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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1893)
THK OMAHA DAILY JUEK : SATURDAYOUTOHISK , 21 , IBM , TJEU BEE. : . itOSBWATKt Kdltor I'UllMSlini ) KVKItV MOUNINO. THItMS OK SUItSOlUPTION. ' Hal1jr Hen ( without Sumlny ) One Year * 8 00 n.iilv nml Sunday. Ono Yenr 1J J > ( ' flUMonlln Jj ( ? " Thrto MontliH S ill ! " " mniilftjr ! ! One-Yonr SMiinlny HIT. Onn Year > ' ; " Weekly IkT , On Your * 00 OPKICIiS. Omnlm. The Her Ilnllillnir. , . , , . South Oinnltn. comer N ami Twenty sixth streets Council IlInlTn. IV 1'eiirl street. CTMcneoimcn.mciinmberof : Coronierco. Now York , rooms IS. 14 niirt in.Tribune-building' Washington. SI3 Kourlufiilh street. COnilKSrONDKNC'K. All uonmiiinlrMlniiH r-lnllnir to news nm txll- torlal mailer hlimticl IM ; nihlreiwili To tlio Ixlltor DI/SINKSS I.KTTKIIS. All bimlnrKH li'tti'in nncl remllt.iuccii should bo < liln' < sl to TinHw I'uulliihlMir company. Omahiii DrnriH.uliwkH iinilpotliinica orders lo bomnao IwMhlololhi-onlerof thocomiwitiv. 1'nrtli'S leaving th" oltv ( or Ilio summer can imvo TIIR IlKK * iilotliilrnililrc8 ! ! uylcavliiir an order % B vunusnmo COMPANY. ilin HIT hi Cliloieo. Tun tuu.Y imd Htt.siuv HUB Is on siUo In ClilrnRO at Ihn following places : I'nlinurliouso. Onuid I'lirlnV. holol. Auditorium hotul. llrcut Northern Icotol. ( lorn holnl. ] /nlaml hole ! . ' bo at the NB- Fllos nM'MH T RK can seen hrinknhullillni ; nnil thiiAdmlnlatratlon build- hie. Exposition ( 'rounds. _ SWOHN STATKMKNT OK CIIICUI.ATION. Stale of Nobrnnka , I County of UoturlM. f Ononco ILTztchiirk. secretary of Tn KM Pub lishing company. cloc solemnly swear that the actual circulation of THE DAILY Hf.R for tlio week cndlnir October 11 , 1803 , wasna follows : Bunclay , October H 2S.800 Monday. October n 2.1,874 Tuesday. October 10 S3'8r2 { Wortneiwlay. October 11. . 23.0H8 ThiirHilBjr. October la i 2M'2,1 : ' FrWay. October 1H * 4 < \ Saturday , October 14 2(5,408 ( ( iKOItllK II T7BCIIL'CK. . " .Sworn to before me nml milmcrlbccl In my < 8KAL Mireaeneo thlB Mtu iliivof October. 18M. I , I x. i > . KKIL. Notary Public. ClrrnlntliiK fur Atur.181)3 , 24,075 Tins la Muulmttan duy at the World's fair. HAS iinyono heard any encouraging news recently concerning that 5-cont bridge motor fnro ? CANDIDATE usually pay tholr bills before election. But Mr. I. O. U. Bauh- elor prefers to leave his unpaid. WITH Senator Allison actively en gaged in promoting republican victory in Iowa , the campaign across the river gives promise of veritable humming from now until November. * Till ! fuot that there is no possibility of amending the senate rules which prevent majority legislation at present does not put tboso rules into any greater conformity with the constitu tion. Kansas is no sooner on the road to recovery from ono malady than It is overwhelmed by another. Woman suffrage supplants prohibition , but prom ises no improvement. Kansas deserves the sympathy of all who have escaped her fate. . NEW Yoitic people want Manhattan day to como next only to Chicago day in point of attendance at the Columbian exposition. So do the World's fair directors. Every dollar taken in now counts as a contribution toward the stockholders' account. SKNATOH BUTLKU thinks that the re peal bill is merely paralyzed. Its friends have quite generally acknowl edged that it has been irretrievably dead for some time. If its inanimate condition is duo to paralysis only there may bo faint hopes for its recovery. THE democratic administration will bavo been in control of the government ono year in March next. By June , the pnd of the fiscal year , tbo.treasury de ficit will , according to Secretary Car lisle's estimate , bo not loss than 850- 000,000. Sorao facts speak for them selves. THE last rap of the State Banking Board at the bogus bond Investment companies puts at rest the false claim of BOino of the swindlers that they wore legally incorporated and operating under the protection of the state 'laws. Such assertions are on a par with the other misleading statements of the bond swindlers. THE unsavory record which Ira C. Bachelor bus accumulated in this city during a brief residence is a disgrace" to the bar of this city , of which Bachelor is a member. After the disclosures miulo by THE BEE it is certainly in order for the grievance committee of the bar to inovo for Bachelor's disbarment. Ho is a lit subject for dibciplino. THK tlmo is neiir at hand when the Nebraska building at the World's fair must bo torn down mid carted away. The exhibits contained therein , as well as these in Agricultural , Dairy and For estry buildings , must bo packed and shipped back to tljeir owners. This will cost money , of course , but there is solace In the fuot that the balance in the World's fair appropriation fund is sufll- ojont to moot the purpose. Other states have not fared so well in this respect at least. PATIIKU KNICKEIUJOCKIU : anil Miss Chicago expect to make each other's acquaintance at the World's fair today. If they find ono another's society agreeable - able they may conclude to unite tholr fortunes. They have boon loaning toward one another for some time past. Miss Chicago has gotten as far Indiana , while old Knickerbocker is