THE OMAHA DAILY DEE : HffllUllSDAY , SEPTEMBER 1 , 1892.
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/ktcrngn Circulation for July S 1,310.
Tins IB the tilff day of the fair. Ttvko
It In , with nil your family.
Mns. COIMIITT : enys Jim will win the
Jlpht , hut Mrs. Corbott Is not n proph-
olos.
How hilarious the Nebraska dbmo-
rrats diil become in rojjard to Governor
Boyd'n record I
RKPUIJUCANS and democrats alike
nro unanimous in their hollof in pro
tection against Asiatic cholera.
EVKIIY protectionist this year will
vote the republican ticket nnd that will
explain Harrison's grout victory.
AT LAST the lone subsorlDtion from
Jown has arrived. That is one brand , ut
least , plucked from the burning.
Wn TRUST that the h.trvoatoKOiirsion-
Ists will all stop off hero nnd view the
bust town between Chicago and the
Pacific.
THK sporting editors are already on
their way south to "do up" both Sulli
van and Corbott , n job others have found
qulto dilllcult.
IT is quito evident that Cleveland
when ho put his veto on the pension
'bills for deserving veterans put his
whole foot in it also.
ALTHOUGH being vigorously uursucd
l > y Tauboncok , Weaver , Harrity , Urico
find Vandorsnort , the latest information
reveals the rainbow still nhoad.
ONLY 113 deaths occurred during the
month of July in Omaha. Wo challenge -
longo comparison of that record with
nny other city in the United Slates.
THE democrats and populitcs will fuse
today in South Dakota , but that is no
8 guaranty that the state will falter in its
! | Btoady purpose to go republican this fall.
' OMAUA secures the selection of the
, Btato democratic headquarters , which
t T > IOVOS that occasionally the democrats
' exhibit more sense than the ropubli-
j cans.
A NEIWASKA man has boon discov
ered who can see the planet Mara and
many objects on the surfuco'wlth the
naked oyo. And ho isn't an alliance
man , either.
EVKKY time a.citizen of Omaha has
occasion to go to the union depot ho
comes away with that tired fooling. The
pig-sty appcarnnco of that place is ba-
coining moro marked ovory'dny.
No SIDRWALIC inspector has boon ap
pointed to take Wilson's place. This
ought to bo looked after. Wo need n
eldowalk inspector. Wo also need a man
who knows how to chock a lumber bill.
Tun correspondence between Secretary -
tary J. W. Poster nnd the Canadian
authorities tolatlvo to the retaliation
matter shows that wo still have n
secretary of state who knows his busi
ness.
THE action of the council in cancel
ing trio lumber cuntraot will mcot the
npprovnl of taxpiyors. The work of
ox-IiiBpoctor Wilson in pointing out the
defective planks in the city's lumber
] ) llo was doubtless worth what It cost
Tltr.doinooritlo congressional conven
tion which mot at Council Bluffs Tues
day ended in a row over the nomination
of Judge McGee , his own county , Potta-
vattamiu , giving nearly all its votes to
Ills competitor. This bodes another re
publican walkaway In n district which
Mor.t doinocratio In 1M)0. )
THIS city council was wise in recom
mitting the report of thn committee on
publlo property and buildings with ref
erence to tlio further purchiiao of furni
ture. Now it transpires that the Hot
submitted was prepared by the ngnnt of
the Koteham company , to ho purchased
of that company. The assumption Urn' ,
Omaha furniture donlora nro not to bo
considered In this competition is all
wrong , Tlioy should bo given u ohnnco
to bid.
Tmiu < : is no worthier org.ini-4atlon In
the city than the Board of Associated
Charities , which is planning for greater
work than over this winter , It Is under
( ho patronage of some of the leading
men of this community. Mr. A. P.
Hopkins has boon tireless in his oiTortH
to mnko the work of the board otToctlvo ,
nnd to bring to It the confidence of nil
j e sous who aro. willing to contribute
their HubdtaiiiJo to nllovialu distress ,
with the assurance that what they give
will reach those worthy of aid. Thee
o tlzons of Omaha should extend to the
board of charities llboral aud on-
Uiuslustlo support.
Tiff ) A
It Is noteworthy that the domocrnUo
organs mid orators studiously avoid
comparison bctwoen the administration
of Cleveland nnd that of Harrison.
But the prominent doinocratio loader ,
Mr. Adlal 15. Stevenson , has thus far
luul the temerity to make such n com
parison , nnd ho was n inombor of tbo
last democratic administration , acquir
ing in that connection exceptional dis
tinction for the number of republican
postmasters replaced by democrats ,
thereby jorcofully Illustrating the
Bollcltudo of that administration in
promoting reform of the civil service.
On the other hand , republicans Invlto
such comparison , knowing how grontly
the advantage IB on their slue.
In Ills very nblo speech opening the
ropubllcnn campaign In iowiv , the prin
cipal portions of which are given else
where In this isstio , Senator Allison ru-
fnrs to the rocoidj of the two admin
istrations , and the contrast presented is
calculated to arouse the prldo of every
republican. No thrco years In our his
tory were moro prolific of achievement
in the iiitivoatof national progress and
prosperity than the first throe of the
Harrison administration. Foreign and
domestic commerce largely increased ,
exports for the first time reaching
$1,000,000,000 in value. There was put
into effect the principle of trndn reci
procity , giving our producers superior
advantages In numerous markets , not
only in tills hemisphere but in Europe ,
nnd aiding in breaking down barriers
that had long boon erected against our
products. Homo Industries were
strengthened and incronscd , opening
new fields for the investment of capital
nnd incronsing the demand for labor.
