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No wonder the political pot IB boiling at
this season of llic year.
Rccollectlonn of tlie oldest Inhabitant are
once moro In brisk demaniU
After that eulogy of the president Son-
ntor Vllas oujlit ; to have anything l the
N\ay of appointment that ho may deslro
for himself and friends.
If Prince HnUfeldt would patronize lesi
pollto gamhllnR resorts ho would ba spared
the Ignominy of having a limit called upon
Ills losses at the gaming tables.
There are some people who spem to bo
worried about Mr. Martin's prospects of se
curing a place on the Missouri river commis
sion oven more than Mr. Berlin , whoso sin
ecure Is at stake.
Pullman hasn't been heard from In over
n wcok. Wo trust he doesn't think that he
has already convinced everybody of the Jus
tice of the position which ho assumed dur
ing the late strike.
If Mr. Vllas li to bo believed America at
no distant day will be blessed with a new
patron saint duly canonized by the Holy
Pontiff. Ills name will bo Saint Grovcr.
P. S. For patron saint , read patronage
aalnt.
The renomlnatlon by the Iowa republicans
of Congressman David H. Henderson will
tie taken as a matter of course. Colonel
Henderson Is one of the old reliables of
congress , and Iowa cannot do better than
to keep him where ho Is.
Any other person than drover Cleveland
\\ould bo suffering from a swelled heart
after having his praises echoed so fulsome
as In Senator Vllas' speech before the
senate. Qrovcr will not bo affected , how
ever. His head long ago reached the
maximum point of size.
It Is fortunate that this tariff controversy
has occurred In the United States and not
In Franco. Had the speeches heart ! In the
senate been delivered In the latter coun
try It Is doubtful It the proceedings would
have been finished without a few resorts
to the code of honor.
The newly appointed minister from Japan
vras educated In the United States , to which
lie will now return as the diplomatic repre
sentative of his government. The United
States ought to bo glad to receive a min
ister who lias taken his political Inspira
tion from our Institutions.
The power of the Capital National bank
failure for mischief making seems to bo
almost without limit. A national bank
examiner Is the latest victim to Its tolls.
People ha\o gotten beyond the stage whore
they are surprised by the announcement
of now doNolopments In this cas > e.
Why not muko some efforts to ) u\o the
democratic btato convention called to meat
in Omaha ? Omnlm Is big enough to enter
tain any or all the different political parties
that expect to enter tickets In the taco this
fall. AH a convention city Omaha Is un
surpassed In this part of the country.
Political considerations will play a predominant -
dominant patt In the work of the city coun
cil from now until November. nvery job
that goes through will bo "In the Interest
of the dear constituents. " An InlliientliU
contractor who can't got what ho wants will
bo a rarity ( It for dime museum exhibition.
What about the veterans of the great
labor Insurrection ? Are not the deputy
marshals who so boldly risked tholr lives
for their country and J.I a day to get some
thing substantial In recognition ot their
services ? It the state of the national
treasury forbids a pension , why not a con
gressional \ota ot thanks ?
Senator Stewart of Nevada feels called
upon to resent the Interference of the presi
dent with the legislatl\o functions of congress -
gross In the enactment of a tariff bill. The
Nevada senator remembers the part played
by the president In forcing the uncondi
tional repeal of the Sherman silver pur
chase law last year and It still rankles In
his breabt. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Wo have no doubt that there Is a great
deal of siiort-ui'lfilit and short-measuro cell
ing practiced In this city , but the practice Is
not confined to the poor hucksters who stand
nt Iho street corner. Arresting nnd fining
ono of tlitjm tor using a liquid measure In-
pteiid ot a dry measure will not set an ex-
anjt > fe half'BQ Influential aa the successful
prosecution ot some ODD \\l\o \ exploits tnu
shcrl-measurp. system on a largo scale. Not
that , there should bo any discrimination In
the enforcement of the ordinances In favor
of nuy ono , but It a test cusa Is to bo made ,
why not inako ono that will have some
\velffit with other fraudulent sellers ? It
( he poor huckster Is alone to bo compelled
to llvo up to tha requirements of the law.
the larger short-measure dealers will
Imagine that they have a license to con *
tlr.uo tholr operations at their pleasure.
Twelve year * ago a tnbor strike took place
In Omaha that culminated In a no-called riot
and the calling out of mllltla nnd regulars.
There was rcnlly nothing to Justify the callIng -
Ing out of troops and the working mpn were
Justly Incensed at Mayor Iloyd for making
a requisition upon the governor for the
mllltla and navlng Omaha put under martial
law. In the midst uf the excitement a boy
cott was voted and ordered agalntt Uoyd's
opera house. All working men were warned
and urged not to patronlz * the Hoyd under
any circumstances. The labor leaders of
those days confidently predicted that this
boycott would do up the opera house owner
within less than a year.
Two weeks after the boycott had been
proclaimed the Georgia mlnstreli were billed
on the theater posters and announced In
the papers. To everybody's surprise the
house was Jammed from pit to nigger heaven
with a boisterous and enthusiastic working-
man's audience. The tloyd theater bojcott
had been spontaneously abrogated and never
was heard of again.
The bojcott proclaimed by Grand Master
Sovereign against Pullman and his patrons
can ha\c no better effect than had the boy
cott against the Doytl theater. It Is In th3
nature of the pope's bull against the comet.
Astronomers and historians tell us that the
comet did cll.'iipppnr , but no rational person
billcves that Its peripatetic gyrations were
In the least .nfiuenced by the proclamation
fulminated from the Vatican.
The sleeping car has become as much a
necessity In our railway system an the elec
tric light has become as a medium of Illumi
nating our cities. Wo have an electric
lighting monopoly In Omaha that has made
Itself very offensive through the corrupt
manipulation of the council by Its managfrs.
While every taxpayer and consumer of elec
tric light Is down on S. L. Wiley and his
methods , nobody has yet proposed to boycott
Wiley's irtonopoly by refusing to use electric
lights and electric motor power.
