THE OMAHA DAILY BEJB : MONDAY , JULY 0 , 1891.
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SoMKof the newspapers tire discussing
Put-noil's political future. This IB a
waste of time. Parncll has no political
future.
ENOI.AND indulged in its first Fourth
of July demonstration on Saturday in
honor of the arrival of the Gorraun em
peror.
Tni ! state board of transportation will
find it profitable to devote the time of
their throe secretaries to u careful study
of the Iowa railroad law.
A 3IONUMKNT to Diinton and Robes
pierre in Franco will bo no more shock
ing to the good sense of the world than
ono to JolT Davis in America. Both are
likely to bo erected.
WALES nnd his sou wore the thick and
thin of the royal family. The heir ap
parent was a trillo too bulky , and the
heir presumptive too attenuated to fit
the Gorman uniforms thov wore.
BASKIJAT.T. and the Chsvtauqua as
semblies were the chief Instrumentali
ties in furthering celebrations of the
glorious Fourth In Nebraska this year.
Without them the day would have boon
intolerably dull.
AMONO honest peonlo tho.ro is but one
sentiment in regard to the two officers of
the Hastings asylum for incurable insane
who have boon on the rack of investiga
tion for a few days. They should bo re
moved without delay.
ACCORDING to Minister Douglas , Hip-
polyto ia a lovol-headed man and ho was
.equal to the emergency in the last riots.
This must bo accepted as true , for not
enough rioters were left after the butch
ery to dispute the proposition.
AN OCALA , Fla. , flialiorinnn claims
to have captured a llsh in which ho
found a diamond ring. Ocala is respon
sible for Polk and the sub-treasury
scheme. It has enough to answer for.
It should immediately repudiate this
fisherman and his prevarication.
Tan Chilean insurgents are again an
nounced to bo in possession of the key to
the situation. Just how many keys to
the situation are required is not stated.
To the foreign observer it appears that
no end will como to the war until ono
party or the other gets a key to the
deadlock.
EVBHY inombor of the Grand Army
in Nebraska favorn .Lincoln for the
national encampment in 181)2 ) and every
veteran can do something to help secure
it. Letters to old comrades and loading
moa In the order will help. Write
thorn. There are ! ! 0,000 ox-union soldiers -
diors in Nebraska and they are almost
invincible if united.
BoiKS and his adhoroitts wont too far
in tholr platform utterances upon the
temperance Issuo. Tlioy have discov
ered tholr mistake and are now striving
to patch it up with a declaration in favor
of local QI tion. The tumporauoj ques
tion will give Iowa democrats all the
trouble they euro to experience between
now and November.
ClllllSTlA.VA , the capital of Norway ,
la boasting of a $200,000 hotel for tour
ists. It IH said to bo the llnest in the
kingdom. The capitalists along the
ran to to North Capo and the midnight
nun are not parsimonious , but it ia a
small tourist resort in America which
cannot boast a hotel costing twice as
in ich.
AMONG the charming llttlo cltlos of
Nebraska Crete takes no obscura place.
She is one of the several boautlos of the
Blue. Always enterprising , this city
has never permitted herself to be over
looked by persons interested in Ne
braska. As an educational center Doano
college has given high rank , Tlio llrst
Chautuuqua assembly in the utato was
established at Croto. .It has always
boon a success and sot the oxiunplo for
at least three other oltios in that direc
tion. Whoa thinking over the delight
ful places for a few days' visit or a Hy
ing trip , it will not pay to overlook
Saline county's charming resort , her
Chuutauqua assembly grouuua , her col
lege , or her pooplo.
KOT SATISFAOTOlir FlOUllES.
Most of the bulletins issued from the
census ollico are models of accuracy and
contain information of both interest and
value. This cannot truthfully bo said ,
llowotor , of that issued under date ol
Juno.22 , upon the very Important sub
ject of the rocolnts and' expenditures ol
the municipalities of the union. The
figures purport to show the receipts nnd
expenditures 6f 100 principal or repre
sentative cities of the United States. If
those cited for Omaha are a proper cri
terion from whioh to judge of the value
of the tables , they are scarcely worth
compilation.
The city of Omaha appears from the
figures to have expended $1,5(13,3011 ( in
1880 or $11.13 per capita basing the ratio
upon the population of 1890. The ap
proximate expanses of administration
are thought to have boon $1-155,303 or
$10.30 per capita. The average for the
cities of from 100,000 to 200,000 people is
$11.7-1 per capita , while the returns pub
lished herein show Denver to have expended -
ponded but $1.62 for administrative pur
poses , and Kansas City but $7.0-3 per
capita. On comparing the data from
which thuso llguroj are deduced , it Is
observed that largo sums are charged to
both expenditures and receipts in those
cities which are omitted in Omaha , and
vice versa. For instance in Omaha no
liquor license funds are reported as re
ceived , and no school oxp3iidituros are
noted , while in Denver liquor license
receipts run up to $190,000 , and receipts
for schools from the state are $33,842.
The expenditures for schools are $322-
000. Kansas City is represented
to have received from taxes as
ordinary receipts $ ! )15-107 ) , and
Omaha1 $1,203,110. But in both cases
largo balances are Included from the
year preceding , Omaha having but
$357,010 , and Kansas City moro than
half a million. The calculations for
Omaha are not upon the same basis as
in other cities In several other particu
lars , and the results are therefore Incon
sistent with the facts.
