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THE OMAHA DAILY BRF ; MONDAY , JULY , 18iJ. ) THEOMAHA DAILY BEE. n. nosmvATim. EVKIIV MOIININO. THIIMS OF B l1r ! ( wltliout Sunday ) . Onn Yenr..J J M rtly Ittf mnl EunJny , Onn Tear . 1J J * Pit Mnnttn . . . . . . . 5 2 three Mnntlm . . . 152 Fiinday Jl \ On" V.-ar. . . . . . . J J ? "atiirilny Iteo , Ono Year . . . J ? Heokly Ilee , Ono Ttnr. . . . . . . . . . * omens. Pmnlia , The Hw rtiiiMlne. . . Bmilh Omnlm , Corner N nml Twenty-fourth Sis. Council nintTn , 11 Penrl iltrrt. Chlrnm Ofilre , S1I Cluunber or Commerc * . Kew Tnrk , Unntnn 1J. 14 nml 15. Tribune D\Ag. \ ( VnnlilnKton , HOT V street , N. W. C'OIlUKSrONDKNCn. All cnmmiinlCBllnnd relrtllw , ' to new * nnA rn\- \ torlnl matter thntiM Im mlilrcMH-il : To the Editor. ntraiNKss Lirrrr.ns. All l > uilne t Ictlcra nmt rem1ltntiw nhmild t > e l < MpMert > tn The Ilee I'lililUlilnB comimny. Jmilm. lrnff , cliTlt * nnd r * > t' > l"ce nr'"l'4 ' ! to niado fwivalilo In Hie r.nler nf the rnmpnnjr. 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August 2 , Sixth district republican con vention , Ilrokcn Bow. August 8 , Fourth district congressional convention , York. August 14 , First district republican con vention , Nebraska City. August 22 , republican state convention , Omaha. August 22 , Sixth district congressional convention , Ilrokcn How. We arc still waiting for tlio president to communicate with congress on the subject it the strike. Isn't It pretty near time for Mr. Pullman to discover that he still ha ? the opportunity to set In motion the arbitration machinery that will peaceably end the strike ? The railroads will recoup themselves for their losses by saddling Uncle Sam with a heavy bill of .expenses for transporting troops and munitions of war. Iut ! the striker * will have no way to make up their losses. Ono political convention has already been knocked out by the strike , as in seen In the postponement of the Iowa state republican convention , which was called for July 1J , until two weeks later. The early convention this year Is laboring under unsual difficul ties. The register of deeds , who Is asking for an Increase In the compensation of his as sistants and clerks , lias evidently failed to become Imbued with the prevalent spirit of rotrenchmont. If ono county official suc ceeds In raising the salaries of his subordi nates Itwill not be long before all the others make strenuous efforts to follow his example. Perhaps President Cleveland Is afraid that congress might seelc to share the glory of "putting down the strike" If ho should ask for advlco or suggest that it provide a rem edy by legislation for the pending labor difficulties. The president seems to forget that there arc three co-ordlnato departments of the federal government and not one only. Republicans of Nebraska will have no time this year for a defensive campaign. If they nominate clean , capable men they will sweep the state. If they load themselves down with tattooed candidates whoso un savory records call for apology and ex planation they -will have an up-hill work from tart to finish , with the odds heavily against thorn. It seems qulto probable that the courts will bo occupied for a whole generation with the settlement of the litigation arising out of the failure of the Capital National bank. The more the affairs of that Institution are Investigated the more evidences of fraud are discovered and additional grounds unearthed tor further suits to recover moneys fraudu lently taken from the creditors. The de positors will have to loose the greater part of what Is duo them , even If all the suits to recover from the stockholders are success fully prosecuted. The "general" of ono of the late Industrial armies , after having escaped the tolls of the law , has been entrapped In the tolls of mat rimony , and , as a consequence , has con cluded to relinquish his lucrative potislon as commander of his fellow unemployed. This incident Indicates a solution of the Industrial army problem. The greater number of its members are unmarried men. All that Is necessary Is for the marriageable women of the land to exercise their blandishments upon them and Indues them to enter the married state. With wives to procure work for them and sco that they remain at work , the "privates" as well as the "generals" might rotlro from army Ufa. This Is an era of progress and evolution. Henceforward our federal judges will have to be graduates from the traffic managers office so as to bo able to make rate schedules and maximum rates for the railroad re ceivers , and , for that matter , for rallroadi that are not In the hands of receiver * . Our army officers will have to serve apprentice ships In locomotive works and car shops and famlllarliu themselves with the duttcn de volving on engineers and conductors so as to bo efficient In running trains. With the Judiciary making tchedules and the army officers doing the train despatching , locomo tive driving nnd freight handling , the rail road managers will be like Othello , without n occupation. According to the city charter the mayor Is to designate what positions the various mem bers of the Hoard of Public Works are to occupy during the ensuing year at the time , he sends In his annual nomination of a new member of that board. There li no necessity for the city council to approve such designa tion. Neither Is there a'uytulQg which au thorize1) the mayor to make the designation condltlatiully. We full * o s < * ) why the desig nation ot the chairman and the sewer com missioner tiled by the mayor with the city clerk should not take effect at once without awaiting any possible action ot the city coun cil. Had a new chairman been designated , this question would have assumed a much more important aspect. T1JK SIAXtUl'M ItATK DKCW/O.V. The report has reached rnlfroad head quarters through nources thai are reAdlly ac cessible that Justice nrewor hns reached a decision by which the maximum rate bill pa-sed by the last legislature will be de clared unconitu'utlnnal. The grounds for tlio decision ere said to bo because the bill has not been read In full on each of the three stages ofIU pasiage through both hnuies , and , furthermore , because the bill does not define the manner In which the ntnte cours ( ihall determine whether the rates nro conflscatory. It would hardly be profitable for us to discuss the grounds al leged to be set forth In the decision of Justice Ilrcwcr