THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JANUARY 2L 1892-SIXTBEN PAGES.
THE DAILY BEE
L R. ROSKWATKtt , HtiiTon.
ffUBLlSHKl ) KVKUY MORNING.
TF.UMS OP SUIISCUII'TION.
' Ddlly Hen ( without SuinlnvOno ) Year , . . . $ R ffl
Tall ? nn'1 Sunday , Ono Ycnr in 0
Bu.Moulin 50
ThreeMontlH 2fi :
Hlinrtnv lice , Ono Yoir. 20
fintuniay llco. Unc Yonr. . 1 ! > '
AVcckly IJco , One Year. 1 00
on-MOES ?
Omnhtt. Tlin Hoc Building.
FouthOniiihn , corner N imil SCth SlrcoU.
Council HI nil * . I2l'carl Mreot.
phlenco Ufllct'i 3i7 ( liarnlcrof Commcrco.
Now York.lJooriisP. IInnilI.VTrlliiinoIliilldliig
Washington , 511) ) Kourtcentli Street.
COUHESI'ONnr.XCE.
All comnuinlcnt'oni ' rolntlna to new * nnd
editorial mutter should bo addressed tc Iho
dltorlul Dcpailmcnt ,
"D > _ _
* IH'SINF.SS MVTTEUS.
All builm-in loiters anil roinltnncoi should
loaddri'Hsed leThe Hco I'nblHIilna Company.
Ornnha. Drafts , check * and poMofllcn order *
to bo in ado p.iyuble to the ordofuf the com-
linny.
TlicBecPnlilisliiiigCDiiiiiaiiy , Proprietors
THljJIfin BIMMUNO.
6WOHN 8TATK.MKNT W OltWUt.ATION.
btatoof Noliraikn ' . .
County of Doualni. I
Oco. It. T/vlmck. soi'rctnry of Tim IIKE
rubllnhlnir ( oinpiny. doi-i soluninly swear
tbnt the nctiiul circulation uf TUB Hui.v HER
jortha week ending January J , JWtf , was M
follows : . . .
PunUny , Jan. 17 2S.M )
Moncliiy , .Inn. 18 T K .WI
Tuesday. , Iim. Ill SMtj
Wednesday. .Jan CO. SMI4
ThiiMdnr. .Inn 21 2WJ
Friday , . ! a ti.S-J -Ulil
Buturdoy , Jan. SI 2.US
Avantgo si.JMH
tlKO. It. T/.sKMIUUK.
Sworn to 1-ofnro ma nnd'subscribed In my
ItroBenco t hispid day of Janunry. A. I ) . 1802.
BUAI. N. P. I'RIU
Notary I'ubllc.
Iho prnwth of the avcraeo daily clrcitlat on
nf TIIK Huh for tdx years Is shown In iho fol-
lowlnt table :
ISS7 tais IfiSI
Janunrj 10 , .7 IS. JO ! IB S74 IHAV , JS. 410
February . . . . ID . * ' < , . 1'iint n , in
March n. a ; U.4UO ID IfO -
April IM'.ll Hili : , 18.741 ,
w r 12.1 a U.WJ 17.181 ISIM JO.ISU. ai.fln
June IJ.JW n. n ; i'1,341 ' I8.S.WSO..IOI '
Juir 12..11I M.O-H ! 18,011 iiiiTHiai'iriJ'sT'Jiji '
.August I2.it ; i UiJiiisiici iB'i.Mlii..vi |
tfptcmbcr . nan 14 W l3,1M'lRilll ' 50.870'ii '
October . . . I I/IB iBOsiiis.g'i ' ; - 0,71,3 , 2V10I
KoTcatbcr. 15.SIII IS..Wi'10,110 ' 21 , IHO 2J.IV/J
ilccombol . . . . 12,2.1 i.-uilil8.riiraui8 * , 2.1,171 21,011
Tin : attention of Street ( 'oinmia'iioiicr
Dumont is called to the wretched condi
tion of tlio Farntim street sutt ° rsMr -
Buinont has not yet been relieved from
his duties.
GAH/.A continues to bo the most pic
turesque figure on the border in imagin
ation , but lie miy : bo u very ordinary
grouser in fact. Nobody except tin alert
newspaper corrospomlont has thus far
caught sight of his person.
SIXTY cnr loads of Nebraska corn for
Russia will bo shipped this wool ; , and
the Minnesota contribution of Hour is
nnrouto. .The ponorous people of the
United States luivo never bson ap-
Jioalod to in vain for assistance by des
titute humanity.
CII.VIKMAN SPitiNOiu : and hisparti-
pau associates of the ways and moans
committee tvero probably disappointed
to find that the Treasury department is
entirely solvent , but that information
"was given to thorn olliciallyby Assistant
Secretary Spaulding.
Mnxico , having caught and convicted
two of t.ho Ascension rioters or revolu
tionists , will execute thorn this wool : .
Mexico is entirely justifiable in this in-
'fetanco , but if she kills all her revolu
tionists tlioro is danger that she will de
populate the republic.
ECUADOR is projecting a revolution
low , more to bo in style than because
there is any special occasion for the
revolution. It is u very insignificant
Spanish-American republic indeed
Vrluch cannot work itself up to a revolu
tion on very short notice.
Tnn political landslide of last Novom-
| ) or was not only a popular remonstrance
Hgalnst boodloriam , but a loud and
earnest protest , against the retention of
binocures on the city's pay roll. It now
domains for the council to carry out ttm
Vviahos of the people regardless of all
clamor from ward politicians and dis
gruntled olllcu seekers.
