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IT whs u sad admission for the profes
sion , which President Gurrott mudo nt
n recent session of the American Medi
cal iitfsoeiiition nt Cincinnati , thit : there
arc too many doctors , and that the num
ber of medical schools must ho reduced ,
The association has ollieially condemned
and taken measures to suppress quack-
cry and the socalledmedical schools
responsible for it.
BY the retirement of President Bar
nard of Columbia college , N. Y. , that
institution has lost ono of its most val
ued friends. For more than a quarter
of a century ho has boon identified with
its management , and has raised Colum
bia to the high position it holds as a
leading university of America. Dr.
Barnard lias moreover boon a lender
among men as veil as an educator of
the highest rank.
* " To reciprocate in n measure the Bar-
tholdi gift which Franco gave to the
United States , the citizens of Washing
ton propose to present the French gov
ernment w'tb a statue of George Wash
ington. Already a scries of perform
ances have been inaugurated to raise
sufficient funds for that purpose. The
'enterprise ' is laudable. 'Jho American
' people are altogether too indifferent to
the favors which France so often has
shown us.
TIIK Napoleons of finances , whose am
bition often runs away with them , are
forever attempting the impossible. In
formation comes from Chicago that a
syndicate is in control of the corn mar
ket. It is said to hold all the visible
supply and is to bo protracted until the
now crop comes in. Undaunted by the
collapse of the lard corner , and of the
more recent corn and wheat corners in
Chicago , these speculators , if report bo
true , have in hand a more gigantic
scheme than any ever before attempted.
Looking at the undertaking as a finan
cial possibility , the corner is doomed to
fail. The Napoleons of our day have
mot their Waterloo when least ex
pected , and it will bo with grim satis
faction that the public will see these
adventurers come to grief.
It is not alone the parinhioncrs of
Plymouth church who are interested in
securing a worthy successor to Henry
Ward Booehor. The people of the
country have their eyes on the famous
pulpit of tlmt dingy Brooklyn church.
The man who is asked to occupy the
great preacher's place must bo iv man
of national fame. The pulpit has ex
tended beyond the walls of Plymouth
church and speaks to n congregation
that comprises the nation. The an
nouncement that Kov. Dr. Lyman Ab
bott has boon selected as the permanent
successor to Mr. Bocoher will bo received -
coivod with unqualified approbation. As
a man of letters , as a historian , as a
famous preacher , Dr. Lyman Abbott
has been a prominent figure. In intel
lectual strength and in religious fervor
ho is most worthy to stand in Mr.
Bccchor'ri place.
Tin : experiment of the great clothing
merchant of Philadelphia , Wnnamakor ,
iu profit sharing with his employes ,
Booms to have proven entirely satisfac
tory , At the last division over ono
kindred thousand dollars were distrib
uted among the employes , many of
them receiving a very liberal addition
to tlioir income for the year. Mr.Wun-
amaker was also largely benefitedsince
his business was materially enlarged ,
duo in no small part to the greutor in
terest and y.oal of the employes , The
scheme having boon fully tested as
mutually advantageous to employer and
lOinployed , will of course IM continued ,
and indeed is already understood to bo a
iwrmanont policy of the establishment ,
'hls is not the only example in this
Country of the satisfactory operation of
profit sharing , several others having
been noted by us heretofore , and thus
far no instance has been recorded of its
failure whore both parties honestly en
deavored to 'give it a fair trial. In
"Franco profit sliunug has had
its largest development , and
bus boon uniformly successful.
It is spreading , though slowly ,
in this country , but such example * as
that of Wamimakor cannot fall to at
tract attention to the ph.n as one likely
to accomplish a great deal toward ef
fecting better relations between em
ployers and workmen , while contribut
ing to the. material benefit of both.
Employers of labor on a Irirge scale
will find In the system of profit sharing
something that should interest them.
The "lice" Heroine Fund.
The memorable blizzard of , January 12
developed several incidents of remark
able heroism of Nebraska's lady teach
ers , the story of which is fa'mlllnr to our
renders and to the country.
Tlio wonderful tact and fearless daring
of Miss Minnie Freeman , in saving her
thirteen pupils by leading them , tied
together , through the blinding storm to
n haven of shelter and safety , has made
her nnmo familiar , not only to the
greater part of the rending public , but
thousands of curious pupils in every
state have listened in admiration to the
story-of the bravo glrlt but twenty
year. " of ago.
The more pathetic story of the fo'arful
struggle of Miss Lole Itoyeo , who
with the three helpless children was
berne down by the storm-king , and who
in the drift of snow that finally covered
them , saw her little charges die ono
after the other in her- arms herself
finally helpless and exhausted , quickly
touched- responsive chord in the
hearts of generous people.
Miss Etta Shnttuck , who started
from her school house to her homo ,
after her pupils had safely gone , she
dismissing school upon seeing the storm
gathering , could not withstand tlie fury
of the tempest longer , and grasping at
thfrlast chance fqr safety , dug her way
with almost frozen hands into a hay
stack , whore she remained unconscious
until found by a farmer , and convoyed
to her home. Subsequently it was
deemed necessary to amputate both her
feet , from the effects of which she died
within n few days.
The announcement that two of these
teachers had risked their lives for the
simple purpose of saving their pupils ,
and the other had been disabled in the
discharge of her duty , caused TIIK BKK
to start , among its employes , a heroine
fund. This action mot with a prompt
second at the hands of the public , until
the fund was rapidly swollen to magnifi
cent proportions.
Now that contributions have practi
cally ceased , TUB BKK deems it proper
at this time to make a statement of the
result , which is as follows :
Hoyce fund W.SS.I. IS
Slmttuck fund 5OiO.W , ;
Woebbccke fund 1,975.10
Freeman fund 1,050.19
Monument fund ( for thn two West-
phulcn girls who perished ) 110.4.1)
Making n total of fourteen thousand
and fifty-four dollars and sixty cents.
