THE OMAHA DAILY BED ; TUESDAY , .TUNE 20 , 1803.
THE DAILY BEE.
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Avcrncc Clrrulutlon for Mnf , 189.1 , 84,417
TllK fact tlmt Minister Blount hits not
resigned the Hnwntinn mission 1ms not
prevented several prominent southern
Btntcsmon from publicly declining It.
A LARCH : part of Governor Crounse's
mention will doubtless bo taken up in
the Htuily of the problem of inducing a
felO.OOO lawyer to accept a 32,500 judpt-
Hhip.
Hhip.A
A NKIIUASKA editor insists tlmt the
Manufacturers and Consumers sissociiv
lion of this state commence n wnr on the
trusts. What's the matter with the at
torney general of the btnte ?
IP ERNEST STUHT will spit on his
hands three times and tie another knot
into his scnlp-lock ho will probably bo
able to got a purchase on the court house
with his patent IBroatch tackle nnd lever ,
TliEUK will be ten applications for
places in the internal revenue service
under Collector North , to ono for the
Vacancy on the district bench created
by the'resignation of Judge Davis. And
the former places pay equally as well ,
Itou.
Itou.HAS
HAS any one heard anything of the
enforcement of the law against the
whisky and starch trust rebate system
passed by the Nebraska legislature last
winter. The enforcement of the law
would materially Injure the trusts.which
are operating in this state.
WESTEIW people will understand the
seriousness of the drought in England
from the statement that good hay readily
Bolls for $40 a ton thoro. Unfortunately
hay makes an unsatisfactory ballast for
( in Atlantio'linof. Otherwise the ship-
hionts of the commodity would bo heavy
from the west.
THE appointments of Thomas D. Rob-
insaii to bo surgeon-general , Frank
Arbucklo to bo receiver in the land
oBloo of Colorado , and of W. M. MoMoc-
hon to bo the now postmaster at Denver ,
affords unalloyed satisfaction to the
straight-out or "white winga" faction of
the Centennial state democracy , t Uut
the president's selections are wormwood
and gall to that faction that parched
upon the political fence last full.
IT HAS boon discovered that the code
of rules recently promulgated by the
Slate Board of Purchase and Supplies
with so much ostentation were really
prepared by Superintendents Hay , Arm
strong and Mallalieu of the Lincoln ,
Beatrice and Kearney institutions res
pectively. The rules nro all right , but
the members of the Hoard of Purohaso
and Supplies have boon shining in a
borrowed light over since they accepted
the credit for devising them.
NOW IT is all over and no ono should
feel unhappy. The Princess Eulalia
wants the American people t6 have as
pleasant memories of her as Hho will
olwuvB huvp ot thorn. No ono has
offondcd the princess nnd she hus not
Intomlod- offend [ tiny ono. Prince
Antolne has not boon offended by any
failure of attention to him , and has been
dolightoil witli his opportunities for
observation. Altogether everything is
lovely and the roynl geese hangs high.
TllK proposed Methodist boycott of Iho
World's fair , if finally attempted , will
fall because it does not appeal to good
old-fashioned Methodist common sense.
Methodists do not refuse to patronize
the railways and street cars on week
days because other people choose to ridu
on Sundays. Neither do they kcop away
from public parks six days in the wcolc
because others visit thorn on the seventh.
If the Methodists \vlsh to innko their
boycott a success they will show pru
dence and good judgment by limiting
its operations to Sunday alono.
Till- : annual mooting of the National
Federation of Labor will bo huld at
Chicago during the latter Dart of
August. The federation represents the
duxgest organized force of working people
plo in the United Stated , nnd the pro
ceedings of this convention during the
progress of fho World's fair will attract
special attention. Tlmt it will display
the Hiuno wibdom and oonsorvuUvl iu in
ita deliberations that Imvo characterized
its meetings in the past there IB no
reason to doubt. The proceedings maybe
bo made to yield Immense benefit to the
trades o ( which it will bo composed
throughout the country ,
OP HAXtcnns AXO
owns.
The deliberations of the conRros ? of
bankers nnd financiers which will moot
In Chicago today nnd continue through
out the week , will undoubtedly com
mand the oirnost attention of everybody
who takes nn Interest in financial nlTrvlrs ,
The congress will bo attended by a largo
number of practical bankers , besides
whom there will bo present men of inter
national repute as llnanclors. Such a
gathering cannot fall to contribute n
great deal of most Instructive miHtor to
the current discussion of financial quos-
llomi , all of which will rccolvo consider-
Mlon , and it is to bo expected that Its
deliberations will exert a very decided
Influence upon the public mind.
There could not bo a morn auspicious
time for the meeting of such n congress.
The country Is nt present in need of the
very wisest counsel to bo had on the
questions that this gathering of learned
financiers nnd radical bankers will
discuss. There Is it great deal of ill-
digested nnd misleading opinion being
supplied to the public in the current dis
cussion of financial matters , the correc
tion of which could not fall to do
much good. The national legislature
will inept In extra session within the
next three months for the purpose of
considering the financial condition nnd
taking action for remedying the difficul
ties which are hold to bo a monnco
to Iho prosperity nnd welfare of the
country. The congress nt Chicago may
provo to bo nn important influence in
helping to make clear , the wlso nnd
proper conrso to bo pursued by the congress -
gross at Washington. The Indications
nro that the latter body will bo In need
of all the instruction it can obtain in
order to enable It to adopt a judicious
policy , or to prevent it from adding lethe
the difllcultios and complications of the
financial situation.