It Is utterly Impossible to dispense
with the use of Pullman sleeping cars by n
boycott directly or Indirectly The workIngmen -
Ingmen as n class patronize the Pullman
sleepers very littln and the commercial
travelers , tourists , merchants and their
families will never subject themselves to
the discomfort of the ordinary passenger
coach by any threat from the Knights of
Labor or other labor organizations. Mr.
Sovereign has evidently Jumped at conclu
sions In this as ho has on many other
subjects. To carry out his boycott against
patrons of the Pullman cars ho would have
to employ an army of spotters and most of
the people spotted would not care a straw
whether they were spotted or not. The
tourist who travels for pleasure certainly
would be Indifferent and the drummer who
wants to save hotel bills and
time by tra > ellng In the night
could not be punished Individually ,
neither could the Jobbing house he repre
sents be held responsible for the refusal
ot their travelers to sit up all night just
to avoid Mr. Sovereign's displeasure. Above
all things the boycott could not deter
women , children and Invalids , who avail
themselves of the Pullman sleepers as a
matter of safety and convenience.
Now the boycott Is a species of retaliatory
warfare waged In the Interest of the workIng -
Ing man. If It proves a failure It becomes
a serious drawback to the cause of labor.
Bearing this fact In mind labor leaders
should never resort to the boycott unless
there Is a reasonable assurance of Its effec
tiveness. The Pullman boycott , advocated
by Mr. Sovereign , Is bound to be a failure ,
and ho has made a. blunder In committing
the knights to such a course.
Everybody conversant with the policy of
The Bee knows that It never has been an
apologist for the Marquis Pullman. On the
contrary , It has been outspoken In
Its disapproval ot his arrogant and
autocratic ways and especially his
declaration during the btrlko that
there was nothing to arbitrate. While
wo regard the sleeping cars as a component
part of every first class passenger train , we
do not bellovo It necessary or beneficial to
the public that the sleeping car
service should bo In the hands
of a private monopoly. The way
to break up Pullman's monopoly is
not by the boycott , but by state and national
legislation that will require every railroad
to equip Its passenger trains with Its own
sleeping cars and will prohibit these rail
roads from subletting the sleeper car serv
ice to any private company or Individual.
When such laws are once In force the Pull
man monopoly will have to subside.
II I'JHOUl' '
IffSTlU'CTWAS.
The senate has refused to recedp from its
position on the tariff. It has rejected by
overwhelming1 majorities motions to put coal
and Iron ore on the free list , but two demo
crats voting in favor
of making these ar
ticles free. It has rejected the proposal to
recede from the one-eighth of a cent dif
ferential on refined sugar and has returned
the tariff bill to conference without Instruc
tions. On July 19 the house of representa
tives adopted a resolution Insisting upon its
disagreement to the senate amendments Ingress
gross , after having listened to the letter of
Mr. Cleveland In advocacy of free raw ma
terials and the speech of Mr. Wilson en
dorsing that position. Thus the tariff bill
goes back to the conference committee with
the two houses standing just where they
did when the disagreement was reported
to them , that Is , each Insisting upon Its
own measure and each manifesting a deter
mined purpose to adhere to this position.
The country Is familiar with what has
transpired since the conference committee
decided to report a disagreement. It has
been a period of sensational Incidents for
Iho democratic party. In a way entirely
unprecedented the president chosen by that
pirty has assumed to advise ono branch of
congreis rpgan.lnp revtmi" legislation , and In
doing BO arraigned democratic senators as
having proposed a policy that involved party
perfidy and party dishonor. In reply to
this Imputation democratic senators have
made the counter charge that the president
had been guilty ot duplicity In leading them
to believe that bo was In sympathy with
their course In revising the house tariff
bill. No similar situation has over before
happened In the relations between the execu
tive and the congress , and the Important
question Is whether ono of the parties to
the conflict the president and the house
of representatives on the ono hand and the
senate on the other will surrender , or tariff
legislation by this congress fall.
From the positive attitude assumed by each
house It would boem that It will be next
Impossible for them to reach an agree
ment , Mr. Wilson declared with earnest
emphasis Jn the house that ) It
would be better for tariff legis
lation to fall than that the representa
tives ot the people should accept the bill
pasted by the senate , and this was en
dorsed by the democrats of the house with
out division. No less earnestly Mr. Gor
man declared in the senate that that body
could not accept the Wilson bill , and. the
action of the senate Ims approved the View
of the leader of the conservative senators.
Still there li belief that an agreement will
finally bo reached and a tariff hill passed
that the president can sign. There may
be concessions on both sides , but the Im
pression appears to be that most of the
yielding will bo on the part ot the house
conferees. Democratic senators nre reported
as professing to bellevo that there will bo
agreement substantially on the bill as It
now stands , that the house has already como
to realize that It must accept the senate
measure or assume the responsibility for
the defeat thai stares the bill nnd party
In the face In the event that It declines
to yield. Moreover , many of the demo
crats In the house are becoming exceedingly
anxious to get among their constituents
and this Is counted on to Induce them to
yield. It Is dimcult to accept this view ,
because It contemplates the complete stulti
fication of the house leaders , which would
mean for some of them , undoubtedly , po
litical destruction. It would seem that
these leaders must see that surrender In
this matter , repudiating at once their own
position and that of the president , cnnnot
fall to be fatal to them politically. LookIng -
Ing at the situation from all points of view
It does not appear that an agreement Is
any more likely to be reached now than
wh n the tariff bill first went to confer
ence. Indeed the chances of agreement
would seem not to be so good as then , for
there has been aroused a feeling ot an
tagonism between the houses and a conflict
as to authority respecting this kind of
legislation that did not exist before , while
the Interference of the president has tended
to complicate ! and Intensify the Issue. Those
who predicted the failure of tariff legislation
when the disagreement was announced need
not yet revise their opinion.
