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THE fiftieth congress may do some
thing. The forty-ninth probably antici
pated this and waited for it.
IT Is now said that the world will not
como to an end until A. D. 8000. There
is yet a hope for the Omaha charter.
THEIIK has been no war cloud "hover
ing over Europe" for the last four days.
What can be the mutter over there ?
ACCORDING to numerous interviews in
all the Chicago papers , Dr. Miller did not
make his eastern trip this time in cognito.
CONGRESS has adjourned , and Stinking
Water Jim failed to either whip n man or
introduce a bill since the holiday recess.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY UEE will , as
usual , to-morrow contain many special
features of interest to all classes of
readers.
ANOTHER paper mentions llobcrt Lin
coln's name in connection with the presi
dency. It appears to us that this is an
unhusked chestnut.
THE New York boodlcrs have been dis
pensed with , but wo fail to hear of the
Nebraska bribe-givers being called upon
to make statements.
"A TIN SOLDIER" is the title of a play
.baring a great run. Why not dramatize
Ohe bills introduced by Colby under the
title of "A Tin Horn Soldier ? "
THE Nebraska legislature has room to
congratulate itself that it is not in the
Indiana state house. Even this is not
admitting much for the Lincoln states
men.
men.AN
AN eastern paper refers to Mr. Ran
dall's reverse. It will bo necessary to
specify the particular reverse meant , in
order to secure the full amount of sym
pathy. _ _ _ _ _ _
WHEN we remember the great number
of bills that he has vetoed , the impression
some way prevails that after all Clove'
laud is a blggor man than both houses oi
congress. _ _ _ _ _ _
"WE do like enterprise , " and yet we
object to our esteemed contemporary , the
Herald , publishing : a badly battered pict
ure pf Lydla E. Pinkham signed "yours
for health , Mrs. Druse. "
THE New York Herald writes a column
on "Tho Way to Democratic Success. "
After twenty-five years of watching and
waiting , to know that the way boa iinallj
been found , is certainly gratifying to the
long deluded.
IT Is said that the Dakota legislature
has expressed its intention of remaining
in session all summer. In the "advan
Uges of Dakota" real estate agents will
be obliged to get around this in some
way.
way.r"1"
-r"1" " Ui TLKR has recently invested
$100,000 in Chicago real estate. The
cock-eyed goddess of reform cvidentlj
wishes to locate in a city whore the side
walks are not slippery and old maids arc
unknown.
Ur'to March 3 , only ono bill had passed
both houses of the Missouri legislature
Nebraska goes above this record ant
claims the passage of two or three bill ;
to March 1. Ono was a bill appropriat
ing money to pay members and clerks
and the other , if wo remember correctly
was a bill by Colby 'prohibiting the
ground-hog from looking nt its shadow
A NEW YOIIK jury has found that entering
tering the marriage Etate when intoxi
oatod is illegal ; that while a ceremony
ot marriage might bo performed botwcei
the parties , it was void if cither of then
were intoxicated. Now if n jury would
find that intoxication ami neglect aftoi
marriage figured in the general resul
there might bo presented a smootlu-i
path for many.
INASMUCH as there has been a grea
deal said about the responsibility of bid
dcrs for paving nnd other pubho work
it would bo only good business sonsi
for the city council to carefully invest ! '
gate the ability of contractors to carr :
out their undertakings , and in every casi
n good and sulllolout bond should bo re
quired. It is highly important that tin
work l < tid out should bo pushed rapldl :
and completed this yoar. ID order to d <
mis the contractors must hare ampli
nouns at thnlr command.
The Close of Congrcftfl.
The forty-ninth congress ended its con-
tllutlonal existence nt noon yesterday ,
t was in most respects a rather rcmarka-
) lo bo ly , which will bo memorable for
vliut U omitted to do atilto us much its
or what It did. Coming into existence
vith the Hrit democratic administration
n twenty-four years , and having in its
lopulat branch a largo majority in po-
itical sympathy with the administration ,
ho country expected of It important
cgislution in the direction of reforms to
vhich that majority and the administra
tion were pledged by their party. This
expectation has been disappointed. In
the moil Important respect in which the
democratic majority in congress could
lave kept faith with the party pledge and
given thu people needed relief , a reduc
tion of the revenues by a wise anil just re
vision of the tariff. It has wholly failed.
