Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, November 21, 1896, Page 4, Image 4
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IUJUVAHD KIPLING'S LATEST PO13M. IN WOMAN'S DOMAIN. x TMR COMINO OKMKHATION. IN TIIK WOl'.I.n OK Sl'OHTS. THE OMAIL\SUNDAY BEB. _ I5UT IT ! UKAD IT ! Wo liavo u stnto anti-trust law and j'ct lliero nro sovonil trusts operating In Ouialia without lot or hindrance. TJio si root ear postal service slionld ' not'be allowed to oseapc Onialia tliroiiKh the apatliy of the street ear company. Texas Is the latest applicant for a cabinet position tmdoi' the now ad- inlnstratlon. And yet there are forty- four other states tn the union. Gouoral Weyler has cut off tolosraphle ( 'oniinunleatloii between Unvaua and the United Slates. Ho must be K < 'I jr to enmh the litsiii'Kciils ii.miln without anybody body- hearing of It. Itryan Is now KunniiiK after rabbits. Probably he Is after the rabbit that would KVO ! him a luckier paw than tins one ho carried In his vest pocket during the campaign. With no more money In the treasury We shall have to cpilt sweeping streets for the season. Issuing warrants on taxes of ( he future Is a questionable policy , to say the least. Up to date no explanation has been made why hard coal should sell for a higher price at Omaha than at Hlalr , when the rate for transporting It from Chicago Is the same to both. Hy the tlnio Omaha gets Its union depot - pot and hns built a Urst-class hotel and other Incldcjj Inls of the exposition , we expect the county to enter upon the erection of a new court house. The date for the Nebraska State fair of 1S)7 ! ) has boon set for September L'O. The date for the Transml.sslsslppl and International Exposition has been sot between June 1 and November I , IS'JS. , T. Kllen Foster , husband of the colonel of that name , Is a candidate for governor of New Mexico. The Jud e may rule a state , but it Is safe to pre dict that the colonel will govern the Kovernor. When t'nele Sam buys 100,000 now rltlos , people whould not Jump at the conclusion that he Is K I"K lo war with Spain or anybody else. At the same time the chances are that those Kims Will be found loaded and In willing hands If hostilities ever commence. I'nless Chicago makes haste to annex Indianapolis , Milwaukee. St. 1'aul and Minneapolis between now and the llrst day of January , Its glory of dlstanchiK New York In the November race for votes will be of brief duration. The Greater New York will celebrate Now Year's day an n city of over L',000,000. , Popocratlc reform In our state In- stltutloiiH Is , wo learn , to bi ln with the appointment of the Kupurlntemlentof the reform school at Kearney. The man slated for that position Is said to be the son-in-law of one of the Incom ing stale olllcers , who are charged with tln > management of state reformatories. Henry Wattorson Is shedding croco- dlle tears over the recent landslide from liryau , and the awful fate of Ken- lucky In being counted among tinre - tmhllcan states. Watterson will proba bly be able to console himself with the wplrltnal Inspiration which a genuine American toddy , served np by a French waiter , affords to the tii'lf-cxllcd sou of the. state of Uourboo. 771 H mrrr OP wj.wot'/MTS. It Is a Rrallfylns fact that democrats who gave their support to the honest money cause are disposed to put no obMlaclo or embarrassment In the way of the next administration carrying out Us policies. Undoubt edly there nro some among them who will not , be persuaded to make any sarrlllce o'f their opinions when the iiucsllon of tariff revision Is reached and will combat ns vigorously as they have ever done all changes Increasing protection , but the present Indications are that the majority of sound money democrats will be found willing to let the republican congress and administra tion fnUIll the party's pledge to the country that It will provide adequate revenue for the government and give reasonable protection to those Ameri can Industries which require It. Thin feeling appears to bo general among eastern democrats. It was voiced In the speech ofV. . Hourke Coekran at the banquet of the New York Chamber of Commerce , who said : "I believe that the proper course for every one to pursue In this campaign which Is still before * Is to strengthen the hand of the president elected In any policy. We are confronted with the necessity of raising revenue at the very threshhold of this administration. Shall we show to the world the spectacle of a govern ment compelled to borrow money for Its dally expenses while It rules and administers the business of the richest and most powerful people In the world ? Here Is the theater where democrats can show patriotism. Here Is the op portunity which democrats alone enjoy and which Is denied to our republican brethren. The sound money democrat in the senate , In my judgment , owes Ute to his country , to his conscience , he owes It to his ( Sod , that the president of the United States shall have the means to raise revenue , according to the policy which he marks out. Let him be given these powers without any conditions whatever , except the responsibility which he owes to the people , who will judge his administration at the close by the fruits which it will have borne. " It Is too much to expect that nonnd money democrats generally will fool as pro foundly earnest In this matter as Mr. Cochran. but it will be quite enough If they realize the obvious duty which he points out and act