TIJK OMAHA DA1IA' 1IJKE : SATURDAY , AVUIL 2 , 1892.
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ous opoii-lottor writor.
Tun tiling of llrat unportnnco at thfs
moinont Is iho public work.
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pot * your.
Imvo nothing to lese by
the controversy which H splitting the
local democracy.
Tun SUNDAY BKU will : is usual bo
filled with the best things in the news
nnd general reading mtvrkol.
IP UOAXI : college is actually on
wheels Omnlia should endeavor to move
the establishment hithorwnrd.
GKOHOI : BmnvsTKK's financial re
form club is ns hard to pet together as a
free coinage majority in congress.
THOSI : balloon stories cabled from
abroad are just a bit airy for people on
tbis side the water , especially coming as
they do on and about April 1.
AMITSKMIXT-LOVINQ republicans have
a rare opportunity for enjoyment in
listening to both sides of the contro
versy for leadership in the Nebraska
democracy.
BHADSTKKRT'S report of business fail
ures for the quarter ontling March 31 ,
1892 , shows a gratifying1 reduction in
botb the number of failures and the extent -
tent of liabilities.
PKTHR UIUKHAUSUR is respectfully
requested to pay loss attention to the
Samosots and Jacksoninns and their
family qua-rola and more to the paved
streets and public comfort.
COMMISSIONER RAUM stands demo
cratic Hi o with' remarkable grace , peed
nature and fortitude. Thus far his
partisan onoinioa have succeeded in securing -
curing very little political ammunition
at bis expense.
WIIKN David Bounott Hill heard from
Minnesota ho merely smiled and re
marked that no democrat has received
the electoral vote of Minnesota since the
war. The states that give democratic
majorities are the kind the Now York
senator looks after.
Tinpeople's : party is n small one in
tbis congress , but Watson , the irrasciblo
llttlo Georgia representative , and Simp
son , tbo eccentricity f rom'Kiinsas , man
age to umko it rush around the capitol
witb all the noise and bluster ott a ban
tam rooster in a poultry yard.
SHNATOK MORGAN of Alabama has no
use for trimmers , nnd that Is why ho in-
Bisls that every democratic potmlor sball
bo forced to go upon record on the free
coinage quotation. The Alabama states
man is an irrepressible , persistent indi
vidual , and bo will make his colleagues
take their medicine in some form.
Tnr. significant fact remains that Con
gressman Bryan 1ms as yet named but
ono article of common use in this coun
try which is sold at a hlghor price since
the enactment of the MeKlnloy law than
boforu. That ono article is tinp'.ato and
within a abort time American tinplate
made of American tin will bo on the
market at prices below those in vogue
when the present tariff became n law.
Tim University of Omaha has gradu
ated its first class of physicians. It gnvo
degrees to eleven young gentlemen and
ono lady. The Omaha medical college
has been In existence for eleven years ,
but only within the last twelve months
lias it been attached to the University
of Omuhn. The class was the largest
over graduated by tbo college , and the
attainments and high character of Its
members afford conclusive proof of tbo
excellent instruction a Honied by thla
Omaha institution.
Sioux CITY may not BOO work begun
on her pontotllco building this year.
Her enterprising citizens agreed to raise
859,000 toward paying for n site. The
government' share of the expense Is
$21,000. The cithern3 failed to nmko
good their promises and lionco the
delay. 'All of which loads us to remark
that Undo Sam is falling into the very
bad habit of accepting gifts of money
nnd land for public buildings all over
the country. When the government
neo3s a building silo It should buy it
nnd jtny for It just the camu ivs an indi
vidual. This thing of accepting gratui
ties is becoming an abuse.
ll'AbTKR UAIiKWlI KrlfTOIM.V.
And now It is announced that Colonel
Walter Raleigh Vaughan ( ox-mayor of
Council BlufTs ) , late of Omaha and at
present of Chicago , htw decided to or
ganize u now party.
Ho can ndvortlso himself more ox-
tonslvoly and carry forward hU game of
catching suckers more successfully by
organizing n political parly to make a
specialty of his Idea of pensioning the
ox-slaves. The dispatches announce that
ho has offered I-'rcderlck Douglnss the
nomination for the prcsldoney and that
several nundrod negroes are urging the
organization of the now p.irly without
delay.
Mr. Vntiglmn's deep scheme for roping
in the credulous and transferring money
to his own purse bin been carried far
enough. It Is time self-respecting
journals exposed the fraud and the press
of the country took him in hand. Kx-
Congressman Council , at the urgent re
quest of Vaughan , introduced the bill
for'pensioning the ox-slaves in the
lower house of congress. He did notcx-
puct to urge its enactment into a tow
and had no thought that it would over
bo passed , but/lie inti educed it as a cour
tesy to the framer of the bill and in
accordance with the custom that prevails -
vails among members in the house. It
will never bo toriously discussed , and
Vaugbau knows this fully as well
as anybody oho. Ho is slmnly
milking' tbo bill , and n book advocating
it , the basis of his peripatetic lecturlnp
tours about the country whom ho has
the assurance to po30 as a philanthro
pist of wealth and inlluenco who it devoting -
voting liis entire time gratuitously to
furthering the cause of the poor ne
groes.