until after the opinion has been formally promulgated. Inasmuch as the law has been hung up In the courts ever ilnco Its passage nnd the railroads have defiantly dlcrcgardcd the law up to this tlmo , no very serious effect will be felt by thu shippers If the law Is declared Invalid. The probabilities are that an appeal will be taken to the United States supreme court so as to get a definite expression from that tribunal on the points Involved. One thing Is clear , however , and that Is that tome of the most Important measures heretofore enacted by the legislature of this state have not been read In full on three separate days , and therefore would have to bo declared void If any taxpayer should see fit to assail their validity In the courts. In any event the maximum rate question will once more become a llvo Issue In every leg islative district , and that means , ot course , that the railroad queitlon will again be on Important factor In the state campaign. Till ! Speaker Crisp pursued Uio usual course In appointing the house members ot the con ference committee , selecting them from the ways and means committee according to their rank. This takes from the south all the democratic members , of the conference committee on the part of the house. It had been urged that at least ono member ot the majority should be taken from the north and It would have been judicious to do this , although It would have necessitated a de parture from the uniform practice , but the speaker could not be Induced to change from the uniform practice , and so the south , which also has a majority of the senate members of the conference committee , will determine the ultimate form of the tariff bill. It is said that the more radical tariff re formers In the house are confident of their power to force the senate to recede on every thing of importance because of the great parliamentary advantage they enjoy. The senate has lout all power to prevent the en actment of the bill. No vote will ever be taken on the bill as amended by the sep arate reports of the conference committee. Each item of disagreement will be voted upon , but it Is believed that a majority can bo secured In favor of cutting down the senate rates , restoring coal and iron ore to the free list and wiping out the discriminat ing duty on refined sugar , if each proposition is submitted separately to the senate. It is stated that the sugar men have discovered that they may lose the differential duty by a vote of fifty or sixty against five and still have no power left to defeat the bill except by stubbornly refusing to permit agreement on subsequent amendments. The only way for them to kill the bill Is by persisting In disagreement over some amendment until the expiration of the present congress , and oven then the majority In the house would have the power to pull the ground from un der their feet by accepting the amendment. The senate In that case could take no vote and would have absolutely no control over the situation , since It has passed the bill and submitted Its amendments to the house. If the house conferees will accept a duty on sugar and the senate conferees will abandon the differential duty on refined , It Is believed that nothing can prevent the ac ceptance of such a schedule by a majority of both houses. The fight In the conference committee , all admit , will be over the sugar schedule , and It Is the opinion of those who have the best opportunity for forming an intelligent Judg- menWhat , there will bo a modification of that schedule. Chairman Wilson of the ways and means committee has been out spoken In his opposition to It and McMillan and Turner , also of the conferees , are un derstood to be no less hostile to the arrange ment regarding .sugar made by the senate. It Is Bald that In this they represent the view of a majority of the democrats of the house. They are In favor of free sugar and are especially hostile to the plan of giving moro protection to the Sugar trust by which It will be enabled to largely increase Its already enormous profits. It Is Impossible to say how long the contest In the com mittee will last , but It Is very likely to bo prolonged. The senate fixed August 1 as the date at which the bill shall go Into ef fect , but It Is not expected that it will become - come law before that time. At any rate the Industries of the country know what to look for , except as two or three schedules , and It Is only the treasury that will now suffer from delay. OUTLOOK FOIl GUltltKXCrLKOlSLATlON. It would seem that the democrats In con gress have reached the conclusion that they cannot agree on any plan for changing the currency system nnd have decided to allow the subject to rest for the present. Since the defeat of the proposal to repeal uncon ditionally the 10 per cent tax on state bank Issues no effort has been made to do- any thing further with the currency question , and but one measure relating to this subject has been Introduced. This Is the bill of Representative linker of Kansas , which Is unique. It provides for twelve United States government bank generals , who are to receive $10,000 a year and to servo twelve years , at the expiration of which time they are to be retired on { 5,000 salaries , to run as long as they live. Four generals are to be chosen by popular vote every four years , and these bank generals are to con stitute a bureau to have charge of the now banking system which the scheme provides. This sy tem Is to consist of a government state bank In every state capital city , with branches In all cities of 10,000 population and upwards. All of the officials of the state banks are to be elected by the people , and the buildings ot such banks are to bo constructed by the United States. When a bank has been built and the officers elected as provided for , an amount of legal tender money to double the cost ot the building the cost being proportioned to population- will be Issued to It by the secretary of the treasury on the approval of the all-powerful bank generals. This money IB to bo loaned at 4 per ceot. An elaborate force of na tional and state Inspectors Is provided to make frequent examinations and to report to the bank generals. Of course this scheme will never receive and consideration , and It Is referred to sim ply as an Illustration of some ot the singu lar notions that prevail in congress on this subject. Absurd as Mr. Daker'a bill is , It Is hardly moro to than some others that hove been