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    THE OMAHA DAILY Bttfo SATURDAY , MARCH 10. 1892.
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All business letter * nnd rornlltnnces xlioilld
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thuttlio nctmit circulation of Tun DAII.V IlnK
tor tlio week cndlnR Jlurch 12 , Ib'f. ' ' . was as
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RO Circulation li > r IVIirttnry IAH > .
Gitovuit CiivirAND : : is now iilmost
sorry that lie did not exhort Genetnl
to burn that loiter.
Tin : chances nio ton to ono that If the
occasion olTors Mrs. Ulovelund will ro-
luse to spjak to Diivld Bennett Hill.
Ir OMAHA can secure 11 car wheel fac
tory by a loan of 8i,000 ! or the purchase
of stock to that amount , then by all
niotitis lot the aid bo extended.
VnNiS5Uir.A : : and Colomb'ui will dis
cover in a few months that they mtido a
great mistake in refusing to negotiate
reciprocity treaties with the United
States.
OFFICIAL rottenncba is not confined to
Omaha. In fact , Omiilin is as chaste as
the driven snow after tlio lircs In tlio
factories have been kindled in compari
son with Chicago.
"VOTJ : the democratic ticket and you
will bo liappy , " says David Bonnottllill.
Mr. ' Hill gives evidence of sulllcicnt
r.blllty to run a rod hot weekly demo
cratic paper in a cross-roads village.
Ar. ALOUII'S Diamond Match
company has increased its capital stock
from 31,500,000 to $7,500,000 , but the
general has not yet set the country on
flro for him aa a candidate for the prosi-
doncy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
"YOUNG republicans' ' who go to the
mugwump organ to air their anony
mous grievances , are usually cappers
for ambitious democrats or associates of
political bummers who have no standing
with either political party.
A KANSAS alliance paper pioposos to
abolish mortgages by making them il
legal. Perhaps the alliance paper
prefers the Kansas City short cutwhich
la a trust deed and does away with the
necessity , expense and delay of fore
closure.
THE national competitive drill in Juno
Is an assured success. Already twenty-
five military organisations have notified
Secretary Aitcheson that they will par
ticipate , and there is every reason to be
lle vo the drill will bring25,000 atrangors
to the city.
Or COUUSE wo are all glad to know
that J. S. Clarkson is on the high road
to a complete recovery , but our joy ia a
trlllo restricted by the thought that he
will renew his frequent and garrulous
assaulta upon the oars of the press cor
respondents.
TIIKSI : tariff talkers who pronounce
n protective policy unconstitutional
should bo referred to the llrst congress ,
when the makers of the constitution
wore roprobontutivnaandtonators. That
first congress enacted the llrst pro
tective tariff law.
AIIOUT 800 persona are said to bo
locked up In Germany for writing or
' talking against the emperor , and more
I nro yet to bo arrested. The next thing
the emperor will probably organized
corps of mind readers , whoso duty it
will bo to point out the men who think
disrespectfully of His majesty.
OMAHA bids fair to bo a pearl button
center if a little attention bo given to
the beginnings already inado in this.in-
dustry. Ono factory started a few
months ago with nix men In a back room
on Thirteenth street. It now employs
thirty people. The business la profit
able and the factory cannot moot the de
mand for ita goods.
TUB eastern press has boon kind to
Congressman Bryan In commenting
upon his tariff speech in the house the
other dny. It was the first opportunity
Bryan had secured to work off his cam
paign chestnuts. To Nebrnakuns his ar
guments wore stale and unprofitable. It
was the eamo old song lie hud sung up
and down the district and at Fourth of
July celebrations. The real teat of
Bryan's callbro will come when ho shall
attempt to give us something now.
McKEioiiAN's bill for a frac
tional postal currency may not bo the
best sort of a measure for the purpose of
enabling people to obtain small sums of
paper money for transmission in the
malls , but tlioro should bo a less oxpon-
Elvo system devised than that now rep
resented by postal notes. The people of
the country need a fractional currency
for use in sending small tmma by mail
which shall bo free from tlio present
cost and restrictions of the postal note.
TIIK K iri
The spirit that domlniltod the Iowa
republican state convention and the no
tion taken afford no encouragement to
those who thought that wisdom had
wholly departed from the councils of
the party nnd that it was hopelessly
drifting to destruction. In lit enthusi
asm , in the character of its utterances
and in the good judgment which con
trolled It this convention showed that
the republicans of Iowa ate fully allvo
to the importance of the contest that is
before them nnd that they have lost
none of their devotion to the policy and
principles of the great political organi
zation of which they are n part and to
which in the past they have 51 von glori
ous support.
The addresses of the temporary and
permanent chairmen of the convention
were oainest , ublo nnd patriotic. The
resolutions adopted are wise nnd suf
ficient flicso declare that the republi
cans of Iowa have confidence that the
national convention of the party will
nominate n. ticket and make a platform
in harmony with tlu parly and that the
only test of fealty to the national repub
lican party is adherence to its principles
as enunciated in its national platform.
Tlio administration of President Harri
son is ondorbcd as a worthy successor to
the series of republican administrations
begun by Lincoln. There is an narnost
nppo.il to republicans in all parts of the
slate to disregard local dilToroncca and
uniting in support of the republican pol
icies of protection , reciprocity and a
Hound currency , "every dollar of which
shall bo the equal of every other dollar
lar , " restore the party in Iowa to its old
political rank. Local issues wore ju
diciously ignored , and with equally
sound judgment no effort was inado to
instruct tlio delegation to the national
convention. It is believed that a largo
majority 'of the district delegates to
Minneapolis favor the nomination of
Harrison , but they will go to the na
tional convention untrammeled.