Other funds raised in different places
und distributed among the teachers ,
amounted to at least five thousand dollars
lars additional.
TIIK BKK has rendered * to the bene
ficiaries a strict account of all moneys
received , which has practically been
turned over to them. The possible ex
ception may bo with reference to a large
portion of the Royce fund , which is soon
to bo invested by responsible men of
Omaha so that it will guarantee to Miss
Royce a life annuity.
While the handling of the many con
tributions was no small task , TIIK BKE
wishes to state that its work was given
as cheerfully and as freely as was the
penny from the youngest child who
may have contributed. '
And further TIIK BKK desires to take
this opportunity of thanking , in the
name of humanity , each and every in
dividual who lent his or her mite in the
noble work that was so successfully
performed.
Nutlvimii Run Mud.
A meeting was recently held in New
York city toondor.se the action of Mayor
Hewitt in refusing to permit any other
than the American ling to bo displayed
above any public building. The motive
was commendable , if it bo allowed that
there was any serious demand for such
a method of endorsement. In referring
to this matter some time ago we up-
proved the reasons given by Mr. Hewitt
for this refusal , and they ought to
satisfy all rational men. But this meet
ing was taken advantage of by some of
the speakers to give expression to the
extreme spirit and sentiments of
nntivism in the most offensive form.
As an example , one of the
speakers mudo this remark , received
by his sympathising audience with vig
orous demonstrations of approval : "And
all other foreign monkeys must go. "
Now a man who would make publicly
and with deliberation such a declara
tion as this is hot a good American citi
zen , though he and his ancestors since
the landing of the Pilgrims were 'na
tive hero and to the manor born. "
The sentiment Is un-American , un
justifiable and indecent. The man who
inndo it , if he is familiar with the his
tory of his country , in a bnbo ingrato.
What would this country be to-d.ty if
the foreign ' 'monkeys" had remained
away from it ? Their names are found
all through our annuls , conspicuous in
war und in the arts of ponce. Our
independence would perhaps have been
'impossible of attainment without their
nid. To such "monkeys' ' as Lafayette ,
Rouhamboau , DuKnlb , and many others
who gave their powerful help in the
revolution the American people ewe a
debt of imperishable gratitude. They
came to the struggling patriots in the
contest for free government on this con
tinent in their hour of greatest need ,
and with n devotion and sacrifice that
imparts u distinct glory to that era con
tributed their full share to the success
of the effort to establish hero a republic
which should forever bo the refuge of
the oppressed of all the world. Could
they have imagined that the time would
como when citizens of the republic
would characterize their descendants ns
"monkeys , " to bo driven forth from the
republic , they would not have drawn
their swords and given the best years of
their life in the cause for which the
founders of the republic fought and suf
fered and died. In the work of 'build
ing up the nation , also , the brains and
energy of many foreign "monkeys" have
been conspicuously useful. They
founded the commercial metropolis of
the country , they populated the orig
inal states with an oarnoat , industrious
and thrifty people , and in a word they
laid strong and deep the foundations
upon which have been erected the
grandest national superstructure the
world has over known. All that wo are
to-day ns a people wo ewe largely to the
wisdom , the co u ratio and the endeavor
of foreagn "monkoyb. "
There is u disposition at present some
what \vidQlj manifested , , tp foator and
cultivate the spirit and sonUmnnt con
tained in the remark wo have noted.
It should bo dlscountenapced and de
nounced by all falr-minuod Americans
who understand thn true character of
lltoir country and would perpetuate it
ns essential to the vitality and perma
nence of republican Institutions. The
republic could have no more dangerous
foes than those people who seek to steer
It out of that course which it has pur
sued for an hundred years with such
marvelous results , nnd who herald to
the world that It will no
longer welcome to its hospitality and
its measureless opportunities the people
of other lands who would como here to
make homes and assume in good faith
the duties and the responsibilities of
citizenship. But there Is little proba
bility that these aefnmorsof their coun
try's true characto and enemies of Its
material welfare will accomplish any
part of what they desiro. They are nn
exclusive class of bigots nnd egotists
with whom the great body of the people
can never bo brought to sympathise.
Nevertheless it is not wise to permit
them to pursue their way unchallenged ,
nnd it Is a duty to expose nnd condemn
their false and pernicious teachings.
Ailvcr-HO to the Treaty.
The report of the majority of the Sen
ate committee on foreign relations , ad
verse to the resolution for the ratifica
tion of the fisheries treaty , in the main
presents the objections that were ex
pected. It finds fault with the presi
dent for not having carried out retalia
tory measures , ns ho was authorized to
do by congress , and charges him with
bad faith in appointing plenipotentia
ries without the advice und consent of
the senate. It is undoubtedly proper
to remind the president that in this
latter respect his action was irregular ,
to say the least. It has always seemed
a little singular that Secretary
Bayard , an ex-senator , entirely familiar
not only with the precedents , but also
with the senate's jealousy of its rights
in such matters , did not bettor advise
the president. But there are two
plausible explanations , ono that the
president may have ignored the advice
of his secretary , if ho gave any unfav
orable to the action taken , and another
that Mr. Bayard , anxious to make a
record for himself in the matter , either
withheld ndvico or fully concurred with
the desire of the president to bring
about a settlement of the fisheries con
troversy in the administration's own
way. The plan of a commission
was an administration plan , and
whether originating with the presi
dent or the secretary of slate , it is
more than probable they concurred in
the view that the only" sure way to reach
the end they sought was to go ahead , re
gardless of the senate , 'trusting to the
result to overcome objection to the ir
regular proceeding. ,
But the majority of the foreign rela
tions committee do not find the result
such as to warrant them in dismissing
the objection. On the contrary they
olTer eight reasons why the treaty
should not be ratified ) the = irtost ' imporA
tant of which is that it is ' 'a completed
surrender of any claim of right now ex
isting either under any treaties or
acts of congress. " Some of the
specific objections presented are
certainly worthy of attention , nnd if
well-founded show that the American
plenipotentiaries wore less shrewd than
the representatives of the British gov
ernment and the Dominion. The claim
oftho minority report that the treaty
is better than anything done in connec
tion with this question preceding it is
not quite satisfactory. What is wanted
is an entirely fair and justnrivtngemont ,
which will operate to the mutual ad
vantage of the two countries and bring
this controversy to a final settlement ,
and not something that is merely an
improvement upon what has been , un
der the operation of which one party or
the other might have future cause of com
plaint that would reopen the issue with
added difficulties. If the treaty before
the senate is not such an arrangement
it should not bo ratified. It is well to
remark that the treaty has mot with
vigorous opposition in Canada on the
ground that it surrendered too much to
the United States.
