THE OMAIIA BEE
rtOSKWATKIt , Editor.
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K looks like n bomimratlvcly slier
caiutuilgn nftoiall. . -
Senator Ili'lco oC Ohio must bo slvoi
credit for A'lowlnn Ufa assured i-xlt fron
the national senate with philosophl
rcHlgnatlon.
Kcop It benira the people that then-
Is no more neutl of filllnt- those tw <
council vaciineii's than there Is for lw
tails to a clojr.
It was the pulpit editorials thn
wiftcel Nov. Krank Ciane's fame te
Chicago. As an adjunct to the pulpl
the press Is most potujit.
First , wo had Selnvolndirth , then wi
had Schlattor , and now wo Imv ? anothgi
faltli-fnklr In sight. Hut the day o
jubllo Is as far ofT us over.- .
The return of Senator Allison t (
" \VashlnKton will bo talu-n as the an
nbmiecment that the Allison fences li
Iowa' are again In an unequalcd stall
of repair.
Nebraska hns now a woman doputj
sheriff. As if fvinnlo suffrage wen
necessary * to the advancement o
woman In this enlightened and progres
elvo state.
No matter where that Hying squadroi
finally turns up , the Uritlsh ought , tc
luivo learned a lesson that. It is dan
gorons oven to trillo with Amerlcai
suspicions.
The qucoii of Corea' can do an Inqnlsl
ttvo public no greater aet of Idiitlnus ;
than standing up and announcing Ii
unmistakable terms whether she Is
dead or alivo.
AVhat would the Hoard of Public
Lands and Buildings quarrel about II
the penitentiary muddle should by ac
cldent be straightened out to the complete
pleto satisfaction of all ?
Show your Interest In the Transmls
slsslppi exposition project by putting
your name down on the subscription
list for a good , large block of stock in
the exposition company.
If all the good things General Campof
Bald about himself were true , what In
the world could have induced the Spiui'
Ish government to dispense with his
NiMTleos anil take the risk of supplant
ing him with another ollk-or ?
Wo fool sure that wo violate no confl-
donee when wo say. that there Is no
Imminent prospect of Senator Gorman
paying a visit to St. Louis just now.
Gorman stock seems to have dropped
several degrees below zero In Missouri.
Any 0110 who by rending the com
ments of thi ) republican press can tell
which of the avowed republican candi
dates has shied ills castor furthest Into
the gubornatoilal ring Is gifted with a
l rophi'tlu vision _ that Itf deserving of
popular roeognltfon. .
Four members of the town council
of South Omaha are reported to be con
siderably vexed because the street rail
way limited their passes to .Inly next.
Their terms of ollleo expire. In April.
They threaten to got oven for the
affront. Will these local statesmen tell
their constituents what right they have
to hold and use passes from any rail
road company that does not conflict
with the rights and Interests of the
people who elevated them to ollloo ?
The state- press takes kindly to the
proposed TransmlsslsslppI exposition at
Omaha. This Is n omen that Is not to
bo lightly cast aside. The hearty co
operation of ( ho country newspapers
counts for more In a projoet of this
magnitude than most people are usually
ready to acknowledge. The good will
of the editors of all the papers pub
lished In the triinsmlsslsslppi region
should bo cultivated as one of the pro-
requlbltos to the sueceiss of the oxposl-
tlon.
Iowa bankers are said to bo prepar
ing to wage war against the express
money order by refusing to cash it ex
cept at a discount. There is one very
onby way in which the banks can head
off their competitors in the transmission
of money mid Unit is by pursuing a
liberal policy that will make It cheaper
to patronlzo the banks Instead of the
express companies. The express money
order Is bound to flourish so long as tha
banks continue their practlco of charg
ing more for the collection of checks
nud drafts than the express companies
and postolllces charge for money orders
drawu lu'similar amounts.
J > /vF/V/AVJ THE MOXIWK
The resolution reported to the Unite
States senate from Its foreign relalloi
committee , rcalllrmlng and defining tl
Monroe doctrine , gives to that famoi
i-nnnclntlon of President Monroe tl
broadest possible scope. It deelan
the doctrine to mean that the Unltt
States would repard ad n manlfestatlo
of unfriendliness any extension (
foreign dominion In the wes
crn hemisphere , by whatever moai
accomplished , whether by coi
quest , cession , purchase or oil
orwlse. This applies as well t
all Islands as to the main land nnd als
to any attempt on the part of any Kun
pcan nation to obtain control of an
Isthmian canal. The resolution pr <
poses to put the United States In th
position of denying the right of an
foreign power to acquire , under an
circumstances or conditions , an add
tlonal foot of territory In the North c
South American continents or the at
Jacont Islands ami would pledge till
country to resist , If need bo by forci
any attempt at * uch acquisition.
No one who Is familiar with the Moi
roc doctrine will need to bo told thn
this resolution gives It a much mor
comprehensive meaning than was al
inched to It nt the time of Its cnunclii
lion. President Monroe's message o
December - ' , IS-.I , made no specific re !
ercnce to territorial acquisition by foi
elgn powers. It referred to the exteii
slon of their political system In thi
hemisphere and particularly In thos
countries which had recently declare' '
their Independence of Spain nnd whos
Independence had been recognized b ,
the United Stales. The broader defln !
lion , now proposed to bo still furthe
luiiplllled , obtained later. The right o
this government , to give whatever mean
Ing It shall please to the Monroe doc
trine Is perhaps unquestionable , but I
must be prepared to defend It If eve
iiccaslon arise for doing so.
