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12 THE OMATIA DAILY SUNDAY , JULY 22 , 1801. THEOMAHAPAILY DEE. E. m , Elltor. PUUMKHKD CVKKV MOIININO. OP BtmscmiTioN. Pallr rice ( without Sunday ) One Year $ M Pally flcf nnd Sunday , One Ye-ir 10 00 Blx Mnnlhn J JJ Thrw Mnnlln J M flunday Il < i > One Ycnr y Rnlonlny Iwv One Yt > ar * J Weekly lice , Ono Year M OPPICRS. Omaha , Th Hi-c lliilldlnif. _ Boulh Omnhn. Corner N nnd Twenty-fourth 81s. Council JthinX 12 I'carl street , riilcairo Omcc. 317 nminber of Commerce. 1 New York. Uoonn U , II nnd tr Tribune Hldg. Washington , H77 P direct , N VV. All enmmimlrntlnn * rrlntlrpr lo nw8 nn < 1. . HI- torlnl Inilter Mioidd be AiMreuwMl : To the Editor , nt'HiNPis i.Errnns. nnd remittance * should l > e All ImMni-fH IMtor * nitilrmwnl lo Th llee PuWlrtilnn company , Omilm nrnfli" . clierki nnd poilolllce nrdeM to IK- made pivnl.li- Ihe order nf ifhe run linn PIIIIT.ISHINO BTATKMKNT OP CIUrVI.ATION OeorRc n Trtchucb , nocielnry of The Moe Piih- llnhlni : compnnv. l lnit .Inly jworn. , ? ) " " ' the ncliml number of full nnd complete copies of The Dully Mornlnir , Kvenlnie nnd , i" " ' > ; . printed during the month of June , 1834 , was ns I.e deductions for uniolil nnd returned cople- ) . Totnl sold 61J.7S7 Dilly imrnB" net clrcuHtlun 21,820 Sundny. cJKOnOR 11 TZSCHUCK 8orn to before me nnd subicrlbed In my pres ence tlHn 3d ilny of Tulv. 1S1I ( Senl. ) N. : PI21I. , Notary Public. Governor Woltc of Colorado has formally announced Hint lie Is not a candidate for tlio United States aenate. This Is relief. In deed. . Pullman gets Ills regular quarterly divi dend whether school keeps or not. This does not look as If he lias been running his busi ness at any very great loss Secretary Morton says he Is pleased with the president's latest tariff letter. But he would ho nioro pleased If Mr. Cleveland would come out flat-footed for free trade. Is It possible that the United States Is thus early In Its career to be confronted with an emigration problem ? Has the Immigration question solved Itself by the llttlo device of cheap steerage rates on out going steamers ? The United States troops wont Into Chicago cage In the face of remonstrances , and they depart In spite , of further remonstrances against their withdrawal. Some Chicago people - plo would llko to have a permanent police % force supported by the fedeial government. Debs has been nomlnited for the presi dency. So has Coxey. So have a host of others who have risen to temporary notoriety or fame. In the meanwhile the next presi dential election Is still two years removed , nnd the next president will be a republican. Some of the senators who are so boldly defining their positions on the tariff issue have changed wonderfully from their former attitudes and are aulto lllsely to change again when the proper Inducements are offered. Walt until pressure Is brought to bear and * watch for the political somersaults. tv That much heralded patriotic offer of the Now York banks to furnish the national treasury with nil the gold required for ex port appears to have been all chaff and no grain. The gold reserve Is down lower than ever , while the New York banks are hanging on to the gold In tb'ir vaults. The fact , however , has not been blazoned to the world. . The precedents that are being set In the different courts that are considering cases against the strikers with reference to the obligation of the telegraph companies to pro duce telegrams sent over their wires will have to bo reckoned with In the future In cases of an entirely different nature. If the labor organizations do not have an oppor tunity to turn these rulings In their favor before long many careful calculations will bo unceremoniously upset. The correction of the unofncial announcement Is. I ment of 23 05 knots as the speed of the Minneapolis on her trial trip , made from the official data , places the actual speed at 2J 073 knots per hour. This apparently In- slgnlflcant change moans an addition of $12,100 to the enormous premium earned by her builders. The noticeable feature of these corrections of unofficial tlino schedules Is that they almost alwajs Increase both the speed and the cost to the government. A correction that corrected downward would bo an anomaly. The Now York Sun Is trying to make ordinary mortals fcol cool desplto the sum mer temperature by telling them of the men who have to work In places where It Is really hot men In sugar refineries , Iron foundries , glass factories work with the heat of a furnace refracted upon them from morning till night. Stokers and coal heavers In steamships have to endure a temperature of over 120 degrees , and fre quently as high as 1GO degrees. Ono hun dred In the shade Is luxury to those who know how to appreciate It * Nebraska Is to receive $6,900 this year out of the $ -100,000 which congress annually ap portions among the several states to assist In the support of the mllltla. New York , of course , gets the lion's share of this money , over $31,000 , while Arizona winds up at the bottom of the list with $2,000. The pruotlco of the federal government con tributing to the maintenance of the state mllltla dates from the beginning of the century. It Is Justified on the ground that the mllltla la kept chlclly for the purpose of upholding the federal government and can at any tlmo bo mustered Into federal control. Chairman Wilson himself will probably bo the next member of the ways and means committee whom It will bo necessary for the president to toke care of , The example has been set with the appointment of Con gressman Ilrocklnrldgo of Arkansas to be minister to Uuasla becausa ho failed of re- nomination on account ot tils support of administration measures , A similar fate threatens MrVllson because of his advo cacy ot free coal , and It U understood that ha has bean promised a good federal posi tion should he lose his plnca In congress. There always has been more or less of a tendency to appoint ox-congressmen to federal - oral offices , nnd this tendency will doubt less bo visibly accelerated by the proposed policy of President Cleveland. I'A/OA / PACIFIC FOtlKClMSCIlG. The receivers of the Union Pacific rail road hare finally reached the conclusion that the shortest and most desirable way out ot the financial troubles that have over taken the