accordingly. If the sound money democrats In con gress shall bo sincerely disposed to aid tlio republican administration in the great task it has before it , they will bo able , there Is reason to believe , to se cure concessions that will reconcile them to the support of republican policy. Thcro Is no sign of a purpose to make that nollev extreme. Senator Sher man has said that the republican party desires only reasonable protection. Senator Aldrich , an equally good au thority , says1 that no amendments to our tariff laws should be made unless necessary to cure defects or to provide the requisite revenue ; that "the task of amendment should be entered upon in a spirit of true conservatism and with a determination to make the needed changes as soon as possible and in a manner which will create the least dis turbance to business Interests. " Major McKInley has at no time Indicated that ho desire's or will recommend a radical change In the tariff. A tariff that will supply sullleli'iit revenue and at the same time give proper protection to American industries and labor the re publican party Is fully committed to. This is attainable without going to any extreme and the expressions of those leaders who have spoken on the subject show that there Is no disposition to go beyond the moderate demands of the national platform. In helping to win the victory for sound money democrats attested their patriotism. They can demonstrate still further their devotion to the wel fare of the country by giving the ndw administration such support as will en able it to fairly test Its policies. xrn.r , riMxiiixn 20 TIIHIK nirusiuxs. A drop of half a cent u pound In the price of cotton since November I ! Is claimed to have been brought about by Mark Hanna and Wall street manipu lators , who , it Is said , boomed the staple ' before election'to help out McKInley In the cotton states. That theory is on a par with all the other delusions that have boon fabricated by the unlimited 1C. to 1 coinage fakirs. It Is Just as rational as would bo the claim that Mark Hanna nnd goldbng conspirators , in order to re-elect MeKlnley in thn , year 11)00 ) , are keeping np the rise In wheat , which has advanced li cents a bushel .since the llrst day of August. It Is not an unheard of thing for cotton to drop , Just the same as pork , tobacco 'or ' sugar may drop by reason of an oversupply - supply of the market or u reduced de mand. And yet some reputable busi ness men are so Infatuated with the .stupid theories of political charlatans as to actually ascribe the recent fall in cotton to a political conspiracy. Colonel James II. Allen , a'St. Louln commission merchant , who belongs to this class of Incurable visionaries , is quoted by the . St. Louis Republic as saying concerning the fall In the price of cotton- "It is merely the natural result of the election of Major McKlnley , " said Colonel Allen. "Tho gamblers and speculators are In the saddle now. AB long ns New York future dealers are allowed by law to manipulate the market , this sort of thing Is bound to happen. Whether McKInley Is In line with them or not , ho gets the credit of It. The men who are responsible for the fall In prices arc the men who elected him. They are not dealers In cotton. They never saw a bale nnd never want to. They are simply taking advantage of the opportunity and are accomplish ing their ends by raising the false cry of excessive receipts. There Is ab solutely nothing In the condition of the market to Justify this drop. It Is noth ing but the trickery of the goldbugs of Wall street. " A more rational explanation of the cause of the decline In thu price of 'cotton slnco the election Is given by .KUwurd McComiuck , u leading cotton broker of St. Louis , who Is quoted an saying : "Tho fall Is the natural consequence of the throwing on the market of a very largo amount of cotton that was being hold until after the election. Farmers and holders of both political creeds kept back the cotton. Some were convinced that If MoKlnloy was elected business of every kind would boom , others that Mr. Ilryan's election would create a tremendous demand for gold and there fore for cotton , which Is as good as gold. The market Is temporarily glutted , but things will adjust them selves In duo time. " How any Intelligent , thoughtful per son conversant with the laws that gov ern commerce could bo so blinded by partisanship as to ascribe the tips and downs In the market price of farm products to political Intrigue or llnan- clal conspiracies passes our comprehen sion. A half a cent per pound rise In cotton would be equal to an advance of twenty million dollars on this year's American crop , not to speak of the product of foreign countries. Is It rational to assume that the Wall street speculators could force the cotton buy ers of the world who are chlelly located In Kngland , Franco , Germany and Austro-IIungary to throw away millions In order to carry an American elee- tlouV ! COS271 * The taxpayers of Colorado will have to meet an expense of ! ? : i,000 a day created by the employment of the mili tia of the state In support of the effort of the silver mine owners of Leadvllle to destroy the miners' union at that placo. The conllict has been going on for weeks and a largo sum bus been expended by the state in maintaining a force to guard Imported labor with which to break down the local labor or ganization , because it sustained a strike of the miners against lowering their wages. The