In his messnge to congress on th
Venezuelan boundary controversy Pref
Idont Cleveland said : "Great llrltaln'
present proposition has never thus fa
been regarded as admissible by Venezti
ula , though any adjustment of th
lionndary which that country may deon
for her advantage and may enter int
of her own free will cannot of fours
bo objected lo by the United States. '
Suppose the senate resolution shall b
adopted and thereafter Venezuela pro
iio-ctl to Great Uritaln to settle th
boundary controversy for a pecuniar ;
consideration , ceding to the latter !
l > art orall pf the disputed territory
ivould not the position taken by thli
; overnmcnt compel It to object to sucl
in arrangement ? Obviously it wouh
md such objection would bo n palpa
[ > lo Interference with the right of Von
y.uela to adjust the boundary as shi
loomed for her advantage. Certainly
11 such a case wo should find It ex
.remely dillicidt to defend our attitude
Vnother proposition suggests Itself. Den
nark Is said to desire to dispose of'hoi
rt'est India possessions. She might lint
i purchaser in Germany , for example
Under the terms of the senate resolutloi
this government could not regard !
ransaetlon Of that kind with Indlffer
> nco , although the transfer would b <
'rom one monarchy to another. Couh
vo Justify ourselves In the intelligent
> plnlon of the world in objecting tc
inch a transaction ? If the republic
> f Brazil should decldo to let Grea
Trltain have Trinidad upon , condl
16ns which she doomed ! advantageous
o herself , or to give up to Franco the
lisputod Amapa territory , could we
Wilfully object ?
Tiieso questions are certainly port !
lent , for it must bo apparent that the
ionato resolution contemplates .not onlj
estrlctlng the nations of Kurope fron
errllorial aggrandizement In the west
irn hemisphere , but also restriction
ipon the rights of American states tc
lettlo any territorial disputes they innj
uivo with European powers as thej'
ihall deem best for themselves. The
natter demands very careful and dcllb
rate consideration , for there Is involved
a it the possibility of very troublesome
omplicatlons.
OUJUCT MJSSUNIK lltlUOATWIf.
The state of Illinois maintains an
rrlgatod farm at the Eastern hospital ,
aio of its public institutions , of which
) r. Clarke Gapen , formerly of Omaha ,
s superintendent In n recent address *
lellvored before the Illinois Ilortlcul-
uraI society Dr. Gapen said that a
oil to which Is given all the water It
an use will produce four times an
veritgc product , reference being had to
ho rich lands of Illinois. IIo also made
he statement that land worth $100 per
cro without Irrigation will become
forth ! jr ; > 00 when irrigated. Such ore
ho conclusions from a personal ex-
urleneo of the , valuable results of Irrl-
atlon. One of the best demonstrations
f the advantages of this sure method
f farming is furnished by the Irrigated
irm near Kankakee , 111. , where produc-
Ion has been largely Increased. At
lie recent meeting of the Michigan
lortlcultnral society the operations of
lie experiment station of that state
i growing garden truck , by Irrigation
, 'oro described and it was stated that
lie yield has been increased sixfold ,
'ho Irrigation Ago , speaking of the
regress that Is being made in Illinois
nd other states , says : "Irrigation Is
prcndlng through the United States
ko a prairie lire tn a windstorm. "
The people of Nebraska will bo espo-
lally Interested In the favorable
eport of a prominent Irrigation en-
Inoor of this stnto on a project tcif con-
Irnct a canal on the Loup and Platte
alloys that will cover a quarter of a
illllon of acres and careful mcanurc-
units show that tha water supply is
ulllelent to Irrigate this'great body of
mils. It Is generally conceded that
lieso lands are as rich as lands ever
et , needing only moisture to make
iiem as productive as any lands In the
, -oild. If Dr. flapen , who Is most ex-
fllent authority , Is right In his estimate
f the eventual values of Irrigated
mils ami no one- who has given In-
Diligent attention to the matter will
o disposed to question his estimate
o Increase of wealth to Nebraska will
un Into blu figures. There has never
been a time when this subject of
lion made a stronger appeal lo the scl
Interest of our people than It docs i
this time. The future progress an
prosperity of Nebraska depend vet
largely upon the utilization of the watt
supply In Irrigation. Capital Investu
In thus reclaiming a vast area of fin
lands would certainly yield a most gel
eroiis return and our state woul
In a few years realize a great IncreiiF
In population , productiveness an
wealth. There Is no other direction I
which the enterprise of Nebrasknns ca
bo exerted with so much bonellt to th
general welfare.
foil rtit :
It Is doubtful whether the great bed
of our citizens realize the magnitude c
Iho proposed Trnnsmlsslsslppl expos
lion enterprise nnd the advantages thn
would accrue to this city and stnto an
the great west by Us successful coi
Rumination. An Interstate oxposltloi
In which the vast resources of Hi
grealer half of the continent are db
played to the world , would do mor
toward stimulating the growth am
prosperity of the transmlsslsslppl com :
try than all other agencies combined
Such nn exposition would attract mor
people to Omaha than all the nationn
conventions and a perpetual rotation estate
state fairs. It would , moreover , brim
millions of capital jind hundreds o
thousands of enterprising people Int
the region contributing toward the ex
position. It goes without saying that i
revival of industrial activity In the vn
rious western states and terrltorle
would afford the only substantial busl
for the permanent and steady develop
nient of Omaha's commerce and niuiiii
factures.
The fact that over ten thousand del
Inrs was subscribed on the spur of th
moment to the stock of the Trans
mlsstsslppl Exposition association a
the first meeting called to approve th
articles of Incorporation , Is gratlfylni
evidence that all the business depros
slon lias not quenched the public splrl
and Indomitable pluck of our busbies
men.
It now remains only for moi
who have property Interests In Omahi
and men who have faith In Omaha'i
future supremacy as a commercial center
tor to second the efforts of the men win
have paved the way for tills great un
dertaklng. In order to Inspire conn
ilcnce and secure co-operation from tin
slate nt large , the surrounding states
nnd , above all. the congress of tin
United States , Omaha must show tha
It lias unbounded faith in its owi
ibillty to see the project through , Wcl
bosun Is half done. If the citizens o ;
Omaha come to the front as thej
should with liberal stock subscriptions
the managers will have no dilllculty b
- onvlncing congress and the various
legislatures that wo are In earnest
With 51,00,000 of stock subscribed tin
Jrnft upon each stockholder for tin
.n-cscnt . year will be comparative ! }
trivial. All that Is needed now Is r
working basis for the preliminary cam
linlgn. ,
Once the exposition has received con
; resslonal recognition , it will bo an easj
natter to secure all the capital ncces
mry to Insure the execution of the proj
; ct upon the most magnificent scale.
