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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1894)
TTTE OMATTA DAILY BEE ; SATURDAY , MARCH 17 , 18I ! ) TWELVE PAGES. THE OMAJIA DAILY HER n. , iMitor. rum.tsiiKD nvmiv TKIIMM Of T > n\y \ ] Ileo ( without Hundny ) . Ona Yeari $ * < V ) Dally nnd Humlnx , Ona Year HO ) fllx Mnntlu JW Three Mnrtllu 35) Hundny II * * , On Vcnr. " ? ' Patiirdny Ilw , cine Venr i * y > ViKfMy lice , Ono Venr . Omnlin , Tli UNIliilMlntr. . , . . . m 8t . Honth OmHlm. rnrnrr N nml Twenty-fourth rouncll lllumi , 1 ! I'cnrl Mrcx-t. CMcaim Olllon. 317 ninmlwr of Commerce. Ni > w York llDoms 13 , II nml 13. Trlbuna Illdg. WniililnKton , rl3 rourteenth tr > t. COUHIIHI'ONIMJNCi : . All cnmniunlattlnnft relfltlna In now * and HI- loilul nmlliT Hlimild lx > niMrnirall To the Kdllor. IlL-HINniH l.KTTHIW. All tiuiilni-m lellcm nnil rntrtlllnncp. * should ba nddicmicd lo Tim UPCI'ulill'ilnif cominn | > , Dnmlin DraflK , clicrks nml | > ottoillcr > cndiM to 1)0 tnndo tmynhlK tr > HIP onli-r of the crtnnxmy. 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Colorado Bourns determined to attract moro attention from tlio public than It Js entitled to by reason of 111 population or prospect. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The taxpnjors of Omalm bavo never asked the council to abolish the city electrician's ofllco. Tlio only parties In favor of that audacious moves arc the electric lighting con tractor and his jumping jacks In the coun cil. When the local Central Labor union and the American Federation of Labor conclude to work In harmony for the promotion of tliolr mutual Interests they are exhibiting a loyalty to the cause of labor that Is encourag ing of good results. The health authorities are doing quite right In making an effort to stop the dumpIng - Ing of refuse on the lowlands northeast of the city , but they should also exert them selves to prevail on the council to make pro vision for a different disposition. The garbage - bago question Is ono that must bo met and must bo mot BOOM. Mayor Parker of Georgetown , Colo. , seces sion proclamation notoriety wants to run again for re-election , but finds his sense less pronunclnmonto In the way. If tbo mayor had confined his attention to the administration of the municipal government and had let iho national government nlono ho would probably now find his path a trifle less rocky. Congressman Bryan thinks the now tariff on coal and lime will cut off the vehicle by which the money of the masses has been convoyed to the railroad nnd mlno mag nates. Ho seems to forget that the rail roads are still to regulate the freight charges , now tariff or old tariff. The price of coal depends moio on the railroad tariff than on the customs tariff. The conviction of Justice Sutherland , the pliant judicial tool of Doss McKnno , , ls an other feather In the cap of the causa of elec toral reform. The ballot-box corruptlonlsts are getting the worst of It all along the lino. A few moro examples of this kind of justice In different parts of the country would have n very beneficial effect upon the next elec tions that may bo held In our larger cities. Congressman Dryan has been absent from Washington novV over two weeks , and not ono telegram to summon him to return In order to assist the wheels of congress to revolvo. How congress has been able to got along without him Is more than wo can tell. Only these members who lm\o been compelled to put In extra work during the Interval will over appreciate the almost Insurmountable diniciiltlcs that arise as soon as Dryan ab sents himself. Defaulting county officials are becoming too numerous In this state. It so happens that a majority of them are populists. This trouble may bo duo to several causes , chief of which la their known Incapacity and the prevailing hard times. Public money used for private speculations Is sure to go glim mering In the season of business depression. County olllcers who get caught short In such deals are public thieves ; others who succeed are statesmen. The death of Sir James Pltzjamos Stephen , which occurred the early part of this week , takes away perhaps the highest English authority upon criminal law. Justice Stephen had himself presided at many Important criminal trials. He had written volumi nously upon the hlbtory of criminal law In England nnd his digest of the criminal law Is very generally referred to by judges both In England nnd America. Justice Stophon'a death leaves a place In the list of living legal authorities to fill to which the ambitious Jurist may well aspire. The Insurance companies and their patrons and polluy holders demand rigid Inspection of electric wiring and regulation of the stringing of deadly wires outsldo of build ings. Such an ordinance was carefully prepared by the city electrician. Hut Councilman Wheeler nnd the Wiley contin gent want to mutilate this ordinance and leave Eomo of the most desirable features out. The question Is will the council lend Itself to such work to the detriment of property owners who are burdened with high IIru Insurance rates on account of do- fcctlvo wires ? In protesting against thu tax an cigars , as proposed In the senate tariff bill , the cigar makers are arguing that the Increased tax will result either In Increasing thu cost of the cigars to the consumer or In a radical decrease In the salaries of these who are employed In their manufacture In this country. The cigar makers leave out en tirely thq profits of the manufacturers In their calculations. It I * qultu passible that the tax may distribute Itself Invarying proportions ainonc all tlireo of the parties concuinod. The disinterested position of of the clear manufacturers In hardly to bo jBUStulneJ , AFT Ml 77XIS C ITTT.l' SlIIVM BA TS. Tim delegation ot Omaha business men now In Texas has accomplished some good At