THE OM.AITA .DAILY J3EI5f [ THURSDAY , JAKUAUr 30 , 189(5. (
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during tlio month of December , 1K)3 ) , was ns fol-
loni :
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15 . 80,080 31 2J.933
10 . 19,093 _
Total . . .C18.053
Ix-ss deductions for uniold and returned
papers . . . . . . . 7.7U
Net mien . G10.K4J
Da"y vwnw
Sworn to tcfore me nnd imMcrllied In my
presence this 3d day of January. 1890.
( Seal. ) N. P. FHIU Notary Public.
This most unklndcat cut oC nil is tliat
veto of Mnyor Hroutcli. Great Scott ,
1ms It conic to this ?
Senator Thurston's maiden efforts
Bcoiu to exhibit aoniothluj ; Illse a leap
year vigor nbont them.
With three such watuIiilngH as Cadet
Taylor. Ike Ilnscall and Dan Wlieoler
In the counell , honesty , economy and
retrenchment arc an assured
Stick a iiln there.
Have the franchisee ! corporations got
enough i-eproMfiitatlves hi the city hall ?
1C not , perhaps the next legislature can
bo induced to create a f w moro olllci-s
and a few more seats in the council for
them to 1111.
TUB people of the United Slates have
never made It their business to provoke
wars with foreign nations , and they
w'lll do wisely to continue to leave the
chip-bearing exorcise exclusively to
other countries.
Where will you place your Insurance
now ? With the thrifty Plattsmouth
member of the police commission or the
thrifty Plattsmouth councllman-at-
lurge ? You pays your money and you
takes your choice.
When all the bills are In and the war-
, i'nnts drawn on the state , treasury It
will be ( imicult for the 'taxpayers of Ne-
-kbrafiUo'to ' Hefewlioro the .economy came
In In purchasliif , ' that "second-hand en
gine as peed as new" for the Grand
Island Soldiers' Home.
When conjjross undertakes to Investi
gate the subject of penalties Imposed
by federal judges for contempt of court
It will have to empower Its committee
to sit through the summer recess If It
wants every questionable ease In recent
court annals thoroughly probed.
The State department In the case of
the late Mr. Hunyoii will have a glori
ous opportunity of proving that an otli-
clal ambassadorial funeral can be made
Just as expeiihlve as the most costly
senatorial funeral that the people have
over been called upon to pay for.
The unexpected does not always hap
pen. The second bid of the Omaha
banks for deposits of < ; ity money arc
precisely the sameas their first bids.
Two per cent Interest ! Is all they are
willing to allow , which goes to show
that whore combination Is possible com
petition Is Impossible.
When the city Jail shall have been lo
cated in the city hall It may be neces
sary to create a department of ento
mology. It Is rumored that Mayor
llroatch foresees this and will not dis
turb the present ollleers of the Board
of Health until he can pick out a first
class man for the new department.
The livery men have cut thu funeral
rate In two , and yet It is none too
low. The necessary expense heretofore
Incident to a death has been
altogether too heavy. A man of ordi
nary means could not afford to die.
Something ought to bo done to lessen
burial expenses. Here Is an opportu
nity for a reform that would benellt the
poorer classes at a time when they need
help the most.
A number of Nebraska counties report
thp repayment of the loans contracted
by farmnrs two years ago for the purpose -
pose of securing seed to replace the
crops that had been destroyed by the
drouth. There Is no doubt that the
greater part of the con.trlhntlons which
were advanced as loans will bo paid
back to tlu > contributors. One or two
more good crops and the farmers will
look back on the crop failure of ISO I
an a dim reminiscence.
The so-called Voluntary Hellof associa
tions of railway employes designed to
relieve the railroads of liabilities for
damages from accidents to their em
ployes have gotten Into the federal
courts with disastrous results to the
members of the associations. A recent
decision by Judge lUcks endorses the
claim of the railroads that acceptance of
benellts for which thu employe bus paid
Jn thu Bhape of monthly dues will pre
vent the recipient from successfully
bringing suit for indemnification for In
juries. A few decisions of this kind
Will BOOH ronso tlio railway men of the
country to thu necessity of some rugu-
latlvo legislation to control the alleged
Voluntary Itcllcf associations. ,
TIW rrnw.vcT WOHAB.V.
