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    THE OMAHA DAILY JgKE MONDAY. MAIICIF 21 , . 1892.
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AveiHRO t.'h mint luu lor I'Vlinmry ! i4,01O.
UNLESS nil indications tire delusive
Omaha will remember the summer of
1892 as one of unexampled business ac
tivity. _
Tim mission woodynrd promises to rid
the county commissioners of tlio impor
tunities of tlio many lu/y tramps who
pretend to bo anxious for work.
Tun immense sums of money nllojied
to have boon paid for franchises in Chicago
cage to boodlingcityofilcials must make
the Omaha boodlers and ox-boodlcrs ,
green with envy.
Tin : Omaha jobber who cannot see
the benefits wliich nro to como to him
directly by cultivating the sentiment in
favor of honui industry is simply blind
to his own interests.
BUY nothing manuluctured elsewhere
which oan bo tnado. just as well and sold
just as ehonp at homo. In this way you
can stimulate homo industry and build
up Nebraska nnd Omaha.
ONK thing is growing very clear , and
that is the democratic candidate for the
presidential nomination who opposes
free silver will not bocuro many dele
gates from the solid south.
SCOTLAND and Ireland united can
undoubtedly help Gladstone to secure
homo rule for both. It is an important
coalition wliich the action of tlio Scotch
members of Parliament foreshadows.
UNTIL the railways concede our
reasonable demands , for ti milling-in-
trnnsit vato , n fair rate on Texas cattle
nnd the abolition of the bridge arbitrary ,
our business organizations should give
them no rest.
OMAHA'S city halt can bo well
equipped with lighting fixtures includ
ing newel posts lor the rotundn and
largo , costly chandeliers for the council
chamber and Board of Education hall
lor $10,000. To oxpoud 318,000 for the
purpose is extravagance.
LKLAND STANFOUD , JK. , university
opened last fall , but the millionaire sen
ator's educational Institution has al
ready established itself as n. real univer
sity. In a foot ball game with the State
university of California the Stanford
team won by a score of 14 to 10.
TUB Gatch local option bill now before
1ho lower house of the Iowa legislature
is so simples and complete a solution of
the entire vexed liquor question in Iowa
that it should bo passed. The past few
elections ought to convince every re
publican in the legislature that some
thing should bo done to tuko the liquor
question out of Iowa politics.
TllK iiory Moxicaa editor who sug
gests that it would bo bettor Mexican
_ sense to go to Washington with guns
nnd swords and bring back the battle
Hags of the Mexican war by force than
to receive them through diplomatic
channels reminds us of tlio bull which
attacked a locomotive. Ills courage maybe
bo commendable , but his prudence is
entirely wanting.
MK. SIIOKMAKKII is simply butting his
cranium ngainyt the wall by urging $ ho
nomination of Cleveland. IIo may write
nnd write and ho may talk and talk.
Cleveland democrats may just us well
prepare to take their modieino. Mr.
David Bennett Hill is democracy's king ,
and they and all the rest will shortly bo
shouting themselves hearse with "Long
llvo King David the first"
NKIJHASKA does not appear among the
reports of state ngonis in tbo monthly
crop bulletin issued by the Agricultural
department , for the roiibon thut Ne
braska is not u winter wheat state.
Nebraska la all right for next season's
crppsnt this tlmo , howovor. A more
favorable winter has seldom If over boon
enjoyed. Unless some ontnstropho cuts
her short during the growing months
Nebraska will once moro surprise the
world with her abundant crops.
OK the supposition that the Bland
silver bill may bo onnctod by the Ameri
can congress European bankers have
been drawing heavily on this country for
gold. The European bankers propose to
bo iu position to profit by liny relative
advance there may bo in the value of
the yellow motul. They forgot , how
ever , that President Harrison has pub
licly and unequivocally declared for an
American dollar worth 100 cents and the
Europeans will not have an opportunity
of exchanging their silver for our cold.
rut : mmo.moiV vnontEM.
The Now Mexico Irrigation convention
pimply reiterated the recommendation of
the convention hold come months ago nt
Salt Lake Cliy , Hint the general govern
ment shall grant in trust to the states
nnd territories needful of irrigation all
Inmls now owned or hereafter acquired
by the United States within such states
nml territories. On March 0 there was
presented to the house of representatives
majority nnd minority reports from the
select committee on Irrigation nnd recla
mation of nrld lands. Tlio former was n
very strong argument in favor of ceding
the arid lands to the st'itos nnd territor
ies , and was accompanied by a bill for
that purpose. The report urged that the
arid region cannot nnd ought not to re
main a perpetual wilderness nnd desti
tute of use/til results , nnu snld : "Either
tlio United States must sooner or later
accomplish its reclamation by direct ap
propriations from the federal treasury ,
by the construction and maintenance of
irrigation works and the opauilion of the
multiplied and manifold agencies for its
development , or falling so to do , it must
leave it to the sttitos and territories
within wliich it IB embraced , in their
own way to work out that salvation which
is possible. " The majority of the com
mittee were of the opinion that the gov
ernment should not undertake the colos
sal work of reclaiming the arid rcplon ,
nor should it allow it to continue ns at
present. The report declared that in
view of existing conditions the general
government ought to relieve itself of the
embarrassment under which it labors , if
it can find some competent authority
willing tonssutnotho responsibility , nnd
to which the matter can bo legitimately
committed.