the Port Worth meeting ot the Cattle Halter * association. They are there to MIOW the ndvAtitagoa of the Omaha Block market nnd to enlist the Tcxnnn In the fight for equal transportation rates as between Omaha and Kaiis.ia City. Judge Urccdlovo of the loxns Live Stock association read a resolution adopted by that association asking tliat freight rates to South Omaha bo made the same as the rate to Kansas City ; asking that the Cattle Ilalscrs association take similar action and appoint n committee to attend the next meeting of the Southwestern Ilata association , which meets In St. Louts In April. The cattle men , of course , ore Interested In having every desirable market open to their ( shipments , and the trans portation companies cannot long withstand the pressure that Is being brought to bear upon them , The Fort Worth Telegram makes the following comment on the situ ation' The great difficulty thus far regarding Texas shipments to the Omaha yards Is that of excessive freight charges , the rate being so much higher than to Kansas Cltj or other Missouri river points that Iho qual ity of Texas cattle so much desired hy Omaha packers could not bo secured. With the energy nnd perseverance common to hot enterprising business men , the Omaha people have , after several years of unsuccessful work , finally succeeded In enlisting the rail way companies in their behalf , and It Is now confidently expected that such trafllc ar rangements will soon Insure a rate to Omaha from southwestern points ns will Insure her o largo percentngo of the beef that Is an nually shipped out of Texas and the terri tory. Om.iha pickers have at all times been able to secure a plentiful supply of heavy cattle , but In order to Insure the variety s& much desired In packing house products they are making every possible effort to se cure the Texas range cattle weighing from 700 to 000 pounds. If the rate to Omaha can bo made such ns to make competition possi ble with Kansas City , Omalm will soon be In position to Kill to the utmost capacity of her establishments , and nt the same time to moro fully supply the variety which her cus tomers require. Tlio capacity of the present houses Is over 10,000 cattle dally , and with the advent of the bounding ToxaaSitcer thla can bo increased as occasion may demand. or Tin : L The disposition of the Tlrltlsh radicals to push the fight for the abolition of the House of Lords Is being strongly manifested.Tho vote In the Commons on Tuesday by which the motion of Mr. Labouchero , made as an amendment to the address In reply to the queen's npeech , to abolish the Lords was carried , Is significant of the strength ot the movement. It Is true that the proposition prevailed by a majority of only two , bat It Is to bo remembered that this was In the face of the opposition of the government , so that It may be reasonably assumed that but for this opposition the motion would have car ried by aery much larger majority. It was obviously a surprising result , and It was ono , also , which the government Was not willing to stand by. In order to get out of the diniculty the government moved the rejection of the amended address , which was done , and another substituted , both the conservatives and liberal unionists support ing the government. This action simply postpones the Issue , unless the Lords shall bo warned by It to hereafter avoid the objectionable Interfer ence with legislation which has created the strong popular sentiment against them. What the temper of the people Is In the matter Is shown In the manifesto Issued by the National Reform union , which declares that It Is useless to hope that poular re forms can bo achieved oven by a liberal government unless the powers nnd privileges of the House of Lords , "which cnablo a selfish and irresponsible cllquo to frustrate such measures , bo curtailed or abolished. " The spirit which this language discloses Is unquestionably widespread and thcro Is no probability that It will become less so. On the contrary there Is every reason to expect that It will go on growing , the rap idity of Its growth depending upon the con duct of the hereditary legislators In relation to the proposed policies of the government. Mr. Chamberlain , the unionist leader , ex pressed the opinion that the proceedings showed It was tlmo that the government asked the constituencies for a fresh mandate , but evidently the government Is not yet ready for this , and It would perhaps bo a grave political mistake to go to the country on this issue now. The wiser courto Is to give the hereditary legislators at least another chance to show whether they are disposed to con tinue In an obstructive position to the rep resentatives of the people or are willing to glvo respectful consideration to the popular demand. The opportunity to put the Lords to the necessary test will probibly not belong long delated , feT the evident Intention ot the liberal leaders Is to urge forward the measjrej to which the government Is pledged as vigorously ns possible. As to abolishing the House of Lords It should bo understood that this cannot bo accomplished by the mere adoption by the Commons of a motion or resolution favoring the abolition ot the Lords. Such action amounts simply to a declaration of senti ment , the only practical effect ot which Is the Influence exertol upon the country , which rtnist pass upon the question of abolishing the Loids. The election of a Ilouso of Com mons on this Issue , with n largo majority against the hereditary legislators , would per haps result In abolishing the upper house , as In that case the Common ! ! could refuse to allow the Lords any legislative functions. SUd.lIl , A discussion has arisen ns to the effect of the tariff bill upon the reciprocity treaties already ratified under that clause of thu McKInley act. The question raised la whether the Wilson