Union Pacific management la by foreclosure of the mortgage. This has been the ooslllon ot The lice for the last ten years. Weighed down with a colossal debt and exploited by Its promoters and successive owners the road has for years been In no position to compete with rivals that were not so encumbered. As the years went by the accumulated defaulted Interest has enormously Increased the debt , while rival lines have cut dawn Its trafllc and decreased Its earning power. All the schemes ot reorganisation that have for their object the cxtemlon of the bonded debt and perpetuation of the present fixed charges are but makeshifts In the Interest of stork Jobbers who expect to bonm and unload their stock. Ostensibly the funding schema Is In the Interest of the govern ment , which Is the heavlc t creditor of the company. In reality the whole burden of the deb' would fall upon the region of cot.ntry tributary to the road Every dollar , principal and Interest , would have to be extorted out of the patrons of the road In exorbitant rates , and the high rates which now prevail tills side of the Missouri would bo maintained on every other road In this section. Not only would the patrons ot the road tie required to make good the fixed charges nnd sinking fund , but the reor ganized concern would endeavor to resume paj 1MB dividend } on millions upon millions " of watered stock. The foreclosure of the mortgages would wlpo out the stock altogether and put the road on n solid basis of actual capital In vested. It would place the road In posi tion to meet nil competitors nnd enable It to favor Its patrons with reduced rates. While the government would lose n great part of Its claim the people of the whole country , who are the government , would derive Incalculable advantage from the liftIng - Ing of the Incubus by which they have been weighed down for ao many years. Nothing would do so much toward reviving the prosperity of the transmlssourl country as the foreclosure of the Union Pacific mort gages. STtlUAU'J'II Of OHGAfi'IZlD There Is a popular misapprehension regard ing the numerical strength of organized labor In this country. There Ib leally no accurate Information is to the active membership of labor organizations , due to the fact that most of them refuse to divulge their own numbers , while some of those which profess to give their numerical strength probably somewhat exaggerate It. The most careful pstlmatc made In recent years of the numerical strength of trades unions was that of Mr. U. J. Hlnton , a friend nnd advocate of these organizations , , published In lS8ri. He only offered his conclusions as an approximation , stating that In most cases Information was refused him nnd ho had to make estimates based upon various data. The result of his Investigation was the belief that labor organizations Included one-fifth of the per sons In those occupations , Industrial , mechanical and mining , transporting , etc. , which ore usually refened to when labor Is spoken of , omitting agricultural , domestic , professional , commercial and clerical labor. In the opinion ot some even the estimate of one-fifth Is considerably too high. The figures presented by Mr. Illnton footed up to about 700,000 , from which ho deducted nearly 90,000 for duplications , leaching the conclusion that all labor organizations , In cluding small local bodies , which he lumped together , embraced In lound numbers 611,000 persons It Is a question whether the de ductions for duplications were not too low , and it Is probable that If it had been pos sible to obtain absolutely accurate figures of the membership of the various oiganlzatlons the aggregate estimated by Mr. Hlnton would have be" ! ! reduced by at least 100,000 , mak ing It but little over 500,000 as iepi esentlng the enrollment of all the labor organizations of the United States In 18S5. This of course was exclusive of the Knights of Labor. At the time Mr. Hlnton published his report the Knights claimed GOO.OOO members , but the last report made to the grand master workman only shows nn aggregate of 01,000 actual paying members. It Is estimated that In 1800 the number of persons emploved In gainful occupations , that Is persons who are not living on their Incomes , was'21,710,000. This number of course Includes both mule and female work ers of all occupations .and trades. Of the 13,000,000 voters In the United States It Is safe to estimate that only about 10 per cent , or 1,300,000 , are enrolled in regular labor organisations. These figures are Interesting and Instruc tive , and to no class more so than to the vvorklngmcn who belong to labor organisa tions. While skilled workmen constitute the rank nnd file of trades unions the operatives of the transportation companies and the metv employed In the factories , mills and mines vastly outnumber the mechanics In the build ing trades. The Introduction of labor sav ing machinery and the gradual absorption of all mechanical employment by capital controlled by corporations , syndicates and trusts has been n powerful Incentive toward recruiting the ranks of labor organizations. As yet , however , they only Include less than one-fifth of all the labor forces outsldo of the agricultural class. AN GAMIIUKO. No one has In recent years made his first trip to Europe In one of the palatial passen ger steamers that ply between the ports of the Atlantic seaboard without being surprised If not Knocked nt the extent to which gam bling Is carried on from the beginning to the end of the voyage. The steamer scarcely leaves the pier before the men with import ing proclivities repair to the smoking room and transform It Into a veritable gimbllng den , All the different games of chance that do not require specially prepared ap- paiatus are soon In full blast and the stakes nro adjusted to fit the sums whlc'i the pai- tlclpants can afford to venture , Nor Is the gambling confined to the male denizens of the smoking room. Women passengers fre quently Indulge In smaller games among themselves and quite generally subscribe to the different pools that are dally devised. Thesq pools are as numerous nnd as varied as the Inventive Yankee genius can contrive. Thoru me pools upon the dully run ot the ves- bel , upon the tlmo of passing the next ocean steamer , upon the length ot the entire -soy- age , upon mliiutu of