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T1IE OMAHA DAILY BEESATU1UAY ; ; , FEBRUARY 27. 1892. _ TJ-TE DAILY BEE , IX liOSnWATKIl. KriiTfin. _ PUBLISH KD EVEKY MORNING TMtMS OK St'USCMUl'TION , Dully lion ( without Sunday ) One Yoar. . . . J R 0 Jin II v nnil Hunduy , One Your. . . . . . in 0 Kix.M main . . . SO 'JliHoMmitln . " ' fluidity Hoe , Ono Vfir. . * " Eiituruny lire. Ono Year . J llco. Quo Yo > r. . . . 10 OIT10ES. Otnnlio. Tlio Hco Bulldtnit. { ( iiitliOninhn , corner N nml Mill Streets Council lllnlK 121'carl Street. Clilcnco Ofllcp. ! I 7 Chamber of Commerce. Jxow YorkHo < iMiiir,14andl.Vrrlliitiolliiltdlnj Washington , fitt : I'ourtrcnili Street. conunspoNDKNon. All cnmiHinilcntlorts rolatlnir to now am cdltorlnl tunttor should bo addressed tc tin l.dllorlal Department. MTTTKHS. All Innlncsi loiters nnd romlttancrs slionlc 1 o nddrcHvoil to The lice 1'iitillshlntr Company Omnlm. Draft * . checks nnd postoftlco onlors to lo mndo piyublo to the order of tno com- pnny. lliB Bee PnlsWiiE Company , Proprietoi { WORN STATEMENT Ol1 CIHOULATION I Into of Js'obrHska { , . County of Douqlaii. I Gco. II. Trschitck , secretary , of The HKI I uhllshlnir ( ompiiny. docs solemnly swoni iliHl the actuul circulation of TIIK DAII/V HEIfer for Iho week ending I'oliruary ! ! 0 , Ibir. ' , was 01 follows : Sunday. IoU H t" Mondny , Toll. IS l-W Tnrsdny. Ton. 10 4A > : Wcdnojday. Teh 17. WTO Thiirsdiiy. Poll 18 2 . Trldny. fob. Ill ? : > ' fcuturdny. 1'eb. M. 24.00 Average , * 'Hl ] OKO. 11. T7. OInOK. Bworn to 1 eforo me nnd eubscrll oil In nil 1 rcBcnco tblstMlh day of Kobrnnrv. A. U. 18X ! BEAI. N. 1 * . KMU Notary Public. Clrriilntlon for .liinintry /4tI-t. : ! Tine motor iinil r.ablo companies wil discover when the spring opens thn ( ] ) ulllu otittmuntdomnndsa moro llbora Byslom of tninsfor chcclcs thnii is now ir Voguo. Pitin : binrlor twtno will not chonpot Iho product to the consumer in Nobras- kn , but it will put an end to hemp grow inp nnd binder twlno manufacturing ii the stuto. A OUAHANTY for ton years on paving whicli is paid for in ton annual install ments is reasonable and proper. Th ( paving should certainly last until It if paid for at least. Tim business of a democratic caucus in the Fifty-second congress is to moot talk , agree that uny action taken ahtil ! not bo binding and then adjourn with out doing anything. BVNUM of Indiana is at heart opposed to free silver , but Bynum is also an Indiana - diana democratic politician , and there fore ho will "go with his stato" in favoi of free coinage , regardless of his owr convictions. .TiiDOE WOOD'S chief olTonso in demo cratic eyes is that ho was instrumental in convicting Sim Coy , the noted - Indiana ballot-box stuffor. and in send ing him to the penitentiary. An ollonsc BO grave us this cannot bo readily for- given. GINKHAL : Com should have Icfl enough money in the military treasury to keep up the adjutant general's oillcc if nothing nr.oro. Without money thai department of the state government , which should always keep itself on dress parade , must necessarily languish. FIVE two-mile limit saloonkeepers have each settled their little legal con troversy with the county by the pay ment of $500 license. The other thirty- five road house keeners will either dc likewise or go out of business. The pro hibitory law as applied to the two-mile bolt has been repealed and free whisky Is a thing of'the past in that district. GKKKUAT , VJFQUAIN umkos a bad for General Colo's allowing administration - ' tion of the military department. Ac cording to the flory Cretan's story , there are hardly funds enough to main tain the dignity of the institution , in view of which his friends can appreci ate his feelings. "Wo do not see what alternative is loft General Cole after entering n general denial but a settlement - mont accordincr to the code duello. Bisiior JOHN P. NEWMAN , who ranks second to very few of the trroat preachers - ors of his generation , will preach in the First Presbyterian church tomorrow morning. His friendship for Omaha as well as his strength as an ecclesiastic orator entitle him to a largo audience. Tim BKK is a secular newspaper , hut also an udmiror of finished oratory , and therefore fools safe In promising the congregation an intellectual treat. TIIK importance from an economical Btaudpoint of changing the jury law so that a two-thirds or throe-fourths vote of a jury shall bo sufllclont to bring in n verdict Is again illustrated in the trial of Actor Curtis in San Francisco for murder. The case is a very clear one against Curtis , yet after a long drawn out trial the jury disagreed , standing ton for conviction and two for acquittal. Another expensive trial , with a possibly elm liar reault , will follow. YOUNO Mu. RUSSKLL la still pump ing away at his presidential nursing bottle of n boom , oblivious to the fact that Blaud , Crisp , Bynum und the otliot president makers in the lower house uro determined to put a free coinage plank Into tlio national democratic platform which the ablest demagogue In America will not ho able to straddle. Mr. Rus sell is facing fearful odds with hla adolescent nmbition and no republican will bo so cruel as to urge him on to a humiliating defeat. TIIK somewhat lurid lady politicians of the alliance , Louse of Kansas , DIgpsol the District of Columbia und Debbs of Texas , have