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THE OMAHA DAILY KEE.
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Hunday ,
(1 KOIinn It T7.SCHUCK.
Kworn to lipfore ni nml pulmcrlbcd In my
pretence this Id day nf March , ISO I
N. 1' . rClU Notary Public.
From tlio very evident reluctance of. the
unemployed to enlist In tlio Industrial army
It Is apparent that tlio move on Washington
will bo a dismal failure unless tlio draft
Is resorted to.
The pullbacks , mossbacks and tax shirkers
arc opposed to raising the assessment. Tlio
proRresflvo taxpaylng class of citizens de
mand that It shall bo raised not less than
25 per cent this year.
The senate did Iho appropriate thing In
passing a resolution expressing regret at the
death of Koasuth. The liberty-loving patriot
deserved a tribute from tlio greatest govern
ment founded upon Individual liberty.
The democratic national headquarters at
Washington nro to bo formally opened by a
reception to the democratic members of the
two houses of congress. It will probably bo
closed with a wake over the corpse of the
party.
The Interstate Commerce commission may
yet establish Itself In the confidence of the
people. It has figured out that one person
Is killed by railroad accidents In this coun
try out of every 1,491,910 who rldo twenty-
four hours.
The blizzard which swept over northern
and western Nebraska this week was a
blessing In the gulso of a disaster. Three
feet of snow will guarantee good crops for
a section of the state that never has too
much moisture.
Whenever tlio lawyers at the state capital
Buffer from business depression they file
a few petitions with the district court Im
plicating a few moro prominent citizens In
the Capital National bank swindle. The
big failure Is likely to tarnish a good many
hitherto good reputations.
It Is strange that congress should have left
the Yellowstone park this long without tlio
protection ot law for the preservation of
wild animals within Its borders. It should
make up for this omission by the prompt
passage of a game law now while there Is
Btlll game to be preserved.
The recruits for the great peace army are
rapidly converging upon Masslllon and prep
arations are almost completed to start the
march bright nnd early Sunday morning.
Nothing less than an eclipse or an earth
quake will bo sumclently momentous to aervo
as the signal for breaking camp.
Increasing complications In the garbage
situation demand that the council apply It
self to tlio devising of some means by which
the refuse of the city may bo disposed of.
The present haphazard system Is Inelllclotit
and dangerous to the health of the commun
ity. The council should not shirk Its duty.
Keep It bctoro the police commission that
the law abiding citizens of Omalm have no
confidence In or respect for detectives who
close their eyes to notorious violators ot
law , make false reports to the mayor and
chief of police , nnd use their positions for
blackmailing purposes and the gratification
ot their own lust.
The Chicago Hcliool building that burned
the other day IB described an being con
structed of plno scantling , veneered with a
layer of bilck. And yet the lives of hun
dreds ot small children wore endangered
by the flimsy walls. The narrowly averted
holocaust at Chicago may tmvo a tendency
to sot afoot an Inquiry Into the character of
school buildings all ever the country.
Hero Is an opportunity for the Iowa woman
suffragists to Hhout. The now mulct liquor
law provides that no female person shall be
employed In any place where liquor Is sold
In that state. This Is rank discrimination.
It closes to women ono of the occupations
open to men , and thus deprives thorn of an
equal chance with men to earn tholr living.
There can no\er bo equal civil and political
rights In loua so long as women arc ex
cluded from the ranks of the saloon keeper.
Wo lm\o hoard nothing yet as to the
whereabouts of George Woolrldgo alias
WoolltiBton , a man charged with forgery
who pleaded guilty when arraigned In court
on February 20. The appearance docket
says ho Is In jail , but the Jail record shows
that ho did not return to Jail after Judge
Scott declared 'his sentence suspended.
There Is something wiong somonhoro about
this Jail delivery , and somebody ought to
enlighten the citizens ot this county about
the discrepancy and mystery ot disappear *
unco.
The now Iowa mulct liquor law prohibits the
sale ot liquor to any ono who has taken any of
the recognized cures for drunkenness. The
question Immediately arises what la n recog
nized cuio for drunkenness. It will ba to
the Interest ot the Jag euro establishments
to avoid coming under the legal classifica
tion , as a penalty ot such severity
against their temporary Inmates might
prove disastrous to their patronage. No ono
wilt want to take a recognized cure for
drunkenness It It threatens to remove for
ever the chances ot a rolapso.
AN Mf/'OSmo.V O.V T-llK
According to n recent OUpatch from Wnsh
InRlon , Mr. Knloo , one of the conRr Bsmc
from Tennessee , la highly Incenxcd at
publication Juit Inaucd by the Ilurcati c
Education , which ho consider * ns rcflcctln
upon the good name of the > tate represents
by him In congress. Mr. Hnloo has ofTerc
a resolution of Inquiry In the house re
requesting the secretary of the Interior to In
form that body "by what authority the com
mlsaloner ot education published at th
public expense an attack on the ntato o
Tennessee , and whence the commissioner o
education derived the authority to exercU
a conorshlp over the educational system o
any state. " All this Indignation has beci
aroused by the last monograph In thi ) Bcrle
ot circulars of Information Ixsucd by th
bureau purporting to give a history of hlghe
education In Tennessee. Had the atitho
rested content with narrating the slinpl
facts of the case , the attention of Mr. Kulo
would probably never have been attractci
to the monograph. Hut he did not. Accord
Ing to the resolution Introduced Into tin
house , ho charges the state of Tcnncsse >
with being false to her trust , niggardly am
ungenerous , and besides using other cxpres
Blons derogatory to the state and Its people
holds up to ridicule Its prUatc Institution1
of larirnlng , speaks In disparaging terms o
the whole educational system ot the Btati
and In addition thereto Impugns Its character
tor on account of the manner ot the settle
ment of the co-called state debt.
