THE OMAHA .DAILY UfW : "FRIDAY , JULY 12 , 1895.
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Sunday.
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In my prcs-
Bworn to iVfnro me nnd BuWrlbed
"ila Irt day of Junv * 1 * ( * . . .
\ M T * I' nil * . Nntixry "uuiir.
"iMicro " noilitns tin- mutter with the
latest Nebraska crop irport.
Cuban revolutionists nml Cuban
weathrr st-oin to be working very well
together. _
Town republicans have nominated n
drake for governor uni a purrott for
lieutenant governor.
If the Illinois legislature only had a
few more speakers to choose the
chances of real lively times at Spring-
Held would be greatly enhanced.
City Treasurer Duniunt has an oppor
tunity to revolutionize the work of the
city treasurer's olllce and Introduce
business methods into the city's busi
ness. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hope Is dawning that Sir Harry Stil
ler will yet see the error of Ills ways
and Jain heart and hand in the citizens'
movement for reformed local govern
ment.
Democrats have denounced President
Cleveland before and then turned
around and worked for his re-election.
History may possibly repeat Itself on
tills point.
Spain Is excited over that alleged In-
t'crvlow with the American ambassador
to France. Were Mr. Kustls running
for oflice In Spain he would apparently
not be In It.
Will the council committee that was
appointed to Investigate the comptrol
ler's olllce dare to bring in a white
washing report In the face of the ad
missions of gross negligence and incom-
pctency made by Mr. Olsen himself ?
The extraordinary drop In the price
of wheat Tuesday proves to have been
the result of manipulations by specu
lators. There was no legitimate cause
for the slump. Kact of the matter Is
wheat will go higher before It goes
lower.
That was a neat mark of confidence
In the new chief of police given by thu
Board of Kire nnd Police Commissioners
In accepting without modilleation thu
list of recommended applicants for ap
pointment to the force made up by Chief
White.
Nebraska Is no. place for bogus In
surance companies , whether they travel
under the name of benefit societies 01
fraternal organizations. So long lu
the stale Insurance laws are strlctlj
enforced they will catch no victims In
this state.
Comptroller Olsen admits that it li
possible that some of the police courl
receipts may never have found theli
way Into the city treasury. It seems It
have been not only possibility , but ac
tuallty. What Is the use of a comp
troller who Is no protection to the tax
payers ?
Judging from the direction which tin
activity of the State Hoard of llealtl
takes Omaha Is the only place In Ne
braska where ( piack doctors and Jllega
medical practitioners hold forth. I :
a crusade Is to bo started ugulns
medical Impostors It should not stoj
short with any ono city.
The newly chosen secretaries of tin
State P.oard of Transportation nn
making frequent visits to the stuti
house nt Lincoln , although they do no
enter upon their supposed duties unti
October 1. If they were not on tin
railroad free list long ago they cer
tatnly must be by this time.
Attorney Ocnernl Churchill Is quotei
ns saying that the Hoard of Pnbll
Lands and Hulldings has never doin
any work at the Deaf and Dumb Instl
tute , but merely stopped the work o
some one who claimed to have th
authority of the board. That Is nol
however , exactly the cnicstlon. Th
question Is , What authority Mr. Churcli
111 had to detail Sam MaeVod to hav
the work stopped.
The World-Herald , whoso editor I
still suffering with chronic Itosewaten
phobia , tries lo stem ( lie tide of th
citizens' movement by rcprodueln
editorials from Thn Hee In support u
republican candidates who have turne
out bad. Wo venture to say that h
will not reproduce the editorials of Th
Hee commending one ( ! . M. llltchcoc
ns a rc-pubUcan candidate for the com
ell. Hud hu been elected wo mlgli
have had the chagrin of being con
polled to confess that he wan not whu
The lice thought he would be.
ALMSOX AT 1IU3IK.
Although the Iowa republican con
vention did not proclaim Senator Alli
son a candidate for the presidency or
give any pledge In his behalf as such ,
ns was done by the Ohio republican con
vention for McICInley , the constituents
of Mr , Allison strongly manifested their
esteem for him and left no doubt of
their willingness to support him as a
presidential candidate. "With especial
pride , " It was declared , "do we remem
ber the distinguished services of our
senior senator , whose long and honor
able record as a servant of the slate en
titles him to expressions < > f our full con
fidence and our enduring affection.
Wo hall with satisfaction the universal
desire of the republicans of the state to
continue him In his present Held of use
fulness until called to the larger serv
ices of the nation. " Republicans every
where will heartily endorse this Justly
merited tribute to Senator Allison.
It Is safe to say that the Iowa dele
gation to Iho next republican national
convention will be a unit , in favor of
the nomination of William H. Allison ,
and It Is probable that he will have a
considerable support in addition to tills.
Tlmt lie may be tin- second choice of a
very large number of the supporters of
the men who are now regarded as the
leading candidates is altogether likely.
