Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUTU SD AY , .TTTtiY 2. 1890.
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Sly commission expires Doepmlwr 11. 1 ! * < 0.
solus out or Uio city for llio
Minimcr limy have Tim I5po st'iit to tln-lr
ntltlri-ss by leaving an orilt-r at tlit <
business olltoc of tliu lli'f. 1Yloi > liom' 53.
JIcKlnloy , Mai-Poll nnil victory !
Tlio nnlloiinl coiivcntlons of IS'.IS are
tills way.
MoKlnlcy will soon have one of the.
rlioli't'st colli-clioiiM of K' ' 111 the
country.
ll'H term In Uio gubernatorial
cbalr will have been delayed two years ,
but It Is coming sure.
There will never be a second ITncli >
Tom's Habln because there will never be
another occasion to produce such a
wor ! : .
I're.sldent Cleveland is still
bis veto habit on the applications for
pardons for prisoners convicted in fed
eral courts.
The Yale men arc said to be popular
In London. Hut their popularity would
not outlive : i Yale victory In the lien-
ley regatta.
If Speaker 1 It-oil goes bade to the
house next year and he need only say
the. word to go back he will still be the
biggest man In congress.
Oregon is out with I'onuoyor as candi
date for the presidential nomination at
Chicago. Wo thought all along that the
campaign could not proceed very far
without the injection of I'onnoyer
into it.
Uncle Horace Holes hasn't made up
his mind yet whether ho will attend the
Chicago convention or not. Uncle
Horace Is probably waiting for a more
pressing invitation than he has yet re
ceived.
It would pay the people of this dis
trict better to put all the small-bore
aspirants for congress on pensions of
$5,000 a year rather than to retire Con
gressman Mercer at tills all-important
juncture.
The coming generation will never be
able to appreciate the tremendous inllu-
once wielded by the book. I'ncltTom's
Cabin , nor the part which It played In
the enfranchisement , of the negro from
human slavery.
Whatever may be thought of Uio com
parisons that have been made between
the democratic national conventions of
ISttO ami 1S ! ) ( ! this much Is certain , they
will both be historic as turning points In
the parly's history.
When it comes to Importunate Imperti
nence commend us to the nu > ii who are
unking for a republican nomination for
congress In thitt district while announc
ing In advance that they intend to re
pudiate the republican national plat
form.
Kx-lJovornor MoKlnley ought to Keep
a. register of his visitors during these
Hummer months. It would probably
furnish Interesting materials for com
parison with the applications for federal
appointments that will be tiled witli
him after Inauguration ,
Nebraska Is to the front with the first
contest papers tiled before tlm demo
cratic national committee. Nebraska
democrats went Inli ? the double-bonder
business two years ago In earnest and
they arc going to act their roles until
the curtain is rung down.
Will the cltlx-t-ns of Omaha pi-rmlt Mr.
MIMVIT to bo turned down for staying
In NVashlngton ami attending faithfully
to their business Just because soimi
picayune pettifogger has been deluded
Into the belief that he Is big enough io
bold down a si-.it In congress' !
An eastern paper has been polling the
two Nebraska delegations to Chicago on
their choice for president. Ono of the
gold men declares out and out for
Orover Cleveland , and the rest of them
for any one who will stand on a gold
platform. Of the free .sllverltes , almost i-
till of them oxproNS a preference for Wil
liam . 'I. Itryan , ami Intimate that they
will vote for him If they MM any en-
i-ouragement for Ids candidacy.
Whether llrynn , who Is on the delega
tion , favors himself or not , does not ap
pear. These other eminent Nebraska
democrat * , J. Kturllng Morton and
Tobias Castor , do not : > c.i > ui to liuye any
udmircni ,
n\nniKT \ nKEcnvn srotrn.
Hlpo in yenrs nnd rlcli In fnme , Harriet
riot llccclicf Stowo ycstcnlny passed
from this llfp , In whleh she had plnyctl
n great and most uspftil pnrt. Among
the Immortals of American lltpmturo ,
as well na among thn. o who liavo con
tributed In the malting of opnolis In the
history of mankind , tbo nnme of Mrs.
Stowo will for all time occupy a | ) ! nr-o
of distinction and honor. Oiltor Ameri
can women have been niorrfcrtllo In
literary production , but It was given to
this gifted woman to son the opportunity
to appeal to the nation's heart and con
science and she did so with Irresistible
power. Thr hand that wrote "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" touched n chord In the
hearts of millions of the American people
ple which the volco of statesmen and
orators , the pen of Journalists , the ap
peals of philanthropists nnd the prayers
of the church could not reach , and the
day that simple story went forth , telling
In plain and nnexaggerated form the
sufferings and sorrows of a race , the
doom of human slavery in this republic
was Bounded. Upon this olio work the
fame of Harriet llocclu'iStowo rests
and it Is enough. She herself did not
regard it as her worthiest literary effort ,
but measured by Its effects who ever
produced anything greater ? To have
aroused a nation to a sense of its moral
obligations , to have put In motion or
vltall/.od the cause of human freedom ,
to 1mvo created and Intensified popular
sentiment against a great national crime
what could lie above or beyond this
In usefulness to mankind ?
The death of Harriet needier Stowo
will be mourned by the race for which
she did so much and will cause a feel
ing of almost personal bereavement to
the millions In all clvlll/.ed lands who
have read the story of "Uncle Tom"
and wept over the relation of his un
happy lot.
TIII : 7'im-r/nKus1 / nrrK.
