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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1895)
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None of Ilio Oinnbn people wbo went to seek Ilielr fortunes In the Cripple Greek country have returned with tidings of success. Secretary Morton has been uncom monly ( inlet considering the fact that his Hilcf has actually done something that has sot all the world to talking. The members of the Hoard of Educa tion have been the llrst of our local olll- ccrs to ring out the old. The ring , how ever , was neither very loud nor very enthusiastic. President Cleveland ought to have little dllllenlty In ( hiding } hreo Vcnc/.uo- Inn commissioners who will bo able to spend the greater part of that $100,000 appropriation. The slump In police court fines has been made the subject of special investi gation by n school board committee. The opinion prevails that the city has appropriated many dollars thus collec ted to its own use and is doing so now. We know of no more promising Held for thorough investigation than is presented by the system of police court lines now In vogue and wo venture the suggestion that both city and school board can keep a watchful eye upon it with mutual advantage. The next great exposition is that which will open iu Montreal , Canada , on the ! Mth day of May , 1SOO , and re main open about live months. The fact that Canada is trying to attract atten tion by means of an International ex position Is all the greater reason why the Idea of a Transml.ssisslppl exposi tion at Omaha In 1S08 should be taken up and pushed to completion by all the western states which are anxious to advertise their resources and attract population and capital. It has been .suggested that the park board take charge of the High school campus and hereafter care for It as n park. When this Idea was advanced some years ago , It was resented by the school board as an attempt to poach on Its preserves. Now that school money Is scarce the board takes a dlu'eront view of tlie matter. Efforts to beautify the campus have heretofore failed. A part of tlie park fund could not bo put to better use. The grounds have long been In need of tlie landscape gardener. Tlio faculty of the University of Chicago is hopelessly divided on Iho question of approving the president's Venexuela meswge. The imported pro- fossoM are all vehement in asserting Unit ( lie president made a grave nils- take , wlillo the home-grown members of the teaching force take the opposite position. It might bo well for the presi dent of the university to appoint a commission - mission to look Into tlie differences be tween the two sets of professors and report the true line of demarcation be tween their opinions In the case. Judge Dnlllo has rendered n decision touching upon the rights of creditors which must meet with the approbation of all business men. Incidentally the Judge stated there Is no inw In Ne braska to permit an insolvent linn preferring a chosen few creditors. Tlie decision as rendered inlthorl/.es the ap pointment of a receiver to wind up tlie affairs of an Insolvent Una which had preferred certain creditors. Ity ( ids de cree tlio lesser creditors will all realize n portion of their claims. It is in the Interest of justice and fair play. Attention of new councllmen Is di rected lo the recent action of tlio 1'corln city council , which met and Instructed the mayor and clerk to demand for each of them annual passes from all the railroads entering 1'eorla , Omaha couu- cllmen have as a rule always enjoyed such perquisites , but got them through individual effort and not by olllclal action. If reports concerning the In coming councllmen nro correct there , wlll be llttlo dllllenlty in securing pasteboards - boards from all the railroads entering Omaha or iu Inducing the mayor to de mand them. I nut / / ; riinniHin ; ; r , vrK. Tin * prompt action of the house re publican * In prepnrlug n measure t < Increase tlie revenue of tlie governmen i.i most commendable and would ih much to reasftire the country if it were not for the doubt as to whether .such n measure ran pass the senate. That however , 1 not a matter which tlie ma jority in tlie house nro called upon to consider. The duty of the republicans is perfectly plain , and they should dis charge It without any thought of what the opposition may do. As we have always Insisted would be the case , the icpuhlicnns hold that the chief thing needed to remedy existing dllllcultles is more revenue , and this they are pre pared'to provide. They see no force hi tlie contention of tlie president and secretary of the treasury that tlie rem edy Is to be found In withdrawing from circulation the greenbacks and treasury notes , involving an addition to the In terest bearing debt of nearly noo.ooo- 000 and a considerable contraction of the currency , or tlie alternative of re placing these notes with an inferior cur rency. If tlie president has any idea that Ids plan for changing the currency system will receive serious considera tion from tlie present congress , he may as well dismiss it. With a surplus of revenue the treasury can withhold