WITH the democratic convention so-
fcurod , Chicago ought to find it easy
Bailing to carry her scheme for another
B5,000,000 World's fair appropriation
through the democratic congress. The
friends of probable candidates will want
the enthusiasm of a Chicago audience
pn the lloor of the convention hall and
) vill cheerfully vote to pay $ .1,000,000 of
the pooplo'H money for it.
1 RlVAi. cities will please observe that
Omaha's clearings tire steadily on the
increase and draw their own conclu-
plons. Last year was dark and disagroo-
Jiblo for this city , but the clouds of bttsi-
fiossdepression are rolling away. Wo
Outer upon 1892 with the balances cm
the other side of the lodger and the
n'omlso is bright for a most successful
Mislnoas season. Last week's clearings
ihow nu increase of 12 par cent ever th o
; orrosponding weuk of 1801.
Tin : president of the whisky trust is
froportod to have boon very much amused
Over the story that tlio trust proposes to
absorb all the distilleries in tlio country
nnd ho asserts that there is no probAbility -
Ability of nny atiuh suhomo over being
ponaldorod. The Associated i'reas has
promptly given an wide publicity to this
[ onlal as it gave to the original report ,
) ut there in mm subject on which thu
hiblioHtiU romalna in the dark : What
ins ever IMOII done about ferreting out
.ho perpetrator uf the dastardly attempt
o blow up a rival ilUtllloiry In the
iiiburlu of Chicago and what has boon
lone with the olllolul arrosteii on the
iliargo of bulng Implicated ?
TllK.Toxns poHtumhlor uhnrgud with
tavlng hd l iv rebel Hag ever Iho
poatoftlua building'ns ) \ niado ai > oxplun-
fttlon nnd the inoldiint wll ! probably
jo pormlttod U ) blow ovor. The ox-
ilaimtliin In unique , howovor. Thu lluj ;
fas mndo by tlio mtniatl.irV l tor bo *
VIUHO national b-iunura v\oro Moanw , The
'arty , "with only an Impnrfout ktunvl-
id go of how thu ITnltiMl Htattti lluu
liould bo fatthlonud1 mauagttil HDIIIU-
to got up ( V pluuo ot bunting with
Jirco wltlu ktrlpuH and iilnt * ntai' * , ami
] itn WIH the iilUirai | | rubul ilinf , I'rob *
l ly n p < i.itmu-4tor'rt nUtur who diw.-t nui
otv how toiirtUuuii Am ri Aii Hat ; win
found utmliaru oUu In ( ha union HIIVO
a To MI .
AXOTHKII
Among the resolutions adopted by Iho
farmers alliance nt its late session is a
proposition thntovory town shall supply
its citl/ons with fuel at llrst cost. This
is doubtless intended as n concession to
the working people of the towns and
cities , who nro more or loss saturated
with the visionary doctrines of Henry
George and l-'dward Uollamy. Tlio great
body of our farmers do not realize
that the greatest source of corruption In
the government of our cities is tlio exer
cise of paternal functions which involve
the collection and disbursement of largo
sums of money. They have probably
read very little about the Tweed ring
llrat dominated in Now York years ago
anil plunged that city into millions of
debt. They probably know very little
about the m'igo'eminent of New York
by the corrupt cohorts of the present
Tammany machine , nor about the hun
dreds of little Tammanies that plunder
und plllago the taxpayers of every
American town of ever 6l'jO , ) population.
If ourcltlea are to supply thulr popula- '
lions with fuel lit first cost they should
also bo required to supply Ihein with
meal and broad at llrst cost. We should
not only establish a municipal coal yard ,
but a municipal bakery and a municipal
butcher shop. And we should not rest
there. The Massachusetts alliance de
mands that the stales and cities should
supply the people with whisky , wine and
beer at first coat through public agents
who are to act as municipal bartenders.
If our cities are to supply all their popu
lations with food , fuel and drink , why
pot also supply thorn with raiment ?
Why not have a municipal clothing
store , a municipal dry goods shop and a
municipal hat and shoo store all under
DUO roof like John Wanamakor's great
emporium at Philadelphia ? That would
bo a great saving to the common people ,
although it would relieve the carpen
ters , brickmakors , bricklayers , paint
ers , plumbers and other mechanics in
the building trades ofa great deal of
labor which they now cheerfully perform
at good wages in the erection of store
houses , butcher and baker shops and the
various establishments in which the
intorcluingo of commodities is usually
carried on in our cities.
When wo have made provision for
ill the people to got their fuel , food ,
[ Irink and raiment at llrst cot at the
great municip.il coal yard , bfikcry , meat
house , grog gory and general store wo
must go ono stop further and provide
the common pcopta with shelter. Wo
must establish municipal barracks that
will house thousands of tumilics and un
married people all under ono roof , under
proper restrictions of course , and feed
thorn at ono colossal cook shop. That
would bring down the cost of living for
the common people of our cities to the
very lowest notch. It is to bo expected
under such favorable conditions and
ivith the concentration of all the func
tions performed by hundreds and thou
sands of dealers in fuel , meats , gro
ceries , provisions , liquors , clothing and
household utensils , there would bo a ,
great surplus of tradesmen and working
people in the cities without occupation.
Those \\ould- very naturally bo com
pelled to seek a livelihood on the farm ,
creating a very formidable competitor to
the present farming population.
The only practical attempt over made
In this country to concentrate the trallia
3f a city was successfully conducted ul
Salt Luke City under the rule of the
Mormon church. All good Mormons
ivero commanded to buy their supplies
it.tho bullboyo store , which had over ,
its portals the following suggestive in-
icrintiou :
Holiness to the Lord ,
( JSullsoyo. )
Zion'a Co-operative Store.