The congress at Chicago will bo able
to discuss the questions that will bo pre
sented to It free from nil political
or partisan considerations. The bank
ers and financiers who will partici
pate in it will understand that the
deliberations will bo of world-wide In
terest nnd they may reasonably bo ox-
poctcd to broaden and elevate their
views accordingly. They will advocate
policies and principles not with refer
ence to what has been done or what Is
intended by ono political party or the
other , but from the point of view of
practical results , nnd they will not con
fine their observation to our own coun-
ry , but will extend it to all the great
financial and commercial nations. Wo
ihull get the views of nblo men from
every country with which the United
.tatos . has extensive trade relations
and wo shall got much valuable in-
'ormation ns to the financial methods
of those countries. For these rea
sons the deliberations of the con
gress will have a strong claim to the
ospoctful nnd serious consideration of
the American pooplo. It ought lo bo nn
entirely safe prediction that the weight
of opinion in the congress will bo very
avgely in fnvor of that financial system
which experience has shown to bo nec
essary to the maintenance of a sound
and stable currency.
\YAST \ TllK AUKHIOAff M.iKRCT.
It will bo remembered that at the
international reciprocity convention re
cently hold at St. Paul the Canadian
'delegates were unanimous in favor of
reciprocal trade relations between the
Dominion and the United States , though
they generally admitted the dllllcultios
In the way of such nn arrangement grow
ing out of the necessity of a recognition
by the Dominion of the commercial inter
ests o. ' Great Britain. The speaker of
the Ontario legislature , in a rccont
interview , said that tariff reform is all
very well in Its place , but what the
farmers of Canada want above every
thing else Is frco access to the
American market , both for buying
and selling ; that is to say , the
widest possible measure of free trade
with their neighbors. Before the pres
ent tariff law of this country wont into
effect the products of thu Canadian farm
which found a ready and profitable mar
ket in the United States amounted in
value to 812,000,000 , whereas the value of
thceo products exported to Great Britain
amounted to only 8700,000. This shows
why It Is that the Dominion furmors are
anxious for a-rosumption of reciprocity
with thu United Slates on the most
liberal terms , regardless of British in-
torosts. Their trade with this country
four years ago was oightocn limes as
great ns with Great Britain , with ovcry
assurance .that it would Increase
from year to year , but since a
tariff was put on their products they
have almost lost the American market
without having increased their trade
with Great Britain. No wonder that
those farmers are largely In favor of an
nexation.
A liberal convention , to bo composed
of delegates from every province in the
Dominion , will meet at Ottawa today.
It Is understood that the annexation
question will be the most conspicuous in
the attention of the convention , notwith
standing the clTorts of the olllcoholdlng
element to oxoludo it. Tlio French lib
erals , it is said , and a good
many liberals from Ontario hnvo
como to the conclusion that the
tlmo is ripe for independence , which Is
annexation by another namo. The
Turtles nro preparing for the next
general election , in which the question
of annexation promises to play no insig
nificant part , though it is not expected
that Us advocates will got moro than u
small minority in the parliament.
What the opponents of annexation are
hoping for is uuoh u change in our tariff
and mich a friendly disposition on the
part of this country toward reciprocity
u3 will do away with any excuse for
seeking political union with the
United States , It is qulto possible
that they may bo disappointed
in both those respects. The Cleveland -
land administration has not yet
shown any purpose to wholly remove -
move the tariff barriers and it IB by no
means certain that the Dominion gov
ernment will bo disposed to offer such
terms of reciprocity as this government
will be willing to accept. If it IB ex
pected that the present administration
will make any sacrifice of American in
terests in order to obtain closer trade
with the Dominion it may as well bu
dismissed , K the farmers ol Canada
would on joy the bonoflts ot the American
market they must Induce tholr govern
ment to olTur moro oqtiltnblo terms of
reciprocity than it has yet presented.
TOO MAXY I'Al'Elt I'KOJKCTS.
Omaha must do something tangible to
keep from dropping to the rear in the
rnco for commercial supremacy. Wo
have had altogether too many great
projects which never mntorlallzo , except
on papor. Wo have had several ter
minal railway projects , elevator projects ,
hotel projects and last , but not least ,
great canal projects that were to have
been fairly under way. Some of them
have , of course , boon windbound by adverse -
verso financial ulr currents , but that has
by no means been the only obstacle en
countered. Tlio trouble with several
feasible projects that would help to build
up Omaha has been the lack of homo
support , or rather the disposition of our
capitalists to pull back rather than help
to drive ahead. It is right nnd proper
for solid moneyed men to kcop out of
reckless speculation , but no really mer
itorious project should ho allowed to go
to the wall for want of public Bolrit. Wo
nro not disposed to particularize , but wo
nil know that the greatest drawback to
Omaha's progress has boon and still Is a
lamentable want of concord and o vopo-
ration among men who hnvo the largest
means at their command and could have
done for Omnhn what Jim Hill has
Gene for St. Paul and Duluth , nnd what
the Pullmans , Armours , Pecks nnd Mar
shall Fields have done for Chicago.
