£ DCIiE SAM.
tted to nicara
nal scheme.
••nelly Interest, but That
Appoints rommlsslon
That H Should Bo a
\prll 8.—The appoint
emission of engineers to
uimitlon and rough sur
:,i-agun canal by route on
'nil.-d States Is being has
l,v interested parties as
government to the pro
, nse, the assumption Is
t’ The action of con
fixing the survey and of
in appointing the engi
work is evidence of a
interest in the canal and
t, ,i ns a national denion
f favor, but It does not
, government to an in
| any particular canal
,nvs that tills government
i to contribute to the en
tliat under certain cir
:„! conditions it might
'miction of the canal, but
!.,«■ that congress will pay
|.nimV.lOO for the privilege
5 private persons or a pri
on to the tune of $8,000,000
alleged to be invested In
preliminary to taking up
government project,
liler, Hiram Hotchkiss,
1. Hr. Bartlett and their
■m to have put not less
| into the canal up to date.
I wire before congress last
liplated the repayment of
the additional gift of $30,
the total capitalization of
payment for concessions,
It Ion being a condition pre
i issuance of $70,000,000 to
dvernment bonds with
1 the canal. Now, the gov
ig under no moral obliga
te Messrs. Miller, Hltch
ppany from their bad In
to pay them $30,000,000 for
jed and shop-worn conces
jss turned the proposition
je President only gave the
ialf-hearted support. The
(eartily in favor of a Nicar
tnl is iirmly convinced that
jof incalculable advantage
o. but he would like to see
Led that the government
a canal scheme free from
glements—a project begin
irom bedrock.
IN THE DANA CASE.
ig Lawyers Crowd Judge
nil's Court Room.
April 8.—The arguments
jlication for a warrant of
'harles A. Dana from this
district of Columbia were
ore Judge Brown in the
e District court this morn
afternoon, after United
lit Attorney MacFarlane
he case and made his ap
' Elihu Root, one of the
the defendant, consumed
■r of the time up to the ad
ln arguing against the
the request of the United
riot attorney. Lawyer
rtlett announced last even
' "uld be ready to continue
t for the defense when the
should be resumed to-day.
1 re Wilson of Washington,
by Lawyers Bartlett and
h at the court room at 11
1 yesterday, the counsel
littered with bulky docu
law books which were
t hler, were promptly on
"dock but Judge Brown
in an apearance.
a rtlett when asked if the
r"Uld be completed to-day
he could not say, but that
'tend to take up much time
ns statements.
Dana arrived, a few min
. 0 clock, one of the court
' ‘nted him from entering
l set apart for the lawyers
? by the lawyers of both
jlucFarlane and his assist*
filler, were nrnmntiv
" ho W|„ .
iAI>ril j._A w ,n England
V‘^ne3fth^oreig„.
‘ lhts year are 1’5 the Hen
• ",m eomp,,. lhe Cornell
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VAUGhiN IS ELECTED.
Chicagoan ' President of the Republican
College League.
Grand Rapids, Mich.. April 8.—The
election of president of the American
Republican College league was the most
exciting episode of the day in Its con
vention, and L. D. Vaughn of the Uni
versity of Chicago, won. The conven
tion assembled at 10 o’clock In the morn
ing In the handsome club house of the
St. Cecilia society. Congressman Wil
liam Alden Smith eloquently welcomed
the young men to the city, to which
President Cox briefly responded. Com
mittees were appointed and the rest of
the morning session was occupied with
speeches. In the afternoon ■ the com
mittee on credentials reported forty-six
colleges represented, and then t.ie rules
were suspended to decide on the next
place of meeting and to elect officers.
Minneapolis won the next convention
with scarcely a struggle. After the
election of president the other officers
were quickly chosen as follows: Vice
presidents, Ralph E. Johnston, Neb
raska, and C. E. Cosand, Earlliam: sec
retary, P. Ledenbourough, Michigan;
treasurer, L. L. Twltchell, Minnesota;
member national league executive com
mittee, W. D. McWilliams, Kalamazoo;
national league vice-president, J. Hul
burd Frye, Princeton.