concluded to stay in thu people's party band wagon. Miss Wll- lard will flock back to the prohibition party und she and her "million voters" will continue in bu&tnoss at the old stand. Miss Curtis and her Gains borough hat won the only semblance ol victory accorded to the feminine flutists at SU Louis. Miss Williird should note thu moral and bring the Gainsborough hat into intimate relations with the pro hibit loulsts. A LKA 1)1X0 1SSVK , Mon of both pn riles admit thnt reel proclty will bo a loading Issue in thona tlonal campaign of this year , and it ii already apparent that the domocrntU lenders will make a most dolormlnoc effort to disparage that policy. Whenever over this question hus bcoti presented Ir nnj' form In congress some democrat has boon found to vehemently denounce re clprocity , ns provided for In the tnrill act , as a delusion and a humbug , h has boon so declared In a number of demo cratic state platforms. The democrats who proclaim this vlow profess thai they nro not hostile to the principle , bill to the present application of It , bj which they moan that they are not sat Isllod with having It applied to countries whoso products do not compote wltl ours , but would extend it to any country which might bo disposed to mtilco an nr rungotnont with the United States , re gardlcBS of the possible olTeet upon out Industries. In other words the demo cralic assailants of reciprocity are nol satisfied with the principle of fair trr.'lt embodied In that policy , "but doinnim that Its application shall bo BO extended UP to practically accomplish free trudo , The spirit of the democracy with ro para to this question wan shown In the discussion of the resolution In the sen' nto calling upon the executive depart ments for information regarding reci procity agreements. These were as sailed by a democratic senator as being of no value to the American farmer and the assertion was made that the agri' cultural interests of this country could derive no benefits from reciprocity wltli the countries south of us. The facts show that these interests hr.vn boon di rectly honolitcd , and there is every roil' ijon to expect that tho.v will continue tc be. Rut nobody has over pretended thai reciprocity is in the interest ol agriculture alone. It will give larger markets for our manufactures , and this menus a greater amount of labor env ployed and a bettor homo market for I hi products of the farm. It is probable. . Indeed , that in this way the advantages to American farmers will bo groatoi than those directly realized , valuable as the latter may bo. The fault with the policy from the 'democratic point o. view is that it insures n steady growtl : of our foreign commerce without the necessity of sacrificing the policy of pro toction. For the sugar and colTco ant hides which wo admit free wo get con cessions favorable to numerous indus tries which are still guarded againsl damaging competition in the homo mar kct. There is an absolute gain without the slightest risk to any domestic in terest. Reciprocity is the policy distinctivolj of the republican party. The lust demo cratic administration had an opportu nity to promote the policy and did noth ing. Now that a republican congress and administration have put. it intc clToct , with results which every fair- minded man must acknowledge to be valuable , the democrats assail it as n sham and it humbug. The unprejudiced judgment of the country , however , has already decided In its favor , and the re publican party could desire no bettor issue on which to make a campaign. SOUTH ( J31AHA I'llOSl'KKITl' . There is moro activity in the South Omaha real estate market at the present time than there has boon before within two yours. The contemplated improve ments at the yards and packing house ? have stimulated an activity in real estate which is perfectly rational. These now enterprises will not result in a boom , but they will increase the per manent population of the city and add to its permanent business strength. Air. A. C. Foster , the nlTablo manager of Swift & Co.'s immense packing estab lishment at South Omaha , coroboratee the story of the real estate agent and adds that the early prospect of securing favorable rates over the railways lead ing into Texas and the northwest make it certain that the business of the yards and all the pickers will bo bettor for the coming year than over before. He is a firm believer in the future of this stock and packing center. The South Omaha Board of Trade is albo giving direction to some enter prises which promise treed returns in the way of now industries. The fact is that this promising suburb which it is admitted is the most important clement in Omaha's prosperity , IH entering upon a year of remarkable growth. The C.OOC mon now earning wages at the various establishments will certainly bo in creased in number by CO per cent within a year. The population of the city will grow In proportion and the business de velopment will keep p ice with the growth of the city In other directions. South Omaha deserves congratulations upon the outlook for the season of 161)2. ) TIW FKKK MLVKR OAVOUS. The efforts of the anti-silver demo crats in the house of representatives to get a caucus expression as to the co urpc that ought to be pursued regarding silver have thub far resulted in failure. The llrst attempt to submit the