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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , AUGUST 1 , 1891-TWELYE PAGES.
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lMi\N' C-'OM.MISSIONKH MOWIAN Is
hot on liny : nny uriiw.
I'm : ( loniocratM of Iowa nro on the
fload run nnd IIHVO Hciircoly tlino to as-
pliiln why.
A num : triiHt coiilroln the cracker nnd
biscuit , biislnusM of thu country but tlio
Imlco-ovun anil llio hoe-cnko are Hlill in-
AtrnKT ; lo ! and ijoptombor 2-5 , the
two hiirvost uxcurHlon dnto.i , should bo
inado tnuiiiorablo to the people of Ne
braska nnd llio railways ) loading to this
Dtnto.
I'IKKIIIS CoUxiNS has not yet Rivon up
the lltfht and Ohloayo ruoa inoro than
ever the futo which led lior world's fair
managers to yo to St. Louis for a lady
secretary. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK MihnoapoltH street railway com
pany pays taxes on a valuation of $525-
000. A valuation liku this on the Omaha
company would bo regarded as an at
tempt to bankrupt thu corporation.
LAWN TKNNIB him caused trouble be
tween too many ollluors at Fort Logan ,
Colorado. As trouble breeders the
racquet and ball bid fair to take a place
In army circles alongside of poker and
high live.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK contract Indian school must
eventually go bocauso-thoro must bo no
legitimate partnership between the
eiiuruh and tlio government , but there is
no hurry about the matter. Time will
mnko the going easy as well 113 certain.
A HisAUTUtSfJ antiquarian mousing
around among1 the archives of the re
bellion reopens the time-worn Fit/ John
Porter controversy. Thin antiquarian
deserves to bo thrown out of the windows
from the top of the Washington menu
ment.
OAuuiXAT * GiimoNS , has announced
that the troubles between the Indian
ollluo and the Catholic church ever the
Indian schoolH liavo ended nnd the pipe
V peace ban been smoked. It itf to bo
Aotod in tuin connection that the pipe
was filled with Indian olllco tobacco.
"Tim woman tempted mo and I did
oat , " Bald our llrsl historic ancestor
when ho tried to snonk out of his own
transgression. A young woman tempted
UB and wo swallowed It , said the Iowa
democrats , when they passed the Ot-
tumwa platform with the local option
olaimo loft out. The young woman was
n typewriter , too , by the way.
WITH all his fondness for newspaper
notoriety and his vanity , J. S. Clarkson
hits many of the ( nullifications of suc
cessful leadership. IIo Is line looking ,
has a good address , n whole-souled mini-
nor , Is loyal to his friends , has had n
varied experience , Is in excellent
health , is a keen-witted manipulator ,
nnd has kept his personal and business
reputation unsullied by scandal.
SOMHUODY Inquired as to the politics
of Chancellor Fnlrflolil of the state uni
versity. His reply was a ringing one :
"My ontlro political activity can bo
Hummed up In the muglo sentence : A
thousand students In the stnto univer
sity In ISO , " ) and 15,000 in 1000. I think
you will understand mo. " Prof. Fitzpat-
rluk's ' political ereed and nullvity should
be : "Tho boat school Hytttoiu in tlto west ,
Never mind about the three your con
tract or re-eluutlon. Lot tluwo matters
take care of themselves.1'
TilF.Ri : Is too much truth In the story
of n combination of leading political
loaders against the ronoinlnatlon of
President Harrison. It Is also too true
that the animosity of these leaders
grows out of thu disappointment of per
sonal ambitions. It is likewise appar
ent that some of President HarrlBon'H
friends are very unwisely rolling the
political waters by attacks upon public
men who are thought to bo Inimical to
the president's alleged ambition to suc
ceed himself. These conditions are to
bo rogroltad. The party at largo la
pleased with President llurrlsoti'a ad
ministration nnd has no sympathy with
the motive * or methods by which It is
sought within the tr.nka of the party to
bring it Into discredit.
AMKItlCAtf 771,1 DB.
Mr. Wtlllnm M CurtU , who In nl the
honil of the bureau of the American
ronultllcfl , linn contributed on nrtlclo in
the Now York Ikcnnkr on llio aubjoct of
South American trade In which there
nro eomo InterofltlngHtnlomenlHiuul " %
ROBtlonn. Mr. Curtly atateH that the
obMncIo to nn extended trmlo , ns re
ported by the So.ilh Atnorlcnn cominlo-
nlon In J8SI , nro being gradually but
fiticccfcsfully removed. Thcso nro :
The lack of moans of com
munication nnd traUHportntlon ; the lack
of banking facilities , nnd llio consequent
Inability of our merchants to glvo llio
croditu Hint wore granted by their
Kuropoan rivals ; the oxecwlvo duties
ImrwRed In the Liilln-Amorlcnn conn-
trienintn \ \ the peculiar products of the
United Stntos , nnd the Ignornnco of our
nmnufacttirorB ns to tlio tastes nnd re
quirements of the consumers on the
southern continent.