Introduced In this congress. It appears that the banking and currency com mittee Is giving no attention at all to the currency question. A subcommittee was appointed some time ago to formulate a plan and put It Into the shape ot a bill for submission to the full committee , but the members ot the tubcoiniulttce are tar apart In their views , with scarcely a possibility of getting together. It has been demon strated that the bank tax cannot bo uncon ditionally repealed by this congress , and those who are In favor of such repeal will not agree to anything else. Especially are they opposed to any plan which Involves supervision by the national authorities of state banks , Insisting that the federal gov ernment li .no constitutional right to Inter fere In the remotest degree with banking Institutions organized under state laws. This being the situation , It Is probably safe to say that there will bo no currency legis lation at the present session of congress , though undoubtedly a very earnest effort will bo made to do something In this line at the next session. The democrats are undoubtedly anxious to Include currency leg islation In the record ot the Kitty-third congress , and a majority of them especially desire to strike a blow at the national bankIng - Ing system. The time Is drawing near when there will have to be currency legisla tion , but the country can wait for a congress more competentto deal with this Important question than the present one. CONTRACT LAUOlt LAW VIOLATION'S. A report by the superintendent of Immi gration on the violation ot the contract labor law , just sent to congress by Secre tary Carlisle In response to a resolution of Inquiry passed by the senate , gives some Interesting figures respecting the operations of that law. Whllo suits were brought since March 4 , JSSD , in 439 cases to recover penal- tics amounting to $342,000 , the total amount recovered was only $7G,997 , and of this amount $ G5,000 was remitted by the presi dent or by the Treasury department. Judg ment was recorded fdr the defendants In forty- five cases , and ninety-seven cases were dis missed or discontinued for want of evidence. In thlrty-nlno cases a nominal fine ot ? 1 was Imposed. Of the number of suits men tioned only ten were commenced since March 4 , 1893 , when the present administra tion went Into power. Superintendent Stump reports that the number of alien contract laborers debarred since March 4 , 1SSD , was 2,887 , of whom over half were returned to Europe during the present ad ministration. From these figures It Is seen that the contract labor law Is being constantly violated lated , but that only ono party to the con tract Is being prosecuted for the violation. The reason for this Is , according to the superintendent , that sufficient evidence Is not adduced at the port of entry to warrant a prosecution of the Importer. Such an excuse , although plausible at first glance , is In reality either a confession ot Ineffi cient administration of the Immigration laws , or , what Is worse yet , an admission that the Immigration officials are them selves violating those laws.The contract labor law provides penalties for both par ties to the contract for the summary re turn of the Immigrant to the port from which he embarked , and for a fine of $1,000 upon the conviction of the Importer. Clearly. If the evidence Is sufficient to detect the laborer who comes to this country by virtue of a contract and to warrant his return to Europe , It ought also to bo sufficient to convict the party to whom ho Is under contract obligations. The explanation ot this apparent anomaly Is that the government officials are eager only to make a record for sending back defenseless Immigrants and not to collect fines from resident violators of the law. The statements extorted from aliens , Ignor ant of our language- and of the consequences that may follow , would never be received In a court of law , and hence , If presented as evidence against the other party to the contract , are insufficient to secure a con viction. But the Immigrant inspectors ac cept them. The poor immigrant is de tained , arraigned before a board composed of contract labor Inspectors , tried without legal advice , and sentenced to immediate de portation without an opportunity of appeal tea a court that will grant hm a judicial hearing. Even where the Immigrant Is guilty of con travening the law , the Instigator ot the offense , knowing his rights and demanding an Impartial trla.l , Is acquitted for lack of evidence , or If convicted , has his fine re mitted. Such a state of affairs certainly demands ' some legislative remedy. No nation of our pretensions ought to treat the helpless im migrant In so barbarous a fashion. The Immigrant cannot be presumed to know our laws , as is the importer ot contract labor. The offender who violates the law In Ignorance should have treatment at least equal to that accorded the Importer who violates it knowingly and willfully. What a farce this adjournment ot con- grosaias a mark of respect to the memory of deceased members has come to bo I Con gressman Llslo of Kentucky died Saturday 'morning at 5 o'clock. Ills death must have been known and announced In Washington but a few hours later. Vet the house met as usual at the noon hour and proceeded to business , taking up the report of the ways and means committee on the tariff and agreeing to send It to conference. After everything of Importance to be done had been 'completed , Mr. McCreary , at 1:55 , sud denly discovered that his colleague had died and moved an adjournment on that account. That is to say , the house waited until it was ready to adjourn and then received the news of Mr. Llsle's death In order that the adjournment might be moved out of "respect for hU memory. " Was ever a formality more hollow and insincere ? One thing that the strike has shown us to bo sadly in need of is an acceptable definition of what constitutes a mob. Ac cording to the reports sent out from differ ent places , every gathering of men , no mat ter what tbelr purpose or their action , is described as a mob. "A mob" tries to dis suade men from going to work. "A mob" makes threatening demonstrations toward the police. "A mob" finally actually as saults the officers detailed to protect rail road property. "A mob" may consist of two persons or of 2,000. The indiscriminate use of this word Is so misleading that it really convoys no definite idea. Mobs ore becoming