landing and upon a host ot other uncertain events. The pools are open to all and the women arc , as a rule , not backward In subscribing. The wlnntr In mtdoceau , as on land , Is expected to "set up" the less fortunate players In the game. The gambling evil on the great transAtlantic - Atlantic steamers U said to bo Increasing rather than diminishing. Since the clos'ng ot the open gambling liousoa la New York under pressure of ttfa recent purification movement , this Held has not escaped the watchful eye ot the professional gambler. Deprived ot hb vocation on laud , he lias taken passage to Europe and likewise taken advantage of the almost universal gambling mania that dlscloxca Ilielt among his fellow- passengers. Many have been , the cases re ported to nhlp office where the shrewd dealer of cards has swept away the fortune ot come unsuspecting victim. So rich has the field proved that numerous of the no-called "talent" arc * ald to spend their entire time In going back nnd forth between the United States and nurope , of course clearing ex- pen&cft In the Interval , According to reliable reports , mldocoan gambling has come to be a scandal upon American tourists. The officers of the ship are practically powerless to Interfere If they would. They permit and sometimes even encourage It , because It makes their line a favorite with excitement loving travelers. That something ought to be done to check It all will readily admit. Just how Is the perplexing question. Unless the American authorities taker the Initiative the remedy Is likely to be long delayed. nn : KTAXDAiin or omctAh roxnucr. Senator Allen's aupplemcntal report as a member of the senate sugir Investigating committed lays down In clear nnd unmis takable language the rule that absolute In tegrity should bo the standard of congres sional conduct. 'Thero Is , of course , nothing new In the substance of this assertion , which must be regarded as nn old-fashioned adherence to what arc generally supposed to be the stricter public morals of the founders of the republic rather than a new fangled Innovation of the close of the nine teenth century. Wo have always had tho. wlsu old saving that honesty Is the best policy , but , unfortunately , In recent years have comci to view It ns Inapplicable to the conduct of public officials. No senator or representative In congress can be called strictly honest who , when there Is a conflict of public and private Interests , allows him self to be Influenced by the latter to th Injury of the people whom ho represents The only way to Insure this honesty , In th opinion of Senator Allen , Is by forcing sr i- ators and representatives to relinquish their holdings In all private enterprises that may bo directly or Indirectly promoted by congressional legislation. "It Is Impos sible , " says he , "for me to conceive ot a parson who Is engaged In discharging the duties of the office of United States senator , and who may at any tlmo be required to consider or vote on a measure affecting the public welfare , to dlvorcs his private Inter ests from those of the public ; and If he Is compelled to neglect the one or the other , I think we hava a right to conclude that lie will Invariably n"glect the public. Interest to preserve his own " The conflict of public and private Inter ests , however , Is not alone Injurious to the public when It appears among the senators and representatives in the two houses , of congress. Senator Allen himself says that the sugir Investigation disclosed only two senators actually engaged In Sugar stock speculation. These were Senator Quay and Senator McPherson. He exonerates Senator Hansom altogether by laying the blame In his case entirely upon his son and the mes senger to his committee , who made their In vestments without the senator's knowledge. Yet these two poisons were employes of the senate , and how far tlu speculating fever had taken hold of the other senate em ployes the committee does not venture to Inform the public What was reprehensible In the senators must have been reprehen slblo In but a Hsber degree In these minor officers of the government , although they have no vote upon the bill which Is to make another fortune for the Sugar trust. What am wo to say of men higher In the official scale who have knowingly made their per sonal Interests rest upon the work of tariff legislation ? What of the Nova Scotlan coal inlr.es purchased Mnce the presidential elec tion by a company Including the cabinet officer nearest to the president with the returns upon the Investment dep ndent upon the placing of coal on the free list' And other Influenclal officers of the administra tion are doubtless financially Interested In various enterprises which hope to make- great gains by their Influence over legisla tion. They u&e thslr official positions for the purpose of lobbying bills that are to inure to their own private benefit. In failing to extend his standard of con duct to all public officials Instead of to sen ators and repressntatlves alone Senator Allen has fallen short of the mark. The same Integrity Is necessary In the men who have been given oth r positions In the public service , although they may not have the same po\er for evil. Office Ib a trust whether It owes r-sponslblllty Immediate ! } to the people In their elector'al capacity or to some appointing power. The publlr welfare must dominate nil private Interests If we arei to have n government for the people - plo ns well ns of the people and by the pee ple. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ AM1WICAN lA'lUnNM JA' C'f A London dispatch states that war has been declared between China and Japan growing out of the controversy regarding Corca. The report needs confirmation , but the probability of hostilities between those countries Is very great , active preparations for war having been going on by both for some time nnd each Is In condition for earning on nn active conflict should It bo begun. The United States government has made an effort to bring about a settlement of the Corean controversy bj peaceable methods and In doing this Secretary Gresham has been subjected to criticism on the ground of having unduly Interposed. It has been al leged that our government sent nn official dlspitch to the government of Japan pro testing against the occupation of Corca by Japanese trcopa , and In the absence of any nfllclal denial nf this charge the secretary of state has been vigorously condemned for his assumed breach of all diplomatic pro priety , ns well as for pursuing u course contrary to the policy he has enunciated In regard to our International relations. It Is highly Improbable ) that Secretary Orcshnm has made any such mistake as he Is charged with. NoUcdy , It Is uafe to say , would realize more- readily than ho that It Is not the business ot the United States to undertake to dictate to a friendly power regarding Its foreign policy In a matter with which this country has no legltlmato con- corn. Ills uniformly conservative attltiuiu with respect to our International relations forbids the Idci that Secretary Gresham lion KOIIO so far In this matter as to protest against the landing ot Japanese troops In Coren. All that our government has probably - ably done In the way ot Interposition ls to urge upon both China nnd Japan the adoption of peaceable methods for the settle ment ot the difficulty , to which there could be no proper objection , especially as the United States Is not entirely disinterested In Corean affairs. There appears to bo no good reason why this country should be come Involved In the controversy , but this would not necessarily result frcm a tender ot friendly advice , or even from an alter to mediate between China and Japan It desired by Jhose countries , It la Ulatod that the suggestion has been conveyed to both govermticnta that the Interest of the United States Infill Asiatic matters la solely for unrcstrlc ed 'commerce and the general welfare of najtloni , U necks no territory on the western ihpre of thu Pacific ocean and desires In tl future to have no offensive or defensive relations of n political nature with Asiatic , nklons. ? Hut It views with deep concern n war In the east , which might eventually InVolfe other powers and even affect the perfce of nurope. Certainly there can be noaild < . bjectlon to representations of this kind. It appears that the United States has always manifested a very cordial Interest In Corean affairs , having opened that country to the world In 18S2. It also appears that In our treaty with Japan there Is a provision that the president of the United States will act as n friendly mediator In case of diffi culty between Japan and any nuropean power nt the request of the Japanese govern ment. There Is warrant In this for the proffer of thrt friendly offices of our gov ernment In the present case. Furthermore It Is stipulated in our treaty with Corea that In the event of Injustice or oppression on the part of other powers our government would exert UN good offices In behalf of the Corean government. There1 Is certainly ample Justification for the United States Becking to bring about nn nmlcablo adjust ment of the controversy between China and Japan regarding Corea , but whether this government will be able to accomplish any thing seems somewhat doubtful. Japan , which has more extensive Interests In Corea than China , has not ns yet shown a dispo sition to let the trouble go to arbitration , possibly from a feeling that China , having broken faith In sending troops to'Corea with out the consent of Japan , would do so again whenever opportunity offered. A war between China nnd Japan would be an Interesting conflict. The latter Is thought to have the sympathy of Uussla , which Is anxious to acquire a port In Corea , and If this svmpathy should be actively manifested It would give Japan a decided advantage. American sympathy would of course be with the Japanese , whose governmental system Is largely modeled upon that ot the United States. TIIK rilltAX I'OOH. Cvcry time that discontent or widespread distress Is disclosed In any of our larger cities some wiseacre Is sure to advance as an Infallible remedy for the unfortunate situa tion .an exoJus of the urban poor to the healthful and free agricultural fields that are waiting for Industrious cultivators. When destitution was most prevalent during the hardships ot the past winter It was urged that there would be enouqh for all If the un employed would , onlj leave- the cities and scatter to the country. When the Indus trial army demonstration was nt Its height the men participating were advised to head for the farms rather than for Washington. Now that the strike troubles have been man ifested In their preitest severity in Chicago , the second city In the land , the same remedy to provide agalnbt their recurrence Is again brought out. As one writer states it , "if these labor strikes would but drive hundreds of the poorest poor from the city Into the gardens and grepn fields they would be bles sings In disguise , " All this sounds very well and seives nicely to confirm the jcomplacent optimist In his complacency. To bellev'e ? 't'hal1 the urban poor have their destinies In their own hands and that they can obtain "good health , good morals , wholesome fooj and a comfortable sheltei" merely by consenting to abandon their squalid quarters and taking up a resi dence In the ever-Inviting countiy , relieves one of his feeling of partial responsibility. The truth Is , however , that there Is neither probability nor possibility of an exodus from city to farm. Every year the number of Immigrants from country to city exceeds many times the number of city people w ho exchange city life for farm life. Ono of the most noticeable characteristics of the century just closing has been Jhe remarka ble growth of the larger urban centers , not only in the United States , but throughout the whole world. In this countr } city popu lation has gained steadily upon rural popula tion , the proportion of Inhabitants living in cltleb growing from 3 per cent when the first census was taken to over 30 per cent when the last census was taken. And ns the natural rate of Increase In the cities is quite generally less than that In the country , the growth of the cities dua to the Immigration of rural Inhabitants has even exceeded this percentage of increase. The reason the greater portion ot these country people Immigrate Into the cities is either that they cannot endure the life on the farm or that they are un iblo to make a succebE nt farm work. A large part of "tho poorest poor" In the cities consists of the poorest poor of the country and to send them back