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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1894)
TUT ! fVXrATTA T ATTYSATTnmA'V. . OGTOTCItSR , in. OMAHA DAILY DEE E. RO3EWATXn , Editor. I-UULIBHED EVEIir MOrtNINQ. TIMULB Oil1 SUII3C1UPT1ONJ Dally IV > ( ttltlio-.it BunJny ) . One Tear . I a 04 Dsllx Heo nnj Hunflajr , On 1'ear . . . 10 00 Hlx Month * . . . . . , . . . . . . . . &M Three JJnnlhi . 2 Bundav IJco , On Year . * J PMiirtny Il e , One Year. . 4 . 1 ' \Vecklr Her , Ont Yenr . OFFICES ! Omaha. The Bee Itull.llnir. Bouth Omnlin , Corner N nn.l Twenty-fourth KU. Council Ilium , 12 I'rarl Btrctt. Chicago Office. 3IJ Chnmlwr of Commerce. Nfw York. Ttoomn 11. II nnS IS , Trlbutu DWr. \Vmhlneton , HOT P Street , N. W. connnsroNDEXCE. All conimunlcntloni relating to nfirt nd nil- torlal matter should he Rddrcii > < l : To tli EJHor. BUSINESS I.CTTBHB. All business leltct nn.1 . remittances thouU b iKJiliTurod to Tim iva I'ulllflilnir company , Omnhn. Drnftt , chock * nn.l pomofflce orders to 1)0 mu < ] puyHlile In llulirdrr t > ( the company. I1EB rUflLiaillNO BTATKMENT OP Oeorsa II. Tcchuck , necrtary ot Th Hee t'ub- llihlnc company , belnc duly sworn. ay that the actu.il number of full ami complete coplpR of The Dully Morning- . Evening nnd Sunday life printed durlnrf th month o ( September , 1894 , was as follows i jf 21,653 1 J.1.t20 * . . . 17 . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' SI.KJ t. . , , . . . . . . i\.6St \ 4. . . 21,31 19 S. . . 21,180 20 SO.W7 f 21Ml 7 21,201 22 ! ; ! ! ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; : . . tut.- . S , 21,427 13 , tl.t/ni 9 , * ZI,27S 2) ) . , . . . . . . . Sl.flTI 19. . , 21,249 25 W.SW 11 , 21,807 2fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO.S T 12 21,2J ( ! 27 H.'fit lit 21,234 : o.i 14 21,190 29 11.7.11 15 21,271 10 -n.'i.n TotM 647.000 Ltt deductions fnr unsold nnd returned copies 6.Ml Total fold MO. 133 Dally nvcrnue net circulation 21.3N 'Sundai' . OKouan n. TZSCIIUCK. Bn-orn to lioforc me nnd nubrerlbed In my prp once this let of Octoljcr , 1891. ( Seal. ) X. P. 3'Rir. . N-ptary I'uldlc. Wo ri'Jolrc In llin < itilrkrnr < l caniolonco of the iirupU ; court-mill ) ; juilltlriil ulTitlr * , null \rlll liulil nit pulillu olllccrn to n rlRld rr- Kponnllillltj- < l'riiKncn ( thill inpnin 'plolsc' ) tlmt tliR prosecution unit pnnlfliincut of nit Mho 1 > rlrny olllrhil truntH Blmll Iio swift. thorough mill uniparlni ; , National IIran I'liitfonn , 1HT < ) . Whcelor mill riiiscnll wont iii tlio flume. That Itcmls Impeachment WUH lontletl , No , TolitirlliiKton Castor Ims not yet resigned his position ns democratic nntlonal coininlUccinnn. Tlie only rotiKou Senator Hill stays on the democratic state ticket iu New York is that he can't jrt > t off , try as he will. AVoolson of the United Stales circuit court of Iowa evidently thinks Judge Calilwell a safer man to follow than Judge Jenkins , Kali business Is coming right along anil the merchant who advertises ju diciously Is the one who Is keeping abreast of the trade. Mr. I'ullmnn was not one of those who congratulated .Juilgc Triimbiill npo i his inaKterly upcouli on the problem of corporation domination. Kald I last-all to Wheeler : "Unpublles nre awfully nngrajefiil. " Said Wheeler to Ilasfatl : "Ilt'piililk'ans are more sot I feel like moving back to IMattsmonth ! " The fommlttec In charge of tb.c Bryan- Thurston prl/.e contest fihould by no moans fall to provide an aileqtiate staff of tnuplri's , referees , timekeepers and bottle holders. J'oor Ike llascall ! This Is an off year for htm. Disowned by the populists , rejected by the democrats and turned doM'ii by the republicans , lie Is now obliged to run nil by himself in the First. Tom Johnson , the Ohio free trader , bus Impressed a circus tent into the cam paign service and thus carries his audi torium with him on his speech-making travels. Tom manages to constitute the allow all by himself. The emperor of Chlifa compliments his surviving oflicors on their merltorl ons conduct In recent engagements with Jiipnn. It Is said to be presumed that their meritorious conduct consisted of saving their own lives. Bourkc Cockrau's private ufl'alrs tuny need his attention so badly as to pre clude him from running again for con gress , but they are not In so precarious a condition that ho cannot devote all of Ills time between now and November to Senator Hill's campaign. Auclent history tells us that two augurs could not pass In the streets of Rome without laughing in each other's fnces about , the games they were con stantly playing upon credulous people. This Is literally true of our calamity crusaders and their hired polrustlers. The railroad-bankers' business organization wants to ] .reserve the credit of the state by turning thu state house over to corporation tools and boodlers , This plan resembles very much that of a merchant who goes Into bankruptcy In order to improve his commercial standing. A calamity howl rises from every dung , hill In the state that has n rail road rooster on It , There Is a beautiful concord of the mercenaries nnd paid claquors in the refrain to the songs of wreck and ruin expressly composed for the occasion by the railroad bankers nnd rebate men. The scarecrow letters from eastern loan agents , who have been duly posted by the emissaries of tlie Majors ca lamity crusaders , are commencing to arrive. But they will frighten no one. The people of Nebraska prefer to rule themselves rather than to net-opt dicta tion from railroad money lenders. 