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    THE OMAHA DAILY SATURDAY , MAUOH 26 , 1802.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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