A greatly Improved postal sorvlco ,
which had steadily deteriorated under
the preceding administration ; n largo
addition to the navy , of which the Amer
ican citizen need no longer bo ashamed ;
provision for necessary const defenses ;
well directed efforts for promoting better
methods of agriculture ; the relief of tbo
federal courts , and a judicious revision
of the land laws in the interest of the
settler and the pioneer , are among the
things accomplished by n republican
congress and administration for the gen-
ornl good. Moro important than any of
these was the provision mudo for u ,
steady and safe increase of the currency ,
keeping pni-o with the growth of popula
tion and business , the currency thus pro
vided being maintained on n sound nnd
stable bisis. In no respect is the com
parison moro favorable to the present
administration than in the management
of our international relations. A weak
and vacillating policy has given place
to a firm and dignified course toward
foreign powers , with the result of greatly
increasing respect for this government
throughout the world.
As was said by Senator Allison , the
Cleveland administration and the demo
cratic bouso of that time dealt with none
of these pressing questions , as pressing
them as later , only in u way to show
how not to do it. Tiio attempt at tariff
revision by a democratic house resulted
in n incnsuro so crude in its general
character nnd HO sectional as to aomo of
its features that no body of intelligent
legislators anywhere would have
adopted it. Nothing was done regardIng -
Ing the currency , nor was anything done
to advance the industrial and commer
cial interests of the country. The con
troversies with [ foreign powers were left
unsettled , and the management of them
had brought rhlioulo and reproach upon
the country. The insincerity of the
professed xoal for promoting civil servIce -
Ice reform was shown by numerous In
stances of the gross violation of the civil
service law. Tlioro w.is not a depart
ment of the government that had not
become moro or less demoralized , so far
as business was concerned , leaving un
accumulation of work to bo disposed of
by the succeeding administration.
Such are the records of the two ad
ministrations , from which it can readily
bo understood why tbo democrats are
not anxious for n comparison. Is there
a single good reason for assuming that
If Mr. Cleveland should bo elected next
November ho would give the country abettor
better administration than he did from
1883 to 1889 ?
TAKK1 KFFEGT.
According to the president's procla
mation of August 20 , on anil after today
and until further notice , a toll of 20
cents per ton will bo levied , collected
and paid on all freight of whatever
kind or description passing through
the St. Mary's Palls canal in transit to
any port of the Dominion of Canada ,
whether carried in vessels of the
United Stales or of other nations.
This retaliatory measure was authorized
by act of congress of July 20 , which
ampowora the president to impose tolls
upon freight not to exceed 32 per ton ,
and upon passengers not to exceed 85'
ouch. Ho may also prohibit the passage
of Canadian vessels through the St.
Mary's Falls canal. It will bo seen ,
therefore , that the president has not
exorcised his full authority under the
act. He liaa nlmply proscrlbud the
same amount of toll whluh the
Dominion government collects from
American vessels passing through the
Canadian canals.
It is probable that the president ex
pected that this would bu uulllclont to
induce the Dominion authorities to
nbandon their unjust nnd unwarranted
policy. ThU govornmjnt aoslrod to
protect its own eltiyJIIH without in ml-
fostlng any unfrlondllnesj to Canada ,
hoping th ttmich : i pjjltloa wojld le.id
the Cumdtan government to promptly
remedy the wronjr complained of. This
Is to bo infurred from the corro-
Hpondonco of the noerot.ry of state with
the British charge a' affalroo at Wash
ington , It would Boom that any such
hopes or oxpjetvtlom are to bj dUip
pointed. The Djininion authorities
have , Ba fin * ns known , taken no notion
looking to an abandonment of 'their
po'.ioy of discrimination nnd there has
been no intimation tint they nro llkoly
to do no. On the contrary there Is
every reason to oxpaot that they Intend
to continue It and they may oven decide ,
as they threatened , to retract tlio
promUo to remove the dldurluiitmtion
next winter.
Whether the president will decide to
go any further in the matter of 't-etullu-
tlou dopondtf , perhaps , upon the course
of the Canadian government. Ho has
not exhausted his authority under the
not of congress , nnd it tlio Dominion
authorities nnntfost nny further un
friendliness or show n disposition to
push matters to the extremity , it is not
to bo doubted that the president will
use nil the power that congroas has con-
f erred upon him ,
ItKOtlOK'nJlAH \ \ UUHTIS.
In the death of George William Cur
tis the country loses one of its ablest
ntid moat polished men of letters. Al
though the literary career of Mr. Cur
tis was almost wholly ns an editor , ho
having been for many years connected
with the Harper publications 'in that
capacity , ho had long held a high po
sition among the very host writers in
this country. His style was scholarly ,
elevated and pollshod , always elegant
and often eloquent. In the discussion of
political questions ho adopted the high
est standard , and in nit his writings of
this nature there nro the qualities of
profound earnestness nnd sincere con
viction. The lighter work of hi3 pen is
loss known , but most of it is admirable
nnd there is none of it that Is not meri
torious.
