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THE OMAHA DAITAr tflVlED-SESDAY { , JAKUAHY 15 , 180 G. DAILY BI-E MOUSING. TJ'.UMS Of BUBSC'tltlTION : Drills' fie * ( Without Fundnj ) , Ono V * r . J W Dallv Dro nnil Sunday , Onn Y ir . I" ' Six Mrn'lm . ? , Three MrnlMs . * * Sun Iiij- ! ! . . One Y ar . . . * J1 Ri\uinla > - Uce , Ono lonr . > WteUly flee , Ono Teir. . Omitin , Th n i RulMlnff. Boulli Oirmlm. Hliiftrr IJIh. . G.nnt N arwl Sltli Els Council Jniifra. 13 I'tatl Pttn-t. ChlciKO Utllr * . 817 Clmmbtr nf iVimm'fen. Mi > w Ynrk. Jtnnrrn 11 , II unit IS , Trlbunj DiilMIng WnBlilnslon , J ( < )7 ) T Btn-i-U N. W. All rtmtmunlcallftrs lelntlntc lo news nnd rdl- torlnl mnltcr flmuM lit n < Mr wd ! To Hie IMitor. jiffUNHSs i.irrrnns : All bu ii'M IMtcrt nnil remlttnncr * idmnld be lid Irf sotl la TIi Rf Publishing Company , Onnlii Dtnflr , tlicrks nnd | i llllco nMi-r * lo be made pitnUt to th tinlfr ni the oiminny. run nnn prut.tsmNa COMPANY. STATr.xin.vr or CIIICUJ.ATION. OorRC II. 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General Mnnnpx'i1 Iloldrcno coultl not nom on tha police coniinlsilon , so be lias Hi nt Ills' m. L us n substitute. The coming nntloiinl conventions will bo the first that will contain delegates from forty-live different states In the union. AVltli Vamlonoort and rainier on the police commission Mr. l-'oster will K like the man between the devil and the deep sou. Senator Teffer Insists that tlijj meth ods of conducting congressional funerals miiHt bo roforniod whether he Is to have tile benefit of the change or not. President KrucKor of the Transvaal republic is now churned with being born In Pennsylvania. We know of several more Herlous things of which he might be accused. Cnptaln Palmer has reached the goal of his ambition. Ills disinterested ef forts in behalf of police reform ami more Insurance have received substan tial recognition. If Cincinnati gets the democratic national convention away from , St. Louis It will bo only because It Is situ ated nearer the heart of the Kentucky distillery region. The finances of the school board are not In the best possible condition. Rad ical measures of retrenchment are Im peratively demanded. What will the board do , about it ? It Is now definitely settled that Cadet Taylor will not bo required to leslgn Lla place In the ( onncil to become tlio running mate of Paul Vandervjort on the police commission. The rate clerks moot In Chicago to day to line up the Council Bluffs rate Bhect. What they ought lo do Is to line up Omaha with Council IMuffs In that much-mooted bridge differential. "We fear wo are again hi imminent danger of another early outbreak of wordy warfare between the profes sional bruisers who pretend to devote themselves to the manly art of self- defense. Chicago has just discontinued the use of 3,000 gas lamps In the interest of municipal economy. If Chicago can get along without street lamps In Its unlia- Imblted suburbs , so can other cities , In cluding Omaha. This Is the time wUcn the rogulrtrly recurring stories of broken Ice and drowned skaters reappear In the col umns of the dally papers. There Is only one safe pla.cc to go skating , and that is on dry hind. Ono can not but admire the persist ence with which President Cleveland continues to send In nominations for ofiico Hint nro distasteful to the demo cratic senators who represent the states in which the olllccs iu question nro located. The only excuse the council majority can offer for the election of members to the two vacancies is that that august body cannot be organized readily ac cording to long conceived plans of the men behind the municipal throne under existing conditions. Only u question of petty politics. t The incro fact that Major McKlnley Is 'no longer the occupant of the olllco of governor of Ohio will In no way di minish the amount of tlinu devoted to the cultivation of Ills presidential boom. Mr. McKlnley was always careful not to lot Ills duties ns governor interfere with the political demands made upon him. Attention of the Commercial club is directed to a news letter from Niobrara In support of the The Dee's contention thnt a vast and fertile country can be tupped by closing a railroad gup of only twelve miles between tVcrdlgro and Nio brara. That this break was not long ago closed iu duo to combination upon the part of Chicago roads owning the trunk lines into northern Nebraska and South Dakota. If thu populists of Nebraska who favor co-operative railroad build ing wouU pool Issueu with Omaha and Nlobrurti perhaps the twelve-mllu lluk might bo built and operated. If there over was Justification for subsidizing a railroad , It would seem here la a most tuvorublu opportunity. r 1XDISCHKKT At a time of Intcntnlloiwl tension , when passions HIT easily p.xcltcd and there Is more than ordinary liability that the tiiluranccs of. men lit responsi ble public position ? ) will be misln- torjtn'tftf , the greatest care 'and pru- dpilcc1 should be exercised by those In public life In making declarations affecting international relations. This does not seem to be recognized by some mcmbcre of congress , ivhu either from hcpilles xeal