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DAILY JJElSs MONDAY , 1TJ33J311UARY 21 , 1808.
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The Itotlom fapl In roRanl to thi ?
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.
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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 ,