stretching far into Now Jersey. It Is oxpootod that the union will take pluco at some Intermediate polntconvenlontly situated to both. LET a poor man who la freezing steal u blanket or an overcoat to keep himself warm and ho goes into the iron cage of the county Jail to bo subjected with the moat rigorous prison discipline. Lot a bank president rob several hundred de positors who have trusted him with their scanty savings and ho can have the most biiinntuous faro and may roam about the city and enjoy entertainments at public houses so long as ho is willing to pay for them. This is oxaotly what has boon done under Sheriff Bennett's administration. And yet we are told th t It la wrong on the part of THE BKE to refer to such scandals because it would hurt other candidates. VAX Altfl DTho confirmation of the nomination of Mr. J. J. Van Alou to bo ambassador to Italy moans that the sonalo will not in- quiru Into the motives whiuh have prompted the president to make ntiy particular nomination to ollleo , U moiins that President Cleveland win se cure the requinllo majority In the eii ale to back him In pitying oil his politi cal debts by moans of appointments to positions of honor or profit. And , finally , it means that the coiwta dor * not propose to Interfere with any of the proforoncurt of the president manifested in his diplomatic nomiimttiW , however obnoxious they may bo to the people , or liowovur unsavory th8y ' nay appear to his political supporters. Mr. Van Alcn has bqon confirmed becmibO ho Is the president's choice for the plnco and be cause there is nothing to bo said either for or against the now ambassador's per sonal qualifications. The republicans , ns n body , had no interest in his re jection : the democrats , as nb3dydid , not desire to cross the wishes of tlio president. Perhaps no high appointment in re cent years has caused so great a storm of popular indignation and newspaper criticism aa was nrou&ed by the ap pointment of Mr. Van Alcn. The Van Alon bargain has for weeks been paraded up and down the land to show to what depths the now democratic ad ministration has fallen. The mugwumps have covered tholr faces in horror and have threatened , much to the delight of the mnchina politicians , to withdraw their homage from the former idol of tholr political dreams. All this tem pest because the apostle of civil service reform , who constantly decried the use of money for campaign purposes during the late presidential contest , has dared to reward with an important foreign mission the man who , above all others , contributed to his own corrupt tion fund. Not that the president lias been entirely without defenders in his recent action. A few volunteers have como to his rescue and have maintained that there is nothing * in it to demand disapprobation. Mr. Van Alen , they say , is not influential , and could no't in duce many personal friends to vote the democratic ticket. Ho i ? not an orator and could not talco the slump for his candidate. Ho Is 'not a political wire puller and could not assist in the man agement of the campaign. Ho has money , hbwovor , and ho gave liberally toward the corruption fund. What more could ho do ? IIow otherwise could ho secure a claim' to a presidential ap pointment ? On the ether side , it is argued that this conceded lack of ability , this want of more than average intelligence , this absence of oratorical powers and this de moralizing superabundance of money , all tend to disqualify him from accept ably fulfilling the olllco to which ho has aspired. But the great fact that weighs against him is that he paid $50,000 to the democratic campaign fund and sub sequent ly applied for the position of ambassador to Italy on the strength of that contribution. He virtually bought his appointment and was appointed for no other reason. His confirmation stamps with the approval of the senate a bargain almost universally condemned by both people and press. It rewards with victory the stubbornness of Presi dent Cleveland in refusing , at the call of his most intimate friends , to withhold or withdraw the nomination. It shows the people that they have nothing to expect from thk democratic party in the way of reform in politico 1 methods. , A KKQLKCTKD IIKFURM. When the present administration came into power it was promised that the pol icy of civil service reform would bo greatly advanced. It was said that Mr. Cleveland was peculiarly the represen tative of that reform and that ho could bo depended upon to do everything within the power of his administration to advance and promote that principle. It was not u particularly conspicuous issue in the campaign of last year , al though the independent element , so called , which was allied with the . democratic party , made a point of the proposition that if Mr. Cleveland should bo elected ho would do more to advance the cause of civil service reform than his prede cessor had done. Perhaps this did not have a very great inUilenco upon the voters generally , but there can bo no doubt that it had some weight with a certain element particularly devoted to reform In the civil service. This ele ment , while admitting , as it was com pelled to do , that the Harrison adminis tration had done much to