or the desire to achieve notoriety seine every opportunity to thrust upon congress somu duclarntton which If adopted would commit the L'nlted Stales to fl policy and nltltud rcsptcllng foreign affairs which wouh be n ladleal departure from the posl lion It has always maintained and li which it has found .security from grav International complications. Of such character Is the resolution In troduccd lit the senate some- days ao by .Senator Morgan , and which It Is ti be hoped will not be reported back b > I lu foreign relations committee , u which It was referred. That rcsolntloi extended the congratulations of till : republic to thu Transvaal republic 01 Its Kneeeasful resistance to lSrlllt.li ng gresslon In Mouth Africa , and Its whole spirit IH of a kind to give oft'en e to tin. Itrltlsb government and people shuuh It be adopted as an expression o Amciican sentiment , while It could no possibly be of any benefit to the people congratulated. Wo deprecated Its In troductlou at the time as needless am Injudicious and it is gratifying to nod that the general comment upon it Is on this line. One leading re publican journal says : "This reso lutloii , If adopted , will bL open to misconstruction by Great Britain and other Kuropcan nations. It will undoubtedly be Interpreted as ni overt act , having for Its purpose tin widening of the breach now existing between Kngland and tills government This would bo extremely unfortunate We have no occasion to deal In dis guised Insults to any nation. We have never posed as a swaggering and blttn- terlng bully In our International re latlons , and have no ambition In tlii : direction. " The attitude of the United States toward all republics Is well known and the passage of this resolu tion would not make that attitude any more emphatic. No less inconsiderate Is the resolution introduced Iu the house of representa tives by Mr. Morse of Massachusetts , with Its suggestion "that we invoke the co-operation of the allied powers to wipe the Turkish government off the fnco of the earth and secure the free dom and Independence of Armenia. " It Is not to be doubted that the author of this resolution most profoundly de plores the awful barbarities of which the Armenians arc the victims , but something more than sentiment is to be consulted In matters of this kind. Our relations with Turkey are friendly , but they would not continue so a day after the passage of Mr. Morse's resolution , ind how would this benefit the un fortunate Armenians ? Is it not reasott- tbly certain that the sequel to the > as4age of this resolution would be the mmcdlate expulsion of all Amei leans from the Turkish empire and possibly the kjlliug of some American mi.s.slon- ules ? Surely it would bo the extreme of folly to Invite this. Moreover , what would our Invocation ro the allied lowers amount to ? They would not give It the slightest attention and we * should simply place ourselves In n idlcnlous attitude before the world. The duty of the United States is to adhere to the policy it has maintained for more than a century , of keeping tfoof from Kuropcan complications. The tendency to depart from this safe iollcy is fraught with danger. It Is Itilte enough for the United States to irotect its own interests and that of other American states in the western lemispherc. DK3100IIAT10 NATIONAL COXVBKT10N. The democratic national committee vill meet In Washington tomorrow for ho purpose of naming the time and ) hice of holding the national convention. Six cities are In the field for the conven- lon New York , Cincinnati , Louisville , Chicago , St. Louis and San Fnuiclsco , vlth the chances apparently most fa- ornhle to New York and Chicago. Ite- ) orts from AVashlngton say that the \ew Yorkers are making the greatest alk about their Intentions and the argest claims as well. They have i big campaign fund and It Is backed by the business bodies of the notropolls , while practically all the eastern members of the national com- ulttee favor New York. It is said , lowever , that the dllllculty with the andldacy of New York It that the vcstern and southern men think If thu onventlon Is hold in that city It will be orced to declare for sound money , and heso men will oppose It vigorously. Chicago cage is making n strong showing and o is St. Louis , whose convention am- iltlon was not satisfied with securing he republican convention , . Cincinnati s said to bo very hopeful and San Fran- Isco will have some support. It Is not it matter of very great Im- lortance , so far as the welfare of the pinocratle party is concerned , where he convention shall bo held , for In Its indent divided and demoralized condl- ion one phico nt which to select its iresldential ticket Is its good as an ther , except in the matter of nccommo- atloiu ) . Locality will have influence or improving thu democratic situation ml a candidate nominated In New York vill be Just as surely beaten as one amed at Chicago or any of the other ties that want the convention , A much nero serious and perplexing matter or the democrats than selecting a place or the convention Is that of finding a undldato with any availability. At this line there Is no