Th house banking and ciincucy oom-
niltteo Is giving consideration to the
currency problem and a measure may
be reported during Ills present so. slon ,
lint llierp is lltlle reason lu expect that
n satisfactory solution of the perplex I us
question will be found. The chairman
of HIP lioii.se committee. Mr. Walker Of
Massachusetts , has framed a bill the
fundamental purpose of which , lie ex
plains , Is to Induce the banks to resume
the current redemption nf the existing
legal tender notes by making their
profits larger for so doing , lie assorts
that under the operation of his bill a
very largo addition would be made to
the circulation of silver dollars , while
It provides for a sure gold redemption
with one-third less gold than Is now vis
ible In the public treasuries and also a
sure guarantee of the final payment of
every dollar of paper money out of the
treasury of the 1'nlted States and n
piollt to the treasury and banks as
well. It purposes to wave , he says.
ftf.OW.OOO a year In Interest anil to make
as solid a union of all the banks In the
country as could be hail lu a United
Slates national bank , with all thu ad
vantages of such a hunk and none of
Its risks and disadvantages.
Kroin tlieso suggestions as to the
character of this measure It will be seen
that It Is at once unique and compre
hensive. After years of effort to put
silver dollars In circulation less than
W.OOO.OOO are being used as currency ,
but Mr. Walker thinks that under the
operation of his bill live times that
amount would be circulated. Whether
.such an achievement Is desirable or
not Is a question , but It Is highly tin-
piobable that the American people
could be Induced or forced to accept
: : ( ) O.CKKXM ) ( ) of silver dollars as a part
of the circulating medium. As to in
ducing the hanks to assume thu re
sponsibility of redeeming the legal ten
der notes by making their prollts larger
for so doing , it is a pioposltlon that
will not meet with popular approval ,
granting that the banks would be willIng -
Ing to accept such responsibility.
There Is one respect , however , In which
thu chairman of the house banking and
currency committee is sound. He does
not bellc.vo In legislation for the re
demption and retirement of legal ten
ders , his opinion being that a law for this
purpose would not be allowed to stand.
Undoubtedly this retlects the practically
unanimous sentiment of thu house re
publicans , so that it is entirely safe to
say that no consideration will be given
to thu recommendations of the presi
dent and secretary of the treasury re
garding legal tender retirement.
It is the opinion of some of the ablest
financiers that no very radical changes
hi our currency system are necessary.
.Senator Sherman said In his speech on
this subject In the senate some time
ago that a careful study of the systems
of banking , currency nnd coinage ac
cepted by the principal nations of Eu
rope had convinced him that our sys
tem , when cured of a few defects de
veloped by time , would , make our money
current In commercial circles In evcry
hintl and clime on equality with the
best currency of any other nation. It
Is undeniable that the country has
progressed am ] prospered under the ex
isting monetary system and that the
people as a whole are well satisfied
with It. It has stood well the severest1
tests that could bu applied to a finan-
ial system. In the light of experience ,
therefore , there Is no warrant or reason
for any radical change or departure ,
and all efforts In tills direction are
likely to bo harmful. All that Is now
required Is that the national treasury
bo provided with ample revenue , and If
that be done the currency question may
safely bi ) left for future consideration.
AGAINSTFKRi ; SHU'S.
Thu advocates of the passage of a
bill providing for the admission to
American register of foreign built ships
will get no encouragement from the
present congress. A measure for the
free admission of ships of foreign con
struction , which had thu. approval of
the Treasury department and was sub
mitted to the senate committee on com
merce , has been burled by that commit
tee and doubtless will not be heard
of again. The bill was drawn bjf the
commissioner of navigation and was
In complete accord with the free trade
Idea. It Is understood that all the dem
ocrats of thu committee voted against
recommending thu measure , which dem
onstrates the utter hopelessness of any
proposition of this kind , even wore con
gress In democratic ; control. There are
democrats lu both the' senate and house
who represent states where the ship
building Industry Is moro or less ex
tensively carried on and these men will
not strike a damaging blow at that
industry by supporting proposed legis
lation for thu free admission of for-
elgn-bullt ships. It Is safe to say that
no congress during thu remaining years
of thu present century will enact a free
ship law.
The question of building up our HUT
chant marine 'Is one of commanding'
Importance. It Is most essential to the
uxpan.sion of our foreign commerce. It
Is In thu Interest of all classes of Amer
ican producers , who now pay annually
to foreign ship owners tons of million *
of dollars for thu carrying of their prod
ucts to foreign markets. It Is neces
sary to our commercial Independence ,
since under present conditions w are
more or lc s at < hu mercy of European
ship owners , principally those of Great
Britain , With an adequate merchant
nmrlmt of our own the largo sum paid
out annually for exporting our products
would lie expended at home , Increasing
by that much our national wealth. Our
Hag would be seen on every sea nnd
in .every part of the world , bringing
us advantages It Is Impossible to ob
tain under existing conditions. Kvery
practical and patriotic consideration de
mands that this great nation should
liavo Its own ships of commcrcu totrans
port Its products to every land wheru
theru Is a demand for them.
