THE OMAHA DAILY 1WK : RAAHfUDAY , MAHC5II 12 , 1892-TW HI/VIS PACKS.
THE DAILY BEE.
B. K6SKWATEH. Kt.iTon.
PDMUSI1KD EVUKY MOUNINO.
TF.HM9 OP BUIISCnil'TION.
Tnl1y Uro ( without Sunday ) Ono Year. . . .I 8 CO
fM1r nml Hundnjr , Uho Yonr . in 00
BizMonths . 500
Thrco Months . 2M
Hindu v lice , Ono Yr.ir. . 200
PHturdiiy llco. Ono Your. . . 1 B'
rttckly lice , Ono Year. . ICC
ort'ions
Omnhi , The tire Building.
f-'mithOninlin , corner N nml Hfitli Streets.
Council Hindu , 12 I'onrl btrect ,
bhtcncoOfllce. ,1i ? ( hntnl.erof Commerce.
Now YorkIlooiii i ; , Hand ISTrlbuno llulldlnjr
AVuahluglon , fil.'l Fourteenth street.
COISUKSI'ONDKNOK.
All cotiiniunlcntlons roliitlnB to now and
editorial matter should bo addressed 1C Iho
LdltrrKt Department.
ItfSI.NESS M5TTEH8.
All bn lnc loiters anil rciinltt.'inres should
loaddrcs ed to The llco Publishing Compimy ,
Omaha. Drafts , checks and postolllco orders
to bo made pnynblo to the order of the unn
P ny.
fcWOHN STATEMUNTOF CIUOULATION.
Halo of Nebraska { , .
County of lIouRlo * . I
Gco. II. Tuchuck , secretary of The HICK
I nbllihlng tonipnny. does Bolomnly swear
thul the actual olronlatlon of TllK DAII.V HEE
for the week ending March G , Iby. ' , was as
follows !
Sunday , rob. 2 ? . 2M < *
Monday , 1'ob. it ) . i U > so
Ttiradny , March I . SM.OI7
Wcdhcsilay. March 2. . 2.1,870
Thursday. March 3 . 2',0'K ' !
Friday. March 4 . ; . i3.Tr > J
Katurdiiy. ilarchfi . 24.2iU
Averaco . 84.505
OKO. . TZSOIIUOK.
Sworn tot cfore me mid mbscrlhcd In my
rrcsente this Mb day of March. A. 1) . 1892.
BKAU N. 1' . KKIU
Notary Public ,
O C'lrciihitlon lor .lininary yi'l''l.
Avoragii UlrriihtUon for I'Vlinniry yir. U ) .
Tun poll photographs drawn by the
prand jury in Its Until report nro very
llfollko indood.
A iihi//.Attn luivlntr Btrucl : Now York
it will bo in order for the humorous
mayor of BiBinarclc to telegraph another
olTer of financial assistance.
A KKW men referred to in the grand
jury reort ] , although not named , are so
accurately described that tboy will find
it very unsufo in the future to ask for
public ollico.
IKTHHKK were any probability that ,
the senate will pass any of the house
bills attacking the McKinley tariff ,
there would bo vastly more interest
taken in the discussion.
A VOTE of thanks is duo to the grand
jury for its industry , honesty and ofH-
cioncy. It has cleared the political at
mosphere in a way which ought to
restrain boodlors in the future.
Tsfs Iowa senate has passed a bill pro
viding that all executions of criminals
shall take pi are in the ucnitontiarios
instead of county jails. Nebraska should
enact a Biitiilar law at the next session
of the legislature.
ii
THBUB are enough irrigation compa
nies organized to make western Ne
braska blossom as a rose. They are cap
italized for millions upon millions , but
there is moro water so far in the capital
stock of many of the corporations than
in their irrigating ditches.
Tim "hold your wheat" circulars
'loom to have boon effective , for the Do-
uartmont of Agriculture reports 28 per
lent of the wheat and 41.8 nor cent of
iho corn crop of 1S91 still in the grow
ers' hands. It remains to bo seen
Ij whether the policy of holding the grain
will prove prolitablo.
THAT injunction restraining the city
council from leasing Marcy street ot a
nominal annual rental for a lumber yard
is doubtless based on good law. The
council 1ms no right to deprive property
owners of the use of the streets or to
block public thoroughfares for the con
venience of individuals.
THE District of Columbia is petition-
Congress for the right of suffrage ,
eves that the district does not
.en it is well off. At present
< onal treasury pays two dollars
In iry dollar raised by local taxation
tut .naintaining the district govern-
J lirit and making public improvements
In the city of Washington , to say noth
ing of the millions expended in monuments
ments , parks and great , national build
ings.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
WK HAVE PO sympathy with' the potty
malice and sectional joaloubles which
are manifest in the efforts to prevent
Chicago from securing additional aid in
the amount of $5,000,000 for the World's
fair. The talk that Chicago is acting in
. bad faith comes from cities which are
jealous of the marvelous growth and
prosperity of the great lake metropolis.
Chicago has done nobly on her own behalf -
half and deserve * the assistance of congress -
gross to carry out plans which will make
the great exposition memorable for a
century , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
PUIKNDS of Captain Bourke In this
city and the west generally are not sur
prised to learn that the charges made
against lum by border Mexican sym
pathizers with Gar/.a are based upon the
oilloloncy with which ho performed his
military duties and upon no grounds in
volving misconduct as an ofllecr or gen
tleman. They have ' known him too long
and respect him 'too highly to give
crodoiii'o to rumors coming from flllbus-
torora rollootlng upon Ills character. As
his commanding officer after investiga
tion approves of his course in the Garza
campaign the offort.ta disgrace him may
bo bet down as a dismal failure.