to their point of departure would not better their condition In the least. They failed once In the country , they failed again In the city and most likely would fall once more If they again changed their residence. It takes , moreover , fewer men to cultivate the same fields than formerly , when Improved farm machinery was almost unknown , and oven If the destitute from the city were willing and able to take to farm life they have neither the destitute from the city wore willing and able to take to farm life they have neither the necessary experience nor the necessary capital to make farming pay. It Is , there fore , Idle to expect the privation attendant upon financial" degression or upon labor troubles to reverse tljo current of the popu lation movement or io check the Inflow Into the largo citiesa' go problem of the city poor will have tobe , Delved on the spot vvhero It Is found. Tlig cty | , poor must bo relieved In the cities , IJic-y i cannot be enabled to work their own , ilvatlon , for themselves by merely transplanting fame of them to a less densely populate ! ! soil. ; jv ir.iv vr CAAADA , The senate adopted a resolution a few das ago calling ecretary of the troos- uiy for Informgjlon nas to whether immi grants who by Jijw are entering the United States , are enterfpg ifrpm either European or Chinese ports by nay of Canada , and also whether Inspection of Immigrants into this country from Canada Is efficient In enforcing the laws of the United States concerning Immigration. The senate further auks to bo Informed whether the steamship lines between nuropean and Canadian ports are subject to the same regulations as to land ing Immigrants destined ! for the United States aa are steamship lines to the porta of this country. The reaHon for these Inquiries la the re ported fact that the steamship companies running to Canadian porta uro now favored by thla administration it the expense of those running to American parts. The lat ter have to pay the head money of Im migrants and must ale return such as are refected by the Immigration authorities , re quirements vvhlch lines running lo Cana dian ports escape. Obviously , therefore , a very great advantage Is enjoyed by the lines entering the port * of Canada , And It la said that these lines ndvertho In I'uropc to guarantee admission Into the United States to Immigrants , and to prevent any from being returned. This they do without trouble , It Is Mlil , by reason of the failure to make proper provision for the Inspection of Immigrants nt the Canadian border. The charge Is made that the ln pectlon which the Treasury department has established In Canada Is nn Inspection In namn only , nnd that It really facilitates the entry through Canada of Immigrants Into this country. The Canadian steamship lines arc not com pelled at their own expense to return miy Immigrants and escape all the hara sIng - Ing conditions Imposed on lines running to the United States Under present circumstances , when about ns many people are returning to Huropc from this country as are coming here , plans to restrict Immigration seem altogether unneces sary , but none the less If our laws are being evaded or contravened and In consequence an undesirable class of Immigrants are en abled to get Into the country , the necessity of applying a remedy will not bo questioned. If It be a frtct , as stated , that paupers who have been rejected nt our ports have after wards turned up In this country and It has been proven that they came In by way of Canada , everjbody will agree that such a atato of things should be stopped. This matter of Immigration Into the United States through Canada has always been more or less troublesome , and the suggestion that It ought to bo stopped altogether will meet with prettj general approval. The possibilities of a coming reform In the American practice of free lunches Is sug gested by an order of a Chicago court restraining the proprietors of saloon priv ileges In a leading office building whose restaurant privileges nro held by other par ties from supplying customers with any thing In the nature of meils. It appears that the restaurant privileges and the sa loon privileges were each exclusive , but that the saloon was In the habit of furnish ing free lunches that detracted from the pa tronage of therestaurant. . Its free lunches were of different qualities and quanti ties , and at certain hours of the day , when taken In connection with a _ 25-cent glass of beer , were sufficient to satisfy the hunger of a man who might be craving for a well developed repast. This raises the point why the free lunch principle should not be carried out to Its logical end. Why should free lunches not be graded according to the status of the customer ? What right has a man who pays but D cents for a glass of beer to devour ns much , If not more , free lunch , and lunch of the same quality , as the man whose thirst require a mixed drink costing several times that amount ? Does this not Justify the Inference that the man with a highly cultivated taste Is paying for the food of hit , less educated fellow ? The Injustice must be apparent to the most cursory observer. The Incongruities of the free lunch system call loudly for reform. The president Is said to be experiencing great difficulty In finding a resident of Illinois competent to act as a member of the strike commission and In whom ho has sufficient confidence , who Is not In some way tied up with the great corporations di rectly or Indirectly affected by the Pull man bojcott. ' This Is confirmation of the charge so frequently made by labor leaders that almost all the Influential bublness men are so dependent upon the great corporations that they cannot be relied upon as a rule to form unbiased opinions of matters in which those corporations are Interested. The president. It Is reported , wants the com mission to consist of the commissioner of labor , representing the worklngman , a bubi- ness man to represent the commercial in terests , and a lawyer to represent the cor porations. The corporation lawyer Is to bo found in great abundance , and his selec tion Is causing the president no worry. The difficulty Is to secure a business man whose presence on the commission will not give the corporations double representation. It Is to be borne In mind that the Increase In