But most desirable and Important as
this Is the American people , or a very
largo majority of them , are not willing
to have It accomplished , by the frees
admission of foreign-built ships , thereby
making uu euoriuuua business for Eu
ropean ship builders to the great delrl-1
ment If not destruction of our own
ship-building Industry. We shall never
have a merchant marine If It depends
upon the free admission of foreign-
| built ships.
lHVK1.W Tin ; IILACK IIII.T.S.
Omnha never made a more profitable
Investment than It did when It helped
to open up thu Black Hills country to
civilization .twenty years 'ago. The
I'.lack Hills have been and still are the
best paying field for Omaha Jobbers
and manufacturers. And yet thu vast
mineral resources of this region are
only partially developed. It Is all very
well to talk about Cripple Creek and
gold strikes In Colorado. The Black
Hills today have the largest bodies of
gold-bearing ores of any mining regions
lu the world. While they have already
attracted millions of active capital , the
opportunities for further Investment
and development will for years to come
be practically Inexhaustible. With two
railroads connecting Omaha with the
heart of the Black Hills by the most
direct routes , this city can inid should
make Itself the principal baso'of sup
piles for nil articles of commerce con
sumed by Its well-to-do and constantly
Increasing population.
To this und the Commercial club anil
Manufacturers association should direct
their efforts. An excursion or scries of
excursions Into South Dakota and Wyo
ming should be organized for thu ex
tension of Omaha I rail e and mutual
co-operation in thu development of
the Black Hills region. The people
ple of that section nre anxioim
to make the acquaintance of Omaha
business men and will no doubt show
appreciation of their efforts by sub
stantial reciprocity. It goes without
.saying that whatever helps to build up
the Black Hills will contribute to the
building up of Omaha and the main
tenance of Its commercial supremacy.
THAT COUXOILMAXIC CAUCUS.
Thu object of caucus Is to secure con
certed action by members of one politi
cal party to counteract any effort of an
opposing party to dominate a legisla
tive body. AVIth two scats unoccupied
the council was mi to Its last meeting
composed of sixteen members , four
teen of these members were republicans
and two wore democrats. Thu re
publicans were therefore In absolute
control and In no danger whatever of
having their power wrenched from them
by combination , intrigue or trickery.
Under such conditions there , could be no
plausible excuse for a party caucus on
any subject Least or all could there
be any call or excuse for a caucus in
which members of the minority party
were given a Voice. Such a thing as a
caucus Including all parties Is unheard-
of. But such a caucus was held by
fifteen councllmen for the 'purpose of
agreeing upon candidates to fill the
two council vacancies.
Why was this caucus held ? Mani
festly for no other purpose than to
whip in members who wer6 not already
the mortgaged chattels of. the frau-
chised corporations. That fact Is as
transparent : as the plate glass In a
store window. It would , therefore , be
amusing If It were not disgusting to
hear Councilman Cadet Taylor , who
helped to engineer this mongrel caucus ,
declare In explanation of his vote for
Hascall and Wheeler that he was dis
charging an obligation Imposed by the
caucus which he regarded sacred.
Since when have things so profane be
come so sacred ?
Will Mr. Taylor or any ether re
publican please tell wherein obligations
of this particular caucus were sacred
from the standpoint of true partisan
ship ? Ten votes were required to elect.
Mr. Wheeler polled tiio requisite tea
votes and no more , and one of those
ten votes was cast by a democrat
The sacred obligation which Taylor was
discharging with such a display of
conscientious republicanism Was an ob
ligation Imposed on him by the vote of
a democrat in thecaucus , and sealed by
the support of a democrat out of the
caucus. AVliat a monumental farce !
Is there any considerable number of
republicans who will take any stock in
Catlet Taylor's gau/.y explanation ? If
so , they would not sue through a hole
In a millstone.
itrnmiAbv OF Tim UUIIAXS.
The resolutions reported to thu sen
ate frmn thu foielgn relations commit
tee , relating to the Insurrection in Cuba ,
are temperate In tone and do not con
travene any obligation which this gov
ernment Is bound to observe toward
Spain as a friendly nation , while at
the same tlinp explicitly declaring that
war exists and that the Insurgents
should bo accorded thu rights of bel
ligerents. The Spanish government
must recognize that the terms and spirit
of the resolutions and the accompany
ing report fully attest the friendly dis
position of tills government and Its de
sire tp keep well within the limits of
Its international obligations , but at thu
same time Spain cannot fall to under
stand that the United States will not
regard with Indifference any jmllcy to
ward the insurgents In violation of thu
piluclples and laws of warfare recog
nized among civilized nations. If con
gress shall adopt these resolutions and
ruporr , as In all probability It will , It
will be a distinct notice to Spain that
shu must conduct thu war against the
Insurgents as If they were accorded
belligerent rights , whether she accords
them such rights or not , and that fallIng -
Ing to do tills shu may expect inter
position on thu part of this government.
