THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt SUUIISDAY , NOVEMBER 10 , 1803.
THE DAILY BEE.
li UOSEWATRltT Editor.
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SWORN STATEMKXT OP CtUCULATION.
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IlAiti ) times hnvo not prevented the
ilircctors of the Burlington rniul from
declaring tlio regular quarterly diviiloncl
of 1 { per cent upon un hillntotl capital
stool : .
"WitY should thu counull rush through
n fifty-year ( , 'IIH franohlso ordinance at
thlstlnio or any other limu without a
full public discussion of its merits and
tiimlltlona ?
Tliu duy has pone by when Uio hang
ing : of a man in elllgy has ivny real Bi
nlllciinco. U'ho chronic idiots who vent
1 heir potty spleen by a resort to the ofllgy
Imbit receive only the condemnation of
paoplo of all shutloi of political belief.
KENTUCKY'S legislature is over
whohningly democratic in both branches
nnd will clcot ti democrat to succeed the
democratic senator representing it at
Washington whnn his term expires.
Democrats are welcome to this consola
tion prize. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i
FiiANCHisns to any corporation that
supplies water , gas , heat or electric
lights should not bo granted without
very full discussion and fair competi
tion. In any event the time is past in
this city for granting franchises run
ning for llfty years.
TiUNit of democratic protests against
abjllshing protective duties declared by
tho-domocratic national platform to bo
unconstitutional ! The followers have
evidently changed their minds since
thoyiholpcd to elect President Cleve
land on the basis of that platform.
TJi * TO the present writing the Bra
zilian revolution has been comparatively
n bloodless affair , and it is likely to re
main BO as long as the Brazilian navy
rides comfortably at anchor in foreign
harbors. The newspaper correspondents
arc doing most of the hard fighting.
THE endowment of the Columbian
museum at Chicago continues to grow
with a gratifying rapidity. The public
Bplrit and benevolence of the people of
Chicago was by no means exhausted by
the great sacrifices demanded for the
successful conduct of the World's fair.
In her showing of public-spirited
citizens Chicago occupies an enviable
position. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IlASCALT/S sudden conversion to the
anti-vice movement recalls the move
ments of a euttlo fish when pursued.
The cuttle ilsh omits an inky lluld to
keep liis movements obscured from view ,
and Tlascall'a peculiar performances in
dicate that ho wants to throw the public
olT the scent in some scheme that ho lias
fathered or expects to engineer through
the council.
WHEN Councilman Munro moved
that ut least one week's time bo given
for the consideration of the fifty-year
franchise to the gas company , which in
volves two generations of taxpayers
and millions of dollars , not a single
member of the council present was will
ing to second the motion , and yet the
ordinance was sprung from the recesses
of the peckots of the chairman of the
judiciary committee , had never boon
discussed in committee of the whole.
OiilOAno'S coming city election prom
ises to bo a war waged between tlio In
tercuts of the taxpayers on ono
Bide and the interests of the
railroads and corporations on the
other. The railroad element will bo
properly represented in the contest.
It is to bo hoped that the taxpayers will
apprcuiato the importance of the situa
tion and show that they are still in the
majority on a question of the control of a
fearless and ofllclent oily government.
Tlir. Stnto Board of Transportation
received applications from tlio various
railroads operating In this state asking
to bo exempted from' ' the penalties
prescribed by the transfer switch law
nearly two months ago. The law calls
for u prompt investigation and decision
upon all cases brought before the board.
Two months inaction without a biuglo
decision does not botokou well for the
nincero Intention of the board to carry
out the spirit and the letter of the law.
TUB plurality of Hernia for mayor
according to the olllclal count is 2,109 ,
and the oflloitil plurality for sheriff is
lli)5 , , which makes just \l'MH \ , as the dif
ference botwcuu the mayor and the
sheriff running on the same ticket.
Those figures should convoy an impros-
blvo lesson to politicians who imagine
they can win battles by cotitm'ing their
flro upon THE BKK and making ita
editor the candidate for every Important
olllco that ia contested. The delusion
that you can elect vulnerable candidates
on the imagined unpopularity of Robe-
water has boon effectually dispelled by
thu ofllolnl figures of the otitojino In
this city and county.
A IMIGnTEXtXO OUTLOOK.
There are cheering indications of a
gradual resumption of business activity.
N'obody of practical judgment oxpcotod
that month" of distrust and depression
would bo micooodod in a day by a restora
tion of the confidence and the cntor-
prlso which prevailed before the shock
came from which the country is now re
covering. The destruction or sorlous
impairment of confidence Is a matter of
days or oven hours , but It may take
months to restore it. The United Slates
have hud a trying experience. The
country has parsed through n period in
which 01 edit has been severely shaken
up and c\ cry business and enterprise sub
jected to a tremendous strain. The ef
fect wus debilitating , and , like nti Indi
vidual who liaa passed through a weak
ening fever , the recovery of strength
must bo gradual In order to bo healthy.