If the house decides to make Inquiry Int <
the abuse of the publications of the Ilurcat
of Cduratlon It should not stop with this 0111
pamphlet that happens merely to bo often
slvo to the atato pride of one of Its members
In tills particular case It may perhaps b <
urged that the criticism which the authoi
offers upon the progress of higher cducatloi
In Tennessee Is truthful and just and war
ranted by the facts , however severe am
offcnslvo It may be. The question at Issue
Is the wider oneof how far the federal gov <
eminent shall go In compelling the taxpay
ers of the United States to pay for pub
Mailing books that have but an extremelj
limited public Importance. The Hec not IOIIF
ago called attention to another ono of tills
series of circulars of Information , entitled
"Ilenjamln Franklin and the University ol
Pennsylvania , " which contained almost noth
Ing about Benjamin Franklin and several
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luiiurclpages ] dovotcd to crass laudation ol
the wonderful work of that university and
of the eminent professors who have been
favored with remunerative chairs In thai
Institution. While the University of Penn
sylvania 1ms a perfect right to Issue an ad
vertisement In this form , It goes a trlllo far
In doing so at the government expense. So ,
also , with these histories of higher educa
tion In different states. The Bureau of edu
cation has been perverting Its publication
facilities to the use of students in several
colleges , who have used them to secure the
free printing of their graduating disserta
tions and to bo paid In addition out of the
public treasury for the work which they
have been doing as part of the requirements
for their college degrees. The histories
which they have written may some ot them
bo Interesting and desirable reading , but
It Is safe to say that the few for which there
Is any real demand would have been Issued
without the Intervention of the government.
There have been many Instances ot Impo
sition upon the people In the matter of
works published at the govornmcntt prlntlnB
omce , from learned treatises on the diseases
of cattle down to the Insertion of Henry
George's works Into the Congressional Itec-
ord , but the Bureau of Education's circulars
of Information will hold their own with any
of them In this regard. There Is. of course ,
a legitimate field for these circulars. From
this they 'have wandered so far that they
stand In urgent need of some action on the
part of congress to point out the way back
and to Insist thai It be followed.
Tin : FitnssmtK ON run I
The pressure on the president In connec
tion with the seigniorage bill has been very
great , both from the friends of the measure
and those who think It ought to be vetoed ,
and Mr. Cleveland ought by this time to
bo pretty well Informed as to the senti
ment of the country , represented on the
ono hand by the financial and business In
terests and on the other by a class of demo
cratic politicians , regarding this legls-
tlon. With respect to the latter the uniform
testimony Is that they have lost no oppor
tunity to Impress upon the president the
political Importance of allowing the solgn-
lorago bill to become law. It has been
urged that the future of the democratic
party In the south and west depended very
largely upon the disposition made ot this
measure. It has been reported that the
arguments from this source were not alto
gether without Intliienco with the president ,
partly lor the reason that the opposition
to the bill had seemed apathetic. It was
not until after It bccun to bo seriously
thought that Mr. Cleveland might sign the
solgnlorago bill or allow it to become law
without his signature that the financial and
business Interests of the country felt called
upon to take vigorous action. Before this
these Interests had Implicit confidence that
the president would be faithful to the record
ho had made as the friend of sound finance.
Having this confidence the passage ot the
bill through congress did not greatly alarm
them , and they only became aroused to a
lull sense ot the danger when It became
understood that there was a possibility ot
Mr , Cleveland renouncing his record so
Tar as to permit this legislation to go Into
effect. Since then the president has re
solved from loading commercial bodies of
Lho country nml from Influential financial
sources expressions In. no uncertain terms
) t tholr views regarding this schema to
'coin a. vacuum , " If ho at any time really
jelloved that the ereat business Interests
> f the country wore indifferent to this legls-
atlon ho must bo now undeceived , and If
10 entertained the thought , as represented ,
Lhat notwithstanding the admittedly bad
character of the seigniorage bill Its onact-
uont might do no great harm , he must
lave learned from the opinions of prac-
; lcal financiers that tuero la danger of
treat harm , affecting thp Interests and wol-
'aro ' both of the government and the peo-
> lo. The unanimous Judgment of all prac-
Ical men who have expressed themselves
in this question Is that If this measure
ihall bocamn law It will revlvo the distrust
md depression from which the country Is
tow gradually recovering. It will also pro-
luco an unfavorable Impression abroad
vhlch would bo very likely to show Itself
n a return ot American uocurltlcs and a
lonsequont" drain of gold , A loss of golJ
o-lncldcnt with an Increase In the obllga-
Ions of the government that must bo kept
t parity with gold In order to maintain the
itibllo credit would bo a very serious mat
er.
er.Thero
There have been reports ot agreements and
lodges In connection with the approval of
ho aelgntorago bill. Ono statement was
hat certain southern senators made the
Ignlng ot the bill a condition to tholr vet
ing for the tariff bill Another was Urn
n pledge had been given by the silver mci
that If the president would approve th
seigniorage bill no further effort will b
made during this congress to pass measure
favorable to silver coinage. There Ix proba
bly no substantial foundation 'for these re
ports. It IB hardly credible that Mr. Clcve
land would submit to have his official actlot
Influenced by throats or that ho would cnte :
Into a partnership with the free coinage ad
vqc.itci , for whom he has hitherto Khonit ni
consideration , Ho appears to be dltpo.iQj t <
glvo the subject careful consideration , thougl
It would seem that It ho proposed to bo con
distentvlth his record a day would servo ai
well as ten In which to reach a conclusion
This Is why there Is apprehension that hi
will approve the measure. Tlin constlln
tlonal time , ten days , In which the president
nlay hold the bill will expire next Friday
If he does lint sign It before that time or re
turn It to the house In which It originate !
with his disapproval It will then become law
without his signature. Congress and the
country will probably .know by the mlddh
of next week what Is to bo the fate of UK
bill , and the prediction la made upon wlml
appears to be good authority that It will cor
talnly not go upon the statute books with
out Mr. Cleveland's signature.
