THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt JJATUUDAY. NOVEMBEIf 2(5. ( . 1802 ,
THE DAILY BEE
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY.
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Council Hindu , IZ 1'enrl Htroct.
rhlciiRO nnicc. 317 fhnmbi-r or rommere .
h'ew York , lloomt 13,14 nnd 15 , Trlbuno lUilldlni ;
\ \ tililncton. 613 Fourteenth Street.
COHHKSroNDKNCK.I
All rommtinlrallnnn * rclstlnK to now nnd
tfllinrlnlmatter uliouia bu addressed to the l.d-
HorlBl Dcimrlinent.
nusiNicsa i.r.TTt'n' .
.Allbn lnr > f Irlter * nnd rninlttnncen olionld be
drtrriccil loTlio IH'O l'nlillMilnK''omiinr.OniiihB. |
JUntn. clicrM mid pontnltlco nnlcri to bo made
pojuble lo tl cordor nf tbo company.
THE BEU PUULISUINO COMPANY
BWOIlN STATKMKNT OK1 ClUCUl.ATION. ,
EUldof Ni-lirnulm , I
County of Ilouglns. (
fit O-RO It , Tudmck , si-orotnry of TUB IIRR 1'ub *
llftldnK coiiiimnjr. tine * polcmnlr nwniir Hint the
nrtiinl rlrciilallon of 'I in : DAILY IlKR for tlio week
riming November 1' ' . IS'.iJ , was us fullotrt !
ji November 1.1. . . . . > . Sfi.070
ft November II . . . . . . . . 31,210
OHiemlnjr. November 1ft . ! l"Jl )
Wcilnpsilny , November If ! , , , , . . . . 9l7t
TliliMitnjr. November IT . . . 24.0 * !
) ' 'rlcl y , November 18 . Sl.OSfi
Saturday , November IV. , . . . SUM
nnouur. 11 ,
Pnnrn In licforo nm mid Mib crll > e < l In my pros-
MICU tlila mil ilay of Nuvi > iul > r > r. 18'J' ' .
ISoal ] N. I' . KK1I. . Notary 1'ubllC.
Clrrulnllmi for Ontnlior , 121,121.
Tliuouail the tlln o ( tbo btittlo wo ( all
to henr tiny cry of "civil service re
form. " '
Ltrr Om-iliu's clutrtcsr be revised hero
In Omnbii by Its friundspnot in Lincoln
by its enctnios.
JUST lot thorn put thnt tnrlft baolc on
Biiprnr. Then tlio dear i > ooplo will find
vrhnt iv genuine democratic "robber
tarlll" Is.
IF FATHHU Kuum's prediction nbout
Iho comet becomes true , Btar-tjnzlnp
Sutulity night will mil bo : i sentimental
occupation.
AFTBK all our kicking ngalnst tlio
Michigan plan wo would bo moro pro-
Bcntnblo rw u pnrty if thjj whole country
Iwu adopted that plan at the Into elec
tion.
THEUK is : i movoinonb to divide
BnB into two states. Tlmt poor sttito is
badly enough split now with Us cranks
on prohibition , woman suffr.ig'o and fiat
'
currency.
TUB city iiall elevators don't olovalo
worth a cent. Queer bow some excel
lent business men in tholr privnto af
fairs become worthless business men ( or
the public.
THESE jewelry robberies arc becom
ing1 altogether too common. It Is a
great deal safer to run a book store in
this town. But booic dealers don't know
how to advertise.
A FEW things that wo cannot abolish
l > y charter , but should abolish by ordi
nance : The smoke nuisance , the over
head wit'o nuisance and the oxtortlons
"ot the olcclric lighting'company.
PAUL VANDEUVOOUT'S connection
with an industrial alliance is n , hu o
joke. * Paul has had an aversion to
labor and industry fioin .childhood , and
has not done an honest days work since
ho has come to manhood's estate.
OMAHA took a day oil and paid duo
roapoct to the amenities and conven
tionalities of Thanksgiving day , and
yet her business , according to ttio clear
ing house roort3rshows | ) an increase ot
JJ2.6 per cent over the corresponding
week oI891.
THE Sioux City Journtil sxys : "Tim
nuino of John P. Irish is mentioned ir
connection with a cabinet position.
But the trouble is Mr. Irish had inti-
inato relations with Iowa democrats foi
many yonra. " And often declared thai
the democratic party was eternally
dead.
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THE millers of Minnesota arc still nnx
ioualy wailing ( or the European dealer ;
1o begin blocking up , but jjioy coutlnui
to bo disappointed in their Hour exports
Last wcolc'd ' direct export shipment
were raoro than 11,000 barrels loss thai
these of the preceding week , and les
jlour was inndo Inst week tlian durin )
jny provlotls week in three montliB.
