TITK OMAHA DAILY BW&ikvTURDAY , JANUARY 7 , 1803.
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I : . ItOHKWATKIt , Editor.
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Ht.ilo of Nebraska. I
Homily of Hoiifflni. 1
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tlioiicliiarcli-ciilaltnnofTin : DAILY HKK for
tin ) \youk ending DvcKinbur 31 , 1H02 , was us
follows :
Piimlay , December 2.1 20,070
Monday , December'JO 23,020
Tuesday. December 27 23.064
Wednesday. December 28 24d4ri
'I'liurMlav. December iU ! a3'39
Friday , Dccombur III ) 23-2li
Saturday. December.11 24,583
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AYcrnco Circulation Tor November , ttO.OCt ) .
Goviiiixoit BOYD'S moasnpo will prob-
nbly "Ucop" n few days longer.
TIIKHK is considerable talk about nn
unconditional surtonilcr in connection
with the bronklng of the senatorial
deadlock. But it is not clearly stated
what the other follows hndlo surrender.
A IIOOM has boon started in Georgia
for Adlal K. Stevenson for provident in
1800. This ) may bo expected to proiluco
strained relations between Adlal and
Grover , for the caniltutvcy of the latter
Is understood to bo perpetual.
THKUK will bo plenty of limo between
now nnd Tuesday afternoon to make son-
nto committee whiten. It IP safe to predict
that there will bo some moro uncon
ditional surrendering done in connection
with the making of the committees.
Tnn procession ol statesmen that came
up from the capital lust , evening num
bered some of the smoothest free pass
and free whisky patriots that have over
graced n legislative lobby. They all
acted like men who feel that they have
earned their salaries.
A STRANOE and incredible story comes
from Philadelphia. It is reported that
the treasurer of that city has voluntar
ily returned to the troasu-y $22,179 of
fees which ho might have retained
Under u strict construction of the law.
It is not stated whether insanity runs in
his family or not.
TriK house resolution empowering the
speaker at any time to discharge idle
employes will , it followed , save the state
many dollars. Former sessions have
swnrmod with committee clerks who
had nothing to do. The action yester
day .was in the interest of economy and
ought to bo encouraged.
THK spectacle ox-Spoakor Elder made
in the house yesterday In his fervid pica
for female employes would have Blum-
podcd Adanvs oil ox. It must bo con
ceded , however , that Klder in this ono
instance know what ho was talking
about. It is not so certain that the
ladles will thank him for his proud
effort ID their behalf.
TUB house committee on employes
has an opportunity to do this state
valuable service. There will bo little
or no work for a majority of the com
mittees during the month of January ,
and there is no earthly excuse for put
ting ti horde of hungry olllco seekers on
the legislative pay cell until there is
something for them to do. In all prob
ability this is the view the committee
will ttiko of it.
Tltisitu is at present moro 'room for
manual laborers than for professional
men in Germany. There are thousands
of young lawyers in that country who
have nothing to do and other learned
professions are overcrowded. It is bet
tor to bo iv mechanic or n common
laborer with employment than n , learned
professional man with nothing to do ,
Many a young gentleman of learning in
this country roiill/.c > 3 this , but lacks the
courage to take off his coat and go tc
work ivt anything ho can find to do.
THE objection of Henry Watterson tc
accepting olllco is bnsod , according to hi ;
own statement of the case , upon the faci
that the servitude , insecurity of tahuro
and dependence of ofllco-holdlng have
for him a kind , of torror. "Aftor a mar
has shown himself wholly unlit for any
thing else , " ho says , "It will bo time
enough to send him to Washington. '
There is some aonso in this view , ou
wo suspect that the principal roasor
why the IContucky editor docs nut wan
ofllco Is that ho onjoya bulng in a posi
tlon where he c.ui warn his partj
against impending dangers such , fo
example , us the devil nnd the dcop sua
Tin : state of Nebraska is not uo\
roprcssntod on the lloor of the lowe
IIOURO of congress. Its three roprc
Bontativoa are absent from Wnshlngto
two of them , Bryan and MoKoighati
at Lincoln , while the whereabouts c
Ketu are unknown. Business bo for
congress affecting the Interests of th
state , some of It of very considorahl
importance , is bolng neglected , bii
although our congressmen uro not gl\
ing any attention to their olliuial dutle
they will not forget to draw thol
salaries on time , If iudcud they hav
not anticipated them. They uro takln
pay from the people and looking aftc
their personal political interests. It
true there 'is plenty of p.-ecodent fo
this sort of thing , but none the less It :
not orod liable.