promote the cause of civil service reform , was still dissatisfied with the results , as it proba bly always will bo , and supported Mr. Cleveland In the hope that ho would do bettor. It is u familiar fact that this element has not been satisfied with the course of the administration thus fur In regard to civil fcorvico reform and that it has criticised Mr. Cleveland quite na much , if not moro , than it did his predecessor. The basis for this Is in the tact that the president has shown little interest In the question of reform and has done absolutely nothing to promote it , A careful analysis of the ap pointments made will show that almost no attention whatever has been given to a recognition of the re form principle , while the action of the president in practically turning over the whole matter of making appointments to his cabinet was , in otTcot , to Ignore , so far as ho was concerned , the whole principle of civil service reform. In taking that course Mr. Cleveland prac tically said that the politicians of his party wore to bo given an opportunity to bo heard without any regard to the restrictions imposed by the civil service regulations. The authority to carry out the re form regulations is in the hands uf the chief executive , and when ho In effect abdicates this power and says to the heads of departments that the whole matter of appointments , eave in excep tional cases , shall rest with them , there is small probability that civil service re form will receive the attention that It deserves. That It has not been given such atten tion there are abundant facts to attest. With the single exception of the secre tary of slate , who from the very begin ning refused to have anything to do with the appointments in his department , every cabinet officer is a spoilsman and lius done what ho could to carry out the spoils principle. The Treasury department furnishes a strik ing example of this. Outside the abso lutely restricted , classified service , which the Civil Service commission haste to watch with the utmost vigilance , the secretary of the treasury has left scarcely any republicans or those who may bo suspected of having been repub licans thirty years ago. The secretary of tlio Interior ban followed very closely in the same tracks , and , in fact , all the departments have shown that they have very little regard for the principle of civil ser vice reform. Mr , Cleveland has practi cally left the whole business of appoint ments with his heads of departments , thereby unloading his responsibility for a proper observance of the reform prin ciple , but the country cannot bodecclwd by this expedient and will hold tlio dem ocratic party responsible for a distinct betrayal of tlio principle of civil service reform , to the promotion of which the administration was unqualifiedly pledged by the national platform. NOT UKUaiXO I'Ult QUAllTSIl. The champion of JofT Bedford has the temerity to intimate that THE BICK has made an apcal for quarter on behalf of Mayor Bemis iwhon it itomamled that the campaign should bo .fought on decent lines. Now THE BEE has never bogged for quarter either for itself or any candidate it supports. Good wine needs no bush. Mayor Uomis dpcs not have to bo defended for the course ho has pursued as chief executive of the city. Ho has hud the courage of his convictions at nil times and bus never shirked a duty. lie may have erred , as all men do some times , but his errors have not jeopardized the interests of the taxpayers. Can anybody expect as much from Mr. Bedford ? How did ho act when ho was in the council ? How much of his time did ho devote to the duties devolving on a councilman ? The official record shows that Bedford served two years and seven months in the city council. During that period 220 council sessions wore held. From May 10 , 1837 , to December 31 , 1887 , Mr. Bedford was present at forty sessions ; absent , twenty-five sessions. In the year 18SS ho was present forty-two sessions , absent thirty-seven. In the year 1889 ho attended forty-five sessions and was absent from thirty-seven ses sions. Summary : Out of the 220 sessions held durine his term as councilman Mr. Bedford was absent ninety-nine ses sions , or very nearly one-half of the time for which ho was drawing pay. With such a record as councilman what have wo to expect of him as mayor ? If ho could not attend more than half the sessions of the council , which are ; held at night , would ho devote from four to ton hours a day to the business of executive ? But negligence is not the most vulner able part of Mr. Bedford's record as a. councilman. If anybody shall bog for quarter before this campaign closes it will not bo Mr. Bomis. AJsTOlillTltKlt TOO TENDER. The other day the republican city cen tral committee hold a mooting wnich was reported in THE BEE ns other politi cal meetings are. Among the matters included in that report was a remark made by a member of the committee that Jeff Bedford had been disloyal-during the var. This seems to have nettled the fool friend adjacent to the ruin of the Parnam Street theater. Now what is there about this charge that ia not substantially true ? Mr. Bedford was reared among confederates and bushwhackorB and his sympathies during