JCion's mammoth co-operative stand
lias been swept away by the hands
jf ruthless and grasping gentiles ,
[ t 'is very doubtful whether any
tuch paternal project'as the farmers )
illianco desires to see inaugurated
n our cities will over prosper. All
vo can bopo for at best in the
vay of nationalism is to have our cities
> wn and operate their own gas works ,
ilectric lights and water works , and , in
ho more distant future , their ovn street
uilwnys.
STAFFORD'S lulJfD LO.tX SCHK31K.
Senator Leland Stanford Jias once
uoro ventured to urge his scheme for
ho unlimited increase of paper cur-
onoy before congress. His famous land
oan bill proposes that the government
hall issue legal tender notes and loan
horn to the owners of land to the
.mount of half its assessed value , charg-
ng the borrower 2 per cent interest per
mnum. When Stanford was delivering
us speech in support of this bill last
Thursday Senator Mitchell of Oregon
I rove a keen blade through Mr , Stan-
ord's Inflation project by nsklng
vhothor under the proposed bill any
oL-poratlon that owns largo tracts o'f
and the land-grant railroads' for ex-
unplo could not borrow to half the as-
osspd value , to which Senator Stanford
cpliod that they could.
Heroin is shown the prime motive , so
ar as the author of this bill is con-
ornod , for the proposed legislation. It
s to enable the land-grant railroads to
lump upon the government the sgo
rush nnd arid lands in their po-iau.wlon
.t ton times the value of such landx , as-
utnlng that they have any value. There
, ro millions of acres of auch lands in
California , Nevada , Utah and ether
tatos and territories which the land-
rrnnt corporations would bo very prompt
o dispose of by inartpuxo to tlio
[ ovurninant at half thu valuation , llxoil
> y appraisers who would do their bul
ling. Honutor Stanford has alwavx boon
iblo to have thu government iliroctord
in his aide of uvury iiuttor altuoling thu
'untrul I'aolllo railroad iiituruaU , and
10 would bo equally miocimful In gtiuur-
ng the good will of land ns * < motM , The
Hlior corporations would talco gnuil uaru
if themsnlvoii , and butwoon tlimu all thu
[ ovornmunt would have no dlllUnilty in
ixohiini'liig toiu of mlllluni of tu ruiUi
or land iiiurt ii'o ( , * whluh the ooi-ponv-
loin wcKiln nuvor tiH up. At i.-
auto limn , thu ip onlutiM who luivo
ought up vnit truoU > , f land would un-
aid mien llui trut ! iry tlu * uiiwUoubU
Mirllmu of U and I < MV U In tkt h itwlt
> f Iho duvopnnidiit , ThiM In 14 tv \ yu im
lid KQvurnuiaiit wtuihl Imvf IH U | w-
4 > iiion ull llm 04)inM < r ) Uv ly
land now owned by railroad corporations
and speculators , nnd the country would
hnvo an enormous voluino of paper
currency with nobotlor security bohlnd
It than the Argentine rodulas have.
But even if all railroad lands and
lands In the hands of speculators wore
excluded from the operation of the pro
posed law , Us effect would bo very bud.
The Stanford scheme Is not now. Some
thing very similar to It was attempted
in England nearly two centuries ago.
The Rhode Island paper money bank
established nt the close of the revolu
tionary war was based on a like plan ,
which was an imitation , on a small
scale , of what was done in Franco early
in the eighteenth century under iho In
spiration of the notorious adventurer ,
, Tohn Law. The most recent example Is
that of the Argentine republic. When
that country went Into the business of
making loans on lands its nnpor money
was at par with gold. At this time the
L'lrculation is about $200 nor capita and
lllo paper dollar is worth no moro than
20 cents In gold. Tlio government
is bankrupt , having neither money nor
ui'cdlt , and there is general paralysis ot
business and industries. The conso-
fjuonces of the Argentine experiment , in
nil essential respects similar to the
ono -opuipd by Senator Stanford , were
foil not only in the republic , but they
convulsed the financial centers of three
? roat Kuronoan countries and virtually
ruined the first bunking house of Eng
land , while the ellcct was severely felt
In this country.
His most remarkable that Senator
FolTer , who has shown ability asananti-
monopoly editor , should bo caught by so
plain a monopoly bait as the Stanford
land loan bill. The California senator
has chiseled the pcoplo of the United
States out of $50.000,000 or $100,000,000
Ijy processes well known to Senator
Poffor , and a more unnatural alliance
, han the Union of these two is inconcolv-
iblo. The Stanford scheme will not ,
liowovor , gain materially in strength by
its backing from fiat financiers. . It was
buried in committee at the last session
ind there can bo no doubt that it will
I'cceivo like treatment at the present
session. The danger of the United
States cxnorimenting with any such per
nicious and indefensible cheap money
3xpcdient is extremely remote.
SHOULD UK MMi ; TO DlSGOItOK.
The citizens ol Omaha have long
ilnce become familiar with the habitual
; ry of the newsboys : "Horo's your
World-Jfcmld all about the robbery ! "
Nobody who has bought that sheet has
lowovor found any reference to the
lystomatic robbery to which our tax-
uycrs have boon subjected by that con-
: ern during the past twelve months.
In the month of January , 1S90 , a con-
, ract was entered into between the city
) f Omaha nnd the proprietors of the
World-Jfemld by which the latter agreed
, o publish all the official advertising of
.ho city for the year 1890 , and until an-
ithoi1 contract shall have boon entered
nto , at the rate of 12 cents par square
) f ton lines nonpareil for the first publi-
: ation and 8 cents per square for the
locond and nil subsequent publications
> f all official notices.