ThU is the natural process and no other
is to be desired. What the country
knows IB that there is no longer auj-
tiling like panic and that monetary
stringency has given place to monetary
case , nnd with those conditions assured
the resumption of business activity can
be but a miestlon of time.
It is natural to nsk how long a time
will probably bo roqulroJ for the full
rcali/.ation of this desirable change.
That cannot bo definitely told , but as
suming that the favorable tendencies
now apparent are not disturbed the time
of complete business resumption should
not bo remote. Of course capital is still
cautious regarding investments , but it is
relieved of all apprehension rcspooting
the continued soundness and stability of
the currency. In Unit direction , at
least , there is no danger. What it now
awults ih accurate information as to what
changes are to bo made in the 'tariff
policy of the country , and when that is
known it may bo expected that capital
now idle will again seek active employ
ment. The present promise is that
the knowledge desired regarding the
tariff will not bo long delayed , and there
is some reason to believe , also , that it
will show no such reactionary
policy as has been feared. It is
highly probable that the voice
of the people in the late elections has
penetrated the chamber in which tlio
democratic majority of the ways and
moans committee is formulating a tariff
bill and that it lias not boon entirely
without cITcot thero. Still capital will
wait , as it should , for dollnito informa
tion.
Undoubtedly tlioro is more general
economy among the people as a whole
than for many years. Reduced incomes
quite generally , and in many thousands
of cases no incomes at all , compel this.
Of course this retards the resumption of
business activity and will continuo to do
BO until tlio movement of capital again
starts the wheels of enterprise. Inas-
muoh-as there is now but one. obstacle in
the way of this being done , and the
promise is that that may soon bo re
moved , tlioro is manifestly reason foi
regarding the outlook hopefully , The
resumption of activity and prosperity
may not como as soon as most people
would wish , but the conditions seem
favorable to its being reached soonei
than many have believed possible.
irw.t7' ix THE
One of the effects of the hard times
has been to cause a heavy movement o
wheat in the northwest , ho pressure
upon the fa * iners on the part of creditors
compelling them to sell , although prices
for some time past have hardly moro
than repaid the cost of production. The
majority of estimates placed the yioh
of wheat for 18)3 ! ) In Minnesota and the
Dukotas at 100,000,000 bushels. Of this
amount there was available for th
market at the commencement o
the heason , August 1 , 80,000,00
bushelH , the remaining 20,000,00
busholu being needed for brea (
and bced. According to a state
ment in the St. Paul Pioneer Press about
52,000,000 bushels have been marketed ,
leaving In the farmers' hands , say 28- ,
000,000 bushels , to be disposed of during
the balance of the crop year , a period of
over eight months. It is said that it
would bo uifllcult to recall another in
stance in the history of the northwest
when bO largo a percentage of the crop
had been marketed so early in tlio sea
son ,
* " That K > per cent of the supply should
have loft llrst hands during the first
throe months ot tlio season , with prices
so abnormally low , is duo primarily to
the pro.iNiu'o upon the iurmcra to moot
their obligations. A largo part of
these fall duo in October and November ,
and owing to the depression creditors
have been moro urgent this year than
usual. 'lad wheat prices been better
the producers could have discharged
their obligations without having to
como so near exhausting their whole
crops , l > ut xvith tlio present prices they
have boon obliged to sell almost double
the ordinary quantity of grain to accom
plish the Hume result. In such times in
the present the farmer gets little leni
ency from his creditors , and this is why
the wheat producers of the northwest
have Uucn compelled to market their
grain at values but little above the east
of production. It would suom , however ,
that the prosstiro is about over , and the
disposition of the furmorslt , h said , is to
hold buuk the modicum which remains
in the hope of batter returns , su that it
Isoxpcntud the remainder of the season
will bo characterized by a hand-to-mouth
movement , Whether this hopoof tlio pro
ducers will bo realized appears to bo
questionable , in view of the fact that the
visible supply of wheat in the United
States and Canada at the beginning of
the current month was reported to bo
the heaviest on record and the export
movement lnco has not been largo. It
in the view of some * that the statistical
position of wheat should make It soil at
1)0 ) cents or $1 , but if Kuropo will not take
it at the current price it is obviously
useless to hope for any material advance ,
The truth ia there does m > t aoom to bo
much ohauco that there will bo such a
revival of business before the next har
vests uio gathered as will permanently
raise the price of our food products.
Such nn advance must come from un In
crease in the consuming capacity of the
populations to which the food prcduo's
are supplied , bath on tills side of the
Atlantic and the other. Tlio fact re
mains , however , that no farther con-
iderablo quantity of wheat can bo
pared from northwest supplies In baud
r in prospect unless a great mlstako
ma boon mtulo in the cstlmato of the
lold.