It is not at all prohablu that n request
mtulu to Spain to accord belligerent
rights to the Insurgents would bo com
piled with , yet It would bu very likely
to huvo a salutary effect in causing
the Spanish'iignveniuiPiU to moderate
j j what la uifWAIt'Otl to be Us future
I 'policy ' ' townr'iife / Insurgents. It Is to
bu expected , of course , that Spain will
object to tll proposed action by con-
greys , probablyi , advancing the claim
that there il no actual war In Cuba ,
but the 'lntellhi\ut \ judgment of thu civ-
Illxed world fVdtild not support her In
this. It Is rf&t , asy to sec how any
oilier nation can reasonably find fault
with the portion taken by tin- senate
foreign rolnMorisJ committee and theru
can bu no diiYt ) ) | of Its approval by the
American people.
According to that eminent financier ,
Councilman Cadet Taylor , * thu trouble
with Omaha Is not that It has too great
a debt , but that It has been paying Its
debt olt altogether too fast. AVhat n
pity Mr. Taylor had not been engaged
as financial director of the city of
Omaha years'ago. . We feel sure that
no such c.implalnt could have been
lodged against us. The municipal debt
would not. have been paid off either too
fast or too slow. , In fact , thdit-paying
would have- been Ind'ellulti'ly suspended
and the city's business conducted ex
clusively on tick.
Thu federal supreme court has found
the court of thu eastern district of Wis
consin to have jurisdiction over thu
'
Northern Pacific 'railroad , In the hands
of ivcelvor.s. Tills Is new law and It
may logically follow that the court of
the Nebraska district be given control of
all Union Pacific lines and roguided as
the court of primary administration.
In that event the Indirect.buiiellt accru
ing to Omaha would be great , as thu
next step would bu to regain control of
branch lines of the Union Pacific for
which separate receivers havu been ap
pointed.
The first. Installment of real business
methods In tht\clty hall Is thu report ol
Comptroller Westberg showing the con
dition of thu city treasury nnd thu exact
location of every dollar in the custody
of the treasurer. If this system of in
spection and publicity Is rigidly ad
hered to by the new comptroller from
now on and the books of every olllcei
who handles public money for the city
or school boaid are accurately audited
from month to month , there will bu very
little danger of keeping another defal
cation secret for any length of time.
Senators Gall , and Poffer were the
only membur& 'of j the senate committee
on woman HUftra'ge who were gallant
enough to bu" 'iivsuiit ' at thu hearing
granted thu Itjele ation of women from
the National JCqiwl Suffrage association.
And both these1 stfnntors seu thu expira
tion of their jfurnjs fast approaching. It
seems as if no senator will venture to
expose himself toT-thu blandishments of
the suffrage ' " [ agitators until , lie knows
that his time iof senatorial .usefulness Is
about completed. J ' '
If the law only permitted the present
Incumbent to hold over Senator Bluck-
bus ; | a'ouTa be ro 9init\vcuit the
Kentucky legislature from making miy
choice of a suna'ior as his successor un
less It re-elect him. But as things stand
Senator Blackburn will have to make
his exit at thu expiration of his term ,
and If his successor Is not by 'that time
chosen Kentucky will have to be satis
fied with being represented in the sen
ate by but a single senator.
Ernest Stuht is entitled to the sym
pathy of his fellow men. Having with
stood trie fire of ballots In the First
ward primaries and discomfited his ene
mies , the council should have accorded
his candidacy more considerate treat
ment. He has -In years past fought the
good fight with thu machine and ma
chines should not bu ungrateful.
A Shot nt tinSemite. .
Indianapolis News.
Senators cannot say anything regarding
the revenue question , the currency question ,
the Monroe doctrine or any other national or
International question that has not already
buen better Mid by the pnag. Instead of
trying to educate the people the senno need. ?
to bo educated to a sense of the worthless-
nes of gab.
Ponce-fill Palaver.
Dtlrtalo i\pros3.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's speech at Bir
mingham amounted ( o a confession that tlio
English nation had come to understand the
people of the United States better In tha
last few weeks than It ever had before. And
Judging by the tone of his address , English
respect for the- United States has increased
ctircspondlngly.
oIfiiH nt ( lie I'rlinary.
Cincinnati Knqulrer
The fact that In this free country , where
every man is a sovereign , some participation
in politics lu necewary in making up the
sum of human happiness , is well Illustrated
In the District of Columbia , where nobody
Ins the elective franchise. Ones In four
years delegates are- chosen to the national
conventions of the respectiveparties. . Thu
capital Is now shaken to Its foundations with
the preparations ) for the primary meeting- ' ,
and not only are there many men who are
anxious to bo dclo ates to Chicago , but many
others are wearing themselves1 out to gain
brass ornaments In the ward meetings.