I1 I THK pilgrimage ol the State Board of
Transportation to the metropolis of Ne
braska and their confidential conference
with the railroad magnates that have
their headquarters in Omaha would
noom to indicate that they have reached
the conclusion at lust that something
must bo done. The spectacle of the
itato board waiting deferentially upon
the railroad managers and asking their
pleasure is decidedly humiliating , U
the board really moans business it would
bavo been moro in keeping with Its po
sition to have hold nn opun session ut
the state oupllol to dismiss the proposed
reduction In freight rates and lot the
railway trnfiio managers then and there
present thuir usual objections.
SKXATOR PADDOCK'S t'UHK 1'OtlI ) HILT , .
Wo print in full in this Issue the
speech of Senator Paddock in support of
his bill for preventing the adulteration
and tnl&brandlng of food and drugs.
This measure was introduced by Mr.
Paddock nearly two years ago , and
finally passed the senate lust Wednes
day. It r'ocolved extended consideration
during the Fifty-ll-at congress , but no
action was taken on it. As soon as the
present suasion of the senate commenced
Mr. Paddock again brought forward hU
bill , and by porslbtont effort succeeded
in securing action on It ,
Opposition to the measure took various
grounds. It was claimed that it would
>
involve a very heavy outlay by the gov
ernment , that it placed too much power
in the hands nf the secretary of agricul
ture , that it interfered in a matter
which ought to bo left , entirely to state
regulation , and that It discriminates
against cottonseed oil. Senator Pad
dock mot and conclusively answered all
these objections. lie showed upon the
authority of tho.chomtst of the Agricul
tural department , that the cost of exe
cuting the proposed law would not ex
ceed $100.000 per annum. Retarding the
objection that the bill devolves too much
authority on the secretary of agricul
ture , which was simply a partisan view ,
Mr. Paddock's sutllclont reply was
that no sccro.tary of agriculture , whether
a republican or a democrat , would lie
capable of prostituting a great scientific
division of his department to the low
pursuits of corrupt and corrupting poli
ties. As to the view that the matter
ought to be loft to state regulation , Mr.
Paddock pointed out that the power to
regulate commercial intercourse between
the states belongs exclusively to the
national government by specific grant ,
and all that'Is contemplated by the bill
is the analysis ot articles of food or
drugs , being subjects of interstate com
merce , which may come under suspicion
from tlmo to time as adulterated and
mtsbrandod articles. Regarding the
charge that the measure was formulated
for the express purpose of discriminat
ing against cottonseed oil , Mr. Paddock
said it was a significant fact that the re
putable packers and manufacturers of
compound lard , in which cottonseed oil
is used in part , are themselves in favor
of the passage of the bill for the pro
tection of the very interest which cer
tain senators desired to protect through
its defeat.
The argument of Senator Paddock in
support of his measure is strong , clear
and convincing , and the majority for tbo
bill in the senate attested its effect anil
inllucnce. What fate the measure will
meet in the house cannot now be pre
dicted with any degree ot certainty , but
the chances are that the economical dis
position of that body will work agninst
the bill , to say nothing of the political
objection urged against it bv democratic
senators. These considerations , however -
over , may not outlast the present session.
It is not to bo doubted that the proposed
law , if it were properly enforced , would
accomplish a great deal of good.
JlfOfifi SVQAtt VEET TALK.
The people of Nebraska cannot grow
weary of the discussion ot the sugar boot
so long as it promises farmers such
profitable returns for cultivation. The
whole world is talking about Nebraska's
experience in the sugar beet fields al
ready cultivated and in the beet sugar
factories already established. Cer
tainly a topic which interests the pro
ducers and consumers of sugar alike
cannot become tiresome to the people
who have the prospect of profiting chloily
b > its discussion.
As was stated in an editorial article
two or throe days ago , if there had boon
no profit whatever in cultivating beets
and making them into sugar , the adver
tising alone would moro than repay for
several times the amount of money thus
fur expended by our people. But the
advertising is merely incidental. The
future will see the slate leading the
world In the production of boot sugar ,
unless unwise legislation in congress or
the state shall check tbo development
of the industry.
Last year the United States imported
$20,000,000 worth of sugar in excess of
the year preceding. There is therefore
no early probability of America's" homo
product exceeding the home .lomand.
As Germany and Franco encourage the
industry by indirect bounties it is not
unreasonable to expect America must
for a few years ut least do the same
Franco has 410 factories as the result of
this governmental assistance. America
has thus far but six factories , two of
which are in Nebraska.
Wo should not bo unwilling to stimu
late an Industry so wall adapted to our
climate and soil , and should not grudge
the pioneer Oxnard sugar company such
profits as it may realize in the near fu
ture from its foresight and enterprise.
Tbo total sugar bounty paid by the gov
ernment to the Grand Island und Nor
folk factories was but $515,000 lor last
year. The total value of the output Is
therefore not much exceeding $150,000.
The plants cost $1,003,000. The year's
income is consequently but 15 per cent
of the Investment and out of this must
bo paid the cost of management , the
price of the boots and all other expenses
incident to the business. It ought to bo
eluar from those facts that the Nebraska
sugar makers must expand their pro
duction before they can liopa for very
heavy returns on their Investment.
