THE QHAflA DAILY BffEt MONDAY , MAROII 28 , 1808.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
E. IlOSEWATCIt , Udltor.
Bvnnv MOIININO.
TEU34H OF 8U11SCUUT1ON :
flea ( Without Sunday ) , One Y nr . 8 00
l ) llr Hee nnU Sunday , One Year . 800
BIx Month . ' J2J
Three Month * . 200
fiundar lite. One Year . 200
Eaturday Dec , One Yeir . . 1 W
' Dee , One Year . *
Omnlia : The Ilee HunK.
' Kouth Omalu : Hlnuer Illk. . Ccr. N nnJ 2Uh SH
Oouni.ll llluffs : 10 1'carl Street.
ChlcRKO Olllce : Ufi Chamber of Commerce.
New York : Temple Court.
01 Fourteenth Street.
All communications routine to news and edlta *
rial matter diuulj bo ndJreMed : To Hie Udltor.
UUBINHSS I.l'.TTKllH.
All business Mters nnd mnlltuncoii nhonld be
addrccuc'il to The lice 1'ubllililnK Company ,
Onmlia. Draft' , check" , express nnd postotlUo
money orders to be made payable to the order of
the company.
T1IU I1HK I'UHMSIUNO COMPANY.
BTATBMKNT OF CIUC'UIATION.
Etatc of Nebrnn''a , Douglas county , UK. !
GcorBe II. Tzsf.huck , tccrutnry of Tlio Hoc Pub-
llshlni ; company , Lelntf duly mvorn , sayn that the
actual number of full ami complete copies of Tha
Dally , Morning , Kvenlnit nml Sumlny nee printed
during ( lie month of February , 1833 , was as fol-
'
1. . , , 20.57) ) ,5 .OM
! 21,9-,3 1C 2l.fi.1l
3 20. fD : 17 21.COJ
4 J0.7K 18 21.513
E 20. $ ; ; 19 Zl.uOl
e 21,0:0 -0 21.093
7 20.8W
* 2I.C 22 21.421
23 21.GJ3
10 ! ! . " ! ! . " ! ! ! ! ' . ! ' . ' , w'jrs 24 21.S2J
11 2I.12H 23 23.141
12 21.070 20 W.27
13 J1.012 27 21.IS' !
14 20,903 2S 22.33J
Total SS7.5S2
Xrfss returned and unsold copies
Net tolnl snlei .
Net dally n\crnBP . "V.vJJl
oionni : n. T/.SCHUCK.
Sworn to liefore me nnd mlircrlbed In my
prpFonco this let day of March , isas. _ . .
Notary 1'ublie.
An Bnstcr equinoctial Is not a welcome
eui'st.
There nre u urcut niiuiy McKlnloy
man in this country now and their mini-
bcr is incrcasliif , ' rapidly.
The man who predicted that the ex
position would lie u dismal failure has
moved to Sliver crook or Salt creek.
Another of those Invaluable snow
blankets has been spread out over the
northwestern farms und the crops are
saved nealii.
The HMehsruth may he depended on
io keep Francis Joseph so busy that he
will have no time for helping his royal
kinsfolk In .Spain.
Omaha marksmen have distinguished
them olve.s In the great national shootIng -
Ing tournament. Omaha keeps right at
the top In everything.
Oregon popnTlsts have nominated a
randldato for governor and notified their
followers who parade tinder other politi
cal names what ollk-es they may have.
From the evidence brought out In the
preliminary hearing of the gamblers who
thought they had complete police pro
tection it would appear that some relia
ble man slipped n oog.
The drug store saloon may be n no
'cesslty In prohibition states , but there is
no need of such resorts In a community
where liquor can lie bought in the open
from licensed vendors.
Iowa at last has u law regulating
primary elections , and while It is n
*
s complete nor ns radical as some ot
the. laws proposed , it will inako a good
atari in the right direction.
The voice of Chairman .Tones has been
heard giving advice and warning at this
critical Juncture. Ho Is still for fusion
or any old thing to down "the common
enemy" this year and every year. '
The city ; gets out of its second city
Jail scrape at a cost of $1,000. That is
considerably cheaper than the expense it
.went to uselessly in the effort to befoul
the city ball with a jnll in its basement.
1 All the conventions and congresses
( that have been invited to meet In Omaha
ill 1808 will be well taken care of and
provided with every needed aocommo
dntlon. That can be put down as a
certainty.
The latest yellow kid fake Is the start
ling announcement that President Me
Kinley has called an extra session of
congress. An extra session of congress
In the middle of a regular session Is
something nobody In these parts ever
hoard of.
The Bureau of 1'ublle Comfort should
direct its efforts to enlarging the faelll
ties that will enable Omaha to house
comfortably and c.ire for r > 0,000 visitors a
day. That Is a task that will tax the
Ti'st energies of a well equipped bureau ,
, wlth several chiffoniers thrown in.
The extra fare tariff exacted for fast
trains west of Chicago is to lie $ : t less
for passengers who ride In day coaches
than for those who ride In sleeping cars.
This looks very much as if the railroads
were putting a premium on travelers
who are suffering from chronic sleep
lessness.
The Union Pacific hospital assessments
have gone the way of the late receiver-
Bhlp. Xow let the llurllngton relief de
partment reduce its operations to a
voluntary Iwsls and drop the member
ship clause that attempts to force em
ployes to contract away their right to
Jidequato damages for injuries.
HorcafU'r legislative sessions in Maryland -
land will be limited to sixty days , which
Is milliclent time to do all the business
that legitimately belongs to a legislative
session. Tiie compensation of members
has been reduced one-half , but the chief
item ofexpense , about a legislature Is
not usually tlio members' pay roll.
