American people and show the ex-min
ister to bo a man unworthy of the re
spect and confidence of gentlemen. The
reported remark of Sngnstn , that Do
Lome "bravely" admitted the author
ship of the letter , to a remarkable char
acterization for a prime minister to ap
ply to such a circumstance and ' .t may
fairly be regarded as Indicating that the
ex-minister Is not likely to lose lu Span
ish regard by his scandalous reference to
the president of the United States.
Surely there Is nothing brave In a con
victed criminal confessing his g'ttlt , but
doubtless Spaniards generally will agree
with Sagasta and will privately extol
Do Lome.
It Is to be presumed that nothing fur
ther will come of the Incident Do Lours
being now out of the diplomatic service ,
so far as he Is concerned there Is noth
ing to be done and the prompt action
of the Spanish government lu accepting
the minister's resignation Is perhaps : i1l
that our government can ask. Theclt-
cumstauce has given another opportu
nity for n display of Spanish hatred of
the United States and extraordinary
precautions are necessary for the pro
tection of the American minister at
Madrid. The affair will certainly
strengthen anti-Spanish feeling In this
country and contribute to ( he sentiment
favorable to feonre aggressive , action hi
regard to Cuba.
MR. IlKKI ) AIM ) .lAA7JX.iriOiV.
The nnncxationlsts were quick to ac
cept the statement that Speaker Heed
had changed his views on the question
of annexing Hawaii and would use Ills
Influence for the passage of a Joint resolution
elution declaring the islands a part ot
the United States. It had hem \u-ll un
derstood that Mr. Heed was earnestly
opposed to the annexation sJicme anil
hence the report that he li.ul ch.inged
his mind was received with great sat
isfaction by the anncxatlonlstrf.
They were misled , however , Sneaker
Keed having emphatically denounc < > d the
story of his change of views as en
tirely without foundation. lie is still
earnestly opposed to Hawaiian annexa
tion and while he ptopeily will pay
nothing In regard to iii.3 ot inion of Hit
joint resolution plan , as proposed by
.Senator Morgan , there is MO reason to
doubt that if that resolution goes to iu !
house the influence of the speaker will
be exerted against It. Of eotii-se as the-
matter stands Mr. Keod can properly
say nothing In referea-io to It. He has
gone as far as legitimately can Jn
branding as false the storv H'.it he hail
been converted to a f'iv > rxbo ! view of
annexation. But if Die FiMinte should
pass the joint reso utlon , which It is
likely to do if the treaty fa'is ' of ratifi
cation , then Mi. i ; i il wuuld be iu a po-
pltlon to act.
Meanwhile tlio ppj'pwt for a ratifi
cation of the anue.7aio ! > i treaty does nut
improve. It ' .s stated that thn.vo who
are closest In Imich in the senate with
the efforts to secure tiie required two-
thirds vote foi ratilloatlou expvc.-s ab-
folute conliileuc. that the treaty wilt
fall by from four to fiv-e votes. Senator
White of Call'-jrn ; : ! , thu leader if iho
opposition to ratified1- ) . ] , is s.iid ro } , < ,
supremely confident of defeating the
treaty. In that case the senate may
pass the Morgan resolution , which would
require only a majority , though It In
quite possible that the opposition couM
prevent action on the resolution at the
present session by protracting debate.
The annexation scheme was evidently
not helped by the visit to Washington
of President Dole.
Fan run IIATTLE.
There can be no doubt about the Issue
in tlie congressional battle for the con
trol of the Kifty-slxth congress. That
was settled by the action of the .sonata
and the house of representatives on the
Teller resolution.
The free sliver forces are organizing
for the contest and the leaders profess
the greatest confidence that they will
secure control of the next house of rep
resentatives. A movement for the fu
sion of dfiinoprnlR. nnmtlluts nml sn.
called silver republicans In the congres
sional and legislative elections of next
full , has for some time been In progress.
Leading Kllverltes who still claim to bo
republicans have been prosecuting a
vigorous propaganda among the element
In sympathy with them , while leading
jwpullsts are rallying their forces. Free
sllvor literature is being sent In large
volume broadcast. Thus what prom
ises to bo a most aggressive campaign
on the part of the silver forces Is al
ready beguil. The policy marked out Is
the same as that heretofore adopted for
uniting all the free silver forces upon
candidates on state tickets and in legis
lative districts. Wherever the demo
crats are the strongest ths populist and
sliver republican vote will be thrown
to the democratic candidate , while In
other portions the silver republicans
nnc\ democrats will unite upon the pop
ulist candidate and the same plan will
be followed by the democrats and pop
ulists with respect to sliver republican
candidates , where such a course will
tend to insure their election. The free
silver loaders neb only desire to co'ntroi
the next house of representatives , bin
they are no less anxious to Increase the
bllvcr strength In thu senate.