PnOl'OSKD 11KTALIATIOK.
The course of Prussia in making tils
irinilnatlng conditions against Amerl
: an life insurance companies whicl
iiuountcd to excluding thorn from do
ntf business in that country Is llkelj
.o bo mot with retaliatory measures
jy the New York legislature. A bill
s before that body which proposes to
jxcludo from the state all foreign In
surance companies whose governments
lave not granted permission to trans-
let business to New York state com
mutes , after they have been duly cerll-
led to be solvent by the insurance * do-
mrtmont and have complied with the
aws of the foreign country. It is pro-
'ided that the bill shall only become
ipcrntlvc when a nation denies busl-
ess privileges to an American Insurance
lompany. Its effect would bo to ex-
ludo several Prussian Insurance coin-
mnics from doing business in Now
iork , unless they reorganized In that
tate as American companies. The
'russlan authorities have asserted that
heir action was not a discrimination
.gainst American companies , but was
Imply what the laws and regulations
elating to life Insurance required and
1'iis applied alike ; to all companies. The
American companies , however , insist
hat thcro was discrimination and that
L was lutonded to-drive them out In
he Interests of the homo companies ,
'hey are probably correct In this and If
0 the proposed retaliatory legislation
1 entirely proper and justifiable.
You have to go away 'from home to
ear the news. According to a St.
'aid Pioneer Press correspondent , who
latins lo bo located In Omaha , W. J.
Irontch was the first reform mayor
Imahii ever had. People who lived
ere when Brcmtchas mayor for the
rst tlmo either failed to discover the
ufarin or failed to appreciate It. Else
liey certainly would have seen to It
mt ho was renomlnated and re-elected ,
'ho same veracious and reliable news-
longer declares that every republican
tate ofllcor excepting Auditor Moore
ml Treasurer Hartley is sure of ro-
omlnatlon. That depends. Not many
ears ago the republicans of Nebraska
urned down two slate olllcers who
rcro candidates for a fccond term and
nine within an uco of knocking out a
lilrd. The mere fact that n man has
uinagcd to trade himself into n noini-
allen once does , not nece.ssarlly give
Im a pre-emption on a second noinl-
lou. There will bo candidates galore
eforo the next republican convention ,
nd It Is altogether premature to us-
umo that places on the ticket have
con reserved for anybody ,
Street Cominlsblonor Knspar In his
nnuul report of work performed In bis
opartment presents the facts and
gnros to show that a material saving
as been effected for the city by the
ay labor system of street cleaning ,
, -hllo at the same tlmo-the streets have
been kept In a .bettor condition than i
nny tlino undm 'ithe ' contract systei
With this Rli'tWlns" before them , i
Board of PnblluVorks or city comic
will dare order wfotnrn lo Iho old ordi
of things , ' /he'contract ; system i
'
street cleaningtlj' < been laid upon 11
shelf. -
A most pleailiigufeature ; of local trat
Is the advance ) } } flic price of cattle an
hogs. It was inx'dlcted some Umo sine
that an upwar/I / tendency In prices nun
soon set In. Now1" the price of porkei
Is pretty closeilo l cents , with every b
dlcatlon that 'Jt' ' ihust continue to ai
vance. No grease ; " boon could come I
the producers1 oftiiXobraska than a pel
oral advance of prices on live stock an
grain. It would give Incalculable in
petus to all branches of trade. AVIt
prices down to the lowest ebb farmoi
cannot be expected to soil the
products , and the fact they are boh
Ing them accounts In great degree fe
the unusual depression In trade circle
nt this time. But a brighter day I
dawning.
A servant girl charged with the thcl
of a $70 gold watch was bound eve
to the district court by Police .luelg
Gordon under $1,000 ball. An ex-clt
treasurer charged with the embezzle
ment of $118,000 was bound over by th
"
same court In the sum of $12,01)0" ) N
servant girl , of course , can find stirotlo
on a $1,000 bond. The strong pn
sumption was the ox-treasurer couh
nnd he did. The question Is , Does th
law contemplate or sanction such pai
tlallly ?
The growing numbers and Inlluene
of wheelmen Is ftequently manifesto *
not only in Omnhn , but elsewhere. Th
Invitation of the county board to ;
meeting of road supervisors and wheel
men Is a straw showing the dlreelloi
nf the wind. There could be n
stronger propaganda for good road
than 500 lusty , enthusiastic wheelmei
who delight In century runs throng ]
the county. And nearly every wheel
man can vote and Is a vote getter.
The Aveather bureau Is experiment
Ing with kites for indications of change
In atmospheric conditions. We wll
Jiiter no complaint , however , so long a
political kites are loft to Ihe politician ?
A CoiiHoliitlou Convention.
St. Louis Republic.
Now York mlsht try for the Equal Suf
rage convention , it has 10,000 more womc
than men.
Cnlln for IVi-HlNloiit Work.
Chlcabo Tjmcs-Herald.
Municipal reform cannot be secured by th
Teed citizens.liq "oonnne their efforts t
.alklng about It attKelr ( firesides.
ItciMiIiIIcniiiMrii "nml Corruiitliiii.
Hqjplls Journal.
The Idea of any man being a republlcat
nu not being fcf the same stamp as tin
Jniaha Bee is propps rous. From a populls
standpoint , wo dlilrtpt see why a man ca.i
sndorso republlckii ; tfrlnoples. ! but wo cai
; eo why a man .pan'1 be opposed , first , las
md all the time , tajjofflclal corruption.