greenbacks and treasury notes , paying out other forms of currency In tlio reg ular course of business , but there will be uo authority given by the present congress for the permanent retirement of these notes. Of course , tlie fate of a revenue meas ure such as the house will adopt Is un certain , with the probabilities strongly against it becoming law. It undoubt edly will bo on protection lines and will have reference to both more revenue ami to helping certain American Indus tries which have been hurt by the ex isting tariff law. A measure of this nature will encounter , It Is to be ex pected , tlie vigorous opposition of the democrats , and while this opposition will amount to nothing In tlie house , It may defeat a republican revenue bill In the senate. The democrats will oppose a revenue measure on general principles , for they cannot pretend , In the face of a steadily accumulating deficit , that the xistlng law Is not a complete failure as a revenue measure. Of course they may Join with the president and secre tary of the treasury in a blind confi dence that some time In the future , when "normal business conditions" have leturni'd , tlie democratic tariff will sup ply sullicicnt leveuue , but they will not be able In this way to convince the country that nothing should bo done. It Is uiHuiestionably the judgment of a very largo majority of the American people that the tirst thing to be done , nnd the most important anil necessary of all tilings , Is to increase the income of the government , and that the legisla tion to bring this about should at the same time bo helpful to such of our In dustries as have been Injured by the operation of the present tariff law. No general revision of the tariff Is required at tills time , but changes can be made which will yield enough additional rev enue to stop ( lie dellcltM. and the demo crats ought to be entirely willing to have this done by way of atoning , In part , for the very costly blunder they made hrtarlff legislation a blunder the consequences of which are a large in crease of the public debt , an enormous addition to our foreign indebtedness ami serious injury to .some American in dustries. It is to be expected , however , that ( lie democrats will not only refuse to acknowledge the blunder , but will vigorously resist any effort to remedy It. TUK MRltCIIANT MAlllNK. At the banquet In New York com memorative of the centennial of the Jay treaty Senator Frye of Maine made a most interesting speech on our mer chant marine. He found In the mngnili- ceut proportions of our coast , lake nnd river fleets something of which all Americans can feel proud. The tonnage of these fleets is greater than Urn. of Great llrltnln , Franco , Germany , Spain and Italy combined , employed In like business , and the building up of this vast Interest lias been accomplished under the law enacted nearly a century igo prohibiting foreign vessels from any participation in this trade. It was a IHilley of protection that has had the most bencllcent results. Turning from this to contemplate our ships engaged In the foreign carrying trade and the picture , Raid Senator Krye , is Indeed a mortifying and hu miliating one for a rich , prosperous and powerful maritime country , once the only rival of Great Britain on the ' . "With almost limitless K'can. an sea ward , great harbors , boundless forests , jiexliaustlble mines of coal and iron , splendidly equipped ship yards , the best ncehanlcs In thu world , a wonderful in ventive genius , an abundance of capl- .nl , an enormous foreign commerce , we uive looked passively on and seen the nitlons of the world , our inferiors In : lieso regards , seine upon and oust us from al ) the great pathways of the > ccan. " Tlio senator siiowed that once our merchant marine on the high seas was second only to that of Great Brit- Un and carried 1)0 ) per cent of our ex ports and Imports , Instead of II ! per cent , as at the present time , hut this was the result of the protection given our merchant sea service by tlio second ict of tlie first congress , which pro vided discriminative duties in tlie Inter est of American vessels. Senator Kryo suggested that this policy , having once u-ovetl a lever powerful enough lo lift our marine from I lie depths of adver sity to tlie heights of prosperity , might lo it again. * Senator Kryo believes Hint In order o have a merchant marine the United states must follow the example of Eng- and , Germany and Kranco In paying ) ounlies and subsidies and must per sist In that policy. There are many ad vocates of this course , but It Is ques- lonablo whether a majority of tlio poole - le are favorable to it , the probability > elng to the contrary. Tlio question of mlldlug up our ocean marine la one to vhlch public attention cnunot bo lee requently or too strongly Invited , nnd it Is n question which Interests not any lartlculur section of the country * but ill sections , the producers of the south ami went equally with the umuufuctnr- CM of the eastern ami middle states. Several bills relating to this subject hau < been presented In congress , but 11 Is not likely that there will be any leg islation , If the