The .Hftiilitloii In Ciiljn.
Nffv 'r/urk Tribune.
Tha'great rol'ilorr tatejman , who restored
the Dourbons tc Vfe , pirone of Spain and has
for many yearsJiee.ii the chief bul'vai'k of
the dynasty , hup.fajhi ] , Ho has had 115,000
men at hlu disposal , and spent moro than
$00,000,000 , and -YAl s failed , and lias been
recalled. Who Msjwcsn hope ID succeed ?
Certainly no one. on , the same lines that
Campos followed. If there bo a chaugo of
policy , and ruthterfi'butchery be resorted to ,
as at old , the experiment will be most dan
gerous , probabljioaa8trou8. ] ! | It will he a
game at which iwo..jCan play , and which a
third will BMrcoiir , regard with equanimity.
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Tin- Count ity/K Di'iriinvH'iiHurHH.
C'l'WRi ' ' * Tribune ,
This is the clty.jtl tt of the great American
republic. It i < n d i5iiaked to its anemias ,
If struck. It caiinpfcc strike back. If an In
demnity Is demariledtof any city , New York ,
for Instance , it mwt pay It or bo shelld ,
and lu either case the damage would Lo
greater than th amount necesiary to put
that city in a condition to repel assault. With
thl3 emergency staring It in the face , what
Is congrera doing ? What has It done ? Sub
stantially nothing. The senate committee on
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
Powder
commerce has favorably reported bills fcr
constructing six revenue cutters , wooden
Yenssb , one for the New York ttatlon , one
for the Gulf of Mexico , two for the Pacific
ciaU , and two for the great lakes. Thce
arc useful vessels for their special purposw ,
but for defense they would be about * s useful
aa wnshtubs. Two of them are for the lakes ,
but even on the- lakes the Dominion govern
ment has lately constructed several vessels
for fishery protection and revenue service
which are omclent navy nuxlllnrles by virtue
of their rapid-fire batteries. This Is all Hint
this tHndllng , loud-talking , bombastic con
gress has done , and yet It has the sublime
effrontery to talk about enforcing the Monroe
doctrine !
THU DUATIl PU.NAI.TV.
I.uvlty nf nnforci'MU'iit nil litcvtilltf
< < > lUuli Crime * .
St. Loula OIotic-Dcmocrnt.
During the last five years there have been
43,902 homicides In the United States n
average cf 7,317 per year. In the same time
there have been 723 legil executions and 1,118
lynchlngs. These figures are > Interesting nnd
suggestive. They show , to begin ' \\ltli , that
murder Is a moro frequent crime thau Is
generally understood , and that It Is Increasing
Instead of diminishing. In tlio last year ,
lO.fiOO persons were killed , or nt the rate of
S75 per month , whereas In 1S90 the number
wao only 4.2DO. OP le. s than half as many.as
In 1S95. U Is not to be supposed that the
people are now twice ns bloodthirsty as they
were flvo yesrs ago , or that provocations of
murder have been multiplied to that extent.
There must bo some other reason for this
startling proof of the growth of the worst
crime In the calendar. H Is to bo found ,
unquestionably , in ( statistics , which tell
how the murderers have been dealt with.
Only 1.S41 of them in all have paid the death
penalty , and only 723 cf these one In sixty
of the whole number have been thus pun-
lulled In a regular way and according to the
forms of law. There have been moro lynch
lngs than legal executions In each one of
these flvo years , and the fact Is one of evi
dent general significance
It will not do to claim that the courts
liavo done their duly when so many mur
derers have been allowed to escape , and to
this dereliction the lynchlngs are largely due.
But there Is another point In the matter
that Is of st'll more Importance as an ex
planation of this lamentable state of things ,
There Is a decided and growing public senti
ment against the death penalty , nnd It In
fluences the action of courts and juries In
murder trials oftener than anything eli-e.
Thus In many cases verdicts of acquittal are
icndered for no other reuon than a conscien
tious unwillingness to condemn a fellow-nun
to death. The same Juries would readily
vote fcr conviction If some other fonu of
punishment could ba Inflicted such as Im
prisonment for life , with prohibition of par
don except upon future proof of Innocence ,
or for some ether legal andeuinclent cause.
H is useless to pooh-pooh this feeling as a
mere morbid prejud'ce , for It Is entertained
by some of the best of citizens , who have
no sympathy for criminals as ctich , but
who are opposed to capital punishment under
any circumstances. They hold that the
gallowa Is a relic of barbarism , and that
the taking of human life In the name of the
liw Is Inconsistent with modern civilization.