It is very likely that the question of
ratification in the senate will bo de
termined on party lines , as pretty much
nil questions in congress are being de
termined at , present , and in that case it
will fail. In tlmt event it is said to be
the purpose of the president to adopt
retaliatory measures that is , to pro
claim commercial non-intercourse when
ever the circumstances are such ns to
justify him in doing so. If Canada re
sumes her former policy with regard to
American fishermen , which is to bo o.x-
jxjcted , the circumstances justifying re
taliation will not be long in coming.
Perhaps a trial of this might bo effec
tive in bringing both countries to a
state of mind that would bettor assure a
just and final settlement of this contro
versy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IjAUOH XOTKs'
A tvoolen mill U to bo eroded at Woodland ,
Cal.
Cal.A
A stove factory will DC run at Tullnuonia ,
Tcun.
WilliauiHburg , N. Y , , barbers have formed
a union ,
A pmno factory Is being erected at At
lanta , On.
There ia a petroleum exhibition ut St.
Petersburg.
Forty miles of double track cable will bo
laid in Boston.
Women barbers are numerous in San
Francisco , Oal.
The Fort Worth ( Tex. ) board of trade will
put up u 4100,000 bulldiutf.
Tlio grocery clerks will hold a national con
vention in Pittbburg next July ,
Tlicro uro over two thousand electric
lights In usnin English mines ,
The adherents of Mr. Gcorjro are to meet
In convention ut Chicago on July 4.
Tim Falcon Iron and Nail company , of
Nilcs , O. , has just laid off 'JOO men.
Furniture factories will be started up at
Charlotte , N , C. , and Welch , N. C.
About 10,000 men nro employed iu thu lum
bcr bublncss of Mlniu-aolih | , Minn.
Tlio Brotherhood of Carpenter * anil Join.-
cm has nearly four hundred Mssombllcs.
The Flint Glass Workers' union paid put
$310,000 to Iu mcinborti during the strikn.
Ttie Mutual Uttlluf association li ( pptmci- ; , .
tlou with tno lirlcklayers' union of I/ulti-
moro , has a memborrapTJt 212. Last years'
expenditures amounted to nearly $1,000.
A Cambridge , Mnsubbcr factory hn
turned out 13,000 puffi * r ovcrsbocs In ono
dny.
Denver hodenrricrs o struck for 2.75
nnd $3 a day. Some the bosses have
yielded. , .
Tlio bricklayers of Buffalo will work nine
hours' a dny nt 3t } ptntjj nn hour for the
coming i car. /1-
A Monson , Me. , sutOjjjiuarry owner ha
begun the use of thc'vusto slnto for marbleIzed -
Ized purposes. &
ThoSniltli & Wcllon revolver works at
Springfield , Mass. , jtvill bo enlarged by a
three-story addition.
The heaviest locomotive In the world be
longs to the Cnnndian Paclflo rallroa-J.
Weight , IOO.COO poundl.
The boys of the industrial school nt Golden
den , Col , , nro cultivating llfty acres of ground
adjoining the Institution ,
A company with a capital of J JOOJ,000 hns
been chartered to develop 0.000 acres of oil
land near Lnnder City , Wyo. T.
At a few Scotch steel works the wages of
mclters , hammermen , rollers , etc. , have been
advanced from 15 to 20 per cent.
The Hctnll Grocers' association of Cin
cinnati 1ms naked the board of affairs to
abolish all retail public markets.
The Uuffalo union has just run the scabs
out of the largest bakery there by refusing to
work with any but union men.
A member of D. A. SI , Knights of Labor ,
of Chicago , is reported to have snld that not
so many as 2,000 still remain in tlmt district.
ly ? a decision of the employes of the Head
ing Iron works to accept a reduction of X
per cent In wages , 1,200 men will resume.
A co-operative glass factory Is being
erected ut Stoneboro , Penn. The town
donated a site and loaned the operators
$13,000.
Tlio Chinese government recently re
ceived 000 miles of submarine cable for a
line to bo laid from the islands of Formosa
nnd Ton gnu to Fee Clioo.
Ono of the furnaces started at Enslcy City ,
near Birmingham , Aln. , last week , is run
ning 200 tons a day , the largest capacity of
any furnace in the south. The other thrco
will soon bo in use.
Abbott's mills , at Grnnitcvillc , Mass. , are
running only fifty hours a week , with sixty
frames , on carpet yarns. This is the first
time the mills has bcon on short hours in
thirty-ono years.
The operators in the coke regions are
weeding out the Huns , Poles nnd Swedes.
One firm that employes 10,000 men will dis
charge all employes who do not speak
English , and no otliers will bu employed
hereafter.
