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TTTT ? HATTY 11KW. KIM HAY. AP111L 2fl. 18D2. THE PAITAr BEE R. I10SKWATEII. KCITI n. PUHLISIIKP KVKUY MOItNlNO. t = OmCIAfpAPER OF THE CITY , TFUMS 01' BUIISOIUPTION. n lly Hen ( without Sund.iy ) Ono Yoar. . . . 8 f-0 < tnlly Riid Bundari One Ve r. . lo 00 PuMonths . . . 5S Three Mnntln . ? K Hundny lire , Ono Vonr. . * Balurdny Hco , Ono Year . ' Weekly lice. Quo Vonr. . _ luc 01 PICES OmftJu. Thfl Ilco Btilldlnp. PotithOmDlin , rortior N nnd Sf.lh Htroet * Council nnilTA. 131'oarl Htrcot. OhlcnBoOnic.3iT ( Imtnlcr of Cotninrrco. New Vorb.Itonnx U14 and I.VTrlhuno Uultdlng n , 613 Fourteenth fctioaU coHUEspoNnr.Non. All comjiiiinlcatloni roliitlnff to nowi unil rtltorlnl matter should bo uddrossod to the Kdllprltl Ilcpurlinent. . All hinltir loltprn anil nimlttnncct should Irmldrcucil toTliollro Pnbllshlnz Company , Omaha. Drnft * . chi-cks and postonico ordOM In lie nindo pnynblo to the order of the com- Dnoy. Proprietor HWOIIN STATKMENT OP OIHOULATION. Btatoof Ni > lirt < ikn. ) . , Uoiintv of Uouglni. I . _ , OrorKO H. T/ichuck. Hocrotnry of The IJco 1'nbllsnlnroinpany. . dooi .soIumnW swear thnt the actual circulation of Tnr. OAlt.r IUH for llm i-ok ending April 23 , UO. ' , was ns fol lows ! Huniliiy. April 17 . . . - & Mondnv. April 18 . ? * & , Tuo day. April 111 . "J..5.I Wednosdiv. April 2J . "l.Ml Thursday ; April 21 . 2. 01 I'rldny. April 33 . 2.lfl 3 Balurdny. April ffil . . - " Avcraso . S 1,401 UEOIIOE 11. T/SOHUOIC. Sworn In before mo and snbicrlbod lu my presence this 23d day of April , A. 1) . , 1892. t-KAI. , N. P. I-'KIU Notary Public. ( Jliruhitliin lor Murch , Zl .M. I' . ( Irnuriil Cunlcruiivo No\vs. Methodists throughout the country may bo assured that the reports of the proceedings ot the Rcncr.il confer'eiico of the Methodist Episcopal church to bo published In Tun Bun will bo accurate , fntr aud interesting. Wo shall devote all the space necessary to making complete dally reports of the sos- lions of thli great meotintf of ono of lho greatest of protostatit churches. Our staff assigned especially to the duty of reporting the conference IH thoroughly informed upon Methodism and selected with particular rof- croncc to preparing accounls of th'i dolibora- lions for Methodist readers. Persons In other parts ol the union Interested in tbo general conference will llnd it to their ad vantage to subscribe for THE Ben during lho month of Alav. THK "surface wntor" on the federal building1 has roiimrkuble staying- quali ties to eay the least. WITH a good state ticket and nn honest platform Nebraska republicans oufrht to bo able lo sweep the state , but it will require both these conditions. THE Russian poor lost ,1 devoted and disinterested friend when Countosa Tol- etoi died. Iler whole life has boon marked by devotion to the work of bet tering mankind. LtitioADiuit GrauitAr , STANLKY'S ro- tiroinont on Juno 1 , when ho reaches the ago of ( M , will allord a grain of con- eolation nnd hope to the colonels of the army who failed to succeed General Kautz. PmtSON'An animosities and private malice must bo rolog-ated to the rear in the coiningcampaign. . Only by har monious , discreet and arjcrcsstvo action can the state bo safely counted upon for the republicans. the council meets Saturday night it should proceed Immediately to jmss the ordinance submitting the No- braslcu Central bond proposition to a voto. The people are becoming- impa tient l the delay. TUB industrial exposition in Juno will bo the greatest display of Nebraska manufactured products and manufactur ing processes ever niiido in the state. It is now quite certain the Coliseum will bo crowded to its utmost capacity by ox- hibits. WIHTK GHOST of Crow Crpelc * agency in a letter to the commissioner of Indian ulTatra suggests that the gpvornmont will do justice to his race only at the muzzle of a musket * The chief with the tautological title is not altogether wrong. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WIIKUU was the Honorable Horizontal Bill Morrison when the Illinois domo- crntle state convention mot on Wednes day , with the long knlfo ha Is Dolievod to have curried foe Senator Palmer ovoi- lnco that gentleman , began to nurse his presidential buoirtlotV Tin : //oncer / Press pleads for a lawless city administration for St. Paul. The paradox is explained , however , by the further remark that there are too many fttthora-lii-law , sons-in-law and brothers- in-law holding ofllco nt St. Paul under , domocrutio nepotism. TUB prohibitionists of Texas nro en titled to oommondiition for tholr grit If not their judgment Though ' snowed under by the tremendous majority of 120,000 u few years ago , they got to gether regularly and niimo candidates for all the state ofllcos. Tnr free traders wtio are now saying BO much against the tin plato industry not mnny years ago made a similar out cry agninst American steel making. They asserted that wo could never hope to make stcjil in competition with Great Britain. Wo now manufaaluro twice as much na that countryfmd the name ro- aulta wlH follow the development of our tin plato industries. Tnu Illinois democracy will not catch votes by Its pin tile opposing compulsory education. The American people nro in favor of universal intelligence. They believe every child in this country should bo educated iu the English Ian guago , They do not care whether ho bo taught at homo , in n church , in n parochlul school , iu a private institution or in the public school , but they do bo llovo it is the duty of the state to sea that ho is given arudlnmontary English education at least. They will show the democracy its mistake in the next elec tion in Illinois , nnd will force thai party to eat iU words iu tome future platform. T//B MA.I&K rtBPUHMCViJVS. The action of the Mnino republican state convention , in endorsing the ad ministration of President Harrison and declaring thnt the