THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23 , 1898. THE DAILY DAILYE E lltor 'Dllt.MIIKl ) KVKKV MOHNINO. TKKMS Of SUllSlWII'TION. ) Mly flco ( without Bumlny ) Ono Your. . t A 00 ) ally nnil Siniil.-iy , Ono Your . 10 00 HxMuntin . , . nee liren Months. . . . . . 3 & < > undny llco , Onn VCRr . . . . . ! 1 OO 'nturdnv ' llco , Oni ) Year . 1 & 0 Yctkly lice , Uno Vow . . . . . 100 orncEs. Om.ilin.TIm lire Ililllrilng. Eoilth Om-ihu. corner N mill 2Glh H troot * . Council muffs. 12 IMnrl Street , Clilciiirn oilleo , 317 Olmnihcr of Oommnrce. Nnn York , Kooms 13 , 14 nnil 15 , Tribune Wiuhliixlon , 613 rourtoniith Htrcot. All communication * relating to nowi nnil rilltorlnl ni.it turslioulil l > a udrtrosion : Totho Cdllor. All business loiters nnd rotnltlnnens should IKI Rddrcsiod to'flio lloo Publishing Company , ( Jmaliu. DruflN , chock * nnil postofllco orders to tn ) tnndo puy.iblu to Ilia order of llio com- pnny. 1'nrtlp * InavlnR tlio city for tlio summer cnn ImvoTllK IlKKHunt to tliulrnddrrM by leaving an ardor at this cilllco. Tin : IIKI : I'Uiit.istiiNo COMPANY. Tim Urn In Oliluneo. Tin : IAirv nnd BUNDAY HEB Ii on sale In Clilcngo nt tlio following places ! 1'nlnipr house. arnnd I'nclflcliotol. Aiulltnrliiin liotul. ( ircul .Nintlitirnliutcl. flora hotol. I/cliitiil liotul , Tllos of TUB IlKP. can 1)0 soon.at tlio No- lirnskn buildliiK nnd tlio Administration build Ing , Kxnoilllon grounds. SWOUK STATEMENT 0V CIHCUt-ATION. Etnto of Ni br iHka I rounlof Dotik'Hs. f fi < onso II. TzKolinck , Rccrotarv of TIIK lift : Pub- llfthlnif CUMIIMIIIV , ( lo < 'B Hoh'iniilv Hwear Hint the notunl clrcnl itlon of TitR DII.V lit K for the week u.illntf AiiKiml 111 , 180.1 , was .is follows : Rumlay , Aiiirust III 2im5 ( Moiulav. Auirimt 11 21.7:11 : Tticmlav , AtiKHHt in ! ! 1,7411 \\lxlnewUi ) . AllRIIHt 10 21,700 Tliiirml.-iv , AuiriiNt 17 ! M,7J1 Krlil.iv , Aitirimt 1H 2.1,700 SaturdayAuirnst 1U 1 ! 1,78.1 Gt omit 11. TyscnttCK. ' | SWORN lo lioforo inn nnd Hiibscrllx it In I BFAI. Miiy lu-iNuitutlils llltliilny of Aniriiit. 1H9J. ' Y ' N 1 Fbll.Nol.irj Public. A virago ( 'lrrul itlon lor July , 18 ! ) : ! , 4,21 > H ws t > fi'.ui.ii. inr. . \ . TUB BEG is pleased to nnnouncn that n pedal newspaper train Ins boon chartered via the Chicago , Hock Island & Pacific railway - way , to run fiom Omaha to Lincoln daily , which will enable Tun Ur.n to servo Its patrons tluoiiLjhout the South Plattoeountry with Hit very latest new. At Lincoln close connections are mndouilh tr.iins south nnd westbound , which makes it piacticiblo for THE DUK to co\er a ast tciritory with n complete newspaper. Heretofore wo have been compollcd to go to press at a much earlier hour than is now done under the now arrangement. Thosupeiloiitv of TUB DEE'S tclcgtaphio news is conceded throughout tlio wost. Its special c.iblo news , unuv.ilnd nress dls patches and its special telegraphic service from eury important point have pained for this paper .in enviable icpuUtion not alone confined to this state. With improved facilities for reaching the people at a seasonable hour by TUB BEB spe cial newspaper train , there can bo no doubt that our patrons will continue to show their appreciation of newspaper enterprise. WITH Mi ; . Mercer on the committee on public buildings and grounds Ne braska ought tp bo nblo to secure a few favors in the way of improved quarters for the federal oflloials in this state. OMAHA city bonds boar-ing 5 per cent interest are now to bo had at par in amounts of 3100 and upwards. Such an opportunity for safe investment of savings will not bo readily offered again. Nor one house committee chairman ship has boon given to the numerous members who come from the states west of the Missouri rivor. Rather shabby treatment for western dcmociats , wo should say. IT WILL bo pretty hard for railways that have claimed privileges under the constitution nnd laws of Nebraska to convince si court that they are not domestic corporations subject to state regulation. SKNATOU MANDEUSON'S efforts to have the public building at Omaha erected of granite ought to secure more support from people at this end who are interested in having the structure a lubstantial duo. TUB bill to aid the Midwinter National exposition at San Francisco wont through the senate with a rush. Wo may oxpcnt to have applications for federal - oral aid from every county fair before many years elapse. THK secretary of the school board lias presented a report showing the amount of money at tlio disposal of the board. Strange to say , the enumeration did not include any of the interest which is paid on that inonoy by the banks with which It fa deposited. IP THE Nebraska railways are BO anxious to have the question ol | reasonable rates judicially determined , why do they not proceed in accordance with the maximum freight rate bill which provides expressly for the trial of uuoh complaints ? Tin : western railroads are now climb ing over ono another in their haste tc oiler reduced rates to Chicago , Thdj have finally come to the conclusion tc make liny while the sun shines , and ovl- dontly regiet having wasted BO muoli tlmo in making up their minds. COMPLICATIONS in the watorworki company's troubles boom to bo increas ing Itibteuil of disappearing. Thai special council committee might bj adroit interference arrange to Bottle matters satisfactorily by purchasing the plant for the city. Everything depends upon.tho terms with which the intoreatci parties will bo satisfied. IT is immaterial whether or not the State Board of Transportation or thoii soorotarios declared the ft eight rates it force lu Nebraska a year or more ago ti bo reasonable and just. They may havi erred at that time and the" are amplj authorized to change their opinions Whether