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TIIK OMAHA DAILY BKE MONDAY , JANUARY , 10 , 1803. TTIK DAILY HEJfl. 1. IHMhWATKIl , Kdlior. I'l'IlUKHItt ' ) KVKUY MOUNINO. Tr.HMHOl' - - pnlly Ilco ( without HumlityHJno Yt-ar. ] > nllvami Sunday , Ono 'iciir - - - - fix Moulin ; 'rrX ) Three Month * , ' { ; { lire , One " ' Hindny < mr } Hiiturdny llee. Ono Year } " Weekly Ilee , Ono Year 1 " ° OI'I'K'KH. On-nbn. Tln Ileo llullrtl.nif. . foulh Omnlm , earner N and 20th Streets. C'niincll HlillTs , 12 Pearl Hlrenl. ClilcaifoOlllei1 , 317 Clmintwrof CJorninorPO. New Voi-k , Itooms 13 , 14 and ID , Irlbuno Ilulldlni ; . Washington , 513 Koiirleeiitb Stroct CoitUK.yl'ONIKNOK. : ) All roiniiiitnlcallons relatlnz to nn\ys nml rrtltorltil mniu-r Miould bo nddrcssril lo tlio Kdltorlnl Dt-partiiK'iit , IIUBINKKH I.KTTKUS. All biiiliieH * letters nnd rfnjHIniipos should 1ioncldreR'.cd toTbe llco I'libllsIdtiB Coniliany. Omnlia. DiaflM , cbeeks and itostolllco ordi-ra lobetnadepiiyabloto the order of the com pany. U'HK UKK PUnUSniNO COMPANY. BWOUN STATKMENT OK OIKOUIiATION Htute of Nebrn.sltn , I County of Douslas. f Oeorgelt. T/scbiick , secretary of THE HUB ) 'iibllsfilnKciiiiimliy. | doi'HMiluiiinlyswnnrtlmt lhiiietuarelriiilatfonof Tin : IMu.v HKK for iboweok endbiK January M , 1B03 , was as follows : Sunday , .Tanmiry N. Monday , January 0 Tuesday. January 10 22'2i ! ! Wednesdny.Jaiiiiiiry 11 45'2Ti ; ThurMlav.ianuiiry 12 22'2i ? Friday. January 1ft 25Z ! } } featurduy.Januiiry 14 U4.3G5 UKOUOK II. T/80IIUOK. fiworn tobeforo mo mid subscribed In my liresenco this 14tb day of.Tniiitary , 1803. [ f-enl ] N. V. VKll , , Notary Public. Avoriin | Clreiiliilloii for Dereinlier , 24,520 IT IS about tlmo tliut the Bquattcr governor iitul third house idiocy bo laid away to rest. JOINT commtttcc.3 otinvo'stiKiitionpen- orally end iu a whitewash or a tele. Kaeh house has ample power to curry on liny investigation whlcli u majority of Jts mcmbera may order. TIIK corporation lobby at Lincoln is worse than a leper colony. No body can approach thcso whitened fccpulclu-es without brooming con taminated by the gangrene of cor- Vuplioti. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THK hill Introduced in the lower liouso of the legislature , to protect women and children arrested for potty offenses from undue public exposure and tllugruco , Is a humane measure and ought to pass. The ends of justice are not promoted meted by the system which the bill pro poses to remedy. WliKN the senate committees are announced today wo Khali sco whether tlio corporations and the public plunder ers that infest the state capital are to liavo full control of the machinery of legislation or whether the people have ' nny rational hope or expectation of ro- ) lof at the hands of the present legislature. THK anthracite coal monopoly , being clearly liable to the anti-trust law , it is not creditable to the ofllcials charged with the enforcement of the law that the great combine is allowed to go on rob hitig the people unchallenged. Pro ceedings against the monopoly ought not to await the incoming of a now ad ministration , giving it perhaps another year of plunder in plain violation of law. THK territories that are seeking state hood from the present congress will probably not have their desire complied with. Jt is not at all likely that there will bo any legislation of this character before the next congress , and then it Is possible there will bo provision niado for creating four now states. There will bo no harm done by waiting. On the contrary , the delay may bo good in enabling the territories to become hotter prepared for supporting , state governments. THK proposition to suspend immigra tion has never received much favor in the south and the sentiment against it is increasing. The southern states gen erally want immigrants. An organized movement on a large scale is making in Mississippi to encourage people to go to that state , and everywhere there is a feeling that it is desirable to secure a bettor class of labor than the south now lias. This bolng the case the proposed legislation to suspend immigration for a year will got no support from the south , nnd it ought to have iiono from the west. It is already practically settled , however , that the proposition will fail Mil CMSVCLAND is said to bo profoundly interested in the proposal to repeal the Hllvor purchase law , His emissaries are working hard to create a sentiment ii congress favorable to repeal iimonj , these who want still more liberal silvoi legislation. Judging from the oxprcs slons of a number of democratic con grcssmen , Mr. Cleveland's influence is not very potent. The southern ropre Bontativcs generally are opposed to anj intorforoneo with the existing law. tin less they can got something that will bo Btill hotter for silver. It seems to bo at entirely cafe prediction that there wil ho no silver legislation by this congress CAIICMTRS o-itielsms upon recent loca wcathor predictions in particular am olllclal forecasts in general nro heard 01 every car. Scathing remarks wouli perhaps bo less frequent if a botto kmwlodgo prevailed of the conditions existing in the local observer's olllco , Iii \i word , his hands are tied. S-j neglect ful of the interests of Omaha have booi our representatives in congress that the department- come to look upon this ulty as a country village , whoso people do not want and cannot appreciate the benefits of a goad weather sorvieo. The commission merchants are right in tholr protests against the treatment accorded Omaha by the head of the weather bu reau in Washington. They want and ought to have the best weather reports that Unolo Sam makes. The trouble is that the Washington ofllcials insist that they can make the forecast for Omaha and Nebraska