The platform reaffirms belief In the
principles of the republican party,
maintains the right, the Justice, and the
economic wisdom of the American doc
trine of protection, favors bimetallism
and believes in the use of both gold and
silver as moneys of ultimate redemp
tion, and that they should be placed up
on a parity with complete lnterconvertl
blllty under such legislative provisions
as shall make the purchasing or debt
paying power of any dollar coined or
Issued by the United States the absolute
equivalent of that of any other dollar so
coined or issued. The platform also
favors uncomproml-lng enforcement of
the Monroe doctrine against any foreign
Interference with American affairs, and
declares for the annexation of Hawaii
and the construction of the Nicaragua
canal under government supervision
and control.
A motion to Insert a 16 to 1 free sil
ver plank in the platform was made,
but wrs cut off by a call for the vote
on the adoption of the report as pre
sented by the committee on resolu
tions.
SILVER MEN' CONFER.
Leaden of the New Party Have Rosy
Views as to Its Future.
Washington, April 8.—A conference of
the leaders of the new silver party was
held in this city yesterday afternoon,
the meeting continuing until a late hour
and being resumed in the evening. It
was attended by prominent memberB of
the silver party from different states.
At the close of the conference Senator
Jones, Mr. Sibley, and Mr. Newlands
left for New York, where they are to
hold another conference concerned with
the welfare of the new party. The Bi
metallic league presented a showing of
reports received from different sections
of the country, which It Is said was
gratifying to the conferrees. Mr. Sib
ley Is understood to have been exceed
ingly sanguine of the outlook for the
silver party In the Keystone state and
spoke enthusiastically of the prospects
it many recruits.
Two of the DooUn Outlaws Killed.
Guthrie, Okla., April 8.—Charlet
Wilson, Charles Moore, and Jack Sims,
alias ‘'Polka Dot BUI,” and two un
known members of the DooUn outlaw
gang rode Into Cushing last night and
looted the town. Two saloons were
demolished and a man was shot by the
outlaws, who rode through the place
yelling and shooting. Officers gave
chase and a fight ensued, In which Sims
and Moore were killed and the town
marshal, Reynolds, was wounded. The
other three bandits were finally cap
tured and lodged In the federal Jail.
Shoots His Bride and Himself.
San Francisco, Cal., April 8.—Carlo
Enrico Rita, an Italian resident of this
city, was married Thursday night to
Miss Woolfe, and after the ceremony
the bride and groom repaired to the
Palace hotel, wherde they were assigned
a room. They did not appear In the
morning, and at noon the door was
forced open. Both Rita and his bride
were found dead in bed. The husband
had shot his bride and then committed
suicide. No explanation of the tragedy
has been offered.
Deadly Fight Over Section of Land. '
Guthrie, Okla., April 8.—A tragedy
occurred at Morison yesterday among
A1 Cook, Dock Bennett, and Mrs.
Madge Lancaster. It seems the trio
were claimants for the same quarter
section of land. During the melee the
woman received a bullet, and in de
fending herself with an ax cut Bennett
badly. The woman is seriously wound
ed but may recover. Cook is dead.
Depends on Crop In the AVeit.
Nashua, N. Y., April 8.—The bank
commissioner's report on the condi
tion of the Nashua Savings bank says
that wl.ile many investments are bad
many others have increased largely in
value, and the depositors can be paid
in full if in the west there are good
crops this season. The amount in
volved is $3,000,000.
Short in His Accounts.
Neillsville, Wis., April 8.—C. Wor
schell, treasurer of town of Grant,
Clark county, committed suicide Wed
nesday night or Thursday morning by
shooting himself through the heart. He
was from $600 to $700 short in his ac
counts with the town.
Princess Colonna Divorced.
Rome, April 8.—The Roman courts
have pronounced a decree of separa
tion in favor of Princess Colonna, who
is also Intrusted with the custody of
her children. Princess Colonna is the
daughter of Mrs. John Mackay.
Justice Winslow Re-Elected.
Milwaukee. Wis., April 8.—Sufficient
returns have been received from the
recent judicial election to make the re
sult free from all doubt. Justice Wins
low has been re-elected by at least 6.
000 majority.
Employes Besom. Work.
Pittsburg, Pa.. April 8—Employes of
the Rainey coke works In the Connells
Vllle region, have resumed work on the
Promise of the 6 per cent advance in
wages in force at other plants. _
AN AWFUL TRAGEDY.
AN 0*410 MOTHER KILLS HER1
TWO CHILDREN.
Williams of Orord City Cuts tht
Throats of Her Little Son and Dangle
ter at a Hotel In Columbus—The
Woman Undoubtedly Insane—Brought
About It Appears Through Domestle
Troubles.
Killed Two of Her Children.