Mr. C'urtlH expects vnluablo rcsullH
from the authority given by the
last congress for establishing mall facil
ities under the conditions of thu postal
Rubiilily law. Next In Importance I'l the
oHtabll.HlniKint of an International bank
ing system , as recommended by the Pun-
American conference , and which IB do-
pmidonl upon the will of congress. Reci
procity , < wyn Mr. Ciirtlw , will not only
IncronHo the puruhiiHitig power of tli3
Lntlti-Amorlcan puoplo by reducing
the cost of thulr Imports from
the United States , but will glvo our
farmers nnd manufacturers an Immense
advantage ever their Kuropunn rlvalH ,
im ndvnntago that amounts to from 6 to
00 per cent upon nearly every "article
timt may be included In the list of the
nuccHHiiflns of life. Finally , Mr. Curtis
nays , that It now remains for the manu
facturers of thlB country to study the ru-
quiremeiitB of the Latin-American markets -
kots and comply with them.
Our commerce with Central and South
America has increased since reciprocity
negotiations were entered upon , and
there Is every reason to expect that it
will continue to expand. The action of
the congress of Venc/.uola regarding the
agreement negotiated with that country
lias boon much talked of an a cheek to
the reciprocity policy , but if that action
is adhered to , which is improb
able , it will Imvo no olTect upon
the nrrnngcmnnts nlrondy effected
and any further negotiations that
may bo contemplated. What Is
now an accomplished fact will stand , and
HM honolllfl will become moro apparent
and Hiibstantial from jonr to year. Some
of the othur countries with which closer
t"ado relations are to bo desired may bo
slow In entering into arrangements ,
owing to conditions rendering a change
of dHcal policy extremely dilllcult , but
all of them will accept some form of
reciprocity In time , and meantime the
people of the United States can bo very
well Bntlsllod with what has been accom
plished. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A FAll nKAOIHAO DNOISION.
Indian blood , however thin it mny
IMVO been , has hitherto been a source of
profit , in the Indian country. The in
terior department for many years has
held nil persons with a drop of it in their
veins to bo Indians , and IIB such entitled
to all the benefits of allotment , annuity
nnd support which accrued to the tribes
with which the half breeds alllllated.
Half brood Is a term covering the ontlro
chins of persons among Indians with a
trace of Indian blood. The squaw man
has been encouraged by this fast and
Intelligent half breeds have enjoyed
bonollts which have made some of them
wealthy. One half breed on the Chey
enne River reservation owns 3,000 head
of cattle , yet ho and his children regu
larly draw their rations nnd annuities
and are educated at public uxponso.
A United States judge nt Pierre has
given the squaw man nnd his family a
pretty stilT blow in the face in n
decision which declares that the chil
dren of Indian blood shall follow the
status of the father and not the mother
as hold by the interior department. In
the case upon which the opinion wiii
promulgated the right to sail liquors to
the children of a nqgro father , born of a
Sioux mother , was the question at Issue
and it was held that the United States
law against selling liquor was not in
fracted. This opinion , if it bo good law ,
opens in ) a grant many very nice ques
tions relative to titles to Indian lands
the legality of Indian treaties and tlio
distribution of tlio immense funds hith
erto hold to bo the property of all mem
bers of tribes having Indian blood. It Is
n far-reaching decision , nnd further
complicates our relations with the
tribes.
Ordinarily the half-breeds nro the pro
gressive element among the Indians
and theirs nro the earliest and most
numerous signatures obtained to agree
ments for the cession of lands. They
have been a very Important factor In
the settlement of disputes and have often
prevented bloody conlliets.
The Biinw ( man Is a ureaturo who
usually dosplstH himself and deserved
the contempt of whlto associates. Yet
ho Is often the only suggestion of clvll-
izatlon in an Indian camp. lie has a
hard enough time of it nnd suitors sulll-
clent punishment in his half-savage
oxlMom'0 without fulling UIIOD these
ovll days , when his Indian children are
llnbln to be pauporl/.cd by his relation to
them Instead of being enriched himself
by their allotments , annuities and
rations. The poor squaw man will tnlco
little comfort In thu thought that his
copper-stained progeny can buy whlbkey
when they please If the cattle , plows ,
blankets , cash annuities , rations and
allotments nro to bo cut oil IH the price
of the privilege.
Tbo olToct of the decision nnd its
application will bo wntohcd with Inter
est by squaw men , half breeds , nnd full
bloods on the reserve * and allotments
ns well as the whites In the surrounding
country. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A'KIl * VUIIK HKI'UIIMCAKS.
There does not nnponp to bo nny seri
ous disaffection among tlio republicans
of New York , but there does Boom to bo
n want of confidence in the success of
the party this year. Such n conclusion
is suggested by the fact that the men
doomed to be most available to make thu
race for governor decline to bo consid
ered candidates. The olllco of governor
of the Empire state is regarded
us 0110 of diallngulbhod honor ,
nn It rcrlnlnly In of commandIng -
Ing Importance. It In no ntnnll
thing , In n polltic.nl nun BO , to rnnk ( Int
among the governors of forty-fourBtnlcH ,
nnd wlinn tlio Inlluonco nnd pntroimgo
of tlio olllco nro connldorcd the govern
orship of Now York IB n position which
It M most natural to mippoao nny man ,
ambitious of polltlr.nl honor nnd nd-
vnncomont , would Bock. Hut novortil
prominent republican lenders of Now
York who Imvo been urged io allow
their niunuB to bo used in con
nection with this olllco Imvo nbso-
lutoty refused lo entertain the
proposition. Undoubtedly they nil nro
sincere in the reasons they have given
for thin determination , but It IB carlnlnly
mtggostlvo of n lack of confidence in the
result. It If ) not remembered that the
republicans of Now York have ever before -
fore had HO much difficulty ns they ap
pear to bo now hnvlng to got n thor
oughly available man ns n candidate for
governor.