The following are the figures and
Horns appearing in the census bulloton
opposite the name of Omaha : Popula
tion , M0,432 ; ordinary expenditures , 81-
51)3,303 ) ; per capita , 311.13 ; approximate
administrative expenditures , $1,435,303 ;
per capita , $10.30 ; receipts fiscal year
ending December 31 , 1889 , aggregate ,
including balance on hand at bogiuing of
year , $2,014,412 ; not ordinary taxes , $1-
203,110 ; special assessments , streets and
bridges , $33,420 ; powers , $1,299 ; not licenses -
censes other than liquor , $11,897 ; net
foes , lines and penalties , 813.219 ; inter
est on deposits , $02 ; miscellaneous , $79-
872 ; total ordinary receipts , $1,331,885 ;
extra ordinary receipts , ; princi
pal on loans , $322,158 ; principal of funds
and transfers , $329 ; balance on hand bo-
gining of year , $357,040 ; ordinary ex
penditures , library , $14,018 ; fire , $70,101 ;
lighting , $40,000 ; police , $87,102 ; streets
and bridges , $851,090 ; sewers , 8154,408 ;
public buildings and improvements , $27.-
432 ; parks and public grounds , $10,473 ;
alarios , $130,152 ; * water , $00,490 ;
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miscellaneous$83,914 ; total ordinary ex
penditures , $1.503,303 ; balance on liana
end of year , $451,109. The tables show
no receipts from liquor licenses ,
none from state for schools ; no
expenditures for schools ; for health ; for ;
charitable objects ; for interest on debt
or for principal of loans. The figures
are simply confusing and for purposes of
comparison with other cities whore those
items are included are worthless.
ItAlLHOAD DISASTERS.
The two terrible railro.id accidents of
the past week , ono in Ohio and the other
in West Virginia , are well calculated to
alarm the traveling public , and they
ought to have the effect to induce rail
road companies to require creator care
and caution on the part of employes.
The responsibility for the accident in
Ohio rests upon the brakeman who failed
to flag the approaching train at a dis
tance far onouurh away to enable the engi
neer to stop the train , and the very general -
oral opinion is that no punishment could
bo too severe for the man whoso inatten
tion to duty caused the frightful .laori-
fico of lifo. But it is quite possible that
there are others who are somewhat to
blame , for if there had boon the right
sort of discipline among the trainmen it
is altogether probable the brakornun
would not have so neglected his duty.
This in nowise palliates his olTonso ,
but in the circumstances it
was obviously the duty of
the conductor : o have exorcised
the utmost euro to see that the train
known to bo coming was properly sig
nalled , instead of leaving the matter
wholly to the care of an irresponsible
brakeman , who proved himself to be ulso
utterly reckless. - While , therefore ,
nothing can bo said in mitigation of the
criminal neglect of the brakoimn , it is
evident that the conductor is not
altogether blamolosa. The disaster in
West Virginia was not duo to carelessness -
ness and is perhaps to bo regarded ,
in the light of the facts at
hand , as having boon unavoidable. The
sleepers burned during the night , and
therefore the railroad company could
obtain no Information of the danger. It
was ono of these accidentn against which
no precaution was possible.
Terrible as these disasters are , they
should have some compensation in load
ing railway companies to exorcise
greater care , and particularly to exact
from employes the utmost vigilance
and the closest attention" to duty. Asa
rule railway employes are solicitor for
the public safety ; but men are apt to got
careless at times if not hold strictly to
their duty by a policy of accountability
ample as a punishment and rigidly on *
forced. There arp too many railroad
accidents in this cinmtry and the de
mand far remedial measures is urgent.
JU.V&/.V. /
The death of llmmib.vl Hauilin , who
had reached the venerable ago of 82
years , removes another of the strong
characters of the rebellion period. The
ropuuliuun national convention of 1800
did wUoly in placing Mr. IJamlln ou the
ticket with Abraham Lincoln , for ho
guvo valuable aid to the administration
during the four years of war. As a
rule , for fully half a century at least ,
the vice president is u mere figure
head. Ho presides over the senate ,
when disposed to oxorolso his pre
rogative , but ho is rarely called into
the Councils of the administration. Out-
sldo of his relations to the sonata ho is
to all intents and purposes a nonentity.
But this was not the case with Hannibal
Hamlln when ho was vlco president. IIo
enjoyed the confidence of President
Lincoln and was frequently called upon
to advtso with him. IIo made hlmsolf
constantly felt in connection with
affairs , and throughout the war was an
actiyo and greatly useful focco , exerting -
ing himself with zeal and
energy at all tlmos to pro
mote the cause of the union. The sor-
rleo rendered by Hannibal Ilamlln dur
ing this period was of Inestimable worth ,
and if litrt record of public usefulness
were confined to that it would b3 en
titled to very high consideration. "But
Mr. Hamlln Ind most acceptably served
the people before and after Ills' election
to the vlco presidency. Ho was not a
man who commanded attention by rea
son of exceptional ability or the
possession of brilliant qualities. His
sound common sense and his strong
devotion to principles enabled Mr. Ham
lln to secure the respect and confidence
of men much abler than ho. IIo was a
safe man , well balanced , careful and ju
dicious , and when ho passed judgment
on any matter it was a judgment that
deserved to bo considered. Mr. Hamlin
had his share in the work of reconstruc
tion , and his course was marked by a
high conception of what was required in
order to render the union moro secure.
An examination of the record dur
ing the 12 years Mr. Hamlln
was intho senate , from 18G9
to 1881 , will show that ho
was not idle , but took both an active
and a prominent part in connection with
the legislation of that ovoiitful period.
His place in the list of our distinguished
public men is not in the first rank , but
nevertheless ho rendered the country
faithful and valuable service , and sot an
example of devotion to principle and of
uprightness in public ollico which can
safely bo singled out for emulation. His
services were honorable and useful and
Ills career without reproach. Of the
men who figured conspicuously in the
great epoch from 1801 to the clos6 of the
reconstruction period but few remain.
The greatest of thomtiavo passed from
this world's stage.