People in Omaha and Council BlulTs
need not bo told anything about this so-
called philnnthroDist. They have known
him In his various roles of adventurer ,
pot-house politician and all-round
schemer. Some of them have known
him to their financial disadvantage.
They understand thi't tbis enterprise in
winch ho is now engaged is merely u
clover scheme out of which its author
hones primarily to wring money from
Iho pockets of poorercdulous negroes and
good people intcrcbtcd in their welfare ,
but llnally to organize , if possibloam.it > s
of ignorant voters into a political combin
ation which can bo i.old out to one or
other of the political parties. People of
the country at largo are not so well in
formed , however , as his inlinitu assur
ance has actually procured for him the
enthusiastic support of many of the most
noted clergymen and philanthropists in
America. With these endorsements and
his own glib tongue , ho goes before as
semblies of negroob and convinces them
that ho is their friend and will secure
them large sums of money through his
famous pension bill.
Walter Raleigh Vaughan is a Vir
ginia democrat His antecedents wore
all pro-slavery men. Ho has no real
sympathy with the blacks. Ho has said
ho expects to make a million out of this
agitation and ho lias undoubtedly
already pocketed a good round sum. He
pretends to bo worth SloO.009 , but the
commercial agencies will not support ,
his statement. The fact is that he is
simply a worn-out ward- politician and
unsuccessful speculator. The letters of
recommendation ho shows have boon
procured by Importunity and misrepre
sentation ana bhould have no weight
whatever against the record ho has loft
behind him bore where ho is so well
known. Frederick Douglass is old and
no doubt credulous , but ho probably has
too much hard sense and patriotism to
bo made the pliant tool of a plausible
adventurer. Wo have faith to bolicvo
that the clergymen and philanthropists
who have swallowed Vtiughun's story
whoto will soon discover that they have
simply been duped and will cease to act
as ball for his sucker-catching hook.
GOOD COUNSEL.
In his timely letter withdrawing his
immo from the list of presidential candi
dates Senator Cullom admonishes thot
topublican patty that it has before it a
great and stubborn battle , and that there
must bo harmony In the ranks if the
party is to bo assured of success. There
would bo no necessity for counseling
harmony if it wore not for the solfrsook-
ing politicians and a few local loaders
who , in order to maintain their personal
authority , would imperil the interests of
the party at largo.
These mischievous politicians are
found in nearly every state active in
creating discord and disaffection. Re
publican strength in New York is weak
ened by the bosslam of Platt , in Penn
sylvania by the machinations of Quay ,
and in other states by the unwise udvlco
or the unscrupulous scheming of men
who are actuated wholly by o desire for
political preferment. The masses of the
republican party are entirely satisfied
with the prevailing conditions. They
know that President Harrison has given
the country a wine , safe and thoroughly
practical administration , which has
bonofUtod the nation in every way. The
material advantages it has brought
are in the enlargement of our for
eign markets , oltootod under agree
ments which give the United States the
preference over all competitors , and
which there is every reason to believe
will contribute ) permanently and in
steadily Increasing volume to our na
tional prosperity , The barriers which
were maintained fo:1 : years by the two
leading countries of continental Kuropo
against ono of our mot important pro
ducts have boon thrown down , never to
be erected again , in all probability.
Other valuable commercial concessions
have boon secured , the Importance of
which will bocouio moi apparent from
year to year. The moral advantaged
gained are In the hiplier standing wbieli
the United Stated has been gi.von in iho
respect of other nations and in the
assurance to the world that the Ameri
can pee pi o will not permit their rights
to bo assailed with impunity by any
power , great or smull.
The attainment of those results by a
republican administration , and the man
ifest importance to the welfare of the
nation of continuing the policies which
have been so fruitful of txMicllta , ought
to Insure republican harmony ovory-
whoro. The success of the republican
party In the nation this year la to bo do-
aired , as Senator Cullom says , /or the
assurance it would give of the continu
ance of our present wise , strong nnd
patriotic foreign policy ; n sound flscnl
policy with honest money as Its founda
tion ; n rove line policy that will foster
American industries and protect Ameri
can labor ; and In general a wise and
just administration of affairs on the
lines Hint have boon so successfully nnd
advantageously followed. The repub
lican who understands what has boon
accomplished by the republican administration -
istration in the past three yours and ap
preciates the Importance of maintaining
the policies by which these things wnro
achieved will do nothing to endanger
the harmony of the p.irly at this time ;
and whoever shall do anything , profess
ing to bo a republican , Invites distrust
of the sincerity of his profession. There
must bo harmony to assure success , and
every earnest republican will labor to
secure It.
x /ITTOH.U
A candidate for the Ontario legisla
ture Is appealing to the Toronto constit
uency in a plhlform which favors an
nexation to the United States. lit an
address to the electors ho declares Unit
the present situation of Canada is des
perate , and that the only way out is
political union with the United States.
Ilfs plan for such a union proposes the
assumption by the union of all public
debts , Dominion , provincial and munic
ipal ; the deepening nnd widening of
the St. Liawronce , Wollnml and ether
canals ao as to admit any or all ocean
vessels to all the principal lake ports ,
and the construction of the Lake Huron
and Ontario ship canal with a Ilka ob
ject ; the admission and recognition of
each province as a sovereign state of the '
union.
