FHE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE TWENTY-SECOND YEAII. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , APRIL 9 , 1893-TWENTY PAGES. NUMBER 29-1. EX-SE1VTORIXCALLS Ee I-r tiMt * PrtWwm , tie Krw "Wfll Hcve 1 * Pu'TS QUESTIONS AT MR. CLEVELAND E.-W the Great al Issas lis roi ap OH WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE NEGRO ? of Hawaii omia Establish E Pornitao-ai MUST IMMIGSATIDN BE RESTRICTED ? I' ( inarKalilr I'Kprr by tlio C < lel > r t ' < l Kan. nun - jmrt.liniVlth llli. J'ectiliur Krll- Imnri. Uiih iu i-dum mid X iilqur In lirjir 'Bsloii , 19'IS I "R hundred and flftj ars ace there was . uch jiolitical and social uiwouttuit in the Ktic- ish county of Kent Gifirj.e Bevis aud Join Holland said there wen too many gentlemen ii Enclaud ; that the nobil Hy would not weai lo .thcr : prans , aud thai f.e uiagi rates and iring s council ought u b" laticriur men , because the best sign of t br vt u md was a hard band The old Dick tbe butcher , and Best tht tauner and Sniitti the weaver , that they w -t r ibed and plundered by the party in j wer 1 ti-it lad and corrupt men ere in c 31ft th it th- public domain bad beei s ] Jiulrod that taxes ware tea high ; thai in vertitiKint had biuished justice and prosper u So they all full in. with swords ( fi-th un .lor the conmind of Colonel .Tack ta- > th lealitig refornur of thit time , and ir-r 'it 1 tin to Lnulon te tbe uuuibar o1 1 * ( U ( > ir J i ( u l He promised his followers tL t st reu half-penny loaves should be sold i > r a per ny , that the three-hoopad pal h'nulJ haten lumps , that 11 should bo l ftiitn ID drink stnill beer ; that all laud1 s > iid in b-ild in co.n'nia rn3 the cities UrncJ our to grass , that tbe educated nnt wta.thy classjs shaald bo degraded an : jt vrriy abiluhad ; that tb era shi aid be lit nnmy an J all should be f el and clothed a1 his expense that he w mid kill all lawyers , und that his mouth should be the Parliament of England His rabble mob captured London , but was fiua..y routed. He became a fugitive .4 Jew days later he was slain in single comba ! by Altxauder Iden , a sturdy Kentish farmer nbaut w hose fields he was prowling , and hii bead c' hibitod. stuol : on a pike , on Landot bridge as a warning to the advocates oJ jcte-nalism iu government. Jack Cade's body lies a-maMentu ; in tht prave , but his soul goes marching on Thi Omaha platform is a feeble imitation auc et bo uf his formulas for adjusting the re-la tloiis b' tween capital aud lalnr , lor thi equal distribution of wealth and tbe equita ble diffusion of tbe burdens aud benefits o houety IT is an ancient problem aid a : histary venerable as Adam. Kvcry age is renewe3 , and each pcneratio : has its Jack Cade , deluding the wretcbei un3 unfortunate with the same vagaries chimeras , nostrums and panaceas that hav ph-atcd mankind since the flood , and wil j rhaps continue to cheat them till tbe finn co' llagration Anrt still the nobility do no wear leather aprons , nor are sevan ball p uuy 1,111 ves sold for a penny , aud many an cou-pelled to drink small beer , or go wit tht ir thirst unslaked. I ndcr OiindlUoni , of Today. Tlie administration of President Clim land bas been placed in power as a protes against txistiug social conditions. The coi p ess iu sympathy with him is the expre ; s.jn of profound , widespread and implacabl discinteut witb the civilization of the iiiui Kienth century , under which it is allege that the rich have luteu prow ing richer an tht poor poorer. Of the truth or the falsit cf the partisan assertion that these coud lions hai e i-esultod from political misrule : is unimportant now to inquire The facts of tbe crisis boinp the samp , i the consideration of the work to bs done b tbe administration and conpress it is imtni terial by what apeucy it was i uposod It puouch to say that George Bevis , John Hci laud , Dick the butcher. Best the tanner at Kinith the weaver are discontented. Tht have ln-i'ii so often told it that many of tbei bt leve that the government of the Cnitt States bus become a ceutralired oligarch ; ciutixulod by millionaires aud corporation ! that icked uieu huve held high offie. . tha the revenues aud public lauds have bet' rorruptly wasted ; that the civil service h : decent-rated Into a despotic machine for tl : peilK'timtum of party power , and that tht have lieeu subjected to burdens of taxatlc fjr the benefit of favored classes The have been instructed that the reason wli they are poor is because others are ricl that tbe reason why they are unfortunate be ause uthers are prosperous aud that tli trac way tn menu matters is to repudiate a fl > * S7i.'Stribute all fortunes curtail mJ visual activity , deprive ambition of its i cui-tivt and Industry of ils reward , pi Ur.ft idleness sagacity , stupidity , sobnet i drjtkt'uness , gptuus aud mediocrity on tl fc me level rexiuce all to obscurity at prvuty aud thus sattsfy the -yearnings fi an ecjua1 dunsion of unequal panungs " V apes were never higher .nor tbe prices tbe necessaries of life low er nor markets mo : extended than uuder tbe McKmley tan : The rea cause of hostility to tbe doctrine i protetli'n ' was not lifcause it unjustly i creased the bui-deus of the i-t-opl but liecause it tmabied somt mau Jarturers to get rich Railroad telephones and other corporations have u doubtodly lieen extortionate , but they ha- mudo civilization possible and there wi never a time when a man could travel so fa or wind a pip or a barrel of Hour so mat a. les , f ir fa as now The true ground of ti c Lt'-ry against railnuids and monopolies because they have allowed some supucio ruud unscrupulous men to acquire uoittss ini-rt of the Moicii Ur& . Tnc ineth(4h of the Standard Oil ooinpai l.nve undoubtedly boeu i > eriiinous but 1 rt-asm of them tbe priee of iwonileurn jii tacts buK&Uwdil ) dt cliiK d until arti&ci i i umtnation by Lero me muy almost be sa \ ic as i bttup as dny Iticut 11f Ueuunciutiou of the Standard Oil roi jiui ik not bucuuse it has luerebsad tbe MI it v np for it has net but liecause Uork f e iff and hit ahbooiiUta ; have booonie niiUio They have uccttidt ! > d uud the othe hart foitoft So tbe dis.tf t d haw M- swtbbkid uiMtor tbr l md ri > tii } > of Jbt-h Cndc. who nroni u obfaip miucy , tbe overthrow of jilutocT cj. the natiimal owutmbip of