\ \V1LLIA \ IX KNQLAND.
There is probably no special signifi
cance in the visit of Emperor William
to England. It does not warrant the
presumption that some very important
political scheme , affecting the interests
of all Europe , is to bo prmotod , for it
would bo of little value to anything the
Gorman otnporor initrht wish done that
ho obtained the approval and support
of the quocn and the royal family. Her
magosty has little power in affairs'and
the heir apparent to the throne has oven
less. So that if William has anything
of a political nature to advance ho would
not look to his English graudmothar or
unolo for assistance. So that it must
bo supposed that the driobund , or the
triple alliance , or any other political
matter , has nothing to do with the em
perors going to England , and that ho is
simply there to bo entertained. This ho
will got in abundance during the week
of his stay , and the dis
patches report that the public
is manifesting far more interest in him
than it did on the occasion of his former
visit , the assumed reason being that ho
has since developed moro manliness of
character.
It is a fact , that Emperor William is
growing in this respect. He bus stopped
sacking notoriety by promulgating
radical social schemes , and ho seams
to bo giving more intelligent attention
than formerly to the affairs of stato.
This is not to say , however , that in all
respects the government is mani
festing the best judgment. Maintaining
a high tax on food that the country
must import , and probably'to a larger
extent during the next year than for
many years past , is obviously t very
foolish policy , however necessary to the
treasury may bo the revenue derived
from it. Some recent utterances of the
emperor , also , have not boon altogether
creditable to his judgment and probably
have not made him any stronger with
his pooplo. They evidenced a tendency
to an osrauco which even the Gorman people
plo cannot admire or approve. But after
all the young omnoror is thoroughly
German In all his instincts and desires ,
and nothing is moro certain than that
the fatherland has In him a pro
foundly loyal son , and a ruler who will
see that all her in to rests are jealously
guarded and protected. William is not
a great man , and it is not to bo expected
that ho will over do anything very re
markable. But 11 ho preserve the peace
of Europe , which ho seems disposed to
do and has the power to do , ho will have
u claim to an honorable place in the his
tory of Ids country.
EX-SKNATOK INQALLS Is an icono
clast by nature. This is why ho per
mits himself to intimate in his great
lecture that George Washington located
the capital of the United States on its
present slto because It was only fifteen
miles from his possessions at Mount Vor-
nun. This suggestion is unworthy oven
of Mr. Ingalls. The facts of history do
not confirm the intimation. If the father
of our country had bt'on of a speculative
turn of uilnd ho could just
as readily have selected a slto
for the capital upon his own
vast possessions. Ho had numerous
and frequent opportunities to enrich
hiniHoll while In command of the armies
and after his election to the presidency.
There is not a scrap of evidence anywhere -
whore in the history of his great career
to warrant the unpatriotic hint of the
Kansas ox-Senator. Washington was a
disinterested patriot If one over existed.
Americans naturally resent any lu'tlma-
tion to the contrary , especially on Inde
pendence day. aud when nothing ia
offered In proof of It batter than a cou-
tomptiblo innuendo.
IT is an oxtromaly sad plcturp that Is
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presented to the mind' : : eye by"tlm - report
port of Mr. Gladstone's profound grief at
the death of his son. William Huury
Ghulstono appears not to have boon a
particularly remarkable man , but ho
evidently possessed superior qualities or
his loss would hardly have boon so deeply
felt by his distinguished father. Ac
cording tu the dispatch the grief of Mr.
Gladstone was soltoTlblo in its Intensity
that serious consequences are appro-
hcndod , his physical condition being so
onfoobtod ns tolnmlco such a strain upon
it dangerous. 'Jl'/loro / IB reason to fear
that the end uiff. / . Gladstone's lifo work
is not far off. < i
IP KANSAS ovei ngain expects people
in the east to reflect her intelligence or
bollovo In her toSpurcos and prosperity
Bho Hhonld call In her whiskered Pof-
for , her socklObs Sitnpson , her iron-
jawed fotnlnlncj orator and such other
calamity spuoimuns as have boon per
mitted for seine eight months to run at
largo. They are blasting the reputation
of the state , maligning its people and
making conspicuous cranks of thorn-
selves in regions against which Kansas
has no right to bo ntomnlty.
Ilcnily to Aid Omiihn.
Every city ami town hi Nebraska will take
pleasure in doliiu everything possible to so-
euro the national republican convention for
Omaun.
anil to Spare.
/l ion ( Atlvtrtlxtr.
The United States now has enough terri
tory nnd cortnlnly noau not outer Into any
t > lnns for the nnnoxatlon of countries . whoso
people are iiliuu hi race , language and funda
mental ideas ,
Oiii'iliti Will IIiivo It.
Xitrjnllt , Ncwi.
' lown swings Into line in favor of Omaha as
the place for holding the republican national
convention. The metropolis of tills state
ought to po Into tlio convention witu the
solid northwest at her back ,
Political Tidal Waves. -
St. Lottlx ( llobe-Deni'ifriii.
In 1S90 , when there was a big democratic
tidal wave nil over the country , the republi
cans carried Iowa for tholr state tlukot by a
plurality of a.tfiiii. Tholr load this year will
probably bo at lo.ist tbroo times as great as
this. _ _
AVnkn Up tlio Uoard.
] linnen ISnw Lemlfr.
The republican state central committee
Is called to meet nt Lincoln July 7. They
should bring such a pressure to boar upon
our state board of transportation us to result
in waking It up to Its pluln duty to the people
plo of this slate.
Cruel and Unusual.
Ditriill free I'rcii.
