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THE OMAHA DAILY Blffit MONDAY , JULY 30 , Til EOM AHA DAILY BEE. Tj ; M3 or lly lies ( without Sumlny ) One Ycor. . . . . . . < Ily IJ > nml Sumlny. On * Yciir. . . > J > § Month ! . . . i I7i rffi Mnnlhii , , . . . * < " rulny lion. On' V < * nr. J fi Hnturifay lire , Oim Yt > nr l f ; ( Weekly U * , Ono Y.nr " ori'icna. Omnhn , The IIot > lltillJInB , _ . imil Twenty-fourth Sin. IViulh Omnlm , Onrntr N CoiinHI lllnfT , 12 1'onrl Hlreil. ndcntso Oinoc , 317 C'linmlr of ti > mmerc * > , n i- Kew York , Itimtni * 13 , II ami"i. \ . Trlliunu wag. IVanhlnglon , HOI T Htrce-l. N. w. cortni:8roNiiN'Ci3. : All cnmmunlcnllonii relntltiK In * * * . . . ? ' . torlnl matter uli-mlJ .n mltlrwuetl ! To tliclx-lltor. HL'SINKHS . All lnHn-fi. intern nml nmltlnnccs " \ 'l ' nrtrtrt-Mc , ! lo Til * HP l > ullli.lilms , c" } ' ! > ny. Om-ilm I > rnft , clit-clis nml pojtn llco * r < l l BTATIJMKST OV OeorRe II. T/nchuck , ncirtnry of The Ilec I ii - llshlnic camiwii ) . 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Republican members of tlio tariff confer ence commltteo no\er had an easier Job. They have tlio name , but the democrats do the work. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Wo never know with how few officials the city government can get along until a large proportion of tlio city employes go off on their annual vacations. Pullman still declines to talk on tlio con dition of affairs In his works near Chicago. But that docs not prevent the people from talking on the condition of I'ullman. Nemaha vv 111 have to go Davvson one better In giving the favorite son a send off. The trouble Is that down In Nemaha the process Is too old a story to arouse a noticeable enthusiasm. If you don't believe that the common people get their share of the benefit of the public park system of the city Just take a rldo out to Hanscom park and see what a popular resort It Is. Blighted crop prospects do not seem to extend to the regular crop of political can didates. This one crop thrives under the most adverse circumstances. This year promises to be no exception to the ordinary rule. Another railroad strike in sight. This time the Santa Fa locomotive engineers and train men are said to be on the eve of a walk-out. When that btrlko conies we presume - sumo the Santa Vo managers will declare there Is nothing to arbitrate. Mr. Kaspar has made a good beginning ns street commissioner. Ho has decided to dispense with the general foreman and do the work himself. This will save the city at least $100 a month , which Is the most practical example of retrenchment that has been furnished so far. Wo are assured that there has as yet been no formal declaration of war between China and Japan. But the Jnps and pigtails are scrapping all the same , and the fellows who have been slugged or murdered before the war has been formally declared will accept no apologies. The confidence of the public Is beginning to bo seriously shaken in the weather fore casts telegraphed from Wabhlngton at the expense of the government. It would bo much more sensible for the weather bureau to favor us with hlndcasts by mall. That would certainly be moro reliable and Inex pensive. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ That the Rellly P.iclllc railroad funding bill Is not going through congress , If It passes at all , without considerable opposition Is plain from the minority report tiled against the measure. The minority of the committee- favor Immediate foreclosure. The Ilcllly bill is merely a measure to sta\o off foreclosure for a period of fifty years. . Vlco President Stevenson la huriylng back to Washington in order to be on hand In the emergency of another tie vote on the tariff question. His absence from the senate on Friday brought the democrats nearer to de feat than they had been at any moment of the tariff proceedings , and they could but shudder at the prospects of a recurrence of the danger. This Is one of the few occasions when the presence of the vice president in his place In the Benato becomes leally Im portant , and when that ofllclul , usually amore moro llgurohcad , holds the balance of power that Is to determine whether his party shall prevail or not. That Mr. Stevenson would relish an opportunity to rescue the demo cratic nmjoilty In the senate from defeat goes without saying. A bare uhaiico of plac ing President Cleveland tinder obligations to him Is enough to start Mr. Stevenson toward Washington and over halt the continent. Judging from the resolutions adopted by the democrats of Cass county , the plan for uniting the democrats and populists for General Weaver for congressman from the Ninth Iowa congressional district Is not prospering : BO well as some of the admirers of Mr. Weaver would have us believe. The Cass county democrats call the scheme one ( or delivering the democratic party Into the hands of the populists and brand It as "a cowardly surrender. " They go further testate state that If the plotters succeed In their fell purpose they will not consider themselves bound by tlio convention endorsement , nor will they accept as the test ot fealty to the democratic party the support of a populist candidate with democratic votes. Weaver's small chances of election will , of course , bj rcducod to nil without a democratic endorse ment , and It begins to look as It they would not bo much Improved oven should the demo cratic convention ulvo him the stumy of 1U approval. LKT f.s ; M rft A sKrr/B ; //Ar. The Omnlm Dec It recalling romlnlsconncs of the flimnelnl operations of the republican central commltteo In the campaign of ' 03 The point Itnnts to make Is that Colonel Majors , the cnmlMate for llcuUm.nt BUV- crnof , owing lc * the peculiar attitude ( if some republican statesmen anil alleged re publican newspapers toward htm In the canvass , tlld not pay over lit * nssc.isiiinnl to the central committee treasurer , but made his own campaign at his own expense. Whlb the ethics of thin proceeding arc bcltiR canvassed , perhaps It la well enough for The Hoc to make an explanation of the charge brought by Richards of Dodge In the cift'ct that Mr Rosewater collected from the buslnefls men of Oinuha some JGOO for the committee which ho never paid over , but used to recoup himself for his "cam paign expenses. " While wo are clojrlng up these things let us have on all-round settlement. It would appear that there never has been a clear financial statement by the coimnlHco since that campaign was fought and won. * * II Is time for the party to cinch the rogues and put them where they can do no further harm to the sacred cause for which It Is contending a cause that Is far iibovo personal