The friends of Hound money must
therefore prepare for a hard fight and
they should lose no time In entering
upon it. The republican congressional
campaign committee has been organized
at Washington and it Is expected thai
It will proceed at once with the prelim
inary work of the campaign. The
sound money newspapers will play a
very Important part and generally thej
arc doing their duty in educating pub
lic sentiment. The declarations of Pres
ident McKlnley , that "tho money of the
Pnlted States Is and must forever be
unquestioned and unassailable" and
that "whatever may be the language of
the contract , thu United States will dis
charge all Its "obligations Inthe currency
recognized as Uie best money througU-
r.r
out the civilized world at the time o
payment , " furnish a keynote for tin
cause of sound money that appeals t <
the conscience , the honesty and UK
honor of the American people , while UK
fallacy of free silver theories as dem
onstratcd by returning prosperity ap
peals to the common &cuse of the pee
pie.
pie.There
There are sound money men who arc
apprehensive. They fear a sllvcrltc
victory In the congressional contest
Those lack faith In the intelligence and
Integrity of the people. We do not be
Hove that the free sliver sentiment Is
growing , as the sllvcrltes assert. II
may have grown in spots , but we thlnfc
there Is good reason to believe that In
the whole country It has lost ground ,
However , It is still formidable and the
friends of sound money must confront
It aggressively and vigorously.
KKCKSSITI' DF A DIRhC-
20OEXKIIA.L. .
When the exposition association was
organized there was no absolute cer
tainty that an exposition would be held
In 1SOS. Chicago had boon compelled
to postpoue the celebration of the an
niversary of the discovery of America
from 1892 to 1893 and Nashville baa
to delay the Tennessee centennial cele
bration for one year. In view of this
experience and the adverse conditions
which had to be overcome In securing
the participation of states without legls-
tlve appropriations , It was perfectly
natural for many of the most enthusi
astic supporters of the Transmississlppl
Exposition to have misgivings as to the
possibility of completing the buildings
and preparatory arrangements in time
to open the gates on the first day of
June , as originally advertised. This ap
prehension existed even up to last July.
It may be candidly admitted now that
the progress made within the last seven
months in the construction of the build
ings could only have been possible by
reason of the exceedingly favorabl
weather conditions which have ennbloi
contractors to continue their work with
out interruption.
In providing the framework for th
management of the exposition the pea
slblllty of postponement was taken hit
consideration. While every great ex
position over held has had n dlrocto
general In control of its active opera
tions , it was thought unnecessary to em
ploy a high-priced , general manager un
til after the exposition was assured fo
the year 1898. It Is the consensus o
opinion among tiiose who undorstam
the wants of an exposition that the
selection of a director general siiouk
have been made more than three month
ago. Action on tills matter was urget
at the November meeting of the board o
directors , but In deference to some mem
bers of the executive committee who are
opposed to tills plan for reasons bes
known to themselves the board by reso
lution recommended the creation of tilt
position of general superintendent , to be
filled by the executive committee 01
nomination by the manager of the De
partment of Grounds nnd Buildings.
Up to this time this resolution has re
malned a dead letter. No nomiimtloi
has been made and the constantly In
creasing work of construction , purchase
of power plants , electrical installation
sewerage and water supply Is beliif ,
carried on by a dox-sn different employes
each entirely Independent of the othci
and with no one to direct tliem.
The time has arrived when tills chaotic
state of affairs should be reduced to
order and system. It is a physical 1m
possibility for a business man whose
time Is largely taken up with his owi
n ( Tali's to give efficient supervision to
the vast ami varied operations inci-
dental.to the building of the exposition
Tills is not the only reason why a di
recting head is needed for the exposi
tion whose time and mind are to bo
given exclusively to it. The reception
and placing of exhibits , the supervision
of the concessionaires , the guarding ot
the grounds , the lire and police pro
tection and other important details that
cannot bo enumerated constitute nn im
perative demand for a general manager
clothed with ample power to act
promptly , subject to such limitations an
the executive committee may Impose.
The apprehension that a director gen.
oral or general manager would supplans
the executive committee Is groundless.
The general manager of a railroad do < ? s
not supplant the board of directors or-
the president and yet no well regulated
railroad system can be operated with
out a general manager. That the Trano.
ml&sisslppi Exposition has managed to
get along so far without a director gen
eral affords no argument against the
creation of this position. A gre.lt many
mistakes would unquestionably have
been avoided nnd a great deal of money
saved and confusion stopped had there
been a head of the operating depart
ment months ago. The right man would
have earned a good salary ten tiriu'.s
over. At this stage ho can still save
the exposition thousands of dollars , but ,
even if his salary were an additional
expense , the position has become a mili
tary necessity that can no longer bo
bafoly put off.