Mr. Curtis was for some years prom
inently identified with politics , nnd fern
n time was strong in the republican
councils in Now York , but since 1884 ho
had boon known politically ns an inde
pendent , though his voice was used for
the democracy. For twenty yonrs ho
was one of the foremost ndvocntos of
civil service reform , having boon , during
most or all of this tlmo , president of the
Civil Service Reform league , and ho
contributed more to the discussion nnd
the promotion ol this reform thnn any
other man in tlio country.
Air. Curtis was not a very old man ,
being in his GOth year at the tirao of his
death , which was hastened by a cancer
ous affection of the stomach. He was
one of n number of cultured and bright
minds which , during the last half n
century , greatly enlarged the scope and
improved the chnra-Jtor of American
Tellers , and his loss will bo regretted by
all who nro concerned for the progress
and elevation of literature in this
country.
Ij Iff TIIR DUMOMIATIO
CM.VK
The ninth annual report of Charles
P. Pock , the democratic commissioner
of the bureau of labor statistics of the
state of New York , has fallen like n
bombshell in the camp of Grover Clove-
land. It is the political sensation of the
day nnd has created great consternation
among the democrats of New York as
well as elsewhere throughout the coun
try.
Commissioner Pock says that ho
started his investigation as to the effect
of the tariff upon the interests of manu
facturers and workingmen in December ,
1890 , believing that the result would
prove the justice of the democratic op
position to the protective principle.
"Tho tariff question was taken upho
says , "because it has come to be one of
tbo greatest moment to workingmen , in
whoso interests my bureau was estab
lished. Now , I am a democrat a Hill
democrat if you will and I began this
inquiry with the belief that the result
would vindicate the democratic tariff
position. The first returns came from
the silk industry nnd were very pleasing
to my way of thinking. But J am free
to admit that the report ns a whole is
not in harmony with the democratic
platform so far as the tariff is con
cerned. However , my duty as n state
ollicial Is to roport. things as I find them ,
nnd not ns wo ns partisans would like to
have them construed. " The commis
sioner says that the statements of the
democratic speakers nro not berne out by
tlio facts. "Governor Canlpboll , " ho ob
serves , "said that not n single working-
man's wages has been raised as n result
of the MoKinloy net. My reports show
thnt there were just 285,000 men whoso
wages were raised us u result of this
law. "
Mr. Peck's totals show a not increase
in wages for 1891 over 1890 of $0,377,925
and n not Increase in products during
the same period of S31,315,1.'iO His in
vestigation , it will bo remembered , was
confined to the state of No'v York , and
therefore shows but 11 small fraction of
the gam in the whole country. As to
the importance which the commissioner
attaches' to the results of his work the
following extract from his report
speaks for itself :
Of all tha vui-toJ subject ? Investigated
am ; reported upon during tlio bunmu'a nine
youra' oxlstonco uono have berne a closer ro-
luilonsmp to tlio welfare of the wage naruura
oflliosttito or furnlsliod the public In on-
oral with statistical data so valuable to a
oomnroQonslvo unaoMtaudlnit of the practi
cal workings of the ono great economic
question of tbo present dny than tbo tariff.
Turin , whether lovlod "for rovoiuo only. " or
for "rovonuo and the incidental protection of
American manufacturers and American
labor , " Is certainly u question of such vast
Import as to enlist tha most thorough and
( llupissionato Invostlp.itlou at the hands of
the American people. And wbllo the present
report has , uniJor the law , baan contlnna to
the state of Naw Yorif , its results can but
ba taken as'lndlcatwo of tbo conditions ox-
1-ttitig In every noctlon of our country where
manufacturing ana Industrial pursuit * uro
followed.
With tbo oxnopllou of u limited number of
the Croat hitluitrlos carricu on la our coun
try , no Btato In the union offers n Hold so
varied or oxtoiulvo wlthjn which tbo statis
tician can carry on his wont with greater as
surances of lutnlllgont success than U pra-
"sontod bythaatatoof Now York/ Within
Its borders uro to bo found by far tbo great
est number of manufacturing establish-
wonts , too most varied Industries iind the
largest number of individual employers and
wat.0-oariiors of any of the forty-four com
monwealths embraced in the UnltoJ States.
So that , whatever the statistical data col
lected nnd tubulated may prove , relative to
the olTocts of protection on labor anil wajroi
la No\v \ York , may justly no taken as fairly
roprosoatalivo of the conditions throughout
the whole country.
The number of separate industries
embraced in this report is slxty-sos'on.
The commissioner distributed 8,000
blanks to ns inuiiy purely wholesale
manufacturers throughout the state ,
nnd of this number 0,0'JO ' , or 75 per cent ,
returned full nnd correct answers. It
thus appears that the Investigation was
thorough nnd comprehensive in itsscopa
nnd that the efforts of the commissioner
Id get nt the facts were generally seconded
ended by the manufacturers to whom ho
applied ( or information.
For the Urst time during his sorvlco
of ulna years ns'iicommlsslonor of labor
statistics Mr. 'lJk has rendered n
' '
really vnUiablo6u.'rvico to the public.