Denver News urges that the time has come when a stop should bo put to this condition of affairs and the parties to the conflict be called upon t'o Kettle It by arbitration. The News thinks the miners will be found willIng - Ing to do this , but It appears to doubt whether the mine owners would. It urges that aside from money considera tions and sentiments of Justice , the peace and good name of the state are seriously threatened. We are not sulllclently familiar with the merits of the controversy to ex press an opinion as to the right and wrong of it , but the inference from what the News snys is that the mine owners are not In the right. .Still we have no doubt that they will continue to have the support of the state In their hattle against ( organized labor until their object Is attained , for doubtless the entire silver-mining interest is deeply concerned In having the unions destroyed. And these are the people who a little while ago were appealing to labor to support their scheme for doubling the value of their product and property. DESIHK ItKl'll'ltUCITr. There is evidently a strong popular desire In Canada for reciprocity with the United States. We'have hereto fore noted the statement of members of the present liberal government , that an effort would be made to negotiate an arrangement very soon after the new administration come Into power , and subsequent circumstances Indicate that the reciprocity idea Is gaining ground In the Dominion. The effort of a To ronto pajKsr to obtain the views of Pres ident-elect McKInley on the subject re united only In eliciting the statement that reciprocity will be one of the things to bo considered by the next con gress , which Is sJgnillcant as an assur ance that this policy will not be neg lected by the republican administration. Major McKlnle.v Is plainly fully alive to the fact that the country expects a restoration of reciprocity and It Is en tirely safe to say that he will be found in full accord with the popular senti ment. Hut while the republican party will endeavor to extend this policy as widely as possible , presumably on the lines laid down in the tariff act of 1SSM ) , the chances of Canada securing an arrange ment with the United States cannot be regarded as very promising , for the reason that that country Is not likely to bo able to accede to our conditions. It Is utterly Idle and absurd to talk about a reciprocity treaty that shall embrace only the natural products of the two countries. There would be no mutual advantages In such an arrange ment and having had one unsatisfac tory experience of the kind we shall not try another. The great difficulty In the way of reciprocity with Canada Is In the tariff discrimination In favor of lirltlsh manufactures , which It Is probably impossible to overcome. While this remains thu case efforts to nego tiate a reciprocity agreement between this country and Canada are very cer tain to fall. Hut the next administra tion will not decline to hear whatever the Canadians have to propose. When the vacancy caused by the death of the late Judge Dundy Is filled we shall see whether Crover ! Cleveland has any Influence with his own administration. Secretary Merion Is said to favor one candidate , Secretary Lament another and Secretary Carlisle still another. Wo have not yet heard whom the other live members of the cabinet are backing , but It Is to be presumed each has a candidate of his own. Meantime the president Is said to have a personal preference for a man who has not been backed by any cabinet ollicer HO far as wo know. The chances now are that the successor of the late Judge Dundy will bo a com posite whose name has not yet been divulged. Military honor Iw the subject of the story In the German Reichstag. The debate over the army code of honor so far Indicates a most Intense feeling against mllltlarlsm among the people of Germany. The circuit clerkship hns been awarded to u St. Paul mini , Tlila will naturally bo a disappointment to local aspirants , but St. Paul's gain will event ually bo her loss , while Omaha will annex one of St. Paul's most respected and valuable citizens. It was easy enough for three Judges to agree on a.uuw United States circuit clerk. It willtoy ! an entirely different matter for olftlMjcablnot.ministers and one president to agree on the now United States district Judge. And It will bo more dllllcult still for the lucky man to run the gauntlet of the United States senate. The organization of the Visiting Nurses' association of Omaha , under the Immediate direction of Miss Anna Mlllard , opens the way for a noble and much-needed work of charity and pro vides a wide Held of usefulness for young women who desire active em ployment In the relief of the sick and ' distressed. The Georgia legislature has spent the llrst month of Its exciting session in wrestling with a $11 to prohibit the hunting of 'possums4 between the 1st of March and the .1st of October. Can It bo possible that the Georgia legislature Is preparing a 'possum preserve for the great Nebraska rabbit hunter ? llnnlNlicil I In pc. Chicago Tribune. What liopo can Ilryon possibly entertain now that Edison hns promised that the blind shall sco ? _ March of Civilization. I'rnvldencc Journal. Civilizing and ClirUttnnizliiK Influences have done a great deal for tlio Indiana. Some of tbom arp now suing tor divorces. Tlu > Ainliiinlieil Incmy. Chlcaiio Chronicle. The reported defeat of General Weyler m Cuba proves to have been false. His