Yet tlio outlook for the republican
party in Now York Is by no tncnna un
favorable. The spring town elections
showed that the party had gener
ally regained the losses It sus
tained the previous November nnd in
Borne localities had grown stronger.
The evidence \vnn that the people , hav
ing been misled last fall , had after moro
careful and Intelligent consideration
scon tholr mlbtnko nnd determined to
rectify It , an far ns possible. They have
been doing intelligent thinking Hince ,
and It will be Htrango If when they vote
next fall the effect of thin does not ap
pear In further ropnbllcnn gains. More
over , tlio tendency of democratic Bonti-
munt in the south nnd west , particularly
In the matter of silver Inllation ,
ought to lead thousands of dem
ocrats in Now York to go to the party
which favors honest money nnd n sound
and stable currency. Then there Is the
chance that If the IIIll faction domin
ates the state convention , as It doubtless
will , there will bo n largo number of
democrats who will refuse to submit to
ltn dictation. All the signs and prom-
IBCS , indued , are in favor of republican
success in Now York this year if har
mony can bo maintained and thorough
organixation alTected.
Preliminary to the work of organiza
tion will bo the convention of the slate
republican league to bo held at Syracuse
next week. For some time past tboro
has boon great activity In organi/ing
clubs , and It is expected that the league
convention , which will listen to ad-
drossus by a number of prominent
republicans , among them Mnjor Me-
Kinloy , will bo n great success in point
of numbers. The indications nro that
the rank and llio of the republican
party In Now York is earnest and en
thusiastic , and if thu leaders will but do
tholr duty the party can win n signal
victory this year.
A movement has been started in Phil
adelphia , with which Hon. Wayne Mac-
Vongh , ox-attorney general of the
United States , is said to bo identified ,
for organizing a national anti-monopoly
league. It is inferred from a report re
garding this movement that It would bo
the purpose of the league to bring pro
ceedings in the courts against trusts and
similar combinations as well as to se
cure legislation regulating telephone
charges , railroad transportation rates ,
and in a general way make war
upon all forms of monopoly. It IB not to
be doubled that such n league could
speedily secure nn enormous member
ship , nor is it questionable that it might
bo able to accomplish a great deal in the
Interest of the people. The very exist
ence of such an organisation , spreading
Itself ever the ontlro country and hav
ing the single purpose of protecting tlio
people from the abuses nnd exactions of
monopolies and till forms of combina
tions to prey upon them would have n
wholesome , repressive and restraining
Inlluonco. If a nlovomont of the charac
ter reported has bo.on started it is sure
to make very rapid progress.
Cm/.KNS of Omaha who believe in
honest nnd olllciunt local government
must assert themselves In some method
or the disgraceful behavior of some city
and county olllcials will not bo cho.'ked
or improved. It must bo somebody's
business to run down the thieves nnd
rabcals who prey upon the taxpayers.
What is everybody's' business is no
body's business ; hence BOIHO organiza
tion should tnlco up the subject and help
the newspapers expose and disgrace the
unworthy and convict those guilty of
crimes and malfeasances In olllco.
Lr.T any man in Omaha who believes
thorp nro scores of men and women out
of work and anxious for something to do
undertake to biro cither a man or a
woman for an odd job or secure a compe
tent man or woman of all work , and bis
belief will bo milpliurously modified.
There may bo a great many out of work ,
but there are also a trruat many who do
not want employment Involving work.
TllK board of public lands and build
ings Is exuooted to report upon the
Ilasllngs usylum investigation tomor
row. If the governor is iw deliberate in
making a review of the testimony as the
board in compiling it , the gentlemen
whoso salaries are at stake will not be
disturbed before frost comes.
TiiuNobraeka telephone company will
sot the lolograph and oluotrlo light cor
porations an example worthy of emula
tion when it puts its wires under ground.
If the other electric companies do not
proceed to emulate they will bo Invited
to do so In duo time by ordinance.
UNFOliTir.VATKI.Y perhaps , there nro
two sides to the union depot controversy.
If It were otherwise , It might long since
have been concluded to the satisfaction
of all concerned. When it will bo de
cisively anl autlsfnetorilly settled , no
man on either side knows.
XKAI.OUS advocates of Superintendent
Flt/.patrlck'a ability as a school man ,
show a great want of oonlldeiico In his
ability , when they nltompt to force n
contract for three years at the present
time. Mr. FiUp.itriok should cull olT
his fool friends.
A CoMl'.utiHON of the briefs of the nt-
tornoys in the great terminus contro
versy of 'Ifteun ' years ago with those in
the recent trial before Justice Ilrowor
would bo IntorVHling because of the Inconsistencies -
consistencies t'would oxpoao.
TIIK Burllnftlon will not stop Its work
of construction. ! ! ! , Donkey Crook , Wyo. ,
nor fifty miles beyond. The Ilurllnpton
IH n rend which keeps the Illos well
brushed oh" I to pi/ / and will not rest this
sldo of
Six justices of the peace with six con-
fltnbles' ought ltd bo nblo to transact nil
the justice coUK business of Omnhn
without dcganumting into cost mills.
Expr.itiMKNTtNO with school mailers
Is bad enough In ilsolf , but when the ex
periment is for three years instead of
ono it becomes simply intolerable.
TIIK electric service proposed for the
now city hull building may bo all right ,
but the "oxlrn'1 cost of this building
promises to bo alarming.