Iwtter than can the local observer , and the forecast published hero dally is therefore just as apt to provo true us false. The business men of Omaha should unite in a demand for iinpr vo 1 v onthor reports. With two Omahtuis in o ngrcss there should be little dllllculty in securing thorn. Tin : .wwHrw.v.inr uninv. Tli ir-glslat < irc Is now fully organlxod ' ml onulppcd for iii'Uvo work. The I inline I'ommlttoos have hrrti named I uiil the semite o-ininlttei--t will bo designated today. The only | ) lMtaclo In the way of needed oglslatlon Is the posttfnrous lobby. Tlio corridors of the uupltol and "the prlnel- ml hotels swarm with a gang of political nuruoimi'Iutf , cappers and vole procurers n the pay of corporations , contractors , claimants and soimtorial candidates , domlyjrs are dogged at every stop and mportuned to betray their trust for a consldi'ratlon by vile wretches who are lot lit to live and should not bo tolerated outside of a penitentiary. It is the duty of the legislature to pro- ci't its members and olllcors from thcso nonopoly body-snatchers and make the iiLsereants who deal in votes harmlo-w. I'ho legistuturo and all honest citizens vho desire to preserve free government mist break up and disperse this band of ilreling eorruptionists by all the legal neons' at their command. The legislature should at once ap- xilnt committees empowered to send for mi-sons and papers and directed to in- vcstlgalo all charges and reports con cerning the attempt of lobbyists to tamper with members or employes. Pheso committees , made up of earnest , fearless and intelligent members , will hid enough work to do from the start. Most of the vultures and wolves in shocps clothing that are now infesting the capital attended the sessions of two ind four years ago. They can and should bo hauled up and forced to ex plain their connection with crooked deals and job.s which have scandal ( zed : ho state. Bribery and corruption may lave outrun the statute of limitations in the courts , but they never outlaw with i legislative investigating committee. Investigations by a legislature are al ways In order and their scope is unlim ited as to time. A legislative investi gating committee may go back ten years to trace it ) ) a corrupt job , just as legiti mately as it can investigate a conspiracy or corrupt deal that has taken place within the past two weeks. When once the legislature , either through the housoor senate , has reached out after the oil room icoundrels and forced them to explain their misdeeds , past or present , there will be a scamper ing from the cupitol such as never has boon witnessed in Nebraska since the days of the impeachment of Butler. It all depends upon'the make-up of the legislature. If , the honest. unpurchaua- blo men possess the nerve to assert themselves and defend the good name and fame of tlio state they will not allow another day to pass without taking vig orous steps to drive the lobby mercenar ies out of the capital and keep them away for the balance of the session. LOCAL TAX HKFO113I. Governor Boyd strikes the keynote of tax reform in his farewell message when ho points to the wretched system of assessment which prevails in this stato. All the property , real and per sonal , cities , towns and villages , farms and farm houses , cattle and grain , rail roads , telegraphs and telephones , is ap praised at less than $200,000,000. , The market value of the products of Ne braska in any one year is over $100,000- 000 , and the lowest approximate value of real and personal property in Ne braska is not far below 81,500,000,000. The most glariifg abuses in the matter of assessment exist right here in Omaha and Douglas county. While the average assessment of our town lots and build ings is at about the same ratio to market value as that of the town lots and lands in the balance of the state , a vast amount of corporation realty and per sonal property is assessed at ridiculously low figures or escapes'altogether from taxation. This is not only rank injus tice to the small and middle class of property owners , but it is a serious det riment to the whole city. Omaha's as sessed valuation in 1872 , when the city had less than 20,000 population , was nearly Sllt.OOO.OOO. Today , with a popu lation hoven times as large and a corresponding spending increase In area and improve ments , the assessed valuation Is only 820,000,000 , while Kansas City , Denver , St. Paul and Minneapolis range all the way from $80,000,000 to $120,000,000. This glaring dlsc.-epancy keeps capital away from Omr.im and tends to frighten investors. Tnoro must bo a radical change in the mode of appraisement and the sooner this change is made the better for the future of Omaha. LIADLK TO TIIK AXTI-T1WST LAW. The subcommittee which investigated the Reading coal combine will soon re port to the house , and there will bo a very general popular interest in what is prcMjiited , for everywhere the public has felt the weight of this combine. It is stated that the conclusions reached by the committee will affect the combina tion directly and Indirectly by adjudg ing it liable to the anti-trust law and by attaching to the inter state commercQ bill auditional amend ments to head oil any hedging on the part of the coal corpor ation. A member of the committee is quoted as saying that they had decided to take the bull by the horns and will recommend some interesting railroad legislation , so that similar combines will bo impossible. As a part of the larger committee on interstate commerce the subcommittee will Insist that the present hotiM ) bill on the regulation of inter state ( vminorco shall bo radically amended before it is sent to the house for favorable consideration. The pur pose is to remedy the defects in the law ' governing the operations