altogether too common. Hascall and his coparceners in the council resent the Imputation of Pardee & Co. as set forth In tbelr mandamus petition that they have conspired with Wiley to keep the electric lighting monopoly la the handset ot the present contractor. Now actions apeak louder than words. Men are to bo judged by what they do and not by what they pretend. The conduct of Hascall and the Wiley ganif In grancctlon with electric lighting contracts ti SJjVs conclusively that there has been a&P\splracy \ against the taxpayers nnd patroiW lf the electric light ing company. The lu | glery and trickery by which Wiley | ! Jl been able to defy public opinion and lift and maintain his grip upon a mnjorlty of the codncll has been a scandal and outrage. It cannot bo explained away or accounted for on any other presumption than rank boodlerlsm. Other governments Obsldts that of the United States are troubled by the leakage of official Information. Germany Is about to Institute an Inquiry Into the manner In which n confidential circular found Ita way Into a newspaper despite the strictest In junctions of secrecy. ; The United States senate conducted a similar Inquiry not long ago when the proceedings of nn executive session were given to the press , but without very satisfactory results. It remains to be seen -whether the German government has any more effectual plan for dealing with such offenders. The Board of Education at Lincoln , laborIng - Ing under the tame necessity to reduce- ex penditures that Is pressing upon the Omaha Doard of Education , has at one fell swoop lopped off all the supernumerary specials and will see how the schools progress next year without the usual fads. Each teacher Is expected to be able to Instruct his pupils In all branches that are properly included In a public school education. There are lux uries In education , as In everything else , and our Hoard of Education ought to appreciate the fact. Attic Ita Komi'MiliiK KiiHy. LINCOLN , July 8. To the Editor of Tim Bee : What would become'ot the State Jour nal If the railroads were owned uml oper ated by Uie government. U. & M. Thn llulo f Iliirmony. St. Louis IlcpuLllc. Senator Hill In the attitude of defending President Cleveland against the Imposition of an Income tax affords us an oasis In the desert of turlft debate. We may be happy yet. Dlspcnslii ) ; with Formalities. Courier-Journal. According to the latest advices from Hawaii Dole Is to be proclaimed "president of the republic" without the little prelim inary ceremony , usually considered neces sary In republics , of an election. Was VV1I lain Jto cd In ? AVunhliiRton Star. Senator Allen illd not receive the most polite treatment from the finance commit tee. He was buncoed. He was steered Into a green goods joint , and when he came out all he had was a cheap satchel and a wad of brown paper. SniiK Dunutliin to the Jtlng. Minneapolis Journal. Public sentiment ought to be strong enough to defeat the senate Rift to the whisky ring of two months' grace in which It can withdraw Its whisky from bond and pocket the 20 cents difference In the tax. It Is the same thingas glvlnsf over J20- 000,000 to the ring. IVrrstlliiRfAvlth n Deficit. Chicago Inter Ocean. Democrats are hard to please. They moaned and proatjijd oA'er "the dangerous surplus" In the republican treasury , anil they fairly howl over the deficit , present and prospective. In the democratic treas ury. A couple of EundJ-ed millions of gold bonds will help them out. Smashed cimtn lul Courtesy. ChlcAto iWald. David B. Hill has-ju t one thing to com mend him. He has 'smashed "senatorial courtesy" into Hinders and It will probably never be thoroughly cemented again. His rampaReouB methods have set Uie other prannies to quarreling. All of them despise Hill , of course. Then there Is war to the knife between Hour and Harris. Allen and Chandler are AtvlafiK.qr.s'vpolnts , Lodge and Vest come together nt every opportunity and Gorman is the target for two-thirds of the democrats. Out'bf this brawling there Is a possibility that good may come. The senate maj do business out of spite while It would remain Idle out of "courtesy. " Advlco tn Mr. 1'iillninn. Chicago Herald. Does Mr. Pullman feel justified In contin uing : the experiment ? Granting that he may defeat his striking employes this time , does be care to Invite another strike , and another , and yet another Inevitable so long as wrong- conditions exist ? These are the questions be should consider carefully , and any true friend If bo has one will advise him as to their answer. He should subdivide his town and sell lots to any one who will buy. He should abolish the system of overseers and inspectors and quasl-sples. He should enfranchise his workmen make them free men Instead of feudal retainers. He should come down from his ducal throne and take his place among- Americans as an American. He should become a democrat Instead of an autocrat : a benefactor rather than a slave driver. Ho should be a man. The West Getting Togother. Sioux City Tribune. The cities of the Missouri river valley , In effecting nn organization for the pro tection of common Interests in matters that refer to railroad rates , have taken a step which Is chiefly remarkable be cause It has been BO longdelayed. . It Is only within the recent past that these cities have begun Iproperlyo realize that they ) .have Important ) common In terests : yet this delayed realization has been , in a large measure , obscured by reason of the rivalry between the sev eral cities , which have often tended to make each one feel that whatever was good for one must be bad for unothci. The commercial struggle of the Mis souri river cities is not with ono an other. It Is rather with cities In the cast , which are striving to retain con trol of the great jobbing and packing Interests that the western cities must se cure if they are to be such cities us this great valley easily can support. When the cities of the Missouri valley shall pull together , then the question of discriminations against the west on such matters as rates on live stock and packing house product ! ) can be settled with justice to all concerned. This one question lias an Importance second to no other commercial Interest In these cities at the present time. There Is no reason why the Missouri river cities should bo jealous rivals. Kncli , In large measure , hns its own territory , In which , for reasons that are Incident to the tendency of railroad building to devote1 Itself to cast and west lines , It Is reasonably secure from encroachments by Its neighbor western cities and It Is only In danger of encroachment by Chicago and other cities to the east. It Is for the purposes of this struggle of the new and. If you please , omnivorous west against the old and established cast , that such on association u the one just formed in Omaha , will prove of greater benefit tlmn can properly be rhallzed at present. Let the Krcut west get together and It will bo amply able to take care of Its own Interests. & Pottery manufacturers In Syracuse , N. Y , , have signed the scale < f the Operative Pot ters' union. 