Although ho Isr nf demagogue nnd has
nn inordinate lo.VpTpt notoriety , it never
has boon elnlmodn that he is dUhonost.
$ n this case his hutiosty was bad policy
from n domocrj t | point of view , nnd
his report has nrouRod the most savnijn
Indlgnntion nmdfii'tho Cleveland men ;
hut ns ho Is n pojym\l friend nnd n de
voted partisan of'ttennlor Hill ho proba
bly does not tnkciJA ! very rueful vlow of
the damage ho h"aslono ' to Hill's bitterest -
est political onovny , It is strongly
hinted that the sonntor know that this
bombshell was to bo dropped by the
labor commissioner nnd that ho w Inked
at the proceeding. To all who know
the relations existing between the two
men this must seem extremely probable.
It was Peck who first proposed the
nomination of Hill for lieutenant gover
nor , and it was through Hill's luiluonco
that Govorno. ' Cleveland appointed
Pock to the pjsitlon which ho still
holds. When Hill became governor ho
kept Pock In the snug office which ho
had previously secured for him , and the
commissioner still hold ? over by virtue
of Hill's inlluonco with the Plowor ad
ministration. To say that the son-itor
was ignorant of the existence of the
mlno which Commissioner Pock has
just sprung with suoh sensational effect
is an nffrout to the intelligence of all
who nro acquainted with the oloao rela
tions oxistlng between the two men.
But the general public will care little
about that phase of the case tipartfrom
Its bearing upon the war between Cleveland -
land and Hill. The important fact is
that the j > rotcctivo policy advocated by
the republican party has boon vindi
cated nt the hnnds of n democratic olli-
clal ns tlio result of n thorough aud sys-
tomatlu investigation , which ho himsoff
declares was begun wllhtho expectation
that it would prove the correctness of
the democratic position on the tariff
question , though it was not intended to
serve n partisan purpose. Every manu
facturer nnd worktngman in the United
States should give hood to this import
ant testimony. Every voter who has
interests in any way connected with
these of business and labor should give
hoed to it. It presents the most abso
lute nnd undoninblo proof of the useful
ness of protection as a moans of sus
taining and building up the industrial
interests of this country. It shows beyond -
yond question that protection Is vastly
improving the condition of the workingman -
man and gives' ho lie to nil contrary
claims sot up by , the apostles of free
trade. It is no wonder that there is
consternation in'thpcamp of the enemy.
THE trumpod'up charge that Mayor
Eomls lias by nnyj act delayed public
works in this city is too flimsy to require
moro than passing attention. If the
Wo rid-Herald ro l.y wants to got at the
bottom of all this j wearisome delay in
the prosecution fof- public works lot it
looic to the chairman of the .Board of
Public Works The trickery and schem
ing of this one official nron cry ing shame
upon our city government , for which
there should do'nfspQedyroraedy.
Tins street lighting service on out
lying streets has been thp subject of
many complaints. Almost 50 percent
of the lamps do not moot contract re
quirements. The proposition to with
hold payment under the contract until
it is shown that the contract is scrupu
lously carried out by the lighting com
pany should bo adopted. The city must
enforce contract provisions in all cases.
IN THU history of Iowa politics there
never wore nominated tickets of poorer
timber than are tbo various con
gressional tickets of the democratic
party. The candidates seem to hnvo
boon jmt up to got thorn out of the way
when there may bo n chance of success.
llulluctlou * on u Bluff.
Kew Yaik Tribune.
Some Canadian statesmen must bo reflect
ing just now that It pays to bo fair , after nil ,
otpeclallv whoa your neighbor refuses to bo
bulldozed.
Occupation fur the .Ini
Atchlson d lobe.
Kansas is full of politicians who could do
the utato good bv hirini : out as scare-crows
to the farmers. That Is the Ulnd of protec
tion tbo Kansas corn needs ,
TtrorU Methods.
Tfew 1'orlt Comma ctal.
To make the great American publlo put the
Heading railroad on its feet again after it
had boon thoroughly wrecked , by putting up
the price of coal , was nn Inspiration worthy
nf that typical democratic philosopher , the
late William Maro.v Tweod.
Itugyhliujm I'roclnliu ItH Value.
t\cw York cnininct etal.
Tbo democratic theory is that the western
people are n lot of hayseeds who are longing
for free trade. The fact Is that a largo num
ber of manufacturing establishments arn
sprlnclng up in the west which tbo hustlow
do not wish 10 see urushod merely to test a
crazy theory.
KpriiiRfcr l iioruH thn I'lutrarm.
ClilOJaa Kew * ,
Mr. Springer does not'attaak tbo McKinley
law on the line laid down by the doinocratio
platform , that it is unconstitutional. It might
liavn been expected that tbu democratic
orators would assail the McKinley law upon
the ground that it nbyuld not protect rather
than on the ground-1 trtut it docs not protect ,
OjipoxtHl to II
( Hnli < ftUtlH enlt.
Business has not , boon disturbed in any ap
preciable degree by.j politics this yoar.
Uiually presidential campaigns have a tend-
cnc.v to unsettle the public conlldoncotosomo
extent ana to UiiruncQ , trade , but nothing of
this sort is notlceatttfttius far in 180-2. This
is a highly satisfactory condition of things.
