THE OMAITA DAILY AVEDXKSDAT , FE1WUAHY 10 , 1890.
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* Now U > t tlio police lionnl direct Its nt >
tcnllnn to tlio force of alleged de
tectives.
Councilman TCciinnrd ouRht to offer
lilw ( liiHtloss lloor oil to some of our
wooiien-nenticd nonrus tnat are not so
warped an the Hoard of Education.
According to advices from Paris the
French cabinet has a trump card up
Its nleeve which will cause great sur
ir prise. What has heroine of the Parisian
police commission ?
The I'nllt'd States senate seems to
have glvon up its claim to he called the
most distillled parliamentary body In
the world , and unless a new supply of
dignity Is soon provided It may recur to
the opposite extreme.
It Is r < > ally surprising that the hyp
nolle clinic1 should prove a failure with
so many political conventions In sight.
The Held for hypnotism was never more
promising than among the various dele
gates to the different nominating as
semblages.
The teachers' salary list of the Omaha
public schools Is already top-heavy. In
jecting the high-priced teachers of the
late teachers' training school Into the
graded schools Is hardly calculated to
contribute towar.d a policy of economy
and retrenchment.
In a few days Omah'a. and Kansas
City will bo connected by a long-dis
tance telephone wire. Whatever maybe
bo the result of this enterprise com
mercially , it Is ah event that should be
signalized by our commercial bodies by
the exchange of messages of congratula
tion.
It will be noted that none of the
bond bidders whose propositions were
accepted at rates below market quota
tions are to be found among the list of
defaulted bids. No bids are likely to go by
default unless the bidder saw a finan
cial loss rather than a prollt resulting
from the transaction.
When the new police board is com
pelled to dismiss for the good of the
service one of the men retired by Its
predecessor and reinstated on Its advent
to power , It acknowledges that It was
wrong and the old board right In Its
estimate of the man. It Is a humiliat
ing confession to make , but It is credit
able to the now board and The Uec
does not withhold its commendation.
The peculiar state of facts upon which
the senate has to pass In order to de
termine the claims of Mr. Dupont to n
sent In that body as the duly elected
senator from Delaware , may never arise
again. In all the 107 years since the
organization of the First congress , no
Hlmllar complication has been presented.
To settle the points at Issue the senate
will have to establish its own pre
cedents.
The Canadian A. I' . A.s have made a
very radical change In their creed. They
have decided to absolve all their mem
bers from the oath that binds them to
oppose the election of Catholics to public
olllce , so long as the candidate does
not profess or pledge allegiance to any
potentate , except Queen Victoria and
the dominion government. In tills new
dep'artnre the Canadians have exhibited
a broader spirit of tolerance and true
Americanism than their progeny lu the
United States.
If rates for the Insurance of bicycles
against accident are to be raised the rates
for the Insurance of other people ought
to be lowered. The Insurance com-
panics have up to this time been spreadIng -
Ing the i Isle over the whole body of
policy holders. If they are going to re
coup themselves by Increased charges on
one class ( hey will give the other c'.asscs
just grounds to Insist on a reduction ,
In accident Insurance as In every other
business each patron ought to pay only
for what he gets.-
In Omulin It takes a court Injunction
to keep people from making faces at
salesmen through u plate-glass store
window. In Denver the. courts have
Issued a peremptory womaiidaimis to
comp'cl all females that occupy seats or
BtamUng room In an opera house to re-
inovo their hats , bonnets or other para *
phernalla upon their heads during the
performances. Whether this Include ; !
high back-combs , ornamental hairpins
and wigs Is not expressly denned by the
order , but It Is to bo presumed that It
Includes everything that does not actu
ally grow ou the Colorado femlnlno
scalp.
Tim fPiniT OJ" COXClMATtON.
The debate In the House of Commons
Monday , on a proposed amendment to
i the queen's speech deploring the absence
from that deliverance of an assurance
that the1 Vt'lio/.nelan cae will be referred
| to arbitration , afc proposed by the fulled
Stales , gave further evidence that the
spirit of conciliation Is very strong with
both parties In Hngland. The mover of
the amendment , a member of the liberal
party * In advocating Its adoption urged
that "arbitration of the present dispute
was most In consonance with the honor ,
dignity and permanent Interests of
Crent Hrltaln , and he thought there
ought to be an expression of the house
favoiablo to this course. Mr. Halfour ,
the government leader , opposed Uie
anii'iidmeiit , not because of any hostility
to atbltrallon , but for the reason that
Its elfcct would lie to Increase the dllll-
culty of an honorable arrangement.
While llarcourt , the liberal leader , was
against pressing the amendment because
Its Inevitable defeat would carry with It
a wrong Impression as to the real senti
ment of tlie House of Commons. He ex-
passed the belief that a great majority
In the house nnd elsewhere are In favor
of arbitration on a proper basis. "We
must nil endeavor on both sides , " said
the liberal leader , "to remove the
sources of Irritation and secure n speedy
settlement. " The desire to avoid what
might produce a wrong Impression In
this country was conspicuous , one or
two of the London papers , In their com
ments on the debate , Imply that public
opinion In England Is not so generally
with Sir William A'ernon llarcourt as
would be Inferred from his speech , but
there is reason to believe that his state
ment that a majority of the people are
lu favor of arbitrating the Venezuelan
case IS correct and that If the question
could be submitted to them there would
be found to bo an overwhelming senti
ment for arbitration.