considerations and that can never bo In sympathy with malicious scandal mongers and perpetual mischief makers. Lincoln Journal. It Is In accord with the eternal fitness of things that thu paper founded nml kept nllvo by successive bands of public thieves , wha have made Jobbery a cardinal virtue , should taUe up the cudgels for what Denis Kearney pointedly designated as an honorable bilk. The attempt to vindicate the hickory shirt swashbuckler , who makes It his practice to dcadbcat his way as a candidate , would have been allowed to pass unnoticed were It not sought to be- made at my PNPCIISC. The champion of boodlerlsm calls for a settlement and I cheerfully respond to the I hnve b'en waitIng - call. It Is an opportunity Ing for these many months. So long as the slanderous charge about the $500 collection was surreptitiously circulated by the Agers , the Walt Sccleys ami other political rodents and Irresponsible vagabonds. , I was not In position to refute It. Had Mr. Richards or any responsible man made the charge over his own name I should have made them answer for It. Now lot us have a settlement about this campaign of 1892 , and we shall see where the debit and credit comes In. At the outset of that campaign the clnlrman of the national committee assured mo that any legitimate campaign expenses Incurred In behalf of the national ticket would be met by the national committee. In pursuance to these assur ances I negotiated for ciuipalgn literature , principally newspapers , and cairled on a campaign bureau for correspondence and dis tribution of literature. Although I had re pealed asbiirances that at least $10,000 would bf > contributed by the national com mltteo for Nebraska , not a dollar was remit ted. During the progress of the campaign the obligations Incurred had to be met. Hav ing no available funds on hand , I ralseil the money through loans In banks , for which 1 became personally responsible. On over $1COO of these notes I had to pay Interest for a year and a half , and am still paying the standard rate of Interest on $450 of these loans. From beginning to the end of the campaign all my urgent appeals were In vain and my account with the national com mittee stands as follows today : National Republican Committee. To E. Rosewater , Dr. 1892. Sept. 15. To amount advanced Kear ney Hub $ 250.00 Oct. 1. To ain't paid to Pokrok 52ap- Idu Printing company ( Boho- mlan paper ) 490.00 Oct. 10. Am't paid to Swedish American Pub. company ( Swedish Tribune ) CGO CO Nov. 4. Am't paid to F. Schnake , Nebraska Banner ( German ) . . . 320.00 Nov. 10. Salary of stenographer 3V6 months , Aug. 1 to Nov. 10. . . . 260.6C Total . . * 1.90332 During the campaign I made two trips to Washington , one to Now York , three to Chicago , one to Milwaukee , on business of the national committee , at my own expense , and canvassed the state , making seventeen speeches in various sections as far west as Indlanola and as far north as Nlobrara , paying my own way , making no demands for services or expenses Incurred. Within the last thirty years since I have lived In the state I have yet to hear of the first national commltteeman who Incurred any expenses , made any canvass , or did any work Whatever In carrying thestate. . The truth Is there was nothing for a republican national commltteeman to do In a state that had from 10,000 to 25,000 sure majority In every presidential campaign. In order to throw a llttlo more light on the conduct of the campaign It may not be amiss for mo to publish someof my corre spondence , but before doing so let mo state that my failure to receive the promised aid from the national commltteo was duo to the backcapplng of leading lepubllcans who appeared to bo afraid that the state would go for Harrison. In the last Interview I had with Chairman Carter at the Loutsvlllo meeting of the National Republican leaiuo ; ho stated that Senator Paddock hadassuied him that no money was needed for carryIng - Ing Nebraska , and yet Senators Paddock and Mamlorson pressed mo into signing an uigcnt requisition upon tlio national com mltteo about a month before the election. Right hero lot mo also state that at the outset of the campaign I positively declined to handle a dollar of the campaign fund and designated Mr. Henry Bolln , our city treas urer , as treasurer of the campaign funds. The following letters need no explanation * OMAHA , Neb. , Oct. 11. 1892 Hon. A. E. Cady , Chairman .Republican State Central Uommltteo , Lincoln , Neb. : Dear Mr. Cady Yours Inclosing letter from Mauley received. I had received a similar letter from Mr. Gaiter the day before , In which ho says nothing can ba done for the present. I fear wo wll | get no help and I may even lie compelled to piy out of my own pocket the money I have advanced and the labilities' I have incurred. Such treatment is not very encouraging , to say the least. I liavo been so much annoyed by parties who want help , and the announcement In the World-Herald that 1 had received a large package of money was doubtless In tended to sot some more wolves onto mo , so I have put n quietus on the raiders by a letter over my own signature which ap peared In this evening's Bee and will also appear In tomoirow morning's edition. 1 am also in dead earnest ns regards my l > ropoiltlon to step down and let somebody eleo assume the responsibility of the national committee work , providing , always , that I am relieved befora the election. I would rather have my hands frco than to submit to Impudent threats and bulldozing. Very re spectfully yours , 13. ROSKWATKR. LINCOLN. Neb , Oct. 17 , 1892 , Hon. K. RoscwaU-r. Omaha , Neb. : My Dear Mr. Roaowatcr Your several favors received , and I am very much gratified that you have arranged to keep appointments In Kiiox , AnUlopo and other northeastern counties , 1 fully realize the unnoyonco caused you by publication In the World- llerald and was pleased that you so promptly and emphatically replied to It. However , I think no one Is inclined to pay any attention to the statement , and , beyond setting the wolves after you , think nothing will come ot It , So fur us I am abla to observe , there Is no deposition on the part of the state committed to have you with draw. For myself I am well aware of what you have done and the excellent service rendered the committee. Better than any OMO clso I am able to mcasnru the vuluu of your services , and In case we win , which I feel sure we shall do , there will be no one who has contributed more earnestness and seal to the result than yourself. In case the national commltteo docs nothing more , common decency demands that you be rc- linbtin d for expenditures made under Its authority. Yours truly , A. n CADY , Chairman. P. S. Wo