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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1898)
JC. * < fg4 * "f IR DAILY JJElSs MONDAY , 1TJ33J311UARY 21 , 1808. THE ON r AH A DAILY DEK. B. UOSUWATUIl , runustinu jviny MOKKI.NU. TKIIM3 OH SUIISCllUTIOMl Dally H e ( Without Humlny ) , Ono ear $ M Dally lleo nnJ Sunday , Ono Venr . . . > V > Hit Months J * ' Three Month * ; M Sunday life One Year. . . . . SM Baturdny Il c , One Tcnr * J ? Weekly lite , Ono Yenr 6j OKl'lCKS : Omnlin ! The lleo llullJIng , . . . . _ . Bouth Oiniha : HlnRir lllk. . Tor. N and * tth Pti Council IllufTs. 10 I'fnrl Street. Chlrnka Olllw B S Clinmber of Cowmerc * . I.'ew York Temple Court. Wnnhlnglon 101 rourleenlli Btr < > ct. All communlcfttlonn relallnc lo reTB nnrt Mllo- rial m-ittor slioulil bo nddrpm-pil : To thu K < Jl'nr. IlL'SINiSS All liuslnef * Icttctn nnd retnltlnnccs fhonla nddre cil lo The lieI'ubllnhlns Compinj , Ornalin Ilrnfts , chcckn , exprMi nrt IwMnnce monej- orders lo be made pajable to "ie otuor or the compiny. . . w Tun IIIK : t'UiiusitiNO COMPANY STATRMnNT OP CinCUl.ATlON. 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Mnlno is Hint It Is full of Now , if Jon Hartley could only linvc a. few dnyt' vacation ono of tlio llrst tlilnss lie would do would bo to Join his old paulM In ono of tlio Lincoln icfotm and puilly clubs The JiHlstNlio tut ! to award tlic Koliol ] ) tl'/o to Ihc jie onvlio lias done the most ilminx the year 1SS ! ) for the per manent peaceof the woilil oti ht to be out tiiKlns notes now. They \vonldlearn who Is least entitled to the ptlzo. Tlit * eoninilsslon of eiiKinoorinK ex- peits .spnt to Nlc.iiaKim repot ts that the ship canal connecting the two Rreat oceans can be bnlll If eiion h cash is put up to pay for the \\oik. This was suspected befoio and now It is certain. The KnglNi beaicr of a lordly title was jjlvcn live y ar.s' penal servitude for ohtMlnlnj , ' goods under false pietenso.s. If this measuie of justice should be Klven all titled persons who niairy Ameiiean hell esses the foic-lgn j.ills have to be Oinahn Is always pntiiotlc and Its cltlxeiis alwa > s in leadlnoss to lespond to a call of their country in ea < e of neeft. Hut the call to arms must emanate liom the national atithoilties and nol fiom blatherskites and ptofehsional llrcbrands who deal in patriotism as a piuclms'iblc comnlodity. The ownei.s of the Cyclone street .sweeper will have a good opportunity ' . mitlco a iiiactlv.il test of their ma chine as .soon as .spiinj ; weather .sets In. If pjrformanco comes up to what Is piomiseil theie is a good prospect of Omaha boasting the cleanest streets in the country. The attoiney genoial of Colorado has decided that theie Is no law In Colorado to compel a woman to adopt the name of her husband on miuriaKo and that in case she Is a notary she may continue hlgning the name undei * which she was commissioned befoio mairlage. Thus old customs and traditions have to glvo way to the end-of-the-conltiiy innova tions. f3ven the popocratlc oigans denounce the attempt of Chairman IMmlston to ilrag a man ! JOO miles fiom home for trial on a trumped-up charge of cilm- Innl libel. The most chailiable try to rover the scandal by silence , while none uphold or rocnseIt. . The p-npetiatioa of , tills oultage , In fact , goes far toward making the story of the recount fiauils ci edible. A Mil pending In the New York legis lature makes it a misdemeanor to or ganise ti theatilcal company , take it to the country and leave It stranded , thus 'compelling the memheis to walk homo. If this method of tialnlng actors in the rudiments of the piofession IB abolished by statute ( hero ought to be established by law Home substitute less annoying to the ic.sldentH of the in nil districts. Hook agents report good business In the states of the Mississippi valley and the west. The people have both the money with which to buy books and the . Inclination to delve Into good litera ture. Possibly this may bo only tlfo In ovltablo leaction Horn the surfeit of books of thu "Coin" caliber , but it may mote likely Indicate the retutn of pios- porlty ami Its concomitant of content ment. Nothing but n conllagratlon or a cyclone can now pi event the gates of the exposition fiom belug opened promptly on the first day of .June. And yet there is a vast amount of woik to be done that UMpilres thu utmost energy and intelligent dhectlon by some man in authoilty whose whole time Is devoted to the supervision of the complicated ma chinery that goes to make up n great exposition. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The water supply for tlio exposition Is now Mb.suml , but inasmuch as the bill of expenses to the exposition will foot up over f30,000 ? by November 1 , It would bo pleasing to the management to have tlia men who congratulate themselves on their successful tight against tliu water work company come foiwiml with subsetIplUmu to the exposition stock or with contributions to the amount of at least one-fifth of this expense. It will be icm.'inbeied that Iheso men aie pledged to ralso enough money for the exposition to pay Its water bills , what ever they mifht be. Tin : The German ngrnrlnns nro pushing their light for protection against Amer ican competition with great earnest- ness. They are determined to have ex cluded from tht ; German market nil American products that U M practicable to exclude and the Indications are that the sympathy of the government la largely with them. The expressions of the representatives of the government , both In the Prussian Diet and In the Itclchstag , distinctly Indicate a feeling In governing chcles favorable to the de mands of the agrarian element , which It should be understood means the great landholder * , nnd while there Is a dispo sition on the part of those In authority to