A TII IK-YJJAH : contract is the proper
thing after n year of salisfaclory proba
tion ns superintendent of the school sys
tem of the city.
WIIK.V a corporation goes into court
to plead the baby act , It dpsorves to bo
judicially spanked and sent about Its
business.
EXTIIAS on the city lull nro not only
expensive but they delay the comple
tion of the building ,
Tin : lifo of a man is worth the salary
of a llngmnnnt n crossing for a genera
tion.
( Jroxviui ; In Favor.
run/dim / l'ic * .
Omnlia'a cam paten for the next republican
convtmtlou Is growinir In favor.
A Missouri Wall.
Kan n * Cttll Times.
Omnlin's mnln plua for the next republican
national convention Is tlio lucubrious ono
thnt the " # . o. n. " U rapidly ifo\ng \ to ploccs
In the adjoining states. If the republican
cohorts Imvo to ilopoml upon the "tlrod"
town to boom their Interests In Iowa , Kansas
anil Nebraska , tuo.v might as well disband
right now.
A Straight Vfc\v of Prohibition.
llenvrr M'III.
"Prohibition , " salil President 1'nrtridgo of
tbo Malno Pharmaceutical association , "after
nonrly half n century's trial in Alamo , has
proved a moral , political , doml-rolifjlous
fraud. It Is a tnlscarrlod effort to legislate
'
tlio UltiK'Jom of ( Jed into the heart of man. "
Butlf tlio KentlBinan has had tlio sagacity
and cunning to sufllclontly improve his op
portunities as a ilnuvk't , ho ought not to feel
so badly over the inAtter. .
!
Tlio HlulT'il Itur 'H HUoaI. |
It Is all right that Omaha should liava
mndo n null n furious presentation of her
claims ns the convention city. Fuss and
bombast will not carry the national com
mittee. A cool , business presentation of the
fuels as to accommodations , etc. , will hnvo
moro weight will ) the committee. The com-
mlttoo will meet In fibout four months , nnd
In four months Minneapolis can put In n
good deal of quiet , aud effective work.
Nebraska. Gun I'nv Mor Debts.
JitcliKnn ( Mich. ) attzeii.
With such a mastiiflcentsliowinKof wealth
and cvliloat prospgrltytas maUo by Tun Hue
tbcro can bo no just reason for complaint
either against proviJouco or the government ;
nor is tlieru any excuse for demanding a de
based currency or nn unlimited issue of dl.s-
honest dollars. Nebraska can pay its dohts
this year nnd liavo plenty of money left. Its
fal'incrs are Interested In seeing that their
surplus savings are represented in honest
money , and they should lo retro all flirtations
with tlio Hat panor money schemers nnd jug
glers who are anxious to create wealth out of
nothing without the employment of labor or
capital. With continued prosperity these
schemes can have no place in Nebraska.
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CLKfJSKilXn K31VL.ITKS IllK CLAM.
Globe-Democrat ( rep. ) : Governor rilll Is
not saying much these days , but it will bo
obscr.ved tliat the democratic machine ia Now
York is operating in entire accordance with
lilt wishes and interests.
Cincinnati Commercial ( rep. ) : Mr. Cleve
land has exhibited an agility qulto beyond
his yoarsi , and In total forget fulness of the
Impediment of his stature , in declining the
Invitation to take the stump in Ohio.
Chicago Tribune :
"Where nro you going , Mr. Grover CloJ"
"A hunting the clam , sir , " said ho.
"Aro you going to help In thoOlfio raid ? "
"Nobody has asked mo , sir , " ho stdd.
Denver Sun ( rep. ) : Tno solo reason for
thu refusal of Mr. Cleveland to take thu
stump Is clearly a feeling that such a course
would not bo consistent with the .Hgally that
nocossnrllv atlnchu * tn thu exalted n.isitlrm
of ox-presUlcut.
Kansas City Journal ( rop. ) : Mr. Cleveland -
land announces that ho will not take part in
the Ohio campaign. Ho evidently doesn't
care to hoodoo his chances by becoming
Identified with what ho already perceives are
dead sure losers.
Minneapolis Tribune ( rep. ) : Mr. Cleveland
lias not yet stated his reasons for refusing to
help his follow democrats in Ohio by appear
ing in their behalf upon tiio stump. But ex
planations nro unnecessary ; thu platform is
too weak and John Sherman too strong for
him.
him.Denver
Denver Times ( rop. ) : Mr. Cleveland ap
parently "gives hlin clf away" by his de
clination to .stump Ohio for Campbell. If
Campbell should bo elected governor It would
make him a possible presidential nominee ,
with strength enough to keep Cleveland
nwako o1 nights. The ox-presldcnt is evi
dently looking out for number one.
St. Louts Hopubllo ( dom. ) : It Mr. Cleveland -
land cannot leave homo to make speeches in
tlio west , everyone , qught to understand thnt
ho has excellent mm , ( artisan and unpolitical '
reasons for staying jit homo at present , and
because they nro strffylv private reasons of a
kind ho cannot o'voa hint at outside of his
family , it 'a ' peculiarly unmanly to Ignore
them and nt the s'dlno'tlmo criticise him for
being governed by thorn.
Chicago Inter Ocean ( rep ) : Mr. Cleve
land intimates thatjlm will decline Governor
Campbell's cry bogging him lo como ever into
Macedonia nnd hulp .tlio democrats. The
real trouble Is that Mr. Cleveland doubts the
stability of thnt cnuy quilt platform , and
fears that llio sliver , plank might Uv up and
lilt him in the fnco if lie undertook to stand
on the platform ami sio\v | 'he Huckuyos that
It was made of gooll 'solid democratic timber.