Aff Kl.KCTllH1 I'OlXTKIt.
Hlght on the heels of the brazen attcmpl
to prevent competition In electric lighting
and the abolition of the omce of city elec
trician comes a resolution by Councilman
Hascall directing Gas Inspector Gilbert tc
move Into and occupy the office In the city
hall set apart for the city electrician In the
face of the affidavit submitted by Mayor
Uemls with his veto of the ordinance abolish
ing the electrician , In which Mr. Cowglll
deposes that B. L Wiley declared to him
that ho had kept Gilbert for two years In
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office , although ho was not rcappolnted.
Hascall's latest move Is an electric pointer.
It means that Wiley nnd his tools In the
council propose to thrust electric Inspection
upon the gas Inspector , although the latter
declares that ho knows nothing about elec
trical Inspection. The probability Is that th'o
Wiley contingent will endeavor to whip the
devil 'round the stump by conferring upon
the gas Inspector the power to appoint an
assistant who shall perform the dutlei
devolving upon the city electrician. In
other words , the scheme Is to cut the mayor
out of the appointment of the inspector and
play Into the hands of Wiley In making the
selection. In this scheme Wiley and the
Jobbers will strike a snag In the following
provision of the charter :
Section 135 The mayor shall have power
by and with the consent of a majority of
the entire council to appoint all officers that
may be deemed necessary for the good
government of the city other than those
provided for In this act.
The power to appoint a city electrician to
whatever department he may be assigned
Is clearly with the mayor. The council , of
course , will refuse to confirm anibody that
does not suit Wiley and the mayor will
refuse to appoint anybody known to bo
under Wiley's Influence. And this is why
wo shall go without electric Inspection until
some ot the councllmon are deposed or a
new council shall be elected.
a siimaKSTioy 10 HKM. KSTATI : MIX
The county commissioners are getting
ready to expend $150,000 for paving roadways.
That will only give us three stub roads on
the outskirts of tho-clty for a distance of
perhaps Iwo' ' or throe miles out of town.
What Omaha should have and what this
county needs Is a paved roadway to the west
end of the county that could be used for an
electric motor tramway. Such a roadvvou'd
glvo the fanners and people of the villages
and towns along the line facilities to come
and go all the year round , market their
products and do their trading. It would
give Omaha people a chance to take an outIng -
Ing to the country without going to the ex
pense of hiring a team and would moreover
enable town people to have summer cottages
In the neighborhood of groves and orchards
within two hours' rldo of town. When that
road Is built another tramway should bo ex
tended to the notthwest coiner ot the county
and another line from South Omaha to Fort
Crook to connect with a roadway through
Sarpy and Cass counties to Plattsmouth"
With trains running oveiy two hours or
hourly to settlements within a radius of
twenty miles the lands In this county and
In adjacent counties would double In value
and the retail trade of Omaha would Increase
no per cent ,
The rlso In the value of lands would more
than offset the Increase In taxes. In fact
the marked advance in land valuis and the
Improvement In real estate values lit Omaha
would mnko the building of these rrads a
paying Investment from the start.
Permanent roadways Imvo become nil absolute -
solute necessity for rural traffic nnd motor
tramways are bound to become nn Indispen
sable adjunct of suburban trafflj for every
largo city. If the real estate men of Omaha
will center their efforts In this illicctionr.na
Impress upon the commissioners the pro
priety and advantage of submitting a piopo-
fcltlon for half n million dollars In bonds fo-
gradlng and paving roadways 'hey would
stimulate land and property values Im
mensely. Ono or more of these . -oids ( un
bo built this year and that alone Ehould
bpur the real estate men to activity In favor
of the movement. Wo need employment for
Idle workmen this year and , vo cnn bavo
money by bulldlnR thla year bociuse labor Is
abundant and cheap. The benefits of the
construction of those roads will not only
accrue directly to the land owner and laboier ,
but also to the merchant and manufacturer.
There can be no doubt that a roadway bond
proposition would carry If submitted this
The figures telegraphed from Washington
comparing the progress of removals of
fourth-class postmasters under the present
administration and under the previous ad
ministrations must be gratlfjlng to the dem
ocrats who were fearing that the republican
Incumbents were not being compelled to
make way for them with sulllclent rapidity.
They are Informed that the work of decapi
tation since the renewal of democratic con
trol has beaten all former r.ecords. If they
happened to be unfortunate It Is only be
cause Eomo other democrats have been moro
fortunate. _ _ _ _ _ _
Governor Walto of Colorado thinks It the
proper thing for him to Issue an address
complimenting the atato mllltla for Its
conduct when summoned for action nt
Cripple Creek and Denver during the recent
disturbances at those points. No one has
heard the mllltla complimenting Governor
Walto for his conduct In calling out the
mllltla to back up his arbitrary will against
the order ot the courts.
Sixty dollars for a duly authenticated pass
port Is rather ateep in theno days ot low
prices for all the various necessities ot life.