Republicans every whore will bo well
salisllcd with the action of the Iowa con
vention , and it ought to exert a stimu
lating and invigorating influence upon
the republicans of that state. With
thorough organisation of the party there
can bo no reasonable doubt as to what
the verdict of Iowa will bo next No
vember.
Tllh LtOHTIXO VIX.TUHKS.
The more fact that the council may
have at its disposal 850,000 over and
above the estimates for the completion
of tl'o city hall does not warrant reckless -
less extravagance in the purchase of
any class of fixtures. To expend $18,000
for chandeliers , newel ornaments nnd
wall brackets , would bo an inexcusable
waste of money. Ton thousand dollars
is more than ample fora palatial display
of electrical bric-a-brac.
Two thousand dollars , honestly ex
pended , will buy a superb sot of chan
deliers for the council chamber. Board
of Education hall and newel fixtures for
the rotunda. Chandeliers costing $250
each are good enough for any public
hall unless it bo a metropolitan opera
house. Nowcl fixtures at from 87o to
S1CO each are aa elegant as any city of
half a million boasts of in its municipal
buildings. There cannot possibly bo
more than GOO brackets distributed in
the city hall building. An average of
$10 each will make § 0,000 , and $2,000
ought to buy all the small four to six
lamp chandeliers that may bo hung up
in the principal offices. A palatial ollico
building of the dimensions of the city
hall can bo furnished with chandeliers
of the most approved pattern and style
for not to exceed $8,000.
If the council hab any surplus of
money which it feels bound to expend ,
it can make a bettor Impression by devoting -
voting $8,000 for a marble wainscot in
all the corridors from , floor to ceiling , or
what would bo still more desirable , in
a skylight over iho court. The sky
light that now overhango the central
court is certainly not in keeping with
the ornamental finish which it is pro
posed to give to that part of the build
ing. It will look very much like a lie
cent straw hat on the head of u man in
full evening dress.
CAXDIDATKS FOR STATEHOOD.
The press iissociation of New Mexico
has made r.n appeal to the newspapers
of the country to lend the weight of
their inllucnco to the demand of that
territory for statehood. The democratic
central committee of Now Mexico has
also declared in favor of its admission as
a state. There are bills for this purpose
in both branches of congress. The res
olutions passed by the press association
assort that on every consideration ,
whether it be of population , wealth ,
loyalty of her citizens , intelligence
and progress , notable devotion to law
and order , or of treaty rights , Now Mexico
ice fs entitled as well as worthy of elevation -
vation to the dignities and benefits of
full membership in the great sisterhood
of states. This is testimony from an
intelligent source worthy of respectful
consideration. There can bo no question
that bo far as the number of its people is
concerned Now Mexico has a good claim
to statehood. The census of 1890 gives
her a population of 153,070 , and doubt
less It is now considerably larger. But
objection has boon made to the charac
ter of a considerable part ot this popula
tion as not being fitted for American
citizenship. There is a largo fraction
of the people of the territory who are
believed not to bo in sympathy with our
Institutions , nnd who therefore would
not make good nnd acceptable citizens.
It is quite possible that there maybe
bo less ground for this objection than
formerly , and it is also probable that
excluding this class there would still
remain a sufficient number of unobjec
tionable persona to entitle Now Mexico
to statehood. The territory is making
progress nnd doubtless is abundantly
able now to support u state government.
It is to bo romomborod'thnt the people
themselves are very largely to blame
for the fact that they are not now enjoy
ing etatohood , having by a largo major
ity defeated the constitution submitted
to them in 1800.
The other real candidates for state
hood are Arizona and Oklahoma , but it
is hardly probable that either will attain
its desire. The former had by the last
census a Httlolosa than 00,000 population ,
and in his last annual report the acting
governor claimed 70,000. The taxable
property is valued nt 828,000.000 , which
is undoubtedly very much below the
actual value. The territory is growing ,
but progress is not rapid , and aa nearly
nil of the public lands are arid the
growth must continue to bo slow. Okla
homa was given a population by the last
census of a little over 01,000 , which It
was estimated by the governor had in
creased In 1S91 to 80.000 , nnd it may
roach that niimbor now. On the score
of population , therefore , Oklahoma has
a bolter tltlo to statehood than Amonu ,
and the conditionaro moro favorable to
the growtli of the former. It is a good
agricultural country , and it * progress
ought to bo sure and permanent. But
there is a well-founded opposition to
creating slates with no moro population
than those territories possess Of course
political consideration * will have some
Influence on the question of admitting
these territories , and this will probably
prevent final action nt the present ses
sion of congress on the bills for this
purpose. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
At.T. American authorities agree that
the seal Industry will bo in danger of
destruction If tlio Indiscriminate killing
of the animals Is not prevented during
the coming season. Mr. J. Stanley
Brown , who was secretary of the com
mission which investigated the seal sit
uation in Alaska last summer , saya that
after moro than four months' opportu
nity for observation no man who has
visited the Pribylov islands during the
past two years and given the most indif
ferent attention to the subject can hon
estly state that the seals have not
reached , if indec.l they are not well
within , the danger line of depletion.