PA VlNa SPECIF JO A 270 AS.
Section 4 of chapter 13 of , the revised
ordinances of Omaha " makes it the duty
of the Board of" Publlo Works in connou-
tlon with the ally engineer to supervise
and prepare all specifications for sewer
work , paving , macadamizing and ropav
ing which is to bo lot by contract The
board Is also required to keep a special
book In which shall be entered full and
complete specifications ot all details of
work to bo contracted and advertised for.
It appears that the specifications
which the Board of Public Works and
engineer have drawn up for the paving
and repaying to bo done during tlio pres
ent year do not moot the views of the
city council and that body now proposes
to take the matter into Us own hands.
At special' mooting hold Thursday
night the council attempted to re
peal the ordinance relating to paving
specifications und it is proposed that
hereafter the council will exorclso those
functions , which moans , of course , a com
mittee of the council or tlu irororning
junta ot six which controls the council
caucus.
Tlio question naturally suggests lt elf ,
who is behind tills move and what object
is there to bo accomplished in substitut
ing it council rnminltton for the Board of
Public Works and engineer who are
supposed to bo qualified for supervision
ot nubile works ? On the face of it this
action on the part of the council looks
suspicious. Is this action In the interest
of taxptiyors or is it in the Interest of
contractors ? It is charged that the
specifications gotten up by the Bo.ird of
Public Works are too strict , and It is
also alleged thai only one cntmmny
would bo in position to glvo -ten-year
guaranty on asphalt paving. On this
point the objections como from inter
ested parties and must bo weighed ac
cordingly. If any of the conditions
which the Board of Public Works pro
poses to linposo upon contractors tire un
reasonable or too stringent , they should
bo modified , but the council cannot
take the making of specifications for
paving and ether public works Into Its
own hands without laying Itself llablo
to the suspicion that the contractors nro
to dictate the specifications.
The council may as well also olo.vrly
understand that oven if It repeal the
present ordinance It cannot act without
the concurrence of the mayor. The
charter expressly provide * that the
powers granted to the municipal gov
ernment shall bo exorcised by the mayor
and council jointly.
A ( WHAT MOKuPUIA" VAPlTUhATES.
The Standard Oil trust has decided to
dissolve. Since the decision a short
time ago of the supreme court of Ohio ,
forbidding the trust to carry out any ot
the contracts made In connection with
its organization , thera has been a good
deal ot interest felt as to the future ac
tion of the powerful monopoly. Its fran
chises were not disturbed by the deci
sion , and it was a very general iuip-es-
slon that , it would take refuge under the
laws of Now Jersey , as was done by the
sugar trust and the cottonseed oil com
bination. It does not appear , however ,
that a step of this kind has at any time
boon contemplated by the St-ind ird Oil
people , and they have simply boon con
sidering the best way out of a dilemma ,
the result being a decision to dissolve
the trust and not to reorganize in any
way. The stock hold by the trustees
will bo returned to the various compa
nies which constitute the t ust , and the
affairs of this gigantic monopoly will bo
wound up.
This is a victory for the law and for
public opinion the importance of which
it would bo difficult to overestimate.
The Standard Oil trust was the forerun
ner of such combinations in this coun
try and has boon the most powerful
among them. It has brought great
wealth to everybody connected with it.
Less than twenty-five years ago the men
who conceived and put into operation
this scheme of monopoly were compara
tively poor. The man whoso shrewd
brain formulated the plan and carried it
to success was an oil refiner on a moder
ate scale in Cleveland , O. , who in a
mercantile career had shown no re
markable financial or business ability
and had achieved no marked success.
Today ho is ono of the richest men in
the country , having a fortune estimated
to considerably exceed $100,000,000 ho
himself stated boino time ago that ho did
not know within $10,000,000 or $12,000-
000 whac ho was tforth and everywhere
recognized as a financier of the highest
ability. John D. Rockefeller , Henry M.
Fluglor and Oliver H. Payne , the organ
izers of the oil trust , have amassed their
fortunes by practices in violation of law
and hostile to public policy. What they
could not control they have spared no
effort to crush , They have hesitated at
nooxpcdient. whatever the consequences
wore to bo to others , to accomplish their
purpose. The demoralizing effect of
their business example bus been far-
reaching and will remain long after the
monopoly which they created is dead.
The dissolution of the Standard oil
trust , compelled by the fiat of the law ,
ought to stimulate effort against the
other combinations obnoxious to the law.
Having overthrown the first and tbo
greatest of all tbo trusts , with almost
limitless resources at its command and
the influence to command favor in
nearly every quarter whore it might
need favor , It certainly ought not to bo
a difficult matter to bronn up tbo other
and lobs powerful combinations. The
authorities , national and state , should
force the light against the trusts , and if
they will do this it will not bo long be
fore a general dissolution of those or
ganizations takes place.
IKO/IK OP THE OIIAND JUllY
After twenty-four days' work the
grand jury has completed its labors. It
has brought in fifty-throe indictments ,
submitted a scathing report concerning
the dishonest practices of city and
county officials and suggested amend
ments to existing laws that would pro
tect the taxpayers from a maladminis
tration. Thn report ought to bo road by
every taxpayer and pondered ever by
every official.