The thirty-six brick manufacturers of Chicago
cage have notified their mcu that wages will
be reduced II ) per cent from last year's pay ,
which was 52. JO a day. There are about 1,200
men in the Brickmafejrs' { mlon.
The French nr.tlonjil printimr office em
ploys girls as type-founders , printers , book-
sewers , book-bindcrsjcju. , the wages rang
ing from 50 cents tojff.per day. After thirty
years' service both 4\3ui and women are re
tired jpon a pension.
The English socialists have ecnt out a cir
cular opposing the eng isaucd by their Ger
man brothers in relation to the International
Trades Union congress in London In Novem
ber of this year. The English circular is
strongly in favor of it , even if they are not
allowed to participate.
The carpenters of TfroyJ'N. Y. , refused to
, \vork the nine hour dayvivhicli the master
builders had decidcd n'ould''bcgA ! on May 1.
T lie masons nccepte tiirfchange , but had to
quit because the hod carriers wanted an ad
vance of 1 cent an hour , or 20 cents. Last
year's dny consisted , of eight hours.
The wood carvers are still holding out
flrmly in their long fight with the Pullman
company. But the union man has proved
recreant since the struggle began in January.
Only nine of the strikers are now unem
ployed. The company is trying to run carv
ing machines , but with iudilTercnt success.
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He's an Aiifol Now.
Mary had a little jam ;
She locked it up to crow ,
And everywhere that Mary went
The key was sure to RO.
She lost it in the grass one day ,
While ficcing from a cow.
Her brother Johnny picked it up
He fs an angel now.
A Kansas Cow.
Kana City Time * .
The ways are greased for a river aud har
bor bill , but sanded for tariff reform and
Oklahoma. _
A CliliicHe Hlirli License.
Clitcaao Herald.
In Australia it is proposed to lay a tax of
$500 upon every Chinese immigrant , in addi
tion to an annual residence tax of $100. This
is equivalent to sayliigthat the Chinese must
go. The sentiment seems to be spreading.
A Cigarette Party.
PhllaiMiilitii Pie * * .
Thu democracy Is a good deal of a cigarette
party , anyhow that Is to say , it is made of
scraps , catches the dudes nnd creates a bad
odor with it smaller expenditure of tiino and
energy thau any other appliance known to
science.
John Sullivan Again.
Chtcaud Herald ,
Mr. Sullivan 1ms just fought a return
match with John Barleycorn. The latter did
not run like Mitchell , but fought nt close
quarters nnd dealt stomach blows exclusive
ly , the result being tlmt the champion was
put to sleep with his boots on.
The VOUIIK Man of Culm.
The terrible state of attaint in Cuba is In-
tcrostliii ; but not novel. Affairs in Cuba are
usually in n terrible state. The instability of
the crovcrnment of that island is well de
scribed In the foHnwing'boautlful ' IKIOIII :
There was a young'1 man in Cuba
Who was learning to play on a tuba ,
When the frail alto horn
Tooted loudly'Th "scorn " ,
And provoked a roWiliyn in Cuba.
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Wlmt Couur/CHH / HUH Done.
Congress has bccivw iaii session for five
months , und the bulky upi > curunco of the con
gressional Uocord mlgrfdYbtid ono to boliovu
that the work done wiii W proportion to the
time consumed. Tho''ialaries of the con-
gtf-ssmen cost the courilrj' 'ubout $2,000,000 ,
and It Is fair to supposc'tliut the public should
have something in return. ' Vet during these
five months congress tius ; , , jH passed a single
imiiortaiit bill. What < IIH congros * done )
Talked.
_
II * Kditorn Had Tliulr Say.
llillailtll'hia I'rtM.
The N'ew York Mull and Kxpross him been
making n canvass for presidential preferences
of the roimblii-an editors of Now York , New
Jersey and Connecticut , The result , so far
us inudu known , Is an interesting ono. Of the
I5U replies received SS are for Depow , 09 for
Blaine , 10 for Grcslmui , 0 for Sherman , and
this rest ure divided among eight or nine
other candidates mentioned. Ex-Senator
Harrison leads the vice prustdental list with
( j J preferences , followed by Willtr.m Walter
Pbelps with 10 , Lincoln with ID , Hawley 13 ,
und Hid rest scattering , If Uieso expres
sions reflect accurately local sentiment , then
a ticket made up of Ic | > ovv for president und
Hprrlson for vle . president would bo .tho
most popular la thcso three states that the
republicans could name.
AInst nnd Such Is
"I leit fifty .tboasnnd dollars , " said a
. man of money , "to
Endow nn insaltution that should keep
alive my name ,
uut n ghostly individual who lately hns
eomo through
Informs mo that the lawyers have dt
vlded up the same. "
"I had loft n inlghtv epic , " snid the poet
with n slch ,
"I hoped for" recognition nnd I dreamed
of doiithlcas fame ,
But a ghostly individual who lately came
on high
Inform * mo that the paper mills are
grinding up the same. "
"I had loft a faultless system , " said the
tntnlstor of state ,
"Of governmental management from
wheresoever viewed ,
But n ghostly Individual who late came
through the gate
Informs mo It has fatten Into harmless
desuetude. "
co noon AN IUSPMKS.
The 1'opo null the Lincoln 'Branch
Irish National tioaRiio.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Mny 11. To the Editor of
TiinBBU : In your Issue of this date Mr.