TALKS OUT or SCHOOL.
Telling talcs out of school has been the
characteristic feature of the week's debate
In the senate at Washington. To bo moro
accurate , the proceedings were commenced
last week when the president unburdened
his mind to Chairman Wilson and made
public his story of the methods by which
certain of the democratic senators had In
volved themselves and their associates In
party perfidy and party dishonor. As
was quite natural , the accused senators
rusliod to their own defense , and what fol
lowed was a series of confessions that
gave the people their first clear view of
the making of the pending tariff bill. Sen
ator Gorman's story was so extraordinary
that he deemed It advisable , if not neces
sary , to call upon the others of the finance
committee to stand up , ono by ono , and
corroborate his statements. Each arose
and related his relations with the president
during the time that the tariff bill was
being framed , stories that had been cir
culating as rumors , but which for the first
time found authoritative. confirmation.
These tales were not originally Intended
for the public ear or they would not have
been so long delayed. Neither was the
admission made by Senator Caffery in his
speech , In which ho told of his efforts to
trade for adequate protection to the Louis
iana sugar planters and how he failed to
secure what he wanted because of some
stronger Influence , presumably the Sugar
trust , which controlled the members of the
senate finance committee. It Is also clear
that the whole has not yet been told , and
it some of the senators will only contlnuo
in their penitent mood several additional
Interesting chapters may yet be added to
the narration.
These tales have had but llttlo Influence
upon the progress of tariff legislation , but
they have served to give the public an in
sight Into the methods and operations of
the democratic ) leaders that cannot fall
to bo Instructive. They have shown the
hollowness of the decision not to grant
hearings to representatives of the Interests
affected by the protective tariff when those
most deeply concerned not only had access
in private to the various members of the
committee , but also had the services of
certain senators as active lobbyists In their
cause. They have proved that the presi
dent's devotion to "tho great principles of
tariff reform" Is conditioned on the recogni
tion of the demands of particular persons
and corporations who have secured political
claims upon his party. They expose the
pretended disinterested patriotism which
the democrats assumed to bring to the task
of enacting a new revenue measure. In
a different direction still , such disclosures
must tend to make men in public life moro
cautious about entering Into deals that
will not run the gauntlet of public opinion.
There is no telling what occasion may arise
to ilrlvo ono or moro of them to nmko a
clean breast of the matter , to the discom
fiture and detriment of the others. If this
should result the week's episode will not
bo without its good bide politically , in addi
tion to the light which it has shed upon
the tariff bill manipulations.
AM ) JAl'.lN AT HVl/f ,
Although there has been no formal declara
tion of war between China and Japan , and
negotiations looking to the settlement of
the controversy between them are still In
progress , the dispatches state that both gov
ernments recognize tlie fact that war actu
ally exists. TMs view of the situation would
seem to be entirely warranted by events.
There has boon fighting in Corea , n trans
port with Chinese soldiers has been sunk
by a Japanese cruiser , and warlike prepara
tions are being vigorously carried forward by
both nations. Under such circumstances It
does not seem that a declaration ot war is
needed to make the existence of hostilities
any moro certain or actual than it Is , and It
may well bo doubted whether , after what
has taken place , the efforts of the European
powers to bring about a settlement of the
difficulty will be of any avail until Japan
and China have had a pretty thorough trial
of arbitration by the sword. The fact Is that
neither government has shown any earnest
disposition to have the matter nettled Jn nny
other way. Doth seem desirous to test their
prowess In war and probably each la appre
hensive that any other method of settlement
would not be satisfactory. Besides there is
a long-standing hatred between the two
countries , growing out of the aggressive pol
icy of China In Corea , which has a strong
Influence In determining the courao of each.
As to the merits of the controversy , a , good
deal can bo said on both sides. In the po
litical affairs ot Corea , China , has long hold
a dominating Influence ; In fact , has exor-
olscd a power and authority practically su
premo. Through all the chUnges In the pol
icy of other nations In dealing with Corea ,
China has never failed to Insist upon the
van-sal condition of a nation which for cen
turies has tout tribute to Peking. Commer
cially the interests of Japan In the Corcan
peninsula are much the greater , being more
extensive than those ot uny other country ,
and there are moro Japanese sojourning In
Corea than there uro representatives of any
other foreign nationality. At present Japan
has a practical monopoly of the trade of the
peninsular kingdom ; whose exports consist
chiefly of foojBeqJ ; to Japan. Still the
Japanese seem | , m have boon nblo to n
( jttlro nny pollt al foothold or Influence In
Corcn. Ai rating the feeling there to <
word them , It Is noted that In 18S2 , when on
uprising took place , the- Japanese legation nt
Seoul was loo'ied , members ot the minister's
suite wore murdered , and the Japanese min
ister himself was driven out of Seoul and
forced to take refuge In n fishing boat , from
which he was With difficulty rescued. Again
In 18SI , when there was another formidable
revolt , the Japanese legation was burned ,
forty-two peaceful Japanese were murdered
In the streets of Seoul , and the minister with
his suite nnd a guard of HO soldiers were
obliged to fight their way out of the city.
While Illustrating the antipathy to the Japan
ese In Corea these facts at the same time
furnish u reason why Japan should now dc *
sire to Improve tht' ' opportunity for determin
ing , perhaps finally , whether her rights and
Intelests In Coroa are to be regarded and re
spected.
The dispatches give English opinion , which
for commercial reasons Is In sjmpathy with
China , that a war between that countiy and
Japan must cventuaato In crushing the lat
ter. There could bo no doubt of this If It
were merely a question of the relative
strength of the forces which the two coun
tries can command , for then China would
unquestionably have largely the advantage.
The Chinese national army Is estimated to
number about C50.000 on a peace footing ,
while that of Japan Is about 275,000 , but the
former has a population ten times as largo
as that of the latter to draw from. The
army of Japan , however , Is better equipped
and better disciplined , according to the most
trustworthy Information , than that of China ,
and Is believed to be also composed of much
better fighting material. In naval strength
the countries arc about on an equality. A
prolonged war between China and Japan Is
hardly probable , because of the Intervention
of European nations , though it Is recognized
ns a possibility that such a war may Involve
some of the countries of Europe.