In reading the dispatches U Is well to
remember that all war ships arc named
nffr states ot the union , all cruisers
after American cities and all torivedo
l > oats after naval heroes. It would have
l > ? cn a compliment to our kind Brazilian
neighbors to uavo retained the nam ?
Amiuotms for the cruiser purchased this
month , but It would have broken the
rule In regard to uuuiluj ; and led to con
fusion.
STU.A 110PKFVL OF PEAUB.
It la said that President McKlnley
Btlll hopes that peace will be main *
tallied between the United States nnd
Spain , that the proposals which ho Is
understood to contemplate making to the
Spanish government will bo received In
n friendly spirit and that what ho de
sires to accomplish can bo attained
through diplomacy.
There can be no doubt that It la the
earnest wish of the president to avert
war and If ho Is permitted by congress
to manage affairs In his own way war
limy be averted , but there Is the dlfil-
culty. Can ho hold congress In check ?
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger says that If the
president can prevail through diplomacy
In Inducing Spain to withdraw its
armies and recognize the Independence
of Cuba , or give congress any assurance
that thorp Is a reasonable prospect of
such * a consummation , an appeal for
liostpoivemont of legislative action would
bo effective , but otherwise alllrmatlvo
action may be looked for on the part
of congress , which will bo the means
of setting In motion the military forces
of the United States in the Interest of
Cuban Independence.
There Is probably no one who seri
ously thinks that Spain can l > a Induced
to recognize the Independence of Cuba.
Such a suggestion would not receive a
moment's consideration from the Span
ish government , because to consider it
would inevitably result in the over
throw of that government. Therefore
If action by congress Is contingent upon
a proposal to Spain to recognize- the in
dependence of Cuba the country may
be prepared for legislative action at
any time that will set In motion the
military forces of the nation. The pres
ent week promises to bo most eventful
and it cannot be many days before all
the matters about which there Is now
conjecture will be removed from the
Held of speculation.
271W Sl'AXllHI
It is to lie expected that the Washing
ton authorities will speedily decide upon
the course to bo pursued In regard to
the flotilla of Spanish torpedo boats now
on Its way to Cuban waters. It appears
to be the general opinion In naval circles
that it would bo a grave mistake to per
mit this flotilla of six torpedo boats and
seven torpedo boat destroyers to reach
Its destination , but to Intercept them on
the high sea would bo an act of war and
could not easily bo justified.
Obviously the sending of this fleet to
I'orto lllco is u menace , If it be not dis
tinctly a warlike movement Torpedo
boats and torpedo boat destroyers are
not Intended to bo used in operations
against the Insurgents , who have no
naval vessels. Manifestly they have
been scut to Cuban waters either with
a view to a hostile demonstration against
the United States or as a precautionary
movement on the part of Spain to head
oft' attack by this country. "Their dis
patch Is the practical and plain reply of
Spain , " says the New York Times , "to
the preparations for war which our own
government has been making for the
past month. It means cither that Spain
will bo ready for war , If It must come ,
6r will begin It. " While there Is no doubt
as to the menacing nature of the move
ment , the right of Spain to send her tor
pedo fleet wherever she pleases on the
high seas or in her own waters is un
questionable and this government would
bo warranted In interfering with this
right only upon very clear evidence that
the movement Is hostile In purpose.
The matter is certainly one of serious
Importance and if anything is to bo done
by way of intercepting the flotilla it will
have to bo done promptly.
COJVFIDKACU IN AUTONOMY.
Of course the members of the Cuban
autonomist cabinet have confidence in
the success of autonomy. It would be
most extraordinary If they felt other
wise , or at any rate should express a
lack of faith in this policy. So far as
they are concerned it certainly Is a suc
cess , for It has given them political
preferment and placed them In positions
where the emoluments are liberal. But
do the facts Justify this confidence ?
Certainly not according to the testimony
of American senators who have visited
Cuba and made a personal investigation
of the conditions there.
The uniform statement of these sena
tors is 'that autonomy is a failure am
that the pacification of Cuba througl
that policy Is Impossible. Tills is the
testimony of everybody who has vlsitci'
the Island. One of the members of the
cabinet stated that autonomy is as popu
lar now with the Cuban people as ever
befoiv , but there Js no. evidence that
such Is the case. Within the terrltorj
under Spanish control the policy Is of
course accepted , though It Is not a fac
that all the Cubans there are fully satis
fled with It. Outside of that ton-Itorj
it lias little if any support. It Is as
sorted by a cabinet ofllclal that nihnj
of the Insurgents have surrendered am
ho said the principal loaders would d <
so If tlry had no hope of assistance
from the United States. The truth Is
that very few insurgents have aecoptei
the Invitation of the autonomists ant
every Insurgent leader has not only do
nouurod It , but lias proclaimed that mi >
ono entering the territory of the In
surgents to endeavor to induce tlu pee
pie to accept autonomy would do so a
the peril of his life and the sincerity
of this has been demonstrated. The
idea that tlia insurgent leaders rejec
autonomy because they hope for the as
slstanco of this country Is absurd. Thej
reject that policy because they are
struggling for independence and wll
have nothing short of that. It Is true
that the Cuban people have long sought
autonomy and if the policy now offered
them had been projwsod before the pros-
out Insurrection broke out it would
doubtle > s have been accepted and there
would now be pneo In Cuba. The
Spanish statesmen'tlvn In power lacked
the wisdom to do this and after the
Insurrection was inaugurated it was tou
late to offer autonomy.
The charge that the United States Is
responsible for the prolongation of Ilia
war In Cuba Is utterly false. This coun
try has most carefully observed every
obligation of neutrality and at great cost
1ms done everything In its power to
faithfully perform Jts International duty ,
It could not Interfere with the selling
of war supplies by Its people to the
insurgents , which la recognl/XMl as en
tirely legitimate trade , but It has made
every possible effort to prevent fili
bustering expeditious leaving our shores
and has been largely successful In doing
so. Spain has no Just ground of com
plaint against the United States.