With a largo surplus In the national
treasury , steadily growing under n rev
enue sy&teni no longer necessary to the
proper requirements of the government ,
and therefore an unjust and oppressive
exaction upon the people , the democrats
of the forty-ninth con rcs1 * were
unable to agree upon any policy
for stopping the growth of this
accumulation , and thus leaving with
.ho people the millions in excess of
Jio wants of the government that will betaken
taken from them before the next congress
can give the desired relief. The explan
ation of this failure is familiar to thu
country. The jealousies of ambitious and
selfish leaders have prevented harmony
of purpose and unity of action. The in
terests and welfare of the people have
been compelled to wait upon the schemes
of self-selling politicians. It was a game
between factional leaders , in which the
concci ns of the masses had only the nar
rowest consideration Neither side can
claim to have much the advantage in this
Bcllish and unpatriotic contention. The
obstructive methods of the minority fac
tion were hardly moro reprehensible than
the dogmatic and uncomprimising policy
of the majority , and the motives of the
leaders of both were thu same. This sit
uation in congress necessarily rendered
the ndmmistation powcilcss , nnd it has
rarely happened in our hlstorj that the
executive branch of the government
exerted so little inllucnco upon legisla
tion as has been the case with the pres
ent administration. In consequence ot
the opposition of ono or the
other of the factions no pol
icy that had administration endorse
ment had tlio least chance of success , if
indeed it was given even respectful con
sideration.
The first session of the forty-ninth con
gress , though lasting eight months , did
little of national importance in the way
of now legislation. The session that
cnded yestcrday was more fruitful , anil
it is but just to say that most of the legis
lation by which it will be favorably
remembered was of republican origin.
The most important measure of the
session is the inter-stato commerce law ,
which as adopted was mainly the bill
framed by a republican senator. The
retaliation bill was also introduced by a
republican senator , and the defeat of all
legislation in this direction , which would
have resulted if the ambition of the demo
cratic chairman of the foreign affairs
committee of the house had been uur-
mittcd to have its way , was only pre
vented by the firm stand of the republi
cans of the senate. Other important
measures that became laws at the last
session are the electoral count bill , the
anti-polygamy bill , and the bill providing
for the redemption of the trade dollar.
The fortifications bill , which provided
for coast defenses , failed in con
ference committee , owing to a radi
cal disagreement on the question of steel
and iron guns , ana our unprotected
coasts will remain ns tlioy are for the
next two years. There is promise of bet
ter security , however , in the appropria
tion for the construction of a number of
warships , batteries and torpedo boats.
Owing to the dilatory policy of Mr. Ran
dall , the deficiency bill was passed too
late to bo engrossed , and consequently
failed. It only needed such an incident
to fully establish the danger of the prac
tice which Randall has pursued from
year to year , and at tlio last session
more defiantly than ever. The bill pro
hibiting the employment of alien labor
on public buildings and works failed to
become a law , not having received the
signature of the president , and Mr.
Cleveland disposed of the river and har
bor bill with a pocket reto. Some other
measures that passed both houses wore
not signed by the president and are not
laws. Among the notable omissions of
congress was the failure to provide any
relief for the national banks that will bo
required before the close of the current
fiscal year to replace three per cent ,
bonds , new held as security
for circulation , with other
bonds. No congress loft its
calendar so cumbered as did the forty-
ninth. It is estimated that not less than
2,000 measures , representing work in
committee and elsewhere , wore not
reached , many of which died with con
gress , It is a matter for congratulation
that the necessary work was done so ns
to avoid a called session for which the
republican senate justly deserves the
credit and it is not doubted that thn
country will feel a sense of gratification
and relief in the fact that the forty-ninth
congress is at an end ,
Ilnuao Usurpations.
At the beginning of the last legislative
day of the congress just closed Senator
Hoar strongly ro-inforccd the previous
declarations of Senator Edmunds on the
willful , Inexcusable and absolutely rev
olutionary practice of tlio democratic
house in holding back the important ap
propriation bills until the last few days
of the sessions , thus practically compel
ling the senate to accept what it dictates ,
to submit to what it chooses to reject ,
under penalty of n failure of those blllf
and the necessity for an extra session.
Wo have already commented upon the
arbitrary nnd autocratic conduct of Mr.
Randall , chairman of the house commit
tee on appropriations , in this matter ,
but although some of his fellow demo
crats in the house may grumble , they arc
all nllko responsible , because tlioy have
the power and it is their duty to corrccl
the evil. Their chief reliance has hith
erto been upon the patriotism of the re
publican majority in the senate to accept
their dictation rather than by refusing to
subject the country to the expense ol
extra sessions. Hut Senators Edmunds
and Hoar have given the house distinct
notice that it has presumed too far ant !
too often iu this direction , aud that iu
usurpation of power must and shall end ,
The democrats in congress have boon
very pronounced in the past In their ac
cusation of republican senates and presi
dents for alleged wrongful assumption
: it power , but if all were trno as charged
it would not begin to equal the undis
puted facts of the illegal monopoly of
legislation by democratic house commit
tees , and the autocratic asjumntion by a
democratic presldont of n higher right to
dictate tha legislation of the country
Lhan that of senate and house combined.
Senator Hoar properly contrasted the
olliclid conduct of Henry Clay and Juntos
( > . ( Maine as speakers , with that of Mr.
Carlisle , greatly to the lattor's disaitvnn-
jage , who was charged with informing a
member , who desired to move the adop
tion of n measure that , if it could bo getup
up , would \r.\ys \ almost unanimously ,
"that thu presiding ollieor had determined
that it was not expedient to have any
measure of that kind proposed during
that session of congress.1 Thus the
speaker tyrannizes over the house , the
house committees dictate to the senate ,
and the president lords It over all. It is
lima to call a halt , and the republicans
of the semite mean to do so. Notice Is
given that hereafter the dictation of three
or four persons in tlio house will not bo
submitted to , no matter how many extra
sessions result , and the notice will bo
acted upon. The Fiftieth congruss will
bo interesting in view of this declaration
of senators. There will bo reform.