one , unless it be Mr , Cleveland , who has any considerable fol- ' owing. A large list could bu made of omocrats who would doubtless accept ho nomination , but they lack avallabll- ty. An effort has been made to push Secretary Olney to the front as n presl- entlal possibility , but It hasn't met with uih encouragement. Hill is out of thu ueatioiif Campbell of Ohio Is politically dead , Matthews of Indiana Is hardly possible , mid the B.tmp Is true of Mor risen -of IlllnoK The west has nobody and the party will not take the candi date from the south. It Is thus obvious that the democracy Is In a most perplex ing predicament rind there Is no reason to expect any Improvement In the situ ation between now and the meeting of , the convention , probably in July. Such i being the case It Is of very little con- wliether the convention IK held In HIP east or the west. Anywhere the ' elements of discord will bo equally po- { lent for the defeat of the party In the national election. ruitAKKll. Today , when the two houses of the Ohio legislature meet In joint session , ex-liovernor Koraker will be elected n senator of the t'nlted States to succeed Calvin S. Itrlce , whose term expires March , 1897. It Is an Interesting fact that Ohio , one of the stauuchest of the republican stales has not been repre- Hci'ted In the national senate by two republican ) ) shire the war. During all this period , except the four yea is ho was sectetary of the tro.tsury , Senator Sherman has had democrats for col leagues , PO that the election of a re publican colleague will undoubtedly be gratifying to the veteran statesman. Mr. Koraker Is a man of national fame , his republicanism being of that ngsien- five quality which commands attention , lie was a good union soldier , Is a law yer of superior ability , and an a politi cal le.idpr has few peers In his capa city to Inspire his party with confidence and enthusiasm , lie was governor of Ohio for two terms and nude an ex cellent recnid. lie has long ehet'Khed an ambition to represent Ohio In the national senate and having attained this distinction there can be no doubt that he will make himself heard and his Influence felt In that body. It will be recalled that when President Cleve land , during his first administration , proposed to return confederate llagn that had been captured by tlio union forces and * were stored In the War de partment , It was Koraker's vlgoious pro test that had very much to do with causing a withdrawal of the order. A Ml'SlKWAl. l The most pressing problem with which citizens of great population cen ters are compelled to grapple'Is-munlcl- pal government. Local government ad ministered on strict party lines has everywhere proved Itself a source of misrule , extravagance and corruption. The only solution so far offered has been through the qigan jitlon of clti- zeus regardless of party who favor the administration of local government upon business principles. The first steps in the organization of sueh a municipal refo.rnparty \ for the city of Chicago haVe just boon taken. Among the men enlisted In tliis move ment are many of its most prominent citizens. The press of. Chicago has taken up the. , battle , cry of . .municipal reforni in earnest , and the' ii'ow1 de parture bids fair to prove a. .succew. The Times-Herald boldly advocates the proposed change , and points out the necessity for discarding party machin ery in the coming Chicago city election , is follows : Tlio very largo attendance , irmilo up of reprepjnlaUves of political clubs and leaOlng justness and professional men , together with Iho temper and tone of the speeches , en courages the friends of good government to bslicvo that th ? purging of our common council of Its thugs and corruptlcnlsta and the control of the primaries by the decent citizens of Chicags is not a product of Utopian fancy. That tlioso who attended represented very nearly 25,000 voters is assurance th'at Chicago cage can bo wre&ted from the clutches of : ho brazen gang of bodiera that has dom inated the city council for BO long , that openly and impudently dcfieo every princl- plo of civic honcr and decency by trafficking n franchises that belong to-the people and bartering away-for private gain the rights of the municipality. The responsibility for this disgraceful ctn- dltlcn ot affairs in the city council Is uron the sliouldcra of reE < pcctablo citizens who do not attend the primaries , but who tbttightleay'y acquiesce in the work ot the political machine by voting their straight larty ticket on election day. It is time , o break away from party in municipal af- tolrs. Party pride should ba subordinate to civic pride. Mayor Swift Is animated by an honorable ambition to give Chicago a clean and buuiness-llko administration , nut ils hands are tied. Too god impulse ; ) of the executive are nullified by the nuchlco. There are not enough Incorruptible men in the city council to sustain the mayor's veto when the scent of boodle strikes th : tunaltlve olfactories of the aldermnnlc gang. The Inter-Ocean , which Is known as in uncompromhilng party organ , heart- ly jolns-Iu the proposed movement for nunlcipnl reform. Commenting