It is suggested that the dUcoitrng-
ngly low prices will inevitably tend lo
iromote diversified farming , and it will
'o.woll if they have this effect , but the
hing to bo oxpcotod la that the farmers
of tlio northwest will continuo on in the
course they have bnon pursuing. It is
Ioubtlcs3 n sound proposition that pro-
faction of low prices for any given pro-
luct moans substitution of other crops
uoro promising in their returns , but it
vill require moro than a year or two of
o > v prices for wheat to ludlico any con
siderable number of the farmers ot the
lorthwcst to give up growing that grainer
or to materially reduce the area given
.o its production.
a TIlK TAXt'Al'FMS.
Boodlerlsm is nearly as rampant and
brazen in the city council now as It was
when the Holly waterworks job was at
tempted. Dr. Gushing had no firmer
grip on the council of 18SO-1 than Mr.
Wiley has on the council of 180.1. That
was shown by the delimit disregard for
the unanswerable protest embodied in
the mayor's veto of the Thotnson-
Houston lighting bill. Every member
of the council knows that the contract
with the electric lighting company
under which wo are to pay 8175 a year
for arc lights calls for lamps Of 2,000- ,
ciuidlo power. This contract has never
boon complied with nnd therefore the
Thomson-Houston company's claim to
full pay Is mi imposture. Mayor
Bomls hi his voo assorts that tlio
city electrician nnd other experts do not
concede more than half as much candle
power in the arc lamps as the contract
calls for. If councilmcn were actuated
by u desire to protect the taxpayers In
stead of seeking to help the contractors
to rob the taxpayers they would
have sustained the veto. When
the identical claim for August and
September was vetoed before the election
the veto was sustained. What made
those councilmen who voted to sustain
the mayor before the election turn right
around and pass the claim over the may
or's veto after the election ? Is not their
action a dead giveaway ? Is it not man
ifest proof that they regarded the claim
as fraudulent nnd did not dare to show
their hand until after they were either
re-elected or defeated ?
The question is , will the taxpayers of
Omaha quietly submit to thesu repeated
raids on the treasury ? The remedy is
in their hands if they seek it in the
courts.
TUB .SOlWf H.YD riti : IXCOXE TAX.
Advocacy of an income tax comes al
most wholly from the democratic repre
sentatives of the south. . While the
general sentiment in that section is op
posed to 'any increase in the revenue
taxes now hnposod and there is also a
considerable opposition there to the re
duction of tarill duties upon certain ar
ticles , the sentiment is nearly unani
mous in favor of levying a tax upon in
comes. The , reason , , fpr this Is appar
ent. Tlio number of incomes in-
the south exceeding a few thou
sand dollars is not relatively
largo and consequently the rop-
rcscntaives of that section favor this
method of taxation because it would
draw by far the larger part of the rev
enue dori ved from it from the people of
the north. Prqrubly four-fifths of tlio
returns from an income tax would bo
drawn from the people north of Mason
and Dixon's line and the greater part of
this- would como not from the capital
ists , but from the people of fixed sal
aries and ascertainable Incomes , who
could not evade the law. The number
of such in the northern states is per
haps ton times greater than thn Dumber
in the states of the south , but at
any rate it is certain that it an
income tax hv\y \ should bo properly
executed the northern states would con
tribute to this source of revenue at least
tour times ns much as would bo derived
from the tux in thu status of the south.
The rcaion why the southern repre
sentatives are practically unanimous in
favor of an income tax is therefore
plain.
xThe democratic majority in congress
Is ui a dilemma u.i to what should 1)J
done in the matter of revenue legisla
tion. Proposals to increase the tax on
spirits , baor and tobacco are mooting
with a moro or loss formidable opposi
tion , % in which the party is com
pelled to consider the possible loss
of many votes. Tlioro Is a strong oppo
sition in the party to remitting the
duties on certain artlnlos protocto.1
under the present tarllT. The necessi
ties of the troojury call loudly for tnoro
revenue , and how to provide for this and
at the same time carry out the pledge of
the party regarding the tariff is tlio per
plexing problem. TJ the average demo
cratic mind , in the south ut least , the
solution seems to bo in an income tux ,
and there is every pospect that a very
earnest fight will ba ma3o in bahalf of
this means of raising rovonuo. The
ways and means committee has hoard
some arguments in favor of un
inoomn tax , but , there la unaartalnty as
to how the majority of the committee
stands regarding U. It is alao a matter
of conjecture as to the views of tlio ad
ministration , though there is reason to
believe that the president Is noi favor
able to a return to tills inquisitorial war
tax. Nevertheless it wjll undoubtedly
bo urged in congress and will receive a
very considerable support. ,
Tlio objections to an inoomo tax have
bzon heretofore stated and they are
familiar to ovoryboJy who romeinbors
the operation of this tacIn ? the
past. It was not during tlio
war and it cannot bo made an
equitable method of obtaining revenue.