of the Interstate Commerce com mission , with a view to making the de cisions cf that body final and effective. The committee think the Interstate Commerce commission should ho given wider jurisdiction , both administrative and judicial. It was reported immediately after the C3inmltteo had completed the Heading investigation that the members wore uncertain as \Vhothor tlui . cojnbinu was amenable to the anti-trust law , and also that they were a good deal perplexed us to what legis lation to recommend for the pre vention of such combinations. It Is very reassuring to learn that they no longer entertain any doubt that the Heading coal numopoly can be rcilohod under the net of the last congre-mdeclar ing unlawful e iinbtnatlous or agree ments for the restriction of production and the supprcttlon of e unpetitlon. What IH strange about the matter Is that there should over have been a question that this combine violates both the letter and the spirit of the act. Kx- Scnator Edmunds , who had much to do In the framing of the anti-trust law , some time ago gave it as his unqualified opinion that the law applied to just such combinations and agreements as the Heading coal monopoly ely , and the language of the act seems to leave no chance for a doubt as to this. It Is to be regretted that the present ad ministration has not given the law a test by proceeding against the combine. It Is also reassuring to find that there Is an intention to strengthen the Inter state commerce i < ct and to give it a vi tality which it docs not now possess. This is a matter that"- ought not to bo delayed Iwyoiul the present congress. As tlio situation now is the commission is practically powerless , and the law is inoperative so far as its principal func tion Is concerned , that of preventing discrimination. This state of all'airs should not be allowed to continue one day longer than is necessary to amend the law so as to give it the force and effect it was intended to have. COS2' O/1 I'liltlJUVlA'd SfM'WH. Senator McPhurson of Now Jersey , in his speech In the United States s-enato a week ago in support of his resolution to suspend the government purchases of silver , made an instructive contribution to the general subject of silver by citing statistics showing the cost of producing that metal. The senator said it is con ceded by mine owners that owing to new and improved appliances now employed , in comparison with the methods of live years ago , the cost of producing silver is very much lessoned. The proof of this is in the fact that for many years the world's production of silver has piled up in rapidly increasing ratio , until in the year 18 ! > I it reached the enormous amount of 1411,000.000 , ounces , as against f > 8,000,000 ounces in 1871while ! the price it brought in the market was the very lowest recorded in our history. Under the more costly methods of min ing and reduction five years ago there was a good margin of profit , estimated at . ' 12 cents per ounce , in producing silver. A careful' investigation into tlio present cost , eaid Senator McPherson - Pherson , under now methods and con ditions , of producing an ounce oi line silver in the United States , gathered from the mint and census reports , to gether with such other confirmatory evidence as is furnished by the public press , mine owners reports and from private sources , shows that the average cost of producing an ounce of fine silver is less than .To cents , which gives to the standard silver dollar a cost value of 2 ( ( cents. It is thus seen that silver refining is the most profitable of all the industries of the United States , even if profits are measured by the highest estimates ot cost and at the lowest selling price we have over known. According to the statistics of the last census Arizona produced 1,817,030 ounces at a cost of S95885 ; { , or a little moro than 52 cents an ounce ; Colorado 18,410,801 ounces at a cost of $ . > ,70i , ; , 11)3 ) , ' slightly more than 30 cents an ounce ; Montana 13,437,001 , ounces , costing $5,50'J,3. ' " > 0 , or 11 cents an ounce ; and Utah 6,000,03 ; } ounces , costing $3,387,0 lii , equal to 48 cents per ounce. The average cost of producing silver - vor In these states and territories in 1889 was therefore 37.3 and it is undoubtedly less now , so that with silver at. its present market prtco of about 8-1 cents per ounce the mine owners are manifestly getting a much larger return upon tholr invest ment than is derived from any other in dustry in the country. The farmers of the country would bo abundantly satisfied if their wheat and corn yielded thorn one-third of the profit that the silver men receive on their product and would consider their condi tion one of great prosperity , but tlio owners of silver mines are not content. Their cupidity reaches out for more. Not satisfied with having an assured market for their product at its commer cial value as a commodity , they ask that they bo allowed to take their silver to the mints nnd have it coined for them , the people paying the cost of coinage while the silver men got $1.29 for what is worth no moro that half that. There has been a good' deal said recently about-tho decline in silver mining , duo to the unprofitableness of the industry. The proof is conclusive that the business is not unprofitable , but on the contrary is really the host paying industry in the country. GOVKHNOH CKOUNSK expresses the opinion in his inaugural that the appro priations this year can bo reduced $750,000 below the appropriations voted by the legislature two years ago , which exceeded $2,800,000 Tlio estimate of the state board for the next two years foots up over $3,000,000 The legislature will take the advice o Governor Crounso and give the tax payers a chance to breathe for one sea hon at least. PAST experience has shown that com mittees of investigation appointed bj the lieutenant governor seldom invest ! gate and much moro rarely want to investigate vestigato unless the investigation is gotten up to blackwash respectable men and to whitewash rogues. itrliixloii : tlio ( tiipi'r. . hllatlctiihtd lleconl. If the president could shut out tbo Can- ndlau weather along with the Canadian rail ways bis "heavy blow" would bo a tc.i-strlke. I'rmliu-t * for Kx Ho s nro worth ns high ns ? 