arfd after the war were with the rebels and not with the defenders of the union. This was h is record and reputa tion when ho landed in Nebraska. His nomination for mayor has revived the unpleasant reminiscences , just as it naturally revives every ether incident connected with the career of a candidate who aspires to become chief inuiristrate of a city like Omaha. Mr. Bedford's en listment in Colorado was not in defense of the union. Had it involved a fight with confederates instead 'of a war against red skins ho certainly , would not have enlisted. Ho had a chance to do that in Missouri. AO.IIXSI' THK TltVSTS. Press dispatches from Washington announce that the Department of , lus- tico is seriously intending to institute proceedings atrainst some of the com binations that are amenable to the anti trust law. This would bo welcome in formation if it wore posbiblo to give It ' credence. There was a similar report some four or five mouths ago which proved to bo without authority , al though given out as being well- founded. The fact that the country is anxiously awaiting some action on the part of the government looking to the enforcement of the anti-trust law In duces everybody to cordially receive the slightest intimation of an intention on the part of the authorities at Washing ton to institute proceedings. Within two months after the present administration cainq. Into power , that action would bo taken at the earliest possible time 'to thoroughly test the existing law for the suppres sion of trusts and combinations to control trade and regulate prices , ua described in the act. The president had announced in his inaugural address that it was the duty of the government to oxoroiso whatever powers belonged to it for the protection of the people against the extortion and the oppression of aggregations of capital and business In terests. Ills language in reference to this was of the most unequivocal character - actor , and it was accepted by the people of the country as an assurance that the administration would give prompt and earnest attention to this very important matter. Within two months after its advent to power it was given out through channels entitled to confldoncs that the Department cf Justice wus getting ready to act , and there was a universal feeling that at last the law which for nearly three years had been " -a dead letter was to bo given vitality and force. This expectation was disappointed , for what reason the public has never boon informed andftbrhups never will be. So far as known I fea single stop has over boon taken by I present administration with a view ft enforcing tlio anti-trust law. Not a slnglo oITort has been made to redeem the Implied promise- the president mnd'dfy his Inaugural address. No federal dtalrlot attorney anywhere , so far ns thoJ4)tjblic ) is awnro , has been' instructed to take any action under the law , The stature remains up to this tlmo a dead lot.cr7h view of this no great confidence can be placed in the latest report that the Department of Justice ia preparing to institute proceedings against , the trusts , with a view to thor oughly testing the law , and yet the pop ular hope will bo that such Is the case. The forces of monopoly are today stronger than over before and there Is a practi cally universal demand that they bo overthrown. They exist in defiance of law and in hostilityto thf public Inter ests and welfare. It L the duty of the government to protect the citizen against their exactions and there can bo no ex cuse for delaying the performance of this obligation , . DEHATE in the senate is furnishing repeated illustrntlons.of the saying that It.makcB a great difference whoso foot is pinched. Senator Stewart the ether day threatened to insist on having the gal leries cleared because the occupants per sisted In applauding the points scored by the advocates of unconditional repeal. Senator Stewart would never think for mi instant of having the galleries cleared in case the audience wore magnanimous enough to accord him some of its plaudits. Whenever h'o gets up to speak the force of his wide reputation as a wind bag serves to almost clear the galleries - lories without aid from the ser- geant-at-arms. If the senate would only adopt a rule fjy which the oflluors of that body could bo summoned to prevent the people from leaving the galleries during the progress of a speech , it may confidently bo asserted that Sen ator Stewart would bo the first and most constant applicant for the enforcement of the rule. He would probably also become a chronic objector in case any of his political opponents vvanted the rule applied. It is a poor rule that won't work both ways. THE following card has kindly boon sent to the editor of THE BE'E by the sheriff o DouglasCounty ! : Vote for GEO. A. DENNETT , Republican Nominee FOtt SHEIilfF. Now wo wquw like very much to comply with Mr. Bennett's request. Wo should'liko to vote" for him and bo glad to ask others to vote for him if wo knew him to bo competent and believed him to bo honest and fauhful In the discharge of his official duues. But the proofs to * " the Cqrttriyy.ato W WrtEN the World s fairclo\es its doors " by a"week from next Tuesday wo will reach the point whore the drain