The attitude of the Illinois delegation
to the Chicago convention In regard to
the two-thirds rule will probably be
acquiesced in by all the free silver dele
gates , whether or not the abrogation of
that rule shall be necessary to enable
them to nominate a free silver candi
date. The position of the Illinois dele-
gales Is that the two-thirds rule , which
lias boon observed by ovi-ry democratic
itatlonal contention since 1S.- ! , Is un
democratic , because tbo democracy Is
: i imrty of majority control and they
bolil that it lists lu-i'ii a curstto
tbt > party. 'I'lils is a severe arrii-'nini-nt :
ol' tbo many li-aili-rs of democracy who
during si period of inoro tban .sixty years
stiliinitti-d to tbo two-thirds rnlo nntl
never seriously questioned Its wisdom ,
but it is not surprising from tbo nion
who now dotnlnato democratic paity.
Tin-so iiii-ii are not concerned about
practices and precedents , bowovor time-
honored. In order to carry out. their
roactloimry ami revolutionary pur
pose they are prepared to swoop
away anything and overytbing that
may obstruct tlieir course. They
talk tllppantly of the democracy of
.Tol'ferson and Jackson and Tilden , but
tbeir every ai-t and aim gives the lie
to their profession.- ! . How will old-line
democrats , who still have respect for
the traditions and precedents of the
party , regard the opprobrium cast upon
tbe memory of the great democratic
leaders of the last sixty years by tlii .s >
latter-day exponents of democracy" ?
How will the veterans of democracy
like to be. told that the intrepid anil
honored leaders whom they followed
In many gallant contests were guilty
of a practice that has been a cnrsu to
the part.v ?
The free silver men re-ali/.o that In
order to make their success In the
convention absolutely suns they
must , abrogate the two-thirds rule.
They may bo able to secure a
two-thirds vote , but this is uncertain ,
\vhile If the nomination shall lie mail ?
by a majority vote Ihero Is no doubt
about tbe result. A thorough free sil
ver man can bo placed upon an un
compromising free silver platform. It
is entirely safe to say , therefore , that
the sllvorltes will with practical unani
mity endorse the position of tliu Illi
nois delegation and llio old two-thirds
rule , which has defeated tin- ambition
of many presidential aspirants , will
bo abandoned * n the interest of a policy
of currency debasement and repudia
tion.
TUN rxDHitwni'i'Hitn IA'TUN h.\\t' \ \
The piogress of the contest between
the city authorities of Chicago ami the
insurance combine which Is resorting to
coercion to force tbe repeal of a distaste
ful special tax ordinance is of interest
not solely local to Chicago. The outcome
iiroinlscs to be of vital Importance to
> > wncrs of Incurable property every
where. The Chicago Insurance light has
arisen , as has been explained In these
columns , out of a special tax of 1 ! per
cent which the council sought to Im
pose on the gross earnings of companies
doing business there not incorporated In
Illinois. The underwriters , instead of
attacking the ordinance In the UMial
manner through I he courts , Immediately
adopted retaliatory measures by raising
the rates. percent on all policies placed .
on chlcaivo property. And now a new
feature has been added to tin * Insurance
light through an order of the Hoard of
Aldermen instructing the corporation
oiiHM-1 to Investigate the bylaws , rules
mil methods of business of the Chicago
l-'liv rndorwrltors' asocial Ion and to re
port \vlihont delay whether thai organ- !
/.atiiin | s not In bis opinion amenable to
Ihe penalties of the Inw agaiust trn.Mn
and pools. I'nless some kind of a com
promise 1 patched up In the Interval
the next step will doubtless he proceed
ings In tbe courts to test the iiiie.slion
wliclhcr llio Insurance combine and tlm
monopoly which Jt wields over rates
made by agents of all companies IH not
an illegal as well as lawless combina
tion.
iTho determination of this iiuestlon
will be awaited with no little cagcrw-s.i
by business men and properly owners
throughout the I'nlted States. The In-
stirancii combine has operated so long
and with such hraxcn highhandedness
In every city In the country that the
point has been reached where Ihe people
want to know If there ant no limits to
Its arbitrary rule and greedy rapacity.
Instead of eijualissluy ratca , as was pro
claimed to bo the original Intention ,
these underwriters' organizations have
used their power to raise or lower rates
n an cnglno for punishing men and
comnninltlfs Hint Imvo Incurred their Ill-
will and for Influencing legislation not
only In their own Interests , but also In
the Interest of other nnd allied corporate
concunw. It Is only n wonder that the
people have endured this oppression
the.e many years and permitted tbo
Insurance companies and their repre
sentatives to set all law at dellance.
Nebraska , as well as Illinois , has on Its
stnlnle books n stringent law against
trust. ' : , pools and combinations In re
straint of trade , and so have nearly all
the progressive slates In the union. If
HIP Chicago authorities shall succeed In
bringing the underwriters to time by an
appeal to the anti-trust law , the Insur
ance ! combine will be broken up wher
ever 11 exists or exerts Its power and
It
the Insurance companies compelled to
abandon : the robber-baron policy and
transact t their business on business
principles 1 of charging for Insurance
precisely 1 what each risk Is worth , no
more ' ami no loss.
An organ of the free silver cause says
that "under the gold standard a pro
tective tariff can be but a mere'sham
ami it is folly to advocate gold mono
metallism and protection at one and the
same time. The republican party , " says
this journal , "as set forth In the plat
form adopted , proposes to protect our
producers by levying tariff duties
against Imports from foreign countries.
Yet , with the other hand , they hold .out
to the producers of silver-using countries
a bounty on all Imports from such coun
tries equal to the divergence in the value
of gold and silver. " This fallacy ha *
become a part of the stock arguments of
the advocates of free silver , oven so dis
tinguished a champion of that cause as
Senator Teller having adopted It.