question to a uau- ous was abandoned , owing to the general indifference that was manifested and the fact , that very few would agree to bo bound by the action of a caucus The second attempt w is successful so far as gottiug a discussion of that subject was concerned , but failed to result in any definite action. There was one very significant circumstance in connection with Thursday's caucus and that w.is the disregard by democratic senators of the invitation to bo present. Only ono attended , and it does not appear in the report of the proceedings that ho took any active part Such apparent Indif ference on the part of thirty-eight sena tors to the determination of a question manifestly of vital impartauco to tholr party is somewhat surprising. The discussion in thu caucus was pro longed , und if the result can be said to have had any moaning It was in favor of the advocates of free coinage legisla tion. Practically the situation is un changed , It remaining with the commit tee on rules to decide whether or not it will recommend a special order for the consideration of the free silver bill. It has boon understood for moro than a week past that it was the intention of the committee to do this , Speaker Crisp having promised to favor such a recom mendation. All the indications are that the free silver mca are BO far master * of the situation that nothing can be done by the opposition to defer action on n free coinage measure , but a test ol strength will bo mndo whenever tin committee on rules shall report a spocla order for the consideration of thatmoas ure. Whether or not the republicans of th < house would accept such a a opportunity to unlto with the anti-silver domocrits Is a question about which it would nol bo safe to venture .in opinion at this time. There la an Impression that the lopublicnnsaro disposed to throw the whole responsibility for silver legisla tion upon the democrats , as a matter o party tactics , but this may do thorn In justice. Their duty in this matter 11 plain , and they will servo tholr partj host by manfully performing It. SCVTTlrtXO Til Kilt OH'iV Still' . While the republicans of this state are constantly hammering aw.iv at Omaha and doing all they can to Insult , slander , vilify and belittle her citizens , the democrats and independents n bonding all their energies to capture Omaha. When the republicans ol Omaha ask for a state convention , ot oven seek representation in a conven tion on the batls of the vole by whloli the republicans carried the state" In 1801 against heavy odds , they are struck It the face with a rawhide. The Richards jackass battery of Fre mont goes so far as to dolaro that "the republicans of the state have nothing auainst honest Omaha , but when froir 3,000 to 5,000 fraudulent votes are casi and counted and Omaha's roprosontatloi to roiniblican conventions is based or this fraudulent vote it is 'time to call n halt , ' nnd in such a tone of voice .is nol to bo misunderstood. " This political booby actually has the temerity of charging Omaha with castIng - Ing several thousand fraudulent votes for a republican candidate and wants to castigate her for saving the ticket When such a spirit in manifested by self-styled loyal republicans outside oi Omaha , these who are expected to boar the brunt of battle in the metropolis ol Nebraska naturally fool an inexpressi ble resentment , especially in vlow of the fact that Omaha is to be the battle ground on which the fa to of tlio parly ii to bo decided in the coming contest. TIIK C'O.WAW COXVKNTlOIf. Omaha has been designated by the conference of the farmers alliance ana industrial unions as the place for hold ing the national convention of the now party that was launched into the politl cul arena at St. Louis. This will bo the first national convention of any political party held in this city. In point of numbers the convention proper will bo as largo a body aa the democratic and republican national conventions - vontions combined. The old parties have always taken as their basis of rep resentation double the number of presi dential electors to which uny eta to is on > titled. Tno people's party will assign to each state four delegates for every vote to which it is entitled in the olectoralcol- lego. This will make the number ol delegates 1,770 , and with one alternate for ouch delegate the convention will number 3,552. If two-thirds of the states are fully represented by delegates and alternates there will bo nearly'2,50C active participants in the convention. It is safe to anticipate an attendance ol from 2\000 to 50,000 people from nil parts of the country , but moro especially from the section within a radius of 500 miles of Omaha. While the great mass of these people will bo farmers and workingmcn , who intend to identify thpmsolves with the now movement , there will bo several thousand visitors drawn hither by the same impulse as always has drawn thousands of visitors to every national political gathering. The convention will begin on Monday , July 4 , and continue for three or-four days at least. It goes without saying that Omaha will provo herself equal to the emer gency. She will convince the country that she is in a position to entertain any great national gathering , whether social , political or religious. TIIK COMIXO QltKAT VVKKTS. Omaha has made herself known through her newspapers and