bent interests of lho country will bo served by hlu renoinina- tlon nnd olocllon , ought to sllonco lho over zealous friends of Secretary Bltxlno who still talk of him ns a possible candi date. If there wns the slightest ground for behoving that Mr. Blaine was not entirely sincere in withdrawing his nnmo from the list of candidates or the least hope thnt he would accept th"b nomina tion if given him unquestionably the lending republican politicians of his own state would know of it. Nobody will doubt thnt the republicans of Maine would rally ns a man to the support of .Inmes G. Blaine as a candidate for the presidency if they thought lie desired it , or cvon If they doomed it possible to induce him to accapt a nomination. It is also entirely safe to assume that if Mr. Bluino had any intention dltlorotit from that ho has publicly announced ho would communicate it to some of his trusted followers in his own state , in order" that they might guard against committing themselves to another. The action of the Mnino republicans nttosts their full conviction thnt their distinguished follow cltlv.on is ntoo- lutoly and irrevocably out of the list of possible presidential candidates , nnd serves notice on republicans elsewhere who have boon clinging to the idea that Mr. Biainc might bo induced totnko the nomination if it wore thrust upon him that under no circumstances would ho consent to bo the standard bearer of the party in the impending campaign. This being so It Is the obvious duty of these friends of Mr. Blaine who want to make him n Candida to whether ho will or note to abandon a course which must bo nn- noying to him and wot-ks against party harmony. Their esteem and admira tion for Mr. LJlaino is commendable and is shared by all republicans , but thofr zeal is not wise when its olloct is to create distrust of the sincerity of the secretary of state and to give warrant to his political onomiea to charge him with duplicity. There has in this way been very great injustice done to Mr. Blaine nnd it ought to cease now that the republicans of his own state have said as plainly as noad bo that lie will not ba the candidate and by their declaration in fuvor of the ro.- nomination of Harrison have Indicated that their preference is also his. These who hereafter insist upon urging the candidacy of Mr. Blaine will not deserve to bo regarded as hirt friends or aa the friends of the republican party. STILL IX COXTHOT , . Jay Gould has outgeneraled his antag onists. The foreign stockholders were confident of their ability to force the Gould interests out of the Union Pacific. The vote was close , but the wizard ot Wall street as usual lit squarely on his feet , having secured proxies for 120,000 foreign shares through friendly broker * Mr. Gould's most trusted lieutenant , S. II. II. Ulark becomes president of the road from which ho was driven by the Adams regime more than ton years ago. Tliis promotion , coming after a year of his management of the property , during which the Union Pacific traveled a very rocky road , is regarded as a complete vindication the Omaha railway mag nate. II makes him the autocrat of Union Pacific alT.iirfl with no'anpeal in regard to matters of detail. Sidney Dillon lias readied an advanced ago that unfits him for business and practically retires from active railroad manage ment. ment.With With the possible exception of Mr. Fred L. Amos of Boston , no man promi nently identified with Union Pacific af fairs would naturally bo so friendly to Omaha as Mr. Clark. lie has largo pri vate interests in this city and here ho achieved his earlier triumphs as a rail way manager. Ho Is thoroughly in formed in regard to thosituatiou and his elevation to the presidency ought to prevent - vent the annoying delays which have hitherto retarded the transaction of much important business because of n lack of definite knowledge at eastern headquarters. Mr. Clark is a great im provement upon Mr. Dillon in every way. Personally ho is a genial goptlo- inan and as a railway manager ho has no superior in the country. IIo will bo favorably inclined to Omaha without doubt. It is too early to ( orocnst what policy will bo pursued regarding the union depot , the oxtonbion of the shops and other local matters. Mr. Clark knows all about these matters , and it is reason able to anticipate that the board of directors will defer to Mr. Clark's judg ment upon these nnd all kindred sub-4 jccts , and will authorize him to act as ho may deem wise. It will bo a consolation to know that appeals to the local ofll- cials which may bo referred to the pres ident are certain of intelligent and im mediate ) consideration. ItKrDTKD OllAliaK. The silver men tenaciously tvdhoro to .tlio charge that the silver legislation of 187JJ wits passed by deception nnd fraud , notwithstanding the fact thnt the asset- tion bus boon ropontodly rofutodnnd thnt the records of congress show it lo bo ut terly without foundation. Thu ? the Col orado silver convention , hold n. few dnys ago , doclnrod thnt "silver wna demone tized in 1873 by fraud and in the inter ests of tlio inoroy power of tha country , " nnd the republican convention of thnt atnto , dominated by tlio free silver advo cates , nssortod'in its plntform thnt "tho great crime of the U < juionotiy.ntion of silver iu 1873 wna coneoivodjn deception nnd born in frnud. " The people who insist ui > on misrepre senting the history of this legislation Boom incapable of baing convinced by Indubitable facts. They refuse utterly to accept the record , though it is as clear and plain ns it could possibly bo made. It shows that the legislation of 1873 had baerf recommended by the SOB- rotary of the treasury years bofure ll wan adoutod nnd that the bill which was finally passed In February , 1833 , wns In troduced in Juno , 18(1 ( $ . Was It con cealed from the attention of congress and the public during all these years ? Not at alL On the contrary