AVJint 'Putin- ' Will Ho.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Relatives of F'feslilent Krueger In this
lountry are comlng'-lo the front on even
mnd. proud to .claim relationship with thi
icro of tho. ) > Qirfi'.nnd..yet a month ago 1
.his loiiK-whlsker'ckrnotable had come to thi :
: ountry Incog , the' ' street urchins would havi
aughed and jeered at him and the bunco nui
vould have marUed him for an easy prey.
WcleotniMl ! > > IMiittMiiiuuth.
1'laltsmoutli News.
The Omaha Street Railway company i :
getting ready to lay a track fron
South Omaha to Fort Crook. This
vould give Pfattsmouth people a 10-cenl
'arc to Omaha by driving seven miles t <
? ort Crook over a splendid road. Wher
he road Is completed to the fort the com-
> any can profitably extend It on to riatts-
nouth. and this city would then become c
ircsperoua residence suburb of the metropo-
Is.
Joe IllncUbiirii lit Action.
New York Sun.
The face of Hon. Joseph C. S. Blackburn l <
torn and set. Only his Jawa move. Thoj
lave been put In motion by Colonel Chlnn ,
ils starter. The bolters may bolt , and the
opubllcana Imagine a vain thing. There
ball bo no joint billet fcr senator on Janu-
ry 21 , Bays Mr. Blackburn , adding from time
o tlmo his picturesque remark of other II
lot prouder days , "Ho that dallies la n
astard , and ho that doubts Is damned. "
'ho letter D may bo a very soothing con-
olatlon to Mr. Blackburn In the next few
Sim > i > I < - of HrltUh IIliiHtcr.
New Yarlc World.
The departure of the British "flying squad-
on" from Portsmouth under sealed ordert
a a pleco of clap-trap which might have been
tore wisely omitted. What the world needs
list now IB not an exhibition of Great Brit-
In's readliicw to go to war , but of Great
Irltaln's ability to keep the peace. The
Mtier counsels that are given by the prcoa
nd by public uontlment In England , and
rhlch are evidently gaining ground among
lie members of the gvernnient , represent
ho real feeling of the country. There Is
irtunately little danger that this feeling will
0 overruled by jingo Impulse which cheers
10 absurd poem of the now laureate or
hlch sends "flying squadrons" abroad In a
line of peace. _ _ t
The llouncliiry CoiiiiiiUxlon.
Philadelphia Itecoid.
It will not be necessary for the Venezuelan
Dminlsslon to leave- Washington In order to
'jtaln evidence upon the question submitted
> r decision. The proofs are all documentary.
he papers and mips constituting tha cas
t Venezuela are understood to be ready for
nmedlate submission , and copies of all the
Dcuments supporting the British claim will
lortly ho published In a Parliamentary
Bluci Book. " Documents not Included In
10 oniclal case of.- either of the contestants
lay readily be obtalno-1 from the Dutch ,
panlsh , French and ether foreign archives
pen requoit , Tlindtlon that th ; commls-
oners might bo obliged to males a circuitof /
urop and SouthtAmcrlca IB Incorrect ; nel-
icr will It b ? nccesMry for them to visit
10 territory In dispute , slnco their object
1 notto / maka a detailed survey , but to UIs-
ivcr eivtde-nc3 sufllcleut to establish a broad
Istorlo fact. ' '
_
A. Si > fd ( , of Honiniic-f.
Clilco Tlmeg.Hernld.
Surprise Is maltreated generally over In-
ulgenco shown | Q | lr. Jameson and II'H
arutiJerfl by President Krueger of the South
frlcan Republic. B"Wjt.-ru Salisbury or Cliain-
jrlain In Krueger's place Jameson's grave
ould long since fiavp been dug and tilled ,
'stead of bringing lilpil to nummary punlzh-
ent President Pqul Crueger , a Dutchman ,
as treated him well , and Instead of taking
Is head off Is going to send him over to
lugland , where everything will bo dona by
allsbury and Chamberlain to keep his head
n ,
The reaoon for Kruecor'o clemency has been
Isclosed in an obscure .corner cf a Cape
own paper. Two years ago Krueger was
ring critically 111 of fever at Pretoria ,
ucli medical help as was accessible had fur-
Ished no aid to the sufferer , Jameacm had
ot wholly laid aside his medical practice ,
nd In response to a , telegram traveled with-
at rest from Klmberlcy to the Dutch capital
> take charge of the president of the South
frlcan Republic. Through weary days nnd
Ights he nursed Paul Krueger back to can
descence and health , and the Bser chief
au not forgotten It.
A nun's a mau eveu In thi Interior of
outh Africa ,
IMitSl.VCI 01" < M 11109.
ChlciRO Chronicle ! Onaifcl Campos I
been recalled from Cub * . The Sp.iMuli d
lotrAts who Insist Hiern Ij no real fJU
tlon , but only a trivial riot en the sugii
Isle , will have somn difficulty In explain )
the singular mortality ot S'innUli mltlli
reputations when sUVed npil.-irt Hit ; rlote
New York WorlJ : Tin fJlluro of Rene
Cotrpo ! , In Cuba Is .n-ltnowlftlKcd l > y his i
tlrcmcnt anel the subslltuilun of t.UMitcna
Oeneral 1'olAvlejn si c.ij.taln general a
commantlor of the Sp.intsh forces. Not hi
cuuld so completely dcmonxti-.tto the stion
of the revolution In Cuba n * the ( allure
Spain1 ! ) ablest gcncrnl to subdue * It " , vl
the great number ot soldiers pieced at 1
disposal ,
Indianapolis Journal : The recall of Cai
pea Is a distinct admission , both ot tlio Sp.t
Ish In Cuba and the Spanish ministry , tl
affairs on the Island have been Ruing d
nstrously for the Spanish mithorltles.
confirms all of the claims of success wht
the Insurgents have been making the PC
few weeks. It' Is a confession on tha t"
of the authorities that there must be a to
leal change or their cause Is lost.