The Candida to who thus proposes to
test the annexation sontimontof Toronto
s.iy.s that Canada has boon restricted
and impoverished by a mistaken policy ,
by an attempt on the part of some to
make Canada a part of Kuropo when she
was intended to form a part of America.
Annexation , bo declares , would mean a
perpetual treaty of peace and free and
unrestricted trado" with 70,003,000 of
people , in consequence of which mil
lions of dollars would How into Canada
and the investor would have no cnu o to
fear a change of trade iclations that ,
would destroy or confiscate his moans.
Ono result would bo a development of
the mineral resources of the Dominion
that would bring prosperity to tbo whole
country.
The ronboninq of this champion of an
nexation is undoubtedly sound so far as
it relates to Iho bonnlits which Canada
would derive from the arrangement , but
it is not clear that the advantages to
the UnltoM States would bo equally valu
able. Canada is very likely wor'h the
sum total of its general , provincial and
municipal debts , and yet It is hardly to
bo doubted that simply ns a business
proposition the American people would
hesitate to accept annexation at the
price. Of course the Canadian people
would still have to boar their share of
Iho burden , but that consideration
hardly makes the proposition moro in
viting. Tli3 election is soon to take
place , and it will bo intorestinp to learn
how much annexation sentiment there
is in Toronto.
THIRI : : promises to bo avery interest
ing contest in the bonato on Monday
next , when Senator Stewart will offer a
motion to take his free coinage bill from
the calendar. Several prominent demo
cratic members of tbo senate will , it is
believed , endeavor to dodge , but the
silver mon are planning to compel them
to declare themselves. The several
presidential aspirants , Hill , Gorman
and Palmer , would undoubtedly like to
avoid the issue , but the radical free sil
ver mon propose that they shall not dose
so if It caa be prevented. They want to
know whore these gentlemen stand on
this question. As to the probable out
come no safe prediction can bo made.
Under different circumstances the bill
would undoubtedly bo taken from the
calendar and passed , but democrats who
would favor it if they were not facing a
national election , lUo Mr. Carlisle , for
example , will now vote against its con
sideration. This being the case the
chances would boom to be that the Slow-
art bill will suitor the fate of its kindred
moaburo In the house , and if so that will
probably end all attempt ? to secure sil
ver legislation at the present session of
congress , the house free bilvor mon hav
ing become pretty thoroughly discour
aged by the refusal of Spa.iknr Crisp to
favor a cloluro rule unloaa it should bo
demanded by a majority of the demo
crats of the house and by the Increasing
disposition among democrats who are
friendly to fi co coinage not to force the
IBSUO at tins time. So that if the motion
to take the Stewart free coinage bill
from the calendar Is dofoitod noxl
Monday It will in all probability bring
the silver agitation in congress to an
end for the present session ,
convenience will not bo aided
by Judge Brewer's decision annulling
the contract .vheroby the Western
Union used the Union P.iollle telegraph
linos. On the contrary , the facilities
for the transmission of commercial Jia-
paichofl will bo reduced and delays are
quilo likely lo occur. Wo fail to see
wherein the public pulns anything by
the Brewer decision , while il adds ma
terially to the cost of maintaining tele
graph fcervlco along the lines of iho
Union Pacific , The law which the de
cision upholds was intended to insure
competition and prevent a monopoly of
the telegraph business. It will probably
accomplish this lo a limited doreu , but
the country in general will not ronlUo
any benefits and locally it Is presumed
telegraphic rates will not bo nr.itoriully
reduced.
HISTOIIY falls to reveal a single in
stance in any Christian land wbo-o a
jury of his peers has boon willing to con
demn to death n followmati charged with
killing the seducer of-bin wife , sister or
daughter. There Is -principle im
planted in the human heart which out
laws the man who deliberately despoils
the honor of a virtuous household.
Laws may ho made and unmade defining
the killing of atich villains as murder
and prosoribo the death penalty or life
imprisonment. Juries will go on justi
fying the deeds of fathom , husbands and
brothers who take the law into their
own hands and rid the world of them so
long ns the srricllty of the homo and
the virtue of tn J"innocent " demands pro
tection. Whcro technically the jury Is
forced to bring In a verdict , the pardon
ing power of tlm executive or the re
view of an appellate court will Intervene
to save the defender of his homo from
the sentence ol the law. Humanity np-
proves. Every human being t under
stands when ho ventures to invade the
sacred preclnuts-of homo and Innocence
thai ho Inkcs his life Into his hands and
the probable conscquenccti to himself If
his crime bo discovered.
Tin : remains of the late Meyer Hell-
man nave been laid away In their last
resting place. The bereaved family is
now in the depths of the desolation
which death has wrought in their once
happy homo. Their only comfort is the
thought that , the husband and father
went tn his last account with no stain
upon the fair fame of a business reputa
tion acquired by industry , energy and
honesty In a career of moro than thirty
yours. They can dry ihoir scalding
loars with the reflection that ho strug
gled most manfully against ndvorsitibS
which came thick and fast , but yielded
nothing lln.t could tarnish the good
name ho BO fondly cherished. To mor
tal sense of jusllco ho should have con
tinued for many years a landmark In the
progress of Omaha and a pillar of
strength to her business community.
