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THE OMAHA DAILY Bflljl ; SATURDAY , MAKC1J 5 , 1892. THE DAILY BEE. ItOSEWATEK. EDITOH. PUBLISHED EVKHA' MOUN I NO. TMIMS O Dnllyllon ( without Sunilny ) Ono Ycnr..f 8 ffl Dully nnil Snniliiy , Uno Year. . . . . 1000 Hu Months . GOO ThrcoMimths.'M Mitidny llco , Ono Ye.tr. . SCO PII Hi rclny lice. Ono Your . . . 1 < > i lice. Uno Year. . IOC .Imnlin , Tim Hoe IlnlldltiK. jotithOirnhn , rorncr N nnil 2fth Street * Council IllnnX 12 I'oiirl Street. Jhlcncounicc. 3 71 liutnlicr of Commerce. \ow York , It until * P. I4nnd l.vrrlbuno liulldlnp Washington , MI : roiirtcutitli Street , COHUK8PONDKNOE. All communications roliitlnp to nowj nnil editorial tnnttcr should bo nddrossoil tc tlic Editorial Department. nusrNr.ss LETTRHS. All btislnoKi loiters nml rnmlttrniros should lo addressed toTholleo Publishing Company. Otnnlm. Ilrafts. chock * nnrt postorflro orders to bo tntulo payable to the order of tlio coin- on ny. Me EM Publishing GonijajiT ' fcxToU fTA.'miCaT'lJF OIUOULATION. ttntonf isobraskn ! County of Douulnii. f8 Oco. Jl. Tzschiick , Bocrotnry of Tlio RKB J iibllslilnc company. does solemnly awoar thiittbo uctunl circulation of TUB D.ut.r HRR for the week ending I'obrunry 27 , IblC , was us follows ! r'undny. Pol ) . 21 . S&US7 Momlny , Poll. 2 ! . :4ni5 Tneiilny , Poll. 21 . SSUIM Wcdiirsdiiy. Pol ) . 21 . SWM Thurddny. Poll 15 . 2'.7 S Friday. Foli. .0 . . . 1.T.7IH Euturdny. Fob. S7. . 24. i7 Avorngo . 34.100 OHO. II. T7-SOI1UOK. Sworn to tofore mo nnil titiscrlr'cil In MIT presence this Win day of February. A. 1) . IKO. BIAL. N. P. FEIU Notnrv Public. Circulation lor .liuumry 2l,3'il , THK longer the park commissioners parley with property owners the chcupor the lands bci.'omo. A CONDUIT frnnchlso or privilege is worth money to the city and should not bo voted nway without consideration. TWKNTY dolltirs per cir is the pres ent differential rate against Omaha on Texas cattle shipments. This is un reasonably high and amounts almost to n prohibitory tarilT. SKNATOK CATCH'S speech in favor of county local option for Iowa is forcible. It should convince the legislature that the liquor question has disrupted honest politics in Iowa long enough. INASMUCH as the National Cordage trust has nine twine factories iu Canada , it can readily bo soon that no serious op position to free binder twine will como from that grasping concern. TICK statements of the floffman-Koofo File company regarding the way in which the award of contract for vault fixtures was made is circumstantial enough to challenge attention. IT WILL bo in order for Mr. John Groves to inform the public why the Chicago firm was not vouchsafed a reply to its letters asking for information re garding proposals for the vault fixtures In the now city hall. NEIHUSKA'S prohibition warbler , Huckins , and his colaboror , the oratori cal cyclone , Wolfonbargor , are about to enter upon a prohibition campaign in Oregon. The people of the far north west have the sympathy of Nobrnskans. NON-PARTISAN frco coinage leagues two advocated by the Denver News. As the News is a democratic organ and the republican party will have no free silver plank in its platform it is not difficult to interpret the term non-partisan eor- rootly. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ALL this talk from Lincoln about re newing the gubernatorial contest is balderdash. There is no purpose on the part of the republicans to interfere witli the democratic Incumbent. ' They pre fer to give him rope and patiently await results. NKKKASKA is a great deal more inter ested in building up the binder twine And boot sugar industries and in grow ing hemp and sugar beets than in link- nrlng with the currency. Mr. Bryan , however , has not lived in Nebraska long enough to understand her wants. THK failure of the California Na tional bank at San Diego is responsible for the suicide of two bankers , Presi dent Collins at Snn Diego and Cashier Baird of Collins' Ghoyonno bank at Cheyenne. It is not often that a defal cation is followed by mich fatal results , DKMOOUATS will probably make no apodal mention of the fact that Louisi ana has received $2,580,017 as her share of the sugar bounty for 1891 out of $2,502,020 allowed thus far by the Treasury department under the terms of the "sectional" MoKinloy bill. Ne braska's share is $5H,074. NoT\vrniSTANiiNa numerous pre dictions to the contrary , Indiana has elected a solid delegation to the Minne apolis convention , instructed to vote for Benjamin Harrison for urosldont Note the returns from other slates as they como in. This is a Harrison year and other aspirants for the presidency must wall until 180U. TnicuK is encouragement for repub licans everywhere in the results of the town nnd charter elections hold in Now York last Tuesday. Almost without exception - coption the republicans made gains , and in some of the counties there waa a po litical revolution. In Orange county , for example , n republican board of su pervisors was elected for the first tune In thirteen years. Another uotablo victory for the republicans was iu Elmlra , the homo of Senator Ilill. Lat > t week the senator was in that city con ferring witli the political workers and giving directions as to thu management of the local campaign , and It is not diffi cult to imagine his nhngrin at the elec tion of u republican city government by an unprecedented