All the signs show that the liritlsh
govotnment Is very earnestly disposed
to Hud n way for the honorable and
amicable arrangement of the dispute
and that being the case there Is little
ivasoti to doubt that such a way will be
found. The spirit manifested there Is
unquestionably reciprocated here , where
all apprehension of serious trouble be
tween the two countries has given place
to a confident feeling that peaceful and
friendly relations will be maintained.
The salutary effect of this Is becoming
apparent and will undoubtedly be more
strongly manifested In the near future.
TIIR anouixaJKSKMW. .
The treasury gold reserve has reached
$87,000,000 , so that the next payment for
the new bonds will carry It to the ? 100-
000,000 point if there Is no large with
drawal meanwhile to obtain the gold to
be paid for 'the ' bonds. We have seen
no statement of how much gold has been
taken from the treasury by bond buyers ,
but the amount Is undoubtedly consider
able and It is apprehended that a great
deal more will be withdrawn before all
the bonds arc taken up. It is , perhaps ,
safe to say that out of the $111,000,000
which tlie treasury will derive from the
loan not to exceed ? 73 , < fOO,000 will be
drawn out of the gold stock of the
banks , In which case tlie reserve , when
tlie bonds are all paid for , will not
be more than ? ; : o,000,000 lu excess of
the required amount , with the chances
of Its being less , whereas if no gold was
taken from the treasury to pay for
bonds the result of the loan would be to
place the treasury in possession of about
$ 100,000,000 In gold. As It Is , however ,
the surplus above the reserve will
put the treasury In safe condi
tion for some months and perhaps
for the rest of the calendar year , though
much will depend upon the revenues ana
the extent of exports and imports. A
rapid Increase In the balance of trade
against the United States might again
deplete the gold reserve to a point which
would necessitate another Issue of bonds
within the next six months , if not
jooner. Another matter not to be lost
sight of Is the possibility of the banks
Inking back a large part of the gold
they have supplied for the new bonds.
.Manifestly there Is no assurance that
the reserve , when restored , can be very
eng maintained at the required amount.
A SIAWKIt ( > r COMITY.
The correspondence between this gov
ernment and the government of Oer-
Jmany , in regard to tlie policy of the
Prussian authorities toward American
insurance companies , will probably , In
connection with the retaliatory legisla
tion adopted by the state of Now Yqrk ,
result hi a modification of the discrimi
native regulations , If they are not re
voked altogether. The contention of our
government In the matter was mod
erate and Judicious. While not denying
( hu right of the Prussian authorities to
determine the conditions upon which
foreign corporations may carry on busi
ness within their jurisdiction , it was
urged that "there prevails In such mat
ters a comity which It is to tlio Interest
of all nations to maintain and which Is
well Illustrated In the freedom and
equality with which foreign corpora
tions are permitted to extend their
operations in the United States , " and
It was suggested that the course of the
Prussian authorities would give to the
principle of comity a restricted and tin
certain operation. This statement of
Mr. 1'hl , then first assistant secretary of
state , now ambassador to Germany , Is
so manifestly fair that It Is not sur
prising to learn of the willingness of
the ( lorinan government to have this
mutter referred to the new Prussian
minister for foreign affairs ,
Mlhongli the Prussian Insurance de
partment has assorted that there wn
no discrimination against American
companies , our State department and
the New York legislature have fv'lt war
ranted in proceeding upon the Informa
tion supplied them charging discrimi
nation , and as given to the public thin
Information appears to most amply
Justify the charge. It shows that condl-
tlons were exacted from American com-
panics that wore especially onerous nnd
hat after all these hud been complied
with , at great Inconvenience nnd ex
pense , as u last resort the solvency of
the American companies was called In
question , although ( he Prussian authori
ties hud ofllclul assurances of their
solvency from the superintendent of In
surance of New York , the governor of
that state , and from the sectetary of
state of the fulled States. The fact Is
that the Prussian companies were de
termined to drive out this formidable
America competition , which was mak
ing serious Inroads Into their business ,
and with this purpose In view they Induced
ducod the authorities to Institute regula
tions which would bear with peculiar
hardship upon the American compauliM.
Tills falling to accomplish the object ,
they resorted to the charge of In
solvency , which proved to be effective.
The American companies were made
the victims of a conspiracy of the home
companies , to which the Prussian In
surance authorities willingly lent them
selves.
The New York retaliatory Insurance
bill received the signature of Governor
Morton on Monday and Is now n law. It
Is the first legislation of the kind , we be-
live , enacted In this country by any
state. That It will b' ' < rigidly enforced ,
In the event of the Prussian discrimina
tion against American Insurance com
panies being adhered to. there can be no
doubt. The large majority by which It
passed the legislature , having encoun
tered no great opposition , and Its
prompt approval by Governor Morton ,
evidenced the strong feeling In favor
of the policy , and this will he exerted
for Its enforcement , If that shall be
necessary. The new Prussian minister
for foreign affairs may. however , Hud It
expedient to modify , If not to reverse ,
the policy that has excluded American
Insurance companies from Prussia , In
which case the principle of retaliation
will have received a notable vindication.