receipts from Internal revenue taxes shown In the weekly treasury statement Is accompanied by n decrease In the revenue fiom customs receipts. The distillers are taking whisky out of bond from fear of an additional tax , while the Importers are restIng - Ing on their oars , waiting for the tariff to be lowered. In the long run the government must lose from both operations It will get less revenue from the vvhlbky tax that Is now being paid than If the goods were al lowed to remain In bond the whole legal period nnd pay the Increased tax at the end of that time. It will get less from the cus toms duties because by the time the Im porters renew their activity these duties will bo less. All this , of course , on the supposi tion that a new tariff .bill passes. If all tariff legislation falls the government will share In the losses caused by the interruption at the Importing traffic. The national treas ury cannot possibly bo the gainer from the Jolaycil tariff agitation. A Harrier to I'lilltlciil Advancement. Somcrvlllo Journal. There l no doubt that a man can be a politician nnd at the same time be a con sistent , active Chrlstlun. but such a man Isn't likely to get very high In politics. Timitliic IIn > Niivy. Hoston Cllobc The United StattH is at last getting a navy that will compare favorably with any navy In the world May we keep on until we get the very best , nnd then , or after we get It , may we never have occasion to use It In actual warfare. Hint HIM ( if * 77. ' Philadelphia Times. The cost price of the damages done In the railroad riots of 1877 In Allegheny county amounted to $2,772,319 R ! This was the extent of the cash settlement liy the commlHslonori , the Pennsylvania railroad lecelvlng $1,600,000 as Its Hhure for wreckage and niln , nnd some of the bonds Issued then to meet thu payment of claims are maturing now it a an echo of the great lock out of seventeen jcnrs ngo , Thrilling Spncuiclo. New York Tribune Next to Artemus Kurd's eagerness to save the country even if duty called for the sacrifice of every one of his second eouslim on the Held of battle , there has been no more striking exhibition ot unscif. Nh generosity In the United States than the spectacle of the democratic party hero ically discharging Its pecuniary obligations to the Sugar trust by levying tributes upon the vvorkliiKman'H breakfast table The Bceno vividly IllustrateH thu quaint but handy old democratic principle : When duty calls , find a substitute.o . o i 'llio Similar I'upnr ItnccHiilty. Philadelphia Ilcconl Sunday newspapers were admitted to the BHSombly grounds In Clmulaiiqua , N Y. , rm Sunday last , because of the prevailing Interest In the western strike , and It la needless to add that they found eager read ers. There IB really nothing Incompatible between tha Sunday noutiimpor press and thu Chautauquu uystem , lioth are for tha Instruction nnd Improvement of thu heiulu nnd lieu r Is of the people , anil It Is alto gether likely that In the fullness of time Chaiitnnnua will have a Sunday newspaper ot Us own. HKVVI.A n SHOTS A T TIIK I'Vt.flT. Cleveland Plain Dealer : An Omah preacher says "this sorrow was brough on Chicago for opening the World's fal on Sunday. " Thla takes a r.rcnt load of ! Mr. Pullman. Kansas City Times ! A Chicago churcl has adopted the "free lunch" plan so long and successfully the drawing card of th Chicago saloon , but In reality neither give a "free lunch , " for In the saloon you mus buy n glass ot beer to get ( he lunch free nnd to enjoy the church freu lunch you are required to purchase n concert ticket There la nothing really free In Chicago ex cept hike air and lung trouble. Minneapolis Journal IScv. Myron Heed who , on Sunday , declared for anarchy nn < pillage , nt Denver , has been "getting there' for some time. Some years ago , when he was pistor ot n church In Indhtnupolls , ho was fond of making people talk by the some what wild scntcntloiisncss ot his sermons am straining after sensational utterances Ik ran for congress In Colorado and was dc fcatcd , although he "rushed the glow lor" o demagogy nt n prodigious rate. Courier-Journal At Last the secret Is out It Is an Omaha preacher who 1ms turned I out. Ho lifts up his voice nnd reveals tba the strlko was "a retribution sent upon the people of Chicago for the awful sacrilege committed In opening the gates it ) the World's fair on Sundays last year. " It Is simply appalling to think what will happt'i when the Lord gets ready to send n rntflbu tlon upon the people for opening the Mldwa } Plalsance every day and Sunday , too St. Paul Globe The words of Archbl hoi Ireland on the labor troubles are thoie o wisdom nnd candor , nnd should be pondcrct by every cltl/en , whatever his religious or political leanings may be. The archbishop's solicitude for the welfare of the- laboring classo' , of which the membership ot the Catholic church Is mainly composed , cannot be called In question. lie ID too manly ti counsel a course prejudicial to their Interests too sagacious to be deceived by the sophls- tnc of one side or the other , too sin cere In his convictions of the duties of Citizenship to be swerved from the cause of right by any unworthy influence I.el every one read and heed his counsel , nntl they will have no cause for vain regrets Chicago Herald Great Injustice IK fre quently done through a misapprehension ol circumstances. An instance of this kind was the refusal the other day of the Mlsfiour Chnutauqim assembly to allow a Methodlsl preacher to lecture before It because he had umpired a game of base ball on Sunday It Is clear that the assembly was In error No doubt the Idea was that the parson hail Indulged In sinful recreation , while any one who Is familiar with the duties of an um pire will be peifcctly certain that he as sumed the position as a mortification of both the ( lef.li and the spirit The Idea that an umpire gets any fun out of a base hall giimc on Sunday or any othet day can be enter tained only by people who have never seen the game played. nr. J.ST.S vMtsi u i.ir.s Borrowed clothes never flt It Is death to a He to become lame In the feet. feet.To To the eyes of a mule short ears are n deformity. When the devil comes to an empty mind ho Is sure of a place to stay all night. A whole bushel ot notions don't weigh half as much as one little stubborn fact. The man