IT SF.EMB that there IB , really a possl
billty now that work will bo comtnoncet
-on the projected Central school bullditij
this winter and that it will ba built nox
eummor. It was to htwo boon ready ( o
occupancy Bomo tltno ngo. but that doe
not out nny figure. Kocont oxporlonc
in the mutter of school buildinga Inthlt
city haa prepared the publto mind fo
dolnya _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
CoroitAi > o justleo ia n little alowo
thiui the Kansas kind when train rol
bora nro cuhcornocl , but two dcaporadoc
in the former Htivto navo'just boon glvo
elxtopn years each in , the ponitontiar
for robbing a Denver Pacific train Inn
August. Ono of the men , it is suit
"liroko down ntul cried like a child ,
which waa an uncommon thing for
train fobboi * to do ,
Mil , POWDKUI.Y says the domocratl
party Una gene into power tinder ( ah
protopBus. This Is niituial onougl ) , f <
It always did deal almost oxclualvoly I
fulfio protoiibus ; but the lonmrkab
thing about it is tlu\t Huch Imposlui
should Imvo boon forgotten or condone
by n majority of the people. Judgin
by results , it cannot bo iloulod thi
they notually bellorud that tlio parl
had roormed this \oa.\ ;
WllKN docs the Board of RduciitU
propose to stop its nonsouag about occ
pylng the now ( jimrtors in the oily Iml
What right his the board to squand
the school fund ( or a rented build Ii
whoti it is In ii position to tuvo tl
money by occupying quarters in n fir '
proo ( building which the city alroai
, * * owns ? It certainly cannot bo OXCUEI
i .
by reason ot the dofuctlvo elovut
Borvlcq in Iho city hull when over.vbdi
that la compelled to deal with the J3ov :
of Kduoutlon in itu present quarto
is obliged to oil tab up u' ttoop stulrwu
TUB LRItliT.ATUtlB.
The coming loglslaturo will bo In
position to rondo ? the oooplo of No-
brnska invnltinblo Borvlco. Composed
In main of the bono and slnow of the
state , its members nro men ambitious
to climb the ladder of fnmo nnd popu
larity. Most of these man have never
boon subjected to the tomptatton that
cornea In the shape of political snolls ,
corporation employment or downright
boollo. ; They scarcely ronlizo that a
man who tartars his vole or infltionco
nwny for place or plunder henceforth
becomes the abject tool and slave of the
corporations and politicians who have
bought him.
Everything depend ? upon the way the
legislature is organized. If the speaker
and clerk of Iho house and secretary of
the ponnto nro men of intotrrily , the
people will have assurance that the log-
lalnlttro may bo depended on for good
work. If on the other hand the ring-
fliers and vogues that thrive by jobbery
and spoils succeed in foisting upon the
'legislature aset _ of men of thnir own lllc
and atripo the poonlo ot Nebraska can
hope for nothing except another raid
on the state treasury.
Acordfhi ; to rollablo advices a still
hunt bus been Inpro r s ever since the
day after election to recruit purchas
able ntul vulnerable tuoinbors of the
legislature for the combine of 189,1 , ItJ
main olTort is to control the organisa
tion of vho' two houjcs by massing all
the mijinboM who have strings tioA to
thorn into one bunuh t-ognrdlesj of party
and voting thorn ( or tlio men that , will
sift out all the good bllh and sift in all
the jobs and stoals.
This progr.xm will bo carried out tin
loss the honoat nmn of all irirtios form a
phalanx und protoqt the state against
the conspirator ) . \Vo have confidence
that the majority of thu le'tislaturo is
made up of Itii'orrinitiblo men. It is of
moro consequence to the people of No-
brnskjt that the legislature shall lodcom
its proniiso to reduce taxation , abolish
sinecure.- ! , overhaul corrupltonlsls in
olllco and ull'ord reasonably prctuction
to the producer against uiiduo exactions
of public carrlors , than it 19 that any
narty shall triumph in its organisation.
Tlio people of NehrasUa doimind and
liiivoa right to expect that the scandals
of formor'logtaliitures shall not bo re
peated ; they demand ( uir piny ( or ovoi-y
good mcasuro and every olTort at reform -
form ; they have n right to expect that ,
ttio noxtspnakorshiUl not mortgage him
self , soul and body to the conspirators
who are concocting treasonable plots to
perpetrate highway robberies by the
aid of the men whom the people have
dlcctod to miiko laws for them. Lot
every member of the legislature range
himself from now on either with the
people for good govornmonl or against
th6" people for plunder and boodlo.
There can bo no mlildlo ground. There
can be no puliation for voting with or
ganized jobbery under the pretense of
serving'thu party. Hot the senatorial
fight take care of itself. As far as the
republic in party is concerned , it can
bettor all'ord to lose a senator than de
stroy its future by helping to destroy
good government.
The time is very near at baud when
the suuclou descent of winter will for a
time put n stop to building operations
and compel a suspension of the great
work of Btreet improvement in which
50 many mun are now .engaged. It is
inevitable Hint a largo number of work-
ingmuti who depend upon such employ
ment must bo thrown out of work. No
doubt they expect this and make due
allowance for it , and among the prudent
ones thqro muy bo little dilliculty in
getting through the winter , even if the
enforced idleness should continue un
interrupted until the arrival of warm
weather. Many of them , perhaps-most ,
will Ond something to do to prevent
their pockets ( rom becoming entire y
empty , but the sternly income at pro ( It-
able wages will bo cut off for iv time.