pursue a somewhat conservative pol icy , at least for the present , the pressure Is so great that It would not bo nt all fitirpilslng If n course should bo adopted that would compel a ictallatory policy on the part of this country. The sentiment of those who aic urging the German government to a policy of discrimination against American prod ucts was o.sptessed In a declaration of a member of the Itelchstag who said that a tariff war with the United States has no teiror to the Germans and It ap pears to be evident that this feeling Is widespread nnd growing. The question of excluding American products or dis criminating against them promises to bo made an. Issue in the coming election for membeis of the Gorman Paillament and the whole Inllueiico of the agrarian clement will bo diiected to the one ob ject of securing such power In the legis lative bianeh of the government as will enable it to dictate tcims to the govein- mont. Theie Is strong opposition to this movement , but whether powerful enough to check Its advance and defeat Its purpose is problematical , The gru.il body of German consumers , particularly the working classes , should be opposed to this ciusado of the ngiailans , which contemplates an advance in the cost of all the necessailes of life , but they may not be able to successfully resist the onset of the agrarians , which has be hind it enormous capital and Inlluence. The fact cannot be concealed that the situation threatens u commercial con- lllct between Germany and the United Status of a voiy serious uatuie , though It is to be hoped the German govern ment w 111 see the wisdom of avoiding a com.se that could not fall to be disas- tious to that country. ttAXCj ; l ! 011:11.1111.11 Tt IB eminently right and proper for the city of Omaha to place Its public buildings in condition for the inspection of the vast Huong of visitors expected during the exposition season. It is a matter of absolute necessity that Its streets be kept clean nnd in good repair during the exposition season. It is the linpetatlve duty of the city also to pro tect visiting stiang-Pia from imposition and extortion , by laKirs and keepeis of disieputable reports who make it a busi ness to prey upon unsuspecting victims. * Above all things , however , It becomes a matter of grave COIKMMII arid responsibil ity to assure for the multitude that has been Invited to the Ttansmlsslssippi Exposition reasonable safety from thugh , thieves , pickpockets and bunco stecror.s. In the pivsent st'ite of scandalous po- llco inelliciency , this Is a subject which demands serious consideration. If the pollco commission can not be induced to do Its sworn duty to give Omaha ef fective police protection , appeal must bo made to Governor Ilolcomb , who lf > the icsponslblo head , of our pollco gov ernment. This appeal for better protec tion should be made irrespective of partisanship and entirely outside of political giounds. Governor Ilolcomb should be im pressed with the emergency that calls for police reorganization and the odium to which his administration will bo sub jected unless action Is taken to safe guard life and piopeity in Omaha. If he does not already know the deplorable demoralization of the police department , investigation will disclose a record of police Inelliciency that can not bo matched In any other city In the coun try. While a great deal of the law lessness and disorder has been reported in the pi ess , much more has been sup pressed , either by the police or by citi zens who do not want to blacken the city's reputation. Such a state of af fairs could not bo much longer patiently ndurcd by law-abiding people , even If wo had no exposition before us. Now that we are rapidly approaching the time for opening the exposition gates , further forbearance with police nilsgovernmeiit becomes contributory negligence If not crime. Not only has there been no Improvement or prospect of Improvement under the present police management , but things are going from bad to worse from month to month. Tli3 people might tolerate a partisan polleo board if it alVoided them police protection , but they can not lemaln In different when , to promote partisanship , they mo exposed to an unbridled lolgn of all the criminal classes. J'.IS.S'BH .1 llAXKltUl-'lCY Hy a vote of 158 to 1IM the house of leprosentatlves on Satuiday passed what Is Known as the Hendeison ImnK- i up toy bill , reported to the house as a substitute fur the Nelson bill which passed the senate nt the extra nes-slon This measure is a modlllcatlon of the well known Torrey bill , but contains the essential features of the latter and piovldca for both voluntary and Invol- untaiy bankruptcy. It Is noteworthy that the Involuntaiy feature of the hill \\as sustained by only a small majority and that the number of republican votes agalnit the mcasmo was larger than the number of democratic votes In favor of It. This fact Is not altogether reassur ing , since It will undoubtedly exercise an Intluenco upon the senate unfavora ble to the bill , The nearly unanimous demociatlo nnd populist vote in thu house against the measure may safely be regarded as Indicating u llko vote fiom these parties In thu senate and as there will undoubtedly bo republicans In the senate opposed to the bill the chances of Ita acceptance by that body are obviously very small. The matter will go to n conference committee of thu two-houses , from which It la possible Unit some sort of u corn- promise measure will bo evolved that will become a law , but there Is really no very bright promise of such a lesult. The fact Is that the obstacle of Involun tary bankruptcy scorns to be Insur mountable and the probability Is that upon this rock the two houses of con gress will split , as they have done here tofore , and that thus the proposed leg islation will