The work of the grand jury has not
boon entirely satisfactory to its mem
bers. The jury mot with insurmount
able obstacles in the way of unwilling
witnesses , and legal technicalities. The
laws against bribery and gambling
close the mouths of all participants
who are able to shield themselves by
falling back upon their privilege to re
fuse evidence that would tend to crim
inate them. Enough information was
obtained however to warrant the grand
jury in photographing a number of
guilty parties in suoli a way as to make
them known to the public and warn
their follow eiU/.ons against them in the
future. The Scotch verdict of guilty as
charged but not proven is recorded
against a dozen boodlers who would
have been formally Indicted and finally
convicted If they had received their just
deserts ,
Severn ! topics treated upon by tbo
grand jury demand extended comment
ut the hands of tlio prnss. The charges
made by THK Bun In connection with
the Kolchum furniture deal uro sus
tained , though by reason of the death
of a priiicip.il witness and reticence of
interested parties no formal Indictments
could be M'tiH'no , ! . The couiU'tlinoii
who partlclHtfud in the Ninth st eet <
jamboree aj uj/jexpunsoof fie fit -nlturo '
company , and rvbo auconlud sA bain as
cnurlo * os fratn tbo ontorpr.s tig ngont ,
find Iholr c ji uot co idum loJ by n juy
of thulr feilotoioHl/.oiH though escaping
other p mlijyn p-it and tlio humiliation
f u form il immwncoinjnt Of Ihelr indi-
viihul niiiH > 9.1
On the wi f | ) the grand jury Is to bo
coinmonded-for its Industry and conscl-
on.tloua iiprOielillon to duty IU sug
gestion 111 tljU crand jury should bo Im-
punnollcd oncd a year will meet with
general favoY notwithstanding the expense -
ponso involved. ( The recommendations
for amendments to existing laws to pre
vent the cscapd of criminals upon Jeoh-
nlcalities and to remove hindrances to
investigations \vill bu approved. The
suggestion that the polloo court bo
given concurrent jurisdiction with tbo
district court In gambling cases Is
worthy of attention and the advice
affecting matters In the county jail is
worthy of immediate consideration.
IT Now transolros that the first coke
tin made in the United States was not
turned out by tho.tin plato factory re
cently started at Irondalo , .O. Several
lots of coke tin have been made by the
N. & G. Taylor company of Philadel
phia , and that establishment is now run
ning on a largo order of this tin. This
order , wo nro informed , was socu cd in
competition with the foreign make , and
not only on account of lower price , but
for the reason that the plato nmdn by
the Taylor company was regarded by
the purchaser as being bettor than the
foreign article. Tlio company says
that the manufacture of tin plato is most
simple and expresses the opinion that as
the woric progrnssos and expenses are
gotten to u minimum , prleoi will bo
much lower. Of course it will bo years
before the tin plato industry of this
country is sufficiently developed to sup
ply tlio homo demand , but steady pro-
grusH is being made in enlarging It , and
what has already been accomplished is
sufficient to vindicate the wisdom of fos
tering the industry.
HASTINGS is to bo congratulated upcn
securing an appropriation of $00.000 for
a postolfieo building. The amount is not
as largo as might bo desired , but public
building appropriations are very seldom
made for the full Ostimato of the amount
to bo expended.
.
'll'.fs-ifnyton ' 1'iat.
John L. SulUvttn may not bo a first cla s
actor , but ho 'throws ' consldoraolo of the
Star SpanglcU , ( Uamior into his pugilistic
* '
challenges. j
{ Jjiwr Xcwa ( item. ) .
Governor B jycl is evidently notacandldato
for ro-olootlon next fall , Judsiinff from his expressed -
pressed oolnldn df the fur/nor * ' legislature ,
which ho sepin 'io think cannot be trusted
with railroad 'frqfKhJ legislation.
vdiii ( About Klmlra ?
d/ifcatffj / T mc .
"Oh , say , havaryou heard the news frnm
Malno ! " Portland. has elooted a democratic
mayqr for thoittrst tlmo In mapyi-yoars. . JJo-
forc long democrat will lind it prolitablo to
bavo au eve on the Malno ohaace.
The Man tn Win With.
I'hllatlelDhla I'rcs *
These are facts which bavo given the
pomilar mind its direction in looking to him
as a man to win with. Who can offer such
prospects of carrying Indiana as Harrison !
And with Indiana added to the sure repub
lican states the campaign Is won , no matter
which side Now York is on. Without any
question President Harrison Is a candidate
to win with. _ _
The Annual Itliiu .
Liramle littumcrany.
Kvory tlmo the city of Omaha attempts to
compel the Union Paciflo to llva up to its
contracts the big railway company pouts and
threatens to remove its headquarters to Denver -
vor , or Cboyonno , or'laukvillo , and the mu
nicipality pots frightened and relaxes its
rigor. It is ono of these annual bluffs
that the Union Paciflo U malting now and
both Denver u'ria Cheyenne evidently regard
It as a royal Hush play. Exporlonco should
have taught them better.
TlioSiimo Old G'licgtnut.
Denver IttpuliUcan.
Very little credit should bo given to tb.B
talk about the removal of the Union Pacific
shops fiom Omaha to Denver. Tboso shops
ought to bo hero , but this baa been true for a
great many years and yet tboy have re
mained in Omaha. Denver Is the cantor of
tbo Union Pacific system , and tauing every
thing into consideration it would probably bo
cheaper to maintain the shoos bora than in
Omaha. But the Union Pacific has never
been very friendly to Danvor. If tboro is
mucn talk among Union Pacific officials resi
dent in Omaha about moving tbo shorn to
Donvnr , It Is simply a bluff at the former
city.
