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i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE * . TUESDAY , JULY 2. , 1801. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. puntisitno nvr.rtY MOIININO. TIHMH : or ( Dallr Bee ( wlllimit Hunday ) One Vcar J < X ) nlly lies nmt Hunday , One Year. . . . . . 1J JJ 'tic Month * J2 lire * Month * . . . . * Jj Huiiflny llee. One Year J J * Huturdiir H'e , One Yenr i l "Weekly llee , On * Yfnr c- omens. < 1mnli . The llee IltilMlng. Houlh Ornnlrn , Corner N nnd Twenty-fourth Ht Council imifr * , 11 I'enrl Street. Clilcaei Omee , 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York. Itootm 13 , 11 nnd , Tribune Hldg. \VanhlnRlcin , H07 V Btrent , N. W. COIlllKHPONDKNCn. All eomniunloitlmu rrtnllnit to news ami JI- torlal matter iiliniilil l * ndclrefswlt To IheMltor , ni'HiNKMfl i.irrrnns. All bunlneM Icttf-m nnd remlllniice * should IK niMremwil In Tlie Ile Publlshlnn company , Oniah.l Dr.iftK. clu-clts nnd iMist"ttlce order * tc be unite | mH ! > | < * lo the order of the cuinpiiiiy. Till : IIIIK PL'IJMHHtNll COMPANY. BTATIMINT : OK CIUCULATION. Oeorne It. Twchuck. oecrctnry of The I ce Pub. llnhliiK comipany. U-lnit iluly mvorn , sny ttint the nctiml miml > r of full nna eomplele cop ea of Tlio Dally Mornlnc , livening nnd Hunday Hoc printed dining th month of June , IS'JI , was na lollowa : ! , , 22.001 22.011 > * * i 2 : i.a > : 3 ! . . ! ! ! . . . . . . . . ' : ici IS. , 21.00 ; 4 21.STI VJ. 21.S23 D 5I.UM 20. , 21.G91 r , 22,100 21. SI,8D < 21.2i. 7 22,11)1 2i. 2I.GI ! 1 2J.1J ? 23. 22.0 ( < 9 22.1J 21. * i\.OV. 10 , , 21.13) 11 Sl.Wt m , . . . 2iws 12 21.7-J7 27 21rCC 13 21 , MO 2.S 2I.C03 II 21Si ; 23 22.ril 15 21,311 3J 22.161 Total . MG.IW J.cns doluctlnnn for unnold nnd returned copies . " . " ( Totnl oM . 611,78 ] Pnlly nverniru not clrculiitlon . 21S2e Hunilay. OBOIiaU It. TZHCIIUCK. Sworn In before mo and subucilbed In my pres ence this 3d ifriy uf July , 1R3I. ( Seal. ) N. P. F13IU Notary Public. Ills It como to this , that Hill and Cleve land are the only two democrats left ? IE ? It Is a wise man who can now set the day when a new tariff law will go Into actual operation. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It Is remarkable how uninterruptedly the. electric currents pass over the wires , while the $150 a month acting city electrician Is off on his vacation. It Is wonderful how the Lincoln news papers always accidentally place Omaha second end In tlfo list of base ball clubs whenever 'tho ' leaders are tied for first place. The macadam roadway In the bee line toward the Paplo looks like a streaH of snow Hake , and those who travel over that pul verized lime road look like millers after a flay's work at the hopper. Talmago has to go only as far as Australia to find out whether life Is worth living. Most of his fellow men fall to find the answer until they have gotten considerably farther away from home. drover Cleveland Is still confident that the difference on the tariff will be amicably oil- justed. The president doubtless believes that you can catch more senatorial flics with sugar than with vinegar. The first victim to a fatal experiment with what the inventor over-confldently called a bullet-proof coat has been recorded. It may transpire that the bullet-proof , coat Is just as 'deadly as the bullets themselves. We aro1 to be Inflicted with another free Bllvor convention , under the auspices of the mlsnamod Pan-American Bimetallic league. The league ought to have Its demands satis- fled simply to rid the people of'further Im portunity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ President Cleveland might have taken the heated condition of the atmosphere at this season ot the year Into consideration before giving congress , In his tariff letter , the In- ccntlvo for another hot discussion on a sub ject over which so many members have al ready become so warm. Senator McPherson of Now Jersey has givan up a European trip In order to remain at hand In the senate to sustain the position ot President Cleveland on the tariff bill. This Is no more than a fair return for tha several sacrifices that the president has been making for Senator McPhorson. Philadelphia complains that the Schuylklll water supplied to Its citizens Is so thick that It won't run through the ordinary street sprinklers. The Missouri river never was quite so muddy as that. Omaha water Is good enough for street sprinkling purposes oven when tabooocd for Internal uses. South Omiha Is all torn up over the Im pending change of postmasters. All that might have lieen saved It she had voted for annexation four years ago. Dnt that would have kept 'Dr. Glasgow at his pill boxes , Gd Johnston might not have been mayor , nnd so many other things might have been different , but Coxoy has finally lighted upon the practi cal part of strike politics when he calls upon every sympathizer ot the working classes to como out on the first Tuesday after the first Monday In November and to strlko at the ballot box. Ho ought lo have discovered this before ho started out at the he-ad ot his great pcaco army. The meeting of the general executive board of the Knights ot Labor In tills city will doubtless give n considerable stimulus to the activity of local organizations. Omaha labor circles have been exceedingly conservative during the recent strlko troubles , und an at mosphere of conservatism can not but benefit the executive board of the Knights. This meeting ought to clear up several obstruc tions which the labor organizations have en countered. Contractors could not ask for moro favorable - , vorablo conditions for building operations , and It Is encouraging to note that they are taking advantage ot the season by pushing the work In course ot construction. There Is still time to Increase the number ot now bulldlncs to bo erected this year. With a few moro new residences and business blocks , Omaha's building record for 1S94 will bo quite creditable oven when compared with the rpcord of previous years. In bow many different places does the Hon. James n. Weaver claim resldenco ? The last tlmo ho was In the house ho represented the Sixth Iowa district. Ho Is now a candi date for congress In the Ninth Iowa district. Wo are at the samu time Informed by the Now York Times that ho has astabllihed hlmsolf In Arizona , with a view to getting Into the United State * senate as soon as representation In that body Is permitted , Mr. Weaver must bo omnipresent whcu there Is a