EXPLANATIONS THATDU XOTKXPLAIX.
The best course for a public man who
las made a mistake Is to admit the er
ror as gracefully as possible. Any at-
empt to exculpate himself from Just
jlamo by subterfuge or sophistry only
makes a bad matter worse. This fact is
strikingly Illustrated by the plight of
Governor llolcomb In trying vainly to
xplnln away his inexplicable and Inex
cusable failure to compel an accounting
n cash or a satisfactory exhibit of the
state funds when Hartley entered upon
its second term as state treasurer.
While every well informed person In
ho state knows the Lincoln Journal to
lave been the organ of penitentiary
ilrtLs and political crooks , the governor's
repeated replies to Its aspersions do not
ct him right before the people. The at-
empt to Justify his approval of the
Jartley bond upon an exhibit of worth-
ess bank paper by citation of supreme
ourt decisions which neither he nor any
one else had read or thought of when
u ; took action In the matter is a palpable
failure. . Legal quibbles and hair-split-
ing technicalities do not and cannot ob-
icure the salient point that the governor
lad been warned of Hartley's crooked
farming of state funds and his Inability
o settle on a cash basis. lie knew that
Hartley had threatened to resign if re-
liilred to make a cash settlement and
hat alone should have Impelled him to
enforce a strict compliance with the law.
Why ho failed to do so is ns much a
nystcry today as before his various and
conflicting explanations were made
> ubllc. liven if lie could cite a precedent
hat would absolutely clear him of legal
: o-llablity ] the moral responsibility will
always rest upon him. The governor's
iiotives may have been good , but his
ids were certainly wrong and he can
not now make people believe they were
right
WHAT ARR Wi ; P.ll'IXO FOR ?
The present city charter makes it the
duty of the chief of pollco to require
from every patrolman a dally report of
he time of lighting and extinguishing of
all public lights and lamps upon their
beats , and also any lamp that may bo
broken or out of repair , lie is also to
equlre reports of any defect in any side
walk , street , alley or other public high
way , or the existence of Ice or dangerous
obstructions on the walks or streets or
breaks in any sewer , or disagreeable
odors emanating from Inlets to sewers
or any violations of the health laws of the
city. The charter lias been in effect ton
months and the present chief has been
u oflico for nearly seven months , but tills
provision of the charter has remained
dead letter.
No regular report so far as we know
has been made by the patrolmen as
to the street lighting service , or the re
pairs required for making that service
elllclent There are miles upon miles of
defective sidewalks In every section of
the city , but no note of that fact lifts
been taken by the police. Many of these
walks are absolutely dangerous and ac
cidents have occurred from time to time
without disturbing the peace of mind of
the chief. While the charter requires the
chief of police and his subordinates to
Invoke the assistance of the city prosecutor
cuter to call to account the culpable par-
tics wo arc not aware of any complaint
filed In the police court by the city prosecutor
cuter on that score.
The question Is , How much longer
must our citizens submit to such gross
negligence and inefficiency In the police
department ?
Notice has been given to all the world
that a libel suit is about to be Instituted
against The Bee for saying that the
benevolent publisher of the World-
Herald once upon a time solicited money
for Christmas gifts and paid for them
with advertising space. This remark , It
Is claimed , is liable to Interfere with his
usefulness as custodian of his Cuban re
lief fund. A man up an ordinary Christ
mas tree will fall to see where the libel
comes 'In. All the reflection likely to
arise is whether the $3,500 which have
been contributed for the relief of suffer
ing Cubans has actually been made a
special deposit at the disposal of the
proper relief authorities in a bank that
does not make it a practice to give bogus
certificates for the accommodation of
special friends.
That Tibbies complaint which the
state railway commission has resur
rected was made exclusively for politi
cal purposes before the last election
Having Ignored it for six months , the
political commissioners think they see
an opportunity for party capital in an
ticipation of another campaign. As the
commissioners notoriously seek Instruc
tions from railway headquarters cverj
time they turn around It may bo takei
for granted that the latest move has tin.
railroad lubjl blown In the bottle.
The prince of Wales , In a recent
speech , predicted that navies and armies
will not bo needed much longer by tha
nations of the world , since the era of
universal peace Is close at hand , and
while the prince lias not very high stand
ing as n prophet , his words arc en
couraging to the advocates of disarma
ment and a general peace policy. There
are no visible signs that the people of
the earth desire to quit fighting , but the
pence- era may be much nearer than ap
pearances indicate.
The law passed by the last Nebraska
legislature prohibiting further sale of
state school lands is to undergo n test
case in which Its validity is questioned.
As usual the complaint is that it Inter
feres with vested rights which cannot
bo legislated away from the lessees. It'a
a poor law that does not tread on the
corns of some one who thinks he Is
standing on sacred vested rights.
The populist state administration IE
not letting anything get away that mlghl
contribute to the support of the state
house machine. No insurance company
can liopo to retain favor with the reign
ing authorities unless it gives the ad
vcrtlslug of Its notice of examination tea
a good populUt cr of the fusion faith.
Inasmuch ns the legal charges would bo
he same most Tjf t'rticse companies would
prefer to place ] ) their ndvertlsmonts in
: ho papers tha would give them the
vldest publlclty .such as Is contemplated
iy the law , but tholclub over their heads
warns against 'uch n course. The re
sult is that theiinnouuccmcnts ) that they
lave conformed toHhe Insurance laws of
lie state are buyed so that scarcely any
one sees them.