Wo may think what wo please about such a
sentiment , but it exists everywhere , and its
strength Is felt as often as a murder case Is
tried. The question Is , would it not be
better fcr ooclety , and worse for the crimi
nals , if Juries were permitted to return quali
fied verdicts , and to convict without the ne
cessity of affixing the death penalty ?
101VA IMtlCSS COMMIOXT.
Sioux City Journal : A Mssion of the
legislature costs quite a bit of money. An
extra session is always to be avoided If pos
sible. Nothing but obvious necessity justifies
-un oq ) ( j | puy 'juaipadxa 11 sjapujj .10
wisely precipitated 'the party In power always
gets the worst of It. For these and many
other reasons Iowa , republicans will avoid
an extra session this year-If such a thing1 Is
possible.
Burlington Hawkeye : Senator Thtirston ,
Nebraska's ) silver-tongued orator "
, bays : "I
rejoice in every new bridge that Joins Iowa
and Nebraska In closer relation. " That's a
pretty sentiment , and Iowa people will appro- ,
date it. All the senator needs to do now to
make us admire him still moro Is to go to
work and do all he can to have the Ne
braska delegation to the national convention
catt their votes for Iowa's candidate , Alli
son.
Sioux City Times : Senator Rowcn has a
bill before the Iowa legislature proposing
some changes In the laws relating to news
paper libel suits. The change would makeit
posjlble for a newspaper publishing a libel
to secure Immunity from exemplary dannges
by the publication of a _ retraction. There Is
evidently need of some change In the law
on this subject , for nearly all liber suits
brought against newspaper publishers simply
leprewnt a desire for notoriety or revenge
for wrongs unintentionally committed.
Des Molnes Leader : Growing out of the
slowness of the legislature to get down to
business there lo a renewal of the suggestion ,
In a quiet way , that an extra sjnslon will be
needed to complete the busmess which may
not be done at the regular session. The
treasury of the state of Iowa is empty , the
legislature , when In session , costs the- people
of Iowa ? 1,500 per day , and the Intcre3ts of
economy as well as other controlling ones
require that the legislature get through Its
work In reasonable time1. By cuttlnj ; off
useless debate , by having reports of com
mittees promptly made and by avoiding
tjiat dillydallying which only manifests
weakness , the work may easily be closed up
by the second week In April.
THIS riusii > i3 > TiAt unn.
nichmrad Item : A cooJ second wlfo 1
better thnn a eecond term as president.
Chicago Tlmos'Mcrnld : Tha Alllsan boom
Is not doing any scorching. In fact , the
bank-pedal movement seems to bo one of
the specialties of the lena candidate.
Globe-Democrat ; Heed will probably lim'.i
the solid support of New niiRland. but II
does not follow that lie will be simply a Now
Kngbnd candidate. The m.in who secures
the nomination must 1 > c largo enough to
obliterate all sectional lines and tpieml Mm.
< elf over the whole country.
Albany Argil : : Speaker Hood lias ill
co\cred tlint only one president of the
United States was ever elected who wore
only a mustache , and that the largo nmjoilty
were smooth shaved. Armed with a razor
and fierce dptfrmln.itlon he has sacrificed a
little fringe of hair that used to adorn his
upper lip.
New York Tribune : Hero M a political
secret that has been told with bated breath
by sonio Tammany Hall man. Kt-Go\crnor
Flower Is a candidate for the presidential
nomination upon the democratic ticket. This
Is said to be a fact. The ex-governor Is tald
to have befn upon a still hunt for the nomi
nation for a long time , and that John C.
Shcphan and ox-Mcutenant Governor Shcchan
ro his lieutenants.
Chicago Chronicle : The supporters of Mc-
Klnley are making a campaign at the west
of greater vigor than that of nny other candi
date. McKlnlcy emissaries arc in all the
leading western cities and at all the centers
of political activity. Never before has as
active missionary work been performed for
any candidate as that now In progress for
McKlnley's benefit In Indiana , Illinois , Wla-
consUi , Michigan , Minnesota , the Uakotas , In
Nebraska nd Kansas.
Chicago Record : Iowa would do much bet
ter to east her winning smiles eastward
acroso the Mississippi ilvor than westward
over the Missouri. Nebraska Is "engaged , "
while Illinois , Michigan and a good many
other states with greater voting strength ,
both In the convention and nt the polls , are
"wlllln' , " as was Bnrldn , to bo taken In
under the strong arm of Iowa's candidate ,
who will , If elected , have offices galore with
which to reward the faithful who have as
sisted In pulling his chestnuts out of the
warm convention ashes. Minnesota and Wis
consin also are "fancy free" and would add
solidity to the Allison ttrengtt ) at St. Louis.