public ofQce In Bight , AO , ITTB.iriT lUniCTATK. The Omaha Dee will not dictate the ticket to bo nominated In the republic/in tat con vcntlon. Stick n pin here. Hastings Ne braskan. The Dec has no desire to dictate the ticket to be nominated by the republicans of Ne braska nnd would not assume that rcsponM blllly If It was given the privilege to do so The lice has no political ends to subserve through cither or alt of the candidates or the state llcktt. All the state house patron nco It would eel In the next two years I It had the naming of every man frnn governor to school superintendent would noi pay Its ordinary running expenses tor r single day , From the pecuniary standpoint this papei has mor ; at stake In the election ot halt i dozen Omaha ward councllmcn than It ha ; In the entire batch ot state officers. Dnrliif the twenty-two years of its career The Be ( has outlived ten generations of state officers It has survived the Ill-will and the good will of governors from James down tc Crounso and will not likely profit or suffei very much whether the state house Is filled with friend or foe 'for the next two years 01 two decade * . Whllo The Dee has no desire to dictate candidates to the party which looks to It for support. It has the right and Is In duty bound to Interpose Its earnest remonstrance against the nomination of candidates whose public record Is Indefensible and whose candidacy would seriously jeopardize party success. In the language of the late Presi dent Hayes , "He serves his party best whc serves his country best. " The party thai represents what Is best In the citizenship ol this republic cannot afford to enter u cam paign with any man as Its standard bearer who has sought to destroy good government and allied himself with jobbers nnd public plunderers. This Is a republican year , but It Is not oll-roomlstn. The a year for boodlerlsm and - party cannot hope to win nor would it deserve sucrcsa If It enters the campaign handicapped by tattooed candidates. The Bee has sounded the alarm against such a suicidal policy and It will not bs- deterred from Its duty by the cry of "dictator. " Stick a pin there. DAT/to' . .H'1'B.lTO THK The appeal of the American Railway union to the public , dated from headquarters In the Cook county Jail , Is a rather tardy bid for co-oporatlon of the traveling patrons ot Pull man cars , which does not promise to achieve any very substantial results. The American public does not deny that the employes of the Pullman company have real grievances that Call for redress , nor would It hesitate to show Its sympathy with the oppressed strikers In affording active assistance did It appear that Its aid would restore to them their employment at the wages originally paid. But traffic on the Pullman cars on no small number of railroads was completely Interrupted for over ten days and it has been demoralized for a much longer period with out making any visible Impression upon the stony heart of Pullman. The people would have to stay at home or travel In ordinary coaches for weeks , months , nay , years , In order to make the proposed boycott effect ive. Those who are compelled to travel are not generally in the mood to Inconveni ence themselves to this extent for an object of so doubtful attainment. If we analyze the public from which the Pullman company collects Its revenue , we will find that It consists chiefly of com paratively well-to-do people , the majority of whom are bound up with corporate Interests and have little relation and less sympathy with the working classes. In the contest between Pullman and his employes they espouse the cause of Pullman nnd prefer to contribute to his coffers rather than to glvo even a moral support to the strikers. Another portion ot the Pullman patrons con sist of women and children , to whom It would bo an unnecessary hardship to compel tlism to undergo the discomforts of the average day coach. Men who would willingly give up the Pullman sleeper themsslvesi will hesitate to Impose that sacrifice upon their wives and children. Furthermore , In a boy cott of this kind no one who participates secures any recognition of his personal eftorls , because Ihc ouly record of It Is that found In the decreased receipts of the Pullman com pany. Since no ono would know whether a particular person Is sustaining the boycotter or bring homo the responsibility for violating It , the tendency to depart from any good resolutions thai may have been formed would be almost Irresistible. The patrons of the Pullman cars , then , are not the class which would bo expected to respond unani mously to such an appeal. The appeal Is late because It comes after the mischief Is done. It Is Idle to speculate as to what Its effect might have been had It appeared when the trouble first assumed serious proportions. It Is doomed to fall upon deaf ears , coming as It does now , because - cause the people are convinced that coercion In any form Is not ths remedy required. The relations between the railway employers nnd employes must be regulated by federal legislation. A boycott of Pullman by the public could at best give but a temporary solution for this particular case. What Is demanded and what must come Is a per manent measure of relief that will make a recurrence of these railway strikes Impos sible. That Is why the present appeal must bo In vain. IIIOKCLAD LMIUH VLKDOKS. According to San Francisco advices the manager ) of Iho Southern Pacific railroad liavc formulated a written agreement which ivory man who desires re-employment Is required to sign before he can ba reinstated jii the company's pay roll. By Mils' ugrcc- nent such ot the former employes ot the road who have been members ot the Amerl- : an Railway union obligate themselves to iovur and renounce their allegiance to the jrganlzatlon , and they and all others who > re enrolled by the company pledge and jlnd themselves to join no labor organlza- .lon of any dotcrlptlon for the period of \ve years. This Illustrates strikingly the autocratic : lmracter of railway managers In general md those on the Pacific coast In particular , rho conditions which they seek lo Impose upon their operatives are void legally and in unmitigated outrage morally. It Is igainst public policy and the spirit of our munitions to exict from any man or sot ) t men conditions precedent to employment : liat will abridge and deny the right of In- luslrlal freedom to association In any IcgUI- nato' organization , To say lo any man thai ho cannot