Other Ij.'iiids 1'liHii Ours.
The opening of the German rolchstag
occui red on Thursday , nnd Is described
as having been dramatic , though hardly
solemn. Bismarck was not present , but
the grand old boldiur , Von Mollku , was
there to receive the general homage.
The address of the aged emperor was
frequently interrupted by cheurs , and its
entirely pacifio tone , according to the
brief telegraphic abstract , must have had
a reassuring effect most welcome to all
elements , as it undoubtedly will have
throughout Europe. The emperor re
iterates the declarations of himself and
his prime minister in the last reichstag ,
that tlio essential condition to peace is
the most ample preparation for war. Ho
baid the foreign policy of tlio nation is to
maintain pcacu with all the powers , and
particulatly with thu neighbors of Ger
many , and ho assured the reichstag that
if it would give the nation the power to
exert its full strength for self-protection ,
now and at all times , such action would
strengthen the guarantees of peace nnd
revive the t'oubts ' which had been created
by the late parliamentary debates. There
can be no doubt that these assurances of
the emperor are made with
entire sincerity , and thcro is
less reason to question them now that he
is enabled to present tlio desires of the
government to a parliament in which
there is a safe majority at least for tlio
septonnate , the most objectionable fea
ture in the military programme of the
government , and doubtless therefore for
whatever other military mcasuros shall
be deemed necessary to fully carry out
the military policy. Another part of the
cmperor'sspecch which will attract atten
tion is that in which ho expresses grati-
ii cut ion at the benevolent disposition of
the pope toward the empire. It is obvious
that thu manifestation of inllucnco made
by thn Vatican in the Gcnnan elections is
to have results very much to the advan
tage of Catholicism in that empire. It
has shown itself to bo a power which
Bismarck had very much underrated , and
it will bo a long time before another Gor
man statesman will attempt the policy
that Bismarck pursued in hostility to the
church of Homo , and was at last com
pelled , by the firm stand of its represen
tatives in the reichstag , to recede from
or imperil the peace and security
of the German empire. An
other notable feature of the
Emperor's speech is the concession to
workingmen in the proposed restoration
of the ancient guilds , which wore among
the institutions that wont down under
the repressive policy of Bismarck. It is a
natural inference that the unlookcd for
growth of the socialist vote had an im
portant bearing in determining the gov
ernment to recede from its policy in this
matter. On tlio whole , the opening of
the now reichstag presents no unfavora
ble indications.
* .
Queen Victoria hold her first "jubilco
drawing room" on Thursday , at Buck
ingham palace. Wo noted some days
ago , on the authority of London corres
pondents , that interest in the jubilee was
not very general or hearty , the popular
tendency being rather to ridicule the
event , but this occasion seems to have
been characterized by an extraordinary
manifestation of public concern. There
was a great crush at the palace , which is
a very commodious edifice , and many
thousands of people to whom admission ,
was impossible crowded the thorough
fares in gratification of their curiosity or
to pay such homage as they might to roy
alty. A drawing room veteran said the
extent and brilliancy of the attendance
was without precedent in her experience ,
and a sixty-column supplement of
the Court Journal was required to record
the names of those present. The queen
looked happy , as also did the Prince of
Wales and tlio other members of the
royal family who wore on exhibition.
Thcro was an unusual throng of debut'
ants , among them , undoubtedly , a goodly
number of Americans , our minister hav
ing been recently overwhelmed with ap
plications. It thus appears that the
jubilee festivities have boon given an en
tirely auspicious opening , which it maybe
bo hoped will prove to bo a favorable
augury. * %
Thu revolt of Bulgarian troops at Silos-
tria was short-lived , and its real motive
and significance are not apparent , but in
connection with other happenings in
that region it has served to divert atten
tion from the west to the cast. Most
naturally the responsibility is laid at the
door of Russia , There are evidences that
that power is still in a state of unrest , not
only in a military Out commercial and
financial point of view. Her last budget
was ono of the poorest exhibits made bj
any government at any time , the deficit
being enormous. The latest economic
proposal is to scale the val jo of the paper
ruble 00 per cent ; iu other words , to de
clare it legal tender at its actual instead
of its face valuo. This would bo a serious
shock to nil foreign holders of Russian
securities , and its effect on the European
bourses can bo better imagined than de
scribed. There are signs of trouble.
Large bodies of Russian troops , including
olouils of Cossacks , are being massed on
the frontier of Austrian Gallicin ; a
of Russian generals has
* *
been called lit St , Petersburg ( or the
prc-scut luonth ; further , there la n
rumor that the peace-loving Do Gtcrs is to
retire from tlio position ot secretary of
state , the position to bo givi-n to one of
the most reiu'tiunar.v of the piin-slavlUs ,
witli whom thu . resent umpuror is In
such close political rapport ; Rouinania ! *
putting herself In readiness to aide with
the strongest party to the coining eon-
test ; ami , finally , it is even said that the
e/.ar hat itofinitdy determined on war.