There Is food for rolleclioii for philo-
bophical bubinosa in on and capitalists in
the uncertainty and irregularity of the
employment provided by public improvements
provomonts and private building enter
prises for a great body of wngo oarnon
In this city. Upon the wage earners
Omaha mot-chants are in a great degree
dependent , and many interests are con1
corned in their prosperity ; and they car
only truly prosper when they have con
stunt and profitable employment. A
s present a very largo proportion of oui
wngo earners are these engaged In the
building trades and in street improve
mon'ts. They are now and always wll
bo needed for the prosecution of sucl
work , but a much greater productive
and consuming class should bo added u
the population of thii oity by the ostab
llshmont of factories. By manufautur
Ing alone can the city bouotnp populutei
with wage cantos ? who are pormtuion
and whoso employment is not subject I
fluctuations by the operation of whlcl
they are made to fool that their inlorcs
in the town may bo only temporary
The factory omployo is much morolllcol
to consider himself as having a stake I
the prosperity and progress of the com
„ I munlty than , the wiJriclngman ,
skilled autV vuluiiblo ho may bo , wh
does not know how noon hn nviy bo con
pellod o * ook einpluymfiit-olsowhoro.
This ib the phase of the question t
which attention is especially iuvltot
and no business man of sound judgmur
io will deny that It is consideration <
great imoortunco whether the
JOin growt
JOr of the porm.inont wage-earning o otnoi
in is promoted or not. It has bcqn tli
lo experience of all cities that mrthufaulu
lee lug enterprises by this moan ) do moi
id in the direction of substantial and Inn
ing improvement than any oUior fun
nt of activity in which capital can ba on
iy barkotl. It is by this moans that grot
communities of homo owners nro bui
up , for the idea of porimxncnny and pr >
gresslyo development is always nss
u- chitci'l with manufacturing. Ouml
uVt needs moro of it , and If the capital no
Of practically idle in this city wore moi
( roely Invested in indust lul onterprls
lie here it would produce results tin
'C- would immediately bo recognized i
'Ciy beneficial. A permanent wuga-oarnii
ad olitss , constantlyotnplo.ved , isabjoluto
or essential to the working out of tl
iy problem of development in this vyostei
rd metropolis. Husluosi men know tli
irs and freely admit it , and to a cortn
, y. I degree they not upon it , but ino
vigorous nnd courageous action IB
needed ,
To THB DcMocnATs or THR STATS : 1 Unow
of no bolter wny to rollovo my frmndt
In the stnta of n niUiipprohensIon titan to say
lo them , In this public routiner , thai I do not
Intend lo tnuo nny pitrt. in matters of" federal
pntronago In Nobr.t&ka during tits coming
administration of Proililont-Ktoet-Clovolnnii
U notion Li. Mi i.i , UK.
Omaltn , Nov. 'jr. , 1S03.
Now that Dr. Miller has unloaded
the burden of ofllco brokerage ami-
spoils distribution , It would seem to ba
eminently proper and timely for other
democratic loaders who are sorely har
assed by Iho horde that hankers after
the fleshnots to oniulalo the example
set by Dr. Miller , and leave the task of
distributing the loaves and ilshos to
Bryan , MclColghan und Kom , who will
bo sitting on the right and on the loft
of the throne of O rover for the next
two vcarp.
Who will uo next to abdicate ? Will
it bo Euclid Martin , who carried Ne
braska triumphantly for the straight
democracy without iv puratsh , or will it
bo Governor Hoyd , who throw tlio J5,00fl !
democrats to Weaver and Field , but
missed his calculations of carrying the
slate by several thousuidV
'
W l'itbo Tobo G.istor , who hula thtf
bug while Boyd had the oar and purse
of the national committee ?
Will It bo Governor Morton , who-now
nsplrcs to have a substantial reward for
his sulf-saarlflchig devotion In loading' n
forlorn hone in the shaps of a cushioned
seat in'the Unitoil States semite ?
IMMIUH.ITION lir IIMV Of C.I.Y/IDJ.
The efforts recently made by the
Uanndliui government to induce immi
grants from Kuropo to settle In that
country Instead of the United States
have doubtless boon duo to the fact that
fo .years si great nriny Huropoans seek
ing homes on this continent have passed
through Canada and located in this
country. In the latest quarterly report
ot the bureau of rtatlstics of the Treas
ury department bomo llgutos are given
upon this subjei'.t which have not for
several years past nppo.ired in the sta
tistical reports of the bureau. In 1885
the government discontlnucd-tho statis
tics relating lo Immigration from"
Canada and Mexico , but they have now
again been taken up in respect to
Canada and the figures given for the
past bovoii yours , embodied together in
the present quarterly report , show that
the arrivals Iroin Tjjttropean countries at
Canadian ports , bound for the United
States , were as follows : In 1885 ,
25,027 ; in ' 1880 , 53,429 ; in 18S7 , 91,05t ;
in 1SS8 , 85,708 ; in 1883 , 84,832 ; in 1890 ,
10,854 ; ! ; in 1891 , 105.213. Those figures
do not include the arrivals of Canadians
in this country , but only Kuropeans who
have come through Canada. The
Canadian" statistics nrd for calendar
years and therefore the immigration in
the first half of 1892'cannot bo given
and comparison with our fiscal years is
not easy. But it is to bo noted th-it a
very considerable portion of the immi
grants coking homes in the United
States como by way of the Dominion'
For iiibtanco , Iho total numbar.o ( ar
rivals of immigrants in the United
Statcb from till sources during the fis'c.il
year ended June. 30 , this year , was
O fJ.OSI , while the num' r of thnso
arriving bore by way of Canada in 1891
was 10r > ,213.