be defeated. There are prominent republicans In both braiiche.s of congress who nro Immovably opposed to the Involuntary feature and these exert an Inlluence very much beyond their numerical strength. Wo will not venture to say that thoru will be no bankruptcy legislation at the pres ent session of congress , but It must bo confessed thnt the outlook Is not prorn- The business Interests of the country desire a uniform bankruptcy law. This they have manifested In n most unmis takable way through n vast volume of petitions to congress and otherwise. These Interests , It has also been shown , are In favor of a measure providing for both voluntary nnd Involuntary bank ruptcy. The measure passed by the house throws every just nnd rcasonablo safeguaid about the debtor , while fairly protecting the lights and Interests of the creditor. There Is no icason to believe that under Its operations both creditor and debtor would not receive absolutely fair nnd just consldeiatlon. Wo conll- dcntly bellevo that if this measure should become law It would prove most beneficial to the business Interests of the cotintiy and would ha\e a very decided inlluerrce In promoting prosperity. The Business Men's league of Sioux Falls is engaged irr the good work of bringing small factories and jobbing houses to the city and In all proper ways encouiaglng the upbuilding of thu city. The olllceis of the league argue lightly that there ought to be one or more good cities In thu eastein part of South Dakota where the people of the state can do their trading without going to Chicago or eastern cities and that Sioux Falls Is splendidly located for an Important trade center. There will also be seveial cities of Importance in Ihc Black Hills and as these cities glow and thu smaller towns of the slate become more important South Dakota will make moio rapid strides toward that great ness all the people of the state so much desire. The triple appeal for iuiiim on a spoils platform Is tailed up with the announce ment that Congressman New-lands of Nevada , representing the national silver party , concurs In and recommends the t'liillcation ' of the silver lorccs in the coming campaign. The national silver party is a more ghastly ni.vth , If that is possible , than the silver republican party becai'se It is an army solely of generals and mighty few generals at that. The continued pretense of imaginary parties supporting the free coinage agitation is characteristic of the campaign of de ception and delusion waged on behalf of the silver bullionalres who are footing the bills with the profits of their silver mines. The fact that several congressional nominations ha\e already been made again emphasizes the weakness of the present system of electing members ot congress many months befoio the date for the beginning of the session to which they are elected. Hut for the special session last summer congressmen who are now serving a lirst term would Inuo had only a month or two of actual offi cial life , during which time it would be impossible to lorm a just estimate of their worth as legislators. Hither there should bo a change in the lime of elect ing congressmen or there should bo a ihango In the time for the commence ment of the annual sessions. There is a Cornell college and a Cor nell university , but few persons know that the former , which is in Iowa , was founded nine yeaivs before the latter , which Is in New' York. On the recent occasion of a college club dinner In Chicago cage President King of Cornell college , who has boon president for thirty-three years , called attention to tills fact. An other Iowa college Is soon to celubiatu the jubilee of its founding. Thu men who founded the western states pre pared lor the education of the young people tit an caily date and the policy they so wisely begun has never been abandoned. The three eminent salary-absorbers who constitute thu donothlng State Hoard of Transportation have not yet vontuied to explain how It comes that although the legislature that adjourned tun months ago passed several laws au thorizing the board to regulate the charges of express , telephone and tele graph companies , not one of them hns yet iccelved an order reducing rates ex acted from the public. The board might have hidden behind injunctions were It not for the fact that it had the enfoicc- munt of only two out of three of Its new- powers enjoined. Governor Ilolcomb hns been on the stand In the second Hartley bond trial , but he has not yet explained satisfac torily why ho acquiesced In a treasury settlement with Hartley on mote pieces of paper pmpolling to bo cerlllicates of deport without inquiring Into thu solvency - vency of the banks by which they wen- said to have beeji Issued or oven taking a memorandum of thu papcis accepted as cash. It Is always giatlfylng to sec men as well as women who have gone to thu b'ld show signs of reform , but a Magdalene Is not generally selected ns the head of a female academy , For the sami ; reason thu republican party cannot afford to make Itself ridiculous as well as un savory by accepting as lenders of leform and put mention the very men who brought It Into disrepute. Discussion of the Hawaiian resolution hns brought out icnuwed Inturust In the Aleutian islands and the iouU > past them for American commerce to Asiatic port * . When llussia has made Vladivostok the chief port of thu Pacific for Asiatic tradu Arnrlcan merchnnt vessels will naturally seek a northern pathway across the Pa- clllu und In duo tiruo u cable will bo laid connecting Seattle or Portland with the chief cities o AjjIa. The Aleutian Islands may In that ovontbo worth something to the United fMafKs nsldo from stopping places for so5lt > Vs and whale hunters. Corner * .Ancient nml Muilcrn , mllttclphla Tlmfs Letter's othflr name Is Joseph. In this connection