Chinaman object to being fleeced to this ex
tent for thu signature of the Now York con
sul , especially when otker people are not
required to go to any such expense vrben
contemplating n trip abroad The Ohlnex
are subject to enough annoying restriction
Imposed by the law without having this dc
mnml made upon them for the benefit of th
consul's private nuance account.
The law which/governs the apportlonmen
of the Btatc RchoVl money among the differ
out school dUt cts of Ncbrncka require
those funds tobe distributed according ti
the number ofjMilldrcn of .school ago resld
Ing within the respective'district" . To nscer
tain the number of children from 5 to 2
years of age vfTttch entitle each district ti
Its Blmre of thji.stato apportionment , tin
law further provides for the taking ot ai
annual school census , according to the re
turns of which the distribution Is to bi
mode. The point la now , raised , " alihougl
not for the first time , by President Powcl
of the Hoard of Education In his rcpor
Just Issued from the press , that the schoo
censuses of Omaha , have for years failed t <
credit this city with the actual number'o. .
children of school ago residing here ant
that as a consequence of this Omaha hai
failed to receive her Just proportion of ih <
state school funds. The Importance of th <
matter to the people of Omaha lies In tlu
fact that this money which she Is cntltlci
to have goes to swell the sums apportioned
to other districts of the state , while hoi
taxpayers ore compelled to make up tlu
difference by so much added to their nnnua' '
tax levy.
The railroads arc keeping up their dilator )
tactics with the tran fpr switch ca cs , at
they have done with reference to every re
striction or regulation to enforce which an
attempt was ever made. The transfer sw'llcli
law , though nominally In force , has been
Inoperative for six months. The railroad"
hope to hang It up yet for several periods
of six months. A little vigorous action on
the part of the State * Doard of Transporta
tion might expedite matters.
Is Omaha to have the benefit of cheaper
electric lighting this year ? The city it
offered an opportunity to get Its lighting at
greatly reduced rates , but the council ap
pears to be doing even thing In Its power
to avoid taking advantage ot the opportunity.
If Omaha Is compelled to continue paying
the present exorbitant rates for electric
lamps the members of the present council
will have to shoulder the responsibility for
It.
Judging from the expenditures for coal at
some of the state Institutions three or four
years ugo , the coal consumption should as
sume larger proportions from this time on
until September. Under Ihe old order of
Ihlngs the state consumed moro coal in July
than It did In January. This year It is dif
ferent. Who shall say that Iho impeachment
proceedings did uoj. lay Ihe groundwork fern
'
n much needed reform11
All Coming Our \Vnr.
Orlolie-Uemocr.it.
The returnn from the town elections In
New- Hampshire how unprecedented re
publican Ruin" ) , My1 In other words , the live
liest kind of kicking ugulnst the Wilson
bill and other democratic abominations.
r.ot-IIlni Dlctuto It.
New York World.
Mr. OIney IiaH.jso exhausted his energies
In bis umelentlng flght on violator.- the
laws ngulnst conspiracies In restraint of
trade that lie feels too vvenk to A\rltc out
his resignation , but perhaps after a few
m6re duck huntlTnml fishing excursions Mr.
Cleveland may l > eubme sulllclently lecuper-
ated , to help him. J. , ,
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i 'ronmturnjj\ mifof 1'iitrlollsm. *
* Huffnlo Uxprcss.
It Is all cleared up at last. The British
am In niuellclds because the best citizens ,
Including tba United States consul , a keil
them to land a force to preserve order. The
United States would Have had a co-operU-
inu force there If the ICeaisaiKe bad not
been vv recited Those over-zealous news
papers which were clamoiinfr for the as
sertion of the Monroe doctrine without
waiting to find out whether It had been violated
lated were digging at the wrong woodchuck -
chuck hole.
Absurdity Stumped on Its I'lico.
Cincinnati Commercial.
It is stated openly by some of our demo
cratic contciiiporiults that the prevalllnf ;
depression lu business Is continued or a -
Kravnteil by manufacturers , who desire to
defeat the so-called tariff leforin. The ab
surdity of this lies upon Its facL' Mere
sentiment Is never persisted In by business
men when it places accounts on the wrong
side of the ledger. Not one wheel , or one
loom , or one anvil would remain Idle a
single week , nor would an army of willing
workers be unemployed if there were rea
sonable prospects presented for success.
Nolilo IiiipiilHrx Unilur Kiig ril Coats.
Philadelphia Ledger.
All the heroes do not do deeds of pic
turesque darlns nnd self-sacilllce. There
are noble Impulses under ragged coats. At
Kingston , N. V. , a , day or two ace , two
men Thomas Uunlouvy and Kdward Van
lasbeech met their death while attcmpt-
nt ; to rescue two comrades who were over
come by coal I'HS In the kiln of a cement
company. Thoroughly aware of the dan-
rer , they braved It and perished while Ral-
antly performing HIP highest act of service
to lay down one's life for a filend This
act of supreme courage should not go with
out some substantial record.
Dunn Sheds .Iranii.
New York Sun
It takes almost superhuman Industry to
'tp track of all the Kioat men of thin
country. Jeans Debba of Terre Haute , for
nstnncc. How many even of thoughtful
men have known that Jeans Uebbs of Tcrre
Haute lias left the democratic party , swoin
to bo n populist , and with the populists
stand , and even gone as far as Omaha to
catch a little of the free breath and mad-
lejiecl whirl of populism across the Missis
sippi ? Yet Jeans Debbs has gone , Uebbs
ins left. Ho will lie the populist candldato
for covcrnor In Indiana In 18 % , the populist
devotees of Dfbbs hay. Yes , Debbs has
gone , and tlie-IIoosler democracy Is still
b'rogiry with tbe blow.