bill , which provides for the repeal of section 3 of the existing law , does not abrogate the treaties made under the reciprocity clause ot that law. Certain democratic senators have been quoted as saying that It Is not the Intention to do auay with existing reciprocity agreements , but simply to abrogate the authority given the president by the McKlnley act to * make treaties or agreements ot this kind. Other democratic senators Interpret the pioposcd law as nullifying nil reciprocity agreements made under the existing tariff act , and ttiero seems llttlo reason to doubt that this Is tbo correct construction. Section 10G of the pending bill repeals sec tion 3 of the McKlnley act , which authorizes the president to suspend so much ot that act as admits sugars and other products free of duty when satisfied that the countries producing the articles given frcq admission discriminate against the admission to such countries ot the agricultural and other pro ducts of the United States. It Is also pro- vlduil In thin section that the repeal ot the reciprocity clause ot the present law shult not affect any act done or any right accruing or accrued , or any suit or proceeding com menced , or that may bo commenced , In any civil causa before the repeal or modification ot the law. The purpose of thU Is to pro tect Individuals against pecuniary loss and annoying litigation , nnd has no reference to the existing agreements between the United States and other nations. It Is con tended , and doubtless correctly , that thcro Is nothing In the semblance of a treaty , nor Is thcro any agreement existing be tween the United States and other countries , that will operate to except the products of any country from the rates of duty which congress may Impose , It appears that In negotiating a reciprocity arrangement with Spain Secretary Illalno Informed the Spanish minister that It should remain In force "so long ax It shall not bo modified by the mu tual agreement of the executive power of the two countries , always reserving the respec tive right of the congress of the United States and of the carles of Spain to modify or repeal said arrangement whenever they may think proper. " There was a llko un derstanding with Germany and Austria-Hun gary. It would thus seem to bo plain that It the pending bill should become law the products of no country will bo exempt from the rates of duty Imposed by reason of any arrangement made under the reciprocity clause of the McKInley act. As to Iho amendment to the pending bill specifically relating to the reciprocity treaty with the Hawaiian Islands , It Is necessary because that treaty provides that It can only bo ter minated upon twelve months' notice by either party. Until that tlmo expires after the enactment of the tariff bill sugar from these Islands will como Into the United States free. It Is estimated that the proposed duties on sugar will supply- revenue of about | I5- 000,000 , but If reciprocity arrangements wcro to continue In force with countries which furnish the United States with 80 per tent of the raw sugar consumed here nnd which now comes In free the estimate regarding revenue from this source would obviously ba absurd. During the fiscal year ended Juno 30 , 1S93 , the Importations of beet nnd cane sugars amounted to 3,733,000,000 pounds , of which 2,973,000,000 pounds wcro produced In countries with which the United States has reciprocity agreements. If the sugar from these countries continued to como In free after the enactment of the pending bill the revenue from sugar duties would not ex ceed $7,000,000 a year. Ihoro can bo no doubt , therefore , that the Interpretation of the proposed law as abrogating all reciprocity agreements will prevail , with the result , as wan said by ono of the democratic senators who concurs in this Interpretation , of putting the sugar business on an entirely different basis from what It had occupied tinder the McKlnley law. It might bo Interesting to consider what the possible effect of this will be upon our commercial relations with Spain , Germany , France , Austria-Hungary and the other countries vvh | which the United States has reciprocity agreements. All these countries made concessions favorable to our products. Will they bo likely to continue them after wo have abandoned our part of the arrangement , or will they return to the condition that prevailed before of dis criminating against our products ? In other words , will they adopt n retaliatory policy ? An Omaha correspondent attempts to de- flno the politics of Nebraska In a letter to the St. Louis Republic. Ho consumes a column In demonstrating that ho doss not know anything about the political situation in Nebraska. Speaking of the foi Incoming congressional elections ho says : "In brief the democrats of Nebraska will certainly elect their candidates In the First nnd Fifth districts , are very confident in the Second and have excellent chances in the Third and Fourth districts. " The Second , Third and Fourth districts gave large republican major ities for congress In 1892 , while Dryan ( dem. ) pulled through by a bare plurality ot HO votes in the First district. In 1S90 Mc- Kelghan was elected In the Fifth district by a plurality of over 14,000 votes , which was cut down In 1892 by Andrews ( rep. ) to a plurality of 3,260. Up In .the big Sixth in 1890 Omer Madison Kern won by a plurality of about 5,000 votes over the republican can didate , but In 1892 his plurality over Whlto- head , the republican nominee , was a trifle over 2,000 votes. Kern lives In Custer county , where his party has been scandalized by recent exposures of corruption on the part of populist county offlclals. He has ad mitted having used some of the money be longing to the county , and says ho does not know whether he owes the defaulting trens- urer a balance ot $3,000 , whlcn he borrowed , or not. It Is highly probable that by the tlmo of next fall's campaign ho will have re freshed his memory on this Important point. At any rate the condition of the populist party In the big Sixth this year Is not such ns to warrant the prediction that a populist congressman will succeed Omer Madison Kcm. The recent decision which leaves the city burdened with the expenses Incurred In fill ing up certain lots that had been declared nuisances and ordered abated at the cost of the owners should make the council go slow In passlnij further ordinances of this charac ter. It Is questionable whether the city through Its officials has the right to declare lots cither above or below grade to bo nui sances , although Its power to order the filling or gracing of nuisance lots Is plain. It Is so easy to Institute legal proceedings to have such lots declared nuisances In the first place rather than to rely upon a favorable de cision In case the city's authority Is con tested that It seems scarcely justifiable In the council to run the risk of having the expense - penso saddled upon the city as It has been done In these cases. It Is ot the highest Importance that every precaution In taUen to comply strictly with the law In levying spe cial assessments of every kind. It happens altogether too often that the neglect or omis sions of the city authorities leave the whola city to pay for work that Inures chiefly to the boncllt of a few property owners. Congressman Stone's explanation In con gress Monday as to why ho objected to the consideration of the resolution reported from the committee on naval affairs , calling upon the secretory of the navy'for Information concerning the charges tlmUthaCarnoglo company had attempted to defraud tlio gov ernment under Its contract for armor plates , Is an explanation that Itself needs explana tion. Congressman Qtono entered his ob jection In the first place because , as hu said , lie had no personal knowledge of the matter and ho wanted first to communicate with the Carnegie company. On Inquiry by tele graph he learned that tho' latter was not averse to the passage of the resolution. The telegraph did not give him any greater per sonal knowledge of the matter than ho had > oforo , but It worked llko a charm In Induc ing him to withdraw his objection. It amounts then to this , that an Investigation can only bo ordered by congress after the consent of thu parties to bo Investigated has been obtained. Instead ot Investigating the armor plato contract because It has been the ciuiso of n BcandaltftiM rumor. It I * to bo In vcMlgated because 'f-ho ' Carnegie compan ; requests It. Is , congress controlling Its own proceedings or Isitho Carnegie company pulling the strings ? > Congressman Do i Armond's bill limiting the number of rccdlors appointed by Unltci States Judges to nfyiilnlster the affairs o failed corporations Is doubtless nltuod at the receiverships recently , Instituted for some o the largo railroads1 xit the country. Insteat of allowing Iho courflo appoint as many re cclvors as the pctltl6nlng stockholders may request , Mr. Do ArMond would make two such receivers the'inaxlmum number. In stead of permitting the receivers to take as compensation whatever sums they can per suade the court to consent to , ho would con fine the discretion of the court to fixing the amount at a rate not to exceed $10.000 a year. Thcro have certainly been some note worthy abuses In both these respects , cither because the courts have thought It their duty to defer to the wishes of the stock holders or because they have sought to flm fat places for the friends of Influential par ties Interested therein. The courts ought to have n certain discretion In matters of this kind , but If they continue to use that dis cretion unreasonably there Is no reason why a limit should not bo set by legislation. If no better way to accomplish the needed re form Is suggested , Mr. Do Armond's bill should receive the prompt attention of con- cross. , The comptroller of the currency very prop erly declines to extend the patronage system to his department. Ho refuses , nnd with abundant good reason , to remove republican bank examiners In order to provide BO many moro places for democratic workers who de mand recognition In this he Is right. The position of a bank examiner carries with It too many responsibilities to permit Hi being bandied from ono party to another. Hut the comptroller should look furthoi than the mere divorcement of his assistants from politics. Ho should not hesitate to remove - move Incompetent examiners ; neither should ho hcsitato to look Into the proficiency of some of the examiners whom ho now pro poses to protect In their places. It has happened only too often that some of the most disastrous bank failures have followed the most favorable report of an examiner In those cases the examination has clearly been Incompetent. Thcro are over 8,000 voters In Nebraska who are veterans of the war and members of the Grand Army of the Republic. Many of them arc democrats. The hostility of the present administration to the pension policy of ex-President Harrison will cause many veterans to vote the republican ticket next fall. This fact has paused certain small-bore politicians In the st tfl to set snares to catch this vote. They ara pushing themselves for ward at this early day and arc confident of winning the veteranr vote. Dut the old soldiers have not yet spoken. They will doubtless concur In the sentiment expressed by General Grant , vvh said : "It Is men who wait to be selected , and not these who seek , from whom we may always expect the most efficient service. " ' Each congress leaves the administrative features of Its tariff bill to the very last and then hurriedly constructs them without duo consideration of their probable effect. No sooner does the nov tjfrlff go Into effect