1'nvlng and curbing contractors have been Instructed to get to work. They should have been so Instructed sixty days ugo. Kvory dollar spent for labor on the streets of Omaha this fall Is Just that much In aid of thu idle and Indns- trloualueu who are anxious to jump at any opportunity to earn nu honest del lar. AN IXFAtlOUS FAintlCATlOtf. When tlio republican state central committee was In session at Lincoln In 1S02 , to nil the vacancy caused by InellglbllUy of J. O. Tatc as nontenant governor , I called attention to the dis reputable pnrt that Thomas J. Majors had playcd'ln the deadlock that followed the nliiluctlon of-Senator Taylor and pointed out the Indefensible record Mr. Majors had made In signing a fraudu lent voucher for Taylor's pay after he had been spirited away , My statement was made In the presence of Mr. Majors , but he attempted no refutation of the charge. After I had left the chamber ho ventured a lame defense by intimating tliat the abduction of Taylor had been brought about by Seth T , Cole , a detective presumed to be in my employ. This contemptible counter charge was Ignored by me because I knew that It must be patent to every person endowed with a tidmbleftill of brains that I I mil no interest In the pending railroad legislation that was sought to be defeated by the parties engaged In this conspiracy. " Since the opening oC the campaign Colonel Majors has repeatedly sought to befog the public regarding his own cul pability by malicious Inuendoes con cerning iny relations to Seth T. Cole ttnd the alleged mystery surrounding my conduct In connection with this busi ness. Three days ago Colonel Majors went one step further In bis Infamous campaign of falsification. An apostate populist ox-senator named Warner , who served with Taylor In thu legislature of 1S)1 ! ) , was dug up at CScnern and called out as a witness by Mnjors to befog the audience by a special plea of con fession and avoidance. Warner was made to declare that he had met Taylor sit Portland , Ore. , since his lllght and Unit Taylor frankly confessed that he decamped from Nebraska during the session of 1S01 with Setli Cole , while this said Setb Cole was In my employ. The dispatches from Geneva to the Hurlington railroad organ at Lincoln heralded this malicious libel as a com plete vindication of Mr. Majors , On the very heels of this baseless assertion comes an editorial lu the Lincoln Journal with the following declaration , fabricated for the occasion : This 1ms been a matter of common report iliirliiR the years Blnco the dramatic disap pearance of Taylor , but this positive confirm- titlon of the story by ex-Senator Warner settles the matter for the people of Nebraska. Now let E. Roscwater come out of hi ho ] < - pud explain why lila man Cole took Taylor to Oregon , whether It was by Ills orders , or whether Cole was betraying his employer ut the time , and why. tf Cole was betraying Itcsewntor. he ha ? been retained In the em ployment of hla Injured master all these years since he got away with Taylor. It la characteristic of Ilosewater that be should endeavor to cover up his tracks In the "spirldiiR away" of Taylor by laying It to "Tom Majors" or the "railroad corpora tions. " If the railroad corporations were iirlvy to the ttosewater-Cole abduction of Taylor , how much did Rosewater get for his agency In .the.matter ? He has always declared that the railroads ! < ild the cost'of the abduction , and It IE very evident that ho Is In"a pretty good position to know all the circumstances of the trans action. Ho might as well unbosom himself of UILparticulars. . Xow I brand these charges , Inuendoes ami Intimations as Infamous libels pur posely designed to deceive the voters of this state and circulated broadcast to shield and cover the parties who were concerned In that high crime. There Is no truth whatever in the charge that Seth T. Cole was lu my employ In any capacity during ; the session of the legislature of 181U , neither was Cole employed in any capacity whatso ever by The Heo Publishing company or anybody connected with The Hee. The truth Is , and I am ready to prove It In nny court of Justice , that Seth T. Cole was in the employ of the IJtir lington railroad during the session of tins legislature of 1801 and was paid by the Kurllngton railroad for taking Tay lor out of the state. This fact must be known to Oeneral Manager Iloldrege , and Mr. Majors could not Imvo been Ignorant of It. When Mnjors charged tjjat Cole was employed by me in the abduction of Taylor he must have known he was coining a monstrous falsehood , and when he enlisted Colonel Warner to represent that I had some agency In spiriting Taylor away he reenacted - enacted the part he played In palming oil' the forged census returns upon tlie congressional committee In 1883. A man who would resort to such despicable tactics proves himself to bo totally devoid of the moral stamina and sense of integrity which are pre requisites for the man who aspires to be ohlcf executive of the commonwealth. B , KOSBWATliu. L JKAVK MISTAKES. Tlie basic principles and general scope of the Municipal league as proclaimed by its supporters in this city are deserV' Ing of and have received the endorse ment of many Intelligent and respon sible citizens. The platform of the league Is au earnest appeal to the voters to o.