The opportunities for pubHo.splrlted
millionaires to quadruple tholr capital
have been just as great in Omaha ns in
other promising western cities. The
Crcightons and the Kountzos could have
owned the Union Pacific road just as
Stanford , Crocker and Huntingdon own
the Central and Southern Pacific. Omaha
cnpitallsts own extensive Interests In
the Wyoming oil fields nnd they could
by this time have rivnlod the Rockefel
lers nnd Flnglora had they organized a
company and put Into operation u pipe
line from the oil fields to Omaha.
What has been done by some men of
enterprise , push and daring can and will
bo done ajiain. The opportunities for
building up Omaha are abundant. What
we need now is concerted action by men
, vho have made their hundreds of thou
sands in Omnlia nnd ought to bo willing
to reinvest it for the benefit of Omaha.
It Is perhaps right nnd proper in this
connection to give duo credit to the mon
ivho have established the great stock
yards nnd packing houses at South
Omaha as well as to the men who are
now trying to establish a manufacturing
center at East Omaha by bridging the
Ivor and providing extensive terminal
'acilitios for railway traffic. This pro
ject has already passed the problematic
stage and with ample eastern financial
backing cannot fail to provo a sour/co / of
material growth and prosperity to
Omaha.
AMER1CAX SECURITIES ATtHOAD.
One of the most favorable Indications
of returning confidence is shown in the
improving demand abroad for American
securities. A considerable part of the
demand upon this country for gold dur
ing the past year , nnd perhaps for a
longer porUxl , has como from the return
of our securities by foreign holders , in
duced cither by fear regarding financial
conditions hero or because what seemed
to bo moro profitable investments were
offered elsewhere. It is probable that a
largo amount of English capital which
had been invested in American stocks
found its way to Australia , and very
likely moro of it would'havo gene In the
same direction but for the financial dis
asters in that quarter of the world. The
Australian failures have boon a very se
vere lesson to English investors , "and
while not quito as serious in their consequences
quences as the Argentine collapse which
carried down the great banking house
of the Baring Brothers and the effects
of which are still felt , qulto bad enough
to Induce English capitalists to place
tholr capital elsewhere. It will doubtless -
loss bo some years before the investing
class of Great Britain will bo disposed to
again risk much in Australia , and mean
while it is not unreasonable to expect
that they will turn their attention rather
moro freely than they have done fora'
year or so past to American securities.
Of course a great deal will depend
upon the future financial policy of the
United States , nnd it need hardly bo
said that events hero nro being very
closely watched by foreign financiers.
The question ns to what this country
may do regarding silver is undoubtedly
ono of great interest abroad , but there
is apparently a growing fooling of con
fidence that there will ho nothing denote
to make the situation worse than it is
and that In any event the public credit
will bo maintained. The dominant
sentiment In Europe , or at any
rate In England , unquestionably
is that there ought to bo a radical
change in our policy regarding silver ,
and until there Is such a chungo it is to
bo expected that investments in Amer
ican securities will bo made with caution ,
but the fact in well understood abroad
that there are really no safer or moro
advantageous investments. Foreign
holders of approved American stocks
have never sutTerod any serious or per
manent loss through them , and there is
no very substantial reason for appre
hending that they may do BO in tlyj
future. Those securities that have be
hind them the inexhaustible and steadily
developing resources of the country may
experience variations in speculative
value , but they cannot long remain
depreciated and are almost certain to
ultimately become profitable. With an
improving financial condition abroad ,
as shown by the latest advices , there is
reason for the opinion that the bottom
of the financial depression has been
reached.
TUB outlook for the market that will
bo afforded farmers for tholr corn crop
this full seems encouraging , no matter
how largo the yield may bo. What with
the demand that is likely to arise from
the old world for corn food from prefer
ence , its use as a factor in the manufac
ture of boor , and Us utilization as a sub
stitute for tlio deficient wheat supply , it
will doubtless also supply the deficiency
that is likely to arise In the rlco crop.
Reliable reports on this season's rlco
crop are by no mcftiisqticpurnnln& .
neroago ami promlsoilMOtttcomo In North
Cnrollim nnd Georgia Ttira considerably
below those of last yoof < In Loulslnnn ,
along the Mississippi -Vlvor and In other
old parishes there ix.stttno lessening In
ncronpo , though in tlio. southwest the
culture Is bolng pronoautod on n Inrger
scnlo than over boforoj the number of
plnntors being grcnlbr' by 15 or 20 per
cent. South OarolinH 13 nlso up to the
nvcrngo , but the promise } In other stntes
Is unfavorable , excepting.01'9 ! ! ! Texas ,
where the prospect Ib'only fair.