than demands for amending these clauses begin to bo made and the administration of the cus toms revenue Is not noticeably Improved by fiequent changes In the system employed. The senate should not lot Its attention be en tirely centered In the tariff schedules to the neglect ot the administrative parts of the measure. No clause of the bill should bo allowed to pass without some positive reason for Including It Just as It is. Tiitj i\uet i IKUIO. New York World. Tlio amount of Interest that Associate Justice Wltlto had In lobbjlng for the .sugar tux Is now clear. The report of the secre tary of the treasury Hhovvs that $13,533.92 was paid him as sugar bounty. Politicians Alilior : i Vacuum. Bt Louis Kcpulillc. The appointment of n successor to Judge MpDlll on the Interstate O'nmeice com mission will be much like an appointment to fill n vacuum. Hut It 18 evidently the sort of n vacuum that n great many people who want to ill ! It abhor. Spiking- the Guns. Cincinnati CommnrcHl The Kentucky attorneys for the Breckln- rldBC defense now hnvo to check their "Runs" before entering Judge Dradley'i couit room. If this Isn't an Infringement on the personal rights of a memboi of the Kentucky bar , It appears very much like It , at any rate. - " Kclghlmrly Tmdo Iteliitlonn. Globe-Democrat. Senator Gnlllngcr's proposition for virtual fiee trade with Canada will please the country. Free trade with Mexico nNo would bo a good thing The United States can afford to icmovo Its tariff barriers on Its northern and southwestern frontiers whenever the countries 011 the ether sltlu of those lilies tcclpiocntc. Straining Nutloiml PolI Boston Globe. The greatest objection to the United States Bcimte is that It is deaf to the voice of the people. "Get to work" Is the pre cept the pcoplr- have been long hurling at the senate ; but the Hcnato IUIH sat , like a deaf-mute , appircntly oblivious to the poular demand , A senate elected directly by popular vote would not be so Inattentive to the people's request. Kill thu liiililx-r. New York Sim. To kill the Income tax , the robber nstildc of the Wilson hill , la the one panimtmiW duty of deniocratlo senators who .ire dem ocrats In fact Club or nhotgun , rupler 0r knife , no mutter what Instrument , an loiu ; as the deed Is done. Any inenurpt ob- Kti action or destrjictlon Is legitimate , though It Involve Jtnu' f ° to of tne piebald cieaturo on which tffc robber rides. Ihu Army of Crunkx. Knnais City Star. The most prominent Idiot In the United Statca nt this wrlllntr Is thu party named Co\ey , who piopogLM to march a lot of vvorkinKinen to Washington If Mr. Coxey knows where ho cnU'tnaroh the vvorklngmei up against some work , with pay attached , hu Bhould take thu.EQUto immediately , but no other vvnlklng- likely to bo of the slightest use There arc too many Idlei.s about Wanhlngton INJJV without reinforcing1 their number. An Kml'riiYlon I'nlluro. PhlladelpbK Hecord General Master Workman Sovereign has told a St. Louis reporter that the Congo IB the richest country In the world ; that It has n line climate ; and that the negio of the United Btntra. could secure all tno land ho would ne Wthere. The general master woikman talks with nil the dulcet persuasiveness of an emigration ngent , but the negro of the United States , though ho may occasionally cliufo under the homo climate , has really given no sign that ha Is In need of any land at nil In the lovely cllmo of Congo. An Important Court Hilling. Springfield Ilvpubllean , If Judge Grosscup's decision In regard to compelling people to testify against them selves Is to Muml It must liavo as dlro effect on the force of many other laws art on the Interstate act. As has been pointed out. the decision li about broatl enough to inotect thu citizen from nil attempts of the federal tax-gatherers under the Income tax hill to get at his Income thiouKh an oath or the examination of his papers. And In that cusa It would hu broad enouKh to nul lify many of thu means hy which the cus- tomu taxes are now collected. In fact tliu scope of the decision seems to bo wide enough to break down a considerable part of the machinery by which existing laws are commonly enforced. UTtiKtt r txns r/M.v < H an. The UuBao-Oorman commercial treaty , which pissed the llolchstag yesterday by n largo majoilly , Is In effect n peace offering by Germany to Itussla and has the greater significance because of the fact that It has been brought forward at a time when the latnly formed alliance between Hussln und rranco Is Imperiled by the Trench Chamber of Deputies' proposal to Increase the duty on Imported wheat , Germany had cnuso to re gard the Franco-Russian alliance with alarm , ax , It being an offset to the compact ot Ger many , Austria and Italy , It menaced the peace of Kuropc. Russia and Trance united hnvo nn armament , both on land ami sea , of which the nations of the Triple Alliance may well be afraid. So long as Hussln nnd Franco were apart It was unlikely that ol'her would give Huropo ciuse of quarrel , but together , the one having Its designs upon the east nnd the other looking with longing eyes to the recovery of Alsnco and Lorraine , war was always a possibility. To remove this likely chance of war , Germany con ceived the plan of conciliating Hussln and weakening the litter's compact with Trance by giving HusMi the ndvontago of an unusually liberal commercial agreement In respect to her cereals , which , under ex isting laws , arc so discriminated ngilnst as to be virtually prohibited Under the treaty this prohibition will bp removed , and Germany , which Imports largely of both wheat and rje , will become a most Im portant market to Russia , The scheme to thus weaken the alliance Dctwcon Russia and Trance has been materially assisted by the proposition ot the Trench Chamber ot Deputies to Increase the dutlps on foreign wheat. This proposal