STATK aVt'KHVIStON Of fitE\.lTQRS. \
Governor Knuto Nelson of Minnesota ,
who , throughout his public career , has
shown an earnest Interest in the wol-
are of the agricultural producers and a
wise appreciation of their nonds , in hi *
nnugural ad dross urged the placing of
all grain elevators and warehouses
loing n publio business under state in
spection and state ouporvlsion , to tho-
end that the state may offect-
voly and beneficially mediate bo-
, wcon the warehouse man nnd
the farmer. Ho said that the
ordinary farmer , ho who Is un\blo to
ship in carload lots nnd Is obliged lo
soil the grain by the wagon load to the
, ho local dealers and moat farmers bo-
eng to this class should have protoc-
, lon nt the hands of the stuto from the
liscrimlnatton to which ho Is now sub
jected. All should bo nut upon n foot
ing of equality In the matter of elevator -
vator and warehouse facilities , 4for
back of the humblest farmer , in a cnso
of this kind , ought to stand the whole
dignity and power of the stato. It Is
not for railroad companies , ' said the
governor , "to say who ought or ought
not to have warehouse nnd sidetrack
facilities. " Ho urgoil that all discrim
ination should bo eliminated , to the end
that untrammeled competition , ono of
the best regulators , may bo secured and
maintained.
Nebraska is in advance of Minnesota
In this respect , having had a law in
operation for nearly two years
relating to ulovators and warehouses
doing a publio business , but it
has not operated as satisfactorily as was
hoped for. This , however , Is not bo-
cuuso of any fault in the principle of
the law , but is duo to defects in its
construction , which the present legisla
ture will doubtless bo called unon to
rectify. So far as the principle of atato
inspection and supervision of elevators
and warehouses doing a public
business is concerned , its sound
ness cannot bo questioned , but
like most laws the Nebraska net
for this purpose was not drawn us
carefully and judiciously as it should
have boon and , therefore , its working
has not boon altogether satisfactory and
it has encountered some criticism. It
will not bo a difllcult matter , however ,
from the experience alroauy had to
amend the law where It Is faulty and to
strengthen it where it is weak. No
serious opposition to the main
tenance of the law is anticipated ,
hut If any is in contemplation
those hostile to the law may as well un
derstand that the producers will not
consent to the abandonment of this just
ana necessary legislation , but will demand -
mand thut it bo made more compre
hensive , to the end that it may more
effectively orotect their interests.
111K UllKAT I1UU I'KUftLKir.
The remarkable advance in the prlco
of hogs continues with no sign of stop
ping , and the live stock dealers are be
ginning to wonder when the end of thu
upward movement will bo reached.
Yesterday hogs advanced 20 cents from
the highest figure of the preceding day
at South Omaha , and at Chicago 23
cents. The local market closed at 37.20
for the boat stock , and buyers wore
eauor to got all the hogs they could ,
the murnot being extremely lively at
the close.
It is no wonder that both sellers and
buyers are excited over this extra
ordinary upward movement. The most
experienced dealers are totally unable
to explain it and m uiy of the widest of
them have boon on the wrong.side of the
market every day for some time past bo-
ciuso they could not see how it was pos
sible for the advance to continue. But
the price of the porker goes steadily up
ward in defiance of the predictions of the
knowing o os and the farmer smiles
broadly as ho contemplates the situation.
The onlv explanation given by those
who study the pork m irkot is that the
farmers are holding back their hogs for
still higher prices , as they usually do
when the market Is rising. It is evi
dent that the farmers are not nvirkotinz
their hogs quite so freely as the exor
bitant prices would seem to encourage.
The only thing that can bo said with any
certainty about the advancing prices la
that they cannot go up at the present
rate much longer without becoming ab
solutely prohibitive. In the meantime
the provision men , who sold the nmrkel
"short'1 on strength of the published reports -
ports to the otToct that there wore more
hogs in the country than over known
before , are paying a pretty price foi
their whistle.
TUB VSK OF J/OA-Br IN KhEVTlONS.
It is n wholesome sign that there is c
steadily growing popular sontimonl
against thn illegitimate and corrupl
UNO of money in elections. Nowhere I-
this evil so largely practiced as in the
state of Now York , and the views of the
governor of that Bttito on the nocasslt )
of removing the evil are thorofon
peculiarly interesting. In his moss igc
to the legislature Governor Plowoi
says that while legislation ha ? mvdi
it impusilblo to briba voters will
any degree of assuranca that the ;
will vato as they have luon h.'lbod , stil
it IB notorious that money is spent ii
elections for corrupt purposes. Tin
active agents In the corruption , says tin
governor , are apparently olthor wtllln )
to trust the corrupted vntor to vote a
ho tins boon bribed or the uarrupiio
takes thu form of pecuniary Iniluu-3moii
to the elector to rein lin away f , 'om th
polls.
Governor Flower ha < J confidonoa thu
this state of alTuirs oun bo thoroughl
remedied by law and ho suggests thu
the most potent Instrument of reform i
wholesome public opinion , without tb
earnest support of which no law , liov
ever strlugottt , can bj Directive. Yt
every law aimed at this evil and over
ugltutioii'of iturulnlljontlnl in pro purl
shaping nubile opinion. Now York has
law'known as the corrupt practices ac
which 13.designed to reach this m itte
but It applies only to candidates , lea
Ing political commltteoa and agon
free to conceal both the sourc <
of their revenues and the pui
poses of their expenditure * . TI
governor * suggests that the pr
visions of thu act should bo so o :
tended as to require political ugonts at
committees to nviko their ihuincl
transactions a matter of publio rooon
the tendency ol which would bo to dts-
courngo the contribution of largo
amounts of money by Individuals. Ho
nlso suggests as anothorromody , legisla
tion that will make proof of bribery on
the part of candidates or their political
agents or committees , sufllclont cnttso
'or forfeiture of olllco. Candidates and
committees would hesitate to expend
money corruptly If proof of the act
would bo a disqualification for ollicchnd
t Is not to bo doubted that such a law ,
properly administered , might bo a com-
iloto check on corruption.