THE slnglo tax theory Is pushing It
self to the front iVi , Iowa and while
there Is no probability that It will find a
lodgment in the statute books it is inter-
ostlug to note tlmt the commission nu-
thorlzcd by the last general assembly
to revise the revenue laws of
Hint state are considering a bill submit
ted for tholr inspection by the slnglo
tnxors. Their bill provides that prop
erty shall bo listed into three clnssos ,
viz : land values Irrespective of Improve
ments , capital nnd porsonnl property. It
further provides that tho'board ' of super
visors of any county shall , upon the
petition of at least five per cent of the
voters , submit a proposition to
collect the -necessary revenues from
ono or more of those classes.
The conservative people of the west
who naturally look with disfavor upon
the single tax theory would hardly bo
surprised nt the intelligence that it was
gaining ground In Kansas , that state
already famous for its impractical ex
periments , but they hardly expect the
people of Iowa to lend it countenance.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has retreated
to the classic shades of Buzzards Bay
nnd.tho place hunters in Washington
may now swarm over the Whlto house
grounds to their hearts content.
Tlio Difference.
Qlnht-Dtmocrat.
Heretofore in this country real panics have
been started by business suspensions , but
Just now business suspensions are caused
by an artificial panic. Quito a difference.
What was cause in 1373 Is purely effect In
1893.
The ClnmU llnll Itj- .
Cincinnati Commercial.
The atmosphere of the financial world is
gradually clearing. It will never bo abso
lutcly clear until the black cloud of silver
that hangs over the Treasury Is dissipated.
It is a cloud whoso silver lining sorvcs only
to emphasize the storm it enfolds.
Campaigning u.i Uoail Imne .
rtinaMpMa Record.
A lively campaign over the prohibitory
liquor question Is predicted in Iowa next
Tall. But the people of Iowa , like these of
Maine , are becoming reconciled to the situa
tion. While the prohlbltlodists rojolco m
their law , the others got" their liquor with
out any trouble , and tfifi saloon keepers payne
no llconso for selling It. ' '
Suicidal Silver Policy.
Kcut Urlcans"i't ! ajfune.
The proper way of working for the better
ment of the silver Industry & clearly to pro-
rnoto an International a&rcqment which will
secure to the white metal "gpnoral recogni
tion. The disasters attending the Sherman
law provo that an attempt , to settle this
proolom for ourselves ttrosponlvo of foreign
action is suicidal In tho.bxtrcyne.
t It's nn Acknowlod iiiou.t ot Error.
IKtoncr Chrpiitclf.
The report comes from , LI'100'11 ' that the
Board of Public Lands. ; and' Buildings has
formulated a now sot of'rules regulating the
furnishing of supplies to the various state
institutions ana the endorsing of vouchers.
The disclosures of the recent impeachment
case has probably opened their eyes to the
need of a reform in the method of transact
ing the board's business.
A Flsht Inr the night.
Orcelev Citizen ,
Too much credit cannot bo given Tun
OMAHA. BEE for its honest course in the 1m-
poachnicnt caso. The great republican
organ of the west , its editor a member of
the national republican committee and
standing high in the councils of the party ,
stood nobly for the right and thereby has
incurred the enmity of these and tholr
henchmen whom the majority of the pcoplo
bollove with Maxwell are guilty as charged.
The Muscles nnd the Illcyolo.
A'cio Yorlc Sun.
Enough Is known to warrant parents and
others who have control over the young of
both sexes to encourage them to use the
bicycle subject to the slnglo restriction of
never pressing their exertions to the limit of
their muscular ability or protracting thorn
to the point of extreme fatigue. A whole
some faticuo is that which , at cor rest , leaves
an appotitn for meals and Is followed by
sound , dreamless slumber. If these con
ditions do not follow then there Is some
thing wrong somewhere , and the loose screw
Is likeliest to bo excess.
Let firovur Smoke Tlill.
Jiostnn Herald ( Dem > )
The discussion of n third term for Prosl-
dontj Cleveland affords occupation for cer
tain editorial writers and perhaps amuse
ment to certain pcoplo who road their arti
cles. It would bo prumaturo , If there were
any importance to bo attachnd to the sugges
tion , but It Is hardly worthy of serious con
sideration at any time or In any aspect.
There Is a conservative tradition of the
American people that forbids a third term
for a president , and It has all the force of
absolute law. This wns settled some years
alnco on a well remembered occasion , and
nothing could well ho moro Idle than at
tempts to reverse the verdict ,
Itulnlni ; Upttyiburg.
JViIa ( < ! cu7ifa ! Lctljer.
Another battle of Gettysburg Is ncodod
for the protection of the old flold. The oloo-
trlo railroad company Is destroying land
marks and changing tlio face of the country
right in the old lines of battle In a way to
arouse the Indignation of every patriot.
President Cleveland could not do a moro
popular thing thau interfere for Iho protec
tion of the Hold. If necessary , the nntlro
property should bo condemned for n national
cemetery. The man whTjTUmls n way under
the law to throttle thls' railroad company ,
and compel It to abandon Us solflsh purpose ,
will deserve well of his comitfy.