of money out of Omaha and Nebraska can bo computed. The most moderate esti mate runs into the millions. And what is there in the shape of benefits to otT- sot this ? Pleasant recollections and interesting individual experiences. But then we have the Nebraska building. IT IS in accord with the eternal fitness of things lor the republicans who helped to elect Gushing to now work for the defeat ot Bomis. They are re formers with a big K. hIruMK" TliincK Wo Sue. Clitca.n'ust. . Common sense , Ilico politics , makes strnngo bedfellows. But we doubt If anybody over dreamed of seeing David B. Hill ana John Sherman lying peacefully under the same coverlid. _ 1,0 1 till ) ; nll tin Alnilo. Kew York D'orW. If Vice President Stevenson will call Sen ator Hill to the chnir some uay when there Is a quorum of earnest repealers nrescut tlio GoriHau knot of red tape winch binds tliu ucnato to inaction can bo cut uoutly uud quickly. _ A Cnutcr Shot. . The municipal campaign in Omnlia is warming up. Tun Bms Informs a candidate --for tlio council that ho is a "chronic billc and professional cheat" and the republicans of Omaha will never vote for him. Now , that's something like tlio politics of our forefathers. Afr.ilil of Its Mlmclcnv. Ytnk Itcmltl. It is a curious coincidence that the demo cratic party occupies upon its return to power very much tlio same critical position before the country ns It occupied when it went out with James Buchanan. It is con- Iron tea Dy an Issno vital to the nation and to its own existence. And it is prepared to meet it iu the same way it mot tnu issue of IbiU ) . It is split into tlirco factions , cacli at war with the ether two , Just as it was when Iteamo out of the Charleston convention and continued to bo until national calamity followed ua indecision and bickering. As a minority it lias proven itself strong , alert , resourcotul , comjiativu ; aa u majority it is again weak , va'ellltulng , disunited. It is atrald of its owy.vUmiow. . t Tlio CUIIIII.IIKII < u Olilu. JYiifaiMjlfi / ( I'na , The republicans in Ohio are conducting the most enthusiastic campaign known U them for vears. It is evident from the re ports from that state that votes will bo given trie republican tlolcet tills year uj nmuy who worn1 tJbtelvoa into voting for a utmngo last November. They have beet enough of tliochahgo to waul us little of it as possible , amivixhtly conclude that the best way to call u halt Is to throw up the largest possible republican majority. Tno estimates of the majority in Ohio range al the way from UOltt/j'to / ' 50,000. but tlio latter is a ilguro whicjt'jiW probably entirely too much to expect. That the people are deter mined to change Uiu change back is certain however , Tliuy began that job in Indlauap oils last week. tAXim TII.I.V uvns. In Bplto of disclaimers and denials , Kuropo believes that prance mid Kusalix are nlllos for licaco or war , and Hint In Hint alliance { 5 danger for nil the poxvors. They recognize that now that Franco feels no longer nlone , t.i people may force the covcrnmcnl to some overt act or offense toward Germany which vlll put that nation at once in the attitude of war. The czar Is no friend to Germany , although ho was persuaded Into the position of passive ally in 1SOU and 187(1. ( He has lover shown any of Emperor William's cousinly enthusiasm for n closer relationship. between them , ntict lias left thn lulter's visit inrclurncct. Germany bus nlwnys sided with Knglatul , and Austria Is opposing the extension of the Husslan empire to the aouth uid cast. German Influence lias bcenniSUnat Uusslau encroachments in the Balkan * , and has stood in the way of lltmlan designs on Turkey , These facts should bo considered hi connection with , tlio UirllT war now pending bat u con those countries , ami the fltronif anti-German feollnc which t has aroused In Uussn. Germany was the chief foreign consumer of Russian cereals until the duty ot 50 per cent upon thorn prac tically shut them out of her territory. The land owners frol this loss of a market , and ire correspondingly bitter against the gov- eminent which has closed it to them. It * may be thai Russia Is convinced thai the combined Tories ugalnst her are too power ful to be withstood alone , or at least power ful enough to prevent her carrying out her projects In the east alone , and so seeks the only ally possible In franco. This Is the view taken by those who are surest that these Toulon festivities have a dcop politi cal significance , and the possibility that this Is the correct view to take Is what keeps all the powers , including Knglaml , on the alert. * # The simple truth Is that political reasons of the strongest kind are compelling Russia to combine with franco. ICvcnts have proved that the czar has nothing to hope for from the Berlin government , and that the IIohenolerns ! arc as deaf to the claims of gratitude as were the Hapsburgs. Nicholas lived to deplore his interposition in Hun gary ; and Alexander II. had equal cause to regret that bis attitude in 1SGG and 13TO made possible the two final stops In Prus sian aggrandizement. When ho sought the compen atloa which ho bad fairly earned , and had pushed his armies within sight , of Constantinople , ho was summoned