Tin ) Shin Ing I'luttc.
( 'Meaao Inter Ocean.
Senator Sanderson has introduce' ! a bill la
congress for a government survey of the isl
ands In the Platte river In Noorasita. It
scorns that when the govorrnantal survey was
made In ISO I the islands ta the Platte were
not considered. Tup lines ran only to the
rlvor on each sido. But there are a number
of very valuable islands in the river , In all
nald to contain , between 373 und 5'JO acres ,
and tboro has bden'so much dUputo over this
land that It iV'JjijucfWsary to have a govern-
moiit survoy. Still , It will bo difficult to dis
pose of this laqd by ale , because of the
constant chun oriM taking place. While some
are washing away others are receiving the
soil and lucroasing their area , so that It
would bo difllcttjpfor the government to give
u title to somotqtW that might disappear tbo
next morning. ) ? ' man who had an island
of thirty acrosipw [ has seven acres , and an
other who bad only two or tli MO acres now
has over thirty aero ; . .
Aiiiilvurn ry >
.Mounliiln Kews ,
Wo tnako hl torr fast tn the west. Ono
important event fallows another with such
startling rapldUMQat we lose track of datoi ,
and only realize bow great has boon the progress
gross of our gdnofatlon when reminded of the
sumo by tbo recurrence of some anniversary
which has marked aq era ID tbo aunaU of the
country. .
Twenty-Ova years' ago , on March 1 , 1807 ,
Nebraska was admitted as a .state of tbo
union. It scarcely seem > a quarter of a cen
tury ago , and yet the finger ot Umo points to
tbo data and compels an acquiescence In the
fact. Tbo annlvoMory was miUo tha occa
sion by THK OM.UU Bcu of a review of the
procross of the state and Its phenomenal
trrowlh in all the elements industrial , edu
cational and commercial which comoliio to
nmUo a great aud prosperous commonwealth ,
Too political history of the state Is glvon In
oxtuuso , from tbo inception of tlio territorial
government down to the proteut time , and in
it II euro the names of many mem who have
since become famoui in the annuls nf the j
wott , among thorn William N. H.vors , the
honored founder of the Hocliy Mountain
Kows.
The general nroqrcM of Nour.xsUa In all
the art * of civilization has boon remarkable.
H h a magnllluonl agricultural ftito , with a
pau of which It may welt bo proud and n
lutnro whluh it tlcntlncil to glvo it pDwornnd
tnlluonco In the transmlMourt country ni
well as In the nation. Local rivalries exist
hiSlwoon states us well ni between smaller
communitlo * , but overshadowing nil other
fooling thcro U a strong sanUtnont of prlduln
ttio progress of the transmlssourl region ; a
recognition of the unity of Its interests nnd
nn Intrnso dcstro for Its continued growth
nnd development. Colorado can therefore
well afford to bid her elder slstor in the union
of slates hull , nnd tender hearty congratula
tions on the rccurraiicu of so Joyful nn anni
versary , which Is nil the moro satisfactory
on account of the honorable record' that hns
been tniula In nil the elements which consti
tute n vigorous and healthful clvlllr.atlon n
record lhal will .curry tbo state onward to a
more splendid centennial.
Coil of n Cmiri'fi | < il < > rml I'minni ! ,
A sturdy , Dhun-livlng , plalu-thlnUIng mnrn-
borol congress died last summer at hU homo
In Knoxvlllo , Tonn. A conctrossional com
mitted appeared nl thy funeral M "modrn-
eis" ; the sorgoant-at-nrnn jjnvo all the
ardor.In connection with the objcquloi , as
signing to a local undertaker the furnishing
of the casket and attention to dotalU. Uoro
nro some of tbo Horns of a bill at which oven
burdened congressmen nro staggered :
Casket . $ I.2JD
Kxtr.i trimmings . -t)0
Photographs . : il
Stcnoxr.iimuig . . . ID
The most oxpcusivo naskot in Washlncton
costs iUO. General Spinolu's friends were
content with ono costing $15'J loss. To spend
even this amount of the people's money on a
box which Is to ba Immediately consigned to
burial and liocny is nbomulablo , but ? 1'JJO !
Then why photographs ! And why steno
graphers ? No wonder tbo co.mmttoo on ac
counts refuses to pay tboso oxcasstvo nnd
unnecessary charcas. Will some member
anxious to distinguish himself Und out the
price of a rospeotublo funeral without "extra
trimmings , ' ' and then introduce a bill limit
ing the expense of future congressional
funerals to this maximum )
OTHKIt I.AXIM T//.1.V OtjltS.
The moral effect of the result of the
London county councils elections List week
Is distinctly favorable to the GUdstonians.
While tbo issues wor. ) largely local , yet
loading tories und liberals took part in the
canvass and pave it tbo character of a con
test between tbo two great parties. The
liberals ospousad the cause of the progression
ists or radicals , and tbo tories went to the
aid of the opposition ; tbo result shows the
former to bavo elected two-tbtrds , if not
more , of the members of the councils , carry
ing what had been known as conservative as
wnll ns radical wards. The worliingmen
voted for the radical candidates almost in a
body , and South London gave almost a solid
vote for the radicals. London has beou a
stronghold of the torics , and it has not been
believed that Mr. Gladstone could win many
scats there in the coming general election.