In any event a precedent has been es
tablished that can hardly fail to have a
salutary effect.
M' KXTKItKD.
Congressman Mclklejohn has formally
served notice upon nil whom It may con
cern that he has entered the lists as a
competitor for the republican nomina
tion for the governorship and has no
other ambition In sight. He will either
bo governor during the two years be
ginning with January , 1807 , or retire to
private life on the 4th day of March
following.
Congressman Melklejohn displays
commendable courage in taking a bold
stand in advance of all other candi
dates and In burning the political
bridges behind him. In taking the
public into Ills confidence ho practically
issues a challenge to all who may see
fit to contest with him and gives assur
ance that if vanquished he will grace
fully submit to the expressed will of
the parly.
It goes without saying that the race
for the governorship In the coming cam-
pallia will be hotly contested. Mr.
Melklejohn Is evidently willing to take
his chances of success as against all
comers. If self-confidence Is half the
battle won , Mr. Melklejohn enters the
race inspired by faith In his political
star. AVhether he succeeds or fails In
his ambition depends largely upon the
character of his rivals and the caWasr.
they will make for popular support.
In the coming campaign republicans of
Nebraska must necessarily present as
their standard-bearer the man who has
not only high executive ability and ca
pacity for the position of governor , but
also a record that will commend him to
public confidence.
LET TIIK COWAlllSOXm ; MADE.
In sublime audacity and monumental
gall The Bee cannot hope to compete
witli its alleged rival , tlie World-Herald.
That fact lias been patent for years and
is exemplified dally by its fraudulent
claims of every description. Its latest
attempt to impose upon its credulous
patrons appears In a box at the head
of its telegraphic page as follows :
Tlio World-Herald alms to print news
twenty-four hours before all competitors. A
careful perusal of The Uee and World-Herald
files for the past week will demonstrate how-
far we have been successful.
This certainly caps the climax of un
adulterated Impudence. By all means
lot that comparison bo made for last
week , this week or any other week , and
the public will see how far behind Its
alms the World-Herald falls In actual
performance.
Take this week , for example , and com
pare the exhaustive cable letters from
every part of the globe In The Sunday
Bee with the meager foreign service of
the Omaha Blow-Hard. Compare tlio
general telegraphic news furnished The
Bee by the Associated press with the
abbreviated and belated service which
the World-Herald prints because of Its
Inability to pay for a full nnd first class
proas report. Compare tlie news
features of the two papers In other re
spects , both as to quantity and quality ,
and , to use a slang phrase , our boastful
contemporary Is simply not In It at all.
Take Monday morning's editions and
you will note that The Boo had the com
plete proclamations of Captain General
Weyler , while the World-Herald had
merely a bare outline of them. Tnen-
day morning's World-Herald contains
an account of the funeral of the late
Mrs. Benjamin S. Baker , which took
place In Om.iha on Sunday and which
was fully reported In The Bee Monday
morning , Tuesday morning The Bee
prints nearly two columns of cable news
from London , with all tlio particulars of
the debate and sensational Incidents in
tlio House of Commons over the Inquiry
Into the policy of ( lie Salisbury ministry
toward the proposed arbitration of the
Veno/aiolan controversy. On this most
Important subject the World-Herald
contains less than a third of a column
of abridged report
Compare the commercial news of the
two papers , If yon please , and the con-
trust Is so marked that the Inferiority
of the clalm-everythlng concern renders
comparison absurd.
For all that , however , the World-
Herald will keep right on with Its brag
gadocio and bluster and try to sell
white sand for granulated sugar Just as
It has always been doing.
The Bee has set forth the desirability
of Omaha realty and has ventured the
opinion that much money can bo made
by Investing In Inside property at this
time. Now we arc given a verification
in the shape of a suit filed by a pur
chaser who asks the court to set aside
the second s'a'Ju.V . the same piece of
properly the Mine day. The demand In
that case wa8 qnltc active.
The master iphlmbers of this city are
now engaged ii | warfare with certain
jobbers In plumbers' supplies In this
and other el'tli'tfi who have violated a
solemn agreiMi'/vn't / not to sell goods to
consumers. The , offending firms have
been placard ijj the trade throughout
the west ami , im docketed for heavy
lines for thehl'in llscretlon. The master
plumbers have 'iaken a commendable
stand In the matter , lu that they are
careful to secure positive proof of each
violation before they take decisive
action. They do not boycott the offenders -
ers In the common ncceptatlon of the
term , but simply withhold their orders
until such time as the defendants may
elect to pay their lines or prove their
good faith. Hut as the consumers pay
the freight In the long run the penalties
Imposed fall on the wrong parties.
Senator Wolcott. who has for years
been the high-salaried attorney of a
railroad that annexed Colorado to Us
political preserve , tried to be very
facetious at the expense of the farmers
on the line of the Tnlon Pacific. When
Senator Allen suggested that some of
the patrons of the Pacific roads bo cited
to Washington to give their views on
th Pacific railroad debt funding
scheme , the Colorado senator sueerlngly
Insinuated that the Nebraska farmers
would not come unless furnished with
railroad passes , because they were op
posed on principle to traveling at the
government's expense. The corporation
senator travels at the government's ex
pense on principle nnd presents his an
nual pass as a voucher for his railroad
fare.
lleports from our consul In Havana
are to the effect that the Cuban sugar
Industry is at a very low ebb nnd
that tlie product will be necessarily
small for several seasons to roimi.