it was discussed In ovary session of congress , underwent vnrious modifications and amendments , wo * rofurrcd for the consideration ot experts , nnd finally wont to n conference committee of the two houses , which ngrood upon the measure nnd It was pnsscd. To say that a bill which wns for nearly flvo years before congcoss , was rend many times nnd repeatedly pnssod by ono or the other liouso , and passed finally as the result of a conference once of the two houses , wns put through by deception and frau'l Is manifestly without excuse or justification. The fact is there was no opposition to this legislation from the silver pro ducers , for the ronson that at the time of Its adoption and for some time after a silver dollar contained moro than si del lar's worth of silver. In 187.1 the com mercial vdluo of the silver in the silver dollar , npcnrdlncr to the report of the director of the mint , was about SI.03 , and for thirty-nlno years previous to 1873 the amount of silver In the dollar had always been of gronter value thnn the nmount of gold In a gold dollar. So long as this condition remained the pro ducers , of silver did not concern them selves about the coinage of thnt metal , the number of standard dollars of which coined from 1702 to 1873 being only 7,830,538. Not until the commercial price of silver had fallen so low that it became profitable to the producers to have It coined Into dollars did the demand - mand arlso for opening the mints of iho country to free ana unlimited coinage , and the vigor and earnestness of that de mand has grown with every decline in the market value of silver. The silver legislation of 1873 was as well understood by the silver producers of that time as any that has followed it. There was no concealment or deception or fraud connected with its considera tion or adoption. But then the silver minors could go into the market and got more than a dollar for the amount of the metal contained in a dollar , and ot course they did not want their silver- coined. The conditions hnvo changed , and the commercial value of the pure silver in the' silver dollar being only about 07 cents , the producers demand the privilege of taking tholr product to the mints and having it coined into dollars lars at the public oxpons'o , they getting all the profit. KK.IKSKCIS r Every man who attondcd the state convention at Kearney is profuse in his praise of that enterprising city. No people could possibly have boon moro hospitable or moro attentive to their guests. Tho'hotels wore overflowing of course , but the homes of the citizens were cheerfully opened to the visitors , and democrats nnd independents united with republicans to make ovo-ybody feel perfectly at homo. The beautiful little opera house , which seats 1,200 people , was packed from pit to dome of course , but Kearney people cheerfully gave way to visitors whore it was nocos sary. In short , nothing moro could hnvo been done for the comfort of the delegates nnd their friends. Every man yulio attended the convention came back the friend of the motropo itan "Hub" of Nebraska , sworn in his own behalf never to allow anybody to say anything unkind either of Kearney or Kearney people. When the city again asks for a state convention she will got it unani mously if the matter is loft to a central committee made up from the delegates who have just enjoyed her gracious hos pitality. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THK factional conflict in the Ohio re publican state convention was happily settled , so far its the selection of dolo- gatcs-at-largo to the Minneapolis con vention was concerned , by taking two Sherman nnd two Forakor mon. This was undoubtedly the wise thing to do , in the interest of party harmony , for while the Sherman faction was in the majority and could therefore rightfully have taken everything , , to hnvo entirely ignored Fornker might have create : ! a disturbance in the party dangerous to its success next November. An it is the ox-govornor will probably be control- able and disposed to bo obedient to the will of a majority of the delegation , which very properly will bo bonded by Governor McKinloy. There was a strong tendency in the convention to instruct for President Harrison , but having in view a possible contingency in which the name of McKinley might bo presented to the national convention it wns decided to go no farther than n hourly endorsement of the administra tion. The platform is of the robust nnd outspoken character always to bo oxpectcu from the republicans of Ohio. The delegation to Minneapolis will un doubtedly bo a unit in support of Har rison's ronomination. OMAHA should not overlook the im portance of the people's party national convention. It will attract thousands from all parts of the country. Every preparation possible must bo inn do to nccuinmoduto the crowds which it will bring hither. THU mooting ) of the ponornl conference - once of the Methodist Episcopal church next week maybe moro dignified , but it is quite certain they will not bo more unanimous or more harmonious than tbo Kearney republican convention. MAY DAY will see 2,000,000 , socialists In line on the continent of Europe , and everybody else Is praying only that they may keep in lino. The danger is thnt they will drop out of order into a riotous mob. Cuiiuiiilruiu. /w. If it U wrong for southern federal of ficeholders to go io tbo Minneapolis conven tion as delegates , why is It rlubt for nortn- orn federal olllcuholdors to go lu tuo same capacity ? _ ff Klta lu I'ulnt At. A majority of tbo d'liuourau of Oregon do not really like Urovor Clovulacd , but us ha wns tha bond of the only democratic ) udmin- istrutlou lho country hu * known within a generation it was thought nacossury "to point with prldg to Urovor Clovolaiid. " Our T ratio wtlli Maxlou. Mln tttr llumtru lu Xorth American llevlcw. Thostullxtical bureau ot lho treasury do- partmuntof Muxloo has Just Issued u btatla- tlcal abstract of the exports from that cuun- try for tuo flsoul your ending Juno UJ , 1691. It appears tborufrom that the United .Hiatus is fail auiorblng the Mexican trado. The total exports for that your i > mounted to fUU- and tha share therein of this coun try wa Wt.OAl.OSTt.ir or 11-09 per cent of tha wholo. Nojcl couuul England , whoo aharo of Moxtcnn product ! la valued At ttO,8W- 723.w . : , or 17.20 percent ; In the thlra plnco U France , rlta the sum of $3ti5Tr(5l JI3 , or fi.77 per cent ; In the fourth place coraos Germany , with W,78.S74.83rAr-J.