are receiving the moul cheering reports frnm your meetings. Now , as to tlie $500 collection which I am charged with pocketing to recoup my * ECU. While It Is truu that I had a right to recoup myself and would have done It It my name had been C. II. Gem or T. J. Majors , I never even touched a penny ot campaign contribution In 1S92 , nml deliber ately refused to handle nny of the funds. The fact about the $800 Is simply this- About the 20th of October I received a let ter from Hon. Joseph Manley , chairman of the national executive committee , authoriz ing me to ralno funds for the campaign. In the state. Thereupon I Invited Mr. Cady , chairman of the state committee , to come to Omaha to Join me in making an effort to raise funds , and tendered htm the use of whatever we might ralso for the state cen tral committee. To this Mr. Cady made the following reply. NRURASKA REPUBLICAN STATE CEN TRAL COMMITTEE. LINCOLN , Neb. , Oct. 21 , 1892. Hon. E. Rospwater : Dear Sir ArknowlodKlng yours 23d lust. , I am- perfectly willing to assist In raising funds as suggested In > our letter. I suppose , however , that you are aware that the nitlonal committee has drained this state quite thoroughly. I will be up about Wednesday. I hear excellent reports from your meetings. Yours truly , A. E. CADY , Chairman. Mr. Cady came up to Omaha on the day named , and we made a canvass among prominent business men and pulltlchns. When wo quit , my Impression was that we hud raised In a round sum $500. All pa > inputs were to be made to Mr. Cady , and consequently I may be In error as to the amount collected. Mr. Cady has' since stated to me that It was between $300 and $100. The probabilities arc that some of the parties did not make good their pledges. In any event , Mr. Cady turned in every dollar lar to W. F. Bcchcl , then treasurer of the state central committee , and I never touched one penny Yes , let us have a settlement by all means , and to have a settlement that will stay set tled , I may as well give my traducers the benefit of my last letter before election to Chairman Carter of the national com mittee : OMAHA , October 20 , 1892. Dear Mr. Carter I am chagi.ned and disappointed at the failure of tlio committee to extend to me the slightest assistance In the present cam paign and 1 want to say to you confiden tially that the treatment I have received at the hands of President Harrison's repre sentatives on the committee Is simply scan dalous. I have been an unselfish Harrlbon man , want no place and expect no favors. I made a light for and succeeded in getting him fifteen of the sixteen votes that Ne braska had in the national convention In the face of treachery and underhanded oppo sition. Neither of our senators were for Harrison , nor were any of the prominent federal oillcers , with possibly one excep tion. They did their level best to send a delegation ot bogus Harrison men to the convention , who were to throw Harrison and cither help to nominate Blaine or some other man. They were forced through The Bee to instruct the delegates at large for Harri son at the state convention and a majority of delegates at their district conventions. Had It not been for these Instructions we would not have secured their vote even on first billot. Three delegates at large were put on through the instrumentality of fed eral office holders and the friends of the senators , with a deliberate design to throw us at Minneapolis. I do not pretend that I exerted a preponderating Influence , but I cer tainly contributed a good deal by my worU at Minneapolis toward the nomination of Harrison. I had the president's assurance and that of Mr. MIchener , and even yourself , that I was to be on the executlvs committee but I was omitted at the beck of parties who had been opposed to Harrison and whom , perhaps , it was good policy to conciliate I did not mind that , but expected , ot course that I would ba able to show to the republi cans of this state , who had placed me on the national committee bMiuse they believed as a prominent Harrison man I could do moro than anybody else for the state , that my recommendations with regard to the campaign would bo carried out. I told you when In New York for a leally vigorous campaign It , would cost about $400 per county , or $40,000 for the ninety counties. You stated then that It was bst that I should Impress upon the state committee that they must raise all the money they possibly could and that you would then supply the balance. That led mo to believe that we would get at least one-half of the money needed here from the national commlmttce. When Robl- son came back from the League club meet ing at Buffalo he represented that you had assured him that $10,000 would be for warded to Nebraska by October 15. You know I did not want to handle a dollar of this fund , to avoid even the suspicion that I had appropriated any part of It or used it for the beneilt of The Bee. You authorized me to hlro a stenographer , carry on a sjs- tematlc correspondence and to make all nec essary arrangements for foreign literature and support ot foreign papers that were es- hontlal In the campaign. I did so and as sumed liabilities amounting to $3,500 all told. I had no money of my own , went security for the parties and borrowed the money In the bank , as will be shown by the enclosed bank notices. I have sent out fully 50,000 extra copies of The Bee without charging anybody a penny. I have been campaigning In the state , and working night and day among the Independents to break their ranks and redeem the stato. but for some reason , which I cannot comprehend , the committee have put mo oft with a mere promise that they would at some future time pay what I have actually Uld out. To cap the climax- , you have sent mo word through Mr. Manloy that I was authorized to make collections and ap ply the money to the campa-gn. This is almost adding insult to Injury. Where am I to collect this money from at this time , when the state and congressional committees have already secured all the contributions that olllco holders and others were willing to make. If you have any disposition to refund what money I have already expended , why do you not send It at once , as requested ? I repeat to you I have been associated with a great many men In political campaigns , both state and national , but I never have been treated so shamefully by anybody as I have been al this time by the friends of President Harrison , and I can abbiiro you 1 feel It keenly , because my political enemies will gloat over It. It was expected that I would bo able to ret what I believed was necessary , and , In spite of that , not a penny. As I have stated In n previous letter , our