7.r > 0 In Omaha nnd are still pohiR up , and TUB Bun remarks that 100 imunds of pork will soon buy a ton of coal. If Nebraska bad n few of tlio many veins of coal found around Uawllns nnd Ho untouched , 1X ( ) ] Kunds of pork at present prices would purchase two tons of coal. Hut Nebraska has the bogs and Wyoming the coal. Alli'ii Kiintritiif Wyoming , During the past week the affairs of Wy oming bavo been under tlio R ] > ceial nnd per sonal supervision of Tom Patterson of Den ver and Ur. Miller of Omaha. They seem to think that without tbolr Interference tlio legislature will not bo able to i-hooso tlio right kind of Unltod States srmtor. It U as much as to say : "Tlio pooplo's represen tatlvcfi are not rtllo dci Ide mioh Imporlnnt maltars. It Is Ju-non residents to tell us what tvo shall it ) , ' Not VMltbUn tin- Nuked The Itondlni oatt combination has been llsrupted. but IWtr result l not scan In any reduction In tb < MrIi.'o ) of anthracite In this art of the country. Ilnpn fur Hie Political Drnd. 1KIM ( Hi/dm / Star. A Toledo youiu ; _ uian who was thougbt to jo ( load ten davH nio Is coming to llfo. Tills diould bo notea-i Milli satisfaction by n mini- > er of nooplo w.lip bavo been regarded ns iwlltlcauy dofunijt. ( Comliliiiitlnn Qiinriiiitlnr. Tlio senate has passed tlio quarantine bill which provides for n combination of state Tiid national quarantine nnd Increases the powers nmt duties of tlio mnrlno hospital service. Its most ! mt > ortaiit provision , per- tmps , Is that which authorizes tlio president Lo prohibit In wbolo or In part the Introduc tion of persons nnd property. A deal of responsibility Is thus tin-own upon the presi dent , for ho may , on the ono band , erlpplo L-ommeiro to keep dlsoaso out , or admit dis ease rather than disturb commerce , but it seems to bo necessary to have discretionary authority lodged somewhere , as a fixed rule would be sure to do injustice or work a hard ship. - Tilt : CLASH IX KAXS.IS. Globe-Democrat : A few rotten OCRS judic iously thrown among populist revolutionists in Kansas would have a salutary effect. Kansas City Journal : Other states bavo exhibited rival legislatures sitting In differ ent balls , but the spei-taelo of two hostile or- ijanl/ations doing business under the same roof and in tbo s-uno room is ono upon which Kansas can Justly base a claim to tlio blue ribbon. Kansas City Star : Now Is tbo accepted tlmo for testing tbu eftleacy of prayer. Let tbo preaebois at Topeka petition tbo Al mighty to put it into the minds of tbo fellows who arc stirring up tbo animals in tbo Kan sas state house that they are making fools of themselves. Philadelphia Hecord : Tbo Inaugural ad dress of tbo i > opulist governor. Lewolllng , of Ivnnsas , was a tirade against tbo state , tbo money power and the mortgage law of Kan sas , and a flamboyant , rhetorical rlalin that "the people arc greater that tbo laws or stat utes. " It is impossible to make out clearly from such language Just what tbo governor was driving at. Perhaps it was not a drive at all , but tbo mere runaway of an uncon trollable lobby. our 01 ? nut oitmxAitr. Jerusalem , they say , Is still supplied with water from Solomon's pool through an aque duct built by tbo crusaders. Jerusalem t Taseott was discovered " 21 times in 1802. It remains to bo seen how tbo industry will prosper under tbo now administration in ISO ; ) . Philadelphia appears to bavo hi her city hull , which , though unfinished , lias cost $1 ! > , ( )00,00'J ) , a veritable "elephant on her bands. " Tbo sausage dealers of Berlin are orgnnl/- ing a boycott against sellers of liorso meat , but it will bo of .no avail. Tbo dog has bad bis day. In ono of tbo loading magazines for the current month there is n story which was written and accepted twenty years ago. Its author is dead. Because a conductor on a German train playfully kissed ono of tbo female passen gers bo was discharged in disgrace and sent to Jail for four weeks. In Brooklyn some of tbo flro engine bouses are connected with the "nearest saloons by gongs , so that tbo firemen can bo called with the least loss of time * It is whispered that Baby Uutb Cleveland is soon to bavo a little playmate. Visions of Grovcr walking tbo'loirg balls of tbo white house in the stilly night arise before bis party. ' Tbcro are cloven , barkeepers on tbo kew York board of aldermen. When a corpora tion applies for a franchise It. will bo very natural for them Vo''Joiu In a1 "Wbat'll yer bavo" oborus. "Tbo statistics show that the chances of a passenger being killed on a railroad Journey are only ono In 2,000,000 , " or a little greater than tbo chances of a principal being killed in a Frcneh duel. It is stated that tlio badge of the lord mayor of London contains diamonds which are valued at 120,000. That's all very well , but tbo trouble must bo that when bo wears tbo badge tbo lord mayor is liable to bo mis taken for tbo headlight of a locomotive. The table on which the articles of agree ment for tbo surrender of Vieksburg were signed by General Grant and General Pom- berton is in daily use in a beer saloon in Vieksburg. Tbo saloonkeeper lias been offered a largo price for tlio relic , but bo re fuses to dispose of it. Ono of tbo famous collections of coins In tbis country is that owned by Mr. and