This agreement was sot aside by a
arcical competition of the World-Herald
vith itself in December , 1890 , and the
n-ico of official printing for IS'H and
mill another contract shall have boon
ot for 1892 was raised from 12 to 29
: ents per square and from 8 to 21 cents
icr square. The olTect of this consutn-
nato piece of jugglery on the taxpayers
s strikingly exhibited by tha following
iguros from the records in the ollico of
, ho comptroller :
Wh.it s'imo
ailvortlsliiK
I'nld to would luivo
Wuld-llcralil cost nnilor
contract IS'll. contr.iut of'01.
lonimry , $ 291 47 $ 11700
I'nhnury 211 41) ) 01 88
Hiireh : ui : w irr ; oa
\prll 147 M M 1C
llay 25' ) HI 03 US
Inno. , 20 ! ) 01 1014(1 (
Inly : i l 10 12800
VllRllst Si ) 85 8154
ioptemhor 'tti Ul 12120
) ctol > er. 91U 01 J47 44
Jovornbor. 2JI 'l 7821
Jecombor 2'U 37 8170
Totals f.1,800 02 * T I7 70
This is nothing moro or loss than a
sloan steal of $2,358.92 from the tax pay-
irs of Omaha.
After committing this depredation in
iollusion with the late Moroarty and
) sthoff council , Mr. Hitchcock asks the
: ourt to sto | ) in and estop the mayor and
ouncil from ratifying a contract , which
in the basis of the World-1 lei-aid's
ifllclal advertising bills for 1891 would
ave the city 17J par cent , or nearly
! ( ! 00 for ono year's advertising.
13y rights , and as a matter of equity ,
in action ought to bo instituted to com-
iol the World-lfendd Publishing com-
> any to disgorge the $255S.1)2 ) it has
llchod from the taxpayers in excess of
flint it would have boon entitled to if
ho advertising contract of 1890 had
icon kept in force during the year
S91.
TIIK OI.M or TIIK / '
The city of Kearney strikingly lllus-
.rates wlmt enterprise , perseverance and
uul indomitable pluck can accomplish ,
rein a straggling village Kearney has
vithln loss than ton years grown to boa
nistling , nourishing city with all the
nodorn Improvements pobgesbod by any
notropoli- . Her broad business thor-
itighfarcs are compactly built , her pub
ic buildingrf , hotels and theaters are
ilbctantially constructed ana tmprcsdtvo
n appearance , and her business housoi
mil private rosiduncos tire handtioiiio
uul tasteful. In ninny respects Ketirnoy
H far in advance odiny ether city of her
mpulatlon on either oido of the Atlantic ,
She onjnyH thu chenpoHt und most pot1-
ort oloutrli' Illumination of any olty on
ho continent. She linn n wystum of olco-
riu motor Htroot railway that would do
rodlt to nny oity of ( our lljn w bur
mpulalUui , Shu IIIIH an inexhaustible
upply of water for domestic IIHO nnd IIro
iiirpo oii , and , what h of gruator
idvantngo , ( thu IIIIHjv water power that
vlll niiiki ) liar ono of the gruatoHt inanu-
noturing itoiitiirH wtmt of Chlungo , The
\ fnuolton \ mill ivoot of thu Mlanourl ,
low uiiilur I'out ' u uf ooiistnu'tiiMi \
itpldly approaoliliii ; uomplotlon , anil
rlthln a f w monthM UH I7MX ( )
rill bu put In inotlun.
Tint nmrv lmu growth whu-J
uU H pin I'M ju KwiriiDy wKliln I lit *
MW )4 > nr U ttliii'Mt uUr lv tlu Ui tliu
lnv * i < iiHiunt | uf Imr watmp itv r wln < It
IHK IIBUII uuliiuvMl l > K honvy OMtlay "f
local pnJ foreign jr < ipltil. Nebraska
can justly fool proud of what may truth
fully be called tlfe\'e1n of the I'lntto
valley , and TIIK Hi : extends congratu
lations to the citizens of Kearney upon
her bright nnd promising futuro.
run MMr ; wJitlm : .
Arrangements l/v(6 { ! / boon porfectcd
for the joint dis iU'sion , of Iho silver
question between M. Iloaowator and Jay
Burrows. ' '
The debate is toU \ conducted through
the columns of TIIK , BKK , and -/-Winers
Alliance , published' au Lincoln' each
paper publishing in full the presenta
tion of both sldojl , and each side la
limited to two columns of sp.ico In nny
single issue of the respective papei'3.
The opening arcutnonts will appear in
both editions of Tin : DAHA" BKI : of
Wednesday , tts well as In Its weekly
edition of the satno date , and in the
Fanners Alliance of the present week.
The dl-jcusslon will bo published once
a week , and It is estimated that the
points at issito can bo fairly covered in
three Issues. Parlies desiring to secure
copies of the entire debate should send
in their orders promptly.
Omaha is justillibly proud of her pub
lic school system. Its growth has fully
kept pace with the increase of popula
tion. Our teachers us a class rank high
and the general efficiency of the schools
lias been above the average. There Is
a great deal of room for reform , how
ever , and Tin : Bni : regards the present
as an opportune time to make some sug
gestions.
Our schools are moro expensive than
they should be. Tlio Boards of Educa
tion have not as a general thing doomed
retrenchment a virtue. They have as a
rule allowed expenditures , indulged In
costly experiments and permitted leaks
which business men would certainly
have avoided had similar conditions
prevailed in their own occupations. The
first thing to bo do'no in the board there
fore is to cut ofl supernumerary em
ployes , reduce excessive salaries and
guard against extravagant expenditures
for fuel , supplies , sites and buildings.