advance - vance guard happened to strlku a genulnu Havana cigar and a panic ensued. Yniillof. . < lii lloiiN. Minneapolis Journal. Senor JJiipuy do Lomo Is reported to have said that war between this country and Spain was possible and to have added : "It would be a terrible one. One can foresee its beginning , but not Its end. " Spain will never nnd Its level until It runs against a real nation with a gun and a touchy temper. A Ilnriinrlc on Ilnriini'le.s. Sioux City Tribune Mem. ) Senator Jones In saying : "Hy the going of thu sound money democrats wo got rid of the barnacles. " made a mistake as to who are the barnacles. If ho had eald , "In their going they give us barnacles room , " the contempoiary press would have given the sago of the Ozarks credit for an amount , of wisdom that has dodged the Jones family heretofore. Moili > rati I'rotoi'tlon. St. I'aul 1'Ioneer Press ( rep. ) Moderate protection Is often better for an infant industry 'than protection more thickly laid on. Under the former , the production of tin plato In. thu United States the last fiscal year 'amounted to 30T2SC2I pounds , against ' 193,801,073 pounds the pre vious year , an Increase of GS per cent. This Industry pecdeJ government nurture only two years to become , fully established In our midst. ii'ft 'ICxixirt Trade. New York World. The Increase tlio export trade of the country is Indicated' ' by the figures of the port of New York- which gives $11,091,4GO as the amount of. last week's export , against ? 7,87CS)0 ! ) for the corresponding week of last year. It must , bo berne in mind nlso that the country' la' really only just be ginning this period of Increase , and that It is almost certain continue until all of this year's crops have been disposed of. \Vliy Oinnlin IH Iliii | > V. Davenport-Democrat. The Omalias are a. happy people. They have put. their hands in their pockets and pledged money to the amount of $ : 'GO,000 for.tliolr Transmlsslfislppi and International exposition. Now that they have done this they are entitled to the $200,000 appropria tion which con grots promised them provided they would secure- the amount named. The total of subscriptions secured la represented as $305,000. but this will naturally bo Healed down. It Is easier to promise a subscrip tion than it Is to pay the cash. Period of Triiiiiiilllltyeeiled. . Ilnltimore Sun. There can be no dcubt that the present heart's deslro of the great majority , If not of nine-tenths , of the American people is for a period of rest and tranquillity from all disturbances at homo and abroad calcu lated , to Interfere with the steady revival and orderly progress of Industry and busi ness. What most men dcolro Is a respite and a breathing spell from all fictitious and artificial agitation. Wo believe that all unnecessary and undue agitation in congress and out of It , even In regard to schemes of domestic legislation , such as would re sult In any sudden or violent 'changes of the tariff , is something to bo deprecated , though not moro so , perhaps ; than any hasty or ill-considered action In regard to foreign affairs which might have the ef fect of Involving the country In war. IIUYA.VS SHAM 111.11 iri'A 1,1,1S3I. The I'iirMiMCM mill 1'olley of tliu. Ite- liiililli'im I'Jirly. Chicago Tribune. Among the assertions made moro than 100 time * on tbo stump and reiterated sev eral times in Chicago by Uryan was ono ho thus stated : "Tho republican party , for the first time In thu history of this nation , boa surrendered tlio right to legislate on the money question over to foreign nations , Irccauso the re- publl.tn party says tn its platform that until the leading commercial nations of Europe join with us in the restoration of bimetallism wo must have the gold standard , " Tlio republican party , being endowed with common sense , docs not propose to legislate on international monetary questions for other nations with the Idea that the legls- Intlon will bo heeded by them. Without llio aid or consent of other nations the United States could not have established an International money order system nor an IntnrnnMnnnl nrvitn ! vlfim nnr n niarlnn signal system. The republicans rarty proposes to sur render no right legislation on any ques tion , but it asserts that there are qucstlona concerning wlilcheo'nly conjoint legislation will bo of any value. For the party holds that the United-'States cannot impaio its decrees , eapeclally jvhon they are Irrational , on thu rest of the world without their con sent. ' 'Ilryan ' alleges It can. Ho asserts that if the American congrjsa declares that six teen ounces of sltvcr 'nro as valuable a an ounce of gold and proceeds to cola silver dollars on that false assumption all man kind from "Greofilaud'a Icy mountains to India's coral strand" will bo farced to fall Into line and admit that an ounce of gold is wo.