Ilerr Most will bo compelled to submit tote
to the taking ot fifty-two baths within tlio
year to como , for ho must go to prison for
twelve months and it is required that con
victs take at least ono tmth a wook. Ho
might take another appeal , asserting that
the forcing of a bath upon an anarchist is a
cruel and unusual ; ' punishment , such as is
prohibited by the constitution.
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AH Imperative Demand.
Keliijh Ailviieate.
The rcpullcau stuto central committee have
been called to inoob'snmo tltna this month.
While ia session the ; ? should malio an im
perative demand upim the state board of
transportation 19 incot and formulate a
maximum rate bill that will do justice to
both the people and rjilroadi , and enforce it
to the letter. It Is about tlmo the wishes of
the rank and flic of thp party in this matter
should bo carried put
Character Htfcs of Immigration.
DqHng the lust el vpn months the Immigra
tion to this country amounted to ' 487,179 ,
against -401,00'J In thosamo porloa of last year.
The largest relative Inrtroosos nro Irom Italy ,
Austria-Hungary anu Russian Poland. For
merly the largest accessions of foreign popu
lation were from the bo < t uQvornmcuts of
Europe. Now precisely the reverse Is the
case. Government oppression nnd persecu
tion are tlio chief agents of Curopoan immi
gration to the United States.
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Ilupublicaii Courage.
The republicans , by nominating Mr. Ma-
Kiuloy in 'Ohio , have sot a good oxiunplo.
Thay have shown tholr confldouco and
courage. They have proientod what every
election ought to present a definite issue
and a representativecandldato. . The decision
will bo unembarrassed by personal consider
ations. That Is the situation which U de
sirable In next year's general election. I C the
democrats propose' to mike the word
"democracy" the issue , and run In a los ,
they should nominate a candidate who Is not
a ropresontativcs of distinct policies. But if
they mean to ask the country to approve
certain Intelligible and beuollcout legislative
measures , they should nominate a candidate
whoso name personifies them.
A Word \\ith the Kni-mcr.
New Yurtt Ath'crttscr.
Our friends , the agriculturalists , should bo
careful that they do not no loct this fine
farming weather to clvo too much attention
to the organisation of now parties.
A very good time fpr political subsoil
plowing is In the winter , when the corn Is In
the crib and there is too much fro t In the
ground for any other kind of plowing ,
It Is a , pity to waste the clovor-sconted
days of Juno in adopting resolutions and per
mitting the Canada thistle to got a start.
And yet that Is what so/oral farming com
munities are dolug.
It is a good thing for the farmers to keep
an eye on the country at largo , and regulate
government affairs when need bo ; but they
can select a tlmo to do this when the crops
will not suffer.
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OpetiH a Vast Field.
KtAirneii Hub.
Great efforts nro being put forth at Omaha
to provide that city with un elevator system
thut will make It the grain market of the
state. These effoits"'should ! nnd will un
doubtedly succeed a the average Omaha
rustler has faith inj"tpo destiny of the city
and is built on the ibiargest plan going. The
stock market tit Omutia is suQlclont ovldonco
that a gruln murkot"ffi\n bo built up there if
her capitalists j' 't out to do It ,
and It Is a cgugurumation In which
every fanwir ojm tfiu state Is di
rectly and deeply Interested , now that the
warehouse law of NdbrasUa has opcnod up a
vast field of posslbfjI oiiolUs benefits that
will bo made cortun ( , yrith a wront storage
system perfected Ia < Omuha , with auxiliaries
spread out over tho'Athto ' where they will do
the most good. ( | " '
IT OX AItAltli NVIUKCT.
Hastings NobraskaiPi TUB HUB'S motto
seems to bo to "lul iiWo guilty escape , "
Pnpalllon Times : TDK OMAHA. BKI : Is
routing the Hustings Insane asylum thieves.
Nclluh Leaden The were the Hastings
asylum is Investigated the deeper suoiira
thu rottenness of the whole Institution and
Its munaRuiuout.
Crete Videtto : Tin : OMAHA. HEK..S expose
of the rotten inanairumeat of the insane asy
lum at Hustings should result In the dismis
sal of the whole gang , from the .superintend
ent down.
Grand Island Independent : It looks as If
thcro bad been a bad moss jomowuero In the
Hastings asylum -u sort of a laxity lu morals
not altogether creditable for "pillars of the
church , " but Just wt.ore thu looseness of
morals is. Is a question of veracity be
tween two sots of accuser * . It U ovl-
however , bit soinowucro thcro
has been conduct awfully unbocom
lag , and upon the ono sldo or the othoi
of the asylum force some torrlbli
lying. It appears that nil did not continue o
the mind to "bo good to each other. " It Is i
disgusting state of affairs from any pohr
viewed.
Sutton Advertiser : Governor Thayer , It
instituting nnd crowding the Investigation
Into the crookedness nnd numerous steals o
Dr. Test and his steward , ot the Hasting :
osyluro , has shown himself to ban ropubllcsu
ot thu bettor sort. The old man has blood hi
his eye , mid gets nroutul very lively for t
political corpio , as his onomlos claim hlir
to bo.
Broiton How Republican : The Invostlga.
lion Into the management of the Hasting !
asylum Is developing seine sonsatlonn
matter In which Dr. Test and Steward Liver
inghouso nro Implicated. Tlius-tnr the hi'
vostlgntion shows very dark against Liver
tngho'uso nnd Test nnd places them In a sttu <
atton anything but enviable. That they have
proved rccronnt to their trust , from the light
of the ovldonco , there can bo no question ,
The boaru will go to the bottom of the whole
matter which no doubt will result In the
suspension ot Suoorlntondont Test and
Steward Llvcrlughouso nnd Mrs. Llvoring-
house.
NX A ! s no TH AT"I'OSSIII itin us.