get an opportunity to earn bread for himself or his family by honest labor unless he surrenders the right most : hcrUhcd by all free men the privilege of lulling for mutual benefit with other mem bers of his class so long us tha society , brotherhood or union has for Its objecl legitimate ends U almost as degrading as to loprlvo him of his right to vote for whom 10 pleases. Whou a man sells his labor lie does not part with hli Inallenible right .o the pursuit of happiness by mutual osso- : I.tIou , and any pledge or contract that curtails or takes away thl ( right la not worth the paper It U written on , It could ncvar be enforced In any court , and na legls- litlon can ever make U valid. The only way railroad corporations and all other em ployers of labor can Insure fidelity on the part of their operatives U by paying them fair wage * and according to them humane treatment. Ilillroad managers who treat their employes as rebels and icok to humlll- ale them by Imposing Ironclad oat Ms and self-degrading contracts are sowing the seeds of discontent nnd fomenting more strlkoi just an soon as the labor conditions Improve. The Southern Pacific managers have a right to exclude from employment every striker who has resorted to violence , In cited destruction of property or resistance to law officer' , but they commit a fatal blun der , to call It by a mild name , when they force men who hava committed no overt act to barter for bread their Cod given right to Individual freedom of fellowship. Under such conditions men will always harbor a rcsenttnenl lhal bodes no good lo Ihelr cor- poralc masters. OOH3IAA' rni-'i\na TIIK SKXATK. Senator Carman has ceased to be an ad mirer of Mr. Cleveland. Mr. dor-man Is one of the half n dozen conservative sena tors to whose Influence most of the amend ments to the house tariff bill arc due and ho was consequently attacked In the letlcr of the president to Mr. Wilson. Yesterday tlio Maryland senator re entcd this attack and In 'a speech , characterized throughout by strong feeling , defended the action of the senate on the tariff. He did not mince words and there Is no ambiguity In his ut terances. He 'gave the history of the tariff bill In the senate , told how the senators In charge of the measure had frequently dur ing the progress of Its con Ideratlon called on Secretary Carlisle In reference to It , while some of them had also talked with the president , and asserted , backed by the testi mony of several senators , thai Secretary Carlisle had unqualifiedly approved the sen ate bill and that the prcsldenl had given senator * reason to bellQve that he was not opposed to It. The unqualified statements of Mr. Gor man , supported as they are by the tesll- mony of the senators who revised the tariff bill , certainly places Mr. Cleveland In an awkward position. If he gave such assur ances to Senators Harris and Jones ns led them to believe he approved what was being done by the senate and the country will unhesitatingly accept their statements then the president has clearly been guilty of duplicity. According to these senators Mr. Cleveland , while not regarding the compro mise bill as altogether satisfactory , was willing to accept It aj the best lhal could bo secured , but his letter to Mr. Wilson Indicates thai he was never willing to ac cept the senale measure. In any case It Is obvious thai Ihe president did not act In this matter In a perfectly straightforward way , and In showing this fact to the coun try Senator Gorman has done more to dam age Mr. Cleveland In popular confidence and reipecl lhan have all Ihe mistakes which the presldenl has made' during his public career. In Ihe first place Mr. Cleveland should not have meddled at all with tariff legislation , but having done so he ought to have been honest and stralghlforward and nol misled senalors , as he appears lo have done. The language of Senator Gorman regardIng - Ing the president was none too severe under the circumstances , and his declaration lhal conference committees should be free from outside Influences will be endorsed by men of all parties. There Is no principle In our government more firmly established than that the executive mnsl nol Interfere with the legislative branch of the government , and thli principle was clearly violated by M ' . Cleveland In his leller lo Mr. Wilson. From Ihe allllude of Senator Gorman , evi dently endorsed by n majority of the demo cratic senators. It would seem to be entirely safe to predict that the senate will adhere to Its tariff bill. The house has Indicated Its determination not to accept that measure. But should It finally conclude to do so the president could not conslstenlly sign the senate measure. There appears lo be very small chance of tariff legislation by this congress , a prospect which the country will regard with unmixed satlsfacllon. run CONSULS. If Iho bill which passed Ihe house of repre- scnlallvcs lasl week becomes a law 11 will add materially to the duties of our consuls In Europe , It Is n measure for the Invcstl- gallon of aliens coming to this country and provides that no alien Immlgraut shall be admltled within the United States unless ho or sheyshall exhibit to the United States Inspectors of arriving Immigrants at the place of admission a. certificate signed by the United States consul or other authorized representaltvo of Iho United Slales al Iho place nearesl where said Immigrant lasl re sided , setting forth thai Ihe consul or oilier United States representative has made an In- vesllgallon concerning said Immigrant nnd that said Immigrant does not belong to the class or classes of alien Immigrants excluded from admission Into the United States under the provisions of the act of congress of March 3 , 1891 , or by any other law of the United Stales that now exists or may here after bo passed. It also provides that It shall bo the duty of United States consuls : md representatives In other countries to In vestigate and grant or withhold certificates , is shall ba disclosed on investigation under the directions and Instructions of the Stale lepartment , The author of this measure , Representa tive Stone of Pennsylvania , who has been jealously endeavoring for several years to secure legislation of this kind , explains Its | ) urposo to be to prevent the criminals and paupers of Europe from being admitted Into Lhls country as Immigrants. Ho says thai ; ho testimony taken by the committee on laturallzallon and Immigration of the Flfty- Irst congress shows