Ilonost men and those whose incomes are
fixed and uscortalnabla can ho roachet
by an Income tax law , but nil others
will evade It , nml thus such u law wll
pravo oppressive to oiiu class whllo
allowing those who should contribute
most under Jt to escape all or n vor ;
largo part of their just responsibility
The numerous object Ions to such a law
it would seem , cannot full to outwolgl
the demand for it , which is prompted b )
selfish and sectional interests , It is
hardly possible that any largo number
of northern democrats will uuito with
those of the spuUi In support of nn In
come tax. , ' [
TUB Denver Jtepubllcan manifests the
right spirit when It declares that a.
state situated 55 Colorado Is docs not
need condolence 'That paper points out
that the resources of the Centennial
state are of a najturo to Insure It con
tinued progress _ and increased pros
perity If they lire" properly developed.
It not only has 6ttnl and Iron In great
abundance , but 'hfto oil , load and build
ing stone , nil of'wliieh can bo made to
profitably omplbyJlabor and capital to a
much greater extent than they have yet
done. "Tlio variety of their ro-
Bourcos , " sayfi the llcpHblicun , "has been
'
n matter of 'boasting with Colorado
people for years. Now is the tlmo
for them to show that their boasting has
not been vain. " This Is sound , common-
souse advice , and It will apply as well to
the other silver-producing states as to
Colorado , oven though they may bo
somewhat less favored with a diversity
of resources. Tlio time has como when
the energy and enterprise of the people
of those states Is to bo put to a more
thorough test than over before , and
there can bo no doubt they will bo found
equal to Iho demand upon them. They
are recovering from what they professed
to fear was a doatli blow , and there is
every reason to expect that they will
ultimately gain by the experience.
THU necessity for > radical revision of
Nebraska's constitution becomes moro
and more apparent every year. There
arc but few who will maintain that the
present constitution Is sulllolont to moot
the requirements of the state. It lacks
broadness mid comprehension. It af
fords too many opportunities for disre
gard of the people's rights. Nebraska
needs a now constitution which will give
the people a moro definite control of
their own affairs. Whether the present
constitution shall be 'revised by a con
volition or oy a legislative commission
I ? a point that has never yet been care
fully considered. There is much that
may bo said in favor of a revision by a
commission appointed by the legislature.
Indeed , a joint reso'lution looking to
such revision was introduced at the last
session 6T the legislature , but the inter
cst in the sonatprial contest detracted
the attention of the members of both
houses from the importance of the mat-
tor. The same faetorHvlll doubtless defeat -
feat the object at the next session. Gov
ernor C'rounso mnyryol find It advisable
to call a special su'sslon of the legislature
to take up this ! 'ml other important
matters that will , , be neglected in the
heat of the comihrfSenatorial contest.
ACCORDING to"tho statement of the
secretary of state ? the State Board of
Public Lands at > dnBuildlngs has never
recognized the rights claimed by Dor-
gan uuder the jill'ged transfer of the
irison contract'from C. W. Moahor to
limsolf. And y\5tthe same board has
) ormittcd DorgaiC , ' t9 operate the con-
.ract . for nearly two years without so
nuch us a question as..to . . his rights to do
so. Dorgan , liaac given no bond to the
state.Ho1 r has possession .of an Immense
amount of state property. Under the
circumstances the neglect of the State
Board of Public Lands , and Buildings to
, ako action In the matter amounts to an
ndifferonco that Is almost criminal.
THE Iowa legislature has u dllllgult
-ask before it when it meets to tackle
the prohibition question. The republi
cans should make jio mistake. The
mrty'u adherence to the prohibition
error has nearly destroyed it in that
state , and any mistaken policy now ,
when the tide has turned , will bo almost
fatal.
Now that the democratic press has re
covered its assurance sufficiently to point
to the recent republican tidal wave as an
endorsement of the present administra
tion , it Is fair to presume that the bourbons
bens have caught their second wind.
WILLIAM T. STEAD , editor , from Lon
don , has undertaken the moral reforma
tion of Chicago. This is the ilrst inti
mation ever given to the public that the
distinguished London journalist expects
to Hvo to bo 1,000,000 years old.
As LONG as so corrupt , a city as Now
York can resolutely sot its face against
political vice , there is hope for the
people of Nebraska.
HASCALL'S post-election spasm for
social purity ut least amuses the populace -
lace and does the people no harm. It is
not dangerous.
liy u Lur n .Mnjiirliy.
If the administration's unpatriotic and un-
American policy In Hawaiian affairs had
ucon puulishol oeforo the election the re
publican majorities would Imvo been blsjger
than they woro. The people of tlus'country
do not tioliovo In hauling Uown the Amou-
unn flag and restoring monarchies ,
A Hritggurc O.illuil Uuivn.
CMeaao lloalil.