the rates at present in forci are now reiuaonablo and just is an en tlrely diltoicnt question. The legisla lure bus decided that they uro not. Tljo hone-it money republicans in congress - gross propose to do tholr duty to the country in the present -exigency , but they II.TVU n just ground of complaint In the way they have been treated by the dominant party in the Iwvor brrmoh of that bxly. The fueling that prevail * among thorn was plainly expressed by Representative Doutollo of Malna In u recent interview. Ho saul the adminis tration relics on securing from the re publicans the majority of the votes that will bo given in the homo In favor of repeal , and yet they put through under gag , rule , without consulting the republicans in the least , an agreement among themselves and refused the republicans the privi lege of offerluir n single amendment. They might have oven Mliut them mil of the debate had it boon possible to do so , "Tho republican party , " said Mr. Bou- tollo , "has boon shamefully treated in the house and some of those gentlemen feel very sore. The mlsmanagomont of the situation seems to have boon re- poatoi ! in the house. But I think that the republicans are pattiotlc enough to bury their toolings in this mutter and vote for repeal , and I expect to BOO the bill pass the house. " Representative Grosvonor of Ohio re ferred to the action of the democrats in a speech ho made In the house last week , lie said that ivhilo admitting that with out about 100 votes of the republican party on the floor of the house the ad ministration will bo driven to the wall and defeated , "thoy nevertheless assume that there are but twei parties on this floor the one , the democratic party , in favor of free silver , and the ether , the administration , or , as the frco silver party terms it , the Wall street party of the president nnd the administration. " Continuing , Mr. Grosvouor mvid : "Our wishes wore not consulted in ordering this long debate and this complicated plan of campaign. Wo wore not permitted to state our wishes as to the debate or the form of the ques tion. Wo are not to be allowed to sug gest even one amendment. The loaders on this side appealed for oven fifteen minutes of debate in order that the country might know our position , but wo were denied oven so simple a request as that. " Ho said that the democratic party modestly suggests that the robiilt of the proposed legislation is to prove to the country that the republican party got the country into nil this trouble , "and then they call upon us to help gain a great victory for them , and when wo are through with it they will go to the country and declare that the democratic party hits rescued the country from the pernicious legis lation of the republican party , and while the process is going on they demand of us that there shall bo no partisan poli tics hero. " The history of congress will bo searched in vain for a parallel to the discourtesy and the disregard of the riurhts of the minority which are in volved in the actionof the present house of repi Cbcntativos i oforrod to by the re publican congressmen from whom wo quoted , and no fair-minded man will sav that the republicans in congress are not fully justified in feeling "indignant at such unprecedented and unwarranted treatment. It admits of no ex planation that can bo satisfactory to the minds of men who have a jusl sense of the fair consideration due to political opponents. But while the re publicans in congress fool strongly the disregard of their rights and their rea sonable requests at the hands of the dominant party , and while at tlio same time they realize that after they have helped the democracy to gain a victory that party will claim to have rescued the country from the pernicious legisla tion of the republican party , they will not permit those consider ations to deter them from the performance of what they regard ns a paramount duty to tiio coun try , with which nothing partisan in its nature should bo allowed to interfere. They Jiave a right to proclaim their in dignation at the shameful treatment they have received , but tnoy will show that they have the patriotism to bury their feelings when the demand comes to them to act. Unless the most care ful estimates fall there will bo 100 of the 12i ( republican votes in the house cast in the interest of a sound and stable currency , and without the assurance - anco of those votes there would bo nc hope for the financial policy of the ad ministration. A suaaasnoN TO H.INKRHS. Cannot the bankers of the country dr something moro than they have yet done to help in the restoration of con fidence ? It is proponed to hold a convention of business men in Washing ton , representing the commercial bodies of the country , for the purpose of in lluonclng congress to stop the purchase of silver. It is possible that Riiah a convention - vontion might do some good. A them sand representative business men drawn from all parts .of the country and conv ing into personal contact with member ; ofcongrobs could hardly fail , it wpuh seem , V ) exert a great inlluoneo That an olTort of this kind on tin part of those who believe that the u stoppage of the purchase of silver 1) ; the government is the fir&t condition ti a restoration of confidence may lv necessary appears from the indicatioi that the bilvor contest in the senate mu ; bopiolongod indefinitely. Senators express press the opinion that the extra sossloi . will run into the regular session , will the probability of the silver questioi boinur still unsettled when the date fo ) the beginning of the logulur session 1 reached , The one hope of piovontin ) this , as now appears , is to bring to boa upon congress , in the strongest wa ; possible , the force of public opinioi