President Cleveland has gone on and
appointed a commission to Investigate the
recent railroad strike , and both houses of
congress have passed resolutions approving
the position assumed by the president In
his proclamations to the strikers nnd In
calling out the federal troops to protect
Interstate commerce , but up to this time ,
except for Its own sources of private In
formation , congress Is In blissful Ignorance
that anything like strike riots have ac
tually occurred. The president not only
acted entirely upon his rwn Initiative and
without inviting the advice or co-operation
of the legislative branch of the government ,
but he has also neglected to transmit to
congress any account of the proceedings
which he deemed necessary. Presumably
the only way congress can get hold of the
official story of the strike Is to ask for It by
resolution , or perhaps wait until next Decem
ber , when the president's annual message
w ill probably Include n rpvlcvv of the strike
and its treatment by the federal authori
ties. Already the senate has passed reso
lutions of inquiry on paitlcular points in
volved , but these have been the only en
deavors to break , the presjdent's silence.
A special message , transmitting the report
of the new commission and recommending
legislation suggested by the report , will in
all likelihood be tlie first communication
of the president witl ) congress on this sub
ject , v .
George Gould Is to have the honor of'giv
ing a yachting exhibition before her royal
majesty , Queen VlBtorla , and at the same
tlmo to test the speed of the Vigilant
against the Britannia with the prince and
princess of Wales both on board the latter
vessel. This will cap the climax of Mr.
Gould's sporting ambitions abroad , even it
he suffers defeat , because defeat under such
circumstances will serve the same purpose
as victory. Mr. Gould hobnobbing with roy
alty and amusing the queen of England Is a
role new to the railroad magnate's reper
toire. It proves , as nothing else can , the
versatility of American genius.
After almost a whole year's controversy
the garbage muddle beems to bo as mud
dled as ever. At this time last summer
the council was loud in its assertions that
thn garbage question called for immediate
settlement. If there was urgency for a per
manent arrangement then , there Is equal
uigency now. But It will never bo" " settled
until settled right , and that Is when the
city will own and operate Its garbage crema
tory.
A correspondent of an eastern newspaper
suggests that If free raw materials Is n demo
cratic prlnclpl3 , the first requisite of a dem
ocratic tariff bill will bo free food or more
Particularly free rice. Hlce Is regularly
Imported Into the United States and always
In its raw condition. But free rlco would
strike piutty heavily on two states of the
solid south. This Is the point where prin
ciple must give way to political expediency.
Sonifl Day. l'orln | H.
Washington Star.
Some of these dn > s the president will
vviite a letter that will compel Senator Gor
man to tell all he knows nbout theliutler
vote In King's county In 18SS.
llmv to Suttln n Strike.
St. I'uul aiolie.
Vice President Stevenson linn a different
method of dealing with Ills employes from
President Pullman. Tlie miners engaged In
bis shafts nt Bloomlngton went on a strike
the other day. Mr Stevenson went to the
spot and personally liibpected the griev
ances complained of. Some vvero found to
be well grounded , anil were remedied nt
once. Others , vvhfcK were baseless , nnd duo
to misapprehension explained to the
men , nnd In an hour nil the trouble
was at an end nnd the men have resumed
their places. If I'ltllmnn Imil pursued the
same plan but lie < didn't , and that's nil
there Is about It , , d
Hill.
ClillHKo''Henild. ! '
Representative cAlelkleJohn of Nebraska
bus Introduced a .bill Jnylnir a duty of $100
on every Immigrant , that is , every Immi
grant subject to flle > fluty under the provi
sions of the bill , vUilah practically exempts
everybody. i i
One provision lHJlat | | an Immigrant , In
order to dntlnme , "shall come by steamer
or sail vessel from a forilKii port to any
port within the lilted States,1' ' it will be
observed that chep "Kreuser" laborers , en
tering the counin > - Ifrom Mexico liy rail ,
or by wading- < fJKIl | Grande , will bo on
the free list. It vvllLulao bo observed that
nny European "piuitwr laborer" landing nt
a Canadian port unU entering this country
by rail or foot , or In , nny land vehicle , will
be on the free list. Under this provision
of the bill European immigrants would
simply land at Montreal and enter this
country by rail , tax free.
Anotlier provision of the bill Is that the
duty shall not be laid on "an alien Immi
grant who is sent for and requested ti > Im
migrate to the United States by a relative
residing1 In , anil who Is a citizen of , or IIUH
declared his Intention to become a citizen
of the United States. "
No one desiring to cmlKrnto from "Europe
to this country would have nny difficulty In
getting an Invitation from a "relative"
here. There are plenty of people here who
would bo only too glad to become relatives
of any number of people In Europe nnd ex
tend to them very cordial and urgent In-
vtiitloim to comu over nnd "bring their
knitting" for a moderate consideration.
The relative Invitation business would
HOOII become nourishing and lucrative under
this bill unless Intending Immigrants should
find It moro economical to enter the country
In land vehicles via Montreal.
OTIIKIt L IXHH Tlt.tX Ot'H.1.
Mi Caslmlr-Perler continues to show Hint
ho has no Intention ot being a slave to pre
cedent. He has expressed his determina
tion to make several changes In the ( Hilda
lite ot the Elysee. He has decided to re
ducc the military household and to create
a civil household , which docs not exist. HI
old private secretaries , M , Paul I/ifarguc
and M. du Talguy , will be placed at the
held of It , and will be charged with the
Important duty ot representing him In the
lobbies uf the two chambers , This explain
the declaration In his presidential message
that ho would take full advantage nf all
the rights vested In him by the constitu
tion. M Caslmlr-Perlcr Is of the opinion
that In view of ministerial crises he should
bo Informed from day to day of the state
ot parliamentary feeling , Independently ol
his ministers. The president and parliament
have for the last twenty years had no means
of coming Into touch with one another. M.