Atlanta Constitution ( iloin. ) : On the
whola wo believe ' tluit Mr. Cleveland has
mndo n decision oirlnuntly wlso so far as ho
Is concerned. Difkyiflg with thu democratic
party as widely ni hu deus , ho could not , in
justice to himself or to the party , take nny
part In thu campaigns now pending , nor can
ho take nny part in the campaigns that nro to
como. The p.irty has rolled away from the
orbit of which he is thocontor , nnd , hampered
by mugwumps and monomctallists , It is to bo
feared that he will bo unable to overtake it ,
or to glvo It the bonollt of whatever personal
inlliienco ho may havo.
Sprlngllold Konubllcan ( Jem. ) : Cleveland
could \vliH propriety speak In the Ohio cam
paign , bcaanso his views on silver are well
known nnd McKlnluy's candidacy lias made
thu tarilT the overshadowing question out-
slJo nf stnto Issues. Hut It scums he docs
not Intend to take part In the canvass. Tuoro
will nf course bo u great cry about "shirk-
Inn" nnd all that hut the same cry was
raised against Governor Tilden In 1U75 whoa
hu refused to "vinJIe.uo his loyalty to the
party" by stumping Ohio for ' Hill" Allen
and rag'tai ; manor , and the next year the
whlppnd democracy caiuu humbly urouud to
him just thu same.
r..iv .s r/ri.v OVHS.
Thodrclbund may now , so far as the In
fluence of Lord Salisbury's ( rovornmont gocu ,
bo called a vlorbund , nnd , Indoad , U M not
easy to foresee n condition of things In which
the real IntormU of Great Urttaln would in-
cllno her to Join nn nlllanco to which Uussla
was n party. Ko long AS Uussla maintains nn
aggressive attltudo in Asia , so long must
Great Hrltnln , ns nn "Imperial" power , oppose -
pose Kussla , while it Is not clear thnt In a
purely Huropc.in question Great Britain has
nny national Interest nt all. As ono of tha
sat Is fled powers It Is her tniarott to Join the
other satisfied power : . It may sound
satirical to describe Austria ns n sat
isfied power , but her grievance against
Germany I * now n quarter of n century old ,
and she seems to bo convinced of the hope
lessness of obtaining any rodrcss fro in It. As
for Germany nnt1 Italy , they nro dotibMcss
satisfied powers , In the sense that they have
nothing to gain by war. The drelbund Is
therefore n league to maintain the status quo ,
nnd Is thus nn nlllanco In the Interest of
pence. Nobody would say that Uussla nnd
Franco were satUllo.l powers , Tbo real In
terest of a nation trovornod ny n despot Is
less Important to ascertain In forecasting the
political action of the nation than the dispo
sition of the despot. Whllo Kussla undoubt
edly has an Interest ndvcrso to that
of Knglam ) , It Is known that the C2.tr
Is personally very much opposed lo Ger
many , and thnt ho Is supported by a strong
national sentiment. As to Franco , there Is ,
of course , no question. Illsmarck's challenge
to name n slnglo French statesman who
would nvow that Franco had abandoned the
notion of roconqulrlng AUniico and Ijorralno
still romalns unanswered. It is parfoctly
plain that Franco nnd Russia moan to attack
Germany the moment thnt they fool strong
enough to do so with success , and this pur
pose Is not really disavowed In either coun
try. Whllo the drolbuml , then , ns an alliance
to maintain the status quo Is in the Interest
of pence , the Kusso-Fronch alliance Is as
clearly an alllanco to upfot the status quo at
the llrsl convenient season , and is thus a pre
paration for war.
w
*
Lord Salisbury now seems resolved thnt
the present pirhamont shall live out Its
statutory term , which , It will be remembered ,
docs not end until August , IST1. From such
incidents * ni the Wisboch by-oloctlon no
draws deductions different from these expressed -
pressed by his p.mlc-strickon partisans. To
his mind the situation couUl not bo worse
than It is at present , and can hardly help
changing for the bottor. It is , in the lirst
place , Improbable that Mr. Gladstone can re
tain the headship of his party two years
longer. Ills retirement for any cause from
the political field , is likely to provoke dissen
sion , and perhaps rupture , in his party , over
the question of succession to the leadership.
If Sir William Hat-court's claims are
recognized , It would tiot bo surprising
to see a now radical party started
under Sir Churloj Dllko. Should Mr. John
Morley , on the other hand , bo selected to
command the Gladstoman forces In the lower
bouso , Sir \Villlam Harcourt might bo
prompted by the galling disappointment of
his hopes to organi/.o n now secession of the
moro conservative liberals , similar to that
carried out by Lord Hartlngton and Mr.