favorable to the repeal of the silver pur chasing clause of the Sherman act. But in the meanwhile iniiy not some thing uo clone by the great banking interest torest to in u measure relieve the dis trust which finds expression in a general oral contiaetion of credits ? Has thi interest performed and is it now pot forming its whole duty in the exigency An custom contemporary , romarkinj upon and deprecating the sectional fool ing that is being engendered by th financial question , observes that what i wanted at this time is honesty and con : non sono the ono demanding that the intIon stop buying silver bullion nnd the ether that bankers , business men nnd every ether class of citizens stop hoarding money , suppress their inordinate fears , nnd rcsumo ordinary business methods. Even if congress will not do its part the Kiople must do theirs , nnd the suggos * -ion of our contemporary is thnttho first stop tn this direction should bo the call- .ngof n conference of the leading bankers of the nation to dovlso ways and means lor getting rid of the friction between the \nrions cities and the two sections , and between the business people. It says : "Just now every ono Is demanding : urroncy. Currency is bought and sold In the open market at a premium. This Is abnormal and absurd. The bankers know hotter than any onoetlso that there is not currency enough in the civillrcd world to supply the busslnoss of this country alone on n purely cash basis. If credit is to be annihilated , wo shall not only want frco silver , but will have to stamp copper cents ns dollars , or keep nil the presses in the country busy print ing irredeemable greenbacks. " TJiore is , of course , no danger that credit will bo annihilated , but it is very badly shat tered nnd ought not to bo allowed to got into n worse condition if there is n practicable way to prevent it from doing so. It is for the banking interest of the country to determine whether there is such a way , and the sooner it can ad dress itself to that duty , for wo con ceive it to bo a duty of the highest and most urgent character , the bettor. Never has this interest had a greater opportunity to do an inestimable borvico to the country und increase its claim to public confidence. pnomnniuxiST MUVKMKNT IK JUWA. The action of the Iowa republican stnto convention in breaking away from the prohibition issue upon which the party lias boon foundering for some time was not expected to plcaso the radical prohibitionists who had con trolled the preceding conventions. Some few of these will no doubt dnft to the prohibition party , and if the movement for what is to bo called a citi/ons tem perance party matoriali/.os it will signify nothing moro than a reorgan isation of the prohibitionist ele ment. These men who propose to abandon the republican party on account of the local option feature of the platform do not want to bo left entirely in the cold. ' They had taken no part in the work of the pro hibitionist convention which nominated tlio straight-out prohibition ticket , and they proposed to bo heard in the guise of a citi/.mis temperance party. After they have managed to secure some of the glory to themselves they will no doubt consolidate their forces and there will bo but one prohibition ticket in the field. field.But But competent observers insist that for every prohibitionist who leaves the republican fold bovoral others will be brought back from the democratic ranks. The republicans who wore alienated by the prohibition plnnkrt in their party's platforms during , the last few years have never ceased to adhere to the principles for which re publicanism stands. This was shown by the results of the last election contest , when Iowa chose presidential electors who cast their votes for Harrison and Reid. These men cannot fail to use their inlluenco for the republican state ticket now that the cause of their dis satisfaction has boon removed. They will again vote for the republican nom inees at the coming election. The republican candidate for gov ernor , Mr. Frank D. Jackson , while in Now York the ether day , gave utterance to an expression of his confidence in just this result. "As to the liquor ques tion , " said he , "I believe that the bon- siblo platform adopted by the republi can convention will meet with general approval and will bring back to the patty thousands of votes. Prohibition is an established fact in sixty of the nlnoty-nino counties. In the others it is a complete failure. Local option will gho all sections the right to choose and enfoico for themselves. " The move ment for another party in Iowa moans simply the reorganization of the prohi bition party. CUUA"llXa 111K COST. Massachusetts furnishes a lesson drawn from costly experience for the boncfit of western communities ihfcstod with bogus bonii companies. The people ple of the Bay stuto poured millions of dollars into the pockets of psoudo- bonovolout bankers , who promised to lead tho"poor and struggling from pov erty to nljluonoo. What was the result ? Lot the record speak for itself , in the following letter to a gentleman in this city : COMMONWEALTH or MASSACHUSETTS , INSUII- ANOK DBl'AHTMKNr , BOSIOV , Aug. 11 , 18'J.i. ' Dear Sir : It is only about llvo yc.irs siniw the endowment nnd numerical bond oper ators started their ai'hemca in this section. Fifty-six of thesocotporatlons organised in this state under tlio unfoitunato law of 1888 ; i.'UUc.imo in , froin Now Hampshire , while Maine , West Virginia , Maryland and othoia furnished tholr quota. The craze has run iu c'ouiso ami the whole Utter bus. boon wiped out.tind as tlio last ilvo have rccently.booniput into the hands of iccuivcra.lt is a t'oodtlmo to sit down and review the affair and cipher o out the not proceeds. 