No man can foretell with any degree of
certainty who will be the republican
candidate for president In 1SIKJ. It Is
possible that neither of the distin
guished party leaders now most promi
nent in tlio public mind will secure the
nomination , however promising the
chances of either at present appear to
be. Whoever will examine the history
of national political conventions will
iluil that the men who have gone Into
them with the largest support have not
always received the nomination. This
was the case with Seward In 1S0 ( ! , with
Hlalnu in 187 < i , and with Grant In 1880 ,
and other Instances In our previous his
tory could be cited. The Indications are
that there will be a very spirited and
perhaps prolonged contest for the nomi
nation between the now pronounced can
didates in the national convention , and
the drift of supporters of each of these
to a man who had not antagoui/.pd
either would be most probable. In such
an event perhaps no one would be more
.likely to prollt by the drift than Sena
tor Allison , who enjoys the respect and
confidence of the republicans of every
section of the country and is every
where recognized as one of the ablest ,
safest and most loyal of the republican
leaders.
There is one consideration that might
operate against his nomination and that
Is the fact that he is a senator. If we
mistake not , no party has ever taken a
presidential candidate from the United
States senate , uuless Mr. ( iartleld bo excepted -
cepted , ho having been elected to the
senate the year he was nominated ,
though he had never served In that
body. Service In the senate has seemed
to operate as a bar to the presidency ,
though many senators have had presi
dential aspirations and have gone Into
conventions seeking nomination , notably
among living public men Senator Sher
man nnd Ambassador Uayard. But this
consideration will not Influence the Iowa
supporters of Senator Allison , who will
undoubtedly send a delegation to the
national convention of 18'Jt ! pledged to
stand by him as long as there Is any
chance of his being nominated.
A H'/.YA/.VO TIUKV'f AXI ) I
The ticket nominated by the Iowa re
publican convpiition will command the
full support of tiie party , which means
that ft will bo elected by n large mn-
Jorlly. General Drake , the candidate
for governor , Is a popular man , even
democratic testimony conceding to him
ability and character1. He has a. credit
able military record , and he lias used
a part of his wealth In philanthropic
work. The one objection to fleneral
Drake Is that he Is Intimately Identified
with the railroad interest , but It Is
only fair to assume that , In the event of
Ills election , he would regard his duty
to the people as being superior to any
claims upon ills favor the corporations
might urge. It Is well understood that
the railroads desire the repenl or ma
terial modification of the statute regu
lating these corporations , and it Is ex
pected they will seek to accomplish thin
In the next legislature. In that eveul
the governor elected next November
will be compelled to array himself on
the side of the people , at whose demand
the law was enacted , or with the rail
roads. Cicnoral Drake should leave nn
doubt in tiie mind of anybody , in ad
vance of the election , us lo where he
would be found If , as governor of the
state , he were called upon to act upon
a proposition to either do away wltli
or emasculate the railroad regulation
law. That act was passed by the re
publican party In compliance with the
popular demand , Its operation lias beer
in the public interest , It has worked nc
Injustice to the railroads. Such belli ; :
the case , It lias proved to lie a goot'
law and therefore ought .to stand. Ii
will be wise on the part of the repub
Mean candidate for governor to make Ii
entirely plain to the people that he ii
not opposed to this law and that ll
elected he will give his influence am
his authority to sustaining It. If hi
will do tills no republican will liari
any excuse for withholding his vott
from him.
The platform will be approved by al
republicans who believe In the protec
tion of American Industries and Amer
lean labor , In the commercial policy o
trade reciprocity , and' In a sound cur
rency. The republicans of Iowa hav <
always been among the strongest ad
herents of the protective policy , ant
they are no less earnestly devoted ti
It now than In the past , as their lutes
declaration of principles fully attests
"We denounce , " says the platform , "tin
doctrine tlmt a tariff should be levlet
with a view to revenue only , and re
atllrm the doctrine which has wrough
In America the most marvelous Indus
trial development ever known in tit
world , viz. , the doctrine of protcctloi
to home Industry. " The currency phuil
of the national platform of 1892 Is re
allinued , supplemented by an espre.H
slon In favor of nn International ngiiv
ment regarding sliver. Perhaps HOIII
will wish Uiure hud beeu a more ex
licit declaration of opposition to the
co and unlimited coinage ot silver at
it ; present ratio , but the republican
ecluration of 181KI still reflects the po-
Itloti of the party on the currency
uestlon.
Undoubtedly the result of the conven-
on was disappointing to some , but
icre Is reason to think tlmt. any feeling
this kind will be of short duration
ml that there will bo no defection of
: > nse < pienco. Let the republicans of
; > wn now go forward with the work
f organization and there will be no
oubt of their winning a signal vlctorj
ext November.