But Nebraska "Is gone" beyond the most
bewitching smiles that Iowa politicians can
cast In her direction.
PKHSOX.U. AND OTIIUHW1SK.
Doth houses of congress are moderately
well protected against attack , having mounted
two Cannons , loaded at the muzzle.
Pomp Corbett Is evidently on the tobog
gan slide. Having been floored by a physical
Tom Thumb , his mouth can scarcely check-
his descent.
In view of the active Interest Secretary
Olney takes In the Tied Crosa work of Clara
Barton , It Is interesting to note that they nre
both natives of Oxford , Mass.
Secretary Chamberlain expresses a willing
ness to hold a "palaver" with the adminis
tration. There Is not occasion for It , because
the gold Is solng over without pressure.
The name Jameson appears to be hope
lessly hoodooed. There is the Boer raider a
prisoner , his namesake in Chicago accused
of political crimes , and the commander of
the St. Paul with ; his boat on the beach.
The advocates of silver must feel grati
fied over the friendly spirit manifested to
ward the white- metal by'Major McKlnley at
the recent observance of his silver wedding.
It Is said he * smiled on everything that came
his way but ho did not say a word.
John K. Cow en , the now president of the
Baltlmciro & Ohio railroad , is the son of nn
Ohio blacksmith , a > member o the present
congresw from Maryland , and Is on the mornIng -
Ing side of fifty. Ho has had charge of the
legal department of the company since 1872.
It is suggested that with the warship Kcn-
tucky afloat we may safely bluff the world.
By loading the blue grass terror with na
tive ammunition , the combined fleets of Europe -
rope cculd bo challenged to a liquid duel.
In such a contest the .enemy could not sur-
renderiast enough.
County Commissioner SamiteU States of
Jefferson , Pa. , has a son whom he calls
"United. " Ho had him baptized so. The
other day ho wro e a letter to his son nnd
addressed It "United States , Punxsutawncy ,
Pa. , " and the postmaster at Brookville posted
It up in a frame outside , labeled : "Held for
better address. ' '
The house in which John Qulpcy Adams
was born Is to bo presented to the Qulncy
( Mass. ) Historical society to bo preserved
as a colonial mansion of the revolutionary
period. It Is the only house In the country
In which two presidents liavo lived , and
there will probably never bo another house
with a similar history.
"Cecil Rhodes , " says the Saturday Re
view , "Is a strong man , of the kind that Is
never finished by a single stroke. And ho
\s \ strong with the strength of a coarse ,
rutl'less , greedy egotism , the strokes of
wl'ppe ' piston-rod force the minds nnd money
of weaker men Into Its reservoir. As he was
at Oriel twenty years ago , so he Is at Capo
Tcwu today lonely , self-absorbed. Irritable
and not to be rolled upon. He hates women ,
whom ho regards as unnecessary Impedi
ments In the campaign , and ho has no Idea
of friendship ; ho only recognises Instru
ments to be nsoj and enemies to ha dealt
with. Success accentuated his defeats to the
point of disease , and made him so irritable ,
si Eclf-absorbed and so Insolent that none
but parasites could live with him. "
THU IIAIt.HOAI ) M ) II 111 * .
Cro 11 Mol.lllrr JlctlioiU rinnntrit nt
the \iUlniuil Cnpllnt ,
Wft'hlnRton Cftrrni Mhlcnr * ChlrnRO Pout.
The Control Pacific lobby U developing Into
disgraceful yc.iiul.il Kvery notoriously rec
ognized money Influe-co ha < been onllstcd In
the effort to produce a favorable Impression
on congress and t > ? aiira an extension of Iho
CcntMl Pacific debt to tlio government Half
of the professonlal lobby ! ; ! * In Wellington
nre employed , and ham.t the c.ipllnl corridors
and committee rooms by doy and tbc hotel
lobbies by night , reciting their llllo : pieces
and exerting their alleged Inilittnco for the
advancement tit the Itunllngton Inleiost. Tha .
columns of venal newspapers that circulate ? ,
In and about Wnshlnnt-nv nre full of editorial }
endorsements of the dobt-cxtciHon schema
and fake "specials" Illustrative of the posi
tion uf the solid mou cf the country on tha
proposition. The effec ! of this demonstration
has been to arouse antagonism Instead of
making friends , and the Central Pacific mag
nate U steadily Insliif ; ground Ills project on
Its merits stood well In this c ingress" , but the
Introduction of brazen methods to "Influence"
members Is generally regatdcd as an unpir *
donablo offcnfo against good taste and the
proprieties.