It is not surprising that after seeing'
so many thousands pass over their ter
ritory Into the United States the Cana
dian psoulo &hould wish to turn tlio
tida and secure n , larger share of the
industrious .ind thrifty suns and
daughters of foreign lands , who are con
stantly crossing the Atlantic. It is to
be tibsumed that by far the greater part
o [ these immigrants who land at
Canadian ports are bound for the western
and nortlr.vostorn portion of the United
Slates. They imiuo clti/.ens of-u worthy
class and are app'.ylng themselves
/ealously to the development of the
boundless west. The Dominion un
doubtedly needs them , but somehow it
does not attract them. It has too strong
a Haver of Europe. These homo ssokors
are turning their backs upon European
institutions and setting _ their facas
toward these of the United Suites. No-
bra&ka is getting a gooJ slmra "of these
people anil can acpommoanto a great
many thousand more if they are of the
t right sort. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
civil , SKMVCniiFoiiM ,
It is known tbutboforo the oloctlon
Provident Harrison contoiiiplutcd an extension -
tension ot tbo civil service regulations
so 9 to include th'o census bureau , the
bureau of engraving , and perhaps BOUK
other piirts of the public service tt
which it may bo applied. It hivs boon
stated since the election that ho had de
cided , not to do Ibis , on llio ground tlril
an outgoing udminiBtratlon should nol
do anything to restrict the patronage of
HH successor ; and again it has boon reported -
ported that ho wuaMill considering tlu
mutter and might make ttio extension ,
tlio Civil Service commission advisln ;
such a cottrso.
Some nowspinors opposed to the ad
ministration. In discussing the matter
have intimated tint It would bo an act o
impronvloty on the pnvt ot the prosl
dutit totiiUoany furtlior action in tlio dl
o roiitlon ot "extending civil service reform
1 , form , They a-guo that having let
it opan IIH sources ot p.itronu o coi'taii
jf branches of the publlu service ho uhouli
jfh
h nllow the question of placing then
it under civil service regulations to ha do
ito
o leriiiliiod by the ( succeeding iidinlnl&tm
r- tlou. Thia roasonlng has a muasuro o
ro rt pluusibllity , but fali'-mlndod men vvil
tin concede that there id involved a quos
in lion of duty and responsibility whiol
i- ought not to ba ivIToctod by motives a
iU
U delicacy. If President Harrison believes
It lioves Unit it is incumbent upon bin
D- before retiring from olllco , to oxton
D0'
0' civil eorvico regulations where they ar
i aw not now applied none but the Bpoiltmio
w ot the party that will como into pawe
ro u. few months hence will complain if h
ucta upon his convictions of duty , au
certainly no friend of civil service rofori
is could reasonably ( Ind fault with hia doln
so. The extension of this reform is nut 8U ]
posed to have anything to do with part
10 politics. It is uisumsd Hint both pa
tics tire equally favorable to Jt. and pr
of the claims put forward In cortui
In ( \UHrters in bohnlf of Mr. Cleveland hi
re I been that no public man was moi
honrtUy tlpvototl toitbo reform. If this
bo true the prtffliflVmt-olect could not
consistently objup to the prcnont nd
ministration givippp civil service regu
lations as wldo'iiTf extension ns oossl-
° '
bio. -It , ,
President Harrison , it Is safe to say ,
will bo governed 3 , ' this matter wholly
by his sense of wt ai the public interests
require and Ills dlity tlomanus. Ho has
douo moro thntyitfy other president to
ndvnnco civil sorvloo reform , proceeding
as fast its the 'VbndlUoiis ' nnd circum
stances justified , ' nil whether ho goes
further or not will depend upon what ho
believes to bo right and necessary. In
any event there will bo no just ground
for questioning the integrity and fair
ness of his motives.
TIIa .ixTi-wt'MX t-'iiutr.
According to Washington dispatches
there Is promise of n hard light ever the
anti-option hill at the coming session of
congress. The opposition to tnu measure
Is said to bo strongly organized and
from the fact that many long speeches
against the proposed law are said to
have boon prepared , It appears that Its
opponents have boon active since Iho
close of the last session. Tlio bill Is on
the calendar of the semite ami It Is be
lieved that a majority of senators fool
bound * o vote for it , but Us enemies
hope to "talk It to death. "
It is to bo supposed that the frlouds
of the measure have also been active ,
for while they have some advantage in
the situation they must appreciate the
necessity of keeping tholr lines un
broken and being fully prepared to vig
orously renew the contest whenever the
bill is reached. They ought to under
stand , also , that if they fail to pass tlio
measure through the present congress
the chances of securing such legislation
will be greatly reduced. There is
small probability that the next con
gress will ho well disposed toward legis-
liUion of this kind , and still less that
the next administration would approvn
it. Tito record of the democratic party
docs not warrant the expectation that
it will bo particularly solicitous to re-
suond lo any demand of the agricultural
producers of the country , and as the
most vigorous opposition to the anti-
option bill comes from the cotton ex
changes of the south and coinmerc'ttl
bodies in the east whoso membership is
largely democratic , It will have great
influence with the next congress and
udministration. Unless the friends of
anti-option are successful in the pres
ent congress , therefore , they will con
tinue the fight ndor great disad
vantages. " *
The purpose of the proposed law is to
suppress illegitimate speculation In the
agricultural products of the country ,
and it has received ho endorsement of
farmers' organizations very generally.