The experience of the country with
concurrent protection and the gold
standard would seem to be a conclusive
answer to this argument. Nobody will
question that from tlo ) date of the re
sumption of specie payments , .lanuarv 1.
1S7 ! > . we have had the gold standard
ami from that time down to the enact
ment of the democratic tariff law \\v hail
protection. Indeed , that law gives some
protection , a number of its schedules be
ing but sllghtlv changed from those of
the act it supplanted. Hut take the
period from 1S71) ) to 1SJKI , when the coun
try had protection anil the gold stand
ard , was a protective tariff but a ur.Mv
sham ? No man who Is not ignorant of
the facts or disposed to willfully falsify
will assert that it was. On the contrary
there was steady progress in the ma
terial development of the country along
all lines. There was a marvellous
growth of manufacturing industries , a
vast increase in transportation facilities
ai'd an enormous agricultural develop
ment. In that period , less than half the
lifetime of : i generation , the wealth of
the nation doubled. What more evi
dence can any rational man require In
refutation of the view that a protective
tariff and the gold standard are Incom
patible and that "under the gold1 stand
ard a protective tariff can be but a more
sham. "
A good deal has been said by the sll-
vcrltes about holding out a bounty to
til" producers of sliver-using conntrie-
ard they urge that the only remedy
against the competition of those coun
tries in our home market Is to be found
in the free coinage of silver , whereby
we may equalize exchanges. As we
have bc-retofore said this would furnish
no relief unless it brought down Ameri
can wages to the level of wages in
Japan , or brought up Japanese wages
to the level of wages in America. In a
speech in the United States senate just
before the adjournment of congress Sen
ator Morrlll said : "Tbo ludicrous mis
information which supports the broad
assertion that countries where 111" silver-
money standard prevails have 100 per
cent premium in their favor of exchange
is as much : i travesty on the facts a. <
on common sense. The country which
uses a depreciated currency falls und-j'
many disadvantages and as certainly
and swiftly as the mm of business
whose credit Is depreciated. What we
ln > y of silver-standard countries can be
paid Tor In depreciated silver. What
they buy of us must be paid for in tb.-
best of sound money and nowhere sub
ject to any discount. Free coinage of
silver as a remedy against Japanese or
any cheap foreign labor would prove
very mi'cb like taking refuge In a pest
house to avoid the plague. ' "
A protective tariff and the gold stand-
aid have work.'d together In the United
States with the most beneficent ivsiilts
to Ihi' A merit-mi people ! results unparal
leled In the history of any oilier country
ami they will do so again.
For years the jobbers of Omaha have
been practically shut out of southeastern
Nebraska because of discriminating
tariffs which gave to Kansas City and
St. Joseph Jobbers a great advantage.
More than this , the train schedules were
all against Omaha , as It required from
ono to two days' longer time for a re.-
rail dealer In southern Nebraska to get
a consignment of goods from Omaha
than It dlil from the big towns below.
Thunks to the Commercial club , some of
these obstacles have been overcome and
fresh territory Is now open to our local
houses. Tlio presumption is that Ne
braska dealers , everything being equal ,
would prefer to trade at the state me
tropolis and we look for a largely In
creased t ratio for Omaha houses.
McKlnloy inMsts that the government
shall raise sunk-lout revenue to defray
Its current expenses , instead of selling
bunds for that purpose , as lias Ihva done
under the ptvsent democratic adminis
tration. If anything more than enough
revenue should be raised to meet the
regular demands on llio treasury and
the surplus applied to reducing some of
tbo peace debt created during the past
three years. In oilier words , tbo tariff
for dollclt must o.
The United Slates Department of
Agriculture offers employment In the
position of government farmer at a sal
ary of $115 a month to some man who
can pass n successful examination In
penmanship , orthography , industrial
economic accounting nnd practical
questions /Arming. / . Nobody can como
up to Hio. flWal demand of a fanner
who Is not'"up In all thcso branches.
Thus wo See/ how Secretary Morton's
advent to The , head of the agricultural
branch of' ' lipugoverninent has elevated
the fat-mot. , . .
All authorities agree that n city ami
'
state canuo'lIn-come , , commercially great
without ejetjtslvo ; ) manufactures. Ne
braska the pnst ton years has made big
strides as si manufacturing state nnd
with law ' /liatPrlals / In great abundance
"will continue/ progress along that
lino. Our people have come to see the
vital Importance of buying Nebraska-
made goods mid the loyal support they
have given and will extend to home
factories Is the best possible assurance
that Nebraska Is yet to become a great
manufacturing state. It Is Hie duty of
every householder to demand of dealers
Nobraska-mado .goods , which will bo
found quite up to the highest standard
of excellence.
The season having been most favor
able for cattle raising , Nebraska Is now
demonstrating to bo world Its advan
tages ax a stock-growing state and the
Omaha market Is deriving correspond
ing benefits. Adjoining states are quite
as fortunate this year. South Dakota
will produce a vast amount of live stock
which under existing conditions will go
to market at Chicago. Tlio now Yank-
ton & Norfolk line will open up another
rich Held for trade and the Omaha mar
ket will become at once an active bidder
for It. And South Dakota will by this
means derive quiteas heavy beiiollts
as will the metropolis of the Missouri
valley.
It. Is estimated upon good authority
that fully 1,0X ( ) lawyers will attend the
National haw league convention In this
city soon ! They will come from far and
near anil are representative men in the
communities whore they live. It will
be worth Omaha's while to entertain
these people well , for wo are bidding for
every convention of ISIS. ! and to get
them all wo must prove tills year our
ability to handle ami properly entertain
visitors iu largo numbers. About the
time these lawyers get here Omaha will
have raised the money for the exposi
tion , so our visitors can go back and toll
their.people that Omaha is strictly in it.