Sutton , secretary of the Irish National
Lcnguo of America , replies to my letter ol
the Uth Inst. I will not obscure the subjcc !
with personalities or notice In many words
the insult to my dead mother In bis Impugn
ing her veracity. I hug my facts. Ho does
not touch , much less destroy , the fact that
thousands of poor , starving women In Janu
ary nnd February , 1817 , ns well as In 1S40 ,
were tempted , ns strongly as Is possible for
human nature , to renounce the pope and save
themselves nnd their little babes , nnd , like
heroines nil , they refused. Mr. Sutton ad
mits that O'Conncll ' was In Ireland In Janu
ary and part of February , 1S47. John
Mitchell , the Irish historian , records those
months ns the worst of the famine , nnd Bays
further of O'Connoll : ' 'To the last ho labored
on the 'relief committees' of Dublin , nnd
thought every hour lost unless employed in
rescuing same of the doomed. " My dead
parent * , whoso veracity is doubted , worked
also with these committees. Moreover ,
O'Connoll spoke publicly of the horrors ho
witnessed , nddressing large meetings In Con
ciliation hall. Now let us take Mr. Suttdn's
points in their order. Ho implies that I rush
into print to defend the church. I do no such
thing. Ono of the greatest intellects of this
ago has said in reply to such nn imputation ,
"Non lull auxilio. " As an humble layman
nfortiorl , I am bound to say non tall auxilio.
Mr. Sutton says I lose sight of charity. I
look on that as simply an ad misericordlam
appeal. Ho and the Lincoln branch of the
league should not have been so bounc
ing in their insulting censure of the
pope , who is my religion , nnd then
no protest of mine would have been
forced from me. Could they not wait ! Do
we know tlio text of the pope's decree ? Do
wo know it is npt forged i Do wo not know
that Archbishop Walsh , of Dublin , is in
Konio engnjjcd in the preparation of an
elaborate statement of Ireland's case } What
is my position t I stand for tlio good of the
Irish cause against the curse of anti-clerical
ism. I stand for right and justice on the
ground of the compact that religious discus
sions shlill not be allowed In tlio league. I
stand for my own Individual rights and the
rights of these who appeal to me that my
religion , "tho Infallbility of the vicar of God
the pope , " shall not be insulted or dis
cussed at tbo league. I want n "square deal"
iu , this compact , and no men to seek oppor
tunities o sneering nt , jeering at and m-
BUlting priests , bishops and the [ rope of any
church. I protest against even any attempt
to make us the dupes of nn anti-clerical con
fidence trick. I stand flrmly on the "Hock
of Aces , " so ably und eloquently championed
by Air. Sutton in his address to our Bishop
lit. Uev. Mr. Bonucum. I object to an at
tempt to force us to embark amid troubled
waters in acockloshcHof a boat or astride
I 1luvcbecn'h ? < fo'rhi6d' by Mr. W. C. Fitz
gerald , president of the Catholic iCnights of
America of the way in which Bishop Bona-
cum showed his grave displeasure on account
of those resolutions at Lincoln. In charity
I will not press to hard. But I must not bo
forced to take a stand nnd to tnko sides.
From nil the facts in my knowledge and con
versations leading up to these resolutions I
have no reasonable doubt tlmt these
resolutions were Inpired by nn anti-clerical
spirit. One of the most loud who favored them
said to one of the witnesses that atheism is
as much superior to Christianity as Christian
ity is superior to ancient paganism. "I am
ready to lay my case before our bishop or , as
ho was insulted by the 'crowd' of young men
who favored the resolutions , before any other
bishop and ubido the decision.
But if this anti-clerical spirit bo forced
further , Irish Catholics will be forced also to
take sides. The church must deal with it.
Mr. Sutton nnd these with him I do not say
nro anti-clerical , but their resolutions wore.
Mr. Sutton claims that his position Is bettor
and moro manly. Ho admits the decree , says
it is not ambiguous and defies it. I claim that
my position is better nnd stronger. It Is this :
The plan of campaign was justified by the
bishops und priests of Ireland before the de
cree. If the plan were then a morally lawful
means , it is not loss so now. I deny the de
cree is yet before us. I say the text as given
docs not name in condemnation tlio exact same
means or weapons which , on looking , I sec
in my hand.
Mr. Sutton says I am over timorous. To
that I will say I have read car loads of atheist
philosophy , and I say to these poor men who
might bo led astray I am moro than over con
vinced by force of reason that the nope is the
vicar of God. But I never doubted. I would
knock tlio Binning out of any of these athe
ists who would attack my religion on a pub
lic plat form.
Mr. Sutton admits my whole case when
ho says "tho moral law luid down by the
. " But I in
pope is beyond dispute. am
dued timorous of irohifr on the down truck of
anti-clericalism which leads to atheism. I
am fearful of leading others astray , I fear
God , but not the British government or any
men.
men.But my faith does not make mo afraid to
die , but gives mo mere daring. My critics
will not dnro moro than I am ready for. Mr.
Sutton In his last sentence says , "If Ireland
aeitnowledgcd the pope's interference to bo
right then she surrendered her first privilcgu
of nationhood. But she has never dotiu so ,
und I hope she never will. "
To that I say these words nro foolish and
an insult. The popa's teaching authority by
Its doilned nature docs not now and never
can interfere with Ireland's privilege of na
tionhood. The pope is our friend. Ho is the
only ono on God's earth to whom we will
listen nnd yield assent to In faith and morals ,
and no man should dareto toll us ho Is
wrong and has not supreme right from God
to decide what means are against God's law ,
Yours rcspectlully ,
J. N , CoucoiiAN ,
Politics VH Religion.