cdl- othilly on this subject , it says : The subject should command the attention of every good citizen , and that , too , from a non-partisan point of view. That is to sajr , whatever is really for the Interest of municipal reforni should be favored , without regard to general politics , * * A The hardest problem in self-government Is how to secure tha honest and economical adm'.nlstra- lon of the public affairs of great cities. The civil service reform movement In Chicago bet year confined itself to leglsla- lon touching employes , when tbo great hlng U to reform the legislative branch of ho city government , anil secure for that jody men who can bo trueted to work to the public interest , and not for private gain at ho public expense. In a word , the reform poc'nlly needed by our city Is aldormanlc cfcrm. The Chicago Itccord , which has ni- vays been outspoken and Independent n local politics , has this to say : In scope this movement should bo confined trlctly to municipal matters. There Is no moon why a man should not be just as good a republican , democrat or populist In all ' hlnga vital to hs ! party'and still be Inde- > eudcnt of it In municipal affairs , In fact , ho parties wculd be elevated by the change , or the "boodlers" Who wear the party tag ro not party men In any true sense. They are nothing for party principles. They are Imply brigands seeking to benefit tnem- slvts by flying the party flag. That being ho case , what ahall bs thought of thetn ' " who Insist al- 'respectable" party men on - owing the brigands to fly their ( fig by op- ) oslng any nfovement which has for Its bject tbo massing of all honest c'tizens Intone no group for the purpose of turning out the piratical "boodlors ? " AVhllo the effort for municipal reform aa not so far been auccessful Iu Ouiahu , Tim Bee fw l : ( . ( /o In unhlng the pre diction ( hat public sentiment properly educated to IJ # Wk-essltj will at no dis tant day revolutionize our loral govern ment nnil mn4iii > iit what It should be n government conducted on business principles ) for UiMpromotlon of the well- being of the rnhuminlty and In the Interest of tlu 1 taxpayers who constitute thu stockholding Hif the municipal cor poration. _ _ _ H ' On behalf of 'tiie late council finance' committee Cojlni'ilmnn Kcnuard assorts that from the wry commencement of Its Investigation Into the city treasury defalcation and In the framing of its reports beailng on this grave subject it had placed Hsplf under the guidance of the city attorney and the legal depart ment of the eltyi Are we to Under- ptand by this that the city attorney , while acting as guide , philosopher and friend for the committee , advised th arrest and prosecution of Coulter and refused to advise the arrest and prose cution of llollnV Did he advise the committee to u-port that the shortage In the tieasury was less than ? ' ri,0t ( ( ) when tlie comptroller and the experts all along knew that It would not fall below 9100,000 ? While the public will not question the integrity of Mr. Ken- , nard , the course pursued by the finance committee has left the Impic.'sslon that It was guided by political motives rather , than according to straightforward busIness - J i , Iness methods , and seemed more intent ' : to shield derelict city officials from the i I I foiihequences of thulr misconduct than to protect thu city by taking prompt and decisive action for the recovery of the misappioprlated public funds. It Is said that the chalk lock which abounds In vast quantities In Kuox comity , on our northern bo'rder , Is ex cellent paving material. It might be worth while for our county commis sioners to Investigate the claims made for this home product anil determine whether It could be profitably used in the construction of county roadways or the Kort Crook boulevard. This sub ject may Interest the Nebraska Manu facturers association , whose doctrine Is patronage of home industries. The Iowa legislature that has just convened will among the other duties nvelect William 15. Allison to the United States , senate. That will ac count in a considerable degree for Sena tor Allison's Vlulj : to his home state. A man can express his thanks for an honor of thik hind much more effect ively in pera&n than by letter , telegram or proxy. ' lr. l . , IH'waro. W/inhlnRton Star. Mr. Bryan of ' , Nebraska is still young enough to CECa'poJaaconilng a confirmed vic tim oftho , opsij , letter habit , i , . AVliy lJcl il l Po 'CJlohl-Dvmocrnt. Congressman5' "Bell of Colorado compiling that no ono qt th ? populists In the house "has been permitted to open his mouth for live Weeks. " This IsF'only onq of ninny wajs In whichSp'eaWr'lJecd' ' ls 'proving himself the right man' lii'tlie VJght place. liil > 'M J'uUi IM Clcnr. Glnlit-Democi.it. It is the plain duty of tha senate to PUBS the house tariff bill without amend ment , and thus present to Cleveland the alternative of uignlng it or of assuming the responsibility of continuing the deficits v.lien he ii'lght , put a atop to them. I.noiiii ; ; Public * Trrnitiirlcs. SI ux Cjty Tilbunc. The A. P. A. government In Omaha is not yielding satisfactory results. The arrest of the deputy treasurer , and later of the treasurer lo-r thf shortage of $135,000 , Jidda to the extraordinary list of defaulting trza&urers In the state of Nebraska. The treasurer of Platte county IB also discovered , t'lnco the Omaha exposure , short ? 