It indicate ! that tho1 pcoplo do not look for
tin ; change lu tha ow'ouuva branch of the
government as a result of the election.
rrcsltlfiit llai/IJioii'H Hnuuclie * .
Kew I'nilt Tribune *
livery AmorlcaifcHn educate himself for
high contoinplaUono.f the future of his coun
try by reading 1'roildtint Harrison's speeches.
The" leading thouubjt upon which sirens
U constantly laid In these publlo addresses
is the fact that the -groat work of internal
Improvement and development is practloallv
completed , and that the nation Is destined to
occupy n position of power and inlluonco
among the grout commercial communities of
tbo world such as It has never before Hold.
The Outlook li < Imlmim.
Within the past week reports have boon
received at headquarters from every county ,
and republicans from all uarU ot the state
nave reported In person" the situation in their
respective localities. Thoio reports nnd
opinions are unanimous to the effect that tha
republican organization and tuu rnult anil
lllo of the republican party lu Indiana were
uovor better prepared ut this stage of the
campaign to carrv the state. Throughout
the st.uo tbo party la characterized by un
turnustnoji whloh IH bailer than wild en
thusiasm. Nowhere U there lack of Inter
est. Never bus there boon Urn of local dis
sension.
VT..ITTKH ,
.TncUsonlun democrats hnvo returned from
Lincoln with n smile on their faces , but the
countenances ot the SamosoU nro decorated
with only n grim determination , whloh
resambloi the look soon on the features of
the Tammany tlgor wtion It departed from
Chicago for Now York.
Governor Ooyd'a ' friends were n llttlo too
slow this year In getting o mcvo on thorn-
solves. They will have a hard tlmo convinc
ing their chief ou bis return that they hnvo
been-faithful stewards. They nro gnashing
their teeth aready. )
The fact that many of the democratic can
didates didn't ' care for what odlco they were
nominated ns long ns they secured n nomina
tion for something , was conclusively demon
strated by the action ot several of
them who happened to outer In n
class in which there was a lariro Held.
As soon as they had an opportunity to slzo
up the situation and discover that something
else offered better chances , they withdrew
from the first class ana entered at once lu anew
now ono. Particularly waa this true of F.
N. Crown , who secured the nomination for
secretary ot state , and who on the night pre
ceding tha convention was n rod hot Candi
da' , o for auditor. And many another candi
date , HUe Mr. Crowe , had n fooling of kin
ship for the old maid who declared , "Any
thing , oh Lord , anything Just so It's n
man. " "Anything , oh Lord , anything lust
so It's nn nfllce , " was the patriotic sentiment
that thrilled every Ilbor of their being.
Mr. Crowo was evidently given the nomi
nation for secretary of stnlo just bncauso ho
was a traveling man in order to uffsot John
Allen , the republican candidate. It will bo
discovered , though , that * he cannot begin to
"innUo the territory" that his opponent can
cover.
Matt Goring seamed to bo in It pretty tloop
for a man who didn't ovnu have the backing
of his homo coanty. To bo temporary chair
man and u candidate- for nttornoy general
will give Matthew clory enough to make up
for the chagrin of defeat at the polls next
November.
Jacob 15lRlor had moro sonio than nny of
the other candidates nominated at Lincoln
and took his glory without subjecting him
self to the chasrrin of defeat. Jake knows
how dofcat feels , for ho wont down to It two
years ago us the democratic nomlnoo fnrland
commissioner. Ho aid the sensible thing in
declining a second nomination.
The Sago of Arbor Ledge nnd the Napoleon
of the Tariff will have a llttlo sot-to on the
financial quosUon In private before they
start out on their campaigning in the First
district. The mooting will probably bo n
draw , and then the democracy will bo treated
to tbo spectacle ot u divided houso.
Mr. Bryan proposes to do vote his attention
principally to the rural districts. Ho has
8,000 alliance members among whom to cir
culate , and ho is preparing a speech for their
especial benefit. It will bo chiefly composed
of remarks about the burdens of the tariff
and the need of moro money in general cir
culation. If Mr. Bryan will show bow moro
money can bo put In Individual pockets by a
theory which would increase competition In
/arming communities and thus lesson the
prices of farm products , he will have ac
complished a greater fcit than that of squar
ing the circle.
It is understood that Kom proposes to
travel on his shape and on the record of what
bo didn't do In congress , whllo McKclghan
will make that old photograph of a soil house
do service once moro. The alliance duet
mlaht takoup Iho question ol the approcia- '
lion In value of western farms outside of Iho
arid and sub-arid belt and explain Ibo de
crease in farm mortgages in connection with
u republican administration. Better still ,
they might explain their total lack of Influ
ence or standing ic a congress where their
iccord is barren of results , bonoQoial to a
great and a growing constituency entitled to
brains and service.
The hottest campaign so far in Nebraska
has been opened ia the Third congressional
district. Tbo three candidates. Mallclojohn ,
Kolporand 1'oyntcr , are out hustling and
are doing lots of hard work. But the re
publicans assert that they have only just
begun to warm up , aud that when they
fairly got into action the other parties will
bo out of sight and the only struggle will bo
to see whotbor Kolper or Poyntor gets second
end place.
A move is on foot to form business man's
clues to work for the success of the republi
can ticket.
o
TllK VltlCK OH HAFKTY.