10 Thu Massachusetts corporations were required 10n n quired by law to make statements to this do- partmcnt and fiom them and fionuho rocolv- c. ors1 accounts it appears that they acquired a mcinbciship of UU 1,000 and collected ever $ rjf > 00,00i ) , MOID than nine-tenths of these members received nothing whatever inn n rotuiu. r The outside concerns had no stuuJinq s under our law anil made uo returns huio , t' but they u ere of greater numbers and very ir active , and It is safe to say that the amount iry of tholr opeiallons w.is much lnr or 11 than that of Uio Massachusetts corpora tions. Probably the membership of those r- and the Massachusetts concerns to Bother was not less than ' J,000,00t and their contributions not less than . ' 5- , 000.1)00. ) Only a small percentage was re turned In banents , and that mainly to the oiganlzcis and promoters of the gauios. The not results then arc the rujn ol thousands of poor families , a general denier iilizatiou and distrust of all fraternal aud mutual benoilciary institutions , the encour agement of a pernicious gambling spirit , foui of the promoters serving terms in the pout tentlary and u score of others fugitives from Justice. This is tbo object lessen bequeathed to this community lf\.tlicjo swindle * , not ono of which was a tnqro doluslvo and ells- honest scheme or of fri l bolter opporltinl tics for thievery by thUooperators than the ono presented In jofrr'mqulry , Very truly yours. 'ilf3' SMITI ! ' Deputy. The lesson tauRjitr Massachusetts nt such prodigious cobfi ns well as the state's manner of * Dealing with the swlndjors , should btwilr the authorities of western slates. Vrtimpt and vigorous measures should bo , thkcn to suppress bond companies under whatever guise they operate , not only ns a protection for the unwary , biitH avert the scandal that must follow if. those concerns are permitted to operate unchecked. TUB pcoplo of Now York City have become tired of the attitude of the ele vated railway corporation toward afforel- ing thorn rapid transit facilities. The mayor now insists that if private capital will not build the lines required the city -will itself undertake the work. This has boon the real trouble with most of our cities in connection with the monopolies of service. They have nctod on the principle that the public shall only undertake such public enterprises ns it cannot got private corpora tlons to exploit. In European cltlds the opposite principle is eibservod as to such monopo listic undertakings the city controls all public works unless compelled by circumstance to hand them ever to pri vate concerns. With time , wo too will begin to distinguish hotweou enterprises essentially public and those essentially private in their nature. SOMK of Speaker Crisp's committee selections appear to have been made with but the slightest regard to the fit ness of representing constituencies in terested in the measures which they will have to pass upon. The ohlof olTonso in this respect is the committee on Pacific railroads , whoso chairman hails from Pennsylvania , while excluding Harris of Kansas not one member comes from a state through which the Pacific rail roads run. In view of the important legislation concerning the funding of the Pacific railroad debt to bo taken up by this congress , this is unfortunate to say the least. REPHCSUNTATIVU HAHTUII of Ohio takes the pains to inform the public that ho is certain of the passage of the Wilson bill by the hoiibo on Monday next and that ho thinks the senate will in dud season follow the lead of the house. Saishe : "In carrying fmt the recommen dation ot the president the republican side of the house -Msuis active , earnest and patriotic as is our own. " Republi cans in general are , acting on this question according toiwhat they believe the interests of tile' country demand ; political spite work , jJias no place in an emergency such as this. the legislature comes to revise the banking laws " n tbTo direction of more stringent regulation some pro vision must bo Jmado which will pi event bai k e fjBders from de pleting the colTernl of the insti tution by makinfr 'lnlsecured loans to themselves. ReccnT"iflovolopments in many parts of the country have dis closed altogether' too many-institutions in which depositors have boon thus defrauded. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ STATESMAN with a good stock of oratory 1110 now in dcmajid in the. demo cratic congress , dcspito the Inxnoss of industrial undertakings and the strin gency of the money market. Parties fulfilling the required conditions may bcouro information guaianteed to insure success by applying to William Jen nings Bryan , ways and means committee room , Washington , D. C. Unmlm In tlui I.riul. Alclihnn ( llnlic. Railroad moil say that Omaha now has the bulge on Kansas City as a business center. Not ] , noiili | to Kuse. ir < U)7ltll.tun ) rout. Having had a little experience in that line , the Nebraska democrats will not be at homo to any fusion piopositions this year. lllntoiy KrpriitH Itself. Acm Yt K II mtilcr. Moro than a generation ago tno demo cratic paity passed from power , leaving to tho'country the bloody lejrucj of a ci\il war. It icturns to power , nnd the Hist crop of Its statesmanship is business stagnation. The Kiul of roluli-iil I'o 11 y. ( lltilic-Dcmncrut Iowa was can led by the democrats for govoi nor by 0,000 , in 188U and by b.OOO in Ib'Jl , but it was cauied bv the republicans by 23,000 for president in IfcOJ. Had candidates and the prohibition issue defeated the re publicans \eaisagoand two years ace , hut neither diawback i present this year. The Hawkeye icpublicans tiavo stopped their fooling with tlio prohibition issue. They w ill not roll up as big a plurality as ihov ( lid for