Is naturally con sidered by Russia ns unfriendly , because In- jurloua to her Trnnco Is now In the posi tion of trying to do what Germany Is trying to undo , \l ? , prohibit Russian competition In cereals. Trance Is re ill > attacking the great agricultural Interests of her new-found alley , while Germany Is engaged In an effort to foster them. , It Is not unreasonable , therefore , to expect that Russia's regard for Germany should Increase and for Franco decrease according to the different policies of the two countries * In n recent article In the Journal des Dobats , M. Lcroy-Ileaulleu predicts that Germany nnd Trance will before long col lapse under the same national banktuptcy which has befallen lesser lands , llko Greece and Portugal Trance has Just trium phantly refunded Its 4 % per cents In a 3 per cunt loan , but M. Leroy-Deaulleu predicts that this Is the highest point Trench credit Is over likely to reach The refund ing saved the French trcisury $13,1)00,000 a jear ; but a deficit of $26,000,000 nnmiall } Is left to roll up a floating debt , which , In the decade from 18S1 to 1891 , grew at the rate of $100,000,000 a jcar. Military and naval expenditures are bad enough ; but now that to these Is added a vast numbsr of semi-social outlays , M Leroy-Heiulleu sees no escape from national bankruptcy , and that not distant. The state Is asked for subventions for agricultural credit , for co operative societies , for associations of pop ular credit , and lastly for old ago pen sions , already granted In Germany , which are certain to go on until they create a vast Industrial pension list which no tax ation can meet. France , the richest country In Europe , lias an annual deficit of $26,000- 000 , and not a great city In Trance lives on Its Income. Italy has Just confessed to n j early deficit of $35,000,000 and Is rais ing Its taxation , a 20 per cent Income tax being a sample Russia , In Its budget for ' 9J had a deficit of $17,000.000. Spain had a deficit of $83,000,000 In the five years from 1SS3 to 1S88 , nnd has run behind from $15- 000,000 to $20,000,000 each of the last five years. Portugil for twenty vcars has aver aged a deficit of over $10.000,000 a year. Greece In Its recent budgets .has fallen behind $3,000,000 annually. These arc the big and llttlo bankrupts of Europe. Germany Is a jet on an even keel , but a deficit Is certain under the recent expansion In military ox. pemllture. The accounts of Austria-Hungary are too mixed to permit of cloir nnaljsls , but every ono believes that the dutl empire has a yearly deficit. The four small coun. tries of northern Europe. Norway. Sweden , Belgium and Holland , barely pay their way. , but not much more. England has to ralso taxes almost yearly to prevent n deficit and has an income tax far heavier than the ono proposed In this country. In nil these coun tries , local governments , city and town , are steadily rolling up debt and staggering under taxes laid on every object , food Included. * * No more startling financial scheme has over been laid before a parliament than that submitted by Slg. Crlspl and his finance min ister , M. Sonnlno , to the legislature at Homo with the object of effecting a settlement of the terrible economic crisis In which Italy Is now Involved. After explaining that the total Indebtedness .of the ticasury exceeds $100,000,000 , to which must bo added the deficit of $38,000,000 for the fiscal year 1891- 95 , It proposes to grapple with the dlfilculty by effecting savings to the amount of $10- 000,000 n year , nnd by an Increase of the rev enue to the extent of $20,000,000 by means of additional taxation. The Income tax upon personal property Is to bo raised by nearly 7 per cent , nnd will now amount to no less than 20 per cent levied upon the gross In come , without regard to deductions made by tha slate in the interest on tlio public debt. That Is to say , a man enjoying an Income of $20,000 per annum will have to sur render $4,000 thereof every year to the government under the head ot Income tax alone The government further announces nn Increase In the price of salt , which Is a state monopoly , and In the excise on splrltous llcfuors , the general duty on spirits being augmented to 20 per cent. The duty on corn Is to bo raised from G to 7 francs per quintal , which naturally means an In crease In the price of bread , and , finally , the rates of Interest on the existing 5 per cent loans are to bo reduced to i nnd ! ' , per cent. With the object of losing no tlmo , rojal decrees were Issued on the day followlncr the nrescntatlon to Parliament of this financial scheme , giving Immediate force to the measures contained therein and without waiting for the latlficatlon of the legislature. Unfortunately , thcro Is no talk whatsoever of reducing the enormous mili tary expenditure , which Is the Key to the cntlro clinically and the principal cause of the crisis. Under the circumstances it Is not astonishing that the Italian Parliament should have been appalled by this , for tlio first tlmo , slnceio exposition of the financial situation of this kingdom , already so terri bly overburdened with taxation , nor Is It to HO wondered at that the minister ot the treasury should have concluded his state ment \\ltli the earnest and almost despali- Ing words , "God save our dear country ! " * * * Colonel Tllschkert of the Austrian engi neer corps , an expert In such matters , has Just dcllyered a lecture upon the different armor plates of the day. In the course of his remarks ho referred to the armor plates produced In American foundries , whuro n pressure of from 7,000,000 to 14,000,000 kilo grams Is obtained , as compared with the 5,000,000 kilograms ot Krupp and the 2.000,000 of Wltkowltz , The American ham mer , ho said , had a force ot 127 tons , while these In European foundries reached oily fifty to eighty