Columbus. Ohio, April 9.—Two chil
dren of Mrs. H. H. B. Williams of Grove
City were found dead In bed In the Park
hotel yesterday afternoon with their
throats cut from ear to ear. Their names
are Harry, 7 years old, and Maud, aged
12. A third child, Annie, aged 13, was In
tho room, but escaped unharmed. The
murder was committed by the mother,
who had disappeared. Latflg she was
arrested. She showed no evidences of
Insanity and told the story of the horri
ble crime In a calm voice. She said she
had made up her mind last week to kill
herself and her children and came to
Columbus Saturday for that purpose.
She secured some opium and all three
took the drug Saturday night. It took
effect only on the little girl Maud. She
then determined to secure a razor and
waited until the morning. She first cut
the boy’s wrist, expecting him to bleed
to death. He awakened, however, and
then she cut his throat. The body of
Maud was not touched by the razor.
Mrs. Williams said she then asked An
nle to let her cut her wrist, but the child
begged so piteously that she lost cour
age and left the hotel, Intending to.
drown herself. She said It then occurred
to her that Annie might be accused of
the crime, and she changed her mind
and went to the house of a friend, Mrs.
John C. Lestet. in another part of the
town, where she was found in the even
ing.
Dr. Prank Warner was called to the
hotel about 3 o’clock in the afternoon
by the proprietor, C. C. Alward, as
soon as the crime was discovered. The
doctor was escorted to the room where
the two victims of the murder lay. The
children were both in their night cloth
ing. The little girl, Maud, had her
throat cut almost from ear to ear. At
the foot of the bed lay a razor with
which the crime had been committed.
The doctor said the position of the lit
tle girl Indicated she ha<\ struggled’
desperately for her life. She had evi
dently been thrown down and held in
that position face downward while she
had been slain. Harry’s body did not
Indicate much of a struggle.
Mr. Williams arrived In the afternoon.
He said his wife left home Saturday and
came to Columbus, but he did not know
why. He said they were not separated.
He refused to talk of the crime and ab
solutely prevented his daughter Annie
from making any statement. The child
was apparently willing to tell what she
knew of the affair until checked by her
father. Annie, before being stopped by
her father, said her mother got up early
but did not leave the hotel till 8:30
9’clock. Before she went away she told
Annie not to go near the bed. Just
what excuse she made the child for
giving this Instruction is not known
now, but the little girl obeyed the in
structions and kept away from the bed.
If it had not been for Annie’s faithful
obedience to her mother’s injunction
the dead bodies of the little ones would
have been discovered much sooner. As
It was the murder was not known till
the chambermaid came to make up the
beds. Mrs. Williams Is a woman of
about 30 or 40. A resident of Grove
City says he never knew any trouble in
the Williams family, and never heard
that Mrs. Williams was mentally weak
suffered from brain trouble.
TO RECOVER $2,000*000.
Old niitok; Crowd to Be Sued—The
Flint of > Series.
Chicago, April 3.—Receiver McNulta
filed a petition In the United States
circuit court yesterday afternoon show
ing up the famous cattle feeding con
tract made by ex-Recelver Greenhut
with Nelson Morris, and asking leave
to set it aside on the ground that It
was an imposition on stockholders of
the Distilling and Cattle Feeding com
pany. The direct charge that ex-Re
ceiver Greenhut got a large share of
the profits of this contract Is by no
means the most sensational accusation
of the petition. It will be followed
later by a suit In the state courts
against Greenhut, Morris and perhaps
several other officials of the trust, for
claimed the trust lost In feeding the
cattle. This is the first of a series of
suits to be brought against the old
whisky crowd, under which the stock
holders expect to recover something
Kke 12,000,000 from Greenhut and his
associates.
LOOKINQ FOR A CLASH.
Armed Bodies of Men Hovering About
a Boundary Line.
Washington, April 3.—As the Supreme
In the case of the Venezuelan boundary
of state Is much concerned these days
by the Venezuelan problem. The British
| ultimatum delivered to Nicaragua Is not
a source of present apprehension. But
dispute there Is much graver cause for
apprehension. The British are profuse
In their declarations of willingness to
arbitrate the title to the lands west of
the Schoomberg line, but In the view of
the state department this Is a pure eva
«ion of the real Issue, for there never
has been any reasonable assertion of a
British right to this territory, and it is
the territory lying east of this line that
form3 the substance of the contention.