771K .1MMGA77T MKDIOCHITI'
The Impudence of Imbecility Is only
liinl to the malignity of mediocrity ,
very man , woman and child In Omaha
news that G. M. Hitchcock , as an
lltor and publisher , has proved him-
If a lamentable failure. Inheriting a
> rtune that might have made any man
osscssed of ordinary brain power or
nsinoss ability Independent , he labors
uder ( lie hallucination that he has also
iherlted a grievance and a mission ,
'he grievance was the utter failure of
political dynasty founded on corrup-
on and backed by limitless boodle to
.estroy . The Hee III Its early struggles
gainst tiie domination of the worst
'lemonts ' of the republican party. The
dsslon was perpetual opposition to
very measure , right or wrong , advo-
ated by The Hee and striking down
very public man or private citizen , no
latter how honorable or1 deserving ,
. ho enjoys the support of The Hee.
After seven years of such Insane war-
im- the poor monomaniac has succeeded
i dissipating his Inheritance and mak-
iig a complete wreck of two papers
viilcli In capable hands would have
ecu paying properties nnd potential
'actors for the public good. Utterly
uciipablc of building up anything and
iy nature irresponsible for his lack of
onest convictions on any subject , the
vretched imbecile is more to be pitied
han despised. The strain to which his
'orlorn condition lias for years sub-
ecled him has been altogether too
inch for a man of his makeup to bear ,
jlko the poor old horse suffering from
lind staggers , his vision is so distorted
hut lie sees only tiie spectral phantoms
f a diseased brain.
It Is really too bad that a young man
vho entered life with such promise of
i useful and successful career should
n so short a period have suffered ship-
ivreck by his lack of ballast and
Blanco. The Hee has never borne him
II will or wished him harm. It be-
loves now , ns it has believed for years ,
hat thereIs room in Omaha for two
metropolitan dailies. It has no fear of
> elng distanced in the race for public
'nvor ' by any competitor. It does not
lellove that its only salvation lies in
.Irlving the World-Herald out of the
Held.
The secret of The Hco's success Is tote
to found in Its superiority as a news
gatherer , Its unswerving Integrity of
nirposc and its unflinching opposition
: o corruption and otllcial delinquency.
Jn those lines It hiis'wagcil Its warfare
: ind won public confidence and support.
Jn those lines It is always glad to co-
iporute witii any competitor or rival.
In the future , as iiv the past , It will
zealously labor for the promotion of
very interest that promises to develop
nnd build up the resources of this city
nnd slate , whether it lights the battle
single-handed or In conjunction with
) thers. The dog-iu-tlie-inangor policy
which other publishers have pursued ,
ind which Mr. Hitchcock Is pursuing ,
will not deter The Hee In the least from
ontlnulng the even tei\or of Its way.
TllK OL.\S * T1WST.
What the dispatches describe as the
greatest combination the window glass
industry has ever known has been ef
fected. The scheme of forming a glass
trust has been under consideration fern
n long time , but there were dilllcultles
In the way not easy to be overcome.
There has been an active and sharp
competition In the business and some
of the most extensive manufacturers
have been averse to entering into any
sort of combination. With the reduc
tion of the price of glass to a point
which Is said to have left , little profit
for the manufacturer and the prospect
of a still further decline If the strong
competition were maintained , those in
the industry who had shown nn un
willingness to enter into combination at
last yielded and the trust was organ
ized , It would seem upon terms which
are likely to hold It together , unless It
can be reached by the law , which ex
perience teaches is not likely to be In
voked against It.
The avowed purpose of this combina
tion Is to restrict production and raise
the price of glass. It Is designed to
make tilts Industry us nearly as pos
sible a monopoly. The competition
through which the market price of glass
has been cheapened will be suppressed
and the trust will exact from consumer ?
such tribute as they shall deem expedi
ent. This will be sutllclent , at least , tfi
recoup the parties to the combination
for any losses they have suffered from
competition. Already the order ha >
gone out raising the price of glass U.
per cent , and it is understood that till *
Is but the beginning. As the combina
tion has its headquarters In Iiidlunti
and the factories composing it an
there the authorities of that stati
ought to lose no time In instituting an
Inquiry ns to whether It Is amenable
to the law ns being hostile to the pub
He Interests. It would seem that the
case presents an excellent opportunltj
for another test of the principle thai
all such combinations are Illegal , bin
It Is to be apprehended tlmt no sucl
test will b j made. The obvious sugges
tltm Is tlmt moro stringent antl-trusi
legislation , both state and national , h
urgently needed.
Treasury officials nro unable to make
the silver paid out for the expense's ol
government stay In circulation. Thai
does not Indicate any very crying do
maud for more silver coins among tin
great masses of worklngmen who con
stltuto the bone and sinew of the nation
The Patrlarclml Circle of Amerlci
favors Omalm with Its national conven
tiou , Fraternal and benevolent socle
tienre multln1rfng with great rapidity
and yet the limit huH apparently not
bee'ii reached " i.'They ' would all grow
much faster Ifkonmhu were made their
permanent hefyljjuurtors.