To state this is sulllalont to indicate tno
classes who are in conflict ever this
measure. The prfklucers have very
strong reasons for their advocacy of an
anti-option law.
COXTKAC'f I'ltOVISlOXS.
* *
rtj b
Among the most'naerttnt abuses in
our public works system is the failure
to enforce conlra'ct stipulations. The
Board of Public Works awards con
tracts for paving , sowol1 construction
and grading. Those contracts in nearly
every nvitanco contain express provi
sions as ; „ the time when the work Is to
bo completed. But the contractors
never concern themselves about this
condition. They begin their work
months after the contract- has been
awarded and In some Instances they
have not begun work until moro than u
year after the work- should have been
completed. In some cases extensions of
time have been granted under various
pretexts , but in most cases they are
never oven asked. Such a thing tis
prosecuting a contractor or his bonds
men for failure totcomploto the work
within the time limited by the contract
has never been known in this city.
Quito the contrary , the filling of n con
tract within the Uino spooified would belike
like the breaking o ( a record.
Glaring instances of this reckless neg
lect on the part of the city to enforce
contract obligations occur every season.
Tako. for instance , the contracts lot last
year and this year for paving St. Mary's
avenue , Leaven worth street and Seven
teenth street between F.trnam and Uar-
noy , or the grading of Douglas street ,
The contractors in oaqh of these in
stances were given ample time to da
their work before the inclement weather
sot in. But they deliberately put off the
active work until the cold and stormy
season.
These delays In eomploting public
works affect not merely the ty at
largo , but the occupants of building
udjucont to the improvements are nood-
lussly subjected to damage atid incon
venience. The streets are not only
"made impassable , but in many instances
valuable buildings are dunvigod and
ruined by overflow of water , landslide !
and undermined excavations.
There is no excuse for sueh wrotchot
business. No Individual or corporatior
would duffer a contrAetor to Ignore his
obligations without enforcing a penult }
for damaging delay. I The city should
either do buslncssin a business way 01
abolish its Board of Public Works am
council. What is iho objoet of fixing n
. date for the completion of a pavement
' or a grnUo If it is to bo optional with tlu
contractor to tiiicg his own time am
delay the work whenever ho finds i
difficult or more expensive to pusit th
v
work.
PHOTGOriOX1 < & KMPfMWS.
Precautions for the protection of cm"
ployesin factories from accidents b ;
which they are Habit ) to loss of life imi
limb have long boon demanded bv tin
labor organizations. The terrible dentl
of an omployo ot the smelting works ii
this city , as a result of his being caugh
by a revolving shaft , and on the euino da ;
the loss of an arm ana probably the lit
ot a workman in a Council Bluffs linplc
mo nt warehouse , ure illustrations of th
great importance of such precautions u
will render similar casualties less fre
quonU
Many of the states have factory inspection
ty spoction laws , which nro enforced wit
r- greater or less effectiveness , but in som
rte tato9 , ono of which is Minnesota , th
ton nw IB inoperative and the labor union
nro demanding a remedy. In the lee ;
ro cases ubovo rolorred to it docs not ti |
pear whether there was any blame on
the part Of tho.omployors or not , but In
ninny Instances lives nnd limbs have
been lost by workmen bocnuso of the ab
solute unsafely of the machinery about
which thov were woiklng. So far tut
posalblo such carelessness should bo pre
vented by tlio enforcement of laws whoso
provisions could not bo availed.
Tin ; National Orange bus ndontod a
rosolullon asking congress to favor the
plan recently proposed for the creation
of n divlson of public roads in the De
partment of Agriculture. The associa
tion recently organized to promote this
undertaking has succeeded In creating
a wide public Interest in it ami action
by congress concerning It ii not tin-
llltoly. Another recommendation ot
real importance made by the grange is
Unit the Agricultural department shall
Imvo a bureau relating to fruits aim
tholr markets. The experience of
recent \yoars has led fruitgrowers to
consider numerous _ plaiis for extending
their markets and preventing local
gluts by which the business has boon
made uncertain and unprofitable : The
plan now under consldoraliomtnight beef
of great benefit lo the producers of
fruits by enabling them to keep In
formed ns to the extent and condition of
the crops of various fruits. They now
have to depend upon meager Informa
tion received from commission men dur
ing the shipping aoason , and oven this
is furnished to comparatively few.
Owing toHho perishable character of
most of tlio ft tilts produced in the United
States it is important that growers and
shippers should have all the Information
obtainable upon matters affecting their
market. The uroprlcty of establishing
a bureau of public roads cannot bo
called In question. The only thing
questionable is tlio right of a handful of
political farmers to call lhomselv .3 the
National Grange.
Unity Ii Willlni- .
KocAy Jfuiiiidtfii Acirf.