The minority of the committee could
see no reason why such n r.ulical change
from the well-known nnd well-dollned
path of the past should bo taken in the
disposition of a great part of what re
mains of our public lands. The minority
olTered several reasons of more or less
cogency for opposing the proposed bill.
It it to bo remarked that petitions from
Colorado , and , perhaps , elsewhere , have
recently gone to congress remonstrating
against the proposition to cede the arid
lands to the status and territories. It is
not to bo doubled , however , that the
sentiment of a majority of the people
directly interested in thin question is in
favor of the cession of the lands to the
states and tot ritorios , under conditions
that will insure their reclamation , but
whatever congress may decide uptn it is
essential that there should bo reserved
to the United Status the pawor of for
feiture and resumption in case of great
abuses or a conflict of interests between
states.
There docs not appear to bo very great
probability of legislation on this subject
by the present congress , or at any rate
at this session , but no harm can como
from a thorough discussion of the ques
tion as it is presented in the bill nnd re
ports already submitted to congress.
ir/M , 3IAKK TUB ( OKVKSSIOX.
It is announced on the authority of
Sir George Powell , British commissioner
in the Boring sea arbitration , Hint ar
rangements will shortly bo completed
for a modus vivondi. As this informa
tion comes from a Canadian source it
suggests that the Dominion government
is not altogether indifferent to the
danger of retaliation against the com
merce of Canada" in the event of that
government mp.intaining its attitude of
opposition to the renewal of the arrange
ment of last year for the protection of
the seal fisheries. It is hardly possible
that the Canadian government nnd people
ple can seriously consider the matter of
retaliation on the part of the United
States without arriving at the conclu
sion that its results would bo disastrous
to Canada. As hns _ "boon said hereto
fore , in reference to this subject , the
damaging effects of such a policy would
not bu altogether ono-sidcd. They
would bo felt to some extent by the
largo number of our own people who
are benefited by the privileges accorded
to Canadian railroads , by which they
are enabled to successfully compote with
American roads and thereby keep down
rates of transportation , but by far the
most serious consequences would fall
upon the Canadian interests involved.
The policy would tuko from the rail
roads of Canada the larger part of their
business , and if long maintained would
result in eventually bankrupting those
corporations.
It is understood that the British min
ister nt Washington will this weoV com
municate the answer of Lord S ilisbury
to the request of the government of the
United Slates for a renewal of the modus
vivendi , but no intimation is given as to
what the charactw of the answer will
be. The report tent out on the authority
of Sir George Powell , however , war
rants the expectation that it will bo
favorable. Some of the English tory
organs coutinun to express the opinion
that the demand of tlio United Stales
government is unwarranted and cannot
bo defended upon any principle of inter
national law , but it 13 not to bo assumed
that they speak for the British govern
ment. So far ns international law is
concerned , the question of lenowlng the
modus vivendi is entirely outside of It.
All opinion of any value in this country
approves the course of the adminis
tration in this matter , and the American
people will sustain it whatever the con
sequences may bo. This Is not duo to any
spirit of hostility to England , but to u
firm conviction that the position of the
United States government ts right.
IT IS KUT HKTAI.IATIOX.
Nothing could bo farther from tlio
truth than the contention of the demo
crat * that the rolinposltlon of duties on
articles from countries which have no
reciprocity arrangement with tlui United
States is retaliation. It Uxnoarly a year
and a half since the tariff law > vns
enacted , mid the scopB.ijnd p.urposo of
the reciprocity provisionura thoroughly
understood In every counlfV winch experts -
ports sugar and coffee and hides to the
United Statos. Two inohth , & tigo the
president issued his proclamation an
nouncing the dnto at which tlio power
given him by congress to roimposo
duties would bo oxorcisoU , su that ample
tlmo was given nil countries exporting
to the United States the products niunotl
in the reciprocity provision ol the tariff
law to enter into reciprocal nrnmgo-
mouta. They < * ere given u fair oppor
tunity to pinco themselves on n perfect
equality in our markets in this respect ,
nnd those countries which fulled to ac
cept it thereby declared that they did
not desire such oqallly , or nt any rnto
were not disposed to mtiko any conces
sions to obtain it.
The reciprocity privilege is valuable.
Tills has boon most amply attested in its
acceptance by the Spanish , French , and
Gorman governments. But it would not
bo if countries which do not accept it
were allowed to enjoy the American
market ns freely ns these which da Ob
viously the reciprocity clause of the tnr-
iff law would hnvo utterly failed to ac
complish Us purpose without tlio provis
ion for a roitnposltlon of duties , and
nothing could bo sounder than the pro
position that justice to the countries
which have accepted that policy should
bo protected against the competition of
countries which have declined to accept
it. It is a plain nnd simple matter of
practical business , without the slightest
character of retaliation.
It was n serious disappointment to the
democrats when the supreme court of
the United States decided that the au
thority granted to the president by con
gress in the reciprocity provision of the
tariff law was constitutional , but they
do not improve their position ot hostility
to reciprocity by denouncing the exor
cise of that authority as retaliation or
by the equally erroneous pretense that
the duties to bo Imposed will bo paid by
the consumers of the United Statos.
The fact Is that if the countries upon
who'o products of sugar , coffee and
hides , duties are imposed continue to
export them to the United States in com
petition with the products of the coun
tries having reciprocity ngrcomoiits , the
producers of the former will them
selves pay the duties. The efforts of
tlio democrats to depreciate the reci
procity policy are a signal failure.
A FIX AT , Al'VKAL.