Chamberlain. It Is no soorot that Sir William
Harcourt himself , nnd not a fotv of the old
fashioned liberals who .still call themselves
conservatives , believe th.it since the split In
the Irish party the homo rule question has
ceased to be n vital ono , ant ) may as well bo
shelvod. Mr. Morley , on the other hand. la
In full sympathy with Mr. Gladstone ns ro-
gnrds the necessity nf keeping the homo
rule plank in the very front of the liberal
platform. Many other things mny
happen in two years. The Eng
lish and Welsh nonconformists , for
instance , nnd the Scotch I'roibyto-
rims would have time to awake to the
significance of the formidable power dis
played by the Catholic hierarchy in the Irish
elections. Then , again , it may bo possible
to carry out the project of redistributing
seats whlcn Lord Salisbury Is known to bo
contemplating a plan whereby the repre
sentation of Ireland would ba cut down , nnd
thnt of English districts whore the lories
are strongest , materially increased , There
is always , too , the chance of gaining prestige -
tigo and Inlluonco through the foreign policy
of the tory government , which gonor.illy , it
must bo owned , deserves the confldoocu and
sympathy of Englishmen. Should n war
breakout In the TMiisvaal , or In Eijypt , erIn
In Afghanistan , Lord Salisbury is almost
certain to moot the oaiorgoncy with moro
dignity nnd firmness than were ovlneod by
Mr. Gladstone in similar conjunctures.
*
* *
The introduction of homo rule In Br.ull
has boon deferred for eighteen months , but
not without reason. Tltnn Is required for
the creation of a now political order. The
revolutionists began in November , 18S3 , by
clearing the ground. All the institutions of
the monarchy and the provlncos were swept
away by their preliminary doorooj. The only
source of power was the provisional proil-
dent and his self-appointed ministers. In
every province n similar government was es
tablished with the aid of the military garri
sons nnd promptly recognized at UIo as tem
porarily responsible for the administration of
the stato. The process of transforming these
du facto governments Into constitutional
agencies of democratic rule was necessarily
retarded by the Inherent dtlUctlltlus of the
work , A constitution was first framed for
the nation aud sanctioned by a now congress.
Then it was possible to elect the first consti
tutional president and to establish n ministry
in accordance , not with the will of the bit-
tahous , but with the law of the land. What
has boon done for the nation at largo Is re
peated for the bonollt of each sovereign
stato. In each provlnca It is necessary to
frame a constitution anil to secure for It the
approval of n loglslnturj oiccteJ by the poo-
pic. When this Is done tbo governor is
elected nnd the ofllcial who has boon repre
senting the rovolutlonary cabal of November ,
18SU , rotlros. In the chief provlncos this
clmngo has already beca effected , nnd by the
end of the year every st'ite will bo released
from the dominating Inlluonco of the national
administration.
* #
There seems to bo a generally prevalent
Impression on the Kuropoan continent thnt
something will hnppou In Dulgnrla before
long. Tbo French press has been declaring
forsomo time that 1'rlnco Fordlnniul U on
the eve of declaring his independence , nnd It
is known that ho has been making fresh ef
forts to secure his recognition by the powers.
Turkey gave tacit assent to the election of
Ferdinand when she allowed the duto for the
appointment of a now governor for East
Humolla to pass by without making any sign ,
but the prince und his minister , StnmbulofT ,
want somcihlng more dulliilto than this ,
knowing that several of the great powers are
ready to join In bis continuation upon Tur
key's ' initiative. Unfortunately for them ,
whenever the sultan exhibits signs of an in
tention to rccognUe him , the Uusslan am
bassador , M. NelldofT , drops In nnd hints
thnt Immediate payment of tbo long overdue
war Indemnity would bo exceedingly con
venient ju.U now. Then the sultan thinks It
would be foolish to interfere with the status
quo in iiutgarln.
Two Vloiva of UolcH.
FtrooAft/u t'.uule ( item. }
( iuvprnur lluloi lini lioveraor Ilolennf loniv
slvun tliu rupubllrnni of ) i > < fillliiwuil vurjr pril-
JnHft n K ( > otl UL > H | of nlJ iloiit riiimol In III. k'ttur
bjr nroupllnu tliu cti'm- of nct'oiilnnco. Hu until
ocrntln nomination , ami lltllu nlxiiil llnir. llttlo
Iio It ounlluulnv lilt noblu itbout tliu Inrlif , hut
work | jj hlii Ifttum. tutor- nltcliiul Into prohibition
Tien * mil ipcucliu * . hot mill li-nvy ( iuiornor
Helm knows tliu wuuk
point la turuiurWUuul r'
luncg.
STATE TAX LEVY COMPLETED ,
Splendid Increase in Nebraska Property
Interests During the Fast Tear ,
RELATIVE VALUE OF THE COUNTIES ,
Unimproved Ilcnlty oCOmnlm Until nt
Higher Figures 1'tiini tlto Im *
proved full Hcport of
tlio Work.
LIXCOI.X , Nob. , July 31. | Special to Tun
BEE. ] Except for a slight error in ttioossoss-
or' returns from Uawoi county , which will
not mntcrlnlly clmngo the totals , the stnto
board of equalization has completed the tax
levy for 1801. The totnl assessed valuntlon
for the state Is $ lb3lu > .iS < > ( U3 as against
tlS-1,770,301.54 last year. The levy this year
It JI.'JOT.OS' . ' . It as ngnlnst $ I,17I,62UJ ! In 1SOO.
The levy is apportioned as follows i General
fund , fWTM3I8j sinking fund , f11,03. " . . 10 ;
school fund , $ lll-IOvi.ni ; university fund ,
$ ( VHOir > .RO ; feeble minded Institute fund , S2U-
( M'J.IO ; state relief fund , ? .KJl > $2.10. FollowIng -
Ing are the assessed valuations In each
county with the rate of levy In mills , from
which the total levy In dollars can roatiily bo
figured :
raneo from 17 cents in Dawson and ! iT cents
In Thomas to ? 1.-J7 In Kimball and $1.20 in
Douglas.