to a congress at .Berlin , where ho was de spoiled of almost everything wrested from the Turk at Sun Stefano. From that day to this the Prussians fiavo connived ut the Austrian , intrigues m Bucharest and Solla to thwart the czar's attempts to as sert his legitimate influence in the Balkan peninsula. It has become clear as daylight that the KomanolTs have nothing to expect from Prussia but a flint-like opposition to the extension of the northern empire. Still Russia cannot afford to remain Isolated ; some ally she must have in the face of the unfriendly league of the three central powers. The only possible ally is Franco , ana for that reason the czar overlooks the fact that tlio French are republicans , and remembers only that they possess one of the most powerful armies in the world. * t # The causes of the recent religious riots in India continue to bo hotly discussed in the native press. The congress organs express indignation at the attempts which have been made to flx the responsibility on their party. The Hindu papers , with a few ex ceptions , maintain that the Cow-Protection league had nothing to do with the move ment , and assert with Tnoro or less vehe mence that the blame lies with the govern ment , with the Mohammedans or with the youth and inexperience of the magistrates in the disturbed districts. Some moro violent lent Journals toponly declare that the Euro pean ofllelals'instigated the disturbances with a view to gain credit for putting them down , or for the purpose of bringing the agitation for the larger employment of natives into disrepute. Ono Cal cutta paper published in English warns the government that if it persists in suspecting the Gaurakshlni Sabha it will lead the na tives to believe that it does so because the English are a beef-eating people. Sir Charles Crosthwalto's speeches and minutes have drawn down a torrent of abuse upon his head , but some few Hindu journals take the view , which is almost universal among the Europeans and Mohammedans , that ho maybe bo right in tracing a direct connection bo- tweei. the Gaurakshlni Sabha and the riots in Bengal. The government has selected Mr. Lo Mcsurlor of the civil service for special duty in Bohnr , to Inquire into the history and ramifications of the cow-protection move ment , and into the differences that exist be tween the Hindus and Mohammedans. * Ono of the most Interesting features in the coming elections for the Prussian Diet is the quarrel between the two wings of the socialists , who do not seem to bo much in- lillnctl to make peace by mutual concessiotis. The correspondent of tlio London Times in Berlin says : "Ilerr Uiehter is making a desperate fight to maintain his former posi tion as tyrant of the radicals , but the effort is very palpable and will scarcely bo of long duration. Ho is still the able and unscru pulous representative of a purely destructive and negative policy , but ho is very much mistaken if ho believes that he can keep to gether the shattered remnants of tno radi cal party wmioui uovoioping a positive program. The first stop to this end must bo the renewal of the union between the two wings. Botli factions are doomed if this cannot bo ar ranged ; and , though Hcrr Hichter's po litical ability and Insight must huvo con viuccd him of this long ago , ho still per sovercs in his attempt to ruin Gcrmai liberalism , Apart from the military qucs lion the differences of opinion between the two groups nro not so wide that they canno bo bridged over. This would , It is true necessitate Herr Rlchter taking u lowei pluco , anil that , after so many years of un disputed despotism , he is not inclined to do His inlluenco is still far too great to allow of nn open mutiny , but the statistics of the elections will probably show that ho has tried to make his last fault good by commit ting u second. " * * Mr , H. H. Fowler , president of the loca government board , in a recent speech , gave some interesting figures in regard to loca self-govornment , local Indebtedness , and loca robourccs hi England , In 1818 , when the population was below 12,000,000 , , and whet the country was very much Joss rich than i is now , it spent tome 47,750,000 on poor relief Now , with u population Just under 110,000,000 , and vastly increased resources , it spends only 8,600,000 sterling on the poor , li Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't lieport. SS3 , the poor rate , iniro and simple , vns I ) shillings 4) pence ; now It Is shilling 1 } pence. The present otM local ilnbt h 200.000,000. Of this , JC.11,000,000 represent tnvbnts and docks , ; n3,000,000 water BOH- . , , U.I.OtW.OOO light- ng , JW.OOO.OOO , markets , Cl,000,000 tram- vays. All those are productive Hems. \galn , 111,000,000 stands for schools , 20- 000,000 for sowcrano , 7,000,000 , for hos- iltals , asylums nnd cemeteries , 5,000,000 or llbraries.parks nml baths , fl,000,000 , for artlsnus1 dwellings ami 211,000,000 for public mprovomcnU. The local nml national debt together are less than the national debt after Waterloo. Tlio local riasols havO greatly increased. In 1818 the ratable value of the country was -10,000,000. It Is tow 15 ,000,000. , Such figures ns these , Mr. Fovrler 'iiochu'od , proved tint the Jocal ; ovoiitmeui was n tucccm , Hungary Is ono of Mio last ot European countries to roqulro a civil marriage in nil uiptlnl contracts. Such a nmrrlago Is ob- Igatory In Franco , It ly.