who Is true to his own highest Interests cannot be false to anybody else If there Is any dog In n man It Is pietty apt to growl when his food Is not to his taste. taste.When When people get to quarreling about their creeds , the devil stops being anxious about their deeds. Many a man refuses to love his neighbor ns himself because he has a garden and his neighbor keeps hens. Either selfishness or laziness Is the prompt ing motive of the man who Is always on the hunt for an easy place. Many a man who started out to reform the whole world changed his mind before he got Into the next country. vvititixr A JJ'ri.v. . Noah was an expert with the gloves. He boxed everything in the ark. It Is not right to consider a man a pirate Just because he sheds a few privateers. It Is no sign that a hen meditates harm to her ownei because she lays for him. Some nun become bald quite early In life , while others die and have their wills offered foi probate before their heirs fall out To cure a woman of stammering ask her what she thinks of the girl her husband came near getting engaged to a couple of years before she man led him. A sewing machine agent falling III was told by his physician that he must prepare to pay the debt of nature. "On the Install ment plan ? " whispered the agent , feebly. An Iowa man has a theory that sunshine can be bottled up or Imprisoned in such a way that It can be utilized on gloomy days He has built a great tank for storing It , but It looks a llttlo queer to sec him groping about with n lantern to ascertain how his sunshine Is ecttlng on. riiillotmt ( "munly on Stnuo. New York Sun Nine busts of grinlte have been finished for the exterior decoration of the new II- brarv of congress In Washington The worthies who llrst come to the front aio AValtei Scott , Dinte , Demosthenes , Na thaniel Ilavvthoine , Tlnieroon , Irving , Hoethc , nenjnmln fnnklin and Mucaulay Judging by the ncvv * ] > nppi cuts , a gicat va riety of p\piesslon h 11 been obtained by the icspeetlvp artists who- have made these nine busts. Walter Scott linn the In tent. forward gazf of a college spiintei wattliig foi the word Go Dante looks ns If Dr. Clmnnccy SI Depovv had just lefused to accommodate him with a pass to Uuf- falo. The model who * . U for Demosthenes WHS Tuck's AVenij WnKglc'b Henjamln rianklln Is slvl ) chuckling ovei his success In lodging n big charge of electricity In Na thaniel Hawthorne's back hair , Mucaul ly lini put en n beautifully nml symmetrically curled wig , Ilalph Waldo Umerson 1ms got the laihoad pass which Dante mlssad , W.iphiiimlGM Irving is listening to Hon. Amos J C'uininlnfc's' best and latest IIIIPC- lote , ami Goethe has just caught through Ills all ' I ear nn Invitation to drink from a man whom his soul loathes Kor plctm- eiin1 nn'matlnn the work ot the several sculptors seems meritorious. If this Is only u beclrnlim , the front of the new II- lirary building bids fair to lie a Human Coined } In stone The appearance of the serum ! nine will bo awaited with great In- T.niiuiitiitloii of 1'rlintn Jolin. Washington Dispatch to Chlc.iRo Htcord I asked John Allen , the funny man from Mississippi , If the house Is going to nccept the hiignr schedule In the senate bill " \Vlij of course we will , " he leplled "We always give In when we have a row with thu scn- nte We are going to inlbu h1 1 for awhile nnd let on IIH If we never , never would be enslaved by the trusts nnd plutoctats , but when we get out of wind wo uro just going to lie rlirht down nnd let them HUp on our iieckH. That Is the way v\o alwavH On , nnd It Is very mortlfjlng for n man of my pride and hlBli niutul pilnclples to realize that while the trusts nro having to pay a big dice for the Semite they mo getting the louse for nothing I tell jou no one can Imagine how It gilnds a man to lead nil about this brlbcrv and speculation In the newspapers nnd the pools the weintois aio In nml the colossal fortunes they are mak- ng and not have a HOU ! offer him a dollar. " The Tinniortiil llHi'xiiiinoii. Philadelphia llccurd Slleneo lini no sooner fallen upon Author Lew Walace's proposed bill for an Ameri can Academy of Koity ImmortalH , than Icepresontntlve Amos J CuinmlriKH of Ni > w Voik In agitating thu founding of an order n thi ! United HtiiteH analogous to the Trench Legion of Honor , with Its red lib- ion He ImH asked coimrons to crtMti ) a > owknot of distinction , which shall bo lie- 4tovvud upon distinguished Americans , and for the unlawful wearing of which a line of (100 ( Hhall be provided Very evidently the European taste for decorations arid rank 1 noculatlng with UH vanity the plain democ racy of our cladillcH. _ Thu NniTKpit | T lift u ToHohcr. Washington Pout "The nowsnuper IH surpassing1 the llbrar- es In lunching the people to read. " H.ild Prof. Harris , United States commission ! r nf education , at the recent meeting of the- National IMucatlorml society Undoubtedly hem IH more reading of nevmpipeis than at all other publications Tim growth of he dally press IH one of the nrcnl facts of hu century It baa not mipcriudcd books n proportion to Itu growth , for there lias it-en a steady Increase In the number of looks annually brought out , but It has lic- ; oma Hit- one IndlspoiiHalilf thing , In tha way of reading , to all Intelligent men ami Hogg and hn'niony geom to be drifting npart In Texas. It satisfies national pride lo know wo can I do nnghiid In a scrap. ; Accounts agree that this is the most en gaging season nt the summer resorts. In drouthy times a green lawn beard lc tlinony to the strength ot the owner's hose. The tariff of $10 to Kurope has Mlimilnted aristocratic emigration.Vard McAllister has gone abroad The subsidence of striking tumult Rives the sea serpent u chance to work up n free "ad" for some so.asldo ic-sort. A huge rattlesnake- killed In Colorado had worked Its body Into a knot It doubtless sympathized with the tie-up. With New Me-dcn and Arizona In the union , the Held of blue will contain forty- seven stars There's luck In odd numbers. Public olllelals nnvlinis for another term will appreciate the news that lightning struck the same- spot twice In Penns- ! vanla. Sugar King Ilavetnejcr plai the violin with considerable * dullcncy of touch. This fact was noted when ho tone hod the strings In Washington. "Can the country trust the senate ? " In