Prompt demand by the State department
for explanation of llriui ; on u ship undue the
American llap has luroutjhi from Hundurus
apology Instead of explanation. No explan
ation was possible that would not h.ivomudo
apology Us sequence "Tho little braggart ol
Central Aumrlca will exercise moro discre
tion and less vaion next time U wants to
take n polltiu.il refugee oil u vessel Hying
Undo Sam's colors , ' " >
*
A Moll til1 c r
'it would appear ust the month of Novem
ber , 181)3 ) , were destined to remain memor
able for ttio number of terrible explosions
that are slgnalizln ' > lis course , Although
the month is not yqc half over , two appalling
catastrophes of tha character huvo already
taken placa in Spaluitwlillo in the cable dis
patches published toilu.v will bo found an ac
count of a thud disastrous explosion In Hus-
stun PoUmu , resulting' ' in the loss of many
lives and in the destruction of a number of
houses.
Chicago 1'ost ( dcm. ) : That is the true
doctrine of democracy. "Cheer up. it will
bo nil right in the spring. " In the mean
time the winter is coming on nnd the tariff
must bo reformed nay , abolished , wo should
say.
say.Now
Now York World ( dom. ) : TlfOTxuioftl of
the McKlnloy tariff , llko the ropearof the
Sherman silver purchasing law , Is some
thing to bo done promptly. Business de
mands to know and lias n right to know
what It is to expect.
Indianapolis Journal ( rep. ) : When n
declaration by congress that there shall bo
no tarllt legislation for two years would
start up Industrie ! ) which would glvo employ-
in out to half the Idle men nnd women of the
country , the refusal of the leaders to do so
scorns little less than downright cruelty.
Cincinnati Commercial ( rep. ) : If the demo
crats In power nt Washington are really sin
cere In their declarations of interest In the
restoration nnd maintenance or prosperity ,
they have nn easy way of proving It to the
people , nud that is bv speedily filing the re
port of the tariff tinkers In the wastobasket.
Philadelphia Inquirer ( roi > . ) : The people
demanded the repeal of the sliver bill. They
got It. They now demand hands off the
tariff , and they will have their way or
Itcow the reason why. Unless the demo
cratic senators go back upon their own rec
ord and push through cloture there Is not
likely to bo any tnrllT legislation in this con-
Kress. The tcpubllcans In the senate will
not allow It.
Kansas City ' 1 hues ( dem. ) : Lot no demo
crat bo deceived. The duty of the hour for
the democratic party Is tin lit reform. The
country has a right to expect a prompt set
tlement of this question In the line of the
promises of the democratic platform , nnd a
failure of the party to understand Its duty
and perform its mission nt this tlmo will bo
its ruin. No party caucuses nro needed to
hatch compromises nnd evasions.
San Francisco Hvnmluor ( dom. ) : Pros !
doutial conceit nnd obstlnnny nnd congres
sional subtleness have brought tlio catas
trophe. Lot congress tell thu president to
uilnd his own business , which Is to execute
the laws , and without the loss of ,1 day when
It reassembles proceed to curvy into effect
the promises of thu Chicago platform. Ho-
form the tariff nnd smash the trusts. Ho-
store silver to its constitutional place in the
currently. Cowardly trimming has been
tried ; now Rive courageous action u chnnco.
Chicago Herald ( dam. ) : The only way to
effect a reform worth having nnd to secure
prolonged nsccndancy to the p.u tV'Of roforni
is to adhere strictly to the doctrine of the
democratic platform that no taxes , tariff or
excise , slronld bo laid for any other purpose
than to ralso needed revenue , nnd that It Is
essentially unjust for government to promote
the interests of tiny class or section by means
of tuxes or in any other way. Lot the demo
cratic party hold fast to this doctrine nnd
apply It fearlessly , regardless of sclllshap
peals from any quarter , nnd It will win and
hold the confidence of the people. But if It
revises the tnrifT qn protection lines and goes
vote hunting among the populists nnd other
cheap money cranks , It will bo turned out of
power ns soon as people get a chance nt it
after they recover from the doinorultration
of the silver panic.
mr
1'EOPLKAtilt TJ11XGS.
The Hawaiian restorative proves a dismal
failure as a democratic tonic.
The saddest thing about the pxospectivo
death of Mrs. May brick is that it would
leave Gail Hamilton without a grievance.
\Vhllo the administration is in the restor
ing business it should imt forget to restore
the kincr of Coney Island to the court oftlcors
awaiting him.
Dr. Denew will visit Pompoli whllo on the
other side. History records that the city
was destroyed by some very powerful uftor-
dinner pouting.
People possessing musty and frazzled
thrones will learn something to their ad-
yantago by communicating v/ith the demo
cratic administration.
A Philadelphia girl recently laughed her
self to death. The cause of the fatal mirth
is not announced , but It is probable she was
induced to road a Times editorial on the
taritf.
Tarsney nnd Dockery , a pair of Missouri
democrats , have been neatly turned down In
the distribution of federal pap. Vest and
Cockrell are not as lonesome as they looked
last week.
William McKlnloy was born In Ohio.
Grant , Hayes , Garilcld ana Harrison-all
the presidents elosted by the republicans ,
with the exception ot Abraham Lincoln
were born In Ohio.
Prosiwctivo Nasbys are a unit in declaring
that the restoration of some decayed throne
in some fur off land and the placingof Bissell
thereon would redound to the glory of the
administration nnd odif.v the hungry.