Onlr uo
Uolilrr oe Nnyyel ,
The campaign this fall \rUio ) ono of great
Importance ) to the Republican' party In the
state of Nebraska. It ls"iy duty to select
the best and cloanctt mOnMiV its ranks for
ofllco. The scrambles made by tbo indopon-
ilentn for a place on thelr.ttcUot In the past
will not bo a marker to the , horde of ofllco
seekers that are beginning to llguro on an
ofilco now. A grout niAtiy 'of these who
Joined the populists booifiio they thought
it was policy have not. jqt asked for any
thing. They bavo now rvod tholr appren
ticeship and nro now ready to press tholr
claims , and llopubllcans will curry off the
plums if they nomluatotiROod , cloau candi
dates. u
The Jloot of rroiperlty ,
IndlanapolU Journal.
After all that may bo said about business
prosperity , U depends largely UJKIQ tbo vol
ume of the consumption of the great staples
produced by farm and factory and the ability
of the people to pay for thorn. Consequently
so Ion ? as the wage earners of the country
have full employment and good wages the
volume of consumption will bo large tuid gen
eral buBlncas will bo good , By as much as
wages are reduced the capacity of the people
to purchase U cut down and production must
bo reduced. To curtail production closes
factories and reduces the acres cultivated.
If the European countries which dopoud
upon other lands for a market for their sur
plus manufactures would increase their
wugos ouo-thlrd they would create a new
homo market better than the open tnarkoti
of Iho world. If the fret ) trade plttlgo of the
party in power should bo carried outwo ,
shall bo forced to demonstrate the truth of
the foregoing statements.
XKllltAHIC.t
O. W. Hunt has become tin editor of the
Norfolk Herald.
Goring people are to vote on a proposition
to Issue bonds to build a now school building ,
For the second ttmo In two years C. N.
Pickering of Steele City has Ipst his barn by
firo.
firo.Tho
The Thayer county Christian Endeavor
societies are holding a convention at llelvl-
dcro this wcok.
Douglas county has a now paper , published
at Miltard , It is called the Courier , nnd Is
creditably wilted by W. T. IJotwollor.
The first annual race of the York county
wheelmen will bo run Thursday , and a long
list of prizes has boon hung up to bo con
tested for by the bykors of that county.
A traveling fake doctor who recently Vis
ited lleaver Crossing , has the women of that
place after him , and they brand him an n
villain. Ho loft town after barely escaping
a shower of rotten eggs.
fluido Hock Is havlntr n mad dog swiro. A
rabid canlno rushed through the streets the
other day and bit cattle and doss by the
wholcsalG before It could bo killed. Now
everybody In town Is gunning lor dops.
Nebraska only mls cs by a few miles hav
ing had born In her confines ono of the curi
osities of tno ago. C. W. Koycr of Tully ,
llawlins county , Kan. , has a colt with six
foot and It walks on all of thorn. The ani
mal's front legs are double from the knees
down and separate below the fetlock , The
colt Is three weeks old and healthy.
A 9-year-old son of A. H. NUntkor of Elm
Creole filled n fruit can with powder and
then dropped a lighted match therein. Ho
failed to get action immediately , and bond
ing over peeped into the can to see what the
indications wero. Just as ho got Ins face
near to the can the explosion occurred ,
\\hloh resulted In burning his oycs and. face
baaly. It Is thought , however , ho will not
lese his oycstght.
The Chase Manufacturing , company of
Weeping Water has made an assignment ,
turning ever its entire assets to Us credit
ors. The company has been manufacturing
sowlnir machines , wind-mill towers and
small implements about two years. It has
been known for some tlmo that the company
was hard pressed , and the assignment does
not cause much surprise. An oflleo was for
merly maintained ut Lincoln , where some of
the stockholders and ofllcors reside.
PEVL'KE .tSl > T/ir.YOS.
William Deokerof Holhdaysburg , Pa. , who
is 83 years of age , has started to wulk to the
World's fair.
The Nebraska man who has 100 acres of
mustard seed In bloom will make It hot for
his patrons. Don't you make a mistake- .
The Jap euro Is voted a failure In Iowa.
The strongest decoction of bichloride is un-
ublo to counteract the effect of bootleg or
drug store Juice.
Mr. Chauncoy Dopow insists that railroads
should reduce rates to the fair. The roads
over which Chauncoy holds dominion main
tain rates at the top notch.
William Waldorf Astor's London paper is
earnestly advising Britons to stay uw.iy from
the World's fair ; nnd perhaps , after all , it
Will bo Just as well for the Englishmen not
to see a country that turns out such men
as Mr. Astor.
The wealthiest negro woman In the United
States has just Oled. She was Mrs. Amanda
Dickson Toomcr of Augusta , Ga. , and she In
herited nearly ? 50l,000 ) from her father , who
was a wealthy whlto farmer of Hancock
county in that State.
Attorney General Olnoy , who , with
Speaker Crisp , was Invited to deliver the
"long talk" at Tammany hall July 4 , has
written a letter regretting his Inability to
do so. Mr. Olncy will bo in Boston that day
in pursuance of u business engagement made
a month or so ago.
President Aylesworth of the Drake Uni
versity ut Dos Molnes recently accepted the
Prohibition nomination for governor. Now
the trustees of the university have requested
htm to drop the nomination or the presi
dency , as they don't want the Institution
drawn into politics.