The outcome ! of Saturday's voting
changes this outlook and makes
it probable that the Gladstonian ma
jority will bo Increased from London. Ono
report was that if the tories won in London
dissolution of Parliament would follow at
once after Kastor. Thcro is nothing to be
gained by prolonging the session in the way
of Improving tory chances in tbo coming
election , but Lord Salisbury seems inclined
to hold on to the .last moment. Mr. Glad
stone's policy seems to be to lot him take all
the tlmo bo wauls. Ho has stopped tbo nae-
ging of the government in which his follow
ers were indulging before his return from
Franco , and allows Mr. Balfour to have bis
own way In tbo conduct of business in the
Commons. His program seems to bo to wait
an opportunity for a grand coup , or to allow
tno session to run out its full length , satisfied
that bo and not Mr. Balfour will gaiu tbo
advantage from that policy.
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AU of Ireland's well wishers must sea that
in Mr. Gladstone's triumph lies their solo
bopo of obtaining any substantial conces
sions. To secure that triumph ho must bo
permitted to manage his canvass in bis own
wav. The liberals of England , Wales and
bcotlana have interests of their own at
stalco , and tboy cannot bo expected to ignore
them , because tboy are also determined that
justice shall bo done to Irishmen. In Wales
the coming contest must bo fought mainly on
tboissuoof tbo dlsostaDlishmont of the An
glican church in the principality. In Scot
land the dominant question will necessarily
bo the disestablishment of t ho established
Presbyterian church. ID London , which re
turns fifty-live members of Parliament , the
matter in which tbo voters are most vitally
concerned is the extension of the pros-
oat limited powers of the county coun
cil , i'o force Air. Gladstone to throw
into the background all these vital local in
terests and to multo the next cloction turn ,
not even on the principle of homo rule , but
on some minute feature of a highly elaborate
scheme , would bo nn aotot.stupendous folly ,
or of deliberate treachery , on tbo part of
Irish nationalists. Those men cannot sin
cerely want homo rule as an end who refuse
to countenanoo tbo 'effective and legitimate
means thereto. All that any Irishman of
common sense will ask is , first , that Mr.
Gladstone shall by all the engines of Influence -
fluonco at his disposal obtain a majority in
the next House of Commons , and , secondly ,
that he shall ofTor Ireland the most generous
measure of homo rule which that mijorlty
can bo prevailed upon to accept , Tbero is no
alternative , for the torica offer nothing.
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Fortunately for the peace of Europe the
semi-lunatics 'who occupy the imperial
thrones of Germany and of Uussla are not In
a position ut tha prosout time to execute
their alleged throats against each other. In
spite of her immense armies Hussla is not as
formidable a military power as appearances
would seem to indicate. Though her soldiers
are bravo , they arc wanting In the spirit and
intelligence of the Gorman and the French
troops , and the occasional wars of Hussia
have developed very little military talent
among the officers of her arniiis. It Is In the
highest degree probable , considering the
disparity In the morale of the rcspcctivo
arniloj , that it Hussla should sonil half a
million of men across the frontier the
Germans would execute Kmpsror William's
threat of "pulverizing" them , But in the
present Impoverished condition of Kusala ,
with bar finances disordered , credit Im
paired and fn in 1110 rasing tbroughout
the land , the czar could not Uoop
an invading array in tbo field for a
week , and would hardly bo able to defend
his territory from German or Austrian in
vasion , The burning of Moioow was an net
of barbarism and uowardico which could not
bo reported. Hence , in view of Kimla's
present Internal condition , tbo danger of tbo
czar's crossing tbo German frontier with an
army , never very great , is roduood to a mini
mum. As to the Imperial ruler of Germany ,
though ho may vapor ever tbo wlno at a
Brandonbuig baucjuot , ho has hit hands too
full at homo to Indulge in ctroutiH ot glory In
foreign Holds of battle. Ho may have quilo
enough employment for himself and hU
troops in quelling domestlo insurrection ,
without thinking of "pulverizing Hus.la , "
What with the atroag opposition iu his own
Parliament , with the increAse of socialism
among bis pcopli , with tbo rage and sulfor-
tng because of dear bro.nl , nnd wltti the bitter -
tor feelings provoked by his nutooratlo pretensions -
tensions , ho will bo remarkably fortttnato if
ho shall weather the storm and transmit his
rule In peace to his hoir.
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Tbo present crl.sts In Greece is duo to n
stnto of things .similar to tlmt which caused
the ejection of King George's ' predecessor
from the throne. Tbo favoritism shown by
Othototho ll.ivnrlruis whom ho had np-
pointed to ollli'o , brought ahotit a national
uprising In ISU the result of which was
tlmt the IJiiviin ms were dismissed and the
king solemnly pledged himself tn rule
through responsible ministers nnd n repre
sentative tsomby. ! . U was the breaKtng of
this promise which provoked n second revo
lution in 1802 and forced Otho to leave
Grooco. There Is even loss excuse for the
present ruler's violation of his coronation
oath than there was for Otbo'.s runturo of
his plighted word. The latter could plead
that his promise to govern through ministers
accountable to the people's representatives ,
hnd been extorted from htm by coercion.