\ert their Inlliience and cast theh ballots for candidates pledged to .pro tect the taxpayers from legalized raids and to firmly stand up for an honest niul capable administration of city affairs , Tlie league knows no party .and no creed. It raises Its voice In behalf of honesty in public places and in dcmincl ntion of men who have betrayed the trtiHt reposed in them , lost to all sense < if right and decency. The leo ? has en conraged and commended this organlzci effort In furtherance of good govern ment because It appreciates the ncei of such n movement in this community The members of the Municipal league art ! for the most part unskilled In prac tlcal politics. They are not politicians and linvo no ambitions In that direction The general plan mapped out by the leaders for making the league felt a thu city primaries was. In most respects feasible'a ml roulil have been imulu elfcc live. A grave mistake was made , how ever , In the practical application of tin plan of campaign , duo no doubt to In experience nnd haste. The league dlt not gtvo Itself time to adequately can vass the situation In the various wards nor Hid Its ward committees give proper consideration to thu personal Utness fo dice of the men peeking Ibo league's udorscment. Picking men for olllce Is most delicate nnd responsible duty vlilcli cannot bo hastily performed. Vhen assumed by nny organization of ion there must be deliberation and din- rlmluatlng choice. Mistakes will ripple Iho league and destroy Jts use- ulness. AVe nro Inclined to the belief that the bjccls nnd purposes of the Municipal eagtio could at. this time have been elter m'wcivcd by leaving the selection C candidates solely to party organl/.a- Ions. A public declaration rould have > cen made that the league demanded iu nomination of honorable and capable men for municipal olllco and Unit the allure of party primaries to select such len would Incur thu hostility of the eiigue and pave tlie way for a stinging ebuke at the polls. In such an attitude lie league would command the sltua- lon. It lias yet time to readjust its lollcy along these lines. KK.\MTO 7W-1AS K The. speech of Senator II111 opening liu democratic campaign In New Vork how.s that he Intends to make the key- ote of his campaign an appeal to re gions sentiment and feeling. Although It * . Morton , In accepting the republl- an nomination for governor , distinctly aid that ho Is In favor of the fullest reedoin of religious belief and worship , s guaranteed to all citizens both by the ederal and statu constitutions , Mr. Hill , vith a full knowledge of this , took oc- aslon to cast n doubt upon thu slncorlty f Mr. Morton's declaration and to Im- ily that his selection as the republican t'ader In New York may have been due n a measure to proscriptlve views re garding religion Imbibed before ho be- amia citizen of the Kmplre state. \ever has Mr. Hill shown more com- iletely what an arrant demagogue he an bu than In this attempt to arouse ho spirit of religious antagonism. Mr. Morton has been before the public for unny years and at no time has he ever Imwn any prejudice toward any form if religion or expressed a sentiment or pinion not entirely consistent with the leclarntion In his letter oC acceptance. Io Is a Protestant , as Mr. Hill l.s pre sumed to be , If lie has any religious H'llef , but Mr. Morlnii lias never by vord or deed , In his uublic career , shown any disposition to Interfere with ither religionists enjoying to the fullest xtent their right to freedom of worship mil then1 is not tlie slightest reason to lelieve that he has any sympathy witli my organization that would deny or tbrlilge this right. This thoroughly demagogic nnd con- omptlble endeavor of Hill to Inject i religious Issue Into thu campaign Is mother evidence of his appreciation of he desperate nature of the contest upon which lie is entered , but instead of belli ng his cause Its effect ought to be to still further weaken it. It Is an in mlt to tlie intelligence and thu patriot- sin -of the voters ofNO.W York to as sume , .sis Mr. ,11111 obviously does , that my ofMhem can be. Influenced by tut ippeal of tills kind. Such a course would nr.t. be pardonable If taken even > > a ward politician , but when adopted by the leader of a party ( n a great state , who aspires to still broader leadership and whose policy in the management of Ids campaign Is being watched by the entire country. It la to the last degree reprehensible. I5ut Mr. Hill cannot cover up the damaging record of his party and him self by any such means. Ho cannot lu this way divert popular attention from the high-handed theft of the New York state senate In 18M ! , by which he was enabled to secure a seat in the national senate , nor Induce the honest voters of the Kmplro statu to losu sight of his unscrupulous attempt to foist upon the highest judicial tribunal of the state a judgu who had been his tool In accomplishing the tiieft. David II. Hill cannot rid himself of thu Instincts of tin1 demagogue. .t HAXKKHK' Gunrnxcr r/y/i.v. The Association of American Hankers In session at Baltimore this week adopted a plan for n new bank cur rency , which a committee of the associa tion will present to congress at the coin ing session. The plan was formulated