There Is no doubt , Judged by nil her
mora recent stale papers , that good
Queen Victoria desires more than any
thing else that the closing years of her
long and prosperous reign shall be
peaceful years for the monarchy over
which she has reigned and nominally
ruled. Great Britain has hud many
small wars during her reign , but few
that have not been beneficial to people
in other lands or prosecuted In 'the In
terest of civilization. The desire of the
British monarch to avoid conflict with
other nations is in striking contrast to
the apparent willingness of her grand
son , ruling In Germany , to increase the
Influence of his empire , oven at'tho cost
of war with other equally powerful na
tions.
"There are times , " sagely asserts our
amiable contemporary , "when men arc
to b-e excused for carrying a pistol. "
Wo think so , too. We think that the
times are rJght hero in Omaha when
the city Is overrun with thugs , thieves
and footpads plying their vocations with
Impunity under the very eyes of a rud
derless police force and when no man
can walk around the block nt nigh
without foaringjiijfoldup at every coi
nor. When the police authorities fal
to giro the protection for which th
taxpayers are ityjlflg. It devolves upoi
the citizen to protect himself. A hlgti
wayman shot dajjv.n. In his tracks ma ;
produce the result .the police have showi
themselves pownrlesa to accomplish.
Marked variation * In the quality o
the democracy on tap this year may b
observed wlthonjj going far. Over li
Davenport the gold democrats and th
free sliver democrats have held a lov <
feast and will .work together In th
campaign for the principles on whlcl
they do not agree at all , while In De
Molnes. lu the same plate , the Jncksoi
Club has passed resolutions declarlnj
that "there Is no longer any middli
ground"nnd that "we condemn nnt
oppose anything which can be con
strucd ns an Invitation to gold bugs U
Join our forces until they have abau
doned their mistaken , ycllow-tlnget
ideas. "
The engineers' strike In England war
a costly affair for the English laboi
unions as well as the employers. Aftci
all the money was spent the strlkt
ended In practical failure for the cn >
glneors. The Injury to trade unionism
is moro serious even than the loss ol
wages and cost of supporting the strik
ers , for trade unions may be of ines
timable value aside from their useful
ness In securing fair wages. The Kng-
Isli laboring men will now doubtless
look to political activity for help and
push social and industrial questions to
: ho front iu English politics.
Iluncutulic.
Philadelphia Hccord.
Tlia most rantankorous advocates of war
n congress arc at the earnc time the most
rabid opponents ot expenditure for purposes
[ of defense. It Is suspected that the war
'speeches ' and the speeches against war ap-
proprlatlons arc both buncombe perform
ances.
Jlniilv i > n Tlint.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Mr. Bryan's fidelity to the ratio which waa
warranted God-given In 1896 must not lead
anybody to despair. If ho should be rc-
nomlnated In 1900 , and If the platform should
say nothing about 1C to 1 , ho would not let
a pious opinion about the ratio keep him
from accepting thu nomination. He Is not
built that way.
Hvoil ami > Aiimention.
rhtl.idelphla Hccord.
Speaker Hoed Is a very Important part o
the government of the United States. He I
In the 'habit ot using his ofllclal position t
give Uia utmost effectiveness to his persona
views as to questlcas ot federal admlnlstra
tlon. It will rejoica the opponents ot Ha
waltan annexation to know that ho has no
cnangcd Ills mindius to the desirability of dc
featlng the annQjftUlon treaty. It the senat
shall not ratifytho. . treaty , annexation by
joint resolution .will be made much mor
difficult because ot the speaker's opposition
Southern JSiii rrinncy In Cotton.
Cleveland /,1'latn / , Dealer ( silver. )
Figures complied' by , the Textile World ar
significant as she vIaK how rapidly the cotto
industry of the south is growing. In 189
Now England put-only 35,840 spindles in ne\
cotton mills aiKl-vicMetl only 31,240 to be
old cotton mllla nvhilc th& south built mill
with 250,780 pliillca ( , < ind added ICO,091 spin
dies to old. mills. ; Tbo supremacy of th
south In the cottcu Industry aver New Eng
land , because of th.o , , former's superior natura
advantages , Is now , p. fact. It Is a sui/cemacy
which seems likely to result seriously to No\
England and of which the present strike i
largely a consequence. ,
Terry lleliiiiint'H IUUi > Say.
\ IJrooldyn HiRlo ( dem. )
Perry Delmont has written to Democratic
Leader Donnelly of the statq assembly to
show that Senator Murphy's vote for the
Teller resolution In 1898 Is no woreo than
was Congressman McKinley's vote for the
Stanley Matthews resolution in 1878. May
be so and may bo not. But Mr. McKlnle ;
appears to have grown since 1878 and Mr
Murphy is apparently where Mr. McKlnley
was twenty years ago. New York state has
grown , too , and Senator Murphy , also but
apparently , backward. Mr. Belmont proves
himself to be an opportune historiographer
ot republican financial Inconsistencies , bui
ho docs Ttlr. Murphy llttlo good.
CaiiNe for Coitiontini-nt.