muiorlty. There were a number of other surprises for the democratic managers , nnd altogether these elections , which ordinarily would bo regarded as of litllo general import ance , are at this time significant and reassuring - assuring for the republican cause in Now York. Tlioro are vary strong reasons for believing that the republicans will crry tbo Empire state next November. CAXADIAN COMPETITION. , Western producers nnd all the com- morclnUntorests of this section are con cerned In the judicial decision just ren dered regarding shipments to Canadian points by railroads in the United Slnlos. The decision is regarded as the hardest blow the Interstate commerce net has received , since It declares that the law does not apply to any traffic to or from points beyond the border or seaboard. In view of this decision the opinion is expressed that the act must bo BO amended nstoplncothOBnino restrictions upon nil carriers allowed to compote for the same business , or bo wholly repealed. If this U not done the law , it Is assorted , will become practically n dead latter. This subject of Canadian competition is an exceedingly important one , and al though it hus boon discussed for several years no satisfactory way of meeting the difficulties it presents has yet bean found , Tn'o years ago n committee of the United States senate made a very thorough investigation of thu subject , liking a largo amount of testimony in tbo northwest nnd in Now England. Tlio greater part of this was unfavor able to any interference on the p.trt of the government. It was very generally admitted that Canadian railroads doing business in the United States ought to bo subjected to the same regulations proscribed for American road" , but beyond - yond this very limited operation of the law upon the foreign competition it was quite generally hold by these represent ing the producing and commercial classes that nothing should bo dono. The report of the Honate comtniltco urged that tlio Canadian competition had proved -serious matter to the American railroads from which it at tracted business , and that it was mani festly desirable thai something bo denote to protect the domestic ro.ids against the injury they were suffering in the al together unequal contest , The secre tary of the treasury was also appealed to to exorcise such authority as ho pos sessed for putting some sort of restraint upon the Canadian competition , and the late Secretary Wlndom had the matter under consideration for months. But nothing has boon done either by con gress or the Treasury department. The proposition to exclude the Cana dian railroads from trafiic to and from points in the United States is not lil.'oly to rucolvo snriotia consideration. It would bo vigorously antagonized by our own people in Now England and in the northwest , who maintain that they urn materially benefited by the Canadian competition. The suggestion that the alien corporations should bo required to pay a license for the privilege of doing business in the United States , rovoeablo for a violation of the rules which'gov- crn American roads , does not appear to bo especially objectionable unless the license should bo placed so high as to practically amount to an oxolusion. It is evident that the present situation cannot continue perpetually , and it ought to bo possible to find a practicable roinody for the conditions complained of. It may bo that finally some arrange ment , 'equitable and , reciprocal , will have to bo made between the two gov ernments. THAT The wholesale dealers of that charrn- good naturod'liltlo metropolis of Pottawattainio county , Iowa , are ad mitted into all territoiy west of the Mis souri river on iho same terms as are those of Omaha. Upon this score Omaha jobbers are making no complaint what ever. What they demand and what they are entitled to is a reciprocity of rates which shall place both towns upon the same footing for western Iowa Irado. There is nothing unfair about the prop osition. It is simply an application of the same rule to the traffic on both sides of the Missouri , It comes in very b.id taste from Coun cil Bin Us to threaten retaliation through an officer of the Iowa railroad commis sion upon the Iowa roads if they con cede Omaha's demands. It is in very much worse taste for the commissioner himself to bo interviewed in the public prints upon the question. It looks very much as if ho had boon inspired to utter these sentiments by the railways who desire some excuse for denying Omaha's reasonable request for an abolition of the bridge rate. The city of Council Bluffs has had experience - porionco enough in lighting Omaha to learn that she can gain nothing by at tempting to cripple Omaha. Tlio ter minus controversy did Omaha a great deal of harm in times past but in no way benefited Council Bluffs. That city never had any marked growth or business prosperity until Omaha capital began to glvo tone to its realty market and Omaha enterprise constructed the wagon and motor bridge. The people of the Bluffs nnd of all the country round about ewe a good deal of their present prosperity to the fact of their proximity to Omaha. As this oity grows , Council Bluffs will grow. Council Bluffs is the commercial center - tor of western Iowa , but Oirulm is and will always remain the commercial metropolis ot the Missouri v. Hoy. Granting that Council Bluffs is the natural jobbing center of