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THE OMAHA DAILY SATURDAY , MAUOH 26 , 1802. THE DAILY BEE. HGSEWATKH. Em-Ton. PUBLISHEDEVERY "MORNING. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY TF.UMB 0V SUIISOIUt'TION. Tollylloo twithonlBiinclivv ) Ono Year. . . . R fO tidily nmlHnndny , Ono Your. In 00 Fix Month * BOO Thri-o Mnntln 2M HundHjr Hep. Ono Yrnr. 2 JO Fntiirdny itee. Ono Your JM Weekly lice. Ono Year. . . . ' OI'TIOES Omnlia. Tlio Iloo Diilldlnc. PotithOimihit , corner N : md Ifith Street * . Council UlntTa. 12 I'onrl Strpct , Clilcn'O onteo. 'Jtl ( .hnmbcrof Cnniinnrca. Now YorkHoonm ! * . 14findKi-Trltnlnollulldlnp Wellington , fii : Fourteenth SMroot. COHKESPONDENOE. All communications roliitlnc to nowi nnil ( xlltorlnl inntlcr should bo addressed tc tuo Hdltorl-U Department , . * , , . .nS3 LKTTKUS. All InutticM laUors nnd rntnlttnnmt Mionld lomllre ( ip < l tn The Jco ! Publishing Cornimnjr. Cinnlm. llrnfta. checks nnd pnMofllcn orders to bo made piiyublo to the order of the com pany. Itc EEC PnMshtoE Company. . Proprietor EWOItN fcTATEMENT oTi < CIUOULATION. Hntoof NoIinnUa ( . County of UonKlns. I Oco. Jl. T/Hchurk. secretary of Tbo UKR rubllihlnc company , docs tiolomnly Rwoar thiil the actual circulation ot TllK IIAH.r IlBR for the \\cel ; cncHnc Mnrch 11) ) , Itmiras ns follows ; Funtlny. Mnrch U IS.HO Jlondny. Murch 14 tXGin Tupudny , Mnrch IA K\.KM \ Wcdncsduy. March 10 I3r > 'l Tbundiiy. Mnrch 17 S .TOJ Friday. Slnroli 18 13.SI" tntiirdny. March 19 g4.om : Avoraco S4.HI7 OEO.lt. T7.SOHUOK. f < Bworn In I cfore me nnd snlncrlurd In ray rrrifnro this 10th day of Mnrch. A. 1) . 1801 BEAU N. P. KBIU Notnrv Public. Atcrngo C'lrrutiitlim for I'rhriinry 2il > 10. NKIIUASKA oratory Is becoming u drup upon the intvrlfot. The supply la fully equal to the demand. TUB conventions this year will om- tihaaixo the ( net Unit wo tire sadly in need of a million-dollnr hotel. 'h ' iTWiLhpny our business organlzu- llons to kcop their eyes on railway movements contorlnjr nt Sioux City. KlCllAUD P. Bi.ANl ) will never again bo either so happy or so hopeful. Ho made a frightful miscount of frco silver noses. SII-KXCI : is golden and speech is sll- vor , but silver was knocked speechless on Thursday in the house of its alleged friends. PATUONI/.E homo industries can never become an unprofitable proverb for com munities which both preach and prac tice the doctrine. tST In the controversy over ap pointments to the police commission ap- poara to bo confined to the parties di rectly concerned. NKHUASKA millers are entitled to the i Nebraska Hour trade nnd Minnesota cut-throat cotnuotitlon cannot alter this frigid , fnrtilicu fact. is FIELD'S buttermilk banquet has sot liiu old Denver friends to inquir ing when the bright journalist became n fixed star In the milky way. OMAHA ought not to sloop on her arms until she has made it morally certain that she shall within -twonty-livo years bo the center of the greatest sugar beet growing region of the world. A FUND for the encouragement of manufactories in Omaha such us is con templated by the Real Estate Owners" association would ultimately return to the city ut largo immouso profits and to the investors themselves a fair percentage - contago on their investment. SILVKR has dropped to 88J cents per ounce , the lowest prlco at which it was over sold. This , too , inaco of the fact that the national government is now ab sorbing almost , if not quilo , the entire American product. If sllvo'r is not u commodity llko wheat , cotton and corn then experience is a delusion and logic n snare. CONOUESS will appropriate $10,000,000 for the improvement of the Mississippi nnd $9,000,000 for the Columbian World's fair , but will haggle over the meager sum of 8250,000 for surveys for storage reservoirs in the arid regions. Congress should wnko up to the fact that a full fourth of the area of America is west of the Rocky Mountains. TIIK ' the council and moi'o park com mission look at park tracts the further away Booms the final selection of sites. But the delay has not worried the tax payer ? . They- arc saving $1,000 a month in interest on park bonds , will got sev eral thousand dollars in taxes for 1802 nnd 11 n ally wo shall got more land and more suitable tracts for our money. A CORNELL professor tolls his students that the man who soils his vote ( inNo\v York presumably ) for money is moro respectable - spoctablo than the man who does not vote at all. The latter is at least a purl } to the wrong1 and may properly bo ar raigned as an accomplice , lor ho may be making the purchased veto equivalent to two , whereas by performing his dutj it would bo useless to the purchaser. According to the Chicago Journal i Commerce bliidor twlno was sold at 13i cents per pound without variation frorr January 1800 until January ifeoi , since the last named data It has dropped until all last harvest the Chicago price was 7 { cents. In view of thia decrease of 41 pai cent in the prlco the howl of our frloni Bryan for free binding twlno pounds foi all the world like the bray of a dotnu goguo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ AMONG the entertainments for the np proaohlng summer season la Omahn none promises moro for the general gooc of the stuto than the Industrial expos ! tlon in Juno. The interest already shown in the coming event makes Its sue cess