A ncwspaper'jETuit professes to speak
for Nebraska 'fiopullsts ' denounce. * the
lew election law enacted by Kentucky's
lomocratlc legislature ns an outrageous
uoasure and predicts that the day will
come when the democrats who passed
the bill will bitterly rue their action.
Yet the Nebraska populists keep right
on just for the sake of the spoils of oiilco
illylng themselves with the same kind
af demociats whose practices arc utterly
epugnant to the principles of populism.
The legislators of British Columbia
are not pleased with the Americanizing
irocess which has been going on In their
HWlnce some years , for they have Just
refused to pass a bill changing the rule
of the road which requires a turn to the
eft. While the American system of
turning to the right is becoming com-
iion In many parts of the Dominion the
Columbians prefer to stick to the English
"
lish way.
In the meanwhile members of the local
ministerial union profess to be worrying
themselves to death over what may hup-
> en after the exposition opens , while they
continue supremely indifferent to the
jollce-connlved vice and lawlessness pre
vailing all around them. They ought to
remember the injunction , Sufficient unto
the day Is the evil thereof.
IOTVII'H Hoard nf Control.
Minneapolis Tribune.
If the state Institutions of Iowa nro not
conducted on a much more patlafactory baala
hereafter it will not bo the fault of Governor
Shaw , who has' made three exceptionally
strong appointments on the new board of
control. The only objection made 4o the
democratic member U that he has not been
as rabid a free sliver man as the Dryan-
Itcs ot the elate would like , but thin will
hardly weigh against his business capacity.
No OoviiHliin for Alurni.
Minneapolis Journal.
Spain's torpedo boats are coming. There
Is no occasion for alarm. A torpedo must
be discharged very close to a vessel to do
much damage. Recent experiments show
that even 600 pounds ot guu cotton ctfploJeJ
10i/ feet from a bhlp do not Injure It. Thirty
feet away the side plates of the ship were
driven In. Torpedcta are valuable at short
range and then a' ' ahlp can protect Itself by
torpedo netting. The thing to do Is to de
stroy torpedo boato before they get In close
range. '
Sultjcct nnd Pine * Ati > ri > iirlntc.
ClilcnKOl Tribune.
The proposition' to'erect n statue of Abra
ham Lincoln on the batleneld of Gettysburg
.for which a bill-making an appropriation of
$30,000 pissed the United States senate the ,
other day Is both timely and appropriate.
There Is no spot with which Mr. Lincoln's
memory will bomore Intimately and pe
culiarly associated than that on which he
delivered his celebrated speech In recogni
tion ot the services of those who fell In the
cauao of liberty and aulont on that memora
ble battlefield , and It 'Is eminently proper
that there ahould'be place'J one of the monuments
ments to his memory -which will In ofter
ages bo regarded au'Watorlcal.
Flirhtlnir by Mncliliivry.
Chicago llecoril.
Warfare , like manufacturing , has degener
ated Into machine work. The preparations
fof a real or apparent danger of war make
this conspicuous. The great battleships are
lighting machines not constructed to kill
human belnga but to attack and destroy or
disable other fighting machines like them
selves. To man such fighting engines re
quires a small force , and a battle with mod
ern ordnance doeo not of necessity Involve
great carnage. This was exemplified In the
Jipanoso-Chlnteo conflict. Jn fact , nations
settle their contentions by a mere compari
son of strength with that of their antagonist
a quick estimate of their own fighting ma
chines , their armor and armament , their
speed and coal capacity. A like estimate ot
the enemy , a footing of figures and the battle
ia postponed by one ) or the other belligerent
to enable further preparation and augmenta
tion of the enginery of modern warfare.
INFLOW OF GOLD.
A Slovciiic-nt of IJntiMiinl SlKiilllcnnce
lit tlil SeuKoii.
New York World.
The enormous sums of gold that are com
ing to us on both sides of the continent moro
than $1,000,000 a day since February 23 are
a source of national strength far too llttlo
appreciated.
They add largely to the ability of the people
ple to support the government In case ot
need.
They greatly Increase the volume of money
Jn the country , every dollar meaning , as a
Lank reserve , frcm ? 4 to $6 of available
money with which to meet the needs of com
merce.
They mean that the country as a whole Is
buying far less than It is selling ; that It Is
living far within Its means a circumstance
that Is as suggestive of thrift and prosperity
tn the case o ! a nation as it Is In the case
of an Individual.
T-sv mean that our national credit and
the credit ot all our enterprises are unlm-
peached In foreign markets. Otherwise
American securities national , state , muni
cipal , railroad and Industrial would now
bo Sowlnc In upon us from timid foreign
holders and wo should bo exporting gold to
pay for them.
At a season when wo usually export gold ,
and with a "war scare" on , we are still Im
porting gold In phenomenal quantities. The
fact Is reassuring In an extraordinary degree.
iMI.\n.\TJ < V SPANISH.
The l > roiiONi > a Ill-turn of GrnrrnI
Wt > yler to Culm.
Kansas City Star.
To send Weylcr back to Cuba would boa
a- eminently Spanish proceeding and In
hataicny with a thousand precedents In
Spanish history. When Cuba is finally lest
to Spain , Juat as Mexico , I'eru , Buenos Ayres
and the rest havofbetn lost , Weyler will bo
found to have been. , more than my other
one man , responsible. It Is Weyler who
made any reconciliation with Cuba forever
Impossible. Therefore , It Is Weyler who
should bo placed 'fci command In Cuba at
the flnal anl criticalIroomnnt.