The general conference committee
makes the announcement that enter
tainment for 27fi delegates hns boon
sccdrcd in the most prominent families
in Omahti. At least seventy-five moro
sjiould bo arranged for during this
week , by Wednesday the 25th inst. if
possible. Bishop Newman will return
from a pastoral trip on that date , when
it is especially desired that the final
assignment of delegates may bo made.
The homes of our people have been
generously opened to the delegates to
this great religious meeting. There
are , however , many who would doubtless -
loss cheerfully entertain some of the
distinguished guests wcro they approached
preached in purson upon the subject
It ia hoped they will not wait for a per
sonal request , but will send in their
names , residences nnd the number for
whom they wish to provide immediately.
The impressions made upon our visitors ,
which will be most lasting and in the
end most creditable to the city , ara
these which shall bo formed in our
homes nnd by direct association with
our people.
The ministerial delegates to this con
ference are not so likely to bo influenced
by our commercial prosperity as by the
social characteristics df our people. The
homes of Omaha will bo the guides to
their conclusions upon the promise of
the future of this city. It is , therefore ,
especially important that as many ns
possible all-ill ho the guests of private
citizens in their families. The laymen
in attendance are gathered from all the
business walks of American Hfo. They
can readily grasp the commercial ad
vantages of a city which they visit on
business , but their time will be closely
occupied in the work of the conference
and little opportunity will bo found for
visiting manufactories , banks and busi
ness houses. They , too , must learn of
Omaha and her prospects for a business
importance second only to Oii'icugo in
this great west through the casual con
versations with our citizens atJthoHables
and in the drawing rooms ofour homes.
The committee trusts that this final
appeal will inspire'those who havp .ac
commodations for guests but who have
negligently or from ether causes failed
to communicate with Mr. Norman A.
Kuan , at Fifteenth and Douglas Btroats ,
to report themselves by mail or in per
son immediately. It is desirable that
the visitors shall Know that Omaha is
not only prosperous and promising , but
ho&pitablo.
ATTOKXKY GKNKKAT , MILLKU is re
ported to have said recently that the
Department of Justice is endeavoring to
execute the anti-trust law , and wherever
a concern is found which offers a fair
field of investigation it is pursued. Ho
also stated that a snocial examiner is
engaged in assisting the district attor
neys to ascertain tbo existence of or
ganizations in violation of tlio law
within their jurisdictions. It has been
apparent for some time that tho.depart
ment was very actively engaged in this
work. The indictment of the whisky
trust was one evidence of this which
took the country tjy surprise , and there
is reason to expect that additional testi
mony to the earnest efforts of the De
partment of Justice to execute the anti
trust law will bo forthcoming. The at
torney general tuggcstcd that some
thing Interesting might soon bo houru
from at Chicago , reference being pre
sumably had to the beef combine , which ,
according to a report of a few days ago.
had ncstroyod its books nnd thus in
effect acknowledged its unlawful char-
actor. The administration has evi
dently determined to carry out the anti
trust law with the sumo fidelity that
has marked its execution of all ether
laws.
Tin : independent party convention
committee will need about $15,000 , and
eiti/one of Omaha should begin at once
to fooaon their purse strings. If Omaha
is to sustain her reputation ns'a conven
tion city it must bo through the public
spirit and enterprise of individual citi
zens.
IlAl ) the Board of Public Dorics .dis-
played more ability and efficiency in
performing its duties during .the past
year , thcro would bo le s disposition to
i oat riot its authority in the matter of
appointing inspector * .
TIIK attention of the various depart
ments df the city government -invited
to the fact thut wo nro within Jpurvwooka
of the opunincr of the working sensorr.
Preparations for ft vigorous cnmpnign
of public work sMoilld not bo allowed to
delay actual wojfr ; )
lllilllhw ltock . "
It may bo true itiJt Hon. William 0. Whitney -
noy is out ot polliid } ' but the Hill boom wilt
do the wise ihlnR fti , \ uvoldi n collision with
that individual. , u ,
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I'n hlnp for .Second IMnce.
Omaha Is rhntpi\s a porlc packlntr center
and Is nmbltlous (6 ( 'gain n plitco second only
to Chicago. She Inproased her pack ilurlnR
the last four months 40,000 nogs , ns com
pared with the saino porlod ot last year , whllo
ICnusas City fell off 3J,00.
Ithmly to night Herself.
Glulic-lcm' > crnt ,
Hliodo Inland Rave n plurality to the domo-
units In each ot the last ttiroo state cloctlons ,
but tlio margin has boon sloadlly growing
smaller. In the election next month the
state will undoubtedly resume Us olu place
in the republican column.
In Utmost H-inili.
Hinlnn Globe ,
America's gift to starving Htissin has boon
received at Llbnu with acclaim. It U pleas
ant to know thut the cargo of ( lour will ba
distributed through the ngoncy of a well-
chosen apodal commlttoo , Instead of being
Intrusion ! to the tender morales ot the czar's
venal subal torus.
Monarchical Villainy.
A'eifVink ll'oiM.
The Husalan government Is marching 150-
000 troops nc.'oss country la Poland. The
money this costs would buy food for the
famlne-st ldcon Russian peasants. But
czars and ether cattle ot that kind prefer to
spend their subjects' money tn purailoi that
increase their power for ovll-domg rather
than use U la Uoontng holplost noncombatants
ants from starving. Monarchlsm is built
upon ideas of that Ulnd.