There has been too much personal
favoritism in the selection of teachers
and janitors. Ono of the most pernicious
customs is tlio foisting ol relatives of
members of the Hoard of Education upon
the school pay roll whether tnoy are
riunlified for positions or not. It is no
olTciiho for parties who happen to bo rol-
; itivos of members to aspire to positions
as touchers , provided always that appli
cants are qualified. But their employ
ment nnd promotion should bo on merit
ilono nnd not became tjiey may have in-
lluonco to back them imthe board.
Civil service principles should irovorn
the employment , promotion and dis-
jluirge of employes. As the affairs of
the board are now HdrWnistorod a good
janitor may bo discharged because ho
is not a political wbrkm or has olTciulea
: i loading member. t Ills tenure of ollico
lopcnds solely upon hisabi'ity to. make
liimsolf useful tri eight jnombors of the
board or to trader himself in throticrh
Ills particular backbr.This is likewise
true with rogardlPto 'tho selection of
principals , assistant/ principals aud
higher grade teachers. The questions
of length of service , especial qualifica
tions and merit generally cut no figure.
A member of the board has a friend or
relative whom ho wishes promoted and
ho pulls his wires until enough votes are
secured to accomplish his purpose.
There is altogether too much petty pot
liouso politics in the management of
school affairs.
The couimittcess do the business of
the board in the main , yet few , If
my , of these committees * devote
tlio lime necessary to n proper perform
ance of their duties. Their business of
education in this city is run in ahapha/-
ird sort of style which encourages ox-
Iravaganco. Men receive no salary for
their service , and therefore they excuse
themselves for lack ot interest and
loglcct of duty. There should bo n re-
'orm in this particular. Moro time
should bo taken for the discussion of
jommittoo business and more attention
should bo paid to details ; . A closer
supervision of every branch of the ser
vice would bo conducive to economy
nnd efficiency.
The rules of the board nro hardly
ivorthy the name. They have beun
printed nnd adopted , but a motion at
my meeting and a majority vote can
jlmncro thorn or wipe them out of exist-
sure. They form no check to ill-aavi.wd
iction. They are merely a , convon-
once for Iho majority and no pro-
action to a respectable minor
ity. If the board proposes to conduct
Its business in n buhinoss.-llkomannorits
ules and regulations should bo so
'rained as to enable tlio minority to ro-
list the onslaught of a bare majority at
i mooting called perhaps especially to
: arry out a bcheme which would not
3oar investigation.
. .utnmuravrrru \ oniu
Influential newspapers are urging an
ippeal to arbitration for uoltlimr the
lilllculty with Chili. They do this on
no grounds that0 the people of the
Jnited Slates are oipoaco-lovlng people ,
hat the national inlluonco is alw.iyH
brown on the side of peace and that
ho government il committed to the
> ollcy of arbitrating in'this homlsphoro.
still another ronHoii.lft the v.ist disparity
n thi ) population and roHomrcs of the
, wo countries , which in the view of many
vould render n deolaVatlon of wnr on
he part of tlio UniUtU Htatos dUuroJUa-
iblu to in as a nation. , Thuru could lu
10 honor or glory fpr jhli country , It is
mid , in whtiplniV" | > small n nation ,
ivhlch him but juit'pnseoil ' through a
civil conflict and Is now engaged la
restoring- affairs to u normal cohtll
tion ,
There is cogency In tilts reasoning. It
nssorls nothing I hat la not essontlnllj
true. But It seems to overlook or dlsro
gnrd some considerations that are vorj
imporlint. How far shall a poaco-loving
nntlon bo expected to extend Us efforts
to maintain peaceful relation * with
country that has committed against it a
grievous wrong and manifests no dlspo
Billon to redress the injury1 ; What Is a
fair and reasonable toleration to bn OK-
orclscd in such a case , regardless of the
relative power ot the countries Involved ?
In a difficulty where the honor aud dig
nity of n nation are at slake , should the
inferior slzo or resources of the offend
ing country have any weight In determining
tormining the course to bo pursuodV I'
such nn issue a proper subject for arbi
tration : ' The pertinence of those quos
lions mtisl , we think , bo admitted. The
Chilian difficulty hns been under consid
eration more than three months , and uj :
to this time the government of ( . 'hill bus
given no indication of what 11 Intends tu
do regarding the demands made by the
government of the United States. Cat
it reasonably bo said that three month ;
is too short a time for reaching a de
cision In a matter of this kind , there
being no question as to the facts ? At
any rate , if the intentions of Chili are
friendly that could have boon plainly
made known , uulovon this much has not
boon done. On the contrary , nearly
everything coming from that country
has indicated nn unfriendly feeling.
There has boon no warrant for this in
the course of the United States govern
ment , which could not have done less
than it has done with a propar regard
for its rights.
. The course of European governments
mav not bo a good example for the
United States , but it is worth while to
remark that when an injury U done to
ono of thorn by a smaller power the
question of inferiority is not permitted
to interfere with the exaction of the
penalty. It is a sound proportion that
small and weak nations , like small and
weak individuals , must bahavo them
selves or take the consequence * . But
Chili would undoubtedly scornfully re
ject any consideration on the score of
inferiority. There is reason to believe
that her peoploaro profoundly confident
of their ability to carry on a war with
the United States. As to arbitration ,
while it is true that this country is com
mitted to Iho policy , it is equally true
that-Chill declined , through her repre
sentatives in the pan-American con
gress , to accept .arbitration as uncondi
tional und obligatory. Apart , then ,
from the question whether an issue in
volving the honor and dignity of this
country is a proper subject for arbitra
tion , it is clear that a proposal to arbi
trate should originate with Chili , aud
that country has given no intimation of
a desire to bottle the trouble by this
moans. Moreover , it was declared by
the delegates from Chili in the pan-
American that "un
congress tlio.v were
willing to entertain the illusion that any
conflict which may directly affect the
dignity or honor of a nation shall ever
bo submitted to the decision of a third
party. ' " In view of this Chili will
hardly bo likely to ark for arbitration ,
mil the United States might von , prop-
arly decline it if asked.