-th otly Blxjeen/ounccH of silver when the merchants aJl over the world demand thirty-two ouncesof ullvor for ono of gold. * / , Nor Is the republican party so Insane as to propose to other nations an International agreement relative to silver based on the ridiculous assumption that sixteen ounces of that metal will buy ono of gold when thirty-two ounces are required In commerce merce- . Such an International agreement would bo as valueless as ouo to regulate' the tides. The republican platform does not men tion " 1C to 1. " It' up eel lieu no ratio for foreign 'nations to adopt. U hopes , how ever , that after consultation and delibera tion they will ogreo on ono .which approxi mates so closely to the commercial ratio as to effect bimetallism. Until that has been aocurod the repub lican party proposes that the United States shall hold fast to the bimetallic system It lm . Illmotalllsm mcana the concurrent circulation of bath metals. That condition of things obtains la this country tiow. Over $500,000,000 of ullvcr on limited coinage clr dilates along with $500,000,000 of gold , The United Statro could make silver A legal tenilci nt Ha commercial A-.iluo nnd then there would bo n concurrent circula tion of both. That would bo n return to the system which prevailed before European nations tried to tta the two metals together with n ratio fixed by law. Hut the Uryntiltos will not consent to this simple method of national bimetallism , The republican party , however , will not ngrco to the proposition that congress legis late for free coinage at the false nnd absurd ratio of 1C to 1 , for that would not "restore bimetallism , " but would destroy the exl t- IIIK bimetallism nnd establish silver mono- metalllmn of dollars worth but fiO cents. IJecauso 'McKlnley was opposed tc Mich destructive , antl-blmotnlllc legislation , whllo Uryan favors It , the latter asserts that "ho Is the only candidate- who believes the American people nro nblo to attend to their own business. " The sound money men believe that the American people are. attending closely to their own business when they refrain from meddling In that of other nations , nnd when they refuse to glvo their consent to meas ures which would bo Impotent abroad nnd disastrous nt home. Ilryan not only misstates willfully the position of his opponents , but ho deceptively prevaricates concerning his own. Ho us- sorts that "the money standard which was Kood enough for Washington. Madison , Jef ferson , .Jackson nnd Lincoln , will be- good enough for the American pcoplo , and that tlioy favored half-vniuo silver dollars. " This is nn Insinuation that his proposed CO-ccnt dollar stjndaid Is tlio ono that was "good enough" for these men. What could be moro falao ami dishonest In statement ? What Ilryan asks for Is a system where the silver dollar shall have half the bullion value- and halt the purchasing power of the gold dollar and yet sha.ll have the same debt-paying power. That Is wheretlio ras cality of ( his position exhibits Itself. Ho has the Impudence to call that "bimetal lism. " Washington , Hamilton , and Jefferson do- vlsed and enacted a bimetallic system of hard money in which they expected tha dollars of each metal would be equivalents In value In buying things In the nmrket and paying for labor. They never dreamed of founding a bimetallic system In which thu Intrinsic value of the yellow metal should exceed that of the whlto metal by one-half orlco versa. If the value of the metal put in the silver coin were loss than that In the gold dollar , thcflo "founders of the repub lic" would not hnvo called It n bimetallic era a double standard system. They would not have expected that both metals would circulate if ono possessed twice the pur chasing power of the other. They would have seen nnd admitted that only the cheaper dollar would circulate aa money. Lincoln was neither a fool nor a knave. Ho approved of tlio monetary ideas of the father of tlio republic. He would have re pudiated with Infinite scorn and anger those promulgated by Ilryan. It would hnvo grieved him to nnd nn llllnolsan could teach suth unsound nnd dishonest doctrines. A i < \\it-ti\rii\R nirisio\ . Importance of < lie Irrigation I.aw Siistnlnril l y lln > Kiiiri | > iui > Court. Chicago Tlmellcralil. . In sustaining the Irrigation laws of Cali fornia the supreme court of the United Suites hns added another great deeislon to the long line of such that has made that court the. guiding star of progiess a * well as the bul wark of conservatism. The judgment will rank with Iho famous decisions of Marshall and Taney , which , in conformity with modern demands , extended instead of limiting the new methods nnd In strumentalities cf progress and the new legis lation made necessary to the people by un precedented conditions and circumstances. The decision establishes the principle that a state may enforce a system of Uxatlon for public uses , even where there are many Individual citizens who "could not or cannot receive Immediate or personal benefit to themselves from such taxation. In other words , that the people of the whole- state may bo tajced to supply urHllcial Irrigation to a , part of the- state and thus benefit only p. part of the people. The advantages that will accrue to these Immediately affected will Indirectly accrue to the whole state. This decision will stimulate similar legis lation In all the arid and semi-arid region states und bo the means of ultimately re claiming millions and millions of acres of land for the use of man. It is of Immense Import to western Kansas nnd Nebraska , New Mexico , Utah , Arizona and the Dakotas. Kl\i C0lt\ . of tinfirint Crroiil Steadily IncriMisIni ; . New York World. A Philadelphia dispatch says that the de mand for shipping at that port Is so great that steamers are being chartered two voy ages ahead nnd even sailing vessels pressed Into service for the grain nnd provision trade with countries south of the equator. Similar conditions arc general at all our prlclpal ports , nnd they arc specially note worthy as they are Illustrated In the sta tistics of our greatest staple