assured nnd us it is the first exclu sive exposition of the manufacturing lu duatrlos of the state it will bo both uovo and instructive as showing the procosso : of manufacture and the number and ox 'tent of the manufactured articles ot Ne braska. TllK PltKSlDKXrS FLAIX TALK. The administration of President Harrison risen will bo memorable for the able , Irm and untrlotlo treatment of the In- crnatlonal questions with which it has tad to deal , nnd for this the president iltnsclf Is entitled to much of the credit. ! Io has not only given careful considera tion to thcao questions nnd dictated the lollry to be pursued , but bus also por- ormed tin small part of the actual wotk of correspondence. This was the case n tha Chilian affair , when it bccntno locossiiry to convoy to Chill the final leclslon of this government , nnd the land of the president Is again seen in the latest correspondence In the 13oi-ing sea controversy , whiuh Is distinctly nnflicd by that plainness of speech , ox- ) llcit statement of p"nciplcs ! and une quivocal enunciation of policy , which ire characlorisllcof P csldent Harrison. The last nolo of this government on the question of n renewal of the modus vivondi presents its CHSO with such log- cal force as must carry conviction to the minds of all persons not unalterably predisposed - disposed to favor the ttritlsli position , [ loplying to the contention of Lord Sails- jury that another year's suspension of scaling Is not necessary to prevent an undue diminution of the seal herds , this government very pertinently suggests , after expressing surprise and disap pointment , that If her majesty's govern ment so little respects the claims and contentions of the United States us to bo unwillinir In forbear for a single season to disrcgaul them , it cannot understand why Lord Sallsuury should ImVo pro posed and agreed to trivo to these claims the dignity and standing which a refer ence to a high court of arbitration im plies. It Is declared that from the mo ment an arbitration was agreed upon neither parly was at liberty to disregard the contentions of the ether , and not to obborvo this principle is to add a new sense of injury nnd injustice , oven if it should bo found possible to proceed with an arbitration under such conditions. The gravity of the situation , in the opinion of the uresidont , consists in the fact that if her majesty's govornmon' ' proceeds on the basts of its contention s to the rights of the Canadian sealers the government of the United States will li.-ivo no choice but to proceed on the basis of its contention that pelagic sealing in the Horing sea is tin infrac tion of its jurisdiction and property rights. This would become necessary , not as a question of pecuniar } ' loss or ( jain , but one of honor and self-respect. This government , the president explic itly declares , cannot consent , with in demnity or without , that the contested rights of British subjects to catcli seals in the Boring sea shall bo exorcised pending the arbitration. It cannot con sent to have what it believes to bo its rights destroyed or impaired pending their determination by an agreed tri bunal , however adequate the security offered. The feeling both in London and in Washington evidently is that a ciisis in this matter is imminent. Secretary Bltiino , although not well , attended a meeting of the cabinet yesterday at which the situation was discussed , nnd there was a conference between the sec retary of the navy and the scciotary of the treasury with regard to the vessels to be sent to Boring sea. In the British House of Commons the rovornmont was asked for information regarding the &it- uation'and replied that theyho'pod to bo able to make the correspondence public by Monday next , including , it is pre sumed , a response from Lord Salisbury to the last note from the State depart ment. Thcro is little reason to expect that Lord Salisbury will recede from the position ho has taken , and if ho adheres to it n. conflict would seem to bo almost inevitable. 11IK ASSESSORS AND THEIR DUTY. Between the 1st day of April nnd the 1st day of Juno the assessors are re quired by law to list all taxable real and personal property. The 1st of April is next Friday , yet the precinct assessors have not agreed upon a uniform basis of assessment and unless individual assess ors assort themselves wo shall find when the returns are made on or before the second Monday in Juno next that the assessment has again boon a farce. Under the law no property of any de scription is exempt except : First The property of the state , counties and municipal corporations , both real and personal. Second Such ether property as may bo used exclusively for agricul tural and horticultural societies for school , religious , cemetery 'and chari table purposes. The word "exclu sively" in the law has been largely overlooked by assessors heretofore , and hence a vast area of real estate and con siderable personal property in this cltv , the title to which vests or is pretended to vest in agricultural , horticultural , school , religious and charitable socie ties , which is not used .exclusively for the purposes named in the ncthavo , been loft off the assessors' books. It is bo- llovod that the real property of those or- ganixntlons in Omaha will aggregate an actual value of $ 3,000,000. The county clerk returns it to the