wobtorn Iowa , is there any reason why her merchants should bo admitted on equal terms to Nebraska and the west when a rate of 6 cents per hundred is Intnrposod as an embargo upon Omaha tr.ido In western Iowa ? If territory west of the Missouri river is common to both cities , should not that east of tlio river I to likewise common ? A ( 'OA'l'WAT/O.V IIALU Unless our citizens erect a suitable auditorium for the accommodation of the people's parly national convention , this city will sutler more in reputation than it will gain in cish : by the coining of iho third party politicians. A suitable temporary structure can bo erected fop from $15,000 to $25,000 in the heart of the city on the triangle at Twentieth and St. Mary's nvouuo , for instance. Tills would bo available for the great events of this summer , and probably would last dovor.il youra If so fusired. If not , the lumbar and other material used .in its construction would bring within 50 per cent of its first cost , so that if the wigwam were moJ but once the expense of Its construction would be trifling. Wo prefer to see a bettor building erected. This city should have an auditorium with a seating capacity of 16,000 at least for many great public mooting * Our cllhons should make Iho present necessity the opportunity for securing the public liall wo have so long needed. TIIK The reciprocity clause ot the tariff net IIHB been porsistonlly assailed by Iho democrats as conferring uncondlltonnl authority upon Iho president. Men of that party have staked tholr reputations as constitutional lawyers upon this con tention. When the amendment was be fore the seniitj elaborate speeches were made by Iho democratic senators to show that congress could not confer upon the president the authority con tained in this clause , which it was maintained was a distinctly legislative and not an oxecuth o power. It IB but just to say that the democrats were not absolutely alone in 'his view. One prominent republican senator , Mr. Evarts , held n like opinion , nndporhnp ? one or two other republican senators were not entirely sure that congress was not going too far In ( jiving the president authority to roimpoao duties. But the democrats were a unit in declaring that the reciprocity .clause was unconstitu tional so far as it conferred upon the ex ecutive the authority to restore , after a hpccillod time , the duties on certain ar ticles Imported into the United States from countries which did not , on or be fore the time stilted In the act , January 1 , 18J2 , make reciprocity arrangements with the Unltad States. The supreme court has settled the Ouostion of thu constitutionality of the reciprocity clause of the tariff net , and It has settled it adversely to the demo cratic contention. The court interprets the authority given the provident as that ot nn agent of the law-making power. The conditions under which ho was to act were prescribed by congress , and empowered him to execute its will whenever ho nhould find these condi tions existing. There was , in the opin ion of the court , no transfer of legisla tive iMJwcr , but congress simply gave the president power to determine when the will of congress , as expressed in the net , should bo carried out. All the presi dent had to ascertain was thai a partic ular fact existed , and then it was di rected that he execute the act. lie was a more agent of the law-making power. This decision is not only important as sustaining the republican position , but it is timely in view of the fact thai the president will within two weeks exor cise the authority given him by the re ciprocity clause of the InrilT act. Ho has given notice that on March 15 duties will bo imposed on sugar , molasses , colleo and hides imported into the United States from countries which at that date have not onlored into reel- procily arrangements or negotiations therefor , and undoubtedly this will bo done at the appoinlcd li to. It is well , therefore , that a decision of the highest tribunal , anticipating this action , re moves all question as to the validity of the law authorizing it. On the whole the supreme court has given the democrats some pretly ! hard slaps reoonlly , and the party cannot de rive much consolation from the fact thut Chief Justice Puller and Justice Lamar did not concur in the opinion that the reciprocity clause of the tariff act is constitulionul. A PROMISING OUTLOOK. The prospects for business in Omaha during the ensuing season are very en couraging. The revival of trade and improvement in public confidence is al ready marked. Real estate is always the last thing to feel the impulse of a business revival. The gradual improve ment in the real ostalo market is an un- mislakablo index of boiler times. No city in the country oilers greater prom ise to inveslors limn Omaha. Men of means who have boon oporaling exten sively in Chicago in anticipation of the World's fair are quietly dropping out of that market and are making in vestments hero. The number of business buildings and private residences has already been mentioned in these columns. The largo expenditures proposed for public im provements nnd the extensive prepara tions for enlarging the packing houses of South Omaha alTord assurance that Omaha will during the present year make another stride forward as an in dustrial and commercial center. It only remains now for enterprising und public- spirited business