Our free silver friends profess to b terribly -
ribly alarmed over the discovery that two
or three men wlio have been honored by
the republican , party do not intend to
vote for McKinley. Republicans , how
ever , are exhibiting no alarm over the
loss of a few.stragglers. The prominent
democrats 'who ' have openly expressed
their purpose to line themselves in the
republican ! column as soon us the Chicago
cage convention names a free silver
candidate .will , counterbalance It to 1
all Hie driblets that drop from the Mc
Kinley forced. ' It will bo time to talk
about defections after the democratic
conventions >
Wo b'eg v't'i-call the attention ofi-the
city authorltlt'K tb the fact that the
wooden sidewalk nuisance in front of
the.old Farnani Street theater site still
remains in all its iildooiisno.ss on the
most prominent corner In the business
part of Hie city. It remains in spite of
the numerous announcements of palatial
air castles that were about to be erected
on the property. If an effort were made
to have the injunction dissolved that
prevents the city from abolishing this
eye-sore , it might , or at Ieusl ; ought to ,
prove successful.
SIvIiifv Up ( InSituation. .
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.
W. C. Whitney "sizes up thp siLimtlon" tea
a nicety. Ho believes the democracy Is
doomed.
A FJit for Principle.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"A cause worth fighting for is worth fiKlit-
Ins for to the end. " It Is n poor lighter who
only fights when lie Is sureof victory. llc-
sfdea thcro are other things than victory to
light for. Indeed , there arc times In the
history of parties when defeat Is more worth
flghthiK for than victory. If the sound
money democrats cannot win a victory at
Chicago they must make such a fight ay to
show llio country what Is undoubtedly the
case , that no party or faction of a party can
carry the countiy for fret- silver nnd perdi
tion.
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Tin1,1'MHOll Of KYIKM'll'lUT.
Kaniis ; City Journal.
Will Kansas he lost to the republican
paity this ycnr on the financial issue ? We
think not. Kor scvoral years past the people
ple have hcoa most deeply concerned to fret'
themsi'l"eii from the costly and discreditable
experiment of populist rule , and recover
from Ha effects. Kansas 13 for the repub
lican party as the only safe and competent
organisation In poll t Ira. Its people are over-
wholmtiiRly for a protective tariff , and a
largo proportion of them are for whatever
ftnnncl.il policy the republican parly offers
as t.ou'.id and best. States which have not
been r.llllct-d with populist rule may take
Ounces this yenr , but Kansas will not.
Ilopiilillt-nii < ' : iiinilKii | I.Krl-iituri' .
NWr York Kvt-iiInK Post.
No stronger ovldpnco of the predominance
of the Ilmiiu'lul Issue In this canu.nign can
bo found than the fact that of the live
documnnl.j which the republican congres
sional coirnuittro Is now sending out four
deal with the money question and ono with
the tariff controversy. The titles of thcso
nvo documents' ' nre : "Protection and
Ioclprocitr ( , " l--I.i. ) 1) . Apsloy , vice chair
man of that committee ; "Silver nnd Gold ,
WBKPH nnd 1'rlces , " a speech by J. T. Mc-
Cloiry of Minnesota ; "Silver and Wheat , "
a speech by 'Martin N. Johnson of North
Dakota ; "History of Money and financial
Legislation in the United States , " a speech
by J.V. . Ilnbcoi'k , and a "Hcfntatlon of the
fuven I'inanrlal Conspiracies. " alto from
the remarks of Mr. Jlabcock in the house.
: \ ' Npn'jM' ' ' " In tinCiii
St. .M'illi niolie-IK'inociat.
Tlio supreme Influence In a political cam
paign Is ll'o newspaper. It goes every-
whoic as a re-solar visitor ami contains all
ills latest lufornjaUon and all of the pertinent
and forcible . urijiiuiunts by which men's
minds are Inirftqu'cd. Tlio man who gets a
nun-ana per d jrfiRftt | toso It aside as ho does
the < iot u nit u 1 3 Hi at are sent out by a literary
bureau , but ii'jj''y. It with interest and 10-
mcmbcru v. hat U says. Next to the news
paper In r 'l"t of useful service Is the stump
speaker who goes out among the people and
talks to thorn in an entertaining style , nn-
cwiring their questions and simplifying dlfll-
eult thliiHs to them. These two agents do
the most of the really beneficial work for a
party. They art * quick Io sec and improve
opportunities and their methods of attract
ing notice and stimulating Intelligent In
quiry are such as can always bo trusted to
bring the beat results. The day of pam
phlets and circulars has gene by. There
was a time when they were suited to the
conditions , but that was before newspapers
became BO plentiful and no cheap anil the
facilities for stump speaking GO excellent In
every respect.
I'remluin on tlulil liar * lUMliirrd.
N15\V YOHK. July 1 The director of the
mint has ordered the- premium on unsay
ulili-c guld bui'H reduced to one-tenth of 1
ptr cent.
A nonifijT or COMIM.IMKXTS.
Newspaper Maker ; The Omnha Hoc cele
brated the 25th anniversary ot Us establish
ment last Friday. Kdwnrd llosewatcr. Its
founder , editor and publisher , held a recep
tion , which was attended by n large number
ot frlrmln nho desired to congratulate him
on The Dee's success. A special Illustrated
souvenir number devoted to a history of the
paper's progress was Issued. The lice has
steadily worked Itni-lf to the front rank of
newspapers , and Mr. Iloscwatcr deserves all
the credit which has been given him.