census ollloo at Washington with tx taxable valuation of $2,000,000. The assessors must list every dollar's worth of this property not used exclusively for the purposes numad In the exemption clause if they are true to their duties and their solemn oaths of olllco. The section of the statute which de fines property which shall bo assessed and taxed , after excepting property named in the preceding paragraph , dis tinctly sots out the following : Firnt All real and personal property in thia state. Second All moneys , credits , bonds or stogka or ether investments , the shares of stock of Incorporated companies nnd associations , and nil ether poronal prop erty , including property in trunsitu to or from this utato , used , hold , owned or controlled by parsons residing in'thU state , 'llitnl The capital stock of com panies and associations incorporated under the laws cf this state. The law is sufficiently plain for the guidance of any honest 'assessor nn-1 there can bo no excuse for , a repetition of the neglect of formar years. Lot ouch mini who has taken the oath of offlco ns an assessor Individually resolve that for once at least the terms of the law shall bo compiled with to the letter. This may make mure work for the Duard at Equalization , but it will result In n return of from two to five millions worth of taxable property which has hitherto boon exempt through the grace , negligence or dishonesty ot the assessors. SOUTH DAKOTA AXD South Dakota is for Harrison a * a matter of courso. The Dakolns could not bo against him nnd bo either honest or grateful. When Harrison was in the United States senate the great territory which has since been made into two magnificent anil prosperous stated , had no bolter friend. It was , therefore , most ungracious as well as foolhardy for politicians to attempt to create a Bcntttnonl in South Dakota against the president. Whether the recorded vote of the state convention bflows the dele gation to Minneapolis to have baon Tormnlly instructed for Harrison or not , the fact remains that every delegate will vote for htm nnd the convention it self adjourned under the impression tlmt it had most emphatically endorsed his administration and doulnrpd him to bo the choice of South D.ikotn. Unhappily there are two factions in the republican party of South Dakota. Governor Mcllotto I * at the head of on J and ex-Senator Moody appears at pres ent to lend the other , though it Is gen erally conceded that Senator Pottlgrow la the real force behind the latter. Whether the Moody faction was really opposed to Harrison or not is a matter of small importance now that ho and all admit tlmt the state will throw its vote for the rcnomlnatlon of thn president. Governor Mollotto appears to have boon badly worsted If ho had any purpose to control the action of the state conven tion , for the men hu most cordially dis likes wore elected delegates. It nppoara to an outsider ns if the people ple had taken the matter largely into their own hands nnd administered a severe rebuke to nil factions. They hisiod ox-Senator Aloody when ho op posed Instructing for Harrison but elected him a delegate. ' They likewise refused to give Governor Mellotto any prestige upon which to claim control of the patronage of the state by olootinga delegation friendly to him. In ether words the people simply asserted their own rights with an emphasis the poli ticians ought not to forget , and the South Dakota delegation goes to Minne apolis to help rcnomlnnto Harrison. I31MIOHATIOX Senator Wnshburn of Minnesota has introduced in the United States senate a bill to regulate immigration. It is in some respects the most drastic measure that has yet been presented. Ono ot its provisions requires that vessels bring ing alien passengers to the United States from foreign ports moro than 2COO miles distant shall give n bond of not less than $50,000. When Secretary Foster was In England ho hoard Httito- moots from steamship owners that it would not bo practicable to give such a bond , nnd he wiw reported to have agreed with them. Tins plan is really ni me a at the class of vessels , known as "tramp steamers , " which are princi pally engaged in bringing Italian im migrants , but it would necessarily have to apply to all vessels bringing.alien passengers to the United States , nnd would proyo a hardship to the lines of European steamers which are now con forming to the requirements of our laws. The bill also provides that every vessel engaged in bringing passengers from any foreign port to the United States shall pay a license tax equal to $1 for each passenger not a citizen , the money thus collected to bo paid into the United States treasury as.an .immigrant fund to defray the expenses of regulat ing immigration. A commissioner and a suitable num ber of inspectors are to be appointed by the secretary of tlwtroasury for each of the twelve ports of Europe .from which the greatest number of alien immigrants have como to the Unlted'States during the period of throe years ending Decem ber 1 , 1801 , these officials to bo subject to the authority of the United States consuls at these ports. This would furnish comfortable places for quite a corps of "public servants" without giv ing much greater assurance of improve ment in the character of the immigra tion. The steamship companies nnd their agents are said to bo now very careful