It la Interesting to note In connection
\vlth this subject that ono of the first
jilts Introduced in the present legisla
ture of Mlnno soli provides that it shall
bo unlawful fora candidate louse money , .
position or inlluonco lo obtain success ,
md for a constituent to accept. That
Lhero is general and urgent need of
legislation on this subject no ono at all
familiar with polllic.il methods will
question. The practice to which the
governor of Now York re furs , and an lo
which ho urges remedial legislation , it
aomowhnt moro llngrant in that atuln
than elsewhere , prevails to a greater or
loss extent in all the states , and no one
will question that it has a deteriorating
and demoralizing olToct upon the elec
torate. There cannot bo an hon
est expression of the popular
will where this evil o.xisls , and
where there is practically no restraint
upon it , as Is the case in most of the
status , thu sulfrago Is always liable to
become an instrument , In the hands of
unscrupulous politicians Mid thn crea
tures of corporate wealth to defeat the
will of the poonlc. Thu illegitimate and
corrupt use of money in elections is con
fessedly ono of the most serious and dan
gerous evils ol our political methods ,
nnd the people cannot bo too earnestly
and persistently urged to correct It.
NOT only has the past year boon a
very favorable ono in respect to bu.siness
failures in Omaha , hut throughout the
state of Nebraska the number of failures
and thu liabilities of those failing have
boon greatly reduced. In 1892 the total
number in business in this slate was
20,612 , and the total number of failures
wns 209 , with liabilities aggregating
81.838,291. In 1801 the number of fail
ures was 895 and the total liabilities
wore $ a,28S,8J5. ( Not since 18S7 have
so few business men boon forced to the
wall in this state as during the year just
ended , Considering the great increase
in the number of business houses of all
kinds throughout the state , nnd partic
ularly in Omaha , this is a remarkably
good record. The reduction of liabil
ities from $3,283,805 i , , 1891 to $1,838,2 ! ) !
in 18)2 ! ) is particularly significant. It
means that business men are conducting
their nlTairs upon a conservative bnsis
and taking very few chances. This is
ono of the most gratifying signs of the
lime and augurs well for the future
stability and substantial prosperity of
business in this young commonwealth.
But while the manufacturers and trades
men of Nebraska arn proceeding upon
conservative lines they are not content
merely to keep their business going in ; i
safe rut. Expansion is the rule and
there will bo moro of it this year than
last. If the record of failures for 1803
show the same improvement as that of
1802 there will bo no question as lo the
permanency of the p : asperity of our
business men.
ALTHOUGH the cost of iho eleventh
census will bo considerably in excess of
that of the tenth , this fact does not
provo that the work has not boon car
ried on vvit.h strict economy. The tenth
census cost about $ -5,000,000 , while the
present ono will cost noi far from
38,100,000. The increase is duo ctiiolly
to the enlarged scope of the present
consup , which embraces many fields not
previously entered upon. One of the
most important sources of additional
expense is that of taking stalls-
lies rolutivo to farms , homes
nnd mortgage. * , never before at-
Inmptcd. This work alone will cost
about $ l,2oO,000. The value of this
branch of the work as a moans of in
formation concerning the actu il con
dition of Iho people cannot be ques
tioned. Few other nubjocts upon which
statistics have boon gathered are of
greater interest to the whole people ,
and It is for the bonclit of the people at
largo that the census is taken. Tlioro
has been some criticism of the census
work on the part of Ihoso who have
failed to lalco into account its enlarged
scope and the dilllcultius attending so
great an undortiiking , but it isboliovcd
that when the reports are completed
their value as a whole will bo found
to amply repay the cost.
THK report that President Harrison
inloidod ID issue a proclamation with
drawing the privileges whioh this gov
ernment now accords to the Canadian
railroads was doubtless unauthori/.cd ,
What seems lo bo a moro probable state
moat is that the president Is obtaining
information from the Treasury dnpirl-
menl regarding the opjrallon of
the prlvio03 ! oxlondol to the for
eign oorpurations , with a vlsw te
Honding a musugo to congress oa tliu
subject. Undoubtedly President Harrl
son fools tint sou3tlnng : outfit Jo b :
done to at loaU reduce the advantage'
which the Canallan roidj now enjoy ,
with absolute frooJom from the opera
tlon of our laws , but It Is quostlonabli
whuthor lie will adopt a now pulley to
ward thorn on the eve of going out o
olllco. It is likely Unit the moU ho wilde
do will bo to recommend a policy t
congress , in which caHo it is doublfu
whether any action would bo taken.