6 _ , The Dlucstono Cutters' union has resolved to line any member $25 found doing the work of granite cufierg. Th Saddle and Ijarqess Maks National association assembles In annual convention at Evansvllle , Ind. .Jujy 17. The proposition jiarmonlzo with the Socialist Labor Federation was postponed Indefinitely by the 1Dr9oklyn Central Labor Federation. Italian workmen w ro ordered to quit France -by 200 navvies , who marched through CloUy , Yjlloneuva and other su burban towns , An order has been posted In the Union Pacific shops at Cheyenne giving only forty hours a week work to employes , a reduc tion ot fourteen hours. Lathers and uhlnglers are contemplating forming a national organization. There are about thirty local unions of that trade in different parts of the country. All hotel and restaurant waiters and cooks at Pueblo have struck for a 16 per cent raise.About fifty men and women wont out , but ) helr places wore filled. A few employers are signing the scale. All the miners in the coal shaft at Moweakua , 111. , struck against a reduction of 5 cents per ton. They have been receiving 10 cents per ton more than the old scale and worked all through the big strike. About fifty men are out. tl. ni'.lllfl. 1T/O.Y OK - t New York World : The ruling * ot Judges Tatt and UlcUs. of Jenkins nnd Diimly , of Grosscup and Woods , lead Inevitably and sivlltly to national ownership and opera tion of the railroads. The American people are long-suffering , but they are honest and they love justice. They will never consent thAt the power of the federal government shall bo placed at the disposal ot railroad manaRers when they quarrel -with their employes , when the government rccognUes no reciprocal obligation to secure the em ployes In the enjoyment of their rights and privileges. The government should net frankly and straight fordwnrdty nnd accept the full consequences of the position It as sumes. If operating railroads Is n public service and railroad men are public servants In any sense that can Justify federal control ot their acts , then the federal government mu t not only protect the railroad com panies against their employes when there Is a quarrel between them It must also' protect the employes In all their rights and privileges as public servants. Washington Star : The present necessity of government Intervention In behalf of the public In the affairs of the railroads em phasises the fact that thrso are at least semi-public corporations , and strengthens the argument for rigid governmental supervision of such public agencies , It not their manage ment and control by the government. The Instrumentalities for transporting the malls and for conducting Interstate commerce bear too Important and too direct n relation to the general welfare to be permitted to re main entirely under private control , subject to bo paralyzed Into uselussness at any moment through a wrangle over wages or any other matter between a single employer anil a few score employes. The public needs protection both against the Individuals who own and manage the railroads and the In dividuals who work for them. Through surface occupation of city streets the rail roads shed Innocent blood and obstruct travel and traffic. Permitted to exercise they will In re pect to discriminating freight rates they rob the farmer as shame lessly as any highwayman. It is necessary for the law to Intervene ' to protect life and property against selfls'h corporate aggres sion. Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : The time has gone by when the railways can bo con sidered at performing otherwise than a quasi-public service unsubject to close gov ernmental supervision and regulation. Step by step for thirty years the government , state and national , has been extending a controlling hand over the roads. These uteps will not be retraced. The whole logic of our Industrial development makes In the other direction. The tlmo has now come when the relations of the railway employe with his employer must come under govern ment supervision or the whole attempt at railway regulation be abandoned. Ilut public control cannot and will not be given up , and nothing remains but to take the next step and make the relations of Interstate railway employers with their employes a matter also of government control. If that be a step toward government ownership of the roads , then we must make the most of It. Wo cannot put up with tho.-o yearly Interruptions of railway traffic , to the tre mendous cost of the public and Its employ ments and the menace of the public peace. \Ve have said before , and now repeat , that the government cannot justly interfere against railway strikes unless It is also prepared to protect employes in their rights against railway managers. For Judge Jenkins to enjoin the"Northeni Pacific men from striking , while nt the same time re fusing to consider In behalf of the men the action of pie receivers In reducing wages , was an untenable position to take. The striking , however , must be stopped ; and hcnco the government must take hold of the matter of regulating railroad employ ment as It now regulates railroad traffic. Congress , therefore , should amend the Inter state law by putting into the bands of the national commlss.on or some co-ordinate body the power to step between railway managers and their employes , to hear com plaints from either party In regard to wages , hours of work , etc. , and to adjust differ ences appeals from Its judgment being al lowed say to the United Statej court of ap peals. This would undoubtedly In the first place have a great effect for good upon the spirit ot the employes and their general attitude in relation to their work and the public service. It would In the second place offer a practicable means of peacefully set tling