state Is In very bad shape. I consider the electoral ticket In creat danger. We have had a sham cam paign on the part of certain prominent re- lubllcans. If wo lose , I shall bo , perhaps , charged up with the responsibility , when you know that the responsibility will be Justly chargeable to the national commltteo I should not be surprised that General Clark- son will , on his return from Chicago , report that Nebraska Is perfectly safe. It you take stock In such reports you are liable to be deceived. I mailed a copy of Mr. Mauley's letter authorizing us to collect money for the campaign to Mr , Cady , chairman at the c- jiubllcan state committee , and I enclose you i copy of his answer. I shall write you no moro letters until after the campaign. Yours v truly. Now , It the honorable bilk t'o-n Nemaha can show as clean a bill of particulars with the state commltteo as I can with the i a- tlonal committee , he will have no further need of vindication by the boodljr crpans. E. ROSEWA'WR. A woman who has been grievously dis appointed by the dismal turn that has over taken the woman suffrage movement In New- York gives vent to her feelings by writing to a Now York newspaper that she is her self belnc taxed year after year as a prop erty owner In two states with no more volco or consent In the matter than It she were n lunatic or a st bho. ' and threatens In case woman suffrage ! In finally defeated In New York to leave | , hc Matr and btillil a homo In ono of the."newer states of the west where she canjj participate In the cxcrclio of the suffrage put she apparently over looks the physlonl 'limitation which prevents her from bclngnln two places at the same time. It she will Insist upon owning tux * nblo property In , inoro than ono state , as regards the taxes upon the properly In one or moro of them , she will not better her con dition n partlclb by ) making her homo In a state where female /suffrage / exists , but will continue to payithcm with no more consent or volco In the matter than If she wcro a lunatic or a stone. In this , however , she Is o different fiom the man who owns property In one or more elates and who cannot have n volco In the matter ot taxation In but ono state , and that one , perhaps , n state In which ho owns no taxable property. People with out property are usually tintaxcd. Hut wo mlcht ask In all candor what relation has the property on which taxes are levied to men or women. Would not the taxes on the same property be collected after the present owners are dead and It had passed Into the ownership of minors or corpora tions that arc nowhere allowed to exercise the franchise ? inn itAti\\\v \ \ \ i'.i * $ AursK. An Interesting chapter In the story of railway pass abuses has Just been told In the New York state constitutional conven tion , where ono of the members Is pushing a proposed iim ° ndmcnt prohibiting the Issue of frco transportation to persons holding public oUlcc. The same object has been attemptrd time and lime again by statutory enactments , but always without sub * stantlal success. The clause In the Interstate commerce low forbidding railroads engaged In Interstate traffic to give passes to any one not con nected with the operation of the roads has always been a dead letter. It Is hoped that by Incorporating the prohibition Into the constitution of New York It may secure greater force and better enforcement In that state than would otherwise bo the case. In support of this proposed amendment , the testimony of Mr. J. T. Brooks , second vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad system , has been offered , which gives a remarkable exposure of the actual workings and extent of the pass abuse. Mr. Brooks Insists that ho has been maintaining , single handed , for eight years , a contest against the Issue of fice passes to persons occupy ing official positions In city , county , state and federal governments , but In spite of his efforts lias seen the evil grow from binall beginnings to what he now regards as a very great and deploiable proportion. There was , he says' , a time when officials were content tj ( receive an occasional trip pass for themselves. They have learned to ask for passes for themselves , for members of their families , for political adherents and for friends generally. They not only ask for passes ] goijd over lines that are controlled by ho officers to whom they apply , but they ask for passes over connect ing lines to distant and remote parts of the country , good at'all ( seasons of the year. They not only ask for trip passes for them selves and friends , but they ask for annual passes for themselves and friends and , no matter how mjiny passes may ba granted to one Individual , , if a single' request bo refused , the enmity pf that official , is aroused and hia vengeanca exercised If1 he has nn opportunity to do so.Mr. . Brooks continues , that within the last few years blackmailing legislators have been introducing bills for the taxation of sleeping car com panies , express companies and tele graph companies , and as a result passes are balng issued by these various organisa tions In greater or lesser number , and tcle- giaph franks can bo found in the pockets of nearly all members of thu legislatures of all Important states. Mr. Brooks , being a railroad official , quite naturally endeavors to convey the Impres sion that the pabs abubc is due entirely to the Importunities of public officials and has grown up In the face of the opposition of the railroads themselves. This is scarcely warranted by ths facts , because the begin ning of it is ahays ) traceable to the rail- loads. It Is not necessary for a public official to ask for a pass because an annual is sent without the asking so soon as he Is known to have secured a public place. Ho In told that the railroads w 111 be only too glad to accommodate him with' further favors , and ho Is encouraged by the prompt grant ing of his requests to make still others. It lies within the power of the railroads to put a stop to the practice at any time , and It is not from any fueling of compas sion for them that the effort Is made to abolish ish it by law. It is because It Is such a per nicious and demoralising practice , an open bilbery and corruption of the public serv ice , that the people are driven to measures of self protection. Until foiccd to abandon the Issue of free passes , the railroads will continue to employ this resource to evade their Just obligations to the government. itiinsiox of tun c The revision of the charter will bo ono of the most Important matters to bo en trusted to the next delegation from Douglas county In tlio legislature. It Is becoming moro manifest every day that wo are run ning a