-BolRlum , and even , u Spain. ' In Hungary the Hoinan eluiTh lias been able to prevent hitherto any such eglslatlbn nnd the clergy has refused to re port marriages 16 the invil authorities and maintained nn intolerant attitude toward mixed marriages. In the papal declaration on the subject the Roman Sco cited the law on marrlaire m this country as n model , so far us the liberty of the church wus con cerned , unO urged like practice In Hungary , but the determination to make the church subordinate to the slate In these matters Is irresistible In Europe. Hero wo let each ga Us own gait nnd each is frco m Its own sphere. Tlio OiorhcuclVlro K ll. Mitladtlpnla Tlinct. It Is evident thi\t it may bccomo necessary for the legislatures of the states to Inter vene by the passage ot laws requiring tlio erection of guards above nil trtilloy wires whether in city or country unless In the de- volopcmcnt ot the electric railway a substi tute is speedily found for the overhead sys tem. There is no doubt that all heavily cnargcd electric light cables should go under ground , for It has been demonstrated times without number that the Insulation of these cables is not to bo relied Upon. Clovolnml 1'laln Dealer ! "Another gulf hor- rorl" said the president us ho beheld tlio sena tor's mouth , Lowell Courier : French jndgcM. vrcro wont to nmljo very cutting remarks to felons whom they condemned to douth by Uiu guillotine. Klinlrn CJiu.otto : .Tucson says the innnviho declares Unit ho will forglvo but ein : niivnr foigol has never tried lo mall his wlto'.s lei ters. ItulTalo Courier : The unskillful printer finds llttlo consolation In the fact that his ef forts always receive Iho moil marked atten tion at the hands of Ilio proof reader. Philadelphia Times : Whatever happens , the bllver uonators will no iloubt Insist the key to the situation Is u miner key. ICuto Field's Washington : "Annox Hnrcall ! A jieTipIo alien to our own , hult-clvlllzcd , turbulent and unruly ! How could It ever be assimilated as part of the union ? " "Oh , well , you Know , NO. might annex It lo Kansas. " Philadelphia Record : Joax I had a dls- ciibslon with Coldwalors lasl Highland got the best of him. Hoax IIow was that ? Joax Well , you know , ho'8 a prohlhltlonist and when I but. him hn could drink 20 glasses of beer ho took water. Richmond Dee : On learning that she had been spoken of as a candidate for baptism , a Richmond girl dcclaiod that thu minor was false and that she would try to "Ilvo It down. " Somorvlllo Journal : Jinks Yes , he Is un doubtedly a young man of promise. There U noitii ; tlon whato\cr about that. Jcnks Well , that's all rlwht , of course , hut I like a young man of fulfillment best. DetroitTrlbuno : "What Is the idea In call- liiK a consultation of Dhyxlcians ? " "Oh , that's when Iho doctor who originally took thn case can't think of any nioru excuses to give the family. " Washington Star : "Aftnr nil , there Is n. Croat deal of satisfaction In belni ; In love with a lit erary Klrl , " ho said , reflectively. "WhyV" "Well , even If she has to decline you , she Is always pollto about It , She never forgets to add 'with thanks. ' . " DulTnlo Courier : "Was there anv ono to blaine for Do * tier's hanglns ; hlinsrlf ? " "Nop ; clear casoof lib own frco will and u cord. " MK1.AXUHOLV Washington Star. The autumn song bus come again , The song wo hoard of yore ; It thrills with pain , thai wild refrain ; "Uud blame It ! Shut the doorl" ' * * riittiulclplilii Hcctml. Oclonor's winds ore growing cold , With storms of rain and "loot , Hut autumn's ehlll Is lost In shrill Demands for "Jlrown Iho wheull" C/ifcfl0r > inter Oaan. It Is nol the cloudy weather , Or Iho winds thai chill us through , That iiiuUo us shudder , but the old query , "Is this cool enough for you ? " Iiaiivni City Journal. IIoro'H sympathy for thn man Whose luck and pride aio broke , \Vboso underwear Is thin And whose overcoat's In soak. THK tlltKAT ftlRNCIt tUPTAIX. Herald ! Ilndlod nn ho lived , an loncst , upright soldier nnd gentleman , Uctriot I'Vco Presi ! Ho was a great man oven In this century of great men nnd the vorks that won his world-wide fame secured to him the lasting love of his country. Chlcngo Kecont. A sturdy , self-reliant iguro , full of the conlldpnco of his Irish Incago , combined with the elan of the 'rcnch soldier , ho will Ilvo In history as ono of the genuine heroes of FYanco. Cleveland Loader : Ho was a living monument of Iho best In the Krancooftho mt , nnd today the wiser of his countrymen will mourn ns sincerely ns tlio Bourbons tlio loss which his country nnd thoit ? has sustained. Kansas City Star ; The death of Marshal MncMalion remove * from the long list an other of the Irish' names which have adorned the army rolls of every nation on earth. It Is slrannlv bolloved that Irish men wore engaged in the first pitched U.ittlo fought under he.ivcii. Chicago Tribune : Asa politician ho wni not 8 urc ? ssftil , but ns a soldier he proved lilmsolf able , skillful , and gallant , and ho always will bo remembered