Clilcaffo Ohronlrle.
rAs accounts of polar expeditions constitute
pleasant reading during the dog days , the
published reports of the torrid weather In
Australia should bo perused with intprcal
during the prevalence of the cold wave ,
Wo nro undoubtedly better off than our
friends in the antipodes. Lot the mercury
fall as low as it will and1 wo can still man
age to keep warm. But what solace is there
for the- Australians , baking under a tem
perature of ICO In the shodo ? In this lati
tude wo can scarcely conceive of humun
bolngj enduring such lir-at. Water bolls at
212 , and hero wu have people not only managing , -
aging to exist , 'but piesumably paying some
attention to business In u temperature only
51 degrees ibolow that mark. The spectacle
is cacuia.ieu | 10 inspire ) us iviui coiupnimeni.
Our own climate may not be Ideal , but we
can enjoy the old and somewhat selfish con
solation "that other people are a good deal
worse off.
Charley WaimrH 1'erll.
New York Sun.
The democrats , populists and silver re
publicans of North Dakota have determined
; o make a "monster demonstration" for the
purpose of warming the temperature ot their
uitluuilcum and of their state. Hon. Wil
liam Jennings Tirjan of Nebraska and Hon.
Charles Algernon Towno of Minnesota have
jeen Invited to furnish the lieat. It Is our
duty to warn the North Dakotans that Mr.
Towne Is peculiarly Impressionable. He fell
out of Ills chair In the house of rcprcscnta-
Ives the other day when the Hon. Charles
Sunnier Hartman of Bozemnn was making
a molten silver speech. Hot silver oratory
always fills Mr , Towno with uncontrollable
agitation. If It , Is , deemed safe to let him
stay on the platform while Mr. Bryan pours
ilmself out , ho1 niuat bo securely strapped
o his chair and''tio ' ' ( chair must bo riveted
o the floor , it' IJnrtman made Mr. Towno
umblo upon the Door , Bryan will make him
ump through jhe roof.
I'nrlc.
Philadelphia Ledger.
At first glaneo tfoo proposition to add 3,000
square rulltv * tP tlB | Yellowstone National
> ark looks llko a gigantic grab at the public
ands ; but examination justifies U. Little , if
any , of the land proposed for annexation Is
of value for setl ( n > ent , us It Is mcatly rough
and mountainous ; and , as a matter of fact ,
ho greater part of It la already set apart
s foie&t reservations , so that nothing will bo
oat , to settlers , but something gained to the
fltic-n , by attaching It to the park , Kurthcr-
nore , this land Is the natural habitat of the
vlld animals wliosa preservation Is ono of
ha moat Important ( unctions of the Yollow-
tonn park , and putting It under the control
f the park management will preserve t'.ieso
nl ma Is from the hunters who arc now klll-
nr. them off. Still another important con-
lileratlon Is the magnificence of the public
deasuTo resort which will thus be preserved
o | K)3erlty ( , and which will bo far more
ilghly appreciated a century hence than It
R now , When Falnnount park was acquired
y the city of Philadelphia a great many
icople thought It [ was a foolish proceeding
nd a great waste of money , but the people
vould not listen to a proposition to tell it
aw for ten tlmm what. It cost , and It la
t-rtaln to grow more valuable to them as
line rolls on. It will be 4he same way with
bo Yellowstone National park , and the pres-
nt opporti titty to make it both grand and
acful should not ba tiegloctod.
SOL1IJ SHiXS OK
CnlniitKJreonc'd .LrtiHcnlnMon * Con-
trnUMl vrllli the I'ncl * .
St LouW aiobc-Uemocr t.
No matter what subject la brought up In
the house of late the democratic nnd popullsl
members ( It any distinction Is iiec'r/isnry ]
manage to bring Into the discussion the old
party standby , calamity , "Gentlemen may
cry prosperity , prosperity , " nald a Nebraska
representative , "but there Is no prosperity "
A republican member replied that "others
howl calamity , " and the laugh that followed
showed that prosperity hail the beet of Id
People may cry prosperity , but the democrat
and the populist hope for bettor things , nnd
Join hands to destroy confidence. Looking
the country over , there Is just ono spot where
a serious business derangement exists , nnd
that Is among the Now England cotton mills ,
This development In the enemy's country la
In the nature of a popocrntlc windfall. Mr.
Bryan has arranged to visit Now England
shortly to add his calamity wall to that of
George Fred Williams. These noble brothers
In pessimism will remind the strikers that
"wo told you so , " and assure thrnr again ,
and moro emphatically than over , that noth
ing will go right uutll they accept n 44 cent
dollar for wages , and draw out their llttlo
remnants In the savings banks on the same
magical basis.