otixir wtm't fnrtdn ( > nd tb * prilnm of w ckty fw th- benefit of thowe who Itelwre that RM art of O a con b repeated by an act at coMrrcM One iU rmh K f t U thf revolution Htnonp tlir farmers H has b tti an axKito that tbe Httftfpuard * of rtmrtitutkmul liberty would be found li a multitude of small freeholders of land , bat the frm rs are mum tauiN'eraVed wltU prpwnit poKditkms than the vvnpe- , r rf In dUcH Thc ui'e nc t fonsorru- Vive ibcj Mve UUOKT off party harness The } tons a cmnvaei liod.v iu many locali- I4es , wfckb s4ds uorniouly to the momttu- tnm of tb moTomrnt for uncial reorpanua- tion. to which tb * labor asownations and tbe anarchists aud wrinliat * aspire Obviously tlte < | U f tkiu of social nidu ihmc can no Jmiwir be whistled flown tbe wind Tb * al > - snrd and prepx < > l > prous Ui tine OH whirb tbe fMtewors f Jwk C d ? rairrled so many HtKtet. ait very much in evidence and can jiot be ipnorttd umone tbe jidtontial p ilitical forps tif tbf future CVtnerfM and tbe administration are thus ci.nfrotitad . with more complex , crrave and momentous questions than hare been pre- hcnted to tht American people simx-Lincoln s iimugui'fttidn It is a transition puri d Tbe old 1HKHCB have been set tled The war of the rebellion , its passions and resenttm-nts are like a vol- onno that has burned out Scoritt1 aud lava abound , but they will never kindle The na- tVwi it. supreme Slavery and secession are dead donrms. Even thf race problem is jirftcticAlly extinct The nepro must take his chances with the rest There w ill IIP no more "force bUls" nor civil rbrhts Iccisla- tion. The rule ol tbe minority in tbe sjuth is acknowledged The ulnuuiation of the African as a political factor is complete , aud , with four assured vears. more of the twlicj of local hulf-poveramtiut and home rule , tbe supremacy of the Anglo-Saxon race will never lie disturbed. TinNecro Ourittioti. There has been , indeed , for some time , a pruwinp sentiment of acquiescence in the admitted suppression of the colored vote , and a subterranean conviction that under tin , same circumstances the whites of the north would net very much in tbe same way Who would lie Iree tbemsalves must strike tbe blow " Tlie patient and uncom plaining submission of the frtndineu ! to the j denial of tbejr rights , and lo the imposition of unspeakable tyranny aud injustice for so many years , bus resu'ted iu a suspicion that they are inJiffei cut ti free dotn , and uc unworthy of furthei effo'-t auJ and * U > re it and IMD * emific u-s wpnn it IP \ circulate as money , than there is why it j should purchase wheat , , or iKirk , or smuerI I kraut , or drtad apptafi , and ttfwr cortHioates lutou them to circulate as tnonej Tbe prin ciple is identical IE either casxi Sine5 1 < 7S we have IXHHJ buying silver on a steadily de- cliuiuf mat-hut , and coining or certificating it at an artificial aud arbitrary value , largely in e roe s of its price \ \ ben the original act passed U was prwUcttwJ that the coinage of fTfi.OflO.IKX ) would put gold at a premium , but we have ranched tbe stupendous apprepate of $511(1.- ( IKKMKM without disaster The capacity of the Cnited States for absorption wus under estimated , but no one doubts that it has a limit The export of pold aud the approach- inc exhaustion of thp treasury are sy mptoms that cannot tie disregarded Sooner or later a financial crash is inevitable Panics have their periodicity : 1S87 , 1ST * 1878 were years memorable for calamity Aimth Gonvulmou is due Conservative aud cautious biwtuess men are preparing for it already Thert are indications that it is not far off. aud when it arrives it will re quire a seismometer to measure its effoets The owners of mines and producers of bullion have a purely selfish interest in the ootHuuiiuce ot this policy as it makes a sure market for their merchanaise Those who are In debt favor it because it offers a cheaper method of extrication Jack Cade and bis followers are its advocates because their object is to destroy the existing social order , tht fortunes ol tin plutocrats and all established institutions The thouchtful patrintic musses are undoubtedly in favoi of bimetallism aud the us * ; of silver as mon y Practically they want neither as money , but prefer paper based upon both Tb < - National Hanks. The rapid extinction of the public debt threatens the existence of the national bauk- inc sy stem and the redemption of bonds has- already it-suited ir an alarming contraction of the currency , which would have tit-en more serious in its effects had it not been for the issue of silver certificates The consideration either of tbe continu ance of the national banks witb other sub stitutes as security for stockholders bill- holders and depositors or of scnne other safe and efficient method of supplying a circu lating medium , u ill requite early considera- I tion by conciess The democratic party- stands pledged to tbe free coinage of silver and tbe removal of the tax on state banks With remarkable consistency they nominated and elected a president un'-ompromisiiicly opposed to both these measures It is certain , therefore , that until IssiT neither will be accomplished , th > uri : ! the unrestricted coinage of silver , JOHN 3. INGALL.S. sacrifice. Benevolence will not cease , nor will their education aud mstraction in mor ality nnd religion be neclttctod , but socially and politically they will tread tbe wine press alone , and , like all weaker races , will be crowded to the wall. Durmp the quarter of a century of freedom there bus been no indication of successful competition witn tbe whites m any cumin-in field of effort The love of fair pluy. M hich is characteristic of our race , will demand an equal chance for them , as in bas for the In dians , tbe Chinese and all the other suujr- diuate inhabitants of the earth , so lonp as they do not interfere with our own cupiany , ambition w love of dominion Their liberty will be absolute if they do what we desire The people of the north arestrouch in favor of allowing the neproes to have their rights in the state of Mississippi , though they held them as slaves till slavery ceasea to be profitable above the Potomac They are equally ardent In their philanthropy for In dians in Nebraska and Dakota thoacb they display ed the nuad of the murdered Philip upon