DAVID CITV , Neb. , May U , To the Editor
of TIIKBBK ; A great deal is being said iu
Hie papers about what Irishmen should or
should not tnko from the pope. Some de
clare that they will obey the pope in npirit-
uul but not In jMlltical mutters. That U a
lame theory. If the pope is vicar , i. c. "in
the place of" God then ho Is co-cquul with
God , and his authority follows you Into every
act and avenue of life. "Politics" is only
the name of ono class of actions. Acts uro
right or wrong. "Love your enemies" and
"return good for evil" uro commands of God
und if they can't betaken into ( wlitics , then
the disciple of Christ mubt stay out of poli
tics. But , let mo ask. why not take both
your religion and politics from Goilf
Jesus said : "If ye being evil , know
know how to give good gifts to your
children , haw much more shall your Hoavunl.v
Father jdvo this holy spirit to them that usk
Him ! " What better spiritual guido than the
Spirit Himself J John , "thu beloved , " said ,
"If any man ln wo have an advocate with
the Father , Jcsua Chrlut the riL'Moous. "
WjiatuoeUot un.v other vicar * "Whom the
Sou wakes free is frco indued. " If Irishmen
would throw4Jff thu yoke of Italian priiat-
[ raft , And takd on the yoke of the meek ami
lowly- Ono , they would win the sympathy of
millions In America und elauwhcro who nin-
uot sympathize us they would do , from dreud
sfa worao thralldora thau English landlord
ism mid that is liaa enoucb , God knows.
I'art Of you charge th nope with connivance
ivitb .English lories , urtd wart with being de-
ceiyou , , ( u hither case , \vliere is his infalli
bility or vicaYshIi > r AN AMEIUCAN.
THE COMMITTEES CAN LOAF
Tholr Work For this Session IB
Practically Completed.
DAKOTA'S SCHEMING GOVERNOR
Mnmlerson Proposes n Separate Me-
partinoiit For the Distribution of
Documents Graver Grxvo
Ulnnohai-d n Tip ,
Tlio Tariff Taken Up Tlino.
WASiit.voTo.v. May 10 [ Special to Tnp
Bnn.J Nearly nil of the committee work h
this congress hns been completed Up to n
fortnight ngo nearly nil of the committees iu
the house met regularly twlco a week , am
many of them throe times a week. From
this time on to the cud of this session there
will not bo an average of moro than ono
mooting in each month by each ot the vari
ous committees. Nearly all of them have
adjourned upon the call of the chairman
There are moro measures pending lt the
committee rooms at this tlnio than were over
known to bo unacted ujxm nt this tlmo in n
session. It Is obviously of no use , however
to report moro bills to the house , as not half
of three already reported will bo enacted Into
laxvs , and to continue committee work Is to
throw away good tlmo nnd hard labor. It Is
generally believed tlmt the tariff bill will not
bo out of the way hi the house before about
tlio 1st of July. There will yet remain nt
that tlmo a number of unllnlshcd bills of
great importance , nnd there will bo a clamor
for bills of national importance which have
not been taken from the calendar ; BO that n
very few general measures and a largo num
ber of private bills , including i > cnsons ! , wil
consume the time.
The calendar In the senate Is not more than
half as largo as that in the house , the work
there being mych nhead of that In the lower
branch of congress.
The second session of the congress it al
most wholly taken up by appropriation bills
of which there nro from fourteen to sixteen.
The session only lasts about nine weeks.
Some of the appropriation bills require
almost a week for discussion. The appropri
ation committee generally meets during the
last of October , so as to have ready two 01
three bills tp report as soon ns coiifjrcss as
sembles in December. The real work on the
floor of tlio house on appropriations Joes not
begin until after the holidays , nnd then it Is
n regular rough-nnd-tuinblo light till the
wind-up on the fourth of March.
The work that will bo accomplished by the
'
Fiftieth congress from this time to its 'close
is pretty well defined now , nnd is very
closely confined to these questions which
have been agitated before the country nnd
measures bearing upon them which have
reported from committees some time. They
relate mostly to n few measures from tlie
committees on commerce ; the Oklahoma und
territorial statehood bills ; agricultural ex
periment and the agricultural department
bills ; coast defence and military reservation
bills ; consular nnd diplomatic reorganisation ,
from the committee on foreign affairs , to-
Kcther with exposition measures affecting ex
hibitions of this country in foreign countries ;
general land bills forfeiting unearned grants
to railroads , etc.
Till : CIIAHOES AOAIN8T CIIL'KCH.
The charges Hied by Dakota democrats
ngafnst the active and outrageous participa
tion in politics by Governor Church of that
territory , and the appeal made to the presi
dent for the removal of that oilicor by t'opu-
table Dakota democrats , have been the sub
ject of much discussion around tlio halls of
congress during the past two or three days.
Church is specifically charged with having
"set up" conventions in Dakota with a view
to the selection of Cleveland delopatcs , and
the election of himself as h member of the
national committee ; as comiimndcr-in-chicf
ot the militia of the territory the selection of
men on his start are not proper characters
for the positions they hold ; removing capable
oftlccrs for improper personal reasons ;
with having bartered his appointments nway
to republicans for his own advantage ; insult
ing and ignoring the members of his party ;
with unfair attempts to throttle the honest
voters in the territory ; with compelling his
staff , members of the railroad commission ,
the various boards of public institutions , the
regents of universities , reform schools , tbo
democratic judges and their imported clerks
to do his disreputable work , and with pack
ing caucuses with non-residents mid republi
cans ; capturing personal endorsements from
conventions controlled by fraudulent proxies ,
and all manner of things which a federal of
ficer , in nn alleged civil service administra
tion , could not bo guilty ot.
These charges do not como from anony
mous sources , nor from irresponsible per
sons. They uro sent by the cream of the
democratic organizations in Dakota , and the
demand for Church's removal is earnest.
The president , however , hns refused to give
them serious consideration because , it is said ,
he knew of Church's political participa
tion and endorsed it. The president also
knows of officials in the pension , postofllco
and treasury departments going to their
homes recently to participate in conventions ,
nnd set up the pins for him and his friends.