The destruction ot Heal life , Mr. Brown
says , has been enormous , nnd the most
serious part of the matter is that 85 per
cent of the seals taken in the northern
Pacific are females , the unborn of which
perishes in the death of the mother.
The remedy is tostopopon aoa sealing or
employ time or geographic restrictions ,
and it is the first of these which our gov
ernment now asks the British govern
ment to unite with it in applying. It is
an entirely reasonable demand , fully
warranted by the conditions as reported
by trustworthy commissioners on the
part of the United States , and the
administration his pursued the proper
course in insisting upon u renewal ot
the modus vivondi.
Tin : report that there is a strong pop
ular feolnur in Cuba against the roei-
piocity treaty with the United States is
probably without any substantial foun
dation. It is only about a week since
the Spanish Cortes ratified the arrange
ment , after discussing it for moro than
a month , and it is quite incredible that
if there was popular hostility to the
treaty in Cuba the opposition to ratify
ing it would have failed to make use ot
it. There is a very strong and bitter
opposition to the convention in Spain
and has been from the time negotiations
wore instituted , because it is a serious
blow to Spiniah farmers. But it was
the insistence of the Cubans that led the
imperial government to enter into the
arrangement , a revolution in CubJ.
being threatened as the alternative , and
it is not easy to understand why popular
bontiment in Cuba should have changed
in so short a time. Of course there is a
loss of revenue which must be made up
in some other way , but certainly this
was foreseen. Doubtless there are some
Cuban sympathizers with the Spanish
farmers , who lose u large trade by the
reciprocity arrangement which the
American farmer gains , but that there
is any general or formidable hostility
to the treaty is highly improbable.
TIIK appeal of the Real Estate Owners
association to the people for financial
assistance should not bo unheeded. This
ia the only live organization in Omaha
today , devoting itself to the general
welfare of the city. It has demonstrated
its value by its successful efforts in vari
ous directions. It deserves the cordial ,
substantial hoi ) ) of overj man interested
in the future of the city. It cannot carry
forward its good vvorlc without cash. It
has no resource except the public spirit
of enterprising citizens.
WHAT a composite countenance Bril
liant Billy Bryan has ! It reminds ono
newspaper man of Carlisle , another of
Randall , still another of McKlnloy and a
fourth of Napoleon Bonaparte. Wo are
reminded in this connection ot Willis
Sweet's remark in describing a former
member of the Nebraska legislature :
"He has a Henry Clay head with the
Henry loft off. "
WJmt'd tin ; Mutter With llrlre ?
New Yuilt H'orM.
Now York la again represented in the senate -
ate solely by Prank Hiscock.
Not n ( Jravo
Jtalttmme Anifilejtt.
That bill before congress prohibiting deal-
lnn la futures will not Interfere with specu
lating on tlio next presidency.
Cutting n CurroHptmclcnt.
Mlnnc < t ) } > lla Tilli'.nic.
Whllo Mr. Ctovuland Is a ready letter
writer ana a moit ncoommo Jnting gentleman -
man , it is Imrdly probable thai Do will mdtto
auotticr contldontial oplstlo la Dr. Miller of
Oiimha for some tlrno to como.
Trilling.
Tnljcr.
Somebody li trying to silt Governor lola.i'
boom up the back by circulating tbo rcpart
tbat bo oats with a linifo. Something of that
kind was triad in connection with Abraham
Lincoln's llrst canvass , and it proved a two-
ocleod afTnlr. _
Thu Worst on
ir < /ifii/foii i / | .Sid ) ' ,
The ( j per cout of republican voter * In
Missouri nro entitled to moro tlmn ono rop-
rojentutivo out of nfioon In congress. Proba
bly the worst cusa of gerrymander on rnoorj
U thai agreed upon by tbo Missouri demo
crats in joint caucus.
Dinirliti ; In I'rolilliitliiu Imva.
KUmr Citu Ttmet.
A wagon loaded with kegs had deposited
iu burden before the festivities begun , and
shortly after midnight a skirmishing com
mittee bustled extra kegs from tuo neigh
boring saloons In order to supply the de
mand , Alongin tbo early hours of the mornIng -
Ing tbo majority of tlioso in tbo hall were
well under thu influence of Intoxicants , but
the dun cu went on. Itgrewga.vcr bour by
hour.
KII in II ) ' Six'rcti.
City Star ( did. iltin.l
Tb democratic party in Missouri Is not a
crowing party. It U not saimrlng recruits ,
Immigration does not help It. H is. Jit lug
a rnonp ruins and" filling itself with wind nnd
tradition. Its fAVSHto reading looms to bo
"Looking Udck ir . " Arrogant and stupid ,
learning nothing ajid forgetting nothing , It
Isitliout knowing It , constantly In dongor
fromnfoo lhat/JiU'doplsos / , yet constantly
and effectually 6 811 50 * .
rd 11 } rnu.
Journal ,
Thoronro a tfcpysand people or so In this
city now who roiliambor distinctly that Inter-
Mnto contest whtefi' ' w < \ ? hold in the Fun ko
opera house on Thursday , the 1st dar of May ,
1S90 , and n peed , many ot thorn have f dis
tinct recollection ot the oration on "Demo
cracy the Dominant Idea , " which was de
livered by KotiortTacltor of Ouehtol college ,
Ohio. Perhaps they will ranombor when
reminded of It that the house bur.H out Into
n broadside of npplatiso whoa the ynung man
closed his snooch with thosontlmcnt : "Wnon
that dny comes democracy will bo king.