republican party Is re turned to tlie control of the government next yenr It will undoubtedly be a part of Its policy to provide for building up n merchant marine that will carry our ling to nil the sens nnd ports of the world. tM AVI JtlA A roxt'llih ATK. It Is very amusing to note tlie confi dent way In which some of the ( Can adian newspapers speak of the ability of that country to defend Itself against Invasion by the l-nlted - States , and a few editors have even been so ab urd as to suggest Hint In Hits event of war be tween tills country and Great llrltain Canada would organize nn nrmy nnd Invade tlie I'ldled States. This sort of talk may be evidence of loyalty and patriotism , but it Is none the less ridicu lous. Canada lias n population of about 5.000,000 , wlilie tlu ; population of the fulled States Is 70.1)00,000. ) Possibly Canada could organize a force of 100,000 soldiers and that number of men could certainly offer considerable resistance , but against an Invading force live times as large they could hold out but a very short time. Everybody understands that If tills country went to war with England one of the first movements on our part would bo to send an army into tlie Dominion , and there can bo no doubt it would be a force large enough to overwhelm and sweep away all opposition. The policy would bo to occupy every advantageous point In the Dominion as soon as possible and sol diers would be sent there as rapidly ns they could ho recruited and organized , rnddubtedly this Canadians would light , but the struggle would be a hope less one and within six months al'tei hostilities begun Canada would cease to be a British colony. si'vinoua As a metropolitan newspaper , The Bee , llrst of all things , aims to print the news. In that function It has no peer in the west outside of Chicago , St. Louis and San Francisco. Never was the Inferiority of its pretended rivals In these parts more glaringly exhibited than In the week since the president sent his Venezuelan message to con gress. The Bee's cable dispatches were absolutely exhaustive. They covered public sentiment us expressed by tlie press and by the public men in every European capital. They included not merely the full Associated press serv ice from London , Paris , Berlin , Vienna and other capitals of the continent , but all the cable letters of the New- York World from Its staff of able special correspondents. America was covered from Brazil and Venezuela to British Columbia , and from New England to the I'aeilic coast. The publication of these dispatches enabled readers of The Bee to grasp the full import of the crisis that threatens to engulf the na tion In a war with Great Britain. Outstripped In enterprise , some of Its jingo contemporaries seek to make'-cheap capital out of the fact that The Bee has given space to the .British as well as to the American side of the controversy. They sncerlngly impugn its patriotism because the head lines over its cable letters have been in harmony with tlie subject matter embodied In the dis patches which follow them hi marked contrast with their lack of dispatches and excess of ( laming head lines. In tills Held The Bee cheerfully concedes the monopoly on spurious patriotism to the swash-bucklers who hope to gain popularity among the unthinking masses. The Bee is not compelled to seek sup port by Haunting the flag and making merchandise of its loyalty to repub lican Institutions. In tlie language of an eminent divine , whose patriotism cannot be called In question , "We are not speaking disparagingly of loyalty to country or patriotic regard for our country's rights ; but patriotic passions arc inccnseii ami can cusny uc nieii to the point where righteousness is ignored. * * * The mischief done by inllammatory sheets that make a paying newspaper business by fan ning the flames of International ani mosity is incalculable. " Blatlier.skit- .sm does not necessarily constitute patriotism , either with a big 1' or with n little P. It generally emanates from demagogues , who do all their fighting with their mouths or from men who sent substitutes when the flag was In danger and treason held high carnival in one-third of ( lie states of tlie union. SHOULD NOT JiK IIKI'KALKT ) . It Is to bo Jioped that the present city council will not stultify itself by re pealing any of the provisions of the salary retrenchment ordinance enacted by It In response to the general demand for enforced economy. The demand for a general reduction of city hall salaries nnd the abolition of nil sinecures had icon warded off as long as It was pos sible. With u treasury depleted by do- 'alcation and with resources Impaired > y decreased properly values the re- luctlons made by. the council hud be come nn Imperative necessity. These conditions have not been bettered since ho election. On tlie contrary the reasury outlook for the coming year causes serious apprehension of an 'iiormous dellclt unless expenditures are curtailed In every direction. It Is safe to assert that ten applicants competent to perform thu duties of any positloi ) are ready and inxious to servo the city nt ho salaries established in the revised