Now York Sun : Immigration from Ham
burg should ho stepped altogether. Hum-
burg is an Infected port.
Minneapolis Tribune : Then lot the agita
tion continue , for it is conducive to modera
tion , sobrloty , cleanliness and all virtuosakln
to godliness. A general cleaning up of per
sons nnd promises won't hurt this country a
llttlo bit.
St. Paul 1'ionoor Press : The clear con
science is a good thing in times of peril , but
there is nothing llko a good digestion to op
pose to the deadly gorm. It Is a timo/or pre
caution , but not a time for olthor panto or
undue excitement.
Now York Commercial : Let us have no
concealment if cholera cornea. This trioat
people In no amptyhnndcd child to bo lulled
into falsa security. When the scourge comes
lot everybody know It and projuro to guari
ngainstit Intelligently.
Chicago Tribune : First , then , in case tha
choliru should menace the city , t'lvo it no
place for n foothold by the simple process of
cleaning nnd disinfecting tilth. Second , let
no ono bo nfrahl of it , but go about hid arbor
business as usual with a cool bead.
Philadelphia Times : While tbo danger of
the Importation of Asiatic cholera is not
great at this Into season of the year , It is
best to err on Iho Hide of safety. Tbu quar
antine against the in footed ports should
amount to u blockade if necessary.
Chicago Times : In nn epidemic moro per
sons nro frightened to death limn fall vic
tims to the Uisoaso. Nothing so debilitates
the constitution and niitkes un easy way for
the attack of Illness as four. Nothing Is so
peed u prophylactic us Horonu courugo.
Chicago Inter Ocean : Lot tha efforts of
the well disposed citizens bo supplemented
bv a house to house visitation by tljoinspect
ors , Lot each householder , bo notilled of
any defect in tbo condition of tha alley In
the roar of his residence , and warned of
prosecution If Ittio not remedied ,
Washington I'oit : No vessel of any da-
scriptlon , uo passengers , no matter whom ;
no luggage or cargo , no matter what Its
character , coining from infected or suspected
plucos abroad , should bo | xjnulUod u lauding
place on our shores until there U ovurv guar
antee that danger thorof rom no longer oxUts.
Boston Ilorala : With proper precautions ,
the cholarn can bo kept out ot this country ,
or at any ritto , can bo prevented from man-
Ing a dangerous lodgment on our shores.
And If It should olT6ol an entrance , clean
cities unit thorough sanitary preparations
eau safely bo trusted to strip it of much of
its uiullgmty.
Cincinnati Commercial : The best way.
however , to , ineot the disease , If U should
come , is to prepare for It. Filth Invites it.
Cleanliness imU correct habits in the line of
diet dUoouruvo lu Cholera can not coma
whuro thn utmospboro is not contaminated
by Impurities and where people take care of
their purkOHQl habits , eating and drinking lu
moderation und using wholesome food.
for \ \ Drill' * I'alr Orator.
The Minneapolis Journal suggests the
nnuiQ of ox-Senator John J. lugalli as the
World'j fair orator to tuicu the place of
BrocUlurlilgu of Kentucky , wtio did what
ho could la congress to break down the fair.
Itromnrksi
Whom docs tha Journal sucKfi't' Whr ,
ox-Senator John J , Inpalls would do It wall.
\Vnat Is the matter with html Scholarly ,
polished , piquant , a master of the HngllMi
tongup , brilliant rhotorlcatlr , Inclslvo In
argument , efflorescent In prciontallon of
national facts , historic facts , and gifted In
vnlco and manner. John Ingalls would do
credit to himself nnd the American nation
as the control llguro In Iho symposium ot
Columbian orntora. If the Chicago Tribune
can Improve on IngnHs lot us hear from it.
n\UJ'.S AT IHJMKfiTL'AII.
Horn Are 1'ncM Ttmt lltnry American Cltl-
* im Onclit to Know.
Now York Commercial Advertiser : As
might have been expected , the British free
trndo newspapers ot Great Britain have not
been slow to emulate Iho oxamnlo ot their
American Imitators In figuring out the Home
stead strikes and riots ns tha direct rnsults
of n protective tariff , The cable columns of
ottrSunday papers all had references to thoio
ox pec tort outbreaks of unlnformml prejudice.
And It Is noteworthy that the criticisms were
Invariably of the same tenor.
The Homestead men , according to the Eng
lish press , struck because they rvoro driven-
to It by poverty. Under the burden of the
.McKinloy tarlft they were starving. The
prlco ot commodities was going up all the
time , The scale of wages was bolng.0ut
down. Starving , reckless , hopelosi , these
unhappy paupers rose lu revolt ngalnut the
odious tariff system because they had no
other remedy.
Happily , by tha tlmo this unutterable tis
sue of falsehoods reached this country the
nnswor to It was ready , thanks equally to
the misrepresentations of Iho British free
trade newspapers hero , which tlrst formu
lated thorn , and to the vorv thorough man
ner In whlah the Wow York Tribune has
ascertained and tabulated tha facts.
Of course It Is now known that the strike
had little rofornnco to the wages question.
Tha point on which neither slda could atrroo
was as to the time ot year whnn the scale
should bo signed.