But ho was stricken in his prime , and
though ho fought a wonderful battle
with death ho was overcome , and is no
moro. The groat-Judge of all the earth
had passed the inexorable sentence and
no human advocalo could secure a stay
of proceedings. Ho wont the way of all
tbo earth , grieved to leave his loved ones ,
but triad to be at rest from physical pain
and mental sutTwing. Peace to his
ashes , honor lo his memory and tendered
sympathy of hosts of friends and ac
quaintances for his sorrowing wife and
chi'dren.
SKNATOR AI.I.ISON has not withdrawn
from the field of presidential possibilities
in this camp lijrn for the very conclusive
reason that bo knows there is no field
for that kind of possibilities , and there
fore there is no occasion to withdraw.
This is a Harrison year.
SOMHUODY in tho" south part of the
city ought lo shame several of his
wealthy neighbors , do credit lo himself
and benefit iho clly at large by donating
a tract of land for park purposes.
TinI'lolil Ok . r.
Gl'iie-t > ( i > ei at.
Cullom has > yithdra\vn , mid Altcr has
never bean in It.
Short of llreutli.
The Blair boom will try to catch up with
the procession nValn just uj soon as U can
nick the stubble 6qt of its toes.
Una it Tcliilnnry Tlmt Way.
tyltfiuu Timca.
The Iowa legislature has adjourned and
Iho prohibitory law still .stands unlouchod
upon tbo statute books. Tbis vastly simpli-
Ilies the task ot thrl democrats at the next
; statoelection. tjf . " ' , . . ,
Obstacles to Peitoo.
Stlnncnwiltt Trtlmne.
The Boring .sea dispute ts to bo settled by
arbitration , tbo Chilian muss is a thing of Ibo
past and our strained relations with Italy nro
almost forgotten. V'oro it not for the bak
ing powder and spring medicine wars thn
country would bo onjoyiug a period of pro
found peaco.
A Niipolmmlr Trul-tni.
St. I'uitl I'liwcrr I'icfs ,
Ford Ward , who ruined General Grant
financially , Is about to emerge from prison
and resume operations. Hu denies he will
open a cache where his stealings are concealed -
coaled and rovol. denying that bo has any
wealth. "If I had any money , " ho says , "do
you suppose I would have boon convicted I
Rich men cannot bo punished. "
A Ita-tlHcatlon .11 * < jtlii .
Clilcnyii A'cii's.
Senator Cullom has withdrawn from tbo
Held as a candidate for tbo presidency. Un
der those interesting circumstances tbo vote
of Illinois in the Minneapolis convention will
go to Benjamin Harrison on the first roll
oall , if there should happen to bo n call of the
roll. The chances nro , however , that n nom
ination by acclamation awaits the president.
Though tbis'is not an exciting outlook , it
should bo qulto satisfactory to republicans
In general.
It > niu < 9ntlrDoctor * Disagree.
Clilciiuo Ilcrubt ,
The sensible way out of existing dlfllcul-
lies is to drop botb Cleveland and Hill and
to nominnto : i man of whoso election there
would bo no surt of doubt. Such a maul s
John M. Palmer.
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l > lill lit Timer
< uMi > i *
All the signs of the times now point to the
probable ranominalton of President Harrison
and ox President Cleveland to load tbo great
national battle of 1S'.U. A few months ago
bolh scorned to bo possible , but hardly proba-
bio candidates ; today Harrison's nomination
appears to bo as certain as anything in tbo
fntuio can bo , and Cleveland's nomination Is
obviously not only possible but moro than
probable ,
.HtJ.i.v j.ius.
Washington St'ir : The man who Is always
In debt has oucuilim lo bemoan his lo.inly lot.
Now York Huj'if' ' } : l.nwyrlluvn you con-
gulontloushciiiiilui.iibiiiit servltis as u juror
\\liurn the iicnajty.ls do ithy
Ilinton Tnli'siniilt1 I Imvo.
LawyerWliufaru your objections ?
Huston Tiilusniiint I do not desire to dlo.
Katllu Its bine- )
, ' . - - - .ins.
( inly u silver bill
owns.
llfHton Jostorj Miss I.ukcr ( of Ohlcago ) O ,
dear ! I've iimdi"nnutlior ( mUt.ilce. I never
upon my niniittf without putting my boot In It.
Miss IlleeUer ji/lldn't. know that you h id
hiieh a largo inodtlj until yuu uu.luJ my utten-
tlun to It , < u J
Sti Ai'iiir. ront.
/iruu'ifnv'lvfniili ! Cn' Mimtlily.
Ono who alrlvoJ with mllit ; ; anil main
Touati-h a WJf dup irtlii { train ,
Anil who. returning hroathleii ImoK ,
hno.irii at the drher of tlm hack
Who holds | IH ) pj'icu and temper , too.
Until iho wmiiy fulluw't ' , tlirinr.'b.
Then drlviH him n.iuk for duolilo faro
AuJ tilpluili oiiiitit every swuur.
Ho n tli Cliestur NIIWSI If you B ivo a cent
uioh iliiy fron , IKIW until thu rnuith ol July
yuu can buy tnrutv toers apil tlireo jiiolzeU.