ordinance. What possible uxcti.su can > o offered for an Increase of any of the nlnrles that have been ordered cut from md after January 1 ? About ho only creditable piece of vork done by tlio present coun cil is the salary retrenchment ordl- nince. Why should this council undo Is own work ? If the work is to bo indone , let Iho next council take the expansibility if It dares. The story of Hall county ofllcliil cor- upturn pi luted in Monday's Bee uhowts hat delinquency in the olllco of trcas- irer has not been confined to any ouo oiinty In Nebraska. The malady seems o have been particularly widespread aud the community that bus uot wuf- j fered from inHnprmprlntlon of public j money Is the lieejltloii rather than the uile. The prosecution Of derelict olll- clals and tlie cultivation of more healthy publlojfMolnls Is the only effec tive remedy. ( g , j Tlie rnilroadT are using an extract from the report'YfHho Nebraska State Hellef commission-referring to the as sistance aiTonJod jlio drouth sufferers for advertisingpurposes , In the east. Tlie railroads lartMcertalnly entitled to dt'o credit for j\vhnt they contributed In tlie way of transnortatlon. but the ob jectionable feature of this kind of ad- vet Using Is tlie false impression which It convoys that Nebraska is a pauper state. Nebraska has , In fact , sent n great deal more relief to other states and to other countries than It has ever received. The drouth of 1801 was an exceptional disaster that Is not likely to occur again. The railroads have ample opportunity to advertise themselves without harping on the adverse condi tions under which they have been called on to contribute to the relief of unfor tunate settlers along their roads. An effort is UPbo made at the forth coming session of the Iowa legislature to secure the enactment of a law rais ing the age of consent similar to the law passed by the late Ne braska legislature. So far as we are aware there have as yet been no prosecutions under the new Ne braska law. Tlie principle of the law Is good and for the sake of uniformity the Iowa statute ought to be made to conform to It as well as possible. Another Nebraska bank hasjiad bonds approved to enable it to receive public money as a state depository. It is safe to assert , however , thai lids nor any olher single state depository will be given the custody of a quarter of a mil lion of state funds practically unse cured. One loss of that kind Is lesson enough. It would be a question most diflleult to answer , should tlie threatened war with Great Britain come on , which the Irish-American volunteers would enjoy more lighting the Englishmen or up holding the honor of the United States. Tinrnllnl Sditi-H Is. Glol > o-temocrnt. The president and his secretary of state deceive thanks for saying "the United States Is" Instead of "thV United States UTS" In the discussion of th"e " "Venezuelan nutter. Tinlfi > iiMConiinlUccH. . Clilc.ijjij j'lmes-Htjrulil. Oa the wholg , the committees are'a fair and Judicious expression of the party strength In the house and-gives na marked Indication of any effort to liso'tho speakershlp patronage to further Mr , , Heed's presidential aspira tions. . y UrRi-i o' . of Irrigation. Ucjivjpr y Republican. The people of 'ctraska do well to Inter est themselves .la the subject of Irrigation. Much of the laij'd ofjthat state would be Im- piovcd by Irrigation , , and U la practicable to reclaim a Iarse3pait ; of It by sinking artesian wells and building nBtorage reservoirsIt would be well I/ ( lie state wonld ennct a law umlr which lr g | ] pn/dlstrlgts , could be or- Kanl&ed.and. th rrf ulsltc work/y.cqnstructod. / This would Involyo the adoption of a plan similar to thati followed In California. Morion's Cont-nr-Arnm. rhlli'Jelplila Itccord. The nous that Secretary Morton has had a coat of arms palntd on his carrlag ? door nay provoke a fresh outburst of clamor for his impeachment , but au the coat in ques tion merely represents a thrifty tree , with n scroll bearing the Injunction "plant trees ! " the impeaul-crs may th'nk better of It , as they hive evidently done In Ambassador UayarJ's case. Not even the most rampant revller ot heraldic pomp could fairly take exception to such a pastoral and Innocuous sentiment. An lIiicllKiroviililc Prophecy. Xew Y < irk Sun. If the dfmocratlc national convention waste to meet tomorrow the nomination for presi dent would bo given to Grover Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland would decline It , thus closing his public career with the record of bslng the only man who had actually declined a nomination. * Then the convention would proceed tt > nom inate Hon. Richard Olnisy of Massachusetts. As the convention will not meet tomorrow , and as a good many things may happen befors It dees meet , we do not 0:0 how this prophecy can be disproved. ! , < < tMnli ComeIn. . Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. Utah 1 qualified for full membership In the union of states. It has a larger popula tion than Delaware or Nevada or Montana or Idaho or Wyoming or North Dakota. It has been organized as a territory for nearly half a century. Its people are peaceful , orderly and Industrious. The circumstance that the predominating Influence In It has always ben that of Momionlsm cannot longer militate against It. It has conformed to all the con- d'tlomi Imposed upon It by coneress. It will enter the union au a republican Kate. Lot Utah coma In. < 1 rum in n r mill I.o lc Faulty. New York bun , If Salisbury's International law la as lame a'i ' his grammar , ho is In a bad fix. In the president's message we find him quoted as follows : "No state-email , however eminent , snd no nation , however powerful , are com petent to Insert Into the code of International law a novel principle. " There la a queer kind of addition In this. Not one thing and not ono man Is nothing ; and "nothing" takes a singular verb. In other words , not ono and not one Is not two , and this Is some thing which no statesman should forget. CnnvcrlH ami Tlilril Term. M. I1 , llnmlyi In..Chicago Tlmes-IIcnild. U la amusing niiQ yet aggravating to hoar the new converis..tp.th5i Monroe doctrine , with the zeal cf proselytes , arraign for lack of patriotism oldy and tried friends of the doctrine , who , -whllo supporting the ndmlnla- tiatlou to any-jcaaanablo extent , are not prepared at a moment's notion to precipitate u declaration of wac. Mr. noutelle'yujho house , and Mr. Sher man and Mr. Jlg-gan , In the senate , were Monroe d&ctrlnpNrvcn beforb Grover Clevfland ever knewi thefoVTvas such a thing. With their records fltttAmvo a right to question the methods oL.wrk\preslde-nt without having their loyalty ImWifehed , and certainly they wcro within tfi"rJil Jghto In aoklng that the president' * recinldi tidatlon should be calmly con Idered. U ' As to polltlop.jli/ / not becoming for the democrats to uuthat game and ay to tie republicans ; "fn > our came ; let us do all the paying. | [ uUhUK your base and keep quiet. " _ * * If President Clove-land really means to keep the Venezuela case out of politics let him como out llko a man and say that he Is not a candidate for a third term. Until then poll- tlcu cannot be leflj out of the account. fiixTOiii'c P T i iM'n VA nppKPO GOiMiKESS lAhhS NO RLCliSS Many Members , Ilowovor , Going Home fo tlie Christmas Holiday. BILLS FOR MORE REVENUE TO BE PUSHED Holme Coiiiintltrc on WnyH nml Menu \V1II Iti'imrl 11 I'liiiini'liil on Tlmr ilnj.Next nml True Prompt Action. WASHINGTON , Dec. 23. It being gone * ally understood that the \\ays nnd IIKNJII committee would not be prepared to rcpor Its bill for t'ip ' relK-f of the trfasttry sllim tlon before tomorrow or Thursday , the ai tendance In the hotiso today was compara lively small. The speaker announced that b an Inadvcrtenc ? In the announcement of th committees on Saturday the name ot Mr Tracey , republican of Mlsssurl , had bee omitted from the committee on naval affairs After a little argument and objection froi Mr. Crisp In behalf of the minority agalns the chairman of the election committee referring the elections contests , the rpahe ended the matter by making a concession an referring the contests one lo each commlttc In regular crdcr. Mr. DlngUy. republican of Maine , clulr man of the ways and means committee then took the floor. The committee o ways and means , ho said , had met thl morning and unanimously decided tint li view of the president's special message t congress on Krlda and the circumstance Kiirroundlng It , It was not approprlat that the two houses should adjourn until a proper rcrponso had been made. In view of the urgency of the matter he deemed I proper to my that the commlttc } had ( dread ) entered upon the preparation of a bill o bills. While ho was not prepared to sa > IIQW when those bills' would be ready , he wa certain that they would hot hep resented to the house before Thursday. It was Im portant that the members of tha house who had gone homo under the Impression tin tha usual holiday recess would b > lick should he present when the report of tlie ways and moans committee was made to the house , and It was proper that they should have an opportunity to return. lie would ask the house to moot tomorrow for thei purpose of agreeing upon the distribution of the president's mersage , after which he wouli ask the house to adjourn over Christmas day. day."On "On Thursday , " " he concluded , "wo hope that the house will make a response to the urgent request of the president and take some action which will relieve the situation In which It finds Itself. " ( Applause. ) Then at 12:20 : p. m. , the house adjourned until to morrow. ISSUHOT 1.MM1X1-\T. Prcxtilrnt llNH | > MfiI to Atvnlt llic Action of Connri'MH. WASHINGTON , Dec. 23. It can be statei on authority that the rumor which has gained some currency to the effect that the preslden had decided to announce another bond Issue at once , and that this conclusion had beei reached at a cabinet meeting yesterday , is without any foundation In fact. The onlj member of the cabinet who saw the preslden yesterday WBB Secretary Lament , who hai Just returned to the city , and called to pay hla respect ? , and later in the day Secretary Olney and Secretary Carlisle. The genera aUuatlon was discussed Informally , but the question of an