Never slnco the dnyn of the Credit Moblller
h < it there been such a horde of lobbyists In
the capital as can be seen now working for
the promotion of thu Centr.il Pacific railroad
Interests. The methods In vogue In the olden
days of lobby rule lia.\a been openly and
ostentatiously revived. Mr. lluntlngton Is
hero In person , but tlio management of the
lobby In not In nig hands. In fact , many of
his friends contend that he doei not know
anything about the operations of the "third
IIOUPO" In bchilf of his railroad. lie Is la
Washington , ho KIJS , to see that the exten
sion plan Is properly presented to the IIOUEVS
Pacific railroad committee now hearing argu
ments on the subject. That attended to , ho
will return to Now York. Meanwhile , the
lobby agencies are active , nnd gentlemen
with alleged "pullo" are Ing-trolling merely
for their health , as
1HJI1.T FOR Kl'.V.
Alchlpon rilobo : "Did you roll ? " -said a
man nuhlnK to thp rescue of n woman
\\lio slipped on the Icy pavement tlilH morn.
ItiK. "Oli. no , " slip sa'il. "I Just sat down
to nee If 1 couUl llnd uny four-leaf clovers. "
Philadelphia PICES : Although n clil may
be bright enmiKh to know Hint "kiss" Is a
noun , she's frequently unnblc to decline It.
Judge : The Fin de Slcclo Uabo-Hcllo ,
baby ! 1 see you.
"well , show ycr bund , nn' let's see what
ycr got. "
Wnshlngton Star : "Sonic folks , " snld
Undo Hfoon , "nits Jo lopptlntlon ob boln *
grent Iciulcrxlien , oz a matter or fuck ,
< ley ! < Jos' bein' shoved forward Turn be
hind. "
Cincinnati Rnqulrer : "I wonder what Ima
become of thu old-fa hloncd fnther , who
used to be always kicking tlio youngjuim
down the stoop In the funny papers ? "
"Dunno. Kicked the bucket , I guess. "
Cleveland World : Mlsi Gu h Oh , captain ,
were you over boarded by a pirate ?
Captain Storms Yes. lie eimrEud mo $11
a day for a hall room on the fourth lloor.
New York Woild : Wool T sent a quarter
k-esterday to a man who advertised , to tell
: iow to turn a handspring.
Van Pelt-WellV ? , ,
Wool Told me to'get off a cable car back
ward.
Chicago Tribune : "In your great-hearted
state. " observed the visiting Georgian , "the
ry of the needy always meets with prompt
"Well , yes , " responded the Illinois man ,
eyeing1 Ma guegj somewhat , sharply. "I be
lieve that la one of our CracUer-lstlcs. "
Indlinnpolls Journal : "I sco you are ad
vertising State Senator Spuggs , who thinks
he has ncen cured by your medicine , us n
man of national icpututlon , " said the cap-
Joiis man. "How c.in you afford to lie so ? "
"Well , " said the patent medlclno maker ,
"ho will bo of national reputation" by the
time we get through advertising- . "
Cincinnati Enquirer : " \Vlint caused all
that rioting down In the seventh Mfibcellar ? "
asked Satan.
"The regular boarders were trying to mob
the new airlval , " explained the assistant
lanltor. "He came palling In 111 nn nil ) ' sort
of way nnd wanted to know If there was
inyone who would llko to play frcezcout. "
I.VCOItltKillll.IO CASH.
Washington Stnr.
They say you were not in society's swim ,
Oh , Hcnjamln Franklin , for shame !
That your famllv cre < t was a little too dim
To delight a "Colonial Dame. "
You cou.dn't have rolled up those trousers
so short
When London was rpattcrod with dew :
And you kept on your hut when presented
nt court-
Hence , Uenjamln Franklin ; go to !
And oven If now you were given a chance
! Would you do the right thing and array
Yourself as you should ; send a nionocieJ
glance
Over a mountainous mass of bouquet ?
Nay , nay ; fcuch reform 'twere too much to
expect.
We know very well what vou'd do.
'MIdU vour books you would smile , though
cotillions .wero . wrecked
Hence , Uenjamln Franklin ; go to !
They say that in letters you did a great
work ;
That proverbs and ruch things you penned ;
That dutv's command you were ne'er known
to shirk ;
That you ranked as humanity's friend.
Hut never a writer of history quotes
You as author of fine billet doux ;
And your paper contained no "Society
NOICH"
Hence , Hcnjamln Franklin ; go to !
Parties desiring special 'pieces can make their se t
lections during the day , The store is open for this pur
pose at II o'clock every morning and goods thus se
lected will be put up at auction at 2 p. m. or 7:30 : p. m
as desired Solid Silverware and Cut Glassware will be
the order for Thursday ,
Friday will be Diamond Day at which lime also
will be offered a Patek Philippe ; 15-minute repeating
watch the most expensive now on exhibition.
Auction.