THK I'llM'lOl'S METALS.
Wells , Fargo & Co. have for many
years published annual statements of
the output of the gold , silver , lead and
? oppor mines of the states west of the
Missouri river. Although it is a full
Jecado einco this great corporation
: eased to monopolizes the carriage of
these metals , its annual statements hnvo
by common consent been accepted Oas
icarly accurnto by statisticians.
Ttyo mining industry of the west has
jrown enormously in the last twenty
/ears notwithstanding the general bo-
lef that it has been depressed. In 1871
-ho totnl yield of the precious metals in
, ho transmissouri region , computed at
.heir bullion value , was $33,78-1,000 , di
vided as follows : Lead , $21,000,000 ; sll-
. -or $19,280,000 ; gold , 8M09,00 : ( ) . In
IS01 the grand totnl reached $117,910-
iflr ) , made up of the following items :
[ , cad , $12,383,780 ; copper , 813.t01J ! ( : i ;
illvor , $ (30,011,004 ; gold , * 31 , S.5,11S. The
: oppor output was not reported until
1SSO , botiiL' altogether insignificant.
L'iiat year ? S9S,000 was realized from
: opper mines. It will bo observed that
.ho silver mining industry lias grown
neat remarkably during the s-uno period ,
vhllo gold mining has not quite hold il
> wn The silver product west of the
Missouri grow from $19,2Sii,00 ( ) in 1S7I
.o 3-l2SU7Cia in IfcSl , and to $00,011,001
n 1891.
In analyzing the product of the mines
iy btatua and territories for 1891 , Iho
iVolls-Fargo Co. circular shows Call-
ornla still in the lead among gold-
> roduclng states , with a yield for the
oar of nearly 5slO.rOi)00. ) ( ) Colorado
, tands next with $1,017,000 , South
Dakota Is the third , and her output
'oaohos the handsome figure of filli- ; ) (
i.'iS. Colorado leads lit silver , and Mou-
ana In about the only cooper producer ,
[ 'ho ' totals place Colorado al the head
if the list , with an output of gold , hilvor
iiid load combined reaching } 2H,20't)7 ( ) ) ,
ilontana IH very cluso to the centennial
late , liowovor , and bur total lignros up
29,011,000. UHli Is the third of the
; rnii | > , and California fourth.
Another feature of the annual report
a tlioromarkabloHhowlng of thu growth
if thu mining Industry in Moxido Thu
loighlnrlng ropubtln which in ISS7 pro-
need oat fcJ'v'iSl.OQO . in gold and dll'vor
i no iin.'rwiwl ' her prociuut through the
'instance of Amurican cnillalaiul on-
urprit a tof H.I'jO.OWt. ol which $ | ; IIKIII , .
Highest of all In Lcavcniiifj Power Latest U.S. Gov't Report.
000 issilvoraml 51,150.000 1 * gold , As
early as 1537 Mexico coined gold and
silver nnd from that period until her independence -
dependence In 1821 she had coined 82-
151,531,000. From 1822 to 187,1 the total
wns $ SOS ! ( > 3,2.)1 ; and from 187,1 to 18(11 (
the amount ronuhcd $183,831,107. The
grand total contributed by Mexico to
the wealth of mankind is $3.03ltS-10S.
The world has drawn heavily upon Mex
ico's resources , but In spite of hot- mar
velous mineral wealth she is today poor ,
though the last few years have witnessed
a steady forward movement In which ,
while not keeping pace with the United
States , she hns accomplished a great
deal.
Tin : judiciary committee of the liouso
of representative * has boon Instructed
to make an Investigation Into the char-
act or , rules , regulation" , force , arum
nnd equipment of the IMnkorlon detectIve -
Ivo agency. The object , us explained
by the author of the resolution , Is to
determine whether or not U is a legally
constituted body , or whether it ia not
dangerous to the civil Institutions of
this country. Such nn inquiry is
proper nnd timely. There Is a very
general nnd , it Is believed , well founded
Impression that this organization is
managed in a way that is a distinct
moiuu'o to the liberty of the people and
the peace of the country , nnd this being
so It is manifestly the duty of Iho repre
sentatives ot the people in congress to
ascertain what Its status is under the
law , as well as Us character and the
regulations that govern il. Whether it
is a legally constituted body or not ,
howovar , there should bo legislation , by
the states at least , to prevent 'It from
being employed to overawe the people
and by a usurpation of authority to
incite violence. The history of thi.s
organization is marked by bloodshed
for which its brutal hirelings were alone
responsible , and a repetition of this is to
bo expected whenever this agency is
called upon to do service aa an armed
force. No foreign government would
tolerate such a system as the Pinker-
Urns have established , and it is still
more out of place in a free country.
Tin : statutes provide for the use of the
Foster cup bv inspectors in making offi
cial tests of oil. No ether cup can bo
used while the present law Is in forco.
This being true , why did Petroleum
Carncs go to the trouble of defending
the Foster cup in his official report to
Ills Excellency Thnyor ? Wns it bo-
c.uise ho know that the oil companies
wore partial to the Foster cup and had
made a desperate effort in Iowa to have
it substituted for the Elliot cup used in
that statoV Or is Games' fondness for
the Foster cup duo to the fact that there
was "no legitimate complaint made"
against it ?