-IO per cont. Popular l > omiiStf I pr n Nw Nnvy. i > ' ( tii l-'rnfrl'cn ChronMc. It tnkos n Rrcat aoal of parsiwslon to con- vlnco lho dcntocrntlo congress tbiit the people plo are dolermitufd S > have n nnvy worthy of the country. The demand ha& cortniuly boon omphnilo enough , but it remains to bo soon whether It will ni/t bo drowned br the clamors ot the SslO democratic politicians who are anxious to tnsko n bogus record for saving the people's money. Ul < coinrcit nn Ifliuo. A'cic York TrOntnt , After flvo month * of inaction In Washing ton , nnd four of action in Albany , the demo cratic party has nuccoodcd In sunplylnR nn Issue for the presidential canvass. Thnt issue ts fraud In cheating electors out of their rights , fraud In stealing the conlrol of logls- lalivo bodies , nnd fraud In providing ma chinery for unrestricted corruption nt the polls. CUUHO nun l-n"oct. : ( llntic-neinncntt * Slnco the passage of the MoKlnloy tnnfl law our exports have been constantly In- craaMng , wmlo ihoso of England bavo boon steadily decreasing. This ofToctunlly dis poses of the theory that protocllon tends to curtail the sale of our products In foreign coun trios. Tim .Sllvi-r Slilo Show. Inquirer , It U always best to stick lo n doQntto policy nud let iho sldo shows 'lnko cnro of themselves. They never nmount to nuvthlug- lu the end , and this is just what the repub lican party will do. Protection , roclproslty and honoat money are good enough for It. KEARNEY'S HOSPITALITY. How the HiililtiM captured the Hey * nt thu itt-cnilt Coiirnntlon. OMAUA , Anrll S3. To the Editor of Tun Br.t : : Amid the wrangling turmoil nnd strife \vhlch always accompanies n convention , bo U republican or dumocratlc , county , stale or national , it is n plcasuro to recall the happy foaluros attending such convention. And I venltiro lo say ihai of lho many strangers , delegates and others who visltod the city of Kearney during the republican convention few will forget the generous hospitality , the kind courtesy and the solicitude for lho com fort and welfare of Ihoir guests displayed by lho peopio of thnt beattiiful cily from Its , blg- hourlod mayor down lo Us humblest citizen. Upon our arrival wo marched in u body sovural hundred strong lo the Midway hotel , which is known all over the state for its able management , its homellkn cbcar nnd above all tlio politeness uf its manager aud clerics. Wo wcro informed that the house was full ; that no moro rooms could bo had ; nothing loft but a few cots. Our fears of having to spend the night In the open nir were , however - over , quickly dispelled , for wo were directed to a room adjoining the odlco xvhoro wo found a committee of citizens with lists of many residents or Kearney who had placed their homes at tha dispqsutjof the committee. Lit tle boys were iu readiness to show the guests to tbo uluco to wbitih Ihoy wcro assigned and In less lhan nn hopv from the arrival of cur delegation every VisUor was under sheller and I vonly boIUjyo" that accommodations could have bcon.lou'nd for auolher tralnload if necessary. f , Th' foltowltifc'ilay be visitors were drlvon ever the city and 's'howu its mnny points of inlcnut ; its ciujhl. ; which furnishes the power to run its'c piKrlo-jnotor cars , its elec tric lights \ vithkvjijoli its stiools are brilliantly JinliteiMjjts flouring mills , and last , nnd hy O'mobns. least , its immense cot ton factory , a buIldintr--JUS foot long by 101 feet deep , containing oyr S.100,000 worlh of machinery , nll'pf which" is now in the build ing and rapktjy' being' placed iu position. The flrst thing tcr strike n strausor and uialto an itnpnusioii istno ui ightnosa.and cleanliness of lho buildings , both business and residence , lho beautiful displays of the shop windows , the appearance of prosperity in the business quarters of the cily and the clogant residences with their fiiioly Uopt lawns. All these denote thai enterprise and push which have made Kearney whatsbo is today , und nil this U combined with n public spirit of its citi/oii3 which leaves so pleasant an Impression of their hospllallty. Yours truly , SOL _ _ Pmxcu. VAT AXII roi.\Tjo. Somerville Journal : There are mon who mlstiiliu the publicity oC u patent medicine testimonial for fume. Now York Herald : Trotter Is that plnln looKlnir young person ever there ono or this season's buds ? Kosiilio Hlio was , -but she has blossomed Into a wall flower. New Orleans I'ioayuno : It costs nothing to 'sUn a tnmpar.iuco plcdso.whllo the bichloride of gold treatment Is very otuonslru. PhlladolDhla Record : Hravo , .Mr. Wo.tthor Olcrk ! Juslkoou 1C up ou thu new tuck for awhile. THE QUESTION OF TUB DAY" . \Viithlnylon \ Tim sun conies out it ml sheds again Ills bright and genial ray : lint tbeni'H a ( ] iioUIm fritimht with pain ; 'Tls hns ho oomu tt > may ? " Clothier and Kiirnlshurt Melton Arn't yon living In thu sumo apartment with llaiulo ? Heaver No. Wu und a disagreement and I moved. Molten What was the tronhlo ? ifoa'vur iio jsrow'so stotii that T couldn't wear his clothes. r Washington Star : "Did you say , doctah. data llttli ! whisky would do mo good ? " ' Von , " replied the nliyslo un. "O. say , ( iootah. " "What IH It ? " "Won' you dln''onlzo do case nzln na' see ot ych ( ( ain't 'skubbor a gin symptom ? " b'omorvlMo Journal : Tlio season of Hie ynar Incoming