Weyler la no soldier , but ho was rent to
Cuba to relieve General Martinez Campos
the only general of. retiutatloa in the Spanish
army. Weyler Is no diplomatist and so wsn
sent to Cuba when , no hope remained ex
cept In conillatlpg .the Cubans , and pi'o-
ceJded to destroy 'tup possibility of recon-
clllatlcii. Ho can neither fight nor treat
It la natural that h should bo selected as
the last hope and reliance ot Spain ,
Spala learns nothing. All that Spain haa
lost wlthlirfho present century has been for
felted through brutljh Incapacity to bo
taught. To drive her subjects Into rovolu
tlon by senselesa tynnny and then attemp
to suppress them by treacherous butchery la
the history of Spain for centuries , every
chapter alike.
To have Weyler sent back to Cuba la
exactly what every enemy of Spain desires
If there existed coy doubt that the Cubcce
iD'.ended to keep up the Insurrection until I
ends In victory , the presence of Woylcr fi
the Island would remove It. It would b
poetic Justice that the man who did most t
drive the Cubans into the implacable otrug
gle should bo preeont to participate In th
surrender rod witness the ehameful an
humiliating end ot Spanish rule la Cuba.
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TUB nAUTtKY MUHKAIUKO.
West Point Progress ( Jem. ) : The eu-
renio court hai granted ox-State Treasurer
Jartler a rehearing. It would bo In keep-
nit with matters as they are run nowadays
o finally et htm free , and also allow htm
amigcs for fa'.ae Imprisonment.
Fremont Tribune ( rep. ) : A rehearing ot
10 Hartley case has Just been granted by
) e supreme court. Inasmuch as It was
ono at the request ot Judge Sullivan , we
ope the popocrats will not Jump up and
Ito thcmsolvro tn the fleshy part of the
bJomcn , as would have been the case had
le republican end of the court asked It.
Alma Journal ( rep. ) : Populist howlers
ave betii B caring that the venal rcpub-
lean supreme court would grant ex-State
'reaaurer Hartley a rehearing ot the case
hat brought him a sentence of twenty years
n the pen. It was granted , but when they
ound out that It was by the request of
udge Sullivan , the maa they elected , they
hut up llko clauw.
StEiiton Picket ( rep. ) : At the request of
udge Sullivan Joe Hartley Is to have a new
caring In the supreme court , and this on
he heels ot the declaration by Governor
lolcomb that there was positively no short-
go In Hartley's accounts during his first
erm In olllce. It Is no wonder that Attor-
ey General Symth Is discouraged In his
fleets to punish , crime and restore to the
tate Its own.
Wlsner iFlrcc il'rces ( rep. ) : In the capo
f Hartley before the supreme court , wherein
o Is praying that body to grant him n new
rial , every Judge and commissioner said no
ut Judge Sullivan. When-ho dl3cnted In the
Gene iMooro case It was proclaimed to the
vorld with a blast of trumpets that there
vas ono honest Judge In. . the supreme court ,
t would seem that he ought to be fernlnpt
lartley on general principles. What apol-
gy have those to odor who lauded him BO
ilghly In the 'Geno Moore cuso ?
Ued Cloud Argus ( rep. ) : The law's de-
ays are exceedingly trying at times , but
lever moro so than to the people of No-
jraska In the Hartley case. Hut few can
understand why , following a. fair trial nnd
onvlotlon , the supreme court should after
laving pissed upon 'the ' case and affirmed the
udgment ot the lower court , step In at the
Seventh hour and stay the hand of Justice
iy granting o rehearing simply because It
vas asked for ami was a courtesy duo the
ew member of the court. Less courtesy and
nero Justice Is 'the desirable thing Just now
n matters of this kind ,
Syracuse Journal ( rep. ) : In the decision
if the supreme court against 'Hartley ' , Judge
Vorval said : "Tho evidence In the case is
ufllcient to sustain a conviction of 'the ' cm-
> ezzlcment of the money of the ftate. " Now ,
vhy docs he reverse'his ' own decision ? What
good Is there In the decision of a supreme
court If , after a few weeks or years , It
"hai'gcs Us mind and says It blundered ? The
entire state agreed with the flrst decision ;
not ono pptson agrees with this reversal of
.heir former opinion , or rather grunting a
ohi'arlng. Of coume , the court may yet
sustain its former opinion.
Ponder Republic ( rep. ) : Some of our pop-
illet contemporaries are making a big howl
jootiuso the supreme court granted a ro-
icarlng In the Hartley caao. Are 'they going
o repudiate the opinion of their man Sulll-
Miri , who was with the court In Its opinion
hat this case should be reheard ? If the
reheating la wrong then their populist Judge
n ono of his very flrst decisions is wrong
and sides with the thief Hartley. That a
rehearing lo granted docs not necessarily
mean that he will get a now trial or co-mo
vlthin forty miles of escaping tha Juaf pun-
shmont Imposed by a republican Judge.
North Platte Tribune ( rep. ) : MuiU sur
prise was created last Friday by the an-
louncement that the supreme court had de
elded to grant the application of the attor
< ; js for ex-Treasurer Hartley for a re
argument of the appeal from the district
court of Douglas county. It docs not nec
essarily follow that this opportunity to reargue -
argue the case means the acquittal ot Hart
cy ; If it does the republican party might
is well shut up shop In Nebraska and Jump
nto a deep well. It la not believed that the
second hearing will jjbango the result , but
durli.g the pendency of the matter the demo-
pop.s will have a fund ot campaign thunder
vhlch they will not iall to use. Hartley
IBS been proven to be a thief , he deserves
.ho punishment meted out to 'htm by repub
ICT.H Jndges and no mere- technicality should
10 permitted to stand between him and the
penitentiary.