35,000 or rc. There Is no stale in th& union , with the single exception of South Dakota , where the oHlcD seekers are after the spoils with the same avidity that they are In Nebraska. Kelly of F Kansas City Btar. Those conEreEsnicn must have very flexi ble consciences who think they are per forming their duty to tha people when they apuid day after day in the elaboration and d scustlon of a measure which they know cannot possibly become a law. .The silver senators know for a certainty 'that their f ; co colnago measure cnnnot pass the house , and , even if it could , they know that It would bo vetoed by tlio president. What posslblo Jn&tlflc.itlon la there , then. In wa&t- ins ; t'.me on ejch a measure delaying action on other matters and blocking thu entire ma chinery of legislation ? nt Win lliuiiln Chicago Tribune. The house voted down by more than four to one u proposition that number. ? must for feit their pay ulien absent for some ether reason than tlckncts , or Blckness In their family. Th'a action may not strike con stituents in the snnif light that It dees rep resentatives. When one of the latter has some of his constituents In hlx employ In his manufactory or store or office he decks their wages when they go oft on a picnic era a drunk , Those employes do not find fault wUh that , but they think that what Is sauce for the goose should bo sauce for the gander also. It will noli be easy to make the tax payers believe that their representatives ought to draw piy while absent from Wash ington setting up the pins to get renoml- iwted. IVlu-Pi-7 Oh , Wu > re. N < 5H York Bun , | Where Is the f worthy Prof. Von Hoist of Chicago , and why has he muffled himself In Bllonco ? Surely - hewho rebuked tlio United States for lnslllfiK > upon the Monroe doctrine in tlio case of Venezuela la not going to hold his peace while' Bmperor William II la going about with a "largo chip on his shoulder , If the worthyt Herr historian thinks that for the uakfl pf sweet peace' the United States should /consent / to be a door mat for Great Britain , bo' ought to Insist that Gei- many chall tSfci a I'lmllar Job , end he ought to rebuke' ' tliP empsror with his long est Inextricably tangle of Teutonic BngllBh and Job-lot ineftnbor. 1'erhapa the worthy Herr historian iJs.a , bettor German than ho Is nn American.1 or , perhaps the resounding "blffa" of rec'cht , experience have taught him that % , ' % tlmo to ba silent. Di-feiuler * . I.cc1er. | Botlt New York and San Francloco are now defended by pneumatic guns. There are only three of theie guns In position at each place , and their range Is only about three milej , but th y will throw shells loaded with 609 pounds of dynamite to that distance so accurately that a ship would be almost cer tainly struck , and once- struck nothing could save it. Naval critics say this range la too abort to be effective against vessels carrying Kuns with a range of ton or twelve miles , but while a ship might lie off at that distance and shell a city , It would b8 only by chance that It could hit BO small an object as a bat tery , which , with Its disappearing guns , would bo practically Invisible , especially as theeo dynamite guns are "flred" by compressed - pressed air and make no smoke to mark their location. The great Iron clads at the battle of the Valu found that their most ef fective fighting distance wai two miles , anil that would probably bd the casa with all others ui actual warfare. Tim IIASIS or The Income of < lic flnvrrnmrnt Sliouli 1'qnnl HIP There c.in bis no doubt thnt the enact ment of a law calculated to lncreae < the i public revenue nml put the treasury upon n solvent lias's ' would do more to restore 1 confidence' In business circles than tha sale | of any quantity of government bonds. Hor- | iowliiK polJ Is well enough ns a temporary | cxped.ent. It sovlcs for the moment n perll- CUD nmt perplexing problem. It meets n crisis nnJ It averts the disastrous panic which , In this country , always goes hand In hniul with nn embarrassed treasury , lliit , utter nil , the Issue and the sale of bonds cannot bo said to touch the causes of the f i trouble. It Is not n constitutional remedy. Tlio conditions which It relieves for the I time being remain practically undisturbed , nnd the milady , nrrestcd briefly , Inevitably returns. There is no longer nny doubt in the mind i of n single intelligent person .that our pub lic revenue Is widly Inadequate. Neither can there bo a doubt that so long ns the revenue j remains Inadequate no Pile of bonds , how- I ever Ifirso , will permanently heal our ilim- , cullies. U postpones the crisis , but U "Hoes not prevent the crisis from returning , nnd only helps to make It more formidable , when , as must sooner or later happen , the day of final settlement overtakes us. Ilor- i rawlni * Is a linnd-to-mcuth expedient. An abundant rcvcnuo means n snfo and whole some Ptyle of living. Congress