This means of course that the Ameri
can demand for sugar will have to be
mot fiom the other sources of supply.
With such a prospect , the outlook for
the domestic beet sugar industry ought
to strike capitalists and Investors with
special favor. The United States Is
ready to consume all the home manu
factured beet sugar that.may be offered
on the market.The raising of sugar
beets In Nebraska ! is no longer an ex
periment , and' ' capital that Is put Into
beet sugar factories In this state has
fair returns assured In advance.
Western railways having lines to Colorado -
rado have been accused of cutting rates
for parties bonnd 'for ' the Cripple Creek
gold diggings.The / local passenger
compact Is all torn up over the accusa
tions made , a't'h | et but a few short
weeks since the , promise was hold out
that Omaha passenger men would cease
all secret ratoicuttlmi nnd hold strictly
to card rates. ' 'If is a trifle amusing , to
say the least. ' " r
M M HM BBM
Xo't AimiVijr tinSiic'clnHlcx. . '
Washington Post.
A glance through Mr. Bayard's extended
political repertoire will convince the most
skeptical that resigning office Is not one of
his .
specialties.
_ _
'Mini SuttloH It.
Chicago Tribune.
All this argument over the question
whether Explorer Nansen has found the
north pole Is a wasteof energy. The ques
tion is : Did he say he had found it ? If he
did , that settles It. Nobody can dispute him.
Tariff In Trmice.
CSIolie-Dtmocrnt.
The refusal of the senate to take up the
tariff bill may mean the Indefinite post
ponement of the measure ; but the country
will still hope for favorablei action upon
It , as It presents the only chance of In-
creaslnc the revenue.
tinMoon. .
Indlnnnpolls Journal.
The overwhelming majority against frea
silver coinage In the popular branch of con
gress showa that the silver men are * knock
ing their heads against a Etono wall. Per
haps , however , that la as good a lisa as
they could put them to.
Cnloli il WfiiHol AHliM-p.
Dolrolt Free 1'resf.
There are- Indications that President Kru-
ger may go to London to talk matters over
with Secretary Chamberlain. But If the
head and front of the Boers does this
It Is said that he will also call at Paris and
Berlin In order to have a little talk about
current events and a show of Independence.
lIB PltR.SIMrcvriAIj AltRXA.
Washington Post ( Ind. rep , ) : There Is a
noble and beautiful dlspopltlon among same
of the great men In the democratic party to
stand aplrlo and give some other person a
chance for the presidential laurels.
Chicago Post ( Ind. rep. ) : Colonel Morrl-
pen IS not the flrnt presidential candidate
whose strength and weakness liavo been twin
outgrowtho frwn the trunk of political com
promise. Meanwhile Mr. Cleveland plays a
waiting game.
Globe-Democrat ( rep. ) : The first comment
which the selection of ex-Governor Pattlsun
aa Pennsylvania's candidate for the nomina
tion in the Chicago convention will call forth
will be that that plate's democratic choice Is
better than Its republican preference. Pattl-
cn U a much better typo of man than Quay
to. Ho Is a man of ability and character , and
his election as RoVufnor on two occasions
gave him a national pYomlnenco. In the ab
sence of active a plrrintg there 1s a possibility ,
of course , that the 'flomocrato ' may go to
Pennsylvania for their candidate , but the
probabilities hardly ; point In that direction.
'
If Morrison will 'accept the nomination he
has a good chanfj t ( 'get ' It.
Kansas City Star , . ( Ipd. dem. ) : It Is the
history of AmorlcnivPplitlcg that the promi
nent party organization In this country do
not always make co ectlon of their strongest
men to lead them fn the great battles which
decide the policy br the government every
fcur years. But * fdr this circumstance It
would not be dlillcult to forecast , even at
this early date , JUo .rpsult of the St. Loulu
csnventlon. Werp Itj the fixed policy of the
republican party ijlq in\ako \ the highest order
of statesmanship , ( ! lo price of the presidency ,
and to confer thls-f3f Ued offlco upon the as-
pliant pouoesrfnit'Ml ? jnost cbvloua qualifica
tions , ft would be wfo to venture the pre
diction that Thomas Drackctt Heed would be
the nominee at St. Louis In June ,
Philadelphia Times ( dem. ) : The outlook 10
unfavorable for the election of a democratic
president. Indeed , unles the republican *
shall destroy themselves , they will surely bo
Diiccsasful at the next November election , but
the fact that the democrats are today In die-
favor with the American people furnisher the
strongest reason why they should nominate
the cleanest and Bquuretit candidate for presi
dent to make the battle , alike for the pres
ent and for the future. If the democracy
shall depart from the line of safety to follow
political expedient ) ) with the hope of gaining
ouceces , It will not only be defeated In 1S9G ,
but It will fall without hope ; while It It ahull
present a manly front witha candidate Illco
Pattlton thlu year , It defeated It would fall
without dishonor , and the man who made the
battle to regenerate the party to public fidel
ity would ba the moat hopeful of all candi
dates for 1900.