Dunn on Cln\clinil'g Letter.
ffete York Sun.
But tnoro is one subject on which the
Dumb Prophet ought to wrlto a lottor. Wo
notice that domocratlo nowsnapors through
out the country ara asking him why ho
doesn't ' write or speak to explain , It ho daro3
to explain. hU foolingj , his wishes , and his
conduct toward the mugwump conspiracy In
this stato. His closest political friends nro
In that conspiracy. It has no other object
than his olovatlon ana the utsturbanca nnd
disorganization , If possible , ot the Now York
democracy. Will not General Bragg try to
find out the vlows of his true nnd oracular
frlond as to the mugwump conspiracy !
Artistic Thiovory.
c/if\i/f ) rout.
This city Is probably unrlvalnd In the
striking versatility shown in the line of rob
bery. Here the fab'fo'd individual who made
away with the roi hot store and thoti re
turned for the zinc w.ould attract but n passIng -
Ing notice. Even the bold deads of political
highwaymen nave ceased to create wondor.
And so it is that wbon a man commits sotnj
peculiarly daring and novel feat in the lliio
of misappropriation ho is regarded ai a
character to bo cultivated.
Two weeks aso'h resident of that Gsrmau
thoroughfare , callpj. Bbmarcic court , toro
down his house niyl piled the doDris on the
lot. When ho wont to cast It away yester
day ho found tnut 'liH Una boon anticipated
una that only tha f lia ot his dwelling was In
sl ht. n j >
The perpetrators' bf this darinc robbery
wlUholdtthe palm fo'ij rincfinallty until sonio
rabroatn | it\2usJthsrconp \ { ! ( ? alons/anil / "stoat's
the collar.
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A Confession ol Coiviirillcc.
Huston Atlvertiier.
In vlo v of Congressman Bryan's acidulous
denunciation of the protectionist policy , it
was quite pertinent to Inquire why ho has
not made some effort for its entire repeal.
To this the Nebraska congressman could only
reply to the effect that half a loaf is bettor
than no bread. But his slmilo will not hold.
It is impossible to pass the free wool moasura
bo champions , and just as impossible to enact
a comprehensive free trade bill. Tno only
reasonable motive for the passage of any
tariff reform measure in the homo must bo
to offer to the country a definite and compre
hensive measure , indicating the extant to
which his party U willing to tro on
tariff reform before election. The re
sponsibility for the defeat'ot the fro < 3 wool
bill does .not rest upon htm , and
tbo merit or demerit of vetoing another
Mills or Morrison bill ; will -not bo placed on
his shoulders. In effect bis notion must bo
construed as a confession of political
covvardico. Ho desires to rooo.il the pro
tective system but daroi not make the nt-
attempt for fear bis constituents and the
people generally , In declaring their adher
ence to the cause of protection , may unseat
him and the present domocratio majority in
the house of representatives. So , in the in
terim , he plays with the tariff reform tire ,
withdrawing his flngors haitlly lost they ba
scorched. IIo insists that "the country has
nothing to fear from the domocratio poliuy
upon the tariff question , " but as yet ho
timorously dcclinos to exhibit that policy in
definite shape as a swooping revenue roforni
biu- V
TIIK m 'j.
Cedar Hupids Gazette : Certain Is it , how
ever , that the reign of free whisky is draw
ing to & close , and no ether republican con
vention in Iowa will again resolve tor prohi
bition , at least for many years.
Minneapolis Journal ( rop. ) : Tbo Iowa ro-
publlcans are to bo congratulated upon their
strung common souse nnd axiiltod fealty to
their party , which brought the dologalo con
vention at DCS Moiuoi to auoh a successful
and gratifying close.
Chicago'Plmoj ( dem.r ) For the llrst tlmo
in many long years , Iowa ropublloins have
hold a convention to cuoojo delegates to tbo
national convontloi > < .Uithont ! mentioning the
namoof tbo volexrto. William B. Allison.
And yet tbero are ( Aliosa who do not think
that Harrison in auwactical politician.
Chicago Inter Ocean ( rap , ) ; The conven
tion was maruod wlUD harmony , good sense ,
and car n os t enthusiasm. There was no dis
position to drag immutsldu issues. The con
vention wus for tbaipurooso of soloctinc del
egates to the Minneapolis convention , and it
did that without nttslug the question as to
who shall be tbo loadur. In doing this the
convention oxbibltudibottor judgment than
have some of the Iowa papars that have
counseled anotherotirso. . ,
Council Bluffs ri6nbareil : The resolutions
ure Incomparable , " ( M their broad principles
all cau stand. Uoebffnlzing no test o [ fonlty
to the republican yir'iy ' but Us national plat
form , it , unauloi ovi'ry man to gather on com
mon ground to baUM'for ' tbo riclil , as bo 1111-
dentandn the rJgbll vllti no man to ques
tion that right , niiiV"All to labor for thu de
velopment of the nmtcnal welfare of lawn
until it once more wars tbo laurels of re
publican victory , and takes itn rightful place
in tbo vanguard of American stttos.