Hcnrv Vllliml of tlin Northern I'aplflc rail
road Is 1111 ouonly nimoiiucocl uamliuato for
decretory of the Interior. The subsidized
Pacific railroads would bo auttc content with
Mr. Arillard in the oublnct.
WlioroiSalvation U Xurtli-il.
Kew I'm fc Column ( 'fill.
The largo democratic majority in this to7n
seems to liavo stirred the yalvatlou army tea
a realizing ser.so of Ihe dangers which
threaten llio community.Vo welcome the
gonnrals and high privates , the lads uud
lasses , In their conclave and may they QO the
very hast they can for us. At thosamo lima
wo have our doubts and fears.
That Alormon Ural.
JfufM ( IJaJo ) Statetman.
Dr. Miller of Omuha sercnclv takes unto
himself the credit for hnvii > K olTontud a trade
with Iho Mormons , by which Utah and
Idaho were carried for the democrats. HP
must bo u queer sort , of a man to talco credit
for something thin ncvor cxlstoil , for results
that worn never attained. In Utah the
democratic majority was terribly reduced ,
wuila in Idaho tlio democratic party was
buried out of sight.
It- .
Sioux City".Journal : Tammany will got
the oQlcos just the sumo , whether Cleveland
said "I'll ' bo damned if I will" or not.
Washington Post : Governor flower Is
unable to understand why thora should be so
much commotion over Mr. Clovolaad's big
"D u. "
Alinnoapolis Journal : Cleveland told Tam
many ho'd bo doublv damned before ha
would give down the oflieos. Doss that en
title him to the honorary degree of D.D. ?
Boston Glebe : Mr. Thomas G. Sherman
ought to aoo that , the totophono which re
ported our Grover as using a big , big D is
inHtantlv removed and replaced by a moro
moral as welt as moro rehablo uloco of appa
ratus.
Indianapolis Journal : Ono of the burning
qnculons of the hour in Now York is : "Did
Mr. Cleveland say , 'I will be doubly
damned" to Bosses Sheehan and CroUori"
That sort of svvparlng betrays a painful
familiarity.
New York Press : the anti-snappers still
swear thut Mr. Cleveland swore , wherens
tbo Tammany statesmen swear that ho did
uothlng of tno kind. Tnero seems to bo a
useless burnliis of swearing ever this g.uos-
tlon ot historical truth.
Milwaukon Sentinel : There is ono part of
that Shoirman story of Mr. Cleveland's llrm-
ness which does not give credence very
easily. Thai-Mr. Cleveland is courageous
every sohoolboj Knows ; that he was profane
In bis exhibition of courage is simply the un
thinkable.
New York Hoeorder : Whether Mr. Cleveland -
land miido usa of a "cuss" word at the
famoun Victoria hotel dinner or not Is u
question which impartial history has notyot
determined , hut there is no doubt that the
nir of Tammany is today sulphurous with
damnatory opltliots.
ii OPT rair.Kn.v .ryf.sr.
Chloupo Tribune : "Spniiklns of cruelty. "
observed the biiortlni ! editor , modilatlvu'lv.
Isn't the 'wodso' of two opposing foot hull
teams about /IB striking an example of
V-V-soctlon Us you ever saw'/ "
Onpc Cod floin : She looked u ; > at tlio cloolt
nnd ho said : "Von are thinking It is time foi
mo to so. "
With u Hwcot sinllu HIO ! answered : "You
could nmlio inoiioy us a mind routlur. "
Now Orleans 1'lcuyuno : The bars of nmslo
nro found In tuuslu halU > . '
lloston Transcript : A tileht larlc Is followed
by tliu iiioriilns swallow.
Philadelphia Itucord : The ninnwliol.s ild-
dlcd with ballots generally gives It up ,
Elmlra Oiuotlo : Jug-ion sayssomo follows
never aoiMri to huvo calnoJ ground till they
arc but'lod ,
Atchlsnn Oloboi Cull u friend's attention
to the hurdonon your buck uml ho will com.
fort yuii by ualdn you to look at the om
much hoiivlcr on Ills own.
Indianapolis Journal ; "Whnt Is all thin
nolso abotitV" us'ind ' tlio city cousin ,
That. " answered tlmfiirmor'ailatmhtor , a1
film li'irlcnrivd to the chorus nt the Dorklnsi
uml Plymouth Hooks , "Is another socrel lali
bare. "
1'uulc Pursy I'm coin ; ; to put up a Mxtocn
story olllco Ijullilliu that will lie u roil : uraa
mom lo thuQlty ,
MioiioyWuli , you'll have to httstlo after t
tnlKhty lini'-lnat.vu : aruliltnot , then !
Good Things
Never Die
Among the good things
help to make enjoyable our
puddings , creams and -pastry ,
which have been used by
millions of housekeepers for
years , is Dr. Price's Delicious
Extracts of Lemon , Orange ,
Vanilla , etc.
These flavors d' ' er from all
other extracts in their manner
of preparation , quality of
fruit used , their freedom from
all injurious substances , their
, superior strength and delicate
and agreeable taste. Ono
trial proves their worth.
OTHKIt /.I.VD.S TIM.V OJ'RS.