when the boltor-plato and louily- , print nuwipapor ussoulathins will bo ln to send out to the unutrprfsliu papers thev Biipply articles on "Tlio I'rue/.liu of Water 1'lpus ' anil"How to lluat Your llousu ICcou- omlcally. " % Colnmbiin Post : A. man's political frlnnds aru not always tlio mon ho would Ilka to tradu ' - - - with. " lllnghninton Kopublitmn ; A man's jndg- munt Is wnruad wuuwho can't go-straight post n saloon , , 'lui Amorluan I'armor : The best method for liaiullln ' liuus , for un ni.tt'inr , Is by proxy. noohestor Post : jiArt dubti , Ilko the Indian reservations , uro oitunun suttlumeut. lintmffl liiirtMtc. ' It Is thu May-day ; r > m the air ; The dun aliovc , Imw.JirUht It Is. Within my throat tin ; ; sprlns-tlmo'a noto. And sovuril kln < H o't1' liUc ; " Itroncli. tonsil , InrVlltjbiiveral vernal thlnsn \\hluh \ lho May uoontudom ovur aln.'rf. Haw HWCOI lo ynt on Uj uvy ovoriliouH And llshtly truj\hlm \ ; Dlastlc. , yloldliis lliWIli To sernmhlo , shnuWMs , through the slimy oiuu , vf u And I'oino out .ilrfo , with both goloihos gonu. mil' Hull , lluncry JlayJ Hull. BIIOW , wind , rain and blvut ; Hall , doctor , bud , nnd plaster * on both foot ! The circus poster btosfoim on the fonvo , And , walking s.owiyii'or tils ilUtunt lua Hoiuu coiuliiK ou tlio lion , fiom fur and tllUIIUK. Thu lanri'l oruwnucl coinudlaii I sou. Hark , fltim thu caeUllnv lii'n yard , sharp and uloar. It Is tno blirlll-lippo l crocus that I hear. H.v violet liainitod wnya I HOO thu weed 'WIUi nose of bloom , und raK * that woo thu With lUifuss 8tan , nnd sense of chranlo need , With endloisjournuy ul uy Jiui bojrun Thu vur'iul Ir.imy , who aluopi , uud outs , and I'rom Jl"y t < > Marvli. n stoiunch ii | ) n lek's. boft Iniiis thu imr'ory mini , wlbli s plcs * t FOOD. , The oud man bloonn , with unllquu goous ombulmud ; Ai'd pious fai-.lunorJ. on bonded Kiioe * . Hc'raicli In thu uroundfor Jiooolen bulbi bu- oulmon. Olilll U tno nlKht , mill raw thn fitful day. I'uiaas 4 Norttay burn the homo ; It * M y. SPOILS NOT THE MAIN OBJECT George William Ourtis Talks of the Higher Aim of Patty Organintion , DEGRADATION OF AMERICAN POLITICS nuirlliitlliin of rntronnxo HIM Tliroiru Down tlioStnndnril of thn Knrly Cltlrciu .Moiiurcli .Supplanted by lloss llcforni In .Sight. UAI.TIMOHI : , Mel. , April 23. Lehman Imll \vas well filled tonight with a brilliant ntldl- once to hoar Qoorgo Wllllnm Curtis deliver Ills appointed loctura nt tbo annual mooting of the committed of the Association for the Hoform of the Civil Sorvlco. Mr. Charles .1. Boimpario provided. Other gentlemen on the stuirc wore ArchlbnUl Howe , Donrmti I ) , Enton nml Dana Estts , UoUo.i , Mass. ; Ktch- nrd D. Dattn , Cambridge. Muss. ; Joseph 1'nrrub , F. L. Stddons , H. Francis Wpod nnd Charles Ulohnrdson , Philadelphia 1'a , ; II. II. Tompknu , Washington , D. C. ; Gnorgo It. Bishop nnd SilasV. . Uurt , Now 1'orlt , nnd Franklin McVengh , Chicago. Mr. Curtis was frcqunntly nnd warmly npplnudcd , HospoUons follows : ( Iriir.Ml * of an Iilc-u. Ill the nineteenth year of our constltu- tionnl union , Fulton ossnyud with steam to force nta llttlo vessel , the Clonnont , up the Hudson river to Albany. It was an oxpori * inoii t In mechanics , nut no inoro un experi ment than the republic lu politics. lncot- saut cure , comprohcnslvu observation , Intel- llgenco 1 , discretion. shrewd modlllcntion of detail1 * , porpatunl deference to the hints of oxuorionco , n thoughtful caw which has not yet i censed , all ot tnosu Imvo dovolopcd Ful iI iI ton's I strugcllng , doubtful Clormont "pushing its I wny upon n smooth stream to Albany in thirty-two 1I 1 hours to the inagnlllcaiii uiarluo palacu I Unit crosses the turbulent ocean in ilvo 1i 1 times thirty-two hours. Much moro was i necessary to this marvelous development ( than the Invention of II the I stenm engine , and the applica tion I of steam to navigation. Very much more \ Is necessary to honest yovornmont , to the security of liberty , the equality of rights and the Ii I general welfare , than a republican form II of Ii i government. Among the Zulus toduy n republic i would hardly prosper. In bourbon- Ized I Franco n hundred years ago a republic wns u saturnalia of wrong and blood. Wan- doll Phillips , seeing only the cause and the result , the inhuman tyranny that produced the French revolution , and the relaxed grasp of despotism tuat followed It , called It "tho most unstained nnd wholly perfect blessing Europe has had In modern limes. " However that may bo from the orator's ' point of view , the French republic of 179:1 : , the fierce out break of a people imbrutod by unspeakable oppression , was Itself an awful revenge In kind. Even great as is thn nrogroo and marvelous the recuperative force of the French people , and fnir their tuturo pros pect , the republic is built upon volcnuio ground , and may yet reel with earthquake. shocks. Opposition of Cmtom. The uncertain fortune of relorm in politics , fluctuating between sudden success and long delay , Is well explained by n remark of Fisher Ames , that "tho only constant agents in political affairs arc the passions of men ; " and oy what Gardiner , the latest and mas terly historian of the great civil war In England , says of the I'resbyterlanUm of Prynno , that it enlisted on the side of the average intellect of the day , "which looked with suspicion on ideas not yet stamped with the mlut mark of custom ; too feeling which unconsciously exists in the majority o * mun- kind , of repugnance against all who aim at hlgbor thlnkine or purer living than nro dceinud sufficient by their contotnporarias , and who usually in tbo opinion of tlielr con temporaries , contrive to mlsa their nltn , " But existing order consists always of ideas whldh are stamped with the mint mark of custom , and tbo nope of progress , therefore , lies in the Ideas which are not yet authenti cated at the mint. In the legal security