Chicago Post ( dom.j : The republicans of
Iowa , by virtue of trio convention which has
just adjourned at Des Molno * , stand bofora
the pcoplo iu bcttar casa than over before
since the campaign in which Horaca Boles
was first elcctod governor. For thru ) yea
the party has been disrupted bv local issues ,
of wblcb the chlof and most disastrous was
prohibition , and It hat paid the penalty , In
the "landslides" of 1SW and Ib'JI , of exchanging -
changing certain mastery for tha agonizing
portion of u barely equal party In a doubt
ful italo. In thojo turco years the Iowa n >
pabllcans haveloarnod the folly of Internecine
quarreling and now they have thrown local
issues to ltie dogJ , can out the nightmare
Drobibition and heisted their tlag at the
masthead of the national campaign , They
are a unit now at least In outwcrd soomlng
- for Donjamln Harrison nnd ull that the
uuino Implies.
HE MADE HIS LITTLE SPEECH
Oongrossnun Bryan Exhausts the Paver
Granted Him by Springer and Orisp.
VERY LUCKY IN CHOOSING HIS CHANCE
SunVrrit Not from Contrast XorUninimrlftnii
Intprcots ut Xelir.iokn XoRli'rtad lr ( lain
n Clinptct from X nr York Will
Ho lltHtlO NllU-7
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Maictt BO. fSpoolnl
to Tnr. Bun. ] Attor sitting for four months
In bis nest CongMismnn Bryan on Wednes
day hatched out his lone oxpontcd and vigor
ously advertised tariff spaoch. It woa care
fully prepared , thoroughly oatntntUod , nnd
dolivoivd with much effect. It was not us
deep ns it was long , but it caught the house
nnd the pro s galtorlos. To thojo who had
beard Mr. Bryan's dob.itoi with Congress
man Council there was nothing unfamiliar In
olthor the nutter or the manner. Tnoro
wnro the same platitudes regarding the op
prosslou of the agricultural class by protec
tive laws , the same reiteration ot fundamen
tal tree trade rprlnclploj , the snnia applica
tion otstorlos , hojvy with the mow ot the
stump , nnit tlio smno snatches ot poetry with
which ho 1ms horotoloro rosrulod the
voters ot tbo First district. The
manner , too , was the manner ot tlio
hustings very artfully nnd skillfully toned
down to moot tbo presenting occasion.
Several times ho used the familiar campaign
phrase "my frlonds , " and corrected himself
la tlmo to prooood smoothly with his talk.
But tha speech was well woi'kod up by careful -
ful revision and study until It was at once
polished and epigrammatic ; It was divor.si-
Hod by anecdotes , no matter how old ; It rang
iu some good poetry at appropriate spots ; It
was delivered admirably , even it with
studied oftect , and It undeniably caught on.
Lot us glvo Mr. Bryan credit for having
made a spsech nnd a good ono. This has
boon bis ambition and It is not ono to bo too
severely criticised. It is the ono thine that
ho is perfectly conlldent that ho can do on
the one subject of Itnportauco with which ho
is measurably acquainted. Ho has thought
of notbinir also , dreamsd of nothing' else
since his unoxpjctod election to congress.
Hodo5orvoscrodlt.no doubt , for persisting
in securing tbo opportunity mid in grasping
It before it was everlastingly too lato.
* "
Mr. Brvan was lucky"in his nhanco. Ho
had his speech iu his pocuot and In his head.
His bargain with Sprlnvor ami Springer's
bargain with Crisp gave him an advantage
In obtaining a recognition to address the
house on the tariff whenever ho saw lit. Ho
chose his time woll. Of all the dreary dis
cussions ot the tnrill in manv years , that ot
the Fifty-soconrt congress has beent ho most
ilolotul. The fiery Mills is .sulking in his
tent and his voice has not bean hoard as in
days gene by. sounding the tocsin of free
trado. Brockinrldgo , the silver tongued
orator of Kentucky , has not spoken this ses
sion. Wilson , the scholarly \Vost , Virginian ,
with a mind lilted with sparkling ideas and a
memory crammed with facts , has as yet de
clined tbo forum ot the houso. B.vnum hai
been silent. AlcKtnloy and Payson nnd Can
non and Conger nnd a score of former re
publican speakers of high repute no longer
occupy seats 1n congress. There has boon a
dearth of effective speaking such ns has cot
been known in a generation. Mr. Bryan
waited until such "gallery clearers" as
Savers of Texas and Turner of Georgia' bad
got in their deadly work and then made a hit
very largely bv contrast and partly from
lank of means of comparison.
Tbo speech is every where spoken of ns a
gobH stiihir ) spoochfand Mr. Bryan is already
booking engagements to address the populace -
lace during the coming campaign. IIo talks
with a "go" and tlio complete assurance of
faith of a "faith doctor , " and lays dowu ox-
plodcd fallacies \\itli the soriousnejs of n
discoverer ot some now phase of divine
truth. I don't think the vpterau correspon
dent of the Now York Tribune was quite
fair in saying thnt ' 'ho oxhuraed some
ancient jokes and ho-\ry illustrations which
no ether man has po > ! > cssed the courage or
rashness to exhibit in congress In many
years , but which ho appeared to regard as
not only fresh but original to a iitartling de
gree , " because as a matter of fuct no joke is
too hoary to pass muster with a now mem
ber , and uo practical quotation too venerable
to be used in a congressional eulogy. This
Is the great "jay" congress and with up
ward of ; iOO now members the opportunity , for
rehashlnK is unsurpassed. Tbo test of a
snoech , after all , is whotbor it takes with tbo
crowdboforo which it is delivered. I don't
nupposo that a Presbyterian general assem
bly would consider Bob Ingerso ! ! much of an
orator. On. tbo other hand , I have heard
foreign missionaries address an audienceabd
receive deafening applause throughout a
speech which a different "ct of auditors
would probably have considered stupid and
jejuna to.tho extreme.