by the bankers of Baltimore and re ceived careful consideration before be ing adopted. It proposes to do away with the requirement of a deposit of bonds to secure circulating notes , the security to be supplied by a guaranty fund , to ba created by each bank de positing with the United Stales treasurer 2 per cent upon the ninounl of circulation received the flrst yeat nnd thu payment afterward Into sue ] fund of one-half oC 1 per cent upon the average amount of outstanding circula tion , Provision Is also made for a re demption fund equal to 5 per cent of Uu. average outstanding circulation. Ho demptton of notes to be made as pro vlded for In thu existing law. Under this plan banks would Issue circulating notes to the amount of 50 per cent of their paid-up , unimpaired capital and In addition an "cmergcno circulation" of iJTi per cent of such capital. Both would bo subject to a tax for revenue of one-half of 1 pei cent on the average amount outstund Ing for the year , but on the hitter then would be an additional tax , the proceeds coeds of which would go Into the guaranty fund. When this fund amounted to 5 per cent of the outstand Ing circulation the tax would be BUS pended until such time as the comp trailer of the currency should deem i necessary to resume It. Notes of in solvent banks to be redeemed out of the guaranty fund , or 1C that be liisulneient out of any money in the treasury , the amount NO used to bo reimbursed fron tlie fund when replenished. Circulating notes of banks to be provided by tin. comptjoller of the currency and tin government to have a prior Hen upoi the assets of failed banks ami the liabilities of shareholders for restoring tlio amount withdrawn from the guaranty fund in redeeming the circnla tlon of Insolvent banks. Iu order to retire circulation a bana would have o deposit vcQlhMho treasurer ot the tnltcd .Staled lawful money to the mount ot thu.Hiyn . tlcslrcd to bo with- rawn. i tl lrnder ( his plan n bank could at no line Imvo ln''clrcnlatlon ' notes to nn mount excegjjlriff 75 per cent of Us aid-up , utilnfiMiSrod capital , which voiild seoni to.ba.a pretty safe arrange- lent , nml as rfltt circulation nborc RO ier cent of the capital would Lo Bull ed lo au nriimlttanl tnx It would note o Issued atlu'.kepl out except when hero wns ti Bpvofllnble demand for H. to thu guaranty fund , experience 1ms liown that 5 i > r cent of the outslaud- us circulation would lie sufllelent , un- er normal condition * , for redeeming lie notes of Insolvent ImnUs. Tlio plan ppenrs lo provide nmilo ) pafe nnrdH or maintaining on a sound basis the Irciiltithitf notes which It proposes nnd t Itlcntlflcs the government with thu milking business only so fur ns peems 0 ho iieeosstiry < n secure note holders nd to ulvo lite pcoplo eonlldeiiec In the : inU Issues. Thu endorsement ot Ihls plan hy Iho tanker * ' tiHsocIallon ciTtnlnly Kivt-s It 1 claim to serious conslilorntlon. nnd may assist Ihe sccretnry of the rcasury , who Is wild to bo very deeply ntorcsU'd hi tlu > bank eltrulatlon prob- em , In fonnulatliiK : i measure that will olvi > the problem nml be acceptable o Ilic country. 'I he prtipimcil plan , lunv- vor , will bo likely tn enroiniter o- loHttiou from llmso whoso projudlw Kainst the ntitioinil banking syntciu s so strong Hint they will not sup- > ort anytlihig tlmt n-tnlns any part or 'eaturc of that system. ThM subject vtll undoubtedly receive earnest con sideration at the coming session of con gress , but from the fact , that It Is tlie short. soHion It is doubtful whether my leglslutlini can be secured. Nebraska has a representative at the neeling of the American Hankers asso- latlon held at Baltimore this week , the good ell'eets of which will soon be mani fest In the Increase In the number of nigbear letters sent out by eastern noney lenders threatening to withdraw heir Invest r.e its In Nebraska nu rt''nces 'or fear of the possibility of a populist state governor. The representative of lie railroad bankers combine went east with Instructions to-omit no effort that was calculated to stir up among eastern apitalisls ilMnist ; of Nebraska Invest- nents. ThlsJls the way the calamity rusadors are protecting the credit of the state. ' , It Is no cousolat jon to American work : ngmcn mil : . < | f employment to now thntc 'the. laboring classes if Krauce -experiencing equally unfortunate effects oC hard times. The Information conveyed by one of tlw commercial ajLTuut uC the United States .11 . that countjy fiiat out of the laboring .nitons who made response to an Inquiry from the Central Labor olllco at Paris 14.