ICIng George , on the other hand , was well
nwnro , when ho accepted the crowti , of the
constitutional conditions upon which
It was tendered. If ho did not llko tbo con
stitution wliou ho hnd bccnmo familiar with
Its workings , ho could hnvo started n movo-
in out for Its nnionnmont In the way pro
scribed by law. Until ntnondod , ho Is In duty
bound to obey It , or clso to resign nn oftlco
which ho owns not to Irhorltanco , but to n
contract made between himself and iho
Greek people. Ho has broken that contract ,
and ho richly deserves the fa to of Otho. If
ho escapes U , his Impunity will bo duo , ns wo
hnvo said , to the inlliioiico nf Ins English
and Russian broth or-In .law , who can prob
ably count nt this juncture on the cooperation
tion of franco. It may prove dlfllcult to
organize a revolution against a rutor sup
ported by the three great powers , which lor
upwards of sixty years bavo been the
avowed protectors of Hellenic lloortlos. Yet
the Greeks nro not easily pulllod , and they
may itftor all maUo up their minds that , dis
regarding dynastio Interests , they will appeal
to the enlightened public opinion of the
world , mid raako good their constitutional
rights by dethroning the ruler who infringes
thorn.
Denver News ( dutn ) Now Is the time for
renewed activity among silver men. They
must meet every blast from the gold bug's
with a counter blast. Meetings should beheld
held , resolutions passed und everything else
done that can ba done ] o counteract the vil
lainous tactics of the ouragod aud desperate
ono my.
Now Yorlt Tribune ( rop. ) : It is to placate
voters at homo , to suppress rivals by ploying
the demagogue , that motnbors are'in haste
to vote for the worst silver bill yet offered.
But this only discloses the enormous pre
ponderance , wllh'n ' the democratic party and
in tbo districts from which its strength must
como , of u iinnncial liuiuov which endangers
the honor and tbo prosperity of the country.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican ( Ina.
dom. ) These votes of yesterday reveal
more clearly than ever the fact that the re
actionary clement of the democratic major- , ,
icy holds full control in tlui house nnd will
drive its purposes along with deaf ears. It
gained the upper hands in tlio olcction ot
Speaker Crisp , and Its progress toward
Iccoping control has been steady ever sinco.
Minneapolis Tribune ( rep. ) : Republicans
have every reason to rejoice ever the out
come of tbo | roe silver controversy. It has
split the democratic paity from top to bottom
tom and this defection must become very np-
parent at the polls next full. Republicans
still stand on abound money olutform. Are
ready to force the conflict with n democracy
which has not nnd cannot unite upon any
common ground.
St. Paul Pioneer Press ( rop. ) : This great
vote for tbo consideration of the Bland bill
represents that accumulation of folly , insin
cerity , eagerness to shout for the Lord or iho
devil according as the votes seem likely to
go , stolid inditfcronco to moral issues , and
irresistible loaning toward repudiation nnd
financial heresy and dishonor of every sort
winch has made up the bulk of tbo demo
cratic party for so many years.
St. Puul Globe ( dcm. ) : The passage of the
Bland bill tn thn bouse against the unani
mous tirou'st of the northern states that tbo
democrats must carry to succeed nt tbo elec
tion , does not impress one as un evidence of
political sagacitv. It is conceded that the
measure will bo killed at tbo wbllo bouso if
it should tret through tbo senate. Nothing- ,
then , would thcro bo gained for tbo cause of
free silver , and the democratic strength
would bo weakened at vital points.
Philadelphia Times ( Ind. dora. ) : Its pass-
; ILO is quite likely to lose ttiu party every
oabtern and middle state in the coinlni : presi
dential election without any corresponding
gain in tbo west. The prosout. democratic
majority In the house was elected on tbo
McKinley tariff and not on the free coinage
Issue , but Mr. Bland seems to bavo per-
jiuadcd n majority of the democrats that the
reverse is tbo raso , and there is nothing to
bo done but to lot thorn flnd out their mis
take by giving the republicans the advantage
in tbo coming contest.
Detroit Free Press ( dem. ) : The opposi
tion to the silver mo.isuro is so strong in cer
tain of the states which muut oo carried if
the democracy is to win that any infusion of
the silver issue , directly or indirectly , in the
campaign will lese tuoso states to tbo domoc-
racy. Thl.s Is not sontlmont or projtidloa
olthor for or npnlnst silver. It U the fact. U
Is prnctlcnl politics. The road on which the
domocrnotlo supporters of free colnngo hnvo
sot out Is ono that loads to defeat , nnd there
is no oscnpo except In the prompt retracing1
of the stoptnkon In that direction.
, KH'IAItAH.1.
Slftlngs : l'ood for reflection : Thogooil dinner -
nor that you missed.
Now Orleans 1'leayunc : A mnn In a lirown
stuilv must have some object to glvo color to
his thoughts.
I'lilliidoltihln Times ! If Snlllvnn and
Mltuholt could 1)0 locked up In n small room
and compelled to flk'ht until ono or bath nf
th"in hau to bo curried to the hospital , the
world would become nuiro pe icoful und IOIIK-
dlslunco mouth lighting KOI a blituk oyc.
Wiisbhnton Stir : "I think icy boy must
hnvo been out.out for n humorist. " said the
proud fiithur.
"Why ? " Iniiulrun the neighbor.