Kate l-'leld' Washington : Aetross ( behind
tlm ( ceneil vburu In the lemon I litid hero on
tllotiblu before 1 wunliin thoiita.'e ?
blugu Maiiiiter In thusupu.
Dutroit Tree I'ress : "Kli-hes have wlncai"
at least , so neojiliihiy : an I yet , why U It that
thuy never fly our way ?
W shlnton St-ir : "Most inhosptubla ) man
I uvcrrnw , 'said Jluulii' ,
"Ves. hu In ' "
ri > l'ior BIII i I
"I Bhoiild nay B , > . \Vlir. tint mull Is too
maun to cnlurt iln a doubt , "
lloilon 1'oit ; "ThU Hiiiitoncu I * rather Inv -
v ii\cd , " Hald the rnuri | lee cuiy-ru ) nlor. with
a H ukly binllo , us hu ulool bufora Iho Jud u
itftur hu.irliu ( t. pruuoun ud. " \ us , " * aiu ll.u
e , "it line \ea ten VIMM. "
OTIIKII r..i.vt > v rir.i.v uvns.
The Oladslonlmi members of 1'nrllamont
from Scotland l.avo recently framed nnd pub
lished n schema of homo rule for the country
north of the Tweed , which Is Interesting not
only In Itself , but considered as offering sup-
Roatlons lowftrd an ultimata solution for Ire
land.Vo do not regard this project ns n wholly
acceptable solution ot the Irish homo rule
question , but it has Iho merit of facing
squurcly two of th dtfltcultlo. * , naniolv , the
relation of the Irish members retained nt
Westminster to the local business of the test
of the kingdom , and the designation of an em
pire In case of conflict between the Imperial
Parliament nnd tha Dublin legislature. The
plan of the Scottish homo rulers Is ihnt the
members now sent from Scotland to Iho 1'nr-
'llnment nl Westminster shall , during the ro-
cosaoj of that body , coustltulo a local
legislature nt Kdluutirg for the transaction -
action of nil business oxprcsslv delegated
to It by statulc. Whllo legislation upon
purely bcottlsh affairs will uo Inlrusled
lo tbis assembly , the corresponding adminis
tration will bo conducted by the secretary of
state for Scotland , assisted by such ether
oflloors ns Scotchman themselves shall deem
iloslrablo. It Is taken for granted that the
control over their own nftnlrs , conceded to
Scotchmen , will bo exercised In n similar
way by Englishmen and Welshmen BS well
as by Irishmen. That Is to say , all the
English members of the imperial Parliament
would , when that bcdv is not In session , meet
separately ns n local leglslaluro for Iho trans
action of English affairs. Like functions
would ho performed by tbo Welsh members
for Wnlcs and by the Irish members for
Ireland. There would remain for iho im-
ncriitl Parliament , In whieh the four parts of
the United Klnudom would continue lo bo
loprcscntcd as ihoy are now , only such
powers as were not explicitly parcelled out
ninoni ; the four local legislatures.
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The czar's clTortA to bring all his subject : ,
wilhin the palo of the Holy Greek : church
have borne hard upon the .lows , tbo Roman
Catlioll&s , tbo Lutherans , the Old HoHevors ,
the Slundlsls , und the aahcrents of several
other rollclous. There has not , however ,
been any revolt against bis orders , which , it
may bo said , have not made It imperative
noon nonconformists to change their faith
but have merely subjected them to certain
disabilities , eonltnod sonio of them within
defined regions of country , nnd made it ad
vantngcoils for all of them to join the ortho
dox church. The Roman Catholics , Old Uo-
llovors , and others have offered merely
passive resistance to bis policy , remained
nltuchea to their crcoils , and endured ponce-
fully the disadvantages of doing so. The
Jews , or perhaps as many as one-third of
Ihcm , have lied from Hussln , and Ibo others
are desirous ot gutting away. Had they at
tempted to resist the czar's power tbo5'
would have boon crushed
The lirst account wo have had of any war
like revolt against the c/ar'a religious policy
comes from a paper printed in the Oullchui
city of Lomberg , near the Russian f ion tier.
Curious to say , It is the Buddhists under the
< vnr who liiwo. risen in arms the Buddhists
of southeastern Siberia. According to the
Lnmbergreportthcso pagans.who inhabit the
region near Lake Ilalkal , have determined
that they 111 not bo forcibly converted to
Greek Christianity , have driven uway the
orthodox missionaries , have attacked tbo
czar's forces , bavo compelled his function
aries to toke refuge in tbo fortress of Tiumon
and have raised alarm as far east as Tomsk
and Tobolsk. It is a lively revolt. The bold
Buddhists will , of course , bo subjugated , for
there are less than 1,000,000 of thorn , Includ
ing.i,000 priests , In Russia ; but It is proba
ble that , even after their subjugation , they
will make rather poor specimens of Iho holy
orthodox.
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The revolution that bus tnlten place In the
international policy of Prussia is duo pri
marily to thu stand taken by all sections of
Iho liberal party against tbo proposed
scheme of education , but largely also to the
fact that tLo Prussian conservatives , who
are thorr.solvos Protestanls , syrnpalhlzo at
heart with the feeling ot the liberals on this
subject. There is no moro inflexible con
servative , for Instance , than Count liulon-
Durg ho was too conservative to suit Bis
marck and yet in this matter of the school
bill ho did not hosltato to tell hli master
that the liberals weio right , and that there
was no room for compromise or for anything
short of absolute surrender to their demands.