corn. In October last year , with a phenomenal crop , wo exported but 7,429,000 bushels. In October this year wo sent abroad 12,850,000 bushels. In the first ton months of last year our corn exports were but 43,110,000 bushels , while this year they are 100,990000 a gain of considerably more than 100 per cent. , If this continues for another ten months wo shall have more surplus cash In the country than we have had In fifteen years , I and corn's title to king will be more than vindicated against cotton , wheat , petroleum. Iron or any other pretender to Us honors. CAIIIM3T .MAKING. Philadelphia Times : Often when It's given out that some favorable son Is thought n * aa a member of McKlnley's cabinet the wish Is very likely the father. Now York World : Now York h4s futnlshoj Van Duren , Seward , Klsh and Kvarts anil ir called on c uld furnish a. fifth who would do credit to the olllco and to the stato. Ills nameIs Depow. Chicago I'oat : It seems strange that Mo- Klnley should have any trouble selecting his cabinet. It's no trick at all for most f fho people in this country. There seem to bo few indeed who cannot make up oneor two cabinets before breakfast. Chicago Times-Herald : Thirty-seven cab ! , net olllcers already have Decn appointed slnco election and still Major McKlnley haa not tried his hand at It. Enthusiastic cabi netmakers should understand that the cabinet Is not built like u bee hlvo or a dovecot with limitless pigeonholes. Washington Pest : Thcro Is a good deal of talk In the clubs about the possibilities of Colonel John Hny and Senator Henry Cabot Ledge going Into the cabinet. Ilcth of these gentlemen are among the social celebrities of the capital and are rich. Each has built himself a palatial residence. In the event of jthc'lr ' becoming cabinet olllccrs their cntcrUInmenU would doubtless bo on a scale qulto out of the reach of the usual cabinet ollicer and only possible with sec retaries who enjoy largo private fortunes. IOWA PHKSS COMMIS.Vr. Sioux City Journal : Governor Holcomb. of Nebraska promises that the populist' ' i legislature of Nebraska shall not ho allowed' to place on the statute books any radical legislation affecting contracts , financial agreements , etc. The governor should got a pen ready to do wonio vetoing , Dea Molnes Capital : The city of Dubuque Is heavily burdened with debt , and the load has been steadily Increasing under succes sive administrations. The largo taxpayers have bccomo Interested in some movement looking to the payment of the debt , uiid among other measures preparatory to this It U proposed that the city shall renounce Its special charter and bccomo Incorporated un der Iho general laws of thestate. . This would clear the municipal atmosphere- . rnnko posslbln thacroitlon of proper Milking funds and provision for the payment of th debt. Hut nil this will be of no ii o t Dubmiuo unless there Is economy In h administration of the affairs of the city , Uu buquo voted for honesty In national affair end ought to bo In good condition now t begin n homo reform , Uea Molnes Leader : The city council o Webster City has formally accepted th bequest of Kendall Young , who , when h died , bequeathed nil liU largo fortune fo tlio founding of a public library. Whci the smaller cities of Iowa thus have publl benefactors , It Is not beyond the rralma o hope that some wealthy citizen of Ir ) < Molnes may yet remember the people o the city. Sioux City Times : Mrs. IMnllnc Swaltn o the Oskaloofi.i Hernld has been Invited ti deliver an address before the National Kdu cntlonal association , which holih Its nex meeting nt Oalvcston , Tex , The subject as signed her Is "Tho Newspaper of the 1'u ture , " Mrg. Swnlm is ono of the few work Ing journalists of the stnto who hns boon ninny years In service , nnd doubtlcs she will bo nblo to give the editors an In terestlni : article. HIvivi.vr. Idle .Mill * Sturdily I < p la VIII-IOIIM PurtH of tin' Couiilrx. The Industrial nwakcnlng cnuod by the triumph of sound money continues spread ing throughout the country. The list pub llGhed In The Dee last Monday showed tha In the ten days following the election o McKlnley , 277 mills and factories , empln ) Ing ir > S.G2. > persons , had resumed operations In addition to this number , 1-ISSJO pcrsoiiM working part time , were given full time Scores , probably hundreds , of small fac'orle whloh had Htnrtrd up wcro omitted froli the lint , HO that the totals given nro btl ; i partial rccotd of Idle hands put to worl and Idle mills reopened by the popular ver diet for n 100-cent dollar. During ( ho present week Iho following factories have resumed operations : The Hucll woolen mills. St. Joe , Mo. Three hundred additional workmen hav been given employment by the Pullman com pany. Pullman , 111. Greenville cotton mills , Norwich , Conn , employing between " 00 aivl COO hands. One hundred additional men have beet put nt work In the mll'.s of the Hartforc Carpet company , llartfoi 1 , Conn. The Mollno wagon works , . Scchler Carrlag company and Mollno Pump company , nil u Mollno. III. , have resumed with moderat forces. Tlio Dubuqun enameling works , Dubuque la. , resumed with eighty hands. The Geimania and East Norric mines a Ironwood , Mich. , have resumed with fill forces. The Colby and Tlldcn mines ar booked to start at an early day. AHhland Steel company's mill , AshlanO Ky. . started with 150 men. Idle workmen at Keu.uieo , 111. , to th number of 3,000 , went to work Monday lithe