business organizations by an aggressive demand for recognition. Wo have secured for this season the pan-ropublic com mittee mooting , the interstate military drill , the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church and the national convention of the people's party. It is to bo a rod-letter year for Omaha , and if wo are equal to the emer gencies incident to these events Omaha's reputation us a convention city will be established. Do our citizens appreciate the indi vidual and collective responsibilities which are thus Imposed upon us by ou < - suggestion nnd invitation ? This is the great question now confronting the more active und public-spirited of our people. The pan-republic committee will bo entertained handsomely and without dilllculty. It is Important to the city moro as a recognition of her metropoli tan character than by reason of the number of persons to bo our guests. The pan-ropublic congress of lfa)3 ! ) Is the game wo are hunting after and this preliminary mooting Is therefore especi ally interesting. The interstate drill will bo of great profit to the community If it is properly managed , and Omaha must see to It that there la nothing left undone to make thu drill a grand success. , , , The general conference nnd the pee ple's party convention nro the two meet ings which will tax our ability to enter tain largo numbotsof people to the ut most. To these two events wo must look for whatever of reputation as a convention city wo are to gain by the year's experi ences. If wo should , through indolence or Indifference , fall short of our promises to the people connected with the confer ence und convention , it will cost us a deep humiliation and blacken thq good name wo have fought BO hard to main tain. Every individual Omnium must appreciate his duty In connection with these two great occasions , or there Is danger of neglect Bomowhoro which ahull mar the pleasure of our visitors and cause them to carry a way with them bad Impressions of Onuilia. people who advocate the frun and unlimited coinage of silver and a Hut mau wua 7 currency nsTomoaios for business do prosslon arolslrigitlnrly blind to the fac that the luo blo tendency of such ngl tation Is toiiiifodueo depression. Til demand for frcW silver colnnpo has hni moro to do w h retarding a revival o business in IhOiUnitod States than an : other ono thlhtf. It has impilrod confl donee in tfuf ) financial future of th country , wlthithn effect of keeping on foreign capItdPuul { curtailing homo In vestments. ! 4 < titang is the danger exIsts Ists that the currency may bo brough to the slngloijjVor ; standard there wll bo uncertainty. and apprehension , am all locltlmato enterprises will bo con ducted with the utmost caution. Whor to this Is added the fact that a numorou body of responsible citizens demand tin issue by the government of u vast sun of practically Irrodounviblo paper cur rcncy an amount moro than double the present volume of the circulation It li not dllllcult to understand why enter prtso Is checked and business recover , ' is slow. Confidence Is tndlsponslblo tc financial and commercial activity , ant It can exist only in connection wltli i public opinion favorable to the conservation tion of sound principles of Ilnanco. Tin ? supervising architect and his expert port assistant are convinced that pllliif will bo unnecessary for the foundatlot of the federal building. There is m doubt that Portland cement can bo sub stltutod for the piling as a basis for tin foundation , but cement will cut r. largo slice out of the appropriation. By tin way , why has nobody ventured to explain plain the mysterious bursting of a wato mntn and tno flooding of the fedora building pquaro at midnight , Wednesday day , just the night before Mr. Edbrooki was expected to arrive ? And how couli Mr. Edbrooko or any other architco form any rational conclusion about tin condition of the soil beneath the oxeava tion while it was covered with sovora feet of water ? There is certainly i darkey in the woodpile some woro. Miu MILTON E. Fuuu's suggestion fo the creation of a fund to bo used in pay ing for the treatment of dlpsoma'nia ii cases whore the victims of the disensi are in reduced circumstances is practi cal and worthy of consideration. Ni nobler charity is possible than om which will help mon stricken down will the alcohol habit to their feet and self respecting manhood. Temperance worl of this character will produce immedi ate and lastingly beneficial results. AUCHITr.CT EniJKOOKl spent a part ( of a day in Omaha , ant after lookingJoybr block 86 nnnouncet his belief thuVinsldo of two years tin now postoflico can bo opened and ready for business. Thanks , Mr. EJbrooke This is the fiiStJ3Uggostion | that has ovoi come from theiollico of the supervising architect of 'th'p treasury wh'ich indi cutod that tfjefpnople in that branch o the public service have any concoptior of the value of.'t mo. . Tin : bronze medals which were pre sented to the members of the Nobraskn National guard , to commemorate their bloodless set-Vices 'on thn Indian frontlet last winter were paid for after all out ol the militia fund. This thing looks toe much like the good wife's Christmas present to her husband , bought will money abstracted from his pocketbook , or a banquet at which the honored guosl pays for his plate. Junan SHIELDS had forgotten