Immediate Issue of bonds was not considered. Indeed , It Is stated that In view of the president's very rcent massage tb congress asking for legislation which might render another Issue necessary It would be scant courtesy to that body to anticipate Its legislative action before an opportunity has b-en given them to comply with the presi dent's recommendation. Tha president has repeatedly stated , how ever , that ho would protect tne public credit at whatever cost , should the necessities o the situation require heroic action ; but a the present moment It Is argued that sucl necessity has not arrived. Moreover , it Is doubted whether. In view of the present state of the money market at horn ? and abroad , a large lean could be floated except at a greal sacrifice to the government. Nor Is the dangr of large withdrawals of gold for expori regarded as being as Imminent at this time as under the conditions ) which have pre vailed at any time during the last saveral months. With money at 25 per cent it Is nol ssn how exporters can aftcrd to make- any shipments of gold , and for this reason the apprehensions of largo withdrawals which occurred are no longer felt. There seems to be , however , no reasonable doubt that , should heavy gold shipments be resumed , and con gress fall to pass any remedial legislation , the president would act upju the authority he already haa and Issue bonds to any amount which the situation might Justify. Dut until these contingencies have arisen It la stated positively that no action will bo taken In this direction , AIOIY AMI KAVV CODKS CONFLICT. Soinv SiiKKCMtloii * of nil Important Chni'iictrr Ailvilliccil. WASHINGTON , Dec. 23. Lieutenant Nlb- loclr. In charge of the mllltlo division of the Navy department , has called the attention of the department to the serious Inconvenience and confusion that Is apt to arrive In ciso our military and naval forces are called Into Joint action , as they must bo in a defensive war , growing out of the lack of uniformity In small arms and signal codes. The army Is armed with the Kragg-Jorgenson rifle of 30- callbro , whllo the navy has contracted for a supply of Lee magazine rifles cf 23-calibre , so that tha same kind of ammunition will not fi3rvo both arms and grave mistakes are apt to occur In Issuing. Lieutenant Nlblock sug gests. In the Interest of the naval mllltla , as well as on broader grounds , that It would be well If the War and Navy departments would settle , as soon as practicably , by competitive tests which Is the better weapon , that of the army or the navy , and stop at one ? the making of the les : desirable arm. In the casa of the signal codes where there Is like conflict , ho says the army used the present naval cods for twintytflvo years with the greatest success. When a change was made tbo navy code was dropped , but after a fair trial was obliged to abandon the present army cede and return to the original code. The ravy cannot us ? the army cod ; . The army can and 'liaa ' used the present naval code. ( ovrrimiciit Till i ; IN Nol Oooil. WASHINGTON , Dec 23. Chief Justice ningham of the district supreme court today tendered a very Important decision In the case of the city of Las Vegas , N , M. , against tha secretary of the Interior , holding that 130-UG acres of land , valued at about J 1,000- 000 , mostly occupied by the city , legally bs- longs to It and cannot therefore be made part of the public lands of the United States. The decision of Chief Justice ningham today held that the effect of the act of congress of 1SCO was to divest the United States of the title of the land and to Invest It In the claim ants under tha grant from Mexico. Assistant Attorney General Brent gave notice of an ap peal to the court of appeals on behalf of Uic government. Move to Ailvimcc ( lie Cofllii Cime , WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. The solicitor general entered a motion to advance the case of Francis A. Cofflji , convicted of aiding In the wrecking of the Indianapolis National bank , which comes to the supreme- court oa an application for a writ of error. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PUBS SIIOOTIXU AT t.oxo HANOI : . Cincinnati Commercial : Knglaml claims to be the ruler of Iho MWS. Whenever she has mot tlio United Stoics on that clement , either In battle or a friendly race between y.ichu , stMniTs or clippers , she lint been downed. Detroit Free PIOM : It ! a slcilous thins for the country to ba assured by practical teil ( hut nn nppral to th * patriotism ot Ui ? people at once sinks sectionalism nml partisanship. All become ns one when national honor Is menaced. Denver News : We Msnd by Cleveland In his controversy with Knitlnnd because he Is thu president of the country nml his altitude Is wise nnd eminently Atnor'wn. We nre unalterably opposed to n third term f r Cleve land or for any other president , now or In tlio future. Chicago llccord : From lh llrlllsh press II Is to bo learned that wlicn the president of the United States ndvocitcs a deferential nnd humble policy he ? Is exhibiting ih "true char * actf.