Till ! general assembly of Illlnol
passed an anti-trust law In 1891 lha
was uollovod to bo sutllciontly stringer
In Us provisions to put a stop to tin
operations of trusts and combinations li
thut stale. The law has over sine
baon practical ! } a dead letter bocaus
U has not boon enforced , and now th
anti-monopoly members of thu assombl
uro bestirring themselves to find 01
the reason why something has not hoc
done , Laws thr.t are not enforced at
as useless as if they never had bee
thought of , and it scorns to take a tn
mundous procure of popular sentlmoi
to muko them olToctlvo. What hi
boon the result of the clTort that wi
made in Clilcago a uhort time ago
about tliomnforcomont ot this law
of 1891 ngf ln t th\ Heading coal com
bine ? It soomsitrtMmvo died for want
of propar supper ! } . U Is Impossible to
make laws oltocttvo against powerful
monopolies unless { they are unstained by
a public sontlmcftil , too strong nnd clnm-
orotm to bo rosintod by prosecuting
oflk'ors. *
Tltn Minnesota legislature promises
to furnish some radical legislation re
garding corporations. A bill already
Introduced provides for a constitutional
amendment so that after the year 1900
no corporation in the state ahull acquire
or hold moro land than It actually needs
In Uio discharge ot Its legitimate bust-
ness ; also that after that date nil excess -
cess lands ao hold shall revert to the
state , and thereafter no oorpqratlon
shall hold moro land than It actually
uses for a longer period than five years.
This Is a decided departure that Will bo
pretty sure to arouse the corporations
to an active campaign of opposition.
The question as to the expediency of
such legislation opens a broad field for
discussion.
IF rosiTtVK statotnonts by intimalo
friends count for anything , it is pretty
certain that William C. Whitney has
declined to enter Iho cabinet again.
There is no other democrat so well
lilted by natural taslcs and by training
for the position of secretary of the.
navy r.s Mr. Whilnoy. He filled Iho
place with great credit during the
previous administration ot Mr. Cleve
land , barring his treatment of poor old
John Roach at the haglnning ot his
term of service. The Navy depart
ment , in the present stage of the de
velopment of our new war Hoot , needs
such a man as Mr. Whilnoy lo carry
'orward ' Iho work so ably managed dur -
ng tlio present administration.
( ireuse Hit ) Slide.
Clilntiji } llcr.ilil.
Amalgamation mii.v not take place tills
k-ear or next year , but it is the manifest
lestiny of Canada. That it is the duty of
the American people to eni-onrai o lint not to
cosivo the unity of the two countries Is
equally clear.
What u Itfjul. , U Would Ite.
If the new gold diggings in Utah nnd Mon
tana turnout to bo one-tenth as productive
is some people are. predicting they will , they
will , by lowering the c"st of gold , do somc-
Lhing toward bridging over thu chasm be
tween that metal and silver.
A 1'nlnti'r for
Slirtnoilfltl ia * * . } llrtmlillraii.
The mayor of Dotmlt Jlnds after itiuestign-
tion that the American cities which own and
operate their own ( Mectvlral light plants get
their Illumination , on the average , for less
than one-half of what it costs the cities
which iiro lighted through contracts made
with private comiuuic.s. Such facts speak
with great emphasis.
( lovrrnmcfirJ h.v Manilaiiiitri.
What wo seem to bo coming to in this
country is government by mandamus and in
junction , and not by the majority of tile people
ple , as provided untlbr thu constitution.Ve
are having too much government by the
courts. But HO long as we continue to cling
to our present system of electing United
States senators we shall have to put up with
that sort of thingfs In half-a dozen disputed
western states tlifr'opurls arc ( npw organis
ing the legislaturetfjOii which will depend
the organization of the United States senate * .
In this way the future legislation of congress
gross may represent , not the will of the
people , but that of a few lawyers on and off
the bench.
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r.KtilSl..lTVKK . > / > J.OltKV.
Superior Journal ( rep. ) : The sclllsh ambi
tion and bad management of some small bore
politicians at Lincoln lost the republicans
the organisation of the house ; that's all
there isalwut it.
Crete Vldotte ( rep. ) : Porter of Merrk-k.
an independent member of the legislature , is
possessed of a great deal of native ability ,
but at the rate inwhich ho started out in
Tiui-suay's session , he will talk himself to a
political death before the term is a month
old.
Papillion Times ( dem. ) : It looks to an un
prejudiced observer like tno democrats mi'l
independents have acted like fools in this
matter. For weeks they have been denounc
ing ropublieons for attempting to steal legis
lative scats , and now-at tlrst opportunity
they go into the "rustling" business on their
own account.
Plattsmouth Journal Idem. ) : Speaking as
a dennocrat , the editor of the Journal cannot
refrain from expressing his rcgrots at the
failure of the live democrats of the senate
for not coming to ternls of unity with the
populists of that body. At this time , when
so much depends upon the election of an
anti-republican to the senate , the Journal
appeals to the democratic senators to stand
up for the people and let thu corporations
take care of themselves.