and vigilant regarding the omi- igrants they allow to take passage for this country , and this safeguard against the coming hero of undesirable immi grants is supplied without any cost to the government. There is reason to be lieve that it will continue to bp effective so long us wo maintain a strict enforce ment of our laws. ' The measure provides that immigrants shall make a written declaration under oath prior to embarkation regarding themselves , among ether thinps whether it is the intention of the immigrant to remain hero permanently or reside here temporarily and then return to the for eign country. If this bill should become a law its effect undoubtedly would bo to materially restrict immigration , but it is not equally certain that It would bo any moro pllcctlvo than existing laws , if properly enforced , in keeping out the objectionable classes. Tin : vote in the house of representa tives on the motion to lay the Bland silver bill on the table gave Speaker Crisp an opportunity to go on record , and ho improved It by casting his vote with the free sliver men and thereby saving the measure. Of course there has never been , any doubt as to whore the speaker's sympathies are. lie was elected to promote the cause of free sil ver coinage'and helms boon faithful to that understanding. His coming to the rescue , however , us ho did , was a more emphatic expression of his solicitude for the cause of free silver than was to have been expected. The largo vote foi tabling the measure was somewhat oHi surprise , there having been n good deal of uncertainty us to what , the repub licans would do. The result shows that they are prepared to vote their 'convic tions , regardless of partisan considera tions which it had bean thought might load them to do otherwise and-throw the whole responsibility upon the demo crats. In the course taken the repub licans of the house have maintained the position of a largo majority of their party in the country , and there o.in bane no doubt of the wisdom of having done this. There inuRlbo , , no pattering or temporizing wlthttbo silver quor.Uon al this tlmo on tltb 'jwt-t of republicans. The rapubllcun nto conventions hold thus far have doalnrod for an honest dollar. A ropuUtjKin administration Is opposed to the fee and unlimited coin age of silver. It IJltho plain duty ot the representatives of llio party in congress who agrco with itKla vlow to sustain it by their votes whteh\svor the opportunity comes to them , ] 1Kvory ( consideration affecting the welfare of the country , if not the interests # , .tho party , dictates thid to bo the proper courso. Tun anomalous conditions under which territorial government must bo main tained is well Illustrated In the cnsa of A'ixonn. She Is obliged' to await the slow processes of ( jongrosslonnl legisla tion in order to refund her territorial debt though this will materially reduce her Interest payments. While concross is debating the question the Arizonlans nro losing money. Furthurmoro city and county governments are hampered and the progress of internal improve ments of great Importance cannot bo un dertaken without the consent of con- gross. No wonder every territory which is growing and possesses an ambition to develop Its resources Is anxious to cut loose from Uncle Sam's loading strings. TllK supreme court of Wisconsin has rendered a decision that the Into demo cratic gerrymander In that state is un constitutional. Tnorojs no ground for hoping that the domooratlo state supreme preme- court will bo able to see any legal Impediments to the enforcement of the Missouri gerrymander , how ever , notwithstanding the fact that the republicans poll 4 > per cent of the total vote of the state and are given , under the now apportionment , but one out of the stato'n fifteen representa tives in congress. SIR CHAULKS Tui'i'Kit , Canadian high commissioner , is not much accus tomed to testing the public pulse of America , otherwise ho could not iossi- : bly suspect that public soatitncnt in this country will not sustain President Harrison risen In the seal controversy. Wo do a vast amount of quarreling among our- solvosovor bore , but vft > are close , con fidential friends and allies when any ether nation attempts to snub , insult or make war upon us. This fact ought to bo patent to thpihigh commissioner. WHEN" Omaha rffots a direct line via Superior and thej Santa Fo , or some other route , to thco southwestern cattle ranges , she wlll-6o ; able to bring the railway companion now (1lscriminatiii r against her in foVjft of Kansas City to a better undorstsip'iUng of her demo-nils for a chance at Texas or Oklahoma. NuiiUASKA iqa'njifaeturora have re cently onjoi'cd so" largo a homo trade that they are prfitty hard pressed to keep up with tha demands for their goods and therefore cannot jusfat pres ent attempt to utlrod.uco themselves to the Spanish-Amo'nican republics. ' ' ' ALL this time "Svhotticr we say any thing about it or rorrain silent wo are conscious of the injustice of the bridge arbitrary which our jobbing houses are forced to pay on shipments into Iowa. FoiiBlQN diplomats will learn by ex perience if no ether way that America understands her international righls as well as her international duties after awhile. Imperial Kurrltutlon. Emperor William's ear oobo may yet knock out nuothorottbo props that support the tottering