the case of State vs Scary , reported in 2\ \ Nebraska 454 , when ho remarked thai the appointments , by the governor tc fill the board oflico of police commis sioners must bo confirmed by the senate. The dncision cited holds uncquivocallj thnt their appointments uro not subject to confirmation by the senate. THK industrial exposition to behold under the auspices of the Nebraska Manufacturers and Consumers associa tion is certain to bo ono of the most im portant events of the year. The success of the enterprise is already assured. Every manufacturer in Nebraska should bo and probably will bo represented. AN AD.IOUKNMUNT of the grand jury for a few weeks might keep a few boodlers on the anxious Boat that mucli longer , and bo productive of definite re- suits in certain directions on the return of the jury to duty. So long as tno trail is reasonably hot the scent should not bo entirely abandoned. Tim members of the Nebraska delega tion to the St. Louis conference are to bo congratulated on Iho successful fight they made in favor of. Omaha as a na tional convention city. TJto ( luorgla Cry. . Atlanta CmuUtMton , Damocrata uurt democratic alUancmnon- Ict us got togotbor and pull tosotbor.o cun win with tliojo watchwords "Financial r llof and tarllT reform Hill and victory. " Will'nunurltolt ? Will ox-Presiilont Cleveland bolt In 1893 as bis great prototype , ox-ljrosldont V n Huron , virtimllv did in 18 IS , when bo ran for proal. dent on tbo ffJkoH tiokot ? A u'cud many unti-lllll , mon ureVuauy ( or a bolt. -rrth * Tlniijly .Sympathy. niAW.Vwilfc { ) .Miner. To Hussell Aj. Alxcr : Dear Friend Ac cept my most ucoCoutirt syapattiv. I huva collided wllli ttfiurloj Aador D.ma myself , Tlio records aUpjfhow tnat Uuuoral David n , Hill bus rocommoadod my dUbonorablo dis charge. Youwin tha gloaming , Jf U Or. CIEV I.AXH , St. tti { I'ljineer Vrcsi. Last year tha Parisians ute : M,29l borsos , 240 donkeys uud forty mules , ana iimnv of them protest ttiat uoy II ko this sort of llosli bolter than any ollior. Bo fore snow Hies niixt fall tbo democratic oppo lents of O.ivu Hill will Imvo eaten 1,51)0.00) ) crowa , 41,144 buzzards nnd an unknown quantity of ualid bay und won't ovou prjotond tbottboy HUe It , either. Til u nn/lilcftft' h'urout-ll , Liiuhi'lllc Cinti ler-Journal. Whatever else wo uo , lot us not mistake tbo issue. It Is squarelv before us. Mr , Cleveland Is no longer a possibility. His selection - lection aa the domocriulu standard bcaror , If such a thing weio under the circumstances conceivable , would bo on the part of tbo na tional democracy an act of deliberate bulclde , Ho could not bo elected , nnd wo are so suru ot his Rood sense , .as neil as. of his dignity of character , that uo bavu no i leu thut ba will allow his naino to go boforu the national' democratic convention. pro en o cc UTIIIiH K.tXIIH TfM.V OVIIS. Emnoror William appears to have madi another Rrnvo mistake. Ills address at the Brandenburg banquet , in which he showed f peed deal of irritation nt the criticisms o the povormncnt nncl rando the rather purlU remark that these who nro not sntlMled wltli the existing order of things would bottoi leave Germany , has created a popular com motion which threaten * to give the govern ment a great donl of trotiolo. The uprisings of the last two days have made it plain thnt public dUcontont Is Intonso. When a mot nssinlls too very gates of tbo Imperial palace and offers formidable resistance to tbo au thorities the situation iioxtrcmolv crave , foi Gorman tamper U not easily aroused to such nn extreme , and being nrousoJ it Is DlncatoJ with dlfilculty. It would doubtless bo unjusl to Kmporor William to question the slncorltj of bis concern for the Interest nndvclfaro ol tbo people , but there can bo no rc.isonablr doubt of the unwisdom of his manner ol impressing this upon the people. Ho tnaUni his paternalism ininocosiarlly offensive , ami in the assertion of his prerogative ? ho ropoU tbo poopla Instead of attracting thoni. II would seem that ho has grown tlrotl of r policy of sympathy and propitiation and pro poses to try what aggressiveness can ncconv pllsh. The world will watch the progress ol the trial with great tntorcst , * * * The ministerial crisis in Franco continues but without uny threatening features. Wbnt- over may bo thought of tbo Justice nnd wls dom of the proposed law that Is responsible for the crisis , there seems now to bo no quos tlon that springing It upon tbo representa tives of the people nt this time was nn nci singularly inopportune. Tlio address Jusi previously sent by the pope to tbo French bishops , nncl of which our readers have boon duly apprised , was as conciliatory in tone ns could possibly bo asked. It In effect ex horted the faithful throughout the republic to nt once nnd forever give up all antagonism to the existing form ot government nnd to be loyal , loving citizens. The letter could not bo construed otherwise than us n severe ro- 1mho to tbo misdirected zeal of men who bad forgotten that they were Frenchman In their ioal to provo themselves chnrchmon. Even cool-headed enemies of the church felt that It was monstrous to meet such r hanrt of blessing with the clenched hand ol cursing , or oven with n repellent and re prosslvo hand. The prevailing sonUmcri wns , nnd naturally , that nt lenstn fuirchancc should bo given to test the sincerity