In ono word , they show that $35.70 In July ,
1SU ! , and fSS.80 In Juno , 181U , would buv ns
much of nil the nrtlules of food Included in
the tabia as $100 bought in Juno , 1SS9. The
decline in the prices quoted , reckoning the
relative Importance of each article , was lO.a
per cent from Juno 1 , ISSt ) , to July 1 , ISM.
In clothing the decline was not so marked ,
though there was a decline. Thus the result
as regards nil articles quoted was a doclina of
IX per cent from the summer of ISS'J ' to the
summer ot 1S9J ; or over \\\4 \ \ \ from the summer
of 1891) ) to the summer of 181)1 ) , and of nearly
5 per cent from Iho summer of IS'Jl to the
present.
There Is no earthly escape from this table
and the conclusions drawn from It , because
the figures are transcripts from actual occur
rences.
Meantime \vagos had boon steadily irrow-
Ing , both outside the works and in thorn. In
the former class wo find In n catalogue of 14
trades but ono where nn advance of 23 cents
a day had not been made sinceJunp , IbbU
in some instances ns great as 75 cents n dav.
Within the mill works u similar increase Is
found : Heaters , from $1,39 to 4. > 1 ;
from ST..45 to fO.Oa ; though boaters
from 514.70 a day In 1880 dropped to
S14 In 1SUa descant that still fell short of
plunging thorn Into starvation. Meantime.
In other mills heaters'wages rose from ? 12.42
to $1271 ; Iheir helper * , Urst. nocond and
third , from ? o.31 , J5 13 and $4.59 to SIJ.37 ,
$5.30 and $1 07 respectively. In the twonty-
three inch mill the heaters rbso from ? l 1.38
to S14.70 a day , the rollers from $12.27 to
? U.C. , the catchers from $7.SJ ( to $7.91 and so
on straight down to the raclunon , whose
wages rose from $1.75 to f 1.89.
So that every year found the Homestead
workmen growing richer at both ends re
ceiving moro mono'/ every year nna moro
goods for his money also.
This is the fruit of a system which the
democrats declare to bo unconstitutional nnd
which they are pledged to destroy.
Tlui Thumpers Kxlmuat.
/VifMdclpfifa Time * .
Some can't understand how the pugilist
can bo knocked out by a comparatively weak
blow on the Jaw , when , to Judpd from the
talk with the majority of them , that is their
strongest point.
PKJ 111,8 WITHOUT
Slftlncs : When u gr.iln flo'd h is got about
all It will hold , It Is load v for some mower.
IJoslon Transcript : Yos. Mars must bo In
habited , else who couldhavo painted It red ?
Baltimore American : The first cool spell of
tlio season will be welcomed with snlvors of
delight.
YonUcrs Statesman : A Rlrl inny not want
to wenr her love on her sleeve , but she usually
HL'us to Imvo her lover there.
A late f.id Is to mnko Ice cream In the shape
ot billiard bulls. The boys nro expected to
take the cue at onco.
liidlanapoll * Journal : "You may think. "
said the carpenter , "that If I had a lot of
monuy I wouldn't work , but I wood-work Just
"
tlio same.
Boinervlllo Journal : Every bicyclist OUKM
to remember that If ho persists In beiullni ;
awav over the linmllo-bnr whuti ho rides , ho
will rutn his slioluton so that It won't bo
uorth oven ? " > after ho Id duad ,
A small boy , when sskeil to spull "yacht , "
Moat saucily sitl < J. "I will niiulit. "
So hid teacher In wr.itli ,
Took a section of lath ,
And warmed him up well on the sp.icht.
Chicago Tribune : Tabby Where were you
last nmht. sir ?
Tom ( with ono air silt , half ills whiskers
, nnd footprints of 11 hl h old tlmo all
oror hli fncol 1 was assisting nt nn out Joot
concert , my door. . .
Tubby ( elaborately sarcastic ) It was I
em ml affair , no doubt , girl
Tom It wns a howling success , my dear.
Chicago News : "Why , mv fellow-8ltlren . "
nild tlio stump orntor. "why , I ask. arn wo
cursed with poverty ? Why nro you not rich ?
Why nitr 1 11 poor man lunlirlit ? "
"llooiui n you wtix too nil fired lar.y to work , "
mild nliysUndor who really should huvo hncn
moro polllo.
Washington Ptnri "John"sntfl Mrs. Moovn-
lOiif. "tint landlord wnn hero today nnd 1m
said Hint ho was coining next Monday for tha
rent , nnd ho fixpoetod to got It , too. "
" 1)1(1 lie ? "
"Yos , ami ho upcmoil In earnest about It. "
"Heal positive , was ho ? "
"YoV
" \Vnll. ns Ion ? ns ho fcols so confident I
don't sue tlmt Ihoru's any usoof my worrying
about It. 1 reckon he knows his own busi
ness , "
now SIIK wox HIM.
Two maldciii nnd n slnulo man
On sn minor pin tsuro mot !
Kach maid tried every scheme and plnu
Shu know the man to got.
Ono dressed herself just llkn a nun ,
With nothing lirluht or city I
Thiidrusnns of tlm other ono
Were out decollate.
Tht latter captured him , nr.d she
Now IIIIH htm nt her bock ;
Thn rnco was close , but , us we see ,
She won hint by u neck ,
i > oin IT sitiat TO VOK
Time * .