metropolitan municipal machine for a city of 250,000 people , whllo our assess ment Is 'way below the average valuation of cities of 75,000 population. Wo are now confronted with the absolute necessity of cutting our garment down to the size of the cloth. Wo must follow the example of other cities by consolidating the various boards and cutting down thp number of tax-eaters. The work of charter revision should bo done at an early day , so as to have the candidates for 'the ' legislature committed to thu support of the amendments recom mended by the , charter committee before the election. I u Heretofore the11 practice has been to make the proposed charter revision after the legis lative elections , .uml tlio result has proved disastrous to thqju\@rests \ of the city. Our experience with nlufOst ovefy delegation has been the same. T'life ' hat of the average member of the feg'lslature shrinks fearfully after ho once roads jils title clear. In fact the man's head Isi swelled so much that the streets are not wide enough to let anybody pass while he swaggers along In his self- importance. U Is altogether another thing before election. Then there Is not a passage way or knot hole so small but ho can creep through It. The right time to pledge mem bers to the support of all reforms U previous to their election. Few men will dare break faith with their constituents when once they have committml themselves to any measure. On the other hand , every un pledged member almost resents any sugges tion made to him after election as an In sult. IIo wants to assert himself regard less ot the public Interest , and while pro- tossing a deslro to serve his constituents to the best of hlR ability , h manages to mis understand what his coastltuents want The outcome always hns been rftt-Miil-dog light In the delegation , and the mutilation of the charter by outside boodlcrs at the Instance ot franchisee ! corporations and vvenlthy tax-shirkers. There would be no occasion or excuse tor outsiders In the legislature to tamper with the charter If the delegation from Omaha were acting as a unit , and we cannot hope for the delegation to bo agreed and har monious on charter amendments unless they are pledged before the election to give them undivided support. M.int : A no'in iMt'iiKSifiox. The currency plunks of the republican conventions that were held last week have been warmly commended by the republican press , that of Wisconsin especially receiving cordial praise us a direct , explicit and un equivocal utterance In favor of sound money. Referring to this declaration the Philadel phia Press says , that at a time when there Is too much tendency to take refuge In ambiguous and double-faced phrases , this Wisconsin declaration 1ms the merit ot being clear , concise and unmistakable. "The largest possible use of silver on a parity with gold that's the true doctrine , " says the Press. "Both metals , but ono standard. We cannot have two standards any more than wo can ha\e two yardsticks. It wo make silver the standard \\o sink to the piano of the scml-cJvlllred countries. If wo are to rank with the great commercial nations vvo must preserve the gold standard. On that basis let us hav'e the largest practic able use of silver , and let us do everything feasible to bring other nations to common measures for Its wider circulation. " This Is the doctrine expressed In the Wisconsin platform , and It Is In harmony with intelli gent republican opinion everywhere , in the west as well ns In the e-ist. The republican party Is not hostile to silver. It has always advocated and still believes In a blmotallla currency. But ambitious leaders , who arc disposed to make a departure from the well-settled policy of the party regarding silver , cannot learn too soon for their own political Interests that the masses of republicans will not go with them In any movement which leads In the direction of a silver standard , no matter how highly they may esteem these leaders for the services they have rendered to the party. A sound and stable currency , every dollar of which , whether of coin or of paper , shall bo as good as any other dollar , Is a cardinal principle of republicanism , and no leader Is great and Influential enough to Induce the party to abandon or change this principle. Steadfast -adherence to It has kept the country away from the rocks of financial disaster and maintained confidence in the credit of the government. It Is not the least honorable part of the , record of the republican party that it has done this , and It would be supreme folly to put aside a principle which has been vindicated by such magnificent results. There Is no demand that could Justify the party at this time In making any departure from its long- maintained policy regarding the currency , and to do bo would ba fatal to the party and most damaging to the country. With the other parties favoring free bllver and a fiat currency , with a majority of democrats anx ious to restore the old system of state bank currency , and with a widespread demand for Inflation , the hope for maintaining the cur rency on a sound and stable basis Is In the republican paity , and therefore the. duty of the party to remain faithful to Its currency principles and policy Is .is strong now as It ever was. It Is n singular coincidence that Germany- Is suffering from an unusual heated spell at the same time as the United States. American tourists abroad are not fating much better in the way of temperature than they would had they remained at home. lefr < xlilni ; Conceit. C'hlcnBO Herild. It Is the democratic party , after all , to wblcli the cnuntiy must look for a Hound currency , n well as for PIOIJICHS in tin * di rection of commercial and Industrial eman cipation. KilHllT 1)111 ' 1 IcIillMll. Clncinmtl Ilnqtilrcr. The tariff situation at Washington Is n little easier. It seems reasonably probable that the bill nml amendments will get back Into confeience , but wlmt mny happen when tbey come out ngaln nobody known. It Is situations like this that take the color out of politicians' lialr. Stiu-llycil Thunder ! ) ills. Louisville Couil"r Jovrnal , The cow-arils ! The shjHters ! It Is thus thnt the Intelests of a grout cause the principle of n. great p.uty are dlslionoietl and defeated by men claiming to be lenders , oy men setting up for statesmen ! Down with nil such leaders ! To the hoi be pond with nil .such statesmen ! Adjournment tlin Honorable c1)inse. New Yotk Sun. Rather than thus bctiay the people nnd rnln the democratic puity. let congress lionoiably confess Its Inability to obey their will by abandoning forthwith nil finther attempts at tariff legislation. The Ills we Imvc are supportable , but the Ills Into which