llmt foreign countries lot only encourage Immigration to tula coun- : ry of criminals and paupers , but use pub ic money to pay their expenses hero. It Is questionable that this has been Iho case , jut 11 Is safe lo say lhal nothing of the chid Is being done now , far the steamship xmipanlcs are extremely careful not to bring > ver anybody who Is likely to bo returned > y our Immigration authorities , of course , : rlmlnal3 will get in , because aotno ot them ire well provided with means , and the pro- -tosed consular Investigation might bo heiiefl- : lal In keeping out this class , but It Is hardly lecessary as to paupers. However , there loea not appear to bj any very serious objeo iton to the proposed law , except that It would mpose considerable additional work upon some of our consuls and necessarily Increase .bo expense ot the service. Ot course , If wo md such a law , aliens desiring to como to liu United Stales who could show a personal ecord satisfactory to the consul would be llsposed to make the work of Investigation jy that official as light as possible , while .here would probably bo few applications for : ortlflcatc3 from persons whoso record would not bear " ? riv tlKatlon. Doubtless the con stiU will not look with favor upon this rne urc , but what they may think of It Is no Important. ) The only question Is , would th proposed legislation more effectively cxclud the objectionable classes than It I * posslbli to do undtt existing laws ? If It would It I desirable. I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SUKKttfl .SV7.it TllVST STATISTICS. The Information which Rcprecntatlv < Itarlcr lm cskcd President Havemcycr o the Sugar trust to furnish the subcommll toe of the houto committee on manufacture ! will be very Interesting to the country I the head of the trust supplies It nnd make : a truthful jiutcment. The Information sought byMr ] Hartcr relates to the preset ! value of thep > lanls of the American Sugat Refining company and what these plants coult bo replaced for ; the actual annual profits o the company : the annual salary of Its gen cral officers ; tlio paid-in cash capital of the company and , the present surplus fund. Mr Mr , Hsrlcr figures oul llmt with Ihe pro tcctlon now given the Irust It receives nearly ? 10,000,000 annually and he suggest * that as the company asks n continuance o favori U oughl. to be disposed to give the Information asked for. As Mr. Havemeycr Is at llberly lo comply with the request cr not , ns he shall see fit It Is probable , judging from his past course thai he will nol supply the Information The policy ot Ihe American Sugar Kenning company Is to observe absolute secrecy re garding Hi affairs. H docs nol let the public know anything aboul Its business. It re fused to furnish any Information for the census and It does nol publish any slale- mcnts , as other corporations do , from whlcl the public could obtain a knowledge of Ha operations. In view ot thl policy It Is noi at all likely that Mr. Havemeyer wll furnish to Mr. Harter the Informallon asked for , and should he decide lo do so the trust worthiness of his statement would be ques tionable. A. vast monopoly organized na this one U and which Is almost absolutely * a law unlo Itself cannot bo depended upon to glvo a truihfnl nccounl of llselt excepl upon compulsion. The only way lo get at the facts as to the value of the plants ot the Sugar trust , the actual amount of Us capital Its profits and other matters about which the country would "like to know , Is to bring It into court , where It could be compelled tc produce Its book' . This , however , will not be done by the present administration , which has manifested a lender interest In the Irust , despite the declaration of Mr. Cleveland Implying a different feeling. II Mr. Harter could persuade Atlornoy General OIney lo InstltulO' proceedings against the American Sugar Refining company under the antl-trusl law , making Ihe dlrecl charge lhal Ihe company cxlsls In vlolallon of that law , the Information he seeks could be ob tained , not , of ccilrse. In time to serve his purpose , but still for the cnllghlcnment of the public. But whether the president of the Irust de cides to pay any attention lo the request ' of Mr. not , the public fully un- derslands lhal 'the American Sugar Refining company , which * p'racllcally has a monopoly of the business , U making an enormous amount of money annually out of the con sumers of sugar , that It Is paying largo divi dends on a capitalization of several times greater thanMheractual' value of Us prop erty , and that It exercises an Influence In politics and ! , oipon legislation which Is dangerous to tlioj public welfare. These Ihlngs Ihe p'ubllc' Is already aware of , and while ; tl | would be , Interested In precise Information " ' formation on "thcT'several mailers presented by Mr. Harter , It needs no additional knowl edge to satisfy It thai Ihe Sugar Inrt Is one of the most rapacious of monopolies and ought to receive no consideration what ever from congre B. Arkansas populists anticipated President Debs' appeal for public co-operation in his fight upon the Pullman company by refusing Lo travel In Pullman cars. The Arkansas populists went to atlend Ihelr state conven tion a-foot , a-horse and In chaises or any way they chose so long as they drew Ihe line at patronizing the railroads , and one ot : ho delegates asserted that he had ridden over ZOO miles In a sprlngless farm wagon In order to answer to his name when the secretary should call the roll. All these great sacri fices were made , of course , out of sympathy tor Debs and out of hostlllly for Pullman , ind particularly lo make a grand aland ; > lay for populist votes. It Is confidently ex pected lhat the loss of Income sustained by Mr. Pullman by reason ot this course of Ihe \rkansas populists will force him to at once : nako terms with the striking workmen at Pullman. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It remains to be seen whether the same lonslderatlon will bo shown Santo Caesarlo , ; he assassin of President Carnet , during his ; rlal this week lhal was accorded Prcnder- ; asl , who was hung for the murder of Mayor larrlson. It Is safe to say that when once : ho verdict of guilty Is pronounced , the : tallan nnarchlsl's doom will be sealed wllh- ) ut the hope of either Insanity proceedings > r reprieve. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( olng Tnroucli tlio Blotloni. O lobe-Democrat. The Town , democrats are going to hold a state convention Ihls year , as usiml-on ibout the same provocation that the lexns republicans are In the habit of doing that lort of tliliiB. Conceit Culled IJonrn. BprlnKlIcM Iteimbllean. Some of Iho Kngllsh Journals commented the railroad strike as If a labor war ) ii , vas unheard of In the queen'3 dominions. \s a matter of fact , according to the labor -orrespondenf of tlie London Board of I'rade. Ihere wore.09. ! strikes nnd eight lock- mls In the United Kjngdom In 183i. Hvm I * i C'uiidltlon. , Chlcngu Ilcrnlil Olein. ) . The democrallQ , parly Is nol In power nl .he national capital. It cannot control leg- slullon In comcreiifl It Is hulplesn to puss in Important niu | iV'tal ' measure , which WHS iromlsed In the .democratic platform of 892 , nnd which } > y an enorrnous majorlly he people demanded al the ballot box. Plillniitlif5l > y''Not ' ' In Hvldem-o. ICbniLrf'CUy ' Slur. The Pullman" 1'iilaco Cur company de- dured a regular JU'arterly dividend yester- lay of a per centiJvJsht per cent a year Islet lot such a tncnsly" return on stock which ouresents the 6ost''ot construction multl- illed by several units , The Pullman cor- lonUlou Is not rterlng enough to keep U iwako at nlght. f _ So'/ir < > ritpn .Shot. Ne'jv H'Hrlc WorM. History repents Itself , Awuy back In the evolution we won the tests of "putting- he allot , " while the English won most of he runnlner nml Jumping events. Now iguln wo win "putting the shot" and Ihe Cngllsh beat us nr running nnd jumping , t Is ouch u good nlgn that we ought note o mind the defeat ot our college boyu. jtbuiidon thu Illileou * Hill. New York Sun. There Is a tremendous cry for peace at my price and the termination of this lenthly discussion , by the passage of a arlft bills , no matter what. Wo ure us inxlous for such u blessing- and are us eady to assert our right to It ua anybody , mt we refuse to ptiy for peace with the lellberute sucrlllcu of the principle for yhlch we have made war. We are In favor if the tariff controversy ending on the spot , iy the most emphatic condemnation of Its llBgraceful failure possible , namely , the cri- Ire abandonment of the enterprise until he democratic party comes to Us own. o.vPAinr i > jtnr/ii. Philadelphia Times ( dem. ) : In anevcnl tha prcsldenl has made It understood that whoever else may waver , lie irtamls trtu to the cause ho represent * . Now York World ( dent. ) : The ndvlco ol the president Is good. Coal and Iron ore must bo made free and protection must be denied to the Sugar trust. St. Loiils Republic ( dcm. ) : The senate bit In bad enough ; but for the democratic part ) to go to the country with the presence ol the McKlnlcy law on the statute ? books as an Issue would be to turn the campaign Intc one long and dreary explanation. Boston Advertiser ( rep. ) : As the lettet stand * . Its tenor and apparent Intent are tc justify and Indorse , though with a thin gulRt of reluelance , one of the most Impudent ami corrupt pieces of legislative Jobbery evei framed by "party perfidy and party dis honor. " Now York Times ( dem , ) : Mr. Cleveland U In full accord with the position announced by Mr. Wilson , and ho would refuse as In dignantly as the chairman of the ways ami means committee to yield to the dictation ol Mr. Got man. In that refusal the democratic party of Ihe nation will firmly stand by both. Louisville Courier-Journal ( dcm. ) : The pity ot It Is thai the light which Mr. Cleveland Is urging the house to make , and which that body Bccma ready to make , Is not for n morr Inspiring cause is not for n straight , honest tarlff-for-rcvcnue bill , Instead of for the comuromls with protection which Is the basis of the Wilson bill. New York Tribune ( rep. ) : If the tariff bill cocs through as It passed In the senate millions will ask , with Mr. Cleveland , why the wool of the farmer WHS made free nnd the great corporations are enriched by millions for each. Thai very question Ihe president himself may have to answer If the bill goes to him for his signature. Cincinnati Enquirer ( dem. ) : Mr. Cleveland Is not wcarlnc democratic armor. He has not a record on tariff reform , or on any other principle of Ihc democratic party thai justi fies him In dictating lo the democratic sena tors. The senate cannot maintain the self- respect which the people demand of It II It yields to the president's edict. Philadelphia Ledger ( rep. ) : Republicans can view the situation with equanimity , since It threatens not only the defeat ot the tariff bill , but the disruption of the democratic party. Even the president , as the head ot the party , declares , In effect , thai U would be better not to pass any tariff bill than under stress of necessity to abandon demo cratic principles. Boston Globe ( dcm. ) : There Is not the shadow of a doubt thai Ihc presldenl bpcaks In Ihls mailer for lite overwhelming majorlly of his parly. The only thing to be regretted Is llmt Mr. Cleveland did not publicly de clare his unswerving opposition weeks ago to any tariff measure which should fall to number among Us advantages the granting of Ircc raw materials. Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican ( Ind. ) : We Incline In the view that the letter will have the effect of marshaling the reform forces In congress to a successful stand against the rascally combination headed by Gorman. But let the Issue bo joined at once and a final vote had. This continued delay and un certainty Is Iravlng a killing effect on the business of the country. Philadelphia Press ( rep. ) : The president has grappled with the Gorman-Brlce cabal. He would have been far stronger before the country for this fight If he had taken high ground against the Sugar trust. But , choos ing his own ground , he still makes the fight. The battle call has sounded. Its significance Is not to be mistaken. Either the president must suffer defeat or the Gorman faction must go down. Washington Star ( rep. ) : The desperate struggle between the Wilson tariff bill and the Gorman tariff bill Is Interrupted by the vigorous and unexpected Intrusion of Ihe Cleveland * tariff bill , which remarks loudly that It can whip both ot the other com batants. The Wilson bill , which Is gelling rather the worst of the original encounter , welcomes the Interference , while the Gorman bill fumes with Indignant resentment. The characteristics of the Cleveland tariff bill are free coal , frco Iron and a duty on sugar. OT.K IS TlUHlllI.KD. IN SOUP , Yuly 23rd , 1891. To the Editor