5irniiss : : WHATII.
MIlwAukee Sentinel : Several nieinborj of
congress want to ImpMCh Secretary Morton.
Secretary Morton aayg Jis has no objection to
being Impeached , And ntlll there In n hitch
In the proceedings.
Pioneer Press : The sonnlora having fin
ished ro.iMIng Secretary Morton for his failure
to distribute see < ] , democratic members of
the loner house took their tura at the health
ful exercise. The latter are atitry ; bccan o
Mr. Morton has accused them of fraud In r-iti-
nectlon with s ° eil-dlspeiiBlng. The sccrotary
of agriculture bids fnlr to rival the pix'sldcnt
as the recipient of democratic nbure.
Denver Republican : The tinhorn secretary
of agriculture was ecored In the house of
representatives when the agricultural appro
priation bill came up. It was shown that the
me-tubers were In no mood to submit to his
violations of the law in regard to reed dis
tribution or to any of his relictions upon the
honor and Integrity ot congress. Before con
gress gets through with Mr. Morton the
country will have a pretty clear understand
ing of what sort ot a man he Is , nnd Mr.
Cleveland will be more disgusted with him
than ever.
Sioux City Journal : The arraignment of
Secretary Morton of the Agricultural de
partment In the debate In the house last Sat
urday was as severe as It was deserved. The
secretary watt Justly arraigned tor violating
the law of the land , a grave offense , and one
for which he should bo held to account. The
violation hns been deliberate and persistent ,
nnd there Is no excuse for It , It does not
matter what Secretary Morton personally
thlnko of the law which requires him to
procure seeds for distribution by the mem
bers of congress. It Is none ot his business to
enact ln\vs. It Is his business to execute ,
and not to violate the laws which congress
doea pats.
Chicago Times-Herald : A number ot men
prominent In official life have been given
certificates of good character by being
roundly abused by congressional rufilans , but
Secretary J. Sterling Morton eocnip to have
been marked for distinguished honor of
having been the storm center of congres
sional slander , A few days ago several
senators took their turns at vilifying Mr. Mor
ton because he has the audacity to exenMse
his judgment ns the executive head of a de
partment and declined to waste the people's
money by continuing the farce known as the
seed bureau. On Saturday two or
three representative ; ! In the house
who cKiIni some reputation as clever
slanderers followed up the sanatoria !
siwsm of blackguardism by attack
ing Mr. Morton for resolutely refusing to
flitter nway $300.000 a year In seeds for con
gressmen to use in their ridiculous efforts to
tickle and cajole their rural constituents.
THAT HKllL-ICIi : TO SI I * VEIL
New York World : This should bo the
end of a folly which has long endangered
and Injured the country's credit and the
prosperity ot all American enterprises. It
should certainly make an end of all doubt ,
at homo or abroad , about the good faith of
the nation and Its resolute purpose to pay-
all Its coin obligations In dollars worth one
hundred cents.
Globe-Democrat : That vote In the house
of 184 republicans against free sliver to only
25 for It Is a striking manifestation ot the
financial honesty and sanity of the party.
A party which gives such a magnificent
demonstration of its devotion to sound money
may be relleJ on to frame a deliverance on
that Issue In Its national convention which
will satisfy the country.
Philadelphia Record : Well may the well-
wishers of the nation exclaim , with Mer-
cutlo : "A plague o' both your nouses ! "
There is , however , pome satisfaction In the
refusal of the house of representatives to
tolerate free silver coinage. The majority
against It Is over two-thirds. If the elec
tions for congressmen In 1894 have resulted
In such an expression , what may be expected
In 1SHC , now tint the people of the United
States arc beginning to get their eyes open ?
New York Press : The superb majority by
which the house of representatives rejected
the free colnaet- bill that was passed by the
senate , thereby restoring the bond bill to
Its original shape , gives full assurance of
'the ' conservatism and sound Judgment of the
'republican party In so far as It has an effi
cient voice In the conduct of the government.
The people are again furnished with proof
that their business Interests are no longer
subject to the menace of bad or dangerous
legislation.
Plttsburg Dispatch : This rebuke to the
silver senators was well merited and will
meen the unqualified approval of the mass
of the people. That the senate will recede
from its position Is hardly to be expected ,
since a. number of the fanatical mlsrepre-
pjntatives of that body are pledged to oppose
all financial legislation ! which does not carry
the 1C to 1 proposition. When the same
popular verdict that placed 215 sound money
men In the house has had tlmo to reach
the senate "things will be different" there.
AM ) OTHERWISE.
The emperor ot Japan bas conferred on
Colonel Cockerlll the badge ot the Order of
the Sacred Treasure.
A New York judicial Solomon decrees that
cornet playing by amateurs Is a nuisance.
The Judge's popularity crowds the boundaries
of greater New York.
The World's fair IH a memory , a pleasant
dream , but the World's Fair commission IR
a thing of life and will continue as long as
the treasury holds out.
The details of the tumble of Mr. Balfour
Into the Whllochapel gutter were wired to
this country. The Incident la another tribute
to the efficiency of the bicycle In taking a
partial fall out of tlio ministry.