< ! < > ( ! In the Constitution ,
New York Kim
Wo lenrn by a dispatch from Washington
to a contemporary that , nfter the clergy
men had miulo tholr speeches before the
liouse committee an Tuesday , a lawyer
uroso and said that ; "there were persons
iv ho desired to bo .beard on the oil- ' '
at HIP question , 'The suggestion wan a
shocking one to IHo religious - jirosenta-
Ivea. and for a moment a dead Hllence
tiled the room. Tim- chairman In low tones
responded that the committee would con-
Idor the request. ' }
It does not . seem , lo us necessary or dele -
Irablu that the olliej side of the question
hould be beard byFrtho committee. The
change Bought for II ? a few men Is not do-
ilred by thu Amcrluan people. It would not
je In the Interest ufjrcllglon. It would not
iromote the iellKloju.3 or the political or
itlier Interests of thu community. It could
tot affect the government of God. The
ipeeclie.s of Its advocates seem to us grossly
rreverent , especially When they speak of
'honoring the Almighty" by putting1 His
mine In tlio federal constitution , ns an
unendment thtTctql
lnm
Man ns u Vjuinplnpiirlc.
I.oul9mo 'Curler-Journal.
There are two principal reasons why the
ivcrage woman llnds It catty to make u
umplng-Jack of the nverago man.
Ono Is that thenvcragu man Is a very
rain creature , and the woman wbo knows
test how to play upon Ills vanity can
"Sound wh.at Mop she jilea e "
Another reason , and ono not so corn-
nonly understood as the first , IH to be
ound In man's constitutional attltudo
oward woman That Providence which
vorkH Is a myHterlous way Its vvondeiH to
> erform baa so created man that lie necfs-
larlly canonizes the woman who has the
xwer to make him single liur out from
ither women. Such a woman , even though
ho lie the weakest and most commonplttco
if her sexla the only Incarnation of those
ileals of womanhood that the aforesaid
rovldeneo Implanted In thu protoplasm
rom which was developed ( be male human
Call It cither tlio dlvlno blindness
ir the divine second sight , It Is the great
ecrot of woman's power to make. "Jump-
tig-Jacks of mon , nml. laugh at mich
umplng-Jucka ns we do. it la a mlKhty In-
ineiice tending to prevent thu Jacks from
ecornlni ; Knaves.
ttriir.n / . nm TH IA orttt.
Ixml Itoseltery evidently appreciated tl
dlfllcnltlea of his position , and bnnlrned I
8.1 y In his IMlnbttrgh address that the mcai
Ing of hla remarks In the House of lords hn
been misapprehended. Ills explanation w :
not as lucid a * It might Imvo been , and h
s ateinent of the language he tixcd dlfTVi
from what he Is reported to have nli
Still ho made himself clear nn one poln
and that Is that he considers home rule poi
stbto , even If n majority of the Ilitglltli men
bers of the House of Commons continue I
oppose It. This statement IH so far satli
fac ory to the friends of home rule. Hi
the misfortune Is tint any explanation thnnl
be necessary. He said thai home ruin was
subject that ho could not avoid metittonln
In Ills jpeech In the Hou e of Lords , an
In this he was right , Ho was not only bouii
to mention It , but It was of the greatest In
portancc that bis utterances on the mliji-i
should be clear und unmistakable. In th !
latter particular ho made n failure , a It
mcntable failure , the effect of which hn
been only partially removed by his explntir
tlon of what he meant. On a question t
vital his utterances should not require an
explanation. It Is Just ns well , thercfon
to recognize the fact that Hosebery ha
made n bad start. The armor of Gladston
Is rather too heavy for him ; but the sim
remark might bo innila of any other ninn 1
Great Britain. The time hna not arrive
to despair of the success of his admlnlstrn
tion. Hosebery Is n man of umiucstlone
nullity , and of high character Ho Is on
of the comparatively few British peers vvli
linvo a serious purpose and a positive talon
for olllclal work. He may have Romeuhn
overrated his powers and Imvo adjusted th
mantle of Gladstone to his shoulder ! ) wit :
too Jaunty nn air of Kelt-confidence. If sc
he probably understands better by this Urn
the perils which environ ono who stands 1
the fierce light which boats upon a Drills !
prime minister with moro pitiless force tha
on the British throne
* *
When It Is considered that the passage o
the bill relating to the commercial treat ;
will ) Russia has compelled William II. t
grievously ofTcnd the stnnchcst upholder
of his throne and to depend tcmporarll
on those sections of his subjects which nr
least friendly to the monarchical system
one can well believe that ho has been actu
atcd by Intel national rather than cconom
leal motives He wished , unquestionably
to do something to weaken the effect of th
reception of the Russian naval officers ii
1'arls und lo stem the current of fcellnj
and opinion which has seemed to bo sweep
Ing the HusMnn empire Into nn Intlmat
connection with France. Hut to what ex
tent can a treaty of commerce be consldorci
a guarantee of peace ? The distance of i
Zollvereln In 18(16 ( did not prevent several o
the north German states from siding eagcrl ;
with the enemies of Prussia , their asso
elate In that customs union. Italy woul <
gladly renew tomorrow a treaty of com
mercc with Prance , but such a transactlot
would not. In the event of war betweei
Franco and Germany , hold back Italy fron
aiding the Ilcrlln government , In pur
suance of the duties to which she Is com
milted by the triple alliance. It Is qulti
reconcilable with hlstorlc.nl precedents thai
long before the termination of the commcr
clal trealy jusl concluded belwcen Hussl ;
and Germany the two countries should en
gage In war , x The treaty. In short , Is IK
safeguard of peace ; It simply relieves tin
tension which had for some lime been In
creasing between the Russian and Germar
courts , and affords a basis for overtures
toward a re-establishment of friendship
Should the comparatively free commercial
relations now agreed upon be followed bj
nn Interchange of visits between the Rus-
sla'i and German sovereigns , then , In
deed , WB might reasonably infer that the
chance of the czar's co-operation with
Franco against the central powers had been
materially lessened , nnd. consequently , that
the prospect of tranquillity on the continent
had been essentially Improved. In a word ,
the International Insignificance of the treaty
of commerce , as well as Its bearing on the
home politics of Germany , can only be dis
closed by time. So far as It goes , It is an
augury of concord ; but such signs have
proved misleading In tlio past , and may again
prove so in the future.