Long Slvo the king. "
Mr , Bryan's great speech before congress
on the tariff question ns reported In the Jour
nal of yesterday morning contained these
\\onls : "Whon that day comes democracy
will bo klnc. Long llvo the klnir. " [ Ap
plause. I If It Is not too late , Mr. Uryan will
kindly hustle over to the government print-
Inpofllco ana put quotation marks mound
that sentiment before It appears in the croat
dally luiottii as the Congressional Uocord.
IIIU'M Doctors
AVir York Ailva tltcr ( dt in ) .
Senator Hill Is denouncing the force bill
and thi > billion dollar conctvm in his vorago
through the south , The force bill Is a "chest
nut , " anil there never was n billion dollar
congress. Tbo senator ought to freshen his
discourses with n llttlo disquisition on the
binomial theorem nnd the Punlo Wars.
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Denver i\'tu' < dlsm ) .
No 'dlspassionntu man can read Senator
Hill's speech , delivered to tbo Mississippi
leculaturo , without admiring both the
spoouh and the man who ir.ado it. To a demo
crat its words are inspiring. Its boldness ,
clearness , froihnojs , with Its uroad patriot
ism nnd stntosmnnshtp , fairly tnikoi the
blood tingle to the flngor tips with tlio In
tense fnltli It creates in our country and the
pride it onkindloH for Iho pirty that has
done s'o much for Its prosperity.
Tim CicMitli'in.ui Prom the United Mutes.
( > /im/ia / / rn/ic / racttnu.
Bryan Is n tflwcr of strength to western
democracy the people leva him. Some load
ers are llko millstones nrouud the party's
neck.
orniit.i > vs TIM.V ouns.
Tlio lories are evidently going to places ,
not oulv In their stronghold , London , but in
the country districts generally. IJy an ar
rangement which moves too smoothly not to
have been long considered , they liavo bosun
to lav the blnmo on Mr. Balfour , the very
man whoso organizing power and administra
tive tulont , they have for years been praising.
Mr. Ualfour , according to present accounts ,
Is to blame becausoitho pnuroisUts carried
the municipal elections la London. Ho U to
) > lame because tb'bib who are in allojod
harmony with hin'wllt | ( not ugrao upon
local moasuroj satisfactory to the Eiglisa
voters ; ho U lo'-'bluma because the con-
sarvntivos are otieylng Lord Salisbury's
suggpstion to tire BU * the opoosition. In fact
ho is to blame foV'overythlng. Only last
week ho actually wont into the housu with
mud upon his boots' cVeatlnsascandal which
is even yet careering tbrouch toryuom !
Tuo truth is , however , that tna policy which
has failpd was Lortjahsbury's policy , and
it has fiii I oil bjcauso it wai inhoroatly wja
and wroiiK. Mr Qlailnone , , with his pro
phetic cyo , sjw that ? hls result ? mu t c mo , '
and hot his party td the tjlk of waiting until
it arrived. Athisnga it was a dangerous
game to plav , but although the stakes arj
not yet in his hands , thoj- are in n fair way
to fall there shortly. The tory cry for other
leadership ia the house Is really a demand
for a moro popular policy.
* #
Whatever may be said on general princi
ples as to the incongruity ot any nlllanca be
tween a republic nnd a daspotlim , tlm
friendly union which now exist ) between
Franco and Russia promises to accomplish a
great good the Uoepina of the peace in Eu-
rono. Even the emperor of Germany with
all his wild talk of "pulverising Uussla" will
hositatu to cross arm * with tha czar , for he
knows that Franco Is eagerly walling for
any opportunity to rotrievu the defeats of
1870-71 and regain her Idolized Alsace and
Lorraine. 3Tho | day "na-s not yet como , though
it may be near at hand , when war will bo so
terribly destructive that no nation , however
powerful , can afford to Jnvlto or engage in
the work of murder by wholesale. Until ar
bitration bscotaos a necessity in the settle
ment of all international dittoroncas , it may
well bo that such a manaco a ) that which
Franco and icussia offer to the land ruled by
the Ilohenzollern may provo the surest guar
antee for the continuance of uoauo between
nations. Tuoro is , Indeed , little enough of
the spirit of true Christianity in an armed
truce , but such a state ot affairs is Inflr.itoly
to bo tireforrcd to the immeasurable evils
that would attend a general European war.
4 , *
The1 oratorical fireworks of the Gorman emperor -
poror and the riotous outbreaks in Berlin and
olsowhera hive caused much uneaslnusj In
Austria and Italy , whore both nro thought to
affect tha stability ot the triple all I an eo.