of The Bee : Ay bane In trouble and Ay tank Ay write you latter. Ay had almighty gude yob In sawmill on Ylm river In Dakota , but Ay yump ma yob and go to Chicago age two wako to take yob on railroad. Ay vear over-alls In sawmill , but Ay hare Ay gat yob on railroad llko brakcman and wear wldo-botlomed panls. Ay had gudo yob In sawmill and imke scventj-femt cents a day. But Ay hare Yon Yonson ha rade newspaper and It say Irishmen haralso hal In Chicago. So Ay tank Ay gat gudeyob Ihere. Ay tal Yon Yonson gude-byo and Ay buy saxsteen dollar tacket and yump on Iraln. Ay work two day and Irishman ha hit ma on head with brick and call ma Norveslan scab. Ay not llko dat so Ay yump job. How vas dat for crazy ? Den Ay tank Ay go see ma broder In Omaha. Ha bane purty gude fella and hat almlghly gudo yob wllh Yim Slephenson. Ven ha see ma , ha say : "Halloo , Ole , varo you kam from ? Ay lank you varo on Ylm river ? " Ha bane purty glad to see ma , but ha say Ay bane crazy to yump yob In sawmill , and Ay tank so , too. Vat you tank ? Omaha it bane purty swift town , Ay bal you. Ay lank Ay get no yob hare. Vat you tank ? Ay bat you If Ay gat yob Ay not yump It. Ma broder ha say ha not kape ma and tal ma to gat hump on ma back. Ay tal him Ay gat no yob , but ha said Ay must look for yob. So Ay gat Ylm Stephenson ha write latter lo ma old boss on Ylm river but but ha say Ay gat yob llko Damocratlc party run kontry. How Is dal for crazy ? Ay lanlt ilcs bane purty hard times. Vat you tank ? \y bane In des kontry sax yare , feint mont , tree day nnd sax vake. Yon Yonson ha write ma des bane almighty gudo kontry ind ha say for ma lo como hare quick. Ay vlsh Ay hadn't come. It bane purty gude kontry femt yar ago , but Ay tank Ay vent change so Ay voted damocratlc tacket two yare ago. How vas dat for crazy ? Ven Ay ; at gude republican llko Knute Nelson for president Ay tank Ay bane all right agun. Vat you tank ? Ay hare ma say des vlnter It bane almighty hard times and ha tank a man ha bane nighty big fool to yump yob now. Ha lank fax loaves of bread bane bailer dan no loaves at oil. Vat you tank ? Ay lank so. Ay vlll write you agan ven. . Ay gat out of loup and find yob. OLB IVEHSON. Hit VAN. / UtiT I J-CfI > K A'OO.V. OMAHA , July 23. To the Editor of The Jeo : The article published In The Bee this nornlng entitled "Bryan Must Decide Soon" ms Borne statements that do not exactly ixprcss my views toward Bryan , und In order .hat my friends and Mr. Bryan's friends nay fully know my position I will ask your clmlticss lo allow mo a llttln spice In your raluablo paper. In the first place , of course , : have no authority to say what OUT party vlll , or will not do , any moro than what Is inmlstakably explained In our platform. I mvo repeatedly said on the stump and over ny signature thai such men as W , J , Bryan ind W. F. Gurloy , who I believed lo bo loncst and able , would always receive my In- llvldual support , no matter what ticket they vero running upon , and I will say U. Now , n relation to Mr. Bryan for governor , It Is rue that I do not bollovo lhal our pirty s going to endorse him for thai olllco for everul reasons. The llrsl and most Im- tortant Is that liojs not a candidate for be ofllce of governor , and furthermore his Honda are unable to have their convention allod before our'u Is called If wo did Intend o endorse him. Our people believe thai Mr. Iryan la better fitted for United States sen- tor , nnd Dial In lhal position ho would orve them to better advantage , and now this 3 my position Individually. I think that Mr , fryau should bo In Iho populist party , but t ho sees fit not to como to us and still fight .long the lines that ho has In thu p-ut I m perfectly willing , and I think that the najorlty ot our party are willing thai If , o and his friends will help us carry hrough our state and legislative ticket thai re will make him our next United States enator , and of him and Allen In my huinblu pinion Nebraska could well bo proud , teipectfully , D. CLEM. Work hiR boon begun on the now Haml ton county court house. The Hurt county Sunday school conventlc will be held al Lyons August 1 and 2. A revival operated by four young me will bo begun at Nemaha City this week. The Christian Endeavor societies of Fit nas county will hold a convention at Wllsoi vlllo July 28 and 29 , The Baptist Young People's union of It Loup and Elkhorn association will > hol n rally August 9 and 10. I ) . S. Lltllcflold has sold the Grant Boutin to C. F. Smith Mid will put In all his tin doing the county Judging. Tramps set fire to tha farm house of Jamt McAllister , near Pawnee City , and the bulb Ing and contents were entirely consumed , The 15-year-old son of Superintendent < Schools Barton of Aurora was thrown froi n horse and sustained Injuries that will pro\ fatal. The Tllden Citizen has again change hands and Is now In the possession ot L. ( Bargelt , who will conduct It as a republics paper. The Nchawka Register has been discount tied and the plant wilt be moved lo Bui chard , where u new paper will be ostal llshcsl. Broken Bow people have been notified b the city marshal to cut the weeds In thcl lots or Ihe city will do the work and asses the cost agalnsl the property. Whllo handling a gun In the First Nation ; bank of Holdrogc , Ftcd Alden accldcntly e > plodcd the weapon , putting n bullet throng the plate glass front. Luckily nobody wo Injured. A boll of lightning at Beaver City ot tered the house of William Mason and tor out ono end ot the building. Although th occupants were In the side of Ihe hous damaged by Ihe fluid Ihey were nol Injurei Jake Fries , Ihc weak-minded young ma who Irlcd lo wreck a Hock Island train ncu Table Rock and who was arrested as a dan gerous lunatic , escaped from the jail a Pawnee City and had twelve hours of llbert before Ihc sheriff overtook him and robbe him of his liberty. While carrying a lighted lamp In search c medicine , Mrs. John Train of Liberty fc ! and Ihrew the lamp against the wall. 1 broke and Ihc oil Ignited , setting fire t the house , which was entirely destroyer Mrs. Train was rescued from her portion position by her brother just In time to sav her life. Nothing was saved from the house The Santee agency corresponded of th Nlobrara Pioneer says lhat Bill Campbel sold a bunch of cattle to the Bloomflel butcher , for whltli he received $200 casli When the catllo were called for Ihe Indian refused lo deliver them , nnd , upon appllca lion lo Ihe agent , he Investigated matter and