Kansas City Star : The removal of Genet
Campos Is an Indication that Spain M
pursue the course which was foi I own ]
Mexico and ' In all Spanish provinces
South America from the Spanish Main
Capo Horn and , for that matter , In the tc
Countries In Kurope that of endeavoring
crush ont revolutions by sheer terrorist
by the literal extermination , man by ma
of the revolutionists , the policy pursued I
Cctleja In. Mexico when ho drove his ha
lcs victims together In the plaza ot Z
cetecas and had their throats cut to sa'
powder.
CNcago Tribune : It remains to be see
however , whether the Insurgents can be eve
come , nnd whether the desperation of I'ol
virja will accomplish more than the mlllta
knowledge ot Campos. In other words ,
Maceo and Gomez have been able to frustra
the well-laid plans of Campus , who Is 01
nf the ablest of the Spanish generals , is the
not reason to expect that under the sp
of cruelty the Insurrection will grow , t
Cuban army Increase , and In the end eve
whelm this 'new man , who Is confessed
Campos' Inferior , and compel Spain to co
code their autonomy ? Under the new rcgln
affairs In Cuba are likely to reach a crlsl
and that speedily , the outcome of which w
bo watched with Interest.
CHICAGO'S PllI/.K.
Globo-Democrat : The refusal of tl
democrats to hold their national conventlc
at St. Louis Is equivalent to a confesstc
that they do not think it worth while I
think of preventing the republicans froi
carrying Missouri.
Minneapolis Journal : Chicago has flnall
got a convention. It Is evident that the coi
vcntlon didn't want.to go to Chicago , as It too
U'enty-nlne ballots to settle It. but thei
seemed no other place except St. Louisniul tli
democrats could hardly bo expected to fo
low the republican lead In everything.
New York Tribune : The effort to brln
the democratic convention hero was muc
more active than In the case of the n
publican convention , but It would seem tin
the attractions of New York as a place fc
national gatherings are not generally appn
elated. Next tlmo the work of cducatln
[ he national committees should begin earllo :
Philadelphia Inquirer : The democratl
national committee has at last decided t
liold the funeral services over the party n
Chicago In July. It Is customary for th
party In power to hold Its conventions firs ;
but under the circumstances we think tha
; ho democrats .acted wisely In waiting unt :
Utcr the next president Is nominated In Si
Louis.
St. Louis Republic : Chicago has the faclll
, les of entertainment and presumably ha
lied guarantees of satisfactory arrangements
3eyond that there was no reason for th
iholco made by the national democratic com
nlttee. In neglecting the opportunity t
mltlvato kindly feelings In the south am
vest by choosing the great southwesten
: lly , the committee has made the campalgi
larder. '
New York World : Chicago Is to have th
leniocratlc national convention. This dc
: Islon Is not altogether to be regretted. Ch :
ugo la central and Its facilities for takln
jaro of a crowd have presumably been ilc
, -eloped by 'the experience of the Columbia
sxposltlon. In 1S92 , as everybody who wa
: hero remembers , the breakdown was cor
iplcuouo and the discomfort monumcnta
Hut Chicago has learned much since tha
: lmo and ought now to be able to give
; oed account of herself.
Chicago Times-Herald : Wo congratulat
.ho democrats on their final selection of
lonventlon city. In July there Is not anothc
: lty In the country where the weather ca :
> o depended upon as In Chicago , and fron
his city has gone the only two nuccewfu
lomlnatlons by a democratic convention I
ho last forty years. There is no hope fo
hem In this year of 1898 , but It Is appro
irlato that they should hold their conventloi
icro that they may go Into the campalgi
vlth enough hope to bo able to follow ou
he formality of nominating a candidate nni
ilaclng a ticket In the field. Chicago ma ;
; lvo them hope to help them out of th
'lough ' of despondency In which they havi
lecn sinking for the last two years.
I'KKSOXAI , AND OTHKHWISK.
It Is asserted that Queen Victoria's lettei
0 the sultan of Turkey expressed her warm
: st regards for that potentate. But she mus
enow that he la a harem-scarcm old rep
obate.
It was net until the Venezuelan and Trans
aal episodes had given him a considerable
ircithlng spell that the sultan recuperates
rjfllclently to warn the Red Cross socletj
IT his premises.
The grave of Grlmaldl , the great Froncl
lown , is In St. James' churchyard , Pentoiv
Ille , London , Mmo. Grlmaldl , his niece
as started a , movement to have a inonu-
nent erected over It.
By the strangest coincidence three mer
net In the house restaurant In Washlngtor
ho other day , whose names were Wheat ,
( ates and Barley. They began to hunt around
nd found another whoso name was Rye.
Mr. Gladstone's father made his fortune
s a sugar planter and slave owner In British
lulanu , and one of the son's first ppecchc-s
: t Parliament was In defense of West Indian
lavery. That was over sixty years ago.
Melville 13. Ingalls , president of the Clove-
md , Cincinnati , Chicago & St. Louis , and
ho Chesapeake and Ohio railroads , la a
lalnc man , who begin his career as a school
cachcr. Ho entered the railway service-
S70 , when he was 28 years old.
It Is a matter of small consequence what
[ dividual will pluck the senatorial perslm-
ons in Kentucky. The proud commonwealth
1 content with the asauranco that the wai
ilp Kentucky will bo christened with the
nest of blue grass dew , and previous care
' 111 bo taken to spill as little as possible.
The late Martin Brimmer was a fine ex-
inplo of the typical "old Boston merchant"
t his best. IIo was rich , conservative ,
haritable , Interested In art and In educa-
on , a man of weight in all affairs cf the
Ity , with an open purse fcr every legitimate
rojcot. He waa of Gorman descent and
10 fourth of Ma name in this country ,
Croipo , the Venezuelan president , was born
n a ranch in the Orinoco valley , of Spanish
nd Indian parents. His wlfo Is also of
ilxed blood and of humble parentage. Crospo
as been In the service ot the Venezuelan
atlon # lnca his boyhood , when ho entered
to army. By the tlmo ho was 30 ho had
Istlngulshcd himself sufllclcntly to bo put
i command of a dlvle-lon ,
Richard Crolter Is a devotee of kumyss.