Albany Times-Union : The Omahn Dally
Bee has Just completed the first quarter
century of Its existence. lt growth from a
small dally to Its present prominence among
the great newspapers of the country Is but
the logical sequence of brond and progress
ive management. It has always been In
touch with the people of the west and of the
great city where It Is published , careful of
their Interests , allvo to their welfare and
anxlons for their progress. Congratula
tions to I'Mltnr Hosewater and his able corpj
rt co-workers.
Detroit Journal : We nre Indebted to fhc
lion. Kdward Hosewater. editor and founder
of The Omaha llee , for an Invitation to par
ticipate In the celebration of the twenty-
fifth anniversary of that splendid news-
paper. Mr. Horn-water ventured Into the
publishing business when the future of the
Nebraska metropolis was In doubt , hut he
had confidence In the development of the
town , and that confidence and the enterprise
which found expression In The Hee have
boon rewarded. The Dee Is one of the best
and most inlluentlal papers of the west.
built tip by HIP Industry , ability and per
sistence of Its founder and editor.
American Israelite. Cincinnati : On Fri
day evening , Juno in , Mr. l-Mward Hose-
water , the founder and present pub
lisher of The Omaha Uee. celebrated
the twenty-llfth anniversary of the
establishment of that great newspaper , the
leading dally In the Htate of Nebraska. In
this quarter of n century Mr. Hosewater
has acquired wealth , high social position
and much political inllnenre. During nil
tfic.no years ho has never used any ques
tionable methods for pushing hla paper. lie
has always boldly and persistently advocat
ed the right us he saw It and time has In
almost all cases proven the correctness of
his views. Ho Is a splendid example of the
clean , conscientious and honorable citizen
and the course of his paper has always been
In keeping with his life and character. Mr.
Hosewatur Is an ornament to the profession
and has thousands of friends who rejoice in
his success.
snc i.M.Kvsiiitiss. ) : .
Chicago Hecord : The fundamental trou
ble , as Mr. McKinley sees It , is still the
tariff , and ho apparently Intends to keep
that Issue foremost In the coming battle.
Chicago Tribune : Major McKinley could
not have indorsed the gold atumlard parity
of all the currency more strongly and dis
tinctly if he talked all day. The democrats
know "where he Is at. " They can g' > ahead
and select their free silver Jfi to 1 candidate
with absolute assurance that Major McKln
loy will not try to steal anv of his thunder ,
but will meet him in the Held with his forces
In line of battle.
Kansas City Journal : "The complaint of
the people , " Bays Major McKluley. "Is not
against tliu administration for borrowing
money ami issuing bonds to preserve1 th-
credit of the country , but against the ruin
ous policy which has made this necessary. "
And right here Is the sum nml substance of
the whole political situation In a nutshell.
The great issue of the campaign Is the
democratic party's Incapacity for intelligent
and patriotic government.
Chicago Times-Herald : As a whole , the
Canton speech is lofty in tone , sound In
sentiment , dignified and explicit in terms ,
and fraught alike with patriotism , piety
and sympathy with the plain people. Sin
cerity breathes in every line. No word Is
used to conceal thought. Man to men. Me-
Kinley speaks to American citizens. They
hear and will heed him , for ho speaks their
best thought , and of all men In public life
is the onu best qualified to execute their
will.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune : The
speech Is candid , straightforward and ex
plicit. There runs through it all a sense ot
the obligations and responsibilities he is un
dertaking , and not leas u high confidence In
the results of the struggle. Called first as
the champion of American labor and protec
tion , he stands now as the champion of sound
currency as against a debased currency.
Protection ami sound money what more In
spiring slogan could the party have in its
appeal to the country ?
St. Paul Pioneer Press : Mr. McKinley
has the same happy faculty In public
address which was exhibited by Presi
dent Harrison. His speech la a series
of happy apothegms. Its sentences voice
the basic Ideas of national honesty , growth ,
prosperity. It is something that "tho plain
people" will read and value as they did the
btatcsmanllko utterances of Lincoln. It
is worthy of the man who now leads the
column which Lincoln led to Its early vic
tories , and whose coming triumphs , though
won on different Issues , are to affect the per
manent welfare of our people scarce less fa-
vjirably than did those earlier conquests.
Indianapolis Journal : What the repub
lican candidate has to say on the national
credit and the money of the
country is explicit. The credit es
tablished under Abraham Lincoln , so
sturdily sustained and emphasized by
General Orant and contended for by every
republican president and secretary of tin-
treasury , must bo maintained by the re
publican party today. There must be no
change In coinage lawn which will force upon
the American people an Inferior dollar , while
the dollar In circulation among the people
must be as good us that paid the public
creditor. Upon these Ifcsucs the battle mus > t
be fought , and for the principles set fortli
In the St. Louis platform , which Major Mc
Kinley heartily endorses , the republican
party must contend.
I'AI.IC AIMM'T .SII.VHH.
Globe-Democrat : The free silver seceders
insist that they ore not Influenced by local
considerations , but HID fact remains that
they all happen to live in stutes where silver
mlnini ; Is a leading Industry.
Hrooklyn Haglo : The free silver men are
confident that they can "hold up" the United
States for an indefinite * period. The United
States , however , liavo been known to as
sert themselves In the past. They did BO
from 18il ( to IStifi.
Times-Herald There Americans
Chicago - : are
cans who would advise the United States to
go back to the monetary system Venezuela
has been compelled to abandon In order to
acquire an advantageous place among young
and alert communities.