Tin : way to uring about reform is to
; lo something that brings about reform ,
[ f our city council is in earnest its mem
bers should not allow themselves to be
bnlldo/.cd or frightened by throats of
ivard heelers who are opposing the ro-
luction of the salary list and the aboli
tion of sinecures. It was to have boon
jxpcctod that there would bo great
urossuro against a radical reform in the
iity government.
A mm !
t Ti llntnc.
If unkind f ate should oor dnvo Jinn.VI11 -
arinS. Hulntun to the nuoosslty or keep-
.iiicu un.irdlni ; home , inuy a kind prorldonco
ic'p the boarders !
f < i'inrr oXHK hT.iTU 1'itrss.
The recoiit mooting of the republican state
icntrnl eoniinlllco has attracted a largn share
) f attention from tlio loadlnc editors of the
ilato during the mist woolc. The comments on
ho proceedings have bum varied. As WHS to
iavu been oviioutocl bourbon editor- , have
icolTod and alllunco Journalists have scorned ,
mIt ; rouubUuaii nuwspanor innn have ac-
loptod or OMo ! | > tud to the campaign plans
irought bofr.ro the meiitlnir , Tlioro have
> eoii Mme hml"kicks" made , but iho most
if those emanated from a biirouu with ho.id-
iiurteis at Fremont. Leaving those out ,
no editorial expressions In regard to the
natters disc-insert have been uniformly fa-
orablo. The Nebraska 'City Press , after
lavlnjj studied the proceedings of the com-
iiitteu , remarks tlint they are "ovldeneo of
ho fact that the republicans are alive to tlio
ii-cosslty of n vigorous campaign next full.
Jobra-iUa will bo treated tosiiuh nn exciting
ontest asshii has never hail for yearas It
. 111 tnku all the strength at the command of
ho republican purty to resist the combined
trenuth of the democrats and alliance ,
will undoubtedly lie tire niUiirnot iho flftlrt.
The democrats rettllrn they hive nocliatiqti
Mtit will throw their strength 10 tlio Independ
ent * . Hut In this thov will pet loft "
Kdltor Simmons of Ilio yonnr.l lloporlur.
wrltlru on the Mtno sitblcet , viys theeom-
mltten "oullliie < l n policy which will bo ot
benefit In the pending uamtmltm There wm
a ilhpoiltton ihown tnrorl < toeether for Ihu
be t IntoresKot the t irty. roanrdlessof per *
somil pniferonce * . nnil t.iollonal ll. hMflll not. /
enter Into tluicnmp.ilcii this yonr With sued
a.resolution . on the p.irl of Iho ti-nublloaiH of
the state , thov will pre'i-nl nu undrokon front
to the enemy nnd miireh forward to certain
victory. Nebraska Uimsurnly republican on
national Nsiim rumor , nndMtli the stimulus
ot n nnttoiiiil eampahtn < bcllovo tint llttl
Hit ly v III nehloio ono ot Its ohl-tlrno victor
los In stilts voiijrci-islonai und k'0'lslatlvo
Tlio rofercntMH to I ho coining cubprnatorl.il
itritgRlo h.ivo been notlop.ihly "so irturlng '
during thopulwi't'K. Still there woru a finv.
Povor.il iiipoM have hoard tinnaino of .litdjn
I'ro'in'oqulotlv wliNucrotl lit connoctlon with
Ilia governorship , and fr.ini thu way they
spoho of the CLMitlumau It wouldn't bosur-
iirlilna If liU natuo should ho mentioned out
loud bcfcirn Ion ? .
Tlio Hitchcock County Kepithllciin hni
hoisted to tln > heart of in column * the name
of Torn Mijnr : for Rovrinor. and hascoin-
lilnidltb It the nanio of .1. C. Tuto for t-on *
iri' < s
Tim Hi < ) tln < < tmlniH'nilrnt-TiIliiim ! lUlritei
lli.it M.ilors' iionilnatloii "Is iiltnosla fore onu
lioncliiHlon. "
Thottund HKiul liuiopcmlont has had a
pointer that "tlio republic ills will tiyto put
up the beqt nion av.illablu. " : uid tbt'ii It In
! | iiliiit : "In Hint OHM. what tiartof the woods
will UlfhitrlH run fot-- " Allofwhli'h lu.uU
Iho rriiinont I'liill , not Mr Ilii-b udV ornan ,
to rooklt > i-iy ] .n-.crt tint Mr. lloddo "noiul iml.