Thlers , who was elected by the national
assembly , had the right ot appearing at the
tribune ot the assembly. He did not fall
to use this right , nnd on Important oc
casions was present to defend In person
the nets of his government. In 1S7J the
constitution was changed , so as to relieve
the president ot personal responsibility , and
also to prohibit him from appeirlng In the
house. It was also provided that the prcsl
dent should In future communicate with
the chambers by message. Since then the
French presidents have never set foot In
the chambers , where they are not repre
sented In any manner.
At last the turn of the Welsh church
has come. The prediction of the lories
and the defenders of the stale church In
England In 1SG3 Is coming true , that If the
Irish church were disestablished It would
be only a matter of tlmo when the Welsh ,
Scotch nnd English churches would follow.
Only twenty-five jears since the Irish
church was disestablished , and the home
secretary , Mr. Asqulth , Introduces the bill
for the disestablishment and disendowment
of the Episcopal church of Wales. The
bill provides that the church shall ccaso ,
to be a political Institution after 1S9G , nnd
the revenues , public and private , shall be
appropriated to educational and charitable
purposes. It will probably take much less
time to bring the emancipation of the church
In Scotland and England. There Is no
doubt but that the English church will
die hard , for It Is Immensely rich nnd serves
to furnish a large number of sinecures for
the Incompetent sons of the nobility. But
the most that can be done Is to slightly
postpone the date. As a state supported ,
political and really tory organization , the
days of the English church are numbered.
Then religious freedom in England will have
been accomplished.
* * *
The referendum has not proved to be so
great a success In Switzerland as many sup-
posed. Originally It was proposed to make
the referendum obligatory In regard to every
act of legislation. But It was argued that
It was not necessary to the system that It
should apply to many measures of minor
Importance. Accordingly , the leferendum
provides that no measure of federal scope
shnll be submitted to the people at the bal
lot box unless 30,000 voters shall require its
submission. When the legislature has passed
a law the people have three months time
for Its decision by referendum. In practical
operation most bills become laws without a
submission to the people. When a parlia
mentary group cannot prevent the- passage
of a law , or when n , strong Interest out of
doors Is'opposed to It , Its enemies proceed
by canvassing from } iouso to house to col
lect the necessary 30,000 votes to sffcure Its
submission to the people. When submitted ,
its lukewarm friends neglect to vote , and Its
actual enemies generally secure Its defeat.
While there Is a great deal of voting ( gener
ally on Sunday ) , few measures become laws
under this system. It may be said that the
effect of the referendum is salutary in checkIng -
Ing the accumulation of needless laws. But
Its real effect Is to paralvzo all legislation
The friends of a good measure fear to sub
mit It to a vote when mot on every hand
with the prediction that the people will
surely reject It ; and Its enemies have no In
terest in promoting Its passage.
* *
Brigands are becoming1 every day more
nnd more a power in Greek politics. Not
only have beveral provincial mayors been
tried recently at Larlssa on charges of com
plicity with the banditti , but the mini&ter of
the interior , M. Kalll , has yielded to the leg
islative pressure brought upon him to with-
diaw from TrikKala ono of his most ener
getic officials , who had distinguished hlm-
bclf by the severity with which ho was sup-
pi easing brigandage In the district. It seonib
that the bandits , finding that this official
was hampering what they chose to describe
as their means of livelihood , coolly went to
their congressmen , llko any other oppressed
Interest , and demanded that their represent
atives In Parliament should secure the recall
of the obnoxious official. In order to compre
hend M. Kalll's surrender , It Is necessary
to point out that the brigands have confed
erates in the legislative chamber Itself , no
less than three deputies having been recently
Indicted on charges similar to those brought
against the mayors at Larlssa. Under the
clicumstances. It is not altogether aston
ishing that Klug George should talk of ab
dicating , and the foreign money markets
should manifest a barked reluctance1 to grant
the loans so urgently needed and asked for
by the Hellenic government.
* * *
The Gallcian exhibition at Lemberg , re
cently opened by Archduke Chailes Louis In
the presence of three Austrian ministers nnd
nn enthusiastic crowd of Polish visitors , Is
dcscrlbsd by the correspondents of the Vien
na newspapers as one of the most Interesting
shows of its kind. The site Is the largo
plateau of u hill overlooking Lemberg , In
Itself a great advantage , and Instead of n
succession of largo buildings , the goods are
bhown In no fewer than 130 pavilions , each
In a different style of architecture. The
most striking part of the exhibition Is appa
rently the Polish art section , divided into
historical and modern classes. It Is con
tained In two pavilions , one , In the form of
an Egyptian mausoleum , containing all the
pictures of the great Polish nrtlst , Matelko ,
except the one included In the Vatican gal
lery ; and the other , showing a panorama of
the great battle fought 100 years ago , In
which the Poles , led by Kosclusko , were vic
torious over the Husblans. In ono of the pa
vilions the petroleum Industry of Gallcln
Is Illustrated In detail , from the deep boring
on the Canadian system , Introduced by the
English firms that own largo naphtha mines
In Gallcla , to the process of refining. An
other pavilion has been erected by the Poles
in the United States , the present exhibition
being regarded us national In Its character.
The emperor has promised to visit Lemberg
In September , and the show will remain
open till October 1C.
*
An nntl-nnarchlst nlllanco has been formed
In Europe which Is likely to render life
miserable for the advocates of dynamite
and murder as remedies for social Ills. The
police authorities of Berlin , Paris , Home
and Vienna have agreed upon a system of
surveillance which will make It practically
Impossible for an anarchist to find n hiding
place In any of those cities. On the part
of Germany it Ims been agreed that as soon
an anarchist from any other country
shows himself in any German city he shall
at once bo returned to the country from
which ho came. Atthe same time the
police will bo notified so that they can
shadow the man. wherever he goes. It
Is said that the Russian and Belgian govern
ments wilt co-operato with Germany , Franco ,
Italy and Austria In these repressive meas
ures , and Lord Hosebery has given naaur-
nnces of England's desire to help the con
tinental powers In every way possible.