Meanwhile , the Austro-lliinganan people
uro hastening their war preparations ,
unanimously voting supplies , and doing
other things chiellv pointing In the direc
tion of hostilities. So that , for the mo
ment , the war scare has shifted from west
to east , at the latter point being nearly
as virulent as at any former period.
*
*
Russia has at last announced her con
tribution to the now appliances designed
to increase the deadllnoss of war , upon
which nearly nil the nation1 ? of Europe
have lately been engaged. Her slackness
In providing herself with magazine rifles
niul her apparent lack of extra-murder
ous bombs like the French molinlto have
often been remarkedespecially as she has
seemed to be getting really to go to war.
Now , it appears , she lias a now explosive
lifteen times as destructive as gunpowder ,
with the further advantage oi "not pro
ducing any smoke , " If , as is presumed ,
tins compound is intended for u o in field
pieces , or small arms , or both , it ought
to bo very important to her. Jt Is well
kno\ftr.that in some battles there has
been a voluntary cessation of heavy and
continuous artillery lire simply for the
reason that the enemy was found to bo
using the don o smoke as a cover for
manoeuvres. \ \ hother the possession of
this new explosive has had anything to
do with Hnssia's willingness to light is
only a matter of conjecture , If the predictions -
dictions of peace which M. do Gicrs is' '
making arc well founded other nations
may have a chance to learn Russia's
secret in other ways than by bitter ex
perience.
*
* *
Russia would enter into aainglu-handed
contest with Austria under great ad
vantages , The Hold force under her
peace establishment comprises 612,000
ellicers und men.Vllh the first reserves ,
including the Cossack forces she has 800-
000 more , or in round numbers , a total of
1,500,000. Her complete war effective
comprises about 52,000,000 men , with
nearly 4,000 pieces of artillery , and her
militia liable to be called on in war would
increase this to nearly 3,000,000. Austria ,
with a population loss than half European
Russia's maintains a peace Directive ot
less than 200,000 , and hitherto has had a
war effective of less than 1,100,000. Only
lately lias she boon organi/ing her militia
so as to use it like her neighbors. Still ,
Austria could concentrate her troops
easily and can allbru to employ her
Whole cll'cctivc. Jtussia needs garrisons
iu her own domain ? , has large Asiatic in
terests , and is watehoil by unfriendly
powers , whereas Austria was perhaps
never in her history on terms more ami
cable with all Europe save Russia. In a
Balkan contest Austria would be aided
by Bulgaria , probably by Servia , and
possibly by Roumh'liia. Bulgaria , if her
strength were not'neutrali/od ' by the pro-
Russian party , could. , with Eastern Ron-
melja and Servla , furnish possibly 150,000
men , leaving reserves to guard homo re
volts in favor of Russia.
* * .
It is announced that the German gov
ernment has issued an order for the dis
solution of the union of Alsatian choral
societies ; that the laws dealing with so
cieties will bo rigorously enforced ; that
the measure forbidding French military
men to stay in Alsace except on a special
permit will bo applied to civilians , and
that societies whoso rules forbid tlie ad
mission of Germans to membership , or
societies which , as a matter of common
knowledge , exclude Germans , will bo dis
solved. Advocates of an oll'octivo Ger-
inanimation dcsiro the temporary suspen
sion of electoral rights in Alsace-Lor
raine , Gorman education in the primary
schoolsand a government administration
in place of the municipal councils.
* %
The interest in yachting matters is cer
tainly to center in England this season.
Not onjy is the jubilee ocenn race to bo
represented by the smaller American
sails , but it is now announced that the
Mayflower , the fleetest sloop in America ,
is to cross the ocean prepared to enter
several of the regular contests , llor main
object is to bring back the queen's cup ,
which the Arrow has hold for many
years. This will leave the Puritan to de
fend America's cup against the cutter
now on the stocks in Scotland. The vir
tues of the American skimming dish will
therefore bo thoroughly tested on both
sides of the water and more definite con
clusions reached as to the comparative
strength of the cutter and sloop.
NOTWITHSTANDING many reports to
the contrary it appears now from spec
ific and detailed statements that there
have been immense losses of sheep and
cattle on the Montana ranges during the
winter just closing , exceeding by far the
losses of any previous winter. The
storm of February was especially severe.
The destruction in tua.ny flocks and herds
is all cady known to- amount from 12 to
25 per cent. , and tlitf1 present condition
of the stock makc jit probable that the
loss will yet roach $ L per cent. Snoop
have been smothojQd in the snow by
thousands , and other * have their feet so
badly frozen that they will die through
inability to seek their1 food. One stock
man had a herd of 23 00 cattle , and of
fered f200,000 for tufiir insurance , but
could find no takers , \Ho says now that
if anyone will give him $ 1 u head and
pay nib overdraft in'bink , ho will close
out gladly. The ba s of Helena have
made largo advance ? , to stockmen , and
arc liable to bo crippled. They arc now
paying 8 per cent. intereet on time de
posits. Those losses nro largely the re
sult of overstocking the ranges , and a
failure to provide hay and shelter.