But a congressman's ability "to maito a
speech" conceded , what then ! Tbcro ara a
hundred members who can do this iu vary
ing degrees of excellence and effort. It is
dangerous , however , for a western congress
man toplay , upon onu string. As a rule his
constituents want work nnd not oratory
aloi.o. Senator Ingalls attributes his defeat
largely to his scoocbos and his neglect of de
partmental work. A silver state senator
told mo yesterday that what his people
wanted was close attention to the daily in-
taicsts of the state and not sproadca lo era
tory. "Thut will keep , " ho said , "for the
stump ut homo. I don't ' care for n p it on the
back from iny neighbor in the BOIIIUO if it baste
to bo obtained at the oxpcuso of a kicU from
u homesteader or a prospective pensioner , a
do/on applicants for a now mail route or a
score of mon waiting for tha opouiug of n
now Indian reservation. "
*
That is genuine western expression. It
hits tbo bull's ojro of local pride dependent
on a local and self Interest which is cbaraa-
torlstioof the region , Theorotically.of course ,
it Is a lofty typo of the public servant who
scans , the whole horizon for topics to inter
est rils brain ana excite his eloquence , auJ
who declines to bother hirasolf witti such
weighty matters ai tbo wisbos of Individual
constituents and tha needs of a single state.
Such trillo-i take log work and stair climbing
and clerical uruugory and worry and do not
count for much , after nil. ouuldo of narrow
boundaries. The paper * don't spook uf thorn
and congressional associates don't ' applaud
tboui and there is liltlo glorf in their prose
cution. What , is a letter of gratiludo from
an old soldier , or a widow , or u noadr homo ,
stoatlor , or a throe line puff in the Crossroads
Bulletin compared with a round of upplauso
from ealleilo. * In which not a constituent sits
and a three column puff In n paper which is
your personal organ. Gram on the gift of
gab' , and time to piopara mi effort ; tune
which must bo tukoi from the prosecution of
Ruch little rnaHorj aggregating hundreds ,
perhaps thousands , how much bettor it is to
make u speech than to drudgu over details ol
correspondence anil to wear out xhoa leather
in iruilglng from committoa room to committee -
too room to 800 that bills in which your
state or district or suction in interested uro
obtaining the attention duo thorn.
And this leadi to the 'remark that then ) 1s
n mass of bills In whlcii Nebraska IR Inter
ested whlou have either passed the senate
nnd gouo over to the house or which have
originated in tbo tiouso and are still there ,
that requlro looking utter. Now tnat Mr.
Bryan has uocu delivered of his tariff speech
und Is doing au well as could bo expected , it
U to bo lipped that 1m will hava a speedy
convalescence uul bo able to attend to
local matters. Ho was elcctod to
congrass from the Flwt Nebraska dis
trict and not from thu section controlled
by the Now York Kvening 1'ost und Times.
And while ho feels it to bo bis duty to break
down the Nebraska beet sugar and the
Nebraska binding twine Industries , and In
cidentally to lower thu prices of all Nebraska
agricultural products by Incioaslnff Indus- ]
trinl compatltion and turowiuf ; moro waio ;
onrnors from the towns u > liin farm , ho j
might ut least now hustle around Juu u lit.
tlo bit for Nebraska-for Neoraiic > i with her
pluiu neoplo with plain need * , for tbu state
growing \\lth nit the Inherent nnd Acquired
energy of n western commonwealth , nnd
growing so fast that her Mule towns nnd vit *
lagos nod larger cities need constant gores
put In their clothes if they do not qulto so
often need now suits ot federal attention.
W. K. A.
xnn iiovim Axn iiiiwitw.tL9.
A bonutlfuily poollu story Is "Misororo , "
by Mabol WagnRlU , and nomolhlng entirely
iltftoront from the ordinary novels that nro
now being turned out in such vnst quanti
ties. The plot of the story Is very simple
Mid Is told with a. simplicity of diction thnt
ls perfectly captivating. A subtle chnrm of
music permeate } through every jingo of this
fMdnntlng book , ntut the dosr.rlptlon ot the
sweet , though sadlooltlng , slender young
nun , singing In the organ-loft of n church In
Verona , Is n innstorplecn of literary work. 11
is n delightful production , chaste in expres
sion nnd full o' tender nndpathotla passages.
The illustrations nro excellent and the bind
ing elegant In design nnd tlnlsh. Published
by Funk ft Wagunlls , 18 and ' . ' 0 Astor place ,
Now Yorlt.
Probably there Is no moro useful publica
tion Issued for the numtour photographer
than "Photographic Mosaics ; n Annual
Hecord of Photographic Progress. " edited
nnd published by 13. U Wilson , 853 Broad-
wny , Now York. The volume for 1SOJ is
brimful of interesting mid Instructive read
ing matter , mid the a'rtlclo furnished by the
editor on "Tho Progress of Ph'otogrnphy
During 18'Jl" Is replete with valuable Information
mation for both professional and nnutournr-
ilsts. The specimens of half-tono zinc-etch-
Inirs nro pjrloct gems und nmgiilUcont sam
ples ot the wonderful Improvement that lias
been wrought in the photographlonrt within
the last few docados. Quito a number of
practical articles on subjects ot special Inter-
torost to photographers will bo "found scattered -
torod throuch the 'JST pages that ooniposo
this excellent little book.