Away back In the urban shades of Coatcs-
vllle , Pa. , a school teacher was yanked be-
forq a magistrate for tainting the atmos
phere with twelve caths hot and staunch.
After a thorough examination of the utter
ances slowly repeated , the judicial potentate
a&besfed their value at 07 cents each and
pocketed the remittance.
The youngest member of the British Par
liament lu Lord Milton , who Is 23. There Is
seventy years' difference between his ago
nnd that of Charles Pelham Villlcrs , "the
father of the House of Commons. " Among
otlier youthful members of the new Parlia
ment are A. B. Bathhurst , 23 ; Richard
Cavendlt'li , 24 , and T. B. Curran , 25.
f. Paul Mcurlco has undertaken the edit
ing of Victor Hugo's correspondence. Victor
Hugo was an Ideal letter writer. Ho was UB
punctual as Mr. Gladstone In answering com
munications addressed to him , No subject ,
from Paris drainage to the Romantic move
ment and French politics , came amiss to him.
His letters will prove an invaluable memorial
of his time.
A small colony of prudes , living on Long
Island , pretend to bo terribly shocked be
cause a little girl In short clothes kicked n
tamborlne held above her head , The Incident
waa a part of a Spanish dance given at a
church festival , and though It was encored
wildly and given a second time , the audience
discovered next morning that It was a shock
ing violation of the proprieties. The artistic
young kicker , by the way , is a nloco of the
Poet Longfellow.
Edition can remain awake a week If hh
mind lu wrapped up In a now discovery.
There Is a famoun doctor In New York City
who sleeps only forty winks at a time , Dr.
Joseph HOMO of the same place slept the last
twenty years of hU life In a Turkish bath.
Ho could sleep nowhere else , Dr. Depew has
lately acquired the habit of taking a lesta ,
and Undo It beneficial , Webster could never
stay awake later than 9 o'clock. Many a
lime ho was caught Standing behind the door
fast nflcep.
The Ice bridge across tha Niagara river
has drawn thousand ! ) of vUltcrs to Niagara
Falls during the last few weeks. A few daya
ago tlircu men raid on horseback across the
Ice bridge below the falls , starting from the
Canadian landing of the steamer MalJ of the
Mist , The path waa poorly beaten , and In
oomo places the horsemen had to jump their
steeds acrusu wide fissures and clamber over
huge hummocks of Ice that stood from G to
12 feet in the air. But they succeeded In
leaching the American side.
Kelr Hardle says ho was much Impressed
by the possibilities of socialism during bU
tour of the United States , although the move
ment , ho admits , Is only In Its flrct stages.
"In New York the socialists are well organ
ized and are an Important factor In the situ
ation , " lie says. "They have topped the pro-
hthltlonlsta and poputlsto and are now the
third Btraigest party. Further west we were
uu prised to find thousands of unattached
socialists , only waltluK for some great event ,
or great leader , to weld them Into a strong
pirty. "
TUB TIlANSMISStSSIIMM K.XPO.StTION
Why CntiKi-rn * Slum 111 Ulvr S peril r
ItccoKitldnn ( o flip Project.
Chlaifto Intfr-Oc .in.
The United States seems to have enters
upon an era of expositions. The magnlficen
success of the World's fair was followed by
the California Mid-Winter exposition , nni
that by the marvelous enterprise of the Cot
ton States exposition at Atlanta. The Pa
cine and Southern elates , having reaped a
largo harvest of honor , ami having sown scec
that must yield a large return of profit a
soon ns the vexed questions of tariff and cur
rency arc settled , the great west proposes a
display of Its resources ,
At the last session of tlio trans-Missis
slppl congress It was unanimously determine !
that :
Wherons , Wo believe thnt nt ) oxpoilllon o
nil the product * . Industries nnd clvlllz.itloi
or the stntcs west of the Mississippi tlver
mnde nt sonic rcntrnl Rntowny , whci-p the
u 01M cnn boJiold the wonderful capnbllltlc
ot these great wealth-producing statosi
would bo of crent vn'.ue , not only to the
Trnnsmlssls'lppl states , but to nil the home
seekers of the world ; therefore ,
lie-solved. Thnt the Pulled Stiite * congress
i > o requcstou to tnito such stops ns mnj
bo necessary to hold n Transmlsslyslppl ex
position nt Omnha dm Ing the months o
Aniiit , September nnd October , In the
Jear 1SOS. nnd thnt the representative ! * o
such Ktiitcs and territories In congress be
requested to favor such an npproplratloi
as Is uual in such cases , to nsslst In fol
lowing out this enterprise.
Accordingly a bill has been introduced 11
congress asking for recognition ot the enter
prise by the national Government , nnd for a
suitable appropriation for the erection of ni
administration building.
No opposition to this meritorious scheme
reasonably can bo expected. Western con
gressmen voted for an appropriation on be
half of the California ! ! and afterward on
behalf of the southern exposition ; It now
's ' the turn of the Pacific nnd southern repre
sentatives to old the westerners.
It la needless to expatiate on the ad
vantages to be derived from an exhibition ol
the products and resources of the great states
that llo between the Mississippi and the
Heckles. There Is not an Industry In any
part of the republic that will not be stimu
lated In some degree thereby.