This .fooling is reflected In a letter from a
Vicnnoso corroipondont , who bays : "Tho
truth Is that EmpurorVllilam Is giving
his admirers everywhere ground for serious
concern. Moro thau over , the guiding rnlnd
of Prlnco Illsmarck is missed. Thu socialist
nvll has unquestionably nude progress both
In Germany aiU Austria sloco Prlaca Bis
marck loft onico , and Emperor William's
well meant romolv Im so far pro/ol a
failure , as Prlncj ti * nirck pradlctod that
it would. Domjstio dUunloti In Cionnany
cannot Incrsaao tlio pwitlgo of tha triple
alliance. If the ' "Ijitorlor condition of
'
Germany should bocxmj'o such as to concjn-
trato the attention oi d io ompsror and tils
government on intonou uCfairs , they will b )
unable to oxorclso thbll * influence ubrjo/i as
actively as they ha'jrfe done hitherto on ba-
ualfoftho nnintoaanoaof ganoral trajqjil-
ity. Thu authority f f jtho triple nllUnco hai
bcon used In an unoituntntlous way on vari
ous recent occasions rf'tlio work of picilica.
lion , and 8lncoPriiiGO'pismai-k retired from
ollico Germany has ijp 'ofnsjj to iiuio com
mon cauno with tiory oyioi in diplomatic ac
tion in the oast. T ere sootni now , how
ever , Just a posslbllly/jf Interior dUsnslotis
In Germany that would necessarily weaken
the Gorman govoramant in Questions con
nected with forelgi 'Mdlloy. ' This accounts
for the very unfavorjijjlo Impression which
last week's lion's from * Berlin has produood
both in this country ana in Italy. "
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Trie compnrativo lull in Kan African attain
elnca Stanley was engaged In rescuing Euiin
and Wissmann In lighting the Zanzibar trlbei
now promises to give way to ociiylty. The
new khedive U credited with the doMra to
sigoall/o bit accession by raconquoring the
Souuaii , and the .strife between thosuccoisur
of tbo Madhl and his rivals rnauua tha pro
ject moro feasible , while England Is said to
appi-ovo , at least as to the rcoecupitlon of
Nubia. Then wo have railroad enterprises
further south which nro likely to provo of
great Importance. The most ambitious of
them appears to bo the one to build a road
from the coait al.Mouium back to tlm region
of tbo great lakes. The substitution of travel
by rull for tbo caravan mutt give an enor
mous Impetus to the development of Interior
Africa and to the civilization of tbo conti
nent. The British government has under
taken the preliminary work of surveying ,
partly on the ground that the railroad will
help destroy iho torrlblo slovo trade In that
roelon ; built might also dosorro support nt
promoting ether kinds of trade. The project
seems likely to have n bettor fate than tbo
strntoplo railroad from SimUlu to Berber
proposed during the war with the Madhl.
*
*
It is now a llttlo moro than 10J years since
the French revolution burst suddenly upon
startled Europo. Then , ns now , thura were
abundant warnings and predictions ol the
approachln ? storm. Although the political
and social conditions have groitly chanirod ,
they nro now no loss favorable to revolution.
Making every nlloxvanca for sensational
exaggerations In reports that roach u from
time to time by cable nnd In tlu newspapers ,
there has never boon a prlol In this wntur/
In which so much material ot political for-
motit has accumulated In Europn. "Whore-
cvor the eve may turn , from Kussla to the
SpuiNh ponlnsiiln , U discover * signs of pop
ular agitation. The poaplo ot continental
Europe have crown- weary of bad
government and nro Intently watching
their opportunity * for deliverance. They
clmfo under Intolerable taxes oxtortoJ
from thorn to maintain dynnsito Interests
nnd preserve the "balance of power. " If
this "balance of " Instead
powot" wcro a reality ,
stead of beitisr In Inrgo degree n diplomatic
fiction , it would afford nothing of happiness
nnd hope to tao European masses , whoia
chlof concern , when not struggling fur broad ,
is to secure for thonnclvos n greater share In
the management of their political nlTulrs.
Nothing Is moro natural than that the politi
cal agitators of every typo should avail
themselves of the prevalent distress to
foment popular discontent with government.
The contrast between the condition of the
hungry massass and the oppressive policy of
European govornmants in Hooping vast
standing nrmlos in Idleness to devour thu
earning : ) of toil affords too potent an argu
ment iitjiiluBt , the existing order ot things to
bo neglected by its enemies.
-ItlllVl'.S VXlTii > Kii'VllMV.IS.
Dos Molnas Loader : .T. S. Clnrkson ro-
culved 111' ' smallest vote of any of the four
gentleman named ns delegates nt largo to the
republican national convention. Ills vote
\\isovon much smaller than that of Mack ,
nnd no one regards Made as a political "gen
eral. "
Ucs Molnos Register : The gront fact that
was emphasized was that nil weio republic
nns. Men who bad differed on local issues
in past years came together to pledge them
selves to the groit. common cause of the re
publican party against the democratic party ,
of protection against free trade , of a sound
currency against an inllatod circulating tno-
dlum , nnd of an honest count against fraud ,
Intimidation and ballot box burglaries In the
south.
Sioux City Journal : The extraordinary
proposition sprung in such extraordinary
manner upon the narty a snort time since , to
instruct the delegation for Blalno , who has
forbidden the use of his name , was not so
much ns raised in the convention. The reso
lutions nro a splendid and n dCoorvod tribute
to General Harrison. They are u vote of con
fidence in him. They nro a Uuo oxprjssion
of the confidence of Iowa republicans in
him. nnd thov imply a declaration of their
"
preference for him"
Sioux Citv Times : Now lot the repub
licans of ftouth Dakota and Nebraska como
Into line with Iowa. Lot their conventions
show equal enthusiasm nnd equal record for
the good of tlio party at large. Jown refused to
be nut Into the attitude of antagonizing Gen
eral Harrison. The republican masses nro
for General Harrison. Tboy feel that they
can only \yin bv tbo record which ho as
president has made. They know that the
uarty cannot reject the president ; in conven
tion nnd plausibly ask the country to approve
the president's record in the olactlnn. " Iowa
is for Ilairison. Lot the wbolo west join In
the chorus. The masses have joined in the
chorus and no state convention should bo
misled to a vote of discord.