-I per ceijd ; of tlie nuMnbera' were single \vurklri pmn on thl sldtvof the Atlantic. Misery does not love company to such an extent as this. Tlie different city conventions must remember that there l.s a yreat deal of Independent , voting done.by the people of Omaha on the question of members of the Board of Kducation. Only such candidates as meet-the requirements of the position as to Intelligence , ability and Integrity ean hope to poll this Inde pendent vote. If each party will nomi nate only men who would be a credit to tlie school board the welfare of the pub lie school system will bu Insured lu ad vance of the election. The longer the accounts with ex- county otllforw are kept open the more dlfllenlt will It become to arrive at nu agreement upon disputed points. There is no reason why comity oliieers should not make settlements with the county commissioner * at the time their terms of otllco expire , Let these nnsi'ttled ac. counts run on Indefinitely and the pub' He Is bound to be the loser In the end. Vice President. Stevenson insists that thu campaign of 1 § ! > 2 was won by the democrats exclusively on the issue of tariff reform. Adlal ought tu consult with thu edltoi-of the New York Sun upon this point. The latter was oacc very confirmed In the opinion that it was won on the question of "No force bill : no negro domination. " The demo cratic doctors ought to get together. Mr. Euclid Martin has taken the con tract to procure 500 names to his peti tion for the strawnmu's ticket , nnd he is filling out the contract with the aid of tlie cattle yard bosses. How mucl Kuclld Is to get fur this delectable job is not known , but HO long as Toburllng ton foots the 'l bill Kuclld keeps oil pulling thu chestnuts out of the nsl barrel. i .iJ , I rmported capipalJ ? " orators are regn larly as dumb a . clams upon tlie local Issues of tha 'suites ' into which they have been iuvUe < f. It is ono thing to discuss the general principles of n polltl cal party and' another to explain tilt bearings of party politics on the pros poets for Improved government undei the candldateV'who nro asking for sup port. How many of tlie COO signers to the strnwmnn'H pctltlijn will vote the straw man's ticket ? Tljjit Is a question tha cannot be answered until tlie ( ith of November , but the fact that most of tiio signers hail to be bulldozed am' threatened into signing would Indicate that they are not anxious to help Ton Majors. No illituklntr the Sign. Clilmgo Tribune , Mr. Mcl'herson of New Jersey la able to Interpret tlie. handwriting on the wall with out calling In anDaniel. . 1C Reel Folium Cause. lluffalo Uijirrui. On the same da/ that the rumor wn started from the headquarters of thedem oc ratio slate" committee that William C Whitney had secured assurances of th hearty nupport of the administration fo Hill , tht news wo * given out from Waah liiKton tlmt President Cleveland had directed all cleinocrutlo ofllclala to cancel their en for ( speeches. In thla campaign. UTltEU lAfWS THAN-OV1IS. Tomorrow Belijluin. will hold her flrat general election under the rcvlica constltn- lon , which , In addition to rendering the uffrago practically universal , ROCS to far ns 0 concede two and even three votes to p r- ons enjoying certain specified quallltcntlonii. e franchise has hitherto been closely rstrioted , the entires electorate Imvltiff been esa than 110,000 , and composed almost cn- Ircly ol land owners , wholesale and retail nerchants nnd manufacturers , the masses ng entlrel/ without legislative represent- : Ion , although called upon to contribute to ward Iho support of tlio suvrrnmcnl hi axes , Hut , according tn tlie terms of the mended constitution , the electorate Is In- Tensed tenfold , while under the system ot ilural votes now about to bo put In opera- Ion their number Is expected to reach 1.800- 00. Any qualified elector wliu ( alls tu per- orm Ills duly ns < i citizen by not Rolns to he polls renders himself liable to fine and mprieonment. Vmler thn circumstances , it s only natural that the contest should at- ract an unusual degree of attention both t home- and abroad. Although It is Im- losetble to predict xvitli certainty theout - ome of ( he election , It seems probable that t will result In an overwhelming' victory or that conservative-Catholic | i.irty which aught tooth nnd nnll against the extension 1 the suffrage to such dimension ! ! , believing Is very existence Imperilled thereby ; while hs > liberals , who have been llu > principal champions of the new electoral laws , and tavo succeeded In carrying them through n tlie face of Immense ilimcutlles and un compromising opposition , are to all appear- inces doomed to defeat. This ( a due to the act that , whereas the liberal party is spilt nto a number ot factions Intensely hostile one another , the conservative-Catholic mrty IB. prepared to go to the polls present- * ng a untied front , having abandoned for he time being all Internal dissensions nnd nscrlbed on Its banners Die national motto of Belgium , "JVUnlon fait la Force. " While respect for law and cheerful obo- llence to Its behests nro the foundations upon which civilized human , society Is grounded , the social bond which knits the 400,000,000 Inhabitants ot China together Is ho absolute faith of the populace tn the omnipotence of their ruler. This blind faith or the Chinese In their emperor and his army was Krnphlcnlly Illustrated in the case of the Celestials captured by the Japanese nt : 'lnjj Yang. "Their gratitude at not being leheaded , " declared a Japanese correspond ent , "took no > higher form than the expres sion oC a moody regret for the awful fate In store for us. That -we were nil destined to annihilation as soon as we should come In contact with their Irresistible warriors was a conviction which nothing could shake. " The disillusion of ttiEi Chinese woultl be tlio snap- n of the chain which holds together the it'go ' tody politic of the empire. The triumph of Toklo over Peking would throw nearly ono-third ol tha population or the world into i sudden state of anarchy. The invading Japanese soldiers might maintain order tn the districts