ot these now professions before proceeding to anymore moro harsh measures. Unlpss M , do Froy- clnot manages to pull bis former supporters together again , wbicu Is by no moans un- llltcly , especially on condition of bis yielding the point in dispute , tboro is llltoly to bo n succession of short nnd feeble ndmlnlstra tlons. No other individual following scorns to bo greater than that of the ox-premier , The royalists nad u good deal to do with the startling denouement of Thursday. They urfl strong enough to help pull down a minis try , but incapable * of building ono up alone , and their alliance Is the deadly peril of any group to which they ally themselves , as the Boulnnglsts learned to their cost. * * * Tbo Enellsh government is making a strong effort to imitate the liberals by bring- inc forward measures that will bo llUoly to win the support of the agricultural classes. Oi such a character is the agricultural hold ings bill , which was introduced In the House of Commons on Monday last. The scheme is that a public works loan commis sion bo empowered to lend money ntJJ : per cent , to local authorities , who could borrow from tbo commission or elsewhere money to acquire land in order to provide small hold- lugs for persons resident iu the county in which tlio land mav bo ncauircd. The amount borrowed is not to exceed a sura in volving a charge uoon the rates of over a penny in the pound for any yoar. The county councils will have the authority to acquire land. Purchasers will bo required to pay one-fourth of the purchase money down , and to leave ono-fourth as secured Dy u perpetual rent charge , paying the remaining half by installments or terminable annuities ; and the foldings arc not to exceed ten acres each. It is worthy of note , as showing the discrimina tion practiced against Ireland , that instead of trying such a plan In that country the government has put into operation there a complicated land purcbaso schema which has alienated the owners , borne heavily on the taxpayers , and failed entirely to help the small agriculturists. - * A good deal of friction has marked tbo re lations of Franco and Spain since the break- inn off of the negotiations lor a commercial treaty. As the case wns stated by Minister Rlbot in the preamble of the decree putting tno now French tariff in force on February 1 , Spain islmueio out the aggressor , she having collected sur-taxcs on many articles of French production since December , Ib90 , and having lately put into effect a new general tariff much much moro heavily taxing French imnnits than the old ono. The result wns to make the mutual application of tlio "mini mum" tariff undesirable for France , ainco the Spanish minimum was much higher than the French , nnd since , moreover , Spain had oxtendea till Juno her commer cial treaties with several countries , notably England , thus securing to their products rates below the tariff minimum. Franco would consent to give her minimum only iu exchange for the lowest rates given to any country by treaty , ana as Spain would not ngrco to this , tbo rupture was inevitable , Tbo Spanish account of the affair , honovor , as given In the somi-nllnlal organ of tha gov ernment , brings out tlu lengths to which the Spanish negotiators went In making concilia tory offers , all of which were rejected , Among them was the proposition tu ox tend the old treaty fur ono month or two months , In order to give time for further negotiations , but the Frenchmen would not hear to this thinking , apparently , that they had a weapon in their high r.itc-i upon Spanish ivinos , whicli would bo sure to bnngtholr neighbor * to terms In the end. All that they have ac- complUhcd is , for tbo nruaont , to arouse a strong nnii-Fronch fooling in Spain , whicli threatens no v to toad to the repeal of the treaty , so Important for Franco , protecting the rights of her literary nnd artistic pro ducers in the ponitib'jlu. This is what comes of playing with edged tariffs. rtd Will Tight Pirrxiiuua , Pa. , Fob. 20. Tboro will bo another light to secure control of the Union Switch und Signal company ut the coining iinnuul meeting of < , hostockholder * In March , A year ago the Itenton interests succeeded In overthrowing tbo Woitingbouso regime , nnd this year tbo latter will malco an effort to regain their lost power. It is said Wotting- house already has proxies for moro than half the on tire uaplf.il stock. GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND IS IT EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. /fmmjiofto , * Tr. . , Jim. o , > no. " / have often used ST. jr1COII8 OH , find find it U good JLftiitiifHf. " E1.IHU E. JACKSON , THE JOHN M. THURSTON'S POSITION. Ho Declarer That for Tliroc Yearn Ho llni Upon Out of rollllon. OM\IH , Vob. 20.