' - * , - > ; itt w.
(
Campaigns In Africa and warfare with
African potentates , especially when the lat
ter are killed , are found to Involve after-
consequences. In the shape of black widows ,
not contemplated In the declaiation of hos
tilities. Since the death ot J obengula hla
foimei wives have been reporting for ra
tions at British headquarters In such num
bers as to press severely on the commis
sariat , and according to the most respected
local authorities , they have only begun to
come. The conquerors will nnd themsehes
under the necessity of providing for the
permanent support of a procession of colored
widows reaching from Matabeleland to the
sources of Iho N'lger , all rollcls of Hie departed -
parted chieftain nnd equally entitled to sub
sistence. This obligation will be severely
felt In the army estimates at home , as well
us among the distributing officials ot the
conquered territory. Such an army of
turbulent and destitute dowagers Is far moro
dlfllcult to deal vvllh than the ono Lobungula
led to defeat , or which any other chieftain
of that sweltering region will bo likely to
gather under his iianncrs. It will , perhaps ,
put a new face on military operations in
South Africa for some time to coma , and
before another sovereignty Is Invaded care
bhoutd bo laken to obtain a loiter of the
conjugal retinue surrounding the throne , an
estimate of Ihelr average longevity , and
theh probable outlay In beads and bangles
during tha rest of their lives. Only In this
-.say can the cost of the expedition bo ap-
moNlmaled nnd a Judgment reached as to
whether It will bo worth the outlay. If
Great Britain had tlio money back which
the Matnbcle war has cost her , and
Lobengula could be restored to his wives ,
and all the warriors , black and white , slain
In Die contest resuscitated and sel in their
several ranks again , It Is likely that every
body would bo better off and all the Inter
ests of Justice and civilization qulto as hap
pily subserved.
*
The veteran Snlnl-Hllalro cannot sco how
Franco , springing from Ihe rovolullon , can
bo Iho ally of an autocratic power like
Russia. Russia , ho says , comprises numer
ous populations , but she does not yet consti
tute n nation. Czardom is ono single will
overriding all Individual wills. C/ars maybe
bo killed , but czardom will not bo killed for
centuries. The c/urs-havo their eyes con-
alanlly fixed on Constantinople. Russia ex
tends from Finland to Bering Straits , from
Archangel to Boloochlstan , She covets Af
ghanistan , and whenever she possesses Con
stantinople , and shall bo simultaneously at
Constantinople , Moscow and St Peiersburg ,
alio will command 150,000,000 souls She will
have Asia Minor , Syria and Palestine She
Is already almost mistress of Persia , and slio
\vlll then bo a formidable menace lo Iho
whole clvllUcd world , which will have lo re.
slbt her supremacy. She has ono Immense
advantage over other nations. She has a
compact population of 100,000,000 , who can
not be reached. If she allies herself with
Trance , It Is because she dreams ot conquer
ing Constantinople with her aid. If Franco
ind Russia emerge victorious from n futilro
uar , France , It Is true , will have Hie Ralnu
frontier , but Kuropo will bo vanquished , and
Russia , scaled at Constantinople and St
Petersburg , with 150,000,000 men , will have
universal sway ,
The recent demonstration In Budu-Posth In
ravor ot the ecclesiastical policy of the gov
ernment Is said to have been ono of the most
romnrkablo manifestations of popular fcollng
soon upon the continent In recent Union
There was an open-air meeting of no less
: han 150,000 persons without any dls nrbancu
> r disorder , and tha crowds marched through
.ho town In procession without tlio assistance
ir Interference of the police nu horlttes Defi-
itallons numbering 70,000 persons were
iresent from the provinces Among the pro-
naters were members of the Hungarian urls-
ocratle families of Andrassy , Szechunyl , 7A
: hy , Palffy , Karolyl , Nopasa and others , und
he educated middle classes , together with n
creat proportion of the peasantry , were rep-
esentuil , There was no distinction of par'y
ir of religion The enthusiasm In favor of
ho government reforms was unanimous ,
.lid was accompanied by a marked display
f loyalty to the king. The meeting was held
o rtlpouo of all the efforts that have been
nado by the ultramontane press to rcpro-
ont thu ecclesiastical policy of the govern-
uent as unpopular and ot artificial origin ,
n the Reichstag Count Th odoro Andrassy
landed tbo president the resolutions adopted
t Uiu demonutratlou amid the applauao of
ho whole house.
tun : .ii/ :
Your Own Trrnn My U'lfo nnd Chit'
ilrrti lln\o Nothing In l : tl"
There hab been much disputation ax ti
whether the low tariff of 1S4G , upon whlcl
WlUon'fl bill Is avowedly modeled , tirouglil
good or bad times to this countr ) , sn > the
New York Rccord r. The following Is a
description of how Now York City throve
under the 1SK ! tariff , taken from Horace
Greeley's great Tribune of 1S5I ;
" \Vho Is hungry ? Go and nee. You
that are full-fed and know not what It It
to bo hungry perhaps never raw a hungry
lumi go nnd dee. Go nnd fcco thmnnilds ,
men nnd women , boys nnd glrla , old nml
> < iung , black and white , ot nil nations ,
crowding and Jostling each other , almost
lighting for n first chance , ncllng moro like
hungry wolves than humaif beings In n land
of plenty.