The present situation Is believed to be
alarming, as armed bodies *of British
and Venezuelans are pressing each
other closely In the disputed territory,
and there may be a hostile clash at any
moment.
Gresham Going to jLakewooti.
Washington, April 3.—Secretary
Gresham, whose duties have been so
confining and unusually onerous for
the past month, has made arrange
ments to go to Lakewood, N. J., for a
week or ten days to recuperate. He had
more than one severe attack of the grip
and neuralgia during the winter, which
left him too weak to stand the strain
resulting from the exceptional number
of diplomatic incidents which have re
cently arisen. M-s. Gresham will ac
company him to Lakewood. The secre
tary expects to remain In Washington
•11 summer
DECISION DEFERRED*
F»«r» That m Katins on Income Tna WHI
ftot Ba Had* Until Early In }fa?<
'Washington, April 3.—There U food'
Authority for the statement that tha
Supreme court will not render Its de
cision In the Income tax case until after
the 16th of April, and probably not be
fore the first Monday in May. That
would necessitate making returns un
der the law and the Impositions of
penalties In cases where avoidance was
due to waiting to see what the Supreme
court would decide. Great concern Is
expressed by treasury officials that
the court did not decide the matter yes
terday. They are embarrassed, because
delay causes prospective taxpayers to
postpone the transmission of tholr re
turns. Returns under the law must be
made on or before the 16th of April, at
which date the tax becomes payable,
and the taxpayers are given until the
first of June to make payment. So long
as the court renders no decision on the
case the law stands. There are many
suppositions as to th? cause of tha delay
In announcing a decision, the most gen
eral one being that the court will de
termine that the law Is constitutional or
by an evenly divided court refuse to
make any declaration. This would
necessarily uphold the law and cause it
to remain In force Just the same as It
had been declared constitutional by a
unanimous vote of the court. It Is said
three Justices are for the law, three
ngainst It. and two undecided. If one
of these latter were convinced finally
that the law was constitutional the
evenly divided bench would uphold It.
The delay would thus be explained by
the endeavor to secure a majority or a
tie on the question. It is possible that
the court Is waiting for Justice Jackson
to come and help give a decision.
THE ACTIVITY IN SILVER,
i Starr Colgate Says Mis All on a Specu
lative Basis,
New York, April 3.—Activity In sliver
which has been noted of late, continued
yesterday, when about 300,000 ounces
were sold In the market here. In speak
ing of the silver market and the causes
and prospects of the present movevent
Mr. Starr Colgate of the firm of Nes
slage, Colgate & Co., said:
"The movement began on receipt of
the news from Germany favoring a bi
metallic conference. It was helped
when a motion that seemed to lean to
ward such a conference was made In
the English house of commons. The
news of peace negotiations between
Japan and China, to carry a large In
demnity in silver, also had propelling
force. A good deal of silver is now
under lock. It will come out fast
enough when the speculators believe
that the advance Is over. I cannot see
In the movement much beyond the
speculative feature. Talk of bimetallic
action by Germany and England seems
to have subsided. If It is to be revived
It must be done by these countries. A
debtor country like the United States
cannot lead In such a movement.
have had silver troubles enough wltn
out Inviting others.
"In regard to an Indemnity to be paid
by China, It has seemed to me that
gold might b» demanded. Dispatches
speak more of sliver, but Japan is earn
ing a reputation as a country of ad
vanced Ideas, and It may be that talk
there of putting the finances on a gold
basis may be emphasized In the de
mands on China. I am Inclined to look
on the present movement as specula
tive.”
The Michigan Elections.
Detroit, Mich., April 3.—The republi
cans have carried the state, but' by a
reduced majority from last fall's elec
tions. The returns have been coming in
with provoking slowness from the in
terior country, but those at hand show
that not more than two-thirds of the
normal vote- has been polled. Returns
up to 1 o’clock last night seem to indi
cate that Judge Moore for justice of
State Supreme court may have not less
than 30,000 majority. The silver issue
does not appear to have cut much of a
figure.
LIVESTOCK AKD PRODUCE MARKETS
Oantatlons from Sew York, Chicago, St,
Elsewhere.