Grand Island Independent ( rep. ) : The su-
iremo court has unexpectedly granted a re-
icarlng to ex-State Treasurer Hartley. We
not believe that there Is any good reason
for this concession , which will entail a new
amount of cost and give a great criminal
a now chance for escaping Justice. It is
stated to be the practice of the supreme
court to grant a rehearing when even only
one Judge of the supreme court doubts the
correctneeo of an opinion handed down and
n such ccne not to give any reason why
ho rehearing is ! granted. It seems tnat the
frequent end easy granting of new trials and
rehcaringa Is becoming a complete nutsanco
which Is ono ot the causes which Increased
crime and ruins the respect for the admin
stration ot Justice. Remarkable la It that
n thh case the newly elected Judge Sulli
van , the choice o ! the domo-popullatlc fusion ,
asked the granting cf the rehearing.
Tekamah Herald ( rep. ) : The action of the
supreme court In granting a. rehearing in
the Hartley case , wherein ho was sentenced
Judge Baker to twenty yeara In the peni
tentiary , Is causing much unfavorable com
ment. This , as wo understand , was done at
the request of Judge Sullivan , who was
elected since the former hearing was had ,
whtm the decision of the lower court was
affirmed. The Herald does not deny the
right of the majority of the court to extend
the courtesy to Judge Sullivan to grant a
rehcurlng at his 'request ' , providing that an
Immediate hearing IB had , but If this case
to take Its place on < the docket and bo
reached tn duo course of time It will more
than ever shake the confidence of the people
ple In the courts. The Herald la heartily
sick of Judicial courtesy and technical rules
ot evidence. What the people Mint Is moro
lustlco and less ot what some people call
" the law. "
Fremont Herald ( dom. ) : The supreme
court hiis decided to grant the application
ot the attorneys for Joe IBortley for a re-
argument of the appeal from the district
count ot Douglas county. As to the legal
status , the common layman la not supposed
to be fully Informed ho only knows that
the people of Nebraska , who have been
swindled out of nearly $1.000,000 by this
embezzler's manipulation of their hard-
earned money , are getting exceedingly tired
of the efforts 'to ' have hln punished , bralJca
the gloomy prospect of never recovering1 any
of the money. The eltuatlon 1s well stated
by ono ot Omaha's leading1 attorneys , Judge
Cornish , as follows : "Because the supreme
court hf > s given the attorneys another chance
to urguo the case , It does not necessarily fol
low that Hartley Is to bo acquitted. A re
hearing Is frequently granted because the
court Is not tiatlsfled with the manncc In
which the findings are stated , and wishes to
hand down another opinion to the same ef
feet. If , however , It should follow that
Hartley should be acquitted on a technicality
it wculd boa tremendous blow to republican
prospects In Nebraska. The majority of the
voters cannot appreciate a fine point of
law. " Hut "tho majority of the voters , "
whllo they furnish the cash , are not to betaken
taken into the confidence ot court technical
ities und uro too often led llko phorn lambs
to the slaughter , trusting that right will
prevail. Wo hope It will In this case. But
"how long , O Lord , how long ? "
CltlccilM.
New York Sun.
The spirit of old tlmca reappears In the
eubjolncd response made by the Hon. Charlci
A. Houtello to the Ilev , Samuel June Bar
rows , a new member of congrrs.1 from Massi
chusctts , The bill for the relief of the nut
fcrers by the destruction of the Maine wa :
up In the house :
"Mr. Barrows I should llko to ask whothe
any distinction la made tn this bill bctweci
citizens ot the United States and aliens wh
were on thki vessel ?
"Mr. Boutelle All who were on the veese
are aejiumed to have been citizens ot th
United States.
"Mr. Barrows They wcro not all citizens
ot the United States In fact , were they ?
"Mr. Boutelle Any man who was blowr
up en an American ship under our flag In
enough of an American citizen to be rocog
nlze4 by this government. "
Tfiat reply put Into two dozen words th
unwritten law of American patriotism con
earning citizenship. The drad or malmci
defenders of our flag need no naturalization
papers. They are never alien * .
I.AJIOH.
< Superior Efficiency AeUnovrl-
eilncd In Ilrltitln.
Chicago Ilcconl.
Th& growing export traJo of the United
States for eomo time tins been a matter tor
oniment in this country. Foreign journals
and manufacturers arc trying to learn the
luiso of this growth , The reasoci most
ommonly assigned Is that efficiency of shop
nanagcment and extensive use of labor-sav-
ng machinery have enabled American man
ufacturers to produce goodi at a lower labor
cst even while paying higher nages. This
s one reason advanced by the Lcwdon Finan
cial Times , which f peaks thus of AmcrUtii
ompctltlon :
"We have for a long time been very pa-
lontly and persevertngly pointing out that ,
n the midst of much alarm regarding Gcr-
nan Industrial competition , British inaau-
acturert ) have been ovorlookltiK n rival In .
\morlca , which thrcattns to become even
ncvo dangerous than Germany. " I ,
Referring to a report Issued by an Ameri
can consul general In German , the Times
continues :
"We have before heard the satcment of
itr. Jcacs , secretary ot tha KiltlsH Iron
Trade association , which Is quoted , to the
iffect that he knons of cases where the
abor cost en a ton ot billets and rails t
> 3 to 35 per cent less ki America than the
oucst ccat he has ever heard of In thin
country ; but It Is Interesting to learn from
a German expert who has traveled through
ho Atlantic states to find the secret of the
upcrlor quality and cheapness of American
aclory-made boot' ' , that In cno Massachu
setts factory which he visited , whcro the
operatives received 3 per week In wages ,
hi > not labor ccst per pair of boots produced
was 1 shilling end 8 pence , whereas In Ger.