understands , therefor ? , that In falling to provide the means of meeting public expenditure through the legitimate means of a settled Income it Is deliberately neglecting the country's welfare - faro luid repudiating Its own solemn duty. It will not do to take refupo In angry crltl- c sms of the administration , for If the ad ministration 1)3 guilty of blunders In Its efforts to avert n national calamity It is certainly the fault of congress that such calamity Is possible. No senator or rcpre- pantatlve has the moral right to censure the president so lorn * ns the senate nnd the house are responsible for the emergency which compels tlio president to act. When congress shall have met Its own imperative obligations there will bo tlmo enough to call the administration to account. A CIIAXGn OP Sioux City Journal : What we want Is arbitration not a scheme of nrbltratln. The way to arbitrate Is to arbitrate. Arbitrate the Venezuela question , nnd there will bo no difficulty about tlio next American bound ary dispute that may arise. Chlcaso Trlbunu : Mr. Norman and the British authors would bo In hotter bus > lnea ] If they would dliect their clamors for nrbl- trntlon to Lord Salisbury , who has peremp- trrlly refused to arbitrate , or to the quesn herself , in behalf of little Venezuela. As for arbitration with the Unlt3d States , there can bo none until the United States has msdo ready for sclMefcnyu to meet England on equal terms. In such caae there would prob- nbly be no need of u. court , as "England then would be careful not to assume nn offensive attitude toward thlsi country. Detroit Free Press : It Is rather provoking to hive the correspondcncs of English papers put the leading men of this country in the papltlon of having been Just converfud to the principle of arbitration. It In the means of ssttlement that has been urged upon England since the Venezuelan question was raited. She persistently refused. She put n plight up-n this government by waiting six mtnths before answering a civil question. When her reply did come It was equivalent to a curt notlco that Enghndrproposed to do Just ex actly as slio pleated In the premises. It is over there that these advocates of arbitration should bo doing their missionary work. Wo have lng slnca been committed t ? their doc trine. Cleveland Plain Dealer : Well , well ! And now they are all for peace nnd arbitration In the "tight little Island" on the question of the Venezuelan boundary. ' John Bull has dis covered that the Schomburgk line on which ho had planted his. ' biR foot , declarlns that "This rock shall fly from its firm base as Kron ns I , " watin't a line cf any consequence , but the mere unauthorized work of a wander ing bug hunter , of no ere oacrednesa than half a dozen other linca scratched"on'the map * of South America as guesses by people who have never bo n within a thousand miles of the country. Arbitrate inside as well ns out- slda of It ? Of course , If Uncle Pain thinks It ought to be done. Arbitrate anything , rather than fight about It with so good n fiiend ay ths wearer of the star-spangled vert and striped trousers. Monroe doctrine ? Why , certainly , tro Monroe doctrine is the proper thing fcr ths American continent , and Its counterpart would bo' the right tiling fcr Africa with Great Britain In the posltin of the United States toward It. Ilmilc DiMinxltorH mill VoliTH. I'lilluilelphla Ledger. The Interesting statement Is made , on the authority of the comptroller of tbe currency , that there are In the United States 9,000,000 Individual bank depositors. There are about 12,500,000 voters , reckoned on the baeis of the last presidential election , and this would seem to lead to the Inference that nearly three-fourths of the voter ? In this country have money In binlc , which would be high testimony to their thrift and intelligence and the general wealth of the country ; but the weak point of tlio argument la that very few of the voters are women , while many of the bank depositors belong ; to that sex. Hencs the argument Vihlch has been drawn from these flgurcu , that substantially all the good In the country Is In the banks , and little or none hidden away In private hcarda , Is not conclusive , though it may bo approximately correct. ni.Ai.vn AM ) Tim i'ur..smt\cY III * UiiirUllnmirm to Accent Hit .N out I tin I Ion In 1SSI , Most * P , HinJy In Chicago TlinM-It rnU. Murnt's Il.ilslciil'd Interesting article in McCluro's Mn zine , In which are embodied some private letters of Mr. Dlalne , reminds mo that Mr , Blalnc , In frequent talks \vltti rctsonnl friends In the winter ot 1SS3-4 shont-d great unwillingness to Uko the nom ination for the prrsldtiicy In the cnmpilRt Immediately ensuing , Nobody who was in his confidence could believe that this Itul's- position vns feigned , In ono conversation held In the llbrnrs ot Ills house on Lafnjctto square ho told m ? tlmt , npnrt from a personal disinclination to tnko the nomination , he did not uant U be- cau u ho believed the tlmo was rlpo for leturn of the democrats to power. lie \\ent over tlio union ? tate by state nnil nnmea those which \\cro ready to go over to the democracy , at least for ft paa son. "I cannoi figure out republican success In any wny , " he said , "nnd at nil events know 1 urn not the man to nln this fight. The one can didate \vltli whom \\o would have nny nsstir- nnco of success Is General W. T. Sherman. Ho ilof > 5n't want the nomination nny more than I tlo , but ho could b ? Induced tn tike It It the convention comes to him with any thing like unanimity. " The Idea that I obtalnoJ from thla nnd other Interviews with Mr. lllilnc nbout that tlmo was that he would like to bo tocretary of stnto under Uunernl Sherman , clilorty In ord r to s iow the conservative men of the country that his aggressive Americanism did not Involve nny menace to tlio peace nml prosperity of the nation : but , on the con trary , w.ns calculated to build up our foreign trade nnd restore our flag to tlio supremacy of the seas. He was acutely sons'ltlvo to ine suspicion that lie vtns willing tn phi n go the ccuntty Into war for the sake of glory , con quest or revenge , nnd resented Indignantly the mugwump cnrlcature of him as n jingo. I am bound to add I believe Mr. Illolno ex pected to come In for election to the presi dency In 1SS8 on the strength of therccon - , stritctctl estimate of his alms anil iibilltles ns secretary of state under Sherman. Mr. Blnlnc accepted the nomination of ISSi under protest and In deference clilofly to the representations of men wno had fought Ins battle in Pennsylvania , his native state. To n ccrtiin extent they fought nn antl-mn- cnltio light under his colors , and when they had about won it they begged him not to throw them over and rob thorn of the fruits of victory. But ho took the nomination with a heavy heart nnd feeling In his Mill that the hour tor a democratic presidency had struck. This frame of mind continued until the campaign was half over , and from being half convinced ! iy the stories which came to him nt liar Harbor and the icceptlon ho bad at tlio hands cf the public whenever ho made n public nppenrancc , ho finally shared the confidence jf his frlonds that ho would win. I WMS with ilm at Bar Harbor when ho first began to take a cheerful view of the- situation , and igain when his spirits fell as under the jroath of a blizzard after the Gould dinner and the Burchnrd blunder. The result showed that ho was right In the beginning. The people were ready to ? lvo the democrats a trial. Blnlno was not Ihe man to run that year. Every state voted as bo had set It down to vote that day in trio quiet of his library nearly a year before. Talking of It all four years after , on his way 'rom Now York to Augusta , after his return 'rom Europe , he said : "In 187G the presi dency was the dearest dream of my life , u 1SSO I had little doslro to run , but made .ho tight for the nomination to defeat the .bird term conspiracy. In 1SS4 I ran rcluc- antly , but warmed with the work. This tlmo I simply wouldn't have It on any term ? , tnd I am freer of ambition than anybody will over know until I am dead and gone. " AM > OTHERWISE. The movement for lowering the price of 'ullman'a to have been uppers appears hope- esly lost In the shuttle. A fortune awaits the man who sends to South America a cargo of corkscrews mod eled after the lion's tall. The "unspeakable Turk" Isn't saying a word , but his minions continue stocking cemeteries In remote sections. There Is reason to bcllovo that Great Jrltaln will not participate in Krueger Schutzenteats for pome time to come. Billy Shakespeare must have foreseen the prosant aspect of the lion when ho said , "I could a tall unfold" whoso lightest knot "would harrow up your scul. " Providence- moves In mysterious ways for the public good. Tlio death of a mpinbei of the Kentucky legislature gives the re publicans n majority on Joint ballot. When the Milwaukee Press club elected the- kaiser an honorary member a very neat tribute was paid the Imperial pen the pen w herein Gorman editors uro taught the lights and shades of lese majcsto. Colonel Frederick D. Grant writes to the Burlington , Vt. , Free Press denying a re cently published statement that his mother wna born In Vermont. "My mother , " ho says , "was born In St. Louis , Mo. Her father was born In Cumberland , Md. , and her mother came from Pltlaburg , Pa. " Henry M. Stanley , ex-American , stands up for Monroe. "No utterance can bo too decided , " he sold to a correspondent , "no warning too grave , no action too vigorous to use In defense of the- American right to speak and act on all affairs relating to the northern and southern American con tinents. Of Charles Dickens' Immediate family there are now living Charles , his eldest sonHonry ; , the second ran , and n daughter , Mamie , now 10 years old and unmarried. Henry Dickens married the daughter cf Antolne Hocho , a Frenchman , who won some reputation an a tutor In the famlles of Knglluh nablomon. They have seven children. Miss Dickens has written tor both nnpllsli and American pub lications. Tha German cmrerrr Is silil to hnvo mor cm I stly than nny other rrmn In Kuropo. liven the a ft n Irs ot his domestics are not without Interest for hla majesty. "Docs your wlto expect to have nny more children ? " ho oneo nsked Uborfleld , his vnlct , to which the man contussdl ) ' answered ; "It It plca < u your maj-sty. " "Grovo" Johnwn of Cnllfornl-1 , the new republican member of the Itoiino of ropre- uontdtlves , who made such n fierce on l URht on the bond bill , is one ot the boat Jury lawyers on the P.