Spain has been making successful war upon
the anarchists on her own account , und
will doubtless contlnuo to do so. Tnere
will ba practically no refuge for Ilia an
archist anywhere on thn continent outside
of Switzerland , which has heretofore been
a hiding place for revolutionists of the violent
lent kind ,
* *
A long letter from a special corrcsp , nd-
ent of the London Times gives a very un
favorable' account of the economic condition
of Argentina. He gives figures to show that
out of the fourteen provinces of which the
Argentina Republic Is made up llure Is
one , and one only , In a position of flninelal
soundness. Tbo rest , he says , are burdened
with debts , recklessly Incurred , nnd itit of
all proportion to the revenues avilhhto for
discharging them. Oni > , Indeed , of the ttilr
teen defaulters , he believes , could p y what
It owes In full. But as this would Involve
some slight effort , cither In the direction
of retrenchment of current expenses or of
nn Increase of taxation , the thing Is not
done , and the contributions to Iho ) imv nclnl
debt , though still maintained , have been con
slderably reduced In amount. 1 he o hers
pay nothing , for they have no surplus lu <
comes from which payment could b > mndc
The outlook , moreover , which 'ns been r.itk
at the beat of times , Is now , lu d clim1" ,
more than ever obscured. The f.ill ot a
cultural prices has been severely f 'lt b ) n
country largely dependent on Its igrlrtil
tur.il exports , and suffering Just m\v frrm
an exceptionally bad season , und thus duut.ly
crippled In the prlco of Its produce and In
Its amount. The political dlfllctiltl'-'s , which
nre of constant rccurrenre In Arge'Ulm , nnd
from which there Is no Immedhte prospect
of escape , do not Improve the outljjlorst
of all , the correspondent says , tui" ! reems
no likelihood that the people "f Anuirlnu
will be Induced to look fuels i-teadlly In ll.o
face. lie hopes that some day they will
realize the position In which they nre
placed , but can detect no present signs that
they will.
( lOHM.IX , llll.l , , KV AT. .
Indianapolis Journal ( rep ) : Senator Gor
man sa'is In effect that Mr. Cleveland could
not have been elected In 1S92 li < ul ho not
given secret assurances that sugir would be
protected , lie should be called Ills Sacchar
ine Excellency.
New York World ( deni. ) : When Mr.
Gorman talks about "tho work of recon
ciliation" he refers to what he has done In
tiylng to induce tariff reformers to be sat
isfied with licking the plate niter he and
his conservatives have taken the pie.
Boston Globe ( dem. ) : Senator Hill's de
fense of the president against the savage at
tack of Mr. Gorman was manly , straightfor
ward , effective For once , nt least , the noted
New Yorker voiced the emphatic feeling of
the loyal democracy of the whole country.
Chicago Dispatch ( dem ) WP desire to
warn Senators Hill and Gorman that In
calling each other "Brutus , " "Julius Caesar , "
"Marc Antony , " and "Casslus , " they nre
taking an unfair liberty with the nnmos of
gentlemen who cannot defend themselves.
Chicago Record ( Ind ) Senator Hill do-
selves credit for bavins made use. of .1
Shakespearean quotation much more cleverly
than most modern writers and speakers
have done. If Casslus Gorman , Brutus Jones ,
Cnsca Vest and Metellus Clmbcr Harris wore
not biased In this matter they would prob
ably tell Mr Hill so , too.
New York Times ( dem ) Really. Senator
Gorman takes too much credit to hlnibelf
for the election of n democratic president In
189. ! . Up to the mlddlo of October he did
not expect Mr Cleveland to be elected , nnd
did not want him to be elected. At that late
day the great labors of other and more loyal
democrats had made victory sure.
Cincinnati Commercial ( rep- ) Senator
Hill , In quoting Marc Antony , seems to have
overlooked these lines , that , In view of Oor-
mnn's assault , might have been both timely
and appropriate
"But jesterday , the word of Caesar might
Have stood against the world. Now lies he
there ,
And none so poor to do him reverence. "
St. Paul Globe ( dem. ) : Senator Hill Is a
student of Shakespeare , and his application
of some of the characters portrayed by the
bard ot Avon to some of his colleagues in
the senate the other day was a masterly
piece of sarcasm. It Is very evident that be
fore the pending trouble is over the antl-ad-
mlnistntion benators will ovoid a collision
with David , for they begin to realize that he
Is loaded.
Washington Star ( rep. ) ' The president
would be stronger with the people In his
demand of free coal and free Iron If he had
also fought for free sugar. When Mr. Gor
man says that the president had promised
dutiable sugar among his pre-election pledges ,
and Intimates that his Interest In free coal
Is of a personal character , he returns a
Roland for the president's "perfidy" Oliver.
It Is a very interesting mud-slinging on-
counter.
SALAlllit > Or LAJlUlt r.K.lTRUli.
OMAHA , July 21 To the Editor of The
Bee : Can you give me the amount of the
salniy paid by the labor organisations to
Mr. Debs ? Also the salary received by
Messrs. Soveiclgn , Martin and McGuiro7
What pay doss a walking delegate receive'
Are traveling expenses included in salaries
paid ? A SUBSCRIBER.
President Debs of the American Ra'lvay
union receives a salary of S3.000 per year
General Master Workman Sovereign $5,000
per year. Messrs. Martin , McGulro nnd
other members of the genoial executive
board each $1,000. Walking delegates re
ceive the union scale of the trade to which
they belong nnd are paid weekly. Travel
ing expenbes , when allowed , are not in
cluded in salaries.
I J'Jio.ir niniiiWT. nnoirs.