president last year , but it un doubtedly will bo big enough to show that when the parts' avoids blunders Iowa is still securely iopublicanv IDWII II iol ( lii tlui fold , M , I'aul I'lanecr-l'ias Thoio will bo no morodoinociatic victories in Iowa. Tlio republicans of that state have at last dissolved the foolish and fut.il alli ance that bound them tot the prohibition cause and dragged them down to ono defo.it uftor another It has taken a long and pain ful discipline to inspiio them with this much wisdom , but the doeil L iionaul last ; und if it wen ) possible , as H.Ls liot , that any pollti- uilp.utyln this e'ounUy should aver con. aider the policy of joining foices with tlio piohlbillonists , it mighjt Vo pointed to tin ) uxpcilcni'o of lopubhyx ilsm In Iowa as an awful and sufilolont warding. rhrve Kullro in' ' Duliiuttg. JUio Yurl lliune , Tlirco ralhoads ha\o'gono Into the hands of lecehers this yonr.liuvlng aggregate Ha- billtiesof about iOwMj.OOO , Their stocks and bonded debts aggregate about WJ.'i.OOO- 000 , but the aggregate blocks and bonds of all tlio railroads whiiiU defaulted in any one of the yours 1873-7SMneluslvo , were about flbO.000,000 In the yoat 1874. The capital stocks of thn Erie. .llUadlng nnd Northern Pacltlc aggregate SJlliilW.yi'J , but the stocks of nil i.iilruads whch"lofnultcit | in 1374 amounted to only $ ltlJUVJ,08J , The bonds of the three gicat railroads , not Includ ing car Itiusts or contingent obli gations , land mortgages and the like , certainly exceed by about fIG,000,000 the bonds of all tlio companies which defaulted - faulted in 1874 , that amount being { Jdl/J'JU- .MJ. Including obligations not properly known uu lloitlug debts , the throe gicat companies owed $ Jfe4.iOO,000 ! , or $103,000,000 , more than the total bonded debt of all the railroads which defaulted in 1874. What tlto Heating debt of the threei great com panies now Is ttio various icueivors would like to discover. The aggregate Is variously stated from $37,000,000 to fc.W.000,000 , which would make tliu aggregate of stock and In debtedness of which there was record some months ugo nt least tM-,000,000 ! for tlio r three companies. It may bo presumed that the dlsclosuies made bv receivers and tliu operations of the last joar will ralsa the aggregate to about (050,000,000 , which com. lures with about f-lSU.OlW.OOO for all the rail- loads that defaulted lu Ib71. JIHV.I.V , I.V H7.N HI'IUU'II. Indianapolis .loumnl ! If Representative Brynn or ills friends Imagine that the JVinor- Icnn pcoplo think ho made n great speech on Uio silver question they are very much mlv tnlton. The people regard all such speeches ns verbal rubbish. St. I/nils Republic : Congress needs ono moro ofllclal. Thcro should bo u deputy sor- Rcanl-at-nrnis to keep order among the meta phors. Mr. llr.van spoke of a mute appeal , which was a cry for help beatlns on the outer walls. Disorderly conduct among the figures of speech Is an ovll which calls for regulation In the intciest of universal edu cation. Now York Sun : Hon. William Jennings Bryan , the boy orator of the 1'latto , Is a jewel In the o ir of Nebraska nud an orna ment of her Fiist eongio.sslonal district. Ho lus ttui temperament and tlio voice of an orator , nnd the InursU of silver speech are bright upon his brows. We congratulate him upon Ills honor * , and 'tis with no grudg ing spirit that wo venture to remind him that the peroration of the largo silver speech with which ho doljchtcd the house on Wednesday was of h'isc motal. It glittered like n pyramid of cartwheels , nud many an eye In Nomaha ntiu 1'awneo will bo da zlod by u ; but there is nothing In It but glitter and lillgmi. The paicock , says the old saw , Is ashamed of Us logs. Hoar , If you please , this specimen ot Mr. Bryan's sounding brass und tinkling cjtnb Us : "Tha eloinoura'io pirty stands today bo- twccn two conflicting fortes. On thn ono sldo stand corporate interests of tlio United States , the moneyed interests , aggregated wealth nnd capital , Imperious' , airogant , compasslonlcss. They me ahlu to subscribe magnificently to campaign funds. They are able to crush with their all-pervading in fluence nil who may oppose ; nnd to these who fawn and flatter they can bring uaso and plenty. These demand that tno iloino- oiatlc party shall become the agent to exe cute their merciless decrees. ' On the other side stands an unnumbered throng , these who gave to the democratic party a nanio , and for whom it has assumed to speak. Woik-woin and dlls t-bogrlmed they make their mute appeal , and too often ihul their cry for help boat in vain against the outer walls , while others less deserving gnh ) ready access to legislative halls. This army , vast and dally vaster , pleads with the democratic party to bo its champion in this terrible con Hie t. It cannot press its claims nmiil sounds of revelry ; It cannot maivh its phalanxes in grand nirndo. No gaudy ban- 1101 s lloit upon the breeze. Its bittlo Hymn IR 'Homo. Sweet Homo' ; Its war cry , 'Equality BorotothoLiw.1 " Wo hate to call the boy orator of the 1'latto downfiom the silver-lined clouds , but wo must do it. The woik-woin ami ( lust-begrimed mo just the poisons whoso Interests Mr. Bryan is opposing by his clamor for a cheap dollar. The man who worltswith his hands has but one thing to sell the work of his handb Ho is n creditor for e\ory dayhowoiks. Ho is the inevitable and chief loser by an infoilor and domorali/ed currency. The "moncjcu in terests" enn takccaio of themselves in the long run : these of them engaged in thn silver business , for instance. The capitalist can wait until bettor conditions como ; the labeling man cannot. What ho loses ho loses absolutely. Tlio railroad hands , the small farmers , all the workingnion of