nan factories , where the average wages
voro 1C shillings per week , It was 2 shillings
2'/a pence. U Is alee interesting to Icurn
hat American bootmaklng and Uniting inn-
ihlnery. automatic lathes , planers and mill-
ag machines and special tools for the mak-
ni ; of blcjclcn are beln extensively bought
iy the most progressive German manufac
turers. Then wo have the disquieting ntatc-
ncnts that Bessemer pig Ireii Is produced
at 10 shilling * * to 15 shillings per ten Icsn
n the United States than In Great Britain ,
and that American rail , mining and elec
trical machinery , locomotive nnd steel bridge
manufacturers have of late been Gteadlly un
derbidding their British , German and Bel
gian competitors even In Europe. Moreover ,
American office desks , typewriters , hy
draulic lifts , mimeographs , cash registers
and bicycles have become so common In
Surope that wo no longer think of their
origin. While , therefore , we have strong
'alth In Great Britain's ability to hold her
own ngaln-Jt any competition , we think our
manufacturers and workmen , nso already
lave frequently pointed out , caroot too soon
awake to the fact ot America's rapid prog
ress , nor too quickly learn nnd adopt the
methods 'oy ' which American manufacturers ,
paying higher wages , nro able to produce
nero cheaply than their British brethren. "
This tribute to the efficiency of American
abcr. coming from such a source , Is very
gratifying to Amerlmi pride. It also serves
to dispel illusion , for the wide acceptance
of which the high protectionists are largely
responsible , that lower wages are necessary
to enable this country to sell manufactured
products in the markets of the world.
PIMISOVAI , AXI1 UTIlKllWISn.
Mr. Moody thinks an archangel would lose
tils reputation In New York iuslJe of thirty
days.
The three sons of Lobengula nre now being
educated nt Capetown at the cxpeiiso of the
Chartered company. ,
The Into Wlicclock Q. Vcazey once said
ho would rather be commander of the Grand
Army than president of the United States.
Ho realized his ambition and filled the posi
tion with distinguished credit.
Judge Spencer of St. Louis has rendered
a decision In a Ubel case that "It the sub
stance of the publication tn Its full and'falr
meaning Is alleged and proved to bo true the
Justification ! s complete. "
Fifty-two oysters to forty-nine wns the
score In the sheriff's , favor at the end of an
oyftcr-eatlng contest between the sheriff of
Allegheny county and the city clerk of Cum
berland , Md.
Frederick Tennyson , brother of Lord Tennyson -
nyson , and himself a poet of considerable
merit , who has Jtst died , was noted for his
jreat gentleness and kindness , which he im
partially bestowed upcn all with whom he
came In contact.
WJthout bothering to complain to the police
a Montana cowboy on a visit to Seattle pulled
a gun on a couple of bunco stccrers In the
street In the middle of the afternoon , and ,
charging thorn with having swindled him ,
tuined them over to the authorities.
Ten shecpmca cf Drew's Valley , Lake
county , Ore. , cacti agreed to ray a nolgh-
jor 25 cents for every wildcat , cougar or
coyote ho killed In the vicinity of Drow'a
Jap , and within three months ho made nearly
; 200 for himself , besides making the sur-
oundlng country safer for nheep , and then
10 doubled his earnings by means of the
public bounties.
Meda WJlhlto , a 4-year-old girl of Buck-
ner , Ky. , Is four feet high and weighs 120
pounds. Her chest measurement la 38 Inches ;
lock , 15 ; waist , 37 ; biceps , 12 ; forearms , 11.
Her mental development Is excellent and she I
a In capital bealth. Neither her father nor ;
mother weighs over 130 pounds.
The race of newsboy fakim which the yel
low papers have raised In New York City
: os begun to spread to other cities. The
other day a lad with a bundle of New York
papers got off a train at Media , Pa. , and be.
; an crying : "Fifty-three Americans killed
by the Spanish 1m Cuba , " Ho sld a large
number of papers In a few minutes ; but
when the people found that the "news" was
; wenty-flve years old and related to the Vlr-
glulus affair ttiey caught the scamp and
tiuetled him out of town.
Colonel Whcelock O. Vcazy of Rutland ,
who has Just died , was ono of the notable
mem of Vermont. For hta gallant conduct at
Gettysburg congress conferred upon him a
medal ot honor. He was the state supreme
court reporter for ten years from 1864 , served
a term In the state senate and WES one of
ho commissioners under appointment of
Govccnor Proctor In 1878 to revise the laws
of Vermont. The next year ho was made a
ludgo ot the fttato mipruno court and served
ca the bench until 1880 , when President Harrison
risen appointed him to the Interstate Com
merce commission. In 1890 ho was elected
Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army , no
organization In which ho had always main
tained an active Interest.
c.mrAtnx OF isos.
Hasting * Tribune ( rep. ) : Sorao of the lend
ing democratic papers about the state ar
now urging the nomination ot W. II. Thomp
son for governor. It's strange that the demo ,
crats alwas dig Thompson up when they
feet certain that the nomination will go tea
a i > cpullst.
Leigh World ( rep. ) : The republican prcw I
Is unanimous hi Its demand for the best tim
ber the party has for stale offices another
campaign. There Is only ono way to got it
ami that Is for the best men In the party to
begin at tlio primaries and get the beet men
on the delegations all along the line and
shut out entirely all designing demagogues.
Dakota City Eagle ( rep. ) : Governor Hol-
romb has on Idea , which Is really not n bad
one , that the only thing to do with nn errof
Is to stick to It till you make some ono bo
iler c it Is a good thing ; but Silas sct-ms to
have n wonderfully hard time to make pert-
plo believe that ho did not know Jop Hartley
wns a defaulter before he entered his second
end term ns state treasurer.
Ptanton Picket ( rep. ) : Jmlgo Jchn S. Rob
inson wants to uuccecil Samuel Mnxwc-11 an
congressman. It has been several jears nlnco
tlio fusion boo began to buz Its ccngrcsslonat
song In Judge Roblnson'd bonnet. Twice 1m
he come very clwe to n nomination , but un
less ho can traiujge to change 'the ' prevailing
.Maxwell tcntlment he will t'JO compelled o
wait at least another two years.