If a man has any desire to eco evidences
ot prosperity , which Is equivalent to saying
If ho is not a. popocrat , ho can find them by
scores. Take , for instance , the latest an
nual llvo stock report , based upon county
returns , and Issued by the Orange Judd
Farmer. "Wo nro again upon the up grade , "
It begins , regardless of the fact that to some
people these ore the saddest words of tongue
or pen. The shrinkage In the valiio of llvo
stock that began In 1893 was arrested and
reversed in 1807. The gain reported Is 7
per cent. The total value of all classes of
farm animals on January 1 , 1898 , was esti
mated at $2,037,012,000 , against the estimate
ono year before , compiled from the same
sources , of $1,885,959,000. An Increase In ono
year of $150.053,000 Is quite a fair-sired
prosperity item. For the first tlmo In flvo
years there Is recorded an Increase In both
the numbers and the prices of farm ani
mals.
Even horses , In spite of the threatened
lorselcss ago. have picked up from an aver
age of $33.G3 to $35.90 ; milch cows , from
133.14 to $2C.12 ; oittle , from $18.47 to $10.72 ;
sheep , from $1.95 to $2.51 , and hogs from
il.13 to $4.2S. In ono Item , and one only ,
can the calamity man find consolation. Iur-
ng the year the prtco of mules went off a
ractlon over 1 per cent. This will serve the
calamity purpose. "Look at our mules , "
vlll exclaim the popoarnt , "and the perlsh-
ng values of our farm animals. Who can
deny. In the face of the decline In the value
ot a mule last year from $40.21 to $39.60 ,
'hat the gold standard la throttling the
iirmers ? " In vain will some ono seek to
omlnd him that horses , cows , cattle and
logs have advanced , and that a sheep sells
or $2.51 Instead of $1,91 , a bound of 28 per
: ent. 'But ' people not Inoculated wlUi
nlamltyillibc glad of the assurance In this
eport on farm animals that the Increase in
> oth numbers and' ' prices "must be taken as
Indicative ot -permanent change tor the
better. "
OK I..VW
i\clinlliiK- uropenn IiniulKrniitn nml
Chicago Chronicle.
It Is a fact not explicable upon any pi-
tlonal principle that most of those who
ardently support the LoJgo bill for the re
striction of Immigration from Europe to the
United States are shouting themselves hoarse
for the annexation of territory Injiablted by
masses of people who , to say the least , ure
no bettor fitted for American citizenship than
those Europeans who have the misfortune to
bo Illiterate.
Europeans are coming among us at a rate
rarely exceeding 500.000 a year. Probably
not moro than ono in every ten of those de
siring to emigrate to our shores Is Illiterate.
The Illiterate one Is surrounded by those
from his own land , whose influence Is exerted
to lift him up. He Is also surrounded by
powerful American Influences from 'the day
ot his landing. Ho must , In most cases ,
learn our language , and that Is as good an
Education as learning to read. He Is brought
Into direct contact with our Institutions. Ho
is glad to send his children to our schools.
If he does not do that his children asso
ciate with American children and become
Americans In sympithy and habits of
thought.
Yet peoplp of the Lodge school would ex
clude as dangerous the European who can
not road or write , no matter how sober , In
dustrious , law-abiding and honest 3io may
be. And at the same time these pocplo are
enthusiastically In fuvor of annexing over
100,000 people Inhabiting islands more than
.2,000 miles away , most of whom are native
Kanakas and Mongolians and Portuguese ,
who neither know nor cure -much about our
political Institutions and who would have
'
no bettor means of qualifying themselves' f or
the kJischargo of the duties of American
citizenship after annexation that they havq
had hitherto. This annexation of Ignomnco
and orientalism has no terrors for the
Lodges.
And the same people sco nothing dangerous
In the annexation of Cuba. They are not
saying much about the annexation of that
Island now , beccuso that would disclose their
purpose prematurely. They must first Im
pose on the pecplo with their cry ot "Cuba
llbro" and do the grabbing later. But now
and then ono of their number leta the necret
slip and leaves no room for doubt that an
nexation lies at the bottom of all this agita
tion and lying about Cuba.
The Lodges see nothing objectionable In an
nexing 1,500,000 or moro In a lump. They
would go to war to make American citizens
of that many people , mostly Ignorant , moro
than half negroes , many of whom were born
lu Africa , and the remainder turbulent
Fwnlards and descendants of Spaniards , with
whom liberty means license.
This miscellaneous pcpulatloo , vastly less
desirable than Immigrants from Europe , oven
the most Illiterate , would not bccomo Amerl
canlzod In a century. Immigrants from
Ouropo come to our Institutions and civiliza
tion and learn thorn. We would have to
carry both to Cuba and Ha\yall and that wo
would not and could not do. There Is In
finitely moro mischief In Cuba than In 100
years of the worst kind of European immi
gration , But our Lodges would out up the
> ars against inert ) Illiteracy from Europe ami
go to war to annex the turbulent , half savage
riffraff of CuLa.
IPEILSOXAh lAMl OT1II2ILWI.SU.