Globe Democrat ( rep. ) : Cleveland's ' latest
speech resembles nil his previous ones In the
fact that there Is not enough yeast In It far
the dough.
Now Yorit Hocordor ( rop. ) : David Uon-
nottlllUIs running the machine , but from
a calm review of the July political situation
Grover Cleveland appears to bo running the
voters.
St. Paul Pioneer Press : Cleveland ha&
some reason to fuur that , when ho uttered
those antl-troo silver ROntlmonts ho unwit
tingly precipitated himself outsldo the dem
ocratic breastworks.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat ( rop. ) : That
sucking zephyr known as the Culloni boom Is
not strong enough to stir the grass on the
Illinois prairies. And It will never bo any
stroniicr than It Is today. This may bo sad ,
but it Is so.
Chicago Herald ( dem. ) : Chicago can
heartily approve of Undo Jerry Rusk's man
agement of the weather bureau , thus far.
Continued cool , summer weather , light , ro-
froshtug showorj , and double rainbows for
Chicago would glvo his presidential boom a
big start In the wostoni metropolis.
Now York Recorder ( rep. ) : In oulojyy and
admiration of Mr. Blame the republicans of
Iowa surpass their brethren of Ohio. Less
than two weeks ago the state which has won
the proud title of the mother of republican
presidents , us old Virginia , of which Ohio
was once a part , w.is the mother of demo
cratic presidents , declared for the man from
Maine.
Harper's Weekly ( mup. ) : Governor Hill
has made himself master of a strong and eni-
cleut machine , while the friends of Mr.
Cleveland trust largely td the logic of the
situation. They anticipate a contest upon
the question of tariff revision , and they
naturally hold that in such a contest Mr.
Cleveland Is the Inevitable party loader. To
put him aside would bo a confession of doubt
and an abandonment of the issue. They
look , therefore , for Mr. Cleveland's nomina
tion by acclamation.
THE IOWA ttlLKJlMA.
Minneapolis Journal ( rep ) : The Iowa re
publicans , in roafllrmlng their allegiance to
prohibition , took too many words to do it. If
they believe in it they should not have re
sorted to circumlocution , but should hive
como out squarely and decidedly for the
principle and without any semblance of an
apology. It Is somewhat unfortunate thut
the resolution on liquor is flavored that way.
It weakens the position of the party.
Chicago Herald ( dt > m ) : The republicans
of Iowa are to bo admired moro for their ob
stinacy than for their discretion. They stick
to their prohibition folly with the blind
courage of fanaticism. They have no apolo
gies to offer for their course on that subject ,
but they have plenty of stupid charges
against the democratic party , which they
accuse of nullifying the law as though the
law had not been practically a dead letter
when the execution vras in their owu hauls.
TUoy ought to know by this tlmo that prohi
bition does not prohibit , no matter what
party tries to enforce It.
Chlcatro Tribune ( rep. ) : The men wha ro
managing the party In Iowa cannot help see
ing that it Is tholr obedience to the dictation
of the rabid prohibitionists which has cut
down their majorities so tint two yean ago
the democrats were able to elect a gorernar.
For years there has been a steady migration
from the republican party into the opnoslng
camp. Republican leaders deplore this , ana
would bo glad to have these emigrants back
again. Odd as it seems , there nro many
lowaris who prefer paper prohibition nil over
the state and free rum in a good part of it to
effectual prohibition in communities whore It
can bo enforced and the taxation and regula
tion of the liquor trafllc in communities
where the sale cannot bo stopped though un
army reinforced the civil ofllcors of the law.
t'AHHIXO JKSTS.
Ilroolclyn Life : "Look horo. " said nn oxcltod
price. "
Washington Post : "Von uro posted on
musicuro you not ? " said ono man to thu
frliMid heM \ ju.st met at the club.
"I should Hay so. I have a clour Idea of the
locution of every bru a b.tnd uud plimo school
In town. Whenever I go out wiillciiu I can
avoid them with neatness and certainty. "
Smith Gray it Oo.'s Monthly : Put Are yez
good In arithmetic , Mlko ?
.Mlko Olom.
Pat Well , If yn hud $10 nn ol mod yor for
the lend ot folvp , how inuah would ye her
loft ?
Mllto ( strongly ) J10.
1'iit Ah , yer don't seem tor Iclteh outer my
Idni ) .
Mlko Nn ; nn' you don't boom to Ultch outer
my folvu ( lollat.H ,
1'oor Adiiml Whut u fate ho found ,
With miles of Imlldlni ; loom ,
And notsulllulunt jiuDlIu round
To or , ; iiu lie u boom.
Detroit Kroo 1'ress : At the military bull :
Ilu-Vmi look 80 fusolnutln ? tonlvhl that 1 uv-
poetyou will utipturu everything ; the other
girls won't Hlitnd any wirfnT u elmnuii. .Shu
Oil , yon ; I'll illvldu with thorn. I'll tuku the
uolonuU and luuvn them thu HlielU.
Till ! HUMMKIl 1IUMMKII.
When evening uruozos uontly blow
And star.s uu ln to come ,
Thuri' IH u music Nofl and alow
In the mot > < | ulta'H hum.
lint when at nl ht , full many a bio
HUH lull , you HUTU an. ) Kluin ;
A war tiinu full of woo unit fright
Is tUH m vultu'ii | hum.
Sotnorvlllu Journal " don't
: "Why you IOOK
for Wirk > " imUud thu ulill.tnthruiilj old nen-
tlemim who h.ul Just ulvim udoi.nr tu ono ut
the Sons of I test ,
"I've IKIUII lylm ; on my haek nn.lor nn upulo
truu looking up Into tliuaky all tlio morning
.tftur work. " Mild the inuniDur uf ttio noble
urilcr ' I . ' . "
nlulntlvuly , 'but li.ivuu't nuoii any.