Mi-3. Charles Sebomo of Indianapolis. It was made by William Wlnkler of Columbus , Ind. . who traveled all over Europe to make it. In tbo collection is a piece which is said to bo the oldest Saxon coin in existence. Mr. M. L. AVoodbridgo , who won the Bos ton Globe's $5 a week for life for bis close guess at tbo popular vote for president , has made a great record asngucsscr , having also won a trip to Chicago , while ho is a disputed winner of a trip to Lurope. IIo guesses by wholesale when competing for a prlzo , using Judgment nnd money freely. In the Globe's contest bo bought 10,000 copies of the paper and made that number of different guesses. The townof TY > rsylh , Mo. , Is fifty years old , and never bad a church. Dr. Grav , incumbent of tbo new Episcopal bishopric of southern Florida , lias work to do. There are pagan Seminoles and unen franchised Africans yet in the Everglades. Tbo Methodist Episcopal Frcedman Aid and Southern Education Society asks for ? T)0,000 from its 3r > 00,000 members for work next year among tbo negroes and poor whites of the south. According to a recent decision of an Eng lish court a man has n good case at law against a clergyman who persuades bis ( tbo man's ) to go to church instead of staying at home and cooking the dinner. Hov. H. T. Myor , rector of the Marquette college iu Milwaukee , has been appointed secretary of tbo English assistancy of tlio Jesuit order , which includes all of the Eng lish-speaking Jesuits in the world. Pope Leo XIII. owns a pearl loft to him by bis predecessor on tbo tbrono of St. Peter which is worth $100,000 , and the chain of thirty-two pearls owned by tbo Empress Frederick is estimated at$17fi,000. There is only ono ihstaueo of an English man declining tbo offfcr of a cardinal's hat. IJov. Dr. LIngard'tbo Catholic historian ol England , was tbo ecclesiastic who thus pre ferred to remain a clerical commoner. Congregational .sjjiglng has been intro duced into St. Paul's Homan CatholK , Church , in St. Lou.ls , by tbo pastor , Fatbei Tuoby. There are f w Catholic churches In this country where this innovation bus been tried. . , , The Primitive Methodist Church of Eng land , organized in Iblti , lias 1,010 traveling preachers , lliU7 : looul preachers and 103,000 members. It lias in Africa seven European missionaries , forty-four white and 46 $ colored members. An Armenian mm has Just died at the ago of 1 \i \ years in a convent at Jerusalem. Ac cording to ofllelal documents supplied by tbo ecclesiastical authorities tills mm entered tbo convent at tbo ago of 17 and bad not crossed the threshold of the house for ninety-eight years. Tbo Protestant Episcopal church has been of late years making u steady and continuous improvement In tbo work of organizing Us charitable nnd philanthropic work u | > on stable and cflU-lunt lines. An important stop in tbis direction has been In establishing tbo order of deaconesses. Shortly after the delivery of the Now Year's sermon and several appropriate ad dresses In the First Uaptlst church of WI1- llamsbui-g , N. Y. . tbo puld-ott mortgage for $ . ' . 1,000 , 'which bad stood against , tbo church property'for eight years , was ceremoniously b'lrnetl In an urn uinm tbo pulpit. Bishop Jobn Williams of the dloreso of Connecticut and presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in America was Intensely gratified by ono of bis Christ mas u'lfts. The llm old colonial house in Wood bury , which Is called the "Birthplace # f.ho American Episcopate , " has been pur chased by frbn-Js and prcaoutod to him. In tills hoiiso on Heptcmber 17 17H.1 , mot the second convention , determined to Art-urn an American bishop mul which elected Samuel Soabury to tbo first bishopric of Connecticut and of the American Episcopal elituvb. _ , - irf i AXTi.oi'riox mi.i. , OMAHA , Jan. II. To the Editor of Tins BKK : Probably few people understand the Import of the measure or bill now before congress known ns tbo anti-option bill. The general Impression prevails that tbo legisla tion requested will prohibit speculation or dealing in options or futures on tbo different grain oxehanqos of the country. It is reason able to suppose that when a legislator In troduces a measure to become a law that some Inliuc'ncc , cause or motive has prompted him. him.Who Who arc the promoters mid strong advo cates of the present bill ? Senator Wasbburn of Minnesota nnd Representative Hatch of Missouri , the former having largo milling In terests In Minneapolis and the latter from tbo district north of St. Ixmls and in a terri tory where heavy mills operate. Is their motive philanthropic or Is itselllni ) ? Have they tbo interests of the farmer at lieart , or Is their effort directed la behalf of their milling constituency' No ono has over questioned a man's right to buy wboro ho can buy tbo cheapest and sell where ho can sell for the most money , therefore tbo law of supply and demand will regulate values , unless speculation steps In and enhances them. Can It bo said that speculation depresses values below a legiti mate basis ? If so , the Investor , the miller and tbo consumer should appear and call a halt. Otherwise If this army does not remote to tlio rescue of tbo producer , under such conditions what would this same class of artisans and philanthropists do , if the only prop which now sustains values at times , betaken taken away ! Why are tbo millers so universally in favor of this proposed legislation ! Is It with the belief that they can ana will pay the farmer more for bis product , or is it because they see that with such a law they can force smaller dealers and competition out of the way and bavo the producer and his property at their mercy ? Speculation lias increased in volume many fold tbo past fifteen years and today all largo