Detroit Free Prets : He ( In a spirit of In
vestigation ) Why don't > ou many ? She
( softly ) Nobody ever asked me to. He O.
Indianapolis Journal : Chollle Chappie ,
deah bo > , you aw pawsltively and gwosslj
Intoxicated you actually have a j.ig on !
Chappie Haw ! Is It on stvvalght. '
Tld Bits : Miss Moddernc There goes tlie
man I'm going to mairy.
Jeanette Why , I Know him well ; he never
said anything to me about It.
Miss Modderne Oh , ho doesn't know It
yet himself
Lowell Courier : A dragon fly has 12,000
lenses In bis eje. This is what lens en
chantment to his view.
Judge : Qtieilrus Which of those two fel
lows Is It that can't Hwlm ? Cynlcub Why ,
the one rocking the boat.
Detroit Free Pi ess : "O , Harold' ' " she
murmured , as she clung to him , "I have
such a supreme confidence In you that 1
would believe you If you lied to me" "Dai-
llng , " he exclaimed , convulsively , "don't
tempt me that vvny.
_
Chicago Record : First Phorui Girl Why
did Mine llynote get divorced from bei
Second' Chorus Gill She couldn't stand it
anj longer. HP never got up a single
rel with her that any newspapet would
think ImpoiUnt enough to print.
Indianapolis Journal1 Minnie What was
your reason for making film give up his
cigars ? You know you don't object to a
innn'H smoking.
Mamie I wanted to find what sort of a
temper lie really lias.
Buffalo Courier : "If , " meditatively mut-
teied the funny boarder , "It Is tine , as some
scientist asserts , chickens really talk , the
language of two-thirds of them must bo
pretty blamed tough. "
THE 1CK WATER FIEND.
WnshliiBtnn Star.
The boy who nte green npples In bis days ,
of rural fun
Forsakes the tempting orchard when his '
youthful sports are done t
But bis reckless folly lingers , though It's of
another sort ,
For lie haunts the water cooler , nnd In
dulges by the qunit.
Get Tngiitlirr or C.U1 I lie Commit1 ,
i-prlnufliM ( Mnia. ) Itepnlillrnn.
Theilemopintlo managers In New York
Htato ate to have a conterence at Snnitoga
this wuelc iipou the coming campaign They
have nothing to confer about while tills
.situation Insts at Washington. Itnliss the
senate , IIOUHP and president get together
there won't be any dcmocintlc campaign.
It'll bo a funeral.
S ItAltY 1'tnH Off
fit. Paul Dispatch.
It's a day we all remember , anil Its scene
of solemn state
Still castii a gleam of sadness , when at
borne we congregate ;
For a baby form Is missing , and no childish
prattle- grants
Its music sweet , refreshing , since the baby
put on pants.
Twas a transformation truly , and It maikcd
an ipocli grave.
It took away dear babyland nnd boyhood
ot
The "change could be discovered with the
slightest Itlnd of glance
At the prldi'-llUHlit'd face of baby that day
lie put on punts.
[ t rinsed the doors of lullaby nnd opened
wide the gate
That leads from arms of mother to the hill
of man's estate ;
flit light of dawning future 'cross the fra
grant pathway slants.
Of baby , und enthralls him on the day he
put on pants. tli
N 7iiii.vi > IT.
Our of t'lfltdnml'fl l.nrllent Ciimpnlgn Docti *
inrntH ( Imrlcfil Into tlm I'lrc.
When Senator Uormnn of Maryland nroao
In the United States senate Monday and told
of his experiences with President Cleveland
on the compromise tariff "bill there vvcro
democrats who recnllcil the first meeting of
the two men.
It was ten years ngo , almost to n day ,
snys the Now York Sun. Governor Cleve
land had Just been nominated by the demo-
crntlo convention nt Chicago Senator Gor
man had been made chairman of the na
tional dcmocintlc committee. Ho had
Hover seen Mr. Cleveland , The Miinland
statesman had met all of the great demo
cratic lenders In the nation. Ho was the
personal friend of Daniel Manning , who
probably moro than any single man In New
York stntp brought iibout the nomination
" , , f 'o ' ' " ' " 1 at Chicago. Governor
Cleveland had been formally notified of
his Humiliation , nml the headquarters of
the national dcmocintlu rominlttco had been
opened In .New York City. The story that
Is now told of the first meeting between
( lovernur Cleveland nnd Chairman Gorman
was told to a Sun reporter by Mr. Manning
In the Western National bank , utmost Im-
medlntoly nfter .Mr. Manning retired from
Mr. Cleveland's cabinet ns secretary of the
*
"I do not think I shnll . ver forget the
first meeting of Mi. Cleveland and Mr ( , or-
man , said Mr. Manning.Vo ,1,1 , iai ,
faith In Clevt land's running abilities but
It was iicces-aiy to bring Mr Jjr.inn nnd
Mr. Cleveland together , and I tmdutook
the task. I was then in Albaiy , bat In
constant communication with . .fr. ' irninn
Gorman , as you know , Is a roul , smvn in
dividual , and Cleveland Is ike a ijreil big
pepper pod. Clcvcltiul was uiiticusiiiomcd
to the ways of natloml flam-mien , u-ul It
was with dlindetlco one mglit Just ni\cr
national hcadquarteis iiad been op ncd In
Xew York that I wrote tn Gouuan und In
vited him to como to Alb my as my i-iie t
I told him that I wanted to Introduce 10
him Governor Clevehn 1 , the cnnlldie of
the party , ami I well rccnllpc' that In my
letter I said to Gorman that he would met
rather a 'heady' IndlUdniI. Well , 0 t.an
came up to Allnny t\v3 or three night" :
afterward , and I tint nlm arounl to see-
Cleveland. Clove ! ind was bluff and hearty
jnd Gorman was as tovllal as his tnul in
ture would allow. Vhey began to talk m
to the plan of camu-n. Caiman said very
politely :
" 'Governor , I have C'ipe t ) see von to
ascertain your wibhes ubiut the conduct of
the campaign. '
" 'Oh , bosh. ' s. Id the gnernor. 'I Km > \
nothing of those ma'ters. jttiii It to bt.lt
yourself. You Kno.v about affairs of this
kind. Do as vou II 'UK proper. '
" 'D-j you really mean that , governor ? ' re
plied Mr. Gorman. 'Am I to use my own
Judgment and follow my own discretion ? '
" 'Why , certainly , ' sold the governor. 'Why
not ? I don't know anything about buch
tilings , '
" 'Do you really mem what you -say , gov
ernor , ' again Inquired Gorman.