"It Is only by the continuous efforts ol
two policemen thai Iho crowd c.in bo kept
In order or made lo wall till the food la
ready for distribution. Such n scene may
be necn every ilny between 11 and 2 o'clock
around the corner of Orange and Chatham
streets , where charity gives n dinner lo the
poor , nnd soup ami bread to others to carry
to their miserable families.
"On Saturday we Kpent nn hour there nt
thu hour of high tide. Wo have never
seen anything like It before. Upward of
1,000 people were fed with a plalo ot soup ,
n piece of bread and n plcco of meal on the
premises , nnd In all more than l.COO. On
the same day 1.130 perilous of soup were
dealt out from Stewart's 'soup kitchen. ' In
the rear of the great store , corner of Reado
street and Broadway.
"At the rooms on Ditano street , for the
relief of the poor , on the same day they gave
food to 2,2G . In the Slxlh ward iilono over
C.OOO persons were fed by charily on Snlur-
day , Janttaiy 13 And this Is only one day
in ono ward Meanwhile-scenes of n like
nature nre being enacted all over the city.
"A procession ot several thousand persons
kept marching about Ihe slreels yesterday ,
with lings and banners which bore such In
scriptions us.'Hunger Is a Sharp Thorn , '
'The l xst Recourse , ' 'Live and Let Live , *
'Wo Want Worketc. .
"Such nre Ihe scenes that are being on-
nctod rtally before our eves , while the cry of
linid limes reaches us from ovcry parl of Iho
counlry. The making of roads Is stopped ,
factories nre closed nnd houses nnd ships nro
no longer being built. Factory hands , road
makers , carpcnlers , brlcklajers and laborers
arc Idle , paralysis is rapidly embracing ovcry
pursuit In the country.
"Tho cause of all tills stoppage of cir
culation Is lo bo found In Die steady outiow !
of gold to pay foreign laborers for the cloth ,
the shoes , Ihe Iron nnd Iho other things that
could be produced by American labor , but
which cannot be so produced under our pres
ent revenue system.
"If we could stop the Import of the foreign
articles the gold would cease to Mow out lo
pay for them , and money would then again
become more abundant , labor would then
again be In demand ; shoes , clothing nnd other
commodities would then again bo Ui-demanil ,
and men would then cease to starve In the
streets of our towns nnd cities , everywhere
crying , 'Glvo mo work ! Only give me work !
Make your own terms my wife and chil
dren have nothing to eat. ' "
From which graphic account of llfo In Now
York under the low tariff of 1S1G It appears
that Walker's bill worked Just like Wilson's.
1'1',01'LK AX1 > TlltXOS.
Reports from several sections show a
marked upward tendency In gasoline.
Father Adam was not a Kcntucklan. He
relinquished paradise and clung to his temp
ter.
ter.Freddie
Freddie Gebhard denies that he presented
a silver bathlub lo his bride. Nevertheless ,
Ihe pair are In the swim.
The many lurid tales emanating from
Kansas contradict the reported extermina
tion of the Ananias family.
Blizzards In Iho norlh nnd floods In Iho
fcouth ! For versallllly In weather as In olher
things , Ihe counlry Is peerless.
A Philadelphia mortgage shark charged
a borrower Interest at the rate of 4,000 per
cenl per annum. The icport that the
Quaker City was slow and sleepy Is vigor
ously refuted.
Dill Nye is about to close his face on the
lecture platform and edit a model farm In
North Carolina. The Nester of the forty
liars Is ambitious to rival the seed bureau
In Washington.
Colonel Guerilla Mosby threalens lo con-
lest Commonweal Coxey's right lo lead Iho
crank party In 1890. Walte , I'ennoyci , Till-
man und other noted aspirants insure a rib-
splitting free-for-all.
The man who edited Mr. Cleveland's
speeches and was rewarded vvllh a consul
ship Is dying of consumpllon. Poor fellow.
Ho unwillingly tackled a consecraled Job
and wrecked himself on the ponderous rocks
of congested Ungllsh. .
Admiral Benlinm will go on the retired
list when his C2d birthday comes , April 10 ,
whether ho Is on land or sea. April 0 ho
may bo commander of u ship sailing o'er the
ocean bluo. The next morning he will bo
nothing but a passenger.
Some newspapers achieve greatness ;
other nro born great. The Washington
Times , Just launched , Is one of the hitler
class' At ono bound It leaps from birth
lo maturity , If the assurance of the publish
ers Is nccepled. The Times starts out
"on a paying basis , " thus cscaplrig one ot
the great Jojs of Iho business llial of wrest
ling with a vacuum on pay day. In other
respects the Times Is right up to Its name.
Henry J. Itrovvno Is manager and Marshall
Cubhlng editor.
. .sr.v.ir FKA
Among many noteworthy feature * of Tlu
Sunday Bco ( tomorrow ) may be found tlio
following !
Wyoming Foinnlo Voters A apeclal com-
spgndont revlona woman suffrnKo In that
state nnd proves It to have been n failure It
vvaa first adopted an Iho result of n polltt il
deal nnd made n leglMntlvo font ball In curry
territorial days. An Interesting hlntorj nf
the measure.