A modern philosopher says Icicro are pco
il o who declare that they hate a thief , but
who will borrow umbrellas and hooka and
never return them.
Editor nulo of the Knoxvllle , Tenn.
Journal draws a pension from the United
States government , a salary from the city as
mayor and a salary ns editor.
Sv.ans , shirts , canaries and trousers were
among the personal effects Sir Kobert Peel's
creditors auctioned off at Drayton Manor , and
ho whole lot brought only a llttlo over $500 ,
A bill Is before the Maryland legislature
prohlbftlng ttio catching of dlamondback ter-
apln between April 1 and November 1 , and If
any ono destroys the eggs It will cost him
not less thau $300 $ a dozen.
At an auction sale of the effects of a
deceased woman in London the other day
a safe was purchased by n man named
Bonder. Behind ono ot the compartments
Mr. Ponder found securities to the value
of $52,000. Such n discovery would cause
nest men to ponder aa to the expediency
of making H known ,
Governor Atklnscci of Georgia , being de
nounced by religious papers for having wlt-
noweil. a Mexican bull fight on Sunday , an-
wers : "As Sunday la the only day on
vhlcli 'bull ' fighting can bo witnessed In
ho City of Mexico , and as the purpose of
ny visit was to glean all I could of Mexl-
an customo , I did cot stand back on con-
catlonality , "
Royal Baking
Powder is the
greatest health
saver of the
century.
'ADVUIITISIXU ' TUTS KXPOSITIO *
Itorr ( tin Work of DIP 1'nlillolty lie
linHmt-nt IN llcwnriloil Abroml.
St. Jo fph Tlm * .
It ono man moro than another deserve
prolso for the great TraniimlRsIjtslppI Expo
kltlon that man la Mr. Edward Koiowatc
of The Omah/v / Beo. Mr. nose-water has hoc
a boomer for the entcrp-lno from the star
Ho linn given almost hki entire tlmo am
plcndld mind to further the work. Ho ha
traveled thousands of miles ; he has np
poared before committees , secretaries , ROV
ernors , legislators and all sorts nnd condl
tlona of people , urging , pleading and ar
Ruing. Ho has labored for appropriations
worked for displays nml has left nothln
undone that could In anyway add to the ox
position. Not only all this : Ho has glvci
column after column dnlly ot his great paper
The Uco , to boom the Institution. Am
still this Is not nil. Many leaders In Omah
have done good work , but none are mor
deserving of praise thnn Is Mr. Rosewater
who has used pen , voice , press and purse
ficely for the success of the fair. No won
dor The Hoe Is a great newspaper. It has
n great editor great In many ways.
MKXIOAX < ! ( ) IU 11U.MIS.
.Volatile OliJrot IOM < < OII In Vlnnncc
a Sllvp .Slniiiluril Country.
fThlpn rf rt * ritYtr > B 1l t > n1.1
There Is an object lesson for students of
currency reform in the negotiations now
being conducted by the republic of Mexico
for fundlns Its external bonded debt
amounting In round numbers to $100,000,000.
Both the principal and Interest ot thla debt
are pajablo In gold. Whllo Mexico ha/j
been aad Is upon a silver haels so far ns
the Intelnal affairs of the ropubl'o ' nro
concerned , President Diaz has alwajn rec
ognized gold ns the International monctnry
standard , and to her dealing with other na
tions Mexico has nlwnja been n gold stand
ard country. Slio has been compelled to pay
the high rate ot 0 per cent Interest on this
debt solely because the limited development
of her resources nt the tlmo ot IrmiO'dld
not warrant n loner. Since then , however ,
American capital and ontcrpriso have
brought about such progress In Mexico that
It Is now proposed to discharge the exter
nal bonded debt , which expires in July , by
a new Issue of gold bonds bearing but 4
or 414 per cent Interest.
On one Issue of brcids during the last
term of President Cleveland the United
States Is paying 5 per cent Interest. How
Is It th.it Mexico , ulth an area of 707,003
square mile , } and a population of twelve
and n half millions , can txcino ! loans at 4
or 4M- per cent , while the railed States ,
\\lth an nrea of 3,501,000 square mllca and
a population of 05,000,000 , Is compelled to
pay n higher rate ?
Simply because Mexico pledges the payment
of principal and Interest In gold , and the
United States discredited Itself by refusing to
issue other than coin beads. Not the people
of the United States do this , but n slander
majority In the United States senate , which
seeks to demean and depreciate the currency
of the country. It would tiavc bcpn possible
for the United States to have secured a 3 per
cent loan on recent bond Issues If the presi
dent had been authcclzcd to Issue cold bonds
Instead of being forced to exercise his pre
rogative In the Issuance of coin bonds.
Nor did the assault on the government's
credit cud with the rejection of President
Cleveland's proposition. The value of the
bonds Issued under his administration , nud
In fact under all former administrations , 1ms
bcon attacked by resolutions declaring them
payable In silver , a commodity which no\\
has only half Us former commercial value.