It would drive us are unendurable , dungei- ous and of peinlcious consequences. A fun ilU'KH briro. ; riill.iiUlphla Tlmos. It Is probable that the report that Insttuc- tlons have been Issued to members of the Ivnlghts of Labor nnd kindred organisations to enlist In the mllltla of the seveial Htate.M , even If true , has been given more attention nnd ruubcd moro nppu-henslon than the circumstances win runt. The only Im portance to be attached to the icport is hut It Indicates n sliuflllng , unsettled policy on the part of the beaten labor leadens who me catching- eve-ry stiaw In , sight. A wavering policy vvbloh Hist eiders tlio membcis of labor orgnnl/.atlons to stay out. of the mllltla for fear they may be called upon to suppress n riot started by their fel lows nnd their orders , then to join It that mutiny mny follow a call to suppress violence , will command no respect for the vvoiklngmen themselves and should cause 10 apprehension on the part of any one else. Thu Knlu-lilK nml HID fll lilt In. Wuslilnulon Stir. Were any poison to publicly nccnso the knights of disloyalty Indignant denial would be made by thousandu , and It Is those from whom denial would spring who constitute the backbone of the onlci , they would not for u moment countenance the suggested traltoious duplicity There Is no good rea son why the Knights of Labor or any labor QiKan'.ziiUoii should antagonise the National Cuaid ! , for the National Guunl Is nothing more than a reserve police foice and is never used for any other purpose than the upholding of law. Had tbeie been no riot ers at Chicago , there vvould not have been any visible tioops , but us there were several very disorderly mobs , mid as those mobs lid much daimige anil pioiiilsed to do more , 1.000 peace-loving citizens wc-ru almost In- Bluntly tiunsformeil Into -1,000 soldiers and the mob was soon a thing of thu past. Tins rhllaildphla Tlmei. 3ho has hair that Is Huffy , straight , bunged or half curled ; lias a parasol , oft by her deft fingers twilled. 3ho has eyes either brown or black , gray or tiuo blue ; [ Iius a neat-fitting clove and a still neater shoe. 3ho hns cheeks that make bitter the envi ous rose ; She has trunks upon trunks of the/ / costliest clothes ; 3ho has jewel ! ) that shine ns the start ) do at night ; iVnd she dunces ua Ariel dances or might. 3he know-H nothing mucli , but she's great on the mnlle ; Her profession Is love , and she Illrts all thu while ; ihe'u accustomed to Hitting on rocks In the glen , 3hu lu albo accustomed to sitting on " - - 1'KUl'I.K A Ml mtXflH. Another effort la being made to make the glue trust stick. Cliaslcat quotations arc out ot place In the senate The ticker Is the thing The Louisiana senators twirl n cane that possesses the persuasive foica of a tdilllalah. The ponderous confusion of the situation In Washington might bo relieved by a re- dedication. Thu senate's position Is I'ullmanosquo. The trusty members say there Is nothing to arbitrate. Forecast Official Hunt undoubtedly means well , but It Is evident he Is not In harmony with the wenthcr administration. IMItor Dina has returned from Europe * , but Chamicey lepow Is on the other side. Thus the necessary equilibrium Is main tained. Colonel llacon and Major Ham arc rival aspirants for the United Stales senatori-hlp In ( Icorgla. Ocneral Ilccf doesn't appear to be In It. Oenrfoot , the Seneca Indian , who In 1S03 was dot hired to be the champion runner of the world , Is still living on thu reservation of his people near Irving , N. V. A Minnesota printer has fallen holr to n "phut take" of -10,000,000 estate In Oer- iimny. Pending the anlval of his divvy he Intends keeping his eye on the hook. The republicans of the I'irst district of Maine supplemented the nomination of Hon. Thomas II. Heed for congress with thorns- surunce that the presidency Is just his size. Jerry Simpson has been nominated for a third term In congress. The sane of Medi cine Lodge believes political farming at $ r > ,000 H year Is worth cultivating In seasons of drouth. This Is the time of year when the brave bather who thinks he can s\\lm and wants his fellow man la Know It , strikes boldly out way beyond his depth and then frantic ally screams for holp. If the movement among the landlords at seaside resorts Is successful in excluding Hoslon girls on account of their chilling tendencies , a boundless field for their tal ents await them In the west. The country will chccifully embrace a colony of ani mated chills. I'rlor to her departure for a brief seance with royalty , the star-eyed goddess penned a chunk of advice , the wisdom of which penetrates the veil of pnrlldy. It Is short , sharp and to the point : "Better adjourn , gentlemen. You , too , will know more next winter than you seem to know now. " It Is a serious mfstako to suppose the Ashland district enjoys a monopoly of the political circus business ; In Kentucky. Dur ing a convention at Augusta on Wednesday- guns were drawn and chairs whirled to em phasise some points ot disorder. One man was carried out on a stretcher nnd an other juini cd through a window to escape the enthusiasm. And yet the campaign is In its Infancy. Senator Gorman Is Invariably fixed upon by vlnltois of the upper house us the hand somest man in that body. lie Is a little above the medium height , with broad shoul ders , an unusually small waist , straight legs and small hands and feet. His head Is well set upon his shoulders , coveted by a lot ot silky hair , which Is kept close cut seas as to define the classical outline of his head and face , and his eyed are largo and unusu ally expiesslve. He speaks In a musical and well-modulated voice , and his fresh color Is noticeable In n man of his years. He Is altogether a strikingly picturesque figure In a body of men which Is not dls- tlnijulshod for esthetic or manly beauty. J.AIIOII ; Baltimore machinists will try co-opera tion. Nearly all the factories at Knnkakee , III. , have shut down for lack of coal. Hundreds of homeless unemployed In San Francisco sleep among the baled hay at the w harves. The new scale of the iron and steel work ers Is now being signed quite rapidly by the employers. The International Association of Machin ists calls upon all members to withdraw from the militia. National I'atternmakeis' union in conven tion assembled , requested all union men to withdraw from the mllltla. Since hours of labor were reduced to eight hours per day in Australia arrests for in toxication have decreased from 2J.17 to 8.3 per thousand persons. The Essex Trades Council , representing twenty-live labor oigmiUations , is arranging for a monster demonstration to raise funds for the Chicago stilkcts. Hebrew trades unions , Knights of