Political Iloftglam Denounced rotiRrc mnt >
Ilarter discusses machine politics as dlstu
gulxhcd from disciplined organization Tins
nblo paper Is ono of n scries that Is ultra.
Ing widespread attention. Students of pi >
llllcal economy will appreciate Its value
After the Vanished King Story of a buf
falo hunt In Nebraska twcnty-ihreo JC.IM
ngo. A neck's ndvcnturo on tha frontier
highly Interesting nml unlquo In description
Side Lights on the Railroad t'onferonre v
budget of stories from railroad trainmen
reminiscent and anecdotal ,
The local society pagoi secret socletj o
unin , unrivalled market reviews and qum >
lions , local nnd general , nnd complete -
BUtnc of the day's doings nt homo , logo" .
with full press reports , special cnhlogri
and special dispatches from all Impnr
points , go to make up a perfect Sun I iy
newspaper.
TIII : iiiri.iitht. . \
Rocky Mountain News- Ills deeds n > l
fame must ever form n bright chapter < i
the world's struggle against Imperialism
Chicago Inter Ocean HP lived a large lif
n full life , In deeds as well ns In > c.irs l > H
92 years being pissed usefully In the m iit
nctlvo period of the world's history
Boston Globe : Kossnth In nil his ciro. > r
has been ono of the great heroes of "
world In the contest for human ( reed nn
and everywhere they who love llbcrt ) must
hold him high In honor.
Globe-Democrat : For moro than forty > eirs
he was a man without a country , lingering
on the stage of Ufa long nfter ne.irlj all the
chief figures of his period of activity had
left It , nnd altogether out of touch with the
world's Interests nnd activities.
Dctroll Free Press- His was n llfo "t
many vicissitudes , and al times many hurl
ships ; but ho bore himself throughout with
heroic fortitude nnd minltostcd n devotion
lo principal which secured him Iho resport
nnd admiration of the lovers ot freedom
everywhere.
Chicago Post A mmogcnarfan , the world
will pardon him Iho slrango conceits of h s
old ngo for the sake ot the glorious services
to liberty which shed an Imperishable r ° -
nown upon his prime. There has been
something half amusing , half melancholy
In Iho spectacle of the sturdy old malcontent
In his dim stone den nt the Turin pahzzo
a sort of Mecca for Hungarians stubbornly
refusing the blandishments of Iho Haps
burgs and regrolllng nothing bill Ihe advance
of Iho dcslrojcr who would remove him
from the coveted privilege of watching over
his native land. Kossuth regarded himself
as Iho sainted figure of modern hl&tory , und
If wo cannot give him thai distinction ,
we may award him n great place In Iho
annals of those who have lived to make
men free.
J'OIAJV. .
Plain Dealer : The robber usually utlncks
a train In a lender place.
Glens Falls Republican : The clown may
be llilck headed , but he Is usually quick to
take a tumble.
Chicago Tribune : "I baVc always bad a
presentiment , " said Miss Pahsay , "that I
should die young. "
"Hut you didn't have to , did you , dear1' "
replied Miss Ahtless , stroking" her pale
brown hair lenderly.
Buffalo Courier : Witts Yes , thermom
eters ) , as jou hay , arc all light for cold ,
but -
Walls Uul wlml ?
Witts A furnace Is the only correct thing
to register heat. (
New Yoik Commercial : "What on earth
has comu over PIlrKOober ? " muttered Pul-
lott. "He Is developing Inlo a Ilrsl class
"Oil , nothing , except lie's In training
now ; fishing season's neatly here. "
Detroit Free Press : -The corkscrew
pprout.s In a. modest way. the bait Ju HtarUs
lo climb the flshpole tree on , the ffiassy
lea 'Twill soon be llslilng time.
SIGNS OF TUB SHASONS.
New York 1'riss.
Tlio earth exhibits signs of spring
And brighter grow tbo days ;
A sign that blnla will shortly sing
For us their meiry lays.
Each Reason has Us signs Iho fall ,
Spring , winter , as they pass ,
And that ot Hummer Is for all
The sign , "Keep oft tlio grass.
Tin : MIGHT
When should a gill marry ?
I linked her onu night ,
Wltb her orbs , dark and starry ,
All brlmliiK with light.
In youth , sweetly tender ,
Like a rosebud half blown ?
Or when womanhood'B splendor
Encircles love's thronuf
Pray loll me , my dearest ,
My heart shall obey ;
Anil vvccl the ono nearest
The age that you hay.
She answered me. 'Treddy , dear ,
Piudon my fun !
Hut she's lit , I think , any year ,
- After Hho's won. "
vu & CO.
The lament maknr * ami sailer * ot
UnuclothuH on earth ,
Your itionoy'a worlh or your money bio f.
Now , boys-
As we promised something1 nioo for the boys a
few days ago , we
wouldn't g-o back
on our word for
anything1 , and on
Saturday we give
away a beautiful
Easter Lily , pot and
all , to every suil
purchaser in the
boys' department
on the scoDnd
J
floor. Then we begin our grand spring opening of
boys' wearings and as we want to make a good im
pression at the start wo offer this pretty present as a
sure inducement. Wo have an elep-ant line of now
styles , and if you want your boy to have the very
latest and best at a bargain , come Saturday and
Saturday night. We have made a much larger pur
chase of Easter lilies this year than last , and are con
fident wo have enough to last the day and night
but you bettor come early to make sure.
BROWNING , KING & CO ,
tiBllL\lrJlhfexiSIcSirSne ! ! , ! 1rJ ! I S. W. Cor.l5th and Douglas Sts ,