It v.lljuto ) remembered that wlint might bo considered tlio first grain corner on record vvna 'managed by o person ol that name. Don'll Want to llcml. IiiJInrf.ipolU Journal. If two or three loading popoJratlc papers could Induce their" editors to re-id the finan cial column , dnf after day , showing n supply of money In excess of demand , It Is possible they might limit tlio publication of ttio edi torial howling About the scarcity of money to every other Issue. Coiiiliiur HCTC for tlip DeM. New York Moll nnd 12xpre . Ono manufacturing flrm In Delaware Is building the machinery for the Urgent paper mill In the florid , to bo located In Sweden , and an Ohio concern la constructing a vast outfit of apparatus for a sugar refinery now- being erected In Hawaii. Anjbody atiyvvhao In the world who wants the boil of 0115thing now come * , to America to get U. All Trn\rl Hithiiint * llonil. Milwaukee Wl'conMn Tlio road that has been traveled by the manufacturera of bicycles Is similar to that which will have to bo traveled by the man ufacturers of tjpevvrltera The latter are beghnlnR to feel the effects of competition Incident to the multiplication ot typewriters under new patents , nnd the days of $100 ma chines nro gone. The typewriter must drop In price to ? 50 or even less for a first-class machine , aa the cost of producing them Is only from 20 to 30 per cent of that amount. Ltlio the sevvtag machine , which sold for $ SO and $100 when the manufacturers were producing them for lees than $20 , the type writer will have to come down hi price to something reasonably near the mauufactur- eis' cost. Spi-i'iuHnur the Worth of Corn. Philadelphia HccorJ. If nuropcan nations could bo prevailed upon to practically abandon the use ot rjo bread , atid If the northern Asiatics could bo made to know that life did not altogether depend upon the result of the rlco harvest , corn would be a welcome nnd cheap substi tute. The great dlfllcultj Is In properly pre paring It for human consumption. In the form of pork , beef and whisky , and to a limited extent aa n food for cattle , the corn grow cis have been able to find foreign buy ers ; but there Is no demand at all proportioned tioned to the capacity of supply. Wo trust that the delegates to the Chicago convention may bo able to push the way for their great product side by slile with American cotton. If wo can fill the bellies and clothe the backa of the nations what more could wo ask. ' .Inr > SjxU'iii ot rrnnoe. New York Tribune. The manner In which the Jury In the Zola case was secured nnd Is managed is worthy of passing notice. Forty talesmen wcio called. One died , two fell 111 and two were excused because they had served on a Jury la t yeac. Of the remaining thlrtj-flve , four teen were chosen by lot. Tuo prosecution had a right to challenge ten and the defense eleven. There are fourteen Jurora , but only twelve will frame the verdict , the other two being supernumeraries , to seive only In case of a vacancy occurr'mg ' In the box. The verdict will bo determined , not by unanimous agreement , but by a mere majority \oto of the twelve And , finally , the Jurors are not kept under guard , but are permitted to go to their home.3 or elsewhere , read all the papers and discuss the case with friends as much as they pi woe Truly , a stilklng contrast to tde American jury system. ] ( ( > iiiilillCniiN to tlio Itrar. Philadelphia limes. Courage on the part of the republicans of the house on the coinage * Issue has begotten courage in repuWlcdn hearts In a silver state , the Wyoming republican state central committee , which met on Tuesday , having decided to innli'o the canvass for a state ticket and a legislature that will elect a United States senator squarely on the St. Louis platform. For six years republican state conventions have been Indorsing free coinage , but ns this Is a game at v.hlch they have been beaten by democrats and papullsto the Wyoming republican leaders have decided to be republicans and present an Issue worth fighting for. While It Is quite possible the republicans may lose the state on this Is sue , the cause of an honest currency will bo no worse oft than It la now , and the repub licans of Wyoming will be In line with their party elsewhere. There Is room for a reil republican party in someof the other silver producing states. .VIIUUT IMlOSl'nillTV. Cnlil PnrtH nml "IVjirni * I'liinnicliiifv for 11 Calamity AVallcr. Nortiwestcrn Catholic. An esteemed correspondent , regarding the Northwestern Catholic as a purvejor of na tional prosperity , writes the following In quiries : "Whcro now Is jour prcsperlty ? Where artf the good times that you have been pic- dlctlng ? Is not all this talk about goer times a vvlll-o-tlie-wlsp and a deluslcii ? If times have Improved , where Is the evidence and who nro the boneficiarles ? " Some men nro ea constituted that thcj can ceo a flj on a barn door at the distance of a mile , but they caonot see the barn ; anil there are others GO disposed that they cou'd nst admit the existence of day In the light ot the noonday sun. There were men among the crews of Columbus who wanted to turn pack , after they had seen the land birds perching on the \essels and could nmell Iho odors ot the orange grovtu of San Dom'ngo. Good times nnd bad times are relative tenrii Times may be- bad In some localltlca and goaj In others. With sme > men times are alwajs goad , and with others they are nl- vvajo bad. Whether the country Is prospor- ouo or otherwise ccnnot bo determined bj the existing ccndltlonn In a particular fam ily or a certain locality ; but the evidence of Increasing activity In industry nnd trade I > 3 too palpable to bo talked down or denied For 1897 bank clearings show a gain of $6- 000,000 , or about 12 per cent , over 1 ! )0 ) , with the volume of clear'nga