occupied by them , but the. rest of the vast empire would be .chaos. It Is he fear of the possibility of such an emer- ; ency which has. without doubt , " Impelled England and Russia to convene an Interna- llonll conference for the arbitration of Oriental affairs. While'the original Issues of the wnr concern only the lolllgerenta , the collapse of the Chinese empire would seri ously affect Europe ns well as Asia. Japan lias awakened to n consciousness that she Is a great power ; but It should be possible to adopt measures for the protection of the com mon interests of the civilized \\orld In tlio Orient without encroaching upon the rights oC Japan. . Tlie sorest point la the relations of England ind France Is the Egyptian occupation. When Gladstone proposed a Joint occupation of ECTI't Ibo French government committed the blunder of rejecting It , and the politi cians of the Paris 'boulevards have been mad 3ver the mistake ever since. To limito mat- : crs worse , the subsequent attempt of the French to arouse the young khedlve against ils Hrltlsh Ruardlang miserably failed. The shaclclw " have .been- fastened more tightly on Abbas" Pacha , nnd the Knjlsli ! army of occu pation has been strengthened as the net re sult of the French intrigues. Yet the states men of France still Indulge the hope that by llplomatlc nets or by threats they can Induce the English to withdraw from Egypt and abandon its government to the khedive. who .3 notoriously under French Influence. They ieem to ignore the fact tlmt now , when Rngllsh supremacy In the cast Is so gravely threatened by Russia , the occupation of Egypt Is a vital matter of Itrltlsh policy. England at this juncture could almost ns oaslly ba persuaded to give up India as to abandon her point of vantage on the Medi terranean. For the present , at least , the Egyptian question Is In abeyance ; but It Is likely to flame out again on the flrst occa sion. * It will bo a surprise to many Americans to learn that there are more than COO mission aries In the small part of China which bor ders on the Gulf of J'c-chl-ll alone , and this province of Chlh-ll , containing Tlen-Tsln , Is sure to bo the very center of military opera tions and mob outbreaks. If the Japanese attack the Chinese capital , as they are ex pected to do Immediately. The missionaries and merchants In Chlh-ll are better situated , however , owing to the nearness 'of the coast and foreign warships , than those whose duties Keep them far In the interior of China. That country is unique in having for ono of Its chief centers of direct foreign trade a city COO miles from the mouth of the mighty river on which It Is sltuattsl. Hankow is reached by ocean steamships of the largest size used In China trade , and yet it Is about COO miles up Hits Yang-tse-Klang , and almost that distance directly back Into the heart of China. Ilankow and Its suburbs have a popu lation estimated as high as 1,700,000 , and It mny bo Imagined how uncomfortable tbo posi tion of Its many European and American residents must bo as the humiliating news from the distant scat of war exasperates the swarming Chinese millions on. every si do. * * The result of the recent congress ol the German radical popular party at Eisenach is generally accepted as a demonstration of the complete triumph of Eugen Hlchter over all the elements disposed to dispute his leadership. Tlio now program , which was drafted under his supervision , was finally accepted unanimously without any altera tions. During the discussion of the sections dealing with the attitude of the party to ward ecclesiastical and educational questions several attempts were made to amend It , but IIerr Hlchter was fully equal to the emergency , and on each occasion threatened that he and the subordinate party leaders would resign 1C any changes In the orlglnu draft were sanctioned. The result was thai ho had his own way In everything. Some of his opponents are naturally Incensed at this high-handed policy , and characterize the congress as the deathblow of the radi cal cause , but.lt IB pointed out that , practi cally , they acquiesced In the proceedings by submitting to them , ami admitted that either Herr Ulchter must be accepted leader or all hope of the future of the party bo abandoned , 4 * * The great European canal which extends from the southwestern limit of tbo Baltic sea. to a point on the1 Hiver Elbe IB now open to trallic. It virtually makes Denmark am a part of Schleswig-IIolstclii an Island. It Is sixty-one miles long , 200 feet wldo am twenty-eight feet deep , and the largest war ships could float upon It , It Is estimated that 35,000 vessels make tlie passage an nually and at least 200 are lost anually on the rocks or In going through turbulent waters and around the deadly Skew between tlio North and the Daltlc seas , Tbo neces sity Cor doing this Is saved by reason o tlio canal , which also makes the passage from London to the Baltic 250 miles shorter while vcBSola going from HamburK-on-the- Elbe to Cronstandl , Russia , pave 450 miles By means of this canal Germany could , In case of war , nines her naval forces In the Baltlo and drop anchor In the Blbe In the afternoon oC the same day. Canals are likely yet to help tlio commerce of the seas , and they may also play au Important part li future warfare , /I / Crltlt Avertml. i Kanms City Blur , It Is suspected that