The suit brought by the United Stutcs
ngulnst the LcMuilfl Stanford estates and
recently decided , ulvprsely to the gov
ernment in thn'jliiwcr court Is to bo ap
pealed Immedlltt'ply to the circuit court
of appeals , ' f j'hore ' Is any possible
way eif recovering the money tlmt was
wrongfully iH ftbd from the Central
Pacific 16 the' ' directors' pockets It cer
tainly ought to be pursued to the end.
The giveriiinent will be upheld gen-
earlly in whatever honest elTort It
makes to reach a decision tlmt will
allow the people to recover the money
that really belongs to them.
There seems to be no Impediment In
the way of contemplated Improvements
In the water works system save an or
der of the court directing that the work
proceed. It is to be hoped that that
order will be issued within the next
ten tlays. The enlargement of the water
mains and other Improvements have be-
'ome ' a public necessity and nicy should
e begun in season while such work
an bo done and laboring men nre
nxlotis to elo the work.
The Central Labor union 1ms again
eclared for civil service rules affecting
II city offices and has named a com-
itlttee to see what can be done. The
eclurutlon of principles of the Citizens'
euguo embodies a provision which Is
ho true basis of civil service reform ,
tlte labor unions take note of this
'act and also of the further fact that
Ivll service reform will last no longer
n straight party organizations than
i snowball In hades.
It is said that the czar of Russia
jffored to loan the United States all the
gold it might nee-el at the time of the
traltoned condition of the treasury
ind that the offer was declined with
hanks. Perhaps this is true. Hut
tnsshi would not run the risk of re-
leatlng the offer to certain Individuals
ivho would ncce-pt so quickly tlmt there
ivoulel bo no time for Russia to recon
sider the proposition before it was ac-
'opted.
The World-Herald refers to Mr. R.
W. Richardson as "a reputable lawyer. "
And that after Mr. Richardson has
; ) oen taking active part In the orguni/.a-
, ion of the citizens' movement. Is it
msslble that iiny One can remain rep
utable in the eyes , of the W.-H. after
lie has Identified himself with the cltl-
is' movement ? i
We nro glad1 to hear tlmt the World-
Herald has at lasf discovered that the
Seljan butchery , ca.ii be explained only
on the theory , ofmurder. . Up to this
line It 1ms be-m'trying to make Its rcad-
> rs believe that Seljan killed himself
und then throw his own dead boely into
: he river.
Air. llrjrnii'1'roper I'lncc.
\Va hlnBton Post.
Why does Hon. Hill Bryan cavort about
the country while'the ' Omaha base ball team
"s In imminent danger of going to plecesl
The proper place for Bill Is right In Omaha.
Wlirrfl in thu Muzzle ?
ImllannpoHs KirwB.
"The velnles's viscera of vacuity , vast
volumes of value , " Is a phrase of the secre
tary of agriculture , whom the president
should muzzle In justice to the sensible men
in his cabinet.
S Kill * for i > Moving Miouter.
Savannah News.
If Billy Bryan of Nebraska thinks the
people of the south are In danger of suffering
or starvation because the coinage of sliver Is
not free , ho ought to go out and look at the
crops in any southern state ho may happen
to be in. The great fields ot smiling and
nodding grain would make the boy orator
ashamed of himself.
Inclincro.-ica tn I'ubllc AfTilrx.
C. K. Durton In American Magazine of Civics.
Standing on the ocean beach ono scea
the perpetual roll of the waves toward Iho
shore and wonders how there can bo danger
for the bathers , but the student of science
knows that underneath the surface there Is
a silent current , known as the "undertow , "
which sometimes overcomes and drags un
der the strong limbed bathers. The student
of sociology knows that underneath all tha
talk about the rule of the majority there Is
a dangerous undercurrent of Indifference
In regard to what shall become of the pub
lic funds a feeling among the majority 01
the voters that the public fuml arc not
their funds. In brief , this may bo ex
pressed as an alienation from the common
wealth , a feeling among the employed non-
property owning classes that they have Jio
part lu the commonwealth ot the com
munlty. It Is this alienation from the com
monwealth that constltuleb the dangerous
political undertow ; for , preach In politics
as we may , so long as a majority of the
voters believe that a robbery of the public
funds Is in no sense a robbery ot theli
funds , Just so long will they remain Indiff
erent to it.
XKini.lSK.l . .I.VXKlltt.HIK.lXa. .
Holt county Is again agitating the count }
division question.
Colfax county claims 137 veterans of the
civil war among her inhabitants.
The Harttngton Building and Loan associa
tion earned 22 per cent for the fiscal yeai
which closed on June 30.