of liberty progress has been always effected by regulating the executive uowcr , which is me linal force In all Dullticallv organized communities. The great charter , the grand remonstrance , the petition of rights in England , wcroall declar ations against the arbitrary exercise of ox- ccutivo power , and steadily diminished by jealous popular care , this power gradually became mainly the arbitrary control of patronage. Illrth of the Constitution. Our fathers wore largely children of the Englishmen ] who with great gyves of reform bound I the royal prerogative , and the Ameri can declaration of independence in legitimate succession from tnagua charm and. the grand i remonstrance was in arraignment of the abuse of the executive power. Our col onial politics were in largo part a content over patronage between the royal gov ernors and the colonial legislatures. The de struction of tbo statue of George the Third in the Bowling Green ut New York , at the Beginning of the revolution , was symbolic of the instinctlvo distrust of oxectivo power by the colonist ! ! . The crown was tbo emblem of executive oppression , and when the republic began in the formation of the first state con stitutions during tbo revolution the chief dis tinction of those constitutions was the at tempted restraint of that cower by distribu tion between the legislature or the council and the governor. With the same jealousy the frntnors * f the constitution in establish ing the national government limited the ex ecutive power of appointment. They pro vided that only with the advice and consent of the senate should the president apnoiut certain specified olllcers , wtiilo the conircsi should provide at its pleasure for the appoint ment of other. " . Tno constitution thus reserves Ie serves to the senate a practical vote upon the appointing power and to congress the desig nation of the methods of appointment of all Inferior ofllcers. I'oupli ! Worn The cooplo had assumed their own govern ment , but as they could not administer It di rectly It was administered by agents selected by parly or the organized majority , but under such restrictions as ttio whole body of votcm or the people might impose. The crown had vanished. Thcro was no icing or permanent exccutlvo. Thsro were u president and n legislature i elected by the people for limited terms. J ' But the practical agency of the gov ernment was parly and whoever was elected president , party remained In the administra tion | as permanent as n king and with thn same control of the executive nower. But executive power , whether In. the hands of n Itliif j ? or a part } ' , does not change. its nature. It ' Reeks its own aggrandizement and cannot safely he trusted. Buuldo says that no man Is WHO enough and strong enough to bu vested with absolute authority. It tires ( his brain and maddens him. But this ' which is true of an in dividual ' Is not loss true of uu aggre gate or individuals or a party. A party or a majority i needs watching as much as u king , Indeed , that distrust is too safeguard of de mocracy against despotism fa ( t truth us old as \ Uomo ! th.eiios. Like a sleuth hound dis trust must follow executive power however it may double and whatever form It may as sume. It is as much the safeguard of popu lar 1 right against tbo will of u party as against i the prerogative of a Id in.- , Distrust is , in fact , the Instinctof enlightened political sagacity which boos that tuo- peril of popular institutions lies in the abuse of thu forms of popular government. The urent common pl.ico I of our political spcouti , otortuil vigilance is i the price at liberty , is fundamentally true. H 1 Is a Hcrloturo essential to political salva tion. Tbu demand for civil aorvicu reform i the urv of that eternal vigllaiico for still further.resiric'.loii of the executive powers. Oulv u Stop TuwuriU Mlxirty. Civil sorvicn reform , therefore , li hut another successive stop in the development I of | liberty under law. It U no' , eccentric nor revolutionary. , It Is a logical measure of political process. In the light of larger ex perience arid adjusted lo the cjtiguucioi of a republic i In the nineteenth century Instead of a I monarchy In tne thirteenth nnd seven teenth centuries , in the spirit of tbo wlsu jealousy of tbo constitution , in the Interest of free institution * and of honoit government , it proposes to re strict ' still further the executive power ns exercised < by party , It' is n monsurj Oasod upon i tbo observation of n century during which gavornmeilt by party has developed conditions and toiiucnciea and perils which could not bivo been foreseen in detail , although at thu beginning of parly govern men I under the constitution , Washington iuidof party spirit ; "It exists under Hitter- ont shapes In nil povornmonU moro or leas stifled , controlled or repressed ; but In these of popular form , it 1s soon In Its greatest rankness and is truly tholr worst onomy. " Tbo experience of n century has justified \\ftshlnRton' ' * words. Thn auportition of dlvlno richt DM passed from n king to n pnrtv , and the old fiction of the Intv In n monarchy that the king can do no wrong hns uocorao the practical faith or great tuultlludos In this republic in re gard to party. Armed with the arbitrary pow er or twroimiro ' party overbears the free ox- prosslon of'the popular will and entrenches use r iff illicit power. It makes the whole civil sorv co a drilled nnd disciplined army whoso living depends upon carrying which ° " controls 9 nt ? ny , cosl f ° r lho I' " " * It. IMtronnao 1ms but to cup- turo the local primary mooting and it com mands the whole party organization. Hvory member of tbo party must submit or ro- iiounoo his party nllogiatico , and with It the gratification of his political nmhitlon , nnd auch Is the malign force of party spirit that in what scorns to him n desperate alterna tive ho often supports men whom ho dis. trusts