Ie will not drink anything else. He drinks
with his meals and between times. In
Is early days , like most men In public life- ,
a took his glass of wine and liked It. But
ir nearly ten years new he has stuck closely
> kumyas during the winter months. In
10 hot season ho consumes gallons of
iratoga spring waters , He believes without
esltation that ho will live to be 100.
The Saturday Review calls Alfred Austin
an estimable little bardllng , " and declares
tat Lard Salisbury , In nuking him poet
iUreite , "has fitted the fool's rap on his
, vn head for all tlmo. " It add that the
Illca was "felt by Tennyson himself to be nt
moh an anachioulim as the ollleo ot court
> Cl , and he did not hesitate In private to
) ndomn It , and to express his seme of the
; nomlny ot the place. Ho considered the
iqulrements of the ofllca a degradation ,
id , though ho Intensely admired Queen Vlc-
ira ! and the prince consort , ho hold the
lace unwillingly , and hoped it might ionic
sy be allowed to lapse , " ,
, ' * * *
.tun sisriciots 01. ' i5.v < ; ii OTIII :
I'Vloiuln tit THiipldnirii nml Hunter i
tlic ( Ireiiiml In Kurds
CmciK.VATf. Jan. iO. Tin Commcrcl ?
GAzt-ttc itptCMl ( roi Prnnkfort , Ky.i jiny
Ths city h flllltiR up tslth _ tnoj'tfjji
ct lllacUmtit and Hunter. AltlicityliThc I'vi
OTS of liotii parties Kid agifcil lti.it the
should bo no tallotlnn for senator till Fe
tttnty 4 , or unt'.l otter the auccestor titV
ton had nt llflod , yet ti'o nomine' * * ot t
wticujrs scorn tu l > * so suspicions uf oai
ether tlut thry am niaru ! > llMg their tore
liN lor bjl'otlng In both houses separate
on TuesJ'iy anil the Irlcnls ot Itunlor a
claiming ho will Ijft declared electc ) c
Wednesday. Some republican senators I
rlst they ulll f5n ! the democrats lit pos
ponlng the election till atlnr Wilson's u
ccstor Arrives. Some of Hunter's most A
dent supporters think the tcbemn to postpoi
the election cf .s.natorvn a trick In tl
Interest ot Bradley or Yrrkes , and that the
shall therefore not abide by It , Inul.lillc
to the opposition of those who \\nnt to stai
by the compromise ! agreement. 1'opulist I'oi
li s become- estranged from Hunt ? ! ' , but t
says he ttlll never go to Blackburn , sn
Ooos not Kcem posflMe feir any eluctlon i
senator to occur this week. The dcielloc
beittoen Hunter nnd DlacKburn , with the
fighting trlcmlM on the ground , Is expcctc
lo make trouble. Both sides are very dctci
mined and suspicious.
*
U.VIT scm..vTTmtixTiiK : IIAM.MOM
lllliiolN lint it llontpr Who Ciin
Without Hptriml.
BRLVIDKHI ! , 111. , Jan. 20 , Wilbur I
Hammond , or "Hammond the Healer , " spci
Saturday In Bolvldero at the house of a fr'oii
whom he has , It Is said , successfully treatc
He was besieged through thu day by It
lame , halt and blind , and ho treated all I
could. Mr. Hammond Is about 28 years i
ago with nothing strangt In his appcitranci
unless It Is his long , curly hair , which woul
ciiu < o him to bo distinguished from ordlnnr
men In the asMinblage.
Although the cures attributed to him at
claimed to bo little short or miraculous , th
healer takes no credit and no charge for hi
efforts. When he treats his pttlcnts ho got
Into a trance , during which , he cUlnis , ho I
unilor the direction cf the spirit ot a Ion
clnce dead German physician. He Is ilnll
receiving letters from almost every rtato I
the union offering all kinds ot Inducement
for him to go to various points. The train
are commencing to bring in all sorts of Ir
valldslio have heard of his remarkahl
healing powers. Hammond Is almost con
tlnually in a trance-like state , and the stral
Is beginning to tell upon his nervous systetr
h KXPEliinNCK AT S13A.
CrulHcr HnUlitinru I'rnvoH He
QuulKlfH nH it Sullor.
SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 20- The cruise
Baltimore , which has just returned to Amcr
lean waters after an absence of throe yean
encountered a terrific typhoon after leavln
Yokohama and the storm lasted for fou
days and the situation was often extreme ! ;
critical. Two sailors were washed over
board. Captain Daly said the storm was th
most severe ho had ever seen during hi
long experience at sea. The captain said hi
had always had suspicions about the sea
worthiness of the Baltimore , but the manne
tn which the cruiser weathered the atom
has changed his opinion.
Youthful Traveler * Arrive Homo.
PHILADELPHIA , Jan. 20. When th
steamer Bclgcnland was docked today , one o
the first ashore was IC-ycar-old Thomai
Ochlltrce of Plttsburg , after on absence o
four years. Ho was welcomed by his mother
Filled with a desire for travel , the boy rai
away from home , and , after visiting Europe
he arrived In Liverpool. The American dcputj
consul sent him homo. On the uamo vet'se
Edward of Owatonna
was 20-year-old Froycr
Minn. Ho was not discovered until flftcor
minutes before the passengers landed , havliif
stowed himself away. Among others , he lefl
home for the Africangold , fields some tlnu
ago. In England their money gave out * anil
they separated.
Three Million for u Hospital.