The congressional appropriation should be
followed by Ptnlo appropriations. The new
Plato of Utah and the older commonwealth of
Iowa may bo expected to be peculiarly zeal-
oii3 In a matter so Intimately connected with
their welfare.
HIFAMITIN
Ait AMdoclnti- Lincoln CrltlvlivH ( lie
of Iiliic'oln.
New York Sun.
We have perused lots of the speeches made
In various places on the occasion of cele
brating Lincoln's birthday. At this moment
wo dcslro merely to remark here that the
excessive pomposity of the rhetoric of most
of them reminded us of the Important dif
ference between the characteristics that
marked them and those that marked Mr.
Lincoln's own speeches. It seemed to us
that nearly all the orators of Wednesday
last had put too great a strain upon their
minds , when composing their orations. They
had flown too high for their wings , labored
lee hard for their strength , and gone much
too far for their reason. It was easy to see
what a time they had had with their Imagery ,
their eulogistic passages , their metaphors ,
their diction , and their words. The effect
upon a critical reader's mind -was unsatis
factory. One could hardly refrain from
doubting the sincerity of not a few of the
altlloqucnt orators.
Compare such speeches as wo are speaking
of with any of the speeches made by Mr.
Lincoln himself. Lincoln never spoke In
the language known as "hlfalutln , " noyer
got oft garish or turgid sentences , never in
dulged In any oratorical pomposity. Ills
utterances were natural and unaffected ; his
language was direct ; his words were plain ;
ho was wholly free from cant ; ho never cx-
pressad a thought that waa not true to his
mind ; he was not given to exaggeration ; ho
always kept his Imagination In order ; lie
was of sound judgment. Lincoln was a
speaker who spoke always In honesty , wis
dom and freedom. He spoke from his heart ,
and. In words that were homely , chaste , and
apt.We
We wish that some ot Wednesday's orators
tors have made a study of Lincoln's speeches
before they composed their own ; those
which ho made In his great debate with the
Llttlo Giant ; those he made In the cam
paign of 1859. Including that one of them
which he made here In the Cooper Institute ,
and those ho made during his presidency ,
as also the letters which he wrote. Every
man who makes a speech about Lincoln
ought to have some knowledge as to what
kind -of a spirit he was. For one thing , he
was a plain-spoken American.
ICEM'S CI.tiSK CAM , .
A Timely nnil Heroic Itcscnc from
the Taint of Goli
Milwaukee Sentinel.
In the house ot representatives a few days
ago , Hon. Omer M. Kem of Nebraska rose tea
a question of privilege. He had discovered
In the Congressional Record , under his
name , what ho termed a radical gold-bug
speech , which ended with this sentence :
"Sincerely bellevlnc that no man would bo
benefited by this ( free coinage ) act except
tlio silver mine owner , and that It would en
tail distress , disaster and ruin upon millions ,
I must vote against It. " Mr. Kem , who IB
the only populist representative from Ne
braska , suspected that ho had never made
this speech. He had "commenced states
man" as a free silver man , he had come to
coucrcKj as a free silver man. he had said
ou the floor of the house that no word ut
tered there could or would change a vote or
an opinion upon the silver question. Yet
hero was the Record representing him as a
convert to the single gold standard. Mr.
Kem repudiated the suggestion that he had
been hypnotized. He had no doubt that all
goldhugs were hypnotized , but ho had yet to
hear of a single silver man upon whom
hypnotic power could be exercised. Ho re
pudiated also the suggestion that ho had
made this speech during a lucid Interval.
Mr , Kem manifested a noble freedom from
suspicion. He did not bcllevo that there wa.s
Intentional misrepresentation. He thought
that a blunder , "a grave blunder , " had been
made. So far from having made a gold
standard speech upon the date In question
ho had at that time kept silent , oven from
good words. So far from having faltered In
Ills support of free silver lie had become
more and more convinced , If an access of
conviction were possible , "of the truth of
blmptalllsm , " whatever that may bo. Though
nobody elsa has como forward and owned
the speech which Mr. Kem disclaims wo arc
bound to say that he has made out hla rasa.
Wo bellevo that he has not turned from lilo
Idols , that ho lias not had a lucid Interval ,
that ho never made this or any other fpeech
against free silver , that ho Is as hopelessly
and Irredeemably committed to the frea sil
ver cuusj as ho was when ho first began to
charm the populists of Broken Bow ,
HOIST BY ITS OWN PETAKP
IVOTI : TUP.
Omaha Ilee : Co.mpire The Bee's tele
graphic news dispatches with these of al
leged competitors published In this vclnltr |
and note the dlffcrcncs In favor cf Th
ties.
Omaha World-Herald : If ( l-e reading public
will "nole Iho difference" II \ \ \ \ ] find tint
the World-Herald urlnts news when new *
li news ,
This piece of Information was printed In
the World-Herald of Friday , February U.
In fifth column of second page only
forty-eight hours ahead of Tha Bee as fol
lows :
! . .lvojllctnlt In Corcn.