Nobiaska would bo in- juicd by Mr. Bryan's doll.us ; ard the siher sound of his suntcnccsi111 _ not help them. 1111 : CLKAHIXG A/iira. Philadelphia Press : The two lessons the present huid times can leain the worldnir- man are to appreciate the advantages ho has over his father in the shorter hours ho haste to work , the batter pav ho gets and the loss price ho pa\s for the things ho bujs and the greater comfott ho derives from these condi tions , aud if the little pinch that will be felt in many households loads thn housow ifo to greater care and economy in the kitchen the hard times will pi eve a blessing in dis guise. Butte Miner : Every pleasure resort in and about Butte Is well attended ; the people piocecd in their regular order of alter nating business and pleasure nithout appar ent knowledge of a national depression ; they are indulging in as many luxuries as over ; feeding the elephant nnd throwing their inonoy acainst the gray-boarded shell game with proiliga to hand ; buying as good clothes as over ; getting married with moio eclat and oiango blossoms than io\al lovers ; indulging in honeymoons , wodalng tours , divorce suits and ether expensive social "functions , " and rejoicing ever the rapid in crease in handsome babies , costly robed chil- on en and thoroughbred youths. Philadelphia Record : Today , in all proba bility , the out of town exodus will have reached its climax. September is fast approaching preaching , aud the last Saturday and Sun- clay but ono m August have for je.us been legaided ns the tojmiost round and summit of vacation time. The period of recreation may ho prolonged by reason of au undue per sistence of ostival heat , yet the last week of August invariably tuins the tide of travel homeward from seaside resorts and water ing places. A fortunate few will linger in the mountains or by health-giving springs ; but within a fortnight the workeis will all be at their posts and the much talked of re vival of business will tinvo begun in cainest. A 1'iilso unit I'onlluli Ohnr o. I'lillailcliililii Lcduer. The executive committee of the Pan- American Bimetallic association has issued from Den\er a call to leprosontatives of the association in thirty-two states , the eastern states being omitted , and in "all the eoun- Uics of South nnd Contial America and Old Mexico , to meet at St. Louis , on October ! l , IS'.M. " The call contains thU remaikablo dcclaiation : "It is very evident that the center of the conspiracy in this countiy to uttcily demolish silver and thrust the United States upon a single metallic standard that of gold- for its cunenoy is In New Yorlc , Boston , Philadolnhia and Baltimoio. The press of these cities has become thoioughly bubsonient to the end of the conspuators , and has so imbued the minds of the people of the states in which these cities nia and the surrounding states that they have all become hostile to the welfaionnd advancement of the west and south. Inthoname of honest H.onoy these states are parties to the spoliation of our sections und the cities named aio tlio prime instigators of the crime. " The attempt to oigunizo a sectional party , with a fioe coinage platfoim , in the south and west , abetted by the foreign nations of Central and Soutli America and Old Mexico , would fail , because it would bo founded on the false assumption that the east hud in terests and aims hostile to the west and south. The destruction of business in those portions would bo followed by the paralysis of business of all kinds in the seaboard cities. This consideration at once repels the imputation of a "conspiracy" of eastern newspapers against "the wolfaio and nil vancomont of the west and south. " Such a contention could only llnd hospitality In "ono-ldoad" brains , which find mountains in mole hills and discover "men us tioes walk- liifj. " The east has enormous interest in every western state , in the great lines of trans- pollution , In the publlo loins of states , cities and tow us , in farm mortgages , in the stock nnd bonds of coriraratlons , in every spccios ot investment for inonoy. The sections buy and sell and trade together as freely as the inhabitants of a town. When the sensitive nerves of business are rudely touched any- wlioio in this countiy all the other sections feel the shock. If the east should foinl "a conspiracy uirainst the west and bouth it would simply bo engaged In pulling down its own house about its ears. There is , there can be , no such thing ns a "conspiracy" of the Jouinals of the eastern cities to Injure any poilioa of our common country in their presentation of the silver controversy. It is a question of monetary science as applied to the needs of the entire country. It is absuid to say that the eastern people have "become hostile to the west and south , " or that eastern journalism has anywhoie on- couraped such hostility. It has discussed the silver question from the standpoint of patriotism alone , and , whether Its judgment has been ritht or wrong , Its motive cannot bo Impeached. There are honest differences of opinion In ovorv section as to the relation which silver should hold to our currency. It is u case ) In which there uiust tie tolerance and temperate discussion. It 1 not conceivable Unit many Intelligent westornois , oven those living in the sllvet mates , will adopt this call of the Pau-Aniorl- can Bimetallic association ns the rollcctlon of their viows. The representatives of tin association in Mexico and South and Central America may bo Indifferent to the iuterrup tlou of good feeling between portions of out republic , but no patrloilocltlzonof thiscoun try will allow such asporailons and soutl incuts to pass unchallenged , vKut'Lii An rut Sat. Pnvrho Cltlfon Train Is the only prlnco of the blood at