12 THE OMATIA DAILY SUNDAY , JULY 22 , 1801.
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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.
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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
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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.