YOKOHAMA , Feb. 13. D'sp-Hclms ' from
Seoul , the capital ot Corea , say thai a to-
volt took place there , during which Iho
prime minister and soren nilier- were
murdered. The king nnd 'he crown prince
were compelled to taUo icfi.qs In the Rus
sian legation , where they are ni\v being
sheltered. The king had rnUred thai all
the Corean minister * bo killed. The Rus
sian legation is being piurded by a fores
of 200 Russian sailors and marlnos.
This piece of Information was printed In
The tico of Thursday evening , February 13 ,
In the second column of the second page
Just twelve hours hours ahead of Iho Woild-
Hurald as follows :
AMVmnU OtlTIIUKAIC I.V COIIKA.
ICInu-nnil Crimn Prince Si-ck Protec
tion t'niU-r ' the IliiMNlnii Klnir.
YOKOHAMA , Feb. 13. Advices Just re
ceived from Seoul , capital of Corea , say that
an uprising took place there on Tuesday last , I
>
February 11. during which the premier aid
seven ofilclals were murdcrod.
The dispatches add that the king nnd crcwn
irince have sought shelter In the Russian
egatlon. Twl Won Kim Is also there. It Is
stated that the king ordered the ministers
o be put to death.
A force of 200 Russian sailors and nmrlnei
s now guarding the legation of that coun-
ry.
Aliollnll the .SnlrN.
Kansas City .lourniil.
The house committee on postodlces and
loUnnds has taken action which fore
shadows the retirement from business of the
lostofilco spotter. The spy's occupation Is
to dog the footsteps of carriers and sea
vhother Ihcy stop a couple of seconds long
er than Is necessary nt points on their
outes ; whether they tend bar or carry
wrglars' tooltt as n side line , or whether they
ouo any tlmo In crossing ever to the sunny
Ido of the street In winter and the shady
Ido In summer. The abolition of this spy
ystem will bo welcomed In the Interests ot
ho public service , for the humiliation of
lelng spied upon and spotted Is ono to which
ho carriers should not ba subjecte.1. The dls-
Ipllno of the local olllces In all the cities
of the country amounts to practical survell-
ancc as It Is. There Is enough red tape nl-
cady to Insure proper attention to duty on
ho part of the postolfice employes. If tha
postmasters In the larger cities , with the
Assistance of numerous superintondants and
nppeclors , cannot secure the complete and
atlsfactory performance , of duty on the part
f the carriers , there ara olher ways ot
chlevlng the result.
COMICAL. ( SAIL
Indianapolis Journal : "I thought you meant
o nlr your opinions on suffrage before the
voman's club. I didn't see you there. "
"I had nothing- nlr. "
Chicago Tribune : As his feet touched dry
and again Jonah turned and shook his list
at the whale.
"You have found out , " ho said ; "thnt you ,
an't keep n peed man down ! "
Chicago Record : "How did your wife find
ut that you were Intoxicated ? "
"She asked me to say 'a cathodal category
at a Catholic cathedral , ( .
Indianapolis Journal : "Thrift , " eald th
youth with the downy lip , who thought
himself nn nphorlst , "Is contagious by
example. "
"Even so , " said the cornfcd philosopher.
"Tutn Jooso two or three right thrifty per
sons in a community , and pretty soon the
othur.s have to bo thrifty to keep from
Washington Stnr : "Thoy pay that you're
the logical candidate , anyhow , " said the
politician' : ) wife. In a tone of pleasure.
"Well , don't you believe'em , " was the
emphatic reply. "I arn In this light to
win. "
Chicago Tribune : "If the British lion , "
chuckled the American eagle , "Is hurrylnsr
In discover the south po'o so ho can wrap
hla tall around It und talco possession , let
him KO ahead. The revolution of the- earthen
on Its axis will glvo his tall the hardest
twlsl it has ever bad yot. "
Cincinnati Enquirer : "I don't sfo
enjoyment you can find In playingwhlnt
nipbt after nlcht. "
"You don't ? My dear boy , the gnmo
gives moro opportunity of calling your
fi-llow-inen asses , doltn nnd Idiots than- any
other possible social occasion. "
SHADOWS OF THIS NIGHT.
Memphis Appeal.
The eyeless winds go tailoring b'lndly down
A darkened alley of the slumbcrlm ; town ;
Stumbling- against tlio fcellngleeH brlclc
walls ,
They tuin and flco with pained nnd elfith ,
calls ,
A plsto' sniltea the ebon check ot night
Sliaiply and keen , the friction waking llghtt
Some dnys pass by as Is their wont mean
while :
Another nlpht and In llio feeble fimllo >
Shed by the gas , n cat with Blealthv tread *
Skulks on to whereuonio cov'rlm ; garliagt
spreads. I
" lll.S DAIIMNG.
Bomcrvlllo Journal ,
My dnrllii ' hair IB ull her own ;
And though II'K llcry red.
She doesn't hang It on u chair
Before she KOCM to bed ,
M.v darling1 does not wear false teeth ;
And though I ( mould not rave
About the onus he lias , they are
The set that nature BUVO ,
Mv darllnc'H form la nol made up
With nlilM of liny kind ;
Although Khe weighs 200 pounds , i
No urtlllco you'll llnd.
Ami. us I held her to my breast ,
Whllo whirling In the wnltz ,
It l HO comforting to think
My darling la not false !
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