Yet ho takes no action to reprimand or to
remove them , as ho has pledfjed in special
orders , aud is guaranteed by the civil burvlco
laws. It is said that Senator Hall's commit
tee , investigating civil snrvlco reform out1
rapes nnd violations of the law in general ,
will take hold of some of these matters with
a view to showing up Cleveland's hypocrisy
in the civil service mutters.
A SEl'AllATK IIEI'AIITMKNT.
Senator Mamlerson's proposition to estab
lish a separate and distinct department for
the distribution of public documents meets
with universal commendation. The govern
ment pays for printing of various descrip
tions of matter from fcJ.OOO.OOO to W,01)0,000 , ) a
year. Somn idea of the amount of books
und pamphlets und records and documents
printed for the use of the government can bo
had when one considers the statement of a
gentlemen in position to know , that they
would loud ten freight trains In u year. Mr.
Manderson's idea Is to construct u building
in close proximity to the capitol , whcro nil
documents for public distribution ahull go
from the government printing nlUco und the
departments , us well us these which now go
congress , and In this building shall bu men
regularly employed.who are capable of doing
their work Intelligently. It Is pro
posed that there shall bu regular lists
kept on file In this document
building , so that persons who rcccivu u portion
tion may get all or u series of documents , and
that there shall bo some system und regu
larity in thu distribution , so that the greatest
good possible may bu secured by thu publi
cation.
It is a fact not generally known , and the
document room of congress offortt moro dates
for- authors and writers , us well us ofllcials ,
than any other institution In the country.
It is therefore highly important that men bo
kept in chargu of the documents ] > erma-
neiitly , so that they may readily turn to the
matter called for , There is a largo proportion
tion of the public actions sent to the docu
ment rooms of the capital , which uro given
gratuitously to aovcry ono who culls , They
are not alone Issued for members of congress.
The public calls and is supplied ut will.
Whcro there Is constant change in the cleri
cal forces it cun bu seen that the benefits de
rived are generally impaired.
1IIK I'ltEtlOKXT OIVKS THEM A Til1 ,
It is stated that Chairman Blunchard , of
the committo on rivers und harbors , exor
cised the energy ho did to secure the passage
if the river and harbor bill hi the house on
Monday lust , under a su pDnsiou of thu rules ,
upon u hint or request of the president. As
Uatud in BKR despatches some days ago , the
itdminibtrution desires the final pussugo of
thu river and harbor bill In thu event of the
failure of the tariff bill , and the crowding of
; ho river and harbor bill through the house
it Hits tlmo is taken by many to indicate
: hut thu administration has given
ip hope of success for the
arilf bill. Tim piosident is also anxious to
> co thu tariff bill finally passed , t > o that ho
jiay have uu opportunity to redeem himself
, vith u largo Indl nunt class on account of his
failure to sign Urn last bill passed by con
gress , Thu president received an avaluuchu
} f complaints from the country nt largo on
iccount of his refusal to oign the last river
nid harbor bill , and us the ono which has just
wstiud the housj ! is now likely to get through
, hu senate , ho will have an opportunity to ro-
.riuvo bouio of his lost popularity in localities
where benoflU ro to t > o Jorlrftd In UiO Wd/
ot river and harbor Improvements.
Tnc THU.ST ,
The house commute * on manufacture * ,
which has been for Bomo time conducting an
Investigation into trunts , will likely report to
the house upon the two subjects wluctt tUoy
have investigated the sugar and coul oil
trusts nna receive further Instructions.
Chairman Bacon says It Is not noooisary for
the committee to proooed further la thtso ln
vontgntions unless the houss desires to Uko
soma action upon the work the coramlttw
has done or will accomplish. Ho says that
the discoveries made by Investigations Into
the sngar and coal oil monopolies revealed
about the same general character of public
evilg which Investigation Into ether subjects
mil disclose , so that If any legislation Is do-
slrod congress way as well proceed to Its
work with th foots before It. Mr. Bacon
thinks that there can ba no doubt about Isz-
Ifttlon to prohibit pools , combinations , trusts
aud monopolies fn the necessaries of llfo
being justifiable nnd on the faoU already
presented. _
Army Matters.
WASHINGTON , May 13. [ Special Telegram
to Tan BBC. ] By direction of the soorotory
of war the unexecuted portion of thosontonoo
Imposed by a general court martial ( General1
court martial orders No. 1 , Januarys , 185J ,
Department of the Platte ) is remitted In the
onse of William II. MoDonalil and Edward
O'Brien , late privates Company A , Seven
teenth Infantry , and th y will bo released
from confinement upon receipt of this ordtr
at Fort Omaha , Nebraska , whcro they ara
now held awaiting transfer to the Leayoa-
worth military prison. The men will bo per
mitted to oullst again.
Kccrult W. Kumscy , mounted sorvloa , hay
Ing bcon ordered to bo discharged without
final statements by paragraph 0 , special
orders March 18 , 18S7 , from this oftlco which
order was subsequently revoked on proper rep.
ruscntation of facts in the case , by paragraph
B special No. 78 , April 5 , 18S7 , from this offloo
and notwithstanding the revocation of the
order for discharge , the soldier was dis
charged Juno 10 , 1SS7 ; therefore to redress a
wrong and correct the record in the case , so
much of paracraph 0 , special order No. 08 ,
March 18 , 1887. ns directs Kccrult Hainsoy'e
discharge without pay or allowances uud
without final statement. Is by direction of
the secretory of war , revoked , and tlio sol
dier ( now a private of Troop F , Ninth cav
alry ) will bo furnished by the commanding
officer of his station with final statements us
of date of his discharge , Juno 10 , 1887. This
soldier is entitled to travel pay from place of
discharge fFort Koblnson , Nebraska ) to
place of enlistment ( Boston , Mass , ) .
Ncliraska ami Iowa Pensions.