a stake at Plymouth uucl sold his in fant sou into slavery iu the West Indies There w ill be no more political campaigns fought iu the finted States upou the atti tude of the democratic party daring the war , nor its relations to slavery and seces sion , or reconstruction , or the resumption of specie payments , or the disputed succession of 1877 The dead past has buried its dead v ! Social and economic questions are at the ' I front. The industrial issue is , tbe Aaron's rod that has swallowed all the rest The masses have discovered that political equal ity does not bring about social fraternity ; that the ballot is not a moUn'ine to cure all the diseases of the state , uud that the ine qualities of fortune and rank are as preat uudei u rttpuolic as uuder an umpire in a country wheit- liberty is universal education provided lor all and every citizen the equal of e\ery other befort the law vith an equal chance m the strupcle of life , uian\ are called and lew chosen , one eats crumbs and wears raps , -while auolhei is clad in line liueu and purple and fares sumptuously PA ery day Jacu Cade assures Lazarus that he is as much eutitltid to terrapin uuu cbampapue , peed clothes , ooupcms , a steam yacht aud a private car as Dives and that the reason why he has them not is because Dives coinjielled conirress lo enact a tariff , demonetize silver , issue bonds and fill his coffers by law To refute these heriisies. readjust the rela tions of the citiien to the state apptiuse the craving for change , allay uiswniteut recon cile employers and employed urroht tbe ten dencies to dangerous accumulation without impairing the right of iiUividuuU. to pre serve personal liberty aud the independence of the state , is a task thai will test the statesmanship of Mr ClfuUund and his as sociates , w ho have dune so much to precipi tate the crisis they are now wjuirod to meet. Silt tir uud SulitrtiM ur. < I'l nut. Justice to Jack Cade requires tbe admis sion that oar present wlwui i > olicy jusrttles tbe wildet-t senenieh ul tne pjpulists , und makes the subu-eat-ury plaas of the formers alliance respectable i. Silver in its relations to the hscal sy&umi ol the country is either a immey uwial or it is a nouiiuodity U tb former then u is en titled to free aduiiMuoa U > tbe mints at tbe opUau of tbe owuur. upon toriufc thut will iu We a silver dollar us ueurly as possible iu- iriubic.ulty equal to a gold dollar If U is a commodity then there is no more reason why the pay eminent should purchase even at tbe present ratio , could hardly offe ' a graver menace to the national credit 'hotio and prosperity than the clumsy , illogical am unscioutlfii method under existing laws. IVIiut Confront * the 1'artv in I'ower. The party in pnwer in coucress is con : mltted by the most positive uncouditioua and unqualified declarations acainst a pro tective tariff , as disbouest in practice an unconstitutional in theory. It is bnund in honor aud peed faith to re deem its pleapes aud pive the country fai trial of free trade , or a tariff for re venu only. This was the voice of the majority The people are entitled to a decree upj ; their verdict For half a ceutur , the nation has experienced the rt suits ol tbe policy of protection Its enemie ailepe that our growth in wealth aud jiopi latiou was in spite of it and not on accouii of it , that with free trade our progres would have been preatcr aud our burdens di mmisbed They may be right They hav tbe pviwor to prove that they arc They ca cive the generation un obie t lesson i wages prices and markets For fifty year we have had one siue only L"t us hav both We have had arguments , essays comparative tables , speeches , eulogy and ( It nuuciation Now lot us have facts. Th harriers have been removed. There are u obstacles There is no hostile senate o which to lay the blame of failure The ea ecutive and lepislative departments are i accord , and if they neplect the opportutiit and omit tn try the experiment history mm declare that they were dishonest , insmcei or imbecile But there are as main deni ( crats interested in manufactures and DH toeted industries as republicans , and ab-ead indications apptar of a purpose to palter an juggle , to interpret the platform in a doubl sense and not even keep the word of pron isc Ui tbe ear t'pcm tbe subject of pensions their funi tion is equally explicit fudoubttxily this : a matter of great national concern Its pn portions are stupendous The annual appr gate of payment is bewildering in its in oiensity , and the numbers upan the roll pas comprehension To rreat masses of votei b irn since tbe war Geuysburc and App mattux are ancient history They have i personal interest in the great drama Thi there is a still larger number of voters wl would nuturally prefer that no jmnsiou at a should be paid from the public treasury i ' union s ildiers They were on the other s'ld aud they are the most jiaworf ul auxiliaries i the new administration. Probably 2lia.l3'J,0 ( K ) will be required fi pnnsums during the current fiscal .year , larpe fraction of this , it is declared has bet paid to uuw orthy aud undeserving claimant to deserters , bouuu jumpers mallgners ai as rewards for political sen-ice TUP purn aud integrity of the bureau and its ofticia have lK e.u impucued if these allesratioi are true , the truth should lie promptly di closttd If there has been dishj iiest\ , should be punished The lists should 1 minutely scrulinixttd. aud if any are rttcei lug pensions lo which thev are not eutiui they should be east out Justice to the d : abled. brave aud patriotic vt Uiraus and tbe taxpayers who oonuibute tbttw miliioi ; ueoiund this purgation , whicu bus alroai l tm too Auurxutiuu nud Imiulcratiuu. Tbe oopnate subjects of annexation ai immigration are brought promptly into pub attention by the | tproaafa of tbe rbotara and by the Hawaiian tmttp. We have reached a jwint in our national career where we must udant fewer forrtpn- ers or aoqtrire more usrritor.v for their P- commoddtkm The | isUHc domaiL is practi cally exhausted Iu five years tuere will not lie an acre upon whlitti wheal or corn can lie raised without irrlpatl'in. subject to home stead or pre-emption entry uuder the land laws of the United States We are approaching the crisis predicted bMaeaulay. . when our surplus population , having