discovered thai the callle were thos Issued to Ihc Indians and BUI Campbell hat nothing to do with them. Dill has gone u | to visit Red Cloud. vKovr.RAn rntxas. Matrimonial tie-ups go right on regardles ; of the consequences. Japan would doubtless polish Corca Smashing China Is quite different. The Maryland peach crop Is sate and tin democratic admlnlstrallon still lives. An early and liberal consignment of suga ; Is needed to sweelen life at the senate em of the capltol. A proclamation against perfidy and polltl cal anarchy Is- due from Ihe while house Call oul Ihe Iroops. If the Butle contingent of the Industrla revolullon heeded Debs' advice Ihey wen careful to keep It out of sight. George M. Pullman has two brothers win are clergymen. Their opinion of the came and needle-eye Illustration Is not stated. The first thing the new arbitration com mission should do Is to arbitrate the qucs- lion of veraclly between the senate and tin whlto house. Senator Arthur Phew Gorman's arraign ment of "cowards In high places" demolishes the malicious story that he has an Impedi ment In his spine. Another member of the Washington famllj Is dead. His first name was Thornton , am ho was a great grandson of Presldenl Washington's brother Samuel. Prof. Gllbhln solemnly asserts there Is nothing In Ihe political situation to warrant the democrats of Nebraska holding a state convention to nominate a ticket. Chicago's pre-eminence as a summer re sort cannot bo successfully atlacked when eggs arc cooked In Lake Michigan and lani tried out of live hogs at the stock yards. Daniel K. Belknap , station agent on the Brie road at Hornellsvllle , N. Y. , has main tained a tlo-up with the company for forty years , and shows no signs of loosening his ; rp. | Philadelphia papers confirm the report of i base ball fracas in that city. Those who jherlsh the belief that the Quaker city Is a lualnt. dreamy , back number should revise their opinions. ( One of Ihe faslest stenographers In the : ountry Is Miss R. Maude Wolfe of Boston. 3he writes fluently In Ihree languages and dor notes are so plainly written that they are readily deciphered by her assistants : . The suffragists of New York have plunged rom heights of Joy to depths of despair. The > ravorable report of the subcommittee for suffrage , regardless ot sex , was sat upon , L3 to 4. by the full committee. The mean ild things ! Young John Jacob Astor , In his new house 'aclng Central park. New York , has carved n marble on the outside , his own bust , his wife's , his baby's , his father's , his graml- 'alher's and over so many more. Another lueer feature ot the Astoral architecture s the capital A's which dot the house In ivery direction like the Napoleonic N's on the ild French empire furniture. Amid the strife and turmoil raging In > arty councils In Washington , the rank and lie of Ihe democracy will find a largo gob if consolallon In the following flattering estimonlal from Ihe Arkansas popullsls , o wll : "Wo conllnue our demand for a : raduated Income tax and congratulalo our- iolves lhat we are rapidly educallng and lonverllng Iho democratic party. " The wear and tear of administrating the Treasury departmenl killed Manning and i"olger , but their fates were exceptional , us nest of Ihe secrelarles of the treasury have > eon long lived. There are seven former ecretaries still surviving : Hugh McCuI- och George S. Boutwell. Benjamin II. Ilrls- Walter Q. Ore-sham , ow , John Sherman , - Iharles S. Falrchlld and Cliarles Foster. The amo number of ex-secretaries of war sur- Ivc : Schofleld. Cameron , Ramsay , Lincoln , 'roctor , Endlcott and Elklns. Vlll Slakes , O. o' the I-'ust , In the Army anil Navy Journal. ) , there's na day like n pay day , an' there's no place llko New York , in" there's no street llko the Uow'ry when you're oul upon a lark , in' Uiero's not n bloomln rcg inent o the host that wear the blue is cnn give the Fust a pointer where to go or what to do ; When the money Is a-burnln' In the pockets o' your clothes , An' to keep the ball u-turnln' IB the only thing that goes. , n' you llggcr out your 'debledness to who , how much , you owe ; , . . . , . , n' the gin mills nra a-buzzln with their winders all u-glow ; .n' the fakirs llockln' steady llko muskeet- ers llll nboul ; .n' a puss for you Is ready when you want to titko It oul ; Whllo Ihe dollars nro a-jlnglln' With a most provokln' noise , Fulrly llutterln' und tlnglln' In the lingers o' the boys. [ owdy do , Tom ? What'll ye hev' , Tom ? Take another ono with me omrudes west and comrades c.ist In many a skirmish , many it Hprctt ; oss U off ! an1 If yon hevn't nny other thing In view , , et's run over lo the city to old "Number While the rocks nro gnyly rollln' , An' u pair o' pretty eyes Smiles upon you , softly callln' . Ah , good evenln'i walk In , boys. " a there's ne'er a day like pay day ! What's the odds If , In the end , ou're escorted to the guard house , having fought per boaom friend ; 11 briik' up und busted , blast III with a Summary nhcud , was glorious while It lasted ! now the piper must bo paid ; An' the captain reads the charges , An * with many a pulpit trick On yer horrid life enlarges A ' you gets It lu the neclt. , ' RAVAGES OF BLACK DEATH Described by an American Phvsiolan In a Letter to The Bco. . - * CHINESE FLEE FROM FOREIGN DOCTORS Curl u .ilimotirr * of the Nntlvr * to Slay tli Plugur-l.lr Told Alniut Anirrlrnn PltyNlrhtiK-Urnit Oitntaii tlov pllul AlmiMt Deserted , Letters received from a prominent AtnorU can physician In Canton. China , by a. mem ber of The Bco staff say the plague Is worm tliun ever In both Canton and Hong Kong. forty thousand Chinese have fled from HOUR Kong , not because they fcitr the plague , but because they arc nfrald of tlio foreign physicians , who have been ordered by the English to make a house to house Inspec tion. It Is the belief of the Chinese that the foreigners arc sent to poison them so as to make them illo quicker and the most sen sational stories arc told on the streets of the treatment undergone by those Chlneso who have fallen Into the hands of foreign doctors , Posters have been freely displayed In every part of Canton saying that the doc tors dissected people alive , took people on board the hospital ship who did not have the plague , put the living with the dead and gave the patients poison the first thins upon their arrival on the ship to inako tholr death sure. Aa a consciiucnco of these lies the great American hospital at Canton bus been