"Does rour husband tuldi milch Inturuit In
atrlkiMir ' iiskud iliu woman who ruud * thu
nuwsp tuurs , uf u noiithbur.
"IIo thuv ulfoot UM bmlnais ? "
"I Nliould thlnu HO. You couldn't keep him
In lilt oDIcu uhuii thvru IH u buiubull K&IIIO
on. "
Ivitto I'lolu'a Washington : I'lisl Klshonnun
Whut kind ot u haul did ynu huvo Unlay'/
iJucund I'isuoriiiuu Alcu-hull
-Smith , Qr.iy .V Cu.'a Monthly : Mrs. Il.ildwln
Why IH It XL ) many mun are bald ut forty ?
I.yiniiii Korly times tlireo hum ! rod and
stixty-llvo wolf , about llftuun thoiii.iud.
Mrs. llaldwla Whit : uroyou tUuruiK ?
I.ymnnOh , only about bow many tlmoi a
mun would huvo tu s.tw u night uhlrt ovur ill *
iii rjrty yuurs !
CUT DOWN BY THE ELEMENTS
Old Soldiers' Emcanipmsntat Lincoln Shortened
onod Ono Day bj Rain ,
ENJOYABLE TIME HAD NEVERTHELESS.
Active Work Hounn to Scoitro tlu
Next National Kncnmpmniit nt
tlio Stnto Capital I3x
I'rcsltluut Hayes.
LIXCOLX , Nob. , July 5. [ Special to Tin
DTK. ] Owing to continued rains the roiinlot
and encampment of the old soldiers nt Cush
man park was curtailed one day. Nevertheless
less n pleasant time was enjoyed by the five
hundred veterans in attendance.
At the annual business mooting the follow
ing o nice ra were elected : lurry Hotchklss
Lincoln , president ; J. P. Clark , Cheney , vlco
president ; J. W. iiuwon , Lincoln , secretary
'
J. L. Hormanco , Lincoln , quartermaster
Henry Mastortnan , Lincoln , chaplain ; J , 1'
Woods , Lincoln , surgeon.
Among the closing events of the oncamt | <
mont was n almracton-tUo spoooh by Hon. I ,
W. Lansing. Kov. Hewitt also made an
eaually Interesting tnllt , as ho had sorvoil
In the confederate army , and yet
after the war was over ho was
tutor to General Grant's children.
Other speakers followed and the exorcises
were varied with the singing of old war
songs. Altogotaor the encampment proved
a decided stimws. All the old Iwys were
enthusiastically in favor of Lincoln getting
the national encampment.
A largo number of the veterans dropped
Into TUB DKB headquarters to ask concerning
the Ben's bureau of claims. They could
scarcely bollevo that for the moro prlco ol
subwlpllou they not only got the Dost paper
In Nebraska but also would have tholr pen
sion claims 'attended to free of cost.
AFTER THIS NATIONAL E.NCAMl'MKNT.
The goiior.il coinnuttco appointed to direct
the work of securing the national encamp
ment of the Grand Army of thu Republic for
Lincoln next yo.ir mot last evening nnd tin-
ishud the organization of n system to push
thu matter. Fir.it it wns decided to distribute
the work among n number of sub-committees ,
each of which is to present to the main com
mittee the best plans the members c.in doviio
or suggest. These sub committees uro ns
follows : Finance , J. II. McCluv , A. C. Z\a- \
mar nnd C. E. Montgomery ; railroads , J. D.
McFurland , H. H. Oakloy and R W. Llttlo ;
legal Incorporation , C. A. Atkinson , . ! . H. M < v
Clny and E. H. Sizor ; puollo Uon , H. M.
Bushnoll , C. A. Atkinson and K H. blzor.
When these various committees nro rcadv
to report the general commlttoo will meet
and listen to thu various plans and then com
mence In earnest the ro.il work ot endeavor
ing to secure tbo great encampment.
KX-I'KKSIIIB.ST IIAYT. ! < .
Ex-President Hayes of Ohio was nt the
Lincoln hotel last evening nod this morning.
IIo was on his way homo from the Cliautnu-
qua assembly at Beatrice and decided to put
ia a night of rest at the Hotel Lincoln.
Naturally his presence attracted a good
rnuny people to that hostelry , but the ox-
presldont was too tired to do much talking
or visiting. This morning the distinguished
gentleman loft ou the S o'clock train for the
oast.
/iJ/OJVO TIIK 31OA TIIIjIES.
AMUUICAN HUtrS AND CUIIAX COM.MIillCB.
"Our Cuban Commerce , " writes General
Thomas Jordan in the July Forum , has exor
cised u manifest influence' in the mainte
nance ot our shipping interests. In 187fi ,
when the total Imports from Cuba agcro-
catod &Mi,44ri,53ti , no less than $ . .Vt , t ) : 7,2Tl5 of
thut amount , or 7)1 ! ) nor cent readied our
shores on American ships ; nnd for the
same year , OOJjJ' per cent of our export
trade with that island w.is like
wise under our fl.ii * . Moreover , of the Amer
ican ships engaged in foreign commerce
that were entered in the ports of the United
States for the quarter ending Juno 30 , no
loss than 2(5 ( per cent were employed In
the Cuban trade , carrying25 percent "of the
whole tonnage thus freighted. It Is ulso to be
noted that comparitlvely llttlo of the sugar
imnorted from other places than Cuba has
reached our ports under the American flag ,
while In 1885,6 * % per cent of Cuban exports
to tals country were in American vessels. "
Till ! AREA 01' I'AIHS.