no longer a'rast , fertile area of free lauds over which to diffuse Itself would be come congested in pities und test tbe com patibility "of lilierty with civftizatiou Many of our c < ! onomic aud suvtal dlfticulties arise from tbe presence of undesirable elements amour uur people that &houid have been ex cluded The bulk of eur anarchists , social ists atid malcontents ure foreumers who should have remained at home A laree per com of our criminals , paupars tramps and strikers , are foreieners. who pive no equiva lent for the protection ol our laws aud make no contribution to the well b ncof the state. Aud yet such is the pusillanimity of our politics that. U'ltwitbstandinc the admitted dancers of unrestricted immicratiou. all parties forbear to deal with the question aud shirk from radical and drastic remedies for fear of the inevitablt appeal to the for- eira vote This makes cowards i.f us all Our policy and traditions from tbe liepin- niug have IISHIU ooutiutmtal aud not insular We bourht Louisiana aud Alaska and stole train Mexico in obedience to the continental instinct lor tbe same reason w e rejected Lhe temptation to acquire Cuba and San Domingo , though their possession would beef of vast advantage We have no colonial dojiendenoies , nor ouUyiuc torrittiry , noi need of any What manifest destiny re- q uii es is the extension of our frontier north to the Polar sea aud south to the Isthmian canal , w herever that , may be To take tbe Sandwich islands because they are cheap , aud nurlit sjmtcanift Ite useful is like the purchase of Thompson'sdoarplate by Toodles in the comedy. because be mirbt have a daughter and she uiicht marry a man of that name aud then it w tiifld be so handy to have in the bouse We huve lepers ana Chinese and con taminated blojd enough already and to spare UTie acquisition of thorte remote and vulnerable volcanic reefs would require vast sums for fortihcatious aud munitions of war for their defense , aud additions to our navy for the patrol of the Pacihc We should pain no element of strength that w e do not pos sess already. aud establish a most pernicious piocedeut iu international polity i < j oil * und tlit * * * } tuilhiiien * Amid the airitation atid tumult , tbe din and uproar and uncertainty coneermnr tbe trivial and unimportant topics of taxation l > ensions. immigration"tariff , annexation and social discontent , conies the comforting assurance like the swrta-t south w md over a bank of violets that thi country is safe from the depredation of tbo iioflsmeu and there is to In an epoh of { rtfBuine reform in the civil service Tbe ace is not entlralu free from a sus picion of cant. ofwhhjiiig and hypocritical pretension in morals education , art. religion and politics , aud ttf uniforms of this tire some disorder there is none * > o senseless and fatiimingas tbe cnnt of oavil service reform Theoretically 'Mr Cleveland is right Tbe prpsidnut of the United Stat es should be tbe best and stronrest uud jmrest citizen of the republic But sometimes he is not His subordinates should be specially qualified above all others by natuie and traiumc for the duties they aie appointed to perform But they are not L'jcisliitors should all be the wisest and mosl experienced political economists of iucorrqi > tihle mtecrity But lhe\ are not Judces should be so learned in the law thai theu dtnasions would never be contested or reverwid But they are not All < -iti7ens should bt tranquil and jirtj r- ous. contented to remaiu in their several conditions iu life till jiromoted for merit , after competitive examination , on the oc currence of some vacancy in wealth or rank by death or resignation But they are not In tbe ideal scientific state there would tie no defalcations in offioe , no offensive parti sanship , no mcoiTiirible spoilsmen fiiliuc tbe air with tbe din of their tumultuous discon tent Tbe courtesy of the senate would dis appear. Executive sessions would be aliol ished Nominating -conventions would y leld to boards of commissioners , before whom all candidates for the'presidency aud lor con gress would appear fur examination into their attainments 4n statecraft Stump oratory would be altirt art Political cam- paipns would be conducted like Chautauqua circles or the Concord school of philosophy The torchlight procession , the multitudi nous rally , the flaring "bonfire , the voluntary contribution and the campaum lie would be seen nud heard noinoro Government would become strictly impersonal. The office would seek the man. The Sermon on tbe Mouut would be the platform and the Golden Kule the policy of every administration , and the covernment would be kept pure as the streets of Jerusalem -were kept clean , by every man sweeping liefore his own door Meanwhile it would beiuterestmc to know what principle < > i civil service reform that rendered Mi Cleveland ulnrible for re-elec- tiou renders those who hold office uuder him iu his first reizu ineligible for reappomt- inent , and why it is any more degrading .c want a postoffiee thant to want the presi. dency , and how it happens that , even af tei competitive examination and certificates ol merit , uuder a republican administration tht majority of suA-essful applicants are repub licans and uuuer a dernozrutic administra tion democrats The res"iublauces uotween Lincoln an < 3 Cleveland are not sa marked possibly as tht contrasts , but it is not unlikely that the lat ter is quite as well qualified to deal with tht emergencies of today as was the former will the issues of liil tt'hen Cleveland wrott that paternalism had uplace in the creed of democracy he pronounced the epltaxi pi Jack Cade but his exasperated follo'-iuc it If.iG may avenge his death The future o : parties cannot be predicted , iur politics is not an exact science Its problems are com plicated , its forces obscure , its statistics uol tabulated The unexpected continually happens An alliterative phrase may tun victory to defeat aud tbe most trivial mci dent limy chance disaster to triumph Political soothsay ors prophecy only wha' they hope will coine to puss , and their prog nostigatious cauuot be diMtueresHjd Ni partisan can disclose to bis adversaries thi weakness of his own purty , and his couclu sious therefore , however .apparently sincere are distrusted because. If unfavorable , thej must