York Times ( rep. l : Mr. ICcckley was not
an Insignlllcant candidate for the speaker-
snip. Had anyrepublican been elected ho
stood as good a chance as any , if not better
than any other. He enjoys the entire confi
dence of all the prominent men iu the state ,
and will continue to enjoy 'it. for lie im
proves with acquaintance. There is not
much that a republican can do in tins legis
lature this winter , but Mr. ICecklcy will bo
heard from before the session is over.
Lincoln News ( rep. ) : Ono of the worst
things about the biennial sessions of the
Nebraska legislature is the fact that they
always bring Paul Vandorvoort to the city.
And by tho'way , it is almost inconceivable
hnw a wall-eyed professional lobby 1st and
oil room stoercr like Ytmdervno.rt can have
the supreme Impertinence id pose asa leader
of the populists , and it is oqua'ly surprising
that this man's astounding Impudence is
successful in dedciving honest independents ,
Fremont Flail ( rep , ) : It would bo a lit-
ting thing If all females could bo excluded
from clerkships during the session of thu
legislature , Thcro Is not a session but what
furnishes rare and racy scandals , and il
oven half the truth wore told It would
mantel the cheek ortbe average decent clti-
yen with shame , The Flail does not mean
to say that the clerks generally are lewd. .
As line young ladles as the country afford :
have served in tlio capacity , but iutcnnln
gled with them nr6 females who are tin
worthy tiHsucl.itCH , for decent ladles. Ilu
pshaw I This Is talking against thu wind
The women will remain , and what is won
the condition will -grow worse and wors
until the besom of the people's wrath i
wielded poA--rfnll jp that direction.
KJIII.IJH1 TOKKXfi ,
I'.lwlra da/otto ! il'wn * a Frenchman wli
VffiM'il to ll lit ' 'M'M1'1 ' because , lit ) Mild , li
didn't \\ant to live. t'
t'i
Philadelphia Ilciwi | : All Iho p-iwnhrokt' i
In tlio city tool ; till ) plcdsti last nJsliT , III !
many of them won'.t , Ijv Uupt long.
Xow Orleans I'lcilyiinti ! A yiiiini ! lady doc
not exactly have mi option on a young man
but If hu proposeh nliu has tbu refusal of him.
Ilii.tnn Courier : A toper's promises ar
deemed imrellatilo iiotwltlisland n tliu fai
that IID Is conceded to bo a full-liller.
Atchlson Hlobit : Never lie. In bed tldnklii
that-tlio cat that Is nii'wlngut thu door t
como In will gel discouraged and ijult.
Yonkers HtaH'sinan : It iKuwrons Impro-
hloiiu man K ls whun ho tlilnk-iho can pu
hlmsulf outiot troulilu wUli a corUerow.
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k CII.'H Monthly : "SI
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"did reply lo Mr
mi jiirs. nusso , you
in Hiiiiihiiu'h rcuiiosl Dial you hln at lior liu
bund'H funVralJ" . . "Vi-s. _ poor wo.miii. .
o would 'lvo inu tjrcatt
ou wrolo her that nutldiiK ( ,
u pleasure. "
j- ixmuiiKton Star : "CliiirU-y , " atil a KOI
jit oriiiitimt miidoyt'hhlstcr. | "dfi ; you nso a gn-i
deal of red tii | ' In < " " work/
"Sometime ' ; . . "
U ' ' comes In handy when you want to do
to claimant up nicely.
ormn I.ASIM niiyoriw.
A general Improvompnt In the condition *
ofllfo In Knglniu ! Is ono of tlio securest ro *
suits of statistical Inquiry. ICtaborato
luvestlfjatlons relating to the rise of wages
iuul tliclr IncronRcd piircliaMng jxiwcr eon-
sequent wwti | tlio fall of prices , others
rcsjiot'tliiR tlio return * from savings banks
and mutual aid societies , still others refer
ring to the rlsltiR scale of comfort , and oven
luxury , have put beyond question the fact
ot Improved material conditions. A stiff-
Kcsltvo accompaniment of all this Is the
falling ofT in crime. Nothing Is better
established than that crime Is Intimately
related to tlio conditions of llfo In any
country , so that It Increases in hard times
and diminishes In prosperous years. The
general and stonily amelioration In the Hfo
of the masses In Knelaml oiieht , therefore ,
to find n decided reflection In. criminal
statistics and reference to the latest
reports of tlio commissioners of prisons
shows that It docs. Hoporting on the local
prisons In ICn land and Wales , for the year
ending March 31 , HSU , the commissioners
present tables showing a rciuarlmblo de
crease In the prison population during the
past fifteen years. The statistics for thirty
years prior to 1H" reveal the fact that tluv
prison population rose and fell alternately
alwut over.v three years , but .slnco the year
mentioned the dcclltm has been almost un
interrupted and Is certainly very marked.
In IST'.l ' there were 1USIH inmates of local
prsons. The number had fallen to 17,1UI In
I8S4 : in 1SMI It was 11.753 , , and during
the next three years it fell to 1I,8T ! , tU.OTrt.
and I'J.liiVl respectively. In other words ,
here is an actual decline of ; ir per cent In the
years slnco 1ST7 , when tlio local prisons were
transferred to the general government. The
relative decline would , of course , be greater
still If the increase of the general population
In the meantime were taken Into the ac
count.