There Is Joy among the ofllco soakers In
Washington ever President Cleveland's In
creased amiability. Ho Is always in a good
humor ; is apparently always glad to SPO
thoin and umkcs.a call at the wliito house
pleasant all around. Ho cr.icks a great
many Jokes and laughts heartily. Of course
they laugh too.
Lord Morris , who regards the Irish ques
tion of "a being
as a case quick-witted people
ing ruled by n stupid'peonle , " Is a native of
Galway. Ho succeeded Lordjritzgerald as a
law lord. The title carries with it an In
come of $30,000 a year , but is not hereditary.
It Is , in fact , the only democratic feature to
bo found in the hpuso of lords.
Tno marquis of Lorno , who Is governor of
Windsor castle , has taken it into his head to
fortify that venerable nilo. Ho has put a
lot of old brass slx-poundors into the round
tower and Is making other war-llko prepara
tions. It Is believed that his object is
merely to muko the castle moro picturesque ,
rather than to attempt seriously to
strengthen it from a military point of view.
The death Is announced at Paris of Cap
tain Soufflot , who was one of the very few
survivors of the .Grando Arnwo. Had his
life been psolongod until December next , the
gallant veteran would have reached his hun
dredth year. Ho was the nephew of the
architect who built the Pantheon , and en
listed in 1810 at the age of 17. Ho was made
a commander of the Legion of Honor last
year.
Uov. J. K. Cashon , pastor of a church In
Swinburne , near Beaten , Pa. , wns presented
with a purse a month ago by his congrega
tion. Ho bought a pacing horse , and n few
days ago got another purse of $300 from ono
of his deacons by beating the letter's horse
In a mlle spin. Now his flock wants Mr.
Cashon to return the money , but the pastor
savs as thcro was no hot , only a forfeit , ho
will stick to the lucre , nnd an effort Is bolng
made to have his resignation called for.
When Lieutenant R. 13. { Peary sails next
week for the Arctic regions ho will take
pigcops along for use as mcusciiKors in con
nection with his oznloratlons. The plan as
at present outlined Is to pluoa on board the
steamship Falcon a cote similar to that car
ried by the United States practice ship
Constellation In the crulso of last summer ,
with the expectation that the birds placed
In U hero will know it as homo oby the
tlmo the vessel reaches port In Greenland.
The cote Is then to bo transferred to shore
and the birds used as messengers to U until
the winter sots In. Tor thu winter the birds
will bo transferred to a loft In the poaU of
the house Lieutenant Peary Is taking along
for his headquarters , tbo young birds to bo
drafted from this m the spring for whatever
work ho plan's for the summer's campaign ,
SO3IISHUDS
I'lro Thousand Dollar Oampalen Fund
Which Xerer Ilemohed U * Destlnntlon.
SALT LAKB , U. T. , JunolO. ( Special Tele
gram to TUB BUB. ] General Jamas S.Clark-
son , the Iowa politician , and Colonel Isauo
Trumboof California , have boon In Salt
Lake several days Investigating charges
made In tbo Tribuuo concerning the din *
posal of 95,000 of Utah's contribution to the
republican national campaign committee.
Bishop JJymon B. Clawson of the Mormon
church , who was Instructed with the hand
ling of the $3,000 , gave the money , It Is
charged , toTrurabo to turnover toClarkson ,
Trumbo says the money ho received was for
California , w hero it was used uy him. Clark-
HOII says ho knows nothing of the $5,000 , yet
the receipts for that amount are counter
signed by him.
A 1.5,000 draft was discovered to bo In a
Salt Lake bank , made out to the order of J.
8. Clarksou. The politicians will remain la
Salt Lake a week with the hope of straight
ening out the scandal , which promises some
sousatlonal developments. Clarkson and
Trumbo claim that the 15,000 was received
and reported for by the national republican
campaign committee , but Caalrmau Thomas
H. Carter of Montana , who recently visited
Salt Lake to unravel the mystery , says posi
tively that the $5,000 has never boon re
ceived by the national commlttoo.
Not forgotten.
Truth : Eaton Saltzor Where ore these
oysters I ordered on the half shell !
Walter Don't got impatlont , sah ; we're
drcfltlo aho't ou shells , but yo'ro next.
CLERGYMEN DISCUSS TAXES
Omaba Ministerial Association Grapples with
Hon/y Goorgo's ' Theory ,
VESTED RIGHTS OF OWNERSHIP DEBATED
Itcr. I'mtik roller 8 | > onk In thn Ainrmn.
live , Wlillo Itrv. J. M.Vllinn
Dlirorn witli Him on
'the Subject.
The Omnha Ministerial association took a
whirl nt Mr. Henry Goorgo's theory of slnglo
tax yesterday in the Kouiitzo Memorial
church , The subject was Introduced
by Kov. Frank Foster of the Emannol
Baptist church , who supported the slniflo
tax theory. The opposite nldo was taken by
Uov. J. M. Wilson of the Castcllnr Presby
terian church.
Hov. Foster presented the objectionable
features of the present ( mlli-oct method of
collecting the revenues of the jrovornment.