be supprc.ssjd. .rri > GE .Octroi. Frri Prjiw Tlie perfeshional patriot that hain't co his prlte * iuarkod on him samers is almit , skoeree Tbe richer the government the poorer th people Cangressmsn kin git the neelcessaries o life on tb'iir salaries , but the Lord on.1 , Knows w bar they pit the lugshuries. Politishuus don't secure their promises b morgidpe Mlty lew wimmen goes Into politicks bt fore they try te pit iuto matrimony. A one-dollar greenback in the baud is wut all yer fiuaushul theories in tbe bush. Polliticirs raises a disturbance every titn it gits mixed with anything else Franstanoi churches , temperance , labor , farnnu' , fitic and wimmen The goJo s of Mbart.v never strikes fe any more pay ner tbe star spaupleH haunt don't suae down the pele when tbe eiglj hours is up Thar s one -polltiekle problem 1 ain't lx > * abll to pit tbe ausor to y t , namely , to wit Ef it wwts U.liK ) fer a statesman te git , hjw does he pit event Tbe clear juke , without fiugar , of half lemon every uiuruiug fur a wcf k just uov wheu the system is mure iir lots oloppt from tbennter & feudtup , ic according t an authority equal to a trip south or a wha bottle o ! auhiUtaunr bitters. HUE. ROMERO WAS BANISHED The True Inwardness of a Eacy Bipkra&tk in SOME NOTED PRESIDENTIAL CHURCH PEWS How Oralu l > ] iprulfttar ( I'lot 1o Oft HII luk- lluc of Oroji Hrjinrtt In Adr urr of JnkUi ) the I ri rt- IllCIlt. S. D. C. . April T fOorrespoiid- once cf THE Bcr..j There is bat ono Muie Uoinero In Washington today. A montb ape there were two. Aud thereby bangs a tale which involves a recent diplomatic episode Souora Din Matlas. Romero is tbe wife of the Mexican minister at Wasbinpton She is better known as. Mme Romero and under that name she lias made a famous reputa tion for hospitality durinc tbe eleven years in which ber busband has represented tbe Republic of Mexico at the national capital Mme Romero was a Philadelphia woman and she had many friends in Washnmtou when she married the minister from Mexiuo. but she has made many more by tbe pracious hospitality wblch she has ttispeused for many years at the Mexican lepation Her receptions are famous aud her dinners and balls are arnoup the most interesting feat ures of the social season at 'U'ashinpton. During tbe past season people who were ac quainted with Mme liomero were surprised to see tbroupb announcements iu tbe "so ciety" columns of tbe local papers that sbe had been at a number of entertainments piven by people who were not exactly of tbe set in wliich Mme Romero has always moved They were doubtless charmmp people ple but they were not the extremely fashion able people with whom Mme Romero bas been intimate , and with whom tier pasition in tbe diplomatic corps , asmucb as ber apree- able personality and ber family claims pave her unquestioned standinc Many of these people w ho know Mine Romero so well did not know that Senor Romero's brother , Senor Don Cayetano. bad come to Washing ton as first secretary of lepation and bad been cbarpe d affaires durincr the absence of Minister Roniei-o at tbe Mexican capital. It was tbis Mme Romero whose name was constantly appearinr in tbe newspapers In tbe absen'-e of Minister Komero bis wife bus spent the past season rather quietly , but wherever sbc bas been sbe bas been annoyed with constant inquiries about ber move ments. as ber friends supposed them to bi set forth in tbe newspaper paragraphs The climax was capped o.v an incident which was telecraphed over the country about sii weeks ape A paracraph wus sent out from Buffalo sayin ? that Mme Romero of Wash- mcton who was tniTcltus witb a friend had by mistake administered a poison to her companion , and that it was with creat difficulty that the other woman's lift as saved As Mme R imero is so well known over tbe "L'nitefl States , aud as no explana tion was pixen in the tel'-praptuc dispatch as to tlie identity of the Mine. liomero of the traric episode at Buflalo , all of the friends of the Mme Romero who read the paragraph bolieveH ' that it .con cerned her As a consequents sht was delured with inquiries and messages of sympathy , aud she finally found it necessary to un'ify her friends tbrouch a newspaper paragraph , which was widely circulated , that "Mme Romero" had not been absent from Wasbinpton at all tbis winter. Xo Tlmre IK lint Ou Sluir Iliunrro. When Minister Ifcirnero returned to Wiisb- inpton tbe state of affairs was laid before him His wife announced that there could be but one Mme Kornero iu Washington ; that if the other aid not po , she would Minister Romero rocopnized the justice ol her position and went to his brother , tht first secretary of lepation He laid the mat ter before him as forcibly as he could Either bis brother must leave Washiupton. be said , or be would ha e to resnrn his posi tion here Souor Dvin Cay etauo Romero did not want to leave Washiupton : neither did his wife But the episode nutrht have in volved them very unpleasantly with tbt Mexican povernnient. for Minister llomerc has done diplomatic enders in Washiuptot for bis povernineut , aud is considered one ol tbe strongest men in tbe foreisn service Si Seuor Dun Cuyelaiio Kumero applied for i transfer , and about two weeKs are he lefl Wasbiupton for Paris Today there is bul one Mme Romero iu U'ashinpton I'rfklil'-ntlal Church I'c-wfi , Isow that President Cleveland bas beput to attend service at Dr Sunderland's cburct on Four and One-half street , attention has boon direct to the "president's pew , " whirl has been liept vacant for him durmp thf four years of bis absence from Washinpton But this is not the only "president's pew" ii Washinpton. Tht pew which was occupied by President Lincoln is preserved mtaci u the New York Aveuje Presbyterian thurch It is an uncomfortable piece of furniture it which Mi Lincoln s Ions lank form used t ! repose very awkuardly All the other pews in the churc h are new and of modern form The Lincoln pew. of course , is preservec for its historic associations There n a president's pew also in St .lohn'i Epis-opal church which is one of tbe oldes and still one of tbe most fasbumubli churches in Washiupton St .lohu's cburcl " bas really tbe best "ripht to claim the titli of "the president's church , " by which it hai lieoii known for many years William Henr ; Harrison , Ty ler , Tay lor , Madi-on , Monroe John Quincy Adams Van Buren , Fillmore Piene , Buchanan and Arthur were nl repulur worshipers at St John's am Lincoln , Johnson and Grant are known t have attended service there- The pew made historic by these famous iccupauts , i still marked by u metal plate as "the pros : dent's pew " Mritiorml Wludnnr. Other evidences of the historic Incident that cliup to the edifice are found in th stained pluss windows In the pallery is i small window inscribed ' Erected by tb vestry to tbe memory of William Henr , Harrison , ninth president of the t'uito States ; John Tyler , tenth president Zacharv Tin lor twelfth pnsideut wh worshijied iu this church while in ottlct Another window is inscribed "Erected b , the vestry to the memory of .lames Madisai fourth president of the L'uiu-d Stales , i\b. worshiped in this church while in oftlue On the first floor is a window , ropresontm on the upper half the resurrection and o the lower tbe annunciation. the ins riptio boiup "To the plory of God aud to th memory of Ellen Louise Herudon Artbu : entered into life January 12 , ISsU " On th wiiiuuw ledpe under the monurial to Mri Arthur is a brass plate insjrittod " 1 memory of Chester Allan Arthur is place here by tbe vestry. He was the twent ; first president of tbe I'uitod State . an worthipod in this church , and he in IS- elected this window to the memory of h : wife He died November IS , Is i" si John's chunih was built in Isld I Latrobe. who was the archiUict of the til part of the uapitol Oripinally the churc was in tbe form of a Greek CI-OHS with a ci cular pallery ruiminp witupleUily around tt interior the flooring was of brick , and tl building was heated by wood stoves ai lighted by snerm candles and oil lamps luriiuce it , now used to beat the baiidm ? , tl interior of which has IKKIU reuudelei. $ provident hiiioe Arttiui s tune has attend ) St John s churrh but it bat. had aud it iu 1ms many ftmitius couimuuicnutf. VI President Murum and Secretary Tracy wa two of the w rt.Uiierfc ] at St John's whi they ware rebioeuts of Wufchiupum In t ! oonprttffutum now , arttbe cniuf justice Akh dtttf Jusnoe Hlauhford Associate .I ubli Gray tbe Bntibh niiuister.Sir J uliat. Pauuc tote , ithe Lutcrs , oeuerai Beuie. uener Benrt , Mi % Hmtti * Bl in Mid tbe wife ol Senator CunnToti Gmioral Grant wan a toemtiar f the Metro politan Mrtbodiot cburrh. wkhth > vn . fluiibe4 aarittp bis dmiuisti-tttioii Pre < iMtMit Mure * was a moml > er of tb Fouudry Metbd4it > t church and for a Uine ( Ktcuphid the ppw of Major T V Morpau. whom HfU-rvvurd ? u | > - } KiiuU > d District oommlsMoitw UHriMd at- U-ndeid the ChrintlKii churrh Fratiklin Pioro * was a snmnher of the Fourth Prenby- terian church. NUie of the pews of these presidents hart1 been reserved No church bas been BO distlnrtlvnly an "administration" rburcb attbr Cliuirh of tbe Covenant Not only tbe prttstctent , but bis premier. Secretary Biaine I'ltsUimst-tir G ner l Wannmaker , Atloniey Genei-al Mil ler. Swretary Rusk Secretary ProcUHaud Stvretary Wiudom and a number of th * lesser onicials of the Harrison rwrlmc at tended service at the Church of the Cove nant duriup tbe last administration None of Pifsideut Cleveland s cabinet have joined tbe First Presbyterian cbuivh I'rl- vale Seci-otary Thurbtir is the only one of tbe oSicials of the new admmistnitiou who has taken a sittinc thtwe Dr Sunoerland's cou- precatiou does not number many dlslin- cuished people now Its inemborsliip is almost entiri ly local But doubtless the fact that the ClcvuJands are worshipars there will draw umny distinpuished jienjde who are strangers to it How tinGruln . ; irculutor Were Iliilltpcl. Tbe appuintuiont of a suowwir to Stutis- ticuin D.idpe of the Department of Aciicul- ture will 'iriup rejoicine to tbe speculators throughout tht country w bo have been try - inc for so many years to ret iu advance the i-esult ol tht statistician s investigations of tbe condition of the crops Sint-e tbe news papers took a bund at pathcrinc crop statis tics this information lias not bintn of so much value Some years upo uituvhants and spp- tdators tbrouchout the cnuntry depended on tbe traveling acrents of cimmeivial housoi. and oocasioaal oouutry correspond outs t < i pive them scuttermc information abaut tbe condition of crops Now the creat newBpa- persofthe west and south hava reliable correspondents everywhere through tbe prain and cotton districts keepiue them oon- stautH udviseu of auy mat-rial clianee in the crop tirosp-icis Thr.iuph them the report - port of tbe statistician is pretty thoroughly discounted Still there is sometimes a sur prise in the monthly rep irt and very fre quently it aSocts the pricof prain for future delivery Tbe svstem adopted in tbe statistician s office renders leakuce almost impossible There would bai e to lie a combination of em ploy es train several of the branches of the statistician's office to pet topotber Informa tion of any positive value Even the state airenls of tlie department could not furnish absolute infonnation. for in addition to the set of correspou lents which reparls to each state apent there is an independent set of correspondents rep.irtiuir from the same counties direct to the department at Wash- mrton From these independent reports and th - reports of spmual upants the statis Ucian obtains information which frequently leads him to modify the eroparorapes as made up in his offic" . and as the final deei sion rests entirely with him prcu thos clerks who have handle } the reports and worked i.p the avei-apes from them can have no positive knowledge of what averupe xvill be adopted by tbe statistician These re ports are distiibutod to different rooms so that no clerk and no set of clerks workiuc together will have any kuoMledre of final values When all the estimates have bsen made , frequently the statistician receives tele.pi.ims coutaiuinir information fivin aceuts in important sections of the country which modify very materially the reports which they seat in by mail With these teleprams and with the results of the work of the cleris in tbe differ ent offijes spread out before him , the statistician locks himself in his oHUsc with his stenorrapher and his assistant and proceeds to fipure out the avcrape It is a matter of very nice adjustment As fast as