at present advanclui , at atlll greater rate Two hundred lallroads , representing 1CO.OOO miles of track , report for 1S97 Increased carnlngo of nearly JGO.OOO- 009 over 1 ! > 9C and In the name perloj oaly eighteen , roads , representing l.G'iO ' miles of track , went Into the luradH of rocelvora , against thirty-four roads , representing CG03 miles of track , for the preceding jcar There vvero not only 2,000 IMS commercial failures In 1897 Him In 1898. but the ag gregate liabilities wvre $90,000000 leas The total output of pis iron last jcar , although the largait on record for this country , prom ises to bo exceeded ! during the current joar whllo the demandboth nt home and abroad , for steel ral'a locomotives rnd other fin'shcd products la steadily wfdon'ns. The Q'rslo weali s.pot In our Industrial motcm today to thp cotton Industry of Xow England ; but the cotton mills of the south are running on full time. Nor can the AiYTeflPan farmer reasonably complain , Ho received for Ms breadatuffs In 1S97 double the money ho received In 1891 or 1F95 , and ncirly CO per cent more than ho received ; } ! } The value of breadstuffs - stuffs exported fro.m .the United States in 1891 was ? 12U23S77 ! : ' In 1895. U21G71I > 55 ; ' In 1890 , $177,278,405 ; ill 1897 , $243,121,108 In nearly all other articles of farm produce the cxportatlons for 1897 were far beyond those of piecoJIng years In value , and the prices ccuerally higher. Whether with a sound and lion rat system of blmctalPsm the country would not bo still more prosperous Is on open question upon which good , Intelligent and patriotic men may honestly differ ; and vvbother our present BjEtcin of protective tariff helps or hlridors prosperity Is also debatable But that the condition of this country has vastly Improved over the condition of ono , two or four yi'Sn ago there can ba no question , That the country Is at last fairly prosperous IB a fact , thank Oed Let those who will trace this blessed condition to human causes at their leisure. Tor our part we will take It for granted that bounteous crops and big prlcc are. the dispensations of God's grace and mercy , and are accordingly thankful and giatlficd. ictinp coot , , A Time lor I'ndrtice , Detroit Journal. Reports ot nil kinds , como based on fact nnd others on fiction , will come to Iho jxipcro. The public , however , \vlll not bo deceived o to the trittti If reliance U placed solely on tlio outgivings of the Navy tlepartment. > nllnnul Self-C'ontrol , Indlnnnpolls lotitn.il. It Is about nn oven chance whether Inves tigation will show that the disaster was duo to accident or dcilgii. Tending such Inves tigation the American poopls ( should main tain their present attitude of coolness nm self-control Then , no matter what the In \cstlgatlon may disclose , they will hav nothing to regret and ( tie government vvl be nblf > to shape Its action according to as ccrtalned facts The I'rnnlc All Hitch t. Chicago News. President McKlnley asks the people to b patient and await the rcault of the oincla Inquiry Into the causm of the Maine dlsiste The people arc all right. A few choip , loiu mouth Idiots on newspapers are trjlng t peso as patriots , but no ono pa3s any nttci tlon to them. Whenever there Is suro-enoiig caiifio for war with Spain thnt fact will b made known and wai will follow. No B < UI man wants It before that time. The Man n ( ( he Holm. llo'ton Tintiscrlpt. Fortunately wo have at the head of th administration nn eminently pacific pre ? dent , not likely to bo stampeded Into wa by clamor nnd suspicion , and capable o keeping to the dictates that Investlgatlo shall afford If the Maine was foully do strojed our government will exact Iho Htein est retribution known to nations ; If the c\ ploflon was an accident , our government I cxipablo of seeing that the public Is able t accept the explanation afforded by uudls putcd facts. Ilninnii InronilNioiioy. Knn ns City Stnr An example- huimn Inconsistency Is 10 vealed In the dcslro for war ctpiwsed b many persons w ho were really horror-.ste Ickcn over the disaster In Havana harbor. Thcs people do not atop to consider thu the less of life caused by blowing u the Malno was n small thing a" com pared with the havoc nud caring that would result from n fight between Ih United States and Spain. Heducod to It lowest terniii , war Is simply murder on n coloisal scale. Phllidclphln. The federal authorities , congressmen am o-thoiii wtio cro influential in giving dlreotlci to public opinion In the emergencj nro prac ticlng commendable reserve In withholding opinions until more facts are forthcoming Tie ! circumstance that the explosion took place In Havana harbor Ii a coincidence which aliould lend to a csu'tlous Judgment foi obvlom reasons. And for these reasons the Navy department will natuially Investigate with the greatest minuteness. Wnkt for llio Chicago 1'ost Hased upon Information now In his poss - s ssion , It h the belief of President McKlnloj that the Maine waa blown up as the result ol an accident , and fie hopes that the court ol Inquiry will develop that fact If It is found that tlio disaster was not duo to .accident , prompt and decisive steps will be taken ; bill until the naval court develops the cause and oubmlts Ita authoritative Judgment nothing will bo done. We can all possess our .souId In peace and abide by this decision of the president. No other course is rational , available or necessary. Hi'Mlrlct Sentiment. Detroit I'lec Press These who are disposed to place the most far-reaching construction upon the disaster seem to overlook the fact thit oven the discovery of some wretched subject's re sponsibility for the lo < vs of the ship would not necessirily result in a clash between the two counti Ice , If Spain disavowed the act and made such rei/amtlon as the ciicum- stancrs would