Loiilsvilln Courier-Journal : Undoubtedly
some of tliu free sliver leaders are nnxloutt
to capture the republican protectionists rep
resented by Teller. Some of them even
favor the nomination of the latter. They
should remember , however , that it they
slur over or straddle the tariff question ,
they will have left nothing In common with
the democrats who indorsed the platform
of 1SU2.
Philadelphia Times : If the Chicago con-
veutlon shall declare for the gold standard
its candidate cannot defeat McKinley. hut
It can nave the democracy from annihilation
and give It hope of successful contests in
the future. If it shall declare In favor of
free sliver. Its nominees would ho defeated
by the largest majority ever east against
any ODD o' the leading parties of the coun
try , and the democratic party as an organi
zation must perish from the earth.
Cleveland Leader : It is the silver standard
which accompanies degradation instead of
high development. It U found where stag
nation , not progress , prevails. It U the
choice of the poorest , feeblest , most back
ward nations. Instead of belug tbo defense
and hope o ( gn-ut achievements and the
progress of the race. The truth la exactly
opposite to the assumed facia upon which
the Tellorltea base their claims to indul
gence and favor. They are utterly turned
upsldo down , befogged and bewildered.
Sioux City Journal : Allen W. Thurman
Is the leader of tnu free silver movement In
the Ohio democracy , and ho makes thl *
rather HlKiiltlcunt concession : "Yes , I admit
that the first effect of free silver would be
to benefit the capitalists. I never claimed
It would help the laboring man , and , In fact.
It would go pretty hard for the wage earner
for a time. All I claim for htm Is that ho
would ultimately see better times as a result
of tliu Improvement of the condition of cap
ital. " Kx-Governor Doles has struck the
same nag In applyitig free silver to wages.
Any way you look at It the wage earner
would get the worst of It , and In a way.
too , in which lie could uot hope sooii to re
cover ,
PATENTS FOR PACIFIC LANDS
Nobrnskfi Settlers Who Purclmscil of the
Company May Secure Title.
EXPRESSION OF CONGRESS TO BE REGARDED
I.nnil Ofllop OlllelnlN llnslly
In r < tniil * < ltiK Ilic Itrcoriln In
Order ( but li-eiN .tiny lie
WASHINGTON , July t. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The nlllrlals of the In nil oHlcc renew
now preparing patents for Issue to bonn
fide settlers along the lines of the Union
Pacific railroad. This action Is being taken
because of the expression of congress by
means of a concurrent resolution Introduced
In tin- house by Heprcsetitatlve Mondcll and
concurred In by the senate. Indlcalltig that
the proper course for the secretary of the In
terior to pursue In the matter was to patent
the lands to Innocent purchasers of lands
from the railroad. The resolution la not
mandatory , but Secretary Smith authorized
this latest action on the part of the land
olllco oniolals. He says that patenting of
these lauds was suspended by him at the
beginning of the last session ot , congress
In view of the fact that there was the
possibility of the enactment of legislation
on the Pacific railroads which might affect
the status of these lands. There are a num
ber of Hi'ttlers along the lines of the Union
Pacific in Nebraska who are affected by this
order.
LAND CONTESTS DHnDISD.
Acting Secretary of the Interior Heynolds
today decided the following land contests' :
Nebraska Henry Degerlng against William
11. Fair. McCook district. Drgerlng's motion
for a review of the department decision Is
denied oil the ground that he offers no new
evidence nor presents no question that was
not fully considered In the original deci
sion.
South Dakota Andrew Ht-rquist aguluxt
Peter J. Aust. Mitchell district. Aust's
motion for a review Is denied. Herqulst Is
declared to have preference right to the
land.
land.Wyoming
Wyoming Lucy A. Cummlngs against Les-
sjiiger , Uvanston district. Commissioner-
decision alilrmcd Lessonger's coal mint : uiul
application to purchase Is rejected. Jabc/
II. and Cana M. Slmson , Uvanston district.
The letter's motion for a review Is denied
and her application to make homestead ap
plication Is rejected.
Fourth-class postmasters appointed toil.iy :
Nebraska Chase , Chase county. Henjamln
Wananmkor , vice F. Young , icslgued. Wes-
ton. Saumlers county. John Mockler , vice
M. O. Worrel. removed.
Iowa Chester Center , Powcshiek county ,
J. F. Cocking , vice M. A. Sears , resigned.
The postolllres at llossko , Koborts county ,
and Lily. Day county , S. D. , will bo made
money order olllces July fi.
Lieutenant Colonel Hmersoii II , Liscum ,
Twenty-fourth Infantry , Is ordered to re
port by telegraph to the commanding gen
eral of the department of Colorado for
assignment to station. Post Chaplain Mal-
nor C. Illnlne has been granted three months
leave and First Lieutenant Austin H. Drown ,
Fourth Infantry has been granted four
months leave from August 13.
or i-'isni.iw : i.v
Ainrrlriiii Colony Investing I.Mi'Kf
SIIIIIM of Money In Mines.
WASHINGTON , duly 1. Senor Andradc.
Jr. , son of the Venezuelan minister , has re
turned from a month In Venezuela. Ho
says the spirit of friendship for the United
States Is very marked. The American
colony at Caracas has grown of late to largo
proportions , and United States capital Is
being extensively Invested. Among the
Americans President Crespo Is much liked ,
and the most cordial relations exist between
them.
The syndicate of capitalists from this
country which secured largo concessions
along the Orinoco Is pushing its work , Io-
eating plants and assembling machinery at
the most desirable points. Mr. Donald
Grant , head of the syndicate , returned with
Mr. Andradc , after a visit of Inspection.