deserted by all the patients that were able to leave , and It Is considered dangerous for any Chinese to go there for treatment on account of the mobs , Two American lady doctors have been se verely beaten by Infuriated Chlneso because they administered medicine to a man with the piiiguo , as the people declared that they had glvon the patient poison. Since this occurrence - curronco the viceroy of Canton has stationed soldiers In the streets In citizens' clothes to prevent a recurrence. lie has also Issued an order for all foreigners to keep off the streets and to cease giving medicine to the sick. The Chlnuso bcllovo that the scout bags mailo to relieve the sufferings of those stricken with the plague are deadly , and the viceroy has glvou orders that no more o ( them shall bo distributed and all mention of the words "scent bags" has been prohibited. This proclamation , however , has not been en tirely obeyed and the Chinese still continue to post notices on the walls of the city warn ing the people against the "foreign devils. ' Dr. Mary W. Nllcs , who sends the above Information , also tells of how the pitlcnta suffering wlllftho "black death" are treated. She has hired a boat on the river where nil her plague patients are taken. In addition to rent of the boat , she Is charged $10 for every death that occurs on board , as the Chlneso will not use a boat on which there has bo.'n a death" . To prevent the payment of this extra fine , when It Is seen ttiut n patient Is about to die , ho Is removed to a ferry boat adJoining - Joining , where ho can pass away without It entailing any extra cost on iho physician. A Chinese gunboat under the direction ot the viceroy , Is engaged dally In taking all the sick from Hong Kong to Canton , and na | a consequence there Is great Indignation In the latter city over the action of the authori ties. The Cantonese say their city would ba free from the plague If the canes from Hong Kens were not brought there. Tlio reason for transferring the stricken ones Is that Hong Kong Is a center of trade and the pres ence of the disease there Is causing loss to commerce. Nearly all the foreigners and the wealthier Chinese have left the city for nearby towns that have not as yet been Infected. There Is great fear that the disease will spread still more. Several attempts have been made by lha Chlneso themselves to stop the progress ol the disease. They first brought all tlio Idols from the temples and forming them In procession - cession , marched them around the city. During the march , however , a number ol people died , and the schcmo was abandoned ns worthless. It was then decided to change the date of the year , as It was believed that the gods would cease troubling the people If they could b ? fooled into the belief that the present calamitous year was ended. The gods , however , have not looked at It In that llcht and the people are still at their wits end to know what to do. HKSCVKI ) I'ltOH Till : H'JtnCIf. I'lvonlng'H Kxcltemcitit for Visitor * lit Son- bright I'lvn hnllnrH Siivoil. NK\V YORK , July 23. For two hours yesterday - terday evening the summer visitors along tha Now Jersey coast In the vicinity of Sea- brlglit raced up and down the shore watchIng - Ing five men clinging to the crosstrees ot their vessel , which had Just gone down. It was but twenty-five minutes from the tlmo the hardy life-savors put out from the beach on their errand ot mercy until they had reached the wreck , and the Imperiled sailors , one after another , were taken from the rig ging , but to the watting thousands on tha beach and bluffs It seemed as though hours had elapsed. The vcss > e ! was a two-masted schooner , the Hobert II. Mitchell of Balti more , bound from New York to Norfolk , She carried ICO tons of salt In bulk. Sha had sprung a leak and was rapidly settling when a distress signal was hoisted and the captain and crow climbed Into the rigging , where they clung until rescued. Among the excited spectators on shore was cx-1'rosldent Harrison. Shot Him Doail to Dofoml Illmxnlf. ST. LOUIS , July 23. Late last night Her man Klugman shot and killed Edward Cook- soy , one of whose EOIIS was thrashed by Klug man several days ago. Last night Cook- sey armed with a club , and two otheri , ono of thorn-flashing ( a pistol , lay In wait for and attacked Klugman. Seeing ho was likely to fare badly , Kinsman 'drew Jils own weapon and shot Ccoksey. who lived but a few minutes after being shot. ICIugmau l under arrest. SIlllTll J.V ftlHHir 3WT1IK. Detroit Free Press : Little Have you any illstnnt relatives ? Mutch No ; mine are nil near enough to visit mo at a moment's notice. _ 1'lilladelphla Ilecord : "There nro few more disappointing things In life , " says the Mannyunk 1'hllonopher. "tliun a. balloon ascension to u man with a Htlft neck. " Somervllh > Journal : The first time n man iveurs n pair of new tan shoes clown the street It Is a great relief to him temporarily lo hear any other noise. IMttBburg Chronicle : "Are you going nway 'or the summer. SnngRSV" nuked Hnlpklns , 'Don't need to , " it-piled Bnuggs , "Tho inimner Is still here. " Buffalo Courier : Dlnkle Strnngo you ihoulil be ovcrcoini ! by the heat. Dankle- Ureut Scott , man ! I lost J10 on It. noston Transcript : "Does your wife put ip all her can stuff herself. ' " "Certainly. Jelf-prcHurvatlon Is the first law of nature , " Slftlngs : Can electricians explain why u leclded negative Is ulwnys a positive ? Philadelphia Ilecord : It's HO far to the redlt of a young man that when his girl s locked In his urms before martlagc hu lever thinks of a latch key. Adams Freeman : The architect of the mlver.se planned wisely. If n. dog did not atigli with ! il tall liln meaning would bu nlsunderstood when hi ) showed bin teeth , Atchlsoti Qlobo : Nothing hurts a boy's eellngn more than to act smart In front t a girl who Is Htnylng all night with his Inter and then get whipped for It In her Detroit Free- Press : Miss Boston ( a. vis- lor ) I was HO sorry I couldn't attend thu nil last night , but I understand you wuro here and were quite commu II fuut. He You bet your Hweet life I was ! I bait wo forty-fours In my belt und curried 4 Vlnchestcr. UP AND DOING , Atlanta ConstUutlim. There nln't no use In Blttln * still- * In slttln * Htlll anil wlrhln' While there's a can with bait to 111 ! An' lakes uu' streams for llshln' , The man who makes the dollars now , Them dollars Is pursuit ! * : He's on the run ono hour by sun , Ail' ulvvuyu up an' dula' .