Jt should bo remembered in connection
with that off-color transaction that Queen
Lil sent her seal brown daughter. Princess
Kaiulani , to plead with Cleveland , nnd the
princess subsequently was lavish in lauding
the graclousncss of Mrs. Cleveland. Kalu-
lanl is a greater diplomato than Van Alen. Q
Tlio Denver Republican is suffering from
another attack of Omahaphobia. These at
tacks are becoming qullo frequent and it.
would not bo surprising if fatal results fol
low. Meanwhile the greatness which the
Kopubllcun covets Is anchored on the west
bank of the Misiouri and sheds its gracious
light and vivacity on the darlc and spiritless
surroundings of N. P. Hill ,
Ono of Wisconsin's two .statues for the
national collection in the old hull of the
house of representatives in the capitol ut
Washington Is to be of the heroic missionary
Pero Jacques Marqnetto. French explorer ,
who made , with Louis Jolict and five others ,
n rimuirlcablo canoe tUrin down the Missis
sippi in 107.1. They nro generally considered
to linvo been the llrst Kuropcans to explore
the great river , nnd , with tjie exception of
Do Soto , the Hrst to look upon it.
Tlin Ilniii , cr.illu Future.
Turn which way it. may there Is danger
for democracy. If tt shall keep faith with
its pledges the people have warned it of thu
punishment in store for it. If it shall break
faith it has not nn Issue or n pi inciplo to
stand on. And thus it llmls Itself at the be
ginning of a democratic administration dis
trusted , repudiated , abandoned nnd .over
thrown bv majorities that arc simply stu
pendous to contemplate. Us IcstMatlon at
best must bo incro patchwork. Obliged to
ralso rovcnuo it must nuso u , nut uio money
'must bo had In a series of bills , none of
which Will meet the approval of the people.
Can it bo possible that out of the dangers
that bcsocit-tho democratic party can pull
itself through another presidential election !
Can it successfully bamboozle the people
again ?
ViolU'ri Jliillan IfniiU.
I'lillailcliilila llecnnl.
The refusal of the ssnatc to con Arm the
'nomination of Mr. Hornblowcr for associate
Justice of the supreme court Is attributed
mainly to the opposition of Judge Field.
The ground of his opposition Is understood
to bo because of litigations Unit must como
before thu supreme court in which Judqo
Field anticipates that the views of Mr.
Hornbiower might possibly bo influenced by
his past professional connection with similar
litigations , This is rattier a slender basis
for opposition ; but it may sufllco , ns a now
nomination must bo made , and Mr , Horn-
blower may not deslro a grudging honor
oven if the president should again propose
to imino him. _ _
Thu U'liy in Itof r.ii.
Atltinli ( ' iHitltti'.lou ( < lem. ) .
The truth of the mutter Is the adminis
tration must get down to n practical buui-
ness basis , and the sooner It does BO and
stops lUrting with mugwump theories and
Boston ilsms the better it will bo for llio
democratic party and the people ,
Highest of all in Leavening 'Power. Latest U , S. Gov't Report
Bakin
ABSOIJLTTELY PURE
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Lucius T. Dalloy hit * been sentenced nt
Tokntnnh to ono year for burglary.
The Norfolk sue fir factory turned out Us
Inroo millionth pound of suunr this wook.
Harry Himton. formnrly station agent at
Superior , has boon transferred to 1'laln-
view.
.Tudpo Hnywnrd has returned to his homo
In NobrasKn City after nn oxtondo.1 visit In
Now York.
Incondlarlci set flro to Klnnoth'a lunch
house nt Broken How. but the llamos were
discovered in time to urovont n serious con
flagration.
Thcro Is nn effort holntt tnarto to throw
out the vote of Harrison townsntp , Kuckolls
county , because the county clotk sent a lot
of olllclal ballots there by mlstako for
samples. It will hardly worlt.
lidltor Sprcchcr of the Schuylcr Quill nnd
James J < nnplo.v , annlrmnn of Iho Colfax
county republican central committee , came
to blows ns the result of election hard talk ,
but their friends sopar.itcil them before
much damaco was done.
The elite of Table HOCK turned out the
other ovcnlno in force nnd iravo nn old
settler a testimonial of their regard In the
sluipo of n charivari. Tlio occasion was the
marriage of William Kellers , ouo of the sub
stantial residents of the city , to his son's
wife's sister. The peculiar part of the sow
Ice was the fact that the happy couple were
Joined together in the bonds of wudlook
while seated In a buggy during n downpour
of rain , nnd the minister was forced to or-
form the ceremony with his body encased In
a rubber coat. The dampness of the occa
sion , however , It is said , did not dampen the
ardor ol the participants.