require. It would not follow that the Spanish government was to be held accountable directly for the crime. Still even such speculation ns this is premature. Pend ing the determination of the source of the calamity , sentiment In this country should bo confined to the regret which the great sacrifice- officers nnd seamen and the loss of a noble battleship must occasion. Our Mniilfcit Diitj- . New York Tribune. For the present Captain Slgsbee's words are apt. And they are especially apt to the ca = e of our own government. Cuban affairs and relations with Spain have for all but a yosr been exceptionally peiplexlng to the president Ho has dealt with them with a Pitlcnco , firmness , discretion and statesman like wisdom that have commanded the confi dence and admiration of all the land. Ho has Just ( llrpcscd In a masterful manner of ono of the most embarrassing problems In the whole business. It Is the manifest duty of every American to trust him in the present tragic crisis , to sustain him in his onerous tasks by emulating his own fortitude and forbearance , and above all scrupulously to refrain from any deed or word that might add even the lca t weight to his burdens It is a tlmo for curbing the tongue and for withholding the hand , and for suspending public opinion until further report. When further , or final , report comes , the voice of the nation will be heard In no uncertain sound. i-y 11 Safe .Mail. Drookljn Kagle. Nothing can iow be gained by anticipating. Half baked conclusions are generally sent to the oven again , but convictions arc none the less easy of creation and those who agree with Constructor Uowlcs are not likely to be few In number. In spite of the meager Information now at hand. Fortunately , the president Is not In the category of men who are called brilliant. Ho la not nhuija on parade , nor has ho given evidence of my of tbo desires which onlmate men who want the galleries to break Into applause. The helm la In a steady hand. Not for tbo sake of playing upon emotions which would In sure aa instantaneous respcnse will ho be- coino heroic. The nation has sustained a loss The gravity of that loss will not bo unapprcc'ated ' at Washington It Is some thing to say of the president and hU ad visers that they will break out Into no cheap display , that they will do noth'ng to ag gravate paaMons already sufficiently In flamed , but that they will lese night of no right which Americans have formed the habit of maintaining. AIValt the Vonllut. Ht. Itouts ( lloLe-Pemociat. This b an excellent time for the country to preserve Its balance. No ono known jet what caused the Maine disaster , or will kno\\ for several da > s An InveEtlgatlon Into the causcij of the calamity will begin at cucc , and until this Is finished and the verdict rendered thu country should bo calm. Spain's guilt , of course , la suspected on all hands , but something moro tangible than more surmlio will have to bo obtained before tbo government ecu act. Spain la a cruel and treacherous nation , Polsunlng , stab- b'ng In tbo back nnd other such cowardly critnca are porcullarly Span'sh offenses. There ore moro af.'asslna per capita In Spain and aincng the Spaniards in Cuba than can bo found among any other civilized or half- civilized race under the sun. Yet Spain's connection directly or Indirectly , with tliU disaster baa not been definitely shown She may possibly be Iriioccut of all complicity In It Tlio affair may , as a few pemona still think have been an accident. What ever tbo truth Is It Is likely to bo revealed in a few d&ja. If , on Investigation , tbo suspicions of the majority of the people 010 confirmed the government can bo relied cci to exact immediate u d ample reparation. You really don't Know how line Pot Pie Crust can be made unless you use Royal Baking Powder Tiinnr-conMitiii : Neve Yor' { Times' The committees of the democrat * , tlio populists and the silver re- ptihllenns tire Issued addresses , nil on thn same lines , urging their followrs to "get together" Oet together on what platform' ' Sixteen to ono ? Nothing Is said of that , though It Is the only ono on which tin an , flccordlng to his letter of las-t Stindaj. can consent to stand. New Yotk Tribune. All these buglers a roe that 11 Is .a crisis In Which their kind of men should Munrt by each "thcr. The purpose of the blasts Is to call them all to- KHher democrats , populists and silver re publicans for n united effort to down the conspiracy. The crisis demands that all who bellcvj that -14 cents' worth of silver ought to be made legal tender for 109 cents' worth of debt should lay aside minor differences nnd uniteIn one tremendous effort to inrry the next roneress. And we in.illv hnnn tlnw will \ campaign In which the lines should bo I'lloHy drawn on that Issue , ns thej rec- ommeml , would bo mlghtly Instructive. Chicago Tribune : These nddrcesca explain nothing. They do not point out u herein nny class of the community would be boneflle.l by14cent silver dollars. They do not at tempt to justify the wholc'ilo destruction of values which tbo retroactive use ot such dollais would entail. lticv contain slmplv the old and oftcti-anaworcd attacks on the gold standard Their only novel feature Is the failure to uao anywhere those familiar words , "tho frco coinage of silver ixt the ratio of 16 to 1. " That ratio , according lo Br > an , is the very heart and core ot the silver movement. It Is a llttlo slrango that men llko Jones , who have been sa > lng " 18 to 1' Kevoial tltnua n < lay for some jeirs. should forget to use those sacced words now. Now York Sun : The tluco manifestoes put forward simultaneously by the democrats , the populists and the silver republicans , show that among silver polltlciins the fervor to rotnblUh thp silver standard has given way to determination to destroy