Providence Is a good thing to depend
upon , but man must pull his own oar at
the same time.
TIIEUI : is as much opposition to the
now cable railway on the part of the old
company as there was against cable rail
ways on the part of the horse car com
pany. This is but naturalas the opposition
arises from motives of self-interest. But
the point that no new franchise should bo
granted is not well taken. The DEE ,
however , doo.s maintain that no franchise
should bo granted without certain condi
tions and guarantees , principal among
Which Is that the new cable company
shall begin work and operate a certain
length of line within a lixed time. Such
a guarantee , coining from known and re-
snonsiblo parties , will bo evidence that
tto ] franchise is not desircn for merely
speculative purposes.
Is'tho house on Thursday a lively debate
bate on the subject ot discharging idle
clerks and other employes added to the
interest of the proceedings. Uwnsclalmod
that pages wore on the pay roll who had
never performed an hour's work , while
there were others drawing $3 per day who
had never matorlali/.cd except to get the
salary. Among the clerks it was gravely
and reproachfully announced that nemo
of them had never written u line except
to sign their names to vouchers nnd war
rants. However , the wailing cry of econ
omy ajid reform accomplished nothing
The employes will all bo discharged and
bo appointed the next day. Here is
madness with little method.
A DISPATCH from Victoria , British
Columbia , says : "Tho Chinese are again
causing great trouble on the islands. " It
is noticeable , however , that the white
men arc the ones who cause the trouble.
The gentlemen from the Flowery King
dom arc always worsted. The voice of
Dennis Kearney is hushed , it seems , yet
his sand lot creation , "the Chinese must
go , " is cherished by many ot the labor
ers on the shores of Pttgct Sound and
Vancouvcrs Island.
AfTKittlic people have fully expressed
themselves on the subject of railroad
commissioners , and emphatically said
they were opposed tosuchalaw , how can
the senate , with any degree of consistency ,
pass a bill of that kind * It is more
plainly shown than ever before that tlio
railroad lobbyists are serving their mas
ter ? .
THE papers are busily engaged in figur
ing on the question : "Is Forakcr for
Blaine or Sherman ? " Another interest
ing way to put it : Is the man from Maine
for Forakcr , or Sherman ; or is Sherman
for Blaine or ForakerV A question
might arise.
IN the house Thursday a raid was made
on the treasury. The modest sum
of $106,700 was apuropriatod for build
ings at Nebraska City , Norfolk and
Kearney. While the raid was successful
it may bo well to state that no one was
shot. _
HOUSE HOLI , number 0 , Mr. Agco , pur
sues his normal school bill with all the
vigor of his appropriation soul. If dcs-
Deration and buzz-saw eloquence arc to
bo considered , then Mr. Agco will reap
his harvest , if his condition continues
normal.
Nr.miASKA boasts ot her open winters ,
her good roads and health-restoring at
mosphere. She never has much to say
regarding her legislature. In fact that is
the only epidemic to which we are ox-
Tun bill to grant a pension to the
widow of John A. Logan , was defeated.
Eloquent pleas in behalf of the measure
were made by many members but with
out avail. There was no precedent.
IN the United States senate Thursday ,
Senator Hoar waxed warm and wrathy.
Ho should remember his own kind and
and gentle admonition to the south and
raise more hogs.
Is IT not almost time to announce the
sacrifices intended for the spring elec
tion ?
THE senate has passed a commission
bill , meaningless except to the railroads ,
PROMINENT I'EHSONS.
Kx-Concressmaii Mitchell , ot Milwaukee ,
Is woith 515,000,000.
Henry Ward Beecher will soon begin work
upon his autobiography.
The London Court Society Review pub
lishes a portrait of Mrs. Cleveland.
Madame Barrios , widow of the late Piesl-
dent Barrios of Guatemala , is a society
lioness at Washington this winter.
Anna Dickinson has been very ill at her
homo In Plttsburg , Pa. , but she is now able
to sit up and dictate her correspondence.
ilenry Ward Beecher and Mr. Bo won , of
the New York Independent , have not spoken
for fifteen years , although tlioy live within a
block o ( each other.
Joel Chandler Hards , author of the Uncle
Romus' stories , has a lovely homo In Atlanta ,
where he lives with his wife , their clx chil
dren and ids mother.
President McCosh , of Princeton , and Drs.
Talmage , Stores and Hedge are to address ,
with other speakers , an anti-secret society
convention In Chicago about March SO ,
Martin F. Tuppcr , according to private ad
vices from London , Is almost entirely broken
down In health , lie can neither read , write
nor speak Intelligibly , though his mind is
clear. He will bo seventy-seven next July.