The 131m Crook Champion savsi L. I .
wells , whllo working the highway about
three rallos northwest of this place last
Monday , plowed up a lot of bones that , from
their stro and nppcarani-o , wo Judge to have
belonged to the leg of a nmstadon. The
bones are only fragmonts.from about Joints ,
so that no certainty can bo ascertained as to
their length , but In nil prob.iblllty the ani
mal to which they belonged had a leg about
twelve feet long. They were found about
two foot and n half below Iho surface , where
n hill was being cut down. Tlio bones ,
which nro about six Inches In dlamolor ,
were brought to town Tuesday and placed in
F. M. Barnoy's shop window , where they
have excited the curiosity of all beholders.
i
Trend ol Hit , r. . . , : . * linn.
Globt'DcHHICKlt *
There Is no longer any reason to doubt
that the democratic party has btiirtcd on Its
Wnttcrsonlan "march through a slaughter
liouso to nn open grave. "
.lfi'A < > / >
Cleveland Plain Doalur . : . Tlio . . . . moro . . tlio nro-
fossors try to suppiuss foot ball tlio tnoro tlio
student * Icicle.
llnlTaloCourier ! If you want to loam just
whcru n man stands follow linn Into ncrumlud
streetcar.
Itinghamton Itcpiibltciin : The man who
lieatsa bassdrmn should not or bo cncoui.iectl
to try to boat the record.
Iloslon Transcript : "Can't yon wall upon
mo ? " suld the Impatient customer. "Tw
pounds of llvor ; I'm In a hurry. "
"Sotry , " said tlio butoliur : "but there are
twoor three abend of von. Surely you would
not have your liver out of order ! "
Koclioster Democrat : "Did you know that
Illngloy's wlfo woio a win. u glass oyu ami bad
artllleml ItmbaV"
' Yet ; but with all her faUo ho loves her
still. "
Tld-mts : A lonuly spot on a dark night
Would the gentleman bo kind onoiiKh to assist
a poor man ? Itosldos this lo.idod rovolvur 1
lia\o nothlue olsu In thu wldu uorld to call my
bwn.
Life : Hojack Isn't It odd tlmtStagRors will
never admit Unit he It , drunk ?
Toimllk Not nt all. Ho simply does not
know that ho la loaded.
Doston Transcript : Tenant ( hesitatingly )
I'vo been reading \oryKOodartlelu In my
paper , bonded "llcnts Must ( 'omo Down , "
Landlord ( contldently ) All ilsht , you Just
como down with Iho icnt.
Soinervlllo .TournsU ; It Isn't ulw.ivs sure
that uyoung.uian Is. religious beuaiisonnu KOCS
jogulurly to prayer meeting. It may ba the
girl who Is the religious onu-
Washington Star : "William. " said the
statesman's wife , "n by do yon spend HO much
time beliiK Intorvlcned by iln > 'luwspapers ? "
"Uecnusfr 1'vo uot UOIMIIIUII scnso , " ho rn-
pllcn. "In thcsii luiilncsi '
nays no p'lys with
out advoitisln' ; uoto\L n olltcu huldln' . "
XIIEKSCArKI ) 'lUIIK.
Cleveland Plain Dealer ,
QCDKcousolato ho sat bc-sldo
Tlio Mldway'H lonulv path.
About his vai- , the wild Inds piled
The ineasuro of their wrath
"Och , wurra , wuira ! " moaned ho laud ,
I've lost mo t.isto for mule
Jlad 'coss that In that iiagnr crowd
Ol'd shtay hlx inoiiths n. Turk ! "
Til JI.V'IO.V7J. .
Sprttiullrld ( Jrap'iic. '
They wore ongugod , Hha came to him
With oycs thatglouod us hot us hallos
And said , with angry look and grim :
"I'm told , sir , yon have Ictasim two ladles ! "
"Why , darling , how alniird your race ! "
HI. ' , laughlnu , cilcd , " 'Tiviis but In fun ;
Together add both maiden- , ' ago
'Tnonld but amount to t onty-ono ! "
Her anger soon was lau hod uway ;
Hliu only thouglil cif ten and ul \ en.
Her uyes again sbono bi llit l ns day ,
Itcllectlng tliL'Ki Un ) lovi'iV liea\en ,
Oh. rojruo ! Though what you s-ild was ( rue ,
bhodld not know the truths butnecti ,
That ono of them was only two ,
The other tomptioss weut nineteen.
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Scntlilnc llorlcw nf tlin Ailinlnldrnllon' *
TrtM tn > Mit of ItniTnll.