the gold standaid They are less of advocates for free silver and moro of opponents of the regime that exists , their apparent conclusion iKflng that It will too better to dull a llttlo the sharp points of the silver canvass nnd trj to gather In all the wavoilug nml irreg ular elements of discontent and opposition for a concentrated nssttillt upon the icpub- llcau party. Tills may mean , of course , the Getting asldo of such a cr.vstalllzed apostle of silver ns William Jennings lirjan , and the selection of a candidate less pcsltlvo le.is well delined In his relation to the cause , and , therefore , more harmonizing ot the heterogeneous masn of voters who , It Is bopr-d , will follow. Plilladolphln Press"The Issue Is Joined , " exclaims Mr. Jones. "Wo cannot avoid It If ivo would. " No , Mr. .lone ? , you cannot. The people of this countiy do not propose to let you avoid It. You may try to deceive them by jour stentorian tonc and vigorous ges tures , but they know > ou are the same- old show mm who In 1S9C Blood In front of the democratic tent ami screamed about the dire ful things thut would happen if the gold standaid triumphed and the silver mine owners were defeated. You were new th'ii , Mr Jones , and sometimes the people mhtuKo freshness for profundity. Hut that gune con never be pla > cd twice by the same per son. Some dogs like to bark at n Instmr'a woodchuck hole , but a skilled spoilsman is never deceived in that way. And the [ > coplo of this countr.v are not to bo ciught Liy an old and crac'tcl cry. Hut Mr. Jones owes ono duty to posterity before ho stops sciearning. He should not foiget to point nit the spot whore ho composed his scream. Like Aitcmus Word's little bear. It will be certain to interest future ages. M2HHSldV O\M1 > 11GOP JS ! S. Tocumsch Journal ( dem ) : It Is ru- norcd that Hon. J. H Ilarley , ex-postmaster at Lincoln , would not refuse the nomination or congress on the silver ticket In this district next fall. Pls-cc. Call ( rep- ) Judge M. A. Hopovvcll of Tckamah is mentioned ns a candidate for governor on the republican ticket. The re publican delegates from the North Platte nuntry should unite on a good , clean man rom that section and their choice would bo nominated for governor. Hastings llocord ( rep ) : The nomination if n cand'dnte ' for the United States senate s , in our Judgment , n very unwise thing o contemplate. There are no factions In he paity now ; let It remain that way nnd how a compact front to the enemy this fall Of course the choosing of a candidate doca ot make a factional war certain , but It nakos It possible. Give them all something o work for. Howella Journal Mem. ) : The Journal Is n favor of renomlnatlng all of our present tatc officials nnd If Govenor Holcomb Is ot a candidate foi a third term to put a loptillst on the ticket in his btead. We lilnk that the democrats of the state , as ri'io , are willing to be thus liberal -with heir populist friends. They stood nobly ly our candidate for supreme Judge last all ; now let us show them that we appro- late what they have done. Dloomlngton I3cho ( rep. ) : From all over 10 state this > ear the cry Is going up that If he republicans would win this fall they must nject some younger blood Into the party. 3ver since- the state was admitted the repub- can pnity has been pestered with a lot of > olltlcal leeches that have done more than ny ore thing to wrest the power from the > arty. We have too many Tom Cooks , Valt Seeleys and a score ot other fellows vho were always trjlng to run a boodle ampnlgn. Alliance Times ( rep. ) : Wo have it on ellable authority that Judge W. H. West- vci is being groomed by his friends as a andldnto for governor of Nebraska at the e.xt deletion. Though we cannot endorse Is candidacy in a political sense , jet from very other standpoint this would bo a de- ervcd and lilting recognition of Judge estovor's ability nnd the hitherto ignored alms of the northwest. This section of Icbrnska has had absolutely nothing at tlio hands of nny party In the way of state nom-1 Inatlcns. If fate should decree tint Ne braska must undergo another term under other thnn a republican governor the Times sincerely hopes that man may bo Hon. W. H. Wcstover. York Tlmoj ( rep ) : Cengrftwman Greene lc.it his pockctbook the other day and would never have recovered It had It riot been for a railroad pasa which It contained , His name was on the pass and the negro who found It returned It to the distinguished anti-monopolist , receiving a warm "thank you , " us his reward. The reward waa ample rnd the value of the railroad pasa is vindi cated. Will our antl-mcnopoly friends let up on advocating their abolition now ? There is not a populist utato nor national ofllcer who does not cairy them , though not ono ot them would have been In office had It not been for the anti-pass sentiment In tbo state , which they were supposed to eliaro , The do. ccptloa and fraud that have been practiced hy the populist Iradom In this rpgnnl nlone bo sufficient to convince any Intelli gent man ( hut they are sincere In nothing except In their doslro to sot oillcc. Lincoln Xons ( rep ) : The discovery ( tint Congressman Illtl Oreono hns b n foraging on the enemy , the railroads , hy taking iias s whenever IIP cnn get them will not , of cotirao , Interfere with tlio nrospecto of renomlnft- tlwi ftt the Imtvls of his follow p.irtlsnns. but It Is simply another str w to show tlio hollcnuicfs with which the pretensions of the populist lenders toIrtue la nfllleted Mr. Greene Is an nble tnlkcr , of uo Btnblo oplnlors , nnd Is regarded KB very much of n deml-god In the rural d'atrlcts of the biff Sixth , where ho sings the siren eong of cilamlty to a cndcnco nnd measure- tint charm theprnlrlo nogs from their enrthy f.iotnee ea and evui polo Into Insignificance ! the \aiiltlng