William J. Ilayncs , ot SL Louis , who will
be TOO years old if he lives until December
next , was on the stall of General Jackson at
the battle of New Orleans , was engineer of
the first steamboat that arrived at St. Louis
from the south , and run the Urst locomotive
that over left St. Louis for the west.
The Knaves and Fishes.
Ktw York Sun ,
If there Is a Hill boom It Is duo to no ofTort
of his or to anybody else , but Is the demand
of tlio democratic party for a thorough , gen
uine democratic pollcv. The art of being
popular In the democracy consists of being
most deeply penetrated with democratic prin
ciples. Governor Hill possesses that art.
Mr. Cleveland docs not possess It or has
forgotten It.
Music at Home.
Kdmimrt C. Stedman.
I sat beneath a fragrant tassel led tree.
Whoso trunk oncolllnc vines had made to bo
A ulossy front of leafage. Sweet the air.
Kar oil the smoko-volled city and its care ,
I't uclous and near the book within my hand
The deathless bone of that Immortal land
Wheiufrom Keats took his youutc Kndymion
And laurelled bards enow their wreaths have
won
When fiom sotno topmost spray began to
chant
And lluto and trill a warblln ? visitant ,
A cat-bird , riotous the world above ,
Hastening to a pond Ills herltanco ere love
Khould change to madness In Ills throat ,
Leaving him naughtbut one discordant note.
And as my homo-bred chorister outvied
The nightingale , old Kn/land's lark beside ,
1 thought what need 1 borrow ? Lustier
clime
Than ours earth has not nor her scroll a
time
Ampler of human glory and desire ;
To touch the plume , tlio brush , the lips , with
fire ;
Mo sunrise chant on ancient Mioro and sea ,
Slnco saute the morning stars , more worth
shall be
Than ours , once uttered from the very heart
Of the clad race that hero shall act Its pare ;
lillthe prodlual , thu rhythm fre-e and strong
Of thy btavu voice forcasts our poet's soug !
KNIGHTS AND THE CHURCH ,
Moro Facts Gleaned About the Reports
at Homo ,
ORGANIZED LADOR ENDORSED.
The Full Document Hulimlttod Ity
the find ; I'npnl Alileunto In the
Untied Stairs to the
Holy Tathcr.
JUgr. Ktrnnlcm'n Ilopnrt.
{ t'ojrftfM > | JSSr ti/Jiimfi Oonlan Iltnntlt\ \
KOMK , Match 4. IN'ow York Herald Cable
Special to the lir.K. ) Having hoard from
a friend of Mer. Stranlero , lately papal able-
pate In the United States , that In a icport on
the present condition of the Catholic church
In America , that piulato had Included a
special statement on the Knights of Labor ,
1 called on the monslsneur to-day nnd asked
him whether he could clvemo any Informa
tion as to the contents ot the document.
The mousljtiior , who seemed rather taken
aback by my question , replied that his re
port was not addressed to the public , but to
the holy father. "All I can toll you , " said
he , ' 'Is that In its general lines my report Is
In harmony with the views expressed by the
American archbishop * and bishops , with
many of whom 1 have had f requont opportu
nities of discussing the subject. " The mon-
slfiMor regretted that ho could not say n. .
more , and declined to communicate the re
port to the Herald , This was discouraging ,
but as I had reason to know that copies of
the document had been In the hands of vail-
ous distinguished prelates , In Koine , 1 re
newed my attempt to Ret It from another
quarter. At last 1 succeeded , and 1 herewith
Kivolttu full :
TUB UKrOUT.
"This Is a difficult matter to deal with , not
because the question Is not plain nnd dis
tinct , but because the people do not lake the
same view of the subject It will therefore ,
bo well to express as briefly as possible the
opinion of that portion of the episcopate and
clorey which embraces not only the majority
but the most learned of American priesthood.
The Knights of Labor Is a society composed
of about a million worklngmen , half of
whom perhaps belong to the Catholic re
ligion. The society has , however , neither
political nor religious bias. Its object Is to
guard , In an honest and legal manner , the
compensation due to the laboring classes
for the work they have performed against the
despotic proprietor or contractor and
TOOPl'OSE THE INJUSTICES
that may be committed against these poor
sons of labor. This society has but lately
sprung up in America. It has been received
with favor by the whole working class , and
has suddenly developed great blrongth.
There are many , however , who for reasons
not yet sufficiently explained , were very
much alarmed at the appearance of this so
ciety. They said that Its objects were secret
and Its intention * bad , and therefore It
should bo continued as a secret society.
Cardinal Taschoroau , ot Quebec , It seems , by
a decree of the s&cred oQlce , condemned the
association as a secret society and forbade all
Catholics to become. Knights of Labor under
penalty of being excommunicated hy tlio
church. The American episcopate was
generally opposed to such measures , which ,
though possibly suitable to Canadian
Catholics , might prove unwise when applied
to Americans should It bo considered neces
sary to extend these measures to the United
States. They said In the country wo llvo
under circumstances different to those
which exist in old Canada. Here we see big
companies started with enormous capital
and extensive plant which come Into exlst-
and disappear In the same yoar. If wo con
demn this society , say some of the bishops ,
wo shall give it more Importance than It de
serves.