The people are already raying dearly In
dollars and cents for the refusal of the senate
to recognize the culy honest monetary stand
ard , and they are now to be subjected to the
humiliation of seeing the country's credit
lowered beneath that of the little republic of
Mexico.
Fortunately there Is an honest administra
tion and one branch of congress to stay
further dlsaitcr and a patriotic electorate
pledged to repair the damage already done.
ixsui/rixc THE mxvD.
Under tin-
Clonk of J flVrsou. '
New Yoik Sun.
Senator Marlon Butler of North Carolina ,
in a speech la the senate on Thursday last ,
made a ludicrous attempt to expound the
political philosophy of Thomas Jefferooi
from a populist potat of view. "I rloe testate
state , " said he , "that there has been noth
ing perverted , distorted and twlte4 so badly
during the last ono hundred > ears In this
country ns what Is known as Jeffersonlan
democracy. "
Of all 'the perversions and distortions ot
Jeftersonlfim since Its Institution , the most
offensive Is that enunciated bv Senator But
ler in the speech wherein ho undertook to
declare Its fundamental principles. "I be
lieve , " he said , "In the democracy of Jef
ferson nnd Jackson. For thla reason I am
now a populist. The platform of the pee
ple's party stands for the democracy ot
Jefferson nnd the republicanism of Lincoln. "
As well call day night as declare populism
to bo Jeffersonlstn. The fundamental Idea
ot the populist platform is a vast central
ized government , which U the very rovereo
of the Jeffersoniau theory of what the re
public , to llvo and bo perpetuated , should
be. In his writings Jefferson again and
nga'cr declared that If the government Is over
destroyed It will bo first by "concolldatlon"
and the necessary consequence of consolida
tion "corruption" corruption oa so vast
a scale that the world has never seen a
parallel to It. "What , " ho asked , "has de
stroyed the liberties and rights of man In
every government which has ever existed
under the sun ? The concentrating of nil
poncra Into ono body , no matter whether of
the autocrats of Russia or ot the aristocrats
of the Venetian senate. "
This "concentrating of all powers" In the
hands of the federal authority nt Washing
ton , so emphatically denounced nnd repro
bated by Jefferson , ls the cardinal Idea of
populism. It otrctchos out Its band to clutch
the control of the railroads , the telegraph
lines , the Insurance interests ; In a word ,
the whole Industrial system of the coun
try. No government ever attempted so co
lossal an usurpation , end , could It bo ac
complished , the worst tyranny that over ex
isted at any period of the world's history
would bo , In comparison with such a sys
tem , light and unoppreaslvo.
Senator Butler doubtless thinks that ho
Is , ao ho declares himself to bo , "a demo
crat of the Jeffersonlan stripe , " but ho In
not. His speech proves that ho has not the
faintest Idea of the Jeffersonlan philosophy
of government.
1
A Mimni.in ) PINAXCIKH.
IJs-tlnvcrnor llolr1 I.nirwt Deliver.
nnon nn the .Money lltimtlon.
St. Pnul Ulobo ( dem. )
Once Governor Doles Is ( till trying to be on
all flhlP.I ot the financial Qtiosttcci. Ho nnn a
free nllvcrlte , with nil that the word Implies ,
ndcn the moon was In the proper quarter.
Slnco tlio disastrous experience of 1SOC hi
has eomo out In a Icrtcr In which ho ex
pressed the eminently sane opinion that then - t . ,
was no particular divinity about the ratio ol ' '
10 to 1 , The subject appears to have nn Irresistible -
resistible fascination for him ; tec , unable to
let well enough alone , ho delivered yesterday
an add'rcs.1 on ho financial nucitlon that ha >
no moro liwil or tall than an orange.
As near as we can make out , from the de
liverances of this muddled financier ot tlio
Iowa prairies , ho Is In f.avor principally ol
having the government store bulllctr and
Lssuo warehouse receipts against It ns the
source of ft nation's currency. Ho would
maintain all forms of money rion- outstand
ing , nltrrply because they are In existence and , ,
Horace likes -to avoid trouble. Ho would , 'j
have the government rcirialn n bank of Issue , 11
fixing the purely arbitrary limit of 25 per
cent n.i a safe reserve np.rlnsl Us note issues.
Then ho would accept and store both metals
In unlimited quantities , Issuing paper re
ceipts against them at the price on the day
ot delivery , redeemable at the optlco of the
government In olKrer metal nt the original
valuation. This U the great Iowa schema
of finance.
wo nro sorry tnnt Mr. rioics ISKCS so ruucu
trouble to prove himself a" tack number , be
cause there 1mo been evidence * that ho
would bo In the right If ho dcrrcd to. Why
the nation should stop at receiving solil nnd
silver and putting out warehouse receipts
against them , and not Include the Immensely
nrcro valuable commodities , wheat , corn , cot
ton , liny and other products of the soil , ho
does not explain. The reason Is that ho U
less concerned about n rational view of the
money question than ho Is about catering to
both sldos of the flranel.il controversy and
opening a way to glory for Boles of Iowa.