conservative cash grain merchants sell on option or future against their cash holdings and purchases that they make from day to day at Interior points. In this manner they protect or hedge ( as they term it ) themselves against loss by tuij fluctuation in tbo value of tbo cash property , Were they unable to do this they certainly cou'd not handle tbo property on such small margins as they do now. It is not many years since the grain men at interior points required a mar gin of profit of from 5 to 10 cents per bushel before they would handle it. Tim same men are working today on a margin of } / , to S cents per bushel , seldom moro than vho latter figure. Tbo argument will bo advanced that tbo present bills before congress do not Interfere with any legitimate dealers who desire to sell futures against their holdings. Take the present situation , which Is not apt to bo uncommon , who would bo the purchaser of the S'.OOO.OOO bushels of wheat now in public elevators at the larger distribuing centers If not the speculator ? The bulk of tbo wheat now jn store is owned by largo dealers , who have some futures sold against same , and were it not for the speculator the value of the better artlcleandspeculativegradeviz : No. 2 wheat , would bo little higher than that of tbo next lower grade , No. ! l , which in a con sumer's mind is worth intrinsically within 5 cents per bushel of tbo No. 2 article. The present difference between No. U and No. 3 wheat ranges from 10 to 13 cents per bushel. Does this look like tbo miller and consumer were making any endeavor to relieve the producer when they istand by and purchase their supplies at from5 to 10 cents per bushel under the urleo speculation has set upon the commodity ? Take speculation away , would they not buy tbo No. ! i article at its intrinsic value and within ! 1 to f > cents per bushel of the price they now make for No. 8 wheat , a non-spcculativo grade ? Wherefore , then , would the abolition of speculation benefit the farmer or producer , and bow would any ssnsiblo , thinking man draw bis conclusions , as to the motive that Induces the present members In congress who are so zealous in their efforts to pass thcso measures ? It looks , from tbo frequent agitation in con gress of thcso bills , that tbo prime movers seek to influence speculative values so as to enrich themselves and prey upon tbo public. Ignorance of the true inwardness of tbo measure has led many to believe it beneficial to the masses , but a study into tbo true in wardness of the scheme shows it to bo devoid of merit , nnd tbo bills now up for action should bo promptly and effectually squelched. Yours truly , E. E. CYIIUS. AMVSKMKX'fS. Mr. Murphy In "Kerry flow. " That line old frish drama , "The Kerry Cow" opened a brief engagement of that clover Irish comedian , Joseph Murphy , at the Boyd last evening. The play In the present production does not receive that attention to scenic detail necessary to an ideal presenta tion of "Tho Kerry Gow , " but the characters of the play are In fairly capable hands , and all in all a most enjoyable pei'formanco is tlio result. Mr. Murphy diffeis agreeably from tbo conventional Irish comdcian. IIo speaks bis lines naturally and his action is without that borso play and ultra grotcsqueness usual and unspeakable in "popular" interpretations of Irish charac ters , yet ho never misses a point withal. Then Mr. Murphy's singing is sweet , nml bis tuneful melodies gain from bis manner of singing them. Miss Belle Melville as Nora , does not strain to glvo the brogue , but is pretty nnd Interesting as a colleen should be. The ox-process server and sqnlreen , In the care of Mr. F. Kildny , is villainous enough to earn the hisses of tbo virtuous gallery , and the other parts are not all unsatisfactorily filled , the Dennis Doj lo of Mr. Daniel F. Thompson earning a special word of praise. The theater was crowded last evening , and will likely eon- tlnuo to bo during Mr. Murphy's engage ment. "O'Dowil'slilil > < > rs" t tlio l-'iirinini. "O'Dowd's Neighbors" is the title of the wild , riotous , slapdash , mollo-furco-burles- quo that began an engagement nt the Far- nam Street theater yesterday. At both per formances there was "standing room only" and very little of that , and Judging from tlio rare pauses in the hearty laughter those in front enjoyed tbo efforts of the "comedians" hugely. The company is a capital all around combination. A pleasing feature of their work is the lack of that rasping variety voice and accent with the vocalists , and every member of the cast Is a vocalist and most are dancers. Mr. Mark Murphy , who leads tbo company , is very funny in his way and Air. Joe Roberts , who fills n lead ing role , possesses considerable of the art of burlesque as well as being a good comic singer. Tbo ladies are all pretty and most of them clover. Miss Mary C iblll's singing and dancing are what tbo variety bills would call refined. " She sings dainty little ballads and plantation melodies wltti equal success and dances easily and grace fully. Amid all tbo wild burlesque there are introduced selections from the standard operas nnd those are surprisingly well ren dered. Miss Taylor and Mr. Holcombo's in terpretation of the famous Tyrolean duet from the camp scene of "Madamo Favart" in the first act is tbo gem , Miss Taylor's rendering of tbo difficult music being par ticularly brilliant , displaying a clear , fresh voice of fine quality. "O'Dowd's Neighbors" is meant to amuse and in the bands of Mr. Murpbv and bis company It fulfills its mis sion admirably. NATURALFRUIT FLAVORS. Vanilla Of perfect purity Lemon Of great strength- Grange Economy In their use , Flavor as delicately and dellcloutly as the fresh fruit * 'WATTERSON ' FOR SENATOR IIo is the Ohoico of Kentucky's ' Entlru Wash ington Delegation. MR. CARLISLE WILL ENTER THE CABINET III * lie-mil Trip to the llluo < ! rn Slutn Snld tit IInvi > Ili-oii for HIP I'lirpiKo of I'linli- ItiK the ( Iri'Ht iilltiir' : < l Klcfdoii , WAMHXOTOX r.uuuuor Tin : Ur.E , I Mil FofitTKiiXTii STIIHRT. J- WASIIINHTON , D.U. . Jan. in. ) Sointor Carlisle's Kentucky frloiuls hero announce , ns they say , upon direct Information mation , that the senator will surely bo Mr. Cleveland's secretary of the treasury. Many of them believe lh.it Editor Henry Walter- son will bo Mr. Carlisle's successor In the senate and that It was to arrange for the editor's election that the senator recently wont to the nine Grass state. Whllo Mr. Wnttcrson does not seek the position It Is stated ho would not refuse it. Nearly every Kentuckian In Washington would HUe to aeo ' V'uttcrson come to the senate. Oppugn ) to Speaker Crl4ii | Possibly for the purpose of allaying the small but ( 'rowing determination of the Mills crowd to defeat the ve-cleetlnn of Speaker Crisp upon the orR.iniz.Ulon of the next house iu December , or whenever that body assembles , the frien.ls of the speaker have caused to be circulated tlio broad state ment that Mr. Crisp will probably not want the ofllec he now holds another term. Thov say Hie Illness which lias srl/.cd Senator Uolquitt will prove fatal , anil that when the vacancy occurs in the ( Jeorgla seaatorshlp Mr. Crisp is sure to get that place. There Is considerable uneasiness in the situation surrounding Speaker Crisp , despite the fact that he would bo re-elected without opposition , comparatively , were the election to come soon. There is , however , naturally , n wiilo chasm between the speaker and Mr. Cleveland , and any pati-lied-up peace which may bo arranged Is liable at any time to bo broken into Hinders. .i Ciuml Adhlrs. As the debate In tlio senate yesterday plainly indicated , it can be eonilUcntly relied upon that whatever congress and tills gov ernment may do in the way of assisting the construction of tlio Nicaragua canal , it will bo done with a clear understanding that the United States government will not have to depend upon the indistinct , if not obsolete Monroe doctrine for our commercial rights. Senators Sherman , Hoar and Morgan have some very vigorous views uton | that subject which they intend to give before the resolu tion of Senator Wolcott. introduced yes terday , making inquiry as to the amount of money expended upon the canal , is llnally disposed of. President Harrison risen has two or three times in his messages recommended that congress should take steps to secure the canal for our commercial interests and the proposition has been well digested in congress although there is no probability that an.\ thing will be done in that direction this year. Tlio shameful manner In which the Panama canal is being managed in opposition to the interests of the United States , andi for those of the French people and French government , has , ns Senator Hoar sa.\s , reminded us of the necessity of moving in no uncertain way. The senators say that If wo take parental care of the Nicaragua euniil in any degree we will control it. Be fore any action is taken , however , it is alto gether probable that Inquiry will bo made as to the extent to which the Monroe doctrine lias been dragged In the dust by the present management of the Panama canal. It is stated that the inquiry into the Nicaragua canal will bo made to cover the Panama canal management , unless there arc some men in congress who fear an inquiry touch ing upon the Panama affair. I'roposeil Tension Iti-forma. The proposition to abolish all pension agencies and pay pensioners by check direct from the Treasury department Is believed to be but the tirststep in the direction of sweeping "savings" on account of pensions. T.ho democrats declare time -if the pension agencies are abolished there will bo $5,000- 000 or $0.01X1,000 saved annually , and no pen sioner will receive less. The scheme of the democrats in the house is to have the pres ent administration assume the responsibility for the lirst move and then for the Cleve land congress and administration to "codify" the pension laws so as to reduce pension payment by retaining only those upon the pension rolls who were wounded in action , the widows of those whoso husbands were killed or died from wounds received in action , and the actual paupers now on the rolls. This would , it is said , reduce the pension pay ments one-third , possibly one-half. The democrats nro determined to do something of this kind , but they hesitate to begin the work. Settled It Ainir.-ilily. A little fight between Secretary Klkins and the surgeon general of the army over the detail of an army surgeon for duty as attending surgeon to the officers and their families In this city , has Just been settled. In anticipation of the early retirement of Colonel Heger , who has been lilling this desirable detail for several years. Captain K. Ii . Mosley was ordered hero several months ago to get in trim to relieve him. This was done at tlio instance of the surgeon general. Hut Sec retary Elkins ordered Major It. M. O'Ueill.v ' to do'thls duty before Captain Mosley as sumed charge. As It is only a few years since Lr. ) O'Ueilly had u term of duty here , Oennral Sutherland protested bitterly npalnst his helm ; brought heroiigaln Orders Ju.it Issued revolting Or O'Hdllv's nsMgn. mrnt , show that Secretary Klkln.i has flu ally yielded to the protest nf Ms bureau chief , expecting , It Is said , that Dr. O'K.'llly who was an attendant physician on Mrs. Cleveland In 1837 , will accomplish his object when the new administration comes In. ta Nrnl Taking PIHVII. Whatever may be the outcome of the In- yestlgation now In progress bv a special com mittee of the house Into charges that the records and Illes of the Department of Stain nro now , mid have been for years , under the control of a literary ring. It cannot but have a wholesome effect. The State department is always tnoro or less snobbish. Its officers , with n few exceptions , are not easv of access. 