-lstlc9 of Mut niansliln , " while when he begins to get belligerent ho Is "actuated by the claim ; ? of partisan polltlca" Chicago Times-Herald ; International crises much more ncute have resulted In pence with honor to all concerned. For our own sakJ , for the sake of humanity , let ns hope for and irlvo to bring about such nil Issue of the present contention , lie ready for \\ar , but strive for peace. Therein lies wL dom. St. Louis Globe.Democrat : Jonl Salisbury says of International arbitration that "It has proved Itself valuable In many cases , but It Is not free from defects. " Just so. When your adversary Is bigger than you are. arbi trate by nil means. JJut If he Is a little fel low without friends , let him have It at once In the cervical region. New York Tribune : No one In his sober semes wants war ; least of all wnr with Great nrltaln. Hut one of thp best waya of pre venting war Is to be' prepared for It. The presant excitement will call attention to our unprepared condition , and thin serve a useful purpose. Still there will be no lack of mm leady to respond to the call of their country In case of need. Indianapolis Journal : At n public dinner more than seventy-five years ago a gallant commodore ot the United States navy , one of the lighting sailors of that day , gave the following toast : "Our country ! In her In tercourse with foreign nations may slit ) nl- ways be In the right ; but our country , right or wrong. " This Is good doctrine and Americans will stand by It. Now York Sun : It Is said In some nwrters that the Monroe 'doc trine does not receive the support of the diplomats of Europe ns binding on thc'r countries. That Is their affair. The Monrcc doctrine has the backing of the people of these United States and of all the nmaller republics in the western continent that profit by It , and that Is backing enough. Cincinnati Enquirer : These people vho nro "jlngolng" now nro the people who are ready to furnish manhood and treasure. They and their predecessors Imvu been tried. They have "Jlngoed" before , nnd have foght the good light , too. The machine soldiery of a monarchy has no cue to make a nolro or a. demonstration. The fighting force of a free country has a right to acclaim. Louisville Courier Journal : Speaking for ono part of those people the peopl ? or Hi ? southern states the Courier-Journal Is free to say that they would flock to the flag that ( lung defiance to John Dull as they never ( locked to their own stars and bars. With all the Impetuous ardor of their nature they would welcome such a war and ask no bettor be-on than the privilege of fighting It. And the Monroe doctrine , and everything els ? that would bo at stak ? In a war with England , would bo safe under the defense of the men of the couth. Chicago Chronicle : But there will bo no war. Great Britain is nothing but a bully. It hsa never faced a great power alone. What ever continental wars it has had have been fought with allies , as with pretty much of all Europe against the first Napoleon and the union with the third Napoleon against Russia In the Crimea. And Russia must be taken by Great Britain into calculation. If Great Brltlan were Involved In a war with the United States Russia would cripple If not wholly de stroy British dominion In the east. Rather than war with America the people of England would dump the marquis of Salisbury into the isca. PERSONAL AM > OTHERWISE. A Cincinnati girl knocked out two high waymen In one round the other evening. At this threatening crisis It Is a relief to know that Prince Henry of Battenberg has gone gunning for the Ashanteos. Governor Bradley of Kentucky has gain3d two Interesting things recently a reputation as a pugilist and a promising presidential boom. In ono day recently Emperor William of | Germany wrote a song , painted a picture , ' designed a fort and lost his temper. It was ' i dull day with him , too. "Ono touch of nature makes the whole world kin. " The czar of Russia calls his baby girl by a diminutive that translated means "Little Blue Eyes. " Mark Twain told the Australians that our railroad service was BO perfect In this coun- .ry that wo had special cars reserved for people traveling Incognito. The biographical sketches In the directory of the Fifty-fourth congress show that .wenty-slx members were born In foreign countries , six of this number being senators and twenty representatives. England has oven , Canada live , Germany and Ireland four tnch , Scotland three , nnd Denmark , Norway nnd Hungary ono each. The Vanderbllt families In New York pay their ( lorlMs $1,000 per month nt Chrltmi and Kastcr. Cornelius Vnndcrbllt often spend * as much as $ GOO for floral decorations In hU home , A new York Inventor has been sent lo Hloomlngdnle as the result of "studylnR over bottle which cannot bo retlll-d. " Many men have gone them through Mudylng 'lottlcs which have been filled too often. Simon llollvnr , the liberator of Venezuela , Is lepresentcil by an equestrian slatuo In Centrnl park , New York , while George WashIngton - Ington Is honored by a Maine In n square In Caracas. There Is hardly a house In Caracas V that has not In It a picture of Washington. > 3 There was n debate at the University of California