men to take advantage ofitho tide of prosperity. SKNATOK GORMAN of Maryland has boon formally announced ns a candidate for the presidency , so far as Ihls may bo done by the loading-organ of the domo- crallc party in'hls state. That journal says many boiiovo Gorman to bo the only custom man who will dovolou any strength nt Chicago , und expresses the opinion thai as ho is on good terms with the friends of both Cleveland and Hill ho could carry Now York. For this lo cality the most interesting feature of this announcement , which it is p-o- sumed was not made without tbo knowl edge and approval of Mr. Gorman , is Iho suggestion that Governor Boles should bo his running mato. Thai would bo a combination in which thu tall of the tickol would bo in most ruspocls stronger than the head. Boles has not neon so much of public life as Goriivin , but ho is quite his pier in ability aid far more roipeet-ibte as a politician. Gorman is Iho oinbidlmont of the demo cratic spoilsman , with a record tint would place him wholly on the de fensive , und it is extremely doubtful whether Governor Boioj would cnro to risk ills chances of political promotion with suoh n standard bearer. At present the possibilities of his doing muoh batter - tor beom very good. TIIK btutomont in democratic journals that the republican inujuburs of 'the house of reprojotilntivos are disposed to prolong the session , and thut in order to do this they Intend lo do everything In their power to embarrass ti.u | doaio- crallii majority , Is not warranted by the conduct of the republicans thud far , o. ' ny the expressions of those who h-ive expressed nn opinion u * to what the mi nority would bo likely to do. The fact is , there has been no arrangement for concert , of action on the pjvrt of" the re publicans , and to fur us known no t > tcps have boon Tnk on looking to such nn nr- rangomunt. "There lifts boon inoro or loss guessing as to whal the republicans will probub i'lo r proposed sll- vor logislnt on Whether tlioy will imlta wltlj Iho democrats or stand nloof and lq\y\o \ \ the whole responsibility with tlio democrats. The line of duty la plain nui ( h , and It ought to ho en- tlroly safe ttfjirodlet that It will bo fol lowed. In tils matter the Interests of the country 'should bo nhovo any consid erations ofj1 flirty nil vantage , and His not to bo ( loyljtod that this will ho the view of tho.roDubllcan niombors of Iho houso. As In embarrassing the major ity by obstructive tactics , the republi cans will IwrJly stultify themselves by such a coin-so after the principle and prcoodont they established in the Fifty first congress. JUST about the thuo the chalrmnn of the Board of Pubho Works gets himself together with a vlnw to doing something to clean the streets , rain or u freeze-up Interferes. Mr. Blrkhausor ought to Iteop himself In working order , so that when the thaw and sunshine make street cleaning possible ho can go nt the work wlthoat delay. The Seventh ward states man should not wait every time lo bo told that ho is Indolent and negligent before attempting to perform his duty. THU Georgia crackers do not harmonIze - Izo in congress to any kittenish degree. Watson and Livingstone , the two alli ance men. are perpetually at war figur atively sneaking and only day before yesterday the little alliance leader took occasion to give Speaker Orisp a tongue- lashing It muy bo remarked in this connection that the republican minority Ls enjoying the majority boar garden immensely. A Dliorrot KIHH. ir < l /i / ( > i/tmi [ St tr. It nppeari to bo Mr. Gormaa's astute polit ical ( urposo to bo for the present only mildly prominent , and so nvold any risk of becom ing olTunslvely consptcnnu * . Ill UiicN I , > ' , < > ctur. Kcw Ynrlc Sun. The letter of Mr. Dltiino is nn oxprosMon of p.irautitl foclliiR which will gain for him the sympathy of ovary father. It Is the true story wrung from him by torture , AiM > lt > ili"l AnIn Order. Clilcaun Tribune. New York claims that the Tammany cen sus will show u population of 1,800,000 in thnt city. Tulavus what it claimed in 1S9J. Lot Gotham cither ncliuowloilfro it has not crown any iu two ycprs'br apoloiiro to Portor. All UiiiKCjrH .Hint Hit lu-r ; Ml. UniaJ > fslaml Imlcpmilciit- Nebraska republicans should now bo turn- IHR their oyos' to ward tnoir host and strong est men with ii vfow to nominating thorn. In no other way can iho ropublic.a'is hope to succeed. No jwo'akllug can tlefoat Charles H. Van Wyck , who , If all signs do not fall , will bo the tiomoo of the pooplo'a party. Jnlcro < tlnt ; und Instructive. lipttiiiu * ltci ibllcan. The OMinvyBfeE , with characteristic en terprise. very ) nnproprlatoly celebrated Nn- braskii'3 twenty-flfth birthday anniversary with a fourjpato review of Nebraska progress anil , ij'ljowth tlundor tho.jCaptions ' 'fetory ' of Nebraska , " "From Territorial De pendency to Sovereign Statehood. " It con tained many inti-i-tatinir facts and datas rela tive to the state's oarH history. CliaructorUtlu nn ill I'uco. tit. 1'jul l'limccr-l'rc , The house has passed one appropriation bill In Its ton weeks of dawdling that for the military academy. It appears to have found ono wholly useless expenditure , from its point of view , which U rulhloisly pruned away. This was an appropriation of 50 for soap. Mr. Holman doesn't propose the gov ernment shall educate a lot of young dudes who can't wash without such