tons Great progress had been made by the Austrian military author ities In utilizing thick cast-iron ns armor for turrets and casemates. Referring to the alloys of steel , Colonel Tllschkert said that the ono formed by an addition of nliikel was the best now known. These nickel-steel plates were either homogeneous or had the surface hard ened by the Harvey process , and both gave equally uood results The Important nd- vance made through the use of this alloy was evidenced by thu fact that a plato of nickel- steel had n power of resistance equal to that of a plato of welded Iron of double Its thick ness. Ho considered that the Tresslder nethod. by which compound plates were mrdcncd In a manner somowlmt similar to ho Harvey plates , would prove valuable. Phis would bo particularly the case In com- MHind welded blocks composed of steel and cast Iron with an addition of nickel In both tarts , The hardening process could also bo employed In the preparation of cast-iron tur rets , nnd would largely Increase thulr power ot resistance. * The general nervousness caused In Europe jy the recent bomb outrages la Illustrated jy the proceedings of the Ilouso committee ot the Austrian Relchurath , who have been n consultation aa to the best means of do- L'ml Ing themselves and their fellow leglsla- ors from the militant anarchist ) * . Among other devices which the/ exauilv't ) an electric apparatus , Invented by n Vienna en gineer , to give an alarm the Instant the shock produced by n bomb Is felt In any corner of tlio house. The object Is to enable the servants to close nil the exits of the building without loss of tlmo , to ns to pre vent thu escape of the culprit. Another pro ject that wns considered was the proposal t" cover the \\iilla of several courts linldi' Iho , building with n targe netting of strong wlro , i tlko torppdo nets , to break the force of an i explosion of bombs thrown Into the ciairts. Tor the moment , however , the solo measures adopted are the closing of a number of on- 1 trance doors and staircases , and the Issuing of special pissus for the membern , ofilcers , nnd servants of the two houses a ml the rep resentatives ot the press , nnd finally the transformation of the largo reception ro ii of the members , which Is considered too near to the two houses , Into a members' dining room , and the conversion of n small room close to thu postofilcc In the Ilouso Into n re ception room. There Is a disposition In certain quarters to call Whlto black Asjlmns adjacent to the line of march of Coxoy's army are to bo securely barricaded. In vlow of thu many Arctic expeditions now under way a largu Increase In tlio number of attractive summer resorts may be looked for , Governor Tlllman of South Carolina sa > s he will not hu a candidate for re-election Ho Is content to ic.st with his fame blown In several tattles. Colonel McClurc of the Philadelphia Times , who Is now able to walk about the house a llttlo after his long Illness , expects to start soon for Atlantic Cltv. It Is said Senator Illackburn 1ms been con verted to n religious life There Is an abund ance of room for llko Impiuvcmunls among other Kentucky statesmen. The Introduction of ordinances In the Chicago cage council KI anting franchises to gas com- pinles Indlrato that election day Is approach ing und nldermaniu gns bills are to bu prop erly liquidated. Senator Hill denies that ho Is engaged to bo man led. The St Louis Republic adds to the announcement the assertion that the senior New York senator Is devoting his at tentions to "the painted harlot ot protec tion. " Ono effect of the collapsed revolution In Ilrazil will bo the reduction of war corre spondents to a peace footing. The slaughter committed by the correspondents Mnong Imaginary foes Illumined an otherwise dreao political row. The late Sir Andrew CKrk , Mr. Gladstone's physician , used the three following aphor isms In conversation with Frances Wlllaid "Libor Is the life of life" "Ease Is the way to disease " "Tho highest life of an organ lies In the fullest dlschaigc of Its functions. " Sew ell 1) ) . Paikor of Toledo , O , died a few da > s ago nnd an autopsy showed that he literally had a broken heart. The same fact was shown by a post-mortem on thu cleith of Sew ell's father a shoit tlmo ago. The father's death was superinduced by worry over the wlldncss of his son. John E Owens , who Is campaigning for the nomination down In Urecklnrldgo's dis trict in Kentucky , Is said to have "touched the hcaits ot true Kentucklans. " That Is Interesting If true Mr O\vons was tempo rary chairman of the Chicago wigwam con vention and In his opening address failed to fire an ) thing except an Inllated icputatlon for oratory- A lively foot ball game for charlty't , sake took place In San Francisco recently. There was a lai KC , fashionable throng , unbounded enthusiasm and much spirit , skill and strength displayed in the game. It was a typical exhibition of Rugby science and ath letic hospitality. Two players contracted fractured collar bones , a third had his abdo men reduced by a kick , a fourth carries his cheek bo no In a sling , a fifth suffered a sprained ankle , and the sixth was rendered oblivious of subsequent events by stopping n calked shoo with his temple. It was an ex citing game all around. hnn.iHin from din Pineries. St. 1'nul Pioneer Preis There Is ono virtue which the democrats of the countiy seem to possess In evei- Inci easing measure. It Is an Intense love of home. So strong Is It that It will not yield to the seductive Influences even of nn Important election. Election day Mmls these domestic voters hugging the fireside nnd refusing to leave It. even although the penalty of their affection be the tinn ing over ot affairs to republican hands. This disposition became vciy evident last fall It grew stionger when two congiesH- inen were to be elected In