the- mills of the Western Tube company. At Dellanco , O. , 200 men were set to worl In the Turnbull wagon works. Kour Idl mills in the name city are preparing to re sume. The American plato glass works at Alex nmlrla. Ind. . wcro put In full operation las Saturday with 400 men at work. The plan hail been closed two years. The Weathcral rolling mill , at Frankton , Ind. , ban in creased Ita force over half. The Union stee works at Alexandria ntartcd the sheet am bar mills on Monday. The 111 tools Watch company plant n Springfield has opened all departments am Is runnln ; ; on full time. The Wilkc.sbarre silk mills , Wllkcsbarrc I'a. , restored the 15 per cent reduction o wngcs made last August. Four hundred hands were benefited. iAlton AND i.vnusTitr. Illrmlngham. Ala. , Is shipping pig Iron t Ulrmlngliam , Eng. Patrick Maloney Is 07 years old , bu works regularly every day ns a swltchmai In the yards of the Eric road In Jcrsc ) City. Street car mail service went Into opera tlon In San Francisco a few days ngo Teamsters who obstruct the tracks arc subject to n fine of J100. The Iron iMoldcrs' union of North Amor lean has Increased Its membership 7,000 since July , 1S95. This .gratifying exhibit Is cred Itcd to the adoption of a system of hlghci dues and the payment of benefits , The supreme court of Utah has sustalnc < ' the eight-hour law of'that state. H appllcr lo labor In the mines nlono , but the dicta o : the court are broad enough to cover an ex tension of the law to fraetorlea and mills. A Georgia marble man says that If al the houses , not only in the United States but on the American continent , were do stroycd PO Inexhaustible Is the supply tha they could every ono. largo and small , bo rebuilt out of Georgia marble. J. M. Dwyer , a San Francisco man , hao Invented and put In practical operation anew now method of utilizing the power of ocean waves. His scheme U to anchor at some distance from the shore n big buoy supportIng - Ing a strong meat. From the top of the mast a wlro rope runs to the motor proper erected on land , and consisting of a simple arrangement , whereby the Intermittent pul of tbo swaying mast raises a weight , which gives continuous motion to a heavy fly wheel. Mr. Dwyer claims that his con trivance Is better than any of Its many prcde- cessora , and thinks that what was long ago recognized as en Inexhaustible reservoir o force has been tapped at last. Mention was made In The Hce last week of the co-operative experiment started by the Illinois Central railroad. Further InterestIng - Ing details are furnished by nn olllclal circu lar. On the first day of each month the company will quota to Its employes a price nt which their applications for shares will be accepted. As noon as a share baa been purchased and paid for the certificate Is transferred on the company's books and the , owner Is entitled not only to dividends , but also to a vote in the election of the board of directors. Any employe making pay ments on the Installment plan will be enti tled to Interest on his deposit at the rate of 14 per cent clnrlm : the time ho I. ) paying [ for his flhare. Payments may bo discon- tinned at any time and for any reason , the money to bo returned with accrued Interest .The plan , it will bo seen , Is extremely favorable - able to tlio employe. UXAIII.nTO IIIJAI ) , UXAIII.n TO VOTK. C'uiiHfle Selipim * for Snirrn rt iteforiii SiiKK'-HliMl " > ' .Vi'Kro .Statesman. HAliEiail. N. C. , Nov. 20. Ir. J. U M. i Curry , cx-mlnlcler to Spain and trustee of I the Poaboly : nn I Slater funds , made an ad . dress before tlio colored students of Shaw university here , in which he ued this rather J ! ' startling language : "I don't bellovo much ; ' in the Idea of having the United States Hag .over our schools. I'd like to know what the i United States government has done for our 'public ' I nchoola in North Carolina to demand I I that tha flag should hang over them. It never gave a cent to North Carolina schools , except to the A. and M. colleges , U Is a de ception and a fraud to put the ( lag there. It Is the Htato that gives you education. " Speaking of the negro , ho said : "I never could understand why the negro population remains ao compact In the south , Instead of becoming scattered all over the. union. The northern men freed the negro , Why la It the negro doca not go north to bo with his friends , Instead of staying In the south among his enemies ? " As to suffrage , Dr. Curry saldt "I don't bellovo a man who cannot read his ballot ought to bo allowed to put It Into a box. " KIIIIHIIH HUH Calilni' < Mali-rial. AIlIhKNE , Nov. 20. Ex-Governor Hoard of Wisconsin was today unanimously en dorsed for the position of secretary of agri culture by thu Kansas State Dairy associa tion In cession here. The association has prepared a petition to Prcsldcnt-eluct .Mc Klnley urging Hoard's appointment. Highest of all in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. OTIIIilt J.AXUS THAN OtIIIH. Italy 1ms lost everything In Africa. Tlio trc.tly negotiated surrenders ovcrythlnR for which Italy hn struggled. The barren c - board nml barren provinces left to Italy on the Red Sc.i nro of no value. Ibcy have not paid expenses nnd they cannot. They wcro tlio threshold of farther conquers. They were- Intended to embrace the cluvntcd plateau of Abysslnln. This would hnvo 'given tlio base of n colonial empire In which Europeans could llvo nnd In which n warlike and Inclustrloiw lace could ylelil n revenue , It this could have been con quered Italy would hnvo had BOO.OOi ) square miles. As It Is. It holds some -IS.OOO. Thli hns cdst In all nearly JSO.OOO.OOO slnco 1SS2 , nil-expended by a country which. In most of tlio last fourteen yearn , hns had n deficit. Hut the mornl effects of Italian defeat nro moro serious than the pecuniary loss. The Individual bravery of Italians Is admitted. In attacking Abyssinia the kingdom f Itnly attempted the most dllllcntt tnsk offered by the African continent , ono whoso dinicultlca were not felt by Lord Nnplcr In taking Mag- dnln. In organization nnd leadership tlu Italian army proved deficient , and ll repulse In Abyssinia has scrloualy weakened lt European position. The enterprise began ns a pure plcoo of spoliation. Its failure leaves a brave people In the Independence they hnvo maintained for thirty centuries ngilust all comers. What lllsmnrck's motive wna In telling the story of his own strange treaty-maltliu : Is net very clear. K has been attributed ( o his hatred of Von Caprlvl , but that person Is no longer n factor In German politics. The most plausible explanation Is that lie realizes the position In which Germany has been placed by the blundering policy of Its rulers , nml deems that , by the course which he hns taken he may bring about n return to tlio policy which , ten years ago. made Germany supreme In Europe , llow different It Is to day ! Italy has at last begun to see that she hns gained no advantage from the Trlplo Alliance , and her humiliation In Abjsslnla may lead her to abandon her dreams of con quest. Already she shows a change of heart by the negotiation of the Tunisian treaty with France , n treaty which will largely help her commercially. Houmanla and Ana- trIa-Huiigary ate In full accord , and the friendship between RusM.i nnd France Is n thorn In the side of Germany. It is not England , but the Fatherland which stands alone In Europe , and its future \ one that .Is full of menace. * * Thrro nro said to be many elgns In Parla of a change of public oenllment with regard to the treatment of 'the ' Orleans princes. The Due d'Aumale's refusal to Join the dinner - " " nor given at the Elysto in honor of tha czar , or to attend the review nt Chalons camp , on the ground , ns ho explained to M. Felix Faure , that he could not appear as a civilian among generals In full uniform , wearing medals which , like his own , had been won nn the field of battle , hns produced a strong Impression , nnd the opinion Is ex pressed that the law of 1SSC ought to bo modi- fled , if not abolished altogether. The ab sence of the IJuc d'Aumale from the recent festivities directed public attention to the whole subject in a forcible manner. It Is pointed out that M. Felix Fauro himself voted against the oxllo laws , while a radical minister likeM. . Leon Bourgeois bestowed on Prlnco Henri d'Orleans the ribbon of the Legion of Honor In the spring. The queen of Portugal , moreover , on the occasion of her recent visit to Paris , received an of ficial greeting on the part of the French government , and \\au the object of marked official and social attention. People are be ginning to question the justice or logic of such distinctions , nnd the suggestion Is made that nothing Is moro likely to make the Due d'Orlenns a danger to the republlo than the Htiitcucc- banishment which hose so strongly resents. Thcro Is reason to fear that the open ing of China , which was promised to bo effected by the treaty of Shlmonesekl , will bo Indefinitely postponed. The Chlno-Japa- neso commercial treaty , by which the rights granted in the convention of Shlmonosckl to establish manufactories In the open ports wcro to bo settled In detail. Is about to bo ratified , and the result will bo to Icnvii the > status of affairs pretty much as U was before - fore the Oriental war , LI Hung Chang's Interpretation of the "taxation on manufac tures" clause of the treaty of Shlmonmekl has been incorporated In 'tho commercial treaty , after a long contest between the Chinese and Japanese plenipotentiaries ; nnd consequently the Chinese government will have power to place prohibitive duties on nil goods manufactured by aliens In China a power of which , no doubt , full advantage will bo taken. Foreigners who by reason of the "most fnvoreU nation" clause had ex pected to reap the bcnellts of the Shimon- osekl treaty colncldently with the Japanese , ) ; - N _ _ 'wvj.titw ; . 2. § s > THIS QUESTION OF DRESSING THI3 SMALL HOYS. NO FABRIC HAS I1EEN FOUND THAT WILL WITHSTAND THE HEALTHY VIOLENCE OF THE SMALL HOY. WE COME AS NEAH AS P03SH1LE TO MAKING CLOTHES 'THAT WILL WEAK. THEY WILL TEAR , HUT THEY WON'T HIP. THEY ARE MADE OF THE UEST OI1TAINAHLE MATERIACS. THEY ARE PUT TOGETHER STRONGLY AND AS IONESTLY AS GOOD SILK THREAD AND GOOD WORKMAN CAN I'UT THEM. THIS WEEK WE ARE MAKING A SPECIAL OF- 'ERING IN SUITS , OVERCOATS , CAPE COATS , REEFERS AND ULSTERS AT A MEDIUM PRICE , 5,00. WE DON'T MEN TION THE CHEAPER LINES , I1ECAUSE VE DON'T CONSIDER IT ECONOMY TO WY A HOY CHEAP CLOTHES. THEY ) ON'T GIVE THE SATISFACTION. OUR 5,00 LINE OF ARTICLES MENTIONED ARE MADE IN MANY FAIIRICS AND PAT TERNS ; EVERY ONE IS WARRANTED TO VEAR AND WEAR WELL , AND WHEN VE NAME ? 5.00 , WE MEAN THEY ARE VORTH $5.00 , AND THAT THEY WILL GIVE YOU THAU AMOUNTi OF GOOD OVER ALL OTHERS. WE WOULD HE ' B 'ERY MUCH PLEASED TO HAVE YOU EE THEM , AND ALSO OTHER ARTICLES OF WEAR THAT ARE NECESSARY F01I THE IJOVS , 8.V. . Cor. Ifith nnd UouuluB Sts