present on flxhlblltouivl the fair. The ' .xellow1' fever which recently raged In Now York Is rapidly subsiding under the magics Inlluoneo of Europe's pold euro. The wlso fisherman who chin ? to his sealskins - skins pending arbitration Is considerably richer. Seal skins nave advanced $ . " > eaoh , All cln ses and conditions of men nroTur- nlshod ontorininnumt nt the World's fair. Lvcn the pugs are treated to a profossl&nal scrap. .lust ns Kansas was growing tlresomo In the publlo prints , a shower j ( hailstones as largo us baseballs happened along and re vived the vaudeville spnlts of constitutional bleeders. Congressman Bryan's "muto appeal" boat- Ini ? "In vain iigalnst the olltor walls , " was not Intended as n rollectlon on the Salvation army. Willie's mute did not carry a banner or boat the drum , Western te.ulora of eastern pipers are liable to ba misled by lurid ho ulllnos , read ing , "How nod by Cleveland. " Such HUPS re fer to outdoor Imso ball , not to the Indoor bawl at the uapltol. Twenty thousand poets nro expected In Chicago on Poets' day. This vast aggrega tion will enable the average mortal to grasp the magnitude- the gray matter required to edify magarlno readers. 'I ho saddest spectacle In lena politics Is the present desolate condition of Mrs , J. Ellen Fo tor. In former years she was a calliope under high pressure. A tinhorn now makes her weary and tionrtsoro. Thomas A. Edison comes of n Ion ? lived stock. His father Is still alive nt Port lluion , Mich. , nt the ago of 1)0. ) His grand father was lOJioirs old and two or his aunts lived to bo 03 and 111) ) respectively. Samuel Edison , the father of the Inventor , looks for ward to many moro years of activity. Ho Is very proud of his famous sou , who is known to the family as "Al. " Jacob Tonio , the widely known millionaire banker of Port Deposit , Mil. , celebrated his 8.d ! birthday anniversary a few tlnjs ago. Mr. Tome Is n native of Hanover , Pa , from which plaeo ho went to Port Deposit in 18W. Ono of his latest acts was the establishment of tlio Jacob Tome insitiito for the education of poor boys , on which ho has expended $ r > 0,000. Mr. Tome Is still vigorous nnd attends to business. Hon. Frank D Jackson , republican candi date for governor of Iowa , Is a Now Yorker , haUng been born in Wyoming county In IbVI. His parents moved to Iowa soon after- waul He was graduated fiom the Iowa State college nnd was admitted to thobir. Ho practiced law until about three years ago , when ho was elected president of the Koyul Union Mutual Life Insurance com pany of Ues Molnos. Ho has baen a member of the state senate and was twice elected secietary of state. There will bo a notable gathering nt Lake Winnopesaukeo , In Now Hampshire , soon. The Now Hampshiio Veteran Soldiers asso ciation has invited all the war governois to attend its annual lounion. Acceptances have already been loccitcd from Cut tin of Pennsylvania , Sprague of HI , ode Island , Holbiook of Vermont aud Beiry of Now Hampshire , and the letters have just begun tocoirioin. It Is hoped that all the living wargovcinois will bo present and that the occasion will bcmadoonaof historic interest. Old Gcnoial Sickles is as warlike as ovor. Ho opposed all debate on the question of 10- pealing the Sherman law and proposed that the house should icmaln in continuous ses sion until that object was obtained. Ho de clared his willingness to camp in the capital and have his meals brought to him. When this heroic proposition was declined ho shook the dust of Washington fiom off his feet and went homo to Now York , whcro ho will remain until "tho wind-jammers got through shooting off speeches. " Then ho w ill return and \ oto. Congressman Johnson of North Dakota , iias the funniest looking whiskers in the liouso. In the last congress they were loug and Poffoiesque , but whim ho returned to at tend Uio extra session they had been trimmed down to \\oiidiculous little points. "I trimmed them out , " ho says , in explana tion , "because I discovered that after milk ing the cows at homo the odor collected in them disagreeably. " Johnson is a mighty agriculturist , and is reported to loam about on his farm with his trousers suspended by a single piece of binding twine and with his tcet baio. IlllHlllKSR KlHl Of IlUSlllOSfl. New York P/cis. At the Chamber of Commerce dinner , Novembei 0 , Ib'JJ , Grover Cleveland , in his usual pondcious way. made a lliug nt our business inteiests. These picscnt at the dinner may recall the following admonition from Mr. Dcpew : "I sympathize somewhat with Mr. Cleveland In the feeling that ho lias , that lee much is said about business in- toicbts threatening this , or business inter ests promising that ; und yet , ns our friends have been out of power for thirty years and have not hud the duty thrust upon them to deal with business interests , I want to give them this word of warning , ttiat business interests have , like the wasp , a business end , and they had better bo careful how they fool w ith it. " August 1'aiilo Mongers. I'MlaililiiMa Tlma This August would bo a dry , dull month if it were not for the calamity howlers. It is said that everything in nature has its uses , Including oven tlio mosquito , whoso use , however , has not yet been discovered. The calamity howler must also have his purpose in the universe. Poihaps it is to keep pco plo awake during the summer vacation and prevent their fulling into too seductive a re pose. COI.VMIHH , Noli. , An * . 