New York City. It plied up an unheard-of majority of 1S7- 000 for Grow In Penns > lvanla It has just swept the town elections In New Yoik state for lepubllcan candidates , except w litre leading demociats had political push enough to kill thieo or four men at the polls and to assei t themselves. Politics has nothing to do with It. The Bland hill has nothing to do with it The Hawaiian business has nothing to do with It. The Wilson bill has nothing to do with It. All these things wo know , because our dear democratic friends tell us so. Tin ) T.nlu for Spoils. Philadelphia Ilecord. The platform of the new political party m control In Honolulu provides among other things that no person shall be em ployed by the government unless he be loyal to it. This Is the subtropical para phrase of the maxim that "tij , the vlctois belonrr the spoil' ! , " and more specifically It means that the royalist sympathl/en have been i educed to the Ignoble status of statesmen thrown out of jobs Yet they may have cause to he thankful their heads are still kindly permitted to adorn their necks. Tint M I.SS/MOV Uurfiilo ExpressCotcy , the modern .luck Cade , nnd his followom , whit nro not likely to bo more tluin a hnndful , will be vagged In the llrst or second town they strike , nml that will end the great march on Washing ton. Chicago Tribune If Crank Coxoy , after ho roaches Washington , cnn bo persuaded to prolong his march .about 100 tulles straight eastward a grateful people will clear thu track and furnish him every facility for moving on. Chicago Inter OceanIJoforo Mr , Coxey begins thn inarch In Washington with his 100,000 unemplo > ed hu should appoint Henry \Vatterson brigadier general of the armj Wnttcrson has had some experience. In marching 100,000 men to Washington paper. Huston Globe Reformer Covy of Ohio do- declare * ( hat he will march on \VashlnKton according to progiam , starting from Mas- slllon. March 25. with C..OOO men. "Thn petition with boots on It , " hu sujs , "will bo li resistible , llv June 1 there will be work nt good wages for every ono" Refilliner Coxey mnj get on to WiishlnRion alt light , but If ho makes any disturbance with his at my when he gets ( bore It won't tnku thu authorities very long to get on to him New York Hun At 12 15 last night lion Silica Coxey of MaMlllon was still standing on the hnv scales In the rain and walling for March 23 Ills only weapons nt that time were a glaive , a .selmltnr , a Scythian snickersnee , n llllbo.i blade on assegai , a Jnvan War club , a culvcrln tt basilisk , a small mangonel , nnd a cartoon photograph of the ground plan and elevation of the Hon Carl llrown's jaw lion Silica Coxoy means business and his desiont upon Washington will bo watched with ap prehension by all military authorities. / : r/r.s. Plain Denier "After nil , fico sugar's a bum ! as the fanner said when he tapped the maple Sittings- tea kettle cnn sing when It Is merolj filled with water. Hut man , proud man , Is no tea kettle. Hallo- American ( nbroitl ) Well , here I have Icon trave'lnu tluough ltil > fji nrnilv a week und I havenl seen .1 macaroni Ik-Id > et. Lowell Coin lei " ' " "Down brakes' ctlnd thu tnlltoail man's wife as the dinner platter slipped fiom hei grasp Havmoml's Monthly Ethel Do vou allow Charles to kiss vou vvluti vou an- not en Kageil to him ? Maud It Isn't an allowance , he calls It a perquisite Philadelphia Record The icfoimod thief snv'i It's ertv enough to pick pockets after > ou once- get join hand In. Indianapolis Join mil : "I like to see a ini'it think n wood deal of his home , " H.ild old Mis Jnsnn , "but when he ntnjH out all night to bra ) ; about how happy a home hc has , I think lie Is cany Ing his affection a little too fur. " Atlanta Constitution There's ninny a note 'twl\t the poll nnd the vote. New Orleans Picayune : It takes an ele vator bov in a hotel to bring a pompous Kiiest down. Philadelphia Rccoid- After all that his been said about the cook und hei peppery temper , no man would vv int one who wouldn't make things hot for him. Intrr Ocean : "Did jotl have a pleasant ovenlm ; at Gnybnj's' " lie Glorious. "Whit did jou do' " lie That's like a woman How could It have been a gloilniis time If I could icmember anything we did ? Indianapolis Journal : He Women are moie supctstltlotis than men. She I don't believe It He An v way. they have moro faith In signs You don't see men bieaklinj their necks to Ret to a counter whele there la a sign displayed that the goods havu be-on marked down. Washington Star : "The family acioss the way Is quite uuloi tunate , " said a woman to her nulghboi. "One of the < sons is a paranoiac and the other Is a kleptomaniac. " "Dear me ! They must be very rich. " CROAKING. Knn iB City lourml. "The world , " ho said , ' 'grows worse , I think Sad sight for contemplation ; The count ! v totters on the brink Of utter desolation The politicians all are knaves , The statesmen are no better ; The people aie but abject slaves Hound down with chain and fetter I'm not a populist , and yet The outlook makes me shiver ; I jiucss Pil bettci go and pet Some quinine for my liver. " Dlxlo Wolcott In Illue nnd dray. That theie wasn't a saucier icbol In all the Sunnv Soutji "fwas easy to tell by the mischievous cyc And the smile of her roguish mouth. Cut how she hated the Yankees ; She couldn't bear the name. 'How ' dare they come and whip us ? It was a burning shame ! " One of these golf-same Yankees Came to her Dixie one clay , And ere the week was over She'd stolen his he-art away. But how should she treat her captive ? Ho couldn't be shot , jou know , [ localise the war was ended Two dozen years ago. 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Our spring overcoats have boon in for some time and are gems of style and beauty. All colors , all prices. BROWNING , KING & CO , I S. W. Cor.l5th and Douglas Sts.