melody of the wander'og cojote. The fact that ha has been uncovered es a holder of passes will simply be regarded na a proof that he la lint human after nil an > l hi * admlieis will not bo rny the leas > oclf- erotia m thnt account. Hutlngton Herald rep- There li ono thing aultu clear to alt Intelligent observers of the status of politics In the slate of Nebraska braska- the populist party has lost Its Idcntltj as n political organisation In the citato True , many of the rank niul tile of the party that once enunciated what has been known at > the Omaha platform fondly call themselves populists , but they are with out n party. Their party was sacrificed In the hope that Its leaders would sharp In the epolls oflctory. . The- - leaders of tlio populist party , wherever fusion was effected , cared llttlo for the slher Issuo. Their aim was onice or political patronage. They put on puritanical faces nnd deluded the rank and fllo Into doing their bidding foraiklliB the populist flat money doctrine nm' es- pausing the democratic Iti to 1 Idcni-by representing to them that 1C to 1 xv.ta a long step toward flat money. Theie Is con siderable talk by some populists of pulling out of the fusion deal , but It will only bo tall , nnd nothing more. Their party Is dead , nnd in cry attempt to resurrect It will bo opposed by those who were Us leaders for obvious U'isoiip They better cill tlipm- schcs democtati Anil thus sail under their true colois Wo sympathize * with those who bcllevo honestly In the principles set forth In tlio Omaha platfoim , for wo bellc\o In the lights guaranteed by our constitution the light , to bcllc\e In and to ndvocnto the principles that appeal to Individual reason and Judgment. The leaders neither need nor descivo sjmpathy for the loss of their party's piestlge. They Know they were nac- l Hieing the party and went Into the deal to do BO deliberately. Corrupt leadership has wrecked more than ono so-called re form movement. Iho populist party In Ne braska Is not the llrst to have met Hiich a fate \ VIIIITIIIjo A roivr. New York JournalVns be veiy drunk ? " "Was ho drunk ? Sny ho was piylnt ; $1 a hotlle for vlchy and thought It was eh.iin. Puck : "I cin nlvvn > i toll when n imn la I ho hend of his funlly. " "How do jou tell ? " "When the man la boss the first boy Is put In ti ousel s before ho | 3 n joar anil a half old. " Chicago 1'osf "neoigo. " nltl his mother , \ "wli > do you p ly so intiL'h attention to tint Mldillctnu KlrU Shu lias , i face llko an npplo pie. " "That's my fuvoiltc pie , mother , " said George. Hiiper's Rarir : The Fair Ono I suppose you will many , though , when the golden opportunity offers , won't jou ? Tlio C.uitlous One It depends upon how much sold thwe Is In the oppoitutilty. Cincinnati Enquirer : Wallace Why don't you go to work ? You know thnt worry kills more people than work. Perry I'vo lie-xnl that. Hut nothing on earth worries me so much ns work. Chicago Itccord : "Hobbs didn't have ap pendicitis nftor all. " "Who said no. " "Ills doctors ; It seems lie hadn't money enough to pay for a surgical operation. " Washington Stai : "I don't'object to being eilled a peanut politician , " said Senator Sorghum. "The peanut Is at times a most palatable and desirable pioduct. " "Yes , " sild the cjiidld retainer , with a sigh , "sometimes. Hut It takes a. great deal of Toasting' to make It so. " Chicago Tribune : He I'm tired of hear ing about woman being the "better half. " Look at n\c. She led Adam Into sin. Ho nevei would hive eaten tin * forbidden fruit If she hadn't uaten It Unit. How do jou get a m u ml th it ? She The blblo says tie r.ord repented thnt Ho hud made a man. lie never repented having made women. Get around that , wlU jou ? WHY SHE WAS WOniUED. Denver 1'ost. She was n prcttj- , winsome maid , with Jer- sej' cream complexion ; Of giaces which nil maidens prize she had | a fair collection ; I And yet she wore a worried look , qulto easy I of detection , I As 1C rheumatics smote her bones at o\ery Intersection. S'le limped along like a pensioner on modlc/U I Inspection , Or like a turned-down candidate the evenIng - Ing of election , And from her pain-pursed lips oft fell a wrathj" Interjection , Hecause her shoes embiaced her feet too much dumb affection. 'run rum ISATKII. R 13 Kfner In Cleveland . 'T.ilr Cuba must bo free ! " ho cried , " * Oi And waved his nnns tbo while ; "Let Freedom's overlnBtlnj ? lido lcit round the lovely Isle ! The tyrant must bo put to lout , lilt ) bloody svvaj- must cease Ailso , Columbia , ilrlvo him out , And give the ficeman peace ! "O , vvhnt n Blinme that nolila men Should bow before a child ! Should be umlonu 01 raised up when Al woman frowned or mnllcd ! Whut frceborn man who hears today May further stuy hla Innd ? Let tyranny be swept iivvay From Fieedom's chosen liuid ! " At last he quit the Imlls of state , Anil , homeward , muHlnpr , wtrollcd Ilia wife wa mail , for bo was Jato , And dinner had got colil ! | She made him grovel on the floor. Shu Jawed him to n peak ; I Ho promised to bo Into no more , \ When Hho gave him leave lo upealc. ( And wlion the fenrful Btrlfo was done The limn who wanted gore. Was mounted by JIB ! llttlo son , A child of nearly four ! On Innds and knees ho Kiillopea round , With n tyrant on his back , Till in.ininm , wrought up by the Bound. Hulcd liorso .mil rider from the trnckl That we charge more than others do be cause we lay so much stress upon the qual ity and style of our Clothing , No other manufacturer is as well able as we are to keep within a reasonable limit of cost in turning out fine clothing * The fact is that for quality , style and fit , , our clothing costs less than you would pay elsewhere for the same goods. But re member we never sacrifice the quality to the price. Count your dollars , if you like ,