The sentiment of the interior Is shown by
the determination of Governor Andrado , of
the state of Miranda , to erect a column at
the state capital on July I in honor of Hie
Americans who aided Venezuela in 1SOU.
The governor Is a brother of the minister
here , and his action is In line with that of
the general government , which will dedicate
a bronze column on July 4 to American
heroes.
Senor Andrado says President Crespo's
recent manifesto extending amnesty to all
political refugees is expected to bring good
results. It applies not only to those con
nected with the last uprising , but to the
many prominent Venezuelans living In
Paris. New York and elsewhere. They have
been among the foremost men of the coun
try In the past , and President Crespo's effort
to get them back has given much public
satisfaction. Venezuelan consuls have been
Instructed to pay the expenses ot the return
trip of refugees as a meaim of encouraging
tha movement.
The olllelalu In Caracas are calmly await
ing the determination of the Venezuelan
boundary commission at Washington , and
are confident that the Venezuelan position
will bo sustained. All local friction and
belligerent talk has ceased.
COMHTIOX OK XATIOXAI , I.M
fur ( lie Yiir : IN Fur from
WASHINGTON , July 1. The comparative
statement of the government receipts and
expenditures issued by the Treasury de
partment today shows the total receipts
from all sources during the fiscal year Just
elosed to have been $32,1S9,22C ( ! , and the ex
penditures $352,231,170. which leases a de
ficit for the year of $2fi , < M2.2t-l. Although
thcro WUB a surplus for June of $2,3t9.-130 , It
Is expected that the figures for July will
show a deficit of at lea.it $10,000,000 and
probably more. The appropriation of $3-
000,000 for sugar bounty paymenta Is now
available and It is the expectation that nil
of the claims will liavo ticen settled and
paid before the end of the month. During
July the payments on account of interest ,
pensions and naval appropriations will bo
exceptionally large , so that the deficit for
tlu ! month l likely to be above $10,000,003
ruthur than less. The showing for llio
year 1 * far from satisfactory to the treasury
officials , and what Is equally as disquieting
U the fact that the Immediate future pom-
Ises no better.
The recelps for internal revenue during the
year amount to ? MG,508.2G1 , nearly $11,500.-
000 less than the secretary's estimates cent
to congress. The customs yielded ? 1GO-
nH.3M : or $11,4G5G4U less than the secretary's
estimates. Thn totals receipts for the
year , however , show a gain of about $12-
SOO.OOO over 189. . . The customs Increased
about $8,250,090 , the Internal revenues about
$3.000.000. The receipts from miscellaneous
sources maku up the lmlunc < * .
The pension paymenta during the year
amounted to $139,421,016 , u reduction of
nearly $2,000,000 from last year'H payments.
The Interest payments during the year
increased over $1,250,000.
< ; ( > ll > DKI'OMTS OF Mr.UI.Uil'A. '
II liny Illi-li Mi-ilH of Ore Conf rolled
l > > KiiKllNh Cniillnl.
WASHINGTON , July 1. Instigated by
many Inquiries , United States Consul
O'Hara , at Greytown , Nicaragua , has sub
mitted to the Department of State a most
exhaustive report upon the gold deposits of
Nicaragua. Ho quotes copiously from local
authorities and practical mine bosses to
! ! sliow lh oxttnt of the deposits , tlm cost tif '
Ubor , of roilerUlg , anil of food , and
furnishes t-illnulcn of the ro.it of the
properties tbut are now being worked ,
On Hie Pacific lde of tin. country heavy1 !
oiorntlon * havn been carried on for many !
years vttth Kngllsh capital , nnd largo
firn running steadily. , On the Atlantic
aide , fourteen mills nro either In operation '
or In the course of construction. There
are no MnMtlng or rnnrcntrnttnK work * iti
tlm country , nothing but free milling errs '
being treated.
The consul trnkes no secret of the
difficulties and hnrdshlps that lin In Ilia
path of the American miner , and snys that
wlillo he docs not ndvlse people either , toj
purchase mining slock cr rush to Nicaragua
In search of gold , ho docs believe , ,
over , that a live agent might sell considerable -
able mining machinery and supplies
IM.\ > S KOU
J'lu'llle Slntlon lliiiiilleniiiicil l r tlir
AllM'MI'P of Mllll | * .
WASHINGTON. July 1. lit the execution
of the broAd plans for the Instruction of our
naval officers in squadron drills and com
blued maneuvers formulated by Secretary
Herbert , the summer drills of the North
Atlantic quiulron. which will begin on the .
15th lust. , will nnd their counterpait In a 1
series of squadron movements , target prac
tice and licet drills tn be conducted on the
Pacific station by Admiral lleardslee.
Ilecause many of the ships naturally n1
taehed to his station have been necessarily
transferred to the Atlantic station. Admiral
Hi.-aidslee will not have as many vessoU
available as will Admiral Jinnee on the
Atlantic e-oast. Consequently In order to bo
able to curry out a program of any value
from an educational staiuhwint ho must
make the most or such ships as he can com
mand and 11 will bo lmpo. ° slbh > , therefore.
this season to withdraw any of the ships
even temporarily from the Kquadion to at
tend the local eclebratloiiH at various points
on the Pacific coast , as has been customary ; . .J
In the past. _ * * '
> 0 SYMPATHY KOU TENSION
l-i-CMlilent Itrfuse * I'firilonn (11 ( n < 'er-
tnln ( IIINN of 4'rliiiliiiiln.