throne of absolute monarchy. liven Curtis neopuirn. Harper' WitMu. Thodlfforancoof foollnein his ( Mr. Cleve land's ) party ( slnco 1833 } ) Is * o great as to make his nomination this year highly Im probable. _ ' IIilKKlilK U Delusion. Kami's tlltu 1'imu. Tammany is no political fool nnd the indi cations now are that tuo Now York delega tion will vote for Cleveland on the Urst bal lot. The letter of withdrawal will ba from Senator Hill. Stumbling Itliirk * to Contentment. KenVoii : irortif. Thcro seems to bo a certain amount of sound sense In the advice gtvon to Chancel lor von Caprlvi to drop his education bill and wait until ho hears from tbo couatry. In ether words , tbo education bill Is the same kind of a stumbling block in Germany as tha silver bill in this country , KITuc-t of the WUcoiiMn Decision. St. ; tml ( ilobe. Gerrymandering aoaj not pay. The Ohio democrats whoa they lust controlled the log- Ulaturo Btolo a march of this sort on the enemy : and unwthoonomy , having the upper hand again , hus put thorn to still WOHO con fusion. Honesty Is tbo bast policy la poll- tics , us In ether thlcci , and even if it WJTO nut , it is the duty of the hi h-mindod mon 10 Observe it , Dethroning King Cut ton. Suit I < Y > jijfti3o Cliiwitcti. Nothing In recm ycaH U mora romarka- bio than tbo ( tothrpuipi ; of ICinjj Cotton in the southern statoi// For forty yoara cottoa has boon the great staple ol u'aorgw , the olilof source of its weultb , yet no.v many planters of that state 1iavo decided to grow tobacco becuuso tboro U no longer any pro lit , In raising cottoa. The dhoovorr of the phoi- phato boils near Charjeston tvai a goiHcncl to southern planturs.frfthosodopoii'u furnUbod ' n cheap and ubuiuuu'fertilizer , and what no ono counted on waji tjju enormou * Incroruo In the growth of cotttii culture In India , which has set the prlcjlldown lower than li was over known. IllU'rt mrttT ! ImiiBlnutlon , ffew J'or/r / Tribune , Among the wrongs and oppressions which tbc Dolopato Hunter enumerated in ul speech at Augusta ns having baen brought upon the south by republican nmrulo wai "thq low prlco of cotton. " Dy a singular co- Inr.Idonco the report pt the Agricultural de partment on cottoa production appeared hi the same hsuo that , contained Kill's speech. It states with inathamatlcal coldness that during the past two year * tbls country has produced 3,090,000 bales of cotton in excess of normal requirement * , in conaequoaoo of which the price In Uvorpaol fell from 0 1-10 pence In January , 18'JCi , to ! ' pence In January 18'JJ. Was t > us ary , overproduction occa sioned by the wrqugi and oppression of re publican misrule ! - Twenty Moro Kx-Cunvlctx H.UTOil. KW YiHiif , March 35. Twenty OK--OII- victi from Italy were detained at Kilts Ulajid toiluv. They admitted that thuy wera liberated felons and wore promptly returned. OTIIHK /.V/M T/M.V OVlt.1. The disndv.iatAgro to the Glndstonltuii , writes a London corroipondont , U apparent to any ono who under < tuidi the system for the registration of parliamentary voters. An old resistor always tolls most adversely against the liberal party. They draw tholr support groa'.lr ' from the working clnjios. The middle classes form the backbone of the conservative party , the shopkeepers anil hoopora of public homo * bolnp almost Invariably lory. These people ore iimro permanent In n neighborhood than the working clans elector ) , nnd 110 matter bow li to In the year or on how old a roilster the election Is taken , thee pioplo are always In ba found , and , without giving any trouble to tlio election managcri , como up to the polls to vote for the torv ctndlduta. It. Is alt.o- olhorilllTuront with the working olasso * . They scatter moro and morn as the year pees on , and put the election agents to great trouble and much expanse to keep track ol them. Tbls dopirtniout ot oloct'.oaooring work Is so Important to the liberal candi date * that In all constituencies whore tha electioneering ngcnl Is permanently In resi dence , and U ut nlfworth his salt , the system for tracing romovali Is brought down to a science. Many of the twontj-four Oladstonlan successes at the byo-olootlans slnco 1SSO have boon iluo In somadogroo to the perfection with which the system of tracing removals has boon worked. This work Is n charge that falls comparatively Ushtly on the troy candltatos while on their opnononts It is nlwnvs hoavv , and , in the casa of a general election , ba- comes heavier an the year gos on. The Gtadstonlans at present greatly fear this serious disadvantage. They fool that the Irish local government bill , the Irish ele mentary education bill and the smull-hold- Ings bl'l ' will not help the government much In the Industrial constituencies , because none of the tnoAsuroi named directly touch urban woi-klngmon , bat the lateness of the general election does touoh them moit directly. Under uxhtlnp conditions u goncral election In November would practically disfranchise thousands of the working class electors up nod down tljo country. The situation is an awnward ono , but there Is iio way out of It at nrasont for the liberals. When 'they are la power they will lose no tlmo In amending tbo resignation laws , meanwhile they must wait their tlmo aad compensate themselves for the delay by putting la all the work pos sible In the constituencies and by thoroughly educating