PITTSBURG. Jan. 20. The \ ' of Mrs
(
Anna R. Splnwoll of this city , who died re
cently In Edinburgh , Scotland , was filed Ii
the county court today. With the exception
of a few paintings donated to the Academy ol
Fine Arts In Philadelphia , she bequeaths her
cntlrs fortune , estimated at $3,000,060 to the
hospital of the Protestant Episcopal church
Philadelphia. The will will be contested by
a niece of the deceased. Miss Delia. Field of
this city. .
VOMTIGAI. POIN'I'KIIS.
At a recent conference of the Republican
Editorial association of the Empire state In
New York City , a resolution favoring the
nomination of Governor Morton for president
Mas passed unanimously.
It Is said the Morton boom In New York
las grown to proportions beyond the control
3f the Platt machine. Still , Platt will con
trol the delegation , It supremacy In Now
i'ork City means anything.
Of nineteen cities and towns In South Da
kota polled on the question of the choice of
the state for a republican candidate for
president , two-thirds favored Allison for
Irst choice , with McKlnloy second. Speaker
Iced has a few admirers.
While ex-Senator Ingalls of Kansas was In
3t. Louis the other day ho told a reporter
.hat either of the candidates prominently
nentloned for the presidency on the repub-
Ican ticket would suit him. National poll-
Ics are overshadowed by his campaign for
cnatorlal vindication.
Mr. Ellhu B. Wushburno of Chicago , who
ms lived In New Orleans for a year past on
iccount of hla health , expresses the belief
hat the Louisiana delegation will support
iIcKlnloy in the national republican con-
'entlon. Reed and Allison are talked of
omo In that state , but McKlnley la the
avorlte.
Governor Greenhalgo of Massachusetts does
lot desire to be elected a delegate-at-Iargo
o the republican national convention , taking
ho ground that the governor of all the penile -
ilo should not accept a political ollleo and
ngago in strictly partisan work. It will
19 remembered that ls the position which
lovernor Ruasoll took ,
The Michigan state convention lo elect
delegates to the republican 'national convcn-
lon will bo held In April. It Is reported that
IcKlnley sentiment there Is on the wane ,
. lillo Reed stock Is rising. It Is therefore
Ikely that Michigan will send n divided dolo-
ntlon. General Russell A. Algor of Detroit
nd Thomas J. O'Brien of Grand Raplels , It
3 conceded , will be elected two ot the ilole-
; ates-at-large. The upper peninsula will bo
Ivon one place , and the choice will probably
is Thomas B. Dunstan ot Iloughtoii. Gcn-
ral John T. Rich , ox-Governor Luce , Perry
lannah , of Traverse City , and one or
tore of the frco silver advocates will contester
or the fourth placa on the 'ticket. The
harpcst and most Interesting oftho con-
ests will bo In the caucuses , when tha ilia-
riot delegates are chosen.
Interviews with Wisconsin republicans pub-
shed In the Chicago Times-Herald Indicate
decided preference for McKlnloy In that
tato. For delegates at largo to the national
onventlon , nearly a score of names have
eon suggested , out of which only four can
raw prizes. Among these named are ;
olonel John C , Spooner , ex-Senator Phlletua
awyer , W. D. Hoard , Congressman J. W.
labcock , II. C. Payne , Charles F. Pflster ,
lajor Ed Sconeld. N. P. Haugen , Inaao
tcphcnson , General Lucius Falrchlld , Ogileii
I , Fethers , J , V. Quarles , Horace Rubloo ,
I. G. Smith , General F , C. Wlnkler , Horacs
. . Taylor. E. I ) . Coe , General Michael
rlften and J , W. Blackstock , and tha bushes
re not thoroughly Buaken yet. The four
ames which , up to the mooting of the state
entral committee , attracted the most at-
sntlon , were those of Phlletus Sawyer , John
i , Spooner , W. D. Hoard and Congressman
abcoclc.
tnuuvs roi.icn COMMISSIOMIU
IVipillion Tmcr ! : The notorious "Captain"
Palmer , 1m uho drew to many fsl Inturnnc-s
plums fiom the state trrattiry when Granny
Thajer was governor , has been appointed
tnvniber of the Omaha flro mid police com
mission. ( lo.l pity Omaha I
Schuyler Quill : The vacancy In tha Omaha
Board of Klro and Police Commissioners ,
so by the election of member Droittch s
tniyor , was filled ibis eek by the state
board and Captain II. U Palmer , an Insur
ance man , we ? selected. The tate board
consists cf Governor Holcamb , Attorney Gen
eral Churchill and Commissioner Russell , anil
the. last t o named ( elected Palmer. Palmer
Is not a KOCH ! man for any public position.
During the last session ot thn legislature ho
tan nn "oil room" In the Windsor hotel and
\vas chief ot the Insurance lobby. He la cato
to put down as a rascal and It may also be
* nfo to predict that any man llussclt and
Churchill select Is built that way.
TALK i.NCI nto.tr K.vr
What solemn bores most lecturers aro'
anyhow. The only good lecturers do or very
nearly the only good Is to glvo a certain
education to the persons who write the Ice-
lurw. Mr * . Klla W. Pcattlo In the World-
llor.ild.
Mrs. Pealtlo of the Omaha World-Herald
will give her noted lecttiro on "Tho Trouba-
elours" Thursday afternoon at 3:30 : o'clock , In
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church. All
club women should hear hcr. Llncoln
Journal.
-
Hupliio IiiillfTorence of Cotmrom.