the report is made up the stenocrapher nuts it on a duplicatmp machine and prints cojiios of it The lirst completed copy is taken to tbe secretary of agriculture and laid before him He npjirovt it fruiutillj uud it is Im mediately taken to the telepraph operator m a room adjoiuinp. By him it is teleprapbed all over the country so that every one has an equal chance at it There used to be a preat stnvine amonc the speculators throuph their asreuts here to ret tlie report telegraphed to New York seas as to anticipate one another At that time there was no telepraph operator at the de partment aud when the report was piven out there was always a race between the ines- seupers of the telepraph companies , the press usso/iatious and the speculators to see who would lirst pet to the telecraph office with it At that time tlie summary of the report which was the most important fea ture ol it for immediate use. was the last paragraph in tbe rep.irt as pnen out Some of the speculators , KCPIUS this had their arents teletrrapn the last paragraph first " with the result thut they boat"tbe other speculators and the press association sev eral minutes Now tbe summary of the 10- port is in thc-first parapraph For a loup time one firm of speculators iu New York pot an advantape of fully five minutes on the report The fact was known in Washiupton. but for a lonp time the most careful iuvestipatlou failed to show bow thit was accomplished. The messenperof tnefirn was soeu to start fr ai tbe Airicaltural de partrnent with the other messenpeis and u run to the telecrajih oHlce with them. Aftei a Ions ; time it was discovered thut the rez- ular uiessenzer was IKUUST use3 as a dummy , and that a sacand messenger with unalher copy of the report btiipped at a small de serted buildmp just outside the Agricultural department proauds The spiu-ulaiors bud strunp a wire to this little buildiu : aui , while the repular messeuper was , running tc the telepraph office uptown , the operator 111 tbe little buildm ? was sending the content ! of the report to New York fully five minute ! before the other copies of tbe report could hi filed H ith the telepraph company It w as the discovery of this device that made tin Agricultural department establish a tulo graph office in the buildiuz GEOIK.L GIIA .TBA.M BAIS : Ti/2//ory rut : The br.ir.niu seeds only in one small spat 01 earth , the Andaman islanas Everywheri else it must be raised from suckers. The census returns show that there ar liyi'.ia.iria families in the United States Not so bad for a young aud rapidly prowini republic. The tracks of the preat Atlantic liners between twoen the United Status and Great Britan are as accurately made oat and followed a if they ware built oa land The bonus of the whales that the Genna : kais'-r slaughtered ia the North sea las summer are to be turueJ into furniture fo the Norwepiau boat bouse at Potsdam Thirty years apj the product of the lobste fisbimr industry in Canada was valued a flft Ts Last year it was flU'Jli,752 , as coa pared with fiiji.421 in tbe preceding twelv months Stutisti-s of tbe PostoM..c departmet show ttiut tbe avcrape p.ipalatiun of Um-j bu rm ; fourth-class pjstoffices is SU'J The * offies are defined as tlus ; who&j receipts d exceed fl.UUJ not ftJt ! ( ) > W K. Vauderbilt is having a yacht bai at Birkenhead , Eup , which , il is hlieve < will be the finest iu the world It will 1 named the Vali-ant , and w ul be puarantut to run seventeen knots an hour. The ha : will soon be rwady. It w ill be H10 feet b twnen perpendiculars , and have filKj-bor ) ! pawer. Tlie GtHiprnphical club of Philadelphia b : decid > < d to take un active part in promotii : tbe next t'spaditinu of LiouUKiaut Peary t ward the North ji.ile and has ayreud uj > a plan lor raihinp fs.OJ'J or f Hl.tmj of ibe t * IKM or ( > UJ.I th it will be rdqair J. In r turn Air Peary propase * to turu ovttr to tl club whatever collodions of Hdtmtific vali be may mane iu tue Arcti.rttjrwn WruiKlei foretieadk in chilflreu betoki uousauu'tKiTi. rickets or i diary Vurtit wrinlrles d tbe bivw < uiine early jntjo who do mach brain wur t Arched ai crohtiuir wrmiutit. atout tbe lver middle tus iorebeud baUiUeu phybtuul or muit fcaSerutf. Flue clouts io bed wnukU vrbk'lt oover the fact : hipub of utw aud d ( Ttipitudr are caused by lotih of cxmtracti nervous Jorot aud are prevented by h auj SAEXCERBUXD'S BIG FESTIVAL ( Hetdwid Vfll Entertain the Next Meeting of the North Anuriou Bomtaos. FOUR THOUSAND VOICES IN CONCERT An Imturun- Hall to l . llullt r.j > prl .ll.T lor tlir S iiffrlftl Omli > Sorlrllf will Ullort to Get the > rxt r ' tlial lor TliU fit } . Cirvin.A"ro , O , April -ISpwial to Tut Ben ] The coming Satmpcrftwt of tbe Gor man slueiuc societies of the country ti lm b -jd in this city iu July , will lie tine of the noteworthy musiual event * , of the year fj- teusive preparations art b-nie mudt for the occaMon and 1t is autu ipuu-d thin tht fesU- val this year will far txcci-d in puiut k'I nmciullieiuHany -slnuhii tent that has yet IKH-U btild The Suomierlesl is acalu uuacr the auspices of tbe North Amen -uu Saenpcr- bund by the singers conip i me its ineitilnr- ship , who are scattered all OUT the uni in , Tbe organization has been in ex.iste.uce bin > o l.MH , when the first feitnal was held in l\u- ciuuati fixi societies and Us singers IK * ig present 2t has now a muiibtri-hiti of UK ) societies and upwards of 4 ( l 11 siurers aid the festivals which it gives are stupouaous affmrs The last one occuriva hi New Or leans three years ape and w us noted as lie ug tlie greatest yet held In Cleveland , preparations for the occasi jn have boun under way f01 many mouths and are now well advanced. The musu to bo sunc WHS sent to tlie dlJlrrent s icietius ear y in the wtuter and the innin choruses are MOW doubtless proficient iu the scores The concerts of \ \ hich tSierc w ill In six preceded by a reception coupon iu which only Cleve land snipers w ill take part w ill b presi led civeiby Prof Emll K mr : i well ku m-n u u- sician and musical coiitUKtoi ol th.sc.ty Prof lime is not y et thirt > v ears of ape ; et he bus already made consist-able ! of a rttrj. tatioii lor bis ahiliU in m-.isi > al matters Ho is a uatiic of a small villape in Saxoman Switzerland , and nearly th whole cf bis liK-time has Ken spent