Tim i.i\mititir.T bUCKLisa.
Washington Post : Colonel Shopni-d no.v
spells dcmocrnct with n small "d. " It was
the colonel's father-in-law who at one tlmo
inferred to him with -'a big , big D. "
Bloomington Bulletin : Colonel Elliott F.
Shepard is mentioned as minister to Franco.
Ho would never do. The people might not
rccopnio that he is u joko. If taken seri
ously war would bo Inevitable.
Detroit Free Press : Elder Hhopard now
spells repupllcan with a capital " 11" and
democrat with a small "d. " Ho aho con
tinues to use an inverted "c" when bo has
occasion to speak of confederates. Alas , poor
Shepard ! Wo say it with gnof , and not in
ancor. Ho honestly does not know enough
to beat a two-spot.
Providence Journal : Colonel Elliot F.
Shepard. whoso .fidelity to republican prin
ciples and ardent loyalty to Mr. Harrison
have thus far won him noofllcial recognition ,
seems to have turned at last , for his Thurs
day text , at the top of the odltonal page of
Iho Mail and Express declares ' -Tho bed is
shorter than a ma'n can stretch himself on it.
and the covering narrower than ho can wrap
himself in it. "
Tlm Conpul of Discontent.
Cltlcnijii Uiaiililc.
The motto of the great popular movement
known as the Farmers' alliance , which
started about tbreo yoaw ao , was "Equal
rights to all and .spaclal privileges to nouo. "
This sentiment correctly ox pi esses the true
principle of gooJ govornmant. There was
much In its 11 m enunciations watch , though
tinseled with the glamor of socialism , np-
pjalod to the popular sense of justice. The
alliance had rdalgrlovancai to rodrois nnd
genuine reforms to accomplish. So long as
the control of tno organization remained In
the hands of its projectors it exerted a pow-
ful Influence on. pablio p > lo/ ! . When It foil
into tao bauds ot fanatical and visionary
politicians donngoguo } wao fill the desira
ble onicos and draw liberal salaries
from tha industrial onganuatlons
ot the country u co.-npliita
change of in iaaj mat a id pollcr suojaj IjJ
The pure purposes and pilnclploi of the
original farmers' ulUanco nave baon swal
lowed UP in the pool of politics , taking the
form of a third party movement engineered
by the Weaver ) und Uonnollys , the
Powderlys , Simpsons und PoffoH , to bo
woildod as a balanca of power batweon tlio
contending pollticaUorcosln the presidential
contest. The adoption of a platform like
that of tlio St. Lojii convention ulir.vi that
every faction had Its ' Inuinp. " The old
motto ot "equal rights to all unJ spjclul
privilege } to no 10" wai cnqhiiuoJ for "if
you don't see what yon want , ask for it. "
Only prohibition and wo nan suiTraga worn
slda tracked , the advosato * of tlioio reforms
being absiuvd that no pariy advocating the
peace , order and prosperity of society could
upnold such Issues. Jetty Simpson said It
would bo tmptmlulo to abollsu Infjniponiuco
until they bad abolished poverty , VVUat tbe
now party especially doumuded wai Hut
money , the redemption of farm inortsngos oy
the federal government , treasury loans on
crops , illimitable silver coinage , possession
of railroads either by confiscation or pur-
THE
206 Front St. , San Francisco , Cal.
"I used a < & / -Otic bottle
tle ofSt. "rVP&VJacobs
Oil for Slf , Rheu
matism JgjtiitmJiE& ' tlic
shoulder anil arm. It gave im
mediate and permanent relief. "
W. II.
, nnd other utter absurdities. Such
frenzied nnd lying declarations , ai thnt the ,
the nation Is "on the verge of moral , political
nnd material ruin ; " that "corruption domi
nates the ballot box , the legislature , the
bench ; " that the urban workmen nro denied
thorlBtitof organization for solf-protccuonj
that imported pauper labor boats down their
wages , nnd n hireling standing nrmy un
recognized by our laws , w established to
shoot them down ; that the fruit * of tlio toll
of millions are boldly stolen to build up
colossal fortune * ; thnt governmental Injus
tice Is brooding only paupori and million-
niro * ; that a vest conspiracy has bcon organ
ized on two continents mid Is taking po soj-
alon of the world these roiloct the sheerest
Itinncy.
There never was a tlmo In the hhtorv of
the country when , taken ns n whole , the people
ple were so contented and i-ro porotts. I nbor ,
M compared with Ins' , year , is relatively
bettor paid , and comforts nro In greater
varlolj nnd abundance , nnd. for the most
part , cheaper. Hour * ot labor have been
reduced on nn average 'JO per cent , Orgun-
bed labor IKos the rewards of Industry.