-TO the Editor of Tin Dnn : On the morntne of February 20 yov published the following ( eiuotlnp a Unltoi Press dispatch ) : "Cute-veto , III , . Tob. 31. John M. Thurston ot Omaha will lo.ivo Chicago for Now YorK tonight. , where ho will ndvlso eusturn repub lican lenders that the nlimnco U ai strong a' over in Kansas nnd Nebraska , anil somottiiitt must hu ilono to check it , " In what fake factory this dispatch orlgi' tinted I do not know ; cortnln it U that I lofl Chicago on the afternoon of February 21 fet Omaha , xrhoro I arrtvod on Iho morning ol Thursday , the 2'ith , and it Is equally curtain that I had no Intention of leaving Chicane for tlio east , olthor to Intorvloiv republican leaden or for any other purpose , nor did I sc atnto to any ono. Bo common n matter as n newspaper fabri cation would not Induce mo to call attention to It , wore It not for the fact that this dls- patch was mndo the excuse of your editorial , In which among other things , you say ! "Will Mr. Thurston prevail upon the railroad - road magnates to lot go tholr grip upon ttic republicans of Nebraska , ami give them n chance to brcatho once morel" For moro than three years and a half last p.ist I have not attended a eommlttoo or club niOEtlng ; I have not participated In a caucus or convention of ny kind In the stnto of Ne braska , nor have t In any manner attempted to Inllucnco the notion of the republican party of this atnto in Us selection of candl1 dates , or Its formulation of principle ) . I have only participated In Nebraska polities by the delivery of n few campaign speeches after nominations were made , In support ol the ontlro republican ticket , at the solicit tlon of the proper committees. For those three nnd ono-lmlf years I have rofralncd from inking thnt part hi the re publican politics of Nebraska which 1 nin entitled to take as an American clti/on , anil from which the fact thnt I nm Intrusted with the legal affairs of tlio greatest tallwny sys tem hi the world , does not exclude mo. For my own part , 1 have boon very plnd to re- llovo myself from the labor and responsibil ity which must rest upon every man who takes nn active part In preliminary partv work. I am not a candidate for nnv ofllco , I would not consent to become a delegate to any convention , nnd 1 linvono detlro tocotin sol , ndvlso or participate in tlio preliminary work of the Nebraska campalcu. No matter what ticket is nominated , I am prepared to support it with mv wbolo heart , without reservation or modification. If 1 hno any counsel to give to the republicans of Douglas county it would bo that tho.v should bring to the front , and if necessary insist upon the leadership of that young , vigorous , able and stalwart element In the republican party , represented by such magnificent republicans as John L. Webster , Charles J. Greene , William I"1. Ourloy. Henry ID. Estabrook , Charles H. Marplo , Frank Hansom , David H. Mercer , nnd n host , of others who have never scratched a republican ticket or failed to stand squnroly for republican principles. If 1 were disposed to counsel the republicans of Nebraska I would urg them to brinir forth from the ranks of the young men of tnis state those who can take tno place of James Laird , Andrew J. Weaver nnd E 1C. Valentino tine ; and I would further advUc that in order to secure republicanism in Nobrnskn.or in any other state in the union , that republi can loaders reserve tholr power for the com mon enemy , and not use It in attempting to exterminate each other. JOHN M. TuimsTox. INTKK \ A TIOX.L i , COSFKKKXVO. Itlmetnllsts Kara That Sncrotiiry Foster's Kuropoim Trip IH SlKiilftuuiit. NEW Youic , Fob. 20. The Tribune has the lollowing : The departure of Secretary Foster on his European visit ravivod consid erable gossip in llnancial circles iu this city and interest is sustained on the subject by the continued movement of gold to Europe. It was said ycstordav by mon who are in a position to bo well informed in the matter that the probability of a bimetallic interna tional conference was stronger than it has been in a long time. The friends of honest tinanco have not boon idle in the last few months , and a vast amount of work , it is said , bus been done to pave the way for a confer ence of European covornmonts with the United States looking towura a satisfactory arrangement which will avert all possible danger thnt might be bred from the present depression in the price of silver bullion. The financial Interests of the country are looking to congress to tuUo prompt action on the reso lution now in committee in the senate which contemplates negotiations for an interna tional couforenco on the silver question. Its passage by congress , it is bolinved , will bo thoroughly satisfactory to tbo business world. It was assorted yesterday by well informed financial mon that if this resolution passes congress tboro is little or no doubt that n bimetallic conference is assured. Correspondence bus passed between the principal authorities on finance in this coun try and England which is Mud to have re sulted in a thorough conviction that Great Britain will favorably respond to any invita tion from this country to discuss the question of establishing an international ratio boiwcen gold and silver. Bankers who have person ally conferred with mon of finance on tno other sldo of the Atlantic testify unani mously to the change in the attitude of many English bankers and practical business mnii toward the silver problem , ytrong confl * doiico li felt thnt Mr. Goscbon , the llrltlth chnncollorof the exchequer , Iscvon moro fa vorably dlspnsod toward the recognition ot silver In the inonnys of the world than oven * his public utterance would Indicate. It Is * , assorted thnt Knplnnd would enter any In. tornntlonnl conference with fnr moro cordi ality than wns shown nt the last conference. / * * It Is said that there nro strong grounds for / behoving that a , fuu