ONE INSITCTOU AT I'llKSHXT.
The governor has not determined whether
the now warehouse law calls for more than
one chief inspector of grain or not. Judge
Illnlr of Omaha happening in bis oil leu
yesterday , was nskoa for nn opinion. The
judge heg.iu to write one , but concluded thu
matter needed further consideration nnd
promised to send an opinion from Omaha
tomorrow. The governor will appoint ono
chief Inspector tomorrow , and further ap
pointments will depend ou Judge Blair's
opinion.
Attorney UQneral Hastings takes the view
that the law , taken in its entirely , contem-
ulntcs out ono chief Inspector.
In addition to the appointments already
promised for tomorrow , it Is given out today
that the governor will also announce a deputy
labor . 'ommlsslonor.
HTATH IIOUSK NOTR1.
The North Plutto Irrigation nnd land com
pany has 11 led with the secretary of stnto n
map showing tha route of its canal.
The cnso of Willlnm Yohco vs the Kdou
Museo has reached tlio supreme court from
Douglas county. Yohco has secured u judg
ment against the dufondunt for $ llli and
costs , amounting to 151.
The sult.of A. D. Withers and M. J. IColls
vs 13. O. Wedgwood , sheriff of Hull county ,
has been appealed to the supreme court ,
The plaintiffs nro women nnd claimed to own
n $ . ' 0,000 slock of dry goods , boots and shoes' ,
notions , etc. , at Cirnnd Island , Their hus
bands had run ' .he sumo or a similar
business previously , nnd the sheriff seized
the stock which the wives claimed to own in
order to meet cortaln.jiidgmonts against the
husbands , The wlvos were awarded the
stock In a suit la Hall county , and the sheriff
has appealed on error.
Hamuei MOWO , lormony in 1110 governor's
ofllco , hns returned from Ann Arbor , Mich. ,
a full Hedged lawyer.
Surveyor Perry of Cherry county Is en
gaged In the land commissioner's ofllco mak
ing n copy of the surveyor general's Hold
notes of Cherry , mndo In ISTn-t. Mr. I'crry
hn settled down for an ah summer stay , M
It will take him three months. It Is said ha
will have the completes ! record thnt has yet
gone out of the land commissioner's ofllco.
CITT NOTM.
\V. T. Lyons , a 11. & M. switchman , wn
adjudged Insane today. He toro the clothing
from his child , struck nt It with a rnior ,
broke furniture nnd otherwise proved him'
self dangerous. Lyons Imnglncs ho has1
great sums of tnonoy coming to him nnd ho
talks Incessantly about thousands Of horses
and cattle ho Imagines ho owns.
Mrs. M. H. A. Martin of BU Louis , who a
few days ago planted f I3tl00 In realty near
the Seventh U.iv Advantlst college , has
bought * iX ) lots In the addition platted about
the norniM college , paying Wfl.&V ) .
\ \ . H. Snell , formerly senator from JofTor-
son county but now county attorney at Tacoma -
coma , Is lu the city.
inii'Arin .is A itninai : oi'i'.sr.n.
St. Joe Iltrald : .Tay ( Jould Is considerably
obfuscated since thnt Omuhn court decision ,
but ho will Rctovon by squeezing other roads.
A sort of scattering retribution.
Cheyenne Sun : The Chicago & Hock
jslnnd folus nro tickled to think thnt they
beat the Union 1'aolllo In the Omaha bridge
caso. The Milwaukee nnd Kock Island trains
can now crosi the bridge.
Sioux City Journnl : Justice JHrowor's de
cision. It may bo gnld In brief , Is n sweeping
nnirmntion of the validity of the contract , of
the wrong of the repndla'lon nnd of the ro-
( luircmi'tit that It to enfoiced.
Olobo Democrat : The decision of Justice
Ilrowor in the Omnha bridge cnso disposes of
n mutter of considerable Importance to the
business Interests of the west , and It Is to bo
hoped that the corporations concerned will
accept It as n ilnnl ono nnd proceed to ndjust
their pending differences lu nn amicable and
reasonable way.
IJocUy Mountain Nowi : Justice Hrowcr's
ojiinlon in the Union I'nellli'-Kock Islniul
hrltlgo case is not only vorv ahle but vorv
just. * * Ho hns vltitllc.itetl the mirrc'it
chnrncter of n contract , for if thu partlcumr
document coulii not bo onforccii , no contract
innilo butwcon two corixirutlotis cotilil ho
pootl or bimlinpr on either ono. The ileel < ioii
will ho ix'colvotl with sntlsfnetion , not only
bceuuso it enforces justice , but necatno it is
n vorv deckled nnlrmation of the fact thnt
.Tny ( luulcl Is not nlnua the Inw uiul uannot
abrogate solftnn contrnots nt will.
KprltiKllolil ( Muss. ) Kanubllc.in : ( Joulil's
plun of nullifying ronlmcts ontorotl Into by
the Lnlon I'aclllo rnllronil under the former
management ' has boon uroporly dnshed by the
L'nitcd States ilrcuit court , .lustlco Urowcr
docide.s thnt the contract bv whleh the Uoclt
Jshiiui roat ) wns allowed to run over the
Union Paclllc bridge at Oninlm Is valid nnd
cannot bo tossed oiT oven bv the now ( .Joulu
in.imiqcmont , which had objected to it chlclly
because deemed disiidviiiitn eous. This deci
sion menus thnt ( Jould's will Is not the
supiomo Inw of the Innd In nil cases where It
Is lor his ndvriiitaifc thnt it should be.