in the study of music He came to this coauiry in ISsT aud thp following ytiai was encaged to condjct thePhilhiirmoiiicorchestni here since which time he bus resided iu thisi'ity Tht latter society has steadily iner us > d in the number of its members aud the excellence of ils music since Prof Ring to.ik charge aud is now one of tbe most p'letontnus iu this sec tion of the country It hits upwards of seventy-five members and it w ill furnish the instrumental niusk at all the concerts The Cleveland public schools wij con tribute to tbe attractions of the rocepti m concert with a larpe t bofus Prof N OB Stewart , who has charce of the department of music in the schools w ill tit-let l a c.uss of 2 0,1.1 boys and pu-ls from the Vi ( I'l ' i whi i tudy under bun , and they will sine uniler his di rection Their porforniitn will hi novel and striking Another feature of the festival wil1 be the singing of the pm-e composition on tht even- in ? following the reception concert \ \ edns - day. July 12 About a y ear aci > a cash prize of f 1 ( KU was offered for the bast inusiJil thtane arranged foi sul i.-ts anJ a larpe chorus , and the work ot Mr Heinri h Zat.t- ner of New York won tin distinction The composition is eutuleJ Tht NBA Uona" and is descriptive o tht- discovery of Am ° rica - ica It will be sung undu The direction tf the author , who will assisted by the New York Liederkranz , of w hich he Is be con- dut tor This company is oompasad of over 1(10 ( sintrei * who will be making a tour of the emintry at the titne of the festival They will slug for three day s at the World's fair belore coming to Cleveland The largest chorus at auy of tbe concerts will probably contain over ! l OJO singers and the number who will take part in all the concerts is expected to IKS nearly as preat. In addition to this immense chorus an ex cellent army of solo siucers have tieen en- paged , and several will appear at each con cert. All of them are w ell known artists and some have more than a national leputa- tion Tbe prima donna will boRita Eland/ ' Amelia Louise Groll. a Cleveland cirl , w bo for the past five y ears has been caplivutiup audiences all o-i ci Europe with ber exquisite voice aud chai-mmp manner. Miss Groll praduated from the Cincinnati College of Music aud after a farewell con cert in the city of her birth in IviC departed for Pans to complete ber education After two years spent in study uudei the cele brated teacher , Madame Marchesi , she went upon tbe stape , and from the first scored a signal triumph Her re.putali.in constantly increased aud she was given the distinction of appcarinc before Queen Victoria with her companyin tbe opera -Davail nu RusMcuna , " it beinc the first time that the queen bad heard Italian opera since the death of her husband , thirty y ears before Miss GroJ , who is now iu Palermo Italy , iuteuus to start lor this side of the water in June hen sbe wiil have for her escort a larpe sniping society from Berlin , on the way to attend the saetigerfest An eliuurate reception is lieing planued to weli-ome the famous singer back to her childhood s home Mrs. S C Ford of this city and Miss Blauveldt of New York w ill be the nopi-E.no soloists , iu addition to Miss Groll The altos will be Miss Ltma Little of Boston and Miss Olive Fromstadt ui New York , Mr. W H Kiegcr of New York will lie one of the tenor soloists He was to have been assisted by Mr Andrew Din- pel of Germany , bat the latter has decided not to leave his native land this sea son and w ho w ill talu bis place has not yet been decided The bassos selected are Messrs L'mil Fistherof New York Conrad Behreuds of Germany and Gustave Ber- ueike of this city. All are artists of stand ing and excellent singers The concerts will be given m an immense hall which is to be built expressly for the occasion. It will hate seats for over s,0K ! ) persons exclusive of the platform , which w ul bs great enough to contain all the singers who are expected to br present The build ing will be erected iu u pleasant spot about two miles from the center ol tbe city aud close to five lines of street car Tins in one of the best street car cities in the w/-rld , means that the building w ill be easily at--es- hible The structure will be of wood aud iruu and will be fireproof Tlie outside wJ IK ; covered with statt , " the cemeut used on the World's fair buildings , and it Ia be tinted to re.sumble brown fct.mes. The structure will be about 'MO fott square and nearly 1U ( ) feet iu height. A sinking feature of the construction wi 1 be tbe arrangement of the space devoted to tbe orchestra A portion of the front of the platform will be cut awuy and a pit con. structod underneath large enough to contain considerably over KM players Here tbe members will sit. entirely away from tbe view of the audience , while a huptsoaucuuc. board at the rear of the sp-ace w iL s < u J forth the sound of the instuiueuts , bl < ua' J together as is possible in no olhur wuy al is arrangement is copied after that of the opt--a house at Bayreuth tbe home of the\\as uei-iau opara , whore the mnsiciaus arc urver MHIII by ihe audience It is btuievcd that this will tie the first time that the idea has b'seu made use of in this country The greatest interest is bump manifested iu the approaching festival by tin. lit-rinan speaking jupulauon and by all music iuvcrs ull over the country , and all omens point to a highly successful gathering ( . AU About hlx mouths ape several of OmuuiTi smaller hinging Ktiuielies wttre merged it to one grand umou , the Saenperbuud whit h has a membership of 1UJ tuupcrt > at pn-s i.t , Prior to this time it would have been ust s to attempt to enter iu o membership w in tbe North American Samijrerbuud but t.na : the ooiiBOlidatlon efforts are lo b muK to induce the Omaha Saeugerbuud and tto Ltadurkiaut lo Immune lucmbors. Spuakiug of the waiter the other day a weil Ijiiowu leader iu tiiupiur cm n-6 tx- proiisMl hiniMiU to tbe effect that in t c.se thear two s cietiu * Mid eu Omaha tnig l tie foil unnte enough lo gel Ihe Kkliouui sa aat perfeM belt- four year * beuoe whi h at present poec only lo lh < larger easttiru t . ' He HUtUid thul the easleru ttouliiipetil w iu his opimuii be plud tu rote lor Omaha td tmublt them to visit a weblem mttrv v > here such a fu t uuvtr bus been bud.