luxuries. The Tiirnlii Tide. New York M'oiW , March S. The city and town elections in different portions of the fatato yustorday show general democratic rovnrses , The republicans elected mayors In Utica , Oswego and Amsterdam , and In Elmlra the regular democratic candi date , championed by Senator Hill , cnrdoa but ono ward in the city. Largo aums ot money was spent on both sides for votes , it is said , and tbo independent democratic can didate , for whom Cleveland democrats nnd republicans voted , was chosen. InUtlca , too , Hill and Cleveland democrats were arrayed ntrainst oaah other , while in Oswcgo a split between thn democratic fac tions paved the way for a third republican victory. The republicans also raado gains In super visors , and in Dutchoss county , where last . car tbo board stood olgbtoon democrats to eight republicans , it Is believed that the re publicans have olontod fifteen members and the democrats eleven. JIurruli for Omiilm. Lincoln .Suit. * When the Independent national convention meets at Omaha the delegates will lind thorn- solves grnotod with true western hospitality. They will tind on the bmks of the Great Muddy a cjty with ampin hotel accommoda tions and tbo people with ouo accord doing all In tuolr pawer to make them fool at homo. Llko all cities , Omaha bos Its snortcom- Ings , but tboy will not bo visible to these who visit there on tbo glorious Fourth of July. As a convention city Omaha bus shtoU Its castor in the ring. The capture ot the Independent convention Is its first vic tory in thnt'.U rospoct. Tlioro will ho 1,770 dolojAtos , as many alter nates , aud tbM tusual followers , which will swell the crowd to at least 50,000 pooplo. If O mull u at-cnitunodntos thorn , and she will , the wont wlllnbo tussod all along the line that our slstur ( awn is n grand pluco as a convention cityi. liln four yoarj , than , she will roach out will ! fair nroipocts of secur ing other largo.gajhorlngs. The national uotivontlon at Omaha will belp Nubraskanad : It will help Lincoln , Theru will LIJ tljoubands of visitor ! from the oust and south ill-op off hero to take a look at Nebraska's enpllAl and return Mono liuljn " with praUos tj" 10 grand sights they have soon. Lot ovoriL Jo'vu In tlio state uinK tbo ononongof suucBSi for Omaha and her con vention , and , lllultiroad cast upon tto watorj , It will , return to bless us all. I'otty Jeal ousies should never push themselves In to block tlid wheels of great machinery. Hur- mh for Uiauhul .1 ma HOY .voir. JVcit' ' 1'iirJr Mcrfuru , AH wo turned HIM IOILVCH of itn album O.llo loiil HID tu iiamoi of ilioit ) seen , \Villi inn n v an Interjection And InturiiMiitloii lioiwoun. Then tvi riiino to a full lomjtli picture or u child of I wo or tliruu Wlin Hlood tirfut on thu t ililu Wlili his frouk billowIns knee. I I.no v at u uluiicu tlio ploluro. lint iliou.-lit th.it a tciiHlni w IH pat , Anil Hiisli'l ( tliiisturdy follow , "Why. Ujlvor , wild Is ih.vlif" "What Ih.it'r" Anil his lips , an ho gave It A ulmtvi' . tmik .1 fun yunrl ; " \Vliy , Hiil : U tiiu. yon utiinlJ , \Vlicit I w.ia u llttlu zlrl. ' ' OTIIKH 7.I.V/ T/M.V OVHS. Tbo disaffected classes In Germany that linvo recently been to demonstrative do not stand nlono In tholr opposition lo tbo throne , Directing , oncourattlng nnd supporting them nro men uf thought nnd purpose , who find In politics what tboy boltovo to bo the remedy for mnny of the Ills from which Germany suffers Liberals nnd noclnllus find In theto discontented mnssos the elements of future power. With them nro other multitudes , composed of nearly alt classes nnd conditions of society , that nlso furnish forth recruits to tlio liberals nnd socialists. The growth of these two palltlntl bodies bns boon so extra ordinary during the last flvo years as to glvo good causa to the Imperial govorntncnt to four tholr Influence horoaftor. The old chan cellor , Ulsmarck , attempted to crush them out with his aiul-soclixtUt'lnws , yet still tboy grew amazingly In numbers , coulldunco nnd nRgresslvonoss. 1'orcolvlng tbo prlnco'a failure , tlio'young emperor ndoptod ,1 policy of conciliation , the nuil-socmllst Inws were discarded , and "labor rescripts" for the nmo- Iteration of the condition of tbo working people ple were put forth to dispel popular discon tent. The emperor's failure has ooon not losa signal than thnt of the old chancellor's ; the liberal and socialist parties have grown ns rapidly under the policy of conciliation ns they did under that of coercion , nnd In the Uolchstnp , In society , their political strcnctli Is shown not only by numbers , but by tholr frnnknoss of speech nnd independence of notion. The church In Wnlcs still lives. Hy n ma jority of forty-sovon the House of Commons has declined to ndopt n resolution for Its dis establishment. Last /oar's majority against a similar resolution was only thirty-two. U is a question which reuses atrong fooling on both sldos. Welsh nonconformists have tbo hot temper of other Wulshmon. They say that the church Is the church of n minority. "It Haunts the banner of Uplscopallaiilsin in the fnco of n Cnlvinlsttc nation : " and It lev ies tithes. Of course ; If it did not do thnt less would bo bcnrd of other objections. The majority of Welshmen do not like It , Thnt , in Mr. Gladstone's vlow , Is the decisive argumunt. Tbo partisans of the church reply thnt It Is a growing church ; thut Its