\Vith the Increase of wages , the reduction of
the cost of living niut of hours of labor , hnvo
como improved social , moral and Intellectual
advantages of every sort. Facilities of loco
motion nro within tbo reach of all. The
working classes are bettor Housed , bettor
fed , bettor clothed , ind enjoy Improved
sanitary conditions. The savings banks of
the country nnd ether sources of Investment
nttoU that many workers are thomsplvos becoming -
coming capitalists. With the opportunities
afforded the poor man's son of today may bo
the rich man of tomorrow. Evorvwhora the
hand of chnilty and of phllnn hropy Is out
stretched with n minilllceucn never known
before. Corplnc critics and ranting dema
gogues to the contrary , this is n humanitarian
ngi' . If every human craving is not fully
satisfied the situation Is not Uuelv to bo im
proved by the calamity howlers in convert
ing unobio nnd patrlotlo movement Into n
disreputable scram bio for oftlco nnu political
spolK
SO.WB
Washington Stir : A bald deception a wig.
Columbus Posts 1'rom tlio proscriptions of
son.nplusluluns It Is avlJeiit that limy have
forgotten their boyhood ,
K.iston l > 'reo Press : A niin mny bo lantern-
Jtiwcd mul yet his face nuxer light up
Soiiiorvlllo.Iourniil : Only tliooxcopUoiiivlly
modest man U peifoclly sutlsllcd ulth thu
llrst proof of his now picture when the photo-
Krapliorsends It home.
.Kov , Dr. Pilniroso-lstiiinblltiK In the hall )
our father seems to bo sp irlnu of his light.
Mttle Johnnie Vi-s. sir. lie's always that
way thu day ufter tbo g.is bill comes In.
A JIE\N ADVASTAOn.
It was just as wovoro starting ;
And 1 hopu you iimluisl.iml.
It was but tolireak the mirtlnc
Tliut I lot him tuko my hand.
Then bo asked me something , Suiuly ,
1 had meant to uiiswui "No : "
Hut bo hold my Im ml securely ,
And ho wouldn't lot It go !
Washington Star : "John. " she said gently ,
"you are Interested In temperance move
ments , ini > yon not ? "
"Of course 1 inn , " ho ansnerud.
"Woll , suppose you co and imiKo a few of
them with the pump handle. I need : i pall of
w.iter right awuv. "
Now York Herald : Jack So you are engaged
to Maud now ?
Tom How do you know ?
J nek You were tbo only man she didn't dirt
' .Mtli last night.
Slftlnes : What's the matter with a howling
mob ? H'b all riot.
Ham's Hoin : It hard to umtorstind why
some mini Und It so hunt to bolluvo the blulo
mid so easy to bollovu the lightning rod ped
dler.
Illnghtniton Republican : When : i fellow
sees with an eye single ho Is all right. But
\\hcti bo begins to sue double ho should let up
for a while.
lloston Transcript : Offspring Ma. what
makes p i so cioss today ? Muthur lie's writ
ing a poem on tbo beauties of parental love.
1'AKAUX' J13I.
In the wilds of Arizona dwelt u shepherd mo3t
devout.
His fold was of ndobo strong , that no ram
mlubt breakout ;
Years iu-fore bo'd been a ( jambler , but llko
bail ! h id seen a ll'jbt.
As expounder and cvhorter bo was simply out
of sight.
He uairled a slx-sbootcr , a bible and a Itnlfo.
Anil bis lir.iylrrand his shooting wurothu two
joys of bis life :
Hu could plnlc tbe ace of diamonds nt almost
.my ran e ,
And itt pokcrbo wns handy at picking up small
clunco.
When ho went for a revival things were cer
tain to revive.
An d the sinners of that parish woto m luck to
bo alive ;
lie onslly explained all the miracles by rote ,
And bis explain wus final , of which all mtule u
note.
And when ut last they burled him upon tbo
blonk hillside.
Tboy carved uuoii n clo.ui pine boird In lot-
tnrs deep and wide :
"This bore fs Parson Jim tread softly , drop n
tear
An nil around James Dandy who roads bis
tltlo clear. "
llrjan Honored In Kong ,
Kent ncu Hub.
Young Uryan had a llttlo sbonp ;
Its wool was wblto ns lleouu ;
It u'ot into tbe house one dity ,
To near him spuak : i piece.
Alas ! poor thing , a foolish bronk
It gave olfi'iiso inostsorn ;
Ho talked tbu wool nil off Its buck
And htrewed It nn tbo floor.
mii > s mu.VK. < r.
Dollborntp Hnlcliloof n Trailing Mnn In nn
Ohio Snloon.
AKIIOV , O. , March 18. Uuy Gllftou
\ \ right of this city , n traveling salesman , entered -
torod n saloon here Into lost night ami onlloil
for n glass of solt/cr Ho poured it into throa
drachms of ehlonU hyOrate , nnd coollv
stirred the mhtuvo ns ho laughed and tallied' .
Then ho drank the poison. Turning to the
proprietor bo said
"I will bo dond In llvo minutes , 1 want ono
moro drink ; I'll shako you dice for It. "
Thinking Wright was Joking , the saloon
kcopor replied bantoniiRly ' ! don't llko to
tnlto chances with a dying man , but I'll ' KG
you. "
Wright won first and then , placing his
hands to his bond , dropped to the Moor un
conscious and died In a tow inliuitoa. Ills
wlfo's aesottton of him led to the suicide.
TO mi : .MI.U > K
Soiisiitlniril ClmrRi' MmloAKHImt
limn I.cu of U'lncon'ln.