Knglnml's ' unpromaoy In Imlin Is again
threatened , Hussion aggression In
the Pamir nnd litminn intrigues in Afghan-
Islnn turoaton to iucrcaio Iho dlfllcultlo * ot
the central Aslrm problem. Knglaml , Utusla ,
China. Afghanistan and Persia nro each In
terested In thUquo ilon ; nnii the nrobnhlo
course of the Muscovite Is nrouslug much
nnxloly throuhottt ( Kuropo. Heccntly it
wixs announced from St. Petersburg that
Colonel Yanoff's ) Pamir expedition would bo
heard ot no mcra if the KnpHsh government
should glvo coiicluilvo proof ot Its Intention
lo imrsuo n llboral policy ; ns in thatcnso
Hussln would bo certain to have nil her
"righteous" claims allowed , the flrst of
which Is tlio ) ) o oislon of the headwaters of
the Oxtis. This Is equivalent to jaylnjr that
It Hnsstn should got all that she doilros she
would leave ICiiglnnd In ponce. Hut Kussla
has violated both the Chinese nnd ilia Afghan
Ironilors ; nnd it Is not in Kngland's power
to give nwny what belongs to Chmn and
Afghanistan , nor Is it to her interest to stand
by whlu Hus la Is trying to coerce thorn.
It Is no doubt truo. that Kusslix ij nuioh
uotlcr prepared for n forward movement In
Asia than she was nt the time of the Ponjiluh
Incident in 1S85 ( but she is not yet prepared
for the great struggle that la to decide the
question ot supremacy In Asia. The oxlst-
bit ; systouiot communioatlon between Uussln
nnd central Asln Is Incomtiloto , although iho
progress made In Turltcstatt nnd the Trans-
Caspian province * has boon vary consldor-
nblo. The population ot Htisaian Contra !
Asia is now nbout 7,000,000 , controlled by n
garrison 41,000 strong ; nnd ns this number
of troops would have to bo reduced In the
ovcut of nn Invasion of India there would bo
mi Incentive to revolt on the part of the
Tni-Uu-itiui tribes nnd tlio Transcasplnns.
Ono of Utissla's dronma has boon that if nhe
should Invndo India the nntlvo population
would rise ngnlnst their Anglo-Saxon rulora
and welcome the troops ot the car with
open nrms ns tholr friends nnil dolivorcr ;
but she seomi to have forgotten that mutiny
may begin at homo , nnd that tlio tVlbes of
a pi'd nnd Turkestan might soioct as
nn opportune hour for revolt the very time
when Kuislu's ambition und onrih-lttiiiRor
should have led her to start her armies down
wlint has boon called lha "hlsloncal slope. "
The oponliiR of the Uotchstagtlus year has
been signalized by n space-to from the oni-
poror , In which ho brings tuo weight and
authority of his nntnu nnd plnco diivctly to
the support of his chancellor. After declar
ing that there Is no.v no special occasion In
tup condition of Kuropo for iilnrm , ho goes
on in the next sentence lo Insist , upon tbo
necessity , the "Imparatlvoduty , " of strougth-
cninp ; the defcnsivn capacity of the omplro.
' 1'hat is to say , It is not enough thiit the pros-
out position of Gorniuny should bo main
tained. It must bo improved by the with
drawal of still moro men from produotivo In
dustry , and by the imposition upon that indus
try of a still heavier load of taxa
tion. By way of compensation , It Is
promised only that , whllo military scrvico
Is universal and compulsory , the term of
it shall bo reduced to the minimum compati
bly with military oniclonoy. Even so. It , will
bo necessary to "open up now sources ot rev
enue , " nnd this it Is proposed to do by In
creasing tbo tux upon boor ana liquor und
by a heavy taxation of "stoclt operations. "
Doubtless these objects of taxation nro well
chosen , although tuo proposition that beer Is
a luxury would excite In many parts of
Germany n lively dissont. But thn effect ot
these ropoatcd appeals lo the Gorman people
for fresh sacrifices must bo to ma no that
practical people Inquire , with , rouowod and
sharpened interest , what thov have gal nod
by Iho consolidation of .Germany , the victory
over Franco , and the establishment of the
omplro. Tno answer Is not easy. They
have conquered Alsace mid Lorraine ,
which attor tv/onty yaar.s , they still
hold by the tenure of conquest and
no other. These provinces , held in
spite of thonuolvoj nro a souroo not of
national strength , but of national woaKuoss.
As Great Britain would be strouger without
Ireland , oven so would Qurmany bo stronger
without these disaltccted and mutinous pos
sessions. And yet , In order to retain pos
session of provinces thut do her immeasur
ably moro harm than good , except from u
strictly military point of vlow and by the
strategic advantages ot the frontier they
furnish , the Gorman pconlo are compelled to
undergo greater burdens than they endured
before they possessed the provinces. For ,
without doubt , the German possession of tlio
provinces is the only potor.ttal cause of war
visible in Europe. If they WBM neutral
ized , under a guarantees of all the powers ,
tbo European armaments might bosimunh
lessened us almost to dUbunU the enormous
armies that now exist.