clergyman are mon of hignor character than their rivals ; thut It Is n llnoal descendant of a church which has existed in Wnloj slnco the sixth century ; that it receives twlcj ns much from donations ns from endow ments ; thnt the argument from uum- hors Is prosscd by sects which do- cllno to submit to n census and that It is an outpost of the ( Jhurcn of England. agnlnst which the real attack is directed. "Iu enemies demand disestablishment , " said Mr. Oatfour , who had ubiorboi sonj : of the Welsh beat from the opposite benches. "They ro.illy dojiro not reform , but plund or. Envy , not piaty , is the motive ol tholr ac tion. " The imputation ot low motives is a mlstuko which Mr. Balfour naod not to have mado. It Is rather remarkable that bo and others who opposed disestablish ment drew freely for their arguments on Mr. Gladstone's speech of last year in favor of disostaollsb- mcnt , if , Indeed , It wv > in favor. It was said of him at tbo time , nnd Is now said again , thut Mr. Gladstone then gave excel lent reasons for maintaining iho church in U'ulos , nnd ended oy voting to destroy it. The question is ono of these which are raised year at tor year , and can finally bo an swered In onlv ono way. A state church Is nn anachronism. The modern spirit is against it , und not In Wales only , but in England also , must what 13rlght called the adulterous connection between state and church bo ended. * * * There nro signs In Franco of nn Intent to propitiate tbo clerical conservatives on the ono band nnd tbo radicals on the other. M. Fallloros , who somowhnt hastily nnd need lessly prosooutod the nrnhbishop of Aix and thus chocked the natural effect of the popj's friendly overtures , hai bsoti dolinltoly dropped. The sacrillco of this min will bo construed as n warning agnlnst tbo exhibi tion nf too much zeal on the part of the anti- clericals. On the other hand , In the reten tion of M. Burgoois as minister of public In struction , th3 radicals receive a pledge that their program of secular oducnlion will b : > rigorously adhered to. By these two con- concessions , made to the right and loft re spectively , M. Carnet obviously hopjs to avert a combination of tbojo factors for purely destructive purposes. It mint , however , bo noted that while ho may bavo strengthened himself on bis two wings , ho has weakened himself in the center. All of tbo 318 members who stood by M. do Froyclnot in the division which caused his downfall cannot bo de pended on to support a cabinet from which M. Constans Is excluded. That Is plain from the Indignant outcries of tbo newspapers de voted to tbo late minister of tbo interior. In cluding particularly iho Beoubllquc F'ran- calso. Nor is tboro any doubt that In their protests these journals represent the fooling * of M. Jules Ferry , whoso influence , though unobtrusive , is still considerable. The new ministry will , therefore , have to deal with un element of opposition in the ranks of the opportunists , who have hitherto constituted tbo core of 1'resldont Carnot's supporters. It Is manifest from this analysis of the condi tions under which the now ministry tauos ofllco. that Its tenure of povor depends en tirely on the tolerance of M. Clomoncoau. Ho can no doubt upset the Loubot oiblnut , as ho did Its predecessor , by compelling- to define precisely its intentions with relation to the church. . % * Tbo Swedish-Norwegian controversy Is the old ono of the poopln against the court1 ; It has boon tbo general- Impression In this country that the functions of tbo king of fciwoaon nnd Norway wow msraly nominal. and that the main power of government rested xvltb the pooplo. If iho assertions of the popular loaders are to be baliovod this Is notHtrlctly the casa. The Norwegians and many Swedes claim that iho Bornadotto family bavo murpad powers which properly bolo.ig to the popular assemblies , especially as regards tbo pos itlon of Norway as an In dependent nation. The best authorities on the national constitution of 1811 declare that Norway U entitled to nil national privileges which are now onjoyoa by Sweden , but that the Icing of Sweden , who Is ulso the king of Norway , b.is persistently refused to recog nize snob nn oqunllty ot the nations. Thus , while there are ministers or diplomatic rapro snntntivoR from Sweden at tlio capitals of all the great civilized nations , Norway has none. Sweden has a minister of foreign affairs empowered to negotiate treaties , but the same rlcht U not granted to Norway. Under this sy sui in of n ff airs the Norwegian people rotuso to comldc-r themselves bound by every treaty or convention madti by the Swedish court or cabhut , but as yet the representa tions of tbo Norwegian parliament have not availed to saoure any chnngo. If the matter rolled wlttitho puoplo nlono the troublu could bo easily romi-dlod , ns many of tbn Swedish popular ropresnnlntlvos concede too justice of Norway's claims ; but the foot that the king has wished lo pledge iho support of tba two status to the Franco-Russian alllanco bus led him to resist tbo popular demand. Nat urally , from family ruasons , bis sympathy lies entirely upalast Germany , vhllo that of Norway is aa strongly oppojod lo tbo czar. On thU account popular feeling Iu Norway tins ulrnndy reached u high pitch and may culminate In opou hostility to ibo king. Prodding thn Iliioilor. No man wllh u goaloo wu * over cleclcd president , of