" 1'racticnl Carriage Building" is the title
of n book Just published bv At , T. Uitihard-
sou , SI and Stl Ko.ulo street , Now Vork , which
appears to bo Just what is needed by ovorv
workman in the line treated. As the publisher -
lishor remarks in the nrofacoTo : know
how to work in our country Is to bo able to
command high wages. Wo nro loss ham
pered bv arbitrary laws , made under condi
tions not now existing , than the people of
other nations. Our workmen nr > moro
manly , moro thoughtful , and more cnorsotic.
But they should read nud study moro.
Thnruforo this liltlo volume of nuggets , gath
ered from the workshop of ttio practical , has
been prepared for nnd Is respectfully dedi
cated to thorn by the publisher. " It is an
excellent \vorkand one which should bo in
the lunds of every blacksmith and carriage
and w.ijron maker lu this great land of ours.
It is profusely illustrated , linoly printed anil
handsomely bound In cloth.
"The Boolt of Pity and of Doath" Is the
English title of a collection of short sketches
dealing with various scones nnd emotions bv
Pierre Lotl nnd translated uy T. P. O'Con '
nor , M. P. They uro of a very sentimental
character nnd sovorat have quito a personal
and nuto-biographlo lingo , but nil of them
contain charming llttlo bits of masterly word
paintings. Th'j best of Ihom is the ninth en
titled "Aunt Clalro heaves Us , " and wo nro
informed by the author In hie introduction
that his llrst inclination was not to publish
this ono at all. It is well that upon second
thought ho decided to give it to the world , as
otherwise the reading public , nnd moro par
ticularly that branch of it that admires and
studies the higher graclo of literature , would
have bosn deprived of o. lUorarr treasure.
Published by Cassoll Publishing company ,
104 and lOii Fourth avenue , Now York.
The Flaming Sword , issued weekly by the
Guiding Star Publishing house , 3019 Coltago
O rove avenue , Chicago , Is bound to become
qulto popular with the masses In the near
future on account of the lucidity nnd sledge
hammer style which invariably characterizes
its artlcloes. What , for Instance , can bo
clearer to the ordinary mind than the follow
ing :
"Tho nslral center , or star ot contnpntal
limitation nucleus of tbo concurrent liux-
ions"ortb.Bvcosmic unity , and babtismdl fout
of nil generative procedure as pertaining to
external nature is essentially the pivot and
crucible of transmutation. It is related to
the greatest circumference as the central
limit of onerjiotlc impulse. Its circumference
marks nnd limits tbo correlate extreme of
material existence , and center and circum
ference dclluo tbo cosmic physical form. "
The Now England Magazine for March Is a
splendid numuor , replete with a variety of
papers on all sorts of topics. Among some
of the interesting articles in this Issue are
'iJocolloctions ot Louisa May Alcott , " by
Mrs. Maria S. Porter ; "Hnrvaid Clubs and
Club Life , " by William * Dunn Onuitt and
"Milwaukee , " by Captain Charles King , the
military novelist. In this number there Is
also n very nblo contribution on the Chilian
troubles , bv Mr. Edwin D. Moad. who takes
the view that the United States hns been
made ridiculous bv the recant explosion of
War brag. An article that will doubtless
prove of especial Interest to these who earn
thole dally bread by the use of their pens
Is "In n Corner at Doasley'd , " by Walter
Blackburn Harto , iu which he exposes the
quackery of professional literary advisors.
The Review of Koviows always keeps
abreast with tbo timoj , and the March num
ber is no exception. It is a wonderfully
vuried assortment of literature that Is pre
sented in this month's issue of this .superior
publication , Tbnro is much to attract all
classosand that parson must bo superlatively
fastidious who cannot llml something in its
numerous pages to both plcaso nod instruct.
That this high class periodical is appreciated
Is well ovMoncod by the over Inoroiultn- .
mend for it from nil parts of the world
whore the English language is undorstood.
An examination of n nowsrmpor directory
would bo sufllcicnt proof to the nvorago man
that the Journalistic field tn nil its ramlllcn-
lions is completely covered. Yotovory week
or so brings evidence ol ventures in hitherto
unnoticed Holds of prospective proht and ro-
nown. The Idlest Is "Tho St. Patrick's Day
Annual Kovlow. " The publication Is n sea
sonable ono , and Is printed lu colors redact
ing the fadotoss Kmernld ot "Ould Ireland. "
The nature of the contents Is sot forth In the
bonding. The design of the publishers ti to
make It nn nlstorlo.il nnd statistical record ,
U Is published in Philadelphia by U. II.
Flood.
Tlio Mnrcli number of St. Nicholas main
tains Its high standard ot excellence us n
magazine for children. Ita contcnls nro nl-
wnysonlcrtalniiiR nnd Instructive. In this
month's issue tlio boys will find nn nttrno-
live ketch for them called "From Shin to
Shore , " from the facllo pen ol John M. Kill ,
cott , United Slates navy , nml the girls will
surely bo delighted with tlto paper by Mnr-
enrol Johnson , entitled "What Maroln Is
Heading. " U would bo n queer boy or girl
who could not discover several niOMols to es
pecially enjoy in Urn rich feast summarized
in Iho closely printed lablo of contents
which Includes over thirty separate HODS , of
pictures , VCMO nnd proso.
"Marrlago nnd the Homo , " by Hov. John
Brandt , D.U. , is u little broch'tiro full of
sound ndvico upon a subject "whuro Ignor
ance may prove disastrous to bony , nilnd and
HDlrit , " to use the lauguago of the author.