1 hey are , to some extent , composed of men who affect foreign tastes and habits. There is not that American atmosphere about tint State department which Is to bo found about other executive departments of the govern , mcnt. Most of the clerks aK | > the manner * of the English and other dlplomates and attaches who hover about the department. One of the faults with the systems In vogue nt the State dnp.irtment , and which breeds the snobbery there. Is the traditions of the department which forbid the dis charge of aiii clerk or minor nftleer except upon Grievous charges affecting probity. A man is never dismissed for common Incom petence or pertnoss. Discourtesy Is not re. gardcd a fault. There is a degree of security which partakes of proprietary alT'-ciatlon Clerks and small officers soon come to act toward callers as though they owned the es tamishment and wanted to close the doors and hoped tor a cessation of bother It ts be lieved that some of this atmosphere will bo clarified , and It Is more with a \li-w t < > general renovation and taking d.iwn a pop or two smart clerks and custodians than am thing else that the present \rstijraUon was begun by the house committee. VliI'rmidimt Morton' * rnpriillhtblo I'urin. It Is stated that when Vice President Morton retires from his present position he will go back to Ills modest little farm lo cated on the banks of the Hudson river , and that he is eligible to membersh'p in the farmers alliance. Mr. Morton raises a fair crop nmt soils u portion of It Iu open market and to his neighbors. It is not profitable , for one single item , butler , ho loses heavily. Ho produces butter which costs bim about f 3.78 per pound and only realties : ks cents per pound In the market. Nevertheless the vice president la a farmer as well as a banker. \\Yiti-rii IVliHloiK. The following Issues of pensions have been reported : Nebr.tska : Original Alison McDonald. TaylorS. Smith , Edward U Moon , WilliaiM Lowe. John H. Smith , .lames P. Hammond , iliimes Meadows. Additional James H. Soden. John Lltidon , OJeorge Hineainan , FranciH S. Moses. Renewal and in.Tease - ShcpheroP. Parker. Increase I'luti-les Mc- ( ice , Hugh Uay. Keis.siieWilliam 1 ! Hob\ . ( Icorgc ICrltes. Original widow Arietta S Flora. Iowa : Original--Cyrus M. Paul , fx-vl S. Wood , Asa 11. Schoonover , Hiram Wlnslow , Jacob Woodring. Michael CVNeil. Job I ) . Clark. Additional-Archibald Conk , D.ivld C. Hlhhop , John A. Arnold , Malvin U. Whitehead - head , Paul Dishorn ; , Henry Aldricli. John West , Lawrence Ualen. Increase Harvey Dunn , John A. Martin , James W. Itiiurham. Kelssuo John A. Howan. Keissuo and increase creaseicorjo Hoyd. Original widows - Catherine E. ( Jraunls. Katriiia Doleshall. South Dakota : Original Nelson II. Holden. Additional - - Franklin Strong , Charles A. Scott , John Swift. Increase - Josiah Allen. Washington Notci. Mrs. Joseph 'N. Carey of Wyoming has returned from Philadelphia and is at the Arlington for the season. It Is said to be tlio private opinion of Rep resentatives liryan and Kerr that the result of the deadlock in the Nebraska legislature will bo the fusion of the domo-rats and re- punllcaiis and the election of a democrat to succeed Senator Paddock , and that ho will be , T. Sterling Morton. S. T. Ifeckwith and .1. L. Carey are at the St. James today. Major Joseph W. Wham of the pay de partiuent , United States arm.\ , has been ordered before a retiring board , which means that he will bo retired , his physical condition being such that no board wouM recommend his continuance on tlio active list. U also means another vacancy In the office of paymaster , wltn the rank and pay of a major , making two mug little billets of this kind .available for President -Harrison IIUMK .11 Al > i ; MlltTll. T < ynn Item : When theihiysbi-gln la lengthen the pi-Ice of coal begins to llull'alo K\I > ITS"How : can t bccoino a coimirsiillotr.illit'i' " "Poi-sinule ready your self that yon haxuaclironlc dNca-iU of M > IMU kind. " _ Chicago Post : Niagara Is In tlingroupof the Ice king and several liai-Umcn are reported badly frozen Hetrlbutlon , thy name. U Hurras' ' AtebNoii Oloho : No lotrn looks ns ivi-11 from the car window us It does In a boom elr- Piidth. fii-ay .VCo.'N Monthly : Mrs. Illsher- man Now , ubiiiit that man yon sent over to me Is ho honest ? Mrs. l-'ireiimn Well , I should MI v MI. He bus been tried twice for stealing and has escaped both times. A.V HO.NT.ST VniWICT. Itoxtnii Ciiurlfi : " \Vluil do yon Imagine that picture would fulch At u puhllc vendmi ? " hn Inijnlrcd. As Him maulstick in hand hu the sjime did ( iiHsii-i-ti-h Toward "A llullet Girl , " dimly alllreil. Tlio friend turned Ids JM/U at Ihn plcturo a while , Itathor da/ed at the a HM's caprice , Then ! iiis\u-u-d with more than a hint of a MIlllC " 1 think It would fetch the police. " Largest Manufaoturari mil Ilotillori of OlotUIng In tii Put some more. , on That's what we did. We have had such a glorious success with our ton dollar lar sale that wo have concluded to continue this week , partly be cause we have a few of the suits and overcoats - left. To make it more interesting1 we've added a few rjiore overcoats and suits of better value lo go at this same price , $10. They're all in the window , proper in style , substantial in fabric and well made. Choice of any suit or overcoat in the window for $10. I BROWNING , KING & CO , fctoro open Saturday every till evoinuj till 0.31 S , W , Cor , 16th and Douglas St