tlio ( Jnlwd SUtoj. Go to , Gov ernor Gray , Go lo a barber shop. GERMANY DISCOVERS AMERICA Largest Electric Company in the World to Locate in Chicago , KATE REILY GETS INTO TRIBULATION A right \\ltli llrr Htntnrss Miiiin rr Cniurs ClutrKi" * of SluiiKKlliiK to lt I'rrlitrrrit Tvrrlllc MriiRKln of u I'rlcut lth u CmcMfio Htrnr.Mt OF Tin : Bun , I CIIKHOO , Il.u , March ) . | The largest , electric light company In , the world Is about to locnlo In Chicago , making this thu center uf Its operations In thu United Stntcs. In comparison with the magnitude of the work contemplated by this foreign competitor , tlio combined strength of the Kdlson and Tbomsou-Houslon companies , It Is said , , vlll sink Into relative Insignificance. The noxv rlvnl In the Hold Is no loj formid- aiilon concern tbnn tlio Slomons & Hnlsko Electric company of UorUn , wbtch has con- struetul nearly nil the occnti cnble.s Inld , nnd which bius works In London , Uorllu , Vienna , anil Uelfort , Franco. Sovcnil weeks ago papers of incorporation for the Siemens & HnlslcoElectric company were filed with the secretary of stnto nt Springfield , 111. Tlioy were taken out In tlio nnmo of O. W. Molson- berg , Edwin F. Bnlloy nnd Oils H. Waldo , tin ) two latter acting merely as attorneys In the matter. At the llmo Mr. Mulsonborg would sny nothing further thnn Unit "Ger main' bus discovered America , " nvornnc thnt the mnttor was then utirlpo for publica tion. riisliloimliln lrcmnnl > r In Trouble. Stuart Chniles Wade , n mil nnd muscular young Englisbmnn , entertained qullo a crowd of lasuionablo pedestrians by publicly thrashing ,1. A. Cuminlngs , cblof manager of ICnto Holly's drcssnmulnc ostnbltshmunt nt ' Slxtcentb'stroct and Michigan avenue. Mr. \Vade claims Mr. Cumniings grossly Insulted his wife , who up to yesterday aftoruoon was employed In iCnto Kelly's Chicago es tablishment. Ho nlso alleges that his wlfo and many other young women weio iudjced to leave England oy Kuto Holly's ' representatives , who promised them Inrccr salaries , nnd nlso induced thorn to smuggle Inrgo quantities of wraps and Purisian robes , which , Mr. Wndo claims , was the only object In bringing them over. Two hours after Mnnngor CumminKS lied from tbo Irate Wade , Unilcd States authorities visllott Knio Holly's plnco. No. 10T,1 ? Michigan nvc- nun and seized several robes , which , it U claimed , were smuggled into ibis country by ICato Holly bewelf. Kuto Holly or "Mrs. Major Arthur Grillltb , " us s'uo Is known In London society , is among the celebrated drcssrnakors of the world. In London , England , she Is court dressmaker and lives In n mansion nt Nos. 14 nnd 10 Dover street , Plcadllly. Her bus- band is an ox major ot the English army and is federal Inspector of prisons at a salary of .C8UOO a year. In Now York city she con ducts a larco establishment ut No. 477 Fifth nvunuo , wbtch Is patronized bf tbo 4UO of Gotham. Her Chicncro establishment on Michigan avenue completes the list , 1'rlest Outwits n Ittirgliir. Two masked burglars entered the residence adjoining St. Joseph's Catholic church at Olnoy nt H o'clock this morning. Ono of them npnrnnchod Kov. Fnlhor Schnclton with a lump in ono baud and n revolver in the other. The priest sprang irom bed nnd nt the same instant throw the bed covers over the burglar , extinguishing tbo lighted lamp. The robber tired bis revolver , but It fulled to penetrate the blankets. A terrible struggle in the darkness ensued , Father Schnclton suc ceeding in throwing bis assailant down the I the stuirwaj' . Tbo heavy covers saved him | from injury , and aflcr joining bis companion i burglars jumped through an open window and escaped , followed by two shots from tbo priest's revolver. Snlclilo of n lirlilo. Mrs. Martin Brown was married lust Sat urday to splto anotner lover. Last nicht when her husband camu homo ho found her dead in bed with a bullet hole in bar brain and a revolver clenched in her rigbl bund. lI.liSHMO.\ TIIK M.IA. Thill la the View Taken by New York Itopub- licull I.fililrrn. NEW YOIIK , March . A republican morn ing paper states that the loaders of the re publican party or this state held a vorv im portant conference at the Fifth Avenue hotel in this city last night. It lasted from 8 until nearly midnight and was devoted entirely tea a discussion as to the bast means of achiev ing success in the coming elections. Secre tary Tracy and Senator HiscooJc coma over from Washington in the ovoning. After din ner they adjourned to a parlor where Cbaun- coy M. Dopevv , J. Stoat Fassott. Cornelius N. Bliss , State Senator Erwln , Cotloctor Hen- drlcks , Postmaster VauCott , William Brock- field , ox-Senator Plait and sovcral other well known loaders of the party joined thorn. The discussion was informal. A majority of the conference believed that the rcnomination of President Harrison was probable , although u number of expressions favorable toother candidates were made , The names of rtelo- gatcs-at-largo to Iho convention were consid ered , out nothing lilto a slalo was suggested. Mr. Dapmv , who regards the ronomlnntlon of President llnrrison as most expedient , was not , however , to go as n dolognio-nt-larBO ns n Harrison lender. One of the most promi nent republican lenders nrosont personally advocated the nomination of Secretary Husk , whoso gallnnt wnr services would fitly ropro. sent tUo rugged honoaty of western rotmb-/ llcnns. ' II