such disputes as may arise. It would In the third place justify the government In denying to the men the right to conspire to gether to stop the operations of the roads In order to force a concession from the man agers. Some such provision must be made in behalf of the uninterrupted running of the railways and of the public peace and comfort. We have no question that It would be found effective. Let congress take hold ot It. A.VIi General Weaver appears to be lost in the boycott. Missouri cheerfully awards Illinois the championship for. train hold-ups. Somebody evidently pocketed considerable "tin" as a result of the Harney Peak deal. Senator Dom Cameron is Investigating At lantic blow holes on the breezy coast ot Maine. The strike spirit Is spreading. A tie-up of horses Is occasionally observed on the street. Mr. St. Gaudens' reciprocal opinion of the United States Treasury department is anx iously awaited. John Jacob Astor protests against the translation of his American novel into Eng lish by a Londoner. The heated discussion In Chicago has a tendency to diminish the charms of the city as a summer resort. The hello of Greenwood county , Kan. , Is named Snow Ball White. Hlvals strive in vain to throw her In the shade. Duke Pullman Is enjoying n soft berth at Long Branch , utterly oblivious of what the wild waves are saying In Chicago. A South Dakota rainmaker has effected an alliance with a weather sharp , and Is thus enabled to strike the right currant. See ? Senator Gorman plays farmer when his duties as a statesman grow monotonous. His hobby is fancy stock , though not quot able In the chamber. The Chicago weather clerk displays a com prehensive grasp of his business In predict ing < i continuance ot the disturbed condition ot the elements thereabouts. A Chicago attorney advertises "general carpenter work" on the side. If local com ment on the Judiciary Is true , general blacksmithing - smithing seems to bo the proper legal ad junct. The St. Louis electric commission has prepared and submitted to the council an ordinance providing for placing all wires underground. Strange to say , the project receives the support of the council. The tie-up of traffic stranded a tralnload of watermelons at Nashville and the luscious fruit was sold for a song. As a consequence the colored population enthu siastically endorsed the boycott. A monument twenty-five feet high was unveiled last week at Pleasant Ileach , op posite Bridgeport , Conn , , to the memory of as gentlemanly a pirate as ever cut a throat or scuttled a ship , and his name was Cap tain Ktdd , as he sailed. Pleasant Deach Is the spot where tradition says he burled his fabulous treasure In 1630. Mine. Londonderry , who started last Mon day from Boston In nn attempt to go around the world on a bicycle , belongs In New York and Is known there as Mrs. Kap- chowsky. She Is described as a dark-eyed , palltd-complcxloned young woman , slight of build nnd evidently of nervous tempera ment. In addition to the revolver she rides upon , she carries 0110 for protection against tramps. Mine. Pomery , who died not long ago , was a remarkable woman. It was duo to her business tact alone that the wine bearing her name became the wine of the aristoc racy. On the death of her husband she as sumed the entire management of her vast Interests , and how well she succeeded is known to all. She had a discerning judgment that taught her to appoint the right man to the right place. Good judg ment was the secret of her success. Tlio Kick li > Cunfuruuco. Kun a City Star. The bouse tariff reform leaders declare positively that they will never yield to the senate , but will stand out to the end for fieo raw materials and the elimination of the Hue-nr trust favors. The president U with them , and If the contest for a reason able amount of reform shall not succeed there will be both surprise and Indignation throughout th country , THE OASIMin-rERIEllS. Somnllilnpr About ( ho Now I'mich I'rrd- ilrtit nml 111 * Ancrfllry. Like the lamciitnl Car not , the 'new presi dent comes of a family long honorably em inent In France. Ills Brcnt-Brcat-Rrand- father was n notary , living near Grenoble , who , dying , left a son , Jacques , a trades man ot Lyons. The latter left a fortune ot $125,000 to his son , Claude , a long-headed and enterprising speculator , who In troub lous ) days before the revolution contrived to amass n colossal capital , part ot which ho Invested In the splendid chateau of Vlzlllc. After the Terror lie came to Paris , where ho helped to found the Bank nf Franco and sat In the Corps Lcglslntlf. This worthy left eight sons , the two elder of whom were re ceived Into the French peerage , while the third displayed his father's commercial sa gacity In many fields. It was the fourth of his children , Caslmlr , who was destined to establish the political fortunes of the family on a prouder basis than heretofore , lie was a man of Indomitable energy and strong , but honorable ambition ; In person , a giant , with a voice ot thunder , n bitter style of eloquence , and a coarse , oven brutal , manner. lie played a considerable part In the op position after the restoration , and his policy as president of the council under Louis Philippe Is a matter of history. In 1S32 he visited the cholera hospital with the due d'Orloans , father of the comto de Paris , caught the Infection nnd died. The elder of his two sons , Paul by name , still survives , as senator of the Seine Inferlenre , but he has never been a prominent personage. An- guste , his younger brother , adopted the bap tismal nil me of his father as part of his surname , and was known as Atigusto Caslmlr- Perlcr. In 1SIC he was returned for one of the divisions of Paris , and in 1S49 he repre sented the department of the Aube In the legislative assembly. During the empire he held absolutely aloof from public affairs , but In 1S71 gave In his adhesion tn M. Tillers , who made htm minister of the Interior. Like his son today , he was suspected of leaning toward the Orlcanlsts , for he had married the sister-in-law of the due d'Audllfrcn- Pasquler , and received a vlklt from the comte de Paris at his country house. However , he cleared himself of these aspersions by a let ter In which ho frankly uvoxred 1'ils loyalty to the republic as the only form of govern ment that could save France from anarchy. Ills death look place In 1STC , and his son Jean succeeded to the greater share of both his political