* a
Aocording to the latest dis latches re
ceived from Yokohama Uicro seems no pros
pect ot any Immediate lottlomant of the
series of political erhncs which have suc
ceeded one another in Japan slnco the open
ing of the first National Legislature
borne two years ago. From the outset
tbo now constitution tins fnltei to
Ktvo sntlstncllon to the Inrffcr portion
tion of tno paoplo. The cabinet Rt pres
ent Is ilopnnctont on tbo will or tlio otnperor.
ntul not on ttml of pirtlamontr Tlio nullcnl
party , which constitutes a largo mnjoritj
both of ttio electorate nnil of the parlinmcnt
nry ronroior.lnllon , 1 determined tlinttliti
slnilI bo altered , nnd Hint thu ministry dial
TJO subservient primarily to the loKl.slaturo ,
Instead ot to tlio mlltaclo. Tlio moro sober-
mlmlrd ot Iho Japanese , who , however , find
themselves In it small minority , would pro foi
thnl tlio existing system should Imvo n fait
Irlnl , nnd Mdo with the nmpcror In shrink ,
ma from attowlnBChnnRcsof cavern mcutlobi
ilopoiulent ou tbo caprice * of ttio lower house
The radicals Imva tulton iiilvantaqo ot tholi
numerical suporiorlty In tha hitler to refuse
to vote tlio necessary supplies for the curry-
Ina on ot the jrovcrnmont until tholr do-
mniuls nro coicailocl , and Iho result Is that
there is n conslanl change of cabinets , which
11 productive of much confusion nml public
injury. AccordlnR to the Inlost nilvloes
Count Ito , who i * ono of tlio most shrewd ,
energetic' , nod , nt the minto time , unscrupu
lous ot Jnpnnoso statesmen , ' bus now no-
ccptcil iho tuslt of forming nn administra
tion , ami It , Is expected that it ho contliiuoi
to Una parliament i-ocnicltriuit ho may roc-
oiuinoiiu the emperor lo nilopt the extremely 11
lln ilu sloclo mothou ot a OJUP d'otnt , nnd to f J
Issue n dccrou suspoinUni ! for sovornl years
lo como loelslaitvo ( tircninicni in Japan.
A St. Petersburg correspondent says that
foreigner * hi general have no ndoqunto con-
coptlon of iho chmtKOs whloti In the course
ot n few ycnra have contributed to molainor-
pboso niul reeonot'.xto ihe Russian army , The
process may no truthfullv described ns a now
birth , Formerly , inarvolous powers of on-
tUir.inco mul n cotira o which know no fear
of dentil were the main characteristics of the
Russian sold lor , who when abandoned to
hlmiolf had nn more Initiative than n log ot
wood. At present ho Is carefully laught ,
trained nnd drilled , Knows ntt much about ,
military technical matters as the nvorago
Kui-opcnn Hotdtcr cm nsslmllnto , nnd still cul
tivates Iho old ( mallllo-t whlcn nloao would
give him n vast supanorlly over seine ot the
most hlirhly oulogi/.Jil troaps ot nt least onu
great power. Then as to numbers. A few
yours ape the Intmilry conslslotl of twelve
rcgiinonls of ttio cnarrf , sixloer. roffimonts ot
grenadiers unit Hi. > roelinonts or the line , o
General VnnnolTsky , tlio ctitoruristng war A
minister , .nas within n comparatively atiort 'PC '
time mldciiisovonly-four rcsorvo cudi-o bat- / , ,
tallons , which are to servo ns the nuolout
i-ounu which as in my reserve regiments ol
two battalions Piieti nro to bo formoil. Asa
matter ot fact , this has nlrendv boon done
with twonlv-throo ot the reserve battalions. ,
These facts should continually bo berne In
mind by these who aoouso Uormauy and
Austrla'Iflungary of taking the inltlatlvo In
Imposing unbearable btirdQiis on the tax,4 *
paving populations. Huasla , whom no other' t
power would or could attack , and wio cani
scarcely pay her way , Is actually compolllnR l
her nelKhbors to equalize their chances \ '
QRalniit her In war. " [
JS TllK tilllLH SUK IT.
llnntim Cnurlcr.
I took thn Kontlo Ann.ibot u
To sco u foot hull KUIIIO.
An'i thus unto n friend of hcra
Did she uoscrlbo the same ;
"Oh , Mny. you should have soon them plajr ,
'Twiis Biioh n. lovely Hlnlit !
And tliuiiKh the llrst game t had scon
1 umlorstooi 11 iinltc.
"First eaino the Yules , all dressed In blue.
Tlmn Ilitrvsiril 0:11110 : In roil. 1
Ono follow yollod. the rn t ult tried
To jump UDOII Ills hoill ,
"And tiion one fallow stopped anil stooped.
And all the rest iot 'round :
Anil nvnry follow .sloppod nnd stoonod
And looked hard at iho giound ,
"And then another follow yelled ,
Ann d.ii-li num.vhorolio stood.
Just hit ; md stniulc and Knocked and kicked
At o\cry one hu could.
"And thru nnofoll upon his nock ,
Ann all tlio others run ,
And ou his proiin and proslr.ito form
Leaped every . .loneu man.
"And then the anihtilanco drove on ,
And lo.iilInK tip with niun
With twisted noukH and broUen lunga.
Want driving oir a' .iln.
"Oh , foot ball's thn cutest game !
H uiinnot bo sui passed ;
linl yut It 10.illy U : i sliinae r ? ;
To use up niL-u so fast , "
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