recently en the new woman move ment , and the four professors who acted ns - < * Judges decided unanimously that the move ment "Is not for the best Interests of the race. Still , that doesn't nccesarlly settle It. President Crcspo 6f Venezuela Is n ( nil , heavy man with a countenance revealing force nnd determination. Ho Is very ab stemious In his hnblts and generally goei to bed at S o'clock In theevening. . He It In the habit of summoning his ministers to him at sunrise. He Is fond of cattle-ranch- \ Ing , and owns a largo number of ncrcs not far from the Venezuelan capital. Ho Is fiuo equestrian. SI\SO.WHM : : si'icic. Detroit Free 1'ress : Chnrlcy-Therc It nollili'R ' I ndmlro more tbnii n peed deed. Join Nor I If It is made out In my name. Chlrngo llecprd : "No. sir. n Minn with a fnco like Hint Is never n coward. " "How do you know ? " "It's FO homely that he couldn't have any fcnr of spoiling- . " lloston Transcript : ltt > Do vou love 1110 well unougli to be my wlfo ? She More tlmn that. I love you well onoimh to be your mother. Haven't you heard that I'm going to marry your father ? Ulchmoml Dl p'itclil Uncle Tom-Well. Sammy , do you believe In this conceit about bnnty Glaus coming down the chimney nt Christmas times ? Sammy Well , according to the way I've caught onto that notion , I'm ready to bet that If father "comes down" S.iuty Clnus'll t'oiuo down. New York Ledger : The Chaperon The Idea of your allowing Mr. Tucpoati to MM you ! Such proceedings nro disgraceful , nnd golng-'on under my very iio. o. too ! The Daughter But I thought they went under mine ! Detroit Fieo Pro's : "Snv , " raid the watch dog to his friend , the goat , "which of your Interesting fcatuics nre you most charmed with ? " "My browse , " answered the goat na ho nbaoibcd another mouthful from the clothes- lino. Cincinnati Enquirer : "There , " she said , with a sigh of roller , "I've got a locomotive , a wngou , a mechanical acrobat , nnd a host ) reel. That ought to satisfy the dear llttla nrrrol. " "It oucht to. but It won't. " paid her hus band. "The little villain will want a hammer - - , mer to smash them with. " Chlrngo Tribune : They met at n restaur ant. They were slightly acquainted. "Wife nwiiv ? " asked Nelson In a. neigh borly tone of voice. "No , " said Wilson , smiling faintly. "Not Pick , is she ? " "No , but she's busy wrltlnir Christmas ii.enus for the dally papers. Where's your wife ? " "Oh , she don't linvo time for household care.She's president of the Christmas ccmmlttec nt our church. " And the two sat down together nnd took their medicine of hash and lukewarm coltce. CONTENTMENT. Detroit News. As Christmas approaches wife goes out to shop , And Jigs about hither and thither : Yet I care not a bit though she wulk till she drop , For this yenr I am not going with her. iim I'oat. She put it tip the chimney RO that Santa Claus could gut It ; Of course I pulled It down again , and now I much regret It , ' For if I'm to be Santa Clnus , and that's of course expected , I'm sorry that I cunnot claim the note was misdirected. She wants n. preat big doll , she says , with wavy , golden tresses , Some bat to put upon the doll , nnd lots of handsome dress-es ; A bureau and a trundle-bed , a sot of llttlo dishes , A table anil a trunk ns well , besides some "real gold llslies. " She wants n sled , of course , I learn , nnd likewise lots of rnmly. She nlso adds , quite calmly : "A piano would bo handy. " She wants a watch nnd lots of books , and games as well In plenty ; Of minor toys , It Booms to me , she asks for fully twenty. She writes that she would like to have a little stove for cooking , And for n necklace , I'm Informed , most anxiously shu'.t looking ; She wants a desk that's "all her own , " on which lo do her writing. And altogether , I confess , the outlook's not inviting. The things that she would like to have I flnd by calculation. Would cost a thousand dollars at the lowest valuation , And so I uy regretfully , with spirits most dejected , I'm sorry that I cannot claim her note was misdirected. It's a Great Pleasure To do holiday shopping1 where the question of quality doesen't have to be considered you can al ways get your money back if there should happen to be any defects at ANY TIME. Those elegant ties at 50 cents , are the sort that would ordinarily sell for 75o to $1.00 The whole east window is filled with them , and wo have thousands inside. Remember this is a special sale of high grade neckwear Choice for 50c Teoks , imperil flowing ends , bows , imperial looks , club ends , do joinvilles , rnd every late fashionable tie. Special holiday articles. Turkish bath robes , lounging robes , smoking jackets , studying gowns and house coats of every description. Handsome handkerchiefs - kerchiefs embroidered silk suspenders mufflars gloves night shirts hosiery umbrellas and many other holiday gift articles. In children's department there are big raduo- tjons to close out certain lines children's reefers leggings ties hats caps and children's furnish ings of every sort all on 2dbor. ! 'I Browning , CHRISTMAS.'I Southwest Corucr Fifteenth and Douglas , OMAHA. HVUNINiB TILL CHRISTMAS.