Ho struck the tariff system of the United
States aovoral hard raps mill hold that
the sytsom of collecting rovomios
by the assessment of customs duties
nnd tariffs was a cumbcrsomo and
burdensome way ot raising money with which
to defray the expenses of ttib government.
Ilo favored a direct tax runt a land tax only.
Under the present arrangement ot taxing
personal property the speaker hold that
thcro was an imnionso amount of
etflrklnp. Property was not assessed
nt anything Ilka Its vnluo and the
burdens of taxation were very unevenly dis
tributed.
Cnimnmnr CnrrtM Mm niiriton ,
HO hold that the consumer was the
party who Invariably Rot the heavy end
of the burden In the matter of taxes. Amor-
lean ownership of transatlantic vosscsl
nnd the American merchant marine
business had been completely paralyzed ,
ho said , by a system of tariffs that were
Imposed for the alleged purpose of bonollt-
Ing the very business that had boon de
stroyed. Ho huld with Henry George that
all taxes should bo mauo to boar lightly upon
the producing classes , Mid that taxes should
bo collected In the easiest and cheapest pos-
slblo manner , putting no citizen to disad
vantage. All taxes bearing upon manufac
tured goods were evidently paid by
the consumer. The levying of taxes
on manufactured goods always raised the
prtco , whereas the placing of taxes on land
would hnvo the opposite- effect and would
prevent speculators from holding lands they
did not wish to use simply as a moans of
realizing an Increase in value.
Under the the single tax arrangement , ho
claimed , wo would not see Omaha scattered
over thirty square miles of territory , but the
nouses would all bo conveniently lo
cated. The town would bo consolidated.
There would bo no canitnllsts making a for
tune out of vacant land by sitting around
waiting for other people to build up around
their property. The speaker held that no
man had a moral rlcrht to hold land tint ho
did not use or occupy. Ho touched upon the
uncertainty of the present method of taxa
tion.
tion."Wo
"Wo are told , " said the speaker , "that the
Board of Education is likely to como out
about SoO.OUO behind next January unless
there is a grca ; incrcaso of saloon business
and of- revenues collected from other
sources of crlmo within the next few
months. Wo have no assurance under present
arrangements as to how much money is
going to bo collected for the purpose of bear
ing the expenses of our state , our munici
pality or oven our government. Uut give us
a slnglo land tax and wo will know exactly
how much to count on. " The speaker said ,
ho was not pleading for government owner
ship of land. That was not necessarily a
part of the Henry George theory.
UllTrronoo of Opinion.
The negative side of the question was vig
orously represented by Hov. .1. M. Wilson.
Ho opposed every stop In the George theory
from start to finish. Ho claimed that the
tariff isauo was in reality not : i part of the
discussion , but since thu speaker who opened
the debate saw fit to ring it in ho would defend -
fend it. The tariff system had been the
means of building up many of the most useful
and bencllclal industries of this country ,
anil had made it possible for people to
enjoy greater independence nnd to supply
their every day wants with more ot the ne
cessities and luxuries of lifo at homo than
they could have enjoyed if they had de
pended on foreign countries for these things.
Uov. Wilson believed that Henry Goorco had
the best of intentions when no advocated
the slnglo tax theory , but ho was
simply advocating something that would
bo ruinous to the country if adopted.
As a matter of fact , Mr. Wilson hold , pau
perism in England and in the United States
had diminished during the paat ton years.
Wages were higher than thirty years ago
and the people as a whole were in better
condition ,
Farmer * Would Become Notnidlo.
Touching the slnglo tax theory Mr. Wilson
said that If the revenues of the
country were all raised from land taxes , the
poor farmers of the country would be
obliged to giro up their holdings and bocomc
wanderers on the face of the earth , swelling
tho' ' number of piupors and restless -
loss people instead of „ ( Creating
an Improvement In the condition
of the country , Tito taVos would bo
so high that every man who nwnod nn \ \o \
lot In Omaha valued at 3,000 , for Instance ,
would bo obllffpd to pay \UK > H that slmplo
pleoo of property at loa.st | ltt ) every jear In
taxes. The result would bo that all lots nnd
lands would eventually drift into th hands
of monopolies nnd rents would bo raised to
oxtnrtlotiato figure * . Such n course would
break up the home * of thousands of people.
' 'I bcltovo In the of
right every limn to own
lil.s homo , " said the speaker , growln ? very
earnest. ' 'It Is absolutely necessary that
pcoplo have n place on earth that they call
homo. That Is moro to them than it is to
anybody olso. When you break up that Idea
you strike n blow at nil Iho noble Institutions
of olvlllr.ed floclct.v. 1 bollovo the Henry
George theory would lead us. right Mralght
Into u common ownership of land , a govern
ment ownership nnd control of land , and In
my estimation that -would bo a calamity. "
VcMril ItlRliti ot O\Mirr lilp.