Hoke Smith's cam palgn work clown In Georgia may huva hac Homelhlni ; to do with the president's onler requesting executive oltlcera not to uartlcl puto In politics. XltB Chicago Post ! "Clie-Voo la tnVcn , " That oundu lllto nn afternoon ten , Cleveland Plain Denier : "In the Ic-ng run , " obiervoil Mr. 1.1-Uung-Chntig , "we ohnlt getaway away with them. " Florida Union : I.ovo tn sornctnlmr Uko a piece nf cheese. It Is u good thing to top oft lib bill of faro with. Washington Slur : "There's a bonnet , " snld he editor's wife. "Hint IM a perfect iiocm. " "Yen , " ho replied , nbscnt mliuledly , "but we never pay for iwetry. " Detroit Tribune : Itujected Suitor I can , never love another. lU-JrrtliiR Uusuttctl I bought you'd irnch your limit nfter n while. Chicago Tribune : Mrs. Strongmlnd Jareil , wlmt ( lees tie | > monvcnKcr want ? Husband of Mix. Strongmlnd-ll'M the nllor'H ' young man , my < lrar. Ho nns irouglit Ilia bill for for our bloomcis. Atrhlson Olobot AVIieti u man tnlkst of tlie leccsalty oH n new Hold for blx ti bill ties be nrans some place whore litla nut BO well known. Judge : Olllce l > oj Won't you hit down ? "Mr. quill loft word that bo wmild be linck n ten minutes , ( 'Unit How IOIIK Ims be been ( jono ? Ulllce Hey Oh , 'bout two hours. Uuffalo Courier : To Clonevh-vr We Imvo been unnblo to ascertain Mniul Muller's o.xnct ago nt tu ! tlnuof that llttlo episode with the jiidK < * . but Blic vvus undoubtedly In the hiiy day of her youth , I'hllnilolphlii nccnnli No , Maud , dear , n ournal devoted to the Interests of palmistry srt'l , strictly Mwaklnir , a buna orgiin. Chicago Inter Orrun : "How did Winkers o easily win. Miss fohlcnsh'H heurtV" "His sent lier eighteen rcses on her 21st birth day. " inkers Statesman : nunco Jim How much did I'ete gi-t on thocn diamonds hp stole last night ? Stecrer Hob Thirty tlnys. rndlnnapollM Journal : "What Is the mat er with Buglets thnt he l.s putting- such airs ? " nsked the first cockroach. "He has Just discovered that one of hts nnccstors was bakrd In one f the May- lower mince pk-.V' ' responded the second cockroach. THIS TUOUJIADOUH. Washington Ptnr. lightly troubadour Touched bis ml tar ; Fiercely tin- watchdog balked , His Jnws tijnr. Fiercely the dog uarkcil ; Then lie burked not. That music killed liliu Dead on the spot. Coercion unit Tlirciit * . I'lnttKinoiitli Joiiinnl. Already TVO licar that tlie rultroiul bosses nre endeavoring1 to coercttlio men out of voting ns they wish. One of the bend josses approached one of bis men roccntly with a throat that his Job mlKht bo the icnnltr of hln voting for Holcomb , AVbat lospollsni could be meaner than that ? What serfdom could be more abject than that of being compelled , on tlie threat of llstnlssal. Into voting nRalnst one'w convic tions. In tills country the- penalty for such -i cowardly threat ought to be the pnllows and a gibbet ns blKh ns that of Human's would be none too fjood for the creature thnt would make It. If the lioyn In the shops have a partlclo of the spirit that In spired the hrroes or Lexington and Bunker Hill they will resent nil Bitch Interferences with the4r sacred right to vote ns they ilense. and will do It In n manner that will : orever put nn. end to a piece of business ; hnt Is Infamous beyond expression. Tbo wages of the men bnve been reduced almost to the starvation point , and that Is bad enough , but when It cornea to tnklliK away men s rights one of the. sacred rights for which the American revolution was fought what nbsoiute despotism could go further , what Russian serf could bp reduced to a lower depth of degradation ? Who thnt is worthy tlie name of American would not i > ld defiance to such Infamous coercion ? It Is time for worklngmen to show their man hood to show that , poor ns they may be , they are true to the spirit of the constitu tion nnd Government under which they live. Vote and talk as you please , and let the bosses do their worst. They dare not discharge you. - * < Ji > ttliij Desperate. Schuj-k'r Quill. The republicans are getting desperate In their efforts to elect Tom Majors trovernor and they will leave no stone unturned - turned , to .secure that < livjral ! ontl. Not being uble to make tt. win ning- campaign on the statu Issues nnd not daringto make n. personal campaign with such a rotten candidate , they have Unnlly resorted to Hearing tlie people Into vptlnis for the republicans on the awful charge that the election of a. populist c-ov- ernor means the ruin of the credit of the state. The people nre told tlmt If Holcotnb Is elected the loan companies will not place any more loans jn the state , nnd that a ter rible state of nrt'ulrn would follow. The Jobbers In Omabn , who ure the favored classes in railroad freight rates , are pulled together ns a "business men's organization" to protest nRiiln.st the ruination of the state If a populist Is elected to the chief execu tive olllce. Thetravolli r men are solicited and organized nnd all efforts possible made to pet up a scare. Nut In spite of all this tlie people will not be frightened and Hol comb will be elected , Holcomb Is an honest nnd conservative man who Is clean and honorable. He has made a good record ns district Judge nnd In conservative nnd care ful. I'eonie have confidence In him nnd they have not In sucli a crooked chap ns Majors , whose record Is rotten to tlie core. The