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# *
While the nations of Europe face each
other In hostile array , the internal animosi
ties of races within their dominions appear
to undergo no ab.Uement as thoyo'.trs roll on ,
The Poles arc as hostile to Uusslan rule as
they i were on the day of tlio partition , and
the annexed inhabitants of Alsace-Lorraine
eagerly hope for a new revision of the map of
Europe that will restore them to France ,
though they fully rccognUo the fact that
such "revision" could bo made only In the
red blooJ of thousands of ine.ii. Nothing but
extreme vigilance and the nicest balancing
of Interests lias prevented the hostile races
which compo.se the dual empire of Austria-
Hungary from Hying at each other's throats.
Hut more dangerous to the well being of
Europe than international jealousies , r.ico
hatred and sectarian rancor is tlio
growing conflict of classes. In the
rapid inarch of the socialistic elements on
thu continent , the menace of a complete revo
lution of existing soeiataml liulustrlil condi
tions.cannot be dismissed with contempt as
a mere chimera , llnssta has no enemy with
out so formidable as the nihilist conspirators
within , who are unceasingly sapping and
mining under existing institutions. In Ger
many , the party of socialism lias grown so
rapidly in recent years , and has gained so
many representatives in the Imperial Parlia
ment , that the government is obliged to treat
with it as a political factor that can no
longer bo persecuted as a fecblo political
sect. The conflict of faction In Franco lias
given tliu communists fres.h encouragement ,
and they watch for every sin of weakness
in the republic for a now opportunity to boist
the red Hag and wage a war of pillage and
incendiarism against society.
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The committed on criminal law of the Aus
trian Hoichsrath lias just adopted a strin
gent provision , in virtue whereof all those
who promote emigration by false pretenses
will be subject to imprisonment , varying
from one month to two years , and to a line
that may amount to-1,09011. The provision
embodies other summary methods of dealing
with emigration agents , and is supposed to
bo aimed especially at parsons encouraging
Immigration to ISrazil. The authorities
seem to fc.ir th-it emigration on a
largo scale will provo a source
of weakness to the state , although
they suggest no other means of alleviation
of the distress now prevailing among the
working classes. The latest Austrian emi
grants to Hray.il started from Steycr , where
they had been employed in the small arms
factory. Of the 8,000 men who formerly
worked there ( I.O.Ohavo ) boon discharged and
many of them have no choice between emi
gration and starvation. The correspondent
of the London Times in Vienna writes : "It
is evident , however , to all impartial ob
servers that something must bo done , and
that soon , in order to afford , if only
temporary , relief to the distressed working
classes. The problem may bo a difficult
one , but putting hindrances in the way
of emigration seems hardly calculated to
contribute to Its solution. With reference
a > ) pu'il ' urly to Hrazil , the flnanco
minister of that country recommended as a
remedy for the pending agricultural and in
dustrial crisis tire encouragement of foreign
immigration. The scarcity of labor on the
conco * plantations is the Immediate cause of
the demand for Immigrants , and is a fact
easily to be accounted for , as the emigration
to sltivo states lias always been limited , and
in Hrazil , where the emancipation of thu
slaves is of comparatively recent date , they
are now beginning to feel the need of im
ported labor. "
A PlmrlKiilriil Foghorn.
( 'Itlenun Inter Ocean.
The Now York Voice , the loud boaster for
months prior to the election of "a million
votes pledged to the prohibition candidates
for the presidency , " has the brass now to
call upon "tho republican party to como in
out of the wet and help prohibitionists or
ganize a party. " Today thuru aru no worse
enoiniesof thocausoof temperance than Just
such organs as the Voice. It has at all
times played as a sldo show to democracy ,
and will continue to do BO as long as It pays ,
i The Truthful
Test
It requires no learned expert *
" or scientific experiments to
establish the fact that DR.
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Extract of Vanilla , Lemon or
Orange , and a smaller quan
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grateful taste than can be im
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is it not an incontestable
% r
proof of their greater excel
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Dr. Price's Flavors are'used
they give perfect satisfaction.
WILL NOT CLOSE THE GATES
Indications Thai no Immigration Legisla
tion Will Bo Accomplished.
MR , CHANDLER'S SENSATIONAL CHARGES
In a Snmtnrlnl Il < ru < lou HP
Thnt Iho Advcrxo InUtiniiro of Corpora ,
tlom Would 1'rovcnt tlio 1'nMnRO
of Uulhvnraliln Mcamtrc * .
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The prediction of Senator Uubols as pub
llshcd In these dispatches that there would
bo no legislation during the remainder of
this session affecting Immigration , nnd that
the bill upon the subject finally adopted
fe ould simply HUlhorlre tlio president to sus
pend immigration at his discretion , was
partly verllled by the dobatoin the senate to
day. The great disparity of views enter
tained by the various senators would seem
' .o Indicate that \voulil bo almost impossi
ble for them to agree on any measure radi
cally affe'etlng immigration. Every senator
who spoke has either some favorite remedy
of his own or , llkg Mr. Mills , was entirely
opHscd | to any legislation on the subject.