His scheme Is Illogical , unpractical and will
jo received with cither sllcnco or contempt
In both the gold nnd the silver camps.
i.Aitr.nixc
Puck : Ho ( theatrically ) You have re-
'used me ! Tomorrow 1 go to seek my
fortune lu the Klondike.
She < Mny 1 h.ivu the refusal of you when
you return ?
Imllnunpolls Journal : Tommy I'.iw. what
s oratory ?
Mr. Finn Oratory Is a gift of words , Us
chief use belnt ; that of an aid to tire innu
vlio docs not know what he U talking
about.
Detroit Free Press : "What ! n sangulno
lHpotltlon , tlnclo Christopher ? "
"Sangulno disposition ? Well , It's your
mother , Bobby thinking she can pound a
> lcture-rrall Into the wall with u baiuiuu. "
Somervlllo. Journal : Watch the expcrl-
iiued poker plnyer , anil you will never
ce n hectic HiiHli on his chock when a bob-
nil Hush has just been dealt to him.
Brooklyn Life : Pruyn Have you heard
lint horrlblo story about old Stlffe bolus
burled alive ?
Dr. JJolus ( hastily ) Hurled alive ? Ininos-
slblei Why , ho was one of my patients !
Washington Star. "luxury , " said Uncle
Ktien , "la cr mighty variations affair. Kt
you'a down -scuf it's leo cream , an' ef you'a
on ilo Klondike It's quinine. "
Cleveland Plain Denier : "No , children ,
you must bc very careful to never sit ou
the small of your backs. "
"What you ( aoln1 lo tlo , teacher , when you
strike an icy slldu that you didn't know was
there ? "
Boston Trnnscrlpt : Mistress Your nnnro
s Majflnnls , you say. But what Is your
1st name ?
Maid-Mem ?
Mistress What la your first name ? Alary.
Bridget "
Mnld It's me second name ye'd bo after ,
'lint la Mary. I was a Musinnls before I
us a Mnry , don't ye molnd ?
Detroit Journal : "Unsay those words ! "
cried Penelope , with tliisliliiK eyes.
But Absalom Snlggs had not forgotten his
rnrltpn training.
"I would not crawfish on Sunday , " " ho
protested , his whole -moral nature In re
volt. ' v
As for the girl , Ihls robust virtue dazzled
her.
Chicago Post : "Woman. " she Eiild , oracrr-
l.u-ly , "should have nil the privileges that
man has. She Is showing1 her ability to di
all that he can da In tin.- business world. "
"Yes , " | io admitted , "she Is rapidly bring-
Inpr herself down to his level. "
The moro she thought of this remark the
stronger becnme her determination to keep
out of all surtruge movements.
THE PElllG'ltUIS ' OF Til 12 UOMjAIIS.
Sam Walter Foss In New York Sun.
r/10011 / one-dollar bills ono day
Within a good man's wallet lay.
i Aird ho resolved ( no peed was ho )
J To trace each dollar's pedigree ;
And not to spend a single bill
T.hat bore n stain of wrong or III.
So llko a sleuth he followed back
Each dollar bill upon Its track.
1 II.
Bill Number One he found was made
In a dishonest jockey trade ;
And Two a grocer made of late
By overcharge anil underweight ;
And Three > naa made through watered milk
And Four by selling1
And Number Five a sweater mmlo
Through starving- women underpaid ;
And' ' Six \wis mode. In dens of ahame ,
And Seven In a gambling game ;
And Number Klght ho found to bo
The -prlco of wretched perjury ;
And Nine was from , a robber's clan ,
Tent stolen from at murdered man.
1 III. i
Our good nvnn 'would not spend- again
This money dark with many a stain ,
And BO lie yielded up his breath
And with hla money starved to death.
Ten good1 one-dollnr bills that day
Within thut dead man's witllot lay ,
They'd never found a man. oh rno !
Who'd used them half aa 111 an ho ,
In thess days of hustling activity
when everyone is rushing about looking
for the best of everything , we don't
like to disappoint them so fall in line
and push. We are going to push our
fifty cent line of Neckwear. Everything ( except black ) and you
can't afford to everlook this bet. Our entire line of right up-to-
date fifty cent neckwear none reserved bows , strings , tecks , 4-
in-hands and puffs will be sold for
25 CENTS.
This is a true bargain , for you are all familiar with the excel
lence of our ties and the sterling values we have always given
you none better they are the choice of the best known manu
facturers not a poor pattern among them they are on display
in our 15th street windows so come at once and take first pick
S. W. Cor. J0tfc and Douglas