It sootra to mo I'd llko to uo
Whom bollsdon't rim nor nhlsllos blow.
Nor flocks don't strike nor ROIIRM don't bound ,
And 1M have stillness till around.
Not real stillness , hut Just the trros'
Low whlipcrlii2s or the hum of lines ,
Or brooks' faint hubblng over xtones
In strangely softly tangli'il tones ,
Or maybe a crlckot or katydid.
Or thu SOURS ot birds In the hodRus hid ,
Or Just some inch nwoet sounds us thuso
To fill u tiled heart , with euso.
If 'tworon'-t for si iht anil sound and sin oil.
I'd llko n ulty pruttv well ,
Hut when It comes to getting rest
I llko thu country lots the best ,
Sometimes It scorns to mo I must
Just quit , tha city's din nnd dust
And gotoitt whom the skIs Dluo :
And say , now ! how does It HOUIII to you ? K
"ONLY A SMALL MATTER '
Hut a Iliillrii'til Alnn'M T.oitd r Cnmn to
'i '
Omnlm to Sun un Olllulul < i ! > nut It. ,
P. II. Morrlssoy , llr t errand mister of the
Brolhorhooil of Railroad Trainmen , was In
the city yesterday to see Assistant Gen
eral Manager Dickinson ot the Union Pacific
on a mnttor of moro or less Importance to the
organization whluh ho represents , but tlio
exact import of whloh ho declined
to tnako public , although ho said
that it was only n small matter.
Owing to Mr. Dicicliison's absence on a trip
to the Pacillo ooast , the oxpootod Interview
did not take olaca , and Mr. Morrlssoy loft
last n veiling for Texas.
In spa mine of the affairs of the brother
hood , Mr. Morrissey stated that Its present
membership is nbout 27,030 , making It
numerically as strongas any of the
organizations of railway omnloyos ,
with the exception of the Brother
hood of Locomotive. Engineers. Ho
rocrottod the outcome of the recent trouble
at Buffalo , bub said that the switchman's
causa was lost , when the acts of vandalism
and incendiarism were permitted.
"Whether thov were responsible for It or
not , " ho said , "tho effect on the publlo mind
was the same , and It lost the strikers Iho
sympathy that had boon theirs up to
that time , aud resulted In placing
the militia in the field against thoni.
Just see how absurdly foolish it was to at
tempt to wreck trains tbo very trainmen
and passengers on which may fairly bo salute
to entertain sympathy for the strikers. En
order to destroy sotno of the property of that
corporation they rtskod taking human Hfo.
"I do not hold Iho switchmen's organ
ization responsible for these nets of lawless
ness , although it prejudiced thoircauso , for-4
know that there Is an olomcnt in all those or
ganizations , fortunatnly small , however , that
thooRlcors have nlQlcultv in holding down
In times of trouolo , and acts of violence are
denounced by these at the head nf the
organisations. The press Is unfair in brandIng -
Ing us as n species of outlaws nnd declaring
that organized labor is organized lawless
ness.
"I know that these men who have been
elected to the responsible positions that they
hold hnvo worked up from the bottom.nnd nro
not only opposed to violence but are opposed
cvon to radicalism. They are conservative
men , nnd should no moro bo hold responsible
for tbo deeds of every inombor thnn .should
the cltyof Omaha bo hold responsible for tha
act of every individual citizen. "
Mr. Morrlssoy said that the condition of
the trainmen iti the west was not such as to
causa dissatisfaction , as many of the roads
had recently granted concessions in wages
and ether matters that hud loft llttlo causa
for complaint.
Mr. Morrlssoy's headquarters are at Galesburg -
burg , 111. Ho Is an ardent democrat and a
personal friend ot Adlai Stpvnuson , but ho
found Cleveland a hitter pill , though ha says
ho managed to got him down. lie was in
Texas two weeks aeo and Is conversant with
the situation thorc , and naid that with the
row between Hoc nnd Clark ho didn't
know what n-an to become of the old-time
banner democratic ) state this yoar.
Hack la WuxliliiKton.
D , O. , Aug. HI. Secretary
Charles Poster returned to tno ally yostor-
da/ evening from Asbury Park.
Lur0'cst Manufacturers nnd Dealers
of Olothlnsj In thu World. ii
If I 'uz pa
I'd buy my boy a new suit of clothes before I
'sent him off to school , " is the
height of the average boy's am
bition just now. We are show
ing the finest lines of fall suits
for boys and children ever im
ported. No old styles. New nov
elties , new shades , in fancy and
plain cheviots , cassimeres and
worsted , checked and striped
cassimeres and everything new
Boys' suits , ' } to H$2 upM ; to 18 years.Sfi up. Full line
of fall overcoats , the very latest , at special prices. Hoys'
hats and furnishing goois in enJless variety. This sale
is special in the children's department the cosiest spot
in town. Ladies , who are out shopping will enjoy a rest
in our easy chairs , to which they arc equally welcome V
whether they buy or not ,
Bro wningKing& Co
Our store clones at 0SO : p. m. . exeunt BatorI I CV . , for 1 Sf ll K DfllK'ln' ' ' ! S 1
Uuy , when wo oloko at 10 p. in. | 0. II LUl 101U U UUUftlil } 0 I