The subject first como up in the senate
today when Senator Hill's resolution was
adopted with some verbal amendments re
questing the Slate department to Inform the
senate whether any of the proposed Immi
gration measures now before the senate In
terfered with existing treaty stipulations.
Senator Hill has on frequent occasions shown
his opposition to any effective suspension of
immigration and the purpose of his resolu
tion is believed to be his knowledge that no
sweeping immigration law , such as thewo
now proposed and before congress can bo
passed without violating the treaties with a
number of European nations.
TK I'rotrct Tammany.
Mr. Hill's real purpose Is believed to bo to
prevent any interference with the rich pick
ings now at the disposal of the local New
York quarantine by superseding the
authority of Tammany by a national
quarantine. The most interesting outcome
of today's discussion was the colloquy
between Senators Vest and Chandler as to
the imminent danger of the importation of
cholera. Mr. Vest quoted Or. Hamilton as
saying that such danger exists while Mr.
Chandler seems to think that oven if It did
exist , advanced medical skill could keep tlio
disease iu control. In the course of his re
marks Mr. Chandler , who favors the total
suspension oC immigration for one year , I
caused some sensation by declaring in effect ,
that tlio North German Lloyd Steamship
company had , by the distribution of courte
sies , acquired such influence over his fellow
senators , over the secretary of the treasury
and his chief subordinates , and over the
newspaper press in general as to make legis
lation restricting immigration only possible
by the consent of that company.
Mr Chandler boldly stated that Ibis par
ticular company was the favorite of Urn
Treasury department and that this company
furnished leading treasury officials with
transportation to Europe every summer and
had furnished certain ofllcials financial ad
vances upon which no interest was paid.
Senator Wolcott interrupted ; > Mr. Chand
ler with the question as to whether the New
Hampshire senator was susceptible to such
Inllnences as he was describing and -which
he said had hindered legislation. Mr.
Chandler made a rather evasive reply , upon
which Mr. Wolcott excitedly asked whether
Mr. Chandler would charge him or any other
senator with being influenced by the priv
ilege of free transoceanic travel.
Olhrr Scrumi ( 'har on.
Mr. Chandler avoided this thrust by say
ing that ho did not wish to enter into any
personal controvery. Mr. Chandler also de
scribed a dinner In Now York harbor re
cently given to Washington and other repre
sentatives of the press , and intimated that
these courtesies extended by railroad and
steamship companies wore designed for in
direct effect upon public opinion through the
newspapers. He commented sarcastically
upon tlio fact that at a previous dinner
given by the same company the ( jucsts in
cluded Colonel Weber , the commissioner of
immigration , \vhilo at this latest dinner a
conspicuous guest was General Spaulding ,
the assistant secretary of the treasury , who
is the direct superior oflleer of the commis
sioner of immigration.
An amusing incident of the elcbato occurred
when Senator Chandler referred to the
probable unwillingness of the president or
his successor to issue a proclamation to sus
pend immigration. Senator Fryo of Maine
broke in with the remark that the coming
president had already begun to issue pro
clamations against the bringing of infection
into the Unites States senate , whereat Mr.
Hill smiled silently while other senators
laughed aloud.
Senator Mills of Texas was unable to
understand why this country should bo
"stampeded" when other countries , such as
Great Britain and Franco , which have far
greater commercial relations with Ham
burg , had as yet not shut their gates against
that port. Mr. Mills declared that the real
purpose of Mr. Chandler in suspending im
migration was to stop the influx of intelli
gent foreigners who settled in the north
west and promptly voted the democratic
ticket. Senators McPherson and Harris
also spoke , and as has been said , thu notable
feature ot tlio debate VTA * that each uncnkor
differed from every other
How It Mny Ito
A well known Chlfftgonn , who Is hero nf tor
a visit to Now York , contributes an Interest-
Inp chapter to the current enblnot gos.iln.
Ills story Is from n near relative of William
O. Whltnoy and Is so direct as to have
every evidence of accuracy , It Is to the ef
feet that Mr. Whitney will In time accede to
the earnest request of Mr. Cleveland to take
the secretaryship of stato. This will
bo hut a temporary arrangement ,
however , to cover the time. that
Hon. 1C. .1 , Phelps of Vermont , formerly
minister to England , Is serving In Paris as
counsel for the United States In the Bering
sea arbitration. When Mr , Phelps ce > n
eludes this service abroad he will return to
this country and succeed Mr. Whltnev In the
State department , whcreninm Mr Whltnev
will take the place now occupied by Uober't
T. Lincoln as minister to the court of St
lames. The gentleman who outlined this
program Is not only n close relative to Mr.
Whitney , but Is n man of national reputation
who has seen recent service In ono of the
brunches of congress. Ho Is probably bet
ter acquainted with the private plans of
Mr. Whitney than any other man.
No I'mors Tor Inilliimi.