Labor and the socialist labor party of Now York held a joint meeting and demanded the institution of a co-operative commonwealth The representatives of the American Fed eration of Labor were accorded a respectful hearing before the Now York state constitu tional convention. Homy White delivered an address on the defects of the present con spiracy laws. " The next convention of the United Broth erhood of Carpenters and Joiners will he held in the State house , Indianapolis , Ind. , beginning Monday , September 17. The gen eral executive board has Its first meeting , Philadelphia , July 16 , for ono week. Vice President Wicks ofl the iPullman company savs that the woiks at I'ullman would he opened as soon as 750 of the men express a desire to go back to work. "The doors will be opened to them whether the military forces are still on duty 01 not. " The Coming Nation's co-iperatlvo colony In Tennessee will soon be at work. A brick yard and saw mill will soon be In operation , and the people , after building the houses , will own them. The colony will own Its stores and supply Its members with goods at cost. The manufacturing establishments will pay In wages all they make. The land ouners of England have 130 representatives In Paillament , land laborers have 1 ; lawyers have 148 , ship owners have 25 ; sailors have 1 ; railroad owners have 22 , the railroad employes 0 ; mine owners have 27 ; miners , 7 ; owners of Iron woiks have 24 ; the Iron workers 7 ; other Industrial es tablishment owners have 11C , and the em ployes 0 ; liquor Interest have 24 , their em ployes 0. l.Ulllf Ait Allt. The Jester : A serpentine- dancer In n London music hall twirls mound with so much inpldlty that the clocks In her stock ings get all wound up. Chicago Inter Ocean : "Mrs. Bllmher Is very nervous about there being- thirteen at the table tonight. " "Docs she think something unpleasant will happen ? " "Yi-M , she has only a dozen knives nnd folks. " Indianapolis Journal : "Thompson says he would like to be bulled with a brass band. " "So ? I know the band , too , that I would like to see burled witli him. " Chicago Herald : If you can distinctly and laplilly repeat British biecches the gold euru has been a success. SittingsA cornet player who cannot at tend the bund incetlni ; should send a sub- to-toot. Harper's Tinznr : "I love the music of her eyes , " sang the poet. "What Idiots you poets are ! " cried the ciltlc , "Muslo of the eye ! How the deuce can the e > e bo musical ? " "Why not ? " letoited the poet. "It's cer tainly an organ. " Yonkers Gazette : "Time Is generally the best medicine , " but your creditors don't like too much ot It , all thu same. Truth : Professor ( to medical student ) 1 Mr. Dosellts , will you please inline the 1I 1I bones of the skull ? 1I I Student ( perplexed ) I've wet them all In I my head , professor , but the names don't I strike me at the moment. Washington Star : "Howdo you like the V young woman from Boston ? " asked the young mail's sister. V "Oh , very well , Only she IISCH such big 1 wet ( Is. I guvo her n tlowor ami she wouldn't 1I call it by anything buts Its scientific I ' " ' " 'iJu't you always liked botany. " II I "U wasn't her botany " I objecli'tl to. It IIt III I was her haughty-culture. t WHAT SHU FEARS. 1II 1 II IIh In to bathe the maiden sooth , Ami no dieacl of dun er showeth , ( i 1'or her simple nature knowcth "Naught of woo ; c Hut anon Mho's nhoicvvnnl springing , cI With her screams the ulr Is ilnulnir , Tor u. horrid crab La cllnulni ; To her toe , lS At.tJi Afflt TIIK .MMltO Open l.ollcr from HitKinnnn .Stntmmnn IIo * fining IIU ronltlon In the ( uinpulijii. ATClliaON , Kan. , July 2S The following Is an open letter trom Senator Ingnlls to John Brown of Topeka In reply to his dc maml to take the senator oft the republic in platform : ATCHISOM , Knit , July S7.-To ColomI John Hi own , Topekn , Kan.1 Dear Hit I am Brlpved to learn ftom nn Imporfeet le port of MMII cpcoeh In the capital last evenlm , ' that you hiivo Instructeil the u- publican state ccntial i-omnilttoc to call me off , under penalty of the loss of tli. ' ncimi vote at the i-omliiK election , unliss t apologize for inning advocated the "ile poitatlon of the rolmcil MCI' . ' This Is not the first time I have been Infoi tiled What opinions I entertain by eiltlcs who censure what they have not icatl , but your e-untiol of the colored vote of the state IH so ulno lute and your ability so comimindliiK that I must ploiul the menace to the party anil myself In excuse for the pieclpltatlon of my reply .My attitude from early life him been fine of nlemlsblti and compnxilun for tlio un- lortuniite rim * lo which you belong. 1 wm mi nhnlltlunlit in my boyhuod , and Imvu been Importunate In mv demands foi Jus- tire slme their etnaneliiation and enfran chisement. I have witnessed with Impa tient lejjiet the acquiescence of the leptlb- HeiUi putty In ( he nbiouullon of the thir teenth , fourteenth nnd fifteenth amend ments by the smith and the abandonment of tin * negio tt > Ills fate In eveiy southein statf whole the ooloieil vote Is IIIIKO ciioiiKli to threaten white supremacy cltUonshl ) ) Is a fnioe nnd sufTrago a nuu-korv Ily the recent rope il of the national election laws by the iltinoiintle p.uty In eoiifjreHS the last hril of pmtfctlon for the black man's billet has been dcsliovod , and ho bus been dellveiod. bound hand and foot , to the loiidei mercies of his oni'inli" The horrors of .Siberia , tin * edlets of the c/yir against tlio Jews the luiitiil mob violent o to the Chine's. ? , have moused the cotm-h-noo of humanity , but they are sur passed In Inhuman b.ub.nlty by the In- cr < using ei lines iiKnln t the ncgrois In the I'nltnl Stntos Kea ! i eh a diiy passes with out the recoul of the death by tut line of nome "negro lirutc" at the hands of nn In fill luted populace. To lU'ou-'o Is to con demn Avlthnul trial 01 defense , they nru dta ged to death at the stake or In the nipe No ono can lead the ghastly dot ills of binning , mutilation , toituio , the thttiHl- Ing of hot lions Into the OVOM , the Haying alive , the aggravation of agony , without lmp.is.sloimte credulity. Thoie me levela- tlnns of liu'imcelvahlt' depravity The crimes of which the vlitlmd aio iierii < < od ale Inexplicable , but they uie not proved , and llio vengeance Is Infernal U Is np- pruveil by public opinion , and has thu oom- pllclty of the * state. I have said , and shall repent as often as occasion selves , that If tills condition Is Inevitable. If the races cannot he 1 01011- elled upon the Insls of Jubilee and equal lights , then separation at vvhntevoi CO1 * ! It the dictate of wisdom , morality ami safely for both Ily consenting to those gigantic