By tbis move no has probably saved tbo
Prussian conservatives from disastrous
losses at the next election for the Landtag ,
though he cannot wholly chock the lido of
popular confidence now setting toward the
reunited liberals. If the latter , Indod , re
main u pi ted , li is possible that they may re
gain their former position ot preponderance
ever conservatives nnd clericals combined.
It Is well Known that many seats in Iho
Reichstag , now occupied by Catholic * , wcro
carried owing to the fact that the liberal vote
was divided between progressist and na
tional-liberal candidates ,
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Tha spirit nnd tendency of the ago has
been too strong for tbo young kaiser. Ills
aim and effort to draw all threads of inllu
enco into bis own hinds ends by the pressure ;
of events into n division butwoon the Imper
ial und Prussian minUtrUi which oannot
fail to weaken the aulocratiu powers of the
crown. All opposition In the Pruian Land
ing was overshadowed by Ihc presence , ns
the bead of the Prussian ministry , of the
man who was uUo chanrijllor of the omplro
aud guiding the destinies of Europe. In
the Rolohslag Ibo chancellor has npokon wllh
Iho practical power whioh necessarily nt-
tachos to the ndmluistrativa bead of the
splendid nnd powerful civil orcnnizntlon
which makes the Prussian administration
the best In the world. Tno kilsor In addi
tion , has gained by havl'ig u slnglo roprfl-
sontntlvo tooxecnto Ills will and policy In both
bodies. The division of function now bugnn
Inevltablv establishes conditions under whluli
the kulser uill approach moro and moro to
lliu position ot a constitutional sovereign.
Tins will not bo intentional , but It will ba
none the loss Inevitable.
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The roappointmontof Admiral Jiorangaras
minister of marine in Spain is said to fore
shadow a cbangu nf policy In that depart
ment , which has been practically paraly/cd
by so-called protection of homo Induatrv.
Tbo admiral nnnouncoi his Intention of
building the now bquadron which was agreed
upon seven years ago , but which Mill oxlMs
In imagination onlv , The Blilps were to bo
constructed entirely by Spanish labor. A
Madrid correspondent says' "Undoubtedly
it is quite right and proper that homo Indus
try should bo protected and supported , moro
especially wnon private ontorprUo has been
cnrourau'ed to expend very largo sums of
money In the country in putting u plaiituna
machinery of the moU modern and expensive
typo , oo long as it does not prejudice the In
terest * of the service. But It can hnrJlv bo
to the Interest of n country to build ships In
government dockyards which tuko leu years
to complete when they could bo acquired
abroad l"n lltlto moro than ns many months ,
nnd at certainly two-thlids of the cost. Such
has boon the rae duilnu' the lust few years ,
and larB suw of money have bcou frittered
uway in other thing * , so Unit , as n matter of
fuel , tbu government lindb Itself today with
out money anil without ships. "
I.unt uf tha National Ojioru.
MinYIIIIK , April I.Tho last , romiionts of
the old National Opera company have been
sold at auction for I'J'J. Mr * . Thurber ho d *
a mortj'ugo of about f IJ.OOJ ou the proporlv.
NO TIME FOR MINOR DETAILS
Why Federal Officials Are Occasionally
Ohnrgocl with Mismanagement.
AT THE MERCY OF THEIR CLERKS
In the l'ro s nr HufttnoM llcniN of llppnrt *
liK'iiln Are < : miiiidlpl | to Sl ti Docu
ment * Mi > dtiiiilrnl1yMthint
to SulUect Milt lor.
WASIHXOTOV Iltmniu orTitr. Bnn ,
513 VOURTRKNTI ! yTIIHRT ,
WASIIINOTOV , U. C. , April 1
The ofllulal snarl -vbich has bccoino public
between Assistant Secrotnty Notitoton i nd
Immigration Superintendent Owen and has
disorganized thu discipline ot thu Treasury
depaitmont , so far as the Imniigrntlon busi
ness Is concerned , at least , tins again at
tracted attention to the iinbuslnoss-llko
methods which have for niaiiy years pre
vailed lit all of the executive dopnttmonls
respecting the expenditure of moneys.
There is scarcely an oftlcor in nny of the
eight executive departments , u here hundreds
of millions nro annually disbursed , but thai
has as much cnro and routine and other du
ties ns ho can perform In tbo strict line of his
work without having to tnko Iho responsi
bility of making disbursements of money.
Assistant secretaries , superintendents mid
others have such a complication ot responsi
bilities that It Is almost impossible for thbm
to gtvo attention to the dotnlls where ex
penditures nro mado. Thus It Is no wonder
that n voucher for n wrong ItcmlrtUlon
should Innocently pass through the bauds of
Superintendent Owen or General Nottloton
should bo criticised for expenditures made
on Ellis Island. Neither ofllccr bad the time
to give personal attention tothooxnondltures
or look closely at vouchers , although thny
made an effort to do so.
> io Thiii ! for 'Minor Details.