WK MUST r.EMKMDER
that In the United States thocltUens are ac
customed to freedom and Independence In
Ideas and sure to be heard , audit they are
not listened to who will be blamed'Wo
must not forgotthat the majority ot Catholics
In the United States belong to the working
class , the class which has the greatest Inter
est in this organization. Keprcscntatlves of
the laboring | class have met nnd spoken
against tlio exorbitant pretentious of the
capitalists and it they are condemned It is
certain that the Knights of Labor in the
United States will believe themselves to have
been wrongly condemned and that they have
not been properly heard by us. < Now who
can antlclpatn the consequence ? This
statement of the American episcopate Is
justllied , ns far as we can see
for the statistics of the Knights ot Labor
are not secret to any ono. They are printed
and freely issued to any ono who asks for
them. There Is not a single article iu their
statutes which can bo properly condemned
from a Catholic point of view. So 1 was told
by a professor , a learned Italian theologian ,
who for two years has been teaching theology
in one of the leading colleges in America. I
allow , he says , that not all of the society are
the most honest people of the United States ,
and I know that many ot them are imbued
with Ideas somewhat opposed to social order.
But it must bo allowed that the society is not
responsible for all the Ideas ot Its member *
when it neither teaches nor recommends
such Ideas in its statutes.
CARDINAL TA8CIIEIIEA.U.
lot UR say , frankly , did not see .tho ques
tion of the Knights of Labor from a univer
sal standpoint , but only a very restricted
space around hit eyeglasses , which did not
reach beyond Canada. As for Canada we do
not deny that oppressed as she has been for
many years by the curse of secret societies , it
would bo expedient to except such societies
which In their plans and not in their princi
ples maintain their secrets. The secret soci
eties In Canada are such however as would
never gain ground iu the United States. The
holy see requested the American episcopate
to give Its judgment on this Important
affair. The episcopate met at Haiti more
last October and decided to ask the
holy see : iot to touch so dinicult a question
and not to condemn the Knights of Labor ,
fearing that the result would do moro harm
than good. Therefore the Knights of Labor
iu the United States remained untouched
and Mr. Powderly , the master-workman , who
is n Catholic , will do his best to prevent thu
society from committing anything against
the civil or ecclesiastical laws which might
bo condemned by the church or the state.
The social question , however , has a greater
Importance In America than elsewhere , be
cause there the capitalists aio embarrassed
by over production , and as the profits to-day
are less than wore formerly the pay of the
poor worklngman is reduced , and so the
worklngmeu strike. And since It Is very dlf-
ucult to restrain the passions of people who
want bread and work ,
THE IlESULT IS
that serious riots and events damaging to a
well ordered society frequently occur. Every
where In America are formed societies to
belter ns much as possible their condition.
Some times It Is hard for these poor workingmen -
men , and the societies are in full sympathy
with the workmgraen and do their best to
Improve their condition. Last November
tlioy tried to elect as mayor of New York , a
certain over-enthusiastic Henry George , the
strong supporter ol these Ideas. Mr. George
in his theory asserts that the world belongs
to all men , and that It should be divided pro
portionately between them. Then ho says
that In every state the government is the ab
solute owner ot all lands within the state ,
because the ruler Is the representative of the
people. It llo.i between tha ruler and the
government to divide the land between the
citizens In equal portions , la it just that a
rich man should own a largo extent ot land
nnd a poor nun nothing ? It Isell understood -
stood that Mr , ( luoreo's thcoiles would bo ab
solutely alutird If they referred to an exist
ing order of thlng'Mu which win really n
possibility , but the worst ot
It Is that ho would try to bring about such an
order of thing- ) . That Is the alst of t.'io
question. Not all the followers ot Mr ,
George's Ide.is are people ot moderation ,
Thu incaiiB which they would adopt to gain
their ends are neither equitable nor right.
Hut It Is plain that Mr. George la not to to
blamed for this ,
4
WHAT u 10 MI : nininTiit : : : )
Is that a priest of New York , a doctor ot
Homo , and generally considered \\liu and
prudent man , Kdward McGlynn , rector of St.
Stephen's church ot that city , dupartln .
from the usual customs of the American
Catliolio elergy , who do not interfere with
politics , began to advocate the candidacy of
Mr. George , and to show sympathies with
his theories. The excellent bishop ot
New York , Mjjr. Corrlgau requested him to
dents ! from hla course. This admonition
had no effect other than to make Dr.McGlynn
rebel against the authority of the archbishop.
Mgr. Corrlgan was obliged to suspend him ,
and now this priest will probably come to
Koine to defend his actions , which no otiu
can justify. In the meantime the archbish
ops , in a pastoral letter published just after
the meeting of the diocesan synod In New-
York last November , considered It his duty
to enter Into the social question , reproving
the Ideas ot Mr. George , The latter In an
open letter published In the dally papers of
December 8 , replied Insolently to thn arch
bishop , trying to confute the pastoral letter.