" 1 would like to know how It happens that
it is right and best for thocntlro nation to own
land If It is not right for n .single Individual to
own land. If the people , the gov
ernment , can own land , why cannot n st.ito
own In mil And If It Is right and proper fern
state to own land tlieu a county could own
it. If the people of tx county can own U then
the people of ono township , say fifty
persons , could hold Innd nnd finally
you come right bark to the rights of the
Individual and tlntl that as a matter of jus
tice and equity ono Individual has just as
mucn fight to ownership of land as n hun
dred or n thoimnd or a million Individ
uals. There 'is n good deal ot non
sense about this business ot making land
n different species of property from build
ings. If a man oannoi own laud ho cannot
own Anything. How can you claim n building
or oven the coat that Is on your back If you
cannot own the ground uK | > n which you livol
The George theory would reduce the vein *
moil pcoplo to a state of serfdom , They
would bo obliged to do as the ruling rower
In the country directed and such n thing as
n home would bo out of the question , "
The nftlrnmtivo was given fifteen minutes
in which to oloso the arguments , and al
though the ministers present were evi
dently nnvlous to t'iko the matter up In
general discussion , they decided lo give the
rest of the time at their disimsal to Uov. K.
J. Dupuy of Paris , Franco , who was present
and Is Interested In the work of cvnngollz-
Ing Franco. The learned and Interesting
gentleman talked for half an hour in pre
senting the work of the association ho rep
resents. _
.sum or I.
fit. t.ouls Toils The laxm mower fcut Is not
so popular us It once was. 1'lioro arc II IPS
on It.
_
llaltlnmto Amorlenm In Rome respects Bal-
tlinoro UimiehslowiT than lls Mslor cltluS.
For Instance , It has iu > runs on Us banks.
I'hllnilnlphla T.odiw : From 1'arls comns
rumors that iitium , ; lialr drosslnc fashions tlio
clilgimii Is nhout to RO up head again. Hatal
Knstnn Express : The cut worm that Is
dnstrovliiK thu corn Is cnllnd iiRi-otlcllilm by
thu scumtUts. Tanners call It something else.
IMilliidnlphla Hccord : Nell -Who was thn
belle of the season lust summer at Clam Shell
lli'iieh ? llollD-Nclllo Smith wns thn belle , 1
guoss. At tiny ralo , she got thu most , rings ,
Pomervlllo Journal : Whim a girl first
begins to wear IOIIB dresses thu advent of the
mosquito season doesn't .seem nearly so ilread-
fultohuras It did only tnulvo short months
buforo.
St. Paul Globe : The whisky trust , which
was supposed to be on the brink of dcuth. linns
out to bo full at spirit.
Dansvlllo Drec/.oi There Is a man In this
town who liulm whisky so that ho won't oven
go to sou a tight rope walk.
Troy 1'ress : Our'n suoms to be about the
only nation of any conscciionco | whoso stand
ing doesn't dupund upon the mtitntonancoot
a war footing. J CsA , , < : n
Dotrolt Free Press : A steely blue eye 1" said
to Indicate a covetous disposition , wntlo a
ulnck eye frequently indicates that Us pos
sessor got mow than ho wanted.
Philadelphia Record : City Edltor-Wtido
through this sonnon of Do IjoiiBtulk'n and BOO
what's In It ; It's pretty lon .
AhMstnnt That's all rlsht. I can wndo
through that easy enouiih ; It'B not very deep ,
MUTUAL COMI'MMKSTS.
Harper' * Hazar.
Ho snld dho wns so lovely tlmt
If Hho went to the fnrr
No nn would look ut oilier things
While shu was staylnn thoro.
Whereon upon this Mattery
The maiden HlralRhtvay sat ,
And Raid If ho wont out tliero , too ,
They'd runt him for a Mat.
A J'ViK-T/.VO ,70 r.
Clothtcraml Ftirnfs/irr. /
Soon the maidens will bo going
Where the ocean hrcero Is blowing.
And with freckled cheeks aglowlne
They will Uaneo nlons the xhoro ;
And the youth on his vacation ,
With his heart nil pnlnltnl on ,
Will imisngo In iloop Illrtullon
With the glrlii who'vo gene boforo.
With his nocktlo all a flutter
And a llnnnol suit quite yttor ,
Words ot fervent l vo bo'll multar
As"tiioy'walYaloifr ) ( the sand ,
And with ros [ ; V lips all smiling
AH Iho tlmo tl : hey nro beguiling ,
i.o . . . . . liVtori to him piling
Up the love at his command.
And ho'll think himself In clever ,
As he dreams at midnight of her ,
lint when , his vacation over.
Ilacic to town and toll ho goes ,
Ho will not bo so elated
As ho views the ovur-hatnd
Haaps of high , accumulated
Hills for giddy Hummer clothe * .
9 II
Lurzost Manufacturers nml Katallorj
01 Ulolhhi } , ' In the World.
J '
This is the Way
To dress up if you ara going [ In swimming <
We have an elegant line
of bathing suits at very
moderate prices. All well
made goods and guaran
teed not to bo waterproof.
Everything that is stylish
In men's or children's
wear you will flnd in some
one of our many depart
ments. The workman
ship and the fabrics used
in the make up of our
suits are not to be found
outside tailor shops. Wo
hava a knaok of selling at about half tailors
prioas.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
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