Now\ork Sun ( dem ) : The announce
: nent of the Clovolaml policy rospcotlnq
Hawaii has como. It Is not the American
xillcy. It Is not the policy of the United
States government , or of the people of this
republic. It Is not yot. thank Godl the
'ollcy of the demon.ilk1 inrtj It Is neither
nero nor loss than the personal dotormlna *
lion of nn executive olllcor , charged with
temporary power , to uno that power t
enforce a personal conclusion , nnd to commit
this country to his porional conclusion ,
regardless of consequences In Infamy ofblood.
btrlpped of every special plea and specious
| ire text surrounding the essential fact , what
Is the purpose which Mr. Ulovoland now de
clares through the son-ailed report oC hli
too subservient secretary ot statot To
crush the life out of n young republic , al
ready recognlwl by us ns an Independent
and responsible government i to employ the
nrmod pownr as well as Iho moral Intlncnco
of thu United States to thrust back upon a
civilised people , American In their Instincts
nnd titbits and aspirations , n barbarous
monarchy , In the person of n vllo nnd ridicu
lous person whom they Inivo driven from Iho
throne ; to undo the work of n revolution
which made Hawaii n republic , by means of
\ counter revolution by couu d'etat planned
In the will to hntiso nt Washington nnd
sccnitly but deliberately ordered bv a
president of Iho United States !
That Is the Cleveland policy. The Ameri
can policy was settled long ago. It has never
varied. It was never better doilncd than by
.lames Ihichanan , a democratic secretary of
atute , when ho sped to the now-born republic
of 1S4S In Franco this nssuranco of America's
sympathy for every people struggling out ot
the forms nnd traditions of monarchy ) "It
was with ono universal burst of enthusiasm
that the American people hailed the Into
glorious revolution In Franco In favor of
liberty nnd republican government. In this
feeling the president strongly sympathizes.
Warm aspirations for the success of the new
republic nro breathed from every heart ,
Liberty nnd order will tnaUo Franco hnppv
and prosperous. Her destinies , under Provi
dence , tire now In the hands of the French
people , hat them , by their wisdom , firmness -
ness and moderation , refute the slanders of
their enemies nnd cenvlnco the world that
they are cap.tblo of self-government. " That
Is the American policy.
The date of the revolution overthrowing
monarchy in Franco In ISIS was February
1M. 'and news came slowly then adrobs the
Atlantic. The date of Buchanan's spirited
message to the new republic was March 31 ,
I'olk aim Buchanan did not wait to ascer
tain whether the new republic represented
a numerical majority of all of thu people
then inhabiting Franco. They did not in
quire whether a numerical majority would
have preferred the continution of monarchy.
They did not nsk whether American citi
zens residing in France had borne a
part In the revolutionary movement , or
even whether the ofttcial Topresentatlvcs
of the United States government had
manifested sympathy with the Frenchmen
who overthrow Ivouls I'hillippo. President
Polk ami hU secretary of state sent out no
commissioner with authority paramount nnd
instructions to Investigate Minister Hush's
nttitudo lowardilho revolutionists , and < to
make a c.ise , if possible , to warrant Ameri
can Intervention in behalf ot the friendly
king who had Just been dethroned. They
sent to tho'young republic the godspeed as
above printed and knew that behind them In
that message of sympathy nud Joy was every
true American heart ; Just ns every true
American heart would have been behind
Grover Cleveland and his administration If
a stellar message had gonoifrom Washington
to Honolulu in March of this year lbl)3. )
Never before now has an American execu
tive undertaken to stamp out republicanism
and to sol up monarchy in any part of the
world. Never before , wo bollovo , has an
American president issued orders for the as
sassination at a free and successful govern
ment. Never before has any onicer-ot this
government undertaken , upon his solo re
sponsibility , nnd withoutconsultlnRCongross
or the people , to decide the destiny of n for
eign country in diplomatic relations with
ourselves. Never before has a president in
vited or commanded his cabinet advisors to
assist him in the odious business of scttiug
up again a rotten and broken throne.
Was there no American 'spirit In the cab
inet when this policy of infamy was decreed ?
Walter Q. Gresham would have done well to
tear his commission Into pieces and lllng the
pieces in the face of his master , rather than
to sign his name to the document which car
ried to the nation yesterday the announce
ment of the nation's shame.
So cunningly and so secretly has the way
been prepared nt Washington for the restora
tion of the wretched LiUuolcnlun ! nt Honolulu
lulu , if possible , before the public sentiment
could assert itself in the United States , nnd
so adroitly have the promoters of the coup
d'etat timed the publication of their in-
btructions In order to cover Minister Willis1
movements under hh secret instructions ,
thai the astounded people ot the United
States do not jot Know what has happened
in Hawaii. Have the hopes of the woman
who called herself queen , of her Interested
British iriends , of the mercenary SprockJes ,
of the dull and prejudiced Bloimt , who wont
onttomako a lawyer's ease against the
Hawaiian government , been crowned al
ready by the success of the counter revolu
tion ordered by the president of the United
States ? Has lUUuokalanl been marched
bacic to her throne under escort of American
bavonots and to the music of "Hall , Colum-
bii ? " Or are the intelligent , respectable
and patriotic clti/.ens of Hawaii fighting
today against Amet lean troops and dying In
the streets In a struggle to preserve the gov
ernment they havo' established and the
blessings of liberty and order which they
thought they had obtained for themselves
and tbcirchildicn ?
-Jt M iniifaotnr.iri in I 'tii
of Hlotliliuln tjj kVorU.
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just as long and look just as well while the cost
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