Mr. Morton retires , Secretary Trncy Is regarded us ono of the strongest candidates for vice president. After tbo conforencu was over , ono of the leaders femd : "You know thai until n month ngo Ivns I In fnvor of Ulnlno ns n candidate. Wo can win with nnv good candidate , bill I think Harri son Is the man , " Dentil of nil Old Slnto Trader. Mnmi.r , Ala. , March 4. Cnptflln Timothy Meatier , r. venerable steamboat man Identi fied wllh the palmiest Jays of stonmbonttng on Iho southern rlvora , I.s dead hero , aged 70. Ho\vns noted ns the Importer of tlio last cargo ot slaves brought to the United Stnlos. Ho stood trlnl for the Importing of Nil ) ne groes , out proved that ho had mnilo every trip on his boat , the Tony , nnil ho was dls- charged for want nf ovldeuco. V Onn\lrtoil lint S UI.T STR. M MIIR , Midi. , Mnrch 4. There Is great excitement nt Mnnlstlnuo , Mich. , over Iho cscnpo of Bon Hoffron , found BUlltv of keeping n liouso of lll-roputo where young girls were enticed. Heretofore II has boon Impossible to convict him. Today ho wns found tnillty , but friends hurried him nwny and ho escaped In a cutter , hid under the robes. A posse I.s in hot pursuit. N i.vj > inn Quoitn.ir. Chicago Post : Hood doubtless regards tils vindication In the nature of n passport to the will to houso. N w York World : The sn promo court may sustain the power , but right-thinking men have condemned Uio practlco. Now York Trioune : Was "Tom" Heed n tyrant ! Say nil yu who have boon declaim Ingngalnst him. What then Is the supreme court ! Chicago News : Under the circumstances the "victory" claimed bv Mr. Hcud and his colleagues on account of ibis decision Is at ocst dubious. Globe-Democrat : In the next house c3 representatives if the republican speaker counts n quorum the domocruU will know enough not to mnko any objection to the pro ceeding. Baltimore American : And what n serene smile must. ploy over the rotund features of the cx-spoaknr as ho reads the approval of his "methods" by the highest judicial tribunal In the land ! This IE ono of the cases where bo who laughs last laughs best. Chicago Times : Tom Heed declares that bo has been "vindicated" by the supreme court decision upon the constitutionality of the McKinlov bill. Mr. Hood's vindication arrived n trifle late nnd Is of scarcely sulll clout force to overulo the judgment of a greater trlbunnl whlcb was hnudod down a year ngo last November. 3inititr.irn.\ . Atchlson Globe : If the law tvculnstcarrying concealed weapons wia literally enfoicud , some people would have to carry tholr UHI UUS out of tlielr months. Chle.iuo Tribune : Regular Ouost This pot- fee tastes mighty queer. Something Is the matter with It. Walter ( at restaurant ) YOB. It's gonnlno coITee. Wo uxod It by accldcnU The mistake will not occur again. Now York Ilor.ild : , ) ok I'm awfully Lunt hasuonio ; I'm ready for It , Ethel Are you uropurlni : to fast' Jack Oh. yes. I'm propaiod : I've known all winter that I wns uolng lee fast. TIIK STUDENT'S IAMCNT. My empty uoe' < olbook lodny Gives cause for much ruplnln : : ; Unlike tlio dark and stormy oluiuls It bus no silver lining. Washington Sinn "How do you Itkotho elty bustle'blio H.iUt to the visitor from the coun try. try."I don't knnw/'ho answernil.rather : ib islii-d. "It klndor stiuuk mo Unit they wam't wearln' 'em nny more. " SoniuivlIIo .Tournnl : Wlc s I understand thnt tlio i-obbler nt the corner Is dend. Illtss Is that so ? Whut was the trouble ) with him ? Consumption ? \VlBsn I don't know what the matter was , but It couldn't have lieon cnnsiimptlon. Ills lulled must have buon all right or bo couldn't have breathed his lust. HIiiL'hnmtoa Loader : Tlio professional thlof Is sometimes'called n bird of prey , and yet ho Is only a-robbln' . Washington Star : "All tboio Is needed for this business. " mild the auctioneer , "Is plenty of wind and sale , " Good News : IndnUont aunty ( nftor stuf- flns llttlu nophonr with ( louuliiiuts and fruit eake ) What dou vour ninniniimlvuyoii ho x twoen meals ? l.lt 'o nephew Orders not to N. oai. I/owoll Courier : "Throa hundred youna ladlni ! n ono of the normal schools have turned tholr b.iolts on the eorsot. " If this Is true there will bo just iiuo mblits. Somcrvlllo Journal : Tlioro Isn't a man llr- Inx who would bo wholly s.itlaflu'J If lie could know exactly what the papers will s.iy about him the day utter nu dies. Yonker's Btiktcsmnn : It docs seem stranzo thai tlio more ll.'lit you put on homo IIICU'H cliaraolors tbo blacker they appear. Columbus Post : These ho are In tbo haMl of looking at the future through a Klussuru apt to bavo bad reflections left with them. Gulvoston News : The dotteroiis wrestler Kulsdiiwii to business wlit'u bo dropsonhls frlonds. BROWNING , KING * . & CD. S. W. Comer loth nutl Djii l.u Sti. - A few Stubborn Facts Our spring invoice of nice novelties in . . . . . . children's wear is s now arrvng. The jerseys and kilts are special ly choice , a n cl mothers are ur gently invited to call at our hand somely appointed children's parlors on the second floor and inspect the new things. We will not show out of date clothing for your boy because we haven't carried over a single dollar's worth. Everything is new and desirable. Gentlemen will find it ad vantageous to purchase their furnishing goods of us this week as we are making special prices , Browning , King & Co W. Corner i5th and Douglas Sts