" 'Why , certainly , " said the governor.
" 'All right , ' says Gorman , and the next
morning ho went back to New York ,
"Two or three weeks after this meeting It
eamo to my knowledge that Governor Cleve
land had written a document bearing en the
campaign. I cannot tell you , for certain
reasons , what that document was , but I be
lieved it would have an Important In-
lluunce , and not a very good ono at that.
So I wired to Gorman , asking him to come
Immediately to Albany. He came on a fast
train and mot me , nnd I told htm of the
contents of the campaign document that Gov
ernor Cleveland had written. He was as
tounded , and ho hurried up to see the gov
ernor. At that conversation Gorman asked
the governor the nature ot the document ,
reminding him pleabantly nt the tlmq of
his former words , that he , Gorman , was to
run the campaign. Gorman added that If
the document was of any Importance It would
do no harm to submit It to the chairman of
the national committee.
" 'All right , ' says Cleveland , and he hand
ed out the document , saying : 'What do you
think of that , Gorman ? '
"Gorman read the document over very
carefully , and then , without a word , ho
( lung it Into the grate , saying'That's
what I think of that document. '
"It was a llttlo chilly In Albany that
night , nnd there wns a fire In the grate ,
and the document began to burn. Cleve
land Jumped out of his chair and hopped
up and down in his anger , shouting 'No
man alive can burn any document of mine.
What do jou mean , sir ? '
" 'Why , governor , ' said Gorman , as coolly
as you please , 'you said that I was to run
this campaign according to my own discre
tion. The document that I have jl > st
thrown Into the fire Is about as unwlte a
manuscript as over came under my notlco '
"Cleveland meantime was tramping about
In his lago , but Gorman was ns cool UB nn
Iceberg. Finally Cleveland began to laugh
at himself. He remembered his remarks
to Gorman on the first Interview , nnd the
two men parted friends , but not until Cleve
land had told Gorman that ho w is the
coolest bon of n gun ho had ever met "
If Senator Gormnn could have got hold
of tho. letter Mr Cleveland sent to Prof.
Wilson ho might have found a fire
where In Washington , oven In July.
( JO/A ft IIAVK'JV 111 * I'EOl'KK.
llxlloi ! African I'rlncn Will Hntiirn us a
IMlKHl < IMir.-KIl ! > l. .
SPRINGFIELD , Mass , July 27 Prince
Bcbolow , ZG , son of the late King Armah
of the Vol trlbo In Africa , who was converted
to Christianity and fled from the Dark Con
tinent to Europe to escape the wrath of his
people , has been notified ot his reinstatement
to the throne. Ho sails tomorrow from Now
York on the steamer Lucanla for England ,
where ho will visit Queen Victoria and de
liver a course of lectures before going to
Africa. His father wns a great trader In
187C ho sent his son and heir to the coist
to i learn the English language that he might
act i as interpreter with other traders While
there I the boy met American missionaries
and : was converted to Christianity. Ills
father I died broken heat ted nnd the Llberlan
government II I appointed Annan's brother , Oual-
nusaw i , to the throne. The boy came to this
country i and after a course of private tutorIng -
Ing I entered Wllbraham academy At the.
beginning I of his Junior year the Colonl/ntlon
society i notified the prince that they had de
cided i not to oducito any moro Africans , ns
the I plan was a failure , and advised him to
return i to Africa. He refused to go , and
worked his way through the academy
by I doing chores and giving lectures. In
189. ! ho entered Williams college Five
months ] ago he came to this city , since which
tlmo ho has spoUen In many churches. Re
cently ho wns notified that his undo had
lost 1 his Influence over the tribe and his
country was Impoverished by wars. Ills
people J ' are clamoring for his return and ho
accordingly decided to go His first purpose
Is to Christianize his | > oplo and when that
Is accomplished ho expects to return to
America to complete his education.
< > J.MH ir. I'/.IAH.IXIO.\ K.H > .
I'niiimii ns the Orliliiiit r of thu lllim-
( ihiKH-lEriiH'ily lriiil.
PHILADELPHIA. July 27.-Gcneral Au
gustus J. I'lcttBanton ' died hero after a lin
gering Illness of pneumonia. Ho wns born
In Washington eighty-six years ngo and
graduated from the United States Military
academy In 1820. Ho enlisted In the Perm-
hylvanla mllltla and at the outbreak of the
civil war was made commander of the Home
guard of Philadelphia. General Pleiisanton
was the originator of the theory that the
sun's rays , when passed through blue glass ,
were particularly stimulating , not only to
vegetation , but to the health and growth of
animals. _
Dentil of n Slliciliin Arrln < ooilil. )
ST. PETERSBURG , July 27. Private letters -
tors from Siberia announce the Nuddun
death at Bernuul of the well known Russian
author and publicist. Llkela M , Yadrln/ef ,
who was for many years owner and editor
the Eastern Review und who was re
garded as ono of the best Informed men In
the world with regard to the history and
archeology of Asiatic Russia.
H .Mullein Aguln Donlvd ,
BROOKLYN. July 27. In the general
tcim of the supreme court today Justices
Brown , Cullen ami Dykmun denied the mo
tion for a now trial [ or John Y. McKano ,
the ex-boss of Gravenond , thereby < : onlrmlui ( |
decision ot the lower court ,