9
18
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17
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OMAHA
Butter—Creamery separator.. 17
Butler— I- air lo good country. 11 ®
1-ggs—Fresh . 114®
honey—t er lb. 10 u*
Hens—Live, per 1b. rt'4©
I Lemons—Choice Messlnas. 3 75
I Oranges— Florldas, per box.... 3 75
! Potatoes. 75
Beans—Navy, hand-picked, bu 1 75
liny—Upland, per ton. 0 CO
Onions—l’cr bbl. 1 30
Carrots—Per bbl. 150
1 arsnips—Per bbl. 1 75
Beets—Per bbl. 1 60
cranberrries—Jerseys .11 50
hops—Mixed packing. * 8n
Hops—Heavy weights. 4 00
Beeves - Mockers and feeders. 2 40
Beef Meers. 2 50
Bolls. 2 25
Mags. 1 05
taives... 101
t leers—Fair to good. 3 50
cows. 1 50
heifers. 1 50
Westerns. 2 25
rueeu—Lambs. 3 50
tncep—Choice natives. 3 25
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2, spring. 574® 61!4
Corn—Per bu. 45?$ <6 464
Cats—- er bu. 29 © 293$
Pork.12 374 "12 60
Lard. 7 17 © 7 42
hogs—Packers and mixed. 4 90- © 5 15
Cat tie-Shipping steers. 4 15 u. 4 61
sheep—Lamus.3 15
iheep—Good to fancy. 8C0
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Wheat. No. 2, red winter. 60- ©
Corn—No. 2. 59 ®
Cuts—No. 2. 33’s (fc 33JS
1 uric.12 374 12 50
Lurd.:tk-95 © 6 974
6T. LOUIS.
5\ heat—No 2red, cash. 45 % 454
Corn—Per bu. 4314 4 43-><
cats—Per bu . 29 © 294
liogs—Mixed packing. 4 35 © 4 65
Cattle—Expor steers. 5 SO
slieep—Mixed natives. 4 00
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torn—No. 2. 42-Vt 42?$
Oats—No. 2. 2S 28?4
tattle—Stockers and feeders.. 2 50 ©4 7.5
lings—.Mixed packers. 4.5 © 4 85
Fire Fean, for Behwabachen.
Peoria, 111., April 3...Julius Schwa
fcacher, son of the millionaire distiller,
who a year ago was caught robbing
, the residence of Mrs. Prank Bell, was
yesterday found guilty and hi* pun
ishment fixed at five years In the Joliet
; penitentiary. When the case was
! called last week the defense set up the
i plea of Insanity, assigning as a cause
1 therefor too much drinking and smok
! ing cigarettes. It took the Jury only
i about an hour to arrive at a verdict.
The defense Immediately entered the
| usual motion for a new trial and It
' will be heard In a few days. -
«MN& OLD PA ETY
■' C ' t‘- -/**• ?- I •*».. Vi .t f ' •*
GROWTH OP REPUBLICANISM
IN THE SOUTHk
Ileneflt* of Protection Have Been Prac
tically Demonstrated— Grover and
Grealmni Attend to a Few Mule War
Matter*—Hard on Gotdbuga,
The Atlanta Constitution notes as an
Interesting and suggestive fact the or
ganisation Into a republican club of a
number of Atlnntlans heretofore demo?
crats.
Turning to the news columns of the
Constitution we And that the club hn«
n membership of several hundred, most
of them being men who have not here
tofore affiliated with the republican par
ty, The president of the club Is James
D. Collins, who has been a democrat
from boyhood, who has frequently been
elected to office by his fellow citizens,
and who Is described by the Constitu
tion as a man of force and power. In
an Interview Mr. Collins says the club
Is organised primarily upon the protec
tion Idea. The members are mostly
business men who have come to the
conclusion that It is time to become
practical In politics. Disgust with the
course of he democrats In Washington
was what led them to openly antagonize
the democratic party. am for pro
tection," Bald Mr. Collins. "I know
what the people want, and I believe
they will get It from tho republicans.
We have no force bill, no election bill,
now’; the democrats have adopted
Deed’s rules; they mnde a billion dollar
congress, and they have satisfied me
that they are no better than the repub
licans. I don’t see any use In hollering
for the democratic party, because they
arc so badly split up that no two of
them agree on anything. One thing I
am satisfied of—republicans agree fully
on taking care of all American indus
tries, American labor, American land
and American products. They don’t be
lieve In building up big syndlcuteB In
Canada and dealing with European
syndicates. It has been mainly preju
dice that has kept people from Joining
the republican party In this state. That
prejudice has died out since we have
seen how the democrats have acted.”