by Franco with admiration nnd gratitude for his brilliant storming of Iho MnlakofT In the Crimean war , for which hn resolved the decoration of tlio Loplonof Honor. Now York Tribune : Marshal Mnc.Mahou ns a snldlor combined the best qualities of the olJ and now schools. Ho had the Na poleonic genius In .sudden emergencies. Ilo had also mastered tlio modern science of war , and had loft the impress of a broad mind upon the reorganisation ot the French army and the frontier defenses. Chicago Inter Ocean : There have been mater soldiers and creator statcsfncn , but In both eap.tcitlos ho deserves high r.inlr , nnd In the application of the Ideal military spirit to political conduct ha deserves to beheld hold In the very hlshost esteem by the coun try ho served HO triilv and the pcopld to whoso welfare he gave his every energy and purpose. Now York Herald : With the soldier whom Franco lost yesterday morning disap pears ono of the great llguros of modern limes. ( Sroat ns wore MacMahon's ncrvlcc.i to his country In the Held , ho at one critical moment In French history rendered bora far greater service , llw.ts as president the republic that his uuHclli.sh honesty shone out with a purer and brighter llg'it ' than at any time durlui ; his long and glorious mili tary caiqer. Buffalo , Kxprcsv. U there had never been ! v Von Moltke , Marshal MacMahon might have bccohio tlio greatest soldier of modern Kuropo. If MucMuhcm had been supported by a strong , cnergftk1 , capable government , ns Yon Moltke vurt , and if he had boeu given soldiers equally well equipped , ho might oven have been ablJ to contest Von ftloltke's claim to supremacy. But success is thn chief title to fame. .Von Moltko succeeded ; ijMacMahon failed. And Iho French general's place in history must always bo in the secondary rank of com manders. Tlu l ( \fMi > r ) . Once upon a midnight dreary as I pondered dered weak and weary , In a state ot sleepy stupor on thu quiet senate floor ; while I nodded , slumber seeking , suddenly there came a squeaking as of some ono always speaking , speaking on the senate lloor. "It is only Cockrell. " thought I , "speaking on the senate lloor only that and nothing more. " "Cockrell , " said 1. quite emphatic , "popu list" or democr.ulc. whether fito : or some worse evil sent thce to this senate floor , cannot you but once bo quiet from this ever lasting diet , from this we.iry , wanton riot of Just talk , and talk so poor ? Is thoro. Is there my respite ? ' Toll mo , tell mo , I 1m- plorol" Quoth thu Cockroll , "Nevermore. " "But the times are dull and dreary , all the land Is tired and weary ana depression rules in every factory , mill ana rolnil store. Whllo you stand there talking , talking , danger through the land Is staining. Cease this eary , endless balking. Take n vote at half- past four. Lot us vote at least by Christ mas. if wo cannot vote before. " Quoth the Cockrell , ' Nevermore I" So the Cockrell. never tlrinc , never weary , still is firing columns of the direst speeches over mortal hoard before , and his eyes have all the seemlnir-ol' demon's that is dream ing , and the light upon him streaming shows nn empty senate lloor. Still ho talks and talks , although ho knows ho is an awful bore. Will ho stop ? Ah , uovermorol A LONG STllhVQ of diseases folkws a "run-down" uystein when the liver is inactive nnd the blood iu disorder. Look out for " 'breakers ahead " by nutting the Jiver and blood in a healthy to-- ° nditiou. You'vo only ; turn to the right remedy to make yourself sccuro from disease. Dr. Pierco's Golden Medical Discovery prewntt ns well ns cures. Tnko it , ns you ought , when you feel the first symptoms ( languor , loss of nppetlro , dullness , depression ) nnd you'll save yourself from something serious. In recovering from "Ln Grippe , " or in convalescence from ] inctnnonin , fevers , or ether wasting diseases , nothing cnn equal it to build up needed flesh nnd strength. It's n blood-jmrifier that has stood the test of tlnv3 : for n. quarter of century the " Dis covery " has nnrnlicred its cures by the thou sands. Tlio manufacturers prove their faith in it by guarantying it for nil disorders aris ing from Iwid blood ; in Scrofula , ICczcma , Tetter , Salt-rheum , Erysipelas , Bolls , Car buncles , and every kindred ailment. If you receive no Ixjiieflt you'll get your money Lack. What offer could bo fairer } Larsost Manutautiirari-xn I of aioluliigla lu ! WorU. Our side of it Is that the flrm who handles only flrst-olais goods gets first class trade and about all oPit. OF course there isastragglernowand then , but ono dose or shoddy usually set tles him , and "the cat comes back the very next day" and is only too glad to give us a couple of dollars more on a suit because of the reliability of the goods. Then there is the ntflnishfabrio and fash ion to beconsiderod ; all of which are as near perfec tion in our clothes as tailors can make them. Wo sell a mighty nice suit for $10 and from that on up to $25 for a very swell affair that merchant tailors get $50 for. Overcoats from $10 up. To cap the climax we will sell'you the best hat in town for a good deal less than hatters do. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Stor , . - . j (