Among the packages delivered at the Ar
lington postolllce the other day was one
containing two rattlesnakes.
The Missouri river opposite the city ol
'
Blair Is still hes'ltatlrig between its prcsonl
channel and a new one'four mles on the Iowa
side. t.i !
John Maulden died at Tecumseh at the ag (
ol 82. He was a resldant ot Tecunueh thirty-
eight years and -was , u veteran of the Mexi
can war. | . ,
Michael Suchmo.n of Howells held a can
non flro crecker lu , his hand Just a little toe
long. When It exjloipd ) } It carried away ons
finger and tore the hand to shreds.
Arlington claims to be the homo of a mar
who makes a pWl3Hy of following younf
women who go flsning and bathing and tin
citizens are warning him agalnit the prac
tice. " 1
Sherman county claims that her crop thli
year will be the blgeeit In the history of tin
county. She estimate ! ! that oatu will yieli
from forty to eb\viity bushels to the acre
wheat from flftKiY 'to1 thirty and rye fron
fifteen to twentyiflTe. < 1
A Wisconsin man named Cooper lia
brought suit against the Blair Separabli
Horse Collar company for CO cents royalty 01
every collar sold within a certain territory
He claims to have purchased the territory o
the original patentee.
BANKERS DISCUSS CURRENCY
Ilonry W , Yatea of Omaha Makes the Prin
cipal Address of the Pay ,
FREE COINAGE WOULD BE A FATAL MOVE
I'urclmfto In I.lmltnl yunntltle * for ( lovorn-
incnt Account nt a I'lxccl 1'rlco bjr In-
terinttlniml Agreement Might
Mend/ the 1'rlcc.
SARATOGA , July II. Ex-Congressman
Michael D. Ilartcr of the coinage weights
and measures commlttteo of the PKty-thlrd
congress delivered an address on sound
money this morning before the New York
State Hankers' association , The address
was carefully considered and occupied over
an hour In the delivery. Ho said In part :
"If the free coinage men were compelled to
organize a party of their own their numbers
would prove ridiculously small only tolerable ,
perhaps , by comparison with Coxey's army.
Let us make It safe and sure by redeeming
and cancelling the greenbacks and getting
the government out of the banking buslne-s ;
totting the people conduct their own business
affairs and supply all the paper money they
need , providing for Its prompt redemption
In gold , and let nations know thai the United
States Is for all time a sound money , honest
dollar nation. "
Henry W. Yates , president of the Ne
braska National bank of Omaha , spoke as
follows on the coinage question :
"Upon the remarkable theory that free sil
ver means free money are founded the wild
claims of the populists as to what consti
tutes and should bn received as money , and
It forms the basis of union between the
members ot that political organization and
the so-called free silver democrats , Your
genuine free sllvr politician Is a pure flat-
tst , or for sound money , as ho calls It , just
as the occasion suits. An amusing Illustra
tion ot this is taken from the proceedings
ot the late Illinois free silver democratic
convention , which In Its formal declaration
of policy decided , among other things , that
the constitution of the United States pro
hibits the use ot anything but gold and
silver coin as the legal tender for the pay
ment of debts. This is a plain
and direct attack upon the populist theory ,
and would lead , If persisted In everywhere ,
to a dissolution of the union between thcso
two apparently different forces , and upon
which union the hopes ot political success
are based.
ISSUE MORE CLEARLY DEFINED.
"The Issue has lately become more
clearly defined. The silver advocates do not
now claim so confidently that bimetallism
will be thu result of free coinage. It Is prac
tically conceded by them that silver will
become the sole standard of value , but they
declare with a flippancy which shows what
little reflection and business experience
prompts the words that as between silver
monometallism and gold monometal
lism they will take the former.
In these words they assert that
in order to sustain their hobby they are
willing to change from the standard of value
upon which the entire business of this coun
try has been prosecuted for more than
twenty-five years , according to their own ad
mission.
"Sliver has not yet been demonetized. It
Is still money and doing a large share In
regulating the commerce of the world. But
that Its existence as money Is threatened
hero cannot be the slightest doubt. The
metal silver has lost Its character of money
In the gold standard countries , and the same
destruction Is threatened In the countries
still holding to Its use. The use of sliver
for fractional currency and perhaps for money
In sums of ? 10 and under , while It would
benefit silver to some extent , would not be
sufficient to steady Its value , for there Is now
more silver In existence than could be'appro
priated In this manner , and production must
go on. Silver must be made use of as money
just as gold Is money or It is doomed and
will eventually go the way of copper and
brass. Is the world prepared for this con
tingency whether It comes quickly or Is
strung out through a century ? It would
mean the destruction of capital to the extent
that silver now represents capital.
"International action has mainly caused the
trouble with silver , and It may be depended
upon to stay Its progress downward even If
It should never bo restored to Its old ratio.