13. ISai. To the Kdltor ot TUB Hcs ! Will you kindly explain the dKToronco between the Idea of Senator PofTor on Issuing WOU.OOO.OOO of "fiat" nnil the present clreitlatlon of national banks. It not national bank circulation based on gov- eminent bonds ; aio not Kovornmont bonds pronilso to pay I Is there any coin now In the hand * of the government to p-\y these bonds ! Was there any inonoy or coin In the hands of the government to pay the notes lulled dining the war , commonly enllcd greenbacks , or wore they n pronilso to pay , based on the faith nnd honor of the govern ment , the pcoplo ot this country. If they were only promises to pay , with nothing In sight to pay with , Issued at n tlmo when It was very uncertain what "tho goxornmont" meant , how Is It that Senator PofTor's Idea is so liable to rldloulof I am asking for lu formation. Yours respectfully , XX. Am. United States bonds nro promises to pay , and national bank notes are couau- iltiently based upon promise's of tlio govern ment to pav. The government has no money set nsldo for the payment of bonds , bccnuso they nro not j ot duo , but It has a fund for the icdumption of national bank notes. There Is no difficulty with the circulation of promises to pay so lone as they are redeemed in coin of Intrinsic value. During tlio war nnd untU 1878 , when no notes were ledcomod In coin by thu government , gi rollback v us nlso national bank notes , were constantly w 01 tli less than cold ' 1 ho danger of llntlsm Is that paper will bo Issued In such uuinli- ties as to drive out nil our gold , and thus compel the government to suspend todomp- ' tlon. Wo would then bo placed upon a i basis ol depreciated p ipor , as wo woio ho- ' . fore.Vo have seen that the continued purchase - ' chase of silver sent so much gold outof the { country that the $100,000,000 icsorvo was i trenched upon. It would evidently take , } much less than $30DOOtOOv ) > of paper to di Ivo * gold to n premium again Wo want now to t keep our gold , not to drive it away. ( Tin : inniuir xnm o/-1 riu.\ < > $ . j Now York Pros ? ! "Am you going away for i rest and ch.ingo this suiiiiuoiV" "No. .My wife ' hns gone away for a change , nnd 1 urn ' ' u rest. " Sittings : "A Moro Accident" l the ttllo of a > new novel. Well , If It as u IIIPIO iictililunt thu K public will overlook ll thli tlnu' , but tliu i author must not repeat thu olTense. j I'hllndolphla Itroiird : Plenty of sloup li con- dm'ltn lo beauty. Ktuu u garment looks worn j \ \ bun It loses Its imp ( Phon Reporter : The Kton jacket Is ono of t,1 , thu moHt absurd looking things In thu world ' , . before a pretty girl puti It on I „ . . Record : "How docs Dompstur al- I vvnjs iimtiiiKo to look so cool this awful J \\eathui ? " "IliMiiuKosout a lima list of the 1 thlnes he'll h.i\o to buy ne\t winter , and U . ncuily gives him u chill. " i I'lilladulphla Thnos : "Vacation" otymoloc- Ically means empty. The \\onl iirohahly nrlKlnntud on a ninn's Rotting I ) ick lioinn ItioU- Inu at his pocKetbook and nskln , "What is there In It,1 , Superior Times : Tn front of Mr. Malloy'n 'R ! feed slorostnndsa baby carrhigo which hears tliK slgii : 'TorSilo-lfa\o Uonn Out of llml- noss. " That dodge won't \votk , Mulloy. We've tried It sevoi.il times and had to buy a now j , ' , ciirrlugu o\ cry time. Vl ' " Ijlfo : "Thon you suspi'ct the count had an- nthur reason for bruuUliiK his ongaguiiiunt with you. " "Yes. " ixti uncle. Washington News : As u congressman wai i idlng toward the canltnl in a callucui ) yesluf day the wind hluw lilsliiil oir , hut a nlinbln- footed colored citl/en recovered It and ro- htorud It to the ownet , baying : "lioss , huru'A yourspeaUing tubo. " A CULINAIIY rnoni.hu. Lailtm' Home Journal. WoYOrn busy ono iluy In thu kitchen , I drop In some cook hook lore , And lie porchmt upon the tahlu Ii 1 "coath-iind-four. " % Iiiii a - - . Bill when I had llnlslicd this sontcnco In a rcclpu 1 luid found , \ "Stit on tliostovo and stir constantly , ' , ' Tno driver looked aiouuil. And li-nv Ing his play for a Inlnulo , Uo vvliNuuied In my oar "How could any ono 'M' | on thn nlovu" Andnot'stli constiintly , ' ile.it ? ' . ' > i in : j.'AG'.u'v : . 7ow Matfon tn JVetc Yurie Sun. Alone by the sounding MM they sat , lie In his lluniiclslille , Sim In her go n und her jaunty hut , rieecy and Unify and white. "I've piomlsod to mnrry you soon , " she said. "And I nit-ant I' , so m\ei ftmr ; But I uiuitul to ithk If you know , " she said , "Tliutgonns like this at u denr ? "I mention this gonn , becnuse , you see , ll Ills mu und feels so nice ; If you're n good iui"-si > r , my dear , niuybo You'll hit right uwuy on llio prlcu. " " \\liy. certainly , dearest , " Mo laugblnglj Mpoko , "I'm aw uro that your gowns nro not low , And of couiMiRottlni ; married Is novel ajjlie , J > ut us say twenty ilollurs or so. " She mulled. 'Twus u pit } Ing Hinllo she gave. "It was ninety llvu doiluiH , " iitotli | shu ; Anil her lovet rosu us n giciit gteun wave Catiiu in from the bobbing xcu. "Nlnuty-llvo dollars ! " ho echoed. "Well , well ) 1.\cnsu mu a moment , my own ; - - Some one Is uilllnK mu In the hotel , J Hut nn Instant I'll louvo you ulono. " T And ho sped uwny , and his bill ho paid , And lioincwaKl his footsteps sot ; And us for thu ntnuty-llvu dollar maid , May bo Hhe's giUIni ; them yet. Largest M iniifnoturnra an 1 Rotation ol UlothltM In thu World. II Touching it off That is to say , letting it go , and if you had been in our store Saturday you would hayo thought Unolo Sam had brought baok the good old times we read about. Oh , but wo did sell lots of suits. Wo have taken off from $2.50 lo $7.50 on each suit , making such an extra low price that even if you do not need it now , it will pay you bet tor than savings bank interest to pick out a suit now'and put it away till spring , This is not a broken size or broken lot sale , but a nice clean stock of the finest suits ever brought to this western coun try. If you hesitate you are lost for they will bo * rapidly taken up. BROWNING , KING & CO. , \