It will bo recalled that , In Iho great star
route trial , It was shown repeatedly that of
llcors in the Postofllco department were in
the habit of signing a largo pllo of letters
every morning or evening without giving
them moro than n cursory glance They had
ncllhcr thn time nor tno opportunity to look
into the character or dotnlls of the loiters ,
some of which pledged contracts or endorsed
bills galore There are under each ofllccr
who hits mail to sign many chiefs of division ,
who have under them many clerks , and it is
amazing bow many letters , contracts mid
bills thts force will turn out in a day.
When tbo responsible oflicor outers his ol-
fieeiti the morning or is ready to lenvo in the
afternoon n moment when bis mind Is swim
mine with grave questions of policy , muy-bo
there Is laid upon his desk for signature a
pllo of lottnrs und documents which would
tnlto all of bis tune U ho attempted to look
Into them. They nro usually of a routine
nature , similar to thousands of others which
have been before him. lie signs quickly
without looking into Ihom , and in a perfunc
tory way. Ordinarily it is unnecessary for
him to look at tbo papers ; but oscasioiially
ono of unusual character , ot importance ,
creeps in , requiring atlenlioa , and it is
signed pro forma , the same as others. Thus
U Is that scandals arise , and charges of fraud
or iiicompotoncy nro made against honest or
capaolo men. It is simply n mechanical lot
of work , exorcising the muscle , to sign offi
cial mall. Every confidence is reposed in
the clerks who make up the documents for
signature , and the ofllclal signing takes all
the responsibility , lie generally Is engaged
in o'.her thought , often is talking about other
things as he writes his name.
How Krrors Occur.
It Is but natural that the reader from this
city who does not understand the surround
ings should aslc why it is that there ere
llnancial or accounting oflicors to properly
audit and closely puss upon these mailers.
Tboro are ofllcors "of this character , but they
pass upon bills or/fy , and they hnvo so many
of them Ibat they , too , are compelled to go
through the so wo perfunctory routine that
the directing or supervising ofllcors are de
scribed as doing. 'Ihoro nro for each execu
tive department , auditors whose only duty isle
lo look into the details of all bills and nn-
counts of their respective departments. But
they must necessarily respect the signatures
of the responsible olllcer- > who pass upon the
accounts before they come to the auditors , as
the directing heads .ire supposed to Know
moro of tbo details of the merits involved.
So , it will bo seen , there is a general line
of faith in olllclnl scrutiny and Intelligence1 ,
not to mention ofllclal Intngrlty , and a sys
tem of carelessness creeps iuto the rush of
ofllclal duties which , combined , makes tbo
ofllclal signature only a msttor of course.
Without any intention of laxity it is a won
der that so few errors occur In the immense
volume of routine business transacted by tbu
various departments , where tons of thou
sands of men and women nro employed and
so much money is expended. It could not
bo so free iu private llfo from fraud or Inno
cent error.
Whut Congress Has ArcoinplUliiul.
It Is uow generally behoved that Speaker
Crisp , Senator Hill and the other democratic
bosses who are running tbo bouso of repre
sentatives , will eloso this session by tbo end
of July. It was the boast of the speaker
when bo succeeded in announcing tbo stand
ing committees before tbo holidays that the
session would end early in Juno. If ho winds
It up six wcolts later ho will have accom
plished much. But what will bo bavo ac
complished ?
The defeat of silver legislation out shoe
Iho session nt least n month , No ono now
expects a single tariff bill to got throueh to
the president. Up to this tlmo not a nolitnry
general measure of any consequence hnn been
ilnaily passed , nnd none nro expected to bo
passed. The appropriation bills will bo
n.is oa nnd about lie per cent thu usunl num
ber of private pension bills will boiulopiod ;
then adjournment. At the lost losMon there
had bacn twlco M many mrasure.s passoJ
ftftor this length of tlmo as will bo adopted In
alt of tills session. Any session can bo made
short If nothing la to bo done.
The customary Friday iimht sessions of ]
the house for pension bills has become n !
farce already. A quorum Is never ( .resent , (
and Colonel Kllgoro of Texas , Into of tbo confederate - |
federate raises the of "no
army , point quo
rum ptvsont , " and thu house adjourns with
out passing any bills. At one Friday night
ses lon of iho last republican congress more
pension bills were passed than will bs pasted
nt this cntlro session. Hut for tbo appropria
tion bills ibis congress might just nsoll
never Imvo becu. I' , S. H ,
KK.MIATV M.lrt ll.l M.OO.V.S.
All Amorlrnu I'rofi-mor Claim * tno Aortal \
.Slilp ni III * Intention.