mid methods which ho despises lost his party should bo defeated. Ho takes prac tically the position that party loyalty requires - quires him to support ono party with'bad measures and unlit candidates rnthor than risk the success of another partv with Rood measures and auitnblo men. DUgrnco of thn llxVclopmcnt. Thuso results , hoxvovor , are now evident. What our fathers could not guess , wo cau see. Partv which Is properly simply the or ganization of citizens who agree In their vlows of public policy to secure the enact ment of tholr views in law , bni become what Is well called n machine , which controls the political action ot millions of citizens , who vote for candidates thnt the machine selects , nnd for measures which the uinehiiio dic tates or approves. Servility to party takes the place of Individual indopandnnoo ot no tion. So completely does it consume politi cal manhood that like men suddenly hurried from tholr warm beds into the night nir , shivering nnd chntKiring In the cold , oven intelligent citizens , who have protested against their party mnchlno as fraud ulent and false , and an organ ized misrepresentation ot the party conviction and will , declare that if thalr pretest - test against the power of fraud nnd corrup tion does not avail and the party commands them to yield , they will bow the head nnd bond the knee iu lovntty to fraud nnd cor ruption. The despotism of the machine Is so absolute , ami the triumph of the p.irty so supersedes the ronson nnd purpose ot party , that wo have now reached n point In our political development , when upon tuo most vital and pressing public questions , parties do not oven know tholr own opinions , nnd .factions of the iiamo party wrangle Ilorcoly to determine by n majority what the party thinks and proposes. Meanwhile so com pletely has the conception of party , ns merely a convenient but clumsy ugoiioy to 'promote certain public objects disappear.t' , that ono of thu chief journals in the country remarked with entire gravity , that It found "no fault with conscientious Independence in parties , " which was like announcing with lofty forocaranco thnt ns a philosophic mor alist , it found no fault with truth tolling or houost dealing. . from Monarch to Itons. If I am tolling the truth , it is plain thnt when the control of patronage passed from royal prerogative to popular party , the spirit and purpose of its exorcise did not substan tially change. A hundred years ago in Eng land the king bought votes in parliament ; today In America party buys votes at the poll1 ! . The patty system has subjected the citizen to the machine , and the first great re source of its bribery fund is patronage. It is lho skillful annual expenditure of sixty mil lions of public monny in the national arena , and by that of thirty millions In the munici pal contests of Now York alone , not by edu cational arguments and appeals to reason , that the machine or managers of parties at tempt to secure or maintain * their ascendan cy. Tammany Hall defends itself as llumo defended the king. The plea of both is the samo. The king must maintain the crown against the parliament , nnd ho can do it only by corruption said llumo. Party Is neces sary , says Tammany , but party organization can to made c'lloctive ! only by woikors. Workers must bo paid , and the patronage of the government , that is to say the emolu ment of place , is the natural fund for such payment. This is the simple plea of the spoils system. It places every party on a wholly venal basis. Under its control party is no longer n combination of citizens for public ends ; it is a trading company seeking JLho advantage of the leading partners. It is the selfishness of the Individual , not the pub lic spirit of the citizen , upon wtiich it rests. And this view has various consequences. What tin ) I.ciiKiiii In Dolngr. Wo are approaching the third presidential election since the league was organized. Does I any Intelligent observer doubt that ? the party j i of administration controlling the vast salary I fund of the civil service , which is practically a corruption fund , enters upon the campaign wilh nn immense but wholly illicit art vantage ! Lilro every administration party it is Justly entitled to every advantage ] that arises from a wise policy , from the honest and cfliclont conduct of affairs , from strict adhesion to the promises by which it solicited public support , and from tbo faithful fulfillment of voluntary executive pledges. To all these legitimate advantages the nartjr is entitled. But so far as its administration has expended 100,000,000 , in salaries with a view to the nnxt election and to the continuance of the party In pbwnr , so far it has but rayed the principle of popular government , because so far it > ms deliber ately bouglit party support with public money. The disposition of thnt fund was committed to it in trust for the public wel fare , and every cent of It which this administration has spent to advance a party interest lias been spent In betrayal of a pub lic trust. If the national patronage fund were { 000,000,000 Instead of tfiO.000.000 it li not Impossible thnt , In tha present develop ment ot the tmrty system , the party of this administration , ns df nny other , by the hrowd expenditure of that sum might main tain Itself in power. Hut tha offonoe In not * x measured by llcurof. The abuse of n trust " * of ? 