ICcnrnoy Hub ; Judco Urewor's decision
in the Tlnlon Pncillc brid o case is In olTect
Hint a contract botwuon srent corporations Is
Just ns binding as between common Intll-
vltlunls. There lias been noijuestion nsto the
Inw or equity , but jutlccs sometime mlscnrry
anil a miscarriage of Justice in this case would
not hnvo been surprising. Hut .lusticu
Urowcrnroso to the emergency and his
ci- > ion is ono that will earn him ttio hc
approval of nearly every ono. There
Is no domacoKuery In the opinion ren
dered by .ludpo Hrowcr , but it ( 'oes bo-
yonU lepril terms and enters n Held of eco
nomic discussion where the judge appears to
bo perfectly at homo.
Now York Telejjrniii : " .Monoy talks. " said
Ilolison.
"Vcs , " sntd Dobson , sorrowfully , "but It linj
not been on speaking lurms w Ith mo lately. " N
WiishliiRton I'ost " "
: "Y-a-a-s. patninl/lnRly
dr.iwlcd tbo Mir-sitlslli'd ) : dentist , who hud
imiiiilimmsly uluctud hlinsolf the urnclo of thu
suiniiiur rosoit plnxru. "I know of MM. It. In
wash union , but I don't know her. Shodoosn't
po around in my hut "
"Of teothj" asked Mttlo SII-.S Cutter , sweetly ,
and then the silence wus so don-so you could
hear a gum-drop.
SUMMKIl TKIIIIOIIS.
ntnrrr .Sun.
Oh. worse than tlio Poster tornado ,
Or that ancient old terror , the r.iok ,
IH thumvpol clrl with smllollku an an-jel
IV ho holds In h r hands u "Koiluo. "
Muiisny's Weekly : Tompklns What do you
think nf Charlie Tnlklntctun ?
Miss Do Smith I rather admire him. IIo h
qnlto a yoiiiiK Suinpsoii.
J ninpklns I'urluipi you are right. Hatnson
you l no\v. was the man who slow his eiiomlci
with the jawbone ot an uss.
Texas SlftliiRs : Always forlvo youronu-
mles-eipeclully thine you can't whip.
Now York Wet-kly : Poctor Your husband
npunrs | : to bo run down , anxious ant ! over
worked : but 1seo 1 no sluns of Ins-iiiitv.
Jlrs. Do KashlnnI'm sillo ho Is In danger of *
It. Insanity runs In his family , you know ,
*
"Does '
It ?
"Yes , Indeed. Tuo of his sisters had cliaucot
to marry rich mun and then married poor
"
onus ,
Detroit Free 1'ress : "Out's n berry fine rln
Mr. Jones am woarln' , " ronmrked un old col
ored mitii to his employer.
"That Is a cit'.s-oj'o. : ' * was tlu niibWnr.
"Don , fnb , I kno' wbardat orfiilyowlln'klin
from the odder nlilil. Obcoursi- fie couldn't
get do eye wldont klllln' do out. "
Philadelphia Times "Thnt '
: was n ml'lily
shanoy little bathing suit I s iw you srniplnw
tliDS'ind oirot this morning on the bvieli , und
( i mighty piotty girl Iiibldo of It. Old friends ,
1 pri'sumo. "
"No. imly mot her yesterday , Imtthimlt
don't take loin ; to scrape an nciiUalntanco on
thu beach , you know. "
A UlttlOlllKr'H TATU ,
ftVic r r < V IIVrMu.
A vongntcr , fancying hlinsolf a vtn-i ,
Full many an ancient ditty would repeat ,
Until at last hu sprung that old time gag
About the man whoso shoes were full of fool ,
I'ull long thu company had berne ultn him.
Hut llio. ) they xworu ho Hlimi'.il no mor
abiiso.
And llioruupon , wltn unoxamplcd vim.
They filled his suat completely full of hliou-i
rilo.-ondo Illauttor : Manager to a m.ir
leaving thu thuatiu ;
"Hut. H r. thorn uio two acts to come yot. "
" 1 Know. That's why I am going. "
mi : < ] rni.a or ifjyjsTi'-oxi :
' 8 Yimiiu
They toll me Hwns the fashion ,
Oh , long and long ago ,
For ( 'iris to loolc like lillles white ,
And sit at homo and sow.
Forth strode their sturdy brothers ,
On many n niillant quest ;
But thu mnlds bohlnd the lattice
Their wenry souls possessed ,
Today the times hnvo altered ,
And pretty Kate aud Nell
Are plnvitiK merry tennis
In sooth , they ( in It well.
They rldo across tno country ,
Tlioy climb the mountnin-sldo ,
And with onrs Hint feather llgbtly ,
Along the rivers clldo.
If they've not yet been to college ,
They nro RolnK hy-nnd-by.
To shako the tree of knowledge ,
Though its branva.1 touch the skj
For all tlioir ( Jrcok and Latin ,
And porlnp over books ,
With faces smooth as satin ,
They'll kuop their dainty looks.
Do you want n happy comrade ,
In study or In fun !
Da sure you'll Ilnd nor quickly
'Mid the i'lrls of nlnety-ono.
She'll keep that bright bond steady ,
Unharmed In nny whirl ,
And not u lud will love her less
liocauso she Is n girl.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.