quires an exchange Depends on thn strength ot the push. The members are open to conviction llutto wires that no resistance will bo offered the federal troops. That Is very kind of Unite , and besides It dispenses with lead and funeral bills The mosquitoes have drlvon Americans out of a section of Nicaragua Per similar rea sons the grip of Americans on New Jersey Is somewhat precarious Trifles oft produce startling traniformn- tlons In church Men who are usually alert pud vigil ml become wholly atxorbed In other things when the basket appears Chicago rallrovds have been called upon to pay a bill ot $10,000 Incurred In boarding the police during the strlko The bill Is sttIking evidence of the sustained nnd vigor ous assaulting finalities of the police The young < on of York has been christened Edward Albert George Andrew Pitrlck David Christian This extensive handle takes In nil shades ot politics , races nnd creeds , but It remains to be seen whether he will stand Pat In the rojal game. Philadelphia bombarded the heavens for forty-five minutes on the night of the Pourth , and Is now soberly kicking against the bill of JS.OOO When men enthuse with the spirit of ' 76 or any other } ear , they are barred from rejecting the bill In the morn- Ing. Ing.The The Pantheon In Paris affords sepulcher thus far only to thirty-five Illustrloiu dead , Including the remains of President Carnot. The body of Heiinn must lie for ten years In the cemetery of Montmartro before It can be taken to Its final resting place In this historical edifice A Ilraoklyn judge Issued an order re straining an actress from singing and danc ing , and a Kansas judge enjoined a Wichita family from playing the orgm A long suffering public have reason to rejoice that the courts repel domestic anarchy and dare uphold the orlflammo of liberty. Joaquln Miller Is growing on his Califor nia ranch a mile of roses. He believes families live too close together ; therefore , In place of building one lirge house , ho has erected four small ones one for Ids mother , one for his brothers , one for his own use and the fourth for his guests. Let ns see- that the record of evolution among the suffrage leaders of Kansas Is true to life. Mrs. Lease appeared upon the politi cal stage at Topcka and was for a moment serenely calm , Suddenly Mrs. Dlggs ap peared. Now , Mrs. Olggs and Mrs. Lease do not harbor the Damon and Pythias brand of affection toward each other , consequently a pair of cold shoulders were displayed. Said Mrs. Lease"I rejoice to find tiat | certain Individuals who at one tlmo know nothing outsldo of one little Ism prohibition and one who telegraphed over the wires that the people's party was dead and that the governor was a traitor are now In the people's party " This Inimitable dig touched Mrs. Dlggs In n tender spot , She sprang to her feet and shouted , "That's a He. " Prlends Interposed anil no hair was shed. Texas SlftlrgsA colicky biby at night is athletic ; it can ialse the house. It'illnrnrolls Journal. "Has that young man pioposed jet9" "N-it yet , mamma , but he has been In- qnlilrK If jour cough was nnjthing seri ous. ' Boston Tianscrlpt lie Yon don't catch me In any such scrape as that. I'm no- uoily's fool She Not at piesent ; but then Homebody may many you jet. Judge : Miss Jaylos She seems to bo very populai with the men Miss Hath- : > each Yet. ; she has declared that she hates ce cream. Chicago Dispatch : Elder Saudnskj- the Aft lean Methodist church of "Loidhvlllo lias Just been convicted of stealing forty- two bnfC cochin chlm chickens. We hope 10 will bear his punishment with Christian Boston Tianscrlpt : The custard pie Is the poor in in's n.Uuial dc-sHcit Thcra H no aristocracy about the custard pie. That s to say , no upper crust , Washington Star "These Is terrlblo mid times , " bald Meandering Mike "You hot they la , " replied Plodding Pete. 'A fellei can't go nowhere looKIn' fin vvoik lOAvndayd without hevln' some offered ilm " niooklyn EagleCnileton Did you hear that Olddlbuy nnd Ida wife have had fie- liient quarrels since their nmirlage' Montiuik I don't believe it , they live In one of those measly little Hats where there s not even loom for an argument. Chicago Ilcconl "What wcio j-our mo- Ivos In voting that oidtnimce' ' " asked thu ndlgnnnt constituent ot the aldcunan. "Jty motives , " said the alderman , with the dlgnllled nir of one repudiating an li.- sultlng Innuendo , "were the highest I ever acted upon. " rOHLOflN. New "iork I'rom. Us floiy rays the nun sends down , fhe llleH are tickling the bild man's crown , And the pesky things mouse hlH hatu \s now and again he slaps his pate The agile girls out of town have gone , And a seat In front when the ballet's on : Ie cannot get , for the plajhouso gay s closed for the summer , iilaclcudiiy1 3o ho fans Ids face with a palm leaf fan And thinks of himself ns nn Ill-used man IKK IIVI/.70.V.V TAT.K / ' II'OK , New York RvcnlnB Sun. | I've just got back from llshln' In the rlpplln' mountain brook. Where In boyhood dnj I angled With bc-nt pin foi a hook And a homo-made line o' Ilm n , Pustenc'd to u hut h wood pole , That's how I nsiil to tackle 'c-m , Down In the cup-rock hole" " bought a swell outfit this yeir , A ttul and lly hook , too , And It cost mo twentj dollars Tor a fancy hpllt bamboo. The rlpplln' brook still tippled , And my bosom swelled with Jo } ' , Jimt exactly as It used to When a-llsliln' a a boy. Jut the rest somehow was dlt'rent , Poi thu blamed fish wouldn't bite Though I coated an iirnjid nn cussed 'cn | l-'jom entl } morn till night Mj Illes snapped off , the leader line Hut tangled In the tri't'H , was enten lj mosquitoes And was | > le for gnats and lleas My feet slipped on n moss-grown rock , I turned a somerset. \nd the nlr was full of CIIHH words - Hut my clothes weru full of vvut ! broke that split bamboo off short , My heart broke with thu orack , Then I siidly picked the pic-ecu up And took thu first tuiln back' ' i'AUi. I'ici ; Truth. I often see ncioxs the street , A vision sweet and fair , Lace-curtained In a dim retreat , , rrumcd by a window square. i And dimly In the dark recess , I KCHS her rnlxu her arm , To comb or fastc-n buck a tress. Unconscious of her charm I neo linr move toward the light. And then I see u frown ! As with n llttlo Illng of hplto The crutl shade comets down.