Mr. Collins added that he didn’t be
lieve one man In ten among the country
people would vote the democratic tick
et; those who wouldn't vote the repub
lican ticket would vote with the popu
lists. They hate he democratic party
■ now as bad as they used to hate the
republicans, while In the cities' laboring
men are republicans because they want
to get the benefit of protection. They
perecelve that the democratic policy
has filled the country with tramps, re
duced wages and stopped big manufac
tories all over the country.
The Constitution, in commenting on
this Interview, admits that a strong be
lief exists In almost all quarters that
the republicans will carry the next
presidential election, and this tends to
develop republican sympathizers In the
south aB well as elsewhere. Conse
quently the organization of clubs either
bearing the name of republican, or un
der the guise of protection, has been
much more general than those not con
versant with the facts could easily be
lieve.
All this Is a striking confirmation of
tho truth of the claim that the protec
tive sentiment Is steadily growing
throughout the country. By 1836 wo
should not be surprised to see protec
tion sweep everything before it, both
north and south.
A* Weak Policy.
With congress off his hands and his
spring ducking trip over, President
Cleveland had a fair prospect before
him for a quiet' and enjoyable season
at Buzzard’s bay, where the cares of
office never obtrude themselves and
where life Is one uninterrupted period
of fisherman's delight. But the minions
of Spain rudely Interrupted the dream
by. discharging a solid shot In the di
rection of an American ship hugging
the shores of Cuba during a trouble
some' Insurrection.
“The Spaniards be blamed!" mutters
Grover, dashing off another Installment
of instructions to the master of the
fishing rods at Gray Gables.
A day later comes word that Great
Britain had dispatched a boat to Nica
ragua with orders to collect a bit of
damages, willy nllly.
"England be blowed!" shouts Grover,
dispatching a messenger to Clerk
Gresham with instructions to make
; short work of England and all her pos
sessions, fop there was no time for
monkeying..
“An American schooner sunk by a
Spanish war vessel,” was the next dis
patch received, and just as the mes
senger had'bowed himself from the door
to. tell Clerk Gresham to hit ’em once
more. In. walked that functionary him
self to say that he had given the min
ister from Hawaii his conge for insup
portable Insolence in presuming to have
an opinion of his own on any subject
whatever.
•Hawaii be d-!" roars Grover,
dashing off an order for replenishing
the northeast corner of the cellar at
the Gables.
A message was right here handed In
on a gold salver announcing that a bark
had been fired on. In Cuban waters, fol
lowed by a dispatch that France had
taken-several reefs In her rather weak
meat exclusion policy, and another
from Germany on the same subject
with the simple inquiry, “What are you
going to do about It?”
“These things must be settled up be
fore the blue flsh begin to run,” testily
remarks the supreme excellency of the
biggest Job In, America, “for then I go
to the bay,, and there must be no break
in the program, see!”
And Gresham saw.
Thus the activity and the off-hand
treatment of the grave foreign ques
tions that have arisen in the last few
weeks are accounted for. The summer
season by the sea must not be broken
in upon by such trifles as a war with
two or three European powers. A bluff
goes, and there is no use wasting time
when good fishing watts.
So, to make a before-breakfast Job
of the lot. the clerk is ordered to call
them all down with a notice that the
American people are pretty much all out
of living business just now and would
as soon fight as not.
And the sun went down on thft first
act cf the comedy.—Kansas City Jour
nal.
I Fmllnl or Dictator?
I Docs Mr. Cleveland realise the fun
damental differences between the presi
dency and a dictatorship? His course for
Die 'past two years, hts arrogant atti
tude toward congress, his contemptu
ous defiance of popular will In regard to
the tariff and Hawaii, and his consist
ently overbearing manner toward pub
lic men constitute a record unap
preached by any other chief magistrate
of the American people. This country
has had arbitrary and determined men
In the preHldontla! office. Until Grover
Cleveland wns elected It never had a
president who manifested stubborn and
■unvarying contempt for the optnlona
of the people and the regularly ohosen
lawmakers of the nation.
Mr. Cleveland reappointed Tinsley,
the postmaster at Sioux Falls, whom
the senate had rejoctcd by a large ma
jority. Congress adjourned at noon
March 4, and Tinsley was appointed
within a few hours afterward. The
statement Is made that the president
ordered this man's commission to be
made out several days In advance,
leaving the date blank, and that he
dated It and affixed his signature as
soon as'congress was out of the way.