tear bin lluiMi. fur Mr Klclurds Is not oraIIIB
another cmnpilMi Hi ; has h il onutuss'o
with Iho world , the llp < 0t tinJ tlm ditvll In tlm V
porvoiH of thu ih'iiKusr.its. the ImloptmdoutH \
and thiMuoliIbltloiilsts tmrt ho clo.-s notoravu
nnnthur. "
1'lnally alone comes thu donioi'r.itlo I'ro-
inont llor.ild wltli a linnor two on the ropub-
llcan noiulnat'on.shlcli ' olou > s with lhlscrui-1
' SKi" ll > ! "Wlnt's tin ) iii.itti-r with tiUns
Tliuyorc You will itoubtl ' , s luivo to , as hu
will liatu nanyhow ! "
TalU about can lldates for the other placet
nu tlio Mute tlL'Uet seems to lni > o suhsuloil ,
leniptirarlly nt lu.isl. Thu onlv ollli'o moil-
llono'l ' ilurliu the week was that of state
troasuror. fnu ) oilllor rufrts lo Ainly ( ir.ihaiu's
LMiulld.ioy lortlio plarc. mid aftui localllim
thu fact that ho doutlop ( > d a irio.it ilpnl at
it rcntrlh four years ace , assorts th.it "If ho
Oimilcl booonioa oandldatu tualn thlsjcnr Tor
the nomination ho would muUe soinu of the
athoi aspirants wako up and sooot "
Aiiothoiinowspa | ) ( > rs.iysof " .loo" Itartlev of
Mktnson : "Durliu hlsoliht yo ITS' husliiiHs
us a li.iul.oi' In ; has had an uvur.igo of $ " > 0,0ui )
loaned out all the time , an I durliiLtheLMitltn
liotlod ho has never forolosoil a ch ittol niort
liiivo. sued u man or spent a dollar In atlur-
neys" fccri. "
The stir ever Indopuudont polltiiM , roiult-
Ing frntu the state allli > ui > o niuotlu ; . has not
entirely subsided yet , It Is now nnnouncod
that the striiRilo for this I'nlted Stales sona
ttnshlp In the jiooplo's n.irly ran'cs has nai-
rowed down to Oenor.il YanVyclc and Sum
I'ldor , BposiKor of the last legislature , \e-
"ordln ? to the piophet who fovoe.ists the po-
Itic-al situation. "Sio | il.er Klder's ulan U t i
pel : thu hunatorlul sent tluoiiKh a ru-olui't'on
n the lofrNlatnro and tliu HpeaKeishlp. ( ien-
> r.il Yan WycU will M'ok a return to the sun-
ito uv inuntii of an oluotlon as Koveinor. Ho
: on9ldti3 ! his no in I nal Inn for lucrnor nracll-
ally assured , anil with an alliance ioslsla-
un at his back ho would proceed to roiockua
incl vlu thosonator'slilp. "
] toatrco ! republicans will urganlrp a Illalno
ind P.uldooU elnb. It Is alleged , though , that
ho names of some of the republicans of thu
Tatjo county capital will not bo found on tlin
1st i > f cliartoriiiuinbors of the now urgin/.i- ! !
lon.
When It conies to tiilklni ; ibout eandldatus
orcoiiKiessovury paper in tlio state has somo-
lilnff to s-iy. They also ha\o opinions Jij /
i\press on our present ronrciontnthes. lloiu
s ono just hot fro'ii thu pou of Major Illatt :
XebrasVu has three illstlnRiilshod nieinbois
n congress. Hryan is cllstlnsrulshocl for his
outli and Indhurctlon , Mi'iColahan for his
loinolliieas and awkwardness , mid Kuril for
i\t \ rod head and verdnney. They have oaeh
niKlu their mark In this mil of particulars "
Tliu.sann ) astute etlltoi also remarks : " \Vo
ire rirtu.illy tretllns 'so many statesmen
iinotis us that It Is dansnrous to sllni ; a stonu
or fear of killing an embryo congressman o
; voinor.
Last fill the Kroinont 1'lall was rccoanl/ed
is Congressman Dorsey'sorjcau , and when It
ipeakb concernliii ; Ills ulloeed canuld.'icy for a
cnonilii'ition , It ought to bo considered as
alklni ; by the card. And this Is what the
'I.ill sayn : "When Mr. D.irsey declili's to ro-
liter polities you will all Know It. Ho isn't
oady ) ust yet llutwhou ho does when lin
lees small fry should stand from under.
Vlillijsnclimoiiasn.ro now talUed of me In
ho iln ? tlio short lo s arc evidently co'iilng
own. Walt until tire days ot ICem & I'D
uive vanished and tliun well , wait until
hun. "
Tom Slovonson of Nobnihka Oily Is said to
i' anxious to inn for congress on tlio allliineo
IcUutund MotlilnKH ho could boat Church
loivoand Hilly llrvan.
( Jenoral Ylctor Vliiuatii li out for the dnnui-
ratlo fioinluutlon In the I'oiirth district. Ho
L'talns his rcsldencu on his tiallno county
irrn
Senator Kolporof LMorco has left bin boom
ir tlio democratic " nomination In tlm Thlul
Istrli't to talco a an ; of Itself and started on it
jur to Florida and perhaps to Cuba. Them
111 bo plenty of time for work when the
odor roturiiH.
John I * . Mcl'hooloy manages to l > cop his
arne bufore the public In a iuotl many papers ,
van outside his OVTII district.
.1. L. Keck of Kearney lias a consroasloniil
Ite In tliu air , anil with a fair wind hopes to
mil It on the nominatingside. .
It is whispered that Juan lloylo , the doaici-
atlo Jonah of western Nebraska , u.xpccts to
.op Into Commissioner General Uroer's posl-
on as soon as Governor Jtoyd Is lolnltallod.
jiiural lloylo would provou KOod ontottalnbr
id iv mi Id glvo Nebraska a reputation In
into particulars If not us an airlcultuial
ate ,
& CD.
.
. \V. Corner lolli ami Douglas SI4.
An Odd Lot . . /
of Pants
And the lot is all that's odd about them ,
unless it's the price ,
$3.50 and # 4 for
pants that we sold
for $4 , $5 , $6 , even
$6.50. Some of'cm
once belonged to a
/
suit , but coat and
vest' arc gone ; the
rest of'cm arc just
pants , light pants ,
dark pants , cheviot
pants , cnssimcrc
_ pantsfancy striped
pants , checked pants , plain pants , For
more money buy those marked down to $6
and higher than that. Price cut some on
these , but not so much as on the $3,50 and
$ * l panU tomorrow. Mail order * ? filled ,
T3 r < > w n i n g , K i n g & C < ) \
" . rf'V.'lL MVr11 * * * * . W. Cut. iih aiul Umifla Hi ,