This threatened destruction of capital is the
true and only necessity for bimetallism. The
stock of gold Is ample to transact the business
of the world , and there Is no actual require
ment for the use of any other metallic or
standard money , although no loss and some
benefits would follow the concurrent use of
silver aside from what I have Indicated.
Free coinage at this time at , any ratio Is
impracticable. No government could bo In
duced to open Its mints to sliver at the old
ratio. Equally Impracticable would bo coinage -
ago at a higher ratio. This would either depre
ciate the value and standing of existing coins
or demand tha heavy loss of recolnage.
COINAGE ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT.
"There Is , however , no apparent objection to
coinage on government account , and an In
ternational agreement to this end would
seem both possible and practicable. The
value of sliver would bo made steady all
over the world. It Is not possible that any
considerable addition would be made to the
volume of silver In the gold standard coun
tries under this arrangement unless it was
wanted and the price was made sufficiently
high to obtain It , but the monetary systems
of these countries can easily sustain wlthou'
Injury or risk a largely Increased amount of
sliver. This , I think. Is shown In the follow
ing statistics. The total production of the
precious metals since1402 down to 1893 , the
present circulation , and the disappearance
are as follows ;
Pro- Clrcunimp -
durllon. l.itlnn , pmrnnrp
OeM JS.SS'J.lOl.OX ) $ } ,961,900.l ) Jt,433.SD1.0)0 )
Silver 1I.90J,041W ( ) 4,033,7 < WUOO 6,853.341.01)0 )
"From this It will be seen that 18 pr cent
more of silver than , gold has been produced ,
but 32 per cent more of silver has disap
peared , leaving the aggregate volume of the
two metals In circulation as money curiously
equal , constituting of the total production 41
per cent of silver and 47 per cent of gold.
It certa'nly ' shows that the desire for sliver
beyond the demand for Its use as money
has exceeded that of gold , and this outside
demand may be depended upon In the future.
I have BClected"slx countries who carry nearly
all the gold of the world and 40 per cenl
of the silver , and the respective holdings ol
each and the ratio of silver to the total
metallic circulation arc as follows :
Is about equal in the world , yet these nations
carry on an average only half as much silver
as gold , and subtracting the United States
with 50 per cent , France 37 per cent and Aus
tria 48 per cent , the remaining aVoraga would
bo only 22 per cent. U cannot therefore. I
think , be contended by any one that free
mintage at the market price could endanger
the maintenance of the gold standard. At
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't ' Report
ho sums time It will accomplish ( or silver
all that tlicro Is tha ( lightest poulblllly of
wing done. With united anJ practical
program for action the International confer-
nco nskoil for by congress could bo hclil
with ionio prospect of agreement , but \vlthoul
uch program It will prove as futile and use-
ess as all previous commissions have bten. "
The convention then took up several sub-
eels for consideration. James O. Cnmion of
x'cw York spoke on "Losses from Had Debts
nd the I'art Taken by Statement ! from Hor-
rmvcrs In Preventing losses , " Judge Soy-
nour Daxter of 1C I in I rn discussed "Wasted
'ronts. Charges on Country Checks nnd
Country Clearing Houses for Checks. " J.
1. Hanford of Pcnn Van spoke upon "Whnt
s the Heat Method of Making n llurenu of
Protection Against Kraud. "
tlTK WlUi JHtlXd I'H.llir 11OMK
Irconlanil ICxploror Ktiectc < l to llnturn
! Nrxt * * optrmln > r.
ST. JOHNS. N. P. , July 11. The itoamor
Cite will eall today with the Greenland
clentinc expedition to relieve Lieutenant
enry. Captain John Unrtlett , the master , Is
n able mariner and commanded an cxpcdl-
lon to Greenland when only 24 years old.
Us chief lieutenant Is Patrick Dunpliy , who
van north two years with Peary's first cx-
> edltlon. McKlnlay , the engineer , has a
Inillar record.
The weather reports from Greenland In-
Icatc a mild winter and little Ice , and It Is
bought It will bo possible to reach Peary's
headquarters , falcon harbor , liowiloln bay ,
bout the -4th or 6th of August. All hope to
) o safely back In St. Johns by the end of
September. Peary Is supposed to be now
somewhere In the extreme north of Green
land.
_ _
ox a or .int. j'
low Ho CHiigriitiilitKM 11 PlttsLmrt ; I'nllior
with Three lilrlii.
riTTSntmo , July ll. Frank Kay and wlfo
of Oration have three little girls named
tilth , Esther and Naomi , born In tha order
; lven. Mr. Kay Is a Jobber of glassware.