Chicago Tillmnc. *
Senator Lotlpo Introduced on Tuesday lest
an amendment to the forUflcatlona nuproprl-
atlon bill. He wished to have authorized A
popular 3 per cent coin bond Issue of tlOO-
000,000 , the proceeds to be used In providing
for the defense of our coasts , for the manu
facture of guns , and the erection of forts
nnd batteries. So we now have one man In
the senate and one member of the house of
representatives who appear to have wnkiViod
up to an appreciation ot the obvious need
for bettor harbor nnd coast elofensos. U Is
n shame there arc not more. , Wlnnilll
forty-four others In the senate and 17S In
the lower house Join them ? It Is nmrvolJUs
that the scrubby demagogues In bath hciiscs
ot congress have not yet realized tint to
irovldc for the national defenses would bo
: o render themselves popular with their con-
Btltucnts. They do not scorn to have cny
uore Idea of this than they have convictions
of duty. At present they < seem to think of
lothlng else than the appropriation ot mil-
Ions for exlia pensions and the dcbntenint
of the currency unit. They have no thought
ot providing ono dollar for national dtcns- ) ,
though they must know that every dollar
) foperly expended for that purpose HilRlit
lave hundreds , to say nothing of the fact
hat the most effective way of preventing
other nations from declaring war against us
would bo to show that we were fully pre-
lared Tor lu
Au AtTrntit to Decency.
ClilcaRo Chionlclc.
It Is scarcely understandable that repre
sentatives In congress should have the folly
seriously to Insist upon continuing the Idiotic
> ractlco of giving up a day's session to the
lollvory of Indiscriminate eulogies upon
each of their associates who may die In the
larncsa. The congressional funeral , with
is attendant revelry and extravagance. U
an affront to decency and ft fraud upon tax-
myers. The congressional eulogies for their
wrt are an Insult to common sense and a
vat'to of the tlmo of the national legislature.
Nobody listens to them , nobody reads them.
That a rule doing away -with the silly cus-
om should have boon defeated Is a serious
eflectlon on the Intelligence of the houso.
PASSING PI.HASANTUIES.
Philadelphia Record : The leap year clrl
hould leurn to pay the bills llko u llttlo
nan.
New York World : Madge Mabel's $200
° noslery J"3' arrived from Paris
e ° t d.
Estclle ( cynlcnlly-AIi ! She'll bo seeing
mice everywhere now for a month , won't
he"
Texas Sl/tlngs : With regnrd to spnrklng
ver HIP front elite , a good deal can bo
aid on l > oth sides.
Indianapolis Journal : "Aren't you thtt
Bav ° lmlf a pl ° to last
"I guess I am. mum ; but I'm willln1 to
et by-gonca bo by-goncH. It ain't In my
icart to bear no niullcc , "
. . .ImlrolJ.Trrl.1iUnT0 : ' . 'Rcn.llstlc7" repeated the
. , ° - . . WF' ' . I should Eay lie waH real-
? ! A" ' " . .I1"TBIU to fuo the excitement
n the Qtinrtlcr I atln when he drew Iho
ill d 'a"ncr , , Ece"o ho was painting' the
Spmervlllo Journal ; It's no use to con-
octure wlmt Iho ne\v woman will do next.
> he's bound to surprise us , anyway.
Philadelphia Record : "Some people who
mvo Plenty of money. " says the Alnna-
unk Philosopher , "Imaglno tlmt they show
ympatliy for their poorer brethren by slm-
ily shedding a few tears. "
Chicago Tribune : "There doesn't R ptn to
10 much use for you nowadays , " said the
oafish , "Mince they have found HO many
uhstltuten for whulcbonc and blubber that
oino cheaper. "
"No , " Blijliod the whale. "About nil I am
rcoil for now is to furnish the pure co-J
Ivor oil of commerce. "
New York Sun : Mr. Manhattan-After nil ,
ho only stnto In the union I New York.
Miss Manhattan There's one other.
Mr. Manhattan Indeed ? What la 117
Miss Manhattan The state of unliappl-
css ono must bo In who does not live In
few York.
Washington Star : "No , sir , " Bald the ob-
ervant man , "there Is not Kolng to bo any
, -iir Involving- this country. "
"How do you know ? "
"Ulufton Is beginning to talk about want-
ig to enlist and light. " i
MENACING.
Chicago Record.
Milton , thou shouldst bo living at thli
hour ;
England hath need of thee" her scribbl
ing KlrlH' '
yrlto wicked hoolca of such terrific power
The man who reads them Jlnds his hair
In curia. _
OIMIUMA'.H SlIIeaiY. ) ( , ,
New York Herald. '
'o ' pop or not to pop , that In the question !
/hethpr ' .tin bolter In maidenhood to Hiiffcr
ho Kne-era and taunta of outrageous nlnters
'r ' to take arms against a BUII of preco-
( lentH ,
.ntl by proposing end them. To pop , to
ppeiilc ,
nly thlf , and by our ppecch to fay we will
11 wives ; nnd exert the right that Is ours ,
/hlch man IIIIH HO long denied. 'TIs a con-
Htiinmatlon
lovoutly to bo wished To pop , to speak.
'o ' auk perchance to full. Aye , thcro'u the
rub.
'or ' If wo fall In ( hit * wlmt thoughts may
coino
/lien wo have unsexed ourselves In human
Hlpllt ,
lust nlve us pause. Tliero'H Uio restraint
luit mukcH us hcsltato be.'oro wo Htrlltu ;
or who woud ! bear the tmccrs and acorn
of men ,
he woes cf loneilnens , the proud wife's
contumely ,
ho pangs of despised love , and men's delay -
lay ,
ho Insolence of Hclionl girls and the npurnn
hat patient xpliiBlcrhood of th3 muted.
takes ,
, 'lien Hho herself might her future make
Nth n liiiro epjcstlon ? Who would olavery
bear
0 work and Bwcat , eloprlvod of lessor half. "
ut that the drenil of beltur "turned down"
hat unsutpectoil lliiKum underneatli
ho discovered portion restraint ) us mill ,
nd miikee us rather bear these lll wo
have
linn ily to others tlmt wo know not of.
liuS ruutlun eloex maka cowurelH of im all ,
ml thus , through luck of resolution ,
( irrlaKeu of great iillli and moment ,
'Ith thl rfgard their current turn uwry.
euuune wo will not elare , nnd our cuuuo
1 lost for want of action ,
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