Thcro is very Uttlo Hint is now In the book ,
bul some old Irutsms nro dressed up in nn at-
Irnotlvn gftrb , and tbo nim ot the wilier is
evidently n lofty ono. It hns boon remarked
by many who nro supposed to bo In a position
to know what they nro talking nbout , that
marriage Is on the decrease in this , the last
decade of the nineteenth conturr. If this bo
true , the publication of a work such as John
Brandt's , Is timely , nnd It Is to be hoped
thai it may bo the moans of arousing both
sexes to n thorough investigation of the
whole subject of marriage. Published by
Laird .S : Lee , Chicago
in.vK
Washington 1'dst : Mr. Ultwolaml to Gon-
or.il llrn R All other booms are spurious ,
Atchlson Olobo : You until n iiiutiV itilmlra-
tlou by Kooplnw still when you are hurt , but
you nln u woman's by lionlmj ; .
Kato Hold's Washington : Mis. Snowball -
bo you is oprlnlclln' lloiv's on your hnsban's'
graves Which ono yo' docurntln' now ?
Jlrs.ldowlhtlcu Shu1. I ( liinno. Nobor
could inoinbali whutoidiili ( ley's laid in.
Indianapolis Journal : "ficish ! I wish In an
you. " salil tlio inusuum visitor.
" \VhyJ" asked the tun-Mended hoy.
"So's I could ho both kind ' democrat to
oncct , " replied the visitor , \\lth a sigh ,
Ho took her to the piny ono nlsht ,
Hut not one \\urd lie spuke ,
I' ' or hovns \ very clum because
Hlio were a honio-mulu : ctoalc ,
National Tribune : "Mvst.irsl" mild a by-
Rtamlorlo a man with a huso barrow load of
bricks "Vou must bo n troiiiondonsly stroiii ;
man to he ablu to wheel such himvv loads. "
"It Is not so much strunKtli ns the result of
lone or.iotlco. " wus tlio rouly. "Vou sen 1 nan
employed for so von years lu Wheeling , W. \ u.
Olnak UovlcwVou : nro probably nut
iw.irc , slr"sulil the angry fathur. "thut lust
yo\r my dauirhtor suunt * l,5Jl ) on hi > rdross. "
" \ es. I am , "snld the youni : man Unnly. "I
ndvlsud her to do It circr uyoar ugownun wo
llrst became ongu ud. "
Washington Star : "Vou seem lo find seri
ous objection to the ens' ' , " s ild the clerk.
"Yes , sir , " replied the customer ; " \ orv sor-
nus. It's nothing to maUo light ot , I assure
you. "
New York Herald : Delegate I have como
to suoalc to yon on tlio subject of ourly clui-
Ins.
Ins.Irato
Irate Manufacture ! Woll. you can't shut up
any too soon to suit me.
Homorvlllo Journal : 1'rosh Florida straw
berries may bo und now for U CCIIIH each : but
unless the average man Is u good deal fresher
than the strawberries hu uous not buy them.
Fllozondo Itlar.Uor : Lady ( to her Icirnl
frlond ) You won't cliar e for u question ! T
hope ? Imwyur Oh , no : only for the answer.
Elmlra Oazetto : The physician Is the mini
who tolls you you ueo.1 eJiuio ; and then tukoi
nil you havo.
Now York Weekly : Tough 'fleers No nso
tulkln' , Hill , this era Ilaiior drlnkln' purdncei
Infinity. Look at Moldy Mlue.
Nosey Jnasurs Is ho cra/y ?
Touili TlRcrs-Uono daft. Why , he's so
; ru/.y ho's gene Inter an Inturstoot , lo bo cured
3' the drlnklu' habit. Any sunn huin' would
know uull enough thut life wouldn't be wuth
llvln' artcr belli' cured.
TA.iunt-ai.iuis ooir.v.
Tom Mwrnn fn dual : Iltrlcw.
You can toll by the ulrs that she carries )
You c.in toll by her dixnlltud walk ;
You can loll bv the manner It fits bur ;
You can lull Uy Iho other girls' talk.
"O. Clara , how atiiniilni ; von'ro looking ;
You nro so becoming In blown. "
Ana yon know , us you hour them exclaiming
bhu has on a tailor-made gonn.
It doesn't tuku knowledge surpassing
To toil that It Isn't homo-m de ;
Due look is enough to convince you
You nuod no oxtrunsnuM aid.
She BOOIIIS to Impart by her Dimmer.
"It's tlin Urst of tills color in town , "
: \nd you mentally bow In hubjuotion
To thu Rlrl In the tallor-mado gown.
And yet there Is ono who disputes It ;
Her rival , who vows and rioslnres
I'hat CM ara Is play In j deception ;
It'H u dressmaker's gown tliatHho wears.
Dour Rlr ) . you are choking with rnvy ,
Hut just to convince you KO down
Claia'n p ipa , IIo will show you
Tlio bill for that talior-maUo cown.
& GO.
W. Ciuu3r 15ft ii.xl ( ) j.ilii Sit.
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To a Man
Up a Tree
It looks very much as if we were going
to do the largest business .
this spring we've ever \i \
done. But then you don't
have to climb a tree to
convince yourself that our
spring novelties in suits
and overcoats are just
what you want. Nobby ,
neat and nice ; the styles
are new , all the leading
colors , equal to tailor made , and the prices
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