Struck by the coincidence In his family and
hat of the president , ho wrote to the latter
and received the following reply :
"My Dear Sir : The president directs mo
: o acknowledge the receipt of your recent
< lnd letter In which you Inform him thnt
, foiir two oldest children bear the names of
lluth and Ksther and were named In each
CIIHU before the children of the president
were mimed. Both Mrs. Cleveland and the
iresldont nro much Interested In this co-
ncldenco nnd express the wish that your
Ittlu children may have long nnd happy
lives and that they will always bo a joy and
comfort to you.
you.HENHY K. THUUDKH.
Private Ek-urctnry.
I'BHSUXAl. AXtt OTllElltriSK.
Prom an ornithological view point the Iowa
republican ticket Is right In the swim.
Now York boasU of a gentleman who Is
classed as a peach. Iowa has a state ticket
headed py two birds.
The Elks have concluded that touching
lorns la moro conducive to harmony an ! gayety -
ety than locked horns.
It would be a ealve for wounded national
> rldo If the Cornell crew would crawl Into
ta shell and hermetically seal It.
Mr. Cleveland has the great comfort of
mowing that none of his family U likely to
ireak Into politics as the son of his father.
Iowa. Kentucky , Maryland , Massachusetts ,
Mississippi , Now Jersey , New York , Ohio ,
Pennsylvania and Virginia will vote for state
ofllcenj in November.
The tragic death of C. E. Cole , the amateur
desperado , is a trumpet-toned warning that
the peace and quiet of Chicago as a snni-
ner resort cannot bo violate ! with Impunity.
The private secretary of the prince of
Wales announces that his royal nibs will not
visit New York this year. The announce-
nent will hasten the departure of the faith
ful from the vicinity of Hell date.
An attractive exhibit In the negro building
at the Atlanta exposition will be a bust of
Charles Sumner by Edmonla Lewis of Rome ,
Italy. It is a contribution by Dr. W. H.
Johnson of Albany , N. Y. , to whom the bust
was presented by the sculptress.
Prof. Edward Emerson narnard of the Lick
observatory , who will soon take charge of
he Yerkoo observatory In Chicago , was born
n Nashville , Tenn. , on December 10 , 1857.
) utslde of a few months attendance at n pub
ic school ho te entirely self-educated.
Captain John M. Brooke , a professor at
ho Virginia Military institute. Is one of the
'ow survlvo-s of the Monltor-Merrlmae fight.
Ho served on the confederate man-of-war and
ins an additional claim to bo remembered as
the Inventor of the deep-sea Hounding appa
ratus.
Heformer Roosevelt struck a hot trail out
of Harlem the other day. The residents of
that collar-and-olbow section of New York ,
laving survived an appalling Sabbath thirst ,
espied Teddy in their mlil.U and set a pace
! or him that vividly recalled his Dakota bear
hunts. He escaped by dodging Into a moving
train.
Mr. Morley Roberts , an English novelist , Is
receiving ovations from his countrymen for
what Is termed a new drink Introduced by
ilm. The constituents are ginger ale , lemon ,
Ice and a dash of rum. It is duo to Mr.
Roberts to say he don't claim the Invention
as his own , but la a beverage of western
America.
Colonel Alexander G. Howes of San Fran
cisco recently left for London , where ho ex
pects to remain for some years. The fad of
Colonel Hawes for a long tlmo has been the
collection of all kinds of sword ? and ho has
a wonderful lot of them which ho has pro
cured from various countries of Asia , Europe ,
Africa and America.
.i.vn inn ooosn nuitr. .
rtilMdotphlft Inquirer : Mr. Merion Is cred
ited with having said recently : "Them Is
moro science In the wny wo predict weather
than thcro Is rcnso. I would rather have an
old farmer , with rheumatism In his shoulder
and a soft rorn on his foot , than all the pro
fessors and their confounded books that Har
rington has got. " However hard thin may bo
on science and scientists , It promises to Intro
duce a novel feature Into the science ot
weather prognostications. There will be a
collection of birds and animals In ovcry
weather otllce throughout IMP country , as nlto
old men with rheum.itUm In their shoulder ! ,
n , "misery" In their hcads > , and hard or soft
corns on their feet. Instead ot having to pirn
an examination In the science of meteorology ,
candidates for oin.ce In the \rcothor , bureau
will bo akkcd to show their knowledge of the
lublU of cats , rat ? , dogs , sheep , wild geoic ,
chickens , cows and hews when the weather
Is about to change. No more will wo bo
troubled reading about barometric Indications ,
high and low presuure. relative humidity , hot
nnd cold waves , cyclones , and HO on. An era
of common scnso is about to dawn. All hull
to the renaissance ot the gcoso bne , the corn
and the bunion.
Philadelphia Press : As the percentage of
accuracy In predictions kept on Increasing ,
until It ranged from S3 to SO per cent aiU
higher , the great value of the bureau was no *
predated oven by the dullest. Secretary Mor
ton , however. In th ? removal of Prof. Har
rington and the substitution ot Prof. Moore ,
has so managed to raise a question n to the
bureau's value , and li.is midc : such nn extra
ordinary attack on sclentl.llc research. Incom
prehensible In this ago. that II will take years
for the bureau to recover Its former prestige.