-iclflc cantl. U Is snld that vno of his strong points U to kneel down In the court room am ! shed real tears to mo\c the Jury. The most remarkable woman In politics In Japan U Mine. Hntoynma. When her husband , n lender ef the progressionist party , run fir parliament she took the stump and made * pecche * In his Interest acry ex traordinary thing for a Japanese lady to do. Shu Is now a tcchcr In tlm nc.ulomy of which her husband Is principal. T12IISI3 TKIKI.n.S. Chicago Ilceonl : "loot's put down every- tlilnjfvo buy this jenr , " . "Oh , no , thnt will take too inueh room ) let's Just pill down what \\n pay for. " Detroit Free Pre. : "I was out tialntlnn tin- town lust nliilit ; but the whole thlno icmiilns n dim memory with in continuity" "Ah ! sort of un Imptcsilonlst painting , ch ? " Indlnnnpolls Journu' : "Mny I Inquire , " nsked the oiiBlo , "tthy yuu nro rimylng thnt corkscrew ? " "It hlsn't n coikrciew , " prowled the Brit- lull lion. "Hit's me bloomln' tall. " Philadelphia Hci-ord : A South street dealer advertises : "Our lints nru unexcelled for their conver.siitlomil qualities. " Washington Slnr : "A frCn' In need , " snM Undo Khun , "nin ll'blo tcr bo do fr'en ilut yoh done paid back when yoli borricd money on previous occasions , " Albany News : "Wo hnvo the plain people - plo with us , " snld the sulTrnBlst orator , ( Irawlni ; to n eloso. And yd shci often \vondered ufterwnrdliy Flic ran far be hind In the \\iuds where the .women's vet was the strongest. Cincinnati Knqulrer : "I.nurn , " pnld tha fond mother , "what nro tlio Intentions ol that young mnn you nro permitting- cullen on you so often ? " "Never mind thnt , mother , " answered , the maiden. "I know what my Intentions nro. " Boston Transcript : Dr. Sage You nro troubled with headaches , nnd you do not sleep well. Evidently , what you need li oxercl.so. What Is your occupation ? Pntlont I'm a wood nawycr. Dr. Sagi. Well cr , suppose you do not Kicasc your saw for nweek or two. Harpers Bazar : Hu Charmed to meet jou n.ialn , utter such n IOIIK tlmo ! She How Rood of you to pay It'n n plena- uro ! I don't believe you even remember my nnmo. HP As well ns I do my own name , mndnm. Seeing you hns made mu foigut my own. Chicago Tribune : "Poor man ! " exclaimed the kind-hearted woman of the house. "Vou have met with some nflllctlon , have you not ? " "Yes'm , " replied Mo cly WrafTRS , pausing with the cut of huckleberry pic half way to lls mouth. "I've been dUnpp'Intod In love , ' ' Is troublln' tur. nin'Aiu , an' mo kidneys mo rible. " Detroit News : "It's no use talking ; a mnn who Is born to be hanged can't bo drowned. " "Whnt mnkes you so certain ? " "A friend of mlno In Ohio hroko through he Ice whllo skating , but his neck caught between two Hoes and ho was choked to death. " I1AVIO DKKIKU. New Yoilt Sun. "I think It would be a mlRlity Roxl Idea. If ho wompn yreio packed awiiy nnil Kent out nf WuBlilnRton , ami tlio men left alone her * to nltinJ to tlio busings that they mu scni lamer or by the coiuiliy. " Kroiu an Intenluw \ > IM Senator Hill. You think EO , do you , Mr. Hill ? Wo think It's ) moru than that. You say BO , nlr , nml when you do , You're talking through your hut. You daren't say It to our fnco ; You daien't even hint Such sentiments ns openly You hero express In print. You love to say such thliiKS In'print , And say them with a wlnni , But when you meet \\omun you Are mocker than a lamb. You want the men to think ; bccntise You nro n bachelor 'You hnvo no fear of womnnktnd , And yearn to KO to war. But that Is neither hero nor there ; The woman will remnln , Although one crusty bachelor Is thereby put to pnln. You have nnnther object , plr , And ns before It's fear ; That makes jou want to send away The women who nre here. It's I enp Year , David Bennett ITI11 , And you nrc frightened GO At what wo have the right to do , You want us all to BO. You want lo Bet ui far away , You know you do , nnd wo Won't move a Mnirlo foot ; so therel You'ie horrid as cnn bo. Hut never mind ; we're going to stay , Despite you're little storm , And tench on bachelor , nt lenst , A lesson In licform. And when we've sot you thoroughly Hrformed lo our content , Wo'll BO to work with might nnd main To muhe you President. Every The elegant , rich and varied stock of Jewelry WatcKes Silverware Art Goods'and Cut'Glass , embraced in the of C , S , Raymond , will be sold at auction Sale starts at 2:30 : and 7:30 : p , m , any article that you may select will be put up positively no reservation Goods sold the past two days , in many cases at one fourth value. This sale is to meet pressing liabilities It is strictly a cash sale Remember auction takes place each day till further notice , \l \ N. B. A deposit may be made on any article purchased article will be held five days. C. S. RAYMOND P. J. BURROUGHS , Auctioneer. Si' ' Safe * ? *