the electors as to the ono great issue which they will bo asked to determine whca the election dons como. w e * The most suggestive feature of the con troversy In which the Gorman omnaror Is In volved lies in the fact that bath emperor und chancellor are obliged to dofar to popular sonttmcnt with regard to a proposed measure of public policy. Tuoro was n tlmo when such antagonism would not have counted for anything' , practically speaking , but that tlmo has goao by in Germany , as In every ether country. The spirit of constitutional liberty has boon spreading very rapidly In recent years , and the individuals who sit unthrones do not. dare to disregard it. In Germany , particularly , the poopla are making them selves felt In a uucrco that Is very slenllicaut and prophottc. Their xvill ! s practically do- clsivti In general polities. They are still ruled according to the monarchlal Idea , but thai idea has boon materially modified In tholr Interest. It Is no longer possible for tbo monarch to do as ho ploasoi In the exor cise of his Imperial functions. Ho must con sult the wishes of the massoi In all impor tant emergencies , and adjust his proceedings to suit public opinion , or he cannot succool. A hostile majority Is fatal to anv schema that he may seek to carry out. When It becomes - comes apparent that the paoplo do not In dorse his views orpurpojos , ho has to change or abandon them ; ho c.mnot arbitrarily enforce - force them ia dollunca of such opposition. This Is a great point gained for thu cauo of freedom , and ether victories of llko moaning and value will ba won In the near future. Germany not likely to .become a ropubllo for many yearj ; but she Is cartaln to became moro republican every year in her sympa thies and tendencies. * * * All that tbo young kaiser has said and done seems to indicate that it is his confident be lief that ho can make or himself a greater , grander historical iiguro than his Illustrious family over gave to Gormany. His mistake is that-ho believes ha can do It upon the lines laid down by bis prodeoajsors : ha is unable to percolvo.tho growing spirit of democracy , especially as It , Is pat In nvidonca in England and Franco , orevoa in ( Jarmiay In a lessor degree. "What ho really expect * to do in his blindness U to impsdo the progress of civil ization , and , not content with that , to turn the hands of the clock of tlmo backwards for 100 years or mora. Ho forgets that his great predecessors , even hU grand father , were only kings of a part of Germany until twenty years ago and not 'em peror of all ot it. Tbo victory over Franco united the German peoples , created the empire , and made possible an imperial throue. In Prussia the young em peror might have mi'Jo absolutism possible foraloag tlma if ho had governed It nlono , but ho cannot make it possible long In united Gormany. ISoforo either he or his Grand father bocciiiu omparoi1 there was a powerful popular sentiment favorable to representa tive govornmant. This sentiinont has grown steadily , and during thj last live years it has had aniazina erowth. The omparor , by his unwise spaecbos nnd by punishing the news papers for criticising thorn , U not going to decrease , but incrono , the very cotnaiDii de mand in Germany for larger popular liberty. Hols constantly blundering from bad to worse In boti what ho says ana doss. * * * It has been uflluiilly announced that the longpsnding negotiations botwoau tbo Prus sian fcovoramont and the roprasa.tt.itlva of the house of Hanover have resulted loan agreement. The duke of Cumberland , on hU part , renounces lor himself porsonnlly all pretensions to Hanover , which was annexed to Prussia In 18i ( ! ) , and also his claim to the unannoxoi ) auchy of Brunswick , to which ha has a Utlo by inhorlianco ilnuj thu iloaih of the last dulca. Tnarj is , uUo , itsoams , a private undoivsUndlng that thq won of the duke of Cumberland shall on coming of agj renounce hU claim to the Hanoverian crown. In consideration of thoja coauasslons Priis. sla will permit tbo young prlaoa on the at tainment of bU majority to raign over the auohy of Drutuwlsk , aaa will immeillutoly restore to his father the no-calloJ Guolph funa , that is to say , the private proparty of the Hanovorun family which WM soijueitrawa' In 18 J3. Thu fund wai originally oUlinitad at about 8t'i.UJOJJ , bal now , with the aoou. mulato.1 iiitorott , U amounts to nearly double that sura , No such roauncl-itloii aauld aver Imvo been obtained from tha blind kintr , George V , who dijJ In lifcS , after in-.1 kin3 his successor , the present dnko of Cumberland , plodgu hlmiclt never to fore o his heredi tary claims. In thu war of IStlJ Hanover did nothing inorfe than wis donu by Divarlu and ether states which ware allowed to rotaiu tholr ladapandaaco ; that is to say , it roil- derod a Imll-lioirtod obadleuca to the order * of the confederate utot , Tno lute king ba. lloved tha Inoorporatlon of hli kingdom with Prussia to bo un uc.t of shameless injustice , which would un < | tiojtloaably bo radrcisod In the next European war. He remem bered that his dynasty had boon do- imed onoo bafora in the present century , only to bo res to rod with Increased power and dignity. Ho refused to regard the romrstrucUon ot Germany , cfToctnd in ISftO u-id 1H7I , at linal , iiocln ; that even tbo uirjngomouu made by tbo congress of