This Is not n question of tnon. but of science.
Prof. Moore may make an excellnnt chief.
\Vo hope ho will , lie may develop the sc'en-
llflc work of the bureau , or , rather , allow It
to develop ; but , unfortunately for him. hli
superior has In no unmistakable terms sot up
standards which are not recognized In the
scientific departments of any of the clvilizoJ
governments of the glebe. Secretary Mortoa'a
views as to the relation of science and prac
tical work would disgrace a backwoodsman.
They proceed from a fatuity which la aa
unenlightened , as It is stubborn. Ho may
find many In this country equally Ignorant
who will applaud him , but abroad ho will bfi
laughed at ,
llllXMES.
Washington Star.
"What will you take ? " the nation said ;
Kentucky then replied :
"I guess I'll have sound money straight- *
With silver on the nldo. "
Indlnnntmlls .Tmirnnl.
Bo many different planks 'twill have
That none will truly III ;
The statesman who would stand on nil
Must learn to "do the split. "
Lei Anjti'led Kxprcss.
They were friends such earnest friends
The other friends they harried
But they arc friends no longer now
And Just because they're married.
riilcnuo Tost.
nerrlos on the tm he * , butter In the churn ,
Cattle In the pasture , jmikers In the sty ;
When the blizzards get liere I'll have cash
to burn ;
Couldn't quit a-emlllng now If I should try.
PhlladHph'n
"My country calls mo nnd I go , "
The candidate declared to nil the town
Hcfore election. In very tnith 'tis so !
lie's gone. Uecauso his country callea
him tlown.
Drlroit Tribune.
Said Kulor Hill to Kaiser Bill :
"I must expect , my lad.
That some day , like Niipoleon , you
Will bo n Yankee fail. '
Town Trplcs.
There was a llttlo frlrl
Who h d n little curl ,
And she spooned on the beach with her Jack )
And when her papa found her ,
Jack's manly arm was 'round her ,
And her golden hair was hanging- down hcj
back !
ISoston Courier.
She took oft her hat nnd laid It down ,
Then looked about In dismay ;
Her husband had pinned It on his coal ,
Thinking It was a boquut.
IlEli M.tJKHTV Xl. Ill
1'OEt.
Wo have no king , wo have no queen , so nil
the people say ;
But thnt is wrong , because there's ono wo
always must obey.
It's known , In truth , on ovnry side , though
men may rise and full ,
Thero's one supreme , to whom we bow the
baby rules us all.
In hut or palace , town or wood , In circles
high or low.
At home , abroad , nlloat , ashore , wherever
wo may go ,
Wo say wo TO Independent In whatever wo
may do ,
And yet we show our alav ry when we hear
u , buby coo.
Wo dance , wo sing , we chip our hands , wo
buy nil kinds of tajs ;
We do all sorts of foolish things wo think
the child enjoys.
There's nothing In this wide , wide world , aa
Kvcry one must know ,
Wo will not do that we may hear the babjr
laugh und crow.
Wo have no king , wo have no queen , so nil
the people say ;
Hut tlmt Is wrong , because there s ono we
always must obey.
It'8 known , in truth , on ov'ry side , nnd it
should give us joy.
The babe IB boss of nil the world what say
you , Grove , old boyV
' mJHH3fru *
"Little Girls"
Thcr are darlings and a joy. But
Grover wishes 'twas a boy and so
do we. Boys make men Men
wear clothes perhaps ours we
hope so. Anyway , we are after
the men to advance their interests
in life , to give them contentment ,
ease and luxury. We can do it ;
tell you how : There is a whole ,
lot of remarkably fine suits in our'
store , that a re being sold very
reasonable. This is the time of the
year we reduce that quantity and
assortment we always carry.
WE ARE HAVING A BIG CUT SALE. DID YOU KNOW IT ?
Would like to have you drop in ; if you can't , take a
squint at our windows. You will see a fair assortment i
of the many bargains we are. offering. i !
It's all Browning , King & Co.'s own make that I
Ii
is recommend enough. Every piece is guaranteed in i
all respects.
You take no risk when our salesman pronounces
it perfect. If it don't suit you YOU DON'T HAVE
TO TAKE IT.
We leave all to you and the virtue of our suits.
A great line on sale at
$8 ° ° , $10 ° ° , $13 ° ° , $14 ° ° , $15 ° ° , $17 ° ° and$1900.
From $3.00 to $5.00 saved on evo.ry suit you buy
at this cut price mid-summer sale.
' We'll trade back if you'd rather have the money.
Browning , King & Co. ,
Largest Makers and Retailers of Fine Clothing In tin World ,
S. W. CORNER 15TH AND DOUGLAS STS.