cilmes the ninth lie < uiiies fully an accom plice1 , and must suffer the penalty , limc and shaie alike , with those by whom they ate committed We cannut protest that wo are not om brothels' Keeper and escape ii-i | uisiliiiity His blood will cry out against us funn the ground. The colored voter Is a nnt4vo American cltl/in nnd has. In thooiy , under the con stitution nml liw , the same rights that I pnsxoss In piactloe ho Is stigmatized , do- Kintloil and mesirlbed In half the states of the union In many ways his condition Is booming worse rather than better Ho has the ilKht of fire initiation Ho can como nnd go us he will No one can com pel him to deii ut , but It has not hltheito been icgmdod as felonious to allude to colonisation as ono of the solutions of what still confewMdly lemalns one of the darkest problems of our civilization. I have neither advocated It nor con demned It. I have stated It as ono of tint remedies that remained , and have discussed It ; but had I gone fuitlior , I should not Imvu lucked good companionship. The separation of the rncos has been for many yo.us favored by many Illustrious men , black ami white. JerTeiMin and Madison , so long ago as IbOl , advanced the proposi tion In 1X.U ! the Virginia legislature passed resolutions In Its favor , and .societies w < re oiganlzed both In lunthern and southern states liiishiod Washington , Charles C'ai- roll of Carrollton , Henry Clay , Hufus King , Daniel Webster. Or Chnnnlng. James G. Hlrney , Gerret Smith , Ulshops Hopkins and Turner and I'rof. Hlyilen me a few among the phlhinthioplsts who believed In separa tion , and the colonl/atlon of the black tace In Africa. No ono need apologise nor be ashilnied to be found In such soojcty even In Kansas , wheie a mail Is not always judged by the company he IcL'ops. In view , therefore , of Hie. fact that I am not the Inventor , but oiily the hlntoitan of the plan which you disapprove , and be cause , also , of the extenuating clicum- stnnces that I was a fBlcnil of the colored race befoie some of the empty , Ignorant mid nioiccnary cjap shooters who now pose us theli icpresentative" , were born , I ven ture to hope that you will lecnll the ulti matum you have submitted to the com mittee , and not deprive mo minimal Ily of the oppoi tunlty of being heard by the people ple upon the Important state and national ls uos presented In the campaign. Very respectfully yours , JOHN J. INGALLS. HOIt/f , - MllATIA , lfA.\TJi > , HASTINGS , Nob. , July 21.-To the Kdl- lor of The Hoe- There Is aiiolher and far hotter way of preserving peace In this country than that outlined by Mr. Hunter In The 15ec of July 20. Standing armies rue a menace of liberty In any country , aven though It be simply a state mllltla. Nor can the mllltla be relied upon In labor tioubles , as his been demonstrated In the late labor upheavals. In several Instances they hive laid down their nuns. And I liavo heard mllltla boys right here In this ; lty declare they vvould not lire a shot to nirt a wotklnginan. Most boys who go nto the mllltla are fiom the working Musses , and If it comes to a test In the natter of labor and capital , will sooner ; ako their chances In picking up what .hey can get than to tight as soldiers for 113 a month. I hnve heard such declura- lens pcorcs , pel haps a full hundictl times , luring the late Htilke The American people will not submit to 10 goveined by force of arms unless they 'hall ' have engaged In an unholy light , tit ) lid the people of the confederate btatos. Die masses aic learning and asceitalnlng * ach day more determinedly the lights of ubor to a inlr share of the piollts of their oil. Until our statesmen nnd the general busl- less men of the coimtiy iccognUe the act mid act uprm It that the iaboier la voi thy of his hire mid Is entitled to a .omfoi table support , there will be trouble mil much too tniK'i waste of propeily. 'lease let us not , ' a moment think of lattcinlng after Europe In any pmtlcuhir , nit be truly Ameilean The Industrial roubles that oceaslually come to shock 'the citizen and his puiperty" arc the re- lilt of enfoicetl Idleness or starvation vages. The "Ins me comso of losing mll- Inns of property and sulTcrrlng national llsgrnce" Is the result of bud legislation ir avarice and greed on the part of em- iloyers , I cannot find an Instance In history where. 'prosperity ' has been held In check , lu- lustu I I'M. 'i suspended , pioporty been do- troyed nnd homes desolated , " when Hiiro HIH full employment of labor anil living ynges. The upheavals that are woirylng he mlllloimlro and the coipoiatlons today , ro surely , following linliistilul tUpiessInn , > ecauso the woiklngmen mo too pooily mid , too pooily fed , are Hiilforlng for the ecessarles of life , of which there are plenty 11 the land. Give ust employment. jjive us money with , -lilch to buy broad , to buy homes , to pay ur debts , to educate our children Then kill follow euiitentment , and we will tiaranteo you peiuo , without the expensive iixuiy ol ical or tin soldiers 1 tell you. sir. the natloiml government ml the capitalistic Inte'iosts must recognise he lights of the masses and heed thu olcc of warning that hns already been minded , If we mo to have peace. Some of our public spouhtis and wiltcis HI too flee with their Invectives In the Iseusslon of the grout questions nf tin- ay. Every pour man , be ho ever so hoiu-Ht , , ho tlares to lift his voice In lie-half of bin lulits , In defense of his manhood , Is branded , rebel and an mini c hist. It Is duiiKorous LI Haunt the- red rng In the bull's face too > ng. Why not meet each other like Ivillrpd men ami adjust nur differences on tie basis mid principles of justice , mid not n f 01 ever talking about soldiers and force'1 'or ' Hhiime on those men who are forever oldlnt- and threatening. I believe UICTO Is a law In force today hleh commands the arrest nnd Imprison- lent of a ixjor fellow wandering about Ithout a homo and asking bread when u Is hungry. In ordinary times this might B light , but under thu present conditions Ity and a fi loudly limn ! seem the butter ullcy. Why build Jails at great OXIHJMHO ml then 111) ) them with hungry men ? Surely there were charity , philanthropy , phll- iophy ami business judgment In our peo- le , they would not resort to starvation nil force to belter public morals or rengthen political fence * Tin ) worklngnten of tills country make - > od voters when they are * free , and good tl/eiis when not too hungry. All that IH needed It employment , homo jmfort and Justice , not soldlerH , with ituderous guns and blinding bayonets , This should | M > free , proflpeioim America ; H paveily ciunhed , t > ru union ! llurope. w. a. WIU..OUGHUV ;