HAI.TIMOIII : , Md. . April I. Prof. William
Hill of this elty says ho bollovoa the war bal
loons from which tbo Germans Imvo boon
observing iho Uusslnn fortlilentlons mid nr-
niles nro his own Invention. IIo declares
thiit llio descriptions of the balloons In iho
Associated press dispatches from Uuropo co
incide with tbo plans which bo perfected
some tlmo nro and submitted to Chief von
Lliulcnnurg ot t lie neronnntlcnl department of
thu array. Continuing Prof. Hill said :
"I llrst conceived Iho Idea of Inventing a
balloon lhat could bo steered in any way , nt
tbu Malta riots In Now Orleans In March ,
IS'.U. ' There was some talk nt the tlmo , In -
view of possible hostilities between the * - \
United States and Italy , of Iho coming of an
Ironclad and bombarding Now Orleans ,
This suggested to mo that such nn Ironclad
could bo destroyed bv dropping torpedoua on
It from n balloon , and I nt encu oegan lo
make plans for a balloon which could bo lil
ted out us an aerial torpodoshlp.nud In Juno ,
Ib'.U , my plans were completed ,
"I al once determined to offer my plans to
the United Stales , nnd la July.n month after t
my Invention was perfected , ! wont to Wash
ington nnd called nt the War dopaitmcut. 1
saw the assistant secrntnrv ofar , and ho
refctrcd mo to Captain Knight of the United
States engineer corps. Captain Knight 10-
Jorred tno to Mr. n. L. Chanutc of Ch.cngo ,
who , ho said , was the leading export of the
country In aerial navigation. I wrote to Mr.
Cbnnutc and Inclosed my drawings nnd
plans. A few weens nftcrwnrds I received n
long letter from him , in which ho said ho bad
approved of the mechanism which I had de
vised , but doubted if the form of the paddle
with which 1 proposed lo propel the balloon
would bo adcqunto lo Ihe purpose. 1 then
chilli eed the designs so us to both stcur and
propul the balloon , with a screw propeller on
a now plan.
"In November , 1S91 , I applied to Herr von
Munn , Gorman charge d'affaires ' at Wash-
IiiKton , and asked him If the Gorman govern
ment could not take up my plans. Uo tuld
n.o ho was no judge of such a matter , but do
cldad that If my Invention would accomplish
wbAt I rliiline'l It was the very thing the
German government was looking for. I
mailed all my plans , drawings aud descrip
tions to Germany In December. I hoard
nothing until February , although I had par
ticularly requested von Lmulonnurg of tiio
aeronautical department to roturr. my planss ,
if rejected an soon as possible. I then received - , * , .
coivod a big ofllclal package from Uorltn con-i-r *
taining my plans and a loiter from Chief
von Lmdonburg , in which ho stated In sub
stance that mv invention was not adapted
for use on the other sldo of the ocean.
"Tho Germnn balloons were used exactly
for the purpose I bad outlined In my com
munication to Chief von Llndonburg , nnd I
bad particularly suggested , that the Germans
could use the balloons for examining the for
licatloas of neighboring uowors. The bal
loon which I planned was cigar-shapod. The
case was 150 long and about ! ! ( ) fnct wide.
The bag of silk was to bo llllod with hydro
gen uns. The car was made of steel rods
and was attached to the bag with stool up
paratus. "
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Another Allen Mltrhdl Cuto.
Ar.roovA , Pn. , April I. In this city last
nlgbt Miss Emma Fox shot and killed her
self with n revolver because Miss Dirdio
Doato , with whom she had fallen in love , re
fused to re-turn tbo nflVctlo'i. The young
ladies are both of good pnrontago and well-
to-do. Miss Fox was n brunette , ti4 years of
ago , while Miss Boato , who Is u perfect
blonde , Is .
JIUUM-1H-.LV.
A smart and stvllsh girl you see ,
Belli : of good Mtcluty ;
Not too sti let , hut rather free ,
Vet us right ns right can bo !
Novcr foittard , nuvor bold-
Nut too hot and not lee cold.
Hut the very thing , I'm told ,
That It. your arms you'd like to hold 1
Ta-ra-ra. lloom-do-ity. otc. , [ eight times ] ,
I'm ' not extravagantly shy ,
And when n nice young man Is nigh ,
for ills heart 1 have u try-
Anil faint away with tearful cry' '
Wlion the soou young man In hiisto , .7
Will support mo 'round the waist : \
I don't rcmu to , while thus embraced ,
Till of my lips he steals a t isto.
Ta-ra-ra , otu.
in n timid flower of Innocence
'a says that I have IIOKOII.SO -
'in ono etern.il liljr oxpunso ;
lut men say that I'm just linmoiisol
1 my versos I eonelnilo.
illcu It Unowii and nnderstooil ,
. . . .mull f ren us air I'm novur i ink1
I'm ' not too bad , und not too irooilt
Ta-ra-ra , uto.
Si CD.
b' W. Corner I5ti ! mil Sti.
School Siiits
Now when you want them you can get
" them. For this Vacation -
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cation week we make
special prices on
everything / iheboys
KILT SUITS , ? . crup to .
iij Io6 years , > JU ffi und $5.
KNKHl'ANT SUITS , , ; \SH , $1
1 lo 15 'and $5
LON'O PANT SUITS.dM $5 , 80.50
13 to 18yoa , W ' up to $ j ( )
Boys' Hats , 50c7 75c , $1 and up , Shirt
Waists 40c , 75c , $1 up to $6.50. Boys'
Hose with knee protectors , collars , neck
ties , all boys' furnishing goods and elegant
boys' spring overcoats at special prices for
this Vacation week. Pleasant parlors for
ladies' and children to rest in or to make
purchases. Many new and novel styles.
Browning , King & Co
'ij.1' ' ' " ' I S. W. Corner isth and Douglas