If Mr. Cleveland desired to proclaim
with the utmost publicity that ho de
spised the senate of tho United States
and regarded hts own authority as In
finitely above the power of this co-or
dinate branch of the government, ho
could not have accomplished his pur
pose more effectively.
Such precedents ns this are directly
opposed to the principles established
by the constitution, and they should
, not go unchallenged. Fortunately, for
the country. Mr. Cleveland will not be
able to play tho dictator when the Fif
ty-fourth congress assembles without,
being called to stern accowit,— New •
York Advertiser.
The Truth.
If It be true, as Consul Meeker as
serts, that "American clothes are sold
In England below the price of English
clothes," this Is a high testimonial to
the protective system, which, by stim
ulating home Industries and creating
home competition, has brought unex
ampled cheapness and a better quality
of goods than can be purchased abroad
for the same money. Why abandon this
beneficent policy? Whnt becomes of
tho contention that protection "robs"
the people? Consul Meeker may be
called to account for his Ill-dlsgulsed
effort to convict his party of lgnorands
or mendacity.
A bit Condition.
It Is yet premature to judge how
Worcester Industries will fare under the
new American tariff bill, but one of our
proudest manufacturers has received a
valued concession of 25 per cent, duty
on the value of exported goods. The
porcelain trade, which Is In a sad con
dition, Is most liberally treated * * •
Generally the reduction will be of great
advantage to the English trade.—Wor
cester, ICng., Journal.
Kngland Kikes It.
The amendment of the McKinley larift
act whereby the import duty on tin
plates has been reduced from 73 per cent
to 42 per cent, and on tin manufacturer*
from 55 per cent to 35 per cent, has given
great satisfaction In the tin plate trad*
of this country. The Welsh manufactur
ers now look forward to increased bust- '
ness during the autumn, which will put
the trade on a better basis.—Manches
ter Guardian.
Graver'll Castle.
The New York Recorder says that *
while the president was oft on his duck
shooting expedition the flag was not
raised over the white house, and an
nouncement has been made that the
Stars and Stripes will not fly over It
except when Mr. Cleveland Is under Its
roof. This Is English, you know. The
British flag Is never raised over an
English castle when the lord is ab
sent. \
Honor at Stake.
One of the first acts of the protection*
Ists at the opening of the next session
of congress should be to secure pay
ment to the Louisiana sugar planter*
of the amount due them for bounty on
this season's sugar crop. The deniocratlo
policy of repudiating honest liabilities
must not be tolerated.
The Tidal Wavs.
There's a tidal wave a'comlng,
Grover C., Grover C.t
It's In,the air a'hummlng.
Woe for thee;
Don’t you hear the voters yell?
Listen to the tale they tell,
That your party's going to
Grover C. •
—Springfield, Mass., Sunday Union.
Malodorous Shadows.
"Coming events cast their shadow be
fore,” and: departing they occasionally
cast a shadow behind also. Congress ■
died and was burled some weeks ago,
but the Congressional Record continues -
the publication of posthumous speeches
and things that should have been In
terred with the bones.
Hard tracts.
The hard times over In Belfast, Ilka
those in the United States, seem to -
have been due to our friends, the en
emy—the tariff reform party. Men.
can't buy forelgp goods when they
have no work at home.—Detroit.Trib
une.
A. Comparison
During the first sixteen months of'
President Harrison’s administration then
receipts of the government were $110,-.
505,414 more than during the first six
teen months of the-present admlnlstro*.
tlon. No wonder we have to borrow
money and Increase the national debt..
WILL SELL THE GOATS CHEAPi.
Man Who Finds. Difficulty, In Controlling'
the Appetites of a Herd.
An Interesting story comes from’Mill
vale, Pa. John Travosch owns a her*
of goats, and, like other animals of
that variety, they are famous for thehr
good appetites. An. amusement for the
goats was.to Jump from the rocks to. the
roof of th* house, and after a time they
took the> roof for sleeping purposes. At
last thotr habits got so bad that they
| would come home from the brewery,
where- they had eaten alt the stamps of
! the beer kegs, lute at night, aad dls
I turb the family by jumping on the roof.
John put a stop to this by building a
fence on the cliff so that they could not
leap on the roof. This annoyed the
goats, and tlie other night. In a moment
of revenge, they butted down the door,
entered the kitchen, and ate up the
bread dough, a box of cement, and
everything else except the pots and ket
tles. John now has some goats, tfwt hq
will sell cheap, '