powers ns possible/ , would be given to nny commissioner wblob thnt government inieht appoint , mut It Is nlso believed Hint assurances hnvo boon received llit1i" ' li < ro"su n"d Uermn governments would bonrtlly co-opor. ta In nny congress of untions to consider the silver question. < , Muni ! . .11012rtn : COM , co.m.vi : . Another Proposition Mnilo to 1'nt Up \ lirlrrs on Antliriirlto. Nr.w YOIIK , Fob. M. It was stated In Wall street on seml-onlclnl authority Hint President McLood of the Philadelphia & ' . Heading bad made a proposition to the ln dividual operators producing coal on the line ? of the .Jonoy Central ami Lohlgh Valley to mnrUot tholr lonnngo on the fol lowing basis : Atl per ton or loss , the * ' operator Is to rocolvo 09 per font and the railroad-10 percent of the urlco1 above $ t ' nnd loss than $1.60 nor Ion , the operator Is to iA i receive 10 per cent nnd tha railroad 00 per i cent ; nny excess above $1.50 n ton Is to bo divided nt the rnto of ! IO par cent for the operator and TO per cent for the railroad. This proposition ot the Handing virtually guarantees a minimum price of ? l per ton free on bonrd for stove coal , which Is n hlRhor average than has ruled in years , Thu settlement price Is to bo bused on tha. v nvorairo monthly selling prices of the LohlghI Vnlloy , Lncknwnnnn and Wyoming coals. A Ns system of inspection nnd a record of arbi tration is embraced In k tbo proposition. It Is said thnt the operators who have nlrondy assented produce 11,000,000 tons of the annual product of 40,000,000 tons. This arrange , mont , If carried out , will add genor.illy to the strength of the now coal combination. i ! > .S.U/M.VS' . ! Chicago Tribune : "Hello , IMoUwny ! Where nro your crutches ? Iliuo you KOI entirely ovoiMheoircolsof tiiat railway iiccidunt at "Kr yes. lly tbo wav. tlm company settled with mo last week for9lWO. " Washington Star : "Vour son doesn't look vervstioiv. " I "No : but ho 1ms n innKiiincuiit cnimtllu- IA tlon. " "What nmlti'synu think so ? " A "lie has Miinkoil olgaruttus for three years an < l Isn't dead yet. " - . Ksitc Hold's Wnstilneton : Gontlennn Does work inalioyon tired ? Trump No. sir. ( "Uiitlumun \ \ lint ? Trump I nou-r set so far as that. Hut the thought uf It innkoa me tired. Huston Jester : "Why , Mabol , wlmts the mutter ? You look as blue as an oul. " "Itluul I should think I might ! Von ro- inoinbor what a b.id eouih Mr. Uldcash hud wliun I col engaged to Him ? " "Vos. " "Well , now that the wrddlng li only n week elf Itsuoms as if It jjiew better every day. " AniiKii : ) ON ONI : TOINT. I'wlt. She frowned on all my choicest Jokoi : Sliesnillod uheu I wassiul : She seemed to like most other folks. Hut all 1(11(1 wus bud. Until one day we walking mot , And I fluid , "I propose " "That buttles It. shu quickly suld ; "Why. ycsl Of course , thatKocsl" Somorvlllo .Touni'il : No ono was over more astonished In this world thun the druiixuii man who touched a mutch to a Itoiuun eandlo to light Ma way upstulrs to bod. , Up In hlKlt stations wo think ourselves A captain , a major , a colonel Hut to ( jcnor.il 1'iibllc we must bow , Or there'll bo n row Infernal ! Washington Star : "Ciiurley , " said youim Mrs. Tockcr , "do mon \vlui KO to bnuquets drink ? " "Nearly nlways , " was the reply. "You sec , deur , thoru uru tlinns wlion a man may bo ex cused for drlnlclnir. " "I Irivo thnuKlitof that. " she said pensively , "when I read the .speoclio'i ' la the paper. " "Do von bolie\o In woman's rights ? " sild ho. "Only In one of them , sir , " s.ild she. "Aii'i pi.ty , will you loll mo that ono ? " said he , "Tlio int.irluKorlto , oh sir , " said sho. Low oil Courier : A lawyer of ten gains time In : i e.iso by making minutes ot the evidence being given. Milwaukee Journal : The man who Is In "tho hunUbof h's frlonds" Is liable to tuuo a full ut any moment. Hoston I'ost : When ynu are betting on an nbsolultily aiire tiling , save out 5 coins for cur furo home. Iin-ton Courlor. It Is thu rlslns young muu who generally buckles down 111 ! HA UK' ] , New Yiitl : Press. I imod to say "Hollo ! " to her ulon the tele phone. "Hollo ! " ho used to answer In a soft and lluto-llku tone. I thought sliu must bo rarely Cair ntid for a si-s muollnt ; iilnnnud ODD night toolTur her myself and ask bar for hnr Iniiid. To tlio nupuliitmunt she agreed , and I , wlt'j hopu uiiluiv. Hesolvuil tli.it when I mnt her I would great her with "Hollo ! " Our common salutation , and employ the solf- siiiuo tonu I nsoil whono'ur I called to her along the tolo- Wo inutiiiid Iiitonco forgot tha part f had roliniir-udi Korwliun I snv her fuuo I felt thu sylliiblos rovursod- & CO. S W. Corner 15th ami Doughui Facts about G. Washington George Washington was born Monday " Feb. 22,1732 , and ever since that , Monday's been Wash / \ day. When George was 6 he chopped a chunk out of his pa's cherry tree. If he'd had on one of our suits for 6 year old boys he wouldn't have done it. When he was 12 his pa died. Our 12-yr old boys' i suits are the talk of the city. Washing tons of dirt out of old shirt waists is wasted labo when you can get new ones of us that Wash and don't fade for 75c , old price $1. Last week of cut prices on our boys' and children's clothing , Spring goods for boys and men will arrive soon now. Bro wning , King & Co \ , . . . Oucn fi.t ur lays till 10 p. m. ' \\r