"Hueuuso li.ul spelling Just scorns to oomu
natural to him"
SI'IIINO. ( JKNTl.U SI'ltINn ,
C'lolMer diid 1'nriiMier-
Come , put n\rav tlio ulstur big.
And Uuiooalskln cap wo uoro ,
I1 or gentle Sprint ? Is coming on ,
wo shall not need thorn moio.
Pull down the camphorated trunk
1 nrlh from the uttlu lil li ,
And IVIOK those VVIninr clothes away ,
tor Sprlns Is drawing nlnh.
And when wo cut lliotn packed nwuy.
Up out of sight. Why. then
We'll shiver and we'll shaUu to find
U hat cold snap's hoio again.
Kato Hold's Washington : "Did you say I
couldn't toll the truth ? "
"Nn. I said you woto a liar. "
"Oh , well , that's n dllTuront matt or. I admit
I'm u lltt , ; < ! lav In that luspcut , but I don't
allow anyone to question my ubllltv to toll
the truth If 1 want to. Uood day. "
Smith's Monthly ; Many farmers have moio
dead horse on their merchants' books than
thuy have ll\o ones at homo In tlio stable.
Washington Star : Astrononomy states th.it
stars shlno brightly for u tlmo und then van
ish. This la qnlto contrary to the popular
Idea ot u star's farewell appearance.
Huston Transcript : During lent ) year It Is
woman's province to adopt the rightful func
tion of the olllce und seek the man.
Chlcnpo Times : Thn skirt dancer's skirts
may como hluh , but she must bate 'am.
Savnnnah News : The loafers were largely
represented In the llurlln bread riots.
POVtillT orr.lt A FAT , TAJ1 ( 1'OT.
Aim ICiithsclillil Shoots John II. Springer
nnd Until lUj'Hterlously Disappear ,
NEW YOIIIC , March 11. The Tenderloin
product has yielded another sensation. This
time it is tbo attempt of "Abe" Rothschild ,
the alleged slayer ot "Diamond" Bessin
Moore in Texas , to kill wealthy John U.
Springer. Ho went into the Tenderloin lust
Saturday night and shortly before mldnleht
entered ono of tbo many so-callod club rooms.
At ' 2 a. in. ho was n heavy loser. Tbo men In
Iho iramo with him wore expert gamblers ,
A jack pot worth several hundred dollars
was opened nt 2:30 : by Rothschild. Mr.
Springer stayed nnu raised the opener forty ,
the limit. Rothschild called. Mr. Springer ,
who nad been blulfing , made an angry re
mark und tried to throw his hand Into the
dock. .Rothschild insisted on seuing tha
hand. Springer responded with nn oath aud
an abusive epithet.
"Don't call mo that or I'll Iclll you" shout
ed Rothschild. Springer struck out , Hot ha 4
chilil jumped to his foot and the men clinched.
Tboy wcro hustled out. but on the street
they again clinched. Springer was thrown
down nnd Rothschild standing over him is
said to bavo drawn a pistol and fired point
blank at Springer.
From this moment both men were lost. An
ofllccr and friends uro said to have taken
both nwav. No ono knows the affect of
Rothschild's shot. Rothschild left for Cin
cinnati late Wednesday night. Ho said ho
was goliiL' tbero on business. Rothschild on
February 17 was found insensible on the
stops of n gambling house in Cincinnati. Ho
had shot himself tn iho loft teniplo , but the
wound was not fatal. Ho lost bis loft eye ,
however , and bas worn a gloss one sinco.
JtKI'JSH TALKS TO IMl t\N.
Cliuuncoy Toll * the Hampton Students Hour
to lieconio Good ClU/uni.
NEW YOIIK , March 11. Chauncoy M. Do-
pew , who has been spondinc n few days at
Old Point Comfort , Va. , with his family , vis
ited the Hampton institute and while thcro
was introduced by Chaplain Turner and said :
"Wo found tbo Indian in possession of the
soil , and wo took it away from him. Wo
bavo abused him la every possible way that
nu intelligent people- could abuse a wild pop
ple by Bending agents to rob them and thoh
soldiers to shoot thorn. Tboso'two processes
have been going on ever since Captain Miles
Staudlsh inaugurated tbo gospel of the shot
gun.
gun."You students of Hampton bavo moro to bo
proud of than have the graduates of Yale ,
Harvard. Princeton or any of tbo great col
leges. When you have received your di
plomas you know that you have made some
thing for yourselves struck something out
of nothing. Then you must go out Into the
world determined that what you have done
for yourselves you will do your best for vour
people. You must loach thorn to own their
homos and farms and to become good work
man and so lift iho Ufa of the nation. This
grand republic has made you frco citizens ,
and it is tbo best laud In which any man or
woman over lived , the best laud in which
any man or woman can ever live or dlo. "
& CO.
Si W. ( Junior 15li ! mil Dou/l.u Sti.
We've Got a Jag .
of Winter
The man who has lived through Marches
T of years gone by is not
ito be deterred from j
buying his spring suit
| or overcoat by this Kt-
'tle ' flurry of weather , j
He knows that the best '
selections are * always
taken first and he'll not
; sc3 wait for
a warm day ,
He can buy just as cheap today and have
his pick before others have got the best of
them. Macintoshes that look like spring
overcoats are the thing now and we're go
ing to sell lots of them. We've got some
novelties in shirts that you ought to see.
\ \
Browning , King & Co
W. Corner i5thand Douglas Sta