Nebraska Newspapers

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tirincnco this 3d day nf March , 191
N. I' . VKllj , Notary Public.
Tobo Castor , on hlr way hick to Nebraska ,
marks the ebb In tlio present ( low of federal
appointment : * In tills direction.
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.
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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.
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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.
So In older to keep him prisoner
The rest of his life instead
She reckoned she'd have to marry him , the
1 'Tvvas a burning slmme , " she said.
GO.
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lluu clulhus on e irth ,
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Talk is Cheap ,
But does not prove matters always. If you know
it , no amount of talk can change
your opinion , that's why we never
lose a customer. Once you buy of
us you will always do so ; for , while
we don't talk much about it , we do
sell only the finest clothing1. It
pleases everybody ; this is espec
ially true of our new Spring-
Goods , consisting- the most perfect
garments for men's and boys' wear.
All the newest ideas in the tailor's art are repre
sented in our new goods. The styles are elegant ,
the cloths are beautiful , while the designs for spring
are far beyond those of a year ago in point of com
fort and general usefulness. Wo would like to have
you look at them , whether you wish to purchase or
not just now. 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.