reputation nnd hta estate. The family still retains possession of the Chateau de Vizi lie , a noble feudal structure built In 1011 by the constable de Lsdl- gulercs , near the ruins of a still mure an cient stronghold. It was much Injured by fire in 1S23 , and was subsequently restored ; but most of Its artistic contents perished beyond recovery. M. Tillers was enter tained there In 1S74 , and M. Carnet was a visitor more recently ; but the ex-premier chlelly resides , as does his widowed mother , at another mansion , the Chateau do Pont- sur-Seine , much more accessible from Paris. M. Caslinlr-Perlcr , though a thorough re publican , may be regarded as belonging to the Orleanist school of politics , that school which holds that liberty stands In need of the corrective order , nnd whose Ideal In all things was well expressed by the phrase In fashion In the days of Louis Philippe , the "Juste Milieu. " M. Caslmlr-Perler , In the earlier portions of his career , was conscious that his ances tral connection with the Orleans dynasty was not lightly to be Ignored. In 1SS2 , when a law was passed excluding nil the members of the families who had reigned over France from all civil and military offices , he showed his sense of that law of proscription by resigning - , signing his seat as a. member ot the Chamber , ills Immediate rc-electlpn showed that hla constituents approved his conduct. During the slego of Paris M. Caslinlr-Perler dis tinguished himself as commander of a bat talion of Mobiles. He was mentioned in general orders for ono daring feat. He res cued ono of his wounded comrades under very heavy fire in nn affair In front of the redoubt of Moulin Saquet. Ho Is a man of great energy , and the fact that ho appointed M Ileynal to bo his minister of the Interior shows that he IE not to bo swayed by the clamor ot the radical and revolutionary press , as M. Ueynal , who belongs to the Jewish faith , is the bete nolr of the. antl- Semltlc and revolutionary press. M. Caslmlr- Pericr was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies In November last , nnd a fort night later became prime minister. JIIKTIT. Puck : First Actor I wonder why the manager wants to take such a largo com- ' "second Actor Ho wants to be sure there will bo enough of us to steal a train. Indianapolis Journal : "Whur ye bin ? " asked MeaiiderlnMike. . "Lookla1 fur work. " replied Plodding Pete. "Well , you wanter look out. Yer Idle curloslty'll be the ruination of ye. ylt. " Town Topics : Max Jack won that De troit heiress hands down. Jux Well , how did you expect him to win her feet up ? , , , , . . . Max Cert. He made love to her In the surf. Buffalo Courier : "By the way. " remarked a friend to the society editor last week , "could you properly refer In a wedding notice to the moment when the bridal couple leave the altar as 'the turningof the tledT " Somervllle Journal : "BeK pardon , " said the missionary , "but will yon translate hlH majesty's remarks again ? Did he tell his daughter that he was to have guests to dinner or for dinner ? " Indianapolis Journal : "Which will you take. " anked Ynbsley. "lleK pardon , " replied Mudge , "but I think you nro a little miBrammatlcal. You should Hay 'what will you take ? ' " "No , I shouldn't. It Is a dead sure thing that you will take either rye or Bourbon. " Washington Star : "There's nothln1 , " said the anarchist , "disgusts me like Idle speculation ; like Bcein' a man set down an' flBKcr an' H RPI' without doln' nothln' . " "Wlmts the matter ? " "I've JuHt come away from one of our best men. He's a-wenk- enln' in the cause. He cot hlsse'f a pencil and a piece of paper , calculated It up that with the work an' time he'd put in multln' a dynamite bomb he could earn two weeks' board ez a farm hand. An' the line of thought has took his mind clean off his 'rlglnul glorious principles. " EMllAUaASSINQ. New York Hero Id. In spite of nil my modesty And hatred of display , I've hllmllv fallen In a trap , Which fills me with illsmay. I bought a pair of russet shoes A cheap pair but I'm blest If they don't squeak HO horribly I find I'm loudly dressed. SVIIKJII : ot' TJCH fonruxK iiuxisit. John Kcndrlck Ilnng * In Hnrper's Weekly , I am a fortune-hunter ; I've a fearful thirst for gold ; I pine not for mere millions , but for wealth that can't be told. The riches of Golconda , while I'd take them if I could , Are nothing to the sums I want , I wish It understood. I'd rival Monte Crlsto , with his wondrous store of wealth : I'd rival ancient Croesus , If not honestly , by stealth ; I'd rival Mr. Rothschild ay , I'd rival all the three ; But how to set about It Is the thing that bothers me. The schemes on which the people of a by gone iige waxed fnt Today are truly very stale , and profitless , and Hut. Legitimate professions , I've observed , are very slow , And public life la barren overcrowded , don't you Know. The mines nro all pre-empted ; there's no money on the "Street ; " There's not much chance In banking , men are growing so discreet ; And -crime I ilurc not enter there are jalU for forgery ; I can't afford a vessel to embark In piracy. To wreck a line of railroad on a tlmo was quite a fad , But they're already mostly wrecked by others bold and bad. To think , of all the chances In the world there's nouo for me ! I've half a mind to end It all utul jump Into the neo. But Btayl At last I have 111 Oh , my heart , thy beatlni ; cease ! I have a frit-rid who'll get me on the great New York nnllcel Oh vision beuUtlc ! Ob , what equllllona I uhall make ! . . . * If they can do so well asleep , what can't 1 do awaits ! REPUBLICANS NOT INVITE ! ) First Effort Made to RtoonoHo Democratic Differences on the Tariff , OPPOSITION' CONFEREES NOT DESIRED Cleveland1. l'rcinU : Think They Can Com * to nn AcrrtMiirut Kntiler If Not lnm ! < nrtl lijr Jtlrinlior * of tliB Other Slilo. WASHINGTON , July 8. The first effort to reconcile the differences between the scnaU and house on the tariff will be made tomor row. The democratic conferees will meet at noon in the senate finance committee room. The republican conferees have not been oskcj to be present. It U not as a committee , therefore , that the meeting will be held , and It Is understood to be the purpose of holding no meetings of the full committee until tin four democratic senators and four democratic representatives have reconciled all their dif ferences. The democratic members of the committee say they can expedite their