WASHINGTON- , May 12. [ Special Telegram
to Tun BEE. ] The following \vcr granted
to-day : Nebraskn pensions , original invalid
Benjamin W. Johnson , Atkinson ; Jcsslo
Knight , Blue Springs ; Benjamin F. Angus ,
Atkinson. Restoration Burroughs Frcesso
( deceased ) , Lincoln.
Iowa pensions : Original invalid Samuel
'W. D. Frantr , Eldftn ; Jehu Barker , Sandy-
ville ; Jacob Brown. Kcokuk ; Htruui Martin ,
Homer ; Frank H. Joraan , Danville ; Milton
W. Halsoy , Anita ; David N. Soil ( deceased ) ,
Mount Sterling ; Martin Vorloy , Oskaloosa.
Increase William C. Curnagy , Cedar IJap-
ids. He-issue John A. Phillips , Knoxvllle.
Original widows , etc. Mary A. , widow of
David N. Sell , Mount Sterling ; ElshmJ. ,
widow of Samuel M. McICInloy. Uusscll ;
CnrolinoM. , widow of Thompson F. Kouns ,
Bontonsport. Mexican survivors John
Baker , Lansing.
The Anniversary or Gettysburg.
WASHINGTON , May 12. The house commit
tee on military affairs has ordered n favornblo
report on the bill appropriating $2 , " > ,000 to de
fray the expenses of the anniversary celebra
tion of the battle of Gettysburg next July.
The president is expected to bo present at
the celebration und , according to tlio present
programme lie will read the speech delivered
by President Lincoln' on the battlefield us an
introduction to his own remarks.
.Tariff Debate Prolonged.
WASHINGTON , May 12. The democratic ;
members of the uouao ways and means com
mittee have consented to an extension of the
general debate on thot tariff "bill , which wan
to have closed Wcddcsday next , to the fol
lowing Saturday. The decision was arrived
nt this morning after consultation with lead
ing republican members.
A BIG POW-WOW.
Indians to Meet anil DlHOiisH ttio Sioux
Reservation 1)111.
HAIMD CITV , Dak. , May 10. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : BRE.J Parties coming in this
afternoon from the Sioux reservation bring
word that Indian riders have been out for
several days serving summons for a grand
pow-wow to be hold to-night and to-morrow
at the junction of Coon creek and White
river. This is the most central point for a
council of all the Indians from Standing
Hock , Cheyenne , Pine Kldgo and UosobuU
agencies. The council will bo attended by
Sitting Bull , Gul , Standing Horse and ether
soreheads from the north , and Red Cloud
and his fellow malcontents from the south.
What the outcome will bo can only bo
guessed at. Nearly all of the southern
Sioux have expressed themselves us satisfied
with the terms of the proposed treaty , opening -
ing a portion of the present reservation for
settlement , but old Red Cloud and his im
mediate following am opposed to anything
Ilka the new measure. Kitting Bull , Gul
und Standing Ilorso are well known implaca-
bles , and have ofti'ii expressed u desire to go
on the war path nnco moro. Several pow
wows havu been held lately on the northern
reservation , nnd much war talk lias been in
dulged In. Troops at Fort Mc-id were put
under marching orders last week , but little
Tear of an outbreak Is full hero UK thu whiten
are moro numerous nnd thu means of com
munication much better than twelve years
ago.
They Olijoct to General JOK.
CHICAGO , May 12. It bus transpired tlmt
measures wore Instituted by Oeorgo It.
Thomas Post Nn. 5 , G. A H. , in this city ,
decision from Connnatuler-ln-
to procure a - -
Chlef Kc.-i , of that organbatlon , on the action
of E. D. Baker post , Philadelphia , admitting
ho confederate general , Joe Jolumon , to con-
rlbutory membership. The question IH
raised tlmt there can bo no contributory
ir other than regular membership , but that
f such membership can bu established by
> OhtH , those who boru arms against the
Jnlted States are Ineligible us In thu case of
regular membership.
Killed HorhoTr and Child.
iNniANAi'oi.iH , Mny 12 , Mrs , Ida A. .for-
dun , aged forty-ono , wife of Thomas Jordan ,
a grain dealer of this eity , guvo a dose of
> oison to her four-year-old child this morn-
ngand then cut hur own throat. Botli died.
I'ho woman was partially demented ,
Cf.BVKi.ANi > , May 12. At tlio twenty-first
congressional district democratic convention
o-day , llobort Bleer and Thomas Axworthy
vcro elected dulegatos to the national can
ventlon ,
_
The Writer.
The May number of Thu Writer ( Boston )
ontniiiH u sharp article by Jumcs P.irtou oil
'Journalism ns a Profession for Young Men , "
vhlch Is sure to excite discussion. Kditor
Jana , of the New York Sun , gives some
uluablu "Advice to Young Writers. " Pio-
ossor C. 1C. Nolnon criticises sharply "The
Cngllbh of Miss Amollu . .Riven. " "Sornu
feeds of Versifiers" are | > ointed out In u
caustic article by Junes llueldiain , nnd there
ire two practical articles that will directly
ntercst every shorthand writer The de
partments of "Queries , " "Helpful Hints and
Suggestions , " and "Literary A rtlelcs In Peri
odicals'1 arc , us always , full of Interest ,
The rtrbt edition of the April WriU-r was
xhaustod hi u week , nnd u second edition ,
nuking ll.OfX ) copies in nil , had to bo printed.
'ho price of the magazine Is ono dollar near
oar , ten cents a iiinnbur. Address , Thq
Vriter , P. O. Box 1 1105 , Boston , Muss.
AVitli the Bodkniaknra.
OlolH-iietnorml.
Tips on presidential rucos ; At St. Loulu ,
iluy Cleveland to win und Bill Morrison for
i place. At Chicago , pluy Groaham to w > u
ml William Walter Phelp * for a place. ' -