WASHINGTON , July 1. The president has
always shown a disposition to deal severely
with persons who defraud pensioners and
otherwise violate the pension laws , and this
tendency Is well exhibited In his action
upon three applications for pardons In such
cases , taken Just before his departure from
the capital. These weie the cases of Andrew
J. Hooks of Georgia. Paul A. Marlollluo of
New Mexico and Stephen 0. W. Hranton of
Tennessee , all convicted of offenses against
the pension laws. The president deulcd the
applications In each case and his endorse
ments stifllclently Indicate the repugnance ho
fools for tills class of offenders. In the case
of Marlolllno. the president writes : "This
eutivlrt was guilty , apparently , of nearly 1
all the crimes and frauds denounced by our T
pension laws. He seems In every way possl
ble to have cheated and Dwindled Ignorant
pensioners ami imposed on the government
The punishment meted out to him was well
deserved , and 1 cannot yield to the un
thinking and Irresponsible appeal for his
pardon. " _
Milp I , list 11 1th All tinCriMV. .
WASHINGTON , July 1. The United States
consul at Port Stanley , Friendly Islands , In
a report to the Slate department says that
on the night of the llth inat. , at S o'clock , a
ship under fnll sail struck the Hilly rocks ,
within 300 yards of the lighthouse. , ami went
to pieces. The entire crew was lost.
IMMITKCTIMi XU\V VOIIIC
Heavy Fort Illi-at Ion * to lie Coni-
mcneeil In u F MVVi - < > lis.
NEW YOHK , July 1. The Morning Ad
vertiser this morning says : Within a few
weeks will bo commenced one of the most
gigantic operations in the history of the
War department. Fortifications more power
ful than those existing anywhere in the
world will bo built at Fort Wadsworth and
Sandy Hook , the cost of the work being
about $10,000,000. Hut this Is only a beginning
to the work which will place Now York In
a position to defend herself against foreign
foes. Construction will bo continued from
time to time until tlm fortifications outlined -
lined by the elaborate plans have been completed -
pleted , ami whc'i ' that Is done the total cost ,
it Is said , will have been about $50,000,000.
At Fort Wadsworth the new fort will ex
tend a mile south of the present barracks , *
e-xtendlng almost from Fort Wndsworth to
South beach. In this tract of land will bo
built a continuous line of forts mounting
twenty-five guns ot huge dimensions. Here
also it Is Intended to build a torpedo sta
tion and observatory. The work at Fort
La F.iyetto will not bo so Important. Only
fifteen guns will be mounted there , but any
one of them would go a long way toward
protecting New York from harm.
MATTHH.
Chicago Post : "Is It easy to dismount
from u blcyeli' ? "
"Mneh endcr thnn It Is to mount if you
don't ram- where you trlke. "
Truth : "Let me tuko the blnmod thing
home , " said the piillent. us llio dentist
relieved him of bin ai-hlng moliir. "J wnnt
tn tuko It home and poke sugar In It to BCD
It ache ! "
Detroit Free Press : "Your lawn Is beauti
fully mowed ; It loolw like velvet. "
"It ought to. I never BMW velvet that
eost aH much n yard n thnt lawn does , "
Indianapolis Journal : fliollln How do
you account for thlH milt Bliwlnklng so ?
Tailor Too much due on II , I 'spoct.
Halifax Chronicle : "Uncle Hob , whnt Is
u pedestrian' . ' "
-Why , he N n fellow who makes n row
when a bicycle riniH over him. "
Chicago Hi-cord : " .Mix. llonklns , do you
go mvny this Hummer ? "
"No , hut we n n- all going to squeeze Into
ono bedroom and Htuy out on the porch
dressed up all dny ; : < o It will amount to i
about the same thing. "
llnrp'-r'H lla/ai" Hi > A womiin hasn't the
excuse- that a man ban for Hwc-arlng.
fjhe Ob. hiiHii'l HheV I Hiipposo yon don't
know thiil all llio girls are wearing do-
tuehable linen collars , and their collar
buttons nro JUKI n liable to gel uwny from
them ntt from a man.
Philadelphia Amorlc-m : Tvre Illlklns nnd
his wife liavo bought u bicycle built for
Hl'der Ah ! Hiding tandem , oh ?
Tvre Well ; Judging from their wobbllns
perfonnniico yesterday , I should nay they
were just riding at random. r
Cincinnati Kiiqulrcr : "ThlH IH the littlest
fifty pound * of lew I over HCO , " nald thu
kitchen lady. . . . .
"Permit me to Inform you , tniidnm. said
Iceman , "that the
tile hltih-hrowcd apparent
smallni-HS IH ilue to the Intense cold to
which wo subject our lee In the process ot
manufacture , thereby producing contraction
tion- "
TmlliinapollH Journal : "Mumtna. " asked
the little girl , pointing at the woman on
the other Hldo of Ilie car , "wlmt mukoH the
ludv wear her rlngH outtilde her glove ?
"iriiMb. " Hald tbo mother , In an ngurn-
Vfite-il Hlago whisper. "Don't Inrililn. . Tlio
lady wcartt her rlngH imUslile her glove to
keep them from blackening her lingers. "
IT UOMUS :
fk-M-l.-iinl I.pinlcr.
The day of dayn IH near ut hand
The day we e-elclirnte
The day when men recill again
Tbo giandeiir of our atnte.
All hall the glorloiiH day of ilayu , '
That brlngH again to mind
Tlm thought of what the patriots wrought
For waiting humankind ! '
Hurrah for tbo great , the glorious Fourth- *
l-'alr Freedom's imtul ibiy
Tin'lay when men are brothers ut'uln ,
And cistu Is pushed away !
The day of days IH near at hand ,
IIH xlKim Lverywhcn- - ;
Ami the bad boy Hcootw as his cracker
Off underneath your chair !
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