work bettor among themselves than they could if constantly exposed to the harrassmont of the minority conferees. With this program In view , there may bo no meeting of the committee as a whole for n week or ten days. In the meantime , tha democrats will proceed with the work and when agreements have been reached In wholt or In part thn republicans will bo called In and the committee , as a whole , will act on what the democratic members of It have previously agreed. This Is similar to the plan followed by the ways and means dem ocrats In thu bill and -by the democratic members of the finance committee when It was before that body. Chairman Wilson left for West Virginia Immediately after his appointment as a con feree yesterday , so that there has been no opportunity for consultation with him today and the democratic conferees will assemble with a prearranged program. Ari'KOI'KIATIONS IN Till ! SUiNATK. KfTorti to Ilo .Mailii to Dlnpnso of Number of .Mrnmircs. WASHINGTON , July 8. The committee on appropriations will have the right of way In the senate during the coming week , and an effort will be mailo to dispose of a num ber of bills which have been held up await ing the disposition of the tariff bill. It li possible that Monday or some other day early" In the week may bo allotted to the com mittee on foreign relations , as Senator Mor gan Is very anxious to have the Chinese treaty disposed of. . He thinks that on * day will be sulllclcnt. Senator Cockrell , chairman of tha com mittee on appropriations , says that the pen sion bill will probably bo first taken up. Later In the week the smaller appropria tions , for fortifications , military academy , postofllce and other bills that will not consume - sumo much tlmo will no doubt bo disposed of. It Is expected that during the week bills of local importance which may be passed without much delay , will bo con sidered In the two hours set apart for morn ing business. The resolution Introduced last week by Senator Kyle to prevent federal Interference In railroad strikes Is still on the table and may bo called up any morning. IV 1C UK IN T11K IIOUSK. Kcuily to Take Up n L'onfrrcnce Report on tlu > TurlR. WASHINGTON , July 8. The house of rep resentatives will -bo resting during the com ing week , ready at all times to lay aside its togular business and take up a conference report upon the tariff or any other bill. On Monday the rules committee will meet to arrange an order of business , but whattvpr they agree to take up will be conditioned oa Riving way to the tariff or appropriations whenever a conference report Is presente'fl. District of Columbia appropriations will oc cupy the house tomorrow. For the rest of the week the rules committee will probably give several days for the bill to elect United States senators by direct vote of the peopl and also several days for numerous bills of legal and Judicial character reported by thl Judiciary committee. WKSTEIIN PKNSIONS. Veterans of tlio l.ato War Ilumeinberod by the ( ii-nitriil Government. WASHINGTON. July 8.Speclal to Th nee.pcnslous ) granted , Issue of June 23 , were : Nebraska : Original Herman Paap , Shclton , Buffalo. Increase Hobert Islntr , Omaha , Douglas. Original widows , etc. Prudence A. Bennett , Trumbull , Clay. Iowa : Original Harrison C. Mace , Shenandoah - andoah , PARO. Increase Charles D. Over- street , Iledlield , Dallas. Reissue William 11. Sherwood , Iowa Falls , Hnrdln. Original widows , etc. Jane Whltcheud , Sherman , Powcshlek : Electa J. Hale. Strawberry Point , Clayton ; Margnretha Fischer , Dav enport , Scott ; Catharine B. Moore , Mar- Bhnlltown , Marshal. South Dakota : Original Darius B. Scott , Sioux Falls , Mlnnehnha. Reissue Alexan der C. Morrison , St. Lawrence , Hand. Colorado : Original Max Schafer , Denver , Arnpahoe. Reissue Isaac Young , Loveland - land , Larimer : CHINESE JOURNALISM. The Celimtlnl Kingdom Slowly Catching On Kdltorliil Specimens. Slowly tut surely , says the Telegraph , Hong Kong , the Chinese are "catching on" to the advantages of dally papers ; there are already three dally papers printed In the Chinese language in Canton , and the natlv * merchants are beginning to understand th advantages of advertising. Until lately , the advertising columns of Chinese papers wer patronized only by foreigners doing business In China , According to the Figaro , Paris , the moat noteworthy publications In China are at present : Chon-Pao ( Shanghai News ) , Hu-Pao ( News of Hu , another name for Shanghai ) , Talnic- 'i'ao ( News of the Capital , Peking ) , Cho-Paa ( Dally News , Tlcn-tsln ) , Kwong-Pao ( Canton ' ( News of Llngnam , News ) , Llng-namje-1'ao old name for Canton ) . All thcso papers contain carefully written leading articles , discussing questions of In ternational Interest , as , for Instance , th Pamir question. News by telegraph from the capital and abroad Is not wanting , and the usual quantity ot murders , suicides , fires and sporting Items are supplied to the read ers Just as regularly In China as In Kurope. The editorial comments are nevertheless very amusing to those Kuropeans who ar sufficiently acquainted with the Chinese lan guage to read them. The Ost-Aslatlsche-Lloyd Shanghai , recently published the following Item from the native Chinese Press : "It Is sad to see how short la the life ot man. In Kuropo they Invent remedle * against death , but they don't work. " "The seventh son of the Mandarin Ko-LIn Is said to Imvo four legs that Is the fault of the moon. " "Three persons committed suicide by hanging In Canton ut ono and the sain * time. That Is very good. " . . . . "The rice harvest promises to fall out very good this year. It Is to bo hoped that the great examinations In Ll-Whah will be Just as good. They will take place during the harvest. " "A murder has been committed near Uo seventh tower ot the Great Wall. Two Peking merchants were killed there. It 1s a blessing that they worn not Mandarins. " "As the emperor was being carried through the Yellow street , recently , blows were given to tha multitude to make room. The mighty son of heaven laughed heartily over this. " "The Arch-Mandarin Tul-Mcn's summer residence on the Yang-Tso-KlanR has been burned down , owing to the careleanness ot a lamplighter. May the noble lord bo com forted ! " "During a recent review at Manktng , Prince Ho-Tu-Lln-8ab ( the reoond son of the late emperor ) swore at the soldiers because - cause the cannons were not poUalud. "