00,000,000 Is morally M grout as nbuso of n trust ton times M Inrco. / rrrmrnti < All foil ! Irs. f H In not an nbnsn pcunlmr to thl * ndmlnls- / trntlon. There tin * boon no administration slnco thnt of .John Qtilooy Adams winch hns not done the same thing , It was long done nmld ponoral public apathy nrlsintr from the good nntured nnd carolost fooling lhat It was the natural order of politics , the common law of parlies. It grow up gradually nmld gen eral Ignornnco of Its tendency nnd public Indifference. The spoils system may plead that although n broach of the earlier tradition in national politics , it Is ronlly ns old In Now York and nearly ns old In Pennsylvania as parties themselves , nnd that it has grown strong with too general aniulosconco. Hut that Is only to say that public evil * and abuses do not nrrost attention nnd nrousa organized resistance until they nro scon to bo public perils. That Is now distinctly soon , nnd tins loagno is tnu living , active , \ aggressive witness of the happy nwakoulup of the public mind to lho fact tnnt lho pros titution of patronage lo lho maintenance of parly power imperils liberty today in a ro. uubllc no lc. s than the arbitrary will of n king linpcrlllud It in a monarchy. ! our yours ago ns the presidential election approached , the loagno slated in some detail the reasons for Us dissatisfaction wltn the administration of Hint , timo. It tested the administration by the .simple standard of reform - form , nnd nil that It could say was the scope of the classified service had boon somewhat oulargod nnd thnt the rules nnd regulation * had boon rovlaoil and Improved. It declared that the general party change In the service which had followed the inauguration of the now president wns not demanded by the wel- fnro of the service llsolf , nor by n'tiy publlo advantage whatever , nud was duo solely to n partisan pressure for partisan objccls which " * * unfortunately lho president had not ro- slstod. Dut It will not bo forgotten not only that the party of the president had no't demanded reform , hut that its controll ing sentiment was hoitllo lo It. ( .allied l y u flningr. The present administration came Inlo pow er not with the usual vatitto ulntlludos uiwn the subject , but with n definite promise of reform - \ form und tno distinct pledge lo fulfill its j" . pledges. But It celebrated the success of Us " " I party with a wild debauch of spoils in which Its promises und pledges were the moats and the drinks lhat wcro riotously consumed. Nevertheless lho reform Inw has boon ns faithfully observed as by Us predecessor , and lho scope of lho reformed service hns boon greatly enlarged. The secretary of the navy. In the Interest of the public"anil ho could have done his party also no greater service , bus introduced lliu rufonn into lho skilled and unskilled labor system oC the navy yards , lu his Into speech In Rhode Is land , a carefully and skillfully prepared do- fcuso of the administration and the strongest presentation or lls claims lo publicconfl - donco that probably will bo mad'e during the pending campaign. Secretary Tracy saxs : "I believe I am justified , ln saying that so far as Its admlniitratlon is concerned - corned the navy has never boon treated so little In the spirit of a party question as it is today ; the regulations , of thu department within the last year hnvo eradicated all political considerations from lho omptoymontof navy yard labor.nnd have made that employ went dependent alone upon the skill and efficiency of the workmen. " A. moro signal illustration ot the practical progress of reform cannot ho found , and wlion wo add to this action of a republican socrolary of lho navy thn fact that a duuioV crallo member of the house of representa U-i tives 1ms unanimously reported from the committee ot which ho is chairman n bill to make the order of the secretary In ono de partment tno law in all dopartmonts. of the government , it is plain thai lho beneficent flame of reform of which I spoke Is In no danger ot extinction. The president hns also somewhat axtondod the classified service , and has authorized open voluntary competi tions for promotions , while the postmaster general hud already adopted the principle of competitive promotion in his department. But it is by party action , nevertheless , that reform must bo secured. Why , then , do ; vo anticipate success ) Because party itself Is finally subject to public opinion , r.nd what ever'lho machine may wish it is at last obliged to conform to public opinion as a anil- ing ship to the wind. There is already a pe culiarly intolllcont nnl : influential reform opinion , nn omnioa with indoniMiilcnt votes , of which party machine * are con cioui nnd to which they now formally defer. Il Is an opinion which is known lo public olllcers , who often share It , and , taught by ofllcinl ox- porionco the practical vsluo of reform , they Introduce It cautiously into their administra tion. tion.Pnrtv Pnrtv machines , truculant nnd deflanl , re sist , but llko kings , Ihoy yield nt last to the pooplo. The King whoso arbitrary excesses produce the psremptory popular demand for relief , ordains however reluctantly , n re striction that limits his power. Our appeal is now , ns it has always boon , not , to party , but to lho people , who are maslors of party. As the English barons , in lho phrase of nn old English writer , out the claws of John ; ns the English parliament taught terribly the English him.- , that not ho , but the Eng- lisn people wns the sovereign ; ns the Ameri can colonies taught the English parliament , iu turn lhatlho American people would rule America , so bv every law and custom do- mnndcd by public opinion , whloh rosiralns lho arbitrary nbuso of executive power by party , the American people are constantly teaching American parties that not the par ties but the people rule. S2iElJ . I Knocking Things Silly 2 weeks ago we sold for a clay an $18 sack suit f o r $7.50 , and last week we offered an iron gray cas- simerc invisible plaid sack suit at half price. We : I h a v e a n o t h e r beautiful line of light colored sack suits , which with those left from the other two sales , we place on sale Satur day at the uniform price of $7.50. All our own make , cut by artists , fine serge lined , and retailed all over America for not less than $15. Not over 100 suits ; come early if you want one , Browning , King & Co $ . W. Cor. 15th and DouglasSts r " ' &
