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COfit'JOiTlUK JtATKS.
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
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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. "