In an elaborate article on "Tho Typical
Modern City1 in July Conturv , Dr. Albert
Shaw says : "Tho existing Parts covers 19-
275 ucrcs , or about 'iO square miles , while
metropolitan London with 4,000,000 popula
tion contains 118 square miles ,
ana Chicago , ns recently enlarged ,
provides on area about as extensive for 1- ,
000,000. The average distance from the cen
ter of Paris to the circumference is only three
miles. Minneapolis , with only 105,000 people
ple , has a municipal area moro"than twice as
large as that of Paris. Almost the entire
population ot Paris Is housed in the Huts of
icnoment structures averaging from four
to 11 vo sUriei In height. According to the
revised figures f the census of 18S11 tbcro
were nearly 75,000 houses In Paris , nud the
average number oi people in each house wns
about SO. In the old urrondtssoinonts of
the inner Paris there are probably about
thirty thousand houses , accommodating about
ono million people. For a total contrast In
thu plan of house construction wo have only
to cross the channel and to oxanuno London ,
where we find an average of about eight par
sons to a house for tbo whole metropolis. Hut
the people ot Paris are bettor housed , all
things considered , than those or London. A
population of 2,500,000 within u circle whoso
radius is only three miles Is certainly very
dense , but it must be remembered that Paris
s a many storied city. "
now I'Aius is nnvnitxisn.
In the same paper Dr. Shaw commends
the simplicity of French municipal govern
ment. The peonla elect a council , vurying In
lumbers according to population upon n scale
Ixod by geuoral law. In all but the largo
ilncos the council is elected upon : i general
.iekut. The important cltlos nro usually
tlvldod Into sections , or largo wards , to each
of which several councilors are assigned , and
the ward chooses Its councilors upon u
general ticket. The councilors hold
ofilco for four years , and all retire
together being , of course , eligible for
ro-olcctlou. Tno English end Amor-
can system of partial renewal annually or
> Icnnlaly ! is contrary to Frcnoh habits and
doas. The council names the mayor , and
also bis executive assistants , from It.i own
membership. Thu mayor Is the presiding of-
icor of the council , as well as thu executive
icnd of thu municipality. Ills adjuncts , or
executive assistants , are designated by
rholr follow councilors. In l.irgo places
.hose number ton or twelve , and they
lave no executive duties except such us
are specifically assigned to them by the
mayor. The council holds four ordinary
sessions every your , each of which may last
or llftoen days , while the ono In whlJh thu
annual budget Is discussed may last for six
veclcs. Hut the mayor may call extra sus *
Ions at any tlmo , and ho Is obliged to convene -
vono the body upon request of n majority of
ho councilors. The council appoints consul-
utlvo committees which moot ad libitum be-
woon sessions , with the mayor us noml-
lul chairman ot ouch , while onb of his
adjuncts is more usually thu actual 'chalr-
nviii. The mayor has life appointing pn.vor ,
nnd names the minor ofllulalsof thocommunu ,
ubjeot In some casoi , however , to thu up-
> rovul of tbo prefect of thp depart men L
With the advloo of the council , ami under
no surveillance of the departmental nuthori-
ies , thu mayor executes the business of tlio
omnmnt ) . The council has a largo authority
n the levying uf taxes , authorization of pnh-
1 works , provision for education , etc. , uut
In most of these thliiR.i IU decisions must b *
approved by the higher authorities.
IIISMAnCK IN THB OITOSITION.
"It Is certainly to bo desired , " W * Trlrr
Councillor Uoftckon In Iho July Forum ,
"that n mnn of Bismnrck' luiporlnnco
should have n seat IP iwullmnont , ami much
bettor that ho shojld have occasion to speiuc
his inliul publicly than Unit ho should oxlmln
hH wrnth In anonymous nowapnpor articles
nnd conversations vlth reporters. Uut
ho will bo very much mlsUikou If ho
expects to oxorclso grout Inlluonco In tlm
relchstng. Just 0.1 Antiuus derived hU
Htroiiftth from contact with the earth , Ills.
mnrcK wns only nil powerful nt the head of
the enormous govern mont apparatus which
ho had built up , and by which no denied his
sovereign us well as parliament , Uut as n
simple inombor ho will by comparatively pow
erless. Ho will stand nlono ; his speeches
will b listened to attentively , hut they will
bo answered respectfully yet conclusively b.r
the government mid very broadly by liberal
.ipenUors such as Ktohtor , Uambergor and
Ulckort , whom the chancellor formerly
treated with contempt or ns cno-
mles of the omplro. Besides , Ulsnmrck U no
orator ; his speeches are the product of much
thought mid full of Incisive argument as well
ns sophistical casuistry , but they derive
tholr real Importance from the fnct that they
were uttered by the omnlpltont minister.
Bismarck's opposition , therefore , Is not to bo
fo.ired , and will only force thn government
to take a more decisive position , "
TUB MIN ; WHO mm.T CANADA.
In "A Bnof for Continental Unity" In th
No\v England Magazine , Walter Blackburn
Hnrto maintains that the "Onnudlnns ns people -
plo laugh to scorn any Idea of closer political
relations xvlth England. The whole trend of
public opinion Is in the opposlto direction.
The most popular ami Influential leaders In
Canada are already openly looking forward
to n severance of the tie with Great Brltnln.
The conservative government only retains
power by u curious compound of loynlty and
nationalism , which , reduced to plain tingllsh
moans : Canada for the Canadians. Sir John
Macdumild in tha discussion over tno
national policy , was warned by the Imperial
conservatives thut u protcotlvo policy for
Cinudn would Injure Iho British connection ;
and his emphatic response wns , "So much
the wor.so for the British connection,1' These
friends of unrestricted reciprocity who nro
dubbed "traitors" by the government organs
retort by ramlndlng them of Sir John's fa
mous und popular reply to the imperial croult-
era. Canadians are essentially democratic In
tholr ide.is. The English , Scotch nnd Irish
'emigrants ' who have built up Canada were
not recruited from thu aristocratic classes ,
nnd they cumo hero disgusted with the social
gulfs and poverty of JOuropo , with the dotor-
mlnntlon to establish homes In the new
world whore aristocratic and monnrchinl In
stitutions would not grind them in the nlounh
of despond forever.