Viflnnn , unacceptable ns they were to the mass of the Gorman people , had lasted thirty * three years , nnd yet were repudiated In IStS. As that system Ima boon long uphold by the vigilance of Mattornlch , so the now order might bo hold together by the strong arm ot Bismarck. The ono roglmo'no more Ihnn the ether would be likely to survive the In fluence of Its creator , In the opinion of the Into king of Hanover , mid it would , there fore , bo an act of suicide not to keen the claims ot his family alive. This conviction was shared by n considerable number ot the Hanoverians , notwithstanding that they had no reason to love tholr last two sovereigns , who had offered the most stubborn resistance to tjio pouular demand for parliamentary In stitutions. The truth Is not that the Han overians particularly love the Guclphv but that they detest the Hohonzollorns. Nor nro the recent ebullitions ot overweening ar rogance nnd almost insane contempt for pop ular rights on the part of William II likely to reconcile them to their Prussian rulor. TIII : IOWA i-'ot.t.r. Minneapolis Trlbuno : By n strict party vote tno Iowa house has sent the Gntch county option bill to Us eternal rest , nnd now the ronubmlsslon bill , which has already parson the house , will bo brought np in the .sonata Mcanwnllo the ttmltty | of Iowa whisky remains the same nnd the supply Is nmtilo for all orJlnury demands. Minneapolis Journal : The Gatch bill wai downed lu the toxva house yesterday and with It all possibility of any liquor legisla tion until the next legislature. The result will bp that , either the state must enforce the prohibitory law to tha letter or lot state wide prohibition bo a mere theory nnd not n rendition as It Is now. The latter will bo the caso. caso.Kansas Kansas City Star : The successful efforts of Iowa republicans In the loglnlnlnro in de feating the county option bill means con tinued succor for the democrats of that stato. The people of lown have demonstrated for several years that a majority is dissatisfied with general prohibition and the republicans nro stultifying themselves In not mooting tbc question In a practical way. VUKSK OV MllSK NIK 1'Kll. Kinliiont ( ionium Itimkura Discus * tlio .Sit uation In Anu-rlcu. UKHI.IN" , March 25. The discussion In the American congress of the silver question has attracted much attention In Germany. The newspapers nearly all agree in the belief that frco silver would bo a bad thing for the United States. The Associated press corre spondent Interviewed Lr. ) Koch , president of tbo Imperial bank , the greatest financial in stitution of Germany ; Dr. Siemens , di rector of the Douche bank , the largest nrl- vato banking Incorporation in Berlin , having relations with American nnd other promi nent bankers , with reference to the effect of the proposed silver legislation in America. _ pr. Koch said both Germany and England would undoubtedly be willing to talco part in an international monetary conference , but felt positive that neither country would consent to a bimetallic basis , although Ger many would doubtless consent to some increase - crease in the amount of silver used. Except a lew agrarians pobody in Germany dreamed of the demonetization of silvor. Austria , which was changing from paper to gold , would not tauo UD silver , and England also know whan she was well off. If America adopted free silver nobody taoro would bo bopolllod. Tbo farmers would ro- cclvo moro for their crops , out stiver dollars wojld have loss purchasing value and in the aad they would be worse off. A change of currency Is always bad , but a chniiga to in ferior currency would inflict ; heavy losses , especially heavy on the country making it. The continuous export of gold from America was n surprise to Dr. Koch. Ho said It was probably duo to a deslro on the part of foreign holders to realize on tbo high prices of American .securities. Dr. Siemens and ether bankers hold similar views with Dr. Koch. AFll.tll ) OV Tilt : A. V. A. Insane 1'cnr-i of uSt. Louis Ainit Drive Him to Attempt Kiilcldi * . ST. Louis , Mo. , March 23. Max Phillips , a local , prominent musician , is probably dying here from knife wounds iulllctod because of a haunting fear caused by some oath ho has taken in a secret society , which , ho says , is tbc American Protective association. Ho constantly watches for some ouo to kill him , saying ho has been warned ho would bo dc- stfoyod bocuusn his torloty distrusted him. Inquiries have failed to explain the matter , though It is learned that the wouid-ba sui cide boloncs to council No. 18 of the American Protective association. The wounds , twenty in number , made upon himself , are in tha wrist and abdomen , and are likely to result in death. Woman Killed by a IturRlar. Mu.i.EVii.LK , Go. , March 35. Louis \Villlums.a negro , entered , the bouse of Uov. S. C. Leonard , a Baptist mmUtcr , yesterday when all of tbo family wore out. Mrs. Leonard returned homo when tbo burglar was ransacking her room , and ho attacked her with an axe , inflicting Injuries from whioh she died. Williams was captured nnd placed in jail. IIo will probably bo lynched. lirotliur.rasjiur'H I''ourtli Wadding. RICHMOND , Va. , March 25. That portion of thin city known as ' Africa" was in a whirl last night &vor the marriage of Kov. John Jftspar of thu city , the author of "Ths- Suti'Do-Movo" theory , nnd Widow Carey of bis flock , She is his fourth wlfo. Jnspor It SO yours nnd his bride A9. The brldo has ono child nnd four grandchildren. The wedding took plnco at the residence of the brldo. MADE A BUIEP STOP. ( lonor.il AtRcr VlnlM In Oinnhn on HI * He. turn from CnllConiln , General Uussoll A , Algor nnd family catni In at noon yesterday over the Union Paolfla from the west lu the general's private cur. They were met at the depot by Mr. nnd Mrs , John M. Thur.non. Major Clnrkson , Dr. Stone nnd Cnptnin Ilurmcstor of Omnhnnnd Mr. George P. Hopkins of Detroit , n special friend of Gonornl Algor. Uarrlngos were at once taken to the Thttrston residence at Twenty-fourth nnd Fnrnnin , whore the guests were cntortnlnod ut luncheon and during the afternoon. The party con MS U of General nnd MM. Algor , Muses Frances nnd Fny Algcr nnd two sons , Mr. Hussoll nnd Frederick Algcr. They simply slopped In Omnha for n few hears roM , and will ddpnrt this evening for Chicago. Gonornl Algor snld hn had nothing to say In particular. Hli trip west wns in connec tion with his business interests nnd his'fam ily wont along to enjoy the delights of n Cali fornia winter. llitili > rth ( l. A. It. General John Palmer , cotnmiuulor-In-clilof of the Grand Army of the Hopubllo , passed through the city yesterday on his way tn Hot Springs , S. D. . whore to will rest nnd recreate for n wcnk. 4 .vuiti > iitin A.\I > tiia \ r to of n Union 1'iiclllo Itraknmnnnt Ogden AMillo Intoxicated. OODEX , U. T. , Murch 23. A conflagration occurcd in this city yesterday In whnt Is known ns the Grand Avenue lodging house. In which Ulok Cowell , n Union Paclllo brakeman - man , was burned to n crisp. The remains wcro taken from the debris and wore n ghastly sight. It was dovulopod nt thu cor oner's inquest that the death of Cowell wns caused by foul play while under the Influ ence of llouor nnd the building wns sot on 11 ro in order to avoid the disclosure of the crime. Thu case Is being Investigated nnd the ovldnnco Is very strong ngainst certain parties concerned. The only relative Cowoll Is known to have Is n slater in Albany , N. Y. _ . Lost Through u Sprculntlng Drputy. ST. PAUL , Minn. , March S5. The decision In the suit ot the county commissioners against Jay P. Davis and U. T. O'Connor wns lllod yesterday by Judge Otis. The judge filed as the facts that Davis filled out tha printed blanks , attested them with the seal of the court nnd had them audited , iillowod , nnd then collected the money from the coun ty auditor ; aUothat'.ho nuuitor and 'treasur er had to acknowledge the certificates were fraudulent. The toUil secured wns $ . ' 4r , > S'J.50 nnd covered from 18S7 to 1890. The JuUgo elves the county judgment for thu amount with T per cent Interest from tbo time paid out by the treasurer. The actual loss en tailed on H. T. O'Connor on account of the speculations of bU deputy is about $10,000. - t'ci-iiltur Itiillroail Wrack. BO.VIIAM , Tex. , March 125. At Choctaw station , on tbo Texas & Pnclllo railway , about sixteen miles west of here , a west bound freight train collided with an engine which was loft standing on n switch too near the main track. The onglno of the westbound train was thrown from the ; track , carrying with It ono box car , turning com pletely over as it wont down a stoop em bankment. Engineer A. E. Lolghty was caught under tbo engine nnd had to bo dug out. His fireman , J. W. Koclor , was fatally injured. _ _ ChlrT UcdntonoVantn to Hoe. ST. PAUL , Minn. , March 25. Chief Hod- stone of the Aaslnnbolno tribe , accompanied by C. A. Scoooy of Fort Pock , Mont , was at the Merchants yesterday on his way to Cht- cngo , where ho will rcccivo treatment for a cataract over his oycs. Hedatonn has been of great service to his trlbo m Inducing the Indians to lead a pastoral life , und this movo- ir.cnt shows thu appreciation of these ser vices by sending him to Chicago for treat ment. It Is behoved thut hi * sight can bo restored. Dose ol AuKtralluu Justice , Min.noL'UNi : , Australla.March 25. Larkin , formerly secretary of the South Melbourne Building society , has boon sentenced to nlv years imprisonment , and Clear , another ox- oftlcial , of tbo organization , to four years Im prisonment , for defrauding the society. TllK SAMK A3I11. Written far The lite. Ilryan hud an old lamb story Its board was Inir ; nnd vrhllo. Its head wns bald. Its buck WUH bent. It was u painful sisiht : lint It trotted on from year to year , llle.itlng with nil Its might. With IIKO Its gtllTuned joints were sera , Its pensive eye wan dim. But still the young man staid by It , Ami still ItNtuld by him. At last they struck u streak o' luok , And both got "in the swim. " Then on to congress Ilrynn wont , And. when ho got the door. Ho toddled that old story out To nerve Its turn once nun o. 'Twus poor , nnd blind , und tame und old , Hut 'twas his only bio re. Go olT und WOOD , Nebraska ! Your woos como altogether. Calamity. O'lvclghun , O'Kcm und Oh , dry woatlior ! Oh. Elder ! and Oh. llryrtn ! Wliatovcr else you ifo. Lot ii | ) on th.it old chestnut Ami giro us something now & CD. 8.V. \ . ( Junior lotli tuiJ lji.'l.n : Si ) . rTe 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 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 within the reach of all. Browning , King & Co \ j ! yunoJap"1L : IS. W. Corner isth and Douglas St