republicans arc getting desperate , nnd that Is a good Blgn that they are whipped. Senator Hoar' * Ideal I1 In t form. Waslilnslon Post. The dream republic of Plato , the Happy Valley of IlaRselns , Sancho Pnnza.'s Ideal government of Baratarla noneof these Is tf eol" > 'lrod with it for the smallest fraction of a mompnt. The angels them selves could collect upon that platform and sing their very sweetest songs. It rctuls like some rapturous Te Ueiim , like some magnificent Orofrorlnn chant. Illio some cc.itr.tlo cry at Jubilation. H should be aet to music anil nung to nit accompaniment of luupn by whiffed orni > 1itm wcnrliift Imloa nnd Bittingon their rhin * un rosy mlstst. It isn't fit fur the rude bundling- mere mor tal * . or ntlnptc < l to tlio uVfryriay needs of mundane | | fv. H la a poem , u rhapsody , n hymn. And Mr. llonr Is tbo Hunker lull archangel , fat , vuddy. rovcivml and bald , who leads the heavenly choir , A lllotMliy IIPRllltllllKi Ketr York Evening 1 > OM. The democratic oanvnss has nt last brcn formally' opened by Bemitor IIlll'H accept- mice of the nomination fur governor , und the Dmllnir , utter long senich nnd rnnny dct'ltnatlons , of n mnn who wiis wllllntr to become the candidate for Judge of the court of appeals , btcauw , Ijelng1 now on the xuprciue bench nml not required to resign , he bus nothhiK to Icwe. Never lm o. cam paign stnrluil more gloomily , Alllium null 111 * I too m. C1lol > el > iii cint. lown persists In pulling Allison forward ns it presidential candidate. Vnfortunntely , his boom has no prospect of cxtcmllnjr be yond that ntiitp. Tbo Huwkoye statesman Is one uf the Kfent mm of tlm republican imrty the greatest , In some respects , ot nil Its" living membeis except John ! 3hermun- > > but , like Slictmun , lie has not even thn remotest chance now of ever being nomi nated fur president. l'rmi .ilvkiilu l > r < l the Way , Kosti'M Cllolic. If the Into Audu'W J. C'urtln had not been elected governor of Pennsylvania In Octo ber , ISO ) , It IH probable that Abraham Lin coln would not hiive been elected iireslilenl the .following month. Cm tin's majority of S2.000 uliowod uumlstaUably which way the tide was turning and reinforced the courage of the supporters of Lincoln to mich an ex tent that tbvi marched forward to Inevi table victor } ' . Odlmit Legal DlHcrlnilnutloii. SprlnxfloM lldvuiillcan , It Is announced that Attorney General Olney will prosecute the Sugar trust un- tier the additional anti-trust legislation at tached to the larllt bill.Ve trust that he will. The apparent Indifference of the government to corporate lawlessness , con trasted with UK whulosoinc activity In the case of labnr lawlessness. Is cultivating a vast amount uf revolutionary sentiment in tlie country. MUU' Arllul Twunk. New York Tribune. Senator Slllls of Texas fairly bubbles over with i > rnlse of Mr , Cleveland for re fusing to sign the perfidy and dishonor bill. That is the tlott unit artful way In which Mr. Mills pulls Mr , Cleveland's nose for allowing- the measure to become a law by default. _ AX OI.I > l-.lSHWXXlt tllltr. St. James Hevolt my Myrtle never chose , Nor comely gentleness derided ; No cylinders her limbs Inclose. Her simple skirt 19 not divided. She neither swcais , nor bets , nor smokes , Xoln she hasn't read a word of ; Nor takes dclirht In doubtful Jokes. J.Ike some * young ladles tlmt I've heard ot , She Is not forward In her speech , Nor yet'too silent lobs winning ; A kiss for one , a smile for each. . Too frank for fear , too pure for sinning ; Shu cloen not overdress , and yet Is always trim , and neat and tidy Thanks to her mother , pretty pet. For she was eight months old hist Friday , POWLEDGB Brings comfort nntl improvement anq tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. 'Iho many , who live bet ter than others and enjoy lifo more , with lesa expenditure , Ly more promptly luiAptisc tha world's best products to the nccila of physical being , will attest the value to _ health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy , Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas- nut to the taste , the refreshing and truly beneficial properties ot"n perfect lax ative ; erTectnaily cleansing the system , dispelling colds , headaches Mid fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval ol the medkal profession , because it acts on the Kid- neyr , I/iver and Bowela without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in r > 0c nndl bottles , but it is rnati- iifnctured by the California Fig Syrup Co. onlj' , whose name is printed on every package , also the name , Syrup of Figs , r.nd being well informed , you will no , "ie t any substitute if oflered. un rouji s IUG/C. WearingApparel. . Saturday , in addition to a new invoice of suits which arrived Thursday from our New York factory We will offer some special things in UNDERWEAR. A real good natural wool , shfrt or drawers for 50c , and a very exceptional value in a high grade for $1.00. Then there is the $1,50 garment that was always sold at $2.00. You can see those in our east window CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT. Suits at $2.50 that were - never sold below that price by any house in America , some very nobby ex clusive novelties. AU kilt suits have be in marked down. Browning , King & Co , , Reliable Clotlilcrs , S. W. Cur. 15th tind D