WAVIHPI , WIs. , March 18. The sensation
in the Meade Investigation yesterday was
tno charging of Assemblyman U. A. Lou
with being accessory to the murder of Utuikor
Meade In 1SSJ. Kama time ngo Lea sued ono
Gordon for slander , alleging thut Gordon has
stated ho ( Loa ) lillod Hanker Moado. An
amended answer was yesterday tiled by Gor
don's attornov , plondlug Justification , alleg
ing that Uoruon had good reason to bollovo
Lou wus Implicated in nil accessory to the
crlino. Lea is a Milwaukee merchant nnd n
member of the stuto legislature and iho affair
has caused an Immense nciisatton. The
grand jurv Is still investigating the matter
ot' Mcado's death.
[ Vlobnillon of SI. I'ltlrlrk'n lnj- .
Ei. PASO , Tor. , March IS.-Jny Gould did
nottoivo his car yesterday , as a chilly
brecro had boon blowing nnd wraps were
worn with comfort , A number ot lad KM
culled on the Misses Gould In the afternoon
and were pleasantly entertained aboard thu
Atalanta. Mr. Gould nnd party received a
serenade nnu the St. Patrick's uarado ro-
palrod to the string ot special cars ? Several
national nlrs were played nnd three cheers
were given for the "greatest little man in
America. " Mr. Gould extended nn Invita
tion to como aboard , but uot wishing to In
trude themselves upon Mr. Gould the Invita
tion wns declined. The procession ot fully
y,000 returned to the center of the city.
Alli < iluMiy Olltrlitln Kr.m--stod.
PiTTsnuiio , Pa. , March 18. The hearing
of the case of John H. Murphy , chlof of tbo
department ot safety at Allegheny ; Assls
taut Superintendent of Police Glenn and
Detective Donaldson , charjrod before Alder
man Schollman of Allegheny with having
appropriated fees received from workhouse
commitments to their own use , was sot for ; t
o'clock yesterday , but on account of the nb-
sonco of the prosecutor the case wns dis
missed. A number of other charges are
pending against Chief Murphy. 1 mined-
iately aftortho dismissal of the case , tbo
prisoners were roarrestcd on now intonm-
tions nnd ball was entered in the sum of
$1,000 for a hearing.
ltcit Ills IViro'K llraln'H Out.
PiTTSitunu , Pa. , March 18. Uonnts Clor-
nan , a switchman employed by the Pennsyl
vania railroad , while drunk last night ,
accused his wife of inllUollty ana assaulted
nor with n chair , boating her brains out.
Ho than told a neighbor of the deed , af tor
which ho disappeared. The woman's skull
was crushed and her bodv was covered with
bruises. Clot-nan's sons , James nnd Thomas ,
ycung men , started on the track of their
father , and captured him In a house on VVob-
stor street , and ho has been lodged In jail.
The neighbors say ho frequently assaulted
his wife , but that there wus no ground tor
his suspicions.
Arrrstml for I'uiiKlon Frit tills.
PiiiranciJ'iiiA , Pa. , Marcti IS. Joseph
Green , alias Buckskin Joe , a votornn scout ol
the Apache war of IS 17 , was held in $500 ball
today by United States Commissioner Craig
to await a requisition from Springfield , III. ,
wboro ho Is charged with representing him
self as a government ofllcor and collecting
pension fees. Ho is 05 years old and It Is
alleged has conducted his fraudulent opera
tions in a number ot states' .
Tour of Tcmpiir.iiico IVorkcm.
PiTTsntuo. P.i. , March 18. Lady Henry
Somerset and her associatesI''rancc > U'illard
and Anna Gordon , arrived in Piltsburg yes
terday nttornoon. Lady Somerset , In tlio
evening , addrcssnd nn audience of If.OOO pee
pic , mostly mill workers and their wives , nt
old city hall. She loaves for the east today.
ItlDoilsliutl I'ciirml in Tunuy County.
O/vm ; , Mo. , March IS. Sheriff Cook has
inado no arrests in connection with the
J3rignt lynchlnir at Forsytho , but ho I tins
summoned a posse to blurt after the men
known to bo in the mob who llvo twenty miloi
away. The people of Touoy county are tak
ing sldos and further bloodshed Is foarod.
Kurlcil Uiulor Flftncii TOIIK of Dirt.
LEU > VIM.E , Cole , March 18. A cave-in
occurred In tuo Ivanhoo cad ot tbo Busk-
Ivnnhoo tunnel. Twenty men were at work
at the point ot the accident , but all oscapad
except William White , who was covered by
about lifteon tons of dirt and suffocated.
IMnnlcier Jothrinv Martin Arrci ti' l.
MIIMCO , Mo. , March IS. Jotlirow Martin ,
who brutally murdered his. aged father , liov.
Thomas Martin at M.irtinsburn , January 20 ,
it was learned todnv , has boon arrested at
Indianapolis. Ho will bo brought back ut
on co.
& CD.
\Y. \ .Corner 15th aiil Ii > ulu S
$1.25 Underwear
for 65c
All day Saturday and Saturday evening
till 10 o'clock , we will
scllmedium wcighlo
super finish Mcrin-
undcrwear , good scat
sonable garments , a
65c a piece , or $1.25
a suit. We've been
selling them at $2.50
a suit , but just to
m& draw people into our
store to see our stock , amongst which is
the finest furnishing goods stock in Amer
ica , we sell Saturday not more than 3 suits j
to a customer at $1.25 a suit or 65c a garment - !
ment , Onshowin 15th st window. All sizes.
Browning , King & Co
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