It is thought Dr. McGlyun
11A1 > A HAND IN THIS HKIM.Y.
People became much excited about the
matter , and the archbishop , to avoid further
complications , Is orcanl/.ltig , with the estl <
mablo Major John Kcely , commander of the
order of St. Gregory the Great , n Catholic
society guided by the doctrines of the church ,
to prevent these dangerous doctrines gaining
a further foothold and to prevent their doing
harm to the well-being and moials of so
ciety. "
Now. what will bo the final verdict ? Well ,
In the first place , no verdict of any kind IB
expected for weeks , perhaps for months.
Uoma cst uiora is as true now as ever.
Tones and propagandas are not accustomed
to make n weighty decision in a hurry. Prac
tically , the unanimous views of the Ameri
can bishops are backed so etiongly and op
portunely by the independent report ot the
Itoman ablogato that they cannot but carry
immense weight. It Is said that Cardinal
Taschereau Is anxious to have thelquostlon
referred to the holy ofnco , where precedent
Is all decisive and judgment once uttered Is
irrevocable , but the pope , who Is also prefect
of theJnquiidtlun , may votoa the proposed
transfer from the propaganda. The last
word In any case wilt bo said by the Holy
Father and Leo XIII Is neither rash nor
illiberal.
Sir Knight Pullman.
CHICAGO , March 4. ISpoclal Telegram
to the BKEJJ The News' Now York special
says : Him just come out thatUeorgo M.
Pullman has benn knk'htcd by King Hum
bert of Italy. The order of knighthood doc
ument n Italian , but accompanied by an
English translation , was received , ribbon
and all. through the mall shoitly before
Mr. Pullman loft Chicago for this city. The
insignia has not yet been receivedbut letters
accompanying the appointment said they
would be forwarded very soon. The knight
ing ot Pullman was n surprise to him. lie
met King Humbert when ho was abroad and
has some acquaintance with him.
Shormnn'a Combination ,
CINCINNATI , March 4. [ Special Telegram.
tothoBr.K.J His autliorltlvely stated thai
an alliance has been formed between Sena
tor Sherman , Governor Foraker nnd Con
gressman Buttorwort'i ' , to secure Sherman's
nomination to the presidency. The terms ot
the nL'reomcnt are that Forakcr shall not bo
a candidate for governor this fall , but the
nomination be given to Kuttorworth. If
Sherman succeeds Foraker Is to ho elcctod
United States houator. Thn combination , it
It holds together , Is very strong , and can
overcome all opposition In Ohio.
A Swindler Sent Up.
LoNnoN.March 4. An indictment lias been
found agalnstGcorce Anderson , the alleged
American judge , who Is accused of swindling
Charles Doakln , of Susqiiehantia. Pa. , onto !
largo sums of money under the pretense that
he was prosecuting a suit for a largo Knellsh
estate to which Doakln was was convinced
ho was heir to. Anderson , on bulng ar
raigned to-davhedefended himself. Hoptoad
not guilty. He was convicted and sentenced
to live years penal seivltude.
Strike ofUrnkomon.
I'lTTsnuiio , March 4. All freight brakemen -
men on the Pittsburg division of the Balti
more & Ohio railroad have joined with those
employed an the Mount Pleasant branch In
the demand for higher waces. The ofliciah
state that the Increase will bo refused.
Verily , Ho Has Ills Howard.
Sf. JjoHte ( Jlnle-Omacrat ,
St. John can no longer gaze upon Kansas
with the proud reflection that his name Is at
tached to one of her counties ; but ho can
place his hand on ills pocket and thank his
stars that the democrats paid him a liberal
price for his treachery.
But GroTcr Will bo Left.
Kew York Tribune ,
A. lecturer on "Lofthandnos , " the other
day stated that acts performed with the left
hand are often done without any sincerity of
purpose and are no moro than dumb mo
tions. President Cleveland must be working
at civil service reform with his left hand and
for bocond term with his right hand.
They Ilnvo Eyes. Dut See Not.
Kew York Herald
The prohibitionists have neither eyes nor
cars. They are good men and conscientious ,
but they arc Ignorant of the laws of progress.
If they had been present the morning of the
lirst day of creation they would have pro '
tested against taxing six days to accomplish 'i
the result , They would have passed a vote
that the Lord must either make the world at
once or not make It at all. They know noth
ing about the history of social progress ,
whoso plain teaching Is that , although you
aim at what Is perfect , you must go through
a great many Imported states to got at It.
"They never throw anything away In
New England , " T. H. Aldrich says , "they
always put it up in the attic. "
MOST PERFECT MADQ
Frat > and with etr1et record to Parity , Strength , iiM
HeiathfaLnead. UrJ'ricu'oDikiogPowdMconUlnl
no AmmonUUro0.Alum or 1'hoephUoa. Dr.l'rico'a
luuacta\4cllls , I.- - , etc. , flavordeUclonaiy.