IDEAS OP WOIIK.
Thoodoiv Child writes entertainingly In
Harper's of tbo chunioloristlcs of Pnrugtiuy-
uns. "A French gentleman , " ho suys , ' 'who
has recently organized n colony called VllU
Sana , about twenty leagues northeast of
Villa Concepcton , on land belonging to Iho
Purngtinvo-Argontino land company , told mo
thul In the beginning , when ho went to sur
vey the ground und to ncertnln Its exact
whereabouts always n troublesome business
In these countries , where there Is ns yet no
topographical survey ho nnd the greatest
i aifllculty in Inducing half a dozen Purnmiay-
nns to accompany nun. They told him that
bo would never Hud the land , that ho
would bo unable to cross the rlvor
Aquklnbati , nnd. In short , that his wns a
\vild-goosochnso. However , when they nr-
rived ut the river , nnd the Frenchman sim
ply Jumped in and swum acnm , thu'r ' amour
propro was touched , nud they swum nftor
him , These hulf-dozcn Par.igiutyans hnvo
remained attached to the colony , but they
hnvo lost the cstoom of their countrymen
When , after tbo uxplorlug expedition , our
Frenchman started from Villa Conception
with his sixty colonists and his train of bul
lock carts nnd impedimenta , the loafers of
the town said to the few Paraguayans who
uccompsnicd him and were helping in the
loading : " \Yhat ? Are you ns big fools ns
these Europeans , to work like that I"
rilEB COINAGE.
"All Europe has stopped the free coinsgo
of silver , " says ex-Secratnry Fnlrchlld In the
Forum , "which it would hnvo not done had
it believed that it , in conjunction with us ,
could maintain the old rntlo of the preciou >
motuls. The countries of the Latin union
have u vast amount of silver , and It is much
moro important to them to maintain the
nqunlity of silver with gold than it Is to us
oven yet , und still they uro not willing tolo
so with our help ; how much less tlu'n must
they bcliovo In our power to dn this unaided I
Therefore , upon thinning that tboy saw tl.o
approach of silver mono-melalltsm In this
country , they would also think
that our gold coins were bettor
property thnn our silver coins , und would
UUo steps nt once to got our gold nnd snvo
themselves from the possibility at getting
our silver. They would do this by selling
all the securities created in this country for
which they could Una market. Tboy
would soelc that market hero , aud the result
would be that , for u tlmo at least , this coun
try would have tbo use of much less farolgn
capital than it has now. Certainly the first ,
result of this action on thu part of foreign
ers would bo to depress all mines koro , nnd
to create moro or leas scarcity ot money In
this country. Every ono cau answer for him
self whether this condition would to well for
us or not. "
MUNICIPAL iiossns ,
John Colcmnn Adnms thus pictures In the
Now England mnu-anno characters familiar
to nil who watch local political affairs : -
"A power as real , us nctlvo , ns dangerous
as that which fostered the spirit which broke
out In the rebellion Is nt work in every con
siderable city and town , grasping the powers
and usurping the functions of the people. It
is not yet n commned power , nnd In this Is
our chief hopo. But it Is tnking the control
of the inunicip.illlics out of the hands of thu
people. Our municipal Kovorumonts
"
aro" Ceasing to be " n government
by the people , of the people , fur
the pcoplu. " They are govern
ments now "by the hoodlcr.s , of the boodlcr.s ,
; \nd for the boodlors. " Our cities und towns
are in the hands of oligarchies ma Jo m > for
thu most part of men who make a trade of
politics for what It will bring. Thb clli/.eiri
of our larger towns hnvo handed over their
rights nnd privilnges to n small and .select
clnss of professional politicians. They huvo
created for themselves n numo , and sldo by
.sldo with "tlio barons of the vouth" who
threatened the perpetuity of the union by , .
trying to subvert the bonds which held it.
will go down the "bosses" of oar cities and
towns , who are sapnlntc the aolf-u-ovcrnnivnt
of the local bodies. This Is the new throat
to the u.itloual life. "
Mm. AllulNtcr IJIIICOII'H | noonption.
LONDON , July fi. Mr. Lluooln , the United
Stales minister , gave a reception last evening
it the legation In honor of the Fourth. Mrs.
Lincoln and hordaughtors rocolvod the guests ,
imong whom were the most prominent 1110111 *
bars of the American colony. Mrs , Lincoln
were u rich black silk dress with wutto voit.
Ono of her daughters was attired In u vray
prcpo und the other were u grey oambrlu.
rhe rooms were beautifully decorated with
rare oxolio plants nnd Immense bowls of
roses. Among thu guests were Mrs. Maekav ,
Mrs , Frank Leslie , Justice Fuller , Captain
riiomas and Mrs. Thomas , Senator Cameron
md Mrs , Cameron , Senator Cnllom , Colonel
Ochiltrco und Dr. Chnmborluln of the Homo
legation. ( jonenU Koddy brought Miss Ma-
nt'i ' Mairalo , grund-dnuchtor of the I a to em
peror of Bnull , There wns n crowd of prettv
Kirls nnd the ladles mentioned displayed
Worth's latest fashions.
Washington Post ( top. ) : Mr. Cleveland's '
: nojt enthusiastic friends must admit that ho
would not appear to advantage lu u tonn 1 >
bla/ur.
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