The statement Is also made upon excellent
authority thai ox-Governor 1. P Gray of
Indiana will bo asked to accept a portfolio
In Mr. Cleveland's cabinet , probably that of
secretary of agriculture. Inquiry among
Indiana democrats In congress has failed to
reveal anv knowledge upon the subject and
yet that is not surprising. In the tlrst place
there Is not a nteinberof the Indiana dele'
gallon who has the eonlldenco of Mr Clove-
land. In the next place the president -elect
is aware that the delegation could not in all
probability get together upon anv man
within the state for a cabinet position , but
above all ho docs not feel under any obliga
tion to any Indiana democrat In Washington
and theroforodoubtlesssces no logical reason
why ho should consult the delegation upon
the subject of making his cabinet.
It was stated today from it source directly
connected with Senator Carlisle , and It cnii
therefore be credited to him. that ho has
been tendered and expects to accept the set" '
retaryshlp of the treasury tinder Mr Clove-
land.
Xrrvo < iT u WrMorn Hoy.
Arthur Pettlgrcw , Iho 10-year-old son of
Senator Pctttgrew of South Dakota , came
very near losing his life yesterday. Th
little fellow was skating on the Potomac
near the Washington monument with his
older brother ami a number of small Ixiys
While Hying along over the ice at a rapid
gait he passed upon an airhole and weut
down. The water was very deep at that
point , the river being navigable for largo
iwats. The boy went under the Ice but It
was thin enough to enable him to
break through when ho came up. Ho
showed full presence of mind and when ho
began to break down as ho attempted to
pull himself up on the solid ice be came to
the conclusion that It would be wiser to
swim out into the open , which he did , and
succeeded in keeping alloat till a plank was
thrown to him by his companions. Upon
this he crawled and remained till he got out
upon terra lirma. The weather was in
tensely cold. The litlle fellow ran to the
engine room of the Washington monument ,
where he remained in warmth till taken
home hi a carriage. It was the narrowest
escape from drowning known here in many
days and an exhibition of nerve and mind
seldom displayed by one of such young years.
Lieutenant A. W. Yates , Ninth United
States infantry , and Mrs. Yates are visltinir
the hitter's mother. Mrs. B. Itobinson , 1800
Eighth street , northwest. |
Colonel W. F. Cody is at Chamberlain's.
Senator Matidcrson has asked that the
postofllco tit Pierce , Neb. , bo made presiden
tial. Its receipts are sufficient to recom
mend that it bu raised to thai class. The
postmasters at Wakefleld and Oakland have
been recommended for appointment by the
president , their olllces having been raised to
the presidential class.
Henry B. Nell , postmaster at Tlo Siding ,
Wyo. , has sent In his resignation condition
ally. If he cannot bo permitted to act as
agent for the Pacific Hallroad company it is
to take effect , but if ho can so act il is not to
be effective. The department finds section
IU IS of the rcvisied statutes against his acting
for the company and so ho will retire.
A peculiar condition of affairs exists in the
postoflico at Bonanza , Wyo. In March last
Alonzo II. Taylor , the postmaster , was re
moved , and John Seaman was appoinled
as his successor. Seaman qualified , anil il
was supposed that lie was filling the ofllco ,
till a few das's ago , when Taylor informed
the department that ho was yet in posses
sion , and asked that a now bond bo sent htm
for execution. The department will refuse
to issue a bond to Taylor , but will bold the
bondsmen of Seamen for the discharge of tlm
duties of postmaster of the oftlce. If they
are willing to continue affairs as they have
been the department is indifferent. But If
anything goes wrong Seaman and his bondsmen -
men , and not Taylor , will bo held to account.
Taylor has no moro right in the olllco than u
stranger to the place. P. S. II.
.1 1'itoros.ir , ix imun QUKHTWXS.
Tlic Ilrcczc.
"Can you ? " lie. asked , with pleading volca.
" ( . 'an you , ami malm my heart roJolcuV
Coolly and calmly waves her fun ;
Calmly and coolly It comes : " 1 can. "
"Do yoiiV" bo asks In trembling tone.
"Do yon , and love but mo alonnV"
I.oolvlnt ? at him with eyes so hliio :
Klovvly but truly It comes : " 1 do.
"Will you ? " bu asks , with bated breath.
micncorclgiiM , It Is still as death.
"Will you ? " liuqiiurlex , lower still.
Softly and sweetly ft comes : " 1 will. "
"Mav 1 ? " with Joyful voice , 'tis said.
Quickly the pretly face RI-OWH red.
"May IV" attain hu needs must say.
Trembling and blushing she says : "You may. '
& CO.
Largest Manufacturer. ! and ItoUUor *
of Oloiulug In tlio World.
The 7th son
Of the 7th son doesn't have the gift of second
sight that the 7th daughter of
the 7th daughter is supposed
to have , but any man ought to
have foresight enough to see
that our hat sale of the 7th
( Saturday ) will bo a hummer.
It's like this : Every hat in the
store , soft or stiff , for one day
at $1 less than the. regular marked price. If it's a
$2 hat you get it for $1. If a $2.50 hat $1 gets it.
We do not include the hats which sell regularly for
$1 or less. That 'ud compel us to give some of 'em
to you for nothing and pay you for taking others.
One day only , Saturday , Jan. 7th.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Store open Saturday every evening tlltO. till 0.31 SW , Cor , 16lu and Douglas St