Oakland Independent ( pop. ) : Nearly every
good , bad or Indlffprotit man In the pcpu-
1st , democratic or republican camps have
been suggested fjr gubernatorial candidate *
tms fall and we think Use best one of them
all Is Lieutenant Governor Haivls. Th
worst chuc-go they make aR&'jnet him Is that
no Is n MethjdUu preacher , and that Is not
bad. Methodist politics Is good politics. Mr. I
ncriis Is > \ polkhcJ gentleman , has the ago
and experience cod as presiding officer of
tnu senate- was always fair and Just and nn
onernr to Jobbery. Ho has boon tried and
found to bo true , honest and fair and would
up the loglc.il succivaior to ICio best governor
Nebcanka ever had.
Columbus Telegram ( dem. ) : It Is shew
madr.c&j lor the men who are now holding
office through appointment by Governor Hol-
cpmb to Insist on the governor being msdo
the. candidate of the fusion forcts for u
third term a 'd ns sure as these gentlemen
have their way defeat for tlio reform focccu ,
so far as the ofilce of govoanor Is conccrno-l.
will follow. Tlie third term Idea cannot bo
made to wlu In Nebraska. Governor Hol-
comb needs no "vindication. " His record
tas been a fair and clean one and no fault
ccci be Justly fouid with U. Let him. then ,
retlco In favor of fiomc good democrat as
the refoun candidate for governor and all
will be plain sailing. Victory for the whole
ticket will be assured.
Plattsmoutli Post ( rep. ) : State Auditor
Cornell publishes n reply to the letter ad
dressed to him openly by the editor ot the
O Nelll Independent In which ho denies
sorno ot the charger * about which ho Is In
terrogated , but admits that ho went over the
Hurllngtct' , GOO miles or more , "purely on jd
btislncfs trip" at that company's expense , fr
it was a bon.i fide business tour the Pent
would llki > to Inquire why It was necessary
to take a nprclal car and fill It with his own
and his brother's family , for trot Is ex
actly what ho diil ( Jo , as the Podt cm tes
tify. It wa not necessary for them to In
spect the Hurllngtcci road end a buslnora ttlp
could lave boon taken with somewhat Icai
ostentation. Populist doctclno nnd populism
dcedj are cadly nt variance olttlmcs.
I.I.MSS TO A lAl ! < ; iI. |
Brooklyn Life : llc-Kvery tlmo I hnva
called on Miss Daisy shu 1ms been out. She
tVY'k" ' ° lsnown J wes t' ° nilnB1 , don't you
II may hnVC boon
Cincinnati Hnqtilrcr : Klondike Kit-Say ,
nh.it sort of cut buttons It them ?
Oawson Dave The real thini ? . my boy.
Uliey are carved from genuine corned beef.
Detroit Journal : Caller- You say IMIss
you hnow
Indlnnnpolla Journal : "Love. " wild tha
BWigW1"K '
"I nave noticed. " said tlio. Cheerful Idiot ,
that young lovers seem to have a prefer !
cnce for the dark , moro or lew. "
Juihfe : "Mr. Hnnfor-I hive a speakln *
aenualntnnci. wih | UIIss THrockmorton.
Air. Spntta ou are- very lucky. All her
other acquaintances are listening acqtialnt-
: Clinker-Did you know
uilnker TVlfM 'W1',13 ' ' you "P ns ' model ?
know anything about the
model part , but I know she holds mo up !
Wi = hltiFton Star " '
: "Didn't I hear you sav
something about the trump of "
fame ?
In
" " > "i
quired Senator Sorghum.
"Yes , " re-jilleil the young man. "It's a
common phrase.
"And a very pool pno. too. It's a valu
able reminder that a man who-anato - to get
along has to know how to play hla cards ! "
Chicago Tribune : "I Vuppoae , " said the
ft11 ' untcw'ho" ' ' ; ro'ystlc ? ' the rites I'rrthVen ' of the were order Initial- as
they stopped a moment to reit "this la
what you call -unwritten work1 '
n ° ° f Ul ° br ° thren' ln
more' ' hlm ' " the blanket ° nct
Wld'HB II.1V1.V WAIII
! ' , , , , . . rnclct. mister ?
" * l "
\ , ? ? u " n crap !
us kids ' '
IB p'nyln' nojor ,
An' the Dona Is In a trap. .
WP plyo 'cm tickler thunder
An , I Pulled Hill Johnson's .hair
Bill playoil General Weyler
An1 BO I punched 'Im-therel
Dp ye see. that feller. inlHter.
"With mud nil on hla panls-
He ojn lick me ? Nit !
Jes watch me make 'Im prance !
HO'H plnyln * lie's n SpanU'h '
An' I'm n Uncle S.im.
Jos watch mo paralyze Mm
I'll fetch ' 1m down leer-slam !
Hurray ! fur ole U. S. boys ,
An1 every mother's son
Of them them Bnanl.sli nojera
Ull noon bo on the run !
Om.,1,0. , N.b
Just a
Glimpse
is all that the v/indows af
fords of the store's contents.
Come in. We don't under
take to show half the styles
or materials , or more than
an example or two of the
variety of patterns that we
have in the store.
If people were only judges of sound clothing , we shouldn't
have to advertise , and we are doing all that we can to educate
them up to a point of understanding the advantages of well-made
garments , and the unwisdom cf buying the cheap stufl that is so
common.
Our children's clothing especially , is an instance of what V
clothes for the little ones should bz , and , by contrast with the
common sorts , show the advantages of dressing small boys ia
durable and well-made suits.
.S. W. Cor. f0th and UouglamQt * , ;